The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 18, 1943, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXIV. No. 118. Che Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NE ~~ Thousands OF Cermans’ Drowned In Tens Of Thousands Are Made Homeless As Re- sult Of Bursting Dams By RAF Raids {Ry Asnocianted Press) LONDON, May 18.—Thou- sands of Germans have been drowned and tens of thousands have been made homeless by the millions of tons of water that were turned loose by the burst-; ing of dams in the Ruhr Valley by the RAF raiders en Monday night, it was announced here to- day, Information about the loss of, life was gathered by reports ; that have been made over Radio| Berlin, which said that the water has left death and devastation; in its wake. The extent of the damage done was reported to the British Air Ministry by pilots in scouting RAF planes that passed over the area. Bridges and houses have been swept away and, in the} wreckage rushing along in the Toaring streams of water could be seen giant uprooted trees. The raid has been far more costly to Germany, in the loss of' industry, as well as in the lees! of lives, than any dozen other! raids combined. l (80 vast is the destruction and | to} jittery are the people in the : flobaed areas, the German high Cd hdd dd LEVYING OF TRUCK TAX BECOMES LAW (By Assoc.ated Press) KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, HOME TOWN TALLAHASSEE, May 18. —House Bill 533, authoriz- ing the City of Key West to levy a truck tax, which was introduced bv Representa- ive Bernie C. Papy of Mon- roe County, became a law without the signature of Goyer Spessard L. Hol- LONDON.— Industrial areas i SOUTH GERMANY RAIDED (Bs Associated Press) in south Germany were raided last POI OL ID: | night by RAF flyers, but the Air Ministry did not release any details about ‘the ‘OFFICIALS 0 ‘was not given, nor were the cities that were blasted identified. tack. The number of planes that took part in the raid jIsland arsenal. {AP Features Writer and Member | LATE BULLETINS | Long Is fest Citizen PCr ER EN THE U- MAY See: 18, 1943 SOLDIERS ‘Roger Watkins By RAY PEACOCK of the New York State Guard NEW YORK, May 18.—Suppose | this message should come spilling | i off the teletype: i Attorneys Willlam V. Albury, “Flash! | Aquilino Lopez, Jr. and Duke “Stron| » landing on!|Baya were named a committee jby Judge Holland yesterday to ; conduct! an examination of At- itorney Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., who had applied for permission ito practice in federal court. This morning the committes Given enemy force ar” o aboteurs converging on Rock . Situation out of police control;” Eulogizes Judge Locke In Address Here Yesterday called t than he had ir “He wa {on the Key West, Florida, iis most equable country; with range of only 1 mate average <° Pabrest -* American Forces I Aleutians Crosing i On Japanese Units Clamed That Pincers Wil Events ally Encircle Nippenese Troops Movement WASHING While Secretary Frank Knox Gd = ANTI-STRIKE BILL’ CLAIM THAT PROVISIONS EMBODIED ARE: TOO SEVERE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May .18— Several high-ranking _.govern- ment officials came out today | against the Soar ae | that would outlaw strikes for the duration of the war. They said that the punish- ments provided for in ‘the bill against strikers were altogether too severe. Officials of the CIO and the A.F.ofL. also issued. statements against the bill. Besides de- claring against the severity of the penalties, they also opposed | the provision in the bill that provided for the casting of secret ballots to:decide on whether or {not to strike. ABSENTEEISM. ( ON. JAPS SINK HOSPITAL SHIP i MELBOURNE —General Douglas MacArthur and Prime Minis ter Curtin today denounced the Japs for their savagry end ruthless- { ness in sinking a hospital ship, off the coast of Australia. They said the ship was plainly marked by the Red Cross, but the Jap subma- rine comtmander disregarded the markings and sent the ship to the bottom, causing the loss of 199 lives. General MacArthur asserted that the Japanese government should be compelled. when the war is over, to pay indemnities for the lives that were lost. The ship was of 3.200 tons. j = —————— f ; CHURCHILL SPEAKS TOMORROW { *“WASHINGTON.—Prime Minister Winston Churchill will make an address, beginning at 12:30 o'clock tomorrow, to a joint session of congress. The prediction he made on December 26, 1941, when he first addressed congress, that the Allies would take the offensive in 1943, has now become a reality. “We will take the initiative then and teach our enemies a lesson they will never forget.” he said at that EEE RE ERR if COMMONS IN SECRET SESSION LONDON.—Commons went into secret session for six minutes to- day to hear a statement made by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, It is believed he discussed the situation in Italy. which. it is reported, | is on the point of suing for peace. LES Se { ITALIAN SOLDIERS DESERTING LONDON.—Reports were received here today that 200 Italian soldiers have deserted their garrison in Greece and have joined the { guerillas in that country. It was said further that another detachment was caught in the act of deserting and their six leaders were court ! martialed dnd shot. Unrest in Macedonia and in Yugoslavia has be-: come so gtave ‘the Italian garrisons there: a been strengthened.» | ROMMEL REPORTED IN IFALY i 4 | }replace ; territorie ;from a few hundred r What happens? lena favorably, and Attorney Theearest regular Army force ' Esquinaldo was admitted to prac mo’ into action immediately, of: tice in that court. course, but the Army encampment Roger Watkins, who went is a hundred miles away, then 'work as clerk in the office of what? Judge James W. Locke, whose Into the breach moves the state Portrait was unveiled in the guard—to contact, harrass and de- federal court here yesterday, to- lay the enemy, destroying him if|8ether with the portrait of possible, until sufficient numbers | Judge Marvin, in 1911 and con- of regular troops can swing into; tinued in that capacity till he action. ; went off to war in 1917, was And what is the That man work xt to you} may be a member. vilian sol- dier who goes about his regul: job in shop or office, but who hi “All Gases In Federal Court elite or" loraton Deferred Until Next Term needed. { anne dealings Mr. Watki jan acute to a hai demarkation came up before hirm ored neither the procesution, cisions felt they Locke was 2 as a great bk to but as he ate guard? ualhes imong Amemncen are much benrer then been expected the> woult In 45 States | John G. Sawyer, attorney for, the case of aggravated State guards have sprung up to Raul Carbonell, charged with against Pearl Battle: he National Guard in the ‘having violated the OPA act Slashed another colored of Alaska, Hawaii and with a knife in the ki Puerto Rico and all the states but Pertaiming to rent-control, en-'the Naval Hospital three—Arizona, Montana and Ne- ‘ered a plea of nolo contendere’ The case of Ramon R. De vada. j this. morning before Judge Hol- against the United States Ins ES cths vary 4@a& presiding in federal court ance Company, of New Ye n to 17,000, |i Key West, and the tase was'whith is suéd for $6000, was} And while majority of states des- | ;turned over to a probation offi- continued. = lignate their forces as “State | CF for investigation, preceding! Court was recessed al Guard,” there are some variations. | the imposing of sentence at the|o'’clock until July 10, w For instance, it is the Pennsyl.|Rext term of court Judge Holland will again ca vania R¢serve Defense Corps, Vir-| The same thing was done in to Key West ginia Protective Fore ntucky oo Active: Militia, and Alaska Terri-| | { With the figbtec sow eaghit the Amemcem > dew Jeos trom ther Theis bes, .e¢ thet rem & The beck enemy resste= om the ridge be: Seen brome FLOODS CONTINUE 'FOOD CONFERENCE =| IN INDIANA AREA TO OPEN TONIGHT the report seid Arerxan commm seve joimed forces or axe were che together and the » guardsman ! irs old, with two. or three | command has declared a state of | | marshal law throughout the Ruhr district. Detachments of dependents. The U.'S.ar pen mers LONDON.—Hitler is said to have sent Marshal Erwin Rommel 16 vicés:don’t w: ant him et. Italy to make arrangements to strengthen the Alpine passes. Invasior-iéafi’t enlis INFORMATION GIVEN OUT fever is reported to have reached a new high because of the increase cause of | Secretary Knox that vio state “JOBS INCREASING at dependents. But he| THOUSANDS ARE FLEEING | | DELEGATES POURING IN To diers have been hurried to the, area to maintain order and take charge of the handling of | refugees who escaped the inun-/ dation. to | MAN, 104, BUYS WAR BONDS DELAWARE, = Ohio.—Anxious to do his bit to win the war, Leon- ard Brown, 104-year-old. retired farmer who marched with Sher- man to the Sea in the Civil War, recently invested $6,000 in War Bonds. He declared, “It’s every- body’s duty to help out in this war the best he can.” FAMILY SIZE $4.79 SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS | Duval at Fleming Phone 199! | good reason for quitting his job |against them. That procedure tas! |resulted in many men returning; BY RECORDER OF LABOR BOARD in the number of bombings both in Italy and in Germany. i Absenteeism in Key West, which was reduced to a minimum as long as Judge William V. Albury gave orders to arrest every able-bodied OF THE ‘TRUCE IN THE BATTLES BUREAUS | man who was unable to give a By JACK STINNETT (By Axsocinied Press) WASHINGTON, May ‘18.—The without notice, is assuming serious | proportions again, according to; Albert B. Cooper, United States! «pattie of Washington” may not labor recorder in Key West. i Mr. Cooper says, that 10 frien! be over. for..good, but; it looks: as failed to report for work yester,,if a very definite armistice has day on war projects in Key West, been declared. without giving earn as they}. 1 don’t mean that there won’t would be absent. Judge jomas : e Acoakal S. Caro, of the criminal court, will ge ogcatiqnal- inter departipents and intra-departmental flare-ups, ; be asked to take a similar stand against agsenteeism as Judge Al- but the kind of feuding that has/ gone on since defense started and bury did. Judge Caro said he will gladly during our first year of war is cooperate with the labor board | #bout over. , . and other authorities in Key West. | That’s the conclusion of many; “I shall do all in my power to! Washington observers and the! put an end to the practise of men, | reasons for it are pretty soun who are so thoughtless of their im-!_ In the first place, it’s generally portance in promoting the war | believed that the President has} | effort, to leave their jobs without! recently cracked down on his ex- | Good and sufficient reasons.” jecutive departments and agencies It is Judge Caro’s intention to with the simple caution that here- Fe osees against absentees by! lafter they could iron out es r mer OPA Administrator Leon to their work in Key West, and | Henderson,’ that “or else” carries [none of them, after facing that|# lot of weight. charge once, has been rearrested Secondly, the power of “Second } for the same reason. President” James handling home front matters is bounds and filling a long-! CHICAGO.—When his truck} in administration of the war ef- containing 210 cases of eggs was| fort. struck by a freight train at a rail- s road crossing; James Manno es-| Washington has seen few bet-' caped with a few bruises, but the ter smoother-outers than pint- back of the truck 'was filled with | Sized Jimmy Byrnes. His method scrambled eggs. seems to be to bring warring op- ponents into the ring, knock their heads together, and send them JEAN PARKER in both home happy. It’s pretty; |sutn already that Byrnes-has the “HI, NEIGHBOR” NEWS and SERIAL | authority to back up his decisions and that where domestic matters are concerned, the “left wing” of ly dubs his east wing offices, are ons Tonight Is Prize Nite ——j just about as important as those of the President in the west wing. F. Byrnes iny tion; no matter the White House, as he humorous- . ‘tional Guard Bureau in Washing- Point No. 3: Charles L. Wilson | is firmly in the saddle at the War Production Board, and no sooner was he entrenched there than! both WPB. Chief Donald Nelson! jand Army and Navy heads came; jout with the that j there was no friction between military and civilian supply of- ficials. The elevation of Wilson and the resignation of Ferdinand} | Eberstadt at least centered in one! person authority that had for a |long time been divided and thus obscured. declaration Also on the production front {recently came from Lt. Gen. Bre- hon Somervell, chief of the ser- | vices of supply, what amounted to an order of the day. Speaking off-the-record to his staff officials, ‘he said: “We can not afford to} | engage in any intra-Services of -| Supply battles or in the battle of Washington. There is only one real { battle going on in the whole pony | right now. “Let us not under any provoca-! how great, be useless bickering! ee i idrawn into lEGG TRUCK. TRAIN. OMELET | 2PParently growing by leaps and which:turns our blood into bile} and quantity of modern :fitearms! | it gap} and taunts us into anger against} While most regiments are <infan- (Continued on Page Four) } — Sere cen esa as { Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 2:30 to 4:30 P. m., water will be turned off to make exten- , er too old for \from 17 to 51. | phys | less exacting than the Army. { } wants to be in uniform. i He can, of course, be too young} FROM LOWLANDS IN VA- RIOUS PLACES the ‘reguis r Arm « the g d takes them : Or he may have for the guard is In New Y. LU eioes (By Associated Press) I POLIS, Ma State guards s under the es af state’s adjutant generals, who in Flood waters continue turn head up to the original Na- to ton, of which Major General J. F.'| caused’ the loss of four. lives and Williams is chief. Each state has home- its commanding general Groups | B#¥* made 700 feats of states are associated with regu- | less. lar Army service commands, work | on the same tactical problems.| | Thotsands'’are The guard is supervised and in-, the lowlafids, as the’ ‘weather spected by the regular Army, andjbureau warned the ‘dwellers! is the only le constituted and | there that the water will become authorized military force within} higher. Fasgrrg eer eae nas eee The Wabash River at Wabash Uniforms follow the Army’s, 2nd at Logansport has but must have New York, for example, guards-! the peak yet in sight. fleeing from over- Bridges | men wear black neckties instead; of the tan ties worn by most Army } have been washed away at some ! units. The shoulder batch contains | Points across the river. the black initials “ within al blue circle, and “US” on insignia. Equipment is issued by both state and federal governments, | and although few outfits had more ; than coverall combat uniforms | while the guards were being or-; ganized late in 1940, today there is | \FIGHTING IN SALAMAUA a great improvement. Mainly. Infantry IS NOW CONFINED Also, in the beginning, armories | TO AIR were barren of weapons. But to-} day again, there is good variety | | (By Associnted Press) MELBOURNE, May 18.— (Continued on Page Four) Crore in the Sal ie ed to air action since yesterdy. { Allied flyers have carried out several successful raids on Jap bases at and near Salamaua. an attempt at) retaliation on the tions, but were driven FLORIDA KEYS AQUEDUCT COMMISSION 18.—! get) | higher here and have thus far’ distinctions. In’ flowed its banks, with no end of} Ne roles ALLIES BOMB BOMB | ved || DISTRICT MEETING JAPANESE BASES, w, (°° New Guinea has been confin-| | HOT SPRINGS, VA. FOR i MEETING i (By Associated Preasy HOT SPRINGS, Va.. May 18.— With the opening of the conference by delegates from tne United States and Central and South America scheduled for to- | night, the strictures heve not yet }répresentatives of the press to attend the proceedings. Reporters denied the privilege of |Teservations in the Homes Hotel, where foreign have accommodations Delegates began to reach her jearly yesterday afternoon. jin the evening a 16-car speciz { train, bringing others. arr | here. food today were delegat | OF ODD FELLOWS ON | WEDNESDAY EVENING ! There, will be a district meeting | of. the Odd Fellows on Wednesday evening, beginning at 8 o'clock, at the. Golden Eagle Hall. At this meeting LP. King. lens master, and J. H. Pegram grand secrelany sw ilipay their of- ficial visit to the lodge. On Thursday -night there will be a banquet given at the Ocean ‘view Restaurant in honor of the visiting officials. At the conclusion an entertainment will be put on. _. A MISTAKE BORGER, Tex.—Wanting Hugh Cypher drank Allied posi nightcap, off by "Autollioa and American | what he thought was buttermilk | CORPS | sbethng of the banquet, the members will) repair to the meeting hall where the enemy pasitics whenever the heavy tom * enough to meke e-curete posible. It well as was the Serr the eurvlame oranc the ermed services thet ment @ constant pounding Treocs of the Je while Amercan CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT beginning the new GATO CAFETERIA 1100 Simonton Street A DEFENSE PROJECT The privileges of this cafe- teria are extended to the following : of the Key West Naval Station of Army and Navy Defense Projects OF ARMY. NAVY. GUARD and MARINE