The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 18, 1946, Page 6

PAGE SIX rf ‘Terminal Leave (P22 ‘Tedve they have coming to then : is wiped off the slate, and they | ‘ By ROWLAND 'EVANIS, Jr, | start all over again. If, they go As the world “hurtles toward{bunks.; There was no talk, no} WASHINGTON. — Te Foie | renee ee gr a leave, Fi enother war infinitely mere hor-|<inging, no music, no merriment.) leave for enlisted men ‘ay soon! ened ing on is ey can't i rile than the last one, 1 wonder} :uch as\ soldiers going to of become a reality instead jof a nice |.” vo theres GI kaa | ‘aes f «© father and son of, Cleveland,| fronts usally engaged in. thing to dream about. t sala! " ae La hrough Obie, will beth bein it, as they! -Qne sedined sadder than all the] ‘Terminal leave is legiye with| etl ee 9 jee luty, and. were in the late war, I wonder if! »est-a ‘soldier who appeared to! pay that almost every officer gets | mevig ee ee of. them, overseas, they still live. If so, I wonder! )}e about forty-five. He steod for| when’ he’s separated fran the } an received not one day what must be their thoughts as} hours at a: time on the forward | service. of leave during all that time, he they Watch a third world: war ap-; ‘ick: and stared sadly at the sea.) Qfficers are entitled to two could not, be given any leave af- prosebing. This is why I wonder} ryequently, he missed meals. He} and a half-days’ leave for each| tev discharge to compensate for ebout ther | cidn't attend Sunday worship. He} month they spend in the service. | it. @ 1 Im the early spring of 1944, a/-eemed to be almost in a daze.} But few if any officdts actually| Some congressmen and: vet-| wardrobe, which he ‘said most | troopehip passed through -the| “ven the mogose- men around) go¢ that much leave (during the] erans’ organizations have been\ veterans will need because of | ¢ Stress ef Gibraltar, bound for| him wondered, why he was 80 | Way. ; trying to do something about] their “growth in stature and in’ "2 Will sooner or Nepigs, Italy. It carried a con- | depressed. So, to compensate for this lack| this for a long time. ‘It now’ strength during their service.” benefit. of terminal tinge’ of replacement troops—} at dawn one morning, as the} of furlough time, the leave which | looks as though they will be suc- Not In Bonus Class : evichiers to fit the places of those} sunnery officer made his rounds | officers have accumulated but! cessful in getting a bill through But when it was brought out killed in the bloody fighting be-/} to check the sea watch and in-} no¢ actually used is given them Congress giving enlisted men at shel earings Gn the dig fore Cassino. The men aboard ect the armament, he saw this starting the day they go on the|the same kind of terminal leave lagilatidt at a ease 5 knew their destination.- They} -oidjer leaning against a. gun tnantive: Het officers enjoy. ses e ion tha’ ermina’ ve At knew the Rapido River had been} )atform on the ship's bow, look- f 30 Proposals Made {should not be considered as aj made red with the blood of thous-: ing even more melanchely than Gls Lost Out Mt BY hills i bonus,’ or increased mustering A Real Treatment! : vera | es ot Not vith enlisted men, Al- lore than 30 bills have been | oi 01 thing like it. Rath- Trek etdie trang tn. vain (rene Tas Runner otticgs tree th eager are entitled to two | introduced in Congress so far, all | tik ates vaeniog bay for! eae elas " vhile fi in vain; , i i > a Ou: y a 2 for! ‘he ever tat tooghtered while trying in vain} 1s» 9 conversation with the sold and a half days’ leave each {of which are pretty much the | Facstions SEEK Mae tt oie Anyone, vil has a =a once they, ——— FACTS and FIGURES ’ By FULLER WARREN fe eréss it. They knew they were | j,; fearned that ke was ea V headed for the bloodiest battle-} ‘erty feurs that he had \been ajmonth, there. is no provision foled se, Ot bain ah been ice never got a chance. to. take, seo de the crate held of the war at, that time.} mechanic in Cleveland beftre be- Bi 2 baie Seas Sc na | oe ee definitely had} *5 They hal heard they would be} ing drafted; that he had Yought| fighting on the front before Cas- rey coming to them. ognited Graz (pentien a yeshed into the front line shortly | in World War I and was wot'nded, | sino. If and when terminal leave pr Cost of giving terminal leave | Sitivg,teatment hes, been made #fter being put ashore—the fight-| 41 the Battle of Belleau Wood;| The gunnery officer asked,}€nlisted men is authorized, t | pay ta. all ex-enlisted personnel the Pin-Worm tablets developed tn, the ime Woes then raging less than that he had come back to Cleve-| “What were yok thinking about | average ex-Joe or Jane will prob- | is ‘gifficult. to estimate, because | ame De. © dene fifty miles from Naples, where | jand after the first world }war,jwhen I walked up and started ;ably get a check for one month’s | many of the bills differ on the} act in a special way Toney Pasties, 0 they were to land. Few expected; married his childhood sweetheart} talking?” pay at the rank he held when he ! question of whether to include! _ Bo watch ous te the Varese BS to return and had a son born to him\in} The two-war soldier said, “I| got his GI walking papers. That's |-furlough rations, or subsistence | Syorsae Segreely a word was spoken by 4 1995: that this son, an old child,|was just wondering if the man} because the Army figures the | and quarters allowances, in the! a RA pty A the troops during the five-day | haa been drafted into the armty {I’m going to replace in the line paverage ex-Joe or Jane spent/ Department mathematician fig-! the directions. Sogeteatien guareatens, yeRe from Gilbraltar to Naples. | and was, when last heard from}. will be my boy.” rtwo years in the service, and “ured the total ‘cost would ap-| Tis conn tn ocheamben s00ites Catal , During the day, they lay on. the }———_— ~— a a deck and looked gloomily toward Italy, At night ,they went below | and silently. climbed inio their | LEGALS 0-789 { 2 HICKEY, 1 Plaintiff, i . WHAIAM JAME H ORDER OF To: Willam J 12M hiledel You af@ hereby required to ap- * the Bi of Complaint for lnvotee Im the above styled cause - © Ketore the 12th day of = wet, AD. 1946, otherwise the al- heations therein will be taken as © A order is to be published once i for four consecutive Kk Key West Citizen, a ne Meolished in the City of Florida gn Ordered this 9th day f Juiy, AD, 1946 (SEALY R *. SAWYER “ Cirenit_ Court, Monroe Cou Piorida. By: GLORIA M. / O, Deputy Clerk. | Atlan &. t., { Solicitor aug 1, 1946 | awe No.” 10-79% I CHARLOTTE COYR 2 MARJOR : aye laintitf, LYNDON WALI s| n, ainews- | ity of Key | dered this 10th day | ot { R erk of the County, A M. Ac uu I (ed) “Allon B. Cleare, Jr, : tor for’ Plaintiff. jul it OFFICE SILVER P 4M noTeL Corner of Eaton and Elizabeth Streets All Kinds of Duplicating Mimeographing Typing - Research Notary Public taformetion $2 AM —~ 25 Pee Evenings 7 9 te Sn For the year 1945, $35,000,000 in addition to wages me eh | was spent by General Electric in extra benefits for employees By Seeeseeees CCeeeeceecesees eeeee Li ¥ KEY WEST, ‘ ned herein. ‘Wit be It isn’t a new thing for General Electric to put more _ployees, cash for suggestions began over 20 years ago. Had hk gig deena ie than money into pay envelopes for its employees. Pension plans were started 33 years ago. And vacations ivi ?? - t with pay began 53 years ago. ] “ “Job dividends” —these extras that G-E employees ge : in addition to wages—have a sound business reason. To Every employee has a stake in the future of General | ha aes ful, a company must be efficient. A man with Electric. For out of its suecess—and only out of success } > HOUSE, FIP PA? 2 at Annex. id ‘Tropical rida, comple ‘ : ‘ in livi . That | | i fficiently, which makes © —can come further advances in living standards ety | yard ae he ? is the aim of General Electric, not alone for its employees, tor reject | er ls : j ee vee nuns ee | Profit-sharing plans, relief and loan plans began over _ but for the public, who gain by new and better products, 10 years ago at General Electric. Life insurance forem- continuously improved. must be dressed as f Court: Play bay GENERAL @ ELECTRIC Instruction. Monroe Coun. ty, Florida, 2nd Floor, | court House, Key | West, Florida. | *y Jul 11-18-25, 1946 cd POS POSES eeeeeses (heidi dh ititdediid \Z bebe Att 2D OD