The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 15, 1945, Page 1

Associated uri; Wie | Day Wire ~e Service and AP Features For 65 Years Devoted to the “ Best Interests of a et West VOLUME LXVI. No. 194 $ : : Council. Assembles. AS: Two Requesis spscticcd ie Prayer Service For . | Set For Tonight At pares 38 Ae First Baptist Church sessments Denied Last Night A mass meeting of all the evan- | gelical churches of Key West will |be held tonight at 8:00 in the The City Council convened | jauditorium of the First Baptist im session last night sitting Church (Eaton strect), This meet- as a tax equalization board, 'j.4 will be a Prayer and Praise going over the current tax! service oF dbenieinee roll which was recently com-| oN eiecacotegeal !God for the victories over Japan, pleted by Tax Assessor-Coll- ector Sam B, Pinder, ‘and (Germany, and other enemy forces hearing two complaints filed| in recent days. with the board in which re-,; Chaplain O. B. Newsom of Boca sts were made for a re- Chica Air Base will be the guest Inv asséssitisnts, oth! of which were denied. One of the complaints was, eaker for the o¢tasion. Chaplain | Newsom for more than a decade received from the Florida! Pastor of the Eastern Height East Coast Hotel Company, 2*Ptist Church, Columbus, Geor- owners of the Casa Marinaj&!®. We count ourselves fortunate Hotel, requesting that the jindced to have Chaplain Newsom amount of $30,000 assessed speak for us, it inst the property be re-| services in the duced to $25,000, | of the city will The other was from Joe L.|._ Bec canes a in this mass serv at the Bap- Crusoe, 902 Florida street, (ii. chure i j tis! church. No se s will be who asked that the assess-|hejad in the other churches. All ment on his property be re- pastors who are in town will have duced in accordance with | rart on the program. While the other property in the vicinity, service will be informal, it and placed on a more equal-janticipated that a large crowd ized basis. will attend. The public is urged said. Prayer various churches unite , It was the belief of the!to come early for meditation and Council that the mount }Prayer. Key West Christians in- fixed in Mr. Crusoc case | ite all to come and worship with ; was fair, consideiing the as-|"S:_ sessments made on the other| The regular monthly business nearby property of which he |Mecuns of the First Baptist sake. und. his request was|Cchureh will be held because of SI + i e t necessity immediately following denied, along. with that! ofthis service. First Baptist Church the hotel company. , {invites you to be their! guest? at Frank Carr, representing) the -v-J services tonight. the bonding, company of Chi- | A special invitation has been cago, which negotiated the jextended the members of the City deal for the city t king over |Council and other officials to. be the Key West Electric § in attendance, tem, was present at the meet- ing, coming here for the ———— e of taking up some and STERLING’S rs dealing with the opera-| PQULTRY MARKET tion of the electric company |1320 ELIZA ST. PHONE 242 and the utility. board which| FRYERS s supervision over its op-| tion. Action on this mat- ter, however, was deferred SSNS ) until Monday evening, AS a i gust 20, at which time the 7 | (Complete Service for Your Car) |1101 White St. Cor, Eliza BATTERIES ‘CHARGED | \ Phone 782 or 423 Drive in. in 30 to 45 minutes and | We Specialize In your car can be, on its way! | | ge Smith AUTO service) AUTO PAINTING : Phone No. 5 White at Flentng} also ; * BODY and FENDER ee Mik mnie Club Sugaloa me ee Ay Samy Bele th Ree gia sel Save Your Fane It DANCING — ‘STEAMED CLEANED 0 “fry Bae ©. fone and Re eaten Tusctay, Hite Painted Underneath Extra Srecial - Try The New With Rust Proof Paint ATOMIC BOMB | OPEN SUNDAYS COCKTAIL Closed on Thursday * The Key Tax Equalzaion Board ; ultimate defeat perhap: THE SOUTHERNMOST ‘ ‘BLOODY DRIVES ON FWO' JIMA AND OKINAWA OPENED DOORS LEADING TO: JAP’ MAINLAN By VERN HAUGLAND and MORRIE LANDSBERG American éapture of. Okinawa sible—the new Tenth Army com- midway in 1945 hastened Layee 8 manded by Lt. Gen. Simon: Boli- more di-',.. Acne a4 tetlle: etly than any other island cara-! V2" Buckner, Jr., who was killed paign in the war. But in men,! With victory in sight—landed on ships, ammunition and time, it the west coast of Okinawa Easter | ‘NEWSPAPER MACARTHUR SENDS MESSAGE 70 ' was one of the costliest operations Cunday, April 1. What could have | The enemy, invaded on his very doorstep, fought back savagely I wo” ashore and at sea in defense of the 65-mile long key base of the Ryukyus. Committed to sucidal tactics, Corps went Japan sent hundreds of planes the rough, potentially formidable against the huge 1200-ship inva- terrain standing up. Within tess been a beachhed “bloodier! than; turned into a rout. Soldiers of the 24th Army Amphibious sion force headed by veteran than three hours they had cap- him to send accredited repre:| Adm. Richmond Kelly ‘Turner, tured Yontan and Kadena. air- The desperate Japanese kept up fields. It was easy going—sur-* pi- prisingly so—until the army their bombing, ‘torpedoing, drove southward and hit the:Jup-' loted Baka bomb and Kamik suicide attacks throughout the @nese defense line. ‘ long campaign. } For a while, naval losses but- U. S. Army; Navy find Marine "#2 dand casnalties: SuividePitots ualties exceeded 40,000. Near- CY€M singled out an American ly 100. American vessels were Pespital sunk or damaged. And nearly 82 Which was hit April 28, days of fighting went by on the & Casualties. causing rocky, malaria-ridden island be- Civilians Docile fore Fleet Adm. Chester W. Ni Okinawa civilians, expected by mitz could announce, “Okinawa some authorities to be hostile and is ours. Enemy Losses Greater fanatically jout to be pre unifor apanese, ly docile. turned Corps and Marines of the Third eral MacArthur today sent across a. message cjrectly tc the p, the U.S.S. Comfort, between 8 and 11 o'clock! The Japanese lost tar more. A! The Japanese waited untit April total of 107,000 Imperial troops © before staging their first major died; 10,000 more were taken #¥ attack—a “knockout” blow prisoner. Planes of Vice Admiral that cost them more than 270 Mare A. Mitscher’s fast carrier Planes. task force, of U. S. jeep carriers, Next day they sent down a of the British Pacific Fleet (in its naval task force—a weak one, combat debut), of Marine and without air co to “finish up Army fighter units destroyed ap- the job”. U carrier planes proximately 4,000 aircraft. Jap- caught 2M ps southwest of anese shipping suffered heavily. Kyu 1¢ Japan’s larg-* est surviv 000-ton Yamato, The United States acquired the largest of the 116 islands of the Ryukyuan chain curving down crt from within a few miles of * Gen. Buckner gave the Japa- Kyushu, and the site of a mighty commander an oppor airsnaval base only 325 miles ender June 11. The from ‘the enefpy’s bomb-marked Was d. A week later, homeland. U was killed by a shell Stabbornly' and bloodily, the Japanese yielded the gateway to tion post the East China Sea and free com- | ed _threc munications with the China coast. In hip, the ong with two destroyers alc and three nese to sur offer igno: gene Enemy: res s later wild days of the tunity | * the/the country 4 fragment at a forward observa- | Phia and other c tance end-|the nation’s capital, celebrated all IN THE U.S.A EMPEROR ARRANGING SIGNING OF PEACE TERMS | OF CAPITULATION: (Uy Amsoctated Frese) MANILA, Aug. 15. —Gen- and this plane te ae land ee nawa, and t tatives are to peti the trip to this city in an Ameri- can army. transport plane. at Japanese emperor directing sentatives of the imperial! rohito to make an amounce- govéinment of Japan and of ment at least six hours be-| _ the air, naval and army forc-! fore the plane leaves Tokyo, | 6s to this city to sign the! viving the time when it wilt terms of capitulation. | begin the trip. The xepresentaliv is, are ho} (Adgairal Nimitz re ported arrive here Friday morning to headquarter (Thursday, 7 to 10 o’clock jour Jap planes today had P. M., Eastern War Time) to, attempted to attack Ameri- sign the articles of uncondi- can warships oft J apan, and tional surrender. ! that they were blasted out of They are to leave Tokyo in’ the skies before they reached anairplane painted white,'the ships). KEY WEST CELEBRATES ENDING OF — WAR LAST NIGHT VERY JUBILANTLY ed the rounds of the city to see that all that the salocns were closed. and Capta Reordan's order, closing the bars to an end just as * I > noisely and jubiiantly, size for 2t + Casa Marina, the offic cree iti Giana Coe club and the warrant office Peutathe ; Tebe ition here club, went into effect immediate- GETS NEW POST Key West last night gr formal announcement war had come York, Chi Philadel- including New night, and this morning there | were still outbursts of enthusiasm. They saw their “impregnable” | ce! Japanese com-| Shortly after word came from WAMED COMMANDING OFFI- anchorages in the Inland Sea manders committed suicide. They} Washington giving the text of a defensive ibly misjudg: nt, and hk turned into a graveyard of ship-| had fou ping. They quickly felt the con- campaig. ssion from raids. by hundreds ing wh of Okinawa-based aircraft join- land The ing with B-29's. attack May Beachhead Won Easily The force that made this Lee OVERSEAS HOTEL 917 Fleming St. Phone 9104 Special Summer Rates | $8.00 to $12.00 Weekly single major and behind the Ameri- repulsed |tempt to lg can lines—was CENTRAL HOTEL Cool, Airy Rooms Rates: Two Persons $10, $12, $14 Weekly Opposite Bus Station MASCOT WANTED YOUNG MAN | | f 8°" for work in | 210 Duval S! Circulation Department N 0 W 0 P E N | Full Time Employment | Under Now Management Must Have Bicycle OPEN DAY and SUNDAY, Apply in person to 7 A.M. to2 A.M. |Featuring Short Orders | KEY WEST CITIZEN | and Spanish Cooking OFFICE a | | SERVING Beer and Wine During Legal Hours GLA LOC AT icans would the siren in the counter- | sounding 19 long blasts, 3 and 4—coordinated | by with a heavy air raid and an ae ine th CER AND CAPTAIN OF PORT, COAST GUARD the presidential announcement about the conclusion of the war, Navy Yard began followed warships in the harbor blow- ir whistles. And bells were _Licut. L. R. Daniels was named rung and automobile horns tooted Commanding Officer Coast and people crowded into the Guard Groun Office and Captain particularly Duval street, of the Port of this city today suc- where throngs paraded. Automo- N of ets, ceeding Commander J Lewi hile drivers continued to toot horns occasionally until the early “ho bas been placed on inactive hours of today duty As soon as the news reached ‘The new Commanding Officer ‘here, the policemen began to make Veneta vhas had a long and fine | <—_—a-. — of service and after regular retire ' ment was called back this war and B J N G O has been assisting the war effort ever since, Nightly 7:30 Commander Lewis has had a % fine record at the base having im- RESTAURANT DUVAL Sponsored by the Elks at SOUTHARD | toved the toca base a great deal He will leave today for Belfast, ‘(Continued on Page Two) Let Us Give Thanks Unto The Lord” V-J_ SERVICES TONIGHT -- 8 O'CLOCK FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Sponsored By All Evangelical Churches of The City “Come! yepresen-; ‘Emperor Told Japs It Would Have Been Suicidal To Fight After Use’ IAS RATIONING He instructed Emperor Hi. ORDER ISSUED TODAY BY} DECLARED OFF | aqirecinain (Ry Axnoct WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, Of Bomb ‘il Time In ota Shame of | Japan That An Emper or Spoke Directly Te His People { \ | | | Hl (49 Aancotuted Prams MANILA, Aug. 18.—-t m- ‘peror Hirotito, in a broad- east tothe Japanese prople» in Guam to- Chester Bowles, OFA Administra- today, said day that the suicide pilots of tor, said today that he had issued have been suicidal for th: would that it an order to discontinue immed- Jags to have centinued to iately the rationing of gasoline. fight after the United Stat He said further that the ration- began to use the atomi ing of ail canned fruits and vege- bomb. tables had been discontinued, and He stated that, had th added that he hoped to announce’ Japanese prolonged } shortly that other foodstuffs . xf fight, it would have resulted would be taken off the ration list. Meats, butter, cooking fats and cream, he said. are still rationed, but he assured the American peo- ple that, just as soon as market conditions warrant his doing so, those commodities also will be teken off the ration list. Nobody is happier than I to know that the owner of an auto- mobile may now buy all the gasoline he wishes,” Mr. Bowles said, “and nobody is hagpler than I that some foodstuffs have been removed from the ration lists. I-assure the American peo- ple that, whenever supplies war- rant my doing so. item, by item will be removed from the list.” County Board Asked To Purchase Space In Special Edition Last night a letter was read at the county commission's meeting from the advertising manager of the Miami Citizen, asking for a half-page advertisement for its Labor Day edition at a cost of $150. The ele the av k was directed to advise publication that no funds were that purpose. ilable for THE BOTTLE CAP INN = 1128 Simonton Street SPECIALS On All Brands of WHISKEY At O.P.A. Ceiling Prices, SHENLEY RESERVE THREE FEATHERS CALVERT SPECIAL CARSTAIR, WHITE SEAL FOUR ROSES PAUL JONES GOLDEN WEDDING IMPERIAL PARK & TILFORD DAYTON CLUB PRINCE GEORGE i ROAMER LIMIT—One Case to A Customer "OAC GL edt re ae ae ea ES in the devastation of al! the! cities, and the loss of thousands of Japanese lives aod for those reasons he ond the imperial government h agreed to the terms o conditional surrender as cified in the Potdam ultim tum. The empe-cr caik » Feople to be calm and not to resort to any acts of aggres*- ion in this, “the gravest hour in their long history. It was the first tim history of Japan tha anese emperor had directly to his peop! 'tofore, he had bee indirectly*in the third whenever he wished t vey a message to the J ese people. Premier Sieh tadio = Tuky after Emperor concluded his addre I called on the Japane (Continued on Page 7 man ne spo Hirohit PALACE TEER MAYBELL in | “3 LITTLE SISTERS” News and Serial Seed ROASTERS and FRYERS BRADY'S (Live) Poultry | and Egg Market 1214 White St. Phone 54 BEBBEESEBOSSEEE EEE. NOTICE The annual Baontist | School Picnic scheduled to be he! ‘tomorrow afternoon (Thursday will be postponed one week be cause of a funeral service. First Baptist Church ~E Sunday a