The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 19, 1940, Page 1

oe nl Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Falirenheit i TAR MRR S Aa SEE Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West ama 5 pon, coo a Sa Che Key West Crttern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U; S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MO AY, FEBRUARY 19, 1940 ADMIRAL OMAN INSPECTS MEDICAL FACILITIES HERE ARRIVED YESTERDAY AND LEFT THIS MORNING FOR PENSACOLA; SATISFIED WITH LOCAL PLANS VOLUME LXI. No. 43. Bits And. Nazis Placé Norwegians In Middle On Almark HALIFAX PUTS PERTI-; PRICE FIVE CENTS Command Of KW. Naval Station Nine Leaders Head Drive : Poeccccccceccccccccccccs WATER CONFABIN |RECREATION PARK CITY TOMORROW see To Scouts | NEARS COMPLETION \ AQUEDUCT COMMISSION] ,, .secccccccosecocccccce CHAIRMAN DOUGHTRY AND! Executive group of the Com- OTHERS CONFER WITH RFC|munity Recreation Committee = announced this morning that full AND WPA AGENTS TODAY proceeds of the Mystic Show giv- en last week would be turned over} to Boy Scout troops of the city! after a 24-hour inspection and in recognition of the good job visit of the medical facilities and! of ticket selling performed by the Iplans at Key West naval station, | scouts. |Rear Admiral Charles M. Oman, *\chief of the naval bureau of MAY HOLD JOINT COLORFUL CEREMONY IS STAGED IN YARDS AT 10:00 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING 1 | There is a possibility that city, | jcounty, nighway and water com-/ mission officials may confer here etn terior, | tomorrow with representatives of | the Reconstruction Finance Cor- After expenses, this amount,! poration snd the Works Progress augmented by two $1.00 contribu- | Capt. Walter F. Jacobs, U. S. NENT QUESTIONS To! BACKGROUND | | NORWAY; BRITISH DE-} STROYER TORPEDOED ij OF THE WAR ae es. (By Associated Press) \t Digest Of War News { LONDON, Feb. 19.—Germany | From All Fronts today struck out in angr cet Mice: ered ath ‘S*Y PFO"| ROYAL AIR FORCE of Great test against the running aground) pritain has issued its nineteenth of their freighter S, S. Altmark/ last week-end by the British) mavy by “turning on the steam” in their sea warfare. One British destroyer suffered as a result, being torpedoed while at its anchorage in a north Scotland harbor. Three separate raids were made on British con: voys, but reports were not full o success or defeat of the sinking! attempts. British diplomacy took the of- fensive in the Altmark case when Viscount Halifax yesterday demanded that Norway answer several pertinent questions in regard to international law on the case. As a result, Norwegian government was placed “in the middle” in the affair, being pres- sured tremendously by Germany who wants satisfaction. The Nazi press, nationwide, opened up in furious style against the British, the theme of front Page editorials béing that “Eng- | land is still trying to embroil neutral nations in the war”. They accused England of flaunt- ing a “Might, Not Right” policy before the world. FINNS DENY RED VICTORY REPORTS RUSSIAN DIVISION ANNI- HILATED: MANNERHEIM LINE STILL HOLDS (By Associated Press) HELSINKI, Feb. 19.—Finnish war department today denied Moscow reports that the Man- nerheim Line had collapsed the while they officially announced that the Russian 18th Division ‘was completely wiped out ‘north of Lake Ladoga. Holding all positions in their strong second-line defenses, the Finns are further impeding Rus- sian advances with and are otherw tinued stiff opposition sian designs. The Russian 18th division had been completely surrounded for three days, it was revealed to- day, and the the “finishing off” touches were put on late yester- day in the capture of hundreds of Soviet troops as well as much war material. C. OF C. ANSWERS PICTURE REQUEST SENDS AIR VIEWS TO CON- NECTICUT WPA AND ROAD DEPT. offering con- to Rus- Secretary S. C. Singieton of the Chamber of Commerce today supplied a number of air photo-| graphs of Key West and pictures; of Overseas Highway to the State Department of Education and the Works Progress Administration of Connecticut, which is prepar- ing a filmstrip of the State of Florida. This is one of the many recent requests received by the Cham- ber for photographs for inclusion in various films and publications that will give Key West and Monroe county a considerable volume of publicity and public attention. casualty list. Official figures, brought up to date in the report, show that 534 are and 129 are missing. Of these, 135 have been killed in action {and 399 have perished while on active duty. The list does not give the number wounded or those taken prisoners by Ger- many. | BLACKOUTS in England have caused new troubles for law enforcement authorities. Among the latest was the as- sault with intent to rob on a young woman by George Whot- ton, 18. He was sentenced to 12 strokes with a birchrod and three years in prison. JEWISH REFUGEES to the number of 250 and 304 Ameri-| cans fleeing the war zone arrived last week in New York aboard the Italian liner Rex. en off the ship was $9,000,000 in | gold. AMERICAN manufacturers and producers anticipated huge orders fram foreign countries due to the war in Europe but the expected orders have fail- ed to materialize. Oil pro- ducers stored millions of bar- rels in preparation for the rush, the copper industry was gotten in shape for large amounts of its products to be sent abroad, truck production was stepped up and agricul- ture anticipated making huge | profits—but the Allies and Germany bought elsewhere. | Main industry doing profitable business because of the war is the airplane manufacturing group. Steel is expected to receive some orders. Down in South America, Argentina is being flooded with war orders from the Allies. This condi- tion is brought about by the British trade war against the United States in Latin Amer- known dead | Also tak- | |Administration regarding the |proposed fresh water supply sys- item from the mainland. | This was indicated by Chair- iman William T. Doughtry, Jr., jof Florida Keys Aqueduct Com- mission, shortly before his depar- |ture yesterday for Miami to meet jthe engineering and_ financing ‘officials of RFC and WPA. The ‘aqueduct commission has asked a lean of $1,000,000 from |RFC and a grant of $300,000 from |WPA for labor requirements in constructing a water pipeline and pumping stations from vicinity of }Homestead along the Keys to |Key West. Also attending today’s confer- {ence in the Miami office of S. P. |Robineau, attorney for the aque- duct commission, will be State |Representetive Bernie C. Papy; |B. M. Duncan, consulting engi- ineer, who is working on the |plans for the pipeline, and L. L. Lee, Miami city manager, and engineer for the commission. It was considered probable that ‘Elsom Killiam, New York hy- jdraulic engineer and waterworks expert, who has been in South America, might reach Miami to- jday by airway. Details of the plans for the wa- iter system and the financing pro- jposals will be studied at the Mi- jami conference. Tomorrow the Washington delegation of experts, headed by Frederick Warren, en- gineering examiner for RFC, jwill make a ground inspection of jthe proposed route of the pipe- jline along the old Florida East {Coast railroad to Key West. ! Chairman Doughtry fore leaving that he might call jmembers of the Overseas Road tand Toll Bridge District Com- imission, Monroe county commis- |sion and members of City Council for a meeting with the Wash- ington experts after their ar- rival here tomorrow. There is mounting optimism among water and other officials that the federal agencies will advance the money for the water ;system. The present inspection |trip is another step towards that ‘end, Doughtry states, for the fed- {eral officials want to assure !themselves of the soundness of {the plans and the financial ar- jrangements before making finai ' ddcision. medicine and surgery, left by tions, was ound to be $16.28. It! motor car this morning for Pen- will be divided according to pro- | sacola. iportion of tickets sold by the; Admiral Oman arrived Sunday troops. | [morning after a trip down the | The committee also announced coast from Charleston, S. C., that wor is progressing well on} where he made a similar inspect the Colonial Park center. Four)tion, Before he returns to Wash- combination bench and table units! ington he will have inspected the have been completed with three|!apidly expanding naval med- checkerboard layouts on eachjical and surgical facilities in| { every station in the southern section of the United States. In a conversation with Com-! mender R. B. Blackwell, M.C.,| U.S.N., medical officer at the naval station, Admiral Oman said To Put Key West Aad CITY PLACED IN CON- MORE CONTRIBUTE TROL OF CHAMBER oF, TO FINNISH DRIVE: COMMERCE CAMPAIGN | ‘RELIEF BALL WILL BE STAG- | ED HERE NEXT WED- NESDAY BUSINESS LEADERS OF | Nine outstanding civic leaders will head important divisions in| the movement to “Put Key West Ahead”, according to announce- | | Additional contributors to the said be-| land mines ica, | TEMPERATURES LOADING of 1,700 tons of | scrap iron for Great Britain has} : begun in Bermuda’s Hamilton | , Stations ;harbor. The ship that will take | Boston the potential war material to | Chicago England is the captured German | Denver as steamer Dusselsdorf, renamed | : S.S. Poland. Lowest last Highest last night ~ 24hours oy 55 42 34 36 35 75 70 38 77 75 69 38 74 35 43 34 69 52 66 44 | Detroit }Havana — |Jcaksonville |Kansas City KEY WEST _ |K. W. (Airport) 67 FEARING the possible spread of war to western Asia, Afghanistan's minister to Tur- key has been called home for military discussions. Reports |Los Angeles aod have it that Afghanistan has in. 'Memphis _ stituted extensive military ier * preparations. | Mpls.-St. Paul \New York - “PROVISIONALLY” called to |St Louis the colors to complete training |G" Exanciseo (Continued On Page Four) | >¢attle | Tampa Washington || FINNISH TIO OISOLG LS: || RELIEF SHUTTS TO VISIT | BALL. ... CUBAN CAPITOL AND FLOOR SHOW ae —ai— Habana-Madrid Club WEDNESDAY |] February 21—9:30 P. M. {] Highlighting the lead- ii ing professional talent | of Key West. TICKETS FIRE SENDS OWN ALARM NEW BRITAIN, Conn.—Notic- | ing a light flickering on her| switchboard, a telephone opera-' NYA department, which will now} | Horseshce stakes are to be in-! few days, officials announced. | medical services at the station equipment at the center. panding the facilities |the plans and specifications for ary to be built as part of the sea- jsites of the two new buildings. WILL BE AT HIGH SCHOOL the old dispensary will be open- A. S. Houghton, counsel for the|panding so rapidly that it re- views of bird fife in this country ‘and’ yards with adequate facili- pices of the Boy Scout local! Admiral Oman said. “On this vited to attend the show which 'reay of medicine and surgery. Earle Greene of the Department;medical and surgical services in No admission will be charged ;sary addition at the station and |for the work we expect to be panied on his trip here by War- tor notified police headquarters. 1A squad sent to a clothing store Sunday evening Admiral Oman board light flickered when flames | mander and Mrs. Brady at the table. Fifteen other benches have’ also been constructed, all by the|, |build a ping-pong table for the center. stalled shortly and the volley ball he was surprised at the progress court will be ready for use in A made in the development of WPA Recreation Departmentjand indicated his complete sat- will have charge of all games and |jsfaction with the plans for ex- | 5 ae With Lieut. Commander T. J. SHOW ON BIRD 'Brady, Admiral Oman inspected |the addition to the naval station LIFE TONIGHT | aisvensary and for the dispens- ——<— plane base on Trumbo Island sec- AUDUBON SOCIETY OFFICIAL ' tion. Later he examined the |Bids for the construction of the Jes. 3 AUDITORIUM jaddition in the station next to ed here February 28. “The naval organization is ex- National Audubon Society, will quires a lot of planning and ef- present moving pictures and slide ,fort to. provide all the stations at a special show tonight at High ‘ties for the care and treatment School auditorium under aus-'of the naval officers and men”, committee. _ eltrip I want to see for myself All residents of the city are in- what is being done by the bu- will start at .7:30 o'clock. Mr.| “While fine progress has been Houghton will be presented by’ made in providing temporary of Interior Biological Survey in|/Key West, a lot remains to be this city. jdone. We feel that the dispen- to this showing. ithe new dispensary at the sea- jplane base will prove adequate called upon to do:” Admiral Oman was accom- rant. Officer James Kent, pharmacist, who served as aide. discovered the building on fire.’ was guest of honor at a recep- It is believed that the switch-'tion given at the home of Com- reached a telephone cord. Inaval station. | Go To Church Sunday The following article is the first of a series to appear each day this week in support of the “Go To Church Sun- day” drive sponsored by the Stone Church Fellowship Club. THE VALUE OF REGULAR CHURCH ATTENDANCE By WILLIAM V. LITTLE President of Key West Rotary Club Mankind, in making such tre-|defects in our individual char- mendous material progress, dur- acter. These defects if we jr ing recent years, along scientific pub Pes bones ae carl gabe and technological lines, has neg-|of ous treubles lected to make a corresponding! In developing our individual advancement spiritually. Hence'character in accordance with the} nie bet sao of the. ae io principles taught in our churches, jaay. Unless our moral growth we will not only make of our- balanees our scientific and in-| selves happier oa more useful tellectual development, disas- ' citizens; but, since a community trous results may be expected. is but an aggregation of in- Religion teaches us that the ‘dividuals, the community _ itself common good must supersede in- will benefit. eivadoa se one Bnerierd The Serene iactre = the ind maki : na- | growth an evelopment of any aod welgeas: Geol will to. algae A eee Ess. citizenry communty whose! men, old in statement, but ever citizens are guided, in their in- new’ in meaning, is vitally need- dividual lives, by the religious ed today for the preservation of and ethical principles taught in 3 2 a ge community. tained only through the spiritual | since a nation is but an aggrega- ‘agai ae a me neal itee of comasnition, the sontton o were to of our National lems wo! guided in thought and deed by!seem to be the ean of the right principles taught in our|the character of the individual churches, the world’s problems citizen. woyld be solved. Let us each do! Does this seem to be visionary? | our bit towards the attainment of For our individual benefit, and this millennium by earnestly for that of our community and » Png 1 i ‘ gs fi attendance, progart p oorflipaat9 ongpen Sew oP tad yo No } We certainly have nothing to lose. ! chief ; [ment made this‘ morning PY! ica Help Finland Drive have! N., chief of staff and aide of the seventh naval district, is now commanding officer of Key West naval station. At a colorful ceremony staged jon the porch of the naval ad- {ministration building at 10 a. m. the took over command from | Commander G. B. Hoey, U. S. N., | Who had been acting commandant jof the station since its reopening November 1. Commander Hoey remains in Everett Russell, Chamber of been received at Monroe County i jheadquariers. The list is as fol- | Commerce president. | |lows: | « | Mr. Stuart $5.00 | TS ove nese if iMrs, Harman ahead it mist be as a result of LL. P. Artman é jthe initiative and aggressiveness Mrs. M. E. Berkowitz - of local business leaders”, de-!|K. N. Dahle lared Mr. Russell, who said hele Uspeeeer pees E 4 |Fred J. Dion cs . 3.00 jis: gratified with the unusual as-} Others desiring to donate to} surance of widespread co-opera-' this worthy cause may do so by; tion shown by those sought to'contacting L. P. Artman, local head the various business groups chairman, at The Citizen office. in the forthcoming town-advance- | Dance Plans Set | ment movement. He asserted! The committee for the Finnish | that a voluntary force of nearly Relief Ball to be given Wednes- | 100 will be mustered in order day evening at Habana-Madrid/} that the task of aligning support Club announced today that plans jbehind the forward movement are all set for a full floor show may be expeditiously ‘accom-|and much entertainment to be plished and with very little work: given at this affair, for each individual to do. Dancing will get underway at Bascom Grooms, will head the!9:30 o’clock and ‘special acts will is to be pu —. 5.00} - 1.00 | 1.00} division of special industries,'be given at various intervals. President Russell said. This is — —_____. one of the very important branches of the movement, he JANUARY SAW said. Others named for different business groups and which are WEATHER LOWS {also completing a canvassing or- | ganization for their division, fol- tow IN NINE STATES W. R. Fripp, will head the re-! tail group. He is building an or- ; otonin ganization of about 15 additional SOUTHERN STATES TURNED) workers from this field of effort | in Key West. | IN RECORD LOW TEMPERA- B. C. Papy, will head the-foods! TYRES IN HISTORY OF BU- igroup, merchants and _ others which have foods for sale. | REAU; --16 IN GEORGIA Fred Dion will head the pro- fessional group and will name about 15 assistants. Arthur Mulberg will head the automotive group and will also name about 10 others to assist in this division. Miss Elizabeth Sharpley will head a special division for hotels (Special to The Citizen) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—The month just passed was the cold- est January on record for nine states, U. S. Weather Bureau of- ficials said today, on the basis of reports from practically all of the bureau's stations. and other places accommodating tourists. Several will assist here. Wm. Demeritt will head a pub- lie officials group. John Carbonell will head a group composed of entertain- ment or amusement places. One more group is_ being formed, composed for various en- terprises. Conferences will be held by each of the above groups when they will discuss ways by which to “Put Key West Ahead”. Wide- spread attention is being directed to possible avenues by which ad- ditional business can come to Key West. Various avenues are being suggested and considered, ranging from encouragement of South American trade to means of boosting tourist business. J. B. Kincer, of the Weather Bureau, in a summary of some ‘aspects of last month’s cold, list- ‘ed South Carolina, Georgia, Ala- bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, Missouri and Kansas as the states where aver- age January temperatures were the lowest ever recorded. In addition, the average tempera- ture for the following states ap- proximately equaled the previous low recorded: Maryland, Dela- ware, Virginia, West Virginia, (Continued on Page Four) ROSS SAWYER IS DIRECTOR AGAIN Key West as port director of the seventh naval district. His job has to do with movement of naval vessels and the handling of commercial vessels in war emergency. After he assumed command, Capt. Jacobs told The Citizen that he is pleased to be on duty in Key West, but asked to be ex- cused from making any comment at this time regarding the station and future naval activities here. Capt. Jacobs arrived here Friday from the naval staff college at Newport, R. I. Shortly before 10 a. m., the station marine detachment and the navabepersonnel of the yard were drawn up on the grounds alongside the administration building. The officers of the station and of the ships afloat here at present formed on the veranda. While the officers and men stood at attention, Commander Hoey stepped forward and read his new orders relieving of com- mand of the yard and returning him to full-time duty as port di- rector for the district. Capt. Jacobs thereupon read the orders not only naming him chief of staff and aide of the seventh district, but putting him in com- mand of Key West naval station. While the enlisted personnel |were marching away, ‘Com- mander Hoey formally intro- duced Capt. Jacobs to Capt. Ar- thur S. Carpender, commodore of the destroyer squadron and com- |manding officers of the naval |forces afloat in the area; the other officers of the ships in Key West harbor, and to the officers |stationed in the yard. That ceremony concluded, Capt. Jacobs went at once to the commandant’s office on the sec- ond floor of the administration building and “began getting ac- quainted with his job” in ~con- ference with Commander Hoey. RITES TODAY FOR MRS. C. KNOWLES Funere! services for Mrs. Ca line Knowles, 94, long a resider of Key West who died at heft home, 1218 Newton street, Satur- day evening, were to be held lat today from the Congregational church with the Rev. William Halladay, officiating. The body SILL LL BB @. MEMBER OF BOARD OF STATE) ¥@5 placed in the church by PENNSYLVANIANS ENJOYED STAY Mr. anti’ Mts. Dean Ashton and Miss Norma Wilson, of Wellsboro, Penna., spent two weeks in Key West, fishing with Capt. “Bra” Saunders on the cruiser “Patrick” for SPMLLA DOA ODMH there for the correction of Let's all go to church regularly. |" OOM MIMD MIA CLERKS’ ASSOCIATION FOR THIRD TIME | | | A letter from E. R: Bennett, 0: }the State Association of Circuit | |Court Clerks, was received by ‘Clerk Ross C;. Sawyer, of the |Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in- \forming him that he has been selected as one of the directors of the association for the third |consecutive time. The letter informs him that an important meeting is to be called within the next 90 days jand he will be asked to attend 'the session along with the presi- ident, vice-president and secre- praia of the association and other |directors to discuss matters af- fecting the association, Lopez Funeral Home at 2 p. m Survivors are four daughters, der; two sons, James M. and Al- fred Knowles, 26 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. MOTHER FALLS; BABY DROWNS month-old baby, Thelma Frances, into the bathtub. Hearing groans eudog fi the Cond ment, the superintendent building found ed in the bathtub and the suffering from a possible sion of the brain,