The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 8, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 161. Monday In Connectio With WPA ‘Special Meeting Called To Be Held In Afternoon At Administration Building On Eaton Street Colonel C. H. Hale, district su- pervisor of the WPA Foremen’s Training School, will arrive in Key West Monday for the pur- pose of atfending a special meet- | ing of foremen and supervisors Fort Taylor Activities "a's, | : BE REOPENE ‘GREAT PRESSURE PUT ON MEMBERS OF CONGRESS BY AMERICAN FEDERATION | OF LABOR Federal Band. onset: Sunday st Caer * =~ . There will be a concert given sress may reopen the question} | SMITH RETAINS | of security wages undcr the! | N OTED I AYER 7 afternoon, beginning at dot ihe naw pelle bit palbe at the Art Center last week under pressure of =| \TAKES STEPS TO ADEQUATE- \Key West Federal Band. 4 o'clock, | erounas on Front Street -by the ‘mands for such. a move from ;leading agencies throughout. the} “nation. ‘Reservation | Se pe Units From a laces, “Pensacola And DeLand ' Will Arrive On Board; ‘Steamship Cuba es cae to have the District atFort Taylor in-:readiness for the 265th| Regiment, Coast’ Artil- lery. Florida National Guard. | j | |goes steadily on and by the time | the. regiment _ arrives Monday | morning from Tampa on the | Officers for the coming fiscal "Steamship Cuba, the camp will (year were installed at iast Thurs- | be Teady to receive them. ‘day evening’s Lions Club meet- With the arrival of the advance ing held at Stone Church) An- i dgtachment yesterday afternoon 'nex, with president H. E. Day in| i activities were started at once in: Lions Glad va|ADMINISTRATION MAKES GAINS IN | MONETARY ISSUE Bill Avainst Sawyer In Death Of Guerro Governor-Elect ORT S ‘Request That ‘Defendant | Held In County: Jail Un- der Be. Re- ' leased Charge | Grand Juty investigating the case of the killing of Frank !Guerro by Leland R. Sawyer re- ele their presentment shortly after noon today“finding no true ; Dill in the matter. fo be held on Monday afternoon.| LY DEFEND SELF IN | beginning at 4 o'clock, at the! IMPENDING TRIAL WPA Administration Building on | Eaton street, between Whitehead | and Thomas streets. The following is the program hi e is prog! The work stoppage move has. ieidinsportnig “equipment ‘from’ the the chair. | that will be rendered, under the gained large proportions accord- freight house of the P. and O. f Visiting dignitaries at the sup-} ;direction of Alfredo Barroso, ing to reports issued today, with 5. 's/Co,, and Captain W. C. Har- as were District Géverntr.siect| H an indicated number of laborers! rig, of Battery FE, Key West, in| j (Ry Anneciated Press) | band leader: {stopping work in protest to the! | charge of the detail, said that | the , Roscoe Brunstetter and District BATON ROUGE, July &—Dr.| March, “Promotion”, M. Nicola. hour revision iaw ‘estimated at/iwerk would be carried on until Sectetary-elect Berle, Middleton, | The full text of the present- | ROOSEVELT’S OPPONENTS | ;ment.is as follows: APPEAR TO BE. LOSING | “The grand jurors of the State ‘OUT IN THEIR STAND REL.-| jof Florida, duly called, and im- |Panelled and sworn to inquire ATIVE TO MATTER land true presentment make, in Mr. Ransdall, state supervisor, and the national supervisor will also be here to participate in the activities of the meeting, Matters bearing on the new status of the WPA set-up, cover- | ing all local operations of © the! WEA, units, eee a he..taken, Bession, ic ‘will = beh sove, etn, wc by the visit- ing officials. The 4 o'clock and also the 7 o'clock groups are ‘reqtiested. to; be in ‘attendance at the’4-o’clock meeting. The Citizen was furnished this information today. by _B:. Curry Moreno, local area supervisor of | the WPA organization. TAX STRUCTURE TO BE STUDIED LONG-AWAITED MOVE WILL PROBABLY GET UNDER WAY BY EARLY FALL (Ry Asseeion« Peeas) WASHINGTON, Jifly 8 —Re- ports came from. the - nation’s capital. today: that: a long-awaited move to study the’ tax structure! of the United States would prob- ably get under way by early Fall. Secretary of the treasury, Mor- genthau, has long wanted such aj} study made, and other high of- ficials ofthe state department, | as well as the administration in isteps to adequately defend him- | self in impending trial following grand jury investigations of his: when he announced today that : {he had retained a noted criminal | ae Walter Menyio, of New; \-Dr. Smiht was still in jail in| this ‘city pending the. result of the gtand jury's investigation. Meanwhile, a “clean-up goverh- ment” drive goes forth in the, {state of Louisiana under charge! | of Governor E. K. Long. Federal {agencies have come into the pic- jture when it was stated today, }that two officials of the state, | WPA administration have been! James Monroe Smith today took | | presidency of the state university, ' | } “ over 150,000. Nay wean 2 osha Tremendous pressure has been; mk ss put on all members of Congress , Waltz, “Blue Danube”, Strauss. by the American Federation of | Trombone solo, “The Gates Of Labor to reconsider the hour re-| Pearl”, H. W. Smith. , vision which calls for a minimum | Selection, “Robin. Hood”, R. de "of 130 hours of work each month | Kovens. ; with no change in the wage} Mexican song, “La aondeine’, scale. fe Deraadebbess ci: Hr. nie, Descriptive, “A Hunting Scene”, x +C, Bucalossi. |. March, “Anchors Aweigh”, C. 'Limmermann, “Star Spangled Banner”, Key. MAKE PROTEST IN INDIGNITIES tors in New York and the New; England states are. investigating; the possibility of filing charges | against workers who have walked | off their jobs. It is stated that the. federal government does not! recognize a strike, and in that} ; Workers stopping work have vir-| | tually created that sort of situa-; tion, government officials are of; i. Meanwhile. .WEA \.administra-/ ville, preeiPin aeniost the tabes against the laborers. EDWARD MALONE DIED THIS A. M.) FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE jarrested, charged with using WPA , ‘material and labor for private’ hese |v. | Fiakrhpna Finds Ship ‘arrae AND ano nas | 240 Years Under Water| | j |NIPPON EDITORIAL ASKS. (Dy Annoeiated Presa) (iy Assoctattd Press) MIAMI, Fila. July 8—After! LONDON, July 8.—Strong pro- cg years, the British Admiralty) test against the continued indig-| “ CONDUCTED TOMOR- | knows that H. M.S. Winchester | nities being suffered by British | | sank in the shallows off the Flor-|subjects in the foreign _conces- | ACen lida coast below Miami, leith of China was today lodged” -_ i A Negro. fisherman told a!with the. Japanese embassy in! 5 A group of Miamians he. had seen | this ity. for transmission to! Edward Malone, 69, died this objects on the ocean bed that | ‘Tokio. **"*’ {morning at 2 o'clock in the resi- | looked like cannon. A few months} this protest, Eng-:dence at 420 Margaret street. | go a Salvage party went out. It land mi to counteract the a > | Funeral services ‘will ‘be held 5) | returned with 32 cannon encrust-! tion believed to be under consid- ©'clock tomorrow afternoon from) ed with barnacles and rusted by leration by Japan to drive out all<the Fleming Street Church where | long years under water. foreign. influence. in, China, ;{«3 te body will be placed at 2 Somé identifying marks re-| In furthering this belief, the. °’clock. Rev. G .W. Hutchinson, mained, and a description was state department at Washington .°f First Methodist church, . will! sent to London. The Admiralty |had its attention called today to , fficiate, told. the group. here that the la Japanese newspaper. editorial) Pallbearers will be selected! | marks: identified the old guns as | which called on- President Roose- {fom the membership of the! jcoming from the naval vessel; velt to cooperate with ogee in Fleming Street Church. | Winchester, which disappeared a the Britains and oman eaniges are’ the nigel Mrs 1695. while on duty in this area. | sians of iAnnie Malone; one sister, } iy a out of China and Mongolia. j Buphemia Malacto” and | es Bais ————_{ brother, Amos Malone, In i | Washington, have stated fre-| inumber of nieces and nephews. tlie camp was thoroughly pre- ;of Miami and Edward Gallagher, ‘pared for the reception of the District’ treasurer of the Red-| régiment. {land's Lions €lub, ‘The forces to be at the en-| cdmpment will. consist of 19 offi- ;speaker of the evening, while cérs and 257 enlisted men from Lions Gallaher and Middleton | Pensacola, DeLand and Jackson-' greeted the local club on the oc- and.are, now.on, their way. casion, of its installation of..offi to."the point of ‘embarkation at’ cers for the seeond year of exist- ‘Tampa, where they’ are sched- ‘ence. Bruhstetter’s speech treat- |uled to arrive tomorrow, and in'ed on the definition of a Lion,, the evehing will board the S, S.;the duties of Lions in becoming | Cuba and arrive 7 o'clock Mon-/government conscious, .and an day morning at Key West. Only outline of purposes for the South the Regimental Band, under Cae- Florida District to pursiie during; ‘sar, La Monaca, is to travel over'the coming year. Local. club ‘the highway, and is schdeuled to ‘embers were loud in praise of) a ti their’ new * govérnor—indicating , Those making the trip by the full cooperation in his program. way of Tampa will enjoy a spe-; Officers that will serve the Key | cial dinner~ tomorrow evening, ' West Lions Club during the which is being prepared by the ' 1939-1940 year are: President, H. steamship company for the mem- | E. Day; First Vice-President, Ger- bers of the regiment. The menu ‘ald Saunders; Second Vice-Presi- for the dinner was issued yester- dent, John Costar; Third Vice- day and is as shown below: President, Sidney Einhorn; Sec- 4 DINNER {retary, Allan Armstrong; Treas- For members of the 265th Coast urer, D, O. Martin; Lion Tamer, Artillery {Andrew Pritchard; Tail Twister, Tomato Juice Cocktail jJack Delaney; Directors, J. C.{ Garden Radishes Mixed Pickles’ Sanchez, Joe Allen, Hastings | Soups ‘Smithand Raymond Curry. White-Beans Chicken with Rice | Fried Filet of Yellow Tail ‘Sauce Tartar Potatoes Natural \ Boiled Ham with Fresh Spinach } Toast Sirloin of Beef | Mashed Potatoes | New Beets in Butter Green Peas ' PHILIPPINE NEIGHBORS ARE| Combination Salad Ice Cream Golden Cake Tea + Coffee After partaking of such a din- ner, followed by . the sees “LAND °HUNGRY”. SAYS COMMISSIONER hour; and then a night of peace. (By ‘ ful, restful sleep, officers and. en- listed’ personnel will be ready to missioner Paul V. McNutt of the led Press) jfeadiness to begin the duties of, that he had recom: Lion Brunstetter was the chief} WANTSU.S. TO KEEP, quently the need for such a move. A House of. Representatives! special committee will \ conduct the study, calling for open hear- ithe encampment, which will end mended the fetention by this (My Axaocinted Preas) | WASHINGTON, July 8.—Op- ponents of the administration’s | monetary bill. apparently were , Boing to suffer absolute defeat ‘on all counts, as reports indicates today that the’ State Departmetrt, :ih cooperation with the . White House had brought sufficient pressure to bear on Congress to restore full power to the Presi- ‘dent to purchase foreign silver. } Definite price to be paid for domestic silver has not been an- }nounced, however it will be well over the present level, it was | ‘stated by definite authority to- day. The President’s power to| {continue the devaluation of the! \dollar remains in’ the bill, also. |. However, a different story presents itself in connection with | {the neutrality bill. which the) | White House and the state de- | partment is anxious to see passed | | without embargo restrictions. headed by Senators Hiram John- ‘son and William Borah, numbers | some 35 members in its group. | They are making plans to bring jon a prolonged fillibuster in the | Senate if the administration per- \sists in pushing their demands for ‘cancellation of | the amend- ment that restricts the shipment | |6f arms-and ammunition to for- eign nations in case of war. Both houses of Congress ad- journed yesterday afternoon un- | ti 700. p. m. Monday at which | time funeral services for Claude | Swanson, who died yesterday | morning will be held in the Sen- jate chamber in recognition of ; Swanson’s long term of office in ‘the Senate, and his efficient ment under President Roose- od a land Monday. morning, all in Philippine Islands today revealed 'velt. COAST GUARD A definite isolationist bloc} : rf Hs nell THE Steamer nf iy : 4 J ‘ he Friday, July 24, when they ‘country of the Philippines in his; Al j ke ! tbo E | ; ferent stations. Phir the islands were, will embark on S. S. Cuba for -report to President Roosevelt. }Tampa and proceed to their dif- Stating neighboring | “Jand hungry”, and that the best | Philippine nation,; Coast Guard Cutter served by cancellation | arrived ths imorning and berthed of the move to furnish complete|at Pier B at the naval _ station. to the Philippine ;The vessel sailed at 10 - o'clock independence to OLYMPIA, Wash., July 8.—The |Islandg at’ the proposed bead do" neanee paemgaa | and for Monroe County, upon their oaths present: “That having invegtigated the facts and circumstances ‘of the killing of one Frank Guerro on the 15th day of June A. D,, 1939, for which Leland R. Sawyer! stands ‘charged, and after all the wit fe grand jury has found ‘Not A True Bill’ against the said Le- Jand Sawyer, and it is requested | that the said Leland Sawyer, if in custody, be. discharged”. Members of the jury were: W. A. Cooper, C. J. Peat, Wil- ‘iam Gordon, Armando Fernan- {dez, J. Winfield a ag al j Recio, L. 0, Tu jernardo Vidal, Otis Kemp, Albert Atwell, |Merlin Roberts, Edward Niles, |Dave Y. Loper, W. J. Walker, Robert. H. Smith, Noel Solomon, Frank: C. Carbonell, Norberg Diaz. L. O. Turner was elected as foreman and J. Winfield Rus- sell as clerk. In addition to the presentment of the jury's finding, there. was a note to Judge Arthur Gomez, presiding at the session of court in which were the names of the j witnesses who testified before the body, and were as follows: Irvine Saunders, , Willard H. } Wells, Arthur Baeza, ‘Annie | Laurie Bethel, Eloise Sawyer, | Eugene Spencer, James Armand Roberts, Robert L. Sawyer, Curry, Reggie Trevor, Walter H. Marvin D. Griffin, Harry. Johnson, C. Floney Pelticier, |Leonard Guerro, Manuel O. Lopez, Fernando Stirrup, Wood- WASHINGTON; July 8—Com- ' management of the navy depart-|son Charlow, Joe Guerro,. Yulée Bethel, Paul O. Thompson. Following the presentation and reading of the presentment Fore- | man Turner stated that the jury had a number of important .mat- iters to investigate, including the schools of the city and those-of ithe Keys, and a recess of ‘the jbody was granted until Wednes- | day of next week. FRUIT STEAMER .. Steamship St.. Mary, of - the Standard Fruit and —— Co., arrived yesterday afternoon 1:50 o’¢lock, berthed at the Porter Harry M. Pinder, Charles Gould « Bowen, Mrs, Walter H. Bowen, ARRIVES HERE