The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 30, 1943, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP, Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. VOLUME LXIV. No. 76. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1943. Key West, Florida. bos most equable climate in the country; with en sverage range of only 14° Fabren? -% tae S. A. LLIED S E GABES | | BRIDGES SUIT AGAINST ‘CITY TO BE HEARD IN Russian Armies Continue Advancé Toward Smolensk oes The case of Minnie joined by her husband, Robert ‘alvin Bridge, against the City of Key West for alleged damages of $25,000, is scheduled to come up at the term of circuit court that Nazi Planes Make Four! OBO II IMMA convenes here on Tuesday, Aprii Futile Attempts Toward | NEW BLOOD MAY TURN. ”, COURT ON APRIL 13TH C. Bridge, { In her complaint, Mrs. Bridge Sivepiag: eds From: Ad- RECEIVER INTO REAL} dectared that she slipped on th vancing | 1 (By Associated rena) MOSCOW, Mar. 30.—Sloshing through mud and water, two Rus- sian armies today are continuing their advance toward Smolensk, | despite all the frantic attempts | of the Germans to halt them. After breaking through the for- | tifications in the outlying de-| fenses of Smolensk, one Russian | column recaptured four villages. | Nazi planes are declered to have ‘Two dive bombers were destroyed in the fourth attempt and the re- maining planes did not return to repeat the attack. The bombers were guns shot down bv anti-aircraft that kept up an arc of con- stant firing to protect the Russian forces, More than a dozen times today, the communique said, the Nazis tried to cross the Donetz River, but their pontoons were badly smash- ed each time. When darkness crme, the enemy was still futilely Striving to throw pontoons across the river, while. bursting shells made the German and Italan engi- neers conspicuous objects for Russian machine gunners. | Radio Berlin again today spoke' about fierce fighting in the Lenin- | grad area, but the Russian high | command made no comment about | any engagements in that theatre. SHE’S MISSED PLENTY, | AND SHE’S GLAD OF IT, JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Mar.’ 30.—One of questions asked of each witness called by a lewisla- | - tive liquor committee was: “Ever! take a drink?” A lady from the! W. C. T. U. was among the wit- nesses and when she took the! stand, but before the question had | besn asked, she snapped: “No, Ij don’t drink!” “Lady, you've been! missing out on a lot,” drawled the | committee chairman, with a smile. { FOR ANY TEMPERATURE | NEW YORK.—American war-) plane engines. are tested to oper-} ate in temperatures from 67 de-| grees below zero to 120 degrees above. Sok STEP’ 1TO COUNTY CISTERN LAST NIGHT; PROBLEM: HOW MUCH GOOD WATER WASTED | ants that rent control will continue ‘Sidewalk along the City’ Hall, on ; the Ann street side, and injured i herself. ‘HIS UNLUCKY DAY CAME A DAY LATE (Be Asnocinted Presay DENVER, Mar. 30.—Patrolman Re R. Richardson accosted a young fellow who displayed the earmark of liquor drinking. “I'm just celebrating,” said the fellow. “Yesterday was the 13th o: jtne month, That's my unlucky day. Always something happens te me on that day. But yesterday ; nothing happened. So I’m celebrat ing!” Then he caught a glimpse of | Richardson’s badge. It was No, 15 |The police | numbered {the prisoner as Richardson 'him away on a charge of drunk- TOD BD is to LF BD eres. SPORTS ANNOUNCER NEW YORK CITY. Mar. 30 (FNS).—Florida’s “Red” Barber, whose briliiant ca- reer began with his broad- casting ‘Gator games over WRUF, and whose _pleasi 1 millions of sport fens through- out the nation who know him as “America’s Ace World’s Series Announcer”, is reported to have donated his fifth pint of blocd to the Red Cross. He says he won't be sur- prised to hear a soldier wake up in @ hospital some day shouting “There are three on end Camilli is at bat! Boy, what a ball game!”—and probably slipping in a com- mercial line, too, ‘COUNTY BOARD MEETS TOMORROW |--T0 “ARRANGE -T0. TAKE ACTION IN: SUIT BROUGHT BY JOSEPH JOHN The County Commissioners will, Harry Harris, who succeeds W hold a special meeting at 1 o'clock) A. Parrish as commissioner fron tomorrow afternoon to arrange to the fifth district, has been noti take action in the suit for $200,-| fied to, be present at/the meeting 000 that has been brought by He: was elected last November Joseph William John against) but this will be the. first sessior Monroe County, the Overseas Toll! of the commission he has attend Seba “ego iar hoki pel as he was inducted into th« Representatives of the bridge! “™Y shortly after he received district and the chamber will be| his commission from Secretary of present at the meeting. {State Gray. RUMORS OF INDIANA COURT RULING INVALIDATING RENT CONTROL LAW BRANDED FALSE BY DIRECTOR HERE Director L. A. Schroeder today to:be enforced throughout the;Key branded as “completely false” ru-| West area. ; j mors that recent rulings of an In-! “epupticity given this hurt’ diana court had in any way in*!\dsthion about the constitationality validated the rent regulations antl! 5¢ tent control,” said Mr. Schtogd- warned property owners and ten! 67’ “has created in the mifids of some persons an impression that all OPA rules on rent are off. Nothing could be further from the | truth. The regulations are still in effect and will continue to be en- forced. Property owners who; | imagine they can now boost rent | without permission of this Office re advised that they may be held in violation. Now, as always, they are liable to treble damage suits, {heavy fines and imprisonment, or A sailor stepped into the cis-}two sailors knocked excitedly | tern in back of the county jail) on the jail door and cried out, " + ‘ ive} Get a rope, get a rope; a man’s! last night and landed in five! fit in the well!’” declared Jail-{ feet two inches of water. (The! o Knight. | depth was measured this morn-; The rope was obtained, but both. In noting that an appeal from the Indiana decision has been filed in the United States Supreme Court, Director Schroeder said: “The power of Congress to contro! ing by Jailer Clyde Knight.) Mr. Knight and the two sailors The top of the cistern is only! who called for help had a hard! six inches or so above the! task to get the man out of the} ground and neither Mr. Knight|cistern. They made a lasso andj nor anybody else at the court-! threw it into the cistern, time house knows whether or not the! and again, but in the darkness hatch was off the cistern. |the sailor could not see the “The first thing I knew about!rope. Finally, he grabbed it just the man in the cistern was when! as an SP came up to learn what} all the noise was about. | The four men pulled the sailor j through the hatchway and found) jout he had the lasso around his neck, but, as he explained, the WANTED! ‘yope did not tighten because he C ; kept slack in it by pulling with | MECHANICS i all his might. | The cistern, 50 by 18 feet, is Capable of Servicing tone of the largest in Key West. | Bus Equipment; ‘ “Tf you're good at calculus, i trigonometry, or whatever you Excellent Wages hastesvagatel } ‘call that kind of arithmetic, you; PHONE 1057 (Continued on Page Four) { GATO. CAFETERIA 1100, Simonton Street, A DEFENSE PROJECT The privileges of this cafe- teria are extended to the i following : ICIVIL 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 EMPLOYEES GOVERNMENT FAMILIES OF THE ABO GROUPS ie ‘can figure out how much good jrainwater has gone to waste, Jailer Knight commented. LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) CONSTANT ATTACK ON SUBMARINES LONDON.—A. V. Alexander, First Lerd of the Admiralty, stated todey that not a single day has passed in the last six months that the Allies have not made one or mort attacks on enemy submarines. He jdid not comment on the number of sinkings or probable sinkings of U-boats. He admitted that the Allies’ losses in ships have been heavy, but added that the German claims were “exaggerated and inflated.” GOOD NEWS FROM AFRICA LONDON.—Primie ‘Minister Winston Churchill, in the House of Commons, and General Eisenhower, in his headquarters in North Af- tica, today expressed their gratification over the success of the armies of the Allied Nations in Tunisia, Churchill was greeted with cheers ‘wheii he told of the advances that had been made by the Allies in all the areas in the North African campaign. MANY JAP BASES RAIDED DARWIN.—American and Australian flyers today raided a long string of islands occupied by Jap forces between Australia and New GSuinee. Fires were left burning in many places, and on one island 9 Jap ar-munition dump was destroyed. In a reprisal raid. a squadron of 15 Jap planes attempted to bomb Allied positions on New Guinea, sut the Nipponese were driven to sea before they reached their objectives. PROPOSE HIGHER PRICES WASHINGTON.—As an incentive to industry to step up its pro- ductivity, it was proposed by the Truman committee today that the war department increase the margin of profits to all industries turn- ing out war material, where it is shown thet production has been good or excellent for the first four months of activity. The profits for the next 4 months would be slightly higher and the succeeding 4 still a tittle higher. In the case where industries are not producing as much as it is deemed they should, it is proposed to cut down the margin of profit. CLAIM CROTIAN REVOLT CRUSHED ie LONDON.—Radio Berlin asserted today that the revolt in south- ern Crotia has been crushed. The last battle, the announcer said, was fought in mountain passes, and the remaining remnants of rebellious Crotians either were killed or captured. HUNGARY CALLING UP JEWS LONDON.—The premier of Hungary, who, heretofore, did not sermit Jews to join the ermy, issued an edict today ordering them to put themselves into readiness to be inducted into the armed forces of the Axis operating in Russia. SAR SKIDS; CHILD DROWNED NO WATCHDOG KANSAS CITY.—Tuffy, a Ger nan shepherd dog, was locked in the tavern of his owner, Don Jen. kins, to guard it until a cracked front window could be replaced. When Jenkins returned’ several bridge. The child was thrown out! hours later, ne found a five-foot of the car and into the water. His! gap in the window and Tuffy out- body was recovered a short time} side, froiicking with several oth- later. er dogs. JACKSON, N. C.—Little Alber F, Keller, 3 and a half years old was drowned and his mother se sly hurt when the automobil driven by his uncle, L. E, Keller, } skidded on a curve and hit a No wonder our customers swear by NAIL ENAMEL Mai Gneral Cy rebar Executes Surprise Flanking MovementAgainst Nazi nits | SHIP SURVIVORS ARE MOST APPRECIATIVE OF RED CROSS WORK The men who really appreciate what the Red Cross Chapter here does for them are the survivors of torpedoed ships in this area who are landed at Key West, it is stated. The Field Director imme diately contacts them when the boat docks, then the Chapter takes! over and distributes ditty-bags, | , towels, slippers, robes, and all such conifert) ' France. articles. When the men are veleas } ed by the Naval Intelligence the! Motor Corps girls are on hand to offer transportation to any desti- nation in the city. The Chapter sends telegrams to their families to let them know of their safe ar- rival in port. The men thankful that invariably money arrives from the company by whem they are em ployed and which used for ravel and clothes all of ther vate a portion to the Red Cr The last group who arrived here a few weeks ago donated $30.00 ‘or the War Fund Drive. COUNCIL TO TAKE UP CHARTER TONIGHT There will be a special ing of the City Council hel night, beginning at 8 o'cloc! which time the charter will be read. The public is invited to attend mee? are so when teamship new pro! do-| this meeting, and anyone having any objections to the new visions of the charter same upon completion reading of the new document tat the JAPANESE WARSHIP SUNK BY MINE: MANY MEN LOST, INCLUDING ADMIRAL (By Associated Press) CHUNGKING, Mar. 30.—The war office announced to- day that a mine, anchored by Chinese airmen off the shore of Canton, exploded today and sank » Japanese warship, caus- ing the loss of several hundred officers and men. including an admirel of the Japanese navy. Ancther ship struck a mine and was badly damaged. but managed to reach shore. The wéf office further said, in com- menting on the disaster. that more than 100 Jap seilors were captured by the Chinese. a BERLIN BOMBED AGAIN LAST NIGHT: EVEN HEAVIER THAN RECENT RAID ‘British Ships Hit Peak In Carrying Passengers {Dy Associnted Press) LONDON, Mar. 30. — Ov 250,000 persons, including bers of the civilians, were carried last by British Merchant Marine si of the Sea Transport Service, « ships otherwise Ministry of Tz ber is almost four times the of passengers carried in ordina: Passenger ships between the U: ed Kingdom and non-European countries before the war. (By Associated Press) LONDON, March 30.—Berlin was bombed again last mght by RAF planes, and the Air Minis-! try reported that the blasting of that city was on an even larger scale than the attack last Saturday night. Pilots, returning from last’ night's raid, said that, though 48° nours had elapsed since the raid on Saturday night, fires were still burning in many places as the’ zaiders approached the city, and that the fires made it comparative- ly easy to find military objectives. More then 400 four-motored, bombers participated in the raid, and many of them dropped four- ton bombs. The anti-aircraft fire, was. so intense 21 of the bombers | were shot down. More than 1,000 tons of bombs were dropped on the itv. While the raid on Berlin was in progress, American flyers; were dropping bombs on the in- dustrial centers on the Ruhr valley, and still other American flyers again raided the German submarine base at St. Nazaire in armed service controlled by the ~snart. This num- tot REAL GENEROSITY HINGHAM, Mass.—Worker the Bethlehem-Hingham Sbipyard in one day raised $8,000 for the family of a fellow worker perished in the fire which de stroyed the Coconut Grove night club. The money has been used to set up a trust fund for M John Griffin, of Milton, a her i five children. who JUST LIKE MONEY DRAWING INTEREST | (Ry Asnoctated Press) i BOONVILLE, “Mo. Mar. 30.—/ While pondering what to buy his| wife for her birthday anniversary, i Capt. C.-V. Anderson of Kemper} Military School was casually! eZ No wonder Revlon is the pet of out @> customers! Every-single color is actually - Rt ae actt or ested 160 times.on ngadtine yoni before it i é for ‘you! Licino + rivalléd “stay-on” quality:, .. brilliance a beauty of color . . . fastest drying time sistent with Jongest wear! And you’ thrill to America’s best loved fingertip colors . -. Windsor or Scarlet Slipper or “1942” . . . or any of Revlon’s 22 enchanting shades! Es cee agund 2! ten to Carl Bervaldi, chairman of a-diiong ines the Monroe County Comunission, orcad “for Mrs, | informing him that the action of Anderson! ane hal’! forgotten to! take if Wome2 GI Get © PART OF MOROCCO is a part of Spanish Moroc- 00, a ; “oppo- | “Reports ‘site Gi 3 the Board cigar factory $200 out of the “ad vertising fund” to help pay the flict with the lw by Mr. Bervaldi. 15 as follows Rommel At Noon Was Re- ported Te Be On Run On Read Leading Out 0 Captured Point (Bs Asseriated Poems ALGIERS. March 30—Ma; Gereral Cyril Freyberg. who wes eweried the Victoria Cross for the smasting victory he scored cver the Germans at the Somme mm the first World War. executed ® surprise flanking movement egeinst Marshal Erwin Romme! : forces et Gabes. which resulted that most important base falling into Allied bands this morning. Freyberg. werkimg in comyur-- Mofitgomery. whe smashed the Mareth Line, kert his movement so successfully under cower. the Axis forces were not aware of his presence until he opened up tis assault with beevy artillery end weve after weve of bombing Planes. His tanks gud other mectarized vehicles followed behind the curteim of fire. and. when it was lifted, lunged through the cuter defenses end continued Gabes. Rommel! et noon wes reported to be om the rum northward the cosstel road that leeds out cf Gabes. with Allied planes Plastering tis troors. who fleeing in all types of motored vehicles. Conjectures were mede os the point Rommei would elect *> meke a stand. es it & believed reach the Axis fortified positrom: im Tunis. It wes steted further ter sivence int on (Continued on Page Fou COMPTROLLER INFORMS BERVALDI THAT FUND CONTRIBUTED TO LOCAL CIGAR FIRM CONFLICTS WITH LAW Comptroller J. M. Lee has writ-' commission, im giving @ iecal ; | company’s taxes, “is in direct com- be The letter, received yesterday j have reached me that »