The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 30, 1943, Page 1

sent “Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West - Key West, Florida, bz most equable climate country; wih an severage range of only 14° Fahren? =t 2 Che Key West Citizen VOLUME LXIV. No, 103. ~ Key West Goes: Over The: Top In War Bond Drive Stated That Sales wal Likely Exceed Quota By Forty Thousand Dol- lars Key West went over the top yesterday in the War Bond drive, which comes to an end The quota for this city is $310,- 000, and J. J. Trevor, vice-presi- dent of, the First National Bank, said today that the sales in Key West likely will exceed the quota by $40,000. - Last night Mr, Trevor was present at a meeting of the Lions Club, when members agreed to buy $3,800 in bonds, Reports will be compiled to- morrow by Mr. Trevor. Sales have been made at the bank, the Post office, the Army Barracks, the Naval Operating Base and at all the schools. — TIFT HELD WITHOUT BOND FOR ACTION BY MONROE GRAND JURY On calling the case this morn- ing by Justice of the: Peagg Es- quinaldo against Samuel Tift, who is charged wtih murder in the first dytree, his attorney, William .V. Albury, entered no plea and waiv- ed examination. Tift was held without bond for action by the grand jury, which will be summoned when the cir- cuit court convenes during — the} Present spring teri Ceerensess | COURT CLERK BILL PASSED BY HOUSE (By Axnoct TALLAHASSEE, ‘April 30. —The House passed House Bill 353 introduced by Rep- resentative Bernice C. Papy fixing the salary of the Clerk of the Criminal Court { of Record of Monroe County at $175 a month, The Senate has also passed the measure. OOD MS F's heal SOVIETS DESTROY | MOST FIGHTING IN RUSSIA! SAID TO BE CONFINED TO AIR ACTIVITY (By Asageinted Preas> MOSCOW, April 30.—Most of | the fighting in Russia during the! last 24 hours, according to to- | day's communique, has been ccn-} fined to the air. In the Caucasus, the communi- que stated, the Reds have stroyed 116 German planes in two days and admit a loss of 45 Rus- sidan planes. Radio’ Berlin, re-! corded here, stated that the Ger- mans had-shot down 59 Russian | planes, but did not state “how many the Axis powers had fost. Russian forces’ today are con-! tinuing their advance toward the! Black Sea naval base at Novosos- | | sik. The report said the. Res captured four pillboxes and si-| lenced two enemy batteries. 116 NAZI PLANES de-) THROUGH GREATER USE NEW YORK—Best wav to get Traximum corn productien ‘is through savs the U. S. Department of Ag- rieulture, BATTERIES CHARGED The Modern Way Drive in. in 30 to 45 minutes and your car can be on its way! Lou Smith AUTO SERVICE Phone No. 5.__White at Fleminz Phone freater use of hybrids, & | IMPORTANT NOTICE i { | If you plan to attend “The»Vine-! jar Tree” reserve your seats early at the Key West Gas Co.' : There will only be a limited, ‘number of reserved seats, | dn dnd dintin denn in dntinn tan tenn PRESCRIPTIONS, Pure Fresh Ingredients Com- Pharmacists. GARDNER'S PHARMACY Pree Delivery | Banas eraeeemanenane | | | NOTICE | Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 2:30 to 4:30. | p. m., water will be turned off to make exten- ff) | an eae i sions. FLORIDA KEYS AQUEDUCT COMMISSION Key Westers: You Asked For It, So Here It Is OPENING TONIGHT HANLEY’S (FORMERLY OSCEOLA BAR) Catering to the Conchs, Defense Workers and Whoever You Are! JUNIOR McDERMOTT, BLIND PIG | texrment. | today that from 400,000 to 800,000 linvade Italy, arid Laval, the Ger- jman puppet in Vichy, has asked THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER A.** IN THE U. s. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1943. |Long Looked For Shipment Of Condensed Milk Arrives Key West coffee drinkers arejficient quantity to allow each, resident to obtain his quota of | two and one-half pounds week- | ily, as set by the OPA. | Tomorrow night, Mr. Albury! j will-leave for Miami to call on condensed milk | Smith, Richardson and Conroy, — readily available in| meat packers in that- city. Mr.} Nagel, the president of nat | AMERICAN UNIT S| jcompany, said three weeks ago VANCI G TOWARD RD BIZERTE —— | PRENTISS BROWN TO SPEAK WASHINGTON- Prentiss able to, that he had_ shipped 10,000 | | pounds of beef to Key West, but] | Mr. Albury obtained affidavits Probably there are fewer than among local meat market men} |to prove that, if the beef was | Brown, head of the Office of So ee en Oe | Price Administration, will make | FENSIVE AFTER CAPTUR-/an address over the radio tonight. | beginning at 9:15 o'clock. He will ING MOUNTAIN) WEST OF | discuss rationing in ali its phases. TUNIS IN SPECULATION _ ABOUT INVASION’ GERMANS ARE NOW WOR- RYING WHERE ALLIES WILL STRIKE IN. PROPOSED EU ROPEAN THRUST jubilant today—condensed milk has come to town again! It has been more months since has been Key West. During that time, i than ae i LATE BULLETINS _____ By Asnocinted Press) (Ry Associated Preass LONDON, April 30.—The Ger- man high command has changed roles with the British high com- spokesman for the one was lucky, he was get a can once in awhile. one percent among Key Westers a ‘shipped here, it was never re- who do not care for condensed | ceived. To the| That fact was brought to the {attention of J. M. Williams, head more then 99 rercent, coffee is'of the Food Distribution Ad- just not coffee without that kina i” ion in Florida, who then | decided that Key West would! | iget its quota as soon as ar- | PROPOSED BOMBING JAPAN rangements could be made. From! | _ WASHINGTON. — Lieutenant Miami, Mr. Albury will go to| (By Associated Press) | General Stillwell and Major Gen- Jacksonville to call. on My} ALGIERS, . April 30.—Ameri-| eral Chenault ere still continuing Williams. and among the mat- their discussions here in the hope Gea te es dines 1 thee nat [ease Magithe command of) having lerger consignments of plving Key West with beef. | Lieutenant General George Pat- ae sent to China, chiefly with up their second front. |shipment by any means, when{ The Miami packers informed! ton, are reported today to be | the object in view of bombing Je- In Holland the German war! {Mr. Albury that they are ready | |pan. Generel Chenault has been lords fearing that former Dutch|‘t#e demand for condensed milk 4, chip beef here if they are per. | Continuing their advance toward} planning for several months. it soldiers may join the Allies when) locally is considered, but other | mitted to charge half a cent! | Bizerte in the ot | Was stated, to bomb Japan to th | the invasion begins, have had 18,- i more’ a pound, so that the extra | | point of “saturation. 000 more of them arrested for. it jhaulage charges may be met: That Axis base is now) Berlin. radio announced | received shortly. }Mr. Albury thinks a_ satisfac- by! jtory arangement will be worked | out. One can to a customer, but oth- | Tonight the Key West \ers let each purchaser have twa! Food Committee will hold 4 meeting in the Chamber of Com- mand, a government said here today. milk in their coffee, During the summer of 1940, it was pointed out, the British wer | anxiously trying to . determin | where Hitler would strike to: in-| of sweetening. vade this country; now the Ger-} man high command:is on the puint } of having the jitters in trying to| 'YfUF cases of condensed milk figure out where the Allies will] were received, and they added strike when they decide to open | up to 103.872 cans. Not a large Twenty-one hundred and six- secton west shipments are expected to Mateus. FOUR AXIS SHIPS SUNK ALGIERS.—it wes officially jannounced today that Allied Area} The British First Army, under | planes, late yesterday afternoon, a|General Anderson, which had to|senk four Axis shios that were | fall back yesterday afetr having] trying to reach Tunis from Sicily &, merce offices, beginning at 8:00} | captured a mountain 21 miles di- | with supplies- Fourteen Axis o'clock. | rectly west of Tunis, resumed the! fighter plancs, wsich attempted : offensive this morning, and when! to imtercest the Allied bombers. | last advises came from the front/ were shot down. lit‘was veported that the Britons! jthen had three quarters of the | under heavy bombasdment more Duteh soldiers will be arrest-| 5S0™® grocers today sold only | big Ameircan guns. ed and sent to concentration | camps. Radio Rome statea today that Mussolini has asked for more! German planes to be used in the event that the Allies attempt to cans. In one grocery Key West store, woman “I'm going to enjoy my cup of: iA Goon GUY FOR coffee today for the first time ial woop INSTRUMENTS {more than three weeks.” $i kancalatce; Preas) {mountain in their control. MELBOURNE.—The Jams have AEE RSL SU ae te Some beef arrived in Key, NEW YORK, April 30—Abe| The mountain overlooks the sabi: up erence 4 supplies - : self serms more c a 2 ‘ plains ina direct line toward 'Tu- their freons on New Guinea. or to erned in the Baltic states, and he| West today, but Paul G. Albury, )¥men. vat is Pees gt papa and is considered the most send them reinforcements, the is said fo have sent there‘hun-|Chairman of the Key West Areal spout a job plaving in the band: 1 8trategical position from which to (Gentinued on Page Four) dreds. of. thousands. of Germany's} Food Committee, said it was nebosays:How "old are You? Tnste 1) operaieintthe attacks-on that city, crack soldiers, fully equipped With) a large shipment. However, he the Bniv savs:. ‘Kick me”, T kick|” ‘The Bash Fight Army, BIST EOS SS. tanks, planes and other weapons | added, beef will be rolling into him, and he’s got a wonden leg | General Montgomery, was FHONE 9150 WITH war, to be ready in the event|Key West in a few weeks in suf- 1 That's good enongh for me. |ed today to have med i's ad- the thrust is made in that area, _ | vance along the eastern Tunisi PAPER COMPLAINTS ‘coast. The Germans courter- Citizen. subscribers who , SI, 666.20 repos said, but were N ! } peter backs heretofore called The Citizen CE! office on failure to receive EFFECTIVE MONDAY; MAY 3; and WASHINGTON. A si bertcore to ca cee UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE City Book Store. Phone 9150, | blood cell makes 3.000 round trips a a ne Garbage and Trash will be moved as follows: 000 ro from which the service will be lthrough the body in asingle dav. From Angela to the Gulf and from the N: Y Siete Street —Monday and Thursday. Pe ee eae | given. If you have not re- } From Catherine to Angela and f. thi ton—Monday and Thuradey, eee nee one GA 0 ORY. ceived your paver by 6 p. m. From South Beach to Catherine and from Fort Taylor to White | 1100 Simonton Street phone your address to 9150. —Monday and Thursday. e Army Barracks and from Angela to the! A DEFENSE PROJECT Complaints will be accepted From Elizabeth to th From Angela to Catherine and from Simonton to White—Tues-| | The privileges of this Dormitory | ' PALACE THEATER until 7 p. m. | Gulf—Tuesday and Friday. day and Friday. From Atlantic Boulevard to Catherine and from White 1o| Bre extended ‘tothe CHARLES STARRET in RTL fat ‘FIGHTING BUCKAROO’ George—Tuesday and Friday, and from White to Garrison Bight |CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES | Pe : i NEWS ad SERIA\ From Angela to Catherine of the Key West,Naval Station —Wednesday and Saturday. | the island—Wednesday and Saturday. | CON AgTORS: PERSONNEL BASE. LAUNDRY $1.00 Per Day | Now Open Every Day. 3 to 12 All.territory lying between George Street and the head’ of| ALL FEES ARE DUE and PAYABLE, IN ADVANCE, at THE | “and Navy pee ee wommmee| BIG DANCE UNDRY. KEY |WEST SCAVENGER DEPARTMENT RATES a ES his! RT _ . "Eareascun JOHN PRITCHARD’S en Reservation Suggested PHONE $287 remarkeds, the German high command what JAPS GIVEN UP TRYING precautions to take to guard against the invasion of France under report- are ni WANTED PANTS and COAT -PRESSERS 50c and 60c per hour up APPLY ‘NAVAL NUMEROUS ROUND TRIP CET YOUR VITAMINS AT GUT-RATES - AT VITAMIN HEADQUARTERS WhatAre Vitamins?) ent in foods in minute quantities. They are Seay tone tid seaiitabdingy 2 uoeweal tions. The best known vitamins are enone as A, BI, B2(G), viacin, C is D. B2 (G) Aids in growth and helps keep skin and hair normal. A Bi Aids in eae colds pesrentoa} Biles tigestion: med diseases, especially | Stimulates good ap- of the eyes. Petites. Complete Line of . . . I =. hes os a Issued BY President Roosevelt last Leader Refuses To Say Whether He Wil Order Men Back Or Let Them Walk Out By Anmoctated Press WASHINGTON Api = John L. Lewis. president oi tie United Mine Workers of A.ser today spurned. by implica the ultimatum ‘issued by the President yesterday that le will send troops to the coc! ica. tion, if they are not reopened by 10 o'c_oce tomorrow morning. Lewis refuset to sey whether or not he was going to order the men io return to work or to is them walk out cf the mines at miin ght tonight. Lewis sent a messege today the President. in which he hig’ ly praised the patriotism of end saad thet they were actuated in ther determinato= to get hicher weges solely be cause it was @ maiier of self the miners. Freservation with them. Prices of foodstuffs, he added have continued t mount highe- and higher. while the wages o wimers tave been tied down to the “little steel formula”. whic> does not permit a rake of moe than 15 percent. He belabored the War Labor Borrd for what be called its «x bitrery atiitude and nounced bitterly the coe! tives for the stand they be @& bec WILL PAY CASH! for LATE MODEL USED CARS NAVARRO, Inc Opposite Bus Station Office Rear Central Hotei LIVE QUALITY SU POULTRY The Fimest the Market Até BRADY'S Live Poultry & Egg Ma-set i214 White St Peer: 34° BAKER’S RESTAURAN{ Corner Fleming and Margaret Streets SATURDAY MAY ist—for DINNERS SERVED FROM 50 PM. BREAKFAST, LUNCH ... DINNER STARTING SUNDAY, MAY 2nd WE WILL SERVE Duval and Fleming Streets : LUNCH ... DINNER