The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 30, 1942, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World For 62 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Xey West MOZUME LXIII. No. 284. Coast Guard Vessel Makes Rescue Of Men Adrift Out In Gulf = Harrowing Experience Re AUSSIES SMASHING ‘THROUGH JAP LINES lated By Members Of Party At Mercy Of Sea; For 30 Hours | AMERICAN FORCES SAID TO | BE ONLY TWO MILES | FROM AIRFIELD Rescued by a coast guard ves-| sel after being adrift about 30 (By Associated Press) DARWIN, Nov. 30.—The Aus-! ltralians have smashed through experience five Key West fisher- | the Jap line at Gona on New| - |Guinea, according to information men will never forget. The quintet | received here today 18-foot | Moresby, the Allies’ on that island. At Buna, 14 miles Americans are said to two miles from the Japs’ ters and when about a half mile|/1!d- The fighting at points is the most vicious and ich | off Fort Taylor the group, which’ sistained since the Australians began to drive the Japs back over | the top of the Owen Stanley Mountains two months ago. It was officially said that Gen. | MacArthur is depending a great ter Place, and Harry Edwards,'deal on the efficacy of his air- ! planes, both at New Guinea and |at the Solomon Islands, in smash- jing the Japs. So planes today are bombing the Japs at Buna hours at sea brought to an end an from Port left a dock here in an chief base motorboat several days ago with "s the only air- both - away, the intention of spending four or ne five hours fishing in nearby wa- included Paul Blanchard. his son Paul. Roscoe Towns. J. C. Hooker, all residents of Joseoh Yates Por- owner of the boat. the motor started to give trouble and while tinkering with it the boat began to and Gon, while the Americans drift. This occurred after they had | and Australians on the ground tare beating back the enemy. | An attempt. was~ made last i ;night by two Jap transports, ac- the rope on their anchor parted. companied by two destroyers, to plight after it/land reinforcements and supplies on the northeasterly tip of New | Guinea for the Jap troops at |Gona and Buna, but the ships ; were attacked by bomber planes and turned and fled in the dark- ness. COMDR. D. L. CONLEY NEW HEAD OF NAVAL AIR STATION HERE Commander D. L. Conley, USN, of Wichita, Kansas, this | week relieved Captain J. H. Mc- In a short time they were out | Kay, USN, as commanding offi- of sight of land and the land w cer of the Naval Air Station) rapidly disappearing from view. fished a couple of hours and when Realizing their was found they couldn’t make the necessary repairs, the men signalled Fort Taylor for assist- ance, but being too far out to be seen these efforts proved futile, and then began a harrowing ex- perience that will not be forgot- ten by them. according to their | version, Ss here 1! Commander Conley The seas were becoming rougher !the Navy during the and the boat began taking water, | making necessary constant use of a bilge pump which work alone entered last war} and received his flight training abroad. His last duty was as commanding officer of the Na- val Air Station, Coco Solo, saved the boat from capsizi Canal Zone. 1 Darkness found them still drift- | oo esta nah rs * CORONER'S JURY eae TURNS IN’ IN VERDICT | what one of the men called Mar- tinique Light. an effort was made | |. The coroners’ jury, summoned by Justice of the Peace Paul Boy- to steer to this point, en to inquire into the death of they would find a haven, without control of the boat thi THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN _ THE Uv. Che Key West Cttizer S. A. Key West, Florida, hzs the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenhe*t | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, Newspaper Of The Wilderness AP Features URE ‘6f scoops and exclusive news is the “Yellowknife” Blade, only newspaper in more than a million squere miles of Canada’s Northwest Territory. With news received orally from Indians, trappers and Prospectors, The Blade is pub- lished weekly and read by 1.- 200 miners and trappers. EDITOR John McMeekan, in his outdoor office, writes a lead story BLADE sm: Fhe Gn Rewsnaner In a Milion Squarn Nive © Voz.” | PRESSMAN, Mrs. McMeekan, puts the paper to bed. The Blade | is printed on a duplicating machine. Seot.rs,i942 ees SCHEELITE, RADIUM BOOM HERE! = RICH FINDS OF VITAL WAR METALS = : i aR Cont Mineral _Achwity 6 a Reciide fe Binen- Deller ‘Stampede & -- DELIVERY BOYS. using canoe. dash off into the wilds to bring the hot news to readers. FRONT PAGE with a scoop, Valuable scheelite has been found in the area. RUSSIANS PREPARE FOR NEW ATTACKS lee NEW SCENE OF ACTION WILL! BE AROUND VORONEZH | SECTOR secce LATE BULLETINS PLAN WITHDRAWING TROOPS FROM TWO POINTS ' LONDON.—A report received here from Switzerland today! | said that Hitler and Mussolini have decided to withdraw all their | troops from Tunis and Bizerte. | are too strong to be stopped, the report said. but the Axis troops al- (By Anseciated Press) ready in Tunisia. and while reinforcements can be sent them from MOSCOW, Nov. the news of the fighting in Ru today was received from Germany itself. The that the Russians to renew action on still front. That front, according to Ber- lin, is at Voronez! where there has been but little fighting since the end of summer. Some of the fiercest battles during the war} were fought in the vicinity of Voronezh, but it seemed to occur to both armies at the same time, | ss1a | with tanks and heavy guns in time to withstand the Allied on- | slaught. radio in Berlin said | —_—_— ALLIES HAVE SUPREMACY OF AIR IN AFRICA LONDON.—Though Hitler and Mussolini have increased their airforce in Sardinia and Siciliy. it was declared here today that the Allies have supremacy in the air over North Africa..A-.contributing factor to that supremacy. it was pointed out. is the RAF force based at Malta. are preparing another | FIRST GROUP OF WAAC’s REACH DAYTONA BEACH DAYTONA BEACH.—The first members of the WAAC's to at- |sent The Allies marching on those bases | 30.—Much of | Sicily and Sardinia, it has been deemed impossible to equip them | proved ineffectual, and they con. tinued to drift. Being without a compass they were unable to find j direction which added to the seri- ousness of the situation. Torches were ‘improvised from waste soaked in oil, according to one of the group, with the hope of attracting the attention of any steamer that might be passing, but this light apparently was not seen because no help came. . In the meantime the wives and relatives of the men became alarmed because their men folk did not come home which fact (Continued on Page Four) Joseph Hesson, who died as a re- sult of burns he sustained in an automobile. said it was unable to |find any foul play, according to the verdict rendered late Satur- day afternoon, Fourteen witness were ex- jamined, but the jury was unable to find out how the fire started jin the automobile, where Hesson }was sleeping. Parts of the front tand the back of the car were afire when Hesson, badly burned, jawoke and tumbled out of the |automobile. He was taken to the Marine Hospital and died a few days later. Admiral White Inspecting and this was in late August, that the fighting was a stalemate. and so it has remained until the re- ported beginning of action by the! register. Russians today. The war office here had noth- ing to say about the German re- port. The Russian communique; confined itself to telling about the | | } t tend the training school for officers in this city arrived here today. ! The first one to enter the school was named Jones. and a few minutes afterward five others merched up to the officer's desk to! All afternoon others continued to arrive. but all scheduled to attend the school will not be here till late tomorrow. CHARLESTON YARD TIES PHILLY IN BUYING BONDS CHARLESTON.—The employes in the Charleston Navy Yard’ fighting northwest of Stalingrad, | tied with those in Philadelphia in buying the largest amount of south of that city and along the! war bonds up to the end of October, and officials of the Army and | of | the Navy. the governor of South Carolina and severe! senators and | 7 | Fepresentatives were here today to award the “E” pennent to the! bend of the Don. In each those areas the Russians are driv- ing the Germans back. In one o: (Continued on Page Four) Medical Activities Herej| Ettective December 1, Rear Admiral E. C. White of Washington, east coast inspector | for the Navy Department’s Bu-| reau of Medicine and Surgery, is! in Key West today making the BATTERY CHARGING | In 30 Minutes—While You Wait o——— Lou Smith AUTO SERVICE White at Fleming; Miami by plane and will return Phone No. 5 lregular annual inspection medical activities here. Early today Admiral visited the dispensary. in the jNavy Yard and later inspected | the new U. S. Naval Hospital, | which was commissioned about a White \ month ago. Accompanying Admiral ; was Lieut. C. P. | Hospital Corps. The two Naval j officials came to Key West from White Saneumunemenumsarerysepmorcummmmmamscmaear EE of} Deane, of the| No Deliveries except on SATURDAYS MONROE MEAT MARKET 510 Fleming Street Ea ; Navy Yard and give “E” lapel pins to the employes. DELIVERY SERVICE CURTAILED WASHINGTON.—Stores of all types in this city notified cus- tomers today that if their purchases did not weigh more than five | pounds they would have to carry them home themselves. The rea- son for that order. it was explained. is'the difficulty storekeepers are having to employ men or boys for delivery services. Most of the | Stores make only one delivery daily. jaided in the past five years by!of human industry. NO DANGER FROM FROST LAKELAND.—The Weather Bureau announced at noon today! that there will not be any danger from frost for citrus fruit in ‘Florida between now and Wednesday morning. CHINESE GIVEN AID | OLDEST OF FORMS NEW YORK — More than 20,-| 000 Chinese children WASHINGTON Pottery - been jmaking is one of the oldest forms In Egypt it the China Aid Council working lwas practiced in the 20th Century with Mme. Chiang Kai-shek. B.C. have 1942 Alied PRICE FIVE CENTS Artillery Began Shelling Tunis This Morning; Defénsés Of Tunisian Capital Tom 10 Plctes BOSION, Nov. 30.—The death toll in the Cocoanut Grove Night Club fire mounted to 477 this injured are in so dangerous a condition they are expected to die. been identified. It is thought | that Possibly four of them are | known to have been at the Cocoa- imut Grove on Saturday night, and four have not vet returned to the college. Authorities at the college have representatives, two physicians, to the morgue, ITALY FEARS DISASTER IN NEAR FUTURE HEARD* MUSSOLINI AGAINST GREAT DANGER (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. of impending disaster is felt in Italy, judging from the mutter- ings against RAF raids over the official Rome radio, which later became jammed, and the reliable information received here from jan undisclosed source, over the implied threats in Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s speech yes- terday to reduce to ashes the im- portant cities in Italy if it sticks to Mussolini. | Even while Churchill was i making his speech the RAF was | jcarrying out another devastating |raid on Tunis. “Superblock-bust- lers” were dropped on that city last night. As they weigh 8,000 | pounds, they spread havoc over four acres or more where they} strike and make the ground rock | like an earthquake more than a} mile away. Today the British Broadcasting {Corporation has been telling the {people of Italy every hour that | what has been done to Tunis, |Genoa and other cities in that} country will be done to all other| cities there, on a far larger scale, jif Italy in ,the war, the fadio appéaledto the people to throttle Mu: “too late to sav WASP AND LANGLEY | carriers now under construction will be named Wasp and Langley in honor of carriers lost jwar, according to an announce- jment by the Navy Department The date of the launching was not revealed. | PALACE THEATER Judy Canova in JOAN OF OZARK NEWS and SERIAL i afternoon, and the number of in- | jured stends at 144. Many of the’ Of the dead. 127 have not yet| students from Wellesley College. | 2s girls from that institution are: including . ' JUDGING FROM MUTTERINGS | HAS) BROUGHT HIS PEOPLE UP! 30.—A sense | and} i hefore it is| WASHINGTON — Two aircratf} in the} ight D Fire Has Reached 477 (By Associated Press) laid out to see if they include the four missing Wellesley stu- dents. Judging from a story told by @ woman. who wes in the Cocoa- nut Grove and easily saved her life. many other persons would have esceved sefely had heeded her advice. She said that they she discovered an avenue of es Troops Marching On City Are Likely To Capture Stronghold At Any Mo- ment (By Anseciated Press) LONDON, Nov. 30.—Allied ar tillery began shell Tunis. this morning to It was said that the batteries were little more than two miles eway. and were tear- ing the deferses of the city to pieces with the sustained fire of guns of several caliber. cape trough the cellar. and that " she called out repeatediy to the struggling people to follow her, | but they. wid-eyed and panic- seemed bent stricken, onlv trying to climb over the bodies bjecte F in | roops fleeing fror cf the dead and the dving that ‘ were piled uc high before the doorwzys. Onlw eight followed her, and all of them were saved without sustaining anv injury. [REGISTRATION CARD NECESSARY TO GET LICENSE © NEW LICENSE TAGS WILL BE PLACED ON SALE TOMOR- ROW AT COUNTY TA¥ COL- LECTOR’S OFFICE | | | | | Monroe County Tax Frank H. Ladd Cf said today that sue them the: i which go on > tomorrow Everybody who bought a | in the state of Fl will have the same year. The fact ,old tag attache |he pays for his license given a clip, one and or two and one-half inche and a sticker. Tt on it, and that nur | 43 on the old tag. is changed to 1943 The sticker is round < picture of the Great Se |State of Florida in the cent |it. Unlike all other st | owners now have: stuck {front windshield, this one | (Continued on pdt Fou (Washington Correspondent of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON. D. C. Nov. 30.—Fortunes of political war- fere have boosted Representa- jtive Pat Cannon's ranking or |his standing committee of the House. a survey revealed today. Congressman Cannon is member of the Agriculture. 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