The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 26, 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. 306. Russian. Forces Capture 7,000 German Ponts ennee . Guns CONTRACTORS a ome Into ossession HAVE BLUEPRI vent Taken. FOR HOUSING UNIT ment Taken {SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY TO BE PROVIDED IN KEY WEST BY FEDERAL HOUS- ING AUTHORITY | | j | } { 1 (By Associated Press) MOSCOW, Dec. 26.—The Rus- sian communique announced to- | day that in the fighting in the middle Don sector since yester- day, the Red forces have captur- Contractors now have blue- {prints and specifications for the Of that 659 units of the Federal Housing number, 4.000 were taken in @/ Authority that will be built in re- \ Key West. ae : The houses for white people maining 3,000 were captured in}wili be constructed on Flagler | avenue bet n Fourteenth and | Sixteenth streets, extending back the to the right of way of the Florida | East Coast Railway Company. | Structures for colored people vealed further that 78 big guns, will be built north of the present . housing authority buildings for some of which had shortly been ; Negroes and continuing to the area brought up to the front, came contained in Fort, Emma, Julia and Virginia streets. At first this latest project of An un. | the local housing authority, under {the direction of Wallace Bryant disclosed number of other war | Kirke, was to be composed of 740 implements were taken, includ- | units, but contracts at first will be awarded for only 620. The other {units will be arranged for at a later date. RESENT YEAR BEST | IN HISTORY FOR KEY ed 7.000 prisoners. single round-up, while the small groups. Besides the capture Prionsers, the communique of re- into Russian possession, mgost of | them in good condition. ing hundreds of machine-guns. Despite the heavy fighting in; the central sector, the commun ique declared that the fiercest Che Key KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, eeccccoccccsccoccesssces AP Features UNITED NATIONS action ern war theater has compl sphere. Complete ring of steel, west. of guns, ships and planes around all of Hitler’s holdings. Still to be completed is a similar band around the Japanese One Down, One To Go SOCOCCOO OOOO“ Doe cen oseasesssesesareeneesacoeoesees Incomplete ring of steel, east. MAP AT RIGHT shows by broken lines the three major gaps in the easten ring. Its completion, a matter for Allied military decision, in the west- eted a band might await final tightening of the western ring to crush Hitler. MONTGOMERY'S FORCES GAINING GROUND DAILY SAID TO BE WITHIN 315 MILES OF TUNISIAN BORDER: BRITISH COLUMNS ARE EVEN CLOSER (By Axsnociated Press) | | | i LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) | GASOLINE PRICES GO UP | WASHINGTON.—The OPA announced today that there will not be any further reduction of the gasoline quota “for the pres- lent”, but added that the price of gasoline will be advanced by | tomorrow. | their Prices to a scale that will assure them a profit of three cents | on every gallon sold. STEP-UP IN FARM MACHINERY / Wholesalers will be permitted to charge 30 cents more | | for each 100 gallons, and retailers will be permitted to increase! pat Ctttern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. 1942 Japanese Airfield | New Georgia Island is Rendered Unserviceable By U. §. Kev West, Flerida, hes the most equable climate im the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenhe*t PRICE FIVE CENTS t Munda On Bombs QUT-OFBOUNDS ORDER ON BARS | SOON REMOVED COMMANDANT OF NAVY| YARD REVOKED ORDER PUT | INTO EFFECT IN EARLY) EVENING THURSDAY The order issued by Captain C.} E. Reordan, commandant of the | Key West Naval Station, late on | Thursday afternoon, placing all saloons in the city out-of-bounds, i was revoked early Thursday | evening after the City Council! agreed to rescind its action taken | jat a recent meeting to allow the; | bars to remain open until 2 a. m. each night during the present| j holiday season. | The out-of-bounds order was; put into effe immediately fol- | lowing a special meeting of the! CAIRO, Dec. 26.—Official an-_ council which was called Thurs- FUNERAL SERVICES _ ___FOR ADM. DARLAN os All Nipponese Anti-Arr- craft Guns Silenced: Ten Plames Were De- stroyed On Ground (Uy Ammocintecd Pr-we DARWIN. Dec. 26.—I: was an wounced teday thet the new sitfieid at Munda. which New Georgie Island 150 northwest of Guadaicanal is be Ja> mules lieved to be unserviceable lowing the last of = American setes raids be air squad rons. Im the letest raid every enti-aircreft gun cn Munde wes Siler ed and 10 planes were de stroyed on the ground. Fou teen more plemes were des ed when Jap Zero fighters took to the air to try to stop the Ame: ilan etteck What the Jap squadron broke off Admiral Jean Darjan (By Associated Press ALGIERS, French VMorth Africa, Dec. 26.—Recuiem Mass was celebrated this morn- ing in the Cathedral of Algiers for Admiral Jean Francois Derlan, who was assassinated were left fighting in the last 24 hours in! WEST CARPENTERS With 1942 nearing its end, it has been the best year in the history of «Key~West--for car- penters. All of them have been working throughout the year, was that the Russians are mak-jand it was said today that about A < | 700 are still at work and that not ing Stalingrad a veritable “Ver- |a single one is unemployed. The outlook for 1943 is just hx oe is good as this year has been ed building, almost 500 Germans f, carpenters. Among the house were found and not a single one | building projects in Key West = i ifor the coming year are the 620 of them escaped being killed or ! units that will be constructed by captured, the communique said, {the Federal Housing Authority. .. | While no date has been ,an- In every other part of Stalin- nounced for the beginning of Russia took place in Stalingrad, | from which the Russians are en- deavoring to “driveout every | German, The official comment | | dun”. In one large half-destroy- | nouncement was made here to- day that General Montgomery's main forces are now within 315 miles of the Tunisian border. That to, but how far beyond thta place was not made known. Detach- ments of the British army were said to be even closer to the Tuni- sian border and news was re- ceived from them that they had had three clashes with Marshal Rommel’s men since yesterday. If the British eighth army, un- der Montgomery, continues present progress, it is thought that it will be fighting in the vi- cinity of Tripoli in the next week WASHINGTON.—Chief Nelson of the War Production Board | day afternoon in which the coun cn Christmas Eve. Two hours tact with the American planes point was somewhere west of Ser-; its |stated today that there will be a decided step-up in the manufac- ture of machinery for farms. He said that reports he has received recently are that on some farms ihe need of more machinery ig al- Teady acute. SMALL MERCHANTMAN TORPEDOED WASHINGTON.—A small American merchant ship was tor- pedoed and sunk somewhere in the middle Atlantic in mid-No- ‘vember, it was officially announced today, and the crew was res- j cued and taken to a port along the eastern seaboard, MAY BE FUEL SHORTAGE | fuel shortage for heating if lighter fuel is not at present used for that purpose or mixed with the regular fuel, it wes announced to- {day by the OPA. which warned the public to exercise great care WASHINGTON.—There is a possibility that there will be a! stad there was house-to-house (Continued on Page Four) Circuit Court T work on this latest FHA project, it probably will be early in the ‘year. 0 Convene On January 18; Jury Drawn Judge Arthur Gomez announc- ed today that Circuit Court in Key West will be convened on January 18. The chief case to come up at that term of court will. be against Edward McGrath, who was indicted by a Monroe county grand jury in 1940 for the sle ing of Leon Robert Massi, wh body, riddled with bullets, was found in Card Sound near the Overseas Highway bridge. Regular Jurors | Rodman J. Bethel, W. Otis (Jake) Johnson, Nestor C. Recio, |Edward” C. Roberts, Chester Thompson, Wm. W. Russell, El- wood Carbonell, C. J. Peat and ;A Leon Curry. | Special Jurors | The special. venire is as fol- lows: | Chas. L. Albury, Gerald Adams, ‘Stephen C. Singleton, III, George Curry, Charles Parra, Eduardo |Albertus, Joseph —_ Richadson, or so. Allied planes, which are ac- | in the use of fuel for heating. companying Montgomcry’s forces, (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 26.—Word has | been received here from Algiers that a council of French lead- cil voted to sustain the action taken, despite the request made by Captain Reordan to rescind their’ action-in the matter, and who also stated that if the request was not adhered to that he would have to place all of the saloons out-of-bounds, which order was carried out. A short time thereafter the commandant stated that if the council would rescind its action, which was contrary to the request | made, that he would immediately take off the ban. The council. then, after giving the matter further consideration, for the best interests of all con- cerned, decided to rescind its for- mer action, and the ban was lift- ed early Thursday -evening, re- moving ail restrictions relative to srvice men entering the differ- ent saloons. Captain Reordan was apprised of the council's action | by Mayor Albury. This means that all bars will close each night at midnight as heretofore in compliance with the city ordinance, which is now in effect. CLAIM ‘ GERMANS GROWING WEAKER (By Associnted Press) WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 26.— weaker os mh mh mh mhomhomh The Germans are becoming weak- Status Of Some | that is, instead ; them before the mass was said. the assassin was executed. His name was not disclosed by the given out about him were that his father wes a French- man and his mother an Italian. Nobody else wes implicated in the assassinaticn. Until his lest moment, the assassin insisted that he alone was responsible for the slaying. HIS HAT ELSEWHERE (By Ane rinted Prees) MALAYAN NAME CHICAG Malayan n: for medicina Men Called To Service Changed Through Babies Listed As Dependents Babies cut down Key West Camp Bla 80 going out on the bus for the camp, ‘only 67 wil leave Those babies world since the men who registered for th service. In other they registered. the dents they 1 Since t came into fat wor or Following is a list of regular}Pedro Juan Santana, Joseph B. jurors that was issued today: | Roberts, Jose Suarez, Cecil C. William Irving Knowles, J. A.| Brady, Octavio Cervantes, Clif- Gaiti, George R. Lee, Bertis Rob-|ford Watkins, Donald Cormack, erts, Robert George Knowles,|Chas. S. Lowe, Adolphus John- Harry L. Knowles, Leroy Rob-'son, John A. Collins, George A. erts, Jerome Nottage, J. M. Va-jAlbury, Mario Sibila, Wilson rela, Jr., Phillip Niles, J. L,!Jolly, Albert L. DiNegro, En- Allen, Joseph L. Knowles, Jr.,/rique Esquinaldo. Willard R. Sweeting. | Baldamare Soldano, Faustino Maurice Clayton = Johnson, :Rendueles, Jr., Harry S. Pritch- John Gandolfo, Julius Camus,'ard, Jose Espinosa, William T. Howard Wallace, John G. Rom-) Archer, J. H. Russell, Jack R. ers, Jr., William. H. Wells, John|Baker, S. Winfrield Roberts, Curry, Charles R, Russell, Hay-|Chas. R. Richardson, Gwynn den Illingworth, Louis B. Rich-|Bethel, John Cates, Phillip Gib- ardson, John T, Knowles, Hart-|son, C. N. Recio, Harry S, Saun- ley Roberts, B, J. Waite, George! ders. W. Spencer. ) | Frank A. Varela, J. T. Fhomp« ison, Evelio Rodriguez, H. N. Ted- der, Joe Valenzuela, Orlando Es- | Quinaldo, Frank Del Villa, Juan Hernandez. Chas. Williams, Ralph K. Johnson, Thomas Pierce, Jose R. Cabrera, Chas. L. Baker, Her- man L, Roberts, Julius Villareal, Jr., Jason Albury, John C. Lord, Willard L. Almyda. Thomas E. Z. Russell, Joseph R. Ladd, Benjamin E. (Tedder) ‘Russell, Samuel W. T. Smart, jJohn Emerson Russell, William j Atwell, Fred Saunders, Samuel Curry, Benjamin S. Lowe and Carfor Vidal. PIII IAAI AAAI IASI ISIS ASIAN DANCE TONIGHT RAUL'S CLUB Music by BARROSA Reservation Suggested PHONE 9287 FARE EE ers, civil and military. will held this evening to name the Admiral Darlan, who was assassinated on Christ- successor of mas Eve. The opinion is general that General Henri Honore Giraud will be named to succeed Dar- lan. Giraud is said to be ex- ceedingly popular among the French in occupied France, as well as those in French North Africa and French West Africa. Some minor difficulties may jarise because of the position of General DeGualle, leader of the “Bree French” ever since the fies were driven from France. 1é belief is that those differ- ences will be ironed out and that Giraud will be finanimous- ily elected. It is added that his election will further consolidate the French in Africa with the jeause of the Allied Nations. vwvvvvvT vv TIRE REPAIRS; | (Dill Electric Vulcanized) | Lou Smith Auto Service Phone No. 5 White at Fleming ae be! 1 destroyed two jorge supply barges NEGROES IN ARMED SERVICES | Regroes are actively engaged against the enemy in North Africa. | MAIN PURPOSE IS TO NAME /ed in their garages on Christmas Eve and Christmas, the fatalities STILL ADVANCE H (By Axsociated Prens) 1 Mi | ish forces are continuing their ad-|° “iberia’s monetary headaches. | | many are being buried in the in| Germany's war and industrial | Bitish have made contact several | “great extent”, but Germar Japs, all of which retreated slow-j pofit to souvenir-seeking white | is manpower. : in occupied H Germany for forced labor, thereby | It was announced officially that | of men for the army, particularly | {ther fighting against the Japs in} the Government’s Conser-}} British land forces came up, so at Car Barn in Tripoli harbor yesterday, it! | was officially L { WASHINGTON.—There are just as many negroes in the coun- — iS Se | try’s armed services. in proportion to registration, as there) FRENCH LEADERS are white men. it was stated here today. It was disclosed too that | T0 MEET TONIGHT the Southeast Pacific and every other theater of war. i ee | REDUCTION IN AUTOMOBILE FATALITIES i ere ae WASHINGTON.—Due to the fact that many automobiles stay- | SUCCESSOR TO DARLAN. this year were approximately one-fourth as many as they totaled in | 1941, Last year at Christmas time 394 Americans lost their lives | ASSASSINATED lin automohile accidents; Christmas this year, only 94 were killed. | BRITISH FORCES [SILVER coms IN LIBERIA DISAPPEAR | ONROVIA, Liberia, Dec. 26.—| .. in every department essential acu ; ‘ | The disappearance of silver coins| to the prosecution of oe wa yy Associa Press) if of ithe gist of information that CHUNGKING, Dec. 26.—Brit-} rom dirculation has become one; tain diplomats” here have receiv- | tly. it was announced to- | Government officials believe that | a Beri : vance in upper Burma, reports re-} | day. RES ey ea inh terior, never to be recovered, andj plants have been slowed up to a | \others Ited v1 vide | H Despite the tens of | eS “ sacred of | i thousands of men seas fighting. reergiatd ec |e | countries that have been taken to} : | j j | releasing Germans for the armed| RAF planes. based in India, have! NOTICE | service, there is an acute shortage helped the British aterially ini 5 elpe ¢ British materially inj in Russia, the diplomats said. | Burma. In one sector, the Japs! In order to conform with TT were routed by planes before the. \BUS DRIVERS WANTED) vation Program, we will}} Apply 12 to 2 p.m. Daily | Key West Transit Co. } Simonton Street at Beach that when that point was reach-| ed not a live Jap was in sight,: though many dead ones dotted be unable to answer any Service Calls after 5:30 made in The ent group of jeave for camp that they would numt them have visi the local draft board birth certificates of t had been born registration. Those certificates ch classification of th from 1A to 3A, and ay to camp wa ferred to such time ent classification is Following is a list of the tees Who will leave at tomorrow afternoon from ofthe Federal building since Soe Nunez, Carl Lauman Saw- John yer, William Gaither Ada Torres, Amado Antonio Fe dez, Andrew Charles James Andrew Shehane, Re Bethel, Leo E. Lopez, Mario Sibi la. Noel Russell Baker E: wood. at George RARER REAEE ATER EES TONIGHT! For A BIG TIME. . Try the ground here and there. ‘| very serious nature. SRR RRR | PALACE THEATER | JOHN WAYNE in preciated. L FLYING TIGERS || Key WEST GAS CO. RRR ERIK 4 "RRR gis Ra RE Every customer’s coop- eration will be greatly ap- P.M., unless they are of aff! i | Stanley Curry, Arturo Alexander Leoradio Lo- io SLOPPY JOE'S BAR Largest Place In Town | wevwwewrwe Henriguez, Qui H pez, Julio Perez, J: PRESCRIPTIONS, chez, Jose Manue! 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