The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 27, 1941, Page 1

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‘Heavy Losses _ (Ry Assoviatea Prens) NEW YORK. Nov, 27—A major danger to the Soviet capital had increased considerably since yes- terday. Six Nazi divisions were said to be advancing on a 200-mile front despite heavy losses. German military spokesmen as- serted that a river of strategic im- portance near Klin had been crossed and that panzer vanguard units had captured 13 more vii- , Jages. ; Reports from Berlin while ignoring the other fronts on the 2,000-mile Russian ‘battle front elaborated at length on the Mos- cow sector indicating that the Nazi army of 2,000,900. smash- { ing full force - against Tast effort to reach a decision. CITING SABOTAGE DEVELOPED AS BLITZ. ERIEG WARFARE (By Associated Prexs) WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.— Modern sabotage is an art. It is as b ly developed as blitzkrieg warfare and almost as important to it as the mechanical monsters of earth and sky. It has come a long way from the original meaning of the werd: the slow, clumsy produc- tion of crude work. A saboteur, in the first place, was a maker of those clodhopperish wooden shoes (from sabot, the French word .for wooden shoes). Now it appliés: to0 all tethniques of slowing or destroying an enemy natior.'s production; spilling wolatilé licuids which evaporate and leave a chemical that bursts into flame when it becomes dry; working with delayed action acids and exulosives ‘that do their damage only after a’ ma- chine is in use; and causing Strikes and slow-downs behind (Continued on Page Six) CITY HAS ELEVEN SPECIAL POLICE Mayor Willard M. Albury to- day added an eleventh to his list of 10 special police officers. ap- Pointing City Electrician Theo- e Albury Police status. : : Other officer ali of whom withovt pay, re Harry , ir, Jessie “Myrtiand j Cates, R&bert J, Lewis “Abert ¢ Gwynn, Richard Sawyer, Nattie Roberts, John Spottswood) Paul oe and + ‘Clement © Jaygoeks, rT. Key West grocers and butchers had to dig far back in their store of memories to recall a Thanks- giving Day which compared so fa- vorably with the one being ob- Served today. A casual survey conducted by The Citizen reveals that pre- Thanksgiving sales of turkey, cranberries, mince pies and all the ‘On Self-Sustiing. Basis SHOWN TO RE AS HIGHLY Ei Thanksgiving Day © x: Pn i i ; ; ' i soe: that our | Place. Because the aquarium holds }such an attraction for visitors to | Key West, and because it is so widely advertised, everything should be done to make it the fine attraction it is, the mayor de- ¢elared in introducing his plan. He said he will suggest to city council that Mickey Saunders who is an employe at the aquarium be given the assignment of acquiring new fish specimens and feeding them. Two Train Wrecks This ‘he said this morning, was: “in-; stocked and fed Spired by council's $150 approp-| Wester.” : for repairs to the’ show) - According to‘the mayor's plan | mE Ss ot t “Key West is known the nation ice” | think it is only fitting and proper* ekclusive Key West produet;} bya native Key? the city would purchase a fishing | boat which would cost about $250.. This vessel manned by} Saunders at his present salary! would be employed to catch fish specimens as well as food for the! fish. / Under present arrangements! both the fish and the food for the | fish are purchased at a cost of ap-/ proximately $500 a year. Under the plan proposed by the mayor, this amount could be saved, he believes. Killed And 22 Injured (By Associated Prexx) MIAMG, Nov. 27—One man was kiiled and 22 injured when two trains from New York bound for Miami were derailed this morn- ing. The Tamiami Special met dis- aster at Hortense. Ga. One pas- senger died immediately, while 14 others were hurt, one critically. The second derailment took Place at Dover, Fla and injured eight. Railroad officials and govern- ment authorities launched an im- mediate investigation to deter- mine the cause of the double de- Tailment. COMMENTS ABOUT ATLANTIC CHARTER BRITISH LABORITE HEARD ON SUBJECT IN PARLIA- MENT SESSION (By Asxeciated Presx<) LONDON, Nov. 27.—Wall street was charged with blasting its way te economic domination of the world “over the British soldiers.” This charge was made not in Berlin, but in the British Par ment by John McGovern, Laborite. McGovern described the / tie Charter, formulatel by Pri Minister Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt as a “gross, deceitful document.” “The present economic policies embodied in the ¢gharter are the $amesores Pbigh axe responsible for the present war,” he declared. Ate dead bodies of fiery delicacies associated with the holi- day excelled those of recent years. The city confined its major ac- tivities today to the dinner table. Services were held ii all the churches and many business es- tabiishments closed for the day or} ee ae FS FF JAIL ROACH GONE | BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Archie is gone—but he won't be forgotten. Archie is desd—but Chief Deputy Sheriff George Go- mez musi live with him. For Archie. a roach that lived ard died im the sacro- s@cct atmosphere of Monroe county’s white-washed penal mertality through the talent and indusiry of a fellow prisoner. Archer is stutfed—stuffed, and tastefully attached to a Plaque which bears the legend: “To Archie. who served a Bfe sentence in Monroe county jail. TTFHIPGI SR RUSSIA’S HEART BACK OF VOLGA CONTINUES TO PUMP LIFE. |‘ BLOOD TO SOVIET WAR MACHINE (By Acacciated Pre<s) WASHINGTON, Nov. 27— Back of the Volga lies a new heart of Russia capable of pump-; g lifeblood to the Soviet war hine almost igdefinitely. It's the Ural Mountain indus-/ 5. rial zone, created by the Com- munists during the last 20 years, d designed to meet a need. that ‘~ looms up—A second line of: f e against a European im-/ American experts on nm economics believe that; 60 per cent of Russia try has already been back of the Volga. se- ly protected by the famous | ms dividing Asiatic and European Russia. The Urals have been known for centuries to hold mineral re- sources and their iron deposits bave been worked on a small seale for hundreds of years. } The timber of the region may; be reduced to charcoal, and the/ iron smelted that way. That antiquated method is still em- ployed in some2 remote areas. Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1941 Touching On Moscow Little Hope | Far Eastern fro Tokyo was moment, ministration direct oppos tween the two sisted répeatediy cease military elsewhere as a pe pat IN THE Key West. Fi most equa country range of Citizen UL S.A. Lake Wales, Florida.—The famous singing tower will play one month this. year. opening trial after- > ss on Dec. 2 and playing iis last concert on ADHl 30th. ‘The Bok ‘Tower and Mountais Lake Sance wraiths ainpeetranag og = tuary are located near Lake Wales: and just 12 miles from the Florida Cypress Gardens, giving PA aw Beceo the Egeptae: the visitors a rare treat in a combination music and flowers, in one day’s journey from any bart of Florida. —Photo Dabigren. Henry Thurston, negro, con- — < ee: victed yesterday on a change of as- , Claim Important Victory AS Battle For Libya Still Continues EMELIO RUIZ —-Nazi Raiding Fence Anas i veal ‘HANDED SENTENCE DURING | (Ry Aneerteied Pres MORNING IN CRIMINAL CAIRO, Egret. Now 27 —Ben- ! “COURT EQUAL TO YEAR IN ish troops today chumed ax a counry sam portant victory es the Geckese ; ee SRS Emelio Ruiz, convicted ye: day on two charges of contribut- The strategic town of Poses ing to the delinquency of a “ Was capturec vesterce: emasumg ar-oid § gui a Cee. count of assaul battery on , Satich > com the op her, this orning was handed a through which Agis foxces Geee sentence by Judge Aibury, who 2 } was sorry he c him to the penitentiary ordered him sonfined forsix months <om j the assault and battery charge and and an alditiona] three m: a the delinquency charge Snouid | Or Success In Peace Talks By Jap Envoy And i PLANES DOWNED FUL RAIDS MADE ON EM- DEN AND ESSEN is Ansociated Press) Nov. 27.—The . nees involving i and the United States were ‘Vetge-of a-complete break- (Ry Axsociated Press} LONDON, Nov. 27.—Claims and ‘counter claims were made today by the British RAF and the Ger- man Luftwaffe. United States} The Nazis . announced — this ce said that morning that they had shot down barge and ocean 31 enemy aircraf in a six-day requisitioned by Period ending Wednesday. |. The RAF countered with the re- , and Whether contro] the was simply evi- was of small and Essen, two important German industrial centers. One plane was lost in the action. Sy Berlin, while admitting the air Secretary 0: P SAVINGS 5 ‘icated that | Port of a successful raid on Emden mg sault and battery, this morning was orlered to pay a fine of $25 and costs or serve 60 days in coun- ty jail. i FETER SCHUTT. MANAGER VERY OPTIMISTIC OVER OUTLOOK FOR SUCCESS- FUL SEASON WARSAW. Predicting a “bumper season” al for “his hotel and for Key West, KE " : Peter. Schutt, manager of Casa ‘Bigpna hotel <aid today he ex- the Dec. 24 cpening date to ** find'the ) Gstabli ) apos , Schutt, who returned here this as manager of Bethel Inn, Beth- el Me, declared: “We have/ evety reason to be optimistic Reservations are very promis- | : ree. : the dominated Nazi countries in : tery C, Tampa, whe today of bloody ts bombings, sebotage —- . pa a through Much. of the hotel, including | that indicated ti the dining room, has been reno- here in vated during the summer, and: London the cleaning staff is moving. in |.sources that now to prepare for the winter | executed season, Schutt revealed Mem-/had been rounded bers of the operating staff, who} “worse fate”. | will In Warsaw several | Ii fhe ff the came were iH I iF bring the hotel’s.entire per- i ;Sonnel to about 159, will arrive | of them i only a few days befgre the Open- } date. } ig four days later than last year, the Casa Marina will! close on April-1, the same date/ {5 in previous seasons. BOY 14 LASSOES DEER |. HELENA, Mpnt—Flushed | horseback :

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