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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-10
two NAH SUBS
SUNK in EFFORT 4
TO HIT CONVOYS
DARING RAID STOPPED BY
BRITISH DESTROYER: Me-
WILLIE CHAMBERLAIN RIDI-
CULED GERMAN CLAIMS
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Feb. 1O-British
Admiralty announced yesterday
that two German U-boats were
sunk by destroyer while attack
ing ships in convoy. The dar-
ing raid by the submarines oc-
CURED within a few hours of the
Nazi air attacks on shipping
along England's east coast.
Germany admitted and Great
Britain Gold of one Nazi bomber
being doWned during the attacks.
The plane crashed in a suburban
field near the Firth of Forth.
England also claimed that two
other planes were severely dam
aged. Germany claims, however,
that number of English ships
were sent to the bottom.
The air raiders, London reports
assert, scored a direct hit on one
steamer before communicating
Raj. airships got into action.
The steamer limped to port un-
der its own power. At another
section of the coast, 100-ton YES
sci and 34-foot fishing boat
were the objects of German raid
ers. A lightShip rescued the
crew of the former but two are
believed to have drowned in the
attempt. The fishing boat reach
ed port safely. Three other ships
were attacked at another point on
the coast but the reports here did
not state whether they were sunk.
SIS. ChagreS, out of Glasgow, was
announced as sunk off the north
western coast of Scotland by
enemy action" and 81 members
of the crew saved while two are
missing.
Nazi Claims Scoffed AT
In the House of Commons the
past Thursday, Prime Minister Ne
vile Chamberlain scoffed at Ger.
man claims of having sunk 354
vessels since the beginning of hos
tilitieS, and that many ships had
been captured and taken into
German ports to be turned over
to prize courts. To prove that
the claims were untruthS, he
said, the admiralty released the
following figures: British ships
sunk, 143; French, ID, and neu-
trails, lit. This gives total of
274 or 80 below the German
claim at that time. English cas-
ualties were placed at 451 dead
and 235 injured. The prime min
lister said that no British or
French ships had been captured
by the Nazis.
Mr.. Chamberlain declared that
the tactics Germany is now using
on unarmed vessels and fishing
boats, merchantmen and light
ships were not war but murder.
Vessels were being attacked and
sunk, he said, without giving the
crew a chance to save them
selves. The Allies, he stated, had
not destroyed a single neutral
merchantmen so far in the war.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-10
Church Goers Will Hear
Plea Against Mosquitoes

Councilman Ralph B. Boyden,
chairman of the City Council
Sanitation committee, issued a
general call to all citizens to
join in the current Mosquito
Eradication campaign.
The following announcement
has been placed in the hands of
all clergymen of the city with
the request that it be read at
church services throughout the
city tomorrow:
IF this may seem to be an un-
usual announcement for this day
and place, you are asked to re-
member the question asked by
the Master: is it lawful to do
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-10
PROPOSALS

Sealed bids will be received
until Friday, February 23rd, 1910,
7:30 P. M. for furnishing the
following materials, fob. Key
West:
1900 #. s. concrete or terra
Gotta sewer pipe.
30 6" Us, concrete or terra
Gotta.
Is As deg. Bends, concrete or
terra-cotta.
10 6" Tees, concrete or terra
Gotta.
is Bags of cement.
80 "a" Stops, corporation, cop
per, Mueller thread.
Is "a" Unions, copper.
80 "a" Curb Stops, copper.
so "a" Couplings, copper.
2 Mueller thread taps.
The right is reserved to reject
any and all bids. For additional
information, see City Engineer
B. c. Moreno. Bidder to state
date of delivery.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
feb9-2t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-10
ADVISES PLACES
TO PAY TAXES
ASSESSOR KIRCHHEINER AD-
VERTISES LOCATIONS IN
THE CITIZEN TODAY

Appearing in today's issue
of The Citizen is a legal notice
signed by Tax Assessor j. Otto
Kirchheiner, advising the time
and places he will be on Friday,
February %, for the purpose of
receiving tax returns.
The notice also advises of the
time and places the assessor will
be on the following day, Satur-
day, February "a, to receive tax
returns.
MIR. Kirchheiner said this morn
ing that at the same time that he
is receiving these returns he will
also receive applications for
homestead exemptions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-10

good on the Sabbath Day. Key
West is plagued with visitation
of mosquitoes and the plague is
a reproach to the people of Key
West.
"The mosquitoes that are
damaging the welfare of every
soul are not the mosquitoes of
the keys. They are the domestic
variety and they can be done
away with by simply seeing to
it that there is nothing on our
premises that will hold water
and so give the mother mosquito
a place to lay her eggs.
"These mosquitoes, like sin,
are reproach to any people,
ITO the citizen who naglects to
clear his premises of their breed
ing places may be applied the
saying, Who so diggeth a pit for
another shall ALSO fall therein,
and he who would do as he would
be done by, will surely not al
low these pests to harbor on his
premises.
"They thrive where there are
old cans, bottles, automobile
tires, unscreened cisterns, any,
thing that will hold water.
"The mosquito interferes with
your rest, the comfort of old peo-
pie and little children, the pros
perity of us all, for the mos
quito shortens the stay of our
visitors and keeps them from re-
turning to Key West. You can
get rid of this plague.
Remove this stumbling block
from the progress of your city"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-10
Plane On TOrtugaS
Trip Forced Down
MRS. STRABEL,S BOOK
TAKEN BY PARAMOUNT

The story of the Florida
Keys in the 1905. with its
thrilling shipwrecking scenes
and colonizing efforts made
by settlers. is liable to be one
of l94l's headline moving
pictures. according to infor-
nation relaYed to The Citi-
zen today by Henry Brewer.
resident here. who tells of an
item appearing in The New
York Herald Tribune early
this month.
The manuscript of Reap
and Wild Wind. written by
Thelma Strabel. has been
purchased before publication
by Paramount. and the stu
dio announced that it plan
ned to produce the picture.
which will depict life on the
Keys in the early days in the
same manner as Gone With
the Wind.
Claudette Colbert is being
considered as the choice for
starring position in the pic
ture.
Mrs. Strabel will be re-
membered as the purchaser
of a LOT adjoining the south
ernmost home here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-10
TWISTER LASTED FOR
TWO MINUTES; EX-
PECT TO FIND MANY
MORE DEAD
CBy Associated Press)


ALBANY, Ca. Feb. l0.-Pre-
coded by torrential rains. a dis
astrous tornado hif this town this
morning causing undetermined
damage and considerable loss of
life. The twister only lasted
twao-minutes. and strangely. was
not reported to have hit any
other city in the vicinity.
Initial Red Cross surveys made
revealed a total of six known
dead and over three hundred in
jured. The probabilities were
that many more deaths would be
reported as searchers moved on
to wreckage in the colored Sec
tons of the city.
The only municipal hospital in
town was crowded to overflow
ing with persons injured from
falling debris, and mattresses
were being placed on floors to
accommodate others coming in
hourly. Red Cross officials in
the state were hurrying rescue
squads of nurses and attendants
to the disaster scene and ma
tional headquarters in Washing
ton flew to the city this noon to
superintend rescue work.
The tornado ripped OFT all
power lines, leaving the city
without water or lights.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-10
FLETCHER RITES
TO BE HELD HERE

Mrs. Mariana Fletcher, IA, who
died in Tampa this week, will be
inferred in Key West, the body
to arrive on the P. and o. boat
tomorrow morning. Services will
be held Monday afternoon at 5
o'clock from the chapel of the
Pritchard Funeral Home.
Mrs. Fletcher is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. Jose San
chez of Tampa and Mrs. Jose
Padron Of Key West; one son,
Charles Fletcher of Tampa. There
are also Is grandchildren and IA
great-grandchildren.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-10
Secretary Hull Declares lWtNeS'
Trip Not Meant To Seek Peace
PRESIDENT r A TIL E r
LOOKS TO FUTURE
ECONOMIC TREND OF
WORLD
(By Associated PreSsl

CBy Associated Prexsl
WASHINGTON. Feb. l0.-Sec-
retarY of State Hull stated today
that the recent move announced
by the President to send Under
Secretary Summer Welles to sew
eral European countries TO study
conditions at close hand. was de-
signed. not as any gesture TO
bring immediate peace to the
world. but as a means TO prepare
for economic changes certain to
come at the conclusion of the
war.
Foreign nations. however,
chose to interpret the UMPIRE
cedented move as a definite
peace-move attempt. Italy found
strong reasons to rejoice at the
announcement, with Pope Plus,
XII, leading all complimentary
commentators.
England and France acknowl-
edged the move With misgivings,
both doubling whether any inn
mediate good would come from
Welles' visit. In Paris the War
Conference now in its second day
behind closed doors, interfered
with full comments.
Scandinavian notions professed
surprise that they were not in
cluded in WelleS' itinerary.
Swedish comments featured
stories of the importance of u. S.
influence in helping to stop the
eonflagration now raging.
The State Department re-
leased information today that
Pope Plus has sent an important
peace message" to Emperor
Hiro-Hito of Japan, asking for
cessation of hostilities in China.
The message was received too
late for consideration at a Spe-
cial anniversary session of the
japanese parliament. Signifi-
cant announcement made at this
session was that the war in
China had cost the Japanese ma
ton, to date, over four billion
dollars.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-10
THREE KEY WESTERS ON
BOARD; COAST GUARD
1876 MADE RESCUE YES
TERDAY AFTERNOON

Four men. three of them Key
Westers. were brought TO port
this afternoon aboard the Coast
Guard Cutter l85 following their
rescue after they had been forced
down so miles west of here while
making an airplane trip from
Key West to Fort Jefferson yes
terdaY.
Rescued were Ross FLYERS. Ais
United street, owner of the sea-
plane; w. D. Wood, pilot, also of
Ais United street: Eugene Dob
son, 221 Duval street, and d.
Swafford of Spring City, Tenn, a
tourist.
According to the Coast Guard,
the seaplane, No. Nc-8443, was
on the first trip of a scheduled
regular airway service between
Key West and the Dry Tortugas
group when something went
wrong with a valve On the sea-
planes single engine.
Pilot Wood was attempting to
keep the ship in the air when
THE pistons went bad. Confront
ing the possibility of an ex-
plosion or a fire, Wood set the
plane down on the sea near Re-
becca Shoal light. That was at
10:40 a. M, forty minutes after
leaving Key West.
At 2:10 p. m. the Coast Guard
cutter under command of Chief
Boatswain Mate August Bradley
hove in sight. The cutter was
making a patrol run to TortugaS
and was unaware of the plight of
the aviators until it sighted the
plane riding the gentle swells of
the Gulf.
In few minutes the four men
had been taken off by the Coast
Guardsmen, the plane taken in
tow. The cutter then proceeded
to Fort jefferson where it re-
manned for the night Leaving
the plane there, the cutter re-
turned to port.
None of the men was in
jured and did not suffer from
their experience, Chief Bradley
declared.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-10
POSTPONE CUBAN
ELECTIONS TO MAY
POLITICAL PARTIES AGREE
ON DATE; CONSTITUTION
ASSEMBLY MEETS
tBy Associated Press)

HAVANA, Feb. l0.-The Gu
ban State Department announced
today that all political parties in
the nation had agreed to postpone
the general election until next
May 18.
At the same time, it was an
nounced that the Cuban ConSti-
tuition Assembly, elected last No
vember Is, met yesterday for the
first of a series of discussion on
framing d new constitution for
the Cuban government.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-10

Cuban Consul Berardo Rod
riguez Valdez, at Key West, con-
firmed the above news to The
Citizen today, stating that the
same information came to his
office through the embassy at
Washington, D. c.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-10

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Edward P. Casey, Is,
Architect, Dies
In New York
Designed Buildings,
Monuments and
Bridges in District

Edward Pearce Casey. rs, New
York architect, who designed several
important buildings and monuments
in Washington, died yesterday in
New York after long illness.
Mr.. Casey was the architect for
the completion of the Library of
Congress from 1892 to 1897, and, in
association with William H. Burr,
won first prize in 1901 for his design
for the Memorial Bridge
He also designed the Taft Bridge,
the Commodore Barry monument,
the Gen. Grant monument and Me-
mortal Continental Hall.
A native of Portland, Me, Mr..
Casey was educated at Columbia
University and the Ecole des Beaux
Arts in Paris. He married Lillian
Berry of New York in 1929.
Other structures which Mr.. Casey
designed are the New York City
Hall, the American College build
ings at Beirut, Syria; United States
Government buildings at Sault Ste
Marie, Mich, and various monu-
ments on the Civil War battlefields
of Antietam and Gettysburg.
He was fellow of the American
Institute of Architects, a member
of the Beaux-Arts Society, the
Architectural League. the National
Sculpture Society, the American
Museum of Natural History, the
Audubon Society and the Society
for the Preservation of New England
Antiquities, among others.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Lafayette Building
Union Row Studied BY
Justice Department
JurisdictionuI Rift
May Affect Federal
Jobs, Reports Say

The jurisdictional row between
Building Laborers' Union, No. "A, and
the Rodmen's Union, A. F. L. affli-
ates, which has slowed up work on
the new Lafayette Building, at Fiji
teenth and I streets, is being looked
into by the Antitrust Division OF
Department of Justice, it was said
at the department today.
A spokesman said "the situation is
being studied" but that action had
gone no further.
The laborers went on strike sew
eral days ago to enforce their claim
to work now done by the rodmen-
handling concrete reinforcing rods
from the point of unloading to the
place of installation.
The Lafayette Building. designed
eventually to house the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corp. is private ven
ture, but there have been reports
that the strike might extend to Gov
ernment projects.
Larry Kelly. president of the Dis
trict Laborers' Council. refused to
discuss the matter today.
The Justice Department previously
has intervened in jurisdictional
strikes here and elsewhere. In Dis
trict Court, indictments alleging re-
straint of trade were returned against
five union officials and the team
sters' local. The fate of this pro
ceeding is in doubt, however, as the
American Federation of Labor has
filed a demurrer to the indictment
that has been before Justice Peyton
Gordon for disposition for several
weeks.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
RinteIen Admits Black Tom
Blast Plot, Paper Says

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-The New
York Times said today in a special
dispatch from London that Capt.
Franz Won Rintelen. former Ger
man secret agent. had declared he
plotted the Black Tom explosion that
shook Jersey City shortly before
the United States entered the World
War.
Won Rintelen was quoted as saying
he planned in the spring of 1915 to
blow up the Lehigh Valley Railroads
docks in Jersey City, but that the
destruction of the Kingsland plant
was not part of his plan. The ex-
plosion occurred after Won Rintelen
had left the United States for Ger
many and was taken a prisoner of
war by the British.
The officer, who has foresworn
allegiance to Germany, admitted
fomenting trouble on the New York
water front to hold up shipments to
the allies, and of directing the lay
ing of time fire bombs on ships
leaving port with goods for the
allies.
But seeing that the flow of cargoes
continued. the Times story said, Won
Rintelen decided to blow up docks
and warehouses from which war
material was shipped.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Savannah Man Hit
By StreetCur

Gordon Crawford, so, of Savan-
nah, Ga, was critically injured this
morning when his leg was crushed
by streetcar which struck him on
Pennsylvania avenue at Seventh
street NV.
He was removed to Emergency
Hospital, where his leg was am
putated.
Mr.. Crawford, who was visiting
his brother, G. H. Crawford, 626
Raleigh place Sc, was crossing from
one loading platform to another
when the car knocked him down
The accident occurred during the
height of the morning traffic rush,
about $3.50 am.
The motorman of the car, v.
Hawkes., 900 Monroe street NV,
was released in the custody Of
Capital Transit Co. official. pending
outcome Of Mr.. Crawford's injuries.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Bill Urged to Advance
Pay Day if Holiday

Representative Ramspeck, Demo-
crat, of Georgia, chairman of the
House Civil Service Committee, was
asked yesterday to introduce a bill
to advance Government pay days
when the regular pay day falls on
a Sunday or holiday.
The last regular working day of
the pay period would be designated
under such circumstances, unde!
the proposal advanced by John
Arthur Shaw, publicity director for
the National Association of Regu-
lars, an organization of service
men.
The measure would be designed
to meet such situations as existed
this past pay day. when the Gov
ernment shut down on the 29th
and pay day was deferred to Janu-
ary 2.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Wagner Act Changes Sought
After High Court Rulings
Congressional Demands Renewed Following
O. K of Labor Board Powers

right to amend a board order di-
recting the permanent disestablish-
ment of an independent union OF
employees of the Falk Corp. of Mil
Waukee.
3. The board acted within its
power in placing the name of only
one labor organization "a c. 1. O. af-
flliate) on ballot for run-of elec-
ton to determine bargaining repre-
sentation for employees of the Con-
sumers Power Co. of Jackson. Mich.
The court held that Federal Cir
cult Court erred in ruling Fedora
ton affiliate also should be on the
ballot.
Ramspeck Urges Amendment.
Representative Ramspeck, Demo-
crat, of Georgia, of the Labor Com
mittee said that the decision in the
longshoremen's case makes neces-
sary an amendment to the act limit
ing the unit of bargaining to one
employer"
Such an amendment, he said
should prohibit Interpretation of
employer" to include an association
of employers.
In the meantime, the American
Federation of Labor today planned
to press in District Court here an
other action designed to test the
validity of the Labor Board order
in the longshoremen's case. The Fed
Grafton was proceeding under what
counsel described as the general
jurisdiction of District Court in
an effort to set aside the order
which, it was declared, was de-
structive of the Federation dock
workers organization on the West
Coast.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Governments Exodus
From London Continues

6N the Associated eTeSS.
LONDON, Jan. 3.-Another gov
ernment OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and
insurance-was~ removed from Lon
don today for a safer" rural area,
despite press complaints that the
practice was hurting trade and in
creasing unemployment.
At least $40 employees were in
volved in the transfer.
The Evening Standard said busi-
ness and government should pluck
up their courage and emulate the
audacity of little children who have
come home"
A total of 5000 are scheduled to
leave in the next five days. 1t was
announced $4,000 civil service work.
ers were transferred last month, and
estimated that $500 business firms
had removed their STATS since the
start of the war.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
District Court Asked
To Bar u. 5. Payment
To Grover Bergdo||
Lawyer Files Claim
For $50, ,995 for His
Legal Services

Advising District Court that he
has acted as attorney for Grover c.
Bergdoll, World War draft dodger,
and his wife, Berta Bergdoll of
Philadelphia. Harry Weinberger of
New York City today asked the Gov
ernment to withhold any payments
from the Treasury to the Bergdolls
until he is paid some 1895, which,
he says, is due him for legal services.
The suit is filed against the Berg
dolls, w. A. Julian, Treasurer of the
United States, and Attorney General
Frank Murphy. Mr.. Weinberger
says in his complaint that he has
requested his legal fees, but has re-
ceived no response from the Berg
dolls and that on December 9, after
his services were practically COM
pleted, he received notice that the
Bergdolls had dispensed with his
services.
All he has been paid is $1,OO4 .55,
he contends, although he repre-
sented Bergdoll at his Army court
martial, handled habeas corpus pro-
ceedings for him and appeared as
his counsel in various courts in
Pennsylvania, Maryland and New
York. The complaint says that for
these services the Bergdolls prom
ised to pay him 100000.
Bergdoll's property was seized by
the Alien Property Custodian, whose
functions were later taken over by
the Attorney General.
Mr.. Weinberger contends that if
the Government releases the Berg
doll property, Bergdoll will transfer
it to his wife, who may leave the
United States or dissipate it, thereby
defrauding creditors. The lawyer
wants District Court to give him an
opportunity to establish his claim, to
require Mr.. Julian and Attorney
General Murphy to produce a list of
the property held for Bergdoll and
to require the draft dodger to an
swer the complaint filed today. He
asks that he be awarded his fee out
of the Bergdoll property.