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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-21
u. s. AGENTS CHECK
ROSSKlDNAP CLUES
Double Cross After $4,000
Ransom Payment Leads Z
Several to Aid Hunt.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 21.-Federai
agents maintained a guarded silence
today on the progress of their hunt
for the kidnapers of Charles s. Ross
after checking several reports having
a possible bearing on the bathing case.
A revelation that the kidnapers had
collected $4,000 ransom and then
double-crossed the Ross family by fall
ing to release the 72-year-old retired
manufacturer spurred investigators TO
renewed activity and led several In
dividuals to volunteer clues.
]. Edgar Hoover, head OF the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, took personal
charge of the search for the abductors
from his Washington office.
Two reports took investigators TO
Western suburbs in the vicinity OF the
kidanping scene.
Heard Two Shots Fired.
Richard Malone, 20, law student,
said he Heard two shots fired in car
that stopped at the edge OF Elmwooo
Park shortly after Ross was seized the
night of September 25. He said there
appeared to be two men in the car and
that he made a vain attempt to follow
them. Investigators have expressed
the opinion Ross was dead before the
ransom was paid.
Mrs. Renee Disser reported she saw
two men holding an aged man IN the
rear seat of car in River Forest the
night of the abduction. Ross was taken
from his car about miles from River
Forest while en- route to Chicago with
his former secretary, Miss Florence
Freihage, A.
A motorist who aroused the suspi-
cions of a Springfield. ILL.,, filling sta
ton operator was taken into custody
at Mount Olive, Ill. Authorities de-
clined to divulge his name but ex-
pressed the opinion he was not in
volved in the Ross case.
Took His SIS Bill Back.
The station operator said the mo-
torist rendered SIS bill in payment
for gasoline but took it back when
the former began to check its serial
number with list of the ransom cur
rency numbers issued by Federal
agents. The motorist drove hastily
away after giving the exact change.
He was traced to Mount Olive through
his auto license plates.
Examination of the charred body Of
a man found in burned car at Edna,
Mo, disposed of the possibility it
might have been that of Ross. A de-
scription of the victims teeth did not
fit that of the kidnapped mans.
Government agents apparently
pinned their main hopes on chance
that Nationwide watch for the S.,
$40 and $50 bills which comprised the
ransom payment would be fruitful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-21
Members of the National Maritime

members of the National Maritime
Union.
The first Shutdown striks occurred
while the Algic was loading here. Capt.
Joseph Gainard and other officers re-
fused to join unions designated in a
petition from seamen.
The strikers agreed to sail after talk
ing with Pat Whalen, a C. I. o. leader.
Sailors struck again in Montevideo,
Uruguay, where stevedores were on
strike. Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy
of the United States Maritime Com
mission cabled Capt. Gainard the
strike vas against the Government
and authorized him to place ring
leaders in irons If necessary.
The crew returned to work.
The log reported six of the origi-
nal crew were missing when the Algic
returned. John Burgess, deckhand,
was killed in Jacksonville, Fla, fol-
lowing a tavern brawl. Three de-
serted at Santos, Brazil one drowned
attempting to desert at Victoria,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-21
CALIFORNIAN HEADS
THIRD-TERM MOVE
Speaker of Assembly Agrees to
Seek to Draft Roosevelt
in 1910.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, october 21.-Wil-
liam Mosely Jones, Speaker of the
California Assembly, announced last
night he had agreed to head a move
ment for a third term for President
Roosevelt.
useless and outworn traditions
mean nothing to me or the people, :"
Jones' announcement said. THE need
for Roosevelt in 1910 will be even
greater than it was in 1882 or in 1886.
1--WE intend TO let the world know
that Roosevelt will be reelected if
he wishes. Charges of dictatorship
mean nothing. AS matter of fact,
the country might be better off if
Roosevelt we're a dictator"
Jones said his announcement was
made after conferences with Demo-
cratic party leaders of Los Angeles
County. He said an active campaign
will be organized throughout Cali
fornia to develop sentiment in support
of the movement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-21
Injury Jinx Stalks Boy.

CHICAGO tP).-Three-year-old Rob-
ert Nolan mas never met a man
called "Jinx." but his parents tell him
he exists as truly as Santa Claus. Aft
err recovering from infantile paralysis
a year ago, Roberts left leg was para
lived, and it was kept in cast for
many months. Only few weeks ago
he was able to stand on it for the first
time. Now he's back in the hospital
with a fractured right leg, suffered
when he slipped and fell in the kitchen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-21
Little Business
Seen for Regular
Congress Session
BY the Associated Press.

A Democratic leader, Representative
O'Connor of New York, is spreading
word that there is little business in
sight for the regular session Of Con-
gress beginning next January.
In an effort to cheer up Congress
men, whom President Roosevelt has
called into special session November
Is to enact flve-point program,
O'Connor> has written some Of them:
ut looks as though, if we could COM
plete the special program in the Au-
tumnal session, we might be able to
get out of Washington about April
80, back home to primaries, family,
constituency and the fences
There does not appear to be much
in sight at the moment-mark YOU
for the regular session in January ex-
cept the appropriation bills and the
small run of the mill.
80 cheer up!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-21
Taxes
Continued From First Page.)


year, excluding the business privilege
tax. but with continuation of the
existing sl75 levy on real and per-
sonal property. These figures are
broken down, as follows:
Real estate, S22 100000.
Intangible personal property, ST.
100000.
Tangible personal property, $1,000
900.
Gasoline tax, $2,000,000.
Weight tax on motor vehicles, 81
100000
Tax on public utilities. 100000.
Tax on liquor. sl000000.
Water revenues. S1,500000.
Tax on estates and inheritances,
100000
S5,000,000 Additional Needed.
To support s45.ooo,oOo budget, the
committee figured at least s5,O0O,O0
additional will have to be raised by
taxation, assuming the Federal Gov
eminent continues its present s5,000,-
900 annual payment toward District
expenses.
The committee is reported to favor
/ per cent general sales tax, but
the members fear it will not be ap-
proved by Congress. Their next al
formative iS an income tay h,It tho
opinion still prevails at the District
Building it would not work out salts
factorily, and would fail to produce the
necessary revenue.
If the income tax is made all inclu-
sive. embracing every person who
works in the District, it was pointed
out, it might raise the needed s5,000,-
600. Committee members, however,
are confident Congress would make
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-21

Brazil. and one was left in Santos
with an attack Of appendicitis.
Maritime Commission investigators
boarded the Algic october IL at Jack
sonville. They took no action against
the crew and allowed the Algic to
proceed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-21
Shoe String Accident.

OMAHA, Nebr. (P1.-It's the little
things in life -.
Joe Mangan's shoe lace was united.
Joe ignored it. Joe climbed down the
ladder, stepped on the dangling lace,
fell to the ground. At a hospital doc
tors told Joe he would recover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-21
ALG|C LABOR ILLS
PROBED BY u. S.
Marine Bureau inspectors
Call Officers of Freighter
al End of Voyage.
3, the Associated Press.

Is the AsSoclated Press.
BALTIMORE, october 1.-Eugene
Carlson, district supervising inspector
for the Federal Bureau of Marine In
spection and Navigation, called officers
and seamen of the freighter Algic to-
day for preliminary investigation of
labor troubles during her Baltimore
Buenos Aires round trip.
The Algic, Goyernmenr-owned and
chartered by the American Republic
Line under agency of c. H. Sprague g.
Son, Boston, is unloading here now.
The voyage began last July.
c. l. o. attorneys represented sailors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-21
Crows Bother Farmers.

Farmers of the Bargain region Of
Rumania have appealed to the gov
eminent TO held them fight millions Of
crows which are destroying the maize
crop. 4sMNE
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16
BRAND-NEW BABIES COST So

Finland is a small country which
claims the highest birth-rate of all the adj
anced European countries. 1t will sur
prise the mothers of Key West to hear
that the cost of hospital care for the wo-
man of moderate means is about fifty
cents day. This includes expert medical
care, night and day nurse, fee for operat-
ing room, Misunderstanding there are
no extras The total bill for brand-new
baby runs from So to SIS. Of course,
those who want lot of style, and extras,
can spend more but writer says that it
will strain ingenuity to squander more
than 500 on blessed event.
Incidentally. Mason Warner, writing
from Vibone. Rihsandsss SAYS "The death
rate from childbirth in Finland is said to
be the lowest rec0raed." 1t may be that
the Firms are a little bit behind the people
Of the United States IN the observance of
MethArs' psg,ebut apparently, they have
other ways of Showing their regard for
mothers. 1t might profit the people of the
Unied States to do likewise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16
A REAL PROSPERITY PROGRAM

The New York Herald Tribune has
proposed program for the special ses-
sion Of Congress that is well worth reprint
ing. This program includes:
l. Repeal of the Undistributed
Profits tax.
2. Repeal of the Capital Gains tax.
3. Appoint committees to prepare a
plan for general revision of the Federal
tax system to the end that punitive taxa
ton be eliminated, and that all taxes be
made visible so far as possible.
4. Appoint committees to search out
every possible Federal economy with the
purpose of balancing the budget at the
earliest possible time.
5. Appoint committees to amend the
Wagner Act to the end that while labor 8
right to organize will be safeguarded, the
rights of employers and consumers will
likewise be protected.
6. Go home.
The merits of this program are plain.
The Undistributed Profits tax and the
Capital Gains tax are probably more re-
sponsible than anything else for the mar
ket collapse, the virtual disappearance of
new capital and the consequent industrial
recession.
Labor strife-which has been TO-
mented rather than curbed by the Wagner
Act in its present form virtually in
surmountable barrier to normal industrial
activity and the rapid unemployment of
workers at fair wages. aa4lf Il
The unbalanced budget is grave
national problem and there can be no or
derby recovery so long as Federal out-go
dwarfs Federal income.
Lastly, it would be an immense
stimulant to business if Congress would
take swift remedial action, pass the routine
necessary bills, turn thumbs down on all
crack-pot experimental legislation and
then call it day.
There isn't person in this country
who isn't affected by labor troubles or by
taxes which drive capital into hiding and
make it impossible for private enterprise
to obtain money for expansion.
Make no mistake, the country is at ar
economic cross roads.
The New York Herald Tribune's
terse and simple program is real pros
perity program.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just 10 Years
Ago Today As Taken From
The Files Of The Citizen

Aids for marking the Overseas
Highway ferry route will be in
place by the time the service of
the ferries starts, it was announc-
ed today. The Lighthouse Tender
Poinsettia is loaded with all the
necessary material, including pill
ing, and Superintendent w. w
Demeritt of the lighthouse service
in charge of this district, says he
is momentarily expecting instruc-
tons to proceed with the work.
Pending receipt of this order,
which Mr.. Demeritt has strongly
recommended, the Poinsettia may
leave for placing and repairing
channel markers on the inside
route from Key West to Miami
The Poinsettia, at the request OF
the county commissioners has
been held in port several days
with the floating pile driver,
awaiting the action of the bureau
of lighthouses on the petition for
work to be done on the ferry
route.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16
AVOIDING THE FEAR OF DEATH

There are people in Key West who
are afraid to die. They will probably be
interested in the views of Able Ernst Dim.
net, French scholar and author, who says
that there are three states of mind to
counterfeit all fear of death.
The first is keen interest in truth,
the second is to work for the nobler OBJ
iectives possible to mankind, which are
achieved ty collaborating with God. The
third is the forgetting of ones own inter-
est and devoting oneself to the welfare
and happiness of others.
We are glad to pass along to our
readers the suggestions of this distinguish
ed French author. There is considerable
truth in his belief. Moreover, the in
dividual can lead himself to one of three
ways suggested. 1t will take some volition
effort ard determination to make a start
hut the result viii come if the individual
ran. or woman. viii continue the pro-
cess.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16
THE WEATHER

gion and north Atlantic States,
and in the upper Mississippi Val
ley, with heavy rain in southern
Texas, and snow in the extreme
northern portion of this area.
There have also been light to
moderate rains on the north Pa
cific coast, and in northeastern
Florida and on the Florida Keys
Temperatures have risen in
most localities from the Plains
States eastward, and readings this
morning are above normal
throughout the greater part of the
country.
G. S. KENNEDY,
Official in Charge
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16
WEATHER FORECAST
(Till ESQ p. m.. Fridayl

Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy and continued mild to-
night and Friday; moderate east
and southeast winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy and con-
tinued mild tonight and Friday;
possibly showers in extreme
northwest portion Friday.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Moderate east
and southeast winds, and partly
overcast weather tonight and Fri
day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

Work on a headquarters build
ing at Meacham Airport is ex-
pected to begin within a few
days. The contract will be let to-
morrow or Saturday. The build
ing will house the u. S. Customs
Service, public health service and
immigration officials, together
with the waiting and rest" rooms
for passengers, and office space
for the Pan American Anyways,
Inc. From the side of the build
ing facing the field a barrier will
be constructed to prevent passen-
gers on leaving the building going
anywhere except on the plane A
tank to hold 500 gallons of gas
oline is being installed at the field
today. The company has its high
test gasoline" shipped in tanks
from Jacksonville.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16
DON'T eET up NIGHTS

THIS a5c TEST TREE If Il
fails. Help nature drive out
waste and excess acids which
can cause the irritation that
wakes you up. causes scanty
flow, burning. or backache.
Flush the kidneys as you would
the bowels. Get sc worth Of
juniper oil. bachu leaves. etc,
made into green tablets Just say
Bukets to any druggist Locally
81 Ollvieri's Drug Store.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

Tn Christmas spirit is abroad in
IN land. There ain't been nobody
called a Tory fer weeks.
HaVin' failed e deVelope stream
lined turkey, tn govment is re-
ported concentrating on a snineless
taxpayer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

SOME tax assessors and tax collectors
in other counties. viewing the golden har.
vest garnered from the Murphy Act.
wanted to share in the division. but lase
week Attorney General Lands stepped on
their toes in no uncertain manner by rul-
ing that the county clerks in making their
sales should not include in the costs. fees,
of county tax assessors and tax collectors
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16
The county tax collector allo,

The county tax collector allows the
property owner per cent discount if he
pays his taxes in November, per cent il
they are paid in December. 2 per cent ii
paid in January, and l per cent If paid in
February. However if the property own
er is smart and lodges his taxes for 10
years, the state viii come along and re
ward his civic unrighteouSpess Y foroiv-
'ag him all the taxes due and sending him
home rejoicing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

The President has given Miami quite
bit. The other day Miami gave the
President royal welcome.-T Times Union.
But on his first visit to Miami, it gave him
a scare.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

There are many things in this column
with which the readers disagree, but
when it advises everyone to buy Christmas
Seals. the receipts of which are used to
combat tuberculosis. it feels assured that
for once at least, all will heartily agree.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16
FIRST RAIN IN SIX MONTHS

Los Angeles.-This city recent
ly got its first real rainfall since
May 80. 1t was the 1O6th day of
drought, in which only OF of an
inch of moisture had fallen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

The Virgin Islands, called by former
Presideht4IIoover. the "poor-house of Am
erica. are still in the doldrums Maybe
the Virgins remain poor because they are
so chaste.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

Give years subscription to The
Citizen as Christmas gift and all through
the year your friend or relative will be re-
minded of your thoughtfulness.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

pocket will soon begin to thrive and thou wilt
never cry again with empty stomach neither
will creditors insult thee, nor want Cypress, nor
hunger bite, nor will nakedness freeze thee. The
whole hemisphere will shine brighter and
pleasure spring up in every corner of3hy heart.
Benjamin Franklin
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST
Member Of the Federal Reserve
Member of the F. D. I. C.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

Key West Citizen advises ''see good
in others, and others will see good in
you" That would even work with mar
and his wife.-Times- Union.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16
RINGS BELL so YEARS

STREATHAM, Eng. - William
Sheppard has been bellringer 70
a church in this city for more thar
sixty years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

A kind-hearted New Yorker gave jig.
saw puzzles to inmates Of local jail.
Which may cause some transfers to the
lunatic asylum.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

Editorial comment: Report has
it that work on the ferries is pro-
crossing as rapidly as the builder
has predicted all along that it
would. Than this, there could be
little more welcome news to Key
West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16
WEATHER CONDITIONS

Pressure is moderately high this
morning over southeastern dis
trictg and from the middle Pacific
coast eastward over the central
Rockies. While low pressure areas,
cefitered over Texas, the far
northeast and central Canada,
overspread the remainder of the
country.
Precipitation. has occurred since
yesterday morning from Texas,
northeastward over the Lake re-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

1t doesn't take very long to read the
Miami papers, provided you skip the ads
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

Matter of employing a profess
sional golfer at the local links
viii be the principal subject for
discussion at the meeting tonight
of the golf club. Harry Hampton,
who has been pro each season
since the course was established
is understood to be favored by
council members, and that he has
expressed a willingness to accept
the place if offered.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

Community Club viii meet
Monday night in the knights of
Golden Eagle Hail. At the last
meeting, Miss Elizabeth Curry,
the president, rendered her resig-
nation which was accepted with
expressions of regret. Earl Yates
was elected to fill the office.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

If sensible farm bill is ever enacted
it will be real news.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

!. Water and Sewerage. s
2. Bridges to complete Road to Main
land.
8. Free Port.
4. Hotels and Apartments.
5. Bathing Pavilion.
d. Arports--Land and Sea.
T.. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

Cuba's $75,O0O,000 road build
ing program and what it will
mean to Key West, is graphically
told by Hamilton Wright in a fea-
ture story which has been pub
lished widely in every section of
this country. The article was
written from Havana. It shows
that Cuba will soon have 700
miles of paved highway, as fine
as can be found in any part of the
world. 1t calls attention to the
fact that the Oversee Highway
will soon be opened in Florida
and it predicts that auto ferries
will operate between this city and
Havana. The road system of Cuba
is expected to have an especial
appeal to American tourists.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

That improved automobile clutch
should be appreciated by fellows who
drive with one hand
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

1852-The Washington, d. c.
Evening Star founded.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

Within IL months planes should
be plying between Key West and
almost every city of Importance
in Central America, including
both ends of the Canal Zone. Key
West is likely to become the
greatest port of entry by the way
of the air in the Western Henri
sphere. These are the opinions of
those here who are in close touch
with flying matters, generally,
after learning of certain official
announcements from Washington.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16
Tomorrow's Almanac

Barometer 1880 a. m. today:
Sea level, 30.07.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

1841-Senator Lewis F. Linn of
Missouri, advocate of making
Oregon American when British
active there and America indif-
ferent, introduces bill for line of
forts from Missouri to Oregon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16
Today In History

1773-Historic Boston Tea Par
ty. Philadelphia and New York
sent their tea back; Charleston, S.
c., stored tea in cellars where
soon spoiled.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

Senior Cas- play of the High
School, Nothing but the Truth, p
has been postponed until after the
holiday season, because the cur
tain and scenery failed to arrive.
II was to have been produced to-
night.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

and night clubs ordered closed at
3 a. m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-16

1809-Napoleon and Josephine
divorced in one of the most cere-
monious divorces in history.