The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 8, 1943, Page 4

PAGE FOUR RED CROSS CHAPTER DEPOSITS MORE THAN FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS IN DRIVE LAUNCHED The Red Cross Chapter an-' nounces $1,543.74 deposited to, date in the War Fund Drive. House to house canvassing has begun and Mrs, W. R. Warren re-i ports the following Zone Chair- man: i Mrs, ‘A; ‘M. Morgan, Mrs. Carl! Beérvaldi,‘* Mys. George Archer, Mrs: Clarence Shine, Mrs, Howard ; Wilson, Mrs: B. J. Bayly, Mrs. John Fleming; ‘Miss Anne‘'*Kennedy, Mrs. William Fripp, Mrs. Daniel! Sharp, afidMrs. ‘Charles.H. Ward- low, Jr. . { A teacher has been named in each of the schools to be respon- sible for the contributions of the staff, and each of the housing Projects have a Chairman in charge. The Reverend Soder and Grace Palacios are in charge of the soli- citing among the colored citizens. Mrs. Warren and Mrs. Dan Na- varro will call at all the stores with the exception of those on Du- val street. Mrs. Warren states that, “If you haven’t been contacted as yet not to be impatient. It takes time to cover the entire city and one way you can cooperate with’ the’ 'val- unteer canvassery Ais chyyJeaving your contribution. with someone at home if you es go out. “Be as genero! ‘Your Re- member this is mowe ‘tha ta membership drive. We are at war and the Red Cross needs funds to continue its wonderful wark.” The following is a list of the latest contributors: Porter-Allen Company ._..$50.00 Frank Johnson 10.00 Charles Atcheson - 5.00 Mrs. E. J. Lytle, Jr. 5.00 Edison Cruz 2.00 John M. Good 1.50 Evelyn S. Good 1.50 Henry Weber tS Francisco Hernandez Nellie Gomez 5 FIRST OF MARCH RED CROSS REEL AT STRAND TODAY A ten-minute reel on the Red Cross is running at the Strand Theater - today. i opened at the ’ 2 on March 2° Doig sedate Monroe Theater in three days. “If you want to see where your money contributed to the Red Cross is spent. drop in and see this reel in ac- tion.” local Red Cross of- ficials said today. TOPS 10 PERCENT TO SAVE FUNDS TO PEACETIME BUYING By CLINTON R. HANNA (Cited by President Roosevélt and War Production Board as one of 10 American workers who made an extraordinary contribution to the War Effort). “T consider the purchase of War Savings Bonds both necessary to the prosecution of the war and de- sirable ‘for the accumulation of purchasing power for peace time projects! after ‘the war. I am buy- ing bonds directly and also through my!company’s Payroll} Savirigs Plan’ in amounts exceed- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Naval activities, Rear Admiral W. B. Young, paymaster general for the U. S. Navy, was entertained at the home of Captain Tucker Gibbs, whom he has known for many years during his Naval career. Admiral Young (front right) is shown with Captain Gibbs and a group of Naval officers Admiral Young Entertained By Captain Gibbs Official Navy Photograph for an informal chat with the Admiral. was accompanied here by Lieutenant- Commander J. W. Boundy of the staff of Rear Admiral A. B. Cook of Jack- comme and Lieutenant-Commander C. T. Abbott of Wash- ington. -PEOPLE’S FORUM The Cinsen welcomes expres- of the views of its read- ers, it the editer reserves the right to delete which are considered a warranted. The writers should be fair and confine the letters to 300 write y nal, paper of San Juan, because of | existing Continental ~ contracts} while store houses were bursting with sugar because of no shipping ! space. Corruption of the vilest sort was | | exposed in the World Journal of! } the Asylum, comparable to. the ghetto of Poland, of the municipal os hospital, tales that were horrid “LET US BE THANKFUL” truths. Go to Santurce and follow Editor, The Citizen: | the road to San Palacio and there The wheels of the train pulsated | before your eyes is a revelation | like the sound of a thousand can-| 0f human fellowship that unbear-} non as I lay in an uppper berth! able poverty that would make you speeding towards Washington. Be-| tu"? your head and say—my, God, | hind were the days and nights of 8 it possible? 1 tense waiting and watching for! These people are our fellow} be published unless requested otherwise. | to Rico: food. on our fighting ships in the| Caribbean to get it there. We must | keep faith, there is no alternative; —your complacency to the suf-} fering of others may lead to your} own destruction. If we fail others, | others in turn can fail us—we are} Americans and in that name let us} carry the torch of mercy to Puer-} | Answers to YOUR WAR QUESTIONS Send Home-Front Queries to Regional OEM Information Office In Care of This Paper I hear civilians and uniformed} men speak of this “dump.” Let the} civilian or. the uniformed men go to some of our bases andI am! Q—I have been saving tin cans assured he would be glad to be| but don’t know what to rn with back in this “dump.” We are ra-| them. Where can I find out? tioned, but if that is what it is go-} A.—Contact your local salvage ing to take to win Victory we can| committe endure more and more, but let it; be in a level headed manner. The morale of the fighting front must! be maintained and it is up to you,} our average American, to do it. Key West is not a metropolis; Q.—My broth in the Nav. has been reporte issing in tion.” Should I receive his salary from the date he was reported missing? MONDAY, MAR( WEATHER REPORT the | Observa a EWwT P..T. ASSN. MEETS ON | TUESDAY AFTERNOON) | { | The monthly meeting Street Schooi will be held Tuesds jat 3 o'clock with siding. The Room scheduled for All member tend ken at 8:30 City Office 2 | Division By GLADYS DEGNER AP Features Writer | Mz your gas stove ithe duration, and you" lit hotter for the Ax | weapons are being made |the materials that used to |to kitchen ranges. | Here are a few rules to prac- WHILE HERE on a routine inspection of the island’s| who gathered at the Gibbs’ home last Thursday afternoon | tice in caring for your stove Admiral Young | 1.—Watch the heat. Always th } pilot are 2 openings wunclogged. 4 2. Prevent rust. It iswgged|cole, Pla {Practice to leave the ovem gogrpstorm v jopen for a” few minutes “@ftes} sued. ‘baking or using the broiler, so jthat the steam will escape. | 3. Protect the enamel. Sudden {changes in temperature, scratch- es, blows and acids are apt to| had thi r jcrack the enamel surface. Nev-}of the 18th century. jer use a sharp instrument to {scrape off spills; wipe them up with a damp cloth before they tick. 4. Keep stove clean. You can do this while} cooking by pre- venting food! where you feel it—rub throat, chest and an enemy submarine. At last Fhad| Americans. The Senatorial Com-| returned. to the United States, and; ™ittee has returned. If I were} ave | never has it meant so much, I could| given the opportunity there is! people here charging sixty-five; hear those about me speaking the | much I'could tell of how we have|dollars a month for a room, as; language that is so richly ours,j failed our Southern Brothers. Let} their motto is, “Squeeze the dollar! us be thankful eleven hundred! and defense worker for victory,” | Vicente Ramos - Luise Gardner Abelardo Lopez, Sr. - Ernesta Lopez Gerrard McClure back with time-tested STRAND THEATER and I feel ashamed to say we have! A._No. His salary is withheld} and accrues for him. Should it be determined he was lost in action, | the salary will be paid to his! estate. from running over. Use aj larger pan, cov-| er it with the lid when the} Evangeline Lopez —. Robert Starling T. W. Mitchel - T. D. Scott W. W. Johnson — R. Parker Catherine Jaffe - Mabel P. Green Geraldine Blissitt John Pla _ Harold Pinder - F. D, Scott Mrs. C. D. Vester Mrs. J. Church E S. Yates James Autrobus Jerry J. Trevor John Joseph Pinder Miss A. Baldwin A. W. Marvel Mrs. Louis F. Eaton, Jr. F. L. Kiser Edward Foyes Paul Smith Charles L. Fawcett Mrs. Louise Grant Ben C. Williams P. Kemp ,Williams Rhoda Williams John Pla Van Felton Frank Smith Alice M. White Ralph H. Sawyer Cc. L. Anslow - i ern eS KISERS HAVE GIRL: Announcement has beet’ made of the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Kiser in a Miami hospital on March 3. The new arrival has been given the name of Carol Ann, ey | Mrs. Kiser before marriage) was Miss Elinor Davis. familiar- yn among her numerous in Key West as “Sister She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Davis, who} formerly resided in Key West. Mr. Kiser is the son of Mr. T. L. Kiser, 1216 Pe-| t, of this city. tronia str ORLANDO BRANLY UNDER TRAINING | (Speciat to The Citizen) CAMP) PICKETT, Va., Mar. 8. Orlando | Branly, 710 North Beach’ Street; Key West, Fla., is now!” stationed’: at the U.S. Avitiy’s Medical Replacement Training’ Center here where he} is undergoing intensive physical, military and specialized Medical training. Upon completion of _ training, Medical soldiers are assigned to} | hospitals or to tactical units of the Army to serve on the world’s| ! fighting fronts along with fantrymen, Cavalrymen, lerymen, ete. In- Artil- The only unarmed _ battlefield | | soldier of the Army, the Medical} { “to conserve | | Soldier's mission is j fers the most convenient: means ; search department manager for {ing motion pictures CLINTON R. HANNA Jn Excess of 10 Per Cent: ing the 10 per cent figure asked. The deduction plan I believe of- ; | of doing one’s patriotic. duty.” ee * Clinton R, Hanna lives in East Pittsburgh, Pa., and he is a re- the Westinghouse Electric and| something to cling to. and to me every syllable was) miles of submarine infested wa- ters does not puncture our food supply lines, and we are not toss- ed about from one Department te; another. I have come from the} reality and the people of Puerto Rico are loyal Americans, and hav- ing lived with them and worked! with them and knowing of the corruption they mast endure ‘to’ survive, I hope there will be less yelling and more action. We ‘can get food to Africa and there is'no can’t get it to Behind in Puerto Rico I had left! months of continuous watching! of the situation grow from “bad to| worse.” Here in the U. S., no} pleasure driving, no sugar, ra-| tioned canned goods—well, my good Continental friend, our fel- low Americans in Puerto Rico, except the Civil Servants who are; entitled to commissary privileges, feel we have in some measure broken trust with him. I talked to many, and they cannot compre- n hend what our attitude is towards | Puerto. Rico. Puerto Rico. Could you but see the| This is not a political argument. | damnable effects of malnutrition! Let me say now for the sake of} | jreason why we i Manufacturing Co. He was born December 17, 1899, at Indian- aoplis, Indiana. He was graduated from Purdue in 1922, from which university he later received an engineering degree in 1926. He) went to work for the Westing- house Company and spent eight} years in the development of talk- and sound equipment and in 1930 was ap- pointed manager of the develop- ment division of the Westing-/ house Research Laboratories, Dur- | ing this time he developed the} Silverstat Voltage Regulator, the | basic idea of which was suggested | to him while thumbing through a | deck of cards. In 1937 he was | named mahager of the Electro- | Mechanical Department of the laboratories, which position he still holdsiHe did much work with | fegulator’ Systems and the meth- } ' ods he made :possible are employ- | ed in the wind tunnel at Wright} Field and in Navy aircraft. | Mr. Hanna suggested a method of increasing the effectiveness of Army tanks. The method, a mili- | tary secret, is classed by the U. S.} Army as “an outstanding con-| tribution” to ordnance material, | and first achieved public atten- tion through the efforts of the | joint labor-management War Production Drive committee at his plant. VISITING HERE Lieutenant Charles J. P. Col-| lins, who graduated from the Army Administration Officers’ Candidate School at Mississippi State College on March 3, is vis- iting his, mother, Mrs, Charles A. Collins, and his sister, Mrs. | |W. E. Julian. | i GOOD THROUGH MARCH (CANNED GOODS) ut } if | the fighting strength”—a sion vital to victory, mis- STAMPS A, BandC | | undernourished bodies and miser-|They are bearing a burden in | ably pitiful existence, you woulfl Puerto Rico you cannot surmise, on the poor class of people, their | humanity, support your Red Cross. say, “Let us here be thankful.” {| and the splendid work they are Our shipping has been needefl' doing to repatriate Continental ; all over the world, but can you| Americans is worthy of praise. | visualize two million people on Their financial burden is stagger- | piece of land as long as from h ing. You may be to Marathon and thirty miles|from Maine or California, but to- | wide with forty per cent of that| night before you say—“Today is so mountainous it is invaluable./ done,” add another sigh, “Let us Sugar was brought to Puerto Rico} be thankful.” If we have made a by certain departments and _this| mistake, in the name of humanity, was admitted to the World Jour- let us rec PYTTT TTT dd FOR SALE | HELP WANTED FOR SALE—Electric Frigidaire, | electric irons, iaeeeneeen Girls and “Waitresses. Good trailers. Apply at ‘Skating! salary. Southernmost City Rink. mar5-tfi Pharmacy. mar1-tf j WANTED — Fountain Counter TECHNICAL BOOKS — New| WAITRESS WANTED. Side- Spinner’ wey oe ey walk Cafe, Duval and Tews a ™: tt you dines of postage and} j March 5, 194: a Floridian, ; tify it if we have to send; but I assure you that you will find | the average Key Wester a kind and agreeable fellow and more} sugar rationing, I had too much than willing to share their cordial-| sugar on hand and registered but ity with one and all. Some day we} did not get Ration Book No. 1. will get ical eae a i How can I get Ration Book No. 2? our town and wate! ings hum.| A.—Go to your War Price and This all sounds irrevelant, but my | Rationing Bond and get Book friend, the same thing happened| No, 1, in Puerto Rieo, «leave it to the) other fellow, and believe me the} Q—1s ration’ stamp No. 17 other ‘fellow srabbed oe we necessary in buying second-hand Americans are a go0' sort but) shoes? we like liberty, equality and jus-) A.—Not if the shoes have been tice not for the privileged, but for | worn before. all. Q—During registration for recipe calls for one, and re-! duce the heat after food - be-} | < gins to boil.! | Eliminate sprinkling salt on the} . |stove by adding it before you | put the kettle on. 5. Wash stove often — every time you do the dishes. Use soap |and water not harsh asives and dry all parts thoroughly | Don’t -forget the broiler, the catch-all pan under the burners or the oven. TYRONE POWER in “THIS ABOVE ALL” Coming: “LUCKY LEGS™ MONROE THEATER MONTY WOOLEY in THE PIED PIPER It’s All Heart and Thrills ALBERT G. ROBERTS. Key West, Fla. Bee Military fliers alwavs try to eat} hefore taking’ off because tests have shown that a full stomach best withstands high altitudes. LEGAL NOTICE All persons are hereby notified that a request has been made by]. the United States Naval Operat- ling- Base, Key West, Florida, tol close-the drawspan of the Moser} Channel Drawbridge for the pe-} riod from March 8, 1943, to March 23, 1943. Request hasj !been' made to the United States) | Engineers Office at Miami Beach, Florida, and any: person wishing | jto. interpose an objection to such closure shall make such objec- tion in writing to the War De- partment, United States Engi-| neers Office, Miami Beach, Flor-} ida. | LIEUTENANT COMMANDER | K. M. FENWICK, | Public Works Officer, Naval Op-| erating Base, Key West, Florida. | mar8-15-22,1943 | j | ! | | weeks of waiting. PAUL! SMITH, bookseller, 334 Simon- | ton St. at Eaton St. Ww feb13tomar27 | REAL ESTATE | Business or Residential Lots all] parts of the Island; Terms J. OTTO KIRCHHEINER WANTED E BUY OLD RECORDS, whole or broken. Factory needs scrap. J. R. Stowers Company. feb12-tf OLD RAGS. Apply The Citizen} Office. feb15-tf Realtor | Phones 124 and 736-R 505 Duval NEWLYWEDS URGENTLY. need jan8-tf| small apartment. No children. No pets. Box SOS, The Citi-/ zen. feb23-tf } LOST ‘TRUCK DRIVER. Monsalvatge} | & Drane. mar2-if | WANTED. Phone. 282, White Star Duval St marl-tf LOST—White Spitz Pup, child’s pet. Answers to name of! Princie. Strayed from Duval) and Caroline. Liberal reward; COAT HANGERS for returni*to Mrs. Joe Comer,! $1.00 a hundred. 224 Duval Street. mar2-6tx! we will call. Cleaners, 7014 LOST — Brown leather wallet, containing large sum of money and identification cards. Find-| $10.00 REWARD for informa- er please return to J. Y. Por-| tion which will find desirable ter Placé, Apt. 15-B, or Tel.) Apartment or House for rent. 164-J. Reward. mar8-2tx| Call Gomez Drug Store, 617-J. J. F. SIKES LICENSED PLUMBER 1306 CATHERINE STREET TENT SERVICE ANGELA STREET Between William and Elizabeth 13 years, _ That's important « } mar8-3tx | HELP WANTED : rs | WANTED—Lady’s Bicycle, must WAITRESS to work dinner hour.! be in good condition. Will pay} Apply immediately Ocean View, cash. Apply Manager, Trop-{ Restaurant, 520 United Street,| ical Park, 712 Duval Street. | Poe ee feb23-tt| mar8-3tx A Monday, Mar. 8 (Tonight) 7:45 o’Clock ELDER K. COCHRAN If everyone who uses the tele- phone talked just 30 seconds less are'so crowded with calls, includ- | SOUTHERN :BELIOTELE fight the war. font you try fo shorten your about 7,000,000 minutes each _ local calls—not just 30 seconds— average working day or over _ but all that’s possible? It will help a lot, too, if you can manage fo time-saving make fewer local calls. PHONEAND TELEGRAPH COMPRRY INCORPORATED