The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 9, 1943, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Xey West :f Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. VOLUME LXIV. No. 34. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, . TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1943 Bervaldi Named Grarman Great Dissension Among | Members Relative - To Appointment On Com-, mittees County Commissioners J. Frank Reberts and Edward Gomez said tonay that Carl Bervaldi, in mak- \ | | | ing appointments on committees | last night, left thern ‘blank’, in| cther words, Mr. Gomez iacees. | ed, he and Mr. Reberts. though | commis- | | | Last night, when Mr. Gomez | | they are duly | elected sioners, are powerless to name a single county employe. Icoked at the list of committees, | he pointedly told Mr. Bervaldi teat he had deliberately “stack- ed” it, and this morning, in reit- ereting that charge Mr. Gomez' added that he would not be a bit surprised to learn that Commis- Maximo Valdez and W. A. Parrish. had held a sioners Bervaldi. caucus before the meeting to de- cide on the committee appoint- | ments. “Everything was dried”, Mr. committee, that the airport. Frank end I are outnumbered two to and “On cut Gomez said. every except concerning one, and. therefore. can be voted down when appointment of em- BURGLAR ENTERS "PEARLMAN'S HOME Bonds, MONEY FOUND IN TROUSERS STOLEN WAS NOT VERY MUCH SOLE IS SSE | ; A burglar broke into Joe Pearl-; CLAIMS LEND-LEASE man’s home last aight through a LAW HAS PROVED TO eee woe) sneaked into a ae BE VERY BENEFICIAL room and ran off with Mr. coal man’s trousers. {By Annoctated Prem) | The burglar awakened Mrs. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.— {Pearlman, who sprang out of The Lend-Lezse Law. Secre- (bed instantly but, she said to-' roid Seth Keowee ;day, he disappeared out of the | culable benefit to the Alliea | Hous like a “flash. She added | Nations in the use of mer- | that she had not seen such quick- chantmen end wershins, ‘ness in all her life, in the man’s! To. Give.an :idenet eed | funning down the stdirs and es-| de Aa Tarasinitins of the |caPing throush the front door. . In money, the loss was not much, ! bill, he jsaid that 285 cargo | Me shipsiand ‘trensverts had been ! but in the pockets of his trous- | ers Mr. Pearlman had his keys; loaned to the enemy. and had and some valuable papers. been used efficiently in pro- The burglary was reported to moting the Allied war-effort. 4 4 : F He said also that 245 Allied the sheriff's office, and an investi- werships had been repaired, under Lend-Lease arrange- ments, and that the ships included battleships. light and heevy cruisers end air- * plane carriers. COD IMDS SB gy Powiman was PLANNING TRIP TO MAINLAND SECTION TAX ASSESSOR AND ASSIST- said he had very little money in ANT TO MAKE CHECK OF NEW BUILDINGS Assessor Claude his ‘ assistant, J. will leave Key County Tax Gandolfo and Frank Roberts | West on February 18 to visit the uses electric bulbs as.a source of} {mainland part of Monroe county peat has been developed at the for the purpose of ascertaining the extent of new buildings that have been constructed there since last year. gation is being made. Mrs. Pearlman stated that of! two things she feels sure: that the man was young, or hé could not have disappeared so quickly, and that he was bent on stealing mon- ey only. In the darkness, Mrs. unable to see whether the burglar was white or; black. This is the second theft of trousers recently in Key West. A few weeks ago, the trousers of J. Markovitz, Center and Division streets, were stolen. He had $180 in his pocket, but Mt. Pearlman his trousers. ENGINEERS DEVELOP NEW CHICK BROODER | (By Asnocinted Prensa) COLUMBUS, O,, Feb. 9. — A rractical chick brooder which} Ohio Experiment Station. Few critical materials are required for its construction and it can be made at home at a moderate cost, HE changing pace of wage-earner income and treasury bond sales during America’s transition from peace to war is shown Estimates are from the Treasury and Commerce Departments. i xcludes corporate savings, social security pay- ments and some other minor accounts In Fighting Over Tunisia (My Associated Presa) ALGIERS. Feb. Nazi planes were destroyed y terday in dogfighting over Tu- Plane. | | nisia compared with a loss of five! 9.—Eighteen bombs were dropped .on objec- eg. {tives that had been. decided. on, without the ‘loss of a’ single Other Allied flyers pounded Messina, in Sicily, and’ did great Jap Forees Evaouate Germans Are Reported _ In Headlong Retreat {ly Amnociated Press) | MOSCOW, Feb. 9.—With Kurst. of Rostov. is also fleeing ct the northern sector of the + Toward Dnieper River PRICE FIVE CENT: From Four To Six Thousand Enemy Troops Wiped Out During Battes Reporied That Units Of Nipponese In Lower Sel- omons Now Facing Anni- hilation (By Anmoctan WASHINGTON, Feb. $.—A To- press) the | kyo broadcast. recorded by The !present active 450-mile front hav- ing fallen yesterday. with Khar- thunder of the Russians’ heavy Russie, the Nazis in that entire thectre, todey’s communique is sued here states. are in headlong lretreat toward the Dnieper River, 200 miles to the west. A Turkisn radio breadcast, heerd here. esseried that the Ger- mans. except for suicide squads, left behind to fight delaving ac- zbandoned Rostov and afe fleeing to the Dnieper southwest of Stalino. tions, have Voroshilovgred, 94 miles north kov, a little more than 100 miles | further south. now heering the i guns, and the Reds entering Ros- 1 tov, the Germans’ ‘main base in| |might of Russian arms and is 0D) Assccisted Press, admitted that the point of fallinc. the | seid. Teport! japanese forces had evacuated Ht. mb place in the ention) o.scicemel, in the Steen Ie theateh(macceding to the. Om 1a on, 20 Bais on Mew Geleen: The report was confirmed by Secretary of the Navy Frank zim seems to be to reach ? 23, Gun 8 one entrencked positions west of the|.. i. shourand Jens on Guadal- \canel either had been killed. cap- | The victorious Russian army in|s.:eq or evacusted in the vo weeks. wing south by west in an at. | Secretary Knox further stated jtempt to encircle a lerce enemy that @ force of Jans is cut off on | crmy between that city and Khar-|the lower Solomon Islends and In the fighting at the lat- | cither will be annihileted munigue. are the Nazis making | |a determined stand. Their chief | Dneiper. lat /Kurst, after a short rest. i | kov. or ' . ‘ter citv. the Russians. eccording | @riven into the sea. to the communique. cevtured 12/ The naval engagement that i j a anes 3 villages and vert wPsartifies of oe bi besides destroying 84 field pre Baek - 3 been nothing more Mr. Knox of the guns. expleined. tran a feint In listing new construction in thus helping to meet the poultry |for the Allies. the official state- | damage there, the report said, A} — —- __ Paes = . — plcyes is to be made. Incidental- ly. there are no appointments to be ‘made by the airport commit- tee.” J. Frank Roberts, who was ap- pointed chairman of the finance committee, said today that he had refused to serve in that ca; pacity, though he will continue on the committee. “I like fairness,” Mr. Gcmez said today, “and I don't think there’s anybody who relishes be- ing treated line step-children. I showed them last night that I could be fair, and that I enter- tain enmity against nobody. knew that Julius Stone had the backing of the three commission- ers who are agai us, and knew he had the backing too of the man, on the outside, scems to have a great deal to do with how the tions. But that did any difference to me. I con- scientiously believe Mr. Stone has made us a good county at- terney, and so I nominated him for that office. I may add that, when the present complexion of the county commission is chang- ed by the return of Harry L. Harris, I still would vote for Mr. Stone, regardless of my friendly not make feeling teward the majority as it) then will exist.” Continuing, Mr Gomez adde “Bervaldi, by his appointment last night, virtually turned the county over to Valdez and forced Frank and me to eat crow. But that’s okay with me; it won't al- 's be thus.” 1 Bervaldi was named chair- man of the commission, and J. Frank Roberts temporary chair- man. All salaries and bills were order wha; commission func- | | the county, outside of Key West, Mr. Gandolfo explained, he is obliged to search for new houses, as no building permits in the county are issued outside of Key West. | will visit Pine Crest and the so- { called pil-field territory in that section. From Pine Crest they | will proceed to Flamingo, and | from there will go to Key Largo | to make their rounds of the three | villages on that island They will then come southward stopping on each inhabited island {to note the buildings that hav | been erected since they visited the | upper keys a year ago. LUCIANO GONZALEZ IS MADE CORPORAL TAiciano Gonzalez, son of Luis Gonzalez, St. Key n promoted from the rank of private first class it was announced to- 'day by his commanding officer at {the Army Air Forces Basic Fly- ing School. Newnort, Arkansas. | Cpl. Gonzalez joined the Army Air Forces in January, 1941, and | helps keep ’em flying now as air- j; plane maintenance man at the Newport field.a basic flying school st Army Air | of the vast South | Forces Training ter, where American and British aviation cadets win their wing | | | A HEATED GAME | Seen | (By Associated Prev) ‘ PONCA CITY, Okla., Feb. 9.— Talk about conserving fuel— | J. B. Appling returned to his home in a recent cold snap to farm equinment shortage, .I. P.j Blauser, Ohio State University | agricultural engineer, says. lennounced today. The brooder, either 4 feet square | 4 . or 4 x 6 feet. will brood 250 or}; While the — fighting i from 250 to 350 chicks. No thermo-j progress, Ameriean heavy bomh- ment form Allied headquarters was in ing dependent upon manual mani- | .; a na cat pulation:by the opsratdr big gfoudl ee on enemy pees ioe ‘oying or pressed wood is empldyed in FU emplacements and ammuni-} construction, and the top must be {tion dumps and badly pocking an insulated. The device is both time jenemy airfield near Tunis. and labor saving, Blauser says. Meanwhile, Flying Fortresses Lae ees jearried out a heavy raid on Bi- zerte. There was little enemy CAMP SHOW SKITS lopposition to the Fortresses, and OFFERED SERVICE MEN ~~ : Steen |VALDEZ FUNERAL (Re ssocinted Prensa) ! NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—Georgia| HERE TCMORROW Sothern, musical comedy dancer Sei y and comedienne, has set herself! Funeral services for Mrs. Pe- up as a one-woman committee trona Valdez, 56, who died Fri- to see that service men who want#day night, will be held tomorrow to put on their own camp shows |@fternoon at 5 oclock from the have adequate material. ¥ehapel of the Lopez Funeral She has compiled a booklet of Home. sketches and comedy hits which} Guillermo Perez, of the Cuban need a minimum of stage direc- |Methodist Church, will officiate. | tion, lighting and costumes. Survivors are a brother, Emig-! Service men who write her in|}dio Valdes, and a nephew, La-' care of the Music Box Theater, |2aro Valdez. New York, obtain the material} = free. TSS STIS SSM. START DRIVE FOR |WEATHER REPORT EMERGENCY KITS) DURING JANUARY H pRB Be, aes With the shipment of 13 special] __ The following is the meteo- ; portable emergency kits to the! Tological summary cf wea- .U. S. Submarine Chaser Training| ther for Key West covering Center in Miami, Fla., the Medical} the month of January as is- ‘and Surgical Relief Committee of| sued by G. S. Kennedy. me- America, 420 Lexington Avenue,! teorologist. in charge. at the |New York, N. Y¥., announces the| lecal office of the United | start of a drive for $25,000 to fur- | States Weather Bureau: ‘nish similar kits to 1,000 subma-| | The meximum tempera- |rine chasers in the U.S, Navy. | ture was 84 on the 19th, with According to Mrs. Huttleston| @ minimum of 60 on the llth, “ Rogers, executive chairman, the} While the precipitation was ed paid, and County Clerk. Ross find his wife entertaining at aft-| kits_were designed to meet the Saw said today that checks will be ready for distribution after lunch tomorrow. ! —the only warm room--in house. the! surgical equipment which can be 1 ernoon bridge in the bathroom! growing demand for medical and| month, -71 inches for the entire the wind was from the north- The following committees were | appointed: | Buildings and grounds, Valdez, | chairman; Parrish and Roberts. Finance, Roberts, chairman; Go- mez and Valdez. Airport Gomez, chairman; Rob- erts and Parrish. Boulevard and _ roads, Parrish, | chairman; Valdez and Roberts. | County home and public char- ity, Valdez, chairman; Parrish and Gomez. The commissioners decided to hold meetings on the. first and second Tuesday in each month. Last night’s meeting was recessed till next Tuesday. ! | | | | | {used on submarine chasers which | | are not ordinarily staffed ty medi-j eal officers. All:kits furnished by ; the Committee will be sent to the OCEAN VIEW RESTAURANT iss" eae | tribution to submarine chasers op- 520 United Street Key West crating in combat areas. SERVED DAILY; i ee is bees Pg seb 30 from ; first aid items ine! a tourni- SPECIAL 12 to 10 ct quet, stainless steel forceps, burn 35¢ 60¢ | ointment, Sulfataiazole ointment! baeriet ane ae 25 ‘for treating skin infections arid omplete c 65 to 1 The Finest Quality Foods, Prop- | Sulfanilamide powder for the pre-| DINNER jvention of infection to open erly Cooked and Served in a Pleasing Manner } wounds. Space limitations _onj aAI W eest, the highest velocity be- ing 29 miles on the 28th. from the west. There were 17 clear days. three cloudy end 11 partly cloudy during the period. 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PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS Phone 199 Free Delivery Service Duval ‘and Fleming Sts. Key West, Florida stated | LATE BULLETINS (By Aasuciated Press) TURKS MANIFEST ALLIED TRENDS LONDON.—The Turks have not only refused to mince words, since Churchill's visit there, in reporting German reverses in Russie, but a broadcaster, speaking from Ankara today. rela'ed in a triumphant | tone, the precipitous manner in which the Germans are fleeing from Rostov. He went even farther than the Mostow communique did about ) the fighting in the environs of that city. stating that the Germans had | left only a comparatively small number of their forces to fight delaying actions. ° SIX MEN SAVED FROM PLANE | |. MIAMI—Coast Guard and other boats quick}y/ypicked up six | men from a plane that had crashed in the Gulf Stream, 10 miles east | of the Hillsborough lighthouse. The seventh member of | was missing. v i ee | POUNDING OF JAPS AT RANGOON CHUNGKING.—Jap bases on Rangoon were subjected yester- day to the most devastating raids yet made on them by American flyers, an official report stated today. An airfield, ammunition dump and a long string of barracks were struck by bombs, which started large fires that could be seen for many miles away. | BAD WEATHER HALTS EIGHTH ARMY | CAIRO,—General Montgomery's Eighth Army has done little | fighting in the last 48 hours because of inclement weather. Just where | the bulk of the army is at present. has not been officially reported. | but it is thought to be in or near Tunisia. | | SSS ere EN. { “WAR AGAINST INFLATION” WASHINGTON.—Stabilization Director Byrnes will speak over | the radio tonight, beginning at 10 o'clock, on the subject, “War Against Inflation.” It was said here that despite the efforts of the ; government, prices of foodstuffs are gradually rising. It is believed that | the OPA will request the President to clamp down on the uptrend in prices of commodities. PROPOSED NEW LABOR BILL WASHINGTON.—A ss in essential wer work is being prepared and will be in congress. | It provides for the drafting of men from 18 to 65 in war work, under ! i 1 | bes of congress said they believed that it is too early to introduce such a bill, and McNutt himself said he was against such a measure at this time. — E24 RUBBER TO RECAP TIRES 4 WASHINGTON.—William Jeffers, head of the rubber conserva- tion committee, said today there is sufficient reclaimed rubber in this country to recap the treads on all tires in need of such treatment. He | Seer but aommey pee added. however, that that did not mean that motorists could indulge evacuate Japenese troous from Guadalcenal under cover of darkness. That wes ail he said about the supposed b=t- fle, concerring which he steted Irst week thet both sides hed suffered “some losses”. The Japs have anothe base in the Stiomon ville, Ish jected te encmy to active in the theater ago. The field « Japs bau ix mont d and Munda ai Guinea the crew! sequently, scored « resulting in that « ing into Allied hands, are ame the most important that he taken place in the Southwest I cific. The enemy's occupane Guadalcanal was a dis‘inct t he asserted, to the lifeline betw the United States and Austra’ With that island now in posses Knox conelue is no longer any threat t lies’ communication Australia to the United Stat The Tokyo radio made a ment for home consumptior the evacuation of Guada thet military circles here s similar to those made by propagandists in trying to away defeat. The racic t c er in Tokyo, after telfing al the evacuation, added “We withdrew from Buns Guadalcanal after having acc Plished our miibsions: at “th: places.” line from | the direction of Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt. Some mem. | BLANCHARD, Okla. Feb. 9 —Bill Youkum's cat got into t habit of sleping with the chick ens. Yoakum didn't exactly dis ;trust the cat, but he thought jwise to take precautions. He ‘fastened the door. Don't ask him how the cat ¢ it, but early next morning there it wes back, parked comfort- lably between two fat