The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 18, 1945, Page 1

VOLUME LXVI. No. 197 Soviets Have LandingsOn Troops Are Now Sur- rendering By Thou- sands (By Anseciniea Presa) MOSCOW, Aug. 18.—Sov- jet forces have made three more landings on the Korean coast, the official radio in Siberia announced today, and it was said further that Kor- @an troops, who had been forced into the war by the Japanese, are surrendering by the thousands. | But the Jap high com- mand in Korea is still ‘resist- | ing, the report said. | In Manchuria thousands of , Japanese have laid down | their arms, while other en-; Service and AP Features For 65 Years De Best voted to the Associated Press Day Wire of Key West Made, More Reported That Korean TIED LMM MMM, SNPS KILLED NUMBER- GENERAL SURRENDER OF JAPS IN CHINA (By Asnootmted Pree CHUNGKING, Aug. 18. Japanese troops are report to be surrendering generally in China, and a race is on be- tween Chinese Communist forces and the troops repre- senting Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek to arrive at given Point to disarm the Japs and take charge of the areas they had occupied. Chiang has sent radio mes- Sages to the Japs io surrender only to Chinese regular troops, while communist leag- | ers ate advising the enemy ‘to surrender to them, The Key THE SOUTHERNMOST IN THREE-WEEK CAMPAIGN ED 11,660 (Ry Assuctted Prese) Fighting has been stopped in Burma since the announce- ‘ment that Emperor Hirohito had accepted the terms set tum for unconditional render, headquarters nounced today. During the three weeks preceeding the cessation of sur- an- 11,660 . Jap were killed while the los: of the British Imperialis! totaled only 262 dead, D feeslenthasleatinn Sec Seuthed ROLD \COLEE * emy troops still continue to fight. : ARTILLERY FIRING | SET FOR acne The Army announced today, thet Coast Artillery firing prac: | tice will be held from Installa-! | | ™. to 12:00 a. m. Monday, August 2, ahd from 6:30 p. m. to 11:00 ® m™. Tuesday, August 21. All vessels and aircraft are warned te remain clear of the danger dinger area will ‘be the | water area offshore Fort Taylor, | forming @ triangle the right léeg , of which extends 7000 yards at) @m azimuth of 270 degrees from 24 degrees 32 minutes, 48 seconds. North Latitude and 81 degrees 48} minutes, 37 seconds West Longi- tude, and the left leg of which | extends 7000 yards at an azimuth) of 169 degrees from the. same pobeat. Maximum altitude of the firing 6500 yards. Danger to any air- craft below that altitude over the | danger area | Daughters Visiting Mrs, Susan Nelson Mrs. T. E. Motlow of Shciby, N. ©, and Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hilton ef Miami, both ave daughters of| Mrs. Susan Nelson are visiting | with their moth ouswene ————— | BASEBALL GAME Miami Beach | Key West MUNICIPAL STADIUM 2:00 P. M. -- Tomorrow | NRA AEE Open Daily 12 Noon to Midnight; DANCE At Key West's Exclusive Nite Spot Music by Sugaloa Orchestra Daily @ to 12 — Sunday 6 to 12 No Orchestra Tuesday Nite { Extra Special - Try The New Atomic Bomb Cocktail tions of Battery B, Harbor De-:and who met many friends dur- fenses of Key West, Fort Taylor, | Oe bs stay ere left at 3 o'clock; which are due for delivery to We dowids fi 8:00 a, Yesterday on his return to Jack-,County Tax Collector Howard E. Raw See, Pills from, 6:00 1% | Ccoville. Ho resided here in 1917. Wilson, oh October 1, president of the Gibbs Gas Com- } pany in Jacksonville, and chhir- man of the Florida Improvement} Commission, has arranged to op-; erate ferries from Key West 4! oc gratification ‘to many Key West. dav afternoon in the county clerk's ON WAY HOM CAME HERE TO PRESENT; CENTENNIAL PLAQUE TO CURRY’S SONS Harold Colee, who came to Key! West to present the centennial Plique to William Curry’s So Mr. Colee’s statement to The} Citizen that George W. Gibbs, avana was the ‘source of much | For many months, it has been! reported that ferries would be run{ between this city and Havana to’ transport automobiles to the. Cub- an capital, but the first definite word about the matter was given} out by Mr. Colee yesterday Key. Wes who. commented on: what he.said, were also pledsed to learn that he had asserted that! the Florida State Chamber of! Commerce will support the move-! ment, now urged by the Key West; Lions, to have the Over 4 way bridges made tol 3 The Citizen was informed that the story. which apre Citizen about the ferries and the! bridges, was clipped by the Cham-! ber of Commerce and sent to Mr Gibbs. red in The | | TWINS, 90 PHILADELPHIA," Pa, Mrs. Frank S. Harrison ang her™ twin! sister, Miss M. | cently obse d thei, oth birth-! V““The best way to keep young | is to keep going,” says Mrs. Har- | rison, j BINGO Nightly 7:30 DUVAL at SOUTHARD: Sponsored by the Elks i ! i ee TUTTI CLL LE MASONIC NOTICE Special Communication Special Communication of | M., Monday, August 20th, 8 | P.M. Work and instructions in F. C. Degree. Members and visit- ing Masons invited to attend. By ‘order S. W. DEMERITT, W.M. Boce Chica Bus No. 4 to the Door BREAKFAST Served from . JUNCHEON Served from. . CONNERS Served. from ae HUGH C. HO! AIR CONDITIONED e Now Featuring DANCING EVERY NIGHT Music by Barroso’s Orchestra The New Cocktail ‘LA CONCHA SPECIAL’ e ADAMS, aig “TROONCHA HOTEL COCKTALLLOUNCT” | for YOUR COMFORT 7,00 A.M, to 11:00 A.M, 12:00 Noon to 2:00 P.M, 6:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. DGE, Manager FOUR REALTY, DEALS /ARE RECORDED HERE | I | LEE APPROVES, .. MONROE BUDGET Comptroller J. M. Lee has ap- proved Monroe county’s budget and the nine mills set by the commissioners, it was stated at the court house this morning. The school millage, which will be 9.7 mills as it has been this , fiscal year,- together with the budget, is now in the hands of State Superintendent Colin Eng- | lish. | As soon as his approval is re-° ceived, County Tax Assessor Claude A. Gandolfo and his as- stants will begin to make ex- jtended entries in the tax books, Vivian Tynes and E. R. Tynes, vearding ‘to a deed filed yestter- office, have sold their home on Angela and White streets to An- thony Demeritt and Beulah Dem- eritt for $8,000. The lot has a frontage of 41 feet on White street and 88 feet on Angela street. Benjamin H. Lowe has sold to Thomas: H. Camphel a hevse ond lot in Dillon’s Alley, off Mar- garet street between Fleming ad Southard stree for $3,500. Twenty acres in the Everglades section of Monroc county have been conveyed by Howard E eeder to Charles D. Moore for 200. Three lots have been sold at Bay Haven, Key Largo, by Leon A. Ybancz to Elbert A. Froschner ‘or $300. HOTEL JEFFERSON | was discovered ) o'clock on of the Jefferson Duval street, was f id afire. The small bl quickly extinguished with the use of the chemical arparatus trom the No. 1 Fire Station. H A small fire this morning at ac first floor Hotel on lower where a mattr SOFTBALL GAME Miami Beach Key West BAYVIEW PARK :00 P. M. - TONIGHT { | i} | | { } | BROWN DERBY BAR. Whitehead and Southard Sts. PACKAGE DEPARTMENT Featuring —complete line of Imported and Domestic | Wines and Liquors @ Whiskey @ Brandy @Gin All Sizes — O.P.A. Ceiling Prices VISIT THE BROWN DERBY BAR FOR GOOD DRINKS RANGOON, Aug. 18. —! forth in the Potsdam ultima-; hostilities, the announcement | {said further, ‘RED CROSS HOME SERVICE BASIC. iment oe Ki Od he htt tn te tin de oct Adin in inline acini tna bin hnndin btn) Receives Award For Good Suggestion BURMA HALTED [AAA LAAARARAAAAARARRRRAARRRRAARERRD Key West, has been employ} t NEWSPAPER EY WEST, FLORIDA, SA use in the Propeller Shop in the Machine Division of the In- dustrial Department at the U. S. Naval Station here) was made to Paul L. Bierce, civilian worker, bv Lieut. M. G. Haas, (SC), USNR, Disbursing Officer, last week. The payment was author- ized by Capt. C. E. Reordan, base commander. Bierce, who resides with his family at 34-1 Poinciana Pl, Offictal Navy Pnotograph PRESENTATION of an award of $50.00 for his beneficial suggestion concerning a proreller lifting key (which is now in | i on the station for the past four years. He hails originally from Norfolk, Va. Pleased with the award, he says, he has another suggestion which he believes will | be of money-sa ving value to the Navy. TRAINING COURSE BEGINS MONDAY Key West Chapter, American Red Cross officials today reitera- ted an invitation to all civic-mind- ed residents of the community to attend the Home Service. Basic Training Course which wil! begin sessions on Monday morning at 10 o'clock in the Woman’s Club toms on Duval street, Now that peace negotiations ay, the work of the Home inccrease greatly, Was Pointed Out... ave und Service depart- i Release of servicemen stationed’, here, veterans who have been stationed overseas and now mak- ing preparations to return to their homes here, assistance to service- men’s families all adds to the charter obligations of the Home Service departent. The course will be given in 10 two-hour .periods from 10 a to 12 noon Monday through Fri+ day for two. weeks under the direction of Mrs. Polly R. Coi- lins of the Key West Chapter Home Service Department, who recently took — the instructors, cou which qualified her to teach it here now. The course is designed to be of special interest to all who are interested in the general fune- tioning Red Cross and will give a greater insight into the changing activities of the organ- ization, It is of hoped, chapter PALACE THEATER | DEANNA DURBIN in “Can't Help Singing” News and Serial BATTERIES New Batteries In Stock — Alb Sizes Batteries Charged While You Wait POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Division and Francis Sts. n Sunday Phone 9134 Ope: m,! officials | | said, that professional people as well as many of the city’s civic- minded laymen will _ prevail themselves of this opportunity and join the classes. Women of service organizations in churches of all denominations are urged to attend that they may better serve members of their own congrega- lions in the many small problems which arise daily as the service; Yan and his family enter their | | | | i | | \ period of readjustment and re- ahabilitation. ‘Those Who “ie interc$ted and ave not as yet registered may do so by attending the first class on Monday morning since’ r tration is being kept open to en- able all {hose who wish, to at- tend. OLD “QUEEN MARY” FIRE APPARATUS TO BE PUT IN SERVICE The old fire engine which was placed in commission for use bv the Tiger Hose Com- pany No. 3 in the year 1917, just twenty-eight years ago, and which was taken out of service and discarded a few years age. was towed from the No, 3 station to the No. 1 Fire house this morning, where the machine will be reconditioned and placed ; “back in service by City | Mechanic Horece Avereite, assisted by other members of the department. Fire Chief Leroy Torres stated this morning that there is still a iot ot good in old “Queen Mary,” the name by which the apparatus is now referred to due to the long end faithful service it has rendered since it has been in operation as a nart of the city’s fire-fighting equipment. DIIIISISI A OVERSEAS HOTEL 917 Fleming St. Phone 9104 Special Summer Rates | $8.00 to $12.00 Weekly The Friendly Little Tavern Simonton and Greene Sts. \Open From 7 A.M. to MIDNIGHT | SPECIAL VALUES WHISKEYS Pedro Domeca Brandy Sth $00 |TOM COLLINS, Drink 30c eChoice Brandies and Wines CHARLES I. SAUNDERS, Prop. AT YOU DON'T ASK IT - - - WE BAIT Prince George, 86 Pr.. Pt. $2.70) Perfection Gin, ‘2 Pt. $1.03 Roamer, 86 Pr., Pt. $2.80 | 5th $4.30 Kinsley, Pt. $2.59 | Sth $4.12) Howard Canadian... $6.54 H. Walker Gin, 90 Pr., Pt. _ $2.15) Sth $3.40 ANTED YOUNG MAN for work in { | | i Circulation Department Full Time Employment Must Have Bicycle Apply in person to KEY WEST CITIZEN OFFICE eee | | | IN THE : tended School ‘times a week all summer. Other ‘classes have been held at South ‘many forms of swimming :personal water safety. To pass U.S.A. ‘CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT IN SWIMMING PROGRAM AWARDED Jap: Officers’ Boys and girls who have been attending the summer swimming - program of the Key West Chap- ‘ter, American Red Cross Water Safety classes, received certifi- cates of achievement at a special water program given last night at | the Poinciana Pool. Leonard Curry, chairman of the ‘chapter Water Safety Corps, has been tutoring children at the Day Camp of the Monroe County, Ex- Service several Beach for those who did not at- tend the Day Camp. Last night’s program included and the tests the children had to com- plete a hundred-yard swim, float in perfect form for thirty seconds, under water. “It has been a huge achieve- ‘ment for Mr. Curry,” chapter of- ‘vin, ficials stated “since many of the: Launders, Barbara Richie and) children were not able to swim at all before entering the class and he first had to gain their con- fidence and help them overcome i their natural fear of the water.” | Some of these children who had no previous opportunity to learn to swim achieved their intermed- iate certificates last night. For ex- ample, one seven year old girl ; who: had been raised in the desert jand_ never seen. anything larger’ nue until she was the. than a rain. five, joined, and, = it ifying. tests;,jast night. ‘Those _who..received. intermed- | ' {Dennis Jolly. Beginner’s cer’ | ski, James Cooper, ; Ruth Haun, Stanley Irvin, ‘George W. Plowman. | jate certificates are: Gale Curry, | Dolores Johnson, Jacqueline Jolly, Brenda Morrison, Floyd Ambrose, | Jackie Carbonnell, L. T. Curry,! Floyd Davis, Fred Marshe and, tificates were is-| dive from a raft and swim back; sued to: Joyce Bradley, Dorothea | | Brust, Lila Brust, Ronnie Ciesin-_ June Haun,’ Joyce Eastern War Time. , | ! } i en a? clock tomorrow morning, The envoys will jwith General Mac | about Japan's uncenditions? www vey every evevrvyvewvevvves surrender, That conference THE TERRIBLE STRUGGLE OF C BOYER s+: 7e5ageeee | will be done a play you portray the same char. | erican acter 300 times a year, and, there is not much alteration you, eam | make in the characterization. But ” in a picture it'is much more diffi- AAARSASAASAAASARAAAMARSY By BOB THOMAS Av Seweteatures Writer HOLLYWOOD, Calif, Aug. 18. —“Are you a good guy or a bad guy in this picture?” I asked Charles Boyer. ; “Iyamcawery. goed guy this tin he answered. “Then you are pot trying to your wife or unything murder ~ like. that?” “No, In fact, eve, trying to murder 1 yhody, else, is ‘onfidential The picture was Agent and Boyer and I were standing on the sidelines watch- ing the cameraman, James Wong Howe, direct the lighting of the scene. “The camerman seems to work narder than any other person in he movies,’ I opined. “Certainly harder than the actors.’ “Yes, he does work hard.” the Frenchman said, “but dont get the idea that the actor's job is a cinch. It can be very difficult, especially when you have to get up before the sunrise and go to bed late at night. Of course, there is a lot of waiting in between, but. you hay to be on the job, just the same,” I t s « actual movies? the the “But what about work of acting in that hard to do?” It can be difficult. Especially if you are doing a characteriza- tion which is unusual. Some ac- tors are able to play the same character, themselves, over and other. and that should not be too difficult. But, unfortunately, my own self is not a very salable commodity for picture I felt like saying “Are you kid- ding?” But I allowed him to de- velop his thesis. “People say it is much easier to t in pictures than on the stage pecause you are only in front of the camera for a tew minutes. But I dont think that is right. In THE BOTTLE CAP INN 1128 Simonton Street SPECIALS: On All Brands of WHISKEY At O.P.A. Ceiling Prices @ SCHENLEY RESERVE THREE FEATHERS CALVERT SPECIAL CARSTAIR, WHITE SEAL FOUR ROSES PAUL JONES GOLDEN WEDDING IMPERIAL PARK & TILFORD DAYTON CLUB PRINCE GEORGE ROAMER “LIMIT—One Case to A Customer » cult, particularly if the charac terization changes fram, picture to, picture.” * 7 1 a preliminary to the form, al signing of the terms of cap. \itulation, whieh — ¥y an Aw By now I was almost convinced STRUCTURES WERE TO 8© that, acting in the tuugh racket. But not quite actor is ever neutral on the sub ject and the opinions differ with the various personalities. Hur phrey Bogart claims that it is @ difficult s nce. Fred MacMurtay freely admits that it is the easiest job in the world, Gene Tierney thinks it is among the hardest jobs in the world end wouldn't tnink of dommg it af it weren't for the money, Orson Welles finds boring. Robert Benchley met says, “Do you call this acting?” STITT THM. ADVISORY The United States Weather Bureau issued an advisory this morning, in which it was said that = trovical distur- bante of mode: but in- creasing intensitv has been located 550 miles east of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and that it is traveling in a west-north- westerly direction at a rate of 12 to 15 miles an hour. The center is expected to pass north of the Lesser Antilles. At the Key West Weather Bureau it was stated hat the center of the hurricane is roushly 2.000 miles from Key West and its position is east by southeast of this city. Fh hk cde daudedkede TSR ELEALISOED OUTBOOR DANCE With Orch2stra BAYVIEW PARK TCNIGHT it TOL | | Brick building, corner Fleming & Simonton St» Will Be Vacant September |! For further particulars, apply at THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ERECTED BY WAVY DEPARTMENT Work ha 153 low-cost unit ing construc ted t tween and t White Laird County Judge adversely ou how thought ‘ n that hould be substants fact that t tures were being erect And The ¢ Day + ng pe Une Maiases weit mek ante tt how Company the units, immediately morning, ed the etfect oN cont LARGEST BIRD List DETROIT compa unv ANNOUNCEMENT Mation 800 SIMONTON ST “orner Petronie S PHONE 446 Is Now Open New Ownership of th TWIN BROTHERS Peter and Antonio Betemer JACK MORENO. Men EASE