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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-07
WOULD HAVE PRESIDENT APPOINT
AN AIR CONTROL COORDINATOR7
ny JACK sTINNETT
AP Feature Service Writer

WhoAAAANGAOANJ Juiy e.
Some folks here are perturbed
about the possibilities of a traf-
fic jam on the highways of the
air.
The other day delegation
called on the President and
urged him to appoint an "air
control coordinatora sort of
traffic cop of the air, with broad
powers to regulate traffic even
to the point, if necessary, of
grounding private flying in army
and navy maneuver areas.
Trying to get anything official
on the situation is like trying to
pull teeth with eyebrow tweezers.
On both sides of the fence, au-
thorities are afraid of touching
toff powder keg. There are
more than 10000 airplanes of all
types in the country today.
About 1900 of these are priv
ate and commercial planes.
There are tens Of thousands of
pilots. Add a few million pas
sengers and you have some idea
of the persons affected by any
regulations or curtailment of
private flying.
On the other hand, it was real
lied that the army and navy
must have some priorities in the
skyways even before the Civil
Aeronautics Board came out of
its hurdle recently and establish
ed a ceiling of seventeen thou
sand feet above sea level for all
commercial and private aviation.
Above that the skies belong to
the army and navy. The board
added the further regulation
that all planes rot equipped with
two-way radios and sensitive
altimeters must stay within g.
500 feet of the ground
This caused a little easier
breathing in those aeronuatical
circles that feared the appoint
ment of traffic cop for the sky
ways would wreck the private
flying as well as the civilian pilot
training program---that vast res
ervoir out of which the army
and navy are drawing so many
of their flying cadets. Whether it
is complete solution remains
to be seen.
1t doesn't eliminate one of the
army's chief grouches, namely
that secret air maneuvers are
handicapped by civilian flying.
A secret maneuver can't very
well be secret if the army has to
notify dozens of airport dispatch
ers just what it plans to do and
when.
1t is believed, however, that
qualification of traffic on a 30
000-mile skyway network will
simplify matters not only for the
flyers but for those men who
keep the radio beams buzzing in
the nations 400 range stations.
How the whole thing started
isn't positive, but in recent
weeks lot of stories have been
drifting into Washington about
congestion as result of military
! aviation. One such was that of a
kittenish army pilot, tail man in
a formation flight, had decided to
practice an zimmerman turn on
the tail of a cross-country air.
liner. Apparently, the fellow
didn't come close. but il was
near enough to scare the day
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-07
RUSSIANS BATTLING
VERY WELL"-LcNDcN
ffsx A.sor1ntrs rsreans

LONDON, July Russian
troops are performing very
well' in their struggle with Ger
many, London's foreign office de-
clared today
Lauding the Russians for their
stubborn resistance against the
crack Nazi shock troops. the Lon-
don office declared there Is no
ground for pessimisnp at this
time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-07

Britain will live or die by
naval power Cooper declared in
urging that the United States inn
mediately throw the weight of the
worlds second largest navy into
the struggle against Adolf Hitler's
submarine and bomber warfare in
the Atlantic.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-07
Russian Counter Attacks
HuI1 Back German Thrust
Royal Air Force Bombers
Continue Attacks On
German Ports And Oc-
cupied France
IN, A..ocIntcd Pre..l


Violent Russian counter az
lacks along the central front
today were declared in Moscow
to have hurled back a German
thrust across the Dnieper river
toward the Red capital.
Berlin neither confirmed nor
denied the Russian reports.
The spearhead of Adolf Hit
ler's crack invasion army was
said in Russia TO have been roll
ed back along the shores Of the
Dnieper. and for the first time
in the campaign. the German
army is said to be digging in for
a defensive action.
Russian bombers, for the first
time in the war, smashed at the
Finnish capital of Helsinki last
night, destroying downtown
buildings and inflicting heavy
casualties.
Nazis Gain In South
A German cornnnunique. not
mentioning the central front
where Nazi troops had been MAX
ing important gains. said Cernauti
in Russian-occupied Rumania, and
Kiev, capitalof the Ukraine, have
been wrested from the Russian
defenders.
German reports said the COM
bined Axis troops of Germany
and Hungary slashed north along
the shore of the Black Sea over
the weekend, taking Kiev after
a violent bombardment of the city
and a series of mechanical at
tackS.
German attack along the south
ern front rolled forward so swiftly
that Red troops were unable to
carry away their equipment, or to
destroy fields of grain through
which they retreated.
Heavy fighting was believed In
progress at the same time in the
far north near Murmansk, but
neither Berlin nor Moscow mem
toned the struggle in their reports
today.
British Raid France
Royal Air Force bombers, con-
tinuing their 24-hour shuttle at
tacks on Germany and north
France, last night rained bombs
on cities Of the industrial Ruhr,
and German reports admitted
heavy civilian casualties.
Squadrcns of British planes
swept down the channel coast to-
day in new series of attacks on
possible invasion bases, and Brest
was heavily bombed.
Berlin reports said the raid cost
Britain 81 planes in the last "a
hours, but the air ministry in Lotl-
don said only six failed to return.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-07
'FIREMEN. SAVE MY DOOR,

NEW YORK.-Frank Viscio of
this city. arrested for restraining
firemen from smashing door to
get into his burning drug store,
said Il just didn't want my door
broken, fire or no fire.. Damages
to the store were estimated at
$4,000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-07
Britain Urges United States
To Send Navy Out In Atlantic
tBy Associated Press,

LONDON, July ALFRED Duff
Cooper, British minister of i'm
formation, yesterday addressed a
plea to the United States for naval
aid in a radio speech which at
mospheric conditions prevented
from reaching the American pub
lie.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-07
COMING EVENTS

TUESDAY
Stone Church Service Club. 500
pm.
THURSDAY
Rotary Club meets 1915 p. m.
st. Paul's Parish Hall.
Lions Club meets at $50 pm.
Lions Den, Seminary Street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-07

five deaths, ard most of the
others were drownings.
Homicides and death by suicide
were not included in the figures.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-07
Most Factories Producing
War Materials Running
Ahead Contract Schedule

queried by the association, how
ever, the majority expected to
make delivery ahead pf schedule.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-07
MORE FUNDS FOR
NAVY BASE HERE
INV As.ocIntra PRESS,

WASHINGTON. July p
Program contemplating ex-
penditures for repair facii-
ties at navy yards and bases
includes: Key West Naval
Station. Sl00. 900.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-07

Key West. Florida. has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only IA Fahrenheit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-26

forms, were feted wherever they went.
 The plebIscite was conducted by residents of st. Pierre under the lo- cal election laws. The votes were cast in the city hall where there were booths in which ballots could be marked secretly, Those who voted were the qualified voters Of local elections, totaling $50 here. Of that number 760 voted. Some 100 ballots were declared invalid, many of them Free French ballots, for if1- proper marking. The vote was counted before 6 crowd damned into the little city hall. The ballot had two statements printed on it in the same type: CD favor rally irg to the cause of Free France: @ I favor collaboration with the axis powers. The voters were required to scratch out the statement with which they didn't agree.
 I heard more than one native say. General Dedaulle has sent Us the best Christmas present that we could wish for-freedom."
 Marseillaisc Is Heard
 La Marseillaise echoed through the streets oil day.
 Museller addressed the people first when he laid c wreath on the me- morial to St. Pierres dead of the last war, and last evening when he an- nounced the result of the piehiscite.
 The story of the departure of the little fiotilla from tn Castern Cana dian port, was rela Ou in a seiii- official statement prepared by MusellerS Information Service" Jean Lebret, c French Canadian newspaperman who accompanied 1t.
 Lehret said that constant signal Ing between the four corvettes, and aii atmosphere of tension, made him suspect that something strange and sensation" was tn prospect.
 Ills premonltlor grew stronger during the night. Long before dawn, the corvetteS halted, and the sailors cleared for action.
 At daybreak Lebret looked out over c calm seq from tho bridge of one of the corvettes. On one side he saw the steep, snow covered shores of St. Pierre; on the other, Miquelor.
 Sailors and officers were standing ct action stations. Muselier gave the order: "CarTy out the plan decided upon" Slowly and silently tho little vessels got underway, in single file.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-26
RUSSIANS KEEP
 SMASHING AHEAD
Continued from Page i)

(Continucd from Page D tween Dec. 2i and yesterday tho Russians on the front west of Mos- COW had killed i0,200 Germans and c dispatch from Sevastopol to the army newspaper Red Star said 20,- 900 Germans had been killed in c ferocious German offensive in the Criniea.
 The sevasEopoi dispatch said some German units had lost half their effectives ifl vain attacks.
 The communicate which reported German losses west of Moscow as- serted that tho count of bodies was as yet incomplete, as was the count of weapons taken, "as c consider able number Of bodies and arms lle hidden by tho sriow."
 It was asserted that in tho Dec 21-Dec. 2B period the Russians cap- tured 33 tanks, two tifidamaged air- planes, 12e field guns, 90 mine throwers, 174 machine guns, 2e3 automatic rifles. l,i28 trucks, 16e motorcycles, 1,B62 bicycles, O2b horg- es and five wireless stations. Tn ad- dition TO German ammunition carts were destroyed, it was said.
 In the fighting, according to the comfnunique, the Russians routed the headquarters Of the 18th der- man army corps and 26eth infantry division and captured R fargo quan- 'ity Of conrliSsary stores, afr1fnufli- ton dumps, German decorations, money and documents.
 It was reported that the tempera- ture had fallen to 10 degrees below zero fahrenheit on the front south of Leningrad.
 Dispactfes reported the Russians taking 18 additional villages in the Lake Ladoga area north of Lofitf- grad, i6 in the Kali1itl area ilorth- west of Moscow and g in the Do- nets basin south of Moscow.
 Dutch Doing As Well
 Batavia, N. E. l., December 20. - (UP) = Dutch bonbers today re- ported the sinking Of two more enemy warBhips, boosting to i6 the number of enemy ships sent to the bottom by Netherlands air and sea- forces.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-26

AS they entered the harbor, the corVettes ran ID the Free French flag, the crces of Lorraine. Armed sailors leaped to the wharf and marched of on the double to per- form the tasks assigned to them. Tn Q brief time they had occupied the customs house, police station, radio station, telephone and telegraph offices and government buildings without any resistance, and without the slightest incident"
 Greeted JoyfulIy
 Surprised early rlsers greeted them joyfuily and enthusiastically.
 "A company of sailors led Up to the side of the corvette the adfnin- istrator of the islands, Baron De- bournat, whom the pseudo-govern- ment of Vichy had invested with dic- tatorial powers," Le Bret said. A crowd on the quay greeted his ap- pearance with shouts of "Vive de daulle." The governor replied, "vlve Petaini"
 He waD treated with deference afid placed under house.arreSt in his residence.
 By evening the following notice was posted throughout the town:
 People of St. Pierre and Miquelor;
 "1n conformity with orders from General De0auiie, I have come to make 1t possible for you to partici- pate freely and orderly iil c pleb- iscite which you have long asked for.
 "You will chose between the cause Of Free France and collaboration with the powers which would starve and torture your native land. I do not doubt but what tho oldest of our overseas territories will place itself by the side of Great Britafi, the United States, Canada and the other allies and declare unanimously It's faithfulnesS to the traditions of honor and liberty which have ai- ways been the pride Of France. ViVe dc F'rancel"
 It was signed by MuSelier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-26
Tank Battle RagesO Over Southeastern Luzon
CcOntlnucd from Page D

ares. A few ships in Manila Bay also were bombed.
 So far as could be seen from the United States observation post there WaS little damage. I could not see any ships that were hit In the early raids.
 AS the first alarm was sounded at 10 .. m, a huge fire was seen burn- ing on the southeastern outskirts Of tho city. Japanese planes repeated. iy attacked the port area and ships ii Manila Bay. IL was indicated that damage was slight. Half an hour after the first "ali clear", bombs again crashed ifl the docks vicinity, only to fall ifl the water, Then c second wave Of bofnbcrs swept over and bombs struck ifl the vicinity Of Engineer Island near the mouth of the Pasig river which flows through the city. Thick smoke rose from the bombed Area, 0 few hundred yards from the United Press offices.
 It was believed that the great fro burning in the southeastern out skirts was from oil stores, afiTe ifls tentlonaliy and not by bombs.
 Gen. Douglas MacAFthur, com. inander- -In.chicf Of United States forces iI the Far East, irl Issuing tho proclamation declaring the capital an open city, said the Philippines government, the American high commissioner and ell ccFnbatant iniI- itary installations would Do with drawn "aS rapidly as possible"
 MacAFthlr'E proclamation was iS- sued during the second of 6 series Of daylight ais raid alarm periodS ili the Manila area, while bombs were crashing on Engineer island rear the mouth Of the PaSgg river which flows through the city into Manila bay, and aS reports Eeached here that 6 new fleet Of japanese transports had been sighted off the eastern coast of LlIzoil iSIand oppoSit Manila, 50 miles away on the west coast.
 MacArthur said:
 Tn order to spare the snetropoli- tan area from possible ravages by attack either from the air or the ground, Manila is hereby declared aSl open city without characteristics Of q military objective.
 "fr order that no excuse may be given for . possible mistake, the American high commissioner, the commonwealth (Philippes) govern nent and en combataat military in- staIiations will be withdrawn from it's environg as rapidly as possible.
 ~I'iie municipal government will continue to function with its police powers, reinforced by corstabulary troops, co that normal protection for life and property may be preserved.
 Citizens are requested to maintain obedience to the constituted author its and to continue the normal pro- cess of business"
 President Manuel L. Quezon iIn- mediateiy announced that he and his government were leaving the city to continue the administration of af- fairs of civil government in co~opegs ation with the commanding general of the military forces from the place where ! may be-"
 United States High Commission CT Francis Bcwes Gayre followed with c proclamation that he was leaving at MaeArthur'g direction btfe that part Of llls stan would remain "charged with the duty of carrying on ane functions os this oliee and looking nlter tlle welfare og an eD for as military necessity
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-26
Vichy French Govt. May Get Islands Back
CcOntinued from Page iD

Of State Cordell Hull interrupted his Christmas holiday to go to his office and study the situation and to issue statement which said Free French occupation of the islands was "an arbitrary action contrary to the agreement of all parties concerned and certainly without the prior knowledge or consent in any sense" of the United States.
 The Free French action created acute embarrassment here where efforts have been underway for long time to prevent further col- Liberation between the Axis and Vichy.
 Fear Of NaEls Grows
 There have been increasing fears here that should there be further collaboration between Vlchy and Berlin, France might submit to re- ported German demands for the use of It's fleet against the Allies.
 Hopes had risen for . better un- dOrstanding between Washington and Vlchy only last week after tiis government completed naval ac~ cord with the government of Mar tlnique, another French possession Ia this hemisphere. That accord was understood to include guarantees that the Axis would not be allowed to use the Caribbean Island as 6 base and American guarantees that the islands neutrality and status ....a s,,a,,lA laa hAV,AWaA
 The St. Pierre-Miquelon situation may have contravened that accord since Admiral Georges Robert French high commissioner at Mar tiniQue, has Jurisdiction over all French possessions in this hemis- phere.
 The St. Pierre-Mlquelon move comes not only ct Q delicate moment in Washington-Vich relations but at the very moment when American ofiljcials desired to emphasize unity of anti-Axis action in the western hemisphere. A conference of foreign ministers of the 2l American Re- bubbles is scheduled for that pur- pose next month.
 The situation is ironlcal innsmuch as the tiny islands Involved are vir- tually worthless economically or strategically. They are rocky, bar ren bits of land of the southwestern coast of Newfoundland with on areR of only e3 square miles and Q pop ulatlon of less than 5000, mostly
 FREE FRENCH IN BRITAIN
 London, Dec. 26.-(uP)---A Free France spokesman, implying q taclt reflection of an United States re- huke, snid today that Free French leaders had been asked to free St. Pierre Island from "Vlchy dictator ship" and they saw no reason to alter the situation resulting rom their action.
 shocked by the news that the united States State Department had denounced the Free French seizure Of st, Pierre and Miquelon of the Newfoundland coast, the leaders had conferred aflHiously and It was reported that their men might Dc withdrawn.
 Rut c spokesman said today that notAing ofieial had been received from Washington or Canada and added:
 aOur attitude is that the people og Ct. Pierre asked us to liberate them from Vichy dictatorship and wo dtd 90. As Frenehmen we sec no reason to alter the situation. The results of the plebiscite, D8 per cent iS our favor, confirm the eager. nAna Of tho ponulatlon to Do with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-26

(Cohtinued from Page D in which our troops are taking : toll Of enemy parties attempting to escapo souhtwafds," ten coinnnuni- que said.
 Six Tanks Destroyed During this lighting six enemy tanks were knocked out Ti1ursday.
 Tn addition three Italian tanks, ii Italian arrnprcd cnrs, n German light tanks and some German and Italian aircraft, together with 0 coii- siderable amount Of material, were found abandoned in the Barce area"
 Eeadquarters said that the area around Barce c number Of British wounded were recovered from ail Italian hospital.
 "NOar the frontier area (the ypt-Llbya border) on enemy de- tachfaent from one isolated garri- son near solunl attempted to make Q sortie with the object of obtain- ing food and water" the conlnufli- que said.
 "The attempt was defeated and four enemy light tanks were diS- abied.
 "A small vessel bringing supplies to Axis forces beleaguered at Hale faya was engaged by our field ar- tillery. (ialfaya is c rugged pass west of solurn on the Egypt-Libya frontier). The veagel received a di- rect hit, as result of which it ran ashore, caught fire and burned out"
 Headquarters said that British air forces were attacking enemy col- ufniig.
 Fnter.AIIled Council
 Chungking, Dec. 20 - (U.P,) - Tho United States, Britain and China have created an inter-Aliied war council to direct strategy in the Far East, t was diOciosed today.
 The council was created after Q three days meeting here in which Major General George II. Brett Tep- resented the United States in ccil- versations with deenralissiSno Chiang Kai-etek and General Sir Archibald P. Wavell, British cofn- Iiiander in chief In frdia,
 Wavell and Brett arrived ir afl Aiiierican-piloted plane Monday and immediately called upon Chiang, with whom they dined. Subsequent conferences were attended by Brig adler General John Magruder and Major General Lancelot Dennya, American and British chiefs of mil- itary missions to Chungking. Diplo- c.Tepresentatives Of the United States and Britain also participated in discussions.
 A communique on the conferences said that complete harmony Of views and purposes was achieved"
 Formation Of on iflter.Allied war council was regarded as c result Of Chiang's initiative in proposing c military alliance aRaiflGt aggreSsors.
 The exact membership of the council, as finally constituted, was not disclosed but it was understood 1t viii be headed by Chinese. Its functions also were not disclosed but 1t was expected to concern Itself chiefly with land and air operations in China and Burma.
 After attending the conference Wavell left by cir for Rangoon on his way to his teadquarterS in Tn. dia.
 Chinese win Help
 Singapore, Dec. % -- (U.P.) -- An agreement has been reached by which hundreds Of thousands of Chinese in the Straits settlements will give full aid to the Empire dcs fense forces, it was announced today and it was understood that Q gen- eral mobilization order would Do iS- sued for Chinese to serve as auxiI- iarieg.