The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 4, 1943, Page 1

esha e Key West, Florida, bes the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahren? <% Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Kry Wrst —— THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE JU. S. A. ~ ERECTION OF.AW And: Tires Cause Decrease ia, ALE Traffie Over Highway! Bridges | 7 OUSING: CONTRACT SIGNED} iver since the OPA strictures \C. Hicks of the Overseas Road a Revd ' i ast President YESTERDAY: JOHNSON CO.{on the use of gasoline and tires}and Toll bridge district. | d 4 ; ehoeg Te ark Las. teen fo Cslleciona Waar “sconth totales | TO'BUILD 26 OF 37 HOMES|“*"t inte effect, there has been’ poo" $31,-| 969.50 in May of 1942. Pas: ) KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1943 ‘CONTINUE WORK OFStrictures On Use Of Gasoline VOLUME LXIV. No. 133. 9 pam Miners. Must R 0. Into United States Army | | —— | Overseas Highway bridges. The) bridges last i | same decreases were true of busi-| May, 1942, 5,629; other motorized } Monday Has Been Set Mewewrerews Yesterday afternoon the Stew-|S2™ : ness last month as compared with] vehicles, last month, 5,759; May, | tart-Page Construction Company Deadline 0; Making | REDS AND NAZIS lot Mi May of 1942, as is shown by figures 1942, 6,586; passengers last month, Key West On Inspection T rip} ie n 1! iami, signed a contraet w ‘ issued today by Auditor Clifford ; 27,276; Miay, 1942, 29,018. | ARE FIGHTIN ‘OR the Johnson Construction Com pees | { Whatever Decision They| CONTROL Ge AIR | P2"¥ to continue the . work of May Desire In Issue Rear Admiral William R.. partments in the offices of Cap- building two - family houses! (By Assoemted Presa) ‘Large Number Pay Delinquent Pens commandant of the along Tropical, Leon and aon traffic, compared with a monthly decrease of PLANNED 0" > rv nger | i “laa with resultant lower tolls, on the} automobiles that passed ov f the] Admiral Munroe Arriv es In Castillo Is Claimed To Have Shown Leanings Teward Axis Since Tak- ing Up Office tain C. E, Reordan. Admiral Munroe was Captain By | Seventh Naval District, arrived j rr emiegsnaingaes ee MOSCOW, June 4—Rus- {son streets. Paxes Before Sale Was Started’ Reordan's quest at luncheon in| MONTEVEDIO, Urapeny. June sian and German airmen are | is Key West at 11 o'clock this «By Associated Press: | The Page people will Sun 2 4.—The i é : battling along the greater | four h ate | the Officers’ recreation center. army in the Argentine WASHINGTON, June 4.—Mem. |. our houses, now under part of the front today for | ee on his first visit and in- struction, and the Johnson com-j revolt ‘bers of the United Miners of; America either will have to re-j turn to work or be inducted into the army, it was officially; de- clared today. President Roosevelt explained that the status of that way that it applies to men en- gaged in any other war work. It was explained that if the miners are not eligible, because of age, to serve in the armed forces, they will be treated the same es men in any other call- ing but that miners who have been deferred because of their essential war work will be in- ducted if they do not return to essential “the pits, because if they are no longer working their deferment | 0" used metal coil and flat bed-' will make a recess appointmer, en thet ground no longer re-; mains in force. Monday is “the deadline set for their resumption of work. No comment wes made by| John L. Lewis on the President's latest order. It was said that the vast bulk of disposed to adhere to Lewis and their unions, but it plein that any defiance of the President's order will be dealt the miners are was made with strictly and immediately. LEGIONNAIRES TO ATTEND MEMORIAL Commander Donal Donald Welch, of the Arthur Sawyer Post, No. American Legion, annotinced es morning that members of th post will attend in. 4 memorial services that are to be! conducted Sunday evening in the Fleming Street Methodist Church for Frank Luke Spencer,. Key West's first inductee to lose hi life in World War Il. He was killed in action on Tunisia. The services will be held under the direction of the pastor, Rev. W. B. Mundy. The Legionnaires have selected | Roger Watkins, one of their mem- bers, to deliver a short eulogy. The post has a membership of 152, 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 Fleming CRYSTAL’S RESTAURANT (Formerly Aubrey’s) Cor. Simonton and Fleming St DINE sitoce’ oat ta wes! “Home-Like Atmosphere” BEST QUALITY FOODS Reasonably Priced REGULAR DINNERS = 65e SID CRYSTAL, Prop control of the air. The ‘Russian-revort states How well : pany: seven. others -that are neav- $inigercompletion..«. ‘The county scal year entive| been paid during this fiscal taxes have taxation on paid. When the taxes became delin- many parcels wasj {spection at the. Naval Operating {This afternoon, the admiral will Republic has declared = meke an inspection,of the base} #94inst President Castillo. who ruling | applies to the miners in the same | body the{ April 23 inj; that’ the: Reds..are gaining ; . the ascendency; but radio Berlin iclaims:that the Nazis now have:control of the skies in most parts of the eastern front. The Russians assert that | they destroyed 25 more Ger- man planes today, bringing the total to 60 in the last 24 hours, and radio Berlin, re- corded here, countered by saying that, during the last month, the Germans — ha’ destroyed 1,257 Russian ‘planes to a loss of only 143. |FRICE FIXED ON METAL COIL AND FLAT. BEDSPRINGS, | E.P. Winter, Price Panel Chair- | man, amnounced today that the) Office of Price Administration! has fixed a dollar-and-cents price | I springs which became efiective as of May 26, 1943. In some crowd- ! ted war centers this commodity ‘has been selling for more than the original cost. Limited production of new bed- ; Springs and an unusually large demand for used springs, OPA of- icials said, brought about the necessity for ceilings, which are{ established at wholesale and ri tail. The new regulation applies |to five types of springs, and re- | quires retailers to attach a tay to each spring indica‘ing its maxi- ; mum price. A sale by one person to another comes under the tee ion, as de The five ty wire fabric, crimp top coil, able wire and steel band top, single deck coil, and fully double deck } 1, Wholesale price ceilings on! range from $1.59 for the type, to $3.00 for the latte: th depending on type. “Revgonditioned” bedsprings are gp,| identified as those which, meet these requirements: properly ligned frame, replacement or re- air of thissing or damaged pa | Secure fastening of all par } proper alignment of top surface, repainting of bed- jand complete spring. | Such “reconditioned” springs cannot sell for more than $3.50— $6.00 at wholesale, or $7.00—$12.00 at retail, the highest price in each jcase being the double detk coil | type only. Use of devices for effecting higher prices without ac tually | 4 raising the dollars and cents levels, ' {such as bulk and combination sales, commissions, and premiums iis prohibited by the regulation. PALACE THEATER WILLIAM BOYD in ‘The Undercover Man’ NEWS and SERIAL Armour and Compaily’s COLD STORAGE PLANT Caroline and Grinnell Sts. For COMPLETE DETAILS See Old Island Realty Service 322 Simonton Street IIIA S IP {and retail prices are $3.50 to $6.50, ; SERVICES SUNDAY | jmumber\of houses te ‘be erected |.was. demonstrated at the auction | Base -here. jis: 37, and the work on the. ve-jsale of delinquent parcels sold by maining: 26. will be done, under} County ‘Tax Collector Frank .H | the “direction:.of »the olnaom ty lady at | company, of > whieh: John 7 i Johnson is president. |steps of the county coutt house. Each houses: is or. will be a du-| Mr. Ladd established a record i plex, and when all are finished,) for the least number of delinquent j accommodations will be provid- parcels sold in the history of the and will leave tonight on his re-| hes shown leanings toward the quent, it was estimated that bebhad pareels numbered 1,100, but from ; 4 April | up to the morning of the | wureto: Siges sale there remained only 623 de-j linquent pieces, which shows tha’ = crn scree <= taxes, during the delinquency, | . T =) were paid on 477 parcels. s LAT E BU LLE ] INS Of the 623. properties sold by | ‘ ' Mr. Ladd, 150 were bought by in-; spay ' ed for 74 families. county. Ever since the properties dividuals, and certificates for th {By Associated Pre: AEROS Tee {became delinquent on April 1 up remaining 473 parcels were is: |MIAMPS ASSIST ANT. i » th rnin, before the sale, sued to the County of Monroe. GER 3 = | tc e mol 4 1 ERMANS IN HIT-AND-RUN RAID '¢ di curbed under the Cas { STATE’S ATTORNEY. ! es _ ee LONDON.—This morning German planes made enother hit-and- | _ | run raid on a coastal town in southeast England, causing casualties ‘tille regime, and, further, he bes | NOW CONFIRMED \County J udge Issues Vecree | itis ome shot min ole | emong civilians. British fighter planes shot down one German —— stopped them. or tried to Committing Tift To Asylum Axis powers ever since he has been im office. ‘He met -the heads. of all de-| auction on the frent He bas escapes @ minesweeper. eccordimg to 'vises received here. The army revolied because. 2s “ |its leaders declared the people of Argentine heve hed their AERIAL BLOWS “SOFTENING” NAZIS TOO LONDON Information received here today from pesereerecy WER for the Allied ceuwe = | sources steted that the aerial blows have been delivered against Ger-! worls Wer Il. | man cities are also “ ‘softening” them up, as is the case in Italy. It! The was stated further that it now seems possible that the Nezis can be} ‘knocked out of.the war” from the air. (that the Argentinien: ere decid a jedly pro-Ally but the Castille RUHR INDUSTRY “DISLOCATED” LONDON.—Almost constant nightly bombings of the Ruhr Val- | them, from expressing their sym ———————} W. F. Parker. was coins | yesterday by the senate as the} | assistant of State Attorney- -elect| ' Stanley Milledge to serve in Mi-| This morning County Judge ae res ut no ne 1 Jud, ord, as paard Walinhance.. or Miami et Raymond R. Lord issued a decree anne peuuiced. aac Sexo about whorn Milledge| committing Samuel Louis Tift, er of Samuel, to place in the cus-| will ‘name as his haat in Key! by tody of the court a sufficient} ; West. | who has been adjudged insane by ; amount to defray the expenses of | Acting on army leeders asserted i t covernment hes been sympethe sion, com risi s < As The Citizen stated a few a fusery comyer one the return trip should a grand | ley have “dislocated” production centers to so great an extent they | tic foward the Nezis end fhe jdays ago information has been/Dr. J. ¥. Porter, Jr. Dr William ‘jury determine it advisable to| t be put int Aci ditions f th: 2 oY received here that Mr. Milledge; R, Warren and Miss Eleanor Lar-{have him present. if and when his can not be put into working conditions for many months, aerial photo-! pict. H ‘i ecretary, to the Case is.c ered. | graphs obtained by RAF pilots show. During the last three months. = . of his assistant in Key West, be-| pe ne zs ys in| Judge Gomez further said that} | the British Air Ministry stated, 30,000 tons of bombs have been drop-| Argentine is the only cause, under'a law, adopted at|® sete hospital fee: the insane grand jury will be, called intel ped in the Ruhr area of Germany. 4 Amercian country itedey the this session of the legislature, Ch ttahoochee. session in Kev West when Stan- et ae pee of das Xs the Key West appointee also! Judge Lord's action was due toi ley Milledge, state attorney-elect, PACKARD'S STRIKERS STILL OUT * éuttieed . imust be confirmed by the sen telegram that William VecAl- sumes his duties. Mr. Milledge; WASHINGTON.—The 20,000 ‘strikers at the Packard Motor Axi. or publicly declared i> ate. |bury, attorney for Tift, received! will begin his term on August 1 *| Works, in Detroit, who left their jobs because three negroes were expose! of the Allied couse. ' If a recess appointment i. afternoon from Cirev ceeding George Worley. i . ac cae iin te ae PCourt Tinige Arthur Gomez. Judge! Sheriff Berlin eho de edvanced for merit, refused today to return to their plants. Condem- ae = firmaton in the 1945 sénate. 1f|Gomez said that Tift could bec j returning to Key West with two nation of the action was general here on the ground that there should ANNOUNCES NEW {the appointee is confirmed, he|mitted provided he would be | Prisoners, will leave with Tift) net be any discrimination against workmen oe color, creed, or race. ©. will continue to serve his four- jable to be brought back -te sed this evening, should the former. either in war or in peace times. ‘ FISHING RULES year term, but, should he be re-} , were it’ found nec } return in times otherwise, the trip ee <= = ae : jected, his term of office wi?l) without entailing any expense tol to Cha‘tahoochee will begin to-; SAME PAY FOR WOMEN WORKERS | Lieutonan ~ ‘expire immediately. jthe state or the county. j morrow. WASHINGTON.—The War Labor Board announced today that Foutfer. t | it kas issued en cpler that all women, who do the same type of work Port of K | Se et ete Cheer es | that men os must be paid the same amounts that men are a879 2 ;* i "“Fvenatabes airy ro BUGENE FULFORD STILL BATTERING ".m0.‘.t%.sumstncrtntnoaonts kj en yu jat the board hai n a ele so in napa of irness. GET TWO PRISONERS DIES THIS A.M. JAPANESE TROOPS | Sheriff Bolin: Sawyer accom-: PANTELLERIA POUNDED messenags ‘panied by City Call Officer Wi ALGIERS.—Allied warships bombarded Pantelleria last night and! Archer, left last night for Ever-| FUNERAL SERVICES FOR KEY CHINESE AND AMERICANS again as een in what = gag ey Pearee up” pe | glades City to get two prison | cess as the first step in invading Italy. aed plenes again reide< E lor ace and Zeke Reed WESTER TO BE ANNOUNC- ARE FARING (PART IN| Pantelieria today, making the twenty-seventh time it has been al- {charged with assault with dead- ED LATER ROUTING NIPPONESE j tacked from the air. ly weapons. | W. A. Broughton, as | ee ents i the com-| plainant, alleg while, he} Evgene Fulford, 66, died this Associated Press) i ' a - Wess ¥ _ Ps was. in his’ bole onbotek “atl inning at 6:15 o'clock. The CHUNGKING June ici. ABSENTEEISM Is SIX KEY WEST YOUTHS a es oe Turkey MARWAACHA TEM Thou-| -\ 5.31 under the direction of Bese troops and American and! NOW SLOWING UP ENLIST IN U.S. NAVY)? 0" : sand Islands, Andemor.sad Reet Pines Funeral «Hh 1] Chinese airmen are continuing to, Losec — t tt = one with a knife and the other) Me “opez Funeral Home, wi The fight Against absenteeisin’ John E. Collier, peermiter-in with a gun, boarded the boet be dnnounced later. batter hard the fleeing, Japanese | * 5 - ~ {and beat him and Henry Fletch-} ‘Survivors “are three sisters,|T00PS, who are suffering their! in Key West is now at a low,ebb, charge of the al Re = er, an invalid, who was making} yyy. James Gallagher, Key West; ; Worst defeat since their invasion | because of the activity against cruiting Station,’ ammounces the a trip through the islands with} {of China, according to a report is- | able-bodied men, who are found six seventeen year old boys were Broughton. Mrs. Licita Thompson, Coconat| sued today from the headquarters fe scien senting tay the 2 The warrant was issued in|Grove, and Mrs. Belle Raulson,}4¢ Generalissimo Chiang Kai- Sus daw te Sire aeueiceane, ie Rey. West and. en. mailed O peta Set PGS their jobs satis no- ¥ ‘ the sheriff of Collier county,! The report said that the troops tn sare held in $50 bail cach _ The youngsters were all nati - ~a who last night wired Sheriff} and the flyers are working in per- or the criminal vilerk: and y | Key Westers, jendid physica ne Sarees S eee shel Ellinglaw, was held, ‘under’ accept the mar -| on our lot MUST BE SOLD \troops ‘flush the Japs, a aS similar bail, by Justice of the fered by a Naval areer = Re ea before June 15. Come, see | 500” 8s they begin their headlong j p. 356 Enrique. Esquinaldo. = - ‘bia! |Tetreat, American and Chinese; “Goi+ ia Joa Se + tha The young men eniisted im-/€ the cars — make a bid! | Djanes drop bombs among them or onstable Joe Espinosa said that cide Walter Arthur Roberson. f 1 °T' Ellinglaw had left his job without -<3iaee Wiel, ieee = | NAVARRO, I fly low and spray them with ma- Charles Gilbert Hall, Matthe ; | ie es 2 4 nc. hing. gan: boiiete | giving any notice to his employer Diduidesie. Aimiend rez, Eloy| would be al rat Zz ey ts. : erd, a5 # would be were The public in general is urg-) ogre me Bus Station In their frantic efforts to es-| yewwewwwwwwwereees | Rodriguez and Jose Camachc| oerd. ss = wont - lently requested to get milk bot- cape, the Japs pressed into service ip RESCRIPTIONS Ellis. sneer y > 2. sense rs i (a E iv on ~ were) for such purp < tles back end keep them in cir 7 all the boats and barges at their} Five of the youngsters 7 rT such pul Pure Fresh Ingredients Com- pounded by Experienced culation. Bottles are expensive and hard-to: get. nt to Jacksonville, Fla, where 5 jcommand te try to cross the | Yangtse River. but were caught Your coorération ‘in this mat " | in mid-stream by the Allied flyers ; Pharmacists. ataeteaining. The other | tot will’ be apreciated. RIGUT CREAM Oo ie |GARDNER’S PHARMACY ike. colseedl CATO DORMITORY {Many boats and barges were de! Phone 177. + Free, Delivery duty with the) _ ADAMS DAIRY. Soft. Fragrant. | | stroyed and the tiver was clutter- Aids skin to || (Continuedon Page Four) look smoother 4 , CTE LAE BBE. DR. J. R. PORTELA Now Located at 300 Simontgn Street } Opposite Post one. fon Regiment as at Comp leary, Va AAADSAABBABRSAABRABSD Wi ; BRADY'S | iis Te Live Poultry & Egg Market Kor West) PHONE 304 |1214 White St. Phone S40 PE ae | SOUTHERNMOST CITY | PHARMACY, Inc. _ eee a PHONE 199 |. Now Open Every Day, 3 to 12 BIG DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT Music from $9 to 12 by JOHN eth es ORCHEST! Reservation Seogested PHONE $9287 | | Duval at Fleming