The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 16, 1942, Page 1

7 Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World For 62 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Xey West VOLUME LXIII. No. 272. The KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1942 No Official Report MadeeO mu: Naval Bat A Sol Information Receives Con- cerned Successes With U. S. Marnes On Guadal- | canal (By Associated Press) SYDNEY. Nov. 16.—No official report was issued today about the! naval battle that seems to be im- minent north of the Solomons. The news frorg those islands} chiefly concerned the successes NO STATEMENT AS YET FROM RICKENBACKER’ WAR DEPARTMENT CON- TINUES ITS SILENCE RE- GARDING WHEREABOUTS OF RESCUED PARTY \ | Wide World Features (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—The | War Department continued its si- “BONE” PICKERS AT WORK: Foreman, Minnie Saunders, 53, left, and Julia Power, 20. * ALCOMA, W. Va., Nov. 16.—Remember that century-old super- | of five children, two of them in stition about women around coal mines? *~ It used to be miners wouldn’t work if women were known to | Fulford, 39, | have entered:a mine but at-Algoma they pay little mind now-to the | Mrs. Minnie Saunders, 53, moth- }the armed forces; mother Mrs. of Alice three; Key West Cttizer: THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. Clash With Axis Forces In Tunisia LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) COC CeCe ee Leee Cee ESEEOELESSESECEEESEEO ESS DESSESESES ORGANIZING NEW FRENCH NORTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT LONDON.—Admial Darlan is organizing a new French gover= ment in North Africa, according to reports received here today. It was said further that practically every French leader in North Africa has joined in.the Darlan movement. Darian. himself. stated thet he expected shortly to. have a force of several thousand traimed French soldiers to assist the Allies in their fights with Axis forces im North Africa. 5 * Reported That There Are Ten Thousand Axis Sel diers In Area; Fighting Also At Tunis, Bizerte a LONDON. Nov 16 —Amercaz and British comimeert cusnec today with Axe forces o Teme accordimg te umformetior rece:re JAPS SAY ‘NAVAL BATTLE IN SIXTH DAY first women to-be employed | as¥ ‘WASHINGTON.—The Tokyo radio today said that the naval bat | lence today regarding the where- ovtside helpers in the Pocahont-| abouts of Captain Eddie Ricken- jer of five; Julia Power, 20, only. with which the United States ma- of Algoma,}Unmarried woman of the five; Beury, president Spy rines on Guadalcanal have met during the last three days. The marines, in clashes with the Japs in the sector west of the American- | held Henderson airfield, ‘have backer and the six other men who |were rescued in the Pacific last |Friday and Saturday from his lost ! plane. It was said this morning that | possibly Rickenbacker would is- jSue a statement late today or to- won every encounter, jmorrow about the loss of his plane when it had to descend be- Reports are current about many | cause of lack of gas and the ex- enemy troopships, convoyed by}! perience he and the other men warships, that are attempting to; had on the life rafts. reach Guadalcanal, but nothing} Reports are that all the men, was said about how far they are ee Cerne aces ior away from their objective. weakness due to the stress of hav- On New Guinea the Japs’ posi-|ing been adrift for three weeks on tion today is reported to be morejthe rafts. Precarious. The Australians con-| ,, The exception is Private John tinue to throw the Japs back to- | pletely played out when -he-was ward their base at Buna, while |regcued at the same time Captain the American forces draw closer | pickenbacker. and.Colonel Hans to the same objective fom the /G Adamson were taken from the southeast. TO CONSERVE WATER SUPPLY regarding it. REQUEST MADE DUE TO DIS-| ‘TWENTY-FIVE OF | RECENT DRAFTEES WERE ACCEPTED TWO WHO THOUGHT THEY EXEMPTION WERE AMONG Capt. C. E. Reordan, com-| MEN RETAINED mandant of the Key West Naval} Operating Base, today called on all naval and civilian] Twenty-five of the @4 Key |Westers who went to Camp workers to conserve their water | Blanding last week were ac- supplies because of a serious | cepted, according to word re- break in the waterline from the| ceived in Key West today. mainland. Among those. accepted were The break occurred over the | two who thought they were in the week-end in a section of the line |Supposed blanket ~—_ exemption, about 65 miles from Key West. | about which there was consider- Repair work has already “begun | able talk in Key West four or five but the line wil not be in use | Weeks ago. again for perhaps a week or more,| However, there has not been it was said. any bulk or blanket exemption, Lieut.-Comdr. K. M. Fenwick,|@S some men thought it would be public works ofifcer, said he be- | for firemen in the Navy Yard lieved the repair work can bejand the Army Barracks. As was finished within five to seven days|Said by an official that acts for but the latter appeared most|the government in drafting mat- likely. Cause of the break is be-|ters, there are a good many men lieved to have occurred due to*the | heavy pressure on the line neces- sary to bring the water from! Homestead. there was considerable talk about Captain Reordan said’ he-hoped | @ man who had resigned a job that all Naval and civilian workers |P@id him as high as $300 a month would conserve the water supply | ‘© accept a fireman's job -in the during the period the repair work | barracks in the belief it would is in progress. Citizens in this; ¢X¢mpt him from army service. section have co-operated in this/ respect in the past and will doubt- lessly strive to save the water at the time, it was pointed out. attaches the job of fireman. At the courthouse this morning off with last week's draftees. West, minus his $300 a -month | job. ROAD PAVED WITH $ BILLS i JACKPOT PORTLAND, Ore.—Driving in-| to town, Mr. and Mfs... Victor) suction off some glass jars which: WERE IN BULK OF BLANKET} over the draft age who could fill | But he was was called-and went } was rejected and is back in Key} as field, one of the world’s rich- jest. ‘ Five of them at Coal and Coke company mine are not actually inside workers —and it is unlikely that any ever will be employed as diggers {—but William Beury, Jr., hired {them as “bone” pickers to re- place youngsters gone to war. Bone pickers remove the im- been mined and brought outside {for loading. work, of course, place but on the first day of em- jPloyment here one old miner jechoed the thoughts of all of his comrades: “I've seen just about everything now.” the Algoma; jexplained how it came about: |; “I was a little skeptical myself at first, but reports of our super- intendent and work. “Most of the workers on th ‘bone’ table were youngsters. | They are gone. We started with four women and we were so jpleased with their work that we jon three more soon.” | Wearing “iron hats” and sturdy Women in other forms of warjclothes, the women put in the| are common-|regulation 35 hours a week and/to hard work all my wages according jare paid scale with the United to agreement |Mine Workers. | The present roster is: | Mrs. Viola Vickers, 44, mother tipple foreman: have dispelled any thought that! they would not be able to do the! !Mrs. Fannie Turner, 52, mother jof five. | Tipple Foreman C. A. Shock- ey summed up the changed at- titude of the men by saying that “they didn’t think much of it at :first, but now they are used to it and go on about their work jjust as before. Those women are 'steady workers and believe in | doing a thorough job.” | Begrimed as any inside load- purities from coal after it has) hired. another, and we may put|er, Mrs. Vickers stepped away {from the tipple at the end of the |day and said: “T like it fine. I've been used life, and this isn't what I call hard work. “T just hope I can stay. I like ithe works and I can save some | money to finish paying for my j house.” ’ | TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MOBILE UNIT Preiee IS BEING BROUGHT TO KEY WEST FOR PUR- POSE OF MAKING X-RAY FOR TUBERCULOSIS ! | The Monroe County Health De- partment wants to uncover every culosis in Monroe County, say Dr. J. B. Parramore, director of lthe department. As one phase of this program the mobile x-ray unit will be brought to the count: |by the Division of Tuberculosis, State Board of Health. | All persons eligible to be x- irayed are urged to do so, since | “early tuberculdsis very seldom manifests symptoms discernable either to the layman or physician. Only an x-ray of the lungs can de- |tect, the «disease “in. the éarly | Persons'who have been around jactive cases of tuberculosis should jlet nothing prevent their having jan x-ray immediately. If they do {not come within the group elig- |ible for x-ray by the state mobile unit, then they should see family physician at once. Dr. Parramore reports authori- | ties agree it is not necessary to x- ray all children in the age group | five through 14, because very few | children develop pulmgnary tu- | bereulosis at’ this age. However, children dover 5. years of, age will same house with an active case of tuberculosis will “be x-rayed if the family. is eligible;for the ser- The program is made» possible ens through the cooperation of the | the same date:last, year. However, } WINCHESTER, Ind.—About. to| Monroe: County Medical ‘Society,| receipts of $9,643,014 this year the<Monroe County. ‘Tuberculosis ind Health Association, and the active case of pulnronary tuber-; their j be included for x-ray at the mo-! He | bile unit.if they have lived in the | ceive 1942 tags along with the| Thomas gathered bills and} checks, totaling $217, which were} scattered along the River -road.! The checks were made payable to R. M. Brown, a - Service sta- tion operator. Brown had ridden to work on a motorcycle and the money had dribblied out of an overloaded trouser pocket. LNAI EF AAR INAS BATTERY CHARGING In 30 Minutes—While You Wait e——_ Lou Smith AUTO SERVICE Phone No.5 White at Fleming belonged to the estate, af, Sylvester | A0% “eat - re Pearson, Mayor O. E. Ross. hesi- 2 eens on Page Four) ——+—— COUNTY TO ISSUE TINY AUTO TAGS ~FIRST OF MONTH | | WINDSHIELD STICKERS THAT | GO WITH THEM WILL | ALSO BE ON SALE | It was said at the office of County Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd today that the tiny auto- !mobile license tags and the wind- shield stickers that go with them will be put on sale on De- |cember 1. + The adoption of the small tags will save 100 tons of metal for *war industry, the state has esti- ‘mated The metal tab bears the yellow number 43 on a blue background. | It will be attached over the 42 year designation on this year’s Iplates. Also stamped on the tab lis the license number of the tag to which it will be attached. ;Every car will have the same Florida number it now has. The sticker is round, about 'three inches in diameter. It bears {the state seal and the name of the motor vehicle commission. |The color is yellow on a red background. Motor Vehicle Commissioner Driggers said persons who are } getting Florida license plates this year for the first time will re- 11943 cover tab and the sticker. | ordered The commission has ' 600,000 tabs and stickers. So far} lin 1942, 545,584 tags have been |sold,- compared with $593,815 on [are $1,193,344 alit¥id' off a year | 4go because there was an increase | in the. cost. tated a moment, not able to be- lieve his own eyes.. He saw money—$1,890 of. it in bills and quarters and half dollars. It was turned over to the administrator of the Pearson estate. PALACE THEATER MARLENE DIETRICH and JOHN WAYNE in THE SPOILERS NEWS and SERIAL Re-Opening 5 P. M. TODAY “SS path URGES ALL T0 ~'Ten More Lieutenants Asrive | For Duty At ‘Army Barracks Assignment of ten second lieu- | tenants to the Harbor Defenses of Key West has been announced by Colonel R. T. Arrington, Com- | manding Officer. The new officers reported at ;this station yesterday and today reported to the various posts to which they had been assigned by }Colonel Arrington. All officers were recently grad- juated from the U.S. Army's ;Coast Artillery Officer Candidate |School at Fort Monroe, Va. The jnew officers and their home ad- | dresses as made public by Colonel | Arrington are: Lt. Douglas E. Wilson, 440 E | Sonoma St., Stockton, Calif.; |; Lt. Thomas R. Sherburne, Cen- lter Lowell, Me.; } Lt. Laurence Deschere, 3525 {77th St., Jackson Heights, N. Y.; | Lt. Charles F. Tuttle, Montague | Road, Montague City, Mass.; | Lt. Earl L. Serton, 633 W. 17th St., Topeka, Kans.; | Lt. Frank W. Gergen, Boring, Oreg.; j_Lt. Howard E. Crozier, 117 , Veranada St., Portland, Me.; | Lt. Louis W. Frantzen, 200 W. “Main St., Manchester, Iowa; | Lt. Walter K. Bigger, Lairds- | ville, Pa.; 2 Lt. George M. Leinir, 304 Pel- tham Rd., New Rochelle, N. Y. i AUTOMOBILE FOUND AFIRE LAST NIGHT JOE HESSON, OCCUPANT OF VEHICLE, WAS BADLY i . BURNED j | ; : The fire department responded to an alarm about midnight last ; night, sounded from box 131, cor- |ner of Caroline and William j Streets, and on arriving at the Scene, discovered an automobile ion fire near the Gulf Oil Refining |Comtpany’s dock on Caroline be- jtween Margaret and Grinnell tstreets. The blaze. was soon ex- jtinguished, with considerable idamage to the car. | Joe Hesson, occupant of the (car, was badly burned, and was itaken to the Marine Hospital for | treatment. tle in the Solomons:has been continuing for six days. Nothing offi cial was said today about this matter. Unofficially, it wes stated that the Japs evidently are determined to start a major offensive to recapture Guadalcanal. - GENOA HIT AGAIN BY RAF “BLOCK BUSTERS” LONDON.—Genoa was bombed again last night. The Air Min istry did not say how many planes took part in the raid. but it was ammounced that a good many of them carried two-ton “block busters”, and that long stretches of Genoa were devastated. It was the fourth time in the last 10 days that Genoa has been raided. MALTA'S PLANES AID IN NOTH AFRICAN FIGHT LONDON.—Planes from Malta are helping the Allies im North Africa to a great extent, it was said here today. The RAF. based on Malta, which lies directly cast of Tunisia has intercepted Axis planes * operating between Sicily and Tunisia on three occasions. destroying “ 19 planes in the first clash. TIRE. REGISTRATION In order to further conserve tires and “try to keep all our ve- hicles running” the OPA has de- cided on a system of tire regis- tration and tire inspections be- ginning November 22. Before this date each owner of @ passenger car, for/which a ra- tion book has been issued, will mail in to the Local Rationing Board an inventory of tires and tubes in which he will certify that he has no more than five tires and five tubes for each ve. hicle. This will allow him four mounted tires on the car and one spare. The car owner will then re- ceive a Tire Registration and In- spection Form. Between Dec. 1 1942, and Feb. 1, 1943, every pas- senger car owner must have his tires inspected by an authorized OPA inspector. Beginning Feb. 1, 1943, every passenger car own- er will be required to have his tires and car inspected periodic- ally by a registered OPA inspec- tor as follows; All holders of basic A and D books, every four months with inspections -at least 60 days apary Every holder of a B,C or Supplemental D book, - every two months, with inspections at least 30 days apart. Before making his inventory of tires report each owner hav- ing more than five tires and tubes will be required to dispose of his excess. This will be done by turning them over to the Amer- ican Railway Express Company, which will call'for and receive all such’ tires and tubes. The Ex- press Company will give the own- er a receipt and forward them to 2 government depot where they will be appraised, and from which the owner will receive the ceiling price, less charge for any repairs required. These tires will then -be: available for re-is- sue_and will doubtless work to materizlly .increase the quota of tires available for civilian’ use. ,|prima facia necessary to dismount a tire @ passenger vehicle he be allowed to charge fifty for each tire so dismounted “Inspectors are frie the Local Rationi today, “and the courteous treatm tion. You do not the same inspector each t It is noted that where a tire is damaged thr negligence or carelessne Rationing Board will refuse replacement and, in act have any may be with driving over Any case an ho v ne and wilful abuse of tires cases are against the good and should be repor LIEUTENANTS BRIDGES AND SPOTTSWOOD ARE \GIVEN NEW POSITIONS i Such common (Special to The Citizen) HEADQUARTERS, 78th DIVI SION, CAMP BUTLER, N. | Nov. 16.—Brigadier General Fre A. Safay, Assistant Division ¢ miander of the 78th Division, has designa First Lieutenant William H. Bridges « Jacksonville, Fla “Lightning of Key Both officers formerly under General Safay when General was commanding off: of the 124th Infantry Regime former national guard unit ationed at Ft. Benning lemonstration troops Lieutenant Bridges ployed by a Jacksonville }cantern before he was cal |at¢tive duty two years ago service imeludes duty as regi mental munitions‘and exchange ,officer. He is a'son of Mrs. R. G- Boltin’ of Savanfiah, Ga | Lievténant “Spettswood was Civitiany ’underpurthasing officer the was slectrica em His The official inspectors: for this tire service are in general the filling stations operators and tire dealers. In Monroe county of the ‘7th Naval District at Key West until he entered the Army last winter. He attended the Parachute School at Ft. Benning ibefore being assigned to the 124th “| Infantry. He is a son of Maj. and e P of obtaining replace-| MFS. Robert F. Spottswood of Key ments. A complete list of the! The fees for this service will} be very nominal. For not to ex- ceed twenty-five cents per ve-| hiele, the inspector will check the; general condition of the tires, | it, for some reason, be RESC Pure pounded ° z w ! Tt Phone 177 it as reported tagt there ere O80 Axis troops im Tunisia. The clashes occurred at Tumis anc at Biserte. the newal bese at the - nortneast tip of the protectorste No news was recerved here abou the outcome of the faghting extner at Tunis or Bizerte. AND INSPECTION DECIDED UPON “= ENGAGEMENTS CARRIED ON IN TEMPERATURE OF i3 DEGREES BELOW ZERO —— attempts tc that sector but eH ful fli: [ Gh fe j il] ! I