The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 11, 1943, Page 1

Key West, Florida, hes the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrent t i Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Hey West Citizern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. VOLUME LXIV. No. 139, KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1943 PRICE FIVE CEN |PMaeeT ees Allan B. Cleare Resigns |US. RECOGNIZES | ‘BADGE OF PURPLE! ‘Described As ; Worst Battered As School Gipcrintendent | HEART AWARDED Place In History Of Warfare NEW GOVERNMENT | | On Account Of Ill Health 10 FRANK SPENCER — aieainennnial i OF ARGENTINA: (By Assoctatea Press) BUENOS AIRES, June 11. decided when a meeting will be| YOUNG MAN FROM KEY WEST REPORT BRITISH Sent Up On Staff On oie ae, ee {| LOST HIS LIFE In AcTiIoN) COMMANDOS MAKING . IN TUNISIA CAMPAIGN on) RAID.ON LAMPEDUSA Highest Hill Along Is land —President Pedro Ramirez publicly announced today that the government of the ' far no applications have yet been| filed with the board for appoint-} ment to the office. ma j APRIL. 29 (By Aw =? six weeks. | a LONDON, June 11—Re appointment to the po-| dio Morocco today, in @ United States has recognized the new gcvernment of Ar- gentina. Mr. Cleare had served Before his sition, he hae been undecided for! The War Department has sent’ broadcast recorded here. said several days, ‘due to ill health,’# letter to Key West informing . that British Commandos bad whether or net he would/apply | the family of Frank Luke Spen- made a successful raid on | While President Remirez, ceeded > Melvin B./ cet whe his life in action in! Lampedusa, which lies south eae upon assuming office. stated resigned when he {Tunisia on April 23, that he had . ¢¢ pamtellerie and almost di ; Points Out That All Of) '“GCOeereee se. that Argentine would be neu- made a lieutenant eommand-| been Pesthumously awarded, for pecuy West of Malta. Z | tral. he. is said to. have pro~ Their Troubles Have. CLEVELAND 'HENRIQUEZ Ally leanings. During. the: ad ‘IS PRISONER” OF JAPS, ministration :of President Ra- Been Brought Forth By; ér in. the Coast Guard jmilitarvmerit, the Badge of the N@ farticulars of the raid __|Purple Heart. werkgiven. It was act dis mon Castillo, Ramirez - pro- Py : Washington Correspondent Mussolini And Aides The letter was received by a UCP Ut: whether the tested again and again against } | of The Key West Citizen) | , brother, Floyd Spencer, who gave ci dos had made the | 1 Roosevelt Calls On People ~— Ofltay To Withdraw on Allan B. Cleare resigned last night as superintendent of public instruction. in Mpnroe county. — sor. The resignation. was presented at a meeting of the Local School | Board, and Mr. Cleare said that ill health was the cause of his re- signing. He:further stated that he had-taken'the: action: on the ad- vice of his: physician All members of the: board, Car- ivle/ Roberts, chairman; Mrs. Clar- tnce Pieree-and. Dr. F. S. Car- bonell; were present. Mr. Roberts said today: that it has net yet be (By aasocwmted Preex ALGIERS, June 11.—The Sie and Stripes and the Union Je fly today over Pantellena [ta sirenghoid in the Medrterran-- Al 12:22 o'clock this etterncor ) (6 A. M. Eastern War Time) « | fesistamce om the island cease The white flag cf surrender been hosted before Clashes sth] occurred on + Parts of the island as the Ite Survivors Off Abierican: Ship Landed Here Relate Story Of Sinking; Only One Man Lost (BY Associuted Press) WASHINGTON, President Roosevelt, while com- the Nazi sentimant»that ‘per- vaded the Castillo regime WASHINGTON, June 11. — Castillo himself was accused plage sores i ans. of being pro-Nazi. and his Zz, son of nri- downfall was due to his be- it to his sister, Mrs. Robert H. quez, 116 Fitdpatrick Street, | coming onenly Navi. an insis. | Thompson, 624 Ashe street. | aid from a base at Malia or Key West, has been reported tent demand that. he resign George Washington, on Sugust| Tunisia. ee as one of the United States grew daily in volume through- '7, 1782, created the Order of Mil- It is believed here ” soldiers who are held . as cut the country. itary Merit—Badge of the Purple! the raid wes made in on a prisoners of wer by the Jap- Unofficially, it was stated Heart, and it is the oldest mili-! to determine the strength 0 anese, the War Department tary order in this country and the; the cerrison on Lamredusa Ple to withdrew from the war! announced today. second oldest in the world. The; end thet it wes @ crelude to oldest is the Cross of St. George! the irvasion of thet small jin Russia. islend. With its capture, Italy will Fave lost the lest here that President Ramirez will issue @ statement shortly and assume their nationhood, I hdeaentheahchededl SIS ESS ES S Ss Valor in the performance of which has been lost to them over, FIVE ‘BEAUTICIANS’ aco that Arcentin~ will “join iduty, or for distinguished action’ of its vorsessions on the south her American brothers” in side of the Mediterraneen. commander who offered aid and! jign, merits the award of the} surplies to the survivors—is told Badge of the Purple Heart that Argentina is pro-Ally. That assumotion is based on JAPS AVOIDING i * since Mussolini “stabbed Fran: { | | rine action with only one ca5- jy battle that results in making ‘ le rence ARRAIGNED IN COURT putting up a solid front DOGFIGHTS IN submarine | the “ ‘supreme sacrifice” for our in the back” three years ago. | pagainst the Nazis and Fas- Up to February 22, 1932, which by marked the two hundredth anni landed et this vort. June 11.— then menting today on the fall of pa | telleria, called on the Italian peo-| soldicrs evidently hed mot rece:y The story of a medium-sized led the news of the capitulet Allied ion bombs on Pentellene en< Amex © OO OBOE EOF ny and Britich warshitm wore —_—_——_ lobbing shells on the sland. when LATE BULLETINS a tig white flag was seen g>ins vP on @ ste'f om the highest 5 (By Annortatea Press) on Pantelierie ) American ship sunk by subma- Plenes were tz | Mrs. Mary V. Griffin, « All their troubles since then, iner for the State Board of Beauty Culture, came to town yesterday, the President pointed out, has e ‘and, before the day was ended, been brought upon them by Mus- she ed the arrest of five Key solini and bis vides, The quicker W' beauticians” on charges of they are repudiated the quicker °P*Pating without lice ' Italy. will rejoin thé-freo natioas ae er propri ietors of “Beau- + ee hewn . ty Parlors” and three were = o! A ‘orld. é ‘ployed there. is ed Mussolini made ‘his fatal They were arraigned this morn- at ler, Itely has lost all of her ing before Justice of the Peace “abe empire, and she will con- Raul Carbonell, and each of the finue to lose more and more of two pronrietors was held in $100 her possessions, and will svfir bail, and each of the assistants in more and more, if she continues $50 bail, for the Monroe C y tatst the domination of Musso- Criminal Court of eae ani, when the Mallase Seeuainte tat ISADORE WEINTRAUB LEFT ON VACATION they also repudiate Hitler and his warlords. cores “aes Bore i ae that the Ital- Isadore Weintraub, war fund 1 People generally are peace- chairman of the Key West Chap- loving and heve no taste for the tr of the Red Gross,, teft. yes. Present war, which was thrust up- terday for Miami, where he -wi!! re ain a few days before pro- ceeding to Washington. on them bv @ leader who, think- ing that Great Britein surely would be crushed in a few months : ‘ after France had fellen, entered! Ft°™ that citv he will go to kind that is called “rol ~ E 3 ee : the war because he thought his en- New A and then to Boston | : 2 ed services rendered by The! eee eet trance would mean easv spoi le expects to back in Key 5 me a ¢! the Naval officer in the routine france would mean easy spoils He uHects 10 be bs LEAVE ON TRIP Kev West Citizen in support of| the Naval officer in, the. routine dent reminded his hearers that! FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, tne s! =e tonnage aa i hitarnaral er tonagieed gad Peent” !He off medical aid and food ve arya ara lot ar omar NORMAN H. DAVIS, Chair-/@nd in stated: “Sorry and/to the radio. is «| T wish you luck on your journey.”! “Do they. like radio music? I man of Central Committe Tt was just about dusk when the |don't know. They haven't laid any GEO. O. LUCAS, Chapter! dead craft ‘landed. it: | eggs yet. Chairman. the back. | first torpedo which struck .on, the _ — ISADORE WEINTRAUB, LICENSE STAMPS — war starboard atthe /No..,1 batch.| ~ DOG FINDS LOST MAN | Thirty seconds later another, was (iy Associated Presa) DARWIN, June 1l.—Jap airmen in tte Southwest Pa- cific are avoiding dogfights, and the reason for their doing so may be traced to a Radio Tokyo report, record- ed here, that. by implica- tion, showed that Jao mili- tarists ere worried over the great number of planes they ere losina. The latest score shows that the Japs. in dogfights over the Russell Islands. re- cently occupied bv the Allies. lost 23. out of 40 planes. while the loss of the Allied aircraft totaled only seven. Laat a, Canali REPORTS LOWERING PRICE ON BUTTER E. P. Winter, head, of the Mon- | roe County Rationing Board, this afternoon that he has been officially informed that the! price of butter has been lower- ed five cents a pound. He added that the decrea goes into effect in Key We immediatey, and that housewives | should see to it that they obtain their butter now at the lowered price. | The price range i generally is from 53 to 55 cents, OS MBP SF 7 & a pound, depending on the qua ity and type of butter. The high- er price, is for the but ter that four blocks to the pound, and the lo on the survivors who have beer i: Ramirez’ statement two days SOUTH PACIFIC rualty—the German country, or other outstanding ac cists, versary of the birth of George! Washington, badges were not Alttough the sinking occurred awarded to members of the order the |0n as ayes War ease! SICILY, SARDINIA POUNDED Arrangements were omde created the e, and since then é ARD! - torthwr janded here cnly recently. The! 79,000 have Vein Bwerdad bey Wie] AGAIN PPR feat eee. tt, ‘depar'ment. The awards were| ALGIERS.—Sicily and Serdinis *pite the hoisting of the white fiven to men who had fought in! were reided again lest night by the Spanish-American War, World| ajlied nlenes besed in North Af War I and the present war. rica The slanes met with mo op pesition in the ir and only a few anti-aircraft auns were im. action at any time during the raids. PANTELLERIA’S LAST GESTURE ERE Se ALGIERS. — A bulletin issued late today by Allied headquarters aa a \yaid that the lest resistance — scattered they were me: br fo- py Prntelerria was to send s : ' pe ty inte the sir to try fo beat "°™ Balien sskdiers w off the. Allied bombers. Thirty been informed of seven of the planes were des roy ed and the others scooted back to their bases. A short time fter ward. the white fle; was hoisted on Pantelleria. GROUNDED FOR TWELFTH NIGHT LONDON.—RAF four-motored | bembers remained et their bases jlast night for the twelfth succes sive night Comment that they are being cut in readiness fo strike « | tremendops blaw thet will pre the of Europe gmn- ' arly in March, survivors Navy's 24-men qun crew and 41 {members of tte merchant crew fies. the warstins protected the le~ding petties with curtains cf thet extended fem ‘the shore jine to half 2 mile or mo-r wplend. ltehans mede nc ream! j|manaved to struggle into four \lifeboets and three days later Chicken Coop De Luxe ‘finally reached an African port. Has One Little Defect the merchant Seesteeecee (Ry Associated Press) NEW YORK, June 11—One after flock of Ozone Park chigkens are looking down their beaks at feathered neighbors. The reason: Their coop is a con- verted automobile trailer, electric lights, ice box and a radio. fhe super de luxe chicken house and all the trimmings are the property of Patrick C: “When I want to observe their fe,” Casev said, “I go in- , take a bottle of beer from the ice box, sit down and listen fire One member of | crew lost his life. ance et pleces. the tm «a | It was about two hours _| the vessel had been torpedoed and shelled that the sub surfaced and lcame alongside the Red | which Ensign Edwin 5 R, of Birmingham, APPRECIATION | p American National and the Key W oI lifeboat in B. Abbott, Alabama, | as a rule. not then is sold rutrender. American ead Britch obstrvers sent icformetics heedquarters here thet Pan'= lena ‘FIRST MEMBER Menendez and daugh- | ter, Nellie Corrine, left over the} NEW YORK.--Iraq is the first! highwav for New Orleans, where | | full-fledged Moslem member of they will spend a! while with] the United Natijons. friends. Mrs. J. L. wes the worst batters | Flece im the history of warfare Net » angie gun emplacem=s on tre island was left mtact. « arfreld were filled with bomb creters end even undergroerd nemy PLACED ON SALE READY TO LAUNCH GREATEST OFFENSIVES Ih IN ALL HISTORY (My Associated Pressy MOSCOW, June 11—For the, Red planes flew far and wide | third successive night squadrons! last night, Fred J. Dion, informed The the $5 federal lice: on sale yesterday at office a las a fices throughout the countr local. postmaster, Citizen today that CONTAIN NO WALLS Natives of Ren out 4,00 in number, in w s shelters. CHICAGO. nell Island. live it was reported. in , bombing German positions as far! northeast} #W@Y as the Ukraine. In that area, ammunition dumps were {exploded end barracks were de- time the raiders were scattered Btroyed, the report stated. by Russian fighters and driven! Radio Berlin, recorded here, back to their bases. The loss of | Staed that the Germans are fast 4 hi | Planes by either side was ~<a ae ii “hp ote | sives: yworld has ever known.” | iat Qf} Btalingzad last wight | bad this | morning, action was | | confined to artillery duels. SR REETT /WANTED. YOUNG WOMEN | | BUS DRIVERS be DRIVE SMALL BUSSES on i of German planes raided muni pa ; Seis OIL PRAY Your Fenders and Chassis—it saves you buying a set of Fenders. Lou Smith AUTO SERVICE White at Fleming St. Phone No. § Opposite Army Barracks tion works 150 miles | of this city, and for the third! | Stated in the Feiperencea sat Miller & ape 1028 Division Street WHOLESALE PRODUCE PHONE Short Shifts—4¥% hours 1180 sane Hotels, Restaurants and Stores Supplied ue | Direct Receivers of WATERMELONS—Carload Lots Key West Transit Fund Chairman. THE NEW H ! | RESTAURANT | ij] under Chef Management of Edward A. Snyder i Formerly of Miami Beach and Atlantic City |_Now | SERVING |: MEALS | DAILY Except Moodeys| ~6-AuM. to. MIDNIGHT... } 416 SOUTHARD STREET Next to Skating Rink Where It’s Always Cool and Comfortable | unleas shed ain striking’ én! the | , Starboard this time between No 2| land No. 3 Watches! Qungre”tron the submarine which exploded the | aft magazine sent the ship to the | [| bottom Having landed its earge at an ' African port, the ship was en route back with empty ammuni- tion cases and empty beer bottles. FIRST SYMPTOM — The first] symptom of a cold is a sensa-! tion of burning and discomfort in the part affected. PALACE THEATER | JOHNNY MACK BROWN in ‘THE LONE STAR TRAIL’ _ NEWS and SERIAL POULTRY “The Finest the Market Affords | | BRADY’S , Live Poultry & Egg Market Phone 540 | hove White St. |dog out of the woods. The man ‘cede MUNSING, Mich.+-While on the ed volume today. Nothing officiel , | olf course; Jack’ Mackie noticed | was issued @bout the big bombers. | the peculiar behavior of his dog, ; though information was received Pudgy. 3-year-old Boston bull ter- | here thet dreed is growing apace rier, who four times bounded in Germany over the inectivity of away into the woods and excited- | the planes. iy returned. The fifth time, Ste- vhen Richardson, 79, followed the jhad been lost and police had {searched the woods fruitlessly for} him. NAMED IN 1804 NEW YORK—The Bismarck |Sea and archipelago were nam- led in 1884 for the German “Iron Chancellor”. j GATO DORMITOR' 1100 Simonton Street A DEFENSE PROJECT. The privileges of this Dormitory are extended to the following: CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES of the Key West Naval Station CONTRACTORS’ PERSONNEL of Army and Navy Defense Projects se ee $1.00 Per Day $3.50 Per Week| RAUL'S CLUB Now Open Every Day. 3 to 12 BIG DANCE and FLOOR SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT Music from $ to 12 ay JOHN PRITCHARD’S ORCHi PHONE $287 arsencis were shattered. The shore front round entire isiend wes = shembics and. eside fom small oom TERED APE herdiy ex implement of could be put umto ummediste Five neval bomber¢ments 13 deys of beebings: by Allied enc (Continued on Pag= F EVERY CAR on our lot MUST BE SOLD before Jume 15. Come, s-- the cars — make = bed! NAVARRO. Inc- Ottice Reer Cena. Hore q DANCE ‘and REFRESHMENTS oeeeeeeee Friday, June 1ith, 8 P.M. te 12 M- B. P.O. ELKS, NO. 551 313 Duval Street FOR ELKS IN SERVICE and VISITING ELES