The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 23, 1943, Page 1

| Associated Press Day Wire ' Service and AP Features For 68 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West. Che Kry West Cttizrn Eddie Rickenbacker Arrives THE SOUTHERNMOST NE.WSPAPER IN THE U. [TWO ATTORNEYS QUIT 0.P.A. RENT CEILING POSTS HENRY M. JONES. ONE OF) \Raymond Betancourt’s Body | S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, EDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1943 BACK 2 i} MORE GASOLINE Found In Water At Naval | TO. FLORIDIANS FAVORS GIVING | Base; Suspect Foul Play OPA EXECUTIVE THINKS PEICE TO PITS ‘Entire 530,000 Expected To Be Back On Job Tomorrow WOULD ESTABLISH Jb Lewis Sops Tome Wil Remam Effective ~ In Moscow On U. 8. Mission * Has Short Talk With For- eign Commisar Molotov; WillMeet,Premier Stalin Presa) June 23,—Ed: _ (By MOSCOW, Rickenbacker, who was last heard of during the time he made the front pages because of his exploit in the Pacific, when he and his companions drifted for 21 days on life rafts, turned up in this city today on a mission for the United States Wer De- partment, ] ‘The nature of his visit was not disclosed. He arrived here in time to see the presentation of 60 medals*for valor to that) many American military men. Rickenbacker has had a short talk with Foreign Commisar Molotov, which was the first of LATE BULLETINS (By Axsociated Press) NAVY WANTS ELKS HILL OIL WASHINGTON. .— Secretary of the Navy Knox asked, Congress. today to restore to the De- partment the right to. in, oil from the Elks Hill wells. He said there is a constant drainage on} the t's wells by the Standard Oil Company s wells that ere operated nearby. Knox a that the Navy needs the oil, and that the reopening of the well will afford an unlimited supply. FARM SECURITIES MAY GET APPROPRIATION WASHINGTON, — The | Farm Securities Administration, which was cut off in the house of an ap- propriation for the next fiscal year, probably will obtain $150,- 000,000 to carry on its work. The house took its action because of the opposition that had develop- ed there against the FSA. MONEY FOR OPA WASHINGTON. — The OPA, which was stripped of much of the money that had been set aside for its operations the next fiscal year, ~-several-discussions they .,will; Will get it back, if the senate has have, and he will later have a conference with Premier Josef iat KEY. WEST RENT CASE fe BY COURT | Fred W! Botts, assistant United States district attorney, in Miami, announced yesterday that the case against Mrs. Molean R. Carbonell, who was indicted jointly with her husband, Raul Carbonell, on chargés of having violated OPA! rent-ceiling regulations in Key West, has been dropped. Mr. Botts said the case was nolle prossed yesterday. The case against Mrs. Carbonell “did not come up at the time Mr. Carbonell entered a plea of nolo contendere, which resulted in his being fined and put under sus- pended sentences. “TEMPERATURES ,..Zemperature, data for the 24 hours ending 8:30 a. m,, June 23, 1943, as reported by the U. S.} Weather Bureau: Highest Lowest last 24hours last night Atlanta 2... 95 70 Boston —- 93 69 Brownsville _ 92 15 Charleston 92 71 Chicago . 88 64 Detroit _.. . 90 62 Galveston 89 79 Jacksonville . 92 73 Kansas City _ 79 70 KEY WEST _ 84 75 K.W. AIRPORT 85 72 Memphis 90 “74 Miami ... B3 69 Minneapolis 89 73 New Orleans — 94 76 New York . 72 Norfolk ‘ 69 ‘Oklahoma City 72 Pensacola 718 Pittsburgh 66 St. Louis __. 7 Tampa 7m PART OF KINGDOM PHILADELPHIA. — Although} it has its own Parliament, North-; ern Ireland is politically a part of | the United Kingdom ! OTL SPRAY Your Fenders and Chassis—it saves you buying a set of Fenders. Lou Smith AUTO SERVICE White at Fleming St, Phone No, 5 Opposite Army Barracks cntenemednammmmnmmemtemenieaal | today. Messine, Straits from Italy. was given an-/| | on | its way, it was today. Should the amount be replaced by the senate and egreed on by the house, the OPA will be in a posi- tion to put into effect its proposed subsidies. . SALERNO. RAIDED ALGIERS.—Salerno, 34 ‘miles southeast of Naples, was raided last night by Allied planes, which included many four-engined bomb- ers. Bombs as large as two-tonners were dropped on the city, and plants where submarine and air- | Plane parts had been produced | torn to pieces. No enemy planes we: ‘was weak and intermittent. SICILY POUNDED AGAIN ALGIERS. — The _round-the- clock bombing of Sicily is con- tinuing,, headquarters reported cross the Sicilian other plastering. Other Allied | Planes attacked shipping in the Aegean Sea. striking and sinking! ailing ship, JUNGLE FIGHTING RENEWED DARWIN.—Iuncle fichting was renewed on New Guinea today, following 20 successive airplane raids mede on Japanese positions at Lae and Salamaua. Shortly after the bombing ended, Amer- ican and Austtalian troops started | forward movements that brought them into contact with the enemy. At one point more than 100 Japs were killed in jungle fighting. _ PATROLLING CONTINUES DETROIT—United States troops are still continuing to patrol streets in this city, though on a | limited scale. The negro quarter is being closely watched, but there has not been anv further out- ik, It was reported today that, the rioting. absenteeism has | fallen off among negroes. GIVEN PROMOTION Advires ‘have here by Bert Cates stating that his son, Bert Cates, Jr., who is connected with the United States fighting forces, has been promot- ed to motor machinist’s mate sec- ond class, SOE A TROT CRYSTAL’S Restaurant (FORMERLY AUBREY'S) Simonton and Fleming Streets COMPLETE DINNERS .... from 65c Open 8:30 A.M, to 8 P.M, countered and ‘the! firing of anti-aircraft batteries | been’ received} OFFICIALS, TO BECOME AS- | SISTANT STATE ATTORNEY} HERE Attorneys Henry M. Jones and | attached to. the OPA rent-ceiling; office in Key West almost 10; months, will sever their services; , with that institution on June 30. { Mr, Jones and Mr. Jobson have ,had their appointments renewed ; {every two months since they have: jheld their present positions, but |both state that they have refused to serve atfer their present ap- | pointment expires, which is at the; end of this month. The former will become assis. ‘tant state attorney, with offi in Key West, on August 1, and, Mr. Jobson says that he is anxious} }to return to his practice in Miami. ! | SEES SIGNS OF . BEING REWARDED | | WEST PALM BEACH, June 23 | (FNS)—After spending 15 years ‘and considerable money perfect- !ing a mail pick-up device for use on airplanes, A. W. Card of West Palm Beach is at last beginning to see signs of a possible reward. ! ; What renewed his hopes jthe recent decision of the C |Aeronautics Board in Washing- ton to investigate the entire matter of local feeder airline services as well as mal pick-ups. Card said that, 1,600 communities have filed applications for airm&il pick-up service and expressed: belief that such ‘service ‘would {soon be’ ar- | ranged -for.-He ds prepared to sup- | | ply airlines.or feeder. lines with | \the necessary equipment for this | special service, on which he has | |held patents since 1932. ‘MOVING GROUP MAY | PROVE DISASTROUS | CLEWISTON, June 23. (FNS)— BS Washington order, pulling 250 Bahamian workers from the fields jof the United States Sugar Cor- poration and moving them to oth- er states, may prove disastrous company officials declared. The labor shortage is already critical, according to President | Clarence R. Bitting and unless ; sufficient workers are available} } to insure summer operations, there | will be nothing to harvest in the / fall. The draining off of permanent| labor is seriously affecting opera-! tions and if it continues will sharp- lly curtail Florida’s contribution to the vital food requirements of the nation, officials point out. | GOOD FISHING | CHICAGO—wWhile there aren't | many fish in a water-filled quar- jry on the far South Side, police! | decided to go fishing anyway and, after three days of grappling,} fished out three relatively new {automobiles and a new motor} truck, The vehicles had been been stolen. | Take Bexel Vitamins Daily | Capsules 40's 98¢ 100’s $1.98 SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. PHONE 199 Duval and Fleming Streets { \Ménroe ® Raymond Betancourt left the Naval Vocational Training School, in Building No. 56, in Yard at 10 o'clock last night, his body was found in 15. feet o! water, near the breakwater, .. it way. Had he been murdered and his body thrown-into the water? Acting Coroner Reul Carbonell is trying this afternoon to find the answer to that question. At the Navy Yard the only that Betancourt was a student in the vocational training sckool, that he arrived there at 7 o'clock last information given out was evening and remained there for three hours, and that the last time he was seen alive so far as the Navy knows, was about five minutes after 10 o'clock when the school was closed for tl night. A sailor standing on the stern {of a small naval vessel, which | was backing toward the break-: ounty Works Agency Increase Fund For Colored School House Monroe eounty and the Federal Works Agency each has given £10,000 more toward the erection of the proposed ‘schoolhouse for colored children bringing the total to $103,500. The contract for constructing the building was awarded to the’ the Navy || 3. Man's, body on the bottom. The! bd rs BS PRES {| body was recovered, and it turn Philip, N. Jobson, who have been| t#is morning, at 10:25, o'¢locka) | to be Betancourt’s. It was! (FNS)—Keeping Florida in the sll the vicinity of the marine raily in Key West,) STATE SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF EASTERN RESTRICT- ED AREA ‘AERIAL BUS LINES PERMISSION IS ASKED W@W APPLICATION FILED WITH CIVIL BOARD water, or quay, chanced to look down through the clear water and saw what he said looked like | JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 23. Eastern gasoline restriction area was blasted last week by Harry Everett Rivas. an employe in the | Sommers, OPA regional rationing Navy Yard. headquarters in Coroner Carbonell has called| {a corner’s jury to convene at! { {2:80 o'clock this jsaid that after the jury turns in northeast and not be allowed to use gasoline which is available, an ‘he said in a letter to Harold Co-! after the scutive vice-president of 2 jine be a the Florida State Chamber of aich, as an ¢ Commerce. | Planes especia | “Georgia motorists are in the) Sikorsky for this |same boat with those of Florida,”| ty seven passen i So far as hé was able to see.) he told Colee in a telephone con- | juggage, and wil “Mr. Carbonell stated, there were! Ve!sation in which he authorized) and take off i DETROIT, June 2 identified a short time later by| executive with Atlanta. “It simply doesn’t mak: for the people of Florida to be the sense! 2erial afternoon. He penalized for a condilion in as machine While start servic nt jis findings, he will have | autopsy performed on the body, | | which is in the morgue of, the i Lopes Funeral Home. nent with will develop when the body is | ties ‘and it was from him. that ;Corener Carbonell obtained his! |information about the finding of| the body. Xe i And E ederal RATIONING AFFECTS TOEPPERWEINS TOUR (By Associated Press) SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 23. —The Toepperweins a the nad on their 43rd exhibit , on tour Special ers Of Chai Court !To'lBe | Held Friday h but this sub- visiting 70 service camps year something old has been tracted—all because | tioning Those nationally | Adolph Toepperwein | Elizabeth—used t | things as shootimg“a can of toma marksmen— and ature release of his letter to the press.! the city. Bus ot no indications of foul play. What He » said that he “had inves- ! | when the airbus will _stripped, in the evnt of foul) that the PAW does not have aM} piace these now operating ever ‘when it assembles. | want to administer the regulations ; when they are fair apd practical, N lof rationing, and. if this matter) WACATING OF HOTELS {were left to me I would remove time ag a réal sHortage develop-| the Flerida Economic Ady led in gasoline, and from what I) ment Counc predy ever Sexist unles it’ is. artificially; Will not - affect the “Stnsh: | created.” | City” for it will remain thé @nk | winter visitors. Outman says that even with | HELP TO SOLDIERS jon: ctitt scctine sums Sipe. PSR | health who will flock t 669.38. Money in excess of that|spector, speaking before the ‘sum will be used to pay for fur- | Gainesville Rotary Club last week, The building will have 20 rooms! vas making it possible for thou-} jand will accommodate 450 stu- | Sands of soldiers in Florida camps | Scott explained that transpor- |tation difficulties made it next to | ments made in paper or cardboard !¢ontainers, no returns were re- ing the exper tigated e y angle of the situa- a open mind on the subject.” - | our highways 4 _Commander Mertin handled | but we don’t-want to be concerned ; Florida and Georgia from the; WASHINGTON D.C, Je know of the matter now>I-don't| that: even ‘the Ase é \large resort town in the eounptry | MILK CONTAINERS travel restrictions there are theu- GAINESVILLE, June 23. (FNS) | burg next fall and winter niture and fixtures and to build | said that paper milk containers, a} dents, to have fresh milk daily at their {impossible to return milk cans to/ ‘quired and that milk in such con- Hees and ieached the. opchuion| segneante me came ;Play. will be viewed by the jury "iy. further states: “We here ST. PETERSBURG WILL the cese for the naval authori-| with rationing just for the sake) Eastern restriction zone until such | (FNS)—W. D. Outman. dures \ believe any. “such: shortage will| cates 60. St. Petersburg tiptes a with ample accommodations: for | MADE FROM PAPER Mackle-Ieach Company for $56,-;-—John M, Scott, State Milk In-| and equip playgrounds. roduct of modern dairy research, | mess halls. dairy companies, but with ship- tainers is coming from points as such Until Octeber 31 Of This Year Pennsyivema were sil grum> ang ower the refusai ot ‘me War Labor Boarc to aliow nem vor al-to-portal pay. but they resu= ed work many cf them expres img the belet inet now ine moines -st @fe being cpersted by the gor ernment throvgh Secretary the Imtemor Hercid ikke. scose adjustment will be made to = them for the time & cequite for them to go > and return irom ther work m= the outs Jobs L. Lew, i dGeciecing that the strike the Girt cf semes recently was over adcec thet the truce will remem efie tive until October Gl 13k Be expressed the belie= thet Se tween now and then as agree ment satisfactory t2 both the government anc the mumer: wu) De reached. The settiemen: = net expects: tc be made througn the We La bor Board. which bes 9 cefused. Om several oczasioms > permit the miners to collect portai-> portal pey. Ie on effort & af thet end Lewss will work darectiy throush Ickes As 2 result of she settimmer- of the strike for four montis @t leest biast furmaces where ein cpera'ions were cat dows Se RAF BOMBERS POUND MUEHLHEIM, | industria city: inthe. Ruhr »Wal. | }ley of 'Germarty,: dropping two: | had been: turned: outoialso, were | | ton’ bloekbiabtess jexplosions that rocked Planes | the raid. The tonnage of bombs. Criminal Court Judge Thomas;'‘The next regular term of’ the’ distant as Wisconsin. S. Caro, who left for Tallahassee | criminal court will begin Monday,} He said that demand for fresh on business a week ago, will re- | July 12. agi ite — tat will ae has —— = ep et .q_, come up at that time will be those|over a year an at 1,360,! apes tatnorrew.. evening, accord- | of unarmed robbery against three | gallons Loi imported during the ing to information received from ;sajlors and a marine, and the | first three months of this year. him by Mrs. Caro. | burglary against Gottlib Kufeldt, | Aa 20 SN As a result of his absence, the who, Mrs. Mary J. McKnight al- | 7TH RESCUE ATTEMPT FATAL special term of court, scheduled! leges, is the man who broke into! for yesterday, has been postponed; the Manegold home and with| till Friday. whom she struggled. NEW YORK.—Although John Resko, 55, a railroad bridge ten- der, had saved six persons from | drowning in the last five years, jhe was recently drowned when ‘he attempted to save two little | girls, Anna Ingenito, 12, and Flor-! lence Berger, 13, a Girl Scout. The ' swirling tide carried all three to! | their deaths. | INDUSTRIAL CITY IN RUHR VALLEY (By Associated Press) LONDON, ‘June 23.—Last might jtrsne manufactured freight cars SE a. the RAF bombed Muchtheim, anjand. coaches. Other — GATO. DORMITORY | where.) variety: of! ‘war imateria: | 1100 Simonton Street ; A DEFENSE PROJECT | { sos which catised | blasted. the, ministry, zeported... | Thirty-five planes were lost inj The privileges of this Bre extended to the following: i dropped last night, -estimated at) 11,000, brought to 3,700 the number | of tons of explosives that have 100 ssilee away: beast nia) Germany in the CIVIL SERVICE tact ge nal - Key Naval The British Air Ministry said a dawn today other British haces — 2 | planes took to the air to carry out that the night was clear, and that) raids on northern Trance Hol- pil reported: 44 saw plainly land and Belgium. A few minutes jafter the planes had crossed the = the plants on which bombs were English Channel, flames were seen RATES i d. They included railroad f™ and concussions felt in’ Eng- Bas 5 jland from the northern coast of| | engine plants and plants where France, * 15,000 feet up in the air, and caused fires that could be seen woes full of holes with startling} j effect. But 1 has been dis-| cause of the threatened shortage | pensed with and the wooden block and the old r le clay target aan aig © | of the trapshooter are now the fav-| capacity. orite props. |_, The Toepperweins—he's 79 and Gter gem che ae she’s 60—reside at Casa Lometa, the fuel used bave aise stepped their 2,50-acre country Leon Springs northwest =p cperstions Official Wash | when they’re*.ot touring. angton today breatnec eesiiy 27> aoe, * * of war matermai of cos! s place at of here, THE There will be a special meeting f the City Council belie temigh Duval and Angela Streets beginning. shh, acted, = posed new city bospatal to be ere 12 NOON to 1! P.M. ed on Stock Island will be take For the accommodation of those | “P With Mavor Albury. whole = who work late shifts few matters left ever from 2 pr- vious meeting wil! aise te brougiet