The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 10, 1943, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features. ' For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, hus the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrent =*t West Citizen VOLUME LXIV. No. 59. ‘aie . Chairman Of Board’s Fi- nance Committee De- cides To Sign Warrant | Considerable discussion: was en- tered into when the scavanger or- dinance was presented for consid- eration of several of its provisions bearing on collections for the ser- vice rendered, and the system now in force of removing garbage and trash from all parts of the) city, with the view of makirg! some changes in order that more territory may be covered. in col- lecting refuse from the various, residences and business places of the city. One of the items on the call sent out for last nght’s meeting was that of ascertaining from mittee, why he had held in abey- ance the signing of the check for the purchase of trucks that was ordered by a majority of the coun- cilmen at a recent meeting. This matter brought on a lengthy dis- cussion, with Councilman Sweet- ing finally agreeing to sign the check, after he had'stated his rea- sons for not having done so. His main reason was that he felt that the trucks should be inspected and passed on by a mechanic be- fore presenting the check as a down payment. He was also op- posed to taking the money out of | | the general revenue fund to pur-| of German soldiers’ fatalities to; Nazi forces, who advanced 80! Four hundred railroad ties, which chase the trucks. | Councilman Leonard B. Grillon NL uh, wh ah dhe uh dea Che Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER in - TRE UU. S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1943. ROMMEL’S ARMIES|COUNTY BOARD CONTRIBUTES $100 RETIRING DEEPLY| T0 HELP OUT SANCHEZ BROTHERS LINE) BADLY BURNED ABOARD MOTORBOAT CHIEF GROUND ACTION IS| BY FRENCH TROOPS IN| TUNISIA, STRIKING AT ROM- MEL'S REAR (By Assoctated Press) ' ALGIERS, Mar. 10—Marshal’ | Erwin Rommel’s forces. who at-: | tacked General Bernard Mont- jsormey's Eighth Army a few days ago, are retiring deeper and deep- er into the Mareth Line, accord- ing to an official report issued here today. Montgomery's men, since yesterday. have lost contact SaaS aeeesess HUNGER, FAMINE LIKELY TO STALK (By Associated WASHINGTON, Senator Downey. fornia, said today result of trips he has just »Eighth Army continues to advance toward the Mareth Line. »It was learned today that Rom- mel lost two more tanks in his action against Montgomery, bring- ing the total to 52 against none Host by the British. { Chief ground action today is between French troops, in south-} ern Tunisia, who are hammering against Rommel’s rear, with a good chance, it was said, of cap- turing its present positions. } With six weeks to two months; of good fighting weather expected, | the comment today was that Mont- gomery may make a full-scale as-} |sault against the Mareth Line,j{ {while the Americans, in central} | Tunisia, launch a frontal attack, {and the British First Army, in ‘northern Tunisia, strikes against the Axis forces that are defend- NOW ON INCREASE russian TROOPS country,’ shungerand’ are ‘likely ‘to ‘stalk ‘in ‘some’ parts of ‘the ''United© States’ before “the’ end?0f*the’ year: He added that-in ‘several Jo- Stated that farm production this year will fall as much as 20 percent below last year's crops, Meanwhile, leaders of the farm bloc are striving to hasten the return to the farms of farmers who have been inducted into the army. | epontep maar rirry mone! STILL ADVANCING GERMAN SOLDIERS HAVE _—— BEEN KILLED NAZI FORCES REPORTED .TO BE ONLY NINE MILES FROM KHARKOV | { { 10.—Guerilla! warfare in Paris has been intensi- fied since yesterday, according tol (By Associated Press) LONDON, Mar. (By Anavel, ted Press) “underground” ‘information re-| MOSCOW, Mar. 10.—Today's ceived here. Fifty more German| communique announced that Rus- soldiers have been killed, and the| sian forces are continuing to ad- scope and results of the guerilla; yance to the southwest of this fighting have reached that point) city in the vicinity of Vyazma. where the German command has; Berlin radio admitted today found it necessary to establish machine-gun nests throughout the| the theatre is now only 82 miles city. from the key city of Smolensk. The latest losses bring the total| The radio also said that attacking more than 400 since the reign of| miles, despite heavy losses, toward | }since a parachute ran awa {penters’ Union in Key West, ap-| | from the burns they received, but Seafaring men, or former sea-|. faring men, who gather every morning and every afternoon on} the shore of the Garrison Bight,| at the foot of Petronia street, used} to say that Ernest Sanchez was! one of the luckiest men in the world, but they have not said that y with} him, dragged him over .a quar- ter of a mile of pine stumps, broke his leg and so badly bruis- ed him he was confined to a hos-} pital for three months. The misfortune that has hound; ed Ernest since luck turned against him entered into another chapter last night when Clarence Higgs, business agent of the Car- peared before the County Com- missioners and requested them to give Ernest and his two brothers, } fearfully burned in an explosion aboard a motor boat two weeks; ago yesterday, $100 to help de- fray the expenses of medical treat- ment. The request was granted, and today Mr. Higgs said he will ap-} peal to the Arthur Sawyer Post} of the American Legion to use its influence to have Ernest ac- cepted in the Veterans’ Hospital; at Bay Pines, Florida. “Briefly,” Mr. Higgs said, “here is the condition that confronts the three Sanchez ‘brothers and Ernest’s wife: She is not only tak- ing care of the three brothers, whose conditions are still critical she is also taking care of five children. It is a case. if ever there was one, where outside assistance is needed to lessen the burden under which Mrs. Sanchez is| struggling. That is the reason why} I asked the commissioners for aid. and that is why I am going {to bring the matter to the atten- ; tion of the American Legion. } COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DONATE FUND FOR KEY WEST STADIUM Last night the County Commis-, sioners donated $500 to the Key West Stadium Committee to go toward the completion of the stadium on a site near the old in- cinerator plant. | Today Gerald Saunders, chair-| jthat the Red Army attacking inj man of the committee, said that} the fence is being constructed, a a meeting will be held tonight in City Hall to make arrangements; to erect a fence around the site. jest replied, “Well, I got a day off -out of the hospital, he was given la disability discharge, and, on his terror started. took the position that the financial Thousands of Frenchmen, who} secretary had no right whatever to question the action of a major- ity of the council which voted to purchase the trucks, He said that Mr. Sweeting had opposed pur- chasing the trucks from the very beginning, which he had a perfect right to do, but since the majority favored this with their vote in an official session, he stated that he| somewhere along the coast odf| drive, the communique said that felt the financial secretary was’ entirely wrong in-registering any| channel orders have beet issue? 'Killed in the last 24 hours. by the,German:high command, to}"' y further opposition p Councilmaiy’ Gfffon ~emphatic- ally stated that ho chairman of; any committee had the right tol refuse to abide by the wishes of; a mujority at any time, and made; it understood that he was tired of | such procedure which has con- fronted the board on several oc- casions. He concluded by saying that he would favor the removal of any chairman under a similar condition. Councilman Carbonell was very svecific in his statements about chairmen opposing matters that had been voted on by a majority of the council, and said that he was disgusted with this procedure, and would see to it that the wishes of the majority be carried out re- gardless of what anyone thought; otherwise. Councilman Paul G. Albury:took (Continued on Page Pour) | | | | are eligible to be drafted for forced ' Kharkov, are now only nine miles from that city. s Military circles here denied the German labor, have gone into hid-} Nazi claim and added that the} ing, and German troopers are| Germans have not made any fur- | ling; $1 and costs or 30 days. making house-to-house searches j to round up the men, Search is al- so being made for hidden arms. According tothe information, ; the Germans are| so, fearful. of at-| tempts to establish. a. second, front France’ bérderitig’” ‘thé’ English® clear al} cities and: villages in that | area of civilian populations. FOUR CASES IN | CRIMINAL COURT Four cases came up this morn- | ing before Judge William. V. Al-| bury, and the following sen-j| tences were imposed: Miguel Pazo, setting up and operating a game of chance; $50 fine and costs or 60 days in jail. J. D. Tomlinson, reckless driv- mnie .Bippens, no driver's rider sit costs or 30 days. , John Anderson, vagrancy, two ‘counts; nolle Prossed. , coors: £ HARD OF Sonotone consultant, Walter S. Eckert, will be at La Concha Hotel, Key West, Wednesday and Thurs- day, March 10-11, for demonstrating and servicing Aonotone Audicles. Audiometer hearing test FREE. SONOTONE 714-15 Congress Bldg. HEARING OF MIAMI | (Miami, Fla. 'morning at his ther advances in that sector since yesterday afternoon. South of Orel, Marshal Timo- shenko’s troops are fighting fur- iously in attempts to envelop the Axis forces in that area. In this \ 3,000 enemy troops have been JAS. CORMACK, 68, DIES THIS MORNING: FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS | TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER BY PRITCHARD HOME James Cormack, 68, died this residence, 1411 Flagler Avenue, at 5:00 o'clock. Mr. Cormack was a retired cus- toms official. He was born in Scotland but made Key West his home for the past 25 years. Survivors include the widow: Mrs. Janett:G. Cormack; two sons, Donald and John G. Cor- mack; three .gnandchildren, two ister: rother in Canada. er Sa r Pao Some is in charge of. arrangements, which Will be annouriced ' Tater. TEES WANTED POULTRY CLEANER Man or Woman White or Colored Apply between 9 and 10 a. m. BRADY’S (Live) POULTRY MARKET 1214 White St. j dities in question over a period of | REPORT. HOARDING ON LARGE SCALE | (By Associated Presi i WASHINGTON, Mar. 10.—The! OPA said today that a country- wide investigation has disclosed! that hoarding of canned foods has} been done on a large scale in most} parts of the United States. | The number of canned food- stuffs found hoarded, it was de- clared, would be sufficient to sup-| ply the country with the commo-} two months or more. Finding from 80 to 100 cans of} vegetables, fruits and evaporated} milk in house after house was a common occurrence, the report said, adding that in one home more than 4,000 cans were found} hoarded. \ Some congressmen said: that al law should be adopted permitting! the OPA to search homes and to confiscate canned foodstuffs wherever they are found to be inj excess of what they would be in} normal times. | ONE THOUSAND SPECIES | WASHINGTON. — There are about one thousand ,species of flowering plants in New Zea- land. | coffee, but supplies and the lack| jof cargo space for bringing sup- : which can be hauled away on a | “But even if permission is} granted for the removal of Ernest te Bay Pines, he can be taken there only in an ambulance, be- cause his condition is so bad he can not travel in an automobile.” When Ernest used to’ join the} seafarers on the shore of the Gar-| rison Bight, somebody would say that So-and-So had fished all day | to try to catch a jewfish, and Ern- tomorrow, and I'll try my luck.” And always he returned with one or more jewfish. The day before he entered the} avjation corps off the army he| and his brother went jewfishing, | and brought back three fish, one of which weighed 215 pounds, an-j other 183 and the third, 90 pounds. And for a week other men, going out from the bight, had been un-j able to Jand a jewfish. | One day, after he nad been in the service four months, Ernest and everybody else aboard their plane had to bail out in a 30-mile wind. Ernest landed in a tract oft cut-over pine land, and, because of the wind, he was unable to dis- entangle himself from the para- chute. The parachute bellied in the breeze and dragged him over the stumps a quarter of a mile before it was stopped by a tree beyond the clearing. He was so badly crippled when he came return to Key West, resumed fishing. He and his brothers, Howard and Robert, the latter a boy, were so badly burned aboard the motor- boat two weeks ago their lives} were despaired of. While they have not yet entirely passed the danger point, Mr. Higg said today they have a good chance to re- cover. will be used as posts, were given | the committee by the County Commissioners two weeks ago, and arrangements will. be pete tonight to purchase pickets. The stadium tract, 500 by 500 has been -raded, and while baseball field will be laid out. Ul-|'¥iné out his health program in| safe and adequate supply timately, tennis courts, a basket- ball court and a gridiron will be built. ROAST COFFEE ON THE RUN! (By Associated Press) LONDON, Mar. 6—Now “GI coming from coffee roasted fresh} on army automobile units. There’s a great demand among | the fighting forces for American{ plies from the United States. Green coffee grown in North Africa is roasted, cooled, stoned and ground in the mobile units truck and set up within three# hours. MORE THAN HALF URBAN WASHINGTON.—Fifty-one per cent of New Zealand’s population is urban. Hear— CARP A Forceful Preacher of the Old Gospel Religion Tonight at 8 o’Clock FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Cline Hayman, Singer You Will Find a Cordial WELCOME! Friday, March 12, at 1 o'clock p.m. water in the city will be turned off approximately five hours to make necessary installations. plant Florida Keys Aqueduct Co. 18, Sta Munich, ‘Key LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) ANOTHER SHIP SUNK LONDON.—Allied headquarters in Africa reported today that it had been determined that another Axis ship was sunk by British submarines on Sunday in the Mediterranean in addition to the four already reported. AXIS PLANES RAID ALGIERS : ALGIERS.—Squadrons* of Axis planes “raided this city and its | harbor last night. No military Sbjécts were ‘struck’ on land. A fairly large Allied ship, while at enchor, was hit by @ bomb but wes not sunk. BOMBING JAPS'IN BURMA NEW DELHI—RAF flyers. using’big Ameritan’Liberators. raided Japanese positions at widely separated points ‘yesterday end today. | Ammunition dumps were destroyed and railroad stations were de- molished. Results were reported as “exceptionally good. No planes were lost in the raids. GERMANS DRAFTING NORWEGIANS LONDON.—The Gestapo in Norway is mobilizing Norwegians to send them to the eastern front in Russia, and it is stated that, in all cases where they refuse to go, they are drafted into forced labor units for work in Germany's war and industrial plants. MAY FINE ABSENTEE WORKMEN WASHINGTON.—The outlook today is that congress will pass = bill that will provide that all absentee workmen, who cen not give good reasons fer abandoning their jobs, be arrested and subjected to a fine. Railroad Center PRICE FIVE CENTS Other Cities In Germany Attacked During Night; (By Associated Prees) LONDON. Mar. i0—RAF four |program which TWO ADDITIONAL NURSES | TO MONROE COUNTY HEALTH UNIT Miss Louise Schott, U.S. Pub- lic Health Service nurse, Mrs. Florence Jones, registered Public Health nurse, formerly connected with the Nassau Coun-} ty Health Department, - have been assigned to the Monroe County Heath Unit. Both nurses were employed in public health! work for a number of years and Dr. J. B. Parramor, in charge here, said today they will be of great assistance to him in car- this county. The nurses will perform a gen- eralized public health nursing stresses health ASSIGNED andj children; ~ examination. home visits and advise to ‘digent prenatal and postnatal | women; well baby clinic, the children are weighed measured and advice given the parents concerning the diet As most people are aware, the director and A. B. Jackson are agents of the State Beard of |Health and it is their responsi- | bility to see that the county has | school where and t |milk and water for the inl jitants. The supervision of plac- jes supplying the public with | food and drink is a part of the education in prevention of com-! duties. {municable diseases, locating peo-! ple who are contacts of individ- uals suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, veneral «diseases, Another important function is |seeing that proper and adequate |sewerage disposal is provided. {be treated by their family phy-| and other contagious diseases, and advising those who have contracted contagious diseases to | TORRES RESIGNS sicians. ; ~ Mes The. CountyyHealth Clips te}. ee ee Coe located at 218% Duval street, | Soners accepted the resignation where indigents, who have.,venr,9f Leroy, Torres as_prison guard ereal diseases, are given, adyite,effective: March. 15, and concerning a eee and ne-| granted “@ request’ made by cessary ireatment. 4 - The public health nurses will Torres for a 30 day furlough with not be able to do any bedside | Pay. z nursing, as they will be too busy| Sheriff Berlin Sawyer's report with other duties connected witn | Showed that $427 in fees had been the public health gepartment. | collected last month. The bond of Dr. Parramore stated all au-, Deputy Sheriff Fred Tomlin was thorities agree that one public! @PProved. health nurse should be employ-! also the day majority tandiey s ays ago ernment y= aespite statement that the had not AS PRISON GUARD — private ageneses that dese ate news. PALACE THEATER ed for every 5,000 persons. As/ there are close to 40,000 persons in this county, funds should be provided for at least two more i P7V A RRIE TF nurses in this county. ; The other work done by the Monroe County Health Depart- ment includes inspection, exam- ination and immunization of ae GATO CAFETERIA 1100 ‘Simonton ‘Street | A DEFENSE PROJECT , The privileges of this cafe éosne Conk teria are extended to the often, stroke following: H around your CIVIL SERVICE . EMPLOYEES | of the Key West Naval Station: CONTRACTORS’ PERSONNEL | eyes, on your of Army. and Navy Defense; Projects aaendaray throat. See your skin become softer, smoother—