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Eduon Said "1W Mir on Fort Dm ad million ptopU goint to find It cut." MM Tiny Baby Gets Airplane Jcun Senate Splits Girl, a Mother! il Pepper Pushes U.S. Spending Strayhorn' Tax Collection Mo Beaten in Home House Then Takes up Proposal to Create Tax Equalization Commission Mm llllllllllllPilf iiiiix lllllllll A a This exclusive picture shows Lina Medina, 5-year-old Peruvian Indian child, and her 5.96-pound son (in arms of nurse) born by Caesarean operation in the presence of 60 physicians at Lima mater-nity hospital. Picture was made the day after the infant's birth. Terming the case one of the strangest gynecological events ever known. Dr.

Hipolito Larrabure. the hospital's chief surgeon, said the age of the child mother is corroborated by the fact ahe is three feet one inch tall and still has her first teeth. He said she is a little over five years of age. ST. LOUIS.

May A tiny babe believed the na (ion's youngest air passenger-Elisabeth Herrick of York, Pa- was flown 700 miles here with in 12 hours after her birth at 1:30 o'clock this morning and tonight rested in a hospital to gain strength for a plastic sur gery operation probably Mon day. The operation is the first of two the child must undergo to eliminate a congenital cleft of the face, extending from the up per lip to the palate. The sec ond, to close the bone separa tion, will be performed in a year. The child's father, C. D.

Her. rick, decided to have the opera, tion performed here after talk, ing to a friend who is an intern in a local hospital, Placing the child in a basket, he entrusted her to a nurse who accompa. nied her on the flight here. Surgeons said the operation should be performed within 24 hours after birth because the cleft interferes with feeding, but decided to give the child a day's rest from the trip. Miners Call Off Meeting in Face Of Military Order Gen.

Carter Gives Permit But Insists on No Disturbances HARLAN. May 20 UPV- United Mine Workers (CIO) to. night called off a scheduled Sun day mass meeting in this troubled soft coal mine area following is suance of a military order of re strictions. William Turnblazer, president of the Harlan district U.M.W., issued a lengthy state ment in which he said: "In order to prevent wholesale arrests we shall not attempt to have a mass meeting in Harlan county on tomorrow." At the same time Turnblazer announced the signing of the 'first commercial mine" contract containing the controversial "un ion shop" clause with the Black Star coal company at Alvajn Har. Man county.

This mine "employed 0 A 1 V4 I. about 800 workers normally. It is not a member of the Harlan County ConI Operators' association, the largest soft coal operating Croup holding out against' the union shop." Turnhlazer also said he had been notified by Sam Caddy, Hazard district U.M.W. president, that the 18,000 men employed in that had voted t0 asRe each man $1 per month during June and Juv to be used for relief work in Harlan district. The operators of this area this week signed the "un.

ion shop" contract. Forty-six men were held under $1,000 bond each tonight after an ambushed group and national guardsmen engaged in gunfire but Continued on Page Two GRAPEFRUIT IS RIGHT LAKELAND, May 20 (JPthe Florida citrus commission came to the end of the trail today in its aAamh a Tr1 1 ak Ain irnlont ftt grapefruit and found the ftngwer to be grapefruit. In Poland they spell it grejp- frutem," but it means the same thing. After the commission had mull ed over suggestions from all parts of the country, including "citryny," 'citrony," "pomela," and "wino- grat," it enlisted the aid of the congressional library which came up with "grejpfrutem." The commission wants to pro mote use of citrus fruits among Polish communities in the East. Senate Passes Evenly on Bill Against Chains Tie Vote Results After Bitter Debate on Plan To Boost Licenses; Ward for Act TALLAHASSEE, May 20 UP Anti-chain store legislation de feated in different form at two previous sessions split the Flori da senate evenly today.

The show. down came on a motion to post pone indefinitely a bill by Senator Savage of Ocala that would place heavy licenses upon chains on an ascending scale according to their size. The motion tantamount to killing the measure outright was defeated by the tie vote. Thus the Savage bill, somewhat similar to the Louisiana chain li cense that has the United States supreme court's approval, was as. sured further debate when the sen.

ate goes back to work Monday Lvery member of the senate was recorded either as voting or pair, ed for or against the bill. In view of this situation, both sides of the fight went to work in an effort to win new converts before the next decisive vote occurs. This year's edition of chain store legislation differed sharply from that of 1935 and 1937, when bills were proposed under the title "Florida recovery act" to outlaw chains outnght. Both times, the house approved and, both times, the senate battled with its heaviest artillery, then rejected the meas ures. Ribbons Missing In contrast to the crowded halls of those sessions, the senate's spir ited debate today was staged be fore a third-filled gallery.

The colorful ribbons worn by merch ants backing the legislation before were missing, and one senator said not more than six independents were present. The fight to kill the bill this time at the outset was led by Sen. ator Holland of Bartow, whose fi nance and taxation committee re. ported it unfavorably by a 9 to 4 vote. Holland brought into the debate demands from labor, agri culture and consumer groups that the bill be defeated.

He read a telegi In Walter Hoyt, secretary-treasurer of the Florida federation of labor said: "Labor in Florida is immovably opposed to punitive tax legislation of which senate bill 44 is flagrant example." Several senators denied that labor was united behind Hoyt's stand, but Holland declared: "Labor opposition to this bill is authentic and everybody knows it." Senator Kelly of Fernandina said Charles E. Silva, president of the Florida federation, had been in the capitol daily and never had approached him about the meas ure. Senator Murphy of Zolfo Continued on Page Two Wilson Appointed To Stubbs' Place Roy D. Stubbs' resignation as state attorney of the 12th judicial district was confirmed' yesterday in a telegram from Senator David Elmer Ward from Tallahassee which also brought news of the appointment of Clyde H. Wilson of Sarasota to fill the unexpired teim.

Mr. Stubbs' resignation will be effective June 1. Mr. Wilson was elected state attorney over Mr. Stubbs last No vember after a three-man primary contest in which Henry Q.

Willi- ford was eliminated. Mr. Stubbs' term would have expired Aug. 1. He is understood to have accepted a position on the legal staff of the Coca Cola company with headquarters at Wilmington, Del.

The assistant state attorneys are Sumpter Leitner of Arcadia and W. M. Smiley of Bradenton. er Plane ens Regular Atlantic Line Smart Crew Takes Off From New York on 14-Hour Jaunt To Azores i By DEVON FRANCIS (Aiwcit4 prM Aviation Editor) NEW YORK, May 20 A metal flying boat roue from a Long Is land bay and pointed its snout eastward today to inaugurate, at last, airliner service between Eu rope and Inside its broad, high hull, list nine to the throaty symphony of its' four motors, were 17 men, the first to cross the North Atlantic in an airliner operating by time table. The start of scheduled trans Atlantic transport flights from Manhasset bay, hard by the little community of Port Washington was routine, even casual.

A few short speeches were made. Con gratulations were exchanged'. A message from President Roosevelt was read Then, Arthur E. La Porte, skip per of the 41 -ton "Yankee Clip per," turned to Juan Tj. Trippe, president of the operating com pany, Pan American Airways.

La Porte saluted. "Captain La Porte," asked Trippe, "is the flight in order?" "The Yankee Clipper is ready, sir, responded the skipper. "All stations are manned. Standing by lororders, sir." If are Your Orders Trippe. nodded.

"Very well, captain. I commit to you these manifests for the first United States air mails for transatlantic dispatch to Europe. You have your flight orders. Cast off and depart for Marseille in accordance therewith." The crew marched smartly down a' small quay, stepped aboard, the lines were cast off. ana' a few minutes later the 6.000 horseDower in the clipper's, motors lifted her slowly aloft.

So, on the twelfth anniversary of Charles A. Lindbergh's memor able flight to Paris, began a ser vice which men have talked about since the North Atlantic first was spanned by air in 1919 actual- Iy have planned for a full decade TLL nis ursc mgnt over the so-called "southern" route is for mail only, and four more mail trips wilt be made before customers can step up to an airline ticket count Continued on Page Two Gov. Cone Doubts HncrV VAunniinn governor cone yesterday vetoed 0 Lee county hill prohibiting hogs from roaming at large on the north side of the river on the theory that the county boundaries are not fenced and hogs from adjoining tountics could jjot be expected to know when they crossed the county line. The bill, introduced by Rep. fuy M.

Strayhorn, had passed both house and senate and affected ter rirory across tlie river from Bay shore to the north boundary of the county, Several days ag0i Governor Cone vetoed a similar bill which had been passed for parts of DeSoto county saying that poor people in td joining counties should be protected against impounding of their hogs which may stray across coun ty lines. Rep. Strayhorn obtained passage of his bill after receiving a petition from the majority of resident landowners around Bay- snore asking that hog owners be required to keep their pigs under fence. lVfrs' RnnspvAlr TToars Roach Heartbeats WASHINGTON, May 20 CD-Mrs. Franklin D.

Roosevelt took her press conference for an outing today to hear cackling hens, squealing pigs, barking dogs, whir, ring bees and cockroach heart beats. Driving Mrs. Henry Morgcn. thau's pale-blue, open roadster, the I first lady led a procession of newspaper women's carg to the 1,200. acre national agricultural experi.

ment station at Beltsville, Mary land. Trailed by 35 members of her press conference, she went from chicken coop to pig pen to dog a Clipp Op I in On Own Hook Group to Act If Roosevelt Doein't; Republicans Proclaim National Debt Week WASHINGTON, May 20 (ff) Asserting they intended to concentrate the country's attention on New Deal spending, republicans in congress proclaimed today a ''national debt week." Discussions in congress, in the press and on the radio during next week, an announcement through the republican national committee said, will be designed to "arouse the American people to the dangers involved in the mounting national debt." New Deal spending, the committee said, has averaged almost $15,000 a minute since 1933 to run up a present total in excess pf 140,000,000,000. The republican announcement came almost coincidently with the inception of a movement in con gress to launch a new spending- lending program with or without he blessing of President Roosevelt. Pepper the Spender Senator Pepper (D-Fla) said that a group of congress members which usually sunnorts the admin-, iteration would sponsor a spending rirogram even though resident itooseven onered no proposals nim-self. That they would encounter some democratic opposition was indi cated immediately.

Senator Burke (D-Neb), said that federal spend ing has been unsuccessful as an aid to recovery. A reduction in government expenditures would tend to encourage business, he predicted. Tax talk came during the day from both congressional and business sources. One report was that Chairman Harrison (D-Miss) of the senate finance committee and Mr. Roosevelt might agree on a compromise tax program which would cut the present 2Va per cent undistributed profits tax to 1V4 per cent.

As outlined by informed persons, the compromise program would call for corporation taxes ranging from 17 to 19 per cent, depending upon the amount of dividends distributed to stockholders. The I resent rates are 16Vfc to 19 per cent. Under the projected compro mise, the increase in the base rate to 17'6 per cent would be offset I Continued on Page Two Army Places Order For 150 Bombers WASHINGTON, May 20 W- The army placed a $15,000,000 order today for new model attack bombers described as the world's best. The order went to the Doug las Aircraft company, Santa Mon ica, Cal. The number was not disclosed but more than 150 were understood to beinvolved.

Major General Henry Arnold, air corps chief, said this plane had "better performance than any omparative airplane in production or in service anywnere in tne world today." The craft, an all metal mono plane, was described as an im provement of the attack bomber planes ordered by the French gov ernment from the Douglas com pany last January after an air crash in California which touched off a congressional controversy over sale of planes to France. The speed of the ships was kept confidential, but was reported to exceed 250 miles an hour. Hep. flatt Dade county delegation. Open ter.

ritories in Collier county have been the best deer hunting grounds in South Florida. Although the bill provides for slaughter of all deer, it also hag a paragraph requiring the livestock sanitary board to restock the areas with tick free deer. The special summer licenses would go into a fund for this work. The bill is for five years and provides that other game be protected while the deer are being killed The livestock board, over objections from several sportsmen's or. ganizations, has already killed about 1,000 deer in tick infested areas In Central and South Flor.

Ida. The theory is that it is im-possible to rid cattle from the fe-ver ticks by dipping if deer are allowed to carry the ticks. Representative Piatt's deer killing bill also provides that the livestock board will be responsible to Col. lier county for damage caused by fires which may result from the activities of the board agents while hunting down and killing the deer, Log of the Legislature House killed a bill to put more teeth into tax collection laws. Senate divided evenly on higher tax for chain stores and measure went over for further debate Monday.

Bill to double the state's appropriation for old age pensions tent to house committee although it bore the names of enough introducers to pass it. The senate has passed a similar measure. House committee proposed that lands foreclosed under Mur-lry act be made available for homesteading. Representative Getzen (Sumter) called for graduated tax on vegetable farms, putting most burden on mass production. Both house and senate recessed until Monday.

Inquiry Discloses Additional Details Of Jewish 'Plot' Gen.Moseley, Declares He's Just Following Out His Patriotic Principles WASHINGTON, May 20 (JP) The house committee on un-American activities, making public ad ditional details of the evidence it has gathered concerning an alleg ed plot to overthrow the govern-r-ent, disclosed today: Testimony that George Deather- age of St. Albans, W. chief c.f the Knights of the White Ca mellia and linked in the testimony with anti-Semitic propaganda, had uggested a conference of Father Coughlin, John Frey of the AFL, Homer ChniHau st the American Legion and leaders of large groups on our side of the fence" to discuss the "th'eat" of a com munist revolution. (The conference, the committee was told, never had been called.) That Dudley Pierpont Gilbert, socially prominent New Yorker, had testified he feared "a revolution before snow flies and that's why I'm working like hell on a house in Kentucky." That it was at the Harmonie club in New York that a waiter was alleged, in testimony given to the committee, to have overheard from time to time details of a plot to overthrow the government. Word from the Waiter The committee developed the story in following up what it con sidered evidence of widespread anti-Semitic propaganda.

This was spread, committee members said, by sending to a carefully-sejected ist of persons the information al leged to have been overheard by he waiter. James Erwin Campbell of Ow- ensboro, who testified to disseminating this information, said the waiter turned it over to Gilbert who in turn relayed it to Campbell. Tied into this story was an account of a "counter-revolutionary movement." From the record of testimony Continued on Page Two KILLED BY GAMECOCK KISSIMMEE, May 20 (JP) Amanda Cousins, a negro house- woman, died ot tetanus poisoning fter a pet gamecock she was try ing to feed spurred ner on tne hand. special, seven-car train, "the Quint-land," will be Rationed in Toronto. Meanwhile, Mr.

and Mrs. Oliva Dionne and flva of their other children went to North Bay, 11V6 miles from here, and inspected "the Quintland" which won approval from all. The most enthusiastic was seven-year-old Danny who said the train was ''like th? palaces I've read about." Danny broke his arm last Saturday but hat won't keep him from going to Toronto on his first train ride. It also will be the quints' first trip away from home. The train will leave Callander at 8 p.

e. s. tomorrow night, prriving in Toronto Monday morning about 7:30 o'clock. The family will be presented to the king and queen at noon. TALLAHASSEE, May 20 The house received a bill today to create a state tax equalizing com' mission and then killed a proposal to establish county delinquent land boards with strict provisions for enforcing tax levies.

Tax commission supporters said they would not vote for tighter collection laws until some method is provided for adjusting assessments throughout the state. The quick-death method of striking out the enacting clause defeated the tax collecting bill which Representative Strayhorn Lee introduced (HB96). The Strayhorn bill was defeated on a voice vote, and no roll call was taken. Representative Clement of Pinellas called the Strayhorn bill "dangerous" and Representative Holt of Dade said "if I have ever seen a law that is drawn in favor of the tax shark and the tax certificate buyer, this is the law." Answering them, Strayhorn said the bill would be "dangerous to tax dodgers and the chronic delinquent and it may be dangerous to some attorneys who thrive on finding ways to beat public treasury, but if there is one thing; -dangerous to a taxpayer I'll withdraw the bill." Drag Dodgers to Trough "The reason Mn. Clement Is against this bill," Strayhorn said.

"is because he realizes that the tax dodsrer is eoinsr to be drareed to the troueh and made to If we don't pass this there'll be an other Mumhv law in a few rears and another rape of 20 or 30 million dollars upon the public treas ury. Durincr the oast 10 Vears. Comn- troller J. M. Lee reported recently, delinquent taxes totalling about Km bslcorapromis- ed and settled for about through adjustment laws nassed bv the legislature.

The Strayhorn bill provided for the county tax assessor, the collector and the clerk of circuit court to make up the delinquent land board. Tax certificates not sold to individuals upon delinquency would have passed to the board, with redemrjtion nroviHor! within one year for non-homestead property and two years for homestead property. In the event there was no re demption, the board could have sold the certificates, and thp rnirw chaser at a public sale could have acquired clear title to the property involved. The finance and taxation com- Continued on Page Two Sen. Graham Prefers Mule to Law Books TALLAHASSEE, May 20P) Senator Graham of Miami objected today to the vote by which the tenate ordered its members copies of compiled Florida laws at 100 a set.

"I don't want a set of law books," said Graham. "I'd rather have a mule a red mule; and if I can't have a mule, a couple of ciws will do. "I don't know anything about he law and I'm getting by now on my ignorance. If I had some cooks, some ju Ige might expect mo know." Graham, a r'airyman, said few senators knew when the resolution vent through yesterday ordering the books (or fenators and for the seven members of Florida's congressional delegation at a total cost of $4,500. Other members said this had been done in the senate only once before in 19J3 although it is customary in the house of representatives.

THE WEATHEIl In Fort Myers yesterday! nigh 86, low 67, five mile east wind, part cloudy, .03 inch rainfall, barometer 80.06 (S a. and 80.O2 (8 p.m.) Forecast! Light to modcrste easterly to southerly winds and partly overcast weather with scattered showers. Tides at Fort Myers Beach: High Low A.M. P.M. A.M.

P.M. Sun. 4:02 1:39 :56 9:38 Mon. 5:05 i26 78 The sun rises at 5:37, sets at 716. The moon rises at a.

sets at 9tfil p. m. France Prepares Program to Pull Russia in Fold German-Polish Dispute Is Seen Near Showdown Over Cdrridor (Br the Amorlatcd PrM Britain and France agreed on fresh proposals to win over Russia to their front last night amid boastings from the rival Rome-Berlin axis that it already had forged an "unshakeable bloc" from the Baltic to the Mediterranean. The weekend diplomatic moves by Loruion and Paris and the proud declarations of the'Cerman-Italian partners were accompanied by indications that Europe's recent breathing spell was over and that the German-Polish dispute soon would come to a showdown. The exact nature of the new British-French approach to Mos cow was kept secret but France, actinir as arbitrator between her two allies, was understood to have fathered the compromise.

The plan was reported reliably to provide for a limited mutual assistance pact among the three powers to satisfy Russian demands without involving Britain too far in east, ern Europe. It was worked out in Paris talks which French Premier Dala- dier and Foreign Minister Bonnet had with British Foreign Secreta. rv Viscount Halifax and British Ambassador Sir Eric Phipps. The conferences will be renewed among Lord Halifax, Bonnet and Soviet Ambassador Ivan Maisky, soviet ambassador to London, to- night or Monday at Geneva Where Continued on Page Two Tax on Vegetable Acreage Proposed TALLAHASSEE, May 20 (IP) Mass production of vegetables in I'lorida will be subjected to special acreage taxes if the legislature en- oi-ts into law a bill introduced today by Representative Getzen of fumter county. The vegetable farms of the state produce thousands of carloads of products, mainly in the winter season when in other states are Idle because of weather conditions.

Getzen said he hoped to discour age "New York brokers" who, he said, obtain leases or other control (f large acreage and thereby gain a means to control prices they pay to other prod icers. In some instances, he said, this kind of control extends to "as much as 1,000 to 10,000 acre? of certain vegetables." His bill went to a commit-tfe. A planter with less than 25 acres in specified vegetables cucumbers, tomatoes, pep-rers, strawberries, celery and lettuce would not pay any tax. The planter with more than 25 acres would pay $1 for each additional icie up to 35, and from there the tax would graduate like this: 35 tc 45 acres, $3 an acre; 45 to 75, 70 to 100, $7, 100 to 150, $20, i.nd more than 150, $25. The tax would be due and payable when the crop is planted.

It would become delinquent in 90 oays, and a penalty of 10 per cent, llus two per cent a month, would rccrue against the amount due. The. commissioner of agriculture would enforce the tax law, 'fQnafllOnO liDOti VllllllUlUIlO UvVJf Up Enthusiasm For Royal Party George Observes Birthday, Queen Lays Cornerstone For Supreme Court OTTAWA, May 20 (JP) King Georze and Queen Elizabeth to night rounded out four solid days of ceremonial welcoming to un ada. and in their "royal progress" through the North American dom inion there was no let up In the enthusiasm of reception and the fervor of demonstrations. Geographically, the royal couple hare seen but a very small part of Canada, but hall or tne iz mn lion people of this country live in the two great eastern provinces where French Canadians and Canadians of British descent have been shouting in different languages but in the same spirit, "God save the king," anod "vive le roi." As for the queen, she is the toast of this part of the American continent.

If a man ever ought to be proud of his' wife, his Britannic majesty George VI is indebted to the gracious Scots woman who has won Canadian hearts. Today was set aside for cele-t Continued on Page Two Punta Gorda Buries Three Fire Victims More than 200 persons yesterday attended funeral services at Punta Gorda for Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Willis and their three-year- old son, Edwin, who were burned to death Fnoay morning a fire which destroyed the Punta Gorda waterfront terminal and fish houses. The services were held at the graveside in the Charlotte Harbor cemetery with the Rev.

J. H. Sutley of the Baptist church officiating. Because of the charred condition of the bodies, they were all committed to the grave in one small casket. The pallbearers were Will Quidneau, T.

C. Crossland, Matt Weeks and" W. H. Munson. Mr.

Willis was houseman for the Punta Gorda fish company and was trapped with his family in the second story of the big warehouse when the fire broke out downstairs. The Punta Gorda and West Coast Fish companies have both set up temporary quarters on the waterfront to take care of fish from their crews but the owners of the two wholesale houses have not made plans for future build ing. They had only a small amount of insurance on the equipment which burned. Miss Bertha Mae Bagwell, sister of Mrs. Willis, who escaped the fate of the others by leaping from the window into Charlotte harbor, was reported to be recovering from shock.

Waterway Closed May 25 to June 3 Carawan Nelson, senior U. S. Engineer at Clewiston, announced yesterday that the Caloosahatchee-Okeechobee canal would be closed to cross state navigation from May 25 to June 3 for routine mainten ance work on the locks at Moore Haven. Closing the locks will not interfere with navigation up to the locks from both directions but it will be impossible to pass boats through the locks'. CoUxer Deer Killing Bill Quints Take Duck, Monkey On Jaunt to See the King Rep.

William Z. Piatt of Collier county won the second round in his battle to slaughter deer in areas of Collief county where cattle ticks have been found when his house bill passed the senate yesterday. The bill provides for deer prescribed areas to be slaugh tered by agent of the state live-stock sanitary board but also pro. vides for a summer open season from July 1 to Oct. 31 when hunt.

ers can kill deer if they take out special license open season was set at $10. G. Lundquist and other members of the Tropical Sportsmen's club said they had been assured by Senator David Elmer Ward that he would amend Piatt's bill to reduce- the special summer deer license to $5 when the bill went through the senate. It was not known yestcr day what amendments had been made to the original bill. When Piatt's bill went through the house it was opposed by Rep, resentative Strayhorn and the range for a first-hand picture of As it passed the house, the pe-the government's efforts to devel- cial license fee for the summer CALLANDER, Ont, May 20 (JP) Marie, smallest of the Dionne quintuplets, decided today that since she was going to be presented to King Goorge VI and Queen Elizabeth, her oldest doll should have the same privilege.

Her sisters agreed and insisted they too should take along their favorite playthings when they go to Toronto for the royal presentation Mon day. Yvonne selected a duck, Annette chose a bear almost as big as herself, Emily favored a three-year-cld monkey and Cecile decided up-c a ragged blue dog. Despite the momentous decisions by the little jirls there was little likelihood that their selections would get any closer to the sover-i-iiiM than thi yards where their op better poultry, pigs and other livestock. Whether looking at streamlined turkeys or dog intelligence tests, she Asked questions to find out what practical aims the experi- mentg had, and how plain ordinary farmers were going to profit from the station's discoveries. The cockroach heartbeats The scientists had an apparatus rigged up so they could listen to them and study the effectiveness of insecti- cides..