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order to aid Civilian De-| Abilene 54 personnel in spotting Jap- | Ajpan: planes, the Navy has re- Acai : = for general publication ‘ = of twenty.three of | Apalachicola . ¥0 53 | Most commonly-used com- | Asheville 56 41 } Planes of the Japanese Atlanta 61 42 vy. | Augusta. 66 49 | Birmingham __ 68 43 : LEND-LEASE | Boise 89 21 his quarterly report on | Boston _.__. 44 37 Lease Aid, President} Brownsville 69 47 it said that $1,202,000,000 Buifalo - 54 48 been advanced up to No- Burling‘on 45 34 ber 30th. The actual exports C'arleston 68 64 fe amounted to only $595,000,. | Chicago ~~ 59 39 | The report also showed | ~ 61 44 t Lend-Lease aid has increas- | Cleveland 55 a7 each month since the enact-' Columbus _._ 59 43 at of the Lend-Lense Act in! Corpus Christi 68 46 teh. Lend-Lease aid in March | Denver 39 16 + $18,000,000 compared with an Moines 36 29 etroit 55 47 3,000,000 for November. | Dodge City 5 = ; TELEVISION Duluth 2 13 thaiman Fly, of the Federal | ©8stport * 38 Aamunications Commission, | Elsins 59 42 { that he saw no reason why y Paso 51 26 | present war should halt the Port Myers 2 7 lance of television, Materials G@!veston — 62 “4, }television construction wil) | GT" Rapids _ 57 40 'e to be carefully analyzed, Green Bay 39 31 \ | television “is going to be Havre 48 24 4 alive”. Huron 2 11 { Indianapolis 63 38 FOOD cost {Jacksonville _. 73 65° xcept for cereals, bakery Kansas City —. 40 29 fuets and meat, the cost of KEY WEST .. 82 ze groups of food ad-| Little Rock _. 57 38 feed during the month end- 10s Angeles 58 “ ‘November 18th. In fact, re- | Louisville i” = { costs advanced 1,3 Medford 41 “ 3 cent between October 14 and Memphis 85 at rember 18, Miami 80 72 Mpis-.St, Paul 32 24 RUBBER PLANTING Mobile bb, s fithin the past few weeks, a Montgomery _. 69 “4 il shipment of 5,500 budded Nashville oF - ber trees reached American New Orleans . 75 wes fes from the Philippines.’ New York 56 bed te the program of transplant- Norfolk 63 59 rubber seeds in Latin Amer- Oklahoma City 46 31 started over a year ago, 15,- Omaha — 32 25 rubber seeds have been’ Philadelphia 61 51 ated, one-third of which were Phoenix id ated by U. S. commercial in-. Pittsburgh 58 48 ‘sts. The other 10,000,000) Portland, Oreg. 45 39 ber seeds were planted in Raleigh & = peration with 12 Latin-Amer- | Richmond po = [pomennents. St. Louis 62 37 Salt Lake City 34 28 q San Francisco 53 44 ag sobs oe oe an ga Slt. Ste. Marie 39 36 it, Federal Security Adminis- S@vannah 68 hoe jor, met with officers of the Seattle = “4 and Nayy Departments, the le eg ad 1 29 erans Administration, the | Spokane 4 : tlic Health Service, the De- Springfield, Il, 66 37 nt of Labor, National Re-| T8™pa be -" Planning Board, the, shingten be States Employes Compen-| Williston 38 2 Commission, the OPM = Division, the Social Se- | pe wtbvbaeece be’ ity Board, the Office of Edu-) (My Associated Press) jon and other agencies, to. yICTORIA, B. C.—Thousands Sider a program for voca-' of miles from the Philippines, a jal rehabilitation. This step /stencilled board which may have } taken in view of the unhap-' marked the grave of a U. S. Army casualty prospects following officer killed there years ago, ational war. washed up on a British Colum- tee bia beach. | iecretary Ickes, Petroleum Co-! the orders apply to the finished a Observation taken at 7:30 a. m., 75th Mer. Time (City Office) Terao -ratures ‘Highest last 24 hours 82 Lowest last ni, 74 Mean 78 Normal 70 { Precipitation Rainfall, 24 7:30 a. m., Total rainfall inches i Excess since December 1, inches * 2.04 Total rainfall since Jan. 1, inches 2 51.96 Excess since January 1, inches a -- 14.15 Relative Humidity 87% Tomorrow’s Almanac Sunrise —.. 7:10 a. m, Sunset 5:45 p. m. Moonrise 12:38 p. m. | Moonset 12:15 a. m. Moon, first quarter, ; Dee. 25 5:43 a, m. Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. P.M. High 2:55 3:40 Low 9:00 9:57 FORECAST Key West and Vicinity: Fair and cooler tonight. 4 imator, must approve the‘ products, but to the base stocks Florida: Fair and cooler | king, selling, or shipping of from which his gasoline is night. ation gasoline. Not only do made. Hatteras, N. C. to Apalachi- “Dedicated to the children of the world” is this statue of the patron saint of Christmas on the village Santa Claus, Ind., a rural Hoosier hamlet that has achieved fame because of the uniqueness of its name. With only 19 population and a “general store” that serves as post office, this little towr annually handles more than 2,000,000 tt htt eee! EG ae to-: Square at | “official” Indiana cola, Fla: No small craft storm warnings have been sued. or is- LOCAL DATA Mean temperature, 78 degrees; normal temperature, 70 degrees. Total rainfall this month to date, 3.41 inches. Normal rainfall this month to date, 1.37 inches. Total rainfall date, 51.96 inches. Normal rainfall this date, 37.81 inches. Sunset today, 5:45 p. m. rise tomorrow, 7:10 a. m. this year to year to sun- Moon sets tonight, 12:15 a. m. of the 25th. NOTICE Restrictions on Small Craft, Storm and Hurricane Warnings For the duration of the war, or until further notice, all wind and weather fore- casts for ocean, coastal and marine areas have been dis- continued except small craft, storm or hurricane warnings or advisories thereof. These warnings and advisories will contain information .as to the wind velocities expected, the area affected, time of hoist, and duration of display. How- ever, no information will be given regarding the direction of the wind, the movement and location of the storm, or The immediate availability of Long Distance telephone facil- ities is vital to the communica- tion needs of our government. We urge everyone who plans to exchange the season’s greet- ings by Long Distance tele- phone, to please refrain from making these calls on Christ- mas or New Year's Day. The Long Distance telephone is already playing a major role in America’s all-out war effort. Government Long Distance telephone requirements, both AN URGENT APPEAL _ To All Long Distance Telephone Users civilian and military, have stepped up sharply. Industrial plants engaged in defense pro- duction, radio networks and news services are relying more and more upon the speedy con- tacts made possible by the Long Distance telephone — Therefore we urgently appeal to you to help keep Long Dis- tance lines clear, on Christmas and New Year's Day, that we may efficiently serve our Na-' tion, unhampered by calls of a non-essential character.“ Sournern Beut TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH Company a ‘ THE KEY W&EST CITIZEN pieces of mail at the Christmas season. Here old St. Nick's Claus, who each year answers more than 25,000 letters to Santa from youngsters throughout the country, poses with the modern equivalent of fieet reindeer, a new 1942 n, Chevrolet Aerosede: REPORT GERMANS iS . ® : MOVING TOWARD § Christmas Cards ‘ jauce SPECULATION AS TO N only $1 .00 . WHAT HITLER'S NEWEST a MOVEMENT MAY MEAN 70/8 —— * xine N . R cc % | LONDON, Dec. 24—Adoit Hit- & The Citizen Buildin Pa | ler’s Yuletide gift to England is a 4 ee _—— . bad case of Christmas nerves. SAA A eee ee SIF s as # A welter of rumors is plaguing ;Europe. Bern, Switzeriand re- ports that fresh German troops are moving down through the west of occupied France to the Spanish border. London speculated on whether the troop movements presaged an attack on Gibraltar or Nerth Africa. Other indications pointed to a showdown on the long-retarded Gverseas Transportation Company, Inc. reapproachment between Italy and France, and France and Ger- many. Reuter’s described one of its own previous reports that Chief State Marshall Petain had re- signed as “ridiculous.” Meanwhile another of Hitler's war of nerves reached high peak. dk ad ddd ROLLER SKATE Keep Your Weight In Shape and Your Shape In Weight We Teach You How To Skate Sessions: 2:30 to 4:30 p. m. and 8:00 to 10:30 p. m. 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