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75. Two Sections FIVE CENTS OL. XLIV. NO. 142: MIAMI, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1939 1W IJ1I AT 9 DAILY NEWS EDITOR ACKNOWLEDGES PULITZER PRIZE Race Money Paid After Withdrawal GERMANY LEADS AIR RESEARCH LINDBERGH SAYS Pack Of Dogs Devours Half Woman's Body Madison Heights, N.

Resi POLL EXPECTED TO TOP 20,000 BY NIGHTFALL Largest Negro Vote In City's History Appears In Prospect TWO DRAW FINES Of Wiggins Suit Expert Avers United dent Mysteriously Dies In Country Lane (By United Press) LYNCHBURG, May 2. States Outstripped In Last Few Years ll If 4 Half devoured by a pack of dogs, the body of Mrs. Alice Patterson Freeman of nearby Madison Heights was found in a country lane by her husband, 'Henry, two hours after she left the home of a neighbor with a pail of milk. NEW IDEAS SHOWN Comptroller Sends Each County Warrants For Approximately 810,000 Following Small County Bloc Win DAILY NEWS CAPITOL BUREAU. Tlllahhaasee, May I.

Comptroller J. M. Lee today distributed approximately $10,000 to each of Florida's 67 counties money that has been tied up by an injunction obtained by C. E. Wiggins of Miami attacking the state racing law.

Wiggins attorney. W. P. Allen Plane Of Unprecedented Fisticuffs In Park, Klan One animal refused to leave the body when Freeman approached Parade Mark End Of Campaign Approximately 10,000 of Miami's Speed' Is Demon, strated Today (By United Press) LANGLEY FIELD. Va, Mav 2.

but it finally was driven off when he brandished a. club. All of the animals were large, Freeman told investigating officers. The body was so badly mangled it was impossible today to determine whether the -woman was at I of Tallahassee, formally withdrew the injunction appeal shortly after 10 a. m.

and Lees office immedi CoL Charles A. Lindbergh predicted today that unless the United States begins immediate expansion 50,000 voters had cast their ballots during the first five hours the polls were open at today's municipal commission -primary, indicating ately started sending out the race iytiamrsOwn Whirligig News Bthind The Ntws track tax checks. of aviation research facilities it will be unable to catch up in five tacked by the dogs before or after death, or whether they jumped at her as she walked down the lane. There was no evidence of a struggle although the body was dragged several feet' The pail of milk was near the untouched. One of the animals, owned by a Madison Heights negro, was known years with European powers.

Meanwhile, Wiggins and eight other Miami business men, as well as two Jacksonville attorneys, were well over 20,000 will participate be-' fore the polls close at official sundown, 6:53 p. m. He made that statement to gov ernment officials and aeronautical experts with whom he dined last nignt aooara a Potomac river scheduled to appear here tonight to "explain" to a joint house and senate committee the reasons for and motives behind the Wiggins suit steamer en route from Washing as "mild tempered," according to neighbors. No charges were preferred. Jus ton to this aviation center.

He Many unbiased legislative ob tice of Peace E. M. Wright of servers believed today the non- was one of a party of 400 who witnessed today a national advisory committee for aeronautics demonstration of new discoveries and Madison Heights reported. devices that will make possible air TWO SUSPENDED racing county bloc should make its quiz of the Miamians merely a formal procedure tonight as a gesture of good will. If the small-county representatives persist in an attempt to embarrass Wiggins and craft speed never before attained.

Associated Press Wirepboto NEW YORK, May Leyshon, editor of the Miami Daily News, last night broadcast an acknowledgment of the Pulitzer prize awarded the Daily News. "The performance of a consistent public service is the solemn duty and sacred heritage of every newspaper deserv-', ing the name," he said. Lindbergh, a member of the com STRATEGY FAILED The 'hearing for Ray Shaw, ousted as acting fire chief, almost ended yesterday, but the strategy by Shaw failed, on advice of counsel-Shaw offered to resign if the city manager would withdraw the charges against him and reinstate him as a captain. The commission learned of the offer and went into executive session to decide the matter after the noon recess, but for reasons not made public decided to go ahead. It also was learned that Shaw's attorney, W.

Raleigh Petteway. frowned upon the offer made by his client So the strategic move failed, but it indicates further legal proceedings that may tie up the fire division wrangle for some time to come. In preeinct five, where some 900 negroes are registered, approximately 350 negroes had voted of the 1,110 votes cast at 1 p. m. Approximately 1,500 negroes are registered throughout the city, but in precinct five, City Clerk Frank Kelly, to keep down possible disorders, installed separate poll books and voting machines for the negro citizens.

This election will see a record negro vote, previous munici-. pal primaries having attracted very few to the polls. A Ku Mux Klan demonstration last night, during which about 25 fiery crosses were distributed in the negro section, and warnings handed to the negroes, failed to the merchants called here with BY FIRE CHIEF mittee, a semiofficial agency, declined to discuss any subject with the press. But it was learned he told the officials that five years ago the United States led the world him, it will be interpreted to mean they will attempt to continue re taliatory measures against Dade county. in aviation research, and was out Supreme Court Orders However, Rep.

J. Slater Smith of stripped only in the last few years. Community Shares Daily News' Pride In Award Of Highest Pulitzer Prize He placed Germany at the ton Green Cove Springs, who yesterday gave "the other side" of the racing squabble 24 hours to "settle this matter" today made no at Reinstatement Of Captain H. C. Roberts of the list in research, and said Great Britain was second, with Italy and France tied for third.

tempt to refer all Dade bills to Soviet Russia, he indicated, was not an important factor in aero committees, as he threatened in his Editor In National Broad Announcement of reinstatement Recall Fight nautic research. ultimatum yesterday. Decision to withdraw the Wiggins case fol today of Miami Fire Department Among developments revealed Capt H. Roberts by the Florida for the first time today at the Radio Heads, Newspapers Laud Editors lowed upon the heels of Smith's threats, which he said were backed by a bloc of approximately 65 votes army's research station here were: supreme court' came simultaneous 1. A new type wing that great' By News Wins High Praise ly with suspension of Lieut Her in the house, ly minimizes wind "drag" and makes possible unprecedented, but bert Williams and Fireman J.

H. Smith rose to a point of per cast Relates Better Government Fight Greater Miami today shared with the Miami Daily News its pride and satisfaction in winning the Pulitzer $500 gold medal award "for the most oisinterested and sonal privilege in the house to in- Berry by Acting Fire Chief R. C. unrevealed speeds. prevent their appearance at.

the polls today. Two persons were fined court cost of $4.24 each in city court today as the result of fisticuffs in Bayfront park last night when the 15 candidates for the three berths on the commission wound up their campaigns. Both Ruben Clein, editor of a weekly publication, and William Kirschner, who became embroiled in a fight as the result of remarks by Candidate John T. Christiansen, withdrew the charges they had filed against each other, and Judge Cecil Currey assessed court cost form its membership he had just 2. New types of wind tunnels Ennis.

seen the racing money warrants that will eliminate much of the Deluge Of Congratulatory Roberts was suspended in- July, Civic Leaders Laud Publica put in the mails for the counties guess work in the creation of CONTINCZD OS PAGE SIX A) 1937, and later discharged by the Miami city civil service board on larger and speedier aircraft tion Awarded Singular National Honors 3. New type cowlings. wind charges of misconduct preferred by Mrs. Dan B. Bird, wife of another shields and propellors that will make possible speeds in excess of Telegrams Follows Action By Pulitzer Group Telegrams from executives of the nation's newspapers and radio broadcasting- systems and others were being received today by the Miami Daily News, commending fireman.

500 miles an hour without the oc HOUSE REFUSES MUCK FIRE FUND Roberts, a veteran of 25 years' Many congratulatory telephone and personal calls were being received by the Miami Daily News against them, currence of "shock waves" that tend to "brake" fast flying aircraft was ordered reinstated by 4. A glass-bottomed sea plane circuit judge Arthur Gomez, but the city appealed the decision to from residents of the Create Mi the newspaper for its stand for hull that will permit observation of the supreme court Judge Gomez' water resisting factors and thus decision was upheld and Roberts open the way for hull design that will obviate the necessity for re Senator Pepper, Repre ordered returned to work imme diately, with full back pay. accord ami area today, as citizens expressed their appreciation of the high honor which has been accorded the newspaper in being awarded the $500 Pulitzer gold medal for serve power for takeoffs. good government and its achievement of winning the Pultizer first award, the highest honor that can be accorded an American newspaper, by its militant fight for that ideal. Some of the congratulatory messages received are as follows: ing to a telegram received today This demonstration of new avia sentative Cannon Seek Senate Aid by William Pruitt, his attorney.

tion developments followed some "the most distinterested and meritorious service performed by any Suspension of Williams, brother or recauea Mayor Robert R. Wil American newspaper in 1938. dispute and uncertainty about the quality of American fighting planes compared with those of European countries. liams, and Fireman Berry was the E. ROBERT STEVENSON, edi Typical of the congratulations (Special to Miami Dally New) direct result or tne recent citizens SHELLACKING If ever a man took a dressing down.

Commissioner Gardner took one from Commissioner Orr when Gardner attempted- to sidestep responsibility for the placing of Nate Bauer and Jack Moore in office as members of the civil service board. Orr's impromptu speech, in criticism of Gardner, apparently has been fomenting in Orr's mind for some time, and Gardner insinuated Orr had something to do with the naming of board members, while he Cjftjardner) "had ntohing to do with it," Orr stepped in and gave his colleague as nifty a tongue lashing as anyone ever got in a city commission meeting. Gard- ner's political speech was a dud and Orr accused him of "sidestepping responsibility." ELECTION WAGERS As usual in Miami and Dade county, elections, there are so many widely differing sorts of odds offered on the chances of the various candidates any shrewd gambler can make money no matter who wins. A number of smart gamblers are taking advantage of the silly odds, given by people who let their hopes for their favorite candidate distort their judgment of his chances for victory. BEACH COPS MAD Many Miami Beach detectives believe they are asked to do too much toward the balancing of their city's budget.

The department, they believe, is sadly understaffed. In winter they expect to do all the extra work re-' quired, without complaint, but when they are required to do regular oVertime in summer, they say they are being imposed upon. The detectives who work from 8 until 4 p. m. are now required to return at 8 p.

m. and work until 11 p. m. without extra pay. In this extra tour of duty the men have to use their own cars, but their gasoline is paid for by the city.

The Beach men have to work seven days a week and in summer are often required to take a month off with WASHINGTON. May 2. One received are the following: MAYOR E. G. SEWELL, Miami tor-in-chief, Waterbury (Conn.) Republican and American, runner- hearings which led to the suspen Recent army contract awards of two efforts to obtain federal sion of Acting Fire Chief H.

R. up for the award "To the Miami were accompanied by semi-official comment that new planes would be Shaw. funds for control of Everglades muck fires failed here today when Daily News we extend warm congratulations for the honors conferred in recognition of its able Here are the voting precincts and the number of qualified voters in each: Precinct No. 1, Little River fire' station, :7561 N. E.

First ave, 3.190. Precinot No. 2, fire station at N. W. Seventh ave.

and 36th st, 6,638. Precinct No. 3, Wynwood Park Community House, N. W. 34th st, and First ave, 5,490.

Precinct No. 4, Allapattah Community hall, 2170, N. W. 17th ave, 5,247. Precinct No.

5, fire station at North Miami ave. and 14th st, 4,996. Precinct No. 6, Central fire station, 74 W. Flagler st.

8,365. Precinct No. 7, Miami senior high school west wing. S. W.

25th ave. and First st, 6.27L -Precinct No. 8, store room In Vanta Court apartment building, 1176 S. W. 20th ave, 6,027.

Precinct No. 9, fire station, 2901 S. W. 22nd ave, 2,627. Precinct No.

10. Coconut Grova fire station, 2917 Oak ave, 1,518. Precincts 7 and 8 represent last-minute address changes. The Klan parade was made in automobiles and hundreds of red- Rep. Clarence Cannon of Missouri, chairman of the house confer the best in the world.

In seeking a new air research center at Sunnyvale, Cal, air officials cautioned service to its city. With the diffi "A situation existed in our city which warranted a sound stand by someone of influence and ability to clear up a very bad condition which was hurting our community and the people in general. The Miami Daily News, with the facilities for leading the fight to set (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX A) ees on the interior department Ennis charged both men had abused the powers, duties and functions of their jobs and also were guilty of 'conduct unbecoming to officers in their action in obtaining evidence against their superior officer, Capt J. Causey. supply bill informed Florida' mem that this country's planes would be "second-best" to Germany's unless impetus was given to research culties of a newspaper, battle against intrenched politicians in maladministration and we bers that his committee could not designate the Everglades re (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX A) (CONTINUED ON PAGE MX A gions to share in a $5,000,000 water James M.

Cox, former governor of Ohio, head of the News League, and publisher of the Miami Daily News, issued the following statement today: "What happened in Miami as well as- its implications is easily told. The city was bound and gagged by" an unworthy group of men. They sensed their' unholy powers and obviously meant to make the most of them, because they that public conscience was not awake. If a city block had been in flames the fire department would have put it out In the present instance the honor of the city was in jeopardy and a newspaper simply did its "The praise, after all, belongs to the people of Miami. If a newspaper through the years wins public confidence, its leadership functions- easily and effectively.

Incidentally the permanent voting population of this city has told the whole country that at base there is here a God-fearing self-respecting community which means to keep it dean. "What a fine thing that the work of Joseph Pulitzer lives. The enterprise bearing his name brings every year to the attention of the nation conspicuous service by the fourth estate. Those who have criticized the press know absolutely nothing of what is in the very bone and marrow of nine-tenths of all newspaper workers in America. They labor as worthily as their professional ancestors and their successors will do the same.

"It is this spirit this intangible, indefinable something which critics of the press cannot sense or feel, but which will continue to be, as it always has been, a protector of what makes a republic in government a fact as well as conservation appropriation. The remaining chance for direct federal appropriations still was at the disposal of the senate ap Jack Bell's SPORTS DESK (EDITOR'S NOTE: Because Jack Bell with his usual happy facility for words has said so splendidly what every member of the Miami Daily News staff we have taken his Sports Desk column from its usual place on the sports page to grace the first page of our main new section.) propriations committee, which is considering the Pepper amend ment for $1,000,000 for 'glades fire control. The amendment was sponsored by Sen. Claude Pepper in co-operation with Rep. Pat Cannon of Miami.

The commit tee was expected to report later this week. Representative Cannon of Miami said today that Representative Cannon of Missouri explained that the conference committee report already had been drafted, and no lettered cards, bearing the legend: i "Respectable negro citizens are 'not voting tomorrow. Niggers stay jaway from the polls," were distributed. Sam Solomon, head of the Negro Service league, said the Klan I demonstration had only served to the negroes to vote." I With the exception of D. A.

Brooks, who is ill in a hospital, all of the candidates spoke in the final rally last night i From the 15 candidates. Brooks, Christiansen. A. D. H.

Fossey, R. C. Gardner, Fred W. Hosea. John IL.

Manny. George E. McCaskilU L. Palmer, George "Tiny legal means exist to make the out pay, to make it possmie to 'glades area eligible to share in funds intended for the arid and reep the police division witmn semiarid lands of the The budget. Other tseacn civu Florida congressman quoted the service employes get more than Missourian as stating that there should be little difficulty next year in obtaining a share of the conservation and reclamat 1 funds in the interior department bill.

ROOSEVELT QUITS HOME FOR CAPITAL Parker. W. H. Pennell. Harry Pickering.

Randolph B. Railey. E. Sewell. Col.

Joe Stehlin and Mark Tindall, the electorate today will select six men to enter the general election next Tuesday. Fair weather prevailed as tha voters to the polls to use voting machines for the first time in a municipal election, and the forecast was for continued fair weather. Indicating a record in balloting here. 100 days off4 a year, compared to the two weeks with pay that each cop the policemen complain. VISITING BOARD The Dade county visiting board, appointed by the juvenile court to inspect the home for delinquents at Kendall, would still be able to make its regular visits, but would be without authority to influence county commissioners in making appointments, under a bill now pending in the state legislature.

The bill's title states the commission is to have exclusive jurisdiction of all departments of the county home at Kendall, and county attorneys explain the board already has this authority in all departments except the delinquent juvenile home. The HYDE PARK, N. YM May 2. (UP) President Roosevelt leaves HOW would you feel if you had just hit a home run with two on, winning the deciding game of the world's series? Well, so do we, down here in the News Tower. We're not all going to get checkst the share in the series money with office boys and the telephone girls cut in for half shares.

But we're a joyous, cocky lot this day, happy because we're on a newspaper which has done a good job, and happier still because we've received credit for it the annual Pultizer award. I remember a Say "way back just after the boys backed by the now defunct Tribune had been elected in a landslide when we had a little meeting in the office of the managing editor. Some of the boys wanted to fight openly; some wanted to admit we were licked (for we had opposed election of these men we felt were incompetent); some and this group won, had a different slant on it. "If this new group of city commissioners," argued the spokesman for this school of thought, "singly and collectively can make all the mistakes we think it can, the best plan is to let it alone until it hangs itself. When it does something of value to the city if it ever does let us say so.

When it goes according to its own selfish theories which we expect it will quite often let us say so. In short, let us be a newspaper in the truest sense of the word, printing the news, backing what is, best for Miami, fighting what isn't." That was the plan adopted, and we had only to wait until that new commission held its first meeting with its job-seeking henchmen filling the room and actually threatening to throw Alexander Orr, jr out of the window for daring to oppose the people's choice, to get our first sample of the mistakes this new group was going to make. I can remember vividly every detail of the campaign, as these men, elected by an overwhelming majority, went boldly to work to destroy the confidence of the people of They were not good politicians or they'd have known that public opinion can, and does, change overnight. They were not shrewd, we must believe, or they'd not have done the things which steadily brought disillusion, then disgust, and finally open hostility throughout the city. IN JUSTICE to the Daily News and I say this in face of those who will say it's untrue its policy was, on the whole, a just one.

I do not say we were not out to win a fight we felt would help Miami; but we did try to be fair and it was easy. The policy of letting the commission majority hang itself worked admirably. I don't suppose in all city administration history a group of men was so consistently stupid and wrong. Others have been wrong fully as much, but were not so stupid. And so.

when the commission majority had played virtually every card stupidly, it needed only a vigorous campaign a fearless campaign, too for this final success. Today six men will be chosen by the voters to run in a second election out of. which will come three commissioners. If ever the voters of a city had the incentive to think, to be alert and to vote carefully, it is in Miami. Do you realize that last summer every tourist who ever came to Miami or planned to come was reading the papers of America and ridiculing this city because of its political cesspool? And do you realize that today Miami is known to this nation as a city boasting a newspaper with enough character to recognize those conditions openly, fight to eradicate them and, with the help of the solid citizens of this city, succeeded admirably.

That's what the Pultizer award means; that Miami has come forward again, as it always will, with something to whip down the evils of mis-managed affairs in the world's most noted resort city. It's not easy, you see, to keep Miami's politics straight. We're a resort town, in which are hundreds of thousands of Americans each year who come only to enjoy themselves for awhile. They've no love for Miami, as we know it They want only to enjoy our city, to be free to do as they please. And, sadly enough, some of them please to crack safes, operate crooked gambling houses, break into private homes and fix horse races.

Miami, you see, is a very complex city. We've got to have city officials, including our chief of police and sheriff, who are men of broad vision, sterling character and fearless ambition to do what is right. Quite often we forget Miami isn't just another old Southern town; it's quite a cosmopolitan metropolis and as such attracts a varies assortment of problems to our governing bodies. SO YOU SEE, we're a happy lot around the News Tower today. We love this sheet and it's glorious to know it has been recognized by the one national honor that counts, the Pulitzer award.

We're not going to get a cut in the world's series newspaper competition, of course. But what th' hell! Look at all the fun we have. Think of all the gushing Gussies who came barging in to say: "Oh, I think newpaper work is so thrilling; you meet so many interesting people." Yep, it is interesting and we do meet occasionally an interesting person. What is more enlightening, we learn the percentage of the humans of this world who aren't interesting. And we learn that the most interesting things can happen to and around the most uninteresting people.

Just now we're in the midst of another We want Miami to have five-day horse racing. There are stories ugly stories, too anent state representatives from small counties who are determined to force us to keep our six-day racing, for fear the cut for their counties will be $25,000 a year instead of $27,500. I am not a politician; I don't know whatH happen up there. Perhaps the five-day thing will be beaten this time. Perhaps we're wrong.

But every indication points to storms ahead for racing unless it is curtailed. And only today I learn from a source about as authentic as you'd care to know, that California, which has done wonderfully well with a five-day racing week, is going to a four-day week next season. So, as in the matter of the recall, we think (in the matter of five-day racing) we're right and we're going ahead. We think it's best for racing in Florida, for Miami; we think Miami needs racing, of course. But we're not forgetting the fact that racing needs Miami.

by train at 4 p. m. (E. D. today for Washington, where he is due lafe tonight.

Crown Prince Fredrik and Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark, who were the president's guests at a picnic luncheon yesterday, left last night for New York. meritorious service rendered by an American newspaper during 1938." The award comes to the Miami Daily News for its militant fight to firmly establish for the residents of Miami the right to recall members of its city governing board, the city commission, and against what was seen as "political misrule" of the city. Many, congratulatory telephone calls and telegrams were received today by executives of the newspaper, expressing pride in the fact that a Miami newspaper should receive the award, the highest possible honor that can come to an American newspaper, and commendation for the stand for good government taken by the Miami Daily News that brought about the award. Speaking on a nation-wide radio hook-up last night, from New York, Hal I. Leyshon.

editor of the Miami Daily News, who took a predominantly leading part in the nine months fight to establish the right of recall, expressed appreciation of the high honor that has come to the Miami Daily News and told of the high ideals that prompted the fight. The address was not broadcast by Miami radio stations because of previous commercial commit- (CONTTNED ON. PAGE rOCK A i GIBRALTAR RAZES ROAD-BARRICADES GIBRALTAR, May 2 (JP) Barricades that recently were erected across the main road from Gibraltar into Spain were removed today by British engineers, indicating a FEATURES IX NEWS TODAY Alsop Kintner 10-A Amusements 9-A Carter ll-A Clapper n-A Classified 5, 6, 7-B Comics 4-B Crossword puzzle 5-A Editorials 10-A Jack Bell's Sports Desk 1-A Kilgallen ll-A Mallon ll-A Matthews ll-A Mergen cartoon 10-A Radio 9-A Serial story 12-A Society 7-A Sports 2, 3-B Spanish briefs 8-A Trends of the Times 10-A Weather 4-A Wirephotos Section, Back Woman's page 12-A lessening of tension. Units of the German fleet on a Mediterranean cruise now at Ceuta, visiting board, however, considers itself shouldering considerable responsibility, extending beyond the mere permission to visit the different institutions and look them over. SENATOR PROPOSES TQ HONOR COOLIDGE WASHINGTON.

May 2. (J) A memorial to former President Coo-lidge at his birthplace in Plym- outh. Vt, was proposed today by JSenator Gibson Vt). He Jge.ld several lawmakers also were considering a suggetsion for a national park at Plymouth, to include the Coolidge family home. Algeciras, Malaga and Tangier were expected to depart later today for an undisclosed destination.

Three British warships and a submarine left this British colony and vital Mediterranean defense link for the East, while four French destroyers also left Gibraltar, proceeding westward..