The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 18, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 196. Che Key THE so City Of Key West Revers To Old Charter Provisions Action Taken In Matter At Regular Meeting Of Board Conducted Last Night ag: City Council, at a regular meet- ing held last night, decided to re- sume operations under the pro- Retiring President Of Rotary Club Gives Talk SHOITAIEH 4 “BUDDIES” DURING An attendance of the faithful, an excellent menu and. a most interesting talk from the retir- ing president, Ernest Ramsey, * UTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE —. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit U.S.A. ' KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1939. Bridge District: Commission Paul Marks, former attorney per month and 1-12 of the interest for the Overseas Road‘ and Toll amounting to $144,000.00 per an- ;Bridge District furnishes an in- ‘hum, or $12,000.00 per month. In j timate and detailed account of the round figures, approximately $17,- if | activities of the District Commis- }800.00, would have to be set aside sion, during the time immediate- i monthly to meet principal and in- lly preceding the meeting of Aug- ‘terest every month, | beginning ust 12, and the incidents of the! September 1, 1939. meeting. In addition to this, operating | | The entire communication fol-|cxpenses of $60,000.00 per annum | ‘lows and is signed by Mr. Mar! j amounts to approximately $5,- | To the People of Monroe County: , 000.00 per month and this has ‘to PRICE FIVE CENTS Detail: Aggressive Action In Danzig itis Oflssue On Part Of Hitler Is Expected Within Two Weeks Congressman Pat Cannon Will Be Heard Tomorrow At County Court House Same Situation That Ex- isted Regarding Czecho- Slovakia Is Now Con- sidered (By Ausoeiated Preas) vee ne s aeee ty Congressman A. Patrick Can-|ranged.by the Chamber of Com-| non, whovarrived in Key West|Merce, and all citizens of Key| Hate yesterday afternoon, will at-| West res caper welcomed. ‘ford the citizens of this city. a jerviews BERLIN, Aug. 10.—Field Mar- thal Goehring’s newspaper to- |day contained news that gives WAR REUNITE HERE Mr. and Mrs. Glenwood A. Wellacott. and daughters, Glenna and. Margaret. left the Rotary lunch meeting held? Inasmuch as I have been out of ; be. also set aside in order for the yesterday. the City the past several days, District to carry on. So that in Past President Ramsey’s theme! this. is -my first opportunity. to;round figures: again, approxi- song was, as recited as a pre- ‘make an expression as regards :mately the sum of $17,800,00 has visions of the old charter after having functioned for a short pe- riod under the new charter, fol- | towing an opinion rendered by| City Attorney Henry H. Taylor, | Jt., at the time. This action was brought about last night when the council asked | the city attorney if he had taken any steps toward filing a suit in Circuit Court for the purpose of having the validity of the charter | issue passed upon. This issue had | brought about a great contro- versy between those favoring the | new charter and those opposed to its provisions. The attorney’s reply to. the council last night was that no in- dividual or group interested in the matter had entered any formal protest as to the validity of the charter law, and that was the reason he had not made any further efforts toward having the matter brought before the court. Motion Made and Passed At this juncture, Councilman Archer moved that the council start operating under eres charter again inasmuch as the Board of Public Works was not| functioning now, and that the city was not able to perform many other necessary duties un- der the present status. The mction was put to a vote for returning to the old charter system, and was carried 5 to 1 Councilman Doughtry being the only one voting in opposition to the motion. Councilman Mon- salvatge was not present at the} meeting. | Petition Protests Toll Raise A petition was read from sev- eral hundred business men pro- testing against the raise in the} bridge tolls, and requested that) the council adopt a resolution and forward same to the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation in Washington in protest of the in- crease made by the Brdige Com- | missioners. It was stated that the increase | would prove very detrimental to} Key West and the Florida Keys, | and the petitioners requested that the toll be placed back at the old figure, which semeed to be sat- isfactory to all concerned. The resolution as requested was adopted end ordered forwarded to the RFC at once. Mayor Heard On Issue In this connection, Mayor Wil-} lard M. Albury, who is also a member of the Bridge Commis- sion, stated that there was no member of the commission who really wanted an increase made, but said that they were forced to take this action, which was the only way out of raising the ne- cessary amount of funds to take care of the indebtedness in con- nection with the operation of the bridges and highway. Mayor “Albury also stated he hoped the new rate would not be placed in effect. In fact, he said the RFC may not be favorable toward the proposed increase. Ordinance over the highway. yesterday for their home in Tampa aft- er a delightful visit with old friends, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome amble to his talk was “I'd rather; recent actions of the Board of jto be taken in by the District in be here for lunch today than anywhere else I know”. , Then followed an account, in Commissioners of the Overseas {Road and Toll Bridge District at itheir last meeting, August 12, jtolis monthly for it to get by. |) There should be on hand after ‘paying the interest due Septem i Congressman Cannon further chance’ to hear of the acts of the} announces that he will bé avail- | 76th Congress recently adjourn- jable to those who wish to inter- ed, at a meeting called for 1 jview him on any subject, in the at La Concha Hotel lobby, follow- o'clock tomorrow afternoon Nottage and daughter, Lor- raine, at the Nottage home, 528 Grinnell street. It was 23 years ago that Glenwood and Jerome met in Jacksonville, both answering the call for the World War, Glenwood from Tampa and Jerome from Key West. They went to France and were practcially together through the entire period of the great conflict. Returning they part- ed at. Jacksonville, and this was the first time they met since. ‘ Mr. Wellacott, who is a na- tive of Key West, expressed | i detail, of his stewardship for the |past year in which he expressed jappreciation of the support which had been accorded him and stated that: not once guring ‘his.adminis- |tration had any Rotarian failed to cheerfully ahd efficiently un- idertake any . assignment given ‘him. : President William V. Little | called all past presidents present ‘to come forward and assist in the ceremony of presenting of the |Ramsey. Forming a circle Past |Presidents Bascom L. Grooms, }Rev. John C. Gekeler, J. J. Trevor, Sebastian Cabrera, Jr., ipast president's button to Mr.! |1939, First I wish to state that ber 1, 1939, approximately $30,- whether I carry on as attorney '000.00, more or less, It is pos- lafter September 1 or not is not of ‘sible that it’mav be slightly more {such prime importance to me that | I would subjugate the facts as I see them on my own convictions!/ Enough for the figures—the ‘in order to hold on to the job. | Bridge Commissioners from Key As a matter of fact, the attorney’s, West and .myself discussed this compensatinn to the Board wa% time and time again and it was reduced to $100.00 per month be- jour attitude that a slight toll in- | ginning September 1, 1938, and it cease would be necessary but was not'so much economy as it)that it would be most inadvisable was to try to force me in line of ; to go much higher because it ‘effect ‘a probable resignation, ‘might hurt the traffic and Mon- since as attorney there were some !roe County. As a result of these things I insisted upon and con-/iscussions, the Board at the tinued to insist upon and have to ; meeting of June 3, 1939, passed a this date. The same holds true tesolution making the toll charge istrict in the lean months. Ps this fund would help tide the j~ BENJAMIN - FRANKLIN WOULD the County Courthouse. The Speech Made To Constitutional Convention In 1787 APPROACHED OUR ‘Who among us fails to believe that Benjamin Franklin was a truly leading citizen of the Unit-} meeting has been ar-|ing, from 4 to 6 o’clock. ling the general Courthouse meet- D HAVE PROBLEMS THUSLY | e In this situation of this assem- bly, groping, as it were, in the dark, to find political truth, and | | Porter Dock Co. his surprise at the many changes which have taken place during the period of his absence; and was delighted to meet many friends who re- membered the time when his father conducted ‘the ice { | | | | i of Key Westers in those days. Departing. the Wellacotts reiterated their pleasure of the visit and expressed the hope that circumstances would vermit of their return at an early date. Miraflores, steamer of Standard Fruit and Steamship} Company, is due to arrive 4! o'clock this afternoon from New ;, York enroute to Mexican ports. | The ship is consigned to the ; Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde- Mallory Lines, is_due to arrive; this evening from New Orleans’ en route to Miami and Jackson-! ville. The ship will discharge freight at this port and proceed | to destination. LIEUT. CALLAHAN GIVEN NEW RANK |no longer carry the rank to! which he has been accustomed in ' due the rank of Lieutenant Com-} mander. i Lieutenant Commander Calla-} examinations. which he took sev-| eral. months ago in Pensacola; were successful. \ Charles E. Smith, Charles S. Taylor, and E. A. Strunk, Jr., cordially welcomed Mr. Ramsey into their distinguished group. Buford Daniels, brother Ro- tarian from Peoria, Illinois, was extended a hearty welcome to} Key West by the members of Key ; West, lodge. * COLORED FOLK STAGE MIX UP A bottle of lysol and broom- stick figured as weapons yester- tday in a scrap between: Leonard Harris and Elizabeth Sawyer, both colored, and resulted in Harris being put in jail to await the action of criminal court. They had an argument and Elizabeth attempted to throw the contents of the botle of lysol on Harris. He took the bottle from her and she grabbed the broom- ick and started to belabor Har- ris, who took that away and be- gan to do a little belaboring him- self, This resulted in his arrest by Deputy Ray Elwood and his ap- pearance before Peace Justice En- rique Esquinaldo for preliminary hearing, and now the next hear- ing will be before Judge Albury, COUNTY BOARD MEETS TONIGHT Special meeting of county com- missioners will be held this eve- Ross C. Sawyer. jas to the abolition of the job ef- fective September 1 for the pur- pose of saving the expenses; but again those things that I felt were essential to the legal protection ;of the District and the best inter- ests of the county will still be in- ‘of the job to my mind will not ac- complish the purpose. To that ena 1 intend to per- sist in what should be done and open up to the public of Monroe County some material facts relev- ant to the operation of the Over- seas Bridge District that the peo- ple should know. I have every confidence that this will be: ac~ complished in the nicest way pos- sible without too much fanfare, but if perchance it does not come about that way, then I intend to present facts to one of the four Circuit Judges of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit sufficient to bring out a call for special Grand Jury investigation of the affairs and operations of the Overseas Road land Toll Bridge District. I hope to make this statement jas brief as possible for it is my intention to give a most exhaus- the people of Monroe County at 1a later date to offset the fact that |the offices of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District have been continuously located away from the people of Monroe Coun- ity. Since the toll increase is the | most paramount question at sisted upon, so that the abolition | tive and comprehensive report to! ‘Of 25c. per person on all passen- ‘gers, including the driver, and the vote upon this motion was as follows: Mr, Albury—Yes. Mr. Symonette—Yes, Mr. Costar—Yes. 4 Mr, Slade-No. | Mr. Kennedy ‘was absent from | the meeting. | It was estimated that this in- crease in the tolls which only ef- fected the drivers. of motor ve- jhicles should estimate approxi- imately to $25,000.00 to $30,000.00 ; per annum based on the last full year’s operation and it was the intention and purpose of the. mo- tion to use \this, increase to make |up the slight deficit on the budget approximating $6,000.00 or $7,- 1000.00 and use the balance for a |publicity and advertising pro- \gram to encourage traffic, bring in more tolls, increasing the rev- ; jenue and thereby offsetting ad-! ‘ditional high charges. The Chair- man of the Board, John R. Slade, jat that time objected to the mo-/ tion, stating that he felt that a! i study of the tolls should be made, since he felt a higher toll would be required. His policy was op- posed to a publicity and advertis- ed States? Is it not to be read-.jscarce able to distinguish it when ily admitted that Mr, Franklin’s| presented to us, how has it hap- influence during. the formation | pened, sir, that we have not hith- days of our great-country were ;erto once thought of humbly ap- far-reaching and of much bene-| plying to the Father of lights to fit? illumine our | undetstanding? “In During the Constitational Coti-}the beginning of the tolitest Witt vention of 1787, Benjamin Frank-Great Britain, when we were lin made a stirring address to the |Sensible of. danger, we had daily members assembled during “which | prayer in this room for the di- | several pertinent ° facts were | vine protection. Our prayers, pointed out. It is safe to say that | sit, were heard, and: they were the speech was instrumental in | graciously answered. . .And have producing much sobering thought we now forgotten that powerful from the body and a correspond- ing ‘change of heart” in thé great Friehd? or do we ‘imagine _ that }we no longer need, His assist- job of -framing the constitution. |#nce? . I have lived, sirs, a long Key West might well “take a|time, and the longer I live, the hint” from Franklin's speech, |More convincing proofs I see of} The parallel in situations is strik-|this truth—that God governs in| ingly apparent.. Members of the | the affairs of men. And if aj} convention appeared to be at, SParrow cannot fall to the ground! cross purposes. Citizens and gov- | Without His notice, is it probable ernmental leaders: in Key West | that an empire can ‘rise without appear to differ widely in their | Hi aid? We have been assured, solutions for the “ills that beset |Sit, in the sacred writing, that) us”, Read, then, the famous| ex¢ept the Lord build the house, speech by Mr. Franklin, The | they labor in vain that build it’ moral is well defined. Here’s the ! firmly believe this; and I also speech: ; believe that without His concur- Mr. President: ‘The small pro-' Ting aid we shall succeed in this ing program and of the same } opinion was B..M. Duncan, the |General Manager. gress ‘we have made after four, or five’ weeks’ close attendance ; and | ¢ontihual reasonings with; At the special meeting called June: 17, I quete from the min+ utes: “The Chairman advised the each ‘other—our different senti-: ments on almost every question, | several of ‘the last! producitig as: many noes ‘as ayes—is, methink: political building, no better than the builders of Babel. We shall be’ divided by our lit- tle partial local interests; our projects. will be confounded; and we ourselves shall become a re- proach and byword down to. fu- Board that it. was his opinion a melancholy proof‘of the im- | ture ages. » And what~ is worse, ipresent, the facts in ‘this regard | are as follows: I The Overseas Bridge -bonds} were set up to give the District a slight breathing spell for almost: two years after operation with- that no increase in tolls should be made effective until a gen- eral policy for a full increase in tolls was decided upon. by the Board. . .” ‘and requested the Board to re- | Peni H Lieut. Fort Callahan, officer in | ning in the county court house at/out the payment of principal so \scind the resolution so as to adopt charge at the naval. station, will|8 0’elock in the office of Clerk! that all that was necessary since some increase in the rate of tolls !examined the different forms of |that, henceforth, prayers implor- A Z ithe highway has been opened was{on or before August 12, to take | those republics which, having | ing the assistance of Heaven, and ; -Matters in connection with the payment of interest, approxi-ieftect September 1. The Board j}heen formed with the seeds ofits blessings on our deliberations, |the past years, as he has. been|certain mandamus proceedings | mately $144,000.00 per annum, | decided upon this course upon |their own dissolution, now- no/be held in this assembly every advanced in grade and today is are to be discussed and there is @/2nq the actual operating expens-|\the insistence of the Chairman. to possbiility of the items of the}..° A surplus of approximately |The Chairman further advised budget being considered. It is also probable that mém-/( cr after constguction and these | Engineering Department of the | stitutions suitable to our circum-| quested to officiate in that serv-| ‘cal agent of the county. This ‘$100,000.00, more or less, was left ifirst principal payment © comes the Board that he would have the han said that with the arrival of | bers of the commission will leave | s,s were used to help the Dis-| State Road Department make a/| stances. the morning mail and official tomorrow to attend a meeting in |trict carry over on its interest! study of the traffic and tolls and communication advised that the the offices of R..E. Crummer, fis- | 143) jt could get on‘its.feet. ‘The’ bring down his report at the | meeting ‘on August 12. matter, however, is to be decided | 4... September 1, 1940, in the! Such a report was compiled by Continue Operations Ih : Raising Sunken Sub. (By Associated Press) our F. E. Harrison, Jr., and it is most thorough and exhaustive. This i required to begin setting aside report covered some 18 pages of 41-12 of the principal or..$5,833.33 (Continued on Page Four) perfection of the human under-| mankind may hereafter, from standing. We, indeed, seem to this unfortunate instance, despair | feel our own want of political ; ene ack dre Neve heen of establishing governments by running about in search of it. We |human wisdom, and leave it to have gone back to ancient history jenater, war, and conquest. for models of government, andj. 1, therefore, beg leave to move | longer exist. And we have view-;morning before we proceed | ed modern states all round Eu-!business, and that one or more) rope, but find none of their con- of the clergy of this city be re-/ ice. Congressman Cannon Guest | At Meeting Of Lions Club iff £ ar eaet considerable insight into what might be expected of Germany in the Danzig crisis, The stories headlined implied that the same situation that ex- isted in regard to Czecho-Slovakia would be considered as holding in regard to Danzig. “German citizens’ rights must be respected” is. the theme of the action that will, in all likelihood, bring on an aggressive move against the Polish Free City with- in the next two weeks, according to the newspaper. Poland and England, in answer, reiterate their cpmmon grounds jagreement, in regard to economic and military alliance. Movement is on foot at present to strength- en the understanding. Britain does not consider, how- ever, that Hitler has gone too far ji his projected. action against Danzig to back down—and yet {entertains a strong hope that the situation can be worked out peacefully. Meanwhile, the Polish-Ger- man border has been closed, and no nationals are-allowed to cross from either side. F BAND CONCERT. MUCH ENJOYED One of the largest crowds ever attending a concert was that which was present at the musical treat afforded lovers of music last night at Bayview Park by the WPA Band, under director Alfredo Barroso. THere were a number of new selections which were out of regular routine, and which were presented in a manner that elicit- ed prolonged applause of_ the hearers, among whom were a number of visitors who spoke highly of the concert, the musi cians and the masterly conducting of Mr. Barroso. Among the outstanding num- bers was the descriptive Ameri can-Indian Fantasy, “The Death of Custer” or “The Battle of The Little Big Horn”, and was pre- jeeded by a cleverly told narra- tive by A. J. Cherry, aboe. per- former in the band. MRS. KNOWLES DIES HERE TODAY Shortly before going to press The Citizen was advised of the