The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 27, 1940, Page 1

Associate 1 Press Day Wire = Key West, Florida, bas the | Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 308. Italian Submarines Run KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1940 Blockade At Gibraltar BIRTHDAY BALL ON JANUARY 30 “FIGHT LYSIS” CAMPAIGN GET- TING UNDER WAY INFANTILE PARA- ORLANDO, Dec. 27.—(FNS) Under the able leadership of State Chairman Chester B. Treadway, the Celebration of Birthday and the Paralysis of being th > President's or gn give promise t Infantile ca »st successful yet conducted in this state. Last week Chairman Treadway announced the appointment of county chairmen for each of the 67 counties and these appoint- ments have been confirmed by honorary chair of the fund raising ipaign, Governor-elect Spessard Holland Joe Pepper, director of organ- ization for the group, will aid these county chairmen in the se- lection of prominent citizens to complete committees in each county. : These corrmittees will conduct sports nts, balls, dinners and other entertainment from which funds will be secured, all of it go- ing to the “Fight Infantile Para- lysis” campaign. A majority of the counties are planning to close their campaigns with a county- wide President's Birthday Ball on January 30, according to chairman Pepper. The Nationa! Foundation for Infantile Paralysis has formed a sports council to aid local groups in organizing charity sports events, Treadway said. Among prominent names on this commit- tee are those of Grantland Rice, chairman, Ted Husing, famed radio commentator, Her Mc- Lemore. United Press sports writer, and a score of others. n a $40,000 IN PENNIES MINNEAPOLIS—A shipment of $40,000 in pennies, weighing four- teen tons, recently arrived at the Federal Reserve B; demand for tt coins caused largely by new defense taxes. LACK EXPLANATION OF RE k to meet the 4 SILSITOIHS LITTLE DAMAGE BY ‘BLOW’ LAST NIGHT A total of 2.16 inches of rain fell in Key West last night and the wind got up to 43 miles an hour at 1:45 a. m., according to the weather bu- reau report. Screens, trees and other loose material were blown | about but there was*no se- tious damage, according to | the report. Water stood at a majority of street intersec- | tions, but it soon was carried { away. At the Marine hospital | there was a large pool of wa- | ter which was caused by the rainstorm and the navy con- struction program. Pumps were put at work lowering the water and by noon it was under control. The hospital's drainage pipes through the navy yard have been closed due to the construction work. BESTE Isa s. ARONOVITZ SPEAKS AT RITES TONIGHT COLLEGE DEBATE EXPERT) TO APPEAR AT B‘NAI | ZION MEETING ' Sidney Aronovitz, debater of the University of Flerida debating team, will be the speaker at the Sabbath Serv- ices at B'Nai Zion Jewish Congre- gation tonight, announced this morning. The services start at 8:00. o'clock Mr. Aronovitz was selected by the B'Nai Brith brotherhood at Gainesville to speak at this serv- ice. Rabbi Lazarus Lehrer of the Congregation conducted Chankah services at the synagogue Christ- mas night. A program by Donald Pearlman, Jake and Buddy Appel d Joyce Mulberg was present- ed. Jack Einhorn gave the bene- diction. champion MARKABLE Rome Reports Ships Sink Enemy Vessels In New Atlantic Ocean Raids On Shipping (By Associated Press) ROME, Dec. 27.—Italian naval authorities reported today that a squadron of their submarines had succeeded in running the British ' blockade in the Mediterranean Sea and were operating at pres- ent in the Atlantic ocean. The by guarding ships of the British navy at Gibraltar one at a time, au- thorities disclosed, and had later based at an unannounced island rendezvous for operations against anti-axis shipping. Italians claimed this morning that their Atlantic submarines had so far accounted for 15 Brit- ish and neutral ships contraband for the British, and had sunk at least one British de- stroyer by torpedoing. submarines slipped RAIDS IN AIR RESUMED THIS MORNING (By Aswoeciated Press) LONDON, Dec. 27.—A Nazi airraid was reported over the British Isles this morning, the first since the start of the Christ- mas armistice period, unofficially observed by both the British and German airmen. As if waiting for the first word of the raid, the R.A.F. immediate- ly retaliated by sending several squadrons against important “in vasion” bases along the whole coast of occupied France, Beigium and Holland. Units of the British airforce extended their early-morning op- erations as far south as Bordeaux, the war office revealed. NAZIS MOVE BALKAN TROOPS (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Dec. 27.—Nazi offi- cials were silent today when questioned concerning rumors of huge troop movements through Hungary, presumably into Ru- mania and on to the Bulgarian frontier. Reports heard here had it that pressure is expected to be brought Manufacturers Of Necessary Equipment Surprised to bear on Bulgaria in the near ees GROWTH IN COUNTRY’S WINTER eee SPORT (Associ 26.—If skis or clear you aren't waxing your filing your sk you're out of the runni What has happen cation and’ sports country in the la: something for the historians mull over. And whenever start, they will be records of sev agencies and at organ Qn here. Ten years ago, the American Automobile ion __ started laying off its staff in October, and by January only few of the boys and girls stuck around to keep the lamps lighted and see that no Eskimo-minded _ touris lacked for the little packe g maps if they did venture out on the unsnow-plow- ed highways Ten years ago the Civilian Con- servation Corps was no more than a few wisps in the subconscious of some potential New Dealers. NOTICE! On and after January 1. 1941, the scale of wages for Union Car- Penters will be $1.00 per hour. LOCAL NO. 655, CARPENTERS’ to the va- ed in this ten years is e private headquarter whi associa UNION. Joseph Watkins, Presi- dent. ed Press Feature Service) Ten years ago, most of the na- tional parks shut up shop in the winter and left only a few old- timers around to worry about how the buffalo herds were going | to weather the storms or about how the bears were hibernating in the bridal suite in Ranier’s ’ Paradise Inn. First Ski Train future. Germany will demand. the reports declare, the right to transport Nazi troops through that nation in an effort to aid Italy’s fight against Greece. Tension is high in the Balkans on that subject, it is stated, and all nations are “at attention” to await developments. carrying © ‘GALES DISRUPTED: BUNNELL PHONE AND BUS SERVICE SECTION NORTH OF EAST COAST OF DAYTONA BEACH HEAVILY HIT BY STORM LAST NIGHT (By Associated Press) DAYTONA BEACH, Dec. 27.— Telephone tk iine service from north through Bunnell was reported ta be en- tirely disrupted this morning, fol- lowing a severe gale which swept ire night, bringing a high total of property damage. No lives were reported lost in the storm. Telephone messages were being rerouted this morning and it was expected t s piled up on State road number one would be cleared in order that travel could be resumed by tomorrow. in from ecean iast hat ¢ bus ROUGH TRIP FOR PATROL BOAT Coast Guard headquarters in Key West reported that the CG 185 patrol boat, with Lieut. H. B. Haskins aboard, and in command of August Bradiey, had a rough time of it last night on a trip from Dry Tortugas to this city The vessel left Fort Jefierson at 5:00 o’clock and bucked the waves for seven here at approxi- t rs, arriving midnight. W. CONVENTION GROUP IN MEETING The Key Wes: Convention cor- poration wii! Trumbo hotel at 8 o'clock tonight to take for rais- mect at action on seve ing funds, it was announced by G ral Chairman Al Mills to- 1p “We need money and must de- termine how to get it painlessly”, Chairman Mills said. “We can’t hit all the merchan so we must figure raise it”. Several bills will be approved for payment at the meeting. PORTER BUYS FLEMING LOT Rosetta R. O. Locke, wid- ow the late E. C. Locke, has transferred a lot on Ficming street near Thomas street to Wil- liam R. Porter for the sum of $600, ng to a warranty deed on fi the county clerk’s office today. Edward L. Bacon, of San Fran- cisco, has transferred a lot on Vernon and South streets to Mrs. Katherine K. Johnson for $10 and other valuable consideration. This is according to another war- ranty deed filed in the county on ways to clerk’s office s for the cash, :— MORE SUBS WILL CONE T0 ScHOOL THREE ADDITIONAL VESSELS TO REPORT NEXT JUNE; SCHOOL BUILDING WILL BE ERECTED SOON Three additional submarines have been ordered to the Key West sound schcol, making six assigned here, it was announced teday by officers at Key West Naval Station. They are expected the last part of next June, when the submarine base will havesbeen dredged to a safe depth and when the marine railway will be under way. The names of the known yet. Each submarine carries a crew of 44 men and officers. This will mean in excess of 120 additional Men permanently assigned to the Key West sound school. There are four destroyers on duty with the school, which has an even hundred sailors enrolied. This makes ior several hundreds of men assigned here. Present submarines on duty with the sound school are the S-22, S-25 and S-29. They take men out into the nearby Gulf stream for training in under-‘ water signaling and sound detec- tion. A new school building is to be built at once to house the sound school at the navy base. It will be a two-story building, roughly 100 feet by 200 feet. Authority to spend the money for the school was received by Lieut. Com- mander T. J. Brady, U.S.N., public works officer at the station. early this week. vessels are not _ TEMPERATURES — Lowest last/Highest lasi night 24 hours 38 49 39 41 42 54 52 7 _ 37 48 27 44 38 53 - 31 57 50 65 28 33 63 75 34 42 67 81 53 68 66 82 25 34 54 60 52 64 40 43 51 55 37 52 49 60 50 54 Abilene Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit El Paso Galveston Huron - Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco Washington IN THE U. 8S. A. ‘SUB-DIVISION PLANNED FOR TRUMBO ISLE FINE Peesenen DISTRICT ON STRIP OF LAND FROM BOULEVARD REPORTED IN ‘OFFING Work has been started on the construction of a fine residential the district on Trumbo section, to southeast of the navy’s seaplane base, it was announced today An oil-propelled slip shovel has been placez° in operation on North Beach roaa which leads to Trumbo hotel. The urst work to be performed by the shovel is leveling the old railroad right-of- way and building a new road to the hotel. Cieveiand Niles, former sheriff, is in charge of the work. Author- ity is given for the announcement that this is preliminary work to ease conditions at the hotel, but that laer on T. E. Price, Miami attorney, owner of the propery, has widespread plans which will soon be invoked. These plans inciude broad road leading from Roosevelt boulevard and houses along both sides of the strip. The Key West Yacht Clb will probably be mov- ed to a site nearer Roosevelt boulevard to make way for the residences which Price plans. It is understood the roadway will be about 100 feet wide with approximately 100-foot lots both sides. There is mately half a mile stretch of prop- erty that will be so improved, ac- cording to the report. The road- way and surrounding property will be obtained by leveling the old railroad right-of-way and building bulkheads in Garrison Bight and-on the Gulf side on CORONER’S JURY MEETING TODAY SUMMERLAND BRIDGE ACCI- DENT INQUEST TO BE CONTINUED Inquest into the deaths of Mr. Che Key West Cittzrn THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Preliminary Shots approxi- | ‘in and around Key West and Mrs. A. B. Campbell of Tam-! pa on the Summerland Key wood- ; en bridge last Sunday afternoon will be continued at 4 p. m. today, County Judge Raymond R. Lord announced today. After the coroner's jury views the car the inquest will be ad- journed until next Friday after- noon at 4 o’clock, the judge said. Then the case will be concluded and a verdict returned. This was done at request of the family which wanted to bury the bodies at Tampa. Lopez Funeral Home shipped the bodies to Tam- pa for burial earlier in the week. ‘ GOOD INVESTMENT AURORA, Neb.—After buying a chest of drawers at a sale for 40 cents, Tobe Catlett was carrying it home. A drawer came open and out fell an envelope contain- jing $165. New By JACK STINNETT, AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—A few friendi, hints and suggestions Eight years ago, the first ski to the 74 who will assemble in the House of Representatives January train pulled out of Boston with 3 as “new members" of the 77th Congr: about 200 popeyed young Magel- lans of the ski-w staring at each other and wondering what darn-fool idea had prompted them to pay good money for such a junket. Now ski trains out of every me- tropolis in the north and east are easier to get on weekends than a local to Whistle Junction. From Grand Central station in New York you can catch one practical- (Continued On Page Four) NEW YORK - BUSY BEE “Best Sandwiches and Eats” Specializing in Seafoods, Spanish Cooking—Conch Chowder Daily DEEP SEA FISHING Diesel Powered $2— ‘AMERICANA’ —$2 CAPTAIN BOB DAVIS Leave 9:30 a. m. Return 4:30 p. m. Tackle Furnished PORTER DOCK If you have a speech-making with any idea that you are going to congressmen who have served*. their first term without opening‘ their mouths except to say “aye” or “no™ and Who: won a lot of re- spect from. th@ir seniors thereby. If you just have to make a speech, write it out and by getting per- mission “to extend your re- marks”, have it printed in the Congressional Record. Then you can mail it to your constituents, which is the important thing any- way. Very, very little legislation is affected one way or the other by oratory. Letters To Write If you aren't a whale of a pro- ficient letter writer, you'd better get a secretary who is. You'll get thousands of letters and every one has to be answered. Along this same line, if your secretary is proficient at forgery and at; compiex, don’t come to Congress get to air it. I know several good tossing off a few convincing lines, youll _get- a; lot mozz‘done. No congressman can sign all his mail without’ gettirig’ x chrénic Case of writer's If you're’ not “out” of the pests and wheedlers who call on the tele- phone or at your office, you will be, after the next election. (Regarding that mail: I know a congressman who had a vacancy Pop up in his trict for a rural route carrier. There were 126 ap- plications for the job and each ap- plication was accompanied by an average of eight letters of recom- mendation. That means 1,134 let- ters to be answered on one little appointment and to about 1,125 voers, the suffering representa- tive had to say “NO!”) Don't be discouraged if you are Congressmen Are To Be Seen And Not Heard ‘about 400th on the list for selec- tion of an office; that you have to sit at the foot of the table at ban- quets and in committee rooms; that you can't get assigned to The formal Opening ber thirty-first. | Key West to participate custom. Dinner will be served ing in the Patio is from 9:30 ’til 2. The Dinner charge will be $2.50 per person. Please call Mr. Grobe, reservations. This is necessary. | will take place this year on Tuesday evening, A cordial invitation is extended to the people of committees that consider bills on your favorite subject; and that it seems you are being left out in the cold on everything that comes (Continued on Page Four) Dinner at La Casa Marina | — as has been the annual at 8:00 o’clock and danc- i | ! | phone 780, for your table CASA MARINA, PETER SCHUTT. Manager. | country range of only 14° Fabrenbeit wih am sverage PRICE FIVE CENTS Taken FOr ‘Reap Wild Wind? Film Two Paramount Phote- graphers Here; Miss Strabel Present During Test Shots of “Reap the Wild Wind.” Satur- day Evening Post story of Miss Thelma Strabel. of Key West. have been taken in Key West and » They were taken under rection of E. D. Leshin, represen tative of Paramount Films. Inc and Harry Perry, staff photo- grapher of Paramount, who were registered at Casa Marina for sev eral days. Miss Strabel pair on their trips imtc water surrounding Key West ‘They went in Capt. Willie Wickers boat Leshin and Perry have left Key West to return to Miami where they will arrange an airplane trip to Dry Tortugas to preliminary filming the story accompanied complete of for They were un- able to get suitable trans x to Dry Tortugas from Key West These are study shots, as they are called in the film industry. On their merit will depend much of the actual shooting of the scene: Cecil B DeMille. who will direct the ing of “Reap the Wild Wind wants to make a scenes before com personnel to make the a ture. Both s of the local scer Perry. Pictures the harbor. of Old P: study scenes rtat filer the Big Reef, Mangrove similar pictures were taken “We had go0d“‘weather and go scenery all during our trip shin said. Le- Colorful Congress Meets First 3-Time President By ALEXANDER R GEORGE. AP Feature Serer Weiter WASHINGTON. Dec 26—A 33-year-old bishop and a woman who was a congressionl head news figure in World war will contribute color to the Congress which convenes on January 3. Seem Back to the House of Represen- * tatives comes the first woman elected Congress. Montana's Jeanette Rankin. Her vote against War provided one of the dramatic moments in the historic session on Good Friday, April 6, 1917. Miss Rankin, then the only one of her sex in Congress sat through the first roll call with bowed head. failing to answer to her name. On the second roll call, which came after 3 o'clock in the morning. to she arose and said with tremulous * voice: want to stand by my country but I cannot vote for war” Youngest A Dishop Youngest man in the Senate will be Berkeley L. Bunker, 23- ROONOERARE RecUBESetate BRADY'S (Live) Poultry