The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 1, 1939, Page 1

Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 156. Council Moves To Collect All Personal Taxes Due Matter Of Levying Gaso-| SOOO DIODs, : Jew’s Brains—And A Fire line Tax Was Also Tak-|" yo Nazi Money Rules en Up At Special Ses- : (By Ass slated Prean) sion Last Night LONDON, July 1.—A German Jew has found a new way of defeating the Nazi currency regulations—to the tune of $280,000. A British lawyer called to Berlin to take details of Brit- ‘The City Council met in special session last ngiht for the pur- THE so [LETTER EXPLAINS SITUATION CITING TAX CERTIFICATES RECEIVED BY CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT FROM SEC- RETARY OF FLORIDA IM- PROVEMENT FUND. Ross C. Sawyer, clerk of Cir- ;euit Court in Monroe County is lin receipt of the following letter | UTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. —. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1939 TOURIST While stressing the fact Key West is “cleaner, quieter and prettier” than it was in~ 1935, Julius F. Stone, Jr., former state administrator for the FERA and WPA, today submitted to. The Citizen a comprehensive pro- gram for making the city an out- standing tourist and vacation center, In* preparing his statement, “OUTSTANDING “BE DRAWN MONDAY AND ' ACATION CENTER oleibers HEAR CASE OF LE- ‘ LAND. SAWYER, CHARGED lak piece of property. ‘The neca| WITH SLAYING GUERRO ‘for some such arrangement as this is clearly indicated. by the Se ecueete ee wi nin; $ ‘ot the bridges was quickly 70" <nma.0" Monday morning at brought to am end by an increase | Spring term of Circuit Court and in local real estate prices of al-' 4. ‘ “ost 100%. Vou cart pus alcree Dames: from the juny box | Paper profit’ in the bank. {the term, (12, In yiew of the fact that) {¢.is understood that the jurors there were insufficient accommo-' wil) be advised that the organiza- Judge Arthur Gomez advised his office this morning that he would arrive from Miami tomor- ® to serve on-the grand jury for | PRICE FIVE CENTS Close To Six Thousan Dollars Expended In June. In Building Construction "PBB O LL DDH Records Show That Twen- DEMPSEY’S CHANCES ty-Nine Permits Were FOR RECOVEY ARE | : NOW. FIFTY-FIFTY| !ssued By Inspector Dur- cand. ing Month : | | (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, July 1—The condition of Jack Dempsey. i pose of discussing matters deal- ing with the levying of a gaso- line tax, the revenue derived to be used in sponsoring WPA proj- ects. M. Anderson, representing the the petroleum industry, address- | ed the council and stated that he felt that it would not be proper and feasible to impose this tax, although it may be considered as being a voluntary proposition, and said that he did not think) that the plan would bé workable for several reasons, one of which | was that it would be singling out ! one commodity. There was no} action taken in the matter. Another matter coming before } the meeting was that of delin-; quency in personal taxes. After a discussion of the matter, the council ordered that the chief of} police be provided with distress warrants to be served on those who are delinquent in the pay- ment of personal taxes. In the event the officer meets| with refusal on the part of the! merchants to pay this particular | tax. be will be instructed to con- fiseate merchandise to the amount of the tax that is owed,' ‘COLLECTION OF ish stock certificates, watch- ed astounded as his client threw them in the fire. After reaching England the refugee had the lawyer file a Sworn statement as to the de- struction of the certificates, Under British law this en- abled him to obtain the neces- sary duplicates—at a cost of around $7.20. | h, hehehehe uh, he ude uhe uth FISH SHIPPED ABOARD ALAMO TWO THOUSAND secicens| GATHERED IN LOCAL WA- TERS TAKEN TO AQUARIUM AT NEW YORK from F. C. Elliott, engineer and. Stone said that many residents jsecretary of the Florida Internal;had not only asked him for his i views as to the progress. made by. Improvement Fund, which fur-! dations to take care of all last “tion of the body will be made on! 4 han: "9 Building permits issued from year's winter visitors, it would Wednesday, and consideratién of| who yesterday underwent an operation for appendicitis ther explains the situation /‘re- garding Tax Certificates. In.an article published in The clarified the situation \ regarding the certificates. The letters in Gibbs, attorney general. The letter from Mr, Elliott | follows: - “Section 9 of Chapter 18296, known as the ‘Murphy Act’, vests the title to real estate in the State of Florida arising out of the state and county sale of cer- tificates which were more than two years old on June. 9, 1937. The lands are to be administered by the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund, “The trustees will, in a short time, perfect the necessary © ar- rangements for carrying -out the purposes of Section 9 cf the Key West since he left here in 1936 but also his suggestions for improvements he believed essen- ‘tial in establishing a sound. eco- i Citizen on June 28, in which was nomic future for the city. Stone is spendng his vacation.in Key West, the first time he has been there since his departure after {the ‘article were from J.°M. Lee, jsetting in motion the rehabilita- {comptroller and George Couper; ii program he developed while directing federal work relief ac- tivities in the state. Stoneé’s statement to The Citi- zen follows’ ;ant and busy week in Key West icertain observations and -compari- ;sons ited themselves to me, ‘a few of which I take the liberty of communicating herewith: “1, The development so far is biesy encouraging because it all represénts solid improvements, which has destroyed none of the ‘city’s charm, rather than fly-by- {night promotion. The city is jcleaner, quieter and prettier than Jabove act and will- advise ‘the ,it was in 1935. |Clerks of the Circuit Courts in One of the finest selections of sea anemones ever taken from | ; the waters adjacent to Key West; were in the collection of -2,000' specimens of the sea, which were! the premises. Therefore the Clerks of the Circuit Courts should permit no. redemptions or make other dispositions of such tax sale certificates until receive further information from and to bring the goods to the'taken to New York yesterday ;the Trustees of the Internal Im- City Hall, where they. will. be, afternoon on the Steamer Ala- kept until a specified ti whith they will be CS ji ‘ | leaving port at 4:35 o'clock. = per qecenye ia seven | The vessel arrived at 1 o'clock that is due: the: ci mat- | oa mipe city inthe mat |and immediately afterward J.) J. ‘ | Shea, collector tor the New: York WYER FUNERAL | Aquarium, had his assistants get- ter | mo. of:-the ClydeMallary Lines, | provement Fund. “In. the meantime the Clerks. of the Courts may advise all per- sons making inquiry that the status of stich certificates _re- mains as at present until the Trustees shall take action in ref- erence to the same.’? “2. It is very heartening to see that the new buildings have pre- jserved the characteristic Key West architecture rather than copy the florid Spanish villa type of buildings which really have no place here. “3. It seems to. me that the type of new residents are distinct seats: He West and that: jactivities of such civic assoc’ tions as have been formed sure to benefit the city in. the long run; although the measures | which they advocate may. seem strange when first proposed. “4, The passage of the zoning seem that this summer is the the case against Leland R. Saw-| time to fix up all available struc- i yer, charged with the killing of/ tures so that next year fewer. Frank Guerro on the night of| tourists will have to be turned June 15, is the only case to be jthe office of Building Inspector 'Harry M. Baker during. the j}month of June numbered 29, and “Naturally, during a very pleas-' away. My? feeling is that the property owner who is alert will, make his connection with the new. sewer system - this summer while labor is available and. the ggvernment work -is slackening on, rather than be disappointed , t use he cannot get good serv- ice Jater when everybody wants ;to make a connection at. the same time. “13. Perhaps the most import- ant change of all is that most} Key Westers now realize , that | their future depends on the tour- | jist business and are determined to adapt themselvse to it. “14. In Miami I talked to some old residents who were complain- ing that business was bad. I talk- \ed to other new ‘residents who ‘enjoyed a very prosperous sea- son. Inquiry disclosed that the old residents had been content te carry on as they used to in‘ 1926, whereas the man who had hmade.a profit had a ~ modern | business establishment. In oth- er words, new business is going to bring new competition, and the business is-bound to go to the man who is up.and coming. The’ | brought before them. | State Attorney G. A. Worley. has advised that he will be in Key West to handle the _case;| provided a true bill is found Sawyer, and. will be as- sisted by Assistant State Attorney & Lancelot Lester. jthe cost cf repairs totalled $5,840, jaccording to the récords in the | inspector's office. During the last four days of the present week permits were is- sued as follows: Add screen porch to home ~at (1426 Von. Pfister street. Owner, {Mrs. O, H..Gato; cost, $75. Repairs to building, 1317 New- }ton street. Owner, Mrs. H. W. | Carey; cost, $20. General repairs at Catherine and Royal streets, Owner, V: Mc- ; Dermott; cost, $100. ons: IMT War Clouds Hovering Over Europe Instead Of Orient (By ansociated Presa) I ee LONDON, July 1.—War clouds | ters in Europe that there will be} Repairs to 824 Olivia: : street; hover low over Europe today as|a compromise at the last minute | Owner F. haa ar ies cores Adolf Hitler will appear in Dan- {tain Sonkdaslons to tin aida in| 7 , . ig thi by hi Key; cost, $50. Farge seen Sdictudbedee high | cturn for guarantees in regard, Repairs to porch at 903° Grin- Hitler will disembark at Danzig | to protection against aggression. |Nell street. Owner, Tony. Ar- from a German gunboat on July |No confirmation of such action is | thu; cost, $50. ae 23rd if present plans hold, and at forthcoming from any capital of Repairs toporch at 527 Division that time, or shortly after, ac-| foreign nations, however. | street. Owner: Sam J. Wolf; cost, cording to informed. authorities} German officials today admit-) $25. in important centers abroad, will | ted that Nazi storm troopers are WP. A WORKMEN come the much crisis. organizing in Danzig—for what) Meanwhile Germany is play-/Putpose, no one seemed to know. are} in the tanks which arrived on the steamer, As a last addition to the collec- law is a great step in the right! i | bridges by themselves have not ing a “cat and the mouse” part in brought. prosperity to Key West. the international atch- -water line by ‘itself will not fully waiting, still” ‘that bring prosperity to Key West. the time is not yet ripe to strike, But the bridges have brought either with arms or. diplomati {real- prosperity to some Key action. r Poland grimly hangs on and Ree tent pass eee hg remains silent, the while she “In closing I wish to give con- strengthens her home defense gratulations and highest praise to lines and prepares to. ward off all the citizens of this little com- the impending blow of aggression to strengthen — their This incident bears out the fact, torceecuiswcatuers:| GIVEN HOLIDAY ithe Polish Corridor under Ger-; ;man government. The troopers {are being organized under the name of Home Guards, wearing jarm bands with that term“ in-! work will: not, be resumed. until scribed thereon. | Wednesday, July 5. |. France-and England continite|/' At WPA headquarters _ today defenses. | only the administrative forces All Works Progress Administra- tion activities were brought to a close yesterday afternoon and |ting the specimens from * the} | cars and boats, were placing them! tion, Mr. Shea yesterday morn- SERVICES TO BE CONDUCTED | ing acquired about 10 ‘octopi in | varying sizes, which were’ placed AT FIRST METHODIST in the tanks and: left. with the CHURCH lothers, which consisted of be- |tween 60 and 70 varieties of the } |rare varieties, which were caught | Funeral services for Abraham, >Y “Cooper”, one’ of the ablest first and three second cabin pas- | Sawyer, known ‘as Little “Abe, | Unters, after rare specimens in age 77, who died in Jackson Me-| morial Hospital in Miami at 12:20 Key West. Mr. Shea expressed himself as o'clock Friday morning, will be! being: particularly gratified over | held at 5 o'clock Sunday after- his success this trip, and said it noon from First Methodist (Stone) | ¥2S the most complefe and sat church. The body wlil be placed | fying collection he had ever made | { ! i i church at 5 ; | Since he has been coming here for | Hutchinson officiating...” |® period of more than a decade. Pritchard's Funeral Home’ will) be in charge of arrangements. COUNTY BOARD Mr. Pritchard, of the funeral} home, left today in a funeral car { r . and will return tonight from Mi-/ HOLDS‘ SESSIO ami with the body. | : sarh ge Te Pak peter. Mrs. | caste te. a Reseetie ett of Coconut) Members of the Board of Coun- Grove, Fia., and a host of nieces |+y Commissioners were called in eps snesen special meeting this morning at i | 1939. THURSDAY NI | Present at the meeting were; | Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Sa | missioners B. B. Warren, T. Jenk- Members of the Key West Lions ins Curry and Wm..Monsalvatge; Club sasenibled at "thie roaaine Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, Attorney j meeting last Thursday evening at W. Curry Harris, Attorney J. Stone Church Annex. and pro-| Lancelot Lester, Chief Deputy ; ceeded to make arrangements for | Sheriff Bernard Waite. { their first- annual. Installation of| Chairman Bervaldi announced | Officers meeting’'to be /held in| the reason the meeting was call- this city ‘next Thursday, July 6./ed and Clerk Sawyer _ produced President H. E. , was in the| chair. Dey were read, and the necessary The installation of new . offi-/ changes were made. On motion cers for the*coming ‘new _ fiscal | of Commissioner Curry, seconded year will be held at Church Annex with Lions -Saun- ders and Allan Armstrong in charge of the special program to} be featured during the evening.| Members will endeavor to bring | one guest each to the affair. Matters of routine nature took meeting. |were the following items: - ‘CUBA BRINGS IN 84 PASSENGERS There were 84 passengers ar- riving on the Steamship Cuba from Havana yesterday afternoon. Of this number there were 54 ;sengers for Key West, 25 first and two second cabin ‘passengers for Tampa. Among those for Key West were Miss Betty Moreno, - Miss Joanna McQuail and James R. Stowers. Listed on the vessel’s manifest For Key West, five tons of freight, five automobiles and five sacks. of mail; for Tampa, 61. tons of freight, ‘one automdbile and. 32 sacks of mail. * The ship sailed at 5 o’clock for Tampa with two first cabin and two second cabin passengers. First cabin passengers were Wal- ter Pricé and Julius F. Stone.’ Steamship Miraflores, of the Standard Fruit ahd Steamship Co., arrived in port this morning at,6:15 o’clock and berthed at the main pier of the Porter Dock Co., and at once began taking on sup- plies of oil and , The vessel sailed at 9:30 o’clock for Frotera, - the minute book. The minutes > jdirection, which the moderniza- tion of the City Charter will.com- plement. “5. The need for water goes without saying, and you have al- ready pointed out in your col- umns the reasons why' I feel wa- ter is sure to come. “6, 'The increase in Key West’s beautiful native flowers and jtrees is very noticeable and a jvisit to the botanical gardens jclearly indicates that Key West- ers are determined to have more iflowers to greet the winter visi- jtors than any other city in Flor- ida. | “7, The efforts which are be- ing made to provide worthwhile jrecreation and entertainment fa- {cilities cannot be consumated too { soon. s + 3 t: Hl “8. The city is still soothing to jthetnerves of northern “people {because Key Westers have’ re- |frained from creating: irritants, {such as interrnittent electric signs and unncessary blowing of horns. “9 The Art Gallery is the cheapest way to get high-class advertsing for Key West. It should be supported by the citi- zens on a. purely practical basis. ‘Everyone who entertains guésts, paying or otherwise, should visit the gallery before next winter so they can talk - intelligently to visitors about it. ae “10, The absence of advertis- ing signs on the Overseas High- { {munity for their courage and pa- | tience in weathering these diffi- as best she * tan, England and Premier Deladier in Paris today | were at work on activitiesjin con- France reiterate former. state- announced approval of the French| nection with payrolls ahd‘. other ,ments to the effect that they will Chamber of measures extra-| matters required of ‘not betray Poland in coming to, ordinary, concerning the standing | the fiscal year. jher rescue should acts of aggres-|army. and cancellation of all) There will ‘sion be committed against the leaves of absence: England has! on Monday: ~ tial order; aes nation. jealled reserves made up of youths! Tuesday will be July Fourth, Foreign Minister cry of , who were born during the world | regular holiday, and there will be France injected a powe item , war. furth ‘k until. Wednes- ae tae Shas ition ty Gath ecumne re. heard kes London | day, ete ee aoe ing that the triple alliance he-jto the effect that Winston! George Mills White, supervisor | cult years”. | First It Was A Pond,. Then It Was A Town; Now It’s Pond Again {Hv Annociated Press) at’ all NEW HO) D, N. C., July tween France, England and Rus- { | Churchill and Anthony Eden will| of the Federal Music Project, an- 1—What was once a 50,000-acre “Holland in America” now lies at sia was approaching a near be invited into the Chamberlain | nounced today that due to the reality. Definite release of suc-; cabinet. It is not thought this! shutdown in all other lines, there the bottom of North Carolina’s largest lake. Upwards of $17,000,000 was spent 15. years im_reclaiming the 50,000 acres of rich farm land ‘scare feeling substantially. from “the. bottom of Lake Matta-;. There is a feeling in some cen- muskeet in Hyde county. A‘): i complete settlemept—including a! 23-room hotel, houses, barns, highways and bridges were es- tablished beneath sea level. One of the largest. bumping | stations in the world—its capacity | a million and a quarter gallons a' oe isle built to clear. the! e of water and keep it clear. Tt was not equal to the task,! WASHINGTON, ee ne though, and slowly homes and Democratic party today : farms were inundated. Water in& the wounds of two sores in- ore _ sore eet hs ey f fm ite ‘defeat or major change of two back where it started, the home; “must” bills in’ Congress late of thousands of ducks, wild geese Yesterday. The bills Sresci ee and fish. Recently it was made a neutrality -bjll and the Pre odes federal migratory __wildfow! ™onctary Bill bert passing at a late hour last in i cessful negotiations of that al- liance will have its effect on Ger- many it is felt, and might very well ease. the threatened war way from the point where it en-} ‘ters Monroe county. until 5 z e ie Fi ve itt L it} types of machines. ‘The first is a two-seater with a speed of 170 : Democrats Suffer Defeat. Two Major Bills In Congress (By Associated Press) —The flicted upon their “hides” by the; , will be true, however, as the two| would be no band concert-at the jnoted English statesmen no-| Community Art Center Park to- |toriously. do not agree on a lot) morrow afternoon. pete ited riven Para com- BASIS GS aE | READY TO SAIL ‘erally known world-wide. { 4 Be pt ee lll Finnish Steamer Wirta, which was towed into port by “the Wrecking Tug Warbler after be- ing released from her position \dn the reef near Fowey . Rocks by the Warbler, was to sail today | for her destination. The Wirta was are now required to furnish 25 \per cent of the cost of projects; |$100,000,000 appropriated for NYA and other changes in a bill that is generally satisfactory to the administration. The other sore spot is. action! was dispatched to her assistance jtaken by the House on the neu-|and returned Thursday with the ;trality bill, which reads into the | salvaged vessel in tow. : ll a a modified embargo | bound --from