The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 15, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 167. Citizens ‘And Taxpayer Here Form Organization To improve. Key THE SOUTBERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. _KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Monroe county grand jury which was empagelled July 5 for athe purpose of investigating the | killing of Frank *15,, and other matters to be brought ‘before, it returned their final ‘presentment this afternoon at 2 o'clock, and was: adjourned sine die by Judgs Arthur Gomez who arrived this afternoon to open court and receive the pre- | sentment. a a | | Colonel L. C. Brinton Head | Of Recently-Organized| Organization; Other Of-| ficers Also Named Citizens and. Taxpayers, Inc., af mew organization in Key West, | has come into being, according to| release today of information in regard to filing of organization | papers at the County Courthouse. | Distributed == Sponsors | The Sponsors Contribution Com- Judge Arthur Gomez on June 9 mittee recently brought into be- past. Incorporators are: Henry | ing by the City Council has start- Brewer, 1401 Duval street; L. C.jed the work of distribution’ of Brinton, 1330 Johnson street; !Pledge forms to the citizens of Guy Carleton, 902 Windsor Lane; | this city, and according to com- © Gennahie. Sctuaed erent ;mittee members, the initial drive and E. P. Winter, |has proven quite successful. | Von. Phister; The plan, as stated in. The street. All of these men have Citizen last week, is to distribute been active in city affairs for the‘ pads of pledges to all merchants past year, being property owners. j of the city as well. as © to - in and, in most cases, sponsors of dividuals by committee member new homes in the city. jcontact. Those cooperating by| Improvement of Key West is! signing the pledge to give a cer-| the keynote purpose of the for-| tain amount each* month until} mations of Citizens and Taxpay-| the first of next year, are to turn} ers, Incorporated, improvement in’ the first contribution as. soon! especially aimed «~at~ conditi ; possible. “They” may do that’ that will-act to bring additional | by waiting for official collectors new homes and citizens to. this} city. All members are interested | in the future, right development | of Key West and the means for forming the nucleus of a drive towards that end is furnished with this organization. Member- | ship-is open to all taxpayers and! citizens of Key West, according ; to wording in the incorporation} bDapers. t Officers are. listed as L. C./ Brinton, president; H; P. Con-! nable, secretary; Messrs. Brewer,} Carleton and Winter, executive; committee. None of the officers; operate any’ business in Key West and have no connections} politically, in the city. “This; factor admits of no obligation! feature to an, rson or group. | . We are ehie tb operate Fig psi Returning from Havana yester- @rive’ for a better city with free, day afternoon was the Steamship | hands, seeking nor asking no|Cuba of the P. and O. S. S. Co., | favors”, stated Col. Brinton to-| with 114 passengers. Of the num-| day: {ber there were 88 first cabin and; me men were instru-| . s sc gg forming the South , Seht second cabin passengers for Side Association last year, the: Key West, and 18 first cabin pas- group that contributed: much. t'}sengers for Tampa. ; mosquito-centrol and the prorpo-{ ‘Listed on the manifest of the: tion of various ptojects of city-|Cuba were the following items: wide benefit. This association | For Key West, six tons of freight, Sponsored the coniplete audit of | four automobiles and five sacks, the city books last winter at nojof mail; for Tampa, there were cost to the city. 216 tons of freight and 42 sacks} Col. Brinton, speaking as Citi-| of mail. { zens and Taxpayers, Inc.’s ene The ship sailed at 5 o'clock for dent, told The Citizen today that | Tampa with the following passen- additional information concern-|gers booking at this port: Mrs. | ing the activities of the organi-|Clara Loyola, Mrs. Marie Garcia, | zation would be forthcoming next ; Walter Sheeley, Clotende Forbes, | ‘week. M. Marrero and F. Marrero. CUBA ARRIVES | FROM HAVANA Concert Tomorrow. At icy West Art Center } | There will be a Concert given ii Ee PET ee tombrrow afternoon,» beginning Serenade “Au Autumn | -Remance” _.____ K. L, King March’ “Halmintton Field” —_ ; . Ed. McDonald} Banner Key Toso, band leader, March “Bugle Boy” NOTICE Selection “Martha” _ Ev. Flotow| Beginning Thursday, July 20th! King |notice. this bank will close at 12) o'clock, noon, on Thursdays and} THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST. 2p july13-15-18-19 | Pledge Forms \'To the Honorable Judge of the Above Named Court: e | We, the Grana Jurors, duly im- paneled and sworn at this Spring ‘Term of the Circuit Court of the ati {Eleventh Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida, to inquire in ‘ submit i of Monroe, respectfully : this. oun report: This Grand Jury. was impanel- y “| duly, A. D. 1939, at the Spring +Term of this Court. We elected as our Foreman L. O. Turner uerro on June} ‘and for the body of the County; ed and sworn on the 5th day of| SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1939 at the time of the completion of such repairs, a survey, inspection and thorough examination of $aid building. * The*Key West Junior-Senior th School building we find to be in good condition with the ex-' ception of the electrical wiring along the foot lights on the stage | in the auditorium, which wiring | we believe unsafe. We recom- | mend that this part of the elec- | trical installation be renewed | lor repaired so as to make, je safe. We further recom- end that the doors to the toilets changed so as to eliminate pos- ible accident which may ’ It the way the doors, im » We find the building used for | school on Big Pine Key to bas ry. Our investigation of the build- | jigs on Marathon used for school | jurposes makes us conclude that {game are inadequate and not! Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS conditions Are Now More Favorable For using Project Here © ‘Pancoast And Wolfe To Key West Tomorrew In Interest Of Matter Arrive In Rursell Pancoast and Earl architects of the Pan- Commit to call or by calling at the office of Sam B. Pinder, City Tax Col- lector-Assessor in the City Hall. Several pledges have been turned -in up to noon today. Wait- ing for the collection system to become thoroughly established, no appreciable amount of money is as yet on hand, however, the flow of contributions to the fund which has been earmarked defi- and as our Clerk J. Winfield Rus- j Satisfactory. Marathon is a grow-} sell. * ing community and in our opinion | ; We proceeded immediately; Would justify special effort to , with the investigation of the, case; provide better school buildings. fof the’ State of Florida against, But if because of financial in-| i Leland Sawyer, who was charged ‘ability the school authorities are: ‘with the murder of Frank Guerro.|unable at this time to erect or! In this investigation we examin+|acquire better buildings for ed twenty-three (23) witnesses,|school purposes, it is recom- As a result of: this investigation |mended as a temporary method ‘we found and returned. in open|to provide better housing for the Court, on Saturday, July 8, A. D.|Schools, that the matter of rent- 1939, “Not A True Bill” against|ing space for school activities be the said Leland Sawyer. } sidered. However, this Jury The Grand Jury has. inspected|@xpresses its appreciation to the following buildings and insti-jthose who have furnished the tutions, and as a result of such in-| premises now being used for, : In England. - (By Associated Press) LONDON, July 15.—About 34,- ) acts committed by bands of spies ;¢alled to the British colors to-/eral foreign countries. day, being the first to respond to} Germany and Italy were in the conscription order recently | conference over projected Nazi enacted by Parliament. These semi-control of the south Tyrole ‘youths were. just being born at district of Italy. Especially at ithe end of the World War twenty- the port of Trieste. ; Differences one years ago. The conscription ‘there, however, will bear watch- of this group and other classes ing in that other Italian ports will bring the ‘total of English-' will presumably raise objections, men under arms to. a reported’ according to authority on the 560,000 by. the end of this month. ' subject. spections reports: Bigs at Marathon. And. like-/ Meanwhile, in other parts of} In Madrid, Franco’s govern- j coast organization of Miami, are | : |due to arrive tomorrow to take 1 up with the housing authorify of {000 youths of England were! operating under orders of sev- Key West the preliminary de- ‘signs and other matters in con nection with housing projects Planned for this city. R. S. Sweely, representative of the United States Housing Au- thority in Florida, has indicated , to the local authority that’ eg#? ions in Key West appear favor- ‘able for the establishment of @ housing project here, and was in- Nineteen Persons. Lose lies. In Gaal in lows ‘of Harlan county. nitely for WPA project sponsor- ship, is expected to reach sizable. County Court House proportions early’ next week. ' “We find the County Court Committee members ask that House in good repair, clean, sani- residents procure pledges at the tary and the entire premises in iy earliest moment possible. Offi- excellent. condition. We com- cial receipt forms now in the hatids of the comibittee foe Wien Y ing ‘upon receipt of money, leare of same, \ County Jail | We find the County Jail te be in good condition and clean, and }we commend the jailor, Leon | Roberts, for his care of same. “However, we find it advisable i that certain work be done in con- ‘nection with the . sanitary toilet facilities on the premises, and we ac¢cordingly recommend that the sanitary toilet fixtures now jin the jail building be replaced {with modern _ fixtures; further, ithat the outhouse affording toilet (My Asavelatud Presa) peepee € ‘facilities in the jail yard be re- PROVIDENCE, Ky., July, 15.— placed’ with ‘sanitary ‘tid fa: At least nineteen men lost their cijjties, installed ina new out- lives this morning when a coal house and connected. with the dust explosion occurred in one of present sewer. the coal misiee is shie eftyes The The Count; vf was found . = * 1 e nu explosion came: without warning, 4,_h. clean, iene: sanitary trapping over fifty ‘men at vari- ‘and in excellent condition. We ous ‘levels in the mine. . ‘commend Mrs. Louisa Warren, Rescue workers are working matron, for her care of this in- feverishly to release _miners ‘stitution, We recommend the known to be ‘alive, while thé ‘continued use of county. prison- bodies of nineteen miners have ers to cut high grass»growing in been brought to the surface. ,. yard.of the County Home. More dead may be reported as i Schools rescue work proceeds. Local res- The ‘Douglass Elementary and cue workers will be aided: by fed- J ynior-Senior High School build- eral and state rescue crews when ings are both in need of general they arrive on the scene of the repairs ‘and the. installation ‘of clieaten: isanitary toilet facilities. We recommned that such, work be |done as soon as practicable. | Our inspection of the » Harris ,Elementary School building dis- closes that same is. now under {repair, and our investigation ‘in- sdicates that such repairs, when {By Ansoetated Presa> ‘completed, will put the building LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 15— | in satsifactory. condition. All's quiet on the Harlan county! Our inspection of and informa- tion’ concerning - the Division Governor Chandler was in con- ‘quired repairs have been ference this noon with federal! be made at once. Therefore, | ise expresses appreciation to jose who have furnished the school premises at Big Pine Key. ‘The school buildings at Mate- ‘eumbe and Tavernier’ are new in. excellent condition. Rock Harbor to be in satisfactory condition. H We understand that the school; buildings are equipped, where required, with the prescribed | number of fire extinguishers, but we wish-to recommend that the schools be supplied with a gen- erous number of fire extin- guishers’ for better protection. In this connection we also wish ; to suggest that at least one fire) extinguisher be provided — and | maintained in each of the chemi- | cal laboratories in the schools. It has also come to our -atten- tion that in the City of Key | West “School Zones” have been ; established and maintained in the | streets bordering the schools, and | that these zones are adequately. indicated to traffic by signs or) devices placed in the streets dur- | ing school hours. However, the schools inspected by us outside , lof the City of Key West either, t have no such school zones estab- | lished and indicated, or if estab- ; lished, such zones are not suffi-| ciently or conspicuously marked ' by signs. or devices which readily ; catch the attention of traftic.; Therefore, we recommend this matter be given considera- | tion and. that caytioes ely in; this particular be yi We wish to thank the Court,’ its officers, and other officials for their courtesies and assistance to us in the performance of our, duties... j COLLINS FAMILY jiami,- their son: Julius, Jr, | daughter, i and | friends of the family are cele-| i the fifteenth Pathday | NLRB representatives in connec- 18 Our recommendation that such |? tion with the recent killing of a.7epairs be completed. as early ; miner by national guardsmen Possible, and that the Board ‘called to the mines by the gov- ‘Public Instruction of ernor when it appeared that riots County. do have Today's: union-company con- ferences are being held in a neu: ly the subject of discontinuance of non-union workers in the mines ‘ rs Florida, ' TIFT’S DAIRY made, |. APPROVE Europe, preparations go forward ment took steps with | vizit of Count Ciano’of Italy to- in the “pre-war - game”, threats and counter threats be- day as he calls to talk over alli- ing hurled’ between the dictator! ance matters with the Spanish | dictator. ' Premier Deladier of Joere es atives are especially active - “day stated that-his home - | seei to. it that _no. » untow: = We-find. the sthool building at. gt an uld” oka ears committed by ‘anti-gov- ; trate on stoppage of espionage | ernmeit agitators. and democratic nations, ‘fénsé™ pro; OF PROPERTY BY TVA IN TENNESSEE HOUSE FAVORED PLAN. 208 TO 145; CALL FOR RE-EXAM- INATION OF ALL PRIVATE AIRPLANE OWNERS (Ny Asnoctated Press) WASHINGTON, July 15.—The House of Representatives yester- day approved by a vote of 208 to} 145 the purchase by TVA of property now. held by Common- wealths and Southern Utilities in three southern states. price was fixed at $46,000,000, the balance of the $78,600,000 purchasé price to be met by mu- nicipalities in Tennessee. Other money was appropriated by terms of the bill to buy other properties of the company at | some future time. Examine Pilots Civil Aeronautics Commission today announced that all licenses held by private airplane owners would be. revoked PURCHASE| GOMEZ TAKES | | to. guard the strumental in having Mr. Pan- coast and Mr. Wolfe come to Key West for the conference, it is said. Mr. Pancoast and Mr. Wolfe are both well known in the city and will be welcomed visitors. Mr. olfe was in charge of PWA: av- | tivities here while the project for |the annex to the court house was in. progress and remained until the structure was completed. Secret service oper- in GROUP LEAVES Gomez, son of Judge and Mrs./ Mr. and Mrs..W Watrous, Pha been gta enter nis of- | who had been visiting for the : iS aS past two weeks with Mrs. Wat- Deputy United States Marshal, |rous’ mother, Mrs. Grace Phil- Te Gene spuiniaient was |UP® accompanied by Mr. Wat- 9 jrous’ sister, Mrs. Clifford -P. reeves Faplhiee Rac id Dake “a | Meyer, left this morning for their gin-tntit ‘Monday; July 17 ;kome in Lykens, Penn. 4 , : They were accompanied by RITA RY | Mrs, Phillips, who will visit for a BODY: Wil | BE |time with the Watrous family .in‘ | Pennsylvania, and then proceed }to Suffern, N. Y., for a visit with ;other members of the | family. | Mrz. Meyer will go az *far as | Washington, D. C., which is her The body of Florence Carpen-| home. ter, age 21, who died in the Ma- - Sarees < guna: rine hospital on Thursday at 6:30 *, CEIBA morning. | SAILED FRIDAY The body is now at the Lopez! Funeral. Home. | BS GAGES : | Steams'ip Ceiba, of the Stand- jard Fruit and Steamship Com- ipany. sailed yesterday afternoon {3 o'clock for Frentera, Mexico, ARRIVES HERE" six passenger>, who are taking advantage of the usual jopportunities offered by the line | for cruises in Southern waters. Steamship Alamo, of the Clyde-' The ship arrived in the morn- Lines, arrived 9:30 ‘ing and took on 29,246 gallons of jp. m., will be shipped to Forsyth, | that j' TWA's share of the. purchase;Ga, to her brother, Monday} Mallory immediately ‘o'clock last night from Tampa fuel ojl, water and provisions and a call for re-examination and left at midnight for New and sailed for the port of destina- would be made next week. This move is taken to guard against accidents. The Commis- sion expressed itself as being dis- satisfied with the number of ac- cidents being reported recently } York. | tion. Trumbo Island Sheds — Burned Last Evening: An alarm of fire was sounded{of the bell signified that the fire from: Box 112 at 10 o'clock last | Was out. i sqmomnerucmemeenenii ‘night calling the apparatus to|QPEN SATURDAY and (Trumbo Island where it found \that ‘two old sheds, \ which had burning. ‘ SUNDAY Ramonin’s Restaurant 615 Duval Street SPECIAL DINNERS DURING . SUMMER MONTHS 2