The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 19, 1945, Page 1

r¥ ' ‘ Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features Por 65 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME XLVI. No, 94 Russian Armies Two And Half Million Strong Now Marching On 10 Betti a». PAROLE BOARD MAKES REPORT DEALS WITH OPERATIONS OF PAROLEES AND PRO- BATIONERS i | RE eT The Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NE‘-WSPAPER IN THE U.S.A —— — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1945 DOYLE CARLTON SELECTED STATE CHAIRMAN OF CANCER FUND DRIVE jen, Reinet cr ae anton: Heads . State Cancer Fand Campaign CONSULT RUSSIA H ecutive Council of the American ON QUESTION Cancer Society, announced this week, the appoinument of Doyle E. Carlton, of Tampa, former Governor and prominent. attor- ney as State Chairman of the (By Ansoelated Press) LONDON, April 19.—, Prime Minister Churchill, {Florida parolees and probationers} ‘ since the creatien of the Florida 1 One ‘Of Armies, ‘German CHARTESSSALASS |ParelesCommission have'vearned Broadcast Says, 1s Only} ENDS'FURLOBOE! °°" and! have assisted in’ Fighteen Miles Benes Yalking: care of 3146 dependents: | Capital Se The Commission costs! to the LEFT’ THIS MORNING® FOR} taxpayers of Florida since it be- REDISTRIBUTION CENTER _ operating in coe 1941, ave amounted to less than $275,- IN MIAMI 000 and has the probationers no junder supervision been sent to! Staff Sergeant Charles _F,|Prison for one year and the par ; Salas, Jr., left this morning for|!€¢s now under supervision marching today on Berlin) the Army’s Redistribution Cen. |SPeMt one more year in prison from the north, east and|tcr in Miami Beach following a'the cost to the State would have southeast, today’s Russian! 2i-day turlough here with his|>¢¢” $391,462, figuring that cost communique declared. |parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F.|** 50¢ per day per prisoner. | A Berlin broadcast, re-| Salas, Sr., 611 Margaret street. | Such are some of the a corded here, said that one of Bees epee who has isa papas pias oeunesicns the armies is only 18 miles ree times, came home: fourth annual report, just off the ty Assortated \ reas) MOSCOW, April 19.—) Russian armies of two and/| one-half million men are 1 from the European Theater after / i away from the rman Cap-|completing 65 missions as a yb sheathing aed bahia ot ae ital, and the spokesman add-|gunner on a B-26 bomber. He} ~@ Re FO onal ed, “It may be in Berlin to-|was assigned to the Tiger Stripe |!94# 1949. men and women have morrow, the next day, or the | Marauder, Group in England. The , be paroled and 1743 men and next day. Just when, we|Group wa moved to France gl Ge haa vines spo neg t . " ‘ 's rather than don't know, but we do know|'ime after D-Day. being sent tS nets The Com- that it will arrive here} a tr omy ey “ ¥ dost! mission supervises probationers . an Air al ‘ ly. a and a ile Steart with ink tae 2° the courts. As of December, Germans aretryingss@es* ter “Each cluster on the Air/S! last there were 871” pFoba- perately to halt the advanc- Medal represents five missions.|tiMe"s and rarolees in the armed ing Russian columns, but at The Medal was awarded after he 1°C*S and a number of them pe place along the line have had flown ten missions..‘The Pury |Bave Sredeoaety _ Hhemaclves the Russiang;been held up, ple Heart and cluster, are foxin- |}? peep ee aitban as et the communique stated, al-jjuries received under battle con-| Orie parolees: reledscd. frgdh though the onslaughts of, the' tions. : co Vigeg igeh As “Be E So 5 st | Prison “the ‘Commission ‘has. re- Rhe .sast the|, S8* Salas suffered his: first | army in e east are e injury, whétia picée: of flak en- voked 86 paroles, or 6 percent. In fiercest, {| tered the tail of his B-26 bomber po wee a cs ms serving —_———— Pl ind grazed Ki : setence: ir w .offenses in NORTH BEACH INN © ("1x6 Second ‘injury occured | othe sites and will be returned | when his’-bomber crashed in! Florida to ' complete. their SOLD YESTERDAY hen | before that country was | terms here and the Commission : liberated by the Allied He dis-|!8 hunting for 37 others. The ; In accepting the appointment, Society's first major fund raising campaign to be conducted throughout the nation duping the» , next few weeks. t )said in the,House of Com- ; mons today:'that General Eis- ‘senhower/ will not. declare V-} Carlton said “I was prompted to so, as a civie duty and respon- lity when I learned the ap- palling annual cost of this dread- ful scourge in loss of life and suffering and realized how’ im= perative is the need for awaken- d action.” ; “Most of us do not realize,” he! aid, “that cancer kills 60% more: people than all contageous dis?," ‘eases combined, \including in} fantile paralysis, tuberculosis,5 malaria, scarlet fever and others. Last year alone cancer killed' 165,000 Americans and if the ideas present cancer death rate is not ’R MASTICK checked 17,000,000 Americans, COMD many of them now walking the streets of our own Florida com-} ARRIVES | ‘the armies of that country) ; Some members asked Mr.} ‘Churchill if the government! ‘proximate time when V-E parried the question. DOYLE E. CARLTON He said that President Truman, ' ' Premier Stalin and he would con- fer through their representatives about the measures to be taken ‘among German leaders for the LUNCHEON atrocities that have been commit-| | ted among Allied soldiers in Ger-| }man prison camps. x} Despite the fact that Churchill’ did not intimate when V-E Day will be announced, restrictions in munities, are doomed to die of cancer, “Because I know that many of HONORED AT these fellow citizens can be saved + ' = giving our active support to’ GIVEN 'TODAY ‘AT, JACK- this. worthwhile -effort, I have | assumed the duties of Chairman-', er ee ship for this State and feel con-'! fident that if made to realize the! Great danger Floridians ‘will ‘give thcir™<CommarmierSeabary »C-Mas-" ater the “British public for™the active support to this drive of tick arrived last night to be a first time since the war began the American Cancer Society in guest of Jackson Square USO,! ate now able to breathe freely order. that more peopl can be Commander Mastick is thé N Airraid wardens, members of | so ee V-E DAY AWAITED The CHURCHILL SAYS ALLIES TO The ALLIES IN FINAL STAGES OF WAR ‘STATES. THAT FINAL TURN E. Day till the Allies have}! OF \EVENTS WILL BRING consulted: with Russia, for} ABOUT DECLARATION OF many's great industrial eres V-E DAY (By Asnoctatee Preney WASHINGTON, Apr. 19. Secretary of War Stimson 1 said today that the Allies in Bree of would announce what it\ the east, the west and the thought would be the ap-| south are now im the final of the war, but when Day will be declared, but he| he w, pressed to state when A He V-E Day would be declared, ‘said that the Allies may wait he said that day would have ‘till the last pocket of Ger- to wait on the final turn of “OT blew ;man resistance is wiped out.! events in the fighting in Ger | many. He made that statementiat a press conterence, writer asked him doughboy would do wit Hitler if he succeeded in re- plied that if Hitler did not ‘resist, he would be taken as Britain have been relaxed,| Prisoner and turned over to the commanding officer for final action to be taken by capturing him, Stimson the Allied governments The secretary stated that and one what a h Was stated that there DECLARATION OF That Entire Region Now In Pull Possession Of Allies In West ister Gocbbles Vdenetted | Teday Nasie Slave Lent i | The War PARIS. Apel thier in the Ruby ic now & fell Ruhr, 316,930 been many Germany's defeat im %& Ruhr was referred to as she has <aftered in any other aren of com parable size since the bogie ning of the war As to fighting fe along the western frost longer a front of. that dene nation because the Germs have been segregate 1 variety of pockets, men ate them smail and some of Uhep large The U. & Ninth Are advanced te with a «perks continues it ward Hertim North Beach Inn, which was: originally a dwelling, first occu- pied by the late John J. Phil-! brick, one-time owner of what is now the Porter Dock Company, was sold yesterday by George Smith to Miss Margarita Lace- donia, trustee for a group of Key Westers, for $47,500, Mr. Smith twice enlarged the building since he purchased it, addin, ly imereasing the rooms to 30. The inn is located at Palm ave- @ restaurant and ultimate- | located a shoulder and received {head concussions in that forced |landing. Despite the fact he and jother members of the crew were injured in the crash all of them made, their way safely back to their base in England. Just how they passed through the German lines remains a secret until after the war. ‘ Christmas Day of last year witnessed his ‘third injury. He was forced to hit the silk” and nue and Petronia strects, with a!in landing strained several liga- frontage of 84.6 feet on Palm and|ments in one of his leg This 180 on Petronia, with the rear of !time he came down on: French} the building facing on Pear! |soil occupied by the Allies: i t ss Lacedonia will manage the hotel for the purchasers, re- ported to be comprised of 10 per- Bons. CIVIL AIR PATROL IS ORGANIZED HERE Key West High School seniors today organized’ a civil air patrol at @ meeting. which began at 10 @elock, held in the school audi- tortum. Major Frederick Krause, Miami section Her of the patrol in that city, addressed the students during the meeting. He recounted the past, the present end future backgrounds of what the civil air patrol has done, is doing and intends to do Twenty-thgee members of the senior *% joined the patrol, and R. tone was elected com- manding and George Jacob Far itive office: officer, Tonight and Every Night ELKS CHARITY FUND BINGO EVERYBODY IS WELCOME et the BINGO PALACE Next to The Tropics. 700 DUVAL| et the Corner of Angela Opening Game 7:45 P. M. NO ADMISSION OF ANY KIND) Glad to be back on the Old Rock young Salas made the rounds of the city visiting friends and relatives whom he had not seen for many months, Nervous because of the terrific strain he had been under in the 65 mis- nevertheless enjoyed every min? ute he spent in Key West.) sions he flew over Germany, | Charles D. Lane Dies This Morning Charles D, Lane, 26, died this morning at the Key West General Hospital. ‘The body, is being sent this afternoon by the Pritchard Funeral Home to Brunsw for funeral ices and burial. Survivors are the mother, Mrs. G. M. Wilds of Brunswick, and one brother, Ralph Lane, of Arco, Ga. Mr. Lane resided at H-386, Poin- ciana pl Johnnie Nebo’s STARLIGHT CLUB 713 Duval St. DANCING Nightly—7' to Closing Johnny Dias and Orchestra Penny Cocktail Hour 7 to 8 P. M. Daily | , | headlines. total of falures on parole is ,116 or 10.6 percent of the parole re- leases. Probation failures num- ber 125 or 7.1 percent, In connec- tion with the failures it has been revealed from prison commit- meut figures that of the total of 824 persons releaased from th State's prison system during 1944, the vast majority of them having made their 183 or 22 percent had been arrested or! new criminal end of the year. “The members of the Commis- | ion wish to make it very clear| that. we do not pose as having supernattiral powers,” the mem-! bers wrote into the report. “Wi fully realize that we alr have and will continue to rele individuals who should never leave places of incarceration. On the other hand we regretfully e¢ognize that probably there are those for whom paroles are not granted, who, if given a chanc: would make the grade in the right way. That’s the human fail- ing in our selectivity efforts.” “As the attention of the pub-| lie is attracted to parole and probation, one thing should be) kept in mind,” the commissioners | urged. “Parole and probation; successes do not make the new: The failures alw do. However, for each parole, and probationer who goes hay- wire, there are literally thous: ands of men and women given such opportunities who, have be come good citizens and who are now real ass¢ts to their commun- ities. Pe ae ee PIONEER HOTEL 181 N. E. FIRST STREET In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of Key West SERVICEMEN and CIVILIANS “BEST FOR A NIGHT'S REST: One Bleck West of Bus Depot i ‘ e rede bat reached, more detection centers {)¥qal Chairmah of the Army and} the home guards and fire fight- the Jatest news fron me "an r th ad established, research continued Navy: Department of Young! 'S have turned in their helmets stated that the American and the-program of education ex-'Men’s Christian Association. Age eae eaupme a bs is Fgh Fifth Army has pierced the * panded. I am sure no Floridian! companying | Cémmander » Mag- ™CD4 ee sana ep ter tenses of | na when he understanés that ‘He mer of Atlanta, Georgia, Region- ae Pree fad ~ gives in order- that more may al Supervisor USO-YMCA, Leo| Humane Society that city live’”, ( Weisenfluh, Orlando, Florida, | Meeting Held At sain Tubesaae £ ‘Associate _ Regional Supervisor . id 6 CH MORE SURGICAL . ANNOUNCE DEATH | ‘and Miss Catherine Vaughn, of Woman’s Clubhouse — pRESSINGS NOW 2 a0 = New York City, National Con- get OF JOHN G. SANDS guitant on Snack Bars. The party,| a Tiedbitig wwopsheldi lash alight BADLY NEEDED a with the exception of | Miss/in the clubhouse of the Key West - Atwood G. Sands, clerk in the Vaughn, will leave Friday fhorn-| Woman's Club to organize a hu Four the Key West post office, received ing fur Miami. Miss Vaughn will} mane society and to listen to an yg . a letter today in which he was remain until Sunday working} address by Charles W. Pusey, 15th Mrs , A tbe faformed of the death of his with the Jackson Square and! who is head of the Dade County duction cor ‘ nephew, John G Sands, while Dixie Hall USO’s) There was a| Human Society A in action some ve in the;luncheon today at the Jackson} It was decided to form a similar uropean theatr {Square USO in honor of Com-|society in Key West and it wa The letter was received from mander and Mrs. Mastick. Those | further decided to hold a ’ Private Sands” father, Kersey,in attendance were: Mrs. Mas-| ing two weeks hence to formal! Sands, who was a resident of,itck, Commander Mastick, Rus-} organize, f - : Key West for many years. Thejsell Rymer, Leo Weisenfluh, Miss] | Mts G gt sper Ww Le caflodt n latter is also in the armed serv-|Catherine Vaughn, W. B. Brady,| the ae aS to aot we seh nied ices and is stationed at Camp!Howard Overlin, Rev. CG. T. ease bs Fancy be Pe: equ : Rucker, Ala. Howes, Karl “Hamilton” Lieut [> van (ns sddnem, a3 anal Sua os Atwood Sands said that the!Soc Lieut. W. M. Little, Lieut. ae Mis ia AER R w rol rg vette last time he heard from his nep-|Margaret Faith, Capt, Wards) a Goddard and George: tran ” hew he was fighting somewhere |Commander Barker, Licut. Soper, Mills White “s in Belgium. | (Continued on Page Three) |’ HE = a : ~|COUNCIL HELD BRIEF : HOUSE PASSES BILLS INTRODUCED SESSION LAST NIGHT WOUNDED SOLDIER ec RETURNS TO DUTY : we Ci sancti! BY REPRESENTATIVE B. C. PAPY) «<0 <= e Ue erie ake (Specint to The # ieee tie Uy Annoclated (rena) jer ‘ TALLAHASSEE, April 19. — HBI163, fixing county olicitor’s | ane « a ’ The House passed the following S@lary HB4, fixing compensation of} Monroe County bills introduced tasceallectoi by Representative Bernie C. B50, requiring county com Ais apy: mission candidates be residents | . mg MALL FIRE MERE HB269 for relief of Frank H SES tite mn compensa! PHILLIP SCHEURER Om Canaan ime ee nonvon Gia Gaurtelcs VISITING KEY WES! HB156 for election of county “j75; to SchoolkBoard se attorney. chair alary HB155, county tax asscssor’s HB162, fixing salary of Judg: expenses. Criminal Court HB157, guaranteegng assessor HB: for relief of Claude A $6,000 salary. CA CONCHA HOTEL COCKTAIL LOUNGE AIR CONDITIONED for YOUR COMFORT e Gandolfo. Now Featuring DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by Barroso’s Orchestra a The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ e BREAKFAST Served from . . 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. CHE‘ Served from. . . . 12:00 Noon to 2:00 P.M, DINNERS Served tro . . 5:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. HUGH C. HODGE, Manager Sqmeemmene LET'S BACK THE BATHING URAL EROLRCT weed DUDE RANCH SENIOR CLASS PLAY Friday, April 2 IF IT’S FOR CARS WE HAVE IT! eSeat Covers eGas Cap Locks eAuto Horns =e Yale Locks eBicycle Tires and Tubes swPpM Ask t Little Oscar wien pe High School Auditoriun POOR OLD CRAIG PALACE THEATER SERVICE STATION School Children > 1(TAn | Division and Francis Sts. Ph.81234 Adults . SES rem cement