The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 9, 1943, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, tis most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahren? st Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. VOLUME LXIV. No. 85. Heavy Thrust Made Was Concentrated On Im- portant Steel Center At Duisburg (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 8—Four hun- dred heavy RAF bombers blast ed the Ruhr Valley last night, concentrating the greater part SIIGISITS 4! STOCK MARKET TAKES DEEP DIVE; COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1929 (By Associated Prens) NEW YORK. April 9.—The Stock Market today took its deepest dive in many a day. Decreases were comparable with November. 1929. when billions on paper were wiped out overnight. The Market's plunge to- “ighe. billion- of their attack on the important'|’ steel center at Duisburg.‘ That city ‘has’ # river port’ and all waterfront installations ‘were |’ subjected to a 20-minute “attack with high explosives, while oth- er bombers were raining death and destruction on the steel mills and buildings near them. Twenty-one bombers failed to return to their bases, but the British Air Ministry said that probebly some of the planes were lost as a result of bad weather as well as to anti-air- craft fire. Gales, thunderstorms and even heavy falls of snow ‘were encountered by the squad- rons, LITTLE FIGHTING financiers feel a result of the President's stopping summarily the up- ward trend of wages and increases in prices of food- stuffs. ANNIVERSARY OF FALL OF BATAAN OBSERVED TODA |FANTASTIC REPORTS FROM BERLIN CLAIM JAPANESE DESTROYED TWELVE EN- EMY VESSELS MMS LI SF BS sic” SF SP KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1943 ! HEAVILY AT | YUKON AY INTENSE COLD AND QUEER| KIND OF LIGHT DESCRIBES U. S. BASE ALONG ALCAN HIGHWAY IN ALBERTA | By SAM JACKSON AP Features Writer H | EDMONTON, Aibéria, April 9.! —yYou come out of a frosted tent where you've been trying to sleep at 10 below zero inside. ‘The light ent private was right—that it’s 9} it was dusk. You find the persist- | ent private wa sright—that it’s 9} o’clock and you’d better hurry if you want breakiast. That's the | way it is in the Yukon—along the ! Alcan Highway which I have just | hitch-hiked. j Men who started labor ‘in the ; dark, long before the slow, Yukon sun grudgingly sianted over the} horizon, are at work, for ‘reveille | is at 8, Many trucks are frozen, ' and you watch them towing each | , other into action. | { You realize that your nose is| being frozen and that you ought | to hold your mittens over it but! you hate to show this weakness in | | the presence of the men who built | and run this road. | This is a headquarters for one} | of the seven regiments—five white | jand two colored—that built the| “Alcan.” i Wolves Run Away | Over there the colonel lives un- | der’ canvas, like his men. Outside | hangs a wolfskin he took. Every | mile of road is marked by wolf-} \ the warier game! j tracks, though ihas withdrawn—warned by some jinstinct, that this is no longer its| | country. : Like soldiers, the colonel lives | jlargely on Yukon Shrimp (can-} ned Vienna sausages) and Corn he illie (canned corned beef hash). ; ; Looking around, you can imag-} n+ ‘AUTOMOBILE LICENSE TAG SALES IN - LATE BULLETINS | (By Associated Press) | | NAZIS HAVE LITTLE CHANCE TO ESCAPE LONDON.—Goebbels is preparing the German people for the| eventual defeat of Axis troops in Tunisia, according to information | received here from Swiss sources. Goebbels has further said that there} is little chance for any of the Axis troops to get out of Tunisia before | the fall of Tunis and Bizerte. ° | j AMERICANS CONSOLIDATING LINES | ALGIERS.—Americans, following their continued advance in| Tunisia the last two weeks, are reported today to be consolidating their gains. It was also announced that there was much cheering when the Americans and the British Eighth Army converged north of Gabes. | GERMANY BY WRIST: ENGLAND BY THROAT | LONDON.—German Propaganda Minister Goebel, in a broad-| cast from Berlin today, told the German people that British bomb-| ing planes have Germany “by the wrist.” but that German subma H rines have the British “by the throat,” and that the question now is. | “Which can hold on the longer?” | SABOTAGE IN NORWAY AND DENMARK | LONDON--Today, the third anniversary’ of’ the occupation’ of Norway and Denmark by the Germans, marked ‘renewed acts’ of sa- botage throughout both those countries; If reached so high a'pitch in | Norway, the puppet Quisling ordered the Norwegian police Horie from | Russia to try to quell the uprisings in Norway. | OPA TO ACT TOMORROW | WASHINGTON.—Prentiss Brown, chief of the OPA, will act to- | morrow, in line with President Roosevelt's orders of yesterday, to peg{ the prices of foodstuffs on which ceilings have not yet been placed. | Mr, Brown pointed out that there are two things that inerfere with | the smooth operation of rationing. One is overbuying, when shortage! of any particular commodity is reported, and underbuying, when al jecepies is said to exist. # | 1 MONROE COUNTY SHOWING INCREASE: 1 { Despite the restrictions on the; this year, $61,835.70, an increase of | se of tires and gasoline, this $1,161.85. | r’s collections on the sale*of; In. many of the other counties} automobile license tags in Mon®oe in. the state, Mr. Eberhardt’ said, county have gone ahead of 1942,! collections have fallen behind} which was the banner ~ | CITIZEN TO HANDLE General Ten Thousand ‘Moré ‘Prisoners WAAC OFFIC WILL CONSIDER APPLICATIONS OF WOMEN HERE MONDAY AND TUESDAY Miss Wreath A. Fields. third officer of the WAAC. has informed the Chamber of Commerce that she will ar- rive in Key West Sunday and that on Monday and Tuesday she will consider applications of women in Key West who aspire to enter that branch of the country’s military serv- ices. Miss Fields will have a booth in the lobby of the post office building. and she will consult applicants there. begin- ning at 9 o'clock Monday morning! She" will ~be* at the booth each morning and afternoon on thatday dnd Tuesday. More Than One Sixth Of American War Dead Died in Florida By Accidents * LEIS TS SSIS SES Ds | (Washington Correspondent of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C. April 3} PAPER COMPLAINTS _ 4... tnon one-sixth of the total cf American fighting men killed +om the battle fronts of the world The Citizen has made ar- rangements to hendle com- plaints from its subscribers, and those not receiving their pepers between 6 and 7 o'clock are urged to call No. 51 and carrier will bring paper. Please check carefully your Premises to be certain the ‘during the 16 months since the } United States entered the war (died from accidents in Florida | during the first 11 month of TO ARRIVE SUNDAY; 4 British Eighth Army Con- tinues Advance, Having Reached Mahares North Of Gabes (By Asmociated oreae ALGIERS, Apri $—Pluogng ahead. with bttie oppes.ccr ite ‘Command of Sir Genera: Berneri L. Montgomery 3 reper-s Gay to heve ceeched Mabares. SO miles north of Gabes which wes ceptured « week ego after ome of the moot intense Diest angs im the Africas camper in bis letest Gtwes Moctgoe ery bess coptered 1205 ooo awey fog Marshel Er win Rommels umportar: sese «: Stax Another importas wicory = the last 24 sours = me Smmume= Sighting bes bees scored by Generei Andersons Brouse Fors" Army oweroct = reports =-2> to be only 25 miles Som Tacs. General Anderson » execumng ® Sevkiee precuers. He is Sow culy mules movement Sct ; ine the primeval lure of. this year up.to| from 18 to. 20 per cent. A good! 4. : ei = obs f paper has not been deliver- “eeesters to pocket te Ace ONLY CLASH OF ANY IM- PORTANCE WAS IN DONETS BASIN (By Axgocinted Pres» MOSCOW, April 9—The com- munique issyed. by, the:Russian high command today said there’ (By Assectated Press) WASHINBTON, April 9.—The) | first anniversary of the fa]l of Ba- jlaan was observed today by the | American fighting forces in the Southwest Pacific with grim de- | termination that, in the coming second battle at that same point, the Japs will not have overwhelm- ing numbers of men and vaster quantities of equipment, as had been the case when the half-starv- tryin the brief northérn summer. that time. Unfortunately, each day there is} Fred Eberhardt, local vepresen- a new generation of mosquitoes.: tative of the Florida, Motor Ve- They raise “painful” welts like a hicle Commission, gave the ‘fol- ; whip, and can be got rid of oniy: iswing figures today of eoliec- idea of the advance “in” Monroe; ;county may be compared with col- | Nections up to April 12, 1941. In! {that year they totaled only $26.- ed. SMP ADE SS j t94?. In view of the devastating pow ercf death and destruction of i by farpefally fusing) them. off | the skin.iUse of veils was univer- sal with the. roadbuilders. To’ hit, ithe’ rbad, you go to a comparative ‘thetropolis of the Yu> ikon, the dispatcher’s tent, and crowd into it, with perhaps a j dozen others. Is there a truck going south? | There are no large convoys. The | 04.90, a decrease of $35,030.80 as feounpesred with this year. tions up to ‘April 6 in each year. i Last year ‘they totaled $60,673.95; CUBAN COLONY PLANS OBSERVANCE _ OF ANNIVERSARY EVENT TOMORROW { i | H | (CHANGE MADE IN modern weapons, thet statement might seem fantastic. but the ap | Falling cccident death toll m Flor ‘ida was shown today by contrast of the FISHING SET-UP BOATS WILL BE ALLOWED TO} with the casualty lists ANCHOR OVERNIGHT AT MARQUESAS armed forces. A total of 11,532 As had been jittle fighting ®PY-| 14 Americans and Filipinos ‘were where along the fronts in the! last 24 hours. and that report) obliged to surrender one year ago | today. | | know better than to ask whethe a particular not. | aor s | [reed set aun that. way. ay At ten o'clock tomorrow morn- the people of Key West, to attend, truck’s heated. It’s; ing, at Bayview Park, will be held the patriotic ceremony. TES eR In this ceremony the Honprable | 3, paiviotic ceremony, organmed President of the Republic of Cuba The Navy extensively, revamp- ed and liberalized Wednesday its regulations governing fishing in dead were counted of War Information while the accident was confirmed by a Berlin radio broadcast recorded here. The only clash of any conse-| quence, the communique said,! was in the Donets basin, where the Axis forces attempted «to Fantastic radio reports Berlin were recorded here today | in which it was said that squad- j rons of Jap planes had destroyed one American cruiser, a destroy- jer and 10 transports in the sea off | the Solomons. | That fighting, with enemy pro- ;paganda trimmings, was between from | Cold Kills Quickly | The all-embracing cold can kill jyou softly, and kindly and very | | quickly. Soldiers who have to handle such cases say the dead men look as if they have just peacefully, and even pleasantly, ' sunk down in the snow for their {long rest. You finally hitch-hiké ‘a rid by ti’s the ora | pro ey West, of the “Partido Revo- {lucionario Cubano, elared war on S San Carlos Club at Jose Mar-| will be represented by the Hon Monument, as on that date! Cuban Consul in Key West, Ber- Cuban colony will commem-|ardo Rodriguez Valdes. te the 5lst anniversary of the; The 10th of April clamation by Jose Marti in{event to the Cuban people. On {this date, in 1869, Cuba had her first Constitution, signed at :Guaimaro, Camaguey, Cuba, by the patriots in war with Spain. which de- ain in February 1895, that: brought the and is a great { ithe Seventh Naval District, which ‘includes all of Florida east of the | Apalachicola River execpt Nassau }and Duval counties. Fishing will be permitted at all {times in the Bay of Florida east of line running in a southerly di- tection from a point three miles | west of Northwest Cape Sable to | Little Pihe Key. During hours of Florida was 1,836 in 11 m 1942, according to the Na‘ional Safety Counc However, accidental de Florida during the period above the death ra the states, Florida had dental death rate of W228 100,000 population, while est forces between is oaoey ocd Montgomery's. The aomre af Tums abo will scilete Bice with :t umportast aewel >es¢ Andersons ammy s mmc © > the mos: vowerful We Bries cepting the 166th Mew Zesiend crvzom it & Comoosec cf men from Engieed Wales and northern ireland Sco uane 98. Jap planes,and American. and Australian .. squadrons, during | which the Japs,lost 37 planes, with many others damaged, and with- } freedom of Cuba. chusetts’ death rate w vada’s was 212: P was 55.3, and Sc was 53.6 froma’ melancholy Negro from; dau te die Cusbeenteat he ace er es the. great Cuban | darkness no vessel may approach Louisiana. He agrees to wait ‘by | arlos Club-extends a cor-} patriot, whose monument is locat- |! any bridge or viaduct on the Over- drive the Russians out of their, the ‘fire’ while ‘the ‘doctor er. | dial invitation to the city authori-|ed at Bayview Park, means to!seas (Miami-Key West) highway Positions in‘ one of’: the » sectors, but were huried, back with, the} loss of more than 1,000 men. The fightnig in the Novoros- siisk area, where is situated the important Black Sea naval base, has been brought to a standsti!] by mud and heavy rains. A SKUNK BY ANY OTHER NAME— (Be Annociated Press) NEW ORLEANS, April 9.— Louisiana’s woodlands, inhabited | | | by the American soldier on ma- neuvers and=the-Cajun--hunter- trappety| hyd became a curious pot-pourri_ of picturesque speech. And if” anyone can’ rival the} ue “Slanguage”, for} drew from the fight. It_was.during these dogfights that American, bombers struck a Jap warship and sank three Jap barges. TEMPERATURES | Temperature data for the 24 j hours ending 8:30 a. m., April 9, |1943, as reported by the U. S. Weather Bureau: Highest last 24 hours . 83 39 89 81 Lowest last night Atlanta 60 Boston 3 Brownsville Charleston - Chicago Detroit Galveston Jacksonville, Kansas City KEY, WES: K.W. AIRP' Memphis’ / ; it’s the Cajun. + yj.) Miami. the Shunk bither chat puant (stinking cat) or arrosir (sprinkler), A bat is a souris- chaude, a “hot mouse”. The common deerfly is known respectfully as frappe d’abord, or | “strike first”. WE ARE... HYDRAULIC BRAKE SPECIALISTS Let Us Check Your Brakes Lou Smith Auto Service Phone Minneapolis | New Orleans New York — Norfolk a Oklahoma City Pensacola ~.... Pittsburgh St. Louis Tampa 6a3e" 388 44 53 68 41 | RUSSELL HAYDEN in “RIDERS of the 5|NORTHWEST MOUNTED” NEWS and forms a rhinér operation on your ) ties, also federal officers and to (Continued on Page Five) nearer than one mile. eye by flashlight. j The doctor says that rough’ j per cent of his men are con ! to quarters di: by illness. Eai [it was 25 per cent. The trouble is largely respiratory, often the | malicious streptococcic throat. The expected psychiatric cases | —men going sheer bugs from lone- }liness and privation—have been lenly six in the northern sector, where about 5,000 men are sta- tioned. Enhance Your Beauty This flattering powder spreads easily, evenly, clings for hours. Bright shades help your skin look clearer .|light hours, except | Longboat Key, | bay, not more than | In the Gulf of Mexico fishing will be permitted only during day- that night! } fishing will be permitted in some | areas. : A strip extending northward j from Northwest Cape Sable, Mon-| 'roe county. to the northern tip of outside Sarasota three miles from the coastline at any point. To permit fishermen to . take | full advantage of daylight in areas where night operations are pro- America’s casualtie 2, included 11,532 dead wounded,” 41,282 among missing in action and 9,124 py oners of war—a total of 75,124 all branches of the mii ry serv ice. Contrasted with that th were an estimated total of & accidental deaths over the n in 1942. Occupational deaths alone curred at the rate f 1580 month in 1942, while war deaths were at the rate of 720 per mo up Await Furloughs Your driver talks almost rey- erently of furloughs. All the men understood they were to get a trip home as soon as the road was open and operating. The present situation is that 5 per cent of any (Continued on Page Five’ and fresher. -50; 1.00 , tetained at: Flagler Beach, Cape! | Vevey wvwwvv vv PRE 1 Pure hibited, 11 previously designated in the first 16 months of the we overnight anchorages have been! PATENTED IN 1653 Canaveral, Marquesas keys, Dry; —— Tortugas, Sarasota and Egmont} CHICAGO—The ancestor key. oo modern typewriter was peten ted by C. L: Sholes in 1868. SCRIPTIONS:| Fresh