The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 26, 1939, Page 1

[ Amoctatea Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 305. Hitler Pays’ Surprise Visit To West Front; British Cruiser Sunk FEUHRER SETS FOOT on| FRENCH SOIL FIRST TIME SINCE WORLD WAR DAYS (By Associated Press) | LONDON, Dec. 26.—Adolf Hit- | ler visited the Siegfried Line on Christmas Day, according to re- ports issued today by DNB, the} German news agency. The visit was kept entirely sécret from Nazi officers in the the army knew of his coming on in- spection tour until he was in their midst. The feuhrer spent yester- day and this morning in visits to a number of ports, including one | trip to an advanced post on | French territory in between the Siegfried and Maginot lines. The latter trip marked the first | time Hitler has been on French | soil since 1918 when he was a sub-officer in the retreating Ger- man army at the close of the World War. England and Germany both} claimed violation of an unde- clared Christmas Day truce when ; patrol fighting was reported in| several vincinities on the West | front. ? Loss of another British navy | cruiser was admitted today by | the admiralty. Cruiser Sten-! wing of approximately 10,000-ton weight, was torpedoed while on| North Sea patrol without warning from a German submarine. | Another Norwegian ship cas-! ualty was reported today when a 500-ton ship» was sunk, either by torpedo or mine, in the North Sea. All members of the crew were saved, it was reported. The Royal Air Force stated to- | day that recent flights over Nazi | bases had resulted in several | losses to Britain. The greatly | exaggerated Nazi reports of plane | losses were denied, however. APPLIED FOR DREDGE PERMIT WORK TO PROCEED AT WEST END OF WINDLEY KEY front lines and no one in Application has been made to the War Department by Alonzo! Cothron, A. and B. Stores, for permit to perform certain work | in connection in and connecting Wilson Chanri@l (Whale Harbor) at the westerly end of Windley | Key Island, Florida Keys, Mon- roe County, Florida. Plans for the work may be seen at the U. S. Engineer's Of fice at Jacksonville, and the U. S. | Suboffice at Miami Beach. There | will be no public hearing on the application, but anyone desiring to protest the proposed work from the standpoint of its interference with navigation should submit such protest in writing to the of- fice of the District Engineer, U. S. | Engineer's Office, P.O. Box} 4970, Jacksonville, Fla. in time to be received before December | 30, 1939. j The work proposed is: To dredge, the dredged material to} be placed on the applicant's prop- | erty above the high-tide line. The | proposed dredging consists of a basin 50 feet wide, extending from mean low water 100 feet in- - to the waterway, and a canal 25 feet wide leading from the basin |.turned on at 6:00 o'clock WHITE WAY BLAZED FORTH SATURDAY Duval Street’s White Way was last Saturday night for the first of daily spotlighting of the main thoroughfare in town for the duration of the winter season. The Lions-Jaycee committee turned on steam last weekend in order that the first lighting could be accomplished for holiday weekend. Last minute merchant contributions enabled the event to come off as hoped for. Committee members will con- tinue the work of rounding up other contributions to insure continued lighting for the next four months. Cooperation of other civic and social organiza- tions in the city is asked. JUDGE PERFORMS TWO MARRIAGES Yesterday morning. at 10:30, o'clock in the county court ‘house, Judge Raymond R. Lord perform-| ed the wedding ceremony of Bert H. Harris and Miss Thelma Jean McVicar. In the afternoon he went to Marathon to perform another wedding, which united Russell D. Wetterover and Miss Gevella Margaret Parrish. TDI II IIS SD WE DON’T BLAME HIM; WE'D PROTEST, TOO (By Anno: ‘dd Press) LUGANO, Switz, Dec. 26. —Giuseppe Albisotti, lieu- tenant colonel in the Swiss army and a former police of- ficial of Lugano, has asked Swibs authorities to investi- gate pro-Fascists in Swiss Ticino canton. He said they denounced Italian - speaking Swiss who were anti-fascist to Italian authorities. Albisotti had a reason for his request. He went to Italy for a weekend visit in April, was jailed, and didn’t get out of jail and back to Lu- gano until October. He said he was the victim of “false denunciations.” FIGS I ae: Biologica Many Visitors James Silver, Regional Direc- logical Survey and Mrs. Silver have been the guests of Earle R. Greene, Refuge Manager of the Biological Survey, on Seiden- burg Avenue. Mr. Silver made an inspection trip of a number of jthe Keys within the refuge dur ing his stay. Other recent visitors to the Great White Heron and Key West Refuges reported by M1 Greene have been, Guy Emerson ;of New York City; Senator Key | interested | Pitman; R. M. Hardy of the Sun-|area were |Shine Mining Company, Yakima, and Miss Luella Richey of the Washington; Walter FE. Trent, the | Ps 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. ol KEY WEST, FLORIDA, CAPT. 6. TRICE. DIED IN MAME THIS MORNING MARRIED LOCAL GIRL IN 1910; FUNERAL TODAY Captain George T. Rice, U.S.A., o’clock at his home.on San Mar- co Island, Miami’. He had been a sufferer from a ‘lirigering illness, which lasted over a period of nine months. He was a native of Minnesota and was 58 years jold. i Captain Rice saw active serv- jice in the Philippiné Islands dur- ing the Spanish-American War, and during the World War, was an instructor in the Infantry. School at Fort Bennings, Ga,” He was in command of Key West Barracks until about 10 years ago. He married Miss Mal- vina Williams of Key West in 1910. Several years ago he mov- ed with his family to Miami and remained there up to the time of his passing. He made frequent trips to this city-to enjoy the fishing and meet his many friends, who are surprised at the news of his death. He is survived by his widow tand two daughtets, Mrs. George Carmouche and Mrs. Barbara Rice Deegan. Funeral servicés will be held in Miami this afterhoon. U. S. ARMY TO GET NEW GUNS MODERN ANTI. AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT WILL FIRE BIG PROJECTILE AT FAST RATE | es (By Ansociaied Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—New jguns for the U. S, Army are jabout to be delivered, accord- ‘ing to announcement here to- day. Especially of interest is the new type anti-aircraft guns being manufactured. These guns will {have a tremendous range and will fire a one and one-third pound {projectile at the rate of 135 a jminute. Army Officials are con- of these shells would effectively \cripple any invading aircraft. ; New Springfield rifles for the \soldiers are being delivered, too, | bringing the United States equip- iment up to par with foreign na- tions’ armament in that classifi- cation. Over $10,000,000 has been. jexpended in the new type: garis> A COSTLY DELAY i | TRENTON, Fla—Weeks be- |fore, this town of 1,100 persons order a supply of fire hose as a start on some sort of fire-fighting equipment. It was delayed. On | November 30, a fire broke out ‘and literally “butned up” ‘the town, leaving only a bank on the town’s main business block. | Director Reports To Key Refuges ;formation received by Mr. |tor, of the United States Bio- | Greene. These include Mrs. Cecil E. | Vaughan, Mr. Greene’s sister | who will visit her. brother and juncle C. W. Rosenbury on Seiden- | burg during the holidays, Lucien | Harris, Jr. and family, Mr. Harris being president of the Georgia | Society of Naturalists and a well |known entomologist as well as |bird student, Irving Brant, spe- jcial consultant to the Secretary ‘of the Interidr. ! Other visiting’ here recently in the birds of the | | | Dept, of Zoology of F.S.C.W. Tal- Christmas fident that a single hit with one }{ inshore 400 feet to an existing |Director Rocky Mt. Metal Foun-|lahassee, Fla. 4 rock pit on the applicant's prop- | dation, Washington, D. C.; Dr.! The Great White Heron and erty. |Isadore Lubin of the Labor Dept.|Key West Refuifes with head- The entire area will be dredged | Washington, D. C. and Carl) quarters at Key West, under the to a depth of 4 feet below the |Shoemaker Secretary of the Na-| administration of the Biological mean low water mark. The dredg- | tional Wildlife Federation, Wash- Survey of the United States De- ed material, approximately 550 | ington, D. C. partment of the Interior, have cubic yards, will be used as fill) Ten or twelve people from At-| become definite attractions to on the applicant's upland prop-|lanta, Washington and _ othet/ many tourists as well as biologists erty. The dredging area within |Points, who are interested in the/and naturalists | it the the waterway lies at a distance of |conservation of the wildlife of|country. Over people came 15 feet from the State Road De- |this section, are expected during|to Key West dufing the last nine Partment’s right-of-way, Christmas week according to in-! months for this purpose alone. TUESDAY, DECEMB rvance — Programs And Holiday Spirit Noted City Wide CHURCHES HELD CHRIST. MAS PROGRAMS; CAROLS SUNG THROUSHOUT CITY; STORES RE- PORTED GOOD BUSINESS Committee Seeks Help |tetired, died this’ ‘morning 7:30} Joy reigned unconfined in Key ‘West over the Christmas holiday weekend as a large number of ‘social affairs were reported in observance of the year’s number fone holiday. Firstly, all churches in the city had arranged special Christmas ices for Sunday and reports indicated that attendance figures ‘were well up to expectations. cantatas by church choirs were especially pleasing, showing results of much patient practice. Christmas carols on St. Paul’s chimes Sunday night brought forth much praise. Several weekend parties by CUBANS” GIVE UP Sactifice For Tourists SIESTA TRADITION eeccece (Special to The Citizen) HAVANA, Dec. 26.—When an easy-Boing Cuban relinquishes his treasured midday siesta to meet the demands of modern business, it’s news. Havana's shopkeepers are doing just that and, consequently a tradition of centuries has been relegated to limbo. For the greater convenience of thousands of cruise passengers who make a shopping center of the Cubah capital, the Cuban Na- tional Tourist Commission, in co- operation with trade organiza- ecco tions, has arranged with govern- | ment officials to. relax , ancient laws governing the two-hour siesta, allowing Havana’s many shops to remain open during the tourist season while the rest of the city lunches and naps. Which means that tourists will be able to devote their mornings and afternoons completley sightseeing and to sprawling on Ihe warm Cuban sands, reserving the noon period, when every- thing in Havana is at a stand- still, to hunting bargains. In addition to such justly stand- bys as Cuban cigars, leather goods and rum. Hevan shops offer the traveler a wide variety of French and Spanish perfumes and laces, precious stones, Eng- lish suitings, and Paris finery— all at incredibly low prices. Women shoppers, once they have bought their fill of hand- embroidered linens, wisely follow jthe lead of Havana’s smartly- dressed senoras and _ senoritas, finding Peris finery at bargain prices in the specialty shops along Galiano and Neptuno streets, or the tree-lined Prado. Hand-plaited leather and fibre sandals are offered for sale in the souvenir stalls fronting on Cen- tral Park, side by side with mar- ivelously-grained luncheon serv- ices or rare Cuban woods and graceful native pottery. Available at any corner bodega are large stocks of Cuba’s famed Tum, together with the finest scotch, Spanish cognac and sher- Ty, or French champagne and white wines, all at a considerable {price saving. PSIG S SSS; THIS. STORY: PASSED” | | (By Associated Press) PARIS, Dec. 26.—The DPIIIIIIID@: to} FRENCH CENSOR church Sunday Schools were held, among them an_ excellent program presented last evening by the First Congregational Church. Still other parties will be given in this city during this week. An _ especially ning between the hofirs of 5 and 9 o'clock. The occasion marked the annual Christmas Tea given{* P- & 0. dock. The catch was Collector Frank H. Ladd this to university and college students |™adé with shark line yesterday morning The Citizen was inform- home for the holiday period by the Junior Woman’s Club. Spe- cial refreshments were on hand and, dancing to Raul’s Hawaiian orchestra was enjoyed by all. Merchants of the city reported an excellent season as their pre- Christmas selling period ended Jate Saturday night. Stores were crowded right up to closing time on that day. Volume of business, in the main, was reported to be up to expectations and compar- able with other years. ' Carnival spirit was prevalent -on Duval street and other thor- ‘oughfares Saturday evening. Con- "fetti and serpentines were much in evidence as were various noise-making devices, notably firecrackers. Night clubs of the city reported capacity crowds both Saturday and Sunday eve- ning. At least three groups were heard in carel§singing Christmas Eve. One large group, under di- rection of Mrs. Eva Warner, cruised through the streets automobiles singing carols. WELFARE BOARD TO HOLD EXAMS OFFICIALS; HELD IN FEBRUARY Merit System examinations for the positions of visitor, unit su- pervisor, and district director with the State Welfare Board will be held in West Palm Beach at 9 a. m., February 24, 1940. The deadline fur filing applica- jtions is midnight, January and interested applicants are asked by the Merit System Com; mittee to file applications as, early as possible. Qualifications for the visitor's examination specify high school |graduation plus two years of col- lege or four years of experience in related fields or an equivalent combination of college and ex- perience. An age limit of 21-50 is in force for persons who have had no social work experience. Paid, full time social work éxperience within the past ten years is re- quired for the supervisory posi- tions. | Application blanks and further \information concerning the quali- \fications and examinations may ; |be obtained by writing to the; Merit System Committee, P.O. Box 989, Jacksonville, Florida, or at the local office of the Dis- trict Welfare Board. FOUR SHIPS AT STATION ‘TODAY ROZY i Ships of the United States navy in the harbor today Were. the Flagship Lea, berthed at one of _ the finger piers, and the Destroy- ers Twigg and Philips, berthed at Pier B, with the Tender Gannett lying in he slip. | Destroyers Schenck and Wickes |sailed Saturday and the Twiggs jand Philips arrived Sunday morn- ‘ing from tours of patrol duty. ‘COUNTRY STORE NITE Tonight at . | Fred Marv'l’s Cabana | iD PIG | 50 | Coen i Jarge turnout | came out to Raul’s Club last eve-/cerning the catch of an eight and | in}. 15, | 1 }Miami ER 26, 1939 Russian Big Berth Destruction On F inn Towns | VISITOR JOHNSON One Had Narrow Escape CAUGHT BIG SHARK esting and authentic fish story to The Citizen this mornigg con- a half foot shark off the foot of jmorning. The shark was noticed at the time S.S, Cuba came up to the pier and had been _ evidently }following the ship. Mr. Johnson was fishing with a small hand {line but when he caught sight of the monster shark he switched to a heavy line. Snagging the shark on his big hook, Johnson jcalled for assistance and four on- lookers pitched in to bring the fish up pn the dock. It developed that the shark was a huge female with young and was in a fighting mood. Sev- eral onlookers got a little too {close before the shark was com- pletely sybdued and one man nar. rowly missed serious accident jwhen the fish’s tail flipped around and knocked him off his feet. The flip was followed by a quick roll and snap of the huge jaws, un- comfortably near the man ‘whe. had not. yet scrambled to his feet. 5 Mr. Johnson left for St. Peters- burg this mornifig. This was his fourth visit to Key ‘West and he reports that he likes it better every year. He spent ten days here this year. TEMPERATURES Lowest last highest last Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta . 39 48 Boston 30 Buffalo _. 32 Charleston. 53 |Chicago 43 |Denver _ 18 {Detroit 33 El Paso . 46 Galveston 52 Havana __. 77 Jacksonville 59 Kansas. City’. 34 KEY:WEST _ 73 Los Angeles _ 65 15 24 45 39 32 59 39 68 38 Mpls.-St. Paul |Nashville - New’ York St. Louis _. San’ Francisco |Seattle Tampa _... Washington All-American | Miami All-American Air Man- euvers officials announced today scheduled for January 5, 6 an 7, will be identified as “the greatest concentration of pri- jvately owned aircraft in aviation planes types in al . Basis for the pc gear to R: V, Waters, air race general chairman, was announcement of four’ of the nation’s largest light plane’ manufacturers that the an- nual southern cruise of the Light Plane Cavalcade will arrive in Miami on January 4. Supplementing the horde of small aerial speedsters-from all parts of the ich an- that this year’s aérial classic, ! LADD REPORTS | AUTO TAGS ARE SELLING SLOWLY | 1 | , ONLY 184 PURCHASED OUT OF | | URES BEHIND TOTAL SOLD | YEAR AGO I On a visit to the office of Tax | | ‘ed that the sale of automobile | licenses does not approach the} number of sales which had been made at the same time last aaa It is expected that the number | of tags sold this year will be at} least 2,000, and though they have | been on sale since the first day; of December, the number pur-! chased so far is just 184. There have been sold up to this morning three $20 tags, 41 of} those priced at $15; 109 of those | priced at $10 and four of the $5; tags. Of trucks and other ve-/ hicles there have been 23, three | tags to vehicles for hire, and one! license for a motorcycle. | CUBA INAUGURATES j i ‘ONE-TRIP SCHEDULE ARRIVED FROM TAMPA SUN-. DAY MORNING: RETURNS THURSDAY AFTERNOON j 4 i | | Steamship Cuba of the P. and O. S. S. Co. arrived Sunday morn- | ing from Tampa starting the new schedule which includes one trip weekly from Tampa, and one trip weekly from Havana to Mi- ami. The vessel brought one first and one second cabin pas- senger for Key West, and 129 |first and six second cabin pas- |sengers for Havana. It will re- {turn Thursday afternoon at 3:30 j o'clock. Passengers arriving for Key | West were A. H. Leon and Ofelia | Brun. _ Listed on the ship’s manifest }were the following items: .For |Key West, four tons of freight |and four sacks of mail; for Ha- | vana there was one ton of freight, |one automobile and 40''sacks of mail. | The ship sailed 10:60' for Ha- vana with 70. first cabin and ;Seven second cabin passengers | booking at Key West, also nine | automobiles and 11 sacks of mail jtaken on at this port. Air Mane uvers ‘WillBe Outstanding Exhibition races this year, air race officials have announced that the nation’s , Most outstanding stunt pilots will be present to provide thrills with inmew aerobatic acts that never |have been witnessed by an air} jTace audience. Additional interndtional color will be given the air’ show this year with the advent of ‘the first annual Miami-Nassau ‘air cruise. |PHots flying in the Nassau event ; will dedicate the British posses-| | Sion’s new airport which is sched- | juled for completion early in | High in international interest) jis the fourth annual Miami-Ha- vana air cruise of 100 airplanes} | Finnish war remain PRICE FIVE CENTS as Rain SOVIET ADVANCES STOP- PED; FINNISH TROOPS PUSH INTO RUSSIAN TERRITORY (Ry Associated Press) STOCKHOLM. Dec. -26.—Mili- W. G. Johnson of Myrtle Beach, | AN EXPECTED 2,000: FIG- |tary observers had reason to re- Milford, Conn., reported an inter- | | call the German long-range bom- bardment of Paris during World War, as reports through to this city of heavy bombardments of Finnish cities back of the Mannerheim line in South Finland todav. the Russian heavy artillery, for the first time in the present war, unlimbered over the weekend and kept up a continual rain of heavy shells carrying destruction and causing many casualties in ‘cities extending twenty to thirty miles behind the lines of embat- tled soldiers. Finnish authorities are re- ported to be ordering all oc- cupants of homes in the bom- barded areas to evacuate into in- land territory and, at the same time, air flights in search of the large gun. placements are going forward. Soviet troops continue to be ‘thrown. .fer-lusses"\..on the round, however. Finn news re- ports claim that the Russians have been pushed back ‘several j miles on the south sector, in some places, Finnish troops advancing, for the first time, onto Russian soil. Some sources claim that the Russian railroad from Mur- mansk to Leningrad is imperilled by those Finn advances. Other fronts in the Russian- practically at the same stalemate condition as existed last Saturday. Heavy snows and continued severe weather, reaching in spots as low jas fifteen degrees below zero, is proving a definite aid to the Fin- nish in keeping danger of mass attacks from Russian divisions at a minimum. GIVES EMPLOYES LIFE INSURANCE OWNER OF GILBERT CHAIN OF HOTELS ANNOUNCES GROUP PLAN Hubert Gilbert of the Gilbert System of Hotels, has announced a gift of life insurance to em- ployes of the entire chain. The chain includes @- list of thirty-five hotels along the At- lantic seaboard. In Key . West Mr. Gilbert leased the old Jeffer- son Hotel six months ago and it is now called the Gilbert-Jef- ferson. M. J. Schwartz is mana- ger. J. D. Bowen, district manager of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, has announced com- pletion of transactions by his company wherein all white em- ployes of the Gilbert hotels who have been employed for three or |more.months have been given a }$1,000 group policy. All colored employes who have been em- ployed for.12 months. or more have been given a present of a $500 group life coverage. TENDER ZINNIA LEFT THIS NOON country whi nually wing their way to Florida and Miami for this pics of Aviation” will and pilots which will make the| | trip by invitation of the Cuban Tender Zinnia, which had been ; government. to Tortugas att to s | and attended to buoy: Ber-|- ‘The cruise will leave Miami on| while Superintendent W. W. De- narr iami | January 9 with a refuelling stop|meritt made an inspection of the race. {in Key West before making the /|light and property of the depart- The 1940 aerial classic recently 90-mile flight across the Straights|ment on Loggerhead Key, re- assumed added prominence with/of Florida to mark the largest | turned to port. 1y short! | the entry of the nation’s two out- | over water mass flight of civilian The tender left again standing airwomen as contestants aircraft ever attempted. The /after noon, carrying the superin-