The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 15, 1943, Page 1

" Associated Press Day Wire . Service and AP Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, hes the most equable climate in the country;. with an average range of only 14° Fahrent =% Che Key West Citizen , : THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER VOLUME LXIV. No. 142. IN THE U. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1943. S. A. ee | LATE: BULLETINS (By Associated Press) Mayor Willard M. Albury, yes-;a friend of Mayor Albury’s, —- *— Reported That It Was Too! JQHN Foggy For Pilots To De-| termine Extent Of Dam- age, gaining in each sector but Radio Berlin, heard here. declared that the actions ere little more than £4 _ * ~ RAF Planes Raid Obenhafen Many Heol Superintendent | RISSAIS CAM Same Sort Of Blasting = 9 Of, Schools Should Vevote | IN EACH SECTOR: G Pantelleria And : bo Te To Pectin... | :«(oewem ae Ae 4 (lt aG ring i] nfl ACTION AGAINST LEAKAGE | nuire Lime 10 FOsitlON conpucren turer mason : ar ANKARA.—It was officially re-| | L d R | 7 | ported today that the British have. | 2 GROEED CereseavEs ampe usa ecent y REESE |closed the Syrian frontier on the ee DURING DAY a = * ; Turkey side to prevent leeks from) j|@ stickler for fairness, declared: N | passing over the border about the| “"“"Y Sftemoon, was mame®} switiard should resign _imme- COLPIE GISELE Pom Maced Is S | British military activities in Sy-|sup2rintendent of public in ey as mayor. The time he (By Associated Press) duet f ia. The British ninth and t wai: 2 should in that ofifce and the) MOSCOW, June 15—The Rus- DIED YESTERDAY sme scsrteres to Syin'ana sn in Monroe county BF ine he shold seve ae cupeih gy Jane 16~7ee Bur NEW GERMAN BOMB IS - od On Western Side Gi | Palestine, and it was said that they the Local School Board. Carlyle tendent run concurrently. If he is #885 @¥° Conducting three major | SIZE OF BABY RATTLER Sicili ; ee —— |may now be engaged in maneu-| $ iat the city hall ing as mayor,| ground offenvisse today. and are — icihan Straits, Clese To : ‘vers that the Allies wish to keep Roberts, the chairmen, and Mrs.!ithen he is neglecting his duties (Ry Associated Press) 7 FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE! som the enemy. | Jennie Pierce. voted for him, and #5 Superintendent; if he is in the LONDON, June 15—Ger lialy’s Tee | GoNDUCTED THIS AF- | aa ~ ‘coynty courthouse, serving as many is now using bombs the | | FRENCH LEADERS SPLIT |F. S. Carbonell supported Wil superintendent, then he is neglect- size of baby rattlers. They TERNOON { | iam W. Demeritt. ing his duty as mayor. It’s a sure have a handle to them. and. (By Annoctated Press) | AGAIN CBy Ameweted Oren LONDON, June 15—Last night | RAF four-motored bombers raid- ed Obenhafen, a large manufac-|day afternoon at 5:45 o'clock at turing center in G y, with his residence, in the rear of 615 Grinnell street. The funeral, under large steel works and plants that; the direction of the Lopez Funeral produce or mak re Home, will be held this afternoon at 5 o'clock from the First M. E. Qnti-aircraft guns, submarines | (Stone) Church, where the body and airplanes. will be placed at 3 p. m. Rev. Samuel P. Reinke of tke The British ministry reported} First Congregational Church will officiate, assisted by Flora Mit- that it was too fogyy for the pi-|chell of the Assembly of God. lots to determine the extent 8 eoryivors a be daughters, 1 be ra ussel itecum| the damage they had done, but Pap es Fla., Mrs. Nora Mackie, Mrs. Myr- Gilead that, th ic igi jtle Curry; two sons, Sidney murky |-rhompson, Leslie Thompson; two Screen, they were able to see the|sisters, Mrs. Hattie Buggs, Plant City, Fla.; Mrs, Julia Baez, Tam- flares of fires. pa, Fla.; 19 grandchildren and 16 It was not reported: how many | great grandchildren. The Impd. Order of Red Men ill.attend. the’ funeral, and. pall- but it was said unofficially that} bearers will be selected from the they were fewer; than those. that| “bership. ronnie KBPS TQ HOLD SHOULD FURNISH DISTRICT MEET OWN INFORMATION ! ee 4 SEVERAL OUT-OF-TOWN: OF- E. P. Winter, chtaitma’ a oa CIALS EXPECTED To.BE Rationing Board, states, aoe hae oon. An . e z War Ration Book ifr i maled| 3 sata from the State Issuance Office to Pe Knights of Pythias of the sev- the individual, only the name of enth district will be held on the person to whom the book be-'Friady evening at the Pythian F : iigeae «1,| Hall, 728 Fleming street. longs is written in—in nage The district is composed of the pencil. j lodges of Dade, Broward and “ 'Moroe counties. Immediately bel th a 3 c lines ate gpa lg ad hae! According to advises received ber, post office, state, age, sex,!Y J. Winfield Russell, Keeper . % PEE ps sig, Of Records and Seal of Key West weight, height occupation and Sig-Tsdge, the following prominent | ‘members are scheduled to a Boards will not make any ef-' the mpocting? ae fot to aid consumers in complet- 3 ing this book. Boards are asked to! a per RBG eres insist on the public's completing Guard; Judge W. Raleigh Pette- their own information. -way, Supreme Rapeeeenunive: The lower block on the cover G. A. Raymond, Past Deputy page of this book is entitled “Lo-’ Grand Chancellor; F. C. (Gene) cal Board Action.” No entries Smith, Royal Vizier of the Dokies should be made in this block. ,and many others. A WANTED Sr Mise ts A district meeting of the DELMONICO, RESTAURANT : YOUNG WOMEN 218 Duval St. | BUS DRIVERS Effective Thursday, June 17, !0 DRIVE SMALL BUSSES on WILL SERVE MEALS | ‘Short Shifts 4% hours DAILY from 8 A.M. G00D P AY BREAKFAST - LUNCH | apply car Barn. end of Simonton and DINNER Key West Transit Co. Ea” SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. Prescription Druggists PHONE 199 Duval at Fleming Key West ALGIERS.—It was learned to-: |day that neither General Giraud | {their political differences, at-i | tended a luncheon that was given! |yesterday in an effort to bring; them together. Other French leaders are striving to have the| two genereJs state specifically the ; questions over which they are at ledds, so that something may be. ; done to settle them satisfactorily. | | ONE SHIP. 23 BARGES SUNK | MELBOURNE.—Allied planes’ yesterday sank one Jap troopship ‘and 23 landing barges, Army Min-; lister Ford announced today. Hej} {also said that no further danger jexists of the Jeps invading Aus-; @ move, he added, “they will be’ j driven back into the sea.” i THREE AND ONE-HALF ! BILLION H | WASHINGTON—By midnighi ' tonight the Treasury Department! the second quarterly income tax’ |payment. Internal revenue of- | fices will be kept open till mid- night. | CROPS SMALESR, FURNITURE} FUL > WASHINGTON.—It was report- | ed-today that this year’s ‘are| likely to be the lowest in fhe. last| was that furniture will be! plentiful enough to meet all re- quirements. oa one-half billion dollars on! { TO LIQUIDATE NYA | WASHINGTON.—The NYA will | ; be liquidated in the next few days, | it was authoritatively reported to- day. ACTION ON THAT 16 BILLION WASHINGTON. — Congress, | when it convenes after the sum- | mer recess. will begin immediate- ly to take action on the bill to raise sixteen billion in taxa- tion during the next fiscal year, as requested by the Treasury De- partment. QUIET ON THE COAL FRONT WASHINGTON.—All is quiet today on the coal front, and the reason for that attitude is due to the revocation of the fine of $1 a dey on each of 250,000 coal miners for every day they did not work \during their last strike. H FLORIDA USING TOO MUCH GASOLINE JACKSONVILLE: — Opa head- quarters here reported today that, since the ban on pleasure driving | (Continued on Page Four) i THE NEW RESTAURANT under Chef Management of" Edward A. Snydér Formerly of Miami Beadli and Atlantic City | DAILY Except Mondays 6 A.M to MIDNIGHT CLUB BREAKFAST Full Course LUNCHEONS DeLUXE DINNERS Specializing in WAFFLES and HOT CAKES 416 SOUTHARD STREET || Next to Skating Rink Where It's Always Cooi and Comfortable rbet he can’t be in both places at This morning a city councilman, | John H. Thompson died yester-|mor General De Gaulle because of; —_____ Milledge, In Letter Rant Here, Says Henry Jones To Be Named Asst. Attorney! A county official received = letter this morning from Stanley Milledge, state etiorney-elect for this district, in which he stated t this part of ‘the district. } + | ! Mr. Jones was absent from his} In his:letter, Mr. Milledge spoke; The Lecal | Rationing Beara} 1 - es office today because of ‘illness, expects to have collected three! but bis last statement to The prosecutor. Citizen was, in connection wita| REPRINT from Laundry Age. (Continued on Page Fovr* whether or not he will the eppoiniment, thet the pointment had not yet tendered to him and that, there cept. (of Mr. Jones’ experience as He (Continued on Page Four) DUE TO WARTINE PROBLEMS Lundin Brothers , closed sage? his brother pperated the laundry said that complica’ the operators was down. C. F. Stevenson, Laundry and pr s operators aD! oe ce Administrat et there has been Mr. Stevenson. military and army and Zit is enough helt to ke a full day- on April 24, Elmer ions aris! = 1: shortage 2! restrictions, labor’ the reason manager 0! esident of the Lai Association, paled 10 | ‘tion for price re “Despite th cue have priority in fo et civilian work is pl almost Spokane, Lundin, vavean and Gust has te the last 34 years, ing out of pri ind “iliness of for closing Laundry, { the Crystal undry and declared that ; operating on tay Peonths age the _ Office of >f andl 25 5 ranted,” said m eo. that the our piants led to the possible to get ep a complete shifegoins Milton Gardner, Peerless Loundry, nounced that ow! problems includ help, priorities wages ft will remain to complete or tails necessary closed. The Peerless Lau stitution in Naugatuc! being paid \ z t accept any laundry wit in in operation ders on hat ing to the ; ici chiefly shortage on materials, ana y in.war plants, ad further orders. for two weeks nd and other de- before the plant will be ndry has. been an in- k for many years. _ Announcement to the fact that we Due < ic. short of help and no siqns of relief in sight. it is with- gio | fegret that Wwe are forced to make the followitig de- cision. are already overloaded with Effective Thursday, June 17th. we will no longer ac- cept Navy personnel laundry. Checking with the Navy Ship Service laundry we find. that ell Navy men have access to the Navy laundry where prices are lower and the service certainly not any slower. Therefore, we fecl that we are not working a hardship on the Navy personnel. Furnishing satisfactory with its huge influx of War service to the Key West public i becoming Workers is ravidly an_impossible task with the shortage of skilled labor. inning Thursday. June 17th, our Cash & Carry of- fice and business office will at 1 P.M. close on Thursday afternoons Our minimum bundle to be delivered will be $1.00, and our Cash and Carry bundle, COLUMBIA ‘STEAM, LAUNDRY A. L. MURRAY, been’ days “feeler operations”. | One of the s 90 miles northwest -called feeler op- erations, of Kharkov, beat back three col- umns of German infantry and inflicted losses that totaled 1,100, including 450 killed. ;_ The communique said that the (Russians are taking the initia- Yive all along the front, particu- accept arly in the Orel area, where the | Axis forces have back gradually the Another villag: five in two da recaptured this morning by the Russian: been last falling three making ap- tralia. Should they attempt such’ efinitely that Henry M. Jone: fore, he was not in a position to will be appointed as assistant in! slate whether or not he will ac- MAY APPLY NOW FOR | | FUTURE FOOD POINTS a!advises that Institutional Users, |Group II, may now apply for served many July-August Allotment of Cor- trolled Food points. Applicants must. furnish the local rationing board with the number’ of meals served in April and May, .together with the -dol- Jiar révenue forthe same -period os ‘REPORTED when picked up. splinter into a thousand pieces. killing the persons who handle them or anybody else who 1s neerby. Discovery of this type of bomb was announced today by the British Air Minicst They were used last night raids in three scattered perts of this city. and caused “some casualties.” Besides the dropping of the tiny bomb. the German Planes dropped seven ierge ones, which alsc caused cas- ualties.” LIDIA SEs CITY COUNCL = MEETS TONIGHT There will be a vegular meet- ing of the City Council hekt = night, beginning at 6 The amended liquor scheduled to come for consideration. Nothing other business’is scheduled + before the meeting thus far thar THAT ALLIES ARE READY FOR GREAT THRUST AGAINST JAPS (By Associated Press) CHUNGKING, June 15.—With} | |ihe return of Lieutenant Gen- | |eral Stillwell to this war capital | | city of China, #@ was reported | |today that the Allies are on the ‘point of launching a “full-dress” | H | cffensive against the Japs. believed that General | Stillwell brought back with him from Washington the “blue | Print” of the mighty | that will be launched against the | It is offensive | | Japanese. Whether or not it will include | the bombing of Japan. it was not | stated, but the presence of Gen- {eral Chennault, an expert in air- ‘PALACE THEATER FRANK BUCK with . “JACARE” NEWS and SERIAL |—— Tonight Is Prize Night —— _ GATO CAFETERIA 1100 Simonton Street A DEFENSE PROJECT ; The privileges of this cafe- | teria are extended to the H following: plane activities is thought to mean thet the beginning of air operations are near at hand. An otter srokesmen, however. ed that the Allies may wait sill Burma is recaptured. so that they will have eirfields nearer to stet- | Japan. before beginning an ii out sir sttack on home bases. The Chinese troops were re ported todsy to be continuing their advances alony the mein fronts in China. the enemys four ALGIERS June 15 —Srogecdier General Jammy Doolutties fer m North Atmce heve been <om centrating ther ettecks chs during the lest 24 nours on Me: sim which ts om the wes ucie ef the Sicilsen straits omiy btil- more than « mule fom tee <o2:: lime cf the tee of the Babe boct The mtemty of the bom is gaming m voleme «: 2 when Perteiieva and Lamoecu-s were efte-es¢ guneg we 2s. deys thet precesed teen scoree dermg t the Alben _Dificiely. the rend wes des => ec es heving shettered muce- insteetions m Mesume Murso:m: comemdered a ax ct the Medsterreneer e: wes on the south cide & those days whee be proudly and &s quently spome of that oody = weter es Meze Nostteem ot Our See. Unotircaliy. thet wes belere the amcesisst pounds; Messing may be a2 preiede of action sumilar to thet whet ied to the fall of italys othe: =ierd. im the lest week With Mesure in their poe tee Alles would be m 3 common & soe at the beert of lay Opprsitucn Gurme tme cmc. so Messine te: coniouec = wens em so much so that game = attack thu mormes sce Gage enemy; viene wes emcoutiers (Contumued on Page Four PUBLIC NOTICE For more than 12 veers, I hewe served the public, my customers and friends, but om account of general conditions. over wbuch | have no control, I find it unpossible to com tinue my business further at this tame, | am. therefore— CLOSING The BERMUDA MEAT MARKET TONIGHT a bh Gi Ess lit . I wish to sincerely thank all of you, for your patronage, until (7) then, | am,