The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 27, 1940, Page 1

b in K iM Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NE. WSPAPER Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of enol West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit ‘7 THE Uv. SARs Vv VOLUME LXI. Ng! 24. KEY WEST, , FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1940 PRICE FIVE CENTS Navy Has Double Protection’ Duty In Caribbean Sea GUARDS ISLANDS FROM CAPTURE; EXPECTS START OF SUBMARINE WARFARE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. Conjecture ran high here today 27.— as various observers ventured cpinions on the reasons for the | continued attention being paid by the U. S. Navv to its neutrality patrol of the Caribbean Sea. A double meaning for the nav al maneuvers being engaged in now by several vessels and a large flight of planes off Cuba was advanced. One was that the United States is seeing fit to guarantee the freedom of all is- lands of the West Indies keep any of them from and to capture and occupancy by any foreign na-} tion The second reason is that the U. S. Navy looks forward to a general breaking out of subma rine attacks and warfare against Caribbean commerce engaged in by foreign nations. In such an event, the neutrality patrol must be strengthened ana enlarged. LOCAL SHIPS "ON CARIBBEAN PATROL Six of the Key West neutrality patrol destroyers, including the Tender Gannett, are on duty “sememwhbere.inthe Caribbean” at. present, with three ships, the Lea, Branch and Scheneck on re- pair schedule at the local station. CITY OF FLINT RETURNS HOME ENDED 113 DAYS OF WAR- TIME ADVEN- TURE {By Ansoviated Press) BALTIMORE, Jan. 27.—The City of Flint landed here today, at the end of 113 days of wartime adventure seldom encountered in the annals of history. This city gave the ship’s cap tain and crew a royal welcome this noon upon docking, and pro- ceeded to question all on board as to their adventures. The captain, er, appeared reluctant to the happenings that made headline news tor many days fol lowing the capture by a German U-boat and taking over by a prize crew. Members of the crew, however, told newspapermen that the cap- tain was “hard put to it” to keep from creating a dangerous situa- tion. Time and again he had to forcibly restrain his men from engaging in fights with the prize crew members, they said, and at one time the skipper despaired of saving his ship because of bitter feelings existing. The City of Flint steamed up Chespeake Bay with huge letter- ings on its side, painted between immense American flags. It car. ried a cargo of iron ore taken on at a Norwegian port. Norway, it is remembered, was the nation that took over the vessel while enroute from a Rus- sian port to some point in Ger- many. REVERSE BURGLARY MACON, Ga. burglar broke into the home of O. P. McDaniel in this city. Noth- ing was taken but an 18-pound ham was found lying on the kitch- en table. m’s Cities Service Station PREE—Get Your Souvenir Post- card with Florida Sand Bag at- tached—FREE! —INFORMATION— White Street, Corner Catherine PHONE NO. 5 ttre the | — A generous} FINNS SUCCESSFUL | AGAINST INVADERS REPORT ADDITIONAL VICTO. | RIES IN LAKE LADOGA REGION STOCKHOLM, Jan. 27.—Re-; ports reaching here today tell of | additional victories attained by! the defending Finn troops in the Lake Ladoga region as_ another regiment of Russians seems’ to ;have been cut off from supply ‘bases. | Approximately 35,000 Reds are said to Fe involved in the new} encircling move by the Finns,j with momentary danger of anni- hilation facing them, depending upon Finland’s ability to send isufficient attack forces into the}. | area, Air attacks over Finland de- | creased measurably today. A Russian submarine was re- ‘ported sunk off the Finnish coast, the victim of Finnish land _bat- teries. Heavy snowdrifts continued to harrass Russian troops seeking to advance, in some instances six feet of snow being reported, | through which very little pro- gress could be made. CONCERT SUNDAY AT CENTER PARK Regular waaay goncert: by *the WPA band will te held at ‘the Art Center Park tomorrow after- ; noon at 3 o’clock. A very ex-| cellent’ program has been ar- ranged and prepared under the} direction of Professor Alfredo} Barroso. | March, “Pacific Empire” Don Keller Overture, “Seminole” Laurendeau Selection from “Rohin Hood” comic opera by Reginald de Koven Trombone Solo, “The Gates of Pearl” H. Wakefield Smith Played by Cleveland Saunders Selection, “Show Boat” Jerome Kern “Fame and Fortune” HL. King} Key | March, Star Spangled Banner VISITORS FROM CANADA IN CITY R. M. Mahoney, "grain broker from Winnipeg, Canada, while fishing from one of the bridges; over the highway, saw a group | of friends whom he recognized | as coming from the same Cana- | dian city, and the consequence | was that the travelers came to! Key West, and are now guests} at the Hotel La Concha. H There are eight in the party, | Mr. and Mrs. H. C, Macgregor, | Doctor and Mrs. J. S. McInnes, | {Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Saunders} and Mr. and Mrs. K. A. . Ed-| mond, all from Winnipeg. J. J. MONTGOMERY RECALLED TO DUTY Jessie J. Montgomery, who several months ago retired from} the service of the United States/ Navy, has_ been called back for} |duty. He left over the Florida Motor Lines for Annapolis, Mary- jland, where he has been assign- | ed. Mr. Montgomery will go back | to his old position as Chief Phar- | |macist Mate. Before leaving he | |stated that he will return as soon as possible to make his home |here permanently. Dance Tonight, Pena’s Garden Of Roses se | later. ' C. OF C. BOARD | Schroder’s |Little Rock Churchill. ams, Nazis England Wil Attack When Time, Comes STARTS MOVE TO CHASE SKEETERS: MET LAST NIGHT TO IN- AUGURATE COUNTY DRIVE; HEAR ABOUT WATERWAY AND PIPE LINE At the meeting of the Board of Directors held in the office of; the Chamber of Commerce last night, it was resolved that the Chamber of Commerce would sponsor and promote a county- wide program having for its ob-! jective mosquito control. The meeting was addressed by Sanitary Engineer Z. D. Harri- son and the necessary steps for} inaugurating the movement were | discussed. The secretary was in- structed to enter into correspond- ence with Dr. McCreary of the State Board of Health, and with local civic organizations. Letters from Senators Claude Pepper and C. O. Andrews and Congressman Pat Cannon were’ read in which was detailed their }continuous activities on the water pipe line, and the inside water- way from Bahia Honda to Key, West. ‘ The matter of the “Blue Stamp” for the issuing to Key West relief families a supply of Surplus © commoditi was. .dis- cussed and the matter ‘tatned jover to one of the directors for | study and to make a report later. Florida © Administrator Roy telegram iivagae Mosquito Project Number which will afford employment* to approximately 200 men was: tead and the secretary was instructed to express appreciation of ' the chamber. TEMPERATURES Lowest iast Highest last night 24 hours 19 40 5 18 ll 26 33 39 3 15 20 +34 2 14 8 41 13 19 6 16 28 47 26 37 62 66 5 14 -15 --5 18 42 9 13 50 61 5 29 54 70 Louisville 5 ll Miami 40 57 Mpls..St. Paul -8 9 Nashville .--7 16 Stations Apalachicola Atlanta Boston Brownsville Buffalo | Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit Dodge City El Paso Galveston Havana Helena Huron | Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Los Angeles | C0ececccecccccvccoccosvn | GROOMS TO STUDY. ‘Left Todzy For California PLANE MECHANICS SCHOOL MEETS IN PARK | Bascom L. Grooms, Jr., was a/ passenger leaving on the 7 o'clock! bus this morning enroute to Cali- | fornia and will take up the study | of aeronautical mechanics. He has always been interested in airplane mechanics and has been very successful in building and operating planes constructed several motor planes of baby type, which have made | creditable flights, { Upon his arrival in Glendale, ' Calif., he will have the opportun- ; ity of developing his trend for ai plane mechanics as he will enter | the Curtis Wright Technical In-| stitute for a master mechanic in aeronautics and i, Oe course | jis completed will probably take; up the study of aeronautical en gineering. YOUNG BRIDE TWICE HOUSTON, ‘Tex.—A month} after she was divorced from Robe |i for the second time when_ she was married to Ray Johnson, 21 ‘monument and there MARTI BIRTHDAY RITES TOM TOMORROW | SAN CARLOS INSTITUTE AND AT 10 O'CLOCK Birthday of Jose Marti, patriot | of Cuba who fought for Cuban |independence by both organizing \the revolution outside of Cuba’ and by dying on the field of bat- tle in Cuba, will be celebrated ‘tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock and has at Bayview Park by the San Car- one point in his speech, that Hit- los Institute and School. Principal address will be de-! livered by Dr. J. J. DePoo, presi- dent of San Carlos Institute. There will also be a short pro- gram. The school children of San Carlos School will meet at the will be formal placing of a wreath. The anniversary is celebrated | ' yearly by the Institute and! School. A BIG GOOD TURN HOUSTON, Tex.—After find- ing a bundle of certificates val-! ert Vestal, 17, Lucille Stanton, ued at $6,500, Robert Sullivan, | (14, of this yeity, decame,a. bride 3t.,.o8 shis city, refused to-accept va reward, explaining, “I’m a Boy Scout”. ? Outstanding Women Write For National Paralysis Foundation The Citizen presents her: six articles on infantile paral women. ‘ewith the fifth of a series of lysis written by outstanding By EDITH NOURSE ROGERS Representative, Fifth Congressional District, Massachusetts WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 27. Anyone who has met Infantile Paralysis face to face is forever a loyal member of the army which has banded together in this coun. try to Fight Infantile Paralysis. By “face to face” I do not mean as a victim of the disease, nor even as a parent, brother or sis- ter of a victim. It is not neces- sary to suffer the tragedy of this illness in your own family in or- der to appreciate the need for help in combating Infantile Paralysis, which exists in this country. All you have to do, to under- stand and to feel the urge to get to work, is meet one person who has had Infantile Paralysis, look him in the eye, talk to him, see |what it has done to him. After that, you will enlist with the several hundred people a day,! that I met two Infantile Paralysis | victims. They were among the unluckier victims, for the ravages of the disease had left crippled. In one case, the trade at which this person had worked before his attack, no longer was | possible. In the other case, a| younger person, some training was being sought: Yet the spirit of these two peo ple, who might have felt resent- | ful that iate had dealt them such cruel blows, was such you could not help admiring them. They had an unconquerable desire to go on, to make their way, to prove their usefulness in spite of crippling. They had a philosophy of making the best of things, an energy which surmounted their handicaps. All they needed was one break each. A lift at the| ‘hat the Germans were engaged! 41, aiam of fire was turned in them | ‘DELIVERED RADIO PEP| | TALK TO BRITISH NA-| | TION; FIGHTS AG-, | - GRESSION (By Associated Press) | LONNDON, Jan. 27.—Winston |Churchill appeared again today | in the role of a “fighting speaker” before Britons, termed as a “pep radio talk”, dur- | ing the course of which many in what was important statements were made. ! Churchill warned Germany, at ) iler had better not be fooled by the apparent reluctance of the ‘Englishmen to start fighting. “When the time comes”, he stated “Germany will find that | we will not remain on the de- fensive, but will inaugurate strong offensive moves of our joa He continued to point out | that the time was not yet ripe to | start any moves, either from the air or on the ground, against the | ‘Nazis, and he indicated that the |French and English were work- |ing in fine cooperation. neem ie ne ear nes BRITONS WORK AND KNIT Dr. Thomas Wood, an offi- cicl of the vast English ..war machine, asked and answered two pertinent questions con- cerning the present confict while broadcasting in the se- ties cf talks, “In England Now”. His first query was “What is this war like?” and answered “Work! In peacetime every- body works but now that we | are at war, we work a little harder”. “What difference is there in England now?" was his sec- ond interrogation, and in re- ply he said, “Very little. There is one very noticeable change. This is knitting: everybody is knitting”. At the beginning of | the war, English officials en- couraged knitting in order | that the men who do the actual | fighting would be well sup- plied with warm and necessary | articles of clothine. | Mr. Wood also declared that there was a change in mind. | He said that in 1938 the Brit- | ish people were miserable but now that war has come, they relieved. “We will not turn back from our determination to’ wipe out | dictatorship, aggression and | ‘bullying tactics in international j diplomacy: until our cause is won”, Churchill told his people. Meanwhile, it was learned | | | |New Orleans 24 31 New York 13 30 | Pittsburgh {St. Louis \Salt Lake City 35 23 33 10 13 64 10 54 45 20 il 13 Okahoma City 10 Pensacola 15 4 --3 San Francisco 53 Sit. Ste. Marie 2 Seattle .. 43 Tampa ._..27 Washington 9 Williston a=1 Wytheville 0 | ‘BELL RINGERS HALT PROGRAM Announcement {Wa was made this noon that the Mason Bell Ring- ers concert, scheduled _ for to- night at Fleming Street Church, | has been cancelled because of the cold weather. It is not certain whether or not | the artists will be held over for a concert of their unusual instru-| ment-playing. Engagements else- where will probably not allow} the engagement to be filled | } ‘Committee for the Celebration of {the President’s Birthday for the duration of the crusade. | Many of us never have had di rect contect with an Infantile} Paralysis victim. It is difficult to imagine, sight unseen, what it would be like to go to ‘bed one |day, feverish and ill but possess- ed of all your faculties, and come out of a hospital some months later unable to walk or move your arms or sit up straight! Yet | that is what countless thousands | jin this iand have had to face. It happened this.Autumn, while I was traveling, through the towns ‘and cities of my. Siehaiat seeing FLOOR sa appad DANCING Every Night At Sloppy Joe’s Famous Bar Dance Musie by Eddie Tyron and his Yankee Hot Shots direct from Cleveland, Ohio TAP DANCING — RHUMBA TEAM—Aileen Doyle, TORCH SINGER—all in featured FLOOR SHOWS No Admission — No Cover starting point of their two new |}? heavy troop movements be-} careers. I am told this is true of | ithe majority of Infantile Paraly- | sis patients. It is for such people as these that the Infantile Paralysis move- | ment was started. The amount | of goed that has been done enormous but it is nothing to what will be done when the Na- tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is firmly established in} every State of the Union. I look forward to the day when | an American organization with | branches in every county of the country will be able ‘not only to |provide medical treatment, care ‘and othopedic appliances, but} training and jobs for every Infan-! tile Paralysis victim who wants ‘them. | Looking toward this day, how ican I, how can you, how can any | |American fail to support the cur- ‘rent Fight Infantile Paralysis | |campaign? The more dimes and! | dollars we send in, the sooner | | will all those who need that lift! be able to get it, the sooner will| we he able to prevent the disease | of Infantile Paralysis from ap- | jae in these United States at (2 , is |, t P leah pole ie be tea through stove soon after arrival: hind the West Front lines. The | Allies were attempting to break up the maneuvers with heavy ar- tillery fire, both in the Lorraine |Sector, and across the Rhine | Tiver. France reported that there was |increasing proof evident that a | strong offensive will be launched by Hitler in the near future. Re- |ports that the Nazi leader was j | going to risk 1,000,000 soldiers in a desperate drive through the | Maginot Line had been heard but could not be confirmed. F England ‘prepated aap sof- the the air Ministry, that the time was not far off when any attacks | thought necessary to bring the |war home to the Nazis, entailing bombardments of military cen- ters of Germany, could be suc- |cessfully ventured. DANCE TONIGHT| RAUL’S CLUB COCKTAIL HOUR Tomorrow, 5 to 7 p. m. No Admission or Cover Charge Weather Bureau Reports Continued Cold For Tonight SSSI SS SSDS MERCURY EXPECTED TO SMILEYS TO RETURN DROP BELOW 50; TO FOR WINTER — CLIMB-UP STARTING = TOMORROW The Smileys will be in Key West again this year! That information was con- tained in a letter from G. R. Smiley, in which he enclosed a renewal subscription to The Citizen. His home is in Louisville, Ky., and he is chief engineer of the L. & N. railroad company. Mrs, Smiley and Mrs. Den- nis Shanahan will arrive here mext week to take up resi- dence in the Smiley home on Division street. Mrs. Smiley will remain until April and Mrs. Shanahan, several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. W. Bournan Cutter of Boston, Mass., will arrive to visit with Mrs. Smiley in about ten days. Mrs. Cutter, was before mar- riage, Miss Helen Smiley, a visitor in Key West for many visitors. Mr. Smiley states that he will arrive here in March. He states that “since -the town is so full these days, we are more than glad we have our ‘little white house’ on Division street which we have enjoyed so much the past four or five years”. SIS S ESS SSIS S Ibe experiencing relief from the nation-wide cold spell, cities west BODY TO ARRIVE THIS EVE- cf th: Rockies reporting tem- s than thi “ NING: SERVICES AT 4:00 | PecTatures higher than those ex Key West continued te shiver today in one of the coldest north- ‘ers to descend upon the tropical Setting of the island in many ee) | Weather Bureau report at noon |today stated that there would be no relief tonight from the frigid | wave, but that slowly rising tem- !peratures might be expected to | start tomorrow. | A low of 50 degrees was noted ‘last night, with yesterday’s high iresting at 61 degrees. - Lower ' figures were predicted for to- inight. Unofficial reading in the !city at press time this afternoon !were from 45 to 48 degrees. | Key West has the honor again ! of being the warmest city in 'Florida—though Key Westers ‘contemplated a “so what’ atti- {tude when reminded of that jhonor. Northen Florida cities were experiencirg freezing weather, coming down to the very tip end of the mainland. Miami expected temperature see to 33 degrees. tonight. Sur- rounding ~ countryside pected sti lower readings. Only the Far West appeared to isting in Key West. Much suf- P. M. SUNDAY son Bazo, who died at the clinic MARATHON THON GROUP funeral car from the Pritchard | 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon | Announcement was made this |Florida Keys eléctrification trus- ness. | brought up for discussion. \fering and. many deaths have in Cleveland, Ohio, this week ELECTS OFFICERS Funeral Home. when it will be placed in the} morning that Commodore Henry | tees was held last night at 7 ns | Present were the organization’s |been reported in southern states, —< se as well as in other sections of the The body of Mrs. Mary Thomp- |C°UntY- will arrive in Key West this eve-| ning. The train on which it ar-| rived was met in Miami by the_ The body will, upon arrival in| ELECTRIFICATION ORGANI- Key West, be taken to the mor- | tuary where it will remain until| ZATION’ MOVES FORWARD TOWARDS $150,000 PROJECT Congregational church from) which edifice funeral services | k will be held at 4 o’clock. | Organization meeting of the Thompson, brother of the de-|0’¢lock at the Marathon Grocery. ceased, will not be able to‘attend It was an interesting session at the funeral, due .to seveéte ' ill-| jwhich many matters were jattorney, W. Curry Harris, trus RUSSELLS REPORT sic2ie tis Psrians |E. Woodburn, John A. Russell, TED TOVE Ss" R. Lund, Mrs. Ellie Lowe. F. P. McPherson, Edward R. Laringer and T. Jenkins Curry. Also present was Ross C. Sawyer, jJr., who is securing subscribers lyesterday from Box 324 at the | \to the project. corner of White street and County | Road. Responding to the alarm, two apparatuses found the fire Officers who were elected to serve wer President, John A. Russell; Vice-President, Mrs. El- was in a gas stove in the resi-' dence of Robert Russell, 1210 Treasurer, Alton Park. South street. | By-laws of the organization There was no necessity for use| were adopted. Officers of the of the engines, it was found upon |organization were given authori- arrival. The stove had become |zation to make application for overheated and when flames be- | liability insurance for the project. gan to come through the front of| Membershp applications, which the stove, the inmates of the upon reading, were found to be home became excited and sent in | more lenient than those first used, the alarm. | were given approval; application The firé department ».members | certificates-were approved. remedied the condition of the} Secretary Park was authorized to make the’ necessary certified jcopies of the minutes and _for- ward them to Washington, D. C. | Mr. Harris said the only spon- \sorship demanded, is the applica- tion for membership. The Ee ect will mean an expenditure of approximately $150,000. lie Lowe, and Secretary and Cu cao HUE EVA and NORMAN “The Girl of 1000 Songs” iC-A-N-D-I-E-S