The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 20, 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. 276. British. Chasing Rommel’s |S Stl Enemy Loses Much Equip- ment, Consisting Of Mo- torized Vehicles, Guns! And Tanks (By Assaciated Press) CAIRO, Nov. 20.—The war of- fice announced today that the British Eighth Army, in pursuit of Rommel, has destroyed, since, Yesterday. 28 enemy tanks, cap- futed or destroyed 24 guns and 2565tmotorized vehicles. The opinion here has changed about the stand that Rommel will make'to try to beat off the Brit- ish troops. It is no longer thought that he will fight it out from be- hind the salt marshes and barbed wire entanglements at El Aghe- ila but that he wi:l continue his retreat all the way to his main base at Tripoli. Supplies and reinforcements too await Rommel in Tripoli, it On The Run \\ewrwereae PRESIDENT ASKED TO |POSTPONE RATIONING GAS FOR NINETY DAYS | a (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.— Seventy - five congressmen have signed a petition re- questing the President to Postpone for 90 days the na- tionwide rationing of gaso- line. The order is to go into ef- fect in 10 days, and the con- gressmen drew up the peti- tion because they thought that legislation could not be enacted in that period to hold up the nationwide ra- tioning until a later date. There is no need of ration- ing in the west and middle west, the congressmen main- tain. SSDI Sai @ aa: FEATURE KEY WEST the Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1942 eneral Wing Retr W. r | HARMATTAN-D-y, healthy land wind— ‘December to March cently ended, dna the Allies are already on the march. Action in West Africa may well be waiting upon the dry Harmattan which begins to blow in December. Fol- lowing the rainy season, this wind.is called Wide World Features AUTUMN is the time of winds ihe world over, and some of the seasonal storms now commencing will powerfully affect the | war. Most-Important for the United Na- | tions is the razor-edged Russian Buran | “The Doctor” by natives. which is already beginning to sweep icy | Two other notable Autumn storms wili ‘Americans Rout Germans In First Key West, Florida, hes the most equable climate in the country; with am average range of only 14° Fahrenhe't S. A. VRICE FIVE CENT* Engagement Since Fist World War Encounter Took Place To- day Thirty Miles From Tunis; Short And Sharp Fighting Much Interest Centers On Meeting To Discuss Order Issued Limiting Building Representative men from every , this afternoon. chi penne Sinan walk of life in Key West are ex-|ptove to the War Production! sine “ oy are . pected to be present this after-|Board that when it practically) © oS acai pgs! noon in the Chamber of Com-/stops building in Key West by its| the first time since World War I. merce rooms to attend the meet-jrecent order to the building in- a ing at which will be considered | spector, the board is actually in-|*™ericam troops clashed with the the’ War Production Board’s or-|terfering with our war effort. |Germans. The jcurred 30 miles from Tunis and der to limit building permits in} “To work well a man must not | Key West to $200 each. The/only eat well but he must sleep| meeting is scheduled to begin sad bv and he tan not sleep well if; was short amd sharp. The Ger- 4:30 o'clock. he hasn't a proper place to sleep. | Clarence Higgs, business agent !Since the war started the carpen- | ™#8* fell back. shortly after fir- of the Carpenters’ Union, says|ters in Key West have provided | jing started. and retired to their that he has called on many prom-| sleeping accommodations needed! ” inent residents and requested|for men who are engaged in war | PTepered positions, thus cutting them to attend the meeting. work. That is the fact we intend | off further action. “We need concerted effort in| to point out to the WPB when we | Another clash the G this matter,” Mr. Higgs said, “and | appeal to it to lift its ban against | today ieee Tunis- a I believe we are going to get it! building in Key West. sill <inais wating ilk It is our aim to encounter oc- force o arms. A came into lied IN FOLKWAYS BOOK | QUAINT CUSTOMS OF ISLAND CITY ARE DESCRIBED IN THE VOLUME blizzards from the steppes, to immobilize | shortly hamper sea supply in different pars the Nazis. | oceans. Vicious Typhoons, ranging from In Burma, end of the rainy Southwest | the Philippines to Japan, are to be expected Moonsoon may herald renewed activity on | in November. A't the same time, strong that front. Its beginning last June gave | Autumn games of the North Atlantic will | the British a breathing spell. The Simoom, | be no help to our convoys—or to roving } or Sahara sand-storm season, has also re- | raiders. is reported. Some supplies and | men are believed to be reaching | Bommel now from Tripolj in at- | temtpts to aid him in his flight. | VOGHT FUNERAL HERE RE SUNDAY Key Wests clieg-cusiome are jcolumn of 34 Gei tanks t jevidently kas proceed | naval base at Bizerte j tion that followed ght of t German tanks were dest jand the other 26 returned t GERMAN GENERAL ARRIVES IN LONDON |base. The British did not LONDON.—General Von Thoma, who was second in comumand single man in the engagem of the Axis army fighting in Libya, and who was captured by the! Flying fortresses have part British shortly after the beginning of the present offensive, arrived | pated to a great extent in | | | | LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCT- ‘ED BY REV. RIVIERE OF STONE CHURCH he 4S eats The funeral of Ray Roberts! Voght, 47, who died Wednesday | of a-heart attack, will be held | 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon from | the chapel of the Lopez Funeral! Home. Rev. A. C. Riviere, pas- | tor of the First M. E. (Stone) | Church, will officiate. Survivors are the father, Fer- nando Voght; two brothers, Wil-| liam and Von Voght; a sister, Camille Ferrell, and a} lighter, Miss Jacqueline Voght. * Burial will be held in the fam- ily lot in the city cemetery. The: deceased was a World War’ veteran and pallbearers will be selected from the Amer-! ican Legion, of which he was a member. A firing squad from the armed forces. will fire a volley at the grave-side. FIRST GAS TRACTOR BORN 50 YEARS AGO; (By Associated Pressy FROELICH, Ia., Nov. 20.—Just 50 years ago this the! first gasoline tractor was learning | to walk. “There was no boisterous cele- bration when John Froelich coax- ed two miles an hour out of the contraption at his village black- | summer, smith shop, but the two score peo- | ple in this northeastern Iowa hamlet haven't forgotten the oc- casion. observing the golden anniver- sary. After numerous adjustments the vertical, one-cylinder engine, | built largely of steam engine! parts, was shipped to South Da- kota in the fall of ’92 and was used successfully to operate a thresh- ing machine at Lanford. Froelich died in St. Paul, Minn., | in 1933, but his former neighbors here feel he was an integral cog behind the nation’s present agri- cultural machinery/developments and in 1939 they erected a mem- orial marker in his honor. This year the general store and private homes are using golden- colored envelopes inscribed with a picture of the first tractor and} a brief history of Froelich's achievements. + del TIRE REPAIRS, (Dill Electric Vulcanized) | Pan Smith Auto Service | No. § In quiet fashion they are} prominently featured in Stetson ennedy’s “Palmetto Country,” jlatest volume in the American | Folkways Series.edited by Ers- kine Caldwell/and published to- , day: by Dgell, Sloan & Pearce. \« ‘The-asther is well known bere | as the writer of the Key ere | Historical Pageant, and as a fre- quent contributor of special stor- ies in The Citizen, which is often quoted in the book. Five years} ago he married the former Miss | Edith Ogden of Key West, and since then has lived here at inter- vals for several years. Many of |his stories and articles have had a Key West background, but “Pal- |metto Country” is his first book- length work. Much of it was writ- {ten in Key West during the au- thor’s stay here last summer. | The past and present import- ance of Key West in the southern- most region of the United States jis reflected in the index to “Pal- metto Country,” which lists more |references to Key West than to jany other city. Among the many prominent Key Westers mention- \ed are Jefferson’ B. Browne, Vin- ing Harris A.J. Kemp, L. W. |Bethel George W. Allen, James Filer, Luis Avila, Armando Mato, Horace O’Bryant, Bienvenido Pe- rez, and B. M. Duncan. All the colorful periods of |Key West history are treated, |from the days of exploration and piracy, wrecking, sponging, and the building of the Overseas Rail- road and Highway. The Island |City’s important role in the Civil War Spanish-American War, and | World War is also described. Among the popular Key West folklore included are the popular tales of the wrecking master Squire Egan, the Conch sponger | Charlie Coker, and the complete song “Sponger Money,” as well as. many other flavorful songs and anecdotes recorded along the} 3 islands picturesque waterfront. |PLAN TO RELIEVE DOCTOR Ce | | Following CIOS suggestion of |the Acting Surgeon hesieaio~ b= | Warren F. Draper of the United | States Public Health Service, the Key West Chamber of Com- jmerce has taken up the matter of {shortage of physicians in Key. West with the State Board of Health and the chairman of pro- |curement and assignment. a Probably the board may suc- in having one or more pemeHtel come here when the jfield afforded in Key West is} brought to their attention. Key | West has only one physician for jevery nine or ten thousand per- sons, while the average is fewer |than a thousand in most other White at Fleming, places. Ih New York, for in- istance, the average is 645. WOULD PROTECT MANY FISHERMEN CLAIMED THAT SHORTAGE OF FISH MAY COME WITH MEAT Japanese Face Surrender : Or -Annitilation At Bua (By Associated Press) Saas: sine out nm! REMEMBER SERVICE MEN THANKSGIVING Every family in Key West is asked by the USO, 1021 Duval street. to invite at least one service man to din- ner on Thanksgiving Day. The idea ‘is to bring hoie- life closer to these young men on that day, many of whom are spending their first Thanksgiving away from their own firesides. Families wishing to coop- erete with this plan are ask- ed to call Miss Margaret Hauser at 692 and she will WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 29. (FNS) Florida’s congressman, Bob Sikes, went to the mat last week in defense of the nation’s com- mercial fishermen and _ bluntly said unless something is done in their behalf we will face a fish shortage more acute than the growing meat shortage. Sikes points out that fishing fleets are always. undermanned because of low pay and low mar- ket prices. In addition, restric- tions imposed by the military have closed some of the best fish- ting grounds and prevented night lfishing in areas along the Gulf jand Atlantic. Thousands of com- mercial fishing crews have join- ed the Navy or Coast service, while many others have been pre- vented from entering fishing wa- ters because they lack birth cer- }tificates or other identification. 1 be the fate of the Japanese forces } | tationed at Buna near the north- | easterly tip of New Guinea. The Australians are reported tol have made gains of several miles| since yesterday, while the Ameri-| cans are advancing. at a rapid! pace from’ the southeast. | The Americans had only a few! Minor clashes with Nipponese outposts, but.the Australians had; an all‘day fight that resulted in| the loss of several hundred Japs. The Japs are sorely in need of} supplies and reincorcements, and| yesterday a Jap cruiser and two} invitati destroyers tried to get them to} peaioringiajer tags =e sailor or soldier. the beleagured garrison. The re-} ™&rine. sult was that a squadron of Am- | Ladeaheeateataaadeuden, erican bombers took off from the! Allied base at Port Moresby and | | ENTERTAINMENT FOR [stacked the shins, bealy demas-|~ SOLDIERS MONDAY |e Sushi ing the cruiser and one destroyer men sorely needed. He is as- ae ashy. damaging the other sembling all available data on the lestroyer. subject for presentation to the | H VISITS ATLANTA egeemneen Wallace Bryant Kirke, head of ! mous show, which bos iSions| NOTE Ee "BOOKS the Housing Project program in| throughout the United States to! Key West, is now in. Atlanta, | units of the nation’s armed forces, | ee Ga. conferring with yd Present a number of nation-| Bascom L. Grooms, chairman enter-| of the local rationing board, to- jday issued the following import- {there in the interest of the hous- | ally famous professional ing situation in Key West. ‘amen: | Lee Norton famed Latin-Amer- ant notice to holders of “S” gas- FRI IIIA AAT AA AAI i q ‘*k4% | ican singer, heads the cast as mas-|Oline books: j i { The Camel paeven will play to the soldiers of Key West at the Fort Taylor theater on Monday ; ; night. UB SUGALO A li of ceremonies. Other well-} “All ‘S’ books for gasoline will % | known personalities on this Cara-}|€xpire on November 22. Sin OPENS j¥an include the beautiful Three} “Holders of these books who Hb it their modern sophisti-} are truck and taxicab operators jcated and “swingy’ song harmon-| Should register at the rationing if fense Worke i* Defense rs routine;:the iCharming’ Camelets;| the. Office of Defense Mrekasyee- noon for the purpose of register- ATLANTA, Ga. Nov. Ray Edward Demeritt, 531 ing holders of ‘S’ books for gaso- line.” t "PALACE THEATER WESTWARD “HO The Three Mesquiteers es Pearl Robins with her tricky | board ,.before November 22 for a -tap” dance-routines; unster|@dditional gasoline to enable i ici Hager. with his’ hilaridus}them to continue the operation of “pitchman’’ ‘act; Charlie Masters,} their vehicles. until certificate of Pinseney in-his riotous comedy | Necessity has been received from Hite Civilian population’ |routn th ch rdial and the music of Bobby Kuhn tion, abe - ly invited | tog and jis; Cavaleers. “The rationing - board dffide Se tend the which normally closes at-noon of this delightful Nights! RAY DEMERITT IS Se ee Tow until 5 o'clock in the after- ASSIGNED TO DUTY {Sncetal te The ¢ te The Cetmrm } Headquarters Fourth Service | Command announced the follow- % jing Air Corps Reservist has been j ordered to active duty as of No- i vember 18: | pee tee cog eh on 'y Spend Enjoyable Evening. COCKTAIL LOUNGE & BAR NO COVER - NO MINIMUM AT ANY TIME ——Phone $1: Francis street, Key West, Fla. to % the Air Force Classification Cen- See eeeEeeeeeeeeeEES ter, Nashville, Tenn. | E Sike§,, Says, many draft boards} in this city yesterday. He was brought by air from Chairo in a ®Ction in Tunisia during Canadian plane. RUSSIA WILL FIGHT “ALL-OUT” DURING WINTER MOSCOW.—AIl newspepers in this city todey stress the state-| ment of the Russian war office that Russia’s winter campaign | ageitist the "Germans will be continued without Isetup until next. spring. One paper remarked that the Germans had a “hafd time’ in Russia last winter but will have a “harder time” this winter. PETAIN UNDER SPELL OF “DICTATOR” LAVAL LONDON.—The view of military circles here about Marshal Philippe Petain’s “order” to Frenchmen to resist the Anglo-Saxons in North Africa is that Hitler was talking and was-using the aged | marshal “merely as @ mouthpieos”. Petain, serene St Sie ageeety has fallen in line with Dictator Laval. SIX KILLED IN PLANE CRASH AT MORRISON FIELD WEST PALM BEACH—Six men were killed today when their | plane crashed in an attempfed take-off at Morrison Field in this| city. Report Nazis Lost 3 20,000 In Killed, Wounded, In 2 Weeks hhdihide ddd HEAVY DECEMBER TRAVEL EXPECTED DESPITE WARTIME (By Awnoviated Press) ‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.— (By Associated Preas) MOSCOW, Nov. 20. — The Russian high conimand reported today that the Germans lost 20,- 000 in killed and wounded in their futile fighting the last two wecks at Nalchik.. Countless attacks and | counter-attacks were made by the Germans, and the sum total of their claims have amounted to nothing; for they practically oc- cupy the same line now as they j did when they started the Nalchik \ offensive. But little fighting has occur- red in Stalingrad since yesterday, while at Leningrad today several determined onslaughts by the enemty were thrown back with great losses to him in men and in equipment. 4 The war office stated today that the German “summer offen- sive” has come to an end and the Russian “winter offensive” has! bee “That offensive will con- tinue throughout the winter.” the | Serrerrers war office statement concluded. SATURDAY Nec |= FROM 8 to 1 AM. RAUL'S CLUB |" SN tre WASHINGTON.—A _— at “oa about 90 sar fa for shoes, feet Pree Delivery | 24 hours. Several of the ai |still held by the Germans effectieviy raided and |Pected that two of them wil into Allied hands before the és ended. The American forces marcliing jsoutheastward through Tur | toward Tripoli have not nm |any opposition in the last 24 NEW SLEEPING BAG LIGHTER TO REPLACE OLD ONES IN USE FOR TROOPS IN COLD CLIMATE (By Associated Press) ATLANTA, Ga 2 down-filled sleeping bag fo climate troops is or and in its place wil item that weighs jless and saves 35 per space when rolled into it was announced today Quertermaster Branct Service Command. The main body of the made of balloon cloth shell of poplin. Tests of shell’s water repellency that it may be used to ad in a floorless tent and, « extremely cold weather a tent A specially built carryix keeps the contents the and serves covering at night considerable Perry. Point out, during h: Arctic regions siept in but insisted upon a foot its we be a 7 at F thus warmth body which fer from freezing. A soldier can get i the new bag im a fraction time required for the down jed bag. The former is eu with a quick opening slide fast tener, while the eld bag had tus separate fasteners: located ‘sorme distance apart. BRADY’S POULTRY MARKET Tennessee Milkiec | i as = sed pe Our Chickens are received alrve and we Kill and Dress Them Da Phone 540 1214 White Street £2£4444444644464460604