The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 10, 1945, Page 1

IE LXVI. No: 163 Formosa Now Entirely Cut Off From Japs’ Homeland Japs Now Feeling Full (OOP OOOODSD, Force Of U. S. Bomb-|CHINESE CAPTURE ers From Shanghai To STRATEGIC BASE (Be Associated Press) Indo-China CHUNGKING, July 10. Chinese troops have captured @ strategic base, 170 miles from Hong Kong, it was en- nounced today, and advites were received here that Jap troops in Burma _ have dwindled from an estimated 200,000-to 60,000. Causes of the decrease has been defeat after defeat and the retreat of tens of thous- ends of troops to Thailand. British Imoerialists are con- tinuing their swift advances in Burma, dispatches said to- (8, Assecttet Press) MANILA, July 10.—For- mosa, which Japan had used @* its chief base in conduct- ing its war in China, has been entirely cut off from the homeland, it was announced today. Formosa has been bombed} se frequently, and so many ships have been sunk in its} day. harbor, it is now only a sha- dow of its former status as| COMPO O LIL M1 one of the chief cogs in the} ————___—___—- Japanese war machine, Validation Of lanes from the Philip- Stamps Announced pines and Okinawa have rak- ed Formosa trom side to side and end to end and have de- streoyed hundreds of her war and industrial plants, large and small. Validation Sunday of five more red stames and five more blue stamps has added a total of one hundred points to your food buy- [Bs Emma 7 Emma Thompson Chief Legatee In Father’s ‘Estate (Spectal to The Citizen) NEW YORK, July 10.— Mrs. Emma Thompson of Key West. is one of the chief legatees in the estate of her father, the late Wil liam C. Trageser of New York, was disclosed in a New York State Transfer Tax Department report filed here today. She is left_$47,544. irs. Marie Knight and John Thompson, grandchildren of. the decedent, also of Key West, are left specific. items of jewelry. Mr. Trageser died November 20, 1944, at his home here. His prop- erty was appraised today at $110,- 293 gross value, $104,771 net. Holdings consist of $10,000 in realty, $12,850 in stocks and! bonds, and $74,928 in mortgages,! cash and insurance | N. Ya EWSPAPER. Ten Nurses At NavHosp Promoted 0£44424444444444484444444444444444444 ‘ i Official Navy Photograph Lieut. Margaret L. Haley, NC, USN, Chief Nurse. is shown with ten nurses on the staff of the U. S. Naval Hospital, Key West, who were recently promoted from Ensign to Lieutenant (jg), NC, USNR. i Left to right, first row, are: Catherine V. Nolan. of Danbury. Conn.; Lorraine A. Rowell, Saco, Maine: Miss Haley, Jeanne T. Rosenfelder, West New York, N. J., and Elizabeth G. Spillane, East Orange. N. J. ! Second row, left to right: Perla M. Morris, Port Gibson, Miss.; Mary A. Rowan, Fisshing, N. Elizabeth J. Ryan, Mineola, L. I., Marie P. Land. Nutley. N.-J.:; Mary Rose O'Neill, Bayonne, Pee J., and Elizabeth M. O'Malley; Riverdale, N. Y. REDUCTION IN MILK LONDON. — Ministry of food supplies announced today that the! milk supplies in Great Britain! have been reduced from three! pints to two and one-half pints! per person a week. i DENY FLIGHT ‘SEABOARD AIR LINE SPONSORED OPERATING UNIT NC NOW IN GERMANY {Szecial to The Citizen) HDQRS., ARMY TRANSPOR- Capt. Lynwood B. Alexander, IN THE pe ERERT EM ERLE ES Re U.S.A. cepa eamomeeg: NEWCOMERS _ AT NAVAL BASE} Japs’ Homeland, And Yester- GLANDING REPORT FOR DUTY © | ‘The newcomers at the Indus- trial Department, who reported Clarence I. Morrow, USN, of ;Miami, Fla., and Fred H. Gland- ing. USNR, of Elkins Park, Penna. Lieutenant | Morrow ‘home is at 636 N. E. 63 St., Mii lenlisted on April 22, 1926, all has made the Navy his career. ;Commissioned on June 1, since Pearl Harbor. Among his ‘decorations are the Good Con-j ‘duct medal, the American De- lfense ribbon and the Asiatic- ‘Pacific ribbon with 16 stars. His! ‘last duty was aboard the USS | Indiana. ; Lieutenant Glanding, a gradu- jate of ‘served as Vocational Training Officer in the Fourth Naval Dis-, trict before reporting here. In’ civilian life, he was superintend- jent of a machine shop and later | industrial education instructor. ; He will serve here as assistant to , Lieut. Comdr. Smith. LIEUTENANTS MORROW AND at the NavSta recently, are Lieut. | 1942, | he has seen action in the Pacific | Penn State University, ! ‘rom Shanghai to Indo- ing budget, since each new stamp ATHENS.—Greek leaders today, TATION CORPS, Europe, Julylof Jacksonville, Fla., has the ma-! “hi | denied reports from Y China, the Jen» are feeling! retains the established ten points! jthat ES Vena ‘Air Mail Postage 10.—The Seaboard Air Line-spep-| jority of his Company “B” living in_ a 65-cae the tll forces wiv American bombers. As a result, Jap troops in China are retreat- im to an area north of Shanghai, evidently to make the ir last stand there. cou NC iL. TO MEET TONIGHT TO HEAR CHARTER MATTERS meeting of the A spec City Cou v be heid tonight, be- pning at ock..for the pur- issing several provi- ‘ 4 mg with the new or One of the matters is the fix- « f the ge im the new tus t care of certain ‘ tim expenses, and other hat will be included in the | ' which will become ‘ e ¢ wing the election « hel n November Jaycecs Plan To Meet This Evening We -" aa wen tonight in the Junior Chamber hold its first new adminis. office of Com- at 8 o'clock. urges all Jay- former and and com- ke a sp this meeting h the lub can begin the 4 minimum loss states Wilbert tary of the or mber of ning over is, and other wm the iministration, the club t to the general ome of his plans for presi- | RAR RAS NON SS TES, WANTED Cooks and Kitchen Help of All Kinds Apply Chel. La Concha Hotel | EE NAR EET costes A NE EE BINGO Sponsored by Elks Nightly 7:30 DUVAL at SOUTHARD eel all prop- | old to the new | value, OPA said today. New blue ‘stamps are J-1 a Dd. through N-1; new red stamps are ERARCO: CHURCHILL REPORT Franklin Al through E-1. All ten stamps may be used anytime from now through the month of October, OPA announcement said. There are always four sets of both the red and blué stamps “yalid): "THe life timé 6f Gach sét being: four months, The first set is always retired as the fifth becom In announcing the ne the OPA urges all ration Bao holders to write the expiration date on the back of each stamp for e reference. SI SSI aa Saas. BRIDE OF 15 YEARS, GROOM, YEAR OLDER, Justice of the Pe the Peace Esqui- naldo yesterday afternoon performed four marriage ceremonies, and one of them was of a boy and a girl, the former 16 and the latter 15 years of age. The groom is Jesus A. | Medina, Jr., of Tampa, and the 15-year-old bride, Theola Arline, of Ingl ‘lorida, both of whom are visiting in Key West. Justice Esquirmaldo explain- a ed that the marriage cere- mony was performed with the consent of the parents of the boy and girl. } Couples in the other cere- , 37, and Helen Rounds, 34, both of Key West. Another Key West bride and groom are Zoraida Fer- rer and Jose M. Monyeagudo. Parties to the other cere- monv are William Henry Ful- ler, 29. Haworth, Okla., and | Eloise Forns, 21, of Key West. LA hk che chk hl TST NOTICE Beginning Thursday, July 12, and continuing through the sum- | | | | days at 12:30 P, M. Your cooperation will be ap- preciated. THE FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK AT KEY WEST iS 2 Complete Service for Your Car | mer, this Bank will close Thurs-j were fleeing from Macedonia. LONDON. — Prime Minister Churchill, who is on vacation in a manor near the French-Spanish! border, has not held a conference with Generalissimo Franco, dc-} spite rumors to the contrary, the, government unnounced today. It! was. furthey said that Churchill does’ not intend to confer with| Franco. WILL DeGAULLE RUN? PARIS.—Will Gen. DeGaulle be! a candidate in the French clec tions to be held on October 14 That question was asked here t ‘day, and it was said he probably | will not run, because if he identi fies himself with any party, he j will be attacked politically by {other parties. It was said further jthat the communists and social- ists seemingly will not make as} MARRIED YESTERDAY "si a showing in the elections} is certified for as was thought a few weeks ago.| U-BOAT IN ARGENTINA ; BUENOS AIRES.—It was an- | nounced officially today that a ! German U-boat has put into a !port of Argentina, and that its! ! commander and 54 members of |the crew have been taken into| | | custody. | ‘Dr. Baldridge In | Charge Of Clinic) nance of way work Dr. Doris A. Baldridge is now ‘in charge of the Monroe County Health Clinic due to Dr. ‘Frich’s leaving here this morn- jing for Washington, where he} | will undergo a medical examina- i jtion, prior to his release, because | of illness, from the United} {States Public Health Service. | | It was said at the clinic that| Dr. Baldridge will be at the head lof the institution until the Flor-| te Department of Healh names . Frich’s successor. | ‘Dr. Frich’ arrived in Key West | jlast October to succeed Dr. Fur- 'stenberg, who was transferred to \ San Francisco. | SPAIN’S SERVICE M. G.| 1101 White St. cor. Eliza | PHONE 782 —*— Have Your Car STEAM CLEANED and PAINTED With Non-Rust Paint sored 722nd Railway Operating! a 65-c | Battalion ‘has across the’ though small detachments of “B” at Company are working in the Warburg rolled Roosevelt bridge ‘Mainz, Germany, to speed deliv-; oundhouse ut ery of material to the First Army. Out of the chaos of war, this’ force is now rebuilding rail line home on wheels has lights, ning water, radios, 2 sted which ke that will supply American oc: and a dining room for both en pational fore: | listed men and officers. The men Word comes back that the at-jalso have their own day room, titude of German laborers and met room, shower cars railroad workers is surprising to' complete v op in which any} jthe Americans, wh €X-1 job can be ¢ To cap the ch supermen eager to ¥ Major) max, there is a telephone in each! | Curtis A. McRee o N.C,!car which enables Alexander to! and commanc officer of the communicate with other units of nd, called a mecting of the va-!the battalion wherever they may ious “chefs” or crew foremen' pe. ‘ nd had a thor 1 understand-! ‘The car which the officer g with them about the German Jive was once the property of the ! work British Army and was 4 by E f had to assure Mc-' English officers at Dunkerque Ree that h as not a member of. ‘the Germans capturcd it there, the Nazi party (this story is care- n due time, it fell into Amer- ly checked by Counter-Inve: hands. gation Corps before tt woe ern a adel | “chefs” then gave turther a - Four Happy Years And Sand In Shoes, Says full responsi- nan. At thi tage and accepte bility for eack moment, German working with'GIs on the line from Bicleficid to Kassel re-! = pairing bridges road beds and “I've spent four happy filling bomb craters. Company) years in Key West, have commanded by Capt. Wil-| sand in my shoes and expect c rmick af Savannah, to be back some day.” Thus said Father Thomas Atherton, of St. Mary's Star of the Sea Romen Catholic Church, who will leave here tomorrow afternoon for West ervising all mainte A de whic i nes R. nment of Company “C”, commanded by Capt re of Greeleyville, cy onvested boxcar Palm Beach, where he will jat Ws ssel i eae oe 7 be rector of St. Ann Church. in this car which has been ul Father Atherton said he quarters for nine »nths, i will be succeeded here by Father Joseth H. Johnson, ; and added that Father John | Murray is expected to arrive in Kev West shortly from Augusta, Ga. “Yes, you may say that the four vears I have been in Key West have been happy years, and that I am looking forward to returning here.” MOOI e as 4 Tl CONCHA TOTEL COCKTAIL LOUNGE | AIR CONDITIONED om YOUR COMFORT units from this ot first train of the 7: Rhine at Mainz on Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28 The _ AMERICAN LEGION | Cor. White and Southard OPEN DAILY AT 1 P. M. Now Featuring DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by Bence Orchestra The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. e CRE RNEON farned from. , , , 1800 Noon to 208 PM LUNCHEON Served om: ! 1! 6:80 PM. to 8:30 PIL HUGH C. HODGE, Manager train, at, Kassel, al-\ This run- tol the Naval Operating Ba Father T. Atherton, | Effective mail postage {duced to 8 ce the continental United n table’ Alaska, Puerto Riéo and the Vir- food hot for 24 hours} gin Islands, | Bervaldi_ s 1 notified bj | partment, the Post Office De The former rate and al 10 cents. The air mail postage rate has | been reduced from 10 to 8 cents a half-ounce on civilian mail to », Guan- atinen- tanamo, Cuba, from tt tal United Si , Puerto | Rico and t jones s| “The pe jin the United States Jin the Pacific to be carried | trans-Pacifie air service to the, ,, United Cvates and thence by air jto Cuba or the Naval Operating », Guantane prescribed postage for carri air to the continental tates to destination. if will be the United Conduct Meetings | An organization meeting of the American Legion Guard of Honot will be held this evening at 8:30 Jo'clock at the Legion Home, cor |ner White and Southard streets. All Legionnaires intetested in \ joining the Guard of Honor ar urged to attend the meeting The local post of the American meet (Wednes | Legion will have a Jing tomorrow evening day) at 8 o'clock. Post Commander John B. Winn states that several new members | will receive the obligation. | All members and visiting Le- | gionnaires are urged »d to to attend. | | PALACE THEATER | ROBERT LIVINGSTON in | “Goodnight Sweetheart” i News and Serial Tonight Is Prize Nite | HAVE YOUR CAR SAVED BY Having It GREASED and SPRAYED @TIRES and TUBES fez Autos and Bicycles POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Division and Francis Sts. Open Sunday Phone 9134 To. Cuba Is Reduced. yy Cléniner Laav ve bast immediately, the air te to Cuba is re- s a half-ounce from States, er Hollon R. he had been! was 1,500 Planes Today day 2,000 Struck | coun Takes Over WAVES Tokyo And nl sen Gther * r ly, wy 5 Es if tf i fit ft ii E a 1 Hf fii ; | and | Oftica: Navy Phot —_ and fighter-bombers, inelud> | mon Eran ¥. Jenny, (Wag the 2 ao my plastering Jape | Women's Reserve Representa- cific warfare. tive in this area by Capt. C. E. ty ' roti 0 ' on ee week. Miss James succeeds [Sere Se os ie at Norfolk, Va. during the year, dating hi Thursday For Miami|” Never before has the Jem — anese homeiand been bla Dr, John K. Clemmer, who has} e¢ for so long @ stretch ef 5 been manager of the Soulbern-| wih so great a tenm of) i most Pharmacy. Duval and} iteend vies and exploey 1 Fleming streets, for four years,|_ T™ & tegen pair | will leave for Miami on Thurs- |” ye oer ee nd und fighte Act day to resume his residence there isey's Third Meet tM 1aue ] In that city he Will be at the | w Japan head of the Ja Prescription ) Beginning he action § Pharmacy in the Urmey Hotel > come plet Dr. Clemmer is the commodore | prise, But after the of the Key Wi Yacht Club, @/came aware that the + member of the Key West Cham- | coming tank f ” ber of Commerce, and it was at) shoves of Japan, nothing © his suggestion and thro his |done to try to be ack th efforts that the Key West Shrine | rier-based ie Club was organized. | Today Radio 1 4 “Key West is losing a goedirad wa ie) man,” a Key Wester, who has | exact been cluse to Dr. Clemmer, re-|though ant marked on learning of his going been ut thes Y away. “He has been a livewire |the — attack and has worked for the interest | single enew {the community ever since bis’ sttempt t etal here. We wish bim good | pattlestup health and good luck of whi Flagpole In Italy Is | And ove Negroes’ Tribute To FDR |°"" pr p —ee | —_ re ‘Ry Assaetntea trened Jten ~ ROME.—A 63-foot fla one] newst foot for cach year of the ktelig go to pre vm im it ® Franklin D. Roosevelt life, larticle it declared that heen erected in an almond gre ‘tucks were the opening » «a near Canosa, Italy, by ‘the invasion of Japan. of a Negro aviation engineer b | ‘Scctenins, Gla ie talion nosa publicly p*oclainy : ' every anniversary y Roosevelt's death m the 0 citizens will bank the flagpole’s other Supe base with flowers jOtames § Citnewe and The battalion built a four-foot) 4" a in Ue malts 6 wall around the base of the fl (Continued on Page F pole, each foot symboltz — Pre sidential they placed the words cated in memory Franklin D. Rooseve , OVERSEAS BARBER SHOP) 914 Fleming Street | Opposite Overseas Hotel Now operated ry ownership of is term. 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