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Kr 65 Yean Devoted to the
Beat lute reals of Key West
ttNLL’MC LXV'I. No. 128
450 SDPERFORTS BLAST YOKOHAMA
Postal Employes At Key West
Would Km Pay Increases
Under Terms Of NewMeasure
Ntt t Of
I4MI Offlre Will Al
ii* IfeiOMt Salaries Of
Head And Assistants
4 W>>*■■— t •irr(Jairi|
•o Th ki Hmi i iiiwbi
WASHINGTON, May 29.
UwAr lernii of new legisia
mmi iMiwd by a vote of 360
*• I * tbe House and hav
ing aukatantial support in
•E postal employes at Key
Wes* would be increased,
postal officials said today.
I he salary of the postmas
ter and hi* principal assist
ants, heretofore based on 90
per cent of gross receipts,
would be based on 10U per
cent of gross receipts. This
would compensate local of
f trial* for duties not directly,
roonocUK| with the postali
Mdhriep.
Him- |IH2 postmaster* and their j
assistant* have been required by,
the gveinnieat to perform cer-1
lam tasks mi collection of agricul-;
ta*al and other statistics, in sales!
and 1,, 0tit l and other work requiv-|
t*g the of reliable local oni
(bjrai id the government.
•tnnwsa at the Key West post
jumped from 566,171 in
• I BBjm in 1944 Under
the terms of tne new bill, this
plv< i the K v West post office
in IHi IISo.tMJU to *200.000 dass,
wio< h pays th following salaries:
VbatauMter, 44JU0; assistant
pmtmaatei, superintend
ent of mails, $3,400; foreman, $3,-
*#. cleiks in charge, *3,100.
Tftis hilt, r perhaps a slight
mudiftcatton of it, is almost cer
ts n pass the Senate, congres-
Momd -pokesmen said. In the fall
•f I’*44 a bill authorising postal
tup MCTcaam passed the House,
hut was stymied in the Senate
largely because of the press of
uthai legislative business
Under the bill, regular cm*
ptoycn would receive a 2U per
ett tncraase in baste-wages, or
frhW. whichever is the lesser sum,
Ihi l n no case an increase of less
than 1300
Income of rural mail carriers,
hrietotoie based on mileage,
would hei r after be based on mile
age phis glades. Fourteen grades
would be established, with auto
matic pi ■•motion* through the first
II gtades and subsequent prorno
taxts on "faithful and meritorious
mvgr "
business at tbe Key West office
Hms increased sul> i.mil.illv since
I*HI. when it was $6(1,471. Part of
this mcicasc is due to a normal I
growth in postal business, and
part to the war, it was said.
BINGO
lpmißisd by Elks Cnarity Fund
Nightly 7:io
DI VAL at SOUTHARD
Johnnie Nelm's
STARLIGHT CLUB
7i:i Duval St.
DANCING
Nightly—7 to Closing
Johnny Dias and Orchestra
Fenny Cocktail Hour
7 to • P. M. Daily
Hfetj HJeaf (Ettmnt
SOME PLACES WILL
OBSERVE MEMORIAL
DAY IN KEY WEST
Florida National Bank at
Kay West wUI be open to
morrow. but the Key West
Post Office will be closed in
observance of Memorial Day.
Postmaster Hollon R. Ber
valdi said the stamp window,
will be open from 8 to 9 in
the meriting, that all mails
will be dispatched as usual,
that there will not be any
carrier deliveries, but that in
coming mail will be distrib
uted in lock boxes.
County courthouse will be
closed, except the sheriff's
office. Stores and other busi
ness houses in Key West will
be open as usual.
MRS. MARY HARRIS!
DIES THIS MORNING
FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE
CONDUCTED ON THURS
/ DAY AFTERNOON
Mrs. Mary P. Harris, widow of
the late Judge W. Hunt Harris,,
died this morning in her home!
on Caroline street at 4:16 o’clock, j
after an illness of two weeks. |
She was born January 14, 1873.!
the daughter of iDr. and Mrs.
Joseph Yates Porttir, and grand
daughter of William Curry, who
was the leading industrialist in
Key West for several decades.
Dr Porter was Florida’s first
health officer and served in that
capacity for 29 years.
Mrs. Harris leaves two child
ren, Major Williain Curry Harris,
USA, who .is somewhere in Ger
many, who has not yet heard of
her death, and Miss Minnie-Por
ter Harris, who, with Miss Ileen
Williams, has successfully con
ducted the Old Island Realty
Company for the last 12 years.
Mrs. Harris leaves two brothers,
William R. Porter, president of
the First National Bank up to
the time he sqld his controlling
interest to the duPonts, and Dr.
J Y. Porter, Jr., head of a local
hospital.
Judge W. Hunt Harris died in
1923, after practicing law in Key
West 30 years. Tie was at one
i time representative in the legis
lature, then senator and then
judge of the Monroe County
Criminal Court of Record.
Funeral services for Mrs. Harris
will be held from the residence
to St. Pauls Episcopal Church
at 5 o’clock Thursday afternoon,
under the direction of the Lopez
Funeral Home.
CONN IK r,ROOKS
CLASSIC SCHbOL OF
DANCE
Enroll Now for Summer Course—
Private Lessons or Cl?ss
728 Fleming St.
PALACE THEATER
COiyt SUE COLLINS in
“YOUTH ON TRIAL”
News and Serial
"Tonight Is Prize Nile"
THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER.IN THE U. S. A.
FAIL TO CONTACT
!MAJ. CURRY HARRIS
| MESSAGES SENT TO NOTIFY
HIM OF HIS MOTHER'S
ILLNESS
William R. Porter has sent
cablegram after cablegram in the
last few days in attempts to lo
cate his nephew, Major William
Curry Harris, to inform him of
the critical illness of his mother,
Mrs. Mary P. Harris, who died at
4:15 o’clock this morning, but
thus far connection has not been
established with him.
Besides, Mr. Porter stated, the
j American Red Cross has sent
three cablegrams and Senator
‘Charles O. Andrews also has filed
. three in efforts to reach Major
Harris.
“Last night,’' Mr. Porter said,
“Senator Andrews’ office inform
ed me over long-distance tele
phone that they had been unable,
because of congestion in com
munications in the European
theatre, even to obtain asusrancc
that the messages would be de
livered.”
Mrs. Harris, last Friday, re
ceived a ’ letter from Major
| Harris, written on Mother’s Day,
j May 15, but the address was
! merely “Somewhere in Ger-'
j many." However, from another ,
I source, Mrs. Harris learned that'
Ihe was stationed in the judge j
advocate’s office in Manheim, j
Germany. |
His commanding officer was 1
given leave of absence to come i
to this country to be at the bed- ’
side of a relative, afro de§-
perately ill, and he called up T
Mrs. Harris and told her that
Major Harris was stationed in
Manheim. Mrs. Harris then in- i
quired about his condition, and
(Continued on Page Four)
LORD HAW HAW HAS
BEEN CAPTURED BY
BRITISH 2ND ARMY
IH; Anaootfitan Prraal
LONDON, May 29. Lord
Haw Haw, the scar-faced
renegade, who blared over
German radios several years
against the Allies, particular
ly the English, was captured
today by the British second
army. He was found in an un
disclosed village with his
j wife.
He is 39 years of age, and
his right name is James
Joyce. Ho was born in New
York but became a British
subject. He spoke in polished
language, with a distinctly
British pronunciation and in
tonation, and his invective
was such it was figuratively
said to sear the* skin.
Unofficially, it was said
that he will be brought to
this city and tried for trea
son in Old Bailey.
MASONIC NOTICE
Call Communication of
Anchor Lodge No. 182. F. & A.
M. Tuesday. May 29th at 8 p.
m. Work and instructions in E.
A. Degree.
Members and visitors re
quested to be present.
S. W. DEMERITT, W.M.
GERALD H. ADAMS,
Secretary.
SAVE GAS
We Have a Mechanic
and a Good Supply of
MUFFLERS and
TAIL PIPES
See Us For Replacements
POOR OLD CRAIG
SERVICE STATION
.'Division and Francis Sts.
Open Sunday Phone 9134
KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1945
NAVY DECOMMISSIONS PC 188
■npH|
MMj
Official Navy Puoioeraph
TAKEN DURING the decommissioning ceremony, the above
picture shows the following officers, left to right. Lieut, (jg) P,. E.
Gustafson, USNR Executive Officer; Lieut. P. M. Finchley USNR,
Commanding Officer; Lieut (jg) D. R Bel), USNR, Engineering
Officer, as he gave the fivewell speech, and Lieut. Comdr. G. S*
Holman. USN, Captain of the Yard at NOB.
The PC-488 was decommission
ed May 10 after many months of
duty since its commissioning by
Vice-Admiaal Adolphus Andrews
at the New York Navy Yard,!
J August 12, 1942. This is the first j
l public announcement of the de
; commissioning of a World War II
| vessel at NOB.
The PC-488 received its first j
convoy duty out of Miami, whfn 1
I it convoyed a British transport to ]
the Bahamas.
The ship left for Trinidad Jan.
3, after spending New Years :
1943 in Key West where Lieut.
F. P. Lyons assumed command.
The remainder of the year was j
spent at convoy duty at Trinidad
and Recife. It was during the de- j
fense of a convoy from one of]
many attacks that the ship wasi
credited with a possible sub- j
| marine. •
The command was changed :
! twice during 1943, Lieut. T. A. j
* O’Gorman relieved Lieut. Lyons
and Lieut. J. L Eubanks replaced.
Lieut. O’Gorman.
It was a day of rejoicing when
, the PC-4£3 received a dispatch i
■ from Vice-Admiral Jonas In- j
gram, then Commander of the!
Fourth Fleet, saying it had been!
|“a job well done,” and ordering!
! them to report to the states j
I Twice more during five months of
rift Refreshing
T|f Cream Cologne
\ ' j'*) This is really a Victory
l Cologne. While it retains
I- ZmM all the delightful per
mpk-. V mlt fume and qualities ol the
WW regular cologne, it use*
■ ~*jr % In its manufacture much
I* J less alcohol. In two be-
i "to loved fragrances.
A/EBII T 9 - I 77 V/v rtOI’ER-fresh
B is (iHVlsli S gentle, endearing fra
.is £ tV/tVi' a ■ gratite of the romantic
g[ fl't *' J Piustcx
I HARRIS TX\ HUBBARD
- * V
- iJrTi - m I
SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY, Inc.
PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS
Duval at Fleming Sts. PHONE 199* Key West, Florida
overhaul, the command changed,
Lieut. J. W. Newton relieving
Lieut. Eubanks, with Lieut. P.
M. Fischley relieving Lieut New- j
! ton. j
The ship sailed for Panama on 1
June 5, 1944, and arrived there;
in July after considerable trouble, j
j Additional trouble, this time j
j with the hull, resulted in the |
ship being ordered to Key West I
i for repair. Later during the hur-;
| ricane last October she was left
high and dry on Crawfish Shoals
|by high s&jis anti strong winds, i
1 but was pulled off two months
j later. .
j *
Jury For Criminal
I Court Session Will
Be Drawn Tomorrow j
' i
J Fifty jurors will be drawn to
jmorrow morning to serve in the!
criminal court Judge Thomas S. [
j Caro said today, to be recon- j
i vened in regular session next
Monday.
Several cases, on charges ofi
selling liquor after hours, Judge j
jCaro said, will be tried, and a
j case against Thomas Weaver on;
Ja charge of having slot, machines
lin his possession also is docketed
for trial.
MAKING READY
FOR POPPY DAY
LEGION AUXILIARY TO DIS
TRIBUTE POPPIES ON
JUNE 1
i
Once again on Poppy Day, June
Ist, the members of the American
Legion Auxiliary will dedicate
their best efforts to the distribu- 1
tion of memorial poppies to the
citizens of Key West, the Poppy,
Chairman announced today. It is
one of the ways in which they
pay tribute to and keep faith
with those who died in the na
tion’s service, saying as they fell:
“Take up our quarrel with the
foe,
To you from failing hands we
throw J
The Torch-be yours to hold it
high.’ I j
“The wearing of the poppy has
become a silent pledge, renewed
each year, that the people of i
America have not forgotten the
responsibility they have been
given by their fighting men of
both wars,” said Mrs. A. Sands.
“Many of these men have given
their lives or their health for us, 1
and it is with deep gratitude to;
them that we set aside a day on
I which to honor them and assure
them that we remember our
promise. ’
| Each little poppy is a paper
i replica of those blooms that grew
|so bravely on the battjg fields of
jthe first World War, since each
i is shaped by hand, each is slightly
'different from its fellows, but,
as Mrs. Sands, Auxiliary Poppy
, Chairman pointed out, every
I I lower carries t Hp same message
and dedication. ’
“The poppy the memorial
flower for every 1 man who has
died fighting in either of our two
great World Wars. They have ajl
died in a common cause, whether
death struck them on Flinders
Fields in 1919 or on Tarawa in
1944,” said Mrs. Sands. “In
Americas continual; struggle to
maintain her liberty;, these dead
warriors are linked] together in
spite of 25 years in time and
thousands of miles iii, space. The
poppy is worn as evidence that
we remember and ipverc them j
all.”
On Poppy Day thej women of
the Auxiliary will idler poppies]
to everyone in Key Vivst. There
is no fixed price for u poppy— !
whatever is given is welcome.!
The little boy’s pennies and the
business man’s dollar arp equally!
acceptable. If is hoped that every
cit izen will be wearing the trim-j
son badge by nightfall on June
Ist. >
Every cent that is given for a
poppy goes toward the raliabili-1
tation of disabled lighting 111911 !
and to the aid of the children of \
the dead and disabled. These!
victims of war’s disaster will be]
glad to see the poppies blooming 1
on lapels again this year.
MASONIC NOTICE
A special meeting of the ;
Palm Lodge of Perfection.
Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite will be held in the Scottish
Rite Temple, corner Simonton ;
and Eaton streets at 8 o'clock
Friday evening, June Ist.
Purpose of meeting: To take
final action on applications to 1
receive the degrees from the
Fourth to the Thirty-second.
All Scottish Rite Masons who
have attained the 14 are urged
to attend.
EVERETT R. RIVAS. 32 ’
F. O. WEECH, Acting Sec.
(
CALL
W. B. HANSON
FOR
COMPLETE
PLUMBING SERVICE
• Supplies
• Installations
• Repairs
Phone 29 1201 White St.
Largest Daylight Raid On Ja|uit
Since Big Bombers Be
gan Attacks
BRITAIN SUFFERS
CASUALTIES OF WAR
EXCEEDING MILLUNf
- B - J* *
• tlx- 4 axnelnfail *'raiUp %
LONDON. May
Minister '' Wimton Cllkrinill
announced today a v*i
House at Common
Great Britain suifereda/TU,-
317 casualties since thqk&r
began, including 307.201 gam
ed. ' IK**
He stated that those
did not include civilians, oi
whom 60.583 lost their lives.
86,585 were so badly injured
they needed hospitalization,
and 150,000 slightly injured.
SEVENTY-SEVEN
! JAPANESE PLANES
WERE SHOT DOWN
l ■■—■■■ ■■■
HAPPENED YESTERDAY DUR
ING SERIES OF ATTACKS
MADE ON AMERICAN
SHIPS
f
I Kjr I'r.wl
| GUAM, May 29.—Seven
ty-seven Jap planes were
shot down yesterday during
a series of attacks on Ameri
can ships off Okinawa, it was
announced today.
One small ship was sunk
and 12 were slightly dam
aged. The Jap airmen were
trying to frustrate the land
ing of supplies lo Americans
fighting on Okinawa and
also to try to stop gttacks
from the sea on Jap posi
tions along the coast.
But the soldiers and ma
rines on Okinawa continued
their advances. They are re
ported to be now in sight of
the best airfield on the is
land, and shortly expert to
have it. in their possession, as
the .lap jralN’ison at Shnri.
which had been protecting
the field, has been isolated..
Unofficial comment was
that. Okinawa shortly will he
in Ainer ie an possession.
When that* time arrives, it
will he lined with airfields
and a fine system of roads of
communications. Sc vera I
fields are now in good eon
dilion and are being used,
and LOO miles of roads have
been laid by Seabees and
Army engineers. Four hun
dred more miles of roadway
will be constructed, but I hat
work is subject to priorities
for the airfields.
GETS CIVILIZATION
Tulsa. Okla. “Where is the
room where we go to get rivili <
zation?” asked a man who,
stepped into the* postoffiev build
ing. He was taken to the third
floor, where a naturalization
ceremony was being held
LA CONCHA HOTEL COCKTAIL LOUNGE
AIR CONDITIONED for YOUR COMFORT

Now Featuring
DANCING EVERY NIGHT
Muzic by Bviom’i Orchestra
and
The New Cocktail LA CONCHA SPECIAL*
e
BREAKFAST Served from . . . 7:00 AJL to 11:00 AM.
LUNCHEON Served from .... 12:00 Moos to Ml PM.
DINNERS Served from .... 0:30 PJ4 to Otto WM.
HUGH C. HODGE, Manager
Key Wert, Florid*, hm
country, wtt* tt ifßm
range of only 14* Fitomkril
PRICK FtVI CENTS
; Leave The City A lUaxtttj*
Inferno; Wharves
Warehouses 111
HwifkNuuui
I *■ k
— Y^<>-
; Kama, <ru#ii Milh bun
tfrrdafuf bduilriil amt w .
kpLamfS which lita Vmttb of
Tokyo and o cuwiMln t-d
' within the limits id lir**o >*r
! 'Tokyo, was today blasted m
the moot devastating ratd
carried out in daylight by
American Superior!#.
Four hundred and lift i
the great planes d*|| *|
thousands of firebomb on
Yokohama and lelt it a tin •
in# inferno.
Before the big tmtiiL*
struck, American tighter
planes flew in over the e ,
1 knocking Jap inter cp •*
out oi the air and destnn *♦
many of them on the rr-
I'urpoNc uf the attack u I
fighters, headquaiter
imum-ed, ua> in r* die
terference from the Jni*.<
esc planes, ami !•<
proved lo be Uli'cesaful.
As further |r*i-eiH*.i
the Bz'.ls. 150 flghtei p
escorted them to tb*
of action and intercept • o > .
fighters as thev aroM i•• t*
to beat back the Hup*) *
The bombsi . *iie • ** n
eily !Hi minute At In t i •
larked shot* in.nl *!.•
blasting what vs:., dm k , *.*
hou.'sz, elrebir pi.mts, .nul
vast longues id flans .a i* n*-
mg ii to tin >s v in tli.il .in .<
Su|<eifnil. vGisekti it-... 1 .i.i
stun k at tin inanufis to* g • ’
tel of ttn rily, win ir .1 11 * • *<l
hlilMii 1 and.. of mall *<n
trial plant
Mi 1..1 nl Purse planl . we • U
rated 111 wh,il also I; On >• 1
delibal Meat, when J.( h
sin,ill .Imp:. eoniKetiil will* • ><
hemes. I*l lliat .11 a. Mi'm
lr ..I to lln guave link', ni l < •
a blink m 11 • 1 nlm .mh
Ii 1 1 niiM’aOistl
The viMbltit* . • |
Ihiliili lelt <|l|.ii r-ly oil He •
get t. \ pie 100 ..fit 1 -i
oieinied, mde at mg *b.
ammiimlinii .net • te o n •
vmc liink Yogoiidii . • .
• lie tl.iin ■ Ivin • nig Mb 1
..11 on,; 11 .• I*. 1 hi tin HhH
; eoinpli lily kn-M ked oal, la
along the wall 1 fmnt iml e
tin eonge; n-| :,i 1.1 m We •••
I Sonll' •rf tile wtimve 6 1 1 * • 1
weir laigi enniigti In .•> iiamn*
date lap >.f hipeie.
1 tin* same time
I Vast leel pi nil , ill') liei> I
along tin- lion f,o. t w. *
' e|lVsln|Msl 111 flalia*!., aid t * •
1 large plants, win n mi l-1 t >
] v. ei e pi odin <1 foi .01 |.|
automobiles, AMI 1 omplet) >|.
I stmyed.
I die pilot, on M'lmniiii I' h
ba. e, .tiiiiiii.il i/ and tie uiii <•(
( 1 In attar 1 wlnn in tel ’•
hama know aeulsl.v nn tb* J*p
• are at war.”

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