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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04

TO ELIMINATE
FALSE PASSES
NAVAL AUTHORITIES HAVE
TAKEN UP MATTER TO DO
AWAY WITH THE PRACTICE
CARRIED ON

A sweeping investigation de-
signed to eliminate use of illegal
Navy Identification passes by civ
ilians in Key West was announced
today following the arrest and
subsequent preliminary hearings
of two Georgia Negroes taken
into custody by the FBI and Ma
val attaches.
Henry Rucker, "a, Negro resi-
dent of 8l1 Thomas ST., was placed
under 500 bond and bound over
to the U. S. grand jury on a charge
of illegal possession of a Navy
pass for fraudulent purposes"
At the same time John Deeren
Dent, Negro, also of 81 Thomas
st., was placed under $25 bond and
bound over to the U. S. grand jury
on d charge Of illegally furnish
ing a Navy pass which had been
issued to him to another person.
Both Rucker and Dent. the lat
ter a mess boy employed by the
Navy, were given preliminary
hearings before u. S. Commission
er Rodney Gwynn after an in
tensive probe resulted in the
questioning of a number of per-
sons by FBI, deputies of the U. S.
marshal, city policemen and Ma
val officers.
In this connection, Naval au
thorities warned that persons who
are fraudulently using tempor-
airy identification passes issued by
the Navy would be vigorously
prosecuted in Federal Court.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04
JAPy POSITION
AT BUNA MISSION
NOW HOPELESS
M'ARTHUR SAYS AMERICANS
AND AUSTRALIANS WILL
BLAST NIPPoNESE OUT OF
ENTIRE AREA
(By Associated Press)

GEN MARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Somewhere in Aus
tralia, Jan. 4.-General MacAr-
thur himself today said that the
Japs' position at Buna Mission on
New Guinea is hopeless, and
that it will be only a matter of a
few days before the Americans
and the Australians will blast the
NipponeSe out of the narrow,
fortified strip of beach they still
hold in that locality.
1t was further stated by Gen.
eral Macarthur that he did not
propose to waste the lives of any
of his seasoned men at Buna Mis-
sion to dig the Japs out of their
stronghold, adding that it could
be done effectively by bombing
and artillery action with a mini
mum of loss of American and Aus
tralian troops.
In announcing that he himsesf
had taken personal command of
the Allied troops in New Guinea,
General Macarthur said that since
November 10 American and Aus
tralian forces have driven the
Japs up the mountain side of the
Owen Stanleys, down the noun
tain side to Buna and Coma and
then routed them out of those
strongholds.
Military experts, in commenting
on the generals statement, said
that the defeat administered the
Japs on New Guinea is by far the
worst they have suffered in any
other area in the entire South
west Pacific.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04
new CONGRESS TO
MEET WEDNESDAY
WILL LIKELY CLAMP DOWN
ON ALL UNNECESSARY
EXPENDITURES
tBy Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The
new congress, which convenes
on Wednesday, is likely to clamp
down on all government expendi-
lures except those designed to
further the war effort, several of
the congressman who arrived
here today declared.
The opinion generally among
them was that the coming con-
gress will keep a tight hold on
the public purse in every matter
that comes up for consideration
that has no connection with the
war. Expenditures, it was stat
ed, will be much lower this year
than they have been in any 9TH
er year for a long time for what
may be styled civil purposes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04

MIR. Harris vacancy, it is thought
that Commissioner w. A. Parrish,
who opposed Mr.. Harris in the pri-
mary last May, may seek the ap-
pointment. He was named by
Governor Holland to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation
of r. w. Craig, who entered the
coast guard service
The only action at the meeting
will be the election of a chairman
and the appointment of commit
tees.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04
Lieutenant Commander FOutfer
Relieves Commander Hilton As
Commanding Officer OF C. C..

Lieut. -Comdr. Richard c. FoLt-
ter, USCG, has relieved C0m6r.
Carl II. Hilton as commanding e.
ficer of the Key West Coast GGzr5
Base and captain Of the port.
Corndr. Hilton was recently called
10 Washington, D ., for temper
airy duty al headquarters there
A native Of New Bedford. Mass.
Comdr. Foutter Is graduzfe Of
the L. s. Coast Guard A1a5-ry.
COmdr. Foutter frequently us
tied Key West during the yea-x
1884 TO 1897 when the y ,. c q
Cutter Pandora was base Il Al
ami and patroLled the waters =
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04
Colonel Ellsworth Young Is
New Commanding Officer Of
Key West HarbOr DefenSeS

years in France during World
War I and six years of foreign
service in Hawaii ana. Pshara.
+ Colonel Young home Il at 12s
Bernard Street, Fort Monroe,
Va, and is the son of Mrs. F. w.
Young, 8l5 East D Street, On
tario, Calf.
He is a graduate civil engineer
of the University of Iowa, class
of 1916.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04

Colonel Ellsworth Young. a
FfS Esss Fsss
veteran of Is years commission
ed service with the U. S. Army.
is the newlY-appointed COM
manding officer of the Harbor
Defenses of Key West.
Colonel Young's military ca
reer has included one and a half
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04
Nazis Bring Fresh Troops
into Ratle But Have
Very Little Effect On
Russian Drive


MOSCOW. Jan. 4.-RuSxian
troops. after having routed the
Germans from the important
strafesie city Of Mozdak. have
swept forward 20 miles beyond
that point. killing and capturing
Germsns aud taking possession Of
so much booty. TOdzY's Soviet
ccmmunique asserted there has
not been time TO classify it and
enunerste it.
The ccmmunique also said that
the Germans are no longer a
th-est to the oil fields IN the VI
einitY Of Mozdak. One column
Of Russians. having passed
through that city. have advances
in a direct wsstwardlY Sirsction.
FuG shs ether Is proceeding
soutawest~ar6ly.
II YVES announced aAso HAT the
~sxt Gil fiel6- st Baku- On TIE
5cGth side - tn Czzczszs. which
the Germans had tried TO reach.
IRE new also suf Of danger. nat
cnlY f-r tn winter tns cam
nuniqUe declared -bu1 also fc<
The durstisn Of the var.
Red papers. c5nnentins q
that assertion. stated that the
Gerzs-s have lost whzfevsr
chance they had befors winter
set in. 10 come into possession Of
the Bal<u @ fields s6dznz thza
tSo enemy xlu Re swept clean
OF tina east CsucasuS- before tns
present 7ussiz1 Offensive comes
70 al end
In T. fighting. sutzide Of Me-
dak. f1s csnuzzi4zs sad the
cer=zns threw 5000 fresh troops
into the battle % 4rw - ssz1 tire
Russian advancs. bat Il was add
ed the zszzfs-z-z==sS ~srs
beaten back
An0zs fhs Euzisiozz fAzs wer=
captured were Is heavily lssSeS
supply rains and q bis sznA
Fighting II shs zsszle De-
eortnusd today. wish 10 Rzs
slan= cSrt1ruEzS % aGwa-=n- az
cO.dI-G 20 TIA var ok<rs. whsza
ec6ea mat n az tkmEr zEsezzswss
alcng the L1o1-=z1s Exur4 tie
Huzzls1s cleared ia wGY FIR
their frsops vita x7sz-Es4z zzz.z
CT sznk3-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04
MoroRBoAr FIRE CAUSES DEATH

MIAMI BEACHAn explosion aboard his uotor5oEt xh
ultan flaming gasoline life today Of Charles
eastman He jumped into the wafer extngus his flaming
clothes. but he failed to and his body be-
though search for has made susrden
and - 49,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04
ISSUES CALL FOR
BANK STATEMENTS

WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan.
4-The Comptroller of Cur
rencY has issued a call for a
statement of the condition of
all National Banks at the
close of business December
81.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04

thLs ARA Ee Ezs rzsr ezz-psefs-z
Gre ar 01e-azlf years af So q 1tv.
Il Is not knomn 1ellnsGelw hE
long CaE1- Ezlznr al rzzzzr- -
WasaE1E10z o. EEelner - Wl ~
.zrn % Key West As c1-r-ana -E
ofts1er Of rrlz 1zse-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04
By ADELAIDE KERR
Wide World Features Writer
INTRODUCING

INTRODUCING Betty Ingles Davis-war wife, mother and
worker.
who meeting the problems millions of others
have metand meeting them you
When Bernard Davis went and his famlys
than in Betty Davis
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04
BING cRosBY's HOUSE BURNS

HOLLYWOOD. CahBing CrosbYs 20roor house al rulakr
destroyed by early morning thought
CrosbYs having
Christmas dmanled which necesstated cutting
SINAI wires
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04
OPERATORS OF SUGAR NILS
CLAIM CANE AND SWEET
POTATOES WILL REPLACE
OTHER PRODUCTS
CLEWISTON. Fla. Jan. A.
Operators of the large sugar mills
IN this place announced today
that they were able &c make rEh-
Der substitutes out of care aad
sweet potatoes
(By Associated Pr4.@l

1t was said that if priorities
could be Obtained 20 build plans
and install machinery. 5000
tons of rubber could be Ut ned
out here yearly Il months after
operations began.
Word received here was thu
the government was not inclined
to agree to the proposal as il was
intended to continue the efforts
that have thus far proved % D.
so successful in obtaining -ub5er
from grain alcohol and coal tars
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04
Russian UniBCOntinue Advance
After Routing German Contingent
HAS NOT REPLIED TO DE GAuLLE

LONDON-It stated here today that there very little
truth the that General De Gaule.
Fighting French and General Graud French high Commissioners
of North Africa have had differences asserted that
Giraud replied Gaules
Christmas that they hold conference somewhere North Arr
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04
WARRANTS SERVED

Deputy United States Marshal
Myrtland Gates served warrants
on four offenders during the week
Continued on Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04
TWENTY.FooT PIPES

NEW YORK-Wooden pipes 20
feet in diameter are being used to
carry water to u. S. military can
tonementS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04

CINCINNATFlood waters of the Ohio River have thus taV
caused damage estimated s3ooooo No damage
been done this city where the ane Of 60
and $40 feet The Portsmouth reached 81
receding slightly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04
PRESIDENT MAY INTERVENE

WASHINGTON-It stated here today that Presiden
may strike machine
San Francisco Word from that city that there
of o strike.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION OF LEND-LEAsE

LONDONSome congressman asserted today that they will
movement shortly after
gressonal committee inquire the that the
law has been operating adoption To whom supplies
to investigate
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04

Key West, Florida. has the
mott eQuas:le climate in the
country; with N average
range of only IL Fahrenheit
Evening star., 1943-12-12

"A YHEN crossed the gangplank from
w the liner Drottningholm to the
w pier in Hoboken on June l, 1912,
back from a year and half in the cells
of the Gestapo. was glad that no one
paid any attention to me except my BROTH
er. The officials there were too busy to
notice me, talking with persons who could
give them more information than could.
What could have told them, after having
been shut away from the world for so long?
was still dazed from my experiences.
My exchange for the German hairdresser-
spy, Johanna Hoffman, and my release
had happened too suddenly for me to take
it all in. 1t was hard to believe that 1
was free for good, this time, and that
NO lurking Cestapo agents were wait
ing to push me into Jail again.
My brother picked up my small suit
case. Everything owned was in that one
bag - everything except the clothes /
had on. He was eyeing them.
! SUPPOSE you'll have to get a complete
new outfit, Eta" he said. l knew he
didn't want to say outright that looked
shabby and poverty stricken.
YES" l said This is the only dress
I have"
looked down at the old green dress
was wearing. and thought to myself:
''But won't throw you away. You are
worth more to me than any dress could
possibly buy"
The dress had been given me in prison.
Suzanne gave it to me.
Evening star., 1943-12-12
slDEllNEs

SMART WAC. STARS and Stripes"
Army paper, tells about London scene:
A Wac, loaded down with bundles,
passed major, gave him very sloppy
salute. When the major kidded her about
it. she thrust her bundles into his arms.
backed off, saluted snnartly. Then she
took her packages back and glided away.
HELP WANTED. And there's the war
time story of the movie-theater manager
who bounced with glee when young man
applied for job as usher. He was imme-
diately rushed into uniform. put to work
in the theater. But he was back an hour or
80 later: I'm quitting"
whats the matter. son?" asked the
bereaved employer. Aren't the hours
and pay good enough for your"
''Sure. But I've seen the picture"
XER0ED. Official statistics on Air Force
results since 1912 show that in Europe
our boys destroy six planes for every one
they lose. In China, the ratio is 10 to l.
Reason for the difference: when 4 thinly-
armored Jap Zero is really hit once, it's
dead goose.
Evening star., 1943-12-12

That's the last time for me" she said
quite cheerfully. The next attack will
probably finish me. won't ever be able
to see America with you. Mrs. Shiber.
But you will go back. when times are
better, and perhaps you will see it differ
entity, and more freshly. if you try to see
it with my eyes. with the eyes of for
eigner looking at your country for the first
time"
She must have thought that l
seemed more dispirited than she, for
she stopped talking of her own trou-
bles, and shifted to mine.
Cheer up!" she told me- ''You know,
Mrs. Shiber, what l think is the matter?
It's that old dress you wear all the time.
l think it would do you good to put on
something brighter Not for anybody else,
of course; there's no one to see US here.
But for yourself. 1t will make you feel
livelier"
81 know, Suzanne" said, but this
is the only dress l have" And looked
down at the worn-out dark-blue dress
which l had been wearing when l was
arrested.
Here" said Suzanne, rummaging in
the sack in which her own few belongings
had been placed. Take this green dress.
l have three We're just about of a size.
l don't need it.
In spite of my protests. she made me
put it on.
There" she smiled, 1T will bring you
luck"
1.-Two weeks later, when the AFRAID
alarm sounded at Troyes, l was apathetic.
knew no one was interested in bombing
prisons: and we were outside of the town.
away from any detectives. But Suzanne
sprang up in great excitement
Evening star., 1943-12-12

met Suzanne in the prison of Troyes.
She was one of the many cellmates had
there They brought her in on bitterly
cold day, and she found us - we were
three in the cell then - huddled together,
shivering, on the straw sacks we used for
beds, which we had placed side by side
for the sake of warmth. She uawled in
beside US, and submitted to the barrage
of questions which every new cellmate had
to meet. The arrival of another companion
was almost the only break in the deadly
monotony of prison life, and sometimes
we could forget, momentarily, the cold
and the never ending bite of hunger in
our eager demands for news.
had some difficulty in following the
first conversation, for my French is not
too good. But Suzanne had smattering
of English. and between the two languages,
learned her story. Her crime had been
failure to denounce her son, who had
stopped at home overnight, between his
escape from a prison camp and his de-
parture to join the Fighting French.
We BECAME particularly friendly be-
cause l was an American, and Suzanne
was an ardent admirer of everything
American. That was why she had learned
English - she hoped to visit the United
States some day. She was intensely ideal
istic, and a passionate lover of freedom,
even before life in prison had taught her.
as it had taught us, the full meaning of
that word. To her, America symbolized
liberty, opportunity, oompanionship. She
piled me with questions about my coun-
try. Were the buildings as high as every
one said? Was it true that even laborers
could afford to own automobiles? How
had letting women vote worked out?
Suzanne talked constantly of the future.
Evening star., 1943-12-12

II was given to the author for luck the
donor was a fellow inmate in Nazi prison.
Here's a story that you'll never forget
by Eta Shibex
A,tko, Of tke best ssNs. "Pbris Uedawossd"
Evening star., 1943-12-12

Its the Britishw she cried.
Here they are! How wonderful!
They aren't going to lose the war!
They dren'H They aren'tp'
And then her face contorted
with the spasm of pain which l
understood 80 we'll, for l had felt
Evening star., 1943-12-12

the same squeezing of the heart which l
knew was then affecting her. 1t was the
worst attack she had ever had. They took
her away to the hospital.
A few days later l learned that she
had died.
have new dresses now. But the green
dress that Suzanne gave me still hangs in
my closet. Somehow feel that as long as
it is there, piece of Suzanne lives in the
America she longed to visit.
Evening star., 1943-12-12

and Of how she would come to
visit me in America after the war.
l didn't expect that would ever
happen, and l don't think she
really believed it either. She just
liked to enjoy it in anticipation,
and be sure at least of that much.
Evening star., 1943-12-12

For she was very i'll. Her heart was even
worse than mine l did not think she
would live out her sentence, much less
get to America. For that matter. l doubted
if l would ever be free again myself l was
profoundly depressed at that time, men
tally and physically exhausted.
When Suzanne had a series of bad
attacks, she was sent to the hospital for a
while, and then returned to our cell
again.
Evening star., 1943-12-12

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-23
Aviation Planners
To Consult Congress-,
Clark Is Assured
Committee Studies Plans
Of Foreign Governments
In Postwar Field
BY the Associated Press.

Senator Clark, Democrat, of
Missouri, said today he had re-
ceived State Department assur-
ances that this Government will
make no international commit
ments on postwar aviation de-
velopments without first consult
ing Congress. 49," -
Senator Clark recently discussed
the aviation situation with both
President Roosevelt and Secretary
of State Hull. The Missouri Senator
said he had been informed that the
interdepartmental committee headed
by Assistant Secretary OF State
Adolph A, Berle, jr., would consult
with a special Senate Commerce
Subcommittee, of which Senator
Clark is chairman, before making
any decisions on aviation questions.
The Berle Committee has been
carrying on conversations with rep
resentatives of other nations touch
ing on such questions as freedom of
the air.
At the same time, Senator Clark
asserted, his own committee is
studying actions taken by foreign
governments in an effort to develop
their international airlines, with
particular attention to what the
British and Canadians have done.
In this connection, a half dozen
possible courses were under study.
he said, including the possibility of
establishing Government monop-
oily in the operation of airlines to
foreign countries, the creation of a
private corporation in which the
Government would own a majority
OF the stock, similar corporation
in which the Government would be
a minority stockholder, and desig-
nation of one private company to
develop all of the overseas routes.
He said the suggestion also had
been made that domestic airlines
form private corporation in which
all would participate on a percentage
basis in operation of foreign lines.
The Missouri Senator said the
question of Government subsidies,
such as those granted to steamship
lines IN the past, also had been
raised, adding that he personally
opposed the subsidy plan.
The Clark Committee, which has
been holding informal conferences
with aviation leaders from time to
time, probably will hold public hear
ings this fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-23
Nelson Names Hansen
To WPB Post 10 Boost
Pulp and Paper Output

BY the Associated Press.
A. B. Hansen, a director of North
ern Paper Mills, Green Bay, Wis,
has been named deputy director of
the War Production Boards pulp
and paper division and is expected
to take over his duties within a few
days, WPB sources said today.
Mr.. Hansen. who is also president
of the Northern Paper Mills of
Canada and has many other con-
nections in the pulp and paper
business, was given the job to step
up pulp production by WPB Chair
man Nelson, these sources said.
Formal details of Mr.. Hansen's
appointment have. not yet been
cleared, but the routine of ap-
proval is expected to be completed
in day of two.
At New York, the American Paper
and Pulp Association said Hansen's
appointment had been sponsored by
the industry.
In statement, the associa ton
expressed qualification at Mr.. Han
sens selection to cope with a prob
lem which has grown to major pro-
portions, that of getting pulpwood
to the mills
The pulpwood situation, the asso-
citation said, is due chiefly to a
shortage of woods labor.
Unless remedial steps are taken
to alleviate current conditions" the
statement added, sit is expected that
a drastic reduction in the amount of
paper available for both civilian and
Army use during 1914 will result"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-23
Luxury Tax on Beer
Probed by Officials

Chairman Thomas E. Lodge of
the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board and District Tax Collector
Guy Pearson today launched a joint
investigation into reports that sew
eral local liquor dealers are charg-
ing luxury tax" on sales of beer
by the case or half case.
The District imposes tax of so
cents barrel on beer and there
Is Federal tax of 81 barrel, but
these taxes are collected from deal
ers through stamps and there is no
such thing as luxury tax.
Mr.. Lodge received letter which
related that the writer recently was
charged 5 cents tax on S1.20
purchase of dozen bottles of beer
at local liquor store. He said he
protested that he had not been
obliged to pay such a tax at other
stores.
In another complaint to Mr.
Lodge. it was charged that the
storekeeper had attempted to charge
cents for full case, claiming
it was luxury tax. The clerk, on
questioning, said he was turning it
in to the Treasury Department.
Mr.. Pearson said he was making
the investigation because under the
law his Office is charged with COL
lection of local taxes
II don't like that kind of compe-
tition," Mr.. Pearson said last night,
when asked about the inyeStipa ton
Both stores involved are in the
northeast section of the city, &C
cording to Mr.. Lodge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-23
Stassen Says He Will Get
Duty Outside Of u. ).
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 23.-Lt. Comdr.
Harold E. Stassen, who resigned as
Governor of Minnesota last April to
join the Navy. was graduated to-
day at the Fort Schuyler Training
School after an eight-week indoc-
trination course.
He said he would proceed immed-
lately Ito active duty outside of the
continental limits of the United
States"
Comdr. Stassen, mentioned as a
possible candidate for the ,Republi-
can presidential nomination in 1914,
would not discuss politics, saying he
believed there should be single
ness of purpose in the armed forces"
Asked in a general press confer
ence what he would do if he were
drafted for public Office, he replied
that he considered the possibility 80
remote that 1 have no comment"