The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 23, 1939, Page 1

Azsociated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the . Best Interests of Key West Che Kry Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOLUME LX. No. 149. Leland Sawyer Arraigned For Preliminary Hearing’ THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1939 ite COLONEL BRINTON |City Proposes: Gasoline ADDRESSES ROTES | For Sponsoring WPA Projects pag tcocnecag To KING AND QUEEN County Judge Hears Testi OM OOD OMIM A LINE OF PROVISIONS IN CONNECTION WITH REVI- | SION OF CHARTER : ing |ANOTHER BLACK ee ace og sag WIDOW SPIDER Decision ONnCIUSION | eS OFC. Again the black widow spider is being found in Key West. This morning Leo Warren, head of the WPA safety organization in Key West, brought it into The Citizen office. ! It is one of the basic principles | i ‘Rotary Club, as an organization, {should not take an active part in jany controversial issue. Preliminary hearing in the matter of the shooting and killing 'GIVES COMPREHENSIVE OUT- Take Up Matter Of So-' : i liciting Contributions! U.S. A. PRICE FIVE CENTS Insults To English Subjects | By Japanese Now Wearing Out Patience Of Great Britain From Salaried Workmen | jmes RETURN TO BRIT- of International Rotary that al At a meeting of the City Coun- | cil held last night for the. pur- ipese of discussing matters rela- |coming-home banguet of official HONOR OF ROY pant ER? . ro oan. (MAKE REFERENCE ISH SOIL (By Associated Press) LONDON, June 23.—The wel- | ORLANDO, FLA. TO MEETING AT | TEXAS TEACHERS GREATLY ENJOY | New Incidents Of Outrag- es Are Reported; U. S. Watching Situation Very | Closely ef Frank Guerro'by Leland R.| Sawyer was held before County | Judge Haymond R. Lord this; morning in the office of the; judge in the annex to the county ; court house. ' Three of ‘the witnesses were’ The spider was caught by Fernando Camus on Roose- velt Boulevard, where are working a gang of WPA men. It was said by Mr. Warren that two others were caught on Johnson street last week. he ade ah, hha, uh ued 1 | | i However, Rotary Clubs are en- couraged to discuss such issues in their meetings for the enlighten- ¥ j#ngland was tendered the King itive to sponsoring WPA projects. jand Queen of the British, Empire lehe ordinance committee was in- luast evening in this city, follow- ho j ing a triumphant journey amid ment of their members who are expected, as individuals, to become actively interested in all public affairs: With this object in mind, the Key West Rotary Club invited Col. L. C. Brinton to be its guest | speaker at its luncheon meeting ‘Structed to prepare an ordinance |cheering thousands of subjects | provid for a. yesoline tax, | 7m Southhampton, where the | voyal party landed yesterday {While the amount to be levied | morning. i COMMUNICATION CONCERN-! ING BOND REFUNDING MATTERS RECEIVED BY COMMISSIONERS GROUP CAME TO KEY WEST (By Associated Press) TBROUGH (CORREBPOND:| LonpoM, Suse: 2i-—ticest ENCE. BY SECRETARY OF'| 5 ,isain is fast losing all petience COMMERCE BODY | with the Far East situation, ‘a¢- |cording to reports issuing forth l wagmat Milly: dacsied. is bs anc King George spoke, in answer ‘pected that it will be on the ba- to the: many toasts given him! and his consort for what the of- a successful ;County Commissioners of Mon- In a communication to the} Chamber of Commerce was thé; ¢rom the foreign relations. de- scene of “Old Home Week” for | SHOWS NEED OF | those who were present at the’ shooting and were Armand Rob- | Heials considered this Thursday upon the subject: of one cent per gallon. All'toup..of North America. His ii H ‘ | partment in this European capi- of the proposed new city: charte1 roe county which was addressed) Texas yesterday with all the | ;to Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, R. E.} erts, Eugene Spencer and Robert L. Sawyer, who were the other | immates of the car in which Mr. Sawyer rode to the scene of the MEMBERSHIP IN | Vice-president Charles Taylor, who presided in the absence of! revenue raised from this axation |SPeech treated on his hope that ithe trip would go far to influence { Crummer and Co., fiscal agents | sounds of joyful reunion as a tal. group of teachers from Texas ar-| Insults to British subjects in president Ernest A. Ramsey, in-| Will go toward sponsoring Works |'the future of both the great na- {for the county refers to the meet- | troduced Col. Brinton’ as a pub-} jing of county representatives rived to get a view of Key West | the Tientsin area are becoming {tions of North America and Eng- tend. 09a Bite thal he. | wks jheld in Orlando this week which ‘which had been so thoroughly des- | Progress Administration proj- shooting. Other witnesses were Eloise Sawyer, wife of the accused slayer; Annie Laurie Bethel, sis- ter of Mrs. Sawyer, and Arthur Baeza, friend of the others, who} were seated in front of the old} post office building on a bench! with Frank Guerro just before the shooting took place. | Their testimony was essentially | |LETTER REPRODUCED FROM | COMMERCE BODY LATE EX-MAYOR AND AC-| TIVE PRESIDENT OF MIAMI ORGANIZATION lic-spirited citizen of Key West, who had devoted a large portion ects. of ps time =e energies for | Joseph Pearlman, president of past Jour ponte: se eetnvee OF ie Megchants’ Association, was ; 5 | the’ Charter Commites,. in. the named chairman of a committee service of this community. - ‘stirred profoundly by the magni- jture of the great celebrations ac- | corded his visit. ; dust prior to the speech the | Lord Mayor of London read a'‘ Col. Brinton then clearly and concisely set forth the main fea- tures of the new charter, with especial emphasis upon those sec: {to meet: with agents of gasoline ie | “seer tee .[eablegram from Prime Minister companies in the city in an ef: ing” Macttensie. of” Canhda, ‘fort to enlist their cooperation in}\*). 4 vi which expressed pleasure at the ,connection with the proposed / fe tcrival hoske of lax. The other members of this the same as that given at the fi f coroner’s inquest, with several | Mayor and active president of charter: inconsequential deviations, which|the Miami Chamber of Com-' ‘There was considerable interest did not materially make any j merce up to the time of his pass- /shown by those present in his re- change in the their former stories | ing on was a man to whom his: marks, at the conclusion of which radical .changes from the old The late Charles D. Leffler, ex- tions which embodied the most! ‘committee are Dr. H. C. Galey, ,Raymond Delgado, J. Roland 'Adams and Mrs. Stephen | Douglas. | On’ suggestion of Frank W. Johnson, a general committee was M. |nany thoughtful expressions giv- | jando Reporter Star: | monarch of Britain for his en to the citizens. of Canada throughout the trip. The first act of government ‘resentatives of 25 counties . of the royal’ ple, also expressing thanks to , was attended by 65 representa- tive of 24 counties in Florida. Members from Monroe who at- tended the meeting were Attor- ney W. Curry Harris, Commis- sioner Wm. Monsalvatge, chair- man of the Finance Committee, and Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, coun- ty clerk. Enclosured in the letter. from| the Crummer Co., included the! following editorial from the Or-/| “Anyone who happened to look in on the meeting of 64 rep- 4 jeribed by Secretary Singleton in| more infolerable daily and’ new for some time. Some time earlier in the season jhis correspondence with them incidents of outrages are piling ‘up for the record against Japan Miss Mary Jo Cowling one of the | im ifs apparent drive against for- party had made tentative ar-' eign influence in China. rangements for a group of students to take a trip for the! intimate study of the geography Tokio admittedly is determin- ed to make the foreign influence before the coroner’s body. | Dr. Irving Saunders, of the! Marine Hospital, told of the{ course of the bullet and of the | last minutes of Guerro and said that Guerro died 11:35 on - thi night of June 15,4939, ~ Onofre Cer¢gzo.. was. the rast | witness and his testimony was; not considered vital to the issue. Attorney L. A. Harris repre- by Mr: Leffler to a’ Key West|cided that the club would have in all stations of | fellow citizens, life, turned for advice and coun- sel and never in vain. | Not many Miami business men! | kept in as close touch with’ Key,|the question of By a of West ahd Te problems as did this | the*officers of the ery pioneer citizen, i Consequently, ‘a letter written} |during their encampment at Fort ienacted by King George occurred ‘this morning when he sat in with the. Privy Council and approved measures to conduct a slow, un- heralded mobilization of all army qe during ‘the ‘coming summer > stand by for ahy €ventuality. he answered a number of ques- tions regarding the administra- tion of some of the. new charter’ features. : i Wm. Curry Harris brought up jappointed with the view of work- ing out a plan for solicitation of} funds weekly or monthly to be; placed in a Community Chest to} , Sponsor projects, H | Charles. ~ Tagler..was. named! ‘chairman of: °,the — conimittee, | Corps; ‘Florida"’National Guard, ' which includes Ernest A. Ram-| Taylor, next month. It was de-, sented the accused and. took UP | business. man is of special inter- | them as guests at luncheon! sey. Carl Bervaldi, Earl Adams, Charles R. Roberts, ‘Joe Pearl- man, Everett Russell, J, L. John-} son, James S. Roberts, Faustino very little time in cross exam- ination. In fact, the hearing re- quired not quite an hour from | est to other Key West men as in- | Thursday, July 13. This has /Rendueles, Jr., Mrs. Henry Saun- | |dicating the views held by a man {been an annual custom of the! Gers, Sam B. Pinder, Faustino whose opinions carried weight, ! club for some years and is alwayS | 1 | i WANT PROBE OF NLRB UNIT RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED IN Florida held here. Saturday, feould not help but being im- pressed by their seriousness. ; There was not a politician in the jerowd, just serious minded busi- ness.men and lawyers or» attor- |neys front their respective coun- ‘ties. “Governor Cone has done a pretty good job of vetoing bills which would have put the state of the country as geography is the subject she teaches at the Teachers College, Den’ Texas. But the student project proved to be unwieldly and the teachers. themselves which, beginning at Denton, Dallas, came through Beaumont, son Mobile, Tallahassee, Tampa, and: and on to Key West, where they thoroughly enjoyed their stay, which.was all too brief, and made copious notes of ‘all they saw. organized a. trip’ | situation the keynote in ajl of {their future policies 1n China, as the army brings strong pressure to bear on diplomats to.force the tissue strongly. * Prime Minister Chamberlain of England stated this morning | Texas, a city to the north of thet-he “didn’t think -the time ihad yet arrived in. which to se- |New Orleans, section: of Missis-| riously consider official economic reprisals against Japan”; how- ever, it is understood that such steps might be tindertaken soon, regardless of the danger such .a move would entail. Meanwhile the blockade at | Returning on the trip which) Tientsin has let up slightly and in financial trouble following the Rendueles, Sr., Paul Ladd) Frank} |902, he killed a measure which ‘close of the legislature. How- ever, when he: struck out the Crary Bill, known as House Bill} was started on June 8 and will be completed July 17, they will visit the Bok Tower, St. Augus- British warships, according to re- port today, have been able to | bring into the foreigh coricession tine, Jacksonville, Savannah, Ga.,|at that point approximately. 15 x wate A A. poberts, testimony | not only in Florida, but in Wash- | # most enjoyable occasion. ss unti judge rd’s announce- | ington, as well. He writes: Guests present at the meeting — that the hearing was con-| «qj looking over the roster of ,Were Col. Brinton, Reuben J. cluded. _ |the members of the Key. West basster. and Rey. G. W. Hutchin-} There were a number of dis-| Chamber of Commerce, I notice Son, all of Key West. apopinted persons at the hearing \that your name does not appear! Col. Brinton treated the subject who expected that the accused! 4; a member. I believe you are/of the new charter from a 16- would be put on the stand but he| making a mistake in this, be-, Point rseume, including explana-| sat there during the hearing,| cause the Chamber contributes tion of such subjects as: facially displaying great interest | very largely to the prosperity of} ‘The mayor and councilmen are! in everything said. Mr. Harris | pusiness both in Key West and ‘Subject to recall. was asked by the judge if Mr. throughout the Keys area. I} Abolition of the Board of Pub- Sawyer was going to testify and don’t even know what the an- lic Works, the duties to be assum- upon receiving a reply in the | nual dues for membership are,/ed by a department of the city! negative, adjourned the hearing. | but by all means try to ‘get into! council with one man in charge. Judge Lord said he _was to | the middle of things in Key West. Setting up the main depart- leave at 1 o'clock for Miami and by being an active, working and ments of city government—Pub- would in the meantime give the | paying member of the Chamber. {lic Works, Safety, Health and matter due consideration and| “T believe that if I lived in Sanitation, Welfare, Finance, | telegraph the sheriff as to his de-| Key West, I would prefer mem-! Taxation and Records. me aes a | bers of the Key West Chamber, Creation of a Civil | Service Before leaving. he ie | of Congmy in . my . business | Board. Citizen that one of his objects in | erases and, although you’ All officials except mayor and} leaving is to spend the weekend | may not know it, you are in all councilmen to be appointed from with Attorney Wm. H. Malone | probability losing some business ' the Civil Service roster. Present | W. Johnson, J. Frank Roberts, Bryan. Richardson, Miss Ruth Rose Galey, Miss Josephine Ovide | and Miss Helena Barcelo. CHARTERGRAM IS EXPLAINED {PRESENT EMPLOYES OF CITY WILL BE RETAINED UN- DER NEW CHARTER (The following article is sponsored by the Charter Re- vision Committee—and is in- serted to amplify the state- ment made in today’s Char- fergram appearnig on page one.) to talk over the Sawyer-Guerro/on account of not being a mem- employes to. be automatically re- | | } | ' | SPECIAL SENATE COM- MITTEE TODAY Uy Associated Prews) WASHINGTON, June 23.—Two resolutions were presented to a special Senate committee today calling for an investigation of the National Labor Relations Board. It is statéd that senators of the committee will seriously consider the resolutions, which deal with (1) Has the N.L.R.B. been fair and impartial? and (2) What amend- ments ’*seem necessary to satisfy both labor and capital. In another committee, a moot question is.up for discussion. Mrs. Rogers, a. world war nurse, has presented. protestations to a com- mittee on . neutrality, declaring that President Roosevelt should offer proof of recent statements attributed to him that imminent”. The President was “war is} matter with Judge Arthur Gomez of circuit court. ber. | “Think it over and take out a’ membership. If you live in a | town and make your living there, tained with service rating. Contrary to many rumors in Increase maximum tax allow-|circulation concerning _ certain able for public works by 4-10 of, provisions of the new charter for | would pass neutrality legislation as it would be extremely hard to cope with foreign affairs should | quoted as hoping that Congress ; | would not have in any way af- fected the state’s finances. On ithe other hand his action may cause some 35 counties which have refunded their bonded debt to default on other interest pay- ments and put Florida securities in the same condition they were in 1933. | “Bill 902 was designed to cor- rect an interpretation of a Su- preme Court ruling by the Board of Administration and would} have in no way changed the status of original county bond is- sues. The Governor's veto was! unfortunate, and unless the! eounties affected can bring about a change in the situation, ‘either through the courts or by a different interpretation by the State Board of Administration Florida securities will suffer. “Such a condition is not con- ducive to a prosperous Florida.” That such efforts are to be } I Charleston, S. C. pel Hill, Winston-Salem and Asheville, C., The Berry school'and Atlanta Ga., Dr. Carver at Tuskeegee, Montgomery and Muscle Shoals, Ala., Natchez, Miss., and back home to the North Texas State Teachers College at Denton. As fresh and eager as though they were just starting out in- stead of being in the middle of a long journey were Miss Cowl- ing and her companions, the Misses Bettie Priddy, of Mexia, Texas, Mary Ruth Donald, of Justin, Texas, Pansy Reed, Dal- las, Texas, Onata Boyd, Eureka, Texas, Grace Myers, Chico, Texas. Secretary Singleton admits that his impressions of the vis- itors slightly confused, as he is| not accustomed to so much good jluck all at one time, but he is quite clear on one point and that is that he regards the students of N.}25. per cent Texas a very fortunate group if the visitors were a fair sample of Texas teachers. made by the counties in question has been announced and Sunday Chairman Carl Bervaldi, of the one percent. DOYLE SMITH |play the game with the town and! All monies to be paid to treas-} help it grow. You will feel a lot/urer, who assumes office of tax better about it yourself and your ‘collector. Present assessor-col- \the City of Key West, all em- ployes under terms of the Civil Service section of the new char- | war break out after Congress has county commissioners, Commis- adojurned if such legislation fails sioner Wm. Monsalvatge, of pasage. Clerk j , Ross C. Sawyer and Attorney W.} NOW CORPORAL According to information re-} ceived from headquarters at Fort Screven, Ga., among the ap-| pointments made at the Citizens Military Training Camp was that of Doyle R. Smith of Key West. who has been appointed to the non-commissioned rank of cor- poral in Company C._ It is shown that Corporal Smith achieved this honor’ through a} quick adaptation to studies and his excellent, rating. importance in the community; jter who are now working for the | lector becomes assessor only. ity will be retained. will be very much improved.” WARNING AGAINST Municipal judge and city a ltorney to be licensed by Sta’ Board. Abolishes office of supervisor lof registration, duties to be as- ‘sumed by city clerk. Makes {councilmen election. commission- Only one exception to the ibove statement is a fact—that |being the office of Superinten- ‘dent of Elections and the Election Board, which ‘is consolidated with other offices of the city—thereby effecting considerable savings to | DISCUSSION OF TRADE EXCHAN Curry Harris, will leave over the highway for Miami and there en- | train for Tallahassee where rep: (My Annocinted Preand BOSTON, June 23.—Retired, Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler to-! day warned this country against. England ‘in a press interview. befuddle ! ers. eae \the city on the cost of elections. Publishes ordinances only by; The new charter, following title. i Civil Service practice nation- Councilmen paid $250 annual-/ wide, expressly states that the Reduction of city’s ability to of Police, City Clerk, Tax Asses- borrow to but ‘ License Percent on tax ‘sor, Treasurer, England iwould be retained with full Civil for taxes in |Service rating. : be a United States and diplomats of, today, in attempt to ar-| and exchange ar fk ik Hik ' i i Ee |per cent of the meat/tipgta and of . the’ ¥égetable ‘quota usually imported. ; * Japan seemingly in. permitting | these ‘imports, however! iS keep- jing a close’watch otherwise on the blockade. Electricity has been turned on in the mass of | wires surrounding the concession and, it is reported, three mem- bers of the foreign colony, have been electrocuted to date. More pressure is being brought to bear against British subjects jas the Japanese appear fo. ..be concentrating on propaganda }against England. nti-British thandbills are being distributed daily in Tientsin and surround- |ing territory and large signs ap- |pear in various places stating “Knock Britains Down”. — _ The United States continues to maintain a hands off policy in the Tientsin affair, though close watch of the Amoy foreign con- cession situation at Shanghai is being maintained. American war- ships in the vicinity of Hong Kong have been ordered to Shanghai. Reports indicate that there has been no more bombing of American property in China following strong ultimatums to Tokio on the subject from Wash-