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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
Shown That Council AL
ways Has Power To Re-
fuse Issuance OF Any
License

The City Council at q special
meeting held last night. killed the
proposed amended liquor ordin.
snce on lis FIRST reading. The or
dinance in question would have
dispensed with the issuing Of any
more beer. wine or liquor licenses
to any except those already oper-
ating. at least for the duration of
the war.
Councilmen Paul C. Albury.
John Carhonell. Leonsrd B. Grillon
and William A. Freeman voted
agEinst the adoption of the amend.
ment to the ordinance, while
Councilmen John Glenwood
Sweeting and Gerald Saunders
voted in favor of its adoption.
II was brought out during the
discussion by those opposing the
ordinance. that inasmuch as the
council always has the power TO
refuse the issuance of. snY license.
9'CA ~ LIVES 4G46S1tAuN to
newal. that the passage of this or
dinance would cause the city 70
lose much revenue from those who
may in the future desire to en-
gaze in this line of business.
There is already q limit placed
on the number of those places al
lowed to operate. while the limit
has not been reached as yet.
One of the main objections rails
ed by the council is that Of al
lowing any more places Of this
nature to operate on Duval street.
and this matter will be taken ur
when the time arrives for issu
snce Of licenses this coming Oc
tober.
A resolution was adopted rela
tive to the agreement entered in
TO between the city and the Sfad-
ium Committee for the operation
of the stadium as baseball park.
with other sports TO be put on af-
Continued on Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
EVELIO NEBO, Is,
DIES THIS MORNING
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE
CONDUCTED TOMORROW
AFTERNOON

Evelio Nebo. %. died this
morning at tbs o'clock at his
residence, 915 Duval street.
The funeral will be held to-
morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock
from the residence, Rev. Thorn
as Atherton, Sd, of st. Mary's
Star of the Sea Catholic church,
officiating.
Lopez Funeral Home IS IN
charge of arrangements.
Burial will take place in the
Catholic cemetery.
Survivors of the deceased are
the mother, Mrs. Juan Nebo; a
sister. Miss Louise Nebo; four
brothers, John Nebo. Eugene
Nebo, Oscar Nebo of California
and Pete Nebo.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
FALLING
OFF OF BUILDING
OPERATIONS HERE
CLARENCE HIccs, BUSINESS
AGENT OF CARPENTERS
UNION. SAYS CAUSED BY
LACK OF pRIoRrTIES

Clarence Higgs, business agent
of the local Carpenters Union.
said today there has. been a de-
cided falling off in building in Key
West due to the priorities set up
In this area by the War Produc-
ton Board. About so carpenters
have been laid off recently, he
stated, adding that they had eth
er left the city or got jobs in To-
cal government work.
Were it not for priorities," Mr..
Higgs declared, I'VE would have
a building boom in this city, the
like of which has seldom occurred
in city of this size. l can name
offhand Is or more persons who
wish to have houses constructed,
but are unable to do SO because
of the lack of material"
He said that work had been
stopped on all private building
projects in Kew West, except that
which is in progress on the annex
the Fleming Street Methodist
Church is having erected.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
Ordinance Cutting Out
ANY More Liquor Permits
Killed On First READING
M~AwM~MNl
~ - ~ - - ~ ~ - -.
FIGHTING EFFORTS
ON MOVE TO TRY TO
PREVENT INITIATION

WASHINGTON. Mar. 20.-
A double-barrelled attack is
being made on the country's
efforts TO try to beat down the
tendency toward initiation. il
yves snnounced here today.
One movement. which
would help to bring about in
jflationfi is the insisfence of the
farm bloc in 1 Q senate and
the house to raise the parity
of grain. end tho other is the
opposition to the Labor Bill.
expressed by William Green.
president of the American
Federation of Labor. and the
companion movement. engi-
neered by John L. Lewis.
head of the United Miners of
Americs, to raise the wage
scale among soft coal miners
So day for esch worker.
One representative declar-
ed he felt confident that. If
the bill providing for the par
ifY raising of grain. is pass
ed. the President will veto it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
SIX DEFENDANTS
PLEADED GUILTY

Six defendants pleaded guilty
yesterday afternoon at a special
term of the criminal court. Judge
William v. Albury presiding.
Their names and the sentences inn
posed are:
Willie Peloauin, speeding, 81
and costs or 80 days in Jail; Ralph
Wise. no Florida license tag, So
and costs or 30 days: joseph P.
Wheeler, open profanity, SO and
costs; the latter were suspended
on payment of the fine; Gonzalo
Zarate. operating game OF
chance, $50 and costs: John Har-
old. assault and battery. $25 and
costs; Albert Frazier, SIS and costs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
LIEUT.. MATTHEWS LIVES LONG ENOUGH
z
TORELEASE BOMBS ON GERMAN TARGETS
sBy Associated Pressl

teu Freesb
on the bombsight. Then. Just as
another shower Of sharpnel
struck the fortress. Mathews
pulled the lever end down
plunged the bombs and. a mo-
ment later. exploded almost in
the center of the target.
With his hand still gripping
the level Matthew'S slumred in
to his seat, and. when Lieuten-
ant Elliott reached Matthew. he
was found to be dead from a
gaping shrapnel wound.
Had the shrspnel struck a
second earlier. Lieutenant Mat
thew would have died before af-
ccmplishins his purpose. Lieu
tenant Elliott said. but that Sec
ond's delay gave him the oppor-
tunity 10 perform his duty be-
fore he expired.
The plane was flown safely
back to its base.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
OFFICIALS LEAVING TOMORROW TO
CONFER WITH STATE COMMISSION

Five city and county officials
will leave on the 1l:30 o'clock bus
tomorrow morning for Tallahassee
to attend a conference with the
Florida Securities Commission,
relative to refunding of bonds of
the City of Key West.
Eight had been expected to make
the trip, but three of them said to-
day that they had been unable to
make arrangements to defer busi-
ness matters to which they have
to attend.
Those who will 60 are Mayor
Willard M. Albury. Councilman
Gerald Saunders, County Clerk
Ross c. Sawyer, City Attorney
Thomas A. Caro- and Allen b
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20

WASHINGTON. Mar. TO-
Lieutenant Jesse Elliott. of Tai
lahsssee, Florida. who WIS in a
Flying Fortress that participated
in raid on Germany three days
ago. TODAY told q story about
Lieutenant Jack Matthews. of
Texas. the bombadier aboard
the fortress. that is something of
an epic.
As the fortress was nearing
the target that had been assign
ed to its crew. Matthews stuck
steadily to his bombsight, with
his right hand gripping the lever
that would release his load of
bombs.
Suddenly. there was q crash
of shrspnsl from anfi-aircraft
guns that shattered the glass nose
Ct the bomber. but Mathews still
stuck to his post. his eyes glued
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20

Cleare, Jr., county solicitor and
attorney for the Local School
Board.
OF the $1,250,000 outstanding
bonds. between 100000 and $780,
600 of them have not yet been re-
funded, and the object of the con-
ference is to have them included
in the general plan, of which the
drummer Company is the fiscal
agent
1t was because of the refusal of
the holders of the bonds. not in
Guided in the plan, to concur in
the proposal, that led the city to
start bankruptcy proceedings in
the Federal court in this district.
The case is still pending.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
OF HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT
TO BE STARTED MONDAY MORNING

Moving of the equipment and
furnishings in the Marine Hos
pital, which have been loaned
to the City of Key West to be
used in the proposed hospital
that will be constructed in the
botanical gardens on Stock Island,
will begin at 9 o'clock Monday
morning.
Mayor Willard M. Albury said
today that it probably will re-
quire two weeks to move and
store all the material in the
Cato brick factory building at
Catherine and Grinnell streets.
1t will require that length of
time. the mayor explained, be-
cause some of the equipment
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
MISSING SERVICE
MAN DISCOVERED TN
DAYTONA BEACH

The report that became cur
rent last Tuesday that Claude
c. Gerding, a civilian employe
in the Navy Sound School. had
disappeared, was cleared up
this morning when information
was received in hey West that
he was in Daytona Beach and
was on his way to his home at
Newport. KY.
The report gained currency
because Gerding left Key West
without his telling anybody that
he intended to go away.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
WILLIAM WELLONS
On STUDENT LIST

MARION. Ala. Mar. 28-The
Deans List Of Marion Inztlt1te
students for the month Of February
which has just been released nv
1t Colonel L. H Baer. carries the
name Of William BENJAMIN Vel
Ions, Jr-. son Of M and Mrs. "
B. Wellons. 1918 Alzrgzret street
Key West This list IS the academic
honor ron and stzldenfs VINO ub-
tain the rating are granted spe-
cial privileges N the Cadet Coras-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20

must be dismantled before it
can be moved and all of it must
be checked and reinventoried by
Harry Rue, representing the
Federal Works Agency, and Mr..
Neil. representing the United
States Public Health Service.
Nothing further has been
heard by Mayor Albury about
the application for $275,O00 to
construct the proposed hospital.
The application has been APP
proved by the Federal Works
Agency for this regional district.
with offices in Atlanta, and by
the United States Public Health
Service at its headquarters in
Washington.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
PHELAN SECOND IN
COMMAND OF PILOTS

In a story in The Citizen yester-
day. it was stated that Lieutenant
Commander Sharpley, of the Key
West Pilots Association, Is the
second in command. That posi-
ton is held by Lieutenant Com
mander John J. Phelan.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
PLAN CLUB In ULSTER
FOR A. {. F. BRIDES
tBy Associated Press,

BELFAST, Mar. 20. = Now
there's talk of organizing here a
club of war brides of United States
soldiers. Sponsors say it would
have a surprisingly large member
ship, for American soldiers con-
tinue to wed Ulster brides.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
Reds Continue Their Advance
Toward Nazi Base At SnO|enSk
LATE BULLETINS
Ry Associated Pressl
PLANES SINK JAP SUBMARINE

DARWIN. - a japanese sub
marine. which was attempting
yesterday to lend supplies 70 the
Jap garrison at Lac. on the north
coast of New Guinea. was bomb
ed and sunk by q squadron Of
American planes. Unable 20 sup
ply the garrison by using surfacs
ships. the Japs are now trying 70
lsnd food end ammunition 20 their
troops from submarines. The one
sunk tried 10 crash dive A. avoid
the bombers. but was struck and
torn apart before she could get
below the surface.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING
COLLISIONS

NIAMI.-Thres collisions h~rz
in the last few days between mil
itarY and civilian cars are being
investigated by the police. Three
men were killed. including tive
who were in the srmed services.
The last collision was between
an srnv truck and q passenger
automobile.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
SAYS opA NOT COOPERATING

MIAMt.-Complsin4 hes been
made here that the oPA in Wash
ington is not cooperating with this
cify.s rstioning boards IN snslEin-s
decisions that are purely of local
nature. and that would. il adoDted.
lead 10 better distribution Of food
tufts in this area. II was said that
if the Washington OPA office
continues its opposition. some
members of the local board are GO
inn to resign.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
WATCH DOGS REALLY
In DOUGHOUSE NOW
tBy AssocIntsd press1

CHARLOTTE. N. c.. Mar. 20
Raiding a hen house. the thief
locked the watchdog in the dog
house before going about the
business OF picking off four hens
and rooster.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
JAPs RAID AMERICAN BASE

DARWIN.-FiftY Jap planes
raided the American positions yes
terdaY on the northeast coast of
New Guinea. damaged -
whsrves and crippled q small
launch with q near hit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20
DOUBLES POPULATION

NEW YORK.-The town of K.or
diak, Alaska, doubled its popula-
ton between 1880 and 1910.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-20

Key West. Florida. has tsc
most equsble climate II the
country; with an average
range Of only Ia Fahrenf -
The Hagerstown globe., 1943-03-19

Following is your Ration Calen
dar, beginning March 21:
Gasoline: "A" Book Coupon No.
4 expires March p.
Sugar: Coupon No. II 6 lbs.)
valid March 16. Must last through
the end of May, or II weeks.
Coffee: Stamp No. 25 q lbD ex-
pires March q.
Fuel Oil: Period 4 coupons ez
pira April 6 in zones C and D.
April y in zone B, April II in zone
A. Period 5 coupons are now valid
in all zones.
Beef Price Violators Jailed
"The prison terms of up to seven
months in Jail with accompanying
fines ranging to $500 meted out
to 13 individual yiOlators of OPA
price ceilings On<beef at the whole
sale level today is only the start
of our broadened campaign to wipe
out the black market in meat in
this country" Price Administrator
Prentiss NJ. Brown said on March
in commenting on the sentences
and fines handed out by Federal
Judge Goddard in United States
District Court in New York City,
Prices of Fresh Vegetables
Regional OPA Offices may adjust
the maximum price of any seller
of fresh lettuce, spinach, carrots,
green peas, snap beans, tomatoes,
and cabbage when the ceiling price
is likely to disrupt normal distribu-
ton, the OPA has ruled.
Seeds Not Rationed
Peas, beans and lentils when
bought exclusively for use as seed
are exempt from the processed
foods rationing program and do
not require the surrender of either
point stamps or ration certificates
according to OPA.
The Hagerstown globe., 1943-03-19

Washington, d. c.. March 49, -
There is no mansion in the nations
capital more stOried than the CO.
lonial house across from the State
Department. Called the Blair
House, it is owned by the govern
ment and is turned over, lock stock
and barrel, to visiting foreign dig
nataries and statesmen. Although
in the course of it's 107 years it has
housed many a lovely and famed
hostess, prior to its federal owner
ship, it now has none.
This situation has given one of
Maryland and the Districts most
talented hOstesseS a capital idea.
The idea is that the Blair House
needs a hostess, sort Of general
manager who could not only super
wise its routine operation, but with
comely and sophisticated grace
could provide, the womanly touch.
The idea comes from the former
COngressWOman Katharine Byron.
And she wants to administration to
nominate her for the job. Certain
ly Katharine would be a natural
should the administration decide to
establish such a position.
Katharine was promised a job
when she withdrew from the Demo
cratic primaries last year, and the
best that has been offered this
mother Of five sons so far was an
appointment which would take her
The Hagerstown globe., 1943-03-19
TOWN AND FARM IN WAR TIME

to 8,799 million dollars. Total cash
income from farm marketings and
government payments during 1912
amounted to 16,13S million dollars
In 1941 cash income from market
ings and government payments to-
tailed 11,754 million dollars.
Stocking Prices Reduced
Reduction of from to 40 cents
per pair for rayOn stockings have
been announced by the OPA. New
prices which will be put into effect
by mid April at all sales levels, will
represent price cuts averaging Is
per cent.
Stockings made to the standards
Of OPA. as set for grade "a" hos
iery, will contain features designed
to lengthen the life and improve
the service Of the hosiery such as
reinforcements in the foot and welt
(top) and a minimum number of
rows of stitches in the leg to pre-
vent skinny" construction.
Production Of War Material
January production Of certain
types of war material - 10000 air
craft bombs of 1,000-pound size or
larger enough to bomb the en-
emy for thirty days at the rate OF
1900 bombs a day, approximately
5000 airplanes, more than 65 per
cent of them of the combat type,
equipment for ground and air
forces - 3 12 times the rate of
January, 1912. $4,000 Carbinesa 80,-
900 Garand rifles, $4,000 Efty cali
bre aircraft machine guns, 1000
nm. aircraft cannon, and $4,000
machine guns.
War Housing
Applications for FHA-insured fl
nancing of approximately 1850
proposed new dwelling units for
Continued on page 4)
The Hagerstown globe., 1943-03-19
Substitute Coal or Wood

Fuel oil users who would be en-
titled to receive auxiliary ratiOns
Of 100 gallons or more for heating
purposes will not be issued such
rati0ns if they can obtain the eX-
ira heat from coal or wood stoves,
OPA announced recently. This or
der applies to private home own
ers, apartment house and cold
water flat operators, industrial
plants, heated by oil, and all others
who burn oil for heat, to prevent
hardship, the order provides for
certain exceptions.
War Finance
The face amount of obligations
the government can still issue un-
der the present 1926, ,000,00O,000
limitation is $3.50, ,6O3,345 accord
ing to the treasury department.
Certificates to Farmers
Farm families who have enlisted
in the huge 1943 food production
program will be awarded a certifi-
cate of farm war service, signed by
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R.
Wickard, in recognition Of their
war work. 1t will be presented by
county USDA War Boards as soon
as possible after the completion of
the 1943 farm mobilization drive.
Farm Income
A preliminary review of the data
available on farm income and ex-
penditures during 1912 indicates
that the net return to farm opera
tors for their labor, capital invest
ment and management, and for
other unpaid family labor, was
about 10,200 million dollars in
1912. In 1941 the net return to
farmers was estimated at 6,748
million dollars The previous rec.
ord net income, in 1919, amounted
The Hagerstown globe., 1943-03-19
MARX AND MERRY-GO-ROUND
- DREW PEARSON --

patrOlling a lonely stretch Of beach
or aboard a small cutter. While
the jobs will be all for the honor
of serving the Coast Guard, the
auxiliaries will receive some sort
Of rating plus rudimentary training
in sabotage-preventiOn. navigation
and the use of side arms.
The enlistees will be given uni
forms to be worn only while on
the job. The corps, which is ex-
pected to develop its own esprit de
c'1ps, may get guard duty at Ocean
City, patrol duty at various Bay
points or opportunity to put out in
a cutter on it's regular patrol runs.
So attractive is the whole prOpOsi-
tiOn that the Coast Guard doesn't
anticipate much trouble from so
called DOllar-a-Week men in filing
quotas. Two thousand volunteers
will be needed just to guard Balti-
more HarbOr.
Women, too. will be asked to
volunteer weekly, but they will be
assigned largely to clerical work
and will serve as counterparts to
the Coast Guard "Spars." The
whole idea. which eventually will
be conducted on a nationwide ba
sis, is to permit regular coast
guard service men, now on routine
patrol duties, to take more active
Continued on page A.
The Hagerstown globe., 1943-03-19
By DREW PEARSON

to such places as Alaska and Puer-
to Rico. SO she decided to think
up a job for herself. Hostess to
Blair House was the result.
GUARDING MARYLAND SHORES
With the Army, Navy, Coast
Guard and Marine Corps boosting
their Waacs, Waves, Spars and
just plain Marines, new auxiliary
service of the Coast Guard contain
ing both men and women will Oper-
ate this summer. 1t will patrol
large areas of Baltimore Harbor,
the Eastern Shore Coast Line, the
Chesapeake Bay and the reaches
of the Potomac River.
No trick name has been selected
for this service although in some
respects it has some trick and in
yiting aspects. Some civilians
who have already been let in on
the opportunity to serve as auXil-
iary coast guardsmen have sug-
gested the name Coax But
Coast Guard men reply that those
who enter the service around Mary
lands shorelines will need little if
any "coaxing."
Here s the way the plan will
work. Men exempt from draft
either by dependency or because of
age will be invited" to give one
day a week, without pay, to some
coast guard assignment, probably
The Hagerstown globe., 1943-03-19
WOMEN NEEDED IN
LOCAL WAR PLANTS
Nearby Employees Plan
To Reject Applications \
From This Area

The labor market in this area is
rapidly growing worse, and employ
ers are now beginning to exert all
efforts to recruit women workers
to replace men, many of whom are
being inducted into the service.
Aside from the fact that hun
dreds are being sent to camp, the
employers also report that many
others are returning to farms for
the duration. No estimate of the
number in the latter category is
given but it is said to be consider
able.
The replacement schedules for
HagerStOWn industries during 1943
show that several thousands more
workers will be needed Obviously
these requirements cannot be made
with men and it is for this reason
that all efforts are now being made
to recruit women. 1t is conserva.
lively estimated that before the
year is out that women in many of
, the plants will total not less than
! sixty per cent Of the entire person
mel.
Reports that hundreds are leav-
ing their jobs here to accept posi-
tons at the Letterkenny Ordnance
! Depot in Chambersburg and the
| $4,000,000 Army hospital in Mar
itnsburg, is without foundation.
No worker from Hagerstown or
Washington county, now employed
! in either war production plant or
! an essential industry, will be hired
. on the West Virginia project with
out first presenting a release from
his present employer, and the same
procedure has been put into effect
, in the nearby Pennsylvania city.
A total of approximately 5000
workers will be engaged on these
two projects during the next nine
months. In the case of the Mar
i tinsburg job. no workers from that
/ town, now employed in war work
here, will be given releases to re-
! turn to their home town, according
to the United States Employment
Services located in both Martins
burg and Hagerst0Wn. These gov
ernment agencies point out that
! because Of the comparatively short
distance involved the question of
transportation will not be consider
ed as valid excuse. The Martins
burg job is considered by the en-
ployment services as "short time"
employment. The United States
Employment Service in Chambers
burg is planning to recruit the
necessary labor for the Depot out
side the area covered by the Ha-
gerstown Office of the Employment
Service.