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NEED RECOMMENDATION

Many war industries" he said,
ARE already working As hours or
more a week but the order will
induce tcompeD other industries to
go on a minimum As hours week
wherever feasible"
He explained that the war
effort cannot he effective
without "a high degree of
RECOMMENDATION in our civilian
As wei as our military life"
hut was confident that IL
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largely could he self-regimen-
tation. II that falls, Byrnes
evidently Ia willing TO 20 for
aapapsIISinu

III some men can be drafted. and
sent abroad at $50 per month.
every civilian must 20 where he
can render the greatest service.
even If it means less money"
Byrnes said.
His radio address proved to be
the most far reaching of the three
manpower pronouncements last
night. The others were:
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11
NOW
Listen!
Ne~smen Seldom See
Yarns About Selves
tiowery Language
Draws Editors Ire
Gags Brighten Life
In Editorial Rooms
BY HOWARD WOOD

The newspaper reporter will
In a lifetime of work use tons
OF paper, buckets of ink and
millions of words writing
about the other fellow. Yet
ne Is lucky if in that time he
can squeeze into print a para
graph or so about himself.
II therefore shouldn't be amiss
10 lot down a few of the trials and
trioulations Of the newspaper re-
porter. It's all in fun
Reporters have a saying that IL
dog bites a man 1t Is not news.
but II a man bites a dog II is
news. So, a cub reporter was once
sent out to get yarn about a boy
jumping off a barn roof and in
Jurins himself seriously. The
newshswks editor instructed him
to telephone the facts to the of.
flee. Here's the message he
phoned in:
me story. When the boy
jumped he lit on a mans back,
broke the mans back. but the
boy was uninjured."
Naturally. the editor told the
cub he need not bother about COM
Ing back to the office.
During a waterfront strike in
Seattle a. Hedging reporter was
sent TO cover an uprising in GER
tain district, in which several
longshoremen were reported killed.
Here's what he telephoned to his
anxious editor:
"Everything's in a terrible
uproar down here. There's en-
tirely too much commotion 10
get any news"
The editor told him to get into
the uproar himself-where the
blows were falling the thickestl
Once a seasoned reporter was
sent to cover a lecture on bees.
Instead of going to the lecture
hall, he played poker a couple of
hours, returned to his office and
wrote a dry paragraph or two
about the bee lecture.
Next morning the rival paper
carried big, black headlines about
terrible stampede at the bee
lecture. 1t seems that a glass
container for bees accidently had
fallen from the lecturers table
with the result that the audience
rioted when the escaped bees took
after it,
Yep, the seasoned reporter was
looking for another job the next
day.
Then there was the poor scribe
sent to cover a rather gala church
wedding A few hours later he
shuffled into the office and said
to the editor:
well, guess there's no
story. The bride and wedding
party waited on the church
steps for hours, finally gave
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11
ENFORCEMENT METHODS

Neither Byrnes nor Harper was
able TO explain precisely how the
program would be enforced. But
II was obvious that firms dealing
directly with the government
could be bound by contract and Mr..
Roosevelts order instructed all
government officials 30 70 bind
them-in any area prescribed BY
AcNutt.
Others could he persuaded
effectively BY draft boards
which might deny deferment
10 any man working fewer
than ~ hours a week, but the
draft boards could not reach
women. II might be psssible,
however, for the government
TO exercise priority powers TO
compel an employer Of women
10 release some Of his workers
by going on the 4s-hOur week.
Although Byrnes thought bust
ness not directly reached BY war
contracts or otherW1se merely
might Be induced" 10 adopt the
4s-hOur week. the war manpOWer
commission made no such quail
fiestion. In MS directive naming
the % cities where the 4s-hour or
der was 70 be effective. McNutt
said in those areas 1t applies 70
al employment
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No. Caroline Using
Women Guards

RALEIGH. y. C.-Fouf middle
aged women Wednssoa had
manned the guard towers Al the
North carolins Yomsns prison
here the first feminine prison
guards in the states history
Prison Director Oscar Pitts dis
closed that two housewives, a
rural grocery store proprietor and
a dry cleaner had replaced men
Who were transferred 70 Central
prison.
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Some Killed and Others Freed
Liberated Jews
Happiest People
In All TripoIi
Acts OF Germans Cruelty Revealed
Acts OF Germans Cruelty Revealed

haur. =, order ~ ~ nFitish
command n permit pFice-fix-
ing - thai there uiii - ne
rroflteerink.
Even fhs eahareta afs schedules
% reopen within - houra
The military hcety that feli int
the Eighth Arrays hands whcn !
occupied rrirnli VAS tremendous
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BY Religious News Service
PHILADELPHIA - A ne,

EhhLtDGifn iA 49, n pc z
wogth fighting for must be based
on a victory so complete as to
eliminate the last trace of the
warlord spirit in tn eaggressor ma
tons" Vice President Henry A.
Wallace declared here in a state
ment prepared at the request of
the Committee on Camp and
Church Activities of the Presby-
terrain Church in the u. S. A. for
circulation among Presbyterians in
the armed forces.
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Rent your vacant room with =
Times Want Al. Call Main 3isi.
ask for an ad taksr.
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POINTS OUTLINED

THE executive policy that no
place of employment shall be
deemed making the most effective
utilization Of its manpower If the
maximum work week is less than
As hours.
0-McNutt's directive aking
4 the 4s-hour order effective for
all employment" In 80 critical la
Dor shortage areas. Those areas
include: Cheyenne, Wyo.. Ogden,
Utah; Las Vegas. New: Portland.
Ore; San Diego. Cal. and Seattle,
Wash.
So far only the 80 are af-
fected, but McNutt has been
empowered 10 expand or con-
tract the areas and TO In
crease or decrease the hours Of
work per week.
McNutt's order drssticslly cur
tailed the right Of employers IN the
shortage areas 10 hire and fire
during the change-over TO a as
hour week. II orders recruiting Of
new employees to stop at once and
forbids any discharges until March
81 when manpower commission
authorities will authorize releases
in terms Of local labor market
needs.
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THREE ANNOUNCEMENTS


The program was made public in
three pronouncements. a presi-
dental executive order. a direc-
tive by Chairman Paul V. McNutt
putting the 4s-hour work week
into effect in the 80 areas, and a
radio address by Byrnes who ex-
planned the detectives of the order
and manpower. wage, and anti
initiation policies. generally. In
the absence of McNutt. Deputy
Chairman Harper explained the
commissions plans.
Obiectiyes of the new man
power policies. however. were
firmly stated: 10 enable indus
try and agriculture 70 obtain
workers for essential produc-
ton without compelling the
war and navy departments to
curtaiI their plans for 1.000,-
900 men and women In the
armed services.
Byrnes took some of the COM
pulsory labor out of the program
by a last-minute and unannounced
change Of a single word in his
broadcast. For the word -"com-
pei" in his distributed text. he
substituted the word Induce" in
the paragraph in his speech in
which he announced that President
Roosevelt had signed the 4s-hour
order.
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48-Hour Week
Established
AL Employment"
Affected by Order

Continued from Page onsl
to report 20 the War Manpower
commission the number 81 hours
each employe worked weekly. and
he pointed out that current pro-
duction schedules called for the
addition Of $4,000 persons 10
The nations labor forces this year.
No assurance could be given,
he explained. that in changing
Jobs a. employers adjust to
the as hour week. workers
viii receive the same wages
they now receive. But the
commission will make an ef-
fort TO place n worker In
job with wages as nearly 50
possible spproximatlng those
he now receives.
II the order produces labor
surplus in any given area. the
commission hopes to place men
thus released on farms in nearby
areas. The commission - under
which the seleetive service system
operates - also will encourage
former farm workers to leave their
factory jobs and return TO the
farms. Harper said.
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SEATTLE Daniel Rlgsby. Il.
accused of hurglarixing q Rainier
Valley service station. surprised
Presiding Judge Donald A Nc
Donald Tuesday by declaring
Il heard over a radio program
that a lot Of guys got away with
crime, 30 tried II 10 see II /
could get away with q too"
The youth was accused OF sec.
ond degree burglary along with a
companion. Jack Powell The
court deferred sentence on both
for two years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-20
LESS PAPER

There has been reduction and will
be more, in the paper consumed by maya
zines and newspapers Retrenchment has
been necessary and the facts faced square
ly, but what brings on complaint from the
publishers of the country is the vast amount
of unnecessary government printing that
floods the mails and appears on desks.
They say there is too much paper vast
ed in Washington, more than actually need
ed for governmental purposes. The govern
ment contracted for 350.000,000 pounds of
paper for 1913 and this is go per cent more
than required in 1911. But in the first three
weeks of this year the federal government
used in Washington alone about one-third
of their estimated consumption for the
whole year. Let's all conserve, not just some
of us.
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Chapter s


TT WAS soon evident Baird
hadn't exaggerated. Powell and
Cleve secured the settlement and
came back unsuccessful. Cleve
looked glum. Powell was angry,
baff1ed.
Money" he said exasperatedly
doesn't mean thing up here. The
fools would rather take million
to one chance at Dead Stick
Greek than accept any amount of
sure cash to take us to Pierre lie
Frene's."
There's just one possibility"
Cleve said. can old prospector
told me that a deaf mute trapper
who lives ten miles down river
might be willing to guide U.S."
Powell said, what assurance
have we that he'll be there when
we arrive?"
None at ALL" admitted Cleve.
But it's worth a try" urged
Penny. "And if he isn't there, well,
on alone?"
Impossible" said Powell def
nite1y.
Penny turned desperately to
Cleve. You're not giving up, too,
are your"
Cleve met the indignation in
her eyes intentionally. Then:
What else? Obviously we're lick
ed"
"And you claim to be Bills best
friend!" Penny blazed. do you
think he'd let a little thing like
not having guide stop him if
you were"
Soups on folks" said Mr.. Baird
from the doorway.
DUNK in gloom, Penny barely
- tasted the thick juicy venison
steak and hot hammock. A young
half-breed girl, awkward but
willing, served the meal.
The regular helps hit the trail
for Dead Stick" Baird explained.
The proprietor sat with them
at the table and did most of the
talking. No one else felt very con-
versational.
When they had finished Powell
asked, Care to take a walk
Penny?"
"All right" said Penny unen-
Enthusiastically. He was going to
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HIGHWAY 3 KS
!. -. S. :I[=XQsIA

reason with her, probably. She
sighed.
Although it was nearly nine
o'clock, it was still light up here
in the far north. Penny's heels
tapped in staccato along the board
walk. The air was golden and
clean. Occasionally, they passed a
blanketed native who slanted curl
Gus eyes at Penny, slim and lovely
In her smart gray city suit, her
hair in shimmering waves. II
could have been a perfect stroll
under other circumstances, Penny
thought. AS it was, it ended in
evitably in a quarrel.
You don't care anything about
Bill" Penny cried accusingly. Gall
you're interested in, really, is re-
covering those old films. Who
cares about them?"
Bill does, for one" said Powell,
quietly controlled. "Or he wouldn't
have sent that letter about them.
They had reached the outskirts
of town and were standing in pine
shadow. Needles were slippery un-
der their feet, the smell of them
fragrant in their nostrils. From
this height they could see the river
slipping away through the will
dernesS.
Powell reached for Penny. She
flung out of his arms.
penny, darlingi''he said.
I'm not your darling" said Pen
ny. eff l were, you'd care enough
about me to take me to Bil1l''
She spun about and left him
there.
When she opened the door to
her room, the little malemute pup
catapulted to meet her. Penny
caught him up, burying her face
in his fur.
eff I have to set out to find Bill
by myself" she said, 'I will. And
I'll take you with me, Wolf"
IT WAS barely daybreak three
L days later when Penny, the
husky pup in her arms. tiptoed
out the door of /Baird's Stopping
Place No one was awake yet
she hoped. The canoe she'd rented
secretly from the half-breed was
waiting in saskatoon thicket al
the rivers edge. In the pocket OF
her plaid wool shirt was the sheet
of paper containing directions and
rough map. She wore heavy
boots and breeches. The boots
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made racket on the board walk
and she stepped off of it quickly,
glancing back. She half expected
to see Powell plunge irately out
of the hotel after her.
The malemute yapped. Penny
caught his jaws together with .
firm hand.
Hush" she cautioned. do you
want to wake everybody up?"
He appeared to have no consci-
ence in the matter. He writhed
frantically in her arms, trying to
get down. Then, gradually, quieted
1t was about half-past three.
She drew deep breaths of the
delicious morning air, Hanged with
pine and iced with rushing water.
Mist fioated ghoStlike in hollows
and along the river channel. Wax
ing birds dropped clear tremu-
lous notes upon the earth.
Enchantment, Penny thought
hurrying toward the river. She
was adventuring in new fresh
world, in what Cleve had called
"the land of tomorrow"
Excitedly, she found the canoe
pulled back the tarpaulin protect
ing the supplies, and checked
them. All here, intact. Well, time
to start. Or was it a little early.
perhaps?
CUDDENLY Penny began to feel
- lonely, uncertain. The river was
deep and swift. Shed done quite
a bit of canoeing on trips with
Bill, but this stream was unfa-
miliar, tricky. White water. May
be = maybe, after all, she was
being too hasty. A thousand things
could happen to lone girl in the
wilds.
She jumped as someone stepped
around the saskatoon thicket.
Hello" Cleve said. "Going
somewhere"
Penny swallowed. "Yes and
you needn't try to stop me-"
He strobe forward, seized her
shoulders. idiot, you can't GO
alone. Against all that" he wav-
ed a hand toward the river and
reaching forests beyond you
wouldn't have chance"
Penny jerked free. I'm going.
My minds made up. And that's
that, Mr.. Cleve Rockwell"
To be continued
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-20
UPON BEING AMERICAN

If you've read any of the many articles
written on front line activities you are bet
ter,aequainted this year than last on the
meaning of American . With tragedy end
change offered for security and normally
the man who fights or views it can picture
best what America means 1t embodies the
three branches of government, covering
profession by armed forces, including ma
tional treasury and the wealth of the land,
maintaining organizations representing the
working classes and protecting the interests
OF cagtal, education and all the other com.
forts Of. democratic government for the
eitizen's.welfare. To him it means the home
town paper is not governed by propaganda.
That he can speak to his neighbors freely
and 6pfhly without fear, that he can wor-
ship fff any church or his choice and his
children will be given liberal educations In
schools that will train them on the rights
and principles of citizenship. The list is
lpnG The privileges numerous, the pro-
Ducts of the system that uphold its convic-
tons. many Yet there is often raised the
question whether under the surface of the
individual, those who are not fighting from
fox holes and junge-tangled swamps, il
under the coating the man is an American
first and Republican or Democrat sec
Gnd, ap. American first or an isolationist sec
Cnd, an American first and race prejudices
second If all of these factors which center
our lives and which affect us are major in
terests, if the interest is for these things to
be purged, advocated, advertised, victor
ipus, first, then are we Americans in the
sense as a Russian, a Chinese, an English
man is his country? There is the appropriate
first things first to answer this
To the boy out there fighting for Amer
iea, it means praying for an end to this
war. a victory that he might return to take
UP theHbaseball mask and put down the gas
mask, to press an accelerator on the family
bus, tosyell MON, what's cooking" may
be NOW some of the grass before supper
dash to the cleanersffor the Sunday suit to
return home for the shower and shave for
the Saturday night date. Seems not much
when compared with words of freedom of
assembly, of speech, of the press of relig-
ion, but to those boys the sound of church
bells on Sunday morning, the squeaky lawn
mower next door, the plop of the newspaper
as it hits. the porch the honk of pals auto
hprn,; the smell of cooking from the home
Mtchen;Tthe kiss of his youngster eff to bed,
the smile of a wife when you say where in
the heck did you put" yells at football
game,;to him that is American its what
YOU mean by the pursuit of happiness and he
isfighting to keep it. Il Am An American, =
May 18th this year, next year, and for as
long as live, thank Cod
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
l0A1 ASSOCIATION
III VI R,7Ezz5t Ms1s5e4.


WILL always seek the truth and print It
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right:
always fight for progress; never be the or
ean-or the mouthpiece of any person, clique.
faction or class; always do It's 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 win elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never COM
promise. with principle
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-20
ISN'T THAT THE TRUTH?

You, Mr. Key Wester, are you inter-
ested in your city? Of course, you are, you
may assert Then how far does your interest
go? Does it go any farther than your peck
etbook? Touch your pocketbook, and yur
interest rises to fever heat; but let the
question under discussion concern only your
city, socially or otherwise, what do you do?
You shoot the gas to your rockingham,
keep it humming at full tilt on "all six cylin-
ders" and loudly cuss the city councilmen
for doing this or for not doing that. That's
the kind of resident you are, Mr.. Key West
er.
The council held a meeting Tuesday
night to consider further the passing of an
ordinance banning all saloons on Duval
street Who were present at the meeting?
Was there present a single Key Wester who
has been complaining about the wild night
life on Duval? Was there present a single
Key Wester to give aid and comfort to
the councilmen who feel that the saloons on
that street should be closed? Not single
one, not one, not onei
Who were present? Owners of the
saloons, the owners or their representatives
of the buildings in which the saloons thrive.
They protested, loud and long, against the
proposed ordinance They herded the coun-
cilmen into corner, so to speak, and plead
ed and threatened One representative of
hotel declared he would close the hotel
were his liquor license revoked.
That brings us back to the pocketbook
and the city's interests. The councilmens
proposal to close the Duval street saloons
was thrust mighty thrust, at certain
pocketbooks, and the owners of the pocket
books were present to plead, to protest,
to threaten. But you, Mr.. Key Wester, who
believe the saloons should be closed, stayed
home, ensconced in your rockingham.
hitting on all six cylinders"
The councimen are human just as
much so as you are, Mr.. Key Wester, who
stay at home, or go to show or else
where, and, on the morrow, when you hear
about the action the cduncilmen took III
this or that matter, Importantly affecting
the city's interests, you cuss them soundly
if what they did does not conform with your
views. Yes, the councilmen are just as hui
man as you are, and even you will admit
that you need support at times, but you re-
fuse to give support to your councilmen in
anything you believe to be in the interests
Of your community.
So, if you are sincere and conscien-
tious man, you will stop forthwith cussing
your councilmen or any other men in public
life to whom you refuse to give your moral
support Judging from what was said at
Tuesdays meeting, everybody in Key West
is in favor of the saloons remaining open on
Duval street. because not single Key West
er was present to express a contrary opinion.
Pink your pocketbook, and you are
ready to square off for fight; harm the
interests of yourcity, and you stay home and
cuss about it. Isn't that the truth?
d., - INoe4 f,-on
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-20

Pete Swanson fancies himself
as an armchair strategisL Some
times he gets SO tangled up, ]
just can't resist tryin' 10
straighten him out
For instance, the other day he
was waxing indignant about our
soldiers being allowed TO buy
beer right in camp Said that
was just coddling The troops and
would ruin discipline.
told him the actual facts had
already been established by q
study the Government made
Their report said ehaplains and
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