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grins ien — Che Kry THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 65 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West IN THE U.S.A. ea ey KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1945 CAPTURE VOLUME XLVI. No. 73 Campaign Expenditures Are ‘REPORT MADE ON | C. G ACTIVITIES PLANES DESTROY LARGE HYDRO | ~ ELECTRIC. PLANT IN: FORMOSA GERMANY TODAY ‘PLANES HITTING. [Berlin And Stockholm Say So, But No Confirmation From i j b4 ! emcees . a] - i > _ R rted B Committee On Iygehttee sahil MANILA, March 26.) The J ig ee ‘Allied Source i arc — e Japanese apparently a - od i IN PASSENGERS ON Blanes based in the Philip- are still in a state of bewil- MADE DNOTHERIATIACE j ° 5 \ VESSELS pines today destroyed a gi-|derment over the recent air ON NAZI CAPITAL VIII DIP AAA, \atest Supreme Head NJ | ae og - 1 !blastings of their cities, ac-} | Gild orld 06S, —_ ydro-electric Plant cording to reports made by| Shee shag nme quarters Announcement 1) Commercial ves operating #9 Formosa. pilots in observation planes. | (By Associated Press) MES BEFORE | lin#Sevanth (Florida) nena aie Planes from the same, Thousands of Japs were) LONDON, March 26.—{ SENATE GROUP Place Patton Men Six * reais trict waters during 1944 carried dee hareesiy Japan-' seen, apparently walking, Thousands of Allied planes Miles F cit . 4 100,000 passengers without loss €S¢ shipping in the China Sea: aimlessly, and others were iki H q rom y er Clanade ' Pepeee SCHOOL GROUP: i of life through any fault of the and have also struck at sev- sighted trying to clear Ot Spi ra oe 9 WASHINGTON, March 26, ——. Tops List With Expen- PLANS PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES diture Of Over Fifteen i | |vessel, Comdr. Ralph T. Eiland, SCG; district Coast Guard i Méfdhant Maiine Inspection offi- cer, revealed Friday. The state- {ment was contained in a report eral of the Ryukyu Retto I lands, principally Okinawa. ruins. left by ‘burned build- ings. ANNOUNCEMENT: MADE’ HEREWITH of Germany. today,, making the 42nd consecittive' day of | blasting ‘Germany’ fromthe ‘air by Allied ‘planes. | -Last night :Mosquitoes shy Anscctates Preset PARIS, March 26.-ter- lin and Stockholm radios de- clared today thet Frankfurt —One question that bobbéd | up this morning in the senate committee investigating the food situation regarded the Thousand OUTLINE of cient marine activities dur- jens ae ee eee es mipply!0l beet {Great Brit- Main bad been captured | oe SESS jing 1944. on: Berlin, bringing e tota y Contingents of the Ame- pm sions TAKES PLACE AT RE- | _In addition, the Marine Inspec- OF ARMY-NAVY WAR CASUALTIES of successive nightly raids ain by the United States. ican Third Army, tat head of The Key Went Citizen) CENT MEETING jtion division supervised constru' to 34. It was asked why does not ° WASHINGTON, Mar. 26.) |tion of 34 new merchant. vess | Rain feil this morning, but| Great Britain obtain more | Warters did mot confirm thet A total of $15,638.12 was SS eee samuel Se nae of 101) The Na vy Debartment eal Tyner, Dalton M., S/Sgt., son it was not hard oa of its meats from Canada and | Statement. epent on the election of Sen-| At a recent meeting of the on ce and eon gucled pit spec- ses ioe the alied Slates, 26 i Mrs. Juliet L. Tyner, Route 3, hamper the airmen, Reports] less from the United States, . | Latest report here place tor Claude Pepper, the Sen- Monroe County Teachers’ Asso-'Kiland said. During the seat 95, 1945, of the U. S. Naval Forces |22X 154, Lakeland. from the front on the ground! No particular considera. | the vanguard of the Third = Campaign Seetinnes ciation, the - following program jeriod 223 vessel licenses were (Navy, Marine Corps and Coast! White, George T., Pvt. hus- saldihauthe renal ced not tion will be given Germany, | six miles from Frankfurt [oa today. was adopted, according to an- issued or rendved, while 9,163 Guard) not heretofore released on band of Mrs. Claire M. White, advance inte Germacy, | im the matter of foodstults, | Yesterday afternoon, Mud oxpe res on election * Mee, MGR x seaman disenarge books and Navy Department, total casualty} roi advance rmany. i " 1 stated t Po: Sayyid ae an amet paeenens made by Albert H, Seumen cise Miceunentice ee lists, consisting of 17 dead, 100, °2 NW: 20 St. Miami, | No-German resistance was} when the war is over, but it | Fronkturs stated het a dates in the primary and C2"¢¥ Fresident of the organiza-' signed, wounded, and 31 missing. These! Bumy Wounded ‘encountered in the air, and} Was added that the United | proachin “that ety, Short freneral campaigns of 1944 mon: : 1 Biggest single job of the year, casualties bring the totar report-| Pacific Regions ! anti-aircraft firing was com- States will not let the people | akon oe the gacte ame an follows: Enlarge the unit alfotment of the district inspector said, was ed Lo nea on ond ce eared for; Boone, James W., Pvt. son of paratively light. German re-| of that country starve. off the ale and, ause @ Alston xckerell, Demo- state aid. Base the allotment on the issuance . of 16,683 seaman nae a Maanias. loge hee Mamie F. Boone, Stone sistance against air attacks ne heendenst bas eaten of erat, $4,526.56; Millard B. average daily membership (act- CF eae ORES, Majority “This list includes only those (Greve, Venice. vee even more feeble than aller reer thetlnastotna | Frankfurt Conklin, Democrat, $9,111.- ive roll) rather than average Bieter alyen men com- from Florida. ; Brown, Arla G, Pfc, son of it was in ground fighting. 100m a 39 » KF > ). 3 8 courses 3 le ers- re 86 i 9 ‘ ministrative unit for each 500; The Coast Guard Merchant Navy Dead apes ae, ASC ere given for 0 Pr te ta 36,- Fi x . Z Brown, Coy L., ween? ra Pet 1 it 3a onese, cb sca K. Gib. | Pupils or major fraction in each Marine Inspection diivision is’ Walker, John Patrick, Ensign,|a Brown Bate AN. cae ae Over Radio Sunday | } ACROSS HUNGARY conclusion, as. follows 82, enry K. Gib- county. responsible for enforcement of USNR. Wife, Mrs. Addie Leona'tion, ? 1. The Berlin amd son, Republican, $1,2 Raise state aid from present That benefits may be computed on annual s Cor Campaign Expenditure mit- laws and regulations covering MAKES REPORT ON Walker, 828 NE. 5th Ave., Fort Everett, Cary A., S/Sgt., son of M. T. Oxford, Wauchula. {gren Drug Co., Pensacola. Harry Rahner, who was born drive was the final one in crush- ing Germany. os Sadek eae $800 to $1,000 per unit. Teachers construction, physical condition Lauderdale. ‘Albert M. Everett, 516 S. 6th St.,'i Key West, and whose father ‘OBJECT IS TO SEIZE AU: | tin contiinamempes-othes were promised this Legislature 89d operation of ships thatiearry ...., Nery. Wounded ghipley, conducted a’ book store at Front TRS } ads ceric dor Cackerall, % would appropriate $2,000,000 for Passengers or freight for hire, or Martin, Bertram Eugene, Avia-! Garrett, Wayman D., 75, hus-|28 Duval streets, acrosS“ from] STRIA AND SOUTHERN Mitte $0311.32; Bdmurnds. teachers’ salaries, and make it G0 commercial business. The tion radioman 2c, USN. Mother,'band of Mrs. Elsie B. Garrett,|the bank, spoke over the radio PARTS OF GERMANY this mor 646; Draper, $5,760, and C retroactive to last September division also certifies a seaman’s Mrs. Emma _ June Rightmire, Theressa. {from Germany during the Army; heady ' nothing Monroe County teachers are anJ @Vailability for merchant marine Holly Hill | Gonzalez, Rene, 15, son of| Hour yesterday afternoon | ea = haw Regular Democratic commit- xious that this promise be kept. |duty, and issues licenses for Robert, Earle, Steward mate! Mrs, Rosa Gonzalez, 1842 Riveria; He is a captain in an American Samant ; r \ tees spent $33,336.61, as compared » Have all teachers’ salary fund’ Maritime service officers. Zc, USNR. Mothe Mrs. Ollie! Court, Tampa. | airborne army, and he said that MCSCGW, March 26.— te $12,706.51 spent by regular Re- money stay in that fund and not; District headguarters is at Belle Robert 3 Jordan Park,! Gore, Wallace B., Pvt., son of! his landing in Germany Saturday ee 7 publican committees of Florida. be placed in state’s general fund Miami with another Marine In-' St. Petersburg. ‘tors. Bonnie L. Summerall, 4249; Was the nineteenth jump he had Russian forces were savage- Other Democratic committe has been done in past years, |Spection office at Tampa. Sub-| Army Wounded Colonial Ave., Jacksonville. made in action. ly striking across Hungary | ee, pues eran oe retirement law to pro- giles ae at Key West and Port’ Beisle, Walter, Pvt. husband) Guggino, Joc I, Pfc, son of _ Capteiny Babies a | teday toward Austria, and it Total contributions and expen- = minimum) benefit of gop eel Cocke ane cee Of Mis. Lecy Belisle, 707 Robin-, Mrs. Santa Gilliberti,” 1917/1 Green | eee eee a in lang. | Was said| the object was to @itures, as filed with the clerk of PCT Month for any teacher who/|tors and 11 clerks are employed son Drive, Haines City. ISt., Tampa. eee Cee te ize Austri d th the House. the secretary of the "tired with 30 years of serv-|in the four offic | Basters, Arthur J., Sgt, (broth: Infinger, James A‘, Pfc, son of} 08) in) Germany, \and, he expres, | Seizen Austria anes soulmerm State of Florida, and the Senate ‘¢°: SageeE ‘er of Mrs. Lillie Braggs, c/o Mrs. Mrs. Sally D. Infinger, c/o Wal-|*¢4 the opinion that the present! parts of Germany in order to cut them off as retreats for tee, total $59,465.61 and $48,634.40, up to $2,500) 7 , 2G Ellis, Marion, Pfc., husband of} Jones, Aubrey E., Pfe. son of " Geumaatively instead of ceiling of | RED CROSS , WORK’). cic C. Ellis, c/o J. G.| (Continued on Page Four) | When the Rahners left ey | Gomme nawarionds gnennt= / This is not the total of funds $1,500. i ae Carlyle, Route 2, Box 473A,|——=~—————— | West. they went to Florence,| war in Europe comes to an | spent on national pr and) That teachers who at the age; During 1944 the American Red Pant City H Alabama, and Captain Rahner| end, | general elections campaigns in to 57 through no fault Cay, in Monroe County assisted Gani, Burl H., Pfc, husband Giyg # the Red Cross War Fund)°710 ‘hat that city was his home! “7, pict. of Hunirat | MR cue: eupenditres by com Meares, | 10,784 service men and women’ jy 41. eee se ae town. He was asked about his/| | ployed, be’. Ripa ont 5 of Mrs. Juanita S. Gant, 1605 W. west of the D. b | organizations, as Po Action allowed to continue contributions | 2". their families, according to 154), si.” Bradenton estimate of the plane from which | "CS ae the pa | Committee units ar nion: : ons ' statistical reports compiled at the Sees 2 : ij he had jumped, and replied that] ported to be in Russia mmittee units and unions, until they are eligible to retire.! io. w, Poe Gilman, Jack Sgt. son of Mr., ee eee eee ed E ae - T were not listed 5 Key West Chapter headquarters . | he held it in the highest esteem,\session. The fiercest fi Pertaining to Monroe Count All Monroe County racé track money be earmarked for teach- ers’ salaries, and not divided be- tween schools and county com- EVICTION CAS SETTLED TODAY office, under the direction of Mrs. | Madeline Browne, |retary of the chapter { In the me period a total of | $49,107.79 was given by the Red xecutive sec- Isreal S. Gilman, Ave., Miami. | Land, Arthur.H., Pfe., Husband | of Mré: Paula M. Land, Box 274,! Live Oak. { 1210 SW. 25tir; explaining that the steel in it ha heen produced by the mills in ing, the report miles northwest of Buda the vicinity of Florence. | FIRE SATURDAY | Headquarters report | that, in the last 28 da the A : P hict mission as it is now. «| Cross in thé*form of loans or, MeCormick, George. W., "Pic. Russians have destroyed 4 a ales achat raphe m fie eS ae |gtants"in all parts ‘of the county. son ef Bruce#’E. MeCormick,' AT BOX FACTORY, proximately: 1.000 enen ae M i He Bula ‘Eber pa es MISS ALICE ASSON sau annual overall report in-. Route 8, Box %39, Jaksofyille. ae pee ’ ‘tanks 4h éaptured 83.00 and Mi ie — , Vv cludes the work oi tne Key West; Money, Hollis, Pvt., husband of A fire was discovered Saturday prisoners in the tigl the defendant, was tried this ISITING KEY WEST | Cy onter as well as that of the Mrs. Ruby Ly Money, Box 332 lafternoon about 4 o'clock in the eae morning before County Judge ea field directors at the various nav- Boy itay. i cd de lrear of the Key West Box Fac-| : Raymond L and he ordered | Miss, Alice Asson arrived in) al and army installations and the; Gwen | sot eee cee |tory, corner of Caroline and Wil- Sao her to vacate the premises by Key West cn Sunday from herjy, s, Naval Hospital. Ne Boake ana % ¥ AA Hiam streets, where the blaze was} << April 20 nome in Philadelphia for 4 visit} “The chapter's part in this pro-| Lonnie B. Owen, Box 142, De- started in a large pile of sawdust MASONIC NOTICE wiee.ae The plaintiff said that Mrs, Xi ber. grandparents, My and| gram,” Browne said, “en-/{¥niak Springs z fire caused considerable jamal © GUIZAR 5 Ebersbaker had given him a gio un Russel G1 apwoite | ailediya substantial) number of 9 a'==0) Ratohyy D9 To,gsony of |smoke, but the blaze was quickly} — ¢a1) Communication Anchor “BRAZIHI Me ae cas cei kobrasry ot |families assisted both financially, Mrs. Elizabeth Parrish, Lamont extinguished, with no damage 10) 10488 Novig, Ff A. M. this itn cael Maia 145, and that it had been re- and in solving the many probler Perez, Sinforiano B., Jr., Pvt., jthe adjacent property Rae al turned to tb by the local bank CALL FOR BIDS | that arise where men are at war. son vf Mrs. Ruth B. Perez, Route ) ne alarm was sounded from be 4 Lied ante? Senne De ee eminent fuirads “The commuity can continue to 1, Box 4B, Hialeah. COLORS box 131, corner of William and) | Be ane aceeseuinlaation’ x The premises in ouestion is The City of Key West, Florida, ?ioy this humanitarian aid if Pierson, Lavader F., Pfe., hus- oline streets | See eecpee aa’ aula We Are Specialists On dpartment 2 at 907 White will receive sealed bids up to and each see ey, ane will give gen- band of Mrs. Lorn Pierson, 1017 Will decorate more than 50 Easter \ rea tear visitors BODY and FENDER woe treet including 4:00 P. M. April 3, 1945,| CTouSIy ta-the Red Cross during 19th Ave., Tampa Eggs. 6 Color Tablets : é | i Also Car Painting ee for the sale of one Buick Sedan.) the present Red Cross War Fund, Smith, Robert S., Ist Lt., hus- ae con thee 8 10¢ Tonight and Every Night | By order S. W. Demeritt, W. M. CITIES SERVICE STAT} em, Ye Make 1939, to be awarded | S7PA8"- band of Mrs. Lota L. Smith! transfer Designs. Pkg. fo es GER ERE) GERALD H. ADAMS, — White at Catherine Phone « MOTOR TUNE UP to the best bidder. The City re- 1127. W. Lake Cannon Drive,! | Secretary. Next to Smith's G serves the right to accept or re- RADIO Winter Haven. WHITE RABBIT Pvt., husband BINGO SAVES GAS ject any and all bids, The car | Steele, Perry G., Pvt. ! | EVERYBODY IS WELCOME | ‘ Lou Smith Auto Service 2" Pe scemin the yard at the Seas ee ae en bias gale | at the BINGO PALACE ; Ps Sopa "Phone § “C2! of the City Hall. REPAIRS—48-Hour Service Nw cin ot Meta Renal EASTER EGG COLORS | nex: to The Tropics. 700 DUVAI MASONIC NOTICE ‘ Opposite Army Barracks 99 o4 05 1945) ROY HAMLIN. | BONNER cunvice ‘jana of Mrs. Margaret J. Tanner,’ Beautiful Solid Colored and fe eens Angela ‘ ies ci alien AY MISS | 900 FLEMING, — Corner Margaret! 1143 Winthrop St, Jacksonville. Rainbow Eggs $ Colors, Pkg. Opening Game 7:45 P. M. The Southern Cross Chapter, Kanght “ ‘ MAKE APPLICATION FOR Corner Grinnell and Caroline Streets | | PP DL LD LIL SIL SB TAKE BUS NUMBER 3 6 hdkadud) i STUFFED EASTER PRESCRIPTIONS fars.tcsc2 BUNNY RABBI Pure, Fresh! Ingredients | PHONE 199 and Egg Market Duval and Fleming Streeis |i2i4 White st. Phone S41)| ARRRBOUUUUR BIO EE NO ADMISSION OF ANY KIND “BEST FOR A NIGHT'S REST* One Block West of Bus Depot Croix, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of masonry, will meet at the Scottish Rite Mall Eatcn and Simonton Streets, at 8:00 P.M, Thored J ee ee | ie Ge | Nice Selection of | IONEER HOTEL soya 3:00, An een ie rae Pe macists t Ice Sele ol | and a : “i. Easter . day pre oft P ERMANENT POSITIONS | COFFEE SHOP | GARDNER'S PHARMACY EASTER CARDS ‘Pl 0! ae polly ch Relighting of the Lights Ceremonial Breebi : Good Salary, Fine Working Cénditions, | EXCELLENT MENUS vv ewwwerv er eeere- 25e - 50c - $1.00 \ In the Heart of Miami most cordial invitation is ext all ee — vance eet DELICIOUS VARIETIES ee < meets | epic cm Rite Mus Vic) bac, ee a nlimite pportunities for val men | Basra: Wine | ROASTERS oe FRYERS | SO HERNMOST CITY an egree palesneesimegen TROPICAL QUICK F REEZE COMPANY junky st? (BRADY'S (Live) Poultry| oe | Grane Wits. Besse ALBERT B. COOPER, 5 Secretary