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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30
THE MANPowER PROBLEM AND YOU

One hears much discussion about the
little understood problem of manpoWer.
There is a general uncertainty as TO the eX-
act demands of our military force, with es-
Inmates running from 100000 to II, 000,-
600 soldiers.
Obviously the size of the Army that
the United States will have to train and
equip depends upon developments in the
war. Consequently, it is almost impossible
at this time to estimate, with any degree Of
accuracy, the exact number of soldiers that
we will need.
About all that the average citizen can
do is to await developments and be prepar-
ed to support the Government in whatever
measures become necessary to properly al
locate existing manpower.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight for progress; never be the or
gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue,
commend good done by Individual or organ
ization; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions: print only news that will elevate
and not contaminate the reader never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30
ADVICE

Forget the flame-and let II
burn TO ash
Have done with fire that sears
the finger-tips,
Seek peace that cOols the fever
ed. tired heart,
Let silence brush its bird wings
'gainst your lips.
Sing not Wild songs Of passion
and Of Love,
Turn once again 10 some old
Drink deep Of beauty that IS
part Of God
The aching poems Of wind-and
sky-and tree.
No torment walks the heart that
comes to know
That Love is better dead-that
cannot grow.
BARBARA GREENE
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30
AN APT CLOSING

The Citizen appreciates all the letters
Il has received commencing it for the way it
has dealt with the criticism of Key West by
service men and their wives, but thinks the
subject has been thoroughly discussed and
should be set aside for the time being at
least
In this closing editorial it is not amiss
to mention a few things woman writer has
t. say about the grumblers and vilifyers.
She writes:
IF all these self-styled 100 per cent
Americans who are writing those letters
would spend less time complaining about
Key West and conditions here and try to do
something constructive toward helping 20
win this war. they could go back where hey
came from faster than they came here, and
then everybody would be happy"
She takes crack at Army Wife of
Miami, who complained about the filthy
women" in Key West. The Citizen knows
positively that Filthy women have been
arrested here on charges of vagrancy, and
not single one of those women were Key
Westers but nearly all OF them were resi-
dents OF Miami.
Says our correspondent, CAS- far as vice
IS concerned, have you ever read your home
town papers, ARMY WIFE? Where did
The filth in Key West come from but the
streets OF your own Miami? If your hus-
bare found it here, then he couldn't help
recognizing it, as it came from his home
town. Have you or he ever learned it is
possible for an individual to walk with his
feet in the mud and still see the stars in The
sky above? Your letter proves that you
are still in the mud. People find what they
p look for in any city = whatever its name
may happen to be - whether it be vice or
virtue Why not think that over?"
The writer cracks ARMY WIFE from
another quarter and this dig should make
her Squirm. She drools about her devotion
to the Army and Navy and all they mean TO
= in defeating cur enemy, but she overlOokS
e Iact that her husband is not out there
on the firing line but safely here on the
home front, whereas our correspondent, in
. speaking about her men folks, says:
Some of them are in far away places
, N worse hell than you will ever know. Our
hearts are with them and all we want is
Their safe return So, as you have your low
ed one here with you, why not thank God
FOR that privilege?"
That provides an excellent way out
( for The Citizen to close the subject: all of us
on the home front should realize how fort
innate we are and pour out our thanks TO
God.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30
Who KNOWS?
ANSWERS ON PAGE FOUR

/. How do Africa and Europe
compare in size?
2. Name the four Rear Ad-
mirals lost by the u. S. in the
past year.
3. What is a "paramarine"?
4. Where is the largest office
building in the world?
5. When was the Petain Gov
eminent of France formed?
6. What is monkey money?
z. When must the boys who
have become 10 since July lst
register?
8. What is the total registered
manpower of the US?
8. What are cosmetic stock
ings?
10. How much does if cost TO
send an Air Mail letter to US.
soldiers in Australia?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30
SURPLUS WHEAT
GOES TO WAR
BY JOHN GROVER


This is a Cinderella story.
These mountains of surplus
wheat everybody thought were
white elephants have turned IN
to one Of our most priced war as
sets.
They're going TO stoke the in
nards Of assorted cows. pigs and
chickens. which are mighty i'm
portant items in our arsenal of
democracy. Corn can't carry
the load, and wheat has got 10
become feed grain for the du-
ration. It's mighty lucky we've
got a surplus
There were outraged SquawkS
on Capitol Hin last spring when
it was first suggested that the
government loose some Of its
wheat holdings for livestock
menus. The farm bloc did sue
coed in showing through a limi-
tatiOn that the surplus could only
be put on the market at the rate
Of 125.000.0O0 bushels annually
at IS per cent Of corn price par
ity.
Department of Agriculture eS-
Inmates indicate the 1912 corn
harvest. bv no means a poor
crop, will fall 200.O00,O0O bushels
short of feed requirements for
our stepped up meat, milk and
egg production program.
The same agriculture experts
say wheat is the only answer.
We've a surplus N close TO $50
100000 bushels. It's good live
stock feed. too. Pound for
pound, wheat has proved 10 be
worth about 10 per cent more
than corn for feeding hogs. II
requires so per cent less supple
mental feeding Of growth pro-
teins. Hogs finish smoother
and 10 DAYS earlier on a wheat
diet. no mean items in wartime
Laying hens also do right well
on an 80 per cent whole wheat
schedule. Dairy COWS produce
efficiently on a half-wheat "a
ton.
Chief use Of wheat viii be in
feeding hogs, il IS expected The
hog production goal for the next
twelve-month period is set at
100000 more porkers than this
year.
The problem can't be solved
simply by extending corn acre
age. for areas Of its efficient and
economical growth are limited.
In addition. good corn land IS
lust what the production doctors
ordered for soybeans. Soybeans
are a critical crop. substituting
for oils we used to obtain n JAP
held areas. Their culture can't
be curtailed to extend corn acre
age.
Another point IN favor Of
wheat IS that vast western dItd5
can't produce much else It's also
grown with comparatively little
labor. as crpos 60. That's mighty
important. because the farm Ia
Dor shortage Is one Of the tight
est pinches in the manpower sit
uatiOn-
Those restrictions on the re-
lease of surplus wheat still stand
as the law Of the land. How
ever. the farm bloc can't stand
in the wav Of vital var needs II
it's found that rs. 100000 bush
els won't be enough TO 60 around
the yawning maws IN pigstles.
eowbarns and chickenyards.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30
FRAGMENTS

Somewhere far behind me
/ have left precious something
That once was part of me
Fragments Of dreams.
Memories Of things I dared TO
Carelessly scattering myself
To the four winds.
On the pages Of past years
/ have written unfOrgettable
things
No space of Time can blur.
A wrong turn in the road
Where cobbles breezed young
feet
That this heart must suffer for
Today.
Ignoring spring-water
For heady wine.
Special and sugared bits Of Life
In place of brown-bread.
And yet, there is so much
So sweet-so terribly sweet
To remember
BARBARA GREENE.
Girls of is and II are permit
ted to take jobs in war plants
Dean Calkins see bigger world
role for the nation after war.
Theory of racial superiority IS
attacked by ethnologiSts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30
Today's Horoscope

Today gives venturesome ma
ture. But the nature is change
able, often relying on chance and
contented Nth the lot in life, so
long as toe much exertion is not
Today's native, while
perhaps not producing any great
results in the world, will do no
intentional harm.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30
Today's
Anniversaries

l729-Samuel .Seabury. Con
necticut clergyman, country s
first Protestant Episcopal bishop.
born Groton, Conn. Died Feb
Is, 1896.
l835-Samuel Langhorne Glenn
ems, better known as Mark
Twain, famed DEMONSTRATION.
born Florida, Mo. Died Redding.
Conn, April 81. 1910.
l372-John McCrea. Montreal
physician, soldier. author Of In
Flanders Fields, born in Canada.
Died in France. of pneumonia.
Jan. % 1918.
1875-Frank Ward O'Mallev.
noted reporter and author. born
PittSton, Pa. Died Oct. 10. 1882.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

1782-Treatv of Provisional
Peace signed in Paris-ending
the American War of the Revo-
luton.
1830-Joseph Dixon begins
manufacture of pencils, Salem,
Mass.
183a-Mexico declares war on
France.
1918-President Wilson de-
crees closing of breweries to
conserve grain and Germany pro-
poses a neutral commission to
examine responsibility for the
T" d. --.-sr 81.
}H 10
Russian proposes aboli-
ton of christian, Catholic and
Protestant" in all public docu-
mentS. - g, ys.t fs-g
sla.1i,' -----------
1939-Russian armies invade
Finland.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30
Todav's Birthdays

Rev. DR.. Daniel A. Polling Of
Philadelphia and Boston, Baptist
clergyman, president of the Int.
Society Of Christian Endeavor.
born Portland, Greg, So years
ago.
Prof. Douglas w. Johnson Of
Columbia Univ, noted geologist.
born Parkersburg, w. Va, "a
years ago.
DR.. Karl T. Waugh of Harris
burg, Pa, noted psychologist.
born in India. 63 years ago.
Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska's
delegate to Congress, born N. Y,
81 years ago.
DR.. Percival S. RoSsiter. retir-
ed NAVY surgeon-general, born
West Virginia, 68 years ago.
Charles E. Hughes. Jr., of New
York City, noted lawyer, born
there, So years ago.
Donald Ogden Stewart of Car
mel, Cal, novelist. born Column
bus, Ohio, AZ years ago.
Prime Minister Winston C'Win-
nie') Churchill of England, born
SO years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN
Of NOVEMBER 80. 1882

Passengers returning to Key
West today from Havana said
that the head tax of three dol
lars charged in. that city of
everybody leaving that country
will be abolished in the next
few days. i. .,7ur.nns,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

OIL use very little sugar in
my diet. Can / use my sugar ra-
ton to make candies and cakes
for sale?
Ayes, you can use it any
way you want to.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

In the month of November, prior to the
week ending November IA, there were five
CIO strikes, one AFL strike, and one nde
pendent strike Seven too many.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

The Citizen in an editorial
paragraph says today:
Add life's little ironies: a lee
ture on What to Eat postponed
because the lecturer had an at
tack of indigestion"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

Q.-My brother wrote that he
made his insurance tc me. Should
/ not receive a policy?
A-No, but you will in time
receive a certificate informing
you about the insurance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30
To be continued

his income tax, what will they
do?
A.-Start saving now, brother.
Unless you're in service you'll
have to pay. But you can pay
quarterly with interest added.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

The Salvation Army, under the
leadership of Envoy George
Lambert, has started its drive to
raise funds, food and clothing
for distribution among the poor
in this community during Christ
mas. Envoy Lambert said that
his aim this year was to give
away 300 baskets of food to Key
Vests needy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

Q.-My soldier friend left for
overseas duty before he had time
to receive his Christmas box.
Will it be forwarded to him?
Ayes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

Off a fellow has been doing
skilled labor for two years and
hasn't got enough money to pay
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

GA boy in the service sent
me telegram from Sansorigine
Ambudu. Where is that?
A.-You're not supposed to
know, friendi Sansorigine means
without origin, and Anbudu
is a code word for the secret
location of the sender of a mes
sage.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

Q.-DoeS my boss have to get
permission from Washington
now to raise my wages?
Amy u. S. Wages & Hours
Division office can advise him.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

The Pro-Cuba Committee that
is raising money to be given to
storm sufferers in Cuba re-
quests that funds be sent to the
committee, of which DR.. N. c.
Pintado is chairman.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

! storm sufferers IN CUBA re-
quests that funds be sent to the
committee, of which DR.. N. c.
Pintado is chairman.
+ Information was received here
today from Tallahassee that the
! State Road Department has APP
proved the franchise of the
! Overseas Bridge Corporation,
] which is endeavoring to obtain
loan to construct the proposed
Overseas bridges.
Today is cold in all parts of
Florida except Kew West. The
Citizen has a front page Asso-
ciated Press dispatch story from
Miami in which it is stated that
there are several cities in Flor
ida today where it is colder than
what it is in Canada.
Employees of the Monroe
/ Council for Unemployment Re-
lief were paid off this morning
at the offices of the Key West
Chamber of Commerce. The
amount distributed totaled S967
w. w. Demeritt, superinten-
dent of lighthouses in this dis
trict, who is in New Orleans
with other superintendent to
inspect new tender, wired here
today that his stay in that city
will be DELAYED because of the
non-arrival Of the new boat.
Mrs. Sadie Maloney, AZ, wife
of Charles ,Malonev, died last
night in her residence at 1915
Division street.
| The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Ley Memorial Church were en-
tertained yesterday afternoon by
Mrs. Leon Curry in her home
on Albury street.
The Woman's Club will hold a
meeting Tuesday afternoon in
the clubhouse on Division street
After the meeting there will be
a sale of foodstuffs for the bene-
fit of the library fund.
Mrs. w. Hunt Harris and
daughter, Miss Minnie Porter
Harris, who have been touring
in the West and who spent sew
eral weeks in California, arrived
in Miami yesterday. They will
resume their trip to Key West
| tomorrow.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

OIL have house trailer not
in use. win I have to register
the tires?
A.-Yes, if they are passenger
car size.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

1939-Russian armies invade
Finland.
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ANSWERS TO YOUR
WAR QUESTIONS

Q-Someone who writes bet
ter than do filled out my draft
papers and answered some
questions wrong. l just found
out. What should l do?
A.-Write your draft board
now and give them the right
answers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

Q.-How do l get gasoline for
a refrigerator?
A.-Your local rationing board
has a special application form for
non-highway use of gasoline.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

Dean Calkins see bigger world
role for the nation after war.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

Theory Of racial superiority IS
attacked by ethnologists.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

at the request of county medical society certain
doctors may be allowed to practice for the duration
of the emergency under the supervision of the Chief
@of Emergency Medical Service and by special pei
This arrangement, too, ends with the termination
of the emergency.
The foregoing facts clearly show that certainly
as far as Florida is concerned the medical profess
sion is cooperating. President Gilbert S. Osincup,
knowing the members of the profession as he does,
feels positive that our Government can depend
upon them TO do their full share at all times.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

Girls of IS and II are permit
ted to take jobs in war plants
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Ley Memorial Church were en-
tertained yesterday afternoon by
Mrs. Leon Curry in her home
on Alburv street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

Mrs. Sadie Maloney, AZ, wife
of Charles .Malonev, died last
night in her residence at 1915
Division street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

The Woman's Club will hold a
meeting Tuesday afternoon in
the clubhouse on Division street
After the meeting there will be
a sale of foodstuffs for the bene-
fit of the library fund.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-30

Employees of the Monroe
Council for Unemployment Re-
lief were paid off this morning
at the offices of the Key West
Chamber of Commerce. The
amount distributed totaled 1867
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
u. s. CEnHGiSgS Save Girl
Yanks in Tunisia Rescue 9-Year-OId, Denver Born
Blonde, Fleeing From Germans

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS ~
NORTH AFRICA, Dec. Is lINSJ A..
A pretty, 1S-year-old American
girl described today how Co, Ed
son Raft and his American para
chutiStS saved her from capture
by the Germans when She was
stranded IN a Southern TuniSian
town.
The blond Dcnvcr-born girl,
Antoincttc Eniskeru,@wh lived IN
Hinsdale H.. until She was l..
had spent the last five years with
her mother an the little Tunisian
town OF Sidi BouvId.
-Anln!nnlLn- AaIa-.n.n- Shc-aaA
her mother Mrs. Ludicnne StahcL
heard OF the American landing IN
Africa early on November 3 and
also heard Of German landings al
Tunis.
Mother was worried about
my safety in case the Germans
came" she said, 30 she had my
uncle take me 10 Autoly, 10 the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
b YankS
BeSieged
I'm Pig Pen

WASHINGTON. Dec. IS GNS).
a returning 1S-year-old coast
cuardman who was believed miss
ing in action in North Africa today
told how he and party Of "a
United States troops crowded into
a concrete pen filled with pigs and
held IL against aSSaulting French
armored cars two days until their
ammunition began 10 run low.
The coaStguardman is James
J. Berardl OF Supply. n. {.
coxSwain Of a tank lighter, who
told his experiences which in
Guided hghting the French from a
PIG pen and having his head
shaved while a prisoner Of war
THAT pen sure looked good.
Bcrardi said upon his return
10 the United States. I'VE
crowded right In with the pigs
and didn't mind the company
at all"
In addition 20 tho army troops
Berardi was accompanied by an
other coastguardman, GUSTAV f.
Eckman Of ST. Louis County. Mo,
and several navy Seamen.
In the confusion of landing on
hostile North African shores the
tank lighter took wrong turn
I'D was bcachcd about Is miles
nh OF the objective the town OF
0iala.
The party was Strafed by planes
and one soldier vas killed and two
others wounded. The entire party
numbering not more than IS mer
then had a brush with French in
fantrv and armored cars and TOOK
UP a position in a cement pig per
with walls a foot thick and seven
feet high.
"Nhen the French guards
would go to gather wood" Ber-
ardi said. they would ask us To
hold their rifles"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18

my plight. He took me 20
% Colonel Ran, who made ar
rangements Ia hy me 10 Algiers
the next day.
II was thrilled, and vastly re-
lievcd.
But that night the Germans
bombed our airport. stayed
under bridge and one Ameri-
can was kind enough 90 give
me his sleeping bag"
Describing her fight 20 Algier.
with the paratrooperS, the younl
girl said,
II was little alrsick and n
little frightened during the plane
ride-but it's wonderful To be
safe with the Americans"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
Reds Say Duoe
Fired TopAides
For 'Pdcifisnn'

NEW YORK, Dec 1S ms
Dismissal Of two Of ltaly's high
est officials by Premier Mussolini
on charges Of "unprincipled paci-
.fism' was reported today by Tass,
the Russian news agency, in a
Moscow broadcast recorded by the
federal communications commits
sion.
Cen Xittorio- AmhrnSio,chin Of
staff of Italian land forces. and
Gen. Ettorc BaStico, marshal of
Italy and former governor Of
Libya, were finally dismissed"
along with other military leaders
on the insistence Of Mussolini' S
German advisers" the dispatch
asserted.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
.MihdiIoyitCh Plot
For New Front
ChargedbyNdzii

LONDON, Dec. IL GNS).-
Nazi authorities in Serbia have
uncovered a planned coup detat
by Gen DraJa Mihailovitch. Yugo-
Slavia's guerrilla commander. aimed
at paving the way for Balkan
second front Reuters reported in
a Borne Switzerland dispatch
today.
Many high officials Of the Ser
hlan QulSlIug --rc--nle --A4aEa-i+4
Guided among the arrested plot
tiers resulting In a crisis within
The puppct government OF Field
Marshal Milan Nedch, the dis
patch said
Previous Bernc reports had said
Ncdlch resigned on October s. but
they have not been confirmed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18

west, where the Americans
were landing. She felt l would
be- safe In AlgierS.
we saw much air fighting al
Scbassa and some autos were
shot mp and bombed. We were
lucky, though.
I'VE stopped at Bcitla for
lunch. but had 10 leave in the
middle of IL when the Germans
started entering the town. They
came i'm one side and We went
ont the other"
Her uncle she said left her a
SchaSSa, where they Thought slit
should have no difficulty getting Z
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
Can Lick Ndzis,
Fredenda|I Says
OF Tuniisiid Fight

AN AMERICAN BASE IN
NORTH AFRICA, Dec. 13 (Dc-
layed) GNS). - Maj. Gen. LloyC
r. Fredendall today heard full
report of the performance of his
armored units in Tunisia and ex'
pressed complete satisfaction.
II always knew my boys could
handle themselves all right,
General fredendall said.
We're beginning to get the
measure Of the Germans. I know
that. with the proper support,
NE can liek-thrfn:i II
KEEPS MEN IN SHAPE
In an hour-long discussion with
General Fredendall on his return
from the Tunisian battlefront, j
found him to be particularly inter
eSted in the welfare OF his SOL
ciers.
Keep your men In good
shape" he said, land they'll
take care Of the rest"
Discussing the situation on the
TuniSian battlefront, g n a
Fredendall said the Germans
have a fine staff and good troops
They've taught us few
things, but we showed them
some new tricks, too" he said
TANK EFFICIENCY
The Germans most effective
tank strategy Fredcndall said, is
10 make sure facilities for repair
ing and FeeeHditionine battered
ehicles are near the scene OF
s':tion.
"Tunisis IL n good proving
ground for ideas we've worked
out" ne said We've made
mistakes. But we're going In
get In better equipment for
ecialized jobs.
We've already found out that
our troops are the finest OF
any" =