The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 27, 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. 23. Red. Armies. Reported. Io. Bet Russian Troops Aré Beat- ing Down All Opposition Advances (By Associated Press) MOSCOW, Jan. 27.-Two Rus- sian armies, beating down all opposition, are today advancing/| almost uninterruptedly toward the gateway city of Rostov. the} communique issued here,. today | stated. | Both armies are marching along | railway lines that converge on Restov, one from the south andj In! the other from the north. the southern sector, during the lest 24 hours, the Russians are said to have captured “many vil- leges”. and in the northern sec- for it was stated that the Ger- mens essayed to make a power- ful counter-attack, but that. when | it was broken up 1.400 Germans threw down their arms and sur- rendered. The communique was silent ever the fighting in the Lenin- | grad and Stalingrad area, though reports were heerd here. over the Vichy radio, in which it was said that the Russinas killed. wound- ed and captured thousands of troops in the Leningrad area, and| had routed columns of Germans and their allies in verious sectors of Stalingrad. in| on the outskirts The greatest advance made that area was west of the city. | THE SOUT [rey West, Frosida, hus the ~est equable climate in the courtry; with an average range ut unly 14° Fahrenhe’t Che _s = Citizen HERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE JU. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, SWITCH FROM USE And Continue In Their | oO (By Axssoviuted Press) DARWIN, Jan. 27.—Auto- mobilists in this couniry, where gasoline has become so scarce it is no longer used in private cars. have switch- ed from the use of coal for motive power to grain, and all are agreed that it burns quicker and produces) more power than coal. Scenes in the streets of Australian cities.so far.as au- tomobiles are concerped, are remindful of streets in:Amer- ica, .back. in the.days; when the White Steamer -was used. Cars today showed»a quick- er, pick-up and.a better ac- celeration than they did when coal was used for motive power, TI DSS SE ST FS ‘SENATE GROUP FAVORS FLYNN RECOMMENDS HIS CONFIR- MATION AS MINISTER TO AUSTRALIA (By Axsociated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—The jsenate foreign relations commit- tee today recommended the con- \firmation of Edward J. Flynn as :minister to Australia, by a vote of 13 to 10. Flynn's appointment will come ap ioiBinifmation in the-senate on Monday. It was stated that there will be a bitter fight on the floor before the vote for confirmation will be taken. Despite the fight, however, it is expected that Flynn will be con- firmed. ‘EIGHTH ARMY AMERICANS TAKE | IMPORTANT HILLS | | TROOPS IN POSSESSION OF) MOVING AHEAD MONTGOMERY'S MEN ONLY 20 MILES BEYOND BOR- DER OF TRIPOLI ENTIRE SOUTH PART OF TUNIS i (hy Associated Press) ALGIERS, Jan. 27.—American troops, fighting directly south of! Tunis, have captured en import- ant range of hills since yesterday. | The Americans are in poss sion ofthe entire south part of! the highland and are reformingy thein: Inves before launching an! attack to try to capture the north side of he range. The enemy in that fighting, s: far as could be learned, wa: composed wholly of German troops. They started the attack, and the Americans replied with such intense fire the Nazis fell back and continued their retreat until they had reached their in- “trenched positions on the north} side of the range of hills. LEFT YESTERDAY Ralph Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Thompson of Margaret street, who had been spending a visit here with. his family, left yesterday to rejoin the Naval. forces >with! ‘Which he is now affiliated, | Mr. Thompson Golisted 1 in “the Navy several months‘age:* “BENEFIT=2888° DANC for lifaritile Paralysis Funds Auspices of Key West Junior Chamber of Commerce SATURDAY, JAN. 30 Admission LA CONCHA HOTEL Air Conditioned Rainbow Room (By Asnociated Press) CAIRO, Jan. 27.—It developed |tedey thet the main vart of Gen- jeral Montgomery’s Eighth Army lis only 30 miles beyond the west- ern border of Tripoli. At. that point the British are fighting. against a’ detachment of Axis trogps:who ‘are attempting to delay, the advance of _ Mont- - | gomery’s,men: Other, . reports that reached here were tothe effett’ that, the greater. .number- ‘of “Rommel’s men have already passed into Tunisia in the vicinity of the mall “Maginot Line”. Montgomery’s other force, which by-passed Tripoli, is be- lieved to be much nearer to Tu- nisia than the main body of the Eighth Army. TWO CASES TO BE HEARD IN COURT Two cases will come up for a hearing this afternoon before Justice of the Peace Raul Car- bonell. One will be against Mario Ma- chin and Arcadio Zaldino, minors, charged with -stealing — purses from. Kress store, and the other, ‘inst Juan Yerby, charg- ed with “open profanity’. evohn’ Wesley Pope, arrested by Deputy Sheriff doe PKnight’ 6n a chargé of nét’ hav- ing a Griver’s license, was ar- raigned yesterday afternogn be- fore Justice Carbonell. He plead guilty and was held in $25 bail for the criminal court. ‘YES! Mn Mn Me. Ln Me. nr ir. Mn. rn We have New Batteries! In Stock at ALL Times. White at Fleming St. Door Prize Time 9 to 12 p.m. Opposite Army Barracks Sa htt t da tate iotrintntnintnded ‘JAPS BOMBED who, wes fiqui AGAIN a TT OF OFFENSIVE DIRECTED AT NIPPONESE (By Associated Prens) DARWIN, Jan. 27.—Today Gen- | eral MacArthur widened the} ! scope of his offensive against the | | Japanese in the Sousnwest Pa-} | cific. His planes bombed the! i Japs over an area of 1,500 miles. i Rabaul, in New Britain, was |} j taided again last night, the sixth | {time in six days. Bombs were | dropped on shipping in the har- | fires were started among ware- | houses and other buildings along the shore front. H i In the Solomons, New Georgia \Island, where the Japs have an airfield at Munda, in Timor and New Guinea, American planes con- ducted destructive raids, | It was stated today that the | former Jap force of 15,000 men} on Guadalcanal has been reduced | to about 2,000 poorly fed and poorly clad soldiers. It was added that, despite the killing of so many Japs on that island, it will be a slow process | before they have been entirely clinimated. They have fled to the ; jungles, with snipers on the} ground and up in trees covering their rear. Rooting them out of the jungles, the report stated, will be a hard task. UNIT ORGANIZED _ TO AID SICKNESS) | WILL ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN | ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL, MEDICAL FACILITIES An organization aimed at ob- tainirfg additional hospital and medical facilities for the commun- ity has been organized by a group of civil service employees from the Public Works Department of the Naval Operating Base: At a recent organization meet- ing, M. J. Horre, public works | foreman, was _ selected president; Harry Baker, N. O. B. Fire Chief, vice-president, and Charles Lewin, Secretary and Treasurer. Direc- tors are: Benjamin Lowe, Nick Osterhoudt, A. R. Triplett, P. F. Roberts and G. A. Birdsall. “With the armed forces draw- ing heavily on the medical profes- | sion, the civilian population of our nation has been greatly af- fected. Here in Kev West, geo- graphically located 175 miles from a community of any size, the con- | dition has reached the critical} stage,” stated President Horre. “It was with these things in| mind that we got together and | formed the Public Works Benefit | Association, open to everyone, re- gardless of age, color or sex. Its purposes are to aid any members in ‘ease of sickness, accident or death whereby part of the ex- penses incurred could be paid out of funds created by an initiation fee and weekly dues, he continued. ‘The association is now made up of 70 members. Officials hope that when enovgh working funds are collected a blood bank may be | started. They also plan to aid in} obtaining a community hospital. | i bor and installations along the } | shore front came in also for a! bombing. One ship, a transport, | {was sunk in the harbor and great | 'the blue Mediterranean and sees those ruins for which . 1943 Canchage 9 MODERN TUIS—This photo, taken before the North African campaign. shows ancient cannon facing the Mediterranean. ae Features ELENDA EST CARTHAGO!” With this fanatical cry, “Carthage must be destroyed” an elderly Reman named Marcus Porcius Cato in 149 B.C. preached feated Carthage was mercilessly wiped out, its half-million inhabi- tants killed or driven into slav-* ery. And as a final gesture the! Romans sowed salt upon the! Carthaginian earth and condemn-}| ed its site to lie desolate forever. But today another Benito Mussolini, looks inew ignominy—perhaps the most |Poignant of his career. And it! ought to remind him of the Brit- ish warning when he entered the Roman, |war in 1940 that. the (outcome across | would only serve to “increase Italy is the ghost of Carthage stirring | chiefly famous.” ominously. Allied armies are; Another parallel, spanning 2,- approaching Tunis, the modern!088 years, may haunt the Roman city on Carthage’s harbor. dictator: Carthage fell becaus2 Soon Tunis and Goulette, which was built with) iterranean. stones from Carthage, may be- | dominate it. come an Allied base for the in-| Yes, when he vasion of Italy. For the strategie | worrying about Hitler’s plans, site of the ancient city state is | Mussolini may well give a little still only 140 miles from Sicily, 365. from: Naples: thought to Cato’s Carthaginiah Glory-that-was-Rome-conscious | Chickens: coming home to roost— Mussolini may well dread this| with eggs. Today Allied navies isn’t. too busy Number Of. Permits Issued For Building «Construction : oe “Help Me Win MY Victory” Issuing of building permits has j last story, on January | published in The | that activity. | Jose Boza was granted a permit | to construct a small frame build- | ing on United street for $800, and ; tom Hanley obtained a permit to | ! build a small garage apartment |} } at 905 Washington street for $759. history’s most ruthless hate campaign. Once-proud but twice-de- | nearby La|Roman fleets controlled the Med-, B.| allen off in Key West since the! 15, was | Citizen about! The following permits were | granted for repairs: Adolph Pazo, 1115 Margaret | street, $600; Brown Propert | dez, Duval Henriquez, ' $500. street, $490, and A.! 1124, Duval street, IN EXCHANGE NEW YORK.—The Netherlands received Dutch Guinea in South ; Fight Infantile Paraly- sis! Send your dollars and dimes to the Pres- ident at Washington. | Picre ehick asian scbenaghinginescicas.ris | York. | t late became New Soldiers In Puerto Rico Become Conga Experts | (Ry Assoctated Press) SAN JUAN, P. R., Jan. 27.—| When Uncle Sam’s soldiers and | sailors on guard in Puerto Rico | come back, they'll be ballroom ex- | ponents of Inter-American friend- | ship, able to pass along the in- tricacies of rumba, conga, the, gubtacha and the danza. . ‘ id the »'dark-eyed puertori- jas ‘back ‘in San Juan will be ; iting it out eight to a bar and serub-downs with a boogie In. ‘kly lessons in Latin-American. steps to the | troops and sailors at San Juan’s USO center, pretty Puerto Ricans are getting lessons in jitterbug- ging. ATTENTION, DOKEYS! MEETING will be! SPECIAL “4 Lou Smith AUTO SERVICE belt TONIGHT at 8:00 o'Clock at! All Dokeys are urg- APPLE BLOSSOM BODY SMOOTH Indispensable Winter Lotion io your skin soft, neers = + - guards ainst cl a S38, ays apping, * Gives you “all over” protection against wind and cold . . . smooth it over a * Buses: creamy lotion . deliciously scented with Helena Rubinstein’s beloved Apple Blossom fragrance. 1.00 SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. Duval and Fleming St. - Phone 199 PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS | Duval street, $400; Dr. Joseph Val- | Mi ; America in exchange for the ter-} LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) GERMAN. PLANES RAID ALGITRS LONDON.—Almost onthe stroke ofsthe-hour last nie’st, when an announcer in Algiers started to give out news about the-comference | President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill held in-Casabl ..-> a squadron of German planes began to'bomb Algiers. Allied fight: planes and anti-aircraft fire drove away*the German tlyers ‘befo-: much damage was done. - ' JAP AND GERMAN REACTION | WASHINGTON.—The Jap reaction, according to a bro: dcast ‘rom Tokyo, over the conference between Roosevelt cad Chuichill was that “It was all talk and no action.” and a speaker over the Buclin | radio declared that the conference was held merely *o patch up ferences existing between the French generals, Giraud and De Gau!"e. RAF BOMBS BORDEAUX { LONDON.—RAF pianes last night bombed Burdeaux in France. | The number of planes that participated in the raid, the number that [Ss lost and the extent of the damage to Bordeaux were not aa- | nounced by the Air Ministry. JEFFERS READY TO GIVE INFORMATION WASHINGTON —A spokesman for William Jeffers, who is In ; Charge of the government's rubber conservation policy. ~~id t~toy that Jeffers is ready to explain to congress the sources cf his infor- ; mation for the remarks he made in a sveech in Cleveland regarding navy and army officers who had tried to retard the production of | synthetic rubber. Despite their action, the spokesnian adcJed, 504,900 | year. PRINTER. LOSES LIFE IN FIRE NEW YORK.—Edward Greer, a printer. lost his life today in a| fire in an apartment house on upper Riverside Drive. He wes trap- ped on the sixth floor. and was suffocated just as firemen were on the point of rescuing him, With Fifth Member Named (a | County Commission Efforts Will | Be Made To Organize Speculation i county comm 2s to when the new "MARIO MACHIN TO Bi his morning, ARRAIGNED IN COURT jized, was renewed this morning Judge Wiliiam V. .\Jbury said in the county courthouse \ result of the appointment of W. A teday that Mario Machin, with Arcadio Zaldino, the | Parrish to fill the office of com- | missioner from the fifth district, j made vacant by the absence of | Harry Harris, who is in the armed services. The appointment of Mr. Parrish is the same as that of Maximo Valdez: it remains in ef aes until Mr. Harris returns, or | the term expires. It was said at the that, as soon as Mr. Valdez re- | ceives his commission, any three of the four‘commissioned men may jcall a meeting and formally or- ganize. As matters now stand, there is a | Gervais existing between Carl Bervaldi, on the one hand, and J | Frank Roberts and Eddie Gomez jon the other. Mr. Valdez, on re- | ceipt of his commission, may agree | with any two of the other three j commissioners to put the county ;commission on a functioning ; basis. vho. was ar- rested by Policeman Ray Atwell will be arraigned im criminal court after the case against Zal- dino has been. decided “b= Ju ivenile Judge Juliette Russel! Machin was arrested) in con nection with the burglarizin- Frank Jobnsoa’s jewelry store | Sentence was deferred agzins: Machin, so that when he appe before Judge Albury the tence will be imposed without the necessity of another trial courthouse HUNGRY—DO3T ORDER OUR GOLDEN FRIED CHICKEN we serve in a NEST of FRENCH FRIES with CREAL GRAVY (Por Those Who ~~ Like to Dunk) Pieces “Am” A Lot of Chicken TOAST. TEA or COFFEE | GIRL, 9, DIES FOR BROTHER | NEW YORK, — Pushing her 7-} | year-old brother out of the path| of an on-coming truck, Eva Ber-} ger, 9, did not have time to jump; herself and was instantly killed? when the truck wheels passed over her . body. The | little ont | Ralph, suffered a broken armands | internal injuries. (OCEAN VIEW RESTAURANT |520 United Street Key West! SERVED DAILY, from 12 to 10 p.m.| Srecial 35¢.. 60° | DINNER OOS 4912 | The Finest Quality Foods. Prop-| erly Cooked and Served in a Pleasing Manner - BS Sie Laat ‘ | tons of synthetic rubber will be produced in the United States this’ PRICE FIVE : Cee = Moron Was To ett Plans or Grand Drive Against Nazis | velt Would Not Have | Made Trip For Any Mat- ter Short Of This (By Amsociated Press) WASHINGTON. Jen” 27-2 wes generclly agreed here today that there was far more to the 10 coy conference setween Presi- ter Charchill. hel! at Casablan- ce. in Moroces. tian was given cut to the peoples of the Allied TYations at 10 +clock last night. that the Presi- dent would not have traveled 5.- 800 miles ov~> the ocean merely to kave 2 comi-rence with Win egy. or any ot the cther points that were cuilined in the press d‘spatches. The belief ic that Roosevelt ard Churchill agreed op the nme yan “the PIGS fers European oi- |fensive against Hitler. as that is the only manner in which ihe Allies vould be pleced in the po- sition to Comand an “uncondi tcl surrender”, which emong the matters discussed the conference. It was further believed thet « chesge is going to bk. 2 de im the North African er: Alexeuder. displacing Eisen- ewer and the letter ecting =: chief cf etafi = the cperstions it thst the: re of war. As to It was arec2