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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-26
SOCIAL CALENDAR
THURSDAY Il
Junior Woman's Club. 800
pm. Woman's Clubhouse.
FRIDAY

FRIDAY
Christmas Tree Program. z
pm. Sunday School Group
First Methodist Church.
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HISTORY LESSON

History IS a great instruc-
tor and looking over Judge
Brownies History of Key West,
Page 1876, there are these para
graphs: ''In 1907 Key West had
thirty-eight licensed saloons
One-third of the population be-
longed to the Latin races who
drink mild wines and beer, but
rarely to excess. Here the liq-
uor traffic seemed safe from
molestation. Suddenly an agi-
tation was begun for a test of
strength between the two fore
es. Rev. E. A. Harrison, of the
FIRST Methodist Church, took
the lead, heartily supported by
Rev. Charles T. Stout, the Epis-
copal clergyman, Rev. M. A.
Clouts of the Baptist church,
and all the other Protestant
ministers on the island.
LEGIoS PETITION
Petitions were then circulat-
ed asking the county commits
sioners to call an election to
determine if the saloons should
continue in Key West, and be-
fore the whiskey people realized
the strength of the movement,
the requisite twenty-five per-
cent of the registered voters
had signed the petitions, and
the election called for November
4. 1907.
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CRIME INCREASES

Mr.. Albert F. Shultz was
campaign manager of the
anti-saloon campaign and much
credit is due him for his work
in that capacity. The whiskey
people did not take out licenses
when due On October first. and
all saloons were closed during
that month and for six days in
November. During the period
the saloons were closed, there
were fifteen cases in the police
court; in the month of Septem-
Der there were sixty-two, and
for the twenty-four days in
November, there were seventy
three"
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SPIRITUAL FOOD
BY ]. w. r.

Christmas Day has come and
gone but the spiritual value of
the birth of Jesus Christ is just
as important in June as it is in
December. In fact, it is full Of
meaning to the believer every day
of the year. And so this column
reproduces below Christmas
contribution sent in by one of its
readers, Mrs. Oracle Elwood. The
writer wishes to explain to Mrs.
Elwood that he has just come in
possession of the contribution.
The letter containing the thoughts
below had been misplaced.
Mrs. Elwood writes:
There is no story thai ever was
told that can grip the hearts of
young and old alike as the story
of the marvellous birth of Jesus.
Il like to picture in my mind
the young Jewish maiden, Mary,
when the Angel Gabriel made the
startling annunciatior to her that
she was to be the mother of this
wonderful baby.
Il know her heart must have
fluttered with holy joy at the
thought. She said in her song of
thanksgiving, From henceforth
all generations shall call me bless
ed
There were many. things that
came to pass at the birth of Jesus
that puzzled Mary, but she kept
them all to herself and pondered
them IN her heart. There is no
other birthday in all the world
kept like the birthday of Jesus.
In every nation on earth there are
people who celebrate His birth.
The Wise Men came from afar
looking for this wonderful Christ
Child, and when they found Him.
they rejoiced and gave Him gifts
of gold, frankincense and myrrh-
1t Is indeed a wise person that
finds Jesus today"
Let us all remember and thank
God that He so loved the world
that He gave His Only Begotten
Son"
In her letter to the editor con-
tanning this contribution to ''Spir-
itual Food, Mrs. Elwood wrote:
Your paper is so much more in
teresting since you have the
Coral Rockets" and Spiritual
Food columns. Keep them 60
ing" Thank you, Mrs. ElwOod.
Contributions to this column
are always welcomed. Please in
clude your name, which will not
no I1Sed if Won so desire
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VETS CARRY

The "Wets" carried the county
by forty-eight majority.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-26

Let us all remember and thank
God that He so loved the world
that He gave His Only Begotten
Son"
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FASHION PAGE emphasis
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Contributions to this column
are always welcomed. Please in
clude your name, which will not
be used if you so desire.
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HERE IS some High School
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YANKS PREPARING
TO CLEAR LUZ0N
Macarthur Reports Linz
tied Activity On
All Fronts

MANILA, Wednesday, March =
U.p-Troops of eight American di
visions are regrouping for the
final phases" of the LA,on cam
paign designed to wipe out an est
mated 10000 japanese still hold
ing out in four widely separated
sectors of the island, Gen. Douglas
Macarthur announced today.
For the first time since his forces
invaded Luzon on January 9, Mac
Arthur's daily war bulletin report
ed that activity on all fronts was
'limited.'
Throughout all sectors our
troops are regrouping for the final
phases Of the Luzon campaign he
said.
Patrols of the 18th Airborne Divi-
sion hopping up the Manila Bay
coast south of Manila captured 20
Japanese patrol boats near Ter
nata. Is miles from the battle-scar-
red capital.
Allied Warplanes hitting the Ca
gayan Valley in northeastern Luzon
toward which two divisions were
advancing. wrecked five Japanese
planes at Echague airfield and set
fire to two barges off the north
coast.
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ed the role of an inviting power.
These conditions were not accept
ed.
Reliable reports showed that ac-
tually it was the Russian govern
ment which refused to accept the
French conditions.
The State Department explained
the circumstances l e d 6 to
Frances refusal to joint the Unit
ed States, Britain, Russia and Chi
ma in sponsoring invitations to the
conference. The explanation was
prompted by Paris reports saying
the French government contended
it was not told by the United
States that other sponsoring ma
tons would nave to approve
Frances acceptance.
The department said that on
February II, tine day after the
Crimea Conference ended, the
French provisional government
was invited formally to joint in
sponsoring the San Francisco Con-
ference. The invitation w a ex-
tended by Jefferson Caffery, U. S.
Ambassador to France. Caffery
made it clear to the French that
he was acting on behalf of the
British and Russian governments
as well as the United States.
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IT, s. Is Held BLameless
In Dealing With France

WASHINGTON, March 6.-UP)
The State Department tonight
set the record straight on events
leading to Frances refusal to join
in sponsoring invitations to nexi
months United Nations security
conference at San Francisco.
In so doing, it made it plain
that the United States was irritat.
ed by French suggestions that this
country was to blame for ruffled
relations between France and the
Big Three.
The department, obviously net
tied by French criticism of this
country, said in effect that the
United States was not at fault.
This marked the first time that
the department has broken its ST.
lence on diplomatic aggravations
which have arisen since France
was excluded from the Big Three
Crimea Conference and Gen.
Charles de Gaulle's subsequent
refusal to meet President Roose-
welt at Algiers.
France has agreed to partici-
pate in the San Francisco Confer
ence. but has refused to serve as
an inviting power. She had set
forth certain conditions that would
have to be met before she accept
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SENATE CONFIRMS
FRED M. VlNS0N
Voice Vote Approves
Roosevelt Choice For
Federal Loan Post

WASHINGTON, March g. Up -
The Senate to lay confirmed
President Roosevelt's nomination
of Fred M. Vinson to be Federal
Loan Administrator.
Acting with unusual speed, the
chamber approved the appoint
ment of the 55-year old Kentucki.
an to head the $40, 0o0,0 900 Re.
construction Finance Corporation
and allied agencies. The action
was taken on a voice vote without
word of debate.
Vinson thus steps out as Eco.
nonic Sterilization Director to as.
sumo authority which Congress
stripped from the Commerce De.
partment, before the Senate con.
firned the Cabinet nomination Of
Henry A. Wallace.
The Vinson appointment had
been approved unanimously earli-
er in the day by the Senate Bank
ing Committee.
Speculation on President Roose-
velt's choice of a new Economic
Sterilization Director to succeed
Vinson centered on a top layer
of Government officials, with Price
Administrator C h tie Bowles
mentioned most persistently.
The OPA chief, said to be Vim
sons choice to take over the stabi-
lization pest, was summoned to
the White House twice today for
conferences. repeatedly with War
Mobilization Director James F.
Byrnes.
Officials said that in addition to
Bowles those who have been con-
sidered for the assignment include
Judge Samuel l. Rosenman. spe-
cial counsel to the president: Har-
old Smith. director of the budget:
Mariner S. Eccles, chairman OF
COntinued on Page Five: Col. -
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1000 Allied Prisoners
Freed By American Army

Shooting Sam had learned
from escaped prisoners that the
Germans had abandoned the men
there, though under a small guard,
as too far gone to remove. His
men fought their way through Stir
ingwendel house by house. This
morning group Of his tommy
gunners reached within a few hun
dred yards of the prison camp and
began chattering the news of the
American approach.
The prisoners ''overpowered'
two of their guards. The tommy
gunners "overpowered' two more.
The rest escaped, firing on the
prisoners as they fled and killing
several
Then came the prisoners.
They ran from the camp in
Continued on Page Ten; Col. 81
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fJr., drowned as a boat in which he
was doing rescue, work capsized in
suburban Comminsville.
From the Ohio rivers headwaters
at Pittsburgh, down the Ohio Val.
ley to points on the Mississippi
rain-fed flood waters caused city,
state and Federal agencies to
mobilize all their resources.
Cincinnati, hardest hit major
city, reported the Ohio river al
IS feet-13 feet above flood stage
- and river men predicted the
rolling, muddy stream would rise
another five feet.
The huge Wright Aeronautical
Corp. just outside Cincinnati, clos
ed at noon when waters from Mill
creek, an Ohio tributary, isolated
all but two roads in the area
Nearly Is. 900 are employed at the
plant, which makes B-29 engines.
Transportation was paralyzed on
both sides of the Ohio river in
West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and
IntSana, and other public utilities
staggered under the flood-harassed
conditions.
Governor Frank j. LauscNe sent
90 state trucks and 20 boats into
the river territory to aid in evacua-
ton and other relief work and the
Army Air Technical Service Com
mand at Dayton, Ohio, dispatched
trucks to evacuate materiel from
AAF depots in river ports.
Cincinnati's City Manager w. R.
Kellogg, and officials of other
food-stricken communities issued
appeals against unnecs sary trav-
cling in order to avoid congestion
near war plants and areas being
evacuated.
The record level for the Ohio
was 1899 feet, reached in 1887,
when an estimated $40O0OO,0C9 in
property was lost to the flood The
previous peak was in 1913, when
waters reached u feet at Cincin-
natl.
Lunken airfield, Cincinnati S
municipal airport. was inundated.
Tributary streams feeding both
the Ohio and Mississippi rilsrs
were swollen out of banks and a
number Of inland rivers and
creeks brought flooded streets and
Continued on Page Five; Col. A.
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Churchill Walks On German Soil;
Says One Strong HeQue' Needed
Prime Minister nspects Ruins Of Juec Talks With Command
On North Rhine 'FRONT.' Fires Howtzer At Naz Troops
German Civilians See Him And Cape With Awe

four years ago, when Hitler was
triumphantly planning a visit to
London, he could promise the PEG.
pie of Britain only blood, sweat
and tears" before final victory.
And there-across the Rhine-was
victory.
GA disptach from London said
Churchill returned there Tuesday
after visiting the Western Front
and the headquarters of Gen
Eisenhower and Field Marshal
Montgomery for the purpose OF
discussing with them and other
Allied commanders a wide field OF
military matters.")
Cheering troops greeted Church.
i'll everywhere he went, and he
was recognized and welcomed en-.
thuslastically by Belgian and
Dutch civilians.
German civilians saw him too
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NAILS AT VESSEL
POUNDED BY Raj
Lancasters Smash Oil Re.
fineries AT Salzber-
gen In Reich

LONDON, March 6-Wp)- Raj
Mosquito bombers late today saw
agely attacked German troops,
armor and vehicles fleeing over
the Rhine bridge at Vessel ahile
four motored Lancasters carried
the nonstop night and day air
blitz into it's fourth week by blast
ing oil refineries at Salzbergen.
American planes from Italy bat
tered communications, particular
ly the Bremen Pass line, which
was blocked every day during
February by tactical planes OF
Maj. Gen. John X. Cannons Medi-
terranean Command. 1t was the
first time the Bremen route, life
line to German forces in Italy
and northern Yugoslavia, had been
blocked for an entire month.
Tonight the German radio re-
ported strong formations of heavy
bombers over northwest Germany
and others in the region of Ber-
lin.
Heavy rain and snow grounded
the heavies of the U. S. Eighth
Air Force to end its longest con-
tinuous offensive since the Nor
mandy campaign. In Is days Of
consecutive operations, 1t. Gen.
James Doolittles fiers dropped
more than $4,000 tons of bombs
on some 1875 targets-almost three
times more than the Eighth drop
ped in its entire first year of op-
erations.
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Mexico City Conferees
Call For Press Freedom

sion Of conference leaders to hold
the final plenary session then.
Present plans are for Mexican
Foreign Minister EZequiel Padilla,
chairman of the conference, 10
bring up the Argentine resolution
which has not yet been definitely
framed at morning meeting of
the steering committee. 1t will then
be referred to the full conference
Thursday afternoon.
Two Of the conference commit
tees still are loaded with resolu-
tons of secondary significance
and the drafting and coordinating
committee has decided it cannot
complete its work today for the
closing tomorrow.
The second Of the closing plena-
ny sessions was held tonight at
which Is resolutions were ready
for formal approval, including
some of the most important work
of this conference - the "Act of
Chapultepec," t h reorganization
Of the Inter-American System.
All the emphasis and most of
the, discussions here during the
closing hours were on Argentina.
Reports on the form the resolu-
ton will take are as numerous as
the number of delegates interview
ed.
Several proposals are being cir
culated informally among the del
egations. The steering committee
of the United States met for sew
eral hours today to discuss the
Argentine question. Some time la
ter an authoritative source said
the resolution was not ready.
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the sea at the northern end of Two
were waging desperate resistance,
fleet Adm. Chester w. Nimitz an.
nounced.
Elements of the Third, Fourth
and Fifth Divisions resumed their
attack Tuesday morning and at
$3.50 pm. had hacked out small
local gains on the left flank and in
the center of the line.
Fighting was heavy throughout
the day. The thirst-crazed Japa-
nese remnants apparently were de-
termined to resist to the end. They
throw a heavy volume of small
arms and mortar fire against the
attacking Marines during Tuesdays
bitter action.
Adm. Nimitz announced that a.
800 enemy dead had been counted
up to Monday night. This account
ed for three-fourths of the estima-
ted original garrison of 10000. But
there still was no let up in the vi
ciousness Of the struggle which has
been the bloodiest campaign of the
Pacific war.
Army fighters now are operating
from the southern airfield on Two.
Nimitz disclosed, increasing air
support for the ground troops.
Transport planes continued to car
ry on their mercy missions, evacu-
ating wounded men to rear areas.
The fact that the campaigns
heaviest bombardment to date fail
ed to dislodge the japanese from
their positions testified to the grim
job still ahead before Two is won.
The new American gains, al
though only minor, served to furth-
err compress the defenders in their
narrowing sector along the islands
northeastern coast. From pillboxes
and caves the enemy apparently
was prepared TO fight to the last
man.
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By ROBERT VERMILLION

WITH THE AMERICAN SEW
ENTH ARMY, France, March S.
-(Correct)- UP) More than L.
600 Allied war prisoners, dirty,
diseased, crippled, some running,
some marching, some hobbling,
came out of the German hell camp
of Stiringwendel today.
They broke from the camp as
infantrymen of the 274th Regiment
under Col. Samuel shooting Sam
Comfy, Van Writ, Ohio, approach
ed.
There were 300 Russians, 40
Yugoslavs, 100 Italians, Is French
men and 20 Poles. Some of the
Poles had been prisoners since
1885, Six hundred are tubercular,
four have typhus, four are insane.
Some we're so i'll they died few
hours after their liberation.
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BY NED NORDNESS

WITH CHURCHILL. IN GER.
MANY, March 4-(delayed by cen
sor)-P)-Prime Minister Church.
ill, touring the Western Front in
Germany, told Scottish troops in
the northern Rhine sector today
that "soon the enemy will be driv-
en- across the Rhine and anyone
can see one strong heave will win
the war"
Putting a cigar, the uniformed
Prime Minister made no effort to
disguise his personal satisfaction
In stepping on German soil won
by the victorious Allied armies.
During his trip through the Ca
madam Army sector, Churchill
stood on one of the highest points
and gazed long and silently toward
the mist-covered Rhine.
Perhaps he was recalling that
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One Is Slain
In Rioting AT
Royal Palace
Italian Cabinet Faces
Gravest Situation
Since Armistice

ROME, March g. PA Com
munist demonstration was slain in
a riot before the Royal Palace to-
day and Premier Ivanoe Bonomi' S
resignation was demanded by a
coalition of left-wing parties as
the escape Of Gen. Mario Roatta
during his trial for war crimes
threw liberated Italy into its grav-
est political crisis since the Allied
invasion.
The demand for the Premier S
resignation was presented by a
group composed Of Communists,
Socialists, Actionists, Republicans,
Partisans and war veterans. Bon
omi has called a cabinet meeting
for tomorrow.
The slain demonstration was
identified as Giuseppe Lastagna
Mancini, a member Of the Com
munist party, by the membership
card in his pocket.
Two other persons, an italian
demonstrator and Outstanding
British soldier; -a..sM eEes ssNaonnded
when police fired on the crowd at
tempting to burst into the Royal
Palace and shouting Death to the
King"
Bombs, apparently thrown by
those in the crowd, burst in the
square.
Crown Prince Umberto, ieuten-
ant general of the realm since his
father, King Vittorio Emanuele,
relinquished his rights, was in the
palace during the riot, but he did
not appear while the Carabinierl
drove off the crowd, estimated at
1000 persons.
The King has not lived in Rome
since the Italian armistice, having
retired to a villa at Salerno.
The demonstration was the d.
rect result of a mass meeting stag
ed in Colosseum Square against
the Bonon,i government as result
of Roatta's escape. approximate
ly 10000 had gathered at this
meeting and eXhorted by
speakers, including one-legged
Partisan fighter. to storm the pal
ace. The resulting disturbance
lasted about an hour and half.
While the demonstrators march
ed on the palace mile away,
others gathered in front of the vi
minale - the presidents p@lace-
where red flags were hoisted
The marchers remained rela-
lively calm when they first reach
ed the Carabinieri surrounded pal
ace but suddenly one of the dem
onstrators hurled a stone at a
mounted trooper This was fol-
lowed by barrage of stones and
sticks. Even the red banners and
stats were hurled at the officers.
Just as reinforcements for the
Continued on Page Five; Col. g.
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MEXICO CITY, March 6.-(UP)
"A resolution calling for a free
press and radio and elimination
of censor ship and other restrlc-
lions when the. war ends was pass
ed today by the Committee of In
ter-American Affairs amid great
applause at the Inter-Amerlcan
Conference.
The resolution. along with num-
erous others calling for close CO.
nrdination among t h e Americas
for peace and security in this hem
isphere, will go before a plenary
session of the conference tonight
or tomorrow.
The freedom of press and radio
resolution, as finally adopted from
the United States and Uruguayan
proposals, urges:
/. The American governments to
recognize the essential obligation
thew have to guarantee to their
neoples free and impartial access
to the sources of information.
. The elimination of censorship
and restrictions on press and ra-
dio when war ends.
The American governments to
adopt measures separately and
Jointly to develop free interchange
of information between their peo-
d American republics to provide
press and radio with freedom OF
Transmission and reception of in
formation without subsection to
censorship.
Meanwhile, consideration of a
resolution on Argentina was de-
|layed until Thursday by a deci-
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and recognized him. Trudging
along muddy roads with their few
salvaged belongings on their backs,
they saw the rotund figure Of the
British leader being driven by.
Their jaws dropped and they star
ed in apparent awe.
The Prime Minister and Mrs.
Churchill flew from England to
Belgium Friday and were greeted
at landing field there by their
daughter, Mary, a member of the
ATS.
One of his first stops was at Jue.
Itch, the ruined fortress city, where
he observed, there will not be
any unemployment around here af-
ter the war" He scrambled over
the wreckage, rejecting offers Of
assistance, and heard from 1t.
Continued nm paUo Ton. roI o\