The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 27, 1943, Page 4

PAGE FOUR LIEUT. AT AIRBASE FINALLY SECURES | HIS AUTO LICENSE) The second lieutenant, sta- tioned at the air base on Boca who had trouble with Fred | rdt of the Florida Motor) Vehicle C lission over the pur- chase of an automobile license, has bought a tag, and the case is| closed, Mr. Eberhardt said today, | so far he is concerned, It is} closed also, Sheriff Berlin wyer | stated, as f his office is con- | cerned. 2 The licutenant and his mother galled. on John Milton, in Miami, supervisor in the southern district forthe commission, and the moth- er said that a license hed been bought in South Carolina. Mr. Milton replied that her son would not have to" buy a Florida} tag if he could show he had pur- chased one in South Carolina} before his arrest in Key West. | Mother and son then went downstairs in the same building and bought a Florida tag. Mr. Milton arrived in Key West this morning on one of his regular official visits, and started on his return to Miami shortly after Junch. TWO SOLDIERS ARE RELEASED IN ‘OVER AGE’ REGULATIONS Soldiers who ha or more years of age vpplicd for discharge from the Army in order to enter vital war wor! re beginning to be re ed in the Harbor Defense of Key West. | The commanding officer of the Army post here has announced! that Private Joseph Gonzalez of Tampa, Fla, and John R. Gar- land of Elizabethton, Tenn., both 45, have scharged unde: provisions of recent “over age” regulatior Gonzalez was a plumber before been di: the | Mamma Nature had to have her little joke so she arranged for a} TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY By RUSSELL KAY I don’t trvel any more than I have to nowadays, but occasion- ally I am forced to take ajtrip and my choice of transportation lies between the bus and the train. Last week I went to’ Clewis- ton to get a first’ hapd picture of the damage done by the recent! cold spell and to attend the annual j President’s Dinner of the United! States Sugar Corporation. ) There is little of what one} might term “pleasure” in the train trip from Tampa to Clewiston. The comfortable pullmans_ that used! to operate from here are now busy on more important duties and one must take a local train to Lakeland and change to anoth- er local there. To make it more “fun” you are scheduled to leave at 2:45 a. m., which is several hours before breakfast, even with war time. On this particular occasion temperature of right around freez- ing the morning I was to leave. By the time I arrived at the de- pot it was as cold as a Polar bear’s nose, and as the southbound con- necting train, was late my train was held up an additional hour; and if nothing else happened would leave about 3:45 a. m., which is an ungodly hour, especially when all the nice warm taverns close tighter than a dowager’s | girdle at midnight. I had never given much thought | before to what people do who| have to wait for a train to get | ready to commence to go some! I think the coach I drew was the | one they used to carry Lincoln to!Total rainfall since Feb. -, Washington for his first inaugural —anyhow, it was older than any railway car has a right to be. But} |Observati 1 | | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN "WEATHER REPORT } Observation taken at 8:30 a. m., E.W.T. (City Office) | Temperatures | Highest last 24 ‘hours |Lowest last ment |Mean Normal 78| 62 Precipitation | |Rainfall 24 hours ending | 8:30 a. m., inches 0.00 | {ping out for a little relaxation,,a letter from jbe waiting to play the dance |countant with the OPA in Wash-) | Ma. inches _ Deficiency inches 0.49! ‘since ~ Feb. Me } it had wheels on it, and brother, | Total rainfall since Jan. 1, that’s important nowadays. i Although due to arrive in Clew- | Deficiency iston at 9 a. m., that hour found us puffing and panting neighborhood of less than half way to our destin: tion. In the meantime we had ac- cumulated a car full of soldiers on their way to the air base at Se-; Moonrise bring. At Lake Wales a caterer board- ed the train and passed out a mys- terious liquid he brazenly termed “coffee,” gulp. In our condition we would have paid a quarter for it, just to sniff the steam, but it impressed me as lousy advertising for a state in the| Haines City,/| | Sunrise in paper cups, at l5c a} that takes pride in its old fash-| ioned “Southern Hospitality.” The thought occurred to me that if the Scenic Highlanders, who want to advance the welfare of their section, would arrange to have a couple of hostesses meet! | that train and present each service man with a FREE cup_of orange or grapefruit juice, what a swell) taste it would leave in their| mouths, ard it wouldn’t cost much either.--A little “welcome card” | descriptive of the Scenic High- | lands could accompany the offer- | ling, and the boys would have} something to “write home about.” The ‘glades took it on the chin} from the cold last week which just | about wiped out the tender vege- inches a) 1, iv inches 2.03 Relative Humidity 61% Tomorrow's Almanac | dol 7:28 2:32 a. m.| Moonset 1:47 p. m.} Tomorrow's Tides | (Naval Base) High Tide Low Tide | 5:34 a.m. 10:10 a.m. | 4:40 p.m. 12:22 p.m. since Jan. a.m. Sunset p. m. a. Pp. tion’s “sugar bowl,” but our mar- | ket-basket and rubber reserve as} well. FORECAST West and Key Vicinity: | | | | | “The Store of Quality” PEARLMAN’S, Inc. The Largest. Exclusive Ladies’ Misses’ and Children’s Store in Key West SAVE TO SAVE AMERICA— Buy War Bonds and Stamps! 8} good time. |cola, Fla.: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 'WOMAN LEGISLATOR HERE’S ONE DISH RAYMOND NOND EINHORN RUNS FARM, CARES EVERYBODY LIKES FT. SHERIDAN, fil. Feb their son, Ray-|4P Features. jmond, stating that he has been| WASHINGTON, Feb. cost ac-! Mrs. Josephine A. Mackie, Elkton, music you want to dance to and/|ington, D. C. legislator snd the fiext we- dance you may, from 7 o‘clock! Raymond also writes that he ™&n ever to represent her county, till closing. {has been notified by the Univer-| manages also to run a 270-acre At Sloppy Joe’s there is never |Sity of Illinois that he has passed grain and dairy fa and to rear a cover or minimum charge, so|the CPA examination. and educate ten ch: come along and enjoy the fun, | “Tr make e entertainment cost le sh i jwhatever you wish, but have al an com mores See your friends,| NEW YORK.—The flag of (ACU) Br PY wien and Sway the Sloppy Joe|Argentina consists of three yy a horizontal bars of equal width!) '0) ¢ peer not of sky blue, white, and sky blue, | “ M Ma. i eee |with a figure of the sun in the; ~ = “ache | mee years on the De i | Central Committee. “I have always bee about government, > | guess Maryland chibdoen a ed on politics.” Mrs. Mackie has time for because her children don to help out with respec sibilities at home.” Now her oldest son is Army. Another son, who w joring in chemistry at t '|SLOPPY JOE’S BAR —_|OPA PROMOTION TO AWAITS YOU TONIGHT Sloppy Joe wants to see a Sec and Mes AL. Eihorn, 901 tonight—that is, if you are step- |Duval street, have just received | 27.— ifun and frolic. Russo and his hot band will advanced to principal en woman is qu FLAG OF ARGENTINA ie. Ce eason why any Don't come if you looking for a good time. are Slightly colder tonight. i Florida: Slightly colder __to-} To Applaud night; temperatures 26 to 30 in} Parent, concluding the recital of north about freezing in central) his exploits—“And that, my boy,! portion and-frost to Okeechobee | is what I did in the Great War.” mucklands. | Con—“But, Daddy, why did| Hatteras, N.C. to Apalachi-; they want so many men besides a Small craft warnings | you?” ss will:be lowered at noon today} aay. of Hatteras to St. Marks, la. WMC indicates all pro athletes will become non-deferable. CHAS. ARONOVITZ DEPARTMENT STORE Key West's Largest Store NEW ARRIVALS of... Spring Dresses | When ic Comes to Smart Clothes, you ave To Save America. Buy More War Bonds and Stame= “The Store of Fashion” SEW FOR FUN Sew for Fashion place. I bought a newspaper and a| tables and did plenty of damage NEW ARRIVALS entering the Army last September anc and Garland operated his 150-acre farm prior to beginning Army ser- vice in August Under recent listed men of the reached their 38th 28, 1943, regulations, en- Army who have birthday by February 28 may apply to their commanding officer up to May 1 for discharge to enter vital} industry or farming. Release is granted provided it does not af- fect efficiency of the soldier's or- ganization. LIEUTENANT DYKE IS MADE CAPTAIN | Promotion of Emory E. Dyke, 1144 26th street, Newport News, | Vi from first lieutenant to captain, has been announced by | the commanding officer of the] Harbor Defenses of Key West, where Captain Dyke is persor nel officer and assistant adjut+ ant A graduate of Newport News High School and Virginia Poly- technic Institute of Blacksburg, Va., Captain Dyke had been as-| sociated with the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey at Newport Nev before entering active > with the Army. FOWLERS HAVE GIRL Announcement has been made of the birth of a daughter to Prof. and Mrs. W. E. Fowl at DeLanc on February The new arrival has been given the name of Rebecca Louise. Mr. Fowler principal charge at the School here. COTTONS HAVE SON Mr. and Mrs. E. E, Cotton nounce the birth of an 8-pound-7- ounce son at 4 o'clock p. m., ruary 14th, at the Naval Hospital. The new the name of Robert Wayne. LARGE AMOUNT (Continued from Page One) authorities were high in their praise for the co-operative spirit exhiibted by the citizens of Key West and asked that if anyone has more scrap to be hauled to call Joe Pearlman at No. Major Breidenbach at Army Bar- racks, extension 40. in is magazine and tried to read, but) to the new cane. But those folks it’s a hopeless endeavor with the have the kind of chins that just kind of lighting the average sta-| naturally won't stay down, and tion provides. Got in conversation with a sol- dier who was goading himself with | | before I left they were busy re- planting. The whole area is booming. La- | from Nebraska,” nasty memories of how gullible he | bor shortage is the greatest prob- | had been to fall for those Florida}lem of both the independent! pictures in the rotogravure sec- | grower and the sugar corporation. tions showing glorious girls in There has been plenty of absentee- | sunsuits cavorting beneath the! ism to contend with, and the gov- palms in “Sunny Florida”’—“I’m! ernment’s policy of coddling la-| he says, “but! bor with a didy in one hand and cross my little red heart, Mister, I/a nursing bottle in the other, ain't never been so damned cold | while it tells industry “Shhhhush, | in my life as I am right now. {the baby’s asleep” haSn’t helped While it was pleasant to have a/ any. | fellow sufferer, my state loyalty! 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