The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 22, 1942, Page 1

Key West, Florida, hes the | most equable climate in the country; with an average Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World Fo: 62 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West range of only 14” Fahrenhe't | range of only 14” Fahrenhe't | Che Key Wesi Citizen * NOEUME LXUI. No. 303. + Squadrons Of Americal: Planes Blast Japanese Positions In Aleutians Jap Planes On Ground Damaged Or Destroyed; Military Targets Also Struck (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 22,.— Squadrons, of American planes on Sunday, so the war office an- nounced today. blasted the Jap | positions on Kiska in the Aleu- tians. Jap planes on the ground either were damaged or destroy- ed and other military targets were struck, General Stewart light are still being used against the tanks Japs who are entrenched in a strip of fortified ground at Buna Mission. The war said that American planes and office also artillery have been pounding the | Japs’ positions during the last two days. In the Solomons no fighting has been reported during the last 24 hours, The Japs’ airfield base on Munda Island, 155 norhtwest of Guadalcanal, miles was raided yesterday but the extent of the damage done was not an- nounced, ed to their base. All the planes return- START FUND FOR HOSPITAL NEEDS | Rev. Ted M. “Jones, ‘pastor of the First Baptist church. who is camp and hospital chairman for the Red Cross, reports that Arthur Sawyer Post of the Ameican Legion has started a fund with a donation of | $25. The Eastern Star Order has sub- ; scribed to a magazine for one year! to be sent to the Army Infirmary | in'Key West, while contribution of used radios and victrolas have been individually made. Anyone having any item of re-' creational nature for hospital use or camp use who would like to do- nate them for a good cause, are re- | quested to notify Rey. Jones. POSSI SIMS S LAVAL NOTHING BUT LACKEY FOR HITLER (By Associated Presx) LONDON, Dec. 22,.—These are trying days for Pierre Laval, France's so-called pre- mier, according to informa- tion received here from a re- liable source. Laval, the re- | port said, is now little more than Hitler's lackey. | Yesterday Laval received demands from Hitler to sup- ply Germany immediately with 40.000 workers. and he was ordered to declare war forthwith upon the Allies. IMSS SSSI MS MT SS 4 KRESS’ MANAGER HELD FOR TRIAL MOST OF GIRIS EMPLOYED AT STORE HAVE GONE BACK TO WORK It was announced this morning that the differeitces between sme of the sales girls and the manage- ment of Kress’ store have been settled amicably, and practically {all the girls who left the store on Saturday, after the arrest of the manager, John’ McLaughlin, have returned to work. The settlement was brought about by a district manager who came to Key West | when he heard about the closing of the store and McLaughlin’s ar- rest on a charge of using profane language in his dealing with em- ployes. McLaughlin was arraigned be- |fore Justice of the Peace Raul] {Carbonell yesterday afternoon, | pleaded guilty and was held in |$100 bail for the criminal court. The bail was provided and Mc- | Laughlin was released. COURTESY GETS | A SOUR LOOK, (By Associated Press) | HAYS, Kas, Dec. 22.—The} ' Hays News reports that a fellow opened doors at stores, banks and | other buildings for 109 women in the Christmas rush. | Three thanked him, _ five thought he was fresh. and the husbands of seven stared at him jas if ase thought so too. “All the Jewelry You Want On Credit” “{@8OESMAKE A DIFFERENCE Where You Buy” “It’s EASY to PAY the PEOPLE'S WAY” Wide Selection of Beautiful ‘DRESSER SETS Give Her A Beautiful Open Evenings ‘Til Christmas For Your Convenience JEWELRY DEPARTMENT PEOPLE'S CREDIT STORE “The Friendliest Credit Store in South Florida” | forfeited; J. Lockhart, $10; Jack THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. ——. TO SHOW CAUSE OF TWO DEATHS CASE DEALS WITH BRINK- MAN. MILLIONAIRE. AND FRIEND WHOSE’ BODIES WERE FOUND IN WATER (By Associated Press) MIAMI, Dec. sued any official statement, it is known that the autopsy perform- ed on the bodies of Benjamin G. Brinkman, millionaire, and his | friend, George G. Sedena, both of Miami Beach, did not disclose the cause of their deaths. It was said, though, that no water was found in the lungs of men who were found floating in the sea on Sun- day near the entrance to the Homestead canal. Today policemen are making a search of the upper Florida Keys for the 22-foot cabin motor- boat in which Brinkman and Se- today. A search had been made before for the motorboat, and it is believed that it must have been sunk. THREE DEFENDANTS, Judge Wesley P. Archer, presid- ling in the city court, imposed fines totaling $125 yesterday afternoon on three defendants charged with operating automobiles while un- der the influence of intoxicants. Emil Roberts and Cleve Brooks | each was fined $50, and a fine of | $25 was imposed on Verlie Under- wood. due to the “difference” in the ex- tent of the intoxication, and the Emil Roberts, according to testi- mony, resisted arrest. A. E, PEIRCE MADE HONORARY MEMBER OF ROTARY CLUB Albert E. Peirce, who recently resigned as manager of the Key West Gas company, and as rear commodore of the Key West Yacht Club to enter the United States Army, has been made an honorary member of the Rotary club for the duration of the war. That action by the club was \taken at the suggestion of William Fripp, who pointed out the many things, for civic betterment, in which Mr. Peirce had been active. The club unanimously adopted Mr. Fripp’s approval. At its luncheon Thursday in St. Paul’s Parish Hall, the Key West Rotary club will observe “father and son’s day”. Rotarians, who have not sons, have been asked to bring to the luncheon a member of the armed services. HEARD IN CITY COURT Monday is always a busy day in city police court, but yesterday afternoon was the busiest Judge} Wesley Archer has had in many | a day. Twenty-three cases were disposed of by him, 12 of which were against defendants charged with being drunk and disorderly. Following are the defendants found guilty by Judge Archer on that charge and the amounts of fines imposed, J. M. Brown, $25; R. Cusado, $15; M. Dunlap, $15 bond forfeit- ed; Monco O‘Bryant, $10; K. John- son, bond of $15 forfeited; Z. Holmes, $10; Oliver Butler, $10; James R. Lyns, bond of $15 for- feited; O. W. Cobb, bond of a8) Smith, $15, bond forfeited; R. L.} Harviil, $10, and Ralph Rohden, who forfeited. his bond of. $15. Selection of Northern CHRISTMAS TREES JUST A FEW LEFT for 22.—While the , state attorney’s office has not is- | dena left Miami just a week ago ; ‘SWELL CITY FUND The difference in the fines was | further fact that one. defendant, | TWENTY-THREE © CASES | |LIVE POULTRY MARKET S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1942 AUTOPSY FAILS (Spearhead Of Montgomery's Forces Advan CAIRO, Dec. 22.—The spear- head of General Montgomery's jazmy has now advanced to with- toward } which Rommel's forces are flee-| in 110 miles of Tripoli. { ing, with little let-up night or j day. Allied planes are giving the fu- gitives little rest. Hundreds of} their motorized vehicles have been destroyed by bombs dropped by planes since Rommel aban-| (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 22.—Informa- tien received here from _Allied: \headquarters in North Africa is that General Eisenhower and his | | staff are preparing jcampaign that will “wive the to wage a! Axis forces out of Africa”. It was declared that the Ameri- can commander and his aides are jaction. The fact was stressed that they are going to take their time ly prepared to strike and keep on enemy resistance. Meanwhile, there is little ac- | tivity either along the front at Tu- nis or Bizerte. Most of the action and artillery duels. A. distinet.agtésiofeoneourage: ment in the official annoucement today is that the Allied planes now have the edge over the Axis Planes, and.that the Jatter in some en from, the. skies, MILK PRICES IN ALASKA NEW: YORK — The price of milk in Alaska averages thirty-j} five cents per quart. | SFOS I IIIS 4 (DENVER RESIDENTS TO: ‘ENJOY TURKEY ALONG! |WITH SOLDIERS’ XMAS; (By Associated Press) { DENVER, Dec. 22.—It will | be “right about face’ in the invitations that will be issued here to turkey dinners on Christmas as compared with the invitations that will be issued elsewhere in the Unit- ed States, In every other place, ex- cept Denver, men in the armed services will be ask- ed to dine on turkey. but here, so the commander of the soldier stationed here an- nounced today. civilians will be asked by the service men to come to their camp and feast on turkey and “all the With the assistance of local papers, the commander of the post here said he already had the names of 250 civilians in Denver who are away from home and. therefore, away from their families. They not only will be given turkey dinners by the sol- diers, but when the dinner is over will be taken around the camp and shown places of | interest. | hdd deded BRADY’S 110 Miles From Tripoli (By Associated Press) Preparing: For Campaign To | Wipe Axis' Out Of Africa: | said further that 45,000 more ‘nurses will be needed by the end of not going to take any precipitate ; and not wage any all-out battle! until they are confident to be ful- | striking as long as there is any; is confined to bombing by planes ; © and for payment of the cost se¢tors practically have been driv- | —. NEW RULE FOR j services, and went away without | Legionnaire appiy for the exemp- ‘sanction of State Attorney Gen- { would be permitted | YMCA in the United Kingdom. Will Not Guarantee Delivery on Orders After Today Tennessee Milkfed Soft Bone ROASTERS — STEWERS Rhode Island Red Battery Raised ces To Point doned El Agheila. Following closely behind the bombing Planes to add to the damage they | cause, are fighter planes that dive | down low and spray the Axis sol- diers with machine-gun bullets. Information has reached here! that two French columns, now! passing eastwardly across south-| erly Tunisia are likely to reach | Tripoli just about the time Mont- | gomery’s men come in from the! west. Neither British nor the French are meeting with much opposi-j| tion, it was stated officially. \budnintaraiiinaral| ALL PUBLIC BUILDINGS (IN MASSACHUSETTS TO) ‘BE PROPERLY HEATED) (By Associated Presa) BOSTON, Dec. 22—No resident of Massachusetts will be cold this winter if he consents on going to a heat- ed public building, the gov- ernor of the state declared today. In several parts of Massa- chusetts, it was stated, short- age of fuel oil is already making itself felt, with no immediate prospect of any | increase in supplies. So the governor said he was invok- ing an old statute that gives him the power in time of war to provide funds for the heating of public buildings of: transportation of citizens of this state to the buildings. IIL SS TE 8 F 8 HOMESTEADERS THOSE IN SERVICE WILL BE! TAKEN CARE OF IN FIL- ING APPLICATIONS (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 22. — Those Floridians who have been called into the country’s armed arranging to have their home- steads exempted from. taxation, will be permitted, beginning on| January 2, to have any American | tion at the offices of the county tax assessor. This ruling was voiced by Gov- | ernro Holland and had the. legal eral J. Tom Watson, who said fur- ther that, in cases where the date for making exemptions expire, | Floridians in the armed services ; to apply toj have their applications for etemp- tion reopened. Watson said that the point was this: that no Floridian who has answered his country’s call will be required to pay taxes that would have been exempted had he been! home to attend to the matter. 5 NUMEROUS TEA CARS DETROIT — More than 1,000 tea cars are operated by the! NOTICE In order to conform with the Government’s Conser- vation Program, effective this date we will be unable to answer any Service Calls after 5:30 P.M., un- less they are of a very se- rious nature. ! Every customer’s coop- PRICE FIVE CENTS German Troopseported To Be Fleeing Before Ru Before Rissian Forces LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) | Claimed That Reds Have Gained Six Thousand ANOTHER BIG FIRE IN BOSTON | Square Miles Of Terri- tory In Voronezh Area BOSTON.—This city had another big fire today. One hundred tons of coal were destroyed in the coal yard of C.‘H. Sprague and | Sons, entailing damages estimated between $300,000 and $500,000.) (By Associated Press) MOSCOW, Dec. 22.—The Soviet The firemen, aided by coast guardmen, succeeded in stopping the fire from spreading to the plants of the Edison Electric and Illumin- ating Company, which adjoins the Sprague coal yards. NEEDS MANY NURSES communique said today that. | during the last six days. the Rus- -{sians have gained 6,000 square WASHINGTON.—The government reported today that ‘5,000 | ™illes of territory im the Voronezh nurses are needed immediately in the nation’s armed forces.. It was area and are continuing to gain mext year. PLANES HELPING BRITISH ADVANCE an average ef 1.000 square miles a day. | The Germans are fleeing be- CHUNGKING.—American planes from here and British planes — ussians with ctic- from airfields in India are materially helping the British forces, u7- re ens = der General Wavell. to advance deep into Burma. It was annznced @ly no rearguard action. and today that the British. at one point. are now 45 miles beyond the their chief attempts to stop the place where they started their thrust into Burma four days ago. DECREASE IN SUBMARINE MENACE Russian advance is the strewing cf mines recclossly in their LONDON.—The submarine menace to ships teking supplies to weke. the Allied forces on North Africa has decreased grectly during the last week. While waters in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, al- Rostov, where Germany has its so, in the vicinity of Morocfo, Algeria and Tunisia, are infested Chief supply base in Russia. is with enemy submarines, so many of them have been sunk by Allied now only 110 miles from the ships and planes, the sub commanders now are not attacking as recklessly as they did during the invasion and for two weeks after- ward, FOOD PRICES WILL RISE HIGHER Russien specthead driving down , the east bank of the Don. Fighting has been resumed WASHINGTON.«In order to offset the disparity im farm ang! “8S the Pihatsh border, the other prices, the OPA will permit farmers to advance the prices of Communique said. It developed certain foodstuffs. Those advances in turn will be felt by the gen-ithat fully as many Germans as eral consumer. WASHINGTON.—It was announced today that the heads of the jthree most powerful government agencies—heir names were not given—will meet shortly to arrange a program that will tighten up It was announced that the government, im dedidiug’ to take that ation. will discontinue all farm subsidies. WILL TIGHTEN UP RATIONING the rationing of gasoline and several foodsuffs. NEW YORK.—Jack Dempsey. DEMPSEYS TO BE DIVORCED former heavyweight boxing Russian offensive a Finns are fighting in that sector. Some advances were made by the Russians. who beat back tho enemy in two counter attacks. Weather in Russia was warmer today. That condition. the com munique said. is favorable to the along the champion, said today that he and his wife. the former Hannah Wil- Don. liams, have decided to be divorced. He explained that she is get- ting the divorce, and that he will not contest her action. “We ere both convinced that it is the only way out.” LAKELAND.—The weather bureau said today that there is no NO DANGER FROM FROST he said. South of Stalingrad. it was re- ported, more then S00 Germans were killed and 18 pillboxes were captured by the Russian danger to fruits and vegetables from frost in any part of Floriaa forces. during Wednesday and Thursday mornings. “AFTER THE WAR” DELIVERY VARIOUS TYPES WASHINGTON.—The War Production Board announced today , ’ WASHINGTON ere that it will grant permission for orders to be taken for automobiles, electric refrigerators and electric stoves to be delivered after the drug war. NEW RULING FOR * NAVY ENLISTMENTS’ Harrison Reed, Navy recruiter | at Key West, informed The Citi- zen today that he is in receipt of | j information to the effect that the Navy can now accept men be- | tween the ages of 19 and 38, pro- viding that they can qualify by | meeting all the requirements in| ; the way of tests and examinations. | He also states that the Key West | station will process all applicants ; subject to enlistment in January | | or February as released by the lo-' cal draft board. Mr. Reed says that all interest- ! jed in Navy enlistments should | call at his office, and receive full | } information bearing on proposed : enlistments and other necessary! ;data essential to the enlistment | : regulations. 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