The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 5, 1943, Page 1

Key West, Florida, ius most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahren? +t Associated Press Day Wire rs Service and AP Features For 68 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West © Che Key West Citize THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER Ss; Squat Bobs Rea Production Plant Léft In Ruins IN THE U. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1943. VOLUME LXIV. No. 81. ig Transports, Were Left In Flames; Three Subs Damaged (By Associated Fress) ALGIERS, April 5—One hun- dred Flying Fortresses,.“ manned by Americans. flew vacross°:the “Mediterranean last» night:\and _Sropped’ more than,200 tons of bombs ‘on shore. installations’ in Naples and ships in the harbor. were left in flames and three submarines were slightly damag. ed and fires were started among the wharves, The planes flew in three for- mations, and the raid lasted only 15 minutes, The waves of planes were so correctly timed that, at the expiration of five minutes in each, case. the second and third formation began to drop their bombs. Not a single plane was lost. ? ‘this is a “story of young love, | vibrant with small town frestmess, in danger of decaying under big: city, glamor. It's the story of lovely, stage- struck Kathleen Vaughan, who rents her barn to a sutnmer thea- ter group and then allows herse’ to get starry-eyed over Paul Pen- nell, handsome leading man. “Unfair to Love.” is a light, modern story of how a girl pursues FLYERS SHOT DOWN TWO NAZI PLANES 1 { ONE RUSSIAN PLANE WAS] t LOST BUT BOTH WOMEN; SURVIVED; WERE/OUTNUM-!:, BERED SIX: TOVTWO"\: Mae 3 Pye MADAGASCAR CAMEROON FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA aS COMMORQ AP. Footores -:** | AP Features’: (iy Associated trem, | LIKE:-ANCEENT-GAUL, the France of 1943 is divided into three parts—but the pro- _,¢e88 of reunion may soon begin. For although the hdmeland and a few territorial fragments:are under the close control of the Vichy-Axis hegemony, the principal parts of the empire are loyal-to either the Fighting French led by General Charles DeGaulle or the North African commandof General Henri Giraud—and the two generals plan soon to thresh out existing differences. When they do so, they may settle a current question mark—the status of French Guiana, which has pulled away from the Vichy regime as represented by Admiral Georges Robert and invited gov- ers{ment by. both ‘Giraud and DeGaulle. The map shows the three-way split of what until 1939 was the second largest colonial empire in the world. Russian planes was lost, both wo-' men survived, though, at the be-! ginning of the fight, they were out-: numbered six to two. | One fighter plane, occupied by a woman, went through the fight uriscathed, but the other was so badly riddled by German bullets, the plane became unmanagable and was set afire in two places. The woman - pilot then jumpe and landed | safely in herp: chute behind the Russian lir CLEARE RESIGNS [DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL WORKS UNIT AS MEMBER OF REPORTS GRANTING. OF PRESIDENTIAL SCHOOL BOARD' APPROVAL FOR KEY WEST HOSPITAL | (By Associated Press) NAMED AS SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, April 5.—Regional; The hospital project. which a | Di i | federal grant provides for OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION;! Director Oliver T. Rey of the) bent: seowmoeny & 70 dike: BORD AND ap. | Federal Works Agency reported! Costruction of 2 fifty-six | ts . | bespital, includes necessary surg- - {today the granting of Presi-j ical. clinical end obsterical fa- 4 FS ! PLY FOR COMMISSION dential approval for : we Today Allan B. Claire mailed his the con-' cities, nurses’ quarters, offices, ‘iesignation, as meniber of the To-{ |struction of a $300,000 hospital|kitchen and service rooms and THROWN BACK IN THREE‘ cal School Board, to Governor! WAR PRODUCTION BOARD PRIORITIES ist Key West. {all necessary equipment. ' Holland, with the request that 4 sides the two of the other. Messerschmitts. | ' DIFFERENT ATTEMPTS } a take effect immediately. AGAINST ENEMY | Mr. Cleare, as was told in Sat-)} | urday’s Citizen, was named Satur-' | :day afternoon as superintendent | . (BY Annociated Prensa) ‘of public ‘instruction to succeed! MOBCOW, April 5.—According Lieutenant Comnrander Melvin | te today’s Russian communique,’ Russell, who has been given a most of the fighting along the leave of absence for the durati: eastern front since Saturday has of the war. been in the Donetz Basin area, When Mr. Cleare receives the | Where the Axis forces have made acceptance of his resignation, he | {three determined attempts in the will make bond and apply to Gov-: last 24 hours to break through the crnor Holland for a commission as ; Russian line. superintendent. j In each instance, the report said,| The term of that office extends ; eee ae | JOHN DuBOSE RESIGNS enemy was thrown back with | to January, 1945. |SCHROEDER HAS. | FROM Because of War Production Board prioritics, the number of: luplex houses to be constructed on f\the tract bounded) by Seminar ; South, Tropical and Leon stree'! has been reduced from 20 to 11, City Building Inspector Ralph Russell stated today. The houses are to be built by} the Stewart-Page Miami, a repr s in Key We: as then he said would! build oniy each of two units, instead of the formerly proposeti 20. He stated also that he would be back in Key West tomorrow to obtain the building permits. Company, of last Friday. the company the | Tax Assessor Cla andolfo. i ‘ 11 structures, } a career she knows may be won: iD connection with the Germans’ | [REPORT CHIEF GROUND FIGHTING IN TUNISIA BETWEEN AMERICAN H (By Ansocinted Press) | ALGIERS, April 5.—Headquar- Most « |ters reperted today that the chief! in rocky | | ground fighting in Tunisia, during |the last 24 hours, has been be- itween Americen troops, under Lieutenant General) Patton. and | Axis forces under the command of | Marshal Rommell. T Despite intense enemy artillery. ters reported |fire, the Americans have driven of the Amer back the Axis forces more than: British Eigt six miles. ttal rvad north of Gabe: [APPROXIMATELY NINETY-EIGHT emplacemen gun out severa ican artillery sof thi i | | | Approximately 98 per cent of {property owners in Key West and! elsewhere in Monroe county, who pare in a position to ebtain a reduc- | tion of taxes through the opera- ; tion of the Homestead Exemption Act, filed their {time with City Tax A lector Sam B. Pinder in the county is in exces more than in the city, t cxemptions in Mr. Gandc Beth Mr. Gandolfo and der i the N better than it has e' of the due to the The Ci‘izen, u ywners to file for € tions and pointing out that altics, amounting te full tax would have to be paid in al | Mr. Pinder reported that 1,528 |filed with him for the exemption, | jand Mr. Gandolfo, 1,741, and in leach case the number represents | about 98 per cent. The number H \< en ‘WAR CONDITIONS CAUSE DECREAS i \ {| Due to war conditions, with re-| “other ve | sultant restric on the use of The number of trey gasoline and tires, the tolls on the Overseas fell off last month $6,769.75, as compared with ! March of 1942. Collections during {month amounted whered ; totale i Dec H on © paid last 556, as compared wi March of 1942 comparativ bridge the latter nly $26,184.75. ases showed in every tab-| ; ept that pertaining to| 1943, $26,184.75. TROOPS AND AXIS CONTINGENTS | PERCENT OF PROPERTY OWNERS FILE ON HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION fice comprise the entire coi —__— ed by the bombers before No Opposition Encountered By Planes Before Nor During Atiack On Ob- jective Aswer ateu Frees LONDON April 3. —American Pianes. based in England bomb ed the Renault war production piant in Paris last night and jeft it @ mass of ruins. No opposition was encounter- end Curing the raid. but. on the re turn trip. several squadrons German fighter planes tock to the air to challenge the bombers and tte fighter planes that ac- companied them. The dogfights continued Palf an hour. and. at the end of that time, four Allied bombers and seven fichters were shot down, end 25 German plenes tor _ Were sent into the sea by ths bembers and eight bv the Aliced -, , fighters. an everage of exacily Pp a where ‘exemptions Were rot filed REDUCE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES IN TOLLS OVER HIGHWAY BRIDGES only at the expense of her own Massing vast forces of troops and hapiness. It is a story that 4dr Meh ee fe, = Taupin luc tii tase Son pect, the Germans will start their Neely—meets a_ situation whieh | powerful summer offensive, as it finds him on the verge of losing; #8 vi same pointy lastysu the girl the whole town expects | eT ere the drive, "Wi : him to marry—including that girl,| ate to Sinaia ‘began. herself. area, the Germans Joe Neely plays his chances to! aes to launch drives. de- the hilt when he takes a play he| signed to take them to Stalingrad has written to Ruby Howard, glamorous leading lady of the! stock. And Kathleen wonders—is; Ruby interested in the play or Joe! Neely, even though Joe is several years her junior. TEMPERATURES 7 {OPA rent-control and to the south Caucasian area. | si > oi ~ j them. which were left in flames single word”! Temperature data for the 24} An offical tt RENT CHING | i ccetece gan yas sem aa ‘ in official statement was issued | === | : ; fs | RETURNED HERE orrice in KEY west | FOURTEEN OUT OF EVERY SIXTEEN j i* | John W. Du Bose, who was con- | MARRIED MEN WILL BE DRAFTED (By Associated Press) Laurence Schroeder, head of the nected with the rent-ceiling of-| office in Key | fice in. Key West almost three! West, has returned from Atlanta, where he had a conference with MORE. JAP SHIPS BOMBED | MELBOURN.—Allied headquar- | | ters reported today that American | end Aust#atian planes attacked 16” | months, has wired his resignation ! sy Annodidica | PEREZ ‘INFANT DIES x ‘ to the regional office in Atlanta| WASHINGTON, Real ; afERE THIS MORNIN the regional director of rents in| to take effect at-once. | Fourteen .out.-of. 16 married amen, : | Jap ships;‘10 ofthem warships, off: the southeastern states. Mr. Du Bose has returned to} jin the United Stdtes @&hose ages Odetid PARE” eight x ; the northern coast of New Guinea.) Mr. Schroeder said today that; Miami, his home town, where he} . regardless f recrd a ee and made direct hits on five of| i ye, | has qualified to run for the Demo_|s2e en ee old,‘ died this’morning at the the has not heard a cratic nomination ior city com-|°f Row many dependents they dence of his parents. and in a sinking condition, The | °fficially about the report that had missioner. : j have, will be drafted, beginning er street. ; ships struck had a total tonnage | Persisted that he was to be trans-| Several years ago he was al July 1, Maior General Lewis B. coma (aiialason ae of more than 50,000. |ferred either to Atlanta or to; Commissioner, when he, Commis-; Hershey, director of the selective : ale oe sioner Ralph Ferguson and Mayor ; if tia an ie pectiennte heid | Washington. | service, announced today. G. Perez, of the Laton Mis “Unfair to Love” is an exciting’ tale of a typical summer theater} group and the cross emotions that flare up in the individuals who! compromise such a closely-knit’ group. This story starts in The Citizen today. NEGRO HELD ON ASSAULT CHARGE Curtis Neal, colored, was ar- raigned this morning before Jus- tice of the Peace Enrique Esqui- naldo, Jr., charged with aggravat- ed assault. Alfonso Curry, the complainant, also colored, testi- fied that Neal slashed ‘at him four times with a knife. The de- fendant was held in $200 bail for the criminal court. Ethel Shibe, eolored, charged with selling liquor without a license, was held in $100 bail. MOTOR TUNE-UP SAVES GAS Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming $t, Phone 5 ji hours ending 8:30 a. m., April 5.} 1943, as reported by the U.S. Weather Bureau: j Highest Lowest last 24hours last night! Atlanta 69 56 | sooberteseh aivtaled tend: tande tin FRENCH ACTIVE IN TUNISIA} ALGIERS.—A late bulletin is-' sued here states that a French portant advances along the north- ern coast of Tunisia and has cap- In his talks with the director in} Atlanta, Mr. Schroeder stated that | nothing was said about any plan to have him transferred from his ' Williams were recalled. i present post in Key West. mvsstans wav vo acrions|PHOTO LEADS TO nnigue, istued lete today. sates) BREAKING PAROLE ' munique. issued lete today, states Three days after Deputy Sheriff 47 38 81 66 49 38 39 67 48 139 6&7 tured many prisoners during fight- , Brownsville ing the last two days. | Charleston Chicago Detroit ; Galveston j Jacksonville Kansas. Ci KEY KW. |Meniphis ° | Miami. | Minneapolis | Ne leans. -, 77 Ne ‘ork -) ST Norfolk . 56 Oklahoma City 87 Pensacola 66 Pittsburgh 52 St.. Louis 29 Tampa 74 SQUIBB MINERAL OIL ONE = - 65 that Red forces, in two counter- ; attacks west of Kharkov, cap-| ured risone! ‘ing the) é 64 ea pene 3 poy ated the | Joe Knight saw a_ picture that 28 ing cooly at ta, oth agtig ¥! the original of the picture walking! 58 : = Seet'ton Caroline street and ar i him. H The man “# ‘named Henry , Smith, and he is charged with | breaking his parole. He is being} 'kept in the county jail till an of-} | ficer arrives here to take the de-/ H : | i DR. A. M. MORGAN 64 the REMOVAL | fendant back to Miami. Wanted! Wanted! | 39 42 of his office to ' |Two BAR WAITRESSES; 219 DUVAL STREET i ie La Concha Hotel LOUNGE 4 | ' PHONE 281 Rio | Se The induction into the armed | services will be done without re- | Gard to family status, and the ‘only thing that will result in de- | ferments is if the men are en- ‘gaged in essential war work. t All married men. now classified SHINGTON. The 1 in 2A. will be shifted to IA. amd 3.0 Of corn are grown sm the | the 2,000,000 men now in 3B also Valley of Mexico. i classes jaffected by the changed ratings {rate of 400.000 % montb, as to I 2. + gioeseal Church, will officiate. Survivers are. the par Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Perez Pritchard Funeral Home , charge of arrangements. GROWN IN MEXICO j i There will be a spécial| ~ meeting of Anchor Lodge to- night at 8 o’clock. Work in the Master Mason degree. All Master Masons are cor- dially invited. By order of ent is in three to one im favor of the Al- lies. Last night RAF heavy bormb- ers attacked the German saval Ministry reported that wast de- struction wes caused.) The sum- ber cf plames that participated in the raid was not given but the ministry reported that eigut tlenes were lest. BLACK MARKETING NEARING ITS DOOM ALL CEILIKFG PRICES OF TYPES OF MEATS EFFEC TIVE APRIL 15 (Be Anmeciated Premne WASHINGTON, Acril 15.— doom of black marketing in United States will become cffex tive cn Avr IS whee cling prices on eli trees cf meats g>e= into effect. The oder requires markets » 1127 Pack-' 5:00/™