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THE STAR The Home Newspaper of Northwest Florida's Future Industrial Center "THEY GIVE THEIR LIVES-YOU LEND YOUR MONEY" Buy More War Bonds Today VOLUME VI PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1943 NUMBER 29 Legislature Yet Jamboree to Sell to Take Action On i War Stamps to Be Finance Problem! Held At Theatre Two Measures Proposed By Rep- Will Help Swell Gulf County's resentative Jenkins Would Con- solidate Several Boards Well into its third week, the Florida legislature has still to take action on the financial problem. A few bills, aimed in this direction, have been proposed, including a sales tax, .a .tax on luxuries and .amusements, transfer of funds from special accounts to general revenue, abolishment of boards, commissions and services, and the like-ibut no tax source has been provided ,to replace the $2,000,000 of old age pension revenue and the $1,500,000 of county aid lost when"gas restrictions caused the cutting off of racetrack funds Lom horse racing. No action has been taken on the governor's suggestion that a three- cent tax be levied on cigarets and it is generally conceded that this. proposal is not acceptable to legis- lators who are confident some -other means will be found. While slow to enact revenue, laws, an appropriation calling foir $175,000 has been voted for hog cholera serum, an increase of $25,- 000 over last year, and provides that the money come from the gen- eral revenue fund. With this major problem still a matter for future. consideration, it is apparent that*a' 30-da.y session is out 'of the question-it is more apt to go the entire 60 days, with much of the work still unfinished. Proposihg economy measures which he estimates would result in a saving of approximately $2,000,- 000 a year, Rep. Joe Jenkins of Alachua offered two bills last week. One calls tor the consolida- War Bond Quota; Admission to Be By Purchase of Stamps In order to help swell Gulf county's War Bond quota, Man- ager Ben Rivers of the Port the atre, in conjunction with the Port St. Joe Pilot club and 18 co-opei- ating business establishments -is staging a "War Stamp Jamboree' at the Port theatre next Thursday night at 10:30 o'clock. Admission will be entirely by the purchase of War Stamps at the box office window, $1 worth of stamps for adults and 50c cents worth of stamps for children. Patrons keep the stamps andi see the show free. As a special attraction, Manager Rivers has secured the well-known 15-piece Tyndall Field orchestra to present a 40-minute program on the stage .preceding the full-length feature picture "Great Guns." Everyone should attend this big jamboree, not only for the pleas- ure to be derived from the. enter- tainment offered, but to sqiell our War Bond quota. Make it a date for next Thurs- day night at 10:30! SUMMER WATER RATES ARE NOW -FFECTIVE Victory gardeners of Port St. Joe ne.edi not worry about running, up a big water bill through irriga- tion of their gardens, for effective Tuesday 'of this week the regular special summer rate foi domestic( water users went into effect, ac- cording to City Clerk M. P. Tom- tion of public tax collections into linson. a new state department of reve- 'The first 3,750 gallons used will nue. 'The bill would take from 'cost the regular $1.50 minimum, or Comptroller Jim Lee, and other ,40 cents per thousand gallons; the state officers and commissions next 2,2,50 gallons will taker a rate virtually all their present author- 'of 35 cents per thousands, and all ity in collecting excise taxes and "over 6000 gallons will be 121/2 licenses, cents per thousand gallons. The other measure would estab- Normal rates are $1.50 for the lish a state department of investi- first 3,750 gallons; 35 cents per gation, which would combine all thousand for the next 6,250 gal- investigating and inspection serv- Ions; 25 cents per thousand for ices now divided among several the next 10,000 gallons; 20 cents (Continued on page 6) per thousand for the next 10,000 ---- gallons; and 15 cents per thousand All Now Quiet' for all over 30,000 gallons. At the regular rates, If a con- Along Potomac summer used 20,000 gallons of wa- ter he would pay $6.19. Under the special summer rate the same 20,- Police Force Back On Job and 000 gallons will cost but $4.04. Navy Satisfied With Way City Being Run Higher-ups from Panama City in charge of shipping activities in this .area conferred with the city board, of commissioners Tuesday in regard to the recent unpleasant- ness last week in which Police Of- ficer Hudson was, suspended and Chief of Police Freeman took a layoff, and stated that when the two lieutenants made the remarks that "the air of Port St. Joe stank" 'and that "the oil is going to be kept moving if I have to see the whole of Port St. Joe out in the middle of the bay" were entirely unofficial and. merely the state- ments of the lieutenants, and that they are entirely satisfied with the way the affairs of the city of 'Port St. Joe are being conducted. Chief Freeman .and Officer Hud- son have resumed! their posts,-and nil seems serene along the Po- tomac after the storm. LOIS CROSBY FIRST WAVE FROM ST. JOE Miss Lois Crosby of this city, employed, by the Danley Furniturei company as bookkeeper, recently enlisted in the WAVES at Jack- sonville and will be assigned to active duty soon. On assignment to active duty at a navy shore establishment, Miss Crosby will release, a man to fight Asks Protection Should Take Action For Damage To Bridges ByBoats Now To Prepare for Florida House Adopts .Memorial to Congress Submitted By E. Clay Lewis As the result of serious damage to the A. N. railroad bridge over the. Apalachicola river by a barge recently, which closed the railroad into Port St. Joe for about six weeks, causing the St. Joe Paper company mill here to, close down with a consequent loss of wages to hundreds of working men, Repre- sentative E. Clay Lewis of this city Monday submitted to the Flor- ida house a memorial to congress asking for legislation that would make barges and, boats traveling the inland waterway system sub- ject to admiralty jurisdiction for damages caused to bridges or other land structures. In presenting the memorial, Rep. Lewis said that if admiralty juris- diction is established, boats, and barges responsible for damage could be attached, and tied utp In Florida ports until 'the owners settle. Present methods for estab- lishing responsibility and collect- ing damages, he said, ."are inade- quate, inconvenient and expensive and in many instances owners or such watercraft are nonresidents and can be sued only in the states where they reside." The house adopted,,the memorial by a vote of 82'to 0. Similar damage, was caused last week when a barge hit the bridge across St. Andrew's Bay, west or Panama City, which has caused the Gulf Coast scenic highway to be closed. OPA POSTPONES NEW MEAT PRICES The Office of Price Administra- tion has held for further consider- ation dollars andi cents retail ceil- ing prices on beef, pork, lamb and mutton, B. E. Kenney, chairman of the Gulf county war price and rationing board announces. The schedule or dollars and cents ceilings on these four meats was to have gone into effect on April 15. The postponing of the date to May 17 was taken in 'order that the prices which it established might be scrutinized closely in the light of the presidential direc- tive which was issued u-ater the OPA pricing schedule had been I announced. Until dollars and cents ceiling i prices become effective, merchants will continue to sell beef. veal, lamb and mutton under ceilings established by the General Maxi- mum Price Regulation. BABY OF MR. AND MRS. T. 0. RICHARDS DIES Douglas& MacArthur Richards, 13- month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. 0. Richards, passed, away Satur- day morning at their Highland Post- War Activities City Is Located On Direct Route for South American Trade To and From Rest of the Nation; Airport Facilities Are Also of Vital Post-War Importance Governor Ellis Arnall of Georgia, in a speech last week at Orlando, stated that "Florida has a golden opportunity for post-war trade, since it is the closest state to South America, which will be the nation's number one market after the war. If you do not have the ports and air facilities you'll find ship- ments will go from New York." Arnall's statement was published last week in The Star SKI TROOPER Cpl. Carl Bounds, former em- ploye of the St. Joe Paper com- pany is now a ski trooper at Camp McCoy, Wis: Cpl. Bounds was inducted May 21, 1941, and attended the non-comlissioned officers' training school at San Antonio, Texas, before going to Wisconsin. He is now receiving The Star each week through the courtesy of his brother, J. E. Bounds of this city. ----- W. R. Williams Is Lost At Sea Son of Mrs, Sarah Williams Loses Life When Tanker Is Torpedoed Mrs. Sarah Williams was noti- fied this week by the navy depart- ment that her son, William Rich- mond Williams, head pumpman on a tanker, was among those lost when the ship on which he was serving was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. He had been going to sea for 24 years. William, known as, "Billie" to his many friends, was 51 years of age, having been born in Syca- more, Ga., October 15, 1891. In ad- at sea. She. is the daughter of Mrs. View home of pneumonia. edition to his mother, he is sur- E. W. Crosby of Elba,. Ala. Funeral services were held Sun- vived', by two sisters, Mrs. J. A. After receiving Indoctrination day morning from the home, with Kelly of Pensacola andi Mrs. San- training at one of the 15 training the Rev. O. D. Langston officiat- ders Smith or this city, and two schools, Miss Crosby will attend an ing. Interment was in the Millville brothers, A. E. Williams of Pen- advanced school for specialized cemetery, near Panama City. sacola and C. C. Williams of this training, and upon completion of ---- city. this instruction she will lbe as- N O T I C E Williams is the secolid Por.t St. signed to active duty. Turn right now to the Port the- Joe man to be lost at sea during ----- --------ater advertisement and see if the war. Richardi B. Jones, son of The Star is like a letter from your name is in it. If so, you can Mrs. A. R. Jones, a member of home to your man in the service, call at -The Star office and get a the Coast Guard, was lost in ac- Seend it to him for only $1 a year. free pass to the Port. tion in the Atlantic last February. ktand should have given us all here in Port St. Joe food for thought. We should begin making plans now to get our share of this post- war shipping to and from South America, for, Port St. Joe, having one of the finest natural harbors on the Gulf coast which can be en- tered by ships under their own pou ver, without the aid. of tugs, is on a direct route, for South Ameri- can trade moving from industrial cities of the North and Middle West. The' Apalachicola Northern rail- road, serving 'our' magnificent har- bor, makes direct connections wlth ',ii' Seaboard Air Line systems at Chattahoochee, thus giving unin- terrupted rail service, from practic- ally any part of the nation west of the Mississippi river direct to deep water. It would be of inesti- mable advantage to industry to avail itself of -this straightline movement of materials which we here in Port St. Joe have to. offer. We should not only look to the development of post-war oceanic trade with South America, but wer should also start working for the development of air terminal facili- ties here, for the same, applies to ,air travel and transportation to a great extent. Air lines could fan out from Port St. Joe to all parts of the nation. A statement by W. A. Patterson, president of United Air Lines, in Chicago, recently should prove of interest andi give us further food for thought. Said Mr. Patterson. "The expansion of commercial avi- ation in the post-war era will bring intense competition for world air routes. The. future of aviation Is almost limitless, and within ten years after this war is over, do- mestic air lines will carry 80 per cent of the nation's first-class pas- sengers, 75 per cent of all first- class mail moving more than 45i miles,- and 50 per cent of all ex- press packages." By such an expansion in busi- ness, he said, his company alone would require a fleet of 5250 planes compared with 350 at .the begin- ning of the war. Ann there, are ten major air lines in business, all of whom will be looking for avail- able field facilities and strategic points from which to operate. Will Port St. Joe be prepraed for this gigantic post-war program of oceanic and air expansion, or will it be content to remain as it is today? We should, begin now acquaint- ing the nation of our strategic lo- cation. We have deep water fa- cilities, superb railroad connec- tions and a hookup with the intra- .(Continued on Page 4) FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1943 AG TWO THE STR PT S. J, G F CI D G Ulllilllll lllllll lllli lli lllllllllllillllllllllllL' - Sitting In With - the Lawmakers - By RUSSELL KAY (Florida Press Association) lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliilillilitlllilli li lill llill;l . During the debate on the "closed shop" resolution in the house, an opponent had some uncompliment- ary things to say about "Dam- yankees," forgetting that the Hon. Speaker came from Illinois, as did Representatives Leedy and Wise- heart, while Lyle Smith hails from Nebraska and Jerry Collins from Vermont (it's positively revolting). And while we're on the subject, do you know the difference be- tween a "Yankee" and a "Dam, yankee"? Well, a "Yankee" is a guy who comes down here and stays a little while and, then goes back, while a "Damyankee" is a guy who comes down here and stays. And' the 'boys we send "over there" are Yanks, no matter where they .come from. It seems that Representative Joe Jenkins of Alactua and Thomas B. Dowda of Putnam were confer- ring on the proper strategy in the house battle over the closed shop issue. Tom accused Joe, of being hard-headed. "I may be hard- headed," replied, Joe, "but I'm not obstinate-there's a difference, you know." "Sure, I know," replied and Jerry Carter, bless their little courageous hearts! The dry cleaning and laundry board had its dirty linen washed in the house last week when Rep. E. Clay Lewis, Buck Hancock and a few others took this price-fixing body over the jumps and through the wringer on a bill to abolish it, which carried by a vote of 82 to 10. Only Parker of Leon had a kind word for this regulatory bu- reau which was apparently caught "with its pants down." A pleased and grateful public will bless the Gentleman from Gulf for his effort to relieve them of this yoke. ft . An attempt to rob the state milk board of its price-fixing powers was met by an angry protest from dairymen who swarmed committee rooms and' lobbies like flies. around a co.w barn. Cowedi legislators quickly pulled in their horns, and the bovines and consumers will continue to ibe milk-ed. A Despite the old adage that "You can't legislate morals," both house and senate rolled up their sleeves and passed a flock of "prohibits" with penalties so stern and severe as to make even an Arabian eunuch watch his step. Oversight in this purification program was failure to provide bigger and bet- ter jails. Dowda, a nigger is hard-headed While an "informed," public is and a mule is obstinate." the strongest safeguard a democ- racy can have, .there is a growing Despite all the signs you seA tendency on the part of officials around cautioning folks against and lawmakers alike to disregard "loose talk," the rumor boys are this truth. There may have been a having another Roman holiday, time, in our pioneer days when the They're so. eager to let you in on posting of a notice on a court the "know" and slip you the "con- house door, concerning an act of fidential" that you aren't even government affecting the interest asked to "lend' an ear"-they just or welfare of a private citizen or grab you and start pouring the in- the people as a whole, might have formation. Here are a few samples; been considered "adequate," 'but it Boyce! Williams will be a candidates does -p hold' true today, Putblic fori-overnor with S.pessard's otf- interest makes i. imperative that ficial blessing- Holland will run such notices appear In the public against Claude. Pepper -Holland prints. In a number of bills of vi- won't run against Claude-Dewey tal importance, legislators have Dye is the boy, he's a sure shot failed, to provide public notice, for governor Nuts, Bill Shands other than the posting on a court will be the next chief executive- house door, which in 99 cases out Lex Green can't-wbe beat, and he's of 100 adds up to no notice at all. a sure bet Keep your eye on , Mark Wilcox-Don't forget Fuller While it is generally known and Warren Millard Caldwell didn't understood that the range cow Is say he WOULDN'T run-And then sacred to Florida, little has been there's always Stafford Caldwell said about the wandering hog. An 33 New Subscribers In Five Weeks! The Star is endeavoring to comply with the request of the United States government to conserve news- print, and in order to do so, we are holding our present subscription list to the number of papers distributed on January 1, 1943. This means that the only way we can put on new subscribers is by cut- ting off those old subscribers who have failed to re- new their subscriptions within two weeks after being notified. The postoffice department has always required that subscriptions be paid in advance, but it has been our habit in the past to carry subscribers whom we knew would eventually pay up. This we can no longer do and still give a "break" to new subscribers. During the past five weeks we have cut off 72 sub- scribers who were in arrears. Twenty-one of these have come in and renewed their subscriptions, and the names of 33 new subscribers have been added to our mailing list during that period. We can still place 18 new subscribers (or old subscribers who de- sire to renew their subscirptions) on our mailing list. THE STAR "Your Home Town Newspaper" PRIZES ARE OFFERED FOR BEST VEGETABLES The Gulf County Breeze, at We- wahitchka, in conjunction with County Agent Jake White, has in- augurated a Victory garden cam- paign in the county in order to stimulate interest in the growing of more vegetables, and prizes are being offered for various classes of vegetables. Prizes will be in the form of merchandise, and are be- ing put up by business concerns of Port St. Joe and Wewahitchka. Judges of the entries will be Mrs. Pearl J. Whitfield, home demonstration agent; Mr. White and Mrs. G. A. Patton. Retailers Ndt Allowed To Remove Expired Coupons .Complaints have come to OPA that storekeepers are removing attempt by Rep. Fuqua of Manatee to pass local legislation that would keep rooting porkers out of other people's Victory gardens stirred the house to instant action. While the passage of a local bill is usual- ly nothing more than a formality, so eager were some members to cast their votes for free range that they couldn't wait for a gen- eral bill to put in an appearance, so they rompedi all over poor Ben's effort to protect his own county. The bill passed, but noP until 20 irate legislators had expressed vigorous nayss." expired ration coupons from their customers' books. This practice violates the regulations and can only result in giving the merchant goods he is not entitled to. Expired coupons are of no value to the person owning them, but can still be used by stores in ac- quiring goods. DOUBLE DARE The biggest laugh in "This Is the, Army," Irving Berlin's soldier show, is won by a private who, be- rated by his superior officer, points to his undecorated sleeve and says: "Go ahead and break me. Make me a civilian." Subscribe to The Star-$2 year. ONE)SjDAY VITAMIN ,-TABLETS T' HINK of it! Your min- Simum daily requirements of A and D Vitamins or of B Complex Vitamins, in one * pleasant tablet. Remember A the name ONE-A-DAY (brand) Vitamin Tablets. N. E RVI NE 0 TENSE nerves make i/- you Wakeful, Cranky, Helps to lessen Nervous Tension. Get it at your drug store. Read directions and use only as directed. *Aluk-Seltzer W HEN Headache, Mus- , eular Pains or Simple Neuralgia. Distress after Meals, Gas on Stomach, or "Morning After" interfere with your work or spoil your fun, try Alka-Seltzer. FOR - Life Insurance SEE BUCK ALEXANDER PHONE 101 Costin Building * A VALUABLE DOCUMENT Your doctor's prescription is a valuable document. More than a piece of paper bearing queer words and odd characters, it represents his years of training, expe- rience and skill applied directly to your individual case. As such, the prescription deserves the care and accuracy exercised by our registered pharmacists and the purity and uniformity of the prescription chemicals and drugs we dispense. We use Merck Prescription Chemicce LeHardy Pharmacy We Fill Any Doctor's Prescription Phone 5 Port St. Joe :' andyou'lakvqys ham i'ohauico W HEN I was a kid my father used to sing a song that ended up with this refrain: "Oh, save up your money and put it in your box, And you'll always have tobacco in your old tobacco box." Well, the words stuck with me, but I guess the moral didn't. No matter how hard I tried ... I never seemed to be able to save up a red cent. But it's all different now! About 10 months ago, I started buying War Bonds on the Payroll Savings Plan. Figured it was the least I could do for Uncle Sam. And that's the only way I thought about it until just recently. Now, all of a sudden, I've disco'-ered that-for the first time in the history of Yours Truly-i'm saving dough. Every month, rain or shine, hell-or-high-water I'm sticking away a War Bond, a Bond that'll bring me back $4.00 for every $3.00 I put in. Those Bonds are beginning to mount up now. And I'm going to keep them mounting up. For I've discovered what a swell feeling it is to be say- ing ... on a plan that's regular as clockwork and twice as sure. So I'm singing father's song . a little different. "Oh, save up your War Bonds and put tl-,m in your box, And you'll always have tobacco in your old tobacco box." SAVE WITH U.S. WAR BONDS AT LEAST 0% EVERYBODY...EVERY PAYDAY... Alo This space is a contribution to America's all-out war effort by ST. JOE FURNITURE COMPANY THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA PAGE TWO FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1943 I I THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA ! BIG 01r PAGE THREE Buy War Bonds and Stamps for " '\k i / '- -, WAR STAMP JAMBOREE THURSDAY APRIL 29 10:30 P. M. AT THE PORT THEA TRE ON THE TYNDALL FIELD ORCHESTRA STAGE 15 ARTISTS - 40-MINUTE SHOW s" NE Feature Picture "GREAT GUNS" ALL FREE! FOR PURCHASE OF WAR STAMPS ALLSee Show Free, Take Stamps Home ADMISSION: Adults $1; Children 50c --- IN WAR STAMPS STAMPS MUST BE PURCHASED AT THE BOX OFFICE WINDOW Sponsored by the Port Theatre, Pilot Club and the Following Local Merchants DANLEY FURNITURE COMPANY MILLER'S DRUG COMPANY McCOY'S GROCERY and GROCETERIA MILES 5 10 AND 25c STORE THE MIDGET CAFE SCHNEIDER'S DEPARTMENT STORE ST. JOE BAR SHIREY'S BARS QUALITY GROCERY AND MARKET- THE LEADER SHOE SHOP BARRIER'S 5 AND 10c STORE GULF HARDWARE & SUPPLY COMPANY COSTIN'S DEPARTMENT STORE JEAN'S BEAUTY SHOPPE ST. JOE FURNITURE COMPANY COOPER'S BARBER SHOP CARVER DRUG COMPANY THE STAR, "Your Home Town Paper" PAEFU H TR OTST OGL ONY LRIAFIA;ARL2,14 THE STAR Published Every Friday at Port St. Joe, Fla., by The Star Publishing Company W. S. SMITH, Editor Bntered as Second-class matter, December 10, 1937, at the Postoffice, Port St. Joe, Florida, undel- Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Invariably Payable In Advance One Year........$2.00 Six Months...... $1.00 Three Months..........65c --.4 Telephone 51 #6-- The spoken word is given scant attention; the printed word is thoughtfully weighed. The spoken word barely asserts; the printed word thoroughly convinces. The spo'ren word is lost; the printed word remains. Our Country .- -:. Right or Wrong EASTER A reader of The Star, remembering that Easter came on March 24 in 1940, wonders why its date this year is April 25, more than a month later. The reason lies in an interest- ing co-relationship of mathematics and theo- logical tradition. Sixteen centuries ago the Nicaean Council of the Christian Church met to decide many important matters. One was whether or not Easter should be observed on the same day- .as the Jewish Passover, the 14th day of the month Nisan, or on the following Sunday. Favoring the former plan was the apostolic tradition; against it was the growing spirit to seek separation from Jewish ideas. The council promulgated this program: Easter should always be celebrated on Sun- day; it should be observed at the time of the full moon so that the light would reduce the hazards for pilgrims traveling by boat to the Holy' Land along the rugged littoral of Asia Minor; it should be celebrated as soon aftea. the beginning of spring as those t\vo rutiibi- .conditions could be" fulfilled. So, the rule is that Easter shall be observed on the first Sunday following the first full moon coming on or after the vernal equinox. That was the best the church fathers could do because they had to reconcile, as best they might, three inharmonious factors-the day' of the week, the lunar month and the solar year. They have no common denominator Thus it is that in our Gregorian calendar, By JOSEPH C. GREW United States Ambassador to Japan until the outbreak of war, and author of "Report From Tokio." (Written for the Treasury Department In connection with the Retailers' "SAY YES" ,campaign to complete the nation's 100,000,000 partially filled War Stamp albums.) W ASHINGTON, D. C.-In de- scribing one of the big air 'battles over Guadalcanal a recent newspaper account tells of an Amer-, ican flyer who parachuted from his ,crippled plane to the waters of Lunga Bay. The Navy craft which picked him up next went to the res- cue of a Japanese pilot seen strug- gling in the water nearby. As the rescue boat reached the Japanese flyer he suddenly pulled out his ,re- volver, aimed it at the drenched American pilot and pulled the trig- ger. The cartridge failed to explode. Then the Japanese officer turned the gun on himself with suicidal intent. Again he pulled the trigger and again his revolver failed him. At this point an American sailor knocked him out with a boat hook and pulled him aboard the Ameri- can craft a prisoner. Almost daily one reads eye-wit- ness stories such as this one, and all -of them clearly demonstrate that war with our enemy in the Pacific cannot end in compromise. For ten years I lived in Japan. The truth as I know it from close ,observation is this: Nothing less than the exertion of our maximum capacities, individually and collec- tively, in a war of offense will bring our beloved country safely to the longed-for haven of victorious peace. The Japanese are pawns of a .senseless but mighty militarism- a warrior caste which is ruthless and cruel beyond comprehension. From the flood of eye witness ac- counts of atrocity and bestiality one JOSEPH C. GREW Says It's Figiht to Finish fact shines clear. We must utterly crush that machine and caste and system. If,,however, we Americans think that collectively and individ-u- Easter may fall on any day between March 22 and April 25, inclusive. Easter fell on its earliest possible date, March 22, in 1818. It will not so occur during this century. In 1886 it fell on the ultimate date, April 25, which we shall observe this year. Easter is the commemoration and celebra- tion of the Resurrection and is the most beau- tiful and solemn of church days, so it is fit- ting that its date and observance should be declared by church tradition. TRAGIC COMEDY If the people of this country really wanted to control inflation, they could do so. The coutnry is faced with rising prices. Why? Read the headlines in today's newspa- per. Railway workers demanding" further wage increases. Thousands of coal miners de- manding additional wage increases. One fac- tion of shipyard workers announce they will withdraw their "no strike for the duration" agreement if a national labor relations board decision favors another labor faction. And then, labor leaders call on the' president to re- duce the cost of living. They all blame the farmer who is short of machinery, short of labor, unable to pay war wages, but charged for everything he buys on a war-wage scale. Can the result be other than higher prices instead of lower? The situation would be comical if it were not tragic. Unless we, as individuals, ., and collective groups within the nation, show less greed and more love for our country, it's a total waste of time to talk about controlling inflation-- no power on earth can stop it-until the ex- plosion comes. Five of. the day's greatest threats to the human race are nazi-ism, fascism, bolshe- vismn, rheumatism and absenteeism. F'.uit has played :i. -ni- p.t in "mah's history. An apple caused his first downfall, and he has been making dates with peaches ever since.-Titusville Star-Advocate. Anyone want to borrow our piece of meat? Tt has been boiled with greens and beans so many times it's beginning to lose its flavor. Keep smiling--and buy War Bonds! ally we can continue to lead our nor- mal lives, leaving the spirit of self- sacrifice to our soldiers and sailors, we shall unquestionably run the risk of a stalemate with Japan. I do not have the slightest doubt of our even- tual victory. But I do not wish to see the period of our blood, sweat and tears indefinitely and unneces- sarily prolonged. We must not fail to realize -that we are up against a powerful fighting machine, a people whose morale cannot be broken ever by successive defeats and untold economic hardship, a people who gladly sacrifice their lives for their Emperor and their nation. We must also remember that Japan did not start this war without carefully laid military plans for victory over the United States and a peace dictated by their war lords at the White House. This is a total war, the only an- swer to which is a total American victory. It is a war in which half measures of any kind mean incredi- ble waste of material, energy and human life. In this' sense a half- filled War Savings Stamp album is synr.bolic of a half effort. There arc, I am told, roughly 100 million par- tially complete War Stamp albums now in circulation. These uncom- pleted Stamp albums are, in a meas- ure, like a 100 plillion threats to a speedy and vidtoridus peace. On the other hand, for 'every War Sav- ings album completed and cashed in for a Bond, you the owner have helped some soldier or sailor take a forward step on the uphill road to total victory. 4' 9 0 -o a Onions and Radishes Give First Garden Harvest Spring onions and early radishes give the first crops from the Vic- tory garden. Both should be ready to eat in three weeks or a few days less from the time they are planted, and both can be planted as soon as the ground is prepared. Radishes have little nutritive value, but are valued as appetizers, and a crisp, spicy radish from your own home garden is certainly stimulating. One or two of them will be relished, but one or two dozen will begin to pall; and in all too many gardens there are doz- ens to eat, where two would be suf- ficient. The cause of this is the very short season that early radishes re- niain edible. The earlier they are the shorter this season is, because they are growing fast, and quickly pass by the edible stage on their way to the goal of all plant life, the production of seed. With radishes, as with other crops, you must sow according to what you will eat. Figure out the number you will use in a week, and estimate that twelve early radishes can be produced in a foot of garden row. Then sow a week's supply .of an early variety at a time. Midseason radishes will be usable for two weeks, so two weeks' supply of them can be sown. The early varieties do not grow well in hot weather. If you want a sup- ply all summer, sow a late, sum- mer variety for that season. But frequent swings in small lots is a good rule for all except winter rad- ishes which take two months to mature and remain good for six weeks. They grow.very large, some weighing several pounds. One way to grow early radishes is to mix them with the seeds of parsley, parsr'-s, carrots and SHADES OF JOHN SILVER We got our rat! Yes, sir. But it wasn't through use of the rat trap that Horace, Soule sold us for a quarter after planting the vicious rodent in our printing office to eat the chicken feed that he sells us. They Give Pep to the Menu in May! beets, all of which are slow to germinate. Not more than a tenth as many radishes as the other .seeds should be used. The rad- ishes will germinate quickly, "marking the row" where the other' seeds lie, which will assist you in cultivating. Be sure, to pull and eat the radishes as they mature before they can crowd the slower crops. For the production of green onions larger sets are better than the very small ones. Onion sets from / inch to 1 inch in diameter or slightly larger, grow faster, be- cause there has been stored up in the bulb plant food which is quickly made available for the growing plant, and green onions grown from large sets are likely to be more crisp and tender than when the same size of green onion is pro- duced from smaller sets. had mileage on it, and only offered us a dime-the cheap skate! SITOULD TAKE ACTION FOR POST-WAR TRADE (Continued from page 1) coastal canal which gives us cheap water transportation to the Middle West markets and to the Florida Those of you who have read Stevenson's "Treasure. Island" re- Will the editor of The Star be call old Long John Silver. the l e v i cy he wdr lusty, bloodthirsty pirate with the a lone voice crying in the wilder- lusty, bloodthirsty pirate with the ness, or will the citizens of Port peg-leg and the iron-shod crutcl, St. Joe and Gulf county raise thenr and how he killed men by throw- united voice to tell the nation and ing the crutch with uncanny aim the world of what we have to while their backs were turned? offer? Well. that's how we got our rat. .. We had: had the trap set hbut an Chicken House Spray hour or two when we saw the rat With hundreds of people around slowly creeping along the base of Port St. Joe raising chickens for the wall. We upped with our eli- meat, they should spray their trial crutch'and pinned the thief chicken houses regularly. A two to the bricks with a most satisfac- per cent solution of Creolin is a tory "squish." good disinfectant. This is made by We. tried to get a refund on the mixing 51/2 teaspoons of Creolin trap. having no further use for it, with one gallon of water, or inr but Horace claimed that it already proportion. 'Cl CD C 2 = CD0 Joseph C. Grew Warns Half-Effort Will Not Defeat Japan THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA PAGE FOUR FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1943 - I , i ti lllllllIIIIIIl llll Illlllllllllllll llll!lllll lllllllll lllllllll1l1 1 < SOCIETY V CHURCHES -:- PERSONALS 1ll lllllllllllllll llll l IlI lll llllill lll IIll ll I llllIII lll llillll l l PASSION WEEK WILL BE OBSERVED AT CHURCH Rev. 0. D. Langston, pastor of the Methodist church, announces that. this evening at 8:30 o'clock the. Lord's Supper will be cele- brated at the church in commem- oration of His Passion. This is the only pre-Easter service to be ob- served this week. Easter will be observed at -the church with special music and a sermon appropriate to the occa- ROTARY CLUB HEARS TALK BY BLOUNTSTOWN ATTORNEY At the. regular meeting of the Port St. Joe Rotary club, held Thursday noon of last week, Bart Knight, attorney of Blountstown, was the guest speaker, taking for his topic "The War Effort of Cal- houn County." Attorney Knight gave the num- ber of men sent to the armed serv- ices from Calhoun county, which was quite large in proportion to population, and stated. that they ranked from General Yon, a briga- dier general, on down to buck private. He also said that although Calhoun county .has no large in- drustrial npayrolls it was thp first sion. Just preceding the Easter u i n L t to county in the state to oversub- service, a christening service will s .cue i bn tas S l r t scribe its 'bond quota, and was in- be held for the christening of SA dieed proud that Calhoun, princl- children. A number of mothers chave spoken to the. pastorabou pally an agricultural county, now have spoken to the pastor about a o ace u l has more acres under cultivation it. This service will be at 10:50 has deui than ever before, despite the o'clock, 10 minutes before 11:00. shortage of manpowe p Rev. Langston urges that all shortage of manpower Election of directors was dis- members of the church and regu- cussed' at the meeting, and these lar.attendants make a special eft- meeting will be elected at the next meeting fort to attend these services. A of the club (April 22). cordial invitation is extended to, the: public to be present. IWR "All members please do not for- W. M. S. CIRCLE TWO get to bring your contribution for MEETS WITH MRS. VOSS our benevolences," said Rev. Lang- Circle, No. 2 of the Baptist Wo- s'ton. "We want to be able to rer man's Missionary society met Mon- port half of it from the Easter or- day afternoon at the home of Mrs. fearing. Use the envelope provided L. E. Voss. Mrs. C. M. Palmer for that purpose." gave the devotional, from Genesis S* and Titus, and also gave a talk :ST. JOE PILOT CLUB on "Evangelism In the Home." She ELECTS OFFICERS was followed with prayer by Mrs. The Port St. Joe Pilot club, at j. o. Baggett. iMinutes of the pre- its regular meeting last Friday vious meeting were read and re- evening at the P-ort Inn, elected norts received from t he treasurer officers for the ensuing year as and various chairmen. follows: Mrs. Palmer invited the circle to President, Lois Crosby; vice- meet with her next week, and. the president, Julia Creech; second meeting was tfien dismissed with vice-president, Onnie' Lou Le- prayer. Hardy; corresponding secretary, .Dorothy McLawhon; recording see- C retary, Myrtle Childers; treasurer, We des Betty Kennington. Directors for to those two-year term, Margaret,, Belin, bors who Minnie -Ola Drake, Dorothy Sex- during th ton; direc-tors for one-year term, beloved Josephine Grims.ley, Nell Connell, those wh Dot McLawhon. Mr. The officers and directors will be installed at an early meeting. Send T Advertising doesn't cost-it PAYS! theservi .. -. ARD OF THANKS sire to express our thanks kind friends and neigh- offered sympathy and aid e illness and death of our balby. We especially thank o tendered, floral tributes. and Mrs. T. 0. Richards. 'he Star to your man in ce-only $1 for a year. BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES R. F. Hallford, Pastor 9:45 a. m.-Sunday School. 11:00 a. m.-Morning worship. Sermon topic: "Man's Blackest Assumption." 7:00 p. m.-B. T. U. 8:00 p. m.-- Evening worship. Sermon topic: "An UrgenT Invita- tion tI You." METHODIST CHURCH Rev. 0. D. Langston. Pastoi 9:.45 a. m.-Church school. 11:00 a. m.-Morning Worship, 6:30-Youth Fellowship. 7:30-Evening worship. The Woman's society meets Monday at 3 p. m. First Tuesday after first Sunday, official board meeting. Wednesday, 7:30 p. m., prayer and Bible study. Choir practice. EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services every Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Send The Star to your man in the service-only $1 per year. DR. J C. COE DENTIST - Office Hours: 9 to 12 1 to 5 Sunday By Appointment Costin Building Phone 88 DR. C. L. REICHERTER REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST EYES EXAMINED-GLASSES FITTED Ritz Theatre Building First Floor' PANAMA CITY, FLA ,1 -- - "THEY GIVE THEIR LIVES -YOU LEND YOUR MONEY" Buy an d.. a.. .. So:-- Now ... . The LEADER SHOE SHOP 2000 Motorists Lost Right To Tire Replacements More than 2000 Florida motor- ists have lost their right to tire replacements during the past 60 days, according to the state OPA mri3age rationing officer. These represent speeders caught 'by the state highway patrol. Most were .passenger cars traveling from 50 to 80 miles an hour. Full records of the arrests have been given local rationing boards and when the drivers apply for tires they will be turned down. Send The Star to a friend. illlllIIIIIIIIIIIIl IIIIIIIllllllllllll lllll ll llIlllllllllll RATION NOTES Canned Goods Coupons D. E. and F valid through April 30. Meats and, Butter-Red coupons, series A, B, C and D, are. valid through April. Sugar- Stamp 12 good for five pounds through May 31. Coffee-Stamp 26 is good until April 25. Gasoline-"A" coupon 5 valid un- til July 21 for four gallons. Shoes-Stamp 17 (in sugar book) good for one pair until June 15. IPORTe A Martin Theatre Port St. Joe, Fla. THEATRE OPENS SATURDAYS SUNDAYS AT 1:00 P. M., CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE DAILY AT 2:45 P. M. SATURDAY, APRIL 24 ACTION, to the teankp of hoof beats! -] ^rtheHILLS CHARLES k STARRETT -hI Russell HAYDEN - FINAL CHAPTER "SMILIN' JACK" -HIT NO. 2 SUNDAY MONDAY April 25 26 '/ ~ x~'.-~ -*1" '-~~ I- .........' A .5 U.- 'I ,2lr~ ~'j The Jap-ants were ji ^ charging as the 'r. t'. -caratrooper landed. i H. turned to his "Tommy" gun. "Start talking, Tommy," he said, "and talk FASTI" Tommy guns can "talk" as faz. as 800 rounds of ammuni- tion per minute! When war began, it was a se- rious problem whether America could make cartridges faster than the "Tommies" and the ma- chine guns and the Garands o-nl.1 1l*t themrn o. - Ingenuity and electric power provided the answer! Today, power-driven machines turn out 60 cartridges every minute- removing dents, inspecting, re- jecting-keeping pace with the rat-a-tats that are shooting our way to Victory! Power passes the ammunition. But electric power is doing far, far more! It's helping to produce those Tommy guns, too -and tanks, ships, planes! That takes a lot of power- and America's got it! Five times than in the last war-more "SKY PRINCESS" NEWS EVENTS - TUESDAY WEDNESDAY April 27 28 S' RE AT HUMAN SSTO R Y '- OF THIS .. i WAR! 4 L than all the Axis countries com- bined have now! And about seven-eighths of all this power is supplied by the electric companies under expe- rienced biuiness management. FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION In the Service of Customer, Community and Country. .A. * * Chapter 11 of Serial "Valley of Vanishing Men" 'WOODMAN SPARE THAT TREE" Mrs F L Hunt r THURSDAY and FRIDAY April 29 30 BENNY'S NEWS FLASHES "At the Front In North Africa" BI PW P^Si :^K 'g^^ ss l?* THURSDAY NIGHT APRIL 29 10:30 P. M. War Stamp Jamboree! ON THE STAGE Tyndall Field Orchestra 15 PIECES 15 INSURE YOUR HOME AGAINST HITLERIZ --ADMISSION- Admission Will Be By the PURCHASE OF WAR STAMPS ONLY! Children, 50c in War Stamps Adults $1.00 in War Stamps BUY STAMPS AT THE BOX OFFICE (Just as you would tickets) You Keep the Stamps and See the Show! Mrs P S Fensom wo aamaum r r r r r r ~ a ~ e r r r ~ ~ s ~C O ~98 ~~ ~;1 ~9 r ~~ lo a a FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1943 THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA PAGE FIVE Fr I SA LEGISLATURE HAS YET TO WORK ON COMPLETION sary equipment for the project. TAKE ACTION ON FINANCES OF HOSPITAL STARTED -th FORw- SThe, board of city commissioners Nazi losses so far in the war are Life n TRANSFER AND STORAGE (Continued from page 1) at their meeting Tuesday night estimated lat 4,500,000 killed, cap- uL 1an MODERN STORAGE facilities. We agencies, including the state de-! gave the go-ahead signal to the tured or permanently disabled. CALL make your moves easy. Padded apartment of public safety, the Albritton and Williams Construe- Corresponding losses in 1917 were BUCK ALEXANDER vans; every load insured. VAN PONK11LEXANDE n HORN TRANSFER & STORAGE weights and inspection division of tion company of Quincy for comn- 4,259,000. PHONE 101 Costin Building CO., 28 First St., Panama City, the state road 'department, the pletion of the much-delayed mu- Fla. Day phone 92. Night phone beverage law enforcement of the nicipal hospital here, and the final An airplane propeller is so dell- Le YMe S 414-J. 5-21* state beverage department and the work started Wednesday. cately balanced that a puff of a I DR. MILES AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE license inspection by the motor ve- The board also advised' the hos- man's breath will send the blades ALT|PAg R F EDAN f hicle department, pital architects to proceed with turning in a 15-foot arc, althoughLL 1941 2-DOOR FORD SEDAN forbe p n sale; $795 cash. In good condi- Instead of each department em- the advertising for b.dls on nece'- the propeller weighs 400 pounds. tion. Call at Creech and Brooks playing its own inspectors and In- Laundry. 4-9tf investigators, with one man to FOR SALE watch license tags, another to COm ing to the check truck weights, and so o, weight about 180 pounds; *to be one inspector would do the job . sold at pen April 19. Marked crop under a special department re-- / ITH YOUR responsibilities, and under-square in each ear. J. sponsible for all such services. can you afford to leta Head- N. Walker, Port St. Joe. 4-16* Jenkins contends it would cut THEATRE ache, Muscular Pains, Functional FISH BAIT sharply the number of employes / THEATRE- Monthly Pains or Simple Neural- now on state payrolls, eliminate gia slow you down? Dr. Miles that are guaranteed to get the avy travelexpense,prevent the SUNDAY MONDAY APRIL 25 26 s he n ri fish for you. See Eddie Beverly duplication of effort and be more comforts forne sxtears. in the Sheffield colored quarters, satisfactory to all concerned. LEGAL ADVERTISING In the Circuit Court, Gulf County, Florida. IN CHANCERY LEE G. HUGHES, Plaintiff, vs. ADELINE G. HUGHES, Defendant The ,State of Florida: TO: Adieline G. Hughes, whose residence is unknown. You are hereby ordered to ap- pear on the. 3rd dayl of May, 1943, before the above styled Court to the bill of complaint for divorce filed against you in the. above en- titled cause. WI'NESS the Honorable Ira A. Hutchison andl E. C. Welch, Judges, of said Court and the seal of this Court in the City of Wewahitchka, Gulf County, Florida, this 26th day of March, 1943. (Court Seal) J. R. HUNTER, Clerk of Circuit Court, Gulf County, Florida. E. CLAY LEWIS, Jr., 4-9 Attorney for Plaintiff. 4-30 It pays to advertise-try it! IIIIIIllllHillui lll lillli t111111111111 1 1 111illlll llllllll lIllll Ii ATTENTION You Can Still . BUILD REPAIR REROOF PAINT INSULATE Your Home Up to $200 -ON EASY LOANS - See Us For Estimate - We Do Millwork and Build Boats St. Joe Lumber Co. PHONE 69-J 'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllIIIIll lllll ll lIIIIIIIIilllmlll IIHllt l THE IDOL OF MILLIONS GARY COOPER in "The Pride of the Yankees" The Life Story of Lou Gehrig WITH Teresa Wright Walter Brennan Countless American housewives consider Anti-Pain Pills almost as much of a necessity in the medicine cabinet, as is flour in the kitchen cupboard. They have Dr. Miles Anti-Pain Pills in the house, many of them carry these little pain relievers in purse or hand- bag. They are prepared for these minor aches and pains that some- times occur in almost every family -ARE YOU? Dr. Miles Anti- Pain Pills are pleasant to take and do not upset the stomach. Get Dr. Miles. Anti-Pain Pills at your drug store. Regular package 25 tablets 25r, Economy package 125 tablets $1.00. Read directions and use only as direc- ted. 5HO5ARERATIONED/ TrHERE'S a war job to be done - right in your own poultry house. No need to add to present equipment. 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