The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 18, 1942, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World For 62 Years Devoted to the rH est Ottizrit Key West, Florida, hes the most equable climate in the | country; with an average range cf only 14° Fahrenhe’t | ) Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXIII. No. 300. Suspend SupplyOfCasoing To Motorists in 17 States This Was Last Major Order Issued By Leon Hender- son Before He Resigned Post (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The | last major order Leon Henderson issued before he resigned as chief of the Office of Price Administra- | tion suspended tne supply of | gesoline to all motorists in the 17 states on the eastern seakoard | except to the orerators of com- | mercial vehicles. The order went | into effect at noon today. Filling station operators, all | through the eastern seaboard, in | cities and villages and hamle have been forbidden to sell oline, after noon today. owners of any automobiles, ex- cept trucks or any other mechan- ized vehicles that are used in in- | dustry or bus S. | The order ed characterized as a “sc: from Maine to Florida, but the scare was alleviated by the Pres’ at his press conference this morn ing. He stated the order was put into effect because of the lar; quantities of gasoline that ha een shipped and that shortly will be shipped to the country’s armed | forces in North Arica. He added that the chief purpose for putting the order into effect was to stop th use of gasoline for pleasure duting this week-end, | Finally, he said that the order | woild remain in effect “only for a day or two” an@ that thr of gasoline in the 17 eas states would be resumed on the same basis of three gallons per week for private cars as had been in effect before Henderson's last order was issued. ca what e” was sale ‘LEAD OVER CITY | LULL OF BRITISH ARMY CAUSES LOSS OF NEW SECT ORS | |\CLAIMED THAT BRITISH | COLUMNS COULD HAVE | CAPTURED BOTH TUNIS AND BIZERTE NO GASOLINE FOR i STUDENTS COMING | HOME FOR XMAS' (By Associnted Prens) GAINESVILLE, Dec. 18.— Yeuths in ihe University of Florida, who will co home for the Christmas holidays, heard today that they will | heve to go either by train, | bus or by hitch-hiking, for the Office of Price Adminis- tration has decided not to al- low the students any gas for the trip home. 7 Many hundreds of students hed intended to so home in their automobiles’ in ‘the (By Axsociated Press) LONDON, Dec. 18.—The Brit- ish first army, when it entered Tunisia, could have captured both {Tunis and Bizerte had it not jstopped for reinforcements, ac- {cording to disclosure that were {made today by the Allied head- i quarters in North Africa. After the Allies had captured Morocco and Algeria, the British {first army started its march into {Tunisia and had gone deeply into ‘the country before it met with ‘any opposition whatever, so th | story told today says. The Br {ish were within 20 miles of Tuni, land could have continued to ad event they had been able’to. | Vance but, having met with some |resistance, the commanders de- < fi. pers as emerge ace dbans | cided to wait till reinorcements cient gas. So =n avneal was : made to the OPA state direc- Heame up before proceeding far- tor in Jacksonville. and the | ther. oday. ie * a an ‘nis and Bizerte, too, but it devel- At the university it was (cos now that the Axis had only a scid that denying the use of |i ndful of men in either of those gas would stov only a few iaees students from making the ae holiday trio to their homes, | ("S| Ot and that the bus and the , Tenders t train would be used. a COUNTY INCREASES and supplies | Mediterranean between Bizerte (and Sicily. And from that day to this, the story goes on, supplies and reinforcements have been reaching the Axis forces zerte and Tunis by sea and ai from Sicily, Italy and Sardin: COLLECTION RACE pyssiANS BEAT BOTH COLLECTORS SAY. GERMANS BACK THAT PROSPECTS FOR FUR-| THER PAYMENTS ARE VERY | ENGAGE ™N MOST EXTENSIVE ENCOURAGING FIGHTING SINCE WINTER CAMPAIGN BEGAN Monroe ¢ margin still more the collection of tax vember 1, 1942, though only by MOSCOW, Dec. 18—The Rus- small sum. At the close of busi- | Sians have beaten back the Ger- ness on Wedne the county |™ans to within 85 miles of Smpo- led by $2,3: mount |lensk, the Soviet communigue S at the|Said today. The fighting there | was the most extensive and sus- the city, in since No- (By Associated Press) Che Hry ‘ THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. The stop of the British|* army gave the Axis com-| time in which to rush} | across the strip of 80 miles of the | in Bi- | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1942 ‘Savage Fightin In Air Around Tunisia Section’ | | i | | { COPE E SOs ae BOMB INVENTION OF U.S. PLAYS HAVOC WITH JAP SOLDIERS (Bz Anxceited Press) DARWIN, Dec. 18.—What is described as “parachute fragmentary bombing” kas created something of a panic emong the Jzpanese troops on New Guinee. 165 miles trom Buna. which the Alli2s cap- tured five days ago. The bembs come down:in a varechute. witn one re- leased every few seconds, while it masses over the head | cf the troops. It is an inven- ; tion of an American, who is now serving us a ..eurenant in the United States Army. Allied planes are also be- ing used to bomb the Jap | positions on New Guinea. In | the Buna and Gona area, ex- cept for a short stretch in the jungles, the Japs ‘have been wined out entirely. Remnants of the army that was there have succeeded in reaching the base 165 miles away. Reports from Guadalcanal are that there has not been any fighting inere although it is thought that the Japan- ese are concentreting light cruisers ana destrovers in the northern Solomons for an eventual attack or at- tempted attack on the Ameri- can-held cirrort on Guadal- canal. . FPP IS FAO PD |RECEIVES COMMISSION |FOR COUNTY POSITION ! * a Mrs. Jennie Curtis Pierce, who j was elected last month to succeed her late husband. Clarence Pieres, as member of the — local board from the first district, yes- jterday received her commission | from Secre: of the State Gray. The cor is for four years. As wai ease of Carlyle Roberts, another member of the board, the terms are altenating, two and four years, jand he and serving the longer terms. school | Mrs.-Pierce are now S. A. g Taking Place itisi } (By Axsociated Pres) | LONDON, Dec. 18.—Fighting in Tunisia is still chiefly in the air, ! as it has been during the last week. | ‘There were a few minor clashes PRICE FIVE CENTS today in the Tunis ana Bizerte Proposed Fine For Parents In areas, with little change in the po- | sition of either army. H In the air, however, the fighting ; ‘has been savage. Dog fightsthave been frequent, with the Allics in every instance coming out on top. } é That has been particularly true; “ Citizen reporter, in making , in the case of the Flying fortress- |his rounds today, heatd several es, which have shot down many Key Westers remark that they German and Italian planes with thought the fine of $100 or 30 ;, only an occasional loss of a fort-!days in jail, or both, that would r \be imposed on the parents of children under 16 who would be caught out in the streets after the curfew had sounded, begin- ning next Monday night, was a little too stiff a sentence. | One Key Wester who thought ithe sentence too severe is a city ‘official, but another city official, |while taking the same view, ex- a { plained: “It does not mean that Judge {Archer will be compelled to im- ipose a fine as severe as that {provided for in the ordinance. |What the fine will be, will be {eft to his discretion, but, frank- ; SS. : The chief report of air activi- ‘ty today had to do with the | pounding of the naval base at Bi- }zerte with big bombs dropped | ifrom Flying Fortresses and Lib- !erators. The German positions} there are said to have been pul- i verized along the front line, fore- ling the defenders to fall back to ithe second line of defense. ‘ Tunis has also been pounde: for several days almost continu- ously by Flying Fortresses and | Liberators. And headquarters to- :day stated that Allied planes are ' now almost on a par numerically {with the Axis aircraft. en | ‘DIRECTORS OF KEY __, |WEST COMMERCE BODY | The directors of the Key West! Chamber of Commerce will hold} a meeting next Monday evening, | {beginning at 8 o'clock. j + A good many matters of im-! {pertance to the community, which the chamber has_ been yacting on since the last meet-:Keys Aqueduct Commission is ing of the directors, will come 3 - up for consideration. proceeding. so,rapidly it looks as ' though somebody is rubbing Alad- } The work on the reservoir in, { {Jackson Square for the Florida The chamber is being operat- ! ed now on an aitogether differ- ent basis from what it was in/din’s Lamp to hasten the comple- peace times. Then, the chief !tion of the reservoir, it was re- aim was to bring as many tour- | marked at the county courthouse ists as possible to Key West and thaseenaenna to obtain as many projects as! Bees e- | possible for construction here.| Pouring of concre*e has begun Now, the chamber’s chief aim is at the reservoir, and it appears in doing everything that is pro-|now that it will be completed by motive of the war-effort. | the end of the month, as Ernest A. j water for dri Curfew Ruling Much Discussed; | Some Think It Too Excessive ly, I know of some West parents who ought that plaints being ma to them about the depredations of their Key much, because, on le to be fined ‘Eighth Amy Closing In On Part Of Rom mets Units Other Columes Of British Army Have Also Con- tacted Axis Forces Nine- iy Miles Beyond Agheila (By Anmociate Press) CAIRO, Dec. 18.—The British , Eighth Army was reported today to be closing in on a part of children, they make all kinds of promises about what they comes to do something, they nothing, unless it is to their children “We must keep minors und 16 off the st That does r mean to say there are not many children under that age whc cause no trouble wha deed, there are many but it will not be any for them to be home at when it means that 1 chievous boys will also have of be in their homes by that hour.” Work On Reservoir For Florida | TO MEET ON MONDAY Keys Aqueduct Commission Now Proceeding Very Satisfactorily depends the reservoir. The State of Health will not pprove the ig til a sampi of it has been te out of the reservoi! Mr. Ramsey thinks that by ear- are going to do and, when the time do indulge upon the completion of Board i after it c omes Rommel’s forces that was trapped 68 miles beyond El Agheila. To what extent the (fighting there _ has proceeded was not reported. though it was said that the trepped forces are caught in an crea cf 20 square miles, and that the oudook is that the men hardship either will surrender or fight till they are annihilated. Other columns of the British Fighth Army. it was officially reperted teday have come into contact with other Axis 90 miles beyond El forces Agheila. Fierce rearguard fighting was cccurring at the time the infor- mation was sent to the war of- fice here. British eirmen. the report said were helping both forks of Sighth Ary t wire the out enemy's forces. Im the so-called ly next year water will be avail- able for the civilian for drinking, as wel tary puropses, to which its usag at present is confined. popu as for FOR ONE PARACHUTE NEW YORK—The silk would norma hai make 100 pairs of trepped area. it was stated, many enemy tanks and other motorized vehicies have been destroyed end the ground over long dist ences is strewn with Italian and German dead. is required for une é pS Shopping Bays till Christmas “Visit Our Ready-to-Wear Deparime:t” quem Select Practical— CHRISTMAS*; GIFTS NS} USE YOUR CREDIT - PAY LAT . CLOTHE the Entire Family ON CREDIT! Ch se silk stockin parachute. ! | Ramsey, general manager of the commission, stated a short time H ty’s collections at the | tained, the war office said, since ape eas ago. ‘beginning of busin this morn. | the winter campaign began. The {ing stood at $115,042.12, and the!enemy, it was explained, has its “QEEEZ2222 WHITEHOUSE Sey | Peat ap aces ‘total for the city, which took a/chief base at Smolensk, and the The supply of water to Key of $1,377 for the day,| Russian high command asserted PIT BARBECUE ie for drinking purposes that its object is to recapture that | | nix | base before the end of the winter 227 DUVAL STREET | SENRRRRAAERW ESAS VERA SE SS | county | fighting, REOPENING TOMORROW, SATURDAY | PALACE THEATER ‘and a similar senti’| In the Latvian sector, the re- . ne Open Daily from 4 P.M. to Midnight SHADOWS of the SAGE BRADY’S POULTRY MARKET Tennessee Milkfed ROASTERS Soft Bone VV VV VV TV Ve PRESCRIPTIONS Pure Fresh ingredients Com- pounded by Experienced Pharmacists. GARDNER’S PHARMACY Phone 177 Free Delivery urt 0444444444444 444446 | ANCHOR LODGE No. 182. F. & A. M. | CALL MEETING TONIGHT, | | 7:30, Work in the 3rd Degree} All Mester Masons Welcome | msg id JOHN C. PARK, Sec. | for Women's, 3 i % Re >-Wear Appar FOI II III IAI III IISA I SII IA | i \ and Colors t “DANCE 2 Saturday Night | RAUL'S CLUB rimmed COATS, from 22.75 MILLINERY, from @Girls’ Winter COATS. Music by BARROSA No Cover * No Minimum | Reservation Suggésted. Ladies’ HANDBAGS, PHONE Pay : Men's HATS, from York SHIRT: @SWEATERS. from Selection of Northern Leather JACKETS, from Complete Stock of ACCESSORIE: JUST A FEW LEFT for YOUR CHOOSING for Men SHOES “for “Mie aa Wien A. VILLATE 418 FRONT ST. | i | i i Your ractical complete and we Kill and Dress Them Daily | go better now than|and Rumanians. In that area, the | “All the Jewelry You Want On Gredit” The Russian high command de- | Key West Transit Co. trapping. 5 ' | TIRE REPAIRS |] 1942, the Mayor was instructed to enforce Ordinance Nos. | ‘echoed by Sam B, Pin- | Port said, the Russians haye beat- PLENTY OF BARBECUED RIBS |” vise tse maton Phone 540 1214 White Street) t” ever been before in the | Russians say they are attempting | bg : . BUS DRIVERS WANTED) j encircling the Russians. The radio | _ } | , = = GIVE JEWELRY THIS-XMAS [®[{V=s] WARNING | Sse | —— ————e 122 and 177, Council Series, Regulating the presence of chil- { . . : | (Dill Electric Vulcanized) | | It shall be unlawful for any girl under the age of sixteen | AAAAAAAAARARRRR RD | 7 en back two enemy attacks, with Our Chickeng are received alive! mar! at collections are jlosses of more than 500 Germans | r NEWS and SERIAL Also... PORK and OTHER SANDWICHES SERVED PERLE LLG? STE EO | iustoryuoe the cite to encircle a German division, but | 4 | pees ¢ | Berlin reported over the radio to- FROSTED MUG DRAFT BEER added that 15,000 have been trap- ! Apply 12 to 2 p.m. Daily peed: | at Car Barn ;Russian soldiers are doing the | JEWELRY—THE GIFT OF GIFTS’ | Vewwy wv www Y OW Ve | At a mecting of the City Council held December 15th, | dren upon the Streets, Alleys, Highways, and Parks of the || City of Key West, in the night time: \ jlou Smith Auto by eral vice years, or any boy under the age of sixteen years old to be [| eee upon any street, alley, highway or park in the City of Key ||! West, between the hours of Nine o’Clock P.M. and Five o’Clock A.M., unless accompanied by an adult member of his or her family, or some responsible adult person. Provid- ed this ordinance shall not apply to any such child who shall be upon the streets, alleys, highways, or park of the said City within the hours aforesaid in the performance of some mission of urgent necessity and it shall appear that such child is not unnecessarily loitering in any such place, and is not unnecessarily prolonging his or her stay in any such place beyond the time necessary to complete the. mis- sion. The Chief of the Fire Department shall cause the fire alarm system to ring two taps at the hour of Nine o’Clock P.M. each night and each Police Officer on his beat sound one blast from his police whistle at the hour of Nine o’Clock P.M. each night. If any child shall be found upon the streets, alleys, highways, and parks of the City of Key West, in vio- lation of this provision of this ordinance or ordinances, he or she shall be taken into custody of the police and returned to his or her home, his or her parents or the person having the custody of the said child shall be summoned and required to come to the police court and explain the cause of the .child’s appearance on the streets, but no such child shall be con- fined or detained in the City Jail, or any part thereof, and in every case of such violation the parents of such child, or the person or persons having the custody of the child, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed One Hundred Dollars, or the imprisonment not to exceed Thirty Days, or both. Said enforcement of these Laws will be made beginning Monday, December Twenty-first, 1942, and through-out the duration or such time as may be changed by the City Coun- cil and the Mayor. WILLARD M. ALBURY, Mayor. a , yf H EXQUISITE 2 Ser a AAG i We Don’t Want To Set DIAMOND RING SIGNET RING the World On Fire! $5750 $1975 We Just Want You to a < Come Gut to A simple large diamond A-handsome gift with with two smaller ones on masculine appeal. each side. In yellow or Onyx background. CLUB SUGALOA ! white neid, 2 Reenie| 1 Mpeaing Sea eal Bre snraicahiy esd mounting of dainty de- in yellow or white and: DAY NOW!! sign. gold. Several styles. vac . -JOHN - PRITCHARD and HIS.OQRCHESTRA will Play For You TONIGHT and Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday Starting at $:30 P.M. And DON’T FORGET your SKINNER SPECIAL Skinner Is Always Here To SERVE You Open Evenings for Your Convenience Open Evenings for Your Convenience —— Open next Sunday from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. for the convenience of Defense Workers and their families READY-TO-WEAR DEPARTMENT PEOPLE'S CREDIT STORE “The Friendliest Credit Store in South Florida” OPPOSITE THE BUS STATION 514 Southard Street PHONE25 Key West, Fla. The JEWELRY DEPARTMENT will be open next Sunday for the convenience of Defense Workers and their families from 10 A. M, to 6 P. M. PEOPLE’S CREDIT STORE “The Friendliest Credit Store in South Florida” OPPOSITE THE BUS STATION 514 Southard Street PHONE 25 Key West, Fla. Hi