The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 7, 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. 83. Cul Des. On ig New City Mass Meeting C Called For| C& 2 29 BBA MMs) TURE BRIDGEHEAD ESTAB Friday, April 16, To Hear Complaints Rela- tive To Document .The City Council in regular Session convened last night, took up the proposed new city char- ter for final consideration, and after a short discussion of its Frovisions, decided to approve the document, and ordered that it be published in The Key West Citizen on Monday, April 12, in order that it may be read by the entire public. A mass meeting has been call- ed by the council for Friday night, April 16, at 8 o’clock, at tke City Hall, when the citizenry will be afforded an opportunity to register any complaint that may be had against any of the Provisions of the charter. If the public appears satisfied with the new charter, ly to Representative Bernie C. Papy at Tallahassee for its val- idation by the legislature. An application was received from 426 Greene ' street liquor license, and the matter was referred to the taxation committee for investigation, A resolution was adopted en- dorsing J. Lancelot . Lester for reappointment to the: position. of Assistant State Attorney of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Monroe County. It was or- dered that a copy of the resolu- tion be forwarded to Governor Spessard L. Holland, and also a copy be sent to Stanley Mil- ledge. who was elected state at- torney at the last election. Reginald Pritchard, head of the Pritchard Funeral Home, ad- dressed the council and stated the for a that grave spaces in city cemetery was becoming a great Problem through the shortage of | It} ground for burial was ordered that a committee be appointed if there was any available land ad- Purposes. to ascertain jacent to the cemetery that can be purchased at this time. Ch hhh hh dahaal| WOMAN ASKS COUNTY BOARD FOR PERMIT TO CARRY REVOVLER The County Commissioners get requests of various kinds, though most of them are for “donations,” but last night they received a request that, so far as could be determined, had never been made here be- fore. A woman petitioned the commissioners for a permit to carry a revolver: she said that she worked in a night club and that she needed the weapon for protection. The request was reiused. to be} | WILL ENDORSE CANDIDATE it will be forwarded immediate- | BRITISH IMPERIALS MEET WITH | SETBACK iy Associated Press) CHUNGKING, April 7.— The British Imperials, whose successes had been unbroken since their invasion of Bur- ma, suffered a setback yester- day, it was officially reported today. Under heavy Jepanese fire, including bombs dropped by dive bombers, the British were forced to fall back to straighter a .salient. in their lines, or,,as..was officially, e+ sand Jabs were wounded or killed. The defeat was attrib- uted to the Japs’ maneuver- ing in trying to launch a sur- prise attack, but the Chinese outsmarted them. if CAA Hd hd Ld DEMOCRATIC UNIT PLANS FOR MEET i FOR SCHOOL BOARD POSITION ‘The Monroe County Democratic either tonight or Friday evening to endorse a candidate for mem- ber of the Local School Board; due Cleare, who has been named the successor of Lieutenant Com- mander Melvin E. Russell as super- intendent of public instruction in Monroe: County. Benjamin D. Trevor, chairman ofthe committee, said this morn- ing that, if the meeting is held to- night, he wil! not be present, as he leaves the city this afternoon on a business trip, but added that, | if it is held Friday evening he will be in attendance. Two candidates, Gerald Saun- ders and Charles E. Roberts, are aspirants for the vacancy, though one of them, told The Citizen today that there are others in the field. George F. Archer is also aspir- ing for the position. MAUDIE E. JOHNSON COMMISSIONED THIRD OFFICER IN’ WAACs (Special to The mittinntE s¢ PORT DES: MOINES,.<lewa, April 7—Maudie, B... Johnson; of | C 1430 Vernon Ave, Key... West, Fla. has been commissioned a Third Officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. She was selected for Officer training on the basis of her ability | and record of work as an Auxiliary | in the WAAC. Third Officer is the | WAAC equivalent of Second Lieu- } tenant. She will be assigned to an ex- ecutive position in the WAAC Corps immediately taking over a non-combatant Army job releas- ing a soldier for combat duty, or participating in WAAC training program which eventually will replace a full field Army with trained womanpower in behind-the-lines Army jobs. } |. SINCE 18TH CENTURY NEW YORK.—Only, since the eighteenth century have separ- ate shoe lasts been used for the |right and left foot. Executive Committee will meet: th fe expanded | St tous |Leningrad, and that the their. former. positions. 1 | | i 1 } j | | EEE’ ST TTR ‘DR. A. M. MORGAN NO | to sell liquor, one from Tom and} tg thi seeignstion of -AtancBt tigator to Key West. The granting | GERMAN THRUST I TURNED /INEO: », REAL) MA MASSAGRE STILL TRYING TO CAP. LISHED BY REDS (By Associated Press) MOSCOW, April /7.—Today's} communique said that the Ger-) mans made a powerful attack today all along the front at) Rus- sians turned it “into a mas- sacre”. No Man’s Land, across which the Germans charged, was lit- tered with dead after the at- tackers were, beaten back to German and Italian forces are! still.trying to capture the | brideghead the Reds established across, the. Donets River 10 days ago-on the side occupied by the; jenemy. Two more attacks were }made this morning, and the | communique said they were} hurled back with heavy enemy losses as had been the dozens of charges that had preceded them. It was further reported that, jduring the night, the Russians; made a surprise attack on a ismall German bridgehead in the| Caucasus and captured it after bitter fighting. | COUNTY BOARD SENDS) {LIQUOR APPLICATIONS TO STATE DEPARTMENT The County y Commissioners act- ed last night on two applications Mary Hanley for the “Blind Pig,” at 420 Greene street, and another | from Raul Vasquez for Raul’s Club, 600 Division street. ‘The application will be sent to! the State Beverage Department, which, in turn,-will-send an-imves- or refusal of the licenses depends on the report the investigator will| make to the department. Harry Harris, commissioner | from the fifth district, was in Key | West yesterday, but he did not at-! tend the meeting last night, as he has not yet heard from his letter } containing a photostatic copy of; his discharge from the army,! which he sent to Governor Hol- land last Saturday. Aquilino Lopez, Jr., acted as county attorney last night in the absence of Julius Stone, who is inj ; Washington’ in connection with decisions of the OPA rent-ceiling | office in Key West. TEMPERATURES Temperature data for the 24; hours ending 8:30 a. m., April 7, +| 1943, as reported by the U.S. Weather Bureau: Highest Lowest | last 24hours last night 74 30 _ 80 72 46 1U Atjanta Benepe nsville CHAE st ton Chicage"° Detroit Galveston Jacksonville Kansas City _ 78 KEY WEST _ 75 K.W. AIRPORT 77 Memphis __ 63 ; Miami . 83 Minneapolis _ . 51 New Orleans _ 82 New York __ 54 Norfolk _. 52 Oklahoma City 83 Pensacola _ 71 Pittsburgh . 39 58 84 20 66 36 . 40 76 Sip SeVRseusessss Tampa ) BROMBERG in THE DEVIL sPAYS OFF’ = 3-HOUR SERVICE ; the construction of [Judge William V. Albury of the Che Hey West Citize: THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. KEY WEST, FLORIDA,| WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1943 Waves To Occupy U. S. Marine Hospital Hert; Confirmation Made By Capt. C C. E. Reordan The Citizen yesterday after- propriation of $70,000 had been noon received, after it had gone; made available for remodeling the| to press, a telegraphic message {old Marine Hospital which is to be from the Associated Press, two] Detention dat Gail thal from Senator Claude Pepper and! ; modeling work had already been} one from Senator Charles O. An-! started and, upon completion of | drews, containing the information! the project, the structure would that $70,000 had been appropriat-| accommodate more than 100 per-} ed for a contingent of WAVES, | sons. who will arrive here shortly. H “The announcement by the The messages also said that $15,-- Naval Operating Base’s com-| 000 had been appropriated for’ mandant ended speculation which | “one addi-| had been current for several tional high explosive magazine at} weeks, that. Key West would be | Fleming Key in connection with} designated as “boot camp” for a} the Naval Operating Base in Key) contingent of WAVES. | West.” “Captain Reordan declined to! This morning the following] announce the exact number of} statement, regarding the appro-! young women who would be inj priation for the quarters for thej “boot camp” but it was estimat- j WAVES, which will be in the for-j ed that the building would offer ! mer Marine Hospital, was issued facilities for more than 100 per- ; by the Naval apeatee Base: © [sons. | “Captain C. E. Reordan, Com-} “The first group of WAVES, mandant of the ‘Naval Operating will arrive in Key West within six | Base in Key West, announced to-| weeks or perhaps sooner, depend- | day that he had been advised by!ing upon completion of the re-| the Navy Department that an ap-! modeling program,” | Judge Albury To Officiate | At Municipal Court During | Absence Of Presiding Judge The City Council at its meet- ing last night in conjunction with Mayor Willard M. Albury, granted a two weeks’ order that residents may be able | to place their trash and garbage ; ;Premises on the days that col- Jections are made. It was shown that it was rather difficult for | the operators of the trucks to take refuse from the rear of the different residences. A letter was read from E. P.! Sher stating that a member | of the Citizens and ‘Taxpayers! Criminal Court of Record, offi-} init had registered uipialate| ciate during Judge Archer’s|regarding the issuance of a cer- » s«{tain building permit for — struc- absence. tures proposed to be built in! A letter was read from the Key. West. Board of Public Works — stating vacation to City Judge W. P. Archer, be- ginning the first of the coming week, It was decided to have { near the front entrance to their | — “lall. those needing this The protest was made against that repairs had been made to Ann street opposite the fire sta- tion. The appointments of Leon Johnson and Joseph Cerezo as special police by Mayor Willard M. Albury were confirmed by the council. J. R. Daniels was appointed as a member of the Key West Housing Authority, replacing Melvin E. Russell, who is now in the United States Coast Guard j } service. The resignation Matcovitch, fireman, and accepted. A letter was read from the Southern Dairies in Miami stat- ting that the demand for milk jhad become so great that the ;eompany was not able to serve product. However, the firm stated that it would continue to send milk here during the emergency if the law against this was revoked for! the time being. The matter was referred to the welfare commit- tee. It was ordered that the garb- of was Peter read {age ordinance be amended % Harner upparnD AYER NEW Vos -pARiS~ LONOON .was said to be in violaton of the the issuance of a permit to erect other than single family dwell- ings in the area of South street, | Seminole street, Leon and Tropical street. It was stated that a permi‘ to} erect other than a single family | unit would be in violation of the! zoning law. The Citizens and Taxpayers} group petitioned the council to refuse a building permit, which | street law within the area mentioned. | The matter was referred to the} Zoning Board. i NEW SCHOOLS’ HEAD | EXPECTS TO QUALIFY | WITHIN TWO WEEKS Allan B. Cleare, who wired hisj resignation as member of the Lo-/| cal School Board, to Governor | Holland,-expects to be qualified ini from 10 days to two weeks, Meanwhile, Lieutenant Com-} mander Melvin E. Russell will} continue to serve as superintend- | ent until Mr. Cleare receives his} commission. HUBBARD | their meeting last night. i { { { LT, -GATO: DORMITORY ‘Refresh Your’ Skin with kuxuria Pure, melting, fragrant, it quickly and thoroughly ‘groceries a S. A. hey most equable climate country range of only 14° Fahrent Wes. Florida. bis it with an severeze ‘Terrific. Blasting Of Shell And Fire’ Concentrated On Romer Positions Just North Of Gabes |Papy’s Bill To Extend Dog Racing Season Passed Today By House Of Representatives (By Associated Press) April 7.—!cember 1 to | present the case Should the bill bec« {the three tracks in M jbe permitted to operate 90 each, without the three being operation at any one time TALLAHASSEE, House of Representatives today | aw Passed a bill sponsored by Rep- ~ ay resentative Bernie C. Papy of | Monroe, chairman of the amuse- | ment committee, that would ex- A three percent tax is col lected from the tracks, and Papy jsaid the extra revenue is ne ed by the counties to offset a measure the revenue form ly received from horse and tracks. He pointed out that i former seasons the amount to- taled from $31,000 to $33,000 for each county, whereas this year |the sum will be only $10,000. tend the dog-racing season in| Florida from April 10 to May 31. Under the provisions of the bill, tracks would be operated in Florida from November 15 of to De- | May 31, instead from LATE BULLETINS (By Ausociated Press) BRITISH COMMEND GENERAL EISENHOWER LONDON.—Britain officially today declered its full agreement | with General Eisenhower in his decision to cancel all proposed tallies between French leaders in North Africa of a political nature. GERMANS WANT TO BE CAPTURED? ALGIERS.—Comment here about the capturing of more than 6, 000 Axis troops yesterday, a large percentage of whom were Ger- mans, by General Montgomery, centered on Marshal Rommel’s order to shoot summarily every German seen trying to surrender. While | it is true that the Germans yesterday launched many fruitless attacks against Montgomery's force, yet, even while the attacks were at their height, hundreds of Germans threw down their arms and sur- rendered. As to the Italians, they are known to be adverse to fighting and submit to being captured whenever they are given a chance. JITTERY OVER SECOND FRONT LONDON.—Radio Berlin announced today thet representatives of Hitler and Mussolini have arranged to hold a conference at the Brenner Pass to consider protective measures about the possibility of the Allies opening a second front either on the western shore of Italy or somewhere along the coast of France or Holland. Both Ger- man and Italian leaders are reported to be jittery over the imminence of an attack to establish a second front. AMERICANS KILLED 600 LONDON.—According to Radio Berlin today, American flyers killed 600 persons in the attack Monday on military objectives in Antwerp. pomger cee: + * be FE MacARTHUR'S PLANES STILL BUSY MELBOURNE.—General MacArthur is continuing his air attacks on the Japs in various parts of the Southwest Pacific, it was officially | reported today. Yesterday raids were. made on.New Britain, New Guinea and the Solomons. The heaviest raid was carried out against | the big Jap base at Salamaua on ‘New Guinea. ‘County Co saiiiaciamiis In Mood For Making Various Donations The County Commissioners, the’ months to one man; they voted to five of them, Carl Bervaldi, Max-| give $5 a week to another; they imo Valdez, W. A. Parrish, J.} | voted to give a woman $25 to pay | Frank Roberts and Edward Go-! medical a she? voted ati to give a lami weekly paper fee ae get tage me ; $150 for a -half-page advertise- worth of| ment,, and they voted in favor of ees ae pad acts three] a state pension bill that would give $40 a month to everybody in | the state who is 65 years of age or ! more. mie This bill's ‘sponsored by a pen sion group that are campaigning as actively -as the Townsendites Saisie didnt Hands Of British Army Under Command Of General Montgomery (By Anmormerd Preme: ALGIERS. April 7—Five bun ¢@red cannon. firing constantly for half an hour. im one of the Most terrific biastings of shed and fire since the beginning of the war. were concentrated yes- terday by the British Eight> Army. under command of Ges- eral Bernard Montgomery. on Rommel's positions 23 miles north of Gabes. and wien the bese. In Littie more than 38 minutes after the attack began. all Axis key beses im the area hed fellen into British hands. It was one of the worst defeats Hom- me] had sufiered since he bega= the “Bis retrest from El Alemein. Headquarters reported that more then 6.000 German end Italien Frisoners were captured The action beven at § o'clock yesterday morning. end ‘s still continuing successfully with the Axis troops im full flight toward Tunis. Up to noon today. bead- quarters reported. Montgomery's gains Fave carried him to with- in 35 miles from the Brits First Army under General An- Cerson. Meanwhile. the Americans con eastern coast of Tunisia. The ttratesical movements af the three armies is for them to con- verge in northern Tunisia. some where in the vicinity of Tunis. left afire. Five vlanes were lost in the operation. CAPTAIN E. F. TREVOR AND FAMILY ARRIVE IN KEY WEST FCR VISIT Captain Edwin F_ Trevor. wt is stationed at the Aberdeen Pro ing Grounds in Maryland. errev- accompatued i Bring Your Clothes f ways and means to pay the pen- ~ euet CIVIL SERVICE sions to elderly people that now is of the Key West Naval Station in effect. Already, other sources) Oe hdl Announces —————==e=| the REMOVAL BATTERIES CHARGED | of his office to The Modern Way 219 DUVAL STREET Drive in, in 30 to 45 minutes and PHONE 281 removes surface dirt . , . encourages your skin to | Southernmost City Pharmacy Prescription Druggists Duval and Fleming Sts. Phone 199 Key West, Florida your car can be on its way! Lou Smith AUTO SERVICE tn A Phone No.5 _ White at