The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 10, 1940, Page 1

Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, a iC.OFC. CALS’ Associate i Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PEACE FIVE CEsTS Legion Sets Convention April 23-26 Best Facilities Then K W. GUARD Delegation Te Havana _ BANK ACCOUNT : IS IN OFFING FOR CCC MEN sienieaianiaiiiainenmads NOUNCES PLAN TO PRO- | VIDE ENROLLEES WITH| NEST EGG ON DISCHARGE VOLUME LXI. No. 294. Yi DECEMBER 10, 1940 Hitler Calls U.S. Enemy sane rol Of Reich; Benes Declares === “pray FOR DISCUSSION \ ae } : | All members of the Chamber! (Special to The Citizen) | of Commerce in good standing|GREEKS SMASH Fonwaap;| Sa Fla, Dec. | ‘received an invitation today to} {10.—Florida CCC enrollees will 1 _\oGay {| BRITISH REPORT ROUTE |have a bank account when their jattend a smoker-meeting to be} } 23 . uae enroliment expires with which to | jheld in headquarters’ room next} OF HL DUCE'S TROOPS IN| dress up and go job hunting, if | | Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock. EGYPT they see fit, under a change of| | Designated as a “Council Fire” plans for allotments announced {meeting, the invitation stated here today by the State Welfare Board. The chan; ff mate Victory In Fiery | “owing to weather, the fire rE REETERGA ieee ast : ;will be confined to some cigars | 7 ATHENS, |) Dec::; 10.+Greece’s Ferd 1 i eee a | = - it. afmies started.-mews::offensives| /*) Ne Same time the 2 Speech T. Munitions | 2" cigarettes we will have wait- 5 : % . | Which is the selecting agency for is . ling Yor you”. against the'. Italians: in Albania — announced that the a | Topic of discussion for the this morning, on ali fronts of the ' enrollment would begin on Janu- | jevening will be—“What can the '150-mile iine from the seacoast |ary 2 and continue through Janu-! Czechoslovakia President! OMSL 29°E OIL! Feuhrer Promises’ Ulti- Points Out Six “Eight- NAZIS CLAIM RAIDER | | ; a», ON SUCCESSFUL TRIP: Balls” “Friend” | (By Associated Prexs) Hitler BERLIN, Dec. 10.—Nazi For Workers Thursday High Command today made bia claims for their mystery sea raider, believed to be op- erating in the south Atlantic ocean at present, when the statement was. issued this morning that 100,000 tons of British shipping had been sent to the bottom in the past week by this vessel. Additional sinking of Brit- ish freighters was claimed for a single submarine, operating out of an unnamed French port. This ship had account- ed for 45,000 tons of shipping on its current trip. since de- parture the middle part of last week. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 10.—Edward | Benes, exiled president of blitz-| krieged Czechoslovakia, said here} today that Germany has already lest the war with Britain. He listed six reasons: 1—The re-election of President Roosevelt and thus the continu- ance of the United States’ policy to aid England will eventually make Britain opponent. 2—Hitler’s legions have filed_ POPP STS ITI SIS I « to invade the British Isles, and WEVOY OFF 10 stronger than her the prospect of them doing so is nil because of the protection af- forded by the Royal Navy. {Chamber of Commerce do for Key West in 1941?” i (By Associated Press) | This is the second of such! BERLIN, Dec. 10.—In one of | meetings—the first held two Z F 5 |weeks ago being declared a suc- his most vituperative bombasts | --<s, inspiring officials to hold since the outset of the war. Adolf ,other meetings of similar nature jat regular intervals. Hitler today in an address before | 5 Tanaris ae ia thronged armament workers de-; Chamber officials reported this | morning that unprecedented calls clared that the United States is jare being made for Key West in- a “natural foe” of the Reich be-/formation, with amount of mail cause she is aiding England with| One good source of material ‘ z ihas been a weekly list submitted materials of war. He classified|by the Greyhound Bus Lines, with England {through their magazine, Highway the US ees ae ecaetier! < This os as bor atida: tat France as being,doomed to sgl bes persons sending in inquiries _ about Florida—and the names scurity when Germany triumphs.|04 addresses are sent to all The Reichfeuhrer said the battle against Britain will} that | Chambers of the state. Last week there were over 30 to the Yugo-Siovakian line. Extra pressure was being ap- plied, it was stated, to force Italians still further back before areported 85,000 reinforcement troops could reach strong defen- sive positions. Further disorganized retreat of the Italians was reported in the Argirocastro sector, with ad- vance Greek units pushing north along the seacoast for another ten miles yesterday and this morning. BRITISH TROOPS ON OFFENSIVE IN EGYPT LONDON, Dec. 10.—Prime Min- ister Winston Churchill reported today that the British army i Egypt had met and decisively routed Italian troops. Italian lines had been seriously names on the list and the current Preached in two places, Churchill ary-31. ! The new allotment plan pro-| jVides that the enrollee will be! Official date of the American Permitted to retain $8 of his $30; :monthly wage for his personal | Legion state convention was sat spending while in camp, as at) at a meeting last night of the ex- |present. Instead of remitting the | remaining $22 per month home, | ecutive committee of the Key in the event he has dependents, ! ;he will be required to send but} $15. The other $7 per month! date set is April 23-26. will be deposited to his credit and j will be handed over to him in a ‘lump sum when his enrollment |9#t¢ would interfere expires. - tourist season. A gre man) Under this plan an enrollee |™0Fre rooms will be available am jwho remained in camp for 12|the hotels and rooming houses ‘months would accumulate a re-|/ater in April, it was determined serve of $84. Those who serve /b¥ the committee. 3 two years, the maximum time, | Al Mills, chairman of the Key would leave camp with twice |West Convention corporation. ,that amount. | will be one of two Legionnaires ! Florida's next quota- has not |8°ing to Havana Thursday morn- yet been announced, but indica-|iM€ to work out details im con- tions are that all eligible appli-|¢ction with the official «gsit of West Convention corporation. The It was decided that an earlier with the FIRE CHIEF Wil CONDUCT 3—Italy_noy js..0-. enmeshed with Greece that she is no help to her Axis kin. 4—There is economic and fi- nancial! chaos in the Reich. Ger- many is too broke to continuc with the war for much longer. 5—The Bri blockade has Practically pa -d Germany. 6—Italy is a deadweight around the Ger neck. The Reich should never have allied herself with such an incompetent tion. (Mr. Benes referred Italy's military prowess.) na- to “NEW ORLEANS George A. McEvoy, chief clerk to commandant Captain Walter F. Jacobs, U.S.N., left Key West this morning, transferred to the newly-opened naval station at New Orleans. J. S. Meggs, second-ranking employe in Capt. Jacobs’ office, has been elevated to the chief clerk’s position on temporary as- signment. THERE’S A CENSUS HANGOVER TO BE Some States To Lose A Representative, . eee Others Gain CONSIDERED NOW—REAPPORTIONMENT (Associated Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—Ten or more states (and it could hap- pen to all,48) now can get ready for the Battle of the Decade that has been cropping up every de- cade but one since 1790. Its other name ‘is Reapportionment! The Census Bureau has sent to the President the 1940 census figures, with computations of the number of representatives to Congress each state will be al- lowed. By law, the President must pass these figures along to Congress within a week after the new Cong conven Within 60 days, apportion the —or the reapportion- ; the “method of major Ss,” will automatically be- come effective. Here’s the way it works: If the House of Representatives is. to continue with 435 members (and consequently, the same elec- toral votes and Presidential con- vention delegations) then (by the method of major fractions) ten states will lose one representative each. These would be Arkansas, ! Illinois, Indiana. Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. California would gain three rep- resentatives and the following states would gain one each: Ari- zona, Florida, Michigan, New 12 FULL SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS SS SR RNY EON se Feature Servieey rth: Carolina, Oregon If the “method of equal pro- portions” js used, the results will. be the same except that Michigan and Arkansas will retain the same numbers of representatives as they now have. May Ignore Redistricting I'm not going to get involved with the explanation of these two mathematical theories of repre- sentation. Except to some bud- ding Einstein, they wouldn't an anything. The main point is that in 1910 and 1939 (there wasn’t any reapportionment in 1920, and before the new decade was out, the error in that was apparent and a law now forbids ‘ignoring it) the “method of equal proportions” was applied. . .and will be this time unless Congress changes its mind. So, What is going to happen? In the states which gain one or more representatives, they can— if they_wish—ignore.redis' and in 1942.mereby add. another “Congressman-at-latge”- to ‘the state's. ballot-. In-the ~ case” California of course, it would be three congressmen-at-large. In Illinois, Ohio and Okla- homa, the legislatures can wrangle over whether they want to drop their present posts of “congressmen-at-large”. . .or re- district. In Illinois that would mean dropping one of the seats held by Congressmen - elect - William G. Stratton and Stephen A. Day; in Ohio, one of those held by Rep. George H. Bendet and Congress- man-elect Stephen M. Young; in Oklahoma, the seat now held by Rep. Will Rogers. In the other seven states which H lose representatives. redistricting (Continued on Page Four) 1 wax worse; that-planes will con-|1:5+ had nearly 60. Local short- Stated the dispatches read, Significantly, Hitler held out | With the request that they send| jbut that ultimately there was no ' vantages‘of Key West as a winter | fronts. and observers “were quick to} H An old Key West booster came is the master!” he shouted, then! “Happy Landings”, a monthly in England, France and the; Highness, the Duke of Windsor,| ‘The current issue contains valu- are a thing of the past and that ifirst time since the Duke was Mr. Herbert is also. a writer the heads of RAF. bombers, !a- the majestic white Southern. sea ‘lore of Key: West: Hines housing tie helal turer, steamed down the harbor. — places ig elpless. NEW YORK—Crossing roof- {British embassy in Washington,‘ house, Frank Letiliovich vaulted {ple were whisked to Miami seven stories to his death. The thrilling story of the capture of |Undergo a dental operation at St. adjoined the next roof at the Bie ane @ Lie tance” Split Supreme Tribunal the sawfish, Allen wrestled the! occurred in the Everglades, were Florida is in the novel position presented to a division with sub- adopted .. state .. constitutional hearmg. by the seven justice : O74 IN CITY, Phraseology of the amendment recent years been divided into senger Agent of the F.EC. Rail-jthe court acting as an adminis- the “two court” idea been as Sargent, Traveling Passenger |of legal procedure that come be-'sion A of the court wil be.com- business for their companies. ment of members of one division present — court). and Elwyn made field, and felt that Key West would re-|court as a whole before disposi- tinue to bring havoc to England. | age of literature has forced the Mechanized units are blasting and that in the ehd she will be|sending of postcards to all these|2W8Y With increased vigor on all A 2 furth fi ti if in- no hope for a quick victory. He fea ia area wide-scale offensives planned for admitted that it would take time; doubt as to the outcome. jresort is contained on the card He anentuaisi et one cevaa (mailed: KEY WEST BOOSTER seize upon the reason: Italy’s de-} feat at the hands of little Greece. LAND ON U § SOIL home to roost over the weekend we in the person of Preston Herbert. honeyed his audience by pro-| =o claiming that there was no more} (By Associated Press) publication devoted to the pro- United States millions of meniang his American wife, the ici 7 Hi J able Key West publicity, are out of work. |Duchess, stepped on American praising our marvelous fishing in the new order to come the | prince of Wales. 5 e 7 Stari: for the magazine “Motor Boat- whole world will be totalitarian.! pp. county,...causeway waS ing” and has contributed several stating that British war planes? ” BE 5 ; ® déliberately ‘were bombing hos: {Cross”, the vacht Alexis Wenner- jit left Nassau, yesterday: ROSS ALLEN IN | jand George MacDonald, owner!over a parapet and, instead of THRILLING FETE of the Miami Biltmore Hotel. landing on the next roof, which a 13 1-2 foot, 750 pound sawfish |Francis hospital. {north end of the building. by Ross Allen of the Reptile In- Dee. 2 issue of Life Magazine. Armed only with a wire noose, Ui . F. 7 Of St t gigantic fish to the shore after a} fifteen-minute battle. } (Special to The Citizen) made by the Grantland Rice }of having’ two supreme courts;/Sequent failure of division mem- : Sportlight, thigh legal, authorities. declare, bers or the chief justice to agree ;amendment creating a. seventh :court is ordered by the chief jus- justiceship for the state’s highest jie, {permitted the establishment of two three-justice divisions as a {two divisions, each of three mem-' means of expedience and con- way; A. Roce King, Florida Pas-' trative officer and arbiter of the Clearly defined as it is under the senger Agent for the N. C. andjactivity of the two divisions. new seventh-justice amendment. Agent for the L. & N. Railroad jfore the supreme court, the work Posed of Justices Rivers Buford, and N.C. and St L. Railroad,/of the tribunal may be brought Alto Adams (recently appointed All of the visitors visaged ajand the chief justice. ; Division record year of travel into Florida,} These four types. which re- up of Justi ceive a good proportion of thejtion, are capital cases; cases to crushed tential visitors to Key West—| Egyptian sectors. | A brief resume of the ad- the near future on all African col charge es tae: ce DUKE AND DUCHESS “We will show the world who} Jr.. sportsman and publisher of unemployment in Germany. while| MIAMI, Dec. 10.—His Royal motion of sports and fishing. He declared that democracies |soi] here this morning for the grounds and winter climate. He brought down curses upon|thronged with cutiqus..spectators interesting articles‘on the deep- pitalas orphan Gichiat: dad ofties iGren, wealthy Swedish manufac:|KILLED CROSSING ROOFTOP yes were Stephen Childs of the to visit a friend in a nearby | Avoiding crowds, the royal cou- he thought was adjoining he fell OCALA, Dec. 10 (FNS)—A stitute at Silver Springs, is_pic- so which he cast over the saw of Pictures of the battle, which | TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 10.«-‘federal constitutionality: cases - under provisions.of-the recently unanimously; and cases in which court, | Florida’s supreme court has in C. Dan Schooler, District Pas-ibers, with the chief justice of Venience, but not previously has St. L. Railway, and Lester L! With exception of four types’ Under the new set-up, -Divi- arrived here yesterday on official to final disposition through agree- as the seventh justice in the in discussions with The Citizen,|quire the majority action of the Meeting Their Royal Highness- tops with three other companions | cants will be accepted, according | to Jack Horne, State Welfare Board director of enrollment. Due | to the fact that fewer applica-| the beginning of any previous enrollment period, Horne said | that the outlook for acceptance | in the Corps was exceptionally | | bright. i | Those desiring to enroll were jadvised to make applications at ‘the nearest district welfare of- fice. CLIMATE FAVORS | RAISING OF BEES VIEWS TO CITIZEN | TODAY ! ; } | the American Legion’ to the |Cuban capital April 27 Lisle Smith, department com- mander of the American Legion. Churchill stated that the pres- tions are on file in the offices of | Will be on the P. & O. bost from ent fighting is preliminary to District Welfare Boards than at|7@™mpa Thursday morning An- other in the official party will be Austin Williamson, traffic manager of the P. & O. Steam ship company “We will arrange with the Cuban government, the Cuban Tourist commission and the Ha- vana post of the American Le- gion for the excursion trip Havana”, Mills said today government plans to give ing Legionnaires a dinner and a dance, the Tourist commission will entertain the visitors and the Legion post will stage 2 party We will work out details fer ¢ visit. The excursion party w return from Cuba on Tuesday night.” vis: | Possibility of Key West becom ling a bee raising center was |voiced today by Ernest R. Root, nationally known apiarist, who | is in town for a few days making! }& survey of the climatic advant- | ;ages of such a project. j | Mr. Root, who wrote “The XYZ |Of Bee Culture”, a book which has sold 300,000 copies, pointed | ‘out that queen bees can produce | ignly in warm weather and that | ‘in the north their productivity is | ‘ j Beach, where the Duchess will: building from which he. plunged /Cut in half by the advent of win-| United States is getting ms j ter. . } | “The only setback in establish- jing an apiary here is that Key) {West is so far from honey mar-' kets”, Mr. Root declared, adding, | “nowever that could more than! jbe compensated for by the year j’round production of honey”. The expert indicated that he might return here in the near future with a government bee expert to further~ survey possi- bilities. j GALLOWAYS RETURN §; ie E dg. tf : fe [ f Flr or / li d ! | Ht i i i a& i i i i it i i | SOOOIIIIL: i RUsSeesaveksosesuenDy Senzte And House Return To Old Meeting By JACK STINNETT. 2F Peetere WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—The probe were Be cane tace lifted—and what a mess For the first tame am 140 years the House of Represent meeting outside ms own halli—x the big, bright ways and means committee room m the new House Office building The Senate has turned beck the calendar nearly &2 years and is holding sessions in the ald Sen- ate chamber just off the well of the “little rotunda imo the Mark Twain once- stared and i : i iy Seeeeees2aaagesseves