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Aaaociatad Proas Doy Wire
Service.
For 6* Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
VOLUME LV. No. 214.
OVER 200 PERSONS MEET DEATH AS LINER BURNS
Decentralization Of Industry Now
Seen As Factor In Relief Plans
Federal Government Be
comes Much Concerned
Over Various Problems
Facing Adminstration
By HERBERT PLUMMER
<n tMnrlßird I'rfUl
WASHINGTON. Sept. B.— With
the problem of relief for the dc*ti
tote becoming more end more of
vital concern to the federal gov.
arnoMt. the question of what to
do about it is occupying come of
tba best mind* of the administra
te*.
Those officials directly charged
with giving aid to the hundreds of
thousands who have been left
without opportunity for work be
cause of new developments in in
dustry are not the only ones try
ing tu arrive at a solution of the
problem. The cooperation of
numerous ether agencies has been
enlisted in an effort to develop
some sort of a program where the
government and private business
together can cope with the situa-
Man • - * |
The answer, all seem agreed.
lim in decentralization of indus
try the netting up of small fac
tories in the rural districts so that ;
industrial workers may live in the
wintry and rftist' a large share of
their food.
Decentralisation Seen
Home visualise in the not too 1
far distant future change in en
vironment for millions and a re
turn to the farm and factory coni i
lunation of u century ago.
The latest census figures show
that tuo thirds of all factory wage
jobs todav are to he found in three
percent of Ihc land of the nation. |
Only during the last 10 years
ha le vlit i a ligation begun on a
large scale. Now' it is estimated
that some five million workers arc 1
employed hi mechanical and man-!
ufactuhng industry in the country i
or in towns of less than 2,500
population.
The nucleus around which the i
government is centering its effort'
in thi* direction is the $25,000,-
IMMi subsistence homesteads pro
gram. The MSIIA, however, F
primarily experimental. _ j
Other recovery agencies are!
It tiding a helping hand. The Ten-,
nessee Valley authority, operating.
in an area four-fifths as large asj
t oglaod. i- attempting to demon
strate the advantages of farm life
with part-time factory work.
Much of the work of FERA is
tied lip with projects for combin
ing farm and industrial activities.
‘Pet Child’ Of President
Evidence of the administra
tion’s been interest in this prob
lem was given recently in an un
official announcement from the
White House that President Roose
velt planned to call soon a confer
ence of industrial leaders to dis
til** the whole problem.
Mr. Roosevelt’s personal inter
est ha- been shown in other ways
ns well. At the opening of the
•übM'teiica homesteads exhibit
here recently, he characterised the
project a one of “my own pet
•tuldrru."
FRI .nd SAT. SPECIALS
large Hhpt. Peanut Fed
HENS AND FRYERS
Fresh Killed Veal-Spring Lamb
Fresh Beef Tongue
Swift Hams Sausage i
Fryers ami Hens
Strictly Fresh Eggs. doz. 38c
CENTRAL MARKET
Pbeas 20 808 Fleming St. I j
ATTENTION GOLFERS: AFTER A HOT “18” ON THE LINKS STOP IN ON YOUR WAY HOME AND GET A DELICIOUS COOLING BOTTLE OF WAGNER’S BL ‘
COUNCIL HOLDS
BRIEF SESSION
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OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES
COME UP FOR DISCUS- I
SION LAST NIGHT
A regular meeting of the City
i
Council was held last night, with l
! Leo Warren, president of the
! body, presiding, w ith all other
! members present with the exeep
! tion of Councihnen Cabrera and
I Symonette.
A letter was read from the Flor-,
i ida League of Municipalities deal- ‘
1 ing with the issue of the Home-!
stead Exemption Amendment, re-j
questing information from the!
local councilmen as to what their
sentiment was regarding this!
I measure. The council decided to
; take the matter up with the league ;
in the near future.
Several matters pertaining to
occupational licenses were discuss-,
ed, with other routine business:
disposed of. j
The session was a brief one due i
to the fact that many of the city’s;
affairs are now under the super-J
vision of the FERA, w'hich finan
ces and directs these operations, j
REUNION DAY
OF SHRINERS
J
NEXT SATURDAY WILL BF.
j
GALA DAY AT WEST
PALM BEACH
!
Under leadership of Noble Rob-;
ert W. Milburn, Mahi Shrin"!
Temple Muezzins, chanting tho j
traditional Moslem call to assem-j
i hie. were causing all eyes of Shrin- j
<*ra in this territory to fall upon j
West Palm Beach, where next
Saturday. Sept. 15, Mahi Shrine j
Reunion Day will he held.
It is expected the day will be a j
gala one, beginning with the early j
arrival of out of town Shriners,
and lasting well into the night.
Fezzes will be worn.
Completed plans announced by'
i the committe in charge, call for j
an official reception of all Shrin- j
; crs. Members of Mahi Temple as J
i well as those Shriners who arc j
1 members of other temples either i
visiting or residing w ithin the j
jurisdiction of Mahi Temple which ,
extends from Cocoa to Key West, j
| have been summoned to attend, j
CONCERT AND !
SOCIAL MONDAY
!
Trinity Presbyterian Church an-,
nounces a concert and social for;
Monday at 8 p. m.
Friends from the Methodist and j
Presbyterian and Baptist Church-.
vs will contribute several numbers, j
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WHERE TO GO
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TONIGHT
Monroe —“Hollywood Party.” S
Palace—“ None So Blind.”
TOMORROW
Church—Services at 7:00, P:3oj
and 11 :00 a. m. and 7:30 and)
8:00 p. m.
Monroe—“ Hollywood Party.”
Palace—“ None So Blind.”
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If There Is Something
Wrong With Your Car—j 1
Bring it to us. Our expert | \
mechanics will fix it at j I
low cost E ;
Lou Smith Service Station ;
White and Catherine Phone 522 ■
Wi)t Step Wmt Citizen
'BATES APPRISED
| OF'BLUE EAGLE’
SIGNS FOR NRA
CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE IN
RECEIPT OF LETTER FROM
j SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO AD
MINISTRATOR
I W. Lawton Bates, chairman of
, the National Recovery Commit
| tee in Monroe County, is in re
’ ceipt of a letter from Charles F.
; Horner, special assistant to the
NRA Administrator, stating that
new “blue eagle” signs have been
prepared and are ready for distri
' bution.
“As chairman of the National
Recovery Committee in Monroe
[ County,” Mr. Bates is quoted as
1 saying, “I am asking the coopera
i tion of every business house in
the county so there will not be
, any unpleasant things to do.
“Every firm that has signed
; up for the first Blue Eagle will
i be entitled to one of the new Blue
Eagles and any one not displaying
. the Eagle will be liable. I will
have the new ones in a few days,” ;
: Mr. Bates continued,
i In the communication to Mr.
Bates, the fact is emphasized that
1 this is a most important respon
; sibility entrusted to the local com
i mittee.
| It is stated that plans have
i been made for a w ider adverising
jof the Code Blue Eagle. To this
■ effect the striking poster has been
I designed for use by business es-
I" tablishments. Charles Coiner,
'• who sketched the original Blue
; Eagle under General Johnson’s di
| rcction, is the designer of the new ,
| poster. Mr. Bates was sent a
I copy.
; At no cost each business estab
| lishment in the county will be for-.
; warded the new Code Blue Eagle
; upon application to the local NRA
I committee. Only one poster may |
j be given each business establish-:
i meat, which is obliged to show
I that it has in its possession the
j Code Eagle of its trade or imlus-
I try. Mr. Bates was advised to ap
; point a committee charged with
;the distribution and responsible |
j for a strict observance of this
i rul.
i “Heretofore your work has been
; more general in character.” Mr. j
i Horner writes, “and it is our hope |
; that you may be eager to untler
i take this more specific task. Un- :
i lil our supply is exhausted these
j posters are available.”
SMALL FIRE ON
EATON STREET
j
A small blaze was discovered •
shortly after !) o’clock last night/
at the rear part of the building a'
t 620 Eaton street, which is
know'n as the old George Curry j
home. The fire was extinguished I
with practically no damage.
The fire apparatus responded
to the call which was sounded;
from Box 121, corner of Eaton!
and Elizabeth streets.
STORM REPORT
ADVISORY 10:110 A. M.—The
tropical disturbance is central
this morning about 65 miles east-;
southeast of Cape Henry. Va., .
with somewhat decreased inten-,
sity, moving rapidly between north !
and north-northeast attended by;
shifting gales and winds of whole j
gale force near center. Caution!
advised vessels on north Atlantic
and middle Atlantic coasts. Storm !
warnings are displayed from East-!
port, Me., to Cape Hatteras, N. \
Car.
MONROE THEATER J
Laurel and Hardy - Jimmie j
Durante. Jack Pearl-Lupe ,
Velez in
HOLLYWOOD PARTY
Matinee: Balcony, 10c; Orches
tra, 15-20 c; Night, 15-25 c i 1
KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1934.
Mayor And Mrs. Malone Pictured
| In FERA Voluntary Work Program
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Under a corps of voluntary workers who pledged nearly two '
million hours of free labor to help in the rehabilitation program
of Key West, yards are being cleaned up and houses are being put |
in order. Mayor W. H. Malone, the first to pledge time in the !
Volunteer Work Corps, is shown in his own yard as he worked out ;
many of his pledged hours. Mrs. Malone was with him when he ;
paused long enough for i efreshioents.
Immigrants’ Conquer Paris
Style And Political Fields
111, Associated Press*
By RICHARD G MASSOCK
PARIS, Sept. B.—Arms and
motorcars, fashions and fisticuffs,
newspapers and politics in France
are the fields in which a few
Americans and an American-born
Frenchman have risen to promin
ence.
Opportunity in France, where
jobs are jealously guarded for
citizens, generally eludes the
foreigner.
Laurence Vincent Genet, an
American machine gun inventor
of distinguished lineage, is one of
the exceptional foreigners who
have made good in Fiance. Other
Americans in this group are Ray
mond Fatenotre, American-born
politician and newspaper publish
er; Maine Rousseau Bother, a
Chicagoan who has stormed the
world’s style capital, and Jeff
Dickson, a former Mississippi boy
who remained after the war to be
come France’s foremost boxing
promoter.
The celebrated expatriates in
clude Gertrude Stein, Julian
Green, the American novelist who
was born and has lived always in
France, and Gilbert White, the
painter.
Distinguished Family Name
Genet, who was born at West
Point. N. Y., will celebrate in De
cember, as managing director ami
vice president of the board, 50
years with the Hotchkiss company,
manufacturer of arms and auto
mobiles.
Except for his service as an en
'sign in the United States navy in
KINDERGARTEN
Will be reopened next week by
Miss Anna BePe Hill. Parents
interested will please enroll
children at National Guards’
Armory Monday morning at 9.
the Snanh-h-American war. he has
lived in Franace ever since he
■ came over in 1881, a young engi
neer fresh from Yale.
, His father distinguished the
family name as a brigadier gen
! era! in the Union army in the
; Civil war. His own career and
those of his poet nephews, Wil
i 1 n.m Rose and Stephen Vincent
' Genet, have increased the fame
of the house of Genet.
; Laurence Genet is best known,
1 perhaps, for bis invention of a
machine gun which was a stand
ard mode! of the French army for
i years. He also developed naval,
; field and mountain guns and num
erous inventions in motor trails
! 1 t*it.
Owns Newspapers
Alone among French statesmen,!
.
f atenotre s training and fortune 1
are of American origin. He was!
born in Atlantic City, N. J., of ;
I years ago, the son of a Philadel
phia girl, the former Miss Elver- j
| son, who married Jules Fatenotre,
French ambassador to Washing-!
i ton in 1891-98.
Raymond Fatenotre owns a con-1
i trolling interest in Le Petit Journ-;
i al and operates half a dozen pro-;
vincial papers, but devotes his j
! time and fortune mainly to poli-1
; tics.
i Since 1930, Main Bocher. who!
! was born some 40 years ago in i
! Chicago, has been one of the big!
1 couturiers of Paris.
Creates Own Designs
I All the creations of his house
i of Mu in bocher are of his own do-'
: sign, although most Parisian :
! couturiers buy designs front other,
i fashion artists.
Bocher studied singing and art;
in Chicago before coming to'
i Paris in 1911 to train his voice;
1 under European masters. The
■ war interrupted his budding con-!
! cert career and until demobiliza
i tion in 1918 he served with the
American troops.
A civilian again, he fell back on
! art, joining - the staff of an
American magazine as a fashion
artist. In 1924 he became editor
-1 in-chief of the French edition of
i another American publication.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
i OF MONROE WILL
; REOPEN MONDAY
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MEETING OF FACULTY HELD
THIS AFTERNOON FOR PUR
POSE OF PERFECTING AR
RANGEMENTS
I
Public schools of Monroe Coun- I
I ty will open Monday morning for
[ the 1 “34-35 school term.
; Professor Horace O’Bryant of i
I the Key West High School an-1
nounced today that Senior High j
pupils should report in the audi-1
torium at 9 o’clock and Junior!
High students at 1>:30 o’clock.
Both Junior and Senior High!
School students should be present j
and on time, Professor O’Bryant i
stated.
A meeting of the faculty was,
held at the school this afternoon I
at 2:30 o’clock and plans made for !
the opening.
Students of the Harris school j
should report at 8:40 a. m. Mon-j
day and Division street pupils at •
10 o’clock, according to Professor!
W. C. Duncan.
;
CIRCUIT COURT TO
CONDUCT SESSION
THIS AFTERNOON
MATTER OF MOTION FILED
FOR NEW TRIAL IN DEL
PINO’S CASE WILL BE
HEARD AT THIS TIME
The Circuit Court will meet
this afternoon at G o’clock at
which time Judge Browne will be
heard relative to the motion filed
by Del Pino’s attorney asking for
anew trial of the ease.
Judge Browne has had the mat
ter under advisement since yes
terday morning when the court
recessed to reconvene again this
afternoon.
Passing sentence on Del Pino
was deferred yesterday morning
when the motion for anew trial
was presented to the court.
Whatever decision has been
made by the judge relative to a
new trial is expected to be made
known at the session to be held
this afternoon.
FERRY PARROTT
BRINGS FREIGHT
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CUBA SAILS FOR HAVANA
TAKING SEVENTY-THREE
PASSENGERS
Ferry Joseph R. Parrott arrived ,
in port yesterday afternoon at j
6:10 with one carload of grape-j
fruit, one of sugar, one rope, two [
of pineapples and two empties. It'
also brought 233 sacks of mail.
S. S. Cuba sailed to Havana |
yesterday afternoon at 12:50 j
o’clock with 163 sacks of mail, i
two tons of freight, four autos and ;
73 passengers.
OLD COLORED
RESIDENT DEAD
Patience Adams, one of Key j
West, oldest colored citizens, died ;
on Thursday morning at her resi-!
dence, 608 Thomas street.
Funeral services will be from
St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Catho- j
lie Church Sunday afternoon at 5
o’clock.
(DANCE!
Tonight from 10 till ?
| RAUL’S CLUB j
Music By j j
j Bert’* Rhythm Syncopators
• Gents, 75c Ladies Free j
Ward Line Steamer Morro
Castle Hit By Lightning
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! most ok those meeting death had re
fused TO ENTER LIFEBOATS; GREAT
TALE OF HORROR RELATED; CAPTAIN O
SHIP DIES OF HEART ATTACK FEW
HOURS BEFORE TRAGEDY
j
18, t.MK-lalrri I’rrul
SPRINGLAKE, N. Sept. B.—The Ward liner
Morro Castle burned at sea about eijcht mile> off the
Jersey ooast early today when the ship was struck b
lightning during a storm.
Latest reports indicated that 150 of the crew of
j 210, and 200 out of 318 passengers on the ship had
landed safely from the burning vessel.
The first report received stated that was be
lieved that most of the passengers and crew had pet -
j ished in the disaster.
At the New York office of the line it was reveal
| ed that one of those on hoard wa> a Key West mai
| but it was not stated w hether he had been reported
safe or not.
The Morro Castle left Havana on September son
its proposed voyage, and many of the passengers to
passage on the ship at the Cuban capital, while tin
others were made up from sections of the 1 nited
States and also from foreign lands.
Further details are being aw aited as to the t\a
cause of the catastrophe, which befell the liner .j:
! its many passengers and crew.
The steamer had HI passengers from Havana to
New York, and 259 in transit on a special cruise, tit
eluding a party of 90, all members of the C oiicom!’ *
Club of German singers, who had just concluded a.
engagement in Havana.
GREAT NUMBER ON BOARD SHIP
ARE TRAPPED BELOW DECKS
SI’RJNC.LAKE, N. J.. Sept. S.—Two hundred or t*
passengers of the Steamship Morro ('a.stle who met <1
aboard the flaming ship, eight miles at >ea *itrl\ t• •• i
died because of their refusal to enter life mem
of the crew of the vessel said today.
Twenty-five of the members of the crew, intern
separately, told practically the same story.
it was a tale of horror of men and women frenzied
raging flames and a thick pall of smoke resisting ,ll .*
tempts of sailors to gel them into life boat' and t - <•
Estimates of the loss of life ran a- high a- -too s, . .
of passengers, spending their last night aboard Let i- ,
end of the week’s holiday, were trapped below tb
the flames were breaking out in the lihrar\ hi th- !•*. >*
of the boat and ranged aft to leave the -upt-i diuetoi,-
a hulk.
One hundred and eighty-two were reported rt
either by other liners or put ashore in lift boat . l.igL- -
struck oil tank on the vessel at 3a. m. Eastern t*nd
Time, and almost immediately flame enveloped u ■
the liner returning to New \ork from an eight da\ < > ■
to Havana.
Captain Robert VVilmot, master of the \, - el. L *
died at sea, only a few hours before the tragedy. t .t 1.
attack, and First Officer W. F. Warn.* wa.- in < ■•m.ih.ii.
.he time, bodies started to wash ashore a leu houi .<
he fire, and a National Guard observation plane u n ■ *
seeing several more bodies floating in the >ea.
ALL OF THOSE INJURED ARE
RUSHED TO HOSPITALS; GIVEN AID
Little attention was given at the moment to h.*> T... -
bodies as all attention was turned to caring !<>r • > !
survivors. Fifteen or twenty of the>e were ru-r . i
pitals with injuries, mostly >l a minor naturt W ‘ 1*
vivors were given clothing by the Red (’ro-v>, worn, . •
town quickly organized to giv * hot coffee ami food ••
survivors. Tales of horror were told by the tatigue.t .
and passengers.
Members >1 the crew, until stopped b\ ~ttu. i t
of the deck watch attempting to check tht tian.es ,j
(Continued on I’aKe Fourr
Key West, Florid*, bee the
most equeble weather la the
country; with en average
range of only 14* Fahreaheii.
PRICK FIVE CENTo