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

Associate 1 Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 270. Che Key West Citizrn Key West. Florida, bas the mest equable climate = the range of only 14° Fabrenbet THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. British Air Warfare Increased Talks With Molototf [EXPLOSIONS ROCK Results Of Diplomatic Conference To Be An- nounced Shortly; Greek Successes Told (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 12,—Hitler’s “Blitz-diplomacy” is due for an- nouncement to the world-at-large within the next twenty-four hours,” according to dispatches from Berlin today. following the long conferences held last night and this morning between Ger- man high officials and foreign minister Molotoff of the Soviet. The DNB, rer, German agency, stated onJy that the Feuh- members of the high command, held “lengthy confer- last night, refusing make any comment on the nature of the talks. The proceeding in front of a backdrop of greatly increased British air warfare, conducted over widely scattered areas of Germany and Germon-controlled lands. All last night, Royal Air Force bombers and fighters left home b: s for various destinations in enemy territory, far-off and nearby, and reports of increased destruction brought to Nazi prop- erty, military and civilian, were turned into headquarters by re- turning pilots. learned here that the s have virtually abandon- seacoast, invasion-point city of Hamburg, leaving shells of former factories behind. Indus- trial activity, formerly carried on at Hamburg in mammoth propor- tions, have been moved far in- land, even as far as Poland. R.A-F. planes also conducted far-reaching raids over Italy last night, combining with Mediter- ranean forces now said to be op- erating from Greek bases, flying down the coas to concentrate heavy attacks on a number of airfields for the first time in the war ta date News from Athens today (Continued on Page Four) news and ences to diplomatic gestures were re- As Hitler THREE FACTORIES IN NATION TODAY G-MEN INVESTIGATING CIR- COLEE REPRESENTS Headline Defense Problems STATE AT MEETING | (Special to The Citizen) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 12.! —Harold Colee, secretary-treas- | urer of the Florida Survey Com-! mittee for National Defense and; executive vice-president of the; Florida State Chamber of Com-| j merce, will attend the Southeast- jern defense conference here to- morrow, it was announced today. | Announcement was made by Clem Johnston of Roanoke, Va.,: ja vice-president of the southeast- ern division, Chamber of Com- imerce of the United States, spon- sors of the one-day sectional | gathering here. | sfense Problems and Poli-} cies” has been selected as the theme of the conference, which KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, ie 12, 1940 [FOUR KEY WEST PATROL VESSELS RETURN TO DUTY CAME INTO PORT EARLY: YESTERDAY MORNING:| THREE LEFT ON PATROL DUTY IN LOCAL AREA Commander Wilder G. Baker,! |U.S.N., commander of the Key ; | West-West Gulf Patrol, stated | ‘this morning that four vessels of his patrol arrived early yester- day morning, three of them de- parting immediately for patrol duty in the local area. The destroyers arriving, com- ing in from Guantanamo, were the U.S.S. MAC LEISH, flagship, U.S.S. |McCORMICK, USS. CUMSTANCES: COMPANIES ''S to be held in the Thomas Jef-|SIMPSON and U.S.S. BROOME. HAD DEFENSE MANY KILLED (By Associated Press) JERSEY CITY, Nov terrific explosion occurred the United Railway Signal Cor- poration plant at Woodbridge, N. J., early today, according to an- nouncement made _ here this morning, Federal G-Men were busily engaged in investi- gating circumstances surround- ing the holocaust, which, at press had resulted in at least five deaths and twenty severely wounded. The Signal Corporation was engaged in fi g government or- ders for an unannounced product, and Federal officials believed that the explosion was the re- sult of espionage work on the part of foreign agents. Two other explosions were be- ing investigated by men from the F.B.I. at Washington. An explosion in a factory at Edinburgh, near New Castle, Penna., early today, resulted in three deaths. Government or- ders were being filled here. The other explosion occurred in the Trojan Powder Company plant at Allentown, Penna. Two men were killed and a number of wounded were reported. 12—A in and time, known over CRAB LIVES FOR FIVE DAYS OUT OF WATER, (By Associated Press) MORGANTOWN, W. Va., Nov. 12——“King crab”, commonly known as a horseshoe crab, rules the collection of marine animals at West Virginia university. Prof. A. M. Reese was given the crab by a friend. Caught in! Florida waters, it was not placed in water for five days, but didn’t | take long to get back the swing of life. into ‘HAMS RIDE RADIO. SHORT WAVES eda With F.B.1. In eee sss Search For Spies, Traitors HUNTING DOWN OUTLAW STATIONS (Ans WEST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 12.—Every hour of the day and night sharp ears are listen- ing in on the shortwave radio bands, searching for the voices of spies and traitors. The ears belong to members of the American Radio Relay League, which has headquarters here. The league has 25,000 ac- tive members among the na- tion’s amateur radio operators. Once a “ham” overhears an il- legal station communicating with foreign agents it can be easily located with directional equip- ment. League officials cautiously con- cede they have an “understand- ing” with the Federal Bureau of Investigation pnder which mem- bers report suspicious stations, but the extent of such counter- espionage remains a secret. Work With FCC ague’s chief activity is ep ae ce ese with the Federal Communications Com- mission, which works with the FBI. Many FCC field observers are former A.R-.R.L members. ciated Press Feature Service) league is chiefly by “official ob- ” some 200 hig with equipment wnose “self policing” is on a volunteer basis. They watch for violations of the amateurs‘ code of conduct which the League recently sum- marized thus: 1. Do not talk about the war over the air, or discuss any hap- penings that might have a mili- tary significance. 2. Do not use any cipher. 3. Do not permit anyone ex- cept members of your immediate | server: enced “hams” elaborate code family or other licensed amateurs } to use the microphone. (Continued on Page Four) STRAND THEATER Ann Sheridan—George Raft Humphrey Bogart—Ida Lupino =a THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT Comedy and News Reel Matinee, 3:30 p. m. __ 20c and 30¢ Night, 6:30 p. m. ___ 30c and 40c ORDERS: | ly experi- | | ¥ caper lever tested it (either by seeking} or} :ferson hotel. Addresses along this theme will be made by a jnember of noted Southern and} jnational figures. ! James S. Kemper, president of jthe national chamber, will deliver ithe principal address at the eve- ning banquet session, according to Mr. Johnston and L. P. Dickie, manager of the southeastern di-' vision, who is assisting Mr.} Johnston Mr. Johnston said a_ similar! conference is slated to be held in Florid: ‘obably shortly after the Florida—Center of the Americas” business conference to be held in Jacksonville, Fla., December 2-3, 1940. \under command INQUEST TODAY Peace Justice Franklin Aren- berg called the hearing on the drunken driving and auto-steal-! ing charge placed against How- ard E. Dimmick, second-class quartermaster of the naval forces | here, to order this afternoon at 2:00 o'clock in the county court- rooms. At press time, the hearing was still in session and no disposition of the case could be learned. Dimmick ran amuck in an ap- propriated car last Friday night, running into two cars and ending jup against the store window of | Lewinsky’s Men’s Shop on Duval | street, causing an approximate $500 damage. The coroner’s inquest into the ‘death of Gilbert “Gibby” Demer- itt, who died Sunday from the affects of a brawl in which Rob- ert Sawyer was held on assault and battery charges, is scheduled to open in the same courtroom, following the Dimmick hearing. Sawyer was turned over to county authorities yesterday. Leaving Key West on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 29 and 30, under sealed orders, ships, with the U.S.S. TRUXTON | and U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE, ex- pected to be gone two months, with full provisions and amuni- tion on board. Changed orders, believed to be in the nature of a clearing of tension in the Carib- bean area, stopped the local ves- jsels at Guantanamo. A new destroyer for the local patrol, the USS. WAINWRIGHT, in command of Lt. Comdr. T. L. Lewis, U.S.N., arrived here Sun- day, departing Monday for a one- day’s local cruise. Six planes of the local patrol, of Lt. Comdr. T. J. Storrs, U.S.N., have not re-, turned to their base here. TEN KEY WEST GIRLS AT FSCW these = Impressive Rites Marked Armistice. Program At Park ‘Wm. HARRIS CHILDREN Parade Best One in Years HAD BEST FLOAT hool children “stole in the Armistice Day parade yesterday afternoon, start- ing promptly at 4:20 o'clock from Caroline and Duval strets. Described as one of the best parades ever held in Key West, stretching out for six blocks, the Red Cross theme was carried out on most of the floats which fol- lowed the various military units, a cfedit to the Junior Red Cross workers who were active in urg- ing entry of the floats. Harris School entry carried out the theme of America as a melt- ing pot of nationalities, with the following children on the large, well-decorated truck: Faye Bervaldi, Miss Thomas Swicegood, Uncle George Bean, Englishman; Libert: Sa Bar- ‘bara Delgado, Maid of Brittany; BOASTS COSMOPOLITAN STUDENT BODY; ALL COUN- TIES REPRESENTED (Special to che Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 12. — Florida State College for Women boasts a cosmopolitan student body with students here from Cuba, the Canal Zone, District of Columbia, Haiti and Puerto Rico in addition to 18 other states. All 67 counties of Florida are represented this year in the new fall enrollment record of 1,968 students which is the largest fall registration in history States represented are: Ala- bama, Arkansas California, Connecticut, Georgia. Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mis- sissippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, (Continued on Page Four) “Davis, Sally Rhodes, Russian Girl; Felix French Boy; Joy Ball, Swiss Girl; Robert Archer, Swiss Boy; Lorraine Acosta, Japanese Maiden; Billy Woods, Japanese Boy; Clo Ann Watkins, Chinese Maiden; Manuel Munzon, Chin- ese Boy; Beverly Curry, Scotch Lassie; Elsie Curry, South Sea Girl; Nancy Norman, Dutch Girl; Maxwell Davies, Dutch Boy. Mary Elizabeth Johnson, South American Girl; Lorraine Nottage, ed. Maid of Morocco; Conchita Va- rela, Hawaiian Girl; Gloria Brown, Egyptian Girl; Shirley Papy, Swedish Girl; Griselda Cal- leja, Spanish Senorita; Bobby Sykes, Turk; Buddy Rodriguez, Roman; Jimmy Register, Indian; Clayton Papy, Mexican, and May- nard Daniels, Boy of Cuba. Order of appearance in parade was as follows: Motorcycle escort, official car, Key West Guard Band, US. (Continued on Page Four) the ‘JAYCEES TO PICK ORANGE BOWL QUEEN LANDO FOR SELECTION ON NOVEMBER 30TH RED CROSS DRIVE GETS UNDERWAY FIRST Of+ SECULAR (Special te The Citisen) ORLANDO, Nov. 12 than 60 beautiful senting every sectic will gather im Orlar vember of bec annua classic i a V. Little Stressed Importance Of Homes, . Schools, Churches Defense nts and wil tion which the new queen w nounced Every * | state but with all cue respect to the Tepresentative “We are Bowl queen lady wh ——— KEY WEST TO PICK A QUEEN “We have been told that the Navy is our first line of defense. is t seek w has Navy. for which I have the grzat-! est admiration, I say to you that cur first line of d2fens> lies in the homes, the schools and the ees Members of the Key West Junior Chamber of Com merce announced today that arrangements are going for ward to pick 2 Queen for representation at the Novem ber 30th selection. churches of the American peo- ple”. Thus spoke Wm manager of the- State ment Service here, as the prin- cipal speaker at Armistice D.: ceremonies held yesterday after- noon at Bayview Park. Continuing, Mr. Little stated “I say this because that is where we have already been at- tacked. It is a fact, well known to all, that every one of the Eu- ropean aggressors’ military vic- tories have been made possible and easy by a previously execut- ed, subtle campaign which was calculated to undermine the character of the civilian popula- tion—to create confusion, dissen- sion, fear and lack of unitv, after which the armies marched in. “Our reply to Hitler's ‘Divide and Conouer’ must be those well- known expressions, often repeat- ‘In Union There is Strength’ and ‘United We Stand’. That is! the theme for our celebration to- day—‘National Unity for De- fense’.” In conclusion, Mr. Little stated —“because the preservation of fundamental values. in a time when much of the world is at war, becomes the imperative duty of those nations which en- | joy the blessings of peace. it is in the nature of a profound duty that we, as individuals, take a (Continued on Page Four) V. Little, Employ- grace, and beaw queen”. J. D. of the entry com ing s state Previous Orar have been se ing festivit nual football game the Orange Bow! asked the Orlando ber of Commerce + | competition From am tered, one jand will be ties in Miami @ holidays. Four named as her c will accompany the official tours. Junior Cha in thirty representative ties and in c Chambers Com civic organizations are entries Le S prior cx Jun bers o! are for of “Third Term Was Never Bugaboo To FD. R, Say Friends Who Point To Cases In History | By JACK STINNETT, AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, |to the now-it-can-be-told stories: | Friends of President Roosevelt |are saying that the President felt; jcertain all along that the Ameri-| {can electorate had no appreciable, feeling for the so-called third-! term tradition. While no man actually had nomination or election for a third jconsecutive full term), they say, {the President, an astute student ‘of political forces, had twice in jhis own lifetime seen how politi- jcians and the voters felt about |more than two terms in office. | In 1928, Coolidge had been ; President for five and a_ half j years, and there was no doubt in the minds of the political ob- tservers of either party that he |could have been nominated and jelected if he hadn’t come forth |with his memorable “I do not choose to run” statement. Only 16 years earlier, F.D.R. had seen his own cousin, Teddy, lunge into a campaign that, had jhe won, would have given him | 11 years in the White House. And j Theodore Roosevelt, in spite of the fact that he split his own party and got embroiled in a ; three-way fight, polled more than four million votes, only two mil- lion less than Woodrow Wilson. |If there was any voting protest Counter-espionage Work of 1h? | —————_————|252inst the third term bugaboo, Nov. 12—Add ] where was it? Wilson received !nearly 120,000 fewer v®tes than ithe Democratic ticket, headed by | William Jennings Bryan, had re- ceived four years before. Could Go Back Farther If these things weren't proof enough to the F.D.R. friends that the anti-third term cry was more a political expedient—in both parties—than a ballot factor, all the President had to do was to dip into political history. It’s well known, too, that he has done more swimming there than in the pools at Hyde Park and the White House. President Cleveland, for ex- tample, although he was elected only twice, ran three times and each time received a popular vote t | Will Try Skis Ca Patios AT ARCTIC AIR FIELD IN FAR-OFF ALASK A (Aameriated Preas Femtars srs WASHINGTON Nov of from five five-and-a-half’ million. When Roscoe Conkling, in his prolonged feud with James G. Blaine, looked about for a suit- able candidate to run against Blaine, he picked Grant, although only four years before, Grant had just finished his second term. Conkling, considered one of the great politicians of his day, didn’t hesitate a minute over the third term issue and although Grant couldn’t get a majority in the convention, the third term had nothing to do with it and Grant held his block of votes for more convention ballots than any one had done before him. It was compromise on Garfield by war- Ting factions in the convention to that finally broke the deadlock, |lidge. THE KEY WEST STORK CLUB Formerly Raui’s Club on Roosevelt Boulevard Featuring the Famous HAL DURNELL and His Orchestra —also— JAMES FRANCIS at the Hammond Solovox DANCING EVERY EVENING—BAR OPEN ALL DAY No Minimum—No Cover Charge At Any Time Phone 406. ——INFORMAL DRESS—— , Jackson, Grant, Cleveland, Theo- When you are boots at the f President of winter, :“Polar Bear” boys of the | will be flying ¢ frigid months ‘first Arctic exp ‘airbank: Maj. Dale at Ladd feid banks, report to jand alre shiver not fear that the electorate would turn down Grant. President Jefferson, generally cited as chief opponent of the third term, served only two terms himself, but without pro- test from the electorate, he the government” for 24 years, even deciding the order in which Mad- ison and Monroe would succeed him. former ee a though + squadron army air ce rps wt anes during th t Uncle Sem ental air f ska Gaffney just out was in town ir corps headquarter dy is winging his back to post im the flicker the northe lights. What the Major had to report Ladd field wili start the wie ter with 14 officers and 200 m« (to be increased to 30 offi 300 men by spring au e planes (also to be imcreased number). Although adequate a “ at ran commanart rece we List 10 Possibilities Political historians usually list 10 men who either could or might have been elected for more than two terms. They are Washing- ton, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, CeTs ar core Roosevelt, Wilson and Coo- The fact that they didn’t was not important so far as the “third term tradition” is concern- ed. What is important is that in not one single instance is there a record that fear the voters would desert them because they wanted to stay in the White House was the deterrent. x In other words, friends of the a la President say, he had weighed ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. all these things long ago and de- 6:08 o Clock cided that if there were any votes against him because he was run- Excelient Cooking ning for a third term, the chances | Opening Special Sic and 75Sc are 100-to-1 those votes would TONY VINCENT. Manager have been against if he were only! running for his second.