The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 3, 1942, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World For 62 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Xey West VOLUME LXIII. No. a RAF Planes Bombardment 0 * Fires Started Seen For TWELVE CHA ! p 5 : COMMERC! ‘ORS Fifty Miles; Seven Of) yamep LAST EVENING Bombers Failed To Re- a | The committee of the board of turn To Bases |directors, Everett W. Russell! i presiding, met at the Key West % Chamber of Commerce office (By Associated Press) last night to canvas the votes; LONDON, Oct. 3.—The Rhine- cast for direcyirs for the ensuing land was bombed heavily last} year. i : . | The following were elected: | night by (RAP jplanes,. Pires: thal) Wittiam M. Arnold, Fred J. Dion, : could be seen for more than 50/Fred O. Eberhardt, William’ ‘T. | | Fripp, Bascom L, Grooms, A. E. | Peirce, Ernest A. ‘Ramsey; Ever-! said that many military objec-,ctt W. Russell, E. A. Strunk,’ Jr., Julius F. Stoné; Charles S. Tay- lor and Clem C. Price, The newly elected board’ wil meet in the office of Clem ‘'C. | Price, 505 Duval street, Monday, The Berlin radio, heard here Oct. 5, 5 p. m., for the purpose | of organizing and electing offi-! today, cers. | raid, said that “only residences ee and hospitals” were struci RESOLVE TO GIVE il mes “CANNON TO SCRAP \ METAL CAMPAIGN | miles were started, and it was tives were struck and destroyed. / Seven bombers failed to return to their bases. in commenting on the the bombers. Squadron of planes. represent- ing seven Allied nations, took} At a regular meeting of B. H. McCalla Camp No. 5, United ;Spanish War Veterans held Fri- Belgium and French coasts and|day night the following resolu- | of | tion, signed by Commander Oscar | M. Bouette, and Adjutant George 'E. Spencer, was adopted: | Whereas, the President of the nited States has issued an ap- Air Ministry said, peal for all citizens and organiza- | ‘tions to donate all old scrap ma- but added that the Germans lost| +.1i31 possible for the Penis 18 planes in the dogfights that) of our war efforts, and { | Whereas, Captain Geo. T. Rice, iC.A.C.,, commander U. S. Bar-} ; 3 sf did on 2nd, 1929, ron’ of Flying Fortresses. which|5, United Spanish War Veterans, |two (2) old obsolete cannon to be Soph cows 1s chabay 18 onemy | placed in front of their meeting Flanes without the loss of a sin-!r,'ace, the American Legion | |Home, Whitehead and Unived} | streets. : Aetintohantcieucdniadalie And Whereas the Monroe ENTER NAVY FORCE |be collected and given for “war William M. : | work.” ncock, 713 rear| Therefore Be It Resolved, That Eaton street: Louis Bancells, Jr.,|the B. H. MeCalla Camp mem- 803 Simonton street, and Elio G.| ers in regular Meet toe for | Bello, 1017 Simonton street, were |the above. purpose. among 26 men enlisting from dif- It Further Resolved, That a Be ferent points on the lower East | copy of this resolution be placed Coast of Florida as “Lexington|in the minutes of this meeting, Volunteers” . and copies sent to the commander The men will serve on board|U. S. Army Barracks, Presiden’ the new U.S.S. Lexington that) Monroe County Scrap Committee was recently launched, taking | and The Citizen. the place of the old air carrier | of that name, which was lost in| EXTEND TIME FOR the Coral Sea battle | FILING RETURNS Each of the men were present-| ed with a “Lexington Volunteer” | 5 certificate. | {Special to The Citizen) Six aviation cadets were, also| TALLAHASSEE, Det peratie enlisted at Miami among a group|L. Fahs, collector, 0 a se ae of 32 who have entered the serv-| revenue for the District of Flo: ice. Be. announced’ receipt . of ad- This announcement was made! vice from the commissioner of by Lieut. M. C. Rhodes, Jr., offi-|internal revenue at Washington, cer in charge of Navy recruiting|D. C., that the date for filing for South Florid: 1942 capital stock tax returns ——_—_____—— had been extended to November > Cigar-Fund Goes For Bonds) o 28, 1942 Mr. Fahs said he had no 5 formation as to when the forms SHINGTON. — Not only : ; ; oe pat to put ten wae cent of} Might be received in his office, - nor was he advised as to the rate of tax, but suggested that i pert in raic's on shipping along the also on shore instaliations military value. i Six of those planes were de- Us | | Ui | stroyed, the resulted from the raids. gle fortress. his wages into war savings bonds, M. C. Hughes, Birmingham, Ala., |? State Labor Commission, bought| interested Lgrenitoet Pigloess three bonds, paying for them with | REWS items. He said his off 1,225 “V” nickels which he had| Would mail forms to heb rit saved to buy cigars when he be-| which filed returns for . 2 camé too old to work. | ged when the 1942 forms are re- ceived, ALMOST TOO MUCH capETs MAYGOT! sEA PUEBLO, Colo.—When some-} APRS Be one stole H. L. Burnham's car} WEST POINT, N. Y.—When from in front of his home, the| the Ry dst carepiof the US saree next morning he borrowed his|t@ty Academy, makes trips to son’s car to drive to a suburb.) {9otball. games this fall, they will While there, the son’s car,- too,| Probably have, to “take | to the was stolen. Sea" if a voyage down the Hud- Siete json could be called a sea voyage. Fa IOI bia | Three games on the West Point TONIGHT! | schedule are to be played in New York City—Columbia, Notre For A BIG TIME. . .Try Che Key West Citizen Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenhe*t THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. | AUSTRALIANS » JAPANESE: BACK NIPPONESE LEAVE LARGE QUANTITIES OF EQUIP- MENT BEHIND IN MAKING THEIR FLIGHT (By Associated Press) DARWIN, Oct. 3.—The tralians continue to drive back the Japs in the fighting on the Owen Stanley Mountains on New Guinea, the war office said to- day. were within 32 miles of Port Moresby on the south side of the islands, they have beaten back the enemy 30 miles, and are now jonly four miles from the moun- tain ridge. In their flight, the Japs have left behind large quantities of equipment of all kinds and have even failed to bury their dead or take them along with them for to them, has been of the greatest importance because of their Budd- jhaistic views. Their last stronghold on the south side of the mountains was captured today by the Australians, and, except for an occasional niper, they seldom saw a Jap, so rapid has been their retreat. Mranwhile, big American bom- more Jap shins and have stroyed an ammunition dump on the north side of New Guinea . DANIEL PEREZ NOW AVIATION RADIOMAN (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 3.— Daniel Ray Perez, son of Rev. and Mrs. G. Perez, 1022 Virginia street, Key West, Fla. recently graduated from the Aviation Ra- dio School after completing an intensive course in radio and gun- nery. *Perez enlisted in the Navy April 12, 1942, and was sent to Norfolk, Va., for “boot training” before being transferred to the Jacksonville Station. Now a qualified aviation ra- dioman, Perez will probably be assigned to a naval air unit for further duty. Secccccccccccccccscoce e THE ORIGINAL BAKER’S RESTAURANT Margaret and Fleming Sts. ee _ OPEN EVERY DAY A.M, to 2 P.M, and 5'to 8 P.M. ee DINNER 196 with all the trimmings ee Celery Hearts APPETISERS (Choice) Fresh Vegetable Soup Chicken Soup Shrimp Cocktail Fruit Cup ENTREES (Choice) Roast Young Turkey, Dressing and Cranberry Sauce Golden Fried Chicken Chicken with Dumpling T-Bone Steak Vegetable Plate VEGETABLES Olives FS Green Péas » Corn by thi 7 Steamed Rice et +1 SALAD Pear and Cottage Cheese Lettuce and Tomato DESSERT SLOPPY JOE'S BAR |are probably the only games the cadet corps will be permitted to attend. . Largest & Coolest Place In Town JOE RUSSO’S BAND “The Best Swing Band In Town” COME. . HAVE A GOOD TIME Music Starts at 7 p.m. Week-Nights at 8 o’Clock seeeeeeeee ee teteeeaeese sy FOI IATA AID AID AAAI AIA AAA AE “PALACE THEATER JOAN BLONDELL in “LADY FOR A NIGHT” (Choice) Key Lime Pie, Apple Pie Raisin Pie Banana Puddin; Hot Rolls and Butter Tea or Coffee, Hot or Iced Sweet Milk 5c Extra Aus-; Since the time the Australians| took the offensive, when the Japs | burial, a matter which, heretofore | bers have made direct hits on tsa} de- KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1942 Resignation Of Constable: "Pérez May Call For Primary Prior To General Election; (By Assoctated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 3— of state offices, the law reads Governor Spessard L. Hol- | “less than 45 days” before the land has accepted the resig- {general election in filling a of- nation of Bienvenido Perez {fice that has become vacant. If as constable in the second /it is longer than that time, a district of Monroe County, | state-wide primary must be held, | who has taken a civilian job [if it is less, the State Demo- with the Army in Key West. [cratic Executive Committee is —— {empowered to make a nomina- Due to Mr. Perez’ resigna-|tion. tion, Monroe county is faced with; It was said another possibility of having to|{courthouse this hold a primary before the gen-| with candidates jeral election on November 3. jten days in which to signify their The law reads that where a intention to run, and other de- jvacancy occurs in a county for;lays for the filing of first and jany reason whatever “less than | second expense accounts, it is |30 days before a general ele¢-|barely possible to hold a pri- jtion” a primary must be held to}mary before the general elec- at the county morning that, being allowed jselect a nominee to run in thejtion, and that, should it be ne- | general election to fill the vacan-! cessary to conduct second pri- ley. 'mary, the genera election will Mr. Perez’ resignation was ac-;be over before the name of a cepted by Governor Holland onejnominee is decided on by the month and one day before the! Democratic Party. general election. Had the resig-} More than a month has passed ation occurred two days later,|since Mr. Perez has been active the Monroe County Democratic! as constable. He ceased his du-! Executive Committee would} ties in that capacity when he have had the power to nominate! was given a job as a firemap in! a man for the office. In the case the Key West Army Barracks. LATE BULLETINS | SOSCSOOOHSEOOSOSOSOSOOOSOSOHSOOSSSESEEESOSESEESELE | (By Associated Press) MUCH STEEL FOR SCRAP HEAP NEW ORLEANS—The abandonment of the Higgins shipyard | here, following the canceling by the Maritime Commission of con- tracts to construct ships for the government, has resulted in 30,000 tons of specially treated steel being delivered to the scrap heap. The | steel was made for specific purposes and maust-be resmelted before it; can be used otherwise. it was explained. “ TROLLEY CAR'STRIKE SETTLED CLEVELAND—After a strike by trolley car operators in this city, | lasting five hours, all men returned to work, except 23 who had been arrested for committing acts of violence. The men struck for higher, wages, which the company agreed to pay, but a taxpayer got out an injunction prohibiting the company from paying the ‘advance. WOULD PROTECT SMALL COUNTRIES WASHINGTON—Elmer Davis, chief of the bureau of informa- tion, said today that, as the United States will wield the greatest in- fluence after the war is over, it should see to it that small countries are given security that will be maintained, else they will be the vir- | tual slaves of powerful nations. MAKE TENTATIVE PLANS FOR GAME MIAMI—Though it is not “absolutely” certain that a football! game will be played in the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day, pro- i moters today decided to put itckets on sale on October 15. It was, said that, unless an emergency of a wide scope arises, the game most! likely will be played. i STANDARD ) FIRST. AID| OUSTER CASE IN CLASS STARTS MONDAY) COURT DISMISSED Mrs, Fred Knapp, chairman of! A good many members of the the first aid committee of the Key;Church of God, located on Olivia West Chapter, American - Red{street, were present in Chanty| Cross, announced today that a/Judge Lord’s office: this morning Standard first aid class would/at a hearing in a case of ouster Baebes: cr pesos (tht Herbert Weech had brought 1010 Windsor lafiéé *} against Quintan Shortes, pastor of |the church. Th - will cae coe Hie O80 Mr. Weech, who owns the build- Rose, Red Cross first aid instruc. |i%8 Used as a church and the par- tor, who has recently moved to |Sonage also, brought eae aoe Key West from Massachusetts | round of delinquency in the pay- Anyone desiring to take the | TENE Sana disminsed the €ase standard first aid course may en-| ty, = ined tha “th te 5 roll by coming to. the first clars.|#¢ explained that the tenancy Regular Red Cross first aid cer- | 2% Hee Oey a Sure <a e jand parsonages, and inform: tificates will be awarded to gees e9 Weech that the proper pro- completing the 20 hour course. [ene Sereditihe! to suit of eviction in HONOLULU jeourt. —_— | So far as he was able to deter- WASHINGTON — Residents of| mine, Judge Lord said that, judg- Honolulu with dependents on the/ing from the sentiments expressed jmainland, are warned not to bring|in court, he concluded that the them to the island which is con-;memtbers of the Church of Ged sidered a probably point of enemy | were about equally divided for and against Mr. Shortes. Ps DANCE :.CUBAN CLUB SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4th STARTS 8:30 P.M. UNTIL 1 A. M. Music by the 10-Piece BLACKOUT BAND A Prize for the Horse Race Contest Winner EVERYBODY WELCOME ADMISSION $1.00 Plus 10c Tax LADIES FREE institute a the circuit { Quarmaster PRICE FIVE CENTS out Street ‘Battle In Scrap Metal Picked Up In Large Quantities During Collection By 20 Trucks GEST ‘APO BEGINS Twenty large army trucks left | the Key West Barracks at 7:30) NEW ‘ROUND-UP | o'clock this morning and have! i npr. |been rolliig €ver since in collect-| OF |FRENCHMEN ::.. Scrap of various kinds and| | dumping it on the site at the for- | THUS FAR SIX THOUSAND! mer Consumers’ Ice Company at HAVE BEEN PICKED UP:|Grinnell and Caroline streets. | MOST OF THEM SAID TO! While there were a good many BE JEWS | | homes and business places, too. | ee scrap was not put out, yet jthe collection will far exceed; ' what the Monroe County Salvage | Committee expected to get, its chairman, Joe Pearlman, said to- (By Associated Prens) LONDON, Oct. 3.—Due to con- tinued acts of sabotage in Paris, the Gestapo has started another round-up of Frenchmen who are supposed to entertain anti-Nazi! day. sentiments. Thus far 6,000 have; In been arrested, most of them Jews. | Mr. Pearlman declared that in no All taken in that drive, it wasi home or any business place does announced, will be sent to the'one know eastern part of Europe and will be ‘ of scrap he subjected to forced labor in indus- collect it trial or munition plants. isertion, he continuing his conment what a large amourt In illustrating his scrap in front of the San Carlos} Book Store, adjoining the Pear!-| man store on Duval street. Joe Allen said that when he and his father, collected res over oe (officer said: “I want the one born | March 2, 1931.” Again, both chorused, “That’s me.” The two, jwith the same name, same age, but no relation, had never seen the others before. However, they left the customs house arms Arrests were made also of men | by the Gestapo with being British | seven men who are said to be bit-| Store, they thought that the most from Vichy declared that Premier | whereas they were stil] piling ur * PH KNIGHT _ “And so it goes all over towr attic in which things have CAMP LEE, Va., Oct. 3—Cadet | you had forgotten had bec recently graduated from the Of-|have been thrown in yards Camp Lee and received a com-| jrolling”, was Mr. Pearlman’s slo- His class consisted of specially oe — 7, express the thanks € 1 strated to their local commartd¥i cf : — of | leadership and’ initiative ribces+ in ‘the ‘barracks for their act “THE co Bigfed Of? inten-| “ft is an easy job for the soldiers —— jedged, and the soldiers must ex will be 4,000,000 women in war;make the drive a success” ‘collecting day, and playing mu |more than any other is, “You're The Most Beautiful and Navy recruiting and EVERY NIGHT! e e arm. who are held as hostages, and agents. > terly against the Nazis. they would obtain would be Laval has ordered a flotilla of|scrap after they had |Joe Péarlman umed. “It — placed, now and _ then, Joseph W. Knight, 500 White-' in the attic, and so it is wit ficer Candidate Course of the|put in washhouses or cleewhen am |. “Keep the trucks rolling and mission as a second lieutenant in | gan. selected enlisted men of the committee, a t added ers and selection teards eee | préss'the thankg of the people of sary for officegs of the Quarmas- in making the drive a succes: sive training in both military. and jto gather the screp. In WASHINGTON — By the end |ercise care as well as work hard industries and that the number! A sound truck has been mak Go Where the Crowd Goes '|si<2! selections and singing song |A Sap, Mr. Jap” Exclusive Night Spot in ee Delightful Surroundings another drive resulted in the ar- The Vichy government yester- Another report received here | three or four hundred pour submarines to Dakra. more than a ton. }Something like cleaning out (Special to The Citizen) long period You find head street, Key West, Fla. was! and steel and other meta School located at!on the premises |keep them full while the: re the Army of the United States. | s — Mr. Pearlman said W Quartemaster Corps who demon- oe that! he was confident h ae, = , Id - they posse: the qualities Sahara | Key West, to the officers and men ter Corps. “Don't think”, he concluded, | basic Quartemaster subjects. | | place, scrap comes in all shar of this year, the War Manpower|Thanks to them and to every- will increase as the war con-|ing the rounds of the town FX cK 19 attract the notice of the peo- ' r ‘= UNUSUAL South Florida Te: oa OPEN ALL DAY Pleasing Atmosphere rest of 17 men who are charged | day turned over to the Gestapojfront of the San Carlos Book jand sizes, and some of it is sharp Commission estimates that there|body who has done his bit to tinues. minding residents it scrap- | * %/ple. The song that was played * * = Fs * TONI PHILADELPHIA SUNDAY ee Save Time and Patience, Use AMERICAN MONEY ORDERS — On at MON OURS to Kress Duval SISO II III IOS AIA BBE UOBOUUBOUUUUUUUUUUOOE LLL. t i i E 8 g y 3 wh > f eee E St. Next * Banard~ Alien, | Started to pile up the scrap in| been | iS In Fierce saingrad Germans Stage Heavy As- sault In Operations But Fail To Make Any Tell- (By Associated Press) MOSCOW. Oct. 3—The Ger mans. despite an asseult that seemed to be overwhelming. have | not “gained an inch” in the Ste- lingrad fighting during the last 24 hours, the Russian high com- mand said today. And the battle for the capture of the city was characterized as the most ferocious and deadly during the present war, with the intensity increasing imstesc of decreasing. Down o e@ street alone in | Stricken city. the Germans sem |im a force of 45 tanks and tom the | mygumners so numerous that the has until he begins to | % pointed to a pile of| But most of the tanks were de- stroyed and the tommygunners | were mowed down by fire fro= | buildings, from behind barricade: and from the open stresis, so |that the tanks thet were © left | turned and retreated followed by |remnants of the mechanized in j fantry. Tcday marks the fortieth day and the fourth since Hitler call ed on his zrmy to capture Stalin- | grad. since the all-out fight on * | the approaches to that city and | in the city itself was started, and the Russian communique esti- mated that the Germens have lost | in killed alone from two to three | thousand every dav. Hitler started out with 30 di | visions to capture Stelingrad, but the communique said that. due to his heavy losses. he has sent reinforcements. numbering 20 ¢) | visions. inte the frav. “And still the city has not fa len and won't fall”. was the com | ment of the Red Star. Soviet of | ficial mewspeper. The seme p= per esserted that the Russien have made notable gsins alonc | the Don River in attemots throw the enemy back western benks. One to of th drives. it was said. has forcei the enemy to retreat to the very benks of the river on the eest side, where he is now making @ determined stand. SEERA AERRRERER EEE SS DANC _TONIGHT! FROM $ to 1 A. M