The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 1, 1943, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Xey West Che Kry West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. Key West, Florida, his the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 4° Fahrenhe*t S. A. VOLUME LXIV. No. 27. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1943 One Milion Axis Soldiers PRICE FIVE CENF: Roasevelt Confers With Secretary Killed, Wounded Or Taken Prisoners In Five Weeks Nine Hundred Mor Nazis ELEVEN ATT ACKS Reported Killed Last ON NIPPON BASES Night Along Fringes Of | ALL MADE IN SINGsE DAY IN| Stalingrad , | SECTORS OF SOUTH- { e : (iby Asnocinced Presn) WEST PACIFIC MOSCOW. Feb, 1.—Nine hun- dred more German soldiers were | (By Associated Press) killed last night in fighting in| DARWIN, Feb. 1.—General tke northern fringes of Stalin. MecArthur’s headquarters an| cred, increasing to more than ounced tcdey that 11 separate; 5,000 the number that has been @ir attacks were made yesterday | killed in thet area the last three °98inst Japanese bases in verious | deys. today’s Soviet communique ,5¢¢tors of the southwest Pacific. | | Airfields and enemv ships announced, and j officers ®S€5 were struck and grect fires as.) were Among the German started. returning Allied; ccptured Saturday night wi flyers reported. General Friedrich von Paulus, | Rabaul,.on New Britain Island, came in for another drubbing. tenth anniversary of the Nazis'|was the ninth raid in 12 da’ ;made on that important Jap bi Ships in‘the harbor were struck jand several fir were _ started } es ‘along the waterfront. Pilots re- In the fighting along all fronts | ported that ruins from other raids i ee * A .; were still smoking. sagas athe communes te | Jap Zeros attacked the squad- clared. more than 1,000,000 Axis;ron that raided Rabaul. Eight g.'Zeros were shot down and_ all Allied planes returned safely to ed or taken prisoners in the last | their bases. | Another clash with Japs that time, |the north coast cf New Guinea | 744 plenes, 1.500 tanks, 555 field; was , reported. Three hundred |Japs were killed and their base cuns and 6,000 trucks have been | was: captured | e*ptured from the Axis. the re: who, at the observance of the | ( ] | | ccming into power on thet day, wes promoted to field marshal, | | scldiers have been killed, woun | on| five weeks. During EWS MOVES QUICKLY | | TG SGLDIERS IN INDIA] fert said. besides much more of cther types of equipment. { (iy Associated Press) \ ! WASHINGTON, Feb, 1—Mem- ported to be advancing westerly | 1.15 of the Royal Air Force st teward Kursk from the Russian | tioned in India need not be left! bese slightly north of Voronezh. Today the Russians were re- long in doubt about the welfare| cf their wives and families inj Great Britain, according to a re- | port received by the Office of} ; War Information. A branch of the Welfare Dir 4 7 torate at the Air Ministry investi- ingrad and directly south of Ros-| gates any case on request of has | Members of the RAF. News of dan- | gerously sick patients or children, | made gains 14 miles since|for example, and even business | 5 | difficulties are dealt with and re- Peace e eerste | Bora raeriusned Mibacle tollidic | fourth Russian army. headed in! The policy is not merely humani | tarian, for the welfi | know that a worried (an efficient fighter South of that citv .another Rus- sien army is driving toward) Kharkov, and southwest of Stal- eo tov. another Soviet army of a northweterly direction, is hurl- authorities | airman is not (Continued on Page Four) Telegram Received By Commerce | Body’s Secretary Straightens Out ‘Matter Concerning Water Route Two telegrams received this}in the Senate and Congressman | morning by the secretary of the! Cannon introduced in the House on Key West Chamber of Commerce | Thursday, provided for the deep- | from Senator Claude Pepper and | ening of the intracoastal waterway | Représentative Pat Cannon, re-! from Jacksonville to Key West to | garding the proposed inland water-| a depth of twelve feet, and I am| way from Jacksonville to Key} going to push one part of it just} have replaced the secre-! as hard as the other. I also talked | perturbation by a deep! to Admiral Kauffman abput the sense of satisfaction. ; Miamj-Key West extension when | The perturbation had been;I was in Miami during the holi- caused by a story published in aj days. Sorry paper made mistake. Miami paper that the waterway | Regards. was to be constructed from Jack- sonville to Miami. The story came; from the paper’s bureau in Wash-| My bill HR 1560, proposes im- ington, and the name of Key West | provement intracoastal waterway | was not mentioned. | Jacksonville to Key West. News Conversely, it was pointed out} paper account in error. that the afternoon Miami paper} PAT CANNON, M. C. carried a story that said the wa. terway would extend from Jack-} sonville to Key West, the only com- ment w “Draw your own con- CLAUDE PEPPER. BAR LET, OCEAN VIEW RESTAURANT 520 United Street Key West! SERVED DAILY) from 12 to 10 p.m. SPECIAL PLATES 35° 0 60° | ‘omplete DINNER 65° nt The Finest Quality Foods, Prop- erly Cooked and Served in a Pleasing Manner The telegrams received by Sec- retary Stephen C. Singleton read: Retel the bill that I introduced AAAAAAAAAAAASABBASSD OIL SPRAY Your Fenders and Chassis—it saves you buying a set of Fenders. | i Lou Smith AUTO SERVICE White at Fleming St. Phone No. 5 Opposite Army Barracks VYVV VV VV VV miles 26 SEPT months vader SEPT oct emy 19—After siege of two Kiev falls to the in 1—Naz t Sea of Azov Hitler in triumphon oct grad OcT. 29 attack Crin ) NOV 1 a Ca NO Moscow NOV. 28 Sevastopol Nazis open new DEC. 1—Russians open winter attack; Nazis flee from Rostov. DEC. 10—Reds blast foe 110 mi. grad. DEC. 16—Reds retake Klin, advance on all fronts. JAN. 19—Soviets retake Mozhaisk and many other points. “FEB. 11—Reds advance at Se- vastopol and gain on other fronts, finding Nazis freezing in cold. MAR. 5—Yuknov, on Moscow- Warsaw highway, returns to Red hands. MAR. 15 — Soviets drive to gates of Kharkov. MAY 24 7 after Nazi JUNE 15 River io spring e get Nazis at Kharkov BY STRIKE THREAT OF COAL MINERS FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND OP- ERATIVES TO DEMAND IN-| CREASE OF ONE DOLLAR A DAY (iy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—One of the problems facing President Roosevelt on his return from his trip abroad, is the threz serious t of 45,000 coal miners to strike un- Pa: a day. The miners, through their rep- resentatives, declare that the “lit- tle formula, fixing their present wages, has placed them at | a disadvantage to meet the in-} creases in the cost of living. Economists have pointed out that, should there be a general increase in salaries and wages, it will be a major factor in bringing about inflation. No official comment was made about the c: of the coal miners. JUDGE LORD OFF TO CONVENTION County Judge RaymopgonRe: Lord left on the 7:30 o’clock bus this morning for Jé fille, their, wages are increased $1 jwhere he will attend the annual convention of:Ceounty? jtidges In Florida. bisdtvoe Ost The convention, will | be.;.com-; vened at 9 o'clock tomorrow; morning. Sessions., will be: held Tuesday and Wednesday. i Judge Lord will not return to Key West until next Saturday afternoon, as, after the conven-} tion, he will visit several other| cities in Florida. { PALACE THEATER “MISS ANNIE ROONEY” NEWS and SERIAL | speech says Nazis, Nazis capture Ros ucasus Foe say Reds drive cross the of Riga of Leningrad sit Voro- say all terri- Russions q AUG. 17 all of Caucasus AUG. 19 AUG. 2 Mt AUG AUG Reds ad Reds lose Krasn 5—Swastika hois' on the Caucasian Elborus 27—Nazis the 31 ise again i n_ northern Stalingrad SEPT. 15- Street fighting in Stalingrad pe OCT. 6—Reds make 7-mi near Rzhev. OCT 8-—Soviets drive deep on Nazi flank north of Stalingrad. OCT 10-Stolingrad stands off attackers, but Nazis strike in direction of Astrakhan. OCT 27-—Reds advance along the Maikop- Tuapse railway NOV 19-Berlin says Reds open offensives in Caucasus, along Don and near Leningrad. NOV 20 — Nazis routed at Ordzhonikidze in Caucasus, Moscow says, NOV. 23-Soviet drives above | 2 and below Stalingrad gather (7 speed. NOV 24-Reds cross Don, smash forward. NOV. 26—Russian advance moves to close trap around Stalingrad on Germans. DEC. 29-Red tide sweeps toward Kotelnikovski and Rostov: threatens to cut-off. Caucasus,. JAN. 2—Soviets recapture Velikie Luki. END OF JAN.-Reds lift Leningrad seige, advance on all fronts. gain, take heights 36 mi. from to capture east of Lenin- under way Donets AP Features ROOSEVELT FACED KNOX ARRIVES MRS. WILLIAMS IN SAN DIEGO: AWARDED WAR NAVY daiakcante SAYS ad BOND AT CONCERT HAVE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT” EVENT IN CELEBRATION OF | PRESIDENTS BIRTHDAY HELD AT LA CONCHA PARK SATURDAY NIGHT ted Pre Feb. 1.—Secre- the Navy Frank Knox, n this city from We have just be-j and intimated hortiy will feel striking force tent than they with them of having arrived Hawaii, said, f that the the to a far greater e have''since -he war A large crowd was present Sat- urday evening in La Concha park at the observance of Presi- dent Roosevelt's sixty-first birth- day. anniversary. Mrs. W. E. started. Williams was awarded the $100 Asked about the remark he war bond. had made, while,at Pearl Harbor,i The master of ceremonies was that he was not prepared to say Lieutenant S. Stewart, USN, and when Japan would be bombed the opening address was made (Conunued on Hage Four) by Mayor Willard M. Albury. Music was proviced by the army band, and songs were sung by the navy choir. George O. Lucas, chairman of | the birthday committee. said to- day that, as all receipts have not yet been received, and that, as several promised donations .have not yet been made, he did not know yet of the amount that was collected in the local drive for victims of infantile paralysis. On the committee with Mr. Lucas were Mrs. Eva B. Warner, Isadore Weintraub, Mrs. Hugh FEBRUARY 14th A Huge Selection! GORGEOUS NEW GROWN UPS and KIDDIES Many Especially for” SERVICE MEN PRICED 2 for 5c to 50c SOUHTERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS Phone 199 Duval and Fleming Sts. Key West, Florida Free Delivery Service Lieutenant ‘McMasters, USN, DRUNKS WAIT IN JAIL ‘FOR SOMEONE TO BLOW (By Associated Press) HICKORY, N. C., Feb. jThree men charged with drunk- enness overstayed their time in jail three hours—all because something went wrong with the {lock and the jailer had to use , them out. | ARR So COTS, i DANIA DeBOIE | Alterations and Fancy Sewing | | 801 SIMONTON ST. | ET "HEAVY Williams, William T. Fripp, and jj 1—} {a blow torch to break in and let) {By Associated Press) U-BOAT MENACE GROWING WASHINGTON<It ‘was agreed here today in military circles | growing U-boat menace’to' shipping in the Atlantic and the M2ai- | terranean. Germany's threat over the Berlin radio Seturday ti.et the | Axis powers are going to concentate on U-boat warfare, shou’? r-- j sult in the Allied Nations deciding to redouble their efforts to tight } the menace. it was said here semi-officially. GOERING’S LUCK AGAINST HIM LONDON.—It was remarked at the Eritish Broadcasting Foration’s station today that Reichsmarshal Herrmann Gosring’s luck, | on which he seemed to have a stranglehold for the firs: two years of the war, has been graduelly turning against him. and that. on Saturday, it turned against him completely. The promotion of Cen- eral Friedrich von Paulus to a field marshal for his sustained figh: | ing at Stalingrad. thereby saving several hundred thousand Ger- ; mans elsewhere in Russia from encirclement, was announced only a few hours before Russia issued a communique, in wich it was stated that Von Paulus had been captured at Stalingrad. BRITISH CORVETTE SINKS A SUBM® RINE LONDON.—The admiralty announced today that a British c-r- | vette yesterday sank an Italian submarine in the Mediie:renean. off | Tunisia. The submarine surfaced to fight it out with the corvette, but i after a few salvos from the latter, the submarine was pierced with | shells and sank shortly thereafter. MONTGOMERY ENTERS TUNISIA CAIRO.—It was officially announced here today that General ! Bernard Montgomery's Eighth Army has entered Tunisia at tue poimts. Part of the army is still busy rounding up Germa.. and Ital- jan stragglers west of Tripoli. BLOWS FLYNN’S NAME “AT NAZILINES 1 WITHDRAWN TANKS, PLANES AND INFAN-! | (By Associated Preas) | TRY USED IN THRUST | WASHING™ON, Feb. i—Of- MADE jficial announcement came from | a {the White House this morning (By Associated Press) jthat President Roosevelt had ALGIERS, Feb. 1—A combina- | acceded to the request of Edwar ‘tion of planes, tanks and infan-iJ. Flynn to withdraw his name !try struck a avy blow today for the appointr=nt for ministe: jat the German lines, 48 miles !to Australia. ‘inland from the-easterly border; Earlier in the day, news came {of Tunisia, and drove back the!from New York that Flynn hea German forces that, yesterday and |written the President that he, Saturday, had driven a wedge of 'Flynn, in view-of the opposition six miles into the lines of the that had developec against him | French at that point. {in the senate, requested to have ! The Germans struck back with ;his nomination withdrav-n. |Stuka dive bombers, but Allied! First inquiry at the White |fighters rose to challenge them|House brought the answer that | and drove them off. At the last ad-|Flynn’s message; had not yet | vices from that front, more than |been received by the Presid | two of the six miles the Germans |Shortly before noon, news ‘had made had been recovered by /8iven out that the President * the American forces. See acceded to Fi | At another point, 27 miles east | Wishes. eee eee er"So'ton PLAYGOERS COUGH UP TO SEE NEW YORK HITS German tanks out of action andj; \ (By Associated Press) destroyed 19 enemy planes. The’ Allies lost seven planes in that en- | counter. a i 5 ! NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—Veteran i Eel hee jevestat, | Broadway playgoers are agreed link gerade Be oat the | that this is just about the cough | port of Bizerte was scored last paen the theater = ape | night, when several enemy ships ; \¢¢ “sre cegpheie pe in in. the harbor were struck and pry ial poe © Pp | wharves were set afire and an} r =~ oe . jenemy ammunition dump was} struck and exploded with so tre-! |mendous a crash it shook Allied | planes high up in the air. ANNOUNCEMENT of MEETINGS at GOSPEL HALL 720 Southard Street Evangelist’ J. F: SPINK of Eng- land is conducting a series of Evangelistic meetings at Gospel | Hall. TONIGHT end Following Nights at 8 o'Clock 1 | | In¢reases in the sale of postage stamp stock in the Key Wes‘ post | office are stilling near or over 100 percent. { Sales of stamp stock last month jlacked only a few hundred dol- Mr. Spink is well known in’ jars of doubling those for January, |America, England and elsewhere ye * . labroad as an outstanding where | 1942 In es raon‘h, pee Oram: |gelist and we consider it a priv-| $7,877.30; in January of this year jilege to have such a splendid | they amounted to $14,220.75. speaker here. An invitation is} In all vther departments at the extended to Defense Workers and | office, there were increases Service Men and their families} jast month as compared with the to attend these meetings during} <2me month in 1942, Comparative Mr. Spink’s stay. figures folluw: | that one of the gravest problems facing the Allied Nations is the’ Postal Savings, due depositors, | (By Annoctmted Frees) WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. —Presi- ‘sn Roosevelt ha@ a conference this mcrming with Secretary oi Siste Cord" Hull, with high- -ankinc acm officers and with leaders from the house and the Senate. This afternoon conferences are scheduled with cther leaders. end it wes said thet the President is preparing « >tpcrt of his con- ferences in Casablanca. Liberia. | 2nd Nate’. during his 5.000 miles oversea trip. The Presidcat left this country from Dinner Key. Coconut Grove. where the ctmost secrecy maintained. Without the Coast Guardenen themselves knowing ;the survort sf tie orders te |clear the base of everybody. ex- | cept these dirertly concerned in |tre Preprrations for the tric. the |big field wes cleared when he |@rrived im an automobile. lwac conducted. in the dark: jto the plane in which he made j his flight. At every point in the field and et its sutkirts. guardsmen were kept basy keeping veovle back. | Ar hour before the President's ireturn to the field. coast guards- jmen received orders similar to | those that were issued the |time ho was prevaring to leave. /On eect ccision. he left and re- | turned without being observed ;by any. dy. except those persans | wiose duties kept them at the field. was and ness. at \GRASS FIRE ON VIRGINIA STREET The fire appartus jo’clock this afternoon was c to Virginia street, where 2 fire was discovered im the of the Merecedes Hospit blaze was soon extinguished no damaer resulting The alarm w box 333, corner Georgia streets. ed i - 3 sounded of O Postage Stamp Stock Sales At Post Office Chow An Increase Of Nearly Hundred Percent | January, 1943, $884,856.00, J }uary, 1942, $449,260.90. } Money Orde-s issued, Janu: | 1943, $2304. 32; January $203,813.95, } U.S. Bonds sold January including w=r stamps, $48,214.90 942, PRESCRIPTIONS Pure Fresh Ingredients Com- pound _ by Expervencec Pharmacsts 'GARDNER’S PHARMACY Phone 177 Pree Delivery ‘as Kemseeseenecenee