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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-09
SWAN SONG FOR SEALS

Battles between Japanese,
Russian and American sealing
ship crews were common after
Alaska was sold to the United
States and Jap sovereignty was
established over the Kurile is
lands. The fur hunters began
centering their activities on the
Pribilof herds. which took a ter
rible beating.
From nearly 100000 the herd
declined to l25.OO0. and was
saved from extinction finally by
a sealing treaty signed in 1915
by the three nations. which out
lawed pelagic sealing entirely.
The beginning of World War
II for the United States meant
the end of everybOdy's plans in
connection with the Pribilof
seals
After Dutch Harbor. even the
Aleuts on the Pribilof Islands
were removed as a percautlon
against a possible japanese at
tempt 10 take those rocky van
tage points Just outside BristOl
Bay.
So. last summer. there was no
sealing season. The year-old bull
seals, from whose number the
peltS are taken under the con-
trolled killing plan. went scot
free for full year-a generation
IN seal society
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-09
WEEKLY BULLETIN AT
JACKSON SQUARE USO

Monday. August 800, Dance.
Naval Operating Base Orchestra.
Tuesday. August l0-7:00, Re
guest Program of Recordings.
8 la Motion Picture. 'Saps At
Sea starring Laurel and Hardy.
Wednesday. August Il-7:30.
Tugunomeiry Class. Myron
Brown instructor. 800. Mr.. and
Nfrs Club meeting and special
naftS
Thursday. August l2-l0:30-
q 81 Swing Session by the la
a.s nlending. fixing of insignia
assd rafing badges sewed on upon
.aanrst No charge. 100. ESQ.
Meeting $40. Special Party and
Nnts sainmcn, sponsored by the
Ffks Club II Kew West: bingo.
sshments. prizes.
Fndav Aug 1870. Gather
Round Lets SinF-"DO as you
pieasr Mite 7 30. Bridge and
II S. Games
saturday. Aug 1900. NBC
Broadcast For This We Fight :;
sha.rf Justice and Human
Il ehfs 400. Dancing on the
pafio
SUNDAY August l5-9.45. Java
rf.t IN Cesar FranCk's
- Minor symphony. S;SO'
sing Song go. Coffee Hour.
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CURIOSITY ALMOST FATAL

WITH TIE AEF in Sicily--A
N Sirilan box crawled unob-
tei into one Of eight captured
Italian tanks. before they had
.r at~sfmyd by the American
ap pressed a button and the
.a a, nf sfl wijh a roar The shell
- taun s small tree and eN-
t.ei sending a fragment INTO
f hatk of an Allied soldier and
t s.ycring the LEG Of a little
p.as ING nearby a military
hsilancf rushed the wounded TO
Hospital while sympathetic sol
s affrd ihc lad. who had c"us-
fbe trouble out OF the tank
F na. uuii with fright
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-09
THREE Home TOWN GIRLS MAKE GOOD

her choice without ever having
seen Eileen. but after listening to
her Thursday evening hour OF
song on the CHS network.
Eileen's teacher had a lot TO
do with her success. Eileen was
preparing for an art career,
when her family noticed her
voice They asked Metropoli-
tan Opera singer. who was a fam
lily friend. to hear her sing. The
singer liked her voice. undertook
her training and coached her for
SIX opera roles. When Eileen's
additions for opera failed 10
bring a contract. she turned TO
radio She auditioned six times,
bu, failed to make the grade
because nervousness kept her
from doing her best. Then. she
says, her teacher declared. IF
you don't do better. I'll drop
you. Go back and try again
Eileen went flying back to the
studio and that time she won a
contract.
Blonde Barbara Scully. sing
ing star of The Student Prince. $
lays her success to luck. And
her luckiest break came when
one of he Shuberts snoozed.
In 1888 Barbara was De-
troit schoolgirl. with a beautiful
voice-and no money for train
ing She had her first piece of
luck when Bible class of 500,
TO which her parents belonged,
agreed to finance her study.
Two years later she was sing
ing after classes at the Detroi.
Athletic Club. when J. J. Shu-
bert stopped for lunch. Barbara
sang for all she was worth. But
Mr. Shubert was preoccupied
with business and didn't hear a
note Finally. feeling tired. ne
closed his ewes and dozed. and
across his consciousness drifted
the tones of a golden voice.
As a result of that encounter.
Barbara was soon singing Mitzi
in Blossom Time" in Detroit
Later she sang in Shubert pro-
auctions in Dallas. And now she
is making her first appearance
on Broadway.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-09
WANT TWO BEARS?

ST LOUIS. - Because Walter
IL mrisr Is getting too busy to
fof ms pet pair Of bears, ne
t.,laf.s be- viii practically give
.n. Stars away II someone Will
t., fhrm = home in the country
u explains that they eat only TN
E..tss e stale bread every day.
euuivalent in such things as
s.ertr tops. apples or berries.
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Such power Is like a gigantic
structure. which eventually is
bound TO crumble into ruinc for
the want of strong foundation.
Such power Is deficient in the
stuff Of which heroes are made; II
drives men TO fight and die be
cause of fear. not because of their
great love of country. When men
are so driven by fear. the capa-
city TO endure the strains of battle
continues to lessen.
Yet. al this time when the turn
of events in Europe are making
these facts more apparent. we
must not permit ourselves TO be en-
snared by the first signs OF this
-rumbling power which cunning
and treachery have been long in
building. We must be diligently
wary OF every step we take. lest
We find ourselves buried under
the debris OF It's destruction. We
must fight. as we never have
fought before. 10 completely van
quish this product of cunning and
treachery. We must prove our
selves as determined as the Rus
SLAMS. WAC. with the victories gain
ed by the aid OF General Winter,
are not discouraged by the threats
of General Summer and thereby.
succeed where they have failed
before. That describes real capa-
Sity in fighting. for il lacks no
ability 10 perform in the face of
cunning and treachery. That Is the
stuff OF which heroes are made.
because they light for the love of
the country which fosters them.
And your men. drafted moth
ers of our nation. are the same
type Of heroes.
Your men NAV not all be hon
Ored BY the glory which their ca
pacity OF courage gives. Ever
fighting man NAV not be granted
the time and place To effect some
ieat which others have accom-
plished. perchance. single-handed-
Yet practically every one Of your
men. If offered a similar oppor-
tunity. would rise To the demands
of the occasion. And that is the
stuff of which heroes are made.
and which VIII conquer this So
called power Of cunning and
treachery.
am reminded here of a soldier.
formerly stationed IN Hawaii. who
IS this same type Of hero Never
theleSS. whether We shall hear of
some such feat from him or not.
ne has that capacity and spirit
which make thc heroes who win
a war
About "a year ago. his sweet
heart wrote me a letter which.
al the time. | gave YOU in this
column l. went into much length
of her faith in his ability 10 sue
coed. and 81 her great trust that
he would be- restored To her. And
Just the other day. she informed
me that she and his mother had
received a communication IN
which he wrote that he had an Of
Ter to return 10 the Unltee States
10 attend an Officers Candidate
School Il seems that he had not
been back for two years and his
return would have meant great
10Y 10 her and MS mother But re-
Gently ms brother, also a soldier,
had been 0rdc~cd 20 some battle
front. On this account he felt. #
his brother Was TO enter the fight
ing lines. ne could scarcely come
home and leave him and MS pals
with that entire burden There
fore he chose Ia remain and fight.
And IN doing 81. he gave up his
present opportunity 10 become an
officer. as we'll as to forego the
pleasure of seeing those whom he
loved most. MS sweetheart and his
mother.
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Their is no
doubt that cum
ming and trea-
cherry, which
has been CON
sistently prac-
ticed by the
Axis. m a X e
| h cir prac-
TONERS n ore
incapacious as
they rise To So
called power.
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CALLING
DRAFTED MOTHERS
By
EAAfNE TURIN
Copyright, 1913
NUpyIIBIlI, 1913
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The recent turn of events in
Europe prove how those given
to cunning and treachery are
hanged by the rope with which
they would make victims of
others. The reason for this is
well described in one of La
Rochefoucauld's maxims, which
reads:
Cunning and treachery are
the offspring of incapacity.
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a. "a Dat baseball camel; On,
sk we have a man on every
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Another Coed That's nothing;
- has TIE other side.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-09

Postwar compulsory Army Is
urged by Brig. Gen Palmer.
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SETTLED IN 1879

CLEVELAND - Tho first set
Element in New Hampshire was N
1923 at Rye. now known as Ports
mouth
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Colonel Hobby stresses the
need for more women in war
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-16
Italy Reels Under
Mighty Hammering
From Allied Planes
Huge Fleets of Bombers
Lend Authority to FDR,
Churchill PrOnOuncement
BY UNITED PRESS

American and British air
forces striking from three di-
ractions hammered Italy in
record-breaking aeriai bomb
ardment, giving authority to a
Roosevelt-Churchill warning to the
italian people to make peace or
suffer the consequences.
While Italy rocked under its
heaviest aerial assault of the war.
the allies stepped up their offensive
against occupied Europe to a tenn
po rivaling the pre-inyasion cam
paign against Sicily.
TONS OF BOMBS
The northwest African air force
dropped hundreds of tons of eX-
ploSives on Naples, key Italian port
The city's heaviest raid of the war
left it an inferno of smoke and
flame.
1t. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz' planes
also smashed at Palermo and other
Sicilian targets, while maintaining
an aerial umbrella over the Allied
armies driving through stiffened
Axis opposition on the island
Iiberator bombers from the Mid
die East flew across the Mediter-
ranean with a destructive load of
bombs delivered to Foggia near the
eaSt coast of Italy.
The concentric aerial onslaught
was completed by home based Royal
air force bombers which crossed the
Alps to pound electric transformer
and switching stations in the in
duitrial area of northern Italy.
Another British bombing force
raided The Peugot motor vehicle
works at Montebeliard in eXtrems
eastm France, while fore than a
dozen alrfields in occupied terri
tory Wele attacked.
Two. big formations crossed the
channel by daylight.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-16
Draft Fathers or
Not? Army Still
Has Not Decided
Reliable Reports Say
pre-Pearl HarbOr Dads
Nav Not Enter Service

WASHINGTON, July 16.
(UP)-The Selective Service
system was still undecided
today whether it will have
to draft fathers.
There were reliable reports from
other quarters that the armed fore
es have SO revised their manpower
plans that general drafting of the
pre-Pearl Harbor variety of father
will not be necessary.
1t is probable that 5elective Ser
vice and War Manpower Chief Paul
v. McNutt have not yet been taken
into confidence by the high COM
mands, or, if they have, they are
not talking about it.
TIE latest selective service inven-
tory shows that 100000 men and
women are in uniform. Selective
Service says this number will reach
10,800,000 b. Dec. 81, leaving l.
100000 still to be found.
Already there s..e 1,566,000 men
in class IA, or in the process of
classification, examination and in
duction. But Selective Service says
that after making allowances for
reflections at induction stations and
reclassificationS on appeals, only
enough will be left to fill the calls
of three months.
Just how many men this is was
not divulged because, Maj Emmett
Solomon of Selective Service told
a press conference, it would reveal
the actual plans of the armed forces.
In addition to the 1,566,000 already
in Ia, there enters the Selective
Service jurisdiction each month
Continued on Page 8. Col. u
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members of the Rotary club on
Thursday and the KiWanis club Fri
day.
Large quantities of rubber are
being smuggled out of Japanese
controlled islands in the Pacific and
taken, by roundabout way to our
Pacific coast" Hopson said.
FROM JAP LANDS
I'VE have established the fact
that much of our newly-imported
rubber actually came from Jap
controlled areas" he continued.
while smuggling operations are
responsible for getting much of it
out great amounts come from
countries who maintain relations
with Japan
He refused to reveal the neutral
countries" from which the United
States purchases japanese rubber
but stated that this method of OBJ
aiming crude rubber has been going
on for some time
During his talks to the service
clubs Hopson explained the manu-
facture of synthetic rubber and told
of the vast future production of
tires from this material. Motion pic
lures were shown to the clubs by
Hopson.
Although synthetic plants have
been authorized to produce 80 mill
lion new passenger tires during the
next year, Hopson declared that
due to shortage of skilled workers
in the rubber industry, smaller
number of tires will probably be de-
livered.
NO INNER TUBES
He disclosed that although the
government has made plans for
tire production, no arrangement
has been made for manufacturing
inner tubes. The tubes cannot be
made entirely from synthetic rub
ber, he said, and require a consid-
cradle amount of raw rubber.
During an interview he said that
tires for farm equipment had not
yet been made of synthetic rubber
but predicted that such tires would
be on the market in several months.
He declared that synthetic rubber
would be so improved that tires
would be made solely from this
product after the war.
Hopson's company operates
large synthetic rubber plant near
Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-16
Two Paratroopers
Round up Forty
italian Captives

WITH AMERICAN AR
MY in Sicily (delayed)-Ju-
ly II. (UP)-Two American
paratroopers C a p t u re d 4O
fully armed Italian soldiers,
including one captain, three serg-
eants, and two corporals.
The Americans were staff Sgt.
Ronald c. Snyder, %, of Philadel-
phia, Pa, and Pvt. Michael zolWick,
of New York City.
Snyder and ZolWick after being
separated from the other 10 para
troops in their group, hid in some
trenches near the Italian garrison.
I'VE stayed there quietly until
dawn Snyder said, ''and saw our
fleet in the harbor and hundreds of
landing boats heading for shore.
Pretty soon we saw an Italian serg-
cant and two privates coming to-
wald us with rifles.
Il suddenly jumped up on top of
OliC GlCllIll Will MINI illl put lily
tommy-gun almost in the sergeant'S S
belly He was SO startled he did
nothing, so I knocked the gun out
of his hand. The two privates drop
Ped theirs and | stacked the guns
under tree, and told the prisoners
to be quiet.
I'm a few minutes along came an
Italian captain, company COM
Continued on Page 8, Col. g.
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'fOad junction OF Canicatti on the
western flank.
Capturing more than 10000 pris-
oners and many tanks and guns,
the Allied offensive surged forward
against increasingly desperate Axi;
resistance. as Gen.-Sir. Bernard Il,
Montgomery's 9Th ARM fought its
way into the Lentini area on the
edge of the Catania plain and beat
back heavy counterblows in which
the Nazi Hermann Goering divi-
sion suffered severely.
Montgomery who told correspond
ents that he was quite satisfied
with progress so far, hurled his vet
Grams northWard from Augusta to
the mountainous and narrow Len
TIM front, where the enemy had
massed considerable strength for
counterattack. The reformed Nazi
10Th panzer division as well q,
the Hermann Goering division were
IN action but the 9th army smashed
back everything they could offer
at the edge of the plain
AT last reports, heavy fighting
was still in progress near the edse
OF the plain and only Is miles from,
Catania port, which is the key to
the Axis lines protecting MeSsina
90 miles farther north at the toe
OF the italian boot.
Today's communique told of the
capture of 13 towns (some of which
mad been reported occupied yestel
day., and field dispatches disclose
important gains all along the front
including extension of the westelr
ilank in hard fighting by the Amer,
lean 7th army under 1t. Gen. Georg,
S. Patton, jr.
In the center of the line. which
Is now between 80 and 40 mile.
Continued on Page 8. Col. a.
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tJJdCk, WHICH IIleJ SUIOllS IeSloUdllCc
and was parity" repelled by a
counter assault, the broadcast Ger
man report said.
MOSCOW, July l6. (UP)-Russian
assault forces Splashed ahead thru
rain and mud today in a two-prong
ed drive into the exposed German
salient hugging the vital Nazi bas'
OF Orel, hurdling several water ba. :
riers and overruning strategic
heights.
Orel itself now was within range
Of heavy Soviet artillery to The
east, anG also was being subjected
to massive blows by the Red air
force.
Front dispatches, reporting new
Red army gains in the first Soviet
summer offensive of the war, said
the German command was rushing
up reinforcementS in frantic eff
forts to seal the breaches in the
rim of the Orel salient midway be-
tween Moscow and Kharkov
SEND SPEARREADS
The Soviets said they had sent
spearheads crashing through the
Nazi lines on broad fronts, 10th
no tn and east OF Orel, scoring
penetrations up to % miles.
Radio Moscow disclosed today
that Premier Josef v. Stain visited
the Orel front just before the Red
army launched its offensive.
The army organ Red Star said
the Russians, sometimes in fierce
combat al close quarters, were
crushing one German strong point
after ano 'Ier in the drive into Tie
nose of the Orel pocket. Infantry
fought in close concert with tann.
and mobile artillery.
Villages and water lines in the
path of Soviet advance were heavi-
ly fortified, Red Star said, but
natural obstacles and German coun-
ter blows of founting weight failed
to check the advance less than 2s
miles east of Orel
One Of the most violent battles
Continued on Page 8, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-16
Alexander Visits
Forces in Sici|y

BRITISH COMMAND POST,
Sicily, July 16 (UP) - Gen. Sir
Harold Alexander, commander in
chief of all ground forces under
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, visited
the Sicilian front and conferred
with his commander in the field,
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery,
the first meeting of these redoubt-
able generals on European soil.
This is the second time in three
days that Alexander personally has
inspected the Sicilian front. On the
first trip he called on 1t. Gen.
George S, Patton, Jr., commander
of the American Seventh Army.
With his usual tact, he chose to
visit the Americans first. Inspec-
ton of areas held by the British
followed.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-16

: Die for Mussolini and Hitler-or
live for Italy, and for civilization"
mat was the keynote of the
message that was drummed into
Italian ears by all available United
Nations roado stations and put be-
lore Italian eyes on millions of
pamphlets dropped by Allied air
forces over the length and bredth
of the Italian peninsula.
The message clearly threatened
invasion of the mainland-presum-
ably as soon as Sicily is in hand
Unless Italy surrenders.
The sole hope for Italy's sur
vival," is said. Lies in honorable
capitulation to the overwhelming
power of the military forces of the
United Nations.
The time has now come for you,
the Italian people, to consult your
own self-respect and your own in
terests and your own desire for a
restoration of national dignity, Sc
curity and peace.
The time has come for you to
decide whether Italians shall die
for Mussolini and Hitler-or live
for Italy, and for civilization"
Although no time limit was set,
Mr. Roosevelt and Churchill Of
fered the Italian people but one al
ternative to apitulation-to suf-
| fer THE Tragic Devastation of
War"
The message emphasized that the
air over Italy is dominated by vast
numbers of Allied Planes. They
were dropping pamphlets today, but
it could be block busters tomorrow.
And the Italian seacoats are
Continued on page 8, Col 81
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Former HoItviIle
Resident Pass

Word was received in Ell Centro
Friday of the recent death in Long
Beach of c. E.. Lackey, for many
years a resident of Holtville.
Mr.. Lackey, who was 10 years
old, died at the home of a daughter
last Monday and he was buried in
Ontario on Tuesday.
He is survived by three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Oscar Judge of Ell Gen.
tro; Mrs. James Connor of Long
Beach, Mrs. Carl Atherton of Holt
vile: and a son, Fred Lackey Of
the U. S. Army.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-16
Jimmy Stewart
Becomes Captaii,

BOISE, Ida, July 16 (UP)-James
Stewart, former movie star and
academy award winner who came
up in the air corps from the ranks,
today was promoted from first
lieutenant to captain, the Gowen
Field public relations office re-
Ported.
Stewart was assigned to the field
here several months ago as an in
structor-pilot for four cngined
bombers. He is now operations Of
ficer, post he has held for about
two months.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-16

initiative and exceptional skill, car
ed for his comrades injuries.
by his indomitable fighting spir-
it and heroic devotion TO duty he
contributed in large measure To
the successful operations OF MS
squadron"
Monroe was decorated previously
for meritorious achievement as q
free gunner in torpedo plane dur
ing action against Japanese forces
in the Solomon Islands campaign on
/ Aug. "a, 1912.
/ His home address was listed NJ
5000 Drexel. Blvd, Chicago III, lie
enlisted in Chicago in March. i94i.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-16
Swiss Bring Down
J British Planes

BERN. July l6. - CUP)-Swiss
anti-aircraft gunners shot down
two British planes early Tuesday
morning, an official army an
nouncement stated today.
An inquiry into the causes of the
crash of British planes at Bouveret
and Sion early Tuesday demon
stTates that both were downed by
our anti-aircraft," the army head
quarters communique said.
The British planes which crashed
in Switzerland apparently were Of
the force that attacked Turin in
northern Italy Monday night
The Swiss government several
times has protested that planes OF
the belligerents violate the country's
neutrality by flying over 1t on their
missions.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-16

mates. Lend-Lease and Relief needs
and civilian requirements-are Sub
ject to possible revision if there
should be an unexpected change in
production forecasts or export
needs. But officials believe crops
have progressed to a point where
total production can be accurately
estimated, along with livestock
totals.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-16
Kiska SheiIed by
j.. s. Craft Aqain

WASHINGTON, July 16.-UP)-
A light U. S. surface craft bom-
barded Japanese positions on Kiska
again yesterday morning, the Navy
announced today.
This was the fifth shelling this
month of the Japanese positions on
Kiska, only remaining enemy base
in the AleutianS. The enemy did
not return the fire.
Navy officials refused to say
whether there was any particular
target, especially in Gertrude Cove
which ouf forces were especially
axious to subdue. However, the
number of shellings indicate that
strong enemy shore installations are
located there.