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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-29
OFFICER NAMED.
BY DEFE n DANT
AS ASSAULTER
Charges He Was Beaten
BY PatrOlman Malone
After Arrest

The NAACP his week fled
charges with Commissioner John
Ballenger against Patrolman Willie
Malone for "unwarranted brutal
ity' in arresting Cyrus Amos. $50
Medoury street on Sept %.
Amos along with ~ other fire
quenters" of the home Of Earnest
Matthews Of 57l0 st. Antoine
street, was released I'm Recorders
court last Saturday. Matthews
was found guilty Of illegal ecca-
Patien' and GPed $1s-
.......ssA.... i $500
utive oeesetary OF the W. dfl
brancb NAACP. declared that ~
has come TO our attention thai
Officer Malone maIiciously and
without -pfovocation struck Cyrus
Amos during a raid of the estab-
bshment located al $40 St An
tome.
Statements of eye witnesses.
Charles Brown of 57l9 St. Antoine:
Earnest Matthews of 573i St. An
tome; the defendant. Everett How
ell and Amos coincide. All state
that there was no provocation; that
Amos attempted to give his keys
20 woman guest and was pushed
by orc of the SergeantS that the
push caused him 10 lose his bal
ance and fall on the landing: tina;
for some time they had noted Ma
lone brandishing a pair of brass
knucks and that he povnced on
Amos and started striking him
while he was down on the floor:
that during the alteration the
officers gun slipped from the hol-
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SOLDIERS
CONVICTED LAST
FALL ARE FREE
A ccused Of Refusing
To epOrt For
Night Work

HONOLULU - Fifty-two Negro
soldiers. convicted of mutiny last
fall. were restored TO duty last
week, according to an announce
ment from the Mid-Pacific Re-
Mobilization center here.
The soldiers were among 70
members Of Co. 3, 1230th Engineer
General Service Regiment. They
were convicted Of refusing TO re-
port to a night work formation
at an Oahu air field.
The case attracted international
attention, and an appeal was made
TO the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
LAST SPRING, while Walter
White, executive secretary Of the
NAACP. was touring the Pacific,
g.. inse2tiTntsa - - 49, N
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FEPC By Christmas,
Predicts Marcantonio

met ~ SUNDAY discussing
fed M HHbility for guaran-
teei assignment practice"
- I'D. ri
wsst1 n1SSs Iso6lsres - the IN
when fhs Labor committee, Il
which Mrs Newton h chairman,
Il reached on the calendar Of the
House.
A STEERING committee for the
FEPC has been formed. including
Narcantonio. Mrs Norton. Reps
Adam Powell, Helen Gahagan
Douglas Emanuel Celler Hugh De
Lacy and Charles NJ LaFolle,;e
Also among the dinner speakers
was FEPC Chairman Malcolm Ross
who expressed concern over the
present and near ture employ
mont position Of Negroes and other
minoritlcS He said that upgradins
Of Negro workers was a problem.
in the South. Term
Ing the present situation disturb
ms. Mr. Ross went on 20 say OF
Detroit. Of the first 200 600
workers laid of IN Detroit. some
10000 Of them were Negroes. Mum
bcrs Of these are leaving for their
homes out Of the state. The, ma
iorl;y viii probably remain in De-
;rot The question S whether they
VIII share the waiting period and
the eventual reconverSion JOBS
with White workers. or whether. as
has already been suggested. thew
must prepare 10 content them
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CUT IN POINTS
WILL SPEED UP
CT DISCHARGES

WASHINGTON, II. c Lowering
OF the critical point score for dis
charge Of men from the army from
90 TO 20 points on Oct; and To- b0
points on Nov !, as disclosed by
Gen George G. Marshall. chief Of
staff. 10 about $50 senator's and rep
rescniatiVcs last Thursday. VIII
speed up the return OF colored sol
dlerS TO civilian life.
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COLORED INDIVIDUALS an,

COLORED INDIVIDUALS and
organ cations have criticized the
army's point discharge system as
being discriminatory against color
cd soldiers majority Of Wnom
served IN service units and had
less opportunity 10 win battle stars
and other awards for hcrolSm and
Rallantry in action
Gen. Marshall also revealed that
BY late winter the army can 20 be-
yond the point system and dis
charge men merely on the bass of
two years of service. That viii
give colored soldiers who earned
no battle credits as well rs thos,
who did not go overseas and earn
high scores their opportunity TO
e. back 20 civilian life.
On the basis Of the lowered
point score for enlisted men. Gen.
m~See DISCHARGES. Page 4
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Strikes Dump Detroit
Back On Var Time Basis

The most complaints were COM
ing from physicians. who said
they had been refused gasoline at
t1e statIsns~Sot Up by the TaioR.
IN THE automotive industry.
meanwhile. strikes eontinee 10
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~ See STRIKES. ras. q
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nW-See OFFICER, Page 4
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30 See FEPC. Page Z
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nwSee HOUSING. Page 4
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D@See SOLDIERS. Page 4
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IN THE
meanwhile.
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~ See JOB BILL, Page =
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nM-see DISCHARGES. Page 4
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26

LETTERS DEALING WITH NATIONAL
PARK SENT TO LOCAL COMMITTEE

William w. Demeritt, Fred o.
Eberhardt and William M. Arm
old, recently appointed by the
Key West Chamber of Commerce
to consider the proposed estab-
lishment of the Everglades Ma
tional Park, has received a letter
from Ernest F. Coe, director,
clarifying several matters regard
ing the boundaries of the park.
Copies of two letters were sent
to the committee. One of the let
tiers, dated April %, 1887, at
Washington, was written by
Arno B! Commerer, director of
the United States Department of
the Interior, National Park
Service, to the late Chester
Thompson, who was deeply in
terested in marine life along the
Florida Keys. The letter follows:
Mr.. Coe. Executive Chair
man of the Everglades National
Park Commission. has trans
mitted to me copies of your
letter of April IS to him and
telegram of April 3 to Mr..
Thomas J, Pancoast concerning
commercial fishing in such
waters as may be included
within the proposed Ever
glades National Park. To clarity
the matter. I wish to amplifY
the statements / have made
in previous letters regarding
this problem.
The only miYitime park at
! present is Arcadia National
Park in Maine. Along its shores
the commercial fisherman has
been allowed to ply his trade
as heretofore. only state vestric-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26
SEVERAL REALTY
DEALS RECORDED

The following transfers Of
realty i'm Monroe county have
been recorded in the county
clerks office:
Loie Mae Russell TO Edgar w.
STARK, two lots in Martello
Towers for $500. % %
Fred J. Dion has conveyed the
former HudgdOn homestead on
Duval street 10 Jack Elias for
$1,000 The lot has a frontage
Of s. feet and a depth of 24l
feet
Frank G Sutton has bought
from Pearl c. Dresskell 80 acres
on Little Torch Key for ST. 900.
The southwest corner of Seid-
enbcrg avenue and Sixth street
has been sold by Amanda
Blanche Herrlck TO Charles S.
Love for $1,000 The lot has d
frontage of l6Oll on Seidenberg
and 100 feet on Sixth street.
Charles J White has sold 1893
acres on Kew Largo to Leon A.
Yhanez for $500.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26
CAPT. HAMILTON
SUCCEEDS COMD'R
GARDNER At BASE.

Captain W n Hamilton ha
succeeded Commando "a IS
Gardner as commanding ufn.t.
Of the Naval Al Station m k,N
West Il was announced a. in.
Navy Yard TODAY I' Nae ai
stated that tho ,cup, pi 'ns 500
ton has been cNFaud,4 o. u
cludc tho a,rflclds lt Bu,i tl.a
and Meachauf frd0
Commander GafJurr hs. H.,.
temporarily SERVING ae commando
my Officer during th, sHfu,. u.
Captain a + Flags Ia, iaw"
remains as CNCcuiI'e uif,.f
Commander Raw Station boo
been retired lu lcJmtJnO, aT.r
q navy policy 10 return co. Di.Iau
life all officers who had 1s'u I'D,
tired before tb, b,-lnuug ui tu.
war and had bocn recalled go
active service.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26
BY JACK STtNNETT
Thy Associates Pressl

WASH1NGTON.A If ever a fel-s
low got into a job he wasn't ex-
pecting, it's Js A%krug, chief of
the War Production Board. II
The rumor const;j ltly floats
around that WPB now is Under
the thumb of Army and Navy
and that Krug isn't more than
rubber stamp. But if Krug is
anybody's rubber stamp, it
would be something that isn't
in the book.
In the first place, he's a good
siX-foot-three 240 pounds of man
and doesn't play tiddley-winkS
when it comes to making deci-
SionS.
He has been in government
work quite awhile, is referred to
around here as career man. In
Kentucky and Wisconsin he was
in public utilities, and came into
government by way of the Fed
eral COMMUNICATIONS Commits
sion.A HeN was sent from there to
the Tenressee Valley Authority.
For awhile before he took over
at WPB, he was in the Navy.
When former WBP Chairman
Donald Nelson and Vice Chair
man Charles E. Wilson had their
big split-up last summer, Krug
was recalled from the Navy to
take charge.
At that time it appeared that
Germany might fold any day,
and the battle for reconversion
was hot and heavy. Krug was to
be the reconversion man. He
kept his promise; to eliminate
internal disSenSion.
But his big job was to start
the wheels of civilian industry
rolling again. He made a start,
but then what happened?
The Germans began the count
er offensive that temporarily set
us back on our heels.
Previous calculations of need
for military material went into
the aShcan. The man who was
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26
Mrs. Margaret Maxwell
Died Here Yesterday

Mrs. Margaret M. Maxwell, SIS,
died yesterday afternoon at the
Key West General Hospital after
a short illness. Mrs. Maxwell re-
sided at 1912 Pine street.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at $50 o.
clock at the Chapel of the Prit-
Chard Funeral Home, Rev. E. S.
Doherty, pastor of the Ley
Memorial Church, officiating.
Survivors are: Mother, Mrs.
Julia Sawyer; two daughters,
Mrs McCurdy Mora, Mrs. Alan
L. Hampton; three brothers,
Ralph, Harry and Melvin Sawyer
and six grandchildren.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26

tons being enforced. This
problem comes up again in con-
nection with the proposed Isle
RoYale National Park where
fishermen have long supplied
nearby markets. Whenever the
question has been asked. these
fishermen have been informed
that the National Park Service
does not contemplate any in
justice to them. nor any curtail-
ment of their legal operations.
With this as a background.
commercial fishermen using
the waters surrounding the
Everglades may expect equally
fair treatment. The National
Park Service hes no intention
OF imposing regulations relating
to commercial and sport fishing
within the Everglades National
Park area other than those
contained in Florida State laws
or county laws in the event
that the letter exist.
trust that the above state
ments will CLARITY any misun-
derstanding that may exist con-
corning the policy of the Serv-
ice in this matter.
Another letter from Mr.. Com
merer, received by the Ever.
gladeS National Park Commits
sion, reads: IT,
1t hes been the experience
in the Shenandoah Park that
you can't buy land now out
side Of the Park area for five
times that brought inside That
indicates the Park brought in
creased value. That is the
national park viewpoint"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26
APPLICATION ON
. RADIO STATION |.
GETS APPROVAL
JOHN sPoTTswooD. spoN-
SoR OF BRoADcASTING
STATION. RECEIVES INFoR-
NATION

John M. SpottsWood has been
informed that his application for
broadcasting station in Key
West has been approved by the
Federal Communications Com
mission. The station will be OPP
Grated on a regional frequency
of 1900 kc,' with 500 watts power
and unlimited hours of operation.
The stations call letters have
been temporarily assigned as
WKWF.
Mr.. SpOttswOod has just re-
turned from Washington where
he has been for the past two
weeks negotiating changes and
amendments to his application,
and "aepetition TO tho FEC to re-
consider tn c :; application S
amended rather than proceed
with the hearing as was sched-
uled.
Great difficulty was cncoun-
lefeu IN arriving at a frequency
particularly due to the presence
of such large number of as.
signed frequencies in Cuba and
the conformance of this country
with the North American Region
al Broadcast Agreement.
Mr. SpottsWood said that there
are many persons with receivers
whose standard broadcast banc
reach only $500 kc. These sets
can be adjusted and the banc
moved up to 1900. All late mod
ell sets have 1000 kc. on the dial
and all postwar sets will range to
LOO Ike on the standard broad
cast band. There are only two
stations now on 1000 kc. in North
America and the Key West sta
ton sky wave, it is thought will
be excellent.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26
American Third And Sew
enth Advancing AlEmosl
At viii; French First
Destroy Nazi Army

LONDON, April -. 49,
Fighting in Cermany, "A va
announced today. has de-
creased to so great an extent
that, aside fresh the IwFo-
cious battles that are heamw
waged in Berlin and the
Nazi southern Fedosbs. a..
lied armies are snovinw toe
ward almost a. will, With sn
occasional skiEmish With
fleeing German unisA.
Moscow announced that
Berlin had been enesFeleds
and that an estimated 500
600 German troops were
fighting desperately fef
their lives in the failen ettg.
Il was stated thAl u ihe
conflict ceased instantly ln
Berlin. il would BE- merely d
ghost town Of is former sssf.
Not a block IN the cts i uH
damaged aud the building
that had occupied mAas
blocks have been redneed g.
ruins.
Fighting inside thm 90
continues % "a wAeesl IS
small units nf GNFnmna Isl
cellars. on housetups. hshsa
street harricades ~ n shr
.ubWays.
Moscow reported that 3D.
fall ct the German capital 8.
fear az hand and. tbua
Is believed that Hitler
fled from The riig ufi
have been issued o. &c.
soldier, that or fht ..
Zoo tr1 to take h.m alive
I.. .It.
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H.t Mn.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26
SAILORS CHARGED WITH STEALING
CAR TURNED OVER TO NAVY YARD

Last night Deputy Sheriff
VIII Archer left for Miami to
bring back to Key West the two
sailors, charged with stealing
Adrian O'Sweeney's automobile,
whom, the sheriff was told, were
locked up in the Miasni Jail. j
Deputy Archer returned at 4
o'clock this morning and said
that, when he arrived at the
Jail in Miami, the clerk looked
through the books and said that
the sailors were not there. Upon
making inquiry over the tele-
phone, the clerk learned that the
sailors had been taken to Little
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26
MUSSOlini Caught Up With
In Attempt To-Day To Cross
Frontier Into Switzerland
Disguised Himself And
Obtained Fraudulent
Passport; Refused Adj
mission
(By Associated I'ressl

ROME, April rs. - The
once doughty Mussolini, a
devotee of chest expansion
and sticking out of his chin,
today disguised himself, OBJ
tanned a fraudulent passport
and attempted to cross the
frontier into Switzerland, a
dispatch from that country
stated.
While it did not state the
nature of the former dicta-
tors disguise, the dispatch
declared that the guards at
the border Immediately not
ed that the man, parading
under another name, was
MussOlini, and he was re-
fused admission to Switzer-
land.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26
ARMY NAVY RUBBER STAMP? NOT KRUG


appointed to help the nation re-
convert to private industry dis
covered he had the biggest pro-
duction Job of the war on his
hands.
krug has had to turn hand
springs since then. He had want
ed to lessen government control
but, instead, he had to tighten
it and set new and astronomical
war production figures.
WPB hasn't always met sched-
uleS since Krug has taken over.
How could it, with Army and
Navy brass hats changing their
demands almost every week?
Also labor played coy in half a
dozen key war industries and
strikes slowed things down.
The fact remains that WPB,
under Cap Krug, has come so
close to meeting schedules that
when the chips arc down in the
investigating committees those
shortages at the front will be
laid on somebody else's doorstep,
not WPB'S.
Krug has been called New
Dealer, but if he is he doesn't
practice it. He's not a big bust
ness man, but he's not against
big business. His idea mostly
seems to be get the job done,
whatever it is. I
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26
BREN|ERIES ARE AT SEA
in The PACIFIC BATTLE
By ERNEST C. FISCHER

By ERNEST u. flSCktEH
AP NewsfeatursS
LONDON.-British tars in the
Pacific soon may Stake their
thirst from seagoing brewcrics
because the British Admiralty
believes that an occasional tot of
good brew will help them land
knockout blow on the Jap
aAese.
Three Of the sca-going brew
eties merchant liners which
the Admiralty termed "recrea-
ton ships" now are under con-
version.
/. Brewing while sailing results
lin saving on bottles and casks
and also saves the British tarS
the annoyance of the pub keep
IerS' insistence upon having en-
iFptiess returned before full bottles
are dispensed.
The Admiralty has kept details
of construction and capacity of
the ships secret but fdiscloses that
they ARE to. be- floating service
mems clubs. Shipbuilders said
these plants would produce
about $4,000 gallons of beer
weekly to be sold to the tars at
five half pennies per pint "a little
over four cents).
Provisioning of beer for men
in the forefront of battle is right
ly a high priority" said First
Lord of the Admiralty A. V.
Alexander, land we must push
these ships right into the for
ward battle areas"
Incidentally. British civilians
who have been drinking beer of
none too high quality are keep
ing an eye on the Admiralty
suds ships project in the hope
that the experiment will result
in better postwar beers at home
! Suggestive of river showboats,
: these recreation ships are to be
entertainment centerS, with some
resident talent and some artists
to be flown to the ships. for two
a-day programs aboard
Other features of luxury
liners, such as movies, library,
reading and writing rooms, bar
beE clothing and tailor shops
and soft drink bars are to be
included
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26
THIS SAILOR HAD -
81. .... GOOD AIR LINE
INV. asssctss ed G-s..I

sCHICAGO.-A fufloughing sal
lor, flying TO Chicago, calamity
showed an Attractive girl how
to- fasten her safety belt. When
the plane landed, he asked where
he could locate her later. She
smiled graciously and replied:
You can reach me through this
air line. I'm a stewardeSS on va
cation"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26
EVICTION CASE
SET FOR TUESDAY

An eviction suit was filed this
morning in the county judges Of
flee by Constanto altontin
against Mrs. Hilda Moore, and
Judge Lord set the hearing for
next Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock.
The plaintiff states that the
defendant occupies the second
floor at 1923 Petronia street, and
that he wishes to repossess the
premises for the occupancy OF
himself and his family.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26

River by shore patrolmen, and
that they had been sent to Key
West under armed guard.
The sailors were taken to the
navy yard, and this morning
Sheriff Sawyer spoke to Com
mander Gardner about the sail
ors, and was told the legal de-
partment was considering the
case.
This afternoon Peace Justice
Ira Albury said he still has the
warrants for thee arrest of the
sailors.
Mr.. O'Swecney returned to
Key West with his car last even
ing
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26
Signed Zawadz Dies
Here This Morning

Sigmod Zawadz, 80, died this
morning at the Key West Gen
eral Hospital. Funeral arrange
ments in charge of the Pritchard
Funeral Home are pending word
from his tuother, Mrs. Eva
Zawadz, of Bayonne, New Jer-
sey.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26
MOST OF ITALY
in ALLIED HANDS
GERMAN TROOPS IN FULL
FLIGHT PURSUED BY
ALLIED FLYERS
CBy As.osIa,ed Vseass
GBy Associated vsesas
ROME, April 26.-Almost
all of Italy is in Allied hands,
il was reported today.

it was reported today.
The American Fifth Army
in the west and the British
Eighth in the east" have add
vanced to the LOmbardy
plains and are continuing
toward the Austrian border
without meeting much re-
sistance.
German troops are In tull
flight, and are being pursued
by Allied flyers. who de
stroyed many Nazi motOriZ-
ed vehicles and killed many
enemy troops.
The announcement con
cluded that the fighting in
Italy Is virtually over.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26
Announcement States Battles
Now Chiefly In Berlin And
Southern RedOubt
NEW JOB CREATED
IN MONROE COUNTY

tny As~Ortnted Pressh
TALLAHASSEE. April IS.
Representative B. c. PaFY
today introduced HB3sl pro-
viding for a license inspector
for the Monroe County Tax
Collector at. salary of $3.50
o month.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

All members of the Knights
of PYthias are invited to at
tend the meeting of Key West
Lodge No., 1863 on Friday eve
ming at o'clock.
At the close of the meeting
On entertainment will be held
in honor of Brother Frank Hart
who is leaving for the theater
of war.
]. WINFIELD RUSSELL.
K. r. S
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26


Associated Press Day Wire
Service and AP Features
For IS Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-31
Missionary Kills
 8OO-Pound Walrus
Rev. WiIIiom Gordon's Wife Only White Women In AIoskon Perish Among Eskimos; Describes Arctic Life in Letter 10 LocoI Pastor

Rev. William J. Gordon, Jr., a native of North Carolina, who is an intimate friend of Rev. Francis Ayres, pastor of St. Johns Episco- pal church. recently wrote letter to MT. Ayres from his missionary post in Alaska stating that on his way to Kivalina recently he and his Eskimo friends killed an 800 pound walrus on the shore.
 MT. Gordon's parish is further north than any other parish in the Episcopal church. extending some 800 miles along the coast of Arctic Alaska.
 His letter, in part to Mir. Ayres, gives you something of the .feei of missionary's life in some out of-the-way spot on the earth's sur- face.
 I'm l63 miles north of the Arctic Circle with my lovely spouse, who incidentally is the only white wom- an among those present. We arrived with Bishop Bentley by plane from Fairbanks on July 31st. On this plane we came to within five miles of Point Hope when we hit ter- rife fog bank and had to land on the beach. So we came the rest of the way to Point Hope in an Eskimo