The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 12, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 37. TWO Fronts: Active In Europe; Allies Che Key West Cittzrn THE SOUTHERNMOST NE‘WSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1940 SCOTTISH RITE COMMANDER IN CITY Y SATURDAY COL. J. H. COWLES PAID a FICIAL VISIT TO LocaL! CHAPTER: ACCOMPANIED | BY OTHER OFFICIALS | Rotarians Expect. Heavy Travel Here To Havana {DELEGATES TO INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION IN JUNE WILL COME THROUGH CITY; LOCAL CLUB NOT SOLICITED FOR HELP Col. John H. Cowles, highest Guard FINNS REPORT REDS) HAVE NO SUCCESS IN| LATEST ATTEMPTS TO} DRIVE FORWARD (By Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 12. — Two widely-separated fronts aga action today—one, the Russian- | | Finnish front, where the eleventh ; day of fierce attacks by Red} i the other, a new one to headlines of | troops featured the day, Europe, mainly, the Far-east| section in Egypt. | In Finland, Russian troops were | hurled again at the Karelian! isthmus defenses, and again the! same story came forth that the attacks netted absolutely nothing for the Reds. Reported captured by the Finns were a number of tanks and six, possibly nine, planes were shot down. One piece of bad news was re- ported by Finland however, when it was admitted that Rus-|,y1 ORGANIZATIONS ASKED sian bombers had destroyed one of the largest ski factories in the country. Hurry-up calls were being sent to neighboring coun- tries to supply ski orders for the crack ski troops. , { In Egypt, nearly one million colonial troopers have been land- ed at Suez in preparation for what the Allies think may come. Egypt Arca ‘ranking Scottish Rite Mason of ' Hundreds of Rotarians will|Motor Lines bus to Key West | TTHREE SCORE AND TEN CLUB VISITED IN CITY TRIP; “OLDSTERS” PRAISE CITY'S CLIMATE | \ | Thirty members of the Three Score and Ten Club of Miami Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit SIS PMI LS SS Ss MISS PATTERSON HAD SURPRISE VISITORS Mrs, Margaret H. Scott, of Babylon, Long Island, and Mrs. James Howard Bridge of New York, were surprise visitors last week at the home of their old school- mates, Miss Etta Patterson and Mrs. Fredericka Prindle at 522 Caroline street. With Mrs. Scott. Miss Pat- terson has traveled to many parts of the world, and the visit of Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Bridge was to meet the sis- ters in their home in old Key West, and their stay was a delightful experience. The visitors left this after- noon at 3 o'clock on the re-. turn to their homes, TDL SI IID SS CONSUL WANTS COOPERATION TO JOIN IN MAINE ME- MORIAL OBSERVANCE Cuban Consul Berardo Rod- riguez. and Vice Consul Jose Perez extended an invitation to pass through Key West next June United States, Grand Command- | vention of Rotary International er of Supreme Council, 33 degrees, ;at Havana, but the movement ae Bee ei ment and will not put any strain official visit last Saturday after- lon the Key West members of the noon. !great civic organization. With the Grand Commander ; The problem of was Supreme, William Koch, an ‘the Rotarians, their families and active member of the Council, | friends to Havana for the con- the Southern Jurisdiction of the ‘to and from the 31st annual con-! paid the local Scottish Rites an | Will not cause any great excite-) transporting } jand by boat to Havana. This is one of the suggested routes stressed in a Rotary con- jvention bulletin distributed "to more than 200,000 Rotarians. On this bulletin the members of the | wideflung organization have been requested to indicate their pref- erences as to routing to Havana. {How many will come by way of ‘Key West, therefore, depends up- on the result of this poll. land Inspector General fhe jvention June 10-14, has not been eS © \forced upon the local members} Although Mr. Lovejoy made no State of Iowa; James Donn, Dep- i of the Rotary club—it has been uty of the Supreme Council in assumed by a corps of experts South Florida, of Miami, and ‘identified with Rotary Inter- Harry Gross, an honorary mem- national Headquarters at Chi- ber of the Council. Mr. Koch | cago. and Mr. Gross are from Des; Head of this experienced con- Moines and are spending the win- | vention corps is Philip C. Love- ter ih Miami. |joy, first assistant secretary of This is the first visit Grand Commander to Key West a business of looking afer the since March, 1934, and since that | transportation, housing, food and time he has traveled over most | other needs of around 10,000 per- of the world in the interest of ;soms who annually attend the Masonic work and investigation. | convention. The distinguished party arriv-| Mr. Lovejoy was here over the ed in the city about 4 o'clock weekend consulting with Wil- and were met by as many of the liam V. Little, president of Ke; local members as could get away|West Rotary club, as a pre- at the time, and after dinner|liminary step in routing many of with them had the pleasure of|the international delegates and listening to a very interesting |Suests through Key West to the talk by the Grand Commander, Cuban capital. In his trip from which covered incidents in his; Miami, Mr. Lovejoy was accom- travels und their relationship to!Panied by Thomas W. Lockett, the Masonic activities, | Miami, assistant general man+ Mr. Koch and Mr. Gross are |@8er, agent for the Seaboard friends of George B. Hall, who, 'Tailway, who is helping with with his wife, dre spending the ;S°me of the transportation plans. winter in Key West. In all probability Seaboard as The party left early in the eve-|Well as the Florida East Coast of the Rotary International, who makes; |positive statements to that’ ef- ‘fect, there is a possibility Rotary jInternational may arrange for use of a shuffleship between Key ; West and Havana—if enough of ithe Rotarians in other sections ‘express their intention of coming by this route. The international assistant sec- ‘retary agreed it would be a good idea to provide an alternative ,route to Havana in event of labor | difficulties on the P. & O. lines. jIt will be recalled that last year the Key West-Havana service {was suspended several weeks by reason of a labor dispute. |) Mr. Lovejoy said he would ad- ;vise against use of trailers on | Overseas highway. He said that ‘his own trailer and a truck got | ‘stuck in the middle of one of the wooden bridges between Key West and Big Pine Key when they were unable to pass one another. “We appreciate the offer of the Key West Rotarians to help us in} the convention arrangements, but it is not believed it will be neces- ning for their return to. Miami. LATE NEWS BULLETINS railroad will be brought into gn sary for us to accept the generous arrangement whereby many of offer’, Mr. Lovejoy said. jthe Rotarians and their relatives ranging such matters is our busi- jand friends will be transported ness, a service that is paid by ;from other sections of the coun- Rotary International as part of “Ar. | larrived in Key West last Friday jand made a tour of the points of \interest and historical structures | {throughout the Island. They reg- jistered at the Overseas Hotel. | jbers of the organization ‘from every section of the United States and, as their name im- lof them reveal any outward in- ja mental and physical alertness that has been a source of amaze- lof the Overseas, and treasurer of |Key West Hotel and Tourist |Homes Association. The Key West gathering open- fed Friday afternoon with a lunch- eon at Overseas Hotel. Saturday the oldsters were 6ut sighfsee- ing, taking particular interest in the old forts and the picturesque waterfront scenes. While some jof the Three Score and Ten Club jarranged to leave for Miami Sat- lurday, a number remained at the hotel for the weekend. “Members of the club came here last year and were so well \here that they decided to come again” ,Mr. Gruber said. “Key West should begin laying plans to make the city attractive for retired men and women who come to Florida every winter to enjoy the sun and balmy clim- jate. Our’ climatic can’t be matched anywhere else in the state. It is particularly beneficial to elderly folks”. Heading the group on the Key! ; West visit was W. E. Johnson, a! “young” man of about 72. Mem- ! come | {plies, each is over 70 years. Few | ‘dication of their age, displaying | ment to L. S. Gruber, proprietor / jpleased with the trip and visit | conditions | JANUARY REGISTRANTS AT LIGHTHOUSE, 5,030: An idea of the number of visitors to Key West Light- house may be gained from the register which is kept at the light and is each month totalled up and placed in the office of Inspector W. W. Demeritt, of the Soventh Lighthouse District. Mr. Demeritt said. when asked by The Citizen how | many had registered at the light last month, that the | book showed the names of | 5,030 visitors, but that he ) Was satisfied the number | was far greater than that, | as many came and failed to register. i Many visitors go to the {| lighthouse to see the mi nificent collection of birds in the aviary which is main- tained by Mr. Demeritt. as well as to get the magnificent view of the city and harbor from the tov of the structure. Visitors during the month, according to days, were 74 on January 23, which was the smallest number regi: tered, to 299 on the 2ist, which was the largest num- ber. SERG. BURKE T0 LEAVE POST |No, 4, were visitors in the city | MAY RETURN SOON | | PRICE FIVE CRNTS A. B. Hale Assures Board Road Extension To Start in Summer SOM SM A s| ATTENDED INFORMAL MEETING AT PORTER’S HOME YESTERDAY; Chairman Arthur Hale, of the State Road Department, Brooks Bateman, of Road District and Saturday night, and remained over until Sunday, guests at the home of Wm. R. Porter, where ;they held an informal meeting yesterday morning at 11 o'clock with the county commissioners. Attending the meeting were Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Com- missioners Braxton B. Warren, Norberg Thompson, T. Jenkins Curry, Wmt Monsalvatge, and Attorney W. Curry Harris. Many matters relative to the road were discussed, especially the extension from Big Pine Key to Key West, which is what the people of Key West are primarily interested in. Assurance was given out at the meeting by Chairman Hale, who stated posi- tively that the work on the stretch of road from Big Pine Key to Key West would be started this summer. |, Before the meeting was ad- journed Mr. Hale said that he | contemplated a trip to Washing- jton in about 10 days, and when try by rail to Miami, by Florida the arrangements.” HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO jhe returns he may make another Anthony Eden flew to Suez and (By Associated Press) arrived this morning to greet new arrivals from Australia to de- fend the vastly rich in oil country from any action the Nazis or Russians may plan. On the West Front in France, no action was reported today. Severe weather still hold the area in its grip. Blizzards all over Germany were reported, causing much discomfort and shortage of fresh food supplies. EDW. ROBERTS’ RITES TUESDAY Funeral services for Edward L. Roberts, who died last Thursday at his home, 317 Peacon Lane. will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4 o’clock from the Fleming Street Methodist Church, where the’body wiH be placed at 2 o'clock. Rev. Jim Lilly, the pas-. tor, will cfficiate, Arrangements for the funeral and services will be in charge of Pritchard’s Funeral Home. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last the Cuban Colony of the city to attend the anniversary of the sinking of the Battleship Maine on February 15. Memorial services will be held in the City Cemetery and a pa- rade will form at Duval and Greene streets in the afternoon at 4:30 o'clock and proceed to the Maine Plot. Mr. Rodriguez said that “this } day is so closely connected with our country that I feel the Cuban Colony and organizations should co-operate and attend these serv- ce’ Hence, an invitation has extended to the Cuban lub, Caballeros de Marti, Cabal- leros de la Luz, Odd _ Fellows, Golden Eagles and all fraternal and civic organizations in the city. MRS. CREWS BACK FROM MIAMI TRIP Mrs. P. M. Crews returned last STOCKHOLM, Feb. 12 Scandinavian countries were today considering a united front against Russia which, in some circles, was inter- preted to mean near declara- tions of war if the need came. Newspapers here stated that French and English dip- lomats were reported to be burning embassy papers at Moscow headquarters, This Procedure, ordinarily, means near breaking of relations. Whether Key West Hotel and Tourist Homes Association will participate in a program calling \for erection of billboards along \the highways leading to Over- }seas road and Key West will be rca ae j determined at a meeting Tuesday BERLIN, Feb. 12.—Both Ger-/0f association members. The ses- many and Italy have been silent , Sion will be held at 2:30 p. m. at to date on Sumner Welles’ sched- |Coral Hotel apartments, Simon- uled trip to European countries. | ton street. Today, however, it| was under-| It has been proposed the asso- stood Hitler had been in tele-!Ciation arrange for erection of Phonic conference with Mu: i c @ s- solini on that subject. No infor- TENDE ET mation was given out. R R URN NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—Ex- | FROM INSPECTION President Herbert Hoover to- | day suggested that European | Sap ates nations form a Frontier | State in Central Africa to | care for the millions of ref- ugees of the present wars. He made this suggestion in Coast Guard Tender Ivy re- ja trip up the east coast as far as |Miami and Assistant Lighthouse |Engineer W. J. Schoneck went on Billboards And Publicity To Headline Hotel Meet jturned yesterday afternoon from | an address before a banquet week from Miami, where she had ; the vessel for the purpose of mak- jsigns on East Coast and Tamiami Trail highways, directing tourists to Overseas Highway and Key West and stressing the hotel, restaurant and other facilities |available here William J. Lee of City News Service, a news gathering and distributing agency for Key West, is scheduled to report on the re. sult of his appearance last Fri- day night before the directors of jthe Key West Chamber of Com- ;merce. At that meeting the di- | rectors voted financial and moral ‘support to the publicity, bureau , and appointed a committee to at- range for office space in Cham- | ber headquarters, La Concha ho- !tel building. Since the publicity bureau was opened about a month ago as a iresult of financing by the hotel jassociation, Lee reports that it has distributed news and sports - END HEARD WM. LEE ON SUBJECT At a meeting of the Chamber plans for the development of a \cussed at length. Present were President Ever- jett Russell, W. W. Demeritt, Fred Grooms, Melvin E. Russell, Chas. |E. Smith, Chas. S. Taylor; Earl {Adams and William Lee. ;Mr. Lee on the matter of de- jveloping .a publicity department jin conjunction with the chamber and hearty approval was given jto his views and it was decided to proceed with the project. Means of extending the useful- ness -of the Chamber merce with enlarged facilities were discussed at great length C. OF C. ENDORSES PUBLICITY PLAN MEETING HELD LAST WEEK- | of Commerce held Friday night, } publicity department were dis- | J. Dion, W. T. Fripp, Bascom L. | of Com-! LONG ISLAND ASSIGN- | MENT: HOOPER REPLACES Technical Sergeant Samuel c.| |Burke, Quartermaster Corps, who | has been on duty as Chief Clerk, | Quartermaster Office, Key West \Barracks, since December, | 1936, has been relieved from duty | here and transferred to Mitchel | |Field, Long Island, N. Y. | Sergeant Burke, with Mrs. | {Burke and daughter, Barbara {Ann, and infant son, Tommy Jean, is planning to depart en- route to his new station about jdrive overland via the Overseas | Highway. j During his tour of duty in Key} | West, Sergeant Burke and fam-! lily have made many friends among the citizens of the city as| | | Key West Barracks and everyone ;who knows them regret their} leaving. j and a number of suggested plans | Sergeant Burke has expressed visit to Key West. ARMY RECREATION ALL COTTAGES TAKEN AND RESERVATIONS ON HAND FOR SEASON All cottages of the Army Rec- reation Center at Fort Taylor are now occupied by visiting officers and their families for the first time in several years. The offi- cers are: Colonel Edwin Gunner,, Infantry, Fort Slocum, , New York; Major J. B. Haddon, Air The meeting was addressed by | Wednesday of this week, and will|Corps, Maxwell Field, Alabama; Major Arnold W. Shutter, Field Artillery, Fort Bragg, N. C.; Major A. P. Rhett, Field Artil- lery, Nashville, Tenn.; Major W. R. Watson, Infantry, New York Port of Embarkation, and Cap- ‘well as among those stationed at|tain D. P. Buckland, Cavalry, Fort Knox, Kentuc:y. | Mrs. G. C. Marshall, wife of the Chief of Staff of the Army, General Marshall, has a reserva- Stations Atlanta Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit El Paso Havana Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Los Angeles Louisville night 35 32 29 42 36 22 32 48 63 42 34 56 51 42 Miami Mpls.-St. Paul New Orleans 53 21 . 46 24 hours 55 45 30 60 42 41 36 64 72 62 57 67 66 60 70 33 64 been called because of the ill- neés of her sister, Mrs. R. V. Law- rence and her niece, Mrs. Joseph Matcovitch, who were suffering from severe attacks of the flu. Mrs. Crews remained with her sister and niece until they were both on the road to recovery, and returned to Key West. Both Mrs. Lawrence and Mrs. Matco- vitch are formerly of Key West, and are anxious to have their friends know they are getting well. ‘ city last evening, who were assembled to start the 1940 relief campaign. BERLIN, Feb. 12.—Russia and Germany today consummated a new trade treaty, negotiations on which began seven weeks ago. The pact calls for exchange of machinery from the Nazis for oil, coal and other commodities from the Reds. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.— President and Mrs. Roose- of prominent Jews in this | ing inspections of the lights on|€Vents stories to 121 newspapers \the geet. ‘in the United States and Canada. | Returnnig to port, Mr. Scho- | Each story Caries a Key. . West |neck reported that inspection was |@ateline or mention of Key West. ‘made of all the lights with the The stories relate largely to vi exception of American Shoals, | tors at local hotels, their activi- which could not be reached be- | ties, their fishing catches and oth- cause of bad weather. It was |€f facts for publication in their stated that the light will be in- hometown newspapers in other spected tomorrow, weather per- | Sections of the continent. mitting. A smaller craft will be! * ey ‘CRUISER | It is expected the Ivy will sail | FALL jtomorrow for Charlotte Harbor to | jrelieve two of the heavy bell! velt today placed a wreath on the Lincoln Memorial in ( this city. Special services FLETCHER BURIAL | buoy&:4méfmay from there go as/ {far as Boca Grande. | i HERE FOR REPAIRS Cabin Cruiser “Landfalt?; New York Pensacola Pittsburgh San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington . 34 44 32 48 33 46 31 46 55 38 59 48 62 49 VALENTINE CANDIES and FAVORS From 5c to $3.00 —ORDER YOURS TODAY— KEY WEST DRUG CO. Fleming and Simonton |yesterday on the Steamship Cuba SERVICES TODAY The body of Mrs. Mariana Fletcher, who died in Tampa last week, was brought to the city and taken to the mortuary chapel of the Pritchard Funeral Home. are being held there this | new york, Fe 12—atem-| NAVAL CANTEEN bers of the Republican paris were scheduled to assemble at Lincoln’s Day banquets this eve-! At the canteen of the Marine ning in cities all over the nation. ; Barracks in the naval station, a Presidential aspirant John Dewey ; modern and excellent barber shop ARBER SHOP AT Charles Fletcher, the son, accom- panied the body. Funeral services will be held 5] o’clock this afternoon from the chapel, Rev. A. L. Maureau, S.J., of St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic church, officiating. will be the speaker at .the,has been opened for the con- banquet in Portland, Oregon, and ‘venience of the officers and en- ex-President Hoover will be in listed personnel of the station. Washington. _ The largest affair| In charge of the shop is Oscar will be in this city at which Na-| Portela, who has had years of ex- tional Committee Chairman, Don|perience at the tonsorial trade, Hamilton will be the mmin ‘and spent about 10 years in New speaker, iYork City, | Washington, D. C., was in’ port at jthe Porter Dock Company slip, with the cwner, Ralph Worthing- ton, and Mrs. Worthington, on board. | They came to Key West to have ifepairs made to the outboard ‘motor, which was made Satur- day, when they returned to Mar- quesas to join another vessel iwith which the Worthingtons are traveling in company. Mr. Worthington told The Citi- jzen that game fish are plentiful in the waters around Marquesas and Tortugas and the having great sport. |were taken under consideration. PREPARE CABLE “| FOR LINE REPAIR the Mallory docks Saturday, taking from the storage vaults of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company about 300 feet of cable to be used in mak- ing repairs to the Havana cable. The piece of cable was to be se- curely packed at this end, and ped Sunday on the P. and S.S. Cuba for Havana. ' | } BOXING-Strand Arena Wednesday, February 14 Main Bout— MARIO PEREZ, Key West vs. JIMMY MADDOX, Okla- homa Indian Semi-Windap— BUDDY SPEIDEL, U. S. N. vs. “RED” ROBERTS, Miami —Three Preliminaries— parties os Sponsored By National Guard ‘himself as having thoroughly en-|tion beginning February 14th for {to return to Key West. |Hooper, Quartermaster Corps, wh replaces Sergeant Burke as Chie: i {Clerk in the Quartermaster Of- jfice, arrived in December, com- A force of men was at work at jing to Key West from Schofield | O™ jwith Mrs. Hooper, ilis. Sergeant Hooper and Hooper ‘compare the climatd } Key West’ favorably with’ that! jHawaii. They are delighted jtheir new station and ‘Sergeg :Hooper, who is a boating enthus- iast, and a fisherman, has begun | ‘construction on a small boat of his own design. He says that he tintends to take full advantage of ithe wonderful opportunities Key ; West offers in the way of clim- jate, boating and fishing. ATTENTION! all residents and visitors should attend the MAGIC SHOW AT THE HIGH SCHOOL Technical Sergeant James F. ;Barracks, Territory of Hawaii, | daughter, | Helene and infant daughter, Phyl-! \joyed his tour here and he hopes |herself and daughter, Miss Molly ithat he may some day be allowed | Pender Brown. | Other officers who have res- ervations during February are 9 Colonel Charles H. Patterson, ¢ | Inspector General Fourth Corps from Atlanta, Ga.; Lieut. Colonel Francis A. Englehart, dnance Officer Fourth Corps Area, also from Atlanta; Lieut. {Colonel H. R. Melton, Medical Corps, Henderson, N.C. and jLieutenant Marvin S. Zipp, Air arpa | Corps, Fort Benning, Georgia. | i | | "AT NORFOLK | E. F. Tynes, Jr., apprentice sea- man, U. S. Navy, who was enlist- ed at Macon, Ga., on February 8, has been transferred to te Naval Training Station at Norfolk, Va., for training. Tynes applied and was accept- ed at the Navy Recruiting Sta- For several years Tynes has been a member of the crew of the salvage tug Warbler and has re- sided with his parents at 624 TONIGHT—7:30 O’CLOCK Tickets nin nays 25c United street,