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FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 19:4, - SURNWENS Loon As “Ban On, Chewing T. Worries George Mare Than His. Debut Detiews Yankees? - WAY Ot ine PENSACOLA “CAPITAL OF STATE’ LAST WEEK PENSACOLA, Fie.. Mar. 19. Pensacola py tT wexet—s10m | Fry > th Sports, Editor , NEW YORK, Mar. 19.—As time; »pproaches for his debut with the | Yankees, George Stirnweiss is! wondering not how he'll go in'the | ajors, but how much he'll miss. “gr ' chew ae: ir his | large p! r his jaws to work on has been as much of the standard equipment for) George as his knee-length pants: and spiked shoes. Byt not this year; George's stomach can't take it anymore. A couple of years! ago he was operated on for ulcers. | Since then, he has had to wate’. | his. diet, i , And tobacco chewing is out.: George doesn’t know whether chewing gum will satisfy him or ged he'll feel gat out there’ the, diamond withou' e- | thing between his fave 2 Baty Un From Newark |. Stirnweiss, in case the. - 't familiar, is a young fielder, up from ‘Newark, " there is a growing impression in Senator Philip D. Beall, Pres- ident-designate of the State Senate. A plaque § to. Escambia county's. Demo: crat and Citizen’ sented to the. was. pre- Club at.a banquet ip his hon- | or, Judge Eanes be Vien j acted as toastmaster and.Gov- ernor Holland was the prin- | Among the distinguished guests in attendance at the af- fair were Governor and Mrs. Holland, Speaker of se a sips gear ite R. A. , urer, Ed ‘Larson "J. M. . Sur y partment of Public Safety. OPS TS ST SHARP CURB PLACED JUESTIONNAIRES BEING ISSUED) aaa ‘ON, D. C., Mar. 19. | | WASHINGT |} (PNS)—A long step in the right } dizectiop was taken by congress (Recently. when a sharp curb wa: hi plaged on the issuance of qu } tignnaires by governmental pit j *Plorida’s-Bob, Sikes took a lead- ROOKIE OF WARSTUDDED YEARIS BELOW NORMAL COMM MM Mlk a|PINSION STREET INSTITU. \from the institution. SCHOOL PROGRESS TION. HAS VERY POOR ATTENDANCE The general progress of the| t t Division, Street School is repre-! jsented as being considrably be-| in Red Cross work throughout the | low™normal, due to very poor attendance. In a number of cases, the ab-| senge was justified, but in too} many cases. it was due to neg: lect and indifference on the! part of the parents, school thorities state. will be much improved soon.} Unless the attendance improves, ! many children will needlessly fail their work at the close of} the school year, is the report The following is the honor) roll for the period ending March 12: 1B—M. Carey, teacher; David} Roberts, Billy Wood, Barbara) Meggs. ' 1A—E. Arnold, teacher; Pris- | cilla Ann Cruz, Edward Earl Curry, Sylvia Fernandez, Nancy Lee Pellicier, Richard Roberts. | “14A—M, Sweeting, _teacher;) Joyce Spector, Ray Winkle,| Gladys Barnwell, Bobby Single- ton, Manuel Perez, Charles Nor-| man, Jacquelin Schrader. i 2A--B. Malik, teacher; Billie Roberts, Sonja Cooper, Yvonne | Camalier, Bobby Minton, Harry; Pritchard, Marlin Stephenson, Tom Cornell, Evelyn Nettles. 2A—F. Wilson, teacher; John Castro, ‘Jackie Fox, John Leigh, | Castro, Jackie Fox, John Leigh McKillip, Imogene Stansell, Joan; Wood. 2B—A. Roberts, teacher; Kath-| erine Brady, Stephen Trevor. | 3B—M. Roberts, teacher; Lu-) cilo Gonzalez, Lorenzo Murguia,' Eleanor Garcia, Edyth Hampton, Lillian Russell. j 8A—G. Pinder, teacher; Fran-} ! | | | \ { | | It is hoped that the situation| house canvassing, | Grayburn Pinder, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN LOCAL RED CROSS WORKERS LISTED TIVITIES OF ORGANIZA- TION ARE VOLUNTEERS (Contributed) Ninety per cent of the workers | United States are volunteers and | unpaid. Here in Key West we have our own volunteers, and inorder that the public may know. and j realize that during the War Fund Drive many women have signified their willingness to help. the ay-| County make its quota, the Chap- | | ter announces the names of the volunteers doing the houses and a finegjob they are doing, too. A great py if the $5,500 collected to datev has |been turned in by these wafers. Namely: Msedames Evelyn Palmer; Ve- ey Johnson, Arthur — Pasiopini, Ruby guez, Robert Curry, C. A. Hi, Bert Sawyer, Grace Kempyge C. Etheridge, J. A. Valdes, Milton Sawyer, Jack Styles, Horace @pn- nable, Arthur B. Dimmick, W. ‘W. Demeritt, L. A. Craucher, Samuel; Mitzer, Fred Eberhardt; / Gola Swicegood, Rexford Weien; b. A. Shroeder, Howard Overlin, Sally Jenks, Carlton Beyer, ‘Gilmore Parks, Andrew Elwood, John Sweeting, and Miss Dorothy Mae Dungan. Happy Landing First—You should have seen the fish I caught last week. It was so big it pulled me into the river. Second—Got a good wetting, I suppose? First—Oh, no; thank goodness, | I landed right on top of the fish. Puzzle Inquiring Son—Father, ask one more question? Patient Father—Yes, just one more. Son—Well. then, father, how is it that while night falls, day breaks?” may I ALL PARTICIPATING IN AC-! PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS! Honor ‘Roll of the Senior High ending. March 12. includes: Senior High School | Honor point a-erage: 2.75—Mary Loulse Porter, Eola | Johnson, Jack Sawyer. 2.60—Peggy Moss. 2.50—Frances Collins. | 2.40-—Joan Elbertson, Monteen ; Bryant, James. Singleton. 2.25—Ivy Lee Thompson, Fred Valdez, Margaret Pinder. 2.20—Susie Martin, _. Daniel Sawyer, Phyllis Saunderm, Roy | Rogers. B ot | | 2.00—Emma Hollinger, Donald Pearlman, Gloria Giles, Herbert Eschen, Jennie Johnson, Laude- lina Perez. 1.80—Virginia Hamlin. 1.75—Glorina Curry, Elmer |Bennett, Rose Curry, Lavinia | Ricketts, Edna Hoff, Mary Ram- ‘sey, Yvonne Setwart, Jayne | Thompson. 1.70—Dorothy. Smith. 1.60—Ethel May Roberts, Em- ma Neal Ayala, Dorothy John- json, Jane Johnson, Hugh Papy, Sylvia. Sawyer. 1,50—Madge Mallory, Frank Papy, Margaret Russel], Mary | Elizabeth Knowles, Barbara Lowe, Betty Adams, Catherine School. tor the. instruction. period | i—The recent i Committee, and attorney for the | Florida PARTY NOMINATIONS BY CONVENTION ARE | BITTERLY OPPOSED. TALLAHASSEE, Mar. 19. (FNS) | : tion of the Hon, T. T. Turnbull, former chairman. of the State Democratic) | State Railroad Commission, that} return to convention nomination, of party candidates} and; abandonment of the pri-4 maries, has brought 2 storm of pro="! test.from all, sections of the state, Press reaction seems to be al-| Most unanimous in gppositioh to the suggestion. State political) leaders are equally antagonistic. | VEATHER REPORT } Observation taken at 8:30 a. m.| E.W.T. (City Office) Temperatures | Highest last 24 hours | Lowest last night Normal ——.. Precipitation Rainfall 24 hours ending 8:30 a. m., inches - Total rainfall since Mar. 1, inehes | Conner. seer of Key West for the in- struction period ending ~ March 12 follows: Honor pojnt average: 3.00—Philip Scholly. 2.80—Joan Porter, | Nottage, Evelyn Skelton. | Roberts, Doris Ann McAbee, Ma; |.rion Solano. 2.60—Hugh McInnis, Adam Stanezack, Conchita Varela, Ger- ry Albury, Emilie Boza, Nancy Sterling, Faye Bervaldi, Antonc- ia Smifh, Wylene Cooper. 2.50—Mary > Louise Spencer, Glenwood Weech, Sylvia Lones, Fred Miller, Estel Martinez. 2.40—Jane Collmer, Vivian Garcia, Elsie Mora, Florencio my son,| Reyes, Monte Nitzkowski, Albert} ‘Parra, Barbara Spencer, )Mary Kerr, June Cottrell. 2.25—Patricia Duane. 2.20—Charles Durham, Rose John nor Roll of the Junior High! Lorraine! | 2:75—Elizabeth. Gardner, Leroy | Excess since March 1 itiches | Total rainfall since Jan. 1, ‘aevimehes ___ Deficiency since Jan. 1, inches — Relative Humidity 18% Tomorrow's Almana: ; Sunrise Sunset | Moonrise i Moonset : | Tomorrow’s Tides (Naval Base) High Tide Lowes Tide 10:26 a.m. 3:54 am. 10:26 p.m. 3:51 p.m. { FORECAST | Key West and Vicinity:| }Continued warm tonight with| i scattered showers. | Florida: Continued warm to- \night, with scattered showers on ithe southeast coast and Florida! | Keys. | Hatteras, N. C., to Apalachi- cola, Fla.: No small craft or | PAGE THREE HAVE ONE-FOURTH CAMEO (TO H. P.) Sharp etched upon my mind, This cameo of one who walked with me; I see him by a door . a road In undimmed memory. NEW YORK.—Ca are estimated to Vv of ali the potential power in the world - or down DR. AARON H. SHIFRIN GENERAL PRACTICE Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery $25 Whitehead—Opp. Lighthouse cannot I try forgetting this— Submerged in petty things that leave. no mark. But like a ghost one down, there comes ‘Wat same insistent knock. And in thé murky gloom, He stands — and. I remember! young, glad eyes: Strong hands... and eager lips —and then I know No true love ever dies. .- . BARBARA GREENE and Sat. 2:30 - 4:30 évery Evening: 8:00 - 10:30 p.m. Ladies Invited SKATE for HEALTH’S SAKE Lessons Phone $11 Complete Selection of Fine Aeroplane Luggage : | ving. in this red tape cutting|ces Megg, Dora Mae Hopkins, _|Fouts, Jerry Henriquez, Nancy! storm warnings hav pen is- mare ag dinilet the new Federal | Sally Ann Goss, David Hen- Belle Calge: Fond: Robert tet |Lane, Charlotte Tatum, Carljsued gs have been is Reports Act, virtually all question-| riquez, Antonio Toledo, Vonn ™ 54°" yy" Saunders, teacher: | Brill, Dale Ellis, Janice Saun-| <2) 2 eee {naires must have the approval of! El Davis. ___ | prank O’Niel. . ders, Patsy Russell, Leslie San- | MAN, WIFE, DOG. IN ARMY | the +, Director before being) 4A—J. Seymour, teacher; Diana} SM Sands teacher; Hever ders, Mary McAdoo. ; N Le tbls distributed. : _ |Gonzalez, Marlen Zorsky, Donald), “arthur, Edna Romaguerra,|_200—Frank Brown, Leo Hicks,;} WARREN POINT, N. J.—When| | Advising, the public, and parti-/ Sands, Robert Carter. Fay Knowles. Dave Martin, Albert Perez, Ar-|Bingel was inducted into the| |cularly the harried business man,| _4A—A. L. Cabot, teacher; Don| ‘gr 1, Hamilton, teacher;|thur Boza, Arthur Brahms, Mary; Army, his wife joined the 5 [to ighore requests for informa-| Williams, Jane ‘Spellman, Leila! 2tchalie Valdez. ‘Lyerly’ Clayton Papy;’ dimimy |WAAGS, So Butch, their pet dos ball circles that he MAY | tion (in all but.a few instances) if} Lynch, Beatrice Demeritt. 6A—F. Mullinax, teacher; Oren| Register, Dorothy Saunders, Bon-! left alone. offered his services to Cut to be the major leagues’) the questionnaires does not carry) SB—L. Tatum, teacher; Col-|cjark, O'Neil Stirrup, Hilda|mie Austin, Ruth Louise Rob-|the army’ and if he passes his 1 rookie of 1943, a Budget Bureau number, Sikes}leen Moore, David Edwins, Made-| hi,7" Joan Marshall, Mildred|erts, Thomas Swicegood, Doris| physical he'll join up, too. _ Just where | the Yankees will! points out that in the future the|lyn Curtiss. McKamey, Helio Orapeza: Boza, Doris Jean Thompson, Ed-} J Eesti : lay him isn’t certain yet. He | public will not be annoyed with; 5B & A—T. McClure, teacher;!" g4 F Mickler, teacher; Step-| ward Albertus, Ann Donghtry, | y* BJayed second base for the Bears, senseless and burdensome de-|Barbara Mora, Zirda Diaz, Mary| hon Scholly, Virginia Arango,|Sesyle Joslin, Virginia Laird.| w York’s International league! mands from bureaucratic busy-}Margaret Wilson, G. D. Lloyd,! Betty Canova, Lois Diamond,|Felix Davis, Joan Doughtry, fi club, has played at short, | bodies. Betsy Bella Cates, Floyd Rob-| Nellie Menendez, Anne Sawyer;|Ray Lews, Robert Miller. id there’s talk that Joe Mc-i He cautions, however, that tax Patsy | Olga Rojas. 1.80—Leo Cooper, Daniel Sal- thy may station him at third.) -etyrns and other information es- i es 3 gado, Myrtland Cates, Betty Lou Wardrobe Bags MANORE ST... 45 ~ JUST RECEIVED — ABSOLUTELY NEW! He's Stealing Sensation. bpsel | ne Heat-treated aluminum rivets must be kept very cold until they >| are used to prevent their harden- VVVVV EET He can go at any of those posi tipns, i There's another shortstop on} recruit Bill Johnson from: wark, and McCarthy is said be fairly well pleased with) hjs present company at second and a handy guy at bat, George’ ential to the operation of the Bu- reau of Internal Revenue do not come under the act which is aim- ed at the promiscuous demands for non-essential information. “Time is too valuable and man- power is foo scarce to waste. 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A look at; Apply immediately Ocean View NEW ARRIVALS in land a handy gu yat bat, George's! that he was actually contacted. chief fame at Newark came as a} ill, George pase thief. He shattered all Inter-| war Wrown carry pry a national league records for steal-' 1,21) player, and he was good ing last season when he made off enough to be selected as All- with 73: bases. And he was caught! gouthern quarterback. But he only 10 times—73 successful) played baseball and basketball] swipes out of 3 attempts. George! too captained both of those Case, the Senator’s speedster, will | te, ni “broke into pro ball have to watch his laurels. Case led! after: graduation in 1940 with the American league in pilferings Noffolk! , The next year—the! a year ago with 44. i Yankees haying. already decided | Stirnweiss is swift, can nM the! he was a, young man going hundred in ten seconds, but hetat- places—he played 100 games at swibutes his triumphs on the base, second: base for Newark before; paths to a minute study of pitch- | being hospitalized for the stom- ers and their peculiar characteris-' ach operation. ties. He steals on the chunkers,! Last year he was the spark not the catchers. | of the*loop leaders in runs batted “I just watch the pitcher jin. He batted .270, and when ¢losely,"” he explains. “Every | you suggest that isn’t pitcher has some little individ- | fat average, he reminds you that ey mction just before throwing the batter. I wetch him un- til I learn what it is, and then when he makes that motion I compile a thick average either Jand that he did all right in the | majors, “I think I can hit major league He doesn't expect ‘to be a ‘steal- ing sensation his rookie year: }long ball to all fields. I was really scared two years ago when “It takes time to observe the|I made the jump from way down pitchers and catalog their, mo*}in. the minors to fast Class AA tipns. I stole twice as man pbas-| ball but I'm not a bit appre- es last year as I did the year) hensive about my chances in before with the Bears, and I}the majors. I guess the extra think I’ show fable im-j years of experience have given provem my second year with} me more co! ce.” A the Yagikees. Then, too, Bill} . Bill Myer is high on Stirn- Meyer (Mewark manager) let me} ryn wheh I wanted to. I don’t} know whether McCarthy will al-| low me :the same privilege,” he. says Bern In The Bronx The Yankees have had remark- able success uncovering: diamond gems in their own. backyards— of the best pl away from all 5 the best base runner I've seen.” George is 23, 5 feet 8, and weighs 178. He coached sports at ! plug of the Bears’ infield, one) a very}: ‘Joe Gordon at Newark didn’t), pitching,” he says “I hit a pretty | weiss. He called George “one-/. our Technical Shelf may save} you di.nes of postage and} weeks of waiting PAUL| SMITH, bookseller, 334 Simon-| ton St. at Eaton St. | % feb13tomar27 | FOR SALE—Small House, part- ly furnished. Lot 50x100. City water. As is, or will finish. 2425 Patterson Avenue. mar15-6tx | | | FOR SALE — Fully - silpees| Trailer, sleeps three. $300.00.' Apply 418 Bahama Street. j mar17-4tx | [3 FRIGIDAIRES, Electric Fans,| Irons, Cords, Washing Ma-; chine... Apply Tommie’s Skat-; ing Rink. mar18-tf ; { FOR SALE—Factory-built trail-! er. Size, 18 feet long. Can; sleep four people. Fully equip- | ped. Price, $495 cash. 112) Simonton Street. Trailer may| be seen between 5 and 6 aft- ernoons, mar19-1tx | Restaurant, 520 United Street. feb23-t£ WANTED — Fountain Counter Girls and Waitresses. Good. salary. Southernmost City. Pharmacy. marl-tf WANTED—A Night Cashier. ex- perience necessary. Apply Side- walk Cafe, 425 Duval St. mar9-tf WANTED WE BUY OLD RECORDS, whole or broken. Factory needs scrap. J. R. Stowers Company. febl2-tf COAT HANGERS WANTED.|$ $1.00 a hundred. Phone 262, we will call. White’ Star Cleaners, 701% Duval St. marl-tf WANTED—Small Apartment for couple and child. Price no ob- ject. See Mrs. Holland, Room 107, at the Gibson Hotel, marl6-4tx. FOR SALE—Oval-shape _table| marble slab, 16 by 21 inches. 519 Elizabeth St. marl9-1tx) 2 LOST REWARD FOR INFORMATION “-or~Return, Western Flyer Bi- cycle; maroon and cream. Tak-} en from 918 N. Beach Ave. C. Robert Cook, Jr. mar17-3tx} j parts of the Island; Terms WANTED—Auditor, $65.00 week. Stenographer, $4250 week. Kayne, P.O. Box 187. marl7-3tx WANTED TO BUY—Household|' Furniture. Phone 790, Exten- sion 74, receiving station. Ask for Highsmith. marl8-3tx WANTED—White housekeeper, middle-aged; to live in; two, children; no laundry. Wage $10 weekly, and day off. 28-1 Poinciana Place. marl8-3tx Lewis, Ben Saunders, Hilburn Roberts, Cleora Roberts, Ben Seribner, Harry Williams, Ar- thur Rodriguez, Adolph Lastres, Marshall MiDonald, Betty Rae Brady, Rose Marie Pinder, Ga- ley Sweeting, Rosalee Camalier, Everett Spencer, Thomas Ben- nett, Lawrence Fernandez, Sylvia » Kenneth Larsen, Marcus! i { a Guera, Floence Johnson, Earl, Keirstead, Bertha Perez. Eddleman, C. A. Hall, Dolores| Lois Marina Sikes, Sergioip the Favorite in Key West | STAR * BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE at ALL GROCERS AMAADAS4222 ees enee Johnson, Roy Lewis, Pat Russel, j 24-Hour Ambulance Service 4) PHONE 135 NIGHT. 696 4) TN er REAL ICE Is More ECONOMICAL. . i's, REAL ICE ASSURES USERS. OF REFRIGERATION Parlor Clocks ‘ou WESTINGHOUSE ffee Makers Co : with PYREX Glass. Parts and Westinghouse $8.95 Heat Units and $12.95 New Stock of SPRING DRESSES ALL SIZES and COLORS SPECIALLY PRICED .... See the New— SPRING CLOTHING we are SHOWING for /MEN,, WOMEN and CHILDREN s» 9-0 (Select Whatever You Want —Buy Whatever You Need! WEAR IT TODAY and PAY ON PAY DAY Buy the Easy Convenient Way We are Head-to-Toe Outfitters! Bealthy and Safe . dis Pure Lou Gehrig, Phil Rizzuto, Marius J. OTTO KIRCHHEINER | WANTED—Room near bath, hot Russo and others—and George is another. He was born right smack in the heart*of the big town and grew up in the Bronx, wheré sits the Yankee stadium, A Yankee scout spotted George while he was playing for Ford- ham, Prep. but it wasn’t until, he, was an all-round star at the Canterbury School, Kent, Conn., for the past several months, He has supported his mother and a young brother since his father died three years Early in March he married Miss Jane Pow- ers of Newark. His nickname is Snuffy. Keep, an eye on him, Realtor | water; must be near Navy Phones 124 and 736-R 505 Duval; Yard. State location and price. ianR-tf| Elderly map. Can give’ good - reference. HELP WANTED West. WAITRESS WANTED. Side-| WANTED —Colored kitchen men. walk Cafe, Duval and Fleming.! Apply Gato Cafeteria, 1100 mar4-tf Simonton St. mar19-2tx. PO Box 883, Key 3 Phane No. 8 —e= BEVSION), ING. Key West, Fla. H | marl9-2t | seeeccsscccecccccccncccsccccesesesscoccoecococece ThePeople’sStore “The Friendliest Credit Store in South Florida’