The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 5, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service Por 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 158. Grand Jury Séelected To’ Investigate Judge Gives Jury Its In- structions; Court Re- cesses Until Tomorrow Sawyer Case See eeweewa HIDDEN. TAXES UNDER SCRUTINY BY WOMEN HERE) SMITH NOT TO BE MADE GOAT ars WAS STATEMENT MADE BY PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY |. {Ry Associated Preand BATON ROGUE, La., July 5—° KEY WEST, FLORIDA,» WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1939 1 ie . EASES UP SOME WHAT IT IS... WHAT IT | By Frank The Citizen republishes the fourth in a series of articles on Zoning for Key written especially for it , fourteen years ago and printed.'then during the months of June and July (1925). The matt a Peat in anticipa- tion that the time would come when Key West would see the necessity of a competent: Plan. The Enabling Act authorizing Zoning for the Island City CONSEQUENCE IN EURO- PEAN CONTROVERSY (By Ansoctated Press) PRICE FIVE CENTS President Roosevelt Confers “With Congressional Leaders | ; jNO DEVELOPMENTS OF ANY | (rr ge OM OOM \ ction ISSUES CALL FOR BANKS’ CONDITION <ity Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 5.— On President's Power To Devalue Dol- lar To Be Taken: Late WARSAW, July 5.—Those who | The Comptroller of Currency Today has just been passed by the Le; ture. The writer was for ten. yea hs associated with Zoning and City Planning, a member of the Board in his native city. “expected that. developments over | last weekend and early this week ' in connection with the inter- national scene would bring on a_ war shortly, are on the. disap-' ' pointed list when it is reported | ‘quirements for the district in today that tension in the Danzig has issued a call for the con- dition of all National Banks as of June 30. |‘ Morning A . nation-wide | women’s tax-study movement spread to Key West today with the announcement of the forma- tion of a local unit of the Na- tional Consumers Tax Com- Dr. James Monroe Smith, re- jsigned president of the State - | University, today stated in his j cell in this city that “he would | Afty Aasocinted Press) WASHINGTON, July 5.—Presi- dent Roosevelt returned from bis Circuit Court convened this morning 11 o'clock to receive the return of the venire, which was Article No. 4 drawn Monday. for the Grand Jury to consider the case of the killing on the night of June 15 of Frank Guerro by Leland R. Sawyer. Present in the court this morn- |‘ ing when the return was made was Judge Arthur Gomez, pre-; siding; Assistant State Attorney J. Lancelot Lester, Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, Sheriff K. O. Thompson, Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite and a number of attorneys and interested citizens. Seated in the section for jurors|’ were 25 men, who had been se- cured out of the 36 for whom summons had been issued when court convened Monday morning. The others had been reported not found. j After the roll had been called and the jurors had responded, Judge Gomez cited the names of those who ‘were legally granted the right not to serve, and asked if there were any who wished to be excused. “Prison Guard Leroy Torres and five others, whose! reasons were considered suffici- cent, were excused. Names of the 19 others were} placed in the receptacle and were drawn, as follows: W. A. Coop- Armando Fernandez, J. Winfield | f\ fi) ' ; Russell, Octavio Recio, L. O. Turner, Berhardo Vidal, Otis Kemp, Albert «Atwell, Roberts, Edward Niles, Dave Y. Loper, W. J. Walker; Robert H.| Smith, Noel Solomon, Frank C. Carbonell. Norberg Diaz. Judge Gomez then administer- ed the oath to the jurors and gave them their instructions, as follows: Gentlemen of the Jury: You have been summoned here for the public welfare, and as grand jurors occupy a’ position of public trust and honor. You are a free body with few limitations, organized pursuant to law to “true presentment make of all such matters and: things as shall. be given. you in charge; * * * you shall pre- sent no man for envy, hatred or malice, neither shall you leave any man —unpresented- for love, fear, favor, -affee tion, reward or hope thereof; but you shall present things truly as, they ‘come’ to*your knowledge, according to the best of your understanding”: Such is a brief statement of your duties. This court is always Willing to Merlin | partisan groups as this”, said Mrs, Melville. Mucklestone, NCTC president,” ‘who an- t i | HE rHLgll tilt SA dade didd RETURN HERE | Mr. and Mrs. John Collins and | two children, John; Jr., and Wal- \do, and Mr. and Mrs. Estward Sawyer and daughter, Mary, and / grandson, Kenneth Meador, re- | turned to Key West last evening {over the highway. The group had been spending | the weekend in Miami. | wishes, and as an aid to you in | discharging your duties, I am advised that an offense involving capital punishment has | been committed in this _ county | sinee the. discharge.of . the last | county. | not be the goat in the investiga- ZONING Feige erent tion of school affairs”, hinting {made to place all of the blame diagram once recorded will be #, i " foal ai ‘ .. living thing! ifor financial irregularities on his shoulders. Dr. Smith was still in prison today following default of a $50,- 000 bond. Mrs. Smith was freed from prison on bond -late~ last evening, and her whereabouts today are unknown. She is charged with aiding the escape of her husband to Canada. which it is located”. ‘ semi-crisis has eased consider- 'Y AND PERMANENT: ||| In the “use regulations”, each ably with neither side showing | PORAR ! | “Make not ‘little plans; they 6f the six zoned. districts or uses any tendency towards acts that | that the grand “jury would be have no magic with which to stit|ijanalyzed and described: Sing] e | handed additional facts in the men’s blood. Rather, make | : Single could be described as even near. ‘ease if the continued effort is plans; aim high. A noble, logical | big tesidence districts are for single war-like. lences; general residence dis-; Germany, however, continues icts are for two-family houses. to insist that Danzig will become ingle houses may be built. in part of her nation by Fall with- f : |two-family zones; semi-detached out show of arms. Poland, how- A temporary zoning. ordinance houses (side-by-side or duplex ever, in seeming opposition. to I have said, holds growing cities; houses) may be built in single that view, was today reported where they are, permitting all’ gesidence zones. | Apartment engaged in digging trenches all nominal and regular procedure, } ses are segregated in specific along: the German border. or, ubder appeal to a duly of | gections of the city, and yet may, An important announcement is dainéd board, certain irregulat | be erected in industrial districts,’ expected shortly in — cornection aétivities which will not meet ob-; 4g may be hotels. |Jection from 51 per cent of propr' erty owners, under oath, abutting! | proposed building and use within { :" } see iot conducted for pecuniary. Continuing to show force in hot a conditions, private clubs. . Russian alliance. nefit are admitted in single- the situation is England. Prime with the pending French-British- ; !a front and side radius ‘of 400 | lineal, feet. UN-AMERICAN — high degree of practical perfec- pe ce ised hacen tion will eventually grow. Per- a permanent by-law attaining 4 under health board supervision; ' press today that he was seriously farms, hot-houses, nurseries, truck , considering a strong official note gardens, and the necessary build-jto Hitler on the European state ings accessory thereto. ‘of affairs, calling attention to the «In single residence sections, al-' fact that the democracies would | fesidence districts; riding schools Minister Chamberlain told the! NEW YORK, July 5—The Am- jerican Youth Congress in :sion in this city today ‘ accused ‘Mrs, Franklin D. Roosevelt of un- ‘American action in connection with her endorsement of a re- ; port of principles presented to j the convention by a minority | ACTION CHAR ',)Out ofa temporary’ ordinance | Sean Fae : group. The report mentioned in par- ticular the convention’s opposi- tion to any form.of dictatorship, ‘but matie no... mention. of ..com~ munism, leaving the inference that the Congress was not op- posed to the latter. Officers of the group. released reports that j the big majority of their repre- ‘sentative organizations, with membership all over the nation, were opposed to anything re- sembling communism. LIGHTHOUSE MEN | Eight members of the light-| , house department forces in the ‘Seventh District are anxiously awaiting news from their appli- cations for discharges, _ which were forwarded to Washington last week. All of the applica- |srand jury of this court and sions were made on the grounds Public building sites. ‘of disability. of various kinds: "manent ‘ordinance runs hand in‘g0, may go parks, playgrounds,’ most assuredly “go to .war” if hand with zoning map and “use‘eity recreation buildings, water any act of armed aggression was map”. The board of city council! towers and reservoirs; churches, 'committed by Germany against will accept the twain at the self-' schools, libraries, museums, Poland. same time, and in the ordinance parish houses; hospitals (under ; itself it is written that the map’ ¢ondition), sanitoria ahd philan- } and the law are inter-operative. | thropic institutions.. The taking The ordinance interprets the|o9f boarders or the leasing of map; the board of appeal inter-'tooms by a family resident on! prets the ordinance; the ordi-'the premises—lodging houses—’ nance may be cnly ganee pee) a permitted’ use in single | petition and a two-thirds vot lamily sections. “ The cify council sitting after hea-\5 iis section: covering “general” ay UNTOWARD INCIDENTS ingssawhole br. two-family. house districts, . WERE REPORTED DUR. A permanent ordinance ‘is wlde eevee the use of all tha Visal- | : 7 ING DAY © enough in its scope to cover every; lowable in the one-family dis-/ <s reasonable requirement for years trict, and adds boarding houses | and years to come. Shorn. of as distinct from private lodging. Fourth of ‘July ‘was quietly ob- technicalities, the nature of such | houses, hotels and community served» in’ Key West yesterday an ordinance embodies all a plan-| garages. The matter of com- with some of the’ stores. closed ning board. has thought or! munity garages is vexatious tolall during the day, while others dreamed of; it deals under cloak} every planning board. Eight to ‘closed during the afternoon. of legal phrases with possibilities ten in a unit is generally con-| There were two games of base- almost unbelievable; in. essence,) sidered sufficient, and only one ball played at Trumbo though many times not by direct) unit in the average situation— Field yesterday between a Tam- statements, the ordinance ‘will that:is, no crowding to the limit pa All-Star nine and Key West cover ‘all of these: of capacity on vacant lots. Conchs, and a diamondball con- Through routes and main high-| Right down through the list, | test between the Re-Nu-Art ten ways to various parts of the city.| any use permitted in single gen-'of Coral Gables and a picked The planning of areas tributary'eral or apartment house dis- team of Key West players. Sec- to these main ways. tricts, are permissible in business ond game of the Tampa-Key The system by which all these) districts. | West series and the softball con- ‘ways may be protected after’once| Business districts are exten- {test were played in a drizzling being laid down. | sively defined and catalogued. Inj rain. Key West Conchs split with Lines of buildings. substance a business zone carrie’; Tampa, and the local softballers Transportation routes. all retail store property, rTes:|downed the visitors. Location, securing and de-|taurants, offices, everything from| Many were at the beach picnic- velopment of school and other)“g” to “z”- to wheel- | ing, while others rode up the wright; theatres, movie shows, highway, stopping at. points on bowling alleys. skating rinks, the Keys. FOURTH OF JUL 1 Playgrounds, parks and boule- | ‘WPA EMPLO | CEASED. WORK HELD MEETING OF PROTEST THIS ‘MORNING AT | 1 BAYVIEW PARK i Approximately 400 Works Pro- ‘gress Administration leeased their activities this morn- ing shortly after ‘starting work on various projects throughout ; the city, and repaired to Bayview j against the cuts in remuneration, which were authorized in Wash- ington and’ became effective on jJuly 1. : The cuts are for labor from $40.60 to $30; for semi-skilled {$52 and for professional and tech- nay employes, from $79.80 to Up to the time the order was. issued workers in Key West were paid the same rate as those in cities of 100,000 and- over, but workers; | Park to hold a meeting of protest | workers, from $57.40 to $40; for} iskilled workers, from $72.80 to} |summer home in Hyde Parle to- day and immediately, went into | couiterence with Congressional jleaders, presumably discussing |legislation he is desirous of pass- jage before Congress disbands for |the summer, Late teday a vote is expected jin the Senate on whether the President will have continued {power to devalue the dollar. ‘The jneutrality bill is expected’ to jcome up for reconsideration” at | the same time, In connection with the recently passed relief bill, niterpretations | were today issued by the-WPA |national department, calling ‘at- tention to several. new --restric- | tions on hours and wages. The Works Prggress Adminis- tration now regulates the distri- | bution of jobs and salaries to ap- | proximately 2,500,000 people in | this’ country. The amount ap- ‘ propriated for the new fiscal year » just. started is about two-thirds of the amount spent last year; | however, it must be taken-.into jthat exemption for Key West | consideration that the rolls are. jhas been nullified“ and workers| expected to be ‘cut substantially here are to be paid the same rate | his year. A probable average of ' ‘WPA *jobs will hold ‘These you will investigate: The Those who have-made the ap- vards. billiard rooms and: similar com- | ceding paragraph. Following the action; of the ‘workers a committee composed jof Mayor Willard M. Albury, Commissioner Chariman Carl {Bervaldi, Chamber of Commerce President Everett Russell and \Clerk of Criminal Court C. Sam |B. Curry saw B. Curry Moreno, WPA area supervisor, and it was explained that the orders were is- ‘sued in Washington and that the + local office had nothing ‘to do with. the matter. It was. agreed by members of |the committee to write the WPA boaugeseg in Washington, explain- ying the situation in this city and ;ask that the exemption, which had been in effect until June 30, be restored. No accidents were reported in| state. attorney informs me that his witnesses are all here.,and he is familiar with their testimony, and can present it to you in a {very short time. | \),, | "The’’court charges you that in the investigation of the violation of the laws of the State of Flor- i¢a committeed in this county, | you should not summon -to come plications are: Wm. Vassie, ma-! The preservation of water- chinist; Wilbur Johnson, black- front areas and inland water ‘smith; Harold Thompson, . areas. for the use of the people ter; R. C. Roberts, keeper at in the ages to come. “American Shoals light; Stanley’ ‘The proper Saunders, assistant keeper at this 8 water sewer, gas, elec- Tortugas light; John Peter Rob-, tric’and other forms of service. © { _erts, employe at the local station,! Housing, 4 all of Key West; Judge Isler, as- will have more to do with the “sistant keeper at Hillsboro Inlet future of cities than anyone yet tie-up with all| motor vehicle mercial amusement places; fuel, the city, and everything went. building material, feed and ice along smoothly. * | establishments; gasoline and oil | Marathon Celebrates ae stations, - garages, stables and| ‘The business men of Mara- salesrooms. ‘ the solution of which: or, edvise the grand jury and to re- spond to any inquiries as to mat- ters of law which you may see | before you and testify in such | case-the accused under investiga- + ition, because to;do so would be- fit to make, but neither this| highly improper’ éven though the! court nor the state attorney! accused may be willing to testi- should pass on matters which are | fy before you. ! within the province of the jury) Inasmuch as this: court tries to decide. \only capital eases, the suggestion You may make presentments|is made to the Grand Jury that; or indictments based on facts | it confine its activities largely to; which are within your personal | such cases. I do not mean by this ; knowledge, or upon facts proper- | that you have fot the right to in- | ly made known to you by others. | vestigate cases not capital but all | Grand jurors are required to!such cases not capital are more take an oath of secrecy and it is| or less investigated and tried by ; well settled that the proceedings inferior courts established by law: before a grand jury be kept | for that purpose. strictly secret and that_no infor-| I hope you will be able speed mation must be given out pend- ily to dispose of such matters as > ing their deliberation concerning} come to your attention; without ! the matters brought.before them. | e light, and Luther B. Skelton, member of the crew of the Ten-} der Poinciaria. j kd hdd ddd AMERICAN i iu has appreciated. f Protection of all things which are done, or ought to be, for the comfort, happiness ‘and general welfare, as well as eternal /igil- ‘ance against encroachments in form: of billboard, shacks, ind similar nuisance menaces. And lastly, zoning itself, with special referenee to the protec- tion of homes, the preservation of property values, and the pro- per inter-relation of residence, ‘commerce and industry with the city plan. In substance, a permanent zon- ing ordinance aims. to prevent a multitude of sins. It aims to a sf ran LF e : & 2 tr d-untilcnext. Jely-4— as those in comm of from } 2,000,000 on are the rates’ wn in the pre-{ With cuts becoming effective by 'the Fall to bring the total down | to léss than the two-million mark. A rise in the rolls is expected for next. winter, then slow cutting will take effect next spring and an expected 1,500,000 will be on the rolls at the end of the fiscal year. New hours of work. regulations will take effect, 4 > month. Workers will bd: fed to put in 130 hours,,pe&jmenth, jor 30 }hours a weeki, Wages . nation- wide are somewhat reduced. A new regulation is that all Wotkers who have been on the rolls for a period of 18 months will be forced to take a 30-day non-pay vacation, this order to take effect after August 31. The forced vacatior§, may ‘extend more than the thirty-day. period, however, in that those still with- jout private employment follow- jing the,layoff will have to wait for openings in the rolls. The Federal Theatre Project was ended July 1. Seven thou- sand employed in. that division | will have to seek reemptoyment elsewhere on the rolls. The Art Project was continued; however, after September, to contimie; 25 percent sponsorship of munici- | palities.will- have to be fortticom- ing, being a similar arrangement for all construction projects. WL hh hk hd had CALL EMPLOYES BACK TO WORK Ray Atwell, Works Pro- worker, il u rit i i i F i H f i i i H | i | TOOOODOII eS g