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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01
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KEY WEST MIDGET
Will Disposed OF $8,687
LEFT GOOD ESTATE

Probate of the will of the late
Abraham l.. Sawyer, who died in
Miami on April 30. 1899, reveals
the fact that holdings of Little
Able, as he was called here,
amounts to So, 687 go. Of the above
amount there is $1,000 in real
estate and mortgages, the balance
in cash.
The entire amount is left to
heirs of his brothers and sisters,
deceased. except the sum of ST.
900. which was bequeathed to the
Coconut Grove Methodist church
for operation of an orphange in
memory of his mother.
Sawyer was a native of Key
West and prominent in church
circles of this city. Moving to
Miami about 10 years ago he was
frequently heard of and visitors
to that CITY returned with the
information that he was doing
well and gaining popularity as
the Midget from Key West.
At his death it was believed
that he was in good circumstances
but few people realized that he
died possessed of the holdings
as revealed by the probate of
his will.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01
LOUIE THE SLEUTH'
GETS ON THE JOB

Lindberg. salesman with
a tobacco company. who had
parked his car on Duval be-
tween Fleming and Eaton
streets. reported a theft of
about SIT of cigarettes and
tobacco Monday night.
The case has been reported
10 the police but Mr.. Lind
berg has unofficiallY given
his consent 10 Louie the
Sleuth". bellbov at La Con-
cha. to dig up information.
In true detective style
Louie found a number of the
cigarette cases in the vacant
LOT next TO the La Conrha
and unofficialIY blames the
theft on gang of little COL
ored boys sometimes seen in
the vicinity.
Another clue Louie is
working on is the informa-
tion MIR. Lindberg has given
him that the thieves got in
TO his car by getting a spare
key out of the dashboard
compartment earlier in the
afternoon and then coming
back LATER in the night TO Sc
cure the 'tswag. The boys
obliginglY threw the KEY back
in the car after they had fin
ished with IL.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01
MORE MARRIAGE
LICENSES ISSUED
NINE MORE ISSUED IN NO.
VEMBER: TWO YES
wERDAY

Records in the office of County
Judge Raymond r. Lord show
an appreciable increase in the
issuance of marriage licenses in
November over the preceding
month. In October there were
seven issued and in November
there were 16.
Two licenses were issued yes
terday afternoon. One was to
Emil Joseph Sabala and Myrtle
Catheline Sanchez, and the other
to George o, Thompson and
RoSabelie NJ. Bethel.
The first marriage ceremony
was performed by Judge Lord
in the residence of the bride at
the corner of Dey and Simonton
streets.
The second was performed in
the office of Judge Lord, permis-
sion being given for the mar
riage by the mother of the bride
who is but 16 years old.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01
Sutton Arrives Prepare
For New INtugaS Season
WILL PUT LARGER SHIP INro> SERVICE; NIRvANA
IS BEING sPRUcED UP FoR>WINTER

c. B. Sutton, owner of the
Sutton Line of vessels, which
ply in the waters adjacent to
New York during the summer
and in the waters of Key West
during the winter, making trips
tri-weekly to Tortugas, arrived
here this morning.
Captain Sutton has a larger
and more commodious vessel to
be used in the service this sea-
son which is at the Porter Dock,
having arrived in port this
morning, and preparations are
being made to get her in service
by December 10.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01
STATE AUTO TAGS
ARE NOW ON SALE

State automobile tags for the
year 1910 went on sale this
morning in the office of Tax Col
lector Frank H. Laid, and at II
o'clock there had been more
than a dozen sold.
Tag No. Of the $40 series was
sold to the tax collector; Tag No.
] of the SIS series was sold to G.
L. Peterson, and Tag No. l of the
$40 series was sold to George L.
Engel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01
SWEDISH ship
SUNK BY Mine
ENGLAND LAYS NEW MINE
FIELD; AWAIT
BLOCKADE
(By Associated PreSs)

LONDON, Dec. -Four thou
sand two hundred ton Swedish
steamer was sunk off England
today after striking a mine.
The western front continues
TO be quiet with all nations await
ing the new phase of economic
warfare which win be enforced
Monday morning.
England has laid a new mine
field and has warned all shipping
away from the point.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01
INJURED SEAMAN
| BROUGHT TO CITY

Hans Mollistad, an injured sea-
man, was brought into port this
morning by the Coast Guard and
placed in the Marine Hospital for
treatment. IT'S
The young man, little more
than a boy, was an able seaman
on the Norwegian Steamship
Summinate.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01

The new ship is >pamed the
Florida, and was formerly the
property of Barron C. Collier. 1t
was sold as part of the estate of
the late magnate after his death;
and was bought by Mr.. Sutton.
She is powered by steam and has
twin engines
The House Boat Nirvana,
which has been lying at the Por-
ter Dock for several months, is to
be gotten ready for service and
will be used as she was last year,
for the accommodation of passen-
gers at Fort Jefferson.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01
Finland Holds Against
lnvaders;;NoP eace Yet
REPORT SCANDINAVIA
is OFFERING PEACE
PROPOSAL; WOULD
FORM NEW GOVT.
nv Associated Pr.a.l


LONDON. Dec. l. - Russian
might was thrown against little
Finland in an effort TO secure
control of the government but
late this afternoon the Finnish
government had not resigned
nor surrendered the country.
Russia made three raids over
Helsinki dropping bombs today.
Earlier reports which told of
mass killings greatly overest-
mated the dead. There are only
rs dead thus far. Thousands of
persons are being evacuated
from Helsinki.
There is some talk of an armis-
tice being signed but thus far
none has been given. A Finnish
delegation working through Scan
dinavian diplomatic channels is
reported to have a petition on its
way.
Soviets' Navy Active
Russian navy continues to
lombard the Finnish coast near
the mouth of the Gulf of Finland.
Finland is making a determined
stand. Thus far it has repulsed
several attempts of Russia 10
make a landing in the country.
Finland claims also to have taken
300 Russian prisoners.
Just over the Russian border
there is a government with a
socialistic head which is gather
ing its followers to take over the
Finnish government. Russia will
undoubtedly extend its socialis-
tic government to Finland by
working through this provisional
government. Their propaganda
is to drive out Finnish over
lords.
Russian troops are attempting
to land through the Hartman
Isthmus but thus far have been
repulsed.
Roosevelt Displeased
Roosevelt is greatly displeased
with Russia's action and may
recall the American ambassador
from Moscow.
Thousand of Swedes and Nor
wegians are going over the Fin
nish border to enlist in the Fin
nish army.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01

man, were comparatively rare
and circumscribed. The higher
parts of the 'Glades prairie were
tillable during the Winter at Pc
RODS of low water.
Then came the engineers. Va
rious minds conceived numerous
schemes tor development" of the
'Glades, drainage" and farm.
ing led the procession. With
these excuses for tampering with
Nature in the Everglades the en-
tire area has been ravished, and
indirectly the whole of the south
ern Florida peninsula.
In Four Decades
Since this century began five
water highways preliminary to
the dredging of drainage canals
have been added to the natural
outlets of the vast 'Glades spring.
AS a result of the topsy-turvey-
ing of Natures program, droughts
and freezes are said by scientists
to be now more frequent than
formerly.
Thousands of acres of rich
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the
ordinary moisture covering the
sandy or rocky formation of the
'Glades, have gone up in smoke,
gases; only scant ashes remain.
This much of the Everglades has
become a desert exactly as it was
when first elevated from the sea.
Northerners unfamiliar with
the 'Glades territory may look
with wonder upon reports of
fires burning the 'Glades ire
deemably-s'they're nothing but
a vast swamp. How can swamp
burn?" Facetiously these unin-
formed men and women may re-
mark that the 'Glades need irri-
cation and not drainage. Care
less motorists or hunters are
blamed for the fires. But that
is wrong. DIR. John K. Small of
! the New York Botanical Gardens
has said in brochure on the
rape of the Everglades that
crazy drainage schemes, not
hunters or motorists, are respon-
sible for the fires. He adds,
Natures building of ages has
been destroyed in few decades.
Fearful 'Glades Fires
Everglades fires are a beauti-
full if terrifying spectacle. To
a great extent uncomfortable,
these fires are burning to rob
Florida forever of portions of
the fertile covering of the earth's
surface which is one of the states
chief natural gifts. Great plumes
OF smoke, cream colored in the
sunlight, purple at sunset and aft
er dark flashing with red and
gold which Eliminates the sky
for vast distances like the North
fern Lights, rise. from far-flung
sectors of the 'Glades, telling an
awesome story of mans disre-
gard of Nature.
'Glades fires and 'Glades drain
age go hand in hand; and now
comes the added scourge OF salt
i'm drinking water in the city
mains.
Study conditions in other parts
lof the country where man has
interfered with Natures course.
Great floods in New England IN
recent years have carried five
and half tons OF rich, black
soil every minute at the height of
the floods fury, down river past
the city of Springfield. Massa-
chusetts. Whyg Because the
hills, ravaged Of their timber
Continued On Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01

An Associated Press dispatch
with a Miami date says that APP
parently no one realized when
44O miles of canals were built
through the Everglades in an eff
fort to reclaim those southern
Florida waterlands for farming
that the project would threaten
to bring salt to some of the drink
ing water of the states great
tourist trade.
But that is just what it has
done, and officials are hard al
work on the problem of keeping
water faucet output fresh with
out undoing the years Of labor
and wasting the millions oil
money already spent in building
up the marshlands. Salt infil-
tration of drinking water has
caused the shutdown of seven
Miami wells-there are Is in the
Service-and has alarmed coast
al cities and towns as far north
as Palm Beach although the sup
ply is described as adequate to
meet current demands-but ''the
season" is coming.
$S3o0.ocG Ante
Coastal cities and the national
resources planning board made a
joint ante of 100000 for the first
attack on the encroachment oil
salt in the potable water. This
attack consists of a survey oil
soil conservation, fire proven
ton, wild life preservation and
water resources.
The preliminary investigation
has revealed that the delicate
underground water balance has
been disturbed. Sea water has
backed into the canals, and thi:
has seeped into the fresh water
wells. The water fell in the
l'Glades at the same time, leaving
the topsoil dry as, finder. This
topsoil caught fire months back
smouldered for days. The top
soil fire problem is not new. L
has been going on for years since
drainage of the Everglades be,
came large scale fact. Winter
vegetable crops. cane crops, cat
tie raising and the dairy indus
try have been constantly men
aced, till it is conservatively esti
mated that around forty million
dollars worth of potential farm
land has been destroyed.
The drinking water trouble i.
the newest and latest phase.
Nature In Control
Florida hurricanes, Californi;
earthquakes, Western dust,
storms, East country floods
these all repeat and emphasize
the tragic, unacceptable fact tha'
man cannot get in the way 81
Nature and come out first best.
Take Everglades fires and Ever.
glades drainage. Time was wher
the natural outlets to the Glade:
waters, regulated through thu
ages by Nature gave Nature.
balance TO the vegetation com
mon to the low. flat area. The
climate was tempered. Fires, al
act of God as the result of light.
ming; and later started by the
artificial methods of nrimitivf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01
BelieveReuben James
Wrecked; MaySalvage
BELIEVE WASHINGTON
NAVAL OFFICER WILL
DETERMINE SALVAGE
OPERATIONS

General lnformaflon is tha1
the Reuben James. which went
aground early yesterday morn
ing off the northern Cuban coast.
is high and dry" and may be a
loss.
Authorities at Key West Naval
Station said they had no definite
information concerning the con-
dition of the vessel but had only
received conflicting reports" on
the running aground.
Lieut.. Comdr. Murphy of the
Navy Department came here by
plane yesterday and left on the
q. S. S. Roper for the scene to
determine salvage operations.
The rocks where the Reuben
James is aground is off Lobos
Key off the northern coast of
Cuba. The Reuben James was
proceeding through Old Bahama
channel. 268 miles from Key
West, when she went aground.
The waters in the area are ex-
tremely dangerous and pock-
marked with reefs and shoals
very much like those on the
Florida Reef.
The Wrecking Tug Warbler
and the Tenders Gannett and
Lapwing left yesterday for the
scene and should have been at
the scene at noon today but no
further word has been heard
from them, as to their salvage
operations.
When a destroyer goes aground
il has very hard time getting
off because of its light engines
which are designed more for
speed than anything else. The
Tenders Gannett and Lapwing
both have powerful engines and
the Warbler has an exceptionally
large amount of power.
Commander of the Reuben
James is Lieut.. Comdr. E. v.
Sherman and not Lieut.. Comdr.
w. c. Cross as was enormously
reported in yesterdays Citizen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01
POSTAL RECEIPTS
SHOW INCREASE

Key West Post Office an
nounced this morning that the re-
ceipts for the month ending yes
terday showed a considerable
increase over the same month
of the preceding year.
Postal receipts for the month
of November. 1889. were ST.
8877z, and for the month of No
vember, 1888, $2.521.82. thus
showing an increase Of ss65.92.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01
MRS. ROOSEVELT
AT dies HEARING
MARKS FIRST TIME FIRST
LADY VISITS CONGRESS
SIGNAL HEARING
tRy Associnted Pressl

WASHINGTON, Dec. Mrs.
Roosevelt appeared for the third
time in the last two days at the
Dies Committee hearing on un-
American activities of the Ma
tional Youth Congress. It mark
ed the first appearance of the
First Lady of the Land at a
Congressional hearing.
DETROIT, Dec. 1.-Strike at
the Briggs plant today was lifted
as $4,000 persons prepared to go
to work and the Briggs corpora
ton prepared to add million
collars more annually to work
erS' salaries.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01

SPECIAL! SPECIAL!
Friday. Saturday. Sunday
Hawaiian PINEAPPLE 90
LAYER CAKE OsJO
Devils Food Squares 25c
Nice Line Of FRUIT CAKES
Maloney Brothers Bakery
sl2 Fleming st.--phone sls
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01

Special TIC The Citizen B Y FRANK W. LOWERING
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01

Key West. Florida, has the
most eQuable climate In the
country: with an average
range Of only Ia Fahrenheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-01

Associated Press Day Wire
Service
For SO Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
Evening star., 1939-11-03

employees the association dues de-
Quoted from their pay since July 5.
1885.
In New York, the Associated Press
said, r. B. White, president Of the
Western Union, declared an exami-
nation Of the order "has convinced
us that the order will not be sus-
tanned by the courts"
"The Association of Western
Union Employees has been in exist
ence for more than 20 years." Mr..
Whites statement said. During all
that time, it has bargained collec-
lively with the company on wages
and working conditions. It is an
Independent labor organization"
He said the company had been
advised that under the law, the
order will not be enforceable
until 1t has been approved by the
courts"
Mr.. White explained the amount
of money collected as dues could not
be determined without further in
vestigation, because it had been re-
mitted to the association locally, and
did not appear in the company's
accounts.
The case was filed by the American
Communications Association, q c. I.
o. af11liate. Joseph P. selly, a vice
president, said here that the board,
Evening star., 1939-11-03
Fight Seen on Labor
Board Order 10 End
Western Union Group
Firm President Says
Ruling to Disbond Will
Be Quoshed by Courts

A fight was in prospect today over
the Labor Board order calling on the
Western Union Telegraph Co. to dis.
establish the Association of Western
Union Employees as a collective bar
gaining agency.
The board yesterday asked the
Second Circuit Court Of Appeals to
enforce the order, which contends
that the association is company
dominated and is not a bargaining
unit as contemplated by the Labor
Relations Act. The board also d.
rected the company to return 10 the
Evening star., 1939-11-03
Mckinley Students Plan
To Attend Press Meetino

Mckinley High School is sending
q delegation to the Southern In
terscholastic Press Association con-
vention at Washington and Lee Uni
versity today and tomorrow. They
are Frank Hedrick, Daun Sanford,
Kaye Allen, Constance Campbell,
Dick White. Jane Phelps, Beatrice
Benoit and George Cross.
At the same time 1t was announced
Howard Kemper has been named
president of the senior class gradu-
ating in February. Other officers are
Rudy Jensen, vice president; Ma
jorie Aldridge, secretary; Genevieve
McCeney, treasurer, and James Mil
Ter. sergeant at arms.
Evening star., 1939-11-03
City News in Brief
TODAY,

Dinner, Washington Lodge No. IS,
B. P. o. Elks, Mayflower Hotel, 8 pm.
Dinner, University of Michigan
Alumni, Lafayette Hotel, pm.
Meeting, Golden Jubilee Commit
tee, D. A. R., Willard Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Junior American Citizens
Committee, D. A. r., Mayhower
Hotel, 8 pm.
Inspection meeting, Kit Carson
Corps, Women's Relief Corps, Sol
diers, Sailors and Marines Hall, 8
pm.
Dance, Immaculate Seminary,
Wardman Park Hotel, 10 pm.
Dance, Massachusetts, State Soci-
ETY., Wardman Park Hotel, 10 pm.
Dance, Works Progress Admins
tration, Carlton Hotel, 10 pm
Convention, Association American
Feed Control Onncials, Raleigh Hotel,
all day.
Meeting, Civil Aeronautics Au-
thortty. Raleigh Hotel, all day.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon, Lawyers Club, May
flower Hotel, 1915 pm.
Luncheon, Washington Classical
Club, Raleigh Hotel, pm.
Football party, University Of Min
nesota Alumni, Lafayette Hotel, l:30
pm.
Meeting, National Association of
Retired Federal Employees, National
Museum, 2 pm.
Dinner, Washington Sales Repre-
uentatives' Association, Willard Hotel,
7p.m.
Dinner, Kappa Delta Phi, La
fayette Hotel. 7:30 pm.
Meeting, Biological Society Of
washington, Cosmos Club, 7:30 pm.
Dance, Georgia State Society,
Shoreham Hotel, $50 pm.
Dance. Southeastern University,
Wardman Park Hotel, 10 pm.
Dance, George Washington Uni.
VerSitv MovHou,or r1ota1 ~ -
Evening star., 1939-11-03

T. Warren, second vice president;
Mrs. Gene N. Hilderbrand, secre-
tary, and Mrs. Roy Clark, treasurer.
The association again indorsed 4
plan to construct either q bridge or
. tunnel extension Of South Capitol
street across the Anacostia River. A
special Bridge Committee formed
last month was instructed to take
the matter before the Engineer Com.
Evening star., 1939-11-03

missioner. The Capital Transit co.
win be urged to ~establish two OF
three express buses to operate dur
ing the evening rush hour between
downtown Government building
areas and Congress Heights and
Washington Highlands. Members
claimed overcrowding under the
present conditions.
H. v. Schneider. safety engineer
Evening star., 1939-11-03
Students Broadcast
A1ypicaI Dayi in
Junior High School
Jefferson Featured in
Program lnougurotine
Semi-WeekIy Series

Seventy lusty boys and girls ap'
peared on the radio waves Of station
WMAL yesterday to give the Dis
trict . telescoped version Of 1
typical day in the junior high school.
from the Lords Prayer Of early
morning to the last French class ir
the afternoon.
The program, featuring Jefferson
School, inaugurated a series of semi.
weekly broadcasts by and for JUNO,
high school students sponsored by
the public school system, The Stal
and the National Broadcasting Co
The hit Of the han-hour demon.
stration "day" was small, brown
haired Irene Cokas. During history
recitation she drew sweeping con-
clusions from the career Of
Charlemagne, 9Th century King o1
the Franks, indicating that Poland
and Czecho-Slovakia should have
known all along that Germany was
likely to swallow them.
Other youngsters roundly de-
nounced Russia and Germany-and
one lad rose to make historical COM
parsons and assert that I'VE must
have gone back to the Dark Ages.
Student Plays Teacher.
1mpromptu arithmetical wizardry
was demonstrated by another class
A ninth grade student played
teacher and called on classmates tc
give snap answers to complicated
problems in multiplication Of frac-
tions.
Typing was done to music by q
battery Of pupils from commercial
classes in an effort-as their teacher
put ito acquire "a quick, even
stroke" When this demonstration
was completed, the following state
ment was found in one little girls
machine:
''fur fur fur fur fur rug. I am
good girl. Are yoy good girl. fuI
rug fur rug furuf. Each time
type, I forget the chain Of habits
that make tipping Skill"
The French students diction was
30 polished that Announcer Bill
Coyle said even radio broadcasters
could take tip from 1t.
Science and handicraft classes
were also demonstrated.
Group Presents Songs.
Miss Sara Alicia Harmon, the
schools music teacher, led the group
In singing Czecho- -Slovakian dance
song and two school songs, Push
On, Jefferson" and Junior Days
DR.. Garnett G. Wilkinson anc
Lawson ]. Cantrell, assistant super.
intendents Of schools, introduced
the program. Mr.. Cantrell pointed
out that Washington's first junior
high school was organized Just 2(
years ago.
To-day every section of the city
IS served by this type Of school,
he said. "1t differs from the ira
ditional school in that it under
takes to house pupils of adolescen,
age in buildings apart from the ele'
mentary or senior high school &
that their special interests can bl
recognized and provided for"
The next program In the series
will be heard at 8 pm. tomorrow
when the Cross Roads Theatel
group dramatizes the romance o,
electricity.
Evening star., 1939-11-03
Man Shot in Thigh;
BIames Student

Lewis Pollard, %, colored, was in
Casualty Hospital today with q
pistol wound in his left thigh, re-
ceived while hunting hawks near his
home at Jefferson, Va. yesterday.
The victim told police the gun
accidentally discharged while q
school student who happened alone
was inspecting 1t.
Evening star., 1939-11-03
Washington Highlands
Group Elects Officers

John q. Juergens was elected
president Of the Washington High
lands Association last night at its
meeting at 1918 Second street S.W.
|-Other ofncers chosen were John
Robey, first vice president; Maury
Evening star., 1939-11-03

anticipating the stalling tactics Of
the company, is moving as quickly
as possible to get its order enforced
by the courts"
Evening star., 1939-11-03

Twenty eight Of the 81 States with
Laws taxing personal income viii
collect taxes on salaries Of several
hundred thousand Federal employees
this year.
Evening star., 1939-11-03

for the Capital Transit Co. gave Q
talk On pedestrian control Iesula-
tions.
Evening star., 1939-11-03
War Map
Supplement

Mondays Star, contain
ing the eight-page War
Map Supplement, may be
purchased at The Star busi--
ness off1ce and at the prin-
cipal newsstands at 8 cents
per copy.
Special printing on f1ne
paper may be had at The
Star office at 10 cents per
copy: by mail, Is cents.