The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 15, 1950, Page 3

Ei ge cA ROMO cepts TLL TALK ‘To VISITING HER NoW- AND SHE'S EXPECTING DENNIS ANY MINUTE. : TOWNSPEOPLE WAND A THAT'S GAD FOR ME?, HOHOS CUTE LITTLE ACT, \ No! BUT A COUPLE OF | BRIN VILLIANS _ WOULON’T “NEUTRON? AT LEAST SHE CANIT RUN j OFF WITH HOOPEE WHILE — }/ WE HAVE OUR EYE ON HER —//// PHEW! I THOUGHT KRULL GOT” YA WITH THAT 20 WA STUFF! LET'S ALL WRAP ON OUR CHUTES AND GET OUT FOR SOME FRESH AIR. NOW DO YOUR STUFF *PROTON* ANO DEAD 006.— DEAD — DOG. AND THE MAID IS. COMI ING , TOO, HUBERT/ ISN'T THIS AMUSING— MLING YOU 3 8 .;war which followed was. r war in history that paid i s and brought a finan- cial return in excess of the money ite to tight it. of the results were these: led to . construction Z £ ‘Trivial? Facts and figures are iuminating. In the struggle around Cuba and in the Philip-~ pine uprising more than 458,000 meh were engaged. This total exceeded the number in the Revolution, the Mexican War, or the: War of 1812. Average length of service was 14 months as campared with nine months. for World War I, and 11 mohths for the War Between the States. : Some Great Battles So muchhas happened in war sitice. the days of 1898. that peo- ple*ot these recent generations think the Spanish-American War ‘was a tempest in a teapot. Loss by death from all causes in: the -Spanish-American War and the struggle in the distant Philippines was 4.3 per cent of those‘engaged in the service. This’ was six times as large a-per- centage. of deathas pertaitted to World‘ War I and seven times more ‘than the death loss on both sides inithe War Between the »| States: th the Spanish-American War the: pfivate in the ranks drew Of $15.60 pet month. In the 4 First World War, $30 per month. “In: the two world wars our meh—-and women—were protec- 4 ted’ by €very resource which sani-: tation, nedicine and surgery Emergencny Job THANKS, MURDOCK//)/ AN’ E I HOPE OAKY WILL KNOW 7 WHAT TO DO WITH ‘EM/ “hy ( (IKKX) glen could devise, Typhoid fever y almost unknown. En But in the « Spanish- War at Camp Thomas mauga Park, over 25 | the men in the 1st Corps were — vittims: of fever alone ae Tells Of The Important. Part Key West Sp st Amer . Disaster Of én can Wor... Feb. 15, 16 pendents in the form £0,000. insurance policy « ie oe There was nothing like” that in the Spanish-American oe The First World War ‘soldier, upon discharge, received.& Bonus of $60. The Spanish-American fighters got nothing. : After “Maine” Sank. After the Maine. sank ).both American and Spanish ‘govern- ments opened boards of inquiry. Out of the welter of fact: and sur- mise... nothing, it, is fair 6. - every satis fae! ; ined as the cause of the, up of the. .Maine., There<; was a i terrific blast and the ‘hull. plates ‘were blown upwards. (into, !ship, but thé weight. ob: - ion seems to be that'the 76 bility. for the explosion not be laid to mac! » OF the government of i : |. Whatever. the Beer sag what- ever the esponsibility, ie ab palling catastrophe ¢ffectively led to the breaking of the, long- volunteered for try. In’ thos: days of the long ago- days. which students of Key West history have found recorded re- |-| currently in books, pamphlets band the wer records of famili whose reletives fought 90 miles off the shores, and in Philippine the | waters—ir those. days, “Remem- ber the Maine” was as vital as was “Remember Pearl Harbor” d| after the vile attack of the Japs, December 7, 1941. In.1860, four U. S. people work~ edon the farm to feed one off the farm, but today one farmer feeds four off the farm. powerful 114-ton and 2-ton models in four wheelbases. New Studebaker ideas pay off in big savings for truck owners! See for yourself what Studebaker has done to give these trucks a new kind of pulling power, staying power, earning power! See the new way that Studebaker rein- forces a truck frame— with a rigid, rugged, twist-resisting K-member up front! 1130 Duval St. See the Studebaker cab of new roominess, visibility and comfort! New low floor— new enclosed safety steps! New “‘lift-the- hood"! accessibility! Stop in and check up on these money- saving new Studebaker trucks today! THE TWINS GARAGE ‘%« 17 STUDEBAKER TRUCKS LEAD IN COMFORT ANC CONVENIENCE FOR THE DRivé