The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 4, 1939, Page 1

Azsociated Press Day Wire Service ‘ For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX, No. 184. Pian Yacht Basin At Garrison Bight | Melvin Russell Takes Up The 3 THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. —. Russell: - KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Rotary District Meeting At Yeteda’s Luncheon FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1939 es Report On Si isin Key West § Key West, Florida, has most equable climate in tht country; with an average | Tange of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS: tarts Operating ‘Under New Charter Provisions | Business of the day at the differences attendant upon ‘the ‘Rotary Club luncheon held yes- ; business of searching for a prince RETURNS HERE SAWYER’S CASE jterday was the report of Secre- consort, and the terrific mileage: 4 ets eee |tary Everett W. Russell, who at- accumulated by his charge’s in-? BROUGHT BEFORE VESSEL WENT TO ASSIST (tended the District Assembly ability to resist temptation to} which was recently held at Or- drive around and around a circle; SHIP REPORTED 1 : CRIMINAL COURT | lando. {whenever one was_ encountered, DISTRESS OTHER CASES ARE HEARD:| Matter At Meeting Of: City Council Conducted Last Night New Government Is Func- tioning In Accordance With City Attorney’: Opinion In Matter City Auditor Roberts Outlines Accomplishments s Secretary Russell made a very such as those laid out at Holly- complete and detailed report of wood and Sebring. the business transacted at the; Visiting Rotarian Milton Mor- Melvin E. Russell addressed ' 'assembly, and brought out the ris, gave a most interesting talk } the City Council last night rela- tive to plans, going forward for Wrecking Tug Warbler which ; i p {left yesterday morning in an-} turning the Garrison Bight into ®!swer to radio advice that ai yacht basin. Mr. Russell stated | steamer, thought to be a tanker, that as everything was practically ready for the starting of this project that he felt an applica- tion should be sent to the War jwas burning several hundred point that Rotary should be known in its community by the work accomplished in the service {of the community, rather than by, sought for publicity. Much emphasis was laid on the | on the Boys’ Club in which the; Tampa Rotarians have interested themselves. Most of the club members pay, voluntarily, an as- \sessment of $1 per quarter and | under the devoted enthtsiasm of | SENTENCE IN TWO CASES TO BE PRONOUNCED TO-/| MORROW | | | In accordance with a written and official opinion rendered last night at the regular meeting of OF City OF Key West the City Council by City Attorney miles east of Key West and that! fact that a most fruitful field for ithe ship’s company had taken to' service, was that comprised in | the life boats, returned to port at|the attention which could be 8:55 this morning. given boys who were yet in the { | formative stage. When the radio was_ received | Department as soon as practic- able for permission to carry on tions were made to get quickly! the work, which will be in navig- {to sea. An extra crew of wreck- }ers was summoned and at 4:35! naar acer ara | the Warbler left for the direction An ordinance relative to trans- | indicated. portation of passengers by com-| Salvage Master C. N. Peterson mon carriers was passed on its /of the Warbler said this morning! first reading. jafter landing that they went more } Another ordinance pertaining | than 150 miiles from port and} to the conduct and activities of ; spent six or seven hours in the! chauffeurs,-and designating park-| search, before making their way | ing places, was also passed on its| back to Key West. initial reading. i The vessel reported to “be in A third ordinance passed on its | distress was the tanker Dunkwa, ! first reading was that of assess-|.and Lloyds of. London wired in! ing and imposing an excise tax |response to telegrams of inquiry ; of one percent gross against all | sent their offices, that the tanker | insurance companies carrying on|Dunkwa was safe in the harbor a business of insuring property | of Rotterdam, inst loss os damage from fire. ayere a number of other This fund is to be used for fire- which took up the search: Melvin E. Russell who said ,early yesterday hurried prepara- | that he “just went along to keep | track” of the club’s problem \child, dwelt on the diplomatic “Pop” Young the well equipped club house has removed the blight. of hoodlumism' from ajGourt was called this morning at |The Citizen was given a com-|mate amount of $19,000.00. has large section of Tampa’s boy- hood and is making good Amer- ican citizens of them. Visitors who were introduced to the club members were C. H. Johnson and Milton Sawyer. Improvement Is Seen In Strike EUROPE NOW. Situation j j (By Axsnociated Press) DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 4.-The National Labor Relations: Board directed strong admonitions * | | | !Albury on the bench and all! . we In discussing city affairs with Recessed session of Criminal ‘charles R. Roberts, City Auditor, i | ‘ | prehensive outline of the accom- |plishments of the municipality. | Mr. Roberts stated: “There has been so much other court officers present, and ‘criticism of the present City Ad- isiti " ministration to date and no men- ene Attorney Fred Pine of ton ef any gout sechiictioed, T Miami, also present. jbelieve the public would be in- The case of W. B. “Blondie” } terested in learning of some of Sawyer, charged with assault | the outstanding business _trans- iid ‘Dattery. With intent to com-| actions in the interests of the ‘ .., |City of Key West under the mit murder, was called for trial, | present municipal’ government.” but was postponed until the ses-' Here are the facts: sion at 2 o'clock this afternoon | Public Debt: During the past on plea of Attorney Pine. jtwenty months ‘ outstanding Mr. Pine said that he had been | Municipal Bonds in the amount retained by Mr. Sawyer to de- | 0f $14,000.00 have been redeemed fend the case of the assault on | and past due interest coupons in the person of Eugene Edley, but the amount of $6,980.00 have up to then had not had sufficient | been paid. ee time to discuss the case with his! Of a total outstanding bonded client norto interview the wit-; debt of $1,174,000.00 (principal), nesses, and Judge. Albury granted | old bonds in the amount. of $767,-, the request. 1000.00 and. interest. coupons ;in Mr, Edley, who was shot in the the amount of ‘$224,000.00 have 19:30 o'clock with Judge Wm. V. ee vessels men’s relief and pension fund. MAIN LOOKOUT \for the craft in distress. The} The report read from the local} Coast Guard Cutter Pandora left Aquarium showed that $187.95! port. shortly after 5 o’clock yes- against General Motors’ officials! foot by Mr. Sawyer, was in the} | today, in which were stated’ the|court house, in the office of been refunded under an agree- ment‘ with the R. E. Crummer & Illinois. {request to stop the influencing of was collected during the month|terday morning, the Cutter Vigi- of July. Hlant left port at Fort Pierce to; Hatry M. Baker’s. report as|hunt over the area indicated by | building inspector showed $21'the messages, and the Coast, taken in on permits for the month Guard base at Dinner Key made! of July. an air survey over a large area, ' Chief of Police Ivan Elwood’s but all in vain. 4 report showed fines collected for! There were also several ships; July to the a HitVof$184!00. {| at sea which joined in the search, | ‘ going off their courses in the un- THREE NATIONS {successful hunt for the vessel in| ' It was Jearned from standard ; WOULD COMBINE authority that punishment for} perpetrating hoaxes of this kind, | guilty may be subjected to a fine! ‘of $10,000 and a term of three years in Federal prison. | “distress”. jmeans that the person proven; (My Aunociated Presi) TOKIO, Aug. 4.—Reports today related of negotiations being en-/ gaged in by emmisaries of Italy and Germany and Japan aimed at an alliance of military and eco- nomic importance between three nations. Various Tokio authorities were | TAKING GROUP ‘affairs was needed in Europe. \let-Japan “get away with too 'much”, stated the premier; how- OF ENGLAND PRIME MINISTER CHAMBER. | LAIN. INFORMS. PARLIA- | \ MENT OF PROGRAM Now) ‘MAPPED OUT workers in factories in connection with coming collectve bargaining elections. Federal officers of the claimed that investigation show- ed company officials engaged in various . activities among em- ence: votes against the CIO union’ ;and in favor of the AFofL group. (By Ansociated Press) | Meanwhile, no further unto- LONDON, Aug. 4,—Prime Min- | ward.events were reported in the ister Chamberlain told parlia- ;Sttike situation that continues to a {keep over 75,000 workmen away rc today that ‘the government | +7, their jobs. First of. the week omega ches ae ee cat | activity will bring relief in the dolence of Jkpaemee aides PE [a urnaow % ae gee rar! we ot Ts , with the cause major attention of military | clections giready called. ‘OFFICER PEREZ Not that England was going to; i | | ever, in that the Japanese navy NLRB; \ ployees aimed at efforts to influ-), 1. ~| OFF TO CAMP {far outnumbers the Far East Brit- Sheriff K. O. Thompson, accom- | Company, of Chicago, panied by Mrs. Edley and several: The new refunding bonds that friends awaiting the summons to have been delivered for old |appear in court to testify in the! bonds and interest coupons sur- case. ‘rendered bear interest at the The case of Miguel Chavez, | following rates per annum: 2% charged with responsibility of from 1938 to 1948; 3% from 1948 setting fires in the woods, which | to 1958; 4% from, 1958 to , 1968 was heard before’ Peace Justice,and 5% from 1968 to 1973 Enrique Esquinaldo yesterday; | (maturity). Considering ‘the fact was bound over for trial in Crim- that old bonds bear interest at inal Court this morning, and the the rate of 5% and 6% per case of Luis. Chavez was dis-|annum, the City has succeeded missed. in reducing its annual interest {Miguel was haled into court obligations (1938 to 1948) from this morning and upon being, $40,270.00 per annum to $18,- charged with the offense entered | 820.00 per annum. A reduction la plea of guilty. Judge Albury in interest of $21,450.00 per an- ‘imposed a sentence of six months num. in the county jail. | . Floating Debt: $10,405.00 of the At the. afternoon session of City’s floating debt (outstanding court yesterday the case against city warrants) has been retired Jesus Fernandez and O. Fernan- at a cost to the City of $5,202.50. |dez..réspective, proprietor and The City has thus liquidated in- ‘cook of a place of business,/debtedness on a 50% discount icharged with ‘having in their basis, effecting a profit for the | i City in the amount of $5,202.50. Henry H. Taylor, Jr., relative to the charter issue, which has be- !come a controversial matter as to |its exact status, the City of Key ‘West is now operating under tho Frovisions of the new city char- !the City’s large fire engine and j other equipment in the approxi- been adjusted and settled in full pad the sum of $5,500.00. This | transaction resulted in a saving !for the City in the amount of | $13,500.00. | The City’s indebtedness to the } | Eureka Fire Hose Company in 'the amount of $3,627.00 has been |adjusted and settled in full for ' $1,400.00. Another saving for the City in the amount of $2,- { 227.00. |. The City’s indebtedness of $11,- : | 235.84 to the Key West Electric |Company for street lighting has been liquidated. (tax settle- ment). ' City Employees’ Salaries: City employees received for the year 1938 by a»check of actual pay-~ In connection with the opinion rolls, 71% of their salaries. Dur- ‘of the attorney given last night, ing the first seven months of the he reiterated the same state- ee ow ment as made at the previous alate: meeéTirig—that it was “his opinion Court Judgments: The balance that the intent of the legislators of $5,454.69 due on the L. P.| handling the bill was to have a Chalmers Judgment (suit brought | referendum on the question, but against the City for unpaid in-| “in the shuffle” the two sections ter, which was recently passed by the State Legislature. ' According to the attorney's de- cision in the matter, there will be no need of holding a referendum as the new law becomes effec: tive without submitting the issue ‘ to a vote of the people. terest coupons in 1935) has been paid in full, principal and in-j} terest. | The amount of + $2,066.00 has; been paid on the {$3,782.85 J: S. | Jenkins Judgment, {suit ‘brought against the City for unpaid in- terest coupons in November of 1938). i | General Revenue Bonds: Gen- eral Revenue Bonds in the} amount of $4,927.00 have been) redeemed and interest on all} outstanding General. Revenue Bonds has been paid. | The above summary, neces-)} sarily brief, can mention only} some of the most outstanding ac’ tivities under the present City | Administration. It is offered | primarily as incontrovertible evi- dence that present city officials | have judiciously expended public | funds and have labored in the interests of and for the better-/| ment and advancement of this referring to a referendum, which were attached to the act as an amendment, was lost in. some way and never was Sag gs as they should have been.’ 'There- * fore, the attorney stated that he feared the validity of; the act would be questioned, and felt that the proper procedure to follow was to have’ the matter referred to some court of competent jur- isdiction to pass upon it in order that the validity of the law may be fully determined and settled once and for all to the entire sat- isfaction of the people as a whole. Following the reading of the opinion of the attorney, the Coun- cil ordered the clerk to notify all city officials and others interest- ed that the new city charter was now in effect in order that they may govern themselves accord- ingly. At this juncture, Councilman Will E. P. Roberts questioned the doubtful that Japan would def- | initely ally herself with the axis, Victor Lowe, supervisor of the | powers; howeyer, it was conced- National Youth Administration ; ed that the all. powerful army unit, expects to leave tomorrow j element would force such an al-' morning over the highway with liance if no pressure was brought a group of young women who! War, today reported that the mili-' minor operation in one of the hos- against the move by diplomats of will at Miami take a bus for} Japan, Camp Roosevelt, and enter for Britain today stated that her educational courses as provided { attention would be diverted for by the NYA. the time being from further ne-' Mr, Lowe said that he will! ish fleet, there appears no oppor- | tunity as long as_ the European | ¢risis exists to enforce British de: mands in China. R. A. Butler, undersecretary of tary scene in Danzig is fast ap- proaching immense proportions. with Germany coricentrating more and more militia near the Polish border at that point. Other | Bienvenido Perez, the Key West Police Department, | left on the early bus for Miami to! i visit his son who is to undergo al possession crayfish »during the) member . of ers season, was called for}. trial, j The charges against the cook, | O. Fernandez, was dismissed and | the proprietor entered a plea of not guilty to the charge and st Py ne hogy following jury was summoned Mr. Peréz told The Citizen this) . . morning before leaving the city | try the issue: Albert Perez, Harry: i M. Baker, Alfred Lucignani, | baad na Seva uae ae | George Pierce, Leslie Albury and} The City’s indebtedness to the American LaFrance Company for municipality, states Auditor Rob- | erts. validity of the law, and stated that proceedings would be en- tered at once in the courts by Congress Speeds Up Work | those not satisfied with the ex- isting status of the matter in or- der that a definite decision may |be reached as to the validity of |the law under which the mimniti- |pality is to operate in the future. In all probability the protests Looking To Adjournment ‘military operations and “calls to Eugene Lewin. will be filed with Judge Arthur gotiations over the Chinsee situa- leave about 5 o'clock and will ar- tion, and that it was possible rive in Miami at 5 o'clock with trade treaty denunciations might the following youths from this} be forthcoming. This move was city: Misses Edelia Parra, Dianaj expected as a natural followup Ortiz, Celia Vargas, Marina Bas- to the United States action in ab-*quet, Ada Thompson and Phyllis rogating the 1911 trade treaty. | Richardson. | Pal Linz, Noted Sportsman, To Visit Here This Winter brought about a partial deafness, | Following the taking of testi- (By Axssoceted Presa) arms” was fast bringing the total’ and the physician had ordered a of men under arms in Germany tonsillectory which will be per- to the two-million mark and all formed today. Europe watches “on the alert” as} crisis time approaches. : Rumania, in recognition of the! Hungarian threat, has issued more — conscription calls, bringing her; (By Asnociated Press) Strength up to 300,000 men in! WEATHERFORD, Okla, Aug. readiness . Bulgaria also is re-|4—Show most any farmer a ported to be calling more reserves snake and he'll seize a stick and to the colors. {begin to beat it. But not Pioneer Italy is engaged .in widespread Homesteader J. M. Kroeker—he’s war maneuvers, which are plan- fond of reptiles. ned to carry through the whole! So fond, in fact, he provides a month of August. sanctuary in a cottonwood grove Russia intensifies military op- on his 160-acre farm, herds snakes FARMER HARBORS SNAKES AS AIDS AGAINST PESTS poke which occupied but a} i short time, the case went to the: jury which returned a verdict of | gress moved swiftly towards ad- guilty. |journment today as final con- Sentence in this case and that | siderations were given to last non: his trial yesterday, will be pro- portance. | nounced tomorrow morning. ARRIVE IN CITY - Mr, and Mrs. E. F. Hess and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nichols, of ~ ss A overnight Paul Linz, noted traveller and} He holds the record of catch-! erations, and while no figures of from other farmers’ lafids to his)afternoon. Mr. sportsman, has written friends | ing the largest bull dolphin ever | that he intends to come to Key taken in Florida waters. The fish | was taken while he was a guest: has{|** the Casa Marina several sea-; ago. This season he will de- } | vote his angling efforts to the: ilfish and expects to add those! actual strength were available, it own, nurses injured ones back to is thought that over two million health. Only venomous rattle- men were engaged in various snakes are taboo. movements. | “I found out when I was a Tri-nation conference between boy”, explains he, “that snakes Russia, England and France will: were as handy as birds in clean- get underway early next week! ing out pests, and I've protected with the arrival in Moscow of them ever since”. Citizen office to Lions Allen and Armstrong. ‘sioners. Administration disap- proval of the suggested changes, however, will probably ‘be recog- nized. The $800,000,000 housing bill was killed definitely in this ses- i sion yesterday on a big- majority vote in the house. social security law which would) bring additional pensions to pen-| Gomez of the Circuit Court, and WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—Con-;are locked in serious debate on possibly may be taken to the Su- preme Court by others who would ie question settled. by a higher tribunal. City Attorney Taylor’s opinion |was rendered in a very concise and comprehensive manner, cov- jering practically all details connection with the measure, islature by Representative Bernie C. Papy; and; passed, with a ref- erendum amendment attached ‘by