The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 16, 1943, Page 4

PAGE FOUR ur Vivian Gets A Bomber Job By VIVIAN BROWN AP Features Writer PATERSON, N. J., Mar. 16. This is what happens when a girl deserts pots and pans, knit- ting needles or typewriter keys, and begins making bombers for with 10 percent additional for night shifts. When a_ depart- ment’s proauction _ increases, workers get bonuses. The swing | | Along with 300 other women, I was interviewed at the em- ployment office. There ‘were | three groups: Those to go to ithe training school for shop since the New Jersey labor laws were changed to provide for women working nights, they are permitted on the graveyard shift is from 4 p. m. to 12, andj. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | SAILORS HELPED BY RED CROSS T CLAIMS OPA RULES| 'ARE NOT OBSERVED, —— { Office of Price Administration | regulations in regard to the sale} | of dried peas, beans and lentils for | ig followed in| DIVISION STREET SCHOOL NOTES The regular meeting of Division {Street School was held at 3 p. m., on Tuesday with the president, Mrs. Grace Lynch, in charge. Af- ter a period of community sing- ing, the organization was enter- tained with several numbers from the Rhythm band. Included in the routine of busi- seed are not bein; | Key West. | The regulations require that UE —ODD BUT SCIENCE— Fur Flys At Hitler By H. W. BLAKESLEE AP Editor NEW YORK, Mar Uncle Sam is going nce t i | thi victory. | Five gigantic plants of the Wright Aeronautical Company are putting to work 20,000 wives, sweethearts, white collar girls ese rationed articles of food can-| Towing tree: !jobs, those who had previous guise of experience, those who preferred} The h, inats clerical jobs. “We all sat in a oe eatin, wes large room with a store: front. deluxe,; bya woman. doctor. A Bejeweled, buxom, fur-coated casehistory: ‘was ‘taken and an} and housekeepers in one of the! or otherwise, most of the wom-|eyé-tést’ and’ gehéral physical biggest mass woman employ-| Housewives whose en, Excellent vision is ment moves ever attempted injen seemed eager to try the) quired and .three days are al-| this country. So, I came over; had gone to war, some who had | lowed to visit an optometrist and from New York to try out on/never worked before and an| get corrected lenses, if needed. | | a job. | ex-social worker comprised our; After being photographed at shops. One slim little girl said! own little group. | badge and fingerprinted 1 Sor ait she'd try it if “it killed her”.! Sixty cents an hour is the pay! set for the two-weeks’ training | j course; a week of classroom work! | and one of shop work. | | Classes are held at a vocational | cE | School near the plant. We All re-| | ceived a time-card and the classes | ‘were from 4 to 11:15 Pp. m., with! shift from 12 to 8 a. m. ness was the appointment of the! not be sold for seed without r | nominating committee who will} tion coupons, unless packed in| less powde | Propose officers for the coming] containers labeled with a Federal, Seg = ‘ | year. The award, to the room hav- ‘Label, or a label approved by the| e Hercule: |.ing the most parents present to! epartment of Agriculture, desig- Cottor | Mrs. Cabot’s room. ‘The door prize| nating the packane ae ceed | ceawine was won by Mrs. J. N Purchasers of dried peas, beans 3 af sate oe r lentils must present ration li The serirens of ee soy i = oupons for these commodities y lbeeted by; Mrs. Belilva “Salvaje, bought for consumption as j Field Direction Office of the Amer-; food. ican Red Cross, stationed at the The conch United States Naval Hospital, | o, peut here in Key West. In a masterful | x Fi ae + “ ,).| Lhe Rationing Board will not is ang Eee agape vec Sal sue certificates for replacement of vo explained the workings and} - | Stocks of these items, sold o- | = needs of the American Red Cross | * BBR EAT mone |less powder. But there wasn't from the local field, on through to | !tion of ah > WINTER ‘enough cotton available for the the work done on the field of bat- | Member Ration Board 38-1, |American war program tle. i We : 0d, used The Parent Teachers Associa-| rayon, was natural ai to tion organization is deeply grate- iele out the cotton. But use o |ful to Mrs. Salvo and also to the | cased. teas! sendilhed dai? organization that released her for of uncertain quality. The Her- thsi occasion. cules Company put research men jon the job. | There have {Good wood pulp smokeless pow- der, and an increase in output thank | Of the explosive due to impprov- process was LET'S GIVE EM A BLAST ( OF GOOD OLD OAK =_\\THIS TIME, Men f cS point value is 4 me | Official Navy Photograph} THE AMERICAN RED CROSS office of the Naval Operating Base solves many financial troubles and domestic difficulties of the service personnel in the Key West area. Its chief duties are ar- ranging emergency leaves and providing funds for men wishing to go home because of illness in the family. Assistant Field Di- rector W. B. Pirkle, left. is revie the request of Ray Kautz, Sea2c, Coast Guardsman from who posed especially for this illustration of the project. Presenting Kautz with a check is Field Director W. A. Myers, who is in of the NOB Red Cross Office. alread ake CARD OF THANKS - We take this means a | tending our heartfelt {tion to the many friends th | were so kind and considerate WEATHER REPORT |: "ssosci"aot*s death of our beloved one, Eric | Adams. We wish to. especially |the donors of floral offerings,|ed manufacturing methods “|and those who donated the use The Weyerhauser Timber Com- of their cars for the funeral, and| pany of Longview, Wash. coop- 0 | all others who assisted us in any | €rated ‘in the development. The ~"go| Way, assuring one and all that} wood methods were adapted so 77 their many kind deeds will al-| that all the American pulp wood 73| Ways be remembered. companies can contribute some bare MRS. LYDIA ADAMS wood for powder. One gain, pre- dicted by the Hercules an- nouncement, is a saving of $20, 000,000 in 1943.. of appre been two results i] Precipitation | Rainfall 24 hours enJing { 8:30 a. m., inches - i jTotal rainfall since Mar. inches Excess inches Total rainfall since Jan. inches Deficiency inches ... speed = Relative Humidity 70% Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise _ 7:34 a. m. Sunset — _ 7:37 p. m. | Moonrise . 4:07 p.m. | Moonset —S uuuuuu | Moonset _..- 4:49 a. m. | Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) | High Tide Lowes Tide 9:00 a.m. 2:12 a.m, and FAMILY. 0.00 mar16-1tx REKKKEKREREEER EERE | GOOD UNTIL JUNE 15) HOE STRAND THEA BRIAN DONLEVY in THE GLASS KEY Coming: “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch” MONROE THEATER FRANKIE ALBERT in “SPIRIT OF STANFORD” and “King of Dodge City” Coming: “This' Time For Keeps” since March | i | 0.74 | j HOW IT’S DONE: Vivian (left) learns machine care. TALKING ABOUT. TAXES By J. E, JONES WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 16.) that possibly could be produced —tThe U. S. Treastiry, has recently | during the time it is operating. added about 5,400 deputy collec-| ‘There has come to hand an un- tors of internal revenue and clerks : to its staff, making’a tax collect-| USUAlly clear explanation of why| such production conditions exist. It 2.62 since Jan. 1.36 Answers to YOUR WAR QUESTIONS Send Home-Front Queries to STAMP NO. 17 (Sugar Book) Good For One Pair AAUROUUROU UU ULE within two blocks of the Premises. There were 125 girls in our class| desks — and another 100 who! Mathematics, science, measuring J ti J \ Observation taken at 8:30 a. m. PARTY PLANNED BY ‘CUPATIONAL CLERK | { which was the gist of the measur. | Highest last 24 hours | a seamstress said: “For years I’ve! will hold a St. Patrick's Day} Mrs. A. Martinez of’ Division |Normal — of an inch.” It will be a sort of Ladies’| 48° for. Camp Blanding, { | States Army, has been appoint- ominous air that just dares you to j tHe course they are talking of, Will be given. | according to information receiv- calories and formulas. lhe was assigned to duty in Ten- The Poinciana Circle of the} Denver, Colorado, where he is | George Arnold at 86-5 Poinciana} Young Martinez, who is also a r jof Duval street, states that he is j win, program chairman. { signments only a 15 minute lunch Period and a threat of dismissal for smoking Obviously, the course is designed for those with stick-to-it-iveness. | which was of the regular school- | room variety — blackboard and/| ere on their second week, in ne —————— ——-——- - a shop downstairs, H ‘ ST. PATRICK’S DAY _| TONY MARTINEZ ‘NOW ‘| os eat operating shééts were| oc EW.T. (City Office) ; the subjects. Micrometer study, j \ Temperatures LOCAL YACHT CLUB! | IN ARMY. AIR ‘CORPS ! ing tools class, proved most inter- ——— i peters ! Lowest last night | esting. One woman who had been’), The, Key West Yacht Club | Tony Martinez, son of.Mr. andi Mean | been measuring in yards—and now | party tomorrow night in the! Ba | T’ve got to learn about thousandths | clubhouse at the Garrison Bight. | sitet qo, left: fiere rae) i At first glance, most women! Night, Commodore J. K. Clem- | he was inducted into the United agree that the machines have an| Mer said today. | _, Supper will be served. and, at} ed to the position of occupation- come near them, but at the end of its conclusion, an entertainment j g) clerk in the Army Air Corps, gauges, clamps and valves as fa- Lage ERENT led here. miliarly as they talk: of vitamins, | POINCIANA CIRCLE { On leaving Camp Blanding, TO HOLD MEETING |v ssce and a short time there- EME ES tafter was assigned to duty in | Baptist W. M. U. will meet next! also attending a school of in- Thursday, March 18, with Mrs-| struction. Place, according to an announce- | nephew of William T. H. Boll ment made by Mrs. A. R. Bald- ; | enjoying his work in the as- All members of the organiza- that he has been tion are requested to be in at-|¢iven, and asked to be remem- bered to his many friends in | tendance. ing force of about 34,000. Some of them are in every section of the nation wherever a newspaper is published and they “speak softly and carry a big stick.” The United@States Government made its first levy and imposed income taxes 30 years ago. Indi- vidual incomes were taxed and manager of the Fisher Body Di- vision of General Motors, in re- these words could be transmitted to every production worker in the was made by E. F. Fisher, general | marks to employes when the Fish- | er tank plants won the Army-j | Navy “E.” It would be well if Regional OEM Information Office In Care of This Paper | Q—My rationing board ad- vised me it could not issue ra- tion books to children unless they were under one month old. My baby is three month s old. | HIGH SCHOOL P.-T. A. High School Parent-Teachers ‘As- sociation held tonight, beginning Key West. What Puzzled Him Said the artist: “I'll give you $5 if you'll let me paint you.” The old mountaineer shifted his TO GATHER TONIGHT There will be a meeting of ithe er and back again. jlegs from one position to the oth-} 8:23 p.m. 1:44 p.m FORECAST Key West and Vicinity: Continued warm this afternoon land tonight. Florida: Continued warm this afternoon and tonight, some likelihood of scattered light showers near southeast coast “we sommes MII A MI at POPULAR PRICES LOCATED IN HEART OF CITY Rates Reasonable Write or Wire for Reservations at 8 o'clock, at the High School | “It's easy money,” said the ar-|and in extreme northwest por- building. \ tist izati tion. All members of the organization | “".¢ acs ‘ . { 4 are requested to be in attendance. | ‘Thar hain’t no question bout! Hatteras, N. C., to Apalachi- | thet,” the mountaineer replied. “I}cela, Fla: No small craft or RETURN TO CITY was jes’ a-wonderin’ how I'd get!storm warnings have been _ is- Q—My son made me bene-| Mrs. Warren Spencer, who had | the paint off afterward!” j sued. ficiary to his servicemen’s _in- | been in Miami undergoing dental surance. Recently he married.| treatment for a few days, returned Will the insurance remain pay-! to Key West recently. United States. Says Mr. Fisher: “There have oc- curred in this and other of our} plants what may have appeared to} you to be inexcusable interrup- tions in work. It certainly does} not appear on the surface to be} efficient operation when we work | long hours of overtime and then find it necessary to close down for! a day or two while waiting for materials or necessary . tool} What shall I do? A—Go back to your rationing! board and apply for a book now. The regulation permitting issu- ance of War Ration Book No. 1 has been amended. only exceeded $3,000, and $4,000 in case of married persons. The rates were very low in’ those early years, but. they have climbed andj climbed until the individual or married couple who manage to “get by” on low incomes are on the spot this month of March, 1943. Apparently the popular demand! for a pay-as-you-go tax measure WITH BATH AND TELEPHONE FORD HOTEL PERSHING HOTEL 60 N.E. 3rd Street 226 NE. Ist Avenue 0 Rooms - Elevator 100 Rooms - Elevator Solarium Heated 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION MIAMI Classified Column may be traced to the fact that our People with the smallest incomes are convinced that they can pay on a month to month basis, but that they will not succeed in sav- easily be interpreted as managerial | able to me in case of his death} or will it automatically be chang-/| ed to his wife? A.—Your son has the privilege) of changing the beneficiary of changes. Unless all the facts are known such _ face-abouts may} blunders, poor planning, or even! governmental inefficiency. on the trip to and from Miami by her Drudge. Mrs. Spencer was accompanied | mothex Mrs. Lillinore FOR SALE HELP WANTED |TECHNICAL BOOKS — New WANTED — Fountain Counter ANNOUNCEMENT I am pleased to announce to my many Key West friends and to Key Westers generally. that I am now associated with the FORD HOTEL, located at 60 N.E, 3rd Street, across the street from the Post Office and just three blocks from the bus station. — . Please make your home at the ‘When you are in FORD HOTEL. The mt and staff will be very happy to extend to you every courtesy and G. W. HAMILL, Formerly with the Leamington Hotel, which has been taken over by the U.S. NAVY his insurance but it isn’t auto-| | ing enough up for three full matically changed. months taxes; therefore, Amer- icans being honest, they do not want to default, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, is saving his State this year about $500,000,000 un- der a new law. The State of Iowa has cut its tax bill in ‘half by State | laws, saving $5,000,000 for taxpay- ers. The West Virginia legislature is saving $2,500,000 a year for its taxpayers. Mississippi, Maryland, South Dakota, ouri, New Mexico and other States have in- stituted tax reductions. States will | soon talk States rights to the, spendthrifts in Washington. ee 8 “But we cannot operate, in war, on the ‘steady flow’ basis to which | we are accustomed in peacetime. ! Frequently engineering changes are required to meet the continu- ally changing conditions on the fighting front. Frequently ma- book tine andl whacet terials must be quickly transferred | A.—Yes, go to your War Price to the other and, for the time be-| ond Rationing Board. * ing, more important € projects. | Sometimes schedules must. he} changed in the middle of a day's} production to meet an emergency requirement. “That is war. That is what we all are up against. But let us re- member that the soldiers at the front cannot wait. When our boys in the foxholes are running low on munitions they can’t take a few} days off to wait for more. They must fire every gun as long as it Shipment weekly. A look at our Technical Shelf may save} you dines of postage and weeks of waiting. PAUL SMITH, bookseller, 334 Simon- ton St. at Eaton St. oe t feb] 3tomar27 | | | ing my, search ts . "a wea ol Bg Stee a” SOR Pe ua! ?\ créts t | Learning the mystery of it. eS: | SS | LADY'S BICYCLE. $30.00. 28-} in. tires. 2425 Patterson Ave. mar15-3tx Girls ‘and Waitresses. Good salary. Southernmost City Pharmacy. mar1-tf j FIRST CLASS Seamstress, very attractive proposi- tion. See Mrs. Gray, 801 Simonton, or 1013 Division St. .3-13-3tx WAITRESS WANTED, Side- walk Cafe, Duval and Fleming mar4-tf WAITRESS to work dinner hour. Apply immediately Ocean View Restaurant, 520 United Street. feb23-tf WANTED—A Night Cashier, ex- Perience necessary. Apply Side- walk Cafe, 425 Duval St. mar9-tf SPRING SPILLS WINE I am a wooly sponge, } Soaking up the wonder Of rain against a brittle roof. Beating its rhapsody Into, my, heart, Q—My baby was born in Oc-)| tober but I haven't registered | for her ration book because I} was sick. Can I get her a ration) I am a_tree—_ } ; A strobé,) but supple. trée,' See as j Q-—Should OPA tire‘inspectsrs| 5° remove tires from cars’to ‘in- spect them? A.—External inspection is suf- ficient unless tires show breaks lor other evidence of deterioration. |Inspectors then, must remove tires from wheels for a complete inspection. Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service —between— MIAMI AND KEY WEST Also Serving All Points On Florida Keys Even the gulls Turn to look upon my _ scarlet} wings, Proud in the emerald boughs FOR SALE—Trailer, in good Against the blue dusk. condition, good tires, sleeps two: No reasonable offer re- Soldiers At Front Can't Wait One of the most perplexing} problems confronting the nation’s war production today is} will fire. personal absentec This ques-| “That is exactly what we on the tion and means of solving it are; production front must do—work receiving the attention of high! governmental authorities, for the| combined absenteeism in all our war plants and in ‘any one day represents a staggering total of lost man-hours of work Closely teeism is I { Q—I have an “A” ration book. Do I have: to use all my stamps to be eligible for a new book in July? A—No. |1 fight against the desolation fused. Apply Singleton Ma- | Of winter-sadness . . . chine Works. mar13-3tx | Or desert sand... | | Blowing dry upon my dreams. | FOR SALE—Baby carriage in BARBARA GREENE fair condition, $6.00. Apply 525 Petronia Street. Apart- mest 1. mar16-3tx REAL ESTATE Business or Residential Lots all to our utmost each day with all| the resources at our command. Material shortage may have han- ‘dicapped us yesterday; tomorrow the government might find it nec- | essary to alter our entire program. rot with absen- maria , our job today is to| make you the beneficiary. You the factor of rapidly| be on the job, producing all Pca ies have to talk him: into it. production — schedules} ca > best we know how. Re- ee | H shifting Pioalane. Se ee the consequences, we | Q.—Where can,I get.a window}; 1. About 600 miles. 1 mit that much| must gear our production to the |sticker with, a, star qfor every) x Ond“tuindrad © ails a ne absentecism may be attributed di-jever changing requirements of|member ef any. family, in. the! times up to March 7, 1943. irtee: rectly to emploves’ belief that if} the men at the front—not to the|service? ~ eats | 8. Three thousand two hundred. a plant reduces its working sched-| convenience of those of us work-| _A.—A''neWond “Has” been au-} 4. It is the gateway \orthe Axis| ule from seven to six days a week ing safely at home.” |thoriged''by' the*? Wat"! Depart-' coastal corridor for the Allies nd | ers —— to four or three days. then it is| This logical explanation might|ment: and prwill «be» distributed) to the central Tunisia ‘plain ‘for; "Man Bicycle, minor importance whether a work-| well be given to every American| Shortly. If you want the old! the Axis. Eres Me aie Ae eee » day off now and then.] worker. sticker, shop around your com-| 5, The Monterey. pe ced cece cee ae g could be further from = munity. | 6.No. It is ee only. South| eral reward for return to Apt.| dren or pets. Phone 5: and it wor e wis ‘ARD TIS) | American nation that has not} Yat Porter Proj mar: for everv c cabal gy eed “i peobilins: ic | Q—My husband was honor-! severed relations with Germany. a ae Ne et its employes just what production! Her car stalled at the corner|ably discharged from the Army. | 7. $25,000.00. | SITUATION W. = z schedules mean in the light of pro-| and the traffic light changed red, {If I still receive family allow-| 3 Two. “Gasoline "A" italian ae Ni 5 = Pree: ducing © for a nation fighting| yellow, green, etc. The polite |ance Sheeks, is it all right to, 9. Two. eS re ehur$ week. ee . eas: cer a gl The is that re-} policeman stepped up beside her|¢@sh them? | 40: ‘To: the onion. ok. ye ae Usnen el wae Mrs. sal & car and said, “What's the mat-| A—Your last check should| ° street, 5-3tx erating 24 hours a dav and seven} er, lady; ain't we got any colors have been that received the of whether a plant is op- mar15-3tx : | s PSPS REG SOG SETS = Apartment for dave a ok sht hours a day| you like?” jmonth after he was discharged. ‘A” GAS RATION BOOK, No. ‘and child. Price. no ‘ob- and thre a week, the arma- —_—_—__—— }If you cash others, you will la- }, ¥-223813G. Return to George aig ment being turned out at that} Knox says Jap fleet to be de-jter be asked to refund plant must be equivalent to all] stroyed never to revive, moneys - WANTED | WE BUY OLD RECORDS, whole i or broken. Factory needs scrap. J. R. Stowers Company. feb12-tf COAT, HANGERS WANTED. $1.00 a hundred. Phone 282, wer will..call. White Star ;,Gleaners, 701% Duval St. “We mar1-tf the} in- Q —How can I be made beneficiary to my brother’s surance? A—Only your brother can ssociated \ | | : { 3 <3 |Phones 124 and 3R sme Duval <2 2 |GENEROUS. CASH) BONUS for procurement ,.. of Furnished | it or Cottage for re- liable, settled couple. No chil- } i | | les: Travel Notes } Father (to young son sucking; is thumb)—Hey, kid, don’t bite! the that thumb off. You may need it} | when yo uget old enough to travel. | ore day