The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 10, 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. 35. Che Key I THE SOUTHERNMOST NE Two. Jap Des Sunk; Several: Or Destroyed Damaged | : | Occupancy Of Guadalcan-|PA OP SP PIO S,| al And New Guinea Cost Tokyo Loss Of Seventy- Five Thousand Troops } (By Associated Preas) WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Two} Japenese. destroyers... have , been sunk and.tive athers.are believed}. to have gone down. in , recent fighting in the Southwest. Pa- cific in the vicinity of Guadal-| cana], the Navy reported in a communique issued today. \ The 1 among a flotilla of about 20 Jap! first sinking occurred destroyers that hed been sighted by an American scouting plane. Squadrnos of American plane: & short time afterward. bombed | the flotilla, sinking one. destroy-| ing and damaging three others! 80 severely they too are thought! to have gone to the bottom. | took place | in the sea off the central Solo-| That Jap flotilla was smaller than the first. One of, the definitely | sunk and two others are believed The secnd action mons, destroyers to have gone down, In each| {rovers iS FAVORS CONTINUANCE OF DIES COMMITTEE | (My. Ansoeinted Pres) WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.— The life of the Dies commit- tee will be lengthened, ac- cording to a statement made today by Representative Cox of Georgia. He declared :that, despite the expressed opposition to the Dies committee in some quarters, it has performed much work thet has been beneficial to the government. Cox will introduce a resolu- tion in the House to continue the committee for another two years. He added that he is sure the resolution will be adopted, and predicted that. out of the 435 members of the Houst. 330 to 340 will support his measure. CHL LF DF SSS | BURGLARS STILL OPERATING HERE LATEST ROBBERY WAS RE- PORTED AT BURNS’ RESIDENCE Burglary and atiempted burg | lary are still going on in Key We: and some residents are becoming } jittery because, none of the cul- prits have yet been apprehended. ! Mrs, Ray W. Burns, formerly Miss Mercedes Avila, wife of | Lieutenant Commander Burns, re- broke into room and ports that a burglar her home, entered her stole her handbag. SAUNDERS WILL REPRESENT CITY | AT PALM BEACH CHAIRMAN OF WELFARE COMMITTEE WILL ATTEND MEETING OF STATE OR- GANIZATION Gerald Saunders, chairman of} the Welfare Committee in Key) }West, will represent this city atj ja meeting of the State (Gee |Board to be held tomorrow in! West Palm Beach. Mr. Saunders will proceed toj ithat city immediately after hi conclusion of a business deal in j Miami. | Senators and representative: jand chairmen of county commis. sions from all-over the state have } jbeen invited to be present at the {meeting, at which will be dis-} jcussed several proposed legisla- itive acts to promote the interests tof the old-age pension fund and} ithe child welfare work that is} ‘being done throughout Florida. The meeting will be opened by | Leland Hiatt, chairman of the} State Welfare Board, who will request senators, representatives and chairmen of county commis- sions to express their views re-; pearuue proposed legislation. Hest SPAPER IN. THE, U. Citizen KEY WES WEST, FLORIDA, \ FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1943 Pup Tent, New Style WHEN quadruplets arrived in the life of ‘Mrs Gl it reall: cated matters fer Commany C, Second Quartermaster | training regiment, Fort F. E. Warren, Wyo., whose mascot she is. But the problem of maternity guarters finally was solved successfully, as pictured. Described as “chowhands, | four legged variety,” the quads fit into the mess kit of First | Sgt. William Dunn. PARTICULARS ON SHOE RATIONING \FACTS MADE KNOWN TODAY | | BY BOARD CHAIRMAN B. L, GROOMS B. L. Grooms, chairman of the} }|Monrce County Rationing Board, |has received the following par-| ticulars about the rationing of} shoes: Unused. shoes made in whole cr in part of leather or with rub- ber soles except waterproof rub- ber footwear, soft and hard soled house and boudoir slippers,’ soft soled infant shoes LATE BULLETIN S (By Associated Presa) GERMANS RETREATING FROM CAUCASUS LONDON.—A Berlin radio report, recorded at the British Broad- casting Corporation station. said that the Gemans and their Allies are retreating from all parts of the Caucasus, except a narrow strip south- west of Rostov. Military circles here agree with the opinion of the; Russian high command that the Germans will continue their retreat | until they have gone beyond the Pneiper, HITLER IN POLAND LONDON.—What is considered here to be reliable information is the report that. conditions in’Rostov have become so “hot,” Adolph Hitler has abandoned his headquarters there and is now stationed at | a point 30 miles within the border of Poland. FREEZING WEATHER IN NORTH AFRICA Nine Axis Planes Destroyed | In Fighting Around Bizerte {By Associated Press) 10.—Allied ; the latter city, seven Axis planes were blown up on the ground and shortest | a large ammunition dump was ex- jcommunique today since action | | ploded. i | Enemy fighte: lanes took to |wes started in North Africa: a on | ALGIERS. j headquarters issued its Feb. ‘the air to try to beat back the “Nothing to report in Tunisia” | American bombers, but Lockheed | Lightnings engaged the Axis That statement referred only to! fighters and stopped them from ;ground action because Allied) reaching the bombers. Two Axis planes have continued to bomb | fighters were shot down, {enemy position¢ and military ob-| Allied planes returned jectives in Tunis and Bizerte. In| their hgses. safely to =|Boy Scouts To Take ‘Over City Administration Friday The administration of the city | Senior Patrol Leader George Hol- of Key West will be taken over’ pen will be guests of local Ro- next Friday afternoon from 4 to! 5 o'clock by membets-of Troop 58, | 27ane 2* thet \Boy Scouts of America, of which | jRay Atwell is scoutmaster and ‘the Rotary Club is the sponsor. All the offices of the adminis. ‘tration will be filled by Scouts. jThat is one of the events that {will be held locally in observ-j jance of the thirty-third anniver-| sary of the organization of Boy | Scouts in the United States. i Boy Scout Week in Key West! j began last Saturday when mem-| ‘bers of Trcop 52 went on a hike. | {On Sunday they attended serv- jices in the First. Methodist | luncheon; also tomorrow, Scovtmaster Atwell will talk on Scouting in the high {school auditarium, and at 7:30 of Troop 52 and also the troop of (Continued on Page Six) ATTENTION o'clock Friday evening, members | days colored Scouts in Key West will! | 1 PRICE PIVECEM! CENT: ‘Kharkov, Important Nazi Base, - Expected To Fall nto Russian ~ Hands Within Very Short Time leas a Of Moteriz- ed Red Troops Are Roll- ing Toward Objective Point (By Ansoriated Press) MOSCOW, Feb. 10.—Four col- ,umas cf Russian motorized troops. preceded by curtains af lcng-renge artillery fire. are roll- but all! , ing toward the important Ger- men base at Kharicov. little more than 100 miles south of Kurst. which the Reds recaptured on Sundey. According to todays communi- que. the Reds are meeting with little opposition. aside from de laying actions. and it was de clared thet the city will fall in- to Russian hends in the next few Russians are now fighting : (Continued on Page Six case, the American pilots. having) The noise the burgla: and _ballet| | awakened her, and her dropped all their bombs, started helpdsightened him aw ALGIERS.—An icy rain is falling in North Africa and has}Church; Monday, they sold war brought ground fighting to a standstill. American soldiers epxressed | bonds and stamps; ‘Tuesday eve- surprise that the weather ever became freezing in North Africa, but |Ning, at a meeting in City Hall, made slippers are rationed, beginning 3 PM. EWT, Sunday, February! , 1943. All Motor their return trip to their bases/ ly thereafter, it was ¢ Y | that the burglar had fastened her brother’s bedroom door with wire, so that he would not be able to get out of his room immediately, in the event there was any dis- It cost Tokyo more than 75,000} turbance. The burglary men killed in the occupancy of | the sheriff's offi Guedelcanal and New Guinea, has yet been made. ; An attempt to break into the and more than 150.000 in‘ home of a county official has al warships in trying to protect the | So been and could not riote what had hap- Fened to the other destroyers that were left on fire. was reported to but no arrest tons reported. The officia wife heard somebody trying to break open a window, and her ‘cries for help frightened him] away. Later, under the window, a soldier’: kull cap was found, | and it was shown to officer rs in the | | barracks, who wrote | identification number of the cap | for the purpose of making an in- vestigation. .* j as ~~" SOME HANG-OUT N. C.—When the Jap forces on those two islands. | In addition, the Japs lost a vast of all emount of kinds. eauipment LUCKY FORGETTOR aS x MONTOO NERA, Gta., Fah 99 Wihile their plane was flying at} 3,500 feet, Aviation Gadet Walter | D. Greenman, ‘of Rochester, N. Y tumbled out — he had forgotten t to fasten his safety belt. Lucki dentally in a warehouse, he pi chuted to safety while his; pair of salvaged _ silk instructor took over and brought! stockings were drenched. in the plane. i had to be hung up to dry. 1,000,000 and nylon! They =~ Mestiepier in, Meke-of- by Helena Rubinstein Use these, four famous make-up essentials to paitit's portraitof YOU that is perfect and lovely in every detail. ' Helena Rubinstein Lipsticks... Glorious colors, lustrous texture, freshness. Te & Cou Make-up Flim fer as \¢ lasting 1.00, 1.50. Exquisite foundation to keep your make-up flawless. 1.00, 1.50. Helena Rubinstein Face Powder siya’ iio, 130350, S186 manne SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGESTS FREE DELIVERY SERVICE Duval at Fleming Street Phone 199 Waterproof Mascara ... Makes lashes look longer, os Key West, Fla. down the; m went off acci-| “Consumers may not buy ra- tioned shoes thereafter until Tuesday, February 9, 1943; be- ginning then consumers must resent and the trade must col- jlect Stamp Number 17 from War |Ration Book One. This stamp is good for one} pair of any kind of rationed shoes | through e 15, 1943, and is, transferable between members of a family living in the same ” | household. “Until further notice, dealers! may buy shoes, without giving | ; stamps, but will owe ration cur-} lreney for all such purchases and | |must keep all stamps and certif- ; licates collected. | | “If a consumer has no ‘stamp; jhe can use and can prove hard- | ship if unable to buy a pair of shoes. | sugar |valid for one pair of shoes. | | “That is all the Boards have | to do now. Full details of how | ie make a sugar purchase certif- ate valid for a pair of shoes jhave been mailed to Local Board | jfrom Washington. “Boards should ‘hot issue shoe rationing certificates until after| |receipt of full instructions except | ;in case of dire emergencies, a: every consumer has a Stamp 1 | “If any local dealers fail to} comply, warn them immediately | lto stop selling during freeze pe-| iriod and if you have further} ‘trouble, call the State Office.” Tie eT Ia aa S| |CLAIMS PROPOSED | TAX ON BACHELORS | UNCONSTITUTIONAL | | WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.— (By Associated Press) i { } : | Ne jIt is feered that \fire that |here early this morning, entaifing | a loss of $2,000,000. jand checking up of them, as they hospitals in nearby \ |still continuing this afternoon. jfive or six patients lost their lives that condition exists here today. with a continuous downpour of chilling rain. EIGHTH ARMY PATROLING BORDER CAIRO.—General Bernard Montgomery‘s Eighth Army is pa- troling the border between Libyia and Tunisia. it was reported today. | No statement has been issued for a week of any pitched battle be- tween Montgomery's and Rommel’s men. The fighting has been con: fined to occasional clashes between vatrols. SELF-REGIMENTATION OF LABOR WASHINGTON.—Stabilization Control Administrator Byrnes) ssid today that the enlistment of labor in essential war work would | be in the nature of self-regimentation, Hie added, however. that if a government's orders are not complied with voluntarily. thev will be} enforced by ee agencies. FREEZING ‘LABOR AND LIVING COSTS WASHINGTON.—It was officially announced today. in connec- Local Boards may issue a} tion with the pegging of wages and living costs, that the prices of | had come to. town in connection purchase certificate made} commodities in some instances may be decreased by governmental | | with the appointment of an as- action. Some necessities of life. it was declared. have gone far beyond | the bounds of the prices for othér-necessities. OIL BEGINS TO FLOW JACKSONVILLE.—A pipeline for oil was tested here today and ; was found to be in good condition. It was built between this city and | Carabelle, 199 miles away, at & cost of $3,500,000, Fire Destroys ‘Hospital In Evansville, Indiana; Loss aa Placed At $2,000,000. (By Associated Press) ‘ia. QUEZON TAKES EVANSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 10.—/ there might | have been some loss of life in a’ SILVER SPRINGS, Feb.’ destroyed a hospital the Japanese, Mrs. Aurora Quezon, ! wife of President Manuel Quezon lof the Philippines, arrived in Florida last week and has taken up residence at Silver Springs for ‘an indefinite period. She was accompanied by her daughter, Miss Zonaida Quezon. PALACE THEATER | LEO CARRILLO in NEWS and SERIAL Twelve hundred patients were in the hospital, and the listing! were being transferred to other cities, was It was stated that possibly but that the exact number will, not be known until the checking: up has been’ completed. UP HOME IN FLORIDA | (ENS)—Her home in the hands es then Thomas Street mov-! they elected city office today, {more bonds and stamps are being |sold; tomorrow, three of them, ‘Scoutmaster Atwell, Assistant loess Archer Potter and MILLEDGE PAYS _— Wisi To Ty STATE ATTORNEY-ELECT was, | HERE TO ATTEND TO LEGAL MATTERS State Attorney-elect Stanley i | Milledge was in Key West « couple {of hours yesterday. | It was noised around in county | official circles that Mr. Milledge 4 as follows: | sistant in Monroe county, but such ; was not the case. He came here jsolely, he | stated, in connection | | with legal matters in which he is} | concerned. Before leaving, Mr. Milledge said | he would be back in Key West at} ‘a later date at which time his visit | would be longer than the one he | made yesterday. ucts handled by us, EXCEPT: | | HOT SPARROW | | GREAT FALLS, Mont.—When Mrs. Wallace Olson opened her | joven door to put in a roast, a | sparrow hopped out, ruffled its feathers and flew out the back} | door. | | NOTICE classifications: ‘sive use. Albury's Service end eas Street j a3 re S "gSsclad ts Duval and Division Sts. Cities Service Station ; For the information of the| 9, |General Public, Fleming Street moving Westerly to Thomas | ting Sovth to Southard Street, has ibeen made ONE-WAY, with park- | jing only on one side of said, ‘streets. Watch your street signs; land be governed accordingly. i WILLARD M. ALBURY, | i Mayor, City of Key West, | White and Catherine Sts. Florida. feb10- - ie’s Service Stats i Division and White Sts. i ' HYDRAULIC BRAKE $07 Southard Street SPECIALISTS Let Us Check Your Brakes — eee Smith Auto Service, i Car Owners . We the undersigned Service Stations respectfully call the attention of our Customers to a new Government Order by the Peircleum Administrator for War EFFECTIVE AS OF FEBRUARY Ist 1943 No Credit Sales can be made by or through any retail outlet; this Government Order prohibits the grant- ing or accepting of credit in connection with the sale of Motor Fuel or Petroleum Prod- for use in any cf the three following (1)—Vehicles displaying “T” ration card sticker and using “T” Coupons. (2)—For use in motor boats used for com- mercial purposes. (3)—Government a for their exclu- Gulf Pride Service Statioa Division at Simonton Division and Francis Sts. L. Machin Service Station Fleming and Grimnell St. s ton 2 Servi Simonton and Greene Sts.