The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 23, 1942, Page 1

| ‘British Eighth Anny Fal Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World For 62 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Xey West VOLUME LXIII. No. 278. Fleeing Soldiers Travel So Fast There Is Not Even ‘ToOvertatl Rominel’s ides Tov! So| JAPANESE ON NEW Any Rear Guard Delay CUINEA TRAPPED; ing Action AUSTRALIANS AND AMERI- | | ‘CANS CONTINUE ADVANCES (By Associated Press) AGAINST ENEMY CAIRO, Nov. 23.—The British Eighth Army. still going forward (By Annoviated Press) on an average of 30 miles a day. DARWIN, Nov. 23.—The Japs |on New Guinea are trapped be- tween their base at Buna and| have not caught up with Rom- mel’s fleeing men, who have traveled so much faster in the, their beachhead at Gona. a dist- last 24 hours there have not been /ance of 15 miles. while Austral- even any rear guard action. ‘ians on the west and Americans on the southeast continue their! opposition | Some of Marshal Rommel’s forces have arrived at El Agheila|/advance. Japanese has grown considerably stronger: and fiercer in the last 24 hours, end are reported to be preparing to make a stand there against the British. But military circles!it was reported. here think differently. They be-| The report from Port Moresby, leave {rom where the Americans and Australians are operating, is that , the Japs, with their backs against lieve that Rommel will only a sufficient number of men at El Agheila to slow up the the wall, are putting up a far} his more determined fight. It was learned today that the British advance, main force mav molested toward Tripoli. BIG RAID MADE so that continue un- jreinforcements from two small jvessels and a destroyer that sneaked in toward the shore \during the night. At daybreak, }when the three boats were sight- | Japs had received supplies and | Che Kry West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NE-WSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1942 VIEW OF POST-WAR LONDON “at the Thames, as conceived by the Royal Academy Planning Com- mitte of England. i By GLADWIN HILL | working on the along the belt will be under- Wide World Features lyears. ground and connected by a new LONDON, Nov. 23—London is! The work will cost an_ esti- | circular subway. Euston, St. Pan- goin cempdel her icyes | mated $100,000.00, only as much pres parm cle oe ost : - jas is being spent every two days|long familiar to readers of Sher- Square, build a “Rockefeller | nae if ¥* lock Holmes as the take-off points Center,” and arrange a series of | | to fight the war. ‘ | Essence of the plan is the idea, |f0r many of, his adventures, will traffic-less squares where pedes-| conceived 200 years ago, by the|P© Combined into one terminal. trians can pask in blissful se-! architect Christopher Wren, of}, Piccadilly Circus, London's curity. transforming London from a city|7imes Square where old ladies "Those are featurés of a 10-year|of narrow streets crowded with |Peddle flowers at the foot of the | i - i ; statue of Eros, will be trans- jplan of reconstruction, to be|Puildings into a light, airy com-|- on; : started immediately after . the| T™Bity; laid -out: in orderly ree [formed into’a rectangle ‘by the war, that promises to make Lon: | ee" with plenty of plazas. jpeaination a gre out Dua wine oetie celts. cttomor- The first step will be to sur- | iD&S. including the famous Mon- a jround London with a 100-foot} !0’s restaurant. Innovations planned include | belt highway and move out to it} New Vista For St. Paul's lelevated® highways ielonk which | the Z half dozen railroad ter- St. Paul's cathedral will be pedestrians can walk and peer i minals now jamm: od downtown, |giyven a wide clear vista down io second-story widows. of stores, along with the principal markets,}the Thames by completing the | cadeaedund-levelrahopping/strects Smithfield, Billingsgate and Cov-|work started by a couple of Ger- \from which vehicular traffic will| “Pt Garden. }man land mines in _ eliminating be excluded. Covent Garden, in the heart of|the intervening old buildings. ithe city, is a strange mixture of plan for two There will be no skyscrapers Keynes Among Planners The broad outlines of the pro- ed offshore, American bomber * raid ‘last night; the*British Air} py ‘telis: about an air battle be- “ that the permits would be limited! tion on Form PD-406 which has ON STUTTGART (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 23.—Stuttgart was subjected to a devastating planes from Port |Moresby at- tacked the boats and sank all three of them. Other news from Port Mores- reported today. Vast'tween 20 Jap planes and an un- plants that manufacture tanks.| disclosed number of Allied smaller plants where airplane pjanes. All the Jap planes but parts are made and_ extensive | one were destroyed. The remain- locomotive works were destroy- ing plane was chased back to ed, the ministry declared. fits field at Lae and, when it! It was the first large-scale raid janded, was machine-gunned on made on a German city in two the ground. weeks. Two hundred bombers; VISITING HERE | participated in the raid, and the| Included among the recent ar- ministry reported that 10 of; them were lost. rivals in‘Key West. was Mrs. Leota Holt from Fort Lauderdale. CHICAGO — Guadalcanal na-| Mrs. Holt will visit here for a tives were driven inland half ajwhile with her parents, Mr. vod) century ago by invasions of head- | Mrs. Harry L. Lowe, at the home hunters from nearby islands. jon Southard street. Ministry DRIVEN INLAND Order Concerning Limitation On Building Permits In Key | _ West Was Misunderstanding: All the protests against the sup-|cost, Here is Mr. Enyeart’s letter posed limiting of building permits! to Mr. Singleton: ct cal in Key West to $200 turned out to “In the intérest 6f the critical day to be unnecessary, and all the | housing situation in Key West, fuming against such an order is|Honorable Pat Cannon called this nothing more than a tempest in a office this morning. teapot. The fact is no such order | “He stated that it was the im- was ever given, and there has/pression in Key West that re- been a misunderstanding some-j|modeling and rehabilitation proj- where. jects were limited to a maximum The misunderstanding was be-jof $200.00, which was inade- tween Building Inspector Ralph; quate. At his request, we are Russell and the representative of| therefore pleased to correct this the War Production Board who |€rroneous impression. called on Mr. Russell. The latter! “Although the process of ob- thought he had been informed! taining permission for rehabilita- { to $200, but such could not have| been in effect for sometime was} been the case, according to a let-| Withdrawn on October 27, its use| ter Stephen C. Singleton, ex-|Was reinstated on November 10. It ecutive secretary of the Key West|is our pleasure, therefore, to in- Chamber of Commerce, received ;form you that residents of Key today from H. E. Enyeart, priori-| West desiring to enlarge or re- ties manager of the War Produc- | habilitate their homes, may con- tion Board. 701 Congress Build-| tinue to do so as before by the tse ing, Mian. of Application Form PD-406 sub- Mr. Enyeart, who surely ought | Mitted through FHA. to know, says, in effect, that Key 2 ark West may go on building as here. [Your seeing that this information tofore. jis given widespread publicity in Nothing is said about new} °Fder that all who are interested houses, but Mr. Singleton said his|™&Y be advised. impression is that no limit what- ever is placed on what they may MASONIC NOTICE There will be a regular meeting BATTERY CHARGING {of Anchor Lodge held tonight at 7:30 p.m. Work in the M. M. De- ‘allied “We will appreciate very much {gram. have just been disclosed by the Royal Academy Planning Committee of 15 architects and experts like economist Lord (formerly John Maynard) Keynes,. headed. by . Sir Edwin ‘Luytens, president of ‘the Acad- yemy. The committee has been |cabbages and contraltos. A farm- ling plot centuries ago, it some- |how became the site of the Cov- |built, the architects say, to avoid cutting off light from the multi- tude of old four and five-story | buildings that will remain, but some taller buildings will be erected. | Once the. work is started, “you'll see<a vast ‘change infive years,” Sir Edwin says, “and a ;ent Garden opera house, so that when anybody spoke of a distin- guished figure in Covent Garden you have never been able to tell whether they were* talking about a green-grocer’ or a Galti-Curci. The new railroad - terminals MANY ATTEND USO. REOPENING COMMANDER HILTON OF U.S. COAST GUARD GIVES ADDRESS The USO Center on Duval was formally reopened Saturday night with an attend- ance of between 500 and 600. An address was made by Com- mander C. H. Hilton, in which he told of the many advantages that the center would extend to the service men. He said that the im- provement of the hall at a cost of $10,000 was a distinct contribution to the recreation facilities afforded service men in this community. The following program was rendered: 7 p. m—Stage suow presented by Coast Artillery soidiers from Fort Taylor. Songs by from Army and Navy. 9 to 10 p. m—Formal dance for all’service men. Music. by the Army band. During an intermission, from 10 to 10:45, an all-girl stage show was presented by the NCCS branch of the USO of Miami. This was the mobile unjt that visited the Naval Base about a month ago, and its numbers included vaude- ville acts and musical. and dance features. This branch came here under the direction of Mrs. Frank street soloists |Roscoe.of Miami. 10:45 to Midnight—Continuance of the dance. The. program was under the di- rection of James McFarlane, as- sisted by Miss Margaret Hauser, who is in charge of the Victory Girls, decorators of the hall. Re- freshments were served by the Key West branch of: the Catholic {Pane of America. S schalshehaiehaedons very different London in ten.” | SHERIFF ARRESTS Two FOR Ficurinc DR. M'DERMID | RA ' GIVEN HEARING The argument last night be. ; tween H. K. Buckner and Ralph! |Rhonden became too hot to be | jsettled by words, so they agreed | to fight it out, and chose as their; “ring” the lot on Duval street that} was at one time the site.of a} ‘church for colored peopie. CHARGED WITH STRIKING NEGRO; BOUND OVER TO CRIMINAL COURT | Tom Porter, a negro, did a But before the bout reached the|turn as a good Samaritan, and jend of the first round, Sheriff | then got punched in the face for jose Sawyer saw the crowd ofjit. That is the gist of a story j Peas eae the ae had;that was told to Justice of the j attracted, and joined it to find out! i “s | what the excitement was. Buck- een ie ore | ing. Several days ago, Tom was call- ;ner and Rhonden were mixing it! |pretty fast when Sheriff Sawyer | ed by a negro girl, who said she had been bitte: by a dog, and he stepped up and arrested them. | took her to the office of Dr. They were arraigned today be-! T. McDermid, on Division street, {fore Justice of the Peace Enrigue ;Esquinaldo and each was held in \ between Duval and Whitehead, for treatment. $25 bail for the criminal court. | WOMEN WORKING ON. |r. Mebermia ‘cauterized the i WAR WEEK PROGRAM | wound and charged $5. The girl! i ase {did not have the money, but said |. The Wat Savings Staff of the |She knew where she could get it. |CU.S. Treasury Department is| Porter volunteered to go with sponsoring the women of the! her, but she failed to get the $5. ‘whole United States in its pro-| A few days later Dr. McDer- motion of bond and stamp sales|™d met Porter and asked him |during the “Minute Women at/@bout the money. Porter said he} ; War. Week”, November 22 to 28.|W@S explaining that the girl The head of the Women’s | would pay the bill, when the ‘vision in Key West, Mrs. A. M,/doctor punched him in the face. ‘tee, Mrs. Willard M. Albury,|™id- admitted striking Porter Mrs. Charles E. Reordan, Mrs. The doctor was held in $150 bail} Mrs. William R. Warren, Mrs.} EE Norberg Thompson .Miss Minnie} YACHT CLUB HOLDS Mrs. Rob Roy Ricketts, Mrs. ENJOYABLE MEETING | Wallace Kirke, Mrs. Stephen! Wc ERTS jd. J. Trevor and Mrs. J. B.|YachtClub continues to be the Swain. |highlight of the week for the jbooth in the Post Office, where | house between the Bay and the ; bonds and stamps will be sold all| Bight to practice on Food and! | rs With Commodore Clemmer last} i A SWAP week were R. F. Wheeless, A. E. |_ PALMETTO. Fla.—Rev. C. Fred! Trevor, Clem Price, William| | Smith resigned as pastor of the| Arnold, John Russell, Doctor Can- Morgan, has chosen her comm: Justice Boysen said McDer- William Waite, Mrs. E. H. Jones, |for the criminal court. :Porter Harris, Mrs. "Dan Navarro, } ‘Douglas, Mrs. Carl Hilton, Mrs.{| Saturday “nooning” at — the | These women have set up a/group that gathers at the little ‘this week, | Philosophy. i Peirce, A. L. Murray. Ben D. | Baptist Church here to becom: | field, Howard Overlin and S. C. fy Key West, Florida, hzs the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenhe*t U. A. Ss. PRICE FIVE CENTS American And British Forces Hem In ANis Units On Tunisia American Planes Inflict Heavy Americans Are Reported Damage On Jap Installations Lateran First German (Bs Associated Pressy | Nov. 23. —\two planes that took to the air | Troops CHUNGKING, During Morning Squadrons of American planes | to fight off the Americans were | | (By Acsociated Press) LONDON, Nov. 23. — With Indo-China’s | % American troops on one side and | British troops on the other, the inflicted extensive damage on shot down. . | Japanese installations in Indo- | ns |shoreline, the war office report- China today and yesterday. Jap} ed today that American bomber; _ Axis fcrces on Tunisia planes sank a Jap transport of | several ammunition dumps were| 7.999 tons and badly TY | eben today to be in a narrow On another airfield,' one of 6,000 tons. Lesnies.:-- plecagsaametiel 'the naval base at Bizerte. | It was reported further that | Americans captured sea, near airdromes were smashed and are re- blown up. LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) their first *|German and Italian troops this |meorning. Most of them were eovce sevececcece | Itelians and are thought to have INDUSTRIAL SECTIONS OF GENOA IN RUINS LONDON.—Photographs brought to the British Air Ministry by RAF flyers show that the greater part of the industrial sections of Genoa are in ruins, as a result of the:series of air raids that city has suffered recently. The photographs also show that the resi- dents of Genoa had not recovered from their fright, as they were shown struggling to board trains at railroad stations in their frantic efforts to leave the city. Had there been several times as many trains they could not have accommodated everybody, who wished to leave the city. | been ‘ferried to Tunisia within |the last three or four days. Six German transport planes | were shot down today by Allied that in flyers. It was reported Plenes of thet type the Axis have brought across the Mediterran- ‘ean not only troops but tanks TUBELESS TIRE PROVES SATISFACTORY | Siso from beth Sicily snd taly. WASHINGTON.—William Boyd. Jr. detailed by the govern-| The Allied command. tighten- ment to test the tubeless tire invented by John B. McGay, of Tulsa. ing the alreedy narrow pocket. Okla., reported today that it worked satisfactorily in every way. is ot 4 i he satin Many millions of pounds of rubber that now go into inner tubes, | . ia . Boyd said. can be saved by using the tubeless tire. However, the |* ™Op-up campaign that will re- government will make more tests before the adoption of the tire. ~/suli In the British and American INDICTED FOR CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE ee ee | control of both Tunis and Biz- SALEM, Ore.—Two cooks at the Oregon sylum, where 47 in-| mates died from eating ‘scrambled eggs, were indicted today for|erte in the next few days. criminal negligence. Evidence shows they accepted from a patient Another Yllied force is said to roach powder that was supposed to be powdered milk. | a - | have come into possession of th- AXIS TRYING TO REINFORCE TROOPS | railroad in all of southern Tuni LONDON.—According to the French-controlled radio in Mo- sia. rocco, the Axis powers are also trying to reinforce their troops in. It " today that the Tunisia from the garsison ih Tripoli. 12 is expected thet those|. Tt wee fiecloned today tte troops may clash with the American forces that are advancing in P-38, one of America’s best fight- a southeasterly direction. | ing planes, have been engaged in FIGHTING ON GUADALCANAL DIES DOWN ithe Tunisian area the last week DARWIN.—Fighting on Guadalcanal has died down since the *"¢ have given = good eccount United States Marines drove back a contingent of Japs that were of themselves. advancing toward the Henderson airifeld from the west. —— — --—— | LEROY JOHNSON DEFENSE RECREATION |X-RAY EXAMINATIONS GIVEN HEARING GROUP NEEDS PIANO) = HERE THIS EVENING, = = The Defense Recreation office} Examinations for tuberculosis A.|is hunting for a piano to be used|ii @ mobile X-ray unit of the for the enjoyment of service men| State Board of ‘Health will be at one of their small centers. 1f)held this afternoon and evening the piano is not in good condition,|@t the County . Courthouse means will be found to repair it.|grounds, near Thomas and Flem Eva B. Warner, ‘director, stated | ing streets, for white residents of a that if a piano is loaned, it will be| Key West. checked by the DFO with periodic | reports to be given the owner. Mrs. Warner also said that a great deal of pleasure will be de- rived from obtaining this piano, inasmuch as there are so many service men musically’ inclined, and will thereby help them pass their time away most pleasantly. If aby musical instruments aside from a piano are available, they will be very acceptable for recreational purposes. BRADY’S POULTRY MARKET The same wil be carried on tomorrow noon and evening for the colored people. Russians Make Great Advance: Seize Three Important Points examinations after | | (By Associated Press) j MOSCOW, Nov. 23.—Russian | forces have advanced from 30 to | 40 miles northwest and south of Stalingrad in the last five day our NO have seized three important points Place Y Order W |.and have inflicted 43.000 casual- 3 \ties‘on the enemy, the Russian DUCKS | communique asserted today It was further said that the | Newspapers, said a Tennessee Milkfed Russians are driving steadily | Viewing the campaign lest ROASTERS .|down along the Don toward Res- | “Russiz avenging bh Soft Bone tov, and it was added that should ROASTERS — STEWERS | city, they would have a good Pravda. one of Russi toda \they eventually recapture that chance of trapping 375,000 enemy PALACE THEATER In 30 Minutes—While You Wait |gree. All members take due an army chaplain. Rev. M. O.| Singleton. } troops, many of whom are already | notice, and Visiting Brethren cor- dially invited. SABU in Lou Smith AUTO SERVICE Phone No. § » White at Fleming —ere «= BY Order of the W. M. JOHN C: PARK, Secy. | JUNGLE :BOOK NEWS and SERIAL Plotting against the peace and FRYERS being segregated from the main j Owens, Jr.. of Myrtle Beach, S.| {C+ accepted the call to fill the/dignity of the distinguished fish | vacancy here. When Rev. Smith that inhabit these waters was en- pes assigned, to his post, it was|tered into and the program next at Myrtle Beach, S. C. | Saturday will include fish stories. | Our Chickens are received alive and we Kill and Dress Them Daily Phone 540 1214 White Street! a a forces. The Russian high command de- clared today that the activity of|