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

ecteteniemmemmaationdl Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 65 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West — VOLUME XLVI. No. 103 EXPECT PE General Clark Announces aly Cleared Of Germans Prime Minister Winston| OO O#VIO@ s Churchill Sends Con-|JAPS POP OFF AGAIN mae ABOUT FIGHT TO END gratulations On (By Associated Press) GUAM, April’ 30. — Radio Tokyo, ‘in a broadeast”iiter-* ceptéd here’ s8id ‘that ‘the ‘fal! of. Germany ‘long’ since” Has “been discounted by the ‘anese” high command."He added that the Japs will con- tinue to fight to the “bitter end” and “if need be, we will sacrifice 10 million men in resisting the invasion of our homeland.” He said further that the Japanese command had heard that the British and the Americans are preparing to land at Hong Kong, and that the Javs have half a million men in that area, stretching from Hong Kong to Canton. MSI DIST ST ST ST 4 Portrait Of Nathan standing Feat (By Aanoetnted, Treas) ¢ ROME, April 30. — Geh- eral Mark Clark, ¢ommand-|! ing American forces in Italy, | announced today that 4ll Italy has been cleared of German troops. General Sir Harold Alex- ander, commanding the Brit-} ish forces in this country, a short time afterward, ceived a message of congrat- ulations from Prime Minister Churchill, in which he char- acterized the freeing of Italy as one of the greatest feats of this war. ¥ The Nazis, he said, fought re- THE SOUTHERNMOST E WHITE HOUSE JOB! WEARS OUT STAFF’ RELATE ACTIVITIES DEAL. ING WITH OFFICIAL MANEUVERINGS By JACK STINNETT AP Newsfeatures Writer WASHINGTON, April 30. When Franklin D. Roosevelt took | over the White House in 1933, it might well have been said’ that it was not a case of one man mov- ing into the executive offices— jbut five men any a woman. |’ "The six were: | Mr. Roosevelt himself. | Bluff Steve Early, a thorough- ly seasoned newspaper man who took charge, of public relations. Ailing little Louis McHenry} Howe, a political genius. Marvin McIntyre, another for- mer newspaper man, | Brig. Gen. Edwin “PAY |Watson, whose name w j alway preceded in ne storics by the adjective Marguerite A. “Mi: !'who was that rare t jperfect confidential secretary. Out of that team—the Presi-! ! } M. ident and his first-term sccretar-! stubbornly there, and be- Aronovitz Included cause of the terrain,,which In List Of Heroes favored defensive warfare, the Allies continued batter-| Nathan A, Aronovitz, ing at the enemy for 15 long|Dr; and: Mrs. Samucl Aronovitz, | months. “ formerly, of Key West, and ne- Amd then; three* weeks BXEW of Charles Afonovitz and} ago, the Allies'reached the grand nephew of Jake Aronovitz, | objective for which they had Who lost chls life whilé:in action b piehrape with the United States: forces in| een struggling—open cotn- France, has had h portrait ps pings nce, has hi ait paint- try where they could, deal ed by Marion Terry for inclusion devastating blows at the en: in the portrails of: war heroes emy. From that time, it was that the’ Living Memorial Asso- ’a steady march forward, the ciation of Miami is having painted. : t, and{, Thus far 129 portraits have * : onct with been finished, 130 of them -by the British on the east, with’ yaricn Terry. Polish and Brazilian contin- gents helping to rout the Ge mans, Today the last of the Naz troops in Italy, numbering —_—__ 100,000, surrendered, and @ Marriage licenses issued by the the news spread over Italy, ; county judge: celebrations were held from | Kenneth Paul Branscombe, 24, one end of the country to the ew ee uae lice meen other. 5 fohbins James Robbins Miller, 30, and ai! Eee |Ruth Mecker, 20, both’ of New Chas. M’Cullough Assigned To Duty son of} it: HREE M LICENSES UED | York. | ‘Ralph Anderson, 48, Key West jand Julictte Saunders, 48; Key | West. PORT! UNQUESTIONABLE RECOM- S-Sgt. | MENDATION (Special to The Oltixen) THE 31ST AIR TRAN GROUP, Eng, April 30. - Charles R. McCullough, son of] Perry McCullough, 2800 Staple} Lynchburg, Va. — Robert ‘A. avenue, Key West, is assigned to! Noe) recently entered a Lynch- the aie Transport dy “8S @!burg printing firm and handed line director of aircraft traffic. | officials a letter of recommenda- Like a traffic policeman in Key |i00 which the same compa West, Sgt. McCullough is respon-| 1,14 issued him 21 years ago when sible for the parking of aircraft |h@4 issuec bh ah sib! E 8 the left to take a position in.New as well as their take-off proced-|"™ ures, Using a black and white] York. Noel wanted his old job) jeep known as “Johnny Jeep,” he | back again. maintains contact with the trol tower by means of radio and meets planes after they come off the runw Traffic con- GOOD ADVICE Chicago.—Judge J. M. Baude, heavy on the field.}of the Boys Court, has a reminder Planes land and take off in ajthat good judges listen and talk steady stream, either on their]little. In front of his bench, out way to Germany with war sup-|of public view, he has a sign, plies or on their way in form|which reads, “Keep Your Mouth evacuating wounded. | Shut.” Sergeant McCullough is a grad-j uate of Key West high school and a former employe of the Thomp-| son Transportation Company in! Key West. He entered the Army in February, 1942, and came over-j seas in October, 1943. TUBES REPAIRED by the Dill Electric Vuilcamzer Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming Phone No. § “Opposite Azmy Barracks“ PALACE THEATER LORETTA YOUNG in “Ladies Courageous” News and Serial CONNIE BROOKS CLASSIC SCHOOL OF DANCE Goodspeed School 728 Fleming St. Phone 551-M NEW POLICY THE OCEAN VIEW DINING ROOM Will Be Open Seven Days Each Week Starting Monday, April 30 mmm cv aE TTL y| when Churchill iat—all but Steve Early have! closed their job-worn iives. “Louis” Howe was the first to} go. Erail all his: life,ché died be-! - fore the early Roosevelt battles} had gotten well under way. Some! forecast. a. dim_political suture: for Mr. Roosevelt, with this good po- litical right arm gone. But for all their storm, his succeeding terms proved, them wrong., In et it might even be! proper, to regard Mr. Roosevelt's subsequent politi- eal accomplis nts as a monu- ment built up on the foundations | of Howe's advice. . Watson took over part of Howe’s duties, but there really wasn’t anyone who could take over all of them. Watson was the cushion between the Pre dent and the public. He avrg ed Mr. Roosevelt's appointments and steered’ some applicants for personal talks to other channels. In days of national stress this was an all-important job. | “Pa” Watson dicd on the way back from Yalta, where Mr {Roosevelt met Prime Minister Churchill and Marshal Stalin for j the last time. These two, inci dentally, may miss him as much jas many of his White House in | timates. | For all the differences in their charag¢ters, the three held respect for each other, and in the case of {Churchill and Mx. Roosevelt this} | respect bordered on real. aff tion». Mr.. Roosevelt acted as sort of ,“moderator” when the three met: a smoother-downcr and Stalin, who frequently came close to tangling idespite their regard, seemed on the verge of dispute. Miss LeHand died after a rather |short illness, and Marvin McIn- ‘tyre after a much longer one Now Mr. Roosevelt himself has gone, leaving only Steve Early {And Early himself had made ar- rangements to give up his White House assignment in June to en- ter private business. | Early never would have left jwithout Mr. Roosevelt's consent, and finally the President had! ‘given it. It had long been known that Early felt he couldn't ade- quately take e of his family on ‘his $10,000. ar salary. Strange as it may sound in some parts of the country, that ' ficial Washington. ee TTT ITE BINGO TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT Sponsored by ELKS CHARITY FUND DUVAL at SOUTHARD ALL WELCOME No Admission Charge much money doesn't go far in of- | NEWSPAPER U.S.A KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1945 OFFER <3 ee Official Navy #notograph CONGRATULATIONS are extended the rresent Commandant of the Seventh Naval District because he is now Vice Admiral Waltez S. Anderson. having been nominated by President Roosevelt for promotion from Rear Admiral. He is one of five selected for the next higher rank. AdmiraljAnderson came to 7ND last July to | succeed Rear Admiral W+R. Munroe on his transfer to New York as Commandant of 3ND. A nafive of Carlinville, Ill., Admiral An- dersen received his commission from the Naval Academy. in 1903. He is 63 years of age. EDDIE THOMPSON, FORMERLY OF KEY WEST, | Wester, who had resided in Mz thon se al off th, night SPONGE SALES TOTAL MORE THAN $14,000 Sale of sponge on the muni- | cipal sponge dock this morn- | ing totaled more than $14,- 000, They included some of the best sheepswool that have been gatnered in waters in several months. The sponge were brought to port by two boats owned by Captain William Spencer, one captained by Hamilton | ing Adams, and the fourth owned | Raymond by Elija Cates. | years, was ometime Sunday on is said to have at Thom et n he boarded hi lu night but no trace of been found his fi draft ha | He urday launched shing | local afternoon, after hav painted its bottom o later Miami Saturday’ night {and an hour or friends from arrived j visit him. Lord wa Thompson told his friends |they could occupy his ONRITES — |,)5 383" THOMP S FOR TUESDAY ‘Te he would sleep gn his boat. f hi t was s! red dit i Func Edwa accident M afte n Chay of Home, with Reinke of the al Church officiz be in the fan Cemetery Sur Hersc Thompson, and Larner T N 1 m1 athor hell Th Be Gene Bow “elton “/COMD’R WASSELL FOUND DROWN OFF MARATHON drown Saturday morning, had la bank draft for $4,500 in a pock boat Sat-| oat ith red lead, accord- to information County Judge given, that home and ssumed that, while asleep he rolled overboard. ! ared | ARRIVES IN CITY WILL GIVE TALK THIS AFT- ERNOON AT LOCAL NAVAL STATION | Commander. Corydon M. Was-| sell, (MIC), USN, arrived in Key| West this morning to relate his| he Key West Citizen IN THE experiences, in the Naval Station| ball park, thisafternoop, beginning 1, 4:15 .o'clock, . in. caring 4 for! wounded naval personnal in Javi and getting them throyghte A tralia, despite. the Japan@se pas") trol of that. island inthe early \q { days of the war in the Pacifie. t y 4, 1942, the cruis-, ers Houston and Marblehead wer in action off the Java coast. lly battered by a much heavier {Jap force, they yet managed to! limp into: port, and Doctor Was- | s ist arrived on the island, | was among those detailed to care} jfor the wounded. | Dr. Wassell remained with | these men, knowing that he would | be captured by the enemy, but! jhe decided to make a desperate; attempt to get the men out of! Java. ! } He asked all of them if they | | Wished to take the chance and all| Jagreed. He first had to get the! {12 men to the seacoast. The men} | were suffering severely but Doc. ‘tor Wassell kept them alive with ‘his skill and inspired them by his own’ courage. _ GARAGE DESTROYED BY FIRE AT EARLY A. garage situated:in the the Aronovitz)! Deparimcnt ore on Duval street, uthard and Angela, | stroyed by fire this |5 o'glock. | The blaze appeared |threatening for a |cent property, but extinguished upor fire department, damage resulting re alarm w 3, corner streets of was de- morning about box the] Duva |BILL INTRODUCED TO CONSERVE FISH (By Ansoctated i reas) TALLAHASSEE, Apri! 30. —Representative Bernie C. Papy today introduced HB441 prohibiting the use of seines and nets for taking bonefish from Monroe County waters. ral to| t while REMEMBER Your MOTHER On MOTHERS’ DAY Sunday, May 13th G ANNUAL 1 Cent Sale STARTS WEDNESDAY Gardner’s Pharmac Choose a ‘card from Ouz Nice Selection of MOTHER DAY CARDS 10c TO $1.00 SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. 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On top of that report, Ji was officially stated here that neither the government of the United States, Russia nor Great Britain offic had received any statemen that Himmler or any othe German warlord was pre yaring to accede to the A lied command to surrend unconditionally, but, de that statement, it is believed here that such an offer will be received in the next few days. HAVE DOUBLE CELEBRATION exception of fighting has been reduc ERAL CELEBRATING IN ce, ehnstnate* tain RUSSIA IN PEACE AS*WELL} Ihe. American Seventh Avo three days, while AS IN WAR advancing Munich, ha red 115,000 pri Most of them were in th nich area, and, instead of 1 determined stand in defer at city, they stood with: white ed and surrendered is. 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