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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02
Thirty-Eight More Men Now
Available For Bridge Work
Demands For Workne
WIN Increase With 0pes
ing q Bids For Add
tional Projects

During the pas, tie d.gs -
quisitions have bees seesissd -
the office Of Vim. v. Lillle. =
charge Of the State Emplsymsas
Service in this distrist. for -
more msn to BE- sens 90 ihe ksrs
for work on the hrisas snd hish.
way activities.
Some Of these msn wars - ~
sent yesterday aad the firsi srese
was selected and sisan shsis a.
sisnmsnis Saturday sad hsd lsis
for the Keys.
The frat rsauisitisa was l1
men, swo Of whom wsFs ear
penters and II lahoFers. The
second requisites called fs< three
jack hammer operators. einhf
rough carpenters and n labarsFs.
Demands for workmsn frsm lhs
lists at the State Employment OF.
flee are expected 70 be greatly
increased soon after the biis fsr
the next five projects on The Keys
have been Opened and the con
tracts awarded.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02
Coffin And Number OF
Skeletons Unearthed At
Foot OF Eaton Street

One coffin and a number of
skeletons and parts of skeletons
were discovered yesterday after
noon by WPA employees working
on the sewer project at the west
ern end of Eaton street where that
street is joined with Fort street.
Just how many of the gruesome
relics of bygone years were found
in the excavation was not de-
termined, but it was declared that
at least six of the groups of bones
were encountered and placed in
piles to be reinterred when the ex-
cavated dirt and sand is placed in
the excavation after the pipes are
laid.
When the interments were orig
inally made is not known exactly,
but an extract from 'Key West,
The Old and The New" by Judge
jefferson B. Browne. reads as fol-
lows:
"The first graves were made on
the western beach between the
town and Whitehead's point, most
of them in the space between the
Marine hospital and Emma street.
A visitor to the island in 1880 de-
scribed- them as being marked by
q few plain stones to tell that the
possessors of the little tenement
below once lived and died."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
Happenings That Affect the Dinner Pals, Dividend
Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual; Ma
ti0nal and international Problems Insep-
arabic From Local Welfare

Il is exceedingly difficult to
present a fair appraisal of indus
try's condition these days. There
are so many conflicting factors,
so many diverse influences, that
1t is next to impossible to use the
ordinary barometers in measuring
actual achievements and failures.
One school of business commen-
tators takes it for granted that
continued prosperity is assured,
and gives the credit to the New
Deal. Another school is extreme
ly anti-New Deal, and discounts
advances that have been made.
The third school attempts the diff
ficult job of analyzing conditions
without bias or prejudice and, as
is usual in such matters, this school
probably comes nearest to being
right.
Mr.. Roosevelt's second inaug-
ural has naturally caused COMPARE
sons between conditions as they
were when he took office in 1888
and conditions as they are today
And the picture, in. the view OF
hard-headed commentators, is mix
ed and bewi' dering.
The United States News recent
ly made a neat summing up OF
Administration assets and credits
as they apply to industry. In the
first four years of the present Ad-
ministretion industrial produc-
ton made remarkable advances
Some industries even exceeded
their boom-period experience and
are operating at record production
levels. The national income has
been increased so per cent-from
$40, 100000 to $600,000,000,
600. The agricultural income is
approximating its pre-depressior
ratio to the total national income
COMMODITY prices are not far from
the 1923-25 normal. Bank depos-
its have advanced more than SO
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02
ALIENS ARRIVE
HERE FOR VISIT
ARE ASSIGNED QUARTERS IN
NAVAL STATION RES.
ERvATIoN

Robert Alien, who conducts the
syndicated column, washington
Merry Go Round" and Mrs. Alien,
known to the newspaper world as
Ruth Finney. who is a columnist
with the Scripps Howard League
of newspapers, arrived this morn
ing by plane from Miami and are
occupying quarters in the naval
station.
In company with the Aliens
were B. P. Garrett. of the Edi-
torial Research Bureau. of Wash
ington, and Mrs. Garnett. who is
alos associated with the Seripps
Howard League of newspapers.
They have also been assigned
quarters in the naval station and
are comfortably situated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02
Nature OF Charges To
Be Filed In Stabbing
Affair, Undetermined
Benigno Rogue Still In
Jail As Result OF At
tack Made On Bonnie
Pierce

No decision has as yet been
announced as to the nature Of
the charges which will be filed
against Benisno Rogue, now in
county jail for staBbing Police
Officer Bonnie Pierce early Mon.
day morning.
County Solicitor Allan B.
cleare. Jr., said today that the
fheriff's office and Assistant
State Attorney J. Lancelot Les
ter, had elaborated with him in
quizzing Is witnesses and when
the results of the wounds have
been definitely established, the
charges viii be preferred.
AS the case now stands the
charges could be assault with in
tent to commit murder, but as
nothing has been said, it was
pointed out. as to what the charges
will be, no announcement can be
made at this time.
Should the case result more
seriously than anticipated and the
wounds prove fatal, it was said,
the matter will be placed under
the jurisdiction of the assistant
state attorney.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02
BURTON SMITH
LANDS SAILFISH

Concluding an afternoon
of excitement and successful
angling, Burton c. Smith,
guest at the Casa Marina,
brought to boat a fine speei-
men. of sailfish, measuring
seven feet one inch, weighing
4s pounds.
Mr.. Smith, accompanied
by Mrs. Smith, and Mr.. and
Mrs. T. S. Newell, all of
Rochester, N. T., were out
with Captain Begley Filler,
and had a very good catch,
even before the sailfish was
taken, their take consisting
of various specimens of the
gamey fish which are found
in these waters.
Among the fish were 10
amberjack, averaging from
40 to so pounds, barracuda,
mackerel and grouPer, prac-
tically all of them above the
average, il was said.
But, of course, the strike
of strikes was when the sail
fish took the bait and hook,
and Mr.. Smith began play
ing it, realizing what the
prize meant, and was careful
in his methods until the mag
nificent specimen was brought
to boat.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02

his scope of activity covers the
area and land and the Keys rang.
ing from No Name Key to Mar
quesas.
In making his visits to the Keys
and patrolling that section of the
district Mr.. CeCleod said that he
will use his cabin cruiser, which
he has ready at all times for use.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02
MANY REPAIRS
To RESIDENCES
TWENTY THRzE BUILDING
PERMITS ISSUED DUR
ING JANUARY

Building permits issued during
the month of January numbered
% and the total expenditure in
volved was $9,115.
Practically ali of the permits
was for repairs to residences and
places of business except two
which were above the $1,000
mark.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02
~. aaIwmA
Grass Fire Eliminates
Eastern End OF Island

About 8 o'clock last night
flames were seen arising from tho
section of Trumbo Island ad-
jacent to Palm Avenue and with
in a short time those viewing the
scene from a distance were under
the impression that a section Of
the city was in flames.
The alarm was sounded, and
fire apparatus was rushed to the
scene. The pump from the bar
racks was put in operation, but
Chief Harry Baker, of the Key
West Fire Department, decided to
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02

let the brush and grass on Trumbp
burn, bot held the apparatus .
readiness in the event the flames
would endanger property.
Only at one time, when the
flames were getting too near the
road was il found necessary 20
use the apparatus and Engine
Number 2 was put in operation.
but was only active a short time.
when it was decided that the
water was no longer necessary.
The grass and brush burned for
about two hours, Chief Baker
said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02
DEMOLAYS TO
MEET TONIGHT

There will be a meeting of Rob-
ert J. Perry Chapter, Order of De-
Molays, held tonight, beginning at
1880 o'clock, at the Scottish Rite
Hall, corner of Eaton and Simon
ton streets.
There will be ritual practice
after the meeting, states Joe
Richardson, master counsellor, and
all majority members are request.
ed to attend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02
THE FLOOD

FIGHTING THE FLOOD
WHOLE NATION AROUSED
THIS WEEK TO TELL
LEWIS TACTICAL ERROR
BLUNTNEss INEFFECTIVE
MAY HURT LABOR CAUSE
SLOAN MISSES BALL
PUBLIC REACTION
LEGISLATION AHEAD
RUNcIMAN's VISIT
HULL's POLICIES GAIN
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02
Sounded Like Big
Order For Police
en- ArsaeIated rressI

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. a.
Listeners in on the police radio
thought patrol car Taraval No. l
was getting a big order when they
heard this:
Man annoying woman between
Athens and Moscow. Respond"
To the radio patrolmen it was
simple enough, and they went to
the rescue OF a lady in distress in
the range o. streets named after
European capitals.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02
DRIVER FINDS
KEY WEST AN
EXOTIC LAND
ISLAND CITY AS
APPEARING ALMOST FOR
EIGN TO TOURISTS MAKING
VISITS

A special story sent out from
Key West by the Chicago Tribune
Press Service, and printed in that
paper on January 9, gives de-
scription of how the Island City
appears to a stranger, telling of
its foreign atmosphere and de-
picting various activities carried
on here.
The article is reproduced be-
low:
"This southern-most city in the
United States, with the exception
Of its army and navy posts, APP
pears in the eyes of tourists as a
foreign land almost as exotic as it
is described by a travel prospectus
issued by the florida emergency
relief administration.
"Uncle Sans tourist booklet
says that in the Negro quarters
rich and husky voices break out
into song and "a whole family and
its guests dance the rhumba, and
handsome girls parade up and
down. You may not find this,
but you'll hear Spanish spoken by
Cubans and Negroes on streets of
implanted houses Of West Indies
colonial architecture surrounded
by the TROPICAL foliage lowered
by the hot sun. On the waterfront
you'll see fleets of weather-beaten
small craft with weather-beaten
men in oil skins unloading catches
from their nets.
Two Long Ferry Rides
"The drive here from Home
stead, Fla, the southernmost town
on the mainland, includes two long
ferry rides, one of IA and the
other of II miles, and 118 miles
of pavement across islands and
long wooden bridges between the
islands. There is little population
on these Florida Keys with their
mangrove thickets that rise but a
few feet above sea level to separate
the Atlantic ocean from Florida
bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
1.-THE scenery is mainly marine.
Clouds and coral shoals vary the
colors of the water from a light
yellow, an aqua marine and deep
purple. A tropical early morning
shower approached as dark gray
slanting lines from a black cloud
sailed over the Atlantic. 1t dropped
deluge for two or three minutes
and then as the cloud sailed west
ward across the Gulf of Mexico,
the warm sun painted a double
rainbow with width, and inten-
sity of color not found in the
north.
Get Tickets In Miami
"The ferries, while affording
pleasant interludes to an automo-
bile tour, are effective dams to
any volume of recreational travel.
There are only two sailings each
way daily. Tickets are sold in Mi
ami and in Key West, the south
bound driver arriving at the dock
without ticket is told that he can
get aboard only if there happens
to be room. If the vessel has its
load of twenty-one cars the UNI
informed driver must return 90
miles to Miami. The tariff for a
small car was $3.50, with so cents
more for each passenger in addi-
ton to the driver.
"The federal government is now
working to complete a highway
free of ferries to this military and
naval outpost. 1t will probably be
finished in another two years. A
few weeks ago the Public Works
Administration allotted another
million dollars to the project"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02
United States Deputy
Game Warden Arrives

Rexford Mcleod, United States
deputy game warden, was an ar
rival in Key Wet yesterday and
at once began his activities in
this district.
The new deputy game warden
told The Citizen that his assign
ment will last indefinitely, that
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02
BY HUGO SIMS
Special Washington Correspond
emit of The Citizen


The surging flood waters of the
Ohio, moving relentlessly to-
ward the Mississippi, attracted
major attention in Washington as
officials anxions.y scanned re-
ports that brought information
about the extent of the disaster.
With thousands homeless and
many others certain to be affect
ed before the wall of water flows
into the Gulf of Mexico, every
resource of the Government was
thrown into the work of rescue.
Heads of relief agencies We're con-
stituted special flood board and
Harry L. Hopkins given an office
in the White House to coordinate
activities.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02


At 8 o'clock the bids on the
last of the projects We're being
read, and in the opinion of some
of those who were deeply inter-
ested, the bids were in excess of
the estimates furnished when the
proposals were sent out to the
construction companies.
However there viii be rome
substantial reductions in some of
the bids as combination bids were
offered on most of the projects,
but which will be some hours be-
fore the actual bids will be an
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02

Members of the Oversee Road
and Toll Bridge Commissions, B.
M. Duncan. chief engineer and
manager. and A. L. West. bridge
designer, were thi. afternoon,
reading and recording the 26 bid.
which had been offered on the
Projects c, D, E. F and C, of the
bridges covering the water gaps
to The mainland.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02

In fact, the craft unions claim
the right to organize labor in the
automobile plants and it is known
that many members of the A. F..
Of L. also supported the President.
Mr.. Lewis, involved in a battle
with General Motors and in corr
flict with other labor groups, de-
mands that the President take
sides with him, against the A. F..
of L. as well as the industry he IS
fighting.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02

Mr.. Lewis is generally consid-
cred an astute leader but the con-
sensus of opinion is that he made
a blunder in telling a press con-
ference that his organization look
ed to the president for aid. Blunt
~ he declared, 1--WE have advised
the administration that for
six months the economic royalists
represented by General Motors
contributed their money and used
their energy to drive the admins
tration out of power. The Ad-
ministration asked labor for help
to repel this attack and labor
gave its help. The same economic
royalistS now have their fangs in
labor. The workers of this coun-
try expect the Administration to
help the workers in every legal
way" Subsequently. Mr. Roose-
welt said, 81 think, in the interest
of the people, there come moments
when statements, conversations
and headlines are not in order -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02

The public interest in labor
questions becomes serious when a
strike in a few key plants can tie
up large-scale industries and i'm
peril national recovery. The long
er the impasse remains the great
er pressure viii be for some leg
islation permitting government
agencies to intervene, conduct
hearings, make decisions and put
Continued on Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02


Undoubtedly, the people of the
United States are sympathetic in
their general attitude toward labor
and convinced that the income of
the worker and farmer must be
increased. This does not mean,
however, that the voters Of this
country are willing to leave the
final decision in regard to labor
questions to labor organizations.
There NUT be some authoritative
voice to represent the mass of our
citizens. Generally, the idea is
that the President represents all
the people OF the country, not
only the organized labor groups,
and that in any approach toward
a settlement of a strike that he
will look out for the best interest
Of the nation as a whole. Labor
leaders, such as Mr.. Lewis, can
make no more serious mistake
than to assume the right to de-
mand either government or pop
Iuiar support as a matter of course.
With newspaper men and the
public generally scoring a ''boner"
for John L. Lewis, the way SEEM
ed open for General Motors to
make some progress toward win
ming public support. However.
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., president of
the motor company, muffed the
play completely and exhibited
strategy of the rankest kind, re-
fusing to attend a conference to
which he had been invited by
Secretary Perkins. His action
was taken because the workers
continue ITO hold our plants UNI
lawfully" and thus no parley
could be held.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02

The War Department. bearing
the major brunt of the fight
against flood waters, went on a
24-hour basis, using all equipment
and prepared to utilize all re-
sources. The Red Cross, semi
official organization, was in charge
of relief to victims, aided by the
Navy, the Coast Guard, the CCC,
the WPA and the Public Health
Service. Power boats, airplanes,
communication trucks, serums,
vaccines, food, clothing and other
supplies were rushed into the af-
fected area. Every effort was
being made to avert an epidemic
of influenza and to ward off ty-
phoid and other diseases likely to
follow the high water.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02
3~ LOCKING
n
II, s4r'..Il!aFs Wa IH1NGTCN

Apparently Nj. Lewis was de-
handing that the President pay a
debt to laborers represented by
his faction, assuming that the
President owed his reelection to
the Lewis support. OF course,
such claim is not sustained by
the election figures but even if it
was the blunt statement of Mi.
Lewis would hinder rather than
accelerate presidential interior
ence in behalf of labor. 1t should
be remembered that there is a
serious division of labor strength,
with the American Federation of
Labor contending that the Lewis
faction does not represent even
the workers OF the United States.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02

The President, commenting on
this, expressed his disappointment
and called Mr.. Sloan's refusal a
Every unfortunate decision" Thus
the White House balanced the
scales and maintained an impair
tial attitude toward the strike,
which apparently had been shaken
bit by his earlier comment on
the Lewis statement. The latter,
leaving a conference, was, asked
whether there had been any ref
erenee to what the President had
said but, without disclosing what
went ON in the White House,
smiled and replied, you know,
there really comes time. :"
The public reaction to the sit
down strike, in which strikers re-
main in plants without working,
has hardly been apparent. How
ever, the tactics of the c. l. O..
were likely to react against the
strikers, especially if A. F. OF L.
workers commenced a battle for
the fright to work" In other
words, by a policy of Cancellation
the General Motors Corporation,
it seems to US, had a chance to
win public favor, which is what
will decide the labor questions
involved. So long as its officials
flout all efforts to confer, on the
issue and indirectly rebuff the
Government. regardless of the
reason assigned, there is little
prospect of winning public sup
port among the mass of Amer
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02

John L. Lewis, militant Presi-
dent of the United Mine Work
ers, has been an ardent advocate
of the New Deal and determined
supporter of the President. Mr..
Lewis is leading bitter fight
with the American Federation OF
Labor trying to convert it from
craft unionism to the vertical
system. His own organization
and seven other powerful unions
formed a Committee for Indus
trial Organization and launched
a drive to organize the millions
of mass production workers. The
c. l. o. sponsored strikes which
closed down the General Motors
plants, involving 1892 en-
ployees.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-02

Last week the Ohio river val
ley area saw its worst. This week
will determine whether the giant
Mississippi, with its latest flood
control measures, can handle the
vast volume of water poured into
its band at Cairo. Army engi-
neers, working feverishly ahead
of the crest, built up emergency
dykes last week, hoping to pre-
vent serious breaks in the protec-
tive levees along the great river,
but with full knowledge that new
factors, such a rampage by the
Arkansas river. may mean far
more serious difficulties and far
greater human suffering. Mean
while the nation gave its sympa.
thy and sent its cash to provide
relief and hoped that further
damage would be forestalled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-19

fair Cafe Of All Nations. 1as hum.
ming q merry tune, while vending
his way on Thirteenth street some
three weeks ago. At the corner Of
F Street, a 'well-dressed gentleman
who had been following him asked
Ford his name and told him he
enjoyed the humming solo. To
pay for the impromptu concert he
gave the bus boy q dollar plus o
CHEEKY good night.
Ford thought his benefactoY
was a bit tipsy, but yesterday he
received a letter from Guy Lorn-
bardo, who is in Boston. asking
him to come up for a singing alh
dition and enclosing the railroad
fare. The gentleman who heard
him humming wasn't Guy, but the
band leaders attorney, John Land
field, fellow young Ford is still
thanking his lucky stars about.
That's the limit Adios.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-19
GAME AND FISH
GROUP ELECTS

MITCHELLVILLE, Md, June 10.
Ellsworth Waesche, of Mitchell
vile, has been elected president
of the recently-organized Prince
Georges County Game and Fish
Conservation Association, it was
announced here today. ,
Other newly-elected officers are
James Allen, vice president; Des-
mond Walker, secretary, and Belt
Townshend, treasurer. Harry
Townshend was appointed chair.
man of the membership commit
tee.
The executive committee con-
sists of Carl Frey, of Hyattsville;
James McClelland, of Seabrook;
Don w. Slauson, OF Camp Springs;
Elmer T. Acken, of Montgomery
county: Paul A. Raper, Of College
Park; Henry Roth, of Arlington,
Va, and Arthur Jones, of Ac-
quasco..
In addition to cooperating with
State authorities in the enforce
ment of game and fish laws, the
association plans to plant winter
feed and game cover, procure seed
for bird feeding patches, offer
prizes for the killing of vermin,
propagate game and conduct an
educational campaign Of conServa-
ton within the county.
The next meeting Of the aSso.
citation will be held here June 90,
at 8 p. m, in Mullikin School.