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week. Their brother, Ramsey
Roberts, who has been with Mrs.
Campbell While she was occupy
ing the Wells home. preceded
her to Jackson last week.
The early part OF the week
marked the departure Of Mr.. and
Mrs J. A. Witchen and their son,
w. L. Witchen, on . vacation trip
to Texas. AT Port Arthur they
were Joined by the younger Mrs.
Witchen, who has been the guest
OF relatives for a visit with the
elder Mr.. and Mrs. Witchen's
other son, Jack, who is station
ed at a Texas army base. After
the visit with Jack the party
viii go on for trips to points of
interest in New Mexico.
Mrs. ]. d. Frabier and chill.
dren Gayla and Gary, left We'd
nasday for a visit with Mrs.
FrazieT's brother and sister-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. James D. Ezell,
in Clinton, Miss.
Mrs. Cecil Wilson OF Baltimore,
Md, who has been the guest OF
her sister, Mrs. r. d. Dunbar,
on Washington avenue departed
Monday for a visit in Carsollton,
Ga. her former home, before re
turning to Baltimore.
On their return from a week
end visit with relatives and
friends in Montgomery and Syla
cauga, Ala. Mrs. Elna Miller and
Miss Lena McGregor were ac-
companied to Pascagoula by Mrs.
Miller's sister. Mrs. George F.
Thompson of Niles, Mich. and
Mrs. Robert A. Dobbins and MS.
Raymond M. Gardner of Syla
cauga who paid them a short Wis
il.
Among the smaller events OF
tho week was a gathering OF
friends at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clyde Leavitt on Wedres-
day evening to celebrate the bir-
thday Of Mrs. James Sweeney
to whom the event came as a
complete surprise.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Watson
and John Watson spent Friday
in Biloxi where they went on
business.
Mr. and Mrs. j f. Arlington
have returned from a stay Of q
fortnight at Daytona Beach, Fla
Mr.. and Mrs. j. ID. Truesdale,
who have been residing in East
lawn for three o. more years,
moved last week into a home
that they have purchased in East
Moss Point.
Mrs. j. X. White and grandson,
Charles Christian, Jr., departed
Saturday for a visit with rela-
tives in Birmingham. They will
be joined by Mr.. and Mrs. Chris
tim. Sr. the latter part of the
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Pascagoula
Personals

There will be a social meeting
Ct all the circles of the Woman's
Society Of Christian Service o.
the First Methodist church, IN
GLIDING the Wesleyan Guild, al
the church Monday, july 20, 81
7:30 p. m.
On Sunday, Louis Webb was
host 10 several Of his fortaer
shipmates in the. Navy, who have
returned to civilian life. Among
these were Buddy TOGO and Leon
ard and Arthur Checksnieder OF
Algiers, La, who drove over for
the day.
Miss Norma Iversen, daughter
Of MIR. and Mrs. l.. c. Iversen.
I402 East Cleveland avenue. has
returned home after a visit Of
several days with relatives in
Baskerville, Miss.
Mrs. Bob Curry and daughter,
Doris OLSON, were visitors 10
Pascagcula during the weekend,
the Former being the guest Of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie
Ferrcs while the latter visited
her cousin, Hazel Terrason, ct
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Terreson. On their return home
they were accompanied by Mrs.
Howard Freeman and daughter,
Marion, who will visit in their
hons for a few days.
In addition to her daughterYiD-
law. Mrs. Robert Gautier and
the lstter's baby, Robert Henry,
Jr., OF jackson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Gautier have had as guest
this week Mrs. Gautier's niece,
Miss Katherine Quinn. of Prem
tiss who plans to return home
within the next day or so.
Mrs. Hermes Gautier and ne
phew, Mac Gautier, departed
MONDAY to drive to Washington.
p, c. 10 bring the formers son,
John. who is a page in the House
Of Representatives, home when
Congress adjourns.
Mrs. II IL Ramsey arrived Sat
urday for a visit with her sister,
Mrs. Charles Fl. Gray. and pr,
Graz while her husband. who
is in the service, is being trans
ferred from Camp Hood to Fort
Sam Houston at San Antonio,
Texss
Mrs. Cooper Campbell departs
Sunday for her home at Jack
son after enjoying a vacation of
several weeks in Pascagoula.
Judge and Mrs Julian Alcxan
der have taken over the 4. X.
Wells home and Mrs. Campbell,
who is the latter's sister, has
been Their guest through the past
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week for a visit OF several days
after which they will all return
home together.
Mrs. John r. Watts, Mrs.
Charles Dean and Miss Lola Du-
pre- spent Friday in Mobile.
bile.
John Watson returned recent
ly from Brewton where he at
tended a reunion Of the Watson
family, an event that takes place
each year. Mr.. Watson tarried
in Brewton a few days after the
reunion to visit with his brother,
w. M. Watson and family Of that
city, and with his other brother,
L. NJ. Watson and twin daugh-
ters, Misses Corinne and Lorrine,
of Montgomery, Ala. who also
spent a few days there following
the family gathering. Mr.. M. l..
Watson and the Misses Watson
had expected to accompany Mr..
John Watson home for a visit
but their plans were disrupted
by illness and they yer forced
to defer coming until a date in
the near future.
The Reverend and Mrs. G. A.
Simmons have had as guest this
week, the Reverend M. E, Mel
ton of Bogalusa. Their nephew,
Morris Johns of Los Angeles,
who had been visiting in their
home departed Tuesday for 4 Say
with relatives in Columbia, Miss.
and Mrs. Simmons sister, Miss
Josie Davis was down from Col
umbia for the weekend.
MR.. A. ID. Davis and Mics MI.
dred Frazier were guests of Mrs.
LEROY Weber Wednesday for a
few hours while en- route to their
homes at Mobile after spending
a weeks vacation at Biloxi
Mrs. Charles w. Dean and
Mrs. John X. Watts, were among
guests at luncheon at which Mrs.
Walter Cowell of Mobile was
hostess at the Admiral Semmes
Hotel in that city Wednesday of
last week.
John S. Rudolph spent the
weekend in Mobile as guest OF
his son-in-law and daughter. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Ehmann.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Rountree
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that he and Mrs Murray were
guests in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Fl. Warden on Market
street during the weekend. 1t.
and Mrs. Murray were en- route
from Boston, Mass. to New Or
leans where the former will be
stationed with the United States
Coast Guard.
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NO BAN ON DIRECTORS

London, (AP)-A ban on the up
grading and promotion of con-
scientious DIRECTORS in the civil
service has been lifted.
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The legs of grasshoppers and
crickets are equipped with spurs
which enable the insect to obtain
a firm grip on the ground or on
the vegetation from which it
leaps.
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Friends of Lieutenant Edward
Murray, a former citizen of Pas
cagoula will be interested to learn
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Mrs. ]. D.. Frabier and chill.
dren Gayla and Gary, left We'd
nesday for a visit with Mrs.
FrazieY's brother and sister-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. James d. Ezell,
in Clinton, Miss.
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Fern Chapter, oES. Ind and 9TH
Fridays Of each month. 500
PM, Scottish Rite Temple.
p0cahG-tas Lodge. LIST and 3rd
Tuesdays. 7:So pm. Red Mems
Hall.
Pythisn Sisters. LIST and Ord Mon
days. 7s3o plrns knights of
I pytbias Hall. Il ~
Rcbekah. lst and Srd Fridays, 7:SQ
! pm. Golden Eagle Hall. n I
Key West Lodge Number lG3.
Knights Of Pythias. Meets every
Friday night at Knights of
Pythias Hall. Fleming Street.
Fiorida Temple No. 1. Ladies of
the Golden Eagle, meets the
second and fourth Mondays of
each month at the Knights of
the Golden Eagle Hall on Pc
tfonia Street. hBt i
Dade Lodge No. IA, r. al& A. M,
meets first and third Wednes-
days of each month at 8 pm,
Scottish Rite Hall, corner of
Simonton and Eaton Streets.
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Citizen Gets Thanks
For Festival Stories

The Citizen today was thanked
by Gerald Saunders, secretary of
the Key West Stadium Commit
tee, for cooperation in publicizing
the Sponge Queen Festival held
recently in Bayview Park.
THE affair was complete sue
cess and a great share of the cred
it goes to the splendid publicity
given in the columns of The Citi-
zen," Mr.. Saunders said.
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EinhOn Welding Is SolemniSed
By Rabbi Moses at Miami Beach

New York City but has been liv-
ing in Miami Beach. Mr.. Einhorn
served with the American forces
in Alaska for 10 months. He is
now manager of the Key West
Wholesale grocery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Einhorn will be
at home at COL Duval street.
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Hurricane
|BetlUeen
BY FRANK w. LOWERING
Reviewed by Stephen c.
SINGLETON

kkSW4GWG0 ny 9tGR1AGA Ne
Singleton
The possession of this slender
volume is MUST" for all
Florida Libraries, Chambers OF
Commerce and other institutions
which assume to be sources OF
authentic authority on the his
tory of the development of this
state and the perpetuation of the
memories of the men who have
contributed to its greatness.
1t is the story of the Most
Amazing Highway, which sue
Iceeded one of the greatest en-
cheering achievements in the
world and the Hurricane Be
tween, which smote with a leth.
al paw Henry Flagler's realized
vision of the railroad that went
to sea and so made available the
construction, over its right-of-
way and its imperishable bridges,
the Overseas Highway; a war
impelled necessity to link the
mainland with the Gibraltar of
the Caribbean" Key West.
The story was one which could
hardly fail to be interesting i'll
the telling; but, Mr.. Lowering has
done much more than to merely
make it interesting; with pains
taking exactness, he has made of
it an historical document and a
source of factual information for
all who may, in the future, have
occasion to write about this Pc
Rod in the history of the Florida
Keys. Writers of Key fiction, es-
pecially, will find it useful as an
aid to the avoidance of some of
the absurdities which occasional
ly crop up in that class of litera-
ture.
4 The first illustration, the wreck
of the rescue train, portrays be-
yond the power of words, the awe
inspiring power of the elements
that were loosed upon hapless
Matecumbe on that fateful Labor
Day, September 2, 1885. This is
followed by portraits of the two
men whom Key West can never
forget, Henry NJ Flagler, whose
vision of a railroad that should
60 where men said no railroad
could ever go, was realized; and
the portrait of George w. Allen
whose vision of a broad highway
to the mainland which, in his
words, Cloud connect isolated
Key West with evrey door in
North America, is a realization
before our eyes today, and Joy
to tourist and resident alike.
Not the least of the values of
the book, is the recalling to our
that There were giants
in those days. The places oc-
cupied in the mighty drama $50
near tragedy at times) by men
like Joseph r. PARROT, William
]. Krone and ]. c. Meredith,
are brought to mind.
Chief of Police Joseph w. AL
bury and his publicity stunt of
a night letter '26Ii3f3 to the po-
lice officials of every large city
them to be on the out
look for 'the only two citizens of
Monroe county who voted against
two and one-half million dollar
bond issue yesterday for con-
struction of automobile highway
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to mainland of Florida" was the
first and one of the most bril-
liant of the many efforts that
have, since then, been made to
turn the spotlight on the now
realized ambition of Key West.
The book is a complete story, it
must be read to understand how
valuable an addition has been
made to Floridiana.
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NEW YORKER TO TAKE
FISHING PHOTOS HERE

Victor Coty, New York lecturer
and photographer, was expected
in Key West late today and plans
to take fishing pictures in this
area. While here will be the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Nit
chell at the North Beach Inn.
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Social Calendar

THURSDAY
Sewing Committee, 200 pm,
Key West Hospital.
4 X \
FRIDAY
Eastern Star, 800 pm, Scottish
Rite Temple.
Girl Scouts, Troop 4, 400 pm !.
st. Pauls Parish Hall.
Il X y
SATURDAY
Beginners Dancing Class at
Duval Street USO, 8 pm.
X X 4
MONDAY
JayShees Meeting, Home of
Mrs. Delio Cobo, 405 South
Street, 300 pm.
Key West Players, 800 pm,
Barn Theater.
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Flag Raising Set
Ait Harris School

Flag raising ceremonies will
be conducted at the Harris
school tomorrow at 8 am.
The school will be presented
the flag for the newly erected
flag pole by Arthur Sawyer Post
No. %, American Legion.
Presentation ceremonies will
be conducted by the Key West
Guard of Honor of the American
Legion.
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ing for minstrel show; 2100, cof-
fee hour. t
Wednesday, 1900, Spanish class;
2l00 Weinie roast.
Thursday, l400, shellcraft; Sc
quincraft, oil painting; 2030,
dance. Navy orchestra.
Friday, 1000, game hour; 2l00,
group singing; 1900 Joe and cake,
Saturday, 1000, beginners
dance class; 2l30, coffee and
dougknuts.
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DHraI Street USO Club Lists
aGY YariOus Activities for Week

The following calendar of
aetlviilcs for next week has been
anuopnced ~ the Duval Street
go elub. -, paval street.
sanday. 1900. sightseeing tour,
taavnncp Siening); 1900, bridge;
21o. esoap singing: 2l3o, Joe and
Eahn
A&omaay. 10o0. feature movie.
Tmiag. 2noo. sheilcraft. Sc
aulnefafl. uii painting. 1000. cast
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wHooPsl ssls GONE

CEDAR RAPIDS. A few
minutes after Mrs. Earl Shears
had borrowed $315 from a loan
company, a strong wind blew
open her purse and the $315 in
greenbacks was blown into the
air at a crowded intersection.
Two newsboys and policeman
helped her gather up the money
and she found it all, except $40.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-04-25

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Einhorn
we're married Thursday In Miami
beaeh Ia the patio of Rabbi
Moses Mescheloffs home. After
ne cefemony u dinner was serv-
- ior the family Of the Players
restaurant.
Mrs. Einhorn Is originally from
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PATRICIA'S
NOTEBOOK

Mm ANNETTE HANSON Of
wmksnaHn. y. Is a the he
k4aI ahl. . few
~ l liyalm d 49, West
maMFN aise Nill visit her sister.
bkA hmM GNeFy. ca twp weeks.
a. a. q
fseep atu E.lnnA Club notes sub.
n ~ ln ffHffff
fsnyu xus Gemsslhuisa 60 the
NsmHsg K1ffwe3
10 80 HonAfs 81
coo
aasg we Taks Thh Opportunity
. ex&aBa wRaEe itilallpqs \, Lion
NFsfaax1 f&t8 7 eAlio. ftlts U.s. re-
ef@tiy nlgAaffta cats tsidke %
maeeana the late Judge Roger
Matkims. We sincerely hope and
nsns that none of ypu 3rothfr
Eiena @ili ever have 10 aay Good
AfieFnnan. Judge. cause II YOU
e. Lian Enrique viii put II ON"
yoa
uGn
Leo Exisnds A welcome To i.
~ newest Cub Lion IN the per-
90 - Cieafnc A. Davis, manager,
Munetlss Photo Studio. corner
naHal ana Angela streets. Lion
kieurne was Snducted several
me0ks ago and il learning his
way around In the Den In spite Of
tle Taillwaser.
600
Ne unaersfamd Via Grapevine
flaat flAsn Hnthelor Sid Einhorn
has taken unto himself a wife
ansi frohn henepforih will b. con-
xNn8 g. shaf innumerable COM
pany known e. the Chain Gang
MfiNa1ie- Seriously, though. Leo
- ex0eedingiy happy about the
whale situation and We feel that
fh.meEs Elnhofn viii see 20 il that
Lem SID Is more regular In his at
trndance from now on, (Shhh.
EeliaMH. heres q tip: We under
starad therv's going to be a shin
ala 81 the Einhorn domocile next
Nanday evening and what say we
snezk ~ there and see what's
sookin' .hahTl
600
Tia nomlnatlna Committee 4.
gave thN following report at last
aeeks maetine. President. Fred
81 Miller. first vicc-prcsident,
llaatinEa Smith. second vice-pres-
iirnt Jee Allen. third -presi-
aeni gsFfy =. Daniels; secretary,
Chas ~ Smith. Jr.: treasurer.
HnYmand Curry; tailiwisier, Louis
CaEtoneii. Lion tanner, Judge T.
S Caro-. directors, VIM. (BtlD
Cuffx. Vance Siirrup. Edclmiro
Masalea and J. J. McManus. OF
rouFse. nominations may be made
lfum he floor for any Of thees
affiros "a the election meeting on
Nlay snd
600
Severed Members OF the Z.
Niul'a extension committee, to-
Negief with two or three MEM
hefs ~ ne Board Of Directors,
assfnrra e. Tavcrnier last Friday
EVENING and met with some IL
riiikens a that community in an
enANaFor - investigate the pos
aihalty uf organizing a Lions Club
tharc. We met with a fine re-
spanee and confidently feel that
Wfthin . week or SO we will be
in q position 10 apply for a char
seF. ms IL thc realization of
drean wrich We Of the Key West
I1uns Cub has had for many
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% SOCIETY
QLEft.O BY PATRICIA PHONE ss5
Star Club CiUes Baby Shower
In Honor of Mrs. Maizie AIbur,

a baby shower was given for
Mrh. Maizie Albury BY members
of me Evcrready Star Club, at
their regular meeting Tuesday,
held "A the home Of Mrs. Albury.
Present we're Mesdames Irene
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Albury, Mary Lowe. Dora Eakin,
Emma Medlin, Florine Mesa,
Susan Turner, Maize Albury,
Little Weaver, Isobel Fleming,
Jennie Fac Bervaldi, Inez Sted-
man, Vera Sterling, Grace
Archer and Ruby Hyman.
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WILLIE THE SUIToR

Daughter: Dad, what's the
bess way. to make Willie stop
spending so much money on me
whenever he takes me out?"
Dad: Marry him"
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years. II il is realized, we have
Lion Rod Bethel to thank for it
for II was he that brought the
matter to our Board of Directors
after stirring up enthusiasm
among the men of Tavernier. AS
was explained last Thursday, if
we are able to organize, we want
every member of the Key West
Lions Club to attend the Chapter
Banquet in a body. II will be a
red letter day in the history of
our club.
600
LIoNISM Lions Now Have
a membership of 275,000, divided
among $500 clubs. Lions Clubs
carried on 74.859 activities dur
ing the fiscal year l944-'45. Re-
member. these dates-State Con-
vention, Jacksonville, May 10, 20
and 81 international at Philadel-
phia July 10, IL, Is and 10.
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Leo Exisnds A Welcome To i.
~ nHwesl Cub Lion IN the per-
- - George A. Davis, manager,
MuneilSs Photo Studio. corner
DuNal ana Angela streets. Lion
kieuxMe was snducted several
weNks ago and il learning his
way around In the Den In spite Of
u.s. Iaillwiator.
Evening star., 1946-03-29

III GIrpsIy N-.~tS la Csl
duce a three-iegged chicken and tn,
atomic bomb. but can't produce I
house to put over q veterans head?)
and asked me why I would have
liked chicken Of his kind in my
boyhood days, would tell him this
am the son OF Georgia preach.
er, who had 2 family OF three boy.
and two girls. We had chicken every
Sunday. And we had guests, usu-
ally visiting minister or two. There
are hundred Jokes about how
preachers eat chicken. Actually
they aren't jokes. Preachers can
eat chicken. To steal q line from
Runyon, preachers can 60 to their
right and left, like Wagner or Ma
rion, when chicken is placed in
front Of them.
Preachers may be slow Of hand
when other viands are placed in
front Of them, but show them a
chicken and that chicken has Just
about as much chance rs the Sto-
kowskis have of celebrating their
golden wedding anniversary.
When we had guests some of the
children had to eat at what was
known as second table," The dining
room table could handle only a
certain number, so there were al
ways two or three small McLemores
waiting to eat what was left when
the first tablers" finished.
Table Watch Duties.
Those Of us assigned to the second
table kept a close watch on the first
Evening star., 1946-03-29
TheG Great Gameof Politics
Observer Claims Communist Idea
Is to Control Democratic PARTY

simile Of pamphlet signed and cir
culated by the Communist party Of
Jacksonville, openly urging Florida
Negroes to register a. Democrats
and vote in the primaries for candi-
dates which will support the fair
employment and 65-cents.an-hour
minimum wage bills, both Of which
are urged by the CIO, National
Chairman Hannegan and the ad-
ministration.
Clearly the Communist idea is to
tnfiltrate and control the Democratic
party as 1t has the CIO. And any
one who thinks they are not making
progress Just will not face facts.
Democrats who have a feeling for
their party ought at least to know
what Is going on In 1t. They no
longer should permit realities to be
brushed aside by the silly retort
that those who present them are
seeing Reds under the bed" That
Is the stock answer behind which
operations have been conducted for
too long time. The game still be-
ing played by deluded Democrats,
willing to do anything for votes, is
as unWSe as it Is unpatriotic.
Evening star., 1946-03-29

-. s.-s.on was ja.t irIie
the door that separated the kitchen
from the dining room. spent many
an hour checking on what was hap
pening to the chicken, the dressing
the gravy, the sweet potatoes and
the peach preserves.
The second table watchers kept in
close contact.
My sister would run to me and
ask me to say little prayer that
the Rev. Jones would be nice enough
to refuse a fifth piece of chicken.
My brother would bring the sad It'd
ings that Rev. Edwards wife was
working on her third helping of
dressing, and that it looked like
Evening star., 1946-03-29

..iie ii. llty lean pickings for us second
tablers. ! would report that Dr.
Phipps-and how We hated to see
him at the table--had gone through
three drumsticks, two necks. all the
livers, and was eying his second
back. We particularly hated visitors
who took the backs, because we
knew that Mother liked the back
best OF all, and it was all we could
do to keep from bursting from our
spy stations and telling visitors to
leave the backs for Mother.
Yes, the ree-legged chicken
Evening star., 1946-03-29
ny THE HASKIN SERVICE

ny THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. How much of our regular
city milk supply is pasteurized?-
S. D. D.
A. About So per cent of the
mud milk supply in cities of over
10000 population is pasteurized.
Q. Why do earthworms come to
the surface during rain?-B. J..
A. Earthworms are rained out of
their burrows by threat Of suffoca-
ton. Loss Of oxygen forces them
to ascend to the surface.
Q. What is the Ightest American
wood?-L. r. P.
A. The wood of the rare corkwood
tree Is the lightest. It is found in
the South either as 4 20-foot shurb
or a small tree.
@. What is a Parthian shaft?-
T. A. E.
A. This is an unexpected and
satirical witticism. The phrase re-
fers to custom of the ancient
Parthians, who, in battle, would feign
retreat and then shoot backward
with unerring aim.
@. What soldiers are entitled to
receive the Good Conduct Medal
under present rulings?-F. v.
A. A Good Conduct Medal may
be awarded to enlisted personnel
for exemplary behavior, efficiency,
and fidelity, who on or after August
~, 1910, have or shall have complet-
ed three years of active Federal
military service. Previously award
ed to those who, after December 7,
l941, had served one year Of con-
ttnuous active Federal military SER
vice, the period is now set as De-
cember Z, 1941, to March 2, 1916.
Q. Is 1t true, as recently stated,
that the State OF New Jersey has
granted bonus to veterans Of
World War II? If 50, when did 1t
go into etfect?-P. r. v.
A. No. New Jersey has not as
yet provided for a bonus to be
paid to residents of this State
who served during World War II.
Such q bonus was paid to veterans
Of World War I, but the intention
Of the Legislature with respect to a
bonus for the present war is not yet
known. Provision has been made by
the State (chapter 106, Laws Of
1945) for the payment of $500
annually to its veterans of World
War II who sustained a total loss
OF sight as result Of their service
in this war.