The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 1, 1943, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE SOU Che Kry West Citiern THERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE Key West, Florida, hes the most equable climate in the country: with an average range of only 14° Fahrent VOLUME LXIV: No. 130. ~ Detailed Account: Of Key West's Financial Status | (By Associate? “rese) IS NOW Being Prepared me: | have gained ground in RUSSIANS GAIN | "MORE GROUND TEN GERMAN PLANES ARE) DESTROYED BY RUS- SIAN AIRCRAFT fighting ; jsouth of Kharkov, the war office {reported today, and added that jin dogfights over that sector Ww Attorney General’ Having ODD III PMS 4 Survey Made To Have OVERSEAS ROAD oe DISTRICT ACT Remaining Bonds E 4 BECOMES LAW (By Associated Prenn) TALLAHASSEE. June 1.— House bill 534 introduced by Representative Bernie C. Papy of Monroe county, re- quiring that members © and attorneys of the Overseas Road District be qualified voters of Monroe County, became a law without the governor's signature. III Ia aM aS ‘SEES EARLY END that he and 10 lawyers in his of-; fice aré making an exhaustive! OF PRESENT WAR: study of the financial condition of i German planes were | i destroyed | compared to a loss of two Rus-! sian aircraft. The disparity in the loss of planes was even more pronounc- ed in the Leningrad area, accord- ing to the report. The Germans Jost 31 and the Russians only three. Besides the ground fighting at Kharkov, both the Russians and the Germans launcned offen- sives early this morning in the ; Novorossiisk area. ‘CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT NOTHING ASIDE FROM ROU- TINE BUSINESS SCHED- ULED THUS FAR A detailed account of Key West's! financial structure is being pre- pared by Attorney General J. Tom, Watson and a corps of assistants, | according to information that City | Attorney Thomas S, Caro has re- ceived from Mr. Watson. The attorney general explained Key West, with a view of having! GENERAL ARNOLD SAYS WB WILL WIN MUCH SOONER THAN SOME THINK ‘its remaining bonds refunded. Mr. Watson’s action is a result; of the visit made by representa-| tives of the city to the Florida Se-| » curities Commission regarding the | further continuance or aiscdntine | ee ee uance of R. C. Crummer as the | —General Arnold, during an ad-} fiscal agent for Key West. The! dress to committee attending confer- ences held by the commission} comprised Mayor Willard M. Al- | Allies not only are going to win! bury, City Attorney Thomas S.|the war but are going to win it Caro, County Solicitor Allan B.' much. sooner than most people Cleare, Jr:, and City Councitman Believe. Gerald Saunders. ‘ R. C. Crummer, Who is. ho long- and: yihory er the city’s fiscal agent, refunded | will come sooner than most of $853,000 in bonds, payable over a us expect, he said in effect. period of 30 years, with interest General Arnold declared that rates of two per cent the first 10 ‘i A Z years, three per cent the second 10| the basting that Allied planes are giving Germany and the re- and four per cent the final 10; verses she is suffering on the | (By Associated Press) | | | | There will be a regular meeting of the City Council held tonight, beginning at 8 o'clock, with only jroutine business to come before | ‘the meeting as it appeared today. | Many persons were under the impression that the ordinance | jealling fpr the removal of all li- quor establishments on Duval ! street would be taken up at to-! night’s session itasmuch as it-was ; deferred for further consideration at the last meeting. i According to a statement made today by Councilman John Car-} bonell, who sponsored the ordi-| nance, which was presented at a’ {previous meeting, it will not be | taken up for action tonight as he; | says that he is not ready to rein- troduce it as he feels that it should the graduating class | here today, declared that the Victory is ours, years. { cl | pired et midnight last night. and cq for a few da WOMAN AFRAID OF KEY WEST, FLORIDA, ayes ESDAY, JUNE 1, 1943 Practically Every 1 Coal Mine Worked By United Mine Units Country Ov (By Assoodted Press) WASHINGTON, June 1.—Prac-geration of Labor, independent unions, J. J. Forbe country that is worked by mem-{°0al minex der him will continue to w til he hears from S'ec who we ident Roosevelt to take in the United States. refused to comment or ng of the and ne received from the White as to the action Pi ovelt will take. But ared, when the mines v a month or members in the are working. in ficelly every coal mine bers of the United Mine Workers of which John L/ retary Ic cf America, de coal min Lewi the clo word w } Hor the mines, ex-} Rox Lewis is president, is closed today. The extended truce between 2 mines, miners and the government, which is now operating that thes coal, which is essential to the war. , effort, it was said tthat the ation of them i likely to be med shortly. workmen, or} No disturbance was’ reportec American Fed-}from any of-the mines. ihe workmen did not return to the pits today. Production is going on at mines, : where members Sale Of Stamp Stock At Postoffice Shows Increase Of Almost ee | SMS SS ES SE SSS non-union of the The sale of stamp Key West Post Office ,Shows an incre: tock last month e of almost 10¢ BEING HARMED SEEKS SHELTER IN JAIL County Jailer Clyde Knight was awakened at 3:30 o'clock this morning by a woman who said she wanted to be locked up in jail. “On what charge?” Knight inquired. “Ne charge. I haven't done anything wrong.” "Then Im sorry; lock you up” “Can't you lock me up for my own protection? I'm afraid that somebody is going to do me harm.” Jeiler Knight acceded to her wishes, and this morning it was learned that her hus- band is in the government ser- vice. In view of that fact, Sheriff Sawyer reported the case to a government agent, per cent 1942. compared with Every month this year eras compared with the month last year. Last month the sale of stamp: and other stock amounted to $14, 565.86; for the it totaled only $7,853.80. The classifi is bas: a ly on the and the 42 first class, will n up higher in the list of of I can't office the po: iant postmas Postmaster Fred J. Dion tox issued the following report other receipts for May, 1942. Money orders issued, 1943, 316.04; 1942. ©132,183.88. Mor Closed Today f | s, leader of the hard} aid that the men un- rk un-| s named on May 1 by Pres- the ago, , will continue to produce semi-officially 100 Per Cent in the May, the advance has been decidedly high- | same same month in 1942 ation of the office | sale of | al-j swith in- of with comparisons quadron Of Allied Bombers Carty Out Raid On Foggia, ng Maes Of Naples n For Fourteenth Succe Day Allies Have Made (By Associated Press) Raids On Enemy Terri- SECOND FRONT IN THREE WEEKS LONDON.—A Swedish military spckesman said today over the radio, that the Allies will open up. a second front in Europe in the “next three weeks.” It is believed that the prediction was based on @ statement made by Radio Berlin, which said that the Axis powers expect the Allies to strike somewhere in Europe before the end of | June. (By Asse LONDON. d June fourteenth successive jay Alli plenes based in England and ic GERMANY IS SUFFERING SEVERELY LONDON.—A Swiss correspondent reported today that Germany | is suffering far more severely than the outside world is able to guess even approximately. More thousands have been killed in air raids and | more hundreds cf thousands have been made homeless than Germany has admitted, and several of her great cities have been so badly torn by bombs the destruction could not be overcome fully were the Ger , | mans permitted, unmolested, to make repairs, with vast armies ; workmen, over a period of a year. Nerth Africa, have continues carry out heavy raids on enem territory. Last night flights of heavy bombers carried out successtuliy a “saturation” raid on Foggia. : 125 miles northwest of Naples GIRAUD AND DE GAULLE TILTING AGAIN ALGIERS.—Trouble has staried to brew again between General Giraud, French High Commissioner in North Africa, and General De i Gaulle, who is here on what purports to be a mission of unity. The differences now center in the capacity of cebinet members and als> in the power they will be permitted to wield. Giraud said that another unity talk is to be held shortly, at which it is expected he and De + Gaulle will reach an amicable agreement. Pilots seid that on their way to and returning from Foggia. they saw fires still burning fiercely in Naples from the bombing th: hed ten given that city the 2 previous night. FRENCH WARSHIPS IN FAIR CONDITION An std at 2oggens'se WASHINGTON.—The nine French warships that had been in- ferned in Alexendric, Egypt, and which have been turned over to the Aljies, were said today, after an examinaiign by British and Amer- ican navai experts, to be in much better cohdition than was at first reperted. The experts declared the ships can be put into fighting trim in six months. badly torn up by big bomb crat ers it will have to be thorough ly repaired-before it can be used again. Allied fivers said they des'royed many Italian planes TAX BILL READY BY SATURDAY WASHINGTON.—It was reported today that the tex bill will be | ready to be turned over to President Roosevelt for his consideratioa | by Saturday. If the bill is signed, it becomes operative by July 1 when the payment of the first withholding tax of 20 per cent will be made to on the cround, though the exact number was not delermined. Railway yards, freight and pas- seng2r trains were hit and There is still outstanding $345,-\ 000 in bonds that have not yet been refunded, and Mr. Watson’s| endeavor is to have them placed | in that status at the lowest amount | of interest for which arrange-| ments can be made. Tn addition to the refunded and| unrefunded bonds, there are bonds | in trust amounting to. $132,000. JUDGE ARTHUR GOMEZ DUE HERE SATURDAY; | ONE CASE ON DOCKET Circuit Court Judge Arthur; Gomez is expected to arrive in| Key West next Saturday. It has not been announced whether or not he will convene court the following week. The only case on the docket is that of Minnie C. Bridges against the City of Key West. | She alleges in her complaint that she slipped and fell on a sidewalk on Ann street opposite the city hall, and is suing the city for $25,000. 3} front would tear to pieces the striking power of any | nation similarly placed. “With the pounding Germany; is getting from the air and her}; |forces are getting in foreign! fields, her collapse is likely to} occur at any time. He was confident in his optim-; eastern ism, which was more pronounced ; |than that of any other Allied, military leader. ‘MRS. E. A. CHILE DIED ‘YESTERDAY ING CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON Mrs. Ermina A. Chile, 82, died: yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock | in the Jackson Memorial hos- | pital in Miami. SQuiss Cod lw Ol The funeral is’ being held this! the item: ‘afternoon at 4 o'clock from the {chapel of the Pritchard Funeral'T. S., Jr., Father Dimmick of St-| both graduate |Law School of the John B. Stet-| from the other two, Survivors include a daughter,;son University on June 3rd.” j Home. Paul’s Church will officiate. Miss Salome Chile of Key Wes! a granddaughter, Clara Valdez, ; and three igrentemransemicres- | PALACE THEATER | | | GATO CAFETERIA 1100 Simonton Street A DEFENSE PROJECT !The privileges of this cafe- and be of 1 SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY. Inc. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS Duval at Fleming Phone 189 | “GE ee teria are extended to the following: | CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES! of the Key West Naval Station |CONTRACTORS’ PERSONNEL of et and Navy Defense) PERSONNEL OF ARMY, NAVY, COAST GUARD and MARINE CORPS |GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES Ir, ‘AMILIES OF THE ABOVE| T= GROUPS ' be given further consideration for ‘ various reasons. i i { modification of the document, and Mr. Carbonell said that he had | |under advisement some form of | who is making an investiga- tion. What the woman was afraid the government The present war tax of five per cent will be absorbed ders paid, 1943, $45,095. ! by the new one. $36,222.82 rings due depositors, | 3 ALLIED PATROL DEFEATS JAPS ther comcletely destroyed batly damaged. No Allied pi were lost. ' { { | FUNERAL SERVICES ARE BE-|- i | |PENSACOLA JOURNAL $55,125.00; war 052.75. Total 10,177.75, COUNTY BGARD — The coun Hold ning, J. commissioners a regular meeting this beginning at 8 o'clock Frank Robert wil eve state and Lumley € estate have special that the meeting. Bills will be examined fered paid, and county employes wiil receive their salaries | the end of the week LET, WANTED. YOUNG WOMEN BUS DRIVERS would ‘come up each and acquires the occupying and four Ss no as street. street Short Stifts—4’%2 hours GOOD PAY “Mrs. T. S. and Forsyth, from the Senior of, she refused to tell Jailer Knight. | would not favor having it brought, up until he has dscussed the new | Oe ee he we ST proposed provisions with the other | imembers of the council. J. M. FERNANDEZ Councilman Carbonell Stated | that the scope of this ordinance was far-reaching in its present | OBTAINS PROPER TY F form, inasmuch as there are many } ‘ 7 | angles to be studied before taking ee ! final action on its passage which | s he felt would be very drastic if} The T. A. adopted without some modifica- | the Charles Saunders tion. sold a plot at Virginia and Packer {streets to J. M. Fernandez, Jr., for $4,000. The tes had an CARRIES ITEM ABOUT (undivided bait interest in the JUDGE T. S:° CARO "P=". s ba Mr. Fernandez The Pensacola Journal for May! building he 28, in its 25-years-ago column, has/a store on the corner a paragraph about Thoma: Caro,|small houses on Packer now judge of the Monroe County} That plot has a_ frontage of 100 Criminal Court of Record Next) feet on Virginia and a depth of Thursday will mark the twenty- 1250 feet on Packer fifth year of Judge Caro’s grad-| Included in the transaction also uation from a law school. Here’s|is a lot on Virginia with an | alley running between it and the; . Caro has two sons, | corner plot, with a frontage of 57} who will} feet and an average depth of 175 feet. Still another ‘ot, detached 36 by 60 feet, \is also included in the sale Attorney Roger Watkins repre- jsented the purchaser. Kev West Transit Co. WA REY SCOTT'S “The Battle Cry Of China” NEWS and SERIAL "Tonight Is Prize Night” RESTAURANT \DINE cleanest spot in town anaaomabl Priced | Will Teach You While Paying (Formerly Aubrey’s) ae =e «wo vs| Experience Unnecessary BEST QUALITY FOODS SID CRYSTAL, Prop. War bonds sold maturity value, | stamps sold, $5,- MEETS TONIGHT | chairman, said he did not know of anything| warship, They were teken aboard the ship, but, but how they came at ov- before to DRIVE SMALL BUSSES on, Visiting in Key Apply Cer Barn. end of Simonton ber of the law firm of Curry & ED All Kinds of Help NEW DELHI.—An Allied patrol behind the hills of western Bur ma is reported to have defeated a contingent of Jens. The latter were | surprised and fell back to their positions in disorder. Last night, for the second night in bor uccession big = Brrtish é abers were qrounied by SURVIVORS “LAND IN MIAMI MIAMI.—Fourteen survivors of a merchant ship that wes sunk in the Atlantic landed here today, and the Navy reported that 18 from the same ship hed been landed safely in the Canary Islands. The 14 who came here reached the coast of Africa on a raft and were about | to strike out across the Sahara Desert when they were spotted by an RAF plane, whose pilot reported them to the cavtain of a British favorable - weather. Today eral fichts of smaiier bombers ; flying high, passed over the English Channel and blasted Boulogne. German planes lest night at to reach Miami was not revealed. tempted to bomb this city but were driwen off end four of them FORD MADE PRESIDENT AGAIN DETROIT.—Henry Ford was ted pr ident today of the Ford Motor Company to succeed his fon? Edsel. who died on Wedns of last week. were destroyed. } Bombs wers i dropped om en eest coast town but the Baitish Air Ministry re 92 MILES A DAY TO SCHOOL M—t Forted mo demerve was done ‘MR. AND MRS, ERIC CURRY VISITS HERE LEAVES FOR NEW YOR’ RESERVE get in school, Leonar walked from hi ol bu ferr 22 miles He he and Mr. and Mys. Erie G. Curry are West with Mr. Mrs. Ella G. Cur Simonton street. home t Curry’s mother, cho rode “ry, at 323 i to Mr. irar Curry was the semor mem- “ode diploma earned | Boublitz at Baltimore, Md., where | he was -_ engaged in practice red certified public lreumtct until he went into war !service. He was employed by the | War Department Ac A. ¥., {dent auditor for.an.aircraft plant inear Philadelphia and ,,lately at De Land, Fla, sess Mr. Curry i§ now spPcializing in income tax and federal procedures with *headqtarters™ + plant AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF KEY WEST We know that you—and every other Key West resident is mterested in A CLEAN TOWN We may not all ecree on the best way to beve = Clean Toen— but we all want it that way—for the sake of our Service Men guests—as well as for ourselves That is why EVERY RIGHT THINKING CITIZEN. who ic interested in the moral welfare of our community should | ATTEND the MEETING of CITY COUNCIL_TONIGHT » when s PROPOSED MEASURE that woulé VITALLY AFFECT the tone of the whole community will be considered Effective June 2—the CAROLYN BEAUTY SALON will be CLOSED each WEDNESDAY Afternoon { Let every one of us who is imteresied in cleen government decency and order. and a clean town attend the meeting of City Council THE MINISTERS ALLIANCE