The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 12, 1945, Page 1

—_ Bar Assn. 10 Consider Logistation hneship And Attorney Monroe County Group To Hold’) Meeting ’\.To-|CLARIFY STORY ON morrow Afternoon ‘At 3 Ofdlock Monroe County Bar Asso-| ciation will hold a meeting ming at 3 o'clock, in the of- fice of its president, Judge Raymond R. Lord, to consid- er legislation regarding the civewit court judgeship and assistant state attorney in this judicial district. Halt an hour later, mem- bers of the association will hold a conference with Rep- resentative Bernie C. Papy te decide on the type of bill to be introduced in the leg-| islature that will warrant) Monroe county’s having rep- tation on the circuit h. 7 As Roger Watkins, secretary of the ‘aésociation, pointed out to- Gay, & bill had alveady passed the legislature, designed to give Mon- from ome judge and an assistant state attowney, but Governor Hol- tegd disregarded that measure when he made appointments of a judge and also an assistant to Stanley Milledge M the attorneys doen't do anything,” Mr. Watkins said, “we will be left out in the eold when another judge is ap- pointed in this district, as a re- mult of the state census that is wow being taken. Up in Miami it ts said that the population of the district will be sufficiently large te warrant the appointment of another judge, but the only names mentioned Mr that office are: those of Miami attorneys, despite the fact that it is the added popu- lation from Monroe that makes another judgeship possible.” COUNTY BOARD TO MEET ON MONDAY in Monroe County commissioners will hold @ special meeting next Monday afternoon, beginning at 4 o'clock, te consider plans for the congtruc- annex to the court © house the 17 voting ma- and to provide another county clerk plans approved, a chines vault for th if the all for bids will be published in are The any Citizen bid be twice, and, should accepted, at a meet- ing to be held May 1, arrange- ments will be made to build the atidition. It will be 50 feet long and 19 feet wide ELKS FRATER 8 P. M. FOR ELKS AND FPREE i iieteinieinaaie aie nana aaa Pp) The Key A®sociated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 65 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West , DANCE: SATURDAY, APRIL Mth At the Newly Decorated Club 313 DUVAL STREET KEY WEST LODGE NO. 551 — B. P.O. E. eR NE aE ABBE he ps RE a= t x THE so HITLER, QUESTION e QUESTIONS WERE ASKED TO. DAY IN HOUSE OF COMMONS . (Sz Aanociated Presa) LONDON, April 12.—Is Adolf {et is he sick or dead? Those were questions! that were eh hhh de dad it) 4 condition 'éf the Fuehrer. Manager of the Associated Press in Tallahassee informed The Citizen this afternoon that, as a result of the rush that Hitler has been assassinated, jand that the German warlords his death, Hitler able enough to get around, ; asked Foreign’ Minister Anthony! Eden in' the’ House ‘of Commoris} BILL SETTING |:PAY* | bedatise Of ‘the! wittespreitt Feports | OF SCHOOL ‘OFFICER in}{ Great’ Britainregatditig eae The ‘ most ‘persistent rumor isl UTHERNMOST., KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THU: WHERE '© ADOLF MONROE COUNTY GOES “OVER THE ‘SOVIETS READY TOP” IN WAR FUND DRIVE HERE The Monroe County 1945 Red Cross War Fund campaign went “over the top” with| contributions totaling $24,925, P. J fund chai announc There are still last-minute pledges and contributions to be reeeived, war fund officials stat- ed, which will’ boost the total further within the next few day 2 Ross, walt man of the drive, hag Mrs. Helen Hamblock, the Florida repre- senting Hospital have suppressed the reports of|Service Corporation (Blue Cross in his office yesterday after- | Hosptial Plan) arrived in town i noon, when 57 dispatches had to be written and put on the wires in half an hour, a mis- take was made in stating that the salary of the superinten- tendant of public instruction in Monroe county would be “fixed” at $75 a month, The same message, he ex- {tions, said .that the government {had heard of the reports but that ‘none of them had come from} authoritative sources, and that he! {did not khow whether they were true or false. Today it was expected that the} questions concerning Hitler would | comme, up again for discussion at plsthca had bisa bout tc the ieee Lay oe eanieg Church-} 4 } Ss an address. « t Miami Herald. but that paper | Churchill is expected also to| made a mistake also in stat-\ | discuss the present state of abe in me European theater. . TO SINGLETON DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL ; , j the} county would have theit - saleries “fixed” at $75 /a month. He said further that the | salary of $75 a@ month applies t ‘only’ to the’ chairman of the School board in Monore. The other two members receive * -$50 monthly. Baie { PARK ASSN. WAS COI IITITM: _VISPTOR HERE sector ie Everglades Na- UP IN VIENNA | jtienal Park Association, who SOVIETS ARE USING TOMMY ; Was visiting in Key West during jthe last week-end, has sent the} GUNS IN MOPPING-UP OPERATIONS | |following letter to Stephen C. Singleton, manager of the Key | West Chamber of Commerce. ; “I cannot remember any two days when I had a more enjoy-| able time than I did in Key West, ‘and I blame you for all of it.) !You certainly made my trip fit every detail, and I think we jcame out as well as it possibly uld have been made. “Will you please convey to Commander Pittman and to Mr. Roberts, of La Concha, my sin- cere thanks for their splendid e: tertainment, and, will ygu_ re- ‘By Ansoctatea Prema) MOSCOW, April 1 Russian forces are using tommy-guns and grenades in mopping up in V: enna, it was officially announce today. It. was further stated that the Reds, in their fight to establish order in Vienna, are encountering boys who have been given arms and pressed into service by. the Germans. The cit of the group that)I met) Friday is ptactically in Rus-| eT peve made a n sian hands, and in the south and| Govemne im eta, TePOrt te the east order has been established,|Gverner in which I stated that and most of the fighting in the my only authoritative pronounce. north and west. is confined to{™Ment was that we would not do! sniping, the report stated. anything in the dark, and that It was further said that the|the people of Monroe County Russians have captured the main]Would would have an opportun- square in Breslau, capital of Si-|ity to present their case either | lesia, and that all that ity short-|to the Commission or to the ly will be in possession of the|Governor, or to both together. 1] Red troops 3 jthink you will bear me out in In commenting on the fighting!my statement in the report. in Vienna, the ‘communique said‘ “Again thanking you most) that the bulk of the Ukranianjheartily, and assuring you that Third Army has advanced beyond|I am at your command at any that city and is driving on the|/time a question may arise re- heels of fleeing German forces. | garding Park affairs.” WANTED TELEPHONE OPERATOR Apply LA CONCHA HOTEL | NAL CENTER Tonight and Every Night ELKS CHARITY FUND BINGO, EVERYBODY IS WELCOME at the BINGO PALACE Next to The Tropics. 700 DUVAL at the Corner of Angela Opening Game 7:45 P. M. NO ADMISSION OF ANY KIND THEIR GUESTS ° EATS Eden, in replying to the ques-| Yesterday | Service member me kindly to ‘everyone w | “Firebrands of Arizona”, afternoon to make available Blue Cross Hospitaliza- tion for the people of Key West. The Blue Cross is a prepaid, non-profit plan at low cost. It gives 31 days a year hospitaliza- Mrs. Helen K. Hamblock, at the Club today, made an addtess about the Blue Cross Hospitaliza- tion Plan, the establishment of which here shortly will be made. She-rexplained. that’ the Blue Cross Plan is not an insurance company,, but a non-profit publi¢ prganization sponsored by the Florida. Hospital. Associa tion and. The American Hospital Association, approved and recom- mended by, the, Florida State Nurses’, Association, the Florida State League of Nursing Educa- tion, and approved in principle ‘ANNOUNCEMENT MADE HEREWITH OF ARMY-NAVY WAR CASUALTIES The War Department casualty} list? Serial Numbers 0-64 (wound- | ed, Europe), O-65 (killed, Pacific), 0-66 (killed oners of w (wound. announces wounded, and 1,029 prisoners of “e i ' This list includes only those from Florida. FLORIDA i Navy Dead Prior, Robert Lee, Jr., 2nd Lt, USMCR. (Previously reported as’ wounded, now known to have| died of wounds.) Pzrents, Mr.! and Mrs. Robert L. Prior, Sr., 905 35th St., West Palm Beach. { Navy Wounded * Brown, Will S., Cpl., USMCR Wife, Mrs. Will B. Brown, Home- stead. Henderson, Braxton C., WO,! USMC. Wife, Mrs. Braxton C Henderson, 221 Aledo Ave., Coral | Gables. | PALACE THEATER | 1 SMILEY BURNETTE in ” News and Serial SAVE GAS We Have a Mechanic and a Good Supply of i MUFFLERS and TAIL PIPES See Us For Replacements | POOR OLD CRAIG | SERVICE STATION i | } t 1 | Division and Francis Sts. Ph.9134 “NEWSPAPER IN THE USA MRS. HELEN HAMBLOCK ADDRESSES ROTES. ON HOSPITALIZATION PLAN 0-67 (pris-| | ed, Pa for the} United States as a whole 5,284 easualtics for, April 6, 1945, si- fied as follows: 1,078 kille 177 of Mrs. Mamic L. Alexande : NW. 28th St.. Miami. Captain or Police Ray Atwell is! Brady, John H., Sr., Pvt. in receipt 6f a letter from Licut.| ‘band of Mrs. Lucille W. Brady,| George A.’Warren from San Fran- | Be jbut it was the contribution of EVENT DEALS WITH COM- | Martin Thomas which sent the LETE {drive past the $24,900 quota set P GECUPRATION for the county. OF VIENNA Officials expressed their deep! | opereaaitee of the many volun- teer workers who made this suc- (By Asnociated Press) cess for Monroe County possible, {Mr. Ross said, and announced! , , MOSCOW, Ant ihe uate [that complete details would be) tB1!8 afteernoon headq javailable within the next few, days i \’ Only in isolated quarters ‘of the Austrian ‘capital are penses and enables one to go to! the Germans, es disorganiz- any approved General Hospital. €@ units, still continuing to anywhere in the United States, fight. Canada or Puerto Rica. | It was announced that one i» Mrs. Hamblock will be here prong of the Third Ukranian {with us for the next few days Army that had entered Vi- “visiting business firms, civic and; enna is now pushing toward fraternal groups and organiza-! Hitler’s hideout at. Berchtes- pions. |gaden, 115 miles away. An- ition plus all othet’ hospital ex- re ee re ; other column is pushing | along at a rapid pace toward | Prague. “The zero hour for the fall of Berlin is not, far away,” Investia, Russian | semi-official newspaper, said ‘by the Florida Medical’ Associa-;today. “The ‘read is* now luncheon of the Key West Rotary tion, and is organized for the ‘wide open, and the British {benefit of the people of Florida and Americans from’. the (to provide a low-cost . prepay-. west and the Russians from ay plan ‘of hospitalization on @ the east shortly will be roll- SRON DEORE service beets: ,\ ing into the once proud Ger- i.The. Rev. J. Sy Day, Jr., who! man capital.” services. in. the First Baptist! WOULD REQUIRE Church, spoke interestingly on’ ie INSURANCE FOR the . subject, “Pack . Your - Own| : WILD DRIVERS | Parachute.” : 5 Local Rotarians *will not hold [oe usual lunsheon next Thurs- TALLAHASSE, Apr. 12 (FNS). 'day. Instead, in the evening, they Senator Dave Thomas of Pe: jwill observe “Ladies. night.” It! cola introduced a bill this week has not yet been decided where that would reqdire every proven the affair will be held. ckless” driver in Florida to} carry automobile insurance. ! Ea Thomas said he would ask for the enactment of a motor vehicle responsibility Jaw to drive from!} Florida highways the reckless} and irresponsible motorists. The law would affect persons who have hit and run or drunken driying charges against them or who have failed to an acci- dent judgment in excess of $100.} The law is patterned after sim- ilar laws now operative in a num- ber of other states. | Representative Neil McMullen} of Tampa introduced a similar} husband of Mrs. Vanira L. Brit-| bill in the House ! ton, 95 Lake Hunter Drive, Lake- LT. WARREN WRITES jand. . | Alexander, Robert E., Pfc TO CAPTAIN ATWELL) Maxey, Charles Jackson, 2nd Lt., USMCR. Wife, Mrs. Charles »y, 117 S. Florida -Ave., Army Dead—European Regions Albritton, Lawrence C., 1st Lt.,j Arlington Ave., Daytona| ¢isco, Calif, which reads: ch. ‘Just a note to express my ap-| Burnettc, R. L., S-Sgt., son of| preciation to you and your de Rev. Heard T. Burnette, Route 1,| partment for the prompt manner} Box 184, Lutz. in which they responded to my Ce y, John F., Jr, 2nd Lt.,! mother’s (Mrs. W. R. Warren) cé for assistance one It is son of John F. Car evening ly, Post E change Grocery, Camp Gordon,!@ great deal of comfort to we who Johnson. have to be so far removed fron Davidson, Richard M., Ist Lt.,Jour families because of the a husband of Mrs. Katie J. David-|t0 know that those who ¢ at son, 2701 Ridgewood Ave., Tampa./ home , are looking out for our Dennis, Earl M., Pvt. son of! loved ‘ones for, us. Mother wrote Mrs. Letha .F. Dennis, Box 131,| to tell us how quickly your men Fort White. jresponded, and how thorough Garren, Donald D., Pvt., son of|they were in making certain that Mrs. Ellen M. Garren, 2627 Spring | the intruder had left. When th« Garden , Easton. {war is over and we can come Humber,Lewis E., S-Sgt., hus-| home to good old Key West n, band of Mrs. Ruby Aline Humber,| both my brother and I want to 2821 Ne a Ave., Tampa. {come around and thank you per Johnson, Charles H., T4, son of|sonally for your help. This note (Continued on Page Three) |is the best I can do at this time NOME “Life’s Most Important Question” Navarro Inc. will pay \top ceiling prices for late Dr. James S. Day, Jr. | model cars, 1938 up. No Tonight 8 O’Clock beaieinne red aoe . F: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH |}. {cas antted ee. ;Duval and Southard Sts.’ EVERYONE WELCOME | across from Bus Station.! Will Be The Subject of |American Ninth Army Crosses “Elbe And Strikes Out Along Super Highway aE Ne To Reach Pte | lic Instruction,” which is dis- preempt wy sy ee ay closed by an audit of the (reported today te be only 49 | State Auditoring depa:tment. “miles from the German cap: Wording of the bill is prac- | ital tically the same as that in- | Up to that time the Minth troduced yesterday rederd- |thad made SO miles in 2% ing Frank H. Ladd, former hours, and it was predicted tax collector of Monroe county. that its spearheads would | Rene, clea, intandnast 9 Peneirate Potsdam, whieh authorizing judge lies only a short distance the criminal court of record | im Monroe county to appoint from the Berlin outehirts on ' Facn phapedyery Sagrada og the southwest, esther tomeh! or any or early tomorrow. aaa vrata eg bent yet It was stated that, after ODD LDD SD IM DB ing crowed he Bive. ‘he ———— oe | Ninth swept upon @ sper GARAGE ‘APTS. into" ein ape ane wt ‘ into Berlin, and that, et ee ~ PARTLY BURNED THIS MORNING | 6 Heats again in declaw FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED German armios are lh <3 » of collapse. The te | ‘OUr'“TO. THREE OTHER Ninth advanced al a # PLACES IN. PAST: TWENTY-! more than two len ae FOUR HOURS ‘ up to the time the Hite ed Germans made preparations for a determined and Today emphasis wee ha bh fh fore County road was badly ¢ by fire at 6:30 o'clock thy ing, the second floor of the being practically destre Jarm was sounded fror tuated on the corn ene of the fire At 11:30. last was sounded frorr P| Juval and Southard ‘ ’ Ire being discovered in at ing Th night on cupied building at the corner of at 4 Angela and, Whitehew treet which was slightly | An unoccupied Phister street, Y . *) partly burned at 7:50 evening. ‘The ajarn * ‘ . from box 324, White and F streets, At 4:30 yesterday aft " department wa ner of Duval and Gre ' where a gra ed on the vac ner. The blaze tinguished | nearby p _— PIONEER HOTEL 151 N. E, FIRST STREET In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of Key West SERVICEMEN and CIVILIANS “BEST FOR A NIGHT'S REST* One Block West of Bus Depot '| LA CONCHA HOTEL COCKTAIL LOUNGE AIR CONDITIONED for YOUR COMPORT . 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