The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 13, 1940, Page 1

Associate 1 Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West Citizer THE SOUTHERNMOST- NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1940 Key West Nav; British Sub Destruction Of German Vessel Sis Nazi 1 '25,000 TROOPS —_U.S.S. MAC LEISH PERSONNEL WATCHES BRITISH MAN-OF- Forgerer | ret Pid h te r ARE CAPTURED | WAR FINISH FLEEING FREIGHTER Passes Up jppuicyuentT IN EGYPT WAR Navy officials here today confirmed rumors heard yesterday that the U.S.S. MacLeish, flagship de- Ex tradition stroyer of the Key West-West Gulf Patrol, had witnessed the capture and sinking of the German Northern Officers Re-, VOLUME LXI. No. 297. RAILROAD OFFICIALS MSiT CI) Four Special Buses Bring Convention Delegates 4908-TOS VESSEL SENT TO BOTTOM B [NBL VOLGED LocaTios On Keys Tour; Typical Luncheon Served ITALIANS RETREAT TOWARD freighter Rhein in waters close to Cuba Wednesday afternoon. Commander Wilder Baker, in charge.of the patrol, related incidents occurring immediately before LIBYAN DEFENSIVE POSI-' s,. capture and sinking, to The Citizen this. mornin 3. Four buses of the Florida Mo- . tor Lines arrived in Key West this noon, bringing 150 delegates of the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commis- sioners for a quick sight-seeing trip. This association has been inj national convention at Miami for ; the past three days, the last meet- | ing being held last evening. By special arrangements with the bu: company, all delegates interested | in seeing the Florida Keys and‘ Key West were invited to make | the trip at no cost. { Upon arrival, the delegates} were taken to the La Concha ho-j tel, where they were treated to a Key West luncheon as guests of the Overseas Transportation | Company of this city. At press time the delegates ; were being taken to main points! of interest in the city aboard the ! buses, and scheduled departu for Miami was to be at 3 o'clock for arrival there around 7:30. | A. Maitland Adams, manager of the Overseas Transportation Company, hed charge of arrange- ments for the visit here. Both his company and the bus company} collaborated in the venture in that the delegates, coming from all points of the nation, could be expected to boost the keys area | and Key West in future contacts with transportation and_ utility companies in their home states. Luncheon served this noon con- sisted of the following dishes: Conch Chowder. a split por-| tion of Turtle Steak and Key West | Lobster; mashed potatoes, fried plaintains, green peas, hearts of lettuce lad, coconut ice cream and coffee. typical 40 WILL ATTEND AUXILIARY HEAD | 'surrender in_ the ling that Greek troops ; vanced | southv TIONS: MORE ADVANCES; REPORTED BY GREEKS (By Associated Prexs) LONDON, Dec. 13.—Thousands of Italian troops have been cap- tured in the Egyptian and more thousands are likely to near future as the British offensive, inaugurat- ed earlier this week, steps up to increased proportions. This information was revealed from the Cairo headquarters the British army this morning In that fighting was scattered over a very wide area, complete report on success of the campaign could not be released at this time Neutral observers believe that the Italians have lost more than 25,000 troops to the British, and untold stocks of armaments of all kinds. Two Italian generals were cap- tured in yesterday's fighting. bringing to five the number of high Fascist officials taken pris- oners to date. One Italian general was-killed-in yesterday's battle. The British advance has been so fast, dispatches this morning revealed; that a momentary halt has been found necessary to al- low for overhauling of mechaniz- ed equipment used in the at- tacks. In the meantime British air- men are taking up the harrassing retreating Italian col- umns now heading for Libyan defensive positions campaign, assault, GREEKS NEAR TEPELINI ATHENS, Dec. 13. — Army headquarters reported this morn- had ad- arly 50 miles along the coastline north of Ar- ro, and e within two Alba city giroc miles of the of Tepelini Action in the n_ base northern sector. of ‘Officials: Address Rotarians Lieut. Comdr. Ray Byrns, U.S.N., Made Member at Luncheon Yester- day It was vocational day at Ro- tary yesterday. Meeting for their regular weekly luncheon at the Parish Hall, Rotarians were served by the girls now being instructed by Miss Gertrude Laubscher waitress class at La Concha ho- tel. Guest speakers at the meeting were Charles Hale and Bruce Da- vis of the State Board for Voca- tional Education of the State De- partment of Education. Presented by Rotarian Melvin E. Russell, these men spoke at length plans to establish schools of various crafts in this city. Navy sponsorship for classes in which workers will be itrained to skilled classifications is to be sought. These schools are being plan- ned statewide, it was explained, and will go far toward taking laborers off the WPA rolls. Craftsmen eligible to teach the cour: experience in the trade they instruct. y Rotarian Lieut: Comdr. Ray W. Byrns was nitroduced to in a on TESTIMONIAL (Continued on Page Three) the membership. DINNER FOR MRS. BUZZELL TO BE CLIMAYED BY COM | MITTEE APPOINTMENTS AT! 7:00 O'CLOCK TONIGHT Reservations for forty Key | West men and women have been | made at the Ocean View restau- rant, United street. for the testi monial dinner to be given Mrs Zoe Buzzell, sate president of the auxiliary of the American Legion, ! at 7:00 o'clock tonight | Additional reservations will be received by the Ocen View or Mrs George Archer. president of Key West's auxiliary of Arthur Saw yer Post 28, the American Legion. | They hope to have a large crowd | attend the meeting. After the dinner, in cooperati with the auxiliary and the Ke West Convention corporation, which is arranging the American} Legion's convention here April, Mrs. uzzell will appoint} committees of local women to ar- | range the auxiliary’s part of the! program nex April Among those who will Mrs. Buzzell will be Al Mills, chairman of the convention cor- poration, and Judge Advocate J. K. Williams of Miami, who are re- turning late today from Havana SAMMY MANNING’S ORCHESTRA Now Playing Nightly at BOAT BAR 503 Duval Street Phone $165 for Free Delivery on PACKAGE LIQUORS | greet | Lions Club Plans | Christmas Benefit Officials of the Key West Lions Club reported today that plans were practically complete for their third-annual Christmas Tree benefit for the poor children of the city. The affair will be held in Bay- view Park, as before, on Friday afternoon, December 20th, starting at 4:00 o'clock, when Santa Claus will appear to distribute the gifts of toys, fruit and candy to approxi- 1,000 children Members of the n department, under direction Mrs. Eva Warner, will assist at the park. The NYA bo! have been instrumental in pairing @lose to 700 toys turned in by vari- mate next {ous organizations and citizens. This department, under Victor Lowe, has manufactured a large number of new toys and will WPA recrea-' inherited. We helped buy thet truth with Christmas Seals. We need more knowledge. Chestmas Seals pay for —s handle filling of bags of fruit and candy the first of next week. Schools and churches of the city have collaborated in submitting The MacLeish left the base here Tuesday to relieve the US.S.| ' McCormick, which had been following the freighter Rhein ever since it entered the Key West patrol area since its departure from Tampico. ‘with all must have five years act-' Mexico, ten days ago. When the MacLeish arrived Ship Van Kinsbergen had halted ELECT NEW HEADS OF WAR VETERANS Annual meeting of the B. H. McCalla No. 5, United Spanish War Veterans, was held last evening at the Legion Home De- partment Senior Color Sergeant Camp members _ present. Frank Kull, Miami, was present¢ and gave an interesting talk. Officers for the were elected as follows: James Johnson, James RB. Pinder, senior vice com- mander; Geo. Wells, junior vice commander; Geo. N. Goshorn, trustee, for a three Wm. M. Weaver, trust two-year period; Chas. H. Ketch- trustee, ror a one-year pe- ensuing year commander; um, riod. Officers will be installed at the regular meeting January 9th by Past Commander Chas. H. Ketch- um. A donation was made for Span- ish war veterans at Lake City Hospital for Christmas cheer. _ TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours 34 52 32 33 76 37 60 34 61 79 34 80 62 80 22 65 79 54 56 37 59 "SLES IASD. KEY WEST Los Angeles Miami he 2w Orleans York Pi urgh St. Louis Washington 62 42 36 30 47 lists of children’s names to be MINSTREL SHOW used at the benefit. The program for announcement of the s from the platform in the park, with the chiidren marching up to meet Santa Claus and to re- ceive their gifts. Additional names can be turned in to La Concha Park recreation center between now and the date of the benefit, between the hours of 3:00 and 9:00 p.m. Recreation department workers wil! coop- erate in this work. Brady’s (Live) Poultry Market Fryers—Soft Bone Roasters Ducks—Turkeys 1214 White Street Phone 540 Large Shivment of Genuine _ CANADIAN SPRUCE CHRISTMAS TREES (Not Fir Trees) WILL ARRIVE MONDAY at MARZYCK AND CO. 1501 Von Phister St. Phone 246 HERE NEXT WEEK F. S. Wolcott's “Rabbit Foot Company” .a topnotch minstrel show, will come to Key West next Thursday. Fri- day and Saturday under the auspices of Arthur Sawyer Pest 28 of the American Le- gion. The show is coming here as part of the program of fi- mancing the state convention ‘Roars on the scene, the Dutch Training the Rhein and was attempting to +land a crew to prevent the Ger- man seamen from scuttling their vessel. Progress of the scuttling opera- tion, however, had advanced too far, and the Van Kinsbergen crew was forced to assist the German crew in abandonment of the ship. Burning both fore and aft, the Rhein sank. Before sinking, with the U.S.S. MacLeish standing by in an ob- servatory capacity, an unnamed ‘British cruiser hove into sight and circled all ships on the scene. Pulling up broadside to the Rhein, several shots were fired into the burning German ship, speeding its destruction. Dispatches yesterday, from Lon- don, stated that the Dutch ship had captured the Rhein. Com- mander Baker's story this morn- ing, however, brought out the er- ‘ }ror of that report. | Following the sinking of the Rhein, a number of life boats which had been cut adrift while the ship was on fire, were de- stroyed by the MacLeish person- nel. The boats were of steel con- struction and powerful axe blows were necessary to cut holes. One report had it that MacLeish gunners trained machine guns on the small boats to sink them. Com- mander Baker stated this was not so, with the exception of one boat which, at the time, was a considerable distance from the de- stroyer. Even that boat was later = destroyed by axes. The small boat sinkings were necessary, it was stated, as they were a hazard to navigation in the rea. Destroyers Coming Commander Baker stated that the U.S.S. Wainwright and U.S.S. Overton are due to report at Key West base in 2 few days. The USS. Truxton will leave Sunday for Galveston, headquarters of | the 63rd Division. To Raff Pick ; Up Willis Exchange of wires between the Monroe County sheriff's depart- ment and the sheriff's department of St. Paul, Minr., yesterday aft- ernoon will the Willis Raff case reported The Citizen yesterday | Raff surrendered to Chicf Dep- uty Sheriff Bernard Waite Wednesday, stating that he want- ed to give himself up. He said he was wanted in St. Paul on a forgery charge. Thomas J. Gibbons, St. Paul sheriff, wired yesterday asking if Raff would waive extradition, al- so inquiring of officers here if any charges had been preferred against him in Key West. Deputy Waite answered the wire, after talking with Raff, to \the effect that he would waive extradition. No charges have been lodged against him here. Waite said St Paul officers are probably enroute now to Key West to pick up the prisoner. The ‘deputy hoped they would arrive soon to take their man into cus- tody in order that this county may be saved further expense in the matter. NAVY CLERK OFF TO CHARLESTON Victor Mette. chief clerk of the disbursing office at the naval sta- tion, serving under Lt = w. Sutherling, U.S.N.. left this city early today to report for duty at the Charleston, S. C., navy yard Mette will be located in the disbursing office of headquarters of the Seventh Naval District jthat city. in on 9 , Growlers’. Vie On Club Facts Members of the Key West Lions Club learned about their Inter- national Association and gained knowledge about Lionism in gen- eral at the regular supper meeting held last night at the Lions Den on Seminary street. Proxy Gerald Saunders was in the chair. Method of gaining knowledge was the “I. Q.” test. Lions were surprised to find out how little they definitely knew, for, after scoring was tabulated between two teams, Growlers, it was discovered that each had answered five questions correctly, out of a total of 25. The club planned for its annual "SASL DS EE G4 Christmas party for’meeting next EL PATIO RESTAURANT At 609 Duval Street Will Open TOMORROW, SATURDAY, DEC. 14, 7 O’CLOCK Will serve the same international i ies prepared by specialties the same chef of last year’s Cabana Restaurant. Meals Served In a Very Pleasant Garden Patio —— Real Italian Spaghetti At Any Hour —— the Roars and the: week, at which time gifts of novel and amusing nature will be traded. Names were drawn last night. Bruce Davis. representing the State Board of Vocational Educa- tion, State Department of Educa- (Continued on Page Three) ported On Way Here’ bring disposition of 2 murder Scores Slaughtered BUCHAREST on approx: refugees Buko! from a wh = DELAY STaRT OF ‘REAP WED WE’ Casualty known, bu’ a loss to know fr MRS. VON PAULSEN RETURNS T0 MASS. Mrs been spending this citv on bu: her hoi this morning was formerly }¥ of Key West Car Von P. Plane Service Here Establishment of an advertising buread for Monroe County and ‘Key West andian effort to bring plane service to the city, were the two main topics up for considera- tion at the Chamber of Commerce smoker-meeting held last evening &t headquarters in the La Concha hotel. The meeting was called to order shortly after 7:30 o'clock by Presi- NOTICE! On and after January 1. 1941. the scale of wages for Union Car- Penters will be $1.00 per hour. ‘LOCAL NO. 65S. CARPENTERS’ UNION. Joseph Watkins, Presi- ae Asked By Chamber 7 SPECIALS. . . Friday and Saturdas dent Everett Russel person tc t r assembled, after cigars and cigmr- ettes had been present Virginia Baker She spoke at initial work done here establishment of the national go erm Blue Stamp” pian distribution of food members were inquiries i be made. Chairma c committee, Joe Al the subject of a bun mission, to control ad this city. Followimg the discus- sion, letters were ordered ad- (Continued On Page Four) address le P