The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 20, 1943, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXIV. No. 44. City Council Draws,, Up. New Schedule: Of" Pris: For Scavenger Servieg Salary For Manager OOM Oe To aa ae 'GANDHI’S LIFE IS Operations Placed At Two Hundred Dollars Per Month The City Council at a special meeting held last night. with Councilman John Carbonell, President protem, presiding in the absence of President William Freeman, drew up a new price schedule for the operation of a) scavenger The the was fixed at $200 per month, service. salary of the manager of service An application was read from Jose Pelaez, 202 Duval street, for a beer and wine license. cense was ordered issued. It was ordered that a space be enclosed on the second floor of the City Hall. fice of City Auditor Charles R.| Roberts, to be used as an office, adjoining the of- with telephone installed, by Mrs. Eckwood Solomon, who has been @ppointed clerk to handle com-| Plaints and keep records of the sanitary department. Homestead exemptions, upon epplication, granted to Louise P. Niles, Julia Rio, Anna were (Continued on Page Two) THIEF TO FIND SHELL SHOCKING ST. PETERSBURG, 2 20.—Whoever took an eight-inch shell, relic of World War I, from in front of the American Legion here, really got himself something. J. Gilbert Jones, post com- mander, explained that the shell still contained a charge and spread a warning that if the thief weren’t careful, he might be kingdom com come. WOMAN, 78, DOCTOR FIRST TIME (By Axsocinted Press) CENTRAL, S. C., Feb. 20.—Mrs. J. A. Hunnicutt, 78, regretted call ing the doctor about as much she regretted becoming ill. It was the first time she had ever had medical attention. ETERS \O’NEAL INFANT NOTICE We will close at 12:30 p. m., Monday, Feb. 22. Washington’s Birthday The KEY WEST ELECTRIC oy‘ | ment. COMPANY Sans Mrs. J. L. Ocal IMPORTANT NOTICE) » The li- | | | | | | | __.- | recaptured, i} {nounced, 2,000 Axis forces have 3,100 taken prisoner. | jof Kharkov have fallen into Rus- blown to} | jreport stated. 8 CALLS FOR| lages were abandoned so hastily lis continuing its jOrel, | died last night at the residen | of her parents, 1016 Grinnell St., ALMOST DESPAIRED OF BY PHYSICIANS (Bs Annociated Press) POONA, India, Feb. 20.— Mohendas K, Gandhi's life is almost despaired of by attend- ing physicians today, as he continued to grow weaker and weaker from his announced 21 days of fasting Todey marked the eleventh day since he started his fast, and one of his worst diffi- culties is his inability to sleep soundly, In view of the physicians’ report, authorities through- out India are taking action to | quell whatever rioting that may arise in the event that { he, Gandhi, dies. CPD ILD LSS IS | RED ARMY STRIKES HEAVILY AT OREL: REPORT TWO THOUSAND OF | AXIS FORCES KILLED | | DURING ATTACK | Hl (ity Associated Press) MOSCOW, Feb. 20.—Ferocious | attacks from three direations, | two ih the south end southwest and one in the north, are still) being made by the Red Army on Orel, the northern anchor of the Axis positions in south Russia. | In the south sector, it was an- been killed since yesterday and The drive in that area is said to have taken the Russian forces to within 17 miles of Orel. Fierce fighting is also reported | from the Kharkov, Rostov and} Kurst areas. Nine villages west sian hands since yesterday, the} Two of those vil- by the Germans, they left behind and much of their equipment | foodstuffs. The Red Army that recaptur- ed Rostov a week ago tomorrow advance toward | » as well as 400 hundred | is sure to be Stalino. That city more than miles to the north. the command asserted y: DIED LAST NIGHT | Willodena O'Neal, age 3 months, at 8:30 o'clock. The body was sent this morning by the Pritchard Funeral Home to for services and inter- Survivors are the parents, Mr. In order to maintain = pressure necessary to give our customers adequate service, we are obliged to ask all cf 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. PU |, PALACE THEATER | [RAF PLANES RAID WILHELMSHAFEN «| IN MOONLIGHT: THREE HUNDRED FOUR-MO- TORED BOMBERS MAKE AT- TACK FOR SECOND TIME IN 24 HOURS (By Associated Presa) LONDON, Feb, 20.—Last night) 300 four-motored RAF bombers raided docks and shipping in Wil- helmshafen for the second time in the last 24 hours, Pilots reported that, with a full moon in H clear sky and fires that were still burning since the night before, objects of attack, were. al- most as plainly visible..as they would nave been in daytime, ... It is at Wilhelmshafen where more U-boats are constructed jthan in any other ship-building center in Germany, and the object jof the British Air Ministry is to curb as much as possible the ; building of the undersea raiders. According to the pilots who par- ticipated in the raid last night, {many of the ship-building plants have been reduced to ruins, and great devastation has been caused also in docking facilities, In the Wilhelmshafen raid, the ministry announced 11 planes | were lost, two more than the Ber- jlin. radio said had been shot down. | Three other planes failed to re- ‘turn from other raids last night in Germany. Two-ton block busters and thou- ; sands of incendiaries were drop- ped on Wilhelmshafen, the Minis- try stated. ‘ALBURY RITES TO BE HELD -MONDAY KEY WEST RESIDENT DIED AT HOME HERE LATE YESTERDAY Mrs. France Lillian Albury, 64, died yesterday afternoon at 6:30 o'clock at her residence, 1302 Angela St. The funeral will be held Mon- day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock from the Chapel of the Pritchard Funeral Home, Rev. S. P. Reinke of the First Congregational Church, officiating. Survivors are: Five daughters, Mrs. Arthur Lowe, Roberts, Mrs. Paul Johnson, Mts. Louis Molina, Mrs. Joseph Our nik; one son, John R., one sister, Mrs. Milton Russell, one brother, Ralph Lowe, and eleven grand- children. LONDON DEMANDS YOUNG DANCE BANDS (By A dren) LONDON, Feb. 20.—"Too old at forty” is written over the en- trance to most of Britain’s dance bands. Youth is in demand, re- port dance circles, because people who listen and dance to the music are generally allergic to grey- haired orchestras. As a result, many young London dance band players, earning an average of $28 weekly before the war, are now getting up to $250 for a 24- hour week. “They are not all experienced players,” said a Musicians’ Union official, “but they are young and good-looking. Some have been invalided out of the forces, others are medically unfit to serve.” | | GOSPEL HALL 720 SOUTHARD STREET Spec fol alge By JAMES F. SPINK F.R.G.S. Noted World Traveler and Bible Teacher Sunday Night at 8 p. m. SUBJECT: “GOD’S RED LIGHTS” Tuesday to Friday at 8 p.m. Sunday Night: Several Sailor Boys will tell how God Saved Them. | Everybody Welcome. Special | Invitation to Service Men. Mrs. Reggie } IN THE U. Che Key West Citizr THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER S.- A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1943 JUDGE ALBURY ISSUES EDICT TO LOARERS; FOUR: ARRAIGNED «BOR ~ HEARING; BOUND OVER TO COURT “Thousands of manpower hours! sell, business agent of the Labor- are lost in Key West in the course} ers’ Union in Key West, for in- otiamnonth:: Sadge William VAL vestigation. They reported that ;one of the men was working and bury, of the Monroe County ihe was released, but that the oth- Criminal Court of Record, said{ers, though able to work, had this morning, “by men in the com-; thrown up their jobs. munity who prefer to hang around The four, Livingston Deval, Dan. bars or waste their time aimless- | Stewart, Laurie Samper and Alex ly, and we are going to put a}B. Hunter, were arraigned this {stop to that condition. morning before Justice Esquinal- | “Here is an illustration of howj do, and each was held in $25 bail | {manpower is being wasted in Key| for the criminal court. Justice | West,” Judge Albury continued: Esquinaldo said he had placed the “23 laborers worked Thursday onj bail at a low figure so that the the addition that is being built] men could provide it and go back jto the Naval Hospital; yesterday] to work. lonly 17 of them returned to the “You may say,” | job.” resumed, “that loafers As a result of this movement,; West must do one of three things headed by Judge Albury and Jus-j go to work, go to jail or be in |tice of the Peace Enrique Es-} ducted into, the country’s arme¢ jquinaldo, five colored laborers! were arrested yesterday by Con-! rate a condition of wastage of stable Jose Espinosa, who covers! manpoyer by men who are able- Justice Esquinaldo’s district. | bodied, but prefer to spend their So that there would not be the {time loafing and grubbing off men least unfairness, the names of the} who do work. jmen were turned over to Clarence; “And you may Higgs, business agent of the Car- drive is not a flurry. It’s going to be penters’ Union, and Harold Rus-j kept up for the duration.” FAIR SHARE FOR EVERYBODY Point Rationing Guarantees You and Every Other Person A Fair and Equal Share Of Scarce Foods! et a Judge Albury By CHAUNCEY W. ‘BUTLER State OPA Director BRITISH ARMY MAKING ATTACK ON MARETH LINE |the all-out home front effort of ' their British allies when the point | rationing system goes into effec jin this country, February 22. }not be identical with the one the palin have been using stem as. USED IN ACTION een but the point rationing s | Florida's citizens will THREE DIRECTIONS; TONS ; will be an American plan, design- OF SHELLS HURLED led by Ameriguns | America.** } «Our important difference will be know for conditions in (By Associated Press) CAIRO, Feb. 20.—The British | y Eighth Army, which chased Mar- ndled .When meat rationing ts here, at some later date, it rilleheandse the point system. The British do ration meat, but | they do not use a point system for today attacking the | it. shal Rommel across the Lybian desert, is Unlike’ the English who first used the point system to buy |clothing, Americans will first use the point system only for pro- cessed and canned foods. No i * s {clothing rationing plan has been on the line in a frontal assault.) so ounced yet by the Office of while each flank is subjected to| Price Administration. Yet in basic ways the }and American systems alike. Rich and poor, young, baby and adult will have lexactly the same number of either on one or both flanks, which | points to spend on rationed foods. would put the Axis forces in cen-| Like British housewives, tral Tunisia in imminent danger | ene oars DeEenDy reliable of being irapped. jcome the point rationing, Florida Meanwhile, Allied Montgomery's army, supplement- ed by planes from Malta and the Mareth line with heavy artillery | from three directions. Tons of shells are being hurled | English heavy bombardment. ares General Montgomery, it is said, will attempt to outflank the line, planes in | Vides them an equitable share of | rationed foods for the family din- ner table. When they go to the store to buy food, Florida shoppers will lhave to think about two prices, command in Tunisia, are keeping | up a constant blasting of enemy positions in Tunis, Bizerte and central Tunisia. the cash price and the point pri As soon as rains cease and roads | Whether they can afford the cash harden in Tunisia, it is expected | Price depends upon their pocket- that battles of tanks will be go-| books. Whether they ing on in ev ector at the same] the point price depends on how time. The weather alone ha all- | many stamps are left in the ration ed the promised all-out offe’ sive| book. Naturally, the more low- to be launched by the Allies. | point items chosen the longer the ae total number of coupons for any | period will last. WORLD AFFAIRS Relation po "the Future , JAMES. F. SRN F. R.G. Editor, Author; Shab Prenetter Will Give! & Saries of || GREAT PROPHETIC | LECTURES JOE E, BROWN in The Daring Young Man | | EWS and SERIAL i | SS PAPRIKA IRIDAAAAAAAIAIIA i TONIGHT! For A BIG TIME. . .Try Illustrated With a Large Chait -|| SLOPPY JOE'S BAR J mss in » tae: aapeeet Diace ta roma | Feb. 21, at 8 P. M. JOE RUSSO’S BAND _ {J See this paper next Saturday | “The Best Swing Band In Town” |f for list of Subjects and where Ss 3 F “0 H the meetings will be held. COME. .. HAVE A GOOD TIME!) BE SURE TO ATTEND THESE Music Starts at 7 p.m. | meEeTINGs AND HEAR OF Week-Nights at 8 o’Clock | “THINGS TO COME.” in Key forces. We are not going to tole-! add that this | GE | Floridians will fall in step with} But our rationing program will | since , | way, 1941. Certain points of the HEAVY “ ARTILLERY BEING ; English system will be’ utilized, | it} meat rationing will} old andj who, | | homemakers will find that it pro-| can afford} PRICE FIVE CENT ~ Attacks | LATE BULLETIN Ss (By Associated Press) IS ROMMEL IN RUSSIA? LONDON.—The Stockholm radio stated today that it had posi- _ | tive informetion that Hitler had transferred Marshal Erwin Rommel rom Tunisia to Russia to assume supreme command of Axis forces fighting in that country. GERMAN PLANES FEEBLY RETALIATE LONDON.—Two German planes feebly retaliated last night while. Wilhelmshafen was being blasted by 300 heavy RAF bombers. The two planes raided the southeast coast of Scotland. but they stayed so vhigh up! their attack. was aimless, The bombs fell in open | country end did not cause any casualties or damage, the Air Min- istry reported today. BLENHEIMS AND LIBERATORS ATTACK IN BURMA CHUNGKING.—RAF Blenheims and Liberators, yesterday, at- - | tacked Jap positions in several parts of Burma and inflicted heavy losses on the gnemy in men end equipment. it was officially reported here today. The first attack was a surprise, and not till the first bomb | had fallen were the Japs awere of the presence of the planes. REPORT NELSON TO > RETIRE WASHINGTON.—Reports were current here today that Don ald M. Nelson is going to resign his chairmanship of the. War Pro duction Board because of disputes that have arisen over his decision in some matters of priorities. Two names were suggested as his pos- } | | to the reports, and that President Roosevelt is standing behind Nelson. LIBERATORS DOWN JOPS GENERAL MacARTHURS HEADQUARTERS. ficially reported today that two squadrons of Jap Zeros were defeated in ettacks on big Liberator bombers, In each instance the Jans at- tacked a lone bomber, one near New Guinea and the cther over Rebaul, in N. w Britain Islend. A.t the later place, the Liberator Crop- ped bombs on a 10,000-ton Jap transport. While the attack was be- ing made, a squadron of nine Zeros took to the air ia an attempt to drive off the Liberator. Three of the Zeros were shet down and the others turned tail. At New Gi-:aea, one Zero out of five was de- stroyed, — It was of- ‘ANOTHER GROUP OF SELECTEES TO LEAVE MONDAY FOR CAMP BLANDING { aaa |MANY ALSO FAIL TO ASK FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN CITY | Commenting on a {terday’s Citizen about the who have will leave Key We iday for Camp BL Paul G. Albury | age, co ting of cigarette or anges, candy, apple and matches will be selectee by the M Defense Council, of chairman. The Army band will be at the federal building to p eral numbers~before and electees leave for the camp. The articles for the paid for by the busine other residents ‘NAZI BATTALION of tor ving. Mon which he i story in yes- num oe ber of property owners, failed to file applications county for homestead ¢ City Assessor-Collector Sam B. Pinder said today that between : 300 and 400 owners, who come un- | der the Homestead Exemtpion Act, have féiled’te call at his of £194 Ao, file ythe rpausyeth eypplica- tions. “Anelyttu: knowhow st is in mat- + i teis of! that kind," Me. Pinder | added. “Sometimes, wren we have | something important to do, and have a good many ¢ in which to do it, we fritter a time till it is too late to do it “That is how it is likely to be with sume of the property own- ers in question .And they may be sure that, though I trust every one of them will comply with | the law in time, if they fail to do so, they may be sure I will com- jply with the law by refusing to grant exemptions when the time; for granting them has expired.” in the emption, when the ackages are men and octnted Prensa) Feb. 20.—"! an entire talion in Russia whose bu not primarily th to loot Nazi-oc of art treasures and book ; of its seldiers arc connéisseurs and ott cial knowledg« A London = sourc ai companies this battal ystematically stripped seums and universities of Kharkov of all their pictures and rare book army f of Axis Forces Thrown Back in Two ( Against Allies aan Weather Yes- terday Interferred With Ground Action Around Tunisia ne ALGIERS. Feb. 20—Allied heedquafters stated today that Axis forces made two attacks against Allied lines this morning and were thrown beck in each case. One attack was made to the west. and it had hardly got under way well before the Aillies launched a counter offensive, stopped the onrushing Germans end Italians and then forced them to retreat back to the po sitions from which they a ae Slight gains were made in Beth affrays. i sible successors, but one spokesmen declared that there is nothing _ southerr a direct f to point-bla guns, 2 ber of t the ether to the interferred tal attack Kk range ¢ unannounced num dest s turned and former po weather with ground ac in of Tunisia. Americ forces that had, prepared counter attacks had te defer them, 1 stalled t yest most too were san ir Aw r back b have and Axi fore Marshal reformed their announ the men icially sitions the range « retrea prepared on enr side ¢ which they had MATERIAL FOR RED CROSS WORK ARRIVES Mrs. D Productior Nav TRAINED TO LOOT : ty Hall wil isine Monda unt of Washingto TheC rt Orde? by CITY CLERK. ae ..-AT LOW COST 6 VITAMINS and 3 MINERALS SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS Duval at Fleming Free Delivery Service Key West, Florida