The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 11, 1940, Page 1

Associate 1 Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 269. Che Key West Citizeis foe umes 2 oe THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. . KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1940 Eumope’s. War Increases. On Armistice Day *. Britain Extends Opera- "POI IIOIS SSS: ARCHIE SAYS HE’S tions Further Into Reich; London Suffers Heavy Bombing (By Associated Press) LONDON. Nov. 11.—Armistice Day definitely was not observed in England, nor in other Euro- pean nations, today. There was No respite from the modern war- fare methods of destruction for the time life and property, and as 11:00 o’clock anniversary passed. bombs were falling and guns were roafing. Nazi planes streamed over this city and other parts of England this morning, the second raid coming shortly before the time that marked the end of the first World war, twenty-two years ago. Last night’s bombings, bringing in their wake a severely crippled city and surrounding countryside, were said to have been conducted by Nazi planes, appearing one a minute, through the barrages and protecting plane maneuvers. British office this morning -re- ported that ten Nazi planes were shot down last night by defend- ing fighter planes and eight Italian bombers were included in the lost-plane list of the enemy. Royal Air Force was reported to have counteracted this in- creased air action against Eng- land, by forging further into the Reich than ever before last night. As if in effort to “short circuit” Hitler’s “blitz-diplomacy” R. A. F. planes bombed Danzig last night, and scattered destruction in ever-widening areas of Ger- many. It through Danzig that Soviet foreign minister Molotoff will pass, presumably late today, on his way to Berlin and im- portant conferences with Hitler. The British thought to impress him with the power of the Eng- lish air force, possibly to cause him, and the Sovie' cause to pause before entering into any “far-reaching agreement pact with the Nazis”. is ITALIAN FORCES IN BAD SHAPE ATHENS, Nov. 11—News re- leased here this morning told of more discomfort for the Italian “Many thanks for your kind telegram and splendid help. Regards”. That was the mesage sent last week to Hon. A. G. Rob- i ij | | | | RCSA. WILL, GET REPORT OF VISIT’ | August Burghard, secretary of | the Florida Commercial. Secre- taries’ Association, and searetery | {of the Ft. Lauderdale Chamber jof Commerce, paid Key West a! visit yesterday afternoon to look | the ground over in preparation | jfor the associations’ annual cén-/ held here next | 1 | Secretary Here {vention to be lay. W. T. Miller, of the Ft. Myers’ C. of C., and president of the as-; jSociation, was to have come to} Key West also, but his wife’s jillness prevented the trip. | Mr. Burghard, with his wife! 'and friends, Mr. and Mrs. Miller, | NOT THE ROBERTS (of Ft. Lauderdale, were taken on| a tour of the island by -local secretary S. C. Singleton. then the party adjourned to the La Concha hotel for dinner. erts in Key West, from Sena- tor Claude Pepper. Western Union delivered the wire to Archie Roberts, city clerk. But clerk Roberts says the “thanks” don’t belong to him. He’s wondering just who should have received the message, and asked The Citizen to find out for him via a news release. Who indly telegramed” Senator Pepper—and who is wondering why there was no reply? BLISS Ss CHAS. A. ROBERTS Charles A. Roberts, 81, of 1300 Von Phister street, died yester- day morning in an ‘up-state hos- Pital, according to wérd received last evening. . { Funeral services.will be held tomorrow afternoon here, in the chapel of Pritchard Funeral Home, at 4:00 o'clock. Rev. A. C. Riviere, of the Methodist church, will officiate. i Survivors are the wife, Mrs. Ada E. Roberts, a daughter, Mrs. Margaret R. Brown, a sister, Miss Sally Roberts, a brother, Frank O. Roberts, and two grand- children. | "STITT E TED CELEBRATES HIS 85TH BIRTHDAY William Schultz, 309 White- head street, is 85 years old today. Mr. Schultz recalls 37 years of active service with the Lighthouse Department and service during the World War—on this, his birth anni- versary. Retiring from the Light- house service twenty years ago, Mr. Schultz has spent his “days of leisure” at the residence on Whitehead | i | ‘CLASS HATRED’ DI SAPPEARS AT | berlain found his own peace Mayor Albury, who sent a |Message of greeting to jsociation, and Mrs. Albury; + Everett Russell, president of the !Chamber here ,and Mrs. Russell; Mrs. Hugh Williams, Frank H. ; Ladd and W. T. Fripp, members of the local convention commit-! tee, and Mrs. Fripp, Mrs. Eva Warner, Miss Elizabeth Sharpley and Mr. and Mrs. Singleton. Leaving shortly after dinner for Pigeon Key, the visitors stated they would report enthusiastically on the story of Key West's charms and hospitality, and announced immediate plans for entertaining the “active dispersers of infor- | mation” from nearly every city in the state of over 5,000 popula- tion at the May convention would be started. _ ROLL CALL OPENS THE KEY WEST ANNUAL RED CROSS ROLL CALL for membership opened today. as it did in all cities of the United States. Neville Chamberlain Died Late Saturday The{ | following Key Westers welcomed | ; the guests of the evening: the as-| SEN. PITTMAN DIED SUNDAY IN FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE, HELD THURSDAY IN THAT. CITY; SENATE FOREIGN AF- FAIRS CHAIRMAN i \ 1 (By Asxociated Press) | RENO," Nev., Nov. 11.—Sena-' cpImMINAL COURT SESSION receiv tor Key Pittman, 68, chairman of the United States Senate commit- : tee on Foreign Affairs, died here ' yesterday, of heart disease. } Re-elected for his sixth term in the Senate last Tuesday, Senator Pittman’s loss will be keenly felt SENATOR PITTMAN WAS VISITOR HERE i | Key Westers recalled today. on the occasion of Senator Key Pittman’s death, that he had spent a short vacation | in this city last winter. | Senator Pittman rested, for | @ brief period at the Casa Ma- | tina Hotel. by his colleagues in the upper house of Congress, owing to his {vast knowledge of diplomatic policy and length of service. His illness, now announced as covering a long period preceding the election, was not discovered until Saturday night when he failed to attend a political rally here. He campaigned for re- election under extreme difficulty, his family announced today, and apparently hastened death by keeping in active touch with his campaign. Nevada will honor senator next Thursday, state-wide holiday will clared bv state officials. Pittman’s body will lie in state jin the state building, and funeral ‘services will be held that after- noon, starting at 3:00 o'clock. its senior when a be de- City laws now require all resi- dents living on streets on which sewer laterals have been installed to connect up their house lines with the system. Ninety days from date of pub: lication—September 23, 1940—is ithe time limit. FORTY-NINE DAYS HAVE ELAPSED! (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 11.—Former Prime Minister Neville Chamber- lain died Saturday in his country home in Odilham, England. The’ |announcement was made to the world Sunday morning. Dedicating his life to peace, but resolutely making war when there was no other way, Cham- in death amid the bombs he tried to {keep from falling. He was 71 jyears old. CHICAGO. It was understood that Cham- Abolition Of ‘Teacher’s Pet’ Improves Relationship eee —YOU DON’T TAKE APPLES TO TEACHER By JOSEPH A. RAWLINGS. AP Feature Service Writer CHICAGO, Nov. 11.—Abolition of “teacher's pet” under the Chi- cago college plan has improved the relationship between teach- ers and students, according to Prof. Aaron J. Brumbaugh of the University of - Chicago. Prof. Brumbaugh is dean of the col- lege. Under the Chicago college plan, ten years in operation, the stu- dent is free to attend class or absent himself at will. His ex- aminations are prepared and scored by examiners not involved in teaching the courses. Hence fhere’s no point in trying to be- come a “teacher’s pet”. In fact, the student can “turn the tables” by freely criticizing the course of instruction without fear that some professor will “get even” by dealing out low grades. “Tt is evident”, Dean Brum- |baugh said, “that the relationship between instructor and student is completely changed. “No longer confronted with any occasion, let alone any ne- necessity, to court or fear an in- structor, the student is in a posi- tion to criticize freely the objec- tives, content, organization and methods of instruction”. Dean. Brumbaugh said he viewed the plan as an “outstand- ing development toward forging mental preparedness for Amer- ica’s battle of brains with other nations”. “The basic purpose of educa- tion, as we have conceived it at the University of Chicago”, he as- |serted, “is the build moral stam-: ina and intelligence through broad, general education, that we may wisely control the use of our physical resources”. berlain’s body would be taken to |London within the next day or }two and there is talk in this city |of burial in Westminster Abbey, |in whose crypts lie the remains of many of Britain's great. It fell to the lot of Neville | Chamberlain, who once described j himself as “a man of peace from |the depths of my soul,” to lead the British empire to war against Germany in 1939. | Before this he had been the ;apostle. of “appeasement” and }non-intervention in an alarmed Europe, still trying to adjust it- self from the effects of the World war. Once, when war. seemed. im- minent over the acute crisis be- tween Germany and Czecho- slovakia, he staved it off at the eleventh hour with the historic STRAND THEATER Ann Sheridan—George Raft Humphrey Bogart—Ida Lupino EES THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT Comedy and News Reel Matinee. 3:30 p. m. __ 20c and 30c Night. 6:30 “pact at Munich” Hitler. For this he was hailed in Lon- don and throughout most of the world as a hero. But his day of glory was short-lived Criticism was quickly mixed with applause; war-like problems were repeatedly presented by Germany, culminating with the invasion of Poland. Disillusioned, at last, the aged prime minister—he was 70 then— resolutely prepared for even- tualities. For the first time in ‘Britain’s history she guaranteed {the frontiers of eastern Europe; jfor the first time since the days jof Oliver Cromwell she con- Scripted men in times of nominal with Adolf ace. And so, after Hitler’s legions had swarmed over Poland, de- spite Chamberlain’s warning of the consequences. he broadcast to the empire, in a firm but sorrow- ful voice, Britain's declaration of war. Once in the war, he devoted himself as whole-heartedly for victory with arms as he had jYears before striven for peace. | But Britain was not prepared; there were staggering problems to be met’ against the fully pre- ‘pared Germans. Crises arose in the government; the prime min- (Continued on Page Four) CASE WAS DISMISSED HELD THIS MORNING; PRO- SECUTOR RETURNED NO INFORMATION BILL County prosecutor Allan B. \Cleare, ‘Jr., filed a no-information ‘© bill in the Kari Tanzler von Cosel iease this morning, vefore Judge Wm. V. Albury, at the opening of November term of Criminal Court. Accordingly, with no charges pressed against him, Von Cosel was ordered freed from his $1,000 bond, and Judge Albury instruct- ed that the remains of Von Cosel’s sweetheart, Elena Hoyos Mesa, be turned over io her sister, Mrs. Florendina Hoyos Medina, for disposition. : Recessed session of the Sep- tember Criminal Court was held last Saturday and the Alton Hin- ton case, on docket for trial, was nol prossed. Regular November term of the court will convene next Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock, when a jury will be drawn for the cases to be heard starting next Mon- day. JURY MEETS ON DEMERITT DEATH i CORONER CALLS SESSION 90 Days!) ™7™ecmer™r™ — 'CARDNERS LOSE Coroner's Jury will meet to- morrow afternoon at 4:00 o'clock to investigate the death of Gil- ibert “Gibby” Demeritt, 30, who died yesterday afternoon from «the effects of a fall suffered when Robert Sawyer struck him in a! ‘brawl last Thursday night. | | The jury, summoned by acting . ‘coroner, Peace Justice Franklin ‘Arenberg, met yesterday to wit- jness examination of the body by ‘Dr. Julio DePoo, and was compos- ed of Paul Boysen, Scott Sawyer, ,George Key, Henry Betancourt, Hastings C. Smith and Robert Lyon. Sawyer is at liberty at present junder $100 bond, charged with ; assault and battery. Services Today Funeral services for Mr. De- :meritt are being held this after- noon at 4:00 o’clock from First Baptist Church, Rev. Ted Jones officiating. Lopez Funeral Home :is in charge of arrangements. Survivors are the mother, Mrs. Mary Sue Demeritt; five brothers, George, Fred, Charles, Will and John, and five sisters, Mrs. Ray- mond Johnson, Mrs. Mary Mar- shall, Mrs. Lillian Ackerman, Mrs. Miriam Kelly and Mrs. Effie Fernandez. Minority Party To Play Vital, Restraining Part cove TURNS IN RECOMMENDA.) TIONS ON OTHER MATTERS H | | i i i Circuit Judge Arthur Gomez ed the report of the Mon- roe County Grand Jury last Sat- urday afternoon. and then stated she would not dismiss the body tat this time, choosing to hold it! intact, subject to call of Foreman ‘A. H. McInnis. No other work ‘was scheduled at this time, he Id the jury. ‘ Organized primarily to investi- | 1] AM. Today Huge Parade Starts At 428 OUlsck This Aft gate the murder of Leon Massi, ; the Grand Jury is believed have returned a_ sealed ment on Friday of last week, following testimony presented by State Attorney George Worley and his assistant, J. Lancelot Les- | to Other matters reported on by! the jury included: | Inability to determine identity | of the body of the man found floating in the Roosevelt swim- ming pool on January 8th, nor the cause of -the death. ! Decision that Armando Rivero, killed when knocked from his , bicycle by the driver of a WPA truck November 8th, 1939, died through his own negligence. Belief that the statute of limi- tations barred any prosecution of Karl Tanzler Von Cosel in the} case which charged him with re- moving the body of Mrs. Elena | Hoyos Mesa from her crypt with- out permission. Recommendation that fire es- capes at Harris and Division! Street Schools needed renovation, | and that lateral roads at Rock Harbor, for the benefit of school children, were necessary. { ACCIDENT CASE CIRCUIT COURT JURY SATURDAY | | Robert Curry, local einai was awarded $1,340 in his $20,000 ; suit against John Gardner and! Mrs. Gardner, by a circuit court | jury late Saturday afternoon. Following the reading of the verdict, defense attorney W.j Curry Harris notified Judge: Gomez that he would present a motion for a new trial. The suit was filed following an accident Curry suffered when the bicycle on which he was riding} collided with the Gardners’ auto, | driven by Mrs. Gardner. | GANG-BUSTERS (My Associated Press) SPARTANBURG, S. C.—Police call of the week: “Calling Car No. 2. Calling Car No. 2. A pack of dogs on —— street is keeping the neighborhood awake. Find them and get the ringleader. That is all”. | i By DAVID LAWRENCE (Special to The Citizen) WASHINGTON, Nov. ll. —: | Amidst the cry for national unity supporters to ponder and study | and good sportsmanship, men. as there is for the groups who, Whistling down the who held tenaciously to a cause previously will hardly permit) themselves to abandon convic- tions merely because they were, outvoted. To be in the minority; in.a free nation is to play a vital! Part in restraining the extremes of the majority and hence there lis as much in the election returns WHAT MAKES AMERICANS LAUGH? | Some of our most famous i i} funny men think veople laugh hardest at “human” things, things that could havven (or that People would like to see happen) every day. Funniest of all. they think. is some subtle refinement of the little guy kick- ing the big guy in the pants. - for President Roosevelt and his backed Wendell Willkie. Why, for instance, did Kansas &0.so overwhelmingly for Willkie and Maine, though Republican, reveal.such a sharp drop from her September and hitherto nor- mal majority? Why was the vote in New Jersey reélatively close and Pennsylvania heavily Democratic? No single answer can be made to such questions. It will be averred that the huge vote of the workers employed in defense in- dustries going full blast affected some states. It will be argued that large foreign-born groups | Swung this state or that, whereas i indict- | i By FRANK SCHNEIDER We pause in loving memory As we gather to cciebrate day the call, “Cease was sounded hoped peace stay ernecon; Ceremens Al When Fux We had o Keep in mind those veterans wh are missing we celebrate. today; Always keep that burning For those sleeping be eign clay. Reserve a spot for and orphan: The blind, the crippled sane; Strive to keep clear of ments That marching heard again As make merry little spark their wid feet Remembering those that the Battlefield. May the Almighty rules all space Watch tenderly ver torn bodies Guide ,their souls to that safe place, Spirit that their war Where there are no men-o men, Where no soldiers arms, here no c shots are fire Where no buglers sound wars- stack their Ww By J. (Rerrinted by Request) In Flander's Field, Where popvies blow. Stand ‘whitened crosses Row on row. Beneath each cross In a soldier's grave Lie gallant boys Who died to save A world_gone mad With war's red hate Let us remember Their gory fate Let us not say hey died in And send more To dic in pain boys in While mothers’ hearts Are chilled with fears And mothers’ eyes Grow dim with t Oh, God in Heaven, Keep us in peace, And bid this senseless Slaughter cease. rs EUROPE’S WAR Britain Buy: Less Tobacco—More Cotton, Wood Pes By JACK STENNETT, 4F Peecere Servier Steer WASHINGTON. Nov t uw think the war in Europe ‘t rattling the barn door and its lo of the American farmer and tossing claw-hammers into the cogs American manufacturers, guess again. While you are guessing Give a few guesses far the boys over at the departments of com- merce and agriculture as to just what it all is going to sift down to. This isn't any gloomy picture. but it certainly is confusing. 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