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BIG PINE KEY
ECHOES
(By w. L. sTEPHENs)

(By w. L. STEPHENS1
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Messrs. James, Weymouth, Cor
tez and Stephens paid visit to
Key West last week to make some
purchases, and enjoyed their stay
immensely.
Willie Gibson made a large
catch of crawfish last week, some
thing over one hundred pounds.
L.F. Franck, the hermit of Cook
Island, shoots ducks and lives off
of crawfish and stone crabs. He
is down here on his vacation. He
is from Marlton, N. j., and is a
railway mail clerk.
Captain Johnson is still care
taker of Munson Island, and
makes his pilgrimage to Miami
regularly in his car.
Mrs. Fauns, postmistress, has a
very intelligent dog. He shakes
hands, and sits up and gets his
share when meat is served. He is
very fond of crawfish. ~
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Today,s Birthdays
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Joseph Hergesheimer of Phila-
delphia, noted author, born there,
81 years ago.
John Barrymore, actor, born in
Philadelphia, 55 years ago.
Shelby NJ. Harrison, director of
the Russell Sage Foundation. New
York, born at Leaf River, ILL.,, Sc
years ago.
DIR. Thornwell Jacobs, founder
president of 0glethorpe Univer-
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Commission approved plan by
which the Railway Express Agen-
ey practically monopolizes coun-
try's express business.
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19s6-Sinelair Lewis charges
his cit Can't Happen Here" ban
ned from movies by VIII H. Hays
orders Germans living
abroad and eligible for military
or labor camp service to report to
nearest consulate.
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1S03-John A. Suffer, on whose
property in California gold was
first discovered, born in Germany.
Died in Washington, D. c., June
Is, 1880. "a
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FORMER HEALTH TEAM WON FIRST e Z
GAME FROM PHARMACY PLAYERS :
UNDERNEW MONIKER;; SCORE, 6 TO4
Today's
Anniversaries
Observation-Disclosures

17s7-John Bel, Tennessee
congressman, senator. cabinet Of
ficer and Presidential candidate,
born near Nashville. Died there,
Sept. 10, 1869.
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193S-Attempt to shoot Presi-
dent-elect Roosevelt and fatal
wounding of Mayor Cermak Of
Chicago, at Miami, Fla.
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ExpREssEsuREcRE

CHICAGO, ", GopIYon, Of
this city wrote to the traffic court
that he regretted his inability to
accept summons for speeding
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18O9-Cyrus Hall Mccormick,
inventor of the reaper, one of the
worlds great inventions, born in
Rockbridge Co., Va. Died in Chi
cage. May 13, 1884.
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Today In History

feS7-Kn0x College, Galesburg'
n chartered as the Knox Man
81 Labor College.
fs44-Joseph Smith. Mormon
founder. formally announced his
sansidaey as President of the Unit
81 Substituted by a mob IN
June.
fses-U. s. Battleship Maine
k.oun up In Havana Harbor.
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BY JOVE
FOLLOWING
THROUGH
lBY JoVEl
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conchs Played Overtime Game
The game between the Key
West High School and Ft. Myers
High School varsity basketball
fives went over the required time
last Friday night. The contest,
which was played in Fl. Myers,
was won by the Conchs, 20 to %.
A telegram sent to Sydney Arono-
vitz by Andy Elwood read as fol-
lows: "We won by % to 20
score. Had to play overtime pc
Rod to decide game. May play
here again tonight. Will arrive
there Sunday" The boys were
seasick and tired when they play
ed Redland High last Thursday
night, in which game they were de-
feated, 38 to IA. The boys left
here over the highway and after
a rough trip, arrived in Homestead
at 2 o'clock that night and had to
start playing at 7:3O o'clock. I'm
der those conditions the locals
could not do justice to themselves.
To prove this, the Conchs defeat
ed the Green Waves of Fl. Myers,
who had previously in the season
downed Redland High.
Enter Locals In Tournament
1t is the writer's belief that our
boys could win and lose with the
best fives in the state. Coach
Huddleston should do something
about entering the Conchs in the
tournament. 1t will give the boys
a chance to prove to the state and
to themselves just what kind of
basketball team Key West can
produce.
1t is claimed that Miami High,
Edison High. West Palm Beach
High and Red,and High will be
seeded favorites when the eighth
district tournament drawings are
held IN Miami next Saturday.
The writer hopes the Key West
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1s20-Susan B. Anthony, lee
turer, reformer, temperance and
suffrage worker. born at Adams,
Mass. Died at Rochester, N. Y,
March Is, 1906.
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BigeIow and Austi elitz do q little
strenuous reasoning.
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1S45-Elihu Root. New York
senator, secretary of state, Nobel
prize winners born at Clinton, N.
Y. Died Feb. 6, 1887.
1862-Amos P. Wilder, fiery
editor against civic corruption,
father of the novelist, born at
Calais, Maine. Died at New Ha-
ven, Conn.,, July 2, 1886.
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ls2s - Interstate Commerce
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The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Ohio Takes Lead
For Flood Control
By ROBERT HUMPHREYS

Designed to prevent recurrence
of the Ohio River Valley disaster,
a movement for an effective flood
control system. entailing construc-
ton of 80 reservoirs on the rivers
tributaries, gained momentum in
Congress today.
Confident they would have the
support Of the Pennsylvania. West
Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and
Illinois delegations, Ohio's "a
House members sought Admin
istration backing for the SecreSt
bill authorizing a $l50,000,000 ap-
preparation for reservoir construc-
tion and establishment of an Ohio
Valley Authority to supervise the
project.
Headed by Representative Rob
ert Secrest CD author of the bill
ard member of the House Flood
Control Committee, subcom-
mittee of the Ohio delegation will
confer with House and Senate
leaders and then call upon Pres
ident Roosevelt next week.
Combined Program
The reservoir plan is the COM
bined work of Army engineers
and the Ohio Valley Conservation
and Flood-Control Congress, a
budy which has been engaged on
the problem for 80 years, Secrest
said.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
FLOOD AID SENT
BY AUT0CLUB

A special corps of road observ-
ers, mapmakers and road patrol
cars has been rushed to the flood
devastated Midwest by the Ameri-
can Automobile Association. to CO.
operate with military and local
authorities in the evacuation of
endangered families.
The AAA representatives, eSpe-
cially trained for the work, have
been ordered to the flooded COM
munities from branch office OF
the auto club.
According to telegraphic reports
to the clubs national headquar-
tiers here, approximately 5000
miles Of roads are under water in
Indiana alone.
Traffic across the Mississippi
and Ohio rivers is blocked from
East Liverpool (Ohio) to Memphis.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
FLOOD RECEDES
IN INDIANA
BY EUGENE ]. CADOU

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 30
G.N.SD. - With Indiana flood
waters falling in nearly all areas,
Adj. Gen. Elmer F. Straub an
nounced today that the martial
law zone had been reduced about
one-third.
When the military rule began
Sunday, 33 of the 80 Hoosier coun-
ties we're affected.
Weather Bureau observers said
this morning that the Ohio River
probably was near its crest at
Evansville, with a mark Of 53.4
feet. The expected crest was 53.5
feet. There was little rainfall
over the State.
Maj. Gen. Robert H. Tyndall
said the next serious problem was
to stamp out looting, which he
said is being carried on by "or-
ganized gangs"
Sanitary regulations enforced
rigidly by the State board Of health
so far have prevented epidemics
in the flooded area and among the
thousands of flood refugees hud-
died in concentration camps.
Nevertheless, there have been
many cases of scarlet fever, small
pox, pneumonia and Whooping
cough.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
WEAK LEVEES
REPORTED 0. K.
CONTINUED from Page II

Continued from Page II
Of a crest of IS feet, and pushed
work on reinforcement of the
levees. The river passed the AS
foot mark last night, within one
foot Of an all-time record.
Tent Cities Grow
District engineers reported criti-
cal spots in the levee system
okay today, but under their direc-
tion an army of men, including
935 Arkansas convicts, toiled like
beavers at the dikes.
Along Crowley's Ridge, a strip
Of high ground on the Arkansas
side of the river, the army Of work
men and thousands of refugees
were housed in tent cities. Regu-
lar Army troops and State militia
cleared highways of casual traffic,
to give refugees and rumbling sup
ply trucks the right-ofway.
In Arkansas, rivers were re-
ported slowly receding in the up
per reaches, but the lowlands will
be flooded for weeks. SO the tent
cities prepared for a protracted
siege.
Three Weak Points
Engineers concentrated their
forces at three critical points along
the levee system-a section four
miles below Hickman, KY, which,
if it went out, would isolate Tip
tonville, Tenn, and flood the Reel
foot Lake sector; the setback
leveeS of the Birds Point-NeW
Madrid floodway, which, if they
gave way, would inundate a great
portion of southeast Missouri and
southeast and east Arkansas, and
the weak levee at Mellwood, ARK.
Memphis was a great clearing
house for thousands of refugees
today. Red Cross authorities
planned to ship 1000 out OF Mem
phiS today, to make way for the
additional thousands streaming
into the city.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29

to give birth to a child this
week, lost her hold and drifted
away, holding our 2-year-Old girl
to her. / swan after them and
held them up while the racing
current swept us more than 200
yards downstream. My arms
were stiff and cold.
BOTH ARE LIFELESS
Gas we drifted along / looked
at their faces and realized that
/ held two lifeleSS bodies. A
wave whipped over us and 1
went under with my lifelesS
burden. The bodies slipped out
of my hands. How / ever got
to the bank l don't know. That's
where reScuerS found me.
Some men who stopped their
motor boat to come to our
rescue capSiZed themselves and
barely escaped with their lives.
ALI the others in the little boat
drowned"
Crews dragged the flooded rivel
for the bodies today. Only thu
body of little three-year-old Jimmy
White had been found.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Men Tell How Wives.
Children Drowned

LEPANTO, Ark, Jan. 20 GN.S Z
Three dirty, bearded, physically
and mentally exhausted flood refu-
gees told their tragic stories here
today.
The men, Jess English, S. P.
White and j. A. Moudy, their eyes
glazed with the horror of their
awful experience and memories,
told how their wives and children
drowned in the raging current OF
the Little River.
English, his wife and small
daughter, Whites wife and their
two sons, and Moudy'S wife, ma
rooned in their homes at River.
dale, were rescued by a boat piloted
by Jess Wolfe. Moudy and White,
fearing to oVercroWd the little
skiff, waited for another boat.
English shuddered as he told
the pitiful story:
''It was horrible.
1--WE were within two miles Of
LepantO and safety when the
swift current began to rock the
boat. Waves lashed against the
craft, capSizing it.
COLD FINGERS WON'T HOLD
"The three women and three
children were screaming and
crying for help. swan around
and got each one back to the
overturned boat and told them
to hang on. Their fingers, stiff
ened by the icy waters, kept
slipping off.
Finally my wife, who was going
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
14O Study at Night
In BaIIston School

BALLSToN, Va, Jan. 29.-Adult
night school classes, conducted at
Westinghouse High School.
under sponsorship Of the county
school board, will begin the second
semester on February l, with an
enrolment Of more than 140, the
greatest number to register since
the school was startSd seven years
ago, it was announced today 9y
Thomas H. Christie. principal. In
addition to the nine standard high
school courses on the curriculum,
a course in tin layout will also be
offered. Christie said.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Flood Emergency
At a Glance
By States

Crest waters of the nations most
disastrous flood pounded at a 60
foot sea wall at Cairo, ILL.,, as 1000
struggled to save that city and
thousands fled it today. Above
Cairo along the Ohio River, the
history-making waters were mostly
receding.
Below Cairo, the Mississippi
River inched slowly toward the
flood crestS expected late next
week. The situation at a glance:
KENTUCKY-At least $50
dead; $4,000 homeless. Build
ings crumbIing at Louisville.
Evacuation of 10000 from Pa
ducah continues as water still
rises.
OHIO-EStimated homeless,
200, 900; dead, rs. Waters reced-
ing.
ILLINOIS-Estimated $4,000
homeless; IL known dead. Cairo
threatened.
INDIANA-Estimated 100000
homeless. More than 10000 iSOl-
ated in Evansville when bridge
cOllapSeS. SeaplaneS rush vac
cine. JeffersOnville and New
Albany "ghOst cities"
TENNESSEE-EStimated 1OO,-
900 homeless. Memphis refugee
mecca. Estimated 100000 pick
and shovel men working ON
levees from Cairo to New Or
leans.
MISSOURI-41,00O homeless,
New Madrid, on edge Of 131, ,OOO-
acre fIOOdway filled with excess
water by dynamiting, sees vast
threat as leVeSS weaken.
ARKANSAS, MISSISSIPPI
and ALABAMA-FeveriShly re-
pairing leVeeS.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
HEG|RA RUSHED
At PADUCAH

PADUCAH, KY, Jan. 20 Q.N.S).
Evacuation of Paducah's 10000
residents continued today.
Struck by the crest of the Ohio
River yesterday, waters 20 feet in
depth in some sections, courSed
through the city.
An influenza epidemic ragged.
and health authorities feared an
outbreak of typhoid.
The city's water system was out
of order, and the refugees suf-
fered from thirst.
Danger Of fire was imminent as
gasoline from overturned tanks
floated on the flood waters.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Broadway Dance Hall
Hostesses Doing Bit
To Help Flood Fund

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 Q.N.SO.
Broadway dance hall hostesses are
doing thier bit to alleviate flood
suffering.
Out of every 10 cents paid to
a hostess at one of the city's most
popular taxi-dance halls, 3 cents is
turned over to the Red Cross fund
for flood relief.
It was the girls own idea, their
employers say. They already have
turned in more than 500.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
RED CROSS MOBILES FOOD SUPPLIES FOR
LIVE
IN i. :. ARMY
TENT CITIES
CONTINUED from Page II

N~~--N---N-
great sections a. the flood water
moves eastward.
Like the pitiful and innocent
victims of wa. the non-com-
batantS, the refugees, few pitt
full belongings in hand, trudged
into the concentration camps to
receive succor from the Red Cross
ana other relief agencies while
the combatants sought to stem
the devastating tide of water.
Crisis at Cairo
Critical points along the battle
front today were at Cairo, where
only time will tell the fate Of the
isolated city now a virtual island,
at New Madrid, Mo-. where
engineers feared impounded flood
waters crumble the setback levees
of the 900 acre floodway, the
main levee at Mellwood, Ark, and
the main leVee at a point four
miles below Hickman, KY.
An army Of men, augmented by
more than 900 convicts, toiled to
strengthen the levee at Nell
wood, where a break would send
flood waters courSing over thou
sands Of acres from Mellwood to
Helena. The levee, sapped on the
land side by floodwaters of the
White River, was reported weak
ening.
A break at Hickman would spell
disaster for Tiptonville, Tenn,
and the Reel Foot Lake area.
In the Mellwood area National
Guard planes dropped notes warn
ing the inhabitants to evacuate
Immediately.
Everywhere along the critical
section the river rose steadily.
Memphis, with a large part of
it's city well above any expected
high water mark, is a natural
refuge. An estimated $4,000 have
already fled there from lowlands,
and the city can care for $4,000
more.
A map showing the sections
which would be flooded at so ana
SIS foot river stages, both of which
have been variously predicted, was
distributed.
Meanwhile, the stricken Ohio
Valley saw waters slowly recedins,
leaving devastation and misery
which beggar description in their
wake.
Buildings TOtter
Louisville, KY, with at least 230
dead-So many bodies that a
garage and a casket plant were
converted into funeral parlors-
was seriously alarmed by the
cracking and weakening of build
ings.
One structure, the foundation OF
which settled several inches on one
side, was a four-story department
store in a part of the city in which
only easements were flooded.
Authorities shuddered at the
thought of what has happened to
structures in sections which were
inundated up to depth of 80 feet.
Crevices appeared in two large
hotels.
Sorely stricken Paducah, with a
population of $4,000, was the scene
of possibly the greatest flood deva-
station for its size in the entire
flood area. Rain, cold and even
chunks of ice caused additional
suffering. g
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Bill Would Permit
Potomac River Span

The Great Falls Bridge Com
pany would be granted a permit
to construct a span across the Po-
tomac River within one mile"
of the falls under the provisions
OF Q bill introduced in the House
today by Representative Howard
w. Smith (DD, of Virginia. The
bridge must be completed within
one year, the bill provides.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29

CARTE BLANCHE
0RDERSG|VE
DIRECTORS
BY l.. w. MEREDITH
International News Service


Facing the task of providing for
thousands of the more than 800,-
900 flood refugees now under its
care for at least two weeks. the
Red Cross today ordered field di-
rectors to mobilize supplies to
withstand a siege of hunger, cold
and possible disease.
National Chairman Cary T.
Grayson issued carte blanche or
ders to the directors to buy sup
plies needed and concentrate them
at strategic points.
Warehouses Set Up
Warehouses were being set up
at Cincinnati. Louisville, Memphis,
Evansville, Ind, Columbus, Ohio,
Indianapolis and St. Louis, for
storage of nonperishable food,
cots. blankets, mattresses and
clothing.
Just as men, boats, motor trucks
and rescue equipment we're being
sent to Cairo, ILL.,, and Memphis,
Tenn, to meet the crest of the
flood as it neared the Mississippi,
the Red Cross stocked its supply
depots to continue care of the
destitute in the Ohio River Val
ley as the waters began to recede.
Hundreds of thousands of dol
lars were wired to banks at the
mobilization points and deposited
to the credit of the field directors,
to avoid delays and red tape in
clearing purchases through Wash
ington.
Long Wait Ahead
The directors were given author
ity to draw on these deposits as
their bills come in and are checked
by auditors.
From past experience in flood
disasters the Red Cross expects it
will be at least another week be-
fore refugees can be returned to
their homes even in the upper
river area. Manwhile most of the
806,576 refugees under Red Cross
care are farther down stream. In
West Virginia there are only
64661; in Pennsylvania, 1900, and
in eastern Ohio, fewer than half
of the 143,437 in that State.
None of the more than 100000
families driven from their homes
should be permitted to return,
members of President Roosevelt'S
flood relief committee pointed out,
until they can do so with assur-
ances of safety to their health.
DR.. Thomas Parran, jr., surgeon
General of the Public Health Serv-
ice, and Harry L. Ho. ykinS, Works
Progress Administrator, stressed
this point. This means not only
the cleaning up Of debris and Sedi-
ment left by the great flood, but
repairs of sewers, water lines and
drainage, and actual testing of
water supplies, should be carried
out before the stricken families
should return to their own homes.
Health Good to Date
Health conditions thus far are
good. No epidemics of communl-
cable diseases have broken out,
DR.. Parran said.
To keep the thousands of refu-
gees fed, warm and housed is the
immediate job on which the field
directors have been given free
rein. Tons of food, thousands of
cots and blankets, and carloads of
fuel are being purchased in the
markets of Chicago, Columbus,
Indianapolis, st. Louis and Mem
phis, and shipped to the ware
houses, as well as to the concentra
ton centerS.
In addition, tons of donated food
and clothing also is being diStribu-
ted as fast as railroad trains,
trucks and boats can carry it to
the valley of desolation.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Suburban Theaters
Aid Flood Sufferers

Articles of clothing and bedding
will form the novel ticket Of ad-
mission at benefit shows for the
Middle Western flood victims to
be given next Tuesday afternoon
at the Arcade Theater. Hyattsville,
Md, and the Cameo Theater, M.
Rainier, Nd.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Jersey Coast Guards
Sent TO Flood Area

CAPE MAY. N. j.. January %
Q.N.SD.-Divisions of the o. s.
Coast Guard in New Jersey coh-
tinued today to mobilize equip.
ment for assisting in flood relief
work.
Two Coast Guard amphibian
airplanes, piloted by Lieut.. L. H.
Seeger and Aviation Pilot James
Riggs, are flying today to Biloxi,
Miss. From Jersey City, nine
Coast Guard boats and their
crews left by train for the Middle
Western flood area.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Can't. Clark Returns

Capt. Alexander Clark, U. S. N.
was back at his desk in the Bu-
reau of Navigation today. having
recovered from a siege Of illness
during which he was treated at
a hospital in Denver. Colo, the
Navy Department reported.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Worried Over Flood ,
Woman Tries Suicide

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20 G.N.SO.
Worrying over relatives who may
have perished in flood at her
former hometown of Portsmouth,
Ohio, Mrs. Mary Mayo, %, today
attempted suicide by swallowing
poison, according to police who
said she probably would recover.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Legion Aid $4,000

CHICAGO, Jan. 20 QN.SO.
Red Cross flood relief headquarters
today received a $4,000 check
from the American League Of Pro-
fessional Baseball Clubs. The do
nation was signed by William H"r-
ridge, president.
The Washington times., 1937-01-29
Would Lift Tax
From Red Cross Gifts
International Nsws Service

A bill exempting from taxation
all money donated to the Red
Cross and cooperating charitable
organizations for flood sufferers
was introduced in the House to-
day by Representative Ludlow
CD, Of Indiana.
Under present law, he pointed
out, deductions are limited to
IS per cent for individuals and
five per cent for corporations.