The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 11, 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. 60. ‘Thveé Key | Westers T0.Bé. | Arrested For Violation Of OPA Rett Cai a Warrants Expected To Be|\ SO OOOO OOD @ A Served Shortly By Dep- uty United States Mar- shal Myrtland Cates He ‘ He Huth if F TION WILL BE REVIVED ONCE MORE The Key West Yacht Club, af- ter lying inertly at its moorings since the pleasure-driving edict went, into effect, will untie its hawser from the samsonpost at! noon on Saturday and foregather| again in its clubhouse in the Gar- rison Bight. Something like that was said to- day by Commodore Clemmer in announcing. the revivification of the club. “You may tell the boys, though,” the Commodore caution- ed, “that they are not to expect the toothsome viands similar to what we served before rationing went into effect. We will try to make our dishes tasty, while con- forming to the strictures set up by the OPA, and not even Uncle Sam himself would elevate his brows if he gazed upon our mod- est fare. “But food for thought will be just as plentiful and just as deli- cious as it was at our former! weekly gatherings.” | “Amen,” lisped Charter Member Stephen Cocrane Singleton, who got his experience in yachting in canoes on the Delaware River. GROCERY CLERK BECOMES MOTION PICTURE ACTOR HOLLYWOOD.—Reading that: a motion picture studio was seek-| ing a promising screen juvenile, | Farley Granger, 17, 6-foot high school student, who was working} in a grocery store, left his job and} headed for thé studio, He now! has a 7-year movie contract with | Samuel Goldwyn, providing a syd | ary of from $100 to $500 weekly. And that’s not hay. YES! We have Now Batteries!| » In Stock at ALL Times. Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming St. Phone 5 Opposite Army Barracks ANNOUNCE AMERICAN LOSSES IN TUNISIA (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Mar, 11.— Secretary of War Stimson an- nounced today the number of American losses in Tunisia during the fighting from Feb- ruary 14 to 20. x Total losses were 2,242, of whom 59--were killed, 176 wounded and 2,007. missing. He said ‘that practically all | the missing probably were taken prisoners, hd hak ei RECAPTURE OF | KHARKOV IS CUE | OF AXIS FORCES Key West Cttizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. ITEMS MILITARY i KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1943. 13% industrial, 18% services 5% industrial, 1% agricultural products, 64% services Key West, Florida, his most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrent =*t | S. A. PRICE FIVE CENT French Troops .Have Reached Point 16 "Miles From Gafsa One Of Rommel’s Main Bases SAYS RAF RAIDERS DESTROYED 2,000 FACTORIES IN GERMANY; | 1,000,000 PERSONS HOMELESS, (Ny Associated Press) | LONDON; Mat. 11.-Sir Archi- been razed, their destruction has bali’ Sinclair, héed ofthe’ British been incidental to the bombing of In Northern Tunisia Axis Forces Attacked British And American Posi- tions (By Associnted Press) ALGIERS. Mar. 11.—French LLLLLL US.S.R. CHINA OTHER Based on estimates of Lease-Lend Administration AP Feotwres BRITISH xn ut ex POSSESSIONS, EGYPT _ AP Features. Two years ago today the United States be g an its lease-lend program of assisting anti-Axis nations. This chart shows the proportions of, goods transferred and services |. rendered since. ae | Air Ministry, said‘today that the RAF raiders‘ have’ destroyed 2,000 factories in “Germany ‘and have made’'!,000,000 Germans home- less. He declared that war produc- tion plants end industrial centers have always been the objectives ef the RAF, and that German propagandists have consistently maintained that only churches, art centers, hospitals and homes have been destroyed. whereas, if any institutions of that nature have war plants. In the case of homes, thousands of them are or were sit- uated in arees close to plants that turn out munitions of war. He edded thdt the bombing would be relentlessly continued even on a larger scale than has yet been the case. Sir Archibald warned the Brit- ish public that Germany, in re- venge. is likely to strike back at any time with large-scale raids on London and other cities in Englend. troops, striking from the south. are reported today to be only 16 miles from Gafsa. which is Mar- shal Rommel's chief base in that port of Tunisia. That village was the first that Rommel ceptured at the time he drove the Americans beck, and he is hclding on to it tenacicus- ly. because of its strategic value. It dominates a railroad line that runs from Tabeditt. 50 miles or so to the west. eestwerd to Ma- | hares on the Gulf of Gabes. Farther north in central Tu ven arrewer wave 10 STRIVE FOR NEW {RAY OF HOPE NOW ENTERTAINED FOR SECURING CONDENSED MILK THAT END THUS FAR IS, FRUSTRATED WITH ENOR- | ent (By Associated Presa) MOSCOW, Mar. BILL OF RIGHTS | FOR "AMERICANS | SOL TOSTSH 4s Te Teday’s| SENATORS AND eepiiaine. ie INCREASE IN communique said that Axis forces,| TATIVES CONSIDER MEAS. WOMEN WAR WORKERS in-attempts to recapture Kharkov, are striking at point after point | Fd | ah dredlloeM neato. a Awegt ed with enormous enemy losses. } In some attacks, the communi-} que added, German commanders showed utter disregard of the loss} of the-lives of their soldiers. Time and again, in the face of fire that] mowed: them down. as they ap. H proached the intrencned Russi. lines, the Germans came on, strug. gling over the bodies of their owal dead, only to fall themselves to| add to the piles of dead and| wounded, In not a single place, the} communique asserted, did the en-} emy succeed in denting the Rus-! sian lines. i Axis forces, in the fighting in} that area, today lost 15 more tanks, | bringing the total losses of tanks ; in the last 36 hours to 62. j Two forks of a Russian afmy; are today battering down all op-| Position in their advance on! Vyazma, southwest of this city | One of the forks is reported to b only 17 miles from Vyazmae and! the other 28 miles away. REV. CARPENTER GIVES)'TALK TODAY | AT? ROTARY MEET The Rev. Alfred Carpenter, of; Atlanta, made an inspirational} talk on morale at the luncheon of | the Key West Rotary Club today. Mrs. Robert L, Jackson sang} two solos, and Clymer R. Hayman} was the day’s song leader. | Visitors were Major Nathan J.) Johns, U. S. A., Captain David A. ; Rambo, U. S. A., Charles E. Smith, Jr.. the Rev. Ted M. Jones, the Rev.’ H. L. McKay, Sidney A. Jones, E. E. Peeples and Harold D. Stuart. PREPARATIONS VAIN SAN FRANCISCO.—Following footprints that stopped halfway between the highway. and ocean, a noliceman found the, body of an old man, Nels L.. Nelson, 74. Be=f side the body was a,, shoe bok. neatly tied. In it was a pistol fully loaded. In the man’s pocket was a little box, ab pills. ang. in is vest pocket, two’ ‘One in- cluded directions to an undertaker and the other, said, “It’s a very lnvely day — to commit suicide.” However, the coroner said, the man died of a heart attack. PALACE THEATER ROY ROGERS in idin’ Down the Canyon NEWS and SERIAL URE TO STRENGHTEN 80. | CIAL SECURITY LAW | ‘. { (Dy Associated Preas) j WASHINGTON, Mar. 11—To-| day 531 senators and representa-| tives are seriously considering) measures to strengthen the pres-! ent social security law. i It will be a new bill of rights | that will provide security for} every American from the cradle} (0 the grave. Consideration of | he measure, which is explained! in voluminous details in 100,000 words, is likely to cause heated} debates in both the house, andi the senate. Its proponents will be determined but its opponents | also will be determined. { Campulsory social insurance and the providing of a job for} every soldier after the war~ is, over and changing of war plants} to industrial plants when peace} comes are some of the things! included in the bill. CORMACK RITES THIS: AFTERNOON | Funeral services for Jameg\h Cormack, who died yesterdey; i i 41 Flagler etiuet Wit ne ROMP tis afternddhlati did'cloék, in the First | cording to Dr. F. Porter Felt of the! Congregational Church, the Rev. Reinkie officiating. The body will} be placed in the church at 2/ o'clock. Pallbearers will be W. W. De- meritt, George Archer, A. D.; Luethie, Robert B. Russell, Percy | Roberts, Joseph Boza, Paul Ar-| cher, Sunny Knowles and John! Archer. After the services, the body will be taken by hearse to St. Peters- i burg and interred in the family} plot in Royal Palm Cemetery. Pritchard Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. oe GATO CAFETERIA | _ 1200 Simonton Street | A DEFENSE PROJECT | teria are extended to the following: | CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES) of the Key West Naval Station! CONTRACTORS’ PERSONNEL of Army and Navy Defense Projects ; PERSONNEL OF ARMY, NAVY. COAST GUARD and MARINE} CORPS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES | FAMILIES OF THE ABOVE GROUPS ne | The privileges of this cafe-|_ PLANNED THIS YEAR (Ny Associated Presa) WASHINGTON, Mar. 11.— The number of American. women in war and related work in the United States will be increased this year by 2,750,000, Secretary of La- bor Perkins stated today. She added that the in- crease would be approxi- mately 35 percent, and: that the additional workgts’ will include girls of 14 ‘years of age. The full force of women workers, Mrs. Perkins declar- ed, will be a mighty instru- ment in helping tne Allied Nations to win the war. YAS PLR SE 2. COCOANUT TREES ARE NOW SOUGHT SHOWN THAT THEY ARE NU- MEROUS IN MONROE AND DADE COUNTIES MIAMI, Mar. 11. (FNS)—Ac- Bartlett Tree Research Labora- tories of Stanford, Conn., there are some ion cocoanut trees in Monroe and Dade Counties. When these were planted for ornamental purposes in the south- ern portion of the state, there was no thought that they might be of commercial value in later years. However, the scarcity of import- ed cocoanuts from the islands of the Far Pacific and South Seas indicates the fruit of these Flor- ida trees may now be used com- mercially. A Miami concern is now collecting and processing Florida cocoanuts. Oil and fiber, for which there are many uses, are extracted. DATES WAY BACK WASHINGTON.—The use of pigeons aS ‘message-carriers goes back to 3500 B.C. { A ray of hope that Key West | may get more condensed milk is | contained in a letter received by the Chamber of Commerce from | the Food Distribution Administra- ition of the United States Depart- ‘ment of Agriculture. The writer, T. G. Stitts, chief of the dairy and poultry branch, af- ter acknowledging the receipt of ja letter from Secretary Stephen ;C. Singleton, of the Chamber of } Commerce, with a petition at- | tached, states: “We have discussed your re- | quest with Nestle’s Milk Products | Company. This.company is short of condensed milk largely because of decreased production and be- cause of their heavy sales to the armed forces and lend-lease. It is our understanding that production is gradually increasing, and probably the company will have an increased quantity for sale shortly. This, of course, is depen- dent upon their ‘getting increased supplies of tin and sugar. “We have been informed that | adequate supplies of evaporated j milk are available in Florida, and | pessibly this product can be sub- j stituted for sweetened condensed milk.” | CARPENTERS START TRIMMING WORK ON | NEW SCHOOL ANNEX Capenters have started to’ do \trimming work to the building | that is being constructed to in- lerease the facilities of the Key j West High School. _ i It is expected that the work will be finished in three weeks, ;at which time. the construction lof a schoolhouse for colored stu- dents will be started: The lat- {ter building will be completed lin time for the fall semester, and will provide room for 400 students. The high school annex for | white students contains 12 rooms and is of one-story construction. jit was built wholly by the Fed- eral Works Agency at no ex- people of Key ipense to the | West. | The schoolhouse for colored students will cost, with the ‘Site, $83,500, of which amount {$40,000 was provided . by... the; | Hard-of Hearing county. NOTICE 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. | misia. American forces are strik- jing out toward thet same body cf water. and. should they gain | their objective. they will cut Tu- } nisia in two from west to east. | In northern Tunisia. Axis |forces attacked British and ; American positions. but were DESPITE SUCCESS, WARNS AGAINST JAPS thrown back with heavy losses. | | The British Eighth Army. un- WASHINGTON.—Secretary of War Stimson today stated thet.| der General Montgomery. has despite American successes in the Southwest Pacific, the Jans are| not engaged with enemy increasing their zir power in the New Guinea area and may make/| forces in the last 24 hours, but heavy raids at any time on the Allied-held bases on that island and) Montgomery's heavy artillery is also on Guadalcenal. The recent victory in the Bismarck Ses greatly | pga ee southern end improved the condition of the Allied Nations in that theatre, but Stim- | son added the Japs are not yet beaten dnd may strike back se are: NATURE STUDENT TALKS OF BIRDS’ IMPORTANCE LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) 70,000 JAPS ON MOVE | CHUNGKING.—A Chinese official spokesman said today that 70,000 Japs are on the move in China, and that 16.000 of them have crossed the Yangtse River. Their objective has not yet been deter-| WINIER PARK. Mar y mined by Allied commanders, but it is thought to be the beginning of (FNS)—The Florida Audut a general offensive against Chinese forces in that area, ee - New } ast week, a dis — j ; GOOD NEWS FOR COFFEE DRINKERS pocetigge gs Sho WASHINGTON.—OPA Chief Prentiss Brown made public a College, diseuss the statement today that is good news for coffee drinkers, He said that,°! DGS im wartime importations of coffee had increased 20 per cent in February as com- Ege cnrvabomed coe pered with January, and that the period of obtaining it under the | aiso pointed out ti rationing system has been decreased from six to five weeks. Caffee ship to civilian and received in this country last month totaled 145,000.000 pounds. i rale. “Florida is blessed NEXT YEAR WILL BE HARDEST |great variety of bird i pcinted out, “and citizens WASHINGTON.—Spokesmen for the Truman War Investigation give more consi committee said today that next year will be the hardest for Amer. s#feguard and prot icans on both the home and fighting fronts. It was added that Amer-| V#luable asset.” icans at home, however, will be called upon this year to make far greater sacrifices than they have yet made, adding that we had reason to bé proud\of(the tremendous production of our war and industrial plants. con: DOUBLE TROUBLE IN SHERIFF’S CORNER (tty Amociatea Preaes DARLINGTON, S. C. Ma Saerut C. A Gren | plete description, man on an as — Apo ANNOUNCE DEATH OF | HOUSING SHORTAGES DR. ARTAUD’S SON| IN KEY WEST LISTED ces | AS BEING “ACUTE? | O33 func 2.x “ie i. | tion fitting * ere are ousiNg |} fectly and he the only’ son _ of Dr. Frank E-| shortages in several cities in Flor-| man vigorously P’ Artaud, whose age was given aS jig. put Key West is the only city| nocence. Th 48, which occurred on January| where accommodations are listed | 2%, 2 double fo 18 of this year. | “ $ ay } arrested and pri Dr. Artaud, now retired, was ee fig aa cies renin: a Both had the s formerly stationed at the|;. —— News has been received in the city announcing the death of! aber Key West Army Barracks, and while serving at this station, married Miss Annie Ball, now deceased. Dr. Artaud, now residing at Newport Richey, Fla. has num- erous friends n Key West, all of whom will be much grieved on learning of the death; of his ‘woh. 1k rag =| SONOTONE SEN Walter S. 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