The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 10, 1945, Page 4

» ee i : i } ' i i f iatte i ‘The army announced today that Cet Artillery firing practice wa te held from Fort Taylor, Sey West, Florida on July 11, fem to. m to 5 p.m. All ves- @% end aireraft are warned to} female clear of the danger area. The denger area will be the aren 888 yards offshore Port Tayler beunded by an azi- Gegrees trom 4 de : = minutes 15) seconds wt Latitede and 61 degrees @ mimutes 3% seconds West Lon- @tie south te an azimuth 150 @egrees from the same point The Army also annoinced that Geet Artillery firing practice we be held from Marine Rifie Benge, Stock Island on July 11, fom 8 & m. to 5 p m. All ves- oh and aircraft are warned to Press) no “We “Tanto — Brazil's sevy hes added four units to a fleet which Naval Minister Adm Ariatides Guilhem says has in- reamed by at least 60 vessels since went to war in 1942. few ships, constructed in shipyards of Rio's Guanabara the destroyers Acre the submarine ches- p and Rio Negro. i hich, ac-) already | Al more than 2,901 ships of| conweved | CHECKED IN 7 DAYSWITH | couth to work with the First! ait Satvomalities in operations! Liquip for | Army. At the same time he took - reaching imto the oo pean anal MALARIAL jover the whole First Army sec-| | pay a well as ong SYMPTOMS | tor along the Roer and held the| ens coast Take only as directed |long line with greatly curtailed) SALES HOURS idl 3 pi a i i aM Local i fa i PREE PICK-UP and WAREHOUSE: Corner All Beef Cc uts: " $| attack “toward Cologne, but the | Ninth moved northe a 10 A. M. to 12 M. — 2 P. M. to 7 P. M. All Items O. P. A. Ceiling Prices TROPICAL QUIGK FREEZE CO. Caroline and Grinnell Sts. Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. Between MIAMI AND KEY WEST Also Serving All Points On Florida Keys FULL CARGO INSURANCE Office: 019 Caroline Strest “Phones: 82 and 68 ‘Only Good German’ Is Now A Dead One Associated Press) LONDON.—Baron von Trott du Solz, former counsellor at the German foreign office, was known to Canadian prisoners of war as “a good German.” “He was the only good one I ever heard about,” said Lt. A. M. Hueston, Sernia, Ont., taken pris- oner in August, 1942, while at Di- eppe with the Essex Scottish regi- ment. _ ; AP Newsfeatures WITH THE U. S. 9TH ARMY, June 10.—Less pub- licized than its companions, the First and Third Armies, a oot RRR Gen. William H. (Texas Bill) ron, about whom Cana-'Simpson’s Fighting Ninth dians heard from other prisoners,’ earned a reputation as a camp near" Bertie where favored) “Soldier's army” that always) or high rankini? prisoners were did better than asked and held. He told prisoners he was aj never once failed. Rhodes Scholar at Oxford in 1929} The youngest American army and that he was a friend of the} in the field at the end of the Eu- e Lord Tweedsmuir, former|ropean war, the Ninth was prob- governor-general of Canada. He) ably the most powerful in action. said he liked the English. At no time was it extended to its | Evidence that von Trott may) full capabilities. have meant what he said came} Much of this was due to its| after the attempted assassination) quiet, soft-spoken commander, | ' of Hitler last July. He was hanged | General Simpson. He is less flam-| | and the explanation given by the; boyant than some of his col-) Jerman newspapers was that he| leagues, but daring in action and used official journeys to} willing to take chances in battle. | | Sweden to discuss war secrets} The Ninth Army was originally with the enemy. named the Eighth, but its number phe ats AAR jwas changed when it reached} FIRE AND STEEL England so that it would not be} confused with the British Eighth | (Continued from Page One) | the number of planes in action: Army of desert fame. totaled 1.500. It came into the European war just in time to take part in the! ‘They included squadrons of the closing phases of the siege of! fast and hard-hitting Corsairs, | each, of which carries, 2,000/ pounds of bombs, is armed with | ‘ae 50 caliber pees guns is capable of ven miles a minute. From 72 to 80| , Corsairs paritoeteyy ecthe raids. | A spokesman at headquarters | said that, should Japan elect to| hold out till all her cities have been reduced to ashes, she will be soundly defeated by the be-|der to the Roer River to protect ginning of next summer, but he! the First Army’s flank was of the opinion that Japan off in its first big a will sue for peace before that|Some, of the toughes| ume. ! secretly to Luxembourg, where it was held for seyeral weeks in| the vital Ardennes Forest area.} Then again it was moved secretly | en sector from the First Army. Date: November 16 - Nov. 16, when the Ninth wi in a drive from the . It met Donald R. Richberg of Wash-|100 tanks in a slugging match; ington, D. C., lawyer, born Knox-| near Geronsweiler, but the Ninth ville, Tenn., 64 years ago. reached the Roer ahead of sched- MALARIA é: | The Ninth was preparing for a | drive across the Roer to the Rhine j When von Rundstedt broke thru the Ardennes Forest. Simps sent his prize divisions raci strength while the First Army] met the Ardennes threat It took until Feb. 23 to stabilize} the western front and tt Ninh} built ip to new power, was as-| signed to make the main drive} toward the Rhine. The object w not to command the Rhine itse but to cross the swollen Roer and turn north, rolling up the Ge man defenses. Djrection Northeast |. ‘The Germans, were ¢xpecting an @| tack worked perfec $) fewer casualties than ¢ @/ It was on the Rhine in eight day much sooner than expected. A month later the Ninth w again assigned a secondary rol protecting the British Second Army’s southern flank in the drive across the Rhine. This has not] EVERY DAY: UNITED STATES NINTH ARMY WAS NOT MUCH IN HEADLINES THOUGH IT HAD BIG PUNCH AT FRONT) 8 ‘been previously announced be- Brest. From there it was moved! ery and a direct into Holland, this time to take| Division crossed the Rhine, pass- | over the recently captured Aach-!ed } ‘crossed the Lippe River and turn-} {ed east. scheduled for a secondary attack open and took off on one of the erman bor-! fastest advances of the war. it jumped gth linked up with the Ist Army j at Paderborn to complete one of : 5 ghting on'the great enveloping movements Ruhr, 275 miles behind the ad- | the western front. The Second 'o¢ military history by cutting off vance points, taking the great ; Armored Division lost more than}ipe R ‘2nd Armored with the 30th and!key Ruhr cities and destroying -83rd Infantry Divisions headed Model’s 15th Army Group. ,'for the Elbe River. Climaxing the| drive with a 57-mile run on the} last day, they reached the Elbe son 69 miles from Berlin only to be} halted by Eisenhower’s orders. Meanwhile Simpson_ had Seo hevzeestia: ee iny capsules ¢ Corree) ALL VITAMINS STRONG ARM BRAND CO! | known to be essential to human ff) TRIUMPH | nutrition, plus liver and iron. COFFEE 72's $2.59 4 Resell mower MILL 288's $7.95 AT ALL GROCERS GARDNER'S PHARMACY THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Popular Singer cause the results were far dif- ferent from those planned. The Second Army was suppos- ed to make the main effort, and despite Simpsonfq prdtests the Ninth was squeezed south of Wes- el into the outskirts of the heav- ily built up Ruhr area where) there was not room to exploit armor and it was possible to get} no more than one corps across thé river at a time. The Ninth’s crossing was made without airborne support, but within 48 hours Simpson’s troops had surged through the Ruhr for- tifications and established a deep bridgehead with more troops go- ing across. Simpson packed his narrow sector with troops until it was near the bursting point. Though the Ninth built the bridges across the river at Wesel, they were as- signed to the British in the open- ing stages and the Ninth had trou-| month, it is announced by Mur- ble supplying its troops. The} yay Kirschenbaum, Sp(A)2c. ! bridges were not returned on Others in the current show schedule and the Ninth’s position] aye Renee Villon, talented became more cramped. dancer, in a surprise number: It finally took .a personal ap- Mary Algood, jive singer; Boots peal from Simpson to Montgom- DeMarco, eeeobatic tap: Betty order from the |" and her Pals, novelty dancers, and Gloria Manning, singer. Kirschenbaum states that since the recent enlargement of the patio, the attendance has increased greatly. Official Navy Photo BILLY DALE, popular singer of sweet songs, who has been appearing at the Enlisted Men’s Patio, has been called back home to Washington, D. C., be- cause of illness in her family. She is expected to return next field marshal to tne Second Army to get the Wesel bridges back. Direction: East Meanwhile the 2nd Armored) through the 30th Division, | {thrown in the 13th Corps, which also reached the Elbe to the north. While the 13th and i9th Corrs Scarcely halting a moment, the | held the Elbe line, the 16th Corps still fought the battle of the In 36 hours “Hell on Wheels” broke the front wide, uhr. rail center of Hamm, the muni- Once this was completed the;tions center of Essen and other Cecvccevecevecscoooscoess e NG TIMETABLE RATI Rea 4 ONI , ‘ODS... oh te SUGAR oo Book 4, Blué -T2-X2, Staing Sh "Misough: Aug, 61: AI€. ‘good “for 6 gallons through Sept. 21. SHOES Airplane stamps 1, 2, 3, Book 3, indefinitely. FUEL Old 4 and 5; new 1 through 5. Office Building, Phone 43 July 31; °¥22Z2, ALI Pire Aug. 31; Dl-H1 expire Sept. 30. Red K2-P2 expire July 31; Q2-U2 expire Aug. $1; V2-Z2 expire Sept. 30. 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Morton, has been connected rail transportation for 30jyears, ||the jlast 25 of which have been" with. the Seaboard. ° u.* Starting his Seaboard career as! er, a clerk in the city of his birth, he has advanced through numer- ous operating assignments and, immediately prior to his present promotion, was assistant. superin- tendent of the Seaboard’s North Florida Division. Given New Position With Seaboard Line (Special to The Citizen) NORFOLK, Va., July 10.—! A native of Wi Morton’s new duties $10 Will open a Special Per- sonal Checking Account without obligation maintain any fixed bal- ance, provided as many five checks are writtér any one month. As much or as little m be kept in the account desired, and the cost only 10 cents for ea check written. For further informati call at the bank or pho for folder. The FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK at Key West Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation SAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM AAA Add ddadrdddddd ddsdddttetet ata datdsdati de iad J. 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