The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 17, 1941, Page 1

For 61 Years Devoted ta the Best Interests of Key West neat VOLUME LXUL. No. 221. Ships Blew Up In Thirty Seamen And Ma rines Perished (By Ansociated Premn) STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 17.—Three Swedish destroyers blew up and sank this morning in the harbor at Nykoping. ed and 11 severely burned sur- vivors have been rescued. Boatmen, fighting a sea of flames as burning oil from the ships spread over the harbor waters, feared that casualties would be high. Authorities could give no ex- planation for the disaster, which wiped out three of Seweden’s newest ships. At the same time it was re- ported that a 950-ton Swedish tanker had blown up and gone down, apparently in the same manner, but it was not announced where the sinking took place. Witnesses at the Nykoping dis- aster said the three destroyers blew up one after another, either through being ignited from the ed in line, and the fire and/series of explosions seemed to run from | one end of the line to the other. . ’ ae ambulance in Stackholm | , fo the scene of the trag- | edy and hundreds of small boats, put out into the burning waters , \ to the nation. ed to attempt rescues, TWO MEN FROZEN IN MOUNTAIN STORM (My Annoclated rena) SEATTLE, Sept. 17.—Clarence E. Hale and Conrad P. Optiz, Seattle City light company em- ployes, froze to death on Sour- | said. “Whatever is needed to se-|year of training to get out of; ynion business agent, this morn-/° I the army if they request their | ing repeated the statement he has |!" AT™Y. maneuver territory. release in writing Finland, he added, never want- | commanding officers. dough mountain in a sudden snow storm, city officials were advised. Hale and Optiz and their wives were climbing Sourdough moun- tain and were caught in the storm. Reports indicated the two women had survived. Coroner W. A. Hulbush of Whatcom county said rescue par- ties had left Bellinkham. He had no details. Her Nose Didn’t Know (Ry Apseciated Press) SEDALIA, Mo., Sept. 17.—For sending ‘her sister: in: New! York gifts of perfume. Then she learn- ed the sister had lost her sense of| smell several years ago. Parisians Of All Classes To Bé Shot For Unde MRS. SARAH TYNES FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE} eat Ctttzrn THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. FIGHTING FORCES GIVEN AS 1,580,775 MEN; MILTARY QUESTIONS ANSWERED WASHINGTON, — Sept. 17.—! Aveited LATEST STRENGTH OF LAND Increase For Carpenters s tla eva stacg, ntrmes WO) NATIONS KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1941 { Leningrad Between Flying The Iceland Patrol, country; range of only 14° Fahrenheit CONDUCTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON This writer has been flooded with questions concerning the i |The Citizen this afternoon that | ARE ACCUSED U. S. Navy Stands Guard | | Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Tynes jdied this morning at 4:45 o’clock jat the residence of her niece, Mrs, Walter W. Johnson, 1128 Margaret street. Funeral services will: be con- ducted tomorrow afternoon at 5 jo'clock from the chapel of the Lopez Funeral Home, Rev. A. C. Riviere officiating. | Survivors are one brother, Wil- {liam Pierce, and numerous nieces land nephews. Knights of the Golden Eagle, | Knights of Pythias and Odd Fel- jlows, of which the deceased’s | husband, ‘William H .Tynes, also deceased, was a member, will (attend the funeral in a body. | | Pallbearers will be selected from } ; the memberships. i ‘FINLAND SEES PEACE NEARER | (Ry Axnociatea Pi » HELSINKI, Finland, Sept. 17, i—The possibility that Finland ‘cers serving with troops in the {may be near the end of her war . field. with Soviet Russia was heighten- ,officers who are ed by the declaration of a govern- ;health and particularly compet- first one or from separate caus- {ment spokesman that there are ent will be transferred to desk | es. The three ships were anchor- | “good hopes of peace in the near- jobs. It does not. apply to air force officers, chaplains.or offi- | cers in the medical corps. , est future.” Any ‘talk of a separate peace with Moscow was ruled out, how- | ever, by Vaino Tanner, minister of trade and communications and leader of the dominant Social Democratic party, in an address He stressed that Finland was an vally of Germany “only by acci-' ident” and that his country would | |continue to fight only as long as jher interests demanded. | .“It is for us an entirely defen- sive war with the aid of which {we desire to obtain secure fron- itiers and lasting peace,” Tanner ‘eure this must be done, but there jour task also ends.” ed war but he declared that since “barbarous and expansionist Rus- sia” is a neighbor “our long fron- tier is still insecure and it is prob- | ably essential that we. should/thick of the argument |render areas bevond it safe in a military sense. Before that, there }is no possibilitv of concluding !peace with anybody.” | Get The Point? (Re Aseootnted Presa) iS. D., swallowed a pen point. | Shortly thereafter he enterefl a penmanship contest at Chillicothe ' Business College—and won. Attacks On Nazis (By Associated Press) VICHY, Sept. 17.—Parisians of all classes will be shot “in creasing numbers” for new at- tacks on Germans, the Nazi gov- ernment of Paris decreed today as the death of another terrorist victim was announced. o The new decree. came. as, the Nazi military “government! re- vealed that a German non-com- missioned officer’ had died ftom bulleepoeeas received Stinday: | Instéad of confining their hos- tages to Communists and Jews, as has been the case in the past, the Germans will retaliate for vio- lence by killing Frenchmen of every walk of life, the decree saidi The Germans announced at the same time that plans have been completed for permitting sick and wounded French war prisoners to} return home from Germany. 10 GERMANS TO DIE FOR EVERY HOSTAGE (Ry Associated Press) LONDON, Sept. 17.—French in-/ , tage” executed by the Nazis, ac- cording to reports reaching here | from Paris. ‘Promising to continue the wave of violence ‘against the German j conquerors, the Communist lead- lers pecnes saboteurs | have wrecked.1,800 trucks bearing sup+ | wresey nt | | month. In the same period, the; detlare, 194 trains have been oF failed. ae | it A B | BAN DUTCH USE OF | ROYAL FAMILY NAME (ity Associated Preas) | AMSTERDAM, Sept. 17.—Citi- zens in the Netherlands no longer will be permitted to use in their businesses the names of the royal family, the House of Orange, the German governor of Amsterdam decreed today. Moving to combat a spreading tuse of the names of living mem- | bers of the royal family in hotels and restaurants, the government | declared that no further public the United States Army in train- ing and on duy was 1,580,775. the regular army. The rest are national trainees. ‘years or older est “sky pilot”. est records available here are not absolutelyup torthe last | sen, acting publitworks officer, | Mast Wednesday. "At that’time, i in’ the” ‘past f military of this country. The} following will serve as answers: ‘Horse-And-Buggy’ Days Gone There is only one horse-drawn | artillery regiment left in the | army—the 112th at Fort Bragg, | Key West carpenters, N. C., and that is to be motorized ; before the end of the year. There are, however, still six} horse-drawn batallions—three at! ‘Fort Sill, in» Oklahoma, and | They are being sent here in ac: | three at Camp Ord, in California. | cordance with the request for} TOKIO, Sept. 17—The Jap-| yc, sept. 17.—"Line squall ahead!" There also are artillery” units attached certain “horse | to the | cavalry, but these are not the; same as “horse-drawn artillery”. | local station. New Age Standards } The new age standards for! commissioned officers (with lim- |i" the matter will be made fol-. its ranging from 62 for major-} generals to’ 30 for second lieu-j ton after tenants) does mean a weeding out, but there are several things | Conditions here. that must be borne in mind. First, this applies only to offi- | i j | Thus, many over-age vigorous in Army Strength The-latest reported strength of Only 533,500 of these are in guard, reserves and The officers number close to | 106,000 in all. t 28-Year-Olds Exempt i Men in training who were 28) before July 1,! 1941, do not jhave to complete a! from their! This is a matter of law—not} one of army policy. | Youngest ‘Sky Pilot’ i I don’t want to get into the about | what encampment has the young- | However, according’ to the lat- | (they | minute), the youngést'' is ‘the’ Mormon. chaplain :nLt. MG. + Widdison, | at FortoeFrancis EB) / CHILICOTHE, Mp., Seot. 17.— | Warren in Wyoming. “White*there ‘erican Federation of L years a Sedalia woman had been! Robert Newcomer of Lemmon, | are no ordained ministers in the ‘ment with OPM, would’ “go fish ea pReading untee propaganda,” bon Chureh of Jesus Christ of Latter’ Day Saints, I am told that Lieu-} tenant Widdison has been an! elder for several years, which entitles him to his commission as chaplain. There are a generous number of army chaplains still in their twenties. Bicycle Accidents The. Federal Bureau of Inves- tigation says there is a nation- wide drive going on now against bicycle accidents. It suggests that the agency whch probably has done the greatest research in this field is the National Safety Council, 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago. It is true that the increase in bicycle accidents in the country | is serious, but the figures can-j; not be, obtained here. _. Second In Enlistments Herevis the item a Salt Lake} City reader is proud of: Desert-bound Salt Lake City | has jumped this year to second ; city in ‘the country in per capita enlistments in the United States Navy, with enlistments (for the first six months) of 122 men per 100,000 population; second only to Portland, Ore., which averag- ed 171 per 100,000. However, Salt Lake and Port- land and all the rest of the coun- try have their work cut out from now on. launch its recruiting campaign to get personnel for 400 ships that are taking shape on the ways. The quota is 13,000 men a month | Communist leaders have ‘sworn tojreference to the family. will be]to Jan. 1 and 15,000 a month next kill 10 Germans for every “hos- permitted, year, Bt \J- McCaffrey raced after the one The ‘navy soon will|* the Navy Department is sending! two officer-representatives from | OF SABOTAGE Washington here to investigate | ° -__ USED... IN. NEGOTIATIONS The officers are Commander; FOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN J.C. Gefhard, CEG. USM. end); JAPANAND U. 8. Lieut. J. C. Tily, C.E.C.. USNR. (ity Ansoeciated Presa) la consideration forwarded to thi pate wes pp eee Navy Department through the Great Britain of attempting to | sabotage negotiations for an today Tt i pected thi i peat ia e decision! states and. Japan. The paper charged that the two countries wanted to break lowing their return to Washing. | Editorially, the paper contin- The officers are leaving Wash- jued that. difficulties between the ington tonight and are ex 2a two Pacific powers. will be set- jtlea peacefully, and predicted to reach Key West tomorrow. |that German and British efforts saga Nt | to interfere would not effect the Lieut. Albert J. Fay, navy pub- | final course of the: talks. lic works officer, late this after- nom hab peemnting by telephone f ARMY EXPLAINS 2 ‘© geta definite answer from! Washington headquarters to the|' ON COMPLAINTS lemand of losal carpenters -that;« bee sirepag they be granted at 12% cetits pet (ie Sanvetaed Peseet boost over their existing $1.00/, STRUTHERS, O., Sept. 17.— hourly. rate. | Unidentified “subversive . organ- Carpenters are scheduled to | iations” were accused. by . an hold a meeting tonight at 7:30 | Army intelligence officer of writ- o'clock, and it is understood they , 8 “complaint letters” in an ef- will refuse to return to work to} fart to .ereale Bn ingeepelon , ot morrow at the W. P. Thurston | Wnyest ree dissatisfaction in Army and W. F. Mackle Construction | #i0ing camps. companies unless their demand | Capt. Alfred G. Karger of Fort has been granted before the} H&ves.asserted in a speech pre- meeting. |Pared for a junior chamber of Clarence Higgs, made all week that he does not} at their meeting. Higgs said he believes the navy | @f Maneuver for the purpose of could have taken quicker action | dropping notes on the highways on the pay increase demand, how-| (tside_of towns through which ever, and he said it is possible the | ‘he troops pass. carpenters will not work tomor-} row. hat ) The union presented its ‘de-| Gini ted ae ea in sol- mand. to Lieut. Franklin G. Jan fditate sai ‘on tke pars (of, ye arding condi- tions in ArmM¥. i? ‘The, notes often are picked: up “good. citizens who. are unin- das to. this,,vieious means ‘was hinted that the ¢afpentérs, re. strained from sttiking by an’ Am-! wbur avtee- PY ing” if thev heard nothi i ‘ 5 Karger a 1 theif meeting tonight. 5 , 4 Capt. Russell S. Crenshaw, sta-| , Asserting that many of the un- tion commandant, said this morn-| Signed complaints might find ing the demand was sent to the} . navy bureau of .yards and docks | ested that little or no credence + Pia be given unsigned letters sent to as soon as it was made, pointing; ~~. 4 . ‘ out that the local station had had | roo hee purportedly. by soldiers ba no jurisdiction over the wage shepabtae. Pickin os gst eaptain instructed Lieu-| LONG DELAY IN | MANY MASH NOTES tenant Fav to call Washington, (ie _Annoctatea Pream however, in'order to attempt to TWO RIVERS, Wis., Sept. 16. ing before get a final answer before tonight. hh ie aa ak COPPER CHASES BOY FOR THEFT; DIES OF ATTACK soldiers—for a 23-year-old rea- (Ry Anssacicted Press) # : PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 17.—A = rookie policeman chased a 15-/ year-old boy for a mile through; North Philadelphia and then col- lapsed of a heart attack. on top of his quarry. gis The youth Was one of three who. fled from a stolen automobile after it had crashed into two unused in "17 and "li being parked cars. Patrolman William | BE pare {distributed to the new Army and pi | the notes are paying off. The boy finally dropped of ex- haustion on a sidewalk. McCaf- frey, a few steps behind, stopped, then fell across the youth. 30 MINUTES ie dig Charge Your Bat secu 5} he's \ |the wage increase demand of DECLARED TO,,HAVE BEEN (AP WRITER TELLS HOW NAVY FLIERS MAKE ROU- | asians a a + i | and { flight commander beside me in the pilot's perch forward. He's talk- agreement between the United |cloud, stretching out all of ten* p the basis for an American-}tine he's givimg orders to e ici ‘ : . 8 ision. having investigated | Japanese it in order to PA eg Wither iets cen ene plane accompanying us, a mile; The fog closes in tighter. | »|commerce defense rally thatthe ¢ve% Moagan M. Beatty. AP | I remember the boys) back carpenters’ | C anizations operated principally | Feature Servite Habis ih | Washington. ° ‘They're, probably y just ae ee a biped pa. |cnieying a weli cooked iuneh in Wheeden | makers,” aihes . boty ph Fata ly re- |/Uxurious comfort, and here. ki * | Said, O1LOW ie troops. along ii i nor now what the carpenters will do | their line of march to their figld| Porter to make. this flight, (am working like a horse, And | | Here is the first of a series they. thought I was lucky to get “These notes are written so} tions officer aboard a huge float- | that they ay t in-/ing air base. Its position is a se- Sian aten ere eret, but it’s “somewhere in the North Atlantic”. ofc their way into print, Karger sug-|, We had taken off |nif —A lot of Two Rivers women, | of us, I know what he means, But many long married. and some/jour two 1,000 horsepower en- grandmothers, are receiving mash | gines churn us steadily to jones from Uncle Sam's young the storm at 150 miles an hour. In World’s Werst Weather » TINE OF FOG AND STORM WHILE » GUARDING SEA LANES i) 4 i 1 » By MORGAN. M. BEATTY, AP Feature Service Writer | ABOARD U.S. NAVY PATROL BOMBER OVER THE ATLAN- The voice comes to my right ear in the headset, I turn to the ing to me in the plane’s phone system. His finger points ahead. to the right. There lies a long black Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the with an average PRICE FIVE CENTS Reports On Present Opera- tions Rather Conflict- ing As Battles Continue On Russian Front (Ny Asnoetated Presn) NEW YORK. Sevt. 17.—Con- ports on the fighting at Lenin- grad today agreed that one of the mightiest battles, perhaps in his- tory, is underway around the sprawling city where the czars once ruled, 8 DNB, official German news agency, said Nazi panzer divi- sions have smashed into a stra- miles like a huge water moccasin «tron Mike”, the automatic pilot, | tei¢ park on the edge of the city, asleep on a log. The pilot speaks again. This ing different altitudes to avoid or more off to the right. He uses | the interplane phone This time his voice hits ear. “Advise me if you tact; I will assign altitudes”. “Roger”, comes back — another | From a sunny morning lined system. - ‘ my left! with racing fleecy-whites: | Clouds, we plunge into twi-- lose con-| light. The plane jerks back ' and forth, Rain and wind hit the hull, sound like corn im @ voice. * ; | popper. The flight commander smiles, é x | explains into my right ear,} Suddenly we're out in the ‘takes over himself. They’re hold-jitself, but the agency admitted jthat the Russians are defending themselves brav-, “That means he has received or-! clear. Our companion emerges ders”. pre to the right and above, . “We atevhurtling eastward over) ~ ‘Somebolly piluchés me in the’ the North Atlantic. Earlier in'the| snoulder blade. The bearded tmorning—much too much earlier for a late sleeper—we had gath- face of our mechanic grins, ered’ in’ the cabin of the opera-| “Soup's on”. “ —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—" Slowly I clamber down: from the pilot’s the flying suit and the lined jacket they'd leaned +My legs creak. ; this assignment! If they only’ knew! { The mechanic sits me down Junch, What aluncht «| Juicy. tender steak, salted and peppered to a queen's taste. Aj , There. the whole squadron Received) finabsinstructions for’ assigned orders were; secret.’But broad~ in dark, choppy seas and flown for an dawn. ce ‘icent lined tors aren't poets, but my mander had other ideas on his mind. He said we could have picked a better day. With that line squall in front aay 3 The commander explains