The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 5, 1940, Page 1

Associate 1 Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Kry THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER 290. VOLUME LXI. No. heavy Weather Sows Germall Plane Attacks GEN. OSTERMANN HERE TODAY. TO INSPECT MARINES COL. HATFIELD TO ENTER- TAIN NOTED VISITOR AND PARTY AT RECEPTION IN QUARTERS TONIGHT Brigadier General Edward A Ostermann, adjutant and tor, U. S. Marine Corps, in Key West this afternoon E are Lt. Lt. Col. Samuel Chief QM Clerk R. M. O'Toole All marine activities will be inspected tomorr< Lt. Col D. com- manding the local Marini Bar- , and Mrs. Hatfield, are en- ertaining the visitors this eve- ng at their quarters. Invited ests are Cc Louis Pendle- ton. S. Arm id Mrs. Pe wdleton, Captain Walter F. Jaco! U.S. N., and Mrs. Jacobs and Lieut. and Mrs. M. O. Donohoo. Later in the evening, many of the vice and civilian friends will call at their quarters in the Naval on meet General Ostermann and his party. The F to the S tomorrow noon for Port Tam) Id’s Hatf leave on after- pa. RED CROSS ENDS DRIVE SATURDAY COUNTY CHAIRMAN CALLS > FOR FINAL CONTRI- BUTIONS BR. H.S Cross chair informed The Citizen this ‘morning that another week has been added to the county Red ar local Roll Call drive, and that the who have contributed, 3 do so by sending in their mem- bership fees until Saturday noon the drive ended last incident with similar deadlin all over the coun- try. The final days were allowed in order that any, looked may tion: person over- contribu- ks sh Re c mailed to Mrs. Grace Ph local secretary Mrs. R. L. Menner. Roll Call chairman do her work last Saturday, it was a nunced. A full report will be released later. TDS ESS SS SS GOT THE POINT (By Associated Pre~s) CANTON, O., Dec. 5.— Deputy Clerk T. H. Depew was registering an alién who could neither read nor write. “Put your X right here.” he said, indicating the dot- ted line with an index finger. “Oh ya. sure.” said the eager registrant. and quickly drew an X on Depew's fingernail. SR EE RTA WEEK-END SPECIALS APPLESAUCE and ORANGE LAYER CAKES, special 33 Maloney Bros. Bakery Phone 818 812 Fleming St. 2A RES * | ment > tarv Only Sporadic Raids To- day Over. London And: Birmingham;,... Greeks Advance Further (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 5.—Heavy fog and generally stormy weather slowed downed Nazi plane action against Britain last night and to- day. Only sporadic raids were noted over England, the invaders coming from bases in Germany and Nazi-occupied France. London warded off what few planes arpeared over the horizon | today and pushed reclamation | work in areas severely bombed in the past three davs. Birmineham experienced a moderate raid last night. but destruction was _ re- ported to be light British House of Commons to- day voted almost unanimously against anv move {9 seek a Christmas Peace H Members of the Labor party had previously petitioned gov hedds to seek a armistice on all war fronts, but. after leaders had bitterly argued against the move .a 341 to 4 vote was cast ag it this morning. GREEKS CLAIM WAR HEADLINES ATHENS, Dec. 5.—Greece con- tinues to steal the headlines in Tn- two-day embattled Europe today. with an- Di tention. WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS TAKE Precautions Instituted By nouncement being made here this morning of further successes for the Gree 1 Albania. Mopping up maneuvers are be- ing conducted in the Porto Edda section where complete control section of Al- effected This stronghold has been Ss rendered to the Greek: advance u ing Italians. At the other end of this south- another said to be > straits. with momen- capitulation” expected. Yugo-Slavian patches, from neutral observets. corroborated Fp, the war department reléases ated an the southwest section turn of affairs and continued to predict that the Italians would be driven from the Albania Budapest dispatches this morn- g stated that two Italian regi- nts rushed to the front recent- y from be d-the-lines position i been completely shattered in > Greek offensives in the cen- tral sector. Large quantities of who are now pushing 1 pursuit of flee- Italian in de guns and equipment were seieed { in this Bri route. ish planes were active trol of the air from and con- Ss advancing Ital- Greek ai wresting coi tinued to harra ian reinforcements. craft, coming into the picture in increasing numbers, conducted div ombing tactics against the enemy positions far into Albania STEADY CUSTOMER VAN ALSTYNE, Tex.—For fif- ty-seven years, Jack McKinnev. now 80, has had the same postof- fice box and has rarely missed a day collecting his mail 16° SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS ; the lake region in northeast | ~ {pe in |P ~ ROOSEVELT: PAYS VISIT TOSAMAICA; CRUISER ON WAY ARRIVED AT FORMER. BRIT- ISH ISLAND NOW PREPAR- ING U. S. NAVAL BASE IN-. STALLATIONS (Ry Asseciated Press) KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec. 5.— President Roosevelt arrived at this city early this aboard the U. S. S. Tuscaloosa, coming from a brief stop evening at the naval base at Guantanamo. Viewing preparations being made to establish a United States naval base here, the President fave orders to resume his sea voyage shortly after 10:00 o'clock. He refused to say where his next call would be made. The two destroyers escorting Tuscaloosa thus far, turned back for Miami here. morning, last LOAN IS PLANNED FOR ARGENTINA WASHINGTON,Dec. 5.—Secre- tary of the Treasury Henry Mor- genthau today stated that his’, department was preparing a loan of $50,000,000 to Argentina. This sum would be used to re- lieve the economic condition in that Latin-American nation. Secretary Morgenthau stated, in answer to queries about the move in Congress to loan money. to Great Britain, that he held with the notion that “Britain was a good loan risk”. SSSI aT es, ST. PETE SENDS NEW ‘HELLO GIRL’; Navel ata employes bid welcome to a new telephone operator this week, in the person of Miss Freda Fordyce. who has reported from her home in St. Petersburg. Eligible single men at the station have noticably “perk- ed up their appearances”, vie- ing, it is said, for the new “hell-girl’s” favor. Left Key West At 6:40 Today: BOARDED PLANE BEFORE 6:00 THIS MORN- ING; INSPECTED ALL NAVAL PROPERTY YESTERDAY eee Then followed introductions to civilian and military guests and immediate departure on a thor- Secretary of the Navy Colonel Frank Knox arrived in Key West - ough’ inspection trip of the naval and exactly 14 hours and 20 min- station, including the new air later, at 6:40 a. m. today, he station and the new housing unit being constructed nearby. was on his way for a continua-~ Heads of all navy departments, tion of the current navy inspec-| With Col L. L. Pendleton of the Gav inne Army and Mrs. Pendelton’s and sion’ tou! officers’ wives gathereti at Cap- Spend t at BOQ at tain Jacobs’ quarters in the sta- the new Secretary tion at 7:30 o'clock last evening Knox a c for a buifet supper. Rear Adn st " Se ary Knox expressed him- oe ” self as being favorably impressed with the naval improvements be- USN., and Laurence ing installed here, and appeared ricnd, arose short delighted with the general ap- er 5:00 o'c norning and pearance of the city. It was his first visit to Key West. SSLSDSISESS IS BARE SKIN NEEDS ME -HELP IN- WINTER (Ry Associated Press) COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., Dec. 5.—The polar bear does not like cold weather. ’s land- He was Walter F. nmandant, and reported at met there Jacobs, = the* ys > Panama. The |Secretary yesterday ane Edward W. Clark. Jr.. ee nocn was most pressive. On intendent of Cheyenne canal tain zoo, revorts. He has found that the warmer it is the bet- ter the polar bears like it Providing they have plenty of water. “In their wild state the female hibernates all winter in a snow cave. The male ranges for food. They can coming up the ler at the land- ing, piped over the side, and the drum ruffles and bugle sounding imr ly followed with all standing at salute and at- he ‘FIFTH COLUMN’ MENACE SERIOUSLY take it good and cold but they like warmth”, he says. Clark reported that during a recent cold wave Cheyenne Mcuntain chimpanzees from Equatorial Africa threw snowballs at each other while the polar bears sat in a cor- ner and shive-r-r-r-ed. Federal (Organizations tee By JACK STINNET WASHINGTON, Dec. spite of the Dies committee re- orts and the statements of the Pg! etal 5.—In y of Identification, lot aes <, official and unoffi- ath are Gbie the “fifth col- umn” with two grains of salt and a sniff. Not.so with the War and Navy Departments. Thousands of civilian em- ployes, newsmen and non-uni- formed officers who daily hang their hats in the long, low War and Na buildings that stretch for bi along Constitution ave- nue are having their pictures Before long their coat la- and blouses will bloom with buttons, showing their photo- graphs and business identifica- The fire in the War Depart- ment building a few weeks back has been officially written off as acedental, but it .did. put heat under the precautionary program. |i Not only will allemployes have to report with their _.identifying badges in place,.but visitors to the buildings, whether picsaure or business bent, will be escorted by armed guards to the offices on hich they are calling. Uniforms Smack Of War An alternative, in the case of the officers in civies, would be to put them back in uniform, an or- der which the War and Navy NOTICE! All members of the Volunteer Fire Department are requested to be at the City Hall tonight. 7:30 o'clock. HARRY M. BAKER. Chief Fire Department. AP Feature Ser Justice and the,¥ { a © Writer ——— ee Departments hesitate to issue-be- cause it always is considered the/ final sign that ice is over andj war isat hand. It has begp done Bebe “Brid “in each ihsfance:, Washington takes on a martial air which would be all out of pro- portion for a nation at peace. Infectious Diseases Put! Although General Pershing is one of the most confirmed be- ._. ine lievers in the morale value of To Rout; Few Big spic and span uniforms at the ‘ close of World War 1, he over- Killers Left rode his reluctance i waited no longer than necessary to or- (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sixth and last of a series on what science is doing to officers in uniform are; not difficult to identify, there’s a combat the ten major causes pretty g rous penitentiary sen- of death in the United thence waiting for men imperson-! States.) ating an officer of the armed oeeeaees iforces. The Te unauthorized By JOHN GROVER wearing of a uniform is proof en- AP Feature Service Writer ugh, H —. | WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. — Nevertheless, military men = # stationed here are not going back Death's swiftest messengers—the for the present. Like |imfectious diseases—have been the civ vilian mployees, they'll re-| slowed to a walk by the miracles port every ng at the Army | of modern medicine. and Navy hives ith their 3 U. S. Public Health Service badges in place. or get held up 3 th (Continued On Page Two) aren ae 2. sary of «the greatest victory in modern times —the rout of killers who once decimated the population, chiefly those in the younger and most productive age groups. Typhoid fever—Forty years ago it killed 313 persons in each 100,000. Doctor-detectives trailed down infected water sources and carriers, and developed immuniz- ing vaccines to cut the toll to 0.6 FAY’S 602 Duval Street MUST VACATE BY - MONDAY per 100,000. : ' Diphtheria — This child-slayer Everything Must Go! J took 40.4 per 100,000 in 1900. FIXTURES FOR SALE is Antitoxins and immunizing rate to 0.7 now. America’s W. | Greatest Victory Of Century Won In US. = — {agents have reduced the death Mest Cittzen === IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1940 fee { FIGHTING * DELEGATION FROM BOOST- ERS CLUB MADE APPEAL LAST NIGHT: CCC OFFI- IAL SEEKS ROAD County commissioners were reminded of their previous com- mitment to provide fire-fighting equipment for two key cities Tavernier and Marathon, at the a last night in the court- house when a delegation from the Tavernier Boosters Club appear- ed to plead their case. |. All commissioners, except Brax- ‘ton’ Werren, were present, . and ‘county officers were tendance. G. Donaldson queried the com- missioners as spokesman for the Tavernier group, reminding the board that $1100 had been ap- propriated last June to purchase two trucks, one for his city and one for Marathon. It was explained that no pro- vision was made for such equip- ment in the last budget, but that the item had been set up in the current budget, and the purchase would be made as soon as collec- tions of sufficient amount came in. Fire Chief Harry Baker was to work with’ commissioner Curry this week and prepare specifica- tions to advertise for bids on the fire-fighting equipment, and Cur- ry was authorzied to proceed with the matter. Another subject brought up in connection with the Tavernier group’s presence, was the condi- tion of the highway in certain sections of the city. The Boost- ers Club was to write a letter to the State Rozd Departygent ask- ing for needed — work? the county - commissioners guaran- teed to add their voice to the plea A representative of the CCC camp at Flamingo,-a Major Clarke, appeared before the board and asked for aid in con- (Continued on Page Four) MRS. MARIE STONE RELEASED TODAY County sheriff's department ad- vised The Citizen today that Mrs. Marie Stone had been released from jail on advice from the Los Angeles, Calif., chief of police. The advice stated that Mirs. Stone should be released on her own recognizance, to appear for trial in Los Angeles to settle “a family disagreement on posses- sion of the jewels in question” also: in at-} County Orders ~ Condemnation LL. lution Comme [ p Next ROUTINE’ BUSINESS SCHED- Week ULED; YESTERDAY WAS PAYDAY Acther Came At Late Se City for their Counc iimen will ass City Hall Chics kep tele au &i City clerk Ar Robert jowims he regu meet nounced ater only appear <—— ing docket ‘ . be read by city « Char Roberts. = Payday oma aad City employes an were paid a full-month’s salary . . yesterday accordr r z : — nounceme this mormme fF roll amount disbursed was & 024.94 = Present council has Previous counc¥s of mod “ - tory im gations the payday payrolis due only months behir Bostor Buffaic Charleston Chicago Cincinnati Denver Detroit El Paso Jacksonville ae Kansas C KEY WEST Los Angeles Miami 53 Minneapolis i Nashville 4 New Orleans New York St. Louis Washington 3 iz E == Tuberculosis — Still a major killer, but the death rate has been slashed from 196.4 to 442 per 100,000 since 1900. Few Unconquered These are typical examples. ; Yellow fever, smallpox, scarict fever, measles, whooping cough— all once-lethal ailments—show markedly, iower death rates, either through elimination of causes or better methods of treat- ment, or both. There are still some uncon- jquered killers in the infectious disease classification, fourth on the list or death causes. Syphilis still maintains its death rate, but the public -health ‘service has set out in earnest to‘’stamp it out. Influenza remains “2 ‘sporadic but deadly killer. “Recurrent epidemics sweep out of nowhere, filling cemeteries. The lethal ef- fect has been halved by better BOB TAYLOR ANNOUNCES | | sto think. treatment, and sc « the trail of the bh e5225 ee = causes r in medical Tate from dise fancy, ninth on 88.2 per 100,000 x been reduced to 43 Diabetes No. j0 The Board s Diabetes still is * _ major killer tim However. the discovery sulin grves medical science trol weapon to prolong the of its vie to normal spar where once they w condemned to early, wasting th, Looking at the whole Picture, there are ten maj causes of death. They are. im or der: heart disease. cancer, acc dental violence. infectious Gi eases, cerebral hemmorrhage nephritis. digestive pneumonia. diseases fancy and diabetes Deaths from eases, ails of early digestive system are decreasing Diabetes control Heart disease. nephritss and cerebral hemorrhage are im- live long enough to have them The two major health problems now are cancer and accidental death. Cancer so far has escaped control, but science is on its trail The accidental death toll « the first » heaitn IDarYT ‘ only decrease when people stop Key West High School — wl