The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 12, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1940 LIQUOR LICENSE (MT fe LAW ENACTED AT N A COUNCIL SESSION, OF BRITISH AIR ATTACKS NEW, READ || i VOLUME LXI. No. 166. City Council Leaves Zoning Law Intact’==== EFFECTIVE OCT. 1; SEWER ORDINANCE Table Communications On| 1 Subject SFIOODIMOL SL. Vert Tolls Mounting: PEIRCE STATES For Future | Consideration; Query! Made On Suit | | City Council shied away—in a manner of speaking—from the! zoning violation case last night.! at the first meeting of the! month, although the majority of the councilmen indicated that the case, by no means, had been disposed of in final form. Advertised as a meeting “full of gun-powder”, about 100 men and women were on hand to wit- ness “the fireworks”, but, in that: no action came at the time when communications concerning the matter were read, most of the on- lookers left and were not present when the subject finally up for discussion. Under miscellaneous _ business, an effort was made to find out who instituted tne suit against Capt. Luther Pinder, who was, tried in municipal court this week for violation of the zoning law. Councilmen Boyden and Brinton admitted the lead in that | matter. “From then on, for a pe- riod of a half-hour, the heat was on. came Many Violations President Freeman reminded the councilmen that a total of thirty-three building permits, is- sued since the law became effec- tive, failed to comply with the zoning regulations in regard to presenting plans of structures or repairs. “Why”, he asked, “weren't suits instituted against these people as well as Capt. Pinder?” “Didn't know about them”, was the answer. Upshot of the matter was that the whole question was again re- ferred to City Attorney Aquilino Lopez, Jr., for a report back at the next meeting on just what procedure to follow. Protest Zoning Change Previously the council had moved to place on file many com- munications on the zoning viola- tion matter. These included a communica- tion from Everett Winter, in which was explained his: version - of the public hearing held in May at which Capt. Pinder ap- peared; a letter from the Citizens & Taypayers, Inc., pleading for no change in the zoning law; a telegram from Thelma Strabel, owner of the new southernmost home now abuilding, in which she stated that she was doing all she could to boost Key West and she desired that the law be not changed, and a petition from Capt. Pinder, attested by Coun- cilman Grillon, calling for remis- sion of the fine sentence handed , down by Judge Archer on Mon- day. Other Matters Handled Other matters handled by the council were the following: Moved to purchase 200 feet of booster hose from the low bid- der, The Eureka Company, at $62.00. One of the adding machinés in the tax assessor-collector’s office to be repaired at a cost of $25.00. Communieation ‘stating that ‘C. S. Singleton and John Page, de- ceased, were members in good standing with the volunteer fire department and that they were entitled to pension provisions. Turned over to the Finance Com- mittee for action. Request from Officer Laurie Roberts calling for assistanct on a salary matter. Also handed to the Finance Committee. Heard of an emergency exist- ing at the County Clinic which called for installation of a pump to furnish water for the Clinic’s use. Funds were voted to provide incidental repairing at the city’s, aquarium, i Pe Saas | ' ° ; | City Council passed a new OPI DGS DI OILS SD ‘liquor licerise law last night at FOLLOW HUBBY AND LIONS PREPARE its meeting in council chambers | DADDY IN TRAILER, TO ENTERTAIN SSIGOISILS CITY COLLECTIONS WEREN'T SO MUCH: Auditor Charles Roberts read his officers’ report . to the City Council last night, and it revealed that the city didn’t do so well on collec- tions for the month of June, although that month is gen- erally one of the low ones. Delinquent taxes collected amounted to $1,237.95; inter- est on delinquent taxes, | $46.51: street paving and sidewalk liens, $41.08: occu- Pational licenses, $68.00, and auto tags, $33.50—for a grand total of collections of $1,- 427.84. Aquarium fund gained | $53.90 for the month with receipts of $121.00 and expen- ditures of $67.10. Special | sanitation fund turned in by Z.-D. Harrison gained $232.50 and the WPA sewer lateral fund gained $450.00 for the month, Fines and Forfeitures as reported by the police chief were $336.00 and building Permits for June totalled $39.00. _ CONCERT PROGRAM Program for tonight’s i concert Tax Roll To Cowl Ten-Day Period Set To File Complaints; Body Meets As Equalization Board July 25 City Tax Assessor-Collector fax roll over to the city council at last night's meeting. Accord- ingly the councilmen made Preparations to abide by pro- visions of the charter in regard to advertising the roll and hold- ing a hearing. On motion, the clerk was or- dered to insert an advertisement in the local press “on Saturday,! July 13, advising property owns ers that the roll is now available for scrutiny in the clerk’s office. Then will follow a ten-day pe- jriod in which residents may file | The} protests last day against the roll. for protests will be Thursday, July 25, and on that! evening. at 8 o'clock, the council will sit as an equalization board | to act upon whatever protests “,may have been filed. Pepper Advises A comfhunication was read to the council] from Senator Claud: Pepper which was sent in an- on second and third readings. | H As a result, Key West now has ia law which conforms to the istate law governing licensing of |liquor selling establishments. The jordinance will become a law when the mayor signs the ordin- ‘ance. However, it was pointed tout, the provisions embodied in jthe ordinance, clarifying many ;points not clear before, will not jbe operative until October 1, |when licenses become due and jpayable. | Building Inspector Ordinance | The building inspector ordin- ance came up for second and | Sam B. Pinder turned the 1940) si.) reading at this meeting, al- ‘so. Following much discussion, {by way of explaining the law in idetail, with President Freeman jealling for insertion of provisions |to enable the city to collect li- censes from those engaged in the building trades, the council pass- ed the ordinance with the sug-' gested amendment. H Sewer Ordinance $ ; Council passed on first reading the sewer system ordinance eall- jing for maintenance of Plant No.! 2, which is planned to open for; service to the city on August-t iThe ordinance calls for a gtadu- lated scale of fee charges of from 50c for private dwellings to $3.00 for commercial buildings, per: month in each case. i Councilman Ramsey estimated jthat operation of Plant No. | would take care of approximate- tly 80 percent of the sewer lines ;now laid in the city. | No Borrowing Of Funds |. An attempt to borrow $5,800 ‘from the First National Bank for {salary purposes met with a fav- orable vote—4 to 3—but effect to be given at La Concha Park .SWeF to the council's petition in|of the move was lost in that the at 7 », x ° = rd to making the Overseas|three dissentig voters, Council- at 7:45 o'clock by the 265th. Regi- T&S# - Ee . mental Batst dus bern annenced Highway a military road and ex- men Boyden, Brinton and Ram-| as follows by Caesar La Monaca, W.O., conductor: March, “The Stars and Stripe Forever” Concert Waltz, “The Blue LESS NOISE URGED Mayor Albury. asked today that parents keep a close check on their children at the concerts in order that a minimum amount of noise oc- cur at these fine musical treats. Danube” (Requested) The Donkey Serenade from “The Firefly” (Requested) tending the road over the re maining F.E.C. right-of-way. Senator Pepper advised that ed in this direction, but he was hopeful of results at some fu- ture date. Mosquitos and Bus Line State WPA Administrator Ro: Schroder advised the counc' that hopes for a Mosquito Erad cation project would have to be abandoned if the city could not provide sponsorship funds. H. reminded the council that Key ture and that, probably, al! avail sey, stated they would not attach jtheir names to the note, a_re- iquirement of the bank calling Sousa VeTy little had been accomplish-!for all councilmen to sign. | Later, a resolution was intro- ‘duced whcih will allow the four feouncilmen favoring raising of funds for city employes to solicit occupational licenses in advance irom merchants of the city to the mount of a month’s payroll. H To Investigate Utilities | An investigation of the utility lcompanies in the city was voted in regard to so-called discount Strauss | West would see considerable de-! fees shown on monthly bills. The |fense program work in the fu-j|committee to investigate the mat- |ter, composed of Councilmen Friml-Stodhart , able labor would be employed. | Ramsey, Sweeting, Brinton and Overture, ville” Sergeant Frank Purnell singing “Mexicali Rose” Selection . from Widow” Characteristic, “Trombonium”, featuring the six trombones of the band Withrow Descriptive Fantasy, “The Mid night Festival”, with instru- mental effects in the dist- ance Carlini The Star Spangled Banner Key “The Barber of Se- “The Merry RITES SUNDAY FOR C. PIERCE Charles H. Pierce, 34, died last night at the home, 900 Pearl| street. Funeral services will be! held Sunday afternoos 5:45 o'clock from “Ley Memorial church, where the body will be! placed at 2 o'clock. Reverend O. C. Howell, assisted by Rev. A. C. Riviere, will officiate. Funeral arrangements will be in charge of Lopez Funeral Home. { Pallbearers will be selected from the Knights of Pythias and the Order DeMolay. Mr. Pierce is survived by his{ Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Pierce, one sister, Mrs. Ellen E. nt, John Traeger, representing a ed in running a bus line in the was unable to attend the meet- clerk was instructed to invite him to appear before next wgek’s meeting. YOUR $ IS BIGGER —AT— STRUNK LUMBER YARD Phone 816 Doors, 2/8x6} |Carbonell, are to-study the Elec- Rossini company which appears interest-‘tric and Gas Companies’ fran- ;chises to ascertain whether such Tenney city, advised the council that he | practice is permissable. Two resolutions were passed Lehar| ing as previously advised. The ;transferring funds from various funds of the city for Board of Public Works payroll purposes. HENRY ARCHER | DIED YESTERDAY | j | Henry D: Archer, 73, died yes- |terday afternoon 5:30 o'clock at ithe residence, 744 Windsor Lane. {Funeral services will be held Sunday 4:30 p°m., from the residence to the Congregational |Church, Rev. E. S.Doherty bf- 'ficiating. Pallbearers who will serve are: Lee Pierce, Pressy T. Weather- jford, Hilton Kemp, Samuel Gates, | {Millard Gibson and Freddie Key. | | Arrangements are in charge of the Lopez Funeral Home. } Survivors are the widow, Mrs. | Grance Archer, three daughters, Mrs. Rose Cox and Mrs. Vera’ Hiser, of Miami, Fla. Mrs. Etta Sanchez, Tampa, Fla., two sons, | ; Orville and Erickson Archer, Mi- ami, Fla. and five brothers, Wil-! Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow W. nected with the lack of water ilities such rf ! oe ick i i F fr il ry E § F i é ab f BOIS sess. VAGRANT MINISTER “FOUND GUILTY IN CRIMINAL COUR REVERSED PLEA MADE AT HEARING: JURY HEARD CASE AND BROUGHT IN QUICK VERDICT Alfred Richardson an itinerant colored preacher, who was ar- rested the latter part of June, was the one case tried at the morning session of Criminal Court today. He was found guilty of the charge of vagrancy and sentenced to three months in the county jail Present at the trial were Judge William V. Albury, County So- licitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr.. Clerk C. Sam B. Curry, Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite and Bailiff Ray Elwood. When the prisoner was arraign- ed he entered a plea of not guil- ty, although he had entered a plea of guilty to the charge of vagrancy when ke appeared for Preliminary hearing before Peace Justice Enrique Esquinaldo. The following jury was select- ed to serve: Ernesto Cano, C. B. Johnson, Eugene L. Buckley, Ed- die Basso, Narciso Garcia and E. J. O. Roberts. The case was presented to the ‘jury and the following witness- | es heard for the prosecution: MANY VISITORS GO INTO DETAILS OF OPEN HOUSE AND OTHER PLANS FOR CONVENTION - BOUND | LIONS EMBARKING HERE Key West Lions contemplated ithe nearness of the International Convention at tneir meeting last night, this after plans for enter- tainment of visiting Lions have been discussed informally for the past six months—then proceeded to get down to serious motions on those plans. President Gerald Saunders turned over the meeting for a free-for-all discussion of the spe- cial committee’s plans to hold open-house at the Lions Den next weekend—July 19 to 21, with ad- ditional features thrown in for good measure, such as a motor- cade to all interesting spots of the city and a dance, details of which will be announced later. Six Hundred Lions Expected It is expected that close to six hundred Lions will be in Key West on Saturday and Sunday of next week to embark on the SS. ‘Cuba for Havana, where the con- vention will be held. Key West Lions are leaving no stone un- turned to see that those Lions, coming from all points of the na- tion, will receive a favorable im- pression of the city. No other business was trans- jacted at the meeting. Cub-Lion Charles Roberts was welcomed to membership and presented with his lapel button and mem- (Continued on Page Four) School Board Urged ALL SCOUTS FINE . _ Telephonic advice from A. E. Peirce, Jr. camp director at Tender Ivy, which had been i the vicinity of Miami working on buoys in the harbor of Miam: and surroundings, was to leave that port this morning A radiophone message received this morning from the Ivy said that the ship would seeeh. Key West tonight 5 HAVE SAME BIRTH DATE ROCHESTER, N. H—it was a iy oI AAAZAAZ2Z2R ned up % RAF that as they fighters wer quitting themseives noon today om . —> gh Grove many Taiding squadrons Anti away al raghi-tomg amd far th nom ec Geum oo unwed to sen weve after wave (i otomte ss 2 Ene see from bases day of celebration recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Hill, where five birthdays were celebrated simeltaneously. They were those of George and Louise Pray, twins. 16; June Ann and Joan Mae Hill, twims, 3, and Charles Pray, 70. All are related To Join Defense Plan (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, July 12— County schoo] officials of Florida nave been asked to take action at their next meeting if they want teachers to change senior high school courses of study to meet the needs of national defense. The request comes from State Superintendent Colin English, who is cooperating with the Uni- iversity of Florida in the prepara- |tion of special teaching materials related to the needs of senior ;high school graduates in time of national emergency. English wants to know the ex- to which county school boards would change the present traditional subject-matter cours- es taught in most high schools. Do they want to take out some abstract theory and put in more Practical applications in such courses as geometry, trigonome- try and physics? Should more boys take these courses? This is what the United States army wants in the preliminary train- ing of boys who will soon be the jbackbone of the most highly |mechanized nation in the world, lif present defense plans con- | ‘tinue. < Military “drill is not given the importance it held before the The prisoner then took the| stand and told of his experiences schools is to be keyed to uuonal defense when schools open in September, super iniensen: and principals should be request ed at once by county boards te prepare plans for changing ¢he content of such courses as mathe matics, science, shop, health and physical education boards are urged to select teacher representing one of these fields to assist this summer in preparation of revieed m structional materiais: When com- Pleted, these materials will be made available by the State De- partment to ail high schools The new materials will consist of practical applications of prin- ciples and problems im the pres- ent textbooks. Special courses will be provided for boys. whe otherwise would be graduated next spring without applied train- ing in geometry and physics In school shops ways will be prowid- ed for turning out fewer book- ends and waste baskets but more airplane wing sections. Units of work will be designed within the 2 on the Keys, how he had been |turning over. We want boys who State Association of County +» treated by the people whom he know the relation between the perintendents at 2 meeting had met and that he had $1.65 angles in geometry and the prop-|Davtona Beach. he was arrested. That the testimony. Judge ver angle to file a saw to do a } Teachers have already Heliand aac Be No ewxdence of the stpri.gf oct uel geeses mancowtsd “bee County whieh wes Gees Sf fee Custis De Tepe oes Acorzy 2 Ame A tewe todey bes meet Afreces fromes — = em magr acers & =