The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 28, 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. 283. Hitler Sends Many Tri uithern France After Having Lost French Fleet Object 08 tenis Invasion Is biwerrewrews| Take Possession Of Air-|GENERAL DE GAULLE ; COMING TO AMERICA field Near Toulon In (By Associated ‘Pecen) Southern France LONDON, Nov. 28,—Gen- eral da Gaule. leader of the “Free French” forces, will shortly leave for the United States, it was officially stat- ed here today. His chief object in going to America will be to have a con- ference with President Roose- velt regarding the alignment of the Allies with Admiral Darian. Because of the length of time Darlan adhered to the policy of the Vichy regime, de Gaule feels it is inconsistent for the Allies now to make so close an alliance with him. nna anthacthathenthcatioathanth SOIT Te ‘RED ARMIES BEAT BACK HITLERITES id RUSSIAN REPORTS CLAIM VICTORY ALONG ALL FIGHTING FRONTS (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 28.—Hitler, frustrated in his attempt to cap-| ture the French fleet, today sent j his soldiers into southern France to take possession of an airfield | near Toulon, whose harbor is} cluttered with the wrecks of the} «62 warships that were blown up! or scuttled yesterday. | The airfield is strategically situated as a base for planes that will be used in the Mediterranean | in the vicinity of North Africa. } Planes began to arrive at the field shortly after it came into] German possession. WHY THEY’RE KNOWN AS “CAUCASIANS” (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Nov, 28.—A hun- dred and fifty years ago a Ger- man anthropologist borrowed the name of a mountain range to (By Associated Prove) MOSCOW, Nov. 28.—Red arm- ies are still beating back the identify members of the white race—and the dispute over the label hasn’t been settled yet. The German: Johann Friedrich Blumenbach; the mountains: The Cauedius, row-w focal “point of World War Il. Blumenbach published the re- sults of his study in 1795, holding |@¢rmans retreated so rapidly. that the word “Caucasian” should | the communique said. they left apply to all members of the white race, Other races were identified | behind. “much booty” that came as: Mongolian or yellow; Malayan | the Russian or brown; Negro or black, and American or red. Later anthropologists main- tained that the term was a mis-} nomer, since the peoples of the | the Germans have been pockei- Caucasus region were not suffi- ‘ aiar ciently representative of jed in the Don bend. Tegulting = the} white race to justify the classifica- | trapping 300,000, but the latest official report from that tion. says that the “Russians a: Germans at all points along the line. according to the Russian communique issued todav. Northwest of Stelingrad the into possession of forces. Unconfirmed reports are that ipibeeite: teas area NO TRANSIT SYSTEM ‘on NEW YORK—About 2,300 U./ the point of boxing up the ene- S. cities with a total population of one and a half million depend * 5s on private cars because they have| Im Stalingrad itself there no transit systems, and 54,000) put little fighting, while south communities, lacking railroad} facilities, depend on trucks and/|f that city there have been iso- buses. ee clashes among oe my. is County Courthouse Lighting: SLIM. CHANCE FOR WARTIME PROHIBITION DRYS ADMIT THERE’S BUI SLIM CHANCE TO PUSH THROUGH MEASURE DUR- ING THESE TIMES By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE AP Features Writer WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—You can expect a renewal in Con-! gress of the battle over proposed restrictions on the sale of liquor in and near military camps, but it’s a good 50-to-1 bet there will jbe no nationwide wartime pro- hibition. Veteran dry campaigners them- selves say the return of national prohibition during the war, or soon thereafter, “just isn’t in the political picture.” The main reason is that there isn’t a prospect, of enough pro- hibition strength in Congress or jof sufficient voter demand with- lin the next few years to bring about a complete ban on liquor sales. The situation today is entirely different than it was in World War I. The drys then had a sub- stantial majority in Congress and 27 states had adopted state- wide prohibition before the end of 1917. By 1920, when the 18th amendment went into effect, 33 states had enacted state prohibi- tion laws. Today the sale of dis- tilled spirits is authorized in 45 of the 48 states and beer is legal- jized in all states. ‘Today's Situation Different Experienced dry leaders say the time is not ripe for an at- tempt to restore national prohi- bition. Dr. Edward B. Dun- ford, counsel for the Anti-Sa- loon League of America, points out that “A desire for temper- ance on the part of the people in the states and local communities must be created before represen- tatives in the legislatures. and Congress can be expected to translate the form of words into effective government actior:” Deets Pickett, research secre- tary of the Methodist Board of Temperance, says: “If there is a drive on for national prohibition, I don’t know anything about it. And this organization usually is aware of such activity. “What the temperance. people want is 4 reasonable and honest alternative to prohibition that will safeguard soldier boys and expedite the war effort.” The WCTU, at its recent con- vention, went on record as ad- vocating wartime prohibition of the manufacture and sale of liquor. Some experieced mem- bers of the organization, how- ever, favor a scientific program of education against dissipation before attempting drastic meas- ures through legislation. The Senate recently “side- tracked” by a 49-25 vote the pro- posal by Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma, which would ban the sale of liquor in military camps and in adjacent areas. A dry leader told me: “When the Sen- System Cut Off When Digging Machine Cuts Through Cable ate by that big a margin votes to pigeonhole a relatively mild measure, you can imagine what would happen to a proposal for nationwide prohibition.” Federal Taxes A Factor A sizeable barrier to passage of a wartime bone dry law is ———. —. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) SCOOSOOHSS SOS SOPSOSSOSSOSSESSESOESOSOSSOLOOSOSESES SEVENTEEN CZECHS SHOT AS HOSTAGES LONDON.—Information has been received here that 17 Czechs have been shot as hostages in Prague, as an act of retribution for the killing of two members of the Gestapo. Reports of the shoot- ing of hostages in Belgrade have reached here also, but the number killed was not given. { JAPS HARD TO FIND ON GUADALCANAL DARWIN.—United States marines on Guadaleanal are trying! jto “clean out” the Japs, as the report said, adding that they have | ; been unable to find any of the enemy since the few clashes on! Thanksgiving Day. Mearly all the Japs in Guadalcanal are now in an area northwest of Henderson airfield. “JURY STILL CONSIDERING RIVERS’ CASE ATLANTA.—The jury: had not reached a verdict in the case of embezzlement against former Governor E. D. Rivers up to early/| this afternoon. The case was given to the jury last night. and, after! \ five hours’ deliberation, the foreman announced they hed been un- able to reach a verdict. They resumed consideration of the case! at 10 o'clock this morning. Rivers is charged) with embezzling $66,- | 000 from the State of Georgia during the two years he was gov- ernor. { PRESENCE OF MADAME KAI-SHEK KEPT SECRET WASHINGTON.—“Military secret” is the term used today about the presence of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek in this country. The public does not know where ‘she is staying, and it was stated offi- cially that it will not know until she recovers from the operation that will be performed on her and she is invited to the White House as a guest of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt. This is Madame} Kai-Shek’s first visit to the United States since she graduated teoaa' \ Wellesley College 25 years ago. SENATE AND HOUSE LEADERS CONFER WASHINGTON.—Senate and house leaders held a conference today, and at its conclusion it was‘said that there is little likelihood that the bill authorizing the President to suspend the immigration ; and tariff laws will be passed in December, and that it will, there- fore, be carried over to the session in January. Another conclusion was that there is little chance of congress adjoining for the holidays by the middle of December. ~ NEGRO TROOPS RIOT PHOENIX, Ariz.—Negro troops went on a riot near here today but they were calmed down before much damage was done. The negroes have a camp five miles east of the city, and it was from there they got their tommy guns and other arms that were used during the rioting. MOUNTAINEERS AND HUBRICANES CLASH MIAMI—The Mountaineers of West Virginia are here today tackling the Miami Hurricanes in a football game. Expert opinion is that the Mountaineers will win. Sai aes sa: ‘A TO FILE BONDS TWO OF MEMBERS, DOUGH- TRY AND HARRIS ARE IN ARMED SERVICES But It Still Sounds “Pretty Mixed Up (By Associated Press) ALTUS, Okla. Nov. 28.—J. V. Smalling wondered what ae his turkey gobbler was doing William T. Doughtry and Harry| timed feuta the of ney Harris, both of whom are in the setting some guinea eggs. The country’s services, will file bonds other gobb! i and will otherwise qualify as ony po bs s aclegearene county commissioners, it was itched. stated in the county courthouse = Makkah hk dd ash other candidates, Eddie THREE BROTHERS MADE CAPTAINS Gomez, J. Frank Roberts and} Carl Bervaldi, who were elected FORT PIERCE, Nov. 28 (FNS) —All three of the McCarty bro- on election day this month as county commissioners, have’ filed or. are preparing to file their bonds, and Mr. Harris and Mr. Doughtry, The Citizen was in- formed, have prepared to do the same thing. When Harris and Doughtry ob- my. Dan, former speaker of the house of representatives, who is tain their commissions, they will}on duty at Camp Shelby, Miss., ask Governor Holland for leaves| was promoted to captain some of absence for the duration of the \ time ago. Word was received war. As that procedure will cre-| ate’ vacancies, the governor will'John, both of whom are on duty make appointments to fill them. {at Fort Bragg, N. C., were promot- Not a word about any applicants ied to captains recently. thers are captains now in the Ar-/} Che Key Wrest Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. 1942 Key West Florida, bes the mos>equable climate in the country; with an average range.of only 14° Fahrenhe*t PRICE FIVE CENTS Capture Of Tunis, Tunisian Capita Appears Imminent; British Fores Takes Over Railway 1 Miles Away CSTD EL 8 | AMERICANS AND | CHURCHILL GOES ON AIR SUNDAY (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 28.—The Bureau of Information an- nounced today that Prime Minister Churchill will make a speech tomorrow, beginning at 9 P. M. (4 P. M. Eastern War Time), in which he will discuss the outlook of the Al- lies as it presents itself to- day. It was said subjects he will discuss will pertain to the scuttling of the French werships in Toulon. the suc- cess of the American and English forces in “Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, the vic- tory of -the British in the Libyen fighting and the suc- cesses of the Americans and Australians in the southwest Pacific. SITIOS IDI D: WAR VETERANS A CALLED ‘RETREADS’, BY YOUNG BLOODS OLD TIMER RECITES activi TIES DEALING WITH FIRST WORLD WAR AND ITs: WORKINGS By MAJOR DAVID BACKUS (as told to-E. C. Daniel) AP Features Service Writer LONDON, Nov. 28.—Young-| sters in the Army these days call | fellows like me “retreads.” So| from ‘the point of view of a tread” I write about flying in the | 1914-18 war and in this one. From what British, Polish and American fighter pilots tell me, the principles are very little dif- ferent. They say these facts still hold true: First: The most important thing in pursuit flying is recognition—j the ability to recognize , your enemies and your friends quickly and accurately. Quick recognition is the differ- ence between being alive and not. The pilot who recognizes the | enemy first can get into position | for the kill. Second in importance in a fight- er pilot is expert marksmanship. And that is a tricky business these days when planes are ma- neuvering at 300 to 350 miles an hour or more. You have to Jearn this past week that Brian and | to shoot, not always where your enemy is, but where he is going to be. In this war planes are much “re- | The Monroe county courthouse has been without electric lights for two weeks. The cable through which elec- j tricity was supplied the court- house Was cut by a digging ma- chine when work was started on the 1,000,000-gallon reservoir in Jackson Square. Since then candles or matches | have been used by employes when they have had work to perform in vaults, and at 5 o'clock in the afternoon there is so little light in! the offices they have to bé closed, regardless of whether or not there! is work that-needs immediate at- tention; as:has been the case fre- quently in'the sheriff’; office. Some. ofthe employes in the courthouse are under ‘the impres- sion that the Key West Electric Company should repair the cable or run another cable. However. as The Citizen has been informed, ae company has nothing what- PALACE THEATER | -~2 Judy Canova in JOAN OF OZARK NEWS and SERIAL ever to do with that t: of work. A 3 vee the federal income from excise The cable was laid by a_ private taxes on alcoholic beverages. contractor and will be repaired|pat income in the’ last fiscal | by one, though it was said at the} year was more than a billion company’s office today that it is gett be a ess ‘ willi i feanwhile, 3 Irys ave Bele ling to help out as much as it péddiiiaking teigreesin the” lo- Since the lights have been cut }¢al option field. The Anti-Sa- off the county commissioners | loon League reports they were jhave not held a meeting. But| Victorious in some 8,350 out of jthey have a meeting scheduled 13,350 local option elections since |for next Thursday evening, so this | Tepeal. i morning County Clerk Ross Saw-| League statistics indicate that yer informed Carl Bervaldi, chair-}Some 11 states are from about jman of the county: commission, |half to totally dry, excepting the jthat the break in the cable,has not | legalization of beer. Kansas, Ok- yet been repaited and that; there-|lahoma and: Mississippi have fore, there is no light ig werd statewide bans on the sale of house. spirits. In Georgia, some 120 out, of 159 counties are dry. for liquor. while in Alabama there pau ‘dry and 22 wet counties. Sito foie ably ipo ad TONIGHT! For A BIG TIME. . .Try | SLOPPY JOE'S BAR Largest Place In Town JOE RUSSO’S BAND “The Best Swing Band In Town” COME, . HAVE A GOOD TIME Music Starts at 7 p.m. Week-Nights at 8 o'Clock for the appointments has yet been said publicly, though there has been quite a deal of conjecturing which has no basis in fact. more heavily armed than in the last. On the Spad 220s we flew in France we had two Vickers .30 caliber guns on top of the fusel- age. Now a Spitfire mounts two All three are gradudtes of the Fort Pierce High School and the University of Florida, and had ROTC training prior to enlisting. HABANA - MADRID % GALA OPENING *% TONIGHT Under the New Management of Leon Kramer and Pepito DePoo DANCE to the RYTHMAIRES © Make Your Reservations Early — Phone 9157 cannon and four machine-guns. A World War bomber carried a maximum of three machine-guns. A Flying Fortress mounts~ thir- teen. The least important thing in} fighter flying, the pilots tell me— and it was true in 1918—is ac- tually handling the plane itseif. Of course, a fighter pilot must be young and healthy. Fighter {planes fly at terrific speed, and only a hardy constitution can stand the pace. Eighteen to 25 are the perfect ages for fighter pilots. I was 24 when I was flying jin France. PERFECT NEW DRUG NEW YORK—The Soviets have perfected a new drug to take the place of quinine. WE PAY CASH SUNDAY MATINEE DANCING 5 to 8 NO COVER OR MINIMUM CHARGE ae By Axis Forces Was Reported Not As Determined As It Was Few Days Ago " JAPS. BATTLING FOR SUPREMACY FGHTING ON NEW GUINEA IS SHUTTLING BACK AND FORTH OVER FOURTEEN MILE STRETCH (By Assavtated Press) LONDON, Nov) 28—London forces have captured a lime leading to Tunis railway and are now only 15 miles from that city. The report said that at one Hl (By Associated Press) DARWIN, Nov. 28.—F ;on New Guinea is today jback and forth over t jstretch between Buna beachhead at Gona Fierce battling at the Bu of the line is reported to be gress today between Am jand the Japs. Near the C there have been ciashes bet ; Australians, coming from |northwest, and Japs th are img to hold the beachhead | In both the Buna and the Gor | fighting American bombin | fighting planes are being used | fectively, the offi report said Only once in the last two |have the Zeros clashed in fights with American planes. 'Zeros were shot down and |others took to flight toward jbase. No American plane lost. |CORONER’S JURY TO MEET TODAY 1P . point a contingent of Americans. efter driving back an Axis force. cumposed chiefly of Germans. is ncw within 10 miles of Tunis. the The cepture of Tunisien capitel is believed to be immin ent. according to the latest re Forts from the headquarters of the Allied armies in North Afri- ce. Opposition by Axis troops was reported not to be as determin- they had been several days before. This report applied to the fighting in the Bizerte sree as well a¢ alchg the «p- ed as Geir was Proeches to Tunis. raided 2 drydock and two troopships at Allied airplanes today Pa w Justice of the Peace sen, acting as coroner. I: recessed session of tt | beginning at 3 o'clock th noon, that is inqui death of Joseph Hesson. from burns he susta automobile that | while he was asleep in it Justice Boysen said the |dict probably will be reached 15 o'clock this afternoon en undisclosed port in Italy. n€ None of the planes was lost and no particulers were given of the extent of the damege they flicted on the drydock and the ships. in- OLD A AUTO SCRAPPED MADISON $100 TO $30.000.000 | NEW YORK — Samual Kleir 56, who recently died, was owner of the biggest ind |dent cloak and suit house in the |world. He built his business t gross of more than $30,000,00( }year on an original investment | less than $100. 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