The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 23, 1940, Page 1

Associate 1 Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, bas the | mest equabie climate m the country; with «an sverage range of only 14° Fabrenbet Che Key West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1940 ET EDITOR “DELVED INTO VOLUME LXI. No. 280. British ers | “cao me High Wa) GFOUD ART WEEK OPENS } WITH PROGRAM ON | ee RADIO TOMORROW | His Subscribers Receive Vivid Picture Of Iland City, "INTEREST RANGE sasouns coccsvance og KEY WEST'S HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | ‘WEEK FOR ARTISTS’ TO BE CELEBRATED ALL OVER’ ' Fi { ses ADVERTISING. PROMOTIONS, HOTEL PROPOSITION. NAV- AL DISTRICT HEADQUAR- (EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article about Key Perfecting New DefenseMethod * NEW SQUADRON OF PLANES AT BASE IN HAWAIL ADDITIONAL PURSUIT AIR- CRAFT ARRIVE AT PEARL HARBOR TO STRENGTHEN PACIFIC OCEAN FLEET (By Associated Press) HONOLULU, Nov. 23.—The 2ist Pursuit Squadron, made up, of an unannounced number of planes, arrived here this morning from a_ west-coast base, amid great, secrecy. Hawaiian police and members of the naval shore patrol, kept all spectators away from the landing area during the two-hour period in which the glided to landings opposite naval air head- quarters. The arrival of the 2lst Squad- ron increases the planes available for assist: ed here to the largest total ever recorded in the history the navy, authorities stated. planes ance to the fleet station- of LEAHY SCOUTS AMBASSADOR RUMOR (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov 23.— Rear Admiral William<J. Leahy, present gov wx of Puerto Rico, let it be known here today that he knew nothing of the report that he was to be the new Unit- ed States ambassador to England. The deniai was ine first ob- servers here knew of the sub- ject. Admirel Leahy was Presi- dent Roosevelt's personal aide before his assignment to Puerto SEVEN SHIPS TO COME HERE FOUR DESTROYERS AND TRIO OF SUBS ASSIGNED STATION Captain Walter F. Jacobs, U.S.N., naval station commandant, | announced late Sterday after- noon that the navy department! had dispatched information relat- ing to the assignment of four de- stroyers and three submarines to Key West Arrival of the submarines slated for December 15th and the new destroyers to join the Key West-West Gulf Patrol are cue to arrive on December Ist, Capt.j Jacobs stated The submarines will be the S-22, S-25 and S-29, and will be the first to make Key West th home port since World War days The destroyers are the USS. ROPER, USS. DICKERSON. U.S.S. JACOB JONES and the U.S.S. HERBERT. Dredging work on the subma- rine basin by the R. C. Huffman Company is proceeding at a fast pace, according to Lt. Comdr. T. J. Brady's office. It is not ex- pected, however, that the project will be completed before the ar- rival of the submarines. ; Perfected defenses were serving! of ceremonies, and other NATION Special to The Citizen) | TAL |tional Art Week, scheduled for {national and geen 25-December 1, will be inaugurated by the popular | University of Chicago npren |Table in a discussion of t Meet Enemy Planes Be-| week to be broadcast over the {Red Radio Network of National fore They Reach Coast; |Broadcasting Company, Sunday, : jNovember 24th, at 2:30 p. m., Eight Dropped In Chan-!Est, Mrs. Beatrice Beyer Wil- liams, art head of Florida State College for Women and‘ Florida tArt Week chairman, said today. | Among the prominent speakers sas |} Chicago Roun able wl Ts. LONDON, Nov. 23.—British i Franklin D. Roosevelt, Archibald war heads reported today that |MacLeish, Librarian of Congress; ;Clifton Fadiman, popular master nel in |Known public figures, Mrs. Wil- {liams said. the defeat of new raids by meet-/ Plans for the observance of s -.. |National Art Week in Florida ing the enemy over the English 1 ve been completed. Proclaimed Channel before as a huge art fair, nationwide, jthis Art Week in Florida is de- 'signed to fulfill the purpose stat- ed in Governor Fred P. Cone’s decree, to realize the Art Week slogan, “American Art For Every American Home”. Artists and craftsmen the nation in good stead, wit reaching the coast. Anticipating the bombing raids, RAF. fighters took off from home ports last night, the invade before berely levelled off from bases in France. Included in the Io: announc- ed were seven Italian bombers and one Nazi bomber, all falling into the channel. No British planes were Jost in the engage- ment, it was reported. | Yugo-Slavian dispatches this; Announcement was made morning disclosed that hundreds! today that all artists of Key of retreating Italian troops were} West will display paintings pouring over the frontier into in the stores on Duval street, that nation, and further complete commencing next Monday. routes of the Fascists in Albania Displays may also be seen is indicated. at the Art Center. Complete evacuation of Koritza All paintings are for sale, by the Italians and most of the! i+ was announced. residents came iast night. it was announced from Athens. and the Greek troops are fully in charge of this important Italian _ base. The roads north and west of Koritza are jammed with refu- gees and Italian troops fleeing from the advancing Greeks. Reports indicate the soldiers of Greece are consolidating their positions before pushing on into Albania. British observers placed much emphasis on the Turkish an- nouncement yesterday concerning complete marshall law for that nation. The was widely cheered as significant of the op- Posing axis’ sentiment uppermost in Turkey and Greece. It is thought highly probable that the } met had rising and they after state- sales exhibits set up in available Art Centers of Florida Art Proj- ect-WPA, in libraries, women’s LOCAL ARTISTS IN EXHIBITIONS and art clubs, gift shops, depart- ment stores, outdoor bazaars and other convenient exhibition loca- tions in cities and towns through- out the state. Commenting upon the response of artists and organized art- minded groups participating in this statewide Art Week, Mrs. Williams stated that the Florida Art Project, reporting through Eve Alsman Fuller, state super- visor, announced a total of fifty exhibition places scheduled to use the project’s facilities, with two thousand exhibitors enrolled and some five thousand ' items registered for these Art Week sales exhibits. news LAHASSEE, Nov. 23.—Na-} state observance’ widely | wide have entered their work in| West is the second published by Harry B. Turner, editor and publisher of The Inquirer and Mirror of Nantucket Island, Mass. The first appeared in Even though its industries have, tdeparted, the people of Key West ‘take pride in their little -city. They all seem optimistic, how- ever, and feel that it will “come back”. At present the city as a whole seems to need repairs and paint. To be sure, there are imany fine buildings, but the im- pression one gains in wandering through its streets is that Key ; West needs a general campaign towards its comeback. Key West has its traditions and history just as Nantucket and 'with its cigar factories gone nev- er to return, it is living much on the past and looking forward to the future. As to what happen- ‘ed to Kev West prior to 1815, one would have to consult the shades, | (EDITOR'S NOTE: This ing a design for living in the be assigned.) The Citizen yesterday.) of Captain Kidd, Black Caesar or Gasparilla, but those chaps kept no records and leit none. But in those piratical days, Key West (or “Bone Island”) was then. as it is now, the gate-way to all the storied wealth of the rich coasts of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Doubtless many a Spanish Don thanked his saints and. his good luck when his tall galleon, laden with loot from the Aztec tem- ples, was safely past “Cayo Hueso” and the look-out could no longer discern any trace of the island along the western horizon. Tradition says that many a treasure-laden ship failed to evade the vigilance of the (Continued on Page Four) this is the life! It’s Up To Officers To Win Men’s Respect | is the last of a series describ- camps to which dreftees will By MORGAN BEATTY. AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—Th training a citizen army with all walking on eggs. There's a reason! Regular army officers know squarely on their shoulders. In formal black 4 Marshall hes told his t ing officers they're on ‘the spot to provide the kind of leadership the new men will understand and follow. “The establishment and main- tenance of high morale and the creation of conditions fostering good morale,” says an order from the chief, “are among the first and most vital functions of com- mand. Every commander is in- structed to give this matter his personal attention. . .” And to be cerain that’s that, the army has created several new units to prevent the buck from being passed. Among these are the 500, 1,000 and 2.000-man _ re- ception centers curtained off from the rest of the training camp areas. There'll be ho sending of green- horns after the key to the pow- der smoke chest for a laugh. Men unfamiliar with military commands, customs and laws are going to get them in a_ kindly way for a solid month. To be ab- solutely sure they understand, , their failures at first will some- | i¢ army’s dashing into the task of the reckless abandon of a man that success or failure will rest nd white. ‘hard-boiled Chief of Staff George. command-*. times be overlooked, often dis- cussed with them in a fatherly way. But after that month, hard- boiled army sergeants will get the recruits, expect them to ex- ecute commands, comply with customs, and obey strict army law, and no questions asked. General Marshall says the army’s ready for the task of training the new army. World war mistakes are known. So there'll be no excuses for reckless roughshod handling of sensitive troops. And P. S., Dad, Army tradition has a counterpart of the wisdom of the Declaration of Indepen- dence where it says “Government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed.” Army officers understand they'll be like government to hundreds of thou- sands of young Americans for a full year. General Marshall ex- pects these officers to earn the consent of the governed through leadership «and. ¢o-operation. “Wants Route | Military Road Initial Meeting Held v= CRIMINAL COURT tcrday; Mental perpED TERY Named Director For UNTIL NOY 30 TERS DISCUSSED Key West Chamber of Com- merce’s first “smoker mecting” was held last evening at quarters, being declared a cess by those in attendance. Amidst comfortable informai- ity, the following items were brought into the light of thorough discussion: Deferring of action on an order for reproduction of the present Chamber folder. Member Adrian O’Sweeney presented this proj- ect. John Allan Long was appointed head of a committee to discuss feasible working of a plan to unite merchants of the city with the Art Center staff in producing art work of all kinds, including the new silk-screen process pos- ters. Joseph W. John presented a message to the group, asking for support of an information booth in Miami, co-sponsored by the Redlands C. of C. Key West representation at that center would cost $500. Directors this morning disapproved of the proj- ect in that no funds were able. Secretary Singleton brought up the question of a new listing- service for hotels and rooming houses. A special information desk in‘ Chamber headquarters, for the benefit of local operators, unt. together with the listing. was to: next year be submitted to the Hotel Asso- Tesent ¢ ciation for reaction. \ Florida cast coas W. W. Demeritt sought to have! Stressing the ‘gegetamce the association again strive to|uniting all interests have the navy establish head-|“miltary read quarters here for the Seventh the whole Naval District. The group voted !ida. from Jacks to write representatives in/West. the meeting Washington on the subject jplans which will ca L. C. Gruber called for pres-'sion of the hiehwev sure on state representatives to ami > four-lar have old bills of the 1938 Gala Fiesta paid. -The association will write letters in an effort to set- tle that issue. John Simone suggested that the Pen American Airways be asked to erect a monument here in commemoration of the first PAA flight which left Key West. The secretary will write. seeking that project in the near future. Present at the meeting were President Everett Russell, W. W. Demeritt, W. T. Fripp, L. C. Gruber, Carl Bervaldi, Aaron McConnell, Charles Tavior. W. L. Butler, Mrs. Hugh _ Williams. Charles Ketchum. ‘Wm. Doughtrvy, Jr., R. A. O'Sweeney, John Si- more, John Gardner, secretary S. C. Singleton. H. R. Laubscher, A. Townsend Morgan and Joseph John. | hes suc- Monroe County W. H. Monsalvaige commissicner, who, with B. M Duncan. attended the initial meeting of the East way Association in Coest High rt Lauder dale yesterday. was named 2 rector of that group to represent Monroe County. according to avail- |Pews received this morning trom president Vere in Beach very ength able actio: would be jtv's effort t ithe roje jclude iplan HEMINGWAY WEDS in the a for highway action, placing Turkey on a firm | -——----—---~ military basis, would go far to- wards holding down further al- | liances with Hitler and Musso- | lini in the Balkans. | Far East dispatches this morn-} ing, chiefly from Chungking, | headquarters of General Kiang Kai-shek, were to the effect that | Chinese army action had brought destruction of a total of 50 Jap-! anese naval vessels in the Yang- tse river. Included in the list of ships destroyed by batteries from shore vantage points were sev eral mine sweepers, patrol boats and other river-type ships used for transporting purposes. | British authorities announced today that consummation of the |™uch more about it than we do, importation of 30,000 tons of }aS most of them will admit. The frozen meat from Argentina | Shape of things to come will mold would come early next month. jthe future of the Republican |party (and the Democrati¢ party it “90 - 3 sneer sl bee and of Wendeli L. Willkie, Days! | | | 1944 as if it were just around the Really. they don’t know Let's leave that to | Progs ut— IF Mr. Willkie is nominated for }the presidency again in 1944, he = will be upsetting another Repub- City laws now require all resi-|lican apple-cart (and one that has dents living on streets on which} been running smoothly for 86 sewer laterals have been installed| years) because he will be the to connect up their house lines/ first defeated candidate in the with the system. hi Ninety days from date of pub-} been nominated for a second try. lication—September 23, 1940—is | Not only that, but if Mr. Will- the time limit. |kie should even be considered as SIXTY-ONE DAYS HAVE }@ Serious contender for the nomi- ELAPSED ‘nation by next convention time, STRAND THEATER Bob Hope— ette Goddard in The Ghost Breakers COMEDY and NEWS REEL Matinee, 3:30 p.m. _ 20c and 30c Night. 6:30 p.m. __ 30 and 40c, he will be kicking over a prece- dent that has been broken by only two men in either of the major parties since pre-Civil war days. SAMOA eae | Democratic Exceptions GROVER CLEVELAND and William Jennings Bryan both were nominated on the Demo-jdidacy might split © the “iar He Will Break Party By JACK STINNETT, AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—Already Washington is talking about a political force after his defeat. than a nod of courtesy. story of the party ever to have! the corner. The political prog- cratic ticket three times. Bryan, of course never won the election. Cleveland did twice and although he was a defeated candidate when he was nominated in 1892, this was somewhat offset by the fact. become chief justices of the Su-/ the brilliant Union general, who \that he had been President for preme Court, a position which |¥@5 defeated by Garfield; and four years BEFORE his defeat: These are the two exceptions ahd both were Democrats. Let's look to the roster of defeated Repub- lican candidates. The first candidate of the Re- publican party as we know it to- day was Gen. John Charles Fre- mont, Indian fighter, California hero, and vetern of a dozen western ventures that had made him a national figure. James Bu- chanan beat him in 1856 and al- though Fremont remained in the limelight a good many years (he {was territorial governor bf Ari- zona and he was nominated by a jrump convention of Republican {radicals at Cleveland in 1364 but withdrew in favor of Lincoln when he was convinced his can- illkie Is G.O.P. Candidate In 1944, eside Marthz w ied Cheyenr city, horn. Thursday The ceremony was peri jby a justice of the peac Precedent Of 86 Years vote), he never really counted as James G. Blaine, defeated by | nosticators are burning n.idnight juice and slinging ink from Pag? Cleveland in 1884, stayed in the} 1860, there have | 1 to Classified trying to guess the future of Wendell L. Willkie and | picture long enough to become the part he will play in the Republican party in the coming years. Pole Benjamin Harrison’s Secretary of State, 1889-92, but when Harri- son was defeated he turned to in- ternational law. Took Court Posts WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT and Charles Evans Hughes went on from defeated candidacies to precludes political activity. For- «mer President Hoover and: Alf| Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 M. Landon are. of course, still on the political scene, but -comven- tions since their- defeats have ETE ETI, | Enjoy A... SUNDAY SPECIAL city on the trip from Sun ¥ Idaho, where Hi jbeen spending jhis divorce Hemingway last York Hemingwz For W }to his new wv writer Hemingew been Hadley _Richardsor childhood swectheart.. who tained 2 divorce 4 1996; Ris see ond, Pauliné Peiffer was gran ed a divorce trier Wt Kove ber 4, and custody of their ch dren, Patrick, 12, and Gregory TONIGHT... . BENEFIT BALL —for the— Red Cross Rell Call passed them by with little more ‘On the Democratic side, since te been Stephen died shortly \after Lincoln's first inaugural Gen. George B. McClellan; Horatio Seymour and Horace Greeley, who were beaten by |Grant; Samuel J. Tilden, de- feated by Rutherford B. Hayes in ithe famous contested election Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock. A Douglas, who nove havme Alton B. Parker, who lost to In ;Nearly every instance these men “retired to private life” after their political Waterloos, as did James M. Cox, the Dayton, O., publisher, and John W. Davis, the New York attorney. Al Smith's defeat in 1928 has brought in its wake only his well-known “walks” of succeeding years and a split with the party to which he had given life-long allegiance. By Leu Smith Auto Service |] Hel Durnell and His Orchestre Duval and Division Streets For Reservations Call 406 PHONE $153 or 5 || Until 6-00 P. M or Post Office Si OR