The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 1, 1943, Page 1

+o Samps, airdromes and ammuni- _ Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXIV. No. 51. Nazis Are Thrown Bac. Attempts To Force Britis Lies in Northern Tunisia Allied Divebombers In: OM OP OOOM# MD flict Widespread De- RED CROSS DRIVE OFF baa weather. the Russian ad-! struction On Ene: Motorized Columns , 1 \TO FAVORABLE START my’s} ois taaiee | (By Axsocinted Presay WASHINGTON, Mar. According to advises receiv- ed here today, the Red Cross drive, with its ultimate goal of $125,000,000. got off to favorable starts through- out the country” President Roosevelt’ said {By Asnovinted Press) ALGIERS, Mar. 1,—Every Nazi attempt to force the British lines in northern Tunisia has :drove Axis forées out “fentrenched’ positions. i Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. BAD WEATHER TO SLOW UP IN NORTHEAST SECTOR OF DONETZ FRONT SOVIETS RECAPTURED SMALL VIL- LAGE (By Associated Press) MOSCOW, Mar. 1.—Because of jvance has been slowed down to ja walking pace and, in some ®reas, it has been stalled. it was announced today. In the northeast sector of the Donetz front, the Russians _re- captured a small village of that all we need to know./in © been beaten back with heavy losses to the enemy. it was of- tat enone ony, Tae] EET feta A times, in the last 24 hours, the| lied Nations, that the Red | Nazis launched attacks against | British positions, evidently for the purpose of relieving the Pressure on Marshal Erwin Rom- mel’s forces in central Tunisia. Not only were the Axis forces liberally to the task of unprecedent is the tinue to do throughout the Red Cross Chapters in all parts of the country have | organized to conduct the | campaign efficiently until it ! comes to an end on March 31. " stopped, but Allied divebombers) ~ </ 707 AF a | KEY caused = widespread ayenieent among the enemys motorized columns, destroying tanks, mo- Re lorries and _ self-propeling field pieces. The planes roared back of the | enemy lines and reined death and destruction on concentration | ALLIED FORCES — CONTINUE STABS | AT NAZI POINTS. MAIN QUESTION REVOLVES | AROUND PLANS OF ALLIES’ » FOR OPENING OF SECOND” tion dumps. The Allies lost 12 FRONT IN EUROPE i planes, and seven enemv planes H were shot down, | (by Associated Press) LONDON, Mat. 1,—Are the MORE FUNDS FOR Allies getting ready to open AN AQUEDUCT SISTEM “= ==,———= = ARE NOW SOUGHT | That question was asked today ' because of the continued heavy | |bombing of Germany and the FINAL ACTION BEING TAKEN | countries she occupies. American, TO GET EXTRA APPROPRIA- TION FROM RECONSTRUC- TION CORPORATION Canadian and British planes con-! tinued today to blast Germany's | | industrial cities and military in-' | stallations along coastal fronts. | | At noon today the raids passed: let-up. Every minute, since last, | Thursday, the Air Ministry said, | bombs have been dropped some- | where in Germany or on territory | occupied by her. The blasting has, gone on day and night, and ‘news } received here from authoritative! sources says that the nerves of the | German people have Jbeen iftaz? zled. i ; It was reported.today unofficial- ly that commando raids arg likely to be started to supplement the air raids, If such raids are con+ templated, General Bernard Padgett, in command of English home troops, said today that the} men under him are primed to| strike heavy blows. They are} Julius Stone, attorney for the Florida Keys Aqueduct Commis- sion, said this morning that final action is being taken to obtain the extra amount of $250,000 from the! Reconstruction Finance Corpora-} tion to be used in making exten-| sions of mains and laterals: and for other essential improvements | to the water system in Key, West.! The documents that require sig- | natures and Mr. Stone’s opinion, | as attorney for the commission,! will be prepared in time to be sent to Washington on this afternoon's} mail. When the $250,000 is received, it | will make a total of $1,750,000 that} has been loaned the Florida Keys | Aqueduct Commission by the Re- construction Finance Corporation. and are anxious to take the offen-! sive. | Faerie CeO | ORIGIN OF WORD i CHICAGO.—The word alcohol is | derived from the Arabic particle! al and kohl, an impalpable pow- der used in the East for painting | eyebrows. i COLLECTING NOTES WASHINGTON, — The United States government office of strate- gic service is collecting travelers’ } notes on foreign Jocalities as well | as photographs, THIRTY MORE NAMES OF EMPLOYES QUITTING JOBS ARE TURNED IN ‘The names of 30 more employes, who quit their jobs in Key West | Will be investigated, and in every case, Judge Albury said, where a} for presumably no good reason,| good excuse is not provided for | have.been turned over to Judge} the abrupt discontinuance of work, William V. Albury, of the Monroe | the employe will be arrested on a County Criminal Court of Record. | technical charge of vagrancy. Every one of those Naples | “It is still go to work, or go to} | jail; join the army or get out of} | town,” Judge Albury stated today. | OIL SPRA ¥Y | “We are going to keep up this Vouk Waidate wilds Cement | drive, and you may be sure we are of Fenders, | 891ng to root every loafer out of saves you buying a set {town, If he agrees to go to work { * Lou Smith AUTO SERVICE: to help the war effort, we will be/ White ‘at Fleming St. Phone No, 5) delighted, but if he persists in| Opposite Army Barracks loafing, action positively will be eecemamrermencnenrenes | (ken against him,” war. jin the last few days. {weapon was found on him. jsearched the two last the claim. It was added LANDLORDS’ UNIT WOULD EQUALIZE WEST RENTS ATTORNEY STONE SAYS OR-i ‘Benson Christy, Quadruple GANIZATION IS NOT FOR PURPOSE OF FIGHTING THE OPA - “The idea that the Key West Landlords’ Association was or-} ganized to fight the OPA rent-ceil- | ing office in Key West is a miseon- ception,” Julius Stone, attorney for the association, said today. “We believe there are some in- equalities in rent ceilings in Key West, and our aim is to adjust them, Instead of fighting the OPA, we will cooperate with the office here as far as is possible. There are } some legal provisions that might} have been misapplied, and it is} matters of that nature that we will check up fully in the hope of put- ting all rentals in Key West on a fair basis.” Sixty landlords or: their rerpe- sentatives were present at the or- ganization of the Key West Land- lords’ Association. The following officers were named: President, Joseph Zorsky; viee-} president, Jacob Dietsch; seer the one hundredth hour without! tary and treasurer, Mrs. Alfeld. |Just before he entered the death! IS HELD ‘ON, | VAGRANCY CHARGE! FERNANDO; LaGUARDIA DE-| ' TAINED ‘BY SHERIFF SATURDAY On a tip received from Tam- pa, supplemented by a tip in Key West, Sheriff Berlin Saw- and | their | A Berlin broadeaster was heard ; actuating us to “contribute’'!here to declaré that the Nazis thad \ recaptured work;"°that they lost early jnorthwest of Kharkov, but the | ‘Russian high command denied ; that “Cross is doing and will con- ithe enemy had been repulsed in villages ; week, | | island-to- Key West, Florida, h:s most equable climate ir country ; range of only 14° Fahre with an 2 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, .MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1943. RUA em Far East Springboard MARSHALL & GILBERT 5 - | | i \ a AUSTRALIA lap Se jap Features. GUADALCANAL, purged of Japanese r penetration, is viewed by Navy Secretary Frank Knox as an advance bare of prime importance in the strategy of hitting north towards Tokyo by | instead of long and costly land stepping. The important Japanese air- and-sea, base of Rabaul would seem to be an early focal point of attack. Its fall would put United Nations bomb- ers to within easy range of Truk, prime Nipponese naval stronghold of the whole sprawling Oceania battlefield. Murderer, Was Electrocuted At Raiford During Morning i By Assofiated Preps) RAIFOHD, Mar. 1—Benson J..Father Murphy, Christy, who shocked Miami with) hypocrit.” Christy killed “IT am not a a quadruple murder several! a mar. his wite } months ago. was electrocuted in! the death house here this morn-j""” phe livia roves. of thats aS | home. He said afterward that the boy. who was playing with Electricity was turned on at toy warships on the floor. was 9:07 Gelock and at 9:16 he was;shot atcidently. pronounced dead. ; On leaving the houe, Christy i ia! Menlad- tb ipekk stepped a passing car. and short- body |ly afterward killed ithe drivet |threw his body to the side of Murphy of the Catholi \. a oe ore the road and abandoned the car to any- except Father Thomas a few miles north of where the chamber, Christy remarked 10 body was found. SENTENCES IMPOSED ON SIXTEEN Sixteen pleas of guilty were!cense, improper state tag: $5.00 made Saturday in the criminal jand costs or 30 days in jail; court, Judge William V. Albury! presiding, and the following ;€t’S license; $50 and costs or 30 sentences were imposed: farts canes Edward William G. Charisse, loaning! ;eckless driving, $5 and cost or yer, Saturday afternoon, went to the remains of the Cortez cigar | trained to the minute, he added, |factory and arrested Fernando} - wijjjam Vernon Fox, no driv- LaGuardia, who arrived here; on a noon buis that day. | Sheriff Sawyer is holding La-; Guardia on a charge of vagran- | ey and for investigation. The investigation will be made by County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, r. When Sheriff Sawyer got his information from Tampa, he was told that LaGhardia was armed.{ However, when he was searched at the time of his arrest, no} Hej was locked up, and Sheriff Saw-! yer returned to the factory and room, where he} had apprehended" LaGuardia, | and found, stuck away in) a .cor- ner, a .25 caliber Colt automatic. LARGEST IN AMERICA i ST. LOUIS.—Cahekia Mound, in Illinois, is the largest prehistoric earthwork in America. VVV IVI VV IVT VV PRESCRIPTIONS | Pure Fresh Ingredients Com- ! GARDNER’S PHARMACY Phone 177 Free 224444. driver's licensy $50 and costs orgs0 days in jail; 30 days in jail; Julius Watson, reckless driv- er’s license, $5.00 and costs or/in jal 30 days in jail; * Alfred Higgs, vagrancy; C. W. Holbert, no driver's 1i-;and costs or 30 days in jail; ee eee | Andrew. L.- Butler, - improper - Hicense; $25 and costs or 30 days im $25 jail; | _ Robert George Knowles, drunk- en driving; $50 and costs or 60 days in jail; i Bob Holmes, drunken driving, obstructing traffic; $50 and_ costs or 30 days in jail; driver’s license lordered revoked; | Henry Wallace Mey, drunken idriving; $50 and costs or 930 days in jail; driver's license or< dered revoked; | George Smith, improper k jcense; $5.00 and costs 30 jdays in jail; “a | Pauline Miller, vagrancy; sen- ‘tence under advisement; | Idella Dix, vagrancy; sentence junder advisement; * | Eugenia Gates, vagrancy; sen- tence under advisement; Ira Lorkhart, vagrancy; $25 or '30 days in jail. SOUTHERNMOST CITY | gevive inpusTRY PHARMACY, Inc. | Prescription Druggists Phone 199 Duval at Fleming . ; ! REGULARS OF VALUE ; 1 2 for 55¢ DOUBLE PACKAGE DETROIT.—Attempts are be- ‘ing made to revive the lime- stone industry on the island of Lismore, Argylishire, Scotland. end the latter's son, while they| DEFENDANTS IN CRIMINAL COURT Robert Clark Hughes, no driv-j; Gillespie, ; ing; $25 and costs or 30 days | | LATE BU (By Asnociated Press) PRESIDENT FEELING BETTER WASHINGTON.—President Roosevelt was reported today to have | improved considerably from the intestinal disorder with which he | has been suffering the last three days, He remained in his private | office on the second floor of the White House, but was permitted | by his physicians to do some light work. | ARMY TURNS DOWN DUROCHER | NEW YORK.—Leo Durocher; 38, manager of the Brookiyn Dodg- | ers, was turned down today by the'army because of the perforation of one of his ear drums, He said he was diseppointed because of his | failure to pass, and so told the examining physicians, who showed j him “the book,” wherein it is stated that a person with a perforated eardrum is not acceptable for service. PLANES AND TANKS FOR RUSSIA WASHINGTON.—it was officially stated here today that. in- | cluded in the wer equipment that Russia has received from the United States under the terms of the Lend-Lease law, were 5.200 airplanes and 6.200 tanks. MADAME CHIANG KAI-SHEK IN NEW YORK NEW YORK.—Madame Chiang Kai-Shek arrived here today and was greeted by Mayor LaGuardie and other city officials. She was | Presented with a bouquet of white and red roses by the Chinese con- | sulate of this city. “WORK OR FIGHT” BILL PROGRESSES WASHINGTON.—The absentee bill, popularly called the it was predicted that it will pass both the house and the senate. The bill provides that all nevy yards be required to report quarterly to the draft board the names of men who quit their jobs without good | cause. ae CEE FINNS TO FIGHT ON HILSINKL—The Presidnt of Finland. in assuming bis mew term of office today, seid that he sees no imumedicte way of Finland getting out of the war against Russia. He said thet the.Finns hve been allied with Germany for 20 months, end that it no telling how much | longer that alliance will continue. ‘STAMP STOCK SALES AT KEY WEST _POSTOFFICE SHOW BIG INCREASE is | Sale of stamp stock in the Key | as compare: | West post office 1 month was, year. {slightly more than 3914 per cent! Comparative figures are {as compared with that in Febru- Postal Savings jary of 1942. Due depositors, Febru | The latter amount we 55, | 1943, $928,589.00; 1942, $457,124.00. ‘and the sum taken Money Orders paid, February | taled $13,462.55. The sales, in; 1943, $46,463.82; 1942, $37,909.96 monthly comparisons, have Money Orders issued February, shown an a continuously | 1943, $237,117.16; 1942, $101,199.99. {since the beginning of the war. U.S. Bonds and War Saving: | There an increase in all, $54,715.40. Stamps, sold Feb- {other business-during Yast nlonth:ruary, 1943, $18,575.00. h February « KEY WEST:\CHAPTER OF RED | CROSS STARTS WAR FUND DRIVE The Key West Chapter of the!during that month our Red Cross today began its an-'rededicate themselves ‘nual Red Cross drive, which will|Splendid aims and ‘continue throughout the month. !the Red Cross. I e The chapter has received a copy/men, women, and young people of the Président’s proclamation, of our country, in every city and |which is as follows: town and village, in every coun- “WHEREAS — The American|ty and state throughout the jNational Red Cross during the land, to enlist in the army of ‘first year of our participation in mercy mobilized under he ban- jthe war has rendered vital hu-jner of the Red Cross and to con- imanitaian services to the mem-!tribute generously to the Red ibers of our armed forces and to|/Cross War Fund in order that itheir families; and 'the sum of One Hundred Twen- | “WHEREAS the demands made |ty-five Million Dollars, e upon the Red Cross are steadily cent of which is needed, ma; ‘increasing from_day to day as it raised promptly. lis called upon#o accompany our | “IN, WITNESS WHEREOF, I ‘Army and. Nai i i have /hereunta | set mi¥ and and; \theatres. of - a caused “the ve#Mof the United ‘blood «plasma. f ir wounded, | States of America toybe af! {to ‘sénd relief to merican and! “DONE. at >the Civ of iited’ Nations prisoners of war, | ington this tweny-th day of tand to expand its preparations February in the year of jto’ meet’ emergencies at home; our Lord nineteen Hun. ,and . | dred and forty-thre | “WHEREAS The American |(SEAL) and of the Independence ; iNational Red Cross is ma of the United States of| people to the activities of summon the {necessity of raising further is } in order tat these essential | dred and sixty-seventh } services may be continued and! “FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. | ,expanded: |\“By the President: i | ‘*NOW, THEREFORE, || “CORDELL HULL, | | FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT,’ “Secretary of State”. } President of the United States j of America, and President of The; Amercan National Red Cross, do hereby designate the month} CHICAGO.—AlIl animal beginning March 1, 1943, as ‘Red |plant life is believed to contam Cross Month’, and I request. thatiglycerine in some form. IN SOME FORM “work-or-fight” bill, continued to meet with favor here today, and. Jap lnvasion Of Australi Now Becomes More * Apa Warships, Cargo Vessels And Planes Are Being Nip- Concentraied At ponese Bases (By Associated Press GENERAL MacARTHURS HEADQUARTERS. Mar. 1.—Th= Jepanese menace is looming again in an arc across northern Austrelia extending from Tumor to the Solomon Islantis, it was announced today. Warships, cargo stips and bomber and and Flanes are being concentreted at troop fighter Jepanese bases on those islands end on all the bases between what is believed will be a drive on Australia itself. War Minister Ford said ¢ despite the heavy defeats Fave recently been administered to the Japs the South the danger of an tempted invasion bes by no means passed. The Japs’ large sir armada on clusters of islands within easy striking distance of Australia is @ menace that the government them, for turn out to deternuzed at. that in Pacific, of Austrelia should not treat lightly. was disclosed instead of overlocking the the Allied command feverishly preparing and while the prep Meanwhile. it that menace. has been ageinst it erations are going om Allied plenes are continuing to ham- mer all of the Japs’ main beses. perticulerly on Ruben. en Bow Britain Island and Munda on _ New Georgia Island. Yesterday Allied vianes bomb- ed and sank a Japanese launch off northern New Guinea. The leunch blew uo and mated that 50 Japs lost their lives it is esti- 2s a result of the explosion. SHERIFF’S FORCE OUT SUNDAY LOOKING FOR ALL LAW VIOLATIONS Sheriff Berlin § himself and had se stationed in West yesterda apprehend an: liquor from Sheriff Saw round of ail to see if any but he found a “So far as my vere able to a id today, “th a single violation of law in Key West yeste variou cert WRITES TO 100 IN SERVICE TOLONO, Til. —Mrs. high school teactier, corresponds with more members of the armed forces, former pupils during her 29 yea of teaching here. One girl is among Gu America’ the one hun-) those to whom she writes. PALACE THEATER “MISTER V” | With LESLIE HOWARD and MARY MORRIS and} Elusive Mr. V—He’s Everywhere _NEWS and SERIAL