The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 2, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of hee Se ue 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. VOLUME LXI. No. 2. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1940 PRICE FIVE CENTS New Russian Attacks Fail To Dent Mannerneim ANOTHER LARGE ARMY OF SOVIETS REPORTED CAPTURED BY FINNS) IN NORTH SECTOR (Ry Associated Press) HELSINKI, Jan. 2.—Russian troops renewed their attack on the Finrish Mannerheim line to- | day—sending thousands of fresh- | ly uniformed and newly equipped | men against the defending Finns. | Observers behind the Russian ! DIVING BELL NOW [Resembles Navy Equipment ‘SEEN AT SPRINGS | C@CCCCoSEeCe SE ECOOSOSOCS {Special ta The Citizen) OCALA, Jan, 2.—A weird look- ling submersible described as “a | 20- ten ton diving bell”, was low- ered into the waters of Silver Springs today and the engineers said they were pared for its first pre- launching | exploration ; , WARBLER BACK AT DOCK; TOWED SHIP TO ALABAMA PORT LEFT DEC. 21 TO AID S.S. SAN ANSELMO ON REEF OFF BAHAMA BANKS; REPAIRS | | AT TURTLE HARBOR |the Key West wrecker Warbler returned to her berth at Porter lines stated that the new troops {dive to the submerged mouth of ‘dock, foot of Duval street, yester- appeared to be in much better physical shape than those who started the war a monti ago. Nothing indicated that the Man- nerheim Line had given way be- fore the new attack, advices here | stating that intact”. On the blizzards are front, holding up opera- tions on both sides but in the far-north, the story again adds up in desperate totals the center for Russians. Following — yesterday’s firmed story about the entrap- ring and massacre of nearly 20,- 000 Russian trtops, still another sector sends through reports of similar disaster for a large army of Soviets, alleged to be nearly 16,000. Additional reports on the trap set for the Russians by Finn of- ficers, bring into high focus the genius employed in the euver. Russians fell into the trap entoto—-and, with short sup- plies and weary from much marching, they were not able to fight back successfully when the trap was sprung, resulting in wholesale massacre and capture of the whole regiment. Diplomatic Fronts Reports heard here bring ad- vance notice of strong pressure of one kind and another on the diplomatic fronts. ,Russia has called on Germany to leaders for the Russian troops, and it is thought possible that trouble will develop if the Nazi leaders refuse to comply with the request. In the Balkans, the small na- tions are girding to ward off Russian expansion gestures, re- ported to be cropping up. Ru- mania stated today that she would fight if her Bessarabia dis- trict was threatened. U. S$. MERCHANTS EXPECT GOOD YEAR CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES POINT TOWARD TEN PER CENT INCREASE con- (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Business men of the nation, clearing through various agencies, chief of them the United States Chamber of Commerce, today took stock of the year juSt passed and under- took predictions for the coming year. Consensus appeared to be in favor of much improved business ; for 1940, although allowance was made for any contingency when percentage of improvement over last year was pegged at from five to ten notches. DOES HER BIT (By Associated Press) HOUSTON, Tex., Jan. 2—The Red Cross chapter here, which has been accepting donations for the aid of Polish refugees, re- ceived an envelope bearing a Houston postmark. Enclosed were two one-dollar bills folded neatly within a sheet of tablet paper on which was written: “You have heard of the widow’s mite. Well, this is an old maid's.” The note was unsigned. “the line still holds | raging | the great subterranean Silve’ River. Max Gene Nohl, the known submarine engineer, who invented the new bell and is supervising its trial dives, says this is the first device of its kind |in the world. It is equipped with 14 windows around its top rim, leach of them 12 inches in diame- |ter, large enough to permit 12 men and large quantities of jphotographic equipment, allow- jing them to conduct submarine jobservations on an _ elaborate | Scale. Of the few existent deep-sea | bells, including the U. S. Navy’s rescue bell, which was used on the Squalus, and of all bells in history, this is said to be the larg est. At first glance it resembles the navy’s famous bell but closer examination reveals vast differ- | jenes. r | well day, and is ready for {mercy run. The Warbler left port Dec. 21 to go to the stance of the S.S. San Anselmo, which went aground off Bahama banks. When the wrecker, under Capt. C. H. Petersen, salvage master, arrived at the scene, the San Anselmo was hard on a reef, but in no im- mediate danger. After surveying the situation, Capt. Petersen’s salvage crew rigged anchors and cables. Under the powerful thrust of the Warbler’s engines, |the San Anselmo was soon clear | of the reef. Taking the damaged craft in tow, the Warbler conveyed her to Turtle harbor, where some minor repairs were made, When (Continued on Page Four) Ling After a successful salvage job, | another | man- | Nohl stated that his new bal | is unique in design and principle ; | in that it tends to float at the sur- | face and will sink to the bottom | only when drawn by power. This, \he says, assures a high degree of safety since any mechanical fail- ure would result in the bell mere- ly bobbing to the surface. WHY 130,000,000 eee * Uncle Sam Has Reached Certain Limits. furnish | The huge silver caisson, built ofi heavy metal and stubbed with | big rivets, presented a strange |sight as it floated at the surface |today with only its conning tower protruding, while the Nohl en gineers prepared for its first dive in the next few days. Its inaugural descent is to take it down the side of the precipice in the mammoth spring at the head of Silver River. This location was selected because ex- treme clarity of the water would not only permit the passengers views of scenes rarely but would allow engineers minutely study the craft's havior from diving suits. MORE SHIPS LOST IN SEA WARFARE TWO BRITISH AND ONE NOR- WEGIAN VESSEL SUNK TODAY to be- (By Associated Press) LONDON, Jan. the high seas is pitch. British admiralty today nounced that two more flying the Union Jack had been sunk during the last twenty-four hours, both by torpedoes fired from Nazi submarines. Norway reported the loss to- day of the 1400-ton Luna, twen- ty-five miles off the coast of Nor- way, also sunk by a Nazi subma- rine torpedo. still at high an FIND DOPE IN CAMEL’S STOMACH GENEVA, (Switcetast —Egyp- tian police have announced the smashing of a large opium and hashish smuggling ring which, in order to evade police, had forced old, worn out camels to swallow zine cylinders containing the narcotics, drove them through the border quarantine and then slaughtered them and recovered the zine cylinders of narcotics. The plot was discovered when po- lice sought to find the reason why an Arab had refused to sell a worthless, old camel for about $40. sheer observed | —The war on) ships | Havana Paper States Members of the Cuban Tourist Commission everything jaugment the have been in doing their power to steamship service between Havana and Key West “because of the present insuffi- cient service” between these two points, it was announced in ‘letter received today by the Key West Chamber of Commerce. | The letter was written by Celso Gonzalez, an executive of the Havana publication, Diaro de la Marina, in response to a com- munication sent last week by, Secretary Singleton asking for more information regarding the report that a Norwegian vessel had been engaged by the Cuban government to operate between Havana and Key West. Previously the Diaro de la Marina had announced that the vessel, which had been built to operate in a ferry service be- tween Norway and England, had been directed to New York city under charter for use in a pro- posed Havana-Key West ferry service. It was reported the Norwegian ship was en route to Havana with a cargo and would go into the Key West service early this mnth. Mr. Gonzalez stated in his let- , ter that the question of establish- U.S CITIZENS HAVE ae eee Now What? es eae DIRECT ECONOMICAL INTEREST IN CENSUS There is news census schedules. This news is not based on the mere fact that it is to be the most elaborate inventory of national resources ever made, but be- more than in any previous sus, it emphasizes social and economic values as well as ma- terial values. For the first hundred years, Uncle Sam’s 10-year censuses jwe figuratively, to provide the ements for new suits of clothes for a rapidly growing |body. Uncle Sam now has hi groWth territorially, and he is approaching the end of his growth in population. What more natural than that he should stop and say to himself: “Now that I have all this, what am I going to do with it?” The real news in the 1940 cen- sus, therefore, is that Uncle Sam starting to find out more in the 1940 is |things that will throw light on/ jthe future of his social and eco- |nomic health, and about the fac- tors that affect the future wel- |fare of his people. | Your old uncle is confronted with some tough problems. He has no new land frontiers to convert into national wealth. Im- migration, which has been re sponsible for a greatly expanding population, law and by the equalization of world opportunities. The birth jrate is going down-down-down, | and the life span is going up-up- jup. Right at the time when Uncle Sam must face the prob- jlem.of caring for a greater pro- {portion of older people. ' Many years ago, 80 percent of Uncle Sam’s people got their liv- ing from the land. Today. due to a lowered relative supply of land, the expansion of , industry and manufacturing to supply an improved standard of living, and due to the use of machinery in- {stead of horses on the farms, the farms support directly only about 25% of Uncle Sam's folks. This transition has been verv swift, | as the record of the censuses will show. In 1910, 16 percent of all the gainful workers in the Unit- ed States were farm hands. In 1930—only twenty years later— it was only nine percent. Then, ; too, during earlier years, when} iUncle Sam used to borrow money is restricted both by | from Europe, Europe was. glad to !take Sam’s surplus farm products in part payment. Now that Eu- rope owes Sam money, and also, because all world nations have been, struggling to make them- selves self-sufficient as to foods, Sam is having a tough time dis- posing of the products that mean contentment and prosperity to a lot of his people. This mechanization of farms is giving him a headache in several other directions, There are about ten million horses on Amer- ican farms than there were 20 years ago, and horses used to help eat up the farm crop surplus. Now Uncle Sam’s farmers are up against the problem of finding new uses for millions of acres of land that used to produce horse feed. So the problem is how to make those acrés provide cash jfor the purchase of gasoline and ‘oil for tractors. And, speaking of mechaniza- tion: The biggest group of clas- sified workers in industry used to be those known as “unskill- ed”. They got lower wages than the skilled workers, but they mounted up to a great total; they supported lots of families, and they have always been an im portant part of Uncle Sam's big (Continued on Page Four) STUDENTS RETURN TO UNIVERSITIES | After the holidays, delightfully spent with their parents, other relatives and friends, a group of students from various colleges in Florida and other states, left on the 7 o’clock bus this morning to {resume their studies. They were: Miss Dorothy Mae Dungan, Miss Phyllis Adams, Miss Teresa Sullivan, Miss Emma Ann Kennedy, Miss Sylvia Pearl- man, Miss Alice Park, Miss Edna Roberts—all going to Florida 'State College for Women at Tal- ‘lahassee. Miss Faye Adams left |for University of Alabama at | Tuscaloosa. | Jeff Knight and James L. Mc- Mullen left to resume their studies at University of Florida, ‘Gainesville. i al Chancés Good For New Cube-Key West Ferry PUBLISHER EXPECTS NORWEGIAN SHIP SOON; ECONOMIC ANGLES BEING STUDIED NOW ing a Key West service was re-! ceiving serious consideration by the Cuban Tourist commission. \He said that several economic ;questions had to be determined before operations could get un-| der way and expressed optimism over | service. | ship company established a one- trip weekly service between Key West and Havana. The S. S. ;Cuba previously had been mak~ ing two round trips to the Cuban capital each week. F.D.R. TO ADDRESS JOINT CONGRESS SEVENTY-SIXTH ASSEMBLY OPENS IN CAPITAL TOMORROW (Ry Associated Press: WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Poli tics, talk of third terms and all by-products of government will be adjourned temporarily tomor- row on the occasion of the as- sembly of the 76th Congress. At least, adjournment of those sub- jects will be observed until the |President starts several camps joff to either dispute of violent nature or mild dissension when he addresses the joint session be- ginning at 2:00 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. The message is expected to con- tain keynotes that will be used by the Democrats in their con- vention-plank framing later this year and will be closely observed by members of that party and the opposing GOP's. ‘ COURT. GETS POINT HE GETS FREEDOM (By Axsociated Press) HOUSTON, Tex. Jan. carrying a hunting knife with a 41% a ready defense. “That knife is a sandwich mak- er,” said he. “I’ve cut lots of bread and spread a lot of jelly with it.” “Son, I’m going to let you go, but I want you to knives shorter and spread your jelly thinner,” replied the judge. THE MISSING PAN-AMERICAN LINK — By STETSON KENNEDY A general realization of the|from Maine to Florida, need for economic, political, and | tTaverses the most populous and cultural unity of the Americas has been brought about by the The ' numerous governmenial and private agen- cies working to achieve such unity have couraged by the significant ac- complishments of the recent Con- ference of Panama. When the European tragedy is ended, nations of the Western Hemis- phere should stand- out pre- eminently as the bulwark of civilization and democracy. Pan-American political and cultural affinity can only be built upon a practical mutually advantageous economic relationships, any war in Europe. an extension of transportation facilities. Air transport un-; doubtedly has a great future in this regard; but the bulk of traf- fic, both in people and goods,’ will continue to move by land and water. A factor of utmost importance is the Pan-American Highway, whose western branch from La- redo, Texas, to Mexico City has _already resulted in a remarkable increase of tourist and commer- | Americas from foreign invasion. Marines Take Over Station In Guard Mount Ceremony Today | | | the outlook for such a! | Recently the P. & O. Steam-! | Lea enroute. |Capt. Carpender with Commander | |a@ new naval vessel now {in at Miami for the maneuvers. | | i 2,— snapped by a newspaper photo- Hauled into court on a charge of grapher, John Jeter, caught the deadly weapon—a desolation in the faces inch! Hale and his children blade—an 18-year-old youth had, viewed the destruction by fire keep your, | Completion of the Overseas High- reason to be. en-!| the} | | Miami, lunch in Key West, dine jin Havana! basis _of where modern crossing-free high- | considerable , strengthening of which requires the Antilles”. { DESTROYERS WILL LEAVE FOR MIAMI ANNUAL AIR SHOW USS. BRAZELL TURNS IN Checks Heavy FINE PATROL WORK LEA AND EVANS | P@CCCCCCCCSCCoCOCCCECOCS PART TOMORROW: U.S.S.! State Road Patrolman L. W. Brazell is making a good record EBIUIES TO) ARRIVE FOR) © iimsclf in co-operation with REPAIRS the Monroe county sheriff's of. fice, it was announced today. The patrolman, here under the | inew system set up by the ‘legislature, patrols by motorcycle between Key West and Big Pine Key. He has arranged his work so that he is on the highway when the flow of traffic is enroute to Key West, and later when the outbound traffic is at'the peak. In short, he is on the road when the need for pa- trolling is greatest. Sheriff K. O. Thompsoa 'Chief Deputy Waite expressed well pleased with Patrolman Brazell’s work. Brazell is the son of an Orlando policeman. After two weeks on a_ repair schedule at the naval station, the | destroyer Lea, flagship of the squadron stationed here under , Capt. A. S. Carpender, senior of- ‘ficer of the naval units afloat in this area, tied up at the main ‘dock to take on fuel. Tomorrow afternoon the Lea and the Evans will head toward Miami, where they will be sta tioned until Monday during the All-American Air Maneuvers there. The Evans is on patrol, but will arrive in Miami Thurs- day morning after nféeting the C. OF C. THANKS and Sheriff Bernard themselves as The destroyer Philips, which for some time was watching the British cruiser and Nazi mer- chant vessel at Fort Lauderdale, is scheduled to go on a_ repair schedule for two weeks beginning tomorrow. She will tie up along- side the Twiggs, which is under. going minor repairs under the up | keep program worked out by! MESSAGE SENT TO AID HIM IN FIGHT TO OBTAIN FACILITIES Hoey’ and other officers at the Traffic | ast | Col. heav- ! SENATOR THOMAS KEYS GIVEN TO SAME PRIVATE WHO RELIN- QUISHED THEM TO LOCAL GUARD IN 1932 Key West naval station is now |beirg guarded by the United | States Marines. at morning, In a fitting ceremony the | main this the | Marine detachment under Lieut G. D. Hatfield, a veteran of that hard-bitten service, took jformal charge of the task of {guarding the naval station and property. At the mounting of the guard, William W. Loftin, private first class of the Marines, received the keys to the,station gates from W. H. Collins, Key West watchman. In 1932 when the station was de commissioned the same keys had been handed to Watchman Col- lins by Private Loftin. Among those who witnessed the ceremony were Commander |G. B. Hoey, officer in charge of the naval station, Lieut. Com mander Fort Callahan, communi- cation officer, and Mayor Willard M. Albury, who appeared on be- half of the citizens of the com munity. That there were not {other civilians on hand was prob- ably due to a misunderstanding regarding the time of the infor- mal guard mount. It occurred at 8:30 a. m., but it had been er- | roneously reported it was to oc- cur at-i0 em: gate naval station. R. V. Waters, general chairman of the All-American Air Maneu- vers at Miami, has written to the naval officers afloat here that Mi ami has prepared dockage space for the Lea and Evans for the duration of the aviation program. Over the signature of the secretary, the Key West Cham-; ber of Commerce has sent a let- ter to United States Senator El- mer Thomas of Oklahoma thank- ing him for his interest in build-! ing up the military establishment of Key West. On a recent visit, Senator Thomas said that in his opinion Key West was one of the most! important defense posts in the cour.try, and said he would favor not only expansion and modern ‘ization of the coast defense sys- tem here, but an airplane base for army airplanes either here or on one of the keys above the city. The chamber’s letter, addressed to Washington intended to give the senator, chairman of a Sen- ate sub-committee on approp- riations handling army items, further fuel for his fight in Key West's behalf. TEMPERATURES Lowest hist highest last j Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta 16 35 Boston 16 25 Buffalo 12 23 Charleston 28 57 Chicago 6 22 Denver 18 31 Detroit 17 22 El Paso 35, 66 Havana 62 77 Jacksonville 30 67 Kansas City 0 16 KEY WEST _ 62 et Los Angeles _ 55 64 Louisville 3 18 Miami 62 74 Mpls.-St. Paul - 3 7 Nashville 9 22 New York 16 27 Pensacola 28 63 'St. Louis --2 San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington .... Capt. Carpender has been ad- vised that the destroyer Rowan, on a shakedown cruise, may also put PICTURE BRINGS AID DALLAS, Tex.—A photograph of John as they jot their home on Thanksgiving Day. The picture, printed in numerous papers throughout the country, brought contributions from sympathizers in California, New York, Missouri and else- where. Now the Hale family is happy in the prospect for a nice, new home. which wealthy part of the country. way from Miami to Key West focuses attention on the missing link: ferry service to close the 90 mile water gap from Key West to Havana and the 110 mile gap from the western end of Cuba to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Once ferry service is established the eastern branch can be joined to the main Pan-American High- way at Guatemala City. Motorists will then breakfast in Countless tourists will take their cars to Cuba, ways make accessible all the! tropical splendor of the “Pearl of | | (By Associated Press) In greater perspective, the east-- COLUMBUS, Mo., Jan. ern branch will eliminate 1,200 Newspaper advertising eeiaeaat miles from the motoring distance brings results. Dr. C. M. Saeed between New York and Buenos lost a sow and advertised the Aires, as compared to the west- fact in the Columbia Tribune. ern jaunt. Besides the commer-' Back came the sow—plus a litter | cial value of this mileage econo- | of nine pigs. my, another aspect deserves ap- | preciation: {ts military import-; ance in the event of an attack | -upon the Panama Canal, or the, necessity for joint defence of the | HEADQUARTERS FOR KODAK FILMS | Both Still and Movie SES ORES, cial trade between the United| There should be no missing GARDNER’S PHARMACY States and “Mexico. The projected {link in the Pan-American High-| a branch includes U. “The Rexall Store” {584 Duval St. Phone 177 l\way to peace and prosperity. |Commerce will hold |" Armed’ Marines have been sta- ‘tioned at the main gate and at ewes other points within the sta- |tion, Later they will be posted at five points, and also be on | guard at two points at the sez plane base on Trumbo Island, when the hangars and other works are finished. Col. Hatfield expects the arri val of a detachment of 19 other |Marines from Pensacola on Thursday. The men under Lieut. M. O. Donohoo are scheduled to leave Pensacola today. SESE ORES! EDWARD GRAY ON VACATION Government officials. both Federal and County, missed Edward H. Gray this morning on his familiar beat gather- ing news for The Citizen. In explanation. it is an- nounced herewith that Mr. Gray is now on a week's vacation leave. CP IIIS SS (.G. TENDERS TO GO IN DRYDOCK Guard tenders Poinciana and Zennia are scheduled to go on the Marine railway at the foot of Duval street for the néxt week or ten days for painting and minor repairs, Coast Guard Supt. W. W. Demeritt announced Coast is expected the Zennia will be hauled up on the railway late today or tomorrow, with the Poinciana following her as soon as possible. The general condi- tion of the two tenders are good, but they are in need of cleaning, painting and some adjustments. At the conclusion of the work they will be assigned to other duty by Supt. Demeritt, C. OF C. JUNIORS MEET TOMORROW Key West Junior Chamber of its first meeting of the year tomorrow }evening, 6:30 o'clock, at Res- be erg Cabana, 607 Duval eet. onl attendance of the mem- |bership is expected and Teports | from the president, Isadore Wein- traub, on the recent Orange Bowl festival in Miami will be heard,