The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 25, 1942, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World For 62 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXIII. No, 280. Che Kry THE SOUTHERNMOST NE heer es Aral Citizrn Key West, Florida, hes the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenhe't ) } } IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1942 PRICE FIVE CENTS Council Uroes Mayor To Have Police Make Check Of Bikes Here Minus Of Licensé Tags City’ Votes To Purchase, Another Vessel To Re-| plac ‘Boat Operated By, Sanitary Department | - | The City Council at a special | meeting last night voted to urge Mayor Willard M. Albury have members of the police force to} make a complete check of bi- cycles throughout the city not having a license tag. It was shown at the meeting last night that there are approxi- mately 6,000 bicycles West, with only akout 3,000 hav- ing licenses, in Key It was also requested that the mayor have the police make 8 survey of automobiles Siciting} without a proper license as. it+ was shown there are only about 2,400 having the current tag out of a possible 3.500 cars now op- erating in Key West. The Council has asked for im- mediate action by the Mayor on these matters, with a hope that it may result in having the police round up all violators in this con-j nection, all of whom will be sub- ject to arrest if they are operating without the required license tag. A letter was read from Mrs. Walter Lowe offering to sell to the city a vessel for use in the sanitary department to replace the boat that is now in operation, but which is badly in need of re- placement. The price asked is $750. The Council voted to pur- chase the vessel provided that it Proves satisfactory as to its sea- worthiness. The boat will be} placed on the ways where a ship| carpenter ‘will make an inspection | of the*hull and other parts, after which he will make a report of his ) fingingstp the Council body. { The Council voted to approp- riate $300 to be used in having a bulldozer machine clear off the} remaining portion of the city| grounds near the old incinerator | site on Flagler Avenue, adjacent) to the proposed Baseball Stadium. | The remaining part is just off the stadium grounds, which is now; being used as a trash dump pile. The Council upon application from the Key West Realty Com- pany, with Attorney Aquilino Lopez, Jr. representing the cor- poration, made an adjustment on some of its taxes on acreage property which has been divided into lots and pleced on the tax books for the current year. The Realty Company also agreed to pay their taxes on a portion of their land holdings, provided that} the city would allow them to set-| tle on a particular tract at a pro-| portionate rate of the entire tract. The Council agreed to accept pay- | ment on these conditions. Other properties of the land mompany xelatiye tala Ailaliey sn no , action taken, the council deciding to defer action until a later date in order that the members of the body may have further time to study the matter. BRING IN YOUR CAR for! ITS NEXT LUBRICATION | LOU SMITH AUTO SERVICE Phone No.5 White at Fleming TSS LISS SS SS THANKSGIVING DAY IN KEY WEST TO BE OBSERVED QUIETLY Thanksgiving services will be held in all churches in Key West tomorrow. Some of the stores and Other business houses will be closed all day while others will remain open all day. The post office, the First Netional Benk and the city and county offices will be closed all day. Work in the Navy Yard, the Army Barracks and on | defense projects will go on | tomorrow the same as usual. | SITS ISS SS. MANPOWER ISSUE | VERY PUZZLING t i { i i "Uy Associated Prensa) WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—Who! is going to have first call on the| manpower of the country, the army and navy or the War Pro-; duction Board? That is the question flared up! here today and to which no de- cisive answer has yet been forth-| coming. It is said to be causing | the President some uneasiness, but no comment has yet come}; from him, yet he will be the one who, finally, will be called on} to make the decision. It is not an easy question, ex-| perts pointed out today. The} War Production Board has _ its quota of war implements to turn | out, and the only way that eae be done is if the board has a suf- | ficient number of men_ with} which to do it. On the other} side of the picture are the navy and the-army that have enemies to beat, and the only way that can be done is if the army and the navy have the men with which to do the beating. NINE DEFENDANTS - PLEADED GUILTY IN CRIMINAL COURT Nine defendants pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon before Judge William V. Albury of the Monroe Gounty Criminal Court of Record, and eight of them were fined: $25 each, with the alternative’ of spending 30 days in jail. The fines yere paid. The defendants and the charges against them were: Robert Stark, reckless driving; Raymond Mel-| vin Warren, speeding; Frank C.} Bell, speeding; Ralph Rhoden and F. E. Buckner, fighting; Robert Russell Aaron, Irving Arthur Lamb, reckless driving; Leroy Johnson, reckless driving. Henry Cogswell, who pleaded guilty to assault and battery, was fined $10 and costs, or 30 days in jail. | : Thanksgiving Service —FIRST— BAPTIST CHURCH j TED M. JONES, Minister SERVICE 8 O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING “Come Let Us Give Thanks Early in the Morning.” > > > > > Moresby. i The reason for the intensified! ° jfighting, the report said, {base on the northeast tip of New {IN FURIOUS. FIGHT jlery,—in trying to beat back the reckless driving; | ** FIGHTING ON NEW GUINEA NOW FIERCE REPORTED THAT JAPS NOW HAVE BACKS TO WALL AT BUNA (By Asxociated Press) DARWIN, Nov. 25.—Fiighting on New Guinea is reported today to be fiercer than at any other} time since, six weeks ago, the Australians began to forge back} ® the Japs who had gone down the southern slope of the Owen Stanley Mountains to within 34 miles of the Allied base at Port} | is be- cause the Japs now have their backs to the wall at Buna, their Guinea. The 15-mile stretch from Buna to Gona is said to have been pulverized by American bombing planes.- It is in that area that the fiercest fighting is| occurring, with the Americans advancing slowly from the south- east and the Australians from the west. The plight in which the Japs jfind themselves is that they) have one of three things they ean do: fight till they die, sur-| “jrender, or be driven into the| sea, | AXIS FORCES NOW. BRINGING EVERY IMPLE- MENT OF WAR POSSIBLE INTO! BATTLES (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 25.—The Axis jforces in Tunis and Bizerte are said today to be using furiously every implement of war in their possession—tanks, planes, artil- attacks that the British and Am- ericans have launched to capture those two key places in Tunisia. Despite the stiffened opposition, |the Allied armies are reported to be “rolling on” toward their ob- | jectives, Tunis, the capital city, and Bizerte, the largest and best equipped naval base in North; | Africa. The American forces are | reported today to be only 24 miles from Bizerte, while the British are two miles nearer Tunis. There is no doubt entertained here that the Axis are determined to fight to the finish, and official circles here were inclined to be- lieve the report that Italy, in an attempt to hold Tunis and Bizerte, will send out her fleet to try to clear the waters off North Africa not only of Allied ships but also of American and British naval units. Six battleships, the report said, would be included in Italy’s | fleet. Rome today reported that its submarines have destroyed one American destroyer in the Medi-| terranean. and have sunk one; troopship and damaged seven} others. Allied headquarters did not comment on this report. PALACE THEATER Tom Brown in “HELLO ANNAPOLIS” News and Serig] " DANGEROUS JOURNEY—Private Arne Jansen. former boxer, rides ergorheter while breathing oxygen at 35.000 feet. Instru- ment on left ear reveals oxygen saturation in the blood to pate: tors outside altitude chamber. Wide World Features }reactions caused by cold and lack DAYTON, 0., Nov. 25.—Sol- jof oxygen in extreme heights. | diers here go into altitudes higher|, Operators of the chambers | than ever pierced by ‘flying fort- have complete control, and when | resses: But they do not leave the the going gets too tough the sol- ground. \dier is returned to ground con-/} They're volunteer medical sub- | ditions, jects atthe Wright Field Aero| Because of these tests, Army Medical Urfit. Under supervision! Medical authorities say no pilot of..a-new form of:Army. doctor—|should suffer from:high flying so the flight surgeon—they enter al-/long as he follows flight surgeons |titude chambers to test physical] instructions. Highway Commission Would Have. “Roadway Along Two Keys Built Over Railroad Right -Of -Way The Overseas Road and ap right-of-way provided it is deeded Bridge Commission is taking ac-|to the department. tion that it is hoped will result} The commission is not in a po- {sition to do that at present, as | the right-of-way formed a part of roadway on Knight's Key and/of the land that was mortgaged ;to the Reconstruction Finance | Corporation at the time the loan of-way of the Florida East Coast W725 obtained to construct the | Overseas bridges. | However, it is not expected |that any difficulty will be en- The State Road Department} countered in having thé RFC con- has assured the commission that }sent to the transfer of the right- in the building of the 13 miles Key Vacas over the former right-| Railway Company. the road will be built over the’ (Continued on Page-Four) PROCLAMATION “It Is A Good Thing To Give Thanks Unto The Lord” e WHEREAS, by the mercy of God, Key West has been spared the awful agony that has been the lot of so many cities; and those dread visitants, War, Pestilence and Famine have been kept distant from our doors, and WHEREAS, from many of our homes loved ones have gone forth to render, if need be, “that last full measure of devotion” that our Country may abide forever a free land and thereby earn our undying gratitude, and WHEREAS, we are mindful that it is not by our might, nor by our power; but, by our conformity to the will of Al- mighty God and His purposes that we: shall attain to victory and presérve' that freedom: which is our: heritage, THEREFORE, ‘by virtue be the authority vested in me by your:mandate; Ixproclaim T! ‘hursday}.November 26th, 1942, ‘to be a solemn day ‘of T! ing and prayerto Almighty God that wé'may be found worthy to be fit instruments to execute His will; and I enjoin our people to @bserve this day in their homes, and to assemble themselves together in ett several places of worship, offering up thanks for the many blessings we have enjoyed and praying that He may con- tinue His mercy and His guidance according to His ever- lastig Covenant. IT WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereto set ay 4 hand and seal this.25th day of November, in the Year of Our Lord, 1942. WILLARD M. ALBURY, Mayor, City of Key West, Florida. lof-way to the State Road Depart-| Russians Stil Hammer Who Are Being Rapidly Driven Out Exclusively For A “no welcome” sign will | confront any tourist who is fort- unate to reach Key West during jthe ccming winter and who ap- | Plies for accommodation at the | | Casa Marina Hotel. | | season will be the first The coming in the | 20-year history of this hdtel that | the purpose for which it | built—to house tourists—will be | supplanted for another need—to \'teke care of the commissioned | personnel of the Army. Navy and Marines. The hotel will be operated as has been the case for a number} jof years, under the management | pee was Navy Personnel jof Peter Schutt, who will act in | that capacity for the owners | A contract has been" ent | into between the owners | Admiral Wm. Kauffman, in c jmand of the Seventh Neval d trict, headquarters in Miami, for jthe government. This contract restricts the use enti jficer personnel of the | forces, which means civ personas non grata th r In spite of the much-lowerec | charge for accommodations which will be on the American plan, the same high standard of |this hotel will be maintained so far as possible, said Mr. Schutt to a Citizen representative to- day. | “The owners realize the need for cooperation at this time,” the manager said, “especially in view of the acute housing shortage in (Continued on Page Four) = LATE BULLETINS: (By Associated Press) reer AMERICAN AIRMEN STEPPING UP OFFENSIVE CHUNGKING.—With the weather getting better day after day. | the American airmen are stepping-up their offensive against the | Japs. Squadrons of American planes have gone as far away 2 Burma to strafe the enemy. “COWBOY” BEAUMONT, Texes.—Claude HENRY WAS REARRESTED TODAY “Cowboy” Henry. who escaped from a central prison farm on Monday, where he was being held M Nazis, Casa Marina Hotel To Be Opened “aimed Tt If Germans Do Not Start Complete Retreat Seon That They Will Be Cooped Up (By Associated Press) MOSCOW. Nov. 25.—The Rus- signs are continuing today toc hemmer the Germens as Grive them deeper into « pocket im the Stalingrad they and deeper area. The high seid that. if the Germans in the Stalingrad area do not general retreat shortly, practica!- ly the entire force of 300.000 will be trapped in the pocket. Berlin must be thinking along the same lines. eccording to an unconfirmed report received here | this morning that orders have | been issuec by the Germen b commend for a general retreat | south and southwest of Stalin- Russian command start a ich ng the ed te in connection with a murder, was rearrested today and lodged in ‘ the county jail. ing at 7 o'clock in a hotel room. resistance. Police Chief Ross Dicky found Henry this morn- The chief said Henry offered no He was searched but no weapon was found on him. JAPS TRYING TO BRING UP ARTILLERY DARWIN.—Latest reports from Guadalcanal are thet the Japs | are believed to be trying to bring up their artillery close enough so that they can fire on Henderson airfield. That attempt will be made west or northwest of the field. The marines on Guadalcanal to offset any such attempt. ere driving the Japs farther back into the western area. . FOURTEEN FORD WORKMEN GO ON STRIKE ONTARIO.—At the Ford plan’ there, 14.000 Ford workmen have | gone on strike because they say the management is paying women } workmen less than men are receiving. The specific charge applies to 37 women who were hired a few days ago. The regional war di- rector and his aides are actively an agreement between employer | NEW YORK—Ten thousand engaged in trying to bring about and employes. TURKEY FOR SERVICE MEN free turkey dinners will be pro- vided tomorrow by hotels and restaurants for service men who may happen to be visiting in this city. uniform may enter a hotel or restaurant and eat his turkey dinner without having to pay a cent. Elsewhere in this city. as well as ir other cities throughout the country, service men. through the ef- forts of the USO, will be invited to dine in private homes. Store willbe CLOSED | ALL DAY ‘Place Orders for SA 0 ‘and Chickens Early! MONROE MEAT MARKET 510 Fleming Street iperiod ending in CHICAGO —iIn the 1935, years were added to the avera expectation of life at birth in th United States. | VICTORY FROLIC , November 28th 35-year ©\ west and In other words. any man ine ®” twelve | 5 the middle west (Continued on Page F Pena Morales, Your Host! RAUL'S CLUB On the Boulevard Under Auspices of Catholic Daughters