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Evening star., 1941-12-07
BY MAI. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT,

It Is impossible to make any ref
erence to the fighting in Libya
without beginning by paying tribute
to the tough fighting qualities and
spirit Of the German armored forces
in that area. as we'll as to the eX-
cellence of their tactical leadership
in all echelons Of command and to
the foresight and coordination dis
played in their supply arrangements.
Obviously the British hoped for
quick decision. and they came within
an ace of achieving 1t. Their own
Against a lesser foe. they would
have scored a swift and overwhelm-
ing success. The Italian armored d.
vision suffered a crushing defeat,
and seems practically out of action.
But the two German armored divi-
sions, separated by the initial Brit
ish thrust, fought so sturdily that
they managed to join forces again
and to re-establish contact with
their supply bases to the westward.
An action which had every appear
ance of a complete British victory
thus became inconclusive. and the
decision is yet to be gained.
No Solid Line Established.
Various conjectures are now be-
ing put forward as to the reasons
for this state of affairs. 1t is impos-
sible to suppose that the British
were not informed as to the strength
and character of the German forces,
nor as to the total amount of mu-
nitions and supplies which the
Axis had in Libya.
Their sole possible miscalculation
is as to the distribution of those
supplies; it does seem that the Ger
mans had collected larger amounts
in their forward depots than the
Evening star., 1941-12-07

, way back toward the beleaguered
coastportS-in short, to try to re-
store the situation In Cyrenaica
while he still had a chance. how
| ever slender, of doing so, and II
! that proved impossible, to infiict
such losses on the British, particu-
larly in armored fighting vehicles.
as to make any further enterprise
by them impossible for a long time
to come.
Gen. Rommel appears to have
made the second choice, one nat
ural to a soldier Of his qualities,
with the inevitable result that if
he is now soundly beaten there is
nothing to stand between the Brit
ish and an advance to Bengasi,
though the fate of Tripon will re-
main uncertain.
British Too Optimistic.
Behind this choice there may. OF
course, have been orders from home
based on political considerations.
A German retirement in Libya COM
ing on top the German retreat
from Rostov and the failure of the
German drives for Moscow (Which
do not seem to be gaining ground.
but rather on the whole to be losing
it, might have had repercussions
in Toxic and Ankara which would
have been highly unfavorable to
the Axis cause as a whole.
II even an illusion Of victory or
at least Of stalemate can be pre-
served in Libya for the time being,
the German cause may be we'll
served thereby. A single day may
be of great value Unfortunately, the
British played into the hands of
the German propagandists in the
highly optimistic nature of the
communiques which they issued at
the very beginning of the Libyan
fighting; it was an optimism which
conditions did indeed seem to JUS
tify. but its results in the present
state of affairs are nevertheless
unfortunate.
Decision May Be Delayed.
Two elements in the Libyan cam
paign remain somewhat uncertain.
One is the present operations Of
the British southern column which
reached the Oasis of Gialo, and
whose patrols were reported by the
British as operating on the coast
road south of Bengasi This force
may now be in a most exposed con-
dition, or on the other hand It's
operations may presently become of
great importance. Its cooperation
with Free French desert patrols is
possible.
The second is the air situation;
here the British seem still to re-
tain their initial superiority, though
to an insufficient degree to give
them complete freedom of action.
Some Axis reinforcements have
probably arrived, but not in suf-
ficient force to upset the British
advantage-due probably to the de-
mands of the Russian front for air
support.
There are hints from British
sources as to the inadequacy of the
ground-air cooperation and COM
munications. If such difficulties
exist, they are due in all probability
to no fault either of the r. A. F. or
of the ground troops, but rather to
the basic British organization
which still seeks to achieve the
unity of purpose and effort which
is the key to victory by means of
cooperation and agreement rather
than coordination and control
To sum up the Libyan campaign
to date, the essential elements of a
British success still exist and will
probably be decisive in the end,
but the decision will be longer de-
layed than at first seemed likely
Copyright, 1941, New York Tribune
Inc)
Evening star., 1941-12-07

ern entrance to the Gulf of Fin
land, at the eastern end of which
is the Soviet city of Leningrad.
Formerly one of Finland's lead
ing import centers, Hango
has an excellent harbor, kept open
the year around by icebreakers.
Before the war, it was particularly
active as shipping point for Fin
nish butter and other dairy prod
ucts, as well as timber, leather and
furs. Iron and steel, sugar, coffee
and cotton were among the impor-
tants imports unloaded at Hango
for normal Finnish consumption.
Pre-war Hango was something of
a manufacturing town, with gran
reproducing industry on the side.
In recent years the city had been
building up a tourist and vacation
business, based on climate, scenery
and long sandy beaches sloping
gently from tho sea.
Evening star., 1941-12-07
1850 Axis Prisoners
Counted in Libya,
British Announce
Cairo Reports Continued
Efforts to Reduce Enemy
Mechunized Formations

BY the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 6.-AXis war
prisoners are being rounded up in
Libya faster than they can be
counted and now exceed $500, the
British declared today as their
forces continued efforts to whittle
down German ard Italian mech
anized formations in a we,ter of
minor actions.
British sources said the full in
itiatlve apparently hes now with the
imperial armies in North Africa,
but acknowledged that operations
still were restricted to strong patrols
and that there has been no new
major tank fighting.
However, resumption of large
scale fighting was expected in Brit
lsh quarters as the weather i'm
proves. The British were reported
in better position for it than in
the earlier stages of the battle.
223 Planes Declared DESTROYED.
The British claim a total of 223
Axis planes have been destroyed
since the Libyan offensive started
November l8, including at least 54
JU-87s-Germany's favorite dive
bomber. Unofficial estimates prior
to the offensive put Axis air
strength in Libya at 1000 planes,
including 200 German.
Why the Axis has fought in East
ern Libya rather than withdrawing
westward to make the British ex-
tend their communications lines
has become clear now, British
sources said. by discovery that the
Germans and Italians had larger
quantities of supplies near the bat
tie area than originally had been
supposed-presumably for an event.
ual Axis thrust into Egypt.
Chief among the British gains re-
ported was the recovery "of what
little ground remained in enemy
Evening star., 1941-12-07
DR.. Kroskin to Speak

New Developments in the Cor
recting of Cross Eyes" will be the
subject of DR.. Lewis H. Kraskin, To-
cal eye specialist and president of
the District of Columbia Board of
Examiners, before the annual meet
ing of the American Academy of
Optometry which opens a three day
session in Chicago today. DR..
Kraskin is research fellow of the
academy.
Evening star., 1941-12-07

as an informer whose services were
accepted by the Fiume police COM
missioner.
Enter the blond-"30 years old and
distinguished" She carried mes
sages between the master mind and
his italian agents, according to press
accounts of the testimony.
Evening star., 1941-12-07
Model Teaches RuiIroudina

The British-owned railways In
Argentina have presented working
model of the electric locomotive
Queen Elizabeth to the government
school for use in the model railway
system in teaching railway tech
nique.
Evening star., 1941-12-07

Japan has banned the manu-
facture OF all copper musical instru-
ments.
Evening star., 1941-12-07
Drum Table

Duncan Phyfe design in senu.
inc Honduras mahogany; finely
turned base and brass claw feet.
offered by
WhitmOre af----SCQ
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
HOLD YOUR HATS
(AND YOUR TEETH)

LASSEN NATIONAL PARK.
Calf. Nov. 18-There's need
for one more rule in the noun
tain-climbers' guide at Lassen
Volcanic National Park in Cali
fornia- It is Keep your mouth
shut.
This came UP as q result of an
experience by a man who re
Gently climbed LasSen Peak. As
he turned TO exclaim to his
wife over the beauties. a sudden
gust of wind blew his false
teeth from his mouth. They were
recovered from a rock pile. but
it was decided those with false
teeth had best view the gran
deurs in silence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
IT'S NOT LEGAL
BUT 1T WORKS

FALLS CITY. Neb-. Nov. ID
Nebraska law makes no pro-
vision for collecting back taxes
on the installment plan. but
Sheriff Irwin Gates does it any
way, like this:
He takes partial payments 'tOn
trust. keeps an unofficial set of
books and issues an unofficial
personal receipt. When the de-
inquency IS paid in full. he
turns the money over TO the
county attorney and an official
county receipt IS issued
In the first nine months of this
year. installment collections of
81 or more totaled 81 .23a.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
Meeting Tonight To Decide
What Organization Is To
Operate Recreation Hall

Federal and city representa-
tives will meet tonight at city
hall with Mayor Willard NJ. Al
bury for a discussion Of which
organization eventually is to op-
crate the recreation hall under
construction at Jackson Square.
The meeting is scheduled for
1880 o'clock.
Raymond Novarene. repreSen-
tative OF the Federal Security
agency, has the final word in
designation of an agency to OPP
crate the hall, but he viii meet
with the others 20 discuss the
question. L L. Trent, YMCA
representative, will attend the
conference. along with represen-
tativs of the navy, army and
WPA.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
General Udets, Hitler's
Originate follower, Killed
In Plane Crash Today

BERLIN, Nov. I8.-Gen. Ernst
Udets, World War flying hero and
chief of the technical staff of the
German air force, has been killed
IN the crash Of an experimental
plane, DNB, official German news
agency, said today
One of the original followers of
Adolf Hitler, General Udets was
one of the men who built the
Luftwaffe.
In the World War. he was dec
GRATED several times, and was
credited with shooting down 81
enemy aircraft.
Ut was reported in England
several months ago that General
Udets had committed suicide after
he learned Hitler had sent Gestapo
men to place him under arrest
The report was denied in Ger
many)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
MISTAKE GRANTS
GOVERNOR PARDON

OLYMPIA, Wash, Nov. IA
Gov. Arthur B. Langlie recently
pardoned himself. officially, in
one of several documents TO be
sent TO the state penitentiary.
A stenographer made the mis-
take on papers intended TO free
II. A. May, serving a prison SEN
tenee for grand larceny, and 1t
read; Now, therefore. /. Arthur
B. Langlie, governor of the state
of Washington do hereby
pardon the said Arthur B. Lang
lie and restore him to all the
rights and privileges he forfeited
by reason of his conviction and
confinement
Il got as far as the King coun-
ty clerk at Seattle. before being
discovered.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
Germany Reports Destruction
OF Sixty Russian Transports

NEW YORK. Nov. Ie.-Sixfy
Russian troop transports as
sembled for evacuation Of the
armies at SevastapoI and Kercn
IN the Crimes has beer destroyed
BY German b0nberE. Berlin
claimed today.
A c0mmunioue. describing
heavy aerial activity over the
peninsula. said So other ships had
suffered damage in the raids.
along with those actually sent 70
the bottom.
Moscow claimed SUCCESSES both
a. Tzla On the southern enc Ct tie
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
OFFICERS MAKE
MORE ARRESTS

Continuing a series OF gamb-
ling raids that melted seven de-
PENDANTS over the weekend, Con-
stable Bienvenido PEREZ and
Deputy Frank Stickney last night
arrested employees of three other
local cafes and alleged gambling
establishments.
Jose Ponce, employee of cafe
at Angela and SimontOn streets.
was held by Constable Bienven-
lido Perez on q charge of setting
up and operating a game of
chance. while similar charges
were filed by Stickney against
Alberto Angueira of the Star
cafe, and Pipi Castillo of the
Duvai club.
All three were placed under
500 bond, awaiting a prelimin-
ary hearing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
MESSAGE OF THANKS
FROM GOTHAM MAYOR

Rabbi Lazarus Lehrer. who
read a Biblical prophecy in
TO- the third term elections
Of President Roosevelt and
New York Mayor FioreIlo h
LaGuardia. has received q
message of thanks from the
Little Flower Of Gotham
Mayor LzCusrdia replied
TO the rabbits message Of
consratulation.
Many thanks for your
kind message Of congrstuls-
lion II was indeed thought
full Of ycu 10 wire. and ! want
you 70 know how much ! APP
preciafe Il. To have your
good wishes VIII help ne IN
the hard job ahead.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
Charged With Slashing
Wife With Pen Knife;
Other Cases Heard In
Criminal Court

Frank Gates. pleading guilty
before Judge William v. AIburY
this morning on a charge Of as-
gravated assault. was sentenced
to 90 days in county Jail.
Gates was accused of slashins
bis wife. MsssY Parker Gates.
with peaknits. Previously. he
had pleaded guilty before Peace
Justice Enriqus Esquinaldo and
had been bound over under $3.50
bond.
Bob Taylor, operator of the
Boat Bar, was acquitted yester-
day afternoon when he pleaded
not guilty to a charge of drunk
en- driving. but he was ordered
to pay a fine Of $40 and costs
when a jury found him guilty
on a second count of speeding.
Handling traffic cases in GRIM
inal court this morning, Judge
Albury deferred sentence in the
case of Joseph Santos Marrero,
charged with driving without a
license, and ordered fines of SIS
and costs against Frank Diaz
and Ray Hamilton, charged with
the same offense. Marrero ex-
planned he had been told by
County Judge Raymond Lord he
would not be required to OBJ
tain a Florida license, because
he was not employed here.
Eugene Williams. charged with
reckless driving, was granted
continuance, and William Rus
sell. charged with reckless driv-
ing and causing an accident, was
given until Saturday to make
arrangements for payment of
damages to the other car owner,
after which the judge told him
he would be more lenient than if
sentence were passed now.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
Roosevelt Believed To BG
Comforting With Leaders
On Anti-Stike Measure
Thy Associated Press,

tBF Associated Pre~Sb
WASHINGTON. Nov. Ia
Against q background of spread
ing violence and disrupted de-
Tense production. President
Roosevelt today was understood
70 be comforting with legislative
leaders On the possibility Of an
anti-strike bill which would force
an end to ths captive" coal
walkcu4.
Troops were reported TO be
ready for call on a moments
notice in the nations most vital
work stoppase. but fighting and
sympathy waIkouts were report
ed at a half dozen of the struck
mines.
John l. Lewis. president of
the United Mine Workers. who
called the strike in a demand on
the steel company owners for
closed shop. refused to make any
comment beyond his declaration
that the more than $1,000 min
ers will stay out until they get
an affirmative answer TO their
demands.
Two negroes were wounded
during the morning at a Gary,
W. Va. mine when they were
fired upon by pickets, and union
men at Fayette county, Pa,
stoned independents attempting
to enter the shaft
CLIO delegates in session at
Detroit added contradictory
note to the dispute when they
voted this morning to back
Lewis stand in the coal argu-
ment, then voted in another
resolution to back President
Roosevelt in his efforts to get
full production of defense ma
terials under way for aid to the
Allies
Steel company executives de-
clared they have enough coal on
hand for only three more weeks
of operation before the walk
out will begin to cut into steel
production.
Pressure on The administration
for a stiff anti-strike measure
was expected to increase in an
other important area, when Go
employees of the Allied Products
company at Hillsdale. Mich
voted to walk off their jobs to-
night in a wage demand
The firm produces airplane
and gun parts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
%%%%@%Zl%~%
COMMITTEE GETS
ARMY, NAVY BILL

WASHINGTON, Nov. a8.-Con-
Sideration Of President Rnose-
velt's request for q s7.500. 600 600
supplemental appropriation for
army and navy war materials To-
day was before a house apprupria-
tons subcommittee.
The measure is exported 10 be-
taken mp by the committee as q
whole this week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
Z&ZAZZAAR
SEARCHING FOR
GERMAN U-BOAT


BOSTON. Nov. ls.-Cana-
dian and United States war
ships today were reported
securing the fishing banks
off the Newfoundland coast
in q search for a German sub
marines reported TO have
been sighted in those wa
tiers. VfEFF
- Officers aboard a mer-
chant vessel reaching Bos-
ton reported having seen the
submarine about $50 miles
from here. off the Canadian
coast.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
ENLISTMENTS in
CCC CAMP OPEN

Key West youths between II
and "a again may enlist for
service at the CCC camp at
West Summerland key. il was
announced here today.
CCC officers explained that
the service now includes valu-
able instruction in vocational
training on the lines Of general
construction and waterfront
work.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
STUBBORN WOMAN

HARRISBURG. PA baffled
crew twiddled It's thumbs and
waited while 4 woman passen-
ger leiSurely finished her break
fast in dining car. The wonan's
refusal to miss her breakfast
held up a Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago-New York train for
thirteen minutes
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
LOUIS POLLOCK
is UNDER BOND

Louis Pollock. operator of a
jewelry shop at 500 Duval
street. was released under $3.50
bond this morning after sher-
ifs officers had arrested him on
a charge of embezzlement
The charge was filed by Rufus
Cleare, a negro, who accused the
jeweler of dispOsing of $50
watch without his consent.
Peace Justice Franklin Aren-
berg will conduct a preliminary
hearing this afternoon at SOD
O'Clock.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
OXYGEN TENT ExPLoDEs

YONKERS. n. Y.-Anthony
BuIhosa.s 80. Tdied a few hours
after the explosion of an oxygen
tent in which he had been plac-
ed for treatment of a heart all
ment. The explosion set fire to
the bedclothing and he was bad
" burned before attendants
could reach him. .
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
HORSE AND BUGGY
REPLACES AUTO

BAYARD, Neb.. Nov. &c o
Hyde. Y, 3 farmer near here. has
Just bought G new buggy 10 Be
pulled by his old sorrel mare
Flossie.
When a man gets u be my age.
ne said. me has no business driw-
ing a car around A buggy takes
me where ! want 70 60, and rs
safe"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
See NEED TO
OFFSET SQUAWK
ABOUT TAXES
PUBLIC EXPECTED TO PRO-
TEST AGAINST USELESS
EXPENDITURES ASIDE
FROM DEFENSE NEEDS
BY JACK STTNNETT
LIZ Associated Pre.-A

WASHINGTON. Nov. 1s.-This
talk about econmy In monde
Tense governmental agencies isn't
all hooey, by any means
In the first place, the govern
ment has got TO make a stentorian
effort to offset the squawk that IS
going up over the land when all
the new taxes start taking the
hide off John @. Public's pocket
book.
In his government circles, the
theory is that John @ won't
scream over sacrifices for ma
tional defense but that ne won't
stand for any boondoggling now.
If he has to shave his last copper
to pay taxes and keep corned beef
and cabbage on the table, he's 60
ing TO be sure no federal agency is
wasting its time with cream puffs
That kind of reasoning is driv-
ing some federal officials to settle
down TO some head-thumping and
although little has been done so
far, the pressure is increasing to
streamline the mechanics of gov
eminent and eliminate all the
frills that have nothing to do with
national defense
For example. that trial balloon
about frightening the govern
ment work-week is something
more than a teaser. A number of
agencies have hundreds of en-
ployees who have been working
overtime for months, but these
are almost entirely defense; and
although in very few of them is
there any pay for overtime-most
do get accumuIative leave for
those hours spent burning the
evening oil As for the others. it's
still a 39-hour week, and the
quitting bell means dropping
work as suddenly as a fourth
grader does at recess time.
Secondly. there are a couple of
schemes in the offing to cut non
defense personnel without both
ering tn 60 through legislative
channels One would be an ex-
ecutive order from the President
permitting defense agencies to
make personnel raids on monde
Tense bureaus At present. the
stealing OF hired help is d pretty
precarious business and needs a
lot IF finagling. both on the part
of the personnel thief and the job
jumper, unless the latter wants to
lose face and status with the Civil
Service Commission
Also under consideration is
another executive order which
would prevent non-defense agen-
cieS from filling vacancies with
out proving that their entire ma
chine would collapse unless the
job were taken over by a replac-
ment employe.
The third major offensive can
be found in the surveys the Bu-
reau of the Budget now is max
iES against the next fiscal year
appropriations. There already are
meanings In some sectors that the
Budget Bureau is talking tough
to non-defense agencies, bureaus,
ard departments. The rumor now
is that Budget is aiming at some
thing Just short of a billion dol
lars in savings, with the axe
scheduled to fall heavily on WPA-
the proposed combine of CCC and
NYA. and on some activities IN
the Department of Agriculture
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
~[\%[&[Z&x
WOULD NAME PROJECT
FOR ROBERT GABRIEL

A former Key Wext aszxn
new living IN Augusta. Ca
has suggested thai the nzzas
Of the lRts Hcbar1 Gabrisl.
last negro 10 serve on tns
Key West city council be
considered Is fhe nzrae far
the nesct government proleE1
tor negroes 20 be buiE n
Key West.
In q letter 70 The El1ziax.
he suggested that severn
rnent officials here consider
giving the honor &c fhe fuz-
mer city councilman.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
Frank Gates Sentenced
To Thirty Days In Jail
lZ[zE(l(([A
OVER TWO INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION TODAY

More than two inches Of
rain descended On Key West
this morning between s o'clock
and noon. the weather bureau
reported this afternoon.
Starting at about 4:50 o.
clock the rain began to pour
down at about $50. and z.o3
inches had been recorded
when the sun came out short
ly after noon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-18
RECENT DONATIONS
TO RED CROSS CALL

Special gifts in the Red Cross
drive were boosted BY sac s.
over the weekend to 9 total Of
S5o6-25. Charles Taylor. char
man Of the committee handling
the gifts, announced today
Most recent donations were
nv.