The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 7, 1940, Page 1

Associate 1 Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. ¥ OL HUI ME LXI. No. 292. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, ‘5A INSPECTS DIED IN HIS HOME: AT NOON TODAY TATION END CAME FOLLOWING BRIEF H ILLNESS; COMMISSIONER FOR 33 YEARS: FUNERAL | | TOMORROW Braxton B. Warren is dead. CONGRESSMAN J. WM. DIT- Critically ill for the past three TER HERE YESTERDAY ON days, and following a year’s pe- OFFICIAL INSPECTION: MA- Tiod of uncertain health, the 73- year-old county commissioner RINE INSPECTION ENDS passed on at noon today at his Saar residence, 612 Eaton street Congressman J. William Ditter,| Funeral services will be held of Pennsylva senior minority tomorrow afternoon’ at 5:00 | member of the Naval sub-com-jo’clock from the residence to the mittee of the House Appropria-' Catholic church, Rev. P. J. Kel- tions Committ ived by plane | jner officiating. Lopez Funeral yesterday m. to inspect Home is in charge of ments. Pallbearers, not announced at will be selected from all naval property arrange. In company with Captain Wal- ter F. Jacobs. U.S.N., station com- mandant, and Lieut. Comdr. T. J. U.S.N.. public works offi- press time, Brady, fi- county board membership and Z sman Ditter was tak-j+ om the list of other county of- en 01 pection trip of the station, the station and sub- ficials. marine basin projects now going: Surviving Mr. Warren are forward three sons, Leo H. Warren, Harry Lunching with Capt. and Mrs. D. Warren and Warren Sanchez. acobs at noon, the visitor com- p acobe st moony the wastior com |itwo daughters mNrs © Jae Otto pleted the inspection in the aft- yoy, 2S sn ernoon and left by plane at 3:09 Kirchheiner, Mrs. Clement Hud- o'clock for a continuation of his Son and a sister, Mrs. G. Frank cfficial visit to other naval prop- Sawyer, together with 14 grand erty in the Seventh Naval Dis- children and four great-grand- trict i children, also survive. Merines Inspected a 8 Scie ‘ x Brigadier General Edward Mr. Warren was elected last Ostermann, adjutant and inspec- year to the county board for the tor of the U.S. Marine Corps, with 16th consecutive time—serving his staff. c oleted an inspection the county in that capacity for of the Marine barracks at the the past thirty-three years. He local station yesterday afternoon was a cigar pac! by trade, ac- and left, with his party, on the tive that profession up until! S.S. Cuba for Tampa 10 years ago. Air Station Official Mr. Warren last attended a In a lefter from the”Secret county board meeting on Novem- of the Navy to all ships and ber 13th, and had been a faith- ful and conscientious servant of his constituents during his many years of public and civic life. tions, received yesterday, th Navy Department announced that the air station here would be of- ficially declared established on ial oan sas Sunday, December 15. RESCUED FROM GORGE Captain W. F. Jacobs announe- ed tod. v the arrival of Lt c ‘omdr. 2 Conner, Morris J. I of Rahway i 1 fresh- from Ft. Laud man, was rescued by firemen the assistant managership of the and police after being trapped for station, having chargé of the more than three hours up a 160- dustrial department. foot gorge he attempted to climb. THOUSANDS WILL HAVE T0 DOG IT AT Higher ere And case Prices Mewn pwn Stands eee eee eee PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT’S 3RD INAUGURAL (Associated Press Feature Service) WASHINGTON, Dec. 7—Bight chair§ for the presidential paity. | to ten thousand more pers Stretching away to the north will will have to stand at President be the Senate wing and to the Roosevelt's history - shattering third inaugural than had to stand at the other two and those who sons, all told—and_ beyond cnly foot room. that take it on their dogs will either In years past, there have been have to blame Congress or the seats for thousands built on the high cost of carpentry and lum- House and Senate steps; high up ber. on the roof of the Capitol, in the In 1936, David Lynn, Capitol shadow of the Statue of Freedom: architec man who has and across the Plaza. But labor charge of the inaugural lumber have this year made stands, got $32,000 from Congress t impossible. for the jot is year (back Plans Incomplete *June $45,000—but C President R t's plans for gress, v recognizing any January 20 e he new prices ntry and i—the m: ory— ber, ap; “You e the oath meat th r i in "36, now | est office been ere'll be stai $ entrance (tha THE | uses it) t m two to ising visitors Preside columns, three President Roosevel tice of the Supreme. Coust-Charl Evans Hughes, an Nige Pre: dent-elect' “Wa: and’ 96 other | oy, stood, w a mob, of course, inority will be able actual swearing in. standing alm: > spot where Lincoin out benefit of canopy, four years later, oath after the in 1861 and again his will repea DR JULIO DE POOP cic: farts, si twine ont Announces the removal of his office to 515 DUVAL STREET (Upstairs) Renedo Building Office Hours: 12:30 to 1:30 Pp. m. and 6:30 to 7:30 p. m. ALSO BY APPOINTMENT Telephones 647 and 574 (Continued on Page Four) Beachcomber Restaurant Sunday Special TURKEY DINNER— with Fresh Vegetables, Dessert and Coffee 50c 108 DUVAL STREET BRAXTON WARREN __ {held each afternoon except Fri ft, the House—seats for 784 per-! of those who are seated will, you | — Italy | | BATTERY TO HOLD PRACTICE DEC. 12 TO FIRE 155 M. M. GUNS DURING AFTERNOON HOURS Battery E”, 13th Coast Ar- jtillery, will conduct target prac- tice at Fort Taylor, firing 155 mm guns, service ammunition, on | Thursday, December 12, accord- ing to announcement today by Lieut. Col. Webster F. Putnam, Jr., executive officer of the Bat- tery. Practice will be held between 1:00 and 5:00 p. m. on Thursday. Persons living in the vicinity of Fort Taylor have been advised to open their windows, top and bot- tom, and to remove pictures and other articles from the walls of houses to prevent possible dam- age- Danger area for craft off Fort Taylor includes waters 20,000 ards south of the fort on the At- lantie side. EXAMS ANNOUNCED FOR SPANISH CLASS Officials of San Carlos Insti- {tute announced today that a special examination will- be giv- jen those taking the free Spanish course at the school. Announce- ment was also made of two other j}examinations to be given in the spring term of the school. To those completing require- |ments of the course, a certificate of graduation from one'year’s course will be given next May. Thirty-five are registered in the course at present, including many local and temporary resi- dents of the citv. Much enthus- jiasm is displayed in the classes iday, starting at 3:00 o’clock. Mis |Benildes Remond, principal of the school, conducts the classes She is a graduate of the Univer- sity of Havana. There’s : Smoke, So There Must Some Fire | l0 cag Nea | HIGH COMMAND SHIFTED SHIFTED TO YOUNGER GEN- ERALS; PREPARE HUGE REIN- FORCEMENT MOVES (By Associ LONDON, Dec. 7.—Dispatches from Rome this morning _ indi- cated a determined effort on the part of Mussolini and his staff to change the tide of battle in Al- bania, with new announcements of a-shake-up the high com- mand. Replacement of Marshal Pietro Badoglio as Italian chief of staff in Albania, taken, incidentally, as a “confession of the failure of the Greek adventure” by Greek offi- cials, e f of sev- eral mov ounced yesterday to bolster army morale in prep- was only aration for — counter-offensives planned in the near future. Young Italian army officers have been moved into command- ing positions, with Mussolini is- suing orders to start offensive drives, determined to win the Greek war at all costs. In the meantime, the Greek armies continued to push Italian units still further into Albania. On the south sector, the advance totalled six miles terday, with more of the seacoast terri- tory coming under Greek control. In the central sector the situa- tion is claimed to be serious by TEMPERATURES. Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours Boston 24 _— Buffalo 34 43 Charleston 5 61 Chicago 46 Cincinnati 53 Detro 45 36 61 44 69 Kansas City _ 38 57 KEY WEST 67 74 Los Angeles 76 Miami 77 Minnegpolis 41 New Orleans 72 New York 40 Washington 42 SATURDAY, * Belgrade today to dicker for food Key West. mest DECEMBER 7, 1940 ORDERS, SPEED-UP PLANE PRODUCTION WAR DEPARTMENT APPRO- | the south and north bring danger PRIATES MONEY FOR EX- } of capture for whole regiments, which may have to face surren- PANSION OF PLANTS i der or complete annihilation if reinforcements aren’t © successful in holding the flanks. Rumors from Berlin that Hit- ler is desirous of ending the Gre- co-Italo war, brought forth strong denials in Rome this morn- ing. Mussolini is quoted as hav- ing definitely decided in favor of no mediation on any terms, and for a vigorous pushing of. the war egainst Greece. An Italian mission arrived in ated Press) Athens. Flanking movements on (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—War } Department took steps today, to | speed-up production of army | planes, with the appropriation of $2,500,000 for factory expansion. That sum will be used to in- crease facilities in several plants, to allow doubling up of planes now being assembled on produc- tion lines. Secretary of State Hull reveal- ed, today that Spain had instituted amove to borrow $100,000,000 from the United States. He in- dicated that his department had taken no steps in the matter as yet. WITNESSES HAILED and supplies from the Yugo-Slav- ians. No announcement of suc- cess in the venture was made. LONDON SUSTAINS HEAVY ATTACK LONDON, Dec. 7.—The Battle of Britain flared up again last night, with swarms of Nazi T0 MIAMI HEARIN planes arriving to drop hundreds of _bombs following the bad- a aS weather interlude of the past EIGHT FROM KEY WEST SUB- three nights. : POENAED IN MUR- DER CASE Britishers admitted this morn- ing that several bad fires had been started from incendiary bombs, but refused to attach seri- fus.import to the late. attacks. Alarmed over continued ship- Ping losses, however. the British are investigating every means to bring a halt to Nazi successes at sea. Official confirmation of a bat- tle with a German sea raider in the South Atlantic, with at least two British naval ships involved, was released here. Arrival of a cruiser at Montevideo this after- noon would bring a full report on the engagement, the results not being known at this time. Royal Air Force action against the enemy was directed chiefly against base cities in Holland, France and Germany. No at- tempt was made to reach the Berlin section. Monroe county sheriff's office served subpoenaes on eight resi- dents of Key West yesterday aft- ernoon, requiting their appear- ance at a Circuit Court hearing next Monday morning in Miami before Judge Paul D. Barnes. The hearing commenced this week and was continued to Mon- day to allow the Key West wit- nesses, Kenneth Archer, Albin Costar, Freddy Edwards, G. W. Sikes, A. Vincent Armayor, Chas. , E. Curry, Henry Betancourt and Leroy Roberts, to appear. Edward J. McGrath, held in the Massi murder charge. is attempt- | ing to obtain his freedom, claim- ing he was illegally arrested. At- torney Bart A. Riley requested the sheriff's department to serve ; ithe subpoenaes. ' In Congress’ Talk Of Strikes And Defenses By JACK STINNETT AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. — It jisn’t always true that even the noisiest congressional observers can smell a new law coming. The distance from the point where new legislation is introduced to the point where it is written on the statute books is no straight line and even if it were, it would be too great for mortal eyesight. But when bills directed at a single subject begin to drop in- to the hopper like ticker-tape on a New York hero and when speeches on the particular sub- ject begin to sizzle into white heat, you can be pretty sure that Congress is blowing a note you are going to keep hearing. That is just what has been happening in the House of Rep- reseritatives, and the subject has been: Putting a stop to labor strikes in defense industries. Rep. Howard W. Smith, con- servative Virginia Democrat, {chairman of the committee © to investigate the National Labor Relations Board, and author of the NLRB amendments which passed the House two-to-one, is also the author of one of the | SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS new bills designed to eliminate strikes in defense industry. Mr. Smitn was one of the mildest to take the floor in the present round of denunciation, but speaking of recent strikes in the aluminum and airplane in- dustries, he did get worked up enough to ask the House: “Now, does it strike you as significant that this little handful of radical ’ in these various key mat- ters ha been able to absolutely stop t production necessary and essential materials in two of the most important things this country has to deal with?” And he drew a generous round of applause when he concluded with: “I just urge the Congress again to wake up and get out of the of Rip Van Winkle and let us do something about it.” Others Speak Out Judge Hatton W. . Sumners, ghairman of the judiciary com- mittee, to which the Smith bill m., at 1217 Petronia street. | JACK CRAWLEY, Secretary SATURDAY SPECIAL }Spanish Chicken Dinner. 50. '7 course ic | SUNDAY SPECIAL spew a) Turkey Dinner, 50e | eines 117 Duval Street | win go for report to the House, ‘the laborers jwere justified in de- is about as quiet-tempered and manding higher wages. Voorhis | dignified as representatives come, said, however, that he did be- | but he startled his colleagues by lieve the California strike had | declaring angrily that the coun- try is afflicted with “a bunch of cutthroats” who are doing “a fan ed thas they “ought tn be, the controversy ‘still is smolder- given a double dose of their own i28- What will come of medicine.” proposed legislation nobody | John Costello, whose bailiwick this date could even guess. | is Hollywood, suggested that the less some greater emergency | business looked to him like “an arises, it won't come up until organized program—possibly a after the new Congress convenes been unnecessarily prolonged. } Still Smoldering | That’s the battle to date andj i j the plot.” Eugene Cox, of Georgia, in January. | shouted “sabotage” and “treason- The Smith bill provides a max- able conduct” and Robert F. imum life imprisonment penalty i Rich, of Pennsylvania, suggested for sabotage and forbids the a cure in “concentration camps.” Closed shop in defense industries. | Clare E. Hoffman, Allegan,;On the strike situation, its key- Mich., Republican, wanted to;note is “mediation,” with a pre-| know: “Is one of the objectives liminary “cooling-off period” of | aid and comfort to Hitler by the |30 days. The chief weapon of slowing up of our industries?” [enforcement in this phase of the What brought all this to a head | bill would be -public opinion. was the since-settled strike in! With, in the event of no settle- the airplane factory in California | ment through mediation or ar- concerning which Jerry Voorhis, | bitration, the President's issuing Los Angeles representative, said!a statement, proclaiming the of- | fending party. | Vitations jand the Florida Taxpayers |Sociation on December 9. jthis week by Robert L. New PEICE FIVE cams STATE. TAXPAYERS. HOLLAND W ATGH N BARTOW MONDAY Battle Tide === THIEF IN JAIL = cae TAX PROBLEMS AND DE FENSE PROBLEMS BARTOW, De- have bee hundreds of civic leaders to here in honor of Go iSpessard L. Holland by County a din: Taxpayers As ing to an announcement Secretary of the Flor Payers’ Association ~ crns = = Current tax pro! effect of the national program on s' and nances will be discussed meeting which will be a “ over by John D. Clark « ly, president of the Polk Cour sup, and Fred J.e € r — Daytona Beach State group. The prin gifen by Governor r Other state leaders imvit r ‘ = clude John R. Beachar dent-designate f the Dan McCarty. speaker of the House, Ray named as speake House, and State ar . M. Lee a The tax. plan ady : = | Governor-ele be m hs Jace Atm = cm = tion through uniform collections. c econemy modern the tax structure study; no tempori: taxes; no sales geted state expend been endorsed by Taxpayers’ Association. said. Newma: r - ~ MONEY-WISE AMERICANS CUTTING OUT First Bogus Bill Of Sesson Appeared In. Otiahems (Ansecinted Presa Fentare Sorters The ed to i result promises for the annua harvests of the cow Chief Frank J. W U.S. seeret service has dis fingers pret = cronsed, Sal bee 2: HERE'S WHAT TO DO " a When you receive « coun - terfeit: 1. Do not return it. Americ ow public ha S every mdice write down his description or - - if acar is involved write — = - on down the license number. tion that the A feiter is making hi: the current Christm S season = hiepe x Geen s com The racke come hot” for the t y pass ‘ers because the secret servic this year, has done jough job of teachi how to de bogus bal sight, says Wilson. Unlike Any Other Yuletide days traditional fat days in the counterieciting tusimens. Stare clerks. cosbiers ipeanCATION By Epon and bankers are busy and sup- posedly careless with their money | But this Christmas is unlike | uch 1 BOB TAYLOR ANNOUNCES KEY WESTERS! Season’s Opening SATURDAY NIGHT Fresh-Killed Spring Gueken”"™ || ANCHOR ROOM SIX COURSE DINNER. 50. ic o BOAT BAR SUNDAY, 12 to ‘3 P. M COCKTAIL LOUNGE 503 Duval Street COMPLETELY REMODELED OCEAN VIEW CAFE United and Duval Streets BIG JAM SESSION Sunday Afternoon 3 o'Clock Watch all musicians make 2 recording and hear them played back. COME ONE COME ALL: