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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-03
AMERICANS REPORTED ACROSS RHINE
NATIONAL AIRLINES ARE WORKING
ORPHANS FOR SHUTTLE PLANE TO
OPERATE BETWEEN KEY WEST MIAMI

Valdez, chairman of the Board
of County Commissioners. In his
letter Dane said:
eve wish to advise you that
we are endeavoring to work out
aSplan whereby we can use one
of our planes on shuttle basis
between Miami and Key West,
with departures approximately
every two hours.
I'm this way we hope to be
able to give the average business
man a whole days work either
in Miami or Key West, and still
provide transportation back to
his home town the same day.
If the hotel situation was a
little different than it is now, We
feel that many passengers would
not mind overnighting in either
city, but as the case is now, very
few of them are able to acquire
hotel accommodations withous
previous reservations.
I'VE are also making every
effort to secure hanger facilities
in Miami. AS soon as this is ac-
complished we will have equip
ment in Miami and will be able
to use this equipment to shuttle
between the two cities as often
as necessary regardless of wheth-
er or not other cities to the north
and west of US are closed due to
weather"
Supplementing Danes explana-
ton, Baker said in a letter to
Commissioner Valdez: @
''We plan to operate a shuttle
plane between Miami and Key
West with several round trips
ger day, beginning around six in
the morning, southbound from
Miami, and terminating at 8 or
10 o. m. with a northbound flight
from Key West" 3.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-03
SWELL FISHING,
BUT NONE SAVED


This is a true fish story. Fish
were biting unusually we'll when
Comdr. c. P. Hanback, and Chief
Carpenters Mate E. H. Spratlin
threw in their lines by the mole
out in the bay across from the
Administration Building.
Pretty soon they had "a beauti-
ful blue runners on a string over
the side of the boat. Suddenly
SWish-along came a barracuda
and with one gulp he had all but
one. Then he came back for that.
100000, swell fishing, but
no fish.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-03

Plane service matching bus
service in Frequency is a posi-
bility for Key West in the very
near future.
National Airlines, it is learned,
is working on a plan which will
permit shuttle plane to operate
between Key West and Miami
on schedule which will parallel
that of the Florida Motor Lines
a plane every two hours.
G. T. Baker, president of Ma
tional Airlines, is intensely in
terested in improving the serv-
ice here just as speedily as pos
sible, and while wartime limita-
tions are a great handicap, he
feels that considerable progress
can be made even now.
One of the handicaps to i'm
proved Key West service is the
lines lack of hanger facilities in
Miami. Hanger space is needed
for adequate servicing of ships
on a turnaround basis. At pres
ent most of this is done in Jack
sonville, which means planes
must go on up from Miami. With
adequate space and facilities
available in Miami, National
would be in a better position to
give Key West increased service.
And as soon as those facilities
are available, Baker intends
that National shall step out in
this area.
Disclosing that a two hour
shuttle service is on the agenda
for Key West, Baker explained
the situation in letter to Max
.Inro Valdez, chairman OF the
Board of County Commissioners.
In his letter, Baker said:
George P. Dane, district traffic
manager, disclosed the shuttle
plane in a letter to Maxine
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-03
News Based On Advices German
Correspondent Sent To Ber-
lin Newspaper
Allied Headquarters Say
Nothing About Report;
Fighting On Approach
es To Cologne


PARIS, March s. Radio
Berlin reported today lh 4
a Nazi correspondent on the
western front had wired his
newspaper that American
forces have crossed the Riv-
err Rhine at several points.
Headquarters here did not
comment on the story, bat,
unofficially, it was said the,
patrols might have crossed
to the east bank of the Rim.
The German news aReugs
DNB said that German flN-
ers had seen preparations "a
several points along the west
bank of the Rhine Tor thu
crossing of that river. The
agency said that in the Vi
cinity of the Canadian Firs.
and American Ninth armies
vast quantities of pOntooLs
were in readiness 10 throw
bridges across the river.
German armOred division
arc trying desperately %,
stop the Canadian First amt
/ 4
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UNCCUETED MILES

n + w YORK CnCWJrftd
thousands of msles Of nerve iIbu
comprise the BRAN and nervous
system in the human body.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-03
HIGH PRAISE FOR
SUGAR OPERATIVES
BONUSES DISTRIBUTED TO
KEY MEN DURING RE-
CENT DINNER

CLEWISTON, March 3 (FNS).
High praise for outstanding work
and accomplishments in the Ev-
erglades during the past year in
the face, of wartime difficulties
was said by Clarence r. Biting,
I president of the United States
Sugar Corporation, to members
of the company'S organization at
the annual dinner which he gives
here in honor of members of the
executive staff.
Bonuses were distributed to
the key men during the dinner,
held at the Sugarland Park audi
forum.
AT the same time that the or
ganization has cultivated, and is
now harvesting, its 18th sugar
cane crop in the Everglades, 9TH
er outstanding work has been ac-
compllshed. In the past twelve
months construction OF a $1,000
900 starch house has gone for
ward and is now nearing COM
plctlCn. Sweet potato acreage to
supply the raw material has been
prepared, The company's re-
search and experimentation have
continued steadily, paintings of
ramie have been made near Ca
nal Point, and the cattle program
has expanded.
III his. annual address, Biting
said in part: ut took a mighty
fine organization to achieve the
results of this past year. l know
!. the headaches, the heartaches,
and the sweat that have gone in
to your achievements. In addi-
ton to the hard work, the in
genuity, the resourcefulneSS, the
headaches, the heaTtachcs and
the sweat you have put into the
job, an intangible something, a
something you all possess, but a
something which l cannot find
words to describe.
Some, not thoroughly famiI-
lar with your accomplishments
and achievements, might call II
! special and outstanding ability
Others might call it loyalty. G,lIl
others might call it esprit dc
. "rpS The something | mean Is
all these plus-and then plus
some more.
THE something | mean enables
! this organization to achieve ar
/ objective while an ordinary or
gali2ation would be explaining
how impossible it was. Under
F. ordinary or normal conditions
what you have put into the jor
this year would have achieved
! the greatest financial results in
the history of the corporation,
Biting said
Autographed copies Of '"Thc
Everglades Agro-Industrial En-
pire of the South a recently
published book describing opera
tons and life in the Everglades
were presented by Biting to key
men. Other copies were distrib-
utcd to the guests.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-03
New York Post
Is Worlds Largest
Bv Associated Pressl

NEW YORK.-Ncw York har-
Dor, the worlds largest and bust
est port, has a waterfront of $50
miles and approximately 1000
piers, wharVcs and quays. Eight
large bays, four rivers and -four
straits help give the Port OF
Ports" $500 square miles of ter
ritOry.
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Voting Machines Arrive; To
Be Used In city Election
- 49, swAw<@
Weather Summary
During February

The following is the mete-
geological summary of the
weather for the month of
February as issued by C. S.
Kennedy. metecrologist at
the Key West Weather
Bureau:
The highest temperature
for the month was 80 on the
18th. with 81 being the low
est recorded on the End.
The greatest amount of
precipitation in twentY-four
hours was 0.05 inches. which
occurred on the 28th. while
the prevailing wind for the
month was from the east.
There were IS clear days.
one partly cloudy and one
cloudy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-03
Papy Plans introduce
ing Bill In Legisla-
ture For Reorganization
Of Voters

The seventeen voting ma
chimes, which Monroe Coun.
~ had purchased for $780,
900, were received in the
county courthouse yester-
day. Fifteen are stored in
the office of the supervisor
of registration and the other
two in the county clerks Of
flee.
During the summer, a rep
resentative of the company
will be in Key West to give
demonstrations in the use of
the machines, and, a short
time before the city election
In November, he will be back
In Key West to give instruc-
tions 90 voters in the opera
ton OF the machines.
A county official, while
looking at the Grated ma
chimes, said to a Citizen re-
porter;
"The greatest thing in the
world % stop crooked esec-
ti0ns, but they will be handi-
capped In that regard unless
we have a Reorganization,
Representative Bernie c.
Iapy was told about that re-
mark, and he replied:
You may be sure we are
going % have a re-registra-
ton, and IL will apply to the
city election in the fall as
well as 10 the primary and
general election the follow
ing year. The bill, provid-
ing for the rc-regiStratiOn,
will be introduced by me in
the next session of the legis-
lature and, as it will be d
local bill, IT will become a
law"
You may bc surprised to
know that certain group is OPP
posing rcreglstration, but what
does that mean? So far as l can
CONTINUED on Page Three
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FIRE IN REAR OF
DUFFY'S TAVERN

A small blaze was discovered
last evening at 745 o'clock in the
rear of Duffy's Tavern on FIcm-
ing street, between Duval and
Simonton, where a small pile Of
trash was found afre. The blaze
was quickly eXtinguished, with
no damage resulting.
The alarm, calling out the fire
department, was sounded from
box %, corner Of Duval and
Southland streets.
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Associated Press Day Wire
Service and Alp Features
For 65 Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
DUKE Blue DEVILS
TO PLAY TERR0RS

DURHAM, April "a - Dukes
baseball coach Jack Coombs adj
mits with big affirmative nod
that his Observation-Disclosures team
played better than he had expected
last Saturday, but ne isn't yet con-
WINGED that the young Blue Devils
are anywhere good enough to place
in the top bracket Of the Ration
League.
The close 4-3 score doesn't re-
veal the numerous mistakes the
Dukesters made, many Of which
were not capitalized upon by the
Cherry Pointers. Six freshmen
started the game, with only two
veteran to stabilize them.
1.-The inability to make quick,
decisive decisions seems to be the
biggest weakness" said Coach
Coombs. This is because of in
experience. I was pleasantly sur
prised with the hitting, but the
fielding is still just as bad as
ever"
Another fault. bad base running.
was brought out in this opening
game. Many bad decisions on the
part of base runners and base
coaches cost Duke what might have
been several runs, Coombs observ-
ed.
Veteran Tom Davis, who hasn't
played baseball since 1913, the
year he hit 1859 in Ration League
play, got off to good start with
three for four, Third baseman Roy
Talcott, sluggad out his first hit
and homer against the Marines.
The Coombsmen won't open
league play until Saturday, when
they visit the rampaging Wolfpack
from State. Tomorrow afternoon
Camp Rutner comes calling for the
last "Warm-up" game before the
Devils get into the already adj
|vanced league season.
Three pitchers, Jim Hopkins, Lee
Spears and Lefty Lee Griffith were
used against the Leathernecks, and
as many probably will be used
against the soldiers tomorrow.
Freshman Al DeRogatis is slated
for starting mound duty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
MILITARY CHIEFS,
PRESIDENT MEET
CONTINUED from Page One)

Department clamped the lid Of
secrecy or the Presidents action.
marking the first visit of chief
executive to the War-born Pento-
gon from which the Arny's move
ments on far-flung battlefronts are
directed:
There is no record that Presi-
dent Roosevelt ever was in the
building.
Entering his big black automo-
bile at the White House, the Presi-
dent made the four mile trip in
seven and one-half minutes, stop
ping for red lights and stop signs
on the way. s.
A regular secret service detail
accompanied him and he did not
have motorcycle police escort.
The President entered an ele-
vator and was sped upstairs to an
unannounced floor and room. He
was followed shortly afterward by
General of the Army George c,
Marshall, Army chief of Staff
Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King,
chief of Naval operations; Fleet
Admiral William D. Leahy, chief
of staff to the commander in
chief: War Secretary Stimson and,
Joseph C. Grew, undersecretary
of state.
The President reappeared at
1928 pm. He had entered the
building at lao pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
Tar Heels Will Play
Pre-Flight Saturday

f. CHAPEL HILL, April 25-North
Cardinals baseball team, rained
out of game with N. C. State
in Raleigh yesterday afternoon,
worked out briefly today as ath-
letic officials endeavored to plug
a gap in the schedule this week.
Coach Bum Hearn had hopes of
arranging another game with the
Wolfpack in Raleigh Thursday or
Friday to replace yesterdays rain
ed-out engagement. But if this
does not materialize, there was a
possibility of a return contest with
the Edwards team of Sanford
there on Thursday or Friday.
AS it stands now, the next def
nitely scheduled game is with
North Carolina Pre-Flight on EN-
erson Field here Saturday after
noon at 3 o'clock in a Ration
League contest. The Tar Heels will
be defending an undefeated record
to date in loop play.
Injuries, that have plagued Caro-
lima since the start of the season,
are still taking their toll. Allen
Jones, righthand hurler, received
a broken jaw when hit by a line
drive in the Durham game Mon
day, and is out for the season.
Jones, freshman from Winston
Salem, had shown a great deal of
Improvement in recent play and
was being counted on heavily by
Coach Hearn.
= However, on the brighter side
of the picture Albert Chappell,
rightfielder who injured his ankle
sliding into second base in the
Cherry Point game last week, was
reported to be ready for play in
two or three days. And Red
Hughes, star shortstop who has
been out since the start of the
season with an ankle injury. is
expected to get back into action
some time next week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
ED0UARD HERRI0T
FREED BY S0VIETS
Continued from Pare onel


ed in Absentia in September, 1914.
He first became Premier OF
France in 1924. He again held the
reins for one day in July, 1926.
Back in power in 1882 he defied
French sentiment by insisting on
payment of the French war debt
installment due the United States
and as a result was swept out Of
office.
AS president of the Chamber Of
he criticized both Hitler
and the Russians and was firm
supporter of Premier Edouard
Daladier. He followed the French
Government into unoccupied
France and continued to battle
against collaboration with the
Nazis.
After his arrest on October 2,
1912, he was first placed under
residential surveillance and then
removed to Germany in
May, 1913. Subsequent reports
were that he was in a sanatorium
in Nancy, dying in Paris and last
ON February of this year
alive in German detention camp.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26

other unknown quantity managed
by George CPappy) Smith.
Terrell, the first man to win
20 games his. first three years in
the majors, has converted himself
into a Businessman in exhibition
games.
Drrham's small squad appears
to be one of the, stronger clubs in
the League. Floyd (PaD Patter.
son, who rides herd on the Bulls,
says he doesn't expect to have q
bad club as soon as his youngsters
gain little experience. The Bulls
have working agreement with
the Boston Red Sox. Patterson, in
seven years at Canton in the Mid.
die Atlantic League, finished out
of the first division only one time.
Burlington, with working
agreement with the Brooklyn
Dodgers, figures to field q scrappy
group of youngsters who will make
up in hustle and defensive ability
their shortcomings at the plate.
Scout Tom Greenwade is acting
as temporary manager until
Branch Hickey, Jr., signs a full
time pilot.
Heinie Manush, one time Amer
lean League batting champion.
And veteran pilot in these parts,
is skipper of the Martinsville Ath-
letics. He pins his hopes on Pitch
er Bill CUrlee who was 4 winner
in the Coast and international
Leagues, but who has been out of
baseball for three years. He is
employed at the Du Pont plant at
Martinsville but will be available
for most of the Athletics games.
In Danville, the veteran Herb
Brett's Leafs will take on the Raj
eigh Caps, piloted by another old
timer-Charley Carroll. Carroll is
banking on two vets to bolster his
hurting corps - Dewitt Perry, ST.
year-old who hasn't pitched in IL
years. and Mickey O'Qrina, who
is AZ years old.
All the clubs have sprinxlins
of sandlotters and hometown boys
on their squads to 80 with tha
more experienced help. Little
can be told about their compare
tive strength because the few sx-
hibition games played have been
with different teams at Army in
stallations in this area, themselves
unknown quantities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
|S0UTHWORTH BIDS
COOPER FAREWELL

ST. LOUIS, April Is -(R)- As
team Captain Walker Cooper put
away his St. Louis Cardinal uni.
form for the duration, Manager
Billy Southworth today again voic.
ed the determination which has
brought the Red Birds three con.
secutive war-year championships.
We'll do the best we can with.
out Walker. We have found re.
placements for other members call.
co to service"
With the departure of the husky
Catcher who will enter the Army
next Monday. the World Cham.
pions. will mark star number 81 or
their service flag which includes
two other team captains-Jimmy
Brown and Terry Moore.
Ken O'Dea, who has been in the
major leagues 10 years but nevef
as a regular, will break into the
Cardinal lineup in place of Cooper.
Del Rice. rookie from the Red
Birds. Rochester farm, will re-
l'eve O'Dea behind the plate. Bob
Kelly, bull-pen catcher, is also on
the active roster.
Southworth said he believed
O'Dea would develop into q de,
pendable substitute. Ken appeared
in IS games last season, often as a
pinch hitter, and batted- .249.
Cooper induction still leaves un'
settled the pay-contract difficulty
he and brother Morton have with
Owner Sam Breadon. The brothers
one of the most famous family
battery in baseball history, threat
ened to retire from the game I'M
less Breadon upped their $4,000
contract figure to $4,000. They
staged three-day strike just prio1
to the seasons opening, then rejoin
ed the club upon the advice O.
their attorney and Leslie ]. O'Con
nor, one of the three men acting
as baseballs advisory committee
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
JAY wee OUTFIT
SCHEDULED TO GO
T0ELIZABETHT0WN|
Varsity Tilt With Colds
boro Postponed Until
Monday

Coach Don Freeman's Ne W
hanover High junior-varsity nine
Will have their second outing of
me season when they journey to
Elizabethtown today to encounter
the E-town High outfit this after
noon.
The Widlkittens lost their first
tilt to Hallsboro in a dozen inning
affair, rs. 1t seems that the Kit
tens were leading until the ninth,
When the Hallsboro club tied the
count at 6-6, and broke the game
up in the last of the 18th with
a round-tripper.
w. A. Brown. Jay-vee mounds
man, went the full IL innings for
the locals, holding Hallsboro to six
hits while his mates blasted out
ten. Brown, a sophomore, has been
the star of Coach Wallace West S
Jumor-varsity basketball team for
the past two years, and shows
promise of developing into a first
class hurler. Brown is scheduled to
start off on the hill for the locals,
with Stevens being held in reserve.
Leroy Towles. another member of
Vests five, will handle the back
stop chores.
Elizabethtown should prove to
be shade better than the KIT
ties, as six of their players saw
service on their last years club.
The E-towners dropped their mi
tial game to Whiteville last week,
9-8.
Herman Hayden will start at
first for the Juniors, Russell Ken
needy at the keystone spot, Paul
Horton at short, and Wayne De-
Gore at the hot.corner. The outer
garden will feature Johnny Crow
ley playing left and batting clean
up, Lenwood Grissolm at center,
and Churning Charley Smith pa
trolling the right field.
The weather man maintained
his supremacy yesterday and fore
ed the Varsity diamondmen to
postpone their tilt with the Colds
boro Earthquakes until Monday.
The Cats will face a heavy sche-
dule next week, playing at Colds
boro Monday, at Whiteville We'd
nesday, and under Rocky Mount S
lights Saturday. In the meantime
they will be preparing for Their
contest with Leon Brogden's loop
leading Cyclones tomorrow-if the
weatherman decides to let Up.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
The Sports Trail
By WHITNEY MARTIN

Hart fifth, sixth, and severt,
Those are just pennies and nickels
compared with the change in loca-
tlons OF other players, though.
Mickey Owen has jumped from
sixth to second to seventh and hack
to second again, and Luis Olno
mas oeen first, second and fifth.
Just to give an idea as to what
logger fans are up against if thew
try to memorize the lineup this
year here are the batting orders
Tor the first and the sixth games.
First game: Bordagaray If, o.
mo OF, Galan Id, Walker IF, Hart
80, Owen C, Sandlock IS, Durocher
2b
Sixth game: Stanky 2b, Owen c,
Galan Id. Walker rf, Aderholt If,
Durrett ct, Hart, Basinski IS.
10 add to the general confusion,
Durocher is grooming another first
baseman, discharged service
man named Johnny Douglas. When
he is ready it means Galan will 90
back to the outfield, which already
is oVerpopulated. Walker, as bat
ting champion and a tested per-
former, is cinch for one job out
there, SO Morrie Aderholt, Elmer
Durrett and Luis Dino are the ones
to do the worrying.
The Dodger fans won't be too
peeved if they can't tell the play
ers without a scorecard, just so
the Buns win consistently. But let
there be prolonged losing streak
such as the team suffered last
year and you'll hear the Flatbush
means around the world.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
|PASSEAU PITCHES
CUBS TO 40 WIN
OVER CINCINNATI
Hack, Cavarretta, Lowry,
Passeau Collect Two
Base Blows Each

CINCINNATI, April 25.- up =
Claude Passeau pitched and bat
ted Chicago to a 40 decision over
Cincinnati today, homering in the
third, then singing in one Of two
seventh inning runs, while holding
the Reds to five hits.
Passeau's circuit blow came
with one out. In the seventh, Pea
nuts Lowry opened with a double.
went to third on Kermit Wahl S
high return of Don Johnson S
groCnder and tailed as Passeau
hit safely to center. Johnson, ad-
vancing to third, scored on Stan
Hacks fly. Johnson added the
fourth run in the ninth on a walk,
scarifice and Hacks single.
The box:
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-26
Alleged Bond Forger
Is Released On Bond
ALLEGED BOND FORGER =

ALLEGED BOND FORGER = -
Moultrie Brown, 80, Negro, of
1107 Rankin street, was released
on $3.50 bond last night after be-
ing accused by Federal authorities
earlier the same day Of forging
and cashing three United States
Government War Savings Bonds
valued at $25 each and made pay
able to Cotton H. Harrison, Negro,
of 804 Church alley.
According to authorities, Harri-
son, a shipyard worker, lost his
bonds while at work, and Brown,
also shipyard worker, found
them. Brown was arranged before
U. s.. Commissioner j. B. SWails
and ordered held for the October
term of United States District
Court. - ~.