The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 2, 1942, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World For 62 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Xey West Che Kry West Cttize THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER VOLUME LXIII. No. 286. Council. Grants 6 10 isda eiltanial Repeal- | IT ‘ALIANS AND , ing Old Measure Calling’ For Sale Of Only Pas-/ | teurized Milk meeting last night passed an ord- | inance on its final reading grant- ing the Southern Bell Telephone The City Council at its regular Company a renewal of franchise | for a period of 30 years to carry/| on operations in Key West. | Included the agreement is a provision that the | | | in franchise- | company will allow the city gov- ernment the use of nine iele- all of; which will be used for official | phones free of charge. business. The company will avail @ special telephone installed at! the city jail, also without ee) to be used exclusively by the! Police department in receiving | calls sent in by patrolmen from | the The free use of these phones will different sections of city. | be accepted in lieu of a franchise Another provision is that the company agrees to place its con- duits and other similar equipment under ground at any time in the} future that the city. decides to adopt this method “through the city’s growth and business expan- ! sion which may necessitate this change. Pass Milk Ordinance A new ordinance repealing the} amendments in an old ordinance which specifies that all milk sold in Key West must be pasteurized was passed on its initial reading. The new ordinance will permit | the sale of raw milk, providing | that it has been properly inspected | and shown to meet all of the; necessary requirements. Several other provisions will be placed in the ordinance before it is passed | on its final reading. A resolution was adopted re-! quiring the city to execute a quit aided by the Allied air force, has | S. govern- sunk 250,000 tons claim deed to the U, (Continued on Page Four) | Dimout Lights ‘Are Ordered Installed On South Shore: Of Key West! A letter was read at the meét- ing of the City Council last night from B. L. Grooms, president of the Key West Electric Company, | notifying the city that orders had been received from the Defense Council calling for the installation of dimout lights at the foot of Simonton, Duval and Whitehead | streets bordering on the south shore. This order, it was said, was brought about due to complaints from government authorities that the present street lights in that section were plainly visible to vessels at sea, and should be re- placed with dimouts. The council ordered that no games of any kind be permitted to be played in Bayview Park on Sunday between 9:30 and 12:30} o'clock in order to cut out the noise during those hours while; church services are being held atj the Ley Memorial Church during that period. ‘This action was tak- en following complainets received by the council in the matter. It was also ordered that the at- tention of the probation officer be called to the nuisance in the park carried on by boys at all hours, and the police officers will also help out in the matter by paying BRING IN YOUR CAR for ITS NEXT LUBRICATION LOU SMITH AUTO SERVICE Phone No.5 White at Fleming | El Agheila. GIVES FIGURES ON ‘will immensely encourage the | !since the Jap treachery at Pearl DN oTHE. Ur. a Se, Ax Key West, Florida, hes the most equable climate in the country ; range of only 14° Fahrenhe’t with an average KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1942 Renewal Of. Telephone Co. NAZIS MAKE STAND! AGAINST BRITISH! COMBINED FORCES OF TWO! NATIONS DECIDE TO EN- GAGE ENGLISHMEN AT EL/| AGHELIA : | (By Associated Press) CAIRO, ‘Bée."2.—The Germans | and Italians, under Field Mar- shal Rommel, have made a stand 4 : 2 oe AERIAL at El Agheila against the British e by an umbrella of eighth rmy. according to advices from the front received here to- day. The reports said that Rommel, in addition to the excellent de- fenses that the salt marshes pro- vide at El Agheila, has heavily mined the approaches to that place, so that the attacking British have to exercise extreme care be- fore advancing. Military circles beiieve here that Rommel will not fight an all- out battle at El Agheila, but a de- laying action instead. To do that, ; it is pointed out, he needs only a small part of his dwindled com- mand to hold the British back be- cause of the mine fields and the marshes with which they will have to contend before they reach JAP SHIP LOSSES (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Sec- retary of the Navy Frank Knox gave out figures today about! the fighting in the Pacific that American public. Secretary Knox said that, Prospects of having the Inland Waterway extended from Bahia Honda to Key West appear Harbor, the American Navy, of Japanese (Continued on Page Four) a cording to the latest information the Key West Chamber of Com- merce has received from Wash- ington. Senator Claude Pepper has in- formed the chamber that he has taken up the matter with the chief Streets Near ment, and now comes a report from Washington that the gov- ernment is not going to deepen visits to the park at frequent in- | 22Y mor inland waterways dur- tervals, Mrs. Henry Russell addressed} the board relative to some pipe} which was put down recently at } her home, connecting up with the | sewer system. which proved to be | unsatisfactory, and requested the board to have same remedied. The matter was referred to the Board of Public Work: A letter was read from the sec- retary of the State Board of Medi-} cal examiners relative to appeals made for helping out Key West in} the shortage of doctors at this time. The secretary advised that the services of Dr. Gonzalez and} others available, be utilized unti some steps can be taken to furnish | the city with additional physi- | cians. be shown to be essential to pro- moting the war-effort. Eecretary Singleton, at the Chamber of Commerce this morn- ing, remarked that it will be an easy matter for the people of Key The sale of stamp stock the Key West Post Office, which had shown a 100 percent increase during each of the four months preceding last month, compared with the months of 1941, jump- Another letter was read from ed to an increase of 141 percent the Board of Examiners stating ‘during November of this year as that the organization . does notj|icompared with November of last have the power to issue . special wear. permits for physicians to practice, |.:In November, 1941, the sales but said that everything possible | totaléd $5,125.72, and last month would be done to help out in the | they went up to $12,358.00, an matter. % jincrease of $7,232.28, and a per- .The resignation of Fireman centage of 141. Caesar Catala was accepted, and Following are other transac- the appaintment of Wilson Jolly jtions at the the post office dur- to fill the vacancy was approved. ing November, with comparisons A vote of thanks.was extended | with the same month last year: to Mayor Albury and Building | Money Orders issued: ie SOFTENING: Paratroops, protected it power, descend on enemy defense points and strategic areas be- hind frontal position. As landing fields are cap- tured, they are reinforced by artillery. DEMOLITION: Engineers and Ranger units pace the frontal advance. Skilled in demoli- tion work, they destroy isolated outposts and soften up small forts or pillboxes to secure a broad beachhead. Main force follows. Prospects Much Brighter For Extension Of Inland Waterway brighter now than ever before, ac- | of engineers of the War Depart- | ing the war except those that can | Post Office Business During November Shows Big Increase, ' at INVASION, A.EF. STYLE These four sketches show the basic principles used by the U. S. Army, supported by the Navy and air power, in battle operations for 1942 war. They have received, according to front line dispatches, full scale use in north African operations. Modified by local circumstances of terrain and objective, are the same at the equator or in the Arctic. 2 FRONTAL LANDING: Under cover of a naval * barrage, giant barges sweep inshore from the invasion fleet. Tanks rumble from them and up on the beach to blast shore defenses, and are quickly followed by infantry, big guns, supplies. 4 MOPPING UP: The infantry moves in, using * all types of mechanized equipment. In ir. regular formation, they move ahead; semi- automatic Garand rifles, full assortment of guns are used. Rigid ranks style of fighting is out. ! | ‘SUCCESSES FOR REDS UNBROKEN RUSSIANS CONTINUE TO BE | VICTORIOUS IN MOST West to prove to the War Depart-| ment that the deepening of the} OF ENGAGEMENTS waterway between Bahia Honda} and Key West is of the utmost im- portance not only in helping the war-effort in Key West but also in conserving it, so to speak. What would happen to Key West in getting supplies from ihe mainland were the wooden bridges damaged to so great an/ extent they would be unsafe for | traffic to pass over them? | We would have to depend on supplies reaching us by sea is the positive answer to that question, | it was pointed out. And it was! pointed out further that the pro- posed inland water route would be the only one, coming into Key | West, that would be beyond the | sphere of attack by enemy sub- | marines. (By Axsociated Press) MOSCOW, Dec. 2.—The com- |munique today spoke about the “unbroken Russian successes” in every war area and stressed the “strategic success” captured a hill in a Stalingrad in having salient that endangers the Ger- mans’ rear in that locality. The Russians took the hill at the point of the bayonet, the report said, and added that the Germans so well realized they must fall back if the hill remained in Rus- sian hands, they launched seven attacks in attempts to recapture the hill, but every attack was beaten back, the communiqué stated. leaving the hill “covered with enemy dead.” Russians also won important victories west of this city and at | one point in the Caucasus, where | the Germans are reported to have ! lost 1,000 men in the last 24 hours. UDC TO HOLD MEET There will be a regular meeting of the United Daughters of the | Confederacy held tomorrow aft-| NEW YORK —The colors of ; ernoon, beginning at 4:30 o'clock, |New York ci flag—blue. white at the home of Mrs. Allan B./and orange—are the same which Cleare, Sr., on North Beach. \floated over Manhattan Island All members are requested toj under Dutch rule, more than 300 be in attendance. years ago. USING SAME COLORS _|at Bizerte, with the Axis LATE BULLETINS NO CHANGES AT BUNA AND GONA DARWIN.—Little change has occurred at Bung and Gona on | New Guinea since yesterday. The beachhead at Gona has been at- | tacked four times by the Australians since yesterday. but the Japs, | Strongly entrenched, are still holding out. They have been cut off from the base at Buna. JAPS BEATEN IN INDIA CHUNGKING.—Reports have been received here that British imperials in India have driven back a Jap contingent from Burma that tried to cross the border into India. A part of the Jap force that became separated from its leaders was annihilated, the report said. TORNADO KILLS FIVE ATLANTA.—Five rersons were killed today by a tornado that struck in Washington county. Two members of the state highway Patrol, while on their way to the stricken communities, were se. verely injured. TUG GOES DOWN IN LAKE ERIE CHICAGO.—A tug, towing a barge, disappeared from sight in Men on the barge noticed that the towline had become slack, and thet the barge had almost stopped moving, and. on coming out to learn the cause. saw that the tug had disappeared. A high wind was blowing and it is thought the tug was swamped by a heavy sea. RATION BOOK NO. 2 COMING WASHINGTON.—The OPA will shortly issue Ration Book No. 2, it was announced here today. The books probably will be dis- tributed through the public schools, as was done when the sugar ration book was issued. PROPOSE LOTTERY TO SELL BONDS WASHINGTON.—A form of lottery was proposed today to help the United States Treasury to sell war bonds. Tickets would be offered at $1.25. and it was said that probably $20.000,000 of bonds could be sold at each drawing. The Treasury Department did not comment on the suggestion. AXIS FORCES CUT | IN THREE PARTS {than she spent for military pur BRITISH FORCES ARE NOW | poses during the entire first World ONLY FEW MILES FROM i BASE AT BIZERTE ia Sherman Gives WAR COSTS ARE HEAVY CHICAGO spending more than three bi dollars a year on tne — Canada now lior war-—mor LONDON, Dec. 2.—The Axis forces in Tunisia have been cut} |into three parts. Allied heaa-! (By Associnted Presa) i }quarters in North Africa an) |mounced todey. It was further, said that the railway chee Oe fe His aversion against the treasury of the States was his reason signing as Florida state director of the Office of Price Adminis tration, Walter C. Sherman iclared in a statement issued to- | day. Dec. 2— “raiding United for re- | line be- tween Tunis and Bizerte has fall en into Allied hands. The British first army, driving along the shore line, is now only a few miles from the naval b: pi force jthere, composed chiefly of Ger- mans, fighting furiously, so fu-| riously, the report emphasized, {that the advance of the British |is “very slow”. Meanwhile, while the armie: Sherman, who is the president of the Florida State Associated ‘Chambers of Commerce, resigned |his OPA job almost three months |ago, and, since then, there had Mussolini Paints Black Picture For ltalian People tn Warning Of Ruthless Bombings By RAF Inspector Ralph Russell for super- | vising the work of improvements | carried on at the city jail, which! has been remodelled and reno- vated with additional toilet and bath equipment having been in- stalled. November, 1942 $243,289.75 November, 1941 82,675.27 | Postal Savings due Depositors: November, 1942 - $807,251.00 |__November, 1941 441,882.00 U.S. Bonds and War Stamps: November, 1942 $49,112.00 All persons who have made applica- tion for water service are requested to call at our office and make deposit come to grips on the land, bat- tling in the air was fiercer today than during any other time since the American-British forces in- | vaded North Africa. The fight }seemed to have settled down to determine whether the Allies or jthe Axis planes would gain the supremacy of the air over western Mediterranean. | Allied headquarters said that German and Italian planes had been destroyed in the air over joeizetio and Tunisia and on the countered by declaring that Axis | jplanes had sunk three Allied ships in the harbor at _ Algiers (Continued on Page Four) the! land at Sicily and Sardinia. Rome| |been a great deal of conjectur labout the reason for his resign- ing. It was to put an end to this talk that Mr. Sherman said he resigned because he did not want to be one of the many thou- | sands who are raiding the treas- jury of the United States. He said that while he held the office and that since then also he jhas heard many men brag about {the federal so-called jobs they 1 oN HABANA-MADRID on meters. i FLORIDA KEYS AQUEDUCT COMMISSION i es Dancing | EVERY NIGHT 8 to 12 SUNDAYS 5 to 8 Music by the RYTHMAIRES No Cover No Minimum | will arrive! on or about; XMAS TREES DECEMBER 15th at MARZYCK & COMPANY 1501 Von Phister St. Phone 246 PRICE FIVE CENTS Claims If Allied Nations Win War That Life For Italians Will Not Be Worth Living (By Asmnovinted Press) LONDON, Dec. 2.—Benito Mussolini, in a semi-hysterical voice, made a speech in Rome today that was full of blackness for the Italian peovie. even though he tried to picture a worse state for them if the Allies won the war. He advised the people. var- ticularly all women and chil ¢ren. to evacuate the cities and avoid being killed by the ruth- less bombines of the RAF. He then declared his bitter hatred cf the English, whom he charac- terized as “brutel and barbaric. who try to hide their brutality Lake Erie today. carrying down with her 14 members of her crew.! and barbarity under a veneer of Christianity”. “Get out of your cities, espe !" he yelled_hvsteri s you wii! be kille the brutal, barbaric Britons. then told about the of Genc where that the Axis pow We must wir f his voice the t the fo! w ort Reason For Resigning As State Head Of Price: Administration (By Associated Press that what even in while man front f these wire jobs th After nounc was, a stead was Judge George acting director Harris is said to have the shuffle” her that the di Atlanta fav Tampa man for the jot director, which . pays , $6,500 year, but that he couldn't the “se rial nod” Judge Gibbs served for r a month, when the ment was made that Chaunc Butler, a friend of Senator Ct O. Andrews and Senato: 2 Pepper, had been appointed sta director. 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