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

FARM LABOR PROBLEM ON THE MEND'SITE OF FAMOUS CRYSTAL PALACE — NOW BRITAIN’S BIGGEST JUNKYARD NEW TAXES IN THE OFFING y ALEXANDER R. GEORGE VASHINGTON, Jum —kn- agtment of the coz a§-you-go income ehpected to put a damper « ‘ Furthermore, the much ma-|Meves for further inc: ligned Farm Security Adminis-|PeTS°n#! income tax raw TEMPERATURES Temperature data for the 24 hours ending 8:30 p. m., June 8, 1943, as reported by the U.S. Weather Bureau: Highest Lowest last 24hours last night a 37 67 By JACK STINNETT A part of this land army will be | WASHINGTON, June 8—This| about 50,000 high school youths | may be the kind of speculation | who will work the summer. Many ; agricultural and labor officials| farmers turp a cold eye on this won't like, since they are in the} land army idea, since most of the' midst of a vast recruiting program | workers will be inexperienced and | for a land army to work the farms, | unused to the hardships of farm | but if things keep on at the pres-!life. But when they are driven jent rate farm labor is going to be| to desperation by labor scarcity, one of the least of our war prob- | farmers will welcome them. Farm | lems. officials here are positive that} I don’t mean that some sections | once the farmers try!land army } won't be hard hit when harvest | @bor, they will be happy to have | comes, because farm labor is pri- | it back. | marily a sectional and seasonal matter that can only be taken care ‘of by a surplus of labor on hand = Atlanta - he'd gone in the canoe with Marie.} Penny stretched her eyes wide, Boston She wished he hadn’t. His : Ther lips « Z | Brownsville JAVING made this magnani-| re Moats Company Wald ee eenld Trees sPPealingly. plang ous proposition, Bert String-|been some comfort to her. But] «you bet! You know, sweet- | Chicagc Aet Penny think it over. He pro-| then, it was probably better for] heart, you've got something 1 like. | D EAS to finish his breakfast. To| the little malemute. Bert Stringer noticed the first™ | Qcrolt P ices, he'd forgotten her bis wa: rd sie ¥ Pe ayo ee | Jacksonville But Penny knew that! . Every step, Penny:thought mis-| He looked at h | Kansas. Ci she make the slightest erably, was’ taking, her, carther | kept he: ce smooth Sey a Bary KEY WEST me it toward the door, he’d| from Cleve. She wondered how he @ moment, his | feet instantly, gun in| was getting on, prayed he war re-| dwindled. He stood up and came | aw AIRPORT et ik of | over to her. Penny rose, too, and’) ma phis 88 iami 89 58 90 92 64 64 88 94 48 77 73 i he w: 000 covering. it’ would he thin! » sat there despising him as| Marie’s news—the false news that ‘d fone — wpe henge bi lesperately to keep hatred i + Bert Stringer not only intended ler valuable Alcan films to ni resentatives, but he had additional effrontery to be- her brother might accept from such sources. Wiping his mouth with the back (oe Stringer pushed back “We'd better be getting along,” he 4 1B, ~ “Where to?” asked Penny. “Fort St, John.” Strin; that had provided her with, ny and Bill were re- Pen all that he wouldn’t believe it? Not likely. How long would he| bitter lau; wait at the Indian encampment for| her. She her? Questions — questions. None ree she really felt. She must play r time. of them with any answers. nag was gnawing at her long fore they stopped lunch. Sitting on a sun- stepped back. ik.” he said, “T’m not such a bad fellow. from showing on her| United? Was there any chance at] could do worse.” for | ward Fort St. Joh: Penny felt fresher, th: Like I told you, you Des; tely. she held back the ighter that bubbled up ii Mustn’t let him know ically, as they went on to- at afternoon, an on the ar- ‘th boulder in a clearing, with Bert|duous marches with Cleve. Men- Stringer’s eyes un her, Penny ate/ tally. she was almost exhausted, the cold grub ravenously. “You're not so fussy about shar- ing a meal with me now,” he noted approvingly. .” said Penny. “Maybe you’ve been thinking things over some.” : trying to thin! ofa si ott ga films. ik of some way out | ic | Minneapolis | New Orleans | New York Norfolk | Oklahoma City Pensacola | Pittsburgh St. Louis | Tampa 65 94 67 90 88 88 75 72 91 | 72 58 62 73 | i | | Grade labeling plan on canned oods is dropped by the OPA. ation which was approach- a climax. How could she hold Bert Stringer? How could she in possession of those precious |! RATION Dates - Coupons Rahs or itinerant laborers who move with the crops. rapidly now. ~ deferment of farm labor is being recognized as a necessity. | Drafting of essential farm labor- iClaration that some of those thou- sands of captives we picked up in Tunisia soon will be “available” for farm labor. And don’t think | ers has virtually ceased. Secondly, farm workers who! flocked to industry to get some of ! those seemingly fabulous wages; have discovered the truth of the; t {tration is doing a whale of a jo! {in bringing farm labor from Ja- But there is every indication }™2!ca, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas that the bottom of the scarcity of | #4 Mexico. Over-all figures on farm labor has been reached and | these : that the swing-back is moving | have not been made available | , yet, but I do know that in several | | eastern states around 4,000 of them | Under selective service orders,‘ have been placed where they will | ow | do the most good. come outdoor work and farm food. year or two. ib Don’t jump to conclusions, t ever, that Congress is all with the bitter busi of le ing taxes this year. Key-pos legislators, who feel that indi ual income tax rates canne creased much more, look federal sales tax before the of the year. Sales Levy The mounting war effort, | Pled with the rapid growth |government deficit pu heavy pressure on Congress the Treasury to find some way |increasing revenue. The Pr in his 1943 budget message temporary _importations Then, tgere is the official de- is hat thousands of them won't wel- St. John!” it was where Constable Ren- nick was taking Bill. glanc.d at her quickly. lons?” AP conneD in pondering the seriousness of her plight, | | a Ee, teaabled “bade branch, | oo oe ole in the knee er by “4 asked Stringer, stopping. “Just scratched some — enough to bleed. I'll get some antiseptic from my first aid kit.” “Handy thing to have on a trip,” he said, watching her open it. Penny fumbled among the con- good tents. Bandages, aspirin, salve, ad- him.’ taba many penkentic. - her fin- lu E was a friend of my brother.” ed Bee marten touched a small box, th ied Better get started Low.” 1s bat Penny, letting a little in-]on, sweeping the other Penis id of following down along| dignation creep into her eyes, al-|back over it. She drew out the Creek, they struck over-| most forgetting her painstakingly | antiseptic, her heart beating tu- k of Pierre’s cabin, along | conceived role. multuously. al- marked forest trail. For ine ie, finned. “Sure — sure, |, Yes. the first aid kit was a very : re iow. But you coul ‘ing to i folf and missed him. Doubtless! you know.” 7 bax vara sf -! etal eal The farm labor problem may not be solved, but it’s certainiy the mend. DEFER MEETING “Maybe.” ho “You know, that fellow ‘Any jecti were traveling with wasn’ fee “Oh, no,” said Penny, “I parent much.” ., choice, have I?” She la:.. “xe . Penny .took “Whither you go, I'go, tied was ‘ — bet you do, sweetheart.”| | Hil ‘watery eyes squinted with came over and put his hands Bho cas Re oidnt have much “Not much.” “I'm surprised a girl as looking as you would go for lenty of time to get ac- mended an increase of 16 bi on | dollars in taxes or forced sav Proponents of a sa tend it is more effective | income tayetipi sou i old adage about all is not gold, etc. 1 | High rents, poor but costly food, | |and in many instances appalling | living conditions have resulted in} | a back-to-the-farm movement that ; has caused numerous squawks | eee. because evasion is {from war industry management.|' The meeting of the Catholic sible and costs of o To what extent this, is taking place | Daughters of Aviserica, which was’ relatively moderate. | can’t be determined positively yet, scheduled to be held tonight, has' A survey made by the Br | but some observers here think jt, been deferred to a later date, ac- | ings Institution points out the is nationwide and likely to grow ,cording to announcement made !arge fraction of the populet in volume. j today by Mrs. Herman Demeritt, Pays little more in feder: A third point is that labor and. active member of the organization. now than it did before the | agriculture officials now talk in| ee POE ESL This oe includes ma } terms of a land army of 3,500,000. | sons whose incomes have Some of these will get jobs aplen-;* LEAVE ON TRIP ed - a —_ of the war ty when the seasonal farm work} ARM, Trelis, ac. AD example is the j reaches its peak, but its’ a pretty boone: = “ster ages ea complete check on receipts of Sylvia and James, left ycster4 jfor a week’s stay in Miami. Syl- | safe guess that some will never| by individuals and of int CANNED FRUITS and (do more than a few days or at a as much as | most a few weeks of work. At the! . S ~).., 8 Peceived from one source VEGETABLES | moment, the Women’s Land Army Vi will go on to Fort Lauderdale) sides, there are large numbers June 7—G, H and J, blue stamps) is aiming at a “standing army” of | ee expire | 10,000 full-time farm workers and} gs a dee; breath, and beginning to realize ain Then, quite unexpect- he released her. ve fo,” he said, “that can wait. MEATS, CHEESE, FATS and CANNED FISH June 6—L red stamp became valid June 30—J and K red stam) expire } | | j lack To be continued } | Fe eer ee | r ISH SERVICES AT |NEGRO SAILOR IS SYNAGOGUE TONIGHT) PUT OUT OF NAVY In connection with the rededi-} Adam J. Freeman, the negro | cation of faith and a reconsecra-|sailor, who is charged by two tion for religious values, the Jew-| negro women with firing two ish festival of Shuvos, there will|shots at them from a navy revol- small business people whose a and M blue stamps! a reserve of 50,000 additional part- LOWEST TEMPERATURE counts are inadequate or ins curate for income tax purposes. expire | time workers and officials are The big argument against a | going about it in the intelligent} NEW YORK.—Sitka, Alaska, | Sales tax is that it hits the very |manner of building corps where} never has experienced weather | !0W income groups too hard | they are most likely to be need-| colder than five degrees below | thus tends to reduce the m jed. ied | standards of living. Protection ; | tow income groups has beer | historic philosophy in Americar | July 7—K, L, be confirmation services held this jver, in a house on Emma street, | evening, beginning at 8 o'clock, at; was court the B'nai Zion Syn Rabbi Lazarus. The following are those. ‘who will be confirmed: Joyce Mulberg, Betty Appel,| Maurice Ghingold and Stanley | Abe Brust. Joe Pearlman will address the class. There will also be services held agogue by ; Dail for the criminal court. martialed yesterday, discharged from the Navy and} turned over to Constable Joe Es- | Pinosa at 4 o'clock in the after- | noon. | Freeman was arraigned before | Justice of the Peace Esquinaldo on a charge of assault with a dead- ly weapon and was held in $500 _ 87 80 84 81 | pay was so . small, that overtime Hatteras, N. C., to Apalachi cola, Fla: No small storm warnings have been is- MARRIAGE MART Enrique S. Betancourt, 40, and Mrs. Maria Laura Aguiar, 36, both of Key West, were married yester- day afternoon by Justice of the Peace Enrique Esquinaldo. _ “There isn’t much thrill in suc- cess unless one has first been close to failure.” This statement, which T-recently read in The Bridgton Bridgton, Maine, seems to have added meaning to our pres- ent turn of events. To be “close to apa signifies a struggle; with outa struggle no success is true} siitcess. For the human charac- in_us is too lax. in appre- ciation, when a}on Wednesday and Thursday egos ‘i has} mornings at 7 o'clock. | en want ing in} WEATHER REPORT Ee taiorent DIVORCED bi i prasad Mrs. Helen Stirrup was grant-| Observation taken at 8:30 a. m of struggle, © @ divorce from Fernando C. E.W.T. (City Office) which should! Stirrup on June 4, 1943, by Judge; __ Temperatures not exist when Williams in Miami. Grounds for Highest last 24 hours anation is in the | the divorce, it is stated, was men- ' Lowest last night sete throes. of war-|‘@l cruelty. vg pre gees ERAINE TURIN fare. It is the! = “which inspires disunity in| MARRIED SUNDAY Precipitation our great stfugele for victory. It! ; Rainfall 24 hours ending is the type, drafted mothers of Rachel N. Fields and Joseph! 8:30 a. m., inches our nation, which must give you| Hershel Stone were married at the Total rainfall since June 1, the:most concern, since your dear |tocal Jewish Synagogue on Sun-|* inches aaa ones bear the chief burden here. ! day by Rev. L. Lehrer. {Deficiency since June 1, Lefer to the struggle which the| Major S. H. Williams was a wit- | inches ~ papas ba Ke pene (nest to the ceremony. | Total rainfall since Jan. 1, of y el * — incl ii eS possibly your husbands. | SUONDON.—A. factory ih hE ake since January 1, I received a communication: Middle East is producing 2,000; inch®s _ é from.one of these older men, who! drinking glasses. daily by cutting | Relative Humidity describes this point so well that off the upper portion of used beer 14% T’feel his letter should be given! bottles and smoothing the edge. Tomorrow's Almanac you today, The letter reads: | Sunrise —.... 6:36-a. m. “Dear Madam: It seems to me/myself, no consideration, and Sunset 8:16 p. m.} when a country is at war that ev- i pushed him around so much that’ Moonrise 12:15 p. m. yf ep eggs one uel he pate Saige what the work) yoonset ae 12:40 a. m. in mind an at is to win ie; was all about. ‘i war. But to win it means that| “Then I took a job, for very low Ker casi Bilas everyone working in war plants! pay, believe me, as a mechanic in| High Tide Low Tide has as much to do with winning | an aviation company. At first I did{ 3:46 a.m. 8:26 a.m. it, as our boys have who are fight-| pretty well, at least my foreman; 2:28 p.m. 9:41 p.m. ing over there. |told me so, But when they put} FORECAST “What I have to tell you, Dear} some young foreman in our sec- d Vicinity: Con-}| Madam, may exist in every part| tion instead, the struggle was on!, Key West are sat = iad of the country. Still down here in} again. This new foreman was very! tinued a eS tA the part of the South where we | antagonistic to all the older men. tonight, with scatter live, there is a terrible feeling} As a result most of these older | Showers. : i see against men of my age who work|men, who were darned good me-| Florida: Little change in. tem-| in war plants, by those who work | chanics, were forced to leave and; Perature this afternoon ae 4 there too, but are subject to the| take their releases. After that,i Might, scatered thundershowers draft. Believe me, that sort of| because of the shortage of men’ in south and west portions. beng ee only age = tebried those, like myself, who still stay- i eeps' men, like myself, | ed on had to put in so much over-: from doing their share, as well as! time that we were about ready to’ ae ling a snug money to | drop on our feét.. And Since the eir Lamilies. | when our boys went to the! didn’t warrant.theslong hours we! apmy, my wife and I decided that! put in. We would:Haye-felt differ-| I should give up my old job and| ent, of course, if they had a full! take one more vital to the war.| crew on the job: an& theowar de-| Even though wages for such jobs} manded this overtinie. “Phen fi- is very low down here and hard- | nally that young foreman gave me are enough to take care of our-| such a bad report on my work that} selves and three younger children. | rs 4 You'see we had a little money Saved up and because of that, we also felt that I could take the! time to learn something which I eould use toward helping in thé ‘War. Sol went to school where they taught one to become an in- structor in airplane mechanics, The trouble was they favored all the younger trainees. Besides they also had younger men as instruc- | tors, who gave a man of fifty, like I was forced to leave myself. | St. Paul, Minn., far north in the “What I can’t understand is! United States, met Sao Carlos, for that these plants down here toler-} south in Brazil, at a mariage cere- ate such things from those young-! mony performed yesterday by | er men. Older men "are leaving, Judge Raymond R. Lord. Waiter them so fast that the plants have Bruno, 22, who is in the Brazilian trouble to keep up their contracts.’ navy, and Ruth C. Solan, whose And all because the younger men home is in St. Paul, became man are so afraid they will be drafted and wife in Judge Lord's office. when the older ones come.into a) A marriage license was grant- plant. Believe me, that’s hardly 'ed to Benjamin Franklin Wolfe the way to win a war. | 27. of Bay City, Mich., and Molly “Sincerely . -. .” . “Cook, 24, of Flint Mich. five pounds expires; stamps 1 | and 16 good for five pounds: if meeded for canning: persons needing additional allotments for canning may apply at ration boards Classified Column eoccccccacccacece FOR SALE TECHNICAL BOOKS — New -Shipment weekly. 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