The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 4, 1940, Page 1

Che Key West Citizer | a a a IMPROVEMENTS ON TRIP’ tn preparation for the coming! ACROSS MIAMI AFTER AR: (flood of winter visitors, a color- | {ful new map of the Miami area! ee. s RIVAL YESTERDAY iis now being distributed free of | j _ . STATE REVOKED (charge by Standard Oil dealers Captain Walter F. Jacobs, One side of this folder, entitled Leaves Miami At Associat« 1 Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1940 F.D.R. QUERIED | as CAPT. JACOBS ON’ CROWN TOURS’ ON, VOLUME LXI. No. 289. Britain Admits Concem | Over ‘Bitz’ On Shipping FEDERALS OPEN | SIE L IS SSI, Prime Minister Churchill MONOPOLY TRIAL ON WAY TO CITY 26 oe: fin Florida. jUSN., assistant-commandant of ' “Crown Tours for Miami Visi- Depart- |*he Seventh Naval District, and tors,” contains a large-scale road O'Clock; Stop At Jack- sonville Delays Arrival MISS THELMA STRABEL Confers With ,ARRIVES HERE TODAY Key West station commandant,,map of the section from South | {informed The Citizen this morn- Miami to Ft. Lauderdale, copious- ing that Président Roosevelt ask- ly illustrated with accurately ; ed him questions concerning nav-. drawn sketches of the outstand-| ment Heads On New Miss een Williams inform- ed The Citien this morning Tactics al imprvoements here. IN NEW YORK CITY, TWENTY-NINE CORPORA- TIONS AND SIXTY-SIX PER- SONS INDICTED FOR ANTI-; TRUST VIOLATION (ty An od Prens> NEW YORK, Dec. 4.—Twenty- nine corporations in the and sixty-six individuals were indicted today in Federal Court here, charged with of the anti-trust laws. It is alleged that these com- panies and officials had plotted a world-wide monopoly in the handling and sales of nitrogen. That product, federal agents point out, is a vital item used in connection with manufacture of many armament products for use in the National Defense pro- gram violatien CRIMINAL COURT IN BRIEF SESSION SENTENCE DEFERRED IN AS- SAULT CASE; RECESS TO TOMORROW Stanley Thomas, colored. was ordered to pay his wife $10.00 a week on a non-support charge in Criminal Court this morning. Originally hailed before the court on an assault and hattery charge, on complaint of his wife, Thomas received a suspended sentence from Judge William V. Albury. Court was recessed to tomor- ¥ morning when a drunken driving case will be heard Sheriff's department announced this morning that Mrs. Marie T. Stone had been arrested and de- tained in the county jail await- ing advice from Los Angeles, Calif. authorities in connection with a grand larceny charge. Chief of Police Ivan Elwood had been previously informed of the case, which involved theft of a diamond ring and a_ brooch from Mrs. Blanche Cendrier of that city. These articles were recovered and turned over to city police department yesterday. New Deal Thorn Who Rose To Power In Foreign Affairs By JACK STINNET WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—To his colleagues in the Senate, he’s the “gentleman from Georgia”; to a lot of politicians, he’s the “mystery man of politics”; to persons whose memories are short, he’s that euphonious de- light, “George of Georgia As recently as two years ago, he was a thorn in the side of the New Deal; but in official Wash- ington today and probably’ in the important news dispatches for many days to come, he is and will be spotlighted from coast to coast as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Sen. Walter F. George, uns sational, aloof, statesman of school politics, is, at one and the same time, the most dificult and the easiest man in the Senate to write about. Most difficult, because he has STRAND THEATER Grant Mitchell—Nina Bryant ie FATHER IS A PRINCE COMEDY and NEWS Matinee. 3:30 p. m. __ 20c and 30¢ 3c and 40c Night, 6:30 p. m. nation . AP that Miss Thelma Strabel would arrive in Key West some time today to take up winter residence at her new “southernmost home” on South street. Miss Strabel is the author of the famous Key West nov- el, “Reap the Wild Wind”, which appeared serially last spring in the Saturday Eve- ning Post, the story now be- ing filmed into a super-tech- nicolor production by Para- mount. Ladies Home Journal for January, out today, contains a complete novellete by Miss Strabel—“Love In Lima”. Miss Strabel is scheduled to remain here during this and next month, at least. SIDI I SII Ss COLONEL P L. WALL INSPECTS BATTERY CAME FROM JACKSONVILLE TO ATTEND DRILL LAST NIGHT Col. P. L. Wall. commanding officer of the 265th C.A. F.N.G., US., inspected Key West's Bat- tery “E” last night at the armory, coming here from Jacksonville, his home city. Indicating his satisfaction with the military fitness of the local battery, taking into consideration the fact that approximately 50 (Continued on Page Four) MARATHON C. OF C. ELECTS OFFICERS W. A. Parrish was re-clected president of the Marathon Cham- ber of Commerce at a_ meeting held in that city last night. Other officers for the next yi are J. J. Hall Clifford G. treasurer. The association has 21 members at present and meets the (first Tuesday of each month. Feature Service Writer always skirted the rim of anec- dotal activities that give, in a Paragraph, the nature of the man. Easi: because from youth he has pursued a course that is almost completely barren of those inexplicable inconsistencies which the column biographer must brush aside or build frorm mole- hills into mountains. In Senate Since 1925 Senator George came to the Senate in 1922. He could have come a few months earlier than he did, but with a gesture of Georgian courtesy, he bowed out of the picture following the death of Sen. Thomas E. Watson in or- der that Mrs. Rebecca L. Felton, an elderly and distinguished lady in the state, might have the honor of being the first of her sex to sit in the upper house of-Con- gress. | Soon after, in an election Mrs. Felton did not enter, he dumb- founded the state’s politicians by walking away with the vote— dumbfounded them because al- though he had held judgeships in the state for 15 years. he was not even thought of as a politician or ~uammns (2 man capable of piling up votes -George Of Georgia (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 4.—Great Brit-) ain today admitted serious con- i oi with its rich truck farms, cern over the Nazi “blitz” attacks |terested in progress being made : J ;on naval improvements at Key |Sugar-cane fields, — by sea and air on convoy ship- | West, the President asked Cap-, fresh-water fishing in jtain Jacobs when the water line canals. Ping latelv. Some solution to the U-Boat! !query was “not until next Decems :Teached by the spectacular Over- mence, becoming dangerouhly ef- fective, must be found, officials : stated, or the English Isle will and that actual construction had # not yet started. be suffering from the blockade. Prime Minister Churchill conferring with nave was war was offset | and department heads today, it announced. on. means to the N attacks. One soure> had it that the British air force! world be called upon to escort 7i all convovs. spotting enemy sub-'ing of the month in clerk Ross fishing. merines and airplanes before at- tacks are made. Nazi sources claimed today that new ch of six ships were sent to the bottom of the ocean vesterday, totalling 31,000 British sources refused to roborate this claim. While center of attraction tons. cor- in western Europe was aimed on the matter will be discussed follow- afternoon to take up British sea casualties, Italy step- ped forward today with a claim that. England’s \“all-out war” de- termination was moving re- verse. Rome dispatches elaimed ; that a recent naval battle had re-} sulted in damage to two British cruisers and a destroyer. London authorities stated. they knew nothing of the Italian nav-/ al claims. | Air action over England creased last night, with heavy at-| tacks centered by the Nazis on! London and Birmingham. In the! latter city, the raid lasted four: hours, and Nazi dispatches stated in i in-} ry at least six huge fires were left in the wake of departing raiders. { London raid was of shorter} duration, but nonetheless fierce. Additional damage to Thames river docks was suffered and (Continued sn Page Four) i The queries were made as the President’s car moved from the railroad station across town to where the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa was docked. Stating that he was much in- would be completed. Captain Jacobs’ response to that ber”. He explained to President Roosevelt that the project was in the hands of engineers at present COUNTY BOARD MEETS TONIC County commissioners will as- semble tonight for the first meet- C. Sawyer’s office at the county courthouse, the session to open at 8:00 o'clock. Previous arrangements to hold an executive session at 7:00 o'clock have been cancelled in that some commissionérs will not be able to meet that early. Sub- ject of the special session was to be action to take to procure land for the army sub-zirbase. That ing the regular meeting tonight. Monthly reports will be read tonight, clerk Sawyer stated, and bids for a new dragline for thé county will be opened. K Wallace B. Kirke, director of the Key West Housing Authority, announced this morning that the “Proceed With Work” order had come through from the U. S. H. A. at Washington late yesterday afternoon. Accordingly, the Paul Smith Construction Company, of Miami, was making plans today to start immediate construction on the Joseph Y. Porter Place project on Trumbo Island, involving con- struction of 136 housing-units to cost a total of $375,000. Office for construction work on the site has been started, it was announced. Terms of the contract call for completion by October 14, 1941, Mr. Kirke stated. senatorial race. With the same _ quiet per- | suasiveness that he used then and | a faculty for making infliential | friends in every hamlet and city | in his biliwick, Senator George | has been re-elected with tick- tock regularity—even in 1938, when (because of his devastating attack on the Supreme Court re- vision plan) he was slated by the} New Deal and President Roose- } velt, himself, for the “purge.” Bygones Are Bygones | His split with the administra- | tion, according to intimates, has | left no scars, and his elevation to the new all-important pos: + chairman of the Senate. Foreign Relations Committee, following the death of Sen. Key Pittman, (Continued on Page Four) in the hurly-burly of a southern | | SEE— GEORGEand MARGARET Friday Nite - High School | WHA Gets Orders T Proceed. W ith Project ing recreational and sightseeing: Here attractions. q The visitor is carried farther ‘afield by a series of four “Crown }Tours” on the reverse side of the Late advices today, jfolder. The first of these leads }Captain Walter F. Jacobs, U.S.N. to the Lake Okeechobee area! ‘ vast {Key West Naval Station com- famed | Seite tam lake and{ (ary of the Navy. Col. Frank | Knox, wouldarrive in the city at 4:00 o’clock ‘this afternoon. com- ing from Miami aboard a navy A trip across the Everglades otf the Tamiami Trail takes motor-|P/@9¢- ists through a region teeming) Secretary Knox left Washing- with rare bird and animal life|ton D. C. at 8:00 o'clock this and lush vegetation to Ft. Myers saat comli SNcceet te «Sekt and other noted west coast re-}"™ ville, where he inspected the new navy base. It is this stop that pushed back the time of arrival here. He was scheduled to ar- rive at Miami at 2:00 o'clock, and to leave Dinner Key at 3:00. Plans for receiving Mr. Knox have not been changed from the original orders issued yesterday jby Captein Jacobs and printed in The Citizen then. He will be i brought ashore by whale boat from his plane and full dress military reception will follow immediately. Captain Jacobs announced that Secretary Knox would be taken on a full-inspection trip through the station, including a cross- city trip to the air station Fol- lowing inspection, a buffet sup- per would be given at Capt. Jacobs’ quarters, with the heads of navy departments, command- ing officers of ships present, the senior naval aviator, and Col. L L. Pendleton, US.A, with escorts, present. sent to and Key West, picturesque mixture of American and Cuban life, seas Highway, is featured in the second tour. Last, but not least, of the tours is the east coast from Ft. Lauderdale to Palm Beach, where the winter visitor can enjoy an almost unlimited recreation menu varying from polo to deep sea GENERAL BROWN TO WINTER HERE Major General Preston Brown, US.A.. retired, with Mrs. Brown, were to arrive in Key West this residence for the winter, The Citizen was informed this morning. cers to Secretary Knox by Cap- tain Jacobs, entailing a full list of present personnel, will be as follows: The. Browns will reside in the} Commander G. B. Hoey, USN (Ret.); Commander C. P. Ar- General Frank Andrews* house in ,Martello Towers subdivision. { chambeault, (MC) USN; Lt. Col }G. D. Hatfield, USMC (Ret.) ent is Mr. Lankford, acting as| Lt. Cdr. S. W. Kirtland, USN superintendent. The U. S. H. A.; (Ret.); Lt. Cdr. E. Laughlin. (DC) construction advisor is W. W.| USN; Lt. Cdr. C. H Hilton, Ward and architect R. A. Pan- F USCG; Lt. Cdr. R. W. Byrns coast is represented here by! (SC) USN (Ret); Lt. Cdr. T. J Harry Gamble. j Brady, (CEC) USN: Lt. Car. F. Fred W. Knapp has been hired|_ Callahan, USN; Lt. Cdr. F. E by the local authority as clerk | Bowser, (MC)-V(G) USNR: Lt of the works. | (Continued on Page Four) As construction plans advance, | Paul Smith Company’s repre- sentative on the ground at pres- lady , hz Order of presentation of offi- * sister. Mrs Key Wes hear of her p lentine & a own club patch a Ballentine ach. He could be we was taker much local labor will be em-| ployed, it was announced, jobs to be handled through the local | State Employment office. ! It is hoped that proceed orders | may be obtained on the Fort Vil-/ lage project by January Ist. + Condemnation proceedings are; now in progress to obtain title to! all the land for that project. H _TEMPERATURES Lowest last/Highest last night 24 hours 2 25 28 55 6 23 13 25 51 66 13 20 41 66 84 60 27 34 69 73 63 86 48 77 12 26 18 30 42 59 12 27 6 20 20 4 15 joston Charleston Chicago Cincinnati Denver Detroit El Paso Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco Washington To Our Many Patrons Continuing our annual custom, | we will again this year press one suit of clothing as a CHRISTMAS GIFT instead of giving calendars. WHITE STAR CLEANERS | Joe Medina. Prop. | eR SESene n E (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fifth of a series on what science is doing to combat TWO NEW NAVY | OFFICERS HERE) ise0 ein some = H By JOHN GROVER AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 — |Pooh-poohing a stomach ache kills thousands of Americans ST ey levery year. Captain Walter F. Jacobs,} Digestive tract ailments, caus- U.S.N., station commandant, re- ing about 85,000 deaths annually, ported today that two officers! are the seventh largest cause of ‘had reported for duty this week: mortality. Appendicitis, the neg- They are Lt. F. R. Scholly, A.O., | ected stomach ache, is greatest U.S.N.R., and Lt. (jg) F. W. Dana, | killer in this category. digging C.V(S), US.N.R. |14,500-plus graves a year Lt. Scholly will- be the -com- Paradoxically, expert surgery manding officer of the new Avia-{made appendicitis more danger- tion Base Detachment to be op-|ous. Once the appendicitis death erated here this winter and Lt.j rate was almost 100 per cent but Dana will assist Lt. Comdr. F. H.| surgery changed «all that. Sur- Callahan, U.S.N., in the communi-|geons‘ndw‘ean save the great tion office. majority, so many that the pub- jlic grows increasingly careless ‘about appendicitis. j No Minor Ailment Early symptoms are disregard- ed. Victims dose with physics, 'REPORTED FIRST OF THIS WEEK TO STA- TION | Maid’s Night Out. . .Thursday! So—Why Not DINE and DANCE at LA_ CONCHA HOTEL RAINBOW ROOM Jerry Collins’ Beachcombers TWO DANCES WEEKLY ‘ Thursdays and Saturdays The result is a rising appendicitis death curve. Failure to call a doctor soon enough results in a ‘America’ % Wi Don’t Take Chance On Stomach Ache; It’s Nation’s Seventh Greatest Killer | the worst possible thing to do. , . ruptured appendix. p tonitis and a good chance t the céroner professionally U. S. Surgeon General appendicitis is no mumor aiimer . When pooh-poched the kills Diarrhea in imfant a tive tract ailments. Doctors Surtected an old remedy— plain apples—to mmuzmniue disease. Apple pulp. dr fresh, contrels the 2ilme death rate has been cut times over since 1900 Other major fate the digestive tract are hernz an intestinal obstructions 12.900 deaths; cirrhosis of the bwer —