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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-24

Martha laughed. shriIly and pieFo
Mgly. and struck again.
travels. Of far away places he'd Wis
tied. he looked at her twice while be
talked. directly, penetratingly, and
the flushed.
After a while Martha got up and
began clearing of the table. No one
offered to help. She washed and
dried the dishes and stacked them
away. And when she came back
into the living room, they were ready
to 60. all Of them After they left
she closed the door and turned and
went back into the kitchen
For a moment she stood in the
center Of the floor. An expression
came into her face that was the I'M
leashing Of years and years Of sup
pressed desires. She took a quick
step forward, seized a broom by its
handle, swung it toward the shelf
Of canned preserves with all her
strength.
Martha laughed, shriIly, piercing
~. and struck again. The shelf gave
way this time, swinging on one
hinge. Half a hundred Jars Of vary.
ing size crashed to the floor.
Directly following there was an
instant Of silence. and In that In
slant a voice spoke near the kitchen
door. In heavens name, what are
you doing that fort"
Martha whirled. and there, Just IN
side the door, an amazed look on his
tanned face. stood Barre Howard.
''why7" she cried passIonately,
why? Because It's what I've want.
cd to do for years and years and
years and it's just today I've had
the courage. Because I hate this
place. hate being eooped up here.
Because I'm plain and unatraetive
and can't have the things my sisters
have. because Nancy's so selfish.
Because she isn't satisfied with one
man. but wants another. the only
one-I-I-"
she stopped at last, breathing
hard. leaning heavily against. the
sink. guilty. ashamed Of what she'd
almost said.
I'm sorry. didn't mean it. Real.
". H-n there's something you for.
got. III help you find IL"
There's nothing I've forgotten, %
'Then-Ehy did you come baek7
Why don't you 80 and leave me
alone. Ike all the others dot"
His eyes were steady, penetrating,
q dreamy mystery in their depths.
why do you think I came baek?'
be asked.
Why7" She brushed a hand
across her eyes. Something was stir.
ring inside OF her. something she
thought dead. "Why?" she repeat.
cd. How should I known"
Barre Howard laughed and stood
before her. and suddenly the Look
IN his eyes was no longer mysteri.
GUS. II was like a picture, readily
interpreted. telling her why be had
come back.
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NJ ARTHA was dependable. Like
- . patient willing and uncom.
planning horse. Her life on her small
farm was not different from a tread
mill always the same. day Ia and
day out, month after month, year
after year.
There had been time when Mar
tha was not alone. That was when
her older sister Helen and her
younger sister Nancy and her stfll
younger brother Curt lived there al
the farm. But that was a long tims
ago. lengar still since their parents
had died. The sisters we're beauti.
fui and had married wen, and Curt,
possessed Of burning ambitions. had
left TO make his way IN the world
Frequently they came cut 10 eau,
to .'eat one Of Martha's wonderful
dinners" and get breath Of coun-
try air"
Il was on a Christmas day that
Nancy brought Barre Howard out.
Il knew you wouldn't mind. dar-
ling" she gushed. Mr.. Howard Is
a traveller and he's Iecturing n town
tomorrow night"
Martha smiled and nodded and
looked UP into Barre Towards
tanned face. a face that was strong
and kind. with eyes that held 3
dreamy mystery IN their depths.
But no one would have dreamed
that there were any thoughts In Mar
taa's head save those fhat eentered
around preparations for the Christ
mas dinner.
L was sumptuous meal enc q
the best Martha had ever prepared.
She knew a vague sort az pride al
the way her guests attacked IL
II rtha sat with the cthers at the
table after TIE dinner was over, lis
tcnlng to Barre Howard tell Of MS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-24
Christmas Watched
History in Making

Almost fhroughous fhs porfd,
people are looking forsoard 10 q
merry Christmas. This day, so sig.
aifcmt 20 ~ has seen gres epeHfs
occur in The history 81 IKE seOrId.
FolIosuiHg Is a list Of Important
evenfs Which occurred on Christmas
days
DECEMBER Is -
Year Event
500 Charlemagne, French king,
crowned at Rome, Emper-
or Of the West.
1858 william the Conqueror
crowned at London.
1912 Sir Isaac Newton born. He
discovered thu law Of grav-
ity.
175s Washington crossed the
Delaware 10 attack Tren-
ton.
17J1 NeKm0n1 decsarea us hn0e-
pendence frern England
I9A Clara Haxiowe Barton berR-
she founded the American
Red Cross In 1854.
1851 Gen. Zachary Taylor de-
feated the Seminole Indians
"a Florida.
1879 Peter Tschzikowsky bern.
Famons Russian composer.
1853 UnconditionaI pardon and
amnesty proclaimed by the
President to al inhabitants |
In Southern states.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-11
Miners Asking
New Contract

CBy International %eWs Service
New York. Mar. Tins With
national defense an important fac
tor in the picture, the nations
soft coal producers and union
leaders assembled in Joint confer
ence today 10 begin negotiations
for a new collective bargaining
sgfeement affecting $4,000 btu
minous miners
The present two year contract
expires Mar 81
Both sides assumed wait and
see" attitude this morning Spokes-
men for the operators said they
couldn't say anything until after
tbcy had seen THO deuIaUds Of the
miners. drawn up yesterday at
meeting Of the policy committee
OF the United Mine Workers Of
America
John L. Lewis. president OF
UNIV. Vice President Philip Muir.
ray and Secretary-Treasurer Thorn.
as Kennedy we're likewise silent.
They Indicated the miners de-
mands would speak for their side.
TIE arrfrUfe u both sides to-.--
ever seemed less belligerent than
two years ago when the union won
cut on the bitterly fought issue OF
the closed shop. Both operators
and miners appeared 10 be hope
ful Of ayerting a tie up Of produc-
ton when the present contract ex-
Tires at the end Of the month.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-11
Map
Still Dotted
With Strikes
Bus Strike Still
on inNew York


Strikes bearing directly or indi
reCtly on the nations rearmamcnt
drive continued today to dot the
industrial map.
The one which directly affected
the most men and women was the
bus strike In New York city. II
sent hundreds Of thousands OF city
dwellers walking to their business
or seeking transportation by sub
way or taXicab
The CIO Transport Workers I'm
ion is asking wage increases, long
er, paid vacations and a uniform 5.
hour day for drivers, conductors,
garage men and mechanics.
A group OF AFL metal trade rig
gers struck yesterday at the ingalls,
shipbuilding yard at Pascagoufs,
Miss, where cargo vessels are be
ing built. The union claimed $50
men were affected; the company
said only so OF its 1000 employees
were involved. The company con
tended the strike was Jurisdiction
al the union said it was called
because OF improper recognition by
the firm and in protest TO wages,
hours, working conditions and al
legged discrimination against the
Riggers trade.
At Philadelphia where the j. G..
Brill Company was working on
SilS.66l worth OF artillery and am
munition orders. clio steelworkers
were on strike for higher wages, a
union shop. and vacation and sen
iority concessions. The firm EN-
ploys 800.
About 400 ALL electrical work
ers walked out yesterday at the
Cornell Dubilier Corporation. Plain
field, y. J.. asking improved wage
conditions. Officials said the
company had orders for $l500,000
worth OF electrical equipment
which was needed for 100000 900
worth OF defense work elsewhere.
Federal officials at Washington
we're expected 10 make another
move soon to settle the Al is-Chal-
mers Manufacturing Company
strike and get the big Milwaukee
factory back 10 work on $4,000
600 in Army and Navy orders. CIO
United Automobile Workers have
been out almost seven weeks seek
ing union recognition and other
concessions.
Defense officials at the national
capital we're reported 10 be per
fecting their plans for a defense
industry labor board. intended to
See STRIKES Page S
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-11
Plastic Auto
Seen by Ford

Ways. Ga. Mar II AP- Henry
Ford emissions a day only several
years Of when farmer will gro n
most OF the materials going into
his motor car and perhaps the fuel
from ptautE as wei.
Wen have an experimental
body ready at our plant in mont
or so made chiefly OF plastics from
cellulOse fbers easily grown thr
Detroit automobile manufacture
said today
The plastic body will be several
hundred pounds lighter, and will
be a better body FOR several rea
sons, he added
Ford said the field Of plastics
almost Unlimited and well see
them used more and more In houses
and Offices instead OF wood.
He displayed some attractive
bath and kitchen tiles and what
appeared 10 be SILK socks
Those tic we're made from corn
cobs and tree bark right here 10
our laboratory Ford asserted
The socks used 10 be ordinary
saWdust
He said IT. va. known that u
necessary We can produce sat.
factory fuels for engines from po-
tstoes. corn, rice and other farm
products.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-11
Baby Dead, Job
Gone, Food Low

Three weeks ago IL month-old
Allen JarHls- cnned- and gurgled In
his crib. His parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Douglas Jarvis. we're happy
Hadn't Mr.. Jarvis obtained employ
ment at the Stove Company and
wasn't the pay check coming in
regularly? And weren't there be-
ter times just ahead?
That's not the picture today.
Little Allen is dead
There is no job
The little oil stove is out.
kind hearted heighbefs RAe
washed dishes for the unhappy fam
lily this morning found only ost-
meal and home made biscuits in the
lar4er.
Mr. Jarvis even then had not
asked for help. He Just wanted a
job.
None knew OF his plight un;il
Monday afternoon when Worden
seer rushed sn-ftflta4atef- 10 the
Jarvis flat al % y. Huron ST In A
desperate effort to save little Al
ANh = nv GAY zen NdH dAAll lAlaNtA-
ed at the home and the baby was
speeded by ambulance TO 81. Jo-
seph's Mercy Hospital in Ann A.
Dor. But he died OF a respiratory
infection and dialrhes
Today the little body lies in the
Rupp Funeral home in Monroe and
the mother is near collapse at the
home OF relatives in the same ci'y
with another child. three-year-o /
Delbert jarvis. Tho father obtained
a ride TO Monroe this noon
Funeral services will he Thurs.
day afternoon and Rev Stoddaid
OF the Missionary Alliance Church
will oficlate.
What little cheer could be inject.
ed into the situation came this az
ternoon from the ntted Stove Gem
pauy. When Kenneth Ferguson
president OF the company. heard Of
the case he personally directed that
funds be provided to alleviate the
situation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-11
Heavy Taxes in
U. S. Expected

CRy International News Seryjce)
New York, Mar. II ms II
America is TO avoid financial disas-
ter. a federal tax Of 25 per cent Of
the national income will have TO be
imposed to bear the burden Of the
defense program United States
Senator Robert A. Taft Republican,
OF Ohio. maintained today
We might as well face the fact"
Senator Taft declared in an address
before the annual meeting Of the
Ohio SCrtety-cf aArenl- that
these taves arc going 10 fall on
every man. woman, and child IN the
United States.
III government requires % per
cent oil the national income 10 pay
its expenses, then it Is simply i'm
possible TO obtain anything like
that amount from the wealthy di-
rectly or through corporation tax.
es. he said
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-11
Ypsilanti Preparing to Open
Camp Under Waterloo Project

Plans are being made for the
opening on June IL of the Ypsilanti
camp on Cedar Lake, which is a
part OF the Waterloo Recreation
Area. The Ypsilantl Community
Fund has signed application for the
lease of the newly completed camp
for ten weeks camping period for
a total rental fee OF S432.
The Camp lease is for ten weeks
the Girl Scouts of Ypsilanti to use
it for the first four weeks. The re-
naming six weeks the camp will be
-cpen lori boYs-camp. 1t will be for
use Of youths from Washtenaw
County, Ypsilanu boys being given
the preference. The age limits for
boys will be from u to IS years
Officials announce that they will
be willing to arrange facilities for
different organizations who wish
TO send campers il the sponsors
will specify the time early enough
so that arrangements can be made
The committee is also interested
in securing local groups to sponsor
camping trips for underprivileged
children who might not otherwise
obtain the advantages offered at
the camp.
In order 10 provide proper super
vision. it will be necessary to hire
a camp director and one councillor
for each eight campers. The com.
munity camping committee OF the
Community Fund. composed OF
Laurence Thomas. chairman, Paul
Samson, Norris Wiltse, Mrs. Mary
Delaforce. Mrs. Charles Elliott. and
Vincent Arnet, are already at work
on selection OF camp director.
While the National Park Service
in cooperation with the State Park
Authority has built and partially
equipped the camp with cots and
mattresses for the cabins. sinks
and cupboards for the kitchen. and
tables and benches in the mess
hall, lpsilantians will need to fur
nish other camp equipment. To this
end the City Federation OF Won
ems Clubs has agreed TO hold a
benefit TO raise funds for boats
and waterfront equipment and the
Ladies Literary Club has agreed
to furnish and equip the library.
Other clubs are being contacted
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-11
Ypsilanti Clergyn,en Will
Seek Basis For Returning
Idle Men to Factory Jobs
Controversial Farm Bills
Before Legislature Today

slble the measure would be report
ed out soon
Dyhstra's pension proposal was
to be made during house con
sheraton of senate approved
bill permitting exemptions Of $50
per month IN income FOR Yecip.
tents OF old age assistance
Grant only Welfare
Dykstra charged that both poll
teal parties had promised pen
sions to the old people but grant.
ed only welfare which he said.
did not average more than SO
per case Denying the pensions he
said. was shame before cod
any man" His proposal would re
quirc 500 per month from the state
government aud an equal amount
from the Federal government, he
said one person In each family
would be eligible.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-11

in regard 10 the purchase OF kit
chen utensils and dishes.
To raise funds for the boats, the
City Federation OF Women's Clubs
is sponsoring a benefit bridge and
game night program Monday eve
ming. March II. at O'Clock in St
Luke's parish house.
Mrs. Harold Leverett. OF the
Womans Study Club. is general
chairman and from the Woman 5
Study Club. the Ladies' Literary
Club, Research Club, Riverside
the-guSineSs- and-Proiesa
sional Womens Club there are
committees assisting with the pro
ject. The table prizes will be fur
nished by the Research Club and the
special prizes by the B. and p. W.
Club.
In addition 10 the boats and IL
brary books. other furnishings will
be needed at camp. There is need
for all kinds OF athletic and sports
equipment. for a large hoteltype
range for the kitchen, piano for
the assembly hall. hot water heat
er for the kitchen. and hand craft
tools and equipment.
1t is planned that each camper
will furnish his own blankets and
bedding
The camp is located on Pierce
Rd., about two and one half miles
west OF Chelsea on the north shore
OF Cedar Lake and is at the east
ernmost extremity Of the Waterloo
Recreation Area. The area. includ-
ing about 10000 acres in all. was
formerly sub-marginal land II was
purchased by the federal govern
ment >and after several years OF
work. has been transformed into
vast recreational area Included IN
the 10000 acres are three camps,
the Mill Lake Camp. operated four
years by the Detroit Board OF Edu-
cation the Cassidy Lake Camp, an
y. Y. A. vocational project, and the
Ypsilanti camp Also there is a large
game sanctuary, wild life area. hik-
ing area, and at Portage Lake near
Jackson there are beaches and
camping area which attract many
from the Jackson vicinity.
The Ypsilanti camp on Cedar
Lake was completed last fall by the
government and has a capacity Of
% campers in addition to the camp
director and councillors. The cabins
are arranged in three v idely separ-
ated groups, each group to accom-
modate "A campers. One group con-
sists OF eight.cot cabins. designed
particularly for younger campers
with the councillors quarters in the
center Of the cabin. The other two
groups are composed Of four-cot
cabins with councillors quarters in
a separate cabin.
Centrally located is the ~"
shaped main assembly hall and mess
hall The main part is 100 feet long
and one end serves as mess hall
and the other as an assembly hall,
there being a large brick fireplace
and small sleere for = library at
one end. The shorter base OF the
ct" shaped building is used for 4
kitchen pantry and storage space.
All buildings are OF rough saWn
lumber 10 gire a rustic appearance
and the grounds have been changed
as little as possible 10 retain the
back to nature atmosphere.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-11
Returns
All Officials

Especial 10 the Daily Pressl
Milan Mich. Mar II Al incum-
bent officers members OF the Eco
nomy party. we're reelected In the
Milan village election Monday a
total Of POI votes were cast.
Those elected were Harvey
Youngs. president a candidate en-
both tickets. l73 votes Arleigh
Squires village Ccrn. ll7 votes.
Paul Holcomb. treasurer. 1875 trus-
tees, Frank Cots tj2. jUhH BrHer-
ner. $50. and Arthur stevens 1916.
and y. J Laskcy. candidates 'or
assessor on both tickets 1866
Netas- pallad Lax the Citizens par
" candidates were Thurl0v san.
ford, village clerk. S. Mrs Glen
Dunsmore. trustee. 90 trustees.
Ernest Schnurstein. 81. g e Van
Ormsn. 50. and Arthur Taylor, 50.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-11
All Groups Asked
to Meet This
Evening
Committee Hopes
to Arrange
Settlement
"Ge, those men working again

Get those men working again
W1A this goal IA mind Ypsllanti
clergymen. three American Fedora.
lion OF Labor members. three ClO
members the International repre-
sentati,es OF both groups. Mayor
Ross Bower and Kenneth Ferguson.
manager OF the United Stove Com.
pany and attorneys. vii meet ~
city hall this evening to seek
solution Of Differences which -.
suited IN strike az the Stove Com.
pany and unemployment for over
500 residents 90 Ypsliant
The decision 20 meet this eve.
ming was reached a. shortly before
midnight Monday after the clergy
men bad heard a discussion OF com
plants by the CIO and explanation
by Tie mHHagCWTUt.
The meeting vas called by Mayor
Bower With NE sIggesfl0H tUar
while Engagements are BEING ron.
ed out and legal technlcal.ties se..
Tied. the men could be working
Several tentative procedures
we're suggested dur.nE tho evening.
Among them were plans b. which
The man would return 20 work IN
der a time lint, during which an
40 afs.u To- NHH
pointmcnt Of a committee TO act
as mcdiators. calling OF federal con.
ciliators and public statement -
terms by which work could lie
resumed
In addition TO Mr. Bower those
at the Monday night discussion 10.
Guided Rev Raymon BAR OF the
Presbyterian Church: Rev Walter
Is. Heyler. Methodist Church Re-.
-wtttisT1 X straw, BzprfE- c.ruTri7.-
Rev Erwin LeFebyre. Catholic
Church. Rev. Reginald APPLICANT,
Episcopal Church. Rev. Gordon {.
Speer, Congregational Church, and
Rev. Hugo Fenker. Lutheran
Church: and Rev. II. G. Simmons.
A. NJ +. Church: Superintendent
OF Schools Z. H. Chapelle. City At
torney John P Kirk. Postmaster
Matthew Max, Mr.. Ferguson and
Harold Miller OF the Stove Com
.pany. Albert Fedor. George Ber-
trand, Edward Adiska, and Ellis
Townsley OF the FOCAL CIO. Attor-
neys James Breakey and j. DON
Lawrence for the local Go AMI
R. J. Morgan; president OF the De-
troit UAW-CIO and international
representative.
Clergymen. who had been asked
to sit as an impartial committee az
the presentation OF both sides of
the controversy, expressed them
selves as pleased at the coopei a.
tive spirit shown and said that with
the evident sincerity displaysf
there should be little dficulty In
determining a basis OF settlement.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-11
,Japs to Confer With Axis Partners
French Indo China Signs
Peace Agreement With
Thailand

ifg hNnpNAAANu ItoT'
Japanese Foreign Minister Yos-
uke Matsuoka will leave Tokyo to-
morrow TO confer with Axis lead
ers in Berlin and Rome, it was an
nounced today as Thailand (Siam)
and French Indo-China signed a
treaty negotiated by Japan to end
their border dispute.
The peace treaty, conclusion OF
which cleared the way for Mat
suokas departure, gave Thailand
some. but not all. of the territor-
les she had claimed in the lndo-
China provinces OF Cambodia and
Laos. =
Matsuoka's overland route to
Berlin will take him through Mos
COW. but official japanese sources
declined TO say whether he would
pause in the Soviet Russian capial.
There was some speculation he
also might VISIT Vichy, temporary
seat OF the French government.
Step Nearer War
The Japanese Press, meanwhile.
viewed United States Senate pas
sage OF the aid-to-Britain bill as
putting the L. s. step nearer war
and said the possibilities for Amer
lean pressure on Japan were in
creased.
One newspaper, Asahi. said New
York information indicated the
first step under the bill would be
deal whereby American destroyers
would be traded for British cap
ital ships which the L. s. can
send to far eastern waters against
Japan in order to aid (Chinesel
Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek
more aggressively.
One widely read japanese naval
critic, Read Admiral Gumpei Sc
kline, defined Japans "co-prosper-
ity sphere in asia 10 include In
dia. Australia and the Philippines.
Trade Blows
German and British airmen trad
cd blows over the Channel area
last night and early today. The
former concentrated on the English
south coast naval base Of Ports
mouth for the second sueeez sive
night and the British attacked
targets in western Germany and
along the Nazi occupied French
coast.
The German raid on Portsmouth
lasted six hours. The British gov
acknowledged casualties
and damage from fires. but said
TWO OF the raiders were drowned.
Unofficial sources said three other
German planes were believed de
Acknowledged eixilian- c az
uait'es and damage to homes in
See INTERNATIONAL Page 6
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-11
Congress Today
by At40r'a Press)
Senate

stBy Associated Press)
Senate
Monopoly Committee starts work
on final report 40 a. IN. ESD.
House
Votes on Senate amendments TO
British aid bill
judiciary Committee continues
study % defense labor problems
90 a. M.
Patents Committee calls Thur
man Arnold. assistant Attorney
General. for testimony on patent
protection legislation 90 a. ny.
Ways and Means Committee
opens hearings on extending Guney
Coal Act GO a. M.
MONDAY
senate approved defense and in
dependent Offices appropriations
bills
House killed bill to revise Dis
trict OF Columbia income tax law.