The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 27, 1942, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenhe’t For 62 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Crtize IN THE U. VOLUME LXIII. No. 255. KEY S. Ay PRICE FIVE CENTS secretary Of ry Much Heavy Losses Forecast By Both Sides; Says Enemy Must Be Worn Down In Struggle (By Asnociated Vrens) WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Sec- retary of the Navy Frank Knox said today that the Japanese have much strensth in the Pa- cific and thet the task confront- ing the United Nations must not be minimized. “This does not| foreshadow defeat nor victory,” | he declared. Heavy losses in the Pacific by| both sides were forecast by Mr., Knox at his press conference. He | said: “This is a wer of attrition. | We must map our strategy to wear. down the one and this is| what & being done.” | Mr, said the Knox United States is fighting a five-ocean| s to be aired ' war with a one-ocean navy which is a serious handicap. He said the opposite is true of the Japan- (eee ese, that they are fighting a num- erically superior force with the United Nations’ inferior numeric- al forces. Mr. Knox “This Navz Day is one of the most notable said: in the history of this country— notable because of the deeds that continue to immoralize our sea forces.” It was learned at the confer- ence that the aircraft carrier Wasp the was sunk while protecting landing of American troops in the Solomons. The attack was made at a favorable time for the enemy, it was learned. A.D. Taylor Survivor Off Carrier Wasp Arrives Here A. D. Taylor, Jr., (pfc), a Ma- rine aboard the Wasp when she was sunk in the Solomons Islands area September 15. is visiting his Farents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Tay- lor, of 1201 Olivia street. Young! ri |pedo that did the most damage, arrived home Taylor Sunday night, and. fully aware that he could not divulge the tragedy that overtook the United States aircraft carrier, refused to talk until the news was officially given out Monday evening by the Navy department. JAI IOI IIIS PALACE THEATER CHESTER MORRIS in “CANAL ZONE” News and Serial TONIGHT ——— PRIZE Peee| FOUR ROE | Ported missing in the desert | sideration. THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER Peeoeeccerecccerseeereoecsecesccesessesoeeees KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1942 GENERAL FRINK IS | = avy NOX «| evewnew rostrion’ ~=Commands Station Brigadier Gach anes ok | Co porcccecoccccoeccccoooouscocococccoeoooooolS Frink, formerly stationed in At-| lanta as Quartermaster of the} ; General in Washingon, it was an- | {nounced at Quartermaster | Branch, Fourth Service mand. | Appointed to his post in May, | 1940, he served until early in | 1942 when he was appointed | Chief of the Motor Transport Di- vision in the office of the Quar- | termaster General in Washington. In his new post as deputy Quar- | termaster General, he will serve |in the Procurement, Storage and into : | Distribution, Military Planning, Rommel's lines by Imperial (International, Service Installa- forces is as deep as four and {ions and Inspection Divisions. a half miles. it wes announced {| General Frink was born in Ida today. eee |Grove, Iowa, in 1885, and enter- | | s ied the Army as a private in 1906. | pounding the Nazi lines, yeas arpiayatertn 1300 i ' He was commissioned a second! breaking up supply lines and | jicutenant of Infantry in August, strafing the ground forces. ; 1908, after serving as an enlisted | A convoy attempting to |man in the Corps. of Engineers reach Rommel was intercept- | and Cavalry. In the Philippines, ed end several of the vessels }1911-12, he served in the Holo were damaged. {campaign and later saw service Ten Allied planes are re- (on the Mexican border. In World | War I he participated in the | | Meuse-Argonne offensive, Octo- | | ber-November, 1918, for which} {he feral Staff duty at Headquarters, | COUNCIL TO HEAR \Third Army in Germany, in 1919. | SANITARY MATTERS | ; ON THURSDAY NIGHT | ANNOUNCES VALUE OF There will be a special meeting | ee ee ame ee IL Harold Felton Believed | cecarcects-s TO Have Been Stationed Aboard Wasp Destroyed By Torpedoes at which ‘time matters pertaining | : ee} to health and sanitation will be | Pounds of sugar and_will be valid | the torpedoes the Com- Undetermined PIS SIS SSS ST) ALLIES POUND NAZIS (By Axsociated Press) | LONDON, Oct, 27.—Pene- tration into Marshel Erwin campaign started the first of the week. CAPTAIN C. E. REORDAN Commandant of Key West Naval Operating Base takefup for discussion and con.| fr the period from November Ist] Disposal of garbage'to December 15th. This is still at! 1 be one of the! the rate of one half pound . per } i week. as | Institutional users will receive an allotment of 60 per cent for the ‘period of Novmeber-December. i} Industrial users will receive an! allotment of 70 per cent for the} | a — i period of November-December. | PLACED UNDER BOND | Allotment for hospitals desig- i is asih jmated in Rationing Guide No. 35); Glenn E. Lawson was arrested | will be 85 per cent for the period | |by State Patrolman Ben Porch, | of November-December. charged with reckless driving.; The usual time for announcing The arrest was made on Stock allotments is the fifteenth of the jIsland. A bond of $25 was af-\month preceding the effective |fixed in his case. period. and trash w main matte Officers from the navy, army! and other government branche besides members of other agen- cies, have been invited to at- It is believed Lieut. Harold;afternoon of September 15, Felton, brother of Mrs. Bessie] Wasp received Lowe, 910 James street, reported “missing in action” last Thursday, | was lost when the aircraft carrier) Se Wasp was sunk in the Solomon! plosions and serious fires. The islands September 15. It was! fires could not be brought under known here that Lieutenant Fel-| control and the ship was aban- ton had been stationed on the; doned three hours after the at Wasp during the past summer and_ tack. it is presumed he was aboard; About 90 per cent of the men when the warship was attacked/on beard (she had a formal com- by a submarine and later sunk by plement of 1,800 men) were r |torpedoes fired by an American, cued. The commanding office destroyer when it was found she} Captain Forrest P. Sherman, could not be saved. |of Melrose, Mass., was not a ¢ Attacked by an enemy sub-jualty, so far as Navy official marine at about 2:50 p. m., the: now know, officers said. NS three near her magazine and tanks, resulting gasoline in many | Tallest And Shortest Men Enlist With Naval Forces In Key West LATE BULLETI COCCCCoC CODE DEDSSBEOEEDELOOOOCE DE (By Associated Préns) ALLIES DROP 5,000 TONS OF BOMBS LONDON-—It is estimated 5,000 tons of bombs have been dropped be. bY United Nations planes in recent raids on occupied France. Ger- recruiting station in the Federal building here. Eschen is an inch and a half above the maximum height which is 6 feet 4 inches, but was accepted for special duty in line with his trade. He is 20 years old. Norcissa. who is one inch ~ ‘low the minimum (5 feet 2 inches) | That Uncle is not dis- criminatroy between the tall and the short was proved Monday {when Robert Henr, Eschen of 1110 White street, 6 feet 5% inches, and Luis Norcissa, Jr., 5 lfeet 1 inch, enlisted at the Navy Sam many and Italy. One aviator flying over France reported at one cellent command of both the Eng-| nerable points. land and Spanish language. The! Navy department, according to Harrison M. Reed, Jr., recruiter |in charge, needs men of this type the who will be valuable in the South row after the 90-day period of training at the officers’ training school | American countries in the regular | here, young man said several Japanese intercourse between the peoples e th and South Amer- subs attacked the Wasp, unleash- | oo Sits mt ine = Other Key West men accepted include Bert Warren Pinder, 1310) One hundred thousand tons of raw sugar will be made available by ; Virginia street. Incidentally, the operation. CLARK GABLE TO BE MADE LIEUTENANT Speaking of the sinking SUGAR HOUSE STARTED IN CLEWISTON ling their torpedoes under fire of | the carrier. However, the tor- 45, “| bonds, the union ser was accepted because of his ex-| Place French people showed flashlights to guide the aviators to vul-| MIAMI—Clark Gable will get his second lieutenant bars tomor- | CLEWISTON—The sugar house here started operations today. | ELEBRATES NAVY DAY ‘MUCH INVESTED Great Patriotism Displayed By All Units Participating IN WAR BONDS REPORT MADE ON OPERATION ! | ( | OF NAVAL BASE CREDIT | | UNION | | As the Naval Operating Base Credit Union approaches its third year of operation, officials of the organization today revealed that $15,000 of its funds had been in- vested in War Bonds and another $12,026 in bonds purchased by its individual members. A cooperative among civil service workers, the organization association has proven itself to be a proiftable and most convenient financial activity. Since its in- jception in 1940, records show | more than $61,000 have been loan- led to members who now hav« | deposit over $65,000. With an entrance fee 25c, an employee of the base may {join the association and share in {its far-reaching benefits. When | his deposits reach a total of $5.00 on of only he is thereby termed a shareholder | z ‘and entitled to borrow from the | organization. The amount of the jloan depends upon the amount j Which he has on deposit together | with the co-signers to his | who must have deposited with | the union sufficient collateral to guarantee the note. | Funds deposited with the credit {union are carefully invested by | officials of the organization who |serve without pay. The only | paid employee of the union is the treasurer who is retained full time and maintains an office at | the old civil guard headquarters, | Front street gate. | With the membership now total- ing an all time high of 608, the | ved by five officers as note | group is | follows: | Joseph L. Cates, President Claude Salis, Vice President | Mrs. Florence Ardagh, Secre- tary. | Mrs. Dorothy M. Salis, | urer. Miss Marguerite Lacedonia, Di- rector. ; Disposition of the union’s earn- | ings for the fiscal year is made at |the annual meeting usually held | during the first week in January |Last year shareholders were paid 4 per cent interest on deposits Besides encouraging civil serv- ice workers to save and buy war | as a quick to obtain nt of sick- It is also mak officials Treas- means for its membe: |ready cash in the ¢ | ness or emergency. | profitable method for j small investments, _ its | point out. TO GET HEARING | | Dave Douglas will be given a ! hearing October 31, before Jus- | tice Esquinaldo, on a charge of assault and battery on Allen Ortez, 904 Terrace Lane. The two men are alleged to have engaged in a fist fight in Petronia street Satur- day night in which Ortez was in- jured. The arrest was made by Motorcycle Policeman Ray At- well. | COMING! Key West’s Second Bert is the 19th Pinder to have en- | he said. struck one of the ship’s ‘vital spots.. causing it to list at | {such an angle that walking on/ | the decks wes very difficult. } } | “The Associated Press story I} \vead indicated that an American | \ destroyer finished the Wasp aft-| jer she was abandoned. This is not entirely correct”, Taylor said. ,"P. B. Y. flying boats finished it after the destroyer’s attack.’ | Almost all the planes carried by the Wasp had left the ship (Continued on Page Four) | i listed in this area. S Leonard Floyd Pinder of Boca Chica. } Milton Maitland Roberts, 1527 Von Phister street. played by both men and women and said this left with her an im- Edward Franklin radu Mage dient message to take back “to my people.” Craig’s Dock, Key West. Fi Evelino Cruz, 1117. Duyal ., street. g | George O’Brien Thompson, rear 517 William street. Thomp- son is 20 years old and during those 20 years he has been mar- ried twice. Nathaniel Clark (colored), 1004 Thomas street. Clark had spent 16 years in the merchant marine of this country, and besides being a high school graduate goes into the service with an excellent) record. MRS. ROOSEVELT WATCHES FIRE DRILL AMERICAN LOSSES GREATER THAN BELIEVED man today. The announcement made by Washington of the sinking of the Wasp did not come as news to the Japanese people who have known for some time of the sinking. says Domei. the official news agency. JAPANESE REPORTS NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY ~~" WASHINGTON—The report from Tokyo of “far greater losses in the Solomons by American forces” is taken by the Navy department as the usual means employed by the Japanese to obtain information. LONDON—Mrzs. Eleanor Roosevelt was an interested spectator | IpypOf a fire-fighting drill today. She was amazed at the efficiency dis-! TOK YO—American losses in the Solomon islands are far greater! than the American people are led to believe, said a government spokes- | 2 for ] MEN’S CLOTHING SALE!! These sales have made us famous from coast to coast. | WATCH FOR THE ADVERTISE- | MENT ANNOUNCING } THE SALE ‘Frank WOLKOWSKY | (West Clothes Shoo, Inc.) |DUVAL AND SOUTHARD STS. | j | River TARGET PRACTICE HERE ON SUNDAY Captain H. W. Kobert of the Harbor Defenses of Key West, ennounces that one battery of seacoast guns at Fort Taylor, and one at West Martello Tower will be fired in target practices Sunday. November 1. 1942, between 9:00 a. m. and 2:30 p. m. The danger area will be bounded bv a line from Fort Taylor to a point six miles south. thence east six miles. and north to Stock Islend. THREE ADDITIONAL EXAMINERS FOR KEY WEST RENTAL AREA Three ad miners have the the Area. Two of the Key W upon regional Key West ready in tered their dutie; third is expected to repo: in a few Those already N. Johnson, directly f the al who siderable days ac lip who reported Atlanta region hes had con experience in the De- fense-Rental Area there Henry M. Jones, a practicing torney who recently Key West from Miami ha r the past It nounced the tor and clude ies, auto camp: homes or cabins tablishments of must be November 14, 19: other dwelling unit registered lur t proper ti office an resided 17 year was rent rooming hou today boarding register register imited by the regu lation is a violation of the emerg. ency price control aet and the regulations The director many hotels anc not yet E reiterates h landlords November the that 2 rooming he 1g been registered become ths 14 and pre RETURNS HOME Mrs. Dalbert Bethel, matr the County Home who went an operation in inque subj by are penalties bed | Beach hospital recently to Key West today _ tmiued uninterrupted and PPS MILI OIA Excellent Sale Of War Bonds Reported During Day; Many Flags Dis- played The spirit of patrictism and loyalty to America was very much in evidence in Key West today 2s the city observed its first war time Navy Day and Capi. C. E Reordan. Commandant of the Neval Operating Base. said that he was gratified at the splendid sale of bonds and general coop eration on the pert of Key West ers in observing the day. Merchants and citizens in gen eral be) were a bit slow in displaying id id Glory—epparently due the shower of the early morning and the generel cloudiness of the day—but by nocn scores of flags were waving from business build ings and residences on the is land. WASP LOSS SPURS WORKERS Because of the urgency of the war-time construction program. neval activities in Key West con at a more rapid pace than usual. News from the Pacific which reported teday the loss of the U. S. Air creft Carrier Wasp, spurred ail activities in the Navy Yard to- dey as leborers and workers in general. both civilian and gov ernmental employes, rushed their respective iobs. of Ccptain Recrdan, = veteran meny naval activities. was lev ish in his praise this morning of the fine cooperation the Navy has received from officials of Key West merckants and citizens, in buying War Bonds and other the Navy best of wise participating in Dey observance to the their ability. BOND SALES GRATIFYING “It's gratifying.’ said the Com “to mandant see so manv per (Continued on Page Four New And Stricter Control For Civilian Population C. Brinton, f Defense furni Colonel L Monroe Co cil’s Action Di summary of a proclamation September 7, 1942, which been received by the lh the information is given t with in condensed form “Public Proc which proceeded t a comes Eastern Military Area. cludes all the Atlantic from Maine to the Apalachicola in Western Florida. The states comprising the Military Area are groupe Service Commands, and the only one with whic is the Fourtt with its Headquarters in Georgia. “Under the provisions of para- graph 2, control of the civilian population will be maintained primarily by a system of zones, designated as A-Zones, or vision, as just on which in seaboard are concerned A pro- | [hibited zones, and B-Zones, or re-' icted zone conceivable st Barrack ly nted by Angela and Eator (Continued on Page Four) NATIONAL WAR SERVICE WEEK OCTOBER 26th to 31st The Elks’ Fraternal Center, 313 Duval Street. will held Open House during this period to all Elks in Service. RERTRRUAEMRIEP