The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 30, 1945, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 66 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME XLVI. No. 77 DF Three Nations Taken Kry ' Russian Tank Columns (ross "=< 0x20 Range Of His Into Austria Seviet Contingents Are|Three New Members Also Advancing To| Aphomred: Faehesion The following applicat fo ward: Italian And Aus-| membership eet aoeved atl trian Borders regular meeting of Arthur; To Task In Friendly Moves Toward Allies | (By Associated Press) MOSCOW, March 30.—The Soviet newspaper Inviesta today took Spain, Portugal and Argentina to task for trying, it asserted, at the eleventh hour to declare their’ friendliness toward’ the Allied and thefr abhorencé® of thé Axis ‘poWers. 1 It asserted that! Argentini's’ f — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, -MARCH 30, 1945 * 'L. W. HIATT, COMMISSIONER \JAPS PREDICT OF STATE WELFARE BOARD GIVES | EARLY INVASION ADDRESS AT ROTARY LUNCHEON OF HOMELAND Leonard W. Hiatt, of Jackson- ville, commissioner of the Siate Welfare Board, addressed the |Key West Rotary Club at its luncheon yesterday and the Key West, Lions last night about the work the beard is déing in Flor. i generally and in Key West particularly. MY. Hiatt” said’ tl ticns are made at regular inter- vals and that, whenever it is: learned that anybody has a suffi-. ! cient income from some other] AROUND WATERS SOUTH) source to take eare of himself, or is in a household where he can| OF JAPAN be* taken care of without any} | hardship whatever, his name is; | stricken from the list of bene-' (Hy Associated Pre LIED WARSHIPS ARE NOW; . more than est Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. : REPORT TWO THOUSAND AL-| ‘British Second | Lies 142 Mil NUMBER OF SHIPS BLOWN UP. TODAY IN (By Axsocinted Press) SANTIAGO, Chile, March 30.—A number of ships wece SANTIAGO, CHILE | H IN TWO * Army Reported To Be Near Hanover, Which es From Berlin OROIOIS SAMA Brith Tanks, Packed With American Ninth Army Troops, Are Rec ing Inte The Reich (BP Asncciated Press) Legion, om Wednesday at the Le- gion home: Ralph L. Morey, 1200 yer Post No. 28,. American} declaration of war agiinst'” Bciaries. fs ‘ f GUAM, March 30.—New $14,000 mdnthiy distributed} Mrs. Fort said she will-appret) (He Aneustnted Prone MOSCOW, March 30, —! Whitchead street, Merle H. John-} Russian tank columns, this|*°": 513 Division strect, and Ver-| morning, 2 ever a low! ™™ A. Mickelberry, Duval street.| ef hille into Austria, | Tes will be given the obligation camge . Ge. {of the American Legion at ‘the Dy mip mang nak next regular meeting on April 11, tanks causing the Letfers received by the post} others to flee, and are now! from men in the service from| this community were read. Some! of those read were from the fol- lowing: Major Henry H. Taylor, Jr., U.S. Army; O. H. Perez, GM- 3c, U. S. Navy; W. C. Maloney, TMV2c, U. S Navy; Edward R. Johnson, CMoMM, U. S. Navy; Julius R. Villareal, MoMM3c, U. S. Navy; Capt. W. J. Phelan, U. S. Army. Legionnaire M. J. Horre was enly 25 miles from Vienna, teday’s communique stated. The Réds are also advanc- ing toward the Italian andj Austrian orders, and it is believed that the movement of the Russians in that direc- tien will force) the Germans! in north Italy to withdraw the Axis powers*was nothing More than‘a “gesture” of that country to try to prepare the way for entrance into the councils of the Allies in post- war days. Inviesta characterized as “cheap” Franco's efforts to ’sy to show to the world that he has been on the side of the Allies and against the Nazis and Fascists, when his Famong 450 Key’ Westers in’ the! Cate be ng informed of any Key! and sensational action of the! lform of pensitéins fdr old ptople Westers, who come within the four great naval task forces) ‘and the blind and in helping de-| Scope .of the “board’s work and’ in the pacific is believed to |. The board performs other work) jas jearned from experience in! at any moment. | ‘in promoting the public welfare i : are! her work that there are some pco-} ; | a 2 medical surveys a Japan also entertains tha‘ in taking medical surveys and nic who are so shy in asking ford % striving to straighten out many) jccistance they prefer to live a| View, because a spokesman} {family problems. It also assists) jie of want rather than to askjon Radio Tokyo said today| selective service boards in alli ¢,. 4 ee i H y counties in the state. ‘that the Japanese high com-; Mrs. mee 2 Fort has been a capable 1, Mr. Hiatt, who was a caller at} and an earncst worker for the | mand is expecting at any; j The Citizen office this morning,| poard., She explained that, be-i moment an attempt to be! mysteriously blown up in the harbor here today, The explosions are thought to have been the result of the work of saboteurs. Information was ceceived here that a German agent had been thwarted in his at- tempt to blow up the Panama Canal. The plot was discaver- ed while still in a formative stage. PARIS, March 30. ~~ Ab lied forces are today cuttror Germany in two, and, in ree ing deeply into the heart o! j that country, are meeting | with determined reshetance only in the vicinity of Eesen | British tanks are reported to be nearing Hanover, wh» is situated only 142 miles sympathies are still with the defeated Fascists and almost defeated Nazis. Franco, the newspaper added, is merely attempting to “buy amnesty”, and concluded that Franco is now parading “under the flag of false democracy.” i t | accompanied by Mrs. James Forts) sides making it a point to learn _local representative of the board,} the names of needy persons of the board acutely realizes they; mak rere using taxpayers’ money i®| once a performing the board’s various! Jearn if money is going to any activities and, therefore, strives! person who does not need it. to see that every dollar spent) “One of the reasons for that |a worthwhile cause. ig a made to invade the home-| {said that administrative officers! that they may be aided, she also, land. s an investigation, at least: year, of every case to: {| goes to the needy or is spent in) investigation,” she said, “is that} that two of the task forces practice will be held from West TS ILIOL LOAD from Berlin, while other British columns are march ing toward Hamburg, Brow en and Witheimshaven. fast are the A troops advancing in « tors, except at Basen, he {ARTILLERY FIRING He) lson said Chats the): PRACTION PuAnaene Americans and British have} 2,000 warships in the waters! The south of Japan, and added that today So firing announced Artillery Army Seacoast from their present positions. |named chairman of the War Me- Radio Berlin announced early , morial Committee. Vice Chair- today that the Russians had cap-;™an Katherine Guns, who is leav- tured all of the former free city| ing the city shortly, gave an in- of Danaig, where the Germans) teresting report of the commit- FLORENCIO CANO DIED YESTERDAY '™"ey to a few undeserving per-j ily, whose intome in sufficient to son may be in want this) are sufficient] near. to Martello, Key West, on March 3! quarters has had te add He explained that he was year but will be able to take care, a Lee from 8 a. m, to 1 p. ma, All ves 4 as a si ar -bas - My ion after section » it aware that the board, because of of himsel: a year iaier, or bel peuat vor Usemg antes based | a and aircraft were warned WO mane ty Reve = A th | the magnitude of its work, gives, cared for by members of his fam-| PIRES: - Tite > He concluded: “It is not } remain clear of the danger arca. | ‘The danger zone will be the w sitions of the Allied Are fired the first shot of the war, but, i was not until late this after- feon that Premier Stalin, in an’ order of the day, declared that Danzig bed fallen into Russian hands: He also said that, in the fight- ng in Mungary the last two days, the Reds had captured 18,000 Prisoners Fighting ts continuing savagely i the Stettin and Kuestrin areas, the communique said, adding that the bridge over the Oder in the latter place had been broadened and deepened TWO MEN HELD IN SHOOTING AFFAIR Charles F better known ev Ta-Ta-Ta, and Colelio Garcia are held in city jail without bond connection era. for investigation in with the wting of Willie Davis, Regre » clock yesterday afternoon at Thomas and Pctronia street Policeman Bernard Waite charges that Ferera did the shoot- Gar bullet grazed Davis neck He was taken to Key West Gen- @ Hospital, but was released uperfictal this morning, as the woynd is STUFFED RABBITS for the Kiddies White Rabbit EASTER EGG COLORS | sons, but added that investiga-| give him financial assistan our choice when the battle'ter area off shore West Marte Only the approximats cae Ae SCOR ERNIE RO mb and was aided and abetted by * MIDGET BAR The i tee’s activities. : ~ —— Florencié “Cand, 62, CALLED TO HOME away yesterday afternoon at ae o'clock at his residence, rear 21 al pbs! ORLEANS | 5 val street. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock from ‘the chapel of the; Lopez Funeral Home, Rev. Fath- er Johnson of St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic: Church, officiat-} Mrs. Berdie Fernandez, sister- in-law of Mrs. Pearl Barfield of the Bingo Palace, has been called! home te New Orleans on account of a death in the family. CONTRIBUTE NAME NEW YORK.—Chinese coolies who helped build bases for the B-29 Superfortresses, have their own name for the Jeep. Their written characters, translated lit-, erally, call a Jeep “Four wheels with 1,000 uses.” WANTED Clerk Typist WESTERN UNION lot in the Catholic Cemetery. | Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Sosefine Beserra, Cuba; Mrs. Ni brothers, Proseso Cano, Cano and Osvardo Cano, Key West. TWO PLACES HERE ARE CLOSED TODAY City hall and the county court- house, except the sheriff's office, are closed today, but the bank, the post office and other business places are open, PALACE THEATER WILD BILL ELLIOTT in The Friendly Little Tavern “GREAT STAGECOACH SIMONTON AND GREENE STS.| ROBBERY” Complete Line of Known Brands * PACKAGE GOODS News and Serial pa at Por oe ta ing. Burial-will be, in the family) was called out six different times| 84Shing : | cassio Garcia, Key West; three| this morning, which it is shown structure, which is of one-story, Ernesto} all of| for the homeland will be | joined; it will be forced on us by the Americans and’ the British whenever .it suits a KEY WEST FIREMEN BATTLE WITH SIX FIRES IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS! =, c02%°8e%ee"s,, speaie' 228 ing about further attacks ‘on " ,, , | Japan, said that the naval! The Key West Fire Departme a y 2 water us in @ ey me y West Fire Department:ed by Sea ul ds in extin | task forces want to obtain as Aen WN ‘i blaze; aie =| many bases as possible near} ought to have started in the) that ¢. ry betore deliver- a = r per Sadi ee {that country betore deliver-| n a 24-hour period ending early | rear part of the building. The! ing all-out tale | ELKS’ DIRECTORS TO BE ELECTED, aged to any is an unusually good day's work! “2S Rot da : * |tent. The alarm in this case was| for the fire fighters in a city the! sounded from box 23, r of} mize ote) west | Duval and Southard streets. | Fire Chief Leroy ‘Torres states| partment wer cm eeine the de-| West Elks Club will be elected by that as a result of this, the mem-|fire in the rear of the Cathelic| Mer April 19 following the bers of the department have be-| Church at Virginia and Margaret| "egular mecting of Elks Lodge come accustomed to sleeping with] streets. There was no siarm| NO. 551 one eye open, and* the fire lads! sounded fal thinlinetance In announcing the coming ses- are receiving the commendation|” at 1:15 o'clock. th * morning Judge Raymond R. of the public for the excellent! there was another grass fire on| President of the board of direc- se performed. i Louisa street near Simonton, the] tors, says that the reason for hold- The main fire during the pe-jdepartment responding to anj #8 the mecting on this date is to ried mentioned was at 9:10 o'clock} alarm from box 34, United and} #iwessthe present beard stme, to} last night in the Peopl A board of drectors for the Key sion, Credit} Simonton’ streets. raise: funds«4o clear up ;so: in-; Store, of which Wm. D. Cootner| At 3 o'clock | yesterday *) af (OP EdREss sh the ngw directors , i fee ri is proprietor, situated at 611 Du-! grass fire was discovered at 1405 val street. This store handles! County road, with no alarm be-| ‘{Mevfibers will be advised soon | jewelry novelties and.also carries! ing sounded in this case tof) Alans, to increase the »club’s a line of different insignia and} ‘These fires’ were in addition to! income’ during the next few other decorations for service men,| the two which were published in| Wks.” Judge Lord stated. besides other noyelty goods he Citizen in ‘yesterday’s issuc, | “ | According to Fire Chief Torres,! making a total of six for the pe- FOR SALE CHEAP the stock was pragtcally destroy- riod mentioned | may tak@ over with a ¢ n slate Tet GREASE & SPRAY ¥o" Choice Wine, Whisky, Rum Ty itl eee Wake Car Car and Brandy Y Pints — Pints and Quarts “The Best of Drinks” White at Catherine Next to Smith’s Grocery i AYNNOUNCEMENT! 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