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Detroit evening times., 1945-03-10
Plant Guard
Found Slain

John NlcCreery A. plant pro-
lection omployc. was found fatally
-4FE4Ted cafIy today neaF The curb
on Plumcr near Clark, the victim
either Of hit-run driver or as
police believe, more likely an
assallant.
McCreery who was single and
lived ar 1856 Norman with hi,
ssicr Louise. was discovered by
passct,5y ~ 1890 a m. and was
dead on admittancc 10 Receiving
Hospital. lie had a fractured
-...--aa4-l.ass4bls fractured
nre1.
SCI William Connor of the po-
lice accident prevention bureau
aid -L1-lyaS inclined 10 helicYe
NcCIe5ry had been The victim OF
an asSailant because, he said
tho dead man suffered a severe
blow on the head, apparently IN
Hetrd hy n large ciuh
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-10
COBLENZ UNDER EIRE

Coblenz itself was within ar
-1-4-l1A-- lan,ra-ai- iA.-- : -,..----.----------
and front reports indicated the
Yanks already were ShC,lIng the
city. occupied by the L. S THIRD
Army at the close Of World
War I.
The Germans today blew up the
Rhine railway bridge at EngcrS
midway between COblcnI and An
dernach, 20 prevent a crossing hy
the American Third Army Tho
only other bridge standing In thi,
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-10
RIVER TOWN CAPTURED

The first shock troops across
the bridge seized the river town
of Erpel and famed out 10 the
east. north and south against
Spotty resistance that apparently
had Stiffened only slightly hy
mid-afternoon today-4S hours
later.
German spokeSmcn said the
Americans were battering al the
gates OF Linz. two miles south
east of the bridge and tacitly
admitted another doughboy col
umn had driven two miles north
Of Unkel That town. one Berlin
commentator said, has been re
captured
Patton'S men captured Eruft
Kettig. MieSenhcim. Basscnhcim
and Muelheim lying in a rougn
arc three to ten miles west and
northwest of C0blCnI.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-10

bridgehead. Inc american FllsJ
Army was pumping a great flow
Ct men and arnor across the
Rhine there IN a bid to exploit the
chance capture OF the Ludendort
bridge before the Germans could
Iatty IN force.
Alter L48=hnur- -hlaclnu- IL
which practically all details of the
crossing were kept secret to cap
i:alize on the obvious GcTman
confusion, headquarters revealed
that the American Ninth-AEmoHed
Division under Mai. Gen. John W.
Leonard, Toledo, O., had taken
the Rhine bridge.
NAZIS FLEE OVER RIVER
The YankS swept down ON the
bridge from the west Wednesday
afternoon. Panicky German rear
guards fumbled the planned dyna-
miting of the bridge and fed back
across the river, leaving the
double-track railway span intact.
American engineers raced out
onto the bridge, removed the eX-
ploSiveS and the way was open
irto the industrial heart of Ger
many. The second platoon of
Company A, led by I'd 1t. Emmett
J. Burrows, was first 10 cross the
bridge.
The river crossing. which had
been keeping Allied high Strate-
G!stS, tacticlanS and amphiblouS
experts awake nights, was accom-
pliShed in less than 10 minutes.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-10
Yanlk big Gums
Hit AeuHERP Cities
Continued from Page Oncl

rdcehead The American Fst sector is thc Hermann GocTne
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09
HOLDING THE BAG

AS rule, when news is received that
this or any other war is about to come to an
end, stocks begin to fall on the Stock Mar
ket, as it means many plants, turning out
war material, will cease that type of work
and will be reconverted to producing
peacetime supplies.
One would think. judging from that
circumstance that the end of the Euro
pean war, which would affect adversely
business conditions in Key West, would re-
suit in curtailment of local realty trans
actions, but that, evidently, is not the case,
for The Citizen recently published story
about negotiations That are being made
for purchase of three of the largest prop
critics that have been transferred in Key
West since the days of the 1925 realty
boom.
Besides, smaller sales are being made
in Key West daily, as though our present
prosperity will continue indefinitely. While
all of us would be happy to hope that such
will be the case, yet we need have only
slight knowledge of economic conditions
to know that here, as well as elsewhere in
he United States, there will be a slacken-
ng up of business, though, to hope again,
let us feel the decrease will not be decided
md, while feeling, do all we can to pro-
note the progress of our city.
But, aside from our hopes and our
postwar activities, all of us, who have any
dealings in realty or Stock Market trans
actions, are aware that what goes up must
come down. The market, beginning to
show signs of ''life" in 1928, increased
those signs until boom was in full swing,
and then came the crash in 1929; in Florida
signs of activity in realty showed at an
earlier date, in the fall of 1921, but, despite
the upward trend of the Stock Market in
1925, the realty bubble burst in Florida in
that year.
In the early days of the realty boom, The
Citizen warned spectators to beware that
they would not be holding the bag when
the crash came, and they ha-ha-ed and de-
clared they would not be caught, and not
only were they caught but many of us that
gave them advice were caught also.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09
MAY Is MOTHERS DAY

Since the year 1907, the people of the
United States have been observing the sec
ond Sunday in May as Mothers Day, with
appropriate services in the churches OF the
land, where individuals are accustomed to
commemorate holy things.
In 1914. Congress designated the day
which is widely observed in other countries
as we'll as our own. It differs from the
earlier celebrations of ancient peoples
whose festivities did not carry the same
sense of appreciation for individual moth
erS.
Words of man are incapable of eX-
pressing proper appreciation of the I'M
selfish and devoted life of good mothers.
and it is given to most children to revere
and appreciate their own mother as the
noblest expression of this intimate human
relationship.
Certainly, the day has been CONNER
ciallzed in some respects, but so wide
spread is the recognition of the fittingness
of the occasion that Mothers Day stands
apart from other days and special occa-
sions. 1t will be so for many years, and
worthily so.
Key West will observe Mothers Day
this year with greater appreciation of moth
ers whose sons have gone forth to war Mil
lions of young Americans. engaged in bat
tie, will stop amidst the fighting to breathe
prayer, and for the instant forget the
slaughter and sacrifice in memory of hap
pier days.
1t is well for men to revere mother
hood, but it is better for them to honor
their own Mothers. who will be pleased to
witness some expression of love that
should not be assumed Let us all join to
make living Mothers conscious of respect
and love and to reverently remember the
virtues Of those who have gone on ahead.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09
SSlE5

ar them"
;sttlsnt when you left here
you needed other interests, other
diversions" he said. You are
twenty-fcur years old, Kay. Have
you ever really been in lover?
'sNot exactly" she said, and
blushed. "But give me time"
"I'm afraid i can give you any
thing else except time, Kay
"What do you mean? Oh, DR..
Sims
Now, now" he spoke sooth-
ingly, .I'm all right. Your coming
has made me well again. Run
along. And you might remind
your father-that it is much easier
to tear things apart than it is--to
put them together againl"
IF FRANCIS was regretful about
i any of the changes Lucia had
made, it was not apparent in his
manner at dinner that evening.
His pride and happiness deepened
when he looked at his bride.
She was, she said against Rays
silence, going to have formal gar
dens.. "a landscape gardener is
coming" she added. Il want. him
to follow my plans exactly-a
garden reflects persons mind
and heart"
"You mean you amt gonna
leave us notfin out there?' 1t was
Liza who spoke with mock con-
sternation. coming in with coffee.
Lucia ignored the interru 9tion.
"I've worked frantically to get
the house done over before you
came back so you wouldn't be
bothered with the confusion and
everything. l left your room TO
change as you like.
Itwas then that Kay was CRATE
full to Liza for warning her abe ut
disagreeing with Lucia: otherwise
she would have cried, But Idont
want anything changed. ! wan, it
like my mother loved IT." And
Lucia would have instantly dis
solved into tears and Francis
would have been angry with his
ungrateful daughter.
Her father spared her from an
swering Lucia. shes making us
a real home, isn't she Kay?" ne
To be continued
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09
THOMpS ON

suspected .hat he had always dis
liked Francis. Perhaps he had seen
through Francis all these years.
Howss my best boy friend?"
she greeted him.
H.s eye1 studied her. That's
what Y ,.ye Away called your
father"
Kay se3.ed herself in the old
leather chair and smiled up at
him. We'll, i appears he has a
new girl r =, Doctor. In fact, /
feel that she has won."
'What do you mean - she's
won?"
First, she narries him from
under my nose. Their she settles
herself in the center of our home,
like a kitten, without any obvious
effort"
DR.. Sims frowned and reached
for his penknife. well, there are
cats and cats. What kind of kitty
is she? Does she purr?"
Beautifully. Doctor" Kay told
him. "And she has quite the incest
little sheathe6 claws you've ever
found yourself watching for"
We'll, what do you see when
you watch for them?"
''You see a home-swept clear
of all Katherine's ideas" Kay's
voice broke. Cali her furniture
even the gardens are gone"
THE doctor was silent. He bowed
L his head on his hand propped
on his desk. Kay was shocked to
see his hands were trembling.
ooh, I'm sorry" she cried. I've
worried YOU"
DR.. Sims looked up at her. "You
can develop other interests, can't
you, Kay? You can adjust your
self to this change in your life?"
The old doctor scratched on the
blotter with his penknife. Tell
me about Tommy" he said, land
Warm Springs"
Kay launched into a detailed
account of her visit to the Founda-
ton and of Tommy's operation.
When she had finished, her eyes
were shining and her face was
glowing. She had told him more
than she knew of her ride home
today with Rex Warner.
Gust as I thought" Dr.. Sims
murmured.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09

In the peace negotiations of World
War !, the United States, and other nations,
were given mandates over smaller posses
sions, but developments proved unsatisfac-
tory. Japan. for instance, used the islands
put in its charge for building up strong
protective defenses. 1t is now proposed
that the islands in the Pacific be held in
escrow under "trusteeship." This is be-
ing bitterly opposed by men in authority
who will demand that the islands be given
outright to the United States by virtue of
conquest. The American flag should fly
over the soil where thousands of American
youths sacrificed their lives and sleep their
last sleep.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09
chapter 81

Chapter
EVIDENTLY Francis over
II looked the detail of telling
Lucia that the house belongs ID
me, not to him." she exelaime /.
"Grandfather's will says So" Her
eyes were blue-black in her white
face. "But I won't remind him of
1t. That wouldn't change anything
now"
Nom, jest make more trouble"
Maybe Lucia really loves him,
and this is her idea of making him
happy" she said doubtfully.
"No'm," Liza answered quickly.
Miss Lucia don't love nobody but
Miss Lucia" She rocked Jack and
forth, her broad bosom heaving.
She'll think I'll raise ruckus to
Mr.. Francis bout what she do, and
he'll turn me out of this house to
please her"
Kay felt a chill hand close about
her heart. That's absurd, Liza.
Grandfather left this house to you,
too. Even Lucia can't break that
will"
Liza was unconvinced. "That
woman sho' can break anything"
she said. Only you don't let her
break up your home"
KAY backed her car out of the
AZ garage. She'd go see DR.. Sims.
He'd want to hear about her trip.
Besides, she had to salvage every
thing possible out of the old rou-
tine of life.
At the hospital Kay stopped her
car beside the small sedan that
DR.. Sims always drove himself.
Seeing the Negro man under the
wheel, she cried in surprise, 'sWhy,
Jerry, don't tell me DR.. Sims has
a chauffeurl"
'Yassum, Miss Kay" Jerry said
Importantly. 1.-The doctor amt
well a-tall."
Kay hesitated. 'We1l, take good
care of him.
"YasSum. sho' is"
Kay felt a swift stab of alarm
when she saw how frail and weak
the doctor appeared. She counted
him one of her best friends; she
had come to him all her life with
her joys and sorrows. He had been
her mothers friend. though Kay
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09
BRAVE PEOPLE

The light which shines from the tower
: housing Big Ben to tell the people of Lon
: don that the House of Commons is in SEES
sion was recently lit again after being ex-
-stingaished for five years, seven months and
.tWenty-three days of wartime blackout re-
-strictions.
Speaker Colonel Clifton Brown, who
turned the switch, told the members of the
House; 81 pray that with Gods blessing
this light may shine, not only as an out
ward and visible sign that the Parliament
of free people is assembled in free de-
BATE but also as beacon of sure hope in
-&SxaSliy torn and distracted world
The British Parliament like the peo-
pie of London, survived the German blitz
but not without paying price. The House
of Commons was destroyed by fire bombs
and high explosives in May, 1941. A tenn
pOrary home was found but later the House
returned to the Parliament buildings, bor-
rowing the House of Lords for its sittings.
During the robot bomb attacks of 1914,
when the buildings were unsafe because of
their quantities of glass, the House went
back to its temporary meeting place. Later,
during the w rocket bombardment, the
House members stuck it out in the old Par
lament building.
There are many people who, for vari-
reasons, do not like the British but
every free man in the world must be con-
s,ious of the debt that the world owes the
nation which. in 1910, momentarily expect
cd invasion and, while without adequate
means for defense, responded to the famous
'Dack-to-the well speech" of Prime Min
ter Churchill, who then uttered his mem
orable words
I'VE shall fight on the beaches, we
sf1n fight en- the landing ground, we shall
f'gtt in the fields and in the Streets we
sha'l ight in the hills. We shall never sur
rendor''
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09
May 8. lS45

Today produces nature with
strong sympathies mingled with
the combative tendencies which
characterize this month. There
are the elements of success in
whatever is taken hold of in earn
est; but do not take up the cud-
gels at every indication of opposi-
ton Control yourself, weigh well
all sides of a question before act
ing, and keep active the more
liberal side of the nature.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09

Hans Fritsch, the right-hand man of
Goebbels, says the body of Hitler has been
disposed of in such manner that it will
never be found. Possibly, in that case, the
remains were cremated and the ashes
thrown to the winds, or it may have been
dissolved in quick lime as was the body
of Czolgosz. the assassin of President Me
Kinley. Spurlos versenkt!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09
TODAY'S HOROSCOPE
May 8. ls45

Today gives a broad, powerful
mind, with original conceptions,
You should have much influence
among people, but should aim to
avoid straining after improbable
things, a instruction of effort.
Seek to conserve the energies in
proper directions, in order not to
waste portion of the life.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09
LEFT $1,000: DROPS DEAD

Grants Pass, Ore.-Ed S. Young
72-year-old relief recipient, upon
hearing that he had inherited
$4,000 from a grand-uncle, who
had died in Philadelphia IA years
ago, dropped dead.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09

Goebbels' right hand man says that
Hitler has been hidden in such manner
that he will never be found But who wants
20 find him where he is?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09

There are some people who continue
to show more interest in denouncing the
British and the Russians than in fighting
the Japs and the Germans
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09

We have been buying bonds for victory
for long time; well, here is half of it Buy
more War Bonds and grab the other half
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09
FIND MAD-Doc VICTIM

South Hill, Va.-After a week
long search, police found FAM
lily here travelling from Augusta,
Ga, to Virginia Beach, Va, to tell
them that the dog which bit their
three, year old daughter was
|rabid. After the family, Mr.. and
Mrs. McAlister Marckres and
Barbara. left Augusta, where the
child was bitten. the dog showed
positive signs of rabies and lates
died.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09

Even if you have planted a vegetable
garden. you may have room for flower
garden.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09

Never try to get something for moth.
ing; it's expensive in the long run.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09

Mothers Day may be racket in some
respects, but mothers are not responsible.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09

With the ninth precinct incom-
l@te, Willard B. Gibson, state
numerator of the census, said
oday that the count shows IS,
= in Monroe county, of whom
?, 400 are IN Key West.
Dr., J. n. Fogarty, formerly of
Key West. now Of Daytona, was
a guest today at the luncheon of
he Key West Rotary Club.
Nh. and Mrs William McKillip,
ccompanied by their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Odes
pogue, vino had. been visiting in
st. Petersburg a month, returned
last evening.
Thomas II. Cato arrived from
New York today and. after spend
ing few days with his borther
nd sister-in-lav', Mr.. and Mrs.
2. Fl Cato, viii leave for his
nome in Havana.
Attorney J Lancelot Lester of
the FERA leaal department, after
spending several weeks in Jack
Sonville and Tallahassee on
business, returned yesterday.
Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
Good times viii be here when
your banker urges you to borrow
a little money for improvements"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09

Subscribe to The Citizen--25'
weekly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09
KEY WEST In
DAYS GONE BY
FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN
OF MAY 8. 1885

Bernard Waite, who had been
appointed chief deputy sheriff
by Sheriff Karl o. Thompson,
will begin his duties Monday.
Funeral services for Hyam
Gibson Collins (Hytie) will be
held this afternoon in the First
Methodist Church, with the Rev.
George E. Summers officiating.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09

Reports from Marathon today
stated that there is decided build
ing activity there, more than in
all the preceding eight years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09

Automobile license tag inspec-
tors who arrived here a few days
ago said today that they had
-ounded up so Key Westers who
id not have this years license
late.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-11
Venetian Blind Men
 Plead For Reprieve

window shades were any more i'm portant than brassieres, mattresses, book bindings, corsetS, lamp shades, suspenders (you've got something there, government), union suits, and garters. He said these arti- cles get no cotton tape, either.
 That wasn't all. Dr. William Y. Elliott, vice chairman of the WIPE in charge of civilian requirements, said if he hadn't put up a real fight, we wouldn't be wearing shoe strings in our shoes.
 He finally proved to the Army that a shoe without string is like a chicken without pot-no good to anybody. So we got shoe strings.
 The more he listened the madder Sen. Wherry got. This is like the food inquiry" he exploded. we held hearings for six months and only yesterday did we discover that the entire 1942 pack of canned milk still is in storage and getting tainted"
 The WIPE returned to the track and said it thought it would loosen up the tape supply soon; the blind men said they didn't think this would help.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-11

3 COMMUNITY COURSE
 Salem, Mass.-(UP)-The Sum- beam Golf Club here is situated in three different communities-Sal- em, Swampscott and Marblehead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-11
By FREDERICK c. oTHMAN

Washington, July 11.-UP)-How can a lady pull the window shade while taking a bath, if she's got no shade? Or:
 You, too, may become an invol- untary Peeping Tom.
 The trouble, as some senators have discovered, is that there is short age of all kinds of tape, except red. If the situation were vice. versa, they learned further, mod est maiden could continue to prinp in privacy.
 No telling what's going to hap pen; you may even have to wear blinkers, like horse.
 Months ago old-fashioned roller shades went of the market, because of no cloth. The ladies turned to venetian blinds-and you can't blame 'em for that. Now the vene- tian blind industry is about to col- lapse. It has no more tape to hold the slats together.
 Ladies, hate to tell you more, but duty is duty: The members of the complaints subcommittee of the senate special small business com- mittee gathered in room 423 of the Senate Office building, where the three big windows were covered by venetian blinds, each one held up by four strips of that scarce tape.
 Here were the leaders of the venetian blind business to plead for a reprieve.
 Our entire industry is in the throes of deatt1," said Henry B. Stamm of New York, one of the biggest of all the blind men. ''Its extinction is a matter of weeks.' -~ He said that a venetian blind uses slats, hardware, paint, labor, cord and tape. He has plenty of everything except tape and why the war production board gives him priorities for cotton cords to pull up his blinds, but no tapes to hold them together he said he could not understand.
 Sen. Allen J. Ellender of Louisi- ana, couldn't understand it, either. Neither could Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry of Nebraska, nor Chairman Tom Stewart of Tennessee. Other venetian blind makers told of simi- lar woes. The cord, braid and tape manufacturers said they'd be de- lighted, if only they could get the yarn.
 Came then the war production board boys. They said they were aware of the window shade crisis, but that the Army was buying most of the tape. The blind men said 1t was not, either. We'll, said the WIPE, it was taking the yarn that went into the tape.
 Walter Conley of the WIPE added that the government didn't think