The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 13, 1940, Page 1

Associate 1 Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 271. Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1940 British Cripple It | Navy;Greeks Victorious Britain Gets 8. Bomb. Sighs Outmoded Equipment Be- "SIP IDDM OMIM, navel planes had delivered ing Sent To England On One Of Exchange Destroyers (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. Navy officials 13.— reported today that two bomb sights had been turned over to the British for use on planes now engaged in mancuvers against the Nazis. The sights were described as outmoded equipment—not as ef- fective as late mcdels of the type‘ now being used by United States | navy planes. but that they would prove highly useful in promotion of the war for the British The bomb sights were said to, be on board one of the destroy- ers recently turned over to the British in exchange for island bases on this side of the Atlantic ocean. CONGRESS TO TRY FOR ADJOURNMENT WASHINGTON, Nov. Democratic members of both hous of,congress were being notified to be on hand next Tues- day when a vote for adjournment is scheduled to come up. Democrats were quoted in fa- vor of adjournment at that time, and will make the effort to force that procedure over the violent objections of Republican mem- bers in both houses, who have de- clared in favor of staying in ses- sion during the present crisis period SWIMMERS, BEWARE (Ne Axsocinted Pressed CORONADO, Calif—The gam- bling barge Monte Carlo was a money trap. Now that it has foundered on a shoal it has be- come a death trap. Three swim- mers tempted to swim out and inspect it have been drowned. 13. Twin Fairylands Fad LEWIS BROTHERS. COMMAND SHIPS Arrival of the destroyer U.S.S. WAINWRIGHT at the Key West base early this week brought an interesting fact to light. in that the | commanding officer of the ship, Lt. Comdr. T. L. Lewis, U.S.N., has two brothers who are in command of other navy vessels which have called at this base. The brothers are—Comdr. M. L. Lewis, U.S.N., captain of the navy freighter U.S.S. YUKON, which has brought supplies to this city, and Lt. Comdr. J. H. Lewis, U.S.N., in command of the destroyer U.S.S. McCORMICK. now at- tached to the local patrol. abd had had ded U.S.S. REUBEN JAMES ARRIVES CAME IN FOR BRIEF STAY TODAY: TANKER UN- LOADS SUPPLIES The destroyer U.S.S. REUBEN JAMES docked at the local naval base this morning, stopping over for a brief period from a special duty tour. Other ships of the loca! patrol in port today were the USS. WAINWRIGHT and U.S.S MAC LEISH, flagship. The latter spent part of the day at gunnery prac- tice in local waters The USS. PATOKA, com- manded by Comdr.- William N. Thornton, U.S.N., navy tanker, arrived this morning with a cargo of fuel oil and aviation gasoline. The PATOKA was formerly mother ship for navy dirigible: and is still equipped with a spe- icial mooring mast. 61,000,000 Saw Fairs (Associated Press Feature Service) Two fairylands have passed record attendance had been that ‘Battleship And One Or! 9; ‘GOOD TURNOUT AT CHAMBER HEADQUARTERS HEARD DEPARTMENT OF LABOR | | | OFFICIAL YESTERDAY 1 A good turnout of citizens as- a sembled at the Chamber of Com- Two Cruisers Put Out merce headquarters yesterday Of Commission At Ta-. 2fternoon to hear C. A. Britton, {senior field representative of the} |Federal Committee of Apprentice- |ship Training, deliver a talk on, this work. (Ry Associated Press) Those attending the meeting LONDON, Nov. 12.— British; were A. E. Peirce, Jr., Mrs. Hugh i Williams, Col. L. C. Brinton, Dr: iW. R. Warren, J. C. Moxley, ranto Base , admiral ty reported today that i | | 4 Early Beginning On Aqueduct Project OF FSDA. SUCCEEDS TATE POWELL AS HEAD OF PRESS ASSOCIA- TION: SERVED AS SECRE TARY FOR TEN YEARS | { OCALA, Now. 123 @NS\— Ressell Kay, director of the Flor jida News Service and author of |“Too Late To Classify” has a for ten years as secre- jtary of the Florida State Press whe NGINEERING COMPANY TO TURN IN SUR- | 9iton was clected presides VEY REPORT (Special to The, Citizen) WASHINGTON. Nov. 13.— =! Prof. Horace O’Bryant, Margaret} Senator Claude Pepper declared smashing blow against Italian Neff, Mrs) Ramon Rodriguez, today that construction of the plans to dominate in the Mediter-' nomeritt, Mayor Willard Albury, ranean Sea with the destruction L. B. Grillon, Wm. H. Mon- F : - |salvatge, Gerald Saunders, Mel- cf one battleship and either one} vin E. Russell, Everett E. Russell, {Miss Elizabeth Sharpley Joe Pearlman and Mrs. Harry H. Scouting planes are engaged in! Baker. _ checking up on the air attacks | Posriangs the Labos poe Sees i ment’s program, under whicl e engineered last weekend on the! ris, Beitton went om to advise naval base at Taranto, when R./the group on desirability of pro- A. F. navy planes bombed a 35,- | viding craft training for appren- 000-ton Italian vessel and com are aid West. aoe ; amber president, Everett 000-ton cruisers. Checks 2 RESP appointed B. L. Grooms, so far reported the battleship| A & Peirce and L P. Daniels a practically destroyed. with a bad | special committee to meet with list at anchorage. One of the| Mayor Albury this afternoon at cruisers was beached, and an- | 5:00 o'clock to go further into the other cruiser appeared badly | Plans as outlined. damaged. | Sa The naval victory leaves tne! RECESS INQUEST Italian forces with but one 35,- 000-ton battleship, and only two} or three 23,000-ton. cruisers in-} TO tact, cutting the effectiveness of} the Italian front-line navy strength practically in half. Additional defeat for Italy’s cause in the Balkans was an- nounced this morning by reports from, Athens which stated that Greek troops were continuing to push the enemy back on all fronts. Reaching beyond Corriza, the Greeks were demoralizing all re- sistance in that sector of Albania, seizing great stores of sup- plies and equipment left behind y the fleeing Italians. British air units were-said to be greatly aiding the Greeks by wresting control of the air from the Italians. Announcement was made today that every seacoast or two cruisers accomplished. Coroner’s Jury, hearing evi- jand battery charges against Rob jert Sawyer, which brought death to Gilbert “Gibby” Demeritt on jat 4:00 o'clock. Time was consumed in hearing evidence presented by doctors who attended Demeritt imme- diately after his injuries and un- til his death. Continuation of the inquest was ordered for this afternoon at 4:00 o'clock at the courthouse, | with peace justice Franklin Aren- berg in charge. | Sunday, met yesterday afternoon {Mrs. Carl Bervaldi, Capt. Wm. W. | mainland to Key West water line OPENED CONVENTION 4:00 TODAY} dence in corinection with assault MRS. MALCOLM McCLELLAN survey of the various Naval Base SPrings, where all were THE 18TH CONVENTION cf the Florida Congress of Parents and Teachers opened in the White Temple Metho- morning, when Mrs. Malcolm McClellan. state president. of Jacksonville, called the two- day session to order. Representatives from all Monroe County schools wer> Present at the opening meet- ing. The convention ends tomorrow night. Theme is “Our Concern, Every Child”. city of Albania had been all but wiped out by bombings at the hands of R. A. F. units. The war on the home front continued unabated last night and today, with the Nazis send- | ing over new-type destroyer bom- | (Continued on Page Four) | COLUMBIA INITIAL _ PERFECT COMPANY TURNS IN HUNDRED PER- CENT MEMBERSHIP IN By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—The economic experts who measure the impact of war on our trade, industry and labor have run head- long into the problem of our in- visible aid to Britain. | Our invisible aid is by far greater than the visible, even though this unseen heip seldom {squeezes into the: headlines with ‘Invisible’ Aid To Britain jof the organization at the annua | meeting held here last week, suc- iceeding Tate Powell. \af the Baker County Press iby the navy at\a cost qfifet{ ee $2,000,000 to $3;000,000 may soon! Goorze Hosmer. publisher South get underway. NEXT FRIDAY M {west Floridian, dirst vice-pres Admiral Ben Moreell of the dent; Jim Grady Publisher af Bureau of Yards and Docks is Florida Farm & Grower Section expecting the engineering firm Jacksonville. second vice-presi- cf Parsons, Brinkerhoff, Clapp dent; Charlie Helfenstem. pub- and Douglas, which has been lisher Suwannee Democrat, Live making a final survey and study Oak, secretary, and Henry Hu ‘Of the project, to file its report SOn, publisher Titusville Star-Ad by Friday, Pepper stated vocate, treasurer The navy has $2,000,000 avail-' Prominent speakers addressing able for the purpose and the ‘he convention, which was one of Florida Keys Aqueduct Commis- the best attended and most suc sion is hoping to secure a $1,100,- cessful in the organizations’ & 000 loan from the RFC to build ‘tory. included: Brig Gen a distribution system. In that pce L. Tinker, commanding event the project would cost $3,- Southeastern Army Air Base 100,000, the senator pointed out. Tampa: Governor-clect Spessard H New Navy Yard Holland; Walter P. Fuller. | Whether Florida will be con- Petersburg. member of the legis sidered for the establishment of #ture and editor of “Fuller's an important new Navy Yard as Florida Letter"; E. A. Monninger a part of Panama Canal Defense CCitor of the Stuart News, and program will depend to a large C. W. Clearv, editor of the Dune- extent on a report which has dim Times. Fuller Warren just been filed by what is known Jacksonville served as toastmas as the Navy’s Greenslade Board, ‘T 4 the annual banquet Pepper announced today. i The entire press_group wes «=- This Board, comprising high- ‘tained by the Marion County renking Naval experts, has been Chamber of Commerce and by engaged for weeks in making a R#¥ and Davidson of ae eve at af during the ning. Plans for the.entertainment of the National Editorial Assoria tion, which will hold its annua y afternoon and by leases recently agreed to 3 England on her possessions on this side of the Atlantic. This survey determines wheth- er a great new Southern Navy 4 Yard will be built, and if so, CoPvention in Florida next Aor whether Florida or what will be WT discussed and George Hos- known as an “off shore” base, Me? WaS continued as director of acill haaetaecnad: the committee on arrangement i for the state-wide tour which will carry the grouns ow 1S of the state during the se" best P2St convention period It is expected that about editors representing papers all sections of the country woul - pmake the trip. 90 Days! PERFUME FROM MUSK DEER WASHINGTON. — The musk for perfumes comes from the musk deer of Tibet. sor more spectacular _planes, tanks and. destroyers. Invisible aid takes three forms: 1. Sacrifice of trade to war zones. 2. Abnormal expansion of ex- ports of war goods at the expense of normal exports. 3. A deluge of gold we neither need nor want. Even before the war the Am- erican merchant: marine -was RED CROSS DRIVE H ER 4g STB Mrs. R. T. Menner, chairman | of the local Red Cross annual} | Roll Call, announced today that the Columbia Laundry was the; out of existence. The present of the Paris exposition of 1900— | first firm to subscribe one hun- generation may never again see their lik The New York and San Fran- cisco world’s fairs were organ- ized and built in times of peace. A world at war cannot stage a} world’s fair, and in the troubled times likely to follow the peace such pretentious enterprises may be out of the question. The New York fair cost $165,- 000,000, the San Francisco fair $50,000,000. Since 1850 there have been 24 expositions which _ statisticians classify “world’s fairs.” Four- teen were in Europe, ten in the United States. Until the New York fair, the STRAND THEATER Brenda Joyce—Ralph Bellamy George Murphy—Chas. Ruggles ie es ELSA MAXWELL’S PUBLIC DEB NO. 1 Matinee, 3:30 p. m. _ 20c and 30c Night. 6:30 p. m. 39,000,000 persons. The two-year trun of the Chicago fair of 1933-4 drew a few hundred less. The New York fair. in its two- year run, was visited by 44,000,- 000. San Francisco’s drew 117,- 000,000. Sentimental Ending San Franciscans who get senti- mental about everything identi- fied with their city flocked 206,- 000 strong to the closing day of the fair, sang “Auld Lang Syne” and in many cases wept. The papers printed page after page recalling the splendors of the ex- position. But there had been earlier closings, caused by the war. | The Temple of Peace, which Portrayed the horrors of war through 1939, closed its doors Germany withdrew before the 1939 opening. Italy stayed through both years, but in the second, the war year, the French thousand (Continued on Page Four) dred percent to the membership| drive. ' Si ployes of that company subscrib-! ed a total of $68.00, completing the roll on the first day of the! drive, last Monday. H Continuation of the city-wide ' ‘drive is announced for . tonight | when a second group of.citizens; | will appear at all local theatres! |in a plea for support of the Roll Call. | | eee Liberal Allowance Now If you trade in your present || Electric, Gas or Ice Box for a 1340 MODEL ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR Now on Display at NAVARRO, Inc. Exclusive General Electric Dealer 30c and 40¢ pavilian became a skating rink.’ Welcome, Key Westers!— to the ~—s==| KEY WEST STORK CLUB Formerly RAUL’S CLUB on Roosevelt Boulevard Come and Visit one of the most charming clubs in South Florida; in fact, a bit ‘of Cuba right here in Key West Dancing To The Famous JAMES FRANCIS at the Hammond Solovox Bar Open From Noon TELEPHONE 406 handicapped by competition from | City laws now require all resi- natioris that could build and run | 7ents living on streets on which their ships. cheaper than we, ‘ 1 1 mn house lines could jon} American wage stand- | with <a ards.. Naw our neutrality, law Ninety days from date of pub- and ahe British blockade bar to | lication—September 23, 1940—is us the world’s richest trade routes | the time limit. | between America and Europe. j{ FIFTY-ONE DAYS HAVE William L. Montgomery of the ELAPSED: San Francisco Chamber of Com- | merce recently estimated that) the war is costing us $750,000,000/ worth of foreign trade. We Sell War Goods More important than shipping j services is the stuff that ships | carry. Our biggest sacrifice to} Britain is,our willingness to let | them buy more war goods and! ; COUNTY PATROCLSAS CFPEES SEWE ACARST SEL QUENT OSEVERS fAcLT NEXT WEEE publisher ‘ sewer laterals have been installed ‘HOW TO GET-ALONG ON $— A YEAR less peace goods, knowing «tle FIGURED OUT BY U. OF C. COMMITTEE while they won't need war goods! Sate tte 2 after the fighting is over. j The British almost doubled their purchases of military planes BERKELEY, Calif. Nov. 13.— in the first year of the war,!weu, sir, at last they have fig- worth "But food) shipments "in. (ured Out how you should spend creased “only slightly from $80,-|70Ur ‘ponsy, Gown $0 the last | 000,006 to: $14,000,000 in the first |"*20" war year. Our<¢otton shipments to the British Isles went up abnormally ‘from. $23,000,000 to $104.000,000, | The Helier committee of the University of Californie has done some intensive question-esking in the San Francisco area for because Uncle Sam subsidized |=°Y¢T! years. Their studies so cotton exports. But tobacco pur- _— doubled from $22,000,000 to near- ic tee mies bee S20 United Street sources away from them. or they chases over here spiralled from Announces the opening of ly $40,000,000. Miscellaneous items jumped up nearly one-third. only such “normal” export items | OM FRIDAY AFTERNOON. as they had to because the Ger-_ were buying sparingly here of Opening Special Sc and J5c and paper shipments limost Ocean View Restaurant Reasons were many. Primarily, mans had taken their previous (Aesocinted Preas Peeters Serve far g@ ony up se h