The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 7, 1945, Page 2

~ general Interest but Sane nanan eeneetaeeeeeerneeeteenadinineeeer eee een - Cals. Daily Ngwapapes in & Key West and GES CER Lines sah en SERCAREE 5. SO ~ntered at Key West, Florida, as second elass matter or ASSOCIATED PRESS ; ted byl a exclusively entitled to for Tepubticat! of news credited rag rice credited in this paper and published here, SPECIAL NOTICE notices, cards of thanks, a, resolutions =~ ‘obituary, notices, poems, for at the rate of 10 cents a line. ua ie be de: area are 5 eents a line. #1 is to be deriv eh ete pen foram and Savion dis- ussion, and subjects of ‘oF of, abit ton iil not publish gnonymous be sonrmunications. (MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. More Hotels and Apartments. 2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. % Airports—Lend and Sea. . @onsolidation of County and City Gov- etnments. 5. Community Auditorium. a ; GREAT FEAT OF ARMS Since the Allies landed in Normandy on Juhe 6, 1944, the German armies in Western Europe have suffered losses that are almost withort parallel in the history of warfare. In 10 months and 10 ase 2,055,! BTS Germans have been captured, and esti- mates of the dead and permanently wound- ed exceed 1,000,000. The figures, especially of the number captured, reveal a triumphant campaign that produced results of a magnitude not yet appreciated in the United States. General Eisenhower, it is said, pre- dicted before the invasion that within a year .after landing, the Western Allies would break the Wehrmacht in the west. He has abundantly and modestly fulfilled his forecast.” ‘Phe fruits of the strategy employed by the Ameri¢an General are evidenced in the number of prisoners taken in the seven deys, commencing on April 10th. In the week? 439,948 prisoners were captured. The Wag pays tribute to brilliant planning on th¢ part of the general staff and almost flawless execution on the part of soldiers in the-field. * JAPS FED UP ON WAR Brom Helsinki, Finland, Erik Ham- merland describes conditions in Tokyo at the end of February, when he left the Jap- anese capital after living there for five years. The Finn reports the Japanese fed up hy ith the war, no longer believing in victory ed held to the support of the military ef- ‘ort by the Black Dragon Society. He says ibet food is short, with rations for Japanese workers severely reduced and not a single e..or restaurant opens regularly in Air raid damage was extensive by the d @? February, with entire city blocks leid warte. Moreover, the blockade of U.S. evubmerines has been effective, preventing ee eargoes from reaching Japan. The empire js suffering from a dearth of ton- nage,’ wilh new construction unable to re- place’ lorses and the Finn says that this lack of tonnage is Japan’s Achilles’ heel. Reformers are always willing to do good 2 somebody's expense. All Americans who will need and want jobs alter the war can be employed at use- ful work, and at gooc wages, if the prewar relationships. bet ween production, con- sumption and savings change to fit the need of a full time employment economy, | states the National Planning Association. The American Cancer Society warns that national security demands that the ap- palling cancer death rate be reduced. Funds are urgently needed now to faght this disease that is second only to heart trouble in the cost of American lives. Myke your contribution by placing your check in an envelope, marking it “Cancer”, adding a three-cent stamp, and dropping it in the nearest, post-box, lives, ‘pewhaps your awn, Act now. Your postmaster is au- thorized to aeeept such funds and your contribution will help save thousands of | A ONE-FRONT WAR fF 7 The sober and seemly observance of V-E Day, as President Truman has re- quested of the nation and Governor Cald- well of Florida, probably will have much to do with shaping its own ends, for the simple reason that the announcement of the cessation of hostilities in Europe will add little to what we know already. | As a fact, apparent to all of us, is that the declaration means that about 350,000. more German troops have sur- rendered unconditionally, whereas, during laid down their arms under the same con- dition. As news commentators in Paris. said yesterday, the burst of enthusiasm that would Kave greeted V-E Day by a gen- eral surrender will lose most of its volume, because it has been discounted by the col- jlapse of several times as many German troops than those that still remain in arms. What the Paris commentators said has been heard in Key West for several days. ;“The war in Europe is practically over,” has been said by many Key Westers, and could have been added, only the final stroke remains to be delivered. Even before the beginning of last United States and Great Britain had been | turning to the Pacific, As Was announced | Friday, the United States had\already be- _ tun to transfer men, planes and ships to | the Pacific theater, and Prime Minister | Churchill said in the House of Commons, | two weeks ago, that the British had trans- es ferred an unannounced number of war ships to the Pacific and Indian oceans. The war now is a one-front war. Soon we will celebrate V-E Day, and let us hope that V-J Day may soon fol- low in the wake. In the beginning of World War I, the French threw away their guns,.and now that they are liberated they want _the United States to give them other guns to be in at the kill. What is worse is thie French- men are beefing because we are not quick about it.’ One does not have tobe an iso- lationist to agree with Washington and Jefferson that it would have been the bet- ter part of valor to have kept out of the entanglements of Europe. If nothing else we could be eating steaks. GUAM BECOMES 4 BASE The 225-square-mile iskand of Guam, which was not fortified by the United States because of the attitude of timid con- gressmen, will beceme “synonomous with military and naval power,” declares Major- General Henry L. Larsen, now the governor of the isfind and director of reconstruction and rehabilitation. turned into an impregnable fortress and staging area, with thousands of workers emplgyed in constructing harbor, airfield ‘and other installations. Already, it con- tains a 10,000-bed hospital for the treat- ment of casualties and 1,000 Army Navy nurses and Red Cross workers are on | the island. hs General Larsen says that the harbor, when completed, will be another Pearl Harbor and that there are many airfields, ‘neluding a strip for B-29 Superfortresses, which was an impenetrable jungle in De- | cember. j Regardless of the discussion in regard to the islanis taken from the Japanese in the Pacific, Guam is a part of the United States and military installations now being constructed will make it an invaluable base for the nation forever. pen eas Putting money in the church collec- tion platter is not, necessarily, religion, but it is welcome just the same. moustache caused a world upheaval. Don’t | overlook the little things, and their devel- opment. ever known child. was once WHEN THE NAZIS KNEW The answers may be misleading, but Fritz von Papen, German diplomat, cap- | recently questioned by Russian, as well as American officers. war was lost and Yon Papen promptly re- plied: “On June 6, 1941." He was then asked when the German people knew' that the war was lest and his reply was: Rhine.” os last week, more than 2,500,000 Nazis | | week, the thoughts of war leaders in the | The General says that Guam is being | and; a sign of | A harmless clown with a funny little | The vilest demon ‘this earth has | an innocent little | tured by the Allied forces in the West, was ! A Russian officer asked him when the | German high command realized th&t the | “When the Allies crossed the | DAYS GONE | FROM) (LES OF THE CITIZ=X OF MAY 7, 1935 > Representatives of the Florida Motor Vehicle Commission, who came to town yesterday to.check up on automobile license. issued morning, in the office of C }Pax Collector Frank H. ~ that they already served «notices joa owners that, if they did not abtain licenses, they would be larrestsd. iy Key nounced today that, during April, | 8,000 pounds of fresh vegetables were distributed among the) eae in this . ee * Mayor William H. H, Malone to- day appointed Clements Jay- cocks, who resigned a few days ago as chief deputy sheriff, a city | cry: policeman. Bernard Waite this morning was named chief deputy sheriff by Sheriff Karl O. Thompson. Joe Pearlman, who had been on a business trip in Miami, re- turned today. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Edwards, of West Palm Beach, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy E, Lade. Mr. and Mrs, E. H. Cherry, of Orlando, are visiting the former's brother and sister-in-law, Mr, and Mrs. J. F. Cherry. B. M. Duncan, who had been here on a short visit, left yester- day for Islamorada, where he is chief engineer of the bridge pro- ject Mrs. Lawton Watkins left yes- terday for Miami to visit her sis- ter, Mrs. Bertha McConnell. Today The Citizen says in an editorial paragraph: “Most of those Mae West jokes have been very robust, to say the least. — Gainesville Daily Sun. With the accent on the ‘bust’; of course.” LEGALS ‘axe No. JACK TRU err READBR, Avenue, CIAL pir Mi STATE. OF BLORIDA. IX AND FOR MONROE COUNTY. 1N CHANCERY. 0. 10-241 Plaintite. L BE MARIA READER, Defendant. ORDER OF PUBLICATION fre: 8 JORIB MARIA READER, mp Norfolle, Virginia. You are hereby required to ap- r to the bill for divorce filed inst you in the abov © en or before the of hk 945, otherwise the alle- ntained therein -will be nfessed. d Ordered this 5th day of | Fla, D, 1945, at Key Wes Court 1) Clerk of | lerk. aintire, DIVORCE { vs. BEATRICE M. HEDGE othe piers wall be taken’ Ordered at Kev Ww. 2kth day of April nt ATION McINTYRE, (Circuit © Seal) purt Deputy Cle HENAL: DO, IR. apres to: may7-14,19 IES ORES OE TEI TE, SEWING MACHINES | Repaired, adjusted, cleaned and ‘oiled. Used machines bought, re- paired and sold. Satisfaction guaranteed. TELEPHONE 114-3 | al tags in Key West, said this, add, |“! West Administtation an- i RY through the Ukraine, 1 Sevastopol, Rostov, pushed Past Chapter 11 TEE went toward the car. and as they stood and Joo!ad at the Foundation buildings on this last | morning, she turned to him. “Td like to tell you same!aing—about “About how I felt after we knew | He conten werent “and when he was the operating room I went into the gallery.” | Rex thought: So ae was up | there, too, with the doct nurses, and the yom | from several inadleatt colloges. | time.’ Perhaps I knew she was there all ns time. ... “I was badly tened at first, | and I was trembling,” she con- fessed. “I could hi iy cee from ‘ou see, Tommy looked so Pag Pa so defenseless, ane eh Rept ti handing you so many instru- Oe nodded. “I understand.” “Then I saw the delicacy of hoe Gece os anes ieee ani e calm de’ ‘ina- i aoe your face. And it made me calm, too,” she told him, in that same breathless, eager voice. “And I saw the look of pride and tri- umph on the doctors’. faces. Then Dr. Cabot leave the room, after he was sute—you’d won!” He smiled down at her. “Thank you, Kay.” “Then I went out, too,” she going into ine 3 einderstand, But phat Be understood ‘was re than her now that what thes cad. Pala friengsh: 1 eons pe eti —aey into} the moun! were scrub oe ee Hes 10" jus’ gel puee, we're going to have Jone ve been thinking o: REE fice inere, ever sinee f went the Tove surprises!” topped tis the car on the very mountain. There was there built of native the distance. Kay could lying “Oh, Rex top of the a ta stone. 7 the line of the, blue lo ils, the plains, and a 1 e. “The woman here calls this a ve ee explained.’ “But we're not to have tea. We're having a Ges steak.” She laughed, and said w: prise, “I believe I am hungry. “Tl say you're hungry or you'd better be. This 1s a ce: tion—for the last three wee: They entered a long rustic room. There was a huge fireplace at one end where ~ wood ae was Peek man. with white} wo! hair pustled in.“Dr. Warner!” =ne beamed. “T haven't seen you for added. “I walked around to the| days.” - front of the Hall. I—I shail never wel 2 bre back now,’ he s forget that moment, knowing that aes 've br iss Lambert. was all right, the sun. thrilled to tne and the blue ee and the| note of of pide in his voice. wind blowing the leaves against note ry for one of your the white walls of Georgia Hall—' famous stea s,” Kay toldsher. Meer Kay had ever oe Rex be warm in Set rai want you bs tl stoma on the of ae dos and neta to the distance ever weed They | ilence for several wt, seed aa eens: sie looked up into face. Their eyes m¢ we "iene: oes ‘was an unexpected it left them both met gt ined a ford to put on “It was, day. and the next.’ “Shall we come > back—In the TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES 1774 William Bainbridge, | |famed naval commander in War with Tripoli and War of 1812 father of naval construction, born Princeton, N. J. Died July 27, 1833. 1818—Sidney Dillon, poor New York boy, who became financier- builder of the Union Pacific R. |1892. 1826 — Varina Howell Davis, loyal wife of the Confederate President, born near Natchez, Miss. Died New York, Oct. 16,! 2 | 1906. 1836—Joseph G. Cannon, Illin-' Guilford, N. C. Died Nov. 12,’ 1926. 1857 — Charles Lathrop Pack,| iforester - economist, first world war’s planting movement head, born Lexington, Mich. Died June 14, 1937. |GERMAN MILITARY MIGHT GREATEST IN FALL OF “42 | AP Features | German military fortunes reach- 5 \ed their crest by the fall of 1942, captured |the Don river and threatened | Stan In North Africa, Marshal Er- Vein Rommel, the wily Desert, | Fox, squatted near El Alamein after ont of his characteristic ;lightning thrusts and rested his ean. Malta, Britain’s island fortress; ing a daily ‘dose’ of 500 tons of; Phone No. 8 R., born New Yerk. Died June 9,} off the toe of, Italy, was absorb-! bombs ‘and living on carefully | REAL ICE is MORE ECONOMICAL ... It’s Healthy and Safe ... It’s PURE THOMPSON ENTERPRISES, wc. (ICE DEVISION) PreSTIITIIIiriiiiiiiiiitrrtriiti iit ttt tr tty SRETE FIRST ISLAND i CAPTURED BY A AP Features The capture of Crete was the first time in history that an is- ‘land was captured im gn air- borne operation. But it was the British who kept this German conquest strict- fied bombs to smash the Nazi sea-borne attack. in a night operation. : The attack began on the morn- ling of May 20, 1941, when after preparatory bombing 11,500 Ger- ois Congressman - Speaker, born man paratroopers were landed} Mexico sank ships within sight within four haurs. Twelve days! \later the British admitted the’ (battle was over. / : ‘The Germans claimed capture of 10,00@ Empire and Greek sol-, diers. The British said Jess, than; 4,008 were taken prisoner. WHEELS BUT NO WAGON Raton, N. M.—When his bid on’ wagon wheels at a Government} surplus property sale was acept- | ed and his companion pid for the} wagon was rejected, a local! business man was in a quandry.! To make matters worse, he was} required to put up a $200 cash| jdeposit to make certain that he; j would aecept the goods. H hoarded, slim rations. The Dieppe raid had taught the Allies some- thnig of the frightful cost of 2 frontal assault on Fortress Eu- ‘rope. U-boats, shifted to the; western Atlantic to sink war jsupplies at America’s doorstep, | accounted for 11 ships in the! month of June, alone. | The world then seemed a ripe apple for the master race. PLACE YOUR REFRIGERATION ona BASIS and you will get GUARANTEED Refriz- eration Service. Key West, Fla. + proved convoy tactics cut the tor-! jJune, 1942, to 11 in October of -|French & Hecht foundry for the} 3 ae 3UB MENACE CORAYERER, IN ‘42, ‘ap Features The ability of as Allies to; | | crack Germany's submarine war| fare spelled the beginning of the end for the Axis as huge convoys) of war material without challenge, from the ly air-borne, for their ‘Navy 4e- United States, arsenal of the de-| Boston — mocracies, to fighting fronts all ‘over the world. Britain claimed 30,000 Nazis The peak of the U-boat toll was' Detroit _ drowned when warships flying reached in. 1942 when in ten’ Galveston the Union Jack trapped German’ months Nazi submarines sunk Jacksonville. craft between Greece and Crete|more than’500 vessels of the Bere United Nations. U-boats, singly and in wolf. packs, ranged U. S. coats from the St. Lawrence to the Gulf of of shore and in the mouth of the Mississippi. But Allied anti-submarine de- vices finally gained the upper hand. Sea-air patrols, destroyer escorts, baby flat tops and im-| pedoing from a high of 111 in! the same year. Thereafter the German subma- rine menace was never a major threat. WOMAN, 80, WORKS IN | FOUNDRY DAVENPORT, Ia.—Mrs. Emma’ ; Vickhorst, now 80, has worked as} a core tender at oven the | past 42 years and has been absent | only rarely when ill. She puts in! 55 hours weekly at the present | time. | Overseas Transporta Company, Inc. 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