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bom * | Contract Signed For Key: Pet ALAN * Telegram Received Yes-' CHARLES GOMEZ ‘WKWF full | tim of Mutual Broadc: able, including Gabriel*Heat- ter and world series.” used for several hearing Mr. Heatter and oth- er commentators over Mu- tual ip to a few months ago when a Miami station chang- # from Mutual to the Amer- ican. has the Mutual System but broadcasts over it heard in Key West only oc- easionally. the condition that the em-|West Business Men’s Association. Mr. Spottswood, whose] nero would not be disposed ;Wil! be clesed all day Monday, | (Ny Aanoeinten Prpaa station is on Stock Island,|}u¢ would be permitted to [Set 3rd. Labor Day,-as an- | WASHINGTON, Aus. -31— said before he left Key West : ops » inach, that he would begin broad- rule under the direction of casting shortly. TORANO FUNERAL aa.’ was in that way that Mr. Go- | here wher€'T’ean grab:the wheel)’ other: jobs. The funeral of James P. Torano,|mMez was ‘given a 30 days’ if he’ doésn't do what I tell him} Employment i: now 118 who died at his régidence early | furlough. : ||. Percent of what it was inthe _ pany be held SSR aie a | 1939 to 1941 period. “ ~attemionn CLAUDE “THOMPSON **}** i as from the home at 570 Carson aanenennanmieaiaaiemaemame emmemtacmeammeeaie eee he 65 Years Devoted to th Best Interests of Key West. io. PHE SOUTHERNMOST VOLUME LXVI. No. 208 eo West's Broadcasting Station} terday Afternoon Con- cerning Action From| John Spottswood GETS BREAK IN JAP SURRENDER KEY WESTER WAS ABOARD telegram yester.| SHIP GOING DIRECTLY day afternoon from John M.| FROM EUROPEAN THEAT- Spottswood, who was in Wadiilaten: : ER TO PACIFIC The Citizen received the “Signed contract in New York yesterday m The Jap capitulation sav- ed Charles Gomez; Division} street,! from going directly from: thé ‘Edropean: theatre: to the Patifi¢;*!it became} known today. With other ‘soldiers, he was aboard a ship that was in the Gulf Stream at a point ; between Key West and Dry tem. All progra: Key Westers had been years in The -U.S.S.: Missouri was launched. January: 29, 1944. “The United States Navy’s mighty 45,000-ton battleship, the U.S.S. Missouri, will end. her World War Ilicareer in a blaze of glory August’81 itt Tokyo Bay, when she servesas the scene‘of the’ historic unconditional -surrender:.of: Japan to the. United Nations. - Proudly; bearing the namé of the hémé state ‘of-President: Harry S..Tru-. man, ‘the: fighting U\S:S.'Missouri has been named by General -of the Army Douglas MacArthur,‘ Supreme : Allied'\Commander, as the: locale of the formal ending of the war(in the:,Pacific;) Fleet Admiral Chester W.' Nimitz}"Commander-in-Chief of the ‘United States Pacifie Fleet. and Pacific Ocean Areas, will'sign for the United States; General of ‘the Army. MacArthur, for the Allied forces:which fought in the-Pacific. 2 USS.2) Construction. was ordered: June 12, 1940.: Her keel was laid om January 6, 1941, at the New York Navy. Yard. SCHOOLS IN JAPAN (My Annociated Press) TOKYO, © Aug. 31.—Jap- anese government officials announced todev that, schools will reopen in Japan on Sep- tember 15. It. was stated that 10,000,- 000 Japanese boys and girls ; will attend the schools. Comment in Allied circles was) that the hope of Japan lies in those"10,00,000 school Children, who, ‘unlike Jap children | heretofore, will not be told about the'“glories of conquest” to; enrich the em- pire, . but,. inktead,' will . be taught the arts of peace, and it will be from those arts that a new Japan will rise with a different attitude to- Official Navy.Photograph Tortugas, when word came MA f a ..{from Japan that Emperor Another station in Miami Yirohito and the Japanese i imperial government had ac- cepted the provisions of the Potsdam ultimatum, with NY STORES 10 (eeeeeeaeg, . CLOSE LABOR DAY jpysingss IN U.S. ADJUSTING ITSELF can be All member stores’ of. the. Key nounced.on~ the front today’s. Citizen. | (HUSBAND'S ‘ASSISTANT “Are you’a- back seat driver?”! “Indeed ‘I'm not. .I sit right} Business in the United States is repidly adjusting itself to Peace conditions. It was an- nounced that 2,000,000 have © lost their jobs: since V-J Day, but, it was added, a vast ma- jority of them have found Page- of | the supreme commander. The captain of the ship was ordered by the War De- tment to turn about and HERE TOMORROW Bebeded to Norfolk,.and_ it | | | GOES TO PACIFIC Claude R. Thompson, MoMtc, USN, who has been at Shoemak- er, Calif., for the past six w6éRS; i ignment, left Lane. The funeral cortege will pro- ceed from the residence to the Church of God, with Re ?ipken, pastor, officiating at the ices. Pritchard Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. le ion somewhere Burial of the deceased will take] jn + ording to word place at the family plot in the} ;oceived by his wife. City Cemetery. % MOTOR TUNE-UP WANTED SAVES GAS Dining Room Waitresses Lou Smith Auto Service Avely Hosreee White at Fleming St. Phone 5 La Concha Hotel Opposite Army Barracks rucistgamarsice | POST OFFICE INN ane |S Aveactive Farnishea SPECIAL RATES SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc. Prescription Druggists DUVAL AND FLEMING STS. || Clear Pictures — Good Service || 321 Simonton St. | NEXT-TO-POST-OFFICE | BINGO Nightly 7:30 naeneneeneraseneras PRESCRIPTIONS treccatene Compounded by Experienced Pharmacists GARDNER’S PHARMACY northwestward about per ho near hurricane torce ever a very small area nea? the center, and -{ Gales of 50 ‘to 60. miles‘ per hour extend 75 to'100 miles from cen- ter in northern semicircle. Indications reach the coast north of Belize, British ‘Honduras, ‘late this after- noan and tonight, SKATING RINK 2222222222 6.5 $10.00 up Week Double ROASTERS and Battery MIAMI WEATHEP. BUREAU J ADVISORY, 10:30- A.M.; EW’ The tropical storm’ in the north- western Caribbean ‘Sea: is central | Gear latitude 18 north, longitude ward the rest of mankind. --- ADVISORY IN STATE To west, moving wert or west-} attended by winds of] | yNCONDITIONAL SUR: RENDER OF COUNTRY (By Associated Press) are center will apa Tearned” j rfer th SERVICE Raised FRYERS anapyes | MOTOR (Live) PouLTRY and | MUMFORD & ROSS. ¢)| Announcement ...,.... EGG MARKET | Phone 333 First-Class SRRO0:: i White St. Phone 540) 999 NUVAL STREET | Job eters 65 up| DUVAL. ‘at, SOUTHARD is They sanding sr pi ea hn OM i food BUSINESS. AND | Phrcsssssiemsveivandet ere) | AR Ar ehy >in tt is { otncesssion orssad hor teed } To:The People of Key' Wes a ae ARBRE PTE FENN TRAE TIT RE i TRE Ot tA a E. D. FOUTS, Distributor - CENTR AL HOTEL 715 Seybold Bldg. Mianti Cool, Airy Rooms Rates: Two Persons $10, $12, $14 Weekly Opposite Bus Station OVERSEAS HOTE, | * "SONA: HEN Pie maleate | ta ea | $8.00 to $12.00 Weekly ; For A Bigger BEELER S 5 AE Ti and Better ‘BROWN DERBY BAR ‘ << ad |. Whitehead and Southard Sts. "| SPAIN’S SERVICE PASENGE DEPARTIODTT W A N TED (Complete Service for Your Car) KEY WEST Featuring 1101 White St. Cor. Eliza ; —complete line of PHONE 782 : Imported and Domestic Young Lady ox Young Man|™s*.27,27etile Se remjere| "| <-Join the Wines and Liquors to Assist in Office Work |, ., ™* get ‘em for you. eee . | =. Apply at Citizen Office | Us STEAM CLEAN <=: KEY WEST BUSINESS pe and Paint It Underneath “THE STORE ON FASHION” We Have Received A Shipment of RED G00S CHILDREN’S SHOES FOR SCHOOL * All Sizes — Come and Get Yours All Sizes — O.P.A. Ceiling Prices VISIT THE BROWN DERBY BAR FOR GOOD DRINKS MEN'S ASSOCIATION Sd te ta tint data td ttn tntantntnetantintntntntnintntntntndntntntndntndnd Pilkington Studio Is TEMPORARILY LOCATED In * Room 502 CHILDREN’S SOX for SCHOOL LA CONCHA HOTEL APPELROUTH'S eaacceena ore NN | enn nnnannnnnes 4 ‘CHARLES I. SAUNDERS, Prop. . Home Delivery | ~ Of Milk Will Be Started Monday, September 3rd I wish to advise users of SWEET MILK that I have contracted with ADAMS DAIRY for a supply of GRADE “A” PASTEURIZED MILK and will start delivery next Monday, September 3rd. Those wishing MILK DELIV- ERED should place their orders with me at once. "\° NEILO LOPEZ Phone 455 Fore I wish to confirm the above statement of Mr. Lopez. We have contracted to supply him with OUR GRADE “A” PASTEURIZ: - ED MILK to carry out his DELIVERY SERVICE. MILK will be PASTEURIZED and BOTTLED at our MILK PLANT and WILL CARRY OUR LABEL. ADAMS DAIRY By J. R. ADAMS lweaeeaeeeas. TO REOPEN SEPT. 15 ‘ SOM OM Me) the broadcaster explained, he will transfer his head- ~ OF =PERPLEXITY 15 miles STUNNED ON LEARNING OF TOKYO, Aug. 31—Do- mei, Japanese news. agency, ; 4queted a Jap priest today. as agailt-dang-vous | Savsg that.whemthe people thei: ld Fe * ATOMIC BOMB WEAPON CAUSED JAP SURRENDER CLAIMED. RUSSIA’S DECLA- RATION OF WAR WAS OF BUT LITTLE CON- CERN ; People In General Co- cess Of «By Associated Press) ‘ ‘TOKYO, Aug. 31.—An official of Dome’ : |) mews‘agencyyisnid in a broad 1) the set of” iatomic by the American ‘command. That statement, he added, was based on announce- ments made by Japanese warlords. It had been said, General that Russia’s entrance into!quarters to. the Imperial the war had hastened the| Hotel in the heart of Tokyo. surrender of. Japan, but, ne! Lieutenant - General declared, such was:not the/ert Eichenberger’s Aimefican case because the Japanese! Eighth Army will oceup To- high command had expected | kyo. Troops trom that army that country to deciare war|are streaming into the Jap- on Japan ever since the fall|anese capital, and all of of Germany, and that Rus-;them will be there by the sia’s declaration of war had|time the document for wn- been discounted. conqlitional surrender is sign- “Wo Japanese hed decided. |ed Sunday aboard the bat- ‘cnale-s af wat Russia did, | tleship Missouri. to, die fighting, but we could not fight against so appalling Mrs, Amelia Johnson end destructive a thing as the Dies During atomic bomb. It is impossible for anybody to realize the pov ser of destruction in an ctomic.p ong homie until he Fas seen what 1.05"; i0 morning at 2% eloce || jt did at Hiroshima or Na- 2 at her residence, 609 Margaret street. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 © clock at the Fleming Street Meth gesaki. “Bravery or fighting ability is Lof no consequence when it comes; contac! vith an atomic| |. “{ oe contacter m odist Church, Rev. A. G. Cox “The Japanese high command |F@stor, officiating. The body will as noWnone realizing that, b€ placed in the church at 2 o clock, Pritchard Funeral Home is harge of arrangement ivors are: Hv v Al fred W. Johnson; two daughters, Mrs. Charle Salas, Mrs. Richard there ¥ | fact. rc and that v 1 Ti AUTO PAINTING Also Stock of BUMPER JACKS Very Reasonable NAVARRO, Inc. Orrosite Bus Staticn on Southard hina bidt me at ASnttetinnncnnsncaeen even, e, Allen A >; three | sont; who are in the Arméd Serv- jices will be here tu attend the jfuneral service. 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