The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 24, 1945, Page 1

ah Sia ae a Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features i dy Years Devoted to the of Key West Le ~~ VOLUME LXVI.. No. 12: , improvements At Key West "RSH Naval Air Station Included In Bill Passed by Congress Many Projects On Pro-\SOODODSPOHOM. THE SOUTHERNMOST BEING MADE) - Scounma ALPINE REGIONS IN VICINITY OF HITLER'S FORMER HIDE AWAY PLACE : (hy Axsociated Press) E WSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1945 - - Peceveccesccesecocccoesceoooeeeseneee IWO JIMA IN MARCH - IN T he HE “ws Their Radio = GUNS AID AROUND OKINAWA —— Commentators Vio- lent In Denunciation Of American Airmen ASSIST IN DRIVE BY AMER!| yp og g@@ag@@@4\Veclare An Arbor In ‘CAN FORCES THAT CUT THROUGH JAP LINE BE- YOND SHURI GERMANY IS TODAY (iy Annwciated Prone PARIS, May 24.—With the MINUS GOVERNMENT Destroyed By Flames : (Be Ansocinted Prasad arrest. of Grand Admirel ‘ cer _ , 24.—The Ak! GUAM, May 24.—Shells, Doenitz his, staff and the en- —— gram Outlined Esti-|DIVULGED THAT GREAT ‘pine re: ini in the icity: i ; from. naval guns aided U. S.|_ tire German as command, pesthge i : P mated At Cost. Of OF po haf a RGE ‘ine hideout, ‘are ~— Lage “|< Otticiat Navy Photogroph - 'nawa today in a drive that) people; = Tokyo 24 ase itemetitatly' sea rel: 5< “ol EVACUATION 'PLANES: Transport ‘planes ‘line an airstrip on (cut through the Jap line be-| Among the yisoners were | caused by the greatest fire- $225,000 Heinrich ‘Himmler, but no! j,,. jin. waiting to take wounded Marines: to a Navy hospital | yc 1 | Doenitz; Cob Gem, Gustav (By Ansountes Presa) trace. of him has been found: ... Gam. Mi. Suribachi is seen in the background. “. | yond Shuri, which is describ- Jodi, chief of general staff: bomb raid im history, stilt ene eens ae ee rare ype wer EY i TF ys “we, jed as in smoking ant Fine-| Count Ludwig Schwerin von, | were burning fiercely in To- ‘ government divulged today | ¢aged in the manhunt, it was : . | ing ruins. | Krosigk, » foreign minister; this afternoon. J "Fhe ton Citizen) ‘ sl enue eee rs annannacd today. ISHGAR SHORTAGE LEGION PLANNIN | In the early stages of the| Munitions Minister ant — making that admission, ‘ASHI i ah Cul eres ce Gelant tn the eruing An unconfirmed report! a drive, not a Jap was encoun- ‘Spset—Caught in his bath i. dual May 24.—In the Navy De-| of 1940, and that some cabinet {Said today he was scen to} BEING DISCUSSED FOR POPPY SALE tered, and when they show-| —28d Food Minister Hecbert they raved in their partment appropriation bill| members suggested to Prime |have passed the Swiss bor-| t ed resistance it was in small} PAK oa awasi Jew ee of American airmen for for 1946, Bhar Can Minister Churchill that they | der two days before V-E Day} oe recs units. | same aie 8 Gen gee by | setting afire an arbor fly to Canada and set up the A news blackout was oa! and another report said that'coxcansswEN ARE WORK- TO BE CONDUCTED IN KEY e government there. Churchill replied that, in- he was in Spain. General Gustav Jod!, who j ‘WEST ON JUNE FIRST { ING IN INTEREST i | | posed by the American com-, mand on the extent of to-! More than 550 Su ay at Key West, at an{ stead of ‘unning away. he | 4; . | baac’ ; ; “| igned the document of un-, OF MAITER AND SECOND day’s gains on Okinawa;! Streicher, who was disguis- cost of $225,000. — oh nse earwagere {conditional surrender tor! : though it is known that the! ed ase fermer, was captured | dropped 4,500 tons of incor Mg A wer equip: settee ne Germans in ive | Germany, said that the last, — ry Jap remnants on that island! 40 miles west of Berchtes- | diaries, establishing @ record » including one i 10-! stand the capture of “this {time he had seen Himmier: wWasHINGTON, May 24 (FNS). Poppies to honor America's are being systematically an-| for the tonnage of bombs of } aw ga a eaiect yi England.” ew on Mow 6, an that he with a world sugar shortage “al Red warriors of two World Wars nihilated. | aanee tags 1 in |that type used in any other housing, After Churchill had made | was headin, uth. ' ees ‘i «1 Will be worn in Key West on Fri-, i | Smet von Epp $50,000 of the total. Exist-| that statement, the members | Pierre pee puppet pre- ready existing, becoming moke day and Saturday, June Ist and - Resse Manila news aoe) ; the area Wed- [raid in this war. More ton- oe Ripert aging : 5 4 acute from day to day, Florida! nd, Mrs. Ralph ©awyer,. presi- tw ‘ ¥- . in the course of @ ing who had made the suggestion {mier of France during the can forces Minda: nen tion for this purpose consist} agreed to stay in. London, | German occupation, Was re, congressmen are working to get ow peti Sawyer os ripe Necaigelt hed CE cise a 72 night, reaching as hich &® of two 2-kilovolt-ampere| shoulder a gun and fight also: | ported today to be still in CPs: (© climinate or modify, ae hee pincers’ on the jan: So ee ae ln 6,000 tons, was dropped om generators now being in- stalled for every-day use| OO @P@PD iD SI ID Power and light in seaplane ry, and er if the 1 supp fells, weold ly fails, wou @ pro- INTO LEGION Spain.and it was added that Generalissimo Franco had remarked that: Laval’s re- MEMBERS ARE. tease to Frattee was a, matter Three Realty Deal: the quota system of domestic s0- The little red Powers. will: pas: ar production under ;which ea@#hi}¢ribute both to. those men who producing area, such'as Floris have died for their country in jis restricted to a certain amo’ the protec war and to those = i os +2t--yaaes ago in France f pies. The money that is received forces. As the Americans close in, the Japs are fleeing to the hills to make a. last) stand... * ats x | “a ‘Defer Hearing Of EXTEND TIME IN ‘struction than an equal age . or |cessing equipment as well as la- for the flowers will be used to| ‘TWENTY MORE NAMES HAVE) Be Boe of S100 000 6 inclulled ey yt i Are Recorded Here: °°. ! aid: the afflicted veterans of both| Boy s Arrested Here; weight of explosives, be- for mosquito control. This is'for } ! ; ; \ adelante: faniiies, | BEEN ADDED SINCE cause the former, each of @itehing and clearing areas adja- NEW “OFFICERS TO BE IN- ere | Perabing yerees ve saris 008 Extensive preparations forthe When arraigned yesterday ; SATURDAY j Which spreads jelly cent to the station and for oiling) § -” Seat ED THURSDAY. Two lots and. a nouse have investigating committee, Repre-)))<cryvance of Poppy Day are be- afternoon before Juvenile Judge | } over a radius of 30 are of stagnant water, and is a con- tinuation of work which has been im progress. Its continuation is vital to the health of the naval JUNE 9 been, sold by Anthony Demeritt to Norman A: Roberts for $5,000, according to a deed recorded in ntative J. Hardin Peterson stat-| ing made: by he, Arthur Sawyer fed, “If it would just be possible} Unit of the Auxiliary here under fer Florida to produce the sugar the leadership of “Mrs. “Sawyer Roberts, Buddy Vandergriff and} Bobby Beavis, the boys who had} . shes sachel containing a large knife,| Mrs. V.. M. Hutcheson ‘better suited for raging the | flimsy construction of 90 per "cent of the buildings & the, couinty:-clerk’s-office. The lots and Mrs. Adrianna Sands, unit|< and a blackjacl 3 census enumerator in Mon-! , : A she can produce there wouldn't @ nes csi aie a jimmy and a blackjack among as : Japan. personnel A t : are on Washington street, near > a poppy chairman. Everyone in the} other 4S ee © st sai is st ‘ | regular eeting of Arthur 5 9 > g age. poppy chairman. Everyone Cl/other things, when ar ed by »@ y, ho said she is Pile suundre of plom For underground installation of| ceular meeting of Arthur Ashbey, and one is 29.6 by 187, °¢ any shortage ' city will be able to buy the flow- Heyes AU . Pilots from squadrens of Gian existing overhead electrical serv- Sawyer Post No. 28, American feet and the other 10 by 936 fect. Peterson arranged for © Josiah Ferris, Jr., assistant secretary of (Continued on Page Three) State Road Walker, implicated Alfred Perez, Patrolman S. W. striving in every way to ob-: from carriers, truck whie today, corroborated the | Japan ice, an item of $25,000 is included. | Legi as held last evening at ar ete ec a ain ‘¢ any s itions oh he odyh. " os one met Legion, was held last evening a Mary P. Harris has sold lots/.6 United States Sugar Corpora- 115 years of age. tain as many additiona reports over Tehye satin. chuul ae SO See _°'lthe Legion Home, corner White 25 and 26 in block 2 of tract 29 5 stage hes Whoes Perez w rested by Deput: ames residents ; she electrical distribution, including ‘Arigel pee elitr tion and spokesman for the Flor Z arrested by Deputy names of residents as she the fires still buring im Tokye take-off ducts and paving repair. and’ Southard streets. a ae pre Mackie for eas jida Cooperative Sugar Associa- , Will Archer, and admitted, when can, yesterday received the Vast stretches of territory ere This would eliminate disruption} Tom Newbern and Charles R. or, y eet, on Flag- ition, to appear before the com- ' arraigned, that he had obtained z % ruins, and? most of the blocks of service due to storm damage; and planes flying into wir Albury were welcomed into the has Post as new members. ler avenue, near Seventh street, been conveyed by Donald mittce and explain the situation as it exists in Florida where pro- Am item of $50,000 is for bar-'” 2p. smith, Post Commander, Cormack to Louis R. Torres. duction is now far below its po- a part of the money that was following telegram from H stolen from the Division street school h sus: 2 census; Roberts ene burned have not 2 single busiding L. Shearer, state director Of | standing | ‘The tonnage of firebombs dre ra «s for enlisted men. Total ca- s Shel Beker tential because of legal restric- Judge adjourned the,” (, Shige rd von! ped yesterday was almost twic pacity for enlisted personnel is!announced that the annual in- Mrs. Ethyle Ecker tions and scarcity of manpower hearing till Thursday afternoon,| “Agreement has been Poe sully wile am nines ow 2,138 and an increase to 2,370, stallation of officers would be Died Here Yesterday | #4 materials and released Perez in the custody reached by which county psig on Japan is warranted, the Navy held at}held on Saturday Brenig, Fue: 2: este wat Renseninl ves Peterson of his father. jcensus enumerators will! Headquarters announced the hearings on the appropriation'at 8 o'clock. Al Mills, Fifth Dis- Mrs. Ethyle Ecker, 46, passed! 294 Rogers filed statements wi Sa a SS ap ony the Japs, both airmen and bill trict Commander, will be the in- away yesterday afternoon 2:29, the Toomnlies endorsing Ferris’ ROBERT TURNER pRAvE cunt tues ate = ceund "ooen, th ce 2 A aa jeune (etieer And will he As: o'clock at /Key. West, Municipal Sr. | 1s 1. committee that ARRAIGNED TODAY) May 31, to complete theit juns, were caught futiooted | Artillery Firing eee by ins County. uN Hospital. Funeral services will ;., the Everglades area sugar cane oe |work. Cooperate with this the use of Pathfinder plane i ‘i od apres egionnaires ane be held Saturday morning at 10 = EG, Oana “Judge, they must have had al gffj i i » whieh flew in over Tokyo om i @ wae ararus atte | ple ae be increased 50, ge, they must have had a' office by sending in your Practice On Friday | their wives are urged to attend o'clock at the Chapel of the Fer ere tacaal neces grudge against me and _ slipped! ay . “0” \dvopped flares to light up the baal ithis annual affair. The ¢eremon- Lopez Funeral Home. Rev. C. T.| S's in & year @ ae me a mickey. It made me dead| Work dail wection of the city that hed | The Army announced today ‘ies will be conducted in the club Howes of the First M. E. (Stone) | urhig would mean 180,000 addi- drunk | It was the third extension of chosen for attack that Coast Artillery firing prac- facilities of the Legion Home. Church, officiating. Burial will| ional tons of sugar in one year That's what Robert Turner, in| time Mrs, Hutcheson has suceced-| When the Puthfinde tice will be held from installa- | Immediately following the instal- be in the City Cemetery. hands450. 000! tank ‘in “two years. pleading guilty to a charge of va-|ed in obtaining to complete the drew, the Japs seemed ww tions of Battery B, Harbor De-!lation ceremonies, a buffet sup- Survivors are, husband, Will- sub Peete eriployment Xe Wah th coco grancy, told Peace Justice Ira Al-| census in Monroe. The first an-| i was the end of the raid fenses of Key West, Fort Taylor,|per will be served. A dance and jam Charles Ecker, and other re-|rectiy and indirectly for 78,125 hak T laa i ; bury this morning. Turner was! nounced date of closing was May) aid not know differen Key West, Florida on May A floor aoe UE Solana RDS, ae latives. [rer Se) sey can est Ole hela dope cumina) court under aD, hen twas one May the first wave of big bomube from 8:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. coming officers of the local un ————— ty ‘eplenttinient laber andarachin= 3 pond of $75. 5, and, what was thought the firenombs drop in the ares tt vessels and air craft were warned of the American LeLgion Auxil- GROUP COMES TO ls it wade eveidle ot ance. *s FREE ludée ae oe ee ees SRenon to tee Sevurday, wes thenineiel t smain clear of the danger|iary will be installed simultan- le a 1. be ae : % second time this mon at Tur-} when the total reache 79 Among the facteries desteoved st vote atte: > Bae : . % ame charge. said this morning, 20 other names The anger are will be the} The Post voted to attend the, 3 2 smerly | Will provide the present ration, sifted FACE POW- same charge. = sect ; p : of small machine-tool work water area offshore Fort Taylor,!Ley Memorial Church on Sunday cgnees Renee Andux, formerly | one month’s supply o fsugar for (ite, acto drunk, Judge Albury) have been olan i a ee forming a triangle the right leg evening, May 27, at 7:45 o'clock. making he hia Se and |¢Very, man, woman and child in aoe tee pena oun eae i mes, she stated, were obtained, VaFious weapons of war of which extends 18000 yorvs, at < feet pene Pet. Pere ra anal “Wire MARBAaC were _| the United States,” he said. \ Greene street, between Simonton|by Dr. Joseph Sanchez, president a per i - Se eG segrens sind is ue se : . fi birt Saha n,'¢luded in the recent arrival here and Elizabeth.” lof San Carlos Institute, who vol B 24 degrees 32 minutes 48 seconds | Doherty, pastor, for this occasion. eS ' Uhiccied ol aen kia naneen 6 mee ammneene North Latitude and 81 degrees 48 The Post Commander urged all Others arriving were Mrs. Aida! s in his neighborhood wh« Los Angele D minutes 37 seconds West Longi-' Legionnaires to be present. The 94 vife of Pfc. Ernest Ogde: PALACE THEATER had not been listed from the theater, J tude and the left leg of which'Auxiliary will also attend the Osden, wile of Bic. Ernest Ogden, i er ee d that resi- remarked on how extends 18000 yards at an services. ewherwas eee action on April! DON “RED” BARRY in |g Nee Hutcheson) aah oe kan een, " 5 . She will stay here wit rs. | * 7 aii |dents, who wish to become enum : . : ‘ » firi ant is chip ang den. Mr. and Mrs. T. Hernandez News and Serial 7 Eo) communicate * er by addre < nition, she looked yaa altitude of the seach gc ann eel gon wore aloo arrivdia foe a visit with| es Nightly 7:3! ing her at P. O. Box 905, Key, the There sh vd ag000 yerds. . ‘relatives and friends. i oe VAL at SOUTHARD| West. owerm pees —— Ses aR Tae Made Se | | H ATT = 4 i : i BATTERIES CHARGED , | ETC wee) DINING OUT? ~ DINE WITH US | pgislnnie Nebo's While You Wait ame: mmm || (LA CONCHA HOTEL COCKTAIL LOUNGE | ne | STARLIGHT CLUB | THE MODERN WAY | / PIONEER HOTEL AIR CONDITIONED for YOUR COMFORT . OCEAN VIEW RESTAURANT = | eNEW "BATTERIES 161 NUE FAST STREET oan : 713 Duval St. [Rea At se | |. In the Heart of Miami DANCING EVERY NIGHT (Re-opening Saturday) D ANCING | @TIRES and TUBES | The Rendezvous of Key West Music by Bervenv’s Orchestre i for Autos and Bicycles Under direction of O. 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