The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 11, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 215. ‘Heavier Fighting On Western Front As Nazis Counter Attack * (My Axsocinted Irena) ! LONDON.—French troops re- covered ground today against a German advance, which took back a few hundred yards of lost territory. Fierce fighting is re- ported in progress. i French planes are reported to/ bombed Searbrucken, which have villages . behind | is to the | | | i | | | i | VISITOR COMMENDS BUS LINES’ TOUR ENJOYED COURTESIES EX-, i HER FRIENDS ee re i Attention of T. B. O’Steen, traffic manager of the Florida Prof. Horace O'Bryant an- nounced this noon that the first day’s enrollment at the High school totalled 670 students, with 413 in Junior High and 257 in Senior group. The figures indicate a_ slight increase over last year’s first-day enrollment which showed a total of 655—423 Junior High and 232 Senior division. Registrations are expected to continue throughout this week. Harris Grammer School, Prin-, cipal W. C. Duncan, reported 388 enrolled today. Report of the Division Street | TENDED HERE; WILL TELL | School enrollment is 483. Prin- cipal Earl Hamilton is starting his first term as principal. On the Keys, 25 were expected to enroll at Matecumbe, 15 at Marathon, 15 at Rock Harbor and 15 at Tavernier, but reports will north of the Saar Siegfried line Motor Lines, is called in a letter not be available until later this fortifications. New mine fields have been laid down by British miners in both the North and Irish Seas in an effort io further draw up the sea blockade against Germany. Meanwhile three of England's colonial possessions, Canada, Aus- tralia and New Zealand, threw themselves into active war pre- parations. war budget for $100,000,000 to be Canada drew up a used for war purposes and also fo continue trading with other countries. New Zealand is be- lieved 40 bes.prpparing~ expedi-. LAUBSCHERS ARE - BOOSTING CITY evident at the* Chamber of Commerce this morn- ing while Secretary Singleton and his Secretary Miss Alicia Domenech are getting all things in readiness for the election of directors of the organization which is to be held September 21 Activities e Despite this, time was taken off to show The Citizen a letter' from Harold and Gertrude Laub- scher, brother and sister, from Key West, who are at the Eddy Farm Hotel at Sparrowbush, N. Y., and were sent a number of booklets, from the Chamber of Commerce some time ago. They write: of Stewartsville, N. J., to the trip to Key West she recently made on the bus from Miami, and the courtesies given by employees. | “Having returned from one of tation Opening Indefinite “SIDS LL LSM. and having made the two day,all | expense tour from Miami to Rey West, I wish to call your atten- | tion to the fact that our stay at! Key West was indeed very in- teresting, due to the fact that; your Guide, Charles G. Papy, left! nothing unturned to acquaint us, with ~that part of the world.{ Through the efforts of Mr. Papy; our Key West trip will always be’ remembered. | “We will recommend this cir- cle tour, including Key West and j Mr. Papy as guide at Key West,! to our many friends as_ every-| thing was so very nice. “Mr. Papy’s endeavors were so; NerY,matked that we thought | best to call your attention to so| apt an employee of your Lines.” PARRAMORES WILL. SEE BOTH FAIRS “We are boosting Key West} everywhere we go and are hav-' ing a wonderful time”, writes Dr.-! . B. Paramore, head of the} Community Clinic in Key West, | who was at Salt Lake City, Utah. j when he wrote The Citizen un-} der date of September 9. The day previous, Dr. and Mrs. Parramore were at Pikes Peak. The information is given that he and Mrs. Parramore are bound to both fairs. They intend to spend a short time at the Cali- fornia Exposition, then start across the country, going a part of the way through Canada, and wind up at the New York World’s Fair, after which they from Mrs. Frederick H. Hofell, | week. Mrs. Sue M. Moore is in charge of the Marathon key school, Fer- ran Pinder at Matacumbe, Harold Russell at Rock Harbor and Charles C. Albury at Tavernier. THERE WAS NOISE IN TURKEY ROOST (iy Aanocinted Pree MOBERLY, Mo.. Sept. 11.— A farmer near Moberly heard a commotion in his turkey roost about 3 a. m. He dashed out and called the sheriff when he discover. ed his 380 turkeys were gone. The, sheriff placed two deputies on the trail and some time later drove to the farm house for more clues. He found the turkeys sleep- ina peacefully. They merely had been frightened away and then came back to roost. PMI LILI LB MM 4 ing the plane unit at Miami now! STUDENTS RETUR FROM TENDER IVY Four employes of the Coast Guard - Lighthouse Department. Che Kry West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Poland KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1939 Monroe County. Schools. Report Good Enrolments BACKGROUND OF THE WAR Digest Of War News i From All Fronts |. Teachers at the Junior-Senior ' High are Bessie M. Eagan, Ida | : : Engel, Olive Engel, eee Gana With the world on the brink of ner, Margaret Gomez, Grace Hil-|2M0ther major catastrophe, it is | lton, Myrtle Howell, Dumont: Well to recall the fateful array of Huddleston, Ida J. Kennedy, {events that began in 1914. Al- | Theodore Klebsattel, Clara Lank- , though ROH °F the principals ford, Juanita Lewis, Fortuna 294 causes are different today, Lopez, C. H. Mains, Margaret there are many similiarities be- Neff, John R. Offutt, Addah Ram- ;tween the recently-begun hostili- sey, Hildegard Russell, Hildah , ties and the first World War. Salis, Lorine Thompson, Mary B.' Lets take a look at the records Trevor and W. E. Fowler. jand see. for ourselves: Hatris scho Emma Albury, ', Fighting got underway on July | Helen Williams, Thelma Wat- 28, 1914 when Austria-Hungary kins, Linton Vitte, Jennie Sey- declared war on Serbia, and enc- | ‘mour, Ethea Stricker, Mavereen |¢d November 11, 1918 in a Gen-| Meador, Jennie Mae Johnson, ,¢tal armistice. Twenty-nine na-! Magdalin Huddleston, Alice Al-;tions, the Allies, fought against | bury, Marie Haskins, Charlotte Germany, Austria-Hungary, ‘fur- Haskins, Mary Ely and Isabel key and Bulgaria, the Central} LONDON.—A German war- Ball. | Powers. ‘ D s hool: Vi Little! Spork): Big Keplosisa. (ey ee ivision Street school: Virginia | Lit park; xplosion § [ A A -, .. Shine, May Sands, Mary Russell,} The spark that set off the fire- Pee! af reesemts received Marjorie Roberts, Anna Roberts, ;works was the assassination of /{70" @ Swedish vessel. The Gladys Pinder, Ruth O’Bryant.'Arch-duke Ferdinand, Austrian ;|CTewW was rescued by a German ‘Charlotte Boyden, Amelia Cabot, ‘heir-apparent, and his wife at the {irawler, the vessel reports. Miriam E. Carey, Frances Coch- ;capital of Bosnia, Sarajevo, June | ran, Norma Dopp, Josephine !28, 1914. Hitler declared Polish } me Doughtry, Susie Gardner, Eulalie jtreatment of Germans was his} onnee England ne a Jones, Sadie Moss and Florence ‘reason for entering Poland’s bor- ie not to send a special cruis- A. Mullinax. ders. But, as in 1914, that reason |€¥ after the Duke and Duchess of -1 Wai only the means of actually | Windsor, but will bring them beginning hostilities. {back when a cruiser is in French A long list of near-war events | wat, og preceded the Ferdinand murder | “ers This is expected to oc. —the same as the present. Then ioe tomorrow, economic rivalry, international ; politics and an armament race | MOSCOW.—Reports from Rus- |made Europe virtually a powder |sia today claim that it is rearm- ‘keg. Practically those same rea- jing along the border to be ready can may be blamed for the Wars, ‘gisarm. Polish soldiers stream- li ; A note, containing demands, |!®9 @¢ross the border. Russia says jwas sent Serbia by Austria-Hun- | Poland's Position is hopeless. |gaty immediately after the as-|Similar reports from Mussolini jsassination. The reply granted Italy have been sent out. most of the demands and stated that Serbia was willing to submit _Naval Station, a number of i entire-mess to The Hague . fi \ Tribunal. Austria flatly turned | velopments, which might have ‘down the Serbian reply and de- the were cided definitely not to hand the d ss {problems to any _ international by Lieut. Comdr. arbitrators. In that rings a note ‘Callahan in command of Key ;°f the crisis of today. BULLETINS (By Associated Prean) With considerable speculation jabout town on the opening of the ry NEWS FLASHES POCCO CULES ECS -seNCe occasioned rumors, DETROIT.—Strike at the Ben- j dix factory was called off today. It was feared that the strike War Inevitable ; would soon affect auto company i | After a series of diplomatic ac- ‘production since many of the | An Amphibian plane from the tions, Sir Edward Gi2y, foreign |4ifferent makes of autos use | cies Cea . {affairs secretary of England, sug- | Bendix parts. ;Opa Locka base arrived this pected a four-power conference eee DeMetz of France, Italy, Germany and} NEW YORK.—Four ‘congress- |England to settle the differences ;™€n landed in New York aboard ithat, had arisen’ between Austria-/@ Swedish liner. Hungary and Russia, who had! ea . ‘declared on July 24, 1914 that she| |, NEW ORLEANS.—Motion to ‘would mobilize the day Austrian | 4i8continue the trial which in- ‘troops crossed into Serbia. Ger- | Volves many of the late Huey many rejected the proposal. Aus- | 4089's henchmen was denied to- \tria would not relent in her ulti-:4@¥+ Prosecution closed its case matum to Serbia and as all ef-,498inst Seymour Weiss. _Presi- ‘forts for peace failed, the dec- dent of Louisiana Sta \laration of war was inevitable. |*#¥ is included in the Then, as today, England began frantic diplomatic events and for a while it seemed a settlement was in the offing. Germany, ' ‘meanwhile, demanded ~ Russia! stop her military preparations, | but no reply was forthcoming, | pointed out | West Naval Station. ‘morning with Lieut. 'piloting the plane and Captain | Henry, of the Army plane unit now based at Miami. The con- ‘ference was on radio communica- tion details to be handled out of |Key West Naval Station regard- |preparing for patrol work. The | plane left about 2:15 this after- noon. i ‘ In connection with orders to jclose the Naval Station to the {public at 8 o’clock this morning, | Lieut.-Com. Callahan has revok- ed all swimming passes at the {Station pool and has closed the ALARM SYSTEM IS OUT OF ORDER de- Persocssevevcecs| Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Fights Back As Forces Rally In Defense Of Warsaw (By Associated Press) WARSAW, Sept. 11.—Polish troops have taken up | their strongest defensive point on the plains behind the Vistula River and extending southward toward Krakow cn a 250 mile front and according to reports have in sev- \eral cases advanced against the Germans. German attacks on the Polish line have been thrown back. Germany admits fierce battles along the line drawn up. Germany's planes are participating in a terrific bom- | bardment of Polish forces and Polish bridges and fac- | tories behind the lines. | Polish forces which fell back rapidly last week be- fore the early advance of German troops across the border | were relying on their chief defense behind the Vistula River, which enters from the Baltic Sea and flows south- ward near Warsaw. Building Permit Totals Reveal Little Activity Repairs to one-story residence ‘sued cee eee of Seep. on Olivia street. Owner, Julia Inspector Harry M. Baker during Zo; cost, $200. the first period of the month of Mingo: cost, $200. September numbered six and to-| Repairs to two-story residence ‘talled $1,425, and are as follows: |0n Fleming Owner, Al- j Repair of roof of two-story | bert Sweeting; cost, $200. residence at 701 Fleming street., General repairs to one-story ‘Owner, H. B. Brown; cost, $500. | residence, 825 Emma street. Own- General repairs to the roof of/!er, Jake Aronovitz; cost, $75. residence, one-story frame, at Repairs to garage at 527 Divi- |506 Virginia street. Owner, Y./sion stre Owner, S. J. Wolf; Cobo; cost. $400. icost, $50. ‘ { street. FEW UNKNOWN ‘However, Swifter Planes, More Bombs, Better Tank: WAR JUST BEGUN IN EUROPE wovvvcevscooses WEAPONS SEEN FO POOOOOHLOOHEOESOOOOS OOS EDESEESOSEOEEOOSEEDELOSOES (By Assoemted Press) “We have been pleased to dis-! Will return home. tribute the booklets where we thought they did the most good and are happy to state that we ourselves will be responsible for bringing at least several dozens of newcomers to Key West next season. | “The matter has been dis-i cussed with a number of persons however, and many of them NYA SUPERVISOR LEAVES ON TRI Victor Lowe, supervisor of NYA activities in the Key West area, left this morning on a trip ;who had been employed in ac- Submarine base, which has been jtivities with the Tender Ivy,|used for a Yacht Basin during which was operating in Tampa'the tourist season, for swimming | Bay and vicinity, were returning | Purposes and the breakwater as ‘passengers on the midday bus!@ drive and fishing pier. No visi- i yesterday. tors are allowed in the Station. { Those who returned for thi Jl private boats have left the |purpose of attending school and | Submarine Base. é ‘taking up their studies today| Renovations at the Marine ‘were: Elmore Pinder, Ralph | Barracks in the Naval Station, Thompson, Eugene Albury and, Which was recently vacated by and on August 1, 1914 Germany declared war on Russia. On that, date, Germany inquired of France | what she would do and the (French replied they would act to} their best interests, whereupon, | on August 3, Germany declared | {a state of war existed between | her and France, j England Declares War | France and Russia wanted ' RESIDENTS REQUESTED TO WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—De- World War, though seldom effec- {spite popular talk of death ra: ively, were flame-throwers and PHONE ALARMS TO ‘and germ. bombs, victims in any/thermite bombs, the latter of HEADQUARTERS new European war probably will’ which spew heat of blast-furnace idie by the same types of weapons | intensity upon exploding. Fire Chief Harry Baker ac! used in the last. : | Liquid oxygen bombs are com- nounces: today . that’ the Fire! Information available at the’ paratively new, but military ex Alarm system in the whole dis-, 2" department does not disclose perts say they deteriorate, often trict from Duval street west is,the invention of any startling | within an hour, and cannot be promise to come down and see to the camp at Sulphur Springs, | Joseph Watkins. ithe W.P.A., are necessary only to, England to help them; Germany out of order, and will be so un-jarmaments since the frenzied| manufactured and stored for fu- {conform with naval regulation |wanted her to lregarding the condition of build- | but Great Britain decided to stay | i ings. jin the middle and act as media- jtor. However, Britain did agree to ma and other streets from the! ‘protect the northern French coast Gulf to the Atlantic side, are re-} remain neutral, ' til further notice. '1914-18 experimentation period, | ture use. | What combatants in any new Residents of this district, in-| though mzny improvements have | face, however, are cluding Whitehead, Thomas, Em- tiecaaadde: |war must Out of the Spanish civil war, swifter airplanes carrying heavier u This hotel closes September 25 and after a few days at the World’s Fair we both plan to re- turn again to the Southernmost where there are a number of Key ! West youths receiving training. | ECKBERG MOVED Mr. Lowe said before leaving City.” that before his trip was conclud- purely business reasons, he would | CHARLES HILTON jattend a meeting in Jacksonville | a young women undergoing train-} ig transferred from the Navy Yard | dence, 310 Fleming street. ron MRS. M. COLBY |Navy Yard in New Hampshire. ‘ow afternoon 5 o’clock from the} Te ik eee jber of Key Westers as he was church. Rev. Wm. L. Halladay| News was received in Key period and during that time was from the membership of the|death of Mrs. Mary Grace Colby |to Brooklyn. . MARKS VISITED HERE ber and who will attend the fun-/Clarence C. Clinton and Mrs. widow, Mrs. Georgina Hilton; |Miss Miriam Lowe. District. was a visitor in Key Marguerite; two brothers, Thom-|Lowe left over the highway to! pose of meeting his many old jand perhaps visit the camp at! Lieutenant-Commander Walter P ASSED ON TOD AY Ocala, where there are Key West ip ‘Eekberg, U.S.N.. has written | apenas ; ;Mr. and Mrs. Allan B. Cleare, ing in specified lines of endea- Sr., the news of his having been | vor. ” Charles MacGregor Hilton, 72, | died this morning at his _resi- jat Brooklyn to the Portsmouth eae pe A REE fomoe.| | Lieut.-Com. Eckberg will be eral services will be held to! DIES IN MIAMI »=>e% poniierel by a wie chapel of the Lopez Funeral) : Home to the First Congregational aes jStationed at Key West for a long will officiate. | West yesterday by Captain Wal-|wedded to Miss Alphonsine Pallbearers will be selected ter J. Lowe, announcing the |Cleare, after which they moved Knights of the Golden Eagle, of}in Coconvt Grove. Mrs. Colby j which the deceased was a mem-' was the Gaughter of Mr. and Mrs. eral. |Clinton is the sister of Captain Paul Marks, ex-attorney for the Mr. Hilton is survived by his|Lowe and was before marriage | Qverseas Road and Toll Bridge { three daughters, Mrs. James Pi Immediately after receiving ! west yesterday on a_ personal, der, Mrs. Joseph Ladd and Miss|the message Captain and Mrs. \pusiness trip and for the pur- as Hilton of Nassau and John attend the funeral services, which ifriends. He returned to Miami Hilton of Miami, wera to be held this afternoon. this morning. HIS HOLIDAY |Germany’s refusal to respect Bel-|number 368. 'gium’s neutrality. The little coun- FO 2 BS PGT! OF AA STIS caer San |DEATH SHARED jon August 2, 1914. Then came questet to phone fire alarms to { | pte SRS j (My Ansociated Prensa) try called upon the signers of the ‘ander Mulho, 63-year-old Turk, ' therefore, issued a declaration of | | traveled 12,000 miles from Johan-; War against Germany on Aug-| COMES 10 PORT | MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 11.—Alex-|Treaty of 1839°to act. Britain, | |mesburg, South Africa, to make a. ust 4. | surprise visit to his brother, | eres Gereny and Aus- Mayer, whom he had not seen tria, had formed a iple Alli- pie |tor 36 years. |ance, but the Italian government bi? Zinnia, of pie Coast |. Police located the address for refused to help those countries Guard) ee, oi ore jhim. “But when he knocked on|when war broke out and estab: ;9'Tived In por a gts pith ‘the door only his _ sister-in-law lished her neutrality. Could it be 200" from psig ga wie ‘and two nephews, none of whom the same now? The Central coast and ee m lhe had. ever seen before, an-'!Powers tried to win back Italy| It is expected that the vessel | swered. ‘with promises of territory beyond | Will remain at the age at = | Mayer Mulho died a year ago. ;the Adriatic but the attempt | docks for the balance of the weel failed and on May 24, 1915 she but may be ordered to carry ree |decided to fight against her for-|Plies to the lighthouses on the eleciiaranha jmer allies. Today, Hitler prom- reef in the interim. j Al Albertus, who. was visiting |ises Mussolini that if he helps | 'with ,his grandparents, Mr. and|Germany in this war, the Lapis, |Mrs. Eduardo Albertus, fe ptr, borne of the Axis will be for} Ahern Funeral Home |the highway yesterday for his! the efit of Italy. home in Miami and was accom-| Japan Wanted Aero-Car Ambulance Service panied by his grandmother, who| Because Germany had aided in will vsiit with her son and daugh-|depriving Japan of the victors’ AMBULANCE SERVICE ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Alton|spoils after the Sino-Japanes¢| phone 22211 Miami, Fle Albertus. (Continued on Page Four) + LEFT FOR HOME H proving ground for new arma-'bomb loads, faster and stronger {ments, came news of only one ‘tanks mounted with guns and gas wholly novel defensive Cah peek and sr trreritd Lt er-velocity guns—in brief, vastly and that was a crude, almost}; ; : pore x * {improved equipment ery | reimitive: anti-tank grenade. ioe saxo: ee Poorly-armed Spanish soldiers, | 'when under attack by tanks,) {sometimes filled bottles with GREETINGS SENT gasoline, drapped them in gas- soaked rags, and hurled the blaz-: FROM N y F ing bottles at the steel jigger-| > ie AIR nauts. { When the bottles burst and the flaming gasoline spread, the tanks| Colin Smith, who is employed became rolling ovens. os the Sutton S.S. Line in New Nothing was seen in the Span-| York. and makes regular trips ish conflict of the reported Ger-| from one of the river piers to the man invention of a nest of bombs| Statue of Liberty, was a recent |within a bomb, and war depart-j visitor to the World’s Fair. There ;ment representatives scoff at!he met a number of friends at the jsuch a devise as impractical, as| Florida Exhibit, one of them be- | well as unnecessary. ing Coto Garcia of Key West, an Description of an “air bomb”|entertainer, who is building up a used in Spain led one expert on}large following with his singing ‘explosives to deduce that it was! and other features of entertain- |loaded with ammonium nitrate | ment. jand a combustble sustance, an} Garcia requested Colin to give \explosive discovered long ago. ‘his regards to all of his friends Known and used in the lastin Key West.