The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 6, 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, his tx most equable climate in th country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrent Che Key West Citizern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S5S. A. No. 108. Soviets Pouring Through Cap M Made In Enemy Lines y Non Oe DE 8 to ot RELATIONS BETWEEN THURSDAY, MAY 6, KEY WEST, FLORIDA, RUDOLF HESS IS [Municipal Forces Received JONED BY FAMILY, Pay ‘st i, eB And Tunis Tuned nto seseacenes S648 Of Flames Resulting From Continued Allied Acrial Raids —_—t VOLUME LXIV. 1943. E CED MADE HIS ESCAPE FROM) GERMANY AND LAND- ED IN SCOTLAND | | | | The City of Key | payday yesterday, ¢ city is practically br West had a/ thought that all city officials are| nd today the} to blame. That isn’t fair. The peo-| {ple should be told the truth, and} One official said that, “unl the truth is that the city council-| | some unforeseen condition arises,” | men are to blame, for it is they who IBy Associated @ress) LONDON, May 6.—It was an | the city will not be able to pay sal- have the power to say what is to jaries in full on May 20. , be spent and what is not to be RUSSIANS AND POLES | nounced today that Rudolf Hess, | "Another-afticial said spent’ REPORTED AS EASED | who ranked third to Hitler “Do you know that most people! It may be said, in that connec-! i ‘ 2 in Key when they read the tion, that the blame is placed wher« Germany's powerful regime Up -. in The Citizen about the fi-lit should be placed in an editorial condition of the city, published in The Citizen today. Red Armies be Are. "Rapidly Advancing Toward No- vorossiisk, Black Sea Naval Base in) : West, (By Associated Press) LONDON, May 6.—Rela- tions are reported to have eased between Russia and Poland since Premier Josef Stelin’s statement yesterday | that Poland and Russia are | fighting a common enemy, and that he wants to see Poland become a “strong and indepen- dent nation after the war.” However, Stalin’ did not comment on two of the charges thet had been made by the Poles against Russians, one of which was the report- ed slaying of 10,000 Polish of- ficers and the other regarding the frontier edjustments be- tween Russie and Poland when the wer is over. ‘Monroe County Bar Assn. Assembles This Morning to the time he escaped from thet! nancial Since Amer: (By Associated Press) j MOSCOW, May 6.—The So- viets are pouring through a 16-/ mile gap they have cut through «Manager Of Geax ve mitory | England. | Explains Case Filed Against — Whether Hess acted his Pepromibativeren wes inatigney| Han By Oise Of Ennl SIS IIL IS MS j by Hitler has never —been -dis- | y . p oyes NAVY AMENDS | closed, but he caused one of the| Eee i ring in the cour Feretest “furores, of the “¥2"l water 3 Reid, general manaser| "They. lft al | FISHING RULES 0, st seve ow iwhen he flew alone from Ger i vise ae a S rie of Gato’s Dormitory and Ca gratulat: Msangain “a? Messerscumnitl; with] fe- dishes unwashed,” Mr. Reid add } 2 teria, gave his side today of th Thomas $ " ie = cate d, “and wefit out and left us to! Fe stbelds Denee epoes ‘case that has been filed against! get along tne best way we could.” Pree Neither has it been made pub-| him by one of his former employes,! Besides the contract, Mr. Reid Seed ‘lic what were the nature cf} who claims that he fail stated that the following notice} one of which, ‘Hess’ proposals, ‘but it was an-) hor wages for three days ‘has been posted throughout the marching westward is reported | nounced, shortly after’ his iN- | hours’ work dormitory and cafeteria, including ‘ternment~in England that the! Mp Reid says that he has a con-' the dishwashing room, ever since October 2 to be only 10 miles from its ob-| British government rejected them! tract, to be signed by the mana ment and employes, which speci-" “The operation of the jective. The other, smashing its | h dahatattntiaatiatadh in toto. | fies, first, that if the management: mitory and the Gato C. Yesterday can Forces Have Ad- vanced Mile Closer Bizerte country in a plane end landed in Scotland, bas been joined by his; | wife and four-year-old son 1 ie enemy lines in the Novorossiisk Members of t area and are advancing behind} B an showers of steel and flame to-| ward the Black Sea naval base} in that today’s Russian! communique said. | ciation a- ALGIERS. the breakfast ard Tunis, the city, (Dy Axsocinted Press) MIAMI, May 6.—The Navy has amended its rules to per- mit fishing in daylight hours from bridges on the Overseas Highway by properly identi- fied persons. CI MSM ST bi i: PT SP within a ~ COMMERCE BODY ha DIRECTORS MEET:saw¥er es im Tunisie s@as Judge are today first | court, and to County ian B. Cleare, Jr other today of the uppor ithe administration As there docket, the in conver The Russians are advancing in — Continua aerial raids two columns, term Tunis burning im a score of pie an > hearty es, but most of the fires im zerte have been caused b northwestwardly di- —— ae rection, is within 17 miles of srg neval base. give an emplove *erday the Amer have advanced 2 mile ciation © rie Allan B. Cleare, Jr., 4 tee fe ara for the portraits of Judge Lock Martin, who pre eral court in thi years, in the courtroom in office building, when vened here on May 17 BILL FOR MARRIED WOMEN ‘CRITICIZED Som * So Bowne ~nat = Not « wharf remains undeme;: and Allied pilots saxd that clow a co hang: Bizerte. and their big guns Germans, pounding thet city from the ance of nine miles. from the front said that one £ Somers slone covers 108 gecres is said to be as ferocious as any the WASHINGTON, D. C., Mav 6. a better. under-) (~ns)— ste, excessive charg j Standing between consumers on! the wharis and other msta! itime; n employe fails to give-have a greater obligation placed | ete now fighting a last-ditch; ‘The Key West Chamber of Com- | waka "ELIMINATE | ques stion was not paid for the “Therefore, when any employee ; Present at the session were |fast, because they not paid*the head of the department, or, in : aE Mr. ‘laylor was elected first parce days’ notice of bis intention, upon them to carry out the duties! The Chamber of Commerce di ins merce has received a bulletin, a) three dz » hours’ work me a 3 aa stand against an offensive that EXCESSIVE CHARGES | Rc Gays and twa hours’ work. /tees that it is necessary. to-quit! president Glen C. Price, Winir broker’s fees must be elimin-| overtime and one- a ieu-of. notice, for! e (: one side’ and merchéntecct the eo oO le overtime and on for lieu of notice, forfeit three (3) ‘? {vice-president to fill the vacan- way ina |fe ails to three aG vernment de: fe: nse e project nec Rumanians, Italians ON CONSUMER- to quit, he forfeits three days’ pay.| ineident to their positions than if| rectors. held their monthly IM Reid said that, in accordance; they were, employed in the usual; meeting at the Key West Yacht jpart of which is devoted to a Ie explained that she wa: the job to which he or she has b FE ‘ : 2 mew seh wessanie ens ‘ ripp, Fred O. Eberhardt, E. A | ibvemnéhk that psi saeeeaht Lei five ddivastine hc tea eeent ce lcce ee sds ee ee ey a other jated from the war rpogram,” said | time. idays’ pay.” Besanse of the war, many con- Representative Cikes (D-Fla) in an| z created by Director A. E. | Peirce’s joining the Army. led, he is paid fae ities days over-_ wat. aolavece fntaisea tiation and Hungarians the report saia, | | jwith that ruling, employe in. civilian work. !Clubhouse last night z jon a morning, shortly after break-| notice in writing must be given to | ® Russians launched doing jn establishing estes : ae tty ae a {Charles S. Taylor. their great winter advances, over- ditions have arisen in trade for intervief here Monday. ‘The nec-j Soviet newspapers said today | HOLLYWOOD —tTerming the that the Reds positively will re-, cepture the base and_ , that falling into their hand! is now only a question of a few days. ALBERT TIFT, 77, DIES THIS MORNING, FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE) CONDUCTED TOMORROW its, which blamed, despite the fact that they’ merchants _ have been \have been helpless to remedy the | difficulties. The excerpt from the | bulletin reads: | “A full page advertisement ask-! ing for the understanding and co- 9| operation of consumers in main- taining the home front and signed by the Retail Merchants Division lof the Bloomington, Ill, Assogia- , tion of Commerce, has produced “most gratifying results,” acegrd-' | ing to the executive secretary of | the Association. essity for awarding contracts in} haste without fegard for-cost ha s| pa: adie if it ever existed. { | os is a member oi a spec ial! committee of House Military: af | | fa s Committee investigating war | contracts. “While most contracts are now being let on a easonabie continued Sikes, “we cannot es- cape the fact that the overall pi ture shows our war effort to costing far more th | “These unneces: LATE BULLETINS {By Associated Press) | possibiliti FIGHTING IN LAST PHASE | WASHINGTON.—Secretary of War Stimson. at a press conference pee said that fighting in Tunisia has entered the last phase. with | the Americans, the British and the French continuing to advance to- ward Tunis and Bizerte. Both those cities are doomed to fall, but which will be captured first is merely a matter of opinion. |moted to the office ; Ber, an” bill for ree@atly introduced im the ieges tive, a “delusion and snare.” E Jo Stollberg. prominent wom Secretary Singleton ..was—pvo- of mana Fred J. Dion, Ered O. Eberhardt and Everett W. Rus- ll were appointed a standing attorney of Broward count committee to investigate the Warns Flenda om : of wing a perm- that they anent home for the organiza- 64!” should th Gna: Present laws, Th members of the Sormgnn he ge amma thanked Commodore Se : : tions, bill oon sree oF and accounts, and they would lose , club: such rights under t “By becoming bill pas: Mi have chambe: Clemmer the yacht such as chine shore. warehouses other buildings m the mevy yod = ere in flames. The British First Army the French heve been ed nearer and nearer to Tunis. A hil 600 feet hich. the lest to be held by the o> west of Ta up to yesterday was by the British end tt i THREE OFFICERS _ GIVEN PROMOTIONS woman now operate ngle and can hay te, while hu as thougt | “The advertisement was run in: not added one piece of equipment | connection with the Spring Open-. to the supplies available for the ing because of the apparent need armed forces. They represent in-| th's mormng at the poimt of The French <2 TOJO IN "TALL TALK” | WASHINGTON.—Premier Tojo, in a radio talk in Tokyo, record-! AFTERNOON le her own rea a band 1 lave yonet. !for a better understanding of the 77, native Key| ‘trials and tribulations of retail at his} merchants in serving the public The faner- | Auring the war emergency.” TEMPERATURES Temperature data for the °24 hours ending 8:30 a. m., May 6, 1943, as reported by the U.S. | Weather Bureau: Highest last 24 hours 83. 68 85 80 80 63 59 82 74 80 59 Albert C. ter Tift , died this morning this city. 1 tomorrow lence in ll be } after- | Lopez Re-| noon at 4 o'clock from the Funeral Home Chapel, inke. Rev. officiating. deceased ig ns, Bernard Chester Tift, survived by Tift, Tarpon Hilton Tift, Euge Tift, Miami daughter, Mr, Violet} Atlanta Miami Beach, and ten grand- } Boston. ren, | Brownsville FOUR ENLISTED MEN | hicaeo GIVEN PROMOTIONS Detroit | Jacksonville Lowesi last night on 60 48 76 54 65, Galveston following enlisted men|Kansas City — 88 62 idvanced in rating at the Na-| KEY WEST _ 84 76 spital last week: A, M.! K.W. AIRPORT 85 715 PhM2e; A. W. Scott, PhM2c; | Memphis m1 Smith, PhM2c; and C. G.| Miami 72 Jr., PhM2c. Minneapolis 48 |New Orleans 70 Fe A 2 TUNE TOMORROW | °= : | Oklahoma City 68 Pensacola 74 m 8:00 to 8:30 Fri- » May 7, W.E.T.L. St. Louis a | Tampa 64 ful Fort Lauder- ual IT’S JUST KID STUFF ETOWAH, Tenn.—Neighbors of | 74-year-old Sherman Pack thought ; the farmer was doing his bit for victory by planting a large crop. But shucks, his 108-year-old fath- er putters in a victory garden! SCHOOL BOYS MAKE MONEY AFTER SCHOOL KEY WEST CHAMBER Easy, Pleasant OF COMMERCE — || hades BOX XO—THE CITIZEN) ET dial West devotea tation, Key broadcast ty. They postal card from Westers have encour- honor will ap- 1 Key opportunity to further valuable pub- from this friendly hbor, efficiency, or carelessness or dis honesty. There is no place for either in the war program. “Unfortunately, there has been! war profiteering and in a | few cases plain racketeering. War | contracts brokers have flourished, | and apparently some of them still | prosper. This is not a war to en-) rich anybody. An honest profit for real service is one thing, but we! expect to smoke out the rats who | have grown fat on ill gotten gai | while American boys are the front.” | FIPPLLL ELLA | PHONE 9150 WITH PAPER COMPLAINTS, Citizen “subscribers who heretofore called The Citizen office on failure to receive their papers are requested heretofore to call the Island City Book Store, Phone 3150, 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. | wmerrerree GATO CAFETERIA 1100 Simonton Street | A DEFENSE PROJECT !The privileges of this cafe- teria are extended to the following: } CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES! of the Key West Naval Station! CONTRACTORS’ PERSONNEL | of Army and Navy Defense Projects some 5 atl ie a PERSONNEL OF ARMY, NAVY.) +} Se GUARD and MARINE; ; GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FAMILIES OF THE ABOVE GROUPS ~~ | ed in this city. The “little steel formula,” ed in this country, said today that the Japs will deliver “blow after | blow against the enemy in the southwest Pacific until he is annihilat- d.” But another enemy radio station, Berlin, spoke in an altogether | different strain. The spokesman esserted that the United States is go- ing to capture the three Aleutien islands held by the Japs, and use them as springboards to attack Japan herself. } LIBERATORS POUNDING JAPS MELBOURNE.—The big Liberators, capable of carrying larger! and more bombs than the great Flying Fortresses, are now pounding | Jap bases in the southwest Pacific. Yesterday Liberators swarmed} over the Jap base at Wawak, in New Guinea, and left it a mass of | flames. Jap soldiers could be seen scurrying to cover like rats as the) big planes approached their objectives, GUERILLAS PESTERING JAPS CHUNGKING.—Chinese guerillas continued to work the Japs up into a frenzy in the hilly parts of the fighting front in China, Just | when they think they have wiped out guerilla bands, the Japs are sud- | | denly attacked from another quarter. ; Lieut. (jg). to Lieut. MC-V LEWIS SNUBS LABOR BOARD AGAIN NEW: YORK.—John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine| | Workers of America, again snubbed the Wer Labor Board. He was) cited to appear before the board to testify today, but instead remain- | which advances wages 15} per cent, is under discussion, and Lewis was wanted to testify aeeut | it end also about the recent threatened coal strike. CUTS IN USE OF MATERIAL | | ‘ASHINGTON.—A gocd many materials that come under con- | trol of the War Production Board will be cut, before the end of this| ; year, from 15 to 20 per cent, Donald Nelson, the WPB chief, announc i | ed today. Incidentally, the WPB disclosed that Robert Nathan, 34) years of age, Nelson’s chief adviser, on his own initiative, had joined | the army as a buck private. NOTICE Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 2:30 to 4:30 p. m., water will be turned off to make exten- sions, y FLORIDA KEYS AQUEDUCT COMMISSION |ficer at the j last ine Three Naval Air Station officer received promotions- recently. They sre: M. C. Shurtleff, Lieut. (MC) USN, Asst. Medical Offi at Boca Chica, to Lieut. Comd A. A. Saawkev, Ensien (SC) USN. Disb. and Comm. Offi jg); L. H. Crain, En Naval bill gives no 1 not | able by free dealerst Ev married be to the which offers nothing advantages opposed many they Lieut. | 3) In women's Lieut. (jg). fu re s women Ss with the HOSPITAL OFFICERS | tveir protest ADVANCED IN RANK “Ps chet to the VICTOR MULBERG an open letter to r Mas: acquain bill representative Magazine, t Stolle clubs, to then md reg Three offisers at Naval Hospital v yeek. Those advanced to the! highest rank included Chas. V. Quigley were promoted | gy Victor Muiberg, brother of isign, to Lieut. 1B)’ Arthur Mulberg, Jocal au ae eae Ae aller, En-‘ hile dealer, is now in the U s oO g i = Sa ger *| Navy, and has been promoted to A faa ener ene | Lieutenant, Senior Grade Lieut. Mulbere i | with the Naval Dental Corps the West Coast. M KEY WEST TO BE ADVERTISED OVER RADIO TOMORROW | WERE ONCE RECORD: NEW YORK pemnpeee jcalled “quipus,” v | ledgers by means of which re« A broadcast, devoted to a vere kept among the ancient Ir description of Key West, will be given tomorrow morning from 8 to 8:30 o'clock over the 10,000-watt The station is WFTL and Lauderdale. broadcesting station at Fort may be dialed at 71€ on the radio. The Fort Laud- erdale station, though among the latest to be established in Florida, has been gaining in popularity since it insti- tuted its present system. NOTICE! The regular meeting of the | Knights of Pythies will be heid Friday at 8 p. m. at 728 Fleming Visiting members invited. J. WINFIELD RUSSELL. K.RS. The Vinega Tree TONIGHT High School Auditorium CSS IT aISSa ae = i \ i | powerful Th i “SANTA FE SCOUTS’ NEWS and SERIAL MADE LIEUTENANT “~ * eee said they have captured « ro2 leads directly to Tunis. German asd lItahen pilot ‘onger are setking dogfight the Alied zirmen, but the lite whenever they see enemy plan the air, Yesterday take up the cb in 2 im such fights, 11 A Planes were shot down to a of four by the Allies. The ‘2 on enemy shivos. Yesterday tw smell enemy supply ships wore attacked and sunk. CHECK ON SPEED LaCONCHA HOTEL CHARLES M. SALAS. M- THE BEST DINE «> DANCE Facilities in South Florida RAINBOW ROOM COCKTAIL LOUNGE AIR CONDITIONED r Featuring . . - DANCING Every Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday Eveninzs MUSIC By BARROSO'S 5-PIECE ORCHESTRA No Cover or Minimum Charge