St. Croix tribune. [volume], March 12, 1934, Image 3

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[ wired Charles and arkad him where
his scateroofp was going ty be on the
Georgic; He wired back, ‘‘l’'liet you
kunow as soon as | know mysaif’’. I’ll
probably corner him ia the bar sampling
Jamaica or Cuban ram.
Some diplomats are slso siiling on
the Geoogic. So far as !l know only of
the financial Counsellor o ' tae Rouma
pian Legation and Mme. i2o g 3inces.
vo, but there may be oth =3, M n> 3.
cesco is bringing her m)nosie on the
eruise, and George plars 1o stu.: y HRou
mania’s internal eondi:ions unless a
rough wave or so shoull reader internal
conditions vn the boat 100 disconcert
ing.
When [ bought my ticket to St. Tno
mas the girl who suld it remarked: —
‘“So you are going, too? You ar?
abont the tenth person so far who's
bound for the Virgin Isiands That man
* in the gray suit who just wentout isa
st. Thomas passenger also.
‘““Who is he?”’ | asked
Sumeone said he was a detective.
From the islands, afte a personal in
vestigation of the qualitiesof St. Croix
rum, i expeet to take a steamer or plane
to Puerto Rico and thence to the Domi
pican Republic and Hairni’’.
Just how thiags will work out in this °
itinerary is hard to tell. Hut it should
be interesting writing about the people,
politics, sunshine, scenery and so oa.
There wiill be little attempt at coher
ence no'~¢dhesion i 8 what | m2an in the
colump, but it will ram»le on about
whatever seem 3 to preseat itself,
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Provineetown, Mass.: —A giant whale
is encased in ice a mil- uif Long Point,
according to eoast guards of the Wood
End Station. Due/to the ice barrier ves
sels cannot gome eloser than five miles to
the trapped mammal.
Petersbhurg, lll.:—A sudd«en snow
storm was blamed today for the crash of
an Awmerican Airways plane which claim
ed the lives of four men, ore of them an
aviation editor of the Chiecago [ribune.
The plane crashed on a farm near here
while trying to dodge heavy mists and
snow. lee was believed to have formad
en the wings cf the ship, hearing it
own.
Washington:— A plan for nationaliza
tion of the country’s forests with the
Government taking over timber land
pow privately owned, is being formu
lated and niay be proposed later in the
year as an administration policy.
Philadelphia:— A fire today destroyed
ST. CROIX TRIBUNE
the Churen of Bt. Magdalen De Pazzi
and for a time tHreatened more than a
bloeck of residence buildings. Poliee res
cued ten nuns from che biazing build
ings.
Istanbul: —Zaro Agha, incredibly aged
Turk, asked the Goverament todav o
dounle his salary as dooriran so he couid
court in propar fashion an aruractive 40
v-ar o d woman. Zaro, 160 years oid now,
gets s2l a month and wants $42 He has
outiived a succession of wives of a period
of 146 vears. The. extct nuwaber he
does not remember. : : g |
Bagdad:—Refusal of a request for
matches caused the marder by Bedouin
tribesmen of Ray Fisher of Cincinnati
and Rudolf Mai, German newspaper
man. companions on a world tour, ae
eording to British reports today. Fisher
avcd Mai were ¢anoeing in the Euphrates,
when they encountered the tribesmen.
When they refused a request for matches
the tribesmen shot them. It was assum
e ! the two travelers feared the regnest
was a ruse preliminary to an attack and
tried to paddle away.
Havana:—A decree suspending con
stitutional guarantees for 90 days, in
view of the disturbed strike conditions
in the islands, was published today in the
official gazatte.
Washington: —Colonel Paul H. Hen
derson, Vice-president of the United
States Aircraft and Transportatiorn Com
pany, told the Senate Air Mail Commi:-
tee today that ne paid a fee of several
thousand dollars to. . Lehr Fess, son of
Senaior Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, for two
days work in 1930 in expediting passage
of the Airmail Act by the Senate,
Miami:- Reports that Edsel Ford, au
tcmobile manufacturer of Detroit, was
threatened by kidoappers while winter
ing in Florida, were diseredited by offi
cers today. Itis news to ma, -declared
S. D. McCreary, safety director of Mi
ami,
Mexico City:--Dr. Donas'o Perez Gar
cia, head of the Mexiean Army Maedical
Department, claimed today that he had
obtained r markable results by treating
insanity with heavy doses of insulin or
dinarily used for diabetes. Mexican phy
sicians were shown case histories of
scores of insane persons treated in this
manner by Dr. Perez Garcia and ex
pressed amazement at the results.
Rio De Janeiro:--Jaek Shelby, Pan A
merican metorist, left here today to blaze
a trail through trackless Bratilian jun
gles, His destination was Corumda
whaere he will begin his atiempl to reach
Para and Manaos on the Amazon river
through jungles never traversed by an
automobile. Shalby has drivea from Pa
nama to Mageilan to Ri> De Janeiro in
the last three years.
Seattle:--W. M. Chappell, seismologist
of the University of Washington, said
today a severe earthquake began at
about three p m. Pacific Standard
Time, centering two thousand miles
south, probably in Mexico. It was strong
enough to do considerable damage if in a
well populated center.
Washington:- ln a teraely worded pro- °
nouancement of policy, Presideat Roose
velt called tonight for new econtracts
with commercial airmail earriers as soon
as possible to get the army out of the
airmail business, [he President acted
after a conference with Postmaster
General Farley, setting forth his views
in letters to Senator McKellar, Chair
man of the Senate Senate Committee on
post offices, represantatives James E,
Merade of the House Committee and
Senator Black head of the airmail inves
tigating group. The letters from the
President eontained sharply phrased sug
gestions for future dealinzs sigoifi
cant in this gonngcction was
an appeal for new legisla
tion to accomplish sp2edy reform and to
guard against a repetition of the scandal
that led to wholesale coatract caacel
lation several weeks ago.
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Notice
Oan Sunday next, March 18, the St.
Luke’s A. M. E. Church, Grove Plae=,
would observe its fourtanth anniversary
At 1l a. m. there will be Divine Sar
viee Ssrmon by Rev. E.E. Johansen.
At 83p. m. there will baa platform
meeting consisting of addresses and
musical ilems.
}Acordinl invitation is extended] o
‘ .
A. CHRISTIAN CHASE.
Pastor.
Notice is bereby givea that the C).
lonial Councii’s ordinary meeting which
s®heduled for Wednesdav Mareh 14.
according te The Chairman’s decision
and Qo)vernment conseat has been post
poned until Wednesday March 21, 1934
at 1.30 p. m.
C lonial Counecil St. Croix, March 12,
1934. :
ARNOLD. M. 3931
. Chairman