davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1945-03-25

almost simultaneously said quizzically.
Where the hell do you suppose they'll put
de Ginks?" The name stuck, soon was trans
ferred to the hotels that George built
Whether or not that story is true, ATC
accommodations are known all over the
world as De Ginks, although often the hotel
has some other identifying name. The
De Gink at the port of aerial embarkation
at Presque Isle. Me-. for instance, is the
Hotel El Paso del Norte; at Guadalcanal
it's the Pest House.
bus Picks Him Up
IT WAS at Presque Isle that the writer made
his first acquaintance with De Gink.
Arriving at dusk on cold and damp winter
night, neophyte in ATC travel. he ex-
pected to be bedded down in barracks.
Instead, an ATC transient service bus
picked him up at the plane and whisked
him away to what outwardly looked like
a modern two-story barracks.
What he found inside would have emp
tied his wallet in prewar days. Instead of a
barracks he saw a warm and cozy lounge
and at one side, room-clerk's counter.
Behind it stood Staff Sgt. r. c. Arnts Tall,
black-haired and mustached, Sergeant Arnts
might just as well have been in morning
coat and trousers with a white carnation
for boutonniere For his smile. demeandr
and general appearance - outside OF his
CT khaki - made him look like the busy,
traditional metropolitan hotel manager.
Evening star., 1945-03-25

Registering took but a moment and pres
emily one of the members of Arnts' soldier
staff picked up our bags and led us to our
room. The first reaction was that it was a
gag. For there in the midst of nowhere the
ATC had built hotel which boasted beau
tiful private rooms with satin comforters,
an easy chair, a dresser and handsome
matching plaid bedspread and draperies.
But we were in for more surprises. In the
dining room. local girls in neat white uni
forms took orders from strange menus 1t
was then dinner time and the T-bone steak
and French fried onions were more than
welcome. But among the other offerings
were orange juice, eggs, cereal. hot cakes
and other breakfast dishes.
Lsss 1ims Ideaeity
We LEARNED that day and night lose their
identity to world air travellers. One may
fly all night and be ready for big dinner
upon arrival at 4:30 in the morning. Another
may sleep all day at the De Gink after
long night in the air and want breakfast
at or pm. That's why most De Ginks
have the same menus all day and all night
and why their dining rooms are never closed.
Good old America, we thought. rs we
left Presque Isle and headed for Britain.
Elsewhere it wouldn't be like that. But
we were wrong again!
Up at Stephenville. Newfoundland, where
the ATC has built huge Harmon Field in
the midst of northern wilderness, the De
Gink was newer and even more luxurious,
looked like a beautiful hunting lodge. 1t
had a large and handsomely appointed
lounge, complete to large fieldstone fire
place, hammered bronze wood box, spinet
piano, radio and overstuffed sofas. 1t even
had magazine table, with everything from
a treatise entitled ''Bundling" to the latest
overseas editions of the weekly news maya
zines.
But we didn't do much reading. We were
more interested in exchanging experiences
with the fighting men fresh from China,
India. Paris and other war theaters.
All the Harmon Field De Gink's rooms
were equipped with canary yellow venetian
blinds and drapes. and the washrooms
boasted daylight lighting. Suites were re-
served for VIPs - very important persons.
Like all De Ginks, soldier was in charge
here. He was Sgt. Walter J. Gielan, 80,
formerly an assistant manager of a big
Chicago hotel He was getting only $78
month now. but serving equally prominent
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BITING CONSCIENCE

In keeping with the old saying that
there is an exception to everything, it may
be said that it applies to dogs not biting
anybody.
For instance, we have no objection to
a dogs sinking his teeth into man who
tries to burglarize home or to commit
murder or good many other crimes, in
Guiding the vandalism that was committed
Thursday night by the DRINKS, presumably,
who crashed the windshields of cars and,
in EDITION, the headlights of one, that
were parked along the Fleming street side
Of La Concha.
- .as That part of the story, published in
The Citizen, about the vandals not break
ing the windshields of car in which was
a police dog. was the source of much COM
ment by Key Westers. And the comment,
as rule, ran in this wise:
TOO bad the dog was unable to get
out of the car to attack the vandals."
Assuming the dog did get out and
sank his teeth into the men, or so-called
men, who were maliciously destroying the
property of others, we wonder if it would
be possible to find timid soul who would
have sympathized with or for the rascals?
Drunkenness is no excuse for the COM
mission of crime; indeed, it adds to the
eulpability of the criminal, but inithe case
of the windshieldesmashers, assuming they
were, drunk, they were 2 not sufficiently
drunk do.obe, unable to realize that, had
they broken the windshield of the car in
which, HAE,tHg' dog, there was "a chance of
his plunging through the opening and Bit
ing them. III - 10 tos ~ ka' 81 Z
However, if the vandals have enough
manhood to have conscience left, you
may be sure it will "bite" them for their
reckless destruction of the property of
others.
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,,iEF TEMPORARY REcEssIoNiAsSUREDe

4 80 ~
When you hear OF increasing Niiel.l
ALIGNMENT do not get the ldea thaG. inc ma
flor. is on the verge of an immediate oe-
nression. The unemployment now Deglh-
n;no results from the transition from war
m peace and may disappear entirely Wheh
reconyersion has been completed ana III
dustry attempts to supply the long-deiayeo
Semand Off scarce commodities.
The great debate between the econom-
ists about what the future has IN store re-
lhtes to what will occur few years from
hdav. Nearly everybody knows that there
din he temporary reduction of employ
hent, of spending and ,f9f savings, sMnat
ipbody knows is .gshetfar, pIaauetlonIa 81
Seace will be eq9Sfto sqhRsst sfue s
apre set up during the WIT ,|
4 The estimate that eight million work. work.
ds will be unemployed in -1s46 does not
mean that these sight niiIlion Americans
vill be broke. 1t doesaao fhat there
will not be a demand for everxthing thai
iadustry can produce. For more than Tour
Years the nation has turned it's attentl9nSto
Gar goods and there is latent demand for
many things. When this is filledy@hatthe
future holds remains a puzzle.
There is vast backlog of spending
power in the country. Some economists
believe that business and individuals have
more than 5000, OO,0OO,OO0 for spending.
IF this huge fund is used gradually, spread
ing its demand over period of years, and
adding to the current annual demand, there
is prospect, at least, of reasonable pros
perity for while. If it is turned loose in
a mad flood, there will be initiation follow
/ by recession that will toqofh depression
Hpttoms.
Realization of the danger that turks in
Unrestricted spending explains why many
leaders of business, thoroughly opposed to
governmental regulstionsrin1 prinoiple ,now
advocate some secopomic, controls to, regu-
late the expenditure of savings accumulat-
ed during the past few years. This is why
the government seeks to prevent increased
prices which Inevitably reduce buying
power and curtail demand for products of
AL kinds.
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<FAvoRITIsM

That soclalized medicine is not good
Tor the country wasclearly proved during
ne !lSie depression when Emergency Medical
Relief was organized as an embryonic gov
erniaent agency, declared Dr.. Samuel
barbash, editor of the Atlantic County
IN. Jo Medical Society Bulletin, in a re-
cent guest editorial written for the Jack
son County MO- Medical Society Bulle-
tin.
Its ideals and purpose were endorsed
oy every earnest practitioner who recopniz-
ed the need it was trying to fill. However.
political favoritism and miscarriage of aims
were not only discouraging but DISGUSTING
IL is appalling to contemplate the same ex-
perlence on national SCALE"
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THE SHOE FITS TIGHT

Editor, The Citizen:
ssThiS I am forced to write,
/ favor newspaper controVers-
les, as it is by this method that
most of the taxr layers are leach
ed. l shall also have the pleasure
of signing my name to this art
icle. T.
Mr.. Varela writes in a very bel
ligerent manner, not becoming for
public servant. / am not angry
with Mr.. Varela, or any othsr
person concerned. l merely wish
ed to bring to the public how our
money is being spent, so why get
so excited!
apologize to you, Mr.. Varsla,
and members of the City Council,
about contracting Mrs. Curry. This
was only suggestion. Further
more, Mrs. Curry does not own
all of the docking facilities in the
city, and / do not blame her for
Directing, if conditions would be
the same on her property as they
were on the city dock.
If the "Greyhound'' makes reg
ular weekly trips, what is the ex-
cuse for dead animals lying in
state until they become such fly
producers that a government in
spector protested as far away as
the A. and B. Fish Co. / am
afraid the animals would have
been there yet, if the U. S. Public
Health Service had not been call
ed on for assistance. If this boat
has made regular trips, then
apologies are in order for the crew
of the 'Greyhound", Frank Cara
ball and his father.
For Mr.. Varela's information,
most of the facts and all of the
figures came directly from the
City Hall from a person who is in
position to know. If Mr.. Va
rela, or any member of the coun-
Gil, would care to discuss this eli.
Their in public or private, and
prove to me that the taxpayers
are getting full valuation for the
$7,5l8 spent in the City Health De-
partment, then they would see
that l am man enough to apollo
gize in any manner they see fit,
and at my expense.
In regards to the city scaven-
ger dock, Mr.. Charles TOPPING, To-
cal contractor, informed me that
he advised a certain member of
the council that he could and
would drive the pilings for a new
dock, but no one had been back
to discuss it further.
Maybe some day 1 will be a
city official, and assure that in
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27

for II YOU don't use It? Sure
sl,re-I know. That's a hold-over
and needs q special ship &. OK.
make IL opt--No. 81 won't do i
for YOU. Get the floor Manager
I AIfr. Hansoni Mr.. HansonI !.
aAnd listen. Done. II that's a
nresent Tor lie rifl friend, get
4 rift tde for it--fOr crying out
lodd-Its GOTTA BE SPECIAL.-
LYWHAPpEOjfl Ny Gawd! Have
I deseryed III this,d she groaned,
as Breuda turned TO help the be-
wildered sales girt
sTIonestly. Mrs. Blair" Irene
Exclaimed apoioreticaliy, ai'm
sorry. but thkss new girls just
a a.fs eve certainty need one!
Nav f've gotta Gift foolin, around
here and Sci nv cssh st,D. Let Bill
take 'em over. He HASN'T been in
here for. over an holri &.
Nv ten minutes past six Irene
had fsnished. addinr her checks
and cash She rschecked her
sales Sins and Il sfacked them
neatly in 4 separate pile. Then she
took down her cash box.
aCripes. sI'm late." Brenda
heard her nlutterine under her
breath. Zoe can't walt"
: She banged the lid or the cash
box with her fist, and then bent
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OUTSMARTED

A man bought several dozen boxes of
Ggars and had them insured against fire.
: When he had smoked them, he put in
& claim against the insurance company
t4at they had been destroyed by fire The
company refused to pay, the man sued. The
Judge ruled that the company had gfven
the man a polieyrprotecting@ againstofire,.
and must pay
AS soon as the man accepted the
money, the company; had him arresteds on.
q charge of misunderstanding Magazine.
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[By RUFUS HEIDI

received since she came into the
store. The sale had started well
enough but she had a persistent
feeling it wouldn't last. Some
thing was going on in this fur sec
ton which she did not understand
ard it worried her more than
she liked to admit, even to her
self.
Donohue. had told her that
afternoon the police believed the
night Waterman was killed trying
to protect the mink shipment. He
said they were looking for the
fence a "mob" was working for
store holdups ana he was afraid
they might try to pull another
JOB.
Well, IL was her responsibility
to see that nothing more hap
pened in her section. Everything
depended on her running this
section smoothly, and making this
sale q success. She was too near
the top of the ladder now to be
able to afford a slip Of any kind
Brenda walked quickly through
the fur salon to the cashiers desk,
as the closing gong sounded
through the store. For q few min
utes she watched Irene in silence.
The girls skill fascinated her.
Irene wrapped packages, made
change, kept track Of credits,
checked sales, and was entirely
responsible for all the cash turned
in daily from that section. Today
Brenda knew the cash would run
thousands Of dollars beyond their
normal sales. =. 3 40 =
TRENE'S .strident voice scared
L above the calls for sales
women, the clamor Of telephones
and the distant rumble Of the
city's traffic that came through
the open windows as the section
rushed to finish sales and close up
for the night. Customers hurrying
to reach the elevators turned to
stare at her as she shouted IN a
voice that would shame a good
Woodworking calliopy:
"Jeepers creeLers! That's cash
take. Can't you hold an idea long
enough to make out sales
check? Hey. Stupid! Come back
here! You gotta have name on
that package-what's your head
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Chapter IS

1ikoPtCA 40
CHRISTOPHER shook his head
~ Nothing to that. You've
certainly had lot Of luck since
you came into this store land all
of it bad. No. AS far as can see,
you have an expert touch. Maybe
it's special sense Of timing
wouldn't know. But the way
you've handled this sale since you
came into this Office makes the
old routine look as dated as a las,
years kolinsky.
Look at the innovations you've
put in already-cut in or
Gleason'S shopping hour Saturday
morning, putting furs in the news
tieing up the opening today with
a last-minute mail order cam
paign-say-that's good going"
Brenda's face flushed with
pleasure, then nervously she tried
to cover growing sembarrass-
ment. The letters on her desk
suddenly needed her concentrated
attCAAtAO1ts StAA ASlOPltGl IiCSltdtCu &
long moment, wondering a little
at her silence, then he added
quickly:
"For my money it's tops--Bren.
da."
He was watching her closely as
he spoke; again he was aware
that those inscrutable grey eyes
were hard to read. She wasn't
really looking at that mail. He
felt his bre.:.a quickening. This
was the first time he had called
her Brenda perhaps he should
have waited. at
t2l'sThank you, Mr.. Humbert.'
That was all she said. He noticed
a tightneSs about her mouth
Trough she smiled family wher
she looked at him.
christopher to you-at Least
off the record-that's what
hope" He started abruptly fol
the door. Well guess I'd bet
ter be on my way-I'l be seeing
you later" He added hastily, and
then disappeared from sight.
AS the Office door closed behind
him, Brenda stared a long mo-
ment at nothing in particular. II
was awfully decent of him tc
come in to give her the first en-
enlargement of any kind she had
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27

and trying 10 cope WITH &.
French lingo Is really someiAI1z
! Major Bud Keller from rzl<
burg brought q glamoron ~
,,turban for his wife. II was a
typical Partisan headpiece -
lowered skyward almost a IA
as the Eiffei Tower. But -
wasn't where we spent mosf 4
our time. We lived In a nlH
German farmhouse less than fur
miles from Aaehen before H.
city fell. Our kitchen VS. ~
|hangout for boys stationed ne>r.
Iby and they used 10 sit sfusn@
and tell US about the pies aa&
cakes their mothers baked. NJ
would compare snapshots II -
families and eur dogs. II nss|a
you seem very close 10 us za4
we forgot that shells were lsn4
ing all around us and that xe
might never see you again.
I helped Capt. Peter Hr01z
celebrate HE anniversary. vi
saw a picture of his beautifpl ~
York wife and their bai1y III
whom he. had never seen. "a !
table and group of us toaAM
them while Peter told - u
about the Brown romance ir0z
start to finish. Bob Epstein W
in a hospital when I met bin
he was quite upset. When VI
infantry outfit was going throo6k
a small demolished vilI&se n
found a beautiful GrsndfaIh1(s
clock. His mother had aIVagn
wanted one so he strapped i q
his back and marched on % III
road. About five miles iron
there they were met BY soa&
Jerry soldiers so Bob had y
ditch the clock, which was lei
in the melee that sent him TO u
hospital.
You have a problem to fn1n
when your man comes hone D.
cause he has put you on ped'
|estal. You are his life and VIII
he was tramping through n111.
flying flack laden skies, para
chuting into enemy territory q
shopping in Paris, he was doinz
it for you. I only wish my hnk
band could come home % me-
but he, like many Thousands q
others, was killed so that So
and I could 60 on living as fte
Americans.
So I urge you to hold ycr
heads a little higher and knex
that to some one man you afk
brighter than the sun. II you evef
fall off that pedestal, ] personally
will beat you full Of bumps.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27

The Miami Chamber of Commerce
evidently feels as no doubt do large num-
Der OF Floridians, and in which The Citizen
concurs, that it is to the best interests of
Florida that the Florida East Coast Rail-
way be operated as a separate road and
not linked with any other system and it is
hacking the ICC in its decision, which gives
the DUPONT interests the right to operate
the railway.
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PEOPLES FORUM

= The Citizen welcomes expires!
si0ns OF the views OF its read.
ers. but the editor reserves the
right to delete any items which
are considered lfbeious or uHwar.
farfted. The writer's should be
fair and confine the letters TO
800 words, and write on one side
Of the paper emily. Signature OF
the writer's must accompany the
letters ana will he published I'M
less requested otherwise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27

II has been a long time since
I'VE presented a guest coiumnis Is.
and this week I'm happy 20 s.'
hack and let Charlotte Arm.
strong, USo entertainer, luss
hack from Is months overseas
teIl YOU about some Of her ex-
'periences: -
the wives, mothers and sweet
hearts of our men serving over,
seas although her story should
prove Of genuine interest to al
readers.
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YOUNG MAN OVERSEAS
ur apaxcrn0NC

Settle back in that easy chair
slide your tootsies out OF those
pumps and get all comfy because
| this red headed woman is gong
to give you the lowdown on a
subject nearest your hearts, -
Your man overseas.
I spent Is months in the Euro
pean Theatre of Operations with
the USO-C Camp Shows, that your
generous contributions to the
National War Fund helped to
maintain, and ]. feel madly, des-
perately sih lioTes Not with any
one man but with the entire
.amarican .Army-I. didn't have
an opportunity to meet the Navy
or Marines.
After d good deal of experience
in various countries, / decided
that our own G. I. Joe is the most
fascinatingly beautiful hunk OF
man in the world. Even those
faded pea-green fatigues two
sizes too large cannot deglamor-
ize him. Perhaps it was the ego
tistical way he squared his Shout
ders and said, "Howya Babe?"
or it may have been the Sir Wal
ter Raleigh attitude he had
while helping me stumble into q
Jeep. Be what it may, get all
starry eyed just thinking about
him.
I became pretty well acquaint-
ed with several thousand males
from our 48 states and I feel |
know their womenfolk too.
Have seen SO many pictures OF
iiyou and heard so much about
Iyou. I felt a bit like a yardstick
las boys would come up to me
land say, my wife is about your
lsize', or II have a sister with
thair the color of yours" or MY
igirl wears the same size shoe YOU
do, etc, etc.
was, in Paris a couple Of
weeks and almost everywhere ]
went in to shop someone would
come over with bottle of per-
fume to ask if I thought their
special girl friend would like it,
wish you could have seen them
shopping for you. 1t was quite a
treat to hear our rough burly
combat men sitting in the center
OF some muddy field discussing
Chanel 5, Guerlains Shalimar and
Schiaparelli Shocking. But an
even greater treat was to see
some shy sweet kid from Wiscon-
sin buying filmy lingerie or a
rough Brooklyn Sergeant holding
up lacey black nightie and try
ing to decide if it would fit his
wife. I hope you liked those gifts
because a great deal of time was
spent in choosing them. They
must love you an awful lot be-
cause going on shopping tour
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THE GENIUS

How" asked the officer %
the rifle range, did you get tho
four straight hits? Your range =
900 yards, but your sight 10 81
at 300?"
Said the young milisiams';
See that little rock hallway
along? Well, I'm bouncing EN-
off that!"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27

Lend-Lease is cut off abruptly. Now
let us speculate how much of the enormous
sums advanced will be returned by the
beneficiaries. Will it be so percent, 10
percent, l percent or O.. Most lkelv the
latter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27
THE BUNK

The teacher was drilling her
class in the principles of subtract
ton. Now, if you subtract Is
from IS, whats the differenceY'
''Yeah, that's what I say" an
swered one of her pupils. Il think
it's the bunk, TOT" 3'2's'
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27
KEY WEST in
Il DAYS GONE BY
FROM FILES OF TIE CITIZEN
:a~is ty,OF AUG. 27., 1895

Mrs. Sue Elwood, 46, wife of
Police Chief Ivan Elwood, died
at 7:s0 O'Clock this morning in her
home in Griffin's lane. Funeral
services will be held tomorrow
afternoon in the Fleming Street
Methodist Church, with the Rev.
Shuler Peele, officiating.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27

West will be considered in Wash
ington in a few days, WPA head
quarters in Jacksonville am
nounced today. ~. ~ +
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27

Those who proclaimed that the war
was Gods punishment for our sins will
now admit, we presume, that righteousness
prevails
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27

stead of resenting an article like ]
wrote, l would take steps for cor.
rection, instead of blowing my
top.
Mr.. Varela, please do not con-
tinue to be hostile. Let's pull to-
gether, young and old, spend the
taxpayers money wisely, and
make Key West better place for
your children and my children to
live in.
Courageously,
w. c. SWEETING.
Key West, Fla,
August 27, 1915.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27

Andrew Albury keeper at the
Dry Tortugas lighthouse, arrived
yesterday to spend his quarterly
vacation with relatives in Key
West. ...--.-.--.---.-.--4
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27

An additional force of eight
men employed this morning at
the naval station. They are at
work painting the roof of the old
post office building.