The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 17, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the | most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Key West Citizen | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1939 A PRICE FIVE CENTS VOLUME LX. No. 246. German Drive Against French Signals Start Of War In Earnest C. Of C. And Fishermen Unite Against Fish Pound *. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 17.—War began in earnest today in the trenches of the Western Front. Seventy-six thousand German troops, according to French dis- patch, participated in a 19-mile wide drive on the French today and succeeded in recapturing 12 towns and outpost points which the French had occupied on Ger- man soil. Blasts of “murderous fire” were opened up on the Nazi troops by artillery in the Maginot Line and inflicted heavy losses on the ad- vancing Germans, who did not proceed further in the face of the furious defense. Another German Air Raid In the air German bombers made another raid on Scottish base at Scapa Flow today and succeeded in bombing the base and also in striking the British warship “Iron Duke”, flagship of the Brifish fleet during the Jut- land battle of the World War. England claimed that it brought down one German plane and suc- ceeded in beating back the other German fleet. Air raid signals went off in several towns along the eastern coast of England as an unidegtified plane flew..along. the shoreline. News of the bombing was given to the House of Lords in England by Lord Chatfield and to the House of Commons by Admiralty Lord Churchill. Norweigan freighter “Lawrence W. Hanser.” was sunk in the North Atlantic today by a German sub- marine. Twenty-one members of her crew were rescued. England has not yet recognized the Norweigan fishermen’s report of a running sea battle in the North Sea yesterday in which a German warship was sunk. LOWE POINTS OUT | ACCOMPLISHMENTS | OF NYA PROGRAM TRAINING RECEIVED BY KEY | WES7 ‘YOUTHS FITS THEM} INTO PROFITABLE TRADES; | MANY STUDYING IN STATE Fourteen | | in Members of Lions Clubs of all |Southeast Florida have been call- jed to a special meeting of two The Key West Fishermen's As- sociation met in the office of the Chamber of Commerce this morning, to consider the matter of the application for a 1,747 foot fish pond which has been made to the War Department by T. C. Crosland. There being no question of the detrimental effect this construc- tion would have on commercial and sport fishing interests; it was felt that the proposed date for the granting of the applica- tion, or its rejection, namely, October 21, gave time for a proper presentation of the reasons why even if the huge trap was not an obstruction to BRITISH REPORT THEY HAVE SUNK 13 NAZI U-BOATS LOSS OF “ROYAL OAK” DE- SCRIBED AS DARING RAID BY. MINE-EVADING SUB; LITTLE BOMBING DAMAGE (By Associated Press: LONDON, Gct. 17.—England today said that 13 German sub- marines have thus far been sunk by British vessels and _ that five more had been damaged. In- creased warfare against the sub- marines is reported by the ad- miralty. Loss of the British warship “Royal Oak”, which was sunk in the English naval base at Scapa Flow, was described as an ex- ample of naval mechanics and a “daring” raid by the British Ad- miralty. The German submarine which insufficient | zones next Sunday at Pigeon Key {Fishing Camp, accoraing to in- {formation received today from Distriet Governor Roscoe Brun- jsetter of Miami, presiding officer jof District 35-S. President. H. EB, | Day, of the Key West Club, zone ; chairman of the south section of the district, will be chairman of the meeting and the local club will be host club for the confer- ence, navigation, it still was an offense; ‘he meeting is planned © pri- | marily to deal with problems con- | nected with the International Con-' {vention to be held in Havana, Cuba, next July 23 to 26. Business session will get underway at 11 | Telegrams from Chester : a. m., followed by ‘luncheon, then Thompson, representing the !a continuation of the many topics Fishermen’s Association, to T. C.'up for discussion. Crosland, and from the Cham-! War in Europe is said to have ber of Commerce to the U. S.{materially changed problems of 'Engineer’s Office and to R. L.!transportatiop to Havana, and it Dowling, Supervisor of Conserva-'is now recognized that a major tion, were read and an effective! part of the vast throng expected | course of action proposed by 'to head towards that city from all | Representative B. C. Papy. jparts of the nation—advance es- A letter was also read from A. |timates indicate more than twelve | P. Shoemaker, acting manager of ‘thousand will make the trip—will ; the La Concha Hotel, to Edward have to be handled through south | |Ball, manager of the duPont in-| Florida ports. \ jterests in Florida, inviting his, Restricted facilities will bring | {interest in this very important/Key West into prominence in the poatier ‘ {matter of transportation in that | ‘The < Chamber of Commerce this city is the closest to the con- }Seeretary was instructed to wire }vention city and more trips can} |the U. S. Engineer's Office ask-|pe handled out of this port. A| ling for the exact location of the | change of schedule of P. & O. S.S. | Proposed trap. | boats will probably’ be discussed | |_ Those present were: Repre-/next Sunday with a view to sentative B. C. Papy, Mayor Wil-'handling of the great increase in| ard M. Albury, Everett Russell, traffic prior to the convention. 'County Attorney Allan B. Cleare,/ presidents and secretaries _ of \Jr., Ernest - Ramsey, Chester fourteen south Florida clubs will Thompson, John M. Russell, Joe be in attendance at the confer- Sone oe fy Sopa Bert |ence at Pigeon Key, in addition , | Sawyer, #4 id Alton ‘ Hie , to state officers and members of | Roberts, Gordon Williams, George | clubs who care to make the fis |Albury, Hamilton Lg ee a | Zone Chairman Day’s clubs to be! }Lowe, Hilary Curry, Webber -|present are Key West,’ Holly-| John, Guy Cruz, Joseph Knowles, | Wm. S. Albury, Matthew Gates, | Geo. Williams, Chas. Pinder, 'N. | ADMINISTRATION C. Spencer, Earl Russell, Geo., | Lowe, Walter Lowe, Jr.. W. A.; CONCEDES POINTS | Knowles, Benjamin Lowe, E. Al-; Following the meeting the Lael phar g i West Fishermen’s Association signed up as members of the | SEEK DIRECT VOTE ON RE- | Chamber of Commerce, and their} pgat OF NEUTRALITY ACT: jagainst public policy, the action ‘of the County Commission in ask- ing that the time be extended, ;met with approval. | f { Curry and Joseph Aritas. i Key Sunday list of approved hospitals of the | $ Chibs Enlargement Work Under Conference H i i Hy i e | wood, Hialeah-Miami Springs, ; Coral Gables, Redlands, Miami! es Beach and Miami. Robert M.} plaks.ob Went-Palm Beach, xone|7 ma wi ee Pe . ! ege from: that city’and Belglade, Fort ‘ Lauderdale, Delray Beach, Fort ‘i & pano. 2 i e It is expected that at least ten will make the trip to the confer- ence, although the subject will the weekly meeting this Tues- day evening at Stone Church; Following the zone— confer- fe RS ence, the local committe: |2\'| Unofficial action of the group P. Archer, William Mansalvatge, < vii etal Key West citizens interested | William Doughtry, Jr., W. E. P. start plans aimed at proper en-| tertainment and care for the hun- ‘of this city met with initial suc-| Attorney Henry Taylor. through Key West next July. joeas last night when a_confer- committee, Melvin Russell, Isa- aS ‘that favorable action pointing to- {kowitz were present. Wallace MARINE HOSPITAL | wards city-sponsorship will come | Thomas, local WPA supervisor, | Thursday night. | scout campsite project and other | The meeting, called by Mayor! matters in connection with WPA |Charles Taylor and his commit- | OFFICIAL RECOGNITION GIV- | tee interested in establishing the EN AT CLINICAL CON- {held at City Hall. s | Plans for the camp building} BY CHORAL GROUP \Long, ‘were exhibited and the | ; 3 :method of procedure planned for} FOR list of 2,720 approved hospitals in!Tatter dealt chiefly with ex-| .- the United States and Canada, ' nected contributions of buildin; made at the recent conference in| Attending the meeting, besides} NOUNCES LIST OF MUSI- Philadelphia in conjunction with | Mayor Albury, Mr. Taylor and | CAL ACTIVITIES AT HIGH American Colleeg of Surgeons, } and the Marine Hospital at Key , West is among the institution MOSQUITO PR | | | There will be three concerts The announcement was made by Dr. George Crile, of Cleve- !Choral Society, director T. B. Klebsattel told The Citizen to- Regents, who said, “On the first | WORD TO GO RECEIVED AT music activities in the society American College of Surgeons, is- | LOCAL OFFICE FROM |for the winter season. but 80 hospitals. The balance of WASHINGTON fican Legion has requested that the approved hospitals have in | the society participate in the Ar- earned a right to appear on the; Mosquito control project by the | Mr. Klebsattel said that the Glee list”. |Works Projects Administration, /Ciyb of the High School would chairman, will head the Lions Pierce, Lake Worth ‘and Pom- | Lions from the Key West club | e the eck meting hi Tue New Scout Campsite Annex. ready setup, will in obtaining a campsite for scouts Roberts and Earl Adams, City dreds of Lions expected to come ; tence with city officers indicated; dore Weintraub and M. E. Ber- at the regular meeting this| was also present, to discuss the 0 Willard Albury at the request of | work in the city. jcampsite on Stock Island, was’ THREE CONCERTS GRESS CONFERENCE ‘and site, as drawn by John Allan | Official announcement of . the. eonstruction was-explained: 'Phis ‘ ® DIRECTOR KLEBSATTEL and a few other countries was! material from various sources. \DIR A AN- the Clinical Congress of the: yr. Long, were: Councilmen. W. | SCHOOL credited. STARTS NEXT WEEK i322" 07 land, chairman of the Board of} Sr eae Mag day in announcing resumption of sued some 22 years, there was | W. H. Reardon of The Amer- that relatively short intervai | |mistice Day program Nov. 11. jhas been approved both in Wash- | also be in the program. The |ington and Jacksonville and funds | strong musical representation will for the activities are now avail-'be for the purpose of stressing jable, it was said at WPA head-| mass interest in Armistice Day quarters today. This project is sponsored by the | cal stage in war history. For the! | this year, which comes at a criti- | bury, Benjamin Russell, Charles | Felton, Joseph Felton, Chester | ‘entrance to the organization was! considered a valuable acquisjtion | to the membership of the pros TO DISCARD CREDIT PLAN! AT DRILL TONIGHT {State Board of Health and it is) ‘understood that arrangements are | At the High School, Music Di- t 24 rector Klebsattel announced that; , PAYROLL. FOR PERIOD OF now being made to start project | music activities of the students TO BELLIGERENTS activitiés the early part of next are now on regular school hour gressive and ever active cham- { ‘ber. see eee —_———— }succeeded in sinking the ship had The National Youth Adminis-jpenetrated an extensive mine tration in Key West has, during; (Continued on Page Four) the past two years, risen from! ans E =u an agency which relied mainly i. | upon maintenance projects for | there ate nine presets m opees- ROOSEVELT MAY BE CALLED ON there are nine projects in opera- | | tion and all of them are of a con- | wack structive nature enabling the} youths of the city to avail them-| Many See Possobility Of Grand Slam Peace Move' selves of the opportunity for) | furthering their skill in many wee eae eee H trades by actual work training. | ETTLE NELICT IN CHINA Many youths, after receiving; 0 the training’ given, have been in} | a position to accept and retain! %® eI private employment, and have! By PRESTON GROVER |“preparation”. Americans lately | become valuable citizens of the, A.P. Feature Service Writer [have become soured on the Japa-/ community, said Vietor Lowe,! WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—Right'nese. Americans are disposed to| local supervisor, who was in-|now prospects ‘for peace seem:call for hard treatment—not for} terviewed today by The Citizen.!only moderate. Yet some per-jwarm gestures. j There are six white female sons see a possibility that Presi-|We Are Japan's | youths at present attending the/dent Roosevelt, by good diplo- | Silk Stocking District i resident training camp at Ocala-|matic headwork, could score a! But that Japan is more amen-; Four of them are continuing com- | grand slam by bringing peace notjable ‘to U. S. influence just mercial courses; one, a course in|only to Europe but also to Asia |now is clear. She has asked to re- beauty culture and one is taking; Washington did not respond |vive the trade treaty denounced the course in home making. _ limmediately to Berlin's unofficial /by the U. S. last July. She can’t At the Sulphur Springs reSi-| suggestion that the U. S. medi-|afford to lose her major source of dent training project there afe/ate, But that opportunity prom- international spending money— five white male youths. At the |jses to remain open. It is a “de-|her large sale of silk to America. | A. and M. College in Tallahassee, | veloping” situation. The. S. could use that situation | there are three male negTO; Wholly overshadowed by the jto press upon Japan for improved | youths. All of the youths wh0|guropean war, is the dawdling {conditions in the Orient. are attending. resident trainin jeonflict in the Orient. Persons projects receive sufficient P&aY|/here with wide diplomatic con-/pan’s need for an_ international which enables. them to pay for | tacts, especially with far eastern !“big brother” among the western all foods, lodging, doctors, nurses | figures, say the time already has ‘nations, as she once had in Eng- and hospital bills and have aP~! arrived when the U. S! could put ‘land. That relationship ended in proximately $8 a month for',, end to the Japanese-Chinese | 1922, when the U.'S., as a condi-| spending money. They are Te-) .trair with one warm gesture. |tion of naval disarmament, insist- quired to obey all rules and} The hitch lies in the fact that ed that the British-Japanese al- studiously apply themselves toi. warm gesture would have to jliance be dissolved. : the courses of training which they}. made toward Japan. That| Prior to the dissolution of that are taking. {would take considerable public! (Continued on Page Four) DANCING EVERY NIGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; NO ;as willing to abandon its desire major, | additional funds for continuing A more important aspect is Ja- | -. THREE MONTHS’ WILL BE DISTRIBUTED } { { (By Associnted Press) i WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—An} attempt to vote directly on repeal! of the arms embargo question will N: be begun by Administration-fav- oring congressmen, nounced today. j The Administration is reported’ Payday for Battery E, Florida ational Guard, will be tonight at 8 o'clock at regular drill meet- ing. Payroll is for the three months period. In the battery is a captain, first and second ants, six sergeants, eight corporals. The entire unit, in- it was an- for a credit system in shipments ,; of arms to European belligerents rime vs and consider only a_ cash-and-j ; j ; 5 carry basis by centering its paresis ouees ee ee strength on the arms embargo re-| Recently Battery E has been ooo : ‘authorized to 7 strength and Eliminated aiso will be the yi shortly be increased to 87. question of revision of the Ship- | wartime strength is 92. ping Act. H Appearing before Congress to- day was the Dies Committee, which requested appropriation of FOR wo The Inter-governmental Con-| ference for Political Refugees will | be launched with an address from’) President Roosevelt. | cs pocigleae oe A travel agent from New York | City announced today that the | (Continued on Page Four) i SPECIAL! SPECIAL! Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | PEACH DELIGHT _ 38e DUTCH TORT 812 Fleming St—Phone 818 its work. WPA GARDEN PROJECT SITE project have arrived and plant- ing will shortly begin, Super- visor Joe Cates said today. The project is located near the |Distribution will be to W.P.A. ‘ship of the City Council. LAYER CAKES __. WILL BE PLANTED SOON AT) jot the fighting in Poland but had} | i i i | | week. (Continue@ on Page Four) BACKGROUND OF THE WA Digest Of War News From All Fronts DIDN'T KNOW OF WAR Questioning of German prison ers of war by French military ‘authorities have disclosed infor- mation showing how Adolf Hitler | and his regime have held the German people in complete ig- norance cf the truth. One of the prisoners, in answer to questions, said he had been surprised to find Frenchmen fir- ing on him in real war. He de- clared Germans had béen told their country and France would never fight again. He did not know of the war being waged on the Western Front, he said. The prisoner declared he knew been told it was a walkaway and only exercise for the army. Ger- mans, he said, believe Hitler can {get what he wants without con- Seeds for the W.P.A. Garden |flict with major powers. Concerning the German-Rus- sian pact, the Nazi soldier stated his countrymen were informed it was just a ruse by the feuhrer Convent of Mary Immaculate. /to trap Stalin. He told his ques-| \tioners Hitler hates Russians | more than anything. After having been told the facts Seeds are part of the sponsor-|of the status in his native land, the prisoner said that when the Germans learn of the truth there will be a revolution. BRITONS HAPPY |ON WESTERN FRONT Five million pint bottles of |British beer have been sent to |the Western Front for England's | forces already there, reports from London indicate. Britain's sol- jdiers prefer beer of their native jcountry, reports reveal, to that man in France. Popular British songs, sung to the music of mouth organs and ‘mandolins, can be heard emanat- ling from the English camps at the front. Top-ranking ditty at pres- | is “Hanging the Wash on the Adding to the gay mood is the lattempt of Frenchmen to supply jcherished food, drink and enter- tainment for the soldiers of Eng- Jand. Many restaurants ha’ such signs as “Home Cooking Here” and “Tea Time” on their windows. |'DOMINATION GONE; area has given way to Russian (Continued on Page Four) Way AS Navy Yard tires New Civil Servicé Men * ! | Fourteen civil service men {were hired today to begin the | work of rehabilitation of Naval |Station equipment in connection with proposed enlargement of ithe facilities in reopening of the | base, Lieut. Comdr. F. H. Calla- {han said today. \ “The group includes such iclasses as electricians, joiners, jcarpenters and other classes”, |Callahan said. “The Labor Board jin Charleston approved the list j and we put them on today”. The addition today now noosts |the number of employes around the 35 mark. Details of the improvements to +be made at the station are still ;not ready for release. Un- |doubtedly facilities in connection with servicing the plane unit which will be assigned to* «this port must be supplied. If there are ships and tendgrs assigned |the station, they too must be |serviced. There must also be [quarters for the officers~ and mien. | At the station is a machine |shop, refueling tanks and pumps, |and a number 6f barracks and ‘officers quarters. Docking facili- ities are ample with modern steel piers, and a modern quay wall. | Regatding the report that | there will be between 25-40 naval \seaplanes and four tenders as- | signed the station with a com- plement of 400 enlisted men to arrive here December 1, Lieut. Comdr. Callahan said that- offi- cially nothing has been an- nounced, and that he did not authorize the statement. How- ever, ‘The Citizen anni October 11 that a “large group” of planes will be sent» hefte fot basing. The number will be ‘an- nounced shortly. TURKEY AND RUSSIA ARRIVE AT IMPASSE MINISTERS DEPART FOR NA- TIVE COUNTRY: FINLAND STILL REFUSES PACT (By Ans tiated Preny) ISTANBUL, Oct. 17.—Turkish minister left Moscow today on the jreturn to this country without ___ | signing the pact which Russia had asked. | Finland today was also still holding cut from signing a pact with Russia. | It was pointed out that the re- turn of the Turkish emmissary did |not mean that the pact was aban- ‘doned but that there had been some impasse reached. If this is icleared the pact may be later | signed. \ A Scandinavian conference will “be held shortly with Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland ; participating. ee | Important Russian publication |today announced that~ Russia would continue supplying .Ger- (many with raw materials. Nazis jhave declared that they will ac- {cept all but English goods. | What will be one of the largest |mass movements of modern times | will be accomplished if the Nazi repatriation of all its minorities in other European countries comes about. These minorities consist of 2,500,000 former Ger- |mans. The move is pointed out |by Nazis as an evidence that Hit- \ler has no more aggressive ‘de- signs on Europe. pa 177