The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 24, 1943, Page 1

‘Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features _ For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West . The Key West Citier Key West, Florids, brs the most equabie climate in the country; with am sverage range of only 14° Fahrent -% “VOLUME LXIV. No. 150. ‘Five Men Lose Lives In Plane Crasi Ocean Near Two NavalviOlligers “And Three -»Enlistéd © Men Figured In Accident; Bodies Recovered Two Naval officers and three enlisted men lost. their lives Tuesday when the medium bomber in which they were flying crashed into the Atlantic) Ocean néar here during’« fou tine training flight, and a second medium bomber on a similar flight has been reported missing for two days, Naval authorities said today. The five men are believed to have been instantly killed when the ship was forced down only & few miles from land. Bodies In Attantig. | Here Tuesday === IMAN sTOGGEDGININ ‘LOOT SUITIW ARRESTED “TODA DAVID HAUSEH, 78 YEARS OLD) CAUGHD WITH VAL-/ UED FURS ON HIS PERSON ; —— IN NEW YORK (By Ansociated Press) NEW YORK, June 24.—David | bury was named superintendent, the THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER INTHE VU. Si A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAIY, JUNE 24, 1943 New Tactics Save Many A Plane From Being Destroyed PRESUMED THAT GOVERNOR WILL (Council Authorizes Mayor MAKE SOME DECISION NEXT WEEK To Sign Deed To Government IN SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT ISSUE! For Site > OF New Hospital cdi Governor Spessard L. Holland, ,office by Carlyle Roberts, chair-} At a special 'meeting of the City | Diaz, familiarly known as “Mac- ‘FORAYS BY RUSSIAN Council held last night with May- | Sweeney.” | SCOUTS REPORTED; eile: tek betes any wobatlon the {man of the Local School Board, ‘and the minutes of the meeting, Th tt f h or Willard M. Alt yt ie matter of having Augustin } bury, the council parla, who attempted to make ant MANY NAZIS KILLED last eight days. is due to be back|at which William W. Demeritt; flight from Key West to} (Hy Associated Pr-~a) |was chosen, are also in Talla-| adopted a resolution authorizing] airplane at his desk in Tallahassee (on 1,,<sec, awaiting Governor Hol-(the city’s chief executive to sign| ‘avand about thirty years ago,| Saturday,’ [Jan's om : 3 (a deed. to the United States gov- | come here as an honored guest at} MOSCOW. June 24.—Fo ile he has, no power ‘ora ; the grand Fourth of July celebra-;) «reys by Russian scouts in the He -la:\@xpectederbe will decide.| oct a. superintendent, yet the) pment ae ae er ae on tion to be held.in poumnction with| | Leningrad.and ~ Smolensk sometime)inext.,week, to whom , governor te full power to de-} ene ok eee 80V-' the formal opening of. the muni} areas,.were»reported in to- . ‘cide to whom the commission: © ‘ 2g S$ to erect a new | cipal Baseball Stadium -on’’Fl: day's communique. At Len- ‘iseuese commission as super- | Will be issued, as he has in oth- hospital building for the City. of; feroAvenit was discussed:-In sre rn ceeadeateas garrison_was intendent: of public instructions, ex eases, even where the man ‘Key \West. The building willbe; event that Mr. Parla does come} +surprised .and 180 enemy j concerned has been nominated-erected in the near future at an | here on this occasion, he. will be}treopsswere, killed. and 13 in Monte county. jat a primary and duly elected" ipproximate cost of $300,000,' presented with a/medal of honor.| blockhouses and five dug- The minutes of the meeting, ie a sp Remmray: 0h USn. There which will include all equipment| Definite arrangements have not! outs were captured. f s jave been a g many cases 1M for the institution. | been concluded as yet. Parla is at; At Smolensk the scouts at which Mayor Willard M. Al- | Florida, wherein men elected at. The hospital will be erected’ the present time filling the posi-! are reported to have killed Polls have been refused through the Federal Works! tion of inspector-general of air-| 100 Germans and to have governor’s commissions. jAgency, which will be a federal-} ports in Cuba. ! captured e large quantity of yeonstructed war emergency type,| The council exe mpted booty. 456- bed hospital, including nece: ense on a Cigar s‘oi will Soviet fivers carried out 2 isary surgical, clinical and obstet-;be operated by Leonard Warren,! series of raids lest night. In [rical facilities, nurses’ quarter | blind boy, in this city. The b- one of them, the communi- ‘ offices, kitchen, service lishment is being sponsored by| que reported. an undetermin- oe all necessary equipment there-; the Lions Club. ed number of enemy planes were destroyed on the ground. were sent to the the AUTOPSY ON BODY OF BETANCOURT | FAILED TO REVEAL ANY FOUL PLAY. | _A letter was read from Frank C. r Al Mills, who was recently re-| Carr, of the John Nuveen Com-j} Hauser, who has exceeded by} jeight years the Biblical three score years and 10, was arrested’ today while togged out in Zoot suit. | But Hauser was’ not in a bel- | ligerent mood, as he declared to the police that a man of 78 would not be much of a fighter. But when he was taken to a of thar wide onal ‘wietksge” S¥ihe | Police station house and “search- bomber have been recovered. With reference to the missing Plane, Naval officers said a wide-| (search of waters around: Those aboard the plahe which crashed, their next of kin and homes are: Lieut. (jg) Laurence John Carl, pilot, Mrs. Wava Jean Carl, wife, 2853 Dodge Street, Omaha, Neb, Ens, Edmond Paul Hubbard, Jz., co-pilot, Edmond P, Hubbard, Sr. father, 2614 Southmore Street, Houston, Warren Morton. _ Farrar, Jr. aviation radioman, 3\c, W. M. Farrar, Sr. father, Box 27. Veta, Colo, Henry Albert Choate, aviation ordnanceman. cc, Mrs, H. D. Choate, mother, 1286 Doty Street, Green Bay, Wisc. A. D. Holder, aviation machin- ist mate, 2\c, W. A. Holder, father, Route No. 1, Geneva, Ala. EXTEND MANY MILES ST, LOUIS.—A town of prairie dogs may extend for many miles. GATO CAFETERIA: 1100 Simonton Street! tier! A DEFENSE PROJECT: The privileges of this cafe- teria are extended to the following: rival SERVICE EMPLOYEES West Naval Station CONTRA RS’ PERSONNEL of Army and Navy Defense PERSONNEL OF ARMY, NAVY. ae GUARD and and MARINE covenmenr eopLoyees ‘AMILIES OF THE ABOVE GROUPS ed, it turned out ,that Hauser had some other reason for wear- ing baggy pants. In one trouser leg were Yound| two silver fox furs and in the oth- er two more of the same highly | | valued furs. ‘vne owners of the furs were not long in turning ‘up. They. stated | that Hauser came into their store} and said he was interested in pick- | ing out ‘and buying the best silver |fox furs they had. He left, appar- j were missing. The owners in- formed the police, gave a descrip- formed. (By Associated Prews) CONFIDENCE BY. ONE VOTE, DARWIN.—Prime Minister Cur; tin. who. asked for a vote of con- fidence in the Australian |parlia- ment today, won by a single vote. La| Gn a motion that would have kept the cabinet out of an investiga- tion of the war-effort that is to be made by both houses, Curtin again won by only one vote. The Minister of Labor E. J. Ward, signed his post till the investiga- tion is concluded. MUNDA AIRFIELD BOMBED DARWIN.—Munda, the Jap air- field on New Georgia Island, was bombed today by Allied planes Several Jap planes were destroy- ed on the ground and the runway was torn up by bomb craters. COFFEE RATION INCREASED WASHINGTON, — The coffee a one ety Hone ou yeah zen ve @ period of then re- duced toa seoehh ae ‘was today fur- ther.reducedito every, three weeks, tee cates of Price Administra- announced. It was further said that red coupons for meat, cheese and fats will expire next week and will then be renewed. The new coffee order goes into effect July 1. Each person may \ob- tain a pound then and another on July 22. “of water at the Navy quay yes-! ently without the furs, remarking | The autopsy on the ool ats of skull was intact and the brain leased from the United States! pany of Chicago, the firm which j ; Raymond Betancourt, which *was found on the bottom in 15 feet ONE FIFTH OF MINERS REFUSED =. The body also was unmarked by ‘tating that he has planned to/ chase the Key West Electric Com injury. gcpen a first ae restaurant at the| pany. Mr. SSuich 's letter was an an- south end of Duval street, which | swer to the one sent him to a ad = na Pease fnani he feels will help in relieving the tend a proposed mass meeting |terday morning, was completed the Lopez Funeral Home went | Shortage of eating places in Key|Key West, at which time Repre-| to the hospital and brought the} West at this time. Mr. Mills stated sentative Bernie C. Papy said he early this afternoon at the Na-| ) oe een the Lopes iw jthat he had heard much upjwanted to explain to the public| [rene macs oO tne (Lopez morgue-! through the state about there be-| why he refused to have the Elec-| val Hospital. and surgeons there! Coroner Raul Carbonell said} 5 caer iss = jing such a shortage here of these! tric Co. provision included in the | said no indication of foul pe eg cnesacene) that the jury, will places, which he said was one rea-| charter while he was in Tallahas- | was found, P | why the government was un-|see. However, Mr. Papy killed the! en eee een bat Sigg 9 able to bring more outsiders here | charter in its entirety. A close examination was made! | of the skull, 3 to work on defense jobs. Mr. Carr stated that he would! jat the hospital and Commander} t not! Martin at the Naval Operating eerieene ee. saver, at. the) Be munette fe. cine eve at ie | punctured at any point. j ; meeting last night that three of his time stated for the meeting, but There | Base: | Z | police officers have signified theix he would make every effort to | were a few minor marks, which! Funeral services for the de-’ intention of resigning from the come to Key West sometime the jceased will be held tomorrow force. They are Wilt Archer, first part of July if the meeting ;could have been caused by 4 / afternoon at, 5:30 o'clock from’ Adrian O’Sweeney and Armando could er sie for. that. time. ——, John L. Lewis’ order: | ? AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN FLY! Sean ae PULL SURPRISE RAID ON JAPANESE = ::02 <x no =e and it was PRESIDENT ABOUT RAIS- ING DRAFT AGE (By Assoctatee Press) WASHINGTON, June 24—Dis- GOVERNING BOARD OF POSTWAR that he would return shortly. But) an investigation of the stock he} had handled showed that four furs ; tion of Hauser and, when he was! arrested, they, in turn, were in- Key West Postwar Planning Committee, which Mayor | Willard M. Albury is chairman, is scheduled to hold a meeting | tomorrow, night in City Hall. of to be present, as he contracted j the, flu, yesterday and has been! confined to his bed since he went’ home last night. PLANNING UNIT. T0 MEET FRIDAY The Governing Board of the; | Agency will (By Associated Press) Definite action will be taken! ‘at the board’s meeting regarding | the number of proposed improve-|°Ctupy the Celebes Islands, 1,- ments’ that the Federal Works} 999 miles away from Australia. be requested to} make in Key West. Féremost| Were completely surprised yes-| among them are four proposed | 5, ia schoolhouses to accommodate the! “708¥ PY & moet successful raid, DARWIN, June 24.—Japs who decided increases in this city of; Carried out in Liberators by Mayor Albury is a member of children of school age. ‘| the board, but he is not likely Should} the plans in this respect be ap-j proved by the FWA, one of the} schoolhouses probably will be} erected: in ‘Poingiana “Plate, al-; ; though a movement is afoot to! {try to have work started on 2 that proposed building before | ncTemberature, oo et the war is over. j 1943, as reported by the U. s.l | American and Australian flyers. The planes made the 2,000-mile! TEMPERATURES i | Elizabeth street, stuck in his hand ; and stole Mr. Diaz’ wallet, con-} taining $170, and his wife’s purse, | Diaz’ head rested. Mr. Diaz says he is confident! that the thief watched his} movements 1 ab driver, and| nome for thie» night, to put his’ wallet under his wife’s pillow. He reached holes on this parti ing, took out his wallet and put it under the pillow and, as also ing to bed. “I was out of the bedroom not SNR CEE CRYSTAL’S Restaurant AMERICAN CASUALTIES 63,258 WASHINGTON. — Secretary of War Stimson announced today that casualties among American soldiors since the beginning of the war total 63,958, of whom 7,528 (Continued on Page Four) (FORMERLY AUBREY'S) Simonton and Fleming Streets COMPLETE DINNERS .... from 65c Open 8:30 AM. to 8 PM. cular occasion at $:30 in thegnorn-| ———— had been his practice, he went to! the dining room to eat before go-! Mine Diaz Reports ee Of $170 In Robbery At His Home A sneak thief slid back one side; more than 10 minute of a double screen in a window of! “and as soon as I r the home of Maximo Diaz, 804! noticed that one-half of a screen, | in which there was $1.45, from} the under a pillow on which Mrs.| gone. I immediately an open win- jhis escape. > On going |it contained also my ration book, ; Pittsburgh j { 1 ; Weather Bureau: | Highest Lowest | last 24hours last night 69 Le | m + 73 | 72 | | 79 4 j 3 | ~ | ™ 4 72 | | } | | Atlanta | Boston | Brownsville { Charleston | Chicago ” he said, Arete | jalveston mies | Jacksonville ; Kansas City _ {directly behind where my wife | KEY WEST 84 | was sleeping, was open. I awoke! K,W. AIRPORT 84 j;her, and we raised the pillow, but! Memphis wallet and the purse were! Miami notified the} Minneapolis police and the shore patrol, and alNew Orleans _ search was made in my neighbor- | New York jhood, but the thief had made good | Norfolle | Oklahoma City “Besides the $170 in my wallet,! Pensacola’ 72 72 15 65 4 73 78 69 72 cE} my driver’s license and my social!St. Louis _. security card.” es 602 DUVAL STREET Near SOUTHARD STREET. WILL OPFN TOMORROW TO SERVE THE PUBLIC ie lt CAREONELDS a CONCHEDRETTE = =e i _McKESSON’S | round trip without any mishap, except to one Liberator, which collided with a Jap Zero, caus ing the loss of both planes. Bombs began to drop on Jap} bases before the presence of the Liberators was known to the} | garrison. Zeros took to the air, but the raid had been ee before théy caié into firing con- tact with ‘the raiders. The latter beat off the fighters, destroying | four and damaging others, with}; jone exception, “the _ plane that collied with “the big borfi Ammunition +dumps,o oi ities a radio station and docking fa- cilities were struck by bombs. | and fires were started that could | be seen 70 miles away by the Allied flyers. Take Bexel Vitamins Deity | XEL vitamin 8 com PLEX CAPSULES | ; were out on strike. still refused tocay to go back to their jobs. Spokesmen for them said there are several reasons have net returned te the chief one why they age to 65 yea in a position to service, though nc ing lines, strike ijimersiie, Despite the fact St flaw would mclude all American men; Yess an 5, the mane: bifieve’cthet: the . President s Stitertient owas aimet? particular by et them. == Four blast furtidtes of the Carnesia Corporation, the larg est of its kind in the country were shut down today because of lack of fuel. and 2 small per centage of furnaces af othe plants are not in operation. Senator Trueman, chairmen the committee bearing hus same said he objected emphat ically to the Presidents re most marks. a John L. fLewis, bead of the miners, did not comment am the } 100,000 miners who refused t& | work, but several union leaders said all of them likely woul {be back im the pits-im 2 day or | two. ‘Commencing Monday, June 28, those subscribers te ‘The Citizen who have act received their paper by € o'clock are requested te _' phone 51 and a paper will be delivered. Please do not °| Planes mey be evorded ey Complete Explanation Of System Was Given To- day By British Air Min- istry (Dy Amsectates Frees: LONDON. Jume 24—The RAF the British Air Ministry a=- nounced todey. is new empicying successfully 2 shuttling service of its big bombers im biacting mulitary targets in Germany and Italy. 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