The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 25, 1945, Page 1

ee Dispute Ended - Forces Japanese Units In Hong Kong Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek'States Capitu- lation ‘Will Be Made To British Forces : | (By Associated Press) CHUNGKING, Aug. 25.— Generalissimo Chiang Ka Shek today ended the dis-' pute as to what troops the Japs in Hong Kong will sur-. render by stating that capit- southeast of Brownsvillé, Texas, ulation will be made to Brit- attended by winds of 75 miles ball per hour over an area 50 miles he ish forces. ;Charles, La. The Gulf hurircane {is moving north ‘northwestward THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE AsTo What "sma — BIGWIGS IN’ NATION’S CAPITAL KNOW WHAT PASTIME * Will Surrender ADVISORY! : NEW ORLEANS WEATHER U ADVISORY 10:30 A.M;,! By BUS HAM AP, Features) Wwritee i eh: 10:30. a. m., EWT, Corpus’ to “play, games’: Christi to Galveston, ‘Texas, and; But the. reporter who northeast storm warnings south: makes.the rounds from the | jof Corpus Christi. to Brownsville White House to the ball park and north of Galveston to Lake goon finds out that the big- wigs know what the score is in any sport. 10 to 12 mi i s © 12 miles per hour and is president Truman was not located near latitude 24.8, longi-' tude 95.5, or about 170 miles became the chiei execu- He added that he expect- from the center with a small tive . .. and probably will ed that, later on, the ques- aca of winds 90 miles per hour. again when the pressure of} tion concerning the occupa- Present indications are center of- wartime duties ease-up. ‘tion of Hong Kong by the factorily. | inst of surrendering ta their\arms to the Russians. He added, | x goa that achuria will be. Ms Me Chins whet tier torial . settlements ‘are made at the peace table. Japs on) Korea: and ie |CRIME CITY-WIDE lin also, will surrender:to the Russians, but.» government control of: the former coun- try, will. be, returned to the! . While Chiang explained the arrangements that hadj been made satisfactorily in those instances, he said noth-| ing about the differences that exist between his gov- ernment and the Chinese! communists. HAROLD P. WELLS RECENT GRADUATE | (Special ta The Citizens U. S. NAVAL AIR STATION, Jacksonville; Fla., Aug. 25.—Har:; old P. Wells, son of Mt.'and M Samuel G. Wells,,. 427 Franc: street, Key West., Fla. recently graduated from the Automatic) Pilot School, ‘ Entering the Navy March 24, 1944, he received his recruit train-| ing at Williamsburg, Va., later being transferred to the Navl’Air Technical Training Center here. Wells is now qualified to han- dle all work in connection with the maintenance and repair of automatic pilots. PLAN TO RETAIN MAC DILL FIELD TAMPA, Aug.’ 25 (FNS).—Vis- iting in Tampa, Congressman J. Hardin Peterson stated that the Army plans to retain MacDill Field, Tampa, as a permanent base for B29’s. No definite information is avait- able at this time concerning Drew Field but Peterson said he was making every effort to have this! retained as a demobilization cen- ter. BINGO Nightly 7:30 DUVAL at SOUTHARD Sponsored by the Elks A OVERSEAS HOTEL ‘ hurricane will reach. the coast: Beraihiinny ib ttled jg_:in the area between Port O’Con- Army-Navy | foothall jay be settled satis-' 19. and .Freeport, Sunday, morn, laa eeaao is that. Henry Chiang also stated that, |etesnoon ant increasing NE “Morgenthau,, them, secretary: , entire display area. High tides. the Chinese, enemy troops | will extend from Corpus Chan in Manchuria, will give up lto the middle Louisiana coast. ‘People in low, places, exposed. to high tides ‘should move to higher ground immediately. in. area ‘O'Connor to Galveston. * | wave this city The inside story. of the game the. of the, treasury; saved-one of the biggest games of all time from‘the relative seclusion of Annapolis. After a.cabinet...meeting he -and:President Roosevelt chatted briefly aside. Mor- ‘'"Senthau said he thought the ‘big service. game should be transferred to Baltimore as ‘a war-loan. feature, and the President assented. ve * IN LOS. ANGEL Fied ‘M. Vingon, ‘Morgenthau's successor, as .treasyry head, was _a- football sand* baseball star“ at Center College when Kentucky’s “Praying Colonels” were nation- ally known. Vinson was well up in the running for the baseball commissionership before the se- apy Reseetpten erate) lection of Sen. A. B. “Happy” LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25. Chandler. —Because of the worst crime’ J. A. Krug, War Production has experi-,Board chairman, probably is the enced, city officials have, heavyweight of Washington offi- appealed to the secretary of cialdom at 230 pounds. He was a war and the secretary of the gridiron star at Wisconsin Uni- navy to release 469 former Versity and still corresponds with a Lc: WOULD. HAVE LOCAL POLICE RELEASED FROM ARMED UNITS TO GIVE AID a star athlete in his youth,| but he bobbed up at fights,| games and so on before; Re U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1945 OFFICIALS DISPLAY INTEREST IN SPORTS Saise wer Man Found Asleep On Highway Bridge SCORE IS IN ANY BIG) 1. song says, “He stood on'specia! day to commemorate the bridge at midnight”, but State Road Patrolman S. W. Walker charges that Walter Keinart, 43, of Miami, slept on the bridge after. midnight, and so he was WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.|arrested and locked up in the the job of defeating Japan. ]—Itimay, seem, strange to) Sounty bail,on a charge of ob- ‘sompi that. men | whoy, have’ k . 4 feached ithe, highest:ioffie#s he found Keinart asleep on.the' commander of: seaborne 'at+ the: beach; one. regiment ibeating an é © Hurricane warnings order} in. governmentiever fad itime Seven-Mile bridge at 3o’clock tack: forces, :|\ while Marin "ihe way..netpas the narrow neck} ‘Hoodlum Saint” to doj@:Jit. structing traffic. Patrolman Walker, charges that | this morning. His bail was set ‘at. !$50 for his. arraignment before Peace Justice Esquinaldo. GEN. DEGAULEE ' ENDS FIRST SERIES. OF CONFERENCE WILL GO TO HYDE PARK TO PLACE WREATH ON TOMB OF LATE PRESIDENT ROOSE- VELT | ¥ Wa, A Presa) WASHINGTON; | Aug. 25, —General | DeGaulle, pro- visional president of France, Anas. concluded \the first. gy ries of his conferences jPs sident Truman and Sec- retary of, State Byrnes and _will leave for Hyde ‘Park, Daigen e be wit place a wreath! the black.synd: beaches:that Feb- sewn with 'voleatiic! fdckg Pde es a: ile ae My ua. wi onthe tomb of President Koosevelt. trom Hyde Park, De- } Gaulle will go to Canada, _and, having completed his mission there, will return t Washington to h » talks with President Truman and Secretar) of State Byrnes betore he starts on his return trip to Paris, No announcemnet was made | public about the subjects De- ‘Gaulle discussed with the Presi- ‘dent and secretary of state. | It was said that he had made ! a good impression during his one- | hour interview by correspond- | gan. operations from its air- ‘ | fields, They struck at South- undistinguishable at a distance of with’ sacroiliac: able, and ,Fesult of heavy 4 ie 4 jen, Japant- with,,; reckets, @ few yards. i) pit was. generally ‘believed Gone to railroad.and He Jbombsiand strafing.machine But it was, mortar fire and ary that his\beek | was; strained; cat faci : : guns.) They, provided. ight- tillery. fire in. flat, trajectory... m continually la protection,,, for . growing : see, what). the der other| Japanese mortar and artillery While Tokyo Is Recovering From One Storm, Two Others. — _ Now Raging 9 thn taht tin acl ini ttn nin adn dirtindinr! | MARINES WON ‘HOTTEST ROCK’ | | IN TWENTY-SIX DAYS nn nn nn in hn Ba nf is ln Ba kn ns te kn tt By HAMILTON FARON ea. beaches _ killing or wounding} AP Newsteatutes thousands of their comrades. Down - “We ought to set aside a} All up and down the southeast- IShould ‘Winds Die ern landing beaches men. dived HALT! WHO STOLE Wii i a . into shellholes — frequently be- sae : the taking of Iwo Jima. ide Pauad@apglineaet 20! casepal THAT Sufficiently, General i We are going to look back murderous crossfire from Suri- fe ) ‘on this operation as one of|bachi, extinct voleano to the MacArthur May Arrive } Fy jn |South, and .Motoyama heights in 3 » {tremendous . importance in es ;4)By BOB THOMAS On. Time } These: words: were spoken| But aes of cat bby: Rear Adm. |, Harty. \Hill,, moved. on,) reaching. the:.crest . <° AP Features writer ‘HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 25. : mec ahd Y3,.-Posing as an interviewer, I ;:dropped onto: the setef the. ant ‘MANILA, ‘Aug. 25.—Two } i ‘swirling between } ofthe. island to turn north, any. i igati i | " : other swinging south to attack es invenianien e‘southerly tip of Japan { ‘battle in Corps history~ for Suribachi with its hundreds of De® reports that scenes!and Okinawa, may delay the } ‘the tiny.island in the Volcano caves. : |; were being stolen on the Pic-| formal capitulation “ofthe { i group only 750 miles from!, The Third Marine Division, in- ture, and I was determined Japanese, headquarters -an- : ; . were tighting the toughest | Tokyo. tended as a -reserve force, wes to get to the bottom of it. | nounced today i called ashore within three days i : ted |. Even before the island to aid Maj. Gen. Holland M. There were four suspects! Piha pn ihe that |was conquered—the fight Smith's Fourth and Fifth Marine —Jimmy Gleason, Rags Rag- recov- took 26 ‘bloody days—his Divisions which made the initia) land, Slim Summerville and’ efted from the typ! that landifes ",Frank McHugh. Bach had struck there Wednesday | Prediction proved true. | Hide-And-Seek la bad record. Each nchet sigh pod continued into The military worth of the! on the beaches, in ev: ine Suilty. The crime had to be. o2 gre ugly little island became rap- on every me theese abbas solved lest William Powell,! Sveoeportation the broad jidly apparent. Japanese firing from caves, pil. the star of the picture,! sealer stated, is in a snarl in |. Mustang fighter planes be- boxes, giant concrete fortifica® Should get laid up _ again. ‘okyo and within a radius tions—all camouflaged perfectly, Powell was out fora week Of 100 miles of that city, as Fragile aecoun' best dy ost oth werd of. the 19,938. American pasihs aas rea the te ties including 4,189. dead. - Ragle ‘ lany of .those..men died» e} k -anscrip! were: wounded. in hae eae K ai oe apa fight for Suribachi, honeycombed —Thomas:.-Is..it-true ‘that you A lliet with’ ‘natural "Caves ‘and “man- made positions,’ Only by, ap- proaching oVér ‘'a’’ nat plain mumbers of Superfortresses raiding Japanese industrial | centers from the Marianas, | i ~ Part of, Pattern Iwo “Jima “mide “possifle..a ‘speeding sup! of the aerial eam- ) paignvagaihst Japan. But the Ma- {rines, twdid went ashorb ‘there on foreds»is. the! chief 1 ing iW the eause: ofr dejectionbyet the a fe SS us devastation ofthe mer" +, hat’s a lie. Well, that struck Tokvovis phoon adding to the miseries of the: popula- tion.of thaticity, 6! Many houses ‘were’ de- yuary; 19),werén't, thinkingvabout oy ioc, abies fi te ayer fie Tatire use of lprpalinenntee ee aes cursing the loose volcanic sands ‘eadinig this lines. could the sharr cliffs of the vol- But that’s not as bad astGleason: cano be reached.’ Then‘ began the’ He stands in the background and he? which they ies ankle HEED, tortuous. job of wiping out eén2{ Weves Atis) army,/saying, “Ts zat: stroyed ky the nvighty slipping and sliding as they omy nests on the fight 0 its sum-| £0?” ay winds, and houses’ still ght to climb the beach. They tyra fight elimaxed by. the hiss’, Gleason: Is' zat 36?" Why don't! standing are leaking. And were cursing too, the heavy a you show the man those neon ears! worse of all, he said, is tory-making flag-raising on the lip of Suribachi’s crater. j Victory Or Death cee | There was no quarter in the } NOTICE ‘battle. The Japanese. fanatical as | always, didn't surrender. Orig- _TO THE ELECTORATE OF THE inal estimates fixed the Japanese | CITY OF KEY WEST, FLA. force on Iwo at 20,000; the final In order to vote in the City count of enemy dead totaled 23,: you put on. You know—the ones} that light up when the other guy’s making a speech. 4 that the water system has ; been disrupted. Ragland: You know, I used to! He then related how the have a trick like that in bur-' Population of Tokyo ha lesque. I had a trick nose and dwindled as a result of th carried a button in my pocket. war with the United States. When I pushed the button, the! In pre-war days, the popula nose would light up. Got a laugh! tion numbered 6,200,000 but jfire which pounded onto the Election to be held on the first 244. There were 1,038 prisoners) every time. {today the number of people \Tuesday in November 1945, you taken, ; | ‘Thomas: McHugh, is it true’ remaining in the capital to- lare compelled under a Special Iwo isn't big—only five miles ‘that you steal scenes? t Is I 5 400 Rhee act of the 1945 State Legislature long a mile and a half wide.! McHugh: Listen, anything I' als only <, ' o | ents, some of whom said that he mobil- | Was not stiff and formal, as he had been pictured on many occa- local policemen who are still te old crowd. ,in the armed services, so that . John Snyder, new war izer, is from.St. Louis and w: to re-register in order to cast | your. vote. Cards still hangs on. To Be Discontinued Justice Hugo. Black of the Su- - | After being registered by the Clerk you will have to sign your this city, including one murder and 18 robberies and burglaries. preme Court is a ‘tennis enthus LAKELAND, Aug. 25 (FNS). But it’s unforgettable to men who. fought there—unforgetable ; there might be ‘a new verse for | the Marine Hymn, starting: “From could steal’ would be petty! ‘lar+!!: ceny. Fm not‘on the seréét' long jerk,, nobody could fird.a place to stick a knife in you. Summerville: Back in the old: Two Storms Ragin: While the broadcaster the devast tween south Japan and Okin- tawa. they may resume their duties) 0") 3° -apid. baseball fan: in’ the: sions. The re-registration will be con='because of its dirt’and its’ blood. | enough. riod “| was telling of a- i here. Fe: days of Dizzy. Dean, Pepper’ Mar-!! - ducted in the lower floor of the: Maybé Adntiral’ Hill's ‘sugges-|, Summerville: Don't let these, tion of the typhoon that had It was officially » announced |}; ang .the rest et thane: wah vee ‘Alligator’ Tanks City Hall building;. beginning onvtion.ifor “specialday"'to ‘toms; cuys foot you. They're always struck Tokyo, repoftS were kee that, in the last 24 hours, 154'Gang avahie tintercctndennithed - Monday, August 27th, and end- memorate the taking ‘f ‘Iwo knifing me. . | received here that two more crimes had been committed in | hing on October 26th, 1945. Jima” will never: be followed. But, .McHugh: Why, you skinny, violent storms are raging be- Thirty-two automobiles had been as as =e niolén dating that Hime: Gidicne Te ene, coaneed his gr woman, ‘who’ complained in'city from the western to eastern style hall about a “beautiful flower 2nd hopes fo play unit ne pot” that had been stolen from ete wpemhers Ot, the bighest her veranda, was told by a city ‘bench have lively sports interest. official that housebreakers had; FU! McNutt, war manpower entered his home and_ stolen ene a e crack pitcher at In- silverware valued i jdiana University. He issued the erware valucdsationee. jjorder which’ enabled ball players CHINESE FIRST H ree 5 {to their principal business” at a BALTIMORE. — The Chinese time when baseball’s wartime are believed to have been the |M&npower was running out. earlist of all people to solve the LG iaka Re chief problem of boat building, Nelson Rockefeller, in the and to have first worked out the (Continued on Page Six) art of navigation. -_ ¢) The Prie: ffavern WANTED sg, imate lated Givi Bic: | Open From 7. 2, MIDNIGHT YOUNG MAN Hear the Mel Bore Gir ca UE and Tubdi Hear Var Sing ‘ : BS Hs for work in : IS ” * Paul Jones Sth $3.94 Circulation Department Imperial - Sth $3.73 | Mount Vernon Rye Sth $3.82 Full Time Employment /Kinsley, ..... Sth $4.12, Pt. $2.60 \chenley Sth $4.50 Must Have Bicycle — xinsiey Gin Sth $3.47 . Pt. $2.20 Pt. $2.60 Apply in persen te 917 Fleming St. Phone 9104 Special Summer Rates $8.00 to $12.00 Weekly gE KEY WEST CITIZEN Mace Storey, Port OFFICE Tom Collins... Drink. Johnnie Walker 12-yrs.-old WE Black Label Scotch & Soda .50 “TERENAS Ee {to leave other work and “return | |The production of ‘Alligat tanks by the Food Machinery Cor- ; poration plant here was ordered | discontinued by a Navy cutback {order effective at once. The plant will not close, how- lever, but will revert to peacetime production of packinghouse ma- chinery and equipment. | BATTERIES i New Batteries In Stock — All Sizes Batteries Charged While You Wait “POOR OLD. CRAIG SERVICE STATION | Division! and Francis Sts. 'Open Sunday .. Phone 9134 [LT LA CONCHA HOTEL AIR CONDITIONED { Music by | | BREAKFAST Served from LUNCHEON Served from . 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Ceiling Prices MUMFORD & ROSS a acai al i i HUGH C. ‘HODGE, Manager Name in the registration book, ! jas on the day of the Election Jima after the Clerk of the Election jfinds your Name on the registra- ‘aveeeenenodueednansenanereauuscancesanvngeggeiogqoocctagneneerveitt jtion books you will sign a card,j MASONIC NOTICE Headquarters stated that, because of the latter storms, plans for the oc- cupation of Japan may be delayed, and possibly the formal sirning of the docu- ment of uncenditional sur- render aboard the battle- ship Missouri may have to the Shores of Iwo i a days scene stealing was a lot} more rampant than it is now. I remember how Ford Sterling! used to attract attention by step-{ ping back and saying “Oh my| gosh!” to everything that was be-| ing said by the other actors. By} the time he was through with a long scene, he was out of focus! and the said signature will be compared with the signatuce on: | the registration book, and if Regular Communication of | jfound satisfactory you will pre-| Anchor Lodge No. 182, F. & A. jsent your card to the Inspector’ M. Monday, Aug. 27th, 1945, at jof the voting machine, then you; 8 P. M. aes overs broken up by} be Postponed a day or will be allowed to enter the vot- | All members and visiting . 63) to work. The quartet went longer. It was thought, however, should the winds subside suf- ficiently. General MacAr- (Continued on Page Six) BUILDING FOR SALE Two Bed Rooms Reasonable Price — New Apply: DAN L. NAVARRO {ing machine and cast your ballot.; masons invited to be present. By E. C. GOMEZ. By order, Supervisor of Registration S. W. DEMERITT, W.M. | Oey We | GERALD H. ADAMS, i ! through a cafe scene with Powell ‘and Angela Lansbury. 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