The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 11, 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 the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenk =‘ i VOLUME LXIV. No. 112. - Disapproved By Committee * Representative Bernie C. Papy Attacks Bill Say- JAPS ADMIT AMERICAN °""° bonds of the City of Key| ing It Would Hinder Fishermen (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, May 11—A bill to create a Salt Water Fish Commission was disapproved Monday night by the Florida House of Representatives’ Conservation Committee, 10 to 2, atfer Monroe's Representative Bernie C. Papy hotly attacked it on the grounds that it would take home rule for fishing industries away from the counties. Papy, the main opposing speak- er on the measure, told the com- mittee the proposed law would Prove “costly and expensive and would increase the license fees of fishermen of Florida.” Sketching the history of the fishing industry over the past 50 years, Papy pointed out the bill would give the right to the Con- Servation Department to declare open or closed seas in the -wa- ters of the state. si “This would mean, in my opin- ion,” he said, “that the waters of Monroe County would be thrown Qpen to the destructive methods Of Sponging used by Greek sponge oer of the state, who have ak ready ruined the ‘Tarpon Springs’ nging grounds arid, now. seek “fields. which; have Been ‘prée- and: kept ‘free, ‘of “sponge divers by. local laws.” , . Addresses for approval of the measure were made by Represen- |. tatives Bourke Floyd, vice chair- man of the committee; George Nesmith of Wakulla, a member of the committee, and Archie Clem- ents of Pinellas county. Papy was supported in his fight by delegations from Collier, St. | Johns, Manatee, Santa Rosa and | Okaloosa counties. HERBERT MOYER GOING TO MIAMI NAVY RECRUITING OFFICER ‘TRANSFERRED; SPECIALIST COLLIER COMING HERE Chief Herbert Moyer, petty of- ficer in charge of the Navy re- cruiting station, will leave for duty in Miami Saturday and will be replaced by | Recruiting Specialist First Class John Col- lier of Miami. The change was decided upon after Chief Moyer had complet- ed installing a new file system in the Key West Office and de- mand for his services were ma from Miami. LUXURIA FACE POWDER » by - Harriet Hubbard Ayer Flattering — adherent = he jheoa? fragrant. Va- riety of shades. SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS Duval at Fleming CATO. CAFETERIA Phone 199, VALIDATION OF BOND QUESTION® IS POSTPONED BE TAKEN UP IN MIAMI. ON THURSDAY The proposed validation of rev- \|\COOTOIM MMs AIRMEN SUPERIOR TO West to purchase the Key West FLYERS OF RISING SUN Electric Company, which (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 11.— Radio Tokyo, in a broadcast for home consumption, was overheard today to admit that United States... airmen are. technically suverior” to . the Japanese, but the speaker add- ed that the. Jap. flyers are superior in “spiritual. strength.” “And spiritual strength, will win for us.” he added. “Our Pilots, actuated by that feel- ing, will be successful ulti- mately, for such a spirit will not countenance defeat.” CHLID II LIS JUDGE CARO HOLDS ae HIS FIRST SESSION esiten ee ee OF CRIMINAL COURT Judge Caro will be present also at the unveiling of the portraits | Marvin, a matter that is being at- {tended to by the Monroe County Bar Association. OPPORTUNITIES FOR WAVES AND SPARS; NEW SEABEE RATINGS was scheduled to come up before Judge Williams in Miami next Tuesday, has been postponed till the fol- lowing Thursday because of the jconvening of Federal court in Key West on May 17. City Attorney Thomas S. Caro, who will appear for the city in the validation of the bonds, will be de- jtained in Key West in attending {the Federal court. There are several civil cases on the docket that will come up before Judge Holland. One of them is a “fire case” brought against an insurance company to recover in- | jtrict but was shortly afterward TWO DEFENDANTS IN MINOR CASES PLEADED GUILTY; JURY DRAWING TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK Judge T. S.Caro held his first, special term of criminal SPARS and new ratings: avail- able for service in the ~“Sea- bees” were announced by the The sessian was;Navy Recruiting ion | Lt M. C. Rhode; officer. in charge of Navy recruiting * in |South Florida visited Key West, | yesterday. : The Navy snéeds court this morning. called to\‘order at 10:30 o'clock, but only two. defendants in fervent CF r’ f Minor: cases ‘pleaded* guilty. ‘One, chargéd ‘with profanity, | was fined $1. and costs, and the! other, charged with assault and battery, was fined $5 and costs. | It was intended to draw a} j jury at the special term of the jeriminal court next Tuesday,| but the date has been. advanced ; | till the following Friday because | of the session of the federal! court in Key West on the earlier } date. The jury drawn on Friday of | next week will serve at the regu-| | lar term of court on May 24. JOHN ROBERTS, 41, ‘DIES THIS MORNING | i 35,000, women WAVES and SPARS,’ Lt..Rindes said: After. & one-month train+ ing period -at. Htinter. College, New Yorle/City, the girls are assigned to duty at Naval Bases and as third class petty officers month, including living expens- es. ings for qualified building trades- men are now available and Lt. Rhodes urged such men—be- tween the ages of 18 and 38—tc visit the local recruiting station while the quota is still open. | Rough Route To Happiness FUNERAL SERVICES FOR KEY \ WEST RESIDENT TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER John Peter Roberts, 41, died } this morning at 11:16 o'clock at the residence, 1111 Southard street. Funeral arrangements, under the direction of the Lopez Fun- eral Home, will be announced later. Survivors of the deceased’ are his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Roberts; a broth- er, Theodore G. Roberts, and a sister, Mrs.Gaura’ L. Johnson. Penny Vance took a rough route fo find theman she loved ~and to save her brother's life. Her experience is the story of a beautiful girl pitted, against the dangers of the beautiful but dangerous coun- try of the Alcan highway. But there she found the real 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; .CTORS’ PERSONNEL | i Highway {i To Her Heart Starting in The Citizen Tomorrow CONTRA’ of Army and Navy Defense Projects | PERSONNEL OF ARMY, NAVY, COAST GUARD and MARINE} CORPS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FAMILIES OF THE ABOVE GROUPS surance money. The case first came jup in the circuit court in this dis- | aptly interpreted the letter and! by the Allies at any moment. of the late Judge Locke and Judge | Opportunities for WAVES andj when } in the . enlist#d” ranks ‘of. ,the i they receive a total of $160.50 a| ‘A considerable number of rat-| Che Key West Cttize THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1943. U. S. A. PRICE FIVE CENT> ay Making Ready For (Captured Enemy Prisoners In | MARY SMITH GOES x a * Key West’s First WAVE ‘STRICTLY NAUTICAL ll lo bb bb bb bh bb hh Mary Frances Smith, of Key West has gone strictly nautical since enlisting in the WAVES, according to Chief Herbert Moy- er, petty officer in charge of the local Navy Recruiting Station, who received a letter from Hunt- er College, N. Y.. where M Smith is receiving her indoc- trination course. Notwithstanding that Chief Moyer has served 20 years. ir the regular Navy, Miss Smith cautioned that her letter ma: be difficult to understand sine she referred to the floors a: idecks the walls as bulkheads, {the windows as ports and_ the jstairs as ladders. | Needless to say, Chief Moyer (decided Miss Smith was more jnew Navy career. i BOOKLESS INDIANAPOLIS, _ Ind.—Local ration board officials recently re- ceived a request from a man who had lost one of his ration books. The man’s name was—George Bookless! | world,} as well as:the Axis'worldi House of Commons today. . "Eden declared. before the house as to talk about called for such Raid On | MELBOURNE, May 11.—Cata- j lina bombers today successfully bombed Jap pases 900 miles ‘arth of Australia. surprise element of the attack was successful in every way. When the Catalinas were dis- covered, it was too late for the Japs to get their planes off the airfield. Three planes were destroyed on the ground and others were badly damaged. Despite the heavy anti-aircraft | rie, all Catalinas returned safe- ‘ly. to their bases. American and Australian fight- er flyers today intercepted a Jap squadron 300. miles east of Dar- House OF Contiana’ Closed Session Today Brings On _ - Wide-World Speculation (By Associated Presa) LONDON, May 11.—The Allied ‘gudtded < military sectecy he | acress ‘the English Channel this morning, but. because of heavy called for a closed session of the, was closed, that the subject he! Cusine ‘Ronbers Stage The American pilots said the} | Residents Of ‘Southern Are Fleeing Toward Northern Part Of Country Section (By Associated Press) LONDON, May 11.—The Italian high command believes that southern Italy is in imminent danger of being invaded by the Allies in North Africa, according fo an announcement made today over Radio Rome, which was re- | corded by the British: Brodacast- ing Corporation. Defenses are being strengthen- ed along the shores of the “toe’ and “heel” of the Italian boot. ; The announcer declared that an joffensive, with an invasion in view, was likely to be launched | Residents in southern Italy j transferred to the Federal court,|than satisfied with life in her are fleeing by train, automobile (and by foot toward the north- jern part of the country, and it jwas said also that residents of Sicily, believing that the raids of the Allies will grow more in- tense, are leaving that island in every type of boat. “Italy’s is precarious,” {nouncer stated. the an- “would! not even say what itecon- Nb» at | though there were many canjet- | tures, rangng from the establish- ment of a second front to the conducting of even more devas- tating raids on Germany. Japanese Bases (By Assocated Press) , win and destroyed three enemy planes; which evidently were headed toward the Australian coast to carry out a raid. The | other Jap planes turned tail and \flew back toward their bases. WANT A LION? SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—Want a lion, cage and all? The Park Board has offered to sell a full- grown lion, cheap, because of the meat shortage. They receiv- ed no bids. Now they'll give it away and will throw in its thir- ty-foot cage. _Ivasion By Aled Units’ Tunis And Bizerte ‘Offensives Given As Eighty Thousand Senate’s Confirmation Of Assistant State Attorney *..Puts New Phase On Issue Due to the new law, which now makes it necessary for the assistant state attorney in Key West to be confirmed by the senate, The Citizen learned this. {morning from a reliable source ; ‘that made no pretense of being! authoritative, that Stanley Mil-! ledge, who becomes state at- torney early in July, wili make [a Tecess appointment of his Key | West assistant. The Citizen learned also that Mr. Milledge has not definitely committed himself to the ap-! pointmnt of any particular ate j torney as his local assistant. Un confirmed reports that {former Miamian, who has resid- ed in Key West 10 months or so, will get the appointme: but he has had nothing to say about the matter; neither has a na- tive Key Wester who aspires for the. office. The latter has been so reticent, few persons know he is among the three applicant In the event that Mr. Milledge makes a recess appointment, his appointee must be confirmed by the 1945 senate to continue it office. If he is rejected, then another assistant must be named. | LATE BULLETINS (By Associated Press) HUNGARIANS TIRED OF WAR LONDON.—The people of Hungary are tired of war and are de termined to seek a‘separate peace, it was learned here today from | authoritative sources. The report _said also that it was doubtful if Hitler will permit Hungary to withdraw from the war. German sol- diers aré pouring ino-Hungary, ready, it was reported, to crush any uprisings, é RAF OFF ON ANOTHER RAID “LONDON.—Many squadrons of RAF bombers and fighters flew clowdé, it’ was hard to determine the number sof, planes. ‘Correspoh- | derits; in, Dover reported that, shortly-after:the*bombers crossed the channel, terrific! explosions were heard in that city. This morning a squadron of German planes raided the southeast English coast and 'eilled 16 persons. HOUSE DEBATING TRADE TREATIES WASHINGTON.—The debete, started in the House yesterday on the proposed extension of the trade treaties for three years, is still continuing today. The Republicans are striving to have the treaties | modified and the Democrats are opposing changes in the provisions. | It was said the treaties probably will pass the house as they stand. i WILL NOT CAUSE FOOD SHORTAGE WASHINGTON.—The OPA said today it had been assured by agricultural experts that the forecast of some reduced crops will not cause any stringency in the present food-rationing system. Reserves will more than take care of the shortages, it was said. STATE SENATE RECOMMENDS REDUCTION TALLAHASSEE,—Thé senate's ste F@Venue committee today recommended the r tion by $1,500; of appropriations totaling he ” GOVERNOR DECLARES PETROLEUM EMERGENCY TALLAHASSEE.—Governor Holland today declared a petroleum j emergency exists in Florida, and recommended thta oil be brought into the state more extensively by barges to reduce the shortage. 10 MINERS LOSE LIVES BIRMINGHAM.—Ten miners were trapped, among others, 4.000 feet down a shaft here today, following an explosion, and lost their lives. Ten others were rescued, several of whom are reported to be in a serious condition. HESS’ WIFE NOT IN ENGLAND LONDON.—Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden declared today caped from Germany in a plane two years ago yesterday, is in England. RR RE ET TOA | Plumbing Is A Public Trust For FIRST-CLASS WORK by a Master Plumber and Heating Engineer—Call F. A. DUFFY Phone 598-Rear 326 Peacon Lane NOTICE Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 2:30 to 4:30 p. m., water will be turned off to make exten- FLORIDA KEYS AQUEDUCT COMMISSION PALACE, THEATER Tonight Is Prize Night COUNTY BOARD= | MEETS TONIGHT The’ Cdunty . Commissioners} will hold a meeting tonight, and the story about the changing of the chairmanship persisted in the courthouse this morning, but one commissioner said he knew noth- | ing whatever about the reported | change. “If any change is coniemplated, nope’ of the other .ommissioners has discussed it with me,” he de- are mbership i: pected mel ip 1S ex] = 5° 0 be at the mesting tonight Last | Business within a few.days week Commissioner Maximo Val- Watch This Paper for the Date dez was absent, due to his attend- ing the Lions’ convention, Geese: oe The New RESTAURANT 416 SOUTHARD ST. (Next to Skating Rink) Will Be Open for All-Day a there is no truth in the report that the wife of Rudolf Hess, who es-| | Expected That One Hun- | dred Thousand Will Be | Total When Complete Check Is Made | (By Associated Press) ALGIERS, “May 11.—Eighty five thousand German and iia’ jan prisoners had been counted as 2 result of the Tunis and Bizerte offensives, up to the ume this morning’s communique was issued, and it was said many more thousands, who have mot yet been checked. will bring the total to well over the 10¢ 000 mark. Enemy troops are being found in cellars of buildings thet had been destroyed by the intense bombardment, some in trench es and others in foxholes. but the vast majority of them sur | } | Smashing attacks heve made today by the British Eighth Army. which hés.cut 25 miles defense has been “split wide |®pen",. but the Germans are con- tinuing their firing as they re- treat deeper into the peninsula. While the Eighth Army wes coming up from the south, the French army. which had valiant- ly fought at the right wing the British First Army. was ad been of vancing from the west, beating down the opposition of rearguaré actions. What remains of the Axis troops on the peninsula is now im detached croups. fleeing @s men‘anhd not as units, toward the ‘sea. But there is no haven for them on the shorefront. littered | with wreckage, chiefly of small boats. Every attempt to cross the Mediterranean hes been thwarted by Allied bombers Swarming along the entire stretch of the peninsula. facing the sea. The Americans fought minor | actions today in the Lake Bi | zerte area. where Axis troops | were in hiding m cellats of ds- | Stroyed houses and in buildings that have gone undamaged fire. Only in a few instances have enemy troops. upon being | discovered, resorted to firing: | most of them seemed glad to sur- joiatie | Wanted! Wanted! 2 WAITRESSES j j :