The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 15, 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. SEE SID A Allied Air Squadrons Still Continue Bombing Activities, Pounding Tunis And Bizert Fighting In Tunisia Be-| OO PID SDM MS tween Allies And Axis NEWSPAPER DELIVERY | MEN AND BOYS CALL STRIKE IN NEW YORK (By Associaied Press) NEW YORK, Dec. 15.— Newspaper delivery men and boys are on a strike and no newspapers were delivered in this city this morning. The papers included the New York Times, the Her- ald-Tribune and the Morning Mirror. The combined cir- culation of all the papers concerned totals 3,500,000. The reason for the strike is the refusal of the publish- ers to agree with the delivery NEW BILL WILL BOOST PAY “OF FEDERAL UNITS ANOTHER MEASURE TO COME BEFORE NEW . CONGRESS WILL EMPOWER FULL LET- TER CENSORSHIP i (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—j | Among the measures that will/ come up before the new congress when it convenes in January are the proposal to boost the pay of federal employes and the _ bill! that will empower the censor- ship bureau to open mail that} Passes between the United States and its territories. There has been some com- plaint about the opening of first class letters between this coun-} try and Hawaii and this country and the territory of Alaska, but | that complaint died down consid- erably when it became known that much information of value to the military authorities of the United States was found by open- Forces Confined Prin-| cipally To Air {By Ass WASHINGTON, Fighting in Tunisia between the Allies and the Axis been confined almost wholly to! ed Press) Dec. 15.— forces has the air during the last 24 hours, according to information received | here. There have been some clashes | Che Key West Cttizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1942 City And County Running Nip And Tuck! Race‘ dn‘ €ollection Of Taxes:For Ourrent Period Key West is ahead of Mea oe Rat office of County Tax Collector County, in the matter of tax col-|Frank H. Ladd had been opened lections, as was stated in The Cit-| only a short time when a large izen yesterday, but it is a nip-and-|enough amount was taken in to tuck race, with but a comparative- | bring the total to more than $109,- ly small amount separating the | 000, and before noon Tax Collector | totals. Sam B. Pinder had _ received | ‘Up to the close of business yes-| enough to go over that mark. How \terday, the city collections totaled | the two offices will line up in col- | $108,79: , and the colleetions in} lections at the end of the day the county amounted to $108,485.-| seems to be anybody's guess. 06. | In both the city and the county This morning both offices have} the collections now are better than gone over the $109.000 mark. Thei they have ever been before. 'Florida Banks With Insured Deposits Are Credited With Over Half Billion Dollars’ IKEY WEST GIVEN ‘Washington Correspondent of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 15. —The 164 banks in Florida whore! MUCH PUBLICITY Key West, Florida, hes the most equable clymate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenhet S. A. SU E FIVE CENTS Allied Military Leaders Express. Belief That Hitler fas Decided To Make Last Stand In Tunisia Advances; Rommel’s Forces _lave Abandoned Another Sector | | | LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) EL AGHEILA STORMED EASILY CAIRO.—Full information about the fall of El Agheila has not }-been announced officially yet. It is known that the British artillery laid down a curtain of fire that is believed to have been irresist- | able, and when the curtain was raised the advancing infantry storm- jea El Agheila and captured it with little tyouble and with the loss | of only a few men. (By Associated Prea= LONDON. Dec. 15—Hitler has cpparently decded lest staud im Africa eccording to the ger of Allied militarv leaders. to make at Tunisia. NO DANGER TO CITRUS CROPS LAKELAND.—Federal authorities, ennouncing from the Wea- ther Bureau here, said today that there will not be any danger ! along the right flank of an Al-| Union to “freeze” all jobs of jing letters passing between this|@ePosits are insured in the Fed- | They bese their delivery men and boys for the duration of the war: that is. even though the newspapers have to cut down their issues because of the shortage of paper or for any ether reason. they will be compelled to keep all deliv- ery men on the job whether or not their services are needed. The point-blank refusal of the publishers to accede to any such proposition precipi- act the strike. TOITIILTT SS that thrust | within 23 miles of Bizerte, but | lied spearhead is the outcome left both armies in| Practically the same positions as they were before the action was | started, j Allied grow with the Germ The Allied s poundi air pov and it is most continuously day. The bomb yesterday, w night and was 1 today. The Axis leader ing in reinforecit despite the raids planes on Biz« reinforcements sport plane ed here s APPEARS NOW NEW GUINEA WILL SOON BE SWEPT CLEAN OF NIPPONESE from its ba bombed (Dy Associated Presa) raid was not annour DARWIN, Dec. 15.—With fall of Buna, the Japs are now left PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO | onty three narrow strips on New CLOSE ON FRIDAY FOR | Guinca, and it is believed that the Alt of the | CHRISTMAS ‘b HOLIDAYS | American and Australian troops, | after they have consolidated their | positions, will sweep New Guinea clean of Japs. The Jap garrison on that islan must have made Miss Sars ROW. Owens, « Ky., who has degrees of b: of arts anc t been engage est Junior Hig! ceed Mrs. Sylvia Horace O'Brynr “the Key We today that t Key West wil and will be January 4, i Christmas and days. EDWARD THOMPSON cc GETS APPOINTMENT |<: Edward R. Thomp The of Luther 2 of Key West, Thomas Whi county ciurthou d | to | manders of Jap war ships in that al of vicinity, for the sixth attempt was i. made yesterday to land supplies | and reinforcements on New Gui- nea. The cruisers attempt was made by two and three destroyers that launched landing barges, despite “ks that were made by of American planes. es were sunk, and the } nat might have reached ; > were those that swam the barges as they went As for the cruisers and , the report said the! ove them off, scoring ».;Many hits, and that the last seen pointed to the post of deputy ¢ of the ships. two of which were trict warden, rialroad division. of | @4lre, were when they were near the Duval Ce = aie New Britain, where the Japs have Defense Council 'n important naval base. NOTICE bers of his family. TO OUR CUSTOMERS and the PUBLIC | This is to advise that we shall ES CLOSE the NIGHT of DECEM- | BER.24th and REOPEN as usual | TUESDAY MORNING. Decem- |ber 28th... . in order to take j Stock and post ceiling prices. | Mey we respectfully suggest that | you arrange your shopping so as NEW CARS AVAILABLE ae Ok MAREE ot Buy a DODGE or PLYMOUTH THE MANAGEMENT. Tio, me. BROADWAY ¢—See— NAVARRO, MARKET aS the holi- by the} i} World War and seas with the 306th EB is a member of the A’ gion Transportation Post, No. 12: and the B. R. C. of A. Inc. AT ONCE Opposite Bus Station “ JAPS HAVE LITTLE LEFT. AT GUINEA| the! known its pre-} carious position to the naval com- | country and its territories. Those who support the measure declare that the opening of let- ters will not hurt patriotic Amer- icans or their interests and may contain information of value to {the country’s armed forces. | Chairman Paul V. McNutt, of ithe manpower commission, said \today that he is waiting for the new congress to convene to clar- ify some matters in the powers | that are vested in him. NEW SERIAL STORY IN CITIZEN TODAY “MRS. MURDOCK TAKES A CASE”. TITLE OF IN- TERESTING SERIAL | | If Hestor Losado had stayed in| jSouth America nothing would {have happened. But when. Hes- tor’s wealthy husband died’ she ; went North to Boston, where her financial’ adviser lived. Then jwithout her intending it, theft, | murder and a period of unbe- jlieveable tension followed. And Joyce Murdock an on jher first murder case. | Joyce was the wife ;Murdock, who was |photographer with i tangling himself up in murder cases and getting them solved. Pen this time he refused to mix, | Kent a press a gift fe of land because the matter involved the happiness of her two best | |friends, Delia Stewart and Ward} ‘Allen Joyce allowed herself to| {substitute for her husband. Quickly the tension rose. Delia | !was convinced against her will] !that Ward was guilty of Per Clarke's death; Ward knew that! {Delia had visited Clarke in his | apartment a few minutes before ithe man was shot. And each, in; |the effort to shield the other, |merely tangled the case worse, } twhile the real murdered mingled; jwith all concerned and _ licked j ‘his chops— | “Mrs. Murdock Takes A Case” {is what George Harmon Coxe calls it. And it’s,the new Wide World serial starting in The Citi- zen today. Read its exciting} chapters daily. | USED AS SCRAP PHILADELPHIA — Horseshoes | of Kentucky Derby winners for the past 13 years have been con- tributed to scrap. ! | Shopping ia S apping Bs DADE LODGE NO. I4. F. & A.M. Regular communication will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p. m., i Scottish Rite Hell, corner Eaton’ and Simonton streets. All Master Masons are cordially invited. F. O. WEECH, Secretary. By order of the W. M. AAEM SCART | BROUGHT ABOUT THROUGH eral Deposit Insurance Corpora- | tion, had an average of $3,562.-| 390 each on deposit at the close! ADVERTISEMENTS RUN IN THE CITIZEN ef the fiscal year ending June| 20. H Two advertisements that have | appeared in The Citizen the : two weeks or so have pretty well FDIC, reporting Sond eda cies cundstat tebtinited condition of banks Participating | States, according to information in its insurance program at the | received by the Key West Cham- end of the first fiscal year re- | ber of Commerce. flecting war-time conditions, said; _On December J, a threc-inch ad- that total deposits in the 164! vertisement appeared on the front : ; | page of The Ciitzen, offering $25 banks in Florida were $584,232,-| 4 week to adishwasher. The other 000. , advertisement was c ified, and Of these deposits $489,513,000! offered a reward of $25 for infor- were demand deposits, while| mation that would lead to $94,719,000 were time deposits. signing of a lease for an apartment Total's io stor 2 house. ian aer pe, te 364 banks} “In some of the letters received were $638,900,000. ' from various parts of the country =e ee | by the Chamber of Commerce CITY COUNCIL IN MEETING TONIGHT | were clippings frem newspapers, There will be a regular meet- showing that the advertisements were sent out as news by the As-| ing of the City Council held to- night, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. sociated P1 One of those clip- | pings was received today by the This is the Second regular ses- sion of the month. chamber from New York, and the Nothing aside from routine! writer wished to know if the dish- washing job at $25 was still avail- business is scheduled thus far, although other matters may able. The fied come up during the course of the session. it was learned today. the el: advertisement caused nearly as much comment as did the one for the dishwasher. In one of the clippings it is said housing accommodations in Key of the greatest boom in its history, may be obtained from the fact hat a man offered a reward of | $25 for"information that would} REPORT ON CROPS BALTIMORE.—In 1922, Ameri can farmers raised 5,000,000 bush- els of soy beans. The 1942 crop is 200,000,000 bushels. | apartment. “All the Jewelry You Want On Credit” It Does MAKE A DIFFERENCE Where You Buy Your Christmas Gifts “It's, Easy to Pay the People’s Way” Damon The Gift that will live forever as a tribute to your devotion! Select your Diamonds from our sparkling selection and please them beyond words! Wide price range to suit all: gift-givers. Open Evenings for Your Convenience JEWELRY DEPARTMENT PEOPLE'S CREDIT STORE “The Friendliest Credit Store in South Florida” OPPOSITE THE BUS STATION 514 Southard Street PHONE25 Key West, Fla. last } the | that a good idea of the shortage of} West, which is now in the midst} lead to his leasing a house or am | frem frost to citrus fruits in Florida during Wednesday and Thurs. |day morning. Temperatures, the report said, are rising. —_——____ a NO CHANGE IN ALLIED LINES LONDON.—Late information from Allied headquarters in North | Africa states that there had not been any change in Allied lines in the last 24 hours. The closest the Allies are now to Tunis is 18 ' miles. | ep rll MILITARY FUNERAL FOR SOLDIERS ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland.—A military funeral was held here Liste for the soldiers who lost their lives in the fire that destroyed the Knights of Columbus Hall Seturday night. The number of bodies | found still stands at 100, but it is believed there are other bodies in | the piled up debris. An inspector of buildings said today he had inspected the hall two weeks ago and found the exits to be ade- ; quate. He assigned the loss of life to panic. WHAT MINE SANK PRESIDENT COOLIDGE? day that ‘there is no confirmation of the report that the 21.000- |ton President Coolidge was sunk in the Pacific by the explosion of ja mine that might have been “planted” by the American Nevy. | He explained that while the place where the Coolidge went down !is under American control, yet it would have been an easy matter |for a Japanese submarine to have placed the mine at the point | where the explosion occurred. AMERICAN LEGION GERMANS MAKE MEETS TOMORROW TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR CERTIFI- CATES OF MEMBERSHIP TO BE PRESENTED | | |POSITIONS OF NAZIS AND RUSSIANS TODAY RE- MAIN ABOUT SAME | Se (By Ansociated Press) MOSCOW, Dec. 15. of the Russian and Gerr oday are the same as th Arthur Sawyer Post of the Am- | erican Legion will hoid a meeting tomorrow night beginning at 8 | o'clock, in American Legion Hall, | yesterday except at jat which time there will be pres-! southwest of Staling entations of 25-year certificates of | the Germans made a j the Russian war office annou | today. | | membership. Jerry J. Trevor, Mrs. Hattrick and William Piodela} iwill be presented with certifi-| cost the Germans 3,000 k cates by Commander Horace O'-| almost twice that num + Bryant, showing that they have| wounded. The Russi centinued their membership in the | counter attacking whe ae in good standing for 25 years. | communique was issue: ——— Germans weré still hold LIEUTENANT JOHNSON £2, ‘5e report sua FLYING INSTRUCTOR in In fighting, northwest of grad, the Germans lost 400 men jand some equipm com- 1 (Special to The | to The Citizen) | munique said, addin: | GREENVILLE Miss., Dec. 15.—! positions of both sides r | First Lieutenant James L. John-! the smae at the conclusion of |son, son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. | attacks. |Johnson, Sr., recently reported | The weather has modertaed in for duty to the Greenville Army | the last two days and, the Russians | Flying School, Greenville, Mis-; state, has interfered with ~ their | Sissippi. a unit of the Southeast; planned offensive movements. jArmy Air Forces Training Cen- | The offensive will be resur | ter. ; when the weather becomes cold Lieutenant Johnson has assum-| jed the duties fo Flying Instructor. | Carrie That gain, the communigu INCREASE 35 PERCENT WASHINGTON — From 1930 | to 1940, the number of Americans PHILADELPHIA — Sugar cane} 65 or older increased 35 per cent. ;is substituted in many uses for cork, formerly imported from Spain. SELECT YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE Just Received A LARGE SHIPMENT of: Northern Christmas Trees Choose Early for BEST TREE! A. VILLATE 418 FRONT STREET ee USED AS SUBSTITUTE SE ede will arrive tomorrow Le ae MARZYCK & CO. 1501 Von Phister Phone 243 | _ PALACE THEATER KEN MURRAY in JUKE BOX JENNY NEWS and SERIAL —Tonight Is Prize Night— | | WASHINGTON.—Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said fo-, SLIGHT GAINS . en the ections of Mars! mel's forces at El Agheile which they abandoned practically with out any opposition. That proce dure is believed to have been keeping with Hitler's strategy im North Africs. though it caused a great deal cf uncertainty among Allied leaders in trving to ure out what was Rommel’s ree sen for abandonins a stronghold like El Agheila with practi mo fighting efter the Briti Eighth army started its atteck fig sh Not fough dn DEFENDANT FINED BEFORE CITY COURT H. R. Kampr Jucge Arche terday after Tevoke ye 60 days event he did not Up to noon today still in jail Katmppi was arr liceman Hector Castr tified that the def drunk, drove a dump sidewalk at Grinne yeion streets and knocked posts that held up a location USED CARS 1941 Buick 1940 Dodge 1940 Studebaker MANY OTHERS &T REASONABLE PRICES NAVARRO, Inc. Opposite Bus Staticin license to se