The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 3, 1945, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 65 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME XLVI. No. 80 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1945 IN “THE’ sence Sm The Key West Citize THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER USA, . ~ e e | For Big Road 3 Building |PAPER. TIN CANS. AND mn | BEING COLLECTED For | : SHIPMENT | Program IN Key WESt 2... Road Dept. Makes Ready Sie rn iMonroe County Salvage Commit- | x yeaee announced today’ that ‘new Ps Ls ae j : PPE R fj a ts wilt be put forth in col- H ] | fats, and “urges” all’ to cooperate "che At stock, und! RB AGSES AIM eo Bridge ‘Down “On | During’ the month’ of Marchi the! committee collected and shipped Whitehead Street WOULD CONTROL RECKLESS|® Miami through the Sloan’ | | Salvage Company, 30,000 pounds | AND CARELESS DRIV- of paper, 3,000 pounds of fat, and | | i ERS ON HIGHWAY of lead, besides ; 7,500 pounds State Road Department a jmany other articles included in about to begin the biggest) the collection program. { ' | j i 7 ee Mr. Pearlman stated that Ss road job it has ever done in| ‘The Florida Safety Council is! essential that a mote aarable Ney w and the roau-! ' : s submitting to the legislature a’ organization be, effected for col- — ay eT rah dale Motor Vehicle Safety Responsi-'lecting tin cans and paper espec- pad y a day-—the reconetruc.(Pility Bill, through which it hopes TPIS Sear ic wa De) picked ong yd roadway trom|t control the reckless, careless {UP PY Calling on phone 737. Fats will be received by the different the Stock Isiand briage, drivers on the highways. butchers, who have agreed to beer and utility taxes Lo the g393'999 STATE LEGISLATURE MET TODAY = ; GOVERNOR DELIVERS MESSAGE ' {By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, April 3. Finance a statewide advertising The state legislature met at Frogram costing $1,000,000 a noon today, and, shortly Assure payment of old age; thereafter, Governor Millard benefits at the present rate by| F. Caldwell delivered the Providing $4,600,000 which would | ‘. = have come from racing receipts following uaestage: had NOT the federal aoeceatl Governor Caldwell asked clamped down on the sport. the''1945 Florida legislature towtat to increase ‘cigarette nt. children’s aid at a a ye tune 6f'13'or 14’ million dol-. : lars a year. to lay an ad@itional five per cent} He called for higher levies'on tax on dog race and jai alai bet-| pari-mutuel wagering on races and the Spanish game of odd-cent “breaks”. The total levy jai alai, and suggested the reve- of eight per cent would equal nue mght prove a windfall to the tax on bets at horse track help ease the transition from war The suggestion took on added to peacetime conditions. significance after the governor Three hours after the assembly Prepared his message because convened in biennial session, the War mobilization Director James tall, taciturn executive person- Byrnes announced over the week- ally delivered a 3,500 word mes- Pd that the government ban sage in which he set forth a pro- @ainst racing will be lifted as gram for expanded state services $00 as the war ends in Eurore. and postwar economic cushion-! Caldwell ing. ;how much the added tax might If his suggestions are enacted Froduce should racing be resum-| retired to the inner ring of;@M a 8¢ SOVIETS STILL FORGING AHEAD REACH WIENER NEUSTADT EIGHT MILES SOUTH OF VIENNA (Ae Associated Preas) MOSCOW, April 3.—Rus- sian forces have reached today’s Russian communique stated. While approaching that dog ting, and to give the state thé!’pomt, tke Nazis’ attempted! four times to launch a coun- ter-attack, but on each oc- casion it wag beaten down before it could get well un- der way. The fall of Vienna is con- sidered a matter of only a few days. The outer enemy did NOT caine positions have been breach-| ed, and the Nazi troops have down the north side of tne) The Safety Responsibility Billi give more attention to this waste into law, citizens will have to dig ed on a full seale in Fiorida next’ defenses, Roosevelt boulevard, along) is a law that requires every driv- | product. Division street to Whitehead | Mr. Pearlman also stressed that and along ‘vdieo to the! }both ends of cans should be county courthouse. cut out and flattened in order Bide to reconstruct the)@ed Dollars ($100.00) in dam- that they may be handled more roadway have been opened| SCs °° injures someone to be easily, taking up less space in by the department, and the | able to respend to damages or shipment, . ‘ Belcher Oil Company, which | !05¢ his drivers privilege andi bait Seep any, WAICH | also the tag on his car. built the Boca Chica airfield Thirty-five, (35) states er, who is responsible for an acci- dent and causing over One-Hun- : Re saa and the airfield @t Marathon, \yaye this law; and traffic smi GROUP. MAKING Sag pe A bol “ogi 1G eel AS CORR dents and fatalities show a d N AVAL HISTORY Road Department informed | Florida Pies BSE Rae apa The Citizen today that the! The standard! Responsibility contract has not yet been| in is enforced in thirty-five- (35)/EDWARD BOWERY OF KEY awarded, but that it will un-jstates, while only’ one state, Mas- WEST IS MEMBER OF doubtedly be given. to thel|sachusetts, has compulsory . in-| . Betcher Company. Mr. Em-/surance. We do not Want com-, ORGANIZATION i ery also said that the ! amounts of the bids have not ‘i yet been made public by the] The Florida department. Bill penalize: The work will be started|"uns the carel pulsory insurance in Florida, it is| said. 1 WITH U. S. NAVAL FORCES Safety Council’s|ON THE RHINE, (Delayed)—It’s s no one, but only!another D-Day for our amphib- ss and indifferent)ious Navy—this ‘time 200 miles within 80 days —after the|@tivers from the highways, stated|from the nearest ocean. The award of the contract, Mr.|Asher Frank, Director, today. {'small_boatmen,” unsung heroes Emery stated, and added| ——— jof every landing from North Af- ‘rica to Normandy, were on hand again to help carry Allied armies across the Rhine, the last great water barrier to’the heart of Hit- that, because of the pre sent| CHECKING UP existing war conditions, no LAND PARCELS definite limit has been set on the time when the improve-| “chief Clerk J. Frank Roberts ler's G@rmany. ment will be completed. |of the county assessor's office is | Among them is Edward H. F. The boulevard will be scari-| today checking up on parcels of Bowery, 22, Motor Machinist's fied and reshaped. After it is re-|1and in Monroe County, to which| Mate, third class, USNR, son of graded it will be paved with what! homestead exemptions ‘were giv-|Mt. and Mrs. William Floyd Bow- Engineer Emery styled a bitumin-| en, and he said that probably not} 1110 Georgia street, Key ous retread, which is a composi-| more than 15 to 20 persons, eli-! West. tien of stone and asphalt, similar ble for exemption, had failed to Bowery joined the Navy in to that used on the Overseas file. Applications received num-| January, 1943, and formerly was Highway | ber 1,950. My. Emery explained that, asa} Besides those owners of home-| government in Key West jemployed as a pipe fitter by the As a p of Division street is bricked} steads who made cleventh-hour! member of the amphibious forces and no other part of it needs} applications yesterday, approxi-! he took an active part in the in- searifying before the retread is| mately 250 persons, Mr. Roberts! vasion of the French coast applied, it will not be torn up| said, made returns on personal! or reshaped, as in the case of the} tangible property and 25 oh in-| CITY COUNCIL TO boulevard. As to Vhitehead | tangibles. | ASSEMBLE TONIGHT street, he said that it is now well] In the two latter cases, he e: shaped, and that the only work} plained, Florida taws empower| ‘There will be a regular mecting that will be done to it will be re-|assessors to estimate returns of| of the City Council held tonight, treading. jall persons who fail to make] peginning at 8 o'clock. This will be the first session of the month. The continuation of the county] them, and, in addition, a penalty | (Continued on Page Four) regular {of two per cent a month is im-} posed. | MM | JR. WOMAN’S CLUB : | MEETING NOTICE There will be a social meeting; of the Jr. Woman’s Club Thurs- day evening, April 5, 1945 at the Club House on Duval Street starting at 7:00 P. M. in the M. M, Degree. Bunco will be the main feature All. Masons are invited. of the evening and all members| ¢ acelurgedito) attend. H By order of Myrtland Cates, i The hostesses for the evening _ PRANK O. WEECH, is will be Miss Macy Charlow and % i Secretary. | osed eth) Os | nnnecninariasnnimereratcternaeten eer REVIVAL VICTORY CRUSADE | | IF IT’S FOR CARS | You Are Invited To Hear WE HAVE IT! DR. JIMMIE DAY @Seat Covers eGas Cap Locks eAuto Horns eYale Locks FORMER KEY WEST SCHOOLBOY | Wenicpais isesyeeca it 8 O'clock Tonight And Each Evening This Week rst sur came | PO. NOTICE To my many friends and customers I announce that I have ‘joined Dan Navor- organization and will give you square deals as I have in the past. High- est Prices Paid for Used Cai Regular Communication of Dade Lodge No. 14, F. & A. M. Wednesday evening, April 4 1945 at 8 P. M. Work Ss. G. DAWSON. SERVICE STATION fon each bottle. down into their pockets to pay: winter. During the last full Sea-| A four-cent-a-package tax on son, the banner winter of 1943- cigarettes instead of the present 44, an &dded five per cent levy three cent; ; ogainst*dog race and jai alai bets A three-cent tax on each 12- would have brought in more than ounce bottle of beer, and a pro-, $2,500,000 extra. portionate rate for quart bottles’ Stressing in several parts of and draft beer, instead of tha his message the need for pljan- present seven-cights of one cent ning against the time when hos-' €4 \ J itilities Will cease, Caldwell said: } Hitler’s place of retirement, | US®, headquarters st 10 per cent tax on utifity’> “f- al8* recommend that any, company gross receipts, includ- surplus funds which may accu- ing those from the sale of liqui- mulate by reason if resumption of fied gas. The present levy is one 1acing or any other. “windfall” and one-half per cent on gross be set aside apd made ‘available receipts from the sale of electrig for :postwar construction.” current and gas and on telephone, .“A certain source.‘of | revénue and telegraph business. for postwar constru¢tion by the Caldwell estimated the Igvies state would greatly improve our would bring in an extra $2,000,-'position and enable us to face 000 a year from cigarettes, $6,- the shock of 000,000 from beer and $6,000,000 ' ment from utilities. with greater confidence.” coast wi jhe added. “The ‘legislature may! by Capt. J. E. Whitbe: Other Russian forces, the report stated,.continue to ad-. . vance in Sifésia and north-' the warning that h b ern Slovakia,~and still an-' given to them to keep out of} * | thres 61.963 | Nine OKINAWA IS Ee | i] | FORCES WAS AHEAD | OF SCHEDULE (My Ansnciated Presa GUAM, April 3. — Ad vances of soldiers and ma- rines are 10 da schedule on Okinawa, miral Nimitz’ headquarters | announced today. The 65- mile long island has been cut ‘in two, and the Japs at each end have noi yet iaunchew: ® 4 ¢ m » major offensive. There has been tillery and mortar firing, but e far weaker than some af- ‘American First Army Alone Cap During Last Days Prisoners Stil Being Counted Hy Americas First; Nazis Reported Take care of! increased depend-' Wiener Neustadt, eight miles’ ADVANCES OF AMERICAN, ‘Ty fhe Disintew ratinn rate of ‘south of Vienna, capital of |. ‘Austria, CaldWelf asked the legislators: (Ry Aneertnted Freee: PARIS, April 3..—te the last nine days of the proses! offensive, the Am on First Army has captared 6). 965 German prisoners, eho > is the equivalent of the eve ge-sized German army re porting of prisoner? taker y o a lertve that vices were the tre wnehepes teat when tate received fr front Fiet Are |that encountered by the ma-, had several other th vines on Iwo Jima. Civilians continue to heed other force is only 126 miles! the cities Or villages on the trom the Italian border. Other Red forces are head-| toward | Berchte: Spearheads, the que said, are only 123 miles 1vom Berchtesgaden. GIVES POSITIONS FOR WRECK BUOY Corrected positions for wreck peacetime readjust- buoys established along the Guif Saturday | announced . Seventh The higher taxes, he declared,'wish to consider, for this pur- Naval District Coast Guard would “give us fairly reasonable! pose, a special tax levied for one officer, in a regular notice to insurance that the additional in- year only, and designed to raise mariners come, supplemented by cash bal-:a substantial amount for match- Fhe buoys, all lighted and ances,” will cover the $28,507,-{ing federal aid to provide needed located in reference to Smith 000 the governor estimated will}facilities and employment in Shoal light, near Key West, a be needed in carrying out his, Florida.” placed as follows: Wreck 638, 6 projects for the next two years. He did NOT elaborate on the miles NW by W3/4W; The governor said the added suggestion. money would be used to: Increase the state’s* contribu- ically tions to the public school suggested was a “re bach wreck 13.9 miles N The only other new tax ‘specif- iljka_ wr ason- 15.2 wreck miles i Gunbor system!able production tax on forest pro- NNE'E. by $5,300,000 a year in -}ducts” to finance a broadened re-- Apalachicola © river | entrance ance with most of the recommen-!forestration program. light No. reported destroyec dations of the citizens committee: He asked that the state board will be replaced as soon as prac on education tor school system. thority to control petroleum and improving the / of conservation be given full au- ticable, the notice ad Ane imental buoy h Pay $3,057,000 for current in-' mineral developments, declating been lishéd by the creases in teachers’ ' salaries, (Continued on Page Four) 31% miles S'4E of Key West which already have been granted in the main ship channel,, Capt by most counties in° anticipating | Whitbeck, Seventh Na of legislative action. | Johnnie Nebo’s District Coast Guard office Pay extra costs of operating} nounced Saturday in a notice to tions by $1,500,000 a year | painted and extends six 713 Duval St. fect above the water —e: | Rebuilding of Long Key an PALACE THEATER eae | Nightly—7 to Closing nounced LON CHANEY in “MUMMY’S GHOST” Johnny Dias and Orchestra News and Serial Penny Cocktail Hour Tonight Is Prize Nite H 7 to 8 P. M. Daily AE SE MET WATER CONSUMERS: ‘ The demand for water continues to be greater than the supply. Therefore, water will only be available to second floor con- sumers during the following hours: 4 p.m. to 11 6 a.m. 11 p.m. p-m. to 1 a.m. to to a.m. a.m. p.m. This schedule will be maintained for the next few months or until the supply increases. 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