The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 17, 1943, Page 1

Key West, Florida, hes ize | most equable climate in the country; with“an average range of only 14° Fahrent =*t | Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1943 VOLUME LXIV. No. 41. — Council Passes Gas Co. Franchise - Ordinance On Final Reading Last Night ) Board Confirms Appoint-- OM ODD LD LD ODS & |MRS. SOLOMON NAMED ment % ies ne AS CLERK TO HANDLE, le : And Adrian O'Sweeney/ SCAVENGER ACCOUNTS | : As Regular Policemen PRICE FIVE CENTS Stil Pressing Forward ‘Despite Heavy Losses Inficted By United States: Contingent Allied Headquarters Re- pet Heavy Casualties On Both Sides During Biter Engagements Mrs. Eckwood Solomon has been appointed by the City Council to act as clerk at the City Hall in keeping the accounts of the scaven- ger department. Mrs. Solomon will receive all complaints in connection with the operation of the scavenger service in addi- tion to performing the cler- ical work in the collection system. Amyone having occasion to obtain information about the service should call Mrs. Solo- mon at the City Hall, tele- phone 1107. PPM RE RS FS ok FB ‘JAPS SET BACK | BY ALLIED UNITS IN NEW GUINEA LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) - H Z The City Council, at its regu- BREAK IN COLD WAVE LAKELAND.—It was officielly ennounced today that there has been a break in the cold wave im Florida. and that there will be no (need for caution to be taken against frost by citrus growers on Thurs | day, Friday and Saturday mornings. lar meeting last the gas franchise ordinance on! the! night, passed | +Mz Ansecisted freas ALGIERS. Feb. i7.—German fcrces. who. yesterdey river back six miles by coun er-aticcking American its final reading, granting company the right of operating | its system-in Key West for a pe- were OPA ADMINISTRATOR SPEAKS WASHINGTON.—OPA Administrator Prentiss Brown said today | that the American people, to save themselves from the verils of in- | flation, must stick to the stabilization of wages and also to the prices of commodities. He said that the great majority of the farmers is satisfied with price control of the foodstuffs produced, and thet Americans in other callings should also be satisfied. If they are not | they must be forced to accord to ceiling prices to save the country from inflation. tiod of twenty years. The company agrees to pay to the city ten percent of its net profit guaranteeing that a mini- mum of $50 per month will be troops. Sterted ancther drive early this ss yi Hi aoe Pe CASABLANCA CONFERENCE — President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill | with high-ranking Army and Navy officers of America and Britain. Here were worked} out plans to bring the Axis to unconditional surrender. FORTY-TWO KEY WESTERS LEFT YESTERDAY FOR CAMP BLANDING | Forty-two Key Westers left;Benjamin Russell, Alfonso Al-| * Camp Blanding | varodiaz, Earl Glyn Wiggins,| [AUSTRALIANS AIDED) #2 ie sabe ies ASA ro. Charles Willard Lord, James El- eae Se SERED y Pro more Aguero, Charles Romeo Al- AMERICAN PLANES, INTEN- ; ivided they pass the physical ex- bury. SIFY OFFENSIVE DIRECTED ‘aminaticn. Those who are in-! James Austin morning. and when last advices came from the fromt had venced 35 miles imto American | t | | i | paid regardless of receipts taken in. The company also agrees to furnish free gas to any depart- T csitions. | | H RECOMMEND RELEASING FARMERS IMMEDIATELY | WASHINGTON.—The manpower commission said today that | many farmers, now in the army, will be released for farm labor. but | a speaker for the farm bloc declared that if they are going to be re- | leased, that action should be teken immediately, so that they will be | back on the farms in time for spring planting. “If that is not done. } releases will not be necessary to harvest crops, because there will be | no bumper crovs to harvest.” one speaker said. |OFFICERS’ REPORTS READ: | | NOTARY PUBLIC BONDS OF | STRIKE IN WELDING PLANT Milton | ELIZABETH, N. J.—Three thousand workmen went on strike in AT NIPPONESE ducted will be given a furlough Marvin Appel, Russell Baker,; GREEN AND AGUILAR AP- i an electric welding plant here today. Higher wages and higher tem- PROVED | | less per month; | of seven days to return home Donald Lewis Barber, Raphael) A 2 = 7 ito adjust their affairs. |William Smith, Harry Lee Carey,| | peratures in the plants were among the causes for the strike. Ons Despite their heavy losses, the | | hundred women joined in the movement‘. maintaining that they For the first two thousand cub- | Following is a list of selec-| Ei > Nel: Spencer, Eugene Ge: i i | ‘ollowing is a lis st |Eugene Nelson Spencer, gel | siecle (bs given t0e ieatinn aondieasen mneiiioe aakaatiaed ind at Tmcns are still steadily press ic fet of gas used, $2.00 per Led a ial fae ey FE |Amado Martinez, William Hertell| ce 4 ae ; GENERAL MacARTHUR'S| Ajfredo Ors, James Reuben 'Bonniwell, William ‘Theodore; The County Commissioners, at) work. ing forward. and-ghzeagpn, with thousand cubic feet; 'HEADQUARTERS, Feb. 17.— Carey, Joseph Spencer Floyd,'Gibson, Jack Russell Hyman, ‘their recessed meeting last night. | the aid of Itelian forces attacking Next eight thousand cubic feet jAlfred Avila Cruz, Wesley Mon-/Jr., Holland Phillip Felton, Ern-; i | Australian forces in New Guinea. roe Keen, Howard Graham Pin-jest Perez, Jr., Albert Jéseph|#bolished the jobs of rcad patrol | frcm the southeast at rate of $1.60 per thousand cub- the Americans before ic feet: | ! ider, Ramon Rendueles, Jr., Al-'Cash, James Emanuel Martin,! stepped up the tempo of their Russell, Onelio Anthony Gon-'cia Gonzalez, Emelio Alea, Cecil, Overseas All over ten thousand at the| The Germans are using many Stuka divebombers in pressing Frome their atteck but the Amer:- can command has ¢lso put imic ection squadrons cf divebombers and other oclanes that have knocked cut enemy tanks and bave wreaked wholesael destruc- ficn in enemy renks. COUNTY BOARD The rates to be put in force show a slight increase due to the higher cost of operation, The schedule follows: A minimum charge of $1.50 for| consumers using 700 cubic feet or — THREE JAPS ARRESTED IN TAMPA TAMPA.—Three Jap partners were arrested here today on man on the south end of the! charges of making false income tax returns from 1936 to 1{10. The and night! Jovernment charges that they kept one set of books in English and | the other in Japanese. The English boc’s. on which the reports were watchman at the courthouse. The | based, did not include all the earnings. but the books in Japanese did. held by A comparison of the figures in both sets of books showed that the Japs owe Uncle Sam $1,879. to outflank they can reach intrenched -positions in aided by American planes, have/ 4 Disdiel, Murlock’ Aherman|Gene Jacob Sherman, Lino Gar-| Highway. 5 bs zalez, Kenneth Jerome Kemp, Steward Nicholas, John Henry! __ offensive against the Japs on the pod) Casado, Harold Robert, Robinson, Edward Lee McLean, | bic | northeast side of the Owen, Laubscher, Frank Orta, Jr., Paul|Benjamin Charles Burke, Jr. former position was a ‘Nathen Niles and the latter by A ee ig LATIONS ON HOUSING cea oa ! The following reports received. from fee officers: Tax Assessor Claude Gandolf ; expens-| 30. { range of hills. Allied headquarters that there heve been heavy cas rate of $1.45 per thousand cul feet. reported Stanley Mountains and WARSHIPS READY TO BE LAUNCHED TAMPA.—Four minesweevers and one destrcyer-tender have been comlpeted by the Tampa Shipbuilding Corrmany it was an- | nounced today. and are ready for launching. STRICTER CURFEW ENFORCEMENT have | A resolution was adopted con- uelties on both sides. but charac- trating, with the Gato. Real Es-| ‘NEW REGU: tate Company for the use of the |iles of their main base at Sala. | ' brick factory building on Cath-/meua, it was officially announced | ACCOMMODATIONS ARE ANNOUNCED erine street to be used for stor-| aay ij i otoas receipts, $7,824. | : | R gross re s, $7, me ver » city by the 4 aioe as} es, $2,851.28: net, $4.9 ; 7 turned over to the city by the} Que American pilot, who has: ON VISIT HERE Former Constable Bienvenido! CLEARWATER, Fla.—City authorities announced today that !Perez: gross. £770.50; - expenses, | there will be a stricter enforcement of the curfew law. which requires oie 8 | 5 Stati Sereearit:-Mario Px Nee} a1 net, hb : ot ce aes | that all boys and girls, under 16, must be home by 10 o'clock at night. ‘ormer Justice o e ©8ce | Laxity in enforcing the law has resulted in its non-observance. MARINE HOSPITAL CLOSED TODAY: driven them back to within 12 | were | terized as “grosslv exeggerated” the German cleim thet American losses numbered 8 000. ing the equipment that has been BRITISH SUBS PLAYING HAVOC WITH ENEMIES : hi : : The maximum rent regulation| Marine Hospital, which will be| been active in the Southwest Pa- | . 8 | used at the proposed city hos-| he {governing housing G pital on Stock Island | tions other than hotels and room- It was ordered that two thou-| has taken part in many offensive : ee ,ing houses has been amended, it sand feet of fire hose be purchas-| but that none of them is compar-| °° ikeiag et f jegrgn replace much of the hose | able to the airplane strafing aS ee ee that is now being used. ' ; aps yesterday and {Control office in Key West. Mayor! Was given the Japs terday and | Me rpovides The appointments by i an vee | ihe pie - rian | this morning by American flyers. Willard M. Albury of Adrianj #98 a Gey het of the| that where the owner or landlord accommoda- | cific since last August, said Army, Lubbeck, | Penses, $141.25; net, $320.50. H Army F The commissioners granted a ¢ ay request of the Key West Lions’ sei oan ea fifteen- Club to erect a henor roll board | day furlough, which he will spend iin the Fleming and Whitehead | stationed ai F 3 School, has! Texas, regulation now t for O’Sweeney and Will Archer as} some regular police officers were con- firmed by the council. The city fathers also favorably, considered the appointments of planes flew so low they returned to their bases with leaves ani of a private residence, occupied (by such landlord or his imme- | diate family, rents a furnished! William| branches caught fn ihe wings. Hé! room or rooms, not constituting | Plowman, E. P. Winter, George , @dded that the.squadron, of which | an apartment, to not more than E. Spencer and Ralph Cash’ as| special policemen. The resignation of Police Offi-| he was a member, had signaled out the Japs’ camouflaged posi- tions and had tora them to pieces i two occupants within such resi- |dence, such landlord is no longer | bound by the federal restrictions cer Harold (Jakie) Key was read | with bombs, killing or wounding! governing the removal | of ten- and accepted. Mr. McCosky and Raymond Curry, along with a number of} refuge in them As the planes flew just above | practically all the Japs who sought | ants. ‘The purpose of this amendment jis to facilitate the war guest pro- others, entered complaints con-| the treetops, enemy troops that}gram of the National Housing cerning prices charged. for the; Were trying to get away in the| Agency, which seeks to alleviate | collection of trash and garbage| open were shot down by point- | the shortage of housing accommo- and other matters dealing with the service. . The council informed the citi-| zens that it is now considering| CMQ™°MQ° MPO DP IS DT LS | drawing up a new schedule of} charges for the service, relative to businesses, trailer parks and! the like. | Harold Schulee, representing the Miami Citizen, labor publi-) cation, addressed the council re- questing the city purchase a page advertisement in a special edi- | tion to be published at a price} of $150. The council decided to purchase the space for advertis- ing Key West to the outside; world. | Ray Navarro, representing the chauffeurs of the city, also ad- dressed the council last night. | Mr. Navarro requested that a| (Continued on Page Four) | WE ARE... HYDRAULIC BRAKE SPECIALISTS Let Us Check Your Brakes Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming Phone 5 “Opposite Army Barracks” > SN RATS blank machine-gun fire from the planes. |JOE DiMAGGIO TO TRY HAND AT SOCKING JAPS, NAZIS AND ITALIANS (By Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17. —Joe DiMaggio will slug ‘em out this summer on Uncle Sam’s crack team that is tak- ing on the Japs and the Ger- mans and Italians at the same time. The Yankees’ great out- | fielder and siugger today signed up for service in the army. He said his object in the army will be the same as it was with the Yankees: to keep his eye on the ball. DiMag added that he fer- vently hoped he would be as successful in knocking out | the enemy as he had been in socking the ball. \7/7/22222244 | dations by encouraging the open- | ing of homes to roomers for whom | no other housing is available. the application of other provisions of the maximum rent regulation | such as those relating to registra- j tion and maximum rents for the | housing accommodations involved. {It does, however, -permit a land- lord who is rentirig rooms, locat- ed within; ;bi§ residence, to not | more Ahan +fwo occupants, to re- move or evict such tenants in a cardance with the state law with- ! gut the necessity, of complying with the requirements of the fed- eral law relating to sueh removal. The federal law requires ten days’ notice in writing, and per- j mits evictions only upon certain limited grounds. VISITING HERE Mr. and Mrs. George Demeritt were recent arrivals in Key West from Tampa for a visit of several | days. 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A (Continued on Page Four) | The, Marine Hospital was closed today and was turned over for- ; mally to naval authorities in Key ; West. | At the time of closing this morn- | ing, nine patients were in the hos | pital, and they were transferred | to the United States Naval Hos- | | pital at the head of the island. { | The Marine Hospital was | founded in 1844, and a medical ‘authority in Key West, who is; familiar with the history of the ; hospital, said that the life of many a Key Wester, as well as sick or injured men brought here in ships, was saved by the treatment jin that institution. | Its surgeons, during the 99 years TURNED OVER TO NAVY DEPARTMENT of its operation, tncluded some of the most outstanding men in that branch of medicine. Many surgical operations, of an extremely seri- , ous nature, were performed suc- cessfully at the Marine Hospital, and many lives were saved in em ergency cases that were treated there. The speaker continued “To me, it is like losing an old friend, a friend that always could be depended on in time of need. I recall c after case, which I do not wish to specify for evident reasons, wherein lives were saved by the prompt and efficient action in the Marine Hospital. Its pass- ing is like saying good-bv tor the last time toga staunch friend.” NAZIS IN HEADLONG RETREAT Sgoo gallant band of color to accentucte the brightness of your smile—the gaiety in your heart: For a change in pace try the demure allure of the new Pink Heather, or Medium Heather. Natural Rose is an- other new shade—soft and young as a blush. All four sfoy on as neatly as they go on. And cost but One Dollar apiece! Yardicy \ cated Select your new "Bond Street" lipstick todcy. In Kingland and fr ore from the Origiuai English Formulae, combining imported and domestic ingredients. SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. Duval at Fleming Prescription Druggists Phone 199 (By Annoot | MOSCOW, Feb, 17,—The fall \of Kharkov and the ‘continued } | { i intense offensives waged ' | the Reds west and southwest of , that city have thrown the Ger- ‘mens in that area into headlong ‘retreat toward the Dneiper. it day. With Kharkov’s coming into; Russian hands, German hordes in FOLLOWING LOSS OF KHARKOV ted Press). the entire..Ukraine are now in danger of being trapped, the communique said. From Orel to Rostov, Germans and their allies are falling back toward the Dneiper River, and from the latter city south to No- vorossik, they are escaping or trying to escape through the Sea of Azov. The high command here as- sians’ advance is due to the mighty offensive they are con- ducting, but Berlin radio declar- (Continued on Page Four) |operating in the j was officially reported here to- serts that the speed of the Rus-| | REPORTED TO HAVE SUNK SIX SHIPS AND POSSIBLY SENT TWO OTHERS TO BOT TOM OF SEA 17.—Daring (ty Associated ALGIERS. Feb. British submarine commanders. Mediterranean. tre writing one of the most, glo- ricus chapters of the wer. it wes stated teday in announcing that they had sunk six more enemy ships and possibly sent two more to the bottom. In accomplishing thet feat was stated, the submarines tered the very my-protected waters. Commanders of German Italian cargo ships, filled with fear by the destruction that has been wrought recently by British submarines, have been making the crossing under cover of da: ness between Sicily and Tunis So the British submarines sneak- ed across to the north side of the Mediterranean and sank the ships (Continued on Page Four) cauldron of a. PALACE THEATER WARREN WILLIAM in COUNTER ESPIONAGE NEWS and SERIAL