The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 2, 1945, Page 1

x | Amsociated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 65 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West OLUME XLVI. No. 79 Abid Armies Move Deeply Into Germany Meeting With ~.=2>~ | MARCOS MESA “OVER OVER. HERE’ SENDS RELICS° Minimum Of Enemy Fighting. * Two Thirds Of German|DEAN ADAMS TO Troops In Holland] GET COURT TRIAL: Have, Had Every Road Dean A. Adams, an employe, in a photographic studio on ane Of Escape Cut Off ard street, who was arrested on a warrant, sent here from Miami,! charging forgery, was released this | morning on posting °:500 bail for! her appearance in c: minal court in Miami. GQOD CATCH LOST | (By Associated Press) PARIS, April 2. — Field Marshal Bernard L. Mont- y's Second British, fvst Canadian and Ameri. ean Ninth armies have pene- ° | trated so deeply into Ger-| Buffalo—Returning from fish-' meeting with|i"é with a 40-pound catch of yel- « , today the|/ow pike, Ervie O. Hill left the blackout of news concerning|fish in two brand new garbage ~~ movements was partly}cans on his back porch. He awoke ifted. be 5 the next morning just in time to i See euatlab eeend has ad- see a garbage truck driving off east, two-thirds of the Ger- reales cans significantly over- man troops in Holland have had every road of.escape cut and Mrs. Marcos A. Mesa eant,, Marc fighting wil A. Mesa, Jr.; who is helmetia gold watch, a gold ring, | with; the ,stong. missing; a silver | medal, a 1914-4918; mon cross-and a folder containing,,.mgre.than, '1,000 stamps of various,,nation: including many of those issued | in the United States. | Sergeani Mesa said that the! ,German lieutenant Who had been j captured and he was permitted by American military authorities | to mail the articles to his parents. “We are headed for Berlin at a fast clip,” Sergeant Mesa said, ' “and the war will soon be over over here. I expect to be back in Key West by June.” Sergeant Mesa said that the Allied armies, except in a few! logations, were meeting with | only light resistence, and that the German armies were disintegrat- | ing fast, has received from their son, Serg-} The Key West THE SOUTHERNMOST KEY WEST, FLORIDA,,. MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1945 the, fingt division,of { the, First American, Amy, under | command: of General, Hodgesy:a . oii f larticles had been found on a‘ WRITES HOME NE ie Sk Aree IN T RAPID DELIVERY Official Navy Photograph THROUGH the use of fmodern ‘equipment and with an effective organization, the Receiving Division of Nay's Bureau of Supplies and Accounts has cut the unloading time on barges arriving here from Miami from the four-day average on initial shipments to the present anieties time of less than one sad RED CROSS BALL BOOSTS TOTAL OF RED CROSS WAR FUND DRIVE) The Red Cross Ball given un- 'der the au: es of the Key West ; Hotel Association, Saturday even- Commander and Mrs. R. B. Strat= ton, Commander and Mrs. W.*H: Gardner, Col...and Mrs. Rid bese: civilians oa) Okinaw 1 among whom: thousands o! ‘bleaflets:-were,: dropped by, Hy Three Miles From Great Messer | schmitt Airplane Assembly 9.) Plant Near That Cit» VOODOO IHM, \s Thunder OF Ranstan \JAPANESE CIVILIANS ARE| ; NOT- SO PRONE TO oom mir suiciwe as For-!| VINSON NAMED TO Guns Are Heard te MERLY SUCCEED BYRNES ‘ | CN W. M. BOARD (Hy Assevinted Prenee WASHINGTON, April 2.— The. White House announced » today that James F. Byrnes, fucmer supreme court jus- 1 (Ry Ansocinted. Presa) WP GUAM, »pApril.2..-~Jeapan- 3 American» flyers, | advising | siam forces were repetied te lehaauamabeireetie: arena an ee eee nee OL day to have reached guint | derattack, did not show the ler Mobilisation Board only 10 miles from Vienna, disposition today to commit and the Reconversion arn fee the suicide, as they did yester- mision, and thet Cari Vinson - a day, reports from that island, had been named to those mayer eaty said, as American so! Positions. a state of siege. The theeredte and Marines continue to The resignation was dated Of Russian gums evento broaden and deepen their bridgehead. | The civilians took the ad-, vice contained in the leat-, { lets, and only two Japs, both! March 24, and last night Mr. throughout the olty, and Byrnes submitted to the President a ‘report of the act- ivities of thé two boards, j}old men, were seen today to! covering the time the former The. repert «wid fer’ commit hara-kari. had held the offices. that the populace demand Two of the five airfields President Roosevelt @% pence om the | on the island have been |seized by the Americans, and | up, to late this afternoom the} opposition was reported to be still slight, despite the es-| Pressed his regreats over the! “esignation. Byrnes seid he © was confident that V-E Day was not far off, and was an- xious to retize to private life. further oppucttian «mows sult in canting the 1 hestaman ey be Russia's Comamen ny man) off. lt is expected to encir- INHABITANTS OF FRENCH: TOWN fing at the Casa Marina netted Turley, Commander and Mrs. J! mica 60,000 Jap troops! Nesoilh emstac ails te that a spearhead of the & ele all of the remaining en- $520. for the 1945 Red Cross Wat A. Lewis, Capt, and Mrs. Tucker ah mak th 1 rs x os force was only three in Holl, d ‘Fund, Hugh C. Hodge, president Gibbs, Lt. © d Fi ough the island is with-} west, @emy troops in Hol an 5 ‘om, and Mrs..G. Ss. from the @feet Me siti ial... RESIST ENTRANCE OF. AMERICANS: 2<==!"uncs ge. cors at WG.8 neat duanc wy, rsa nmin > a . ‘ att tee awe thus putting an end to the pane 5 Com. and Mrs. Willard A~Saund- — mparati anda or Py J —— A lant, which lies @ short web of V-beebe in that crea Ee This swells the Monroe County ers, Dr. John meyee, Mrs. Rob-t Only co paratively few Jap plans, pian en Hes © -— & in blasti: thern England. (BY Ansoviated Press) :contributions to the war fund erta Grant, Gen. and Mrs. Alex-{ Planes have attempted to at- tance beyond the seber Many V- — launching| PARIS, April 2—Women, old troops by ued Y fight the Rus-| Bee to $22, a 50, war fund offi- = Barmein, Mrs. Grear $mil- base ben ty riety Rane rea- CDLDID LDA! Vienna pla ~|and young, and_.even children sians on the eastern fron| j cals announce; Mr. and Mrs. B. Cyjter; Gen. son for that condition: is re- —————————— . — panera pogtboned al were reported to be résisiting vio-| _Headquaftérs imposed a com-' - Volunteer workers are. still nae Mrs. ‘Campbell King, Mr.} ported ‘due ‘to. the fact that MAKE AWARDS 9 veneé, 4 om sti a te d Army in the last twollently. the entrance of, American plete blackout ‘of news “from the combing the area for last minute and Mrs, Everett Winter, Mr. and| during the attack on the <is- CONTEST WINNERS + fee fe oe & Net J Ss sa ft as t ‘i en , Western. front, exgept in general) pledges it ng B ounounced pnd Mrs. Burt Garhett, Mr. and Mrs.| land 478 enemy planes were — ‘ apiured op ne weel Sev rmy troops into an un- terms. It.stated that all Allied war fund officials feel confident B. M. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Nor-| destroyed in southern Jap: SILVER SPRINGS, Ay On K The / er rng Se bird Ey ore ge ind Bes ig ORCCS were. advancing ‘swiftly>' that when all pledges are nee berg Thompson, Mr. and Mrs.j and in or Sue ee (FNS).—Stud : is reported to be only 155 vices from the ‘front said’and* that the American Fiist;ed the county will top its $ Horace Connable, Miss Minnie] ~ aa Pa nage miles from Berlin and with-]that women were sniping from Army was 11 miles deeper into|quota, also present statics still porter Harris, Miss. Ilene Will- ARCHER RITES ee ames in 198 miles of making a|houses and from ruins, and that |Germany. show them approximately $2,900 jams, Mrs. Mildred Jeffers, Capt.|/***¥ Ss leone oe junction with Russian troops, )Shildren, as young as 12 years,' British Second Army was said | short of the goal set for the and Mrs. Frank, Mr. and Mrs. THIS AFTERNOON opcaking. " Spearheads of General|W&e dropping hand grenades to be within artillery range of|county. i Wallace Bryant Kirke, Mr. and ng and sy Bradley's army have passed|°™ windeks in upper stories. |Leipzig, and the American Ninth) A delightful evening of enter- Mrs, Willard M. Albury, and Mr.| yneral serviews for Mra, here last weeker Kassel and are only 95 miles], x ab ea -— fou Ae Army had gained 12 miles. aint eee » 2 a and Mrs. A. Maitland Adams Maude V. Archer, 56, who died Wa from Leipzig, which lies di-|*®,,°°,22°t 18. was found dead, Anes OC es ema Dy ity =. —— Saturday, will be held this after- | ' Other American Third|pad been bazou B. swiche ane | Fagen se ad Het Seiten ame Te For Repairing Road | Baptist Church where the body : pe sarheads are sweep.|e2d,. been firing at American’ Fort Lewis, Wash—Pvt. Col-jsonnel were enjoyed by 1 8 will be placed at 2p m. Rev. Ted . rmy spent oer S$ are SWeeP-| tanks. fonel Underwood’s unusual name| present: More than 300 pe ao jones officiating ek hen cntu ces g J ing tow ard Nuremberg, onl Prisoners captured in this town ;has ‘its advantages. In calling for|enjoyed the evening and sp Bids will be opened 2 meet ep urial wall bel insthe family lot bach 45 miles away when lat aid that there was nothing to,hotel reservations, the Private|offers during the course of the! ing of county commissioners tore aciaceetry bape: amentary advices were reecived thi: op Allied armies from proceed- leaves off the word “priv: and|evening swelled the Red Cross, morrow night for the repairing of UM cca etemaria in ana ye ae ee Pedy eines F afternoon. ing at a fast pace toward. Berlin, |finds that when he says,“ This}War Fund receipts to the $500. | a 2000-foot strip of roadway 10} vingementsh = preven American First’ Army}and explained that Hitler’ had;is Colonel Underwood speaking,”| Sponsors of the affair were.| the vicinity of the Key, 'a-| Survivors -are;’ husband, Judge We Are Specialists On forces, under Get. Hodges, |ordered that the bulk ‘of ‘his it has results. Capt. and Mrs. C. E. Reordan, | val Hospitals ee connecting. He W. P. Archer; four isons, Glynn. BODY and FENDER work “* have made gains up to 14 _Sgeeeinae eet awe An a. | Capt. and ee * . Nees anaes fon fitig: the Archer, Phil Archer, . Army; Also Car Painting . ya % Mrs iS. ue, A miles since yesterday. POSTAL SAVINGS AT KEY WEST Capt cand Meee BNC" | bridge at No Name Key. or Gn cape We By ae SERVICE STATION ORRIN RNERENIREA RAT ici on. theelastnamed,, piglet ale apy fee Catherine Phone 429 POD: 3 y r daughters, is ‘ Next to ‘Smith's Grocery TODAY LAST DAY | WANTED i Mildred = a: Higher ne ey tah 8 OFFICE SHOW GREAT INCREASE) | “ASZED tctorsints ster i or a 221 R , wecrerns a " Specifications for re aining the}and 6 grande hildren HOMESTEAD EXE ae Health Department, Employment] rasdway call for’ the ing the Pallbearers are: C. C, Brown. TAY D 1O —— Postal savings in the Key Westy Collections in March of last}, begin April 1, 1945. Only Key] rolling, grading, oiling Thompson, Maitland ; bind ewe et any ios fling Post Office increased more than! Hee snounied i“ Uday on West citizens will be considered. ing of ‘a strip 25 fect wide 1 Thomas Kelly, James REPAIRS —48- Hour poor womestead exemption, and up to} i 2 million dolla ast_ mon e sales totale - middle of the road land, W. F. Colins mid-afternoon 23 taxpayers had} Fey a sad ay March 9, 52, an increase of 45 percent. | = hace Arches gaa’ a: momber.ot))_ aaa ne R . called at the assessor's office to 4965, Postmaster Hollen BR. Ber-| Postmaster Bervaldi made a ‘\ithe Pythian Sisters and Eastern 90 FLEMING, — Cor ‘ make applications since the office w valdi announced tojlay. | On the former date, the savings amounted to $1,445,322, and when the office closed for business on| Satur the total had mounted | to $1,994,318, lacking only $5,682; of being two million dollars, _| Receipts from the sale. of Postal | stamp stock still continues to in- crease without having missed a} month since the beginning of war that the income was not greater than for the similar month in the preceding year. ypened this morning. Assessor Claude A. Gandolfo said that he did not know exact ly how owners of home. teads in the county had failed to comply with the Homestead Ex- emption Act, though he thought the number was fewer than 50. many by the Dill Eleciric Vuicanizer Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming Phone No. 5 “Opposite Azmy Barracks” 4242444444444464644444 PRESCRIPTIONS fiscaieste Ingredients ci jompounded Pharm: GARDNER’S PHARMACY, Phone 177 Free Delivery vv vewwwwwwworvrws PALACE THEATER DEANNA DURBIN in by Scene \! \ RRR PIONEER HOTEL 151 N. E. FIRST STREET Ip the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of Key West SERVICEMEN and CIVILIANS “BEST FOR A NIGHT'S REST‘ summary of the sales for March during the last four years, which gives a good idea of the increases, ; which are as follows: Postal receipts for March, 1942, $9,107.29; month of 1943, $14,- ‘ceipts for month of March, $28,309.52. BERAEREREERPREREREERR ERY and Egg Market 1214 White St. Phone 54! 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