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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27
NOTICE
TO THE ELECTORATE OF THE
CITY OF KEY WEST, FLA.

10 T7E ELECI OHA Z VI lH6
CITY OF KEY WEST, FLA.
In order to vote in the. City
Election to be held on the first
Tuesday in November 1945, you
are compelled under a Special
act of the 1945 State Legislature
to re77register in order to cast
your vote f.-i5szsez51c
The re-registration will be con-
Quoted in the lower floor of the
City, Hall building. beginning on
Monday, August 9th, and end
ing Oh October ,26ths ol94a sd q
After being registered by the
Clerk You will have. to sign your
Name . in the registration book,
as onV the day of the Election
after the. Clerk eff the SEleetionl
finds your Name on the registra-
ton books you will sign a card,
and the said signature will be
compared with the signature on
the registration book, and il
found satisfactory you will pre-
sent your card to the Inspector
of the voting machine, then you
will be allowed to enter the vot-
ing machine and cast your ballot.
By E. c. GOMEZ.
Supervisor of Registration
Of Key West, Fla.
aug22-25-27, 1915
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27
LITTLE BLACK RED BOOK
Zarate Held On
Charge Of Serving u :.
..l..ztr.F Beer On Sunday


! Bias ,Zarate, of the White Thh,
on Division street. was arrested
t'ol:soi o'clock yesterday: afterr
noon BY Policemen Frank cCaral'
ballo and Frank Jolly on a charge
of serving, peers OnaSunaay:' His
bond WIS fixed at $3.50. T@'ns7 'n'
Harvey Stirrun was arrested On
a charge, of consuming beer on
the premises. His arrest, the
policemen said, was chiefly as a
material witness when the case
against Zarate comes up for trial
at 4 O'Clock this afternoon in
municipal court. Stirrup's bail
was placed at $25.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27
Forms Received For
Drivers Licenses

County Judge Raymond r.
Lord said today he has received
the forms for drivers licenses
and that he will begin issuing
them on Tuesday of next week.
Two changes, in the costs of
licenses. have gone into effect
since last year. License for
chauffeur, which was $1.50, is
now So, and no license will be
issued to junior operators, which
used to be so cents. If Junior
now wants a license, he will pay
81, the same amount charged an
adult for operating private
passenger car.
Judge Lord said that since
October l of last year he. has
issued 6,l32 licenses.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27
s, By JAMES D. WHITE

/ BY JAaAEs D. WHITE
+. BURMA, one important
key to victory in the Pacific,
was a Ygood-sized war in it
self.
}liBurfna's war was differ
emit. 4. Burma's, climate and
terrain and Allied ingenuity
sawttolthat.
]. Early In 1912 the British
left Rangoofa in a hurry and
the Japanese aoveiTAn.btt the
dountry with. relative eSgase
In 1915 the British tscame
back into Rangoon sol; fast
that they actually ran down
IA Japanese traffic cop with
a tank. z
:. But in 1912 the picture
was dark. The Japanese
were supreme in the oil
fields. of Southeast Asia and
the sprifigboard to India. :.
Burma was also a mass of
jungle-covered north-south
mountains, dashed six months
Of the year by some of the
worlds heaviest rainfall.
ssl1f India fell. the Japanese
might make a junction with
1.-THE Germans In the Middle
I. East. s5. /,
Ii stssfzsil,s iIns BURNS y
Sl"f fclairn we, took a hell Of .
beating,'' said Gen. tfJoseph I
Stilwell, as he walked out of the
Jungle into, India in Those dark
days. 49,.
Che road back would be- long
and itoughH heo said. BUT the only
thing to do was to.g6 back in
and run the Japanese ioufT s,o' ! /,
In Assam. lStiweil tiafned and
equipped the Chinese af1My whici,
had retreated with him. He start
ed back, :, fyorng the9u Himalayan
hamlet Of, Ledo,g niback down
through the leecht and malaria
infested Jungle -. -,
The British, meanwhile start
ed working back down the Ara
kan coast on the west, headed
back toward Rangoon, Burma's
capital and chief port.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27
REPRESENTATION FOR CITY ELECTION i'd
iifBECAN THIS MORNING ATlCITY IAIIl
.IMIlLl1[
Earl Ingraham First
\, To Register In New
i City Reregistration

The reregisfration Of voters
for the coming city election
in accordance with a legisla-
tive act passed at the last
session of the legislature,
which is a provision of the
new charter, was started this
morning on the ground floor
of the City Hall. with John
w. Roberts. assistant super
visor Of registration, in
charge. with several assistants
helping out in the work.
Earl Ingraham, fireman at
the No: i Fire Station was
the first one to step, forward
having the distinction Of be-
ing the, first one to write his
name on the roll. &
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27
Monroe County Nay Share h
ButpintlngN POstNaTlPlQgIaInNhI
/: h, I Under PIalHOfHftdsIaNAge
AWARD CONTRACT FOR
TWO PROJECTS HERE

swasb :nSton Csfxespea deaf
of The Key Syesl. Cifisenl /
WASHINGTON. Aug. IT,
z Contract for additioaalr .slsc-l
trical facilities ana Accession!
les at the Navy rspaif shop
at Key West, Fla. was
awarded 10 the LSwrY Elec-i
'tricai Company, ;7l4 Coral
, Way, Coral Gables, Fla. for,
So. sas, ths NavY; aanoancsd
today. ssa Ss7
I contract for air Senditi6nE
equipment !, IN i; disn<utafYi
building 2 Oh IeN aft Eias.l
was swafded 4. 10 JsAH s{i.
\ Mspn e Sons ~ 10,
a7th AxszstA llia4,i -;
for $3.50. shs iisssr ~
y y =
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27

PROPERTY SOLD.
SOLD BY AARON cecoNNELL
FOR CONSIDERATION
OF $4,000

Aaron Mcconnell today sold
his property at Fleming and
Bahama streets to MrI. Frances
Fairfield for $4,000. s
The, site, is on the northwest
corner. with a frontage Of 81 feet
on Fleming street and 100 feet
on Bahama street. :
On the Fleming street side are
a tailor, shop, "a house and an
apartment building. and facing
Bahama street is an apartment
ri ~ yg MR. !. i
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27
Miss C.. Ellsworth
Visiting Key West

Miss Cecilia Ellsworth. of Lake
land. is visiting her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. William NJ. Ellsworth,
639 William street.
Miss Ellsworth. who is secrc-
tary to the Florida Citrus Com
mission. will leave next Monday
for Lakeland 10 resume her duties
the following day.
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Funds Totaling $216,3 29
Have Been Allotted To
. Florida For Outlining
Projects

OF Thel axey West Cftfxenl
WASHINGTON, Aug. a.
Planning funds totalins
$z16,329 have been allotted
60 the State of Florida fol
the use Of its cities and coun.
ties IN blueprihting postwar
Prdjscts, it was learned to.
7. TO be eligible to receive
q share of this allotment,
Monroe County and its mtl-
nicipah will have to
sh0Hss.s !,
~, II A desire to begin con-
.stfuction 4 within three,
years Of projects which
meet the.approval of city,
county or state authori-
ties. g
2. Ability to. finance
construction of the prof.,
some cases rs%-
sa nsh may ne lecelveal
to, finance the cost of archi-
tscseFai. engineeIihg or eco
n ,s. lnvestlgaIlons or any
49, l ~ pieiili ~ W
CONSTRUCTION. !,
:, = as 9is august 20 the EuD-
nc. w orks Admlnistratlon
nsd ennounced no allotment
or funds 70 Key Vest: Z
!. >, iyPes " roJects
types OF proJectsS which
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27
Vanguard OF Warships
Began Today To Enter
Sagami Bay; Occupa-
ton On Thursday
an, Aa.oerateA Press,

MANILA, Aug. 27.-Gen-
era1 MacArthur's troops are
in readiness to land in Japan
Thursday, by which time all
lof the Allied fleet of $50
ships are expected 90 be nm
l'Sagami and Japan bays.
Vanguard of the warships
began today to enter sagami
Bay.
General MacArthur an
! nounced that American
| troops will occupy the south
ern half Of Korea, and di-
rected the Japanese govern
ment to surrender all of the
Ryukyus.
He likewise issued direc-
/, tives to the Japanese to pre-
, pare the way for American
| occupation of the southern
home island of Kyushu,
which he said would begin
by sea and air September 4
| after an advance party lands
September 3.
i Correspondents with
Admiral Halsey's Third
Fleet said the great battle
y force was slsteam;ng full
! speed toward Sagami bay
& and was almost in sight of
Japan when il received
81 MacArthu4,s orders to tura
l5nbaclx and wait at lea$t 4e
/ hours becausc' Of the ~.
ophoon; in that area. i..o1
bodRlans had been completed
for landing 10, 900, Marines
and sailors at the great naval
base of Yokosuka south of
Tokyo Tuesday. Under the
change of plans the major
part OF the fleet turned back
and only advance units en-
tered the bay.
To Make Field Ready
The typhoon was thunder
ing toward the southern
home island of Shikoku along
the route which IL Army
transports will fly Tuesday.
! taking the first load of con-
struction experts to Atsugi,
airfield,, 18 miles southwest
Tokyo, to make the field
ready for the arrival OF air
borne occupation forceS,,,c,
Yet another typhOo6',Was
churning the Pacific into
mountainous waves about,
midway between Okina VIA
and Two Jima. II was a la-
| tent menace TO . Japan's
southern shores. a third
beat itself out against the
Chinese mainland after APP
parently grazing Hong Kong.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27
r'SIiTOOpS In d
Readiness UlllandnglIn Japan
BRITISH MADE ODD COMEBACK
IS, IN BURMA

\ AAAAAAA~A~ $1,000.
I. Stirwell aimed at completing a
CUTOFF road to China which his
American engineers were build
ing. Early in 1914 the threatened
road began to worry the Japa-
nese, but they had no answer to
Allied air supremacy, which
made its construction possible by
destroying Japanese supply in the
rear. - Ss
So the Japanese launched an
ambitious campaign L northwest
lMafd into the little statefof Mani
spup,unathe edge Of India. ] Fhere,
,ons,sImphal'ss, bloody plain, they
siear4iedl that the British lion can
lash back In a terrific battle they
lost an estimaed 10000 men,
British and American strate-
gists, meanwhile, had cooked up
something new. Native Chindits
and other aerial task. forces were
dropped deep in the jungle be-
hind the enemy's front lines.
fney wrought havoc "i,I sup
ply ana comfnunlca.lons' aiisaus s
paraiyzea py oompins anu s'aa. "a.
eddy found themselves cut. off by
such jungle '.air-heads". The 10th
Amercian All rorce anu TIC IVY,
al AIR FORCE suppneu auVaiiee =
troops with supplies ana rem.
iofceltienes aiu eyaS ua ~ q. s'
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27
6 Clp!uaRtsA CLERK. Sawyer ~
Back Home From Trip

] I: Ross c. SsWyer, clerk of the,
circuit, court 4 who ,had been ON a
two weeks vacation, returned
this .morningastq ,sl, aetl a11 sa's {
q sHe.,went ItoNBfevard, S. e, to
Join Mrs. Sawyer and q their
dsaghter.l Mrs. Sidney Mathews,
and oni August %. ne. attended a
state = meeting of county clerks
held in Jacksonville. '7"',.,,.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27
SEVEN-VOLUME REPORT
ON LATE DIES COM
a. ..4.. .4..t
T.. s.. MIITTEE e..,e6..
'eBy w. F. AE30GAST
Al. Feature. Mr:ser l..

',,,,,, AZ, re"suFfN tNW''s' '''''
WASHINGTON, 9Aug. 27.'
One ofsthe scarcest and.
most valuable j publications.
on Capitol, Hill these days is
a little seven-volume report
of the late Dies Committee
on un-American Activities.
Containing 2,166 pages
and known only as the Con-
gressional Records "Appen-
dix-Part TX" it never was
fully circulated among the
membership of the House.
Al thousand copies were
printed by the Government
Printing Office and distri-
buted among a few Congress
men, the State Department,
Continued on Page Three)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27
Mrs. L,iMcMahono a',sa@a =,
1,@d sola Returns 5Tf' To- City

Mrs. Louise eMahon, 500
eAsbe. street, v8etusff ned Satusday
Rom Visit of seven weeks with
her son andl dEtshtat Ii. laWsE MI.
and Mrs. Atalee Pickett, in Buff
falo, N. Y.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27
PRESIDENTS FLAG

r. cHIcAGo.-The President q
the United States personal flag
consists. of,abes presidential Seal
in bronze. Yfpns "a blue back
ground, with Awhile star in each
corner.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27
OH. OF COURSE NOT!

Medical Examiner: And what
did your grandfather die of"
Patient: II don't remember,
but Lam sure it was nothing Sc
rious" j :. 4fsi .;uI>l.ll,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27

The British, meanwhile start
ed working back down the Ara
kan coast on the west, headed
back toward Rangoon, Burma's
capital and chief port.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27

Il@NLWA-ILl
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
Cold Wave Is Moving
Toward East Seaboard

ditions were hazardous. Lewistown.
Mont, reported a low of-34, and
Havre and Glasgow, Mont. ,-26.
The forecast for Iowa today was
the temperatures ranging from-1O
to 10 above. Three inches of snow
covered the northwestern part of
the state yesterday.
At Louisville, the weather bur
eau and army engineers predicted
the Ohio river rise would halt at
approximately 40 feet, abating the
flood threat. Both sources said
they expected the river would re-
main at the 40-foot level several
days before receding.
In Chicago, pedestrians DOTTED
topcoats yesterday as the tempera-
ture climbed to SO degrees, but
the weather man predicted a drop
to Is degrees today. Colder weather
was predicted for Illinois, Michigan
and Indiana.
Unusually warm temperatures
prevailed over Arkansas yesterday
but cold and snow were forecast.
ALI river stages in the state were
high because of excessive rains.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
|RYRNES CLARIFIES
ORDER ON CURFEW

WASHINGTON, March 5---(P)--
On1v restaurants which customar'
;1v stay open all night prior to FEB
rI1arv 10 "for the purpose OF serv'
ing food are exempted from the
midnight curfew.
For purposes of the curfew, any
other restaurant is regarded as
Mace of entertainment and subject
to the closing deadline.
War Mobilizer James F. Byrnes
father of the curfeW order, to-
dav clarified the status OF restau
rants in a letter to Paul V. NC
Mutt chairman Of the War Man
mower Commission, the enforcing
agency.
Bvrnes said the question OF the
curfew's application to restaurants
had prompted many inquiries ano
that he wanted to resolve al
doubts"
81 wish to advise you that my
February 10 statement does and
was intended to cover restaurants
and to provide an exception to the
closing time only so far as the ser.
vice of food is concerned and only
for restaurants which, prior to is
suance of my statement, were open
all night for the purpose of serving
food''
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
Priority Is Awarded
For Baptist Church

The War Production Board has
awarded an AA-3 priority for con-
struction of the $4,000 Free Will
Baptist church at Fourth and
Queen street, it was announced
yesterday by ]. T. Blanton, chair
man of the church building COM
mittee.
Construction of the brick mason
nv educational and church schoo
building VIII be started this week
by the firm of A. F. Lee, of Viii
mington, Mr.. Blanton said The
new structure. measuring "a by 81
feet, will contain six Sund a J
school rooms and a church audi
forum, having seating capacity
of 30. Completion is scheduled Au
gust /.
The congregation, organized May
3. 1900, has been worshipping in q
building at 813 South Eighth street
since 1904. The Rev. R. H. Mills
is pastor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
By the Associated Press

A cold wave which envelopeo
most of the West yesterday moved
eastward last night as weather
bureaus issued warnings OF falling
temperatures for Ohio, western
New York, western Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, Kentucky, Kentucky
and Tennessee.
The forecast said temperatures
were expected to fall today to 1C
degrees above zero in western New
York and western Pennsylvania,
zero to 10 above in Ohio and 10 to
20 above in West Virginia, Ken
lucky and most of Tennessee.
Elsewhere in the Nation, varying
weather conditions were encoun'
tered. Readings averaged Is to 40
degrees in the lower Great Lakes
region, so along the swollen Ohio
river region and 70 on the Gulf.
At Monida, Mont, rescue parties
were battling their way through
snow drifts to a bus stalled with
26 passengers aboard and two auto
mobiles with an undetermined
number of occupants. The vehicles
were reported caught in 10 foot
drifts near the Montana
boundary in subzero temperatures.
Subzero readings were reported
in Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas
and portions of Nebraska and Min
nesota. Snowstorms in southern
Minnesota closed many schools,
visibility was poor and traffic con-
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
Accused Italian War Criminal
Escapes From Hospital In Rome

The clues uncovered throughout
the day were footprints found in
the garden mud just outside the
windows of the military hospital
There were reports that Roatta
was seen in a closed automobile
passing through Rome early in the
morning.
Vatican sources denied reports
he had taken sanctuary in St
Johns Lateran Basilica, several
miles from the hospital. They
pointed out he could not have been
admitted inasmuch as he still was
on trial.
Amid conflicting versions as tc
how Roatta effected his escape.
the most reliable appeared to be
that he had been transferred to the
militare hospital near the jail,
claiming he was suffering heart
trouble.
During Sunday night, Roatta
visited the private room of a sick
friend, Maj. Eugenio Rossi, in the
same hospital. According to wit
nesses, Roatta wore dressing
gown when he entered Rossl's
room. Shortly thereafter, Roatta' S
wife visited the room.
Guards were stationed in front
Of Rossi's room. Others were in
the hallway. Officers discovered
that Roatta disappeared from the
hospital some time about midnight.
Rossi was arrested, along with
corporal who had carried the
hospital keys. and with II members
of the Carbinieri who had been
connected with guarding Roatta.
Roatta's trial meanwhile con-
tinued this morning. The prosecu-
ton has been demanding life i'm
prisonment for him. During recent
testimony Roatta had denied he
had either Fascist or anti-Fascist
saying he merely was
an unprejudiced Italian.
Roatta was an army career man.
He was decorated twice in the First
World War. In 1887 he led Italian
troops in the Spanish Civil War and
was wounded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE
Associated Press Science Editor

NEW YORK. March 5.-The
report from the German Trans
ocean agency that the city of Dres
den has ceased to exist lacks any
of the facts which would make il
credible.
The report said the city of &c.
900 population had been wiped
from the map in two days OF
raids. 1t is possible that Dresden
has been destroyed but, if so, the
destruction must have been due to
Cd a very susceptible type of
building; CD fire; or 90 a bomb
power beyond any which has been
described.
A pint and half of INT,
when it explodes. produces heat
up to 1900 degrees Fahrenheit and
pressures up to $50 tons per
square inch. With no other infor-
nation, it might be assumed that
blockbuster sizes of TN. T.-sever-
al tons-could destroy city.
But the intense heat occurs on
ly very close to the explosion, and
the pressure falls off very fast with
distance. Furthermore ten tons of
TINT. do not destroy everything
in radius ten times that swept
by one ton. In explosions, the re-
turns are diminishing with increase
in size.
However, there is little basis for
speculation on the effects of block
busters because military secrecy
has kept the effects of these great
bombs from publication.
Official reports of the Dresden
bombings have not disclosed
whether block-busters were used
in large numbers.
The type of building might null
tiply the destructive effect many
fold. An explosion does damage in
two ways: by blast, which bowls
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
New Building Totals
$32,5l1 In February

Construction amounting to $32,
511 was started in Wilmington last
month, drop of $685. 62 over Janu.
airy when work on the citys S1O4,.
600 refuse incinerator was begun.
Building Inspector Gilbert F. Nor.
ton reported yesterday.
The largest new building started
in February was a combination
restaurant, fish market and barb.
er shop, owned by C. R. and w.
H. Williams. The S9,975 one-storv
brick masonry building will re-
place one that burned at 821 South
Eighth street. The contractor is
W. A. Simon, of Wilmington.
A new asphalt built-up roof. cost
ing S1,O33, is being placed on the
Peoples Saving and Trust Com
pany. Four thousand dollars worth
OF repair work is being done to
Jarman's Pharmacy, 151S-152O Mar
ket street. building condemned
Tor repairs by the Citv Council
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
FIFTH OCCUPIES
MT. DELLA CR0CE

ROME, March s. UP) Fifth
Army troops have occupied the
strategic height of Monte Della
Croce, west of the Pistoia-Bologna
highway, it was announced today,
as Eighth Army Italian units in
eastern Italy launched a frontal
assault on Notifications guarding
the spit Of land between the Adri-
attic and the Comacchio lagoon.
Supported by British tanks and
planes, Italian infantry surrounded
a group of German pillboXes and
tank guns knocked out the enemy
strong point of Terra di Primaro,
driving the defending forces into
open country.
In the Mount Belvedere sector
southwest of Bologna where the
Tenth U. S. Mountain Division
launched an attack ten days ago,
American and Brazilian troops
continued to improve their front
line positions by occupying, in adj
dition to Mount Della Croce, sew
eral enemy-held villages n d
mountain peaks. The new gains
were in the rugged mountain region
north of Mount Della Terraccla
and Mount CASTILLO, both seized
within the past week.
In the Italian offensive action
which netted 200 German prison
ers, one infantryman, armed only
with two hand grenades, crossed
the Pc di Primaro river, attacked
an enemy strong point and return
ed unframed with 10 German pri'
SonerS.
1t. Gen. Sir Richard L. Nc
Creery, Eighth Army commander
sent a message to the Italian com.
mander praising the valor AND
courage of his troops. Their often
sive operations, McCreery said
'fortifies our confidence in these
Italian troops which we held as
a result of earlier favorable &C.
ton"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
Many British Soldiers
Move Into Dock Section
To Offset Labor Strike

LONDON, March 5-LR-Hun-
dreds more British soldiers, bring
ing the total to 5000, moved into
London's waterfront today to han
die priority cargoes from meat
to war equipment as Britain s
worst dock strike since 1926 went
into its fifth day.
There was yet no sign of any
return by 1000 strikers whose
----spokesmen have voiced a series Of
grievances from the charge that
their part in the war effort has
not been appreciated to a demand
for reinstatement of workers sus-
pended because of absenteeism.
A strike of Scottish coal miners
also continued, and Abe Moffat,
president of the miners union, Scot
fish district, estimated 5000 to TO-
600 men were out today. He placed
loss of coal since the start of the
dispute last week at between 5O,-
600 and $4,000 tons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
Expert Discounts Report
OfDresden ObLiteration

over walls very close by, and by a
suction wave, which travels long
distances, with its air bit rare
fled, like that in a tornado.
This suction wave not only
causes windows to fall outward in
to the street, but has caused entire
walls of five or six story building
to fall outward. The photographs
of this type of bomb explosion look
exactly like those of earthquake
damage.
But concrete structures, and re-
inforced concrete, and particularly
steel skeleton buildings don't fall
down or even get ruined unless they
are very close to the exploding
bomb.
In military reports published in
this country, fire following bomb
ings has been credited with great
err destruction than the bombing.
The German report said raging
fires killed people in narrow streets
due to lack of oxygen. That might
be taken as an indication that fire
swept most of the city.