The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 30, 1940, Page 1

Associate 1 Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 286. THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. End Orders AlKOut War On Italian Armies * Offensive To Be Taken! On All Fronts; Musso-' lini Believed Wavering In Favor Of Peace (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 30.—British' spokesmen teday announced Plans to push an “all-out war” against the Italians with the pur- Pose of forcing peace on that na- tion and causing a definite split | in the axis-power determination to rule all of Europe, including the Mediterranean area. The announcement came _fol- lowing the revelation that Brit- ain had been preparing for just that campaign, and while it was admitted the Italians were still superior in numbers, the blows dealt by Greece and British units in Albania of late and strengthen- ing of offensives in Africa and air action over Italian island bases near Greece, the time seems propitious for such maneuvers. Italian morale has been great- ly lowered, the belief exists here, as the nation witnesses one de- feat after another in Albania Mussolini’s ministers were sched- uled for important conferences today in Rome—and it was ex- pected important announcements would come from that meet As a starter, the British an- nounced the sinking of an Italian submarine “somewhere off Gree this morning and it was believed the British Mediterran- ean fleet would receive orders shortly to “ferret out the Italian fleet” wherever it could be found The Battle of Britain proceed- ed at an accelerated pace last night—with a reported total of 300 Nazi planes hovering over London in a strong effort to cripple communication and _util- ity lines. Berlin claimed direct hits were scored against major objectives, their; planes using 400-pound bombs! Continuation of the mans concentrating on cities in southeast England. Long-range guns sprang into action, hammer- ing repeatedly at sections sur- rounding Dover. One British freighter was reported hit by the guns as it tried to make port at Dover. Royal Air Force, meanwhile, stepped up its attacks and re- (Continued on Page Four) JUDGE ADAMS NEW JUSTICE TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov. 30 (FNS).—Alto Adams, circuit court judge of Fort Pierce, was appointed Monday by Governor Cone as the new seventh justice of the Florida Supreme Court. A seventh justice for the Su- preme Court was provided when the voters ratified a constitution- 21 amendment to that effeet in the November election. Adams is 41 years old. He will be the youngest member of the supreme court fice imm ely and will serve until January, 1943. The office will be filled by the voters in the 1942 general election for the full six year term. attacks | came this morning, with the Ger- CITY FOLKS MAY NOW see see Sat.-Sun. Special, Southern Fried CHICKEN DINNER Chop Suey and Chow Mein ORIENTALE He will take of-:; TOYS FOR BRITAIN School Children "Agree TURNED TO LIONS Junior Red Crossers of Key West announced this week that they had turned approxi- mately 450 toys gathered during the past two months from schools of the city to the Club Christmas Tree Benefit commit- tee to distribute to the children at Christmas over Lions city’s needy time. Under chairmanship of Mrs. Edwin Trevor, the Junior group had been collecting the tovs for the original purpose of sending to Britain. National plans to dis- continue that drive. however, in that ship space was needed for more urgent materials, were an- nounced recently, bringing a change in plans locally. Permission of students turned in the toys to the Red Cross was obtained and the Lions Club took over the supply this week. NYA and WPA de- partments prepared to repair those that needed such work— toys in good shape being placed with the hundreds of others be- ing stacked up for the annual Christmas Tree benefit to be held on Friday, December 20th Lions expressed grateful ap- preciation to the Junior Red Cross and to all students in all schools, for this contribution, to- day, and announced that a more complete coverage of the city’s needy children is now possible with the toys turned over. who ROCKS TO DEATH MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Seating himself in a rocking chair in the back of a truck hauling house- hold goods, W. D. Cooper, 75, rocked out the end of the trugk, struck his head on the pavement and died of the injury jyear PREPARING FOR GASPARILLA IN TAMPA FEB. 4 ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR BUILDING AND BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM COMPLETED TAMPA, Nov. 30 (FNS).— Completing a $100,000 building and beautification program this week, Florida State Fair officials launched their annual exploita- tion program for the annual ex- position and ‘Gasparilla Carnival which opens in Tampa on Tues- day, February 4 and continues through Saturday, February 15. There are now 22 mammoth steel and concrete fireproof exhi- bition halls with 300,000 square feet of floor space, comprising the most modern exhibition plant in America, according to General Manager P. T. Strieder. Adopting a patriotic theme to be carried out in all departments with a military day as one of the outstanding features, empha- sis will be placed on flag deco- rations, military musical produc- tions and a spectacular night show in front of the grandstand, ‘The Salute to Freedom”, a New York extravaganza. Over 10,000 plants have been added to out of door floral and shrub displays throughout Tam- pa’s $3,000,000 exposition grounds and 50 full ground Washington palms have been placed between exhibition buildings. Premiums for exhibitors this will total $40,000. County <hibits will again be featured but thousands of individual growers wil have citrus and veg- etable displays. Gasparilla day, the colorful pi. ratical invasion pageant, is sche- duled for Monday, February 10, and will be presented on a great- er scale than ever before. The presence of many thousands” of soldiers and aviators at McDill Field is expected to add much to the great parade, officials say. DIES IN W.P B. Word has been received in Key t of the sudden death Thurs- day morning of Mrs. Dwight A. Allen, a pioneer settler of Palm Beach county. Mrs. Allen’s husband brother of the late Allen and J. William Allen of this city. Mrs. William R. Warren and Sam Goldsmith left this morning for West Palm Beach to attend the funeral services which will be conducted at 4:00 o'clock this afternoon. is the LEARN ABOUT Presses Have Just Printed ‘Technology On The Farm’ eee UNITED STATES’ FARMS AND FARMERS By JACK STINNETT, AP F: WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—For anyone who cares two whoops what is happening to United States farms and farmers, a fas- cinating piece of government lit- erature recently rolled off the federal press It is called by the unappetizing title of “Technology on the Farm”—but it-is just about as full a survey of farm improve- ments a as the numerous bureaus of the Department of Agriculture could put together. City folk (and I'm just like the next fellow who doesn’t know a harrow from a combine) have fal- len into the habit of saying that the farmer of today. with his ights, his radio, his tele- the family jalopy. wash- nes, hot and cold run- ater, indoor plumbing and a generous check from the gov- ernment every year is sitting GEORGE AND MARGARET! Opal Fussell, Mgr. 319 Duval St. lack of improvements n ure Service Writer pretty on top of the haymow. Now this is like a lot of state- ments that somebody who doesn’t | know what he’s talking about picks up and passes along to oth- er non-knowers until it gets to be sort of universal. It’s about half truth and half breeze. At least that’s the conclusion you'll have to come to if the agriculture de- t survey all facts. Much To Be Done The farmer has come a long way from the ox-drawn wooden plow and harvesting sickle and flail, but what got me in this de- (Continued on Page Four) TRUMBO HOTEL is pleased to announce the GRILLE Serving the same DELICIOUS FOOD as always "Premier Broadcast of ‘THE PAUSE THAT REFRESHES’ NEW RADIO PROGRAM Be Sure To Listen In! George W.j on farm tech-} KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SAT URDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1940 Census:Revision Places !K JURORS | Florida‘Increase'Higher LATE FIGURES REVEA POPULATION THAN 1930 MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL WILL OPEN MONDAY MORNING AT 9:30 O'CLOCK: ROBERT SAWYER DEFENDANT L 28.6 PERCENT MORE | (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Nov. 30.— Revised Census figures have brought about two important changes within the State, accord- ing to a study of census figures just released by George G. Gross, Executive Secretary of the Flor-| ‘ida State Planning Board. | Additional figures now place Clearwater in the group of cities | thaving a population of more than: 10,000; and Marion County now has a total of 31.193; thus show-! ing a gain of 5.5% rather than a ‘loss of 15% as was indicated in jthe preliminary ccnsus figures. | | Also 52 of the counties now show ;an increase in population while! ,but 15 are credited with a de-! ;, crease. i | Florida received nation-wide publicity in the release of the preliminary figures which showed ,;that the State had a 27.9% in- lerease in population. The latest figures given for Florida credit the State with an increase of 28.6%. Florida easily led all of the Southern States in the per-j centage of increase. North Caro- lina with 124°, was the next in {rank among the Southern States, and Louisiana was third with 121%. North Carolina shows the largest actual population— 3,563,174. Georgia ranks second with 3,119,953 and Tennessee ;third with 2,910,992. { Jacksonville, Miami, and Tam- pa are the only three cities in the State with over 100,000 popula- tion, with 174.336, 170,877, and 107,674 respectively: St. Peters-; burg with 59,178 is the only city~ having a population between 50; and 100,000; Pensacola, Orlando, SERVICE SUNDAY | _TO BE HELD AT HIGH SCHOOL ‘ AUDITORIUM, 3:30 | O'CLOCK | Annual Memorial Services of Key West Lodge No. 551, B.P.O. 'Elks, will be held tomorrow aft- ernoon, 3:30 o’clock, at Key West ‘High School auditorium. | Program will open with |“America”, and the “Consecra- jtion Overture” by the Key West Civic Orchestra. Rev. J. C. Geke- ler will offer the invocation. Roll Call of absent members j will be held, followed by a lodge |rjtual Wm. Curry. Harris will de- i liver the principal oration. Two other numbers will be played by the orchestra. . ‘NYA ANNOUNCES — NEW AGE LIMIT |} URGES STUDENTS TO STAY; IN SCHOOL IF POS- SIBLE Victor Lowe, tocal NYA super-! visor, stated today that head- quarters had sent forward infor- mation which told of a lowering jof age limit for youths working on the new Defense program. The revised limit is 16 years, Mr. Lowe advised, applicable for boys and girls who are not stu- dents at any school At the same time, the an- nouncement urged that youths remain in school if at all pos- sible. Aid for those who need part-time employment while ‘at- tending school will be furnished whenever possible. and students have been cautioned not to leave school to take advantage of this new age revision. Exhaust Pipes, Mufflers and Tail Pipes FOR ANY MAKE CAR Lou Smith Auto Service Phone $153 or § Duval at Division and West Palm Beach are over} judge William V. Albury cali- 30,000 with 37,173, 36,302, and 33,- | oo 208 respectively. jed the Criminal Court to order Miami Beach with 27,340, Day- | this morning at 10:45 o'clock with tona Beach with 22317, and /all court attendants present, and Lakeland with 21,650 ere the |Proceeded to draw the names for three cities in the group between j the jury panei from which jurors 20 and 30,000. | will be selected for the court Fort Lauderdale with 17,643 /sion to open next Monday morn- leads the cities in the group 10} ing at 9:30 o'clock. to 20,000; the others having pop-; Only case scheduled for trial ulation as follows: jis the Robert Sawyer manslaugh- Tallahassee—16,097. leer charge. Sawyer is at liber- i Gainesville—13,445. KEY — KEY — WHERE Key West—12,861 St. Augustine 12,054. wal sett 1 i Panama City—11,584. | i an oil Criminal Court this morning ; at 9:30 o'clock. Court at- Clearwater—10,026. a — Congressional Districts, accord-| C- Sawyer's office for the key (Continued on Page Four) | to the — we eee — jury box is kept. No key was found. It developed that Mr. Saw- yer had left for Jacksonville yesterday to attend a meeting of state county clerks, and hed forgotten to leave the vault key. After much delay, the city’s locksmith was located and the vault opened with a skeleton key. Then—one hour and 45 minutes late— the ccurt was called to or- | der. Sarasota—10.945. Fort Myers—10,545. Sanford—10,173. SCIENCE FINDS NEW PARALYSIS FIGHT AID ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 30 (FNS).—Scientists have drafted a new soldier in their Perpetual war against infan- tile paralysis. The amazing story back of this new draf- tee comes from William C. Eurich, founder of the world’s largest guinea pig colony at St. Petersburg. The Golden Hamster, also called the Syrian Hamster, up until a short time ago was be- lieved to be extinct. Only a stuffed specimen in an ob- ae eee. = and @ box follow: fein ‘eat found in the | Alfredo Machin, George~ 1. a of — aay des- Gwynn, William Menendez, Pepe dente <8 Sie over: kant aes Castillo, George Mills White, 4 di . Merrell F. aad Thence sherpa eat Archie Thompson, Merre ; MY Sands, Jr., Armando Davilla, Car- ~ — was discovered in [}4; Cremata, Sr, Ignacio Perez, A drag pei kes jJoseph Cruz, Raul Martinez, pair o mysterious 4 : Thomas Bocheff, Walter Munro, little waifs from the distant is; Antonio Placencio, J. N. W Past were secured for the col- | picsell, Lenoy Russell, Harry M Ection of strange and inter- Baker. eeang animals maintained by | John’ William Griffin, Octavio Patents Pig colony at St. |Recio, J. Winfield Russell. Her- ie — = man Holtsberg, Ed A. Mathews, The guinea pig colony sup- = 5 = a Rafael Fernandez Gonzalez, Oc- plies guniea pigs for scientif- | tayio Cervantes, Jesse R. Taylor, ic research. However. they (Walter Thompson, Samuel P. are impervious to infantile (piggs, Edward Fernandez, Rob- paralysis and cannot be used ort Hertel, Fernando Carbonell, = porated ways and means Daniel Garcia, Frank O. Weech. of combating this dreadful Freddie Solomon. disease. The Golden Hamster © Hugh Williams, Willard Kerr, mie to 'E. C. Mallory, Sr. W. B. Curry. : as soon as oe : perry aca avail. J. M. Humbert, Evelio Rodriguez. H v William M. Baker, Noel Solomon, able they will be drafted into 1 renzo Guiterez, Eddie Saunders service in the war against (Bra) Ulric Gwynn, George W. Johnson, Edgar A. Taylor, Julius Villareal, Eduardo Albertus and C. E Yates. ‘America’s W. ty at present on $2,000 bond. charged with contributing to the death of Gilbert Demeritt fol- ilowing a street fight November { 7th. Names drawn from the jury Face. . Che Key West Citizen PEKCE FIVE CENTS Apt Pe To Be Discussed At Special Mest Sask EEE ee FORTUNE SOLDIER Next Steps Will Be Gut- limed At Executive Ses dav Night TO WINTER HERE Key We interesting ch: this winter sea of one John soldier of fortune an intensely of life An Orlande viewing Mr has the ming up h “John M. Billing years old, who Ranger, asa charged with the buria fever victims in Panz the Gorgas regime of 19% Indian fighter anda s fortune under Villa im time in Mexico, came t the other day and stow m he head in Eola Park to show tha he still is physically fit “Billingslea’s mother was quarter Cherokee. he said. added that “I imtend Bev the Seminoles a visit while in Flor ida, because I ver saw an In dian yet I could not get along with. I am going from here 1 St. Petersburg and then + West for the winter “In 1995 I was sent to Majer General William H. Gorga Panama, and he asked me wh I was good at. I said I was t with a lariat or a six-shox ‘But’. said ‘the general. I wa you to bury the dead. Th all right. I said. because live men I am afraid of. I lots of the cent pine boxes boxes gave out we When they were al Gorgona. the general bury leper dead on and then those of the “For 20 vears se a day’s illness The velt gave me a @ added. exhibitine the medal with the likeness of T. R. on Billingslea showed two (Continued on Page Four) whe interesting & Mader Orland fever victims in and when used sheets buried used me vice with odore Roose | Wanted: Killers Of 165,000 Yearly The Reasons For Cancer 'c2¥sing cancer experimentally; (3) studying cancer heredity. i . . A cancer cell never reforms. Still Elude Science’s Once it goes bad it stays @ killer. Detectives It grows wildly anywhere, mal tissue. Some substances are carcino- genic (cancer causing). Coal tar is the second of a series on Ne. Some strains of virus foster what science is doing to com- ©2Cr. but cancer can oceur in bat the ten major causes of ‘he absence of any of these. death in the United States.) Some cancer-causers actually islow down cell growth when ap- By JOHN GROVER plied. Yet months afterwards AP Feature Service Writer these treated cells may break out WASHINGTON, Nov. 30—/‘im cancerous growth. Nobody Uncle Sam has rolled up his Knows why. — ae 3 Some families are more suscep- scientific sleeves fo swing a $1,- ti : ble than others to certain types 450,000 punch at cancer, killer of of cancer. There are lung cancer 165,000 annually. families,- skin cancer families The $750,000 national institute and breast cancer families for cancer research has just been' There are geographically can- dedicated to hunt for causes and $iresstiy is highest is ane een cures and some $700,000 addition- from Maine to Maryland, thence al is being given each year to other cancer research laborator- les. Cancerous body cells literally are cells that go crazy. Instead- of multiplying normally, they proliferate at excessive speed. Current research now follows three main channels: (1) trans-| Matinee. 3:30 p.m. planting cancerous tissues (2) (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is STRAND THEATER ° James Cagney—Pat O’Brien Jeffrey Lynn—George Brent pat GE THE FIGHTING 69TH even after transplanting to nor- lwest to Colorado. The Pacifi Coast states form another bel Climate? Food habits? Occupe tional environment? Nobody knows. Most skin cancer occurs im }north. Women jess likely have stomach cancer. Men have the most lip cancer. Bi ss cer is largely confined people under 35, skin cancer to the elderly. These known facts don't add up but scientists hope they will fel into a pattern sometime. Then the conquest of cancer. second largest cause of death, will really get under way. What of the chanees fer 2 can cer victim? Good. if—and how doctors stress that “if —diagnose early. Cancer is curable m its early stages, by radium. surgery or x-ray. are Pry, rire i» gone ¥ BOME MADE PIES re