The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 18, 1940, Page 1

Associate 1 Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE | SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE WB. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1940 this’ is ‘the life! The Army’s Ready Private Misfits Are Out Of Date nthaainaiaiipeiiitinasiitiaimameel START WEDNESDAY Southampton New Target 0 WHAT! HAVEN'T WE Miami Herald Says No! A NAVAL STATION? | (Contributed) | Here is big news and powerful | |news too, so powerful it slapped | |many a Key Wester over this: NATIONAL EVENT OPENS O8 MONDAY. NOV. 25: WILL FOCUS ATTENTION ON AC- TIVITIES OF ARTISTS (EDITOR'S NOTE: The life of a soldier is not what it used to be. Moraan Beatty of the AP Feature Service found this ‘out when he investigated where the new draf- tees would be going and what they would be doing. This is the first of his six articles.) |morning. The Miami Herald pub- | Nazi Bomber Believed To Have Suffer- ed Same Fate As Cov- entry; Mussolini Roars At Great Britain (By Assoc LONvON, ted Press) Nov. 18.—Brilish! censois réfused to let out the news this morning concerning the latest town to receive con- centrated atlacks at the hands of the enemy, but dispatches from Berlin late today indicated that Southampton, the important nav- al base city and industrial cen- ter, had suffered the same fate last night that was experienced. by Coventry last week. Explaining that the Nazis severely raided an east-coast city, in a 13-hour attack, the British’ refused to release the name of} the city “ t Meanwhile time bombs were still exploding Coventry to hamper rescue work and clean- up details. Unofficial count of the dead from this raid was list- ed today at more than 250. The whole city being fed from mobile canteens. There is no gas, water or lights in the city. Benito Mussolini barked back at a world that judging his military power and accumen in a bad light last night with a speech delivered in Rome which carried dire threats against the British. Terming Great Britain tbe “Carthage of modern times” he reminded his listeners that the same fate would befall England as befell that ancient city. “Once I have started, no one can stop me” Denying that the British had severely crippled the Italian navy, he did admit that three battleships had been hit by R.A-F. bot Mussolini also had things to say about Greece in terming that nation a “tricky foe”, helped by the British Meanwhile, the Greeks were making more headway in their campaign to turn the Italian of- fensive into an offensive of their own. Greek crack troops were de- clared to be advancing further into Albania today by Athens’ reports. One Italian, mechanized column was declared shattered and driven back on the northern front while the Koritza front was still thought to be entirely fav- orable to the Greeks. Italy clairged advances for their forces on the southern front, but no details were given. Reporting on air activity over the Mediterranean, the Italians claimed to have struck three in is he roared. ilished a map on its front .page {this morring, and, according to that map, Miami has a naval base and Key West has no naval base. The tact is, according to jthe map, Key West does not ex- fist at aul. | East of Miami, on the other jSide of the Gulf Stream, are some idrawings that represent the outer ahama Islands, possibly Bimini, COAST GUARD TO JOIN NAVY PRESIDENT MAY SOON SIGN CONSOLIDATING ORDER jin that vicinity. But ‘southwest jof Miami there are no Florida ;Keys—Miami is the southernmdst ‘tip in the United States—, and the only thing between Miami nd Cuba is the Miami naval | The Herald gives no credit by- }line for the map, so the presump- ‘tion is it was drawn in the Her- ald’s office. Of all the slaps the Herald has given Key West, even those in the days when Key |West had a larger population than Miami, and the ferocious ‘slap the day after the 1919 hurri- jcane struck Key West, which evoked letters of protest to the 2 __|Herald from Key Westers, the is reported ready to sign an €X-/ clap this morning ranks as the orst of all. But the Herald not only slapped Key West: it also fooled its readers who are unfamiliar | With the southeast coast of Flor- ida. What impression will those {readers get from the map? “Well, I see, according to this |map, Miami has a naval base. iAnd; say, I see Miami is the jsouthernmost tip of the United ;States. We'll surely have to go ;down there and look her over”. \Ideas, something like those, will |be created in the minds of the | (Continued on Page Four) 90 Days! is due to return here carly in City laws now require all resi- December. {dents living on streets on which ee sewer laterals have been installed The Coast Guard has approxi-|to connect up their house lines mately a total of 3.000 crafts,| with the system. ranging from surf boats to the, Ninety days from date of 4 ub- new seven “pocket cruiser” cut- Wap Ske a . the time limit. ters. There are also five long- FIFTY-SIX DAYS HAVE range seaplanes and 100 pilots. ELAPSED! Its personnel includes 596 com-{ missioned and 764 warrant~ offi- (Speecal to The Citizen) WASHINGTO! Nov. 18:— In a move urged by Secretary of Navy Frank Knox to strengthen the patrol forces in the Atlantic and Pacific, President Roosevelt ecutive order consolidating the Coast Guard with the United States Navy. The move would render for patrol duty an additional 86 com- and 17,679 officers. PANDORA TC BE ARMED Through reliable sources, The Citizen learned recently the Coast Guard Cutter Pan- dora, which left its Key West home port Saturday, would have guns mounted on its deck during the tour of Gulf Ports. Just where and when the cutter will be armed has not been made known. Pandora \the Dog Rocks and other islands! By MORGAN BEATTY. AP Feature Service Writer 000 men. In World war days, the army handle. a million mena month through the training camps. Naturally there were 90-day- wonder shavetails who'd march companies right-off cliffs if the sergeant didn’t:stop them. Sani- tation was not all that could be desired. Camp streets often were seas of mud. And the army was handling weapons many of its offiéers didn’t understand. Meant To Stop It There’s that classic about the infantry officer who so deplored the death rate in forced airplane landings that he posted this bul- letin on a Texas air field: “Effective this date, there will be no more forced land- ings!” Shoes and uniforms seldom fit well in 1917. Haste was the rea- son for all this. We were arming too fast, training men too fast. This time, the medical corps says it is ready to cope with all preventable epidemics. The doc- tors remember the tragedy of the 1918 flu epidemic. Uniforms have been modified for easy fitting. Every camp will have a shoe fit- ting machine. Air officers will give orders to air troops. The army’s punch card system is probably the outstanding dif- ference. Under it men will give their trades, hobbies preferences, |hopes. And they'll be given jobs that fit them when possible. (More about this in another ar- ticle.) The army hopes Private Misfit will not haunt his officers as he did in 1918. One day a World war manding officer got a requisition for all expert automobile me- chanics in his camp. He sent for Private Misfit. “What did you do before you got in the army?” “Engraver, sir.” “You must be mistaken,” the com- said exasperated commander. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—The big difference between draft army of 1940 and the dreft army of 1917-18 is about 3,000,- For a while they pushed ¢: the And what a whale of a difference 5,000,000 men make! had to take on more than it could “Think! Wern’t you an auto- mobile mechanic?” “Well, sir, I don’t—” “Just what I. thought. Pack up your duds:and report to head- quarters as an expert automobile mechanic!” Won't Happen Again That won’t happen again, un- less the punch card machine slips a cog. And P.S., Mom and Dad: The army says you can visit the train- ing camps most any time to -see for yourself how all this is work- | ing out. But if there’s something special about your son the army ought to know, please take it up with the draft board BEFORE he gets in. It'll be ever so much easier to straighten out. Tomorrow: What the sol- diers of 1940-41 will wear. THANKSGIVING DAY T0 ) BE NOV. 28 FEDERAL OFFICES OBSERVE NOV. 21; SCHOOLS CLOSE NEXT WEEK Mayor Wilard Albury stated today that the City of Key West would officially observe Thanks- giving Day on Thursday, Novem- ber 28. Schools of the county, according to Superintendent of Public Instruction Melvin E. Russell, will close on November |28 and 29. A number of persons called The Citizen this morning under the impression that the city would follow the national observ- ance date set by the President ‘last year, which will be Novem-; ber 21 this year. All Federal offices here, tm- cluding the naval administration offices, will be closed Thursday in accordance with the Presiden- tial proclamation. ON RILE_ RANG MARINE CORPS SPONSORS $8500 PROJECT ON STOCK ISLAND (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE. Nov. &— Art and women's clubs through-| out the state are preparing to aid | Florida artists and artisans m@m the sales exhibits of their works to be shown November 25-De-! cember 1, in observance of WN, tional Art Week, Dr. Max Be Cohen, art head of Southern Co! lege, Lakeland, and Florida vi chairman of Art Week, said day. “Every women's club Civic organization dedics cultural pursuits im Florida expressed willingness and set the proper functioning tees for co-operating im th Week”, Dr. Bernd-Cohen saix “The purpose of Nation Week, as outlined in plans by in Florida in putting on |examples of fine. app! mestic these prod Col. H. D. Hatfield. U. S Ma- rine Corps, informed The Citizen this morning that the Marine Corps Rifle Range would start construction Wednesday of this : week, Signal to go on the project was given bythe WPA last weekend, and approximately 50 men will be put to work on the project to take an esimated two and a half months. Costing a total of $8500, $1750 is provided by the Marine Corps, the balance by WPA in the form of labor. The site is on Stock Island, adjacent to the golf course, and will measure 1800 by 100 feet. Land is leased from|©4 efforts to dev ences jin our communi : jpainters, sculptor When completed, the range craftsmen are doing will be used by the marines and }Cohen said. by the navy. Ammen are ex-! In dis pected to conduct machine gun | the artist practice on this range. eager egsogy cerns Water level conditions will not | “this Art Week im its democrati allow the usual below-surface |#d liberal spirit is a chal construction for this range. Ac- | to artist and public alike. evoking cordingly, target houses and con- |the intelligence of fhe artist 1 crete walls will be erected at|@ppreciate the public's art needs one end of the range to hold ;2"d pointing out to Florida cit targets. a@|22ns the vigorous support neces ——_——_ Sary to continuance of creative TWO DESTROYERS |“: {committees National | Week sales exhibits. ‘ed this morning that two of the State Coum patrol destroyers came into port last weekend. flagship of the patrol, was moor- j ed at buov number one this morn- | =. ing, being the only other ship of | BRITISH DISAPPOINTED In Art chairmen of women's clubs Commander © Wilder Baker, | Mrs. Beat Beyer Willian Ships were the USS. TRUX-! ‘the patrol in port today. j commiut- all art-m | | is chairman of lart clebs, church clubs and sim- pa organizations statewide i U.S.N., commander of the Keylart head of Florida State College West-West Gulf Patrol, announc-|for Women. the | TON and the USS. STURTE-| VANT. The USS. MacLEISH, | ers, 16,055 enlisted men, 264 ca- dets training at New London and 3,600 civilian employes. Officers and men ma ferred to naval vessels if the or- der is signed by the President but will continue to hold their present rank. i JOHN L. LEWIS MAY BE DRAFTED be trans- | foree the British Government to (Associated Press Feature Service) WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—The German sea blockade may soon alter a fundamental policy of the | Royal Navy and throw battleships of the line into the risky busi- BUTTONS APPEAR ON COATS ness of convoying merchant ships. The British almost came to that* OF CIO DELEGATES AT MEET ;Pass in the World War, when, as four Admiral Sims put it, sub- marine warfare had starved the British to within six weeks of <¥y Associated Press) surrender. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, Nov. 18.—The third annual convention! But the convoy system an- of the CIO opened this morning 'swered the U-Boat. At first de- in this city with the main subject stroyers were assigned to escort of conjecture being that con-! |. cerning whether or not John 1. Vital supplies. Battleships stood Lewis, head of the union since its. bY for later use. The destroyers British cruisers and caused con- iception five years ago, will be siderable damage. retained in that position. Adolf Hitler was to start an- , Many delegates appeared on other series of conferences with ral ree aio ths —s foreign representatives today— '™S ? orwari i wis these, envoys from Spain and @"4-The CIO” buttons on their did so well, the battleships never were used. And so the battleships re- mained the backbone of the grand fleet, carried out time- honored British poiicy to re- Italy. The Spanish foreign min- | $0#tS. There was much talk of ister has arrived in Berlin, it was learned, and would enter into talks with Hitler and Italian minister, Count Ciano. British conjecture on the new diplomatic turn of affairs, with drafting Lewis, despite his pre- {main intact, wait for the supreme election threat that he would re- | moment of life or death for the sign if Roosevelt was elected for empire. a third term. | This time it is different. Noticeably absent in this draft! The submarine - raider - plane move, however, were the dele- menace is a German triple threat y still shrouding the out- | 4tes of the Amalgamated Cloth-| greater today than in 1917, al- cone the Molotoff fhcident in ing Workers, headed by Sidney ‘though the British public isn’t (Continued on Page Four) Hillman. | Roosevelt's Thanksgiving Eve BALLOON DANCE sori } Wednesday Night RIVER‘S END STORK CLUB Comedy and News Reel PRIZES and SURPRISES Matinee, 3:30 p. m. _ 20c and 0c Hal Durnell and His Orchestra STRAND THEATER Dennis Morgan—Elizabeth Earl Night, 6:30 p. m. __ 30¢ and 40¢ No Minimum—No Cover Charge blended the attack of their subs | concentrate. A . jaware of it yet. Here are eight reasons why: : 1, The Germans have the western tip of France, saving |their subs and surface raiders ‘and planes hundreds of miles of risky ocean travei from home —and they from France. 3. The British gave up by their treaty with Ireland in 1938, naval bases at Lough Swilly, Berehaven, and Cobh That makes their flotillas go 200 to 400 miles further for refuelling and repair. 4 In the World war, the British had the help of the French, Italian, Japanese, and later the American fleets. for blockade, patrol, and convoy: .'Fe- day they face the task of, block- {ading Europe, fighting in . the , Mediterranean, and patrolling far “eastern waters all alone. | 5. At the start of the World war, the British had more than 500 destroyers. Counting the 50 old ships we sent them recently, they have no more than 200 de- stroyers today. 6. Ireland’s stubborn neu- ‘trality and the German conquest ef France forced the British to forsake two of their convoy lanes —through the English channel to London, and through St. Geerge’s channel to the Irish sea and are working them ail the same base—Lorient Must Britain Risk Battleships To Save:Merchan Cofivoys? i = | i (By Asmocinted Press) LONDON, Nov. 18—Britist: declared keen disappointment |day at the news stories concern- {ing disappearance of films of \“The Great Dictator”, Charlie Chaplin's satirical movie, ebout Hitler and the dictator states The films, scheduled t sbown in London premietes this | France supplied many vital waz supplies and much food to Britain during the World war. Today the British must bring in their supplies from far flung posts of Empire, South American and the United States. 8. The British had well over , 16,000,000 tons of long-range mer- chant shipping at the start of the World war. They had only 13,- 000,000 tons when this war start- ed. Recently they’ve been losing 100,000 tons a week Even with the neutral shipping they've ac- quired, the best estimates indi- cate they have only 12,000,000 tons today. ' | week, were reported lost at sea |Teports back to Lorient by radio. | Representatives of United Art- Lorient sends out subs and sur-jists film company here stated jface raiders and a bombing | they understood two other sets of ; Squadron of planes. The surface/the film had left the United raiders hang far out to sea, risk-i States for England on board an ing NO trap. But their guns can | other vessel. 'outrange a destroyer convoy. So, the question now up in the British high command is whether | to risk battleships singly to pro- ROANOKE, Va — Delights tect vital war supplies. when informed by rolice that hes The British had fifteen battle-| missing car had been found. L ships when the war started.|W. Mitchell went to the place They lost the Royal Oak to a sub-! where the car was only to find marine. Three battle cruisers, the doors locked. When he re- the Renown, the Repulse and the '!turned rom having a key made Hood can also cope with planes, | to fit the door. he found the euto- JOY SHORT-LIVED *ILTY TEeact SESTSs> ce Two COUT: 22a = subs and surface raiders. That| mobile missing again. Later. he | Two immediate solutions of the!makes 17. But five battleships |was informed by police that it problem are possible. The first; at least are in the Mediterranean; had been found again, but this is to get the Irish bases they need , One or two more, perhaps, in the | time wrecked and abandoped. so desperately for airplane ob-j Far East. Zs ‘ servation." But that might mean| .Aces in’ the hole arg the five, | bloodshed; “since Eamon de/30-knot. battleships started in} Valera wilk never “consent to 1937. . They are either ready for; abandon neutrality. '_laction, or are even now with the The other way is to convoy | grand fleet somewhere off north- | merchant ships with battleships. | ern England. Battleships or battle cruisers! The German triple threat is can outrun and outrange Ger- | bait for these battleships But many’s pocket battleships. Bat-' the Empire lifeline’s in danger. / tleships or battle cruisers can! The British may have to throw withstand the withering attack of ;"em in—and hope for the best. dive bombers. With destroyer! screens, they have better than an even chance to escape the sub- marines. i But there’s still a heavy risk, for the Germans have co- ordinated their attack. It’s like! t |bases to convoy lanes and back.' Liverpool. That leaves one lane| this: All three weapons are used 2. The Germans ‘as ever are perfect co-ordinators. They have j@round the northern tip of Ire- Hand on which the Germans can —<—<—<——_es [2d pocket battleships and planes! 7. Nearby Scandinavia and An observation plane sights (ing for convoy 700 miles out. Iti ‘The lease stvee fers seepeers cole jment That cule applies te men between the ages cf SS and & jnow. but the cule for Ti-prer eaue fr 2