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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-30
KILLERS HAVE
REACHED CLIMAX
In OKADA DEATH
Suspicious OF DESIGNS TO
LOWER STANDING CAUSE
OF ACTIVITIES BY "PATRI-
OTTO" JAPANESE
BY MELVIN E. COLEMAN

Youth, impatient, fiery and
fanatieal in its "patriotism," has
been the lethal force in the assas-
slnations and attempts at assassi-
nation which have marked Japan
in recent years and reached some
thing of a climax in the February
26 Staying Of Premier Keisuke
Okada and several other officials.
Suspicious of designs to lower
the standing of Nippon in the
family Of nations in order that
personal ambitions for either
wealth or power might be attained
have been advanced by killers as
justification for their acts and,
in some cases, have been recog-
n:zed by trial tribunals as sound
factors in Japanese theology.
Going back only to November
IA, 1880, there was the case of
the man who on that date shot
Yuko Hamaguchi, premier. The
government leader lived nine
months and finally died from the
weakening effects of his wounds
and resulting operations. The an.
nounced motive for his Staying
was the part Hamaguchi took in
obtaining ratification of London
naval treaty of 1880 which limited
the total tonnage of Japan, En-
gland and the United States and
placed the Asiatic country's fleet
at about 20 per cent of each of
the others.
Japanese nationalists viewed
that pact as fastening a status of
lnferlority upon their country and
Hamaguchi's slayer agreed with
them.
Similarly on May Is, 1882,
members OF the young Army and
Navy Officers Association" as
they identified themselves bv
handbills left at the scene of their
crime, slew Premier XII Inukai. At
their mass trial the defendants
expressed general dissatisfaction
with political party government
and pleaded they were just fled
because of Gears of Americas
ambitions to dominate the Orient"
Some of the killers were acquit-
ted. others were given terms in
prison.
The year of 1882 was one an
open season for assassination.
Starting January 8, when young
Korean tried to kill the emperor
(th:s culprit was executed) there
was killings on January 10 of
Junnosuke Innouye, ex-finance
minister, and on March of Baron
Takuma Damn. managing director
Of the vast Mitsui commercial in
terests.
Innouye's nemesis said he con-
sidered his victim responsible Tor
farm distress and DAMS killing
was throught to have been the re-
suit Of q similar class feeling. But
several months later the japanese
pilice said they had linked both
deaths to a plot growing ont OF
resentment over the Washington
naval treaty OF 10 years before.
the pact which fixed the famous
5-5-3 ratio for the battleship fleets
OF England, America and Japan.
Newspaper publishers also have
been targets OF nationalistic fanat-
les. Sanji Muto was killed March
9, 1894. His Tokyo newspaper had
published a series OF articles pur-
porting to EXPOSE corruption IN
certain high circles and his death
was seen as avenging the ''insult'
to the integrity of Japan.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-30
Shown That Department Is
Investigating Two Other
Possibilities For Taking
Care OF Situation
By PAUL MAY
Especial Washington Correspondent
NJ

by EAOL& WA
Especial Washington Correspondent
of The Citizen
WASHINGTON, D. c., March
30.-Temporary airmail service
to Key West from Miami will be
continued at least until Congress
has decided on the size of the
postoffice department appropria-
ton for the coming fiscal year;
and even if airmail service is then
abandoned because of shortage of
funds, an effort will be made to
avoid the use of ferries for trans-
porting the mail to Key West, it
was learned today from Stephen
A. Cisler, chief of the airmail d.
vision of the postoffice depart
ment.
The department is now in
vestigating two other possibilities
for taking care OF the Key West
mail situation, Cisler said. One is
establishment of a "star" mail
route to carry the mail by trucks
over the highway now under con-
struction; the other is use of the
Florida East Coast Railroad, in
the event it resumes operation.
The railroad is favored, and
should it rebuild fts itae and again
start running trains to Key West,
will undoubtedly get the mail
carrying contract, Cisler said.
Feasibility OF a "star" route
by motor truck has not been fully
determined, the airmail division
chief indicated. Questions of the
possibility of delayed mail by
such a system, Of the probable
volume of mail during coming
months, and of estimated cost of
such a truck service as compared
with airmail, will all have TO be
answered before a final decision
can be made.
Whether the airmaiI will be
continued permanently depends
primarily upon the amount of the
appropriation granted by Con-
gress, Cisler said, though the
status of other means OF trans
portation between Key West and
the mainland, at the time the ap-
preparation is granted. will have
a bearing on the decision.
eve will give Key West the
best service that conditions per-
NIT. Cisler promised.
While airmail service is con-
tinued. all first class mail will be
delivered daily. as at present. the
pane carrying on each trip as
much second class mail as pos
sible. Most o. the bulk mail, how
ever, will continue to be sent TO
Key West by the Tampa-Havana
boat, until some permanent mail
service for Key West is estab-
lished. it was said Should a
"star" route be established. to
operate by trucks over the high
way, arrangements viii be made
to transport second-class mail
along with first-class, for more
prompt delivery, it was said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-30
HELD UP CALLERS

ST. L0UIS-Emmanuel Bron-
stein of this city was arrected for
disturbing peace He held two
men at bay with a shotgun, think
ing they were burglars, and found
they were making a social call.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-30
GIRL BORN TO
ALBURY FAMILY

Announcement has been made
Of the birth Of . dauxhfer. weixh-
ing nine and q half poands. 20
Mr. and Mrs william AIburv ~
1911 Duncan street. On Mzrch
&c.
The new arrival has been riren
the name Of Shirley Fac
Mrs AIbury was formerly Ms
Violet Kemp.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-30
new ARRIVAL AT
SAUNDERS HOME

Mr.. and Mrs. William Saun-
ders announce the birth of a
underground girl at their home,
1919 -Duval street. Friday, March
%. 80
The new arrival has been given
the name of. Myrna Fredricka.
Both mother and child are do
ing nicely.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-30
Orders Received By D.
rector Thomas Orr To
Affect Al Projects In
Monroe County

APprazSz@.-ly 80 z@=~s e
men and ~o@ea aS~ s-sE~& 81
WPA pro5ezfs IN Ms==s= sazzas
are % De- sErizk-n Er1- thz ra-ls
effective Weda=.z.E. Ap-a
Tbs aetioz- SO Ds---szr
Thouaas D. Or shis zs--szx- .
P9rsu@at - or&us fra 49,
iaEtoa f0lls-=d By izatr.<tiszs
received bs hSa fra 1azk.~z-
ville he.ds4art-rs e ths HPA
sdnIaistr1tioa-
Every eFEort has beea made.
ME- Orr sid. b. headquarters and
By him. 20 see 4 thz rednrrsa
could not b. zEoided. and Key
West Be made exezpt fru4 the
general order Thss ezso-t Ezs
made bezauze OF the u-zszzI eon-
dltions existing in tins city
Arrangemeu1s hzse therefore
been made thro1gh the loeal en-
pl0yu-ent division % uzake tbs
stipulated redacti0u In nan p8W@r
according % instructions and
those affected win be nstifiei 10
marrow afteranon thaf the order
Is effective a. once-
Which means that All perso1s,
men and U0nsen- who are notified
tomorrow afternoon Of their ssrv-
ices being discontinued. VII lot
report for work wednesday morn
ing. April l.
Affects Al Projects
Every project IN M0nr0e eoun-
" IS affected BY the order- Ihe
largest Of the projects ~ presenr
is that Of beautifica1i0n and Us
employees o. tn.s divizioa are %
be removed The next lzrzest
number Is employed On the sewer
age project and the number e
employees on tins VII be reduced
by about S.
All other pr0jects are % be a.
fected b. the reduction which wiH
be prOP0rti0nztely arranged ac-
cording 70 the number Of persons
employed and other matters bar
ing on the project and is reqziFe-
meuts-
As worked cut the plan MI
least affect those Who have the
most dependents. and the great
est number win therefore be taken
from the ranks Of the sinxle men.
or those with the suallezt number
in the family. Il was stated
Asked how long this reduetion
would remain u effect Mr.. Orr
replied he id not knew Nor
was he in a position 70 say AR
thing about fhe future pIans Il
the administration
Since arrsv'ng here n January
the director has started a nurr-
Der OF projects which abssrbed
about 500 men and women.it was
pointed out and has done ev-r--
thing possible 70 provide emsplsw-
ment for those who were IN need-
He stated he wished 70 szzure
the people o. Kew West that he
deeply regrets being foroeS -
have to make the reductions. hut
VII continue 70 make every -
fort possible 20 have other ur,i-
ects arranged 20 take care of
those who need empl0yment.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-30
INTENDED FOR RATS

ST. L0UIS-When arrested FOR
carrying four revolvers. Albert
Walden of this city sad he was
going TO use them 10 kill rats.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-30
RED CROSS FUND
| SHOWS INCREASE
DONATIONS RECEIVED FOR
BENEFIT OF VARIOUS SUF-
FERERS FROM FLOODS

Contributions to the local chap
ter Red Cross are payable either
to Mrs. Edwin M. Phillips or Will
liam l.. Bates. The contributions
to date are far from the quota of
$500, as expected from Key West,
it was pointed out.
While it is known that there are
a number of people who will con-
tribute but who have not done so,
it was said today, they are asked
to send in their contributions at
once, as the organization is max
ing an effort to get the funds as
sembled as quickly as possible, to
relieve the distress of sufferers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-30

Key West, Florida. has TIE
most equable climate IN the
count with an average
rang only Il FahreEheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-30

Associated Press Day Wire
Service.
For Sc Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
The Washington times., 1936-10-01

up his Bagdad-on-the-Subway.
They saw the shooting of Stan
ford White. the murder of Her
man Rosenthal, the Sharkey-Jetf-
ries fight at Coney Island. They
ate spaghetti with CaruSo and
caviar from Canfield's buffet.
These men have seen life and
loved it.
OF this vanishing tribe is my
friend Charlie. He's turned 90
but remains as he was at 20. I
caught up with him the other day
in the gallery, following the for
tunes of the golfers in the Ma
tional Amateur Tournament at
Garden City.
Motoring back with him to Man
haitian, we passed old Roosevelt
Field. once the stamping ground
for men who would fly the At
lantic Ocean and now the scene
of an ambitious program to restore
automobile racing in the East.
NEW AMPITHEATRE
From the highway we had ample
view of the four miles of track
on which daredevils are to risk
their neckS, and of the massive
stands in which the hopeful pro-
moters expect $4,000 thrill-Seekers
to park themselves for the inter
national races.
"What memories this brings
up!" sighed Charlie.
"Of Lindbergh?" / prompted.
It was from the site of the track
that the silent young man from
the West lifted the nose of the
Spirit of st. Louis on a May morn
ing in 1927 and kept it aloft until
he had reached Paris.
mo" answered Charlie, "I'm
going back further than that,
I'm thinking of the old Wander
bilt Cup races. Ever see One?"
I confessed I had not.
you've seen tn Derby at
EpsOm?" he went on.
Yes, had seen several.
"Well, then" he said. at Is
not difficult to picture the Van
derbilt Cup race. We didn't have
kings and princes in gray top
hats, but we had all the Swells
from Fifth Avenue and Long
Island.
1--WE didn't have the fishmon-
gers in their mOther-Of pearl out
fits and their gaudy females, but
We did have all the sports of
Broadway and all the ShOwgirls
looking their Charles Dana Glib
son best.
The Washington times., 1936-10-01

n e ID m o. Senator Hastings
cratic senatorial campaign COM
mittee, delivered a speech there
in which he indicated there was
too much money used in the
campaign in your State. 1t
was reported that you said that
If you had been there you would
hive given him a kick in the
pants.
Senator Guffey is going to
leave off fighting the Repub-
licans in his own state pretty
soon and invade your territory
again. suggest that if you stick
around in your bailiwick a while
this month you might have a
chance to carry out your threat.
"FrOm all reports the Senator
is not in a mood to turn the
other cheek and is ready to
make reference to your state
ment even if you aren't present
to take action.
Gust a friendly tip"
P. Slight promoters be ad
vised that the Senators are evenl!
in weight.
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
DESTINATIONS

Somebody has been reading
President Roosevelt'S mail.
That is the charge the Repub-
lican National Committee made
the first of this week. They said
the President had gotten a million
letters in response to his requests
for them during his fireside chats.
The r. N. C. says they are sent
to bureaucrats who answer them
with a form letter. They say that
IS per cent Of the mail is sent to
the WPA to answer. And they say
that mail is divided as follows:
Complaints about the WPA
program, ETC., 1873 per cent.
Requests to the President or
Mrs. Roosevelt for gifts, ETC., 5.4
per cent.
Requests for information, 7.S
per cent.
Suggestions for Improvement
of WPA, Is per cent.
Matters not under the juris-
diction of the WPA or FERA,
2.5 per cent.
So that's where your letter
goes?
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
Marry-GO-ROund
Bu Helen ROWLGEld
MEN WILL BE BOYS

What is YOUR husbands pet
complex?
I don't mean what's his hobby
golf or polo or poker or collecting
books or fancy necktieS. I don't
even mean his besetting sin, such
as never being on time or hating
your mother or grabbing your
Jokes or going stone deaf when
you speak to him.
Mo- mean just the little
IidioSyncrasy, the automatic pet
habit, which distinguishes nearly
every man from his fellows. Does
he hoard old bottles and .corks
"just in case" or is he a string
saver? Does he keep a closet 1ull
of old shoes, or will he never part
with an old motheaten hat?
Is he a taxicab-hater, and would
he rather buy you new automo-
bile than spend a dollar for cab
when your car is out Of commlS-
sion? Or does he think he's a
prize cook and insist on mixing
queer dishes and mussing up your
kitchen on the least provocation?
It's funny-but nearly all
women have the same little
idiosyncrasies. Pin C h ing the
tooth-paste tube from the mid
die, for instance; doing things
to their hair or tinting their
finger-nails weird and startling
colorS.
But mems idiosyncrasies run
into a hundred varieties-llke
petunias or pickles. They are
almost as individual and personal
as fingerprints.
One man whom I know has a
passion for going around the
lawn destroying ant-hillS and
sowing grass seed in the spots.
It isn't that he hates ant-hlllS;
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
If your husband makes $50 a week. TAXES TAKE SIX

If your husband makes $50 week, TAXES TAKE SIX
DOLLARS OUT OF HIS PAY ENVELOPE EVERY WEEK
"Taxes paid in the sUeat of eUery uUhO
labors because they burden production and
be paid only by production IF excessive, they
Elected in idle factories, tax-sod farms, and hence
the hordes of the hungry trapng the streets and seek
ing jobs in Uain"
enemy of New Deal extravaganza THE AUTHOR OF THAT
STATEMENT WAS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
In 1892 Candidate Roosevelt promising Americans
economical government Today national government is
SPENDING MILLION DOLLARS AN HOUR Mr.. Roose-
welt again candidate but he doesn't say anything about
cutting taxes this time.
But housewives need campaign speeches to tell them
that something happening to their husbands pay envelopes
Elizabeth Frazer in the October issue of Good Housekeeping
Magazine states the American Housewives problem
tion:
awe huUe dollar! not the "baloney' dollar,
the deUalued dollar North So gold since
uUent off the gold standard in 1884 The dollar
is the TAX DOLLAR.
"Of this tax dollar, than 20 cents is Clipped
out to for the steadily mounting costs of
This means that if Will Green's weekly pay envelope
amounts to $50, than S6 of that taken out
for taxes.
"The inside fact story of the tax dollar is Uhch
every American housewife should knOW. To her, the
loss of oneffth from her much
burden than to those ith ampler ncomes and it may
be that Mrs. Average American can lay that
fifth Oh Oser economy and deeper lasting benefits to
the nation than the politicians Every housewife
In America has the right to ask the officials
whose salaries she helps to pay:
'Gentlen1en, Who the SERVANTS of the people,
sUOorn to protect their interests Why this kaDish
AWAY HOW ABOUT ECONOMY FOR you AS
WELL AS FOR ME?'"
The Washington times., 1936-10-01

hts just his idea OF spending a
lovely afternoon. The grown-up
substitute for swapping marbles.
Some men love to play tunes
with their fingers on the arm
of the chair. Never marry a
tune-player, or you'll have to
wear aviator'S plugs in your ears,
to save your nerves. Other men
enjoy robbing the ice-box and
nibbling cold leftovers-especially
at midnight. Any old thing that
he refused to eat at the table
tastes good to an ice-box robber
after II p. m.
Still other men have a mania
for reading the newspaper aloud
to anybody who will listen. They
will read you everything in it from
the front page Scare-headS to the
last advertisement. Just fasci-
mated by the sound of their own
voices!
The foibleS and eccentricities of
great men are all familiar to us:
carrying peanuts or an apple in
the pocket. giving away dimes,
and reading dime novels for di-
version. And one famous author
of my acquaintance collects pretty
colored stones on the beach. When
the collection gets large enough,
his wife scatters the stones on the
gravel driveway She must get
several loads Of gravel a year that
way.
Alas, If all this mighty mascu-
line energy would only run into
some useful channel, like paint
ing the kitchen furniture! But it
never does. Sometimes I think
that the Pyramids are just the
result of some Pharaoh'S passion
for piling up stones.
(COpyriEht, 1885. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
TOday's BOOndOggle

There are 4510 terate persons in Wayne County North
Carolina according to the latest Federal census.
This department. in its ignorance would suppose that the
construction of few schools and the employment Of ad
dtiona teachers would tend effect substantial reduction
the number of these terates but such fortnight and
simple solution of the problem could hardly be expected
appeal to the scholarly minds of the New Dealers.
1t will surprise therefore, to discover that the WPA
is bIsily engaged countrywide project and
replace the boilers the desks and the equipment and to
drains the easements of the schools throughout Wayne
County
The Federal Treasury will bear 79 per of the
Copyright the VOrk
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
STILL IN SERVICE

Visitors to the Presidents Cup
Regatta were surprised to find
the Apache, Coast Guard cutter,
still in service.
The boat is 43 years old. Last
year it's side was stove in by
the ice when it made a rescue
trip to Tangier Island. There
is some fear that if it attempts
any ice breaking this year it
might see the bottom.
On board this boat are only
two commissioned officers, indi-
eating to those nautically in
clined that Uncle Sam could do
we'll by commissioning some more
officers or turning out a few
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
A Nuisance Passes

The opening of Street between Seventh and Ninth
Streets to twoway traffic eliminates nuisance and
which has plagued the city for years.
Cutting out the jog in the street at this point brings
vast improvement to the business section of the COM
munity which is important to every citizen
THE REALIGNMENT OF THE THoROUGHFARE
MADE POSSIBLE BY THE REMoDELING OF THE
OLD PATENT OFFICE ADVANCES CITY PLAN
MING FOR USE WITHOUT DETRACTING IN ANY
WAY FROM THE BEAUTY OF THE BUILDING.
Accomplishment of this improvement brings to sue
cessful conclusion campaigns which have been carried
on intermttently by various organizations long
period
It is matter of qualification to The Washington
Times that this newspaper able to put behind the
drive the final push that needed to obtain an aot
ment from the Public Works Administration to carry
through the project
DISTRICT AUTHORITIES, NOTABLY CAPT. H. G.
WHITEHURST HAVE COOPERATED GENUINELY
TO EXPEDITE THE WORK OF WIDENING THE
STREET WHILE FEDERAL OFFICIALS IN CHARGE
OF THE PROJECT DID THEIR UTMOST TO SPEED
UP THE REMoDELING OF THE BUILDING.
The successful completion of this important civic i'm
provement should be- and undoubtedly is pleasure to
all concerned.
1t is a useful contribution to the proper develop
ment of the National Capital.
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
DOUBTS

Tip to Representative Sol
Bloom, director Of the United
States Constitution Sesquicenten-
nial Commission:
It might be a swell idea If
you used pictures of the present
U. S. Capitol in some of your
exploitation during the next
year. Employees of the Senate
and House of Representatives de,
clare that the most frequent
question asked them by citizens
wandering in the corridors is:
What building is this?
The question that runs second
is: How do 1 get out of here?"
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
By Nelson Harding

AS LONDON SLaFLS 1OE CHc
Downs before dawn, SO New
York started for MineOla in the
early hours of morning.
There's one thing you can
not imagine, and that is 25O,OOO
persons getting out of New York
and down rs miles into the CEN
ter of Long Island in the dark
in 1905. One stretch of railroad
and about 5000 automobiles
were about the only means Of
transportation.
81 say 5000 automobiles be-
cause I don't believe there we're
any more than that number in
New York in 1905. Each cost on
the average, about $4,000, and
it was no more than an even bet
that they would negotiate the
25-mile trip.
"What a trip it was! The
ordinarily quiet countryside was
a bedlam, with thousands of
men singing and carOusing and
binding headlights darting at
one from all angles while the
horns hOnked interminably.
"HOtels and inns were few,
and the fortunate who were able
to hire rooms in the farmhOuSeS
paid as high as SIS a head. To
park your automobile in a corn
field cost you $50.
Eyes, sir, 1 saw men who
owned railroads and banks sleep.
ing in their cars under the apple
trees along the Jericho Turn
pike"
But what about the race,
Charlie?" I cut in. "Why did
they run it and what was the
great attraction"
SAME LURE
ooh, he answered. "They ran
1t to make America automobile
conscious. Europe was way
ahead Of us in motoring and in
designing cars. William X. Van
derbilt, jr., an enthusiastic mot
OriSt, was for it, and put up the
cup.
"Other fellows like Henry
Ford, Barney Oldfield and Louis
Chevrolet were keen for racing.
They laid out a 3O4mile, tri-
angular course on the Long
Island roads and went to it.
"AbOut Is cars competed in
the races, which were run from
1904 to 1908. You'd find 10000
people packed at the dangerous
turns. What for? To See some
body get killed, and willing to
risk their own lives in the bar
gain. That's what ended the
Vanderbilt Cup race"
"What about the revival on a
regular, inclOsed track?" I
asked.
"It won't be the real old
thing" he remarked. But 1
guess it will bring out the mob"
"Why?"
Because" said Charlie, "times
have changed, but not people.
They'll come for the same rea-
son that the Romans went to
the Coliseum; for the same rea-
son we trOtted down here 80
years ago. The reason? If
there's a death they want to be
In on it,"
Copyright. 1898, by King Features
Syndicate IAe.)
The Washington times., 1936-10-01

Dear Sen
atOr:
90 H ere is
your chance.
" According
to tn e news
columns you
expressed re-
gret that you
W ere not in
20 ur native
State W h e n
Senator J O.
seph F. Cuff
fey (D.) of
Pennsylvania,
chairman of