The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 9, 1945, Page 1

“Associated Press Day Wire bt hy ‘Years Devoted to the XLVL» No. 111 ~ Ban ited On Midnight S862. Closing Of Saloons And IN SHORT ORDER MANY i * moc ol SALEOF ae eens ie EY YP ROPERTY js Japan willbe subjected cluded In Order Issued Toda: NEGOTIATING FOR TRANSFER! Plosives than were rained on y { : Germany, and that already OF FIVE ACRES ON the shift of men and muni- (By Astociatea Press) MATECUMBE tions to the Pacific area is WASHINGTON, May 9. ' well under way. i “Curfe . The striking power that: ight.” will not ring to- Negotiations are expected to be} the United States will bring * closed by the end of the week|to bear on Japan eventually, j That is what Fred M. Vin- for the sale of five acres on|he declared, -will be greater, son, chairman of the War]Upper Matecumbe for $1600, }|than that which had been de-' Mobilizing and Reconversion| ~The property i livered against Germany. | a re y is owned by A 0 Sal-| Alexander G. Blakely and is sit-|__ 78D80 will be attacked fo: ea atthe apuitty é fi rociously on land and sea and uated at: the southerly tip of thelip the air until its cities and, island, which, \with its sand) villages are reduced to rub- beach, makes it one of the most) ble or the Japs surrender un-| attracive sites on the upper keys.| conditionally. { The tract is near ocean fron- Bion American airmen, off le i ‘ -om.|tage owned by Mrs. William R.}southern “Okinawa, sank 14,000; ie te ee ee Warren, and, a little farther|tons. of Jap shipping and badly that thou ih the pantriction, way, ocean frontage that be- damaged 3,500 tons more. Weath- inst holdi 4 d longs to T. T. Thompson. er conditions are interfering against holding it had been} ii of that property is part of|with fighting on Okinawa. removed, it did net mean the/acreage Milton Parker owned on} In Borneo, Americas and Aus- i assurance of transportation|Upper Matecumbe. It also includ-jtralians are on the point of cap-/ of horses from one track to/ed a plot that he sold to R. A. S.}turing two large oilfields. i another. That matter, he|Peacock; another ‘ocean front American forces, who drove the added, would have to be tak-'Plot, the Parker homestead, and} Japs out of Davao on Mindanao, ! en up with the ODT. 20 acres along the bay: front,jare now pursuing them in the; % 5 to the late{hills near that city. Shortly after Vinson’s an- Gedege Imerriok: ouncement, news was re- ‘The Jatter had intended an ex-| BAN LIFTED ON ceived here that arrange- tensive devel 5 ments had ‘been started for petscimea pekding a. ait SALOON CLOSING} i the running of the Kentucky | course and piers for yachts, but i Derby, the Preakness and the 1925 realty crash put an end} Sheriff Berlin Sawyer at 9} i (Continued on Page Five) to his plans. o’clock this morning , lifted the! ban on the closing of saloons for | 24-houts,.as-had. been. set foath im a proclamation issued by Gover-i ' nor Caldwell. Sheriff Sawyer said H 5 West and on the upper keys: com-| We P plied with the order. He said fur- ther that. Mayor Albury inform- SHAPING UP TO FINISH JAPANESE. | (Ny Ansocinted Pres) GUAM, May 9.—Admiral Nimitz announced today closing of saloons and night clubs and horse and dog rac- ing had been lifted, to take effect immediately. ‘which were sold that the} Mrs. Williams | Gets Endorsement | County commissioners, at meeting last night, unanimous! endorsed Mrs. Hugh Williams for appointment as probation officer | in Monroe county. ie | The Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE US. jarea. F & KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1945 EIGHT BILLS IN HOUSE INTRODUCED LAWS MINUS GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE (ity Asnoetated Frens) TALLAHASSEE, May , 9.—The following bills, introduced by county tax assessor shall be paid a salary of not less than $6,000 Representative B. C. Papy of : a: Monroe county, have — become a: : Jaws without the governor’s sig- B156. — Providing that the, nature; county attorney be elected by the} HB50.—Providing at candi- voters, ; | roviding that candi | ihe pctlaing 64500 to dates for, county commissioners, | é : running at large, must be bona fev" expenses of the county tax assessor. ‘ { which they run. — PP HB162— Providing a salary of BH152.—Providing a salary of $300 a month for the judge of the $75 a month for the chairman of ..iminal court. the Monroe” tounty school board: : Ree ! HB153. — Providing that the! HB163.—Providing a salary otf $4,200 annually for the county; ' { circuit court clerk be paid a sal- { ary of not less than $6,000 yearly. solicitor “in lieu of fees.’ 4 eee ee ee ee ‘SEVERAL MATTERS OF MUCH! Rs . | IMPORTANCE TAKEN UP | | i | t i fide residents of the district from COMMERCE BODY | DIRECTORS MEET RED CROSS UNIT OUTLINES FUTURE | PLANS AT MEETING HELD YESTERDAY | The board of directors of the Sl poy West Chamber of Commerce ber wil 5 eaken its regular monthly meeting DURING SESSION Filled with satisfaction several _ Mrs. that comes of completing a‘ continue a volunteer ae Bt bail dow : eho in the, production department “or Yesterday. | oe = . _ wherever needed,” she said. The directors went on record recent War Fund campaign,! Under «new board as being opposed to“the inclusion members of the board of di- members discussed plans to pre- of any of jhe keys, or any of the rector: Chapter, i ss r nM program on dis- | _ 2 American Red Cross, settled edness in Key West,) Pay in the proposed Everglades ack to routine business and chapter's area’ National Park. i future plans at yesterday’s headquarters. ing of dis-, Clarence Higgs was appointed regular monthly meeting. aster and relicf officials will be as representative to attend Jun- George O. Lucas, chairman of calicd within the next few days. ior Chamber of Commerce meet- the board, presided at the lunch-_ Plans for an expanded Junior ings. The secretary was instruct- 2on session held in the La Concha Red Cross program during the ed to acquire membership in the dining room. summer months were also con- National Association of Commer- In announcing the books of the sidered. Under the direction of cjg} Organization Executives. War Fund drive closed on a suc- as: Dagney Porter, Junior Red “‘w. w. Demeritt was elected cessful campaign, Mr. Lucas re- Crossers are already beginning a Ee ‘ ‘ ported total collections cf $25,- program for making Christmag Socona, Vice-President to fill = 251.50. for the Monroe County ornamcnts and) for foreign Patsy refugees. The ,000-piece unit in| poearine we eee change to be completed by August 1. | se pendige faiths ne During the month ‘of April’ the| PostPened, pending further in- Junior Red Cross completed 240} Orme F As berien ran the re- utility bags, 11 bed jackets, one/auested information is secured, whole knitted Afghan and col- Fred Eberhardt is aprointed to lected their quota of 70 paper- Canvas the members, of the board “This $351.50 over subscription of our $24,900 quota would not have been possible without the concentrated effort of every resi-, dent of the area. I want to take’ this opportunity to thank every f 3 i contributor and worker in behalf d_-bogks: for conyalescent @nd @btain a consensus of opin- ofthe Amerizan. Red.Gross. 7. Sei eiee mui. tee See ids in*view. ofvthe approaching Mrs. Floren: nd of the present session of the “It is gratifying to know that Dulion reported : {we of Key West carried our full that Nurse's Aide class no -gislature. share of responsibility in putting in prog at the Municipal Hos-! A communication from the city the national goal -of -$200,000,000 pital was completing its second clerk was received requesting in- over the top.” unit and would-be ‘capped .with formation as to the, amount that ntage of appropriate exereises’ about June, was desired from the city for ad- citits in the rn aréa; 10. i ivertising purposes and it was dé- who aided*in ‘sending this section! Three truck: loads and shges cided that until 1 S of the country past its goal fist! and ‘clothing were gathered and changed, no — ini for the. second. consecutive :year.”|shipéd by volunteers last month jamount will be a! ' The southeastern area raised;for thée*national clothing drive to! Present were President’ A. M.} $20,495,356—more than 117 bilitation of Euro-'Adams, Dr. Delio Cobo, W.* W.| Cont of its $17,439,900 goal. The} pean evil ; TDemeritt Pred Eberiard. Clor- national goal was over subscribed} Members of the board present ence Higgs, Clem C. Price, Wiil-| jat yesterday's session decided to jam M. Arnold and Arthur L.| change the regular monthly meet- Murray. e date from the second Tues- i with deep regret that vard members accepted the re: BY REPRESENTATIVE PAPY ae Unconditional : Surrender Of | :morning), German dive During Last Night O82 EOA AAA #4 Celebrations Held In Con- REPORT CAPTURE nection With Victory OF GOERING AND ALSO KESSELRING| 1" Europe Day By Sov- iets (By Asnociatea Presn) LONDON, May 9.—It was reported here today that | Field Marshal Albert Kessel- ting had been captured, It was said that they had been found together at an undis- closed city in Germany. No details we're given of the re- Forted capture, and it has not been confirmed by any Allied source, Goering is quoted as hav- ing said that Hitler had sen-. tensed him to death, but that he had succeeded in escap- ing. | PIII OIG IA srcoriitsonal surrender NAZI PLANES | * ropsiee leis’ aeieaaaail BOMB PRA\ ‘the surrender in a radio ad- dress, and shortly thereafter ACTIVITIES CARRIED AFTER ‘CEASE FIRING’ tens of thousands of Russians ‘WENT INTO EFFECT brating V-E Day in this city and elsewhere in Russia did not begin until 6:01 (East- ‘in this city rushed inte the ON streets and began to cele- brate. That was shortly af - jer midnight this morning. | Men working on night |shifts left their jobs to join MOSCOW, May 9.—Su-|in the celebration, Russian rt- ‘girls danced with American notes hentaner ee tooo! and British ‘sailots in the | der to cease firing had gone! streets, bands played and into effect (6:01 p. m., East-) the people shouted, wilh ern War Time yesterday and everybody patting ever) 12:01 European Time this! body else on the shoulder. It was said to ¢ been the wildest expressions jn Russia had ever witnessed. (ity Anseciated Press) bombers appeared over of Prague, machine-gunned ci- - vilian and dropped bombs. | When dawn came, bart The planes appeared over! Wgre still playing, peopl Pracue in two waves. Later, Still were dancing and thou repor' id that order had S#uds of others still were pa heen restored in Prague at "ding. noon, European Time. | The announcement furth- er said that N are still re sisting ina few isomted pock- ets along the Baltic, but that, 100,000 of them were hold-'¢ New Equipment At Sheriff's Office Last night county agreed to expend $590 fe ed him that the city’ on the Reductions of 25 to 60% on Overstock | Bargains include: Technical Books, some recent fiction, a general selection of titles we do not expect will be popular when we ré-open next fall. WE WILL BE CLOSED FROM May 23 to Oct. 15 PAUL SMITH BOOKSELLER 334 Simonton St. Mrs. Williams has been in Ala- bama several weeks, and = w called there because of the illness of her mother. Mrs. Williams friends that she e ed to be hack in Key West next Friday. Charles Saunde Returns To Stutes: Saunder inders, Charles Essie teen months overseas Pacific, has returned to the states. Mr. Saunders expects to come to Key West on leave about. the first part of June. HOW'S THIS? HARRISBURG, Pa.—The Pew sylvania House recently passed a bill granting fre enses to all dogs honorably discharged from military se e. HYDRAULIC BRAKE SPECIALISTS Let Us Check Your Brakes Lou Smith Auto Service White at Fleming “Opposite Army Barracks” A hh hh headed dt NOTICE ss written; who had served | in the: ORR AARE BIE SIS te | WE ARE... 1 Phone 5! | The brownout has been; | lifted and merchants may; \use all outside lights. | CITY ELECTRIC SYSTEM PMD EMS AES 5, COLLIE CEO remreractsnen Ec, ignation of Mrs. Louise Albe of the, month to the third a recone | \chairman of Volunteer Special fay for the greater conveni- JAYCEES TO HOLD | Services. Although unable toferce of more of the board’s mem- | MEETING TONIGHT | \Continue the chairmanship which} bers. The next mecting will be} held on June 1) [she has so adequataly filled for Pee | The Ke (cam i i E . jof Commerce will hold its regu- |Road Matters Taken CHARITABLE WORK | jar weekly meeting tonight, be- é 4 ie “ ginning at 8 o'clock, in the Harris Up By County Board HERE EXPL NED eiool jniilding: coves oh Mae Acai Re ——— éL and Southard streets Mrs. James Fort) and Hirsch, representing the Monro county branch of the State We & referred Miss cording to announcement m today by Wilbert J. Moehrke: Mr. Moehrke states that this is County commissioner ‘to their road committee last night] construction | The convention will be held in charitable work, exclusive of the|Qylando beginning May 11, and 15,000 that is given yearly to the) will continue through May 13. ‘ttlements justified connecting {them with the Overseas highw: | It was pointed out that r ad ! ways of that kind ultimately will! Key West General — Hospital.| jresult in the development of the; Among the charities are $700 an-j PLEASE A ikeys to a great extent, though! nually to the Monroe County; jit was pointed out that, before Health Clinic, $1,200 to the Child! agree construct a latera are Board i $720 te e i jagrecing to construct a lateral: Welfare Board and $720 to the); PRANK ALBERTSON in al branch of the State Welfare i nent of office! “O My Darling Clementine” News and Serial be} Ic Board, used in pay? rent road, there would have to proof that it was necessary to the | development of the county RADI REPAIRS—48-Hour Service ISLAND CITY RADIO | 900 FLEMING, — Corner Margaret ELLE LILES NORTH BEACHE INN COFFEE SHOP Serving Excellent Meals at Reasonable Prices BUS NUMBER 3 TO DOOR AT. AEST =a | iCONNIE 728 Fleming St. CLASSIC SCHOOL OF DANCING Also DEVELOPING AND REDUCING CORAL GIFT SHOP = —_LIVE POULTRY ROASTERS and Battery 609 Ashe St. MOTHER’S DAY 1 Raised FRYERS | BRADY’S | GIFTS CARDS - NOVELTIES | (Live) POULTRY and | EGG MARKET ALL GIFTS i Beautifully Wrapped 1214 White St. Phone 540 SPAIN’S SERVICE (Complete Service for Your Car) 1101 White St. Cev. Eliza PHONE 782 Parts are available for your car. If we don’t have ‘em, we'll get ‘em for you. BODY and FENDER WORK Also Car Painting applications for the | i cealuteraliroads atvatyerisplnces (tare Board eepoke: av: asmeclingiwes stu cew an meetings Detar Hercneite re SOR yy RRL Sa fie ithe annual state convention, and | Popaeetaeaeae! of county commissioners lst at this time the Key West dele- Last year the then board of} night about the charitable work} gates will receive their final in commissioners, in discussing the] that the branch is doing in the structions regarding their par i county’s surplus, said that part} county. , ticipation in discussions on im-} of it should be used to build lat-| At present the county is spend-|Portant matters that are to come jeral roads on the keys wherever! ing approximately $10,000 for before the convention bik O KS! ing out in Latvia. It was said that any pris- oners “who. are captured while fighting, in disregard ase firing order, will and ted as murdeg | | uipment to be supplied Ste yer This morning a f lomergency utiit, cos Rusing .machine gun, an extra machine gun elit ‘were purchased for the of fs office : Fou i ways to say ‘ Remember M.” CIRO’S DANGER SURRENDER $5 REFLEXIONS $5.00¢ 12.00% 18 NEW HORIZONS....$6.25* 10.90% 2: { $12.00 © 27.50 00° 10.00% 17.50% 32.00 50 (all prices plus taxes) | SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Ine. | PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS Duval and Southard Sts. a Phone 199 NTT BOS RN NE Key West, Florida = mmwe OMAN) Went Into Efést in ; eee tie all \ : . b