The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 23, 1940, Page 1

ee Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLU MEL XI. | No. 20. ‘No Discrimination’ Cla Britons In Ship Incid * MUCH GOODWILL LOST IN ACTION AGAINST U. S. AND JAPAN SHIP- PING (By Associated Press) LONDON, Jan. 23. — Briti: government officials today an- swered protests of the United States and Japan against recent stopping of merchant ships by declaring that no discrimination was intended in the incidents quoted. While the matter has the according to statements by no means been settled, world- at-large, made here, will be offered in view of the apparent ” suffered by the Britons by reason of the so-called acts. Japan today demanded that the 21 German seamen taken from the liner na Maru yesterday be returned to Yokohama by to- morrow, or Thursday at the latest, else serious diplomatic relations come to pass. U. S. Protests Among the items in the Amer- ican protests to the British gov- ernment were (1) that the con- traband patrol near Gibraltar un- werrantedly délayed ~~ United States’ merchantmen and (2) that importation of American tobacco to Britain had been stopped. The protests revealed © that Italian shipping was given clear- ance in fe E whereas Amer- ican vessels were held up for 12 days or longer. It was also dis- closed that Italian merchantmen were accorded privileges not ex- tended to ships of the United States. In seve instances, Am- erican shipping has been ordered to the zone to unload car- goes, causing the mer ntmen to violate the neutr act which designated a c rea in European waters as a danger zone non-navigable to ve this countr: “loss of f “inadvertent” quested that ¢ shipping be speeded future. The British answered the U. S. protest in part, by stating that very little foreknowledge of Am- erican ship cargoes reaches Eng- land, and consequently, all S have to be stopped and searched, with officers knowing . very _lit- tle of what to expect on board. No satisfactory answer has been given to British censorship of the mails except that the Britons purported to ha rted the move to apprehend and stc sending of money to Germany. LOCAL LETTERS CENSORED The British censorship of mails was brought close to home in the knowledge gained today that at least one relative here of a family in Australia has received letters during the past two weeks from that nation which have been opened Local residents, knowing of this, are at a loss to understand why letters addressed from Aus- tralia to Key West should be opened by censors. up in the SHIP QUITS THE SEA —AT LONG LAST (By Associated Press) PAPEETE, Tahiti, Jan. 23— After successfully sailing the dangerous waters of the Tuomotu Islands for forty years, the schooner Vaite at last lies high on a reef, damaged beyond re- pair. She has long been the only contact between civilization and hundreds of persons living on isolated islands. The Tuomotus, designated on many maps as the Dangerous Archipelago, consist of a 1000- mile-long barrier of atolls and coral reefs swept by erratic cur- rents. Polynesians consider the area ruled by evil spirits, feels that satisfaction | cits: PRESIDENTS BALL Local Case , CAUSE WORTHY ONE Orecerccen eece Proves Point coe A powerful argument advanced | as a reason why residents of this city should support the coming | President's Ball features—this Saturday, the dance, and Wed- nesday, January 31, the dinner, | both events at La Concha Hotel: —is revealed in the story prac-j | tically unknown concerning a local case of infantile paralysis suffered here by a Key West | youngster last year. tory of this city—a brief, sporadic: epidemic broke out last One of the resulted in paralysis below the hips for an Island City youngster, unnamed for best policy in this article. Through funds accumulated in the local purse for such purpose, subscribed past President’s Ball events, and through co- operation of both the National Foundation and of President Roosevelt, himself, this child, to- gether with its mother, were tak- en to the Foundation’s home at Warm Springs, Ga., all expenses of the trip béing paid. Dr. H. C..Galey, county chair- man of the President’s Ball events, stated that the child has been at Warm Springs since last July, receiving treatment. This, as Dr. Galey states, is a clear- cut case of why the events staged nationally this month-end, are so worthy in scope. Subscriptions to both the dance and dinner at La Concha Hotel will result in further cash credits in the local fund to care for similar emer- gencies in the future. cases in FRANK BROWN TO VISIT PRESS FETE HE AND MRS. BROWN ACTIVE IN INTERESTS OF COMP- TROLLER CANDIDACY In a communication to The Citizen, Frank Brown, candidate in the coming state election for the office of State Comptroller, says that he and Mrs. Brown will be in attendance at the midnight Press Breakfast at Winter Haven this Friday, during the Orange Festival. Mr. Brown is actively cam- paigning throughout Florida for the office to which he aspires. His campaign pledges contain many constructive ideas for re- organization of the Comptroller's office. Citizens of Key West will recall that he visited here about a month ago. JAYCEES PUSH FLORIDA CITRUS FOLLOW STATE GROUP IN PROMOTING SALES OF STATE CROPS Local members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce are co operating in the statewide drive being conducted this and next month to stress the purchase and consumption of Florida citrus fruit of all kinds. N. W. Ketchings, chairman of the Key West committee, has superintended the placing of stickers and placards in all gro- cery stores of the city which call attention to Florida citrus, ask- ing customers to help stimulate | sales in that commodity in pref-! lerence to any other. b |are remarkably slow. “MEET FRIDAY TO | PLAN FOR KEYS’ ELECTRIFICATION CORPORATION PAPERS WERE FORWARDED TO STATE CAPITAL; ENGINEER Mc: ' LEAN TO PRESENT PLANS and directors of the Florida Keys the which has been official- | Friday night at Marathon ey Unheard of before in the his-/1¥ designated as the principal of- Schenck is anchored in fee of the organization striving to’ Season. ‘bring electrification of the Flor- | said to be from Norfolk, ida Keys. be At that time the first board of | directors and the officers of the| association will be elected. E. P.| McLean, engineer, who gave the | people of the Keys the idea of} forming this association, will} probably be present. With the mecting, the wheels of the project will be gotten un- derway. Vincent D. Nicholson, genera! counsei of the electriciti- | cation movement, has approved | the selection of W. Curry Harris | | i | | ‘as attorney for the Keys project. | Articles of incorporation were | signed urday and forwarded | to Tallanassee. The next step! will be the drafting and prepara- } tion of the project, which is ex- pected. to be done by Mr. Mc- Lean. Ross C. Sawyer, Jr., who has been nding about one month on the Ke securing subscribers io the project, reported success and said that much progress has! been made. Mr. Harris stated today that ides Mr. McLean, who is ex- d to be present, and himself, the following incorporators will! attend the meeting: Alton Park, ! W. A. Parrish, A. E. Woodburn, | John A. Russell, Samuel R. Lund, | Mrs. Ellie Lowe, C. P. McPher- } son, Edwerd R. Laringer and T. Jenkins C ONE-THIRD OF TAGS BOUGHT LADD STATES AUTO OWNERS | EVIDENTLY THINK TIME WILL BE EXTENDED 1 Automobile owners in Monroe } county evidently expect that the governor will extend the time for the purchase of automobile licenses when the time arrives, judging by their tardiness in making purchases from the office | of Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd. Inquiry at the tax collector’s office yesterday elicited the in- formation that with eight days remaining in the month before the deadline is put on, purchases Record of the number of li- censes required in Monroe coun- ty shows that there are approxi- mately 2,000 cars in the district which will be forced to secure li- | censes in order to operate in com- | pliance with the law and to date there have been purchased only 650 of all kinds. Mr. Ladd said that up to the present time there has been no indication that the time set by the governor will be extended beyord January 31. Special!! Special!! Fresh Florida GHADE “A” EGGS, aoe. O2C Delivered Only With Poultry Orders BRADY’S Poultry Market [1214 White St. Phone 540 (darkened by this ‘people in the entire country have jcontributed generously to the re- jdisease in 1938 was the ‘the previous one (1931). IN THE a KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1940 | Branch Aditions 10 Local Neutral Patrol | RAISES TOTAL SHIPS S HERE NC NOW TO EIGHT DE- STROYERS AND ONE TENDER Two United State kite 's Destroyers,,to nine ships—eight Mason and Branch, have, and one tender. n added to the squadron as- | at Key West. ‘rived yesterday afternoon, and \immediately after arrival, berth-! ed at Pier B, and took on sup- iplies and fuel oil: + Also at the dock this morning! ,in command of Captain Arthur} ,S. Carpender, which had been on } Schenck and the Tender Gannet. |The Gannet is lying at her berth jin the slip at Pier B and the the j stream. The arrival of the two ships, in- creases the local paar pee | ; iwas the Dest Flagshi: i Meeting of the incorporators '. ire tated hod ema: | Four destroyers are on patrol} prc to the neutrality patrol. ‘duties at present, the Wickes, The vessels ar- _ Evans, Philip and Twiggs. IVY ONLY C.C. jing carried on at present by the | Cooperative has been called for Patrol duty, also the Destroyer rignthouse Division of the Coast | Guard, the Tenders Poinciana and Zinnia. being in port. There is one vessel of the fleet active at present, and this is the} Ivy, which is engaged in reliev- ing buoys in Hawks Channel, adjacent to Key West and the Florida’ Keys. ‘Outstanding Women Write For National Paralysis Foundation The Citizen presents here- with the second of a series of six articles on infantile paralysis written by. out- standing women. The ‘first article was by Miss Helen Hayes. Others in the series include: Mrs. Cordell Hull, Miss Fannie Hurst, Miss Vicki Baum, and Mrs, Edith Nourse Rogers. * Miss Mary Anderson writes teday’s article. Bv MARY ANDERSON Director of the Women’s Bureau, U. S. Devt. of Labor WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23. methods of using them to aid the —The annual campaign is now on to combat the dread ravages of infantile paralysis and to bring a ray of hope disease. lief of this scourge and its dire after-effects. They will now seize the opportunity to continue with this great human work. This annual campaign which began seven years ago, has been most helpful in calling the at- \tention of the people as a whole to the need of relieving this ter- rible malady. Many good results have followed. The toll from the lowest since 1915. Epidemics appear more extreme in some years than others. Though 1939 ap parently was slated to. be epidemic year, yet the cases were considerably less (probably about a fourth less) than in the last epidemic year (1935), which in turn was nearly a third below little doubt that-a large factor in these declines has been the persistent work of the National {Foundation for Infantile Para- lysis, and its renewed efforts at each time of the Birthday Ball. The Foundation has created facilities to enable members the medical profession to gain a wider understanding of how to treat the disease, and particularly of how to relieve the after-ef- fects. Medical consultation and aid to afflicted localities is af- forded *hrough the Foundation’s | physicians. Thus grown men and been restored to health, and in many practically normal cases to to many: homes the disease still are The- ill-fated patients are now better known. The exact origin and spread of a mystery erying for solution. For this rea- son, grants have been made to! institutions that can conduct re- search into the causes and pos- sible cure of infantile paralysis. This year’s campaign follows the same lines as before, with| requests for individual subscrip- tion, a March of Dimes to the White House, and birthday cele- brations in every county of the} nation on January 30th. This | formation had reached Danish of Circuit Court, destroyers | { ‘SHIP. ON DUTY, ° There is but little activity be- | Che Key West Citizen | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER U. S. A: Russia Ke: y West, Fiorkia, hag the most equable elimate in the country-; range of enly 14° Fahrenheit with an average PRICE FIVE CBNTS Prepares New Mass Attack On Finns CALL FOR BIDS ~~ TO BUILD NEW 'INTERESTED - ieaciien, | 15; RETURNABLE FEB. 28 Sealed bids entailing offers to build an. extension to the Navy Dispensary at Key West Naval | Station will be received at the jlocal station up to 11:00 o’clack in the morning, February 28, ac- jcording to announcement today by B. Moreell, chief of the Navy ;Department, Bureau of Yards and | Docks. The bids are to include esti- |mates for construction of con- ~ Jerete foundations, frame super- structure with utilities for sew- erage disposal, water supply, electrical and other jpertinent services and equipment within the building as extended. |. Specifications and accompany- ling drawings may be obtained on application to Russell T. Pan- coast, architect, First National Bank Building, Miami Beach, on and after February 15. A -de* ‘posit is. necessary guaranteeing |safe return of the drawings. NAZIS INCREASE U-BOAT FLEET services ED BY NEW SUBMARINE CONSTRUCTION (By Axsociated Press; COPENHAGEN, Jan. 23— Small news of comfort to the Al- {lies was issued at this city today ! when it was announced that in- MAY OBTAIN INSTRUC-, : | LOSSES SUSTAINED MATCH-, | e e CONTINUE EFFORT DISPENSARY Hear, OF Missing Person, rnont — DENTIFY MAN 3 special turned on “greater fury” TIONS AFTER FEBRUARY ®écnt of the Arson Department! attacks on the Mannesheim Line Edward S. Dav |MANNERHEIN LHIE OF- FENSIVE BELIEVED SHIELD FOR EAST (Ry Associated Press) HELSINKL Jan. ®—Rusia in her jof the NationayBoard of Fire Un- | derwriters, when leaving for Mi-; today in a move which was in- jami Sunday, was asked by local | terpreted as a shield to cover ap ‘ authorities to investigate a_ re- port relative to a man _ missing from a vessel which had called at Miami and had heen reported by Miami authorities. Accordingly, when Mr. — left, to oblige the local authoritie he took the clothing which was found on the body of the man discovered in the swimming pool near the highway in Key West on the morning of January 8, to de- termine if some of ihe people on the yacht could recognize the clothing. The persons on the yacht had; left port when Mr. Davies arriv- ed, but it was understood that the vessel would return at which ! time the attempt at identification would be made. Authorities in Miami are to be supplied with fingerprints and other possible marks of identifi- cation which will possibly serve to establish the idea ayy of the man. RECEIVERSHIP OF | PROPERTY ENDS iJ. E. BROWNE RECEIVES NO- TICE MALONE HAS TURN- |. BD OVER HOsTELAY | Joseph E. Browne, joint own- er of the Gilbert-Jefferson Hotel, ‘has received notice from At-j torney Wm. H. Malone, who was jappointed receiver of the prop erty, accompanied by signed by Judge Arthur Gomez. advising that year a variety of events are to}sources that the Nazis had rein-|Mr. Malone has been discharged be added, arranged by active loca! women’s groups. number of sports events also are | planned, to be participated in by A | approximate strength possessed before the war started. Heavy losses inflicted by Al- ney |forced their submarine fleet to as receiver. The letter points out that the \receivaw has been ordered to “forthwith surrender the prop- ‘high school and’ college students. |lied ships and air forces had been | erty to the true and lawful own- an! There is, President's‘ | tinued support at this time of the AP siege Foundation of | perhaps at long last toward | Meantime, many sufferers can be! | women as well as children have|as can now be developed, comparative many can have helpful appliances conditions. | tain. Thus new hope for relief Equipment to aid the sufferers | | and for more normal lives can be has been developed and its quan-! given to many human beings, and tities enlarged. More braces and| | greater happiness carried to their respirators are available, and the / stricken families. Added impetus to research now given by the recent dis-| covery: that ‘American cotton rats are susceptible to this disease. These ‘rats will constitute’ a cheaper medium for experi- mental research than the expen- stve monkeys imported from In- construction, bringing the total | U-boats ‘available for forays on |foreign and enemy shipping up to | seventy-one. - Two ships were reported lost in ithe last twenty-four hours one | |British tanker and one Norwegian |Ida Reynolds, owner of a one- hes defense measures. is (offset, it was stated, by much new |ers from which the property was taken”. At the time of the appoint- ment of the receiver, possession of the property was obtained from Mr. Browne as the ‘owner of a two-thirds interest and from Mrs. dia which formerly were the /freighter, both torpedoed in the third interest. only animals known to be af- fected. This will make possible a much fuller program. of re-} search than heretofore. Con-' thus will enable much greater_nrogress to be made toward discovering the exact cause and the methods of | spread of infantile paralysis, and its eventual eradication. In the | treated who otherwise might not regain as full use of their limbs and that formerly they could not ob- OFFICIAL PRESIDENTS BIRTHDAY HENS PRESIDENT’S BIRTHDAY BALL Saturday, Jan. 27, 10 till ? La Concha Hotel HELP PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT FIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS BIRTHDAY DIN DINNER Wednesday, Jan. 31, 8 p. m. La Concha Hotel Phone 160 for Reservations North Sea. ‘FELLOWSHIP CLUB HOST TO LADIES. |NAVY WIVES IN CITY ARE) | SPECIAL GUESTS AT MONTHLY AFFAIR (Service) Club meets tonight at its monthly Ladies’ Night affair, ,to which a goodly portion of the |Navy Wives of Key West have ‘been invited by the committee jheaded by William Doughtry, Jr., president of the club, assisted by A. O’Sweeney. Contact was made with the wives of all navy officers who :reside in Key West and special, invitations were issued to them ito attend the supper and take part in the program following. |According to advance registra- tions, it is anticipated that a large} gathering will be on hand when! order is called. at 7:00 o'clock. The gesture to the honored guests is being made as part of the city-wide Recreation pro- Tickets on Sale at Chamber of Commerce or La Concha Desk gram to provide a variety of en- tertainment features for visiting members of service families. The Stone Church Fellowship | | In compliance with the order of | | the court, Mr. Malone surrenders |the property to Mr. Browne and! accordance | Mrs. Revnolds, in {with their respective | therein. interests FERRY JACKSON TOWED T6 POR | DEVELOPED TROUBLE ON TRIP FROM JACKSON- | VILLE TO VENEZUELA Ferryboat Jackson, which was en route from Jacksonville to Maracaibo, Venezuela, arrived in! port yesterday afternoon in tow jof the Wrecking Tug Peacock, Salvage Master H. S. Dexter, and berthed at the main pier of the |Porter Dock Company. | The vessel discovered water in her supply of fuel and when she arrived off Alligator Light so much trouble had arisen that it | was deemed expedient to send a jmessage to Key West for assist- jance and the Peacock answered | the call. It is expected that the Jackson | |will be forced to remain in port | for two or three days until the trouble can be remedied. an_ order} extensive concentrations of forces on the Eastern fromt for sew, | Sarpeise attacks to eorne sieortly. whick, if sueceseful, weald make the lime untenanteble. Wave after wave of Reds were hurled against the defending Finns, causing, aecortling to local reports, heavy losses ibflicted on the Russians with practically no gains noted. Qvercast #kies today held dowr reneWal of ait attacks. A teport just issued “reveals that Russian aigmen dropped over 6,600 bombs on Finnish ter- ritory during the past week. The easualty list shows that 18 were killed and 119 wounded in the mass air afgacke. | To offset thiGins.ide officials estimate that for every Finn \killed two Soviet bombers were |shot doWn and six airmen me death. A Rftssian newspaper yester- |}day published an article te nounciag President Roosevelt land Pope Pius XII because of their efforts to establish peace in | Europe. | The newspaper declared that |the Vatican is now a “dead in- | Stitution” and is struggling to ;}make a comeback. Reeently the | Vatican radio station has broad- cast bitter denuneiations of Ger- man and Russian policies im Bu- | Tope. The publieation stated that the Presidént of the United States | violated an old tradition when he appointed a representative to the Holy See to cooperate with the Pope in all peace gestures. Russian radios continue to boast of Russian victories to come —latest “braggeadio” statements claiming that “within two days, the Russian soldiers will be in Zeeborg”, ari int Finnish port situated t' 'y miles: be- hind the Mannerheim Line. Finns, however, were paying lit- tle attention to fhe “radio propa- danga”, concentrating on addi- TEMPERATURES Lowest iast Highest last night 24 houss 30 45 32 23 46 22 26 33 1 50 2 7 66 2 70 19 32 42 | | @atiens {Atlanta ‘Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago —+ Detroit El Paso | Havana i Jacksonville Kansas City _ {KEY WEST - Los Angeles — ‘Louisville |Miami Mpls.-St. Paul New Yerk - Pensacola — St. Losis __ /San Francisco 43 Seattle -._. #0 Tampa ; Washington __ _ 23 MAKES PRESENT LOOK CALM (By Assoctated Press) | WOODLAN®, Calif., Jan. 23— |This is a warring world today, {but in number of conflicts it ‘does not compare with 1664 A ’ ah aaa : nasty ar newspaper for ear, found by Delmus Fen- was workigg on a 17 different wars go- house, aor