The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 19, 1942, Page 4

PAGE FOUR CHRISTIAN SCIENCE WAR RELIEF COMMITTEE MAKES REPORT CITING THE KBY WEST CITIZEN ARTICLES CONTRIBUTED IN WAR The Christian Science War Re-'300 almoners have been at work, “he First | distributing relief. peget ea apc The total value of material in} Chureh of Chiist}'' Scientist, YESTERDAY: Rita Ralston steps out into the middle of a beautiful morning—and old Jed Bowers; hands her a letter. She #would like to steam it open, be- on the porcelain topped table. Swiftly she moved the lunch from the stove to the table. “Lunch, pops,” she called through the open window. ‘MAKES URGE FOR |DR. WARREN WOULD HAVE | ALL HAVE AN X-RAY MADE OF LUNGS TO GUARD 'URGE CHRISTMAS | MAIL BE PLACED , IN P.O. EARLY | BULK. OF CORRESPONDENCE | AND PACKAGES MUST Be| THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1942 PEOP The Cinzen welecmes expres- sions of the views of its read- DAUGHTER TO RIOS FAMILY Mr % R. Rios, 829 Simonton ounce - the val aughter any whieh are considered or umwarranted. The write: should be fair and confine the letters te 300 words, and om one side of the paper Signature of the writers must Reeompany the letters and will be published unless requerted mM cjothing distributed ‘is ‘estimhted1 | IN POST OFFICE IN DUE! Boston, Masiathilisetts, “\' whicti ; at $],533,300.iIn; addition itb -this 5. Ra ght Nh vale i ed 1 ofc otherwise. TIME FOR DELIVERY ' The ok man put down his; . CamsT TUBERCULOSIS was establighed.,. “September! nionéy Bifts have been» sentito 1940, has recently, yeleased its ina afid other needy. countties;t; second annualereport, This shows nad “thtee motorized‘: cantear: ‘ a have beén sent te England; -they that, 4. now hesiorpemrther: 15900, apa locatéd..in.London, Sheffield | branch units active in the United aba: Rochester. States of America besides many ,,. The committee is ready to aid | more in Great Britain, Canada, in’ relieving’ human suffering Australia and the Union of c@used by war wherever it can; South Africa and it ‘co-operates with many The committee has assembled agencies when sudden needs since Pearl Harbor over 66,000, arise, readily contributing what- pounds of durable clothing ‘and ¢ver of its supplies are avail- bedding, ig waterproof, moth- | 2°!®: font Wocatifns on ihe Seat: LAND SALES BOOM ins WHEN ADVERTISED and Pacifie coasts ready for stant use should emergencies arise because of local enemy ac- (By Associated Press) tion. ° ; ‘other officially recognized relief | wrench slowly and half-turning he called back, “Be along in a minute.” Rita thought she noticed a look of pain as she caught a glimpse of his profile but the more she thought of it the more she was convinced it was a trick of her ! imagination. The excitement of Chapter Two the past few — had done strange things nerves. The Loan 3 She waited five minutes before oF DON’T understand,” Rita|She stepped to the door to call raised her glowing brown) | again—she didn’t call, her throat tightened at what she saw and eyes in troubled concern. “What | her heart was pounding wildly in loan is this—due three weeks ago | her breast. Her father had fallen —that the New York bank can’t|to the ground and was lying oxtend?” quietly on his side. His face was shi d his lips Ralston replied, “It was a Joan | blues ay ips were a cold on—Blossom Ranch. We had to} Somehow, she blindly reached have the $20,000 to keep the fac- his side. He was breathing heav- . * ily but was still conscious. She tory going when the crops failed.” | -abhed his cold hands and as she been conducting @ mysterious ticcefréspondence. But she is too old for that sort of thing, so she takes it to her father, and then demands that he show her what it contains. And this he does. More than 32,800 garments have been* distributed, through military distribution cente men in the United States #9 A large British transport which had arrived fro; waters and wes being repaj Boston received 100 overcoats for4 officers. Folding cots have been given to avercrowded seamen’s clubs. Civilians arriving in the United States suffering because of war conditions or action have been provided with clothing and other forms of relief. Among them are Tefugees from the Far East, whoslanded in California; and mercHant seamen re: seued from ships torpedoed along the Atlantic ceast heve been similar- ly cared for. This work is ca ried on by the committee with- out regard’ to creed or race. One of «the most impressive branches vf the work from the start, before America tion of cléthing and comforts to | bombed-out people in Great Britain and to refugees from Hol- land, Nonway, Russia, Poland, Belgium ‘and other European — countries... Clothing has gone direct fr Boston to Russia ind knit goods have been ‘sent there@sfroth branches of the committeéin England! One ‘ex- ample is the preparation, within six weeks, of 1820 knitted gar- ments fof the Russians. Ove seas workers have won the com- | mendatiof# and co-operation of local suthorities by their prompt , 2trivrl off the scene of trouble. In citiesZheavily bombed. such as Plymeuth, Coventry, Bristol and Southampton, they have got there with food and clothing, readv to Zo to work, even before the “All €lear” sounded. The wide range of the distri- bution isGndiceted in the annual report frem the United King- dom. Ong worker reports that an English physician, “totally bombed,"Swas fitted out with suitable professional clothing by the almontr. A Scotti states that Commandos who at one timesraided the Norwegian islands wére eauipped on the expeditiof® with comforts Boston, dfid that the center pro- vided clothing for the refiigees 'T whom the Commandos ag bark. Throughout the entire * Chris* tian Scienee movement qworkérs are making and ia ¢loth- ing of allKinds and sending it to. the depots; where it is carefully inspected.sorted and packed in! waterproof: cases One of the most recent committee's activities has been the sendifig of weekly food pack- | ages to British prisoners of war | in Germéfy and Italy. This can | be done according to the Geneva | Convention. Only an occasional package jhas gone astray. Cor- respontience has been started | with maiy of the prisoners and with their families in England. Seme pgtkages have been sent to civilians in Occupied France. It has nt been possible to reach prisoners..in the Far East. resented for the two- for shipment. ending ‘the first'sof} jis year, include over inds of ‘clothing and! int to the British Isles, 8,700 pounds - to Rus-} re than,1@500 pounds , prévidus, to that) ‘alliance with the Axis. The yearly shipment to Eng-! land fram the Boston depot alone | has totaled between 4,000 and 5,- 000 cratts, each containing about | 200 parments. The loss in ship-} ping haSebeen negligible. During! the firsiyear of the committee’s operation at least 30,000 people | in Gre@£ Britain received cloth- ing, food or other comforts, an about cially. In addition to shipments from the four depots in the States—zat Boston, New York, Les Angeles and Portland, Ore- | gon—crates have gone forth from Ghristian Science workers in Canada, Australia, and South entered | the war, ‘has been the distribu- | fromiic of the, id were assisted finan- | LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 19.! —It pays to \ Ddvertise. tous Thet's the canclusion Bush Bin- oe Shortly after Binley took over s\land commissioneyp approxi- | mately 40,000 2s WOR, «timber | |Jande that had + asi state fore | publics As an pence ‘he advertised in county newspa- pers. The flood of responses amazed him. Many persons, it developed, | hadn’t even known the state had | lands for sale ' Then he inserted ads in about a dozen e: is news- papers when appra were com- | pleted on tax-forfcited lands in! that area. The publicity doubled | the size of the office mailbag and | boosted sales and redemptions by | a sizeable ort H f | eeccccccccccccceccccsoee i “WEATHER REPORT. Cooveceerccecesosecococe | , Observation taken at 8:30.a, m., % BW. (City. Office) , Tefhperatures ~ * Highest ‘ast 24 hours — 3 | Lowest last night Mean 2 Normal 80 72 as.16 Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:30 a. m., inckes Total rainfall since Nov. 1, inch Deficiency inches fotal rainfall since Jan. 1, inches Deficiency inches Relative Humidity 84% Tomorrow's Almanee- | 0.00 0.38 since Nov. 1, 1,20 26.88 since Jan. 1, 8.95! Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) Tide a.m. ) pm. Key we tinued mi a: Florida: * tonight. Hatte! N.C, *to*Apalachi-| cola, Fla: No small craft or| storm warnings have been issued. ity: Con- ‘ te sich. | Mild teriipbratures yIn History | Toda » { was born therg: Mother loved it | struggle,” Rita’s heart was beating wildly. ‘You mean—we've lost Blossom Rita’s throat tightened at what she saw. : Ranch?!” ishe criea. "Why, Dad! —you' love it—it’s-our home! You can’t give that up just to keep! the plant running!” “I won't give it*up without a he said quietly. Her father’s hand tightenéd on~hers. ‘Tm taking the plane) for’ New| York tomorrow. ’'m sure the}} bank. will listen to reason.” Slowly the tumult in Rita’s| breast subsided. Peace was in| the smile she lifted to her father. | “Okay,” she whispered. Doe Burrows ee NEXT day’s sur had rid- | den to a high place in the| dome of clear blue sky as Rita| busied herself in the kitchen get-| ting lunch on the table. The | morning had been full of hustling | with a call to the Los Angeles) airport for a-seat on the flight) that left at 8:30 in the evening, packing, and shooing Mr. Ralston’ off to the village’ for.a haircut. He had been back for séme time and although Rita had insisted on his resting he begged off with the excuse that he wanted “to do a little tinkering with the tractor. ton could,see him now through itchent window bending over te engine, Rita 4 a gay “colored clotti! ‘THREE KEY WESTERS ENTER UNIVERSITY Margaret Lund, Ruth Gresham, bent over closely she could hear It to keep physically fit, Dr. William | iB Warren, secretary of the! ! Monroe County Medical Society, ! | declared today. “A vitally im- {portant step in physical fitness ‘is to have an X-ray of lungs made even by those persons who are feeling well every day,” Dr. | vises. Warren ! The Medical Society secretary! was referring to the mobile X- réy unit of the State Board of |Health, which will arrive in | Monree county on Monday, No- vember 23, to start X-ray, work. All persons eligible for X-ray is the patriotic duty of ‘every. citizen of Monroe county, | and working! ad-| Postmaster Fred J. Dijon is in receipt of the follwoing informa~} tion concerning Christrnas mail! from Washington headquarters: | The bulk of Christmas mail! must be in the post office by De-| cember | this year if deliveries on time are to be assured, accordin; to Smith W. Purdum, Second As sistant Postmaster General. Mr. Purdum is responsible to Post- master General Frank C. Walker for smooth and efficient air and railway mail service. Mr. Purdum called attention to | the task of the Post Office De-! partment in moving millions of REGARDING A LUME | Bator, The Citizen: L,note in an issue of a Miami paper, dated-Nov. 19, a statement from Captain Reordan, com dant Naval Operating B the “indirect” lighting {the Officers Club makes it possible for a lum ea. Complaints Key West living w stricted z Memorandur ters Fourth © S r May 14, regarding the the Officers Club, sh ma Men, Women! Old at 40, 50, 60! Get Pep Feel Years a Full of Vim to be seen ea, pieces of. mail every day to and! vised that “direct ; by the mobile unit are urged to | take advantage of this oppor- tunity. About 400 persons can be X-rayed each day. The schedule to be maintained by the mobile unit while in Key | West follows: November 23—1:30 to Pp. m. and 6:30 to 8:00 p. m— » for white persons. | November 24—1:30 to 4:00 'p. |m. and 6:30 to 8:00 p. m—for | colored persons. “Pulmonary the earliest stages causes |symptoms,” Dr. Warren |“The disease can be detected in |this stage only by an X-ray of the lungs.” Food handlers and domestic | Servants are especially urged to; ‘have their lungs X-rayed because tuberculosis is a particularly {dangerous among such persons, due to the opportunity for | spreading disease to others. | Persons with any one or more ein following symptoms, which | him mutter something. Finally | tuberculosis in no ‘be indicative of tubercu-; it i$, are advised to have an X-! } | Taye at once: |. Loss of strength, tixedness and aknegs; uoss of weight; /Afternoon fever; Nicht sweats; digéstions>. fs Hoag that @ersists; a nestabe ton of, phlegm; > Stitting' ‘ap ‘blood; Pluerisys ~-Hoargeness voice. | The mobile X-ray’ unit is op- erated by the Division of Tuber- eulosis, State Board of Health. It is being*-brought to Monroe country through the cooperative errangements of the Monroe County ~Médical Societv. the Monroe County Medical Board, the Monroé ‘County Health De- partment, the Monroe County Tuberculosis and the Health As- sociation, Through special arrangements all teachers end other personnel in public schools. will be X-ray- ed. As a contribution to the war {effort and in an attempt to pro- she made # out, Burrows.” “Call_—--Doe : |REA dashed tothe called.the doctor=Jn five i ra utes the battered coupe turned’ into the Ralston driveway. Ten minutes more and the dogtor had: } of | Mr. Ralston in his ery resting comfortably. Rita waited grixious- y in the living room while the loctor gaye her father an ex- amination, When the doctor came | out of the bedroom and shut the | door softly behind him, his pleas- ant face was serious. “Your dad will be all right now. Just one of his old heart spells— ae a bad one,” he told Rita gent- “For the present the danger’s Ries but he’ll have to stay in bed a couple of days and take it a lot easier than he’s been taking it.” After the doctor had gone Rita i opened her father’s door. The color had returned to his cheeks and he was looking almost normal again. She stepped to the side of his bed and kissed him lightly on the forehead. “Don’t worry for one minute, Rolly dear, I’m baie plane tonight and Til get Mr. Cunning- ham to extend that note. I'm sure wae Hes he'll have to —2”. Ralston looked: up, into Rita's lovely flushed face with genuine pride blazing in his eyes. | “You’re.a real Ralston, aia. Go to: it, and may God be with you.” or huskiness High School students will be X-rayed. To be continued | graduated from Hillsborough high | school, Tampa, in 1939. | Miss Gresham, daughter of Mf. and Mrs. George M. Gresham, 312] }Poinciana place, is a fi man | 1794—Historie Jay Treaty with and Edward Jones, Jr., all of Key ‘SP cializing in music. She was| England concluded—first defin-| ite application of principle of ar- |hitration in international affairs. 1863—President Lincoln's im- mortal Gettysburg address: “Four jscore and seven years ago. . .” f rea | 1903$Carry Nation, fiery Kan- sas dry; comes to Washington, to jmake Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, among) other things, forswear smokii me Gears ah) Baie’ | ticl pgoclamation requires alien aban. to register, | 1920—2,000 students in Tokio ; debate “Shall Japan fight Amer- ica”. 1920—England, France, Spain jand Belgium put army at dispo- | |sal of the League of Nations in | Lithuanian dispute. 1929—Railroad heads of coun- jtry pledge Hoover full employ- ment at end of first month of! | Wall Street crash. | 1939—Roosevelt lays corner- jStone at his Hyde Park library, "dedicating building to “the — Africa. In Great Britain alone it of Peace”. ~ 1 West, have enrolled at the Univer- y of Miami, Coral Gables, Flor- ida. Miss Lund, the daughter of Lieut.~Commander and Mrs. Petti- bune Alfred Lund, 701 South street, is a sophomore specializing: in business administration. She was recently initiated into Delta Zeta national social sorerity, She! graduated from Andrew Jackson! high school, Miami, in 1942. | { [SASSI II III III IAA IAI IA | MONROE THEATER | LUPE VELEZ | “HONOLULU LU” and “ALL THRU THE NIGHT” Coming: Overland to Deadwood; pescescctretesiersre tele TABU % Ripetidering TABU-— heady, sultry fragrance—even mote disturbing when worn on gowns or furs where j remains for days— even weeks. And now you no * longer have to wait for someone to bring your pre- PARADA AAA AAAI AAAAI II | Véronica Lake in THIS GUN FOR HIRE © Coming: “Across the Pacifig’ | ROO Ee | } | Ce eeewecccccccccccccsecs BINGO PARTY — Auspices Y. P. S. L. St. Paul’s Parish Hall } FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 20TH | | ether sizes of both. ecccsceces 4:00 | says. | TE wall . will AAT | ‘cious ‘TABU from Mexico, Cuba or Spain— we have |; “it here. The Parfum $35.00 —@ologne $6.00 — also '""” GOWNS & from soldiers, sailors and marines | throughout the world. This ex- traordinary job must be kept cur- rent, even while the holiday rush of mailings is handled. Also, he pointed out, the postal establish- | ment is operating with many} thousands of inexperienced per- sonnel, employed taking the place | jgined to énférce ‘of men called to armed ‘services. | tions, and fot the The new employees naturally can- | p, fense Countil not handle the holiday mail jam 7. ‘with the smoothness and speed of ! the postal veterans whom they re- place. In view of all these handicaps | whee ha et ® to the service, Mr. Purdum added, postal patrons should mail their | EDWARD JONES IS gifts by December 1 if they wish to insure that their friends will not be disappointed at Christ- nas. windows on th itheir reside to the lume subject to the prescri tions. It. would be helpful i iterated in The Citizen {and , municipal” offied Nov. 19, 1942 ; Edward H. Jone and Mjrs. Edw Johnson street, has b¢ COOPERATION NEEDED to Lambda chi Alpha, ,TC SOLVE PROBLEM ig hneapnaie met ‘HIGHER LIVING COSTS Jone: ho is enrol ss University as a freshman WINTER HAVEN, Nov. 19 'cializing in English (FNS):Contending that'the so-) ———_ lution “ef the rising cost of liv- t+ ing pr@blem must‘in ‘the end of | the day come’ from all coopera- tion “ofconsumers, themselves, a rroun of ciyic lecders ~ banded toget” here recently to form “ae Acticn Clubs, “which ' rate under ‘state charter a @9operative, non-profit or- nization and which thev hope D nation-wide in 4 § planned to organize Con- | sumer-Action Clibs'‘in every citv, town @nd hamlet, made up of in- dependent consumers who will meet at regular intervals to study market’ conditions. acquaint themselves with price ceilings and exchange information that will permit action in such cases as found necessary to keep com- modity prices in line. F. 0. (Foot Odor) MIGHT CAUSE YOUR FAILURE vide Uncle Sam _ with healthy: fighters and workers, all Senior | also | from your druggist, now. Your Sec beck if ot peared. | Locally at GARDNER'S Ask 3 nuts ; ; ; and a HONORED AT COLLEGE Where I rent every fiction best- seller? Where “Gone Wind” 50c? Where is Key We best selection of Children’s Books? can buy the only can I with for IF you're Looxiwwe For See Paut SmitH 334 Simonton$t?. worite Sealtest Fountain “Warden” to take chatge' of his Black-out for you. He'll make it with nourishing’ Sealtest Vanilfa Ice Cream . dashes of chocolate syrup ing of whipped cream. Enjoy the . a few generous oe sprinkling of crunchy -out Sundae often during November. At fountaias' serving our Sealtest Ice Cream. Sealtest, Inc. and its member ‘one Common re Don't miss the Sealtest Program, Thursdays. $ P. M. WIOD Uncle Sam Asks YOU To Lend Him: 10 PERCENT OF YOUR INCOME —_o— Buy U. S. 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