The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 20, 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, hes t» most equable climate in the country: with an average VOLUME LXIV. No. 94. THE SOU Ghe Ary West Ctttern THERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE range of only 14° Fahrent -t KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1943. PRICE F plain OF Police Alberto Cameo Tenders Resignation Resignation Becomes Ef- fective At Once; Suc- cessor To Be Appeinted Later | i At a special meeting of the! City Council last night, Captain | of Night Police Alberto Camero | tendered his resignation to be- | come effective at once. sd resignation was accepted. The council expressed its re- greis at Captain Camero sever- ing his connections Folice department, and wished him all success in his new field of operations. It is said Camero will accept! employmiént~as a fire-fighter en-| gineman at the Naval Station. | The off-elected captain of the | ‘night police, who has served the | city for 23 years, requested that | he be placed on the pension roll} and it was ordered that a check | be made of his service, and that | ke be placed on the pension roll as requested. Mayor Willard M. Albury will, appoint Captain Camero’s suc- cessor, which must be confirmed | by the City Council. Chief of Police Ivan Elwood will’ act’ as captain until the new ment is made, The council discussed two Froposed acts in connection with the city’s:bond refunding program with the R. E. Crum mer Co., which will be forwarded to the state legislature for pass age, the city in entering into an agree- i appoint- which would protect ment with some other company | to handle the gram inasmuch as the Crummer | refunding pro- company has been dissolved. The city is in default of ap-| Froximately $100,000 in carrying| out its bond refunding program. { which was being handled by | the Company, since that firm has gone out of; Crummer and | business, it becomes necessary! that the city employ some other agency to conclude the Program j as outlined. The city. with the Crummer , company as its agent, sometime | ago was unable to cet the con. | sent of all of the bondholders to/ enter into a new agreement, | which caused the city to file a (Continued on Page Six; PALACE THEATER | ANTON WALBROOK in “SUICIDE SQUADRON” NEWS and SERIAL "Tonight Is Prize Night” ‘colored boys, ichicken stealing in Ke signed to istable from the SCIII SSSI SS PHONE 9150 WITH PAPER COMPLAINTS: Citizen subscribers who heretofore celled The Citizen office on failure to receive their papers are requested heretofore to call the Island City Book Store, Phone 9159, from which the service will be given. If you have not re- ceived your paper by 6 p. m., Phone your address to 9150. Complaints will be accepted until 7 p. m. COIs eT TS, PARENTS OF FOUR ~+ COLORED BOYS PAY LOSS OF CHICKENS } i | ARRAIGNED BEFORE MUNICI- | PAL COURT: WARNED OF; t CHILDREN’S CONDUCT, iN | FUTURE The four, parents of the smail who were aught {at 2 o'clock in the morning with | stolen chickens in their posses- Sion, were told yesterday aiter- noon by Judge William V. Al- | bury, presiding in the city court, {that they must pay the owner oi the chickens for their Ic amount was $8.50, which | paid. “And I am going to hold.-the! four of you responsible for yo children’s “ftiture conduct, Judge. Albury said. “Under the, provisions of the curfew law, | order you to see that your boys are not out after 7 o'clock at night. If they are apprehended in the streets after tha hour under the same law you, as their! parents, can be arrested and firied, and you may be sure that if you are brought before me, you will be fined.” Judge Albury thinks that, as ‘a result of the arrest of the boys, there will not be any more West. JOE ESPINOSA QUITS JOB ON POLICE FORCE Constable ite Espinosa today sent his resignation as city po- liceman to Mayor Willard M. Albury. Espinosa requested that the resignation go into effect on April 20, or immediately. Constable Espinosa is holding the office that was formerly fill- ed by Bienvenido Perez, who re- work in the Army Batracks. Ray Atwell was ap- |gointed by Governor Holland to fill the vacancy, but Espinosa received the nomination for coi Monroe County Democratic Committee and w jduly elected last November. ; began his term of office in Jan-| uary. i_-.VM SANING | HI | be the s | rainfall, U. S. POPULATION on the MOVE ae 2.6% MONT. —6.1% LESS THAN 1% CHANGE a DECREASE AP Features Th's is what has been happening to America{s populafion sinci> the offi- cial census of 1940. Based on Depart- ment of Commerce estimates through May 1, 1942, the number of men, wo- men and children is 131,323,136, a de- cline of 7.743. In migrations about the country, chiefly due probabl yto war- time industrial demands, eight states have had population changes of less Coe TITTIES ‘FIX SALARIES OF - MONROE OFFICERS: (iy Aswociated Prens) ' TALLAHASSEE, April 20. —Hepresentative Bernie C. Pepy of Monroe County introduced House Bill 279 fixing the salary of the Mon- roe County Juvenile Judge et $}.200 annually. House Bill 281 also fixes the selary of the Monroe County Probation Officer sat $75 monthly. - oe. STII LISS | LIGHTNING STRUCK | BUILDING MONDAY The section of Key West at | White and Catherine streets felt storm Monday the full effects that visited this of the city {afternoon and early evening. During the height of the heavy a bolt of struck the lavatory ‘of building used by the F.E.C. ex- terminating service on street, tearing a hole in the roof two feet square and splitting a ceiling beam. Other damage in the cutting an extension cord » eight pieces and melting a light socket. No one was in the room at the time, which is considered fort- unate by the proprietor, H. W. Urion, who stated he believed it would have been almost impos- sible to have escaped the full effects of the shock. CITY COUNCIL IN MEETING TONIGHT There will be a regular meeting of the City Couneil held tonight, beginning at 8 o'clock, which will cond regular session of the month Nothing aside from routine busi ness is scheduled thus far, ithough there may be other mat- NOTICE Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 2:30 to 4:30 9 p. m., water will be turned off to make exten- J) sions. FLORIDA KEYS AQUEDUCT COMMISSION | GATO CAFETERIA 1100 Simonton Street A DEFENSE PROJECT The privileges of this cafe-| teria are extended to the following: CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES | on Se rrrsce West i atten ay yee sel Wer Ppetenae| Projects fee tiga? tei Eger i NAVY.| Conps © GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FAMILIES OF THE ABOVE GROUPS lightning ' the} White | room | ! thousands i have |their coffee. ibe held at 9 al-i Dep't of Commerce estimates than 1 per cent compared with the 1941 figure; 17 have had gains larger than 1 per cent, and 23 have lost. Ne- vada, which had the largest percentage gain, added only 18,708 persons, but in more heavily populated states greater population shifts made smaller percent- age changes. Biggest gain was in Washington, D. C., with 163,680 more persons for a 24.9 per cent increase. WAR ACTIVITY IN. TUNISIA CONFINED TO AIR ACTION ‘By Associated Press) ALGIERS, April 20.—Aside from air action, no news about the war in Tuni: was issued by headquarters today. There were semi-officiel talks about what Marshal Rom- mel may or may not do, and the prredominant opinion was that he will net attempt any large-scale evacuation of Tu- nisia. It is believed that Hitler, Radio Berlin declared a week ago, has ordered Rommel to “fight to the last man.” Meanwhile, in the hilly or mountainous parts of Tunisia, which act as natural berriers ip protecting the Axis forces, the Americans, the British and the French are systematically improving their positions and bringing up heavy artillery to resume cffensive movements along the entire front. Allied planes were officially reported to be conducting round-the-clock raids on Axis positions in Tunis and Bizerte. As a result of those raids, dogfights have resulted every day. and it was officially reported today that. during the week-end and up to this morning, Allied planes have destroyed 112 enemy aircraft. SHIPMENT OF CONDENSED MILK IS NOW ON WAY TO KEY WEST in! Miller, representative of the ; wales tape Food Distribution Administrator oward. Key Albury was in. 2 Florida. Ne about Mr. Miller's visit was received by Mr. Albury from J. M. Williams, rare Sahara, is “rollin: West, so Paul G. formed today venteen hundred cases, cording to information that given Mr. Albury, is now on its to. this city, and is likely to reach here at anytime, which will be glorious news the ation generally of coffee drinkers in at the chamber’s offices to con- feel s fer with Mr. Miller, as it is in- ng if don't tended to organize a food in- milk to put in dustry committee in Key. West explained: that al- a SOD SSS SSS S « aporate- Ts fohowel" ihe whose’ ies SENATE PASSES BILL FOR ASST. ATTORNEY measure for that type of milk.! B ee EE (By Axsocinted Preax> ut it is condensed milk, Mr. A’ |bury added, for which Key Weste are clamoring. TALLAHASSEE, April 20. In an effort to improve the —The Senate passed Senate food situation in K West, Mz. Bill 202 by Senator James Albury , a conference will Franklin providing for an assistant state attorney to serve Monroe County. o'clock tomorrow } i IIS I ILI SS WANTED offices with R. WAITRESSES Apply Today WILL PAY CASH! SIDEWALK CAFE for LATE MODEL Duval and Fleming Streets ac- was Florida. In his letter to Mr. bury, Mr Al- Williams requests that to Key Wes omethin, condensed 10 there they Mr. Albury ready 1,700 ca morning Commerce USED CARS NAVARRO, Inc. | Opposite Bus Station i Office Rear Central Hotel i a _ Sea a, GIFTS for EASTER) "ozo gauze" « Che White St. Phone 540 ‘and Mother's Day ai mien Friday 12:00 of ‘old Island Trading Post| Pir St pone ros North End of Duval Street fill it. director of the administration in! representatives of the food situ-! in Key West be} Heavy Air Bombings On Germany Causes Hitler To Pass Up Usual Festivities On Birthday Event LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) HITLER “MENTALLY ILL” LONDON.—British spckesmen said todey that the reason for Hitler’s not making a speech is because he is “mentally ill. It was explained that such conditions frequently occur in the cases of megliomaniacs, when they are brought face to face with distressing conditions. “Hitler is aware,” one spokesman scid, “that not even bis own people any longer will believe that the Americans, the British and the Russians are ‘crumbling,’ as he has been went to say. and. therefore, he prefers not to say anything.” GOVERNMENTS ARE TEMPORARY ALGIERS.—General Giraud, French High Commissioner in j North end West Africa, announced today that all the governmen' even to the minor subdivisions, in those French protectorates, temporary, and are to continue so until France has regain> freedom. It was said that General De Gaulle agrees that that is the proper procedure to take till Frence again takes her position among the nations of the world. BEAVERBROOK CALMS DOWN LONDON.—Lord Beaverbreok, who has been the most emphatic of British leaders in demanding that a second front be started. to day told the House of Lords that he is now in full accord with the government on that question, adding that the establishment of a second front should be leit to the military leaders of the Allied Ne- tions. JAPS MAULED IN BURMA CHUNGKING.—The Japs were mauled hard in southwest Burmese yesterday by British bombers. They destroyed an enemy radio sia tion, a large oil refinery and two bridges across a river, over which | the Japs have been carrying supplies. The only land action reported = that of a British contingent’s ambushing a column of Japanese Pele killing 57 of them. | BOMBINGS IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC MELBOURNE.—American and Austrelian bombers carried out raids yesterday on Lae, in New Guinea; Rabaul, in New Britain. end two Jap bases on Timor. No land fighting was reported. TO INVESTIGATE THE OWI WASHINGTON.—As the result of the resignation of 14 writers from the Office of War Informetion, # senate committee is to im vestigate the report that only “sugar-coated” news is given the pub lic. Elmer Davis, head of the OWL, says that no attempt! is made to color news issued by his office. ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK WASHINGTON.—The Whie House announced today that Pres ident Roosevelt will make an address over the radio, beginning at 11 o'clock tonight, Eastern War Time. No inkling of what he will telk about was given out. JAYCEES SPONSORING STATE-WIDE CAMPAIGN ON NAVAL AVIATION WEEK Cities and hamiets throughout the state have embarked on the observance of Florida N 1 Avia tion Week, April 18-24, with a two- fold purpose of paying tribute to Uncle Sam’s fighting Navy fliers and enlisting more young men to join their ranks. With the Nav; warplanes soaring off the decks of carriers each day to strike at the enemy in far corners of the globe, stil] more pilots are needed as the United Nations move to the offensive. The Navy has issued a call for more aviation cadets from the ranks of 17-year-old high school (Continued on Page Six) ANE, USED CAR BARGAINS *41 BUICK All General Tires - Radio like new ’38 PLYMOUTH COACH ’40 STUDEBAKER COMMANDER SEDAN.- 6 cyl. *38 PLYMOUTH SEDAN ’36 BUICK SEDAN ’35 DODGE SEDAN *36 PLYMOUTH SEDAN *38 PLYMOUTH DeLUXE COACH NAVARRO, I Inc. , cosas naatameeete on HOTEL, aw | | “ ANAND, FACE POWDER s Dread Coming Of Night Fearing That At- tack May Come Most Any Menen: LONDON. April Hitler is 20 Adolf mot celebrating his tourt- birthday anniversary today. end neither are the peo rie im his country celebrating according te confidential advices ved here. Germany is too disireught by the most devastating raids the ever known earth shocks that have bees compared to volcences in throes of terrific eruptions § world hes wits the body. Swiss sources state. cat shudderngs the deafening noises thet exploding causes. magine the eerth nd en 8.008-ton bom Germans. who lve have been bambed the comang of mght as one mey dread the coming of e tremend rey trat dreat ous thunderstorm It s belewe< to be thet dreed that ied t E* ler's deciding not to make speech today. which years. sterted resched to every corneal meny. Fear thet the BAT © meke ¢ reid. as wes Gone « few months ego when Air Marshal Hermann Goertes wes ec edu to speak. while Hitler wes speak mg. resulted im Propegenda Max ister Joseph Goebbies toting that ote im promoting the affaizs cf rake 2 formal eddress But. # wes recalled ber= Hitler wes too busy to country. 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