The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 19, 1943, Page 1

a Key West, Fiorida, hus the most equable climate in the cvuntry: with ©n average range of unly 14° Fahrenhe't Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1943 Behind ThexFront«[n A Year Of War Human. Drama ‘Still: Played: Qn Nation’s Stage By AP Features [*. the giant panorama of global war, the U.S.A. in 1942 still had time for the strange, the comic, the bizarre. For instance: S. A. > PRICE FIVE CENTS cr Of VOLUME LXIV. No. 16. RED. SOLDIERS PLUNGING AHEAD'ALONG WIDE FRONT Notable Gains Have Been Reported In Particularly Around Leningrad Deputy Prime England Says ies Have Unper tae AY Around s CPI II OMG SL Praises Russian Soldiers C TEASER: Alfred fen Felardo was Mim’ =— ¢€ FIVE = | For Determined Fight- r teas- Se ee ing; Claims Tide Of War ing squirrels (By Associated Press) Has Changed with nut gadget. 3 WASHINGTON, Jaen. 13.— SBE S SEER S «é Fichting|CLEAR NEW GUINEA ang OF JAPANESE SOON) Area ‘iy Associated Press) DARWIN, Jan. 19.—New Guinea will soon be cleared of Japs, the official report said today. One side of Pa- pau, in New Guinea, has been captured by the Amer- icans and Australians, and the Australians, and the fight is continuing to take possession of the other side. Bombs from planes and shells from artillery are blasting the Japs out of their fox holes. According to ac- counts that have reached here from the front, captured Japs are in a bad condition, mentally as well as physical- ly. They were reported to be groggy and to have been poorly clothed, with the soles of their shoes worn out and their suits in tatters. They were pleinly in need of food. the report further said. The official report also stated that an 8,000-ton Jap transport had been sunk 60 miles from New Hanover Island by American planes. (By Ann MOSCOW, inted Press) Jan, 19.—Russian inj i] | soldiers are plunging ahead | seven sectors along a front of l.- The Navy announced today that United Sti.e3 submarines have sunk one Jap desirover and four other ships, ix =ludiag cargo chisp and transpox*s, in varicus partc of the Pacific. The corrmunique, the 225th issued by the government since the beginning f war. stressed the point *hat these inki were in addition to i 200 miles, the Reds’ communique | ! (Ry Assvciated Press) LONDON. Jan. 13.—Deputy |Prime Ministe. Clement R. At- lee made a ringing speech in sinkings 4 allied Nation those that had been previous- sued nt the have ly announced. the upper hand on all fronts. and COOOL ODD KE OB | Yut te tide of Ge wer bas dot initely turned im fevor of the Allies. said today. In every sector “notable gains” have. been made, particularly in the. area. of Leningrad. the siege of which has been raised. Thousands said to have been killed, other of Germans are SOCK ON PUSS: Tabby’s jaw was broken when a New Yorker kicked/her because he was startled by cat’s Hitler-like mustache. Puss recovered after hospital treatment. CURBSIDE BARRISTER: George Ronca, grocer, was cleared in New York court of illegally selling vegetables on Sunday when he proved tomato isn’t vegetable but a fruit. thousands wounded and many STRANGE WEDLOCK: Mrs. G. W. Miller, widow, awoke from year of amnesia to find herself wed second time. i thousands taken prisoners all DIES BIDDING SON FAREWELL WESTFIELD, N.J., J That cis: -mste Re added Mrs. Margaret Moffett, 69, was! = -_ stricken with a hart a*tack as she & particularly true im Russia. He sat by a wind w waving .arewell| i504 the Russi in along the line. the communique revealed. In one sector, among surrendered enemy troops, was a column composed of 1.000 Hun- | garians. They threw down their! their hands and} marched behind the line of the} rifles, raised advancing Russians. But not only Hungarians have surrender in that fashion, the | communique asserted, Thousands | of Germans also have thrown down their arms and other thou- sands are now retreating in dis- order, The most important gains made by the Russians, the communique said, was one toward Rostov. the GARING COMPLAINS| ‘ONLY ONE-THIRD to her youngest son, Roy Moffett, }22, as he left home to repor* to their determined fighting and GaOS ES SE TE) EIGHTH ARMY UNITS RAPIDLY ADVANCE FORCES HAVE NOW REACHED POINT WITHIN FIFTY MILES OF TRIPOLI OF LAWLESSNESS ON DIVISION STREET HE AND SEVERAL NEIGH-| BORS PROPOSE TO REPORT | PROCEEDINGS TO GRAND: JURY (By Associated Press) C. E. Garing said today that he CAIRO, Jan. 19. — “The sun is{and several of his neighbors are | setting in Libya on Marshal Erwin ! going to request to be permitted Rommel’s. once- proud Afrika;to appear before the grand jurv Korps,” was the epitome of the|that has been called for service} comment here today on the news }by Circuit Court Judge Arthur | key base occupied by the Ger-} mans, and the other which has | for its aim an advance that is! expected to take the Russian| troops to the border of Balkan | (Continued on Page Four) | DEFENSE COUNCIL CONTROL CENTER MEETS TONIGHT The Control Center unit of the Monroe County Defense Council will meet 7:30 o'clock tonight at the new Control Center at No. 1 Fire Station in the City Hall} Building, All wardens are urged present. to be Seventy-Two More Special Jurors Drawn For Service At Circuit Court Session Today 72 more special jurors} were drawn for service at the; embodied in the communique is-!Gomez and tell about the law- sued by Allied headquarters. |." : General Montgomery's Eighth ©88mess he says goes on every Army made its most notable gain night on Division street, between yesterday since it started its of-;Grinnell and Margaret streets. fensive against Rommel at El Ale-| “Last night, for instance,” Mr.} mein a little more than two months |Garing said, “the street was full} ago. One column of the army, the |o¢ groups of men in all stages communique said, has now ad-j") ° es vanced to within 50 miles of Tri-}°f intoxication. Some of them poli, which, since: the beginning; were sprawled on the sidewalk, of the war, has been the Axis, trying to rid themselves of some main base in Lybia. Another col- | of the booze they had drunk, but umn, which left the main one! most of them was at that stage along the shore road, has branched | o¢ drunkenness that unlooses the | out deep into the desert road to! tongue with volumes of foul lan- help in a movement designed to ‘guage. Even if you keep your encircle Rommel, unless he suc-/front door closed, you can hear ceeds in retreating w sterly. cbscenity coming from drunks| Today three armies, or parts of |who think they are telling funny armies, are advancing on Rom-|storjes, and raucous laughter, mel’s forces from three dire: |punctuated with curses. (Continued on Page Four) “I have complained until I am tired about these conditions and have decided, if I am_ granted | permission, to explain them in} detail to the grand jury.” | |MATERIAL FOR RED CROSS WORK ARRIVES Attention has been called to volunteer Red Cross workers jthat the new material has ar- Torres, Tomas Machin, Jr., Felo |final stages, and that (construction will begin shortly. | dividual who may be interested in Henriquez, Pressey L. Weather- ; ford, Isadore Weintraub, Ben- rived, and that the surgical dressing rooms are open again 1 LATE BULLETINS (By Asspciated Presad | | NAVY ISSUES CASUALTY LIST 4 WASHINGTON.—The Navy issued a new casuality list today,’ giving the number of men killed or missing as 1.219. That brings the total of casualities in the Navy. coast guard and marine corps | since this country entered the war, in killed and missing to 21,497. | | i | PRESIDENT’S EDICT TO MINERS WASHINGTON.—President . Roosevelt, ‘as commander-in-chief of the army. today ordered the striking miners in Wilkes-Barre to edict. | U-BOAT MENACE STILL ACUTE H LONDON.—The U-boat menace to Allied shipping is still acute, | the government admitted today. Every means is being taken against ; enemy submarines, the report added. and there have been many} motor vehicle commission succsses in ‘the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, too. | NO FURTHER “MOVE BY JAPS DARWIN.—No further move has been miade by the Japs in their attempt to recapture Henderson field on Guadalcanal, which garrison on Guadalcanal since their convoy of nine ships were at- | tacked the latter part of last week by American bombers. | j ‘BUILD NEW SCHOOL. MEETS ‘TONIGHT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED FOR| BIDS FOR PURCHASE OF COLORED CHILDREN IN SCAVENGER TRUCKS TO | | KEY WEST | BE RECEIVED Melvin E. Russell, supecnvectl There will be a regular meeting | dent of Public Instruction, said| of the Cit i ‘yy Council held tonight, today he had been informed bY| Heginning at 8 o'clock, at eee State School Architect Graham | ae : ithat the arrangements to build a time bids for the purchase of seven school in Key West for colored! scavenger trucks will be received. | children are now reaching their! The council will be ready to work of; hear proposals, also, from any in-! The schoolhouse, which accommodate 450 students, (Continued on Page Four) wiil| operating the scavenger service, will| and will receive applications at | | (Continued on Page Four) | |sold by County sudge Raymond last session draft headquarters for his army | phystcal examination. She died al- preised the leadership cf the Cc Fou wimeed Page OF AUTO LICENSES == SUED THIS AR == STEADY STREAMS OF CALL-! ERS ARE NOW FINDING WAY TO TAX COLLECTOR’S| OFFICE ; Only one-thira oi the estimated that should be sold in Monroe ‘ = County has thus far been issued |!ando, said today that Governor by County Tax Collector Frank |Spessard L. Holland, Comptrel ' Ladd, and three-quarters of them jler J. M. Lee and State Superim-je have been bought since and dur- ing January 15, the date \tendent of Public Instrection “t by the /Colin English stressed the = = la ~Cardin deadline for obtaining tags. visions of the law, regarding ‘According to drivers’ licenses jlinquent property, passed at of the legisiat Lord, there are slightly more than |wheerby, when delinquent par- 6,000 automobiles of all types in \cels are sold by county clerks at Monroe County, but only 2,000} | was bombed three times by enemy planes in the last few days. And ji.o.co; have yet been issued in ‘CL RES es | the Japs at sea have not made any other attempts to contact their | Mr. Ladd’s office. At the beginning of business on | the morning of January 15, bare-; ly 500 licenses had been bought. | Since then, however, there has} been a steady stream of callers, | during office hours, for license | tags. Fred Eberhardt, who is deputy | vehicle commissioner in Key! West, said today that he is taking action to direct owners of cars,! 4 who have not yet obtained their | . to get them immediately. s, Mr. Eberhardt added, where his advice is not taken, he ; will make arrests. Besides, he said that he has been informed | again that no extension of time to | get licenses will be made this | BRITISH AND AXIS iad 1 Every , de Y our an sire! Lip County Clerk Makes Report On Orlando Convertion; Features Status Of Delinqueat Property : Ross C. Sawyer, “CE frotrthejepertiiet> auntie dates | return to their work. They were given 48 hours to abide by the| Number of automobile licenses |-ounty clerks’ convention in Or- ual bep cs will be gwen Gees —_— the parcels. and t Fo we greta: cetan osc cays vertec & DpOOm. as where ENGAGE IN BATTLE (By Associated Press) term of the circuit court that is | scheduled to be convened in Key; West at 10 o'clock tomorrow | morning. The extra jurors make} a total of 172 that have beea! drawn. Three murder trials are on the) docket for trial. One of them} concerns Edward McGrath, in the! ALGIERS, Jan. 19. — The chief ! | land fighting in Tunisia in the last | 24 hours was between British and | | Axis forces along a five-mile | tor. At one time the Germans and | | the Italians drove back the British, | but the latter, following a curtain | of fire laid down by their artil-| lerists, and made a charge which} not only recovered the lost ground | | but also a section of the enemy's | front-line trenches. 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