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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-10-01

siudied medicine a. the Univer-
aiy of pennsy lvania. Following
hls graduation. hc touk POSTCARD
aate courses in Europe and spent
tWeuty wears Ia tropical south
easi Asia. studyng and practicing
tropical medicine in North Bern
e thc Philippine Islands and the
NefhefIands Indies. where. Tor
fourteen wears be- made the city
of Batavia has headquarters
in addition tu hs work for the
foreign service % the United
States government. Dr. Hamilton
sac assariated for many years
81 fh fhr staff 81 the great med
rai college af Batavia. where the
famous uutch scientists. Eijkmans
nd Guns. made the observa-
tlous ahteh bed 90 the discovery
70 lhf ttamins. as published by
fhe iatef tn 1901 During tins pc
ud. hr also found time 90 pub
hsh largely augmented English
ailunu af the famous Dutch text
naak en Truplcal Medicine Of
Prof & % DeLanRen. 60 edit the
anIy EnRhsh-language newspapcf
pun.shrd "a this Dutch colony
ard ta $50 "a vast amount of other
literary work. both original and
Transitions
a. Hamilton left Java In Jan
uan af I8&2 a iea weeks before
ths Japanese occupation. return
.uE ta thr United States for the
express purpose ~ obtaining a
commission in the Navy Since
PAS rHtrn d. has continued MS
literary activities. has written
maut uapcrs On Oriental condi-
ttHns and "a monograph on malaria
and fnr antI-malauals foF thc
government Ht b. ncmher If
thr Alpha Omega Alpha. honor
SIS m.ilral fraternity. the mcd
aeaf equivalent IL the pa Beta
karpa ~ Nhich be- IS also mem
hff
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-10-01
DONATE GOODS
TO RED CROSS

"It's an 90 wind that blows no
good Is more than just an old
bromide % thu Key West Chap
ter. American Rcd Cross
The misfortune which bcfell
Holtsberg's DepaNment Store
when fire Quilted the tWU sd-
joining stores and tho watcr
used 60 extlnguish the blaze
Tsined most Of tke stogk Il
Ha.tsherg's store. became a vsInd-
iau o. Red Gross
Leonard Beidncr. owner of thu
business asnembefcd Red Cross
received msnv calls fDf clothing
from families Who have mad sure
misfortune hciaI thew He
therefore donated the cnffs
stock left over when B., CLOSED
has doors % remodel Tho Store
building
The gasnents consist e dozens
of Stacks. suits dresses hIou-,s
and many other garments when
after they we're Thoroughly df.d
are goDd as new
In tiuc 81 disaster ur anE
other need these garment viii
render unruuEtCd scr, Ict in ud-
ma those So stricken Over au en-.
efEonCs said Gemgc q Lucas.
chairman of thc luCal chapter
and Ne are deeply efttsfuI e.
Mr Beldner for his gracious
donation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-10-01
Key West Convent
To Be Represented
At Montreal. Canada

AZ the invitation q the Fed
Grated Alumnse 81 the Sisters Il
the Holy Names - Jesus and
Mary. the Alumnae Association
of the Convent Of Mary Immac-
Cuate viii ~ aepresentcd a. 4
centennial reunion 90 b. held ~
Montreal Canada. OCtobr 9Th
and l0th. This gathering will
mark the elimination 81 the cen
tenary celebrations by .lndEidual
alumnae societies. Representative
from schools n Cabfornia and
CacR0n Is we'll as from Canada
and eastern Nnted States viii
take rart IN thi8 event.
The key West delegation h
headed by Mrs 1nomas Caro-.
Corresponding Serrtia-y ~ fic
CMI Alumnae. Other delegate
are. Miss Sylvia Blkcg and Ms
Nellie TrujiIlo Of Tn lass u
1914. and Miss Elsa 81 la1 and
Miss Carmen Reyes Of rIe class
Of 1915
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-10-01
ARRANGE FOR
SOCK SOCIAL

A sock social will d. held
TIA, sday night. October , az 8
O'Clock 90 the Congregational
Srrvicc Center sponsored by the
Ladies Auxiliary. Refreshments
viii ~ served and the following
program wiil be- rendered
song -America
Pfyer-Rev 5. = Roinke.
Vocal Matilda Thompson.
Piano Selection- Billy Roberts
Noca. Trio Misses Lilly Free
man Eva Freeman and Henry
Russell
Reading Mrs. Lille knowles
NoCal Solo Mrs y. 2 Nelson.
Reading Mrs. Grace Collar.
NsCal Duet ~ Mr. and Ms
Johr Archer.
Vocal sob rs. Paul Archcr.
Reading-MN Irwin Suectlug
Nocsl Solo Rev ), z Reinke
Nucal Duet Miss Marie
knos les ana john Valcnzucla.
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Scout Unit To Hold
Meeting Tuesday Night

Monroe county district CON-
mittec q the Boy Scouts Of
America viii hold a meeting to-
morrow night. beginning a. 730
o'clock. o. meet Paul Brick. field
Scout executive Of the south
FLORIDA council.
Wllbert J Mochrke. chairman
Of the district committee. SAID
today that Il Is important for
local Scouts 60 attend the meet
ing. adding that he Is confident
they wlll D. interested IN what
Mr Brick has 90 say.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-10-01

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-10-01
COAST ARTILLERY
FIRING PLANNED

The Army has announced that
there all D. coast artillery firing
az Fort Taylor on Octoner 2 BE-
tween , pm. ard ; pm
AT SEA and arr craft are
warmed - keep clear u ire
danger area.
Tia danger area will - tbs
water area offshore Fort raviof
extending sos yards each side II
. hne extending 3e00 yards az
an aximuth of l58 degrees frum
- degrees. - minutes and ~
seconds North Latitudc-BI de-
grucs. a. minutes and 36 seconds
West Longitude.
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BEST or SERVICE
At BEAUTY SHOPE

puuciana Beauty shop potn
..ama piaC. FL, offering machine
Jess ". machine permanent waves
Cnwplgi, fof ouiN fis, dollars
Ifp announcement IFS on tnr
flarf page af Tn, Cuorn t.-iat
To-, t.aaft salon .u@LD.i- au
uHH'r,uf. h wads bs Ca.re
IUau, 1880
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-10-01
PITHIAN SISTERS
ARRANGE MEETING

k Wet Tcmulc ~ - Pvtr
Tan SISTER. Wall resume their
reEular meetings tins evening
Monday q 80 ocioTk. meeting
N thu knights oi Pythlas Hall
ur ? .eufug street
Tins will close a three months
vacation add ali membcfs aru
urged g. b. in attendance.
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SOCIETY ::
kKN VEST w0MAN'S CLUB TO HOLD
FIRST MEETING Or FALL TUESDAY

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um Economic Administrator IN
"a h.nEtan estimates that iialv
aea ahult 50 s00.0 600 600 81
a. ium 90 outside sources
aalra tal nsxt three years.
uab must have goods ior a
base existence. not a. mention
thr tasf needs for industrial ma
tnnre and raW materials m CT
dtf ia heEn producing impoftan.
amounts nf goods at home
Personal remiuanccs 81 S28 b
u19 U98 wear can't do much to-
uHFi meeting u1rh huge rcquirt
rents Nst officials IN Washins-
t.n fst frat g. go wiil help
Tht Commerce Department SAYS
fnaf n tHs nrNt two og thTc
fsa. p anal remittances from
fht United States O. Europe WIii
81 greater than before me war
uut HIIi naf approach the volume
immediately aftrI World War
There are obvious reasons for
ths Iaftef forecast People ln the
t.fed States Who might send
Hanrt abroad are further remoy d.
ra f#m fht uId CuuntN than
th.f ata u 1919 Ties are grow
nR mes remute MANY friends
ard relatives have dicd imnri-
EIafIars have not been heavy
during fhf lsst % wears Between
lHm ana 1850 the number of for
risn bHu fdcnts in the United
States decreased from $4,000
81. 1890 IUu
ln 1919 thc total e. all coun-
fIss aas esumated bs thc Com
mefcs Department a. s73200o. 600
T. nas a.ant Ueat more than
szH 8lU $500 ths dr1pped 90
sI87 HuH0 in 1920 and s98 600 o.
aH n 1921
Whaf Happens when a personal
.um.Han.. IS sert o. a hbeTat-
....I ..a.rt..s
Tns.f rl...nt t-,aeur, rui..s
n r..f Ia. ..rt tr..,st tsnk,ns
.nn SAD. .s Cut.appe ~
Nea Y Ct, want. a. send
sI H8 q. bs mother M Turn
Giuseppe goes g. h.s hank. de-
lat 81 uul and gives hs
.fn and .a4fes.
TIA. Hrrk t..r.f..-r. t.e e. 0n4
..u.f Fl. fhs s..atnt ~ SOM.
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pasisiv-~Yen. the lasf tirne Yua
so ne was just alnsat IN Miash
Hadn't even any essai ln uas
hosase.
Gaddy--poor cd Paady' Afha
are you 81 right foF cumi nfmg
Paddy-SnFe. I've eola -
stove.
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Mldshipmcn 80 fhr T. $ NataI
Academy IN Annapo'ts must te
az hast i.t fa,f Ease 4ra ...
half inchcs tall and weigh not
less than lt2 pounds.
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XX/NRUts BROUGHT soroc pretty er'r
w sight. o. d14 uus ct.s. E-t
sor1e ol Jhe wOrsl have not bven IN
b4..e.
TIER. l--n the 'oo'. ~ sur-,r Re
Ir- gr, i-c watching yol en- a
s.,aud helping Of hash. Tire -...rt '....
OF youngsters lined up at "a garbage can
waiting for refuse from your mess L..
The sight of thousands 81 displaced
person hanry AMI ragged, wandyrng
acra-s Europe
And t.e dsashhoy kuoa. flat hs
4 $50 .r =. .eo o. n.t $50. there
ar e,.r.a aere hunger ANA disease and
deportation.
he knows that our government is
dong everything possible tb send .ooi
ani other supplies 90 those Wa9 .tp0l
W.n Us go tle war But ta.o b. muel
t.a- governments cannot ds l.r emer-
g,aeles arse qalee.y ant g. isr ros.-
cine, clothing ard shelter .le100
destitute var orphans are roaming tae
countryside Of Yugoslav.a alone.
That's Why the allied E,..et societies
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Hobby says here. Young
eiTl in court sWCsrs she's never
been kissed.
Wiley Enough to make any
Eirl swear
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If he can, you can!

which your money supports through
your Community War Fund are 20
important
And our CT. knows that help that
comes from the pockets and hearts a
Americans IS doing more than ~ know
10 bind up the wounds u VA. ana
restore faith in the future. And without
this faith there can be no peace ior
Europe, or for us.
loH gre only oHoe poar a. or fkr
goat c1as.f o9mbHsd "a vBar Ca.
".a''s " - FsHd. 'sh'eh. ~ iara. rup-
Iarfs af Pc n ogeaciss d a. Nei,ausi
Va fsaa. Thss ysar. make ysas ssa
buyer thaH essr bsf0rs.
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PERSONAL REMTTTANCES TO EUROPE
on wHooPsIEi

&c. Do souf iathsr catches az
doping tonight. wonder Whai
h,H M o. Nuui mother
sHt Ht U probably say shh
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Ask for Water

While the cars were on sidetracks,
the Nazi guards who accompanied the
trains, altho riding in another car,
would patrol the tracks to prevent
escape attempts. When the prison
ers asked the guards for food and
water, the Nazi simply replied with
shake of the head. Stonehill said
the guards were much sterner with
the Americans than those who took
them prisoner, and refused to even
talk to the men who had been without
food and water for nearly a week.
One night when the prison train
was standing on a side track, the
British bombed the railroad yards and
eight men in Stonehill's car were kill
ed by bomb fragments. The next day
the Germans permitted a chaplain
who was with the prisoners to take a
burial squad of men and inter the
dead men on nearby hillside.
Stonehill will always remember
Christmas Day as the day of his ar
rival at the Bad Orb prison camp
Continued on page p
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marched into Germany for two days
without any food, altho they received
some water during stops along the
way.
At the end of the two-day march
they We're loaded into box cars with
other prisoners, go men being assign-
ed to each car. Just before being put
in the cars they received their first
food, handful of hardtack Ia sort of
a cracker) and everyone was so
hungry the entire supply was eaten
at once.
For five days they were locked in
the cars and not permitted to get out
at any time. Sanitary conditions
were revolving and with so men
crowded into the space, the men had
to lie down in shifts. Several small
windows near the top of the car pro-
vided the only ventilation.
During that time the prisoners re-
ceived neither food nor water, and the
cars were left on sidetracks for long
periods, presumably to let troop trains
and other traffic pass.
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and some canned food they discovered
in the cellar.
German troops, searching for Amer
leans everywhere, went thru the house
three time, and kicked in the glass
in the cellar windows and peered in.
The Yanks, however, we're in a dark
corner, and escaped discovery until
thesoccupants of the house returned
when civilians again came back to the
town, and found the men in the cellar.
German soldiers were called by the
house owner and an entire company
responded and surrounded the house.
The officer in charge called on the
Yanks to surrender, with one Ameri-
can soldier, who knew some German
language acting as an Interpreter.
March Two Days
The soldiers laid down their arms
and came out of the cellar, in compli-
ance with German demands. Nothing
was taken from them except their
weapons, and they were permitted to
keep their rings, watches, and other
personal belongings.
After their capture, they were
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-10
.BluftOn Man Gets
Presidential Citation

For outstanding performance in
combat activity, Lew-Allyn Burk-
holder, of Cherry street, received a
Presidential Unit citation at the San
Diego, Calf, naval base last week.
In connection with the presentation
a two-column picture of Burkholder
receiving the congratulations of Com
modore r. S. Haggart appears in an
issue of The Hoist, newspaper pub
lished at the base, which has been
received by Burkholder's parents.
The citation was awarded to the
u. S. S. Bogue and her escort ves-
sells, of which Burkholder's destroy
er, the U. S. S. Dupont is mem
'ber. =
Text of the citation reads in
part: "For extraordinary heroism in
action against enemy submarines in
the Atlantic area in 1943 and 1944".
Burkholder enlisted at. Cincinnati
in April, 1912, and after training at
Great Lakes, Ill, shipped out on the
II. S. S. Dupont.
At the time of his enlistment the
family lived in Harrison, Ohio.
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Bluffton Youth Held Nearly Four Months by
s. Germans Tells of Hardships in Prison Camps

Released from a German prison
camp little more than 80 days ago,
Pvt. James Stonehill, 10, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Swan Stonehill, of East Elm
street, is rapidly recovering at his
home here from the effects of malnu-
triton suffered while he was in the
hands of the enemy from last Decem-
Der Is until April 2.
Stonehill, a slender youth, who lost
DO pounds in weight during the time
he was a prisoner, already has re-
gained 20 pounds. He looks back on
the four months he spent in the pris-
on camp as kind of evil nightmare.
A motely collection of men repre-
senting some eight different nation
ahties were held at the prison camp at
Bad Orb, where Stonehill was held.
Location of the camp was 40 miles
south of Frankfurt, near the Rhine
river, and the buildings and grounds
were an orphanage which had been
converted into a prison camp early
in the war. In the prison were Amer
leans, British, French, Slovenes, Rus
slams, Serbs, Italians and troops from
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-10

a Booster Concert, presenting
musical numbers of former musicians
of Bluffton College, has been sub
stituted for the annual Booster
banquet this year. The concert will
be held at $50 p. m. Friday, May 18,
in Ramseyer Chapel.
Musicians will include G. A. (Dad)
Lehman, former head of Bluffton
College music department, now at
the Colgate-Rochester Divinity
School; Dorothy Burner AZ; Samuel
Flueckiger %; Wilhelmina Bixel
Fuller '29; Mrs. Mildred Agner
Hilty '25; Mrs. Ola Luginbuhl Moser
ex 80; Oliver Schumacher ex'20; and
Mrs. Opal Berry Stauffer ex'22.
In addition to these soloists, a
quartet, consisting of Mrs. Kathryn
Luginbuhl Patterson '32; Carolyn
Romey "a; Mrs. Mabel Herr Steiner
ex'36; and Mrs. Christine Miller
Wenger '3S, will sing. Those who
have been in charge of arrangements
for the concert are Mr.. Paul Starff-
er 80, chairman; Arden Baker '32;
and Elan Suter. Those desiring
tickets should contact a member of
the committee or the college office.
Following the program there will
be reception in Musselman Library
to enable those attending the concert
to meet the musicians.
Receipts from the concert will be
used to purchase grand piano for
the studio of Mrs. Pearl Bogart
Mann, piano instructor at Bluffton
College since 1911. She will ac-
company many of the numbers on
the program.
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Open Summer Term
At College May %

Bluffton college will hold a Is
weeks summer school from May %
to September l, it is announced by
the director, DR.. ]. S. Schultz.
There will be five terms of three
weeks each with the following cours-
es offered:
First term-Comparative anatomy,
western expansion, music form and
analysis, organic chemistry
Second term-Criminology, biology.
Third term-American church his
tory.
Fourth term-Educational psychol-
ogy, German II, general science.
Fifth term-American literature.
In addition to the regular faculty,
the following instructors will teach
w. A. Howe, Rev. P. e. Whitmer
VIM. Hilty and Mrs. Lenore Myers
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India. Some had been prisoners for
as long as five years.
Discipline was strict but the pris-
oners were not mistreated, Stonehill
said. Lack of sufficient food was the
one thing, however, that overshadow-
ed everything else, for from the time
the men first were taken prisoners
there never was enough to eat.
Captured Dec. IS
Stonehill was taken prisoner with
10 other infantrymen on December IS,
during the battle on the Belgian bulge.
His squad was involved in an attack
on small German town, which the
Americans took from the enemy, only
to have it recaptured by the Germans.
When the Germans reoccupied the
town Stonehill and his companions,
cut off from the other American
troops, hid in the cellar of an aban-
doned house, expecting to be rescued
in an American counter-attack.
The counter-attack never material
lied, however, and they remained in
the basement for three days and
nights, living on their field rations
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FLAGS FLYING AS
NEWS OF PEACE
is FLASHED HERE
Ringing Of Bells And Blasts OF
Whistles Accompany An
nouncement
Churches Are Filled For PRAYER
Services AS Conflict Ends
Tuesday

Ushered in by the ringing of bells
and blasts of whistles, Bluffton cele-
brated Tuesday the long awaited
We day, marking the end of the
conflict and Allied victory in Europe.
Flags were unfurled thruout the
business and residential sections and
a general air of relief from some of
the tension of the past three and
one-half years of war was evident.
News of the peace, however, was
tempered with the overshadowing re-
alization of the far-fung battle lines
which still exist in the Pacific area
and the conviction that achievement
of victory in that theatre of war will
require many months of sustained
and unrelenting effort.
DRAFT CONTINGENT LEAVES
A pointed reminder that the nation
is still at war came early Tuesday
morning when Buttons contingent
of selectees in the current May draft
call left for induction into the armed
forces.
There was little in the nature of
noisy demonstration following Presi-
dent Truman's announcement of the
official termination of hostilities
which came over the radio i'm the
morning at 8 o'clock.
The announcement made last week
Continued on page 81
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RatiOning To Continue After We
Day; Perhaps On Stricter Basis
Reductions Already Made By
OPA In Allotments Of
Sugar
Government Spokesman Warn
Rationing Will Last After
We Day

Food rationing will continue, per-
haps on even more of a restricted
basis. with. the end of the war in
Europe, according to all developments
of the last week.
Canning sugar allowed under the
rationing program already has been
reduced 25@6 under last years quota,
and official announcements from
Washington warned American citizens
that consumer rations will be 're-
stricted long after We Day."
The cut in sugar for canning pur-
poses reduces the maximum amount
allowed for each individual from 20 to
Is pounds, according to new OPA di-
receives, move which closely follow
ed announcement that the ration per-
iod for sugar for cooking and table
used had been extended from three
months to four.
Delay Canning Sugar
Housewives applying for canning
sugar also are encountering delays
because of the fact that all applica-
tion blanks received so far have been
used and others are not expected until
next week.
In the OPA announcement of con-
tinued rationing on stricter basis,
Americans were assured that an ad-
equate diet would be available, but
spokesmen pointed to the economic
and political repercussions which will
develop unless Europe's undernour-
ished millions are kept from starva-
tion.
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Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Arden Baker, Bluff
ton, a girl, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan Basinger,
Bluffton, a girl, Carol Jean, Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Stewart, Co
lumbus Grove, a boy, David, Satur-
day.
Born to Rev. and Mrs. G. d.
Bright of Shadyside, boy at Bel
laire hospital, Friday. Mrs. Bright
is the former Miss Mabel Luginbuhl
of Bluffton.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Macy
of Lyndhurst, N. H., boy, Satur.
day. Mrs. Macy is the former Ruth
Sheidler who was employed in the
office of the Triplett company. She
is sister of Mrs. Eugene Benroth.
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SECOND BLUFFTON
YOUTH HOME FROM
NAzI PRISON CAMP
Pfc. Ralph Althaus Arrives AT
His Home Here Tuesday
Night
Held for 95 Days in Prison
Camps in Germany Before
Being Freed

Pfc. Ralph Althaus, 10, Bluffton
infantryman who was held for more
than three months in German prison
camps and later freed by American
forces arrived home Tuesday night.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Levi
-Althaus residing four miles west of
Bluffton and win spend a go day
furlough here.
Pfc. Althaus, the second Blufton
prisoner of war to return was liber-
ated from the Nazis on March %
when advance units of American
forces overlook a group Of prisoners
near Limburg, Germany, as they
were being marched to another camp
farther in the interior of the enemy
country.
The Bluffton youth, captured in
the battle of the Belgian bulge on
December "a spent 95 days in the
hands of the Germans in several
camps.
CAPTURED IN BELGIUM
Althaus and two companions on
patrol were captured in a small Bel
lian village when a German panzer
Continued on page 81