The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 19, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to th Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXL. No. 172. e THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. Final Ordinances: Council For Sewer Operati System Opens August 1; snore." Lions Perfect Plans For torneys’ Meet In Or- lando City Council passed on second Pre-Conve tion Weekend and third and final readings the "OOOO OMMMs|Signs Placed Directing new sewer fee-charge ordinance at the second regular meeting of this month held last night in| council chambers. This ordinance, taken with! two previous ordinances, which required that all residents living within 100 feet of a sewer line to connect up with the line at a fee of $10.00, completes the prelim- inary steps necessary in order that the city’s disposal plant may start operation on August 1. The new ordinance fixes charg- es to be assessed on all types of homes, tourists’ homes, hotels, | stores and other types of build- ings, starting with a minimum fee of 50c per month for use of; the sewerage system, up to $3.00 and higher, according to size and} extent of use of the system in)! various types of commercial buildings. Penalties were includ- ed in the ordinance for failure to | comply with the provisions as stated. 4 | City Attorney Reports City Attorney Aquilino Lopez, ~ Jr., reported on a recent trip he | made to attend a meeting of oth-| er city attorneys of the state in| Orlando, at which was discussed | several matters of importance. The meeting was called os- tensibly to arrive at an equitable and uniform basis of handling municipal property taxes owing on lands deeded to the LI. Board. Consensus of opinion was, ac- cording to Attorney Lopez, that no discounts should be offered buyers, even though sale of the lands could not be completed ac- cording to the recent Supreme | Court ruling. It had been sug-! gested by the County Clerks’ As- sociation that municipalities af- fix a flat-rate charge on such de- linquent propertids of from $1.00 to $5.00 per item. Other matters reported on by Mr. Lopez had to do with pend- ing legislative moves next Spring! at Tallahassee. Bills and Fire Hydrants Request of the Singleton Ma-j{ chine Works for payment on past-due accounts was aired by; the council. No action on this matter was taken, though an ef- fort to have all future work for the city of a similar nature be subjected to bids was defeated, 4 to 3—Councilmen Boyden, Car- bonell, Grillon and Sweeting dis- agreeing with the idea. At the suggestion of Fire Chief Harry Baker, the council direct- | ed the clerk to address a request to the Board of Public Works to (Continued on Page Three) HAMILTON AIDS SCHOOL PLANS (Special to The Citizen) | TALLAHASSEE, July 19.— Earl E. Hamilton, principal, Di-/| vision Street School, Key West, | has played an active part this summer in the development of the Florida Program for Im- provement of Schools. | Mr. Hamilton has just com- pleted six weeks of work at) Florida State College for Women, | Tallahassee, where he has par- ticipated in a planning course for elementary principals conducted by the State Department of Edu- | cation. i INFORMAL DANCE Benefit Community Clinic | TONIGHT at the 10:00 P.M. 50c PER PERSON Caesar La Monaca’s Orchestra RAINBOW ROOM La Concha Hotel ! WHICH IS IT—NEW. | OR OLD CHARTER? | | Reminiscent of confusing | days last summer was a question put to the City Council last night by council- man Glenwood Sweeting. “What charter”, he asked the city attorney. “are we operating under—the old one or the new one?” City Attorney Lopez oblig- ingly, albiet smilingly, ex- plained the status which in- dicated that the present coun- cil, in all effect, was legally constituted and quite able to render: legislative and legal decisions. In his opinion, Mr. Lopez thought that the next session of the legislature would Probably pass a bill killing the new charter passed by the 1939 session. BITS aaa aS: BOARD HALTS REFUGE WORK PLACES HOMES ON FILE WILLING TO TAKE FOR- EIGN CHILDREN JACKSONVILLE, July 19.— (FNS) Until it finds out what its responsibility will be, the State Welfare Board won’t take on the task of finding homes in Florida for homeless and refugee chil- dren from Britain. Board members at a_ recent meeting came to this decision after being questioned by the Federal Board regarding the mat- ter. The Florida Welfare Board was asked to act as agent for the | refugee work in view of the fact that it is the only official child welfare organization operating in the state. Board member T. Paine Kelly said: “I don’t see why we should assume the responsibility until we know more about it; as I un- derstand it the program for the welfare of our own children has not been completed.” C. C. Codrington, State Welfare | Commissioner, said the Board al-{ ready had received offers of homes for refugees from some Florida families and would con- tinue to receive and file such of- fers pending further decision of the Board. TODAY'S PASTORAL (By Associated Press) RAGAZ, Minister of the Protestant church of Ragaz has proved himself _a Teal shepherd. When he heard that one of the farm houses of his community was abandoned, its occupants all mobilized, he’! took time off to tend the sheep | and milk. the cows. He kept~at |Lions are urging all’interested in boards. it for over two months. A. VILLATE SONS Key West's Oldest Produce House ANNOUNCES THE ESTAB- LISHMENT of a Cold Storage Plant people of Key West a better service on FRESH FRUITS || and VEGETABLES. Visitors To Den; Re- ception And Dance Planned Key West Lions perfected | plans last night at their regular! meeting in the Lions Den to en { tertain the visiting Lions from all | Parts of the nation, convention- bound to the International Con- | vention opening next . Tuesday | morning in Havana. President | Gerald Saunders was in the. chair. | the At the same time, club thembers were advised that their ings constructed to see if re-! delegates, regular and alternate, | Dr. J. C. Sanchez and Jack De-j laney, had left yesterday morn- GOOD FLOOR SHOW Among the numbers to be | staged at the Lions Pre-Con- vention Dance tomorrow night at the Rainbow Room will be a tenor solo by Frank Purnell, popular member of the 265th Regimental Band now in the citv. Mrs. Eva Warner is in charge of the show and Promises an excellent pro- gram. Visitors will see one | of Key West's best rhumba teams in action. vention. A belated message to! the delegates was voted at ee meeting and ordered transmit- KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1940 RALPH RUSSELL | ILI. BOARD - STILL '~ CONFIRMED AS". van” 9! * NEW INSPECTOR MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT AP. ‘PROVED BY COUNCIL LAST! Deeds-which are due persons NIGHT: BUILD! PERMITS | connection with transactions = _— junder the Murphy Act, and TO BE CHECKED | which were expected to be avail. |able by July 10, have not reached ;Key West yet and Clerk Ross C. Ralph Russell is the new build-;Sawyer says ‘that he does not she jknow when they will arrive. ing inspector for the City of Key; On July 3, Mr. Sawyer sent w. ick eee ing Secretary F. C. Elliott, of the In- et wee. honing Swearing | ternal Improvement Board at in, will take over duties of en-'Tallahassee, a telegram asking when he could expect to hear from the trustees of the board and see that proper filing of Telative to the deeds. Sa : In the afternoon of the same building permits procedure is fol- jday he received an answer to the lowed. jeffect that the deeds were being f ichecked by the board, that they The council confirmed Mayor, hoped to send them by July 10. Willard Albury’s appointment of, Not having recevied any letter :Mr. Russell at last night’s meet-' pofoxxeation abous. the _.deeds |; mo oth hi : since that time, Mr. Sawyer jing. (0 others had applied for! wrote E. R. Bennett, president of the position—Wallace B. Kirke the County Clerks Association, and Ygnacio Carbonell. several days ago and today re- Two matters concerning the ceived the following answer: i i ‘ forcing the new zoning ordinance | the situati ;sued an appeal at zoning ordinance and_ building code of the city came to the at- j tention of the council. One was the report of Aquilino little better service than in the as Lopez, Jr., city attorney, who Past. Will let you know when I tur: stated that the thirty-seven per- regard to possible violations of the ordinance, appeared, with jone exception, to nave been is- sued without fuli information. Mr. Lopez recommended that Mr. Russell investigate these permits, all issued since the zoning ordi- nance went into effect, with a view towards checking the build- quirements of the law were satis- ‘ied. The other matter had reference to an alleged violation of the six bungalows, now nearing com- pletion, on Avenue E. Only one jof the new edifices was reported to the past building inspector. Ac- cordingly the mayor was asked to ihave the police department jvestigate and, if necessary, take in- legal’steps to bring correction of ion. Seeks Payroll Council President Freeman is- the meeting last night for all councilmen to jdo whatever was possible to ef- fect immediate collection of oc- cupational licenses in advance in order that the city’s jcould be paid at least a_ half-' employes month’s payroll. The council was addressed, in a communication, by Lt. Comdr. ted to them by Lion John Costar,!A. P. Storrs, who requested that who, with his wife on the midnight boat The message was in regard choice of convention city 1941. ing on erection of'signs at the head of the island containing a; message of welcome to visiting | Lions and instructing them to register at the Lions Den. Direc- tion signs were also placed along {| city streets—pointing to the Den. An informal reception is to be given the visitors Saturday eve- ning, starting at 6:00 o'clock, preceded by a motorcade cruising all over the island, pointing out and niece,ithe body act to reopen the as- Miss Barbara Adams, are leaving sault and battery case recently | Sunday. j tried in the city court against R./ to!N. Flood, radioman, for | U.S. N. Testimony not heard at! the trial was needful of presenta- | Sign committee went to work|tion, Comdr. Storrs stated. The; immediately following the meet-icity attorney was acquaint Comdr. Storrs with the “epstaaigickes . necessary steps to follow in the ‘their duty as patriotic citizens”. matter. first class, instructed to |AUG. 14 DEADLINE OF WELFARE EXAMS JACKSONVILLE, Fia., July 19 (FNS).—Persons who want to |take examinations for State Wel- “I will be in the City of Tal- lahassee Monday and Tuesday -and hope to get the Trustees started again and with just a return”. {mits given him to investigate in SS ASASPSLSL A CALLAHANS GO ON VACATION Lieutenant Commander Fort Callahan, U.S.N., cap- tain of the yard and officer- in-charge of communications at the Key West Naval Sta- tion, will leave tomorrow | morning, accompanied ' Mrs. Callahan, for Newport, R. I. for a leave of absence | i .ing on the S.S. Cuba for Ha-' building code by the Bagby Con- | tvana and the scene of the con-'struction Company, “builders of SIaIes sass } MANDATE: WALLACE NAM- (By Associated Press) | CHICAGO, July 19—James A. | Farley, Democratic National Chairman for the past eight, years, and the oné man, more than anybody else, responsible | for the success of the New Deal jadministration, accepted a draft! election today to serve as head ‘of the national committee until August 17. | At that time, it was announced, | Farley's successor would be made | known by the committee, the! membership of which was form- | ed as the concluding act of the} ‘Democratic convention closing | here last night. Farley had stated previously | that he “would stick sround to help the successor”. Democrats were jubilant today they made preparations to re-| n to their home cities. The! ‘convention, lacking color in many | respects, owing to the absence of |Surprise features attendant on similar events in the past, offi- cially closed with the election of Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace to be President |Roosevelt’s running mate in the ‘campaign. When it became known ~ that! {Wallace was the most preferred | \of all the candidates for the vice- | | presidential nomination, the dele- ;Bates bowed to the wishes of \their leader and gave him a ma- ‘jority vote on the first ballot. President Roosevelt i jted his accepance of the -presi-j idential nomination fer a third |term late last night in a radio ‘address to the convention. He stated that the swift pace of for- eign events influenced his de- | cision to accept the call andj service his country. Civilian Leaders Find Army Life Is Hard, But Like I FORT McPHERSON, Ga., July 19.—Uncle Sam’s Army offered a surprising appeal to business and professional leaders from eight states as they entered with en- thusiasm this week the strenuous {phase of their 30-day volunteer’ training at a special C.M.T.C. here. | “Everybody came here to get i training because they felt it was isaid Adolph Shelby Ochs, gen- eral manager of the Chattanooga (Special to The Citizen) turning in early. “Taps” sounds at ll pm Trainee non-commissioned of- ficers completing their tour un-!then to the plant of the Tampa of the ‘der assignments they earned by! display of qualities of leadership are: Che Kry West Citizen In French War "SESE AGA A. DETROITERS LIKE OUR ISLAND CITY Cheermg Threegs Heard Adéres in Eerie Te im this city Ser © Sa beer amt = bal, The salt wes cadic sta wevec cc che wae Fully fifteen mmane feuhrer's speech was weer — | SMD LD ISD LDS wine tee wm wee ae et promete ntti ROA = - — — -—— OF TAMPA IN BUS Frank Traior, president of the Portland Cement Company, has written E. A. Strunk that he has met the Key West Boy Scouts, who are in camp at Camp Owen- Brorein. He phoned the camp and had a very pleasant chat with A. E. Feirce, camp direc- tor, who gave him an outline of what he could do for the boys. Mr. Trainor says that he se- cured a bus from the Miami Trail Tours and the boys wete taken on a trip through Tampa, the plant of the cement company, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, where four large ships are under construction. The cement company official title swarded t© Fiekt Marste Hermann Geetrg ete will > be cole Marshal of te Bes imperia] and oppressiee mee Placing the biame for the car on Britsh mperuits aud war mongers, Hitler sam izg== Prime Min oe Churchill seversi uss speech and wareed te Sritué that they showid cease from io lowmg such ieadershup before was too late Hitler made m the date set the mvasion he grve any fought over Britwh terriery Neus Rau Bomes Or Bruax German high command tocey jannounced that weve after wave First sergeants, William w. | manifested much interest in the of Nazi bombers were gouring Faw, Gainesville, Ga., hotel op- welfare of the Key West Boy additional destruction cn mil erator and James G. Lusk, Green- |SCouts and stated that he “felt tary objectives m England aleng ville, Miss. broker; sergeants, Reuben D. Kellis, Hixson, Tenn. |lawyer, Harry Hampton, Colum-| Key West scout officials stated of an additional S409 tons bia, S. C. newspaperman, Wash-/ Times, a sergeant-trainee. They | i expected a tough-time. But they. are taking to it like ducks to water, and have been eating their {heads off at a fine mess. Agree- , ably surprised, they’re really en- 'joying it. If they have it next | year, applications will exceed the interesting spots to the conven-|fare Board jobs must file their | quota.” t tion-bound Lions. The recep- tion will include a light supper and general entertainment, and it will be held at the Lions Den. Climax of the “Welcome Lions Switzerland — The! Day” will be in the form of a eight Florida cities ai dance at the Rainbow Room at La Concha Hotel Saturday night, starting at 10:00 o’clock. The public has been sent invitations to attend ‘this dance, which will feature one of the best orchestras inthe city’ and a floor show. the city'to come to this affair and demonstrate true Key West hospitality to the visitors from all points of the nation. Guest at the meeting last night was Cecil Carbonell. Brady’s Specials Fresh Florida Grade A EGGS, oom _ 25¢ STEWERS. ib. _ ml _ 24¢ BROILERS (1% to 1% Ibs.) 1: 2 Sow ee Re TS | Soft Bone Ib. _ 32c ROASTERS, (1214 White Street Phone 540 ee ee ee applications before week. Examinations will be given in has heen tentatively ust 31. set for Aug- Tests are intended to set up ing at 5:45 a. m., breakfasting at . eligible registers from which va- ' 6:30, drilling from 7:30 to 11:30,' chant, Fred T. Kemp, Hatties- midnight,! The citizen-soldiers—newspaper | ecutive, Charles Hughes, Univer- August 14, the Florida merit sys- | editors, corporation presidents, ‘sity of Florida instructor, Russel | tem committee announced this; lawyers, officials, brokers, en-| Grove, | gineers, merchants, school tea (ers, business executives—will be nd the date jon duty until Augut 6, when they! J, y. Elliott, Cleveland, Tenn. ‘will be mustered out of the |Army. Meanwhile, they’re aris- Ochs, Chattanooga Times general j } manager, Hoit S. Brown, Rome, | |Ga. clothing manufacturer, Elton F. McClure, Memphis lawyer, B. O. Baker, | Van C. Smathers, Manning, S. C. WPA engineer; Corporals, Joseph ,Brown, Atlanta printing ex- Marietta, Ga. ‘lawyer, | ‘James T. Hane, Gaffney, S. C. ; State health sanitary engineer, | Mayor, James D. } Greenville, S. C. lawyer, J. J. Cowan, Maryville, Tenn. mer- cancies in social work positions taking to the drill field and lec-| burg, Miss. machine shop man- may be -filled as they. occur by ture halls again from 1 to 4, tak-! ager. Ralph F. Taylor, New Or- both state and-. district ‘*policing” the barracks, Announcing The Reopening of Our Remodeled and Repainted Delmonico Restaurant SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 20th Spanish and American Style Meals Served 6-COURSE DINNERS, ONLY 50c 218 Duval Street Phone 518 welfare ing turns at ee ee) one cotton exporter, Jules C. Lazard, New Orleans broker, Tampa poultryman, | — jflattered that the boys selected an 800-mile the Tampa area camp for their encampment”. the Camp Owen- will end ‘t Sunday morning and that today that evening. Played by the 265th Band at La Concha Park at 745 “La Paloma” “Say Si Si” (are Vigo Me fet fom Sout England w North Seotiand 9 ‘The high command ciammed smame British shippimg yestertey =& considerable damage. by mce= diary bombs to fects and Principal, Adolph all scouts will be home Sunday munition dumps of varieus amme- ments. and 2iso Gamage @ ar- freids throughout the ssiamd Kumg-