The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 6, 1942, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World For 62 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXIII. No 92 . 23 tle The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN -THE U. S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1942 Boca Chica Aiport il Be Made Ready For Us Of Army And Navy Nov. 15 * Slight Technicality In Leas- ‘WILD CELEBRATION: ing Project To Navy Now | | AWAITS CHAMPION Being ve Out Y CARDS IN SI . LOUIS Officials H i | HOME-TOWN FANS READY TO | According t | i cording to arrangements eee | TEAR TOWN APART WHEN! he CONQUERORS OF nes | Navy and Army air units in Key} RETURN THIS AFTERNOON have thus far been made West will use the airport that is; being consructed on Boca Chica, | Part of which will be in condi- (By associated Press) ST. LOUIS, Oct, 6.—This town! tion for use by November 15. [is all agog today over the coming; This is the airport that Mon-|°f its gladiators, otherwise the | roe county bonded itself for $40,-| C@dinéls, or Red Birds, or - the | 000 to construct, and there is a) Gs House Geng” that beat the slight technicality thet must be| Unbeatable” Néw York Yankees! overcome before its lease to the} fur straight games to win the; Navy can be made formally. |basebell championship of the | The have signed a lease with the| Formal arrangements include a| County Commissioners | W°Fld. Civil Aeronautical Authority, but | P@rede that will be headed by| as that is a governmental agency | Meyor William D. Becker, but | no difficulty is expected to be|the greatest jubilation will be| encountered over the proposal for | ™#Mifested informelly in such the Navy and Armv to occupy the ! noise-producing instruments as| pasa. | rattlers, horns, including the va- The commission, at a meeting | Tiety under the hoods of the auto- last night, delegated County At-|™obiles and sundry brass bands. The.probably was expressed fans torney Julius Stone to contes| with Lieutenant K. M. Fenwick, | today that St. Louis rabid in charge of the ofice of public Will not tear the town apart as works in the Navy Yerd, regard- | they did when the Cardinals beat ing the Navy's application to, the Yankees in the ‘World Series | lease the base from the county. |in 1926, but, judging from the} The object is to make the ne-, Night-long celebration that fol-| gotiations formal. for the Navy is | lowed their winning yesterdey by empowered to acquire air beses |4 to 2 to secure the champion- | within five miles of the sea, and ship, the town will be just as wild the one at Boca Chica is only/this afternoon when the boys! about 300 yards from the water's that “made good in the big at | arrive here at 5 o'clock, and there Wide World Features BALTIMORE, Oct. 6—Ecstasy. Determination. Pain. Earnestness. THE FACES .THAT LAUNCH AMERICA’S. SHIPS ! get on with the war” look on their faces. Others take a cut at the steel prow as though it were Hitler. These pictures, taken during Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenhet | | -E FIVE CENTS (Germans Abandon Attacks: MADE YESTERDAY who sponsor liberty ships. Some MRS. GIRARD McCABE S. S. Tristram Dalton SEVERAL ARRESTS| | 1 ONE FOR OVERNIGHT PARK-| ING OF TRUCK ON ROOSE- | VELT BOULEVARD There have been comparatively | few arrests in Key West the last; two or three weeks up until yes-| terday afternoon and_ evening, when Deputy Sheriff Joe Knight | was kept on the hop, skip and jump in bringing in prisoners. He arrested James Dean, a; negro, for leaving his truck, load- | ed with cement, parked. VEEnIEnL on the Boulevard six: feet or so, away, Deputy Knight says, from} the curbing. Several automo-} bilists, in coming to Key West,| reported at the sheriff's office) that they had come near running into the truck, which was un-| lighted. Dean was held in $25) bail. | alvin Davis and King S. Bak- negroes, were arrested on 2 charge of gambling, and each was held in $25 bail. Estelle Cook, a white woman, | who her home is in Miami, was arrested at 5 o'clock in the} afternoon and put in jail under al $25 bond on a charge of vag- edge. The plan the commissioners is every indication also that the) wish to work out. through Mr.|celebration tonight will go over! Stone, is for the Nevy to use a, into the small hours of morning | part of the airport for ixacning os the one that began yesterday | of flyers and a part to be used did. * GIRL The work at the airport is be- | by the Army as a base for PLAYS WITH MATCHES, BURNED SYRACUSE, N. Y.—While at} Lieutenant Donald Eppert, of the home alone. Victoria Klein, 10, set fire to her dress jwith matches. large bombers. ing done under the direction of | while playing She ran from the backyard of her home to the home perts in the construction of air-/of Thomas Cullican next door. fields. Four fields have been CUllican tore the burning clothes cine from her and dashed bicarbonate | built in Florida under his direc-|of soda on her burned body while | an ambulance was called. The} {child was painfully but not crit- ically burned. army engineering corps, who is among the country’s foremost ex- tion and others in the southeast- ern area. Large Group Of Key Westers Fist At Recruiting Staton The local Navy Recruiting Sub-, been accepted and are Station announces the enlistment! final examinations —and of Herbert Richard Kinter of 6B} ment at a future date: Porter Place, and of Henry Simp-! John Hickman Martin, Jr., ap-| son Hames, of 1229 Whitehead|plicant for aviation cadet, USNR: street, of Key West, on Friday,| Pablo Calleja, Manuel Rodriguez, October 2nd. |Gerald Hastings Adams James} Today, four men were sent to|Francis Bentley, Jr.. Hilary Ar- Miami for final examinations and|thur Crusoe, Jr., George Jay enlistment at the Main Station.| Stricker, Arthur Bell Lujan. and} They were: Stanley Augustus Wilkinson, also Raul Ross Reberts, Jr. of 724/all of Key West. | Caroline street; Joseph Glenwood; The above represents the first! week of operation of the new Anderson of 920 N. Beach; Charles permanent Navy Recruiting Sub- Gonzales Mendoza of 416 Bahama street, and Pablo Libao of 611/Station in the Post Office building in Key West. Whitehead street. All the above named men are citizens of Key; ‘This announcement was made by Harrison M. Reed, Jr., CSp (R) awaiting enlist-| i | | t i West The following named men have! USNR, recruiter in charge. rancy. Samuel Brown and his escort, | Daisy Pezrl Williams, both color-} ed, were arrested, the former on} a charge of driving an automo- | bile while drunk, and the latter) on a chrage of vagrancy. Brown’s | bail was placed at $100 and the} woman's at $25. SCHROEDER IS NOT | RESPONSIBLE FOR | RENT CEILING DATE Since The Citizefi yesterday that the rent-ceiling date in Key West remains the same a few local landlords seem to think that Laurence A. Schroe- | ‘der, who is in charge of the rent- control office here, is to blame for | that condition, whereas he has no} more to do with it than an infant in arms. | The man to blame is Leon Hen= derson, chief of the OPA, for keeping the date to October 1, 1941, as the rent-level in Key} West. As The Citizen explained, this city is one of 49 areas in the} country that is kept at that date, | while rent-ceilings in all other places is fixed at March 1.1942. | Mr. Henderson explained that} in Key West, as well as in the! other 48 places, work on defense} announced | approach the task with a “let’s | proof. MRS. FRANK EGAN S. S. William Few MRS. ANDREW JORGENSEN S. S. Benjamin Chew These are some of the things to be seen on the faces of the women | launchings at the Bethlehem-Fairfield ways here, are by way of MRS. TANYA FETTWEISS 8. S. Jonathan Elmer SOOCCCOCOT ETT TTTLOEOCOSESSOSSSOOTETTTECTESSIEOOS LATE BULLETINS CO CCCCO COLO OOOO OOO OOO EEEOSSO OOOO DSSOOOOODESOSOO0® (By Associated Press) FEARS TAX WOULD ENDANGER WAR EFFORT WASHINGTON—Donald Nelson, chief of the War Production Board, said today that he thought the placing of a tax of more than 80 per cent on excess profits would endanger the war-production ef- fort. RAF MAKES RAID ON GERMAN REICH LONDON—The RAF last night raided the German reich, and the’ Air Ministry said that mnay military objects were struck by bombs. Berlin, over the radio today, admitted the raid had been made, but added that “only radio stations and hospitals had been struck.” INDIAN LEADERS EXPRESS VIEWS BOMBAY—Indian leaders. who oppose Gandhi, declared today that, should Great Britain come to terms with him, it would not b> Jong before he came to terms with the enemy, meaning chiefly the Japanese. WILLKIE ADDRESSES CHINESE PEOPLE CHUNGKING—Wendell Willkie. in a radio address to Chinese today, said that atter this war, there would be no place in this world for “colonial empires”, and that small nations. as well as big ones, need have no fear of oppressors. DEFENDS CENSORING PRESIDENT’S TRIP RUTGERS, N. J.—Byron Prite, director of censorship. said to- day, in an address before members of the New Jersey Press Associa- tion, that he felt confident the great majority of newspapermen in this country will applaud the action that was taken to keep from the public the recent trip that was made by President Roosevelt to vari- ous parts of the United States. The aim was not to keep the infor- mation from the American people, he explained, but to keep the enemy from knowing the whereabouts of the head of the American people. SIRENS TO SOUND IN JACKSONVILLE JACKSONVILLE—Residents of this city were informed today that sirens for a total blackout will be sounded sometime between 7 o'clock Thursday evening and 7 o'clock Friday morning. SAl00%;oRERANDR | = WERE ARRESTED) NAGS FEARFUL Pipi) debiclEAittives , the’ OF NORWEGIANS State Beverage Department, who} $ have been in .Key West making investigations to see that every- body who was operating a_ sa-| loon had his liquor or beer and | wine licenses, yesterday after-| noon arrested R. J. Perez of} Smith's lane on a charge on do-| ; ing business without a license. | LONDON, Oct. 6.—The German Perez’s bail was placed at $300. | high command, fearful that Nazi- This afternoon Perez ~ pleaded | hating Norwegians are surrepti- guilty before Judge William V. tiously helping the Allies to pre- Albury and was fined $100 and ‘pare Norway’s coast as the place costs, or sentenced to serve 60! putes at dnyacingjaill Heed the fine | £7 beginning a second front, has and the liquor in his place was |0'dered the arrest of thousands of confiscated. | Norwegians and has tightened jdown on the comparative free- SERGEANT WAS LEFT jdom of pe that had ict a PANTING—PANTSLESS TIGHTENING DOWN ON FREEDOM <By Associated Press) jen, them. Wid |. German police and German the; THOUSANDS ARRESTED WITH! JAPANESE BACK NIPPONESE SUCCEED, HOW- EVER. IN BRINGING UP REINFORCEMENTS (By Axsociated Press) DARWIN, Oct. 6.—The war of- fice said today that the Japs have succeeded in bringing up rein- forcements in the Guadalcanal sector of the Solomon Islands, but added that the United States Marines have beaten back every attack that has been launched against them. The-Japs, while landirig rein- forcements, subjected their ships to attack by American bombers, during which a Jap cruiser was jstruck by a bomb. The big American bombers did inot confine their attacks to the Jap ships, but also raided the Jap base at Rabaul on New Brit- jain and Buna on New Guinea In the Solomons eight separate airraids have been made on the Jap base on Guadalcanal Meanwhile, the Japs are still retreating down the north slopes of the Owen Stanley Mountains on New Guinea. The Australians have gained the bump of the mountain north of Port Moresby base and are consolidating their Positions. COMMERCE BODY DIRECTORS NAME NEW OFFICERS The newly elected board of di- rectors of the Key West Chamber of Commerce met at the office of the Clem C. Price Organization last evening and elected the fol- lowing officers: President, Clem C. Price; First | Vice-President, A. E. Peirce; Sec- lond Vice-President, William M. | Arnold, and Treasurer, William tr. Fripp. | S.C. Singleton was re-appoint- jed executive secretary for the jensuing year. | An active program for the ; coming year was discussed and will be put into effect shortly. |NEGRO ARRESTED ON ' CHARGE OF STEALING | BALE OF RAW RUBBER Hl | | Victor Key, a negro, was ar- | rested yesterday by Deputy Sher- iff Joe Knight on a charge of isteeling a bale of raw _ rubber, On Stalingrad After 19 SEES Las ENGLISH PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW RELATIONS EXISTING WITH RUSSIA (By Associated Press) LONDON. Oct. 6. — De mands were made in the House of Commons today that Prime Minister Winston Churchill divulge the present relations that exist between Great Britain and Russia. and other demands were made re questing him if anything definite has yet been done regarding the provosal to open un a second front. Mr. Churchill did not re spond to «ither recuest. other than to say that the Allied Nations are making every vossible arrangements ulti mately to defeat the Axis powers, and assured the pub lic of Great Britain and its Allies that a most intense study is being made toward taking effective action against Germany. aa ‘TAXATION MATTERS WIDELY DISCUSSED AMOUNT NEEDED FOR WAR EFFORT CITED IN WASH- INGTON Anmociated Press) W. HINGTON, Oct. 6 tion was accorded a great discussion here today whe stated that 36 bil would be the war effort did not include lion that would have ed to meet outstanc Three billion 600 r to be raised by a Vic should it be adopted, which w take a part of ¢ they are that the er the considered fairer than a paid, witt money be war. such a tax would fall I c burden of which would the middle es, he asserted Whatever proposa are adopted, it was ly that this ye xes are ceedingly low compared what they will be in 1943 CITY COUNCIL and the or proposal aid definite- Attempts Ar ¢ Frustrated Most Furious Fighting Of Entire War Reported Be- tween Nazi And Red Contingents By Associated Press MOSCOW. Oct 6—WBineteen times im less than 24 hours the Nazis. using dive bombers. tanks end motorized vehicies generally to break through Stalngrec in the northwest dnves Nazis have staged to try to take the 189 attempts teken together. were the most ferocious of them all Russians and Ger mans. in the thick of the fight fired at blank range and wher their ammunition ran cut used beyonetts or the butts they guns es clubs. The Soviet communique. describing the battling in northwest sector, said that rout of the emem@y om cach occ* sion was due chiefly to the Rus sien artillery thet fired directly imto the ranks of the Nazis. umn efter column of Germans the report stafed down by artillery fire. The deves was mowed taticn caused by it was such that after the nimeteenth attempt the ebandoned thei Germans at tecks. that The commumique also said the Russians are meeting with Successes in the fighting slong the Don and in the Leningrad area. SERGEANT NAPOLES IS VISITING HERE MEETS TONIGHT There will be a regular meet ing of the City Counci night, beginning 8 which will be the first session of the Nothing special a: tine business is hed far, although other matte be taken up during the c the session at Decided hicscane Shown In projects started earlier than gen-| (By Associated Press) i erally, resulting in rising rents a, NEW YORK, Oct. 6—The next year or longer béfore- the Jap) time Sgt. Joseph Murphy of the! backstab at Pearl Harbor. | RCAF plays cupid, he’s going to, Mr. Schroeder 4s‘ ifi'a ¢lass with | hold tightly onto his pants. At a! all other government’ eniployes:| bar here, Murphy met a man who} ‘the does what he is told to do. | said his girl would marry him if troops in that country have start-| Weighing 200 pounds or so. ed to conduct countrywide inves-;. The complainant is William tigations to try to learh the source | SPEncer, @.white man. Spencer of the movement against Ger! Said he found the rubber afloat, many. j brought it to Key West and put Information received here’ al-|it on a barge off the foot of so said that unrest has begun to | Greene street. a Traffic Over Highway Bridges There were decided increases, ber of this year numbered 28,78 in the amount of tolls: collected | 1941, was 17.452. CANNING CHAMP McPHERSON, Kan. — Robert) German, 17, feels he is entitled to} the title of county canning cham- | pion. His summer’s 4-H Club labors resulted in 35 quarts of; fruits and preserves, 35 quarts of vegetables, 9 quarts of meat, not | counting bushels of apples, cab-} bage, onions, potatoes and cares he has stored for the winter. |she knew he was in the air force. (manifest itself in Denmark, which,| , EY Genies that he | stele |The man persuaded Murphy to j heretofore, seemed to be getting |switch clothes with him. Mur-/#long well with its captors, who phy did. The man left to see his|h@d not subjected the Danes to girl—and failed to return. jpazet restrictions, \s have: been applied to other occupied coun- WE PAY CASH. Unrest also continues in Vichy because of Laval’s order to con- script 150,000 skilled Frenchmen fo r U Ss E D Cc A R Ss |for work in Germany’s war plants. NAVARRO, Inc. | Ten officers in Laval’s govern- OFFICE IN CENTRAL HOTEL —_______ 'ment have resigned as a protest ‘ against _ conscription. bale. He too declares that he found it afloat and towed it to Key West. He was locked up ‘and his bail was placed at $100. SII III III III II III PALACE THEATER | JOHN HOWARD in \“A Tragedy At Midnight” NEWS and SERIAL Tonight “Prize Night” RE and in the number of passengers shown in the report just issued regarding traffic on the Over- seas Highway bridges. In September of 1941, the tolls amounted to $18,266.50 as com- pered with $28,251.50 for Septem- ber of this year. Passengers pass- ing over the bridges in Septem- There was an increase also in the number of vehicles using the bridges in September of this year as compered with thai of last year, though the increase was so decided. Last year in September the ve t |hicles totaled $488; this Septem- ber they numbered 10.406.