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Evening star., 1943-05-16
Farm Chief in Texas
Tells Potato Men 10
Ignore 0PA CeiIinq
Advises Growers to Sell
At 81 Above Price Set
In Government Order
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex, May IS. Texas
Agriculture Commissioner J. E. Nc
Donald today advised Bexar and
Harris County, Tex. potato growers
to disregard a recently set price CELL
ing OF $3.50 per 100 pounds.
His ONCE reported he had sent
kilograms to representatives Of
growers in the two areas to sell their
present crop at $3.50 a hundred
pounds and told them he would de-
fend their action.
Mr.. Mcdonald is in Washington
and his telegram to truck farmers
said his efforts to remedy their
troubles had thus far been to no
avail since "a divided authority and
buck-passing is all I found"
Can Sell to Consumers.
Henry Van De Walle OF San An
tonic. secretary of the Bexar Coun-
ty Truck Farmers Association, said
last year our average price was
S2.75 and now, with our production
costs more than doubled, the OPA
expects us to sell our crops at less
money than we received last year. u
K. c. Barkley, chief attorney for
the OPA in the Houston area, said
growers could legally sell direct to
the consumers at the $3.50 price,
but that any person caught selling
potatoes to a retailer or wholesaler
for more than the 81 so ceiling price
would be prosecuted
And when we prosecute a case"
he added the fact that the farm
ers got the instruction from McDon-
aid will be no defense"
In Washington the Office OF Price
Administration said it will prosecute
any wilful price violation with the
utmost vigor."
Evening star., 1943-05-16

give merchants time in which to re-
plenish stocks of needed items.
Every manufacturer of the listed
articles will be directed by WPB to
ship a percentage of his output to
wholesalers and retailers who serve
primarily the farm trade. Jobbers
and wholesalers will be ordered to
ship fixed percentages to rural re-
tailers.
The wholesaler also will be re-
quired. WPB said, to honor certified
orders from retailers based on cer-
tiflcates received by retailers from
farmers. Where the farmers will
get their certificates was not an
nounced.
Evening star., 1943-05-16

room was found a radio which po-
lice said he admitted purchasing
with some of the money.
According to police, the boy signed
statement admitting IS thefts
from the Washington Terminal Co.
since the beginning of the year.
His method, according to police, was
to issue the ticket to the destination
of the purchaser and pocket both
the money and the receipt he was
supposed to turn in to company
officials.
He told OF making numerous
other gifts to relatives and friends,
including one Of 500 to a brother
in the armed services. He said he
neither gambled nor drank.
Sergt Higgins said charges will
be filed against the youth tomorrow
in Juvenile Court.
Evening star., 1943-05-16
U. S. Army Noturo|izes
231 Members in Britain

By the Associated Press.
AT AN AMERICAN STATION IN
THE MIDLANDS, England. May
1.-two hundred and thirty-one
United States Army nurses, officers
and enlisted men born in all part,
of the world took the oath of allie
glance today, making them natural
lied citizens of the land for which
theV are fighting.
Evening star., 1943-05-16

Beauty in Soft
Focus, that is her advice
to you. And she helps
you achieve it with a
correct selection of Len
theric "Soft-Focus" cos
m e tics. Furthermore,
she will show you how to
bring out the hidden
highlights of your per-
sonality with the fra
GRANGE cent which
most Gle arly typifies
YOU.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

Thesfaihre of the ngio-'Ameffcan
army to drive all the Germans out of Tuni-
STA without delay has the idea-boys con-
juring up all sorts of boogies.
There are fears that Hitler will march
through Spain, take Gibraltar and by cross
ing into Spanish Morocco ''cut off, our sol
diers and have them in bag.
In addition, Nazi agents are busy with
the tribesmen in French territory and,
first thing you know" Gen. Eisenhower
will be fighting a hostile population in his
own backyard!
There is just a chance that Hitler will
go through Spain and move into Spanish
Morocco but, suppose hee doesy cant. We
meet him on better terms ii that area shan
in Belgium, where ahe second front boys :
wanted the Altes IL asase invasion
Of Europeas = sEsSzss::------ ----5,sgsSE !
If we cagnbt mi as islsfitss in
Africa, where they are far from their home
bases, how can we expect to beat them in
Europe? The fact is that Hitler's apparent
determination to fight for Tunisia, ana
maybe Africa, is all in our favor
The larger the number of Germans
concentrated in Tunisia, the easier the
pickings for our air force. That few
thousand German soldiers, cornered in d
small part of Africa, can stand off the full
might of the British Eighth and First ar,
mics, plus the American and French units
is absurd unless it established that onf
fighting men are unequal to the Nazis.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06
By JACK STINNETT
AP Features Service Writer

WASHINGTON, Feb. eff the
consensus of non-partisan observ-
ers here means anything, Repub-
licam party leaders came off with
iIp neat bit of strategy in naming
q Harrison E. Spangler, of Iowa.
qSational chairman Nat that ST
louis committee session.
shIt is even said now land ap-
'fpatently with some authority
that the selection of SpangIer
had already been planned and
plotted in smoking room sessions
in Washington long before the
committee meeting was held
The idea was not a stop Will
kie" campaign or a booSt-any-
bcdy-else drive. The idea was 10
select a man who Gould go along
quietly and efficiently for a cOu-
Gle of wears without stirring up
a controversy within the party
The man they wanted was one
who wasn't tarred with any-
body's brush or stamped defln-
itely with any ''isms" EXCEPT
good old COP.
Spangler was that man If. on
occasion, as il was reported, he
had said publicly that after the
war, the United States would
have, Il, take a greater hand II
world affairs, he nuIlified that
with his statement about being
Interested ONLY in getting votes
for the Republican party Of
which there were none in Mon
golia. On the other hand. thai
could hardly be held up as $50
lationism' cog q. -..
It's no secret that WiiliAZe IS
unpopular with many Of the top
Republican leaders The vote n
rolled up in the presidential eleC-
ton of 1870 hasn't won him many
friends among party leaders tha1
he didn't have before
But that really wasn't the
point, say the observers. II the
selection of Spangler- The lead
ers not only didn't want . VII
kieite, they didn't want an -Ite
of any kind
COP leaders here are convlnc-
ed that Republicans are II -
1914.
AS a result, il Is saii. me r.
publican party viii probably Just
play dead duck for the next tEEo
years. coming % iIHe 0nfy % tly
away with Dem0crstIc issues tszs-
plove unpopular al % sal IA VIII
that portion Of the Democrz-lE
flock CTS already split CT sev-
eral major issues which mas Tx
favor Of the voters
Why else. say the Observers. c11
Minority Leader Doe A4arrEn EIEs
up the party national chzErz21-
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= : - = z - =
!ofIa Birthdays

! Gov. Ernest Gruenirig of Alas
ka, born New York, Sc years ago.
DR.. Walter P. Pitkin, retiring
Columbia Univ. psychologist, au-
thor of life Begins at Forty"
born Ypsilanti, Mich, IS years
ago.
Arthur Mutt, vice president,
Wright Aeronautical, Paterson,
N. j., born New Rochelle, N. Y,
40 years ago.
u. S. Sen. Robert M La Fol-
lette, Jr., of Wisconsin, born
Madison, 48 years ago.
DR.. William P. Murphy of Bos-
ton, physician, Nobel winner,
born Stoughton, Wis, 81 years
ago.
. Eldridge r. johnson of Cam
den, N. j., founder of the Victor
Talking Machine Co. born Wilml
ington, Del, rs years ago. ssy1
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06
THINGS POLITICAL ON CAPITOL HILL

ship. but TO devote his entire time
to manipulations of the party in
the House, II Is there. where
their minority numbers within q
few votes Of the MARTY. that
the 1874 election prol-1ly viii
be determined
In the last year. there has been
a lot of talk about the splits IN
the Republican party. Since the
November elections and especial
" since intrapsrty Squ2bbles
among the Democrats broke CT
in the closing days Of me TTth
Congress, there's been q good deal
more talk here about the p0ssi-
bility Of third psrty rising from
the Democratic ranks
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06
HONOR TO THE UNHoNORED DEAD!

It has always been so and, we pre-
sumo, it will continue always to be so, that
the head OF an army, Or any OF It's Subdl-
visions. gets the medal and the volume of
praise when major victory is gained.
Thus, General Bernard Montgomery,
commander OF The british Eighth Army chat
chased Rommef from FL 'Alemein over 1,30O
miles OF desert roads to the Tunisian border.
is decorated by the British government and
applauded by the British people for the eX-
plot Not word is said, or a citation made,
so lar the the public knows, ABOUT the
members of his staff or other commissioned
men, or about any of the soldiers who fought
under him, thousands of whom are In their
last resting place in the desert sands.
Among our own great military leaders,
General Alexander A. Vandergrift was
decorated on Thursday by President Roose-
welt with the Congressional Medal of Hon
or, the highest honor this government can
confer on any man.
From August 20 December 9, General
Vanderbilt commanded the United states
Marines who, though at first outnumberea'
0eat the Japs to a standstill on Guadaleanal'
His offensive and defensive tactiScs were
50 mastenly, the Japs, in the real OF Strategy,
were little more than children. Onthe night
of August 20, they essayed to capture ihe
Marines position, and when dawn painted
the east : lurid red, 767 enemy troopers
out OF $50, lay dead on the ground where
the fighting had occurred.
While we shed a tear for those Marines
who lost their lives in that encounter and
laud those who fought valiantly and sur
vived the battle, not one of us, who knows
the type of man Vandergrift is, would de-
tract from him one 1.-THE OF the honor that
has been accorded him.
Anybody who read General Wander
grift's letters to his wife, written while the
campaign on Guadaicanal was in progress,
was convinced that here was man brim
full of feeling for every Marine in his COM
mand, here was man in whose makeup
was not an iota of egOtism.
In mentioning that fight to his wife,
he began THE Japs made grave mistake
last night" and added that, as the news
about the battle had been-related over the
radio, he was in position 60 tell her about
some Of the things that had happened. And
in simple words he related the story, say
ing nothing about the part ne had played
in the fighting, but giving the credit for the
victory TO the men under him.
And then he told of his grief for his
men who had been killed, and gave the
name Of one Of his colonels who had lost his
lie. "One of his little fingers was worth
more to the world than 100 Japs," he wrote
in effect.
Yes, it will always be thus-the head
man gets the medal for the victory. We
don't know much about General Montgom-
cry, but from all accounts he, too, Is a
worthy man. So, while we commend van
dergrift and Montgomery, let us not forget
the men who made the victories possible.
Honor to the unhOnOred dead!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

2 WILL always seek the truth and print 1t
~ thout fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or, to applaud right;
always fight for progress; never be- the or
gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique.
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue,
commend good done by individual or organ
ization; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions: print only news that will elevate
and not contaminate the reader: never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06
Today's Horoscope

/ Today turns out a powerful
Snind-with proper training. But
if the mind should become per-
fverted,f the instincts will lead to
sextreme viciousneSs. Parental
training is of the utmost import
ance. ia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

Is Hitler dead or insane? Some peo-
pie are wondering since nothing has been
Heard from him in some time, and he failed
to speak to his people on the tenth anniver-
sary of his ascendancy to his leadership.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06
Sundays
Horoscope

Today is likely to give a hard,
selfish and astute nature. reserv-
ed and seif-reliant, but subject to
the softening influences of love.
Avoid the tendency to cruelty
and work. hard.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

According to an Associated
Press dispatch published on the
front rage of The Citizen today,
A torney General La dis has in
formed Comptroller ]. M. Lee that
county commissioners can not le-
.gaHy reduce or increase aSsaSS-
<mehts. since they are made by the
<assessor and approved by the COM
Smissioners. S4A
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

Tho mat~on of the Mercedes
nos rital ref orted today that funds
for the operation of that institu-
ton are practically exhausted.
She appealed to the public for fl
nancial assistance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06
Chapter 46
Exit ThOrndike

HESTOR looked at Ward Al
len. 1T was true, wasn't it.
that story about the shortage OF
accounts? Only it was Dean "
was short-and on my account.
81 don't know" Ward said.
watching Della sip the brandy and
water. Il knew he'd taken the
bonds-not at first, but teday.
could only guess why he'd taken
them"
Fenner stopped beside Thorn
dixie. You'd better lie down."
1T won't matter now"
Want a drink?"
Nothing thanks" He re-
manned sitting but the effect of
the shock was passing and pain
had begun to write its message
on his face. There are Just one
or two things I'd like to say"
He paused and seemed to be
having trouble breathing.
"Hestor. You're right about
the hundred thousand. l was
broke l tried to sell the ketch. but
even that wouldn't have made
much difference. l was short. with
no way of making up. When you
told me you wanted to pay Clarke
/ knew it was the break I'd
wanted. / sent the bonds up by
Ward to make it look right. All |
had to do was borrow them from
my other clients for few hours
and then put them back; then
when / gave you an accounting
it would be in order. / heard
Clarke quarreling with Ward at
Hestor's party; l overheard him
talking to Raeburn on the terrace
although l didn't know who
Raeburn was then-and it sound
ed like .blackmail. l hoped the
murder would cover up the theft,
but-then there was Hardacker."
"You were the one in the
shadow of the house." Joyce said
softly, remembering the moment
on the terrace.
Thorndike did not notice the
interruption.
81 hadn't much choice" he said.
at was getting the bonds or
1Allo III
would be better than that-even
this"
He was silent then and present
ly Hestor spoke.
Funny. Even now when we
know where the bonds are, they
don't belong to me-" She shrugged.
Il pay off and get nothing"
''The other thing" Thorndike
said, as though he had not heard,
els this I wouldn't have hurt
Della, Ward. 1 had to make you
think l would, though. had to
scare you both to silence. I
wanted chance to run for it.
Anyone else, yes, I would have
shot it out. But not her"
Della got up. Ward tried to re-
strain her but she shook off his
hand. She went to Thorndike and
kneeled beside him.
II believe you," she said.
Thorndike nodded and Delia's
eyes filed. Somewhere in the dis
lance siren shrilled, drawing
rapidly nearer, then dying out
again as it stopped below the
windows. Ward went to Della. He
put his hands beneath her elbows
and lifted her gently to her feet.
Bacon Burned Up
7 LIEUTENANT BACON gnawed
IL on his lower lip and refused
to be entirely placated. Arriving
at the same time as the ambu-
lance, he had sent Thorndike to
the hospital with Sergeant Keogh
and word had just come back that
the man had died on the way.
Now although the others had told
him what had happened in the
room, he was still far from salts
fled.
Every time l get mixed up
with you in a murder casc," he
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

. The only way to skip years taxes is
to skip years taxes. There is no skipping
when payments must be continued without
a years interlude. The change is only il
the method of disgorging to Uncle Samuel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06
KEY WEST In
DAYS CONE BY
FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN
OF FEBRunRY 8, 1888

J4rnes Roberts. eoio..el. con-
fec2cd slayer of his wife and faith
or, was given hcai;1g yesterday
after noon by Justice of the Peace
E r. ! owe, and was held wi hout
bali for the action of the grand
jury.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06
Today's
Anniversaries

1756-Aaron Burr soldier of
the Revolution, New York Jaws
yer and senator, 3rd Vice Presi-
dent, tragic historical figure,
born Newark, N. J. Died Sept.
IA, 1886.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06
KNOWN FOR 1000 YEARS

CHTCAGo-Coal has been
known to man for more than 1000
years, but has been chemically ex-
plotted for less than century.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

W. w. Demeritt, superintendent
of lighthouses in this district, left
yc-te day on the tender Ivy on
an Inspection trip of lighthouses
ard ether aids to navigation along
the west coast of Florida.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

=. Monroe County must keep up its rec
5rd by promptly buying its full quota Of
Wal Bonds-this is war business. IL
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06
FREEDOM OF fAE PRESS

y Not every man means what he says
when he is excited, mad or embittered.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06
MR.: MURDOCH
S.SNR CASE
by George
Hormon
Coke

4 o6A& ~ hAO&hs JOu OuI
on me a little. Now you've got
your wife doing il"
"She didn't hold out. Except at
first"
"She was coming mere GO have
t out with Allen. She even called
you and Fenner. DID Shes YAH
/ me?" K tI3mtIsqeQ shi bns
81 wasn't sure" Joyce saidhisI
thought I was right but bioulddln't
be sure" ,.i.o.t, e.
Bacon looked down his no nose aaat
her. wen, I got to hand II 20 you.
It was nice figuring, thar part
about Raeburn not being able to
get a gun. i had the same idea
this morning and we've been
checking it. The nearest pawn
shop to Hardacker's Office is FIVE
blocks away, and that closed at
nine. So I'd been wondering.
About Allen, mostly. We'd checked
Thorndike'S alibi the night of
Clarke's murder. 1t wasn't any
; thing. He was at his club like he
said, but there are couple of
ways of getting out and in again
besides the front door. The rec
ord showed him as being in but
it didn't mean a thing"
He turned to AfEf You actu-
ally did see her. hhhT he asked,
indicating Della, THAT night at
Perry Clarke's?"
Allen nodded. fTd parked my
car and crossed the street. Just
as l was about to step inside the
entrance ! saw her round the cor
ner. l kept ON, not believing il
could be, she; then I turned and
looked again. When she went over
to her car l was sure. / couldn't
figure, it out. but there was moth
ing l could do. I had to see Clarke
and I didn't want her to know
anything about it."
The Ash Can
A ND you went up and knocked
\ and he let you in?"
81 thought he was drunk. He
staggered and fell backward. He
never moved after that. / bent
over him and then / saw the
blood. He spoke just once. She
took the envelope he said-I
could hardly hear him-Dee did
it,"
Allen glanced about. I'D seen
her, you see, and knew that she
must have been there. never
dreamed that instead of Dee
that's what / always call her-he
was trying to say, Dean He may
even have said, Dean but hav-
ing just seen her-and later find
ing the envelope and bonds gone
i could only think of that one
word, Dee He sighed. 81 didn't
know why you'd gone there but i
knew Clarke, Della. thought he
must have become abusive, that
you had seen the gun and in
desperation used it."
'tHe had to think that, Della" "
Murdoch said. "He saw you.
Clarke mentioned your name-or
so he thought" .... . q. .-
Il took the gun and got out, !"
Allen said. Il was a fool to drop
it in that trash can, but I'd wiped
~ 0AAs kAAGk
l was in danger"
Innocent people seldom dc"
Murdoch said.
mo wonder you wouldn't talk, "
Bacon said. "a fine how-to-do.
You won't talk because you're
afraid for her, and she holding
out because she'll involve you If
she says anything" He looked at
Hestor. "You never said anything
to Thorndike about the envelope
or what was in it?"
Il never knew there was an en-
velope." Hestor crossed her knees
and her tone was curt. 'If I'd
known about the envelope and
those copies, wouldn't / have de-
manded them when / paid over
the hundred thousand?"
Il guess you would"
To be continued
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

" So long as a majority vote puts men
into office there win be politicians seeking
the majority vote
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

! Charles Mosier, botanist, now in
sKey West to help in the conserva-
ftion and Identification campaign,
has informed Miss Mollie Parker
that he will gladly identify and
classify any plant that is brought
to him.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

= There may be something in a name
after all, if the contemplated Ruml plan
fails to pass.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

3 Vegetable gardens in 1943 will be
'ictory Gardens if you can raise the food
that the catalogs lead you to expect.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

War or no war, the annual crop OF
Spring poetry is just around the corner.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

1807-Hiram Sibley, promoter
financier of telegraphy, co-found-
er of Western Union, born Adams
Mass. Died July IL, 1888.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

:. There will an eclipse of the sun this
months and an eclipse of the taxpayeEspeAt
month.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

- Some people thank strangers for doing
what they overlook when performed by
f4iends
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

The Citizen says today in an
editorial paragraph:
Astronomers are of the opin-
ion that the planet Mars is dry.
but is it?"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

1888 - MaSSachuss-rts rarifes
new C0nstifutlun-slXrh STATE &
co So
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06
Today In History

l778-Benjamin Frznk1zn cun-
cludes historic treaty With
France.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

came a best-seller, born Hebron.
Ohio. Died New York, March
%, 1881.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

1818-William M. Evarts, fam
ed New York lawyer, orator and
senator of his generation, born
in Boston. Died Feb. %, 1901.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

= The man who makes a business go is
< say who persuades the customers to
ny. :. 80
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06

Miss Edith Hilton, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hilton, and
Joseph Laid, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Laid, were married yester-
day by the Rev. A. B. Dimmick,
rec.cr of ST. Paul's Episcopal
Church.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-06
MANY MILLIONS OF TONS

NEW YORK4m7Mpre than 100
million tons of eoa1 will be used
to provide chemicals in l943.