The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 13, 1939, Page 1

pa) We 8B Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West ———— VOLUME LX. No. 165. National Guard Plans or Target Practice gato Direetor ‘Addresses Group in. Fort Advised To Open Windows During Heavy| Frits i Major Webster F. Putnam, Jr.,| 13th Coast Artillery, and ad- jutant at Key West barracks, -has issued the following’ relative to the target practices to be held oat THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U: S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1939 | ZONING WHAT IT IS...WHAT IT HAS DO WHAT IT CAN DO By Frank W. Li The Citizen republishes articles on Zoning for Ke; fourteen years ago and The Enabling Act ai has just been passed by the The writer was for ten y Article No. 5 HOW A PERMANENT ZONING - LAW WORKS “When fortune means to. men most good, she looks upon them with a_ threatening Shakespeare, “King John,” IH! scene IV. ‘ “Delays have dangerous ends.” “King Henry VI, act HI; scene We ited 1 June and July (1925). The matter was tion that the time would come when the necessity of a competent Zoning Plan. uthori: Zoning for the Island Cit; th Legainture ge tn the fifth in a series of written especially for it the months of in anticipa- ey West would see ited with Zoning and ears. City Planning, a member of the Gpard in his native city. for school buildings in desirable .and accessible locations. | Plan, plan, plan, . but, plan ahead and be prepared for event- uallities. ‘Land today. may be taken by ir purchase or the .right of efinent domain at.a price much less to the city;than it. can. five years from now. A Key West Planning board would locate pros- Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Citizen | — efunding Bonds Are Ordered Purchased By Monroe County Board Roosevelt, Pepper And Cannon Interested In PRICE FIVE CENTS Various Other Matters Are Taken Up ' During Regular Meeting Held Last Night j ive fire houses, possibly one ; Much more has'been,, can be of’ two sub-police stations, its city this week and next: week at Fort Taylor. The 265th Coast Artillery, Flor- ida National Guard, will fire sub- caliber ammunition at Fort Tay- lor on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this danger area will be about 5,000 ~ Hotel Las { Evening: and ever will ‘be said on zoning. yi , its cemeteries, its streets ‘Wherever it has swept a thinking land now salt pools or Monroe board of county com- Roy Wingate, Assistant Natio- nal Director of Disaster Relief, for the American National Red | Cross, addressed last night at the }La Concha hotel, a group of local organizations at a well at- prepared in any emergency, and said the existing conditions at | city it has dusted many an error. “out. It will act as.a marvelous and es, its future bathing eaches—say its new city hall and its court house and post of- |the present time were not con- a certain tonic to rejuvenate Key fiee—all of these, and doubtless |ducive to calm state of mind. | ‘There are number of things | going on in nature that indicated week. The! members and leaders of different | that this may be one of the pe- jriods of the need for care in time lof disaster, and while he knew yards south of Fort Taylor. tended meting. Service practice with the 155} millimeter guns firing service! that such interest was being dis-|2"4 other forms of disaster, it ammunition will be held on Mon-| played by the people of Key | Would be well at this season of day, Tuesday and Wednesday,| West who, though the weather |the year, to be prepared for alf a was © particularly . disagreeable | emergencies. July 17, 18 and 19 Feapectively.t og remained so throughout the! Calling at The Citizen office Danger area during this firing t will be about 15,000 yards south! impressive group. \pressed deep satisfaction at. his of Fort Tayior. All shipping is! Going into the detail of , dif-| reception tendered by Mrs. Grace advised to proceed with caution ‘ferent disasters which have! Phillips, secretary for Key West during these firings. ‘ stricken different sections of the|Chapter, and her associates and Persons living in the vicinity! county in the past, Mr. Wingate/said that he felt that Key West of the fort are advised to open; impressed on the minds of the/would be prepared to meet any ? articles from the walls of the’ Rotary Glu Observes National Guard Day house to prevent possible break- Today . was . National Guard sun and the barrage of mosquitos age. Day at Rotary Club and a large; brought on by recent rains. Mr. Wingate said that he was| that the people were usually pre- — { i | | MADE AGAINST WPA CHANGES ADMINISTRATION LEADERS \ evening, had come out in such an| this morning Mr. Wingate. ex-) West. § May these prescriptions fall not on sterile soil! Let us see what benefits may be confidently expected; let us see how city planning works. The edict has gone forth that jIf in five years when the Road to the Mainland is opened you of | today are going to shout from the housetops when the: first motor- jcade comes. through—if -you ,are planning now to keep time with the throb of the band on that new annjversary date—if you are ibig enough to vision Key West's fMain Street” of the future, can you not see that twice as wide will then be even too narrow? I can. 4 ‘It may take years to do it, but with a zoning ordinance in: ef- fect and were a sweeping fire at work the minute after the law is signed, then and there the or- dinance would wipe away all care about sufficient traffic space. This hinges solely on the es- tablishment of a set-back or a building line. If a building line | 1 building were to be torn down to- morrow morning, the zoning or- dinance would say: “Set back were in effect today and an old. \many more at points that at once would serve the public con- pvenience and meet the future’s , demands. To be sure, locate these items ‘new only on a zoning map, but gssume title to the land at the exceedingly well pleased to see Pared in this section for storms , Duval street is too narrow. It is. earliest possible day. i When fresh water comes from the mainland, service doubtless will require pumping. This is more likely to mean storage in rated. tanks. . These tanks. it to be located now, ‘and ideration given for their at- tfactive ornamentation, especially in the residential sections. | “Key West is flat land. The of the pipes for its future wage system will be so slight offer‘a problem. This prob- ‘by a pumping |- station where rotaries will farce’ the waste through submerged pipes to a safe distance out at sea. Such a station might well be isolated on a neighboring key, or an island could be built upon shallows a mile off shore. {. Plans for this health service sshould be given consideration now. Delay will cost more money. Flagler Avenue—proud title the Road to the Mainland will bear— will seem very narrow and fear- fully congested the moment it is Key West's. Projects" <== |purchase of refunding bonds of less aware work upon this water-/|the county to the t 177,- idea of ‘lobbying’ is not just a way eannot legally be under-j} oo <4 first class raekat operated. for taken with funds appropriated 000, of the offerings received the benefit of the lobbyist,” said for the improvement of rivers ,, ‘and harbors until a specific proj- | the State Board of Adminis- “Sometimes 1’ wonder if. the AND RELIEF OFFICIALS {membership turned out to greet | Lt. Col. J. de B. Walbach, C. A. the new one twenity feet.” So in opened to traffic from all North officers of the 265th Regiment |C., spoke breifly on his- work as; the case if the building further America. Through Key~ West Secretary Singleton at the Cham- ber of Commerce . office this morning. | “Certainly, pur President, . and Senators Andrews and Pepper and ‘Representative Pat Cannon, have never failed to respond and aet on any proposition presented’; to them on the basis of our com-; mon interest in our country, our State or our city. “They have appreciated - the direct approach, as man, to man, without the infliction of ‘hired ‘influence’ or devious wire pull-_ “This letter, signed: by Presi-) dent Roosevelt is self explana- tory. | THE WHITE HOUSE Washington | July 10, 1939. | Mr, Stephen C. Singleton, ~ Executive’Secretary, Key West Chamber of: Commerce, + Key West, Florida, . Dear Mr. Singleton: I am pleased’ to. acknowledge receipt of your letter of June 24, 1939, in which you-urge the im- provement. of the Intracoastal Waterway from Bahia Honda to! Key West. You inclose a state- ment dated January 21, 1939, of | } ect therefor has-been authorized ' tration at Tallahassee. by Congress. | 3 May I take this opportunity to| Attending the meeting were: assure you of my continued in- Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Com- terest. 4 Se nelince of the peo-' missioners B. B. Warren, Wm: ple of Key West. ! Monsalvatge and T: Jenkins Very: compen base de {Curry. Attorney W. Curry Har- FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. ‘is. Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, Chief ‘Senator Pepper adds his. word Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite of encouragement and sends us and several interested citizens, | an: interesting letter from Major from the list of bond . offer- General J. L. Schley, Chief of . re Engineers. _ings, all of them refunding, Clerk UNITED STATES SENATE Sawyer reading the entire list, Committee-on Commerce °°; 20dfoi-the number the ‘lint: of A July 10, 1939. j offerings totalling $177,000 was Hon. S. C: ‘Singleton, |selected after the price offerings Chainber of Commerce, and the funds’on hand had been Key West, Florida. jcompared. The yote to purchase the bonds was unanimous, and Dear. Mr. Singleton: ‘i : I am sure that you will be in- Attorney Harris was instructed |to prepare the resolution. terested in the attached from Major General Julian L. Schley}, Fred W. Lucas and E. M. Ed- jley, residents of Key Largo, ad- in re the status of.the report on the improvement of the Intra- {dressed the board relative to the |construction of a publig}:deek at coastal Waterway. .from . Bahia "Key lates. 1 oe : ida to K fest. Ns is oul me en, Wests that there is. at presei With all good ‘wishes, Iam’ «| ; Al Sincerely yours, |connected with the property, and (Signed), isigns have been posted by the CLAUDE PEPPER. | trustees, Miami Bank and Trust Co., warning all persons to keep off the property. Representative Pat Cannon CONTINUE WITH PLANS AS OUTLINED mental orchestra.. |» President William V, Little, in|to renew acquaintances in Key | greeting the officers called at-/ West, having last visited here in i a a tention to the “three special days 1921. |Coast Artillery and the Regi- ‘instructor of the encampment iny igun firing. He stated that he was; tup the street, or on the other precincts ‘in particular every side. So in case of a fire. {means should be taken without The buildings with the excep- delay to provide a boulevard of ition of the new San Carlos the amplest dimensions for this Theater are in the majority. of tourist and business crush that is La to come. the sentiment.of sponge and com- sends us this confirmation of his mercial fishermen in favor of a maintained vigilance in regard to ifive-foot channel in the inside our housing problem. | route. i CONGRESS OF THE The Secretary of War informs UNITED STATES % Maps of the section were con-~ Caesar LaMonaca, director of ¢a8eS, old. The new hotel, played /Concha, I have not seen. If it has any setback from the WASHINGTON, Jul: 13,—Ad- | Observed by Rotarians during the r ministration pak ane officials Yeu". They were the Annual the regimental orchetra, | - The time to plan is now, while land at the roadside is dozing on me that a report is being pre-' House of Representatives pared by the Chief of Engineers with a view -to determining the! Washington, D. C. July 11, 1939. i a ia S'Ladies banquet when Rotary a delightful program of popular! -tasseg Ce ene were entertained, the an- numbers as well as the opening new WPA hour schedules ag | nual luncheon tendered members Selection, “Beer Barrel Polka”. preparations went forward jof the graduating class of Key The numbers “included “Auld general revision of prevailing /West High school, and. lestly, Leng Syne”, “Sunrise wage scales after September ist, | National Guard Day. “I am sure nade ', “Donkey Serenade” and Administrator Harrington in| ‘hat we are all agreed today that. “Mexicali Rose”, vocal chorus by Chicago yesterday. reiterated that | the occasion celebrated» at this | Serg. Purnell. he would continue to. ignore! time is the most important”, said. As a part of the program the strike conditions . that effected, President Little, who continued new Key West song, “My Own approximately 70,000 workers | £0 point out that Key West. re-'Key West", words by Stephen C. throughout the nation, membered and longed for the re- | Singleton and musie composition this state- ment made while picket sae of the days when the’ sight; by Allan Armstrong, was present- were formed in front of the hotel f soldiers and sailors was fami- | ed, sung by Samuel Goldsmith, in that city where conferences on WPA matters were being held! Hliar on the streets of the city. He’ Mr. Armstrong accompanying hoped that government authori-!and joining in on the second j ‘ ities would recognize the strategic |‘chorus in duet. ee feet: a ally value of Key West in the defense |“ Col. ‘Wall presented the officers Harrington called attention |Scheme..of the country and _fe- of the regiment to Rotarians, who again to the 5-day law which re-{0Pen the Navy and Army bar--were: quired that all workers absent racks at an early date. | Captain L. E. Waldron, Ist Lt. from their jobs for that length of! Lt. Col. Percy LL. Wall respond-'M. P. Shaver, Captain S. S, time without godd cause, would /ed to the greeting and thanked Barchan, Ist Lt. R. W. Cooper, be dropped fromthe rolls. jotficers of the club for their | Major P. F. McCall, Jr, 2nd Lt. The American Federation of any kindnesses extended. He/E. E. Loudermilk, Captain W. E. Labor yesterday voted in ex- called attention to the two warm Thigpen, Ist Lt. J. B. Cato, 2nd ecutive session to petition Con-| Welcomes accorded. the regiment | Lt. A. H. Leunig, Captain E. A. gress for restoration of the pre- — jokingly referring to the warm/| * (Continued on Page Four) vailing wage rate for WPA. i iH in administration headquarters to! > abide by the regulation of the; § Monroe county grand jury which was last week called to in- new relief bill calling for en- NOTICE vestigate the killing of Frank} forced vacations of 30 days, with- out pay, for all WPA workers who have been on the rolls for a period of 18 months. This reg- ulation is supposed to go into ef- fect ber first and will af-} Beginning Thursday, July 20th Guerro by Leland Sawyer, andj body for and continuing until further returned their presentment ‘last} “Should notice this bank will-close at 12 Saturday to the effect that » no| presentment o'clock, noon, on Thursdays and! true bill was found against the! Judge Arthur turdays. : was still in session this! be Saturday, 3 | Matters pertaining Saas ae eae fuly13-15-16-19 ‘of the city were occupying the made- public. ' ; fect, it-is stated, a total list of; over 600,000 workers. manding inner line of the sidewalk what- ‘ever—ten feet. or..twenty—the. Casa Marina—that "problem would solve itself there. ‘pile at the edge of the: ocean— jIf it has no .setback,. public’ will be a social’ ‘center of the opinion. and public funds would : ‘carry it back were. it, in. time,-the [sole projecting structure on Du-. val street. |. A building restriction as to the lists of the realtors. 7Co! jFeach {tory as the months and the years meaning and value of zoning. |maeclk Be. :The zoning expert should at fre- Few streets in Key West will quent intervals go over every de- be wide enough, when the sun of tail of the map and the ordinance {prosperity smiles. Let every; with the planning board, the city jother, or every third street in engineer and other interested )Parallel, be tentatively widened | departments. jby a building restriction which; When the expert leaves a place forbids encroachment _ within,;to struggle “on its own”, he |say, ten or twenty feet of the in-' should leave the people possessed ;ner bound. tof all the reasons for the dif- | As old houses are replaced by ferent featutes. Community ad- ;new and modern ones, reconstruc- | ministration is essential. When ! 3 ‘the people understand it, they will support it and court cases board must be al- i § : i touch with develop- and F g i i J Z : : E i i is i & r) es iin i fe [ : i i 8 i awake; it is expected: advisability of -providing a pro-| Mr. S. C. Singleton, |tected channel between Florida Secretary, Bay and Key West in continua-: tion of the Intracoastal Water-' Key West, Fla. way along the éastern coast of| Dear Mr. Singleton: | Florida. ‘The report of the Dis-|- With reference to your wire of itrict Engineer at Jacksonville, | this afternoon, I am enclosing 'Florida, and / the Division En-! copies of my letters to the Miami gineer, South Atlantic Division,| Housing Authority and the Key / Richmond, Virginia, will shortly | West Housing Authority. ' | be submitted to.the Board of En-; Please know that I appreciate gineers for Rivers’ and Harbors; your interest in this important for further study -and analysis; matter and that I will exert my precedent to its transmission toj best efforts in this connection. Congress with the recommenda-| With kindest regards, I am tions of the Department. 1 Sincerely yours, I am pleased to convey to the! (Signed), Secretary of War your keen in-‘ jterest in the construction of this} , wal | the report on this improvement. rive steadily, and-we are 2:so as- will be expedited to the extent‘ sured of a very active interest in practicable consistent with ade-| the rehabilitation of our sponge | quate study. As you are. doubt-/ industry. \ rs ' Chamber "of Commerce, ' While every morning does not | erway and assure you. that bring in such letters they do ar- | j sulted and it was the opinion of jthe attorney that the question is one for the courts to answer. He | was requested to give the matter | thorough investigation and then advise the board what steps {would be necessary to take before the matter would be settled satis- factorily, or otherwise. Telegram from the Public !Works Administration, Atlanta ‘headquarters, advised that the | bblance of $2,500 due the county {on the contract for construction |of the annex to the court house, | whieh was done by the Davis Construction Co., and completed several weeks ago, would reach Key West within the next few days. It was advised that matters in* connection with the Davis con- tract be investigated by Attorney turned over to the company. Bond of T. S. Caro, notary . public, signed: by E. C.