The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 2, 1939, Page 1

Axsociated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West “VOLUME LX. No, 182. Relative To Stal OF Key Wests: Chat Omission Of Sections In Bill Passed By Legisla- ture Has Great Bearing On Referendum | The question today being asked on all sides and by all parties in- terested in municipal affairs is whether or not the proposed new city charter for Key West is out of the “proposed” classification. and into that of’ an accomplished fact, The events that lead up to the | reasons why the question is caus- ing much confusion are strange House Members Refuse To : Consider Housing Meas (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—The j had been ‘stricken from it by the! $800,000,000' Housing Bill fell by | Senate ‘until it was less than half |the wayside this morning as/ its original) size—but House ac- {members of the House of Repre- | tion ‘yesterday ended alll dispute jsentatives refused to consider it, and further arguments on -whe- | This followed action late yester-| ther or not the country was ac- day in cancellation of considera-' tually in need of its provisions. tion of the Lending Bill by the|President Roosevelt appeared same group, and administration | calm in defeat, however is re-} leaders now appear to be .in aj ported.as having informed the} \ “give up” mood, signifying no in- | press that the country would suf- ‘tention of keeping Congress from! fer economically from’ the non- | adjourning at the will of mem- | passage of the bill. bers. Scenes in Congress today- were Thus, in recapitulation of the} headlined by a Senate conference major bills that were included-in! fight on amendments to the So- the “must legislation” as spon-|cial Security Law. Various pro- sored by President Roosevelt, the visions are up for discussion and 1 1 | opinions .vary,.as usual, It was final count appears to be two to one in favor of Congressional op- position. The three must bills were defense, neutrality and lending. The first bill ‘passed. Then a coalition, of solid Repub- lican opposition and a good num- and unaccountable as both sides in the controversy were complete- ly taken by surprise. As related yesterday. city offi-; cials learned that the bill creat- ing the néw charter as passed by | sprang up to cause all manner of the Legislature at Tallahassee in }grief to the White House. May, failed to include section 74| ‘The-Lending Bill was left hang- as amended in the Senate, which | ing until next session: Provisions sta Soe dat pom Sc SEXTEEN DROPPED FROM WPA ROLLS discovery on, events occurred -in/ fast order, as,efforts were made FOURTEEN FOREMEN AMONG THEM: TWO IN: OTHER to clear up the’ mystery so that CAPACITIES a proper decision could be made to either cancle the pending -ref- erendum or continue arrange- ments for it, as the case may be. } Opinion in the city is divided| on the question of whether the (freely predicted,. however, that ithis-measure, too, would be. held RNMOST NE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SEIT IISS SL 4 NEW SPECIMENS IN TROPICAL AQUARIUM One of the most beautiful fish that has been in the Key West Tropical Aquarium for some fime is a large speci- men of the rock beauty, a fish which is native to the waters but is usually captur- ed in emaller sizes. The specimen in the Aqua- rium tank is about six inches Tong; and bears a close re- semblance. to the French angel, It is a member of the angelfish family. This fish is coal black with yellow and on both sides is with small golden . s one of the most beau- the angelfish family and draws and holds the at- collection larger than usual. Another specimen in one of the larger oval tanks is the barracuda, commonly ‘ealled. the “tiger of the. sea", that has ever been placed in the Aquarium. It is about four and a half -|the non-support of wife and min- “\not guilty on a charge of aggra- WSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. ; WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1939 . + - Criminal court convened this morning at 9:30. o’clock with Judge William V. Albury presi ing and all officers of the court! | present and a small attendance} of spectators. - i The case of Garvin Rayburn! | was called and he was charged| with indulging in open profanity and imputing a want of chastity. He entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $10 or spend 60 days in thé coun- ty jail. S. W.. Wheeler, charged Congressnan with | or child; was: arraigned and the charges read:to which. he entered. a’plea of not guilty. : i |; The following jury was empan- giled to try the issue: Samuel W. 17. Smart, Clarence. Higgs, H. N.} Tedder, Herman Richardson, Mar-; eos A. Mesa, Jr:, and Oscar Cruz. Examination of witnesses was started and was continued until (afternoon when the judge © an- nounced a recess and continua- tion of the case until tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. . | Yesterday afternoon's session j was occupied by the matter of Armando Machin, who was found } non, is making an effort to have the project designed to re- |habilitate the sponge beds in Florida: in the neighborhood of Key West, put in effect as soon !as possible, and’ has written a letter to the Hon. © Charles R. “vated assault and was to be tried on. a charge of non-support of | bis minor children. After hearing the evidence he or- dered’ the. matter placed on the * Judge Albury settled the case. | Jackson, acting ‘commissioner of; the Bureau of Fisheries, at Wash- ington and a copy of the letter ber of anti-New Deal Democrats, | ote eet ennai a referendum will be held. The City Council, as related elsewhere in this issue, met last evening and held over opinion in the matter until tomorrow evening’s meet- ing. In the meantime, various actions are underway to ascer- berg the true status of the charter Members of the Charter Re- vision Committee, when acquaint- ed with the situation yesterday, were dumfounded. Preparations by that group were definitely, un- derway to organize for the spe- cial election and.a meeting Had been held on Monday evening of this week and. another was plan- ned for tomorrow evening. Offi- cers of the group stated that they took immediate steps late:yester- day to ascertain whether:the new charter was in effect. The referendum clause, amend- | ing section 74 of the new char- ter, passed both the Senate and/ the House, as recorded in both official journals on the days of passage. From the House jour- nal, the Charter committee copied the provision when copiés of the new charter were printed and re- leased last week. For an unstated reason, the city officials sent for an official copy of the new law, and in com- paring the photo-static copy, which showed proper signatures and enroliment. by all state offi- cials, discovery was made that. the referendum amendment was missing, albeit, from every stand- point, it appeared the bill was actually a law, aifical It then appeared that a error had been made in not send- state officials answer _is lieved they will, makes charter a law, in final approving date june had been vacationing in Miami as the guest of her brother-in- law and sister, 5 and Mrs. Julius Lax, Jr., has retu Tesumed her position “a8. @rapher for County Allan B .Cleare, Jy |the Works Projects Administra- tion, acting temporarily as area supervisor in place of B. C. Mo- | Teno, resigned, announced today | the release of 14 foremen. |. Mr. Wilson said that investiga- tion showed that the men to; be |released were no. longer neces- |sary to the efficiency of projects on which they are employed, and {that orders from Jacksonville | released. The names of the men were not announced ag they, had. not—someé © of them—received | their cards. It was learned from other ‘sources that Mrs. Linton Curry, who had for a long period been in tharge of the sewing room ac- tivities, had been relieved from cher duties. and the position filled by Mrs. Piedad Parra. Rex’ Wilson, field engineer of | | made it mandatory thafjthey be | over for another session. | President. Roosveelt was giving ; thought to. the Wage and Hour Law today, with ~ especial em- phasis on the protests made by several mills in ‘the South that they would be. forced to shut down if provisions calling for suggested wages were “enforced. feet long and was caught by Oscar Ramirez, relative of Joe Romero, caretaker of the jum. . It was given to the institution by Mr. Ra- ‘mirez just after it had been caught several days ago. | First regular meeting for the To Meet |month of August of the . county commissioners will be held at 8! jo’clock tonight in the office of, Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, it was an-} 'nounced this morning. |» “Mr. Sawyer. said there were no- matters of importance to be brought before the board, except | the final acceptance of the bud-} get for the coming year. The tentative budget has’ been dis- }eussed ard published several weeks ago. 5 j | pinch oasis SS iFigure Turned The. | Budget Upside Down — (iy ‘Annociated Press) 9 TULSA, Okla, Aug. 2.—The | figure “9” turned upside down; (4pecint to ‘The Citizen) may have cost Tulsa county sev-| FORT KNOX, Aug. 2-—With jéral hundred thousand of dollars: more than 1,000 miles of high- MECHANIZED ARMY UNIT ON LONG MARCH LEFT FORT KNOX THIS MILE TRIP absentee docket and advised the |to the Chamber of Commerce in accused that he must’ pay $5/Key West. The letter reads: — | weekly for the support of the! “] respectfully request that} ildren' and supply them with! you take the necessary steps to} dlothes and-the necessary medical | place in -operation’ the project; attention. He was advised by the ‘designed to rehabilitate and con- judge “that the ‘orders issued serve the sponge beds in and from the berich must be obeyed | around Key West, Fla. fost fetter." “The ‘previous Prepare i | ndence i jof Dr. Paul S, Galtsoff, who in-; vestigated conditions in the in-j !necessity for action in this_mat-| ter. “I can assure you that I will! be grateful indeed for ‘coopera- | tion, and you may be. certain} that if there is any manner in which I may lend my active per- | sonal assistance to expedite the (Ry Aunocinted Prenn) ;from this offiée, and the report |; dustry, will show the -absolute © ct Last Pat Cannon tation Of $n Fi Highest Temperature During Jaly Was 91 United States Weather Bu- reau in Key West covering the month of July, shows the highest temperature was 91 degrees recorded on July. 16, and the lowest was recorded on July 12 and was 71 de- SEVENTH CAVALRY BRIGADE MORNING ON THOUSAND! |in state gasoline ahd automobile W. Patton, The taxes are ,apportioned to counties on a Toad mileage basis. Tulsa county, says he, has 911 | taxes, says County-Engineer Dan: ct chanized force, the 7th Cavalry Brigade (mechanized) left Fort ‘Knox, Ky., this morning on the longest march in its: brief. history lway ahead, the Army’s only me-j miles. Imagine his surprise when ‘to become, upon arrival at Platts- W. F. Latting, ‘Tulsa county state burg, N: Y., part of the First representative, . told him. the Army under Major General Hugh ‘county was getting its share of A. Drum in the largest peace- | State money on the basis of 611 time concentration of military miles. ; junits on the American continent LONDON, Aug. 2.—Prime Min- ister Chamberlain called for ad- |journment of parliament today in the expected move following the jvote of confidence extended his party yesterday. He stated that |the government believed that it jwas amply prepared for any | carpeting that mightarise in the international situation and felt up, that~a. special session could te {| The legislative body was in- formed that present plans called for reconvening on October 3. Winston Churchill. called on | parliament not.to adjourn, point- ing out the need to stay in ses- sion pending the outcome of the well-publicised “crisis period” j that, if some unusual crisis came | institution of this project, await your command. “The. situation fishermen for sponges is at this j time very acute, and is one which has existed for over six months.” ‘POSTAL RECEIPTS SHOW DECREASE AND MONEY ORDERS £50. SHOW DROP. OVER 1938 * fe . Postal receipts*at the Key’ West postoffie> during the month’ of July, 1939) show: a total of $2,- 696,88. For the same period dur- ing 1938, receipts totalled $2,- 855.75—a difference of $158.87. i Postal saving accounts on hand jJuly 31, 1939, totalled $303,471. i At the same date in 1938, they jtotalled $306,010—a difference of | $2,539. I ! \ among the (POSTAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS | if | Another employe of long stand- has been removed from his po-' thé line the figure. ‘9’ sition, is Nestor Recio. head of | tra ‘the commodity distribution de- a ‘6’. and was record I have no idea how this has been going on.” _ ei WPA Timekeepers € | “It would appear,” moaned. sj the: Civil War. .ing on the rolls of the WPA, who | Patton, “that somewhere along Naneidiek will be re dier General Adna commander. of the ‘ cavalryman, and son of a cavalry- » man, a tough trooper steeped in the -time horse traditions of The con- lowed by became maneuvers from August 13th to 8) 27th. Shortly after daylight, Briga- R. foree, a & Chaffee, that is supposed to come the mid- dle of this month. j Money orders issued during the! mont were for $25,964.58, and} In Berlin, all agencies’ of the |for the same period in 1938, the’ jnation’s war machine released’| ‘otal was $32,244.83—a difference ' statements of “complete prepar-;°f $6,280.25. edness for any order that . the/ mean that act ae Hae ri ' ! if ij ! g . i i 5 Z 3 g i g5ERe Ha : 8 i wel i iH a CLEVELAND, Aug. 2—More}, west. - f Record for the month since the establishment of the weather bureau was 41. miles per hour on July 18 from the southwest. There were 10 clear days, 13 partly cloudy and eight cloudy days during the month. Thunderstorms occurred on 13 days, solar halos on six days and lunar halo on one day. Sunshine was 71 per cent.of the possible, while the average is 70 ner cent. The sun shone on every day during the month. Kl ude wd, wh, ahaheuhruteubeas ‘MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED YESTERDAY | There was a marriage license lissued yesterday afternoon from | the office of County Judge Ray- «mond R. Lord, permitting the | wedding of Andrew Pent. and Julia Lopez. i t | i The ceremony was performed: in the judge’s office in the county court house, the judge officiat- Officials of the NLRB are mak- PRICE FIVE CENTS: Koh r Purpose Of Having Charter Issue Clar inet City Attorney Instructed To Give Written Opinion At: Meeting Tomorrow Night City Council met in special ses- sion Iast night for the purpose of discussing the new city charter, which issue became very confus- ing yesterday when City Attor- U.S. Congressman Pat Can-| OMI DP MDI BPI GS) ney vonry 1. Taylor, Jr. and City Clerk Archie Roberts discov- ed that a photo-static copy ‘of the charter bill, H.B. 1599, as passed by the Legislature on May. 31, fails to mention sections 74 and 75 referring to the referendum already called by City Council for | August 15. | | Providing that the above: state- | ment, relative to the failure of making mention, of the two sec- tions as specified, is correet,; the |new city charter has already be- come effective as no referendym would be necessary, inasmuch as the: legislative act was passed av the récent session calling for the new charter. : City Attorney Explains Issue City Attorney Taylor explain- ed the issue last night, following the discussion, and gave ay off- hand opinion that, according to |the measure as it\appears in the | House and Senaté**journals, no referendum or special election is | necessary. Mr. Taylor, however, did state that he was ‘satisfied it was the intention of those présenting the amendment to the bill to have’a referendum on the issué, but that in some way or other the two sections in question were nét fol- lowed up and were not recorded as they should have been, which | was no. fault of the legislators. | Presenting the amendments. ‘They were under the impression,..the icity attorney further explained, |that the amendments were ‘prop- erly handled and attached to the | main measure as passed by the Legislature. calling for the new charter, providing that the ques- tion was submitted to the vote {of the people. Law Now In conclusion, Attorney Taylor stated that regardless of what er- rors had- been made in connec- tion with not having the two sec- tions embodied in the bill, as they should have been and as was in- tended by those handling the measure, there is nothing-else to ' go by except the way the bill Ap- jpears in the House and-Senate | journals, which makes it. 4 law according to the status and-fune~- | tioning of the various legislative | departments: This, however, was | given as Mr, Taylor’s rsonal opinion in the matter this time, The council ,not being satisfied FINAL DIVORCE