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Nogales international., 1943-02-12
Vernon Reeves
Promoted To
Rank OF Captain

Lieutenant Vernon Reeves, 27-
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Reeves of Elgin, and cousin of Miss
Vida Price who teaches at the Lin
coin school in Nogales, has been
promoted to the rank of Captain,
it was learned yesterday.
Reeves, pilot of a bomber in the
South Pacific, was slightly wounded
in action while on a raid January g..
He was cited for bravery, discharged
from a hospital in the middle OF
last month, and a short time later
promoted to Captain.
Born in Oklahoma, Captain
Reeves came with his parents to the
icinity Of Sonoita when a baby.
Later the family moved to Elgln
there his father served and still
;erves as section foreman of the
Southern Pacific railroad The
Reeves home is now at Fort Hua-
chuca Siding.
In Elgin. Vernon Rceves attended
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STATEWIDE BLACKOUT SET
FOR FEB. 22ND IN ARIZONA:
LAST FOR TEN MINUTES
Major General A. M Tuthill, Chairman Of Arizona
Civilian Defense Board, Orders
Statewide Tryout

PHOENIX, Feb. 1.-THE Ari-
zOna Civilian Defense Board, of
which Major General A. nj.
TuthilI of Phoenix is chairman,
has directed that there shall be
statewide tryOut of Civilian
Defense on Monday, February
22.
This being a state holiday, the
board felt that a statewide tryout
could be held with a minimum OF
inconvenience, not only to those
who have to take part in the affair,
but also to those citizens who will
be affected.
Civilian Defense in Arizona, al
though organized by proclamation
of the Governor before Pearl Har-
Dor, actually became legal depart
ment Of state as a result of the
action of the special legislature last
April, and since that time, DefeGse
| Areas-some So in number-,ave
been created which blanket the en-
| tire state. ~
Enrollees in Civilian Defense &C
tivities have received thousands o1
hours of training in their duties anc
much, planning has been done ir
order that everyone in the state
might be prepared in case of enemy
attack by air. The State Civilian
Defense Board feels that it is now
time to put these months of prepar-
alton to the test and discover just
exactly what has been accomplished.
A number of Defense Areas-par-
ticularly in the southern portion OF
the state-have already conducted
tryouts or incident drills as they are
officially known.
The February 22nd Incident Drill
will start at $50 pm, when All
Raid Wardens, Auxiliary Police
Auxiliary Firemen and others, will
take their assigned posts OF duty
They will have just one and one
half hours to prepare the public II
Nogales international., 1943-02-12
Tire Retreads
May Be
Unfrozen Mar. |

The office of price administration
in Washington plans to remove pas
senger automobile tire retreads from
the list of rationed commodities
about March 1.-The first time OPA
has freed any rationed product-it
was announced in press dispatch
from Washington this week.
Officials said the step was recon-
mended by Rubber Director William
M. Jeffers as a measure to save
millions of tires now on autos which
need retreadine if their carcasses
are tC continue usable.
Under the rationing program. 1t
was said, many tire carcasses are
damaged beyond repair before re-
tread ration certificates can be OBJ
tanned.
Nogales international., 1943-02-12
81 Selectees
Leave For
Induction Cente:

Thirty one selective service mer
left in two buses Wednesday for the
Army's induction center at Phoenix
In the group were:
Roland Bibolet, Jr., leader.
Ramon Lopez, leader.
George r. Tapia, leader.
Carlos Genardini, Jr., leader.
Francisco Y. PortillO
Raul Rodriguez Gonzalez
Elmer G. Arman
Jim Lane
Julio M. Gotta
Raul S. Robles
Refugio Murrieta
Manuel Aguirre
Arlnando M. Vasquez
Carlos L. zamora
Martin Bracamonte
Daniel S. Alvarado
Julian G.. Mendez
William r. Sanchez
Juan r. Garcia
Trinidad E. Silva
Antonio Pena Lopez
ErnestO M. Huerta
VictorianO Simental
David Cortes
H. Becerra
Santiago G. Valdez
Refugio Santillanez
Gabriel Franco Molina
Joe M. Gotta, Jr
Edward Billy
Louie Olivares
Nogales international., 1943-02-12
Young Soldiers
Leave For
Fl. Macarthur

Twenty young Nogales soldiers
comprising the youngest contingent
to leave here since the draft age
was lowered to 18-boarded the af-
ternoon train yesterday for the
Army's reception center at Fort
Macarthur.
The youths had been on a week S
furlough since passing the final
physical examination at PhoeniS
last week.
Many high school students were
down to- the train to bid farewell tc
the boys, several of whom were re-
cent students at the school.
In the group were:
Hudson J. Harman, acting cor
poral
Leonard 0. Otero
Arthur Mckinney
Cirilo R. Ramirez
| Jesus v. Felix
| Richard E. Wooddell
Jackie @. O'Campo
! Luis G.. Gutierrez
Alfonso A. GaStelum
Ruben L. Lopez
Ernesto G.. Sabori
Teles r Lopez
Eugene E. Whitehouse
Ismael r. CorraleS
Camilo ". Ahumada
Mario N. Parada
Sotero c. Perez
Fred S. Afford
Antonio G.. ROSaleS
Charles A. Miller, Jr.
Nogales international., 1943-02-12
Mrs. Dick Winiker Faye Richey)
Held AS Prisoner By Japs At Santa
Thomas University Camp In Manila.

Camille, has been advised in
g letter from the Japanese Red
Cross.
The letter was mailed Nov. II and
received by Mrs. Pyeatt on Jan. 28.
It gave no word as to the where
abouts of Mrs. Dick Winiker's and
Mrs. Pyeatt's sister, Mrs. James w.
Winiker marietta Richey), and the
latter's two-year-old son Dick who
were last heard from in the Philip
pines before the war.
Mrs. Marietta Winiker is the
mother of four-year-old Carol Jean
Winiker
Mrs. Pyeatt was advised by the
japanese that she can write to her
sister, Faye, at the prison camp
in Manila where 5000 Americans
are held as captives.
Nogales international., 1943-02-12

ed, will be stolen and forged.
Cur Chief, Mr.. Frank j. Wilson,
has requested that I communicate
with you outlining the plan of the
educational program which is en-
titled Now Your Endorsers," the
idec. being to urge upon the recipi-
ent of checks of all descriptions, the
Importance cf maintaining strong,
safe, locked mail receptacle; that
they should have their names dis
played on their mail boxes and when
they change their address it is very
important that they notify the Post
Office Department when they do,
thus insuring subsequent receipt of
their checks.
"It is important that their mail
carriers notify them when the
checks are delivered and wherever
possible they should arrange to per-
sonally receive their checks from
the carricY. 1t is also suggested
that the dependent endeavor to al
ways cash their checks in the same
store, bank, ETC., or elsewhere. In
many cases great hardship will be
experienced by the dependents if
their checks are stolen and forged
or otherwise lost.
I'm asking your cooperation in
this campaign it is suggested that
you have your local newspapers
publish a warning cautioning the
merchants to insist upon positive
| identification when cashing Gov
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Nogales international., 1943-02-12
Secret Service Launches Extensive
Campaign To Combat Activities
OF Check Thieves And Forgers

The following self explanatory
letter from the San Francisco office
of the United States Secret Service,
dated Feb. 5th, has been received
at the sheriff's office:
1.-The Secret Service has launched
an extensive educational campaign
to combat the activities of check
thieves and forgers It is anticipat-
ed that with the issuing of many
hundreds of thousands of us. al
lotment checks to the dependents
of men in our armed forces, many
of them, if not properly safe guard
Nogales international., 1943-02-12
Paving OF Road
To Cuaymas
To Start Shortly

Tom IgIeSiaS of the firm of
IgleSiaS Brothers, an American
concern with headquarters in
Los Angeles, who have been
awarded contract by the Mexi-
can federal government for the
paving of the Nogales-Guaymas
highway, is now in Mexico City
winding up details for start of
the big construction job.
The contract was let last month
and is one in which the state gov
ernment of Sonora has nc connec
ton. The work will begin from the
Nogales end, it was learned yester
day.
Nogales international., 1943-02-12
Mexico On Alert
Saws C.. Benson

That Mexico is cn the alert is the
c+-2tenent of Gustavo Benson Of
Censon'S Tourist Service.
Gus and five other men were ex-
tracing guano "a fertilizer contain
ing nitrogen) from caves in the
mountains on the coast about 15C
miles east of Santa Ana, Sonora.
A Mexican plane flew over them
three or four times and three hours
later rural patrolmen were on the
scene to investigate what they were
doing.
A carload of the guano is due to
enter the United States here WITHIN
the next few days.
Nogales international., 1943-02-12

Mrs. Dick Winiker Faye
Richey), formerly of this county,
and her little four -year-Old
niece, Carol Jean Winiker, are
held as prisoners by japanese
at the Santa Thomas University
prison camp in Manila, Philip
pine Islands, Mrs. Winiker'S
sister, Mrs. Buster Pyeatt of
Nogales international., 1943-02-12
8 Government
Men Leaving For
Ell Paso School

Six U. S. immigration officers are
leavinc tomorrow TO spend six weeks
attending an immigration school in
El PaSo.
The six are Lloyd Ledford,
Charles Wise, Leon Schwann, Glenn
C. Tyson, Leon Hattenbach and
John S. MOurSund
Nogales international., 1943-02-12

accordance with the instructions
they have already received for a
statewide blackout which will start
at 800 pm. sharp and continue for
exactly ten minutes.
Complete details have been sent
to each Defense Area Commander
in the state.
Nogales international., 1943-02-12
MANY HAPPY
RETURNS

Mrs M. I. Merritt, February Il.
Born in Arizona.
George Gotsis, II on January 20.
Nogales international., 1943-02-12

CADET WILLIAM S. UNDER
WOOD, FL, has finished his pilot
training, is now taking his basic
and scheduled to get his wings in.
March. He is now at Avon Park,
Florida. Cadet BilP' has three
brothers in the air corps. They
are John L. Underwood, %; Don
Robert Underwood, 20; and Allen
B. Underwood, 10. The four I'm
derWOOd aviatOrS are sons of Mrs.
Ellen Underwood of Nogales.
Nogales international., 1943-02-12
TOrnaterO
Topics
(By MARTY LOUGHMAN)

Homer Ryan says if you don't
make your reservations early enough
for the banquet and dance at La
Fiesta de los Tomateros a week
from tomorrow night, you may have
to sit in the kitchen . know I
wouldn't want to sit there I've
seen the cook . he also says if
you do make your reservation no.
body, not even Rita Hayworth, will
be allowed to sit at your table . e.
1 think that's an idle threat . 1
don't think Rita will even be there.
Nogales international., 1943-02-12

HROHITO Edgar Rawsthone, 17year-cld of MIR
Ralph Phoenix Nogales,
championship takes final look at his
shooting departing Diego begin training
difficulty rating high
he been shooting in the master
at the last two rifle matches
Officers Training
Corps School, member of the school
years He holds member
Arizona the Phoenix Pistol
NOgales while his father
poyee NOgae International 9261936 and nephew of
Mrs j. c. Tovea SIS Crawford Phoo)
Nogales international., 1943-02-12

We have just signed up THE
TRITE TRIO OF TUNELESS
TROUBADOURS, direct from the
Barbary Coast Of San Francisco 4.
the city of San Francisco wanted
to keep them there; it was hard to
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Understand that the purchase OF
those two incubators helped save
couple of babies during the past
year now if we can save a cou-
pie of babies for Eddie Coleman for
the night of the fiesta preferably
red headed about nineteen) we Will
have accomplished something.
Nogales international., 1943-02-12

THOMAS E. HEADY of San
Rafael Valley was reelected pres
ident of the Arizona Cattle
Growers Association at the 39th
annual convention in Phoenix last
weekend. Among directors re-
elected was Dave G. JeffcOtt of
Patagonia.
Nogales international., 1943-02-12

soldiers Eddie Martinez, TO- e Pvt 1st
Nogaes together Septem-
Of the National Guard and Still
either Australia New Guinea after having
BEEN n quite awhile
a L.. Martinez, $40 Walnut
the infantry He bern in this city,
High Shoo brother Of Miss Beatrice
Store Mrs Trinidad Lopez Mrs. Amaa
and Joe " Vasquez.
a Francisco Pesqueira, S19
High School student and
was born Nogales
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-12-23
.vIEiAR MA MORJU

Il Dive start zenski sta cepeli ma
A skalah v velikem vegastem bra
Il niku vzdolz morske obale "a
4 yasjo Rundangan. Pletli sta.
4 Vseokrog njiju in zadaj sta bill
u njuni rdeci krili edini barvni Ii
81 med swim pecevjem. Spredaj
Sc je razprostiralo morje, mo-
dro in mirno. Dalec zunaj, kjer
| je sijalo sonce, Sc je blesketalo.
Nebo je bilo sinje, in prazno.
/ Vetra nj bilo cuti nobenega.
Edino sumenje je prihajalo z
morja blizu obale, kjer je oseka
ravno minevala. Voda je brbra-
la med povodnim rastlinjem po
robeh dalec zunaj; plunkala je
V crne skalne pasove, XII jih je
4 obrascala rdeca morska trava.
Bill je pomladen vecer. Zrak je
bill topel in svez, kakor da bi
bill naprsen kolinsko vodo ali
S cim takim. Stark sta pletli
volnene nogavice in Sc vines ma
tihoma zaspano pomenkovali.
"Oh, da," je spregovorila tista,
XII so jo nazivali velika Brigita
Conlon, zenska sedemdesetih
let, visoke rasti in velike moci,
mocne oglate .brade kakor mo-
Ski, rdecega obraza in zamislje-
nih oci, XII so Sc vselej zdele, ko
!. da kaj zalujejo. Okoli vratu je
|. imela zavezano majhno crno
ogrinjavko, katere VOCAL je pri-
. svaljkala, da 81 je MIN oce-
|. dila desno uho. ''Nic ne vem," je
dejala, "zakaj da me v tenn use
su boil zmeraj, kadar Sc marcia
ma slabo vreme. Spet cutim, ka-
. kor da bi mi potocek zuborel
. notri. Moja stara matt, Bog il
daj pocivati miru, so tudi tr-
peli ma tem.'
"Da,,' je povzela druga zen
{, ska ter lepo in prihlinjeno
vzdihnila, ''proti takimle zna-
menjem ne pomore mic" Dru-
gi, Mariji Mullen, je bilo sele
pet in sestdeset let in rdeckasti
I lasje il Sc MISC mocno posiveli.
1mela je spreminjave sive oci in
I bila zelo suhljate postave. V ri
biski vasi Rundangan so Sc .je
sila bali zaradi njenega oprav-
ljivega jezika in ker je imela
: navajo prisluskovati zvecer pri
vratih sosedov in street ma nil
! hove pogovore.
"He, he," je pristavila velika
Brigita in zalobno gledala ma
.. morje, zares zivimo lie po milo
! sti bozji, prav zares, ko morje
. kar naprej pref, da mas pogolt-
.. ne. In vendar lie zaradi morja
. ne pomremo cd lakote. Ia
. res, da je cudno marsikaj, prav
zares." Oprla je pletenko v 20
. be in naslonila glavo ma njo.
J, Zamisljenih oci je strmela ven
,, ma morje, kakor da bi 81 posku-
. sala nekaj razloziti.
Stark sta sc znova zatopili v
, molcanje in pletli naprej. BIZ
, bavica je premenila in zacelo je
!, natekati. Odondod, kjer sta ce-
. peli stark, je svet segal ma
obeh straneh dalec v morje. Ma
J who'd je bill YES v visokih cereh.
, Ma zahod pa Sc je malone v isti
| razni z morjem vlekla pusta
| dalja golih sivih skal, posuta S
, prodniki. Naprej ma zahod sc je
, polagoma dvigala v visoke kle-
, ci. Po skalovju so Sc plazile lah-
! Ike sapice, XII so Sc vcasih sunko-
! vito zganile, zdaj tn zdaj tam.
Stark jih nista opazili.
/ Iznenada je morja pritegnil
oster veter in napuhnil starima
/ zenskama krili kakor balona.
: Nekaj trenutkov je vihral zlo-
: kobno, nato pa ga spet nj bilo
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-12-23


jih pogoltnilo.
zena Stefana Hallorna je po-
cenila ma prodnik kraj Marie
Mullen. Ker sta bila njuna mo-
Ia zunaj ma ribjem lovu, so Sc
vsi zaceli zanimati "a nju. Sa-
mi sebi sta Sc zdeli neizmerno
vazni, ker sta imeli- moza vi
smrtni r1evarnosti pred skup-
MIN sovraznikom - morjem.
Obraz Sc jima je potegnil cd
zalosti, toda il zvedenih oci il
ma je sijal divji ponos. Gleda-
Ii sta ma morje sovrazno kakor
zene zdavnjih vojscakov, XII so
strazile ma obzidju kamnitnih|
utrdb, medtem ko so Sc njihoviI
mozje spredaj bojevali zoper
sovraznika kamnitnimi sekira-
mi. zena stefana Hallorana,
media in bleda zenska bolehnih
zariplih oci brez vejic, je veno-
mer obracala glavo V to in ono.
stran. Gledala je izpod obrvi in
majhne crne rute ma glavi in,
iskala pogledom po morju'
proti zahodu.
80, da," je dejala in vrtela z
glavo,. 'ko 81 je zjutraj deval
v red kavlje, sem mu pravila,
maj ne hodi ven, ker so danes ia
dan pred dvajsetimi lett moi
oce umrli "a pljucnico, &c Sc
kdo spominja.'
"Utonili bodo, utonili!" je
kricala Maria Mullen. Klecala
je ma prodniku, ma sebi ma pol
volneno mosko kamizolo. Bila
il je trikrat prevelika in kakor
jo je imela zapeto okoli vratu,
je bila v njej videti kot potap-
ljac.
Butanje valov V ceri proti "a
hodni strani je glusilo veter. We
ter je vrsal enakomerno in sli-
sati ga je bilo ko sumenje We
likega slapa v veliki oddalje-
nosti. Toda hrumenje morja sc
je neprenehoma spreminjalo.
Narascalo je in ponehavalo in
nedoumljivo menjavalo glasov-
ne vrste, kakor da bi igral god
beni zbor velikanov. Posastno
razlocno je bilo cuti bucanje pa
spet sikanje ali bobnenje. Lo-
ceno cd vsega poprejsnjega in
sledecega je bilo vsaktero ia
ko grozece in prevladujoce kot
prividi, XII Sc gnetejo v blaznem
umu, loceni in cudno neodvisni
drug cd drugega.
Potlej Sc je cd zahodne stra-
nj sem pokazal coin, XII so ga po-
ganjali trije mozje. V morje je
molela ostra, skoncema srpasto
zakrivljena Ger, OBJ katero so sc
metali valovi. Odondod sc je po-
javil coin, majhna crna pika ma
modrem in belem morju. Uzrli
so ga lie "a trenutek in plasni "a
sikali: "Tu So" Nato je coin IL
ginil. Ljudje SO videli z obale,
da sc je orjaski val brezcutno
spell in ga zagrnil. Zdelo sc Jim
je, da je morje coin pogoltnilo
in da je izgubljen "a vecno. Zen
ske so kricale in krizale roke
cez prsi. Nekatere so viknile:
"Sveta Devica, pomagaj" Mo-
ski pa so rekli samo: "To je bill
val Srpa, ia jih je zajel." Ven
dar jim je sapa zastajala in
usta so jim zevala. V kolkih so
Sc nagibali navspred in stregli,
ali Sc DO coin Sc prikazal. Ko
so ga spet zagledali, so burno
zamrmrali: eta, Bog jih obva-
; ruj!"
Cd predgorja, XII ga je coin
pravkar minil, je bilo po vodi
sem dolg kos poti zavetrno. coin
je spell blize in ljudje so ga lah-
ko videli yes cas-, ne da bi ga
kdaj izgubili izpred oci. Lahko
I Dalje ma 6. stranD
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-12-23

P0AuIAdl III IL SllNhGEd inEAbd
zvili vsaka svoje pletenje, pre-
den sta spregovorili besedo. Ma
grbancenega Celia sta Sc ozrli
druga v drugo.
"Kaj ii nisem rekla, Marija!"
Sc je tesnobno pretece zavzela
velika Brigita. Toda IL njenega
neznano otoznega sepeta je bilo
cuti tudi nekaj neizmerno We
selega. Pokrila 81 je usta 2 dla-
njo desne roke in potlej zamah-
Mia, kakor da je zalueala So
sedo svoje zobe. Tako je zama-
hovala z roko il navade. eta
bolecina v usesu me nikoli ne
ogoljufa,"' je zaeela znova. = Kar
res, da bo nevihta:" In Maria
Mullen je viknila: bog mas va
ruj hudega! Ta moi moz pa je'
zunaj ma ribjem lovu simon
Patrikom in Stefanom Hallora-
nom. Usmiljena Matt bozja!" je
VISA il sebe zajecala in Sc spra-
villa ma noge. "In vse vasi so lie
oni ma odprtem morju in vihar
bo! &c nisem JAZZ nesrecna! !! Uto-
Mill bodo, utonili!" Ma celem Sc
je po sill pripravila V velik
strah in tarnanje in stegnila ro-
ke' proti morju. Razprostrtih
rok je stala vrh prodja in pra-
meni sivih las so il frfrali okrog
obraza, zacela je preklinjati
morje in zalovati mad svojo uso-
do. Veter pa .je rastel in zvizgal
in il napihoval rdece krilo
navzad, da so Sc il subj udi
ostro ocrtavaH.
20, Bog tt odpusti, zenska ne
umna!" je zakricala velika Bri-
gita in Sc zaradi trganja v des-
mem kolku trudom postavila
ma noge. "Kaj lie klices nesreco,
hudoba! Ne skusaj morja! Raj
81 nehaj S tenn, da bodo utoni-
lii" V njenih besedah so Sc zr-
calili siloviti pokoncujoci gibi
pobesnile narave, slepe in We
sele svojega divjanja. Besede SO
bruhale liz ME cudno srdito, ka-
kor je cd morja sem buril veter.
Real je mrzlo, prezirno In
ostro, kot zvizgajo preko bojne-
ga polja svincenke, XII Hh ne
znani mozje streljajo proti It's
tim, XII jih MISC videli Sc nikdar
nikoli. Maria Mullen je stala
iztegnjenih rok. Nj Sc zmenila
"a veliko Brigito. Venomer je z
rezkim glasom krikala: "Uto-
Mill bodo, utonili!" Kazalo je,
da je tudi njo obsla blaznost, v
kateri sta ,zalost in veselje iz-
gubila svoj pomen in Sc pome-
sala V silnejsi obGutek. Morje
Sc je zacelo napenjati in raz-
porjati V potoke pen.
Vihar je> narascal. Ljudje iz
vasi so pritekli ma obalo. Zbra-
Ii so Sc pri starkah in kameni-
tenn braniku. Kmalu je bill. tn
eel roj rdecih kril in v crne rute
zavitih glav. Okoli so Sc razpo-
stavili moski. Zaskrbljeno so Sc
pogovarjali in pogledovali ven
ma zahodno stran morja. Oh
! vsakem valu, XII Sc je razbil oh
skalni obali, Sc je morje kopi-
clio vse silovitejse. Zacelo je
rencati, premetavati Sc in skri-
patti, ko da bi skrtali posastni
zobje. Ozivelo je in tulilo z ne
stetimi glasovi, XII so poslusalce
,navdajali z grozo in jih mamili,
da so Sc z morjem vred obcutili
blame. Obrazi so sc Jim po-
mracili in il oci Jim je sijal da-
lien zar. Kadar so spregovorili,
so vpili. Bill so drug zoper dru-
gega. Togotno so preklinjali.
Roke ma hrbtu so sc prestopali
po prodju in Sc nezaupno ozira-
Ii po morju, ko da Sc DO nasled-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-01

times shuttled back and forth between these
patches of land with the familiarity of spider I'M
its own web. Many ship they captured, and
many ship they sank to pave the oceans floor
with gold and jewels amounting to a sum that
staggers the creduty of honest folk
But pirates lire was not always a succession
Of easy conquests Times there were when the|
hunted became the hunters, and what seemed al
simple prey falling into the rapacious clutches
of the sea-vutures turned out closer acquain-|
tanceship, TO be well-armed man-of-war tnat|
was more than capable of defending itself. Att
such encounters the brigands had to come quickly
about and make hot and hasty retreat to safety
Then, too, there were lean seasons in the pro-|
fession when the friction of circumstances caused
the honor which is credited existing between
thieves, to be worn threadbare; with the result
that the less fortunate pirate bands were forced
to prey upon their more prosperous brethren.
These difficulties created an unpeasantness wlknII
demanded a solution.
Port Royal was the answer. ~.
Port Royal, in the 18th century became the
sanctuary Of every outlawcd man and ship and|
cause on the Spanish Main. 1t was the heart of
all wickedness, a community founded on corrup-
ton and dedicated to vice; it was shepherdessl
fold of black sheep where pirates and buccaneers
fed from the justice of the outside world and|
the injustices of one another
Once within its harbor, a ship and It's crew were|
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the surface ripples of outer
Kingston Harbor off Jamai-
ca. OF all men, / was the
first in nearly two hundred
and fifty years to walk the
streets Of a city which had
been deservedly named the
Pirates Babylon; now a
thing of beauty, coral-en-
crusted in the heart of the
incorruptible waters Of the
sea.
Since that time l have
walked strange ways and
have rubbed shoulders with
death; / have been a wan
derer in the hills and valleys
of the oceans realm, and
have snatched from the lock-
er of that greatest of all pi-
rates, Davy Jones, ducats
and doubloons, golden lngots
and silver bars, Church
ornaments and silver pieces
of-eight.
Action has ruled my days,
vet never has the vision
of the enchanted city be-
meath the sea left me en-
tirely. There are some
things a man cannot for
get. N
And when "a man is pos
sessed Of a dream there is
no peace on this earth until
he follows that dream to it's
ultimate end. Already am
planning for the day when l
shall return to the Carib-
bean outside of Kingston's
Harbor, to the watery tomb
of one of the most profligate