The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 16, 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 Citize: Key West, Florida, his (rc | most equable climate ip the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrent .*t THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1943 American Fort Regal... Much Of Territory Lost ADMINISTRATOR TO WAGE f French Troops In Central! OMI P OL LLL S FIGHT ON THOSE EXCEED- ING PRICE CEILING AS SET Tunisia Fighting Battles|U. S. CHAMBER OF | ¥ GOVERNMENT = : ; COMMERCE HEARD ON With United States Sol- | PROPOSALS ON TAXES; (By Associate Prexs) diers | ms 0.P.A. TO CLAMP DOWN: ON UNFAIR | WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.— \ Prentiss Brown, OPA adminis- trator, said todey that (By Axsociated Prens) nee WASHINGTON, Feb: 16. i —The United States Cham- (By Annociated Prensy ber of Commerce [today took ALGIERS, Feb. 16.—American! 4 hand in the discussions of " ie various tex proposals, Stivenialhae Speakers for the chamber said it favored the pay-as- you-earn plan and the defer- ment of the payment of 1942 taxes until after the war. ic to clamp down on wholesalers Another group of interest- {end retailers who are exceeding! ed taxpayers said it advocat- ed the entire abolition of | the 1942 taxes ,and still an- | ministration. other favored the payment | of the taxes for that year in | Mr. Brown, in citing -a few! small amounts and strung |comparisons of prices today with} over a long period. what they yere in the firstj Bei { World War, said at that time su-|{ mans, who fell back to positions | ¥ OO IMIS ISI IS ST IS gar went to 26 cents a pound they had prepared six miles from | though | are not they Plices cf commodities high compared to what were at the height of the first | | World War, still he is determin- | forces that were Monday by the Italians, today regained six of the 18 Sunday and early the Germans and miles they lost to the Germans in central Tunisia. the rrice ceilings set by his ad. | American tanks. preceded by an “umbrella” of Allied planes, tore into the ranks of the Ger- ‘and fresh eggs sold for 90 cents | !a dozen. PITIFUL SCENE | In his determination the point of their advance. to wipe still about | The counter-attack was continuing when advices the six-mile gain were received | from the front. supplemented by others, ai they are continuing to strike the Germans in wave after wave. eae French forces in central nisia have joined troops, who thus far have | out black markets, which had WITNESSED ON reached serious proportions, par- jticularly in the sale of meat, he stated that he | contemplated STREET HERE pegging the prices of livestock. The first squad- | He explained that he will! : lens |wage his fight on the black mar- rons of Allied planes have been, 'ket by publicity and legal _ac- nd YOUNG MOTHER WITH BABY jjjcn, Anybody caught exceeding IN ARM, CARRYING vaA-'¢¢iling prices, he concluded, wiil{ {be prosecuted LISE, SEEKS HOUSING NOT! ———- re) avatanie FIERCE FIGHT IN eet id RUSSIAN SECTOR de-! “You don’t have to be on the! S stroyed 10 enemy tanks. | firing line to sce sad things in this | —. Theufighting: econ lateau (ee it was remarked this morn- REPORT MORE THAN 2,000 acd ance |ing at the Key West Chamber of| NAZIS AND THEIR AL- mear the ancient city of Carth- | Commerce. i LIES KILLED ege, where Hannibal and other! “Right across the street from here,” the speaker continued, “was | Garthantnt 1 (By Aswocinted Press) 8 ginian generals won many _ | as heart-moving a sight yesterday | MOSCOW. Feb. 16—The fierc- as I have ever scen. jest fighting “On the sidewalk stood a young ! ing baby in her | a battle more than 2,000 years ‘i ance ele, in ago. | ' mother, with a cry Marshal Rommel reported tuft ‘arm and a suitcase in her/the vicinity of Kharkov. today’s to be commanding the Axis right hand. It was easy enough to! isee she was weary from walking, |Com™munique stated. forces engaged in the battle. | . Se ee Russia is in the Donets basin in} is ooking for a room, but it was} just as easy to see that she was | beautiful, despite the despair that |7ight and early this morning, CURTIS CROWELL stoves in‘ner expression [ie aun Arn ns “Twenty-five feet or so farther, down the sidewalk, she saw a their Allies were killed and 3,- woman on a porch and stopped to | the | speak to her. I couldn't hear what ; the woman with the baby was say- | communique. KEY! ing, but my guess was she was} aaa DEEE RD ANTAANTEDION fearing about eae ng accommoda- | Germans are fighting delaying} WEST TO FACE CHARGE S saw >» wome , actions, the report said, while] eae | tions. I saw the woman on ite TRSUEAISN BSc Sta encase ; porch shake her head, and ceived jeatwraral sand | woman with the baby, which was|Tetreating ~ westwardly — toward : |the Dneiper River. H still crying, bowed hers for a mo- } Russians atcdavlare éxtending | ; cay ;ment and then looked up the! gen eationte into ‘ County Solicitor Allan B.! street and down the street, as P sa enemy posi- tions west of Rostov and detach- Cleare, Jr, and Deputy Sheriff peas she was looking atbous fea colunislhave sedi encircled | : 4 Duval and either annihilated or captur- “She started toward ed. Several thousand Axis, troops, at 11 o'clock last night with Curtis ; street, then stopped; started to- Chiefly, Hungarians, Rusnumens | Crowell, who is wanted in Rey | Vane Se eared oe wag and Italians, have surrendered West on charges of forgery. bs af 8Y lin that area since Rostov fell in-| or another?, That, I felt, was the ve Mr. Cleare said this morning; question that made her hesitate | '? Russian hands on Sunday. that Crowell had confessed and| whether to go one way or the | had begged for mercy. pomes for at the fad be no going | The county solicitor said furth- ead dreeiueae pies peteeaete | UAT SHOWS WATER er that he will prepare, in the next | “By that time I was utterly de-: NEEDS TREATING FOR DRINKING PURPOSES 500 captured. according to Joe Knight returned to Key West two or three days, six other’ jected myself, because I knew | sharges against Crowell. He is at. there was nothing I could do to oresent held in $5,000 bail on one! Help her, because I knew there | Dreeenenee i i | were hundreds of others in Key | charge. West, looking for rooms and un- Crowell, unable to make bail, is able to get them. confined in the county jail. Results of the first samp- | ling of Key West water by | | the United States Public | | eHalth Service trailer labora- | tory. cooperating with the | Florida State Board of | Health Service trailer labora- | is of unsatisfactory bacterial | i “Yes, we don’t have to be on the } ' firing line to see sad things in this | MORE DRAFTEES eS ae SENF TO CAMPICTTY COUNCIL eee Key West sent another group | have been established all of draftees today to Camp! along the water distribution Blanding for examination. They | system, and samples are be- left at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon; Sa ing. collected daily for bac- Oe a bus. There will be a regular meeting | terial analysis, The water fs pet ene Key ae ne. of the City Council held tonight,| not _ even Hanger are: vere in the group Who! peginning at 8 o'clock. This will] \ Chlorinated at presei e won acberted” Sal Le niven| De, (ne, second regular semnon, o SE ete boa se accepted w: the month. : t : a seven-day furlough before be-! “ Nothing other than routine bu j once. as these mains are snns sos training. .iness is scheduled thus far, al-j probably the seat of contam- ie ar ¥ ¥ one Fiat he though other matters may come] ination. well as chany relatives died frionca| Sf cumin ‘the course of the ses-| SR Reales Ma ae of those leaving. Saw thet no water from the aque- IIIA | duct system be used for | DADE LODGE No. 14. F. & A.M.| drinking, or other potable Purposes, unless it is boiled. LR PALACE THEATER | Regular communication will be Boiling is the surest method held Wednesday at 7:30 p. m., in 4 ° WARREN WILLIAM in of destroying these bacteria. |Scottish Rite Hall, corner Eaton s c COUNTER ESPIONAGE Another alternative is to quality. PRICES: CHARGED; In one of the battles there last | « PRICE FIVE CENTS RAF RAIDS ON NAZIS GROW 1940 500 Ibs ‘MUNSTER JESSEN e DUSSELDORF COLOGNE MORE BOMBERS CARRY 1940—100 planes 1941—300 planes 1942—1,000 planes (Maximum bombers per raid and bomb loads per plane) | AP Features. H @DORTMUND , 7S eo ~— ®ROSTOCK->= 4 e LUBECK HAMBURG BREMEN N BERLIN SYMBOLS SHOW THE WEIGHT OF HEAVIEST BOMBS DROPPED} j| _JOVER GERMANY IN EACH} ]. YEAR - i ‘ 1 GREATER BOM LOADS 1940—2 tons 1941-6 tons | 1942-8 tons | Features | Heavy. Cruiser Chicago Among ~— Japs Lose Twelve LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) 36 DIE OF COLD j ‘WASHINGTON.—The Atlantic states. the middle west and the j west are in the grip of the worst cold spell of the winter. Thirty-six |deaths have been attributed to the cold 16 of them in New England | states. Schools have been closed in some varts of the country. and | the low temperatures have interferred with production in some we: | Plants. AREA OF BATTLE COVER 1.000 MILES WASHINGTON.—The fighting that began at sea on January 2° with Guadalcanal as the focal point, covered an rea of 1.900 miles | the Navy announced teday. From the beginning of the action, com | manders of Jap warships showed plainly they were not disposed to ! engage American ships in all-out action, as happened at Midway Since the Royal Air Force beat back the Nazis’ ai the Coral Sea and recent fighting at sea in the vicinity of the Sole blitz over Britain in 1940, it has bombed Germany with increasing fury. The chart, based on statistics of the British Ministry cf Information, shows the growing scope of the RAF offensive. REQUEST TO HAVE CONDENSED MILK SHIPPED BY CHILDREN IS TURNED DOWN The of 28 grocers to have 400 cases of request HERE FOR USE that produced in 1941. This cur- mons, when the Japs lost heavily. JAPS GETTING OIL FROM CAPTURED COUNTRIES { WASHINGTON.—Secretary of the Navy Knox said today that he has received information that the Japanese are getting oil from ; Some of the countries they overran. particularly in Borneo, where | wells were not as systematically destroyed as they were in other cap ; tured territory. Japs are explciting all the countries they have occu | pied, Knox added, though they are in need of shivs to get the raw ; material to production centers in the Japanese empire. + 123 JAP SHIPS SENT TO BOTTOM. HHINGTON.—One hundred and twenty-three Javanese ships i have been sunk by American submarines since this country entered Key West; to approximately 80 per cent of} the war, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox stated todey. Twenty- two more probably were sunk, he added, and 32 others were badly Nestle’s biand condensed mifk| tailment, together with the in-| 4@maged. Those sinkings, he emphasized, are in addition to the snaey shipped here monthly to be sold; creased purchases for the armed | ther Jap ships that were sunk by American surface warshios and solely for use by children, has been refused by the food distribu- United States department of agriculture. tion administration of the The grocers cannot ‘understand one of the reasons given for the refusal to ship the milk here. That {forces and for Lend-Lease require- ‘ments, has curtailed the quantity for | available domestic | tion. distribu- “While condensed milk is pre ferred by some as a food for: ba- by American bomber planes. BERLIN ON LENINGRAD FIGHTING e ! LONDON.—Berlin radio announced todav that the Russians have | sterted a determined offensive at Leningrad, though the Russian high command said nothing about, any fighting in that area. Official circles here believe that the Germans are making that assertion pre reason is because Condensed milic! Dies, it is generally agreed’ that paratory to a planned withdrawal from that theatre. packed in tin,” and in the very next breath the writer suggests that evaporated milk be used to feed the children. “I wonder what evaporated milk is packed in!” one person who | : read the letter, remarked signifi-; 4ensed milk and by using evap- | cantly. The letter, written Kitchen. deputy di food distribution to Repri as follows: “This will acknov of your letter of Janu cerning the conden tion in Key West “The scarcity of this c: is due to several factor: from the war. ever increasing shortage of tin, and the other problem of a just distribution of sugar. by C. W. ctor of the administration, ry 25 con- ed milk situa- mmodity resulting ntative Pat Cannon, is| ledge receipt | of these is the‘ | evaporated milk is a very suitable | substitute. It is accordingly sug- gested that consumers in the Key | West Area endeavor to help the , cause of the United Nations by ; curtailing their purchases of con- jorated milk wherever possible.” ‘HENRY BREWER OPERATED UPON Advices received in the city state that Henry Brewer, who re- | sides at 1401 Duval street, under- went a serious major operation on February 6 at the Mayo Clinic in ; Rochester, Minn. Latest reports state that. he is | getting along as well as can be ex- pected under the circumstances. ; Mr. and Mrs. Brewer have be HOUSING SHORTAGE CONTINUES DESPITE SPEED-UP IN BUILDING ‘RAY RASH REPORTS "AT TRAINING BASE perecptivie tet Key West Instead of (Special to Tne Citizens GREAT LAKES, Ill., Feb. 16.— ‘Ray A. Rash, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Rash, 19 A Naval Air | Station, Key West, Fla here last week to traihifig in preparation for active (duty with Unclé Sam proceeding ha reported the begin basic ae ae Clarer Physical conditioning will be'°f Carpe “Because of the fact that con-! making their home in Key West | stressed in the period of training | today that he cou densed milk is packed in tin and contains approximately 43 per cent sugar, the production for do- mestic consumption of this com- modity during 1942 was limited | for the past eight years, having | many friends who will be pleased to learn that Mr. Brewer is show- ' ing much improvement in his con- | dition. Helena Rubinstein APPLE BLOSSOM CREAM DEODORANT The Fragrant Protective Effectively checks perspiration and perspiration odor...is non-irritating . .. non-greasy. ..does not harm clothes. It’s delightful to use...and insures day-long daintiness. The only cream deodorant perfumed with America’s best beloved Apple Blossom fragrance. Large jar. SO. Piss taxes SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGESTS Duval and Fleming St. jand Simonton Sts. All Master cordially invited. chlorinate the water in each NEWS and SERIAL Masons GF WEECH,’ Secre separate cistern. —— Tonight Is Prize Night —— ena By order of the W.M. RRL TTT F. 0. WEECH, Secretary. ff Le Phone 199 “PRESCRIPTIONS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED” | here, which also will include in-' from structions in the rudiments of ; Seamanship and an explanation of 30 to 40 immediately, ar | sell busine the methods and customs of the |: ; ae !Navy to enable him to make an| Union 88: easy adjustment from civilian to oe et, di military life. build the West contin acute That the house An important part of the aes Bluejacket’s program will be + take a series of aptitude test which will determine what type of work he will be assigned to ir the Navy Upon completing “boot 3 jing he will be granted a nine-day leave, after which he may be as | signed to-orte of the Navy's m | Service schooty todearn @ specia ized trad) ‘or be*setialirectly to Vactive duty, depei@ingeapon the | Pesults of his‘aptiturdéctests 3 eas CELIDO HERNANDEZ NOW IN. CALIFORNIA | According to news received in the city by his sister, Mrs. Hen ‘ry Carey of 1222 Grinnell street Celido Hernandez, who enlisted in the United States Army some time ago, is now located in Cali fornia. His residence in Key West is at 1308 Reynolds \street. | | Hernandez stated that he jis lgetting along very nicely, al-| though the weather is rather} cold, and asked to be remember-} Tain- ‘them at morning. several the owners preferred te jremain unoccupied them at ceiling pr NOTICE! All property owners be- tween Leon and White from ‘Flagler to Angela are re- for water service. * S Lost In Solomons Fight; Destroyers U. S. Also Lest One De- stroyer And Three Mo- tor Boats; Japs Also Lost Sixty Planes By Ansoriated Press) WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.—The Navy announced today that the United States lost crusser Chicago. $508 toms. a de- stroyer and three moter torpeds boats im the fighting that began in the area cf the Solomon Is- the heavy lends on January 2% and that Jepan lost 12 destroyers sumk or badly damaged. Sixty Jeo aircreft. bombers. faghters and torpedo planes. were destroyed to 22 lest by the Al bes. Jap wersbics refused to come inte action with the American werships. the Neve announced. Time and again United Stetes vessels tried fo emgage enemy ships. but im each case the Jap craft kept beyuc tip -rang of fire. As 2 result. the attacks on ships of both sides wes confined tc planes. Torpedo clames bediy dame; ed the Chicego im the first at teck cad the mext mornicg while she wes being towed t werd her base « Jap torpedo Cown to atteck ber squecrse ct Diane: oopes Fourteen ot the iS plames were destroyed by Amenc-: figzte the Chicego ned beex vitally end began to sink sicwiy So far on Guccaicamal burt — oniy 2 gree in eccompistung the Berely a bendiul of Jans ceeded im reaching enemy ¢ stroyers. for while the batt+ ~ Scims om at see. Amerikan = cers. eeder the commas at Mejor General Alexence: Pet cutfirmked the Jews amd sub jected them to < withering fre 2 the rear wale tney were cage; ed im fremtel ectee with other contingents of American As 2 We result almost Jags «(loot thex bves STADIUM GROUP TO quested to make application — assurance at presen id be ottammec 2 make the fence. He was Gefirite informauen wou.c hem in the next 19 Goy=