The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 7, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 33. Che Key West Cittern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit KEY WEST, "FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1940 PRICE FIVE CENTS Finnish Lines Hold Despite Strongest Russian Attacks SOVIETS CENTER ALL EF- 0° D999 ODA SI 4 POUNCE the program FORTS ON MANNER-'HAL KEMP'S MUSIC HEIM LINE TO OFFSET OTHER LOSSES (Ry Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 7.—"“We are still holding all positions on our Mannerheim Line”. That was the word that came through from | Finn leaders today in the face of the strongest attacks yet launched by Russia to smash through the) defenses on the Karelian penin- | sular. Russia was alleged to be un- leashing every conceivable form of attack the Line positions in effort to offset the suffered earlier this week in the Lake Ladoga region. The 18th Divi- sion of Russia, fighting keep from complete annihilation, however it was stated that there the consisting of over 15,000 men. Two railroad lines have been opened. bythe Reds to. bring yp: much needed supplies to all sec- watching “suicide parachute” on Mannerheim desperate losses was to appeared no hope for unit tors. Observers were new patrol activities on the part of Russi: This dropping troops behind the failed on the in new sectors. of lines move Karelian peninsula, but it was thought success might such maneuvers the northern sectors. follow in STUDYING WORLD ECONOMIC CONDITIONS LONDON, Feb. 7.—A group of British economists are announced to be pushing plans for a world study of economic conditions aimed at the need for a “new or- der of things” when the present ars arc over. Advices here indicated that the United States was much _inter- ested in such a move, and it was stated that English statesmen had heard from Secretary Hull that his government had already started the wheels turning to bring about economic confer- ences betweén all nation: RIPLEY PICTURED 3-WHIP CRAWFISH ° Among the odd and inter- esting things which reach the office of Robert Ripley “Believe It or Not” from this section of the country. was one specimen from the sea which was so intensely un- usual that a photograph of the specimen appears in a re- cent issue of Ripley's column. This is a crawfish with three whips, or feelers, which was captured at Taver- nier, Fla., by Deputy Sheriff Raymond Maloney. So per- fect were the whips and clearly defined, Mr. Maloney, MAKERS GO FISHING Members of Hal Kemp’s nationally-known band were present in the city yesterday and all but one of the group enjoyed their first day of deepsea fishing, going out in two boats. Total catch consisted of thirty kingfish and mackerel, one shark, three bonita and a six-foot sailfish weighing forty pounds. Bob Allen, Eddie Kusby, Jack Paskequice went out with Jakie Key on the “Le- gion”. Ben Williams, Perky Dankers and Bruce Milligan were out on the “Grace” with Captain Bradley. The band just finished a five-day engagement at the Florida State Fair at Tampa when the members came to Key West for the fishing. They left this morning for an engagement Friday at Fort Myers. They are traveling in a ccempletely-equipped trailer. | COUNTY BOARD MEETS TONIGHT ONLY ROUTINE BUSINESS EXPECTED AT FIRST SES- SION OF FEBRUARY First meeting for the month of February of the Board of Coun- ty Commissioners will be held tonight in the office of Clerk Ross C. Sawver at 8 o'clock. No other business but the regu- lar monthiv routine is expected to be brought before the meet- ing, including regular reports and business. ROBERT FROST, LEADING POET, ONLY FULL PROGRAM "FOR BOY SCOUT WEEK OUTLINED | | ! DETAILS OF SPECIAL EVENTS | GIVEN BY CHAIRMAN ™M. E.! | ACTIVITIES | 1 1 | BERKOWITZ; FOR EACH DAY . { | District chairman M. E. Berko- | witz, Boy Scouts of America, an- | ' that will jbe presented during Boy Scout |Week, which begins throughout ] the nation tomorrow. | | The full program follows: | Thursday, Feb. 8—Opening of |Boy Scout Week with free ad- imission to the matinee perform-! lance at Monroe Theater on pre-! | sentation of Scout Registration |Card. | | Friday, Feb. 9—Visit to sea-; jplanes at Trumbo Island. Scouts! | will assemble at Ball Park at 3:15 |p. m. | Saturday, Feb. 10—Election of | |Scouts to office as City Officials! jand Employes for City Govern: gent, opened the meeting. Rev. |M: jment Day. Election will be held’ at High School at 10 a. m. | | Field Day at Bayview Park, ; {under supervision of Recreation ;Department. Time to be an- nounced at above election. { | Sunday, Feb. 11—Church at-, |tendance. Scouts will attend| jservices at their respective | ichurch, preferably in uniform. | Scouts of Catholic faith will’ ‘assemble at the Catholic Church } lat 10:30 a. m. and will be under ;supervision of Scoutmaster John | | Esperdy. Monday, Feb. 12—Visit to Fort | |Taylor. Scouts will assemble at} the Legion Hall at 3:15 p. m. | Tuesday, Feb. 13—Free admis- ! ion to the Palace Theatre at| matinee performance, on presen- | tation of Scout Registration: Card. { Wednesday, Feb. 14—City Gov-! ernment Day. Scouts will assume duties of city government for one hour from 4 to 5 p. m. Scouts are requested to appear in uniform on all occasions where possible during Scout Week. i birthday, HOUSTON. — Albert Danville of this city stole his wife’s wig and sold it to take another woman to a dance. H eeccceceece e see Published First Poem In 1892; Visiting In Key West WRITES WHEN By JACK Robert Frost, of Boston, one of the poets the s now in Key West at the arina Hotel. Mr. Frost is here to recuperate from a serious operation that he just underwent outstanding in jand plans on being in the Island three weeks, Frost, as he is today at 65, is a quiet, soft voiced man with keen, yet kindly eyes, and gray hair. A man who enjoys living, living over and again the periences, adventures and loves of his boyhood. Mr. Frost does not force himself to write. If the urge hits him, alright. . .if not today, then tomtrrow; if not this year —well, then. next year. That is why his poems, his readers aver, are so well loved by every- one. eee THE FANCY STRIKES HIM. ex | eececcoececcccccs , CUMMINGS i a newspaper in the Golden Gate | City and was greatly interested in | politics. After moving to Law- | rence, Mass., young Frost went to work as a millhand at a fac- | jtory. He also worked one sum: | ‘mer as a shoemaker, and when asked many years later to what i (Continued on Page Three) | TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24hours | . 39 62 | 32 Sod . 31 36 j . 25 33 32 50 | Stations Atlanta Boston {Buffalo Chicago |Denver - School OF Instruction Enjoyed TWO SESSIONS HELD YESTERDAY AT HIGH SCHOOL; | y P-T. A’s VISITORS WERE GUESTS AT BANQUET Well over one hundred mem- bers and friends of Parent- Teacher Associations in Monroe County registered at the Monroe County Council P.-T. A. School of Instruction held yesterday afternoon and evening at the High School auditorium, and all voted the school a decided suc- cess. Many, many were the in- structive talks given, all de- signed to bring out the various phases of good work performed by the officers and membership! of the P.-T. A. Registration for the afternoon session was at 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon, th came introduc- tion of the visiting officials who conducted the school. They were Mrs. George- Hanford, leader, first vice-president of the region, Mrs. T. P. Riggs, regional vice- president, and Mrs, Walter Beckham, third vice-president. Mrs. M. L. Russell, Council presi- G. W. Hutchinson led votionals. An interesting symposium was held in the afternoon with the visitors discussing “P.-T. A. With A. Purpo: from various angles. Other items on the the De- B. F. Paty Platform Offering a program for the de- velopment of ‘Flori abundant natural resources, headed by the ‘completion of the Everglades Na- tional Park and including a cen- tennial exposition in 1945 to cele- brate the _ state’s hundredths B. F. Paty, of West Palm Beach, candidate for gov- ernor, told the voters of Monroe county at Bayview park last night that the hour had struck ‘for the lower east coast to clect a chief executive. Introduced by Ben D. Trevor, chairman of the Monroe county democratic executive committee, Mr. Paty turned the fire of his oratorical guns on the twin evils of nepotism and_ dictatorial powers vested in the governor. MISS LANKFORD'S CAR RECOVERED ROAD PATROLMAN BRAZELL CAPTURED THIEVES ON WAY TO MAINLAND Miss Cara B. Lankford, who resides on Eaton street, from in front of the house last night and so advised the sheg- iff's office. A short time afterward Road Patrolman L. W. Brazell saw a \car going over the highway, at ‘once grew. suspicious and accost- afternoon | found | ‘that her car had disappeared | {program included an_ Institute Skit, Membership facts, Publica- | tions and a Question Box. | About fifty plates were re- served for the banquet held at |La ‘Concha hotel at 6:30 o'clock, from which the school attendants jadjourned to the start of the ,evening program, which started jwith a group of songs by the Girls and Boys’ Glee clubs of the ‘High School, led by Director T. B. Klebsattel. Health talks were presented by Dr. J.. B. Parramore, director (of Monroe County Health Unit, and Dr. J. W. McMurray, of Fort Lauderdale, director of Broward county. Mrs. H. Reed Edmunds, ° field secretary of the Florida ‘Tuberculosis and Health Associa- tion, of Leesburg, also spoke. Facts and figures concerning | Region Five were presented by Mrs. Riggs, and then followed a Legislative skit presented by George Mills White, Mrs. !Lewis O. DeLozier and Allan H. |Armstrong. Discussion of the skit was handled by Mrs. Beck- ham. Prof. Horace O’Bryant, prin- \cipal of the High school, pre- (Continued on Page Three) Presented Last Night “We have a dictatorship in sheep's clothing in Florida,” he declared. “Our governor has more power than a man with pro- per motives wants or one with improper motives should be given. I denounce, further, the practice of demanding undated resignations from men appointed by the governor as well as_ his authority to remove, without hearing, officials elected by the people.” In order to curb these powers, Mr. Paty said he would ask the legislature to pass a law making an impeachable offense the de- manding of undated resignations and, in lieu of the present method of removing untrust- worthy officials, the establish- ment of courts of impeachment by the house and senate or in- dictment and trial by jury in the communities in Which the ac- cused reside. Only through the establish- ment of subsistence homesteads through the use of lands taken by the state for tax delinquen- cies, Mr. Paty stated, can Florida become a state of homes and the unemployment load be relieved. “If this land is divided into 50 and 100 acre tracts,” he said, “we ; would be able to make them available to worthy heads of }families.« Funds for improve- (Continued on Page Three) O’BANNON TELLS STATE OF CENSUS |SPANISH WAR ! | i 1 ' VETERANS HELD | | arm | | ELECTION MEET, |G. H. GOSHORN NEW COM. | MANDER; PLANS BEING IN- ; STITUTED FOR MEMORIAL | DAY OBSERVANCE At the regular meeting of B. H. | ;McCalla Camp 5, United Spanish {War Veterans, held last night at! ‘the American Legion Home, in- | stallation of officers for the) year was held, the ceremonies presided over by Past Depart- ment Commander George H. tuail, of Des Moines, lowa. H | Officers installed were. Com- |mander, Geo. H. Goshorn; Senior ! -Vice-Commander, James John- son; Junior Vice-Commander, ; James B. Pinder; Trustee, H. M. Motherwell. i The commander then madé the | following appointments of ofti- cers for the year: Adjutant and Quartermaster, George E. Spen- | cer; Patriotic Instructor P. L. Cosgrove, Jr.; Historian, Chas. J. Peat; Chaplain, Livingston Beth- el; Officer of the Day, W. W. Johnson; Officer of the Guard Wm. W. Weaver; Sergeant M jor, John Peterson; Quarterma ter Sergeant, Carl Ech; Color Sergeants, Patrick O'Hogan and John 'Y. Harris; Musician, George Wells. | | Memorial Day Plans |. The sp 1 committee for the Maine Memorial Day _ observ- ance, Comrades Hail, Spencer, | ; Cosgrove and Goshorn, reported that plans for the day were com- ing along nicely. They have con- | tacted Army and Navy officials! and were assured that these branches of the service would have representations in the pa- rade, which will be, staged just before. the program at the Maine Plot in the cemetery, Thursday, February 15. The parade will assemble at Whitehead and Greene streets at: 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon and. the program will start promptly at 5 o'clock. Captain A. S. Carpender, com- mander of the Neutrality Patrol Squadron, will. give the me- morial address, and Captain P. L. Cosgrove, Jr. U. S. Coast Guard Service, retired, will give his experiences on the trip to Ha vana the night of the Maine de- struction, his ship, the Lighthouse Tender Mangrove, being the first to reach the scene of the explo. sin and brought some of the wounded to tne Marine hospital in Key West. “WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND! EDITOR Japanese Consider Retaliatory Action Against Americans MARLIN BRINGS IN WHOPPER CATCH One of the biggest catches cf the season was brought in yesterday on the charter boat “Marlin”, Capt. Lowe. Hitiing a good section of reef the lines were laid out and immediately the fun be- gan. Bang! bang! and two lines were streaking away through the water with the parties vainly trying to stop the huge fish. All day long it continued like that. ° So plentiful were the big fellows, mostly kingfish and mackerel, that Capt. Lowe made many trips far out in the Stream, “just to get away” from the fish. There were around 70 fish brought in with a total of about 250 pounds. So enthusiastic were the Kentuckians about the fish- ing that they playfully re- membered an admonition of friends back in the Blue Grass state. “Send us back your first catch”, they had said. So yesterday Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Bowman, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Dodd and Miss Minnie Spitzer prepared to ice and send about 200 pounds of choice Atlantic kings and mackerel to dry, hilly Old Kentucky. Some- body’s going to be surprised. FPL EL EF ELIE 0 JOIN PATROL the: U. S. Navy, harbor this Vessels of which were in the morning, were the Flagship Lea, ; lying at anchor in the Stream; the Destroyer Bancroft, at Pler B, and the Destroyer Schenck, at the upkeep dock. Tender Gannet sailed this morning et an eariy hour to join the Destroyers Wickes, Twiggs, Evans, Mason, Philip and Rod- gers, which are on_ neutrality patrol. Robert S. Allen Is A Staunch Island City Enthusiast see =. SEES KEY WEST AS WRITERS COLONY | prccccccescenccccesrececeseeseeseosessssesooseer Key West is an ideal spot for a writers’ colony, in the opinion of Robert S. Allen, one of the edi- tors of the Washington Merry- Go-Round, who is vacationing here with Mrs. Allen at the Coral Hotel. jing Mr. Allen feels that the Island is packed with lore that has nev- er been touched, that it has an ,unusual amount of the pictures: ; |que which should be an inspira- | |tion to any writer, who is serious jabout his work. He qualified his statement, however, by adding that in order to turn out any! good work, one would have to be ja strong man, who could work! by-the clock and overcome the good plan for the government to establish a project here and bring in thirty ,or forty writers. For the present Mr. Allen has nothing more serious on his mind than “bicycling and rest- ing”. He bicycles around the island every day and spends much time at the local docks chatting with the fishermen whom he finds extremely interesting. The Aliens’ stay here will be indefinite, but they hope to re main for at least a month. Mr. Allen is a staunch Key West fan and has sent many of his news- paper friends from Washington down to visit the island. {pleasant feeling of timelessness \DISTRICT FOUR LEADS jand aimlessness which lures the RITES TOMORROW | SMI MIL IIS DS SE MAY REQUEST ALL CITI- ZENS OF U. S. TO LEAVE CHINESE TER- RITORY (ity Associated Preasy | TOKIO, Feb. 7.—Japan gov- officials studying moves designed to com- “ernment were today pel the removal of all Americans from conquered Chinese terri- tory. The situation, however, iconsidered of “grave import- ance”, and officials were said to jbe going slow in the delibera- tions. Main theme of the discussions being hdl was that if “the United States didn’t choose to under- stand Japanese projects in the Far-east”, that country would have to stand ready accept | whatever retaliatory move the Japs believed important to in- flict. Observers believed thai the realization that nothing would be done to resume trade treaty negotiations between the two countries for the present, had ‘much to do with the independent attitude assumed by the Jap- anese. | Negotiations were going for- ward to effect a military under- standing with Russia on_ the Chinese question, affhough ‘noth- ‘ing concrete could come of the | move until the question of re- lationship between the Soviets ,and Chinese Central government heads could be settled. Meanwhile, both Japan and China have reported “huge vic- tories” in the attacks and coun- terattacks in inner China. BELIEVE LR.A.’S SUNK ‘MUNSTER’ TWO IRISH TERRORISTS EX- ECUTED IN BIRMING- HAM TODAY was to (By Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 7.—The British ship “Munster” was sunk toc off the coast of Ireland in cir- cumstances that @ppear mysteri- ous to maritime officials of this nation. The ship, a 4,300 tonner, sunk immediately following a terrific explosion. It was not known whether it was torpedoed or mined. Some credence was given to activities of the IL R. A. for the disaster, in that the ship plied regularly between England and North Ireland. The twol R. A. terrorists, Peter Barnes and James Rich- ards, were executed this morn- ing, having been convicted of a coventry bombing. The execu- tions, held in Birmingham, were .in strict secrecy. Other explosions reported in three different cities of England were chalked up by officials to reprisals against, the government for refusal to release the two condemned bombers. PATY CALLS AT There is nothing forced in Detroit |them—they are free and easy ex-! Duluth periences that he, himself, or;El Paso someone near to him have en-|Fort Myers countered. Galveston Mr. Frest does not believe in'Havana - fancy esthetics. A poem, he ex-!Huron _ a 33 plained, begins with a lump in Jacksonville _ 55 74 the throat, a homesickness or a KEY WEST . 74 love sickne: It is reaching out Los Angeles _ 71 toward expression, an effort to Miami —._ 76 find fulfillment. It is the recap- Mpls.-St. Paul 26 turing of some heretofore forgot- New Orleans _ 57 ten incident—maybe a sunset, a New York __ 47 quiet evening at home or a lone- Pensacola - 67 ly road. A complete poem is one St. Louis ~ 26 32 where an emotion has found its Salt Lake City 35 thought and the thought has San Francisco 52 - 29 33 eer 26 -. 42 54 57 78 36 50 73 83 sent the specimen to Ripley for his odd and unusual column, Another picture which will appear in the column, prob- ably tomorrow, is a photo- graph of Sand Key Light- house, which at times has a wide sandy beach near it, and at other times the beach has disappeared, leaving the light standing alone in the sea, so much so, that a ves- sel may be moored to the frame of the light. The sender of the photo- graph to Ripley is S. C. Singleton. and he has been advised that it will appear in the column tomorrow. ied the. occupants Cae vee OTHERS IN FLORIDA: MORE [average individual off to the! ‘they were going back to Plant: jbeach for uncounted hours or} \City where. they-had come from.) THAN HALF COMPLETED | zives him the idea that to sit and | . ge eee ens that the dream is the proper way to pass{ \best thing he cou! O was ar- the time. e ii rest the pair. One of the men; John W. O'Bannon, of West Remarking that he found Freres eat fe eaunes jhad left the car and made him-}{Palm Beach, was a caller at The/very difficult to concentiate 00/1117 Varela street. Funeral serv-| jself scarce but the other, Walter |Citizen office this morning to re- the little bit of-work that he in- ices will be held tomorrow after-| Bolger, remained and the car and |port on progress being made in | tends to do while here, Mr. Allen noon 4:30 o’clock from the chapel the prisoner was brought to the |District Four on the Business| suggested that there was a reason! Pritchard’s Funeral Home, | city. The automobile has been |Census now being held. for the fact that few really great| Rey. J. D. Peeples of the First returned to Miss Lankford and! Mr. O'Bannon stated that his|stories have been written about | Baptist church, officiating. | B. F. Paty, of West Palm Bolger is in the county jail. idistrict, which consists of eight, Key West. Writers come down Survivors are: The widow,|Beach, ascompanied by Howard A short time afterward, Chief’ southeastern counties, is heading here, he says, and are overcome Camille Marshall, two daughters, | Hartley, former city editor of the Deputy Bernard Waite drove out all other districts of the state, with py the wealth of untouched ma- Mrs. Eugene Sanchez and Miss|Miami Tribune, were callers to in the vicinity of Boca Chica!more than jifty percent of the ‘terial they find. They plan to|Dolores Marshall. Three sons,|pay their respects to the publish- tbridge, where the first arrest census completed. He stated that !do great things with it: Then! William, Richard and Ellis Mar-|er of The Citizen this morning. was made, and picked up Lee |Myrtland Cates, Monroe County they fall into the “manana” hab- |shall; one sister, Mrs. Antonio| Mr. Paty spoke in the interests found the words, the poet says. (Slt. Ste. Marie 23 Harbor, who proved to be thejenumeratcr, was making fine it and drift through their stay Garcia; three brothers, William, |of his candidacy for the Demo- Robert Frost was born in San Seattle _ 45 companion of Bolger and _ this|progress with the reports here, | here, accomplishing nothing. In Charles and John Marshall. | crate nomination to the governor- Francisco March 26, 1875. His Tampa 55 morning he is also in the county |and wished to thank all business spite of this, how . Allen | Th: also two grandchil-|ship of Florida at Bayview Park OBL EIS GM BM iather, 2 New Englander, edited Washington _. 40 ijail. "men for. their co-operation. | fhinks pvc: cad i pas aie linet aight: FOR R. MARSHALL = — CITIZEN OFFICE |ACCOMPANIED BY HOWARD HARTLEY, FORMER EDITOR ———a