The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 3, 1943, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Xey West Pat THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. VOR ee Sle has LXIV.. No. 29. Council. Settles Issue: Votes: ies Witizen S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, BLORIV A EESDAY, FEBRUARY 38, 1943 rat To Purchase Trucks 10 Operate Servic SEIVIGE Trucks Now Being Used To! Remain In Service Until) New Equipment Arrives| Here The City Council at its regular | meeting last, night finally reach- | ed a decision in settlement of the Purchase of seven new. Interna-! tional trucks from the East cont Equipment Company to be op-} erated by the city. i The council also decided to! keep the five trucks now being| used by the city in operation, | with two more to be placed in| service at once to maintain the service until the arrival of the/ new trucks. On roll call. Councilmen Paul! G. Albury, John Carbonell, Jr.,| Leonard B. Grillon and Gerald | Saunders voted for the motion | to purchase the trucks. while Councilmen J. Glenwood Sweet- ing and William A, Freeman, council president. voted against buying the -tracks, It was decided to place Chief Sanitary Inspector Millard B. Gibson in charge of the service, assisted by Raymond Delgado, assistant inspector, to supervisé trucks collecting trash and garbage, be- the operation of the in ginning at once. The city will start making col- lections for the service immedi- etely, with the same charge of $1.00 per month from each resi- dence, the same 2s was charged by the private contractor. while business | restaurants and other Pleces will be charged according | to the amount of trash and garb- | age handled at these places. Final details will be et a meeting to be held tonight | by the council in conformity to outlined | the ordinance adopted in connec- tion with the service. There were two proposals sub- mitted at the meeting last night frcm individuals for operating tre service. neither of which were considered reasonable. One was from Jesus Caraballo, | former operator of the service. end the other from a Miami con- cern. Neither of the two made eny offer to take over and op-| exete the service entirely. which wes what the council desired in requesting that proposals be sub- mitted, in order that the service cculd be carried on without any | assistance from the city. the same zs has been the case with all oth- er vzivate contractors in the past. During the discussion on the (Continued on Page Six) | A EST SI ES GENERATOR and STARTER REPAIRS | | aa SS SS STB. DEFENDS MEN IN MERCHANT MARINE (By ay Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.— Neither glory, romance, or glamor attaches to the call- ing ¢f the men of the United States Merchant Marine in these war-weery days, but they encounter great dangers and,give up their lives in their devoticn to their duties, ‘were remarks. included in a discussion of them here to- day. “They are loyal and effi- cient,” Elmer Devis. chief of the bureau of war informa- tion, declared, in resenting a statement that cast a reflec- tion on their courage. After extolling the men in the Merchent Marine. Mr. Da- vis steted that. since this country’s entrance into the war. 3.200 of them have lost their lives when ships they were on were torpedoed and sunk by enemy submarines. | | | | { garbage question by ordering the} 2 a” oF 8 oF SP OF Se SCAMMON CASE WAS DISMISSED | PEACE JUSTICE SAID EVI- | DENCE OF EMBEZZLEMENT COULD NOT BE FOUND M. C. Seammon was given a hearing yesterday afternoon be- fore Justice of the Peace Raul Carbonell on a charge of em- bezzlement. The complainant, in his sworn statement, said he had left. a watch with Scammon to be repaired, and that he had said he lost-it in the mails. Scammon testified that he had offered:to pay the complainant $5 for the watch, but the latter as- serted the watch had cost him $22.50. Justice Carbonell said that the evidence showed there was no ground of intent to commit em- bezzlement, and dismissed the case on Scammon’s offering to give the complainant $5. The of- fer was refused, and the com- plainant said he would not make a settlement until he had talked to County Judge Raymond R. Lord on his return to Key West from the convention of Florida county judges, now being held in Jacksonville. iA LADY RAVED over a CRABAPPLE We Always Use in Garnishing our PIECES of Golden Fried CHICKEN in a NEST of FRENCH FRIES with with Cream Gravy TOAST - COFFEE x TEA $125 ITISA DELICIOUS ‘Try It Your Fink]: Opportunity “ SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY INCORPORATED Prescription Druggists PHONE 189 Duval and Fleming Sts. | | | | | action they knocked out 22 enemy ; tanks and captured more than 1,- | AP Features N 1937 President Roosevelt sub- mitted to Congress his plan to enlarge the Supreme Court. The plan was de- { feated, but six years later, all but / two of the justices in 1937 have been © replaced. The 2 average age has drop, almost 16 years—from 712/9 years in 1937 to 557/9 years today. Since 1937 President Roosevelt has ap- pointed eight jus- tices to the Court, including James F. Byrnes, who later resigned, and the most recent ad- dition, Wiley Rut- ‘edge. Below each victure is position tie justices held be’ore their ap- pointments. 74 nor « VAN DEVANTER, 77 McREYNOLDS, 75 Circuit ies Atty. Gen. BLACK, 56° Senator STONE, 70 Atty. Gen. ROBERTS, 67 lawyer BRANDEIS, 80 lawyer SUTHERLAND, 74 Senator REED, 58 Solic,Gen. FRANKFURTER, 60 law Prof. High pout Bdercies, 16 3 Years Younger In 6 > Years BUTLER, 70 Lawyer STONE, 64 Atty. Gen, ROBERTS, 61 N.Y. Judge DOUGLAS, 44 S.E.C. Chrmn. MURPHY, 49 Atty. Gen. JACKSON, 50 Solic.Gen. iieae Russian Armies: Are Now Converging On Rostov (By Axnociated Press) - i MOSCOW, Feb. 3—Three Rus- gradually beating back the Ger-! sian ermies are converging on Mans and their allied troops, who lare engaged in rearguard action. Restov. the Germans’ main base | | The other armies are driving lin Russia. today’s Russian com- jtoward Rostov from the northeast jand the southeast. During last night's fighting in the latter Itjaaded that baceyse set ote -veay i000 Asis’ troons are 1 ‘edvances of the Russians toward ported fo haye been captured and much booty was seized in a vil- lage that had been hastily aban- meking a general retreat through- doned. munique announced. that kev citv, the Germans are sian arms was reported in the} ily streaming toward Rostbv in fighting in the Kharkov area. In} the! ithe last 24 hours 10 villages, two} of them large, have been captur-j{ report said, adding, that despite ed, and the Russians are advanc- | r ly they are on ie that fact many ‘thousands of Ger- seeker taming. the | mans and their seterlites are like- ‘German lines. Russian forces are now only 23} ly to be trepped. ;miles from Voroshilovgrad the; The Russian army east of Ros- report stated. Squadrons of Rus- sian planes, while raiding that city to “soften” its defenses, de-! stroyed 23 German planes, 22 of | them on. the: ground and one in the air. an ever-narrowing corridor, through H i tov is nearer to that city than either of the other two Russian forces in that theater of the war. It is but 32 miles away; ‘and’ is Americans ‘Tn Central Tiida Break Off Action With Enemy ’ (By Asdocinted Presa) {| ALGIERS, Feb. 3.—American, fought yesterday instead of Mon- forces in central. Tunisia have | day, as had been reported earlier. been forced to break off action The British first army is also with the enemy because of a forti-! engaged in an attack against the fied ridge, immediately «behind | Germans and Italians farther north which he is strongly entrenched. | in Tunisia. That battle was start- However, Allied headquarters | ed this morning and w; till con- here deny the German claim,:tinuing when last advises were broadcast from Berlin, that the received from the front. Americans were routed and lost; ___ 18 tanks in the battle. The action; , was voluntarily discontinued, the report added, till such time as Al- | lied artillery can be brought up to pound the Axis intrenched posi- tions. Farther south and east in Tuni-: sia, another American force met with signal success in a battle with the Germans and Italians. The Americans advanced slightly | more than a mile, and during the: | for GROWNUPS 000 prisoners. That MORE OFFICERS ARRIVE FOR DUTY Lieutenant Gg) _ Ge) William § P. Clark, Jr., USNR, arrived in Key West from the Jacksonville Naval Air Station during the past week for temporary duty .at the Naval | Operating Base Commissary Store. | ‘Other officers reporting were: Ensign Dean L. Williams, USNR, who will fill his first assignment | to active duty at the NOB, Dis bursing office. Boatswain Fred-? erick F. Seery, USN, who recently ; received his commission, will te- main on duty at the base. oe Machinist Carl B. Ditto, USN, ; was detached and proceeded for, | n assignment at the Boston be oe Yard. "PALACE THEATER SMITH OF MINNESOTA battle was i yond the reconnoitering |during which there had been sev-' ular tex be based on the 1941 basis, when the rates vere much !ower.| MAXIt“O V.LDEZ, RECENTLY \eral clashes, with some loss by ? ‘ 1each ' side. i“fantastic” claims that have been | and Secretary Knox replied with Bruce Smith (All-American KNOX SAYS JAPS- MAGNIFY PACIFIC | NAVAL BATTLE CLAIMS ACTIVITIES Pare NOT REACHED ANY GREAT PROPORTIONS UP TO PRES- ENT TIME , i (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Sec- LATE BULLETINS UBy Associated Press) WARNS AGAINST COMPLACENCY DARWIN.—Prime Minister Curtin, in an address be..re perlia ment today, warned the people of Australis agains: comple-ency in thinking that this country is safe from invasion or an ae’ te.apied in- vasion by the Japanese. He saic Australiars would Le focs not tc keep on the alert when it is known that tne Jars are massing forces for a concerted attack somewherae. possibly on Australia uerselffl ANOTHER RAID ON COLOGNE LONDON.—RAF bombers made another raid on Cologne .as* | night. The Air Ministry did not issue any inforration about the retary of the Navy Frank Knox, reporter why the navy had wait- | ed so long to say anything about | the neval battle now going on in: a the Southwest Pacific, in view of! ‘the fact that Tokyo broadcasts. ‘had meritioned it several dzys ago, replied. “The Jens are on} another fishing expedition.” Secretary Knox added that the battle had developed little be- stages, He stigmatized as made by the Japanese about the battle, claims, he declared, that are similar to those made by the ‘Japs in the battle of'Midway and elsewhere in the Pacific. He stated that Guadalcanal has now been pretty well cleared of the Japanese. At that point a re- porter mentioned a_ statement that had come out of Australia about the blind courage of the Japs who fought to the death, The (Continued on Page Six, A HUGE SELECTION! GORGEOUS NEW VALENTINES and KIDDIES Meny Especially for SERVICE MEN PRICED 2 for 5c to 50c ‘left this morning to begin his SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. number of raiders, how many, if any, were dest. -yed, or th extent cut the Ceucasus, They are aieae- | Even greater success for Rus- | when asked this morning by a. Of the damage they had caused. w EIGHTH ARMY IN KOT ENGAGEMENT CAIRO.—The British Eighth Army has overtaken ¢ column of Rormel’s Afrika Korps, 20 miles from the eastern border of Tuni- , and a terrific battle was in progress when news was receivod m, the front. Remmel is said to be directing his mer from some- where in Tunisia. a ANOTHER TAX PLAN SUGGESTED WASHINGTON.—Chairman Doughton of the house taxation | committee suggested today sti!] another plan in connection with the Proposed pay-as-you-earn tax measure, First, he advoctted that ast year’s taxes, on a quarterly kasis, be paid when they become duo on March 15, but that when payment falls due on June '5, by which time it is expected the pay-as-you-go plan may be adopted, the reg- The plan, according to experts, is worth “serious considera*!-n.” DECREASE IN FLORIDA'S BEVERAGE TAXES TALLAHASSEE.—The State Beverage Devartment repo-'ed today that the receipts from liquer taxation during last month were less than they were for the same month in 1942. However. it was! edded that the receipts of four and one-half million doiiars for the first seven months of the fiscal year are more than $1,009,000 in ox. cess of the sum collected in the first seven months of the 1941-"42 { fiscal vear. AUDI TOR’S R’S REPORT The followin ing is is the compiled by City ‘-igator Chas. |R. Roberts on tax collections fur {the month of Jecrary>———, {Current Taxe§: 2 Ad SG 2) Delinquent, Taxes AS |Interest on “Paxes ’ {Occupational Licenses {Penalties on Licenses Rear Admiral James L. Kauff-| Mctor Vehicle Lice:.ces ~ man, commander of the Gulf Sewer Service Fees Sea Frontier and commandant of | Street Paving and Side- the Seventh Naval District, has! walk Assessments been transferred to sea duty. He Bicycle Licenses Dog Licenses ADM. KAUFFMAN GETS TRANSFER COMMANDER OF GULF SEA FRONTIER GIVEN SEA DUTY Tt! 2 9 498 2 land 213.00 486.00 107.23 2.59 new assignment. Captain H. H. J. Benson, chief |_Total— ; f staff of the Seventh Navai|Fincs and Forfeitures : . | Building Permits District, will be acting comman-| diymbing Pe~ni.s the Gulf Sea frontier and Flectrical Permits - commandant of the dis-; aR Tee ES SETS | CORN WIDELY GPOWN 58,186.85 $1,691.59 18099 der of acting ict. EXTEND LIMITS ON 13.65 CHICAGO, — Corn is grown throughout the, world on more! j i sc ¢,aable clic seantiag range of or ly 14° Fahrenhe't | “| pointed by Governo report ; he 144.09 ' hi West, Florida, hes the ate in the with an average PRICE nave € CE atimbut:s Great Salinnzi To Cid Weether ia (Ry avwciated Frese) j; NEW YORK, Feb. 3—Accord- \> g to a Berlin srondcast. record- led by The 2--aciated Press. Hit- ler admitied tedey to the Ger- man petpis fe loss of his sixth army in thc icempt to take \Stalicgrad. He ako admitted tne capture o: Marshal Friedrics jvon Paulus. besides other high | officers in the Germany army. s.+ that the ‘oss ot the army hed been due to two factcrs: cvwerwhelming odds jtad €x.ceme cold weather. But the ennouncer, quoting Mitle:. aid thet the army had performed .urculean tasks in aic light ior Stalingrad, and thet |the defeat there had immeasur eb’y eic.d German soldiers fight- jing in other areas by keeping « \lerve . sam army engaged at | Stalingr-d. The broadcast COUNTY BOARD STILL UNABLE ‘0 FUNUTION |* APPOINTED MEMSER, HAS NOT RECTIVED HIS COM- MISSION AS YET Maximo V . who was ap- Holland i5, 3 not yet re- on. He added © been missent . a duplicate i is mot received short av Ju@ hechad 40 doin the case 2rether.a peintsnent,. said this for the Been withe “'a fanctioning go { otfiment 94 days "On the one iand, Carl Servaldi has reiysed tp consent to permanent organiza tion, and on the other J. Frank Rober.s and Edd ~ Gomez refuse ‘o consent to a te.nporary organi- | za.ion bases his stand cn * he feels a perm- ion should not be » entire five mem of the board have been corm- missioned. Mr. Robe take the pos and Mr. Gomez 1 that, under th law, a majec:ty can org: , Permanently, end that, shquid | change of chexmanship wish be made later om, it can be done | pager the sume law. Hence, witilé tliat Hifferenée TIRE INSPECTIONS hes See resdkes ones ot ced rchoniaice hap agus Ase-queevajion- ‘annual croy, ig-pbout five! billian bushels, SUOIDLIGG CAN VEW ESTE |520 United Street Key West SERVED [AILY) from 12 to lu p-m.| | SeEctal 36. €0e |= DANIA DeBOIE, Complee Be © ~} 25 The local Price and Rationing Board announces that the origin-; al limit for tire inspections has been extended by the OPA to} February 28 for holders of B and’ C bocks and March 31 for A’ books. The original deadline date for! these inspections was January 31. ets from organi ne bil's remai fins UG and éc aHty dipleyes Pa knot received their. salarigs,.Be- ' sides, the county is without reg: Mar janitr setvite, ‘and neithe: jjanit.r nor assistant janitor c be appointed until the commissic is organizei. There ar2 a good many othe { matters ti cannot be attended (Ccr*‘nued on Page Six) | | FOR SALE ents yh ermeed Lou Smith Auto Service | White at Fleming St. Phone No. § Opposite Army Barracks Prescription Druggists The te Gen Alterations and Fency Sewing Duval at Fleming Street Phone 198 Key West, Fiz. Served in a estiaasallinen ae | Prom ‘3, Post Office Build- ing, »etween 1 and 5 p. m. | Halfback) and Arline Judge News and Serial Key West, Florida |