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The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
CHRIS HOEFEL
DIED SATURDAY
PASSED AWAY IN ST. LOUIS
HOME: WELL-KNOWN
IN, KEY WEST =.

Announcement of the death of
Christian Hoefel in St Louis, Mn
was received in Key West Sathti
day afternoon by Peter Roberts.
I'LL Southard street. No details
of the demise was contained in
the telegraph message but it is
assumed Mr. Hoefel passed away
some time that morning.
News of the death came as a
surprise to relatives here. Earl
last week the Hoefels had writ
ten they expected to be in Key
West the latter part of this month,
which tends to the belief that MIR.
Hoefel's end came suddenly.
Survivors include his wife and
two sisters. all of St. Louis. Fun
eraI services will be held in that
city some time this week
Mrs. Hoefel is the sister of Ben
jamin and Joseph dick Demer-
lit, Peter Roberts and Mrs. H c.
ludlow of Key West
MIR. Hoefel, Familiarity known
as Chris to his many friends here,
was stationed in this city during
the Spanish-AneTican war At
that time he met and married the
then Miss Katie Demeritt. He
returned to St. Louis after the
war and secured position with
a railroad cmopany, from which
he retired a number Of years ago.
Although St. Louis was his home
town, he preferred Key West in
the winter and, with his wife,
was an annual visitor here.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
GREEKS ADVANCE
ON ALL FRONTS
CAPTURE ARGIRocASTRo
AND ADVANCE ON
ELBASAN
my Associated Press)

ATHENS, Dec. 9.-Greeks were
jubilant today. at goyerpment re-
ports ststing that. the AIbanian
base sea-coast city Of ; Argiro-
castro had been captured and
other columns appeared to be
gaining possession of the north
ern Italian stronghold of El-
baSan.
Greek troops were reported to
be pursuing the Italians north
out of Argirocastro. th0 while a
pincher drive is being applied to
II Duce'S forces in the middle sec
tor in Albania.
Reports of Albanian uprisings
against Italian troops near Porto
Edda were received here today.
One group of 300 Albanian citi-
zens was said to have attacked
rearguard troops Of Italy.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09

MOSCOW, Dec 9.-The mas
tiers OF the Kremlin, ruling the
neutral Soviet sixth of the
world, are wearing their most
inscrutable mask In the grim
game of power politics being
played as a side attraction of the
war.
Never known for talkativeness,
the Kremlin pen now have be-
come as uncommunicative as the
sodden, gray clouds of winter
over the golden Byzantine domes
of their citadel
Joseph Stain, chief of them
all, has not spoken since the
March, 1889, congress of the
Communist party, of which he is
secretary general
VyachesIaff Molotoff, premier,
foreign commisSar and general
right-hand man, who usually
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09

WnlIe clVl1anS ana Objects OF Ino
three armed services recess their
war activities for brief celebra-
ton of the holiday in the manner
of their motherland.
The annual festival, staged in
the rotunda and lounge of a large
hotel, which resemble the en-
trance hall of some baronial
manor house, will reach its
climax on Christmas night.
AT the tea hour on Christmas
Eve damselS in fichuS and mob
caps will serve crumpets and
scones before great log fires.
The next morning waits" in
ruffs will greet the merrymakerS
with carols and traditional
chants.
And when night falls, a process
sion of ruffed and rapiered
lords" and their ''ladyes faire"
will wind through the crowd
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09

singing old songs of ''Merrie Eng
land" while trumpets blow and
jester tumbles ahead in cap
and bells.
Then, to song and carol, the
appointed seneschal will anoint
the Great Log with 'wine from
SPAIN and fat from the Christ
mas roastsl and the mayor viii
fire the log with ritual almost as
old as England herself.
Later, as the crowds dine be-
meath heavily beamed ceilings,
the 'sboare's hede" viii be carried
among them while trumpeters
proclaim the time-hallowed event
and the carollers chant.
Then His Majesty's servants
and their ladies will arise, lift
their glasses and proclaim:
There Will Always Be An Eng
landI" and go back to war.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
Business Is Better
For Border Patrol



don't forget how they swapped
lead with raiders in the DAYS OF
Pancho Villa
Aliens are being trapped more
quickly-more of them in the
act of crossing the dividing line
and fewer of them inland. Sea
coast business is picking up too
because of deSertions from Euro
pean ships.
The patrolmen's job is a d
hour vigil covering thousands Of
sun-broiled, cactus-spiked miles
by automobile, horseback and on
foot They work in crews OF
twos and threes, sometimes as
many as .. Gun duels are plen-
tiful-more than 800 are recorded
IN the FL Paso area alone-and
more than 80 patrolmen have
fallen IN Is years. Tough hom-
bres are the smuggiers-of goods
and aliens-and those 80 caliber
pistols. army rifles. riot guns and
sub-machine guns are not for
decoration
When roads run out in border
thickets. the patrolman shucks
his green uniform for cowboy
chaps and mounts a horse or
strikes out on foot
He might have TO hide IN
Continued on Page Four
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
Seek Vengeance For At
tack On British Auxil-
iary Cruiser; Battle Ex-
pected Today
tBx Associated PreSs)

MoNTEVIDEo. Dec. s.-The
claws of the British Lion reached
Ecress the South Atlantic this
morning TO avenge Killers war
on England's shipping.
An unconfirmed report from
this city revealed that the H.MS.
Enterprise, heavy cruiser of the
Royal Navy, has sighted and is
in pursuit of the German mystery
raider that last week shelled
the British auxiliary cruiser
Carnarvon Castle, causing a loss
of seven lives and wounding
many more.
1t is reported that the Enter
prise is closing in rapidly on her
adversary and a battle is expect
ed this afternoon.
The dead and wounded were
removed from the crippled Car
naTvon Castle by an unnamed
British war vessel and are being
rushed to Britain's Falkland Is
land naval base, off the south
coast of Argentina. The damaged
ship limped into Montevideo har-
bor yesterday.
Scene of this latest naval en-
counter in South American wa
ters is the mouth of the La Plata
river, where last Spring the Brit
ish cruiser Exeter, along with
two other ships of smaller size,
caused the captain of the German
pocket battleship Graf Spec to
flee and later scuttle his COM
mand
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
NAVY TANKER.
HERE SUNDAY
TWO DESTRoYERS ARRIVE
FROM PATROL YESTER-
DAY AND TO-DAY

The u S. S. Sapelo, navy tank
er and supply ship, arrived at
the local navy base yesterday
morning at 900 o'clock, and
after discharging a cargo of oil,
gasoline and other supplies. left
last evening at 800 o'clock.
Commander Wilder Baker, U.
S. N, announced, this morning
that the U. S. S. Simpson had re-
turned from patrol duties in. the
Key West-West Gulf patrol area.
The U. S. S. Truxton was due to
arrive in port this afternoon.
Only other ship of the local
patrol in port today is the U. S.
S. MacLeish, flagship.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
Airline Officials
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The nafionss new Scuzh-
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its owner Ss1ur5zy wn<z
Miss Thelns Stra5eL ngteS
author. moved II Eur s~1
months stay. f5ll1wins lzx-
minute ccnrleion Ct Ez-
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Miss SfrzbeI arrived u xnR
city Wednesday C lAxs weak-
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The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
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BRITISH ENGAGE
ITALY In EGYPT
ADVANCE UNITS LOCATE
MUSSOLTNrs MAIN DE-
TACHNEET

LONDON. Dec, s.-Dlzpz1cfs
from British Near EaSt hea6uuzr-
tiers in Cairo tins marning s-z1ez
an impending large-sczle bzEle
looms between defending fu-c=
Of Egypt and the main EEzEzz
army
Advance British pa1rols EzEE
located main Italian furrE ~
dispatches disclosed ard rruozs
have been ordered I'D q sezr1 the
battle aiming a. forcing the eze-
my out Of captured terrItuy-
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
H.M.S. Enterprise
Reported Pursuing
Nazi Sea Raider
Ey ~ - -. -. -. A6sy1 ~ -
SUICIDE ZORSKY
BITTEN BY MORAY

Joseph Cramer. owner of
Cactus Terrace, and familiar
lY known as Suicide ZorskY.
reported today that he had
been bitten by a moray while
out fishing with friends on
Thursday.
The incident occurred when
the moray was being olsen
gagged from a hook TO throw
II back in The sea.
The party with Mr.. Cramer
landed 1s sharks and many
ether fish while out angling
approximately three miles off
Key West.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
Kremlin Temple Of Silence;
'Shh' Heard Around World

does the talking for Stain, has
not spoken publicly since the
Supreme Soviet session last Aug.
1st.
Press Running Dry
Parliamentary debate, public
Statements and press confer
ences,-all the normal channels
through which a government
usually informs its people OF
what it is doing-have been
closed.
The Soviet press remains vir-
tually the only source of informa-
ton in Russia, and even that is
running dry. Most war news is
given in official cornmuniques
from Berlin and London. Diplo-
matte news usually comes in New
York dispatches, quoting Amer
lean newspapers about what is
Continued On Page FourD
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09

HUGHES, Ark, Dec. NEGRO
cotton pickers in this rich East
Arkansas delta country have got
rhythm-but definitely.
A pasSerby. investigating the
Source of *boegie-woogie" tunes
in the center of big cotton
patch, found they came from a
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09

little portable radio down be-
tween the burrows.
"Yassuh. when we hears dat
rhythm. we really rhYthms dis
cotton-picks nearly twice as
much. a worker explained
proudly.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
FORGETFUL PLAYMATE

NEW YORK. = While John
Chase, 8, and his friend, James
CARRIER, 6, were fishing off an
old pier, John lost his balance and
fell into the river. The smaller
boy went home and said nothing
about the accident until the faith
er of the missing boy inquired
about him. Then James told
what had happened. Efforts to
find the boys body failed.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
|SOLONS VISIT
| fIGTY; SHOWN
NAVY YARD
CONGRESSMAN FLAHATY. as
SISTANT ATTORNEY GEN
ERAL MCGUIRE ARRIVE
YESTERDAY: FISH TODAY

Two prominent Washington Of
ficials, with their wives, dropped
in on Key West yesterday after
noon to look our city over, as
they reproted, and are staying
over today to sample the widely
touted fishing in this vicinity.
They are Congressman and
Mrs. T. A. Flahaty, of Boston.
Mass, and Assistant Attorney
General Nj. L. Mcguire, and Mrs,
MCGUIRE, also of Boston.
Congressman Flahaty is slated
to become a member Of the
House Appropriations committee,
naval subcommittee
Shortly after arrival yesterday,
the visitors were taken on an
inspection tour of all naval prop
erty in the city. including the
new air station on Trumbo Island.
Captain Walter F. Jacobs, U.S-N-,
conducted the tour.
Then followed an auto tour of
Key West proper, with stops at
many places of interest.
Staying over until tonight, or
tomorrow. registered at La Con-
cha hotel, the visitors, keenly en-
Unused with the city, went on q
fishing excursion this morning.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
CHASED BY BUCK HE SHOT

CHERRY CREEK, n Y.-Rev.
Walter Bradley. local pastor of
the United Brethren church, was
nursing several bruises and ,. a
Sprained ankle as a result of be-
ing chased by big buck he had
wounded with his last shell
Scrambling up a creek bank. the
minister managed to finish off
the buck with the butt of his
empty gun as it followed him
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
NOTICE.!

On and after January l. lszl.
the scale Of wages for Union Car
Penisrs win be si.oo>per hour.
LOCAL NO. sss. CARPENTERS
UNION. Joseph Watkins. Prssi-
dent. dscs-1i
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
Ylde Rites Omit War Y
!" But Not The War CRY
MAYOR OF VICTORIA TO PRESIDE AT TRADI.
TIONAL YULE LOG RITES

VICTORIA Canada, Dec 9This of
British Columbia will Christmas
There viii Always Be An England"
will at traditional
of the Yule Log with all the pageanty DAYS
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
YES sub, THEY SHO COT RHYTHM

tBy Associated PressI
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09

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The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09

Associate Press Day Wire
Service
For so Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-05-24

When the project was started
to raise funds to house President
Roosevelts papers for the coming
years, through voluntary contri-
buttons taken up all through the
United States, Eugene B. Casey,
Montgomery County farmer, NOV
ed heaven and earth to be made
chairman of the Maryland commit
tee He got the place, through
his friend, Senator George l..
Radcliffe, and in return, Mr..
Casey had the Senator's secretary
appointed Secretary of the Mary
land Committee of the Franklin
d. Roosevelt Library, Inc.
Then Mr.. Casey asked various
prominent people through the
State to serve on the advisory
board for the fund raising cam
paign. People generally have a
sensitive streak about these hon
Crary affairs, and right off the
bat, Mr.. Casey strOked this streak
the wrong way. He did it on the
letterheads where the names of
the committee members are listed,
and he did it with the little word
"HOn," which appeared in front of
some names, and left others con-
spicuOus by its absence.
Now, the title Honorable" is
generally used in trying to smooth
tne fur of any parsonage promin
ent enough to get a parking tick
ct fixed; but as a matter of fact,
the only people who are really
entitled by law to use the title
are members of the British Par
lament, the children of holders of
hereditary British titles, and
Bishops of the Church of England;
and by universal custom, the
president Of the United States
and the higher judges of the land.
With all others it is an unwar-
ranted assumption, but an amiable
eblAO ODC.
And when you are passing the
title around as freely as the COM
pliers of the list of the advisory
committee for the presidents Ii
brary, it might seem a little I'M
kind to grant the title here and
withhold it there. Anyway, that's
what happened. Take Secretary
of State Francis Petrott, whose
name appears unadorned while, |
purely for the sake of example, |
the name of Clarence Miles, who
holds no office, appears brightly
set off with the desired Hon.
Well, trivial as it all may be,
there are a number of non-Hons |
on that list who resent the impli- |
cation. Interestingly enough Mr..
Casey's name is undecorated
The advisory committee is COM
posed of a melange of political
personages and appointees of all
shades of Opinion-both Hon. Mil
lard E. Tydings, who has done
what he could to discourage the
President from putting out State
papers, and Hon. David J. Lewis,
with Mr.. Roosevelt's help, to
purge the Senator Mostly, of |
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-05-24

a way of picking men for what it
thinks of them, rather than for
who recommends them.
Of course, it is hardly likely
that Sheriff Anders' drive will
stop gambling. no one in the
history of mankind has been able
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-05-24

course, they are Democrats, but
w. 1arry Halter, the Roosevelt
admIrlng RepuDIican from Freder-
ick, is among those present.
You might be interested to
know that Mr.. Casey has = per.
maps not as a result of his efforts
in behalf OF the Roosevelt library
"a ducky JOB with the Farm Blu.
reau which sends him travelling
all over the country with a nice
salalp and expense account
Regardless OF how much money
Mr.. howard Bruce has, and it is
probable that his wealth is com
monl. overestimated he knows
how to teach his children the
value of a dollar. His daughter.
a graduate OF a secretarial course
worked hard for him during the
campaign, and also holds down a
job, al a small salary, at the Bal
tim0re National Bank. His SON
in-law also works hard at being
lawyer in the office of Mr..
Bruces friend. Clarence Miles.
Here's a hint: Watch out for an
important change in the O'Conor
regime. We can't tell you let
what the job is or whom it has
been offered to, but as soon as the
man, who lives in Baltimore, and
is well known in the counties,
makes up his mind to accept or
decline, it will no longer be a Sc
cret.
In Frederick County last week,
Republican Sheriff Guy Anders,
an energetic campaign
to clean up organized gambling
and slot machines, which had
been operating so openly that
people wondered if they weren't
protected" in years past. If they
were, it is obvious they now
aren't, and number of the "b'hoys"
are really plenty sore about it.
They are saying that Sheriff An
ders is running himself but
among the rank and file he still
rates tops in Frederick County
sheriffs since Gas Mr.. H. L.
Mencken always says) the memory
of man runneth not to the con-
trary. He'd have to. to go into of
flee with handsome majority al
though a member of the minority
party. even though Frederick has
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-05-24

scene, and seemed to indicate that
good dOg-fight would have
drawn more people than turned
out to hear Governor O'Conor de-
liver the dedicatory address.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-05-24
"Confidentially Yours
BY THE ROWING REPORTER

Editors Note: The views in this column those
interpreted necessarily
The Hagerstown Globe).
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-05-24
to do that.

Did you notice the photograph
on the back page of last weeks
Morning Sun of the dedication of
the Richie Memorial Highway?
The photograph took in the whole
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-05-24

Watch The Globe Grow!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-21

Administration ........ 285,798 Natives of Alaska, ' etc. ............................,... 3,l76 APO Purchase of Reindeer, : etc. ............................. 795, ,OOo U.. s. Geological Survey 10000 Roads Outside of Ma
 tional Forests .............. l,13O,OoO Roads in National For
 ests. .............................-.... 968, 900 Care of Insane ...............- All ,880 Post Office Department,
 Excess of Expenditures
 above Receipts (Esti-
 mated ............................ 1,6OO,oOO Civilian Conservation
 Corps ................................ 1895 ,283 Works Progress Admin
 istration ............................ 476, ITO Department of Justice,
 Courts, etc. .................... 1,133,ls Public Works Admins
 tration Grants . 903,l89 GLoans, $748,864) Agricultural Experiment
 Station Work .......... 48,750 Agricultural Extension
 Service ............................ 45,336 Legislative Expenses .. 50,000 Alaska Railroad Retire
 ment and Disability
 Fund ............................... 175,O00 Forest Service ................. 261, ,780 Coast and Geodetic Sur
 vey Vessel for Alaska 1,425, ,000 Treasury Department
 (Approximate) .............. 1927 1893 National Defense
 Sitka Navy air base .... 2,9OO,0OO Kodiak Navy air base 8,750,000 Kodiak Navy air base 2,O12,OO0 Unalaska Navy air base 2,963 ,OOO Fairbanks Army air
 station .......................... 4,OOOOOO Anchorage Army air
 base ............................... 12,1O4 ,O6O Anchorage military
 post .............................. 6,379,2 9,225 Alaska gas and bomb
 storage construction 630000 Land Purchase, An
 chorage .........-............. 85 5,OOO
 Total .............................. $5S.318,455
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-21
Double Play History Is
 Being Made
0Idtimers Put Their 0. K. on HustIers Boudreau
 and Mack
hP Feature Service

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 2l.-Lou Boudreau and Ray Mack have a good chance to write their names in double-play history as successors to baseball's famed Joe Tinker and Johnny Evers.
 That's the joint opinion of Iris Speaker, himself one of the games all-time greats, and Bill Wamby old-time second baseman who man. ufactured for Cleveland in 1920 the only unassisted triple play ever made in World Series.
 They are comparable with any combination I've ever Seen-and that includes Tinker and Evers, ' declares Speaker, who once chased the outfield for the Indians.
 They Study Plays
 T was talking with Connie Mack the other day and he said they were the best he had ever seen, because both had great arms plus everything else they need"
 The 46-year-old Wamby says that If Boudreau and Mack stick together they are going places be- constantly happening to be in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-21

cause they are of mind to study double plays more than most in- fielders would.
 Roger Peckinpaugh and Bucky Harris probably were every bit as good as Tinker and EverS. but they didn't play together long enough. Double plays weren't enough of novelty, with. Tinker and Evers in the public mind. for most people to attach much inn portance to it.
 Shortstop Boudreau and Sec ond-B -Baseman Mack have helped keep the Indians in the American League pennant race and their own names on the lips of fans.
 Two inches taller than Tinker but somewhat lighter, 22-year- old Boudreau smoothly applies to baseball the skidding- stopping tech-. nique he picked up as Big Ten basketball star at the University of Illinois.
 Mack Surprises Mack
 Mack surprises even himself by the right place at the right time. Taller and 60 pounds heavier than Evers, the 23-year-old former Cleve- land football fullback goes either way for the ball and snaps it away quickly even when off balance.
 Wamby, who turns up talent for the New York Yankees when he isn't acting as shipping clerk for chain of Cleveland gro- ceries, would like to find a pair like Boudreau and Mack. The Cleveland second -sacker of 20 years ago who shortened his name from Wambsganss to make things easier for all concerned, also has finger in his employers program of back ing championship games among some 175 sandlot teams.
 Speaker is the Ohio representa- tive for a Michigan steel com- pany.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-21
AW0L MEN
 BACK AGAIN

Five soldiers of Elmendorf Field were either, back home again or held for return after being absent with cut leave for some time Unless they have acceptable explanations for their absences, they face disci- binary action, it was reported
 The soldiers were found in four cities, one each in Valdez, Fairbanks and Cordova, and the other two in Seward
 Deputy marshals picked up the men in the various cities and held them for return, except in one case in which the man surrendered and requested transportation back.
 It was said at. Elmendorf Field that the men were apparently home sick and were attempting to find their way back to the States.
 The five will face a court martial at which their reasons for leaving the camp without proper leave will be heard.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-21
Reds Win
 In Ninth;;
 Bunch Hifs
Dodgers Lose Twin Bill 10 Cardinals : Tigers
 Lose 2 Games
(By Associated Press)

The Cincinnati Reds punched four of their seven hits yesterday off Bill Lohrman for three runs n the ninth inning to nip the Giants and to end the three game losing streak.
 Dodgers Lose 2 Games
 Hopes of the Brooklyn Dodgers to close the gap between them and the Reds received jolt when they lost a doubleheader yesterday to the St. Louis Cardinals, leaving them five and one-half games be- hind the leaders.
 Fifteenth Victory
 Claude Passeau scored his fir teenth victory of the season yester- day as he pitched the Cubs to a triumph over the Phillies Passeau yieldeH only three hits.
 Break Losing Streak
 Southpaw Dick Lanahan broke Pittsburghs four-game losing streak by pitching the Pirates to a vic- tory over Boston. He famed six men.
 Tigers Blasted
 The Yankees blasted the Tigers yesterday in a doubleheader before 30,o00 farr in New York. In the first game Red Ruffing let the Tigers down with eight hits Rock ie Ernie Bonham repeated the per lormance in the nightcap.
 Eeiler's 22nd WIn
 Ken keltner'S homer with the bases loaded in the eighth inning gave Bobby Teller a victory over the Red SoX. It was his 22nd vic- tory of the season for the Cleveland Indians. Jeff Heath also hit q two-run homer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-21
GOING TO CAMPBELL

Ann Bannan, who has been Out side for several months. is a pas .senger aboard the Columbia for Seward from where she will fly to Gambell.