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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-15
BARNEY OLDFIELD
 HEADS MANEUVERS
Coast Artillery Command in Panama Fires Largest
 Weapon in Area
By CHARLES B. ENGEtKE United Press Stafe COrresuondent

By CHAMLES B. ENGELAE United Press Stan COrrespOndent)
 At 8 Coast Artillery Position, Somewhere in Panama, Jan. 15.- (UP)-The largest Coast Artillery weapon in the Caribbean area, only one of number ready to defend the Panama Canal from seat at- tack, fired a half-dozen practice rounds today with a thunderous roar that left palm treesT-and cor respondents-shaking.
 Firing of the big guns is only Q part of the maneuvers taking place within the Coast Artillery command, commanded by Maj. Gen. Homer R. (Barney) Oldfield, de- signed to kep the coast defenses of the Panama Canal area always on the alert.
 As the firing hour approached, the crews constantly re-checked their big guns. All the enlisted men were in their places: Sgt. Petrow- sky, Sergt. Michelowski. of North ampton. Mass. Sergt. Joseph Win six. of New Bedford, Mass, had seen to that.
 A bell tinkled twice. Steel rang on steel as the gun was loaded.
 'Next bell" Lieutenant John Croft. the ofilcer in charge, said quietly.
 The next thirty seconds seemed an eternity. but finally the bell sounded.
 Fire" said Lieutenant Croft.
 The roar cannot be described. They laughed at me later. but I know that on that first shot the concussion raised my whole body slightly of the ground.
 For the next 20 minutes the whole earth shook as the gun roared at two to three minute intervals. Then everything was silent again, and the show was over.
 The little gasollne-p0wered rail- road car drew up beside, the gun and several officers hopped out, barking questions, firing reports.
 "How did we make out?" some. one asked.
 Cant say. it's . military secret" !" was the reply.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-15
TALLEYS REOPEN
 COURT BATTLES

Hollywood, Jan. l5.-(UP)-The court battle between opera stal Marion Talley and her former hus- band, Adolph G. Eckstrom, ovei custody of their seven year old daughter was reopened today as Miss Talley sought to have the New York singing instructor declared ir contempt of court.
 She charged he had taken the custody case to New York courts despite a court order that he re- frain from further litigation.
 Judge Ingali W. Bull, who issued the order when they were divorced July 3l, l94l. was asked to de- eide the contempt issue. The case was continued to Monday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-15
PRESIDENTS WIFE
 STILL TRAVELLING

Red Bank, N. J., January l5. - (UP) - Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt travels despite government requests for the public to curtail travelling, because ''it happens to be one Of the things I have always done and people ask me to-"
 That was her answer yesterday when a woman asked her ct Q press conference why she still travelled extensively.
 She said she was leaving Monday for Montreal ct the request of tho Russian Ambassador Co Canada. C speak at a Russian var relief meet ing there Tuesday night,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-15
NEVADA DIVORCE
 RULES ATTACKED

Washington, January IS. - CUP) - The National Catholic Welfare Association. denouncing a recent Supreme Court decision uphOlding Nevadas divorce laws, said today that laxity in divorce laws was one of the primary causes of the down. fall of France.
 The situation has been somewhat corrected by the Vichy regime, the association said, indirectly praising Marshal Henri Philippe Petain. Pe- tain made divorce more difficult soon after he came into power. the association said,
 "Will we have the same good sense to move to heal our cancer of divorce or will we let matters continue to run their course, or even help them aiong9" the Cath ollie organization asked.
 The statement, issued by the Rev. pr. Edgar Schmiedeler, director Of conferences Family Life Bureau. was described as the first official Catholic repercussion to the Supreme Courts decision on the Nevada law. It also contained an appeal to the American Bar Association to begin e nationwide campaign for unt- formlty in divorce laws.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-15
GAS REQUEST GRANTED

Philadelphia. Jan. I5.-CUP)- The New England Gas & Electric Association today was informed by the Securities and Exchange Com mission that its request for a delay until February 24 for integration hearings before the SEC. was granted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-15
ANTHRACITE MINE
 STRIKE CONTINUES
Lewis Before VILE. TO- day to Explain WalkOut;
 Wage Increases Sought
BY sERRELL HILLMAN United Press Staff Correspondent

tUmAbeu EEcsb Ce@AA N~As~Sh'~-@--~-~l
 Washington, Jan. l6.-UP)- President John L.. Lewis and other officials of the United Mine Work ers Union appear before the War Labor Board today to explain why i5OOO anthracite miners are on strike.
 The strike is II days old. Accord ing to local union officials. it was called because union dues were raised from $l to $l.5O a month, Sen. Harry Truman, D., Mo, told the Senate late yesterday that the miners demands seemed to be for wage increases rather than for a lowering of dues.
 There was considerable specu- latlon Inere about the attitude Lewis will take before the board. He mas expressed disapprOval of the strike. but he has been at odds with tne War Labor Board since late m i04f when the boards predecessor the National Defense Mediation Board. denied his miners 2 closed shop in the captive" soft coal tAAAt@~Ss
 A United Mine Workers spokes- man promised that Lewis would be at the hearing this afternoon.
 "If the board ordered him to come, he damned well will," the spokesman said.
 Also summoned by the board were Thomas Kennedy, secretary-treas- urer of the UAW and VILE mem Der, and the recording secretaries 0f the % local UMC unions and the presidents of the five coal com panies involved.
 The board said in It's telegram to those it summoned that they shold be prepared to state "why anthracite miners. citizens of the United states whose sons i.rd broth- CTS are ct the fighting front, are
 fContinued nn Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-15
SWEDISH SHIT SUNK

Buenos Aires, Jan. iS.--(UPa-- The English-language newspaper, the Standard. reported today that the 2,00e-ton Swedish notorship Bargeland, bound from Bueaos Aires to q United states port. has been sunk by a torpedo off the coast of Brazil.
 The Bargeland was built in ieS7 and is registered out of 0olhell- perg. Sweden, according to Lloyd's register.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-15
ARAFY PILOT KILLED

WestoyeEs Field. Mass. Jan l5--- (UP)-Lt. Joseph IT. Freeman, Jr., a, of Weatherford. Tex, was killed yesterday when two Army fighter planes collided over Wcstover field. The pilot Of the other ship landed safely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-15
SUICIDE IN BRISTOL

Bristol, Conn, Jan. l5.-tUP)-- James Sullivan. S3, committed sui- eide by hanging last night at his home. His wife said he had been in ill health.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-15
Germans Fear Big Allied Drive In No. Africa Nearing
Increasing Nervousness of Axis Propaganda Broad casts Noted; Enemy Bases and Supply Lines in
 Mediterranean Blasted; Hitler Prepares People
BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE lIInlteA Press Staff COErespOndentl

London, January 15. - (UP) - The Allies struck hard by air and today at enemy bases and supply lines in the Mediterranean area and Axis sources said violent land fighting had broken out only 27 miles from the nig German stronghold of Tunis. The Germancontroled Pars radio said he land fighting ared up at Pont Du Fans
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-15

Tax Course for Individuals. Business Executives and Accountants. Pest Junisr College. ea Central Ave
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-27
LEGALS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY.
STATE OF FLORIDA. IN CHAN
Gerry.
Case No. S-5s1
VICTOR GARCIA,
Plaintiff.
ESFELLE BENITEZ GARCIA.
Defendant.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
TO: ESTELLE BENITEZ GARCIA
Residence Unknown
You are hereby required to ap-
pear to the Bill of Complaint. for
divorce. in the above styled cause
on the 7th day of June. A. d, 1919
the allegations therein
Will be taken as confessed.
Done and Ordered this 18th day
of April, A. D. 1913.
1SeaD Ross sawyer
Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Monroe County. Florida.
BY: (Sdl Florence E. Sawyer.
Deputy Clerk.
THOMAS s. CARO-.
Solicitor for the Plaintiff.
aprz0-2 81 ,may4-11. 1913
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-27
NICE Work.

There is an interesting bit of news tuck
ed into column concerning the way one
manufacturing plant undertakes to solve
the food shortage for its employees and fam
lilies Labor problems and trials find their
way readily enough into print and so when
one comes across such an encouraging item
as this one, it makes us happy to pass it
along. A company that manufactures those
bantam cars we term ''jeeps,' has leased q
hundred-acre farm on which to grow vege-
tables for the folks who are working there.
Six hundred and fifty families will benefit.
Produce will be sold to the employees at cost,
and if cost exceeds the market price the
employees pay the market cost and the COM
pany absorbs the loss. Men will be hired at
factory rates, to run this farm, but if this
doesn't work out the company officials
plan to use plant employees with farm ex-
perience and work the farm in shifts. No
farmer-war worker will be absent from the.
factory more than two days at time and.
his place in the factory will be taken by his
fellow workers who'will double up during
his absence. 1t sounds like good sense to us
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-27
GLAMoRoUS ROAD

In the United States there are million
fine young singing voices-more or less
a certain number of the owners of which are
ambitious for a career in the opera.
They have many additions, local,
regional and sometimes national, and few
win final chance to storm the stage door
of the Metropolitan Opera in New York 1t
is a trying trail to that point, but all things
considered, including the visions of youth,
it is the most glamorous road America of
fers.
Patrices Munsel, who is II, of Spokane,
Washington, asScoloratura soprano, and
Christine Johnson, 26, of Hopkinsville, Ken
lucky, have just taken it. Each won a Metro
politan contract, cash prize of 81 900 and
a silver plaque.
1t will be interesting to watch their
careers. They have yet to meet the hard
boiled critics and the whimsical public, bar
riers which succumb as frequently to hard
work and luck as to talent
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-27

home and Of battle with sufficient
food to win the war.
If you will recall. on several 0c-
casions, this column briefly out
lined plan whereby the farm
er's labor shortage-due to his in
ability TO pay increased wages
can be overcome by making the
early training of your men in uni
form comprise farm work; where
py your newly indicted men may
work on farms-let us Ssy-for a
period of six months, and when
that term is ended, others newly
indicted can take their place;
whereby such a length of time on
the farms permits your soldiers 10
get into their stride. and thus
gives the farmers the efficiency of
service required: whereby your
soldiers receive a kind of prelim-
mary exercise to build them up
for their future military duties;
whereby no confusion arises as TO
the want of definite routine that
army life always requires.
True, a similar plan already has
been suggested; such as furlough-
ing soldiers and sailors - as the
need arises - to assist the farm
er with his crops Yet the fur
Laughing of soldiers in this man
ner not only may prove of disad-
vantage to the routine of farm
work, but likewise to the regula-
tions of the armed forces. Also,
without some added remuneration
your men in uniform. drafted
mothers, NAV feel much discomfort
in bearing an extra burden to
that of their fighting job After
all, your men who must do the
fighting should be content. if their
morale is to be sufficiently high
for them to put their entire effort
to vanquishing our enemies
However, you will remember
this column did suggest that sol
der should be paid the amount
the farmer can afford to pay him.
in addition to the sum received
from the armed forces.
This factor alone would offer
enough incentive. to the farm OWL
er and the soldier alike, to make
for the big and speedy food pro-
duction the nation requires to win
the war.
But aside from the benefit IN
purse such work viii give your
men. drafted mothers, there is an
other advantage here. If you re-
call again, this columns plan IN
cluded that your men who are put
to work on farms could use. for
their barracks, the small hotels in
the small towns near such farms.
and that the army could transport
them to and from their work each
day. And this situation allows
your soldiers to overcome the nos
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-27
AMERICAN
ssAre Teachers Responsible
For Socialism i'm
Our Schools :'
Az debated by

MRS. HoLBR0oK OPENS: Amer
lean education Is as far to the left as
American business men have pushed
Y The current attitude OF young
people toward competitive enterprise
Is the result not Of Communist in
doctrination. but Of the laziness
and/o stupidity Of industrial public
relations experts.
For ten years, government has sys.
tematically explained srhdt u does
for the people; private industry has
stubbornly repeated How wonder
fnl i industry That refrain gets
boring. No enlightened group Of In
dustrialiSts has said to students How
wonderful IL industry for yots-here
u why. We give you radio, 50 you
can hear Charlie Mccarthy. We give
you movies. % you can see Mickey
Rooney
10 teach effectively, teachers need
illustrative, graphic materials. In
dustxy has failed to supply teachers
with positive classroom aids: the gov
eminent has offered teachers rich
resources about It's services
The iudussxialists sit IN chromium
and plush ofneex surrounded by adj
vertising experts who are supposed
TO know the only way to sell any
thing, whether It Is a box of cereal
or a way Of life, Is to show what the
product win do for you. Yet para
,doxiea1ly. today 1t Is Government,
which uses that you" angle while
business men below about 4Commu-
uists In cur schools"
MR. OUTLAY CHALLENGES:
Competitive enterprise Is too busy to
suhsidize textbooks or engage in
propaganda extoIling its virtues. In
dustry. admittedly, has done little in
combating legislative and bureau-
cratic invasion of its rights. The tree
A judged by the fruit and the fruits
are there for any honest author to
see. Amy attempt by industry to in
terpret its virtues TO students would
0dcKQIS III u SkAscdI SoAAPoA6As 4AAe~s-
txial relations confines itself to Gus
TONER relations. Industry does not
make laws; IL does its best to work
under them. The American people,
enjoying these unequalled fruits
should see that their children under
stand the system which makes it pos
sible.
MRS. HOLBRO0K REPLIES: II
competitive enterprise is too busy to
engage In propaganda, and has no in
3eress In penetrating schools anyhow
why did NAN. spend $4,000 in
%estigasing textbooks? No responsible
business executive says -"Tm toe
busy b advertise" While he's at it.
Why not advertise the system which
makes production possible-as well
as his own product? And why not dc
IL In q pcsitive-rather than mega
tive fashion2 Good example-General
Electrie,s current booklet On whai
eIectronics does for yoa! On the
question Of school. chi1dren's attitudes
Industry should put up or shut up
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-27

talgia 70 which. az start, they Of
ten are inclined For home HE
and the hospitality which is nore
prevalent IN the smaller con
munities would be offered then
and happily So
Right here. let me give y0u
few lines IN a letter ! recently re-
ceived from a mother wh0se scu
expects 10 be inducted soon
Your idea that bows Ike ny 500
should do farm Work before they
are put In military camps Is q good
one. because Of the extra EloneF
they'd make and the healthy exer-
else they'd get on the farms BIT
more than that, ] know NY by
would not be half SO homeSlck 4
he would be stationed IN q snail
town AZ first / can Just see sane
good farmers wife inviting nm
over 10 Sunday dinneEz. EI1h
homemade bread and old-fzSnlon-
ed fried chicken and the czGgn-
tiers of the house enfer1z5nIng hIu
in some simple way It's people
Ike these who can do more TOR
our BOYS SO far away from home.
than the average CITY folks ever
could They have the real home
atmosphere and they're not seltssa
in sharing IL And don't y0u tnlnk-
Mrs. Turin. that our boys wo1lc
be bringing some happlness -
such folks VINO must Dr. pretty
lonesome these davx2 Because you
know farm folks and folks Ia 1T
tie towns don't have the traffic
they used 70 have
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-27
Today's Birthdays

Vice Admiral Wilson Brown,
born Philadelphia, 81 years ago.
Jay Franklin of Washington,
D. c., author commentator, born
Fall River, Mass, 46 years ago.
Prof. Charles T. Copeland of
Harvard, professor emeritus of
English, born Calais, Me-, 80
years ago.
Vance ]. Hoyt of Los Angeles,
author, naturalist, director, born
Arkansas City. Kans., 81 years
ago. d
Norman Bel Geddes of New
York, producer-designer, born
Adrian, Mich, so years ago.
Rt. Rev. Frank A. Julian. Pc.
bishop of Florida. born Macon.
Ca, Sc years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-27
"ss PER CENT TOGETHER.

Americans who have nothing else to
worry about bother themselves about fanci-
full tales of dissension among the United
Nations.
They may be comforted by the recent
remark of President Roosevelt that $50 far
in all conferences we have held with other
members of the United Nations, we are
about 95 per cent together
The President admits that this is an
amazing statement but adds, "it happens
to be true.''
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-27

MIR. OUTLAY OPENS: Il is an exc
aggeration to say that Socialism, as
such, is being taught In our public
schools. It is no exaggeration to say
the principles underlying Socialism
are very definitely being planted In
the minds Of American students.
While certain teachers may SUBJ
scribe to MARKHAM principles, the
textbooks they are directed to use in
classrooms determines what they
teach. The teacher may color the
meaning in the textbook but the text
VIII, eventually. decide what the.
pupil believes.
= ] don't know who sponsored the
un-American textbooks, which now
seem on the way out but ] do know
that q great part Of one American
generation approaching voting age Is
horribly confused and bewildered In
its political ethics.
There is top strata In the teach
ing profession deriving considerable
influence from hard-to-trace quar-
tiers, popularity believed to center In
The Teachers College Of Columbia
University. By consolidating three
courses Geography, economics, SOC
ciology) into one course-Social stu
dies. they created an insidious edu-
cational weapon.
The blame belongs TO: % the text
book authors; CD those IA high
places who sponsor them; CD school
boards who approve them; 90 par
ents who NEGLECT their children,s
education.
The solution: proper parental pres.
sure upon school boards!
MRS. HOLBR0OK CHALLENGES:
It is impossible for textbooks to In.
doctrinate children along Socialistic
or any other Anesi Children do not
read textboohsi One 12-year-old adj
mitted to me, during q radio forum
on @Are Textbooks Subversfve?.
I'm no authority. haven't read q
textbook In four years. Like most
children. this boy read only enough
paragraph headings to pass exams.
Textbooks have no connection In
children's minds with affairs outside
school Nor can children,s prejudices
toward competitive enterprise be
corrected by parents,-most parents
think as the kids dol Proof is the
New Deal third term-a manifesto
ton supported by FORTUNE polls
showing increasing adult approval Of
government regulation over business.
MIR. OUTLAY REPLIES: II Mrs
Holbrook feels Mr.. Roosevelts third
term election was proof the American
public is prejudiced against COMPETE
tive enterprise, she mi st wonder al
the singing setbacks suffered by the
New Deal at the last congressiona'
electionI BY 1914 she should have M
further apprehension on this score
The American adult public never
endorsed Communism or Socialism
at the polls or anywhere else! The
attempts of some teachers to force
these philosophers on students Is q
misuse of their positions Of trust an6
responsibility. Fortunately, this only
postpones the inevitable day wher
the children win, of their own FREE
observation. say, thank God ] an
an American and free to 60 as fal
as my efforts and ambitions vii
take me-.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-27
PAGES VOTE FOR LEGISLATORS

The Iowa House of Representatives
has new voting machine, with green and
red voting buttons on the desks of the men,
'bers, who vote yes or no by pushing the
buttons, which are automatically recorded
The other day, newspaper reporters
were surprised when fifty-nine votes were
recorded for one measure, although they
could count only fifty-five members pres
ent.
Investigation revealed that page boys
and clerks had seated themselves at the
desks of absent members, casting votes for
them by pushing buttons.
As result, the vote on fifteen meas
ures which had passed is under suspicion
and reballoting may be considered neces-
sary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-27
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
Ifl11 ASSOCIATION
lJU ,Hzz1s -Me~s5se-
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print II
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 win elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-27
WHO KNOWS


l. Where IS Ora Bay
2 Is the poD1lzti0n of Gnezf
Britain one-nalf- anr-Erzra- ~
One-f0urth Of thzf 81 N Unnzd
States
} Who Is Thumas EIameV1
Who Is the Pre1ler of ExzEIa-
MAJ
s Why Nas the Skoda ans
plant n the news receu1lw2
6. Are British war faxes hrzV-
ier thar those In the u s.
z What farmer naVzl rzznk As
been revived by ConEressg
3. Tunis IS the site u Wna1 an
Gent city,
3. What equal right ms ~
Gently been w0n BY uEousen ply
sicians2
Ia What famous Ausericzu
was born on April u. 1872