The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 2, 1945, Page 2

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Consolidation of County and City Gov- - i ermments. 5: Community Auditorium. j INVASION OR BLOCKADE? # bye war in the Pacific has just cache reached the stage where our high command will have to finally. determine the scope of operations necessary in the future. > Nobody knows whether the next big offensive will be launched upon Formofga, China, some other island or Japan itself. Naturally, there is a keen desire to capture a port.on the coast of China, through which to pot supplies to the soldiers of General- issimo-Chiang Kai-shek. At the present time, so far as we ,can ascertain from available information, no statement has been made as to whether the United States shall initiate a large land op- eration in China. Moreover, there is dis- eussion,as to the necessity of an early in- vasion of Japan, with some strategists sug- sting that, prior to any actual invasion, a tight naval blockade should be estab- lished and the air forces given an oppor- tunily to blast the home islands with every- thing that they possess. “~The average American; in conside¥ing these conflicting views, should be confident that the high command will select the coutse, which, in its opinion, will save the most American lives. Some strategists are convinced that there will be economy in American blood if we invade the Japanese home islands as soon as possible with as lerge a force as we can make available. They contend that any delay in mounting the. “final inyasion will give the enemy .an cppprtunity to prepare stronger defenses ang train additional fighting men. - While, we are somewhat inclined to favor naval blockade and aerial bombard- ment, we are perfectly willing to. follow the considered. judgment of the leaders who have led the nation in the present ' wars. The judgment of our high command has beey. almost faultless. No wonder that President Truman, in his first address to Congress; de it plain that#here would not ge sf igePin the top ommand of the Ai he vy or tHe “" orce. b4 ‘et Yode work d There is little use to your age; your ous new ones don’t care a hoot about it. to conceal - There is nothing i aname. We know a m&n named Stone who has a very soft | and is generous io a fault; naturally alw Stone broke. *‘An ancient Spanish code of the 18th ecntury for the deportment of the good tnight includes: “He may invoke the name of his mistress in the fight, that it may in- fuse new ardor into his soul and preserve him. irom the commission of unknightly ac- tions.” Have you made your contribution to the ‘National Cancer Fund? All you need do is place your remittance in an envelope, mask it-“Cancer”, attach a’ 3-cent stamp and drop it in a local post box. Postmas- | ter§ throughout the country have been authorized to» accept such contributions anc forward them to the American Cancer | Soeiety to help in the fight to control this dread: disease. old friends know it andj You will get lost in “@ maze of ineon- | gruities if you try to figure out some quirks {of human nature, One would think that Christmas Eve ‘|and Christmas Day should be a time for soberness and meditation, a time in which to breathe thanks to God for the promises that are given in the Bible for our salva- tion. But what happens all over the United , States on thosg two days? ‘For some reason | that is’ hard "to determine, hundreds 07 | | thousands proceed to “throw a drunk.” Not crackers was in keeping with the observ- solemn days are considered by many as the right time to indulge in what the Bible ealls | “riotous living’. thousands of Americans who have lost their i in this war and the many other thou- sand who have been maimed, that we would be solemn and grateful when V-E Day -omes. But Governor Caldwell, familiar with that quirk of human nature, though 20¢ understanding it any more than we do Christmas, as they look upon the ending of the European struggle, as the: time “to | ‘hrow a drunk”, has sent notices to sheriffs throughout the state, calling. on them to see wt. is soberly observed in their n Myerson with the governor, riff Sawyer has appointed a group of Legionnaires as deputy sheriffs to call at his igffice immediately. on receipt of the news that D-Day has been declared, and from there start their rounds of the city: to see that all saloons are closed, with in- structions to make arrests if proprietors re- fuse to accede to the governor's wishes. Key Westers have had. sons or hus- bands killed in this war, and how do you think they would feel to hear a bunch of drunks singing “Sweet Adeline”, or “In the Evening by the Moonlight” in “celebrat- ing” the cessation of hostilities in Europe? C Is you is or is you ain’t dead, Adolf? A man named Stone eiaimed to have the “hardest « name in the community but lost out to ahe whose name was Harder. “PROPAGANDA, HELL!” oners of war, freed by the quick advance of Allied armies, ca feet amazingrecitals of |. cruelties inflicted n them during calp- tivity and apparently establish, beyona rea- sOriable doubt, thgt the mistreatment of prisoners of war Was intentional and rep- resents a deliberate policy adopted by the Nazis. Those who were kicked, flogged, starved and over-worked were the lucky prisoners. Packed into filthy Quarters and in box-ears, the prisoners suffered from to march long distances, improperly clad, improperly fed and without protection from the weather or the hazards of warfare. Space is not available to repeat the horrible retital of individuals who lived through.this torment and are now recuper- ating but it is easy to understand the !m- patience of an American lieutenant’colonel, who was captive for 10 jmonths and now se {his friends. “back home’’ ant believe his stories. er. admits that before Pearl atrocities “with a grain of salt and put |¢ }them down as propaganda” plosively, serpnecande! hell!” | Children can be cruel i inherit the tia ; they inevitably s of their parents. LAST-DITCH IN THE ‘RUHR We might oat some idea oi what last- ditch resistance | mean inside Germany by considering what happened in the Ruhr | pocket, whieh was cut off and surrounded | by two American armies. Genera} Bradley points out that he jused 17 divisions, about 240,000 men, to Teduce the pockets-and- that the final to. j tal of prisoners captured will, probably sur. {pass the record numberof: 330,000 Ger-'| |} mans killed and‘captéred ai Stalingrad. There is no'reason to suspect that the ' | German soldiers trapped in the Ruhr were {more willing to surrender: than German | soldiers who will be trapped in other pock- jets later on. Despite their desire to fight it jou‘, the cold fact remains that troops, cut | Off and isolated, cannot stage successful or | prolonged resistance, lice and disease, At times, they were forced | only was that true in Key West in the old | days, as it is today, but in the old days, we used to think that the explosion of, fire.’ ance of the birth of Christ. What should be ' And one would think, considering the ' or anybody else does, which looks upon ; T= state gut nee Sout key soe way brought Kay back “Look, Tommy! Here's Dr. War- ner,” a nurse C: thin child about eight with braces on his eae Et wheel chair. His poe faded anxious hands, was s' is fever Tommy caught ser ot Kay before the furse closed the “Oh. Miss Kay,” he Fat st) his eyes bright with excitement, “here's Dr. Warner, who's gonna make me walk again.” Hay. paused a and pe sie at him. “Til ea he is!” she agreed: the ehild insi Ageia eiytand fate nit ba you h gonna capttre all yours, too, when r ‘eet well.” “Later, e) timer,” ised. “Dr. you on ape wouldn’t want iim to Kay glanced into the room.’ A’ Fie se lain. much can give him no one. elsé'can.” “You to that time? “Yes, Dr. Wamer will be- rele cr noted fd out, would you?” She raised her hand in a gay salute and Tommy responded ecstatically. hurried down the hall, uttering a silent prayer that Dr. Warner’s brilliant mind and skill- ful hands could work the miracle of making Tommy walk again. She had almost forgotten her own troubles a3 she tapped esge eagerly on the door of Dr. S: time of Godfre: everyone vowed were regularly as he 7 Key wan agaick: Wi pote a: arson face_and his fragile aj pearance, “You aren’t ido Sims,” she had for at the reception.” testily. “Don’t DAYS CONE BY OF MAY: 2, 1935 Mr. and Mrs. Themas Murray Gibson. 1110 Eaton street, today. was named Thomas Murray, Jr. Charles Smith was _hrealded as| King. street, was notified yesterday he, had been appointed district dep-| lity grand master of Odd Fellows in Key West. Clements Jaycocks, who had) + Janvary, 1933, today tendered | this resignation to Sheriff Karl O. | Thompson to take effect immed- iately. Melvin E. Russell was today | elected president of the Key West Rotary Club. Sanitary units of the Key West Administration today began a campaign designed to eradicate mosquitoes in n Key. West. Shipments thea ‘of pineapples are increasing in yélume.:Thirty- | seven carloads, ‘or: 11,499 crates, arrived. last night on the ferry Estrado Palma. | and Mrs. Rispah Mansfield but adds, ex- | | }cumbe t | the ‘ Russell announced today the Harbor he took dispatches. about German tEirth pf a seven-pound son yes- lay afternoon in their home at 524 Grinneli street. He has been amed Rispah Mansfield, Jr. ‘ier at the First Nat 1 Bank, left yesterd for Lower Mate- off the veterans at Today The Citizen says in an jeditorial paragraph: “Huey Long says there such thing is no as over-production. 'But have a look at the quintup- lets ” PRIVILEGE Ww Gob: Still Suff Suffering Stomach Acid Pains? If excess acid symptoms still hang on . Stomach hurts when full of food or hurts when empty because of excess acid .. . if your diges- {ion and appetite fe pour ind gaa bioats you-— causes heartburn . . . chances are you haven't tried UDGA Tablets. Over 200 million have Riotoesmenien ‘own f25 =p ne home trial. Get a 25c tex of of UL UDCA Tablet Ss from your ‘You must be convinced in 5 minutes or double your moncy back. Southernmost City Pharmacy and Drugstores Everywheré R. SIMS was a tall, thin man with white hair. He had| Lucia. served the villagers since the Lambert, and f his body. Nee he pie size of his low the years . anding their toll, and he was often:ill. Yet he came to-his office ‘and went on his calls as Kay,” Swe sphore | Watner will be he ap | next cong your via farts HOP Nearing lows afraid of it when I didn’t see you } “Oh, I’m all right,” he answered ay wit WN oY WET | Gt, getti ight “TI though’ soe ” he Sia. “And it’s settled. ‘ou'd go, T've alre arner of it. He asked a after hearing Tommy’s stories about you.” “So, m} Kay sai close to bein; was work ae tr qenerines kind hin at oe ce of works. And she'd be away from fronts ae ee the eecepiia workers fro’ ane other ge a ro} Ly Bead!” on back in the® mornin i 0 2 me eae devin Was hal se aes ri aoe pete » th ‘her need gas nat’s Eee: vhs reeben: was luence with him him real courage (eid iriend no!” he hese a to go. Let me its to be available ‘con- iy e. held ies 's_ small tation with se der strike truce. vie jeri > lage amy fx uy: x woe course, old man, we how you feel.” He turned to j and asked in the tone Gf one seek ‘4 ing vital informat ho Cel, ; | remember t home to go fight his «| Sims ele around. Ee laa re ried?” he asked. ricans Florence in Italy: awa! In fact, I was so hy Tommy’ fame has led me,” and laug! oe he wi now. There ‘ay stood. “I must ” she teifnike rhe “The pave OW. al T’ve roped Rated coat } ds, rner— Em 2 He: held out is ae ‘to, Dr. Sims, who sl _ With, bie ee res the | thinks Sims suggested.‘ De ‘HERE was an unusual stir in} ar. man?” he eeepc |Grapes Unisiewn ere paseo pe 1740 — New Jersey lawyer, who ave has been going on so long that ROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN his fortune for the cause in the, many of the younger generation Revolution, president of Con-{ have little knqwledge of peace- tinental Congress in 1782, born Philadelphia. Died Oct: 24, 1821. 1821 — William, Taylor, Meth. | announced the birth of a son; Episcopal Sunday afternoon, The newcomer whose labors made ‘a ‘strong im- print in California, Africa, Asia, Australia and South America, | Yesterday afternoon Miss. Lois porn Rockbridge Co., Sawyer was crowned Queen of} |May 18, 1902. “ The*stories ‘being told by Allied™ pris-}#"® May in’ Bayview Park, and the children’s clinic in the Katherine Lambert Memorial fully Hospital. Tommy Martin was el come snooping! leaving ae mee wen Springs TODAY’S To Young Folks (By Asmociated Treas) Elias Boudinot, famea} GRIMSBY, England—The war time fruits. In a Grimsby juve- nile court a young boy, who stole grapes -from .a_ truck, told the, magistrate: “They were round, ‘black ,things—I don’t know what, ‘they were,” { missionary: -.; bishop, — Va. Died! Peggy Bacon of New York, inoted illustrator - author, born, 1944 — American planes bomb - Frank R. Pedbody of Citauel) born Chicago, 53 years ago. 1933—Hitler destroys the J unions and sets uy “labor aera his thin 1941>+President ‘Roosevelt* ¢ and cng fantialy to biS for industrial production ° on al; y | 24- ied day, 7-day week ; rf iad as North Tunisia’ in rye «charge. John’L. Lewis ‘announces Also Serving All Points On Florida Keys Retwaee Miapes gud Key West YS) P.M. Ar. —— o'clock Mid- “Se a eee Local Schedale: | uke At All Intermediate Points) KEY WEST DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAY?) ‘at 8:00 o‘clock A.M. an. at 4:00 o'clock P.M» “MIAN DAILY (EXCEP? 1865—Clyde Fitch, perhaps thi | Ridgefield, Conn., 50 years ago. ' ' SUNDA’ at, 9:00 aig A.M. and most popular American, play-! terives at West at 5:00 5:00 o'clock wright, born in New York, ie H PM. gd. M. Humbert, | 804 ‘Caroline | Sept. 4, 1909. 1887—Vernon B. Castle, dancer, originator of dances, born Eng- t Miami, Florida 4 land. Died, teaching flying, Feb.) Double‘ Rooms - Private Bath (15, 1918. $3.50 per Day 1895—Rudolph Valentino, actor “Service Men Welcome” been chief deputy sheriff since | born. Died Aug. 23, 1926. EE BOATWRIGHT HOTEL (ft ' 25.N. E. 7th Street wae ERE EEE ~ ee — deme WoRaonEEy | . adding refreshment to the noon hour You see them all oyer America at the lunch hour. Happy groups of girls enjoying wholesome food with ice-cold Coca-Cola. At the office, in your home, or at your favorite luncheon place, Coca-Cola makes good food taste better... makes lunch time refreshment time. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY KEY WEST COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE FULL CARGO INSURANCE Office: 813 Caroline Street WAREHOUSE: Corner Eaton and Francis Streets. Phones: 32 and 68 global STEN You eats ear Coc ‘ola by its friendly abbreviation “Coke”. Both mean the quality prod- LJ uct of The Cocs-Cola Company. 1945 The C-C €e., coms - OAS Si