The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 17, 1943, Page 1

'\ after the process. if exposed to Press Day Wire ; AP. Features ‘For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Pat BG + Key Key West, Florida, bes the most equable climate in the country; with am sverage range of only 14° Pahren’ = Cittzrn THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. VOLUME LXIV. No. 144. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1943. | Demeritt Named | | Deputy School Superintendent | Acting Superintendent (Washington Correspondent have); of The Key West: Citizen) WASHINGTON, 'D. Cc... June \ 17—A new outlet for Florida fish was seen possible here today @s reforts were received that de- hydration processes were being ; Perfected to use more types of fish. St. Petersburg reports said that Frank S, Reed, head of the “Reed-Martin Laboratories there, had developed 2 method of de-; hydrating mullet: This had been difficult before because any fish! that contained more than two Per cent fat usually spoiled soon Four towns. reported as captured yesterday.|..1. si. election was declared to are still in the Russians’ posses- : be invalid, sion, despite the fact that the Germans have launched a series | of ccunter-attacks in attempts to recepture the towns. |. Radio Berlin said today that the German high command, after {declaring the towns to be of great strategical value. had is jsued orders to retake them at | all. costs, Military experts here asserted that it was due to those jorders that led to the struggle that is still continuing for the | possession of the towns. Fierce fighting is also going on in the Kurst area,‘with heavy _ ‘artillery and many rquadrons of: to unfa’ weather. east of Allied Planes Destroy Three & =H Enemy Vessels In Aegean Sea i (By Ansoctatea Prens) WALLACE PINDER ; ALGIERS, June 17.—Allie< : DIED YESTERDAY °""" based in North Africa — far afield today the ae | Aegean Sea, Greece, ERAL SERVICES FOR FOR- where they sank three enemy MER CITY CLERK WILL BE sailing vessels and damaged HELD TOMORROW | Shore installations of the Wallace Pinder, former city |Poe clerk who retired severak-yéars ; ago after a long period of serv- A 7 i ite) died BAG ottlack jolene | ee heard here, is believed afternoon at his residence, 1313|te be on a ‘fishing’ expedition. |Pine street. Mr. Pinder was 75 The sfokesman seid that the | Axis Radio Berlin, according to a, is Dehydration Pr Will RUSSIAN TROOPS William W y' ocesses Wi ‘William VW. ° ’ Py i | u et or orida s Fish | Be p.imeritt. Dr. F. S. Carbonell nomi- GERMANS “LAUNCH seiies [s deputy superintendent of pub-' nated Mr. Demeritt, and the doc-' * OF COUNTER ATTACKS :N| 'Mr. Demeritt the required major- | Monroe County School Board held ity. i rey ° is i =f . Will Be Established In THINKS JAPS MAY FALL! TERRITORY Jee afternoon in the county court: resigned the superintendency to Diff P. AT SAME TIME THAT | house. The meeting was called by! become a lieutenant commander | S t erent Parts Of This ORES Allan B.| promised Mayor Albury she woult (By Anwoetatea Frese) _*) MOSCOW, © June: 17.—Russi support him. & few-days-later'she! MELBOURNE, June. 17.— | Archer; later still, she voted for A i |Mr, Cleare, and. then «switched He: BE. Nait ¢ | important’ gains they ‘ opinions about the Japs’ | made in the Orel:<area'-during’ Hamed at. meeting of the board! ° Mr. Demeritt. rectly different from General us not a turncoat, but, as she is MacArthur's. munique asserted: {unfamiliar with polities, so many \to bear on her, she did not know rill aus wee ress what to do. She said she had th jimany Key Westers called on her rag eda ee mpeta j At that time Mrs. Jennie Pierce ‘and others telephoned her to sup- t and he added that it will not surprise him if the Japs time” as the Nazis sue for peace, against the Jars: has been fat more successful than is particularly so as regards their shipping. For several feéling acutely the loss of many ships, which hes uation that is fully realized reports also said that\ by the Japanese war lords. rae Cow ow. MMM 4 PE “planes: playing, major | ae I bb ad 6 roles. j a plant and that the British gov DarTtTic WAlhe: The consmunique © annoenced | ernment had contracted for 75 BATTLE WAGONS raid Saraloff, 200 miles up the Fer cent of his product, Hepre- Volga from Stalingrad, but that ae they could reach their objec- day also said that interest in! ADM. ; ROSENDAH tives. such plants in Florida in-| l years of age. Funeral services, under thé di“) Allies in North Africa have 1,-! ably will be established in the COMMANDER IN SERVICE DE- 000,000 soldiers “poised” for the ake tasace® | CLARES BATTLESHIP HAS WELLS IN PLANNING **' be held 5 o’clock tomorrow TITUSVILLE, June 17. (FNS)— | afternoon fromm the First M. E.; NOT BEEN SUPERCEDED BY Oil well drilling operations will! Stone) Church. Rev. A. C. Ri- : ‘be started soon on 97,218 acres of | Viere, Pastor, will officiate. jland lying in Brevard, Osceola The body will be placed i ; ; }the church at 2 p. m. r ties, according to; and Orange counties, ai e The Improved Order Be Means Of Furnishing N CAPTURED TOWNS William W. Demeritt was elect- | ternoon she supported Mr. De- ic instruction at a meeting of the ‘0r’s and Mrs. Pierce’s vote gave Claimed Several Plants|\ CO @ODD DI OD MOG S| : | EFFORT TO RECAPTURE | { At the time Melvin E. Russell ; y jin the Coast Guard, Mrs. Pierce NAZIS: SUE FOR PEACE! State WGleate, ‘who resigned last Friday) ig she would support:Mrs: John troéps: are-holding ‘fast:to all the’) because ef ill health, Australian ° Fore! 4 ee ign Minister Mayor Willard M. Albury was, back to Mayor Albury. and finally + 7 | "Mrs. Pierce said today that she Bohhing powers that are di- {the last four days/:today's ‘som-"on Monday afternoon, but, be- ‘She latter thinks that it cause of the ase of the secret bal-|icounter influences were brought dulealing the: Yara bat ti changed to Mr. Demeritt because atioc (ks Germhina hag. voted for Mr. Albury, but this af-itort him. collapse “just about the same The warfare of attrition generally realized, he stated, months the Jars have been brought about a grave sit- ME ‘Was’ planning to build» that German planes attempted to sentative J. Hardin Peterson to- ARE DEFENDED B they were beaten back before { creasing and that “several prob- | DRILLING OF OIL z rection of Lopez Funeral Home, i invasion of Italy, and that thou- Aiinidliac meccocentative Lek! sands of landing barges and hun- | AIR POWER Creds of skivs are ready ie to br Green today renewed his opposi- os ele of Red | Pressed into action at any mo- PRESS CONGRESS Four-Engined Planes Engage DRAWS RESOLUTION In Attack Made Last Night PLEDGING LIBERTY: 7 < — hap PISSLLIL EL) ADOPTED AT CONFERENCE THOUSANDS OF AXIS HELD IN HAVANA witH, TROOPS SURENDERED MANY couUNTRIEs BEING’ IN FALL OF ISLANDS REPRESENTED Germany's Third Largest City Was Bombed Fo: 116th Time Sice War Was Siarted Secretary of War Stimson said today that 11,009 prisoners were captured with the fall of Pantelleria and thet between four and five thousand surren- dered when the white flag was hoisted over Lampedusa. He praised the American flyers for the successful way in which they conducted the raids that resulted in the cap- ture of four Italian islends in the Mediterraneen. Despite the length of the attacks and the effective manner in which they were nressed home only 40 American vilcis were lost in all the raids. +BY Ameertated Proee At the Press Congress held in sana Havana, With every country Jane —Cons= in the ‘Western Hemisphere, except Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia, a resolution was adopted to guaran-! iee Jiberty for ali peoples of those nations and to recommend to those governments that freedom of the: press be maintained in accord- ance with their constitutions. Unanimously approved the third iargesr crv many. amd its worst sompe= wes raided aga last aight RAF tour-emgumec pianes | = the 16th reid that Cologee & suffered. and. though the last night wes sot 2 few was a os & resolution quoting President Roosevelt to President Camacho of Mexico—“That period which foreign groups can exploit other! peoples ended” —and that all newspapermen should, publicize it and hoid it as a solemn promise to the world. The North American delegation had a difficult time because of janguage differences. No inter- Freters or translations were pro- vided until late in the sessions when they were offered by Pres-| ident Pulgencio Batista of Cuba. CAPTAIN BRANNON ADDRESSES ROTES CHAIRMAN OF PROGRAM COMMITTEE of the others “= on mounced by the Britsh Air Mir in wa istry thet the raid TIBI DBD LL DD sw wale. C:legme wa: the fre is stating man cies thet expenen ec raid by 1999 planes That on May 2! of test RAF wes beginning OPPOSITION TO SUBSIDIES large-scale bombungs WASHINGTON. — Opposition —— to the government's granting subsidies through the OPA. sc “"““"isted c= the that the threatened price imcreas Flants im Cologne where x: es of foodstuffs cam be rolle?) ments of wer of practically back. apparently wes gaining — force today. The intention is to grant subsidies thet. chiefly. will finshed state cr umportam: peru redute prices for coffee. butter @Te manufactured. In addition | and meat. to the warmed manutactures =<: GIRAUD‘AND DE GAULIE 9 “* * Diselensins oes AGAIN Germanys tubmermes are 2 ALGIERS.—A covferepce that ¢. PR stom aa 2 nr uted tse were keld b- French leaders The pilots hed macs of t bere today in efforts to patch ap cations of the differences between Generals Gireud and De Gaulle. and. while @D¢ two and four ton biecebucte=s De Gaulle withdrew from one of = tis positions. tnere is still pee > break between him and Giraud. (By Asserinted Prema) veer wun Magri. rasc the 5.--- = = Pts ere ember mrodaccd = - Lieutenant David Elmer Ward, USN, was chairman of the pro- gram committee at the luncheon today of the Key West Rotary Club. The chief speaker was Captain John E. Brannon, of the Marine » whose subject was Father's Day, which will be observed next = those amc stner per the lest weve of clames pax tion to any plan which the Office | of Price Administration may be considering to impose Prices on Florida's fresh fish. He warned that if this Admiral Charles an agreement executed this week} TAMPA, June 17. (FNS)—Rear ; between the E. Rosendahl, Houston, Texas, and the Peavy- ceiling commander of U. S. Lighter-than-' Wilson Lumber Co., lessor of the ‘Air Service, defended the battle- jand. ‘ship in a talk before the graduat-' vital ing class of the’ University of standard equipment will be used Hunt Oil Co., of The agreement provides that |a member, will attend the fun-j eral in a body. Pallbearers will be from the memberships s Men and Knights of the Golden|ment in an all-out attack on!” Eagle, of which the deceased was j | Italy. | But headquarters here selected | of the| 2° comment on the concentra- Hudson, Lieutenant Fred C. were Walter M. Van Lieutenant Cor-manderj H. A. V. Parker, Stanley R. Plummer, J. R. Stew-| jart and Ahern C. Johnson. i FLOOD ENDANGERS AIRFIELD KANSAS CITY. Mo—The Mis- souri River. at its highest point im 28 yeers. is endangering an 4ir- field here. The flood s continuing to rise. and many workmen are over the city. the silots resortec thet Cologme because of aime. cus fres. some with tongues of flames shootimg um severe. Gred feet. wes almoct as cirart lodges. |tiens of forces of any kind to | being employed to try to keep the | to drill a well within the next 100 be Tampa last week. Ri 200 feet, un- war time commodity is to a _ ‘3 ig | “The battleship nas not been days to the deijthf of f produced in sufficient volume to superceded by air power,” Rosen- less gas, oil, oF Hats ds found be of aid in meeting “the food thal saide“It is my belief that in’ at a lesser ‘deptht! If\the ‘fivsé ‘at- spite of..the..many thousands of astidh ty ay aSUccESsful, the crisis that the law of supply and aircraft. we. acquire and use, our 5-year lease will terminate unless nis | battleship program will return big the oi] company pays. 121-2 cents demand was sufficient to goverf «ividends..We.,must have both, per acre, on,all property or unless i ii ‘ battleships and, airplanes. | “other exploration” is carried out. peiies ja, Chia:gene, __ | gipeaking solely as ‘an indi-, Peavy-Wilson Lumber Co., will He cited the difficulties which vidual,” he continued, “I fear we Teceive the usual mineral royalty must be met by Florida fisher-‘ have given up too easily in the of 1-8 of the market price of all ‘case of the large or rigid airship, | oil discovered. i Fy make | because the solution seemed a lit-| LBB BER tion troubles if they can make 1 ‘involved, yet like the battle-\ONE WAY TO GUARD GARDEN long trips, which usually are not’ ship, the prospect of development: allowed under Coast Guard and {71 (improvement are Indeed its that someone was shooting Navy night fishing bans; short-' The Navy became discouraged @ gun in a certain neighborhood, E ‘after several unsuccessful ven-: police found a woman victory gar- age of boats which have been {uso into the lighter-than-air dener was sticking small fire- " i es 4 1 i small potatoes, turned over to the letter two field, which resulted in the loss crackers into a D jof several large ships, and turned lighting the fuses and throwing services: lack of manpower caus- jty attention to heavier-than-air| them at dogs bothering her gar- ed by the draft and higher wages | quipment, but the war has prov- | @en- jed the merit of lighter-than-air elsewhere; difficulties in finding | ships in certain tields. az pee ““* BENINGO PEREZ ~ Take Vitamins Every Day DIED LAST ‘NIGHT |. 1 OMAHA, Neb.—Checking on transportation to markets and gasoline troubles. He said that unless the fish | (Continued on Page Three) | Benigno i i Perez, " st 5 bnight at 8:15 etek oth ; hospital. livre. on Cc R Y Ss T A L 9 Ss The funeral is being held:-this: afternoon at 3:00 o'clock from the} RESTAURANT __|Cbapel_of the Pritchard Funeral | , Rev. T. Di f the | (Fornasriy "AABeey's) Home, Rev. urrance 0) e Cor. Simonton and, Fleming Pres ape of God, officiating. | i "Ho Like DINE *,7" } EGGS BEST QUALITY FOODS , SANTA MONICA, radio rane HATCHES EGGS IN DESK SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. Prescription Druggists PHONE 199 Duval and Fleming Streets Reesonably Priced | heat generated by the radio trans- REGULAR former on the desk of Fred Zies- DINNERS ibe 650.0 police dispatcher, was suffi- j cient to hatch all but three of a SID CRYSTAL, Prop. | dozen eggs Ziesmer bought and placed in a drawer of the desk. Burial will take place in the water from inundating the field. | visible as & would hewe been on a cloudless dev. Fourteen pium=> were lost im the raid. family lot in the City Ceme-| ©@*FY out an attack on Italy. Last| NON-RESIDENTS OF eerie ef the. deccesed ia: ent Sie: the sornring stow] LAMA MMU UY - nounced today thet it is mot like- morn. chide’ two" daughters, Mrs: Wil: to; Italy, was bombed again, but liane! Camalier and Mrs..Jamcs; the extent of the damage done| 1 ‘ TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Ji:ne 17/ ly that taxes will’ beincreased for the round-the-clock bombine « }(FNS)—Director J. J." Gilliam | the remrinder of the year It was |E. Layne; a son, Hilhrn Pin-! q — —————--- ‘of the State Department.of Pub | his opinion thet the passing of « Germany. large fight: of Hur NO HIGHER TAXES WASHINGTON.—Secretary of 1m Comms Ger |der; 13 grandchildren and 2! wes not disclosed. | great-grandchild. t i Mr. Pinder held the position} lic Safety, pointed out this week | bill in time for it to be put imto sicanes and Typhoons, fying == lof city clerk for a great many/ FEDERAL GOVERNMEN |that non-residents of Florida who effect will carry over to January | years, having served in that ca-/WILL ACQUIRE CANAL are employed here must buy a) of 1944 weually fim shot ace pacity up-to a few years ago when | Pi Beers |State driver's license under terms! - English Channel to cerry |he retired, and was placed on the! WASHINGTON, D. C., June 17.|of an amendment to the law pass-| ATTACK TWO AGENCIES ba EP nis: a ,)(ENS)—The Senate Commerce |ed by the recent legislature. WAREROSSCR. — Feat Dieu Re ae Wy ee n his early days, the deceased| Committee has approved a bill re-| The old law did not clearly de-| ®Propriations committee yester- _. « aan was prominently identified with! cently passed by the House, au-| fine who should purchase such|48¥ made ample provisions for (the cigar making industry, work- ing at the trade for many years after which he became affiliated | with the Cigarmakers Union, act- ‘ing as secretary, and filling other i *horizing the Federal government to acquire the Gulf County Canal |which connects the channel ex- | tending from the | River to St. Andrews Bay. Work Apalachicola | lice: . Gilliam said, but the amendment now makes the buying of a license imperative. Other amendments drop the |age limit for chauffeur’s license joffices in connection with that) on the waterway by U. S. Army! from 18 to 16 years, for special union. He was also an active member! in several of the fraternal and} | benevolent orders of the city be- jing an outstanding member in the! Red Men and Golden Eagle and other: societies of this nature. i Mr. Pinder was a politician of the first ‘type,;:baving been re-} elected numerous times to the of-) fice of city clerk without opposi tion, ang\sreti feated in} | this contort EDS : 3 The flag at the City Hall was; flown at half-mast today in re-} ‘spect to the departed official who} | was well and favorably known to} the entire citizenry of Key West. | PALACE THEATER WILLIAM BOYD in “THE LOST CANYON” NEWS and SERIAL } i | | i j i } { i | Eneineers would also be author- | chauffeur’s license from 21 to 18° the operation of 18 government agencies during the next fiscal yerr, today criticism developed re- Gatding the OWI and the OPA. about reductions of the estimates \LIEUT. KNIGHT WILL ized. |years and for school bus drivers | tat have been agreed on for those Fending fulfillment of the con-| from 21 to 17 years under certain | two agencies. Ea dition that the xisting canal be | restrictions: J eA conveyed to the Federal govern-| Motorists are. also called upow rn : GATO . CAFETERIA ment free of cost, the bill would/to purchase their Federal stati, | 1100 Simonton Street authorize dredging of the.canal to )available for $5, af any post of- a depth of nine feet and width ‘of | fice. The present'‘stamp is good 100 feet; at-an estimated cost ofonly until July 1, at which time a $112,000. iid (new stamp must be displayed: The privileges of this cafe-, teria are extended to the following: PAE | ED he EwpLovess Lieutenant Joseph W. ‘Knight,| YOUNG WOMEN | of the West Naval Station PERSONNEL son of Deputy Sheriff and Mrs | air corps of the Army, has been transferred from Camp Clair- Short Shifts—4% hours | PERSONNEL OF ARMY. NAVY. 4g COAST GUARD and MARINE Texas, to take his final training. GOOD PAY | Mrs. Knight and Mary Lou {GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FAMILIES OF THE ABOVE Lieutenant Knight, who had been | GROUPS visiting him at Camp Clairbourne, Joseph G. Knight, who is in the) to DRIVE SMALL BUSSES on bourne, La., to San Antonio, CORPS Knight, wife and daughter of| Apply Car Barn, end of Simonton Key. West Transit Co. have returned home. eee 7] tercept a squedrom of nurmcest. end six enemy aurcraft drvec ost the sea with smoxe anc fle=> Plane was lost. CARRY INDIAN NAMES Indian names through cu-produring WANTED NEWSBOYS Must Be Over 12 Years of Age : APPLY =