The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 13, 1945, Page 2

You will had i 15 percent of the total of PAGE The Key Uiest Citizen PAM AS sa Mnly Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County » ven oF ” Press is exclusively entitied to fon of all news dispatches credited redited in this paper and You J » « Sa ‘ thanks, resolutions of ms, ete, will be sa line. y churches from e are 5 cents a line. en forum and invites dis issues and subjects of local or will net publish anonymous MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATEL BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airporte—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. Cons unity Auditorium. een CARRIERS OF THE TORCH lor) PROGRESS Most trailers look as gentle as lambs they roll gently along the public roads. be surprised to know that many their folks these trailers are well along on econd million miles. The “for hire” pproximately ervice through certiticates of war neces- yon June 30, 1944. Harvey C. Freuhaut, adirg truck-trailer manufacturer of De- roit, tips his hat to the “for hire” men, ham he says have “carried the torch of ogress tor the motor transport industry.” These vehicles operated for hire cover the miles per year than privately- wed motors, due to the fact that the com- of State about fe | the Fs and the tragedy 700,000 trucks or about | 4,744,000 trucks | | of } throughout THE: KEY -WES CITIZEN’ | | jelly, and it was remarked that goops, were | | | to bomb one tors conduct their trucking prs business purposes—and some of | ej make money. Inthe judgment of Mi whaut they know their trucks and tra t as well the family cook knows . Tha the reasor the rriers of the rgh of progress” are in favor of lighter Lestroneer vehicles, with all useless dead- fyht removed—with every. pound of ma- | tol to provide the maximum strength, welinve and durability. The “tor al know what they are getting, and them is able to speak from nd that is very important to neers and marufacturers, “T have ted to many for hire operators,” says * id they insist that motor trans- wf nfancy; their practical know]- helping us to round out improve- ass of motor vehicles.” SHARED CONFIDENCE NEEDED | joining streets SHOWERS OF ' GOOPS | March 1 - Citizen published an edi- | torial entitled, ning ‘Goops’ ”’, in which it was said that =“ great German chemists had been unable to find the “answer” to a type of bomb that had been dropped by American airmen on Berlin. Chemicals verious kinds that had been used successfully in extinguishing fires ised by incendiaries dropped by Ameri can and British airmen were ineffectual when applied to conflagrations caused by the new bomb, which was called a “‘goop.” As The Citizen explained at the time, quality of the goop is gasoline of chief the they used in bombing Japan, would cause widespread destruction, That prediction has turned out to be true. Fifteer square miles were destroyed by goops in the heart of Tokyo, and, though the Japs had provided pools of water ad- 1 had torn down buildings as fire hazards fight fires caused by bombings, their pre- caution proved to inconsequertial in htire flames caused by goops, for when wmen returned 72 hours later Tokyo was stlil burning be pilots and ¢ Na in seven areas. A document i € ova, ied by the Department this country’s dealings with } the epanese several years ago, quotes bree ae @iplomats who declared, in t, “War Debwe en Japan and the U nited | es Ww ouldgbe a tragic blunder.’ The truth of their prediction has been | ‘ulfilled, but the blunde ef- ng was dene by is now particularly Nagoya, on which showers of goops have fallen. Those attacks are but the beginning blackened ruins that will be caused the Japanese homelard by showers of goops. in Japanese cities, A football team is helped good cheering section. So a city is aided to make prog if its people are enthusi- astic about it, and are constantly praising its achievements. STRIKES ENDANGER. FIGHTING MEN It.is difficult to understand the mo- tives that inspire British dock: workers to and delay the loading of els carrying supplies to the fighting men go on strik ves- occurring | Tokyo and | if it has a} | to be better prepared to ! of the Allied army across the English | Channel. When the work stoppage threatened | he tlow of supplies the B promptly sent soldiers into the port of Lon- | don to load the vessels. Meanwhile, the stri spread to storage districts whe dle will affect the islard’s meat sup- ply. We have no apology to cffer for any rroup of strikers, either in the Unit« States or in Great Britain. They net only injuring the cause of labor but. at j times, edding to the danger of brave men who fight o for them and their amilies. Wwe » war-time st e | | j ie denee, sure and strong, is in the wryent air of Spring: Contidence in our triumph on the bat- f) on the diplomatic front, and on hedhome front sasing their figures on facts submit- My. factories in 43 states, Amer- F manufacturers have just reported they " evide from 3,400,000 to 4,400,000 re jobs after reconversion than in pre- er 1939 Fight hundred eighty-one firms alone pe perd $600,000,000 to finance t on from war to peace produc- P—and 61 per cent can start on the lat- 1 “without delay.” \Il this depends upon a favorable eco- wi mate, to be sure. In view of the breaking achievements of Amew- miufacturers in producing for vic- | 3 e car understand their confidence | peat, after victory, they can, with encour- t. provide even more employment han fore the war Their confidence needs to be shared. then, all share it—Washington in- , Etucation should include training in the ar! of living with one’s fellow men. Phe merchants who advertise in The Citizen are constantly using part of the ir¢hase| space to plug for anything that eneral benefit. In their advertise- ts at the present time the businessmen (Key West are asking the readers of The Citdz to continue the buying of War Ronds, to support the bathing beach proj- and to wive to the Red Cross, itish government | we cannot say that r has no cause for dissatisfaction that in normal times would | justify striking. We also realize that thos of us who insist that labor shall not strik« beve the obligation to support just de mands by labor groups OF .course, everybody in the nation who keaps up with news events by reading more than the headlines, knows that the strikes in this country have been magnified | by the press and radio. The employers of labor on a mass sca have also partici pated in the effor » organized labor 1 bad name The federal government has ever hing under control except its spending proclivity. Its injunction is to do < rot as it does. SMALL NATIONS ENTER WAR The and f Turkes the Germany such a smaller nations, rypt, are crawling in on band wagon, declaring war upon and have to Japan in order sit the peace value their It i late tribute much to the defeat of mankind. Just the perhaps, iticize ther dilatory We States was war. If Harbor clared war upon us, there is no wavy to tell would have ad so-called, to an opportunity In or The dubious. conference. declarations to enemi¢ of are them the ame it is too for con of not just to unduly for their action must United the entering that in remember not precipitate L not Japan attacked us at Pearl and Germary and Italy had not long trality. how we prefe neu- 5 ¢ YESTERDAY: Determinéd..to t back Colonel Thornton’s ecat- ile, Mike O’Shane ridés ‘to the Mexican border. Cnce agaiw' he is os into a trap by Cassidy, who brings him into Fleeson’s clutches. The redhead him but is knocked _unconse . When he comes to he is tied down to stakes ind left for the ants té pick cledn. ' Chapter 24 SOBER-FACED, O’Shane loped \) through the avenue of cotton- woods the hou towards the Turkey. At piled wearily out In response to his ,ornton appeared, ola he had last seen a week bef The Colc daughter wore a dark house dress. Her face was pale and s red and swollen from weeping. Some in, O’Shane!” The girl’s voice was flat and lifeless. He stepped inside. “The Colonel around?” Her, lips quivered, “He’s— he’s “He’s not—deadi” he ejacu- lated. She nodded mutely and| turned abruptly away. “Say, I’m real sorry!” O’Shane stepped quickly up to the girl and impulsively grasped her arms. She swayed towards him and buried her face in bis shoulder. Instinctivelyy, his agms went around her*and} she lay against | him, sobbing softly. Presently, she straightened, dabbing at her eyes with a‘tiny handkerchief. “You should ppank me, not mother me, for acting like a cry baby,” she said, with a trace of rer old fire. “I really can’t help it, O’Shane, I am so lonely.” Her yes widened as she examined his red- pocked features. “What dis- ave you caught?” ant bites,” he said shortly. ere’s little to tell,” said/ Viola sadly. “He rode into Big| River the day after you left. That | evening, Bill Parker came out | and said there had been a quarrel in La Bonita and this man Wacker | had shot Dad through the heart. And that’s not all.” BY TOM WEST O’Shane’s lips quirked humor-| fury. Ange: lessly. “Shoot: ‘We've lost the Turkey!” “Lost the spread!” repeated the redhead incredulously. AD wasn’t a rich man,” plained the girl. “He ifv everything he fad in this ranch. He ‘borrowed money from_the His stock losses and Flee- ast raid crippled him. He had pledged the ranch as security for his loans note is past due and the bank has given notice of foreclosure * she concluded ruefully the end of a am. I can’t afford a foreman, but 1 was never in greater need of your help and advice.” “Fired the crew?” ‘No, I wanted to talk with you fir “Well,” id O’Shane, pacing the floor with creased forehead, “you ain’t through yet. I reckon the land covers the bank loan. running mebbe a and that ain’t "11 sell a coupla ash and Hold two good a I gamble the a buyer and they’ll You should be head, We thousand chicken feed hundred to r: bank ain't rent to For the first time Viola really smiled. “I knew I could depend upon you—Bulldog,” she said softly. ‘Forget it!” replied O’Shane brusquely, to hide his embarrass- ment. “How’s Joan Curran’ “Back at the Double O. She has ided to sell.” What have Wwe—been buck- ing Si r?” demande: O’Shane explc vely. “What's been bushwhacking, raiding creating hell r? The Double And now she goes and gives it to the sidewinder!” fe) “Sells, not gives,” corrected Viola. “He’ll pay thirty thousand dollars.” “It’s worth double,” groaned th re redhead. LY, O’Shane down to the c pony and hit for anted to be alone. Ww i was disappointment and a seething caldron} slopes in’ | to face the sav TUBSDAY, MARC Hi 13, 1845 —— 4 | Four Mowte Pied Here THE "WEATHER Suits Filed iid The following divorce suits FORECAST bnive been fled in the county, Mey West and vicinity: Per % : ® clerk’s office: partly cloudy and continued he coach, ‘Thelma Mae Gentry Fann vs.{warm this afternoon through Harold Wayne Fann; charge,' Wednesday; gentle winds, monty See at his failure to com- cruelty. : southeasterly Bale Wacneas plans, disappoint- | Evilio Sibila vs. Ruth Sibila;| Plorida: Partly eloudy in euuth ae eer suey at lus |charge, threat of-bodily harm. ‘and central portions, mastly own pidity in allowing himself Estelle Lambeth vs. Joseph cioudy in extreme noth portion to bi cked a second time by | Lambeth; charge, cruelty today, tonight and Wednestay Cassidy, and his humiliation at | Mary Morgan vs. Charles R peta ote owen in ae the hands of Jules Fleeson. | Morgan: charge, desertion best es 4 oe urged him to ride rey north portion today; little ehmmge River, shoot it out wil lin te ture Wacker and avenge Colonel :; YAN THRUST | st pn aol Grea oie phorntiae sce ae Say! Straits and East Gulf Gentle » daughter checked him. Ws (Continued from Page One) | wedeonte veriable winds, gupetly death would not save the enemy positions, have bombed | southeasterly, today, tonight end for Viola. First salvage the enemy artillery in the hills, so|Wednesday, except becoming SCAMS Sern One that today shell fire from those | moderate easterly over extrem Sunk deep in thought, ne head- 1,-ations had decreased consider- north portion Wednestay, px ed unconsciously for the crest of Piute Ridge. ably. central portions, m y ad He kneed the roan roung and Unofficially, it was’ announced |in extreme north portion with surveyed the Double O .range— that the war in Germany has scattered showers today Wacker reached its final stage, and, due Jacksonville to Apalachineie Clear-cut_in ellucid air, 19 reports that have been receiv- small craft or storm warnings > and outbuild- the Deuble O } ings, doll-like i tance, ap- peare a deserted. His thoughts flew to J urran. Born on the ran too soft neies of 1 bunch of lamb pioneer li tough lon A wo- man who d in a sheltered fiome th by fate into the midst of wolf pack. Mentally, com od her with Viola rnton, reared :n the east, un- ed to the w of the Yet, somehow, she fitted could not the ed blonde breaking under ! was fashioned of There was a girl a to! He thrust the at use would a ghter have for a ddle bum with a Jog! his body She in trouble!” yan r s ered the redhead. “That's a signal!” He pricked his sd down the y. To be continued cee CITATION FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE during to which Motor Machinist Mate first attached, has been awarded the ‘Presidential Unit submarine ribbon bar withia blue eight agi ee | in Durham Wing of south KEY WEST IN ws D mia tk s vip to AYS GONE BY: ®ROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN Peeks eis oY MARCH 13. 1995 lamned © vesteidey Dye Mis cm | H. White in her hon en yor Dave Sholtz, who is al nt is ting in Key West, said to-/ yf-, and Mrs. B. M. Duncan i thinks that the Mate-!jof by plane Miami yester unb ige will be completed |, <== Allie Capo, who q Biscayne, used nding two montt Unite engineers, ar- with relatives, left cd today, and will be for the re in St. A ed into service for a survey) y i N Channel. _—-— —_—— State Senat Gor x March 18, employes’ is \ ) M the FERA w we a siesta = z Z it was an- T Citizen sa. aan iat | headquarters to-) ed r graph In only one “hour me mes W n t ployes will be a e a dol a Ewe Hues TRS Coe ERCER Saas ! 1 for by going i I t t the rental 1 c r nas on the South mar Beact » into effect April FERA announced today: | appea nfid \ members wa lik ! { last night in St Paul’s copal Church by «Bishop — Subseribx The Citizer ssive we: class William N. Byers of Phoenix. Citation. He is shown above being presented the et sh star, by Captain Joseph B. Logue, MC. USN, Medical Officer in Command of the Naval Hospital the was Pacific Ariz., in patrol: TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES TODAY'S HOROSCOPE a es c tensed and i from Bern about the un rest in Germany, particularly among factory workers, it is be- lieved that the Nazi war machine is likely to crack at any moment ed here TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Alexar | Lt. Gen Corps, born V-rg ees r Dr. Beale ham, Si z s ng at Des Moines, 63 years ag Albert W. Sieve f Littletor sear 1 Be Maine, 59 Ry. R Wilhar Remington P. E rr Ore J N York ¢ LEGALS we Rid \ i 1 ‘ « IN AND Fron NROR ¢ IN CHANCERY Case No. (0-057 nivonee ORDER OF PUBLICATION Le Plaintiff, DIVORCE ACTION Defendant ORDER OF PUBLICATION ¥ ’ required to complaint rve styled Clerk of the Ctreult Court. unty, Florida. Piles! Ow!" —But He SMILES, Now * dinor s Resist Minor R 1 delighted with ues At all good drug stores wverywhae Your Grocer SELLS That G90 STAR * BRAND AMERICAN COFFEE and CUBAN Try A Pound Today! been issued. WEATHER REPORT Key West, Fis, Mar 15, 165 Observation taken at 639 am, Eastern Wartime (City Office) Temperatures nave Highest last 24 hours ae Lowest last night " Mean ay Precipitation Rainfa.., 24 hours ending 6:30 a. m.; inches Total rainfall since Marek 1 inches ee Deficiency since Mareh 1; inches 33 Total rainfall since Jamwary 1; inches is Deficiency since January th; inches 80 Tomorrow's Aimanac Sunrise Sunset som Moonrise O13 on Moonset Be (ravel Base) High Tide Lew Tite 113 @ 45 TEMPERATURE BULLETIN Temperature dete for the ours ending 6:30 a. m., as repert <i by the U. 8 Westher Burese Highes: Lewes teat 24 howre leet mage! “@ M EE TE SRE ete RNR SHERMAN nOTEI 465 N. W. Fourth St 60 per dar—ee » - DR. H. E. CANFIELD Eye, Ear, Nose and Three Specsalsst Olfice Mours: 7 to § pm of Dr. Galey's Office. 417 Eaten @* $10 The FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK at Key Weet Member Federe! Dem + Inaur nee ( cepere