The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 4, 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. 54. Second Largest German City Left Sea Of Flames Following Devastating Attack CDAD ILaA SS FIRE ALARM SYSTEM OUT OF COMMISSION TODAY, TOMORROW John Carbonell, chairman of the City Council’s Fire Committee, states that the city’s fire alarm system will be out of commission today and tomorrow for the pur- pose of making necessary re- pairs to the equipment, Each fire alarm box in the city will be tested during the two-day period, with the of bell. to de- (By Associated Press) LONDON, Mar. 4.—RAF planes, most of them carrying two and four ton pomps, iast night raided Hamburg and concentrated their attacks chiefly on the vast sub- marine plants in that city, Ham- burg, the second largest.city,in Germany, with more and larger submarine-building plants than any other place in Germany, was * left a sea of flame, returning fly- ers reported. The Air Ministry also stated that many direct hits were made on the plants and that some of them were left a mass of ruins. Others are in such bad shape, it was stated, it will require months be- fore they will be in condition to be operated again. It was the ninety-sixth time Hamburg has been bombed, and Jast night's raid was on a far great- er scale than any of the others, Despite the vast destruction| caused in Berlin by Monday night’s raid, and the report that some of the fires caused then are still burning, the raid on Ham- burg, it was asserted, probably Hi been. .more. or experienced with. Pa a Fy Hi 4 g elf F (By Annoctated Presi), LS LONDONERS WATCH RAIDERS IN AIR ATTACK —__ “Jmade an: interesting talk today to the Rotarians on the subject ;Tom Watson has asked the Leon Key West Citizr THE SOUT LT. DAVID ELMER PROFESSOR DALE, | GEOLOG- IST, GAVE INTERESTING ADDRESS ‘AT REGULAR LUNCHEON TODAY Lieutenant David Elmer Ward, former senator from this district, ‘was a guest at the noon luncheon jot the Key West Rotary Club to- day. Lieutenant Ward said he did/ not know how long he will re-! main in Key West, but that the longer it is that much better he will like it, because this city comes as near being home to him as it! is possible for any other city,! Other than home, to become. Professor K, N, Dae, a geologist, { of fossil rocks..;He had several specimens, which he exhibited, and spoke of ‘the ages to which they ‘belong. OPPOSES EXTRA LEGAL TALENT PREVENT LEE FROM EM- PLOYING ASSISTANTS ; TALLAHASSEE, Mar. 4. (FNS) |—Contending that the State ; Comptroller has no constitutional power to employ special attorneys! to assist him in the performance |of his duties, Attorney General ‘County Circuit Court to restrain | {Comptroller Lee from employing attorneys in collecting intangible !today in the ; way last month as compared with HERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. Key West, Florida. b: most equable ciimate i country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrent : KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1943 REVENUE FROM SALE OF AUTO TAGS| ‘MONROE COUNTY SHOWS INCREAS! MPARED TO RECEIPTS LAST YEAR Revenue from the sale of auto-; Fred Eberhardt, who represents motive license tags in Monroe} the Florida Motor Vehicle Com- county thus far this taxable year, | mission in Key West, in comment- as compared with last year has| ing on them, declared that tags gone ahead of the amount collect-/ are still being bought faster now ed a year ago for a similar period.} than at this time last ye: In December of 1941 and Jan-| counter in the tax collector's uary and February of 1942, thej fice, several times today, sum collected totaled $55,719.38.| lined up with automobile owners For the same three months in this; buying licenses. period, the amount totals $56,-| During this 531.70. | cars with 1942 ] Those figures were given out! tically every other office of County! Union are now operating Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd, and’ Florida 1943 tags. ses from prac- in the with e GASO!'NE RATIONING CAUSES DECREASE IN TRAFFIC LAST MONTH ON ‘OVERSEAS ROAD —>--——— Because of gasolirie eanoning} s.antt they totaled only 4,956. there was a falling off in all types! That decrease of 5,549 in passen- of traffic over the Overseas High-| 8€" Cars accounts for the loss of ding the $8,292.25, | revenue excee . | because the decrease was offset February, 1942, with the excep-'in a measure by the excess of tion of the number of trucks. The other vehicles, including trucks, result was that. collections de-' last month as compared with Feb- creased by $8,292.25. truary, 1942. Collections in February of last} The total of other vehicles last year totaled $31,372, and in Feb-| month was 4,956 to 4,627 in Feb- ruary of this year they amounted} ruary of last year. to $23,079.75. Passengers over the bridges-last Passenger automobiles passing | month numbered 24,629 as com- over the bridges in February,|pared with 28,195 in February, 1942, numbered 10,505, but last! 1942, a decrease of 3,566. JUDGE ALBURY GIVEN NAMES OF FOUR OTHER JOB-QUITTERS, The names of four more men,{army, a few have gone to oth who quit their jobs in Key West,} jobs here and still others have r son, hundreds of | Desi Vetoy ‘Over Japs; ‘Twenty-Two Enemy Ships Destroyed in Batlle i TRUCK-AUTOMOBILE CRASH NORTH OF MARATHON YESTERDAY SENT A truck and a Ply: senger car collided ye ternoon 22 miles north of Mara-| was driven thon, and the driver of the car, | John Pollock, colored, of Miami i jhad his left arm so badly injured|ing to make an investigation {it might have to be amputated.{ said he has learned the « |He was taken to the Naval Hos-}the owner of the truck and fe { pital. | certain he will ascertain the na | State Highway Patrolman S. W.| of the driver. \ ‘TWO PLACES RAIDED LAST NIGHT BY COUNTY OFFICERS IN MAKING outh pas-; Walker, who reported the a erday af-ident, said today that the by another co! man whose name is not know Patrolman Walker | is cont | i [SSIS SS SSS Ss) 1 |Innis and Deputy Joe Koni TARGET PRACTICE made the rounds of Key West night to see that gambling in HERE ON SUNDAY Coast Artillery Target Prac- | form was in progre: raids they made tice will be conducted from Fort Teylor and Roosevelt j | | Miguel Pazo, proprietor | Brown Derby, Watson | vision streets, and Mary O. Gar and NEGRO DRIVER TO NAVAL HOSPITAL SURVEY OF GAMBLING SITUATION Chief Deputy Sheriff A. H. Me- Lesses Of Nipponese In- clude Fifty-Five Planes Fifteen Thousand Sel- diers (By Associa ed WASHINGTON. Mar. 4 — The Wer Department today received f a message from Genera! Douglas MacArthur. in Austrelie. in which it was stated that the Jeps have suffered ancther defeat comperes with their losses im the Coral Ses. Midway and the Sclomon naval bettles. Consid ering the immense Jep losses and the minor Allied losses. it by far the worst drubbing Japs have been given since the The battle cccurred iz Bismarck Sea and is still finuing. Latest reports receive from MacArthur state thet D: lis the were turned over today to Judge turned to their homes, as a result Blvd., and Sertha street on | Olivia street, between Duval and J@PS lest 10 warships. 12 trans- | Whitehead, on charges of selling| ports. 55 airplanes and 15.000 } bolita tickets. Each was released | scldiers. who died when their jon posting a cash bail of $200. | transports went down. American + “We went to every place in Key by Piyi ets taxes. ‘In his bill of complaint,the at- n ifically “at- of letters stating there. was work { in their hometowns for them. But there still remain, Judge} Albury declared, some men whe, was the most destructive sinee| the war began, Block after block for “long doners last night, instead of seek- ing safety in air vad enter Sunday, March 7, between 16:00 a. m.. and 6:00 p. m. William V. Albury, of the crim-! inal court, which brings the Fe tal to 58 submitted to him b; Maroniecevie asturee: eDapnetine The danger area from Fort a stretches in the shipbuilding and industrial areas was wiped out, Eeplagiins caused by four-ton lockbusters were’ so powerful seed ee gray 17,000 feet in aS was the case 0’ - lin in Mon raid, ee a The ‘that 10 p! no.public ‘Statement was. about the number of planes that * participated in the raid, it is es- timated at 200. CRIMINAL COURT TO MEET MONDAY JURYMEN FOR REGULAR TERM WILL BE DRAWN TOMORROW A regular term of the Monroe County Criminal Court of Record will be convened next Monday at 10 o'clock, Judge William V. Al- bury presiding. Names of jurors to serve at.the term will be drawn tomorrow morning. At a special term of the court held yesterday afternoon, three defendants pleaded guilty . and the following sentences were im- posed: James Gibson, vagrancy, $25) fine; Gerald Borges, drunken driv- ing, $50, and Harold F. Allen, for having an improper trailer license, $50 and costs. As Allen had bought ot pisiran the $5 fine was remit- STATE'S POPULATION NEARS TWO MILLION JACKSONVILLE Mar. 4. (FNS)—The present population of Florida, according to estimates just released by the, Florida State Chamber of Commerce, is 1,949,- 086. This is based on the number of ration books issued and. revre- sents an increase since May, 1942, of approximately 200,000; Chamber of Commerce officials said that verification of those figures would result in Florida be- ing given larger allotments of food and other merchandise. Planes as thi people who lost their lives was: Dicky Dorbett, former lightweight | boxing champion of England. ' ARRANGE TO RATION MEATS WASHINGTON. — Meat, but- ter, oleomargerine, oils and other’ fats may be rationed beginning, April 1, The OPA said that, should | the rationing start then, it will be-| gin on April 15, Meat ration will be one and three-quarters pounds a week for each person. Purchase of those articles will be by point system as is at present the case with canned fruits and vegetables, i i DRAFTING OF FATHERS WASHINGTON. — Drafting of! fathers probably will begin in the’ next three or four months, Man-| power Chief Paul V. McNutt an- nounced today. He added that no. definite action in that regard has | yet been taken, and that it de- pends largely on how sdon the; ranks of single men hear deple-' tion. McNutt stated! also) t! 10 | fathers will be indutted until af-| ter a formal announcement has{ been given local draft boards by national headquarters; SMOLENSK REDS’ OBJECTIVE | MOSCOW. — Though Smolensk is 140 miles away from the near- est Russian troops, the high com- mand said today that its recapture Reds’ offensive. That city is the; main base for the greater part of; the enemy's armies, and it has) been extensively fortified since it} fell into German possession, LARGEST CIRCUS TENT TO AIRCRAFT CORP. DELAND, Mar. 4. (FNS)—The world’s largest circus tent wert to war here today when the Babcock Aviation’ Corporation -took over the terit of the Clyde Beatty Cir- cus and Johnny. J. Jones Shows ir former winter quarters, to Hat fe shelter® for ‘additional as- mbly~ lines: in the rapidly ex- banding glider plant, it was an- nounced by Earl W. Brown, Chair- man of the Babcock Board of Di- rectors. RATHER GENEROUS CHICAGO. — John Earnest agreed to give his wife $40 a week alimony and support for their child to add to her own weekly earnings of $30. When social secur- ity taxes and victory tax are de- LA CONCHA HOTEL 1 Seer to reach} | gaged for the intangible tax work. | those men | months ago when he requested a Walton and Spain, which was en- Watson also made public a let- ter in which he. told the Comp- troller that in filing the suit he was “in no way challenging or questioning your motives or your reason for making the contract.” “I am prompted solely by the desire of having the court decision on whether or not employment of counsel to represent an exec- utive officer of the state in the performance of his duty is au- thorized by law,” he said. The suit sets forth the same points Watson made _ several t ruling from the Supreme Court and was advised that it did not have original jurisdiction in the case. The attorney general contends that under the constitution he is the legal adviser of executive of- ficers of the state and that he has a staff of assistants fully qualified to perform all legal services for state officials and the employment ,of other, counsel. is illegal and a ‘usurpation of constitutional pow- ene”. MAN a LAWYERS’ FEE IS | CUT TO ONE HALF TALLAHASSEE, Mar. 4. (FNS) —Justice Glenn Terrell, writing | an opinion last week in which is the most important aim of the! the Supreme Court cut in half aj difficult. $15,000 fee awarded by a lower court to lawyers for their work on a cast, rebuked the effort to impose exorbitant and unwarran- ted fees by attorneys. “Satisfied litigants are the best advertisements that courts and the bar can have,” he said, “and/ the elements that satisfy are dis- patch of business and at minimum cost.” Miss Belle G. Brickell had ap- pealed from a Dade county county court award of $15,000 to the law! firm of Morrow and Mayes for their partition of a,parcel of Jand.; The Supreme Court said records fin the Brickell, case. were not \lengthy, “the title to the lands. was not in question; no complex) or difficult questions were in; volved and no intricate problems | developed.” Writing the opinion, Terrell said: “In the mere techniaue, jthis case was skilfully handled, ; but we think a fee of $7,500 would | have been ample.” BEGAN IN 1911 NEW YORK.—Modern _ China ducted from the balance, Earnest /began when Sun Yat Sen in| No Cover or Minimum Charge will have around $7.00 a week to live on, 1911 overthrew the last Manchu emperor. Judge Albury said that investi- gation has shown that not all of have shirked their duty to continue working.-Some of them have been inducted into the} arrests. jthey will be arrested. Constable BLAST | LONDON! Poor EMPLOYER AND FEW HOUSES DEMOLISHED WITH SOME PEOPLE KILLED (By Associated Press) PORT WASHINGTON, Mar. 4.—A matron in this com- muters’ stronghold iast fall lost to a war factory a maid who had been with her for seven years. Every year, she had presented the maid with a $5 bill for Christmas. Came Christmas. and the maid rode in her car to the door of her erstwhile employer and rang the bell. “Merry Christmas,” said the maid, and presented the matron with a $5 bill. | | i | | ' (By Associated Presa) LONDON, Mar. 4.—Last night about 50 German planes carried out a retaliatory raid on this! city. The anti-aircraft fire was! so sustained. the Air Ministry! reported no planes penetrated tol the heart of the city. In the; | ‘ Soya outskirts, some houses were de-| “Merry Christmas,” said the molished and some people killed,| matron, and took the bill. but no military objects were (iT PDI ILD II: he tas ‘svete RUSSIAN FORCES MOVING SWIFTLY | { while they were flying over the. English Channel. They came in one by one, some of them many miles apart, to try to avoid in- terceptor fighters and to make ground action against them more Two planes were | shot down, but Berlin radio said; today that all of them had re- turned safely to their bases. Tb: aa LaCONCHA HOTEL. CHARLES M. SALAS. Mgr. WEST OF SOVIET'S CAPITAL CITY (By Associatea Press) MOSCOW. Mar. 4.—Russian | forces today are striking direct- | Iq west of this city in one of the swiftest advances they have 1 winter offensive. it was official- ly announced. Success of the drive~ will cut off Axis troops to the north, ;who, at present, have only one THE, BEST DINE ax DANCE Facilities In South Florida RAINBOW ROOM COCKTAIL LOUNGE AIR CONDITIONED }to flee toward the Dneiper, where “1 termined stand. Eleven villages were recaptifi- ted in the early stages, of* the ‘battle, and in one village, where |the Axis forces made a futile jcounter-attack, they lost Fea }men. | At Orel, Marshal Timoshenko jhas resumed his offensive on a !scale comparable to the begin- ‘ning of his drive, which resulted jin killing ‘11,000 Axis troops, ac- cording to the Russian high com- mand. This morning Timoshen- je captured one village, and is {now within 17 miles of his ob- jective. sz oe DANCING Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Evenings MUSIC By BARROSO’S 5-PIECE ORCHESTRA fare trying to avoid working, and} | Joe Espinosa is out today making | | investigations that may result in| PRESENTS HER GIFT} STRIKING ENEMY DIRECTLY | made since they began their) road and one railroad over which} |they are expected to make a dé=}' 300 the fox squarely in the head and {West reputed as | house,” Mr. McInnis said | morning, “and I tell you positive- ly. that nobody knew'of our com ing. and in only two places did we find any evidence of gambling. Taylor will be bounded’on the north and south by lines 1,000 yards on each side of an an- chored pyramidal terget at azimuth 255 degrees true ‘from Fort Taylor and en the west by a line 10,000 yards west of Key West. The danger area from Roosevelt Bivd. will be Bounded on the east and west by lines 1,000 yards on each side of an anchored pyramidal target at azimuth 180 degrees true from Roosevelt Blvd. and Bertha Street, and on the south by a line 10,000 yards south of Key West. | i | arrests. | “So far as the sherif \ knows, if there is any | going on in Key West, it is t | conducted quietly, and it would | take a fairly-sized army to ferret | out those places in Key West or | any other city. But any rumor | that there is open gambling taking | place in this city, is just not true. |We entered place after place, | where we had been told gambling | was going on, and we entered ! them unexpectedly, and found | no gambling or any Pp r OLD LSE TFSI ST | valia that is used in gambling HERE FROM MIA | concluded, “and it’s going to stay | riveted down.” | MI | PRIORITIES MANAGER (OF. WPB WILL REMAIN. IN’ CIF¥-FOR TWO.DAYS — | i i ALLIES CATCH UP © WITH AXIS FORC IN FIGHTING IN CENTRAL TUNISIA H. E. Enyeart, priorities man- {ager of the War Production Board | | in this district, with offices in Mi- ami, arrived in Key West at 2} ALGIERS, Mar. 4—American o'clock this afternoon. ; and British forces have caught up He will be at the Chamber of} with the Axis troops in central Commerce till 6 o’clock this after-| Tunisia, and) rearguard actions noon and will be there again to-' are being fought by the enemy as morrow morning, from 9 o’clock/ he falls back toward his intrench- till noon, to meet Key Westers! ed positions. who wish to discuss with him the! The Allies are believed to be building situation in this city, poised for a big push that will Some changes have been made] threaten the capture of both Tunis in priorities, and they will be ex-! and Bizerte, it was said unoffical- plained in detail by him during} ly today. his stay in Key West. At‘present,} The objective of the Allies is to | because of priorities, building in| drive Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Key West has been cut down con- | forces back to the Gulf of Gabes, siderably. | directly north of the Mareth Line, which General. Montgomery is continuing to attack, “KNOXVILLE; “Tenn.—When a} BUYS, STOLEN BAG "” fox hissed at him on the edge ofj ; ot town, Jackie Smith, 9, didn't like| SALT LAKE CITY.—The “day it a bit.. He picked up a rock and| after Archie Bixby reported to hurled it at the fox. The rock hit] police that his traveling bag had been stolen from his hotel room, he found a pawn ticket in his room. It produced the stolen bag. 12 IN SERVICE, 12 LEFT HARTSVILLE, S. C.—Richard found | er, and his wife have twelve sons these sons, they have twelve e children still at home. (By Assoctmed Press) “ROCK KILLS FOX 1 ss killed it instantly. RESCUER RESCUED . gambling this; tress and two other planes. and in both those places we made _/ Struck by bombs but j;the defeat adminis: .|been dispersed and is fleeir That loss in Jep soldiers, it was stated. is exclusive of the other Japanese who were killed when their warships were sunk or when other Jep ships were were not sent to the bottom. All in all, the report cont red Japs have completely 4 whatever plans they might have had to invade Australia, try to recapture Henderson field at Guadalcanal, or to force their faltering troops New Guinea The battle began two days ago, and though the Jap fleet 2 all directions, American are still shutting back and fe between their bases and scenes of action. fast as planes have their bomb- }filled and are refueled, th returning to the attacks, jSharp-eyed and determined jeagles searching for prey Some of the Jap smips are (badly disabled their cnarces escaping complete destructio: | slight. Most of them, o baréa, are speeding | northwest, while othe ed northeasterly and some ly north. The victory was haile thusiasm throughout t | world. London newspape | getful of the Russian the Allied victories ir played up the battle of Bi ‘a in their issues t newspapers, not g big headlines, today ran |er headlines in announci victory, which is probab ‘most astounding in his’ | the vast Japanese losses | pared with the exceedingly r | losses suffered by the Ameri | In Australia, Prime Minit Curtin, who, a few days ago, c= | tioned his countrymen not ¢ | too optimistic about deferting + Japanese, adding that the me! | of an attempted invasion of | tralia had not yet passed, tod | Said the victory is so decisive t | Japanese will be at their wit ends in trying to reassemble th | forces to strike heavily at the | lied Nations in the Southwest I | cific. PALACE THEATER RUSSELL HAYDEN in “Tornado in the Saddle” NEWS and SERIAL A