The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 22, 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. 251. ne Killed; Four Iniured In Florida ‘Train’ Wreck Rear-End Collision Be- TAXI OPERATORS ~ tween Seaboard Passen-. ger And Freight Train At Deerfield | if } (By Associated Press) i FORT LAUDERDALE, Oct. 22. | One killed and four persons in-| jured resulted from a rear-end | collision between a Seaboard | Air Line passenger train and} freight train at nearby Deerfield. The passenger train was at a standstill near the station when’ under recent Office © of Defense | i the freight train ran into it. | The passenger train was bound from Miami to Jacksonville at! the brought The injured were! time. to Broward here. H COMDR. BRUNSON | NAMED CAPTAIN aaa | LIEUTENANT FENWICK pro.| MOTED TO LIEUTENANT COMMANDER jry to determine a marking that, an- | Will be acceptable. After the taxi-! The Navy Department nounced today the temporary pro- motion of Commander Clyde W.' Brunson. (MC) USN, ..0f — Pasea- goula, Miss., to the rank of Cap- tain. At the same time it was} revealed that Lieutenant K. M.! Fenwick, (CEC) USNR, has been raised to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Captain Brunson, who is execu- tive officer of the new Naval hospital commissioned here last Monday, advanced under aj blanket promotion by the Secre-! tary of the Navy and takes rank as of June 16 of this year along with 41 other commanders of the medical corps similarly advanc- ed. | Lieutenant Commander Fen-} wick, public works officer at the | Naval Operating Base here, mis: ed a blanket promotion order several weeks ago by a mere eight hours. Arriving in Key West late in the evening he re- ported for active duty the next morning at 8 o’clock. The blanket ordered covered the promotion of all officers of his grade as of the day he arrived, but on the MUST QUALIFY IN GAS RATIONING APPLICANT FOR GASOLINE MUST ESTABLISH FACT THAT HE IS A LICENSED OP- ERATOR The regulations prohibit the rationing of gasoline for taxicab operation until operators have qualified as taxicab operators Transportation order. The principal qualifications af- fecting issuance of gasoline tions are as follows: 1. The applicant for gasoline must first establish the fact that ra- hospital | he was a licensed taxicab opera- | tor on September 1, 1942. 2. He must make a_ statement to the effect that he is now a full- time taxicab operator. 3. That the taxicab will not be used for personal purposes. 4, The taxicab must be distinct- ly and permanently marked to indicate that it is a taxicab. The Rationing Board has ap- pointed Raymond G. Curry, of |Paul’s Tire Shop, as its inspector | for taxicab marking. Operators should first confer with Mr. Cur- cab has been properly marked, Mr. Curry will issue to the op- eratot a certificate to that ef- feet to Ge presented to the Ra- tion Board. The reguations provide that only those who had license to operate taxicabs on September ! can operate taxicabs now; and \further, that no one can operate | of interviewing and assigning Fre a greater number of taxicaks than they were licensed to op- erate on September 1. ORDERS GIVEN FOR VACCINATING DOGS ON MILITARY POST All dogs running at large on the military post at Fort Taylor and Key West Barracks, owned either by army personnel or citi- zens of Key West, must be v cinated against rabies, according to an announcements by Army authorities today. All owners of dogs who ¢an- not show certificate of vaccina- tion within the , past twelve THE SOUTHERNMOST NEW SPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1942 STALINGRAD HE coon -ANOT ' | i { | i | | | | 1 1 } “They Shall Not Pass!’ BATTLE OF VERDUN February 10, 1916, to August 8, 1916 : | Troops engaged: French, 500,000; German, !,- 1 000,000. | | Defense \ } 000,000. j (average German loss per day—2,750). day. i Front: 62 miles. i Outcome: The Germans were unable to capture | Verdun which guarded the heart of France. i | i] Outcome: BONACCI TO ASSIGN ~ RATINGS FOR NAVY |WILI. ARRIVE IN KEY WEST, ON NOVEMBER 20 FOR INTERVIEWS mans back in the Stalingrad MIAMI, Oct. 22.—Lt. E. R. Bo-| { | ! i inacci, Na terrain very difficult. Construction Engi- | will visit Key West on Fri- j ner, day, November 20, for the purpose ALLIED FORCES CONTIN! ings to all applicants | eabees,’ it is announced today tack. {by Lt. M. C. Rhodes, Jr., officer | in charge of navy recruiting for; |south Florida. | { “Over 74 ratings are open in ithe Seabees at the present time,” | jstated Lt. Rhodes, “and all men} lin the Key West area should be-| ;gin securing their three referen-! ces covering ther employment!. . during the past few years and ap-| It is thought the attackers were Ii ply at the Navy recruiting sub-| oF any details of the attack. station in the post office buiding * in Key West at that time.” iFIVE KEY WESTERS | QUALIFY FOR NAVY) REPORT BOMBS FAL Casualties: Undetermined. Casualties: French, 200,000; German, 500,000 | 200 of the attacking Germans killed in a single CONTROL FLAMES -|MARIO IGNATIUS R VE ie e “To The§ } Of The Fatherland!” BATTLE OF STALINGRAD August 26, 1942, to??? Troops engaged: Russian, 500,000; German, 1,- 000. Russians claim 1,- Front: 40 miles. Undecided. | halted, but bitter fighting continues rive to hold Volga. First advance Soviets Nazi as @vevcevccves LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) RUSSIANS CONTINUE TO THROW NAZIS BACK | MOSCOW—Russian forces continue to throw the Ger- area fighting and today Red i | army forces retook an important factory that the enemy cap- | tured two weeks ago. Rains are holding the enemy back in | the Caucasus. Russian plangs continue hammering at Ger- H man supply lines in this area, making maneuvering in this UE ATTACK ON LORIENT CLAIM 55 UNITED NATIONS PLANES SHOT DOWN ROME—A government spokesman said today 55 United Nations planes have been shot down during recent attacks in Libya. Axis losses were not given. LING ON GIBRALTAR MADRID—Bombs fell on Gibraltar today. the first time in weeks. talians, Damage was not reported LESTER GIVEN RANK OF ENSIGN months must have ‘their pets vac- | cinated immediately. Army per-! x. sonnel may have dogs vaccinat- ed by the post veterinarian. at the old Hospital byilding at Key West Batracks between 2 and 4 |p. m. daily. -A small charge is made to cover cost of the vac- cine. ll dogs, regardless of owner-' day he reported. Fortunately, a special waiver was granted by the Navy Department for the extra eight hours: and Lieut.- Comdr. Fenwick will take rank accordingly. Lieut.-Comdr. Fenwick is a former resident of Los Angeles, Calif. and was graduated from Ri ina wi fied for ratings, were |Westers, according to announce-; ment Among 17 men enlisted in the avy recently, who have quali- five Key! made by.. Lieut. M. C hodes, Jr, officer in charge of | avy recruiting for South Flori- da. The Key Westers qualifying ere Gerald N. Adams, Jr., 2763 OTHER VALUABLE BUILD- SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. IN CALIFORNIA (Speciar to The Citizen) Mario Ignatius Lester of 625 Divi- sion street, Key West, Fla. was among the 753 ensigns commis- sioned yesterday as Deck officers in the Naval Reserve after com- pletion of their three-months V-7 training course at the New York INGS DESTROYED (By Associated Press) the California Institute of Tech- nology with a B.S. degree in 1928. Before reporting for ac- tive duty with the Naval Reserve on May 1, 1941, he was employed by the California State Division of Highways. His last tour of duty before reporting here on October 13, 1941, was as Design Superintendent at the New River Marine Barracks in North Caro-, lina. : ship by Army personnel or citi- zens of Key West, not wearing vaccination tags, which are found at large on the Army post at Fort Taylor and Key West Barracks, will be impounded by the pro- vost marshal. Dogs impounded will be advertised in the Army’s daily orders and The Citizen. If they are not claimed in five days, they will be destroyed by the Post veterinarian. Married Men Without Children To Be Called Up By Selective Service Board In November; Married men without children However, according to Mrs,/at Fort Jackson, S. C., where he} 22.—One thousand fire have brought the threatened the lives of several hundred in the nearby moun- tains under control temporarily and if the velocity of the wind does not increase during the day it is thought the danger is past. | Many homes in the mountain [region were destroyed. These in- {cluded a $50,000 ranch home and fighters flames that iStaples Avenus. | Hilary A. Crusoe, Jr., monton street. i Denovan K. Herrick, 1301 Unit- ted Street. H | Martin E. Slais, 529 Caroline Avenue George J. Stricker, 1920 Flagler i street. | CAPT. DEMERITT GOES 328 Si- 3 | TO PARACHUTE SCHOOL other valuable buildings. | | | Dr. Wm. W. Demeritt, Jr., <P Corps of ej ———— Seid tn erent S| NEW. : YORK Servard™ Unt Il for physician and Versity, the oldest of American duty with educational institutions, was 3 } applica-! named in honor of John Harvard, tion fer, th Asi t “and ‘was| Who bequeathed 780 pounds ster- ldetachéd from the Dental Clinic!ling and 260 books to it. BEARS HIS NAME | Army of the 'sponse to a ca dentist, yolw Parachute USNR Midshipmen’s School. The swearing-in and gradua- tion ceremonies were conducted in the Riverside Church by Cap- tain John K. Richards, U. S. N., commanding officer of the School. Rear Admiral John Henry New- ton, U. S. N., Assistant Vice-Chief (Continued on Page Four) DISQUALIFIED LIST IS PUBLISHED TODAY In today’s issue of The Citizen will be found the disqualified list of voters for the general election to be held on Tuesday, Novem- ber 3. The list was prepared by John \England, supervisor of registra- tion. ihas served for the past 19 months: Che Key West Citizen IN THE U. S.A. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenhe't PRICE FIVE CENTS Forces Reportéd Tc Bé Capable Of Holding Gains Made At Guadalcanal Island NAVY DAY IS OBSERVED AT ROTARY MEET LIEUTENANT JOHNSON,/CAP- TAIN OF YARD AT LOCAL NAVAL BASE, SPEAKER OF DAY Program Chairman John Allan Long introduced cut. Leslie T. !Hart, who, with Joe Allen, of | Key West, had prevailed upon {Lt. Jotham Johnson, assistant | icaptain of the Yard, to be the speaker of the day for the Navy {Day program presented by the Key West Rotary Club at noon today. Lieutenant Johnson explained why October, the late President Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday month, had come to be designat- ed as Navy Day. After the Span- ish-American war, he _ stated, Theodore Roosevelt foresaw that the days of American insularity had passed and that a great Navy was a necessity if “we were to fulfill our destiny” and insti- , | tuted many new activities. With a forecast of the final vic- tory of the forces of liberty and ‘justice for all and the great part LONDON—R. A. F. and United States fortresses continued today that America would play in the aerial attack on Lorient, the German submarine base on the ‘inal othe ch coast. The attack was one of the most violent of the war. 9 prinspi Cxpieeeen sie SDnrecia- Three United Nations flying fortresses were lost in the new at- adjustment, Lieutenant , tion felt by the Rotary Club. | Captain C. E. Reordan spoke jof the significance of the meet- ling as evidencing the solidarity jof the Army, Navy and civilian forces, playing as one team with one objective, and the value of freauent contacts. Chairman of the Board of ;County Commissioners Carl Ber- tvaldi spoke briefly on the im- portance to Key West of voting favorably on the first amend- Iment to the Constitution that | will be presened on the Novem- | ber ballot. The following officers were in- ;troduced during the meeting: | Capt. C. E. Reordan, Comman- dant; Capt. W. I. Causey, Com- jmanding Officer, Convoy Con- {tro Center; Capt. Jesse W. Allen, :$50,000 RANCH HOME AND. NEW YORK.N. Y., Oct. 22,—'Corhmanding Officer. Naval Hos- ‘pital; Capt. C. W. Brunson, Ex- ecutive Officer, Naval Hospital; ,Comdr. J. H. McKay, Command jing Officer, Naval Air Station: ,Comdr. W. E. Martin, Captain of ithe Yard; Lieut.-Comdr. T. M. ; Brown, Officer in Charge, Sub- marine Activities; Lieut. Comdr. |Lieut.-Com@r. K. M. Fenwick, :Public Works Officer; Capt. A. {G. Bliesener, Commanding Offi- cer, Marine Barracks; Lieut |Jotham Johnson, Assistant Cap- {tain of the Yard; Lieut. (jg) Le: tions Officer. Other guests included: C. John Cooper, Dr. Felix M. Goizueta; Heable D. Todd, Carl Bervaldi, Wm E. Bryant, Lieut. Mills J. Thornton, USNR, Blake |Craft, Chaplain, USN, Francis R. iScholly, Arthur L. Murray and Lt. Gig) Roger R. W. Hatch. BUS COMPANY HAS TAMPA, Oct. 22 (FNS).—The TELL OF AMERICAN Stated That. Ten Enemy ‘PLANES SHOT DOWN Warships Have Been IN RAID ON TOKYO Sunk Or Damaged In Re- | chalice cent Operations (REPORTED THAT AVIATORS orca { «By Associated Press) i “HELD AS PRISONERS ARE WASHINGTON, Oct. { |:@NOT BEING TREATED AC- CORDING TO WAR RULES _ i holding all the recent gains on 22.— American forces are capable of Guadzlcanal island in spite of (iy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—The landings by Japanese forces, ac- announced government today cerding to Army leaders here. that several planes were shot raid on Tokyo lest spring and that avia- The principal gcin made was down in the Dooiittle the capture of the Guadalcanal airport, which is strongly pro- now riders agar tected both with planes and for- pels ioeeees \ tified surroundings. The Red Cross is ‘ares: ng Se ee eee a report that the captured men {are not being treated according say the Japs’ naval force is not as large and formidable as first jto the Geneva convention rules reported and tient the hited aes | States forces should have no dif- It wes said by the government ficailty blasting ‘hie from this jthat enly military objectives vidiaity. folks thet 30 jaore attecked in the . raid aoa = , petite es there would be no justifica- eh Aeviewps ed ition for treating the men other accudihbamaliedies Losses bv the United States in- the in ‘than prisoners of war. ANNOUNCE DEATH OF °“*** san heving had a complement of 175 News has been received in Key West announcing the death of Captain Henry Carlton Roberts, age 53, at 1712 W. Sitka Ave., Tampa, on October 14. The deceased was a native Key Wester, but had been mak- ing his home in Tampa for 18 years. { He is survived by his Mrs. Belle Roberts; thyee Henry, Earl and Herbert erts, and a sister, Mrs. Arthur, 2ll of Tampa. Captain Roberts was at one time employed . by the Tampa Electric Compamy as motorman, but since that time he had been twe destroyers, cfficers and men. It is believed 2il of the personnel of the O’Brien was saved and that loss from the sinking of the Meredith was small. Meredith was Comdr. Harry Ensor Hubbard 38, of Baltimore. while Lt. Comdr. of Skipper cf the widow, sons, Rob- Verona Thomes Burrows. 38 Key (Continued on Page Four) NG ABSENTEE VOTES lemployed as captain of the fire department at the Tampa Ship building Company. FIRST PATENT NEW YORK.—The principle of the pneumatic tire was patented lin England in 1845 and in 1847 {in the United States. CAST UP TO PRESENT The last day to cast absente ballots for the gemeral election is October 30. - As yet none have been voted according to Judge Raymond R Lord, who stated to a Citize representative this is very ur usual during an election year A. P. Lund, Planning Officer; | jlie T. Hart, Zone Public Rela-| will be subject to call in Novem- | Stansbury, it will not be neces-|/ and has been transfered to the} ber, according to a letter receiv-|sary for the locel board to take jParachute Treap School at Fort} is | Benning, Ga. ed by Mrs, Bertha Stansbury,|many men of this category next! Mrs. Demeritt and daughter | clerk of the Monroe County| month because a large number Christine, will remain at Colum-| : j s jbia, S. C., for the present. Draft Board. No. 1. from Briga-| of men of categories 1 and 2 will dier General Vivian Collins, di- | be available for induction. rector of Florida Selective Serv-| The lowest numbers in the ice. third category will be selected Married men without children | first. a rule followed in all clas- | are placed in category No. 3. | sifications, Mrs, Stansbury said. fre | PALACE THEATER | Gene Autry in “HOME IN WYOMIN’” NEWS and SERIAL | aa a carrying of more than 3,000,000 | USATOLUSEULSA EA GUAggOLAALLERHUSUOAE UENO | Attention, All Masons! - There will be a District Meeting at the Scottish Rite Temple at 8 P. M., Thursday night, October 22nd, to welcome the Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, F.-& A. M., of Florida. mS JACK R. HYMAN, D.D.G.M,, 24th District Passengers in buses by Florida motor bus operators in the past! nine months without one passen-! ger fatality is truly a safety | achievement, states Asher Frank, director of the Florida Safety council. | “Human life is just as precious | today as before the war,” states! Frank, “and we are proud that} the bus operators, in spite of) their contribution of _manpower| to war demands, have maintain- ed such a fine safety record in| Public transportation.” Lieut. Harold Felton Reported Missing In Action In Pacific man has|engineering. Following his grad Another Key West |made the supreme sacrifice for| uation from the Gainesville in his country, the latest being | stitution he was employed three | Lieut. Herold Felton. who is re- l years by the Glidden Paint Com j Postal: Salteeing: bu Betage? | pany of Jacksonville. Lieut. Felton was Jest reported | i} Strained at Northwestern with one of the U.-S. Eletts a niy Pune gry Bako }missing was received in Key | West late Wednesday by his si pan commissioned a lieutenant. ter, Mrs. Bessie Lowe. of 910, While a resident of Key Wesi. Jemes street. who had been ad-|the young man lived with his vised by her. father, a resident of | sister, Mrs. Lowe, and her hus Rock Herbor. one of the Florida band. Keys. Lieut. Felton is a son of Mr. Lieut. Felton was a graduate| and Mrs. J. Thomas Felton of of the Key West High School.|Rock Harbor and was 26 years Class of “33. After his gradua-| old. lala Ness the-tosrt ibaa} The Navy Department advised tended the University of Florida,|that details will follow im a let- where he majored in chemical] ter. ' ity. Chicago. after enter whmed services and wes