The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 23, 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. 46. Che Kry West Citizer: THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN’ THE U. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 19 S.. A. 43. Stalia Demands Britain And United States Open Second Front Somewhere In Europe Soviet Premier Praises His it ni Pi RED ATTACKS oldiers 4 bane os ON NAZI UNITS restate DONS (By Associated Press) i MOSCOW, Feb. 23.—A part of Premier Josef Stalin's speech to-| the fifth anniversary of the organi- DAY day, in observing twenty- | (By Associated Presa) MOSCOW, Feb. 23.—The Red Army’s ferocious attacks on the United |Nazis since the winter offensive zation of the Red Army. was! devoted to a reiterated demand that the Britain and Sates open a second front some-| started were more ferocious to-{ other time of it it was jday than during any idue to the twenty-fifth anniversary, throwing ; announced here. ; Stalin | where in Europe. While he praised his for their success back the Nazi hordes, ' ; jt. (der of the day to r added that the crushing of Hit lio intensify their ler should not be left alone to the In the southeast sector at Orel, the Soviets showed no quarter Red Army. America and Brit. (Wi, they trapped three columns ain, he declared, should strike} 0f the Axis forces. When the ; : \conflict came io an end, 3,000 Hitler in Europe, and though of the enemy had the cost may be dear, it would {today’s communique announced. H celebration soldiers | in Stalin's or- h the Reds fighting spirit It did not require been killed, In the northern sector of Orel, shorten the war, and. in the long 340 more Nazis were killed and of 1100 taken prisoners, and 349) miles south in the Stalino area} not a single Axis soldier, out of ja total of 400, survived an attack Me said that the Red Army, in|) an enemy strenghold. North- the 20 months that have passed} west of Rostov, the fighting also launched their /W@S_ furious.” Three hundred |Nazis, out of a total of 400, were surprise attack against Russia, pointed out {killed. {| The communiaue has put 9,000,000 Axis forces out) ty} 24, fighting, the 4,000,000 of ,advance of the Russians is like- i Tun, save many thousands lives. since the Nazis in the Orel of action, and that y to be swifter because, in the them have been killed on Rus-jjast 24 hours, a long line of \fortified positions have- been jcaptured by the Reds. He praised his soldiers for the | great task they have performed | sian soil. SPECIAL SELLING! WCIEN LELONG as aoverrisen tw LIFE MACAZINE and called upon them to continue to exert themselves to their ut- most until not a single Na: combatant remains in Russia. COMMANDOS GIVEN’ WORLD WAR KNIVES: KITTANING, Pa., Feb. 23.— Two hunting knives that saw se vice in the first World War have “re-enlisted” to. serve with U. S. | Commandos in the second great conflict. They are among a collec- tion of knives donated by Arm- | strong county sportsmen for use | by American invasion troops. One of the knives was eee from the first man hanged in Arm- strong county more than 40 years | ago. It found its way into the pack of a member of the original A.E.F. | and was carried to France against | regulations. Another sportsman contributed | a hunting knife that formerly was | a German bayonet. It was lifted from the body of a dead German soldier and brought to the United States following the Armistice. | Ground down and fitted with a! handle, it became a serviceable hunting knife. | ROUND-WORLD TIRES, TURNED INTO SCRAP, (By Associuted Presr) AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 23-—The; tires that rolled Howard Hughes’ | plane on and off manv strange, far-flung airports when he made! his round-the-world dash in 1938) have gone to war. The B. F. Goodrich Company, | which used to show the Hughes tires to plant visitors along with other curiosity items made of rub- ber, just sent them to the scrap pile for reclaiming, proving that; no rubber is too old to do its bit | these days. | Also stripped from exhibit cases and consigned to the reclaim mill was the set of plane tires that PHONE 189 Lewis A. Yancey and Roger Q. Fleming Williams used on their flight from | gets: uc: Sines Maine to Italy in 1029, TiS FOR A LIMITED TIME § FOUR CAKES Lucien Lelong’s Perfumed Soap is simply luscious—a treat every time you use it. Now, in this once-a-year selling, you get four cakes for $1. Hurry, while assort- ments of colors and fra- grances are still complete. Six lovely colors to match Choice of Fragrances: Carna- tion, Sweet Pea, Gardenia, Hon- eveuckle, Camellia, White Lilec SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. Prescription Druggists American Soldiers Greet Roosevelt } i |STEP-UP IN FIGHTING DUE. TO CELEBRATION OF REDS) BEING CARRIED ON TO-' of Public Relations, U.S. War Dept.. Wash.. D.C a were taken by surprise when President Roosevelt rode by in a jeep ng Sergt. Oran Lass, who joined the Army in Kansas City. In the rear seat is Lieut. Gen. Mark Clark whose secret ia in Algeria from a submarine was one of the high adventures in the camp: EMPLOYER CITES CONDITIONS JAPANESE PUPPET RELATIVE TO KEEPING WORKERS GOVERNMENT GETS Keeping “help” of business men gen is the bugaboo ) respunse, nine times out of ten Press) over > su is big-scale attacks have | launched recently by the Japs in {china and that the Tokyo radio's frequent recurrence to such sup- ; en attacks has been made by | jJapariese military leaders purely | for home consumption. They are ltrying to convince the Japanese public that the reason why Japan | yuth- con- rally in Key | Okay, I quit!’ And that attitude is West, and the chief reason for that /#5Sumed because the employe} knows that if he or she throws up j any reference. | a job here, another job may be ob-; “It would be an entirely differ-} PROMPTED BY JAPANESE SUCCESSES In an effort to overcome that | his last job before he could get an- | condition, a leading employer inj other. In no case, were that prac- a] i Saar i ; 2 hee LONDON, Feb. 23—The Vichy all employers refuse to hire any-}teous to customers in his former | @ " body who abruptly throws up his! job, or had dorie any other unbe-{@overnment anne unced today. that 'day,” the employer in bein evil is traceable to the boom con-} pet government. said, “even brushes side con-|ditions in Key West. Labor, is at| always to be treated courteous ing advantage of that cireum-/ are having in China, and that the; if his conduct warrants that treat- j stance, and-are doing their work} surrender of the French territory | abruptly to customers, using ex-} | centage of. them have assumed ; pressions that. would surprise that ‘také it, or leave it’ attitude,|, The assertion by Vichy is not ! borne out by the official news re- keeping help in Key West. A cour- | should protect themselves against. | STG 10 the epee teous inquiry by a customer often! “If we don’t take some action,; Me Chinese are oulmane to become } ees Acie ove to the attention of the manager,! worse, and it is surely bad snough | Wo days, have inflicted seve {and he reproves the employe, the | now. County Commissioner ‘has suffered defeats in the Valdez, chairman of the build-rwest Patific is be e lal jteay that he is making prelim- | against enemies closer to noes But, Chungking added signifi- |condition is)/because ani employe | knows he can get another job im-; ‘TURNED OVER BY VICHY! s 1 ye mediatel thout bh t MO ediately without having to give; GOVERNMENT: VE WAS tained immediately at some other jent thing if the employe knew he} place. | would have to give reference from | Key West said today that he con-' tice in effect, would I employ! (ity Axsociatea templaves taking action by ° any | anybody who had_ been discour- | job for no good reason whatever, | coming act. jit has turned all its terri- { “The condition in Key West to-| “Of course, I am aware that the, ; tory in China to the Japanese pup- Vichy added that the move was temptuously that old rule of every!a premium, and while the great! CY MUUE UiAt |e MUN’ Ae ‘business man: that a customer is! majority of employes are not tak- | prompted by s the Japs eee : | as efficiently as they aud i nor-/ there will accelerate the attain- e have had employes talk} mal timés, yet a good-sized per- ment of still’ greater supcesses. | people who are not familiar with| and it is that percentage that the} g | the acute situation of getting andj business. men af this community | Ceived today from Chungking. Ac results in a ‘take it or leave it’ an- | the condition of employing help in| and outfighting the | Japanese on iswer. When such conduct comesiKev West going every 1ORe 20 Gs defeats on the Japs. Maximo; ‘ tin pents of Japs have ‘been kept { i | WIFE" OF THE LATE W. R.\inary arrangements to have the! cantly, the Japs are losing in | ANDERSON, INSURANCE denctinc China as well as in the South jmain building county | | west Pacific. AGENT ‘courthouse renovated. | ‘ne walls in the offices and ANNOUNCE NEED FOR eceived in Key Westin the halls are badly in need of CLASSIFIED LABORERS | | nouncing the death:painting, Mr. Valdez stated. Con-| |of Mrs. Daisy Anderson at her!ditions, he added, are not so bad| Albert B. Cooper, recorder of | jhome in Pensacola, Fla. The de-!in the annex. It is his intention! the U. S. Labor Board, announces | ceased the wife of the late'to have the walls, upstairs and| that classified laborers are need- William R. Anderson, who was'downstairs in the main building! ed at the Naval Operating Base jconnected with the insurance busi-i painted first and then have work jat Key West for consideration for | |ness in Key West for many years, started on the offices. ; part-time employment, that is, prior to leaving for Pensacol The proposed improvements, | from the hours of 4 p. m., to 9 p.m. | where Mr. and Mrs. Anderson had!he cortcluded, are merely in aj Anyone interested should call at resided since that time. [preparatory stage, and no defin-| the Office of the Labor Board, Mrs. Anderson, who was a na-/ite action will be taken until] Room 105, Post Office Building, tive Key Wester, visited here sev-|spring or early summet: | Key West, Fla. eral years ago with relatives and| % friends, and had been quite ill for! \a great length of time since, j6- !eliintimmnntininenannimntnn | turning to Pensacola, where |ghe | } maintained her residence. H She is survived by a daugh fr, Mrs. Ruby Sacarro; one son, War- | jren Anderson; a brother, Chester } | Thompson of Key_ West, and nu-; | merous other relatives. i | Mrs: Anderson _had numerous j friends in Key West, and-else-; : where, all of whom will be ex- j ceedingly grieved on learning of ‘her demise. } ‘Last week at a meeting held under the auspices of Southernmost Realty Board and attended by approximately 20 Key West landlords, it was decided for the protection of the landlords, to organize an association to be known as “The Key West Landlords Association.” The enthusicsm for this organization has become so gen eral and so many iandlords have expressed the desire to be- come members, that a meeting is being held at the County | ——_--_— Court House, on Whitehead Street, on Friday, February 26th. ' NEWEST RAILROAD 1943, at 8 o'clock p. m., formally to organize an association | and elect its officers. All Key West landlords are eligible for |,. NEW YORK.—One of the na- membership and are invited to attend. tion’s newest railroads is the 50- JOSEPH ZORSKY., ui Temporary Organizing Committee. + “ages WevUUss rid SBARNNUAUEUOE UO eg mile Claiborne and Polk Military {Railroad recently completed in ‘Louisiana. during the last! | Chungking also reports that no} been} Key West, Florida, hes inc most equable climate in the country ; range of only 14° Fahrent =‘t with an average PRICE FIVE CENTS LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) DISMISSED AFTER 14 YEARS | TAMPA.—The case against Wilson Taylor, who has had a charge | hanging over him since 1929, in connection with the violation of the | Prohibition law, was dismissed today in the federal district court in ; this city. The charge originated in an attack against prohibition | agents, who attempted to break up a ring of liquor law violators. | COMMITTEE CLOSELY DIVIDED | | WASHINGTON.—It was reported here today that the sub-com- {| mittee of the House, which is considering a bill to exempt farm le ! borers from induction in the armed forces, is closely divided on the } question. A secret session was held today, but its outcome has not i yet been announced. : ae Se | CANNON ON TRAIL AGAIN j ST. PETERSBURG.—Bishop James B. Cannon, who fought against the sale of liquor in prohibition and Pre-prohibition days. | made an address here today in which he advocated Stopping the sale of liquor in every area in the country where armed forces are sta | tioned. He also opposed the sale of beer in canteens, ' PRICE MADE REAR ADMIRAL j JACKSONVILLE.—Captain John Dale Price, who was in com | mand of the air forces stationed here, has bec: promoted to rear ad- miral and has been transferred to the Navy's air arm at sea. LOUIS WOLFSON ROBERT GIVENS DIES IN MIAMI ‘NOW FULL COLONEL CONDUCTED BUSINESS | KEY WEST FOR PERIOD | OF 28 YEARS | Louis Wolfson, 78, to ‘Key West in 1888 and remaia- ed in business here many |died yesterday in a nospital in Miami. The last location of his |department store in Key West {was at Fleming and Duval sts., ithe present site of La Concha | Hotel. | The deceased joined with many other Key Westers, including the jlate Geofge W. Allen, in appeal- ing to Henry M. Flagler to e tend his Florida East Coast Rail- way to Key West, and, though ;many years passed before those ‘pleas resulted in succe that learly groundwork had much to do with the eventual success. Mr. Wolfson remained in busi- ness in Key West 28 years. He jwent to Miami in 1916 and or- ganized the East Coast Whole- sale Corporation. | He leaves three Hliam L. Wolfson, ‘New York; O. P. Beach, and City Wolfson,;and one daughter, Mrs. iSidn Meyer, Miami. { Funeral services will be con- jductéd ‘at 10 o'clock tomorrew morning in the Temple Israel, | IN|ATTAINS HIGH POST WITH ARMY AT AGE OF THIRTY-SIX who came Several Key who have commissions United State Army vanced rank sine of the war, and the list is topped by Robert H. Givens, Jr full fledged colonel Colonel Givens. West young men in the years, have ad k the beginning . who is a although born here, claims Key West a: home. His parents, both nativ ~ of Key West, were living in Tam for a short while and he was born there. He is the son of Rob ert H. Givens, Sr., and the Daisy Walker Given: He was educated in the schools of Key West, and grad- hated from high school at the age of 14. He attended the University of Florida, but was too young to be admitted to the Law School or the R. O. T. C. He, therefore, studied and passed the State Bar physician in! Examination and had been a prac Wolfson, Miami | ticing attorney in ‘Tar and Mi Councilman ami for 10 years with signal cess While residing in Key West, he was a member of the Florida Na tional Guard and attained the ‘rank of lieutenant. On moving to jae | Tampa, it was not po.sible to !transfer to the National Guard there, because it was field artillery [POETRY TELLS V ELLS WOMAN rather than coast artillery, and it THAT JURY BARS HER was, therefore. necessary for hir to re-enlist and work 1.» through the ranks. his late pubiic sons, Dr. Wil- (By Associated Press) OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 23—! He was inducted into the ser- ; District Judge Albert C. Hunt is! vice of the United States Army on no poet but he struggled up to the ' November 25 1940, as a major. He j occasion when, in a reply to a served on the Brigade Staff of the jsummons to jury duty, the wife of 116th Field Artillery, under Brie |Mark Gray wrote: adier General Sumpter L. Towry '“Mark’s out in mid-ocean, 1 at Camp Blanding, Florida. On July 4, 1941, he received his pro motion to Lieutenant Colonel, and on February 7, 1942, he was ap vointed to the General Staff in | Washington. Shortly after this he was promoted to colonel at the lage of 36 j wish I knew where, \“Dressed in a sailor's suit, do ing his share. “I'm just a small person, American true blue “And I'll pinch-hit for him if you think I'd do.” His honor managed to get off j-a written reply in which he noted | ber, Colonel Givens left for over but with: | the Middle East. “And your offer is fine, and | He is married and has I'm sure you would do, | daughter, Daisy. i But for the fact the law won't: — ! let you.” | ONE WAY TO SAVE TIRES | If you find fault with the meter | of that last line, blame it on the; SPOKANE, Wash.—Les Farrish. law. The judge had to figure out | lumberman, anxious to conserve ‘some way of telling her that the | the precious tires on his fleet of law of Oklahoma won't let women | eight lumber trucks, solved his serve on juries. problem this way: ——_—_—__— eight trucks, SINCE EARLY DAYS regular sixty-five miles to Spo- kane, four of the empty trucks are WASHINGTON. — potest ean countries have used sponges one loaded on the other four for the return trip. He figures he will times. way. During the latter part of Octo she had asked whether he thought | seas duty at his own request, and/ {she would do as a juror, closing ; he is now stationed somewhere in| When his} loaded, made their} for washing since the earliest/save 175,000 miles a year in this! i lied Forces Halt Threé Axis Thrusts Around Céntral Tnisia Rommel Loses Many Tanks With Others Damaged In Latest Tunisian Of- fensive (By Associates Pre=s) ALGIERS. Feb. 23 —Allied headquarters announced today that three Axis thrusts have been stopped cold im Centre! Tunisie by American and British forces. The report added that Mar- shel Erwin Rommel is spperent- ly im feverish haste to cut the Allied forces in Tunisian. due to the progress the OSritih Eighth Army im hammering to Pieces the Mareth line Should the line be cut. the rear of Bom- of mel's army will be open %o af tack of the armored divisions agua ey ~——— thet Rommel lost many tanks and jeec many others badly dameg- e4 im his latest Tunisian offen- sives. In each imstance. Rommel! wes driven back to his former Rommel!'s goal is to come into line thet cuts Tunisia athwart from tte soutbeast corner of Algeria fo the northeast corner of Tu nisia. but. it was added he is far short of reaching that ob jective. Possession of the railway Time is pleying eqainst Rom- mel. That was the cist of the comment emong Allied officers who added that he can not dis- regard the threat of the British Eighth Army to bis rear. + FCUR ARRAIGNED FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH MOTOR VEHICLE LAW Two colorec lors, one man were arraigne terday afternoon before Just the Peace Enrique Esqr Jr., charg f no mF with the Florida law. Tw had | licenses to other drive or defendant other two having license: were charged ha Eac $25 bail the crimina and in each case bail wa ed h wa for AIR TRAINEE HITS LIQUID JACKPOT (By Ansociated ¢r: MIAMI, Fila. Feb. 2 ‘andidate Eugene Geis rmy Air Corps decided ta soft drink and put a pickei the vending machine Hardly had he grabbed hi tle before another poppe |and another and another fellow line the still another. His candidates formed quickly disposed drinks. PALACE THEATER Affairs of Jimmy Valentine with DENNIS O'KEEFE NEWS and SERIAL Tonight Is Prise Night of