The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 3, 1943, Page 1

| Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West cod aS Key West, Florida, hoz T ze most equable climate in the & country; with an average range of only 14° Fahren? st Che Key West VOLUME LXIV.. No. 53. chase 4 Treks For Scavenger Dept Priority For Obtaining Vehicles Has Been Ob- tained From War Pro- duction Board The City Council met in regu- lar session. last night, the main topic iof rthe .evening being that of the .operation of -the scaven- ger service, - The amended scavenger ord- inance, bearing on the operation of the service by the city, was passed on its final reading. Final arrangements were made for the purchase of four new trucks to be used by the city in collecting garbage and trash. The city voted sometime ago to purchase seven trucks, but there are only four available at this time. for which priority has been granted-by the War Production Board, International trucks are to be purchased from the East Coast Equipment Com- pany of Miami. The matter of arranging for the purchase of these trucks was put to a vote, with Councilmen Paul G. Albury, John Carbonell -and Leonard B. Grillon voting yes, and Councilmen Gerald Saunders and J. G, Sweeting vot- ing no. The motion thus was carried. Councilman William A. Freeman was absent from the meeting. It was ordered that a _resolu- tion be drawn up and sent to the Price Administration in Wash- ington requesting that a local experienced man be placed on the Key West Rent-Control board in an endeavor to bring about a more satisfactory operation of the rent-control system here in order to offset widespread dis- satisfaction which now exists. Dr! Fisk, a new arrival in Key West; addressed the council and stated that ‘he would like to ob- tain ‘a temporary permit to practice‘in’ Key West, in order to help out in the doctor-shortage emergency at this time. It was ordered that a committee from the council consult with Dr. J. Y. Porter, and have him pass on the qualifications of Dr. Fisk in- asmuch as it was stated that the doctor in question had worked to some extent with Dr. Porter. If Dr. Porter recommends Dr. Fisk, a request will be sent to the State Medical Association to allow him a temporary per- mit to practice in Key West. A letter was read from the Lions Club requesting permission to erect an honor roll board in the Court House Square, where the names of all men in the armed forces of Monroe county will, be posted. The request was granted. A letter was read from the Key West-Havana Cigar Com- pany requesting » abatement of taxes for "1942, /the same}as was granted the company:, ifox; 1941, The request was referred to the taxation committee ‘with .instruc- tions to have the proper resolu- tion drawn up granting the re- quest as made by the company. The following is the report of tax collections for the month of February, which was submitted (Continued on Page Four) mil BATTERIES CHARGED The Modern Way Drive in, in 30 to 45 minutes and car,can be on its way! ith AUTO SERVICE White at Fleming No, SR EDSAPEL LS GREW DECLARES ‘JAPS MAY SOON :PRETEND DEFEAT TO FOOL U. S. (By Assvel. ted Press) But, beware of the Jap, Mr. Grew said in effect. He will resort to any type of trickery in trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the Allied Nations. ¥ Grew strongly advocated that the United States in- permitted to exist under new names or under new govern- ments, the strings of which are held by the imperialistic Japs. When the war is over. he concluded, the United GREAT PROBLEM RESTAURANTS ARE CLOSING ALSO DUE TO LACK OF FOODSTUFFS Some restaurants have closed in Key West and others are report- ed to be on the point of closing because of the difficulty in obtain- ing supply of foodstuffs. But there is a condition in Key West, according to at least one man who has closed his restaurant, more acute than any shortage of foodstuff, and that is employing and keeping “help” to take care of the trade. This man, in relating his reasons for closing, said: 5 “Some mornings, when my wife and I arrived at the restaurant, there were as many as 25 to 30 people waiting to get breakfast. As all of them had a defense job, | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1943. U. S. A. E FIVE CE» 30 Years Of: Income: Faxes INCOME TAX RECEIPT total population \ Black figs. represent number of taxpayers AP Features ON February 25, 1913, State Philander C. Knox that the 16th Amendment to the’ Con- stitution had been ratified by three- fourths of the states—and John Q. Public thereupon began pi E i Z eral income tax for the first time in Secretary of history. He proclaimed aying a fed- has been doing it every year since. These charts boil down the statistics of the 30 years to showy how much has been paid, what percentage of the population has been affected and how tax receipts cdmpare with na- tional income. | TARGET PRACTICE ' HERE SATURDAY | Coast Artillery . Target Practice will be conducted from West Martello on Satur- day, March 6; 1943, from 3:00 P. m., to 6:00 p, m. The danger area will be bounded on the east and west by lines 1,000 yerds on each side of an an- chored pyramidal target at azimuth 165 degrees true from West Martello and on the south by a line 11.000- yards south of Key West. PII IIIS SS and were in Key West without their families, for whom housing accommodations could not be ob- tained, we also prepared a box lunch: for them. “And what did my wife and I have to contend with? The cook; had not yet shown up, and there was no telling when he would come, and always there were sev- eral waitresses missing. When the cook was on time, nine ures out of ten, there was a shortage; of waitresses to take care of the customers, and some mornings not a single waitress was present at opening time. “So there was one of only two things to do: go crazy or close the restaurant, and as neither my wife nor I relished the idea of going crazy, we closed the restaurant.” Incidentally this _ restaurant, which was regularly advertised in The Citizen, did a tremendous business. Some mornings, the proprietor said, a majority of the customers, because of the lack of help, had to go to their work with-! out breakfast. | ———$— ART OF LONG STANDING | NEW YORK.—The art of mak- ing glass was understood for thou- sands of years before its use in making receptacles was develop- ed. WANTED! 2 Exverienced WAITRESSES See CHAS. M. SALAS, Manager LA CONCHA HOTEL helena rubenstein’s AQUACADE | LEG LOTION Water resistant leg make-up for bare leg beauty. Save your precious hosiery by using this natural looking make-| up. Easily Removed with Soap and Water "$1 00 *Federal Tax Extra. SOUTHERNMOST CITY. PHARMACY, Inc. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS Duval at Fleming Phone 199 veweweves\(OUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTE TO CONTRIBUTE FUND TO CIGAR CO. TO CUT DOWN TAX ASSESSMENT | The County Commissioners, at |their meeting last night, voted to give the Key West-Havana Cigar Company $200 out of the advertising fund because of .an lincrease in the assessment on the A. Santaella Company build- jing. which is occupied by the ‘former company. Maximo Valdez, Carl Bervaldi and W. A. Parrish voted yes on ‘the proposal, and J. Frank Rob- erts passed. commissioners, the company ask- jed that its assessment of $13,250 | be reduced to $1,500, and when rie request was put to a vote, | Maximo Valdez and W. A. Parrish | voted affirmatively and J. Frank | Roberts and Edward Gomez vot~- led negatively, and Cart Bervatdi passed on the grounds that he was jan employe of the'¢ompany. | Last night. Mr, Gomez, wasenot: present at the meeting, and when motion was presented to give: the | company $200 was yoted on, Ber- | valdi, who is still an employe. of | the. company, joined Mr. Valdez | and Mr. Parrish in voting yes. | The company, in a ietter to the | commissioners, said it had a “gentleman’s agreement” with | former commissioners to keep the |assessment at $1,500 because of the company’s establishing an in- dustry in Key West. That agree- ment, the letter pointed out, had been adhered to until the last as- sessment roll was made up, when the amount -was increased to $13,250. | - In referring to that increase, the lietter said, “which no doubt you At a previous meeting of* the} } were compelled to do under the >| new law.” | Then it was suggested that all | taxes: payable over the $1,500 as- } sessment be abated “through some county advertisifiz medium.” No further attempt: was made. to reduce the assessment—some- thing that is done only when the commissioners meet as an equaliz- ing board—so Valdez, Parrish and { Bervaldi voted to give $200 to the company. A county official said this morn- | ing he is going to take up the mat- {ter with Comptroller J. M. Lee, | Ged ALS aS STADIUM GROUP MEETS TONIGHT Gerald Saunders, chairman of the Key West Stadium Committee, has called a meeting to be held to- inight in City Hall, beginning at 9 o'clock. Mr. Saunders said that, as sev: eral important matters in connec- }tion. with the stadium will come jap. for discussion, he requests ev- }|.eky, member of the committee to jbe present... |. One of the matters will be ‘the | making of ‘arrangements for the | gonstruction ‘of a fence around the | site of the stadium. RS CETTE. ‘KEY WEST DRUG CO. | “THE STORY OF | DR. WASSELL” 35€ { ~ LATE BULLETINS LOW TEMPERATURES IN FLORIDA LAKELAND.—According to the local Weather Bureau, tempera- tures tomorrow morning in the northern part of the state will range from 20 to 30 degrees, from 26 to 30 degrees in the central part, and there will be light frosts in the Okeechobee area. MEAT ALLOWANCE NOT YET FIXED WASHINGTON.—The OPA stated today that the amount of meat. allowed to each person in the United States has not yet been fixed definitely, although it probably will be one and three-quarters pounds weekly, as compared to the two and one-half pounds that were decided on when the matter was first considered last year. How much each person gets, it was said. depends to a great degree on the success of the fight that is now being waged against the bleck market. MADAME CHIANG KAI-SHEK ILL NEW YORK.—It was announced today that Madame Chiang Kai-Shek had canceled her engagement to make an address over the tadio in Carnegie Hall, this afternoon, due to illness. The nature of her illness or how serious it is was not stated. ELEVEN ARRESTS IN SWINDLE CASE MIAMI.—A, P. Kitchen, head of the FBI in this city. said today that 11 arrests have been made in the series of swindles entailing the sum of $98,000, chiefly in bonds. Some of the bonds have been re- covered, FIFTY-EIGHT MINERS THOUGHT LOST BEAR CREEK, Montana.—Fifty-eight miners are thought to have lost their lives in a coal mine disaster here. Men are working furiously in attempts to extricate the miners, but it is believed they succumbed to poisonous gases. PROPOSAL BEING CONSIDERED T0 LIFT BAN ON PLEASURE. DRIVING (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Mar. 3.— matter, and no date has been OPA Administrator Prentiss sct for the time when tne ban Brown said today that he has will be raised. under consideration a pro- He is having data assembled posal to lift the ban on pleas- on the supplies of gasoline in ure driving. the east, and a comparison of He was emphatic, however, them will be made with those in stating that no final action at the time the edict to stop has yet been taken on the pleasure driving was issued. FEBRUARY BEST MONTH FOR ALLIES More Than Thre Hundred igs Reported captured From Cermaiis Timoshenke Reassembles Forces While Enemy Flees From Leningrad Area (By Ansoctates Prone MOSCOW, Mar. i—Marshal Timoshenko has recaptured mor? then 308 willages m@ bis drive ageimst the Naz im the Leniz grad area. todays commumque reported. While the enemy i fleeing westwardly and southwestiy Timoshenko is reassembiying hs forces to strike him another teil ing blow. Im many of the vil lages liberated by the Hussian drive. Nazis’ stores of foodstuffs and immense quantit:es cf equip ment were found intact by the victorious Russians. so swiftly aac they strike. dey and night. Farther south. in the Donest= Basin. in the vicinity of Karkov. two villages were relaken by the Russians im the last 24 hours. Along the entire line. the Axis _ forces are fighting little more than regrguard action as they continue to refrest toward the Dneiper, the communique stat- ed. REQUESTS FUND FOR BALL FIELD COMMISSIONERS AGREE TO FURNISH CROSS TIES FOR IN CHECKING NAZI U-BOAT MENACE ° (By Associated Press) LONDON, March 3.—Last, sent to the bottom and more t <e< | 3:000,000 tons have been dam month was the best for the Allies many of the ships severely The Allies have also been suc- F . ; | cessful in landing supplies in Rus in checking the menace of Nazi! -i) ‘aicxander added. The British U-boats, First Lord of the Ad-|he admitted, in convoying s miralty A. V. Alexander stated) \y aS * eaggetro today. | During February, he said, more! than 1,000,000 tons of supplies had been delivered safely to Allied} forces in’ North Africa. While the menace of German submersibles has been decreasing, | Admiral Alexander stated that the! man high command is reported to sinkings of Axis ships has been|have appealed to the Pope to re increasing decisively. Since the| quest that raids on Berlin be d beginning of the war, 5,000,000 | continued on the ground that it i tons of Axis shipping have been|an open city. i AMERICAN AND BRITISH TROOPS ARE PUSHING BACK NAZI FORCES (By Associated Press) a . 3—American i ALGIERS, Mar. jthe drive, he had his headquart- and British troops are cmemaed PA in a Frenchman's house, only hes fe in jfour miles from the since the beginning of the war Germany is now squirming and squealing over the incessa air 900 tons of bombs on Berlin a few nights ago, he added, has so un strung German nerves, the Ger the. . terri- front. at the ‘peak of his success. That hoyse © and central Tunisia. today’s head- iS ow included in jtory the Americans jtured. quarters report stated. have recap- been retaken since the Americans strafing the enemy troops as began their counter offensives. | It was learned today that the| are pounding enemy Two of those raids, Nazi offensive that resulted in|ported by Allied driving back the Americans far as 55 miles in one sector,|ficial Rome as,were specified today by an of- broadcaster, mel. During the greater part of than 200 wounded. ~ | lthan 100 were killed place for the erec o enclose the 300 comprise the ate The request wa: Mrs. Howard raids made by Allied fliers, Alex-'? ander declared. The dropping of.” wa aheerd a boat to burned referred Br J. Fra to ong empk house. Cecil B. Russel of courthor Pp chairman of the t grounds committee ANNOUNCE DEATH OF HARRY McABEE