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MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS EACH POST ft LARGEST DAILY CIRCULATION IN PALM BEACH COUNTZ VOL. XXV: No. 206 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1933 nAIIjY, FIVE CUNTS SUNDAY, TBI CENTS HE PALM Storm Off West LABOR 10 SALUTE FIRST SIX MONTHS DEAL DRIVE Savs Latest Advice: Warnings Death Toll Mounting As Cuba Checks Toll Of Friday Hurricane Thousand Injured From Winds; Many Reported Homeless; Famine and Disease Spread Feared By The Associated Press Havana; Sept. 3. With many small towns still unreported, the death toll in Friday's tropical hurricane neared 100 Sunday night with thousands injured and approximately 100,000 homeless.

Meanwhile, the island breathed easier as it read official bulletins indicating that a second disturbance was far to the north, headed i Jacksonville Weather Bureau Lo cates Center of ricane Off Coast Nation Will Hear N. R. A. Leaders Today on Recovery Administration By The Associated Press Washington, Sept. 3.

Labor day, long heralded as a milestone in the recovery drive, finds much of the country blanketed under the N. R. blue eagle in America's greatest peace time mobilization but myriad problems of employer-employe relations casting their shadows ahead. So vital, so dominant, has the labor question become in the recovery program that there are 'many indications President Roosevelt will take a hand in calming the troubled situation soon after his return to the capital next week. With the highly important bituminous coal code still suspended Sunday night up an old ledge of union or nonunion controversy, the labor question thrusting its way into operation of virtually every major code, and strikes reported over the nation, officials are in general accord that an early solution is essential.

Hugh S. Johnson, the N. R. A. administrator, will talk to the nation.

In Chicago he will make what he considers one of his more significent addresses of the recovery campaign, giving an account of his stewardship over the move to restore industry. Donald R. Richberg, the general counsel, will speak at Ottumwa, in the afternoon, and in Memphis, at night. Miss Mary E. Hughes, chief of the women's division of the N.

R. who has been making an airplane tour of Eastern cities, will take part in a Lexington rally on Labor day and then continue on to Nashville, Birmingham and Atlanta before returning to Washington. By the Associated Press Jacksonville, Sept. 3. The weather bureau Sunday night issued the following storm warning: 10 p.

m. advisory. Hoist northwest storm warnings 10 p. m. Key West to Tampa, northeast warning Tampa to Cedar Keys hurricane warnings displayed north of Mi FO! west northwestward from a point 80 miles east and northeast of Nassau, the Bahamas.

Informed that famine and disease threaten many north coast cities where the full force of the Friday storm was felt, the sanitation department dispatched a fleet of trucks loaded with medical supplies to Matanzas, Cardenas, Sagua la Grande, Isabela de Sagua and other towns In Matanzas and San- ta Clara provinces LATE NEWS BULLETINS By the Associated Tress CITY NEAR STORM CENTER Miami, Sept. 3. Approach of a tropical disturbance to the Florida east coast Sunday night caused Meteorologist Richard Gray here to declare "it looks very bad for the Palm Beaches and that possible at this time to predict exactly where the storm would strike the Florida coast, but that in all probability the center would pass near Residents of the Everglades section near Okeechobee, where hundreds of lives were lost in hurricanes of 1926 and 1928, have been warned to take 'every precaution' Nation Will Observe Progress Made Under Roosevelt Regime Today Bn the Associated Press WASHINGTON, Sept. labor was ready Sunday to salute Monday's rising Labor day sun as the full dawn of a new era for the American worker, finding government, capital and employe joined in unprecedented war against economic foes. Historically significant by virtue of the nation's combined efforts under the N.

R. A. blue eagle to provide jobs for all, the usually quiet holiday was of added import because it marked the end of the first six months of the Roosevelt "new deal." The chief executive, returning to the capital from the comparative quiet of Hyde Park, could count numerous signs of advance in his campaign to win over the enemies of trade and agriculture, which he set in motion on March 4. Pausing while the country's millions availed themselves of their last fling at summer's holiday joys, chieftains of the nation's workers called upon labor to join fully into a partnership with employers for the success of the recovery drive. Secretary Perkins, recounting the N.

R. A. and its objectives, said that if advantage of its strength were taken, "we should all come out of this struggle in the good, old-fashioned American way of victory." William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, for his Labor day message to the millions enrolled in that organization urged unionization and organization to gain full benefits from the campaign. "Without the cooperation of labor the national recovery administration would be fatally handicapped." he said. "Never did the union have a more vital or constructive function than it does in our national emergency.

"It is essential to the formulation of codes and to their administration so as to carry out the purposes of recovery program. Workers outside of unions will be unable to particinate and by their failure to parti- te will lessen the influence of the organized groups." EniNG UNDER WAY Evacuation of the 'Glades began last night with handreds moving out of the lowlands and from the shores of Lake Okeechobee to points of safety. C. W. Knight, of Pahokee, secretary of the Lake Shores Supply company, last night told The Post from Pahokee that evacuations had ndt begun until about 7:15 o'clock when scores began preparing to leave.

Most of these were headed toward the west coast, with many heading northward toward Arcadia and other nearby points while others moved toward Fort Myers and other towns in the vicinity. Mr. Knight said first word of the severity of the hurricane and the fact that Washington anticipates it would strike in the West Palm Beach area some time Sunday night or early Monday morning was given the 'Glades city through The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach displayman. Mr. Knight said he was immediately notifying residents of the latest Washington weather Gray said.

Sections of the east coast, between here and Mel bourne, have been warned particularly in the West Palm Beach area. Gray said the storm early Sunday night was between Bimini and West End in the Bahama islands. West End reported a northeast wind of 100 miles an hour at 6:50 p. while a 60-mile west wind prevailed at Bimini at the same hour. Eleuthera island in the -r Local Police, National Guard And American Legion Will Serve A policing force was assembled early last night In the eventuality of a hurricane striking this section.

Under command of Police Chief Robert W. Milburn of the local department, special police and reserves were assigned to duty In case of need. Company Florida National Guard, under command of Captain W. H. vonBehren was called out for special duty, if needed.

Unless martial law is established they will be sworn in as special police for patrol duty if the necessity arises. Members of Palm Beach Post, No. 12, American Legion, offered their services for any storm duty, according to George Brockway, post commander. The line up is the same as that established here some weeks ago for the July gales. If needed, details will dispatched to other sections to assist in storm work, Police Chief Mil-burn said last night.

By tht Associated Press Radiomarine company's station at Palm Beach received a message shortly after 8:30 p. m. Sunday from the steamer Western Sword saying It had lost Its propeller and tail shaft 20 miles north of Bethel Shoals off Wabasso and asking that the coast guard give Immediate assistance. Fort Lauderdale, Sept. 3 C41 The coast guard boat Unalga left Port Everglades immediately upon receipt of a call for assistance from the steamer Western Sword, which lost its propeller and tail shaft near Bethel Shoals off Wabasso.

The Western Sword, a 7,000 ton vessel, discharged cargo at Jacksonville and left Saturday for Texas to load sulphur for New York. Captain Cramer Is master and there are 23 in the crew. The Sword Steamship company of New York is owner. Jacksonville agents is the Southern Shipping company. Agents here said under ordinary conditions the vessel could drop anchors and be reasonably safe.

In view of the approaching storm, however, the agents said there may be some danger. of 100 miles an hour earlier in the day, while Gray said Abaco island encountered a 100-mile wind. At that time, Gray said the wireless station there was disabled and he has had no further reports from that island. NASSAU REPORTS STRONG WINDS Nassau, N. P.

Sept. 3. Gales attending the second severe storm in four days swept Nassau Sunday morning, causing minor damage. The low pressure center passed through the northern islands of the Bahamas and extensive READY AS BOARDS GO UP Precautionary Measures Taken Following Wind Warning from Washington VV7EST PALM BEACH waited anxiously Sunday night as a hurricane approached the Florida coast. Darkness found the town well boarded up, Clematis street presenting an almost solid front of boards.

Early in the afternoon all danger to this city had seemingly passed, but a special advisory from the weather bureau shortly before 4 o'clock sent two red and black hurricane flags flying from the staff on The Post roor, and hurricane warnings went up along the coast north as far as Melbourne. The weather bureau warned that a severe storm was approaching. The barometer here began to slide steadily, from 29:85 In the early part of the afternoon, down ten points in the course of a couple of hours, then down in the "sixties" as darkness fell and residents took to their homes to await the blow. High tides were evident both on the ocean front and along the lake. At 8 o'clock a 30-mile wind from the northeast swept lake tides over the seawall, spraying drivers of cars on Flagler drive.

Along the ocean front at the same time, tides already were battering at sea walls'. High tide was 7:33 o'clock last night, eliminating some of the danger from high water, as the later receding tide would not have so severe an effect. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE The Palm Beach county branch of the National Reemployment service will open Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock to take registrations of unemployed and also all persons engaged on work other than their regular trade, profession or vocation. This office, which will be located on the north side of the Chamber of Commerce offices, will be available to all persons residing in West Film Beach or Palm Beach. Other, offices will be opened throughout the county as quickly as possible for the convenience of unemployed in other localities, Bruce Kitchell, county manager of the N.

R. announced. Mr. Kitchell said that "while the government wishes to make It clear that we cannot create jobs or positions, it will be the policy of this office to ask all of those employing help to use people living in the locality and county before employing others from foreign territories, with the possible exception given to ex-service men and those of similar exceptions." Officers of the county N. R.

S. committee are: Bert Winters, chairman; C. J. Trevail, secretary; B. D.

Cole, and M. U. Mounts. Bruce Kitchell is manager. By ths Associated Frest Chicago, Sept.

3 One of the six balloons contesting in the 21st annual James Gordon Bennett International balloon race was down Sunday night, apparently out of the race for honors. Definite reports regarding the others were lacking. The French entry, piloted by Georges Ravaine and his aide, Georges Blanchet, descended in a field near Homer, at 8:07 p. m. (C.

S. Homer is about 150 miles by air from Chicago. "No wind," was the comment of Ravaine. One bag was reported by members of the crew of the steamer Price McKinney to have passed over the Straits of Mackinac at 10 a. m.

Coast guards at Sturgeon Point on the Lake Huron coast about 150 miles north of Detroit spotted another balloon this afternoon, and later came word from Edmore, 50 miles northeast of Grand Rapids, that one of the contestants was seen there. The balloons were flying too high to be identified. Coast guard headquarters in Chicago said that because of the direction of the wind It was probable the three seen were different contestants. The Frenchmen said that they spent most of Saturday night drifting idly over Lake Michigan. The bag eased down and was deflated.

They planned to take It by truck to Albion, some six miles north of their landing place. A civilian conservation corps to give work to 275,000 young men with dependents. Reorganization of the tederal employment service. Supplying direct aid to states -for relief from a $500,000,000 fund. A Tennessee valley authority to handle Muscle Shoals and develop that valley.

An industrial recovery act to help reorganize business procedure so as to make more Jobs and get more money into circulation. Consolidation of all farm credit agencies. Refinancing farm and home mortgages. RES DENTS STORM WIND damage was feared at Abaco, Eleuthera island and Har Displayed Tropical Hur- fa; ami to Melbourne. iNortn-east storm warnings remainder east Florida coast.

Tropical disturbance central near West End, Bahama Islands, moving west northwest about 15 miles per hour attended by shifting gales over considerable area and by winds of hurricane force over lesser area. Center will reach Florida coast between West Palm Beach and Melbourne lata Sunday night or early Monday. THE tropical storm that struck Abaco island in the Bahamas earlier in the day with a reported velocity of 120 miles an hour last night was said by the weather bureau to be sweeping in on the Florida east coast in the Miami-Melbourne area. Hurricane warnings were flying between Miami and Melbourne but weather bureau forecasters at Washington predicted that the region from Fort Lauderdale north through West Palm Beach to Fort Pierce and Jupiter probably would receive the full force of the storm. One ship was in distress off the Florida cost.

The Fort Lauderdale Coast Guard base dispatched the Cutter Unalga to the assistance of the steamer Western Sword which reported It had lost tail shaft and propeller near Bethel shoals off Wabasso. Swift preparation followed spread of the storm warning up and down the coast. This section of Florida is not unaccustomed to summer storms and knows what to do when warnings are displayed. Two railroad trains, each of about 40 passenger and freight cars, steamed Into the Lake Okeechobee section of the Everglades to evacuate residents of the area where the large lake offers greater danger than do higher and dryer sections to the north. One train went to the east shore of the lake and one to the went.

Fred C. Elliot, engineer and Secretary of the stats internal Improvement fund at Tallahassee, ordered the evacuation as an extra measure of to the 5.000 to 6,000 resident In all the east coast and towns from Miami north 'el-bourne storekeepers boai up their establishments and residents made fast doors and windows while laying In supplies of foodstuffs, water, lamps and candles. Many sought the more secure shelter of hotels and pubile buildings for the night. Local Red Cross and emergency relief corps of the American Legion and other organizations mobilized In most cities along the coast. Newspapers were kept busy answering calls for information on the storm.

The weather here was described as "murky and typically hurricane" by experienced observers. Rain fell at intervals during the afternoon. The storm was first observed Saturday morning about 100 miles northwest of Turks' island. At 10 a. Sunday the weather bureau centralized the storm 100 miles northwest of Nassau.

Moving between northwest and" west and west northwest about 16 miles an hour. By 2 p. the disturbance had traveled to about 75 miles north, northwest of Nassau, its path taking it across the northern islands of the Bahamas, Abaco, Eleuthera and Harbour island. The Western Sword, operated by the Sword Steamship Line of Carteret, N. left New York for Jacksonville August 26, discharged a cargo at the Florida city and Saturday proceeded along the coast for Texas.

The vessel, formerly the Biboco, is 380 feet long and has a gross tonnage of 4,794. Its radio message to Radiomarine corporation at Palm Beach did not explain the loss of the shaft, and propeller. Steamship agents at Jacksonville said under ordinary conditions the dropping of the vessel's two anchors would hold it reasonably safe. In view of the approaching storm, however, they said, there may be danger. The trains for evacuation of the Lake Okeechobee area were at Canal Point and Clewiston last night, Elliot said.

Trucks also were being sent to Canal Point to assist in the east lake shore removal. Indlantown and Mayaca will be the concentration point for the east coast, and Child's Siding, about 35 miles northeast of Moore Haven, for the west. Reports of trouble and possible disaster late Sunday began to reaefc Coast Guard headquarters. The cutter Saukee, which bases at Key West, reported she was searching 26 miles north of Rebecca light for the motor boat Mary with three men on board. Seas were reported running high with a gal blowing.

The Mary Is out of Jacksonville. The cutters Corwln, Mahoning, and Legare, all out of Jacksonville, are attempting to reach the steamer Western Sword, which reported one of Its crew badly Injured, and also an oil barge adrift in the storm area with seven men on board. The name of the barge was no( known here. The report said. ON N.

R. A. I1 Prominent Local Speakers to Appear; Stores to Close During Day With a park rally tonight, at 7:30 o'clock, organized labor of this section will mark the observance of Labor day. The organization and cooperation of labor with the N. R.

A. will be the main theme of the meeting with several prominent speakers scheduled to appear. City Manager A. S. Andersen, local head of the N.

R. A. organization; Judge E. B. Donnell, Representative R.

K. Lewis and U. S. Commissioner Robert Earnest, will be the speakers. Entertainment will be furnished by the d'um and bugle corps of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

S. E. Fagan, chairman of the organization committee, will preside and introduce the speakers. Official offices and businesses will be closed il the main throughout today in observance of the holiday. With exception of the circuit and criminal court offices, the courthouse will be closed today.

These two offices will receive rule day papers throughout the day. Judge J. Stockton Bryan Is scheduled to convene the September term of criminal court for setting of bond cases at 10 o'clock, but It is thought that he will adjourn court immediately. The city hall will be closed except that the 1932 tax sale will be held at noon. The city commission is slated to meet as a board of equalization at 8 o'clock this afternoon.

RED CROWE MEET1NGIS CALLED Ernest Metcalf, chairman of the Red Cross disaster relief committee for Palm Beach county, has issued a call for a meeting of his various committee heads at the Chamber of Commerce early this morning, provided there is any storm damage. Members of the committee spent late Sunday afternoon in broadcasting warnings to the Everglades district and making all provisions for the quick transportation of residents out of those sections threatened by rising waters in case of excessive rainfall. All committee heads have named their own committees and are readv to function in case of a dis- aster. Pilots Leave Island In Face of Storm An unnamed airplane pilot last night was reported to have said that all white persons were removed from West End, Bahamas, early Sunday morning by a fleet of eight airplanes. The planes, according to a reliable source, left the island in the face of the hurricane and headed for the Florida mainland, reaching Daytona Beach safely.

About eight of them were in the fleet. According to The Post informant, the pilot making the statement came here last night after landing at Daytona Beach. He claimed he made the flight from West End in 20 minutes to Daytona Beach. He Is purported to have said that this city would not get the center of the storm from Indications before leaving the island, but that it would pass slightly to the north. He encountered much rough weather in the flight to the Florida mainland.

bour island. Abaco island felt the brunt of the disturbance with winds of 120 miles an hour. The highest winds here on New Providence were 61 miles an hour and the barometer fell to 29.45 inches. All buildings have been battened up for the last 18 hours. NORTHWEST WIND AT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale, Sept.

3. Coast Guard headquarters reported a barometer of 29.62 inches "and falling fast" at 7 :30 p. a 46-mile wind out of the northwest heavy seas and intermittent rain. They said "there is every indication the storm will pass inland about. Jupiter." Despite the off-shore wind, the coast guard said, the "tremendous at times" along the coast but was not "so bad" here.

Other governmental agencies moved to aid in rescue and rehabilitation work. Throughout the devastated area, the army, aided by the A. B. C. and O.

C. R. R. societies, kept order, supplied drinking water, established bread lines and otherwise aided sufferers. Destruction was particularly heavy in the sugar-shipping area xand a score or more sugar mills suffered major damage.

It was estimated that a half million bags of sugar were destroyed. Along the coastline considerable damage was done to docks and harbor facilities, three freighters were grounded and a number of launches and sail boats sunk. Telephone and telegraph communication between Havana and midisland Camaguey was disrupted and travellers, newspapermen and government Inspectors told of the suffering in that area. Railway service was nearly normal but many highways were blocked by trees and telegraph poles flattened by the 100-mile-an-hour wind. TO 00 THEIR SHARE Associated Vrnt Washington, Sept 8.

The, big and little railroads of the country Saturday were requested directly bjf the administration to put steam behind the national recovery drive by spending "every available dollar" to give more men work. Joseph B. Eastman, federal coordinator of transportation, dispatched this call to the presidents of all rail carriers In a lengthy brief. Simultaneously, he asked each to report the extent of compliance with his "suggestions." Reiterating his statement of Friday that railroads should not legally or as a matter of policy come within the wing spread of the blue eage, Eastman asserted this made It all the more important that the carriers "play their proper part in the program of national recovery." The coordinator laid down six major suggestions. In general they recommended Increasing employ-xmeiit through catching up on ferred maintenance, shortening hours to spread work and paying higher wages where possible without disturbing existing agreements.

Duplicate copies were sent to the executives of all standard railroad labor organizations, with the added suggestion that the desired ends could be reached only by mutual agreements. A STORY FOR O. HENRY New York, Sept. 3. (US) A year ago, Joseph Rubino, lawyer, recommended Patrolman James T.

Rogers for promotion when he saw him break up a robbery, kill one gunman and wound two others. As a result, Rogers was made a detective. Rogers saw Rubino for the first time since his promotion, the other day, when he was sent to arrest the lawyer on a charge of grand larceny. The lawyer did not complain because the detective did his duty afcain, but denied the charge when arraigned. BEER CUTS WATER USE New York, Sept.

3. (US) A drop "of more than 2,000,000 gallons in the consumption of water in Queens borough, which is chiefly residential, is attributed by officials to increased beer-drinking. arily, water use Increased In summer months. This year it has declined. Classified Advertising is Powerful I'ost Claf nlfiPrt Ails those little biUT nalesmen tlicy find million! of positions yearly.

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THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR CIRCULATION Pott Classified Ads iMur You Contact RAILROADS ASKED vicinity." Gray said it was im the Palm Beaches. against high winds and tides, Bahamas also reported winds sional session were being drafted simultaneously. At the end of tht three months special session, many words were being said by the members about his course of procedure and an Incipient revolt had been stirred by cuts in veterans pensions and other governmental economies. But the machinery had been set up and the President Immediately set to work to put into effect: Economy in veterans and governmental expenditures with a reorganization of governmental departments. The use of $3,300,000,000 in public works to give Jobs.

JUPITER HAS 50-MILE WIND Jupiter, a short distance north of West Palm Beach, was experiencing a 50-mile northeast wind from an approaching tropical disturbance at 7:30 Sunday night. The barometer at Jupiter then registered 29.68, the dispatch stated. Washington Mcrry-Go-Round (Trade Mark) By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen GENERAL MACHADO AT MONTREAL Montreal, Sept. 3.

General Gerardo Machado, deposed president of Cuba, arrived here Sunday aboard the liner Lady Rodney. The former president, who sought refuge in Nassau, the Bahamas, after he was ousted from his own country, has obtained permission from the Canadian government to reside for three months in this country. BROWNSVILLE FEELS HIGH WINDS Brownsville, Sept. 3. High tides and sultry weather were reported along the lower Texas coast line Sunday as a consequence of a tropical disturbance.

High tides Sunday night washed away a temporary road linking Brazos island with the mainland, isolating eight persons at a resort hotel here. Washington For a long time the lady whom Montagu Norman visits regularly in Philadelphia has been a mystery to Londoners. Almost every year the Bank of England chief nakes the pilgrimage. Even on his honeymoon he too'x his young bride to see the mysterious lady. Rumor in London has been on the romantic side.

It happens that some three decades ago Norman went to school with this lady's son. The son's name was John Markoe, jr. While vacationing in Philadelphia, the two boys were driving in a carriage with Mrs. John Markoe, Senior, when the horses ran away. John leaped up to the driver's seat to seize the reins.

Just at that moment, the carriage careened to one side. John was thrown against a stone wall and killed. Norman leaped up, 'caught the reins and finally stopped the carriage. Every year since then Montagu Norman visits the mother of his old friend. Two potent behind-the-scenes factors broke the protracted coal code deadlock andcleared'the way (Continued on Pnjce Four) LINDBERGHS MAY HOP TODAY New Castle, England, Sept.

3. Information received Sunday night said Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh might fly from Copenhagen Monday.

However, it was understood, the flyers' plans are indefinite and subject to change. TODAY ENDS FIRST SIX MONTHS WITH MUCH ACCOMPLISHED ROOSEVELT By tht Associated Prest Washington, Sept. 3. In his endeavor to lead the country back to easier paths, Franklin D. Roosevelt has set up a beacon whose penetrating rays In many ways reach farther than any instrument that has been put before America since George Washington campaigned for the adoption of the federal Constitution.

The first six months of his tenure In the executive mansion end Monday with the measure of success that will meet his plan still to be disclosed but the. deeply set foundations of the structure he unveiled during his first weeks In A farm administration with a wide variety of methods to choose from In its endeavors to reduce farm supplies and raise prices. An endeavor to coordinate rail-toad activities so as to bring economies into transportation. Numerous changes in banking procedure under a permanent law. These included, among other things, deposit Insurance.

The use of wide discretion by the President in currency inflation. Elevation of paper and silver money to the same level as gold In fulfilling contracts. The sale of 3.2 percent beer. office have made themselves felt on every hearthstone in the land. Inauguration came on a cold, bleak March 4, amid the electric warnings of a crisis that was closing the doors of banks by the thousands.

Millions were workless. In the cities the breadlines were long. Rural Iowa and Nebraska farmers were rallying to repeal by force deputies who came to foreclose mortgages. Rumor was breeding fears. Roosevelt made an Inauguration promise of action.

Before sundown, his cabinet had been sworn seeking a method to meet the banking emergency. Out of these came orders that closed all banks until congress could convene in extra session and pass in a day of lightning action a banking bill that would bridge the chasm. The President summoned a group of confidential advisors. Working with them, he doled out to congress, bill by bill, the measures that spelled his plan for lifting the nation back to Its economic feet. Frequently, four or five bills of such long armed consequence as in in and conferences were under way ordinary times to have made one of them a full dose for a congres.