The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 22, 1943, Page 4

By CHIP ROYAL visit. to Canada to help the Cana- AP Features Writer dian Victory loan drive. NEW YORK, June 22.—Herbert; Marshall is hoping that he Marshall's secret ~is out. He gets, won't have to make any war pic- that deep-throated - musical ring! tures. in his voice by always going to} “I am not against them, you bed with a laugh. | know,” he said, “but I had enough It seems that Marshall is a bug Of it in 1915.” (He was severely on ‘cartoons. Ever since his college! Wounded and lost a leg in the bat- days ‘at St. Mary's, Harlow, Eng- | tle of Arras, and was cited for land, ‘he ‘has ‘spent all his spare. bravery.) time NR dctie various char-} acters lie has'met. sa “I'm not trying to. tell Holly- '“T don’t Know a better way to wel eigen he Confeeds get a lift if you are depressed,'«but I think that only about six than to take a pencil or crayon; per cent of the total output of the War Pictures HERBERT MARSHALL DRAWS A LAUGH: TURNS CARTOONIST TO SHOO BLUES CALLING DRAFTED MOTHERS By ERAINE TURIN Copyright, 1943 RUA URI Pre-eminenty at this time when we are in the grip of war to main- tain our free-way of life, it is in- teresting to recall Spinoza’s ideas seventeenth century, that philos- opher wrote: _ “The object of government is| not to change} men from ra- tional beings} puppets, but to} enable them to { on freedom. As far back as the |‘ | THE KEY WEst CITIZEN |A FEATHER BEATS THE WEATHER Science Comes Up With ‘The Down So Yanks In Arctic Can Keep Warm By JOHN GROVER ‘AP Features Writer BELTSVILLE) Md.; June’ 22.— Sciénée’ has’ almost succeeded in} getting birds of differént’ feathers to flock together at least for mili- tary purposes. : They’ve made the “wrong” kind of feathers look and fee) like the and draw,” says the soft-spoken movie star. Collects Cartoons Next to drawing cartoons, Mar- | studios should be war pictures. “That would be enough to give || a good nudge to persons letting |’ ‘down on war efforts. I think ‘Ba- |“right” kind. That’s mighty im- develop their | portant, because from the Army’s minds and|point of view there’s an acute bodies se-; shortage of the right kind and a in Never heard of so many new books in my -life. Seems like everybody that can hold pen in hand is putting out shall prefers collecting them and taan’ is a good example of. that, his California home is full of the | cg ae ae good ‘war picture best he can find in. British and, W& Have had. American | mdgazines. When hel Aiter he finishes “Faculty Row” finds one that particularly im-| for Metro, Marshall is hoping to presses him, he writes to the art-| set away from his usual run of ist and tries to buy it. Hos “They invariably refuse to take| Wants Heavy Work any money for the cartoons,”| “I don’t believe that an actor smiled Marshall, “and I get an- should have too much to say about other original for my collection. | the parts he plays,” he hastened “My bedroom walls are covered to explain, “but I want to do with the work of such great art- | something else than a soft-spoken ists as George Price, Charles Ad-/} leading man. I want to get my dams, ae here aoe Barrow, teeth in a part, do a little heavy e Russell, lin Kirby and) work. I’ve been over to Brook- Ding jing. I can always depend j lyn the last, few days trying to get on them for a laugh when I need their dialect just in case I get a one, ; Part where I can use it.” ° ~Marshall stopped on Broadway; Just imagine Herbert Marshall _ &m route to Hollywood from a saying: “Dose bums. 'r lousy.” FEI III IO II III I IIS IISA IIIA AAI IA SERVICE FOR SERVICEMEN ABBE. LE By ALICE HOFFMAN Nearly ,every week-end some AP Features 300 soldiers throng the office- NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 22 lobby, which is flanked on one You pass a soldier asleep on aj side by a recreation room with park bench or on the floor of a}pool and ping-pong tables and Public building and you say,|on the other by a reading-writing “What a shame. Something! room supplied with pens, ink ought to be done...” stationery. Last year during the Second} The “Coffee Shoppe” with its Army’s middle Tennessee ma-|modern restaurant counter and neuvers Joe Werthan, Nashville} high upholstered stools is perhaps business man, saw scores of sol-| the best place to get an expres- diers sleeping that way and/jsion of opinion from the armed thought “Something ought to/forces on the merits of the free be done...” hotel. ; Now Werthan operates what! Under the influence of free he believes is the only free ho-|doughnuts and coffee (the OPA tel for servicemen run and fi-|¢ooperates with Werthan) a nanced by an individual. corporal confided: ‘Before I Located in two three-story|found out about this place I colonial brick dwellings and a used to try at four or five hotels white frame cottage near the} before I could get a room, and tenter of Nashville, the 250-room|even then I didn’t always get Werthan Servicemen’s Center| one. Now I come right out here provides first-class hotel service} the minute I get into town. It plus home atmosphere. j isn’t just that everything here AU, S. uniform is a stranger’s}is ‘for free’. It seems like introduction. Soldiers, sailors or| home.” Marines can make reservations; The hotel operates on the by mail or telephone. They reg-| “honor” system, the only~ regu- ister as they would at a hotel,|lation being “no smoking in select their own rooms, and leave| bedrooms”. messages at the desk, if they “There are MP’s on duty at all wish, to be called at any hour. | the other places in town where "On each floor there are hot}soldiers stay, but we've never and cold showers with ample! needed any here,” Werthan says. supplies of bath -towels and! ‘Thank you” letters come from soap. The hotel also provides|soldiers all over the eountry— fresh linen for each of the 250) one from overseas. beds and a razor with a new} How much Werthan has spent blade for every man. i for the center he says he doesn’t ‘Every day on his way to and|know or care. “I don’t keep any from his office Werthan, who is|records”, he asserts. “I'm fetting “Joe” to the armed forces, stops|more satisfaction out of this in at the center to see how things |thing thany anything I've ever are going. His wife and volun-;done in my life and if I can in- ‘teers assist at the center, which) terest other individuals in doing «is open 24 hours every day. the same thing, that’s all I ask.” ‘ : —— a CENCE . SOI III ISI IO IOI IIIT III I IOS I IIIT IAI IIIT III “HOW WE SCORED IN BISMARCK SEA RBBB GUAGE NANA AAA AAAI By JACK STINNETT words, it’s using bombs wae they WASHINGTON, - June 22.—; were waveskipping torpe oes. Rises ditt” Lieut. Geni ‘Geon ,| Just how it is done is something ee ©"{} that won’t come out until after Churchill Kennedy (Gen. MacAr- | the war, probably. Just who is rae thur’s air force officer in the} sponsible for it other than Lieu- South Pacific) arrived in Washing- | tant Staats, Kenney eS ae i alice either. Bui ere seems no doul lage Cake b foreg ot that he is the first man to have nothing but “s! 0 g. | figs rey _ | put it into practice in actual war Although there isn’t an official) fare, line on it anywhere, “skip bomb-| As in the case of many inven- ing” probably resulted in our all-| tions, necessity gave it birth. With out success in the Bismarck Sea.|@ whale of a job to do and few . Nea? ‘planes to operate with, General That success can’t be attributed} Kenney used Flying Fortresses as entirely to this new ‘bombing “high-level” bombers, more or less technique, but it’s reported Mas decoys for ackack gunners. good ate ce haga tp ras ony | The Mitchells went ste 36, sortie, Som illy Mitchells) | skipped their bombs broadside, ‘gt accounted cies 1 ships in! poured machine gun lead into, the a een Layee Addi le! 1 overs | gun crews and deck hands, nosed * ws before tl aps new wha’ at ‘single 'planej ‘Has ever been touch- ney 7 e ed, ‘we ‘have failed to hear about it. | eo #6 have ee 8 . ver are apparent. Targets, being Skip bombing derives from that! broadside, at a few hundred yards youthful trick of “skipping” 4) are much easier to draw a bead on rock across the water. Bombers} than if they were the decks of flying at almost deck level and| those ships from 10,000 to 30,000- at top speed drop their bombs! foot levels. Almost the only seri- “flat” before they reach their tar-| ous defense against them is the get. The bomb hits the water, | ship's quota of maching guns, but ricochets into the air and hits the planes coming in nose-first pro- ship just above or below the wa- vide a minimum target. ter line. The perfect shot is just; “Skip bombing” is just one more below the waterline — because! innovation of General Kenny. The that’s a more vulnerable spot— | five-foot-six general but “on-the-first-bounce” shots credited with development of the are almost as deadly. In other parachute bomb, the first place- The benefits of such a maneu-| curity, and to) employ their) reason un-| shackled; neith- | ERAINE TURIN er showing) hatred, anger or deceit, nor watch- | ed with the eyes of jealousy and/| injustice. In fact, the true aim of | government is liberty.” Now that we have’come to en-| joy such liberty, which our great | democracy offers us; we are de-/ termined—unlike those under to-| talitarian oppression—to fight to) keep this liberty intact. Therefore, | every ‘loyal American must be in| full accord with General MacAr- thur’s statement, “we shall ;be| free or we shall die.” The determination to be free should inspire all of vs to feel united, to be united in our com-j} mon struggle against oppression. | We must ever bear in mind that} freedom has become the founda- tion upon which! every American home is built. Indubitably for that! American héré, ow fighting men are fighting. For that American! home ,our country has joined with the Allied Nations in one of the greatest struggles against to- talitarianism in recent times. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek | himself acknowledges what such unity can effect, and gives spe- cial plaudits to our cooperation here. In a recent Associated Press| release, we read in part: “ ‘Never before,’ Chiang said in his mes-} sage to the President, ‘have we} of the United Nations stood so united—united in our determina- tion to realize our common aims so solemnly proclaimed in our declaration. “We not only pay tribute to your courageous, farsighted lead- ership, but we also do honor to your fighting force, whose gal- lant achievements in the East and the West have brought final vic- tory so much needed and to the millions of American men and wemen on the home front whose sacrifice and devotion have made your great country the arsenal of democracy.’ ” Accordingly, drafted mothers | of our nation, you and your fight-| ing men represent the major part of that arsenal of democracy. How well, then, you must .under- stand that “the trye aim of gov- ernment is liberty,” as Spinoza | emphasized so long ago; that “we | shall be free or we shall die,” as General MacArthur speaks for himself and men, your,men; that “never before have we of the| United Natiris' $fod so united— united in" ¥ur'"Getermination to realize our /¢efmmon aims,” as the Generalissimo’ of China re- cently told: our! President. Obviously we must fight to be “dnited in our determination to vealize ‘our common aims:” to} maiiitain’ our free-way of life, which alone will bring under- standing to'all men. Raeburn Van Buren brought out this point ¢x- ceptionally well in one of: his series of “Abbie an’ Slats” comic strips, His character, a Mr. Quail, endeavored to persuade a Nazi agent against his erroneous meth- ods. But when the Nazi tricked him in a pose of reformation to gain time to grab a_ pistol, Mr. Quail shot him instead. Then Mr. Quail exclaimed to Abbie, another character who witnessed the shooting: “I killed him! I’ve killed a man. And I thought that patience and kindness and understanding was the only way to deal with your fellowman.” “He wasn’t your fellowman,” Abbie responded quickly. “Maybe he once was. But he and all his} kind gave up their right to be considered our fellowmen long ago. Patience’and kindness and understanding.» between men, that’s what we're fighting for, Mr. Quail. But we've got to fight.” } | VISITING KEY WEST | Sergeant and Mrs. Octavio Recio are spending a visit in! Key West with relatives and) friends, { Sergeant Recio is stationed at) Camp Butner, N. C. He was re-: vently awarded a service ribbon, {for perfect conduct with the! | United States Army forces. | | SEES TR SERS ARE SR a ment of machine guns in the wings! and sundry other changes in de-| sign of air maneuvers, ‘ jun21,22,23,1943 plentiful supply of the wrong. And what does an Army need feathers for? Alaska, the Yukon, Iceland and Greenland happen to be a quartet of key strategic areas. They also happen to be colder than a mother-in-law’s kiss. Feather-insulated sleeping bags are a must for northern troops. Eiderdown Best Dewn from eider ducks is best —and scarcest. It happens that the ducks nest in those same strategic areas from which the Eskimo down gathers have been evacuat- ed. ! Down and feathers from domes- tic geese and ducks can be used, and the military has grabbed the whole supply. There’s even‘ a pre- mium ceiling price for ducks ship- ped to market with their feathers on, instead of plucked. That exhausts the normal sources of “right” feathers. That’s where science grabbed the ball, in the person of J. I. Hardy, fibers expert with the U. S. Department of Agriculture experimental farm} here, By far the largest number of fowl sent to U. S. markets are chickens. It happens that chickens have the poorest feathers for in- sulation and warmth. feathers sell for about a nickel a pound, while down markets for about $5, which gives you an idea of relative value). There are a few “right” feath- ers.on the average chicken, but!¢ustom made and last for five herself—thought she had troubles | Jacksonville they are so outnumbered bv the “wrong” feathers that chicken dealers don’t bother to separate them. Chicken feathers were sold in pre-war days for the cheapest kind of upholstery and mattress stuffing, Hardy had two problems: (1) Separating the “right” cHicken feathers from the “wrong” ones; (2) making the “wrong” ones good. ‘ “Right” feathers are downlike and fluffy. Most chicken feathers have a heavy central rib and not much fluff. Hardy uses a “poof” principle to separate the good from the bad. It’s like a kid keeping a feather in the air by nuffing at it. The scientist built his “poofer- separator” from a vacuum Clean- er and four big pasteboard car- tons. The vacuum cleaner air cur- rent “poofs” the feathers through the four boxes, connected by big pipes at different levels. Only the fluffiest feathers are wafted into the fourth box. Poof Test The “wrong” feathers that flunk the poof test go into a macera- tion machine. This is like a ham- mer mill for chopping stock feed. It gives the feathers an awful beating, breaking up the spiny | central rib and freeing the feather fluff and down. Fed thtough the poofer again, the chicken down is collected and the rib reiinants discarded. e, This processed chicken down igs only slightly inferior to duck ot goose feathers. Natural’ duck and goose feathers for a sleeping bag weigh three pounds, chicken down only a quarter pound more. While developed primarily to pinch hit for unavailable duck and goose down for military pur- Poses, the ,pew technique for pro- cessing chicken feathers opens up possibilities for added revenue for chicken farmers. Both the macera- tion and poof-separating can easi- ly be done on the farm, and the processed down can be widely utilized. HOW’S THIS? DUNCAN, Okla.—Duri the recent floods Wildhorse “ creek overflowed over “Leon Mansell’s: 10-acre corn field, leaving the six+ inch ‘plants ‘covered with’ silt and: sand. "Then came © another’ ‘flood and’ washéd “away ‘the ‘silt and sand) leaving ‘the corn dlmést as. good as ever: Saved for Rainy Day Mother: “Why, Johnny, what have vou done with all your mon- ey? Your money-box is empty!” Johnny: “Well, mother, yester- ag Was a rainy dav. so I snent i NOTICE I will no longer be responsible of planes, the establishment of air) for debts made by my wife, Vir- has been| supply lines for ground troops,| ginia Morse. HOWARD MORSE, (Chicken j | FRED ASTAIRE’S FAVORITE FAN By ROBBIN COONS JASCAP sends him now and then. | fan who sees more Fred Astaire | he can dance to. His name for the | dance routines than any other is| Classical type is “water music.” Before Fred makes a picture, he|‘ummy and golf, well tailored gets out all his old routines and/ clothes and bright neckties. He himself. In his 16 films in 10 years,! jokes, and doing impersonations he has not. yet Been guilty of so} of Jimmy Cagney—and of Shirley i ¥ LOKBD + ‘Ten years of success in Holly- wood make an actor practically WAR IS JUST AN He jis, without doubt’ the most] OPEN BOOK agile and, active star of his age) ee list his birthday as May 10, 1900.; 4P Features He has been on screen or stage! for 38 years beginning with his sis-! ! was five. He was born in Omaha, sara Neb., and his real name was Au 4 | . _The boys in the thick of the! taire because Austerlitz sounded ‘fight sure will be behind times “too much like a battle.” j'when they come back. It will Fred thinks he began worrying read how the war was won. | —which has since become his fa-| It seems like if a man dips his and a Jersey City theater manager | writes 480 pages on his experi- let it be known that Adele had ences abroad. Every foreign hot. alee Fred, who not! and plans a second, but so many only danced and sang but played! of his buddies are turning out however. te a aoe Oe - rabble : ‘of his life just writing endorse- Sister Adele was Fred’s Part-; nents Sn ain, successors. She left him in 1930 to} af Marry Lord Charles Cavendish, | "®¢essary are the garden, cook, | almanac and the Bible. | Successors: Claire, Luce (not the}, I’m not complaining, Congresswoman), Joan Crawford, Just seems sort of strange that Eleanor Powell, Paulette Goddard, | time to write all these books Marjorie Reynolds, Joan Leslie. |®nd we've got time to read ‘em. and talked to her studio, Warner | day’s papers. Bros., about a picture with ext ————— ' W CUSTOMERS j they put her in “Yankee Doodie | NO NEW C Dandy” and Fred had to wait | less than a week to teach her the; (Ry Ansocinted Pre<=) new routines for “Limit.” | KNOXVILLE, Tenn.. June 22.— * 6 He looks taller than his five has been forced to wait more than) feet ten, no stouter than his 140' two weeks for the return of her HOLLYWOOD, June 22.—The/ He likes “rhythm music”—things! Fred Astaire. This is not vanity.) Fred likes, in addition to gin studies them to avoid repeating|also likes small cars, practical doing.” | Temple: van institution, and, Astaire is that. ‘in pictures. Some theater guides} By SPOON RIVER SAM He says the year was 1899. Hi ter Adele in vaudeville when hel! his corn! linus dad Mico cae aie sterlitz. They changed it to As- ees ; be mighty interesting to them to | vorite diversion—when he was 12 foot in the Atlantic or Pacifie he talent but “the boy” wasn’t so’ correspondent writes one book the piano in the act. He kept ON, | books too that he spends the rest ner longer than any of her =a The only, books that's. really son of the Duke of Devonshire. | F@tion, but it Ginger Rogers, Joan Fontaine,;in a country at war we've got Fred saw Joan Leslie dancing & can’t even keep up with the Maybe that gave them an idea— ARE NEEDED NOW months for her. But it took him} aeons te The Knoxville housewife—who | pounds. His shoes—size 7—are/ laundry and then iron some of it {years because he has a large col-/ until: ‘lection both for dancing and ordi-; A Detroit man, 544 miles away, | jmary wear. One pair. recently mailed his soiled clothing to a brought $116,000 at auction—on a’ Knoxville laundry, explaining in} } bond selling tour. ia letter, that Detroit firms a" Astaire, by virtue of composing ' longer took on new customers. He| several hit tunes, is a member of got his laundry _ back, finished, | ASCAP. Among his works: “I’m pronto. | Building Up to a Big Letdown,” | “Like Taking Candy from a Ba-\ Byrnes denies that he has po- by.” He is proud of the checks litical ambitions for 1944. Classified Column _ eveccsccccccccscsosceses | WANTED eevee FOR SALE | | SPECIAL—One thousand Manila YOUNG LADY, neat and intel-| Second Sheets, $1.00. 500: ligent, desires temporary posi- | Sheets, 60c. These prices now! tion. Local reference. Box J,| in effect. 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