The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 25, 1943, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire _ Service and AP Features For 63 Years Devoted to the Key West, Florida, hes the most equable climate in the country; with an average Best Interests of Key West Coal Operators Have Been > Penalized In Activities —_—— * on Te — Be/STEPHEN BOYDEN ment In Corermaent|.,.> MADE Taking Over Mines j GATION SCHOOL!) AT (°° | (BY Ansociated Prensa) HOLLYWOOD, FLA. E WASHINGTON, June 25— Coal operators have been penal- ized by haying their mines taken over by the government, the Wat Libor Board stated today, and they requested James Bytnes, director of economical stabilization, io order that the z " M | the Key West High School with miners be penalized also should tho class of 1936 and was employ- they not agree, in the event of ed by the P. & O. S. S. Co., for five years following his gradua~ 8 settlement of the coal -situa-| tion. In 1941, he enlisted in the tion, not to strike for two years! J. Stephen Boyden, son of Me ;and Mrs. R. B. Boyden. was one lof the graduates from the U. S. Naval Air Navigation school at Hollywood, Fla., Wednesday, June | 23, and commissioned an ensign, USNR. Ensign Boyden graduated from USNR and was Stationed at the ; Key West Naval Air Station. or for the duration of the ae Mr. Bovden received an annoint- -The proposed portal-to-portal | nent to the U.S. Naval Pre-Flieht *e i leehnal at the Universite af North Per iwes again discussed. The) ciatina. Chanel Hill. N. G...and \board has ruled against such | renorted for training Nov. 24, 1942. / Upon completion of the intensive Payment, end suggested that! 1°" Com pre-flight _ cours. miners have recourse #6 courts|sometimes called “cothmande trainine.” he elected to take the fo settle the matter. mavieotion eovrse and was sent to President Roosevelt, in dis-| the school rt Hollvwned. | In his commencement address, cussing the coal situation today, |cantrin J. 1. Woodruff, USNR, asserted that the government; Navigation Section, Training Di- vision, Bureau of Aeronantics. does not recognize that the|<aid that the course completed by \ shreabe: i .| the 293 cadets was “the toughest pea eteike has been set | tavined hv the Navy” and one of tled only till October 31. He de.) the most intensive courses of pets Ee _|study ovtlined by any of the the mines will con- | med services. He. stated that tinue to be overated, regardless | three nromises had been made to the cadets who elected the navi- of tee, dite the so-talied trice ion course. Hat one had beer fixes. Some people, he said, | already fulfilled in the giving of x | their commissions. The second. im- don't seem to realize this coun-| nediate assienment to active duty, try is at war and thet the Amer- |S being fulfilled as orders are re- 2 eived. The third is that the men ican people are fighting to retain! wij) he allowed to complete their their well-being. | pilot training at a later date. | Mr. Boyden is now awaiting or- sp ders for assignment to active duty. BETANCOURT FUNERAL| PEN Tsar OT HERE THIS AFTERNOON NEW PUBLIC rehome oe. | OFFICER ‘NAMED AT. Funeral services for Ramon! | LOCAL: NAV¥ B Betafi¢ourt;""'25, who was found|,.:; i oft mi 26% drowned inest5-feet of water at |... Gommander “(A lart Hoa? "CEC. the Navy .Yard quay Wednesday | USNAréported forndity atithe ‘Na: morning, will be held this after- | ¥#l Operating Base this week and noon 5 o'clock from the resi-| P@3 been named Public Works Of- dence, 805 D I ‘ficer, accordine to an annovner- R m Gil the. gone | ment by Captain C. E. Reordan, ev. Guillermo Perez, of the} Commandant. Cuban Mission Church, will of-! He replaces Lieut.-Comdr. Ken- ficiate at the services. |neth M. Fenwick who was recent- Burial will take piace in the|ly detached for foreign duty. family plot in the City Ceme-} Graduating from Brown Uni- tery. versity in 1911, Commander Hoar Survivors ‘include the parents,| entered the field of engineering. Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Betancourt,' In 1917 he was commissioned in Sr., and a sister, Miss Sarah! the Navy and saw action with the Betancourt. | A. E. F. in Siberia during the first | World War. THREE NEGRO WOMEN Commander Hoar is also a vet- ARRAIGNED IN COURT completed « tour of duty st Guae completed a tour of duty at Gua- daleanal and other parts of the Three negro women, who, ‘Con South Pacific war zone. stable Joe Espinosa alleges,.were| ‘He holds the Victory Medal, liotering about saloons and trying | Navy Expeditionary, Defense, to entice sailons:-or, the” streéts;; South Pacific and Guadalcanal were arraigned this morning be,/ campaign badges. fore Justice of thé Péate Enrique! Bsquinaldo, .Jra..can .ehanges > of vagrancy, and each was held in} $50 bail for thé erifhihut edit." They are Celestine Johnson, Ruby Bresone and Thelma Davis. Gonstable Espinosa arrested them | on Petronia street near Thomas. i Now Open Every Day, 3 to 12 BIG DANCE and | FLOOR SHOW “MOTOR TUNEDP SATURDAY NIGHT Music from 9 to 12 ay SAVES ‘GAS | JOHN PRITCHARD'S Lou Smith Auto Service BE omc Suggested White at Fleming St. Phone 5, Opposite Army Barracks | bs ‘old RRR ILRI GRADUATES: FROM:AIR ‘NAVE it | and* ye Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. a KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1943 Mass Meeting To Hear Papy On Electric Co. Provision ' In Charter Set For July 1. Representative Bernie C. Papy cities have a definitely defined said today that William A. Free- power in the operations of their i man, president of the City Coun- ‘utilities, but Key West would not cil, informed hirh that the council , have anything to say as to how its will make arrangements about} own company would be conducted July 1 for a mass meeting, at which | were it purchased under the pres- the people of Key West will learn ent proposed contract. | about the provisions of the con-! “There are several other things | * tract under which it has been pro- I will tell Key Westers about this ; & bosed that the City of Key West matter, and I assure them they | j hase the Key West Electric; will not only be interested but ji anyiyMr. Papy said: | surprised:also. It.is to the interest ‘amenot against ‘the: purchas- of every man and woman in Key 7 ing of the:company, but it should’ West who pays taxes or rents: to be purchased in a similar manner: be »present atthe meeting, and: I in which other utilities have been hope the City Hall will be crowd- # bought,’ by other: cities. Those ed on the night.it is held.” 2AF Raids Huberthal, City — | In Ruhr Valley, Last Night’ * LIONS GATHERING ‘ | CONCH SHELLS FOR | : ” {planes dropped one-ton block-j«er they couldn’t find out what and only a couple of million sol- jdiers and sailors know about it. FULL HOUSE: Servicemen cra By CLAYTON J. IRWIN AP Features Writer NEW YORK, June 25.—No won- (By Associated Press) LONDON, June 25. — RAF: State Convention Committee of; busters last night on Hubertha! Lions International has request-| an industrial city in the Rul ed the local club, through Past = +> ie SE Reppert fies a oc President Lion Gerald Saunders, Nees tt aenmeay, jen8 Bl ors cre he ; ig ne kes Z uA to obtain for them 2,000 conch ,°" ‘their return fo their bases, Jot of the performer: g shells for distribution at the In- reforted that block after block) Deller anc living belly than ever, . . ” jand i Or ike things will stay ee Se Sg aoe of plants had been razed. ‘that way for the duration. in & Revelans on aye “"\ The British Air Ministry did} Around the offices uso- and 25. bash ates. th Samp Shows, Inc., whieh is re- Each year the Florida Lions dis- sive the number of planes, -ponsible for the condition, they tribute some sort of souvenir et! that participated in the raid {'efer to this war-style vaudeville the’ International -€cavériet to! o +n tna Tabloid-Troupes; or the Blite advertise the state, and this year) but it was said undfficially that Circuit—distinguishing it from the the committee voted to distribute | trey totaled between five ans Sed and White circuits, whieh ronch .shells taken from the wa-} 3 jake in the big-scale shows, the ters around Key West. |six hundred. That number was celebri‘ies:and the ov-rseas un These shells will be used also They hire the talent, make ar as a publicity stunt to further the | jrangements for salaries and turn candidacy of Past District Gov-|mouncing that 33. planes wer* the troupes over to the Army and Nass S sa oO convoy. v nar b aabindabie 2 Shad losses generally amounting to a mo 5 one Travel orida Lionism succe in elect-| ,. “4 ‘onight, a tab troupe ay ma- ine Lion Conklin to this post, it Httle more than five per cent. torialize at the site of a hidden ye vi ek Sai a, years Other manufacturing piggies emplacement. With- iorida Wi ‘urns! its first in- out a stz » props or scenery, a ternational President in the his- Huberths two-hour show will be put on tory of Lionism. The shells will Huberthal last Tomorrow. night, the troupe may -ontain a sticker with the word- | Dight.. jbe a hundred miles away, doing ing “Conk Conklin for third In-| Information reaching _ here! the same show at a Navy or Cc ‘ernational Vice President.” Also'from Swiss sources stated that’ Guard beach station whose. exi 1 miniature man of the state with|Germany is keenly feeling the @nee is known only. to a handful the wording ‘Wonderful. Winters | lost of so many plants, which °f, people. —Delightful Summers. jhad turned out war material, and} Three months later the troupe Sam Roberts, negro fisherman, | that acute shortages are tne consented ‘s gather the shells, felt in much needed implements the meantime, only an emergency and the Lions will pack and ship of war of all types. It was also could pry the itinerary out of th them in time for the Convention. ‘said that 3,000,000 people are! “at Deaprtment. The New Yor dct lbeing evacuated from the Ruhr. otfice knows where the unit starts GIGANTIC FOURTH OF Valtiey. , and where it finishes, and that’s JULY PICNIC PLANNED | May 29 is the date of the pre-!# FOR ENLISTED MEN ot arrived at on the ministry's an- the percentage of centers within a radius of 32 miles of were blasted st ist- HH. USO-Camp Shows, Inc., set up Tabloid Troupes to furnish enter- tainment for men who have com- pleted their basic training and have been assigned to domesti- duty where entertainment facil- of its war plants was reported destroyed at that time, and last A gigantic holiday picnic for all/ight’s raid accounted for many anlisted men attached to the Key / Others that had still remained in} West Naval Operating Base and) °Peration. their families has been he NOB, REV, JAMES LEAVES TEMPERATURES for Sunday, July 4th, by the NOB Recreation Department with the ! —_— AFTER VISIT HERE temperatere data for the 24 ge |hours ending 8:30 a. m., June 25, approval of Captain C. E. Reor- | the U.S. vious raid on Hvberthal. Half dan, Commandant. The colorful affair, promising, The Rev. W. K. E. *o be the largest of its kind ever who was pastor of the First Bap- presented here, will be staged at/tist Church in Key West from the baseball park with an all-star| 1905 to 1907, left yesterday aft-! team opposing the pace-setting/er a visit here of several days.} Atlanta NOB nine in the featured enter-;He is now pastor of a Baptist | Boston tainment. {church in Tuscaloosa, Ala. | Brownsville The picnic will start at 3:00; During his stay in Key West,| Charleston b. m., and continue to 7:00 o’clock.|Mr. James was a guest of Mr. | Chicago The diamond classic will get un-| and Mrs. B. E. Brantley and Mr.’ Detroit derway at 4:00 o'clock. jand Mrs. F. F. Hoffman. Galveston All service men attached to} | Jacksonville 87 NOB, the Sound School, Coast — EEE Kansas City-_ 94 Guard and the Marines and their} \KEY WEST — 86 familiesare invited. A special in- NOTICE! K.W. AIRPORT 82 vitation’ is- also. being extended | | Memphis men stationed at Craig’s Dock, cnnienci | Miami). Receiving Station, Naval Air Sta-) Co ncing Mo . ga 92 einneapolis tiony Raval Hepple Section Base| June 28, those subscribers to! Now ‘Orleans _ regis oe A _ | The Citizen who have ed ose! ae mane eu! wart, officer-in- . . ' Norfoll = charge of the Recreation Depart- received their paper by 6 Oklahoma City ment, stated yesterday that ar-|0’clock are requested to) Pensacola |phone 51 and a paper will rangements are being made to en- | Pittsburgh tertain upwards of 2,500 Persons: | be ddivereh: Pines to not/ St Louis | phone complaints later than | Tampa CRYSTAL’S Restaurant (7 o'clock, as the office will) 2 CON AURMETS) cin at it ime.” | PALACE THEATER bas nec erg | IRA F. ALBURY, | sonny MACK BROWN in DINNERS .... from 65. Circulation Manager. | “CHEYENNE ROUNDUP” Open 8:30 A.M. to 8 P.M. eee NEWS and SERIAL James, | 1943, as reported by Weather Bureau: Highest Lowest . 85 91 92 84 91 92 88 73 93 89 90 'VAUDEVILLE’S NOT being | ay: be across the continent. In| DEAD— IT HAS JOINED THE ARMY r ie: 1m the make-shift theatres when USO Camp Shows come to call | ities are sparse and furlough: infrequent. Between 50 and troup averaging or fi entertainers each, are on the road now. A typical one will have a comedy magician, a singer, dancer, a ventriloquist and an ‘dionist. An accordion is alm standard equipment, because most of these isolated camps no pianos or any other musi in- struments. Audience Participation | The program is heavy on the {side of audience-participation. The routines must be clean fun, and there have been only a cou ple of instances where performer injected. off-color comedy inte tt act. USO-Camp’ Shows, Inc:, takes responsibility for the good conduct of the troupe and will cancel the contract of a perform- er who doesn’t behave himself. Troupes travel under War and Navy department auspices, riding in. command cai and auxiliary 60 of the: c- rst i els. They fre- quently eat with the soldiers and sailors and often are overnight guests in the camps. A performer makes around $75 a week on a six months’ contract, subject to re- newal, which the sp¢ more than they'll average ing to civilians, Do the vaudevillians like their jobs? The head office answers that with some of the letters the per- formers send back. Their princi- onsors Sav play- pal worry is how they'll be able emselves to post-war to adjust audien | s, whose polite applause ican never, never mean as much the uninhibited how the whistling and the stamping of ser- vicemen really enjoving them- selves. ef COUNTY CLERK OFF’ x TO TALLAHASSEE |. County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer for | er fight west of this city. the Ger- left yesterday afternoon Tallahassee to attend a confer-|mans lost are station wagons range of only 14° Fahrenkt | | | Says Full Power “TATE BULLETINS WASHINGTON. — The | 10 days—for the President to ap- ; Prove or veto the Smith-Connally | enti-strike bill expires at midnight }tenight. The bill will become @ jjaw should he fail to act on i, |but.it .was said this afternoon he “mesg will veto it on the ground ;that it would promote imstead of | Prevent strikes. time— JAPS AND BRITISH CLASH CHUNGKING—The Japs and ‘the British had two clashes in | Burma today. and the British won iin each instance. In one brush. the | British killed 60 Jens and in the other more than 109. | _ JAPS REPORTED NERVOUS DARWIN.—According to state- ments made over Radio Tokyo. the Japanese military leaders are nervous over the outcome of re- cent battles in the Southwest Pa- cific. One spokesman sad the Al- iles have been “greatly reinforce \ed” end outnumber the Japs both on land and in the air. It is known here that Japanese warships in South Pacific waters are keeping ‘under cover. and their command- S\ers are in no mood to contact Al jicd warships. also! BOMBING JAPANESE BASES DARWIN.—Allied planes yes- terday bombed Munda airfield. on New Britain. znd Lae and Sale- meua on New Guinea Island At Lae, after the bombing. Amer- icen end Australian troops leunch- ed an cffensive that resulted in killing 204 Jens. SARDINIA, SICILY RAIDED ALGIERS. — Three hundred American plenes raided Sardinia and Sicily lest night. Enemy fight er planes tried to imtercept the bombers. and in the air battles that followed the Axis lost 20 Flanes and the Americans nine. Shipping, railroeds. railroad yards nd warehouses were bombed in inia, and shore-front imstai- lations at Sicily. AIR FIGHTING IN RUSSIA MOSCOW.—With the excep- tion of\fwo grouhki\@ashes south- east, 3: hss @ Kharkov. SGsidh frond ih ie jat'2e hours wes in the air. In one clash in Lenincred arec. the communique said the Germans lost 28 planes and the Russians 18. end im anoth- i mine planes and the ence tomorrow of county clerks | Reds four. from. all over the state to discuss | the tax laws passed at the last session: of the legislature. Special discussion will suing of certificates to the coun- that type of property. - Mr. Sawyer stated that | will learn at the convention what course to take in the an- ticipated sale of delinquent ; property in Monroe county next; month. GATO DORMITORY | { ‘CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES | of the Key West Naval Station RATES 22% Fo Be eae center on delinquent taxes and the is- he | supply of oil. ELK HILL OIL UP AGAIN WASHINGTON. — Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox brought up | dey. He stressed again the neces- last 24hours lastnigkt|ty or individuals in the sale of sity of opening up the wells there | for the Nevv to assure an adequate - j NOWATKA, Okla —Ju truck from South Coffevville passed Sheriff Arthur Turner and | Deputy Sheriff Otis Mimson om the j highway, the end gate pooped open and revealed its cargo—half a case of whisky The driver plead- jed guilty to possession of liquer and paid a $75 fine in county ceurt Place Your Order Early! We Will Heve A | } PRICE FIVE CENT r Proposal * To One Man May Cause Food Collapse, Or | Inflation On The Other Hand Chief Executive Favors Handling Of Food In Same Manner As lt Is Handled Now (By Aemoriated Prewe WASHINGTON. Jum 2i— President Hocsevelt, at « press Fhatically the appcumtimen: of 2 “food czar”, as several members of both houses of congress have recommended the last few cay: as the only way cut of the pees ent situation in the nancdimg of commodities. One reporter asked if the re pert was true thet Food Adm istrater Chester Dervis be threatened to resan were be nc: Siven full control of Se food Froblem. and the President }Plied dat the last fime be bad talked with Devis he was eske< if be bad any ambition t come a -food czar”. and thet be replied. “God forbid! The Presudent posted su: chs if one man hed the full power to decide whet tru or that com modity should be sold for may lower or imcrease the poo- to so great an extent be wouic cause a food callamse om te one teed oc infetoe oc te re, ne With the edvence & fe cot of living wes ccleted 9 ont Fr ces to farmer: would neve be imcressed. salaries end we>es n would hawe to co st amc the= berdly befcre the 3 Americas Feople would be ewere of = fatten would be aoe =x He declared be fore handing of the food witustiee im the manne: = 5 peu beodec mow anc thet sacud <cooe decide on @ “food quar”. ar make any cther chances tha: wil ss: to mfighom then congress mos! shoulder the ful Diame soe He spome abou: those sos men whe fercr higher prices and recounted « sistemect be hac hearc 2 racic commenters Mage abou: regarciese af soe bagh prices went te mce wouit be able tc buy. Then the Presi dem: asked < che poor mar we mot tc be gwen any sommcers fiom. or were be t be requerec to suffer. Tf “we sell cur surpluses”. be added. “whet axe we gang © Go™ the latter pert of Seis poe or early aext year when = Se greater pert cf the custy = be seid are securty asgeums: