The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 21, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA; WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1940 | vou UME LXI. No. 200. British AS Real Nears Starting Hour Confident wa es NAVAL RESERVE ARE NOW OPEN APPLICATIONS CAN BE. MADE AT ARMORY IN SO.! ! JACKSONVILLE; EX-SERV- | ICE MEN RE-ENLISTING 'CAME TO POKT THIS BIIIZKTI6g (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Aug. 21.— | Enlistments are being made from! all over the state in the U. S.; Naval Reserve at the Reserve Armory in South Jacksonville. Subarine Tambor, of the At- lantic neutrality ~ fleet, dropped anchor in Key West harbor this {morning, escorted here by the de- Churchill’s Speech Wildly Cheered; Nazi Claimed Five Greater Than Britain’s (By Associated P LONDON, Aug. bombers continued =) 21. — Nazi their raids over England today, although the DNB news agency stated this morning that the flights are merely for reconnaissance pur- poses. Proof is building up, however, which that Great Hitler's real to start, per- next twenty- indicates Britain is in for aerial blitzkrieg, haps, within the four hours. The lull yesterday, when only a few planes were reported over three different sectors of Eng- land, is considered the period be- fore the real storm here. Great Britain, however, bristles with confidence that the nation can withstand the worst, that Hitler can throw at them through the air. Chief source of confidence was the fighting speech made by Prime Minister Winston Church- ill in the House of Commons yesterday. From all sides came marked approval of the speech. Only criticism offered to the speech and its contents was the 99-year lease terms mentioned by Churchill in connection with West Indies bases being turned over to the United States. Many newspapers here saw no reason for the lengthy period, suggesting that periods of from 15 to 20 years. would be ample. British revised their figures on enemy airplanes felled during the past week. Since Aug. 8th, they stated, the Germans have suf- fered five times the plane casual- ties that they have—the tétal planes down being reported at 158. Nazis claimed more destruc- tion to English property from to- day's raids. A motor factory at Darby was reported hit and in- dustrial regions in mid-England were the object of some «raids. Scattering their attack ever still wider areas, the Germans claimed a 12,000 ton freighter had been sunk by their airmen off the coast of southwest Ireland. Neanwhile, reports from Africa were about balanced in favor of both the British and Italians. (Continued on Page Four) C. Of C. Directors | Approve Resolution Chamber of Commerce board of directors met last night and considered several topics of im- portance to the city and county. Present were directors Russell, William Demeritt, Wil- liam Fripp, Bascom Grooms and Elizabeth Sharpley, with execu- tive County commissioner . William Monsalvaltge and WPA area su- pervisor W. J. Boutelle were also in attendance. A resolution prepared by chamber’s secretary calling on Congress to allocate funds for the purchase of an army airport on Boca Chica was approved by the directors and ordered trans- mitted to Senators Andrew’ and Pepper, Representative Cannon, Secretary of War Henry L. Stim- son and Col. P. L. Wall, com- mander of the 265th Regiment, CA, F.NG. the Losses | Times ' HE SERVICES CARS Everett | secretary S. C. Singleton. | istroyer U.S.S. Rodgers—both ves- It is interesting to note that a seis reported to te on a shake- number of ex-service men are re-! down cruise. lenlisting in the Naval Reserve in! Following a brief stay, the aa SSS HE 5 BLIND, A BUT, Rodgers and tne Tambor depart- lorder to place their services at ! jthe disposal of their country in jed shortly after noon today for a caffidisation of the cruise. the National Defense program. The seventeen boys from the} — | Six destroyers out of Miami {state that enlisted in Class V-' ‘were on target practice off of iKey West today. to train as midshipmen, reported on board the U.'S. S_ Wyoming ‘ers U.S.S. Dupont and USS. Cole r¢ame into port this morning to Operates Own Station ‘and Arkansas on the 19th. These young men have been given an (Associated Presx Feature Service) | unusual opportunity of becoming { CORINTH, M Aug. 21.— ‘officers of the line in the U. S. Blind since birth, hustling, 50- | Naval Reserve, as well as re- year-old J. A. Odle operates his 'ceiving educational _ benefits fill pation where and equal to a year in college. Applicants wishing to qualify ; makes it orosper for this training will save con- He stands smilingiy beside his siderable time and inconvenience | pumps as you drive up. The by having their birth certificate, | sound of your motor tells him letters of recommendation, and | the make of car. He walks un- ‘college certificate with them | erringly to the gasoline tank. when they apply at the armory | His sensitive ears pressed close for a physical examination. i to the tanks, Odle listens to the, Educational qualification is a gurgle of the gasoline his minimum of two years at an ac- | pump measures out the number ‘credited college or university, ; t of gallons ordered. He never which mean a diploma for a two | runs the tank over. Raised let- years’ course, or a certificate of | own Z as ; Miss Thelma Strabel, author of |-Reap The Wild Wind”, the story lof wrecking days in old Key West, arrived in the city this afternoon shortly after 1:00) o'clock, coming here direct from Hollywood, Calif. Miss Strabel is spending the TODAY INjafternoon in consultation with ithe architects of her new home being constructed here—the new |“Southernmost Home in the i S.”, on South street. She mes her future residence for ters on the indicator tell him the ‘credits from a four year course! amount of the bill. {totaling one half of required: The Odle station features one- credits for a stop service. If you want a tire changed, the proprietor can do test. your oil, put in battery wa- ter or tinker with a balky SELL DESTROYERS motor. Odle has never let his blind- | ness prevent him from making a good living. His jobs have in-, CONFERENCES cluded such things as operating a grist mill, a cattle ranch, a garage JUSTICE DEPART- and tuning pianos and re pairing | MENT organs. He planned his filling station himself and directed its building Siny<diaieaiaidaia ineialia 18 months ago. Most tourists’ wasHINGTON, Aug. - who stop for service never know |Joint conferences between Fed-} he’s blind. jeral officials and representatives } COMDR. BYRNS peepee eh na BACK AT POST the Department of Justice build-! VISITED WASHINGTON AND ing here, the alleged purpose of | which may settle the issue as to} NORTH CAROLINA DUR- ING ABSENCE whether the United States will| {sell destroyers to England. 1 Attending the conferences are! |Secretary Knox of the navy, sec-! jretary Stimson of the army, un-} ider-secretary of state Sumner | | Welles and Admiral Starke, nav-| lal chief of operations, and army ; representatives. SLIGHT MISTAKE (Ry Asaeciated Presey DAYTON, O., Aug. 21—Tom j McNeill slept with his windows ut during two of the hottest The great white heron, majes- {tic bird of Florida that was al- |most wiped out in the 1910's by { hunters who sold its plumes to jtailliners, is well on its way to successful recovery, officials of ithe Fish and Wildlife Service re- Ported today to Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. Ac- cording to a recent estimate there are about 1,000 of these birds on ithe Great White Heron and Key West National Wildlife Refuges on the Florida Keys. Others may ibe found on other keys in the !Gulf of Mexico. Established in 1938 as a sanc- ttuary for these comparatively frare birds, the Great White | Heron Refuge consists of a num- ber of keys and islands lying jalong the Gulf of Mexico side of |the main Florida Keys. The 2,- |000-acre refuge was established {primarily to preserve the great | White heron but, with its ad- jJacent sister sanctuary, the Key ! West National Wildlife Refuge, it also protects other forms of wild- life, including many species of herons, the man-o’-war-bird, east- ;ern brown pelican, snowy egret, | white-crowned Pigeon, “turkey vulture, southern bald eagle, Naughing gull, and terns. j ‘THe original decrease in the |great white heron population is ‘attributed not only to market | hunters but to commercial fisher- ably in April This petition was =. peahor gs ge to be presented to a Fall meet- i | caid that at one time the species of the group in Silver ‘was reduced to an estimated 100 Springs by secretary Singleton. pairs. The species almost became Communication from the Na- lextinct again in 1935 when a tional Park Service, division of hurricane reduced the population Department of the Interior, was to less than 150. read-in which that agency re- When it became apparent a ported that all possible means lfew years ago that the great white heron wes rapidly ap-' —— extinction, officials of Lieut. Comdr. Ray S._ Bryns, supply and accounting officer at} the Key West naval station, re- turned from a_ three s leave of absence, spent ‘ii Wasti-| ington . and various + péints * in North Carolina, Monday evening and resumed shis post yesterday. Commander Bryns stated that ; Dights of the summer. his wife and daughter, Constance,|__Both times he closed them left him at Jackonville on their |@fter hearing the city’s street trip back south. for a sojourn to | Cleaner. Los Angeles and an extended} He thought it was rain. Stay in west coast cities. Hope was expressed that Gar- rison Bight project would soon} Honolulu’ { be placed on the approved list for resumption of activity, as a result of a report on the situation given by Mr. Boutelle.’ Sponsor- ship provisions appeared to be in ‘first order. A committee was appointed to petition the Florida Commercial Secretary’s Association to hold its 1941 meeting in Key West, prob- were being taken to have the Sutton Lines operate their boat from Key West to Fort Jefferson this coming season. "TDIOIIDID 8 The destroy-_ ee Wildlife Service se-' trees. Usually the the keys and islands of the ‘tain 3 or 4 eggs. In Harbor Toay-. MORNING FOR BRIEF STAY; ESCORTED BY U.S.S. RODGERS refuel. The destroyers Hunt, Satterlee, Branch and Mason are scheduled to make this port for refueling tomorrow morning. Gunnery practice is being held today and tomorrow, it was an- nounced by Captain H. S. Car- Pender, commander of the local neutrality fleet, with the tender: Gannett, out of this station, tow- ing targets. ‘ Commander D. L. Ryan, on board the U.S.S. Branch, is in charge of the maneuvers, as com- mander of the 68th Division, de- stroyer unit. Thelma Strabel Here Today; Inspects Home AUTHOR OF ‘REAP TE THE W WILD WIND’ SEES, NEW SOUTHERNMOST HOME FIRST TIME | the first time, shortly after her arrival, having been absent from! here all during the construction period. Expecting to stay through to-! morrow, Miss Strabel told The} Citizen that she would be pleased ' to issue a statement tomerrow coneerning progress being made on the super-movie shortly to go into production on her latest story. Previously it had been an- nounced that camera crews would arrive in Key West to take shots some time next month. Great White Herons Increase On Wildlife. Refuges In Florida H present refuge as a sanctuary for ; on! these birds because it was these mangrove-studded islands that the herons nested. Most of the keys are low-lying and their bases are covered with water at high tide, while a few are higher and dryer and ‘Have coarse sandy beaches. Exactly how many islands are within the refuge boundary is not known. Many of the keys have not been surveyed and some are not even shown on maps. The refuge manager, however, estimates that there are some 1,000 keys in the area. The great white heron is a con- spicuous bird in its native haunts, its huge white body standing out against the green background of the mangroves in which it lives. Wading in a shaliow bay, as it does in search of food, the bird is visible for long distances. An adult is about 54 inches long and has a wing-spread of 83! inches. The plumage is pure white, while its bill is yellow, fe. | cept for a dab of green at the tip. | The legs, also, are yellow with a suggestion of green in front. According to the late’ Arthur! “HL Howell, well-known Fish and’ Wildlife Service naturalist- who was an authority en the birds of. Florida, it was at one time not; unusual to see 40 or 50 of these giant birds in the shallow waters) of the Bay of Florida, “standing | belly deep in the water, motion- less as statues, awaiting the ap- proach of their prey.” Though the nesting season; covers practically the entire year, most of the eggs are laid ‘during December and January. Nests are shallow, flat platforms ' of sticks, about 3 feet in diameter,’ HE AND ATTORNEY | RETURN FROM TALLA- | HASSEE; ADMINISTRATION BOARD DID County clerk Ross C. Sawyer and county attorney W. Curry Harris returned last night from Tallahassee, with the main pur- pose of their trip incompleted. - Mr. Sawyer stated this morning that owing to failure of the State Board of Administration to hold a scheduled meeting on Monday, the Monroe County Board's res- olution concerning relief from a jjudgment handed down by the circuit court against the county last week, could not be heard. Mr. Harris is: scheduled to re-! turn to Tallahassee some time next week to be on-hand when ithe resolution is considered by ; ithe Board it was announced this morning. i More Murphy Sales j Clerk Sawyer stated that he had received authority to con- tinue Murphy Land sales in this county immediately. Talks with j the I. L. Board secretary, F. C. El- TO START FRIDAY SS oa The Citizen late today that | j intriguing figures “859 = Assembles Tomorrow County Officiaks And Le cal Chamber (omiene Te Arrange E erin ment Fer (fficzak Preperaiioes ace = peecticalliy Competie roGey cor ome mecesc (Associated Press Feature Ser. ter: BENSON, Ariz. Aug 21! Wiley Langston. digging garden, unearthed a large bar of metal, wrapped ing burlap and stamped w anc etverigsnmes = meme the Stase Raec lepe-me wil Degas to aemee = che heavy in dec —s = ee CUnCSS— this evening for the <omthiy It might be—yes, he was meeting af the sepeme= = ge | it was, gold. Heart-warming mental ‘metic placed its value at approx: | mately $30,000. jliott, in Tallahassee Monday had i brought settlement of all differ- ences on past deeds and sales. Accordingly the Board an-} ;Mounces, through clerk Sawyer, | la continuation of the sales. ' Many applications are on file ;in the clerk's office at. present. {Proper ‘entry of bids, accom- panied by bid amounts, will go forward with this announcement, !{Mr. Sawyer stated, in prepara- tion for publication of notice to {be made September 6. The next ‘sale will be held within 21 to 30 days following that date } Minor changes in instructions jfor the sales were received by !Mr. Sawyer this morning. Same ‘process, generally, however, is to {Ps followed as heretofore. j TUBERCULOSIS | FILM TONIGHT 'PARRAMORE RECEIVES MO- { VIE ON DISEASE FROM STATE ASSOCIATION Dr. J. B. seaieinen Monroe county. health Stated to- day that pea Naess a movie | film on tuberculosis from the Florida ‘State “Tiiberculosis Asso- ciatioin, Mrs. May Pynchon, secre- tary, at Jacksonville, and that it! would be shown between regular features at the Palace theatre to- night. The film is entitled, “Clouds In The Sky”, and is described as na educational treatise, in movie | form, on tuberculosis, its causes land treatment. { It is planned to show the film! again tomorrow night, at the Monroe theatre, before sending j it forward to other cities. i Dr. Parramore stated that the film was produced as a part of a ; State-wide campaign to reduce |fatalities from this disease. pate (By Associated Preas) ALBANY, Aug. 21.—Governor, J. H. Lehmann, of New York. to-| day issued a statement in which / he plead for national conscrip-| | tion in the present emergency. Stating that conscription was ;an urgent need, Governor Leh- | mann expressed the view that if | \“England loses the war, the United States will be attacked | next”. He called for labor to ‘ture of a perspiring reporter try lof the Navy department Just to make sure he took his find to an assayer's office in Tue- son. There he learned. amid crashing hopes, that the ber was almost solid copper. Old timers promptly recalled i that some 45 years ago a sly lit- tle man came to town and mys- | teriously approached two basi- ness partners with a scheme of easy riches. It seemed he had some molds of gold bullion which he would sell at a sacrifice vecause it had been stolen. All the men had to do was buy a bar and re-sell it at the current price of $19 ounce, which would net more than $15,000. He ionly a couple of thousand The partners bit, the stranger disappeared, and they learned ; that their purchase was mostly copper. By common consent they buried their mistake and never an therm asked ;mentioned it again. Reperier Gin ‘Rehr Geting boa BUT TRY TO LEARN WHERE OR HOW BiG: B WASHINGTON, Aug 21 JACK STISSETT. 4F Peeters Seewkee Better —Pic- Commer we cul question wer You ing to get a little information out these Department Reporter—Hello, Commander ‘one of my papers down at Tal lahassee hears a report thet you are building a cruiser named the “Tallahassee. Can you tell me about it? Commander- \— lieve I can. Rep.—Well, you can tell me @f there is to be a cruiser named the Tallahassee, can’t you” some 9 ow aght days (The War is cruie just as tough) I dont be Commdr.— We can not give information like that. Not By Size Alone Rep.— Weil, what kind of cus ets are there? (Commdr.—_Why we have heavy cruisers and light cruisers rang- ing from 10,000 to 7,000 tons. Rep—Would you say that the Tallahassee is 2 heavy cruiser or and are usually placed 10 to 20'make peace in its ranks in order | light cruiser? ,feet above clutches con- could be presented to the needs ‘of national defense. Rep—Well. is i closer 000 tons tons”