The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 28, 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 most equable climste in country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrent =*t the ZEN Che Key West Cit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1943. ‘Deferment Of Two Men On | iy PRICE F IVE ENT Account Of Essential Work = 7 = : a | Forces Are Making. Gains BASS OF PACIFIC) §= Precipitates Much Comment ‘ ts AMERICAN PLANES SEND | Talk: around town, fastonduat Now, I have no criticism to race Alon Fntire Front | Tunisia ENEMY SHIP TO BOTTOM; | dying down, is gaining in vol-jabout Fred Matthews or Berlin| i jume over the deferment, at the Sawyer, but I do maintain that it! ANOTHER VESSEL LEFT IN | last moment, of two of the men was unfair to defer them because! _ FLAMES {who were to leave Key West for! they were doing essential work in| {Camp Blanding with the contin-ithe Navy Yard while others in the| { gent that went away on Monday ; group were also doing essential | 3 wile ch busheedae Wetnds peace {war work in the same place. It! S : i. While the draftees were wait-| strikes me that what is sauce for! G I A Cc S T d 55.000 MINERS ON STRIKE | WASHINGTON, April 29. —\,. While he dite wire down the goore,ins maver ot nisking| —aUty At Court Session [uesday WASHINGTON, — Fifty-five| Canadian airmen were reported |io them from the draft office te any pihen kind, is also sauce; sylvania, West vegies aba | toduy, ice the first time to be OF | Dasecn ae, efit Pred Matthew] ¢L gy doe gine that aia Twenty-four defendants plead-, Otis Agustus and Kentucky are on strike to- | erating in the Pacifi |had been defe because they | my brother-in-law, who was in the |°@ 8uilty at a special term of the) while drunk | erating in the Pacific, { - : mf a , ‘4 teriminal court yesterday after-! y driver's ense revc day. John L. Lewis, head of the i . jwere doing essential work’ in the | same status as Matthews and | oon, god Judue Willian VAT doun“salaiel, 2 ose United Miners of America, has! Yesterday, in four raids made on | Navy Yard. jSawyer, had to go off to camp! pin oo eet Tolan | not yet made any move to call/ i y imposed the following sen-, sentence deferred "i ‘ ‘ 4 “How about me?” a dozen of; while they remained behind. Had} ‘4 | Kiska, in the Aleutians, Canadi-: ne ‘ | tences: Petty Hawkins, indecent expos out men him. . ri s excla dat the} he stayed back, too, my conscience: x3 a | y it the under It is} the draftees exclaimed a he | he stayed back, too, my enc Charles: Garro! Turner, speed-| ure, $25 and. costs or 30 days said that\Friday is the deadline} ans participated in two of them. (same time. “I'm doing essential; would have forced me to assert | a Z for: spuicuignainaens ied : |work in the Navy Yard, too, and‘ that it was unfair to let off any of rs) ne ave s license, $25 and) Lilly May Jackson, assault and dispute, or the\cailitig’ of a gems}. Despite bad weather, with al-lif they are going to make defer-|the men for a reason that applied |C°s'S 9” 40 days. | battery, $25 and casts or eral ‘strike. |most constant rains, and, when!ments on that account, why don’t! to others who had.to go away.” |. "Sgpeci i ware Colburt» Speed: | W. B. House. 'vagrancy, $ | Pain ceases, heavy fogs, the Allies | they include me in the list also?”| Another man who was sent NE oa fae pe Do daya ie eee “SHIPPING | Sentinue to pound Kiska. so that; A relative of one of the men}away has been married two and |-_ aS ini ; rates Soy riguez,; Ernest ‘Thompson, \the Japs are unable to complete |who went away said this morn-j one-half years, has a child, was | 5S re ae sa cases Bape oa ee wins Fi setae there before | ing: | engaged in essential defense work, gale of. shane ug — ue Pl sara: naar. v ey are destroyed. “ 1 --in- Pi 7 ¥ s and costs or! $25 and costs or jay United States will turn out 19,-| "°° i ye : } ‘My brother-in law is not only , and had been turned down by the} 39 fe peing Willian. “‘Wintey, * ‘wapinaiky 000,000.tons of ships this year as|_ Yesterday a squadron of Amer-| married, but he has also been|army, after he had passed thes (oO barker, profane | dite snes vi i ‘ REY F ; “es ale de i rs ae 7 ar, profane language, } and scots or days. ican planes sighted two Jap cargo’ working in the Navy Yard since| mental tests in an officers’ +1 $15 and costs or 30 days. |” ney: Meche saabnc. with only 8,000,000! '"@ i { last year. He added this Ships off the Solomons and pro-/a couple of days after it was re-| because of faultv teeth an brag is . . abet ' oh November 1; 1986: | genital: jaw defect John S. Tomlinson, operating deferred truck without license, sentence: Otto Roberts country has not yet reached its; ceeded to the attack. One of the ; opened - | deferred ‘and costs or 10 da capacity, which is 20,000,000 ig teed sar suhip ie gt ee een eats neces ‘ideo ns. om, and a smaller ship was left 1n ; . s i ‘ichar ard Cox, no driver's art, vagrancy Bernie Papy Named Chairman | rcense, sentence deterred. or 30 days House Conférence Committee Council Makes Amendment To Telephone Company Franchise In Ordinance Last Night At a special meeting of the City Council held last night, fol- lowing a discussion of the opera- tion of the scavenger service, it was voted to\place James Deland in charge of'the system of collect- ing trash and garbage and to act @s manager until August 1. at which time arrangements will be made to appoint a permanent manager. Mr, Deland, who is now one of the collectors of funds for the service, succeeds Councilman Paul G. Albury, who was acting in a temporary capacity as man- | RESOLUTION ager, but orted .| TALLAHASSEE.—The _resolu- nigsiasted. to dis: | tion, which passed the house, call- > d Americans Have Captured Three More Hills Northern Section Of Tu- nisia Twenty-Four Defendants Pleade (By Ansociated Press) In Tripp, dri had been deferred (By Associated Press) ALGIERS, April 26—Ameri can, British and French forces ate gaining along the entire ircnt in Tunisia, it was announc- ed in a war bulletin today. northern Tunisia, Americans have captured three more hills and are now only 2! 19,000,000 ‘TONS: * WASHINGTON.\— A d mi rjal Long declated'\today that the’ In the miles from Bizerte. Along the H central front. the British First vten: $1.00 Army has made geins in the last <4 -ours that has put it within ancy $25 and cost 18 mi‘es of Tunis. The French. flank oi the First Army. continues ' FIGHT ON CLOSED SHOP | ‘URGES PURCHASE i | | flames. i _ Sarah King and Elice Branch, R- Courtright, vagrancy, $25 and | fighting, each $25 and costs or 30 costs or 30 days days. Marion Murphy Heath, reckless Thomas P. Gahagan. operating driving, sentence deferred crerating along the right to continue his services owing to} ing for a constitutional amend- the }ment that would outlaw the eo ch eeamantcae seat jloted shop in labor disputes, is! The four new trucks. which! expected to be fought out on the the city purchased recently. floor of the senate, either lale’ |this afternoon of tomorrow} were turned over to Mr. Deland, | morning. and were placed on the road this RAF ATTACKS RIVER morning in the collection all trash and garbage throughout; the city. | carried out a series of success- literal: aeons against ene-| ty a ¥ _-4iny..boats operating in a river. ‘Thecouncil voreti"te "Make pay- see Barun: Baverat hits ment of $800 to Attorney H. H. | were scored, but the amount of! Taylor of Miami as attorney's C4mage done was not determin- fee to withdraw his suit for the! along a small part of the front} lement |} South China. The war office him teh ee - . et t | here stated ‘that the Chinese were’ of the’ transfer, of | the: ft r jagner | otithuimbered 10 to 1,” Property at the foot of mnie street from Thompson Enterpris-| | i | LONDON—The British Air es to the City of Key West. H catia iar eatin There will be no cash involved arrangements are being ts to in the transaction as the city| drop at least 1.000 tons of explo- : \sives nightly on industrial and will cancel taxes on properties war plants in Germany and the of the Thompson Enterprises to | Countries she occupies. That de-| ‘cision led commentators to say the amount of $15,000 plus the, that it will be a softening-up | amount that will be - savant ee eee of Eu-| by the company in payment a fs Ri Cle ‘MRS, A. MUJICA, 64, The council, upon request made by M. McAllister, represen: DIES THIS ‘MORNING ool = * 1,000 TONS OF BOMBS NIGHTLY | tative of the Southern Bell; Telephone Company. ; Pete il make a change in one of the pro- visions embodied in the fran-| chise which was granted the CONDUCTED TOMORROW ' AFTERNOON telephone company ' some time Mrs. Angela Mujica, 64, died this morning at 6:45 o'clock at her residence, 828 Elizabeth street. The funeral will be held to- morrow afternoon at from the Chapel of the Funeral Home, Rev. Thomas Atherton, S. J, of St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church, officiat- ing. Survivors include a son, Miguel Angel Mujica; a daughter, Mrs. Grangiulino Castillo, and 10 grandchildre! GATO DORMITORY 1100 Simonton Street A DEFENSE PROJECT \ The privileges of this Dormitory are extended to the following: CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ago. The provision in question deals with placing equipment under ground in case of neces- sity. The corrected provision. which is placed as an amend ment to the franchise ordinance, which was passed on its first reading last night. reads “that the city reserves the right to see that all equipment is placed, un- der ground whenever it, becomes a public necessity.” os A resolution was i ing an amount of fees |t sfix- paid City Attorney Thos.\S. Caro for Lopez we the city’s acquisition of the Key West Electric Company through the John Nuveen Company of; (Continued on Page Four) MOTOR TUNE-UP SAVES GAS Projects $1.00 Per Da: we — ny 5 RATES $3.50 Per Week Oppose Army Backs | | of the Key West Naval Station! |CONTRACTORS’ PERSONNEL OF WAR BONDS KEY WEST'S QUOTA SET AT $310,000; DRIVE CLOSES ON APRIL 30 Key West’s quota in the $13,- 000,000,000 War Bond sale is} $310,000, and J. J. Trevor, vice} president of the First National} Bahk. while declaring that the} sales in Key West have been ex-! | ceptionally good, urged this morn-! vision, working out of Washing- ed. ‘the Chinese fell back today | ing that every resident, who hasjton, and Hal not purchased a bond, do so at; once, as the drive throughout the country closes on April 30. | From other sources The Citizen! learned that Key West will go) | well over the top, but men in the | sentatives regarding\the tent sit- services as well as business men} generally are anxious for this city | jto make a showing that may be; armed services ‘here think that, classed as excellent. { In the Navy Yard, the Army Barracks and the Key West Post; Office, as well as at the First Na-| tional Bank, the campaign to sell! bonds has met with success. { “If you haven't bought a bond. ! buy one or more, and if you have | bought already, buy again,” Mr.} (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, SWIGERT ARRIVES Apa 28— IN MIAMI TODA Representative Bernie C. Papy.| i who advocates gasoline sold the j18 ACCOMPANIED BY. HAL|U. 8. Government be entirely SMITH, EXECUTIVE RE- free of state tax. was named GIONAL ‘DIRECTOR || Wednesday chairman of the (Special to The Citizens | House of Representatives MIAMI, April 28. — Eu : - ‘Swigert, assistant general coun- feTence Committee to meet with sel of the OPA in the rent di- a similar committee from the Smith, executive regional director in the rent di- vision in eight ' southeastern states, arrived here today and. are arranging to hold a confer- ence with army and navy repre-" Senate for a discussion of administration - sponsored meas- ure tor continuation of the 7- cent tax on gasoline. uation .in this efty.. + Representatives of those shall deliveries two the Federal Government in some instances, rents for P@yY the tex on all housing accommodations in this Jess than 3,000 gallons. city are too high. But as there x is no local acute shortage of Papy objected this pro- houses or apartments, it is not| vision when the bill came out of thought that a rent-ceiling of-]} a committee and was the only fice will be established here. member of the House to speak to Swigert and Smith, after the completion of their business ———s the j The gasoline tax bill provides ; FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE! 5 o'clock } of Army and Navy Defense; | Trevor suggested. {here, will proceed to Key West, {where a rent-control office has FOR SALE been in operations since last { Saree August. They will be accom- + Schooner James E. Jouett with; panied to that city by Laurence engine and tender Halcyone to|A. Schroeder, the attorney-di- ithe highest and best bidder. Sale] rector in the Key West office. to,be held May 1, 1943, in the of-' POLES SIMs fice of the County Judge of Mon- roe County, at 10:00 A. M. Fur- |PHONE 9150 WITH PAPER COMPLAINTS ther information may be obtained fromthe County. Judge's Office. Citizen subscribers who heretofore called The Citizen (Sd.) WILLIAM B. SMITH, As Administrator of the Estate of office on failure to receive their papers are requested Joshua B. Smith, deceased. , { apr21-28,1943 heretofore to call the Island | City Book Store. Phone 9150, 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. tA A222 2 ee | PALACE THEATER DAMIAN O'FLYNN in “X MARKS THE SPOT” NEWS end SERIAL AEE SEE Helena | Rubinstein APPLE BLOSSOM CREAM DEODORANT | { { 1 o disagreement with the tax pro- | vision has. arisen in both the : House and Senate. i Other members of Papy’s com- jmittee are Rep. L. C, Leedy of | Orange county and Rep. Herry Burdick Collins of Sarasota. The | Senate Conference Committee’ is | Tallahassee. F. J. ROBERTS - DIES IN DETROIT | | News has been received in Key \ West announcing the death of F. J. M. Roberts, 69, on April 23 at ‘Detroit, Mich. ,Mr. Roberts for- merly resided in this city, having {removed his residence to Detroit ‘more thon 20 years ago. The deceased is survived by | three daughters, Alice, Fannie and Mary; three sons, Frank, ‘Austen and Herrick, and two brothers, E. J. O. Roberts and Wil- liam B. Roberts. # ae Effectively checks perspiration and perspiration odor . . . i non-irritating . . . non-greasy ..- does not harm clothes SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS Duval at Fleming Phone 189 Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 2:30 to 4:30 p. m., water will be turned off to make exten- FLORIDA KEYS AQUEDUCT COMMISSION Jagainst it. Since then, further | | headed by Sen. Leroy Collins of j truck with improper license, $25 and costs or 30 days. entence J. M, Brown, vagrancy deferred. ‘ATWELL SEEMS T0|SUB MENACE HAVE INSIDE ROAD. BEING REDUCED FOR POLICE CAPT ‘siaie isis. dle ON t CURRENTLY RUMORED HERE THAT HE WILL BE ONE CHOSEN TO FILL EXISTING VACANCY THE SUBJECT DEALING WITH OPERATION (By Associa ced” exny WASHINGTON, April 28—Ad- miral King, in command of United States naval forces, asserted to Though not a wor vas Sd 8 a-word was said! doy that the Allies will have the City Council about the appoint-|"°Xt four months. | against enemy said, has Operation submarines, he ment of Police Captain Alberto that bird was been systematized t suecessor, Il’ that point where suce little flying ‘ the jaround town today saying that daily. |Ray Atwell likely will be chos-| Among the actions that are b en to fill the vacancy. ing taken to de e the unde: ‘ So far as could be learned, no S°4 Menace, Admiral King said t ‘councilman has openly commit- day they include the bombing of ted himself, though several of German factories in which them have declared they consid- boats are built, bombing their 6é Alwall 4: cupkble: iman: bases in the Bay of Biscay and But politics operates in devious P©Viding more warships for mer- Camero's we ‘S against known submersibles are increasing for Atwell, but only each ‘coun- cilman knows what is in’ the, back, or the front, either,’ ‘for that matter, of his mind. 2 Of one thing only the coun- cilmen are sure: they are not go- ing to incur any hard feelings; in choosing Mr. Camero’s suc- cessor: because he will be chos- en by secret ballot. As one councilman said today, he likes all the candidates and he thinks it would be unfair to “put him on the spot”. | Memphis 83 WANTED &: PANTS and ‘=== PRESSERS Pidsburgh |St. Louis 50c and 60c per hour up _ TEMPERATURES Temperatvre data for the 23 hours ‘ending 830 a. m.,"April 28, 1943, as.reported by the U.S Weather Bureau: Highest Lowesi last 24hours last night _ 87 64 56 41 83 62 83 71 71 78 81 Atlanta - Boston Brownsville Charleston Chicago | Detroit ' Galveston ' Jacksonville. ‘Kansas City _ 70 ‘KEY WEST _ 82 | K.W. AIRPORT 86 42 | ; Tampa | i last night at the meeting of the | U-boat menace well in hand in tne | ways, and he is a foolhardy man Chantment going to and returning : who ventures to make a deéfin- Fat i ahs ‘PPE 1 pst Africa. ite prediction. Things look ‘good “ se . make mighty strides Tunis, one of the two most im portant bases left to toward the Axis forces in Tunisia. Allied eirmen yesterday sank two German tankers in the Guif of Tunis while they were at tempting to reach port with leads of supplies. and a small Steamer was sent to the bottom off Bizerte. AXIS FORCES HALT ATTACKS ACTIVITIES REPORTED AS FLARING UP IN LENINCRAD THEATRE. 1000 MILES TO THE NORTH MOSCOW, April 28. — Asnociated Prem. ae ~, by the Axis forces have be continued in fi Caucasus <ica znd have flared up in the L rad theater, 1.000 miles north. The Germans have offensives that aim at cut Leningrad from the r: sia. At present the ene trenched east anf¥ Sou h grad, which has..only 2 corridor left to keep up cations with the rest of R The object is to cut off that o dor, but every atempt made b Germans to gain that end ha smashed with hea In the Kharkov area said, Russian plen