The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 5, 1943, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Featutes For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXIV. No. 134. Prime Minister Winston Churchill Back ft aan Claimed That Nazi Airmen Were Keeping Sharp Lookout For His Return=) ing Plane (By Axno: d Preax) “LONDON, June 5. — Prime Minister Winston Churchill, after Tumors, is back in London, it One of those rumors was that German airmen were keeping 2 were grounded last night. German these Congressmen do reiders swept over a southeast their pay. town and dropped bombs, doing session yesterday. They worked on his return on a plane from little damage and killing only one only two and a half civilian, according to @ revort is- day, passed one bill on’ a voice sharp lookout for Mr. Churchill, the United States, and went so far to say that it was it even due to the vigilance, in trying. to spot thesChurchill plane, that resulted in Leslie Howard, of the world’s greatest losing his life. While nothing definitely is known about the “sway ‘the*plane Howard Was on onc “TATE BULLETINS (By Associated Pressy | DE GAULLE SCORES AGAIN |mor general of the French posses- filled by a De Gaullist. STILL GROUNDED | LONDON.—RAF planes again VOTER SURPRISED Bur hey West Citiern —_——S—$$—__—_ Key West, Florida, hes the most equable climate in the country; with an sverage range of only 14° Fahren? -t THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, S SION AT LITTLE WORK | | DANT IN SENATE GAL. LERIES WONDERS WHAT MEMBERS GET PAID FOR DURING SESSIONS By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, ‘June 4 | Was just a voter. For se d | ALGIERS:—General’'De Gaulle, he had clomped up the worn steps | nas scored egairY in his political: to the House and Senate galleries | move in North-Africa. The gover-' to see what goes on in Congress. saigeryy mained ae He was coming down at 2:45 | 0. who was agains! ». m., after a two-and-a-half hour | De Gaulle, resigned today, and it session of the House at which one many rumors and rumors of; was announced his office will be important vote had been taken, ; when I met him in the great arch-| “Say,” he said, “teil me wt to _e There wasn't hours to- ATURDAY, JUNE 5 1943 F ITALY elar Discovered In | | | Home Of Mrs. Hinton Who | | Had Exciting Experience) Mrs. Athelda Hintom, who re sides with her mother, Mrs. ‘Hilton Curry. whose home is on White street, near Division, was awakened between 3 and 3:30 *| o'clock this morning by a burglar : —— ed corridor that leads to the Sen-| was announced officially today. | ROYAL AIR FORCE PLANES ate side. He was filled with gust. at} n} any} sued today by the British Air vote that sounded to me like a Mini 13 U-BOATS ARE SUNK OR DAMAGED convoy, 13 German submarines, | Which attempted. over a perigdeof asked often. photo-finish ,and jfour days. | “And why do the. House and; Senate practically LONDON.—The British Ad- before noon? | miralty reported today that dur- late risers. that the actors.| ing the rcund trip of a recent work before midday sae Are they m ll si have bee answer Those questions The adjourned for et ch can’t get to} i is} several days to ettack ships in the simply that. what goes on on the; convoy. were either sunk.aphadly fleor.of Conpress.is nly ago |damaged. Nosinformation was: fraction of a member's work, was lost, one report was to the; made public about the places, This is strictly, window-dressing. \It’s “for the record”. effect that it had been shot out of the air by a German flyer off the coast of Portugal. leaving the United States, | where the attacks were made. | RUSSIANS REPORT OREL IN | FLAMES Congress operates on a commi work. Ord: gives the con t- tee system, Almost every member | of Congress is a member of from | MOSCOW.—Orel is in flames!one to nine committees Mr. Churchill's first stop, after! and.has been deserted by Ger- | committees do the was|™2"_ troops, the Russian com-jnarily they meet at 10 a. m., or 2/ commencement exercises |munique reported todey. The p. m., which ju: and the Gibraltar. where he was joined | fighting. spread over a period of mittee members time to clear their by Foreign Minister four days. came to a climax last voluminous mail Anthony! night when Russian heavy guns few sessions with visiting consti- Eden. They proceeded from that| concentrated their fire on the city tuents, prepare speech tend a luncheon. | and wave after wave of Russian get through and ai And the com a “s n- Place to Algiers, where they had planes dropped bombs on the Ger- mittees don’t have the pleasure @ conference with General Eisen-| ™an positions. The report said of any hower, commander in chief the Allied forces in North Africa. Just at the time that Church- of representing extremes of French thet the Russians lest only two sions when they are working 0 Planes in the attack. | CHINESE HEMMING IN JAPS ing bill, or conducting tion. an inve: two-and-a-half hour ses- For example, the House Ways CHUNGKING.—Chinese troops and Means committee struggled ill reached Algiers, General Gi-; *T@ Teported today to be driving, for weeks over the Ruml plan and home every advantage they have various other measures to get the raud and General De Gaulle, gained over the Javs in the fight-| public on pay-as-you-go income elong the Yanatse River. At/tax paymenis. Finally it gave up, me peint two Chinese columns, |rcported out a strictly party-line Politics were at daggers’ points | advancing uninterructedly, are! bil! (the Democrats, of course, are @gain, but neither Churchill nor Eden did anything to try to re- lieve the French tension. Church- ill was concerned solely in hav- ing a talk with Eisenhower, and conjectures have been made that the conference was about the in- peer NOTICE! The public in general is urg- ently requested to get milk bot- tles back and keep them in cir- culation, and hard to get. i Your cooperation in this mat- ter will be“appreciated. * “ADAMS DAIRY. a For Sale Armour and Company’s COLD STORAGE PLANT Caroline and Grinnell Sts. For COMPLETE DETAILS See Old Istand Realty Service 322 Simonton Street Bottles are expensive by-passing a big Jeo base, and it was reported that should the two | columns meet the Javs will be an- nihileted or forced to surrender. The Chinese ate reported to be | victorious also in the Lake Chung- kine erea PACKARD STRIKE IS ENDED |_ DETROIT.—The strike at the | Packard Motor Works was ended this morning, end by noon 5.000 | of the 20.000 workmen had return- |€d to their posts. Union leaders |declared that ell the ather men| 10 @™- to 1 pm, who are out will be back on their |jobs by Monday morning, the time set for the striking coal miners to return to work. | FULFORD FUNERAL | The funeral of Eugene Fulford, 66,-who died yesterday morning j at 6:15 o'clock, will be “held to- morrow afternoon att 5 o’¢lock, under the direction of’ the Lagez Funeral Home, from the First Methodist Church. TMs The body will be placed/in: the church at 3 o'clock. ao /-WANTED YOUNG WOMEN BUS DRIVERS to DRIVE SMALL BUSSES on Short Shifts—4% hours | GOOD PAY | Apply Car Barn, end of Simonton | Key West Transit Co. i eS j (Continued on Page Forr> Now Located at 300 Simonton Street Opposite Post Office OFFICE HOURS PHONE 304 HERE TomorRow | Strunk Lumber Yard will CLOSE on JUNE 10th to give all their employes ten days’ leave. If you need anything they have, you should place your order before the 8th be- cause their force. is limited and a last-minute rush is to be ex- rected. Lumber - Sash - Doors Blinds - Screen Doors Upson Board - Insulating Board - Plaster Board Roofing - Nails - Paints Hardware STRUNK Lumber Yard PHONE 816 Near Clyde Mallory Dock 6 to 8 p.m. DR. J. R. PORTELA | JOC IIS IOI ISIS IRS IAI III IOI IOI AS AR ATA DOA OS AS SAR ASS ASIA A: in her room, and. before he left, he gripped her by the Fressed a knife to her neck and threatened to cut her throat if she made an outcry. throat, Mrs. Hinton was sleeping in dis-|a room with her baby. and her mother occupied an adjoining room. When the burglar became aware that he had awakened Mrs, Hinton he rushed up to her bed, but she stuck up her hand and clutched him bv the throat. He broke her hold. and, while Folding her wrist with his left band, bent over her, put a knife to her neck, released her wrist and griped her throat with his left hand. "If you make any noise.” he} whispered huskily, “I'll cut your| throat.” Unheeding the Hinton screamed. The | threat, Mrs.! | scream | awakened the baby and it began| i to cry. Mrs. Corry was awaken: | ed a'so, and. just as she was en-! tering her daughter's room, the burglar released her. snatched a} handbag and jumped out a win. | dow. | Mrs. Curry and Mrs. | seid today that. while they are sure the burglar was dressed ia white, they are unable he fo say, dfeinitely whether wes a) white man or a negro. The housebreaking did not net the burglar anything. The only money in the handbag was 17 cents, but it contained many pa- Fers that were valuable to Mrs.'” Hinton, all of which were re- (Continued on Page Four) IMMENSE CROWD ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES An immense crowd attended the of the graduation class of the Key’ West High School, held last evening in Bayview Park, beginning at 7 o'clock. Besides Key We s, the crowd included a good m y peo- ple who had made the trip to Key West to be present at the com- mencement. The exercises were oegun with ture, entitled, “American Youth,” played by the Key West High School Band. This was fol- iowed by the for which Hudson’s “Commencement Grand March” was played. The procession was led by the graduates, who were followed by the members of the Local School Board, Carlyle Roberts, Mrs. Clar- ence Pierce and Dr. F. S. Car- bonell; Superintendent of Public * Enhance Y WM. SOUTHERN PRESCRIPTIO: Duval at Fleming Street This flattering powder spreads easily, evenly, EACE PONDER PHARMACY, Inc. Instruction Allan B. Cleare, the Rey: WeE. Bryant, pastor of the Ley: M@morial Church; Lieutenant Colongt Wallace L Stockdon, USA, and Horace O'Bryant, princival of the high school. The commencement address was delivered by Lieut. Colonel Stockdon, whose subject was “Transition.” He pointed out that transition, a most important part of life, is practically always in frogress, and that suc or the lack of success, depends on how a person mee! any changes through which he has to pass dur- Principal O'Bryan: presented the diplomas to the graduates, and, as each one stepned forward to get his or her diploma, he or she was greeted with loud ap- plause. sad our Beauty clings for hours. Bright shades help your skin look clearer and fresher. -50; 1.00 BBARD MOST CITY Bee eee ee ete eee Seer errr etree ereseretreteercrrry IN DRUGGISTS Phone 198 Key West, Fla. Hinton | * ‘and J. L | now. You should APPEARS JONES WILL GET ASST. ATTORNEYSHIP, MILLEDGE SUBMITTED AP- POINTMENT TO SENATE AT LAST DAY OF SESSION. IN COMPLIANCE WITH LAW SSIS SSE SPs | ARGENTINA’S NEW PROVISIONAL SET UP FUNCTIONING (By Asse BUENOS AIRES, June 5.— Argentina’s new provisional government, born of a short- lived revolution, is function ing today without any oppo- sition, while the pro-Axis President Castillo is reported to have sought safety in Ure- ‘The ate At Milledge >pointment of his s West, andj Henry Jones, who is an attorney in the rent-control office in Key West, will get the appointment. | In order to comply with the law, | Mr. Milledge submitted the ap- pointment to the senate yesterday, which was the last day it was in The senate neither con firmed nor rejected the appoint ment, though its net acting on it was a virtual rejection. However, the presentation alone kept Mr Milledge within the law, and he has a free hand now to name his Key West assistant at large for the next two years. Had Mr. Milledge failed to nomi nate his assistant and present his name to the senate, he could net have made a recess appointment,{ acelot Lester, the incum- bent, would have continued to serve in his capacity as assistant state attorney till such time the senate acted on the matter in 1945. It is now considered a foregone conclusion that Mr. Milledge; with the: 1943. legislature having. ad-|< in putting em end to She joutned, will name Mr. Jones as. Castillo regime. sistant state attorney in Key West IIIT IL STs Poinciana Place Likely To Obtain School House, And Also Fire, Police Stations Because of its detachment from the city proper, Poinciana Place, at, is likely hool house, a fire a- police station, accord ing to information that was given c Clarence Higgs by a representa- tive of the Federal Works Agency Mr. Higgs was taking the rep- ntetive to various parts of the city to note improvements that are needed. When they stopped at Poinciana Place, he inquired about the number of families that are residing there, and Mr. Higgs replied about 700. “In that event,” the represen- It has turned out just as Oren) Citizen said it w torney-Elect will ma! was semi - officially reported that. before the day comes to an end, the pro visional government will formally break off relations with the Aris powers, thus setting up @ solid front m South America egaimst the Naris and Fascists. Besed on information fe ceived from the United States, it was seid here thet that country will recognize the provisional sovernment of Argentina. end it was added thet Great Sritaim will also recognize the new government. Thirty-two lives were lost in the uprising that resulted ssion. to the fac’ a- should be ss the matte of the con sut, that Poinciar a schoolhouse at and possibly In discussi sentative sai day “We don? want to-let. pone bt in ous postw dannene but sr tative said, “it is safe to say that | should-be.careful-teSee>te-st-thet 600 to 700 children of school age | everything we. ca reside in Poinciana P!ace, and} should lose: no time they should be given a school-*It would be unwise house of their own. And Poin- after the tr ciana Place, because of its dis- get now, « tance from the city proper, should opinion t by all means, have fire protection | on his su in its immediate vicinity and Place. probably a police station also.” Arrangement Mr. Higgs said he thought ac- been mac tion should- be taken now on the Churc'! matter, instead of waiting till the at a cos' war is over, and the representa- the church continued: cupancy by the f course it month polic <t no w should be taken bear in mind that Key West is an important de- fense area, and has been so de- eae clared by the. government. You! PHILADELPHIA c should keep in mind also, in ask-| America’s lergest single s ing for these projects, that the; vegetable oil LARGEST SOURCE Question Being | By Military Men And Also | Civilians In North Africa ENT Discussed Believed That Prepesed Invasion Decided Upon At Recent Conferences In U. S. And Africa Ry Anmeciated Press ALGIERS. June S.—Eariy vasion of ltaly is on the tip o tte tongues of military men enc civil‘ans throughout North Airi ca today. and it has resulted three reports. the fier of whé concerns Prume Mamister Wumiot Chu:chill’s conference wate Ge eral Dwight Eisenhower mander im chief of Adlied § in ths theeter of war Fresh from his with Roosevei: where it is @ « im Geteil Cmeftams i the Umeec Sos and from Greet Sriteim & i& be leved here thi: x }Topesed imvenmor wth © bmn im full by Churchill and Eise= hower. and thet the latter told of the comimmon on matter thet bad beer decdec 2 a! the Washingier comterene On top of thet shee cf ste matter. ¢ report wes curren: to= the Albes ate equipped wath re cumbers of anvessor parle. rrady to be wut im action te cor ty the heewiest coms end & an add-‘ten to other sume ecress the short swetch of Mediterranean either t Six Sardinie. or Lisly tell Pax lera i was emecemcec wil = c>ptured im another ecton The bebef the: Iaiy mey invades sitemgtnenec the Feaww coundiag ‘thet wes lest aivtht t& which ss @ the mie lte'len “boot”. end located some of the best Bewce given heads of the families in nes . 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