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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
Army Pays Tribute To Gallant
Fighters On Armistice Day

The modern army of Key West
Barracks paused for few mo-
ments yesterday in its gigantic
undertaking to pay tribute to a
gallant bunch of fighters whose
similar efforts, almost quarter
of century ago, ended on the
date whose anniversary was OBJ
served yesterday.
Soldiers of the Harbor DefenseS
of Key West paid tribute in their
Armistice Day parade to these
soldiers of another war in the
persons of prominent members of
the local post of the American
Legion. Colonel r. Z Arlington,
commanding officer, Harbor De-
lenses of Key West, who occupied
the reviewing stand with 1t. Col.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
INTERESTING CALLERS
AT OFFICE OF G.. OF E..

Interesting callers at the Cham
Der of Commerce today included
MIR. Budlong, superintendent at
Fort jefferson National Monu-
ment and G. r. Vinton. Mr.. Bud
long states that Albert c. Manu-
cy. assistant historian of South
eastern National Monuments,
with headquarters at ST. Angus
tine will serve as acting Superin-
tendent at the fort. Mr.. Manucy
wrote the article Ghost in the
Gulf" that appeared in the Sat
urday Evening Post for April Is,
1912 Mr. Manucy is accomapn-
led by his wife. They will re-
main at the fort during Mr. Bud
longs absence on mis- annual leave
of about three weeks.
c. r. Vinton. coordinating SUI
perinteHdent, Southeastern Ma
tional Monuments, St Angus
tine, arrived at Key West No
vember 5, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. A. c. Manucy. Due to
inclement weather, they did not
leave Key West until November
e, remaining over at the fort until
the 18th. Mr.. and Mrs Manucy
remained at the fort. Mr.. Bud
long and Mr.. Vinton left the fort
November IL.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
YACHT CLUB HOLDS
ITS ANNUAL meet
J. K. CLEMMER SELECTED AS
COMMODORE OF Or
GANIZATION

The Key West Yacht Club held
its annual meeting at the club
house Wednesday night.
Despite the stress and inter-
ference with its programs, due to
war conditions. it was felt that
the club had its place in main
tanning the morale of the COM
munity and that it should con-
tinue its activities to the fullest
extent permitted by circum-
stances.
Appreciation was expressed for
the manner in which the retiring
commodore, Everett w. Russell,
has sailed the ship through a
trying period and the new COM
modore, j. K. Clemmer, is assur-
ed of the hearty cooperation of
the crew of the Key West Yacht
Club.
Upon w. c. Bryant's announce
ment that son had been added
to his family on that same day,
a hearty welcome was extended
to the future member of the
yacht club and a toast was drunk
to his health.
Attending were Commodore
| Everett w. Russell, Rear Com
modore Everett P. Winter. John
Russell, j. K. Clemmer, A. E.
Peirce, Earle Sycks, A. F. Puck
EFT, Mr.. Bryant, Wallace B. Kirke
and S. c. Singleton.
Elections resulted as follows:
Commodore-J. K. Clemmer;
! Vice-Cmmodore-H. c. Con-
! nable;
Rear Commodore-A. E. PIERCE:
Secretary Treasurer - R. F.
Wheeless;
Associate Director - Earle
SyckS;
House Committee-A. F. PUG
kett, chairman, and w. c. Bry-
ant.
Applications for membership
of DR.. j. Yates Porter, Jr., and
Howard Overlin were approved
and they were elected to mem
1 bership.
! Several other offices remain
to be filled. Names will be an
nounced by Commodore Clemmer
at the next meeting.
The sum of $4,000 was placed
at the disposal of the House and
Grounds Committee for the pur-
pose of renovation and, prepar-
ing the club for the winter sea
son. 49,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12

were likewise distributed to Army
officers at the Key West Bar
racks and Fort Taylor for them
to sign for their reservation.
CAPTAIN Reordan's memoran-
dunn to the officers explained
that all rooms should be occupied
by two persons but if sole occu-
pancy is desired such a proposal
could be arranged at slightly in
creased rates.
Meals will be served at the
hotels at regularly-set hours and
the variety of food will be whole
some, well-prepared and compar-
able to that now being served at
the Roney Plaza Hotel, Miami
Beach, for officers of the Army.
The Casa Marina is wellknown
among the better-class winter re-
sort hotels in the South and thou
sands of tourists in the seasons
before the war availed themselves
of its excellent facilities for rest
and relaxation.
Ideally situated amid spacious
lawns and coconut palms, the no.
tel faces the Atlantic Ocean and
is fronted with a large sand
bathing beach with cabanas and
fishing pier Tennis and bad
minton courts and putting
range for golfers are also avail
able.
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Casa Marina Hotel I0fBe Made
Available For Navy, Army Units
And Dependents During December

Key Vests spacious Casa Ma
rina Hotel will be available for
Navy and Army officers and
their bonafide dependents be-
tween Dec. Ito, it was announc-
ed today by Capt. c. E. Reordan,
Commandant of the Naval Oper-
ating Base here.
Captain Reordan's announce
ment was welcome news to
scores of officers and their de-
pendentS who have complained
vigorously about the housing
shortage in this, area.
Since the Nays vast expan-
sion program began about a
year ago, many officers have been
unable to find adequate living
quarters and have been forced to
pay exhorbitant and unreason-
able rent charges throughout the
area. This condition will I'M
doubtedly be eliminated through
the use of the well-known no.
tel.
Approximately $50 officers may
have access to the new hotel at
reasonable rates which have been
approved by both the Army and
Navy.
Captain Reordan today sent
missionaries to all Naval Off
GERS and these questionnaires
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at least so days apart. Ali hold
ers of other books every two
months. with inspections at
least 30 days apart.
b. Each passenger car owner
at the time he registers his
tires SERIAL numbers must be
registered) will receive a Tire
inspection Record. Each of the
five tires must be registered.
If a tire does not have a serial
number it must be identified
by brand name.
c. Commercial Vehicles: Eff
fective Nov. Is, all commercial
vehicles must be inspected
every sixty days or every 5000
miles, whichever occurs the
sooner.
d. A Certificate of War Ne
cessity is required for each op-
orator of a Commercial Vehicle.
effective Nov. Is. 1912. The
tire inspection record is a part
of this certificate.
e. The owner is responsible
for the maintenance in service
of his tire equipment as long
as possible Where the record
indicates that tires or tubes
have failed prematurely. the
board is to satisfy itself that
this was not caused by neglect
or abuse.
I. The owner must present
this Inspection Record at any
time that he applies to the
board for rubber or for gaso-
line rationS.
G. The Local Board at such
times will examine thoroughly
the inspection records, both for
care of tires and for mileage.
Any evidence of mileage in ex-
cess of that permitted by the
ration may result in denial of
all requests for rubber, and
also in revocation of the ration
book.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12

L. YOn nave been appointed an
official OPA Tire Inspector for
this area.
/ z. Whenever an automobile
owner requests it you will inspect
his tires and car to see that
there exists no condition causing
unnecessary wear on his tires.
Should any such mechanical de-
feet exist and the owner does
not have it repaired then and
there it will be noted on his in
spection record. The inspection
will include:
a. Checking of serial num-
bers of all tires, (where a dis
crepency exists you will note it
on record.
b. Initiation of tires.
c. Wheel alignment.
d. Need for repair, recap
ping, replacement. etc.
B. You must indicate on the
record:
a. Serial number of tires.
b.. Date of inspection.
c., Required service, if any
(recap, repair, replace, replace
within 1000 miles. fill cut in
casing, etc, etc.).
d. Odometer reading (speedo-
meter mileage). Vs.
e. Signature, station number
| and location of Inspector if
the vehicle is approved for con-
tinued service.
4. You will impress on the
owner that you are doing a
friendly service to help him and
not to seek work for yourself.
That it is all for the common
good and so that he may be able
to secure a replacement for his
tires when necessary.
5. For this service YOU are
authorized to charge a fee not in
excess of twenty-five cents per
vehicle if no tires are removed
from the vehicle. If a tire is
demounted for the purpose of
the inspection you are authorized
to charge, in addition to the
above. as follows:
a. Passenger vehicle, tires
each. Soc. sais
b. Small truck tires, 7.50x20
or less, 75c. "a taa Is
C. Large truck tries each.
S1.00. w
d. Additional charge for re-
moving inside dual truck tires,
larger than 7.50x20, Soc.
s. For your information the
following extracts from instruc-
tions bearing on this subject are
listed:
a. Time of Inspection: Be-
tween Dec 1st, 1912, and Jan.
3lst, 1913, the tires on every
passenger car must be inspect
ed by an authorized OPA in
spector, Thereafter every own
er must have his tires inspected
periodically All holders of Ba-
sic Ration book A or d every
four months, with inspections
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
DENIES STATEMENT
PRINTED in MIAMI.
PAPER CITING TAX
TAX COLLECTOR PINDER RE-
ITERATES JUDGE BROWNE
DID PAY TAX ASSESSED ON
AUTOMOBILES

Despite a statement made in
a Miami paper that Jefferson B.
Browne never paid the city's Ii
cense tax on automobiles, my Of
flee records prove that he did.
Furthermore, this is not an ad
valorem tax" but is collected lieu
of personal tax, sand Sam B.
Pinder, city tax collector, this
morning.
This statement was in regards
to a story appearing in Miami
paper which stated that lin 1923
the judge wrote a confirming
Opinion upholding a State law
which prohibits municipalities
from levying an ad valorem tax
on automobiles, and that he re-
fused year after year to buy a
tag"
MFR. Pinder stated that part of
the story concerning a confirming
opinion is correct, but he vehe-
mently refuted the statement that
the late judge did not pay the tax
which, he said, was continued I'M
til his death.
The part Judge Browne took in
the story concerned an action to
be taken by Joseph Crusoe, local
insurance agent, questioning the
legality of the license tax. Cru
soc was arrested for failure to
buy the 1912 license, hence his
complaint.
Crusoe's attorney said he had
asked for a continuance of Cru
soe's trial in municipal court for
failure to buy a license until Cir
cult Court Judge Arthur Gomez
returns here from Miami. The
case will be appealed to this court.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
Next Big Fight Between
Germans And Allies VIII
Be For Possession OF
Tunis


ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
North Africa. Nov. I2--Ths big
naval base at Bizerte. al tbs
northeast tip of TuHisia. is re-
ported today 10 be in German
possession. German soldiers.
brought across the Mediierran-
can from SICILY in big flying
boats. are said to have landed in
Tunisia and5taken control of the
base and the Airfields in its vi
cinitY.
While that report has not been
confirmed ~
cles. the belief is 8. raj today
that the next big fight. and If
probably will turn cut to be the
most savage one in the North
African campaign. viii be be-
tween the Germans and the Al
lies for possession Of Tunis end
~ Ezzs.-,.=s@sa sizc-ss.
An air battle over the base is
said 10 have been fought Yesfer-
day in which Is German planes
ere reported 10 have been lost.
This report was connected with
another that came cut Of Rome
that the Axis sirmen had taken
possession of the Il Alunia air
rcrt outside IF Tunis.
Junkers. with = troop-csrrY-
ing capacity of 81 are operating
between Sicily and Tunis. in fer
rying troops to the latter place.
and it is said also that Junkers
are bringing troops from Ssr-
DINA.
Meanwhile. American troops IN
Algeris continue 10 advance to-
ward the Tunisisn border and IL
is expected that if will be in
Tunisia that the first clash be
tween American and German
soldiers during this war will
take place.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
BUS LINE CONTINUES
WITH ADVERTISING

JACKSONVILLE, Nov. IL
(FNS)-Decision by the Florida
Motor Lines to continue its news
paper advertising in spite of the
fact that its facilities are being
strained to the utmost to carry
the war load, was recently an
nounced by its president. The
reason given is that while the
company now does not need more
traffic, it does want to keep its
services in the public mind and to
maintain the excellent good will
now existing with the public.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
JOHN WILLIAMS, 80,
dies This MORNING
FUNERAL SERVICES Will BE
CONDUCTED TOMORROW
AFTERNOON

John Sherman Williams, age
90, one Of the oldest residents #
Key West, died this morning at
his residence. go WhJtestree-
Survivors are: three sons, HsrTv.
Carlisle and Charles: one daugh-
ter, Fay; IA grandchildren and
four great grandchildren
Funeral services will b hell
tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clocL
from the chapel of the Pritchard
Funeral Home. Father Dimmick.
rector of ST. PauTs church. vii
officiate. Burial will be in the
family plot IN City cemetery.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
Driven Back To Main Base
AT Buna, They Are Fac
ed By American Forces
From Southeast
BY Associated Press)

(By Associated PresS)
DARWIN. Nov. l2.-Jap forces
on New Guinea are reported to-
day TO be threatened with an
initiation.
Driven back to their main base
at Buna. they are faced by
American forces coming from the
southeast and with Australian
contingents coming down the
northwesterlY slope of the Owen
Stanley Mountains.
Meanwhile. Allied planes are
keeping up an almost continuous
raking of the Japanese forces at
Buna. Their base there has been
bombed so often it is almost pull
verified. and their eirfield is now
almost unusable.
Allied planes yesterday attack.
ed jap DESTROYER 100 miles
from New Guinea. but the extent
Of the damage inflicted on her
was not ascertained.
In the Solomons. the United
States marines are meeting with
little resistance at GuadaIcanal.
either east or west of their air
field.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
JdD Forces On New Guinea
Threatened decentralization
49, - - -. - - So
RUSSIAN FORCES ARE
HOLDING THEIR OWN
(By Associated Press

MOSCOW. Nov. 1.-THE
Russian high command an
nounced today that Soviet
troops are holding their own
on all fronts.
Reports from Stalingrad
were that the Germans had
been driven back in two at
tempts they had made TO
gain ground in the northwest
section of the city. In this
fighting. the communique
said. two companies of Ger
mans were almost wiped out.
Fighting in the Caucasus
has slowed down. At Nal
chik the Germans are report
ed to have lost 200 officers
and men and three tanks in
an attack that was thrown
back by the Russians.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
MAKES PURCHASE OF
HOME AT GULFPORT

GULFPORT, Nov. II FNS)-
Walter K. Queen, chief engineer
for the Admiral Byrd expedition
to the South Pole, has recently
purchased a home here and be-
come a winter resident. He start
ed his seamanship in 1899 on the
training ship, the old Enter
prise, and retired as Lieutenant
Commander, u. S. Naval Reserve.
He is now chairman of the Board
of Commissioners of the Massa-
chusetts Maritime Academy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
WOMAN HELD IN JAIL
ON VAGRANCY CHARGE

Ella Shaffer, a young woman
who looks as though she is still in
her teens but claims her age is 81.
is being held in the county Jail On
a vagrancyb charge under $500
bond. The girl was arrested last
night'in company or sailor in a
car parked in, the, old Lowe lam-
Der shed on lower Greene street
by Deputy joe Knight, who was
accompanied by A. II. McInnis,
chief deputy sheriff. The girl is
said to live in an Eaton street
house.
Circumstances of the case
which are very unusual are being
investigated before a hearing is
held.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
Reports Dealing With French
Fleet Are Very Conflicting
tBy Associated I'ressI

LONDON, Nov. IA dozen
reports, each contradicting the
other, have been received here
today from various sources about
the French fleet at Toulon.
Is it still in Toulon, as one re-
port asserts, or has it gone TO join
the Allies at Gibraltar, as another
says, or has it left for an unan-
nounced destination, Or has it
been put in readiness to be Scut-
tied before falling into German
hands?
Every report received here to-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12

William Waite, executive officer,
Harbor Defenses Key West. had
as his guests the following prom
inent members of the local post:
Horace O'Bryant, DR.. A M Nor
gan, J. p. McDermott, Adjutant
John Delgado and Captain Z. p.
Winter
The parade was under the direc-
ton of 1t. Col Harry ID. Allen,
executive officer of the Coast Ar
tillery outfit stationed at Fort
Taylor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
CORRECTION

The Citizen omitted two sur
vivors of Joseph F. Beaver in its
story concerning his death printed
yesterday. They are his widow,
Mrs. Beaver, and another daugh-
ter, Lieut.. Collette Beaver, who
is stationed at Camp Davis, N. C.
Incidentally, two of the chill
dren, Jos. F. Beaver, of New
Orleans, and Mrs. Russell Speck-
man, came by plane to Miami to
attend the funeral which was held
this morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
SPECIAL SESSION
TOMORROW OF
MECHANICS CLASS

AT 4:30 Friday afternoon the
first instruction will be given by
Lieutenant Barelield to the new
motor mechanics class. This class
will hold its regular session from
z till 8 hereafter until further
notified.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12

day about the fleet has ended in
a question mark.
The only thing known to be
positive about the fleet is that its
commander has not replied TO the
appeal made by Lieutenant Cen
eTal Dwight ID. Eisenhower that
the Toulon fleet sail 10 Gibraltar
to join the Allied ships stationed
there. Neither has a reply been
received from the commanders of
French merchant ships that they
head for North Africa or other
ports under Allied control.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
CHAS. LANE, COLORED,
DROWNED TUESDAY

While working on a dredge in
the harbor Tuesday, Charles
Lane, Is, colored. of Miami.
stumbled and fell into the water
Before he could be rescued he
was drowned.
The body was recovered We'd
neSday.
Justice of the Peace Enrique
Esquinaldo empaneled a coroner's
jury to hear testimony in the
accident. rf E2#
Lane was employed on a Navy
defense project here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
HARD ON RABBITS

SHAMROCK, Tex. = A. R.
ttugg's idea is probably helpful
TO the morale of his service men
friends, but it's really hard on
the rabbits hereabouts. He is
mailing each of them a rabbits
foot
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12

lost % planes to eight of the Al
lies that were destroyed.
Allied fighter planes are re-
ported to be operating on wild
CT scale from new forward bases
Fighter planes have gone as far
as Tobruk, 30 miles inside Ly-
bia, and one squadron went Is
far as Bengasi, 200 miles farther
west.
The question that chiefly con-
Germs military circles here about
the remains of RommePs army is
whether he will surrender, or
retreat as far west as Tripoli. or
attempt a "Dunkerque".
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
ROmmepS Units Face Either
Surrender Or Destruction
IBx Assoclsted Pressl

CAIRO. Nov. l2.-Rommels
fleeing forces face either de-
struction or surrender at Tobruk
or Bengssi. reports from the front
indicate today.
Seemingly aware of something
like that happening to his men.
Rommel today used several
squadrons of his remaining
planes to stop the Allied planes
from harrassing his fleeing col
umns, as result of which he
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
REGULATIONS DEALING With TIRES
ON AUTOMOBILES ARE EXPLAINED

The Local Rationng Board has drawn and
regulations dealing uses
the benefit of all concerned.
To all Tire Inspectors within jurisdiction area
Rationng Board las following information:
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12

WASHINGTON-The Truman Committee issued d statemen
today against the drafting of workers
nitee explained that drafting will be unnecessary
week extended 40 hours 1t has
time with
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
CHILDLESS MARRIED MEN TO BE CALLED WITHIN MONTH

Observation-Disclosures without children
10 be induced within the
the induction OF youths of 10 Is
to call married the
January before youths registered
to their induction.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
Naval Base At BiztrttRtpOTtGd
To Be In Possession Of NaziS
LATE BULLETINS
iBy Associated Press)


TUNISIA AIRFIELDS JUST AIR HOURS FROM ROME
LONDON-The aeds Tunisia are only two
hours by airpanes of moderate Naples
pointed out here today which
aan military circles over the probability that
captured by the American forces.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12
DIVE IN ARMY BOMBER FATAL TO PENSACOLA Filler

PENSACOLA-RaY Thomas Burnett. alone bomb
went into dive at $500 feet today
He killed in the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12

LoNDON-6erln reports that from today
that all soldiers leave of absence
posts and all sailors shore
ships Tension is reported high military
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-12

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range Of only Ia Fahrenheit
Askov American., 1942-05-14
Newlyweds Will
Live In San Diego

Wedding vows were exchanged by
Miss Gertrude Vogt, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. August Vogt of Finlayson,
and Mr.. George Baran, son of Mr..
and Mrs. George Baran of Hinckley,
at 2:30 o'clock ceremony Saturday
afternoon, May 9, in the Peace Luth-
eran church at Finlayson. Rev. Carl
M. Steging of Pine City officiated.
The attendants were the brides
sister, Mrs. Mike Saloka, and the
groom's brother, Martin Baran. Miss
Ruth Hansen of Askov, sang BE
cause" and 81 Love You Truly" ac-
companied by Miss Wilma Norback
at the organ. Miss Norback also
played the professional and reces-
Sional.
Following the ceremony a recep-
ton was held at the home of the
brides parents for relatives and
friends. A number of out of town
guests were present.
The newlyweds will make their
home in San Diego, Calf, where the
groom is stationed at Camp Callan
and his bride is employed by the
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Askov American., 1942-05-14
North Pine Girl
Is Spring Bride
Miss Dorothy Anderson,
Denham, Weds Robert
C.. Anderson, Hibbing.

The Faith Lutheran church of Den
ham, was the scene of a pretty four
o'clock wedding Sunday afternoon
May 8, when Miss Dorothy Ander-
son, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. E
Anderson of Denham, became the
bride of Mr.. Robert c. Anderson, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl A. Anderson
of Hibbing.
Rev. o. L. Olson, pastor of the
church, read the marriage service
The bride was given in marriage by
her father. Miss Margaret Anderson
sister of the bride, was maid of hon.
or, and Ray Anderson, brother of
the groom, was the best man. Ralph
johnson and Milton Anderson, both
of Minneapolis, served as ushers.
Reception at Church Parlors.
Mrs. Harry Lindor played a piano
prelude and the Bridal March" from
Lohengrin. Miss Mildred Johnson
a cousin of the bride, sang three vocal
solos, "Calm as the Night" and "At
Dawning" before the service, and
90 Perfect Love" while the couple
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