The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 2, 1943, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Xey West VOLUME LXIV. No. 2. Thirteen. Japanese Nests Wied Out tn One. Day Nipponese Still Cling To Narrow Strip Of Forti- fied Ground At Buna’ Mission (By Associated Press) DARWIN. Jan. 2.—Jap forces, split in two, are still clinging tenaciously to the narrow strip of fortified ground at Buna Mis- sion. The’ strip is still full of .ma- chine-gun:.nests, despite the fact that many of them have been by American artillery and by bomps blasted out of existence dropped from American planes. On one day 13 of the nests were wiped out. The Japs are believed to be| | running out of ammunition, and that | it is known too they are | running short of food. The strip will be captured, headquarters * U. S. PLANES STAGE 3 RAIDS ON NEW YEAR'S THREE JAPANESE CARGO! SHIPS SUNK AT RABAUL; SEVERAL OTHERS DAMAG- ED IN ATTACK Uy Annociated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—The Wer Department reported today that American planes carried out; three successful air raids in the Noth end South Pacific on New Year's Dey. the most successful of which was at Rabaul on New Britain Island, In that attack, a large squad- ron of American planes sunk three Jap cargo ships in the har- bor and damaged several others, and so devastated the airfield only three Nipponese planes were able to take to the air in at- tempts to drive back the Ameri- can bombers. Many Jap planes Che Kry - & | Ae st THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1943 U. S. FARMERS DO A JOB A double row of reaching to the ooiee NO NEED FoR TIRES... oops! MUST HAVE HIT A TOUGH STEAK New York to Sam Francisco an inch WE NEED paved thick with meat A COUPLE CASES OF TOMATOES || AND A FEW | OF BEANS. THAT OUGHT 70 FINISH vegetables stretching across the here declared. even if it has to are thought to have been destroy- be powdered into dust by bombs |° 0” the ground, but the flames jcaused by bursting bombs were and shells, iso fierce the American pilots were (Unable to note the extent of the} ; damage done. American! In the Aleutians, American and Australian forces came into | plans rea pee Mate A who | of wihch on New Year’s day, but in the foggy atmosphere it was im- Seventeen miles up the beac! from Buna Mission, contact with Jap patrols, fled after exchanging fire for aj} \darmnage inflieted. ~ i | The third raid was made on Co- At Guadalcanal, no further) cobono, on Guadalcanal Island, fighting has been reported since | where the Japs have a base in the, lense jungle. American bombs the clashes on Christmas, | were dropped without any opposi- | 114 Japs were killed and two} tion from Jap planes and only oc- __|casional fire from anti-aircraft United States Marines lost their | puns. Two planes were lost at Kiska, but none at Cocobono and Rau-} | baul. ARMY CHAPERONE GETS A NEEDLING (By Axsoc! Press) FORT RILEY, Kas., Jan. 2— few minutes. when | lives. | BOSTON COMMON | (By Associated Press) BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 2.—Part | of that stately, 10-year-old | 5 Levy Melvin of Fort Riley fence around historic Boston | as sent to chaperone four men Common has gone to war. to be vaccinated. About 1,100 feet of metal along! Pyt. Melvin was standing du- Charles and Beacon streets was |tifully in line with the other men removed recently and added tojand says before he could get his the scrap pile. {South Carolina drawl working, The salvaged iron weighed anjto protest, he’d been vaccinated estimated 120 tons. | again. ' possible for the pilots to see the], AP Features THESE conversion sketches translate everyday terms some of the astronomical jobs being performed on the production front by OF CURFEW RULING' HERE LAST NIGHT FOURTEEN - YEAR-OLD GIRL; FOUND WITH SOLDIER In Key West Chamber of Commerce | and Mrs. Price were attacked an BAYVIEW PARK; PARENTS | OF CHILD WARNED | | In conformity with the curfew | -- Enough milk 48 float pers, battleship, and submarine in the U.S. Navy. Ameriean farmers. They represent the in- creases in production goals from a normal year (1935-39 average). The conversions are by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. into Clem Price And- Wife Attacked By Sailors On New Year’s Eve Clem C. Price, president of the} “A dozen times I called up Cap- ain Reordan, the commandant, at is home, but could not get in beaten by six sailors, shortly be-| connection with him. Later on I fore midnight on New Year's Eve.| got him on the ‘phone and told : — v*;him what had happened, but he near the Price home at 411 Flem-| —i4 he could not do anything if I sss eines | didn’t know who the sailors were Three sailors punched Mrs.jI also reported the attack to the hes the in the Key West, } at most equable a | country; with @& average > range of only :_ | = FIVE CENTS Montgomery's ight Army Catches - Up With Rommel Fleeing Troops Citize vy Toll Being Taken Of Enemy As They En- gage Pursuers In Rear- guard Action » LATE BULLETINS | | | | | (By Associated Press) | | | H COMPULSORY WAR BOND BUYING ; WASHINGTON.—Talk was rife here today among returning | congressmen that. shortly after Congress convenes next week, there is a possibility that a bill will be introduced compelling the Amteri-: | can public to buy war bonds. No comment was made either by | ‘- ; the White House or the Treasury Department on that proposal, | 9°™°¥® | i i | (By Associated Press) CAIRO, Jan. 2.—General Mont- Eighth Army has eis | ceught up egain with Marshel FLOOD WATERS RISING sl Erwin Rommel‘ i CINCINNATI.—While flood waters have receded in scme sec- genase mae tions, this morning they reached a height of 60 feet at Portsmouth. | ="4 is taking « heavy toll of { Ohio, and are expected to be a foot highest by this afternoon. Th. .hom, it was ammounced today. | flood is expected tc reach a crest of 62 feet here tomorrow. whic . at lis four feet more than it is today. The feat Catholic Con, | ee es = | munity Center is flooded. and at Wheeling. W. Va.. the waters have tear-guard action, but it is alto- | attained a height of 62 feet today. which are 10 feet more the gether different from that type yesterday. ! = - Se ae cf fighting which they waged CHARGED WITH MARIJUANA PEDDLING doggedly ageinst the British MIAMI.—It was reported here today tat Private. Michael three days ago. when they were Neely Bryan, whom Ursula Parrott helped to escape from. an army stockade at Miami Beach, is wanted in New York to answer a “eld at bay for 48 hours. charge of peddling marijuana in connection with a ring in that Todar rear-guard city, of which Rose Reynolds is one of the leaders. If also develop - x a ed today that, in this case, Mrs. Parrott will be used as an import- | * *P&*ding over the desert while it keeps up its fire against the | ant witness for the government. =. purs +i British. Planes. under NAZIS RUN TOO FAST TO LAY MINES =e : CAIRO.—It was announced here tonight that General Mont- Montgomery. are cutting Rom- | gomery’s forces are now passing over a desert road that is free of mci's motorized vehicles into ‘mines, Rommel’s men have been fleeing so swiftly since they dis- ‘ r | continued their sustained rear-guard action three days ago they anne ec the approsch of the planes. to try | have not been allowed time to mine the road leading to Tripon. Ne ea = ,to avoid their fire. The desert THE VANQUISHED DEPARTED FIRST MIAMI.—The ‘vanquished Boston College's eleven and alj their 4 + dotted with scores of de- | cohorts left here today on a morning train. but none of the vic- stroyea German and Itelien | tors started to leave town yntil shortly after noon and many ot senate, Seuttiin’ 4 a : end truck. them areé'still in town or have! gone out fo troll in the Gulf Streem. - isi eee With Tripoli still 137 miles | eway from Montgomery's guard. he is striving to tact | envelopes in this country today. Information from all over the na- = ; _ ‘tion is to the effect that Americans submitted to the tex Rcmmel’s mein force before i without a murmur or with comments that they were glad to lend -.. r-ech that city where it is their money to Uncle Sam to help beat \the Japs end tae German - saute aul mm SCAVENGER SERVICE DRUNKEN DRIVER =. mm mee. = COMPLAINTSHEARD| IN COUNTY JAIL Tunisia. RESIDENTS CLAIM ONLY ONE|COMPANION ALSO ARRESTED Reaching Little Chance Of CALL MADE LAST (By Anseciated Prenes BY DEPUTY SHERIFF ALGIERS. Jen 2—Militery WEEK ON PIGEON KEY experts here declared today thet Mershe] Erwin Rommei bas little Charles Edward Ingzls was chance of resching either Tunis arrested yesterday afternoon on iserte with bis desert Sight Pigeon Key an a. chmge afi ™ = ‘ | | } i 1 i | ! | Rommel's | | i ! | VICTORY TAX COLLECTIONS WASHINGTON.—The Victory Tax nipped into millions of pe van- \ | | | } \ | | Residents in some parts of the |city are complaining about the jscavenger service. The contrac- \tor is supposed, according to his sher drunken driving. The | office was called up on the * phone and informed that f= had been -recklessiy drv that key, but was then so < ‘be could no longer stay 2 wheel. ers. as they are beimg chased by Arer asd as < easterly thepéch Tepifia. and = wid ee iia Alberto Ca-| Price in the face and on the body, i shore patrol. Ga cliceman Armando j nut the worst injury was causcd | Diaz found a 14-year-old girl with} Reds Fight Nazis F uriously As They Continue Retreating (By Asxociated Press) MOSCOW, 2.—Velikie |the Germans held in the central! Luki, having been captured by Don. Its fall now leaves the | i 2 ge a3 a {agreement with his customers, to | Mv home is only half a block ‘cali for trash and garbage twice i ie a "> Ito her left foot, which was gashed | 1G) UVA’ ETN any night,|2 Week. But last week his wag- a soldier in Bayview Park at 2:30} : j sailors, practically every night | (1. made only one call at each| ofelockeltiig ane chisig ati, Fine | deeply by a sailor's slamming to! after leaving Duval, stop in front to lace: 4 : K é a z H > to settle their | 2 ini homie -ato a her aciothi the door of her car on her foot:}-of or near my home to sett | : Raeneal hp ackdies eves a and | The other three sailors attacked | disputes with their fists. I have | County rae edieg _— guard in the barracks. ; Mr. Price, and knocked out one of | reported the fight to the shore {jail ey ‘he cai een =H sro = Joe 549, . ‘his teeth vellet is le’ hav ked for the pro- ‘ ~ wen! igeon Key an At the girl’s home, Captain Be atecthh ane werd i stiie get aera eren ave ee tated that the county is paying | Ingals on a charge of s i i eye. ‘tection of my home. Now, I dont |® Camero said he was informed by ; "sg, son and I,” Mr. Price said | intend to ‘shoot’ over the com-|the scavenger contractor to haul|driving, ard his compa: her mother that she had forbid- - presage this morning, “were going to Mi-! mandant’s head, but if he doesn’t |@Way trash and garbage from) W. Padgett, on den her daughter to leave home ami to see She ene i New | give me protection, I am going to ;the jail twice a week, but that, | drunk last night, but that, at 8 o'clock, years) We drove in my car to} appeal to Secretary of the Navy |during the time he, Knight,} Ingals and Padgett were she ran out of the door and dis-' the station to board the 11:45 bus,|Knox. As an American citizen, I /has been jailer, the last two|brought back to Key West anc appeared. The mother said she pt jearned, on reaching there, all|demand protection of my home, {months the scavenger trucks have | locked ap in the county jail reported the disappearance © the accommodations had been! and if I can’t get it in Key West,/called at the jail only three former's bail was fixed at $30 °° the sheriff's office, but that her taken, so I bought tickets for the | I'll get it in Washington. |times. and the latter's at $25 daughter could not be found aft- bus that was to leave at 1:15: “The general run of sailors in| Mr. Knight said that he would} —— er a search for her had been o'clock, and drove back to my!Key West are among the finest|have been in a “pretty fix” had} made. ‘home. ype of men in the world, but they jit not been for services he re- Under the law, the mother; | Jeft the key in my car, and a| have some bad ones among them, jceived from the county’s wag- was warned that her daughter few minutes before midnight, Mrs.' and it is from these that Mrs.jons in carrying off garbage and must be kept in after 9 o'clock price and I heard somebody start-| Price and I demand protection.|trash on Saturday mornings. at night, or arrest of the parents. Hl —_———_——_ > j covering their December ue ll foll ad bee the car. We both ran.out and | As an American in civil life, I feet | will follow as provi y the reached the sidevwlk just as the! ashamed to think there are even} law. lear, crowded with sailors, wasi three sailors in Key West who GERMANY ADMITS LOSS | oescsty. The explanation was # T Te ‘ pulling away. Mrs. Price jumped} brutally attacked a woman, and I |\OF ONE DESTROYER IN | that there was 2 “dangerous sur- Seve we = See Ur the VARIOUS VARIETIES [on the runningboard on one side/ feel confident that the £004) ary ANTEC NAVAL FIGHT | 2, te treasury of the com- c= om “Se comme Hass = = INDIAN TRIBES 22° I on the runningboard on the} sailors here feel even more, paca a fight pies aed ines i= ose aneag Sosee OF | other, and I reached in and turned ashamed than I do.” | ; ee and officials decided to give the oval Gaye ———— | off the ignition. The car stopped| (By Associated Press) residents the Wiiefit of “hé sur-' Allied planes (By Associated Press) ES EEE, WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—The} plus. ele tie. ma) th Jan, e the Russians, they have advanced ; German front open to attack by beyond that city, still fighting the Russian army, proceeding in furiously, while the Germans/a southerly direction, and the continue their slow retreat to- |Germans’ tight wing subjected | ward their main base in Ros-'to attacks from the Russian |army that is advancing south- The Russian high command | eastwardly. the Possession of | Velikie Luki the most important|stated that the Reds, besides gain the Reds have made since | making notable gains beyond they started their winter offen- | Velikie Luki. have scored smash- sive six weeks ago. That city |ing victories in six other sectors. was the most strategic stronghold | In two of those sectors, the | Communique stated, the Germans, tov. PRINCETON, ti! — this town received Present from the | when they received “paid a cit: € considers Today's Russian communique . a eos Se Geom ;and.the sailors jumped out and! | ter pastes lp and Daken PRIA AIA AAAI AIDA AA ASIAN | with contingents of Rumanians, NEW YORK, Jan. 2—In 1690 }.24n to beat us. Three of them) when the Franciscan Brothers’ pijed on me and the other three! TONIGHT! For A BIG TIME... .Try SLOPPY JOE'S BAR Largest Place In Town showed a similar disinclination to fight as large detachments of them did last Tuesday. when the number of prisoners taken by the JOE RUSSO’S BAND | Russians totaled 12.400. In the “The Best Swing Band In Town” fighting in those two sectors to- — . a ge TIME) aay, the number of Germans and usic Sta a P.M.) pumanians surrei Week-Nights at 8 o’Clock a see oe JERE BUI BOOUELoL tee | tiled almost 3.000, opened their first mission in: what is now the state of Texas, | more than 40 different Indian} tribes, speaking 40 different dia-! lects, occupied the area. i BUS DRIVERS WANTED Apply 12 to 2 p.m. Daily at Car Barn Key West Transit Co. Simonton Street at Beach | | NOTICE! An important meeting of beat into Mrs. Price. “I broke away from the sailors, | jumped into the car and called to; Mrs. Price to get in, as I thought} we had a chance in that way to} : jes away from our attackers. As} will be held at City Hall. Mon- Mrs. Price was entering the car, a| day, January 4th. 7:30 P.M. sailor rushed up to it and slammed to the door, cutting a deep gash| rangements to be present. into her foot. I slipped the key} At the Monroe County Defense Council) All members, should make 8-| destroyer. According to the Ger- man ritish admiralty has not made! lany further comment on the naval battle, between British | jand German ships in the North} Secs Sefer ond Bore s 4merncan forces == mile fot the copa of the Atlantic, but the Berlin radio| gave an account of the fighting. Germany admitted losing one warship, a destroyer, but assert- ed that the British also lost a account, “much damage” request of Mayor Albury/was done to a convoy, which into the ignition slot and drove off | aj Special Police should also be|British warships were protecting, while sailors were struggling to present. get into the car and punching at us at the saine time. but no claim was made that any of the merchantmen had been sunk,