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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-07

Down at Key West the other day a
maekerel leaped out of the water and
landed on a dock where some tourists were
fishing Some of our Florida fish will do
almost anything to attract attention.
Times-union. Even at the risk of their
lives.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-07

''fhey are the abstract and brief
chronicles Of the time: after your death
you were better have a bad epitaph than
their III report while you live Hamlet.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-07
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Today's
Anniversaries

William Bainbfidge, not
ed naval officer in the war with
Tripod and War Of 1912, known
as the father OF naval instruction
in the United States, born at
Princeton, II. j. Died in PhiIadel-
phia, July 81, 1888.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-07

Lis Hawkins has at last got held
Of somethin' practical: he's tryIn' to
develop . table knife that'Il hold
peas.
The flood prevention projects amt
yet been able to stop the flow Of tax
payers money.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-07

William ]. Stone, Mis-
souri, lawyer, governor and u. S.
Senator, born in Madison Co., Ky.
Died April IA, 1918.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-07
SELLS WIFE FOR s2e

ST. LoUIS.-Hanver Gelizz o.
this city was arrested for selling
his wife to neighbor for $26.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-07

1886 Joseph G. Cannon, Him
dis longtime Republican congress
man and Speaker of the House,
born at Guilford, N. C. Died Nov.
IL, 1926.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-07

1872 Sidney Dillon, the poos
New York boy who became a not
ed financier and builder of the
Union Pacific r. R., born at
Northampton. N. Y. Died June
20, 1892.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-07

1s1S-Juliet A. o. Hopkins,
Alabama's beloved Confederate
natron, born in Jefferson Co..
Va. Died in Washington, d. c.,
March 8, 1890.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-07

1600-Act oI EoH4fEH
lied the Territory II
civilized population 81 II
estimated At 1850
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-07

The announcement that further
borrowing viii be necessary in order
TO pay the bills for the fiscal year
1887 is no surprise to any one who
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-07

Correct this sentence; 81 think Key
West could be improved lot if other peo-
pie would do what they should"
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ships besieainR Ram nsa
northeastern eoaat
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1826-varina Howell Davis,
loyal wife Of the Confederate
president, bonn near Natchez,
Miss. Died in New York CITY,
Oct. 16, 1906.
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1915-The Cunardor E'z
New York 70 LiFeIIso|. M
German submarine alf IIA
with Ioss Of 1900 live.
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There Is nothing funnier than to see
a newspaper editor who thinks that free
dom Of the press is his asset.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-07

1912 Robert Browning, famed
English poet, born. Died Dec.
II, 1889.
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1905-Soue l2.ooo |Mas
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IA record.
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Today In His|

1906 KINGS col|11<
Columbia unlvels'|s.
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These Cheques, issued in convenient denani.
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Barometer reading at 8 a. M:
Sea level, 1892.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-01-08
$451, ,o3s GAS SOLD TO
FIGHT LABOR

WASHINGTON. - Private In
dustry and municipalities bought
$451, 1888 worth Of tear gas and
sickening gas between January.
1888 and September, 1896, to COM
bat workers striking for better
conditions, the Senate Civil Lib
critics Committee disclosed this
week.
The Committee also exposed op-
erations Of strikebreaking thugs,
efficiently organized labor spy
systems, and the bitter competi-
tion among munitions firms which
furnish supplies for breaking
strikes.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-01-08
Hitler Lus+s
For Liberia, Says
ThYra Edwards

NEW YORK In a sweeping
indictment of war and fascisn1,
Thyra Edwards, who returned last
week from her fourth European
tour, declared that Nazi Germany,
in its mad cry for African colo
MES, was lusting for Liberia, the
worlds last semi-indepepdent Neg
70 country.
Miss Edwards made the state
ment at a banquet held in her
honor in the Harlem Y. M. c. A,
under the auspices Of the Greater
New York Federation of the Ma
tional Negro Congress.
In addition to slandering the
Jews, Miss Edwards asserted, the
rotogravure sections Of the Nazi
newspapers are regularly publish.
ing derogatory- pictures Of Neg
roes. showing them as animals
and less than men" >~
She contrasted the race-hatret
attitude of the Nazis to the ap'
probation shown by the Soviet
Union for the Negro people:
"You should see how proudly the
Soviet people place Negro heroes
alongside their own," Miss Ed
wards stated. "For example, or
the wall paper of the Kharkov
factory, the workers have placed
the picture Of Emperor Halle Sci
assie next to the pictures Of Max
i'm Gorki and Lenin.
1.-THE Soviet workers In this ter
ritory alone contributed 10000
rubles to the defense Of Ethiopia
And all over Europe it isn't Com.
munism that the people fear, it's
fascism, and wherever they can,
they're. working to aid the Span
ish democratic government"
The Arizona gleam., 1937-01-08
Union Men
Vote To
Gust GRANGE

NEW YORK.-David e. Grange,
Negro president Of the Marine
Cooks and Stewards Union, was
ousted this week from the office
which he had held with an iron
hand for several years. Grange,
a foe Of the striking Negro and
white seamen, was also a defend
er and advocate of jim-crowisn in
the A. F. of L. unions.
Three hundred colored and
white members of the local. which
is an affiliate Of the international
Seamen's Union, announced that
all old officers had been relieved
Of their posts and that committee
Of nine would redraft the consti-
tuition more nearly a democratic
trade union document" Under
the constitution as amended by
Grange, he would have held of.
flee for life.
The rank and file movement ir
the Marine Cooks and Stewards
Union comedies with action al.
ready taken by the two other 10.
Gals of the I. S. u. The Eastern
and Gulf Sailors Union and the
Marine Engineers, Firemen and
Oilers unit have also been taken
over by their respective member.
ships.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-01-08
Six Die In
PhiIodelp phio
Tenement / Fire

PHILADELPHIA. - Bodies OF
six persons, four of them child
rem, were dug out from the
wreckages Of two tenament hous-
es which collapsed on 10 occu-
pants. The wreckage caught fire
when gas pipes were broken.
Thirteen persons were injured.
three OF them seriously. The dead.
all colored, were Betty Jones. 4:
Hattie Bouy, Is; Mrs. Lucy Spease,
AZ; her son, Samuel, IL; and an.
unidentified lad about five years
Of age.
The disaster evoked wide pro-
test against ancient sluns in this
city and Mayor S. Davis Wilson
gave citizens committees a prom
ise that 1000 dangerous tene-
ments will be torn down.
The Mayor visited the scene OR
the disaster and saw the bodies
OF the victims, who were killed
when the dilapidated three-story
structures collapsed and burst In
to flames. City officials said the
buildings around the scene Of the
tragedy were an example Of ''the
worst possible housing"
A building near the two de-
stroyed tenements has been ord
cred torn down by the Mayor.
Many buildings in the section date
back to the Civil War and others
are more than 100 years old.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-01-08
Ark. SIuver
Drops PIdns
To Appeal

Jonesboro, Ark City Marshall
Paul D. Peacher Of Earle, Ark,
announced through his attorneys
last week that he would pay a
$500 fine and accept a two-year
probationary sentence for subject
ing seven Negroes to slavery.
Peacher was convicted in Fed
eraI court here Nov. 25 on seven
out Of eight counts in an indict-
ment charging him with illegal
" arresting Negroes and having
them sentenced to work out their
fines on his plantation. The fight
against Peacher was pushed by
the Southern Tenant Farmers
Union, the international Labor
Defense and other labor and lib
eral groups which aroused public
sentiment against the practice of
peonage in Eastern Arkansas. An
all-white jury recommended elem
ancy, and the court ruled that
Peacher need not go to Jail If he
would pay the fine.
N. r. Lamb, chief Of defense
counsel, said the city marshall had
abandoned plans for appealing the
conviction.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-01-08
u. s SOCIAL
LIST STILL OPEN
TO APPLICANTS

WASHINGTON. - The Social
Security Board announced last
week that workers who have not
yet registered for participation in
the Governments old age pension
system will be given further op-
portunity to do so. The deadline.
originally fixed for midnight, Dec.
10. has been extended indefinitely.
it was said.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-01-08
Al INCOMES IN 1885
TOPPED S1,ooo,ooo
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. Forty-one
persons had million-dollar incomes
in 1885, according to prelimin-
ary report for that year issued
by the Internal Revenue Board
last week. This compares with
thirty-three who had such incomes
the previous year. The income of
several was we'll above the mil
ion-dollar mark, in one case ex-
ceding $4,000, 900.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-01-08
Survey Shows
! Ark. Farmers
! Losing Lands

MEMPHIS, Tenn "a serious
menace to American institution"
is the description applied by the
Arkansas farm tenancy commits
sion to conditions prevailing among
impoverished colored and white
tenant farmers in the state.
Following a long investigation,
the commission appointed by Gov.
]. Marion Futrel after a strike Of
tenants and farm laborers, has
made public it's conclusions. 1t
reports that "in 1880. So per cent
of all farms of the state were OPP
Grated by tenants and that tenan-
cy increased by IL per cent be-
tween 1920 and $780," Referring
to landlord terrorism and viola
tions Of civil liberties, it condemn
led "all acts on the part Of any
| one to interfere with the funda-
mentals rights ofs@American citi-
zens."
The commission, however, shift
ed major responsibility for reliev-
ing the dreary economic situation
onto the shoulders Of the federal
government, urging that the "Un-
tied States, in cooperation with
the state, secure suitable farm
lands upon terms whic hcan be
met by any reasonably good
farmer"
Large numbers Of farm labor
ers, it might have mentioned, once
owned their own farms, but COM
petition of large plantations drove
them from possession. The South
ern Tenant Farmers Union, in a
memorandum submitted to the
commission, had pointed out the
impossibility Of returning to the
small individual farm. In the
place Of a return to small farm
ownership, called impossible turn
ing back Of the economic clock,
the union proposed the establish
ment Of 1arge-scale cooperative
farms and asserted that through
co-operatives we can plant the
seeds Of a new life"
The Arizona gleam., 1937-01-08
FOOD COST TO RISE
10 PER CENT

WASHINGTON. - Food prices
will climb as high as 10 per cent
early this year, Secretary Of Ag-
riculture Henry A. Wallace pre-
dicted this week. He said in a
report to President Roosevelt the
rises Twill probably be similar to
those produced b ythe drought Of
1884"
The Arizona gleam., 1937-01-08
F.D.R.~ ASKED TO
DISCUSS PROBLEMS
OF NEGRO YOUTH

WASHINGTON. - President
Roosevelt has been asked to re-
ceive a representative youth dele
cation during National Negro
Youth Week, January 10 to 16,
to discuss the problems Of young
Negroes throughout the country.
The request was sent to the Pres
ident this week by Edward e.
Strong, secretary Of the Youth
Section of the National Negro
Congress, TIT Florida Avenue, N.
E., Washington, D. c.
Strong explained that it was the
intention of the proposed delega-
tion "to have President Roosevelt
give special consideration to the
problems Of Negro youth during
the coming session of Congress"
The delegation to the President
will be a cross-section of Negro
youth and will come from all parts
of the nation, Strong stated in
his letter to President Roosevelt.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-01-08
BARS CITY WORKERS
UNION

PHILADELPHIA. - City en-
ployees were informed by Mayor
S. Davis Wilson last week that ii
was illegal" for them to join a
union.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-01-08

The letter advised he President
that Negro youth leaders are
pushing plans for a mass confer
ence Of Negro youth Of the South
land to meet in Richmond, Feb.
1914, 1887. The activities Of Ma
tional Negro Week will focus at
tention on the Richmond Confer
ence. One Of the features of the
week will be a National Fast Day
on which Negro youth will refrain
from eating as an expression of
it's opposition to the lynching evil,
the President was informed.
During the week delegations of
Negro youth twill visit governors,
mayors, boards Of education and
other government officials to dis
cuss with them to problems of
Negro youth and to put before
them plans relative to the allevia-
tion of these problems, Strong de-
clared.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
Lucky Baldwin's
Grandson to Wed

LOS ANGELES, Oct. % QN.S0.
Baldwin M. Baldwin, grandson OF
the late Lucky" Baldwin, and his
sweetheart of school days, Rowena
White, probably will be married
today, they announced.
Mrs. White, former wife Of D.
Robert White, said they would
probably take q train either to
Arizona or Nevada for the nup-
tials, It will be Baldwin's third
marriage and Mrs. Whites Sec
ond,
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
Kinney Accused
OF Taking Check

Q.N.S.) The Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee alleged to-
day that Michael Kinney. of st.
Louis, chairman of the Missouri
State Senate Committee on NUM-
cipal and Private Corporations,
received a $1,000 check "for SER
vices" following the Missouri Pub
lie Service Commissions approval
of purchase of the Missouri Pa
cific by the Van Sweringen rail.
road empire.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
2 Break Jail, Found
Hiding in Another

SYCAMOR ILL.,, Oct. %
-(C.TP S0.-Believing jail was the
safest place in the world to hide,
Frances Farthing and Hubert
Ross, who escaped from the De-
Kalb county Jail here Sunday by
breaking the paddock on a coal
chute, walked into the city jail
at Hiawatha, Kan, and asked for
o nights lodging. Sheriff John
Often, who heard a radio broad
cast of the escape, charged them
with jail break and stealing Of a
car. They confessed and are back
in the county jail here.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
Diva caches
Tetr1zziI1i Denies It's
Because of Poverty

LONDON, Oct. % U.N.s)- De-
nying that she is in want, Louisa
Tetrazzini, famed italian soprano,
today claimed she is giving sing
ing lessons in Milan not because
she is poor, but because she wants
to find another Tetrazzini.
Informed by telephone that
London friends pictured her as
virtually penniless and forced to
give singing lessons to live, Tet-
razzini burst into song before ex-
claiming How silly"
81 give lessons to few pupils,
mostly American and English,
simply because love music, and
it keeps me in close touch with
it: could never give up my
singing"
Despite Tetrazzini's light-heart-
ed dismissal Of the reports Of her
alleged poverty, however, London
friends who have seen her recent
~ and who studied under her,
claim she has very little money.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
MERCURY RUNS
FARLEY FOR 40

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 QN.s0.
Stating it believes he is exactly
what present-day America de-
serves" the American Mercury
puts forward Postmaster General
James A. Farley for the presi-
dency as "the most representative
American at large today"
If we are to have q rep
reSentative government" an
article stated, Jim Farley &C
curately represents-in intelli-
gence, honesty and even gum
chewing ability-that vast mill
ing majority so firmly in the
saddle today"
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
Beekeepers Meet
Here Next Week

Beekeepers from all over the
world will convene for a three-day
convention at the Washington
Hotel Monday with the opening of
the annual meetings of the In
ternational Beekeepers' Congress.
Gallons of the finest honey pro-
duced will be on exhibition, R. E.
Lothrop. Of the Department of
Agriculture, announced today.
Demonstrators will also display
how effectively bees may be worn
as Clothing" More than 1000
beekeeperS are expected to attend.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
St. Gabriel's Club
To Give Conan PLAY

The Stella MariS Club Of st.
Gabriel's Church parish will pro-
duce George M. Cohan'S Seven
Keys to Baldpate" as its first play
Of the season.
Arthur Rhodes, a professional
actor who has appeared in va
Yious roles at the National Thea
ter, will direct. The play will be
presented in the parish hall Of
st. Gabriel's Church the latter
part Of November.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
Oxygen Is Given
: Woman on Trip

NEW YORK-Mrs. Mary Ryder,
so, was transferred from the office
of DR.. Leverett S. Woodwork to
City Hospital, on Welfare Island,
while q police emergency squad
continuously administered oxygen
to her. Mrs. Ryder became uncon-
sciouS soon after DR.. Woodwork
gave her an injection for varicose
veins. Two policemen constantly
manned the inhalator.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
T/MAw M MpE0fHNWF

TO PLACES OF THE EARTH HAVE KNOWN The eRAI0N
Of 7E pEsgs AMp ne AHcnS EM MVST @ 1S n
ia Tat ncKs MAM Up MENTALLY Ao PHYSICALLY DGMK "a eGsTAEH
TeA sARpsNs NY sENses GIVES MY VITALITY BOOST AND "a eo
BEVERAGE ME RELAX AND INVITES SOUND RE5UL SLEEP
GOOD, fULLAVoeeo cOe OF TEA TO NY way or 74NKNe'
REXERA6ES.S
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
International News Photo

Ickes will speak in New York at
the dedication of the $4,000, 900
Wards Island sewerage project
Saturday, he said today, but he
will not discuss the present mayor
atty campaign.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
SENATE PROBERS.
or RAIL EMPIRE.
PLAN new LAWS.
Van SWeringen Setup
Carefully Checked

GN.sO. Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee investiga-
tors today studied admissions OF
false bookkeeping, evasions Of Fed
eral and State regulations and
secret purchases of stock by the
Van Sweringen railroad empire
preparatory to drafting "correc-
tive" legislation.
Senator Truman CD Of Mis-.
souri,, acting chairman Of the com.
mittee, warned Of legislation to
give the Interstate Commerce
Commission control over railroad
holding companies following the
testimony of officials of the Van
Sweringen group concerning the
purchase Of the Missouri Pacific.
SHOWS NEED OF LAW
1.-THE results Of this investi.
CATION" Truman said, illus
trates perfectly the need Of
legislation to give the commits
sion authority to deal with rail-
road holding companies"
II want laws and regulations
placed in the hands Of the COM
mission that will give them
power to see to it that the opera
ting properties of railroads can
be separated from the influence
Of the giant holding companies"
MEETING TUESDAY
Truman, who will reconvene the
committee Tuesday, said he will
proceed with inquiry into the &C
QUESTION of control of the Missouri
Pacific by the Van Sweringens in
1890.
Officials of the Van Sweringen
group admitted that some of the
transactions violated regulations
Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, the Missouri Public Ser
vice Commission, and that the
Van SWeringen group maintained
false and erroneous" financial
statements.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
MEETING TUESDAY

Read what happens when the richest
girl in the world spends five days in
jail. Read Reckless Lady," by Vera
Brown, now running In The Washing.
ton Times. Call DL. 1000 for home
delivery.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
MASS MURDER"
PROOF IN HAHN
CASE ADMITTED
State Scores Heavily
At Poison Trial
By EVELYN OBERMAN

CINCINNATI, Oct. % GNS).
The State scored its greatest vic
tory today when Judge Charles
s. Bell ruled to admit evidence of
other mysterious deaths in the
murder trial Of blonde Anna
Hahn, charged in this case with
the poisoning Of 78-year-old Jacob
Wagner.
The decision paved the way for
the State to bolster its allegation
that the German immigrant is a
mass murderesS. Heretofore,
all such accusations have been
discussed with the jury excused.
STATE OVERLOOKED
News of the judges decision was
received by the State with all-con-
cealed joy. Prosecutor Dudley M.
Outcalt and his aides sprang from
their conference table at the con-
clusion of ther uling and made
no effort to disguise their salts
faction.
Meanwhile defense attorneys sat
grim and long-faced and Anna
kept her greenish eyes riveted on
the judges face during the read
ing Of the decision.
TEXT OF RULING
Judge Bell concluded:
1.-THE court Is therefore Of the
opinion that other acts Of this
defendant are not incompetent,
because they also prove separate
and distinct offenses in so far
as they prove or tend to prove
motive ~. The objection is
therefore overruled and the
court holds such evidence to be
competent"
Evening star., 1937-02-01
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK. February Rub
bers. coppers and specialties received
a substantial upward shove in todays
stock market.
Many issues, however. were indiffer-
ent and there were a few soft spots in
evidence. Trading turned somewhat
slow after a fast first hour. and near
the fourth period trends were q bit
uneven.
General Motors was down nearly a
point as the company went into court
to press its eviction plea against sit
down strikers. Chrysler and Nash
Kelvinator improved moderately.
Shares of Allied Chemical, j. I.
Case and Lima Locomotive pushed up
3 10 points each. Lesser improve
ment was shown by Goodyear, Good
rich. FireStone. Anaconda, Kennecott,
Inspiration, Miami, Cerre de PaSco,
Standard Oil of New Jersey. Sears
Roebuck. Montgomery Ward, Safeway
Stores. National Biscuit, American
Can. Westinghouse. American Loco
motive, Gulf States Steel. National
Steel. General Electric, Union Carbide,
Pressed Steel Car, Follansbee Bros,
Container Corp, Loew's. Gillette,
Crown Zellerbach, Pittsburgh Screw g.
Bot and Pittsburgh United
Backward were United States Steel.
Bethlehem, Douglas Aircraft, Boeing,
Paramount, Santa Fe and Baltimore
&c Ohio. The utilities held to a re-
Stricttd groove
Stocks of Warren Bros. suffered a
sharp setback when the company fled
a voluntary plea for reorganization
under the Federal bankruptcy act.
Bank stocks enjoyed another lift
following action of the Federal Re-
serve Board in boosting Reserve re.
quirementS the limit. A small advance
was also announced in bankers ac-
ceptance rates Call money. however,
renewed at l per cent. but brokerage
Thoughts were directed to a possible
slight increase in this borrowing figure
soon.