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VOLUME LXVL_ N Work Being Carried On At Present Time 1s! In Vicinity Of Big Pine! Key State convicts are at work im the vicinity of Big Pine| Key, pulling down wooden| bridges of the old highway! im that vicinity. Hew far southward the| viets work in demolish. ing weeden bridges has not! yet been determined. County | commMimsioners have not yet! decided what course to take regarding the bridges from ' courthouse this morning that, should those bridges be re- moved, the south side of Bo- The airfield on that key has conmection with the Overseas High«o t veh it from the south st f Boca Chica, one must drive over the old wooden bridge to Stock Island, or north- Hand from the south shore to the high Pirst Half Softhall League Winner To Be Decided Tonight ' ft American Legion cn te Machin both egistered wins over — Porter MISS ESTER ROYAL RETURNS TO CITY M bat R ho had been red t at points in Newth nd other sur- nts, returned to Key M n eports having had er le outing at the i during her he was glad the Island City he has so many juaintances cll TUNE-UP SAVES GAS White et Fleming 5 Opposite Army (ain gg weerrr, . o 168 Wooden Bridges Along Old Highway Now Being Pulled Down By State Convicts IIIB IDIZI LS. LEOPOLD HAS MADE NO FINAL DECISION YET TO ABDICATE (By Associated Press) BRUSSELS, July 16—The The premier of Belgium an- mounced today that he had been informed by King Leo- pold that he had decided not to abdicate, but will wait, before making final decision, till a general election has been held in Belgium. Leaders of several political parties have declared. that, should King Leopold. return or attempt to return’to the throne, they will call a gen- eral strike. WAR BOND SA ea Chica would be isolated. DEALS WITH INDEPENDENCE | DAY SALES AMONG NA- VAL PERSONNEL In his final report on th wapdiy toward Pirates Cove Navy's Independence Day Cash} County commissioners are now War Bond sale in this area. | considering the extension of the Licut. Perky road from the south side Bond Officer, announces cash{ of Sugar Loai w the new Over- gales totaling $196,000. in sous Highway, and, if that im- value, sone pti sarenny inte oapteteiaesieon THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE USA KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1945 Ta ck oo And Churchill Confer At y CLAIMED PEACE OFFER HAS! ‘WERE SENT BACK At a ege ALREADY BEEN MADE - ocd TO GREAT BRITAIN Sheriff Berlin Sawyer was call- aapRIP IN 0.5 0 jed up on the telephone at 7#0' lor clock this morning and infor a EXPECTS KEY WEST | (By Axsociated Press) | that six men, working as iaborefs,| { LONDON, July 16. — A had quit their job on a gove | TWAR LOAN CAMPAIGN captured Japanese war cor- nent eee peenieim Enice 2e | 4 vp: Spite the fact that they were bein; respondent in the Pacific ,paid 65 cents an hour in accord-| Total sal os of of bonds in Key theatre said today that there ance with the War Manpower} West in the Seventh War | ; Commission act. | Loan is not known yet, J. J. is a distinct peace movement; “Gh eitt Sawyer found four of) Trevor, chairman of the war insole vice lc ESS JAPAN'S NEWS AGENCY SAYS THIRD oe mes Sen eae | what was their reason for leaving! the cit reached it: ta of Moscow Account made to Great Britain, but their job, and they replied that $574.00. Ss a ts as ET MAKING READY FOR STRIKE = ~ that report was not confirm- they wanted 75 cents an hour. ; | "He pointed out, however, | Of Discussions With * ——naee ted h fc “You are getting the scale of! [""He explained that the! “a8 Jorttat ve helt hen) Ein ne guresces | AT QTHER POINTS ON JAP COAST) premier of China of i | peace movement vegan in-you want to do, go to work or Bo) oer ponas.ot yee j tion would be small. SOBA AAA AAs, Nery members of the diet, suit have a war to win, and that) that city (jg) G. E. Rogers, War} issue} The drive came to an end] bought by Sonar School persdn- | nél, who deserve a‘ “big ‘hand” for activities which came through ye, land (R-Cape May ee N. ing s their excellent coeperation. Other with outstanding sa Submarine Division s include all shops{tional defense superhighway and qj) other highways, railroads, MAN WHO FRACTURED '#!t in the South Pacific, the most ive factor in the Reich’s military will not eo ;the government to take mi! the Japanese diet last Feb-' '? Jail?” | quota. H 1 ies isk) Gice ia seta . ’ | (By Associated Press) leasi and that it has since wor and fea eee ste je! wae returns are in except | GUAM, July 16. — Jap-/hit their targets at will, with} (By Ansortatee Preasy continued to grow _ in ready to ride back to their job lin! ‘OS® from the navy, where | Do ency is- some of the shells weighing! POTSDAM, July 16, — § a truck that would leave the Red; » the largest volume of bonds janis: Pomel news exency 2,700 pounds. ‘President Truman of the strength. He expressed the House, on Petronia street, nqar: hab ey as compared with sued a statement over the; Carrier-based planes also United States and Prime Min- belief that Japan would sur-' Duval, in half an‘hour. He thpn’ ,28¥. Other local unit \radio today in which it was giq extensive damage, and‘; ister Churchill of Great Brit- render now if it received as- asked them where the other two! | The navy first sends its re- ral Halsey’s ‘surance from the United men were, and they replied at the; PoFt. Mr Trevor explained, jenidethaneen ¥'s,so did Superforts, Mustangs, | ian, here for the conferences Red House. to Jacksonville, and he will Third Fleet had withdrawn Corsairs and Liberators,)"*™ States that troops of occupa- “Ty tineion authorities aye! Ret know the total of sales ifrom action, after shelling whose raids were coordinat- of the Big Three, conferred pointed out repeatedly that we! Until it is sent to him from | shore installations, in the vi-.ed with the naval attack.' this morning for a short time, inity of Honshu. jLast week was by far the but their meeting was in the declared, have called on this is no time to loaf, 'so T havel ‘ greet they 5 ee ae ae “Japan’s high command,”! worst Japan has suffered nate ae Pesnion (nestailiol local Gales eam n meee the broadcaster said, “‘ex-'since the United States enter- had not met Se od re» tary men out of politics. Were giving them the choice of wor pects that-the Third Fleet) ed the war. ‘man became :that done, he 1 ing or going to jail, ” Sheriff S ; Bie: president. thesahettove cue et oe yer explained. “When I went I § MANAGER will strike e here along! More airfields are being; premier Stalin has beer the Red House I not only found the Japanese coast and has: constructed on Okinawa, and! delayed in Moseow beewwee icould be reached. s but other FOR FREEZE PLANT. issued orders to oe ecaen when they are completed the of his discussions with Pa ‘0 in all be hd of coastal defenses to be on. United States will be in @ mier T, y, Seong of Chins, the other two stri men, making about LIQUID LEGACY rere 10s " » P' .. y reg tate ae a ie P - he alert.’ | position to blast Japan daily gy tonight Stalin will give a PORT ALLEGANY, Pa, — Is the other men if they were qot{T. P. STOLTENBORG To oF-! Not a Jap warship nor a’ with 3,000 planes of all banquet, to celebrate the silt former owner, now dead, iS working by tomorrow morningé I plane attempted to attack types. o cess of the talks with Seon bequeathed the town water com- would arrest them, because all pf{ FICIATE AS GENERAL the Third Fleet during the; Japan lost 193 ships of all “jt was said here that Meo Fany to this community of 2,350. them were guilty of abse wa MANAGER , baitbardmeht: The cee ‘kinds during last week. cow never celebrates em area See oe thing unless it terminate ‘AGITATION FOR SUPERHIGHWAY san soaion, weer ot LIFE STORY. OF RICKENBACKER ‘he banaue’ will be held te AND AIRPORT SYSTEM INCREASES" AS FINALLY REACHED SCREEN cia ert wth hi engaged TY P, Stollenborg as gen- i Bite Stollenborg as gen. ing war on Japan, provement is made, and the wood- on Saturday, July. 7 : y, July 7. ema yeor ant ee * yi algal LAA ie i m brid Sunar Loaf ate left "The maturity value of the sales) By JACK STINNETT eithen direction, It would havel "1 consider inyecirtettunate in By BOB THOMAS jute (Ne Fescue’ to Mie fadionian’s” = After Predidedt: Beamen > gga ; " ope: nani $260,000, and based on the} AP Features wetter Dpravoth ccuncreta: (Dariiere amie leanne (act cee ERE: (hes aastetatad icons) faith in God or Rickenback had = met r me Ministe* . i ® uy Bumber of personnel now station-| WASHINGTON, D. C.-As we jan and steel plate one set a . i — HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — After faith in God or Rickenback Churchhill, Truman eonterr wort Chica, coule 4 i stee rlatec y 0th | tenbLorg because « as had 3: - ” Se a ace . tld oa here the amount ind ; 2 move closer to the end of giobal ay ae eee tenborg because h a ! consitlerable:tuntroversy, the life faith in machines. cd, during the remainds wm + sher ridus prage - sides in either direction, thereby ars” perience . a Sule “The Right . 3 22g “ it wad said further at the court much higher individual average?! war, the agitation for a national a 9 Sone Arent Ee A : story of Eddie Rickenbacker has The Fight ‘for the Sky,” 40 the morning, with Admi heuer that probably’ the :Buc than. that of a year ago. ‘ supeihigh abt pipe eliminating all dangers of mune ousiness,” Mr. MeMahon said. Air Forces film narrated by | hy and Secretary of St Gates Aahdnd wilh be kent eat’ Of the total ‘amount, ! approx- i perhighway-and: airport system) iis into trees, poles, ditches “Quality meats for the people finally reached the screen. It is Gayt. Ronald Reagan. Running pyrene “ aintel & liter tl read ic bust on that imately. $42,000. in bonds ; wag /i8 increasing. banks, bridges abutments, aed lof Key West is my objective,” aeceptable as film biography, but time: 20 minutes. 1 "Beatin to ekpeeted yt Getting: meste attention at the other death? traps. iM Stoitenborg ‘stated, “and I if fails to agtiieve the, excitement Ce eer bill by Rep. T. Mil-! “There ‘would sbe no advertise (#ssure them that the meats we oF Riekenbacker’s ‘real life. | This short film from the Air Conferences offer foe sale are the best avail- To this reviewer, “Captain Ed- Fore illustrates why Field they igns to divert the attention : of drivers. The hills would be cut #ble. dic” seems un error in judgment. shal von Rundstedt decla Aside from his adventure on a down and the valleys filled up. in time for ymoment & J.) for establishing such a na- power was the most decis- (here is a interesting phases of Rickenback- failure.” weeks. on the Naval Station and individ- | ai t system. Rep. Hand vers and tains would be! I MIEHIBS DULIRGUR GERUHERE Oke a ee ee alien unieen oe far iie Ths |e SUL WHIMEIDIVING sce titelarc The foot soldicr is the man If the conferences « ual ships putting in to port here. ' Lieutenant Roger, in expre 31,000,000 nearly doubled the $14,000,000 000 quota E-bond sales totaled $3,976,000,000 nar-|}term superhighway as far back there would be standard service rowly missing the $4,000,000,000)as 1922 and had it copyrighted. ‘stations, refreshment stands and quota but at that exceeding the'!He has completed an anal total E-bond sales in any other} what we would get if Rep. Hand's Frevious drive. strongest backer in this proposal either bridged or tunneled. is one of his constitutents, U. G. "shtof-way would be from 500, DIED THIS MORNING |)!‘ * to 1,000 feet or more wide, with! sail car driver life as a racing who wins wars. But the European Preside his is. dealt with in a n sooner if he is aided by the Englar t Truman expe but id thy ro Legion will meet ing his appreciation to all War‘ 4 he Gun nists at Bay- Bond Group Agents and Senior |Rebinson, Atlantic City, president fy oquent emergency _ airplane Re er , one-minute mo war has proved that he can win out for thres r in the final Civilian Supervisors for their of the National Superhighway Janding fields and modern air-!,,7° O-,Weet a7 sho Waletun’ 2. His ac hievement as the top judicious use of air power. “The turn to the United Sta , 5 ’ a ie back of his sku Neneh 24 ; Fight fo sky” shows ho\ w of the playoff for the first splendid work, pointed out that Association, who has been boom poits. The roadbed would be o- ckg stone while diving off 26 Of the first world war. This Fight for the Sky” shows how ly ‘ thie ines isi eg : ie Pac i sds poe Sasi ads ; kissed off in a couple of min- that was accomplished —— uM F p of the Civil- in this, the nation’s last drive, a ing the idea for more than 20 structed to carry, al high speeds." Wharf on the east side of the 'S ; tan La in the round robin fabulous, all-time record of $26,-| 07. a load of approximately 100 tons 7 yea on ne ea cet a week “tes A large part of the film was MRS, HARRIET LEWIN oe ice cr cee : of Sime 3. ‘The southern airplane crash made by cameras in the wings of see gene Hunter Ts died this morning in the \iich almost killed him, ‘The fighter planes. They swoop down DIED HERE ON SUNDAY Municipal Hospital. crash is not pictured; he is shown on, ammunition trains, locor | He was a civilian worker in the) ify in the hospital afterwards, motives, canal barges, staff cars Mrs, Harriet Lewin, 78 navy yard. His home was in Troy. a 6 & and supply dumps and leave be- Sunday at 12 o'clock at ty jAla., and the body will be sent’ OF the rest of the picture, the hind nothing but destruction. The dence in Cornish Lane. F ‘there by Pritchard’s Funeral .aft scenes are effective because cumulative effect is not recom- serveies are being held this Home. of the heroic nature of the battle mended far those whose doctors noan at ‘clock at the Robinson says he even coined ce arenas off the highway, > —— is of tourist cabins.” * * * 'super-duper gridwork of border Robinson estimates that the }to border and coast to coast toil national superhighway system MRS. L. SAMPSON froads were voted by Congress. would have 400,000 permanent 4. Euice G iegainst the sea, But even the have advised them to shun excite- Cogregational Church, I AND SON RETURN | “22 it would be like makes that ‘employes and several millions in Miss Elise Guerro Ithe ¢ crization of the quar- ment. Reinke, pastor, « es son U engineers’ dream of the highways the three to five years of its con-' Returns From Trip °°!’ uae survivor (Lloyd Nolan) axe TRIP IN SAME TIME b a Funeral ro —_—__— of tomorrow at the New York struction. : is overdrawn, urge of arrangeme : Mrs. Louise Sampson and son, | World's Fair seem already a little He says that tolls would pay Miss Elsi i Be ae ae cities rae ee Be the ee deals Saltilaive: City Two broth- rte os - Fou er i * : ‘ 2en |e ater } st . ructic iss Elsie G 5 with Rickenbacker’s boyhood and] ers both racmbers of t 8 ir har wile an 4 William Curtis. who had _ been antiquated. ,for the highway’s construction atthe Jes Borer Housing) Brot eu caurien eee een ee aVcI fers, b th racmbers of the 8th A pee oe ae a away on a vacation, returned Key highwa to} West Thursday over the! Mrs Sampson will spend the her mother, Mrs. J. H. Williams at 831 Olivia street, sa a and maintenance and net Uncle Here is just some of it: It would Sam a handsome profit. He cites have three main highways east the success of such toll projects and west; seven north and south. as the Hollad Tunnel, the Phila-, Force, ieft England almos. simul- + ‘ Ps ject, who had been on a tWO sequences could easily have been! ; daughter, Mts. BE. D. Peek A ~ a . jtaneously bi idn't meet until weeks’ visit to Cocoanut Grove, 'giscarded and the more exciting |'@eously but d until New Brunswick, N. J.; one Miami, Fort Lauderdale and other ‘Gicments of the man’s life substi. ;{h¢Y #tived at their home here. v4.) Mary Roberts of the # ‘Lieut. George Miner arrived just i ; ; : nts in that section of the state, ' tute pia: anduhitde remainder of her stay here with | Although it would be laid out by delphia - Camden Bridge, the PO" Day ie si te Soe ee ae capt. Robert 2 Hour after his brother, Pfe, ™& t srans ch competent and unprejudiced civil Bankhead Tunnel, and the Penn-'!© Samant x . Sone seek : ober! Wureliesn Miner. grea ‘ m and Army engineers, these high- sylvania Turnpike as proof of °@ v er ott of Tacoma, Wash., re —_— rile Nak te eet i ; Miss Guerro reports having had from 35 B24 missions in, 2 PRONARONSTESI BINGO Nightly 7:30 Sponsored by the Elks fou Smith Auto Service’ nUVAL at SOUTHARD RAAAAAAAABABABADADABADADAADAAAAAA LONG DISTANCE MOVING ENGEL BROTHERS, INC. America’s Best—Over 60 Years of Service ON. Y. Office, 1819 Broadway, N. Y. City EASTERN MOVING & STORAGE CO. > 1029 GS. W. 25th AVENUE AG=NTS MIAMI, FLORIDA Peesverrvevsservervrreveryverererreyy| 7) 4 AAA DDD ways would pass through no yrofits. (The last Robinson d cities. Branch roads would run scribes 3 sels Soe pte oat Rowinson © 4 most delightful and enjoyable Furope, said, “The picture is not| to th e city 1 s highwa i sine tic ci trip. to the many points vis ed exciting—not even in pa 3 Be PA CE THEATER CENTRAL MOTEL © the city limits. jhighway). fom the city ne LA Cool, Airy Rooms i : g her abse! Iso complained that after It Id have three six! Whats more, Robinson says 4u"ing a I Pag ea ea teM ieee Rina enticven the peccnan Wie Gee SACE HARBINGER —!"°3¢ve “the picture makers were WSO LAR Gl aaeeres ng cei Fe om , , = : PEACE HARBIN! jcor pillisediae, tenchether to attrib- “Babes On Swing Street $10, $12, $14 Weekly ;Says, “and a parking shoulder in; the highway would not be out -———— , of pocket since the toll fees would FPPAPPREREN ERE ERR BRBER HO more than saved in fuel, time, ROASTERS and FRYERS |exvense. and depreciation. (Three tent Chester En ‘PRESCRIPTIONS | News and Serial | ee Bus Stetion NEW YORK.~-NBC corres aa meeeeeeeeee | Pure, Fres nagredient = = wear a [days from coast to coast in high he Le monster been! Campou ' xperienced BRADY’S (Live) Poultry |*P¢°* sleeper buses would be inte again off the cost of Scot macint BATHING [regular schedule) ee (GARDNER'S PHARMACY SOUTH EACH : 124 a 8 Ege wae eelsAnl| = ae poe jPhone 177 Free Delivery B PAVILION pererrrery exsasnnaser Simonton Street at the Ocean LIONS CLUB | | ame NEW eee, ' OPEN DAILY "TIL 9 P. M. GALA MID-NIGHT REVUE | SPAIN’S SERVICE i a "kat ome PALACE THEATRE “comple Sevier You Ca FREE BATHING | The Rendezvous of Key West cgay nce ! PHONE 782 @SOLARIUM @ SHOWERS SERVICEMEN and | ppt ete rs |Parts are available for your car.| @BATHING TRUNKS 12 ALL STAR PROFESSIONAL ACTS ie ‘asad “| : CIVILIANS 3 NAME BANDS [aie Gare Sry aie @LOCKERS @ TOWELS “BEST FOR A NIGHT'S REST“ + Admission $1.20 Tax Included Denes Gaithe Come and Have a Glorious Time in the Sun | One Block West of Bus Depot Advance sainiot tere, emg sale at WELDING Bremises ON THE BEACH AT SOUTH BEACH ; '

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