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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-03-26
Miss Cess Speaker
Meeting OF PTA
In School Theatre


a regular msvslnn ~ uae ras
raroalA nsrh ~ r A aaa
a 81 ife Little nstn AZ s
high school ga Tsesiay evening
Marph 10 Ia sss aessnes og s
prvcnt Mw nFAsiz AvAA
Mn r s~sstwssI vice pres
dent rScnpsea sie ehss TIE
meeting was opened with n
saying Of lhe IoFss PRAYER IN
Unison.
Miss Cess > representative af
10 Department. IF Chilo welfare
q Mrs was mfreaasra bs Mrs
spafiwouf Mss Cess Fase
vely interesting taik on ire prob
leras THAT confFunt children sua
saegessrd methods os coping wth
them Among oihef things she
pointed uut thai a chiid who i
sent . schaoi Nlth = CORD hfssk
fast ffoan q hasne rssn nasgneisi
egsty. will be ~ 3 better frame -
find Ia benefit ffusn hm schooling
than a child who hak a makeshlft
breakfast and WhsNs parents are
continually quafTciiing snd aiek
efInE Sire also stated that since
The children of TO-DAY are thr etts-
kefss of Tomorrow everything ps
sshie should be done for tisen bet
terment Mrs Geia strrssea the
fact that ffeesinFu from fear and
4 sense of security ~ the henae
are two of tie ulasi important
things IN childhood She deplorea
the fact that eur marriage laws
here are SO lax and that even
these are not always strictly al
hered 90
Miss Cess pointed out the need
for the revision II child labor
laws IN Miss. IN order 10 give fhe
children the benefits 81 whatever
educational opportunities mas ~
offered Reference Was also made
70 the need for mere rerfeational
facilities for cur youth pointing
cut that wholesome recreation Is
Of vital importance
Miss Dswkins visiting school
teacher Of PascaRoaia. then gave
3 short talk on the cause # tru-
ancy. non attendance and irfeg
uIar abundance - school and
cited some interesting examples
where she had been successful
IN getting the pupil 10 attend
school with more regeafIsy
Mrs Tom Wells spoke ~ the De.
plnrabIe conditions that exist IS
some Of the rural schools IN
Mississippi
Mrs Wells announced thst
AAfAEE AW0hA u q AttfF3At@ III
gram for the parents Of boys b
tween the ages IF 2 and II wha
Wish 70 become cub Scouts
There was = short business
meeting. during which TIE min
utes of TIE previous meeting we're
read and adopted and tire treas
urers report submitted
The following members were
appointed IS 3 nominating com
mitsee 10 name the candidates for
the ensuing year Mfs W B Her
ring Mrs p Bishop, snd MfH {
7 ToFjuson
The next meeting Of the PTA
viii be held Tuesday evening
April 10Th. 81 80 p ~ IN the
Little Theater q the High School
Election 81 officers viii take place
81 THIS meeting. Al members ere
urged 10 attend
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-03-26

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1868, the Solomon Islands fc-
manned BHeisIted bv Europeans
for two hundred years
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-03-26

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-14

towels the crockcry and stationery all at once
blossomed out with coronets
After a while they built very grand home
OF their own, christening it with an unpro-
nOunceabe German name
In the new mansion among surrcalst paint
ings and secret electrical doors concealed IN
unlikely places everything went along serenely
until Max who'd taken up sport with German
thoroughness, cracked his skull in a polo
game
He was soon up and about again but he
wasn't about with Emily as much as he'd
been before. a rift had appeared IN the lutte
and the name Of this rift was Ellen Mcars a
blond divorcee.
Emily turned for consolation and smuse-
ment 10 the publication Of a sophisticated
magazine called "Aperiuf" she had a lot Of
fun printing a rogues gallery Of herself and
her friends complete with numbers and inter-
spersed with photographs OF real criminals
In the pages OF Aperitif the discerning
thought they could discover the state of her
relations with her husband
"Uh-oh!" they said when the cover Of one
issue showed a polo pony tossing It's rider.
There goes Max"
They seemed TO have called the turn for
soon afterwards Emily got divorce IL was
one of those delayed action ones however and
before it became final. while prospective
mourners were standing around waiting for
news Of the last crack-up, gossip coumnist
announced that
"Earon Won Romberg instead of horeymoou-
ing with Ellen Mears is honcymooning az this
very moment with his own wife aboard a
transcontnental plane"
Emily is said TO have considered the Mears
episode a belated result of the polo injury and
W.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-14

For a year EMMY remained dcsolatc. inn
INJURED among the crested bathtowcls and sur
realist paintings and then along came Mr..
Sprcckcls 10 relieve her gloom.
He'd come TO Santa Barbara IN the wake of
his mother who'd taken a new husband Elmer
Awl, cX-ranch foreman of a local millionaires
es' te They bought the Samarkand Hotel,
which unkind critics promptly renamed The
Awl-Inn"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-14

of crack-up termi-
mated their mar
ried life. Flying
his own plane to
a polo match in
Now IcrscN. Max.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-14

invited 20 nice parties.
Like Abu Ben Adhem's, the
name of tho Duke Of Sake
Coburg and Gotha led all the
rest.
Ado,ph that is. Adolph
Spreckels denied Emily S
charges and even claimed that
she had gotten her swastikas
mixed
Emily probably considered
this a low blow for her first
husband. the late Ma%imilian
Won Romberg was a German
baron and proud Of IL.
When She first met Max, he
was sailing along under the
good old AnClo-Amorican name
Of Converse That, he explained.
was the maiden name OF his
mother. who is tho daughter OF
Edmund c. Converse, founder
of the Bankers Trust Co. He had
assumed 10 on coming 10 this
country from Germany
His father, Captain Baron
Macmillan Won Romberg. of the
Eightieth Prussian Fusiliers,
had had the distinction Of being
the first German officer killed
in World War /.
After falling in love with the
young man. Emily got to think
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-14

somehow losing his sense Of
direction, plunged through
a fog bank into the North
shrewsbury River and was
killed instantly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-14

ing about his curious reluctance 90 use title,
rightfuly his and the upshot of thus thinking
was that on marrying him. she became not
plain Mrs Converse but the Baroness Won
Rombcrg
They took up their residence in the guest
house Of her familys estate, and the bath
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-14

to have generously decided to let bygones be
bygones and resume their prior relations.
A different sort
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-14

Barbarans were shocked 90 find the royal
guest garnlshed with sWastil<as AND rhapsodz-
ing over another Adolf Mr. Hitler.
There was quite a row, after which it was
rlmored that the +. J had presented Mr..
and Mrs Sprcckels with "a sort of negative
guest list made up of people who shouldn't be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-14


Adolph, perhaps in the hope of at least
keeping the rest of the sugar in the family,
next married his second cousin, Geraldine
Spreckels.
His suppostitous hopes were realized
Coming into court nine months later she
trOtted out the same old cruelty charges but
asked no alimony All she wanted was a
straight divorce and permission to resume her
maiden name
Both requests being granted she solemny
changed her calling cards to read Miss Geral-
dine Spreckels instead Of Mrs Geraldine
Spreckcs
Their marriage had been featured by re-
peated trial separations and trial reconcia-
tons. The reconcihations didn't take. but the
separations were so successful that they had
them made permanent.
Last straw. in Geraldine's opinion. was
when she returned from one Of the latter
Immediately got into a quarrel and retired
with the announcement that she would b.
leaving the next morning for another trial
separation.
But Adolph she declared didn't even agree
TO that He tried to break down her boudoir
door in an effort to make success of the
reconciliation.
And now Emily just though she were a
second cousin. too has followed Geraldnes
abstemious example
After the loss of her first husband-in fact,
after marrying Adoph- Emily donated a
roomful of mcmcntos to a Santa Barbara
museum, stipulating that it be called The
Baron Won Romberg Room"
Considering the lack Of acquistiveness she
mas already shown in dealing with her second
husband, it is not inconcevable that she will
carry it still further, if and when she gets her
divorce.
Maybe she will endow another room in his
honor, containing perhaps, big lump of
sugar.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-14
low will you take your divorce madam?
Il With sugar."

NO. thduk 70
Hall Won Romberg SprccI
black and bitter this time.
Whercupon she filed su
without asking for a cent
The fact that Adolph Is
band, Is n wealthy sugar
isn't rationed so stringen
make her conduct seem +
Moreover. when the idea
first occurred 20 her a Yea
IN 1889 she evidently had
asked for heavy sugar then
Later, that suit was Dir
was believed that she and
patching things up. were o
ping their spoons in the 81
Now II appears they hav
ing together at all. Adolph
says Emily's latest complai
Der OF 1910 and hash 70 eiu
or supported her since.
She has also charged hi
ing her cruelty, which, II q
dicatc that. doncstically 81
he's a little sour a view
ylous wives all shared.
He's had three previous
and they according 20
Emilys friends. arc the uur
reason for her recent trip Z
She just cant stand bel
taken for them any NOR
Everywhere she'd 20
was sure b say: "Ob.
yes. OF course. Mrs
SprcCkcIs. Mrs LOIS
Sprcckcls. isn't it2"
And then f. mily
would have 90 explain
that LOIS was her nus
bands FIRST wife. that
she really isn't related
t. Geraldine HIS third
or that gho ucyrr Gil
such and such on such
and such a date
because the Mrs
Sprcckols of that period
was named Gloria,
Adolph : second wife.
u is easy 20 under
stand how this sort Of
thing ouid become
hounE after a while
But can bor attitude
toward Adolph's sugay
millions bc laid 90 bore
dom alone y
Sugar has come back
from the war bat it's
still a vital commodity,
SO maybe she's just
patriotic
II seems fairly likely 10
comes Of Mayflowor stock
American as pumpkin pie
has more than once dc
stratci keen patriotism.
Most notable example
W h en- she last sued
SpreckCls.
The United States had NO
made Germany It's ofncia
envy ~ the time. but feelinl
running high, and, accordi
Emily. her husbands att
caused her great shame
embarrassment.
Santa Barbara, Calf. Il
luxe community in which
Sprcckcls lived, was partiC
ly interested in this las
sertion. for il was still see
over a party they had ten
the visiting Duke Of
Coburg and Gotha.
Turning out ia their best
and fuckers. distinguished 5
Barbarans We're shocked
guest garnished with sWast
Gng over another Adolf \
There was quite row,
rumorcd that the +. b ]
and Mrs. SprcCkcls with
guest list made up of peoI
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-14

We're scarcely aware Of tn
change for il was the same thinl
all over again only quicker, This
time it was three months, instea,
OF three years; then she divorces
him on grounds Of cruelty ant
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-09
IGM, Go
Test Pay
Ceiling

A test case which may deter
mine the fate OF the Little Steel
Formula Will open next Tuesday
when a panel of the Regional War
Labor Board starts hearings On
issues between the General Mo
tors Corp and the UAW-CIO.
David a, Wolff, chairman Of
The automotive section of the
WLB, said that the public mem
her Of the panel and chairman
would be Ralph Ziegler, Detroit
attorney and former deputy pro-
bate clerk.
Wolff said that as y result Of
an earlier WLB request. the COM
pany and union had extended ne
gotiationS and had reduced from
100 10 about 25 the issues which
the panel would have 10 consider,
saving more than six weeks Of
hearings
The main issue will be the
unions demand for pay raise TO
cover coSt-of- living increases be-
cause prices were not rolled
back" The panel expects TO COM
plete hearings before Christmas
and final report on the issues
Will he sent directly TO the ma
tional WLB in Washington.
A meeting has been scheduled
for Tuesday between officials Of
the Ford Motor Co. and the
UAW-CIO, at which time the
union viii request that the for
mula be Scuttled and that general
wage increases be granted.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-09
Yu|e Tree Trip
Probed by 0PA

OPA officials today launched ar
investigation 10 determine il there
we're any widespread violation oil
gas rationlng by motorists travel.
ing 10 Northern Michigan for
Christmas trees.
The investigation was prompted
ny report that drivers were
bringing thousands Of trees here
I'VE haven't rece we'd any
direct complaints In our office
yet" SAID r. T Broadwell. dis
tric' mileage ratlonlng officer.
But we will check to deter
mine whether y and & gas ration
book hol ders are violating
regulations. Transportation nv
trucks would mainly he an ODT
problem because the ODT issues
tho certificates 81 war necessity
by which extra gss u obtained"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-09
Ri(kenbd(ker Sees
Iona War With Jdps

COLUMBUS. O. Dec q ms
The war with Germany viii last
another year and that with Japan
from one 10 three more years
Capt Eddie Y. Rlckenbacker.
World War / ace. predicted yeSter-
Cay RiCkenhaCkcr recently COM
pleted = tour of all war fronts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-09
Wards Coupon Books
Make Christmas SNUin9

don't need lots Of ready cash take Wards Christ
Bel ike these apply
office SIO books filled
with coupons you spend like cash department Including
Cas Orde for the books LATER convenient Swell
idea for gifts for those tough" list, too!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-09
ASKED EXPLANATION

Rep. Dondero, who had preSSet
for an explanation from army an
thorities after the pro Sovie
Slovene publication "ProSveta. q
Chicago. had printed a story tina
the army had ordered Us. 90
copies Of the Adamic book, dc
clared.
eft Ia inconceivable that the
army or the navy would know
ingly select . hook as choice
reading for the men In our
armed services written by a
man Who has been affiliated
with organizations which have
been determined by the attOr-
ney Of the United states a.
subverxiVe.
Somehow I believe the army
and the navy have been de-
ceived In approving this volume
which advocates a course which
can only he interpreted a. fol
lowing the Communist Party
line," he said.
Dondero further intends 10 cal
the attention Of the House 20 thr
recent speech If Adamic. who la
been supporting the cause of IN
Communist partiSanS in Yugo
slavia as opposed 10 the Chetnil
bguerillas, IN which he stated
II must also mention that the
office of War Information IN
Washington IL sending my state
ments by radio To Yugosla via
and generally 10 Europe"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-09
SENT OVERSEAS

In response TO an inquiry by
Dondero. Col. r. L. Trautman.
officer in charge OF the library
branch Of the special services
division l., s. Army, reported that
10000 copies Of the book were
sent overseas 10 the army and
10000 distributed among navy
personnel.
Col. Trsutman asserted II vas
only one of 30 books purchased in
cheap reprint editions on recon-
mendation of the council of books
in wartime" composed Of pub
fishers, authors reviewers and
booksellers.
However. in q recent hearing Of
the Senate appropriations com
>nittee. Trautman testified the
Hrny and navy had the final say
concerning books distributed 10
the armed forces.
After Col Trautman had as
serted before the committee that
the selection of books was finally
d G ded by three professional
librarians in the army and a Simi-
lar number in the navy, Senator
Gerald p Nye CRD North Dakota
asked.
'.In any event, the final choice
IL within the army and navy
themselves Col. Trautman
answered. 1T Is"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-09
Congress Probe
Asked in AddniC
Book Purchase
Nv DAVID SENTNER
Detroit Times washington Bureau

WASHINGTON. Dec. Cir
eumstances of the purchase Of
$4,000 copies by the army and
navy of THE Natives Deturn," by
Louis Adamic. pro-Communist
author. for circulation among
overseas troops and sailors on the
high seas will be presented on the
floor OF the House by Rep. George
A. Dondero (R) of Michigan.
The volume. published in 1884,
advocating that the United States
go left" and asserting that Yugo-
slavia must form a collectivist
federation under the banner Of the
Soviet Union, is being circulated
under the approval of the army
and navy. according 10 Informa-
ton received from army au-
thorities by Dondero.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-09

Beloved Tor their qujckchooge sodjfy-an5
rs oil done with bloJses. Some festive aad
gay SONS tailored oil smart Sizes z 70 g.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-05
MAN PAYS TAXES
FROM FAR AWAY
ARMY OFFICER SOMEWHERE
IN AFRICA SQUARES up
PROPERTY TAX

Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin
M. Sawbridge, is somewhere in
North Africa, where bullets are
whizzing and shells and bombs
are exploding, but not even the
dangers of this most destructive
war in the worlds history have
made him forget the home that
he intends to build in Key West.
Today, Sam B. Pinder, city tax
collector, received a letter from
Colonel Sawbridge, dated Deem
Der IL. Somewhere in South
Africa, enclosing a check in
payment of last years taxes on
two lots that he owns in the
Martello Tower subdivision.
Those are the lots on which
Colonel Sawbridge intends to
build a home should he come
back from the war. He was sent
a statement of his taxes on No
vember l, and he said that it fin
ally reached him at his base aft
er many forwardings".
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-05
FORTY-NIkE NA1
TANKS DESTROYED
RUSSIANS CONTINUE THEIR
SUCCESSES ALONG WIDE
FRONT IN HOME LAND

MOSCOW. Jan 5. - Russian
troops are continuing their sue
cesses all along the 1,I00-mile
front in Russia, today's communi-
que, issued here, stated.
In battle of tanks IN the cen
trail Don, the communique declar-
ed, 40 German tanks were put out
of action and others were SO bad
ly DANCED they were barely able
to get back to their lines.
Sixty miles west of Stalingrad,
II more German tanks are SAID 70
have been destroyed Germans
in that area, were driven out Il
pockets, dug deep into the grJ nd,
to protect their occupants from the
cold.
The coTnmunique said that, IN
several areas, but particularly in
the central Don, the Russians are
keeping up an around-the-clock
offensive. The night fightingof-
offensive. The night fighting is
almost wholly confined to tanks,
which clear the way for Russian
troops who begin to advance at
dawn.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-05
County Commissioners Adopt Resolution For
Special Tax Levy To Maintain Hospital

Mayor Willard M. A1bury con-
ferred with the County Commits
Sioners, at their meeting last night,
relative to the purchasing of the
Trust factory and converting. it
into hospital, as a result of which
the commissioners passed. a reso-
luton, praying the next session
of the legislature to authorize
them to levy taxes on property in
Monroe county, the proceeds from
which will be used in helping to
maintain the proposed hospital.
The resolution states that the re-
turns annually from such a levy
shall not exceed $4,000.
A similar resolution will be pro-
posed at the next meeting of the
city council.
While it has not been officially
announced yet, it is expected that
the medical equipment at the Mar
inc hospital will be turned over
to the trustees of the proposed in
stitution.
Following is the resolution
adopted:
Whereas, the need of public
hospital has long been felt in the
City of Key West and at the pres
ent time especially on account of
the increased population in the
City of Key West, and
Whereas, the Board of County
Commissioners is unable at the
present time to finance the opera
ton of said hospital on account of
lack of money, now, therefore,
Be 1t Resolved by the Board of
County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, in session duly
assembled, that the Board goes on
record as favoring the INTRODUCES
ton of a Bill at the next session
of the State Legislature authorize
ing the Board of County Commits
sioners of Monroe County, Flor
Continued on Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-05

extended, and Mr.. Eberhardt said
that, in compliance with his or
ders, he would begin to make ar
rests on January Is of drivers
without licenses.
Mr.. Eberhardt also explained
that out-of-State residents who
are employed in Florida, or are
engaged in trade or the profes-
sions in this state, must also pur-
chase tags.
According to the laws of Flor
ida, he added, that rule applies to
out-of-town people whether their
licenses are for last year or are
current. 1t does not apply to Wis
itors in Florida who have current
license plates from their own
states.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-05
PLAN FURTHER
GAS REDUCTION
HOLDERS OF "a" CERTIFIc.
ATES WILL BE CUT
so PERCENT
(By Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Jan. SIT
was disclosed today that Secre-
tary Ickes has recommended to
the Office of Price Administra-
ton that the number of gallons
of gasoline now allowed holders
of "a" certificates be reduced SO
percent.
That would mean that those
motorists affected would receive
only one and one-half gallons OF
gasoline weekly, as compared
with the tire gallons they gel
now.
1t was estimated that, should
the OPA act favorably on Secre-
tary Ickes' recommendation, from
10000 to 10000 barrels of gaso-
line would be saved daily in the
II states on the eastern seaboard
that would be affected. The es-
innate of holders of "a" ration
ing books in that area is 5.000,-
600.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-05
JAPANESE FAIL
TO LAND FURTHER
REINFORCEMENTS
EFFORTS IN GUADALCANAL
AREA HAVE PROVED OF
NO AVAIL SINCE LAST FU-
TILE ATTEMPT
(By Associated Pressl

NBy ASSOclateI PFessB
WASHINGTON. Jan. Sec
rotary of the Navy Frank Knox
said today that no Jap rein
forcements have been landed in
the Guadslcanal area since the
last disastrous attempt was made
by a Japanese convoy. accom-
panied by eight destroyers. to
reach that island.
The Nipponese, Knox said, had
resorted to all kinds of ruseS TO
get supplies to their men on
Guadalcanal. Jap ships approach
ed the shore at night and put
overheard drums of gasoline in
the hope they would be washed
up on the beach and found by
Jap troops. He added that most
of the drums were either re-
trieved or destroyed by American
ships, and that if any barrels
reached the beach they were ex-
ceedingly few.
American planes, Mr.. Knox
disclosed. have made another
raid on Babaul on New Britain
Island, struck ships in the har-
Dor and destroyed enemy am
munition dumps and gasoline
storage tanks. The Jap de-
stroyers were among the ships
that were hit.