The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 27, 1943, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West a. VOLUME LXIV. No. 100. MADDENED MAN . | Said To Have Been Heav- jest Of War; German City Receives Terrific Pounding (By Annociated Prensa, LONDON, April 27.—The. RAF carried out its heaviest raid of the war last night. according to the British Air Ministry, though only little information about’ it|' (BY Awiveinced > ens) wes made public.” The minisiry}*’ BAY: CITY! ‘Mich., April 27.) reported that “Dusenberg’ was} Cetil' J. Listy"*maddened by a of war and industrial plants, lies |‘ the basement of his home and { Axis forces on the Russian front.! wtih a rubber mailet, { in Dusenberg, and that the RAF ne calicd out to them that Cecil, dr...who accompanied his SEABEES SEEKING __| Jice. He disregarded the _ pleas, USNR, will be in the office of ‘ween them, during which on Wednesday (tomorrow), April| ing on the floor of a bedroom. One The ‘Navy ‘is particularly in-|8¢ended into the cellar and found cers. Temperature data for the 24) tendent, prior to Wednesday. Highest LA JUNTA, Colo., April 27.— mission in the U. S. Air Force. helped to build training planés. URGED TO MARRY Canada’s early days. Post Commander, Arthur Sawyer | CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES BASE LAUNDRY SHOOTS FOUR OF HIS CHILDREN’ MICHIGAN RESIDENT HKG QUARREL WITH WIFE AND FINALLY BLOWS OUT HIS OWN BRAINS | he Lowest last night Atlanta 58 Boston Brownsville Charleston Chicago Detroit Galveston Jacksonville Kansas City ..77 KEY WEST _ 79 K.W. AIRPORT 79 Memphis 77 Miami 82 Minneapolis — 56 New Orleans _ 81 New York 68 Norfolk 70 Oklahoma City 84 Pensacola _... 74 Pittsburgh _. 65 St. Louis Tampa | . 68 . 85 80 57 18 79 42 67 56 41 40 69 62 62 73 69 712 46 61 43 52 67 63 45 68 i 64 86 ATTENTION, LEGIONNAIRES! Election of officers will be held at regular meeting, Wed- nesday, April 28, at 8 o'clock sharp. By order of HORACE O’BRYANT, | German city has yet received.’ °f his'six children last night, one dey. and ni + During the quarrel with his! and. night, constant i | ¢ryptically stated, vast destruc-! that she would have him arrested. It was the fifty-ninth time Dus-jinch further. He stood, menac- with his father to put down his Lieutenant Commander Stur- { a moment later, the police heard “I the contract superintendent, Na-| notice entered the house, they | the purposé of: interviewing’ cén- | Point of death, andthe fourth only | are qualified for the ranks of |8UD lying beside him. obtained from Lieut. D. R. Dor- | 1943, as reported by the U. S i THEN TRAINS IN IT; build the airplane in which he Curtiss-Wright factory .at ;Lam- that he later trained at La Junta not marry off their children be- teria are extended to per hour up ' |CONTRACTORS’ PERSONNEL ‘That city. an important center | {tally. and théh went down in- streams of supplies go out to the | Wife, he struck her repeatedly | tion was caused among the plants, When he saw the police coming enberg has beén bombed ling, with a shotgun in his hands. i gun and submit quietly to the po- ziey* “Civil “Engineering five shots, with short intervaly.be- val Operating Base at Key West, | fonud four of List's daughters ly- struction’, Buttalions. slightly wounded. The police de- commissioned and warrant offi-| TEMPERATURES sey, assistant contract superin- Weather Bureau: ! (By Associated Prenn) recently won wings and a, com- bert Field, St. Louis, Mo., and after joining the air corps. fore they were 18 were fined in COAT caro CAFETERIA 1100 Simonton S' : following: APPLY | Projects | PERSONNEL OF ARMY, NAVY, | COAST GUARD and MARIN! | CORPS : |GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ‘today to be jent of the children’s | bill, of Army and Navy Defense} Key Py ' t ia iM pat Cittern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN: THE ~ U2: S.A. oS SRES SE SS SR KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1943. “LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) ’ REDS DESTROY 11 ENEMY | PLANES ltaly-—She' AP Features By LEWIS Like To Wide But Cant | HAWKINS LONDON, April 27.—The question mark that is Italy j looms large in invasion talk today even though most of the MOSCOW—Only air action answers have already been given. It seems obvious that, at least in preliminary stages of | command today, and that infor- the second front, Italy will be a main objective. was reported by the Russian high mation was confined to the front in the Donets basin. The com- munique said that, in a surprise attack, Russian planes destroyed 11 enemy aircraft on the ground. AMERICAN AND BRITISH | PEPPER JAPS NEW DELHI. — American and British flyers, operating from bases in Burma, today set afire a Jap oil refinery south of Ran- goon and completely destroyed machine shops and airplane re- Pair plants east of Mandalay. All Allied planes returned safe- | ly to their bases. | ADVANCING TOWARD SALAMAUA MELBOURNE.—American and Australian troops are reported advancing slowly! toward Salamaua on the north-' west New Guinea coast. The ene-! my key base on Truk Island was raided today by American planes. { { Saas j JAPS NEW FIGHTER PLANE | oe ee of! Wer Stimson sai: today that there is nothing whatever sensa- : tional about the new Jap fighter Piave that has been given so much publicity. He stated that: it is not comparable, in many ways. with some of the Allied aircrait thet have proved their superiority over the Germans and Italians as well as the Japs. SOFT COAL. MINERS’ i DISPUTE H WASHINGTON.—Fifteen thou- | sand soft coal miners, in western | Pennsylvania, heve gone out on! strike, and @ walkout has oc-) curred in the Indiana coal fields. | Six mines of the Pittsburgh Coal! Company. one of the largest in the world, are shut down. Jobs!toneerning rationing dates of with Stamps” lettered” Gf L. Lewis. president of the Unit- ed Miners of America, has not} yet called out the 450.000 men in: bis union. Lewis is scheduled to} hold a conference tomorrow. in} New York. | | | ADOPTION BILL PASSES HOUSE { TALLAHASSEE.—The house, ' after a heated debate extending © over three days, today passed, | by a vote of 51 to 40, the bill: which would authorize the State | Welfare Board to adopt needy | cnildren. Circuit court judges, had testified for and against the bill. Marcus Fagg, superintend-~ home in! Florida, testified in favor of the i 648 FLORIDIANS LOST | TAMPA. — Florida’s Safety | Council announced here today that. since this country entered the war, 648 residents of this | state have been reported killed | LEGION POST TO There will be a meeting of Ar thur, Sawyer Post No. 28, held to- | morrow night,» beginning at 8| o'clock. at which time an election; of officers will be held. A new commander and various other officers will be selected at | this time. CHOICE SELECTION Mother’s © Day Cards 15¢ sna 25¢ Choose Yours While Our Selection is Complete SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. 1 ! HITLER’S CHOICES TO ATTEMPT to hold entire talion peninsula and Sicily. TO RETREAT behind line sreported under construction through Bologna. This would enable Axis to keep Milan- Turin-Genoa industrial area and’ 1, How strength of the Italian army is now distributed It is equally clear assorted military and observers, that the ¢ Italy’s people and a according to diplomatic reat mass of goodly share JACKSONVILLE OFFICE FURNISHES INFORMATION ON RATIONING DATES The following _informatioy food commodities and other mat- ters of importance to the public has been issued by the Office of War Inormation at Jackson- ville: Dates CANNED GOODS—Coupons D, E and F valid through April 30. Blue stamps G, H and J (48 points aA May) became valid April 4. MEATS and BUT/IER—Red coupons, Series A, B, C, D and E are vald through April. Red E became valid April 25. SUGAR—Stamp 12, for pounds, expires May 31, COFFEE—Stamp 23, in sugar book, good for one pound, April 26 through May 30. Stamp 26 expired April 25. GASOLINE—A coupon 5 good for 3 gallons through July 21. SHOES—Stamp 17 expires June 15. FUEL OIL—Coupon 5 expires September 30. { Stamps Valid Blue stamps G H and J, to-! taling 48 points, in war’ ration} book two, became valid for the purchase of processed foods be-! five jginning Saturday, April 24, and will be good throughout the ;month of May. Blue stamps D, E and F,} hich have been in use «since! March 25, expire on April’ 30. This means that blue stamps D, E and F (the April series) and G, H and J (the May series) all are valid for the one week beginning April 24. A similar “overlap period” was provided toward the end of last month, ; when the D, E and F blue stamps for April were validated on | March 25. The purpose of the overlap’ period is to make it easier for housewives to shop toward the end, of the month when their family books may lack a suffi- cient number of ration points to buy an item they need. The new stamps G, H and J are on the page opposite the one Tuesdays and Thursdays, ftom 2:30 to 4:30 jneed a large car, to be used in, Soviet Russia Suspends Relations * British First Be Pushing its Way Columns ran, Key West, Florida, b: most equable climate in the country ; with an average ge of only 14° Fahrent + jn CTY COUNCIL i { } of her leaders have one really strong urge in life now—to get out of the war as quickly as pos- (Continued on Page.Four) i ; which consumers are now _using, Sanaa the outside right-hand row of the ration-book page. This ar- vangemen makes it easy to re- move stamps in their alphabetic al order. The letter “I” . has been omitted from the series be- cause of its possible confusion with the numeral “one”. Fuel Conservation Uncle Sam is encouraging fuel | conservation installations during the summer months in order to avoid congestion next winter. Lending institutions have been authorized to delay initial pay-} ments on loans made for the! Purpose of conversion of heating equipment. Home owners borrowing money | for conversion of heating equip-; ment during the summer months will not have to meet the initial payment until the heating pe- riod begins, during the winter months. Better Tires Passenger car - drivers with mileage rations exceeding 240 monthly will be eligible for any grade of new tire when their present casings are not recap- pable. This information is contained in a ruling effective May 1. New Automobiles If you have $2500 or more and i { carrying on a gainful occupa-! tion or performing work related | to the war program or public welfare, you may buy one of the} 1500 passenger automobiles now | available. i OPA says no rationing certif-| icates will be needed to buy} automobiles of this kind. This step, taken to prevent; deterioration of the vehicles in! storage and to relieve dealers! now carrying them .in stock, will! permit the transfer of big cars on exactly the same terms as 1941 model automobiles, driven less than 1000 miles. Beforé deciding on the relaxa-} (Continued on Page Three) jing f'West that will get the attention of the | modities. MEETS TONIGHT VARIOUS MATTERS WILL BE TAKEN UP AT SPECIAL MEETING A special meeting of the City Council has been called for to- night, beginning at 8 o'clock. One of the matters to come before the meeting will be that of consider- certain provisions of the Southern Bell Telephone Com- pany’s franchise with the City of The adoption of a_ resolution concerning the salary of the city attorney from John Nuveen and Company in connection with the acquisition of the Key West ‘Elec- {ric Company by the City of Key will be one of the matters council. The bond refunding issue with the R. E. Crummer Company, and matters pertaining to the Scavenger Service, will also be jiscussed. The. application of Jehn J. Pax for a license to operate a beer and wine establishment at. 828 Whitehead street, will also be taken up for considera ion Other matters, aside from those scheduled, may come up during the course of the session. Wi ‘Request Polish Govern- ment In Exile To Or- Cab- th Poland ganize Another inet (by Assvctateca Press) WASHINGTON, April wes learned officially here today that Russa has reletions with Poland but has not terminated only suspended them. The Soviets kave requested the Polish government in exile to organize ancther cabinet. one that will cooperste on “realistic basis”. Just what i me term, not r ant th to nc cial circles something making : mect with reauire the Russians. at jo po: with Polar co! hat It was report an acceptable ganized by ment, the Russ selv orm s Poles who are now « sia. Chai Key West Will Get Fair Supply Of Commodities “if the supply houses from ' which Key West had been regu- larly receiving its commodines tau to tll orders to eliminate, shortages in your city, then bring that circumstance to the atten- tion of the Food Distribution Adc- ministration for Florida and ac- tion wiil be taken to relieve the | Situation.” That, in substance, is what J. M. Williams, head of the adminis- tration in this state, has told Paul G. Albury, chairman of the Key | WestyArea Food Committee. Due to that provision, this city ' will not be dependent on any oth- er to get its fair quota of com-} As Mr. Albury ¢ plained, the assurance that been received from Mr. Willia in no way indicates that we are going to get “all the juicy sir-' join steaks” we would like to have or supplies of commodities, with | which we are adequately stocked ; already. - SQUIBB B COMPLEX CAPSULES Contain o special B Complex extract of brewers’ yeost. p. m., water will be turned off to make exten- J} SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY. Inc. | William V. But it does mean, M pointed out, that to the fact ic has a which the Food Di ministration in Florida is ating, will not e shortages in .ai ities while t ful in other cit other cities will get, in proportion, other words, z cluded, there y ther discrimina’ city The Albury, chairman; E secretary; F. J. Miller, E i ter, Robert Bethel, A. L. Suc Little, Walter Re Robert R. Reid, Sebastian Cabre Charies H. Ketchum, Hastings Smith. are fairly ph >ommittes P ELECTRICIAN’S HELPER Start at 65e An Hour Experience Not Necessary —APPLY— Southern Engineering Aummy Reported To Through Axis ong So il Should Action Be Success- ful, Enemy Wil Have To Withdraw All Alonz Entire Front (Bo Anmormted Prone ALGIERS. April 77 —_ The Beit ish First Army today is reported to be Punching throws= Axis Imes beyond Long Phill with immiment threas ~ the enomy's two flanks so that Should the action be successiu. toresees such a result for tce he is throwing into the bottle against the First Army. sow eraiing im central Task. ws eiter weve of tanks and =o ized miantry @ trims ‘he Brimsh atvance. Advices were received Gis wromning thet. im one of the Sexe est tank battles that heve beeo wagec simce Deginains ‘he Tunman camparsn the mens end the Eteliems lect tenks. four of them the G Geax the G Six Tigers, the intest thing tenk warfare trat the Germaus heve yet turned out Frenct sed velantiy supperne; the British First Army's flank. Twice today. smashes. the French forced divisions, the scport ere ge an neer the Axis troops to fell beck. fighte; rearguard ectioms 2s ‘they treat. The Americans, under Lieu's= ant General George Patt = coptured two more hills norttern Tunisia. and are report ed to be om the point cf pouring down into Horseshoe Plete== , where tenks and beevy o== ‘can be used effectively the enemy ttat is striving to bol? Biverte. Letest advices seid ‘thet the Americans likely will hare cep (Continued on Page ¥ SHEILEL# « "HONE 9150 WITH PAPER COMPLAI T= so PR SSS Ss telied The Cii-= officg.cn failgge jo rescire acains* Complaints will be accestec until 7 > = SMALL ILLS = PALACE THEATER } DAMIAN OFLYEE in MARKS THE SPOT™ given the worst pounding © any | THerrel with "his wife, shot four Biween the Ruhr and the Rhine! blew out his own brains. and she! Last night, the air ministry ran out of the house, declaring Jost 17 planes during the raid. ! would shoot them if them came an mother and the police, pleaded } CONSTRUCTION MEN wee slammed to the front door, -and, reloaded his shotgun. “When the 28, 10:00 a. m. to 5:00. p.m, for| Of them was dead, two on the terested. ih\. recruiting .men who ' List stretched out dead, with his| Advance information may be | hours ending 8:30 a. m., April 27,| HELPS BUILDS PLANE, last 24 hours 83 Lt. Alvin O. Boden helped to! In 1941 he was working ‘ih’ the It was in one of! these plancs MONTREAL.—Fathers who did WANTED Post No. 28. The _privileges,of .this,cafe- 50c and 60c of the Key West Naval Station Building 131 Co. * } NEWS and SERIAL ——Temghk: Is Prise Night — EE iF. OF THE P | GROUPS ‘Duval at Fleming Phone 199 900 Fleming Street