The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 8, 1945, Page 2

The Key West Citizen Piette ity, Bxcept. om ‘The Citizen Building cori? Greene and Ann St Only Dally Newspaper in Key West and Menroe County Pee tees UO RETO Stain beta ntednheaeein enone Ee niered wt Key West, Florida, as second class matter (MEMENH OF. TAK ASSOCIATED PRESS " ‘mted Press is exclusively entitied to Wication of: ait news dispatches credits t otherwite credited in this paper | news published here, ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. PECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanike, resolutions obituary potices, poems, ete, will be at the tate of 10 cents e-line. Notices for entertiamens ehurches from evenu 0 be or ntae's cents a line Citizen iH Cs oe invites dis. ef public ues subjects of local or general interest but it wilt not publish anonymous cormunications. NATIONAL. Airports——Land and Sea. Chrindtidation of County and City Gov- eapments.” Community Auditorium. an NATIONAL HONOR AT STAKE The War Department is to be com- mendé@ for insisting upon strict adherence to the Geneva Convention, Article II of which provides for a good ration to pris- oners of war equal in quantity and quality to that given troops in base camps. The War Department has interprefed “equal” as meaning identical in nutritional, value. Its menus vary from time to time in accordance with the food shortages in this country. A new menu, effective April 2, %28 dvawn up weeks before the capture of piison camps in Europe, which revealed startling mistreatment of prisoners of war in Germany. While there will be many Americans towdemand “retaliation” for German treat- ment Gf American prisoners of war, clear- headed Americans will take pride in the reputation that the United States has as a law-abiding nation, and will, therefore, support the War Department in living up te the terms of such laws as the Geneva Convention, which this nation has solemnly accepted. The same question has arisen in Great Britain, where the War Secretary, Sir James Grigg, told the House of Commons that he did not bé@lieve Germany was car- ryitg@ out the terms of the Convention and that the Japanese “have never made the slightest attempt to observe it.” The War Secretary pointed out, how- © er, that he did not believe that the House ©? Commons wished the government to imi- tate Germany or Japan in the repudiation MAY RUSSIA HAMMER JAPAN] Johnny won’t “come marching home” immediately, as some Key Westers seem to think, because of the resist. of hostili- ties in Europe. that about 2,000,000 Americans will be re- leased from the services, but added that it | will require a year to process all of them. However, if you have a loved one that has .| been fighting in Europe and he chances to bé among those who will not be sent’to the Pacific area, he is likely to return in a few months, the length of time depend- ing on his release and the availability of a | ship on which to make the trip to this ecuntry. » But if your loved one is not released, he will be given an opportunity to come home on furlough before leaving for the | Pacific. | Stories have been told about the fight- |? ing in the Pacific that are at one or the oth-} | j | or extreme. Some say that the war against | hé Japs will be long,drawn out, and others | Jeclare it will be over in a few months, just | 1s Soon as the full striking power of the | United States and Great Britain is brought ‘o bear onthe Japs. : a éut the Pacific conflict down a me-half of the time it would take vith only this:country and Great Britain | “pposing the, Japs, wotild be Russia’s en- ‘rance into the war. Aside from Russia’s | Sghting power, with 2,000,000 men along the Manchurian front, it is Russia’s near- | ness to the Jap homeland itself that would |-prove of inestimable benefit to Great Brit- ain and the United States. Leaders in this countr? and Great Brit- ain also have pointed out that the greatest problem in crushing Japan is the distance over which supplies and munitions must be shipped before that country can be ham- mered into submission. For that reason, let us hope Russta will join in the hammering also. A little authority much nonsense. is responsible for Never bother about what other people think; just be sure to think. If everybody performed all his duties, society would about be perfect, and what a monotonous world this would be then: In President Truman we seem to have a good busifiess man. A cutback of alp- proximately $8,000,000,000 at one fell clip shows the trend of things to come. By an 83 to 1 vote, the house of the Florida legislature on May % passed a bill authorizing the state road department to buy or lease the Overseas Road and Toll District’s portion of the Key West to Miami highway and freé it of tolls. But by what magic can the state road department pay back to the Reconstruction Finance Cor- if no tolls are charged? eo! the Geneva Convention. JAPANESE DILEMMA Ww ke these observations without Rac r¢ gard ‘welfare of German prisoners ; The invasion oi n is ‘wer They deserve “ho: special ¢onsid-4 yofh by. the Japanese and our own high «ation in view of what has beén reported om Germany We ought not forget, how- e*, that, they have been captured in ba:- te that the conditions of their imprison- nt are in accord with international ente eecepte by the United States *nd that this nation cannot afford to violate nledged word, regardless of what may » done Ly intérnational outlaws. To imitate German brutality and to ‘in- injuries upon captured fighting men ~ © splrit of revenge will, in the long run, ©9 mere harm to the moral fiber of this than to the helpless individuals mis- d. The honor of the nation, as’ well fe the Honor of Americans, prohibits the intentional mistreatment of helpless indi- ; vidu even thengh they happen to be Pison of war, Financial Adv: and buy more later. Save ‘money now There will he no world peace with- | out concessions by all great powers, When a person is tired he or she is ether physically or mentally weary, but | when it is a case of laziness it is 90 per- cent imagination in either case, Florida cigaret tax collections diving April Gwere 8.59 percént below the same jonth last year, while alcoholic beverage tax receipts showed an inérease of 90.79 percent. Fags being too high and difficult te obiihy the Florida smoker drowns his ficwing bow!. che command, and reports from.Tokyo indi- cate thatathe ne binet is seeking des- ‘erately te mobilize manpower tor the de- !vense of the home islands. The to‘al military force of Japan has Feoen cstimated at 10,500,000, including 15,100,000 assault troops, 3,000,000 re- _} serves and the balance classified as home ! guards. ; For the defense of Japan, however, | the enemy has no guch force available. ij Casualties suffered on the Solomon Islands, the Marsh jand the Philippines ¢otal more than 40( 000 and some 500,000 men are helplessly marooned of by-passed _ islands. F ile | ! ion, it is believed; continue to occupy inreclaimed ‘are such as The ands East Indies, Malaya, ete. | Japanese have suffered heavy naintain a large army. Together, the Chi- se venture has claimed around 4,000,000. This leaves about 4,000,000 men for i; service in the home islands, but many of them are over age and not physically fit for ! exacting combat duty. When the war began in 1941, the Jap- ; anese rapidl} expanded their empire, trans- | porting men to far-away islands and areas. | Now, in 1 the defensé of the home jislands becomes the paramount necessity, the Japanesé, cut of om their islands by our sea and a are unable to bring their forces home and must write of otal loss, so far ds home defense is rerned, hundieds of thousands of men nc helplessly marooned, i } } r: The War Hepartment has announced poration the $3,000,000 owed that agency, Is. the Carolines, the Marianas | Another | Nether- | On the Asiatic mainland, in China, the ||; losses and | + nef ‘peas t 1821 — William H. Vanderbiit,” son of the founder of the house, who. doubled. the great. fortune }.. left him, born New Brunswick,’ ¢ >) AN) J. Died Dec. 8, 1 Bi’ : iy arn Walbes Will open a Special sonal Checking without obligation maintain any fixed bal ance, provided as many five checks are written ® any one month. As much or as lf r Le kept in the account desired, and the ae only 10 defits for i check written, * For’ further info adlat the bank or tOf eat . i ' eminent éemposer planlat his day! {born New Orleans. Died Dee. 18,) i ; ; 1869. 1835 — Ae Jane Evans (Wilson), popular Southern nov-} clist, born Columbus, Ga. Died ,May 9,° 1909. DEERE ee & Subseribe to ‘fhe Citizen. Get DOCTORS’ f know, without | Fatnula for distress Of spies SGSa ss eS TORS, ‘adjunctively. for, ok | adjunetivel | oan =patients at. noted ‘Thornton Minor Clinic. Surprising QUICK ive ma tat i best. fe | i ORCS, 3 Lan = Bo ay x DAYS GONE BY FROM FILES OF THE-CITIZEN OF MAY 8. 1935 The Citizen publishes a front-| . <age editorial today, commenting on the action of the Florida sen- ate in unanimously adopting a resolution permitting* the people of Key West to consolidate the} city and county. > Hyam Gibson Colfins, familiar- ly known as “Hytie”, died at 4:30' oclock this morning in his resi-| dence at 501 Whitehead street. Funeral services will be held to- morrow. afternoon, and, as he been a member of the Key Nest Fire Department for many years, his body will be conveyed } to the cemetery on a fire truck. | | Members of ‘the Arthur Sawyer Post-of the American Legion will | give a minstrel show tomorrow} ht in the auditorium of the) y West High School. ! GERMANY | era | Associated Press dispatch | hed in The Citizen today that Ha Baker, chief of West Fire Department, | president of the en's Association at on in St. Augustine, 1c next convention’ of tion will be held in} An bl n 1 this oclock in , his. l street: ib be held Friday Paul’s Episcopal Arthar B, lips, seryices morning i { e Plant Board j Westers who! <2 QNE DOWN... ie ONE TO GO! So-let’s not let up until FULL Victory r yar ds to be tried next Monday nal court but @ one - plays j gets.” ai Cathal: Giveediglat Amer Who can blame Americans for going half _Let’s buy extra War Bonds—they will be ic i educator-author, born mad with joy as Hitler’s cruel war machine needed now, more than ever. sual oe is smashed into the dust! For all who have Let’s use transportation wisely. Florida Subscribe tu Tue Citizen—25e fought and worked and suffered grievous = Motor Lines would like to offer unlimited loss, this hour of triumph is deserved, But our men are still fighting and dying out there in the Pacific. If we let down now, we'll be letting them down! Let’s stick to our war jobs until Uncle Sam says, “Well done—you can relax!” weekly pleasure travel right away —- today — but carrying war manpower is still its most urgent task. 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