The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 1, 1942, Page 1

b | Key West, Florida, his the | most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenhe*t Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World For 62 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. VOLUME LXIII. No. 285. wiets Claim That Russians KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1942 PRICE FIVE CENTS Seecccccccvovecvcccccccoveveccccccvecccccconcccs | LATE BULLETINS ITALIAN PEOPLE HEAR BROADCASTS FROM TWO SIDES BRITISH TELL POPULACE TO Nazi Forces Defending Tunis CALLED COCOANUT GROVE CLUB TINDERBOX BOSTON.—It became known today that the Boston Fire De-; Are Winning On’Al Fronts Greatest Tank Battle of JAPANESE IN NEW War Now In Progress GUINEA ARE BEING Between Reds And Nazis BREAK WITH MUSSOLINI; | NAZIS URGE STICKING TO| LEADER (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 1—All day long! j there it would be most difficuit to control. Today it was said that partment had conducted an inspection of the Cocoanut Grove night club only three weeks ago, and everything was reported to conform with the requirements of the law. But a letter was made public today to the department pointing out that, a year ago when the letter was written, the clubohuse was referred to as a tinderbox.| with heavy stress put on the warning that if @ fire got underway a final check-up may bring the number of dead to ithe 500 mark. Along Don River POUNDED HEAVILY’ ALLIED ARTILLERY AND AM-i H a war has been going on between | | a British Broadcasting Corpora- | COUNTRY-WIDE GAS RATIONING Evacuaté AS Allies Approach BRITISH CATCH UP. WITH AFRICAN AXIS MRS. LOWE TODAY x FUNERAL RITES OF 8%) Sie Up tee Guns And Are Shelling City And German Frent ae | { aT } tion radio and the Berlin official WASHINGTON.—Gas rationing started today in all of the 48/sMALL SKIRMISHES REPORT. | SERVICES WILL BE HELD (By Associated Press) MOSCOW, Dec. 1.—The Soviet today declared that the Russians are winnnig in high command every theatre of war from the blizzard-blown Caucasus. The Red Star, a semi-official newspaper, said the greatest tank battle of all the war is in Progress. between the and Russian forces along the Don. Result of the ferocious fighting has been swaying first in favor of one side and then the other, the Red Star reported, with the Russians holding the up- perhand late this afternoon. Another Russian army is near- ing the Latvian border, another is fighting south of the Arctic circle and still another is throw- ing back the enemy in the vicin- ity of Nalchik The Red Star steppes to the German said that the Russian offensive from one end} of the line to the other is now in full sway and will be con- tiued at a terrific pace through- out the winter. HAMILTON FELTON TO GET HEARING, Hamilton Felton was arrested last night by Deputy Sheriff Joe Knight on a-warrant sworn out by his wife charging non-support of her and their four children. Felton was put in jail and his bond was fixed at $100. He will be arraigned at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon before Jus- | tice of the Peace Paul Boysen. RIVALLED CARTHAGE NEW YORK — The smal! North African port of Mogador rivalled Carthage at the time of the lat- ter’s glory. It was known as Hippo Regius. City And County Tax Collectors Busy Receiving Tax Monies The last-day rush in paying city taxes in November, so as to get the four per cent discount for that month, brought in so many ac- counts, Tax Collector Sam B. Pin- der said today, it probably will.be the tenth of this month before the November business has been checked up fully. He said further that the report to be made to the city council at its meeting tonight will have to be an estimate. He is confident that the amount will exceed $50,- 000, out of a total tax roll of $203,- 384, The amount for the month is excellent, but, placed on a per- centage basis, it is not as good as were the collections for Novem- ber of last year. During that month in 1941, the collections to- taled $48,261, but the tax roll was only $159,330, as compared with the $203,384 for this year. More persons, however, paid their taxes this year in November NOTICE Effective December. 1; No Deliveries except on SATURDAYS MONROE MEAT MARKET 510 Fleming Street ERICAN PLANES MAKNG GREAT THRUST AT JAP) POSITIONS (By Associated Press) MacARTHUR’S HEADQUAR- | TERS, Somewhere in Australia, | Dec. 1.—Allied artillery and Am-} jerican planes are pounding the Japs at Buna and Gona on New | Guinea, according to official re- ' ports issued today. : The Jap force at Gona has been | cut off from the main base at Bu- j na, the report said. The Austral- ians are fighting the Japs at Gona i and the Americans have launched a drive against the Japs at Buna that threatens to throw them into the sea. While the land fighting was go- ing on today an evenly matched dogfight took pl. between 12 | Jap Zeros and a similar number | of American P-40s. When the fighting was over, seven Jap planes, with fire streaming from | their tails, plunged to the earth. Two American planes were de-} | stroyed, but their pilots are safe. | | All is reported quiet today at | Guadalcanal. A_ report was re-j ! ceived from there of an American bomber that went to sea, 300 miles from the Solomons, and dropped five bombs on or near a Jap transport, leaving it in a sinking condition. NEGRO ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF LARCENY Charlie Carter. negro. was ar- rested last nieht on a charge of lareenv by Night Captain of Po- lice Alberto Camero and turned ; over to Sheriff Berlin Sawyer. Carter. according to records in the sheriff's office, has served two terms in jail recently for stealing, the last time 90 days. His case will come un this afternoon before Justice of the Peace Enri- | que Esquinaldo. | than paid during the same month in 1941, My. Pinder said. The smaller taxpayers numbered this November more than in any other November in the history of the | city. COUNTY COLLECTIONS | County Tax Collector Frank H. | Ladd’s office has been so busy during the last three or four days | | only an estimate can be formed | | of the amount of taxes that was! collected during November. There | are still many accounts to be checked up and even many checks to be enumerated for deposit, Mr. | Ladd said today, but approxi- mately he figures the collections | for November will total about $60,- + 000. | No comparison can be made} with last year, he explained, be- cause Tax Collector Joseph Mc- } Mahon did not receive the tax roll ; until December 1, but of one thing | he is certain, Mr. Ladd added, ; more people are paying their } taxes this year than during any \ other period in the history of the county. Mr. Ladd, at the end of this |month, will not be able to make | j any: comparison with the collec- 'tions in December of last year, } i Sedahib exactly a vear ago this| [afternoon Tax Collector Joseph }MeMahon died suddenly in’ his \office. As a result of his death, | ithe office was closed from De- ‘cember 1 till three days before jthe end of the month. RRL AT DADE LODGE NO. 14 F. & A.M. | Regular conimunication will be} | held Wednesday at 7:30 p. m., inj} ; Scottish Rite Hall, corner Eaton; { and Simonton streets. All Master | Masons are cordiallv invited. F. O. WEECH, Secretary. By order of the W. M. “paces 2 DN ! is and the important things he will | radio, both of which have been directing their talks to the people | of Italy. H The London radio has been ad-} vising the Italians to throw Mus- | solini into the discard, while the German radio has been ielling them what a great man Mussolini | do for Italy if his people stick to | him. Meanwhile Mussolini is report- ed to be suffering from the effects | of a heart attack he had three; months ago. His condition is re- ported to be so serious he has been confined to a hospital during the last two weeks. The death of Mussolini, milita- ry circles here believed, would result in the Italian people turn- ing against their Fascist govern- ment and suing for a separate peace, as Prime Minister Church- ill has told them they can do and } as the London radio has be telling them all day today they can do. SAYS DWELLING UNITS ARE NOW AVAILABLE HERE PRESIDENT OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TELLS OF CON- VERSATION WITH A HOUS- ING OFFICIAL ' Clem C. Price, president of the Chamber of Commerce, reports a| telephone conversation he had today with D. H. Burke, executive assistant, office of the district director of the Federal Housing Administration, in Coral Gables. Mr. Burke stated that 150 dwell- ing units are available for Key West and that the owner of a va- cant lot, or lots in any part of the city served by public utilities (gas, electricity and water) may secure further information, ap- plication forms, by applying to his office. If the funds alloted for this Key West project are not applied for within a reasonable time, the al- lotment will be allocated to some other region where a similar need exists, Mr. Burke said. It is proposed that thé houses will be rented to army, navy, civil service or defense workers. The F. H. A. loan includes pri- | orities on labor and material and includes a stove and refrigerator for each unit. The houses may be of concrete block or frame con struction. Mr. Price points out that there are many vacant lots in the settled part of the city that could be transferred into income produc- ing property by taking advant- age of this opportunity and puts the Chamber of Commerce in the service of our citizens in furnish- ing information for them. City Scraps Boundary To Get More Scrap (Ry Axsociated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Just outside the limits of Harvey,! Ill, a large, abandoned grain elevator offered tempting pros- pects for scrap salvage, but it could not legally be condemned by city authorities. So the city expanded its boun- daries to include the site of the } elevator, the WPB reports, and 275 tons of scrap iron and steel went to the steel mills. PALACE THEATER Hugh Herbert in “THERE'S ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE” News and Serial TONIGHT IS PRIZE NIGHT | struction of the French fleet in the harbor of Toulon, he had \every states. Government spokesmen said that the rationing was not be- | cause there is any shortage in gasoline, as there is an abundance of | it, but that the use of gasoline has been cut down Primarily to save | tires. With the present quota of gas in effect, the average motorist | todey will drive only 5.000 miles a year, whereas if he could get all the gas he wished he would double that number of miles. BELIEVES STORY ABOUT FRENCH FLEET WASHINGTON.—Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said to- day that while he had received no official. confirmation of the de- reason to believe it was so, because, if it Wasn't. it would have be- come known to the world long before now. MARRIED WOMEN AS NURSES ATLANTA.—The commander of the Fourth Army Corps an- nounced today that the ban had been raised against married wom- | en serving as nurses in the army. The only restriction now is! against married women serving at posts where their husbands are stationed. | “GREATEST SHOW” TREKS HOMEWARD | TAMPA.—Ringling Brothers “greatest show on earth” started: its trek homeward this morning, after playing to capacity crowds | here yesterday afternoon and last’night. As the circus rolls toward | year. } NUMBER OF CADETS DOUBLED MIAMI—The Navy has doubled its number of cadets in the| Miami area and has taken over the Hollywood Hotel to house the! excess of youths. | LACE TO NE TS {ROY ROUTS BANDIT | WITH AIR RIFLE: WASHINGTON — Machinery heretofore used in making lace curtains has been converted to the manufacture of camouflage and sandfly nets, according to manufacturers. Recent contracts of the U. S. Navy for use in the Solomons area totaled about one million yards. CHICAGO. — Hearing noises downstairs, Kenneth Alm, 10,} alone in the house, seized his air | rifle, went to the top of the stairs | and shouted, “stick ‘em up”. The| surprised bandit dropped the} purse he was rifling and fled. | lrernants of his army. ED JUST OUTSIDE OF EL AGHEILA (By Associated Press) CAIRO, Dec. 1—The war of- fice here for the first time in a| week made a report today about’ the British imperial forces that | have been ; men toward Tripoli. pursuing Rommel's The report said the British | had up with Rommel's | vanguard just outside of El Aghe-: lia, a narrow strip of land that! lies between salt marshes and the coast of the Gulf of Serti The fighting thus far has been chiefly skirmishing, but the British are bringing up their ar- tillery to. shell Romel’s _posi- | tions. | El Aghelia is 425 miles from; come FIRE DESTROYS SMALL BUILDING ' A fire was discovered yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock in an alley leading off of Olivia street, between Thomas and Emma, in, which a small frame building oc- | cupied by a colored carpenter by the name of Campbell tically destroyed. The alarm was sounded from box 25, Thomas and Petronia streets. was prac- IF SHE TRAVELS— BEAUTY KiTs Each is a beauty of a Beauty Case. Each one is practical, yet smart. Every detail is finished with nicety. Good looks, lovely lin- ings, large mirrors. And each contains an os- STROLL sortment of “the simple life in beauty care.” SPECTATOR: You sling it over your shoulder. Con- tains 3 Beauty Creams, 2 Lotions ond “Air-Spun” Make- up. In blue, red, rowtex and pigskin. $675 plus tox Compounded and Copyrighted by Coty. Ina. in U. 6. A. Duval at Fleming Street Phone 199 VIGILANTE: 9 Coty cids in oll. By tions, Make-up, Perfume, funnel for fine simulated clligator. Seven colors. uty prepora- Core o $995 piu: ER: 2 Lotions, 2 Creams, Toilet Water, Rouge, Lipstick and Compact. The case is of genuine leather Red, tan or block. *10 SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. “PRESCRIPTIONS CALLE D FOR AND DELIVERED” Key West, Florida 4 O'CLOCK AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH Mr Funeral services for ma Louise Lowe. age died Saturday night at dence, 1013 Southard be held this after: o'clock from St Paul's C Rev. Arthur B. Dimmick wil ficiate. The body w placed church at 2 o'clock Survivors are Harry L. Lowe e da Mrs. William A. Crosby pa, Mrs. John J. Romer: Key West, Mrs. Bernard Dania, Mrs r |Key West and of Fort Laud |Charles S.. Joseph F_ John W. dren; two Snell of Miami an Cassidy. Lowe its headquarters in Sarasota, its 1.600 employes, who have ex-| Tripoli, Rommel's chief base,| The Order of P Perienced a good season, believe they will be on the trail again next | which he hopes to gain with the |@ttend the funeral Pallbearers include Berlin A. Sawyer, Harol Paul Albury, Bienv Ivan Elwood and Ben CITY COUNCIL HEALTH AND OTHER MEAS Among other mat expected to come up f eration are two heal now on the city of which prov milk except that wt Pasteurized can West The other one powering the san to condemn ciste: the city. While it is genera that both of repealed, it is alsc other measures wil tuted whereby persons obliged to connect wit (Continued on Page Fou Many Building Permits Issued For Construction In November them, according t sued last month spector Ralph Rw many permits we new building: amounts en large as they h monthly for the Following are the sued in November for ings Cecilo Santana on Georgia street, $800 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5th HABANA-MADRID DANCE to RYTHMAIRES Floor Show 9 Until 7