The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 2, 1942, Page 1

a ministry szid, though the number | Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World For 62 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXIII. No. 234. MF Boba Plants | Tweniy-Three Of Phillie: ing Planes Lost Out of JA Possible Three Or Four Hundred DGE VILLE ation ma- ‘ird class, Jack B chinist’s mi son of Mr. agd Mrs. J. C. Brossier, of Ometndo, recently fell off the St. John’s River bridge, Jacksonville, and ing plants along the Baltic were | landed, unhurt, feet-first in- raided last night by RAF bomb-| to the weter 75 feet below eal the walkway on the bridge. | He and two sailor friends were skylarking, when one pushed Brossier over the guardrail. It is said that he is the first to survive a plunge from the bridge. | The Brossiers resided “in Key ‘West many years up to the time of their legving here 30 years or so ago. ‘J. c. Brossier. father Qt ‘Jack, was at one time a earrier boy for The Citizen, (By Asnociated Press) LONDON, Oct. 2.—German submerine and other ship-build- ers, and the Air Ministry that vast destruction among the | plants resulted. It was announced that 23 of the | bombers were lost in the raid.| but the exact number that Far-! ticipated was not given. It was | unofficially estimated that be- | tween 300 and 400 plenes took| pert in the Baltic sweep. | While the plants were being| attacked in that erea. aircraft of ODP MII IOSD DS the British MANY CORPUSCLES made a series of raids on Axis| Ta ie coastal command | | CHICAGO—The average num- ber of red corpuscles in man’s} the | blood is 5,000,000,000 per cubic; centimetre. shipping off the coast of France. The raids were successful, of ships hit was not given. IAAI AAA DS | WILLKIE REACHES CHINESE PORT IN MONSTER PLANE (By Associated Prexs) CHUNGKING Oct. 2,—The “En Chan”, Chinese for Heavenly Mountain, one of the biggest end most power- ful planes possessed by China, is the aircraft in which Wen- | dell Willkie made his 4,000- mile trip from Russia to this, | the capital city, of China. The bureau of information said 10,000 Chinese were at the airfield to greet Willkie on his arrival. and that the roadways were lined with | other thousands of cheering | Chinese on his trip in an automobile, with an escort of soldiers mounted on mo- torcycles, from the zirfield to his hotel. oo a eee Pas. OVER FIVE THOUSAND LICENSES FOR DRIVERS | ISSUED AT DEADLINE’ Drivers’ licenses issued in Key West day totaled 5,276. up to the deadline yester-| In commenting on that figure Judge Lord said that last year he had more than 6,000 licenses and added that he feels confident therc issued s more ! Monroe were are vehicles motorized at here a year ago. Even placing the number the same as it was last year, he point- & 1 out, there are approximately 750 people in the county wno failed to get licenses very- who is found without will be arrested and fin- according to information given out by Judge Lord today. in county present than MM Arrangements Completed. For Collecting Serap ‘Metal Starting Tomorrow Morning Salvage; —West Joe Pearl-|to Fort str The Monroe County Committee, man is chairman, last side of Duval street Captain Getow. | 2. ast side Duval street to} White street and north side of Fleming street to water; Captain Starling 3—East side Duval street to White street and south side Flem- ing street to north side Angela street; Captain William Ball 4—East side Duval street} through to Garrison Bight, south | side Angela street to north side} Division; Captain Raymond Ca-! brera. | 5—East side Duval to White.| side Division to north side United street, east side Duval to White, south side United to ocean; Captain J. R. Valdes. | 6—East side White to Georgia street, south side Division street to oce Captain Clyde Smart. 7—East side Georgia and east end of island, County Road; Cap-! tain P. G. Perez. { Mr. Pearlman said that “scrap” includes iron, steel, copper, bronze, aluminum, rags and bur- lap. of which held a meeting night and arranged for the to be conduct- at 8:00 scrap metal drive ed o'clock in the morning. Every resident of Key West, who wishes to do his bit to help his country win the war, ex- pected to have scrap piled up in time for collection _ tomorrow Mr. Pearlman said today that, if anybody thinks he will not be up in time tomorrow morning to put out the scrap, he should place it on the sidewalk before going to bed tonight. Twenty large Army trucks, each manned with five soldiers, will begin to roll shortly before 8 o'cock The city has been divided into eight zones by M. R. Ginsberg, who will supervise the drive, and a captain will be in charge the work to be done in each zone. 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Key West, Florida, most equable cow! range of onl has the climate in the with an average 14° Fahrerhe’t try; KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1942 ess Keeps Light Of Freedom Burning COSC CORO CODEC LOLOL O COO SO OSE EE TSENESS NA TlO AL NEWSPAPER WEEK Written For e World Features By BYAON PRICE i Censorship et. 2—To are important in Even in the tion would not be definitely to total warfare To be sure, the totalitarian newspapers are not true to standards. of news newspapers according But they There are far more brightly. utter chaos would result if the country unanimously period of a single week News broadcasting would be MUCH IMPROVED Perey Pinder, manager of Boca Chica Camp, which is now occu- pied by defense workers, ported to be much improved from a recent illne which will b. to his numerous is re- Mr. Pinder proposes leaving at the week-end Miami, where he will consult 2 specialist and undergo treatment in that city Helena Rubinstein’s incomparable Such a young. fresh, romantic fragrance. 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Duval at Fleming Key West this war is whether light is important in a dark totalitarian countries, our enemies, newspapers continue pub! you may put it down in the book that such publica- permitted unless it contributed do contain a certain amount things in this modern world which even the most brutal of our enemies do not dare to keep from thir own people In free America, the light must and does burn It is difficult to imagine newspapers of this susepnded publication for a aloag ‘with news publication; for the sources of information upon which broad- i that city, it related, the Germans APPLE Bi OSSOM| | mede five vicious attacks and Casions their FIREMEN VOTE TO iK COSC 0c rc ew seretoewnoeecesecsecocoseseneus \ casting so largely depends would hav a The country en masse would be at the mercy of | rumor mongers. The loss of morale and of na-! tional purpose on the home front would more thar fr asking cancel out the bravest ventures of our armies andj wrld. our ships of war. #which are The peculiar importance of American news: | ‘ation; and papers to the war effort springs from the high de-! gree of public confidence which they enjoy. From long experience the American people expect our newspapers to do the best they can to record! events factually and objectively, to praise what is praiseworthy, and to criticize where criticism | is needed. The public knows that certain information | will be withheld in wartime, but it expects that process to effect only such curtailment as may be imperative for the protection of the lives and in- terests of Americans. With few ptions our newspapers are ful- | filling these ex Thus they are perfor: sO a war service the importance of which can be e ae only in terms of the national destiny it- sel ask whether our American what reduced to a Fast And Furious Fighting | Reported Around Stalingrad | | 1] (By Ammocinted Prem) | PS IT OI LS IM Sf MOSCOW. Oct. 2.—The Rus. ; | sian communique today told two, | APPROVE FUND FOR | KEY WEST AIRPORT | ine! acer West Gheamaiseciat Commerce received informa- tion today from Senator Charles O. Andrews that the war, navy and commerce de- partments had zpproved an | appropriation of $1,000,000 for the construction of an 2irport in Key West. No particulars about the size or the location of the proposed airport was given in the bodies of) Senctor Andrews’ letter. each of those 0c-) QF PIT SIMS ID SEEKING USE OF GRADER MACHINE Gerald Saunders, chairman of the Key West Stadium Commit- said today that he, Dr. Wil- liam P. Kemp and Roy Hamlin will appear before the Board of Public Works, at its meeting Friday evening of next week, to request.that a grader be loaned to thé committee to use in put- ting into shape the ground that ; has been acquired from the city lin the vicinity of the old incin- jerator on County Road. Six weeks ago, as was publish- ed in The Citizen at that time, BUY WAR BONDS | tract 500 by 500 feet was clear- jed for the stadium at an expense a lof $1,800. Since then, the coun- y has given the committee fiil, unanimously voted at which il oe Ste meeting held last night 9 pur-! “It will contain football and Ee yierna PGs ,|baseball fields, tennis courts and = zi -s s ¢ Spaces on which other athletic company were used for the relief are a cz a1 ex.| eames may be played. of needy and for incidental ex. Mr. Saunders said that Octo- penses of the organization. Ibe 5 r 17 has been designated as However, the company went on} is. when ano ther Tag Day will a ing of see ast night as “knowing Of be observed in Key West for the eee ee ea ope a benefit the stadium fund. “than to invest them in war bonds to win the war”. ) pater Where the Crowd Goes Pigisielgh. slelalgintedntsings sloiglataiaiaced + CLUB SUGALOA + USED CAR LOCALLY SID LEWIS TRIO FINANCED ic Jaxx Baud t NAVARRO, Inc. |% COCKTAIL LOUNGE & BARS LOT Opposite Bus Station 3 ‘We Observe the Curfew Law : UCU UU EUnet stories that illustrate the ferocity ef the fighting in the Stalingrad area. In the northwestern sector of acki each time, leavin; bel m ground that was littered) sei dead, i S. were filled med to the as- sault. Finally, they launched a sixth attack, with almost twice the number of troops they had used on each of the other occa- sions, and succeeded in advanc- ing 300 yards. The last advices ebout that struggle said the Ger- mens were the fire center of (Continued on Page Six) Tiger Hose Company No. y West Volunteer Fire Depart SEE US ABOUT A GOOD z z * * * i braces the entire irooming houses, and 'WOMAN PLUNGES TO United States Submarines. Sin tive More Japanese. Ships Other Enemy Vessels Damaged Peevecccccvevececcerscasees LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Prenn) AMERICANS HIT TWO AXIS SHIPS LONDON—American bombers hit two Axis shivs off the of Greece yesterday. the Air Ministry announced today. SAYS TOO MUCH TALK ABOUT WAR WASHINGTON—Senator Connolly of Texas. who took a fling Wendell Willkie yesterday for his “prodding” remerk regarding a second front, said today there is altogether too much talk among men in public life in this country about this and that which shogld be done about fighting the war. He took a crack too at Senator Mead of New York who had spoken of the present Vichy government as the “de praved Laval rule.” LEGION COMMANDER TALKS ON WAR ATLANTA—Colonel Werring, commander of the American Legion, said this country should wage war against the Italians, th Germans and the Japs till the people generally in those countrie waken to the fact that they are following false gods when they let their leaders involve them in war. VICHY GOVERNMENT EXPLAINS ARRESTS WASHINGTON—The Vichy government of France has informe the American foreign office that Vichy had nothing whatever to with the arresting of 1,400 Americans by the Germans in occupi France and placing them in concentration camps. The Vichy said, acted on their own initiative. d Germans. TWENTY-TWO DIE IN, PLANE CRASH SAN JUAN—Twenty-two officers and men lost their lives in the crash of an ar.ay plane here today. The accident occurred short!y after the plane had taken off from its base somewhere in Puerto Rico. No official information about the number killed. or the name of those who lost their lives, was issued. RENTAL FORMS MEAT RATIONING RECEIVED HERE NOW EFFECTIVE NEW REGISTRATION TO BE CONDUCTED IN KEY WEST AND MONROE COUNTY (By Axsocinted Press) WASHINGTON he o: et. 2 A ttorney of the > Rental Schroeder, direc Key West De which county of the statements Laurence tor. fe ea, em-' s Mon-! receipt of re for hotel roe, announces istration for house and accomm¢ oth hotels and rooming how Completion of these new forn by all who receive rents fo ing accommodations is nece! because of the change ir (Continued on Page Six) FIPPPAAO SO ary the DEATH FROM ROOM IN HOTEL AT MIAMI (By Associated Press) MIAMI, Oct. 2.—Mrs. Ann L. Mitchell, whose home is thought to have been in Jer- In f sey City, jumped from the 1Sth floor of a Bayfront Park hotel this morning. She was dead when her body was Cc t J F found. i tt It is thought that poor health wes the cause of her suicide, as three bottles of medicine were found among her possession. She registered at the hotel at 6:30 o’clock this morning and shortly afterward asked for another key. She bolted the door on the inside and the police had to break it open. Bank books showed she had $4,000 on deposit, and she had $100 in her purse. SIS SSS : ERE BRADY’S DANCE “sgeeaae TONIGHT! = RAUL'S CLUB ROASTERS Music by BARROSA Soft Bone ROASTERS — STEWERS Reservation Suggested PHONE 9287 Battery Raised FRYERS i Phone 540 1214 White Street, NN ET NSS Ses Says U.S. Subs Have Sunk 74 Mikado Ships Since America En- tered War WASHINGTON, Oct Navy announced today that Unit Annociated Press ed States submarines have sunk five more Jap ships in the d one larger sea rrier were among tt hips sent to the bottom. It we these ships wer t among other sinkings of ene that the Navy has re Since this country entered the war, the Navy statement sai American submarines have sunk 74 Jap ships. probably sunk cthers and damaged 22. a tota BRITISH ATTACK ROMMEL’S FORCES IMPERIALS AND OTHER AL LIED TROOPS SCORE BIG SUCCESS (By Associated Press) Arrest Of Automobile Drivers Without Licenses Will Start Within Few Days