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Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10

sibility for the German attempt
to take Moscow, Leningrad and
Rostov last fall in defiance OF the
German general staff, and for the
German declaration of war on the
United States.
Witzleben was the second of Hit
lers army favorites to lose out re-
Gently, it was said. The first was
Colleen. Heinz Guderian, tank
specialist.
LONG CONTEST
Brauchitsch assumed the chief
command of the German army in
February, 1898, when Hitler dis
missed Col. Gen. Werner Won
F'ritsch, who was killed in Poland
in September 1899. II has been as
sumed that Fritsch was murdered
by the German gestapo or by Nazi
IS troops
December, after the collapse of the
German offensive against Russia.
Hitler himself. in addition to his
supreme command of all the armed
forces, assumed the active COM
mand.
At about the same time Field
Marshal Walter Won Reichenau.
commanding on the southern Rus
sian front, died, allegedly of apo
plexy. 1t was assumed that he also
had been shot, along with Col. Gen
Ernst Udet of the air force.
Book, who had been relieved of
the command of the central Rus
sian front in mid December, sue
ceeded Reichenau. He is reported
to have opposed both a Hitler pro-
posal for an attack on Britain. and
the Hitler plan for a general Of
fensive this year against Russia.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10
Ydnks Shoot Down
New Enemy Plane

CHUNGKING, July 10 CUP) --
United States Army air corps
planes shot down one of Japan S
new two motored observation
planes yesterday over Hengyang,
275 miles west of Canton, COM
munique of the Army forces in
southeast Asia said today.
The observation planes, regarded
b. Army air men as failure, were
tried out late in June, when fliers
of the American Volunteer Group,
now Incorporated in the air corps,
shot down two out of a formation
of five.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10
Nazi Shal<eup Reported

LONDON. July 10 tUP) - A
Stockholm dispatch quoted neutral
arrivals from Berlin today as say
ing that Adolf Hitler had relin-
uuished active command OF the
German army an dreinstated Field
Marshal Walter Won BrauchitSch
as commander in chief.
At the same time, it was report
ed. Field Marshal Erwin Won Wit
zleben. Hit,erS intimate military
adviser. had been sent into retire
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10

Kharkov- Kursk front.
Field Marshal Fedor Won Book,
it was said, remained in command
of operations in the field but again
was answerable to Brauchitsch.
The Daily Mail correspondent
saw the reported shift as a victory
for the German army in its latest
round of long fight with the
Nazi party
Stockholm sources were quoted as
crediting WitZleben with respon-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10
HITS SCORED ON
JAPANESE BARRACKS

GEN. MACARIHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, July 10
CUP Allied planes obtained direct
hits on numerous buildings in a
raid on the Japanese barracks area
at Dill. in the Portuguese area of
Timor island northwest of Austria
liza. Nnited Nations communique
said today.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10

ment.
The Stockholm dispslt tch came
flom London L'aily Mail cor
respondent
1t said that Hitl ,r, in reinstat-
ing Brauchitsch, had yielded to
persistent demands of his high
command. Now the dispatch as
serted. Brauchitsch again was in
control of Hitler's TT ehrer head
quarters and personally was direc-
ting the German offe lsive on the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10
Nuziis
Cross
River

MOSCOW, July 10 CUP) - Units
Of the German fourth panzer army
have crossed the Don river. near
Voronezh, and bitter fighting now
is raging on the east bank, 'front.'
line dispatches to the Soviet army
organ Red Star said today.
Dispatches from the front re-
ported that strong German
spearhead had reached the key
railroad junction of Rossosh, 1l0
/ miles south of Voronezh.
At this point, the Germans were
only 200 miles from Rostov, key
to the Caucasus where a Russian
victory turned the tide last fall, and
the same distance from the Stall
ingrad war industry center.
NIGHT FIGHTING
The Soviet noon con.munique, re-
porting heavy fighting on the Kali
inin front, northwest of Moscow.
said fighting ragged throughout the
night west of Voronezh The COM
munique did not preclude the pos
sibility that German forces have
crossed the Don.
Red Star said the Germans were
paying an exhorbitant price for
each step of advance, and that Mar
shall Semyon TimoShenko had coun-
terattacked on neighboring sec
tor, diverting considerable forces
preparing to pour in the break thru
across the Don.
Nevertheless bitter fighting is
proceeding there which may seri-
ously affect our position near Vo-
ronezh." Red Star said.
6-DAY BATTLE
The Germans, in probably the
biggest tank battle in history, had
pounded incessatly at Russias Don
River defenseS for six days, trying
| to get across, take Voronezh and
cut the vital Moscow-R -Rostov rail-
| way.
A new German Spearhead thrust
| ing forward around Rossosh, lie
miles south of Coronezh. raised
still another threat to the Don
Basin.
The Soviet noon communique re-
ported that Russian forces had
killed 1000 Germans and destroyed
27 and five armored cars on the
Kalinin front in three days, indi-
eating the Germans were opening
an offensive in that northern sec
! tor.
VAST FORCES
The Germans had thrown 200t
tanks. hundreds of planes ano
guns and hundreds of thousands OF
men against the Russians on the
Don river front.
Red Star said superior German
forces took the offensive toward
Rossosh several days ago striking
from two directions, they turned
Soviet strongholds and, after save
battles, pierced Russian depth de-
fenses.
The Russians retired in order
Exceptionally severe fighting" still
RACES in the Rossosh region, Rec
Star said, and the Germans main
tanned their pressure toward the
east yesterday, OCCUPYING several To-
calities. Red Star said the situa-
ton was most tense
Pravda reported that the RED
army was holding the east bank OF
the Don near Voronezh against
the pressure of hundreds of tanks
and planes and several divisions oi
mechanical troops.
At only two points had the Ger
mans succeeded in breaking thru
it was said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-10

CAIRO, July 10 CUP) British
Imperial mobile columns attacked
Axis forces at the southern end of
the Alamein line and forced them
to move northward toward the
coast, a Middle Eastern command
communique announced today.
United States Army air corps
heavy bombers, operating in con-
junction with British and South
African air forces in a devastating
offensive. shot down two enemy
fighter planes which challenged
them. the communique said.
In the clash at the southern end
o. the line running southWeStWard
from Ell Alamein, the Imperial
lightning columns, made up OF
tank, armored car, artillery and
motorized infantry units, struck so
savagely the Axis forces, which in
Cluded tanks. were compelled TO
give up their defensive positions
and draw up toward the coast.
LINE SHORTENED
As result. the Imperial battle
line was shortened and strengthen
ed
For days the British columns had
kept up their pressure at the SOU
thern end of the line, threatening
constantly to get in behind the
enemy.
The Axis line originally had start
ed Just west of Ell Alamein and
extended gradually southeastward.
First British pressure forced Ger
man Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
to flatten out his line, SO that it
went southwark from Ell Alamein
for about 20 miles and then veered
westward.
Now. it was understood, the line
starting west of Ell Alamein goes
dierctly SouthwestWard.
ACTION CONTINUES
Aside from the southern end of
the line, artillery and patrol action
continued.
Today's coinmunique, issue d
jointly by the Middle Eastern COM
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
Key West Chamber Of Commerce
Working Diligently In Efforts
To Secure An Adequate Hospital

The disqualification Committee
of the Key West Chamber of Com
merce issued the following state
ment today:
EARLY in October, the directors
of the Chamber of Commerce de-
cided that the most worthwhile
service that could be performed
for Key West would be the secur-
ing of an adequate hospital. They
are still of that opinion.
Much time and considerable
money were expended in forward
ing this project and substantial
Roadway has been made.
"On December 8, the Key West
Citizen carried the story of cor
poration being formed to secure
and operate the Mercedes Hospi-
tai by group of citizens who
were evidently unaware of the
work being done by the Chamber
of Commerce committee, al
though the Key West Citizen had,
from day to day, related the pro-
gresS being made.
in justice to these gentlemen,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
Council Orders New Boat Be
Purchased For Scavenger Dept.

The City Council at special
meeting held last night ordered
that a new boat be purchased to
replace the vessel that is now be-
ing used by the scavenger de-
partment. The boat in question
is the property of Mrs. Walter
Lowe, and the purchase price is
$3.50.
Councilman Carbonell, chair
man of the Public Safety Com
mittee, brought to the attention
of the council that the Fire De-
partment has been handicapped
for the past several days due to
the fact that it has been without
an adequate supply of water for
fire-fighting purposes as a result
of the shutting off of the new
fresh water line due to some break
in the pipe. Mr.. Carbonell said
that Key West would have been
In a bad fix in the event that a
fire of any consequence would
have broken out during the past
several days as there is no salt
water in the mains, which had
been used heretofore for this pur-
pose.
During the discussion it was
suggested that additional wells be
dug in different parts of the city
to take care of any emergency in
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09

it should be stated that none of
them is a member of the Chamber
of Commerce.
The project that the Chamber
was working on was one that
would have been substantial
addition to the resources of the
city.
Placing the welfare of Key
West above all other considera-
tons, and realizing that two indie
pendent projects might result in
failure for both, the Chamber Of
Commerce extends to the propos-
ed corporation its sincere hope
that it may be able to provide the
immediate assistance that our
people need.
And, without conflicting in
any way with the proposed cor
poration, the Chamber of Com
merce committee will continue to
work for an institution that will
be amply able to provide medical
and surgical care for all the peo-
pie of Monroe County who may
need such service
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
PIPE Line WATER.
NOT APPROVED FOR
DRINKING AS YET
WILL NOT BE OKEYED BY
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
UNTIL RESERVOIR IS CON-
PLETED

Ernest A. Ramsey, business
manager of the Florida Keys
Aqueduct Commission, said to-
day that the Florida State Board
of Health will not approve for
drinking purposes the running
water now coming into Key West
until the reservoir in Jackson
Square is completed.
Mr.. Ramsey added that the
reservoir probably will be COM
pleted sometime in January.
Meanwhile, there is now sup
ply of water to business, houses
and homes that are connected
with the water main The water
is used chiefly for sanitary spur7
poses, Mr.. Ramsey explained.
The standpipe in jackson
Square, which has served the
city with supply of salt water,
mainly for fire fighting pur-
poses, for almost half century,
is now used by the Florida Keys
Aqueduct Commission.
When the reservoir is COM
pleted, the commissions elevated
tank in Jackson Square will be
put into use, as we'll as the $780,
000-gallon tank at the Joseph
Yates Porter housing project al
Trumbo and the 400,000-gallon
tank at the Fort Village housing
project.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
JUDGE ALBURY
ISSUES EDICT
TO LABORERS
THOSE WHO REFUSE EN-
PLoYMENT WILL HAVE TO
DECIDE ON ONE OF THREE
CHOICES LISTED BY JUDGE

60 to work. join the armed
forces of the United States or
go to Jail"
Laborers in Key West, who re-
fuse to work, will be given the
privilege of making one of those
choices, according to William ".
Albury, judge of the Monroe
County Criminal Court of Rec
ord.
That decision was reached to-
day by Judge Albury when he
was informed by a high official
in the Navy Yard that yesterday
% laborers quit work there and
today "a others failed to report
for duty.
Those men and many others
are needed in the Navy Yard.
Judge Albury was informed, to
help to service ships and do 9TH
er things that are essential to
the promotion of the country's
war effort. q.
Judge Albury knows the men
who left the Navy Yard and
every one of them will be ar
rested on charges of vagrancy.
unless he goes back to work.
When they are brought before
him, the judge concluded, he
will tell them:
Here is your choice: 60 back
to work, enlist in the country's
armed services, or 60 to jail"
The judge concluded, land if
they prefer to go to jail I will
give them the limit provided for
in cases of vagrancy."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
CLAIMED DARLAN
ISSUED ORDER TO
SCUTTLE FLEET
REPORTS FROM SPAIN SAY
ALLIES GOT MORE SHIPS
FROM FRENCH FLEET THAN
HITLER OBTAINED
(By Associated Press)


LONDON. Dec. 8.-According
to reports coming from Spain to
day. it was Admiral Darlan in
Algeria. and not Admiral De La
Borde. in VichY. that issued the
order to scuttle the French
fleet in Toulon if the Germans
attempted to board the ships.
Spain confirms the report that
has been made, as a result of air
reconnaissance, that Is of the
ships are still intact and that
they are now in the possession
of the Nazis. And Spain said, as
the other report asserted, that
four submarines had succeeded
in getting away safely from Tou-
lon.
One outstanding comment in
the Spanish report is that the
Allies got far more ships at Da-
kar, when Darlan joined with
the Allies, than Hitler obtained
at Toulon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
THREE SMALL FIRES
IN CITY LAST NIGHT

There were three small fires dis
covered in the city last night be-
tween 7 and $3.50 o'clock, one of
which was tree on fire at Bay
view Park. In this case, the fire
department responded to an alarm
sent in from box 334, corner of
White and Catherine streets.
The second alarm sent the ap-
paratus to the corner of Caroline
and Elizabeth streets, where
motorcycle was found on fire, and
5the third call was from a section
in the southeastern section of the
city where an automobile was
found ablaze.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
ANNOUNCE HOURS
FOR REGISTRATION
OF TEEN YOUTHS

The local Selective Service
Board, through IFS chairman. the
Rev. Mister W. E. Bryant, an
nounced today that the hours for
registration of 'teenage youths
will be from 10 A. NJ. to / P. NJ.
beginning Friday, December IL,
at the Post Office building Off
ces.
AS previously announced, the
week from Dec. IL to IL will
be for registration by those reach
ing their 18th birthdays on July
l, 1924, or between that date and
August 81, 1924.
These registrations viii be
handled at room 206, in the Post
Office building, for residents of
Key West.
During the following week the
board will handle the registration
of young men born between Sep
TENDER l and October 81, 1924,
and in the third week, beginning
Saturday, December 26. those
born from November to Deem
Der 81, 1924, will be registered
After these three weeks of reg
istrations, other young men reach
ing their 18th birthdays viii be
obliged TO register on that day or.
should it be holiday, on the day
following it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09

case that the regular water sup
ply is cut off.
A resolution was adopted agree
ing to sell to the United States
government a parcel of mad sit
uated on the southeastern end of
the island adjacent to the colored
housing project for a considera-
ton of $4,000. The land takes in
the colored community center
building in that area.
A resolution was also adopted
granting the United States gov
government a parcel of land sit
streets in the vicinity of the Fort
Taylor reservation, which run
through the land recently acquir-
ed by the government.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
SHORTAGE OF
MANPOWER HERE
SECRETARY OF LABOR UNION
MAKES STATEMENT REL.
ATIVE TO MATTER

There is decided shortage of
manpower in Key West, as re-
CARDS common labor, according
to Harold Russell, secretary Of
Labor Union 885, of this city. iaf
Mr. Russell was discussing the
matter of manpower generally,
as outlined by Chairman Paul
V. McNutt, of the Manpower
Commission, when he made the
remark about the condition in
Key West, adding that he hoped
the national movement would
help conditions locally.
At present, Mr.. Russell stated,
a little over 800 laborers, affiliat-
ed with his union, are employed
in Key West, and that not a sin
gle man is out of work. The
fact is, he said, he could find
employment for many more la
borers. Ai
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
JAPS DISREGARD
RED CROSS UNIT

WASHINGTON. Dec. Sin
formation received here from
MacArthur's headquarters in
Australia is to the effect that the
Japs, fighting at GusdsIcsnaI
and at New Guinea. are showing
no regard whatever for the Red
Cross. ..
Ambulances, with the Red
Cross painted on their tops, have
been bombed by Jap planes. and
the laps also have dropped
bombs on hospitals that were
plainly marked as such In one
instance, So patients. doctors
and nurses were killed. IN an
other instance % and in a third
instance seven patients lost their
lives by Jap bombings.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
British Planes And Ar
tillery Are Pounding De-
lenses OF Stronghold
Day And Night
(By Associated PressD

(By Associates PressD
CAIRO. Dec. S.-Latest word
10 reach here from General
MontsomerY's Eighth Army at FL
Agheila is that the hour is near
ing when an attack will be
launched to capture that strong
hold. now held by the remnants
Of Rommel's army that started
its retreat many weeks ago from
Ell Alemein at the Egyptian Dor
der.
Day and night, British planes
and artillery are pounding the
defenses at Agheila. Barbed wire
entangelements have been torn
to pieces, but there are still
many more mines to be explod-
ed, the report said, before the
motorized British infantry will
make an all-out attack.
Information received here is
to the effect that only a small
number of RommePs men are
holding Ell Agheila and that he
and the majority of his forces
are on their way to Tripoli or
have reached there already.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
aw.A ~ ~. ~. ~ ~ arswmww
One JAPANESE
WARSHIP SUNK:
THREE ON FIRE
NIPPONESE VESSELS WE'RE
TRYING TO CONTACT JAPs
ON GUADALCANAL: DRIV-
EN- OFF. HOWEVER
(By Associated Press)


WASHINGTON. Dec. s-The
Navy announced today that one
Japanese warship was DESTROYED
and three others were left in
flames in an attack made by
American planes off the Solo
mon Islands. December 3.
The Japanese ships were try
ing to contact the Jap forces on
GuadalcanaL but they were driv-
en- off before any attempt was
made TO land supplies or rein
forcements.
During this engagement, a
squadron of Jap planes, prob
ably from the Jap airfield at
Rauboul' on New. Britain, tried
to- beat back the American at
tackers, and 10 Of the Jap air
craft were destroyed.
%eNo succor ,has yet reached the
Japanese garfiSons on Guadal-
canal or at Buna and Coma on
New Guinea since the last defeat
of the japanese warships off the
Solomons.
At Buna and Coma and Guadal-
canal the Japs are desperately
in need of supplies, including
food itself.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
Twenty Enemy Tanks Re-
ported To Have Been
Destroyed During En-
gagement


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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
British Eighth Army Making )
ReadyTOlau1ch Attack In
Move To Capture FL Aghei|a
ENEMY ALIENS TO
BE TRANSFERRED
CBy Associated Press)


WASHINGTON. Dec. S.
Lieutenant General Hugh A.
Drum said today that with
in a short time orders will
be issued to transfer enemy
aliens inland from the east
ern seaboard of the United
States in the same way that
they have been sent inland
from the Pacific coast.
General Drum stated that
probably the danger from
enemy aliens on the Atlantic
is not SO acute or threaten
ing as it was along the Pa
cifin seaboard. yet. he added,
the country could not take
the chance of allowing enc
my aliens TO reside in areas
that are exceedingly import
ant to our coastal defenses.
and. therefore. the transfers
will be made.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
PRATT PLACED ON
WRITER WAR BOARD

LAKE WORTH, Dec. 9. fFNS1
- Theodore Pratt, nationally
known fiction and feature writer,
resident of Florida, whose stories
and articles bni the state have
reached .an1illionssJ of readers
through the columns of the Sat-
urday Evening Post and other
publications, has been named a
member of the Writers War
Board and is now doing war in
formation writing from his home
in Lake Worth.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
CORRECTION

Unfortunately the word Sin
duction" instead of registration"
was used in the story appearing
in yesterdays Citizen concerning
teen ayers who will appear soon
for service in the armed forces.
Induction does not come until
the men are called and registra-
ton is the preliminary method
employed for classification. The
Citizen regrets this error and is
sorry if the use of the word was
misleading to any one.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
RUSSIANS FIGHT
NAILS FIERCELY
IN HEAVY SNOW
REPORT HUNDREDS OF GER
MANS KILLED WITH MUCH
OF THEIR EQUIPMENT AL
SO DESTROYED
(By Associated Press)

MOSCOW. Dec. s.-Over snow
covered ground. hardened into
compactness in many places by
the movement of motorized units.
the Russians and the Germans
are fighting fiercelY today in the
area northwest of Stalingrad.
Hundreds of Germans have
been killed, the war office an
nounceS. and much of their
equipment has been destroyed,
but they still fight on, with half
frozen reinforcements coming up
to the front in a steady stream.
Last night, in series of at
tacks, in the outskirts of Stain
grad, 10 German pillboxes were
captured and all of their occu-
pants were killed, the Russian
communique stated. West of
this city, the communique con-
tinued, 400 Germans were killed
in a battle in which tanks were
used extensively.
Pravda, semi-official Soviet
newspaper, in story today,
said that German prisoners who
have been questioned, asserted
that a detachment of Germans is
kept always behind troops when
they are making charges with
orders to shoot every German
soldier who tries to retreat.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
REPORT ARREST OF HIMMLER

LoNDoN-London hears that Heinrich Hinm8sr
rested orders Hitler
too nhuman disobedience
tries that effect todaYs
Daily Mirror The Mirror said Hitler
cruel Himmler became the
and that he Hitler had Hmmler
ing not needed Hitler ordered Her according
the Mirror
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09
ALIENS TO BE SENT INLAND

ORLANDO-According to statements made today meeting
of the Town Hall
will purchase Florida citrus fruit than during other
liar period present
ably be the successful in the history
n Florida
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-09

LONDON-Tun is now practically wiped out. far the
production of implements of concerned Ministry
today following devastating raid
the sixth raid the Raj has made recently during
night many super
busters dropped remaining
and big machine razins them completely returning pss
said.