The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 21, 1943, Page 1

“Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP) Features For 63 Years Devoted to the « Best Interests of Key West pe IN THE U. Che Key West Citizen THE souymer amos 8% NE;WSPAPER S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDA'Y, JUNE 21, 1943 ERS ON STRIKE LATE BULLETINS «By Asnocinted Press) | | ; | | KING GEORGE IN GIBRALTAR? ALGIERS.—King George was reported today to be in Gibraltar, Général Increase In Postal of the Russian general staff lane {arrived to confer with Allied commanders. j used to plaster Messina and. oth- jer ports in. Sicily, and today; smaller and fester bombers con-! tinued the attacks. ‘INVASICN FEVER LONDON.—Invasion fever in} Italy is mounting higher and) higher, according to a spokesman | over Radio Rome today. He said! that Mussolini and his general! staff have ben working on three! shifts fortifyina the coastal areas| of Italy in anticipation of an at-° tempted invasion at an eerly date. Old fortifications are _ being! strengthened and others built, gun) emplacements laid and . barbed-| wire entanglements are being| placed at strategical points. Local Postmaster ds seal IME LUPE I | SICILY STILL BEING BLASTED: P : ALGIERS.—Lerge scale raids on R ing. $3,700" P. officially announced. During the : se DARWIN} DEFEATED | F ; Class Office « (By Asnociates Press) iaipiaoalese DARWIN, June 21.—The (Washington Correspondent put on a performance here | ITALY CONSCRIPTS WOMEN today that made Jap flyers LONDON.—Radio Rome an- WASHINGTON, D. C., June 21) The in ma teurs. |ian women, whose ages range bas general increase postal; Squad: from 18 io 24. have been con- | ee ey RS fcripted in Italy to work on farms has been reflected in the Key a gp ee porn ipa |same broadcest, it was ised Pat ing S | German forces have wiped out the West Post Office, which, ma wes reparted, and a squadron, guerillas. who have been fighting ! July 1, 1939, has advanced from} jie Wie Saas toe minutes, lanes to pans Hees hl sega FRENCH LEADERS STILL grade to a first class office of the i $3,700 grade. they numbered 22. ALGIERS.—General Giraud and The oth of th The Key West office grossed eaadbry piccreyag oa nat over the men to be chosen to con- duct the governmental affairs of able increase over the business| *Peit objectives. | ment wes made here today that fone in the years before the war| bantams, returned “ieee followers seem to be more con-_ in Europe started, The office is bases. with the .loss of only i cerned in politics than they are in . against the Axis powers. One! class, which pays the postmaster| OOOO I IM | erals, instead of directing their| countrymen in battle, or in the} The increase at Key West and! : ae th he 60. Gian: peabotticns « FOR NEW | SCHOOL meneuvering for volitical leader- Africa.” | forthe first time in decades, the; WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON WORK | being operated at a profit. The ORED CHILDREN who went on strike in the Ford) | eae plants, because of the discharging | proaching the billion-dollar mark, | contract for the construc-| to their posts this morning. The| children on Fort street was|had something to do with their) postal authorities, who had not. varied Saturday afternoon to! Walkout. year's operations until 1944, pare bid, $63,669.38, was the j board. been combined with reductions The amount to erect the build- jmately $20,000 to pay for the been inconsiderable. house, “Of the $83,500 the board forces, for instance, presenty; a’ 188+ $40,000 of it was provided heavy added burden, ‘Soldiers. 4. the Federal Works Agency. almost five. pieces of mail a dents will be accommodated in the proposed schoolhouse, which 000,000 men, were paid for at 3 cents a piece, the Postoffice De- construction resulted from the Navy’s acquiring the former | tional $70,000,000 in annual in-’s e | come. ‘ condemnation proceedings to | | from increases in ~ Government! | EERIE RET TRUCK DRI DRIVER | activity (Government mail goes; USED AS SUBSTITUTES censorship, operation of 2,900 ST. LOUIS.—California laurel postal units for the armed fore for imported briar in English and Engineering Co. (Continued on Page Four) ages? Corner White and Eliza Streets YES! "= ors Bo bre PRESCRIPTION S| AONE RAEN. Lea Smith | utd Service Pharmacists. se” Phone 5, GARDNER'S PHARMACY) GATO DORMITORY Opposite Army Barracks | Phone 177 | A DEFENSE PROJECT | ONOGRAPH RECORDS =f) = scste PH following: All Popular, Hillbilly and Race Records. CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES CONTRACTORS’ PERSONNEL of Army and Navy Defense Sicily are continuing today, it was) Instinétion Nae ATTEMPT 'TO‘RAID flashy and deadly Spitfire | of The Key West Citizen) look like the veriest ama- |Mounced today that 1,500,000 Ital- | business resulting from the war Oa a tic a gga fand in vineyards. During the of Spitfires shot into the air in the mountains of Montenegro. & second class office of the $2,001 when they were counted DISAGREE | General De Gaulle are still at odds $126,126.08 i nsider- i last year, a co r-| northward before reaching ‘French eee Mx stk: Come! ie $e ie Sighting the two French generals and their now in the $120,000-$150,000 os the war thet is being eer a 5 H spokesmen said. * “The French gen- | psa es ‘AWARD CONTRACT battles that are to come, are} ship in the civil government inj responsible for the fact that now, 9,000 FOREMEN RETURN TO United States P is| TREET : as np (cel eeppbeae he bina DETROIT —The 9,000 foremen! a zs spied ood Th of one of their number, returned| e exceeding the fondest hopes of tion of a schoolhouse for colored | men said that a wage dispute also expected to break even on @ the Mackle-Leach Company. The increase in business has /°west submitted to the _schooi fn regular costs which have not ing leaves the board approxi- jland and to furnish the school- Free mailings of | the ‘‘atmed bythe eounty, and the balance and sailors send an average of’ Four hundred and fifty stu- week. If the mail sent by 9,-| | will have 20 rooms. Its proposed | partment would realize an addi- A schoolhouse and its site through Other war-time costs result’ expand the Navy Yard. free), rehandling of mail for; ronte are being used as substitutes| South Florida fA Cane es, and sale of war stamps, PRESCRIPTION 7 In Stock at ALL. Times.| eee 1100 Simonton Street are extended to the A of the Key West Naval Station! We ship anywhere C.O.D. Record slips i Projects $1.00 Per Day FREE on Request. C. & L. AMUSEMENT MACHINE COMPANY 1510 N.W. 36th St., Phone 3-3942 RA $3.50 Per Week | Se Miami, Fla. j night Wellington bombers. were! ‘this morning by a county official 'of a burglary that occurred here: ; three weeks ago. ‘which at least 150 persons were | Started fo run away. Case Of Five Defendants Held On Charge Of Unarmed | | Robbery Will Come Up Today’ The three sailors, a marine and, had been informed that the he: hh unarmed jing would be held at that time | Both Albury and Philips were in | aceommodating three sailors just before the robbery was! a woman, charged w i irobbery, will be arraigned at 5} o'clock this afternoon before Jus-} the act tice of the Peace Raul Carbonell.’ Mitchel Albury, } was one of the men robbed, and ; : Dexter Philips, 64, an employe in} the Navy Yard, another victim, have identified the sailor as the; robbers. When ‘they were lined up before Albury, he pointed out the one he claims rifled his pockets could give ‘th and stole his money. r they had Mr: Philips called at the sheriff's} they office Saturday afternoon, as he hand. of a cripple, who! committed. The was asked for a former | Philips as: five-dol to have it changed, so snatched the As a result of the arresting of With the appearance man on ges of unarmed rob-' he is bery, an investigation was started day morning, He was one of the men who’ chased the burglar, and the of- ficial remarked at the time that he thought it was an “inside job.” stolen at that time. ‘MARTIAL LAW DECLARED IN DETROIT AS RESULT OF RACE RIOT IN WHICH ONE FIVE KILLED’ 'HUNDRED-FIFTY INJURE iBy Associated Prexs) June 21—Martial through the night. one was stopped, DETROIT, law was declared here today as a result of a race riot, during It was feared that |injured and five killed. Motors plants, received reports at 5 The first to be killed was a : morning that groups negro, named Carl L. Singleton, 19, who hurled a brick into a attacked by negroes. rowd of white people and then He was ed on duty in that | called upon to stop, but, unheed- ‘ing the warning, he wes fired on: to or from the plants. and killed. Riots broke out in two widely though the most violent one was in “Para- dise Valley", two blocks wide; |and three miles long. which { occupied wholly by negroes. | ters, Seven hundred and fifty mili-; tary policemen joined with this cat 'S regular force of 3,500 in at- i tenting to suppress the riots, which occurred at intervals | Separated sections, will hold, memorial tomorrow evening, 8:30 o'clock, at this affair. Take Vitamins Every Day! SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMA a cigarette, and/ was passing a pack to one when the attack was made, rts that he had taken a t bill out of his pocket lors the one doi! trict Deputy ed him for, bill from his ineestigation: Being Made Of Burglary Three Weeks Ago of three sailors, a marine and a wo-! watches since the robbery Satur- now fully convinced that the perpertrator of the burglary lived in the ment building where it occurred. Whether or not any arrest will be made on the burglary charge, +depends entirely on the identifica- tion of the two watches that were As s another reported elsewhere in the city. the would interfere with the tion of war material in General when the police o'clock this ; of men, on their way to the plants at that time to begin work, were Squads of Policemen hurried to the broke up the rioting and remain- locality to; __ protect other men on their The FBI joined with the regu- lar and military police in round-} ing up trouble makers, as a result | of which jails‘here are crowded. | REBEKAH LODGE TO | CONDUCT MEMORIAL. Rebekah Lodge, Sparkling Wa- beginning at} the Knights of Pythias Hall on Fleming street The public is invited to attend; K. P’S CONDUCT |There Are 100,000 Hard Coal DISTRICT. MEET == Miners Among Striking Men 2 | DADE AND BROWARD COUN- PASS S ALLL FS Ne indication As To What TY OFFICIALS MEET | _ 4 WITH MONROE UNIT moore — Wall Be Next Move Was aS sallenig fs Oe (By Associated Preas: cd A —— MOSCOW. June 21—The Germans have iost 3.645 Planes in fighting along the Russian front in the isst seven weeks, according to today’s communique. The Russian joss totaled 987 ar craft, the same report sezd_ It wes also announced that the Germans attempted a raid today in the Lenin grad area that cost them 16 out of 23 planes. No report wes issued about lend fichtinec except in the Orel eres. where the Reds are revorted to be continuing to edvence. IIIa aH sf | RAF BOMBERS A district meeting of the Knights of Pythias lodges of Dade, Broward and Monroe ; was held on Friday evening in the Castle Hall of Key West I No. 163, at 728 Fleming street. The meeting was presided over by Dis- Grand Chancellor T. C. Lee of Miami. Reports of various lodges show- ed that the in good, standing in this district, despite the fact that a large number of the leading members -are serving im the armed fore of the coun- try. A telegram was read from "Hon Cail W. Toole, Grand Chancellor of Florida, express for not being at the mee' Toole is serving in the U.S. A letter of regret was read from Grand Outer Guard E. G. (Don) Graham, he having been prevent- ed from being present due to work in the war effort. Past Grand Chancellor Le Mar H. Stein gave a very interesting address. MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN E. T. (Gene) Smith, Royal Vi- NORTHWEST PART OF thet tmey wall returs 22 the zier of Kaaba Temple No. 68, D. O. K. K., gave a very interestin COUNTRY BLASTED talk on the activities of the Dra- 2 matic Order. G. A. Raymond, sec- atry of the temple, also spoke on the subject : HL C. Martin, Prelate of Booster Lodge No. 132, of North Miami, and R. B. Carmicil of the same lodge, each gave an interesting | talk, South Miami Lodge No. 153 was represented bv Phil R. Henson, a former Key Wester. The chief feature of the meet ing Was a verv piving address by Judge W. Raleigh Petteway, Supreme Representative. Past Chancellors of Key West | Lodge at the meeting were: W. P Russell, .J. Winfield Russell, J De Land, J. Frazier Pinder, C. C. Brown, L. L. Hig Armando Fernandez, Arent T. n, Mor- ris Cochran, F. D. Roberts, J. Len- nie Curry and Chas. R. Emick. said h counties sailor an¢ that he when order was Dy Gewn S33 008 were om suze *$@ir oF tae = §Towmc a ¥ cmtract. mo work two apart- tors. merther will with the gowermmest ‘tees over {Ry Associated Prees) Ser the = " ONDON, _ June bombers flew 1,000 night to biast RAP mute tions in northw british Air Minist on as raid was was UC but no infor fhe part in it or lost The night back at their number turmrg out magernei tor tme go, ernment will Reve to smut corn Further confimuesce of strike will result im affecting riots produc- ! che white when large and fy the time ot at leest 78 percent the to bombers ed over bamb ce called invas aces. scene, acrabon <i whet wul the mext move was forth- though = thet ¢ prompt settlement =i comtroversy o antcpated thet resson ic believed tee government will were the operation of the mines othmeally. ioe oftecaal — WARNING GIVEN 10 ANGLERS TO KEEP CLEAR OF TELEPHONE LINES Feer that fishermen who heve | been permitted to. fish from|™men who have used the have thrown them lines lose brigoes 2. this area may Fae calla ae expressed | j@ result there have ‘been today by Coast Guerd officers | short circuits reported It was explained that the met j who have repeatedly been ur9- i.) jeader wires used by fisher ling fishermen not to cast their’ men have caused several short Nets ts felephone wires (Tircuits in cases where the fish j jermen in casting tangle their which run parallel with the Bines about the telephone w | Coast Guard officers today said \they hoped that fish: m would While no order has been given 4ake heed to this final warning |by Captain J. E. Whitbeck, dis-!anq cease the practice whic | trict Coast Guard officer in!has been exceedingly noticable | charge, it is believed that he | within recent weeks. | will take drastic steps unless! | fishermen are more careful in’ i During recent weeks fisher- SrGgeS, John B. Lewis, president of the SCHOSS | United Cost Stimers of America said thet be wes qoieg & Belt conferences with mime jeeders ¢cunng the eftermcon Hu omir comment on the weltos we. + the miners wii wok f¢ and ued on Page Four wires and a wes jibe eral services 9:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. 1 DAT 0 ONLY ST. JOSEPHS HALL INC. oars ae Now open daily from 2 to 1 PM for the —— of those who work inte "Sieh hts Ben, ask Medeaction ‘Now under the direction and persona. => PHONE 188, Key West, Florids NAVY WIVES