The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 20, 1945, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service and AP Features For 65 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West No. 302 CITY IS FACED Geir! Marshall, AMDASS@GON “Wen stsoo0 Tochia; Aries Nanking = ACTING MANAGER DEMERITT * SCORES OLD COUNCIL ON, Communists Will Pre-/ OKINAWA GROUP. sent Views To Mar- BACK IN STATES | CONTRACT WITH AQUE- DUCT COMMISSION shall Dif- | Pointing to a $16,983.41 bill for | hydrant rental and a $477.28 wa- ter No- | vember of 1943 to Nov of | 1945, Actung City Manager Wil- {ham W. Demeritt ed previous councils for entering into con- tracts not beneficial to thi “Here is a case wher gave. the Aqueduct Con over $200,000 of water pipe tand has received no ae ben fit from this grant,” Mr. Di itt said. No Money To Pay Bills The agreement was entered into Regarding JOE ALLEN ONE OF FIVE ACCOMPANYING COM- MODORE McCARTHY bill for the period fro (By Axsocia‘ed Prens) NANKING, Dec. 20.—Gener: George C. Marshall, nerican | ambassador to China, arrived here today and announced that he pected to hold his first c ence tomorrow with simo Chiang Kai-Shek. Communist leade: they would present their views to tl Marshall about their differences! with the cehtral government, Look Towerd' Strife Settlement They also declared they would unconditionally © agree conferences with ment representatives, ward the settlement of c in China. Chiang Kai-Shek said he wel- comed the communist proposai,} and unoficially it was stated that! both sides will in an effort to brir settlement of the differen: tween the two factions | | | | ferences | OKINAWA Islands.—Five SHIMA, Ryukyu! men who served onfer-jon Okinawa with Commodore; Generalis-| | Francis M. McCarthy, Com- | manding Officer of the Twelfth | U. S. Naval Construction Bri- gade, accompanied him to San Francisco. when che «left here! by i ert ennels ae hai hi Is ver. 2, is revides ior loi Jehnert, © 3200 ° White’ avenue, estimated ‘in the present city Bzltimore, Md.; Lieut. (jg) R. L.| budget that about $300 a Pilon, 2819 West Third secs spe recaired) tor thecity's Duluth, Minn., Assistant Opera-! “Charles Roberts, city Officer; Bryce C. Billet-| said today that each SKic, 717 North Dallas November of 1943 the venue, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Joseph! Monies have been set up in Allen, Jr., Ylc, 733 United budget but that moni been forthcoming and th street, Key West, Fla.; and Don-' been no payment since tha ald L. Simmons, Y3c, 446 West St. Joseph street. Easton, Pa. | MASCNIC ORDER piece oem NAMES OFFICERS torious and outstanding Gerald Saunders, chairman of|P¢Tformed during the Okinawan the Victory Clothing Drive to be, C@™Paign, Commodore McCar- held in Key West, said today that| thy has beer. in command of all : sare he ‘had named the chairmen of}C- B. Special, pontoon operat-! Keenan L. Conner, Worshipful sub-committees to assist him infing, and truck battalions since Master. | making the drive here a success. | the initial landings‘:made on Albert B. Cooper, Senior War-' January 7, he added, is the date! this island April 1. j den. on which the drive will | Realizing that the success of _S. C. Singleton, and it will be continued till the campaign depended. upon Warden. uary 31. keeping the troops properly Douglas Trevor, It is a nationwide drive. supplied with ammunition and Frank O. Weech. S been explained by resident] other materials, Commodore “Charles Smith, Truman, and its object is to ob-| McCarthy's organization moved tain old clothing for the millions, millions of tong \of “frejght over of needy people in Europe. Ok nawa’s raW beaches,’ made? Sub-committee chairmen are: | hazardous not, @hly by _hostije Reports secretary, Dr.: Delio,enemy forces But by a ring of Cobo: collection supe r, uncharted coral reefs. ert N. Dillard: clott Official records show that the + chairman, Edelmiro Morz volume of cargo tonnage handled licity, Earl Adams; p here since the landings on April shipping supervisor, Leo Cohen: 1, 1945. would normally overtax educational chairman, Isadore’ many of our larger modernly Weintraub. equipped ports. In a letter to the —1— Fleet Admiral, Commodore Me- BICYCLE THIEVES | "Paid high tribute to the ARE BUSY AGAIN ren under is command who made such an achievement pos- Bicycle _ thie sible. With h'm since the Love Day busy -again in landings were Lieutenant Jehn- ly, and three t ert, and Lieutenant Pilon, both that were stolen haye b recently decorated by Admiral covered by Sheri‘f Berti Chester W. nitz, with the yer and Deputy Will Archer. Fleet Admiral Citation, and Sheriff Sawyer sai n Storekeeper Billetdeaux. Yeo- ing he will return n Allen and Simmons joined fFersons who call Commodore's staff shortly and establish their RAMSEY’S Truck is Being Repaired— Back in Service in a few days PHONE 444 said ing to- I strife yet street, auditor, tions B. NAMES CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES ON CLOTHING DRIVE Recently service the following ele tive officers for Jan- has Higgs, Seriidr Ste R. D.. Smita, Junior Stew J. J. Trevor, Organist STADIUM COMMITTEE NAMES NEW OFFICERS Key West S um tee at a meeting in City Hall, elected t g officers for the Comm t- Paul G. Albu Charles T. A Dr. Delio ) Cobo; Isadore Rodri Membership on the com: Was increased by adding to Dr. Cobo and Bob Pollock. th after paign. Joe Allen, one the McCarthy group, who was stationed at Okinawa, is ex- pected to arrive in Key West in time to spend Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ber- {nard Allen, and other relatives. —Sancn) banca bance | BOOKS DANCE! DANCE! DANCE! *No other gift Benefit CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE'S offers such obvious quality KIDDIES XMAS PARTY or such Jasting RAUL’S CLUB 9 P.M. till ? Roosevelt Blvd. joy for your budget. of the men in Have Us Do Your @ BODY WORK @ PAINT WORK Mulberg’s Chevrolet Co. PHONE 377 New and Caroline Streets Key: West, Florida TOMMY THOMPSO: and his All-Star “Merry Men” Door Prize of Two Tickets to Orange Bowl New Year's Classic Special Bus Service to the Dance, leaving from La Concha Hotel , at 9:00 P.M. and 9:50 P.M. Friday. Dec.21 Friday. Dec. 21 DANCE! DANCE! 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One charge is that he used 600 Amer- ican prisoners of war as pack horses to carry Jap equipment while they were fighting against Filipino guerillas, and another charge is that the troops under him were responsible for the deaths of 67,009 American and an Filipino civilians. SONG Rotary 's Par- delivered There At the regular weekl luncheon today at St. Pa ish Hall Earl Adams address “Is Santa Clat Mr. Adams pointed to the or- iginal St. on GLIDER BOMBS NUERNBERG. — Germany. 2 shortly before she surrendered, Bishop in Asia and known was on the point of producing his good works. Later this legend Nicholas who for _| Qlider bombs, it was brought out was revived in Holland at which in testimony today in the Se reindeers and green trees be- of the'21 Nazi war criminals. Eac! Mr. glider was.to carry a mee = weighing 2,000:pounds. ARMY-NAMY MERGER WASHINGTON.—Congress will adjourn for the holideys.tomor- row, and, as a result,:it was de- cided today to put off further,con-} = sideration of the proposed army-| Profession. aerate navy unification bill till congress! Dr. Parramore wishes to go reconvenes January 14. jon record testifying that Bill inten | Demeritt ate five cups full of jice cream. The statement was puted by Mr. Demeritt. | Guests were Harvey | Jers, father of Jack S 'D. Mattelle, broth {Curry Moreno, and | brotner: n-law of Dr. | Kemp. | L. P. Artman, Jr., renewed his sie putes Se = | ymembership nthe FREES “STOPPED-UP” LINE: '\,3° spared the tri CAPTAIN IN ARMY: HAS’ the traditional baby }new Rotarian. BRONZE STAR; —— Rev. Samuel Reinke led sin: GRADUATE ‘Be of Chr'stmas carols. came . Christmas Adams said. I Christmas gifts were distrib- uted among the members and this custom resulted in much laughter. Each member reeeived a gift symbolic of his motifts, yearly NEW PUBLIC Joseph P. of donn ng cap of a | |OHRISTMAS PARCELS on his du-| FOR artment of} é The War Giparteese reports ; the loss.during a violent s of ‘the’ bulk of the ! Christmas mail desti 7 in the Aleutian arez This mail, which was ov tn. S APO inated in the Unite as ‘States the Christmas September 15 , ho request soldier In order to permit t at once of Christmas parcels to i per: APO! ur ing Native Key Wester ive Key es from nailing to p through this particuls | out the usual request r if parcel is presented for m ! ing not later than Decemt PALACE THEATER SUNSET CARSON in ‘Rough Riders of Cheyenne” uation NEWS and SERIAL ni -Hight | ” the/fegular meeting of Key West Lodge No: * 551, will be held Thursday night, Decem- ber 20, 1945 at 8 o'clock. In- iations. All Elks and visit:ng Elks are cordially invited to attend. Be there. P. L. WEATHERFORD, Secretary, P.ER. In the Heart of Miami The Rendezvous of Key West SERVICEMEN and CIVILIANS “BEST FOh A NIGHTS ReST*! One Block West of Bus Decot | EEE IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT | To Grocers, Restaurants, Cafes, Ete. Inasmuch as our delivery truck will not be able to reach all of you at the same time . . . ON MONDAY, December 24th, We Will Make Deliveries on Sunday, Dec. 23 Those of you who run low on provisions during Monday can get additional supplies BY CALLING at our temporary location, WHITE and DIVISION STREETS, where we will have sufficient supplies. OPEN 7A.M. TO? | AL VILLATE SONS “WHOLESALE PRODUCE” —— RADIO REPAIRS, TOYS, GIFTS, SNAPSHOTS ‘DEVELOPED - 48 Hour Service — iN THE TOM: REV. REINKE SINGS | was aj ‘APO. 0 | released by sith Springs, Michidan/ &h | mind, | then that he was told h would be in the mail et H Ss : Weat, Florida, has tne most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit U.S.A. PRICE FIVE CENTS GArthur Disagrees ia On Occupation 0 na Territory In Japa VV VVC rrr rrr rrr PURPLE HEART AWARDED HERE 022444244444444444424444444444444444¢ Government As Result Of Refusal Will Not Send Any Troops Soviet To Japan (Ry Associated Press) Dee. 20.°— General nounced today tt with Russia island or island: wanted to Russia aC a result of which word ca Moscow n the that Russia wil rticipate occupation Russia to be troops into Hokkaid r island in request gested that F Kyushu, nt the COMDR. F. P. GARDNER, (MC), left, congratulates M. R. LePage, PhMle, 1 senting him with the Purple Heart Medal at mony recently. LePage, whose home is in TI . ided on September 15, 1944, whi sion in an invasion of Want Yanks Between pointed out that a short dist Gulf of Tartary iN wi BE:IN KEY (WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK REYNOLDS PLACE TO BE REBUILT DEMERITT ASKS COMMIS- i SION TO WITHHOLD CON- DEMNING ACTION only The object in froposi hu to the Rus: that island ainland would be ed ‘thousands of An of otcupation: ral MacArthur wa din’ his dealing notified Wa: i nte suld promptly r mmander,. City Cékctssloc: Of Screg ley, Mich., Releases .New Head Of Island City’s Government Gity Manager David. King will Key ‘West December is Wednesday of next auth ucsday ately in Commissi i the m meeting clerk v King had beer RECESSED CITY MEET TONIGHT Recessed meeting. of the city mission will be held tonight yYclock at city hall of business has made that the meeting until tod. The meeting was Tuesday. IN DAYS OF RICHARD, Il city 2 Ee addressed city City w. today 1 to the that Reynolds withhold action demning it as the has decided to rebuild the The second stor; a the Te : ago, —In the days « wil © retained, and ard 1}, Steak: were nto a nice bute i aanairw eto eee sh, fov yore choy or hacked piécrs a H 2 as soup: ¢ ragouts, stews or hash- Manager his opinion it be reg- would lik » on the property the Berkeley ion taking Has Fine Mind 2Gvised that , was to on con- as present owner jja; place. s to be y down story stone £0 tich- walls whole made 1 the The: property ing transferred Reynolds to the tmas. Ut + States, ing to some — who knew a Harbor at prese 2...) from Michigan, he has quite wae good enginderisg s solid as a stone wall onc as made up his mind to pur- a good course and is assailed adve' “actions. 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