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Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Ficrida, bes most equable c anaes ig the country; range of se with Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNE: A. VOLUME LXIV. No, 137. DAY, JUNE 9, 1943 |Expect Ground d To Be Broken ‘COUNTY BOARD TO Within 10 Days For Proposed ome 0 Say British Military Clinic In Court House Square On Experts lh Discussing Last Night's Ultimatum Council Orders Aqueduct Te mT | (By Associated Press) Streets Throughout Cty Mayor Willard M. Albury in- jets that is being sponsored by the | | WOULD BE USED TO BUIL! o| severe rt Rage formed the City Council at last|city to be ROADWAY TO WILSON KEY} swift, twin-engined Mitchells | night's meeting that from all in- | with government funds. | CHANNEL IN CONTINUA- Lengthy ‘Daceade En- tered Into Relative To Matter At Special Meet- and Warhawks. | Warehouses,| TION OF ROAD ing Last Night erected principally] ‘ ill be broken| A t de that the| barracks, airfields and oil refin | Citations ground wi rol \ request was made that the} pees were blasted. The planes; within the next-10 days. prepara- employes met with no opposition and ali! ‘ee mnmcutainabainater a -f them returned safely to their! AUTOMOBILE LICENSE | ae FUNDS ALMOST $8,000 \T=ENSION TE GOAL. SITUATION, he, ABOVE 1942 TOTALS! wrsucmatoms con oper tors and miiners’ representatives. j Were reported today to have | reached a stalemate in their | negotiations, and it was said i ke dispute will be turned back this year exceeds the collec- | *” i tions for all of 1942 by $7.- jto the War Labor Board for set of The Electric Com tory to the erection. of the new: |rany powerhouse be. made spe-| Misti Froposed clinic to be constructed cial, police. but inasmuch as the! at th meeting initial steps to acquire a the , County,,,.Court jland that is needed to the |Toadway to Wilson Key | The strip is required in tinuation of the reconstruction 2 eee the Overseas Highway. Julius Stone, county uthorized by the commis- Eighteen ‘Survivors Off sioners to start action to ac uv American Ship Landed Here Ssie..e"".cs", ; nece ry. The County sMMissIONe4Y CHIODOS LHI L Rowe ‘cw of BREAK WITH AXIS SEEN IN ARGENTINA Channel the con- of (Bs Assormire Press BUENOS AIRES. June 3— Judging from what Provsion al President Pedro Ramirez said last night. opinion here is that Argentina shortly will break with the Axi Spokesman Clams Commander Retusei Is Cemply Wath Uhuseie= As issued -House | names of the employes. in ques- furnished, ‘in | tion ..were not This is one of the many proj-; (Continued on Page Four) attorney The City Council at a special meeting held last mght, follow- board SSE 998.30, according to compila- tions made today by Fred Eberhardt, representative in this county of the Florida Motor Vehicle Commission, j Last year the total was $59,527,97;' the first five months of this year the col- lections amount to $67,500.27. | Mr. Eberhardt pointed out that a substantial gain has ing a lengthy discussion, per that the Aqueduct Commission take immediate steps to remedy the deplorable condition that now exists in all parts of the city with such a great number of Places on different streets left in @ very bad condition following Hons . med ting” been made despite the fact yah | that many cars, in use in down water pipes and similar; Monroe county, have licenses ‘work. that were purchased in Mi- | ami or elsewhere ‘in the This action was precipitated| state. That has been due | when. the matter was brought to | in | tlement. Portal-to-portal action. it was reported will be taken by | the WLB, which. in that manner, may reach a decision favorable to the miners and the operators also. As a result of the strike last week, three and one-half, million tons of soft coal and one million tons of anthracite were unmined, creating shortages that shortly will become acute if there, | GREECE AND SICILY RAIDED | ALGIERS.—Allied planes last) night attacked enemy ships in Grecian. waters and dropped: bombs on military installations im-Greece. Another raid was made jand Navy gun crew was lost. Hel Eighteen of the 62 survivors of} crew and is known to have drown- a medium sized American mer- ed. chantman, sunk off the east coast} of South Africa early in March, have been landed here. Only one rica and was on her return voy- man of the combined Merchant‘age with a general cargo. The attack occurred shortly af- (Continued on Page Fore? The vessel had already landed was a member of the Navy gun co eee eel ‘Henry Jones Cites Status Of Position As Asst. Attorney) | Cooperative Association MeCLINTOCK RITES It was reported yesterday that(essistant slate attorney for Mon- ‘her cargo of war materials in Af- resolution at the State Road Depar The commissioners their lease to the N er year of 1,000 j; Chica that are us 2 airport | The lease requires the mayment to the county of $2,500 annuz Action was taken to the city council in m vision to have electric ed the proposed mur tal to be erected on § The electricity will through the Florida Key rec join v be ok s Electr powers. In a public announcement Ramirez stated thet the Ar gentians are getting “nearer and nearer to our American brethers, in deeds as well ss in words.” Ramirez amplified his for mer statement ebout com stitutional government. He is a Conservative. and he de clered emphatically thet the constitution will be adhere: fo in spirit es well as word. aerate in bebewe tne: Pensellere sas om ee Ae os tmere nas mut seta = { anmoum mes The expert wee oe eo utewiem wes = ¢-ormendes of Pamtelerss ac > oUeck iat evremag Me 2+ imiormeteg irom alosc be. weer ahetle about the chiefly to the owners . of | the attention of the council of so; bought licenses por hin y: x3 on Sicily, and one ship in the| Henry M. Jones had not definite-' roe county. many complaints being received) HARRIS BRINGS UP THIS AFTERNOON y py ROAD 1 ATTER Funeré al services rvites for Mrs. Bertha | Asked about the report this (Continued on Page Four) j will accept the appointment as! ing to Key West to engage | harbor there was struck and left j) decided whether or not he in defense work. i a sinking contlition. relative to the bad condition of the ‘streets. | st estat cater eas natant | rt was shown that as the mat- | EXAMINAT ONS j \ ter ‘néw stands, according to the FOR TEACHERS general, bélif of those. intorest.| ANNOUNCED Es Bees ed; that the. Boatd a SsecaeiCrenre sunehiftétent Works is powerless to take any | of public instruction, has receiv- action in this matter inasmuch | «<i a letter from Colin English, | as the Aqueduct Board has the | state superintendent of ptblic in- right to tear up streets, and leave | | struction, giving the dates and | _' | places where the next regular] them in that condition indefin- | .achers’ examinations will be| itely. {held. | If this be the case, with the) The examinations will be for! s special certificates and for war public works boerd having nO emergericy , certificates. “Several say in the matter in keeping the jeachers in Monroe county will = i take the examinations. 06 atins ssn Res ost bay | Gainesville, Miami, Bartow, De-| that the council, which is the|Funiak Springs and Tallahassee} governing body of he city, would rare places where the e: xaminations | (Continued on Page Four) ; will be conducted, and the dates “are July 1 and 2. SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. Prescription Druggists PHONE 199 Duval at Fleming Key West HARD OF HEARING Sonotone Consultant Walter S. Eckert will be at [on Leningrad The Russisns ad- | planes were shot down and the BIG RAF PLANES STILL j GROUNDED | LONDON —For the tenth suc-| cessive night, big RAF bombers remained grounded. Bad weather! was given again as the reason for! the mammoth planes not taking to! the air. Today» flights of British | plenes dropped bombs at several} points on the French coast. COMMENTS ON POISON GAS i LONDON. — Newspapers and | radios throughout the British Isles | | commented repeatedly today on} | President Roosevelt's warning to/ the Axis powers against the use: of poison gas. It was reported | that the Allies are well prepared | to take immediate retaliatory measures should tho Axis resort to chemical warfare. i TWO RAIDS ON LENINGRAD MOSCOW.—Today’s communi-! que seid that the Germans, last/ night, made two large-scale raids} mitted that much damage was} done, but added that 27 attacking! (Continued on Page Four) YES! We have New Batteries! | J In Stock at ALL Times. Lou Smith Auto Service | White at Fleming St. Phone 5! Opposite Army Barracks THE NEW RESTAURANT | under Chef Management of Edward A. Snyder 416 SOUTHARD STREET, Next to/Skating Rink Where ‘Ws! AiWays ‘Céol and, Comfortable WILL SERVE MEALS Daily Except Mondays 6 AM. to MIDNIGHT La Concha Hotel, Key West, Thursday and Friday, June 10th and 11th, for demonstrating and servicing Sonotone Audicles, Audiometer hearing test FREE. SONOTONE OF MIAMI 714-15 Congress Bldg. REPRINT from Time Magazine NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS We do not want anything like the above to hap- pen here and sincerely hope that it will not. We are going to do everything in our rower to keep going, with a post-war picture in our minds of getting back fo normal again after this emergency is over. We cannot keep up with the present load and at the same time expect to satisfy our customers, At the close of business Wednesday, June 9th, that we will not. pick up.or:take in-laundry or Dry Cleaning through our Cash and Sak CoargSethces wail Thursday morning, June 17th, We are forced to do this in order to get out some of the work that we already have on hand. The Cash and Carry office will be open for out- going laundry and Please bear with us through this period as we are doing the very best that we can. 'the family plot, age 66, who died afternoon will be held this afternoon at 5:30 fram ,the Fisping Street’ Methodist Church wheig-the body will be placed at 2:40 p: m. Chaplain Samuel A. Glasgo’s of the U. S. Navy, will officiate Lopez Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Burial will be in City eter re, hust eins! daughter, Baines in Li Pinder, one P. Bethel. of Do Mr ill be Carl Berval Ivan El nest Ramsey, ard B. Grillon. | GOES TO ¢ TO CONFERENCE City Councilman ( ders left on the this:morning en route to La Fla. where he ill alt Methodist Church conferen des now in st on in that city. en, Gerald 730. o'c Saun- COLORED GLASSES | WASHINGTON.—Some of the earliest glazes used by potters |; were colored glasses containing ;copper or iron. EVERY CAR | on our lot MUST BE SOLD before June 15. Come, see the cars — make a bid! NAVARRO, Inc. Opopsite Bus Station Oifice Rear Central Hotel TAKEN UP DURING MEET ING OF COUNTY BOARD LAST NIGHT Harri com: public The o ti Pp clos mul tiled in t roads public. Elsev: some place roads, front, ve public. M ‘man of the tends to ha jtion aga hig! away PALACE THEATER JOHN HUBBARD in | ‘Secrets of the Underground’ | NEWS and SERIAL here om rere they en be Ha st all suct in Monrve ED coveries make ply with the uli teed summonec ail iho bet to resivt attertts Further evidence soted $ comcerns beriment o Ponte» wed wers! wer ere treoes trom the defonder. Pantelierse be: en = men fortificebems ere sebum others tere been tases y ectadiccadeeall WANTED YOUNG WOMEN BUS DRIVERS ‘> DRIVE SMALL SUSSES a= Short Shifts—4°: hours GOOD PAY Appiy Cer Bern end =f Seer Key West Transit Co. a Saas HARD OF HEARING? HOTEL Thursdey. June 10th. $ AM. t& 8 PM FOUTS. Acoustician @ Whether you are 2 mild. medmum of severe cose |” whether you use « hearmg aid of sor... «mpomant di possible the greatest beip ever offered to the hard of bearing C onvemen: terms. Ask for Acousticon. No Obixganon