The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 22, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 19. Che Key rst Cittzrn | THE SOUTHERNMOST NE} WSPAPER: IN THE U. S.A. i 5 ; KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1940 Neutrals Dis Churchill’s To Join Allied Side ANSWER SPEECH MADE SATURDAY; SEA WAR- FARE FLARES UP AS EIGHT SHIPS SINK (By Associated Prens) | LONWUN, Jan. 22.—Govern- | ment officials of England didn’t have long to wait to get world. wide reaction to Winston Church- ill’s speech delivered last Satur- day afternoon in which he sug- | gested that all neutral nations declare themselves as in favor of | the Allied cause in the present | war. All that such decl. neutral nations reported disapproved of any ration, choosing to “go it alone”. Churchill had stated that the neutrals should come over to the Allied side or stand prepared to suffer aggression by the dictator nations. In the re- } plies made by the neutrals, nc fear of any such move was e' dent. Sea Warfare Sea warfare flared up anew with total ships lost, all on the! Allied side or neutral, reaching | eight, including one British de-j stroyer, four other British ships and three ships belonging to neu- tral nations. H Bitter cold on the west front again brought reports of no fighting. A few plane patrols on, both sides were noted but no en- | gagefnents were noted on” the ground. RUSSIA RENEWS | FINN INVASION. HEAVY ASSAULT NOTED ON MANNERHEIM LINE * (By Associated Press) STOCKHOLM, Jan. 22.—Re- ports of renewed fighting in the lof the Dies committee work for | CHIEF CLERK AT NAVAL STATION LEAVES JAN. 31 NOEL COOK ENDS DUTY TOUR; FILING SYSTEM AT STATION NEAR COMPLE- TION; LOCALS HIRED approve Demand EE EE bbe ROBIN RED BREASTS VISITING IN KEY WEST Mrs. Eva Warner called The Citizen's attention to- day to the fact that a dozen or so robbins were visitors in Key West over last weekend, having been sighted in the trees at Bayview Park. These robin-red-breasts no doubt were driven to the warmer climate prevailing in this city by the sub-tempera- ture readings existing all over the southern states last weekend. W. W. Demeritt reported that large flights of robins were hovering around the lighthouse aviary over the weekend. He estimated that there might have been 500 at one time. HOUSE APPROVES | DIES EXTENSION ‘sr a ee has | been appointed to temporary duty INVESTIGATION OF UN-AM- ,as clerk at the station, also Miss ERICAN ACTIVITIES TO | Blora Barrosa. They ere duty lin the main office at CONTINUE FOR YEAR Noel A. Cook, who has been | filling the office of chief clerk habilitation of the station was jstarted, has received orders which ends his tour of duty at the station and he will go back to jhis station at the navy yard in |Charleston, S. C. | Mr. Cook expects to leave about January 31 and will go to |the office of the manager of the Civil Service District and spend jabout 10 days there, after which jhe will leave for his former sta- |tion at Charleston. } Another civilian employe of the |naval service at the Key West | station is James A. Johnson, who has been installing a central filing system ior the yard, has jabout completed the work and will leave about January 31. He has received orders to return to Charleston and will be relieved sta- | tion. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—The ' House Ways and Means commit- tee today stated that it had|Wyote Of Experiences Here unanimously approved _ the ee ese Sigh |tension of funds for continuation WONDERFUL Tl ME ex- another year. Approval of the House of Rep- resentatives as a whole is now} needed to give Representative “I wish to express my appre- ciation of the wonderful treat- Martin ‘Dies, of Texas, carte ment I received while I was in blane to investigate un-American ,Key West in December. ! wish activities in this country. jespecially to say that the Cham- ELECTS OFFICERS |trouble to tell me the things I | Wanted to know.” So stated Miss Helen Geiger of Kensington, |Maryland, in a letter received recently. © “I think your trees are won- lat the naval station since the re- | ¥innish-Russian war reached this} PRESIDENT IS RAMIRO DEL- derful and you have such a wide city today, calling “the lig” to previous reports — tha Russia would postpone further action in its invasion effort until spring. Extremely heavy bombard- ments were noted, according to dispatches, on the Mannerheim Line, shells being poured against fortified positions at the rate of ndred a minute in some Every effort, appar- is being made to smash the for advancing troops to sally forth to the capital city of Hel sinki, but to date, the Finns are reported to be holding ground against all attacks. In the middle sector, the Finns claim to have surrounded the Russian column on three sides, although the lines of communica- tions and supplies to Russian bas- es in the rear are being kept open, it was stated. In the latter positions, Finns re- ported clashes that resulted in 45 Russians killed and over 10( tanks captured. along with a large number of prisoners. Finns stated that they had lost 125 men, killed or wounded, in the engagement. TESS SESE ES Ss BRINKLEY YACHT LEFT FOR HAVANA The magnificent yacht Doc- tor Brinkley, with Dr. and Mrs. John R. Brinkley and guests, Mr. and Mrs. James Chase on board, sailed ai 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon for Havana for a stay of sev- eral days. ‘ When interviewed before leaving. Mrs. Brinkley stat- ed, “We have enjoyed good luck fishing off Dry Tortugas and off the Keys for several days. We will proceed now GADO; FULL BOARD NAMED Sociedad Cuba held election of officers last week and the fol- lowing were named members of the Board of Directors: President, Ramiro Delgado; vice-president, Pablo Lornando; re¢ording: secretary, Enrique Es- quinaldo, Jr.; directors, Manuel rCastonedao, Antonio © Areneibia, Jose Fernandez, Ignacio Perez, Juan Lopez, Jose N. Fernandez, Ovilio Moreno, Sergio Esqui- naldo, Frank Caraballo. Treasurer is Domingo Ubieta; istant treasurer, Marcos Mesa, ; secretary, Dr. Jose. C. Sanchez; assistant secretary, En- rique Esquinaldo, Sr.; secretario de beneficencia, Antonio Rivero; assistant secretario de benefi- cencia, Pedro Aguilar. COUNTY FORCES TO RECEIVE PAY ‘CHECKS READY FOR SALA- RIES TOMORROW MORN- ING AT 9 O'CLOCK County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer announced this morning that at- taches and employes of the coun- ity are to be paid tomorrow from! jthe following funds: General | Revenue, Fine and Forfeiture and the Road. Employes who get their emolu- }ments from the General Revenue {will be paid for the month of ;June, 1939; from the Fine and \Forfeiture will be paid for the |variety that I wanted to know imore about them. The chamber ‘gave me all the information Pos- | ble and even went so far as to igive me a five-page typewritten | list of the trees and also a pam- phlet which was most helpful. “It is certainly a joy to meet {such people as the ones I met in iKey West, nothing seemed to be {too much trouble to them when I asked about anything, even the children would go with me to be sure I found what I wanted, and {everybody went into details and {gave me all the information I | wanted. 1 “You have a delightful town and very delightful inhabitants and you should be very proud of I shall long remember my {visit to Key West and its people. When I arrived at the hotel we jwere greeted cordially and the jelevator boy asked if it was our |first visit and I said yes and he ‘said you have a lot to see and |told me of some of the things jand suggested getting a guide which we did. Of course our jname being Geiger we got a ‘great thrill out of so many things | bearing our same name. “It was one of the most de- |lightful trips I have had for a long time. Many thanks to the Chamber of Commerce for their share in making my visit so en- joyable.” ‘ALL SHIPS ON PATROL DUTIES There were no ships of the United States navy at the naval station this morning, nor were there any of the neutrality squad- ron lying in the Stream. | This means that the destroyer } Since the days of the Pharoahs women have fought to protect their children from © the strange disease, infantile paralysis. To every mother who sees a child crippled by this invisible invader comes the thought: “There but for the Grace of God is my child.” Through the years women have joined every movement for the protection and safe- guarding of children, In America they constitute a mighty legion in the national movement to fight infantile paralysis. ‘Women are working in the | } { i | | | NEW YORK, Jan. 22.—We in show business have a deep re- !spect for the good trouper—the man or woman who does his job and does it well, no matter what jthe obstacles. We are accustomed to think of the good trouper as a member of the theatrical profes- sion, of course. But some of the ‘best troupers in the world are the boys and girls who have been stricken with Infantile Paralysis. They must achieve a technique with which to play the role of a normal human being in life: Any of us who has struggled to achieve a goal, who has suffered and endured privation, and been victorious over disappointment and discouragement, understands what it is like to fight against odds. But what terrific odds a youngster has to fight to arrive at the point where most of us be-} gin! An actor rehearses one line over and over again, until he has the exact intonation that conveys! the thought. But a paralyzed! child must rehearse. over and; over again, the act of moving on muscle until, after months_ of years; it obeys his will, 3 When a play is produced the! public cannot’ possibly realize what painstaking effort went in-| to every word and gesture which! seem to flow so naturally in a/ finished performance. So with the rehabilitated Infantile Para- lysis victim. We cannot know what power of will, what reli- gious perserverance went into the restoration of the simple ability to move his arms and legs. He himself must do the jout’ these things present drive for funds for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in greater numbers than ever before. Their ranks include women from every station and walk in life. j The Citizen presents here- with the first of a series of six articles on infantile paralysis written by out- standing women. The first article is by Miss Helen Hayes. Others in the series include: Mrs. Cordell Hull, Miss Fannie Hurst, Miss Vicki Baum, Miss Mary An- derson, and Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers. By HELEN HAYES, Noted Star of Stage and Radio work, prepare himself for the part fate has thrust upon him. But he can be given the oppor- tunity to be a good trouper. The current campaign of the Committee for the Celebration of the President’s Birthday is an ef- fort to give them all a chance— all the victims, young and old—j of Infantile Paralysis. By means of the money raised all over the country, the stage is set , the scenery painted, the “props” provided for the play of life to go on. The funds collected will be ‘used to track down the unknown virus of Infantile Paralysis; to buy splints and braces and eruches; to provide hospital ization and nursing care, iron lungs, therapeutic pools; to give special occupational instruc- tion to boys and girls who are rehearsing for the future. With- the Infantile Paralysis sufferer is a singer without music, an actor without lines. The history of the theater is crowded with romantic figures | who have upheld the tradition ythat the play. must go. on, . How ‘much more dramatic it is for a child who perhaps ‘is unable to walk, to carry on—with a crutch —braving a world that is diffi- cult, even when.one is strong and healthy. Let us applaud troupers. Let us give them every encouragement, every help. Let us—all of us—be backers of their show. With our dimes and quar- ters and dollars we may help them turn their lives into smash- ing hits. these good Key West was featured in The Chicago Daily Tribune last Satur- day, January 20, in an article written by Hal Foust, special correspondent for that paper on a tour of resort centers in Flor- ida. | | The article presented a neat {little map of south Florida show- | ing the keys and Key West prominently charted. The writer was in the city last Wednesday’ and the article, which follows |herewith, was sent special to the ‘Tribune: “This . island, most southern point in the United States, is lit- tle affected by a winter travel boom that on the mainland is !swelling villages with new cabins, new gasoline stations, new houses, and new hotels. Key West, with its barnacled water front, its narrow streets of sun and wind faded houses, is undis- turbed by its few hundred visi- tors. “The Key West atmosphere of a distant insular possession has not been dispelled by the com- {pletion two years ago of a $57,- {000,000 highway with 38 bridges between keys for the 110 miles to the. mainland. The only colors added to the picture since this Chicago Tribune Reporter Featured City In Article Today it is aj neutrality patrol tion was inactive. base for the games in the Caribbean. } “The Tribune road car driven here yesterday from Mi-} ami. The traffic was light. Per- | haps the $1 toll.each way keeps others away. bumps in the asphalt road thru! the mangrove jungles on the| keys, or the 16 foot width, which | seems much narrower, of 22) wooden bridges with flimsy guardrails over green and blue| Waters where tides and currents | mix the Gulf of Mexico with the | Atlantic. There are 16 concrete! bridges laid on the trestle of an! overseas railroad destroyed by a! hurricane in 1935. ' Boasts It’s Different i “Perhaps the isolation is part- ly pre-determination by a native population 25 percent Cuban and | 25 percent colored. A chamber of commerce pamphlet reads in! parts as follows: ‘Key West is different from Florida resorts. It has no intention of becoming one, | holding no inducement to those who would dissipate life’. “The island, four miles long and a mile wide, invites visitors Outstanding Women Write For |KEY WEST IS National Paralysis Foundation| WARMEST CITY IN ALL F FLORIDA |THERMOMETER RECORDED LOW OF 52 DEGREES LAST NIGHT; “WORSE OVER", OF- FICIAL SAYS Not to be outdone by all other {cities and towns in the nation, iKey West today is talking about the weather—the cold weather that came down from the north {over last weekend, causing much |scurrying around in search. of overcoats for those who must venture forth outside, and heat- ers for those who remained in- ; side. | Key West as usual, though, was able to remind anyone interested that the temperature here was the warmest of any spot in Florida. Lowest reading for the state as bulletined by the local weather bureau was 30 degrees in Pensa- cola. This compared with a low of 52 degrees for Key West. Both jreadings were for the twenty- {four hour period ending at 7:30 ‘o'clock this morning. ! In Miami, school officials de- ‘cided not to open the schools to- day because of the cold weather. Officials here saw no reason to |follow a similar course and all jlocal institutions were in full op- eration. G. S. Kennedy, official in charge of the Key West weather j bureau, stated this morning that “the worst is over”. Report, jshown on another page of this issue, tells of slowly rising tem- perature accompanied by prob- jable rains tomotrow. ROAD: § WITH SIGNS CANDIDATES FOR ATTOR- NEY-GENERAL AGREE NOT TO. USE BILLBOARDS TAMPA, Jan. 22—(FNS) Re- gardless of how many candidates’ placards may grace or disgrace our public highways between now and the May primary, none will appear bearing the name or like- Watson of Tampa, as both of these gentlemen have agreed that while opposing each other ‘and for fleet and marine war |they can agree fully that such highway signs contribute noth- and have agreed not to use them. Tom Watson of Tampa, in commenting on the move of his opponent in this direction, paid Maybe it’s thejhim a glowing tribute and ex-! pressed a keen desire to join him in this and every other move for the welfare of the state. Such a spirit of cooperation and fair play will make it diffi- cult for voters to decide in this | particular race. H. H. HETHCOX Wt N cn PRES. OF STATE COMMIS- SIONERS ASS‘N. CAMPAIGN. | ING FOR S. HOLLAND H. H. Hethcox, of Umatilla, member of the County Board of Lake county, and ident the State Association of {reporter was here two years ago without losing its dignity. There |Commissioners, arrived in ~ are the figures in white or in blue uniforms. On _ sidewalks shared by dark skinned Cubans and shaded by palms, the tanned sailors look like navy recruiting advertisements. Base for Neutrality Patrol “Of course the navy isn’t new to Key West. Commodore David Porter established a base here! in 1822 to fight Caribbean; i is one expensive resort hotel. | West yesterday afternoon over, There's at least one good moder- {the highway ‘for a visit in the| Detroit ate-priced commercial hotel. And there are several rooming houses available to transients. “We think you'd like Key West, with every breeze a salty breeze, and with its bright warm sunshine”. DIVORCE SUIT FILED interest of the candidacy of State Senaor Spessard Holland, who has announced for the office of governor. Mr. Hetheox called at The |Citizen office this noon and, while here, will call on a num- ber of city and county officials, including all members of the War Depar pplication |BIRCHMORES OFF ON CUBAN BICYCLE TOUR Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Birchmore were passengers on the Steamship Cuba yes- terday, going for an explora- tion trip over the Island of Cuba, using as their means of transportation a bicycle which Mr. Birchmore: calls “Pegasus”. “: The couple has been: regu- lar world travelers, visiting in 43 countries, covering ap- proximately 40,000 miles. They use no other means of transportation except when going’ to some country which cannot be reached by wheel. But the bicycle is always taken along and when land is reached where it can be used they proceed merrily on their way. Their list of countries visited and the experiences they have encountered are contained in an illustrated folder which can be had for the asking. SPILT IDS FP a ‘HOTEL MEMBERS — MEET TUESDAY |TO DISCUSSS TRANSPORTA- “TION PROBLEMS AND = BEACH FACILITIES Key West Hotel and Tourist Homes Association will hold a meeting tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at La Concha Hotel, called to order by president R. A. Lehmann. The association reports that it has received a reply to their let- Cuban Tourist Commission in the matter of obtaining better trans- portation facilities from Key West to Havana. A reply to the communication and further discussion of the | iness of Ed. R. Bentley of Lake- | subject will be first order of busi- jland, candidate for Attorney | |General, or his opponent Tom | wil} also discuss a drive to pro- ness at the meeting. Members of the association | vide additional funds for the care of South Reach and the continua- tion of the Key West Publicity | Bureau. wis to the state's eauicestion. RITES SUNDAY FOR | MARIE LOVATO, 66 | Marie Lovato, 66, died Satur- day afternoon at the residence, |1213 Margaret street. Funeral ‘services were held yesterday afternoon 5:15 o'clock from the iTesidence, Rev. A. L. Maureau, of 'St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Cath- Jolie Church, officiating. Pritchard’s Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Survivors are the husband, Carlos Lovato, and one daughter, ;Marie Saloma Lovato; one broth- jer, Domingo Martinez, and one sister, Consualon Perez. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest Iast night 24 hours 35 29 20 18 15 21 31 65 50 21 Stations {Atlanta ‘Boston {Br {Chicago — jzl Paso }Havana Ee ‘Jacksonville Kansas City — KEY WEST -_ 52 Louisville __ 7 | Miami 42 Mpls.-St. Paul --3 Permanent LAA LLLSA LSA ter seeking co-operation from the- Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; range of only 14° Fahrenheit with an average PRICE FIVE CENTS Department Receives For County ‘Beach Projet [DESCRIPTION OF BULK- HEADS, PIERS, GROINS | AND DREDGING GIVEN | OUT Application has been made to | the War Department by the | Board of County Commissioners for permission to perform the | following initial beach construc- |tion work at Key West, on the | Atlantic Ocean at the southerly side of the island. No public hearing will be held for the work, and anyone desir- ing to protest should submit such protest in writing with sufficient |evidence as to its effect on navi- gation, so as to permit intelligent consideration to the U. S. En- gineer’s office in Jacksonville, Fla., Postoffice Box 4970, before January 29, 1940. The work will consist of three groins, a pier, a bulkhead and fill. The groins will be 300 feet, /800 feet and 1,000 in length and | will be located at the foot of {Bertha street, 570 feet east of ‘the street, and about 1.600 feet |east of the bountry line of U. S. Government Reservation at East Martello “Tower. | The groins will be constructed jof timber with marl rock riprap | protection on either side, and | will be 3.25 feet above mean low |water. The proposed timber pier, 1,000 feet in length and 40 {feet wide with a 20 foot balanced T-head will be located 2,064 feet | east of Bertha street. id | The pier will be constructed of !timber pile bents braced and {decked with timber, elevation of | the deck to be 8 feet above mean | low water at the outer end of the | pier. A concrete bulkhead on alignment with and 125 feet oceanward of the existing bulk- head will extend from the west |side of the pier a distance of about 900 feet. The bulkhead will be con- structed of reinforced concrete |sheathing anchored shoreward to the concrete deadmen, elevation of the top of the bulkhead to be 5.35 feet above mean low water. | An area extending 500 feet ocean- |watd of the bulkhead and ad- jacent to the west side of the |pier will be dredged to a depth of two feet below the present bottom. The dredged material, | approximately 27,000 cubic yards, | will be deposited shoreward of | the bulkhead. KNOCKED OUT BY WILD MOTORCYCLE | J. E. SMITH HAD TRIPLE COL- | LISION RESULTING IN PAINFUL INJURIES While riding his motorcycle down Whitehead street Friday ‘night shortly before 9 o'clock, J. |E. Smith side swiped another motorcycle which was being rid- den by Charles Walterson, and then ran into a bicycle belonging |to a colored girl, Caridad Mingo, who was slightly injured. Continuing on down the street |Smith encountered an obstacle, |or lost control of the vehicle and | was thrown to the ground, losing | several teeth, and became un- | conscious by the contact. He | was taken to the Marine hospital |for treatment. This morning he | was reported as being much im- proved. |month of April, 1939, and those |sq New York __. 17 |from the Road Fund will be paid ee which is composed ofjpirates. It was an goatee — the gship Lea and_ the|base in the civil and the Spanish-| Suit f ivorce listing Thomas |for the months of June and July, |Schenck, Wickes, Evans, Philip, | American wars. In~ the world pinbcoa Lo Annie Watson 1939, ; Twiggs and the Tender Gannet,|war, a $1,000,000 submarine har-' Richmond_.as principals, has been The checks will be available|are all out on duty connected|bar was built here. From 1932 filed with Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, the opening hour of 9 o'clock. | with the patrol. to last Nov. 1, however, the sta- ¢lerk of the Circuit Court. to Havana and the Bahamas for more deepsea fishing”. Doctor Brinkley’s home port is Galveston. Texas. PIPPI IT IGS county board. He plans to leave | Pensacola for Miami and points on the west ,St. Louis coast tomorrow morning. {San Francisco 41 Senator Holland will include Seattle __. 29 Key West on his campaign itinerary, Mr. Hethcox stated.