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Press Day Wire Service : For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West ng Ta On ae Measure Passed On First|\ "SOOO OSLO * yc. 7 BRITISH.FIT AUTOGIRO Reading During Special! it AiR FORCE PLANS - Session Of Organization —— (By Associated Prens) Last Night ! The City Council at a special | meeting held last night, passed | @n_ ordinance on its first reading imposing a tax of one cent a gal- Jon on all gasoline;sold in Key West. All revenue ,raised from this special taxation will go to- ward sponsering Works Progress Administration projects. Council also instructed City Clerk Archie Roberts to inform, members of the general planning committee of citizens and _ busi-} heh ahah he ahewhkes IN FAR EAST ‘WAR TENSION =| THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. . KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1939 Key West Housing Authority Makes Known Its Findings In CERTIFICATE MONIES NOW BEING SENT IN FOR REDEMPTIONS © Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, of act {cuit court, informs The Citizen that he is continulaly receiving communications relative to the sale or-:redemption of tax cer- tificates and is, under the law, |finding it necessary to return jmonies received in all of these | cases. : ; On June 12, directly after the Murphy Act came to an end, :June 9, Mr, Sawyer. communi- :eated with Comptroller J. M. Lee ‘relative to this matter, and re- ceived the following from the ,office or the comptroller under ! date of June 15: . ‘June 12, will say that Section 9 ;of Chapter 18296 provides. that “Replying to your letter of: (SDI ID SIO M A VISITING HOTEL “MEN THOROUGHLY ENJOY ANGLING sf fztrs Fe 4 before being brought to gaff and hauled on board. Both Mr. Heiss and Mr. Wigge. said it furnished them a ae G POLITICAL | INVESTIGATION, «ily Asnoeinted Press) » *-NEW ORLEANS, June 28.—: State Grand Jury and Federal} ‘Jury of Louisiana prepared today to dig into what promises to be' ‘the biggest political scandal ‘in ‘the history of the state”. | _ Chief of importance, is the i ‘whereabouts of Dr. James Mon-| jroe; Smith, president of Louisi- | ana State University, who has; disappeared following the alleged | uncovering of a shortage in the! school’s accounts, which is re-: ported to be in the neighborhood ‘of $100,000, } Governor Earl Long, brother of , jthe late Huey “Kingfish” Long, is fast getting “the feel” of ad- uministrative duties as he enters the second day of: his rising to . }the executive position in ‘the ; State, succeeding Governor Rich- jard W. Leche, who has retired . Survey COAST GUARD ON ist 10 aT : | CONFERENCE WITH SUPERIN- } ‘TENDENT OF LIGHTHOUSE DEPARTMENT: LOOK OVER PROPERTY Visitors in. Key West today are} Cecil M. Gabbett, commander of ; the Jacksonville District, United! States Coast Guard; W.-K. Scam- |: mell, chief of staff. of the district; | E._D. Palmer, engineering. officer, Hite, civil engineer. The members of the group ar- | rived 9:30 o'clock this morning on! a plane of the Coast Guard, pilot- | and M. P.; Key West, Florida, has the ] most equable climate in the country; with an average: range of only 14° Fahrenheit commander and: Made Of Cseeeeeess ONE-MAN REGIMENT ‘MAY BE REMOBILIZED | (Ry Ansociateé Press) BELFAST, Ireland, June 28.—Ulster’s recently after the World War. Its of- ficers retired one by one, un- til Sir Ronald Ross, British member of parliament for Londonderry, was its only active member. He retired a few years back. Now with the regiment's revival likely, he may redon fe uniform as honorary ma- jor. Vk head, dak de uf PRICE FIVE CENTS Conditions Report Is Issued In Re- sponse To Request In Connection With Secur- ing Federal Project | | The Key West Housing Author- |ity today releases a summary. of the survey made to date of hous- ing conditions in fhis city, a sur- vey being conducted. under su- pervision of the WPA, and sum- marized in a letter to R. 3S. | Sweeley,'U. S,. Housing Author- ity representative for the State of Florida. The report is issued in response to a request from Mr. Sweeley to EASING UP ness men that it would look with | with a great thrill, and the junder a barrage of charges of ed by Captain W. V. Schiebel, for! furnish figures. on houSing con- title now vests in the Trustees of favor upon a voluntary sales tax | as proposed, which will be two percent, provided merchants of the city endorse the plan. | INCREASES, HOWEVER, IN | ‘ EUROPE; PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENSE STILL UN- DERWAY The sales tax matter was taken | up with plans adopted at a for- mer meeting of the planning} committee, which submitted the! proposal to the council for its approval. The committee plans} to circulate petitions among the | sy. Aanocteted ‘Prene> merchants of the city seeking ap- | LONDON, June 29.—War ten- proval of the voluntary tax. ? . ‘ Both methods of taxation dre jsion eased in the Far-east today. emergency measures, having | . been brought about for the’pur- | Tension increased in Europe. pose of sponsoring WPA projects |Back and forth goes the pendulum in the future. that may yet swing to a major ‘there'is no war as yet, although - ag CHINA BLOCKADE «=< armies of.several nations, es- | aig in thé orient, are today fighting just as if there were a declared war. In Europe the chief item of in- terest is the prediction by a leading French ‘diplomat that “war will come late this sum- mer”. This prognosticator says it (Ry Axnoeinted Press» | will come like this: TOKIO, June 28.—The foreign; “First the Danzig senate will office here stated today that the declare that the city has been blockade in the Tientsin, China. turned over to Germany. Poland erea has alleviated following or- | will then declare war against the ders from their department. ‘Nazis. England and France, be- A resemblance of blockade will} cause of their pact with Poland, be kept in effect, however, they will be forced to declare war, state, during the negotiations on | too.” the local situation now in session! Prime Minister Chamberlain between representatives of the stated yesterday approximately Japanese government and mem- | the same belief.. Today he ampli- bers of the British embassy here. fied his prediction with this On two major issues depends |hope, that “he wishes Adolf Hit- the settlement of the Tientsin in- | ler would realize, while he seem- cident, according to Japanese ingly prepares for war, that Eng- press Telease today. First is the!land has reached the limit of RESEMBLANCE OF BLOCK-| ADE TO BE KEPT IN EF- FECT, HOWEVER returh of Chinese silver held by their patience with his’ tactics”. ( the British inthe Tientsin foreign England is preparing to have concession to. the. Japandse. Sec-| three-quarters of a million men ond, the cooperation, of England under arms by the end of August. in establishing a Japanese con-| Whether or not Russia will join trolled currency in China. ,in the “coming conflict” depends Tomorrow is.deadline for Brit-|upon whether present negotia~ ish and American ships to “hoist| tions between that country and anchors” from the ports of Foo-| England and France come to a “chow and Wenchow, in accord-|head. English statesmen _ insist anee with Japanese ofders. So/that Russia will be their ally. “far, there has been no indication} Germany listens to all these that the two nations will abide’ pronouncements, then immediate- by the order. As in the Swatow ly declines the respensibility for incident, where American and/any war “that may come”. She British shps stayed on after the | knows that England is blaming order was given to get out, the her for alleged large concentra- same procedure will probably be | tion. of soldiers in the Danzig followed. in the ports of Wenchow | area—yet she states that this is |. WASHINGTON, June 28.— Strenuous fighting on the floor lof the House of Representatives | was reported this morning with | administration. supporters ang- ling fer cancellation of the Sen- ate amendments voted into the President’s monetary bill No indication of “how goes how- the battle” was sieved, ow-| press time. It is believed,. jtion of the certificates the Internal Improvement Fund, ‘on all lands which have ‘out- ; Standing state certificates which were two years old on June 9, 1937, or four years old on June 9, 1939. disposed: of only, on such terms. and conditions as are authorized by the Trustees of Internal Im- provement Fund, You, therefore, \Should await instructions from these trustees as to the disposi- in > the; classification mentioned above”. | On June 17 another letter was | ,Teceived by Mr. Sawyer from the office of the comptroller’ enclos- ing one from Attorney Geferal the question relative to the duties. jof clerks“ of the: cireuit court is ; answered: “ | “it ds.my opinion” writes the! attorney ‘general “that all lands! iin this state which had tax cer- :tificates against them four years or more old on June 10, 1939, , the regular meeting of the Stone “Tampa and other. neighboring passed to the State of lorida|Church Service Club. Col. Brin- ities and, Habana Cuba. under and by virtue of the pro- | , Visions of Section 9 of ‘Chapter! 18,296, laws of Florida, 1937, and ‘therefore the clerks of the circuit courts, who are custodians of tax certificates against the land which passed to the state, should hold these certificates subject to} the further instructions of the: Trustees of the Internal Improve- | ment Fund and in no event should : the clerks sell or allow these cer- tificates to be redeemed.” | Mr. Lee’s letter points out that | as. the certificates have passed | out of the jurisdietion of the! Comptroller as administrator of | the taxation laws, H instructions. must be obtained from the I. L Board., Mr. Sawyer said that in of the foregoing communi that he must abide by the ins- tructions, and will, immediately: ise, through The Citizen, all provement Fund. GOVERNORS GO TO HYDE PARK | GUESTS. OF PRESIDENT F. D. | ROOSEVELT AT LUNCH. EON TODAY | : j “Such certificates may now be Ps catch was the crowning event to @ trip, which was not in- tended when they left on their vacation, but which proved to be the most excit- ing and delightful they had experienced in many years. Ob dhe he hed, heufe) (COLONEL BRINTON misgovernment. _ ‘a conference with W. W. Demer- Governor Long’s slogan, at itt, superintendent of the Seventh least for the present, is “righteous” Lighthouse District, which on government, rather than great July 1 will become a part of the revenues”. One of his first offi- | cial acts this morning was to or-; lof his dead brother. OUTLINE PLANS Jacksonville District. Commander Gabbett. and the) headquarters and the holdings of | | the department, in company with} Mr. Demeritt and Assistant Su-| perintendent Henry B. Haskins,! and expressed themselves as be- ing pleased with. the appearance | of the station. and all the appur-;| tenances. ORDER IS ISSUED BY COAST GUARD | } der,a wreath placed on the grave party went over the lighthouse} PERTAINS . TO ACTIVITIES | OF LIGHTHOUSE DEPARTMENT. An order issued by Commander ; Cecil M. Gabbett, of the Jack- ADDRESSES CLUB FOR CONVENTIO GAVE VERY INTERESTING’ They remained until this after-|sonville District U. S. Coast AND INSTRUCTIVE TALK The new city charter was the subject of a very interesting and instractive talk given last . eve- 4 MADE. FOR JULY 4 -FOR American . Independence Day , was chosen by the Order Caba-; lero de la Luz Inc. for their Con- ; vention, which will bring toge-| on the return to Jacksonville Dis- trict. : FOR FOLDERS ning by. Col. .L. C. Brinton at ther many members from Miami,‘ gry WEST PAMPHLETS ARE ton went into a great deal of de- tail in explaining to the mem- bership assembled the various changes incorporated in the new proposed charter. The Colonel then volunteered” to answer any questions pertain- ing to the new charter which were not. quite clear to those as- sembled. Various members there- upon took advantage of the op- portunity and received _satisfac- tory answers to the questions propounded. Wm. ° T. . Doughtry, newly elected president of the club, presided and expressed his ap- preciation for the confidence re- “posed in him and gate a very in- teresting talk on the advantages ‘of membership in the club and stressed the ‘fact that the organ- ization has always proven a very valuable asset to the civic and religious life of the community. Guests of the club included Colonel L. C. Brinton and Mr. Kessler; who was a guest } Aaron McConnell, After a very interesting and enjoyable meeting, . the club. | formed the circle and sang, “Blest ; Be the Tie That Binds”, followed by a period of recreation on the club's shuffle beard courts. CUBA ARRIVES FROM HAVANA Steamship Cuba, of the P. and in attendance at the ‘conkerence!| Pe “complete shying uy mesa c henge ae Governor t 1/*At a meeting Monday at the, home of Mr. Fausto Castillo on: Fleming, street, elaborate plans: were made for a program that | will keep the’ visiting members ,entertained~for the duration of .their stay in ‘the city. This will comprise Lodge acti- vities, an Open Meeting at the. Club House to which the general public will be invited to meet the visitors and partake of the entertainment: and refreshments provided, and. time will be allot- ed for the participation of the other city wide activities which are being planned. : The committee has the coope- ration of the Federal Music Pro- ject, and the direct assistance of Eva B., Warner; WPA Recreation director, and County and City Officials. Committee in charge: Messrs. Nick Garcia, Fausto Cas- tillo, A. E. Moreno, Rafael Bancell, and Manuel Domeneche ‘and F. Rendueles. Since the se- cretary is still receiving letters of the out of town members, a complete program will be carried lin the near future. ; 1 i i ! [port 8:30 to the || Ported BEING DISTRIBUTED AT WORLD'S FAIR Chamber of Commerce is in re- ceipt of a letter from Miss Vir- ginia “Chowning, — who presides ‘over Florida publicity at ‘the ‘World’s.~ Fair, . thanking — the ‘chamber for a second shipment. of Key. West folders. Miss Chowning says they are being distribuetd to visitors ,and especially to those who are inter- ested in making the trip to Key West, and who promise to pay the Asland City a visit. © “Tt is a jmatter of regret”, says Secretary Singleton, “that we do not have illustrated literatute, which would do justice to Key West, but ithe mail indicates that even our plain little folder proves to be of interest to peopl from all sections of the country. LAUNCH DRIVE — ‘ FOR MEMBERS (By, meeting was held without ‘ATIVE ARRANGEMENTS ‘noon and took. ‘off in the plane | Guard, was received at the light- {house department this morning { i _ ds, in part, as follows: | present Lighthouse Service is jamalgamated with the Coast President’s Reorganization Order Number 2. “In accordance with, ‘this re- organization certain: changes in |the Jacksonville Divisgirt become | effective on this date and are as | follows: “(a) The Jacksonville Division | will be known hereafter as the Jacksonville ‘District. “(b) The. Second District (life- saving) and the Sixth and Seventh | Lighthouse Districts are abolish- ed, and become part of the Jack- sonville Distriet”..The Sixth Dis- trict is at Charleston, S..C., and the Seventh District as at Key West, Fla. jare the same as at present with the exception that the western limit will be at longitude 75. “(d) The. present Sixth and Seventh Districts will operate as at present pending further in- structions. The areas within which they are responsible for lights. and. buoys are -not changed.” HEARINGS ON _ LAW CONTINUE NEW WAGE AND HOUR PRO- ed in Congress this session, as Administrator C. O. Andrews, senator from Florida, heard the {Guard in accordance with the, “(c) The limits of the District } ditions here with a view towards authorizing a housing project un- der federal supervision in. Key West. Of chief interest in the sum- tmary is information concerning the number of — sub-standard dwellings now being occupied in Key West. And, it .is, upon the facts contained in t... ‘epart,.that the local authority feels that chances are excellent forfavor- able response to their plans for two 150-unit -housing projects to. be ordered for this city in- the comparatively near future. According to procedure gener- all} followed in other cities the ‘Focal authority was interested in upon which necessity for housing ; | projects have been based. The inumber of such dwellings, cou- |pled with average income per month in the $40 to $50 bracket, has governed entirely the insti- tution of housing projects,’ and the summary just released indi- jeates that Key West is well in line with requir nits: ; The dwelling survey's stiil go- ling forward; howevér, two-of-the | five districts to be covered have | been completed; and the - report is based on thosé two districts. It was fouad that a total.of 918 j families in these districts were housed in; sub-standard houses, jand basing the population. total jof the two districts as against |the total population of all five districts, it is conservatively -esti- mated that there would be . ap- proximately 1400 such dwellings lin the. whole city. |. For clarification purposes, ‘the local authority listed all houses jin need of major repairs or un- fit for use, with ‘no inside toilet, no running water,‘not owfier-ot- cupied. and'a house’ in “which more than 1.5 people per room javere living—in the sub-standard Complete figures of the sum- mary of the two completed dis- tricts show that 73.8 percent of jthe homes were sub-standard. This figure was divided into 44.5. percent rented homes, 22.6 owned jand 6.7 vacant. | As to location of housing proj- fects in the city, the local author- ity has no definite plans. Va- |rious sites.are under considera- \tion and when the time comes jaction in that .respéct will be dwellings-—that being the fignte ~