The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 1, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key ee VOLUME LXI. No. 157. 2. Cancellation Of School | Buses Proved Disap-; pointing To Local Offi-| cials | | District committee of Boy! Scouts appears to be all but de- | feated in its effort to obtain transportation for members of CITY AND COUNTY FIGURES FOR FIRST SIX MONTHS. RELEASED five troops, which had planned | originally to start a two weeks’! encampment at Camo Owen- | Brorein. near Tampa, next Sun- day. A checkup of the project work attempted over the past ten days brought those facts into the lime- light. Chairman M. E. Berkowitz and scoutmaster Albert E. Peirce, Jr., of Troop 51, have been contacting every possible source ,that could or would supply trucks for trans- Porting 60 or 68 boys to the camp site. This was necessary following a disappointing answer from Talla- hassee sent in reply to Superin- tendent Melvin Russell’s commu- nication concerning permission to use two Monroe County ‘School buses for the trip. Previously, the enter membership of the’ County School Board had ap-/| Pairs in Key West during the six | proved the move, however, Mr. Russell thought it best to com- municate with the State Board. Failure to obtain the school buses has proved quite confusing to scout officials, especially since, according to many of them, the buses have been used in the past for many purposes other than strictly school use. Senator Andrews and Repre- sentative Cannon have been con- tacted in effort to acquire use of two C. C. C. trucks at West Sum- merland camp, which could be used for scout purposes if per- mission was granted it was learned at the camp. No word on this proposal, however, has come, other than that the members of Congress are doing everything possible to get the trucks for the trip. Further than this, scout offi- cials have contacted the Florida ~ Motor Lines in effort to use a bus which may not be in use during the summer months in the Tampa area. Interstate Commerce Com- mission rates, however, could not be changed for this form of trans- portation, so it would be neces- sary to raise approximately $200 if this form of travel is used. That sum, according to scout. of- ficials, may be raised in a last- minute canvass of leading citi- zens if need be. The Motor Lines advised the local committee that the sum necessary is lowered by reason of a $75.00 donation, under the scheduled rate. The only other chance that scouters can think of to get the boys to camp is to use the S. S. Cuba. Local agent, John Costar, has wired for a special rate in this case, and an answer of ap- proval or denial, from Jackson- ville, is expected this evening. In that the scheduled cost per boy is already high enough, $9.00 per boy for the two-week’s encampment, officials could not see fit to add transportation costs. to the requirements. Mr. Berkowitz told The Citizen today that he-was more distress- ed concerning the transportation problem than the boys them- selves. He expressed the fervent hope that, by some miracle, the problem would be solved in time for the encampment plans to go ALBURY’S SERVICE 800 Simonton St. = - Transportation Problem e e i Delegate members to the! American Legion Fifth District! Conference held last weekend in | THE SOUTHERNMOST NE;/WSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JULY 1, 1940 | LEGION DELEGA REPORT ON MEET! South Miami, returned to the city} Building And- Postal - Figures Close of business for the first six months of 1940 for the city, county and Federal offices, re- vealed the monthly totals of busi- ness conducted as given below, with comparisons for the same months of last year. Pestal Receipts For the six months’ period this year, total revenue on stamp sales at the post office was recorded as $27,827.55, comparing with $21,621.26, or a favorable balance for this year of $6,206.29. By months, the following re- lceipts at the postoffice are listed: | Month— 1940 1939 | January $5,073.00 $3,960.45 ' February 5,755.00 4,902.00 | March 5,629.65 4,274.35 April . 4,122.43 3,526 58 | May 4,045.98 2,434.02 June 3,201.49 2,523.86 Building Permits Permits for building and -re~ ‘MANY LICENSES ARE REVOKED ‘PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR CITES CAUSES FOR 743 REVOCATIONS TALLAHASSEE, Fla. July 1 (FNS).—A total of 749 drivers’ licenses were revoked and sus- pended from the date the Public Safety Act became effective last | October through May, W. L. Reid, director of the Department of Public Safety, reported this | week. Orange county led the list in the total number of revocations and suspensions having 110; Hills- borough county was second with a total of 95; and Polk county was third with a total of 72. Director Reid’s report shows a total of 558 revocations and 191 suspensions for this period. Drunken driving accounted for | 497 revocations, or nearly 90%. Reckless driving was the reason given for 17 revocations. The report shows no” revoca- tions or suspensions in 27 of Flo- | rida’s 67 counties. The splendid cooperation which | the Department of Public Safety ; is receiving. from county judges and law enforcement officers is highly praised by Director Reid: The law makes the county judges the agents of the department in issuing drivers licenses, he said, and while the compensation they receive for this work is small they are cheerfully cooperating with the department as a matter | of public service and accommoda- \tion to the people of their coun- | use of fire crackers in that state,|thus speak a common language. ties. County and criminal court judges also serve as agents of ‘th department in the revocatiort suspension — of drivers. licenses, Direetor Reid said. They heat the cases in which grounds for revo- cations and suspensions are pre- sented and are thoroughly fami- liar with the facts in each case, They have done a splendid job, and the Department greatly ap- preciates their assistance. DISTURBS SERMONS COLUMBUS, Mo.—Rev. James | Lichliter, pastof of a church in ‘this city, has his ushers distri- bute cough drops to coughers Phone 444 who interrupt his sermons. Porting an interesting meeting | jand much good work done in bal-' lyhooing the 1941 State Conven- tion to be held in this city next April. Delegates were Myrtland | Cates, Al Mills, John Pinder, U. J. Delgado and Thomas Woody. Many notables appeared at the conference, including former gov-} }ernor Dave Sholtz, who spoke to’ the delegates on Americanism themes. Key West legionnaires had ;many opportunities to bring up ;questions about the state conven-; {tion At one point, other dele-' |gates quéstioned the ability of! : “ | this city to furnish ample accom- months’ period showed a sub-|modations for full attendance at stantial increase over last year. {the convention. This point was Listed for the January-through- | answered in positive, affirmative June period in 1940 were a total |Teplies. of $182,063 worth of construction, } compared with $101,165 for tse CHARLES RUSSELL same period last year. By months, the totals appear | OFF T0 LOUISIANA. as follows: 1940 1939 Month— 5 ; _ $10, 150 end ste eae Charles H. Russell, member of Febi y eS 32178 24135 the Demeritt Brothers Fish Com- April 16,315 21.599 'Pany, left over the highway by May 62,600 17,600 bus yesterday mofning for Miami 33,500 5,849 and there entrained for New Or- Are. tigher June x last night and this morning, re-} . | (A) $20,000 at 78 and interest, ; and Road refunding issues. COUNTY BUYS =| Mags ‘BOND ISSUES, PAY 78 AND 73 FOR BRIDGE Meeting this morning at 11 o'clock in the county court house the county commissioners de- cided to purchase bond offerings and (B) $11,000 at 79 and in- terest. Both offerings are Bridge Present at the meeting were Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Com- missioners B. B. Warren, Wm. Monsalvatge and’ T. J. Curry, Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, Attorney W. Curry Harris and Chief De- puty Sheriff Bernard Waite, and Dr. E. Laughlin, U. S. N. | Dr. Laughlin was” ‘present to WASHINGTON, July 1.—Presi- address the meeting and said that dent Roosevelt today asked Con- he agreed with the movement for gress, which has reconvened fol- Mosquito eradication and felt 5 bli ven- that the movement as started by eileen cic Sage ghia the county in cooperation with mle aes E . the navy would be of great ser- late Saturday night, to consid- vice. He was given the assurance er new taxation legislation, of the board that the county which will treat all citizens fair- would lend its very best efforts to ly. effect complete eradication. In the message to Congress Tax Collector F. H. Ladd pre- the President expressed a strong sented his deposits for the first desire for an equitable tax meas- ‘of the month and receipt of the ure to be framed that would not First National Bank for the amount of $3,488.36, allotted to the following funds. To General Revenue $538.28; Fine and Forfeiture, $201.8 permit “the few to profit, at the expense of the many”. Rich and poor alike, he said, should be considered when tax schedules * on incomes and luxuries are Gain this year over the same period last year is shown as $80,- 898. Marriages County Courthouse records ri vealed that marriage licenses i with his in the Hospital :leans, La., for a visit i wife, who is a patient ‘United States Marine {near there. Mr. Russell will arrive in New Orleans in time for the July Fourth celebration at the hos- Outstanding Indebtedness. $807.- 42; Special Advertising $210.85; Road Fund, $403.71; General School, $672,85; Special School $653,40. i Tax Assessor J. Otto Kirch- heiner then presented the books placed in final form. The tax legislation is sched- uled to follow Senate considera- tion and action on the $4,000,- 000,000 naval expansion bill this week. sued this year for the first six pital and remain for two weeks, months’ period were slightly in after which he will return ta exeess of those issued during the |Key West. period last year. A total of 110; Of major for the 1940 tax roll, which ee cocks, in the Senate, is the move gone over by the commissioners Jessi wees" _/CIVIC ORCHESTRA i ec | licenses were issued from Janu-| ary through June in 1940, com- pared with 103 last year. Itemization by months is as fol- lows: Month— January Febiuary March ‘April May 14 15 June 25 17 No records for divorces were available at the County Court- house, only those cases filed dur- 1940 ll 26 14 20 1939 14 18 16 23 ing preceding months being kept ! for public scrutiny. FRANK CAUTIONS ABOUT JULY 4TH i SAFETY COUNCIL DIRECTOR CALLS ATTENTION TO AVOIDABLE INJURIES TAMPA, July 1 (FNS).—“An- other fire cracker has exploded, j and in many instances a finger has gone with it! A child’s eye is injured! That is what the Fourth of July seems to mean to lots of children. not at war, and yet this is a day of slaughter and injury to thou- sands,” stated Asher Frank, di- rector of the Florida Safety Council. “Every year hundreds of chil- dren and grown-ups are injured by the promiscous use of fire and cannon crackers. New York State 'has just abolished the sale and ‘except by organized civic and professional groups. Florida " should follow suit. Don’t let your children play with fire works or buy:them yourself for them. The Fourth of July should be a day. of-solemn and patriotic thoughts ,and not a day for the useless killing and injury of many per- sons. “Last year 11 people were kill- ed in Florida celebrating the glo- rious Fourth. Many people, es- | Pecially elderly people, seem to _over indulge in exercise which brings about a weakening of the , heart and thereby causing death. | Five persons were drowned last ‘year on the Fourth. “Let's all be alive on the 5th,” , concluded Director Frank. The United States is} Encamp At Ft. Sereven Pe | Captain W. Curry Harris, com-!ceed to Fort Screven, Ga., instead manding officer of Battery “E”, of Fort Moultrie, S. C. i i Jati ‘i The order also said that Bat- Florida National Guard, received teties “DB” and °F", which wesc, a communication yesterday ad-! (dered to Fort Moultrie in the! vising him that plans had been previous message, would be the changed for the movements of batteries accompanying Battery! j guards from Key West on July 7 “E” of the Second Battalion to and that the battery would pro-: the Georgia fort. j Finnish Children Featured dn Art. Center «Exhibit Opening at the Key West Art! The Art Center here is fast | Center today is an exhibition of developing an art teaching pro-~ paintings by Finnish Children, gram for children, conducted by which is shown through the cour- | artist-teachers. The interesting ! tesy of the Finnish Legation in | results were displayed last week © Washington, and circuited by the in an exhibition demonstrating ! National Exhibition Section of , what has already been accom- the WPA Art Program. plished with some of the Key These paintings are lively both | West children. Hi in subject matter and treatment; On Friday, July 12, while the; and in addition reveal the strong exhibition of paintings by Fin- | influence of a colorful folk art nish children are still on display, | and demonstrate the fact that | the Key West children will hold! children of ell Nationalities have an open-air showing in the Art! National Guardsmen To..." =" sat Cttizen | President Urges Congress; ~ To Pass Fair Tax NAVY DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES LETTING 5 OF HUGE SHIP-BUILDING CONTRACTS }to approve President Roosevelt's appointment of two Republcans to the cabinet—Henry Stmsen as secretary of war, and Frank Knox, as secretary of the navy Despite administration vers to the contrary, su! ‘pressure has been brought bear to allow the public Present at the hearings on important subject. | ‘The economic union of Latm American and North American countries struck several snags jteday, it was announced by the State Department. One serious objection was pushed imi Picure from a group of promin ent Wail Street fimancial imter- ests. ine Navy Department announced the letting of com jtracts for the largest purchase of maneu luday tory. The contracts call for 2 t- ta of $414.908.000 on ‘forty-five new ships of all c.zssi- fications. Following .consideration of the naval expansion and tax bills the House and Senate are e=- pected to take up the question of expansion of the army along imnes — === Move To Take Hong Kong Far Eat And Balko War Scenes Overshad- en ee LONDOS. July 1—Bore Ax squecrems commer = Sep Gereciece over = wie eree of Germes-comcaies 20> che Dest weesenc wot metry x jeciwes repertet = amc a occ perhaly dearorec the some Gee Nae ctu race + suct repers semtceut by Ge Germ commane Eas Bema wer ie os Sha@veet te terverarg S- invawan. aifeag® wpe oc cate that the war tx many and Engend ffs segerweere News from the Far oveT taken wut = Ge ~<—- vecume importance this naval ships in United States bs fore many bouts hewe clegeed A: Bong Mong a 3 ote followamg Gecawe pees of AMERICAN LEGION OFFERS <imilar to the naval bills now mm (DOS PS aoe coe Oe ee HALL FOR MEETINGS FROM TONIGHT ON The newly-formed Civic Or- chestra, which already boasts 25 members and is being directed by George M. White, will hold its third rehearsal tonight at the American Legion Hall at the foot of Whitehead street. This location will advantageous for rehearsal the cool breezes blowing from the ocean, which is only a_ stone's throw away. ;The orchestra thembers are prove most for their co-operation in the ibuilding of a real orchestra and ded to the list which has ifor their generous offer of their been listed for the three hall for rehearsals. All persons playing instruments’ records as kept in the office of © PPS SF ren are invited to join the group. | building inspector Harry M Bak- “ “2 = = process of action |that almost similar amounts of ‘money will be appropriated | for jthis defense arm of the gowern- ‘ment as for the navy TALLED s4000 IN : CONSTRUCTION jgrateful to the American Legion | Building repairs which were a¢ already peneds for last month as shown im the st reat at Det ae surrengeres t Ge Nace 2 vateees for ome per transier i othe pomeemencs take = with LAST WEEK IN JUNE TO. oot = Gang =r the wey a tur surtenceret Brasco Rumanae cfiras ae oo < w fave Ser pee speed wah whe® Sere are moving af the 2 Rumer soot = 7 esing at Russ ou os Members are requested to bring er, are presented herewith and =) = 5 See ues {their music stands to rehearsal | completes the tonight. WM. B. RAWLS LAST FRIDAY DIES IN HOSPITAL William B. Rawls, 52, died this at 2 o'clock. The , VICTIM OF AUTO ACCIDENT Charles Curry: cost $100 Owner, Emilio Romero, cost $900 New flooring at SIT Duval street, Stone two-story building: Owner. J. M. Renedo: cost $500. month of June and of Rest plane: Booet tue wets \ tame posers of mates: ongmaly stetuec for Geivery tw Germans Se for. there Ses Geet = = body will be re- G, i rs to 916 and 91g Gicstiom from the axis-gewess as an instinctive feeling for art and . Center Park, of the latest work moved to Miami for funeral ser-| white street. Owner Fred J. © ® pelcy & qemeecte= watt done in the classes and the Art; The school system of Finland Center plans to act as host at a! was established in the mid-Nine- “reception for the children, their teenth Century, after an intel-/ Parents, and all interested citi-! vices and burial. Lopez funeral home was placed in charge of arrangements in We est. ‘ Dion; cost $1,000. ligent study of systems in other ! Zens to feature the comparison of widow Mrs. Annie B.Rawis and / countries. That the Finns’ are. doing interesting work. in art of children. This. opportunity , education in the schools, is re-! should be weleome by the parents | vealed by the paintings in this. and by the teachers of the Key | exhibition. ; ing | Possibilities for American children have had, for ment of cspiaeet yee the first time, the advantages of | creative faculties of Key Weet| 2 wide-spread teaching program, | school children. { conducted by artist teachers.’ The Finnish Like the Finnish children, Ame- | scheduled for jzican boys and girls in all sec-| 12th. The Art tions of the country, show great | Front and Whitehead Streets is imagination and enthusiasm in’! open to the public daily from through color and line. i from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. art produced by these two groups S07, Wm. B. Rawls, Jr.; mother, Mrs. Sarah J. Rawis, two broth- ers Benjamin J. Rawls and Ed- ward M_ Rawis. provide same demonstrating ' accident last Friday night in Joe A Youngblood, State Youth the Soviet aoe & Gee &e =