The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 14, 1945, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 65 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West ee VOLUME XLVi. No. 63 GERMAN COU Application For Electric Improvements On Florida Keys Turned Down By WPB Representative Bernie C. ‘savwwerews Receives | Senator Papy Tele- | Romanian Populace gram From Claude Pepper | (Hy Ansociated -Prean- | LONDON, March 14.+Not | only has quiet been restored | in Romania, where riots were | rampant a few days ago, | with peasants seizing estates and machinery, but the pop- ulace is now jubilant. Change of attitude has been due to the announce- ment of the Russian govern- ment that Transalvania would be returned to Rom- ania. Today the formal trans- fer occurred, and the People throughout Romania are Celebrating the event, Extensions and other pro- posed improvements to the} electric system on the Flor-| ida Keys, from Marathon to! Tavernier, will not be made} by the Florida Keys Electric | Association, Inc., according | to a telegram received yes-/ terday afternoon by Repre-| sentative Bernie C, Papy' from Senate. Claude Pep- = fae matter telegraphed * rom ashington: “Regret to advise Florida JOE CABRERA IS Keys cooperative applica-! tien was denied by WPB.” | The company is now oper- | ating mobile f duce electricity at Marathon, City and Tavernier, the requests was for permis-} Councilman, _ stating sion to use wires between ates Tavernier and Marathon so Higa ceeo TAS eat that one plant, that at Tav- posted on current events in Key ernier, would be used to sup- ply electricity to both places. Another proposal was ly electricity to Matecumbe. TALL STORY THAT TAKES THE West and Monroe ‘County. asked to be Upper City. | Mr. has had several PRIZE yank since stating that his promotions (Me Anmuciates Feeney that of Wheelman, U. S. A. T. WICHITA, Kan., March 14. —. He states that he took to the W. R. York has earned the title ‘sea like a duck takes to water, o? “Champion Liar of the South- and is thoroughly enjoying his west” in a contest conducted by work, and at the same time as- the Wichita Beacon. !sisting his country in the war An aircraft worker, York sub- ¢¢fort, mitted this eyebrow lifting tale He sends his regards to all of of a faithful quail dog: ‘A man was hunting quail in that anyone thick some brush in western him that he can be contacted by Kansas. He lost his dog and fin- ecdnessing his mail to Joseph M. ally gave up trying to find her Cabrera, U. S. A. T. Florida, c/o and went on home. He trained Sere el New Orleans, La. another dog and the next year - he was hunting in the same local- Twenty-Two Are ty when he came across the: q 7 skeleton of his dog, still standing Given New Ratings at point. This in itself was not Tien iveiaio Wane anceEmente so unusual, but she had given! Twenty-two advancements , atines fo birth to seven puppies and they, | '?"'" u too—now seven little skeletons— standing honoring her's point,” Second place went to Miss Jean} Frazier, 16, also of Wichita, for! yatings are her whopper about a cowboy’s M. K. Landers, narrow escape in a fall over a Ward, SRM; 300-foot cliff |R. W. Plummer, “Some riding ‘ Thiclmeier, SoMIc; C. L. the range when one of them fell | CoMle; J. J. Wilson, SoMIc off a 300-foot cliff,” her entry | Gibsen, Sp(A)2c: J. D. Rose, read. “When the others c, E. J. Eave him, still alive, they asked for an ler. Cox.; D. 4 explanation. He sdid he had ps Isnt jumped off the horse three feet WANES before it hit the ground. Ne rare nieits Stalls, Sic; L. H :G tMile, announced by Lt. Comdr. Chase, USNR, aide j ecutive officer. Men advanced and are were their 0h their CRM cowboys were Burnette, Cox.: MV iL ley THE SILVER LINING |< and L LONG BEACH, Cal. — There's always a bright side to every situation. Fire Chief A. Cc. Dur Garden City, says that, because of the cig- Bbit, arette shortages, fires caused by 782”! smokers in this city dropped} from 216 in the last six months / of 1943 to 122 for the same period |" of “scheme JUMP ‘CAUSES CAPTURE ‘Kan its post. might, The jumped with into a fence out and Billy took him home. | TAKING FLIGHT NOW ON HIGH Baas) Only The Citizen is in receipt of ey units to pro-'letter from Joe Cabrera, former that and one of he has taken up sea life, saying that at the time of writing he was somewhere on the high seas. He remembered to. his to.sup- numerous friends of the Island Cabrera is connected with jthe United States Army Trans- port Service, and states that he in entering the service, present rating is his friends, and says in the event wishes to write to nersonnel attached to the staff of the Fleet Sonar School 1G to the ex- | new R. W.| J. L. D. Leavitt, CY; CSKD: H. C. Walker, Car: St-| Ck2e; C. D. Deib-| tent to commit murder A. J. Bettis, ae: ‘ornish, SKD3e; S. | 3 W. H. Wams: Sle pel Joseph Valdez, and also for dis- — A jack-! snared by Billy Orcutt, | took one look at Billy and right force of | {the collision knocked the rabbit 1214 White St. THE SOUTHERNMOST JAPANESE ARE AMERICAN PLANES con. | TINUE TO BLAST JAP INSTALLATIONS (By Associated Prensa) MANILA, Mar. 14.—Japs are fleeing in the Zambo- anga area of Mindanao, ex- cept in the southeast, | day’s communique’ said. i American planes based: in | \ | \ Has Become Jubilant: the: philippines continue to | blast Jap ;installations on Formosa. ; ‘From Guam advices were ‘received: that the Uniied | States Matines are sealing | Up caves in the northerly tip !of Iwo Jima, in which Japs ‘are hiding. Osaka was still burning fiercely today, following the raid of 300 Superfortresses on that city yesterday. Five square miles in the heart of! ! Osaka have been destroyed. ios : ; So serious has become the | war for Japan, Radio Tokyo! ‘announced today, that the | F PILI LILI IMIS MS, dict, supposed to meet for a} j day only, is now in continu-! 'ous daily session. One Third Of Residents Reported On Personal Taxes Only one-third of the business | men and other residents of Mon-’ roe County, who are required to! make returns for personal taxes, have yet filed with the county’ tax, assessor, it was said at that office this morning. It was further stated that the law empowers ‘the assessor to file returns for those persons who do not do so themselves by April 1, and a provision of the law sustains the right of the a: sessor to make his own estimate in cases of that nature. Further, delinquents will be obliged to Pay a penalty of 10 percent in ess of ane amount fixed by Up to eday 1,657 applications have been filed for homestead exemptions, with about 350 more owners of property eligible for exemption to be heard from. If filings are not made by April 1, then full taxes, as provided by law, must be paid. | THREE CASES IN | CRIMINAL COURT | E. Pinder pleaded guilty jthis morning in criminal court jto a charge of gambling, and was sentenced by Judge Caro to [pay a fine of $50 and costs. Alex Smith, a negro sailor, | who had been charged with ag- | Bravated assault but was found | guilty, y esterday afternoon, of assault only, will be sentenced this afternoon. The complainant lis Galvin Charles Richardson; jnegro, who testified that Smith j slashed him with a knife. The case of ault with in- agains' “Squire” Allen, negro, | was scheduled for trial this afte noon. He is charged with having hot at three policemen, Frank Jolly, Frank Caraballo and charging firearms the city | limits. in | AUR OR ROASTERS and FRYERS BRADY'S (Live) Poultry Market ga) Tex Ma Phone 54!! oveertreeetiesrrr greed MOTOR TEU UP | SAVES GAS Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming St. Phone 5 Copesite Army Barracks CONSTANCE MOORE in “ATLANTIC CITY” News and Serial PALACE THEATER, R A DIO REPAIRS—48-Hour Service BONNER srnvie 900 FLEMING, — Corner Margaret to- | RED CROSS SERVICES REEATED | AT MEETING HELD-YESTERDAY NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MAIRCH 14, 1945 mecccacenacsesesvesccdesecnececcsccancesccesesess { BUSY RELIEF NURSE Official Navy Photo HOMES of Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel al- ways hold a welcome for Mrs. Glenn Riggs, Navy Relief kel Nurse especially when there | has been a new artival in the jus family. She is shown here about to begin her daily visita- tion to dependents who are confined to their home. Mrs. | Riggs’ duties include giving | advice on child care and diet, |) assisting in the solution of family problems and scores of other service coming within the scone of a registered nurse. “servi chairman - said, Red Cross services during the special month were related at the regu-|"“eight volunteers gave. a com- bined service of 560 during the month of February and 19 other workers received wool to wor! into knitted garments for se ice men.” ! Mrs. Nora Smiley, that sixteen Gray Ladies spent approximately 250 hours in as- sisting at the Naval Hospital last month. Also that at the request lar monthly meeting of the board of the Key West Chapter, Red Cro: held y the S. O. Patio. George chairman overall picture of directors American terday U. in noon reported O. Lucas, chapter presiding received an of progress made in the present War Fund Drive zi Yesterday’s collections of $112.25 of the Navy, ay Ladies will boosted the huge indicator on the] be on duty three extra evenings La Concha balcony past the one|¢#ch week at the hospital ; third mark towards the $24,909! Ten of Key West's men in quota set for Monroe County. S€tvice are now prisoners otf The present total collection thus W@"» Mrs. Natalie Gale, chairman far is $8,565.57 as reported by /0f that division, reported. P. J. Ross, war fund chairman Mrs. Florence Dulion reports Other reports of the mecting thet 16 nurse’s aides candidates included all branches of Red @7¢ now in classes at the Munici- Groce cervicgs. pal Hospital. 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SIAN CAPITAL ’ | (Ry Axsucinted Prensa) | MOSCOW, Max. 14.—To- day’s Russian communique was confined to the fighting in the area of Koenigsberg, ,capital of East Prussia, ‘which, it was declared, is on the point of falling. Radio Berlin, in a broad-; cast recorded here, said that; the Russians had reached! the w bank of the Oder in the Kuestrin area, andj that the fighting there was furious. 1 The speaker said further} that the German high com- mand is acutely aware of the} threat to Berlin and has con- verted that city into a tor- tress. | The Reds have made slight i OOO ie ws OM. |). (JAPS ARE BESET Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, wi heavens range of only4# Fj Front Advices State That Ene Attacking Only In Small Groups ae S. Third Army Has Reached Western Bank LL FR - - | Of Moselle; Prisoners (By Associated Presa: LONDON, March 14,—Ad- Number 152,000 vices from the Asiatic area today say the Japs are beset on all sides, The French kave been ‘ordered to resist the Japs in Indo-China, and it was added (ity Associated Presse PARIS, March 14.—As U. S. forces continue to widen that, though they could cope | and deepen their brid ad easily with the French, they on the east benk the are so hard pressed in other Rhine, édvitse from the quarters they are not likely to divert troops to Indio- China. The British are closing in on Mandalay, and the Japs appear to be on the point of withdrawing from all of Burma. United States planes yes- terday, in support of -the French in Indo-China, blast- ed Jap defenses and lines of front today said that the en- emy resistance was slacken: ing. Several times the Ger mans counte' ked, but in no case with more than 250 troops. The attacks were described as little more than delaying actions. Meanwhile t advances toward Slettin and Gonuniitations an ini thate| ore advancing method have scored some gains in| French colony. along the entire front, ew the southeast area, it was of the Rhine, and the de announced. IOI LS SD encountered is caused chic In February of this year the group of Key West citizens who had formerly operated the Thrift Shop, gave. $188.37 to the State Welfare Board to be used. in its child welfare program. Miss \Eleanor Hursh, child welfare worker, reports th&t this sum of money has been v useful in helping to develop a child wel- fare program in Monroe County. The salary and all expenses the child welfare worker in Key ot West are paid from federal funds alloated to the state of Florida for this purpose. All other funds nowever, used to provide for the needs of children must be locally either from tax funds or private contributions County Commissioners have, appropriated raised $100.00 monthly and the City Counail $75.00 monthly to be spent on children in Monroe County. Miss Hursh pointed out that although this $175.00 a month can be spent ‘at the dis- cretion of the State Welfare Board, because itis tax funds, the Board has been very careful to use the money to provide for jchildren only those things which ‘could be clearly shown would meet with the approval of an overwhelming majority of the taxpayers in Key West For this reason the Board is especially grateful for the sum received from the Thrift Shop group. Since it represented the profits from an enterprise which a small goup of energetic woman had fostered last year. It was felt by the Board that a portion of the funds could ba used to rovide a much needed small of technical books. About $35. has been allocated for the chase of periodicals and books with the problems of and current trends in child care. When these bvoks rive they will be available not only to the of the State Welfare Board but to any intcr- ested person in the community working with children, pl dealing workers Tonight and Every Night ELKS CHARITY FUND BINGO EVERYBODY IS WELCOME at the BINGO PALACE Next to The Tropics. 700 DUVAI at the Corner of Angela Opening Game 7:45 P. M. NO ADMISSION OF ANY KIND ‘REVIEW ACTIVITIES CARRIED ON | IN KEY WEST BY WELFARE WORKERS ly by the rugged conditi of the terrain. Radio Brussels rep this morning that th panic among German ians in the southern end the front. They are frantically to exe Miss Hursh reports that in ad-| into Germany nad dition to the library funds, to| spokesman said that the G date out of the $188.37, $45.00! tapo is halting them was spent to provide temporary Number civ tryi foster home care for three child-| *ince the beginning of the ¢ ren. Remaining $108.37 will prob-| ent offensive totely 152/000, ably be spent in similar situa-|'t 15 @stinated Ghat Hye tions killed and wounded tyr a The Thrift Shop group also sean te oad om gave some of its profits to the : et > educed G American Red Cross. Especially active among the group are M Leasure, M George Archer , and Mrs. Yates, with many women taking part. Mrs. Roberta Grant, ed the group, gives much credi to The Key West Citizen publicity given, which we helpful in carrying on the ject who sti Welis ipeninen Are Reunited In Italy William Wells of No. 6 Hur lane is in receipt of a letter { his son, Cpl. Eugene Wells, t ing him of his reunion with youngest brother, Pfe. Evere Wells, somewhere in Ita Cpl. Wells has been for a period of 30 month 5th He serving with the airer division ognized his brothe three year ince him, he Everett Field stated OFFICERS GET PROOF ricus, G w t checking nts that ists were t , Highway atrolmen J. 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