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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17
Voluntary
Work Counts
In Hour Limit
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
in the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, Dec. 17.-So-called "volun-
tary'' night work by women counts in
the hours they may lawfully work in
North Carolina, and employers who
permit them to exceed the legal limits
under this pretext are liable to prose
cution, State Labor Commissioner For
rest A. Shuford today warned all en-
ployers.
The Commissioner pointed out that
under the 1887 Maximum Hour Law
there is some provision for extra work
during the holiday shopping rush from
December IS to "a, but added that
these additional hours are specified
and may not be exceeded.
In order to prevent "misunderstand-
ing" he issued the following state
ment regarding the Maximum Hour
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17
Buses And Trucks Gust
Rails In East Carolina

died are in Lenoir and Duplin coun-
ties on the Coastal Plain. This terri
tory was formerly served by tne
Kinston Carolina Railroad Company
All miles, constructed from Kinston
to pink Hill, about 1900 and extend
cd to Beulaville in 1917. Abandon
ment was permitted May 10, 1879.
summarizing it's survey of this area
- "North Carolina communities with
highway transportation ava a1,a,oa1
were injured in no way by removal
of the railroad. Highway trans
portation pays far more IN taxes axe
than did the railroad, creates con
siderably more employment ana pre-,
.,ides improved service at lower cost
The survey calls attention TO Inc
fact that more than one-tnlrd "
the communities in North Carolins
have no railroads or waterways anu
are solely dependent upon highways
Continued on Page Three'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17
WarrentOn
Man Held On
Kidnap Cause

Richmond, Va Dec. 17.-(AP)-Al-
bert Newsome Moore, Warrenton, N
c., was held in default of $4,000 by
Federal authorities following a hear
ing today before U. S. Commissioner
M. Flegenheimer on a charge of kid
naping.
Moore was arrested six miles north
of Richmond by State troopers and
charged with kidnapping David w.
Johnson, 26-year-old Raleigh, N. c.,
cab driver. Johnson testified before
Commissioner Flegenheimer that
Moore enterd his cab at Raleigh last
night and asked to be driven quar-
ter of mile south of Raleigh. John
son said he was then forced, at the
point of gun, to drive to the spot on
Route 1, near here, where the troop
ers appeared when Johnson stopped
the machine on the roadside for rest.
Moore said he had been drinking
and denied any knowledge of what
went on during the night.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17
Musica Trio
Under Bail
OF $500,
Brothers Held in Sc
curities F r a u d S !;
Fourth, Head of Drug
Firm, Is Dead AS Sui
eide in Connecticut
Home; Eleven Inquir-
les Begun
(BY The Associated Prnssl

Three Musica brothers, Arthur
George and Robert, were held under
100000 bail each today on charges of
violating the Federal securities act
The fourth brother, Philip who as F,
Donald Coster, president of McKesson
& Robbins, Inc, was the directing
head of the family's fantastic finan-
cial operations, lay dead in Connect
icut a suicide.
As3staAt Attorney General Am
brose Mccall said information had
been uncovered "of the wholesale
sale of arms and ammunition" which
may involve living persons.
The F'ost Office Department began
an investigation of the case; in all
ten inquiries were under way.
Philip Musica (Coster) was identi-
lied in New York as a World War
spy investigator who used the name
William Johnson, and files of the
Senate Judiciary Committee in Wash.
'ngton disclosed that former Senator
James A. Reed, of Missouri. had ex
posed johnson" as Musica in 1919.
Correspondence between Musica
Coster and Harry Mackenzie was
seized in Bridgeport, Conn. MacKen-
zie recently pleaded guilty in a Water
bury, Conn.,, municipal fraud con-
spiracy.
McKesson & Robbins securities hit
a new low in the lover the counter
trading.
Two Musica sisters, prominent in
Continued on page six)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17
5 Passengers
AS Bus
And Car Meet

Ruffin, Dec. II (AP)-Five pas
sengers were injured today when a
(Greyhound) bus, enroute from Dan
Vile, Va, to Reidsville, collided with
an automobile at an underpass here.
The injured persons were taken to
Danville for treatment Their names,
or the extent of their injuries, could
not be learned Immediately. There
were 81 passengers on the bus.
Sheriff L. w. Worsham. of Rock
ingham county, announced he was
holding Norman Vaughn, a farmer,
as the driver of the car, who later
was released under $500 bond. The
sheriff said Vaughn overturned and
practically demolished his machine
in attempting to avoid collision with
the bus.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17
Germany And Italy Fast
Digging Themselves In
All Over Latin America
Countries to South Rapidly Being Hitlerized;
Babson Shows How Uncle Sam Can Offset This
European Menace; Speed Necessary

America alone in the last five years.
Hitlerizing Latin America.
1t is no secret that the United
States, of all nations, is The most hat
ed by the Berlin Rome Tokyo axis
Five years ago, 300 niles OF ocea:i
separated us from or enemies !;
five years from now only :he width Of
the Panama Canal may lie between
us. While the Fascists would not
openly dare to build a naval OF air
base in this hemisphere, in reality
they are doing something far more
dangerous: They are cutting us out
economically with the Latin-Amer-
leans. They are doing it by clever
program of penetration and propa-
ganda. They are bombarding the con-
tinent with Fascist broadcasts twenty
four hours a day. They control and
color the news services.
Many of the newspapers are Ger
man-owned-fifteen in Brazil alone.
There are 1,40O German schools in
Brazil--all run on straight Nazi lines
They have about 40 landing fields in
the same country. Their air-lines have
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17
rally Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel

Raleigh, Dec. 17.-All-weather high
ways and improved motor vehicles
supply ell the transportation needs
Of coastal North Carolina communi-
ties which have lost rail SERVICE ac-
cording to the findings OF a survey
made by the National Highway Us
efs Conference, which included the
lar Heel section, in field investlga-
IONS throughout ten widely scatter
ed areas
In addition, the survey declares
presence of these roads and exist
ehce of these vehicles are direct AIDS
70 the railroads in getting authority
20 abandon Improbable lines.
IN all, ten studies were made IN
ARKANSAS, California, Colorado, Ne
piaska, North Carolina, Oregon, Ten
Aessee, Vermont and West Virginia.
a. IN areas where rail service has
been discontinued.
IN North Carolina the areas stu
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17
Commission Studies New
N. c. Judicial Districts

Raleigh, Dec. 17.-(AP)-A COM
mission authorized by the 1897 Cen
eral Assembly considered here today
the feasibility and possible cost of
increasing the number of judicial dis
tricts in North Carolina, or changing
their geographical arrangement.
D. e. Henderson, of Charlotte, chair
man, said the commission was consid-
ering a bill to give consistency to the
operation of all inferior courts The
body will report to Governor Hoey
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17
DAYTON PAYS TRIBUTE TO
LONE REMAINING BROTHER

Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 17.-(AP)-This
ayiation-minded city paid tribute to-
day to one of its foremost native sons
Ovlle Wright, on the 35th anniver-
sary of mans first successful airplane
flight Featuring the celebration waI
a Chamber of Commerce dinner for
Wright and his guest, Henry Ford
who formed his motor car company
the year of the Wrights' Kitty Hawk,
y. c., flight in an odd-looking ma
chine in which he and his late broth
CT Wilbur invented.
Ford has enshrined in his Dear
born, Mich, museum the Wright
homestead and the Dayton bicycle
shop, where the original plane was
developed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17
Drug Firms
Plight Used
In IVA Row

Washington, Dec. 17.-(AP)-The
McKesson & Robbins case received
its first official notice on Capitol Hill
today Representative Wolverton..
Republican, New Jersey, member OF
the IVA investigating committee
said affairs of the concern demon
strated the need for careful audit
ing Of accounts of public and private
Institutions.
I'VE have before us today an ex-
ample Of how carefully auditing must
be DONE" Wolverton said at the COM
mittee's hearing. 1--WE have been as
founded by the affairs of a great cor
poration, which finally led to the
president shooting himself"
The congressman referred to the
suicide of Philip Musica, who was
Continued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17
Momentous Address
In Americas Farley
AtLima By Landorl
Fears of United States
Aggression Through
Change of Admins :
tratlons in Washing
ton To Be Allayed by
G. O. p. Chief To
please Argentine

Lima, Peru, Dec. 17.-(AP)-
Chiefs of all delegations failed to-
day to reach decision on one of
the most important questions be-
fore the eighth Pan-American
Conference, the continental soil
darity and defense resolutions.
They arranged to meet again to-
night to attempt to solve the
problem, which hourly was becOm
ing more menncing to the tran
quality of the conference.
Whether the conference will ac-
complish tangible results may
depend upon the outcome of their
deliberations.
Among those taking part are
Secretary of State Hull; 1. r. Mo-
reno, chairman of the Argentine
delegation; A. M Franco, chair
man of the Brazilian, delegation,
and f. G. Najera, of Mexico.
Secretary Hull found himself
in a middle position, with Argen-
tine desiring mild resolution and
Brazil and Venezuela demanding
strong one.
Lima, Peru, Dec. 17.-(AP)-Alf M
Landon is to make the first major
address of the Pan-American Confer.
ence Sunday afternoon, and many de-
legations hope it will include an in
depreciation of United States foreign
policy from the Republican point Of
view.
Any declaration by the Republican
presidential candidate of 1885, the con
ference members held, would be re
garded as of considerable Importance
in view of fears expressed by Argen
tines delegates that one administra
ton alone could not guarantee a con
tinuation of the United States gooc
neighbor policy.
The Landon address is to be broad
cast to the United States (NBC 5:45 p
M, eastern standard time).
Landon is expected to step from
the role of delegate long enough tt
express personal views on the confer
ence. He has made a close study Of
every activity and has spent a great
deal of time talking with the various
delegates to get a cross section Of
Latin-American feeling toward the
United States.
The former Kansas governor par
ticularly has given attention to eco
nomic phases. He has spent consid
cradle share of his time in private
conversation with NJ Antello, of Ar
gentine, who has much the same
status with the Argentine delegation
as has Landon with the United States
group. Antello is the leading member
of the present Argentine governments
opposition.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17

Europe's relationships on that occa-
sion. He didn't do it. If he had, his
critics probably would have pointed
out that overseas conditions are none
OF our business. Since he didn't, their
account is that his utterances were
too vague to amount to anything.
Now personally I thought that his
Chapel Hill argument was pretty con-
crete.
The nub of it was that, as the
worlds "most powerful democracy, .
our best bet is to make such a sue
cess of ourselves that the rest of the
world will want to initiate us-that
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17

and the 1889 General Assembly
Already approved by the commits
sion, Henderson said, are two bills
sponsored by the North Carolina
State Bar Association limiting the
number of justices of the peace, and
giving to the Supreme Court author
ity to make rules for all inferior
courts.
Other commission members in
clude S. M. Blount, of Washington;
and Judge Albion Dunn, of Green's
vile.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17

~~~ W
was o. k. in its
main purport, it
consisted exclusive
ly of generalities =
they indorse his OBJ
jectives, a S they
say, but complains
that he fails to sug,-
gest a n y definite
plans for arriving
at them. Such has
been the nature of
much of the COM
ment concerning his
recent Chapel Hill
address. Most folk
nvno0fo1 him m nan
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17

Law:
''For employers of more than eight
persons, the limit for women is nine
hours per day and 48 hours per week,
except for the period December 18th
to oath, and for two inventory pc
RODS of one week each, during which
female persons over Is years of age
in mercantile establishments may be
employed not to exceed ten hours in
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17
FDR's Talks
Find Critics
Always Ready
BY CHARLES y. STEWART
Coptral precS C011rronict

Washington, Dec. 17.-Every time
President Roosevelt makes a speech
at the anti-New Dealers remark
fIot xxyIi1o hic fa1lx
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17
WEATHER
FOR, NORTH CAROLYN.

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy and unsettled, scattered
light rain in northeast portion and
nossibIy in mountains tonight;
slightly warmer in central portion
tonight: Sunday partly cloudy.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-17
WEATHER WEATHER.

WEATHER WEATHER.
South Atlantic States: Some
likelihood of rain period during
middle or latter part of week;
otherwise fair; warmer Monday
and Tuesday; colder latter part.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-21
APPRAISAL OF
LOVES ESTATE
Is COMPLETED
ALL HOLDINGS FOUND IN
MAKING APPRAISAL ARE
WORTH APPROXIMATELY
ssy.4s2.s2

j. j. Trevor, vice president of
the First National Bank, and B.
Curry Moreno, area supervisor
for the Works Progress Admins
tration, have completed their APP
praisal Of the estate of the late
Stephen F. Lowe and find it to be
worth approximately $67, 482.92.
The returns were filed by the
appraisers this morning in the
office of Probate Judge Ray
mond r. Lord.
An itemIzed report, as filed by
the appraisers, shows the follow
ing items:
List of shares and stock held
in. various organizations through
out the United States, valued at
$35, 636.87.
Mortgage notes, $4,000.
House and lot, 81 ,268.51.
Note for $153!
Real estate, representing the
home on Southland street, $l2,
500.
Negro tenement property, ST.
500.
Two frame tenement houses,
$4,000.
One Buick sedan, $500.
House furnishings, $1,000.
Miscellaneous personal effects,
500. i.ii sem
Checking account In the First
National Bank Of Key West, ST.
667. So. ~ asf
Checking account in the Irving
Trust Company of New York
City. $9,l56.96. ~
The foregoing is a condensed
report of the appraisal, locations
of real estate holdings having
been necessarily omitted, but the
figures and aggregate sum are
just as set down in the report of
the appraisers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-21
TAX EXEMPTION
LOST TO MANY
FLORIDA REAL ESTATE
BOARDS MEET TO CON-
SIDER MATTER


FORT MYERS, Oct. 21.-In or
der to assure permanent contin-
uation of Homestead Tax Exemp-
ton to widows, unmarried people
and others who are technically
excluded from this benefit due to
the wording of the present
Amendment, Florida voters must
ratify a new Amendment to the
Constitution at the general cleo
ton to be held November 8, is
the warning issued by Harry J..
Wood. president of the Florida
Association of Real Estate Boards.
Under the existing Amend
ment tax exemption up to S.
900 of the assessed valuation of
homesteads is available only to
heads of families. The Supreme
Court has ruled that a person is
the head of a family only when
two or more people are living in
the same residence in family re-
lationship and one Of them is ac-
tually the head of the group. OBJ
viously, this Interpretation does
not include many widows, widow
ers, unmarried people and 9TH
ers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-21
APPRAISERS FILE
ESTATE REPORT
RELATIVE TO ESTATE or
LATE WILLIAM
WENDELL

Rport of the appraisers of the
estate left at the death of the late
William Mendell has been filed
in the office of Judge Raymond r.
Lord. by appraisers J. Otto Kirch-
heiner and Frank Delaney.
The report shows assets as fol-
lows: Cash in the office, $288;
cash in the First National Bank,
si54.40; City of Key West war.
rants, 1855. quoted at 40; merA
chandise. $12.383.34; accounts re-
ceivable. $462 afurnituFaa and
fixtures in the store, $238s real esa
tate. $500; real estate, homestead.
$500; insurance, unaxpired.
$76.46.
Liabilities: Notes payable.
Sl3.l25: accrued, $1,054.2S; &C
counts. payable. $6.2222 -: mort
gage payable on homestead, S.
600: taxes. $i5.22.
Reorganization shows the fol-
lowing:
Liabilities. $25.4i6.69; assets,
S22.i6204.
Liabilities over assets. $3.254.65.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-21
CHARTER BOATMEN|
look TO PROTECT
SPORT FISHING
SIX MONTHS Z RESIDENCE.
PROPER GUIDES. NUMBER
OF BOATS PROPOSED BY
GROUP

Adopting resolution with the
salient points the optimistic be-
lief that the coming season will
be Key Vests best and that the
Charter Boatmen's Association
will do all in its power to regu-
late the number of party boats,
the type of guides manning them
and releasing of fish not badly
injured. the association met last
night in the interests of local
fishing.
Aboard the Sylvia" at Gulf
Dock last night, under canvas
top with cool norther lightly
blowing and lanterns lighting the
scene, the group representing the
best fishing guides of the city,
conferred with S. c. Singleton.
Clarence Thompson and Cleve-
land Dillon, who will be the
Board of Examiners inquiring in
to the specifications required be-
fore guide can operate in these
waters.
Salient among these specifica-
tons will be a required six
months residence in the county.
Amendments to the present city
ordinance which gives the Board
power were proposed.
A letter from r. L. Bowling,
State Conservation Department
head, wished the guides a profit
able season and called attention
to conservation laws.
In discussion il was proposed
that framed &C tificate signi-
flying the licensing of a guide
would be given to each passing
the examination laid down by the
Board. Posting of certified lists
in the principal tourist centers of
the city was proposed.
Complete amendments to the
present city ordinance will be
determined and probably pre-
sented at the next meeting of the
group which has been set for 8
o'clock Nov. is at City Hall. Dues
to support the Association will
then be collected.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-21
JAYCEE SUPPER
MEET TONIGHT
III enl q!

Junior Chamber of Commerce
will hold its supper meeting
$50 o'clock tonight at Stone
Church Annex with Mrs. Eva
Warner and Emil Sweeting, well
known Key West directors, sched-
uled to lay plans for the winter
entertainment program before
the club.
Jaycee committees for the pro-
gram who are to interest other
organizations in each sponsoring
a winter event will probably be
named tonight A high spot of
the winter program will probably
be the La Semana Allegro or
Week of Joy program in Feb
ruary.
Nine new members viii join
the club tonight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-21
RED CROSS UNIT
HOLDS MEETING
MATTERS DISCUSSED RELA-
TIVE TO ACTIVITIES OF
ORGANIZATION

Last night in the parish hall
of st. Pauls Episcopal church,
the first meeting of the Roll Call
Committee of the Key West
chapter of the American Red
Cross was held with the chair
man. E. A. Ramsey, presiding.
Many routine matters which
pertain to the work ahead Of the
committee were discussed and
Mrs. Grace Phillips, executive
secretary of the local chapter,
gave a very concise resume of
different channels of disburse-
ment of the funds procured,
which was primarily for the in
formation of the workers.
There were number of or
carnations represented. Includ-
ed were Fern Chapter 81, Order
Eastern Star, Mrs. F. w. Knapp;
Ministerial Alliance, Rev. Joe
Tolle: American Legion Auxili-
airy, Mrs. X. N. Sands; Daughters
of the Confederacy, Mrs. George
F. Archer; Rabbi B. Miller, of the
B'Nai Zion Synagogue, and Mayor
Willard M. Albury. representing
the City of Key West.
Chairman Ramsey announced
that the next meeting was sched-
uled for early November.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-21
FLORIDA SEPT.
BUILDING JUMPS
FROM ss.ooo.ooo YEAR TO S..
100000 FOR THIS
YEAR
Especial 20 The cisisea,

JACKSONVILLE, Oct. I'll
September building construction
in SO Florida municipalities was
valued at unfortunately $780,
900 last month. more than 81 $780,
600 over the figure for the same
month last year. according to a
compilation released today by the
research department of the Flor
ida State Chamber of Commerce.
Total building construction re-
ported to the end of 1885 third
quarter was SIT $50, 937, as COM
pared with $49.452,0l5 for the
first nine months of 1887.
Exact total for last month was
So. AT .499; a gain of s1,627, 629
over September. 1887. Total for
the third quarter of 1893 was
SIS. 492, 1874, the State Chamber
report revealed.
Three cities reached the mil
lion-and-better class last month.
They were: st. Petersburg, ST.
954.9 Miami. si.060.073. and
Miami Beach. $l.0i2.0o0. Thir-
teen others had monthly totals
in excess Of $50, 900. They were:
jacksonville. $40 4s; IT Lau-
,derdaIe. $2S8. 0es Gainesville.
s247, 7oe TeFisndo. 81 ~ R9 Tesi
Palm Hheb. si4dssaz LAX dsnxJ
So. 438. Tampa. $89, 500; Holly
wood. So. 40: Key West. s73.395:
Daytona Beach. $6I,s72. Pensari
cola s60.6s7: Coral Gables. s55.-
100, and Clearwater. SIS, 600.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-21
TIT. 80
BAYVIEW TREES
TYPIFY IDEALS

Sebastian Cabrera. in an
international program be-
fore the Rotary, Club Yesier-
day afternoon. which stress
ed closer understanding be-
tween nations. explained the
meaning of the three trees
given Key West by the Gu
ban Government during the
Oct. 10 Celebration.
The Spanish laurel is a
symbol of victory. the Ceiba
or cottonwood typifies long
life and was the first free TO
which Columbus tied his boat
when landing in America.
Cabrera said. and the Royal
Palm fYpifies sincerity and
friendship.
The trees have been plant
ed at BaYview Park.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-21
ALBURY
ONs.FISHINC TRIP
vilNlt SIS

Benjamin Sawyer. ~ the Lopez
Funeral Home. and Judge VIII
liam Y. Albury. are among those
taking advantage of the weather
and left this morning for a fish
inc excursion.
Il is understood that while the
fishing has not been very good
during the past several weeks. be-
cause of unsettled weather. these
anglers have a reputation for sue
ceSsful catches and are expected
TO return with . fine assortment.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-21
MRS. F. RUSSELL
DIES THIS A. N.
FUNERAL SERVICES ARE TO
BE CONDUCTED THIS
AFTERNOON

Mrs. Frances Romaldo Russell.
81, died this morning 6 o'clock in
her home 82S Olivia street.
Funeral services are being held
this afternoon from the chapel OF
the Pritchard Funeral Home,
Rev. Joe Tolie, of the First
Methodist Church. is to off,
eiafe.
Mrs Russell is survived BY her
widower. John II. Russell one
son. Franklin Russell. one daugh-
ter HRS. Elizabeth Hodgkin. six
grandchildren and six great
grandchildren.