The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 16, 1943, Page 1

‘apaoelated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXIV. No. 91. ~ Purchasing Et Contract And Other Doc-| ‘CHESTER THOMPSO uments Signed During DIED YESTERDAY IN et Night HOSPITAL AT MIAME Last Night ee ess _ PAMILIARLY 09 KNOWN HERE AS Y uncil, at a speci | "POOCH’; DERGOING ,TREATMENT AT Nuveen and Company, night the city for acquiring the prop- erty in question, In accordance with a ruling! cies, the electric company will be! the ordinances concern of Chicago, in ,negotia- j miliarly knowh among his frie nds bonding company, with PS candor } Sunday afternoon in the Fleming ami. \in-the church at 2 p. m. necessary documens bearing on| ers will be selected from the lodge lested in the ‘odd known 1o- Mr, Carr, who has been com-| interest led him, later in life, to He had in hi council last and stated familiar with ev- | trench 17 feet deep in the heart | lay a sewer main, three yeats or compelled to dispose of its hold-' ing the shell, “how long it wa | length of time, which might have utility companies in a specified ponds, of course, on the action of" of resolutions and other docutiénts! “And, look at the shell of today meeting held last night, enter. ed info an agreement with Johan JACKSON, MEMORIAL . bonding | “Ralph, Chester Thompson, 61, fa- tio: nee repent: sie: City “8 Kev! os “Pooch,” died yesterday morn- West purchasing The Key West! ing at 11:30 in the Jackson Mem- Electric Company, through the! { The body will arrive in Key Carr as representative of the) West this afternoon, and funeral Nuveen Company, and his at. | Services will be held at 4 o'clock torney, Miller Walton, of Mi-| Street Mbthodist. Church, under | the direction of the Lopez Funer- | al Home. The body will be placed Messrs. Carr and Walton were i Rev. W. B. Mundy will officiate. in attendance’ at the meeting! Knights of the Golden Eagle last night and presented all the| will attend the funeral. Pallbear- membership. the proposed purchase of the| Ever since he was a boy, Mr. electric system, all of which oo Thompson had been deeply inter approved by the council, j cally as “ os,” found in the sea {in the,vicinity of Key West. That ing to Key West fo set OPER the Matine Curio Shop in a aa the Past ilding adjoinings:his home on few years in connection’ “with | Margaret’ street. the proposition, addressed the | jof queer thing: sea, and he was that his com ery one of them. One of his company was now ready | jr eatest prizes, however, did not to enter into the agreement with | come from the sea,, but from a | of Key West. That specimen is a ' peculiar conch shell, found at the | bottom of a ditch that was dug to of one of the government agen- | 80. ago. a is’ purely “a guess,” Mr. Thompson used to say, in discuss- ‘ | when that part of Key West wa ing in Key West due to the fact’ covered by the sca. It would re- that the owners of the electrical | Guite a geologist to determine the system here are only allowed to! been a million or more’ years ago. operate a certain number of How lohg it took for secretions to gather to a depth of 17 feet de- tree throughout ‘the state, / the sea in throwing up silt, but of one thing we may be sure, it was All and) many, many years ago. a % ‘ Si gompared with the one taken in connection with the fransac-' (Continued on Page tion were read and approved by. s the council last night. The agreement ‘is’ ‘that * the'} Tempéfater ata for the 24 Nuveen Company will purchase hout's ehditig 8!30'a.'m., 1943, as reported by the U. S. the electrical system, with $1,- | Weather Bureau: 500,000 worth Highest last 24 hours 54 41 58 18 of four- percent | : i ‘ last night electrical revenue bonds to / be Atlanta : | Boston | Charleston The company will finance tho Brownsville entire proposition, with no ont issued, the Galveston | Jacksonville bond issue has been terminated Kansas City out-| KEY WEST i K.W. AIRPORT The interest on Memphis 'Miami . | Minneapolis by the company with the rev- |New Orleans enue received:from the electri Nab Sad company during operation. | Oklahoma City ¥; Fi | Pensacola 4Gontinued ort F ‘awe Six) | Pittsburgh ———__—___-- ‘DEAD MAN'S GULCH’ RAILS CLUB NEWS and SERIAL Now Open Every Day, 3 to 12 =e DO DAME MOTOR TUNE-UP SATURDAY NIGHT SAVES GAS Music from 9 to 12 by JOHN PRITCHARD’S Lou Smith Auto Service ; ORCHESTRA White at Fleming St. Phone 5| Reservation Suggested Opposite Army Barracks | whatever to the city until with a redemption of all standing bonds, the bonds will be taken care of its « 885i $1 sc j ] t } t PHONE 9287 NEWS 10 ALLIES System HAD BEEN UN- be orial Hospital, in Miami, where he | had been under treatment for two store thousthds! taken from the , Lowest | Che Key West Citizr: THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1943. Key West, Florida, hes most equable climate in the country; with an @ ‘ range of only 14° Fahrent MORE PLANES FOR PACIFIC 1S GOOD! AUSTRALIANS ARE MUCH PLEASED OVER ASSUR- ANCE GIVEN BY SECRE- | TARY STIMSON (Ry Assoctated “reas) ! | MELBOURNE, April 16.—Aus-| ‘tralia’s political and military | leaders today expressed pleasure over Secretary of War Stimson’s ; assurance that supplies of planes; lass other [continue to go forward for use| the Allies in the Southwest] war material will | YY. | Pacific theater of war. | But, while expressing pleasure, the speakers their complete accord with Gen- eral’ Douglas MacArthur's that more planes, and not ships, be sent to fight the Japanese in} Australian waters. | The speakers pointed to what; ‘they de d to be a fact that! land-based planes supplied the! ~ major striking force in defeating | the Japs in the battles of the} Coral Sea and Bismarck Sea and | elsewhere in this area, and that} the planes will continue to be more effective than naval power | in maintaining- the offensive. Headquarters reieased infor- mation that shows that in tne | land fighting on New Guinea, } the Japanese lost 38,000 men, practically all of whom we killed, to losses of 10,500 by the Allies, of whom 4,500 were kill- ed and 6,000 wounded and miss. ing. their } stated | ery! RUSSIAN. TROOPS thy Aswociated Preas> MOSCOW, April 16.—Russian | troops resumed their activity t0-| day in the Novossiisk area with! the object of recapturing the naval | base on the Black Sea, The com-} munique said that the Reds were} successful in two attacks they had launched against the Axis for Elsewhere in Russia, there was little activity reported, the com-} munique stated, except in the Do | netz Basin, where the Reds be: ati back a German attack, with the | loss of 600 enemy soldiers killed | A Berlin radio report, recorded | here, said that in dogfights at various points along the Russian | front vesterday 60 Russian planes| were destroyed with a loss of only ; two by the Germans. The war of- | fice here said there was no truth| in that claim, and added that) _ there was little air ‘activity yes- terday because of adverse weath- | er conditions. } i PARK FUNERAL HERE. SATURDAY Mrs. Lovisa ick, 83, died} iyesterday at Miami. : The funeral will be held here! | 5 o'clock tomorrow _ afternoon’ | from the Chapel of the Lopez; | Funeral Home. | | Burial will take place in thej ifamily lot in the City Ceme- j tery. | Survivors of the deceased in- , clude three daughters, Miss Vio- Het Park and ; Keller and Ruth Fijaro; a son,; j Louis Park; two sisters, Mes-} | dames Fannie Peterson and Re-| | becca Johnson, and four wees, | children. | ee USED CAR | BARGAINS | i Sed patel Se ee Tires - Radio like new! SIYMOUTH COACH | /40 STUDEBAKER beet ese SEDAN- 6 cyl. |’38 PLYMOUTH SEDAN |'36 BUICK SEDAN ''35 DODGE SEDAN ,'36 PLYMOUTH SEDAN |'38. PLYMOUTH | EOLA COACH ‘NAVARRO, Inc. Opposite Bus Station OFFICE Rear ee HOTEL April 16, | i | | | | “| Pa Vag | | RED CROSS DRIVE ENDS TOMORROW: $336 NEEDED 10 COMPLETE QUOTA | fact that ALLIED PLANES ATTACK JAPANESE CONVOY; HITS SCORED ON FIVE SHIPS (By Asnoc. ated Press) 1 April 16.—j"Beored on two more cargo boats j and on one warship. pbaskticig “sider tha aunction a Latest advices from .the Said that the action is still being Lieutenant General Kenny, today, continued by the American and attacked a Jap convoy of six car-! Australian flyers. The ships have! go ships and three war vessels; broken formation and are at- thet were trying to reach the north) tempting to escape, but the planes | New Cuizies const shuttling back and forth from | g their bases in taking on gasoline were struck | and reloading » their bomb racks, } and hits were} to continue the cks. MELBOURNE, American and Australian planes, i es | Two cargo ships and left in flames CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT TO DISCUSS PROPOSED NEW CHARTER The City Council “will convene night at 8 o'clock for the purpose of discussing the provisions of the proposed new city charter. The citizenry in general is invited to be in attendance in order to enter any objections they may have against the adop- tion of the document. The charter was published in full in The Citizen, in Monday’s issue, which gave everyone interested an opportun- ity to familiarize themselves with its provisions. At the conclusion of tonight's meeting, the charter will be forwarded to Representative Bernie C. Papy at Tallahassee for its validation by the legislature. in special session to- Key West has -336 more to go $12,600, of which $12:264 has been | to reach Red Cross quota, | contributed. George Lucas, chairman of theif “Let's go over the top,” a city Key West jchapter, said today, ‘official said this morning. “We and, with the closing of the drive Should show our appreciation of | Mr. Lu thinks ie {the many millions the govgynment 3 } spent here and the other mil- amount may be exceeded. ions’that are {0 be spent. Our He based quota, while six times as muct we have been asked to give here-! West Girl's Motor Corps are go- tofore surely small enough, | ing to canvass the city today and | } apni a Hg tive aiveemal tomorrow to make furthey cok give again, so that we may” Be lections. ; Sure we will exceed the sum ‘that The amount set for Key West is’ was set for us to collec PROSPECTS LOOK BRIGHT FOR CITY OBTAINING NEW INCINERATOR PLANT Mayor Willard M,. Albury. addressed the-City Council at its meeting last night and stated that he had received a letter from the Federal Works Agency in which it was shown that this agency has decided to give immediate consideration toward furnishing Key West with a new incinerator. The proposition is thet the government will finance the Project to the amount of $50,000, with city sponsorship of $10,000. In.the event that the proposition goes through, the plant will be established at some point on the eastern end of Key West or possibly on Stock Island. % The mayor was instructed to proceed with negotiations for securing the incinerator in question. Mayor Albury has been working on this matter for quite a length of, time, and is much enthused over the good news conteined in the letter which was received —— ‘CITY: COUNCIL “GRANTS: PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF ‘HOUSING UNITS its tomorrow, his opinion on the members of the Key | | i The City Council last night: the area of South, Seminole, granted permission to Joe Camner; and Tropical streets . to proceed witi: tne erection of! At the Jast meeting of the coun one-story, two-family dwellings in | (Continued on Page Four) Leon Helena Rubinstein APPLE BLOSSOM CREAM DEODORAN, The Fragrant Protective {fallan Popuace PRICE FIVE Cf Apprised Of Probability ‘That Italy Will Be. invaded ‘ALLIED FORCES ARE DRAWING BAND OF STEEL TIGHTER AROUND ROMMEL ‘By Associated Press) ALGIERS, April 16.—The Americans, the British and the French are continuing their advances. toward Tunis and*Bi- zerte, in drawing tighter the band of steel about Rommel and his reported 117,000 troops, pocketed in the northeasterly corner of Tunisi The British First Army, now only 25 miles,west of Tu- nis, is the most imminent threat to the Axis positions, and this morning Rommel’s heavy guns tried unsuccessfully for several hours to dislodge the British from a hill which they captured Wiednesday. As tank action is impossible in the hilly and mountainous country that forms a natural barrier west of Tunis, the ad- vance is expected to be slow. The British heavy guns, brought up yesterday, are keeping up @ constant fire on Axis positions. Montgomery. south of Tunis, end 47 miles away’ from that city, had clashes yesterday with Axis troons in the vi- cinity of Enfidaville and drove them back to their entrench- ed positions. Meanwhile, the Americans, under Lieutenant George Patton, are continuing to advance, es also are the French, whose army in North Africa, General Giraud an- nounced today, shortly will be increased to 400,000 men. He added that he expected that at least 300,000 of them would march beck victoriously to France. ~ LATE BULLETINS (By Associatea ae NO COMMENT ON ROME REPORT ALGIERS.—Miiitary leaders made no comment whatever here teday on the report, coming dut of Rome, that the Allies are prepar- ing to invade Itzly. What the Allies are preparing to do, is a well- kept military secret, and whether they will strike at Italy, Greece or Yugoslavia is a matter thai is being kept to themselves. SWISS TELL OF RESTRICTIONS LONDON.—News received here today from Switzerland stat that the border between that country and Italy hes been closed even to people who have an Italian visa. Several Swiss nationals, with such a visa, were turned back today when they attempted to cross the frontier. INFORMATION ABOUT FOOD WASHINGTON.—The Office of War Information, in comment | ing today on the food situation in the United States, said thet food production this year will be six per cent lower than in 1942, Elmer Davis, the OWI chief, stated that his figures were based on infor- mation received from all over the country, and that they were ac- curate, as much so es it was humanly possible to make them. de- spite the charge made yesterday by 14 OWI employes, who resign- ed, because, they said, the information was “sugar-coated.” 24 CONVICTS ESCAPE RRIDVILLE, Ga.—Twenty-four convicts cicaped gi, M3 heels on vhere. jay. They overpowered the guard and drove away in a sedan and‘a‘truck. The sedan was found 20 miles from the prison and the truck 25 miles away. The leaders of the gang are said to be ta j Force Turner and Lelend Harvey. SEVEN WELDERS INDICTED WASHINGTON.—The Deapriment of Justice disclosed today that seven workers in a welding plant in Baltimore had been indicted for deliberate faulty work. It is charged that they did their work hurriedly and poorly in order to get more money, as they were em- ployed on piece-work. acces. |W/ 1AM L. BEST SEE BRADY'S DIED YESTERDAY for qu: TY P TRY William L. Best, 47, died yester- We are doing our. ut- | day morning at Miami, Fla. The) ; funeral will be held-tomorrow af- most to supply our. cus?! ternoon at 4 o'clock, from the Chapel of the Lovez Funeral tomers with poultry, and Hom Rev. W. B. Mundy of the Effectively checks perspiration and perspiration odor, non-irritating ... non-greasy... does not harm clothes. It’s delightful to use...and insures day-long daintiness. The only cream deodorant perfumed with America’s best beloved Apple Blossom fragrance. Large jar: 50. Pins sexes SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS 2 Duval and Fleming St. Phone 199 “PRESCRIPTIONS CALLED FOR AND D R ming Street Church, officiat- we believe in “the near F< future there will be an! . Borial will-be in the family lot tin the city cemetery. } ample supply. Survivors are the wife, Mrs im L. Bést, and one son, Wil-} , Plunged by ee | HHOughT an“ éa8y victory wis in | People By Allied Forces "peas Is Quoted As Saying That Much Of Coast Line Will Be Fortified (By Associated ~ LONDON. April Ricme, the last two weeks 16.—Radio has been prep2ring the Itelian peo Tle for the fall of Tunisia, but it informed today them that Itaiy, in ali probability .would be invaded by the Allies. The speaker. quoting Musso tini, stated that the Italian high command. is’ fortitying the coast line of Italy at points where is weakest.in anticipation of the it Allied invasion. “We will ficht the man,” Mussolini was quoted as raying to his people, who since, have been weary of © war to last long for which they have no heari. end into which they their leeder were who sight. From Swiss sources learned that food shorieto¢ itaiy “are. cue and.is fest b> €oming desperate. It wrs learn- also; that. for the fit yeers, Germeny has béén Flying Itely with much of food that was taken from it was n two sup the the ef occuvied countries. but thet source now. the report seid, has almost ben ex”austed. Mussolini today declared Sar- and Corsica zones of military operstions. ani asserted that anv attemmt by the, Allies to invade Italy would be fought fercely by concentra- tions ef.meny planes and hun- dreds of thousands ef Axis troops stationed on those islands. EGBERT P. BALL DIES IN ST. LOUIS FORMER KEY WESTER 8UR IED IN THAT CITY YESTERDAY dis Sicily as News has been received Key West announcing the de of Egbert P. Ball in St. Lo Mo.,on Mofiday. Pumere! se: (Continued on Page Six ae CATO DORMITORY 1100 Simonton Stree! seo A DEFENSE PROJECT; © The privileges of this Dormito-y are extended to the