The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 17, 1943, Page 1

Associated Piess Day Wire Service and AP Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXIV. IN THE U. Che Key West Citize:s THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, S RAID AITURDAY, APRIL 17, 1943. Council Has Final Mesting On Charter: No Objections Whatever Made By Citizens *— F. MACHIN, 65, | DIED YESTERDAY 1 | | FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE! CONDUCTED TOMORROW i i i APTERNOON City Policeman Elmer De ; |Pino saw something in the | Francisco Machin, 65, died ves-| bosom of Victoria Oliver, color- terday’ afternoon. at 5:45° o’clock,| ed, that looked like the outline at his 508 ~Petronia} | | i residence, ,been given her by a sailor to | keep for him. She was fined ed over to-Clerk Joe Johnson to keep until its owner signs for it. $50 and the revolver was turn. | ARE SENT TO BOT- | TOM OF OCEAN } (By Associated Press) MELBOURNE, April 17— American and Australian flyers | i ’ Key West, Florida, ez most equable climate im the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrent -t COLORED WOMAN TRIED AND FINED JAPANESE CONVOY Heaviest Of Year Carried FOR CARRYING REVOLVER; BOLITA TORN TO PIECES Out By 600 RAF Bombers SPECIAL SESSION OF COURT FRIDAY * euch Great Thrust Directed At Pilsen And Manmhem Heaviesi Bombs Used In Attack ELEVEN DEFENDANTS EN |ef a revolver, and, believing; Document To Be Forward-| ed» To. Representative! Papy For Passage In, Legislature LATE BULLETINS | WORKING ON NEW TAX BILL =} ban.Mission Church. orficiating. | i WASHINGTON. — Six mem- ibers of the House Ways and The City ncil. pecial!Means Committee are hard at - — es | werk on a brand new tax bill that seting conducted laft nighi.| it is expected. will be reported to concluded i | the house in the next few days. Bs work on the Pro-jr, pill will have provisions for Fosed mew city charter, without| a withholding tax. but no report any objections having been | %#% been made about the way in | which the taxes for last year's in- made by the citizens of Key come will be handled. West. ie |STEEL PLATE PRODUCTION FALLING OFF WASHINGTON. — Vice Chair- man George Taylor of the War Production Board said today that there has been a recent falling off The meeting was called last; night for the specific purpose of | bearing any objections that may | be had by the citizens to sal n Ae lin the croduction of steel plate. He Frovisions. There were only) added thet the decrease mav be three ttendi .| treceable fo the recent investiga- ee | tions that resulted in finding low- grade stcel at some plants. In- i | spections need not be so exacting, Since the charier was ame oted: bak the Sideprament in full in Monday’s issue of The should insist on good ard honest Citizen, it was assumed Oe hen mmemereres Practically everyone read at least | ST, LOUIS HAS PASSED ITS some of the provisions, and witi| QUOTA Z t | ‘ST. LOUIS.—This is the first mone coming forward to register! eny objections, it was assumed Fopulation of more than 500,000, a . | that hes reported meeting its War that the public was fully satis-| pong quota. This city’s quota was fied with the document as drawn! set at $93,540,000, and this morn- ., |ing it was reported that the sales vp and adopted by the council, total $94,114,000. It was recall to be sent to the legislature for by loca! boosters that this city | was the first, in its class, to re- | port the sale of its quota during ithe Liberty Bond drives in the | first World War. ,; BONDS SALES CONTINUE TO CLIMB WASHINGTON, — During the mended the council for its action’ ue eae Sinclar ad for ae the Treas- reported this sales totaled $7,753,000.000. That sum includes its validation. ADAMS BOOS1S COUNCIL Earl R. Adams, newspaper cor- respondent, addressed the meet- ing last night and highly com- to ac- business yesterday, ury Department quire the holdings of The Key toring that the West Electric Company. 4 act ‘ , the amount of $??7.090,009 for the , Mr Adams stated that this ponds that run ‘for 10 years and pieces of the interest on which is cumula-, tive. in starling negotiations was one of the best work that has ever been accom: ge evry plished by any council serving TOM HARMON COMES: OF JUNGLE the City of Key West. It goes ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Tom Har- A ing that each council-' ™°n. who wes included in last without saying that ea: Es iyeer’s all-American football stars, ra (lost his plane in a South American OUT. man politely bowed to Adems at the conclusion of his | jungle, but he is unhurt, accord-| : < jing to information his parents, high tribute who reside here, received today. id, their thanks He wes given un as lost, but em- paid, and expressed sal erged from the jungle this morn- remarks for the for the favorable comment mad? ing, saying that his plane was} by the speaker relative to the | W*ecked in a forced landing. QUINTUPLETS STIGMATIZE HITLER WASHINGTON.—Papa Dionne, structed to make a check of father of the world-famous (Continued on Page Five’ | bin on Mee {essary papers for his deughters to {visit Superior, Wis. where they | will christen three American war- | Ships. Asked what the “quints”. ‘thought about Hitler he replied. The chief of police was in | CAT) CARSTAIA A DEFENSE PROJECT devil The ‘privilegés of-thisveute TP EREERANERAKAERRERRERRENE j | teria are extended to the following: CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES of the Key West Naval Station| CONTRACTORS’ PERSONNEL} of Army and Navy Defense! Projects i PERSONNEL OF ARMY, NAVY,| COAST GUARD and MARINE CORPS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FAMILIES OF THE ABOVE GROUPS TONIGHT! For A BIG TIME. . .Try SLOPPY JOE’S BAR Largest Place In Town JOE RUSSO’S BAND i |COME... HAVE A GOOD TIME! Music Starts at 7 p.m. Week-Nights at 8 o’'Clock PEPE E EER R AREER ERE | city in the United States, with a! *éall him’ a monster and 2. | “The Best Swing Band In Town™ | ; Street, The funeral, under the di-! — ‘rection’ of the Lopez Funeral! that he saw Home, will be held tomorrow af- } ternoon at 6 o’clock from the resi- | dence, Rev. G. Perez of the Cu-|Smith and. Wesson six-shooter. Tke defendant was tried this | morning in city court by Judge rightly, arrested her, and out came an oldtime S) F. M vors are one son, Rene chin; three brothers, Jose Machin, Tomas Machin, Louis| William V. Albury, Machin; three grandchildren. | Burial will be in the family | t!4 plot, City Cemetery. = CIRCUIT COURT TO CONVENE. MONDAY | } the court the revolver had Circuit court will be conven ed in Key West at 10 o'clock Monday morning. Only one case is on the docket thus far, though it is expected that! at least another case will be ready for trial by the time Stephen C. Singleton. executive secretary of the Key West cham- fine ‘al Operating | Atlanta | Boston Brownsville Charleston |Chicago | Detroit | Galveston | Jacksonville | Kansas City | KEY WEST 45 86 67 61 63 74 70 67 78 K.W. AIRPORT — Memphis 62 | Miami 15 \ Minneapolis 46 |New Orleans _ 68 46 63 16 80 50. 68 78 court is convened. , ber of Commerce. sent the follow- The. case - of i Mrs. Bridges ‘78 telegram yesterday afternoon scheduled to come up at this! istrict includes Monroe County: term of court. Mrs. Bridges is) “Our people here see no advan- ing that she slipped on the,fusion, expense and disorganiza- sidewalk on Ann street, in the;tion in the proposed change to injured herself, @kequest you to see that this meag- t —— ure does not receive the approva CARBONELL WARNS the arguments against this dis- turbing change, as I am sure you City Councilman John Car-! A Citizen reporter, questioning neil, chairman of the Sanitary!a score of Key Westers today | tices are being sent out daily to} one who was in accord with the |}Payment of their + garbage and| commented as follows j trash bill. One arrest has already! “I am confident that, even | ing the party to pay, which was) ___ Mr. Carbonell says that the tenth of the month is the deadline they fail to pay by that time,/ that they will be subjéct to arrest. |, Temperature data for the 24! | hours ending 8:30 a. m., April 17,/ | Weather Bureau: Base for regular deductions from “"" Highest Lowest , pay for the purchase last night 38 74 against the City of Key West :s/t Senator James Franklin, whose suing the city for $25,000, alleg-| tage, on the contrary, much con- vicinity of the City Hall, and,Central Time. I am authorized fo of the senate. I need not repeat weg cierto geet | Committee, stated today: that no- {about this bill, did not find a single {those who become ‘delinquent in! proposed change. One Key Wester been made, with the court order-! though the bill is passed by the | immediately done. for payment, and states that if TEMPERATURES |1943, as reported by the U. S.| Personnel at the Na last 24 hours 68 54 50 |New York | Norfolk | Oklahoma City | Pensacola | Pittsburgh ; St. Louis Tampa 43 52 50 65 37 37 63 | _ NAVY CHOIR © ‘STONE CHURCH Sunday Night | UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE) 'WE WILL NOT BE OPEN, ON MONDAYS i It is with regret that we must take this course but we are unable to get help. Open as usual other days of the week. OCEANVIEW Restaurant 520 UNITED STREET | | | Se eee | ‘ of war bonds. | Del Pino was the arresting of-| ficer in another case tried this morning. ~ He said he had found; bolita tickets in the possession | of Alfredo Sanchez. in the Red: House on Petronia street. The and she| defendant was fined $50. which| ' ke paid. COMMERCE BODY SECRETARY SENDS WIRE TO SEN. FRANKLIN REGISTERING OPPOSITION TO CHANGING WARTIME ysenate and signed by Governor Holland, the military posts in Key | West will disregard it. They are operating now under Eastern War Time that was established by the President of the United States, ‘because he considered it the best schedule under which to work to promote the war-effort. “And there is a doubt in mind if Kev West, an important war base, can be compelled to discard “the time set tip bv the Federal’ gov- ernment and adopt that fixed by the state. “But, aside from whether that is so or not, why should the state’ be thrown out of gear with the time in the eastern area because some representative I have never heard of before tries to put a ridiculous notion into law? Fi- nally, should the bill pass the senate, I don't believe Governor Spessard Holland will sign it.” ‘TEN PERCENT OF EVERYONE'S PAY ANNOUNCED AS GOAL OF CAMPAIGN The War Bond Office announces The campaign will be in progress | 9°™e®¥’s British Eighth Army! | its first big War Bond drive to| next week and its object will be| wes attacking the Mareth Life, enroll both the civilians and Navy | to have everyone on the Base en-| American troops, under Lieuten- roll for 10 per cent of his pay. A few of the advantages enjoy- (Continued on Page Four For only a few pennies a day ~you can make sure your whole family gets all the vita- ming and minerals they may need! Each tasty Vimms tab- ‘Jet supplies all six vitamins (A, B,, B;, C, D, P-P), together _ with 3 vital. minerals, Calci- fn and Iron. f egainst vitamin de- . Get Vimms for low only G2 sn iy Pama, Duval at Fleming Street Phone 189 have torn to pieces the Jap which had comprised five cargo vessels and four de-; Stroyers, that had attempted to | land supplies and reinforceme: nts | on New Guinea, northwest of the Jap base at Salamaua. Three of the warships and three of the cargo vessels were sent to the bottom, and the oth- er destroyer and two cargo vés- sels have broken formation and are fleeing in different direc- tions. Each of the ships has. been struck, but during last night the pilots of the attacking planes lost sight of the fleeing ships. It was reported that the two surviving cargo ‘ships — passibly might have succeeded in getting some of their supplies and rein- forcements ashore at New Guinea. j Allied bombers are keeping up their daily pounding. of enemy’ bases. Yesterday. anothér raid was made on Rabaul -on New Britain Island. ‘ESTIMATE COSTS CHICAGO.—Post-war prefab- ricated: houses, designed to fit in- dividual needs, will cast only $590 to, $800 per room, scientists pre- dict. convoy, € TERED PLEAS OF GUILTY Eleven defendants — guilty yesterday afte: special term B> Neaersetee Fn LONDON. April 17 —The bee est air raid of the weer wes cox ried out by 68 BAP tect Flanes. amc the beewiest inec = jail. County Criminal Court ord, Judge William presiding. The names of t and the fines impx John Basch, pet and costs or 30 days bombs. 1808 tom Goopeed eny ote attack wes rained Fusen anc Mennnemm as: =c-_ Pisen wes given the beewiext costs or 30 days Stanley Edgecombs ceny, 30 days in county Marie Sands, vagrancy and costs or 30 day Alfred Knowles boat without license deferred. Thomas J. Whitehead, assault and battery, $25 and costs or 69 days John M. White, assault battery, $50 and costs or days. Edward Bimson, assault and battery, $50 and costs or 60 days Clarence Johnson. improper license, $25 and costs or 3 days. Ernest Price, aggravated sault, six months in and et as ve ai. as thouge 4domems of FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED OF — -_ ROMMEL’S TROOPS MADE PRISONERS (By Associated Press) ALGIERS, April 17—General) | Eisenhower revealed today that. | | while Generel Bernard Mont. | | | | ant General George Patton, en-| | gaged, in that area. 35,000 of! | Marshal Erwin Rommel’s sendin! | «00 of whos: were taken ite-| oners by the Americans. | 1 That action kept Romie! | | during the attack on the Mareth | Line, from using his full forces! |in that sector in waging defen-| j Sive actions against the British. Besides the prisoners captur- lea, the Americans destroyed 59 |enemy tanks, most of them re- duced to masses of twisted steel, !and 153 field guns in charge of | three artillery units. Eisenhower further said that | LaCONCHA HOTEL CHARLES M. SALAS, Mgr. THE BEST DINE »«> DANCE Facilities in South Florida RAINBOW ROOM “COCKTAIL LOUNGE itme- The ateck wes Gewge some despite the neavies: amb-ecms- ire the RAF has emcoumsarec = any of us resis. Fifty-Swe micoe were lost. the mump= -ne the Axis forces on Tunisia Pease. acutely in need of suppiies kinds. That condition, he a ed, has resulted from the Al sinking one-half of the ships that have tried Tunisia from Italy, and Sicily. He highly praised the submarine’ for the telling b they have delivered enemy s ping in the Mediterranean. Since the beginning of the North Afri can invasion, General Eisenhow er stated that British undersea boats have sunk 1,000,000 tons of Italian and German ships No report was made today ground actions in Tunisia. othe than the official comment that the enemy is showing strong resistance to the British First Army, under General Anderson whose objectives are Tunis and Bizerte. Allied planes last night raided Palermo and its harbor, sinking one ship and two barges and se badly damaging another ship had to be beached. Four Axis Planes; which tried to beat off the attackers, were shot down. RAF has iost = any sfher of raids. Some of the slames pounded Mannhe-m en m@ustmei oy 2 the Rime anc the secomt 27> . TONIGHT RAULS CLUB On Roosevelt Boulever= OPEN EVERY DAY fom 3 & PALACE THEATER CONSTANCE BENNETT in 2 NOTICE up to 12 PM., April 22, 1943, for sale of shooting gallery, its equipment and international Truck, seb ject te Court’s approval. Persons may bid separately on shooting gallery or truck or both. BERLIN A. SAWYER, CURATOR P. T. ORNER ESTATE. COUNTY COURT HOUSE