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

Cty: Great. Loss Ife Reported: Heavy Damage Planes Swarm Over C ‘Tn Series Of Attacks; Japs Violate All Rules —— = America, Fighting At Luzon Desperate; (By Associated Press) - Kry West Citizern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. Molding , Firm —-. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY {DECEMBER 27, 1941 Key West most equat country range « Pree I.» Dec. 27.—A t today as massed Jap- i ' t sf | | WASHINGTON; ~ Dec: ::27.—A| The situation is not considered late war bulletin issued: this aft- teens for. the United — ernoon by: army headquarters The: army mitted. that e |said that the ‘fighting son -the| « lanes ans om trol of the air. | | t | ; | : lisland of Luzon was desperate, nese bombers shattered Manila, Ut that American forces were) : 2 S49 holding firm against overwhelm-! ‘8 declared open city. in a series of ing odds. The Japanese were reported to! be making new landings on the! | Southern front, in areas 55 to 75 IOI OOOH: + least $3,408 To Be MAKE SOUNDINGS TO LOCATE OIL The Petty Geophysica Corporation vf San Antoni Texas, is making a series of @tavity. soundings on the keys to determine the poss. bilities of oil The -engineering company has been retained by W. G Blanchard, who 1s well known throughout the state furious air attacks. | miles below Manila along La- Gen. Douglas MacArthur was | mon bay. jon the firing Tine directing Unit-| Heavy and inconclusive tank swarm of 45 Nipponese planes © States and Filipino troops. A/| a | fierce tank battle is neing waged ‘Swooped down on the defenseless in the Lengayen gulf sector. | Gen. Wainwright, commanding tg yw bed been stripped of marines on the northern Luzon all its fortifications and subjected | front, 96 miles north of Manila, |Teported to Washington that it to one of the most deadly air! “our resistence is continuing un- aids of the war. battles are being waged with | both sides suffering heavy cas-| ualties. American positions are being constantly reorganized and | strengthened. Repeated Japan- ese attacks are being repelled, |but enemy pressure keeps in- creasing. | diminished”. Docks, piers and shipping = N hit Ne 0 ©” Manila bay were subjected to, 7 cables «i « Nothing New eriminate bombing this noon. The. gunned the civilian population. | . was. PY te be intestate, ies IN) MARINE CORPS oe See erenoeal = wen “in ‘Gen. Mhe- Douglass Arthur declared Manile an open BEEN ESTABLISHED AT , he notified the Japanese that | ORLANDO, FLORIDA he had withdrawn all troops from the city and had stripped it of all anti-aircraft guns and other de- Acknowledging the raid, Tokyo ‘offered the untenable excuse that it did not consider Manila an open city, even after it had accepted Gen. MacArthur's deciaration. Secretary of State Cordell Hull termed the Japanese attack on Manila as “fiendish inhumanity.” He emerged from a conference to tell newspapermen that the © bombing was in keeping with “the ber! ‘ic cruelty practised by the . : | prior to being transferred:te Parris 6 |Island, S. C,, for a period.of. re- DIED YESTERDAY training. before assignment a { to a regular fighting unit, Major Robbins urges ail un- | married Americans between “the ¢ George L. Penty, age 44, died! ages of 17 and 30 who want ‘to | yesterday afternoon 3:30 at the; fight for their country to call im- Casa Marina. jmediately at one of the Marine | The body was shipped this| Recruiting Stations in this Dis- “morning to his home in Cleve-jtrict. They are located in Jack- Jand, Ohio, by the Lopez Fun-/sonville, Tampa, Miami and Or- etal Home. Nando, Florida. In order to meet the demand of men, a District Headquarters Re- ctuiting Station for Florida has been established at the Florida Bank Building in Orlando, Flor- ida. Commanded by veteran Re- cruiting Officer Major A. M. Rob- bins, the unit expects to furnish at least 300 recruits per month for the Marine Corps which is now driving for 104,000 men. All re- leruits accepted in Florida, whe- ther for the duration or for four years, will be sent to Orlando for Forces With Bloody Lossés (By Associated Press) (OSCOW, Dec. 27.—A severe , offensive which sent the Nazis * inter attack by the Red Army} réeling from the Voikhovo area Mending Seyastopol turnedjon the main Leningrad-Moscow sek the Nazi army with bloody! railroad about 80 miles south- i$ the . today. lin, countered with.,...the Moscow claimed: that that four. Soviet .trans-|Nazi.troops have been were sunk and five others; durirg Christmas week. ly damaged by German planes} The new victory on the Len- straits of Kereh, between | ingrad front brought _ liberation mSea of Azov and the Black | to 32 additional localities. 36,000 killed Russians today announced p°Y YY VII VIII TTT of the German forces of Leningrad and the of new Nazi lines. than 6,000 Germans were | killed in the Soviet |p Featuring EDDIE TRYON and His Orchestra JACK CRAWLEY with Otto and the Boys NEVER A DULL MOMENT! 3 ' iH ; Of North Atl MORE MEN NEEDED: the U. S. Marine Corps for more! {final examination and ‘énlistment Moscow radio. ‘an-} east: of: the-dong besieged bar | n Occupation (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 27—There were | nO immediate developments hal | {the oecupation of the north At] lantic islands of St. Pierre and} *Miguelon by ke forces of Gen.| | Charles DeGaule. | British, American and Cana- dian government leaders are in | Washington studying the situa- |ton. It is expected that they} will decide over the week-end} whether to restore the French outposts to Vichy. The government of unoccupied | France has indicated that it | wishes to see the status quo re- ; Stored te the occupied islands. The United States in an ob- vious attempt to keep French ; Atlantic possessions out of op- posing war camps and the harried | Vichy governm-xt trom moving | further toward the Axis was in-| clined to grant Vichy quest. Washington branded :the-occu-! pation -by seamen under? Admiral | | Emile: Musekuer as: anstarbitrary | faction contrary to. the:oagred: | CFI IIS ASS |NO BAN ON FISHING IN COASTAL WATERS There will be no ban on fishing in coastal waters and in the Gulf of Mexico this season. Anglers, however, will have to be properly register- ed and subject to conirol by the authorities. A list of the regulations will be released soon by Lieut. Col H. G. Hatfield. marine commandant, and Lieut. Commander Carl H. | its re-; {ment of all parties concerned”. 1 BIDE aAI! SS. xt Tonight and Every Night FBiG TIME TONIGHT SLOPPY JOE’S BAR { DANCE at the STORK CLUB “The Liveliest Spot on the Island Tonight!” § " prep de for his oil explorations the Tamiami Trail While the Petty Geophys. ical company, which is esta‘ Nobody is telling what the total American outpu' must be leaving the factories at a speed of 2,200 a month. t of airplanes is right now, but the | fact they were being built at the rate of 700 a month late in 1940 suggests that they | EFFORTS FRUITFUL TS FRUITFUL OF RESULTS IN ESTABLISHING NAVAL | CHURCHILL TO GO ON (Br Axseeinted Press) { a ee i Capt. Crenshaw’s -announce- ment that the seventh naval dis- trict was set to establish head- quarters in Key West, brought to fruition a long and determined campaign conducted by the chamber of Commerce and The "= VIOLENCE BREAKS * OUT AGAINST JAPS ONE KILLED AND SCORES IN- JURED IN OUTBREAK IN CALIFORNIA CITY were transferred here from New Orleans. Later New Orleans re-' gained its status as sixth dis-| trict headquarters, but no such move has been made for Ke: West”. (By Associated Press) STOCKTON, Calif, Dec. 27.— y¥;One man was killed and scores of others injured in an outbreak Ss €| colony today. Windows of stores Japanese were smashed. Many of the residents “in' ‘the “ Nipponese community’ were driven from the:r homes. The entire’ police force of the city was summoned to quell the riot. MASONS, ATTENTION! All members. Dade Lodge, No. 14, Dr. Felix Varela Lodge. No. 64, and Anchor Lodgt, No. 182, F. & A. M are requested to be pres- nt at Scottish Rite Hall, Eaton and Simonton streets on Sunday vening, Dec. 28, 7:00 o'clock, for the purpose of attending Divine Services at First Baptist Church in | commemoration of St John’s Day. Visiting Brethren invited to attend. S M F. O. WEECH, F. CASTRO, JOHN C. PARK, Secretaries. } | | ! “\ Fhe termul Opening Dinaét ut-La\Casa Ma- ning, December thirty-first. A cordial invitation is extended to the people of Key West to participate as has been the annual custom. Dinner will be served promptly at 8:00 o'clock and dancing in the Patio is from 9:30 til 2. The Dinner charge will be $2.50 per person. Please call Mr. Grobe, phone 780, for your over the United States na- tional networks. TDIPIOIS IS s| ~ LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) ROME.—Benito Mussolini and bis cabinet met today and Proved a new war budget. SINGAPORE.—Advices reach. of violenee against the Japanese /; owned by |: HONOLULU.—Gov. Poindex- ter of Hawaii has asked the United States to appropriate money for 10 buge encampments in the mountains about Honolulu Civilan population. LEAVING TUESDAY Mrs. Ralph Sampson and son, William Curtis, will leave Tues- day for their home at Palm Beach Mrs. Sampson has been spending the holidays with her mother, Mes. J. H Williams. ICE CAPADES: also TUESDAY | lished in headquarters Homestead, refused vulge any information, it was learned from reliable sources that a well has already been sunk, The well, 7 is unGerstood. is emitting gas but drilling will be contmued until the Prospects of oil have been more firmly established. eS ee antic Islands coMmERCE BODY AND THE CINMEN'S 2222 eeewns rth “reer ee _ “HERE bises ' OF | OS SE: SA FERS AT LENGTH WITH MAYOR ALBURY it a i Si ky Miami Beach has dispatched | one of its police officers to study : i : | | the blackout methods employed * jin Key West. t fad Lieut. J. L. Hoover, who ar- iy iheee | rived in this city today on or | ders from Chief of Police A. W | Smpson of Miami Beach, con- ferred at length with Mayor tI ver {ior “the” Police Department 6f Vere i reputation for its ex- | emplary conduct and its excel lent methods used im | blackouts. Lieut. Hoover said he plans to jobserve the . + ordered here for New ‘Year's i “ ; iii aswill