The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 9, 1942, Page 4

PAGE FOUR @eccccccee ry Mrs. Jeff Knight Woman’s Auxiliary On Monday : SOCIETY : Entertains HILBURN SAUNDERS HELD FOR HEARING IN SHOOTING CASE PLACED UNDER ARREST LAST NIGHT ON CHARGE; THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SCOUT EXECUTIVE ASKS DIST. COMMITTEE (Contributed) A. S. Macfarlane. Boy Scout executive of Miami district head- quarters has arnounced through the weekly Sccut Bulletin that TO ELECT OFF ICERS Miss Oilve Gato, daughter of MISS GATO ELECTED SODALITY PREFECT Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Gato, of 1426 Von Phister, was recently elected prefect of the Sodality of the Chil- dren of Mary for the southeastern section of Florida. ‘The election took place at the WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1942 GIVES POINTERS ON POST-WAR MARKET RESULT OF SURVEY CON-| DUCTED BY NATIONAL | _ DENVER, Dec. 9.—Some of the {first dandelion rubber plants COMMERCE CHAMBERS | grown in the west have been a | success but don’t BOUNCING BABY, BUT NOT READY TO RE-TIRE By ROBERT E. GEIGER AP Features Writer U. S. SERGEANT WEDS | AN ENGLISH CORPORAL (By Associated Press) BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Dec. 9—With a United States Army band playing the wedding j™arch and rice from the cook- house to shower on the couple depend upon | Sergeant George Rex Leghorn, of tires in the/ 576 Buerrero St, San Francisco, and a corporal of the WAAFS had Mrs. Jeff Knight was hostess! Dr. Lula Disusway, prayer to the Woman’s Auxiliary of St.|partner of St. Paul’s branch of Paul’s Church, at her home|the Auxiliary, now stationed in | then to yield new Dec. | near future. Actually, preliminary investiga- | the Monroe district committee has ati : convention of the S.AS.U., held OF SHOOTING AT WIFE not held its annual district meet-! over Thanksgiving weekend in THREE TIMES ing. The election of district of-|Miami. Miss Gato is a pupil of eco idea Fla., tremendous Monday afternoon. Several new) members were welcomed into| the association. | Plans for the Advent Social to be held December 15 were ocm- pléted. The Auxiliary ring, which was won by Mrs. Ella Bierna last year, will go into the cake for another year. The “United Thank Offering” treasurer reported $150.00 re-| ceived for the Fall offering.) Twice each year the women of} the church throughout the nation | bring in their thank offering, | which is used solely for the work | of women missionaries. Alaska, is to be sent a Christmas gift from the Auxiliary and also a personal greeting card from each member. New vestments for the boys are being made by the as- sociation. Members meet twice a week to sew. Those present at ing were: Mrs. Marie Russell, Lillie Kemp, Louise Grant, Elizabeth Baker, Mary Sweeting, Dorothy Hearne, Margaret Bethel, Sally Sawyer Gloriana Bayly, Hilde- gardt Russell, Nellie Curry, Em- ma Ayala, Ellen Tynes, Reba the meet- {Sawyer and Marylene Knight. EVERREADY STAR CLUB TO ASSEMBLE There will be a meeting of the Everready Star Club held onj Thursday afternoon, beginning at; 3:30 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Amelia Camus. All members are requested to} be in attendance. ARRIVES ON VISIT Miss Consuelo Warren, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Warren, of Southad street, was a recent arrival in Key West for a visit with her parents. Miss Warren is connected with the United States Internal Rev- enue Department in Jacksonville. RETURN TO CITY Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McClin- | vock of Southard street, who had deen visiting at points along the Florida Keys and also Miami, ave returned to the city. VESPER SERVICE AT SCHOOL ON SUNDAY Key West High School will give its annual Christmas Vesper Ser- vice next Sunday, December 13, at 5 P. M. in the school auditori- um. This Vesper Sefvice is present- ed each year on the last Sunday jafternoon before the school clos- It! es for the Christmas holidays. is a program in which the faculty and the student body take a great deal of pride and in past years it has given great deal of pleasure to many people. The trained chorus of fresh young voices, telling the Christ- mas story in a rich candle-light- | ed setting, appeals to all persons, and this year they should present an especially pleasing service. MANY WITH ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON — There are 176,000 physicians in the United States, of whom about 25,000 are with the armed forces. Is Britain’s Indian Policy, Jeopardizing Victory? As debated by Norman Thomas Chairman, Executive Committee Post War World Council MR. THOMAS OPENS: Britain’s Indian policy contradicts the demo- eratic objectives of the war and is based on Churchill's statement: “We mean to hold our own.” Morally India is not and never was England's own: in terms of power it is not her own because she cannot hold it ex- it with American aid. the face of what happened in Malaya and Burma, Churchill holds India through the despotic powers of the Viceroy and governs largely by the machine gun and the lash. The consequence is an enormous mass of sullen resistance, an in- describable handicap to the United Nations in the event of Japanese invasion, and short of that an im- mediate handicap to their war effort because of the bitterness it. creates in all Asia, and the cynical doubts it raises in the minds of our own soldiers. Worst of all this treatment of India has become in itself, and as @ symbol, a fatal barrier to a lasting peace is the only victory worth the cost, but Churchill's treatment of India, it unchanged, makes it cer- tain that no matter how complete is our military victory this war will be a prelude to a third world war in which, even more than today, ‘the issue will be white supremacy. COL. STEWART-RODDIES CHAL- LENGES: Cripps’ proposals clearly offered India freedom NOW with ex- ception of “power to make a separate peace”; complete freedom at end of war, including rights to secede from the Commonwealth. Mr. Churchill officially declared: “From that offer nothing can be taken away.” Machine gunning was regrettable, but necessary on two occasions. Hin- du Law authorized lashing of looters. In other countries they would have been shot. Mr. Thomas grossly exaggerates, the conditions and the ‘consequences.’ India's war effort has increased enor- niously since Gandhi's Civil Dis- obedience order. Gandhi has declared that there can be"no peace until the Indians can ‘solve their communal problem. “MR. THOMAS REPLIES: Colonel ‘Stewart-Roddie by selective and partial quotation misrepresents Gan- dhi's position as badly as he does the Cripps proposals which did not offer ‘India freedom NOW except for “power to make a separate peace.” The Viceroy kept his dictatorial powers. The British Government con- ditions promises of Indian freedom on India’s achieving a degree of unity which “will satisfy rulers who systematically cultivate and exploit disunity. Winston Churchill's: “we mean to hold our own” is his Gov- ernment’s true po ition. Hence his Viceroy refused to see Gandhi or more recently to permit the mod- Lt. Col. W. Stewart-Roddie British Authority and Lecturer on Indian Affairs COL. STEWART-RODDIE OPENS: | Britain’s Indian policy is based on the inescapable truth that the Con- gress Party (not to be mistaken with | Congress in the American sense, it being a political party predominant- ly Hindu) could not remain in power without the aid of British bayonets. Freedom now for India would bring about an attempt to force Hindu rule on 94 million Moslems who are determined to resist, and well cap- able of doing so. Neither would the depressed classes, Sikhs, princes and others submit to Congress Party | domination. Freedom now would un- leash age-old hatreds that would create disorder and seriously hamper India’s war effort, which at present | is not nearly as inconsequential as many propagandists would have one listments have increased enormously. the limited facilities and resources. Obviously, the war effort would be better could an Indian government, whole-heartedly for war be formed. But Gandhi's position as the world’s most determined pacifist, whose “in- ner voice” has been quite inconsis- tent, is not conducive to confidence. are admittedly a hazard to the war effort; but the risks involved in giv- ing immediate freedom are infinitely greater than those now prevailing. MR. THOMAS CHALLENGES: Anti-democratic -censorship, British and American, operates to keep frora the people of our two countries facts about Britisa repression in India and an exchange of opinions about India and related issues. Evidently it does not operate against visiting propa- gandists, Cripps’ negotiations broke on the issue of the Viceroy’s powers, which the British exploit. Gandhi and Nehru both expressly accepted Britain and American military co- operation with a free India. Both would welcome mediation on de- tailed arrangements. It is the British Government which refuses fos Churchill's imperialist reasons, dise ingenuously rationalized for Ameri- can consumption. PLIES: American journalists have frequently stated that British censor- ship is only exercised when infor- altar believe. Production and Army en- | Production is very good considering | The internal problems of India | not on the Hindu-Moslem problem , COL, STEWART-RODDIE RBE- Hilburn Saunders called up the sheriff's office, shortly after 6} o’clock last evening, and said, according to Chief Deputy Sher-! iff A. H. McInnis, “I’ve shot my wife and want to come down to give myself up.” But the sherfif’s office had heard about the shooting and} was looking for Saunders. How- ever, Chief McInnis replied, “All right, come on down.” “First tell me how badly my wife’s injured,” Saunders coun- tered. 2 “She’s not injured at all,” Mc- Innis replied. “All right, I'll be right down.” Saunders gave himself up, and was locked up without bail on a charge of attempted murder. Chief McInnis said that, so far as he had learned, Mrs. Saunders has obtained a divorce and that, during a dispute about the di- vorce, Saunders threatened to kill her. She ran from the house and he shot at her three times, all of the shots going wild. Saunders will be’arraigned at 5 o'clock this afternoon before Justice of the Peace Enrique Es- quinaldo. CARL M. SMITH ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT On instructions received by jthe sheriff's office from Miami, Carl M. Smith was arrested last night on a charge of embezzle- | ;ment and lodged in the county | jail. | Sheriff Coleman of Dade coun-} ty informed Chief Deputy Sher- iff McInnis that Smith is wanted | in Miami for embezzlement. Cole- |man added, however, that Mc-| Innis was authorized to release Smith if he put up a bond of| '$250. The bond was _ provided jand Smith was set free, with in- jstructions to go to Miami for trial of the case against him. Chief McInnis said that, so! far as he could learn, the charge is an outgrowth of a real estate transaction. ficers for the coming year has not yet taken place. When our former Boy Scout chairman, M. E. Berkowitz, left the city, J. J. Trevor, according to newspaper reports, was elected to the office of district chairman. However, owing to the press of business, Mr. Trevor was forced to resign and the office has been vacant. We do hope that all men in- terested in scouting in the Mon- Convent of Mary Immaculate and attended the convention with many of her school mates under the supervision of the Sisters. roe district will get together be- fore December 15th and elect the new officers for the coming year. Ernest Avila, local Boy Scout: leader asks that all men inter- ested in scouting to please contact him at his home, 514 Elizabeth street immediately. | | Cocccccccccscccce FOR SALE FOR SALE—Piano, Bedroom and Living Room Furniture. Can be seen from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m at Habana-Madrid, Front and Duval Sts. dec2-tf FANS, AIR CONDITIONERS. See Thomas at the Skating Rink. sept30-tf TRAILER, with good Sleeps 4. Oil range. Mastic Park, United St. dec7-6tx rubber. Easley. FOR SALE—Trailer, late model, 23 feet. Trailer Park, next to Gulf Station on Division street. dec8-2tx TRAILER FOR SALE—Forced to sell. Range-stove, Frigidaire, full-size Bed and Dresser. Good tires, tag, awning, dishes, silver, cooking utensils. A Simmons, Southern Inn, 612 Simonton street. Make offer. dec9-4tx FOR SALE—Rotary Neostyle Duplicating Machine. In good condition. Bargain. Apply Pe- ter Schutt, Manager, Marina. HOUSE TRAILER, fully equip- ped, Ice Box, Stove, Electric Brakes, good tires, excellent outside and inside finish; sleeps four comfortably, also extra canvas room in front of Trailer. Original price of Trail- PRESENTS FIGURES ON COST OF LIVING! According to information re- | ceived today by the Key West | Chamber of Commerce, the cost of living in Florida has gone up 31 per cent above the depression low +: reached in June, 1933, and 59) per cent above the pre-World War | I level of December, 1914. The indexes prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics are based on the 1935-39 average. Flor- | ida costs have risen 22 per cent) above those of the base period, 4) per cent more than the national in- | crease. It is interesting to note} that the highest level resulting from World War I was reached, | not during the war, but in June, | 1920, or 19 months after the end of the war. Prices for that date were the highest reported and were 32 per cent above current levels. Lagest increases in Florida have been in food costs, now 34 per cent above the 1935-39 aver- age. The second largest increase | ‘is in cost of clothing, now 25 per | cent above the base period. This | trend has been nation-wide, though the average for the coun- try as a whole has not increased quite as much as that for Florida. UNUSUALLY MILD er $1,395. Priced to sell, $695. Apply corner Olivia and Geor- gia streets or 515 Fleming street. dec5-4tx HELP WANTED ‘WANTED—Young Girl or Man to work in dry cleaning estab-! lishment. Apply White Star Cleaners, opposite Bowling Al- leys, Duval St. nov3-tf WANTED — Fountain Counter Girls and Waitresses_ salary. Southernmost Pharmacy. WAITRESSES WANTED. Side- walk Cafe, Duval and Fleming sept22-tf WANTED—Experienced man to sell produce to grocers, hotels and restaurants. Address Pro- duce, co The Citizen. WANTED — Young Lady Bar Cashier, hours 6 p.m. until midnight. Also, experienced P.B.X. operator. Salary and meals, with both position. Ap- ply G. A. Brinkman, Manager La Concha Hotel. dec7-3t PROFESSIONAL LOUIS A. HARRIS NEW YORK.—The climate of | the Fiji Islands is unusually mild | for the tropics; the temperature ‘seldom rises above 90 degrees. The U.S. Army has taken | over two whole floors of the Florida National Bank Building in Orlando, in connection with | the expansion program of the} | Fighter Command School recent- ly established in the central Florida metropolis. | CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank each and! everyone of our friends for their | mation might be useful to the enemy. ' many deeds of kindness in our | What is the difference between “vis-! hereavement in the death of our} iting propagandists” and indigenous | or resident ones? There has never been British exploit of Hindu and Moslem differences. Gandhi said: “At- tainment of independence is impos- ie., Hindus and Moslems, “do not solve our own com- munal tangle.” Gandhi will cooperate only with non-violence. He will urge the disbanding of the Indian army and “negotiate with Japan. There is erate “C.R.” to see him for further negotiation. This way lies disaster. ee ee oe no room for negotiations (with Brit- ain). Either they recognize dence er they don't" <--—— .—— eer 4 KNIGHT, JR. AND F. beloved infant son, especially the | | members of the Pritchard Funeral | Home, whose kindness and sym- | | pathy will always be remembered. | We feel exceedingly grateful to} | all who helped to alleviate our! profound sorrow, and assure them | their acts of kindness will always | be remembered. LIEUT. AND MRS. JOS. W. ‘AMILY. | secd- it! Attorney-at-Law 217 Duval St. Phone 252 sept25-tf FOR RENT FOR RENT—Double Room, two beds. Near Army Barracks. 1220 Newton. dec8-3tx FOUND FOUND—Small White Dog. Tag 160801X. Injured by car. 69-2 Poinciana Place. dec9-1tx STRAND THEATER VIRGINIA BRUCE in Careful, Soft Shoulder Coming: “Flight Lieutenant” MONROE THEATER Constance Bennett in “WILD BILL HICKOK RID! and “RINGS ON HER FINGERS” Coming: “SABOTEUR” home ready to move into. Mr.} Casa | dec8-6t' nov21-tfx | Classified Column WANTED WANTED—Gas Stove, Electric Ice Box and other housheold furniture. Call or address E. G. Laird, clo The Citizen. novi6-tf ee i ee $25.00 REWARD for information which will find desirable Apart- ment or House for rent. Call R. W. Bastian, 790, Extension 292. nov28-12tx | WANTED—A chance to bid on your next printing order. THE ARTMAN PRESS. jly9-tt COAT~ HANGERS WANTED, $1.00 a hundred. White Star Cleaners, 701% Duval St. oct6-tf WANTED TO BUY—Electric Irons. Must be in good condi- tion, Address P.O. Box 604. dec8-tf i 1 LOST LOST—Light Brown Hound Dog, answers to name Jim, has brown collar. If found, phone 220 or 470. Reward. John Car- bonell. dec4-tf | LOST—Gas Ration Book issued in names of W. A. Putnam, Jr., and .A. A. Sterling, Jr., for Nash-Lafayette. License, num- ber 38D1473, Florida, 1942. LOST — Pocketbook, containing money, keys and. green and white stone ring, a. gift from deceased mother. Finder please call Phone 310-J. Reward. dec8-3tx ALTERATIONS; DRESSMAKING piesa lial See ALTERATIONS - and DRESS- MAKING. Mrs. Walter Heaton, 2 Charles St. Prompt Service. dec3-12tx RUTH and CHARLOTTE Formerly of Boston and New York. Specialists in ALTERA- TIONS and DRESSMAKING for Men, Women and Children. Expert workmanship at rea- sonable prices. 1215 Royal St., off United, 800 Block. dec9-6t | EXTERMINATOR ANTS and ROACHES eliminated from Apartments and Homes; guaranteed work; termites killed in furniture and pianos permanently; city references; also rats, mice, ticks, bed bugs, fleas and land crabs in lawns. Phone 9176, call 8-10 a.m. Let us give you an estimate FREE. F. E. C. EXTERMINATORS, 1119 White street. dec5-8tx REAL ESTATE Business or Residential Lots al} Parts of the Island; Terms J..OTTO KIRCHHEINER Realtor Phones 124 and 736-R 505 i { | | Duval oct8-tf ee cee GIES TSE FIREMEN’S TROPICAL PARK 712 Duval Street ‘ PLAY BINGO | FOR ALL | Kiddie AUTOS and PLANES for ‘ the Children vvvVvVvVvse~ KEY WEST BEDDING CO. 9 (FNS).—A post- war market will be waiting for the manufacturer, distributor. and business man who has had the foresight to keep his name alive and his good will protected through advertising in these day of all-out war effort, C. Park Persons, regional manager, U. S. Department of Commerce, told the annual business conference of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce here last week. A survey made by the Nation- al chamber shows that billions of dollars worth of potential buying power will be accumulat- ed, partly through savings but mostly because of the public’s long-time inability to purchare. he said. There will be a market for 1,500,000 mechanical refrig- erators and 2,100,000 automobiles, according to the survey, and these two products are enough to show the future trend. If we need any further proof, we need only look in our homes and in of our. neighbors and friends and note the piled-up wants, he said. New discoveries that make our machines of war more effective today can be transformed quick- ly into good of peace that will bring profitable business to their manufacturers and their distribu- | qj ate the necessity of building Am-/| tion tors, he pointed out, and adde that business men keeping in touch with the customers of to- morrow through advertising will have laid the groundwork for a flow of orders when the flood gates of a pent-up purchasing power are opened. This advertis- ing is also helping to preserve | tions have indicated that growing dandelions might be hooked up } With the American sugar beet in- | dastry and that present sugar beet equipment in 67 huge west-! ern factories is suitable for par- | tially extracting rubber. | But again, don’t count your tires before they're grown. The ituation, agricultural experts is very complex and only a meager start has been made to- ward solving it. The facts are i | 1. First cuttings from U. S. for- | est service experimental plantings of Russian dandelions in Montana have been harvested. 2. The yield was estimated by R. A. Coster, in charge of Mon- tana plantations. at from 4,500 to 5,000 pounds of roots per acre, pable of producing from 150 to (0 pounds of rubber per acre. lis yield was greater than the average in Russia but it was from irrigated land whereas in Russia jdry land is utilized a | The plants matured in about |one-half the” z | Sia. | 4. The locations in the United | States where it appears the dan- delion will grow best coifitides exactly with the present sugar beet growing areas. In Russia the roots have been processed in sugar beet factories. This is im- portant because it would elimin- | erican processing plants requiring strategic materials, such as steel “From initial experiments, would say that the Russian d delion appears to be a succe crop on the Montana planta’ where it was planted,” says C ter. Additional experiments m I and to strengthen our free en-| terprise system, he concluded. e ‘WEATHER REPORT Observation taken at 8:30 a. m., E.W.T. (City Office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean - i ae Normal 83 74 78 = 71 Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:30 a..m., inches Total rainfall since Dec. inches Deficiency inches Total rainfall since Jan. 1, inches Deficiency inches Relative Humidity 96% Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 8:01 a. m. Sunset 6:39 p. Moonrise Moonset 9:44 p. m. Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) High Tide Low Tide a.m. 6:19 am. 12:58 p.m. 5:43 p.m FORECAST Key West and Vicinity: what cooler tonight. 0.00 1, eae a 0.43 28.24 1, - since Jan. 8.60 10:28 a. m “The most immediate major |sources of natural rubber are the |wild rubber trees of America but there is that thev will provide |E. W. Brandes, ; | in-charge of rubber investigations for the department of agric r | said recently. } “That is why the Russian dan- delion, which yields rubber the same year it is planted, has been brought in as a pinch hitter on a team that only one bi regular. the cultivated Para rub- ber tree,” he said Western say the possi j nizing the beets and | scale, using t processing both troj | ) SPEEDY SURE RELIEF FOR ACID INDIGESTION Phone 177 Free Delivery |most of a County Tyrone at their wedding. The bride is Corperal Regina Dorothy Rochester from the Isle jof Wight Two tttickléads°‘df Leghorn’s | fellow soldiers attended the cere- jmony performed by Captain Je- seph Walker, chaplain of the unit. But Not Too Bloody Mrs. Youngbride (telephoning grocer)—I want you to send me jtwo pounds of beefsteak. | Grocer—What kind would you | like? H Mrs. Youngbride — Id like | rare, please. Questions and Answers Teacher—What is the differ- jence between a cow and a calf? Willie—A big feed bill, mum. it j ber, are not too promising For one the growing of sugar bee Ss part of an agricul- tural crop cycle in which the crops, are diversified so that the soil is enriched instead of erished. These and livestock feeds. If dar are raised, these food crops would —_ to be eliminated unless more lland could be duction And ready ar age, scarc other f — Coughs . 1 from common colds SHOPPERS— Until Christmas we will be open from 7 P. M. to 8 P. M. fer your tF You'Re Looxwe Fon Florida: Slightly colder in cen- gaaeeeseecececeeee Ss tral and south portions, and con- tinued cold in north portion to-| night, preceded by showers near the southeast coast this _ after- noon. * Hatteras, N. C., to Apalachi- cola, Fla: No small craft or storm warnings have been issued HMAENANAQULAQAUNLANUUUEEOUANAHOUUUEEOOUUAUILIE America CALLS On You VISION is America’s most priceless war-time asset ... and its conservation ins in your hands. Today, in more refrac- tions than ever before, cases of light-sensitivity are noted . . and these eyes are reducing ef ficiency, slowing production. sabotaging morale. Here in- deed is clear indication of. the necessity for a check for light tolerance in every refraction and... and the prescription of neutrality absorptive Soft-Lite Lenses when their need is re- vealed. | Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. 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