davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-09
Immense Turtle Caught
In2Keyl w est15W aters

One of the largest and heaviest
loggerhead turtle which has been
caught in these waters in some
time was taken Sunday by Frank
Ruston, winter visitor, Buster
Perpall, Captain Knowles and
Dan Boardman.
The group was at Pelican
Shoals and were having good luck
fishing when one of the group
saw the turtle. Pole and grains
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-09

not have good luck, catching
many dolphin, mackerel, yellow
tail and barracuda One of the
latter fish weighed 32 rounds and
was four feet nine incheS long.
After making inquiries as TO
other catches of the same kind Of
fish. hey came to the conclusion
that they had taken the largest
tiger of the sea- during the
present season.
They took Off in their plane
yesterday declaring their week IN
Key West the grandet they hac
ever experienced.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-09
WPA District Supervisor
OF Employment Arrives

Karl A. Goodbread, WPA dis
trict supervisor of employment,
arrived yesterday afternoon over
the highway from Miami where
Mr.. Goodbread has his head
quarters and where Mr.. GandOlfo
has been associated since the cur
tailment of the WPA in Key
West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-09

Dir. GOodbread Is expected 70
be here but a brief time while Ro-
ing over the setsp in this area.
but Mr.. Gandolfo win rrnaln.
having been returned b. take over
the activities o. the WPA assler.
ment office here and work IN
conjunction with w. v. Little. IN
charge OF the Florida STATE En-
plOyment Service.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-09
|Firemen Leave To Arrange
For Bringing In Carnival

Chief Harry NJ Baker. of the
Key West Fire Department, act
ing First Assistant Chief Leroy
Torres, Secretary John Roberts,
and Member Theodore Albury OF
Number / station, left over the
highway this morning for points
in the state.
It is understood that the Key
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-09

West department plans to have q
carnival come to Key West be-
fore the winter season closes. and
the group which left this morn
ing will go to Palm Beach to in
spect carnival company which
is there and afterward 60 to Fort
Myers to look over another com
pany.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-09

Facing such a condition, one OF
all of these nations may deyalue
their currencies in order to OBJ
tain a temporary advantage in
buying abroad but this would
touch OFF a new monetary war,
probably dragging all other cur
rencies to lower level. Con
tinued flight of capital from
France, with much OF it coming to
this country, is dislocating our
monetary setup and causing the
Treasury and the Federal Re-
serve Board to hunt measures to
sterilize incoming gold and pre-
vent it from causing vast credit
expansion here at this time and
t'erios's credit contraction in the
event o. its sudden withdrawal in
the future.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-09
SEEK FLOOD CONTROL
NOT A LOCAL PROBLEM
GIVE UP $4,000 JOBS
WORLD SITUATION
GERMANY HOLDS KEY
MUNICIPAL BONDS UP
PwA AND REC PROFITS
by HUGO SIMS.
Special Washington CorresSon-
dent for The Citizen


A plan for unified flood con-
troll has been suggested to Con-
gress by President Roosevelt.
Last week he outlined a $5,011,-
00O,O Public Works program for
the next six years. 1t included
something like 10000 projects in
all parts of the country and in
volved the expenditure of $685.
100000 in the Ohio Valley, scene
of the recent disastrous high
water. The amount would be dis
tributed among various under
takings. with twenty-five per
cent going to streets and high
ways. twenty-four per cent to ir-
irrigation, drainage and flood con-
troll; seventeen per cent to bCld-
ings and equipment; and tao other
one-third used for soil conserva-
ton, forest conservation and game
protection, grade crossing elimi-
nations, water navigation and
aviation aids, recreational prof
ects, low-cost housing and other
undertakings.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-09

The world situation is gradu-
ally forcing itself more and more
upon the consciousness of Off
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-09

GERMANY. OF the present time.
seems to be the key nation. not
only in regard to war or peace
but also in respect to future prog
ress ALONG the lines of peaceful
development. Already the Hitler
regime has reverted to war tactics
in regard to food and modified
the internal economy of Germany
on a plan devised to permit the
financing of the purchases of ne
cessarv raw materials abroad. The.
supply of raw materials is abso-
lutely necessary to support a
Gtandard of living on level with
other western countries. The
threat of war arises because the
present German system will in
evitacly collapse and, rather than
accept a position of secondary inn
portance in the world, the Ger
man Government will lead its
people into another war.
The general opinion is that
Germany, alone, is utterly unable
to solve her problems and that
some assistance from the outside
world is absolutely necessary to
relieve the internal pressure. Phis
aid might come in the form of a
loan to make. possible the pur-
chase. of food and raw materials,
but. efore other nations will
make such a loan, they demand
assurance that it will not be the
means of speeding up the vast
armament program now going on
in Germany. Consequently, other
nations, in return for l. economic
help, require that Germany sur
render her war threat eand the
Germans insist that, before Civ
ing up her armament program
that other nations must extend
economic assistance. This is the
deadlock.
However, some economic ex-
perts fear that the abandonment
of Germany's armament program,
now estimated to involve one
third of the productive capacity
of German industry, viii result
in an immediate depression in Ger
many, with all the consequences
of such an economic disarrange-
ment. Something of the same
situation involves Japan, where
! increasing difficulties arise in fl
nancing purchases of raw mate
rails.
Since 1888, the Public Works
Administration has accepted as
collateral or purchased" more
than $500, 100000 worth of mu-
nicipal bond issues, all carrying
four per cent interest rate. To
secure funds to make new loans,
it has sold $475,000,00O of the
bonds to the Reconstruction Fl
nance Corporation, which, in turn,
has sold some 1851, 100000 of the
bonds to private individuals or
firms. On Wednesday, of this
week, the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation sold some sixty mu-
nicipal securities, with a face
value of over $4,OOO,OOO, the sale
being one of a number held to dis
pose of municipal securities be-
cause the law only permits the
Continued on Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-09

Undoubtedly, the public has
been prepared for some effective
enterprise to avoid recurring
flood damage. The idea that such
disasters are local problems and
that stricken communities must
take care of themselves with such
assistance as might be available
from the Red Cross and other
similar sources, has been thor
.oughly dissipated. The 1886 ram
page of the Merrimac River in
New-England, together with the
four-river flood which struck
Pennsylvania and West Virginia
last spring, has emphasized the
national character of the prob
lem involved.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-09

Through long usage, the $4,000
postmasterships have been the
priced prerogatives of the victori-
Gus members of the House of Rep
resentatives. For more than fifty
years, the House has rejected
every attempt to put them under
the classified Civil Service. How
ever, late in January, the House
voted to give up these jobs in the
future and thus took the first
step to extend the Civil Service
upward, outward and down.
ward" as suggested by President
Roosevelt. Mr.. Roosevelt wants
to put 100000 positions under
classified service within the next
year. Republicans object, claim
ing that by doing so at this time
the President will give life jobs
to deserving Democrats. Demo-
Gratis reply that the Republicans
did the same thing when they had
a chance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-09

Generally, for the past two hum
bred years, river control in this
country has been haphazard. Early
records show that settlers along
the Mississippi some two hum
dred years ago, were required to
build levees along the river banks.
In 1850 Congress made its first
appropriation for a survey of that
great river but, in 1887, the year
of the great flood, the idea per-
meated the public Lind that flood
control had to be handled from a
national standpoint.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-09

In 1928 Congress approved a
1925, 100000 flood control plan
for the Mississippi which depend
ed entirely on speeding waters
into the Gulf of Mexico by build
ing better 1iikes o and providing
apillways to carry surplus waters
to the Galf.os At present, this
plan will probably have to apply
to thickly populated areas, coupled
with system of reservoirs to
hold back excessive water. Such
reservoirs require that land be
obtained and, very often, the area
needed to protect some section
lies in another state. Usually the
other state is not so anxious to
spend its money to relieve its
neighbors and, therefore, Con-
gress, it seems, will have to
change the present policy and buy
the land necessary for reservoirs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-11
PRESIDENT VERY
 MUCH OPPOSED
tcontinued iron, Page D

 gain enactment of his plan to lib- eralize the country's highest tri- bunal.
 The President was represetend as fully realizing his program VIII cause "a hard fight.
 Emphasizing the Presidents de- termination to resist any change in his program. it was said specifically that MT. Roosevelt did not favor the personal suggestion of his sel- ate majority leader, Joseph T. Rob- inson. Robinson proposed that the retirement age for supreme court justices be set at 75 years instead of 70 as provided in the draft of the Presidents plan.
 Revolt Spreading
 The unyielding White House at- titude was revealed in the face of spreading revolt in both house and senate against the supreme court phase of the plan. Leaders insist ed, however, that a margin large enough to insure passage remained. The White House sources said further that MT. Roosevelt was not considering any plan involving a constitutional amendment as a means of giving the administration power to reach its labor, industrial and agricultural legislative goals.
 MT. Roosevelt was represented as believing an attempt to have the constitution amended would delay the enactment of liberal economic social laws until the present gen. eration of children become aged.
 These sources cited the campaign of many years-still without success for adoption of a child labor amend. ment to the constitution.
 Even More Difficult
 Mir. Roosevelt was represented as feeling any attempt to amend the constitution for adoption of legis- lation of the NRA and AAA type would be even more difficult.
 Mir. Roosevelt called in an ad-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-11

London hotel keepers are wor- ried by flood Of bogus food pols- olig9 suits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-11

interested in the attempts that were made to save him from the chair. He was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. Last week his attorneys pleaded with the board of pardons that the sen- tence be commuted, but the board refused to act.
 Told at 6 O'Clock
 Not until six o'clock last night did McElroy know that he was to die within a few hours. The hour set for the execution was known only to a few, among them newspapermen pledged to secrecy by Warden Ralph Walker of the State Prison. It was after he learned that he was to die last night that McElroy said to the warden: They all did what they could for me. And you've been nice to me here, warden" The next few hours he spent in company with Rev. George Grady, prison chaplain, who was with him to the very end, walking side by side with the con- demned man as he went from the death cell into the execution chamber, the chamber where Gerald Chapman and other notorious crirn- inals had been executed, and where last April John Siemborski Of New Haven was the last victim of the hanging machine in the state.
 24 Saw Execution
 There were 24 of us who served as official witnesses for the state. We met at the prison office. where we submitted our credentials. It was but 9:l5 then and we sat around for a while, talking or this and other executions. Soon 1t was time for the ceremony that precedes every execution in the state, the serving of coffee and sandwiches to newspapermen and other witnesses. and we went upstairs to 8 dining room.
 A few minutes later we were back in the office, where we were searched to see if we had guns or cameras concealed on our persons. The atmosphere seemed little tenser now, as we lined up for what we knew would be long walk to the far corner of the prison and the execution chamber.
 Searched Once More
 Entering the cell blocks, we were searched again, and then Warden Walker and Business Manager Ed ward Geisler of the prison led the way through labyrinth of passage ways and stairways. Past rows Of cells, through the chapel and audi torium, up and down stairways, and past more cells we went. It was 9:5O when we arrived at the death chamber and seated ourselves solemnly on the hard benches but a few feet away from the electric chair. Most of us had seen the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-11
TERMS OF STRIKE TRUCE
General Motors Recognize Collective Bargaining Principle Union to Evacuate All Slt-Down
 Workers at Operations Resume

specified in the letter of Jan. 4, 1887, from the union to the cor poration for the purpose of en- tering into a collective bargain ing agreement, or agreements, covering such issues looking to final and complete settlement of all matters in dispute.
 3. The union agre@ to forth with terminate the present strike against the corporation, and to evacuate all plants now occupied by strikers.
 4. The corporation agrees that all its plants which are on strike or otherwise idle shall resume operations as rapidly as possible.
 5. It is understood that all em- ployes TOW on strike or otherwise idle will return to their usual work when called and that no dis crimination shall be made or pre- pudices exercised by the corpora ton against any ernploye because of his former utilization with, or activities in, the union or the present strike.
 6. The union agrees that pend- ing the negotiations referred to in paragraph 3, there shall be no strikes called or any other inter- ruption to, or interference with production, by the union or it's members.
 2. During the existence of the collective bargaining agreement contemplated pursuant to para graph 2. all opportunities to achive satisfactory settlement of any grievance or the enforcement of any demands by negotiation shall be exhausted. before there shall be any strikes or other interrupt ion to or inference with produc- ton by the union or its members
 There shall be no attempts to intimidate or coerce any employees by the union and there shall not be any solicitation or signing up of members by the union on tnc premises of the company. This is not to preclude individual discus sion.
 8. After the evacuation of it's plants and the termination of the strike the corporation agrees to consent to the entry of orders dismsising the injunction proceed ings which have been started by the corporation against the union, or any of it's members, or officers or any of It's locals, including those pending in Flint, Mich., and Cleveland, O., and subject to the approval of the court to discon- tniue all contempt proceedings which 1t has instituted thereunder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-11

Detroit, Feb. 11-(UP)--Text of the General Motors agreement ending the United Automobile Workers strike follows:
 1. The corporation hereby re- cognizes the union as the collec- tive bargaining agency for those employees of the corporation who are members of the union. The corporation recognizes and will not interfere with the right of it's employees to be members of the union.
 There shall be no discrimina- tion, interference, restraint, or corecion, by the corporation or any of its agents against any em- ployes because of membership in the union.
 2. The corporation and the union agree to commence collec- tive bargaining negotiations on Feb. 16 in regard to the issues
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-11
ed, amid charges of bad faith and "doublecrossing."

ed, amid charges of bad faith and "doublecrossing."
 Strides In, Strides Out
 The scheduled Monday meeting for collective bargaining lasted only long enough for Knudsen to stride into the conference room at the General Motors building and slap down paper in front of Martin. In brief, it said the company re- fused to bergain until the "unlaw- full" occupation of its property was ended.
 Secretary of Labor Frances Per- lsins made two unsuccessful attempts to get Lewis and General Motors President Alfred P. Sloan into con- ference in Washington. The last time Sloan returned suddenly to New York, and Miss Perkins ar1- nounced "he ran out on me-"
 Early last week Lewis came to Detroit, ostensibly to stiffen the morale of the strikers. This gave Murphy his opportunity. With the backing of President Roosevelt, he got Knudsen to meet with him and Lewis to explore the possibilities Of settlement.
 On Feb. there was a riot at Flint and another sit-down strike started at Chevrolet plant No. 4. The next day Murphy's second conference began.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-11
LABOR SEC. IS
 WELL PLEASED
Continued from Page 1)

(CO0ClOUeQ ITOm rage D of labor entered negotiations in mid January after the earlier con- ference arranged by Murphy col- lapsed. James F. Dewey, labor de- partment conciliator, was stationed in the strike zone throughout the dispute and kept Miss Perkins con- stantly in touch with developments.
 Miss Perkins failed three times to bring John l.. Lewis. strike spon- sor, and Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., GMC president, face to face across her conference table. Lewis and Will liam 8. Knudsen, GMC executive vice president, were brought to- gether largely through efforts of President Roosevelt. Tt has been obvious from the outset" Miss Per- kins said in her statement. that once the parties concerned could sit down together and discuss their differences that the path could be cleared for 8 fair and honorable agreement"
 She Worked Hard
 After Murphys initial conference collapsed and violence fiared at the strike-besieged Flint factories, Miss Perkins and her ace conciliator, As- sistant Secretary Edward F. Mo- Grady, worked constantly to bring about a resumption of negotiations.
 Sloan first came to Washington the day MT. Roosevelt was inaugu- rated for his second term. Miss Perkins slipped from the inaugu- ral parade reviewing stands and into a series of secret conferences with him and the three other rank ing GMC executives who accom- panied him.
 The nearest she was able to get Sloan and Lewis to each other that time was three blocks apart. The executives left the Capitol after a statement by Lewis that the union expected help from the president in return for their efforts in his re- election campaign.
 The departments next attempt at conciliation was letter Miss Perkins wrote Sloan. He refused her direct invitation to confer with Lewis until sit-down strikers evacu- ated GMC plants.
 Almost in Tears
 Miss Perkins' final effort to ar. range 8 Washington meeting be. tween them was the most dramatic After conferring with Sloan Miss Perkins. almost in tears. charged that he had run out" on her. Sloan denied the charge, declared that he had given Miss Perkins nc reason to believe that he would re. sume negotiations.
 After that, peace negotiations shifted back to Detroit under Mtw- phy with Knudsen representing General Motors instead of Sloan Lewis sped to Detroit to represent the union.
 "The department of labor" Miss Perkins stated. "co-operated with Governor Murphy in efforts to get the disputants together to resume negotiations which he originally planned for January 18, SO that they could work out their problem in Q mutually satisfactory manner and in the public interest. They have now done 50 through the CO., operation of leaders of the wage earners and management" President Roosevelt kept in close touch with the situation throughout. Miss Perkins kept him abreast of developments and recently he talked personally with Detroit conferees. The White House revealed that Mir. Roosevelt had made known his po- sitton to them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-11
LOCAL LIQUOR
 DEALERS HELPED
(Continued From Page 1.)


 Rep. Tnoms estimated today that there were between five and six hundred Waterbury dealers who would get refunds, the average amount being about $20.
 Tn the senate today the names of Harold Logan. republican, Alfred A. ETeldt. democrat; Claude V. Badger. republican, and Harvey Horton. republican, were taken of the calendar and referred to the judiciary committee. Logan and Badger were named in resolutions judge of the town court of Wol- colt. Affeldt and Horton were named deputy judges. Badger and Horton are the present incumbents. Logan Is a former judge of the court.
 Alco taken of the senate calendar today and referred to the judiciary committee was the name of Ed- war L. Seery of Milford. He is an uncle of Mayor Frank Hayes. He seeks the deputy 5udgeship of the NWu COuIC.
 Next Tuesday tn; finance commit tee will hold hearing on bill call- ing for a Torrington bond issue. It was introduced by Senator Anthony Telesca of that city. Funds would be used for relief and street work. Senator George T. Culhane of Waterbury after making brief ap. pearance tt the capitol today board- ed a train for Washington. D. O., where he will stay until after the testimonial dinner to Postmaster General James A. Farley, to be held next Monday night in Mayhower hotel.
 Senator Matthew A. Daly of New Haven expects to leave tomorrow for the banquet.
 Natio-1l Committeeman David Y. FitzGerald of New Haven is men1- Der o. the committee in charge of arrangemeTt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-11

you the facts of the situation and gaining from you the sanction of any such contemplated procedure as being justified by law. equity or Justice towards the group of em- ployes so represented"
 The letter was signed by William s. Knudsen, executive vice-presi- de:lt, and Donald Brown, finance chairman,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-11

ditional group of senators to dis cuss the program. This continued the series of conferences lse launched yesterday, which were confined at thaht time largely to senate judiciary committee mcm- members who have not committed themselves strongly against his plan.
 The renewed conferences appeared to indicate that MT. Roosevelt was placing himself personally in the forefront of the admittedly stiff campaign to otbain congressional approval for his program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-11
TEXT OF LETTER SENT TO MURPHY
Continued from Page D

from coercion and intimidation in- side and outside of the shop in its efforts to increase it's membership.
 Further Agreement
 "As evidence of our intention to do all we can to hasten the re- sumption of work in our plants and to promote peace, we hereby agree with you that within q period of six months from the resumption of work we will not bargain with or enter Into agreements with any other union or representative of employees Of plants on strike in respect to sucli matters of general corporate policy as referred t0 in letter q Jan. {, without flrst submitting to