The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 8, 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. 84. Reds Stage Heavy Coun- ter Atiack And Retake Hill Capiured By Ger. * | MOSCOW, April 8 — “Our troops have captured several favorable positions in the Donets basin,” today’s Russian - munique said, and added that all attempts to ‘dislodge ‘the Reds, who occupy a a on the German side of ‘the river, Eave been frustrated with heavy enemy losses. Reds still continue to make gains in the western Caucasus, and are holding the enemy west ef Kharkov, it was officially stated. The communique told about a German assault that captured a hill in the northern area of fighting, but said thet the Reds made a furious counter-attack and recaptured tte hill. ISSUES WARNING TO DOG OWNERS Owners of dogs’in Key West ave cautioned to Keep thei’ pets in pens or securely tied on days when parades or other ceremonial func- tions are held on the parade grounds at Key West Barracks or Fort Taylor. The Commanding officer of the Army post here issued final notice today that dogs will not be per- mitted to run loose on ‘the parade grounds on those days and structed the Provost Marsha Post Veterinarian to take such does into custody and destroy them forthwith, without notice. DEMOCRATIC BOARD. TO MEET ON FRIDAY The Monroe County Democratic Executive Committee, which was to have met last night to endorse one of the candidates for member of the Local School Board, post- pohed the meeting’ Vill Friday eve- ning, by«which time Benjamin D. airrhan of the board, The three aspirants.for the po- | sition are George F. Archer, Ger- ald Saunders and Charles E. Rob- erts. PILES SL LS MMs SENATE CONFIRMS Che Hey West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1943 Donets Basin ‘MLS OM Maa @. SENATE CONFIRMS | CARO AND CLEARE| (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, -.pril 8.— The Senate yesterday after- moon confirmed Thomas S. Caro as judge, and Allan B. Cleare, Jr., as solicitor of the Monroe County Criminal Court of Record for terms of four years, beginning May 6, 1943, i | "PIRI STS FIM SHOWN THAT STATE CAN PRODUCE BEEF OF HIGH QUALITY DEMONSTRATED IN REPORT, MADE RECENTLY cover. | ING SALE BY LIVESTOCK. MARKET | | { | KISSIMMEE, April 8. (FNS)— Conerete evidence of Florida's jability to produce beef, equal to anything western states can offer, was shown in the renort of a te- cent sale by the Kissimmee Live-} stock Market of 13 head of mo-! lasses-fed steers for . the United States Sugar Corporation. i These 13 animals topped the} day's market, weighing 11,672, pounds and averaging 898 pounds: each, selling for $16.83 per hun-} dred and netting $151.09 each.! ‘These stects® dressed ont 61 per: cent. Commenting on the sale, the market manager said, “The 13 steers sold here were as good as , money can buy on any market in? ithe country. They were ‘choice’ | and brought a price comparable! with Chicago and eastern markets. | They dressed out a little above 61 i per cent. Where could you have} bought any better?” ‘These 13 steers were part of a lot of 63 head of one-half Brama ‘and common breeding, purchas by the Sugar Corporation Montgomery Brothe: Arcadia. They were weighed at th ranch and driven to Venus, a dis: tance of about 20 miles, whi ‘they were loaded on cattle cars and shipped to Clewiston andj placed on improved Bermuda and! ‘carpet pasture where cane mo-j lasses was made available to them in self-feeding troughs. Sixty days | later they were weighed and! found to have gained an average, of 94 pounds per animal—a gain! of better than 1 1-2 pounds per} | steer per day. An average of from; ,3 to 4 pounds of molasses was consumed per animal per day. { They were then taken off pas-} ture and placed in the Corpora-| tion’s experimental feeding lots| | where they were fed a ration con-; | sisting of only Lemongrass pulp} jand molasses feed, soy bean meal and straight cane molasses, inj self-feeding troughs. The Lemon-! } i !'by military experts. ‘tain to the course of defensive ac- Key West, Florida, his tre most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahren? st } S. A. PRICE FIVE CENTS DISCOUNT REPORT PAPY’S RACE TRAGK:BILL TO ON CONFERENCE BY; GET IMMEDIATE SENATE ACTION TWO AXIS HEADS —— (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, April 8—It here today thatt he bill will be- LIKELIHOOD IS MEETING was stated today that the sen- | come a law in time. so that the WILL BE BETWEEN GER- ate will take immediate action | cpening of the tracks will be ex- MAN AND ITALIAN MILI- to pass the Papy bill. which was | tended to May 15. TARY LEADERS | adopted by the house with only | Governor Holland has vublic- | one dissenting vote. that would‘ ly announced he favors the bill, ia6p Ansesiaied vans (extend the time for operating which will provide revenue that LONDON, April 8—Reports dog-race tracks in Florida. lis sorely needed by the state. that Hitler and Mussolini are to Z ‘ : ci : hold a conference at the Brenner S#turday is the deadline for and it was said he will likely Pass were discounted here today the closing of the tracks under sign it immediately after its They added that the likelihood the present law. but it is thought | passage by the senate. is the meeting will be between German and Italian military lead- ers, and that the chief subject that is to be discussed will per-) Twenty-T'wo Million Men To Be Affeeted By Changes To Be Made By Manpower Board ae ee ‘tions to be followed when the Al- lied fighters strike to open up a) second front in Europe. “That proposed second front, ac: ‘cording to advises that have reach. ea sere from Swiss and Swedish } ness among the Halian and Cer. OMIM AFF A AD man high commands. The Italians CITIZEN TO HANDLE PAPER COMPLAINTS fear a second front will not be; established in France or Belgium, | The Citizen has made ar- rangements to hendle com- but, as a Rome radio report said | two days ago, the Allied Nation: are more likely to strike at Sar-| dinia, Sicily or the southern tip; plaints from its subscribers, of Italy. | and those not receiving their papers between 6 and 7 o'clock are urged io call No. 51 and carrier will bring paper. RED CROSS NEEDS Ph check refull: rour QUOTA IN DRIVE "ye maoe To couccr ne|EWOMOTORED PLANE CRASHES wasp __NORTH OF HERE MEY WEST OO REACH GOAL SET CREW WAS PICKED UP AND} BROUGHT TO NAVAL HOS-| N PITAL HERE AFTER SHORT; TIME ON RAFT (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aoril j Twenty-two American | men will be affected by changes | the Manpower Commission will |make. beginning Monday. it was announced today. It is intended to wipe out the to million | status in 3A. | i } i 3B clasification entirely and place the registrents now in that Pape ed. | SST ISIS aS Fourteen cut of 16 married {armed services and essential war z work, j { George O. Lucas, chairman of} the local Red Cross Chapter, in-! formed The Citizen today that renewed efforts will be made toj complete Key West's quota -in! the War Fund Drive, which was set at $12,600. Isadore Wein-| traub is chairman of the ional ent drive. ton its way from an island base The campaign for war funds t 4 foreign port, crashed into 4 will be continued — indefinitel: about 30 miles off Siimbrero until the required amount has) jighthouse, 45 miles north of this! city, early this week, according to information received in Key, been collected. Mr. Lucas stated that there remains only $700 to be collect- West this afternoon: The crew took to a life raft, and. ‘ ; . a ht: after drifting about 24 hours, wer | Lis eagle at a picked up and brought to the Na-/ ci7¢ Ge Train, W. D. Welch; Co! val Hospital in Key West. ducteur, Horace O’Bryant: Co The names of the rescued men ret re " | missaire Intendant, J. J. Trevor were not given out. Their condi-| Correspondant, J. “W. Pind tion was reported not to be serious, | 2 ii jode! though they are suffering from ex- Sarde tee Pee ee jie posure. ROTARY CLUB ELECTED NEW DIRECTORS | Delegates and alternates to the Se | Fort Lauderdale conference, April The Key West Rotaty’Club, at| 10 and.11; Dr. W. P. Kemp, Hor- its luncheon today, élécted the fol- | ae O'Bryant, U. J. Delgado and lowing directors: W. Pinder. William W. Demeritt, Everett} ————____——_ | Russell, John Gardner and Allan! "PMP a ame, SMe: B. Cleare, Jr. _ The other officers of the club| NATION’S TAX BILL are: President, Maitland Adams; MAY BE BROUGHT A Navy two-motored bomber, | CONDUCTED ON MONDAY NIGHT The Key W of the American Legion elected the following officers at their i to the entire public to cooperate! ith their help toward collect-| ing the necessary amount a: soon as possible. j Those who have not contribut-}| ed thus far, and wish to do so, can call up Red Cross Head-| quarters, and some one will be} sent to receive the donation,| states Mr. Lucas. | He concluded by saying that “We cannot afford to fall down} on this drive for the lack of re-| ceiving the amount as stated to; complete the quota, and I feel! that those that have not con- tributed thus far will do so im- mediately.” | Lampiste, Sebastian | Medicin, Dr. W. P. Kemp; Aumon- er, P. B. Rober Cheminot,. W. | H. Reardon, T. L. Pinder, F. J. | Dion. DOGS LIKE TAGS OMAHA, Neb.—Iin order to ‘men will be reclassified for tho | 2 { | ELECTION OF NEW OFFICIALS TOOK PLACE AT MEETING! { st 40 and 8 Society Commis Voyageur, G. O. Kemp; | More Than Twenty Thousand Axis \Casa’ Maina Hotel Will Remain Open For Benefit Of Officers, Dependents {peculation that the Navy for th would take over the beautiful a Marina Hotel ended here ag this week when Capt. C. E. Reor- dan, commandant of tie Key West | Naval Operating Base, announced the hotel would remain open for the benefit of officers and their j immediate dependents. Captain Recruan said the Navy iexpected to take over the hotel jand continue operation on ap- j proximately the present basis. | Management of the hotel an- {nounced some two n by th zy to ck — ne Mm. fifty office d depe: homeless cause of the acute housing situa- tion here. Captain Reordan sai operation of the hotel had not been dete ned. He indicated that there may be a short period when no im: ll be served but weeks ago. as d that may continue | that the hotel would close on Sep-. to occupy their rooms. tember 10 due to costs of food- Present employes will be given | stuffs and the fact that the man-, the opoprtunity to continue em- | agement has had considerable dif- ployment on the present basis, | ficulty in obtaining sufficient food ' Captain Reordan said LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) { { GERMANS LOSE 1.000 PLANES LONDON.—The British Air Ministry issued figures today that i show that the Germans. from Marcle to Avril 5 inclusive. lost more than 1,000 plenes. The losses, the ministry added. are fer in excess of | replacements. It was also said that the constant bombing of Ger- { | i { | | many has reduced the production of planes there 30 per cent. BRITISH REPEL JAPS CHUNGKING,.—The British, who ceil back 13 miles in Burma on Tuesday and eerly Wednesday to straighten out their lines, today in | flicted heavy losses on the Japs, who tried to drive back the British | from their new positions. The Chinese. it was reported, defeated the | Japs yesterday in a battle near the Yangtse River. | zs ae AMERICAN BOMBERS ATTACK JAP SHIPS MELBOURNE.—Squadrons of American and Australian bomb- ers attacked three Jap ships yesterday off New Guinea and made | several near hits, headquarters reported. The weather was too cloudy for cerial attacks, and the Japs succeeded in escaping. UNCLE SAM’S PAYROLL MEN WASHINGTON.—Fifty-four thousand men on Uncle Sam's pay- roll will be affected immediately by the new rules the Manpower Commission is going to adopt. That number will be inducted into the armed services, provided the men are physically fit. The new rules will affect more than 1,090,000 of the federal government's employes. WATSON AFTER LEE TALLAHASSEE.—Attorney General J. Tom Watson said todey | he is going to institute an investigation into the right or supposed | right of Comptroller J. M. Lee in employing private attorneys to do | State work, particularly in the settlement of estate taxes. eas ‘FOUR MEMBERS OF CREW OF SIX IN PLANE ACCIDENT NEAR KEY save metal, the city issued dog secretary, Clem C. Price; treasur- Prisoners Captured During Huge ffensivé In Souther Tunisia % Only Occasional Rear- guard Actions Being Fought Against Rom- mel’s Fleeing Forces (By Asmoctared Press) ALGIERS, April §&—Allied headquarters reported today be. that during the offensives of the British Eighth Army. under Gen- eral Montgomery. and the American divisions, under Lieu- tenant Gencral Patton. in south ern Tunisia. more than 20,990 Axis prisoners were captured. The. prisoners number four or fve liahans to one German and that average is said to have been due to the fact that the Italians are anxious to surren- der. Today Montgomery is report ed to be well up the eastern Tunisien coest. after one fork of Lis army joimed the vanguard of he army. which been advancing continuously to- ward the coast the last weeks. pes two Only occasional rearguard ac- tions are being foucht against Rommel's men. 2s they continue their flitkt up the cpmbt toward Sfex. It was stated Gere today that Rommel is not likely Stand that point. which, because of the level ter- rain, is unfit for defense lines. Tre British First Army im the north is sfill advancing cac- tiously. as the Axis forces fall tack toward Tunis and Bizerte. There have been oniv minor ground actions since yes- terday. but Allied bombers keep'ng wo heevy aftecks on to meke a at e tew are Temperatrre data hours ending 8:30 a 1943, as reported by grass pulp, molasses feed and soy bean meal were mixed in the ratio of one pound of soy bean meal to Weather Bureau Highest last 24 hours | tags made of fiber. However, some | er, Charles Smith. {other tags will have to be used {as numbers of dog owners have PILOT OFFICERS (By Associated Pres) WEST RESCUED BY SMALL BOAT BACK TO ACTION} TALLAHASSEE, April 8.— The Senate today confirmed Paul L. Archer, Harry M, Baker, Thomas Moore, Ed- ward H. Gato Sawyer pilot commission- ers for the port of Key West for terms expiring June 19, 1945. VIP III MDH SD. GATO CAFETERIA 1100 Simonton Street A DEFENSE PROJECT The privileges of this cafe- 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 AMILIES OF THE ABOVE ibeeiontet se each six pounds of the feed, and the animals were fed all they | would eat twice a day. Of course ; cane molasses was available in unlimited quantities in the ‘self- | feeding troughs. They averaged a j daily gain of 1,89 pounds per ani- | mal during the dry lot feeding | period. i Such results give concrete proof | that cane molasses, when properly fed in conjunction with roughage and protein concentrate, is equal} to corn or any other form of car- bohydrate. i Julius Stone, who has been él Washington more than a week in the interests of the Key West | Landlords’ Association, is ex- pected to return to Key West early next week. As was explained to The Citizen today, Mr. Stone’s chief object is to try to have rents increased to conform with tax rates at present, which are in excess of those that prevailed in October 1941, and also the ad- vance in the cost of living, as compared with the time at which rent ceilings are pegged. j i 1 ' STONE EXPECTED TO RETURN NEXT WEEK (By Associated “ress) WASHINGTON, April 8. The nation’s tax bill, which sleeps in a pigeon-hole, safe- guarded bv the House Ways and Means Committee, is like- ly to be brought back to lif according to the trend of di cussion on Capitol Hill today. It was even declared that one of the committee’s for- mulas, in which the bill has already been togged out. only to meet with countrywide opopsition, will be put forth again in an attempt to gain 2favor. «That proposal.is that a 20 per cent tax be collected on income at its source. without any clause that will forgive or discount or even extend the Payments that will become due quarterly on taxes owed for 1942, | bed he hid deka ————— rou ac remnants 0! ie WOMAN ARRESTED BY feos ouning their ae liked | SHERIFF YESTERDAY their taste so much they chew the Mrs. Leslie P. Ford, of Torch tags off their collars. Key, was arrested yesterday by ; Sheriff Berlin A. Sawyer on 4 j CONCHA jcharge of possessing a slot ma- HOTEL chine Witnesses in the case were CHARLES M. SALAS, Mgr. THE BEST Mrs. Juliette Russell, juvenile DINE »«> DANCE jjudge, and Isabel Fleming, pro- Facilities in South Florida bation officer. RAINBOW ROOM Brought before Justice of the COCKTAIL LOUNGE i Peace Enrique Esq ido, Jr ; Mrs. Ford waived examifation: AIR CONDITIONED Featuring ... and her bond was set at *' $100) DANCING returnable to the next'term cf the criminal court. She ‘will fel Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Evenings \tried by Judge T. S. Caro’ MUSIC Sheriff Sawyer chad carried Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Fleming to Torch Key to see Mrs. Ford about reported violations of beverage laws, pertaining to children, when the machine was discovered and the arrest made. mation was made public today af- crew of six. who crashed in the| ter all hove had been given up for sea with an army plene March 23,! finding the two men now presum- | was effected by a small boat which| ed to be dead. Next of kin have | was covering the area where the/ been notified. plane was thought to have fallen.) The four men picked up by the Two men, Corpore! David D.! small boat were found adrift on Townsend of Ri Knoxville, Tenn..| a life raft not far from shore. They and Corporal Robert B. Reinhert,| had been drifting only a short time of Merion Station, Pa., are believ-| when found. Efforts to find the ed to have lost their lives in the bodies of the two men presumed crash of the vlane. whica was on a’ dead were unavailing. The crash routine flight from Boca Chica occurred a short distance Air Base at the time. This infor-' Key West. | Rescue of four members of a Monroe County Forces. Aite’ Receiving Their Pay Today j Today is payday in Monroe;in groceries for three successive | months are to be given to a! Bervaidi|™an, Mr. Bervaldi said today; that they would, instead, be/ ; county. This morning Carl x Biven to his wife, and that he mission, signed checks for the;would not have anything to do payroll and hills that were ap-| with them. proved at the meeting of the; The groceries are to commissioners on Tuesday eve- ‘While the records of the I com-iment. It was thought he Tuesday but he ata tae glbdeort = i evening show that $30 a month|still in town today. be given ' Atlanta Norfolk | Pensacola gy Boston Brownsville Charleston Chicago Detroit Galveston Jacksonville Kansas City — x R88 AIsRseeR Oklahoma City 78 a) SERS ars ge Tampa BALTIMORE.—Hiaiti’s flag con- sists of two horizontal bars of equal width. dark blue above red.