The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 13, 1943, Page 1

Key West, Florida. h:s most equable climate in tl country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrent =*t Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West Citizeir THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1943. N’S WORDS L “ U. A. PRICE FIVE C VOLUMELXIV. No, 88. Washington Agencies. Awaken To Realization Of Vast Sea “ht os a Shown That’ This State Is Second Only To Mas- sachusetis ‘In Available Supplies Thirty-Seven Out Of One Hundred § Destroyed During Raid Made On Port Moreshy Yesterday Port Moresby On South ! | i j j JEFFERSO f the which n dur vhile the nation il pe est he fer nent today s the « survival “We have counted the cost of this contest and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.” PIES sso Be ae “Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the-people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe depositories.” GERMANS’ “PREPOSTEROUS | CLAIM” MACARTHUR SEES LITTLE CHANCE OF JAPS INVADING AUSTRALIA (Ry Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 13—The Wer Department today stated that General Douglas MacArthur, while aware that the strength of the Japanese in the Southwest Pacific is still formidable, believes that whatever plans they might have had for an attempted invasion of Australia has been “blunted and dislocated” by recent Allied victories in the air, on the land and in the sea. The Jap forces in that entire area are believed to be about 200,000 men, stationed on many of the islands, forming an arc WASHINGTON.—iondon and Washington today dismissed as/ ‘preposterous’ the German claim} that its U-boats recently had | sunk 23 ships in a convoy. The ships that went to the bottom, Radio (Berlin sail. totaled 138,- 000 tons. One London commen- tator stated that the claim .was)- grossly exaggerated like all other German claims about Al-) (Washington Correspondent i of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C,, April 13.—"Washington bureaus have just awakened to realize the possibilities of the vast seafood Tesourdes of Florida. The state is second only to Massachusetts in available supplies on the East Coast and these have only Side Of New Guinea, Most Important Of Al- lied Bases In Region i “The arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume we will, in defiance hozard, with unabeting firmness and p severance, emp pr of ever (By Amsociated Press) MELBOURNE. April 13.—One hundred Japenese planes raided Port Moresby yesterday. and 27 cf them were destroyed. 23 INDICT DEPARTMENT STORES “All eyes are the rights of man. begun to be tapped,” Represen- tative J. Hardin Peterson, chair- man of a House Merchant Ma- rine and Fisheries sub-commit- tee, declared today. Representative Peterson also revealed that Bureau of Fisher- ies, experts have been making a survey of the industry in Flor- ida and that more government encouragement and assistance for} that the United States will be/day placed as officer-in-charge of | cient suppl in a position to resume its trad-' th. Casa Marina Hotel. Peter P.| was the state's industry was indi- cated. Meanwhile, his sub-committee NEW YORK.—Fifteen depart-: ment stores were indicted here| today for criminal infractions of! the anti-trust laws for boycotting | The New York Times by refus- | ing to advertise in that newspa- | per. WISHES TO RENEW TRADE TREATIES WASHINGTON.—Secretary of Receiving his commission 3 Commerce Jesse Jones said to-!4..4,, 5 : ant day he will shortly ask congress | bis a 3 ts ea : to renew 27 trade treaties with Stade, in the Unite South American countries, so | Reserve, Robert B. Hyatt was to-| (, ing on a favorable basis when coutt, Jong-time manager of them the war ends. | beautiful resort hostelry, turned ee eas 'ASA MARINA TURNED OVER TO NAVY; LIEUT. ROBERT HYATT NOW IN CHARGE OF HOSTELRY ost of foods other closed uffs ; nounced that the hotel company junior | could no longer operate profitably | d States Naval| Under this basis and that the ho-| |tel would be this month, , lack of suffi- and Jal s given by the bor shortage | | ti i | CHURCHILL TALKS | | |SECRETARY KNOX MAKES STATEMENT COVER- ING HIS VIEWS | (By Associated Press) | WASHINGTON, April }When news was received jtday from London that Prime 13.— agement for desiring to close.! Minister Winston Churchill had nce last Dec ithe hotel over to the Navy after! has been occupie nber the hotel a capacity |told the House of Commons. that | the Allies have been far “more ON SUB WARFARE here | ‘MONTGOMERY’S VICTORIOUS TROOPS across the north of Australia. So efficient has been the Allied air and naval power during the last few months, the Jeps have been unable to land reinforcements, except small contingents sneaking ashore under cover of darkness, either at New Guinea or the Solomons. The Japs are reported to be still fuming over their losses in New Guinea and the Solomons, particularly the Hender- son Airfield at Guadalcanal, which they had almost complet- ed when it was captured by United States Marines lest August. The loss of that airfield and of Bono and Gona on New Guinea have cost the Japs many ships and many thousands of men in futile attempts to try to recapture them. Allied fighter planes and by anti-aircraft fire. eight ties on Port Moresby. winch the south side of New Guinea | end which the Japanese attem; ed te cepiure four months ago is by fer the most important _ base of the Allied Nations in | that theatre of war. | The Japs. going up the Owen Stenley Mountains. then dows | the south slope to within miles of Port Moresby. were 34 fest met by columns of Aus- tralians. who gradually at first. forced the Nips back and back. end they reached the apex. when |the Aystralians were joined by ILL APPEAL TO ROOSEVELT | weeks of negotiations with the! of two hundred WASHINGTON.—Attorney for | Florida East Coast Hotel Cony jan had a hotel bee n allowed | submarine warfare, | xeporters 1 | pany. }to ¢ al one hundred an setae: es two and one-fifth billion pounds) ) 9.04 an escaped prisoner of war|Sistant manager of the Casa Ma-| pendents would have been home-|his statement of two days ago of edible portions of fish this’ som Canada. said today that he| tina since December. A native ofj less because of the housing situarj about. the heavy loss of ships year, not including meals,*oils| would appeal the case to Tate | Jacksonville, Va..-he has spen#} tion here. “Tin March: * is conducting hearings on prob- | W! and fifty people} than holding their own in the| sed MARCHED INTO ENFIDAVILLE TODAY occupied Sousse et 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning. They met and other by-products. This is the highest goal in history. Appeals of Florida fishermen for a simplified food rationing system were discussed. Their) long hours and sea trips make the food supply question diffi- cult. Representative Peterson also said that another difficulty Florida faced was lack of pro- cessing plants. This problem was considered by the sub-com- mittee and some action may re- sult. Some promise of lightening of the restrictions on night fish- ing -was indicated, Representa- tive Peterson said, These Navy regulations have limited the Florida output, since fishermen have only been allowed to make short daylight trips. Industry representatives also testified as to the necessity of fish price ceilings high enough to ensure proper returns for the operators and to attract others; into the business. They also ask- ed that points would be kept low enough to make seafood attrac- tive to the retail purchaser. Roy E. Hendrickson, director of Food Distribution Administra- tion, declared here that never before has the sea loomed so im- portant as a source of food as the United Nations’ demands drain the normal American sup- plies. He said that special attention would be given any new type canned or cured fish, with em- phasis on salted or dried varie- ties suitable for consumption in the tropics. They should keep in warm weather without refrig- eration. To encourage the expansion of the industry, Secretary of In- terior Harold Ickes has named 17 consultants to the Office of Co-Ordinator of Fisheries, A. J. Robida, of the Fish Producers Exchange, Jacksonville, repre- sents Florida, This group holds (Continued on Page Two) preme court. and that, if unsuc-| cessful in that move. he would ap- | peal directly to President Roose- | velt to save the defendant's life. Stephan will be arraigned tomor- | row morning before Federal Judge Arthur J. Tuttle, in Detroit. for the setting of a new execution date. | | j COOPING UP OF ROMMEL LONDON. — Military . experts! here said today that, basing ead opinion on the latest Allied suc-| cesses in Tunisia, Rommel is now cooped un in a strio of territory 85 miles long and ranging in; width from 25 to 50 miles. In that) terrain Rommel has 217,000 men, | 150,000 of them Germans and 67.-| 000 Italians. | —— | FIGHTING SLOWS iN RUSSIA | MOSCOW. — Only minor ac-! tions are reported to have occur-| red in Russian fighting since yes-| terday. The Germans made a/ heavy airplane attack on Kras- | nedor, losing 25 planes compared) with a loss of five by the Rus- sians, the report said. A German attack on mall sector in the | Leningrad area was repulsed, and} the Germans retired to their for-| mer positions. GRATEFUL FOR U.S. AID | WASHINGTON.—The Russian| Ambassador here said today that| all the Russian people are grate- | ful to the United States for sup-| Plies of munitions and foodstuffs, | and that the Red Army is thank-| ful to the American Red Cross for| the large volume of medical sup-| plies sent to Russia. \ = i PALACE THEA George Bernard Shaw's “MAJOR BARBARA” with WENDY HILLER “Tonight Is Prize Night” NOTICE Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 2:30 to 4:30 p. m., water will be turned off to make exten- sions, FLORIDA KEYS AQUEDUCT COMMISSION {colm Dempsey and Ger: /The gPiviler | terial ai the past eleven years in Miami| Lieutenant Hyatt stated that the in the hotel business. He attend-| hotel would operate with a. mini- ed the University of Roanoke, Va.,} mum of chan; Most of the and Florida Southern College. | present employees will continue In Miami he was assistant man- r Navy ation. For the ager of the William Penn Hote it there will be no changes in manager of the Traymore andi the rates charged both for.rooms Waldorf Towers. He was as-land me sistant manager of the Fort Sum-! While the dining room is now ter, Charleston, S. C. ‘closed, Lieutenant Hyatt plans Due to the acute housing short-/to resume serving meals in the age here, the Navy entered into} near future. Improvements to the an agreement with the hotel! beach and opening of the tennis company last December whereby|and shuffle board courts are| the hotel has been operated ex-| planned. clusively for Navy and Army of- Mr. fieers and their bonafide depen-| Key dents. will le Recently the management an-,he wil op } chutt will remain in; t a few days. when he > for Bethel, Me., where | pend summer | GOVERNMENT VESSEL PICKS UP LAUNCH IN DISTRESS AND TOWS | CRAFT INTO KEY WEST HARBOR accordance, Government vessels wéfe ecall-'Zyished ‘in with a ed out recently to aid a fishing | launch, owned by — William) sis “Ghat wee Wickers, local diver. On:boatdiiater, and went to the deiane| the boat were Sergeant Harry of the launch in distress. . The (Bubber) Wickers, Sergeant Mal-' fishing boat was taken in tow ald Pin-/and brought into Key West. | On the way in, however, both: boats ran aground on sand banks | west of Key West and difficulty was experienced before they finally ched port. Members of the party aboard! the launch declared they were very grateful for their rescue by the government vessel and | id that members of the crew| deserve a lot of credit for bring-| ing the disabled c on board to safety. hment vessel} der. Sergeant Wickers, star hurler of the former Trojan baseball nine and who is here on fur- lough, went out deep-sea fish- ing and during the trip the sel’s shaft broke. Members of the party were unable to re- pair the break and when dark- ness came on flares were shot to attract attention. None w seen, however, and the group remained in the Gulf with no lights as they had to be extin- | | EIB is lan, USED CAR | | BARGAINS | OJECT *41 BUICK / this cafe-| All Generel Tires - Radio like 1°38 PLYMOUTH COAC |’40 STUDEBAKER | COMMANDER SEDAN- 6 cyl. ligwing: CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES of the Key West Naval Station|’38 PLYMOUTH SEDAN CONTRACTORS’ |\’36 BUICK SEDAN of Army and Navy Defense/35 DODGE SEDAN Sora \°36 PLYMOUTH SEDAN PERSONNEL OF ARMY, NAVY,' °'38 PLYMOUTH Congr ee | DeLUXE COACH | NAVARRO, Inc. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FAMILIES OF THE ABOVE ; Detroit - 7°'l'Galveston H \ Jacksonville Secretary Knox, in reply to questions, said that what he had said was true and that what Mr. Churchill had said was true al- so. Knox pointed out that Churchill’s statement covered a period of six months, while his was confined to March. Knox added that, considered from a viewpoint of six months, smaller losses from sinkings and faster ship-building have given the Allies a decided advantage over the ravages of the U-boats. ‘WOMAN ARRESTED HERE YESTERDAY Mrs. Frances Parker, on a war- | rant received in Key West by the sheriff's office, was arrested yes-| terday afternoon by Sheriff Ber- lin. Sawyer and Deputy Knight on a charge of aband» seven of her nine.children. The day before, Sheriff Saw- yer, Juvenile Judge Juliette Rus- sell and Probation Officer Belle Fleming, called at 1211 Georgia street, where Mrs. Parker -was staying, and advised her to go back to Miami. She replied that she did not have enough money to pay for the trip for herself and two children. § Miami authorities were so in: ti formed, and the warrant was sent] here. She and the two children are being kept in the county jail till an officer arrives from Miami to take them to that city. TEMPERATURES Temperature data for the 24 ft and those} hours ending 8:30 a. m., April 13,| 1943, as reported by Weather Bureau: Highest Lowest last 24hours last night Atlanta _____ 80 48 Boston — 50 40 Brownsville 70 Charleston a7 Chicago 31 33 y the U.S. 68 69 7 75 52 22 72 68 42 41 50 64 39 37 % Kansas City KEY WEST _ 85 Norfolk __._. 66 Oklahoma City 69 cola Pittsburgh St. Louis Tampa | i with little opposition anywhere along the route between those former Axis bases. Headquarters reported that Montgomery's advance would have been much faster had it not been for the many mines the Germans and Italians laid along the coastal and interior roads before they continued their retreat. Enfidaville is barely 50 miles directly south of Tunis, to- ward which the British First Arnry, under General Anderson, is advancing from the west, and is now within 26 miles of that city. While no comment was made about the military strategy that will be employed to capturé Tunis, matters aré now shaping themselves which point to its being attacked from the south and the west by the two British armies anid the Amer- icans and the French, The last-named have made important gains in the last five days, working in conjunction with General Anderson's army. Pushing Hormel into the Mediterranean is now looming up as an actuality, military circles steted today, though they added that the fighting likely will be more difficult for Mont- gomery’s Eighth Army when it reaches the Cathaginian pre- montory that lies south of Tunis. COMMERCE BODY SECRETARY GETS | | j about WIRE CONCERNING WATERWAY ROUTE yesterday, in;received the following explana- appropriations tory telegram from Mr. Green: for the improvement of water| “On March 17 I forwarded to routes in Florida, said nothing} you communication of March 13, the waterway between|received by me from General Bahia Honda and Key West, as! Reybold, Chief of Army Engi- a result of which Stephen C. | neers, He indicated that Army Singleton, executive secretary of; Engineers are reviewing report the Chamber of Commerce, wir-|01 the Key West project and ed Congressman-at-Large Lex/ Will transmit its recommendation Green to learn from him the | thereon to Congress af earliest reason for excluding Key West) Practical date. from the list. | “It -will be necessary for the This afternoon (Continued on Page Four) Press reports enumerating the Mr. Singleton __ HERE Now! led the tempo of the fighting. |The Japs. in their hurried re- treat. did not make a stand till jthey reacked their “beses at Gona and Buna on the north- | east coast of New Guinea. Fin- | ally. im fighting that compared in intensity with the struggle | at Guadalcanel the Americans ‘and Austrelians blested the Jars | cut of thoss two villages |forced them to retreat to Sala- | maua, which they still bold. The communique did and not speak of any damage having ; been done at Port Moresby. but lit was revealed thet during the | last two days. the Japs lost 75 planes over and off New Guinea. | WANTED WAITRESSES and DISHWASHER | Apply —— | 416 SOUTHARD Next to Skating Rink 1 6 VITAMINS and 3 MINERALS SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS Duval at Fleming - Key West, Florida