The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 3, 1940, Page 1

Associat« 1 Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 288. PRES. ROOSEVELT: BOARDED CRUISER | } AT MIAMI TODAY’ i | CAPTAIN WALTER F. JACOBS, | NAVAL DISTRICT COM- MANDER, GREETED CHIEF! EXECUTIVE ON ARRIVAL (iy Associated Press) MIAMI, Dec. 3. — President Roosevelt arrived here today at; 1:00 p. m., and, with his party, | was immediately whisked across the city to the waiting new navy cruiser, the Tuscaloosa, for a two-weeks’ cruise into Caribbean } waters. The first person to greet Presi- dent Roosevelt as he steppea | from the special F. E. C. train’ here was Captain Walter’ F. Jacobs assistant-commandant “of! the 7th Naval District, and’ com-| mandant of Key West Naval; Station. ‘The President stated in a press; conference before his arrival here | that he “had only a general idea! as to the Tuscaloosa’s itinerary”, but assured the press that the trip was of serious purpose. He contemplated no fishing. Thousands of Miamians wel-| comed the nation’s leader along} the route taken by autos from} the station to pier 3 where the Tuscaloosa was docked, with two destroyes docked near-by, here! to escort the cruiser. Accompanying the President! were Gen. Watson, Harry Hop- kins, former secretary of com- merce, Rear Admiral Ross T.| McIntyre, White House physician, ' and Captain Daniel J. Callaghan, | naval aide. Speculation as to the itinerary of the Tuscaloosa ran high here, many believing that the cruiser} (Cc.itinued on Page Four) IRON GUARD IN SHAKE-UP MOVE, | RUMANIAN POLICE FORCE! DISSOLVED; SEARCH FOR RADICALS | i { (By Associated Press) BUCHAREST, Dec. 3.— A shake-up in the Iron Guard ranks ; has been ordered by high govern- ment officials it was revealed! here today, in an effort to keep| down radicalism on the part of! younger members of this leading! Political force in Rumania Orders were given today to dissolve the police force of the Guard, consisting of 10,000 mem- bers. Revamping of that organ- ization will come with a view towards “impressing the younger members with the real purposes of the Iron Guard”, as agdinst signs evident of late which point- ed towards terroristic tendencies. Danger of civil war in Rumania was regarded less likely today, | as fewer reports. of disorders were heard from all points of the nation. Nazi offigials, how- ever, were still holding to their watchful attitude on internal af- fairs. __TEMPERATURES — Lowest last/Highest last night 24 hours 23 32 33 56 --8 21 13 40 31 58 24 63 58 35 73 85 85. 5 49 61 38 34 41 65 45 Boston Charleston Chicago Cincinnati Denver Detroit El Paso Jacksonville Minneapolis Nashvlile 24 New Orleans 48 New York _ 25 Pittsburgh 10 St. Louis il San Francisco 42 Washington _ 29 EDWARD G. ROBINSON and EDNA BEST Dispatches From Reuters and MARCH OF TIME Matinee. 3:30 p.m. __ 20 and 30 Night, 6:30 p.m. “_ 30¢ and 40c. azis Send Only Single Planes Over England | Today; Heavy Attack | Memorial Service’ Sunday Last Night On Bristol ELKS GONE ‘BEFO (By Associated Press) ji 5 ‘ LONDON, Dec. 3.—Nazi air ac- ‘He was one who loved his fel- low man. who practiced brother- tion over England diminished 1. 11¢ <vno adhered to justice appreciably tqday, with reports tempered by sympathetic charity He was indeed faithful to him- self and the ideals which govern- ed his life. His faults, for after all he was human, have been written upon the shifting sands, coming in of only scattered Single-plane bombers in opera- tion over the London area and a few east-coast areas. Severe attacks, however, were experienced last night when at least 200 Nazi bombers flew over Bristol and an unnamed south- west city, bringing destruction to two churches, a hospital and wide damage to many homes and of- fice buildings. Royal Air Force action ap- peared to have overshadowed the Nazi air-dtive last night, with returning pilots reporting success in the latest drive on the sub- marine and air base at Laurient, France.. Many direct hits were scored. ~~ Other R.AF flights took British planes to northern Italian cities for a renewal of attacks on that sector, and two Nazi ships were reported sunk by plane action off the coast of Norway. Allied shipping losses continued heavy during the past seven-day period—the British admitting three ships lost yesterday and as ; Many more in the preceding six days. Nazis claimed 118,000 tons of enemy shipping sunk in the period—a figure “twice too high” according to British statements. | GREEKS IN CONTROL OF SOUTHERN SECTOR ATHENS, Dec. 3. — Greece army heads reported this morn- ing that recent military coups scored against the Italins had scored against the Italians had whole southern sector in Albania. Italian defense lines north of Porto Edda, stretching for 50 miles have been demoralized, the Greeks claimed, forcing Il Duce’s troops to fall back to other posi- tions far inland. Rumanian dispatches clearing through this city stated that the Italian position in north Albania is hopeless. Observers heard that the Italian 11th army corps had been entirely routed in that sector. Supplies for the Greek armies in Albania are moving forward despite Italian plane action. Eye witnesses stated that trucks were rolling continuously over hazard- ous mountain roads, bringing up needed supplies and arms to the Greek soldiers. POPE PIUS CALLS FOR CHRISTMAS PEACE VATICAN CITY. Dec. 3.—Pope Pius included definite instruc- tions for Peace Prayers in his Christmas message to all Arch- bishops of the world today, ac- | cording to Catholic officials here. The: Holy Father especially de- Sired that every soldier of the world, in whatever nation’s army, Would be free from battle on Christmas Day. eae, Johnny Nebo’s STARLIGHT BAR Best Domestic and Imported WINES and LIQUORS YOUR FAVORITE IN MIXED DRINKS 713 Duval Street dhis virtues engraved forevermore upon the tablets of love and memory”. In those words, W. Curry Har- ris, member of Key West Lodge, No. 551, B.P.O. Elks, and main (Continued on Page Four SATURDAY ‘CLASSES’ SLOW UP STUDENTS (Ry Asseoctated Press) DALLAS, Tex., Dec. 3.—Violat- ing a traffic law draws the pen- alty of school on Saturday for Datlas students. Judge Joe M. Hill prescribes a ‘Saturday morning safety lecture and a quiz on traffic laws. He recommends also that their par- ents “fine” them by deducting from allowances. November Rainfall Way Below Normal November has never been a particularly “wet month”, but last month, according to the monthly Meteorological Summary released today by the local Weather Bureau, was exception- ally short on rainfall. i The summary revealed that a total of .76 inches of rain fell during November, which is 1.43 inches departure from the aver- age of 219 for that month, as averaged during the 69 years of record-gathering by the bureau here. In the temperature column, however, the record for last The Kry STATE WELFARE BOARD RE-/ | PORT SHOWS ONE-THIRD’ | | IN PROGRAM (Special te The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. 3.) iO the 11 public schools of ;Monroe county, with a total en- rollment of 2,497 pupils, five’: schools and 850 children are now} |Participating in the School Lunch} | Program, according to announce-| ;ment today of the State Welfare; ‘Board, sponsoring agency. i Other Monrée county schools} may ‘be certified for the receipt! of surplus commodities’ to be \used ih ‘the preparation of schoo! (lunches: by ‘applying to the near- ‘Beat was sact NATIONAL C.OFC. For the state at large, 846 schools and 78,919 children were!” Participating as of November 1, it | was announced. The goal of 1,-! 000 schools and 100,000 children i ,fixed for the 1940-41 school term jwill be reached by the end of |the présent year, it was antici- pated. | Surplus commodities. are furn-! ished without cost by the State Welfare Board through its sur- plus commodity division to all certified schools. These commo- dities are supplemented by other foodstuffs donated by local agen- cies, so as to provide meals for needy school children. The surpluses include flour, meal, grits, lard, rice, prunes, raisins, fresh cabbage, Irish pota- toes, evaporated milk, canned peaches, smoked bacon, salt ba- con, fresh apples and dried beans. The School Lunch Program was extended to Florida in November of last year by the Surplus Mar- keting Administration, an agency af the U.S. Department of Agri- culture, for the double purpose of providing-an outlet for price- depressing farm surpluses and meeting the needs of school chil- dren of the low-income groups for a-more nourishing diet. | month held practically to normal ; Teadings, with a 74.4 average for the month as compared with a 74.3 normal. Highest recording; for November was 85, recorded on the first day of the month,} and the lowest, 56, recorded on the 16th and 17th. | Eighteen days were clear last month, seven were partly cloudy, there were five cloudy days and} seven days during which measur-+ able precipitation was recorded. Prevailing wind was from the east, with an average wind velo- city of 10.6 m.p.m. for the month. | III II IIS SF eat Cittzrn THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, ‘TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1940 “Sit down, Hanko!” Thus Judge William V. Al- bury reminded Eduardo Al- bertus, familiarly known as Hanko amongst his city-hall ¢o-workers, that duty to the county comes first over city work. Albertus, along with other jurors summoned for the Criminal Court trial yester- stood up when the judge asked if there weres any who could show just cause for being excused from jury service. Less than thirty of the original panci of fifty jurors summoned for duty remained after check-ups on qualifica- tions were made by the sher- iff's department and excuses granted by Judge Albury. ‘SCOUTS RECEIVED Demonstrated Sconting ‘AWARDS’ AT COURT Thirty-nine Boy Scouts of the jcity received promotions and ‘merit badges at the current | Awarding Court held last Frida night at the High School audi torium, with all troops of the city being represented. Parents and friends of scouting jin the city turned out in large Secretary August Burghard of ‘numbers to witness the awarding OFFICER COMING WILL BE PRESENT AT STATE SECRETARIES’ CONVEN- TION HERE hn Nanslaoht “Cast By rs the Florida Commercial Secre- taries’ Association advised secre. tary Singleton of the local Cham- ber of Commerce today that Ben Lawshe, manager of the Com- mercial Association of the United | States Chamber of Commerce would be present when the state group holds its convention in Key West next May 25th. And further proof that the C. of C. secretaries are alive to their responsibilities, is contained in another advice received which quoted Austin Williamson, traffic manager of the P. & O. S.S. Company as favorable to co- operation with the secretaries’ group. ; Mr. Williamson stated that recognition could be accorded the convention in some way, “es- | pecially since it was to be con- |Sidered that these secretaries ;come in contact with thousands {of tourists throughout. the state jand are in a position to do a lot ; of good”. |and to enjoy the -demonstration {of various phases of scout life staged by the five troops precs- tent. To start the program seciion of jthe court, Troop 59 led off with j typical scout songs, rendered by ‘scouts Ralph Solano, Florencio | Reyes, Henry and Walter Vinson jand Albert Callero. | Troop 50 also presented a sam- jple of scout cooking, scouts An- drew Garcia, Charles Sanchez and Narciso Castilla proving they jknow somewhat of the culinary art. Interesting sidelights on an overnight camp on Big Pine Key, with a sample of what scouts talk about at camp, were pre- sented by scouts Kenneth Rob- erts and Lew Smith of Troop 51 Scout C. M. Carra, of Troop 51, then rendered a solo of “God Bless America”. Bookbindnig, one of the divi- jsions of scout life, was demon- strated by scouts of Troop 54— { Clarence Higgs, Leroy and Larry DeLozier. Another merit division, elec- tricity, found scouts Robert Mc- Carthy and Leon Kincaid dem- onstrating knowledge to win badges in that work. Scoutmaster Johnny Esperdy (50) with a group of summer jcamp scouts, provided respite from the serious side of scouting at this point, with a barrage of jokes. | Pioneering demonstration was handled by scouts of Troop 52, |Calvin Cates, Ernest Avila, Ra- !mon Gonzaga, Richard Colgate, Albanian nation to furnish food |P. S. Sychner,, Odes McKillip, for the Italian armies ‘now en-|Dick Noyes, Bert Cates and Eu- gaged'in battles with ‘the Greeks. | gene Sawyer. The belief is strong here that! First Class-awards were _pre- (Continuea on Page Four) sented to Eloy Rodriguez, Fred- erick Valdez, Gilbert Valdez, ITALIANS CALL ON: ALBANIA FOR FOOD SAYS NATION MUST SUP- PORT ITALIAN ARMIES WITHIN BORDERS (By Associated Press) ROME, Dec. 3.—Italian army heads revealed today that plans Were now on foot to force the ‘America’s W. Vv, Zz EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth of a series on what science is doing to com- bat the ten major causes of our Life Expectancy Moves Up To 62 As Science Studies Affairs Of Heart Arthur Valladares, Walter Vin- ison (Troop 50), and Leroy Saw- jyer (Troop 54). Second Class awards went (Continued on Page Four) Iai IIaaaes WARREN WATROUS to a major killer of youth, is de-| creasing. Its rate has dropped | off a third in 25 years. Cause of | | | i j i | i IN NEW POSITION Advice was received here this week that Warren Wat- are spent more comfurtably be- cause of science. Public ‘health authorities view j i Sawyer} sufficient | Ithe decrease is obscure, but doc- itors are inclined to credit it to By JOHN GROVER better diet, better home sanita- AP Feature Service Writer | tion and better general health. WASHINGTON; Dec. 3—Doc-| Treatment for heart ailments | tors are becoming so expert, that (shows: marked bed cere =u they are drivi the death j techniques “are “prolonging the peak enor = death lives of ‘Sufferéts"and add to , brain ailments. admit, however" that these are A contradiction? Not at all jmerely -postponements of the The doctors are saving more peo- | final Teckoning As more persons ple from death in infancy. youth yare saved for old age. more hearts and middle age. Since they live} will wear out. There is little longer, deaths among the elderly, |hope that anything will change from “wearing out” of vital or-|this inflexible Picture—much. gans, are increasing. ‘Likewise, they expect nephritis Heart disease, with 380,000 and brain hemorrhage deaths to deaths a year, is the No. 1 cause increase. Both are natural as- of death. Brain hemorrhage and sociates of old age. cerebral embolisms stand fourth ; Life Expectancy 62 with 112,000, and nephritis (kid-‘ New drugs, new surgical tech- ney inflammation) fifth with niques and better diagnosis can about 100,000. . |and do prolong the lives ef those Falls Off One-Third jwho inevitably fall victim to death in the United States. 2 their comfort--Honest doctors! | the increases in the degenerative ; ‘disease death rate with no alatm. | They point out that half } who now die in old age would| have died years and years before tunless science had: stepped in. It has added years to.:the; life. ex- ; Pectancy of the average American juntil it now stands, at,62. |. Next: Appendicitis. i 602 Duval Street MUST VACATE BY- MONDAY Everything Must Gol! FIXTURES FOR SALE SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS Rheumatic heart disease, once these diseases. Their last years| SSCEETAREY GF BAVY w= BE SESE TOMOEEC! art EEsoos all DePaat MENTS INSTEDCTED Verdict Turned In Late Last Night; Court Re- cessed Until Tomorrew Morning Reber! Sawyer was found not guilty of a manslaughter charge by @ Criminal Court jury iz « ver- Cict returmed 10:30 o'clock lest night. following the ‘trial im which five witnesses testified for the state and one. the defendant hims:lf, testified for the de fense. Trial opened yesterday morn ing at 9:30 o'clock with the ques tioning of jurors. Ten jurors wen excused, four by the state. three Sa deiense, and for cause as ordered by Judge Wi liam V. Albury For the state. Herbert Betan court, Dr. Julio DePoo. Reber: Gardner. Earl Higgs and Thomas — Aguilar testified. Attorney Louis landing about 38 Harris calied only the defendant Sttetteq, wil S to the stand in his own defense Sugie County solicitor Allen B. Cleare. Chef Bostswar< Maw |Jr.. summed up the state's case in bell wil = a brilliant manner and the jury was then charged by Judge Al- burv. The case arose when Gilbert U Demeritt died on November 10th from the effects of 2 street fight with Sawyer three days previous to that date. Originally an es- sault and battery charge had been sworn out against Sewper— later changed to the manslaughter charge when Demeritt died In its deliberations, the jury paused to question the judge as to whether the charge could be reduced to an assault status. in- dicative of the opinion preveiling that no guilty verdict would beta brought in. Judge Albury in- formed the jury that it would have to find the defendant either guilty or not guilty on the one charge Jurors in the case were Charles Cremata, Sr., Ignacio Perez, An- tonio Palcencio, Harry M. Baker. Ed. A. Mathews and Octawio Cer- vantes. Criminal Court met at 930, o'clock this morning and was Tre- jcessed by Judge Albury until to- morrow morning at the same time when the case of Stanley Thomas will be heard He is charged with assault and battery by his wife. As nee" > DEATH PICKS HOLIDAYS—DECEMBER’S ‘Weather, Light Conditions, Christmas Travel Blamed FATAL QUOTA IS 3500 FOR NATION By GEORGE E. GEIGER AP Feeture Serre Wor There's a tinsel-decorated town’ At intersections rec-clad Sante ‘this Christmas scasoti wifi $500 Clauses smile rng tex tnkling \carefree men, women ang chil- bells and siep aus aos They smile DOW. 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