The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 5, 1945, Page 1

Fe eS a | 4 Afsdeiated Press De Wire Service and AP Features For 65 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West eee ens VOLUME LXV. No. 134 Che K THE SOUTHERNMOST as NEWSPAPER IN THE ere ene KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1945 Nimitz Predicts End Of Jap Resistance On Okinawa Will End In Threé Or Four Days * American Troops From! Three. Directions: Are Pressing Hard On Nip- pons Conservatives: Will |! Apparently! Win: Basy i In Great: Britain (By Assoctated \'renay (By Associated Preas) GUAM, June 5.—Admiral Nimitz said today that it peared Jap organized resis- tance on Ukinawa will come te an end in “three or four days.” ! Spokesmen over Radic kyo entertained a simils view, and the Domei Agency in Japan said that the Jap- i ee should try to adjust} bythe Progressive Conserva- themselves to the loss of Oki- 3 ‘ nawa, adding that the pos-| Pils slection pag pallricen: | session of that island by the claiming they would win a | Americans “will result in an| majority of the seats. While —If the voting in the prov- ince of Ontario is taken as a criterion, then the Conserva- ti led by Churchill, will e an easy time winning in Great Britain, for the So- cialists, who entered the elec- tion with 24 seats in Parli ment wound up with but six seats out of a total of 90. The other 66 seats were won intensified bomving of our! the Conservatives felt con- homeland. fident they would be victor- Headquarters here said that} ious, yet their overwhelming | American troops from direc-| Majority proved to be an toms we! 4 »| agreeable surprise to them. | Japs, who are hemmed in on th ' peninsula on the southerly tip of (LALLA 2 Vkingwa, The Japs are fighting | furiously, but being wiped om 'LEG ION GROUPS TO ‘ y they made! INSTALL OFFICERS three suitidal charges in attempt- img to hold up the advancing} — Americans but were thrown back| Arthur “Sawyer Post of — the befewe they could get started| Amevican. Legion, and its Auxil-{ well jary, will imstall officers for the With the capture of Okinawa,!year 1945-46 at 8 o'clock on Sat-{ American flyers will be only 350)urday evening, June 9, at the | mules away from the Japanese Legion Home, corner of White mainland Tt was the realization’ and Southard streets:~A” buffet! of that fact that led the Domei' supper and dance will follow im- H ‘ Vv to state at when Oki-' mediately thereafter. falls, the Japanese people) The joint installation ceromneny| y expect raids far more fre- will be conducted by the Com-| quemt and powerful than they mander and Auxiliary president now are of the 5th District with the as- Kebe Japan's sixth largest sistance of a uniformed Guard of city, today was blasted by 450 Honor from Harvey § is Post, Superforts, which dropped 3,000 Miami. Also present will be the toms of firebombs, converting the State Department Commander heart of the city into an inferno. and State Auxiliary President, Ant reraft’ fire was intense,‘ together with a number of dis-| but only 40 Jap fighter planes tinguished guests from various arose to uttack the Superforts. parts of the state. <a~ 2 x PEOPLE’S REFRIGERATION CO. 2831 N. Miami Avenue FOR SALE: | 1—6 x 8 McCrays Cooler 1—1 H. P. Compressor and Blower Coils | 1—12-{t. Display Case with 4% H. P, Compressor ]| Miami, Flocida | £4442444444444444444464644400444248 CONGRATULATIONS Te The Key West Junior Chamber of Commerce The future of Key West will be in safe hands if YOUNG MEN develop in your civic-minded organization, m your young streng energy and i tiative de ds the communal ability to shape Key West in the days to come as a shining example of an American City: a home town of prosperous, cultured people. To the YOUNG MEN OF KEY WEST: Cast your lot with the “J. C.”; learn to think and speak on your feet; develop the wisdom and the courage that, when you have passed their age limit, will fit you to be a leader in a great little city. Salud! THE KEY WEST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Truly, nn tt PPP PP Pee a (Ld Ld WINNIPEG, Ont., June 5. | Jed, 270 yard jin the measured mile RANGE BEACONS MEASURHD NAUTICAL MILE FOR TEST PURPOSES ESTABLISHED A measured nautical mile, for test purposes, has been establish- ed in Northwest channel, Key | West, Capt. J. E. Whitbeck, Sev- enth Naval District Coast Guard offi nneunced in Miami Mon- day in a notice to mariners. Range beacons marking the wea have been placed as follows: Front range beacon No, 1, 2,500 yards'N by W%4W of Northwest channel, inner range front light No. 13, and is a white squ ark with vertical orange strip y range beacon, j NE'ZE from the front range. Dan buoys Nos. 1 and 2 for use have been established 2,420 yards N_ by {WW of Northwest channel in-! ;her range front light 1 and 820 yards NEbyN of the same point addition five white with flags have been spaced equal- ry between these two buoys at the edge of the channel itself. One aid to navi Seventh tion in the rt has been{ others are and three missing, C p. All will be replaced as possible. The missing bea- cons are Tolomato Riv beacon 107 on the intra-coastal waterway be tween the St. Johns and Matan- Inlet; Lettuce Lake beacon 2 between Hillsboro and Coloosa-| point light 51A on the between Jacksonville coast Palatka has been destroyed. \War. Veteran Meet This Evening | Veterans of Foreign W. ganized recently by Key Westers, meeting tonight in will hold a their new hall at 218 Duval street Charles Morris, senior — vice commander of — the McAllister Post, Miami, is scheduled to 1 2 addres t the meeting. an | COUT LUUA EULA UEEA nee MASONIC NOTICE a Seswiee ednesday evening at 8:00 o'clock, June 6, 1945. Work in | the F.\C. Degree. Members of Dade Lodge are requested to be present. Local and _ visiting | Masons are cordially invited. By Order of Myrtland Cates, Ww.M. FRANK O. WEECH, Secretary. LLL WANTED DINING ROOM WAITRESSES Apply Mrs. Nelson La Concha Hotel Dining Room Johnnie Nebo's STARLIGHT CLUB 713 Duval S DANCING Nightly—7 to Closing Johnny Dias and Orchestra Penny Cocktail Hour 7 to 8 P. M. Daily Inlet; Communication of | | : Dade Lodge No, 14 F, & A. M. | i » day, men’s bombing of Damascus, t milarly mark-'ed, i NE'%E from front g nge; front range beacon No. 2, the a white circular day mark with: horizontal — stripes, 1,115 yards! 3 NE*4N of beacon No. 13, and reat range beacon, also circular with} ‘horizontal — strip 170 yards: { wounded, and 36 missing. ‘publication since December 7 | Mrs. Captain Whitlock said in! PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL DENIES PUT IN PLACE} ASSERTION THAT BRITISH STIRRED UP REVOLT IN SYRIA AND LEBANON (Bs Aasoctaty? Fress) LONDON, June 5. Prime; ready at any moment to Minister Churchill, in a, withdraw its trgops as soon speech in the House of Com- as there is assurance that no mons today, denied emphat-|further trouble will be cre- ically General DeGaulle’s ated. assertion that British agents} The Arab League has had stirred up revolt in Syria’ pac ked up the demand of an government that ee . Koel french withdraw their »ntrary, he i and the Indian Mos- “ed, the British had tried to while net out- keep down the rising unrest, spoken, is showing a similar which led to the French air- attitude, while the Turkish government has said that it thinks Turkey should have a representative present at the ¢ settlement of the differ- Great Britain, he declar- so much concerned in Me quiet reestablished in Levant States, it stands FLORIDA'S WAR CASUALTIES SOOO SSSHSHHSSHSSHSSSHSSSSSSHSSSSSHOHHHHHEOOSSOOE ‘Tne Navy Department an- iounces for the United States as a whole 494 casualties for June} Magnolia St., Orlando. Sumner, Nathan A., Maj., hus-; ‘4, 1945, of the U.S. Naval Forces | band of Mrs. Rosemat£ Sumner, | Fairfield. r Army Dead, Pacific Area Leonard, Lawrence L., Pfe., rother of Miss Margaret E. Leon-} Th wd, 17 NE, 41st St., Miami. casualties bring the total repor Army Missing, Pacific Area jed to next of kin and released fer! Fernandez, Frank Jr, st Lt. 2905, i(Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard) not heretofore released yn} Navy Department total casualty |+ lists, consisting of 85 dead 3 1941, to June 4, 1945, to 115,042.) Tampa St., FLORIVA : Navy Dead . COUNCIL TO Aldridge, Roy Alvin, Md ist's Mate 2c, USNR. Wife, Mrs Virginia M. Aldridge, 437 Spring-, ASSEMBLE TONIGHT ficld Court, Jacksonville, _ ‘There will be a regular meet- Watson, John Malcolm, Fire,ing of the City Council held to- lGontrolman te, USNR. Mother, night, beginning at 8 o'clock, -on No. 76. For=| irs. Jennie Agness Watson, 11! which will be the, first regular Walnut Ave., Duncllon. session of the month Navy Wounded 1 Nothing aside from regulé Robert P., Pic. ‘business is scheduled thus _ fa up during the course of the ses- -! sion. Giroir, Iva J., Jr. CR. Mother, Mrs. Ann Gra- ham, 120 E. 4th St., Jacksonville | White, Edwin Borden, Jt VERY SUPERSTITIOUS Parents, Mr. Ch o—In the 16th century, Mrs. E B. White, Sr., [superstituous persons — believed Gilmore St., Jacksonville. icomets to be heralds of evil, por- jtending flood famine, — earth- Navy Missing ‘Tiller, Byron Paul, ‘Gunner’ jquake, war or pestilence. Mate le, USNR. Parents, Dr. and eas Mrs. Oscar Byron Tiller, Chipley Army Dead—European Area | PALACE THEATER Devine, Sanuel A, Jr., 15, hus-| vand ov vs. Marie Devine, TAY oe Apt. 8, Orlando JANE FRAZEE in on, Rex M., 2nd Lt, son of | “ROSIE, THE RIVETER” midge E. Gibson, Saint An-| NewsvandGarial | "Tonight Is Prize Nite” Richard P., Ist Lt, 9 Something old, Something new, Something borrowed, | SOMETHING BLUE V\ ty Puincess Gouri de \ A jovous periume, aclu tot ; hantment mance... a perfume houque 2 pMilencel and promise. For all brides . of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Boxed a | with a personal sachet . the “something blue’ for the bride to wear, a good luck token for others. 1 07., 12.50 Something Blue kerchief cese and three sentimental sachets im heaven ee R50) SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS Duval and Fleming Sts. Phone 199 son of Mrs. Vera L. Gorsuch, 134} Ithough other matters-+ney' come | » w EXERCISES HELD AT SAN CARLOS educed To Territory That Ger- many Possessed At End Of PROGHAM PRESENTED AT IN- December, 1937 MORNING ‘THREE MORE WELLS: Zones Fer + ent of cissing exercises vere nett on FOR FIRE FIGHTING) “rn” Set bm With Friday morning Se pupils at the! United States In Seut!- San Carlos Institute. west Area ese PUT. IN_ CONDITION ildes Remond, Spanish teacher,! and Mrs. Marguerite S nerman, | English teacher arranged a pro-' ’ q am, which was presented, con- FIRE \ | 18 Seem tated Prenet isting of songs, poems and reci-} * ¢ ‘ES WASHINGTON, June 5. tations, all of which were very| » Nall eoaiused 1 oe London, Moscow and Wash Scolarship and Attendance , ington announced semulion — awards, were presented by Miss} ‘ously today the conditions Jennie Seymour to the followin, that have been imposed ov seid | Germany as a result of her Alba Rodriguez, Aida Digsd! Alicia Pons, Francisca Pons, Fire diert, Norberto Pons, today tha nd Alga Bravo. consisting of id other del Ss, were jserved those in attendgnee. Dic ee been ¢ the Board of Publi¢ Wer jbeen tested and found to be in! Her territor y will be rolled ———— ‘good condition. ‘back to where it was on De- (NEW LE GIVEN | They are located at United and} ‘cember 31, 1937, before the 1 , . ‘ , Walton streets, Florida and Cath-| entrance into Austria of Ger | TO V. H. SHELLY erine $' and Georgia and| man troops, z morning} Besides, all her war fee. well at' tories will be dismantled, Dunean- s. This 1 tieut Geis Ui title and d Micat Ge) is the mews Wtleland ear clr ate (rank of F. H. Shelly, USN (Ret. Chief Pay | Clerk, and Duval and United streets wag and she will net have a cen- | -in-charge of labor and started jtral government, transportation at the Naval Sta-; Chief ‘Torres said that just as' No machinery, whieh may tign Supply Department be used for production o soon us a weil is reported to him “" Enlisting for his first hiteh in‘ ee ; * no the telaa? WAP materials, will be per {1912, Licutenant Shelly has serv- 28 having been cleaned, he -tews’ ia ty the used by the ¢ jed aboard nearly every type of it with two hose attachments un- hank td tee ae ivessel_ in the Navy. He was der a pressure of 120 pounds. If ; ae plants will be under Allied aboard a troop transport, the USS the flow of water continues to be President Lincoln, during World yentitul under that pressure, he are War I. when that ship was tor- oid the well is then considered 43 ae pedoed off the coast of Spain, He 3 Uptipvabla ; tioned into fe nome h was wountled during landing Lap Ae, HOE _ the Russians in control of 0 “If city couneil authe the jope ions at Vera Cruz during Board of Public Works to drill ¢ easte the itieh h jthe Mexican campaign and dur- cufficient. number of wells,” he We ; the rieane the g this World War he served 23 7a “Key West will have one SOUth nige ny add niths on) thei Bij: Islands. His “or ine | water supplies inf the Freve beste south home is in San Rafael, Calif. country. tube Tinea, (Willa, 66. Sein spalneng aa epee this type — he’ proved: their ment wait Heat Ye ‘Ens. Virginia Haller efficacy on imuny occasions and im ite 2on8y DEL when oa ’ ' Ee 2 veg (ha SuttiC#ént mummy of Yem as tbat: arisgy wheel altee Is Given Duty Here jocitca throughout the city, we than me ae vw need not entertain any misgry db pe Reportiny: to the OL ings about a full supply of water fice, Naval Operat » Jast to extinguish fires.” ene ginja 1. Hal = ae ay vf beshy Biensac hs Are ‘ ri Station, Sanford Returning Home“! | ne i KBosign Haller graduated frome ve ana Rulert Biensnen, 2 ' ' eCity Collvge and took Sut? ii iad heen: residing an Key ony ' ' mer work at the University of woes a year, will leave TE ariGw ee ‘ [Piltsburgh. She taught commer- gic theie heme in Haltimore tae [cial uibjects in the high school at Mic Isiniieach facet ati hae ib un pF Peotone SR ie ed here in the Navy, has aa es erve in duly, (94 Her a medical discharge val training includes mdoctin . ' ' ii ation at Novthhaipton, Mass., and ED ' WHendanee att vy Suppay IGe _ eae, Gehool at Radcliffe, IF 1T’S*FOR CARS be Les eA WE-HAVE IT! Je Up Des epytyel | ASI SoA % ide The faut aot H H eAll Parts eGas Cap Locks fiji be | eAuto Horns Yale Locks 65. yin eAuto & Bicycle Tires & Tub@s ..)) + ‘ ' ‘ ‘ ' "" s charged while you wait The Modern Way Nightly 7:30 lies tw : DUVAL at soutaarp POOR OLD CRAIG vestige of Nagin NL TT ET SERVICE STATION i Se aaa Division and Francis Sts. 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