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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-18

amounting to $l44,OO0.00 per an
mum, or $l2,OO0.00 per month. In
round figures, approximately ST.
10000. would have to be set aside
monthly TO meet principal and in
lterest every month, beginning
September /, 1899.
In addition to this, operating
expenses of $6O,OOO.O0 per annum
amounts to approximately S.
/, 10000 per month and this has to
/ be also set aside in order for the
District to carry on. So that in
1 round figures again, approx
nately the sum of $17,800O0 has
to be taken in by the District in
tolls monthly for it to get by.
II There should be on hand after
paying the interest due Septem.'
her |, 1899, approximately $780,
100000, more or less. 1t is pos
sible that it NAV be slightly more
and this fund would help tide the
District in the lean months.
Enough for the figures-the
Bridge Commissioners from Key
! West and myself discussed this
time and time again and it was
our attitude that a slight toll in
crease would be necessary but
that it would be most inadvisable
to go much higher because it
might hurt the traffic and Mon
roe County. As result of these
discussions, the Board at the
meeting of June 3, 1899, passed a
resolution making the toll charge
Of 25c. per person on all passen-
gers. including the driver, and
fhe vote upon this motion was as
follows:
Mr.. Albury-Yes.
Mr.. Symonette-Yes.
Mr.. Costar-Yes.
T Mr.. Slade-rNo.
Mr.. Kennedy was absent from
the meeting.
1t was estimated that this in
crease in the tolls which only eff
fected the drivers of motor We
hieles should estimate approx
mately to SIS, 100000 to $3O,00O.0O
per annum based on the last full
years operation and it was the
tintention and purpose of the mo-
ton to use this increase to make
up the slight deficit on the budget
approximating 100000 or ST.
10000 and use the balance for a
publicity and advertising pro-
gram to encourage traffic, bring
in more tolls, increasing the rev.
enue and thereby offsetting adj
ditional high charges. The Chair
man of the Board. John r. Slade,
at that time objected to the mo-
ton. stating that he felt that a
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-
ing program and of the same
opinion was B. NJ. Duncan, the
General Manager.
At the special meeting called
June II, / quote from the min
IuteS.
''The Chairman advised the
Board that 1t was his opinion
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. J"
and requested the Board TO re-
scind the resolution so as to adopt
some increase in the rate of tolls
on or before August IL, to take
effect September l. The Board
decided upon this course upon
the insistence of the Chairman.
The Chairman further advised
the Board that he would have the
Engineering Department of the
State Road Department make a
study of the traffic and tolls and
bring down his report at the
meeting on August IL.
Such report was compiled by
+. E. Harrison, Jr., and it is most
thorough and exhaustive. This
report covered some 10 pages of
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-18
Action Taken In Matter
At Regular Meeting OF
Board Conducted Last
Night

City Council at a regular meet
ing held last night. decided to re-
sumo operations under the pro-
visions of the old charter after
having functioned for a short pc
Rod under the new charter. fol-
lowing an opinion rendered by
City Attorney Henry H. Taylor.
IT.. 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 great contro-
versy between those favoring the
new charter and those opposed to
its provisions. a
The attorneys 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 the old
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 motion was put to a vote
for returning to the old charter
system, ard was carried 5 to 1,
Councilman Doughty 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 sew
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-
ton Finance Corporation in
Washington in protest of the in
crease made by the Bridge Com
missioners.
II 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 Will
lard M. Albury, who is also
member of the Bridge Commits
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 Passed
There was an ordinance passed
making it compulsory for all resi-
dents to connect up with the
sewer system when it is placed in
operation.
There were few other mat
tiers of minor importance coming
before the meeting, and after dis
posing of these, the meeting was
ordered adjourned.
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ranged by the Chamber of Com
merce, and all citizens of Key
West are cordially welcomed.
Interviews
Congressman Cannon further
announces that he will be avail
able to those who wish to inter
view him on any subject, in the
La Concha Hotel lobby, follow
ing the general Courthouse meet
ing, from 4 to o'clock.
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
Eagles Lodge to
Honor Mothers at
Special Services

Ell Centro aerie Of the Eagles
lodge will conduct special exercises
for its annual observance Of Moth
er,s Day. it was announced Tuesday
by Ray D. johnson. program chair
man.
The program will be presented at
L am. May IA with the Rev, Mr..
FLOYD johnson scheduled TO deliver
the address. Mrs. johnson, wife of
the minister, will have charge of
a special musical program to be
presented.
The Eagles lodge, johnson said,
was conducting special services in
honor of mothers many years be-
fore congress set apart a special
Mothers day for the nation. Frank
G. Hefing, who later became a
national president of the order, is
said to have delivered the first
public appeal for a nation wide
Mothers day
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
Storm Baffers
Roya! Transport

ABOARD S. S. EMPRESS OF
AUSTRALIA, En- Route to Quebec
May 8. CUP)-A heavy storm today
battered the liner taking King
George. Queen Elizabeth and their
party of % to North America.
Wind lashed the sea into white
horses and the 10000 ton ship
pitched badly. Their majesties es-
capped seasickness, however and
took advantage OF the diversions
aboard. The king played deck ten
his despite the wind, and after
dinner they attended a showing OF
movies which the queen selected.
They were Charlie Chan at Monte
Carlo" ana Walt Disney's The
Fox Hunt"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
Methodist Bishops
Get Assignments

KANSAS CITY, Mo, May g.
CUP)-More than a third of the
United Methodist church's 81 bish-
cps today had orders to move into
areas.
The committee on ministry of the
conference which is uniting the
Methodist Episcopal Methodist
Episcopal South and Methodist
Protestant churches last night an
uounced its assignment of bishops
under the new church plan. ...
II had the power to determine
districts in which the bishops may
serve and the cities in which they
shall make their residences.
For administrative purposes the
united church already had been
divided into geographical districts,
called jurisdictions. Bishops were
assigned along these geographical
lines.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
Man Steals Gun,
Terrorizes Crowd

LOS ANGELES, May g. (UP)-
John Edward Zeitz, %, was near
death today of a forehead gun
wound after he had seized a target
pistol from a shooting gallery and
terrorized late theatre crowds be-
fore he was captured.
His wound, which police surgeons
said probably would prove fatal,
was inflicted when the stolen gun
discharged while officers were at
tempting to subdue him
After seiz.ng the pistol Zeitz ran
several blocks, with the proprietor
of the shooting gallary and spec
tator running after him.
Police said Zeitz fired three shots
over the heads of his pursuers as
he passed a crowd of persons
emerging from the Paramount the
atre, three blocks away.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
Passport Fraud
Trio Sent 10 Pen

NEW YORK, May 9. tUP)-Three
men convicted OF participation in a
fraudulent passport ring were SEN
fenced TO maximum prison terms
of two years each today by Federal
Judge Henry w. Goddard.
Sentence was imposed after U. S
Attorney John p. Chahill had dis
closed that the passports obtained
by the syndicate had been used by
spies Of an unidentified foreign
power
The passports which the defend
ants conspired to obtain" he told
the court, were procured for and
obtained by agents of a foreign
state engaged in espionage activi-
ties against other foreign states"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09

is suing one of its former engineers
for return of the $19l0 it spent
sending him TO Russia with a dozen
other American experts to help
build the planes.
Gilbert Henry, the engineer,
turned back to Moscow, 500 miles
short of Tagenrog, the plane base,
and returned home. He has coun-
tersuit for $2,747 against the Con-
Solidated, which he claims greatly
miSrepresented living conditions in
Russia.
Henry testified he was assigned
to help the SoYiets build airboats
which were to be for mail and
cargo purposes.
The ships we were TO help the
Russians build" he declared, were
definitely bombers, with the turret
and armor omitted; the same as
the PBY-l now used by the United
States navy"
This was in 1897. The PBY-1 was
then being used by the American
navy and was known as one of
its priced types of ships. 1t made
mass flights TO Hawaii and the
Panama Canal zone.
Henry testified he turned back
from Russia, not because of home
sickness, but because he got dis
gusted feeling that the company
had acted in bad faith
Il became convinced" he teSti-
fled, that Russia was no place for
my wife and 2-year- son. The
food was bad and the best living
quarters available were extremely
unsanitary."
The suit is on trial before Su-
perior Judge Thurmond Clarke.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09

ALL ullO lIle C1O. OdSty OlQ VII
liam Green, however, called time
out to take the edge off the Lewis
drive Meanwhile, the breaks be-
gan to go against the CIO and
Lewis has since been on the de-
fensiye. However, he IS not yet lick
ed by any means. Moreover, if
consolidation ever takes place, l
do not think either Green or Lewis
will be in the saddle.
The Law of Action and Reaction
works in human relations just as
it does in physics and in economics.
The public is badly fed up on the
CIO and its tactics. LeWis's move
ment, popular when it started. has
made enemies of many former
friends While the public is not in
love with the AFL, at least the
methods used by Mr.. Green's group
seem less obnoxious than those
used by the more youthful CIO
crowd This public reaction is,
therefore, having its effect ON
Lewis's power. What has happened
the past week brings this out
clearly.
Recession Slows Down CIO
The business recession has given
the Lewis unions some more bad
jolts The widespread lay-offs in
the automobile and steel centerS
have strained the treasures of the
new CIO unions. Because the AFT
groups are older, they are richer
than Uncle Johns new unions
Their finances can stand the gafi
of this slowing down period Of
business better than can those o.
the CIO. To meet the reduction il
income, the latter has had to lei
a lot OF valuable organizers anc
other staff workers go. This ha.
halted their drive for new member;
! and has given them a definite set
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
Old MansIaughter
Case Catches Up

TUCSON, Ariz., May 9. (UP)-
Abraham Liebert. "A, was held in
the county Jail today for Tennessee
authorities On a charge of man
slaughter. The charge, it was said,
involved a highway accident at
Bean Station, Tenn, six years ago,
Liebert is the owner of a whole
sale novelty business here. His
attorney indicated he would con-
test the legality Of the arrest
through a habeas corpus in su-
perior court.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
Stunting Pilot
Crashes Plane

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, May 8.
CUPD-An army flier displaying his
skill in spectacular stunts, crashed
his plane In a crowded section Of
Guayaquil last night, killing %
persons and mjuring so.
Captain CriStobal Sandoval had
just arrived from Quito in his mill
tary plane, Red Devil" The plane
in crashing caught on fire, set
fire to five buildings which were
destroyed. Sandoval was killed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09

back in many plants where their
roots were pretty Well down a year
and half ago.
A third factor which may be the
button punch" for the belligerent
Mr.. Lewis was the strike in the
soft coal fields. The money neces-
Sary to run his gigantic 1887 Of
i fensive against the motor and steel
industries was put up largely by
the United Mine Workers. They
were the Spearhead of the whole
CIO drive. 1 was curious as to
whom Mr.. Lewis was referring re-
Gently when he said that outside
interests were backing up the
rebellious bituminous mine oper-
ators. A little checking around re-
veals there is not much doubt as
to whom John l.. was referring
These outside interests are the
big coal consumers such as the rail-
roads, utilities, steel companies, and
other large employers who simply
cannot afford to pay any more for
coal
A Rear Guard Attack?
These consumers are large enough
to take a great part of the output
of single coal mine Hence, their
bosses can talk turkey to the mine
operators. These big consumers, in
spired by Tom Girdler, Eugene
Grace, and others, would like moth
ing better than TO put the finger
on the CIO for once and for all
The Lewis adherentS claim these
large consumers of coal have stiff
fened up the backboneS of the mine
operators. The strike, with $4,000
; miners out OF work, has been q
mighty costly affair for the United
Mine Workers as well as for yor
: and me. 1t has hit the Achille.
heel of the CIO-the treasury o
the United Mine Workers.
The story is that if the wal
chest Of the United Mine Worker.
can be destroyed, the CIO will b,
ready for honest dealing 1t i!
pretty we'll known that the million
OF thrifty stockholders of this coun.
try feel that Mr. Green is fairer anC
more dependable than Mr.. Lewis
Many impartial leaders believe tina
labor itself would in the long run
be better off under a man like MI
Green than under a man like MI
Lewis. On the other hand, the yer
tical system of unionization which
Mr. Lewis advocates is sounde
than the horizontal system fol
which Mr.. Green stands. Hence
if the AFL group win they mus
adopt the CIO idea in order t.
avoid another fight later on.
Public Holds the Bag
MEANWHILE, patient John @. Pub
lie has been taking it on the chin
as usual The $4,000 idle miner
were declared eligible for unem
ployment Insurance Compensation
The unemployment fund, of course
represents the contributions of al
workers. It was not set up TO sup
port strikes. Moreover, the coal tie
up has cost many railroad worker
their jobs. Steel operations hay,
dropped and general business ha.
Sagged per cent. We need a LabO
Act that will prevent such situation
one that will protect consumer
and the jobs Of innocent worker
in other industries
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
Three New Teachers Added to Staff
AT CaIipafria Elementary School,

Alfred Adams the second. and Mrs.
w. w. Smith the first
Mrs. f. Z. GrosVenor. VINO taught
kindergarten last year. viii teach
the second and third grades at
Bonita next year Mrs. Irma Nc
Cullough will retail the principal
ship at Bonita school and Mrs.
Ruth Chase viii teach the second
and third grades there.
A principal for Fremont school
and kindergarten schools for Ere
mont and Bonita Will be selected
by the board.
Board members are c. o. Hoober.
Earl Holmquist. and Reed Wilkin-
son.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09

ChLIPATRIA. MAY 8-Three new
teachers win be added 70 the Cali
patria elementary school teaching
staff for next year. the board de-
cided al a recent meeting
AL this years teachers were re-
employed for next year except Miss
Ruth Asbury. who resigned.
Several changes were made in
class assignments. c. J Moniz was
reelected vice-principal of the sys-
TEN and will teach the eighth grade
Mrs. G. Roy Thomson will teach
the seventh. Miss Eleanor Lechler
the sixth. Mrs Dennis Ford the
fifth, Miss Julia Riley the fourth,
Mrs. l.. W Eddins the third, Mrs.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
Film Actress Goes
To Hospital

HOLLYWOOD, May Q. CUP) -
Evelyn Venable, film actress strick-
en- Sunday with appendicities while
in New York arrived here today
in the TWA Sky Chief and was
taken Immediately to a hospital.
The Paramount actress. who had
been touring the east making per-
sonal appearances in connection
with Cecil 3. DE Miles Union
Pacific" was accompanied here by
a nurse and made the trip despite
her physicians instructions she
should not be moved from her New
York hotel
The plane was forced to land at
Newhall because OF the heavy fog
over the air terminal.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
PUBLISHER DIES

PALO ALTO, Calf, May 9. (UP)
Funeral services were to be held
here today for Ray McClung, 48,
California publisher and radio sta
ton operator. McClung died sud-
denly yesterday of a heart ailment.
Burial will take place in Redwood
City.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
RAIL EXECUTIVE DIES

WASHINGTON, May 8. UP)-
Carl R Gray, former president and
vice chairman OF the Union Pacific
railroad, was found dead in his bed
at Washington hotel today. Death
was attributed to heart disease.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09

skilled drivers, of course. But each
proved corrcspondingIy greater
mileage IS always yours with Gil
more. Try a tankful in your carl
OldSmobile used Lion Head
Motor Oil in the Gilmore
Yosemite Run. The A.A.A.
report shows that no measur-
able quantity was consumed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09

Violent billiards and twisting
mountain grades handicapped
every stock car in the A.A.A. su-
pervised Gilmore Yosemite Run.
And yet Oldsmobile and IS other
cars each finished this gruelling
run with an astounding mileage
record. A record achieved with the
same Red Lion you buy. Made by
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
1O-YEAR TERM IMPOSED

Ten years in San Quentin prison
was the sentence fixed by the state
board of prison terms and paroles
for Jesus Telamantez, convicted
May %, 1897 of burglarizing the E.
F.. Standlee home in Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
LICENSE SUSPENDED

The state board of equalization
suspended for five days the liquor
license of Lem CT. Davis of Brawley
because he sold mixed drinks for
consumption off the premises. the
board announced Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
Bobson Declares S
Public Big Loser
I'm Coal Strike

BABSON PARK, Mass, May 9.-There is no Sign of
peace this year between Mr. Green and Mr. Lewis From
1885 through last fall the CIO group steadily gained
ground the AFL. year and half ago Lewis was SO
strong that he threatened to merge the picturesque
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
Suit Reveals j. s.
Com pony Sold
Russio Bombers

LOS ANGELES, May 9. (UP)-An American firm sup
piled Russia with the plans specifications, and aid IN
building mail and cargo planes identical to the navys
bombers according to testimony file today in lawsuit
The firm, is Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, which
Evening star., 1939-03-17
Oil in Kentucky

Oil prospectors took options on
10000 acres in Graves, Carlisle, Bal
lard and McCracken counties, KY,
early in 1899.
Evening star., 1939-03-17
STAR WASHINGTON D. c. FRIDAY MARCH H. 1889.
Relief Food Sale
Case Brings Future
Prosecution Plan
Clients May Be Asked
IF Supply Is for
Own Consumption

A way Of forming q basis for sue
cessful prosecution Of relief clients
who sell food given them for their
own consumption was suggested to-
day by an official of the Federal
Surplus Commodities Corp. after the
United States attorneys office had
confessed yesterday it was stumped
on finding q means Of prosecution.
Harold G. Albin, chief Of the Pur-
chase and Distribution Section of
the corporation, which sends the
food to relief agencies for distribu-
ton to the needy, suggested that a
relief client given food be required
to answer this question: rs this
food to be used solely for your own
or your family's consumption?"
Assistant United States Attorney
Karl Kindleberger, informed of Mr..
Albin's suggestion, said that If the
Public Assistance Division asked
clients this question, and 1t was
answered in the affirmative, q case
Of false pretenses could be sustained
against client who sold the food.
Original Charges Dismissed.
In Police Court yesterday, Judge
Edward M. Curran dismissed false
pretense case against a 53-year- -old
man accused of trying to sell relief
food. on the grounds that the de-
fendant made no false representa-
tions when he received the groceries.
Miss Esther Eddlestone, w. P. A.
case worker, testified that the man,
Nathaniel Applewhite, of the TOO
block of Seventh street NV, had
made no Misrepresentation when he
applied with the agency. The matter
of whether Applewhite was asked If
he was going to use the food solely
for his own consumption was not
brought up in court, but presumably
he was not asked this.
After the case was thrown out of
court. Mr.. Kindleberger said he knew
Of no other charge that could be
sustained. However, the attorney
said today that he could get convic-
ton If the consumption question was
asked.
Miss Hill NOncommittal.
Miss Alice Hill, head of the Public
Assistance Division, which distributes
surplus commodity products here,
would not say whether she would
order the consumption question put
to relief clients here. Mr.. Albin said
that relief agencies in many States
ask this question to form basis for
prosecution of those who sell the
food.
During the trial yesterday, Judge
Curran said the only action that
could be taken in the particular case
before him was to refuse the de-
fendant groceries in the future, but
Assistant United States Attorney
Stephen Haycock, who handled the
case in court, expressed the belief
that even this action could not be
taken If the man had been certified
as being destitute.
Asked about this feature, Miss Hill
countered with the observation that
the fundamental object Of relief Is
to provide for the needy.
Evening star., 1939-03-17

Most pedestrians killed were in
the prime Of life and health. OBJ
serve the rules and stay that way.