The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 25, 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. 21. Housing Shortage In. Key West At Present Keeping Out Numerous War Workers FPAP TEDL SI National Agency Reports There Is Vital Need For ANOTHER GOOD ONE |; See a -| ON ENGLISH ALLIES! { Over Twelve Hundred ? } (By Associated Press) Immediately NEW YORK, Jan, 25.— This “good one” came out of England today, in which country the general run of Americans think there is a decided lack of a sense of humor. A London woman worker in a war plant ran excitedly to a doctor and, almost sobbirig, showed him her arms, on which she seid “bumps are swelling up”. The dcotor, after an exam- ination, said, “Madam, you have no cause to worry: they're muscles.” FA RASPESL ALS. (CIRCUIT JUDGE WILL Local housing officials have NOT PASS SENTENCE notified Washington that all ex- ON BOSWELL TODAY isting labor has been utilized to} the fullest possible extent. Many! Gority Clerk ReeiGawecuiwan youths not over 15 or 16 years}. y Ma of age are being hired, it was ex- j informed this morning that Judge Arthur Gomez, of the Circuit Court, would not sentence John- plained, as well as a large num- ber of women and negro work- ny Boswell, negro, today. Bos- well has confessed to first de- ers. It has been difficult to se-} cure war labor because of the serious housing shortage. At the present time work is|8tee murder, being pushed toward the con-| Judge Gomez has not yet re- struction of 275 dwelling units}covered from the heavy cold and occasional fever which he contracted shortly before he came to Key West to convene for single persons, 225 for two- court. He still is having recur- person families, and 750 for fami- lies of two or more, Construction rent attacks of fever and it was not said when he will be able to of 62 dormitory apartments for in-migrant single women has been convene court to sentence Bos- well. (Washington Correspondent of The Key West Citizen) "WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 25.| —There is a vital need for 1,250 in-migrant war workers imme- diately in the Key West area to take care of expanding war pro- duction, it was disclosed at the National Housing Agency today. Work is proceeding according to schedule in-migrant workers, it was said. to house approved, as well as portable dwellings to cover immediate needs. Councilman Grillon Apprises Public Of Council’s Action Dealing With Garbage Issue dn a conversation with Thefindividual contractor protection Citizen today relative to the|in this manner, inasmuch as_ it garbage situation in Key West, |¥s Simply a matter between the} Councilman Leonard B. Grillon|contractor’ and the people, and made the following statement: {the city had no right whatever “In connection with the long| 0 enact any measure that would drawn-out issue that has con-|furnish the protection as re- fronted the members of the City | Wwested. Council for the past several} “Now, it seems to me that the weeks, that of solving the prob-|city had no other course to pur- lem in resuming operations ofjSue in the matter except that of the scavenger service, which wasi taking over the service and have discontinued very abruptly ajit municipally operated. That is short time ago by a private con-|the only way out that I can see tractor, Jesus Caraballo, I want;unless the council is willing to to make my stand on the matter;let the matter drag along with clear with the public in orderjthe hopes ‘of having someone that I may not be misrepresented'!come along and offer to operate in connection with my vote and/it under a private contract, with- action on this exceedingly import- out any guaranteed protection ant issue. relatve to making collections “When Mr, Caraballo appeared|from the people who take thet before the council on the night service. when bids were received by the| “While it is true that the city city for new trucks, which were/is now operating several trucks to be operated by the city, I ask-}under the supervision of Robert ed Mr. Caraballo several times if|J. Lewis, which, by the way, is he had any intention whatever,a very expensive matter in pay- of reconsidering his action injing for the lease of the trucks | throwing up the contract, and he|and paying off the large number} replied by stating that’ he didjof men who are operating them, not care to proceed any longer | it is a foregone conclusion that in handling the service. {the city cannot continue indef- “At this juncture I felt that it/initely operating on these basis. was time then for the city to) «jt has been shown that the make some arrangements to take ‘city cannot consider Mr, Cara- over the service, inasmuch as/phallo’s offer in which he has ask- there was no one else making ajeq the protection as stated, and proposal to carry on the work @S3|\there has not been any other of- an individual contractor. lfer made by any indvidual, and “Since that time Mr. Caraballo| it seems to me that the: problem has stated that he would resume|has been thrown completely in the service, providing that the!the laps of the councilmen to city enacted an ordinance that/ dispose of. Therefore, I cannot would protect him in making his|see how the problem can be . collections. from the people whom! solved in any other way except he served. jto have the city take over and “This matter was referred tolresume the service, whereby the} the city attorney for his legal | people may be able to have! opinion, and the answer was that | their garbage and trash removed the city could not guarantee any | regularly as heretofore. “As far as I am_ personally TTT ATTN 6 cer neg, I have nothing what- GENERATOR and jeres Senne ser saivasrrcd STARTER REPAIRS! ny one else in us mal rr. jam simply trying to do my duty Lou Smith Auto Service est Cittzern Key West, Florida, hes the most equabie climate in the couniry; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenhe’t THE SOUTHERNMOST NE for $63,560 GREAT LOSSES TO AXIS DIVISIONS MOSCOW REPORTS THAT 22 DIVISIONS OF GERMANS, | ITALIANS AND OTHERS ARE COMPLETELY WIPED OUT (By Associated Press) MOSCOW, Jan 15.—The Rus-! sian communique, issued at noon today, asserted that 22 divisions of Germar Italians, Hungarians and Rumanians have _ practically been annihilated in the fighting in’ Russia during the last two weeks. | Reports on the battles during the last 24 hours said that in one sector in the southern Caucasus, Russians have made gains ranging from 18 to 25 miles, and that dur- ing the advance 25 villages fell in- to Russian hands, besides enor- mous quantities of booty that has not yet been classified and count- ed. At one point in the sector 800 enemy troops were killed and at another point the enemy dead numbered 3,400. Prisoners stream- ing to the rear of the Russian lines have not yet been enumerated, the communique said, so great are their numbers. Enemy troops, trapped in the Stalingrad and Leningrad areas, are being methodically annihilat- ed, the report stated. In hand-to hand: fighting in the outskirts of Stalingrad, 1100, Germans were killed. In, Stalingrad, the report concluded, the German siege army ‘is: all but wiped out.” ONE THIRD FOREST LAND WASHINGTON. — Nearly one third of the land in Yugoslavia is forest; more than half the land is cultivated. PALACE THEA CARY GRANT in \ { \ i H jas a member of the councilmanic ibody, and expedite matters as White and Fleming Sts. Phone 5 much as possible to relieve the Opposite Army Barracks serious situation which has been MITT | (Continued on Page Four) TALK OF THE TOWN NEWS and SERIAL It would make 180 NE hundred billion dollars is the sum budgeted by the President for war purposes during the fiscal: year 1944. These RUSSIANS REPORT | VSPAPER IN THE U - S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1943 It would cover 2 football field more than 60 feet high with 41 bills.. have to write a check every 20 seconds all year to spend it... The sum would buy 12 rows ck cing pcr winper to bumper encircling the earth Countii ls number per second a man would ve had to start at the time of the Trojan War (1200B.C.) ¢ to have counted it by now... pure SPECIAL SELLING! LUCIEN LELONG As ADVERTISED IN LIFE MAGAZINE FOR A LIMITED TIME $ FOUR CAKES Lucien Lelong’s Perfumed Soap is simply luscious—a treat every time you use it. Now, in this once-a-year selling, you get four cakes for $1. Hurry, while assort- ments of colors and fra- grances are still complete. Six lovely colors to match LN Vy ld Statues of Libert sketches translate that almost-incompre- hensible figure into everyday terms and give an idea of its true immensity. ‘AMERICANS TAKE “UP CHALLENGE TO _ IGHT IN AFRICA j | i i “INVITATION” DROPPED IN SECTOR SOUTH OF TUNIS BY ENEMY, YANKEES MOP UP IN 22-MILE THRUST (Ry Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—An authoritative story that reached here from North Africa foday, said that somehow — probably from an airplane—a letter fell among American troops in a sec; tor 150 miles » south of* Tunis, ‘challenging them to .“come out land fight”. t | The report said the challenge was accepted in “the good old American way”. An attack, led by American tanks, carried the |force 22 miles deep into the ene- my lines, within 33 miles of the eastern border of Tunisia. During the attack, the Ger- {mans and Italians who attempted to hold up the American |vance, were annihilated, and then began the retreat of other Axis forces that did not end un- itil the Americans stopped 22 miles from where they had start- ‘ed. Eighty-four enemy officers ;were captured, all of them Ger- mans. | It was officially announced by! jthe North African Headquarters ithat, American tanks are showing ja decided superiority over Ger- man panser divisions. The tanks, in attempting’ to cut off Rom- mes men who have. not reach- ed?the Tunisia border, have been assisting the French, who, early last week had been driven back seven mies in southeast Tunisia. ad-| | LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) GIVES WARNING TO CANADIANS MONTREAL.—Percy W. Knell. a government officia!. during an ‘address’ at a naval exhibition held here ioday, warned Canadians tht U-boats are likely to resume their activity in the St. Lawrence Rivet the coming spring. He said that the U-boats, despite the number of them that have been destroyed, are gaining at a rate of about 10 a week. The latest models, he added, are now as large or j larger than a Canadian corvette, and can easily hold their own in a surface battle with corvettes. COMMITTEE MAY FAVOR FLYNN WASHINGTON. — It was believed here today in official circles that the senate committee that is considering the fitness of Edward J. Flynn as minister to Australia, may issue a majority report favor- ing him. The real fight, it was said, will be made on the senat’ floo:. Some oldline Democrats, who have been questioned about the pos- sible confirmation, replied that they have not yet “made up their minds” how they will vote. TWO SOLDIERS KILLED i JACKSONVILLE.—Two soldiers. who were driving fiwa this ! city back to Camp Blanding, were killed today in an automobile accident. : MUST KEEP BOARD INFORMED WASHINGTON.—The war office announced to‘ay that regis trants for military services, who do not keep their respective drift beards informed of their movements, so that contacts can be made with them to induct them or to call them for physical examination, are just as guilty of delinquenty as are those registrants who pur posely evade the draft. Every time a i one city or village to go to another, he should send his new adéiess to his graft board, the order stated. | PTED HOTLY PURSUED TO CLEAN-UP JAPS | MONTGOMERY'S UNITS HAVE'INTENSE BOMBINGS FROM REACHED POINT CLOSER | AIR NOW FIGURED ON TO TUNISIAN BORDER | IN NEW METHOD (By Assoc: (Ry Ansocinted Press) CAIRO, Jan. t part of} DARWIN, Jan. 25.—The Jatest General Montgomery's forces, that; activities in the Southwest Pa- entered Tripoli triumphantly Sat-~ cific theater of war are in keep- urday morning, reformed their}ing with General Dougias Mac- lines and resumed the chase of Arthur's announcement made Romme''s fleecing Germans and Yesterday that, instead of a svs Italians, were reported at noon to- ee eee ee day to have reached a point 64 bombings from the air wil’ be {miles west of ‘Tripoli, which! adopted to exterminate the places them 36 miles from the ponese. Tunisian easterly border. In New Guinea, the Solomvn: { In''that chase, the report said,}and New Britain those tactics 'several thousand ,enemy. troops'have been used effectively since | were either captured or surren-|the MacArthur statement. dered. Besides, other thousands} At Rabaul, on New Britain, who were attempting to flee from squadrons of American planes Africa by boat, were overtaken|blested the harbor, sinking and by Montgomery’s planes and/damaging ships; at Lae the Jap bombed, either on the shore or in (Continued on Page Four) boats. Two large merchantmen, | loaded with troops, were struck by bombs and sank. No report was made today about the other part of Montgomery's jarmy that bypassed Tripoli, | though it is thought here that they | were nearer to the Tunisian bor- j der than the other section of the | army that is proceeding in a direct westerly course. H Four Allied Nati Preparing To RadiosReport Emanating From Bertin Reveals That German.” People Are Warned Of Defeat is prepa: ag to leave’ PRICE FIVE CENT: |Tide Also Tr-ning Toward Complete Defeat For Mussolini’s Forces On All | Fronts | i (By Associated Press) | LONDON, j Jen. 25.—The tide of war is ebbing fast in Germany end Italy. and leaders in those couni-ies, judgiag from official |reports, heard by the British Broadcasting Corporation, are on tke verge of collapse. according io Rome aad Berlin radio reports intercepted “re since Saturday. Perlin evidently is «preparing | tke German people for a major | defeat in Russia. and from Rome came the revort that Seturday. j@s a result of Tripoii’s falling, jltaiy is ow facing her darkest days since Mussolini came into power. Iizme. judgieg by the trend of ,Comment over the radio in that ing even nope. The Italian peo- ‘ple have “suffered many sacri- fices. ard must suffer more in contending with enemies who are bent on robbing us of everything, even our liberty”. was one of the Temerks, and encther called on the people to exert themselves to ;their utmost to overcome so ‘relentless an enemy. | Berlin admitted that the Ger- | mans are retreating on almost all fronts in Russia. but. it was stat- ed, that course is being pursued so that the German ermies may entrench themselves in stronger pcsitions. Berlin, too, rdmitted defret, but it was main- teined that it was due chiefly to Rursic’s “terrible cold” and not to the force of Russian arms. far | ONE OUT OF FIVE i pewite <4 | DETRO'T.—Pefore the war oniy one out of five Australians i was employe. ‘1 industr? ons Are Now Deliver Final Blow To All Of Axis Powers (By Associeted Press) 4 Should General Marshall iplace General Giraud as jcommissioner in North Af \General Bernard Montgomery, |who decisively defeated Marshal \Erwin Rommel in Lybia, may be fut in supreme command of the | Allied forces in Africa, replacing |General Eisenhower. | No official reports have been issued yet of these rumored lcnanges, but there was a tone of ifmality in the statement that they may be made in the next The object of the enemy attack, ithe report said, was to widen the jFrench gap so that Rommel’s fleeing troops would be better jable to enter Tunisia. | Due to the continued action of | \the American tanks, the gap has} {been narrowed, and the Ameri-! cans are proceeding to the east- jerly border of Tunisia, in the hope of intercepting the defeated Italians and Germans fleeing } Key West, Florida EE | 25 2801) from Tripolt It first appeared that the place was on fire, and no time was lost in sending in the alarm. PRESCRIPTIONS pounded by Experienced Pharmacists. PHARMACY Phone 177 Free Delivery aeeece SMOKE IN BAHAMA Jan. 25—The four An ‘alarm of fire’ was spunea! a —_ ‘est night at 10:15 o'clock from|China — are now coordinating Southard streets, an@ upon ar- |vival of the fire appatatus‘on the |time during the war in | ~epar- \Bahama Bar on Duval street was | 19 % deliver the final blow to |full of smoke, which was caused the rear of the building. | In order that there w.! not be the least discontent in . e Tove-/ mento strike and keep on strik-} nig mighty blows at the enemy.) qeqqu st siiisisininnnii ably will be made high commis-| sioner in North Africa to end es Auspices Catholic Daughters French High Commissioner oe raud and the “French Figh which of them will be in charge| __ Tomight, $:00 o'Clock of the French forces in that pro-|6 GAMES ———____ 2Se tectorate. BAR CAUSES ALARM. major Attied Netion-—America. 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