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‘it Three Of Defendants Al- 80 Questioned Relative Te Underground Act- ivities Polish newspaper man, who identified with the underground in that country Polish! Russian! committed acts sub-| to the interests of that country in time of war.| He said that the under-: considered Russia an @ggremor nation and the Red the enemy of Poland. of the defendants questioned on that point said that the Polish underground at that time was undecided’ whether to aid the Russian i 7 would oer it in its march) | | through The defendants were not as they were yester- some of them. fore the resumption of the trial BURGLAR ENTERS LOPEZ BUILDING ON DUVAL STREET Footprints show that a burglar stepped from the “Sloppy Joe” tunbding. Duval and Greene streets, to the second story of the Lopez building (formerly the Island City National Bank build- ing) and ente the office oc- cuped ttorney Julius F. Stone and stole two electric fans end @ pair of scissors. That is Mr. Stone's theory. About two and one-half feet sep- erate th buildings, and Mr. Stone stated that it would have been matter for the thief to grip the iron frame of an awning over the window and step seress to the Lopez building. Nothing but the fans and the siesers were taken in his office, and in an adjoining offieé dppar- ently a clock was the qnly thing im which the burglar was inter- sated The sheriff's office and the city police have not been able to find @ clew as to who committed the theft City Council To Assemble Tonight will be an easy There « regular m of the ¢ Ce il held to- bight. begiming at 8 o'clock, which will be the second regular of the month ity “ n A BINGO Sponsored by Elks Nightly 7:30 DUVAL at SOUTHARD Press Day Wire and AP Features Years Devoted to the of Key West Trial Of Polish Leaders (CHINESE HOT AFTER NIPPONS CONTINUE THEIR GREAT SUC- CESSES AGAINST ENEMY FORCES (Ry Associated : Press) " CHUNGKING, June 19;— Chinese forces, shot on. the’ ‘of the’ who had across»the Wa’ River, continued today their great successes against the enemy. redeploying their army along The Japs are apparently redeploying their army. along the east coast of China, for they offered little resistance in the defense of Wenchow, which the Chinese recaptur- ed yesterday. 5 In the southwest, the Chi- nese are also meeting with success. They are now nea ing the former American ai base at Liuchow. Fighter-bomber planes of the U. S. command greatly aided the Chinese in their drives, both along the east- ern coast and also in. the southwest. School Board Plans Awarding Contract Carlyle Roberts, chairman of the Monroe County School Board, and Dr. F. S. Carbonell, member from the second district, day. t there: pe cee ib: that’ thé edntract ‘for. sbutldir addition ‘to’ the Division ‘eats elementary ‘school will bé award- ed ata meeting of the board: to- morrow evening. The lowest bidder to construct the addition was J. S. Dongo, $32,484.65, which was about $1,- 500 more than had been allocated for the project. Mr. Roberts and Dr. Carbonell said that if a way can be found to make an adjust- ment in conformity with the By JACK STINNET with the possible exception of My Ansoetates Prenst | -| Senator Hatch; who, even if he, WASHINGTON, June 19.—It-is knew what was. coming, was a rare thing when the folks who! powerless to do anything about it. sit in the congressional galleries}, The amendment passed 37 to! MIRAL NIMITZ are given an insight into the fast 29° without one word of debate} manipulations that can go on UN--in the upper chamber, where de- —— der rules of order. \pate ordinarily is unlimited. | In most ca: (By Asnocfated Press: the laws of the} Senator Hatch didn’t even have: a bill is a foregone conclusion be- with a motion that the move to Ithe “day General’ Buckner jfore it ever reaches the floor of reconsider i jfo : be laid on the table,’ jwas killed was Victory Day either Bie ees Hower which cuts off all further debate; With 80,000 Japs killed |or a bit of legislative shenanigatS!” Qnator Hatch did get a word! on that island only mopping |} being worked, a fast man in in edgewise. He said: “I want ae} up operations now remain to(tt’y hut O8 matters parliamen-| definitely understood that 1 was! iP P = Pp Lun ato jtary can almost run his first on my feet and first to ad- rid. Okinawa of all Jap re- sistance. Even while Gener- show. A ease in point was Sen. Ken-) al Buckner was watching the battle from an advance post, where the fragment of a shell ‘pierced his heart and dress the chair.” The president pro tem said sim-j ment to the OPA time extension! Senator or hear him address the} act making it obligatory that! chair.” | farm prices be established at a ¥ou can’t go beyond such an} level that would assure the farm-! explanation as ‘that. Lies sadhana i that ine tes ‘out of ten'the fate f for "Thomas tB-oKla) moved | KQUR BOYS TO ONE GIRL RATIO OF BIRTHS AT NAVAL HOSPIT. President Leaves For Places In West; Gen eral Goes Te New York A ratio of four boys to one girl is indicated in« the list of 17 boy and four girl babics born at the U. S. Naval Hospital during the month of May, as announced by USNR. They are: | eral Lyle Craig, son of CSp(A) and) 2c and Mrs. Chester vagy - wi James Frederick, son .M- le and Mrs, Frederick O. Beck, | arming, the one gnome Mrs. Howard Lyle Wolverton. John Frederick, Jr., son of MM-; (A) and Mrs. George S2c and Mrs. Rudolph C. Marsi-| cano. , i hay wad i James Walter, son of Lt, and) W, Sune neth Wherry’s (R-Neb.) amend-|ply: “The chair did not see the! Lt, Comdr. R. W. Andrews, (MC),| Mrs. Leland Chester Ward. i and cone met at said to- r a “reasonable profit”. on all! But when the fracas was over killed him, forces of Marines nd. the “American Tenth the’ pincers of a death trap onthe enemy. Tokyo today that fighting on was nearing admitted its that the Japs had fought val- iantly, but they gradually were forced to succumb to superior forces, One part of Okinawa is only 325 miles from the southerly tip of the Jap homeland. When American planes. operate from that island in large numbers, Japan will be bombed system- atically from end to end. Admiral Nimitz announced in a communique: “Buckner was kill- ed in action at 1:15 p. m. Monday while observing the attack of the Marine Eighth regimental death was instantaneous and re- sulted from the: burst of an enemy shell.” Major Gei Marine Corps, -hax assumeG command of the Ryuk- yus forces on the island. More Carpenters a a; Likely To. Return * oS Do 'Citv For Work Mote, catpetiters are. likely: to rejurt.te- Key West as.a result of \lantic boulevard, north and south; the commisary at the Key West { ‘ { Okinawa} bate on the Thomas and Taft “final | amendments (neither of which got phase.” The spokesman said |@"yWwhere), Senator Wherry and: combat team on Okinawa. His Badan ian inti Satan Dodi tnctntinintonlitoatin innate neral Roy S. Geiger |. , sesssseaeene Naval hospital and three build-jhe had purchased some stock in} “At er that he produces. The boys ran a} and the amendment passed, Sen- fast one on the opposition (ad-| ator Hatch added:' “Unfortunate- ¥iny' were squeezing shut| ministration, it happened to be) ly there has been exhibited today | monds. this time) that left them bewil-,on the floor of the United States dered:and befuddled. During the height of the de.'of the Senators to cut off debate and limit inquiry.” He concluded a little vehemently: “Let it never happen again.” es Sen. Scot Lucas (D-Ill) con- staunch administration suppott-/tributed: “Now for the first time ico, were on their feet, asking to} | have learned what we were vot- be recognized. President Pro Tem|i€ upon in connection with the Kenneth McKellar was in. the, fo , chair. The grizzled veteran Ten-| , Mabsity Leacer Alben Berkey hesseean must have known what’ ‘0%, newsmen ater: iadercayl was coming. He recognized Sen-|"° debate on the amendment, be- aioe Where. cause we didn’t think it had a if en chance to pass anyway. I am sure Wherry sent up his highly con-| the House will take it out.” troversial amendment, asked that} That may be so, and in the long it be read, and immediately call-} run the Barkley-Hatch-Lucas fac- ed for a “yea and nay” vote. All tion may feel'that no harm was of the opposition to amending the! done, but they knew that day that OPA act‘in any such broadening}they had been taken over thi of controls was caught fint-fool pariaupeniary hurdles. aaa * ed MACMURRAY, A'HAZARD OF THE ? By BOB THOMAS (By Assvciated Presa) HOLLYWOOD, June 19.—Fred MacMurray and I just smiled at each other for a while. I had heard he was very diffi- i cult to jinterview ‘and “I swag. de-{ what ‘their - daddy-~ look vising 4 plan of attack from which | When\he “was he-could not éscape: “I uriderstand you're” quite @ bit ahead of schedule on this pic> * IT remarked. that picture,” much in that time,” 1 said: “Qh, you'd be surprised. I real- 'ly looked thin dnd youthful in jwork én’ 52 builgings, comprising we're 10 or 12 days, those days. No double chins or! : hat preceded peacanite de the dahnson Realty he said. ; g. A lot has happened in| nig actiontnever have died Woven Company tract, bounded by Ber-| “[oes that have anything to do completely. tha and White streets, east and| with the fact that you have} In putting the matter up to |west, and Laird street and At-{|moncy in the production?” | Congressman Ludlow, Mr. Dis- “I don’t have any money, in it,”| pictures lately he said. Finally he admitted that! “ I,always have,” he said. Peery Pe ee 41, ;ings for officers’ quarters at {Mutual Productions, which is now| four a year.” funds available, the contract Will United and Whitehead streets,| making “Pardon My Past.” “You must like this work.” be awarded. Clarence Higgs, business agent! “Oh, I si aid I, screeching! “As a matter of fact, I do.” Both said that, because of the decided increase of the number of students at the school, the ad- dition is acutely needed. The con- tract calls for the completion of the project in 100 working days. STEWART FUNERAL HERE ON FRIDAY Funeral . services _ for _ Mrs, Ethel Mayfield Stewart, 53, who died yesterday morning at 7:37 o'clock at the U. S. Naval Hos- pital, will be held Friday afte: noon at 5:30 at the Congregation- be placed ‘at 2 p. m. Rev E. S. Doherty of the Ley Memorial Church, officiating at the serv- ices. Burial will be in the family jot in the City Cemetery. Lopez Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Surviv- vrs are husband, Arthur J. Stew- art; two sons, Arthur J. Stewart, | U.S. Army, and Richard C. Stew- art, U. S. y: four daughters, Mrs. Marion Jones, Mrs. Florence | Smith, Mrs. Anita Grady, Mi | Lillian Stewart; three brothers, Graham Harris, Mackie Harris, Murray Ha ; two sisters, Mrs. Annie P. am, Mrs. Collee, and 5 grandchildren. SAVED BY Having it GREASED and SPRAYED @TIRES and TUBES fo: Autos and Bicycles | BLACKOUT CAFE 919 Simonton Street | WILL BE CLOSED FOR TWO WEEKS Watch The nouncement of opening date. al Church, where the body will)’ Citizen for an- for the local Carpenters’ Union, said today. Mr. Higgs said that from the peak of 1.400 union carpenters in. Key West, the total has idwindled to about 250, all of whom ‘are employed. As a result ‘of renewed activity, he said pos- sibly 20 other carpenters will re- turn to the city, if they are found to be available. “That's unusual. Most prayers say they don’t know how they | stand it, except for the salary.” “TF like it. Except that it inter- (Continued on Page Four) to a stop before a conversational dead end. We smiled at each other for a Then I remarked that I “Car 99”, an} while. had recently seen THE JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ‘red rematked. “I} Congress.to the arguments for the} like-to: run. it“and. show: uty kids | on ah ie j like “You, couldn't -have dianged amount I used to make lc and Mrs. John F. Lasse. James Gordon, Jr, son of AM, M3c and Mrs. James G.. Ham- i Richard) William, Jr.,.som) of Senate a great desire on the part; MoMMilc and Mys. ‘Richard WP AMAL ie and Mrs. Manley Bland.; | Johnson. i Reginald Berle, U1, son of Sp-| and Mrs. Harlen W. Federer ;(Aple and Mrs. Reginald B.! Thompson, Jr. Brian William, son of Sp(A)lc, and Mrs. William R. Armet. John Lawrence, Jr., son of Lt. (jg) and Mrs. John L. Frost. James Leonard, son of CSF and Mrs. Alton L. Renfrow. hab bbb bbb THE ARGUMENT IS IN THE AIR AGAIN 0 022204200500000r0sereeeeeeeeeeseseeaeae cisco, where he is our whole nation and domain; it 0 make an address has dignity and majesty in its world’s conference, wi structure, simplicity in its expres-/ expected to come te a sion of sentiment. By JACK STINNETT (By ..snociated Presa. WASHINGTON, June 19.—If you. want.te get in on the ground floor of what may be a revival of a good scrap, take sides now on whether you ‘would like to see Congress drop “The Star’ Span- Banner” as our national an- hem and subsnitie “America.” 2 is an-old one,| ‘Ihe Star Spangled Banner” isifore he leaves ‘but Rep. jerctrg hittts Ww, Tncliantd beyond the*range of the average] conference of M and Mrs. Phillip M. Brown, and Mrs. Paul H. McCarren. |MM and Mrs. Ki (jg) and Mrs. Robert D. Ravey. George Robert, Jr., son of CSp- City R. Bunting.! Rudolph. Charles, Jr., son of, Linda Sue, daughter of AMM-| John Bruner, Jr. son of HAN d: Mrs. John B. Lafferty. and the ge te Le. onal Joseph, son of SeM2e. Guardia . and Mrs Willian FP: Grimes, te bike Helen Elizabeth, daughter of jg. President Truman » phen. 1 Everett, son of CMe’ cat Roosevelt, left at 8:20 Herbert Joseph, son of ARM2e o'clock, and General Beem _ |hower’s plane started dows Kenneth Victor, Jr., sun of AC-'the runway 28 minutes later th P. Puce. | ‘The President was on a db daughter of Li | pect Lb-b Tun to Olympia, __ | capital of the state of Wash ington, where he was te re jmain twe days as « guest of the governor. From Olpme- pia he wili gv to San From Carolyn Diane, daughter of CT- Pamela Louise By + on that day. i*lt never, grows old, applying; Returning today with greater forces than ba when first made public more than} g 160 years (1832).” Mr, reiterates an often- He used objection: that the air Oflather visite im the grist Sheridan, who was later discov-| newspaper man and author, has) untrained voice. ered to be-fortified with oomph.| brought. it into the: open again. “Yes, I've got a small print of He has called the. atteption of change ‘put-forward ‘by a couple of his INdiana constituents, James. 1. “Wisbette and the. Rev. Fillmore, Bot > “The ~ Star Spangled. Banner” was adopted as our pational an- Mthem by act of Congress in 1931, | sette Banner’ is not ‘an anthem, It centralizes and extols a critical situation in} the war of 1612. ‘The remoteness} of that situation, the meliowing influence of time, and the over- shadowing importance of even jmore critical situations in subse- quent wars have all tended to I relegate this happening, of the |war of 1812 to its proper place in ithe records of our early,histary tand there it should be allowed to} | j{ rest.” | Mir. fails to str Dissette thinks the sdng} e¢ a,responsive chord | Invites Young Men to Join Their Organization }}/i the hearts of its hearers." He CANDY . Boe believes few people can recite For the following reasons: even the first stanza (can you?) Philadelphia. — This explains Boel E ‘and that most have never even why you've been enable eS buy 1, New Members bring in New ideas. || heard tee realning ee d much candy recently. The aver- a x “Just the contrary is true off ice man en eating tS Zo .secre) nem, sees ton most war planning. ‘America’,” he says. “The words | and a half times more candy! 3. To assist returning young men from the armed ‘of that beautiful We Ce than he did in ian life, ac cording to the National Confec- tioners’ Association. A total of 2,700,270,000 pounds was manu- factured last year. RUTH TERRY in “JAMBOREE” { News and Serial { Tonight Is Prize Nite W. B. HANSON | PALACE THEATER | forces in taking their proper places in civic life. 4, To train young men in Civic responsibility. 5. To assist in the many projects planned for the coming year. _ Our needs are many in Key West today and only by increasing our membership can we assume the burden of our projects and carry them through successfully. The responsibility is great today and some one must assume it to see that we are trained to take our places in the community in later life. Many men in the country today laid the foundation for their success in business and political life, through training in Junior Chamber of Commerce work. Outstanding in this fine is Lt.:Comdr. Harold Stassen, three times governor of Minnesota and who was appointed by Pres. Hoosevelt to serve at the San Francisco Conference as an American delegate. A person must go forward or back. He cannot stand still. Only with proper training can he reach ultimate success. Start today by enrolling as a member of puumeine service | THE JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE pt viata hd For [nformation Write Jeff Knight, Jr., Pres. @Repairs vee P. 0. Box 431, Key West, Florida Phone 29 1201 White St. ——— | T or Call Phone 489 prehensive in scope, Da ANNOUNCEMENT | Effective Monday, June | 18, there will be a doc- | | tor in Dr, Galey’s office it daily from 7 to 9 P. M. {except Sundays. | AT a | | ~ BRIDGE PARTY | | Benefit St. Paul’s Building Fund ST. PAUL’S PARRISH HALL | 8 P. M. Thursday. June 21 | Admission 50c Call 531-R for Heservations Betore he left the Washingtn He doesn't think that the most airport, the Presifent end Ge frequent gbjection to adopting | eral Bigenhewer conmeeroed America” tne national an-| light vein. The Prewdent them-—-that the» air us the British nations “God Save the Ki one. ame he was sucpraed to brern ¢ General arage se oe > latter cepilie, that it ave of heave tt, thiseusss u “Enya Giseus St the mgtter| Deventecs wher teed ot several. yéar's ago,” hy says, “the | Guardia ai heer @ assertion was igade @hd never e-! Kisenhawet” He wae thee ‘be futed that the originated © ws} attati fen A " the folk song of a disappe whieh tex a forgotten people; that siveds wf thousand (merely) rescued it from passing | pony into oblivion. The streets were air is also claimed bY} billowing im bun and Switzerland, and aah ta Rus ormerly used the air n fell during her national anthem. Apparently! pall, where the Gene the air belongs to the world | adie. teeteee, i “Would it not be peculiarly @P-! brietly in expre propriate for Congress to rescind) sense of appreciation its action of 1931 and substitute « ome that had tee our national anthem ‘America’, % anthem in which our whol ' tion heartily joins in sin a A praise-to Almighty God for ow n great, blessing sof freedom and fo ou Preservation * CATES’ FUNERAL HERE TOMORROW Welk phere, you have uw. Chonse your side and go to it AUDITIONS FOR Fun ervier wa AMATEUR NIGHT ('""*. 7, whe a The regular Wednesday aftei- at 5:30 ' ‘ noon auditions for this week egational Chur ' ' talent night will be held at Bay- Doherty of t i ‘ view Park at 5:30 tomorrow Church, offie ! fternoon. These programs at | be placed designed to encourage the de-|2 clock . ¥ ' velopment of talent under the Hor is in charg « age of 16 and all children with ment any kind of talent such as dane su r ‘ ing, singing, playing an instru- Mary An tex f ment, or reciting are invited to Mrs. Louwse D ‘1 be present at the aiditorium No Pa Glad ipoon MM |child will be allowed to appear on Lucille Ayer { Mu M a program without an auditir R udeon of K a Each month a twenty five de n, Char i ( lar war bond will be given to M the child selected as the out Pallbea “ ‘ standing performer for the from the Tiger 7 , month, provided there are at ved Onde ’ least six entries h Mr. Cate “TA CONCHA HOTEL COCKTAIL LOUNGE AIR CONDITIONED for YOUR COMFORT ° Now Featuring DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by — Orchestre The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ | BREAKFAST Served trom be . LUNCHEON Served from. - DINNERS Served from... - { HUGG C. HODGE, Manager °

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