The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 13, 1943, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and Wide World For 63, Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Xey West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. Key West, Florida, his tac most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only’ 14° Fahrent .*t S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, -SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1943 PRICE FIVECENT: VOLUME LXIV. No. 38. Public. Healtit Service, Approves Construction” Of Key West Hospital Si ites Cannon ‘QUESTION 1 1S "States That Matter Is WAS ROMMEL Turned Over To Federal | CAPTURED? Works Engineers |MILITARY CIRCLES ARE ca Public aBLE TO ANSWER THIS | according to 2) OwING TO LACK OF CON.| PY FIRMATION Maycr Willard M,) Albury from} Representative Pat Cannon, has} the United Heclth Service, The States letter received. yesterday (By Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 13.—Was Mar- who led the epproved construction of | the proposed hospital for West, The regional office of Federal Key shal Erwin Remme!. Axis forces to El Alemein’ after inflicting a series of severe de-| Works Agency, in Atlanta, hav- feats on the British Eighth Army, ing approved a loen for the ond six weeks later was started erection of the hospital, it was on the run toward Trivoli cav- necessery for it to receive fav- tured bv the British Lanceis? the United: That is a question that Health Service, u a erable action States Public of mili to authoritative, re unable “required |* ou {but cfficial. report was received stated |here from Daka”, in French West (Africa, that Rommel and several of his gencrals, while retreating He added that the matter has toward Tripoli, were cartur in a desert road, but, while b ing taken to I , Rommel es- Works |caped and got back to his forecs shortly before the fall of Tripo- ili But the generals, according to \the report, are still the captives |= the aihers: ‘SCOUTS DISPOSE OF MANY BONDS TODAY WINDS UP UP WEEK OF Fe ACTIVITY AMONG MEM- ERIC ALDEN CURRY __ BERS OF TROOP 82 OFFICER witb isguramtall| ———— | Troop 52, Boy Scouts of Amer-! item, concerning | ica, reached the $5,800 mark this | morning in the sale of United which has issued the certificate”, Mr. Cannon in his letter. mcw been turned over to engi- |. the Federal Agency. and thet neers of their filed the next four or five days”. today that, | the FWA, felt confi | report probably will be “within | Mayor Albury said with the approval of and the USPHS. he dent that the FWA report will favor the engineers’ | | project. | | | The following Eric Curry, son of Kingman Curry | of this city, is reproduced from} the Jacksonville, Florida, Times! Union: “Eric Alden Curry, grandson of} day comes to an they will Mrs. J. A. Pearce of 1842 Walnut | have sold more than $6,000 worth | of bonds. strech edison of Kingman uty Yesterday afternoon, from 4 to of Key West, has been assigned to! 5 o'clock, members of the troop an Army officers candidate school}; administered the affairs of the in New York. Prior to being as-| City of Key W signed to the offic: schoo] at: Fort Today ends their week of activ- Riley, Kans., it was said, he expect-| ity in observing the thirty-thi d ed to be commissioned a second} anniversary of the organization of lieutenant upon completion of the} the Boy. Scouting movement in officer training course.” | this country, are still continuing to nd it appeared early that, before the end, ithat the jcountry would be on a tar vaster ‘scale than it has yet been. PERFUME EAU DE TOILETTE LIQUID SKIN SAGHET DUSTING POWDER aid oh-oh CHANTILLY “BEAU-CHARMER"! A fascinating gift box with flacon of Chantilly Perfume and a cobwebby white Chan- tilly handkerchief edged with lovely wide lace. Limited quan- tity . _ $1.50; " SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY Prescription ggists I FREE DELIVERY slave Key West, Florida PHONE 199 Duval at Fleming ‘States war bonds and stamps. | And pleasant too, to think of. REBROADCAST ADDRESS ‘BY | ROOSEVELT |WAS SENT OUT TODAY ON SHORT WAVE IN TWENTY DIFFHRENT LANGUAGES; | CHINA JUBILANT (By Axsoe ALGIERS, Fe > Brit- sh, in North central Tunisia, to: ay repulsed what wwe racter- ized as a “strong thrust™ to oust | |them from their positions. Italian and German tanks were in the vanguard of the at The British fled their trenches, and the blast of fire that s turned on the tanks was so fierce, many of them sfro} and the others st back toward their base. It was not long before tack was repeated, ians and Gert back a se lery firing was (ily Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—The President's address last night was er to rebroadeast over the short wa in 20 different languages today. art Every corner of the earth reached, and highlights was the partic- about Allied marching Berlin, the at- in ech were spt emphasized, ularly his remark eventually through the _ streets Rome and Tokyo. In China there wes jubilation! soldiers capture t 3ritish Aside from th all the other fighting was con- fined to the air. British and Amer- ican planes, besides jemy. positions in Tunisia across the Mediterranean raided Sicily and Italy. An unofficial report said that Eighth Army positions. of eround action, assurance! that | over the President's flew aid to be and given And there was joy too in that Allied! country that the Japs. will be |driven from it and atti od from ‘it by hordes of planes that will {raid Japan from end to end. hed-with an A vision, but no det | of the lancer was given ‘THERE’S A JOKER. IN CLGWN’S IDEA ay agerctatca. rene) } NEW YORK, Feb. | savin, radio clown, h method for testing gags He dials a random number from the telephone book, ex-! plains who he d tells the jcke. (If he get: the joke stays in the ELECTRIC HEATERS FOR SALE L. ene & SON | PHONE 345 503 DUVAL ST. laugh, script was didn’t person he called. j English. ————— We Don’t Have Everything B WE DO HAVE many j i ELECTRICAL GADGETS, including ! @EXTENSION CORDS @IRON CORDS @ATTACHMENTS @ PLUGS, etc. @And the most bedutiful line of LIGHTING FIX- TURES in South Florida @And we still have ENOUGH materials | to take care of your.every need. @See Our PIN-UP LAMPS. | SOUTHERN ENGINEERING COMPANY = Key heh 9 Leading Electricians "Fleming and Margaret Sts Phone J rmored di-} —From an old poem. ‘Italians and Germans Thrown Back Second Time In Attacks — On “a Uuits In Tunisia! "TAPS ADMIT MORE: LOSSES _ OF SHIPS) LSO GIVE NUMBER OF AIR- PLANES DESTROYED AT GUADALCANAL (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.— but the Ital-|Tekyo’s officiel] broadcaster, after | | ternoon that ni announcing ,and repeating the {/ announcement that the Japanese had lost only one ship and seven; plenes in the vicinity of Guadal-' ‘canal, during the last two weeks, ; en- | tedey admitted that 12 Japs ships | had been sunk end 11 and that 115 planes had been de- | damaged stroyed and 111 damaged. admission, for- Coupled with that the broadcaster apparently ‘got all about the three American battleships and six light and heavy cruisers the Japs are sup- pesed to have sent to the bottom. ; He changed his story entirely making no reference to battleships and cruise He said the United § lost eight cargo ves warships and 215 plane Official Washington the latter report as and fantastic”. No news was is- sued here about the Americ losses, though it was said it would be given out when final reports have been received from} dubbe the commanders in the fighting! | prccerrerr ocr ess eset oor area in the Southwest Pacific. sUGESEDUDASGGDU ASAD SER LA CONCHA HOTEL Charles M. Salas, Manager. — BREAKFAST, 8 to 10 a.m.—LUNCHEON, 12 to 2:30 p.m.—DINNER, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. BAR and COCKTAIL LOUNGE Open from 10:30 A. M. to 12 Midnight DANCE Every Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday Until whatever | SLOPPY JOE'S BAR “preposterous | § Attack..Enemy Forces — With Al Types 0 of Weapons ae Columns Of German Trapped Four Nationalities LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) | Forces Different | Attacked “BLOCK-BUSTER’ PLANES IN AFRICA | | ALGIERS.—It was officially announced today that mighty Wel-| lington bombers, which carry two- and four-ton “block busters.” have! arrived in North Africa, and shortly will be pressed into service. The) MOSCOW, Feb. 13.—To day planes will be used to powder the enemys strengly entrenched po- a" 5 | sitions in the Tunis and Bizerte areas. e Red armies. flushed with vic- | nee ae tory. are attacking Germans, RAF PLANES ROAR OVER CHANNEL | sLONDON.—RAF planes, in squadron after, aquadron that | S"9*T#ns- Hsliens and Ruman- | stretched almost entirely across the English Channel, headed toward |i#m5 with all types of weapons. | Boulogne this morning. The planes were too high to distinguish ranging from bombers and tanks | their types. Forty-five minuies after they were lost to sight, the | first of them began to recross the channel, headed toward their bases. i The Air Ministry issued no report regarding the sortie. (By Associnted Presa) to: light and heavy artillery and oeyonets. MUNDA AND RABAUL POUNDED AGAIN The Beyoust chasse cocured DARWIN.—American bombing planes have raided Munda. in im the Donets basin. northeast of New Georgia Island, and Rabaul. in New Britain Island. twice since ficstov, where two columns yesterday. At the former place. the attack was confined to the air- | field, ond at Rabaul. skipping and an airfield were pounded. of Nezi forces were trepved. The | ! DESTRUCTIVE ATTACK on JAP BASE | NEW DELHI.—It was officially announced that the Jans chicf base in Burma was further attacked today. The latest raid. it was |*@yonettcd or ceptured. | Stated, was even more deziructive than the one carried out suc-| A deep si lient has been thrust | cessfully two days ajo when ammunition dumns and barracks were | destroyed and an airfield was ‘pitted with large bomb craters. entire contingent the Russian commurvique stated. were either irto the German lines near Vo resljilograd. southeest of Khar WILL NOT DISMNTLE RUSEER PLANTS WASHINGTON.—It was cfficiallv denied here today that this | country has entered into an, cgreement with anv South American|/ime was captured thus ‘cutting ; country to dismantle the synthetic rubber plants in the United States off through | after the war, and te use only raw rubber from the counties in Stan- = a | ish America. The plants in the United States will continue to produce | “iC® Axis forces im -the west escaped. \ Those forces number rubber when the war is over, it was asserted. TWO FLYERS KILLED — FORT LAUDERDALE.—Two flyers were killed off here qrtivs, Me™ te temmuniqué said ang | dayswken their plane plunged irito low water and was shattered, they are a almost engircied. TALKS AT BABSON PARK One of the Red columns, pre- LAKE WALES.—Roger W. Babson. the statisticien, announced to- ceded by tanks. H day that a series of addresses will be delivered next Wednesday af-|in on Kharkov from the south | ternoon in Babson Park. Subjects to be discussed will run all the way from the power that has been manifested bv the Russian armies °**! The? city. it was predicted. to the outlook for the real estate market in Miami, is likely to fall in the next few ‘Curtis Crowell, In Miami _ Jail, Charged With Forgery, ' To Be Brought To Key West After six weeks’ recurrent work, | Allen B. Cleare, Jr., county solici- | tor, was informed yesterday af- the man, against ' whom he had filed information on a charge of forgery, was jailed in Miami and would be turned over to the sheriff of Monroe county. The nafe of the man is Curtis Crowell. While he is charged with issuing only one forged check, Mr. Cleare said today that further in- formation will be filed against him in eight other ca: According to Mr. Cleare, Crow- ell, from last December 2 to De- | cember 28, victimized the Colonial Hotel, the Bahama Bar, the First ‘ircv, and an important railway encther avenue Caveasus might have is now closing days. From Orel to Novorossisk. the Black See. Russian armies are hurling beck the Germans and their allier. it was reported to day. In the letter sector. Rus- sien warshios ere said to be on cuard to vrevent the escape of bank. The name of the paymaster of a large construction company in Key West was forged to this check, Mr. Cleare charges. In ail Bleck Sea. the cases, the amount obtained i - = said to be in excess of $1,000. DIXON L. FENDER CALLED FOR DUTY In sending the ¢apias to Sheriff D. C. Coleman, in Miami, Judge William V. Albury, of he Mon sicicn j> We Coteees roe County Crimina?’ Court of ATLANTA, Ga Feb. 1 Record, specified the bail in Headquarters Fourth Service Com Crowell’s case at $5,000. Sheriff mand anr ced that Dixor street Enlis*ed eny enemy forces by wav of the Simonto: Air © Sawyer will. gg.to Miami to brifig der, £05 Crowell back t6 Key West for West. Fla trial. ervist, has been, ca Mr. Cleare stated that, during duty and will report this w National Bank and several busi-| the six weeks he had worked on Army Air Forces Basic Tr ness men in this community j the case, Crowell was trailed to Center, Miami Beach. Flor f His arrest is based on the alleged | Various parts of the country, and Pre Aviati jon Cadet Basic Traa- ‘forged check he cashed at the! Ws finally arrested by FBI agents g. in New Orleans, from where he | RAI IA II IAAI AAAI ISIAAAI AE | | was taken to Miami and jailed. TONIGHT! United States Assistant Di | trict Attorney Botts, in Miami, in- For A BIG TIME. . .Try STRAND THEATER ANN NEAGLE in WINGS and the WOMEN ; formed Mr. Cleare yesterday that | he, Mr. Botts, would request Judge Holland, of the federal district | court in Miami, to release Crowell Largest Pl In Ti | to Monroe county authorities. JOE RUSSO’S BAND “The Best Swing Band In Town” COME... HAVE A GOOD TIME! | Music Starts at 7 p.m. Week-Nights at 8 o’Clock IMPORTANT ‘In order to maintain the _preselite necessary to give our customers adequate service, we are obliged to ask all of you to conserve fuel whenever possible, and es- pecially on Sundays between the hours of 10 and 12 Noon for the duration. Key West Gas Co. Midnight — No Cover or Minimum? Charge