The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 14, 1942, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World For 62 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Xey West VOLUME LXIII. Che Key West Cttizes THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER iN. THE -U. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1942 Key West, Florida, hes the | most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenhe*t | S. A. vRICE FIVE CENTS KENBAC Heavy Sea And Air Battle Reported As Being Wage In Vicinily Of Solomons Allies Bomb Two Japanese Transports; Tokyo Says, Number Of American| Vessels Destroyed (By Associate DARWIN, Nov. sea and air battle seems to be in ress) 14—A heavy the making in the vicinity of the Solomons. ~today the battle has started, and the announcer listed | a number of American ships that} has been destroyed by Japanese | naval and air action. That report has not been con- the only action the Allies have re- firmed by any source. and ported was a bombing attack by| Allied planes on two Jap trans- Ports. On New Guniea the Japs con-} tinue to fall back toward their! base at Buna under Pressure from the southeast and from the the Australian attacks northeast on the slope of Owen Stanley Mountains. It was reported today that the | Australians killed 500 Janos when they were cut off from their main force a few days ago. The Tokyo radio said | already | American | TS SES SLS SS ‘ANYWAY, THEY ARE NEVER LONESOME (By. Assecinted Prete) SACRAMENTO, Calif. Nov. 14.—The John Kurtysks have posted a cash reward for ar- rest of a mysterious heckler. The sept. believed to be a wom- an, has sent a succession of doctors, taxicabs, ambulances, herases and clergymen to the Kurtyak home. There also have been mys- terious telephone c: in which a woman's voice says, “I'm the one you're looking for.” 3 Kcharhahahethahnhodl Nature of Presentation of Crusoe Case Causes Judge To Overrule Complainant | | What promised to be one the most important hearings to ;come. before. a Circuit court {judge in years was brought to a speedy close this morning when Judge Arthur Gomez, sitting in ja chambers session, overruled the |attorney for Joseph Crusoe, Key West insurance man, in an action brought before him to test the validity of the city auto tax law which permits collection of a $3 |fee for cars. of British Eight Army Still Moving On (By Associated Press) CAIRO, Nov. 14.—The British | Eighth Army has advanced 38 Beyond Tobruk Seccccceccoecooccee THE ORIGINAL LOCAL MAN DONOR’ TO BLOOD PLASMA LARGE NUMBER IN MIAM INCLUDED AS CON- TRIBUTORS | | Attention of Key Westers, eet cially those visiting Miami, is again called to the Blood Bank! of Dade county, held daily Jackson Memorial hospital in| that city, and their opportunity to give their blood to be made into plasma for use of the armed forces, This is a worthy cause as! proved by the willingness of the peoples of many northern cities | and villages to offer themselves when the mobile units of the| Red Cross visit their communi- ties. A case is on record which} shows in a village of 1,500 popu-| lation one-third of this number | offered their blood are differ- | ent times. Facilities to hold a blood bank! jare in Key West in the hands of | the local Red Cross, it was learn-| jed today, and it is possible if the (Continued on Page Four) in| | Judge Gomez said the nature of | the presentation of the -case by| ja habeas corpus proceedings was in error and that the proper pro- cedure should have been by writ | of appeal, thereby refusing to} proceed* with the case. | Crusoe, previous to the hear-| ing beore Judge Gomez, was giv- | failure to pay the city tax and | was fined $1.00 by City Judge | Wesley Archer. His attorney | \notified the court of his inten-| tion to bring the case before the Circuit court judge for a test of |the constitutionality of the law. |This the complainant did while in the custody of a city police officer. In making -his decision, Judge Gomez said that by entertaining jthe method by which Crusoe’s | jattorney presented the action he | would set a precedent that un-| | ee i | the Eighth Army reaches there. | entirely of Australians. ‘Axis Forces And Frenchmen In making his speedy decision, i and Frenchmen are said to be} were there. en a trial in Municipal court for| ing to them. might fight the Al-; jers from the bey of Tunisia orj automobiles in the state becomes LATE BULLETINS COC veccecesocceseesosocoooEseCCeCeDeLeseeCe 700 MILES BETWEEN BRITISH-AMERICAN JUNCTION CAIRO.—The Briish Eighth Army has 700 more miles to go| before it reaches Tripoli, where it is said it will join forces with the American and British fighters who invaded North Africa a week go. It is believed here that Tripoli wilf fall to the Allies before | ALLIED PINCERS IN NEW GUINEA DRAWING TIGHTER WASHINGTON.—The northeast side ofthe Alied pincers on New Guinea, designed to crush the Japanese at Buna, is reported today to be only 42 miles from its objective. This force is composed The other pincer is composed entirely of | Americans, who are approaching Buna from the southeast, LEND-LEASE TO BE EXTENDED TO NORTH AFRICA WASHINGTON.—President Roosevelt announced today that benefits of the lend-lease law will be extended to Morocco, Algeria and other parts of North Africa that are now under control of the Allied Nations. Weapons as well as foodstuffs will be provided the native population should it be disposed to favor the Allies. i REPORT FRENCH FLEET UNITS JOINED ALLIES LONDON.—Though the French fleet is still lying at Toulon, re- | ports have reached herd that some of its units, in the last two or| three days, have slipped away and have joined with the American| and British ships in North African waters. \ FIRE DESTROYS KAISER SHIPBUILDING CO. DORMITORY VANCOUVER, Wash.—Six bodies have been recovered from the dormitory of the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company that was de-| stroyed by fire last night. The dormitory housed 4,000. Besides thd six known dead, 40 were injured. The loss is placed at half, al million dollars. Fighting Today In Tunisia! i (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 14.—Axis forc-, Tunisia or evacuating those that! fighting today in Tunisia, while} Meanwhile, the British-Ameri- American and British forces are|can forces are said to be march-| merching into that protectorate. | ing southeasterly through Tuni- So far as is known here, the! sia toward Tripoli. i French in Tunisia, instead of ap-| preciating Allied aid that is com-| NEW SPEED LAW 1 TO BE) ‘PUT IN FORCE SUNDAY Enforcement of the new Fed- ral law governing the speed of! lies also. for no word has a received by the Allied command-! 3 teffective Sunday, Nov. 15, when the nesidert/governce Amaral. | motorists will be required to} Eleven Axis transport planes, | 'keep within the 35-mile-an-hour limit, according to the state pa- operating between Sicily and';oiman between Key West and Tunisia, are reported have | Miami, who stated he has been ‘instructed to enforce the law to} been intercepted by Allied planes | the limit. to jed since that time. | last promotion was -evidence >of; 'the Navy Department's |tion of the splendid work | | Academy at Annapolis, UND ALIVE THOMAS CURTIS DIES TODAY IN | OAKLAND, CAL. | FUNERAL SERVICE AND IN-| TERMENT WLL BE HELD! IN THAT CITY ON mox.| DAY i | ‘Two Others Were Rescued | From Life Raft in Pacific TWO DAYS BEFORE, , FOURTH | MAN ON RAFT DIED OF EXPOSURE; THREE OTHER MEN FROM PLANE LOCATED ON SMALL ISLAND; ENTIRE SURVEYING PARTY FORCE ACCOUNTED FOR News was received in Key West } today announcing the death of | WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—The War Department Cases Thoms a cu ae | announced today that Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. morning in Oakland ‘ali! ‘un- >. eral services will be held in that, Colonel Hans C. Adamson and F rivate John F. Bartek city on Monday. | were rescued yesterday from a life raft in the Pa- The deceased is survived by his; cific. widow, Mrs. Margaret Curtis; | 3 ik r : daughter, Mrs. Harry Gregory,’ Captain Rickenbacker infermed the rescuers that Salt Lake City, Utah; son, Cap- two days before a fourth man on the raft had died of tain Elmer Pershing Curtis; siste ‘| exposure. Mrs. Earl Hathaway and brothe | Siebel oe aati tan The department also announced that three other Captain Curtis was a veteran; Men who were in the plane when it was forced to land Rane Tee nimatieat cock service. in the ocean have been located on a small island, thus sels of that department during his' accounting for the entire personnel that left with long period of service with the! Rickenbacker to make a survey of air force opera- government. He removed to California about | tions in the Pacific for Secretary of War Henry Stim- | Son. « ten years ago where he has resid- %e Yesterday. following the find COMMANDER McKAY ing of Colonel William T. Cherr; IS MADE CAPTAIN CLAUDE ALBURY TO 2: sx -romow: 3 0 = James H. McKay, Rsassescr | poss of the U. S. Naval Air} | Station, to the rank of va A RETIRING FROM 1 FROM DUTIES AT was announced today in a letter; M1AMI WITH U. S. IMMI- from Navy Secretary Frank! Knox. \ GRATION DEPT. This advancement coming 13) {months after Captain McKay's} Claude Albury, formerly in t [office of immigration and uralization in Key West who transferred Miami | ago, is being etired 'the service and will return to this city to make his home. Mr. A ibury while stationed Mia was inspect ‘ tion quart My. Albury, with anothe ing official, John E. Hibb: patrol clerk of 13 years will be guests of honor 2 quet given by other mer ithe department at the F ican base at Dinner Key ami. Mr. Albury’s post will by William P. Makin of who already has arrived am. recogni- done | of was On October 21. while the Rick enbacker plane was making the survey. the War Department re ceived a message from Ricken becker in which he said he had only an hour's supply of gasoline left. That was the last thet was heard from the plane until the finding of Colonel Cherry on November 12. Besides Rickenbacker. others on the plane were Colonsi Cher ry. Col. Adamson. Lieutenants James C. Whitaker and John J. De Angelis Steff Sergeant James q W. Reynolds, Sergeent Alex2n der T. Caczmarcevk and Private Bartek. to veral here since the establishment the Naval Air Station. Captain McKay came to Key West in February 18, 1941 and has played an imoprtant part in ‘the Navy’s expansion ‘program here. A graduate in in charge of Naval class of 1920, Captain McKay's record | shows two campaign medals and a splendid record of achieve- ments. As‘a midshipman during the World War, Captain McKay was awarded the World War Cam- paign Badge for Escort Duty. He} was given a Campaign Badge in the When questioned regarding the | evan MeAtie ned \Seeeee red iroad signs placed by the state| the Second Nicaraguan campaign where he served as an aviator. INGENUITY REQUIRED RETURN TO CITY Many Axis planes were report- ' | pel rmitting motorists to travel 50! JACKED-UP CAR HURTS MAN! Sicily 'miles an hour in daytime and 40 imiles at night, the patrolman} and Tunisia, but it was explain-'said in cases where cars sales doubtedly would bring many cas- | es tried in Municipal court be-ied |fore him, and that being minor {in nature their places are where they started. Mr. Crusoe stated this after- {noon that Judge Gomez's action beyond Tobruk on the’ TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — New BALTIMORE — William J. Raf. |TUles governing the annual home are |ferty, 36, was seriously injured pai te parade held recently by ‘found traveling at these speeds!when his car, jacked up in or- : sper ap Teac! —_ Col jtheir license numbers will be/der that he could work under it,| 8° Peauired that every, float b: (Continued on Page Four): | fen from the ‘supporting jacks either horse-drawn or man operating between heels of Rommel’s fleeing me BAKER’S who, are believed will ae “4 ? 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