The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 25, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key VOLUME LXI. No. 22. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER fcPHe U: Si: Ay KEY WEST, ‘FLORIDA, TH RSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1940 Finland Passes New | AS Russian Attacks Siacken * DEFENSES HELD INTACT AGAINST ALL ON-! SLAUGHTS; SOVIETS’ LOSSES HEAVY (By Axsociated Press) HELSINKI, Jan. 25.—Finland announced today that she had passed the crisis in the latest de- new, fense maneuvers against furicus attacks of Russian diers in the Lake Ladoga region. Following four days of intense | fighting, the Finns still held all) important positions against the Reds, and the ferocity of Russian attacks had abated considerably today, indicating that the end of current battles was in sight. Reports reached this of hea s suffered in the fight- ing, estimates of from three four thousand dead on the Rus- sian side being reported. The Mannerheim Line remains following the flanking moves instituted on Monday of this week by Rt Intensity of air attacks on Fin-_ nish cities abated considerably today, it was reported. city y losse to intact sia. LATE NEWS BULLETINS: (Ry Associated Press) LONDON, Jan. 25.—Four ships were reported lost in the last twenty-four hours, with casua believed to run as high as three ons. One No ship wv k by mine or torpedo with a loss of thirty-seven mem- bers of the crew. Other ships were: one Swedish, one British and one Finnish. TOKYO, Jan. 25.—Japanese government officials today accused China of plotting to assessinate Nelson P. John- son, United States ambassa- dor to China, and attémpt to shift blame to the Japs. The move was designed, it was stated, on the eve of trade- freaty ending between the two nations, which would have made the incident, if successful, appear of Jap- anese invention. Idaho, Jan. The body of William E. Borah, senator from Idaho, lay in state today in the State Capital building in this city as hundreds of friends of the “Lion of Idaho” passed _ silently by in tribute to his long years of servitude in the U. S. Senate. Funeral services are to be held here tomorrow. BOISE. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.— Ariny officials today stated that airplane manufacturers must plan to manufacture engines for army planes at a much faster pace to keep up to construction of plane chases now nearing comple- tion. YAWL SEA GOER AT PORTER DOCK Lying at the Porter Dock is the yawl Sea Goer, which has on board the owner, Orford Winan, and his two guests, Paul Sturm and Wayne Korb. The party is enjoying a pleas- ure cruise and after remaining at this port a few days will set sail for the Bahama Banks, where they were last year, and enjoyed | their vacation very much. SECOND EDITION —t “KEY WEST LIFE” Island City’s Picture Newspaper Out Tomorrow Morning SL OR ERTS SS, sol- | eww eon eaee PRESIDENTIAL Cneseew ror 40 Years) BATTLE LINES ARE CONFUSED PARTY MANAGERS APPEAR TO BE PLAYING BOTH ENDS AGAINST MIDDLE; LEWIS VS. GARNER Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rodi- fer, of Bell, Florida, are visiting Key West and are guests at the home of Mrs. Rodifer’s brother, W. A. Cooper, at the residence on Whitehead street. When the Rodifers drove up to the Cooper residence and made themselves known, Mr. Cooper was dumfounded at the meeting for he had not seen his sister in 40 years, | | (By Associated Prenny WASHINGTON, Jan. 25—A_ | policy of “playing both ends RA LAAT DAS LS | against the middle” seems to ex-| NEW" GUNS MAKE - in national polities today ini Britain Claims Superiority 1 | | i iregard to Democratic candidates | ;for the Presidency. | Strange alliances are being lked about and lines of battle :Orchestra will supply ARRANGE FINE PROGRAM FOR BIRTHDAY BALL FIRST OF TWO EVENTS WILL | BE STAGED AT LA CON | CHA .HOTEL SATURDAY) NIGHT | President's Birthday Ball Sat- urday night at La Concha Hotel promises to be a brilliant affair) with reservations coming in in in- ! creasing numbers as time dead- line nears. Under the leadershp of George Mills White, a fine floor show has been assembled for the occa- sion. Owners of local night clubs! have cooperated in furnishing’ talent to the committee, Jimmy Loss and his La Conga the “be- witching tunes” for dance lovers and will ,himself, present many novelty numbers during the eve- ning. The dance Saturday will be fol. lowed by a President's Birthday | Dinner Wednesday, January 31, at La Concha. ( The show, which will be pre-! (Continued on Page Two) | NEAR FINISH UYERS EXAMINE OFFER- INGS TODAY AND STATE PRODUCTS APPEAR TO BE OF IMPROVED TEXTURE Would Establish Colony ARDENT ART LOVER An addition to Key West’s: large group of art lovers, is Mrs. | Jean Elliot, who arrived here re-) cently after a four-year stay in! Nassau. She hopes to stimulate! interest in an art movement] Since the visit of the blight to among the residents of the \the sponges in the waters adja- land. a icent to South Florida, there have : While ae the Bahamas, Mrs. El- i been very few sales of the liot attended an exhibition spon- ! growths displayed at Key West sored by Lady Clifford, wife of and the prices which have been the governor, and she was great: | paid by the buyers have not been ly impressed with the work of/very alluring. two young American rtists,! However ,this morning at the William Henry and John Klink-|sponge dock there was displayed enberg, both of whom painted in 'a few offerings of sponges which Key West. 2 | brought very good prices. There With the co-operation of Mrs. /was one offering of 60 bunches of Susanne Staley, manager of the; wool for which the top offering Coral Apartments, where she is i was $245 or just a little more than Staying, Mrs. Elliot has placed on |$4 the bunch. Eight wool sold exhibition in the lobby of the|for $7.75, three wool sold for apartments many watercolor | $5.51 and two wool sold for $5.40. pieces of the two young men. One of the buyers who was Mr. Henry’s work deals with! present at the sale said that the quaint scenes of the natives and |indications are that the blight the native life in Nassau. They jhas passed over and ‘the present are done boldly and clearly, with |sponges were of a very high or- (Continued on Page Four) jder. He expects that by the mid- jdle of February larger quantities {and finer classes of sponges will be brought to the city and placed jfor sale. | is- RAF. | Coecceccececes (By Associates LONDON, Jan. 25.—Britain took stock of her Royal Air Force | today and stated that, in her be- | lief, she was superior in the air in Europe. Reason for the opinion center- ed chiefly around the new type of bombing planes that have been devdoped by English manu- facturers, which provide faster speeds than known enemy planes} and an entirely new principle in vented for firing of machine guns on bombe: The new gu enable a much wid for firing and are of such construction that each bombing plane can mount four guns on each wing, making the jane a_ veritabl high-speed i fortress—as one official ‘a horne’ ” for any y planes to meet up with. INSPECTORS TO put it, enemy WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY FROM TAMPA; VISITORS VIEW SHIPS Salvage Master of the Wreck- ing Tug Warbler said this morn- ing that he had received a tele- gram from Steamship Inspectors Blair and Tollison in Tampa, ad- vising that they would arrive Sunday, and make an inspection of the ship. There was nothing said about inspecting the Wrecking Tug Peacock, ‘which is also berthed at the Porter Dock and ready for sailing orders to the assistance of} vessels which are in need of) help. | Both of these ships have had Latest revelation was the im- has de- possible situation that veloped between members of the | Democratic party and rights. The latter group, servative in nature, candidate John Nance Garner of Texas, cannot agree, quite nat- urally,, with members of the left- ists, headed by CIO leader John L, Lewis, who has. come put strongly against Roosevelt, and termed lefts ultra-con- | who is reported to be champion- ing Senator Burton L. for the president’s post. Lewis stated yesterday that the nation would hand President Roosevelt the worst beating it had ever administered to a presi- dential candidate if he chose to run for a third term. Wheeler JAPAN TREATY ENDED TODAY EXPIRED AT 10 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING; PITTMAN TO IN- TRODUCE RESOLUTION (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—At 10:01 a. m. this morning, EST, the trade treaty that has existed for twenty-eight years between this country und Japan came to an official end, in aceord with State Department taken months ago. The end of the treaty does not mean that all trade will cease be- tween the two countries, how- ever, it was pointed out. It does mean that either country is no longer obliged to respect certain rights existing in the treaty. Senator Pittman, it was stated, will present Congress with a reso- action six headed by! many visitors while lying at the! lution shortly which is aimed to dock, ani all have been amazed stop all shipments of war ma- at the power of these ships which | terials to Japan. can go where others dare not,| Japan appeared to be resentful and can breast the stormiest seas. of the treaty-cancellation action, although in Tokio today it was) ESL stated officials had expressed SOME BIG JACKS ‘hopes that a new accord. would ibe forthccming. IN THIS CATCH) atrer oF OPINION A very fine catch was | made Monday when the par- ty of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Sanders and W. Sanders, of Turrell, Ark., fished aboard the cruiser “Mary B” with Captain Ted Canova. Four amberjacks, between forty and fifty pounds, and BUENOS AIRES.—Cops from! |the 32nd precinct in this city |teaching at headquarters every | \day before going on their beats. | |The newspaper “Critica”, which | }made the discovery, quoted one of them as saying he was made |to learn a psalm that started off, | three kingfish, two of them (“To heaven, to heaven I will! 30 pounds each, were the big go. " ones, while in addition to | these beauties, five bonito, six mackerel and three bar- racuda made up the balance of the catch. The fishermen OZARK DUE FRIDAY |_ Steamship Ozark of the Clyde- | | Mallory Lines is scheduled to ar- expressed (rive tomorrow morning. The! great delight with their day’s vessel is from Jacksonville and pleasureable work. | Miami, and is bound to this port ‘and after discharging freight, PPP DL BBB M4 will proceed to New Orleans. ) per. ‘Taylor was started in 1845. \ A guide service supplied by the local NYA department operating under supervision of Lieut. Col. J. D. MacMullen of the Harbor Deferises 6f Key West, is “now maintained at East Martello Tower, with service to tourists ‘available from 11:00 a. m. to 3:00 Pp. m. each day of the week in- cluding Sundays. ; East and West Martello Res- ‘ervations, with Fort Taylor and Key West Barracks, comprise the !Harbor Defenses of Key West, {which are garrisoned by troops ,of the Coast Artillery Corps, and detachments of the Ordnance Department, the Quartermaster Corps, and the Medical ‘Depart- ment, United States Army. The District Engineer, United 'States Army compiled the fol- lowing comprehensive facts con- {cerning the towers from a history ;and information supplied by Colonel George E. Brown, U. S. ‘Engineer, Superintendent at Mi- ami Beach, who was stationed at |Key West for many years. A board of officers of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, made a survey of sites for fortifications along the FPlorida Keys in 1844 and 1845. Various sites were visited, including Cape Florida, Carysfort Reef, and Bahia Honda. Sites were se- lected at the Dry Tortugas (Fort Jefferson. and Key West (Fort | Taylor). | The site selected for Fort Tay-' lor, on the Southwest point of Key West island, commanded by cannon fire the junction point of the four channels leading into jthe inner harbor of Key West and constituted a defensive work against the passage of all hostile ships into the harbor. The land face or curtain of. the fort as planned, however, carried no ‘armament, and the land defense! of the fort itself had to be pro- vided by a cover face on the land} side, and outside of the fort pro-| The construction of Fort To secure the island and the} Nand defense side of the fort! ing grenades or hot pitch down jagainst attack by landing forces, | on the invaders from the four outworkS were necessary, so} placed as to cover with their fire ; |were found undergoing religious fall parts of the island lying east|for use during construction, and and north of Fort Taylor. Four| History Of Mateo Towers Dates To Survey In 1844 “Martello” towers were project- | ed, with casemated seacoast bat- teries to be added as a defense! against the covering fire of ves- sels assisting a. landing force. Two of these were constructed; the others were to have been lo- eated on Stock Island and Flem- ing Key. Work on the East and West | towers was commenced in 1861, ! Key West’s first railroad being! built for the transportation of | materials from the supply wharf at Fort Taylor. The railroad ex- | tended a distance of about four} miles along the south beach sand ridge te the east tower. i The brick used in the towers | came from New Yotk State.; Labor, both skilled and unskilled, | came mainly from New York and! the New England States. The| | ‘work was carried on rapidly un-} til the close of the Civil War, and | was continued at a slower rate | until 1873. The two structures; were identical in plan. The cen-;Cerming your city and returning } tral towers or citadels, and the; outer galleries on the land side were nearly completed, but the! casemate batteries were not com-| {rom the Chamber of Commerle. | pleted above the floor of the) second tier. No armament was ever installed. The West Tower) was partially demolished when| the fortifications were modern- | ized; the East Tower remained ; as it is oday. | The armament for each tower | was to have consisted of 10” Rod- | man smooth bore guns in the; first ‘ier of the casemate battery, | with 8” Columbiads on the; second tier and 15” smooth bore; Rodmans and rifled Parrott guns, | firing 100 or 200 pound projec-: tiles, on the upper or parapet, tier. Four Parrott guns, firing 100 pound projectiles, were to HOBBYIST ASKS FOR MONEY ORDER COLLECTING ORDERS FROM EVERY COUNTY SEAT IN THE NATION There “are many "people who have strange hobbies and to satisfy this craving for some- thing queer, resort to all kinds of expedients to satisfy their de- sires often writing to people asking for something to add to their collection. A letter has been received by Postmaster Fred J. Dion, as follows: “I enclose seven cents for which kindly send me a money order for one cent payable to I. John Bell, Bend, Oregon. Please give your narne and address or the name and address of your money order clerk as the miter. “I am collecting money orders from each county seat in the United States. I shall appreciate your giving me a few facts con- this with the money order in the enclosed envelope”. The money order is to be sent IVY TO PLACE LIGHT BUOY Activities at the lighthouse branch of the Coast Guard are practically at a standstill as far as the movement of ships are con- cerned. Tenders Zinnia and |Poinciana are at the dock over- hauling machinery. Tender Ivy is preparing a large lighted whistling buoy for p! ment at 4 point about two miles | Attended WEATHER TO STAY _KEY WEST LOW 48 BUREAU LISTS 23 DEGREES | AS LOW FOR NORTH FLOR- | IDA: MIAMI SHIVERS IN NEAR-FREEZING WEATHER The weather man was the most seeds about person in Key West ‘again today as _ temperatures skidded to a new low for the year jduring the twenty-four hour pe- riod ending at 7:30 o'clock this morning. In Florida, however, the Island ing only forty-eight degrees in the downward swing while cities in north Florida registered lows of from twenty-three to twenty- eight degrees. The former, frigid figure was noted at Pensacola while Apalachicola and Jackson- ville notched the latter figure. Tampa had a low of 34 and Mi- lami of 39. States had a warmer top ther- mometer reading during the past twenty-four hours. Los Angeles, Calif., and Phoenix, Ariz. had 66 and 67, respectively, while Key West’s top yesterday was 63. The temperature . in. _Phoenix; — how- ever, dropped to 42 last night. Local bureau reported no im- mediate relief from the cold wave, with cloudy to partly cloudy skies indicated with con- tinued, unseasonable, cold wea- ther. Mean temperature was 56 here—normal being 70. THANKS CITY FOR COURTESY re- | MANAGER OF MIAMI-HAVANA GOODWILL FLIGHT AD- DRESSES MAYOR | A letter has been received by | Mayor Willard Albury from John L. Morris of the Miami Chamber of Commerce, manager of the flight of aviators which arrived here on January 7 en route to Havana on their goodwill tour. In his letter Mr. Morris ex- presses appreciation to the peo- ple of Key West for “magnificent hospitality which was afforded {them in the city, during the Mi- jami-Havana cruise. The mem- bers of the party were made most | happy by the many courtesies re- ceived”. In conclusion the writer ex- presses his confidence that the “pilots and members of the fami- lies who participated in. the COOL FOR WHILE; | City still captured honors as the! warmest city, the mercury touch-/ Only two cities in the United! en aE Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; 5 range of only 14° Fahrenheit with an average PRICE FIVE CENTS Over Four Hundred Service Dance Last Night ENLISTED MEN OF NAVY, | ARMY AND MARINES | WERE GUESTS OF CITY | AT GUARDS ARMORY The City of Key West was host to all enlisted men and of- ficers of the navy, marine corps jand army last evening in the first of two special events pro- |vided for by the City Council, and, according to eye witnesses, the honored guests took kindly to the gesture, despite chilly weath- ‘er that, in other circumstances, might have held down attend- ‘ance. A count of those who attended the dance and floor show at the armory hall varied from 350 to 450, with majority of opinion in favor of the last figure. No ac- curate figures could have been obtained as no tickets were pro- vided—a blanket invitation hav- ing been issued to all service men to attend. The hall was packed, that is known. And all seemed to have a grand time as the Jitterbug Or- chestra swung into several fine renditions of new hit tunes for dance lovers and featured pre- | sentations for old-fashioned dane- ing at various intervals. A fine program had been ar- jranged for the floor show fea- tures by members of the WPA | Recreation Department. The iparty started about 8:30 o’clock !and continued until shortly after midnight. ; | Another “City Host” affair is scheduled for next Tuesday night at La Concha Hotel, this event ‘being planned for all officers of the three service branches. ‘CONTINUE WORK ON WHITE WAY j ASKS FOR MORE CON- t TRIBUTIONS h 1 Charles Roberts, chairman of the Jaycee-Lions commtittee in charge of :aising funds for con- tinuation of the Duval Street White Way project, announced an additional list of contributors 'to the cause today. They are: Visitor, Key West Rotary Club, Sea Food Grill, J. 'G. Kantor, Inc., Frank Lewinsky, Mendell’s Store (Eugene Spector), ¥. J. Dion, Navarro, Inc., First National Bank, M. P. Green of Creen-Leigh store. | The White Way has been turn- lace- |cruise will give to Key West a'ed on nightly since Christmas {south of Dry Tortugas. The buoy weighs approximately 15 , tons, and favorable weather conditions firing 24 pound grape and canis-|@re being awaited before the ter projectiles, were fo have been | Placement can be made. mounted in tie interior case-| TEMPERATURES miates, to fire on enemy troops who might gain access to the in-j Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours 14 terior of the fortification. Provision was made for throw- 28 28 19 15 have been mounted on the cen- tral tower. Small flank defense howitzers, Stations ‘Atlanta apertures at the top of the tower. {Boston The present entrance was built | Buffalo Chicago }Denver Detroit (Continued on Page Three) OFFICIAL PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY EVENTS PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALL Saturday, Jan. 27, 10 till ? La Concha Hotel ADMISSION _____ _ $1.00 HELP PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT FIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS Tickets on Sale at Chamber of |Galveston , Havana |Jacksonville {Kansas City _--8 ‘KEY WEST _ 48 BIRTHDAY DINNER Wednesday, Jan. 31, 8 p. m. La Concha Hotel Phone 160 for Reservations Commerce or La Concha Desk SSSSrEs-e8 |vast amount of favorable pub-' Day last, and the committee is | striving to collect enough funds to keep this asset present for | SMP ML LBL BBS \s0rs, merchantmen and resi- MAHONEY BROUGHT IN ‘inter secon at least A FINE DAY’S CATCH jlicity”. The comnuittee asks all inter- ested to contact any members with contributions, or to stand. prepar- ed to donate when calls are made. \In all, only twenty-three estab- |lishments have contributed, in- | cluding a major part of the funds |from the County and City gov- ernments, TENDER GANNET ON TRIP TODAY Tender Gannet, which had been awaiting sailing orders since yesterday, left this morning for some unknown destination. Other vessels out on neutrality patrol are the Destroyers Twiggs, Ma- son, Wickes, Evans and Philip. Ships of the navy in port today jare the Destroyers Branch and Lea at the head of Pier B and the Destroyer Schenck, lying at one SILLA DDS OM the tinger piers. fis i | | } | } | i: BRegteee i i i ¥ Fes i ! ! i z i iF