The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 15, 1939, Page 1

Azsociated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable elimate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit ie st VOLUME LX. No. 297. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1939 PRICE FIVE BAR HONORS | H. FL ATKINSON IN MEMORIAL LUTION PRESENTED TO FAMILY AND COURT Graf Spee Will Iry Desperate Capt. Carpender Spoke To Rotarians Yesterday STRESSED IMPORTANCE OF KEY WEST’S LOCATION IN REGARD TO DEFENSE OF PANAMA CANAL; OTHER NAVAL OFFICERS ATTEND MEET Importance of Key West in the} “We in the navy realize Key Freedom Dash STEEL PLATES BEING (MOOI ISS SD LOADED FOR REPAIR HOWARDS ARRIVE WORK; FUNERAL SERVICES HELD Mr. and Mrs. Henry How- ard have arrived on their an- nual trip to Key West and are on board their vessel, the ketch Alice, which is anchor- (By Associated Press) LONDON. Dec. 15.—British ON BOARD ALICE' The Monroe Counfy Bar Asso- ciation today released the fol- lowing memorial upon the occa- sion of the death of the Honor- able H. F. Atkinson; “On December 12, 1939, was ended the career of a_ pioneer Floridian—one whose life history is entwined in the growth and development ~ of Southeastern jFlorida. “Seldom, indeed, it is that the passing of a_ single individual will have so profound and wide- spread an effect upon a large portion of the state, as has the death of Judge H. F. Atkinson. navy policy worked out for de- fense of the Panama canal and some phases of the navy’s new activities in this area wete stressed by naval officers ap- pearing yesterday before the members of the Rotary ‘club at the weekly luncheon in St. Paul’s church dining hall. Principal speaker introduced by Club President William vV. Little was Capt. Arthur S. Car- pender, U.S.N., commander of the naval patrol forces afloat in the Key West area, whose flagshi; ‘Lea of the 32nd destroyer squad- | West had been hard hit, through (no fault of her own. We ‘are |anxious to cooperate with Key | West in every way possible. We jexpect to work with Key West jin building up the defense sys- |tem here. We invite any criticism ;and suggestions, but by the same taken we will make known our own views to the people of this jcommunity. We expect coopera- {tion and will give it way we can.” President Little then intro- {duced Lieut. Commander A. P. in every 1 ‘Judge Ad’, as he was known to his friends and intimate asso- ciates, was a pioneer Floridian in the true sense of the word. His ed in the yacht basin at the western side of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Howard have just completed a trip through naval authorities today reported that they had been informed that ron is now tied up at the naval| Storrs II, who, under Capt. Car- tation: | Pender, commands the seaplane Capt. Carpender began by de- | elements of the neutrality patrol. claring that Key West naval| His talk strongly indicated the station is one of the headquarters ,*Viation units would be here for the Graf Spee, Nazi pocket bat-| tleship at present berthed in the! i harbor of Montevideo, southern waters, the ‘com- Uruguay following a spectacular sea bat- tle Wednesday, will, in all likeli- | hood choose to make a dash for, liberty tonight rather than be interned. REFUSES TO BE DRAWN INTO THIRD-TERM CON- TROVERSY (By Axnocinted Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.— Magazine, and is beautifully er and president of the | is the author of the Seaman's luncheon on board the Alice now reportedly augmented with Funeral services were held in | OFF QUESTIONERS board the Graf Spee were laid ear ship band played two pieces and} the sea” signed by a British Sea- | plane carrier Ark Royal had confirmation of this fact could plates to repair damaged hulls trality laws of the Uruguayan limit. Argentine port with an unre- { whether the Graf Spee could were far superior to the English | that existed before. It is known plete story of which appear- éd in the National Geographic illustrated. It was written by Mr. Howard. Mrs, Howard is the found- American Merchant Marine Library Association, which collects books for seamen and It is understood that prepara-; Hand Book for Shore Leaves. . They are entertaining a tions for such a maneuver are few of their friends at a under way, and the British ships, today. two more battleships are making &, Preparations of another nature to SILLS SIS SS 4 the north cemetery * of. onte- video this morning when thirty. six victims of the battle on to rest with fitting ceremonies. | A detachment from the Uru-| guayan police were present, the! among the floral wreaths placed} on the graves was one inscribed } “To the memory of brave men of, men’s group. | It was reported that the fa-| mous battleship Renown and air- joined the three British cruisers awaiting the decision of the Graf Spee officers, though no official be. obtained in this city. | The Graf Spee staff was busy today taking on board steel and other provisions taken aboard bore out the presumption. that the ship will live up to neu- nation and be on its way to fur- ther battles with the British navy within the forty-eight hour In the meantime, the badly damaged British cruiser Exeter was slowly steaming towards an ported list of dead and injured on board. Conjecture ran high as to successfully run the British blockade outside the Montevideo harbor. The eleven-inch guns| six and eight inch guns, however additional ships on the scene now may overcome the handicap that at least three of the British men-of-war are faster than the Graf Spee. PRISONERS TELL OF SEA BATTLE LONDON, Dec. 15.—Perhaps one of the most graphic descrip- tions of the South Atlantic sea battle came through today from an unexpected source, when the British government heard from a group of English prisoners which were on board the Graf Spee during the battles. The prisoners reported that they had no knowledge of the battle until a shell burst through armor-plate of the ship and nar- rowly missed some of their group in the compartment where they were held captive. On boatd since capture and sinking of their ship, name not mentioned, the prisoners reported that they had received excellent attention. One report stated that the crew members of the Grat Spee were convinced that their boat would be sunk. | President Roosevelt today again laughed off “smoking out” ef- forts on the part of newsmen on the subject of a third-term and refused to comment on the state- ment credited to Secretary Ickes yesterday when he said that! “Administrator McNutt was not presidential timber”. President Roosevelt also re- fused to comment on the South Atlantic sea battle, other than to} state that he was keeping in close touch with Secretary Hull’s of-| fice. . The President stated he would | Spehd the weekend in Hyde Park inspecting the Memorial Library | being constructed to house all of | his state documents. He stated that he would receive Ambassa- dor.“Kennedy in his Hyde Park home, * probably\\on Sunday, be- fore the ambassador’s departure for his post in London. PHONE OFFICIALS INSPECT WORK » | | H. R. Turner, district superintendent of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., from Jacksonville, and Joe An- drews, from thé general office of the company in New York, are visiting the local office. There have been a_ great many improvements made at the local plant during the preceding several months and as is usually the case when the work is finish- ed, officials of the company in- spect the work, and Mr. Turner and Mr, Andrews were assigned to make the inspection. LEER, PLACE YOUR CHRISTMAS ORDER now for TURKEYS ROASTERS FRYERS STEWERS FRESH EGGS BRADY’S plant } was one of the first law offices in Dade County; from that day in 1897 when his office was open- ed, he took an outstanding part in the judiciai affairs of the state. From 1909 until 1916, he served as Judge of the Criminal Court of Record of Dade County, Flor- da, and in 1922 was elevated to the judgeship of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, being one of the judges of said Circuit at the time of his demise. “In addition to his services to the bench and bar, ‘Judge Ad’ was extremely’ active in all civic enterprises and affairs leading to the development of this section of the state. “To those of us, who had the pleasure of knqwing Judge At- kinson, he was admired not only for his sagacity~and “Wisdom as a jurist, but for his great human- ity and kindly spirit and bene- volence, which tempered all of his decisions. In addition there to, his reputation for — honesty and integrity has served as a pre- cept and example for those mem- bers of the Bar who would seek to attain preeminence in their profession. “In the passing of Judge At- kinson, it is impossible for us to express in mere words the keen feeling of loss and bereavement experienced by each and every member of the Monroe County Bar Association. The bench has lost an outstandnig judge. but South. Florida has lost .a leading citizen,—one whose place cannot be readily filled. “NOW. THEREFORE. BE IT }RESOLVED BY THE MONROE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, in special session duly assembled, this 13th day of December, A. D., 1939: “That the bench and bar has suffered a keen and great loss in the death of Judge H. F. At- kinson. “That in token of the affection, respect and esteem in which we hold the memory of Judge At- kinson, a copy of this Memorial be spread upon the minutes of in the neutrality patrol system. extending south from New Eng- land to the Panama Canal. He said that the 32nd_ destroyer are vessels built soon after the close of the world war and re- cently recommissioned at. San Diego. “Five ships of the squadron are noWg here”, Capt. Carpender said. “In the very near future the remainder of the squadron, now temporarily assigned to duty in the Caribbean, will base here. This will give Key West a substantial fleet which, added to the seaplanes assigned to the patrol, is regarded as adequate for the duty assigned it.” The gray-haired captain out-| lined the .plans of. the navy bast@ on the policies of the legis- lative and executive departments of the nation in regard ° to. the national defense. He believes the navy’s defense line should be far enough away from the con- tinent to enable the navy prop- erly to interpose its strength be- tween the coastline and any pos- sible enemy force. He said Key West was im- squadron which he commands! !some time, while the naval con- |struction program on Trumbo Island will be of a durable and | permanent nature. Lieut. Commander Storrs there- upon presented Ensign William W. Severel, young naval reserve lofficer, serving with the patrol wing on duty here. On sugges- tion of Lieut. Commander Storrs, | Ensign Severel told of his experi- ;ences after joining the naval aviation corps. He served a year {at Pensacola and is now serving ja three-year period with the ‘fleet. Ensign Severel said the _ Service was very attractive, paid ‘better than most jobs rated by tyoung college men and fitted a jman for work with the commer- cial_air lines. Other’naval officers attending the meeting were ‘Lieut. ° Com- mander Fort Callahan, communi- ‘cations officer at the naval sta- |tion, and Ensign Jack Eady, ‘another young naval reserve of- 'ficer with the aviation group. i Before the speeches, Charles Taylor was named te represent the Rotary club on a civic com- mittee to be formed for the re- | ception of a group of aviators to portant because of its proximity! fly here from Miami during the) to the Straits of Florida, one of | Pan American air meet _there. the approaches to the Panama;The civic committee will be Canal through which the navy formed at a meeting at the must move its fleet in accord-; Chamber of Commerce. ance with the. demands of any| Earlier, Dr. J. B. Parramore emergency. Key West, he argued, | was called upon ; by President is therefore a strategic point in; Little to lead the. group in a the defense of the canal, the,series of songs, among them nation’s lifeline. |“Blow the Man Down”, “That Emphasizing his point, Capt. Carpender said that by use of the canal the entire fleet could be moved from Los Angeles to Norfolk in a matter of three weeks. If the canal were to fall into enemy hands, it would take a matter of three to four months to another. “Key West naval station must be ready to function in any future emergency”, Capt. Car- pender said. “It must be ready for immediate occupancy by de- fense forces. These must be our Association. “That copies of this Memorial be furnished to the, family of Judge H. F. Atkinson, and the Tess. “That a committee composed of J. Lancelot Lester, Raymond R. Lord, Allan B, Cleare, Jr., Aqui- lino Lopez, Jr, and Henry H. Taylor, Jr., is authorized and di- rected to present this Memorial at the Special Session of the Cir- cuit Court to be held at Miami, Florida, at 10:00 A. M., Thurs- day, December 14th, A.D., 1939. “Respectfully submitted, JOHN G. SAWYER, W. CURRY HARRIS, AQUILINO LOPEZ, JR., Memorial Committee. “Unanimously adopted by the Monroe County Bar Association this. 13th day of December, A.D., 1939", . : "GULF SPRAY SAILS Tanker Gulf Spray sailed this morning for Tampa. after de- livering a cargo for the tanks of jthe company’s agent in Key | West. Cocktail Hour 5:30 to 6:30 Live Poultry Market We Dress and Deliver Free 540 1214 White St. trained and ready for any emer- gency. to bring the fleet from: one ocean {Rotary Smile” and “Jingle | Bells.” ' SFI IS SIS SSD, TORTUGAS LAB TO BE CLOSED (By Ansociated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.— nounced today that operation | | VIAL IAT AAA Legion Seeks Public On Bingo Game Operation Members of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28 of the American Legion voted Thursday night to operate a series of bingo games in Key West this season provid- ing a poll of the citizens of the community shows a majority in favor of it. William H. Reardon and T. A. Woody, officers of the post, were named a committee to investigate a proposal to operate the bingo games and make a report to the membérs at the next regular meeting. The committee today deter-. mined to run a coupon in The Citizen as the best and quickest way of getting an expression of ‘public opinion on the proposal. In another column of this issue will be found a coupon request- ing the public to indieate whe- ther they favor or oppose the proposal. One of the purposes in con- ducting the bingo games, accord- ing to proponents of the pro- posal, is to raise money to defray Okey jexpenses in connection with the Post's effort to bring the 1941 state convention of the American Legion to Key West. According to the post, the convention would bring many thousands of dollars of revenue into the city, and would establish Key West as a convention city. In conducting the bingo games, | if public opinion favors it, Ar- thur Sawyer Post has voted *to give prizes in the form of cer- , tificates that may be. redeemed by Key West merchants. This Phase of the program will be de- veloped after the results of the poll are known, the committee DANCE HABANA-MADRID CLUB Music By GOULD CURRY’S ORCHESTRA No Admission or Cover Charge ,MOST OF MEETING LAST NIGHT TURNED TO FINAL PLANS FOR POOR CHIL- DREN'S PARTY NEXT WEEK Key West Lions Club members busied themselves with addi- | ional plans for the annual} |Christmas Tree benefit to be |Staged in Bayview Park on Fri- day, December 22—-sacrificing regular program time in order that all details of the compli- jeated requirements of the affair ‘be straightened. H. E. Day, presi- dent, was in the chair. Chairman Jack Delaney, as~ {sisted by WPA recreation direc- | tor, Mrs. Eva Warner, guest of ithe club, led the discussion of }plans. Reports were heard con- jcerning number of toys reno- j; vated by the scouts in the city! and the-NYA department, under Victor Lowe was accorded a big hand when the total of new toys being manufactured by his boys was announced. Plans for purchase of a Christ- mas tree, presence of Santa Claus, and purchase of sufficient | fruit and candy were gone into. Members took time off from Christmas thoughts to take the second “I. Q.” test in the series lof Times Magazine question- naires on World Affairs. Sev- eral Lions are gunning for high honors in this feature—striving for the Times’ award to be given at the conclusion of the series next spring. Other matters discussed during business had to do with promo- tion of the clubhouse now under construction and a report of the Sight Conservation committee, Dre J. C. Sanchez, chairman. Two new members were elected to membership—Charles H. John- son and postmaster J. Fred Dion. A short director’s meeting fol- lowing the regular meeting fea- tured discussion of club promo- tion during the. month of January. Chairman Ray Curry of the Rest Beach Clean-up campaign, reported on conclusion of the project and a huge Lions-Scout Jamboree to be held at Rest Beach on January 5th at which affair awards will be given to participatirig troops. ‘SCOUTERS AT "MIAMI BANQUET J. J. Trevor, scout executive, and other scout officfals from | Key West were in Miami to at- tend the meeting and banquet of thes Scout Council of Monroe, Broward and Dade counties, held in the Graylin Hotel last night. | Others from Key West present | at the meeting were: M. E.| ! Berkowitz, council chairman; D. |Z. Harrison, scoutmaster of Troop 53; John Esperdy, scoutmaster of Troop 50; Gerald Saunders, Chas. Ketchum and Charles Johnson, | scout committeemen. PEREZ MASTER OF F. VARELA LODGE 64 | | i Felix Varela Lodge, No. ficers at the annual meeting last evening in Varela hall. Officers elected were: Jose C. Perez, worshipful master; J. F. Fleitas, senior warden; Carl Sawyer, junior warden; Gabriel! Guiterez, treasurer; Feliciano | Castro, secretary; Rogelio Ca- brera, senior deacon; Eloy Al- bury, junior deacon; Frank Orta, | senior steward; Gonzalo .Beza-; lermo Perez, chaplain; Pablo’ Fernandez, marshall, and Feli-| ciano Gonzalez, tyler. CLARK DIVORCE FILED Papers were filed'in the office of Ross C. Sawyer, clerk of the Circuit Court, yesterday after- noon in the divorce suit of Ernest Clark versus Louise Clark. ETT POLICEMAN’S BALL ‘Tomorrow Night, 10 till ? Pena’s Garden Of Roses ‘Music = ; Final Plea For Peace OE EE A TOY ADMITS CHILD TO SHOW TOMORROW Lions Christmas Tree bene- fit to be staged Friday, De- to attend the show and to keep the tovs in orderly con- dition following presentation at the door, Lions officials again called attention to the contribution boxes now placed a ‘Stores of the tity, “af ford the general public: the opportunity to cooperate in the spreading of ioy amongst the city’s poor children. \ hebatudeuheuheukeudeude ANCHOR LODGE HELD ELECTION Election of officers was held | at the meeting of Anchor Lodge | 182, F. and A, M., Wednesday. At large attendance was at ‘the meeting’ and the following offi-| cers were elected: 1 E. R. Rivas, Worshipful Mas- | ter; James F. Brady, Senior | jland and news agencies’ ToRussia ‘BROADCASTS TERMS VIA RADIO TODAY; WILL FIGHT TO END IF DE- NIED (By Associated Press) HELSINKI, Dec. 15.—Finland jteday announced that she would make an official gesture of peace to Russia this afternoon via radio |message to the Russian people, and the announcement requested that Foreign Commisar Molotoff give prompt answer to the mes- sage via radio. Certain pertinent questions would be asked, the nature of which were not divulged—how- ever, it was understood in- for- ;eign circles here, that a. chance | to cease the invasion would be at hand should Russia see -fit to | follow the course to be suggested. Otherwise, Finland told the world, that “she would .carry..on. the war to the bitter end” if her Proposals were not agreeable to Russia. | Fighting along the three bor- |ders iricreased in intensity today jas Russia made claims of ad- ;Vancements in the north and central sectors, although admit- | ting heavy losses. Finnish troops are retreating slowly and de stroying all property in their re- treat. Reports that the Mannerheim line in the south had beer deeply penetrated were denied by Fin- rep- resentatives present in this chs backed up the Finnish reports in that regard. Complete rezoning of the front Chicago {Detroit ) Galveston _ F. and A. M,, held election of of- | Havana |KEY WEST _ ‘arden; Robert J. Slingluff,/has been ordered by Finland as unior Warden; F. W. Knapp, /all additional reserves are called Treasurer; J. C. Park, Secretary; |to the colors. Six major danger James _P. McDermott, Senior zones have been outlined and de- Dean; Fernando E. Camus, Junior | fense plans have been completed, Dean; Charles Moreno, Senior | jt was stated. Steward; E. E. Williams, Junior ———___— Steward; Frank O. Brown, Chap- BUSINESSMEN T0 € ATTEND NYA MEET } pa A lain; William Vassie, Marshal; W. A. Cooper, Tyler. ‘ ie TO BE HELD NEXT MONDAY NIGHT; YOUTH EMPLOY- TEMPERATURES Lowest last highest last Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta _ . 28 53 Boston ORs 36 Charleston __ 37 54 Denver El Paso _ Jacksonville _ Kansas City Los Angeles -. Louisville Miami _ Nashville New York Pensacola St. Louis 2 San Francisco Seattle ‘Tampa of the city back into private em- ployment, the meeting is Ssctied. RASBSNSSNSS Wi ton wr AD Tee ce Rosen 4 DOBSON CITY Eug evening ing hi PER CENT OFF on TUBES and BATTERIES ie