The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 6, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the _ Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 159. Legionnaires F or District C Two Hundred Or More Delegates Coming To Key West For Meeting, Beginning July 29 Shaping their arrangements for the Florida fifth district confer- ence of the American Legion here; July 29-30, the members of gen- eral committee of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28 and the Auxiliary unit last night indicated their de- termination to make it the most successful Legion meeting ever held in Key West. In the absence of General Chaitman A. M. Morgan, Com- mander William Schoneck pre- sided at the committee meeting | last night. and announced the following arrangements had been completed: Selection of Hotel La Concha, forward, however, as London an-; as headquarters of tlie _ confer- ence, where the 200 delegates and visiting Legionnaires will be registered and where quarters will be provided for state de- partment commanders, of the Le- gion and the Auxiliary. Selection of Pena’s Garden of Roses as the scene of the dance and entertainment which will be given in honor of the post’s mee. she svening of July 29. élection OP te Fort Taylor kitehen and mess hall facilities, with authority of army officials, as the scene of the army style{ dinner to be served the after- noon’ of July 30, just :preceeding the business sessions of the con- ference. It is planned to issue each} delegate and visitor registering | at headquarters with a.combina- tion ticket providing admittance to the dance, the dinner, a sight- seeing tour, a visit to the tropical aquarium, the turtle crawls and the Key West Golf and Country club. Tonight the post will ask city council to authorize the. Le- gion to give free admission tickets to the aquarium and thé coun- try club. Much of the discussion . last might centered around arrange- ments made by Sergt. John Wharton, Victor Hartmann, T. A. Woody and other members of the | food and cook committee for the dinner July 30. Turtle, yellow- tail and other sea delacicies will feature the menu, with several other succulent dishes guar- anteed to give the delegates and visitors a bang-up meal, Com- mander Schoneck announced. Several members of the post’s auxiliary attended the committee meeting and gave valuable sug- gestions for entertaining and feeding the city’s guests. 4 ON HIS DOMAIN (My Assectated Press) WASHINGTON, July 6.—Com- missioner of the Philippine Is- lands, Paul V. McNutt, today was in this city to report to President Roosevelt on his domain. Friends of McNutt met the train as it pulled into the union station nad immediately pressed him for some word ¢oncerning his candidacy for President, Smil- i McNutt warded off all Make Plans" onference 'WAR TENSION ‘ WAR NOW EXISTED IN EUROPE N (QBy Axsoctated Press) LONDON, duly 6.—Britain’s reported strong stand in the Ger- !man-Polish dispute over Danzig | was tempered today when it was \announced that the British par- Tiament will consider that “no cause for war exists” if the transfer of Danzig no Germany can be effected without undue military action. ¥ Thus the ground is! laid for another coupe-detat by — Hitler, } according to expert opinion. It is stated that present lines of | propaganda and action being un- dertaken by Germany will, in all liklihood bring Danzig and the Polish Corridor, under German influence by Fall. A show of strong position goes nounces the establishment of | $500,000,000 credit accounts for | Poland and small Balkan states. ; Home. defenses on the . British |Isles continue to be strengthened as the air corps reservists are be- ing called for mobilization. Germany is reported .to be | “casting eyes to the, East” as | Rumania reports various activi- ;ties by German agents in their country. This condition is cause }for more alarm ‘on the part of England as 4 pact exists which guarantees British aid in case of | aggression ‘committed > against ; Rumania. Rumania has 500,000 trairied men in arms -at present and could muster two million should the occasion occur. HEAVY LOSSES OF RUSSIANS CONTINUED MINIATURE WAR- FARE ALONG JAPANESE CONTROLLED AREA (Ry Apnaciated reas) TOKIO, Jily 6—Continued miniature warfare exists along the Japanese controlled Man- chukuan and Soviet controlled as Japs report heavy losses — ih- | flicted on thelJ ians, with cap- | ture of many Russian advices, however, pre- | sent an opposite picture of vic- | tory, stressing the loss of over } 1,000 Japs in battle and capture of much equipment of war. It is known® however that the official Japanese reported on the jScene has been dismissed, al- jlegedly for his “too glowing re- ports sent back home” in which victories for his troops each day. To start off the third year of their conquest of China today, the Japanese troops in China concentrated efforts on a mass bombing of Chunking, killing hundreds of Chinese residents. heavy bombs, in place across the harbor entrance. |. The blockade situation at Tien- _THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. IS EXAMINING WITNESSES ‘CARRYING ON INVESTIGA- | TION INTO KILLING FRANK GUERRO BY LE- LAND R. SAWYER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1939 (Order Caballero: Celebrated Fourth Of July, TAKES UP WPA Concentration: of the Order Caballero de la Luz, incorporated was held in Key West Typsday and representatives of the {New York assembled with the members of Key West Lodge in celebrating the Fourth of July. The Caballero de la Luz was lodge | oF from Havana, Tampa. Miami and BRITISH FEEL NO CAUSE FOR! founded in Philadelphia May 9, aap % 11873, arid was incorporated in Examination of. witnesses by the year 1915, It was in cele- bration of these events which brought the gathering to Key: | vestigate into the killing of Frank ‘West, to hold their reunion.in the . city which has been . called © the Guerro by Leland R. Sawyer virth place of Cuban Liberty, {the grand jury summoned: to in- De La Luz j by S. C. Singleton and the music ‘by, Allan Armstrong. The music was played by Gus Ayala, piano; Professor Alfredo Barroso, Alfredo Barroso, Jr., Eduardo Henriquez and Manuel Jamero, Jr., violinists. Mr. Pacetti also introduced the following speakers: Hon. Willard M: Albury, mayor of Key West;| Dr, Nilo C, Pintado, Luminar of ; Lodge 58 of Miami, and then in} the name of the entire order ten- dered.his most sincere thanks to the. city: and its citizens, and. to! he* assembled guests for the: ateeting . and — entertainments; Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average ~ range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS (COMMERCE BODY AUTO WORKERS CUT IN WAGES TELEGRAMS SENT TO REPRE- SENTATIVES IN WASHING- TON DEALING WITH SIT- | UATION - | Other Matters Were Salis Up During Regular Ses- At a called meeting ¢f the; United Auto Workers Union to-| Board of Directors of the Cham- ber of Commerce, held yester- day afternoon, attended by mem- bers and others, the matter of the !continued throughout the day and celebrating with the follow- which: had. been. afforded the cut in wages in the WPA forces ig program. " At 9 o'clock in the morning a vbappy welcome was extended to: ‘the visitors from. other points This morning at 10 o'clock who ‘had assembled at the hall, fea ith }422 Amelia street. Circuit Court was convened with Ten o'clock the members and {Judge Arthur Gomez presiding (gees repaired to the cemetery ‘and all officers present. The ;Wwhere an invocation was de- } Z fe ‘livered by Rev. Y, T. Shehane of court was in session but a few ithe First Baptist Church and the minutes and the judge announced + graves of deceased brothers were. ‘that as nothing had been present-' decorated, They then went to. led by the grand jury he would Bayview Park where ‘wreaths “call a recess ‘until 10 o’elock to- Were-placed on the monument of ‘morrow morning. rs i Jose Marti. with several witnesses yet to be ae i | summoned, t f visitors. .Manuel.Domenech gave an address at the city cemetery jand Rafael Bancels was. also heard. in an address at Bayview Park. Present at the banquet were the following guests: ‘Mrs, and Mrs. Willard M. Al- aury, ‘Rev. and Mrs. Yancy Till- man Shehane, William V. Albury, Raymond R. Lord, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Caro, Sam B. Curry, Karl O. Thompson, Mrs. Eva War- ner, Carl Bervaldi, Berardo Rod- riguez, Ramiro Delgado, Enrique +Esquinaldo, Jr., Earl Adams,. J. jwas disct { ussed from every stand- i point. i { Present were the Directors, |President Everett Russell, Mel- | ; Trevor and W. W. Demeritt. {Others included Mayor Willard 'Earl Adams, -Representative B. C. Papy, County . Commissioners |Carl Bervaldi, T. Jenkins Curty , and Wm. Monsalvatge, B/ C. Mo- . ‘reno, WPA area supervisor, Leo , Warren, Dan Navarro, Joe Pearl- Just as the recess was called State Attorney G. A. Worley and Assistant State Attorney J. L. ‘One hour.later the visitors and” Lancelot Lester, Allan.B. Cleare,{man and C. Sam B. Curry. their hosts went for a motor-| Alfredo G. Abreu, Mr. and Mrs.; President Russell called the meeting to order and stated that cade visiting the principal points. Joaquin G. Pintado of Havana, | Mongolian boundary. lines today © 2 r ~~" .of interest.in the city, and re- Lester Sxrived TAs Crh jturning. went to the hall where >see ve pamaie MI atl o'clock there was. held an Guerro matter until the grand open meeting and newly elected jury completes its. deliberations | and makes the presentment to! the court. ber 3, of Key West and Miami Lodge Number 58 were installed, At 2 o’clock in the afternoon a PRAISE FLORIDA EXHIBIT AT FAIR connec: refreshments were delicious { t t {GOV:,CONE, SAYS E 1 WHO CAN AFFORD IT SHOULD SEE EXHIBIT {to invited guests from the ‘visit- ing cities and of Key West. Fol- jlowing this happily enjoyed hour jthe yisiting guests were accord selected: seats... at. ‘game between the. Tampa « and local teams. That evening at 8 o'clock the visiting members: of the order atid their guests attended the officers of the lodges Marti Num- {Qtiba; Jose Gavilan, Grand’ Mas- ter, Oscar Perdigon, Daniel Ca- mos, Juan Gonzalez, Francisco {Mendez Gomez, Mrs, Josefa Rod- fr: Claudio Hernandez, Mr. ahd Mrs. Jose Jinesta, Enrique Garcia, Jose Calimano, Mr. and ‘Mrs. Victor’ E. Pasetti,; Victor delightful reception was held and Pasetti, Jr, Lucia Pasetti, Jose ,than other places in a similar | Vidal Cruz, Mr. and Mrs. Jose Duval, Luis Carrillo, Mr, and Mrs, .Andres - Garrido, » Jacobo Rivero, Mr. and Mrs. Efrain Ri- Miss Angelina Vinas, Mr. Mrs: H. G. Harden, Ponce, Diego ‘Delgado, +B. Padron, Julio Mendez, Luis Martinez, Mr. and®Mrs. Alberto Lioret; Mr. and Mrs, Antonio Montero, Dr.. and Mrs. Nilo C. "teopeldo ling that {the object of the meeting was to! {discuss the reduction of wages :from $40 to $30 for WPA labor monthly, Key West having been ,one of three places. im the United | (States which, because of unusual ; jeconomic conditions, had been} maintained in a higher rating population class. J ‘having materially ‘changed it was ‘felt thatthe workmen could not Hlive on the reduced scale. Roy Schroeder, director of WPA .at lle.-was quoted, as- say» ling that the matter was entirely out of his jurisdiction. ~ of the matter to the labor board banquet which was given in the Pintado, Fausto Castillo, Miss |at Washington would result in an “La Golondrina”, ‘Ana Luisa Castillo; Mts. Teresa Dobarganes,. Emilio Romero, A: {E¥ Moreno, Manuel Domenech, Sr., Mr. and: Mrs. Manuel Dom- enech, Jr., Miss Alicia Domenech, Francisco Alea, Emilio Alea, Nicasio Gareia, Jose Hernandez, , Adolfo Lopez, Blas Betancourt, Ernesto Betancourt, Sidney Mat- hews, Rafael Bancells, Raul R. Rios, Victor Vargas, Faustino Rendueles, ‘Sr., and others. NUMEROUS LIVES | LOST IN FLOOD i (ty Axneetated Preany adjustment. After some discus- : ision, which was general, Ben | Trevor moved that a representa- | tive committee be named to take ‘immédiate action, and President | Russell appointed the following: ‘Carl - Bervaldi,. Mayor - Albury, Representative Papy, Earl Adams, \C. Sam B. Curry and Dan Na- | Varro, *The appointees then went to the office of the mayor and tele- grams were sent to Senators C. O. Andrews and Claude Pepper jand Congressman. Pat Cannon, | as follows: “Wage scale placing Monroe county on the same basis as Dade ;County discontinued resulting in i | drastic ‘wage cut. Economic con- {My Associated Press) DETROIT, July 6—The CIO day ordered strikes in four more tors Corporation here and threa’ ened to call out thousands o! imore workers to force company officials to recognize the union; and certain provisions for their member4 long in the mediation ie. Officials of the company stated that they had been waiting to as- agency to confer with. ‘Federal Conciliator Dewey, in department heads, rushed bac! to this city today to condu further hearings with representa- tives of the union and the com- pany. Dewey stated that he would make every effort to keep jthe strike from. spreading to plants of the company. in other cities. WPA WALKOUTS ARE GENERAL {Ry Associated Prexny WASHINGTON, July 6. — served by members of the order ‘Gatani, Dionisio Gonzalez, Rafael! ‘Conditions in Key Weést not Thousands of WPA workers walk- ed off from their jobs yesterday in protest to the new sehédule of working hours. and salaries. cently enacted into law with the relief bill peered ty poe amt week, WPA offi however, that the incidents were not to be considered as “strikes” as that word is not recognized in the administration of relief. A blanket order went out from national headquarters \reminding all state departments of the five- day rule which ‘states that when a worker deliberately walks off the job he is given no more than five days to return or his name is stricken from the rolls. Main subject for protest by workers was the new provision calling. for approximately the same wage scale for 130 hours of work a month, when but 50 or 60 hours was required ‘before. Some areas reported upwards of eighty per cent of WPA laborers refusing to work yester- day, though reports indicated a large percentage of them back on the job this morning. factory. branches of General Mo-! inks, airplanes and. | death..to hundteds-of the, enemy.. After a pleasant stay of two weeks here, Capt. and Mrs. George Manson of Miami re- , Ky. July 6— Continued rains and cloudbursts {ditions . prevailing today worse than when Federal Labor, Board several years ago. granted con-, cessions to the county. Investi-; this morning added to the misery gation’ wjll determine that their, sion Of Organization At County Court House } | | Tentative budget for the. Board f County Commissioners was an important ‘matter, which oc- cupied the meeting of the board jat the first remular session .in | July, held 8 o'clock last night in ivin Russell, Fred J. Dion, Charles certain whether the CIO or AFofL.| the office of Clerk Ross C. Saw: E. Smith, W. T. Fripp, Ben D. would be the proper representing! yer. |. Attending the meeting “were ‘M. Albury, President of Council New York to confer with labor|Chairman Carl Bervaldi, ~Coni- issioners B. B. Warren, T. ‘Jenkins Curry and Wm. Monsal- | vatge; Attorney W. Curry Har- jris, Clerk Sawyer, Chief Deputy. Sheriff Bernard Waite and sev- eral interested citizens. During the reading of the ten- |tative budget two changes" were made. Salary of John England, !supervisor of registration, was |inereased from $62.50 to $75 per |month, and that of Janitor Tom ) Whitmarsh was increased from $75 to $80 monthly. Minutes of the meetings held during the month of June-were read and ordered approved. It was ordered that the meet- ing ‘elative to the’ tax books ‘there being no complaints re- {ceived nor were any complain- ants presented, be recessed until the meeting of July 42, next week. .. Application~ of~ Andie -Craw- ford for assistance for removal of cataracts from the eyes was read with several affidavits from citizens andi letter from Dr. J. B. Parramore certifying the belief that the operation would help to jrestore the sight. It was moved ‘that $100 be given for the opera- tion. Deposits made during June by | Sheriff K. O. Thompson: showed |the sum of $72.27: plag#d' in the laccount in the Fifst* National | Bank. Tax-Collector, Frank ‘H: Ladd | teported ito $3,454: made |in the bank during June, allotted {to the following funds: General | Revenue Fund, $517.30; Pine and | Forfeiture Fund, $187.4 Special | Advertising Fund, $187.47; Road |Fund, $249.96; General © School | Fund, $626.90; Special School Tax | District No. 1, $624.90. |. Clerk’s report of tax certificates redeemed in the amount’’ of | $114.44 was read showing $102.68 |in cash and $11.76 in bonds. Report of Clerk C. Sam B. Cur- ry of Criminal Court was read and ordered filed. { | and discomfort-of hundreds of protest is well founded. Urge that you appear before proper 9f-’ Ab: thie (camiesine: sguleting “ott Licenses issued from the office Letters have been’ received in! Rainbow Room of the La Concha ‘Fair in New York singing the} During the banquet *Toast- was read at the commissioners’ | introduced Mrs. Eva Warner a visit to the Florida Exhibit last Paloma” and | should come up to the Florida IS RI se nee grown in Florida, Florida ‘has an MANSONS LEFT: Among other statements which of the Fair, which said, “Florida’s | finest. showman on_ the fair | turned home over the highway from Fred’ Black, vice-president, guests of: Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Dorglum, famous sculptor; Key West from the officials of; Hotel, and. attended by a -num- ,praises of the various attractions,! master Victor E.. Pacetti, Past pmeetiie last night, ay follows: ., who rendered three vocal selec- month and said that ‘everybody ; followed by “My Own Key West | State Exhibit, at the Fair and exhibit to be pround df, the best , ‘ ENROUTE HOME accompanied the letter was one cpeciniidinone, exhibit excels any of the other grounds", ‘this afternoon. They were house and Rex Ryan, general manager | White, 1500 Seminary street. Governor Dave Sholtz, Senator {her home in Miami for the past ex-' Key Wester but has been making - families in the counties of Rowan and Breathitt in this state fol- lowing unprecedented floods of mountain. streams last night “causing a loss of life estimated | at over the 100-mark. ficials immediately in effort to Minoca Council No. 13, Degree f| have special privilege for Monroe county renewed.” 7 Signed Carl Bervaldi, special committee chairman, for city, _the following‘elective chiefs were raised: Prophetess, Maud Whitaker; he continued “to relate of great’ | the Florida Exhibit at the World's per of Key Westers. jand one of these communications Supreme Master of The Order | “Governor Fred 'P. Cone paid ‘tions. The first twe being “La in Florida who can afford it)the words of which was written learn about what is made and of all'the states’.” from Grover Whalen, president states.. Earl Brown is one of the’ Similar” statements were of Ford Motor Company;-Gustav _ Mrs: Manson was a former Claude Pepper, Mrs, Alfred I. DuPont, Senator Charles O. An- ,0n the construction of the F. E, C, « drews and numerous.othets. COUNTY OFFICER 25 years. Capt. Manson worked railway extension. TUG RETURNS Without warning the cloud- bursts struck, swelling . moun- “residence property to the extent! county, chamber of cornmerce, {and ofher public bodies. Pocahontas, Bernice Park; First | Scout, Lillie Kemp; Second | Scout, Lillie Hart; First Warrior, Mamie Sawyer; Second Wazrior, Avis Sawyer; First Runner, Le- nora Roberts; First Councillor, , Cinderella Roberts; Second Coun- SILVER PURCHASE The blockade at Foochow was an- '. jnounced as complete today with COMMITTEE TO TAKE UP! SENDS IN BILL MATTER RELATIVE TO PAYMENT T0 KEY of over one million dollars, ac-| | ‘ jeording to reports issued this/ Tug Sea Belle, which had been ‘The American Red Cross and to Cuba, having been cleared for American Legion relief agencies Havana last week by the Porter were rushing to the scene today Dock: Co., yesterday to care for victims stranded in and is berthed at the Porter Dock jsolated i because. of Company's slip. | bridge washouts, highway block- Steamer Ozark, of the Clyde-| ades and general disorder. ’ Usual bill for $325 remunera- Assessor ory Lines, is due to arrive: - ,cillor, Antionette Roberts; Trus- tee, Mamie Sawyer. At the close of the meeting several patriotic readings were) rendered by Alice Curry, and Cinderella Roberts. Refreshments were served, and | of Tax Collector Ladd--during the month of June numbered 10, - Pocahontas; held on July Fourth, | it) revenue to the state of | $147.25 and the county of $73.63. Semi-annual report of. Clerk | Sawyer showed receipts of $17,- 998.57. Expenses totalled”'$3.- 950.80, leaving a net balance. of | $14,047.77. ee Names of 20 proprietors.of |business places who had~failed |to. take out occupational licenses were contained in a report of Tax Collector Ladd. Revenue due the state is $273 and. the |county $136.50. 2 | Bid of the Texas Co., for furn- lishing semi-solid asphalt to® the county was read, the price being