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Evening star., 1941-03-11
Clarence |. Tibbals,
Co.Inventor Of Navy
Escape Lung, Dies
Twice Decorated for
Rescue and Salvage
Work While in Service

Clarence l.. Tibbals, Sc, co-invento,
of the escape lung which is stand
ard equipment on United State
/ Navy submarines and on those O
other nations. died yesterday il
Miami Beach, Fla.
! Mr.. Tibbals, who retired from tht
Navy in 1882 with the rank of lieu
! tenant and entered private business
left his home at 1922 Broad Branch
road NV. a week ago for Florida
He was stricken Saturday with q
heart attack from which he failec
to rally.
Frank M. Hobson, civilian engi-
neer of the Navy Bureau of Con-
struction and Repair, with whom
Mr.. Tibbals collaborated on the lung,
expressed belief that the retired
lieutenant's long life as a Navy
diver and human guinea pig in
diving experiments had contributed
to the weakening of his heart.
Mr.. TibbaIs Decorated for Work.
HonorS include the Distinguished
Service Medal and the Navy Cross.
The former naval officer and 1t
c. B Momsen received decorations
for their development of the lung.
Mr.. Hobson, not being eligible for
decoration, was given a years extra
pay.
The Navy Cross was awarded Mr..
Tibbals for his work as supervisor Of
diving in the salvage operations Of
the S-4, which sank off Province
town, Mass, December II, 1927. The
citation pointed out that his great
experience in diving, his excellent
judgment, zeal, energy and untiring
devotion to duty was an important
factor in the final success of the op-
erationS."
The Navy Department earlier had
commended Mr.. Tibbals for his dar-
ing salvage of the U. S. S. Alameda,
a Navy oil tanker. which caught fire
at sea and was abandoned by her
crew in 1921.
In command of the salvage vessel
Falcon, later used in the Squalus
rescue and raising, Mr.. Tibbals di-
rected the fight against the raging
flames and finally towed the blazing
hulk 70 miles to the Virginia Capes,
where the fire was completely ex-
tinguiShed.
AS commander of the Falcon he
also raised the Sunken German
U-boat Ill from the Delaware River
in 1922, and was again commended
by the Secretary of the Navy.
Native of Indiana.
Native of Indiana, Mr. Tibbals
enlisted in the Navy in 1902 and
sailed many times around the world
before he took up diving in 1914.
Three years later he was placed in
charge of the diving school at New
port, R. T., where he taught the
nucleus of the diving force that
went abroad during the World War.
After the war he himself went to
Europe and was named wrecksmas-
ter of the French coast. His divi-
sion there raised or salvaged a total
of some 500 vessels.
In 1925 he was put in charge of
an experimental diving unit and
assigned to the Bureau of Mines
in Pittsburgh, where he began test
ing oxygen -helium mixtures which
we're to lead to the perfected escape
lung. 1t was said that he became
the first human being to breathe
such a mixture.
In that same year he took time
off to direct salvage operations of
the submarine S-51 which sank off
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fense in depth of the Atlantic
against attack on British shipping
3. There are tank formation!
without guns and ri1emen without
rifles who are ready to be fittec
into operating units as soon as they
are equipped.
Its lack of equipment that;
been holding us back" a British
source said.
Material Distributed.
The British have distributed avail
able material among as many mer
as possible so that all could familiar
ize themselves with the use of weap-
ons in training.
That is one reason why more
American planes have not actually
been used in combat, informed
sources said.
These sources asserted "the British
want pool of reservists ready to
handle the equipment they are
building in increasing amounts
themselves, and to be prepared for
any sudden flood from any source.
Recent conscription measures pro-
vide for compulsory military service
for men from 18 through 40 years
old. There also has been a call for
men from Al to 55 to volunteer for
home defense.
In his summary to Commons. Sir
Archibald said that in the last 10
months the British air force has
destroyed 4.250 German and 1.10C
Italian airplanes and lost fewer
than 1900 aircraft of our own
The Air Minister said the R. A. F
was now on the threshold of its
period of greatest expansion" and
declared that unless Adolf Hitler
had more effective secret weapon
than any he has yet managed to
produce" British planes going into
the battle would be better than Nazi
craft.
Leaving out of account reserves,
we have destroyed half of the
Italian first line" he said.
WE nave Certainly OeSUrOVeO
much more than half the first line
with which Germany entered the
war"
Herr Goebbels tells his German
dupes that American help for
Britain will arrive too late.
But I tell the House that splendid
aircraft-the choicest fruits of
American design and craftsmanship
will get here in time.
Sees Grimmer Phase.
"And I hope that the House will
not have long to wait for further
news of American aircraft which
are now in service or coming into
service overseas and in all four
operational commands of the r. A.
F. at home.
Il cannot conceal from the House
my own belief that the war is about
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combat area; fourth, reiteration
that the tripartite powers, on the
other hand, do not desire to meddle
with the affairs of any outside areas.
and, on the other hand, that they
reject any attempts to NEEDLE with
areas claimed by Germany, Italy
and Japan as emitting them to un-
disputed leadership.
Informed quarters pointed out
that no japanese foreign minister
has visited Germany since 1905.
Just what the program for Matsu-
oka's visit will be could not be an
nounced at once, but no doubt was
left in the minds of correspondents
that he would be received with
great joy and with all honors befit-
ting a visitor of such high position. -
Diplomatic Triumph.
Matsuoka, authorized sources said,
accepted Germany's invitation at a
time when the japanese could claim
an important diplomatic triumph,
in that they had settled the French
Indo-China-T -Thailand dispute. The
axis could also claim advancement
IN Southeastern Europe through
Bulgaria joining of the tripartite
pact.
Whether Count Galeazzo Ciano.
Italian Foreign Minister, would
come to Berlin to attend conferences
OF Adolf Hitler and Foreign Min
lister Joachim Won Riboentrop with
Japanese leaders was not disclosed,
but authorized quarters said sig
nif1cantly, ASK that question again
in about IA days"
Informed quarters said they did
not know whether Vichy would be
included in the Matsuoka itinerary.
In view of Frances having &C
cepted a Japanese -mediated peace
with Thailand, however, it seemed
not unlikely that he might at least
pay courtesy call to Chief of State
Marshal Petain.
Reinterpreting the three-poWer
pact, authorized quarters insisted it's
purpose was purely preventive.
only If some other power has an
Itch to attack one of the signatories,
are the other powers to come to the
aid of the attacked nation one said
The SlgnatorieS take much greater
Joy in seeing conditions prevail
which make an invocation of its
terms unnecessary, than in its be-
coming effective in all particulars.
The first direct comment on the
United States Senate's passage of
the aid-to- Britain measure came in
a foreign press conference, in two
observations by authorized quarters.
The first was to the effect that
Justice Felix Frankfurter, Vienna
born Jew, helped President Roose-
velt draft the bill.
This indicates that the bill is
offensive rather than defensive" the
sources asserted, because the Jews
hope to regain the position in Eu-
rope which they fortunately lost"
The second was that "Bullitt
(William G. Bullitt, former Ambas-
sador to France) himself is prima-
rily to blame if it were true that a
greater danger threatens the United
States than ever before in its his
tory"
IF his policies had not prevailed
there would be not even a suspicion
OF such danger" it was said.
Statements broadcast from Bel
grade, Yugoslavia, suggesting that
German proposals" had been laid
before Greece were laughed off by
authorized quarters as rumors.
These sources said Italy emphat-
kally does not desire cessation of
the war with Greece, and Germany,
therefore, has no reason to mediate.
Evening star., 1941-03-11
Six Hurt as AirIiner
Rams Embankmenf
While Landing
Heavy Rain Obseures
Visibility; Crosh Tears
Motor OFF Plane
BY the Associated Press.

by tne Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, March IL
Six of eleven persons aboard an
American Airliner were injured, the
pilot and passenger perhaps seri-
ously, when the twin-motored craft
landed amid hard rain on the city's
airport last night, slipped from a
concrete runway into tire-deep mud
and rammed bordering river-dike
Capt. Lester Bryant, 33, Chicago,
Army trained "million-miler" with
IS years of flying behind him, and
Wesley McCleaSter of indianapolis
suffered possible fractures, cuts and
severe bruises. Capt. Bryant and
McCleaSter were hoSpitalized along
with j. w. Mcneil of Evanston, Ill,
who complained of a back injury
Conduct of Crew Praised.
The plane, scheduled to leave Chi
cago at 6:15 pm, arrived over
Lunken Airport about 8:30-a half
hour late. The accident possibly
was caused First Officer James j.
Murray indicated, by heavy rain
that obscured visibility" just after
the plane landed.
In the fraction of second before
the ship hit the 25-foot earthen
wall, Capt. Bryant and Mr.. Murray,
also of Chicago, cut the ignition
switch. preventing fire.
Passengers praised conduct of the
crew. and one, Fred Nonnomaker,
jr., of Chicago, who holds private
pilots license, declared:
Bryant and Murray did a beau
tiful job"
The ships right motor was torn
off and the portside engine en-
bedded in the dixie separating the
airport from the Little Miami River.
SteWardeSS Injured.
Mr.. Murray, "a, but a veteran of
Aere than 1000 flying hours, re-
cSiVed shoulder and arm bruises and
a deep cash on his right leg.
Besides Capt. Bryant and Mr..
Murray, the crew included Miss
Audrey Marquiss of Chicago, stew
ardess. Examination disclosed that
she suffered possible muscle and
lgament strains.
Others aboard the plane:
Ellis D, Verink. Chicago, district
manager for the Union Central Life
Insurance Co, slight ankle hurts.
Miss Grace Butler, Des Moines,
Iowa; Ted c. Lemon, w. L. Dunn
and George Richardson, all of Chi
cago, uninjured.
Evening star., 1941-03-11

Beauty parlors in the United
States increased from 61,355 to 49,
OIL between 1885 and 1899, the Gen.
sus Bureal reports.
Evening star., 1941-03-11

One out Of every IS persons In
the United States suffered a dis
abling injury in 1910.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-01
Petail, DdTlal, COeTiDg
And Hitler Confer Today
On, Associated pres.l

~ -A3"At-AAA tNM AEtN~H
NEW YORK, Dec. Marshal
Petain, Admiral Darlan. Goering
and even Adolf Hitler himself
held a momentous conference at
Orleans in occupied France today.
according to British advices re-
ceived here.
The meeting, it is expected.
viii seal a new phase of French
German collaboration. For the
past few days reports emanating
from sources close to the Vichy
government mention a flve-point
plan.
In return for the release of
French prisoners, Vichy win turn
over its strong fleet which the
Nazis are expected to use in a
major Mediterranean offensive.
Petain. it is believed, will also
offer strategic French basis IN
Africa thus cementing a policy of
full collaboration with the Axis.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-01
British Wipe Axis Units
Out Of Northern Africa
,Bv Associated I.re~~l

CAIRO. Dec. l-Great Britain's
imperial armies in Libya were in
sight of sweeping victory and
only one more heavy blow was
needed TO wipe the Axis forces out
of northern Africa, declared a
confident British communicate re-
leased late today.
One half of Italy's crack tank
division was declared destroyed
and the remainder faced certain
humiliation. Axis resistance was
rapidly deterioratIng and the final
phase Of the l4-day old battle of
Libya was at hand, British sources
said
Allied armies have formed q
salient at the Gulf Of Sirte. thus
barring the Axis forces from
supplies and reinforcements N the
east and retreat to the west.
As the imperial army pressed
relentlessly forward on the main
desert battlefront, trapped Ger
man and Italian divisions We're
being mopped up IN a vast double
eneirclement
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-01
NEGRO Shot Down On Street.
By Occupants Of Automobile.

self as Bozie Jackson, 80. of 4O3
Amelia street He said ne IS en-
ployed BY the blackle-Leach Con-
struction company which has the
contract for the Trumbo Island
section base
he told Constable Perez that he
had no known enemies and that
ne was al loss to prescribe a
motive for the attack
According to JackSon's story
he was walking on DugaI street
when a black Chevrolet sedan.
1885 model. drew up at the curb
and fired several shots at him
One OF the bullets pierced his
thigh. As he crumbIed to the
sidewalk. the automobile contain
ing two white men sped away.
jackson said he vas unable to
recognize his assaiIantS-
Constable Perez learned late
today that the car had a Miami
license plate Outraged by this
apparent. unprovoked shooting on
Key Vests principal business
thoroughfare Perez promised that
he win bend every effort to ap-
prehend the attackers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-01
OUTLINING PLANS
TOWARD BOOSTING
CIVILIAN MORALE
ELABORATE NETWORK OF
INFORMATION FOR ALL
GROUPS NOW BEING SET
UP
ny JACK sTINNETT
AP Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON, Dec The
United States is preparing to go
all out for boosting civilian mo-
rale with an elaborate network
Of information and discussion
groups that VIII blanket the
countrys educational system
from first grade to college SEN
iors.
1t is called the School and Col
lege Civilian Morale Service and
its first objective IS TO establish
freedoms forums IN every
community and classroom for
free discussion at regular in
tervals of all the problems now
plaguing the nation and the
world
Even as this is being written.
pamphlets on methods Of par
ticipation are going out from the
U. S. Office of Education TO
more than 100 college presi-
dents; $4,000 school superInten-
dents: 1900 Librarians; and many
civic organizations
This latest development In try
ing to prepare the United States
to face the world situation and
national upheaval was barn with
the President In September. he
wrote Federal Security Admin
istrator Paul V. sEeNut instruct
ing him TO ask U. s Commission
er Of Education John ". Stude-
baker 10 ~inaugurate an appro-
pirate educational program de-
signed 10 help students and
adults In understanding the
many complicated problems Of
these critical times.
In the ensuing two months,
Studebaker. with the aid Of Nc
Mutt. Civilian Defense Director
FiozeIlO LaGuardia, a national
advisory committee Of q college
presidents and other prominent
educators; drew up the present
preliminary outline of the school
and college civilian morale serv-
ice Actually, Il IS q broad expan-
sion Of the public forums pro-
gram started five years ago-but
If present plans are carried out
It VIII csR for participation Of
millions Of students and adults
VINO have never taken part IN any
tCo1unued On Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-01
Mass Meeting Tonight To
Organize Basketball LEAGUE

ohvic leaders. basins men ard
those interested 10 sports VII
gather tonight a. d rnaM meeting
IN the county courthouse 10 foru-
nlste plans for a baskathal
league. the first of is KIND & ttse
history Of Key West
The cpnciape Is being spousurna
BY the recTesti0nal ofllcer 8 the
Army. Navy. Coast Guard and Ar
Station.
Use Of the arEncEy has iseen as
sured BY Fred AEarvil cunrnsn6er
Of the cify's home defense zorce
Those actively intertA led "a pre-
viding recreatianzl f4ein1zes 1or
service men said 1oaag 8hak taex
have been successful fn elicizlr Z
promise tha1 the hsah sEzsool xyzs-
nasiurn wiz be usade avRalaHaa =
the proposed iesEas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-01
BUILDING PERMITS
SHOWING INCREASE

Building permit requests con-
tinued to rise IN Key West, IN
spite of SPAB orders banning
private construction and the
scarcity of building materials.
Fifty-three permits for total
OF $4,000 were ssued during the
month Of November. a monthly
resume issued today by Build
ing Inspector Y. D. Csrbonell
disclosed.
NoVember's total exoeIled that
Of the preceding month when
the building permits involved
so, AS.
Neither month. however. COM
pared 10 September when rs
permits We're issued for a total
Of $751; $50.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-01

In a style made notorious BY
big city gangsterS during the pro-
hibition era. two men in a speed
ing automobile fired a fusilade Of
shots at a negro on his way 10
work early this morning.
The shooting. daring IN its con-
eeptiop and execution occurred on
Duval street near Virginia at Z
O'Clock as men and women hurried
on their way to offices and con-
stnlction jobs
Constable Bienvenido Perez has
started q vigorous investigation
he hurried to the scene and rushed
the wounded man to Marine Hos
pital where ne was given first aid
treatment he then took him to
another hospital
The colored man described him
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-01
Moscow Claims Sensational
Successes On Battle Front
Germans Attempt Charge
With Mechanical Cav
airy But Are Quickly
Repulsed

10y Associated FFessA
MOSCOW. Dec. 1.-The Mos
cav radio bsanasd today with
eenfidsnt brosdeasts Of ssnsa-
sionai successes on every blood
soaked battle front.
The grand counter offensive
In the Rostov-D0nssz sector was
described As a roui Of csrmanY's
dseimaied forces. The Red
Army officially claimed the re-
capture Of Rostov. and said that
this success definitely frustrated
amy immediate prospect of a
Nszi push to tbs Caucasus.
The reports, the most optim-
istic of the entire five-month
Struggle, described the Red
Army's counter assault as forg-
ing a spearhead through the
great German Army before
Moscow.
One force was reported head
ing toward the Sea Of ANY. An
other was rushing headlong over
the dead bodies of countless Ger
mans in the Tula sector. Thun-
derbolt Russian armies were
pushing their vigorous frontal as
sauIts in the Kalinan area, the
radio blared.
The commuEique from the
German high command counter
ed attention only on Leningrad.
where Red counter attacks were
said to have been repealed with
heavy losses to the Russians.
AT Balaklava. immortalized by
the historic charge of the Light
Brigade, the Germans attempted
a charge with mechanical cavaI-
ry but were also repulsed, ac-
e0rding to a story in Pravda,
Official organ Of the Red Army.
The Germans attributed their
abandonment of Rostov 70 the
civilian population, which they
blamed for losses, indicating for
the first time that Stains early
appeal for guerrilla warfare was
bearing important results. The
Hazis are now placed as being 20
miles west Of the important ship
ping center on the Don River.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-01
NAVY OFFERING
GOOD POSITIONS
EXCELLENT CHANCE FOR
NAN WITH AMBITION TO
ADVANCE


CORPUS CHRISTI. Texas. Dec
There IS no place in the United
States Navy for the man who
doesn't want TO get ahead. But
there are plenty of opportunities
Tor the man who has the ambition
there Is no birth of ambition
among the enlisted personnel of
the University OF the Air" as
shown by the fact that $50. 900
monthly IS being received by men
OF this station through advance
IN rating.
This money Is going to approx
1 900 men who receive new
ratings each month These men
are showing the true spirit Of our
navy They are the
men who have the desire 70 learn
a profitable trade and at the same
time serve their country through
enlistment IN the navy.
Announcements IN rating are not
automatic. They are the result
Of study and concentration, both
during working hours and IN spare
time Records must be clean,
exams must be passed before the
are gained
Summary Of advancementS IN
rating since the worlds largest
naval air station was commits
stoned March 18th, vary from 692
for pay grade No. 8. TO ID for pay
grade No. /. Not counting rental
allowances, longevity. and flight
pay, this involves a monthly pay
roll total Of SI0I, 620O0-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-01
1888
MOTORISTS RUSH TO
OBTAIN AUTO TAGS

Pleasantly surprised early
this morning were Tax Col
lector Joe c. MrMahon and
his staff who had 70 push thsir
way through q large crowd of
motorists On hand 70 secure
their 1912 license plates.
The county tax collector
said that he was highly srs6-
9ied az the response to MS plea
that sutonobile owners secure
next years tags early.
The sale which started ttis
morning found more thzn So
people waiting patiently AZ
the tax collectors Office ~
though the Department isn't
scheduled 70 ODen until 8 q. m
several car owners eaEss as
early as ? c'clock.
Motorists contlzzad %
come IN large numbers al DAY
and the sale Of plates was
brisk.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-01
Joseph Mcmahon, Co. Tax
collector, Dies Suddenly

Joe c. Mcmahon. tax collector
fer Monroe county. died sudden
iY al his office this afternoon.
He was So years old.
AT 2 o'clock he went into the
sheriffs office across the hall to
borrow a typewriter. He return
ed to his own department and
set the machine on his desk As
he did so, he fell to the floor.
stricken by a heart attack.
An ambulance was summoned
and he was rushed to the Marine
hospital where he was pro-
nounced dead.
The office of the county tax
collector was closed for the day
but viii be reopened tomorrow
to carry on the sale of license
plates for next year.
Mr.. Mcmahon. a native Key
Wester and lifelong employee IN
the cigar business, was elevated
to tax collector at the last cleo
ton 1t was his first public Of
flee.
He leaves his wife; two sons.
Joseph and John, and a daugh-
ter. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. All
the children are married Both
sons each have a child.
He was born m Key West july
). 1888 and except for a brief
period when he resided in Atlanta.
Ga, lived in this city all his life
HIS home was on Ashe street. He
was a member of the Elks.
Funeral arrangements. in
charge of the Lopez Funeral
Home. will be announced later.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-01
new EQUIPMENT
FOR AVIAT0RS
INSTALLING AIR PRESSURE
CHAMBER IN TEXAS
DIsPENsARY
Especial to The Cit;1e-l

CORPUS CHRISTI Tex, Dec.
Adding to training pro-
gram which Is already turning
out the finest aviators IN the
world. the US Naval Air Station
here is installing an air pres
sure chamber IN It's central dis
pensary.
Scheduled to be put into op-
Grafton In the near future, the
massive. alright apparatus viii
accustom fliers to the air pres
sure problems which viii con-
front them at high attitudes.
And this viii be done without
the necessity Of leaving the
ground
Locked in the cleaning white
interior Of the chamber, with
oxygen masks at their disposal,
the future Naval avist0rs viii
have their physical and mental
reactions watched and recorded
as the air IS slowly drawn from
the chamber. Thus. without
any great danger to themselves.
they viii learn the effects Of a
lack Of oxygen and the altitude
at which II becomes necessary
for them 70 resort TO an oxygen
mask IN order to retain their
faculties
Built to hold Is men comfort
abfys the pressure chamber al
the University Of the Air is
one Of four IN the United States
being used in the training Of
military pilots All four belong
70 the United States Navy.