The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 17, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 222. L Board Acts" To Allow Lower subdivision Bids Clerk Sawyer Permitted To Speed Up Sales Of Key Properties; In- quiry Invited The Internal Improvement Board of Tallahassee, trustees of all Murphy Lands not redeemed under the terms of the original act nor bought in at auction since. announced today that steps will now be taken to speed up sales of sub-division lands in Monroe County. The steps to be taken. accord- ing to the Board’s agent, county | clerk Ross C. Sawyer, include permission given to Mr. Sawyer to reduce the bidding price be- low the original rule applied to the which of assessed valuation based on the 1932 assessment Instructions sent Mr. bids was one-quarter Sawyer, and now on file, allow him to go over the subdivision lands on the keys, and if he thinks it wise, to lower the base bids to any rea- sonable rate, or to lump the ision into one price for bidding purposes at a lower unit rate. Mr. Sawyer stated this morning that the new rule would affect approximately twenty subdi- visions yet unsold, totalling ap- proximately 5,000 lots His suggestions as to lower base bids would be sent to the trustee for approval, Mr. Sawyer stated. Inquiry on such lands in Monroe County has been invited. SCHOOLS IN COUNTY HAVE 2136 PUPILS COMPLETE ENROLLMENT FIGURES REPORTED BY SUPT. RUSSELL whole subd: Superintendent of Public In- struction Melvin E. Russell re- ported today that enrollment fig- ures at Monroe County's schools had reached over the 2100 mark, setting a record for this county over past years’ figure: Complete enrollmen: day were as follows: Key West Junior-Senior School, 731; Division Street School, 520; Harris School, 406; Douglass High School, 178; Doug- lass Grade School, 206. Schools on the keys reported a total attendance of 95, divided as follows: 42 at Matecumbe, 31 at the combined Tavernier and Rock Harbor school and 14 at the Marathon school. A colored school at Marathon has eight enrollees. San Carlos School's _registra- tion totalled 36, it was reported CRIME FORECASTER USES THE ALMANAC (By Associated Press) ASHEVILLE, N. C., Sept. 17.— The population of Asheville’s jail, like the tides, is largely con- trolled by the moon, or so Jailer V. G. Andrews figures. “Maybe it’s the clear nights that 1em out”, he says, “but I an almanac and tell months in advance when the jail will be crowded”. as of to- High 'HOME GUARD WILL' |Companies To Be Formed. ASSEMBLE TONIGHT Third meeting for the newly- formed Key West Guard will get under way tonight American Legion Hall at 8:00 o'clock, officials of the organiza- tion announced this morning As stated last week, main con- sideration at the meeting tonight will be formation of the hundred- odd members into companies. Following completion of that procedure, the companies may hold first drill practice, it was thought today. Officials further stated this jmorning that a city-wide spon- soring committee for the Key West Guard is being formed to be made up of representative citizens in all lines of endeavor. The list of membership of that group will be rele; County commissioner Monsalvatge and city” man John Carbonell, together with executive officer Julius Stone of the Guard, were sched- uled to have a meeting soon to discuss a WPA sponsorship pro- }gram to obtain uniforms for the Guard members. Further enlistments in the or- ganization will be taken tonight, it was stated. at promptly council- LACKS PATRONAGE INDEPENDENCE, Kan. — Be- cause it has not had a pupil for 14 years and there is only one child of school age in the district, the Buffalo Township school has been sold at auction. The Budget Problem (EDITOR'S NOTE: While ton Feature Service Writer, is on vacation, the space usually devoted to his column is made available to the two major Parties for a pro-and-con presentation of an agreed list of Political subjects. Neither side and there will be no rebuttal.) The Republican View By DANIEL Member, Committee On Ways and Means, House of Representatives if such a policy exists at all, is WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.— More red ink has been used in the national bookkeeping under the fewer than eight years of the Roosevelt New Deal administra- tion than in all previous years in the history of the Republic. Should we be inflicted with four years more of like spending, extravagance and waste—with- out including the extraordinary expenditures now required for national defense—the red ink supply would doubtless be com- pletely exhausted How we are now to meet the demands for-the necessary ex- penditures for increased military, naval and air defenses is a prob- lem imposed by law on the House of Representatives, to which is given the taxing power. It is one that appears well nigh insoluble. The New Deal financial policy, ‘Naval Station Softball Team Benefit Dance Friday. Sept. 20. 10 till ? Pena’s Garden Of Roses ——PRIZES—— Admission SOc couple | A CAN OF CISCO PEP AT 15c MAY SAVE YOU A $15.00 VALVE GRINDING JOB. LOU SMITH AUTO SERVICE, PHONE 9153 OR 5. DUVAL AND DIVISION THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1940 LEAGUE NOTES RISE IN STATE TAX STRUCTURE "** ®* PER CAPITA COST OF cov.| WE CANT HAVE NORTHROP WANTS! TO xOW Wa Would Be Willing To Contribute To Such A Move A CITY MANAGER ERNMENT RISES FIVE, TIME: at ‘Have you ever suggest rhe i SS ae ULATION INCREASE ability of looking around for a City Manager for their city?” (Special to The Citiien) \ Charles W. Northrop, new-citi- JACKSONVILLE, Fila. Sept. !zen of this city. asks this question 17.—Pe: ; “in a letter to the publisher of er capita cost of state gov. ae eCaGaren, _ sent from Coral ernment has increased five times! Gables where s fa 5 Jie he and his wife are as fast as the State's population istaying for a short vacation. during the past five years, ac- The question awakened mem- cording to a statement released'ories of the New City Charter here today by the Florida Tax ‘drive instituted by the Lions Revision League. {Club and later turned over to a According to the : League's Citizens’ Committee. In answer statement the per capita cost of '+) Mr. ‘Northrup, the suggestion state government has increased jog a City Manager was thorough- 84% in the past five years, ily covered by that committee: at whereas, the State's population ‘the time changes in city govern- has increased only 17% in the!ment here were being discussed same period. i = ets jand acted upon and has _ long The League's figures are based 'been advocated by The Citizen. on state government cost of $16,- y mel zen’s 475,952, for 1934, figured pret | ea ammcereiet eae > 1935 i | the 1985 State Census which gave |the tide changed from that rad. ae a S Population as 1,606,-‘ical move to one of more con- ara esate ee peel Figured (setvative nature in the effort to against the recent Federal Cen-! sus which gives the 1940 popula-| CRIMINAL COURT tion as 1,877,791. | “It should be borne in min T M N says the League, “that this $35,- 470.500 is the cost of state gov-! ernment only. Complete figures on the cost of county, city, and HILTON’S ATTORNEY WILL other local units of government } are not available. The total cost; PRESENT PLEA FOR NEW of state and local government, TRIAL TOMORROW has been estimated to be $123,- 000,000—approximately $65.00 per capita.” ¥ a ee gan « Clerk C. Sam B. Curry, of eee ee eee I Coat Court staged shat | the generally accepted principle in ‘i e business that as the volume in- T°°® Senmion alpen court wal} creases, the cost per item de- be held tomorrow morning as per creases in direct proportion. Thig enedule, with attentiey, W. Carry principle apparently does not | Harris, representing Alton Hil- apply to the cost of government a, Seaiee 2 = mopoo fe . in Florida, In 1994, state gov-|"ew trial to Judge Wm. V. Al- ernment cost $10.25 for each man, Bae: vill woman, and child—white and Court wil black. In 1939 this cost had in- | clock. : creased to $18.89 per person—an Hilton was found guilty of a increase of 84%, while popula- Statutory offense by a jury Fri- tion was increasing 17%. day of last week. He is a sergeant “One of the major problems: i" the local Marine Corps. confronting the legislature when _ Also on the docket is it convenes next April will be a tencing of Frank Sosin, general revenue fund deficit of Suilty last week of an several million dollars. A care- , Charge. ful study of the excessive in-j crease in the cost of government POLICE OFFICIALS injecting economy and efficiency, assemble at 9:00 sen- found assault in recent years, with a view of this problem. After a very enjoyable vaca- tion, Police Chief Ivan Elwood and Sergeant Joe Kemp returned to the city yesterday. While away they visited brief- ly in Columbus, Ga., Anderson and Dothan, Alabama and Hot Springs, Arkansas. Jack Stinnett, AP Washing- [NEITHER RAIN, NOR eee has seen the other's articles A. REED mainly confined to spending and borrowing with never a thought of the morrow. Even taxation to meet the in- terest on the national debt be- comes an almost insupportable burden upon the American peo- ple. noe! ; OCEANPORT, N. J., Sept. 16. —Climaxing- months of effort, army officers at Fort Monmouth have developed a unique strain jof night-flying carrier pigeons. Experiments with night fliers were started shortly after World War I. But only during the last +10 years has there been emphasis on their training. ¥ When the first experiments were started at Fort Monmouth, the trainers were working against the accepted theory that homing Pigeons will roost upon the ap- Proach of darkness and will not fly if released after dark. One of the white lofts was set aside for the night fliers. At dusk every day, the birds were released and allowed to return home. Gradualy, the distance they flew was increased. Then the birds were taken short distances from the left in complete darkness. Some shot straight for home. Others were bewildered. The weak were weeded from the strong and the latter bred more night birds. By 1930, successes were The result of continuous an- nual deficits, totalling more than twenty-one billions of dollars for the seven New Deal years from March 1, 1933, to March 1, 1940, with an increase in the national debt of an even greater sum, is to leave our financial structure in a deplorable state of weakness at a time of crisis and when the na- tional economy should be on a sound basis and a source of strength, rather than weakness. Although President Roosevelt has demanded enormous new taxes and has called upon the na- tion to make every sacrifice in support of urgent national de- fense needs, not a dollar of economy has been enforced upon the sprawling peace-time bu- reaucracy built up by the New Dealers since 1933. Every Federal boon-doggling -project continues (Continued on Page Four) more ees ited Press Feat to,modernize the legislative form of! government here which has held for many ‘years. Mr. Northrup goes on to say: YOUNG MEN | MAY BECOME AI CADET JAYCEES AND LEGIONNAIRES | ED MEN WITH FACTS “Advertise for a Manager and! get the best. Key West has so much to be given tourists and ‘Old Codge like myself, that it is a crime to not bring out the good Key West has. “Could we not get a vote from the people and have someone take the lead and pump the of- ficials and all other. employes full of ‘good common sense’ for the betterment of ‘One Grand ‘City—Key West’? “I will subscribe ten dollars a month for six months. to get this thing started. We should find a Manager who has done the thing up brown for other cities, pro- viding he can be induced to take over the management of our city and further providing the people agree on that move. “I don’t know how to proceed in the matter, but I would be one of the first to follow the leader in the matter of better government” Mr. Northrop and many others who have witnessed the workings of city governments under a City Manager are apparently in accord on this subject. They recall that hundreds of cities throughout the nation have changed over to that form and have reaped, as a gen- eral rule, immense benefits. On the other hand, there are those in Kev West that ask how in the world any one man could possibly “pull Key West back up to financial solvency” from the depths in which it is now foun- dering. The City Council at pres- ent is struggling hard with many problems, they point out, and have arrived at a practical stale- mate. Whether or not a City Manager could have done better is a question that neither they nor anyone else, as far as The Citizen could learn, can possibly guarantee. U.S.S. LAWRENCE COMES INTO PORT Destroyer U.S.S. Lawrence, es- corting ship for the submarine Sea Raven, now on experimental operations in Key West waters, came into Key West harbor this morning. U.S.S. Humphreys is still out with the Sea Raven. Other ships of the Key West Patrol in port today were the USS. King, U.S.S. Bainbridge, destroyers, and USS. Golds- borough, converted seaplane ten- der, according to Capt. A S. Car- Pender, commander of the’ pa- ‘trol. ete eee CAN STOP OUR PIGEONS IN THEIR FLIGHT Serviee) frequent than failures. The birds were actually homing from 20-to- , 60 miles away. Today night fliers released in complete darkness will shoot un- erringly for their home loft. Tl- luminated at first by the soft glow of red lights, the lofts now are in total darkness. Instinct alone guides the birds, Captain I. L. Kaufmann, signal officer, says. Here is a typical night's train- ing: Late in the afternoon, 10 or 15 birds will be. taken in a mobile loft to some point on the Jersey coast. After dark, the birds are turn- ed loose. The trainer carefully notes the time the birds are released to the minute so that by checking on their arrival time at the home home loft he is able to determine the speed of the pigeons’ flight. Some have been known to fly 60 miles an hour. In fact, signal officers say, night fliers, sup- Posedly because of their fear of darkness, are faster than day messengers. NIGHT | Army Officers Train Birds To Return Home In Darkness Applications for appointments jas Flying Cadets are new avail- able to young men of this com- munity between the ages of 20 and 27 years of age. Blanks can be obtained from Joe Allen, president of the Key West Junior Chamber of Com- merce at The Citizen office or from Harold Russell, Post Com- mander or W. H. Reardon, ad- ‘jutant, of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, American Legion. Candidates who are accepted for flying training in the Army Air Corps are enlisted as “fi ing cadets.” Flying cadets wear distinctive uniforms which dif- fer from those worn by officers or enlisted men of the Army, and they are quartered in separate barracks provided for them. The pay of the flying cadet is $75 per month. In addition there is a ration allowance of $1.00 per day while undergoing train- ing. Necessary uniforms and fly- ing equipment are furnished them without cost. Transporta- tion is furnished to flying cadets from the place of enlistment to the civil flying school at govern- ment expense. Candidates for appointment as fying cadets must be unmarried male citizens of the United States who at the time of applica- tion have reached their twentieth but have not reached their twen- ty-seventh birthday. In addition to application : blanks the above named persons are distributing to candidates full particulars contained in a book- let prepared under the direction of the Adjutant General of the Army. Che Key West Citizen SPONSOR CAMPAIGNS TO. ACQUAINT ALL INTEREST- SLOW DOWN—THAT KID MAY BE YOURS TAMPA ing the next eigh than 500,000 child than one-fourth of tion, trave from school in ¢ and crossraads i Frank, director Safety Counci “Many of be tiny tots a strange w ‘ have had their moti them from danger. but are on their own their minds are multitude of Drivers show during these dren will carele Man Accident w their tender vea “In the p: five years z school child has been killed dug- ing school hours, and if driver will bear the thought mind that one of these child might be his. this splendid record can be kept unbroken during the school year” will be these confused expe be every ‘Daddy’ F age Enters 3lst Year Of Caring For F lorida Orphans (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 17.— On Sunday, September 15, Mar- cus C. “Daddy” Fagg, state superintendent of the Children’s Home Society of Florida, started his thirty-first year of caring for the homeless, erphaned and “less- | chanced” ¢hildren of Florida. During the past ‘thirty years ; under “Daddy” Fagg’s direction, ‘the Home Society has extended its aid and care to over 40 thou- sand abused, mistreated, desert- ed, afflicted, unwanted, home- less, helpless and needy chil- dren from every county, city and town in the entire state, these children being from just a few hours old to 16 years of age, and of every creed and belief. Almost three million dollars has been voluntarily contributed to the Society by thousands of men, women and children—in- dividually and through churches, schools, lodges, civic and wo- men’s clubs, young people's or- ganizations, ‘business firms and other groups in every section of the: state. The number of children cared for has increased from 90 in 1910 ; to an average of practically 2000 ;children annually. | The income has increased from less than $4000.00 in 1910 to an | average of $150,000.00 annually. | The number of givers has in- |creased from 157 in 1910 to prac- j tically 50 thousand annually. } In 1910 the Home Society own- jed no property, and was crowd- | ing its children into one rent- free cottage in Jacksonville. In 1940 the Society owns free of any indebtedness four delightful Re- ceiving Home properties in Jack- jsonville, Pensacola, Miami and Lakeland, with a daily capacity |of 250 children, and which serve nearly 2000 children each year. Three workers, an elderly matron, a colored cook | “Daddy” Fagg composed the en- and; ture staff of workers the Society has trained and experien that cover the In 1910, two or Papers made occasional ence to the work of the Now practically in Florida is a be Society and its importa Only 52 out of the 40 thousand children passed away during pas years, giving the Florida Society the lowest mortality rate entire nation This wonderful record ha made possible ti ices of new most outstan dentists and the tion of hospitals in the state, all these services given without compensation One of the Society's greatest contributions has been the draft ing and securing the passage welfare legislation during past three decades. such as juvenile court law, child labor law, compulsory education lew wife desertion bill, appropriation for the State Industrial Scho for girls and boys at Ocaile Marianna, the Florida Crippied Children's commission, the State Welfare Board act, in all of which the Home Society has had an ac- tive part. The Society's greatest and most far-reaching service however has been in securing thousands of the finest adoptive and foster family homes for thousands of utterly nomeiess, helpiess and ot phan children, and the bringing of lasting joy to thousands childless couples all over the State. Many of these former wards are now filling positions of honor and distinction m ths and other states. This whole job has been Gone (Continued on Page Four) entire Sor more aided