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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-12
NAVY LOVES MACARTHUR

In the lobby of the Mayflower
Hotel last week was an interesting
Navy exhibit Of the photographs
of all War Leaders" 1t was an
official exhibit, with two Marines
standing guard night and day.
The photographs included not
merely the leading American ad-
mirals, and most American gen.
erals, but also such lesser war
leaders as ex-Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins; Chairman Sol
Bloom of the House Foreign Al
fairs Committee; the late Marvin
Mcintyre, Secretary to President
Roosevelt; Elmer Davis, head of
Owl; and Amir Faisal Prince of
the HejaZ.
Most of the photographs, how
ever. were of military men, and
they included almost every con-
ceivable war leader-French Gen.
JUN: also Gen. .CatrouX, French
commander in Syria; Gen. Romulo
of the Philippine Army; Col. Hur-
ban of Czechoslovakia; Sir James
CAMEL, chief of staff of the
British Army in the Mediterranean :;
Gen. Claire Chennault, who has
now retired; Admiral Byrd, the
Arctic explorer; and a long row
of Mexican and South American
generals.
But among all the rows Of Al
lied war leaders officially exhibited
by the U. S. Navy, there was no
picture of the American Com
mander in the Pacific, Gen. Doug
las Macarthur.
The omission was SO marked that
it could not have been accidental.
Many people remarked on it, Many
rubbed their eyes and went back
over the rows Of photos thinking
they had missed Macarthur. But
he was not there.
unacceptable conclusion was that
the Navy did not consider Mac
Arthur a war leader
Mote Many Navy men still
smart over the fact that after the
U. s. Fleet fought island by island
to the shores Of Japan, Macarthur
was appointed Supreme Commander
in Tokyo They claim that, had
Roosevelt lived, he would have ap-
pointed Admiral Nimitz)
Copyright, iS45. BY Ben syndicate. Inc.)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-12
The W ashington
Merry Co. Round
Continued from Page OneJ

told him frankly of his fears re-
|garding British policy in western
|Germany.
Whereupon, to satisfy the late
president. Churchill dictated the
following memorandum of agree
|ment regarding the policy to be
followed in dismantling German
Industry:
Sept. Is, 1914.
Quebec.
AT a conference between the
president and Prime Minister upon
1.-THE best measures to prevent re-
|newed rearmam6nt by Germany, it
was felt that an essential feature
was the future disposition of the
|Ruhr and the Saar.
1.-THE ease with winch the metal
|lurgical, chemical and electrical
industries in Germany can be con-
|verted from peace to war has al
READY been impressed upon us by
bitter experience. 1t must be re-
|membered that the Germans have
devastated a large portion of the
industries of Russia and of other
|neighboring Allies, and it is only in
accordance with justice that these
injured countries should be entitled
Ito remove the machinery they re-
|quire in order TO repair the losses
They have suffered. TIE industries
Preferred to i'll the Ruhr and in the
|Saar would therefore be neceS-
|sarily put out of action and closed
down. 1t was felt that the two
districts should be put under some
body under the World Organiza-
|tion which would supervise the dis
|mantling CT these industries and
make sure that they were not
started up again by some subter
|fuge
This programme for eliminating
the war-making industries in the
Ruhr and in the Saar is looking
forward TO converting Germany
into a country principally agri-
cultural and pastoral in its char
|acter
"The Prime Minister and the
President were in agreement on
this programme.
QnitialedD "O.K-F.DR.
"W.S.C."
1t will be noted that. even TO the !
British spelling Of programme,
the language was Churchill's.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-12
EASTERN STARS

Roll Call Night, Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Each member is requested to be
present.
LYNNA M. HOLLAND, VIM,
HELEN WEBSTER, Secretary.
Q0,114-t2)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-08
Mrs. L0rena Torres,
81, Dies In Miami

News was received in Key West
today announcing the death of
Mrs. Lorena Torres. 81. i'm Miami
this morning following lengthy
illness. Funeral services will bc
held in Miami Friday afternoon,
where intcrmcnt will also take
place.
Survivors are: Husband. a.
Alnclio Torres: five sons. Alfred
and Aurcllo, Jr.. Miami. Eugene
Torres, Air Force ~ England,
Charles Torres, u. S. Army,
Jacksonville. and Jack Tones.
Navy. in Pacific.
Three daughters. MIS-. Charles
Furry, Mrs. Eugene Moomaw and
Mrs. Frances Duffy, Miami, and
four grandchildren.
Two brothers, Eugene Kemp
and DIR. William +. Kemp. two
sisters. Mrs. George j. StrlCkCr
and Miss Aida Kemp.
Mrs. Torres was former resi-
dent of Key West, having rcmov-
cd her residence To- Miami about
20 years ago, where she had re-
sided since that time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-08
FURNISH CHECK
FOR ROAD WORK
COMMISSIONERS APPROPRI-
ATE FUND FOR PRO
POSED ACTIVITIES

County commissioners last night
directed Clerk Ross &. Sawyer to
send check for $7,3l7.20 to the
States Road Department to CON
siruct Il stretch of the Roosevelt
boulevard that begins near tho
east bridge and extends beyond
the Key West Naval Hospital.
The department, in turn, will
award tho contract for work to
the Bclcher Oil Company, which
is at present repairing the north
Crly side Of the Roosevelt boule-
ward and will continue the i'm
Lrovcment along Division street,
to Whitehead street and thence
to the main entrance to the court
house.
Engineer B. M. Duncan con-
taCtcd the department and the
company about the proposed i'm
provcmcnt of the boulevard from
the cast bridge, and it was through
him that tho estimate of the cost
was obtained.
Mr.. Duncan said this morning
that the stretch to be repaired is
1000 feet long and so feet wide,
and added that it will be put in
excellent condition.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-08
TRUMAN RETURNS
TO WHITE HOUSE
WILL MAKE NATIONWIDE
BROADCAST TOMORROW
NIGHT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.
- President Truman re-
turned to the White House
today, and it was announced,
shortly afterward, that he
will make nationwide
broadcast tomorrow night,
beginning at 10 o'clock,
about the results of the con-
ference held by the Big
Three at Potsdam.
1t is believed also that he
will have something to say
about the atomic bomb, and
indicate whether il will lee
used further i'm blasting Jap
an should the military lead
ers of that country continue
to refuse to surrender uncon-
ditionally.
Discovery OF the bomb Is
said to have robbed Russia OF
much of her importance in
entering the war against Jap
an, and that il will neutral.
iZc much Of Stalin's great
military power.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-08
ARRANGE FOR
PLAQUE AWARD
ARRANGE PROGRAM DURING
MEETING OF COMMERCE
BODY DIRECTORS

Directors of the Key West
Chamber of Commerce held a
meeting yesterday and decided on
the. program for the presentation
of the centennial plaque to Will
lam Curry Sons Company.
The program will be sent to
Harold Colee, executive vice pres
idcnt of the Florida State Cham
Der of Commerce, for his approx
al, or for him to suggest any
changes that he may wish to
make.
The directors approved the mea-
sures that thus far have been TAX
en- by committee. comprising
Gpnzalo Benzanilla, chairman;
Hugh Hodge and Glenn c. Price.
1t was decided to increase the
membership of the committee to
five, and Horace O'Bryant and
William w. Demeritt were named
to serve with the other three.
The program provides for ban
quot to be given at / o'clock in the
afternoon in the La Concha Hotel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-08
BOMB CARRIED
ON SUPERFORT
FAR LIGHTER THAN GENER-
ALLY BELIEVED TO
, HAVE BEEN
nv A..oc,a,.s Press.

GUAM, Aug. 8. - II was
revealed today that a Super
fortress carried the atomic
bomb that was dropped on
Hiroshima, and at The same
time it was officially re-
ported that the bomb used
was far lighter than it is
generally thought to have
been. Its weight is such, the
report added, that any Amer
lean plane, bomber or fight
err, would have been able to
carry it.
If it is found necessary to
use more atomic bombs on
Japan, it was said that they
probably will be carried by
various types of planes, in
Guiding fighters.
While the dropping of the
bomb isl still the topic Of
worldwide discussion, mill
tary men here unofficialIy
declared that it will und0ubt-
eddy will be possible to use
atomic energy in shells and
rockets. Il development that
is, terrifying in its impli-
cations.
Ii was said further that
there may be developments
of atomic energy that will
make its use possible in
peaceful pursuits, thus rcVO-
lutionizing industrial pro-
duction.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-08
CITY COUNCIL ORDERS THREE MORE
POLICEMEN BE ADDED TO FORCE

Upon the recommendation of
Mayor John Carbonell, Jr., the
City Council at its meeting last
night ordered that three additional
patrolmen be employed TO be add
ed to the Police Department..
Mayor Carbonell stated that
three more patrolmen were badly
needed at the present time in ord
CT 10 cover the city properly due
to the many complaints that are
now being received regarding
violations Of the law in many re-
spccts. He also said that people
residing in the outlying sections
of the city were not being served
properly in the way of protection
due to the small force that the
Police Department now has.
A letter was read from, the
Town Hall Council signed by j.
G. Delaney as chairman, request
ing that Il member of the City
Council be named to represent the
city at the meetings of that organ
i2ation. Councilman Freeman was
named TO serve in this capacity.
A letter was received from the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
omElainirg about the fly NUS
ancc at the City'S dump site on
Stock Island, and asked that some
thing be done To remedy this con-
ditiOn. Tho matter was referred
to the Sanitary Committee for
investigation.
A letter was read from Stephen
&. Singleton complaing about a
group of outsiders now operating
here in selling subscriptions to
magazines, which he said was I'M
fair to other business establish
mcntS due To the small license
which is now required, and urged
that Il heavier license be imposed
for carrying on these operations.
The matter Of raising the license
was referred to the city attorney
for an opinion as to It's legality.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-08
COUNTY BOARD
ADOPTS BUDGET


County commissioners, at a
meeting last night, adopted the
budget for the fiscal year bcginn-
ing October |.
Total amount is 96,2O3.71,
divided as follows: General Rove
nue., 100000; fine and forfeiture,
8,l00; roads, 100000; advcrtis-
ing, $303,71; Key West General
Hospital, $4,000.
The millage was set at nine
mills, two mills more than it was
for the 1944-'45 fiscal year.
The board decided to send Com
missioner Frank Bentley, chair
man of the finance committee,
and Commissioner Maxine Val
DEE to Tallahassee with the budget
for presentation TO Comptroller
j. M. Lee.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-08
city Council AbO|iShcS
Liquor Limitation Law
NO Limit To BE Placed
On Issuance OF Lii
censes To Those APP
plying

Tho City Council at its
regular meeting last night
voted q TO 2 TO abolish the
Approximation ordinance,
which takes from the city the
right TO refuse the issuance
Ut n beer, wine or liquor lic-
ense TO anyone making appli-
cation for the establishment
ct such n business.
C0uncilmen Adams, Sweet
ing, Varela and Saunders
voted for the adjustment of
the ordinance, while Coun-
eilmen Freeman and Grillon
voted against the motion,
which was carried by a ma
jority vote, whereby the mea-
sure IN question will be
stricken from the ordinance
books.
This question of abolishing
the liquor-limitation law
has been under discussion
from time to time for a long
period by the Council, since
ihe issue was first precipit-
50 sesais--~4s1onths ago
whemfhe higher courts made
some ruling i'm regard TO limi-
tation. which was interpreted
by some attorneys at that
time as meaning that no mu-
nicipality had the right to
place a limitation on the
number of liquor licenses to
be issued.
However, since that time, sew
cral cities in Florida took a differ
cnt view of the matter, including
key West, and continued to oper-
ate with the limitation law in
effect. since il seemed hard mat
ter 20 obtain a definite under
standing of the provisions, govern
ing the sale of liquor by munich
pahtiCs throughout the state.
The matter has come before the
Key West council several times,
hat IN each instance, the board
voted against abolishing the limi-
taiiOn ordinance. However, upon
Us presentation last night, the
Council by a majority vote fav-
orcd doing away with the ordin-
ancc in question, and in accord
ancc herewith the city will have
no alternative in the matter, but
will be required TO grant Licenses
o. All making application, regard
less Of the number.
The only liquor law that the
city now has will be a coming mca-
surc. m which il will be prohibit
I've Ca operate saloons in certain
sections of the. city, and few
either provisions for the rcgula'
tion Of the liquor traffic.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-08
FOUR SPECIAL POLICE APPOINTED
TO DIRECT TREE-TRIMMINC WORK

Upon tho recommendation of
Mayor Carbuncll, the City Council
last night confirmed the appoint
mCnt of four special police made
by the city'S chief executive. who
will supervise the work Of trim
ming trees and otherwise clearing
Up Uvcrgrown plots on the city
streets, including similar opera
tons to be carried on in the city
cemetery where trees will be cut
down and trimmed, besides other
activities in clearing up the
grounds.
Those named as special police
are Lain DobbS, manager of the
ScavcngCr Department; Scalcy
Knowles, Adrian O'SWccncy and
John Walker.
Prisoners from the city Jail will
be used in carrying on these opera
tons.
City Clerk Roy Hamlin was in
StruCted to send d letter to the
sexton of the cemetery instruct
ing him TO make an inspection of
the grounds at the cemetery, and
file charges against owners who
fail to keep their lots in proper
condition.
Mrs. Nellie johnson, employed
in the Sanitary Departments Of
flee, was granted d leave of abb
scncc, beginning Friday of this
week.
f. J. O. Roberts, city treasurer,
was granted leave of absence be-
ginning August ID.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-08
THREE new MEMBERS APPOINTED
TO SERVE ON PUBLIC WORKS BOARD

issued to the Federal government,
covering the land on which the
hospital is situated on Stock Is
land. :
An ordinance providing for the
registration and tagging of all dogs
within the limits of the city was
passed on its first reading. The
measure prohibits dogs from rum
ming at large during certain peri.
DDS, authorizing the impounding
and humane destruction of dogs.
The ordinance was drawn in &C
cordance with the proposed activ-
tiles of the recently organized HUI
name Society. Dogs will be tagged
at $1.00 per annum.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-08

Paul G.. Albury, Hastings Smith
and Pedro Aquilar were appointed
by the City Council last night to
serve as members of the Board of
Public Works replacing F. S. Car
bonell, William Gates and Frank
H. Laid, who rendered their res
ignations to the Council a short
time ago. The other two members
remaining on the board are Ever
cit Sawyer and Charles E. Rob-
ertS.
A resolution was adopted in
connection with the establishment
and operation of the Key West
Municipal Hospital whereby a
deed of conveyance of land was
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-08
SMALL FIRE HERE
IN EARLY MORNING

Tho fire department was called
to the corner of Whitehead and
Angela streets this morning
shortly after 5 o'clock, where a
fire was discovered in a two
story building on that corner. A
mattress and other things were
found to be on fire, but the small
blaze was quickly cxtinguishcd.
This is the building that was con-
demncd d short time ago as being
Il menace and fire hazard.
The alarm was sounded from
box 25, corner ofThomas and
Pctronia streets.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-08

RUSSIA DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN
MOMENTOUS ANNOUNCEMENT MADE TODAY
BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN AT
PRESS CONFERENCE
tBy Associated Fress,


WASHINGTON, Aug. S-President Truman an
neunced this afternoon that Russia had declared war
on Japan.
q, Correspondents i'm Washington were informed
that the President had an announcement to make, and
they hurried to the White House. Ia
He told them that it was momcntous announce
mcnt, and that it would be made in few words
Russia had declared war on Japan.
After he had made the brief announcement, Presi-
dent Truman said "That is all"
CA dispatch from London said that it had been
informed that Russia mad declared war on Japan,
effective August g. Japanese time August s. East
ern War Time)
The declaration of war against Japan had not
been unexpected, though nothing definite had been
limited when the declaration would be made
Military opinion here is that, with Russia pitting
her might with that of the United States and Great
Britain against Japan, together with the use of the
atomic bomb, Japan shortly will Internationally sur
render. .-....
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-08
Not A Living Thing Left On
Hiroshima, Reduced To
Dust And Ashes
Where Once Siood tits
OF $4,000. Nothing iie-
mains but A Pew SkeIs.
ton Steel uprighis


GUAM. Aag. 4. - llna.
shima, q city ef iG7. 600. was
reduced to dust and sshes ~
the explosion Of the tsssssg.
ing atomic homb. whish
wiped oui all life, aeeosdsna
90 photographs that wwss
taken of the forEnes city g..
day by American aiEmem.
Heat from the sKplassam
burned up people IN the
streets and vapeTissd essn
buildings Of eeaereie amd
steel, including those len 80
three army bases in thm eals.
Hiroshima was. "a ln
turned into a densc elossd =
smoke and dust and Flsisisie
and when the fire. had tssi
ON everything that was A.
flamable and had slirsl siomn
the city was like ashes Aa
clinkers that bad bsen
moved from q giRamiis fare
are. II was the must eogmpleis
destruction that bad ssE
been caused - a wtapH
war.
The only thlnEA siansl
in what before was = sH
were a few steel ulsrIfl
that. evidently. had lrf
built al the eniTanres o. laa
shelters. Al llfe Ma smu eva
out. that og hover animml
well rs that of Isol,lp
Radio Tokyo roHiinus e fs
cry "It TO-DAY a~aiuf bee
il declared 90 be- . ''hurF aIt
cruelty. whi'h o. 70 ttuI.f.
of all military laW frs8
casters AID nssthinF ais
the thpusau'li ui grut Is
The Jap ha}" ls Fi"irsisd
CHINA among Wunru
children and m'u. . r
them SEQ dccrrpu ihs s
barely able 90 waih tit
aid nothiur al'ou' jHp''
crf using live thipaintH
the object 81 lap ol r
" hile pra'tisIur iatuH5
charges. they aid nul Ha
about Japan .utnw
peace. bat. instead. 'is af
the Japanc wall ,enlI'.
to fight "n To- "thr lTitf
end. "
And lie lHps'hs .l't.. go tr
Ine thcir rsiIp ip&sId too 3 H.f
state crtd "8rt thsi CSC
Washington aud ihn'sin
not have approved a tsta OFF
fur that va 80 Indl.,tif |.H...
dcs,ru'iiv". pisrtir ihHf
Jdps have adhered iu .nl ft
began then uuslrtlaIsi
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-08
Two Applications
For Liquor Permits

Two applications for liquor
licenses were received last night
at d meeting of the Monroe county
commissioners.
One applicant was Roland Will
lam Craig, of Craig's place, Craig.
and the other was w. X. IIafcman.
of Shorty and Dicks place, Rock
HarbOr.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-08

associated Press Day Wire
Service and AP Features
FoF % Years Devoted to The
Best Interests of Key West
Evening star., 1945-03-21
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH a. lels
u. 5. Soldiers Wept
Openly as They Saw
Americans Liberated

Hardened American soldiers stood
in the streets and wept unashamedly
as they watched fellow countrymen
freed by the Rangers from Cabana-
tuan prison enter our lines after
three years imprisonment under the
Japs. Army Chaplain Russell C.
Straub, now on duty at the Penta-
gon, told a meeting of the Chap
lains' Association of the Army and
Navy at the Continental Hotel yester-
day. Chaplain C. M. Drury, U. S. NJ,
president of the association and
head of the Potomac River Naval
Command, presided at the meeting.
Our men then realized what
they were fighting for" Chaplain
Straub said I'VE will never take
liberty for granted again after hav-
ing gone through that experience" J"
Really Meant 1t.
He told how the Rangers had re-
quested chaplain to hold service
for them just before the raid. The
chaplain in charge was suspicious
because he thought they were only
interested in buying insurance from
death" The hard-bitten sergeant
who had come with the request told
| him that isn't so. The men want
the feeling we have been with God"
before going on the dangerous mis-
sion. The service was held.
Men in the service do not change
| into religious persons generally un-
less they were so inclined before
entering the ranks, Navy Chaplain
George M. Kempker, veteran of the
battles on Guam and Bougainville
declared. Chaplain Kempker was
awarded the Silver Star at Bou-
gainville for administering to the
spiritual needs of the dying and
caring for the dead in combat
He told the group you cannot
know what an infantryman goes
through unless you live with them in
a foXhole for some time
Clarence STREET, author of Union
Now" declared We are heading for
another short and shabby peace if
the present plans to establish kind
of League of Nations prevail War
| is conflict between organized
groups" he said. and we shall not
do away with it until we bring
responsibility down from the ma
tion-to-nation basis to the man-to-
man basis
One Great Exception.
Mr.. STREET said the great ex-
ception to peace by force is that
lof the United States itself in its
early history when mutual agree
ment among 13 independent States
resulted in peace that could never
be achieved by the attempt of any
one State or group of States to
dominate the others.
Chaplain David r. Wiley. U. S A.
chaplain for the Military District of
Washington, was elected vice presi-
dent of the associat ton to take the
place CT Army Chaplain Harry
Campbell, who is leaving the Dis
trict on another assignment.
Evening star., 1945-03-21
Sixty Nurses to Get Cops
At Providence Hospital

Sixty nurses, at the end of their
probation period in the Providence
Hospital Division of the Catholic
University School of Nursing Edu-
cation, will receive their caps at
6:45 pm. Friday in the auditorium
of ST. Peters Church, Second and c
streets Sc.
The Rev Patrick j. O'Connor, as
sistant professor of sacred eloquence
at Catholic University, will give the
address and present the caps. Sis
ter Rita, director of the Providence
division, will preside.
Evening star., 1945-03-21
Peyser Reelected Head
OF Jewish Social Service

The Jewish Social Service Agency
has reelected Theodore D. Peyser
president in its annual meeting at
the Jewish Community Center.
Other officers elected were Sam
uel Sugar, first vice president;
Joseph F. Barr, second vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Henry Gichner. secre-
tary;; Harry Hahn, jr., treasurer
William Bernstein. assistant treas
urer; Milton Nathan, I. B. Nord-
linger and David Bornet, trustees;
Hymen Goldman and Joseph A.
Wilmer, executive committeeman.
Mr.. Peyser reported that SCI fam
Evening star., 1945-03-21

enemy planes with one or two hits,
instead of several hits as formerly.
Those receiving the awards are
Fred E. Gross, I'LL Powhatan street,
Alexandria, Va, who designed the
ammunition box, and Frank j. Jer-
vey, 1912 Twenty street
NV, who improved the incendiary
Evening star., 1945-03-21
Two Army Employees GET
EXCEPTIONAL Service Award

Two civilian employees of the War
Department have received the de-
partment's exceptional service cita-
tion, one for designing an ammuni-
ton box which has saved the Gov
ernment $2,50O,000; the other for
developing new type of incendiary
ammunition which brings down