The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 8, 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. 67 On Seti German Planes Make At- tempt To Stage Raid On London But Were Driven Off (By Associated Press) LONDON, Mar. 8.—After the cluding four-tonners, igi The lull was due to bad weath- er, which included terrific squalls, most of them accompanied by heavy thunder. crashes, snow storms ahd winds of gale force. The Air Ministry announced that, just as soon as the weather clears up, the raids will be re- sumed. Squadrons uf German planes, coming across the English Chan- nel from France, raid this city, but none of them sugceeded in reaching even the outskirts, RAF fighter planes and anti-aircraft fire kept the bomb- ers away from the city. One squadron veered to the southeast English coast and dropped bombs there, ‘causing some casualties. ‘Three planes were shot down, the ministry stated. GEORGE RUSSELL SATURDAY FUNERAL SERVICES WiLL BE CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON George Russell, 84, died Satur- day afternoon. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 5 o'clock from the chapel of the Lopez Funeral Home, Rev. A,B, Dimmick, of St Paul's Episcopal Church, officiating. y Survivors of the deceased in- clude his wife, Mrs. Bertha Russell; two sons, ‘Harry and Irving Russell; daughters-in-law, Mrs. Waldo Valenzuela and Mrs. Oliver Russell, and twelve grandchildren, Burial will take place in the family lot in the city ceme- tery. attempted to} TMS SM MM, PRICES ON RAYON STOCKINGS WILL BE - REDUCED APRIL 1 (By Assuciaed > ens) WASHINGTON, Mar. 8.— The Offce of Price Adminis- tration made an announce- cents a pair, and it is that decrease, it was asserted, which will account for the saving of $50.000.000, Ree edad Zt! 4 RUSSIANS DRIVE ON T0 SMOLENSK REDS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE RECAPTURED 100 TOWNS AND VILLAGES } (By Ansociated Press) MOSCOW. Mar. 8—A _ three- pronged Russian army was today reported to be driving steadily towerd Smolensk. the Germans’ chief base in Russia. On of the Prongs, it was stated. is now only a little more than F vg miles away from Smolensk, »*/~ Since the drive started 24 ‘hours ago, the Reds are report: ed to have recaptured 100 towns, villages und’ hamlets. One of the larger towns. which was heav- ily fortified, was taken at the point of the bayonet, and two other smaller fortified towns were also seized. the communique said, © Farther south, west of Khar- kov, in the drive toward the Dneiper. the Reds are reported to heve recaptured 75 more vil- | leges. In that advance, it was added. 600 Axis troops were slain and seven field guns and 13 trench mortars captured, Elsewhere along the 700-mile front, the Russians, the com- munique stated. are continuing to advance, | } ARMY’S CONSERVATION PROGRAM AGAINST WASTE OF ANY ARTICLE The U. S. Army, is fighting» 2 dual war, the first’ ‘dgainst’ “the Axis, the second Against waste. And the latter is contributing in no small way to the success of the first. ‘The secondary battle is carried on under the Army’s extensive conservation program which aims to make csmplete use of all materials which are ordinar- ily discarded when. they have served their original purpose. The next time you see a mili- tary policeman walking down the street, look closely at his club and you may see that it once was a broom handle. That is just one example of the de- | tail with which the conservation program is carried out, , accord- ing to Captain Arthur. W.:Reu- ban, property. officer, and War- rant Officer. Richard W. Parker,| salvage,.officer, who direct. this work, forthe Army in the Har- bor.,Defense of, Key. West. As explained by, the officers, here, are, some examples of how a crew. of. three enlisted men are kept busy in Key West process- ing used Army materials: Handles of discarded brooms are converted into such useful PALACE THEATER DIANA BARRYMORE in BETWEEN US GIRLS NEWS and SERIAL jcoat-rods.(! arti¢les as tarkets!'markers and Soldiérs’ shoes’ are sent to be resoled and reheeled until the uppers are beyond repair. Then rubber heels are removed for salvage and the leather sold for scrap. Damaged clothing is sent to a repair shop at Camp ‘Blanding, Fla., and thence to the Atlanta Army Depot, from which point they are reissued. Non-repair- able clothing becomes wiping rags, is used on the post for camouflage purposes or sold on the market where it returns to war channel. Old burlap bags are water- proofed and become sand bags. The post mess halls do not escape the searching eyes of the salvors. There, grease, kitchen fats, tin cans and paper contain- ers are gathered. The empty cartons go to the Army salvage officer, at Miami, Beach where they are redistributed for’ re-usé’ ‘or sold as waste paper. | Buckles from’ worn ‘out trotis- | er belts are returned to the quartermaster depot for use with new belts. Nothing is too small to save, the officers declare. Old decora- tive cannons and cannon balls have been contributed to the scrap metal drive and even bits of string are saved for use again, It is a never ending assi¢n- |ment and the officers and men assert they are spurred by the thought that an item saved is an item made for the war effort. t Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1943. le TT AP Features IN twenty months of war, the pendulum of battle in Russia has moved eastward in summer, westward in winter. This year the Soviets have sent it crashing back : m NOV 42-4 ib FEB | Fighting Forces —threatening to push it to a spot not far from where it started in June, 1941. These maps show the four full motions of the arc of war to date. PERMITS ISSUED. FOR BUILDING 16 MORE HOUSES IN LIME GROVE) houses on the: tract immediately adjoining the site of the high Permits were issued Saturday by Building Inspector Ralph Rus- sell for 16 more houses to be built in the Lime Grove subdivision by the Taylor Construction Company at a cost of $56,000. This is the fifth time this com- | | east of the United States commis- sary on United street. H. E. Enyeart. priorities man- | ager of the War Production Board in this district, discussed the local pany has obtained permits for| building situation in Key West group construction in that sec-| with Building. Inspector Russell tion of Key West. The first. was}during Mr. Enyeart’s visit here for 24 houses, the second for 14,} last Friday and Saturday. then for 48 and twice for 16 each,| Mr. Russell said today that a making a total of 118 houses, great deal more building would Mr. Russell said he has been in- formed that a representative ofjnot for WPB_ restrictions. Some ithe Stewart-Page Construction changes have been made in prior- Company ‘of Miami will be in Key ities but they are not sufficient to West somp day this week to.ob-| take care of the building boom tain permit to build 20 duplex now in progress in Key West. OFFICERS’ CLUBHOUSE REOPENED WITH RECEPTION SATURDAY NIGHT The Officers’ Clubhouse, Unit-| flames had gained such headway: ‘ed. and Whitehead” streets,” was when’ discovered. they» the building to the extent of $30,000 before they were extin- reopened on Saturday night with | a house-warming reception. heruistiadhs The clubhouse, which origin-!'- Conerete block was used in ally was of wooden construction,| the new construction, which is | was partly destroyed by fire dis-j| fireproof. The galley and other covered at 3 o'clock in the; parts of the building are now; morning on January 11. The larger than they were originally. P. GARCIA T0 YACHT CLUB TO | BE ARRAIGNED - RESUME MEETS POSSESSING BOLITA |. PROPOSE HOLIDING MOON- TICKETS LIGHT SAILING PARTY | { i { ¥ . .. | Commodore J. K. Clemmer, of} Deputy Sheriff Moreno Wallace, | 11° Key West Yacht Club, said to-| on Saturday night, arrested P./ gay that the club will resume its! ;Garcia on a charge of possessing; weekly meetings and - luncheons bolita tickets. | next Saturday at noon. The week- | Deputy Wallace said he saw! ly meetings were gt al Garcia at Thomas and Petronia} When the ban . against pleasure streets apparently selling a ticket | sch ie went into’ effeet. ” et! Commodore Clemmer said that, to a negro, but that, when Garcia! 4 the meeting, he will propose was placed under arrest, the negro} that a moonlight sailing party be ran away. i held in the Garrison Bight on the Wallace says: that he then/oyenine | of St. “Patrick's ° Day, | snatched tickets out of Garcia's!" White the war is on, he added, hands, and he is keeping them to/ the activities of the club will be offer as evidence in the case, which | curtailed, but several members in: will come up for a hearing this af-| tend to buy or have built yachts} ternoon before Justice of 4 when times become normal. | Pi Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr. “I have been told,” Commodore hain ies 2 |Clemmer said. “that Key West | | regularly conducted sailing races | back in the old days, and it is the LONDON.—The suicide rate in| aim of the club to bring back some England in 1941 among males was of the glory of what I consider Jone of the very best about 15 per cent below that of/ pleasure and recreation.” 1939. Pa | MOSES HARRIS HELD AP HAVING STOLEN | SUICIDES DECREASE forms of school in course of construction} | GATO CAFETERIA | CAR IN Possession 1100 Simonton Street Constable Espinosa arrested; A DEFENSE PROJECT | Moses Harris Saturday night on} ‘a charge of having a stolen car} \'The privileges of this cafe-| in_his possession. j . Espinosa says that Geraldo! teria are extended tothe | porges reported to him that his| following: | |car had been stolen, and that,| CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES) while looking for it, he saw of the Key West Naval Station) Harris in it at Whitehead and CONTRACTORS' PERSONNEL | Petronia streets. He was ar- of Army and Navy Defefse rested and locked up in the Projects county jail. 1 3 Harris will be arraigned this PERSONNEL OF ARMY. NAVY.) afternoon before Justice of the COAST GUARD and EE} Peace Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr. CORPS PAE: Fis ARGS SONS, BATS, BUT NO SNAKES i GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FAMILIES OF THE ABOVE GROUPS é BALTIMORE—There are no snakes in New Zealand, though nnn bats are numerous. LATE BULLETINS UBy Asnociated Press) ROME SAYS TRIPOLI BOMBED LONDON.—According to a Rome radio report, recorded by the British Broadcasting Corporation, squadrons of German planes raid- | ed Tripoli last night. The speaker said that the Germans shot down} nine Allied planes. No report of a raid on Tripoli has been issued by! Allied headquarters, CONTINUE BOMBING JAP BASES CANBERRA.—American and Australian bombers are continuing | t0 bomb Jap bases in the Southwest Pacific, Yesterday and today | Tulugi, 29 miles north of Guadalcanal, was bombed twice, and raids be going on in Key West were it| also were made on Munda, on North Georgia Island, and Rabaul on New Britain Island. MILK DEALERS ASK FOR CEILING WASHINGTON.—Milk producers and dealers today asked the OPA to fix a floor or ceiling on the prices of milk, so that the indus- try will be assured fair prices. Z ALLRED GETS TWO TO ONE VOTE WASHINGTON.—Former Governor Allred of Texas was given | a two-to-one vote by the Senate judiciary committee in recommend- ing the confirmation of his appointment to the United States circuit court of appeals, FREQUENT ATTACKS'NINETEEN CASES — MADE ON JAPANESE HEARD IN COURT SENTENCES ARE IMPOSED BY JUDGE WILLIAM V. ALBURY CARGO SHIP SUNK. BESIDES) HIT MADE ON ANOTHER | NIPPONESE VESSEL | | Nineteen cases came up _ this NEW DELHI Mar. 8.—Raids by morning before Judge Willia British and American bombers on, V Albury, of the criminal court. Japanese positions and military:2"4 the following — sentence installations in Burma and parts | were imposed: : of China are now being conducted! John Bailey Winn, speedi more frequently and on larger | $5 and costs or 30 days in jail scales than during any other time) Silas W. Lawson, improper since the beginning of the war. Some of the bombers are going | far sheld and bombing Japanese ; shipping. cargo ship of 5,000} : tons was sunk: yesterday in the| ay; both pleaded guilty; each Rangoon River, another was hit! fined $1 and costs or 30 days. and left in flames and near hits{ Bill Rauleosen, no driver's li were scored on two other ships. A lighthouse; a lightship and a radio station were demolished by the Allied flyers. (By Associated “reas) i- days. Costs suspended. Jesse Lee Darby and Anna Bello McRay, causing an af- Costs suspended. Wallace W. Burton, Jr. {30 days. Costs suspended. Edward Steward, vagrancy; }$25 and costs or 30 days Costs NEW YORK.—The two thou-| Suspended. See sand English women employed in! Ernest Andrews, no driver's lumbering are called “lumber! license; $25 and costs or 30 days. jills.” Costs suspended. |. Lilly Mitchell, vagrancy; $25 and costs or 60 days. | John A. Clormets, assault; plea jof guilty; $5.00 and costs or 30 | days. | Robert C. Pearl, lending driv- er’s ilcense to another; $25 and costs or 30 days. Costs sus- ; pended. ; Walter Saunders, 'six days in jail. | Anne Harper, drunken driving jand no driver's license; $100 and costs or 60 days. Costs suspend- CALLED “LUMBER JILLS” vagrancy; Stays Smooth Stays Lovely *$100 REVLON NAIL ENAMEL 21 Enchanting Shades! A “60° *Federal Tax Extra SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. Prescription Druggists PHONE 199 Duval and Fleming Streets N. N. Justice, open profanity; | $25 and costs or 30 days. Costs | suspended. Marie Dennis, vograncy (two ' counts); $1 and costs or 30'days. | Wm. Schlosser, failing to dis-. | play license tag;.$1 and costs. I Ben Kenneth Schoneck; reek- less driving; $5 and costs or 30 days. Samuel Leonard Lowe, no driver’s license; $1 and costs or 30 days. Laurie Samper, vagrancy, pleaded not guilty but jury ren- dered verdict of guilty; sen- tence deferred until later. ABOUT MILLION TONS WASHINGTON.—United States civilian auto tires represent about one million tons of rubber. i Key West, Florida, hs ‘= most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenf =t PRICE FIVE CENT (British Army Scores Clea ‘Gut Victory Over Rommel’ IAP PPOLIS LE 22 ‘URGES ADJUSTMENT BETWEEN COUNTRIES AFTER PRESENT WAR (By Associated Pyens) WASHINGTON. Mar. 8.— In a speech last night. Vice President Wallace said that there will be a World War IIL if an adjustment is not made, after this war, - be- tween democracies:and com- munistic countries. Should the latter countries insist on their program of “world revolution”, which was advocated before the Present war started. it is sure to produce trouble that may lead to another war. The communistic way of thinking, he said. is not the democratic way of thinking. and added that a working edjustment must be made between them to conserve Peace when peace comes. CHI IIIa SSS PLAN DRAFTING MEN PLACED ON DEFERRED LIST CALL WHICH WILL GO INTO EFFECT MAY 1 WILL IN- CLUDE THOSE FROM 38 TO | - 45 YEARS OLD (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Mar. 8.—Ar- rangements ‘are being made to draft men, now on deferred lists. | whose ages range from 38 to 45. It was explained that probably they will not be used for active military duties, but wil] be as- | signed to desk jobs and related | noncombatant positions. Induction of men in that age bracket will be ‘in on-May 1. announced also today | that approximately half a million In Tunisia | Allied Flyers Make At- tack On Axis Convoy Endeavoring To Reach T (By Annocunted Press) ALGIERS, Mar. 8.—The British Eighth Army. under Genera! Ber- | nerd Montgomery. which chased Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Axis forces from Egypt to Tunisia. a distance of 1.600 miles, scored a jclean-cut victory yesterday after- ‘moon over Rommel’s re-equipped forces in Tunisia. Six times Rommel’s men. led by tanks, attacked the British po- Sitions east cf the Mareth Line. | and six times they were thrown back. The last counter-attack |launched by Montgomery's men | was so disastrous to the enemy. | what remained of his tanks and | other motorized vehicles beat a | hurried retreat back to the Mar- | eth Line. Thirty-three of Rommel's tanks | were destroyed, and, according to | Official reports, the British did not lose a single tank. | Squadrons of airplanes coordi- nated with the British, in their counter-attecks, but the most po- tent force in disrupting Romme!'s | forces was the heavy and precise fire from the British light and heavy artillery. | The curtein of fire laid dowg by the artillery during Rommel's fi- ‘nal attempt was so fierce and sus- tained none of Rommel’s tanks | succeeded in penetrating it. ! Meanwhile, Allied flyers at- tacked en Axis convoy of seven | ships that were trying to reach | Tunisia. | Two ships were sent to the | bottom of the Mediterranean. jfour others were, struck and i badly damaged and only one suc- i in escaping. Three ene- my fighter planes of « | that took to the sir in | tempt to drive off the Allies. ; were shot down. No planes were lost by the Allies, accord- ing to the report. an at- mee speeding; } , cense tag; $25 and costs or 30) cense; $25 and costs or 30 days. j driver’s license; $25 and costs or} men will be discharged from the! American forces, in central rmy to work on farms, in indus-| Tunisia, in a foray against Ital- tries and war-production plants. | ians, completely routed them. Each of tnose mov it was! Eighty Italians were taken pris- }stated, is designed to further!oners, end among the weapons equalize the manpower situation, the Amercians captured were jin this country. ‘two brand-new 47mm. guns. SINBAD DOGS-IT ON | DEPUT: Y SHERIFF THE BRINY DEEP MAKES 3 ARRESTS (By Asaocluted Preer) Deputy Sheriff Joe Knight LONDONDERRY, Ireland, Mar.; made three arrests Saturday | 8.Sinbad, attached! to a U! S.;termoom and evening William. Pearl, charged with | sault_and, battery. was hele ; $100 bail; Henry Cogswell, or wer ids | t | Coast Guard cutter here,. is; the world’s most traveled dog. For three years he has never | missed a single voyage of the ves-' petit larceny charge, also i sel which he joined as a puppy, bail, and the bond, im tt jat an American port. Since his ar-' Harry Jordan, w et j rival at the U. S. Naval base here! The three defend the Red Cross club has included | raigned this afternoo j dog biscuits on its menu. - | tice Esquinaldo. | FIRST HUGE LIBERTY SHIP WILL BE. LAUNCHED AT JACKSONVILLE SUNDAY First of a series of huge Lib- second 440-foot hull jerty ships being erected: at the| few weeks. iSt. Johns River Shipbuilding . {Company in Jacksonville—the snaguag het oat SS. Ponce de Leon—will be) in of mud “flats Bef ; launched Sunday, Merch 14, at Coniiveities 8 buildings oe 4:30 p. m., before an estimated shipways, it was’ "> “~ } 20,000. employees, and smembers drive 40.000 Pilings ‘into Pee 4 = yards of sand, fock fd “fin shipyard president. | Rear Admiral Howard L. Vick-| jery, vice chairman of the U. S.} . ~~ Maritime Commission, will come | Served per ge ‘2025 Hk from Washington, D. C., to de-| {2 sear oes. Sage ne we | withnm a t , Congressman Lex Green, Merrill and Denis J. O'Mahoney, St. Johns general | manager. Introductions will be; made by Benjamin J. Crowley, | company vice-president. St. Johns, with a Maritime Commission contract to erect 30 Liberty ships, is rapidly ap-| GARDNER'S proaching full production capa- city. The yard will launch a