The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 31, 1941, Page 1

Te cieiieidiheetdideeee ae 3 ears Devoted to the of Key West With Capel ital Cut Off; Americans Kid. Filipinos Fighting | & (Ry Didecintca Press) WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.—Ma- mils. key metropols of the Philippines, faced its gravest hour as Japanese tank-led troops moved relentlessly to within five miles of the outer defenses. Communications with the cap- ital were reported cut off. Nip- bers wete said. and brilliant rear-guard ac- Ges. Douglas MacArthur's re- port to war headquarters here Admitted that the air force of the Rising Sun was in control of the skies. Japanese tanks in large numbers were reported forging ahead in spite of heavy losses. A decisive New Year's Eve ) battle is forecast as the Japan- = ese High Command strives to "capture Manila as a New Year's » Day present for the Nippon em- pire. ’ The Laguna province in south Luzon has been abandoned by {Continued On Page Four) Anti-Avreraft he Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. Hest Citizen = KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, DECE} » 1941 MAYOR GIVES STATUS OF HIS POLICE FORCE TWO MEMBERS HAVE GONE OVER TO GOVERNMENT: MUCH CONCERNED OVER DWINDLING FORCE Key West Makes Ready For New Year's Eve Celebration primed for a noisy ear’s eve celebration To make up for the curfew ii to-, posed by the blackout, the merry- night. |making is scheduled to start sev- The hours will be considerably eral hours earlier than it would by the blackout which normally. t 2 a.m, but what the} All Key West churches king will lack in length}have Watch night services. it will make up in intensity. ftractive programs have been ar- All evidence indicates that the ‘ranged. They may be found else- city is prepared for a noisy and “where in today’s Citizen. 'y New Year’s eve. New Year’s Day, however, will will At Mayor Willard M. A LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Prexs) MIAMI—More than 100,000 are expected to crowd the city’s streets tonight in the King Orange jamboree which is a prelude to the Orange Bowl game tomorrow be- tween Georgia and T. C. U. TOKYO—Premier Tojo damp- ened the optimism of the Jap- anese people in a radio address today with the observation that “the war has just begun.” MELBOURNE—Prime Minister Curtain urged the people of Aus- tralie not to view with com- Flacency e*en though the de- fenses of the island continent have been great strengthened. SAN FRANCISCO—Seattle and San Francisco will be on the alert tonight against a possible Jap- anese attack by submarines which the navy suspects are uncom- fortably close to Kodiak Island ' near Alaska. WASHINGTON—The OPM an- nounced today that 23.500,000 per- sens, including women and chil- dren will be employed in war in- , Ae dustries by 1944. WASHINGTON—It is now be- lieved certain that production of all passenger automobiles will be eliminated by February 1942. Gens ‘hve vo ditied Gutdn Key West The. anti-aircraft firing. heard} moon in Key West w shooting so cer, @xplained the bic might not become directed at enemy planes. It ala merely practice shooting regulars of the United States | + E The firing will be heard again morrow. Lieut.t Frank L. Mat- army public relations offi- YEAR'S DANGE Tonite 9 till Blackout PENA’S GARDEN OF ROSES ea Dance Tomorrow 5:30 till 9:00 P.M SULAR DANCE 10 till 7 jsual: The Liveliest { AAA added, will he it guns t.me are keep their quite improbable s should appear the city, the people will be warned by the air-raid alarms the shooting begins with Denzis O'Keefe. Florence Rice and Peter Lorre “ EXTEND TIME TO MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS ‘and SERIAL hotels re- be just another Thursday. The been an un-!naval station will function as it . does on any week-day. Workers e, there and on other defense proj- the ‘ects throughout the city will re- port for work as usual. Slayer Of Paul Daniels Links Woman With Case draft law men betweer d plans for one of celebrations in years. GERMAN HIGH COMMAND ACKNOWLEDGES LOSS OF KERCH AND FEODOSIYA IN BELLETER: MEURD TODAY The confessed slayer told police | that he met Miss Johnson | “i gee Atlanta prison where she was an 31.—The ae = nate. He said he was visiting Kerch and Feodosiy ¥ s is incarcerated brother there. According to his confession. he net her later in a Miami taurant on the day of the shooting and went riding with her in the car which was reported stolen. He said he threw the gun away but that she retrieved it and forced in (By Asscciated Presi) NEW YORK, Dec capture of 2 enter £54 res- faced with a diffi- because of the short- re and the high wages being paid. The police department which is headed by Chief Ivan Elwood, numbers a complement of 13 men sians Adolf Hitler today. A bulletin issued by the Ger- was ac ecomplice. t reveal this man High Command conceded that the Soviet had landed rein- e efficiency of the not yet been im- paired. To offset of his two officers, the mayor has added cond motor greatly ased the of the department. With the help o: officers he has fled from the scene, she did not accompany him but made her way back to Miami and thence to At- lanta THIRTY-FOUR REGISTRANTS HAVE BECOME DELINQUENT FOR FAILURE TO SEND IN CHANGE OF ADDRESS Lloyd Clyde Taylor — 1114 White street, Key West, Fla. Uvaldo Ruiz—1018 Division ". street, Key West, Fla. Peter Smith—General Deliv- t very, Rock Harbor, Fla. (colored). Eugene Willard Knowle: Céast Guard ‘ Zinnia”, Key West, Fle. have. James W. Taylor—i385 Hamp- - ton street, Key West, Fla. (col- - }ored). Joseph Sands—218 Elizabeth street, Key West, Fla. Henry Clinton Treadway— 1 General — Delivery, Tavernier, Fla. (colored). Manuel Antonio Perez—1332 Georgia street, Key West, Fla. Leonard Foust—1129 Fleming street, Key West, Fla. riff; CC _ Conrad Smith—908 Pauline BUY AUTO TAGS No. 1418 Fi amrod Key. street, Key West, Fla. (colored) F Oscar L. McIntosh—618 White- i Key West, Fla, ranking dered them to stand-by in case of emergency. ‘The for 127 civiliar tioned at the b: These positions issued a call rds to be sta- »perating here more than is 100. niles from central vraag Mon- st of (Ry Asxeciated Press) SINGAPORE, Dec. ‘“1—As Japanese planes bombed Singa- pore, $400,000,000 British strong- hold, hordes of Nipponese troops moved on it relentlessly through the jungle-choked Mayala penin- sula. Military authorities today dis- closed that this last British for- tress on the Fer Eastern main- land was bombed for two days. Tokyo confirmed these bomb- ings, adding that the air fields of the stronghold had been de- molished. Nipponese ground forces con- tinued their heavy attack along the Perak river line, some 300 ered one of tie feats of the war. Lincoln = Wright—1113 ehead street Key West, Fla red). “ Jacmel Camel—Marathon, Fla. miles north of Singapore. e Inspector (colored). }——— os re Marathon, Fla, William R Becker—CCC Camp HOLIDAY NOTICE 2% ; 1418, Fla. Sp-1l,<Ramrod Key. | Robert Aron Baker — 206) Mow Year's Day. Day. Thursday. Olivia street, Key West, Fla | January 1, 1242. the office of this (colored). jcompany will not be open for Thomas Bowe—308 Virginia | business on that day. Officially ‘the aute tags fo this ‘year expire at midnight CABANA The Brightest Spot In Town Celebrate the NEW YEAR in Key West's MOST POPULAR ‘Continued on Page Four) | Fae EE EE EE Key West. Experiences Greatest Building boom i History During Year .s as waneee. ASKS NEW YORKERS TO CUT OUT HORN BLOWING TONIGHT ORY Anneciated Pres) cz LaGuardia requested New Yorkers not to tect horms or blow whistles during the New Year's eve celebratsn tonight lest their noise drown out « pos sible air-raid alarm. Cities on the West Coast cur tailed their New Year's celebra. tions drastically. Most of them will have blackouts tonight. It is feared that the treacherous Japanese might attemot to start an attack while he public was celebrating. Tokyo ordered its peeple to do all their merrymaking in- doors. Licuor restrictions were Over Halt Milaoe Deliars : i ie : For Twebve-Month Pe The year 1941 witnesec the pieetes’ Duucing Beso = te ams tory cf Key West A compusuer oc fgure = weasec toGey ov Busituns imeper tor Y D. Carbonell rewenis thet Dulding permit ir coms=mcnes totejec more than 2 oat muller Goliars. Th does not umciuce govern <a the JGippepess _sneut comsructor an wight caldhcuse eeasesien Japanése vic- IP FIP aL aL a PABLO P. CRESPO DIES THIS MORNING Pablo P. Crespo, age 66, died morning at 8:45 o'clock at the idence 1301 Florida street. Fun- eral tomorrow afterncon at 5 o'clock, Rev. Thos. Atherton of olic church, officiating ofS are tae widow, Mrs Crespo, two sons, Augustine Alberto Crespo, one daughter, Mrs. Raymond Delgado and three grand children. Lopez Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. detense projects. The 1941 total fer private con- stfucuon amounted w S$S762e6 This sum is almost umes as much as the amouni compuec a decade ago. de of the shortage of vital BuLcung matenals and priorities <ygiem in augurated last vear Building permits amoumung wo $54,125 were issued Gurimg the month of December This eas almost twice as much as the touai of the preceding month or the crespending month af Is65 when $19,735 were recarded Among the permuts filed wethen the past week are the foliewang Mrs. Ackerman, Fleming and Blackout Tonight Wil. es The blackou: tonight will start} 2am ‘orced. It was announced this noon by Mayor Willard M. Albury on orders from Lieut. Col. Webster F. Putnam, Jr. of the Army Barracks. The mayor's plea to civilians to keep off th: streets when the blackout begins was lauded by Lieut. Col Putnam. The mayor today reiterated his request that motorists dim their headlights during the hours when the black- out is in progress. Special police officers have and will be rigorously pvr: > > 4 > %p > > > See! ; (Air Conditioned) OLD FASHIONED TURKEY DINNER CLUB. Dance in the Beautiful Patio to the Music of THREE GIRLS OF NOTE. Favors. etc. 2 EGG-NOGG New Year’s Day Hl With All the Trimmings 2 $1.50 Per Plate All Day New Year's Day of the FD¥. will be stumene?d on guard duty at afi the overnment buildings amd pub ie utulstaes. This blackout, 2s on the ome held on Christmas night, sili Be