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Title: The star
Uniform Title: Star (Port Saint Joe, Fla.)
Physical Description: Newspaper
Language: English
Publisher: W.S. Smith
Place of Publication: Port St. Joe Fla
Creation Date: April 21, 1944
Frequency: weekly
regular
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Subjects / Keywords: Newspapers -- Port Saint Joe (Fla.)   ( lcsh )
Newspapers -- Gulf County (Fla.)   ( lcsh )
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Spatial Coverage: United States -- Florida -- Gulf -- Port Saint Joe
Coordinates: 29.814722 x -85.297222 ( Place of Publication )
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Additional Physical Form: Also available on microfilm from the University of Florida.
Dates or Sequential Designation: Began in 1937.
General Note: Editor: Wesley R. Ramsey, <1970>.
General Note: Publisher: The Star Pub. Co., <1970>.
General Note: Description based on: Vol. 2, no. 7 (Dec. 2, 1938).
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THE


STAR


The Home Newspaper of Northwedi Florida's Future Indutrial Centor

VOLUME VII PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1944 NUMBER 29
v _.b


Paper Company

Donates 15 Acres HOW GUL

For School Plant PLANS I

Will Be Used for Erection of Mod- The following u
ern School Structures At by Supervisor of
End of War approximately 110

Last November the freeholders tricting election h
of the Port St. Joe school district


(No. 2) voted a three-mill levy foi
the purpose .of creating a fund to
purchase land .and erect a'modeinn
school plant in this city after the
war.


Wewahitchka
Ewing's Still
White City
Kenney's' ill


Now, through the generosity of Dalkeith
the St. Joe Paper Company, all Overstreet -
funds raised, by the special tax Port St. 'Joe
can be used for building purposes Highland. View
and the purchase of equipment, as
the school board, this week an- Totals
nounced that a tract of land of ap-
proximately 15 acres, east of the Question No. 1
Corporal Bert Hull, radio tech- Centennial Building has been do- for or against red
nician with the Army Air nForcesnated to the 'board, by the St. 3Jo presented the two
who has been stationed at Tyn- Paer Company and Mrs. Alfred I. by the 'Port St. Jo
dal Field since' going into the duPont, mainly through the et- called, and No. 2'a
service on October 13, 1942, last forts of X. Clay Lewis Jr.
week was transferred to Kessler The following letters, which are nations from the n
Field, Gulfport, Miss., for pre par- self-explanatory, were 'presented to
atory training before being sent The Star this week. The first.
overseas. written 'by Mi. Lewis to W. T. 'p- Voters Seemi

CHARLES STEVENS ELIGIBLE wards at Jacksonville, follows: I
FOR PETTY OFFICER RATING My Dear' Mr. Edwards-As you ApateticTo
probably. a r e ,aware, the Gulf I pat cTo
Graduation ceremonies at the county school board has shown B
naval training school (aviation) '-; the foresight to prepare for the i COm n Pri
cated, at the Naval Air Techniical future iby levying a tax, to be head,
in trust, for the purpose -of ac-
Traiuning- Center, Navy Pier, Chi- cumulating a fund for the, future Unbiased Review of Po
cago, Ill., saw Bluejacket Charles construction, of necessary school ture Given By Editori
J. Stevens Jr., 1,8, son of Mr. and buildings. By accumulating this tre Given By Editori
Mrs. J Stvnof Port .building fund they will eliminate tor of Florida Newst
the necessity of floating-additional
Joe, receive recognition as eligbcl bonds and ther~)y eliminate pay-
to qualify for the petty officer ment of interest on such bonds. By RUSSELL K.
rate of aviation machinist's mate, We all know that there is a dire TAMPA, April 20 (FN
third class, need, for further school buildings ta te'siAp ry20(h
in Guilf county, and Port St. Joe in the state's history h
-Charles was sent to the specialty in particular. eral election year found
school on the basis of his recruit In line, with the above, Thomas apathetic. Despite all
btaining test scores, which idid- A. Owens, school superintendent c average
S. for Gulf county,- has requested me candidates, the average
cated aeronautical ability. to contact the proper 'officials of mains indifferent to thei
the St. Joe Paper Company with refuses to come out
We Caught Him reference to the school board pur- number ,to hear speaker
Last week in our interview with chasing approximately 20 acres of ear speaker
land east of the Centennial, Build- a large degree is ke
Capt. George Tapper, he asked us ing, such land to be held: by the thoughts to himself.
not to mention his medals, which school board until such time as In many counties', lo1
we didn't, promising that when we the board is financially able to dates have no opposition
caught him in full dress we'd let construct a high school building
the people know. Well, yesterday thereon. I told' Mr. Owens that I sharply retards Interest
the people know. Well, yesterday would be gladi to take up the mat- and national candidates.
we caught him with his, pants ter with you. few sections are local cc
down-or perhaps we should say, The thought occurred to me thatsufficient importance t
with his ribbons on--and we now possibly the company would be sufficient importance t
willing to make the school board the voters.
feel free to list them as fo.,lows: a gift of these lands, which I un- Unasble to reach the
Silver Star, Air Medal with ten derstand have never been subdi- the stump, most candida
Oak Leaf Clusters, North African- vided, but is acreage. I know thatured to newspapers an
'Middle East Medial with 3 stars, the people in this area would sin
Middle East Medal with 3 sta cerely appreciate this splendid dio in the hope their, ap:
American Theater Medal and the gift on the part of the company. be given, consideration. D
Good Conduct Medal. If the, company is not willing to past two months of the-
S ,give such land, will you advise me
Emmett Daniels On Pacific Coast if they would sell the land to the such candidates as have
Em mett Danies On PacificCoast board, and if so, what price would to campaign from town
.Seabee Emmett Daniels writes be set thereon? r have found it extremely
that he has been transferred from With kindest personal regards, Ito get more than a
Camp Peary, Va., to Camp Huenet. I am, Your's very truly,
aE. Clay Lewis. iguardi to listen to them.
me, Calif. He says he has been 1 tt The debates between
handed a gun that shoots 700 bul- In i-epy .to Mr. Lewis' letter The debates bet Wason an
lets a minute, atlhough he went in to Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Alfred I. du- tentative E. Martin ha
as a storekeeper, second, class. Point wrote as follows: some interest, but nowh
My dear Mr. Lewis-In your let-as much as was expected
SADDRESSESter of March 8 you asked that our
ADDRESSES company give consideration to sell- mainder of the series o
Charles Stevens, S 1/c (AMM), ing a tract of atb'out 15-acres of between -the two were
East Line. Instructor's School,' Na- lahd east of Constitution, Park to 'this week.
val Air Station, New Orleans, La. th-'e Gulf county school board.
val Air Station, New Orleans, understand that this land is More interest is evid"
Pfc. Eugene Knodel, 34809962, desired for the purpose of develop- the race for the U. S. sel
Sec. 11, Sqd. C, BAD No. 2, APO ing a comprehensive public school in the race for the gove
S635, c/o Postmaster, New, York. project which the Gulf county Opposition to Senator Cla
Lieut. A Schneidr, Sec. A, 262dfor some time. If my information per is strong throughout
AAF Base Unit, OCTS (FL, Army is correct, the desired property is and the entry of Ollie Ed:
Air Field, Bruning, Nebr. to be used exclusively for public Jacksonville practically a
Kenneth A. Creech, Qm2/, 73rd school purposes. including, first, second primary contest.
NCB, Hq. Co., Plat. 1, c/o Fleet the erection of a first-class mod-n
B, H. Co., Plat. 1, c/o ern high school.. I also understand Pepper opponents are
Postoffice, San Francisco, Calit. the board will develop appropriate known, they will all beni
*(Continued on page 2) the "against" vote, the
PROMOTIONS --- which will probably be dli
Julian A. Raburn, with the Ms- Visiting In Wewahitchka tween Edmunds and, Con:
rines,, somewhere in the Pacific, Mrs. B. H. Dickens, and grand-, In the governor's race,
has been promoted from corporal daughter, Anne Mosley, expect to I didates placed Lex Gree
to the rank of sergeant, return home today from Wewa- pedestal- to start with by
Seabee' Kennetth Creech, some- hitchka after a several days' visit 'rim out as' the man to 1
(ontnued on -Page' 2)': wlth Mrs..Hattie Britt. (OontilueI .on Page


(The Star wants photos of Gulf county men
serving in the armed forces. Pictures, which
should be in uniform, will be returned.)

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F COUNTY VOTED ON Redistricting Plan
F COUNTY VOTED o County Carries

;OR REDISTRICTING a ny ro
OR REDISTRICTING By Large Majority

official figures, furnished to The Star Port St. Joee District Will Now Be
Registration C. G. Rish, indicate that Entitled to Two Commission.
)0 votes were cast in the county redis- ers On Board
eld Tuesday: *
QUESTION NO. 1 QUESTION NO. 2 Tuesday's election for redistrict-
YES NO NO. 1 NO. 2 ing Gulf county into commission-
84 80 4 91 e-'s districts based on population
6 1 1 6 'resulted' in an overwhelming vic-
19 1 1 19 tory for the south end, of the
97 7 7 90 county which, ever since the cou&i-
1 84 84 1 ty was carved out of Calhoun, has
26 4 1 26 had but one representative out of
600 10 18 593 five on the county's governing
61 1 1 62 body.
-- Move to redistrict the county
894 208 117 888 on a basis of population was be-
gun in Port St. Joe and, was fought
offered voters the opportunity to vote bitterly by contingents in the,
districting the county. Question No. 2 north end of the county. When
plans for redistricting, No. 1 submitted sufficient -signatures of registered
e district in order to have the election voters, were secured to force the
compromise plan worked out by dele- board of county commissioners to
L compromise plan worked out by dee- call a special. election as provided
iorth and south ends of the county. by a law passed by the 1943 state
legislature, anti-redisitricting pro-
ponents in the north end of the
ngly National Interest county drew up a second plan for
redistricting.
ward Being Taken In In order to eliminate friction and
eing to develop some sort of harmony
naries Florida Primary between the two sections of the
county, a special meeting was held
at the office of E. Clay Lewis, with'
litical Pic- Seek Indication As To Trend of delegations present from both sec-
al Direc- Voters Toward or AwOy From tions of the county, and the mat-
Service Present Administtion ter .of a compromise redistricting
Service Present A inist l Lewis

.Y .... ... actig .'Ie'-4n was
AY The national spotlight' will' be' r or-.,i -," t halut "Plan Nu.
[S)-Never focused on Florida's' Democratic 2" and ,ol.1 ,c es agreed to work
as a gen- primaries next month for, indica- to see that it was' passed.
voters a tion as to the trend of Southern As will be noted by an analysis
efforts ob voters toward, or away from the of the election returns in the ad-
citizen re- present administration, joining column, the two districts
ir appeals, Political observers express the in the north end of the county
t in any belief that anti-Roosebelt forces most affected by the redistricting,
rs, and to may capture control of Florida's Wewahitchka and Dalketith, .both'
eping his delegation to the Democratic con- voted, heavily against the redis-
vention through the election or tricting plan.
cal candi- delegates' pledged to the support Dalkeithi in particular, from
and this of Senator Harry T. Byrd of Vir- which district Jesse Gaskin is the
in state ginia. Six' of the candidates for commissioner, voted against. it
In only a delegates-at-large and twelve! of because, under the, plan of redls-
ontests of the district aspirants are s'- tricting, .the Dalkeith district will
o -arouse pledged. Those for the state-aL- be consolidated with one of their
large 'being H. C. Avery, Jackson- two Wewahitchka districts. How-'
voters on ville; J. Mark Wilcox, Miami; Jou ever, there was one rebel in the
rates have C. Jenkins, Gainesville; Mrs. E. F. Dalkeith ranks, as will be. noted
d, the ra- B. Anthony, Miami; Mrs. Joe H. by the one vote for redistricting
peals will Scales, Perry, and Mrs. Florenea and for Plan No. 2.
duringg thf Carter, Milton. All precincts in the south and
campaign District delegates are as fol- central portion of the county went
attempted lows First District: George F. heavily in favor of both the redis-
to town Sampson, Winter-Haven, and MrS. tricting and Plan No. 2, and Itb I
difficult Wayne 'Thomas, Plant City. See- believed that practically all, vote,'
corporal'b ond District: A. E. Adamson, Jack- in this section against redistricting
sonville, and Mrs. Fred T. Nooney, and.in favor of Plan No. 1 were
Attorney Jacksonville. Third District: J. C. merely the part of ignorance'.
id Repre- Adderly, Pensacola, and' Mrs. Basic. Under the new setup, Port St.
yve raised E. Kenney, Port St. Joe. Fourth Joe will have two commissioners,
lere near District: Kenneth S. Keyes, M) Wewahitchka two, andi the, Over-
The re- ami, and Mrs. Franklin C. Busn,. street district one commissioner.
f debates Coconut Grove. Fifth District: It. The dividing line in this city
cancelled. H. Berg, MeTbourne, and Caroline will be Fifth Street, one district
M. Voorhis, Orlando. Sixth Ins- including that area from Fifth
enced in trict: Russell Frizzell, Ft. Lauder-. Street south to the Franklin coun-
iate than dale, and Ruth S. Weagewortn, ty line, and the second district
.rnorshlp. West Palm Beach. including that portion .of the city
Lude. Pep- The Byrdl- for President move- north of Fifth Street and, the Ken-
the state ment which has been sweeping the ney Mill precinct.
munds of country found. substantial support In We.wahitchka the dividing
assured a in Fl'orida, and clubs have. been line will be the state highway, one
While .organized in a number of cities district taking in the Dalkeith pre-
not well which resulted' in the bringing out cinct, and the other including the
efit from of a full slate of delegates pledges west half of the town and that
bulk of to Byrf. (Continued on page 8)
vided be- Equal national interest is evi- -
klin. denced in the race for, the U. S Paul Farmer Home From Hospital
all. can- senate in' this state, fbr Senator Paul Farmer was brought home
n on 'a Claude Pepper is nationally recog-, Tuesday night from the veterans'
pointing nized as one of the staunchest pro-, hospital at Lake City, where he
beat and Roosevelt New Dealers while his had been' .for three weeks receiv-
2) (Continued on Page 2) '.ing treatment. :








mammm==


W ith tl C that, ini my opinion, the existing
SWith the Colors I facilities are totally, inadequate to
serve the best interests of the
children, teachers and' parents of
(Continued from Page 1) our little city. These children de-
Wheoe in the South Pacific, is now serve every possible encourage-
ment, because upon tnem will de-
g quartermaster, second class, hav- pend the future destiny of our
Jug been promoted from coxswain country.
third class. Ken writes that he is I am very much pleased to know
twv-in the (ailor shop six days. a that the Gulf county school board
*w in th has 'been planning and- is doing all
week and gets to rest Sunday in its power to provide the finances
mornings, with drill Sunday after- for the construction aand develop-
noons. Practically the 'life of ment of adequate and proper eau-
eiley. national facilities for the children
_____ey of Port St. Joe; j therefore, my
company and I desire to denmon-
PAPER COMPANY DONATES strate our appreciation of this ef-
15 ACRES FOR SCHOOL PLANT fort and, our willingness to co-Op-
15 ACRES FOR SCHOOL PLANT erae with the Gulf county school
board, the parents and the teach-
(Continued From Page 1) ers at Port St. Joe, by donating
playgrounds and recreational fa- to the school board approximately
cilities for the children. 15 acres of land in the above die-
On my last trip to Port St. Joe scribed location, to be used exclu-
it was. my pleasure to visit the ex- sively for public school purposes'.
iptin.g public school bui:dlngs and I am requesting Mr. W. T. Ed-
-grounds. I do not hesitate to say wards to, meet with you and rep-
resentatives of the Gu:f county
_school board to agr-ee upon the
exact bound-aries of the land whicl
L we are donating.
--A _-With best of wishes, I am,
Very truly yours,
Jessie Ball diuPont.
(Mrs. Alfred I. duPont).
ELECTRIC CORDS
VOTERS SEEM APATHETIC
754 and $1.00 TOWARD COMING PRIMARIES
(With your old cord)
*-I (Continued from page 1)
THERMOS BOTTLES $1.69 placing him in the numebr one
I _k _position. He has. probably; been


CLOCKS $1.65 to $16.50

ELECTRIC RAZORS
$12.95 $13.95

DICKLORICULE for Moths
35# and 60

UNFITTED and FITTED
BAGS


Smith's Pharmacy
Phone 5 Port St. Joe
We Fill Any Doctor's Prescription





Sleac4,


much over-rated in this respect,


In the several congressional
races, no very serious opposition
appears for the incumbents. Inca-
cations, are that Sikes, Hendricks,
Price and Cannon will win in the
first primary; Penterson has no op-
position.
In the newly-created Sixth Dis-
trict the race seems to be be-
tween L. L. Stuakey of Belle
Glade and Dwight Rogers of Forit
Lauderdale.
Send The Star to a friend.


NATIONAL INTEREST BEING the administration men and wou't
TAKEN IN FLORIDA PRIMARY indicate a continuation of the
"Solid Somith" 'behind the presm-
(Continued from Page 1) dent for a fourth term.
opponents are openly anti-adminis-
tration. The return of Pepper to Stogies are a long cigar pops-
the senate would be a victory ol larized iby drivers of Conestoga
major magnitude in" the eyes o' freight wagons in stagecoach days.
EVERYBODY WELCOME!
EVERYBODY WELCOME !


FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
"HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE"
R. F. HALLFORD, Pastor Telephone 156
SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 1944
9:45-Sunday School for all.
11:00-Morning Worship. Sermon topic,:
"SIN IN THE CAMP LEADS TO DEFEAT."
7:00-Baptist Training Union. "
8:00-Evening Worship. Sermon topic:
"SINNERS IN THE DEATH CELL."


IS SENATOR PEPPER MORE INTERESTED


IN "WAR PROFITEERS" THAN IN


WINNING THE WAR?


THE HOUSE MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMfIrIE' OF THE

.. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, SAYS:


In its report after Investigation into the causes for the de-
lay in the construction of Egliri Field, an Army air field at Val-
pariso, Florida, and the airport at Pensacola, Florida, that it
was caused by the successful fight of Senator Pepper to force
the Government to buy the asphalt from the Pan-American Pe-
troleum Corporation, represented by a law firm with which he
once had connection, at a price much higher than the low bid.
This was done, says the committee, by references made by Sen-
ator Pepper in a heated discussion with government officials


concerned in the purchase "to the necessity of State confirma-.
tion" for their promotions.
The Committee concludes its report with the statement in
reference to Senator Pepper, "The Committee deplores most
strongly the fact that any members of Congress would exert
sufficient influence, and that an established government agency
would be so susceptible to such, influence, as to cause unwar-
ranted delay in the completion of a project so essential to the
development of the national defense."


FOR HIS ACrTVITIS IN THE ASPHALT DEAL


PEPPER IS CONDEMNED!


IS THE INCREASE IN
THE MANY THOU-
SANDS WHO VOLUN-
TARILY PLEDGE SUP-
PORT TO-


Frank D.

UPCHURCH
For

GOVERNOR
Because belief in the
MAN has inspired faith
in his PROGRAM.
Political Adv. PM lr
MFseas oi F. D. Opctunh
.. -'- -


BY THE DEMOCRATS:
Senator Walter F. George, after refusing to recommend the
purchase of asphalt from the Pan-American Petroleum Corpora-
tion or anyoneelse, said: "I deplore political interference in
government contracts."
BY THE REPUBLICANS:
Senator Tobey said in reference to Senator Pepper when
this same asphalt deal tame up for discussion on the floor ot
the Senate: "When a high government official beats the drums
for war which will result in huge profits to certain companies In
the United States, and when that same high government official
uses his high office by active intervention on behalf of a great
oil company in the matter of bids for contracts where the con-
tract should go to the lowest bidder, the danger is that the
people may believe that there is a connection between his ap-
peal for intervention in the war and his motives for interveh-
tion in the oil company deal."


BY THE NATION:
The Washington Daily News had this to say editorially about
this asphalt deal: "Yesterday an article by Thomas L. Stokes,
concerning Senator Pepper and a rather sticky asphalt contract
for an Army Air Corps field in Florida, -precipitated more than
an hour of lively debate in the U. S. Senate. Then all the re-
marks were 'expurged' from the record, because some of the
things said seemed to reflect upon the motives of certain mem-
bers. of that august body.
"We wish here merely to say that this newspaper is not
bound by the protocol of 'senatorial courtesy.' The facts we
have published about the 'asphalt contract will not be 'expunged'
from our columns. Our sentiments were expressed by an
officer from the Army Corps of Engineers who, having looked
into the facts by order of Assistant Secretary of War Patterson,
commented: 'It stinks'."


IS THIS THE REASON?


---the "War Profiteers" are spending...

$250,000.00 in a desperate effort to

re-elect Senator Claude Pepper?

Paid Political -Advertisement Paid' for .by Friends of J. Oflie Edmunds,


but it is a tremendous advantage.
'Millard Caldiwell and Ernest
Graham' were recognized as the
men having the best chance to get
in a runoff with Green, and, both
candidates' have maintained their
position fairly well, but indica-
tions are they have both lost
ground to Frank Upchurch ana
Ed Baker. Senator Sheldon has
failed to show much strength and
is not looked on as a second pri-
mary contender.
While the proposed "closed, shop
amendment" will not be voted on
until the, general election In No-
vember, it is' nevertheless an ac-
tive feature of the present cam-
paign. To the Tampa Morning
Tribune goes the credit for smoo-
in.g out candidates on this ques-
tion as well as the cross-state
canal.


THE STAR, PORT ST. J, E, GULF GOUNTY, FLORIDA'


FRIDAY,,,APRiL 2i,.1iw.


PAGE TWO








THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA


Pepper Says Big ___

Slush Fund Being i

Used toFight Him

Claims Smear Campaign Is Being
Staged By His Opponents -
To Defeat Him
-_ -- 1--- J34


IU


Cla


Tpchurch Voices "Political bosses have attempted
their-questionable maneuvers dur-
Warning Against ing previous emergency periods in
our history. But in most instances
Political Bosses in the past an alert electorate has
upset sukh plans; however, we
face a real danger in Florida in
Rims Other Candidates Will Be this war year of 1944.
Controlled By Professional "I am happy to say that I have
Politicians no affiliation with any political
boss,, ring, clique or group in any


,Stating that his opponents are y / / 'Warning that "professional poli- ."'..... .' 1 ,i .-
port has, without exception, been
putting on a mud-slinging cam- ., ticians and political bosses are at- port has, without exception, been
paign in their efforts to beat him, -- -- tempting to take advantage of the individual lor-
Senator Claude Pepper, seeking ..:- b~-'5" conce atio idian, to the independent voterr"
re-election to the U. S. senate, said the war to seize control' lf ligh ] Upchurch says that "certain oth-
recently that "the biggest thing state offices." Frank .D. Upchurch, er gubernatorial candidates claim
facing this nation is, the winning '' candidate for governor, calls cin they are not supported, by politi-
of the war. andc the next biggest NG THE SALVAG all independent Floridians to in-j cal bosses, but I'know all informed
thn- 't ew nigofh'p L;ac THE SALVAe. l n-net ii o I
thing the winning of the peace. I 'd ,''.' N'.; M RYAOiNG'" vestigate, closely thb' claims oI all Floridians listen to such state-
want to avoid Worlt War III and aspirants. menils with a smile. Everyone, who
another depression., been scouring the state to get "There never has been a tim in has investigated such statements
"As your senator I will continue somebody to run against me," con- our history, when it was iore I-m n-ow knows the truth."
to fight fo\r you after the -war when eluded Pepper. "They have offered po.oitant that we elect as governor "This gives us the real issue of
you may need help to keep from every financial inducement, in-! a man who can act without con- this campaign," Upchurch de-
slipping back into d-epression and eluding financial security after the suiting some poitlical boss for his flared. "It is whether we shall
unemployment. I know the prob- campaign, if it were not success-i approval, for the peace, period will elect as our next governor a mail
lems of Florida and of the South. fu1." present as many perils as has the who can take, office and admin-
"I know that the people of this war," he said. ister state affairs free from dicta-


state will not be misled during the
present campaign by a vicious
smear campaign put on by desper-
ate candidates who don't seem to
know. that mud-slinging doesn't
win in Florida. I am fighting to
build greater our great state and
the South we love.
"I have reluctantly been forced
to leave my duties' in Washington
to come to Flori'da to meet the un-
equaled, campaign of bitterness
and misrepresentation which, out
of an enormous slush fund' is be-
ing huirled against me. Yet when I
saw that the same evil combina-
tion which is, working together in
other parts of the country, namely
the isolationistss, the Roosevelt-
hating Republicans,, and the Re-
publicrats have organized against
me in this state and have raised
a slush fund of $150,000 already to
beat me, I knew the people would
expect me to come and. let them
know the. truth.
"Sin'ce ]aA.t D.-:.Enmi,.-r thbi sel-
flt h and sinister c- .iri iri'ation has


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Floxida is to be governed, by polite'
cal 'bosses whose main interest
will be, not the welfare of our
people, 'but their own pocketbookO.
I believe in Florida and Floridians
and I am confident of your Sup1
port."

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cal, convenient. At |
your drug store-
aB Lool for the big on bf.


FOR SUPERVISOR OF
REGISTRATION
To the Voters of Gulf County:
I announce myself as a candi-
date for the office of Supervisor of
Registration of Gulf County, sub-
ject to the Democratic primaries
in May.
Your vote and support will be
highly appreciated.
C. P. PAUL

FOR STATE SENATOR,
This is to announce to the peo-
ple of the 25th Senatorial District,
comprised of the Counties of Bay,
Calhoun, Gulf and Washington,
that I am a candidate for the of-
lice of State Senator; subject to
the action of the voters in the
Primary to be held in May, 1944.
.Respectfully,
0. E. HOBBS,

FOR SUPERVISOR OF
REGISTRATION
This is, to announce my candi-,
dacy for re-election to the' office of
Supervisor of Registration of Gulf
County, subject to the Democratic
Primaries in May.
I have been honored with this
office for the, past eight years,
and have tried to be fair and im-
partial to all in administering the
duties of the office, and assure
you that if you will re-elect me I
will be just as faithfIl in the fu-
ture as I have been in the past.
Owing to war conditions, I may
not be able to see every voter per-
sonally,_ but I assure you that I
will be deeply grateful for each
voter's influecne and support,
Yours respectfully,
C. G. RISH.

FOR SUPERVISOR OF
REGISTRATION
1 hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of Supervisor of
Registration of Gulf County, sub-
Jeet to the will of the voters at the
May 2 primary. I am the widow of
a .World War I veteran and will
appreciate your vote and support.
Madaleine McCarty Whitaker


COUNTY COMMISSIONER
DISTRICT 5 PORT ST. JOE
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of member of the
Board of County Commrissioners of
Gulf County from District 5, Port
St. Joe, subject to the will of the
voters at the May 2 primary, and
I will appreciate the vote and sup-
port of all electors. The onry
promise I make is that, if elected,
I will work to. the best of my
ability .to serve the interests not
only of the residents of my dis-
trict, but the: people'of the county
as a whole.
T. D. "Doc" WHITFIELD

FOR REPRESENTATIVE
Fellow citizenss I hereby an-
nounce my candidacy' for the of-
fice of State Reproesentative and
wish to again express' my humble
appreciation for the fine vote yuu
gave me two years ago.
If you elect me Representative
of Gulf County, I shall be true tu
the high responsibility the office
entails, namely: To serve the best
interests of my county without
fear or favor from ainy source,
ever keeping in mind the creed
of our fathers, "A government of
the people, for the people, by the
people, with equal rights to all
and special privileges to none.P
Your vote and support will be
gratefully appreciated.
Yours for a Greater Gulf County,
C. C. WILSON
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
I hereby announce my candidacy
for renomination as your Repre-
sentative in the Legisalture from
Gulf County. Should you honor
me with renomination and elec-
tion, I promise to conduct the af-i
fairs and responsibilities of the of-
fice for the benefit of all the peo-
ple. It shall be my obligation to
continue to work for the greater
progress and development of the
entire county. Having served you
in the past, I respectfully solicit
your continued vote and support
upon my past record. Thanking
you, I am,
Respectfully yours,
E. CLAY LEWIS, JR.


PHOTO FINISHED


Won't forget this mug soon, will you?
He was top man once-in some quar-
ters. Today he's headed for the ash can.
It was a mean, bitter job, heading him
off. It still is. And though he doesn't
look it now, there was a time when he
seemed to have the world in his pocket.
What did finally stop him? First of
all, fighting men. Then, among other
things, American production-something
he couldn't begin to match! Production
of ships by the hundreds and planes by
the tens of thousands. Of food and
munitions and what it takes-in unbe-
lievable quantities!


You see, this country o0 t only hid
the men and the machines. It had the
electric power, too without which war,
industry could not operate
The business-managed electric com.
panics, of which we are one, are proud
of what they have done-and are doing
- to make Hitler a has-been. /
They are even prouder tlIat, nt die
face of war's enormous extra burden,
all essential civilian needs have been met.
It wasn't-it isn't-a miracle. It'
simply a job done efficiently by able
and hard-working men and women, plus
experienced business management.


FLORIDA POWER

CORPORATIONS

---INTH PUBLIC SERVICE


IN PENSACOLA
Sikes 169
Mays 39
(Straw vote taken in all seven
Pensacola civic clubs and an-
nounced, in the Pensacola Jour-
nal April 13, 1944.)

IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
Wright 573
Mays 505
(Special election for County
Commissioneirl, Oct. 15, .1940.)

IN QUINCY
Sikes 35
Mays 8
(Straw vote, of the two civic
clubs as announced in The
Gadsden County Times, April
14, 1944.)
BACK A WINNER!

BOB SIKES
FOR CONGRESS
SPaid Poltic 'Advertising


FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1944


PAGE THRUi









AG UC


A MAN AFTER OUR OWN HEART


THE STAR
Published Every Friday at Port St. Joe, FIl.
by The Star Publishing Company
W. 8. SMI*TH, Editor

Entered as second-class matter, December 10, 1937, at the
Postoffice, Port St. Joe, Fla., under Act of March 3,.1879.
SUBSCRIPTION INVARIABLY PAYABLE IN ADVANCE
One Year....... $2.00 Six Months....... $1.00

-- f Telephone 51 '*-
TO ADVERTISERS-In case of error or omissions in adver-
tisements, the publishers do not hold themselves liable for
damages further than amount received for such advertisement.
The spoken word is given scant attention; the printed word
is thoughtfully weighed. The spoken word barely asserts;
the printed word thoroughly convinces. The spoken word
is lost; the printed word remains.

HITLER PACING COAST OF EUROPE
Adolf Hitler, in effect, today is nervously
pacing the 4000-mile invasion coast of Eu-
rope from the North Cape to the Pyrenees,
straining eyes and ears toward the sea in un-
easy anticipation of vast Allied assaults
against his fortress Europa, and even as we
write this that invasion may have started.
His armies, entrenched behind solid forti-
fications, no doutt are ready for the acid test,
for, as Capt. George Tapper remarked, the
Germans "are good fighters, and don't let
anyone else tell you differently." The harrass-
ing thing is the uncertainty as to where the
invasion will strike. Hitler has 4000 miles of
varying coast to watch, a considerable por-
tion of which your editor has seen, while
General Eisenhower can strike with full force
at any point. In other words, Eisenhower
and not Hitler will choose the battlefield.
Every propaganda device in addition to the
usual espionage probably has been resorted to
by the Nazis to feel out Allied invasion ten-
dencies or "fish" for information, but all in-
dications are that Hitler is a's much in the
dark as ever. His main concern at present' lies
along the European key points closest. to,
Britain.
The invasion coast naturally is not suitable
along every mile for heavy landing opera-
tions. Actually, from Biarritz to the North
Cape-only 2150 flying miles. But Hitler has
to reckon with every twist and curve in the
coastline, and it goes without saying that
every mile of invasion coast has come under
detailed scrutiny by Hitler and his military
staffs in the hope of putting their finger on
the spot where General Eisenhower may have
decided to stage the major curtain raiser for
the second front.
But wherever it may be, we can be assured
of this fact: That it will mark the beginning
of the end for fortress Europa, and the Nazi
butchers.


STARDUST and

MOONSHINE
By THE OTHER FELLOW

We stated last week that John
Blount was soon to go to worn stbr
Uncle Sam, but discover that it
was an erroneous. impression. We
had. been hailed, on the street 'by
John, who said, "Well, Port het.
Joe is going to lose a good citizen.
-mainly me." Naturally we tooz.
it for granted. that he was go'nr
into the army. But come to, finu
out he was only going to mov& to
Panama City. We still think John
would look quite nifty in an aimy
uniform or a pair of those' tight,
sailor pants. : And Ferren
Allen has hopes of being defenrreu,.
he being past the 26-year-ola
mark. But you can never tell what
those boys. up in Washington wit-
do-tomorrow they may raise the
draft age to 60.
And speaking of Ferrell Allen,s
his wife, "Honey," is now an erm-
ploye of the St. Joe Paper Com-
pany, Seems she's some sort of a
cardsorter or something in the


We've got a lot of claptrap out of Washing-
ton pertaining to the printing business that
at times seemed about to put us in the big
house at Chattahoochee, due to the gobble-
degook words and phrases so deal- to the
hearts of the bureaucratic nincompoops up
there on the Potomac who draw up the di-
rectives. And apparently we're not the only
one who can't make head,,nor tails out of
them, for Maury Maverick, chairman of the
Smaller War Plants Corporation, recently
denounced them forcefully.
The straw that broke the camel's back-or
Maverick's back, if you prefer-was a memo-
randum someone left on his desk that read as
follows: "Imminent activation of this over-all
policy, following experimentation at the local
level, is contemplated, the entire program
stemming from implementation of sub-sec-
tion 7 (2-B) title 11, the code as amended,
subject to modification in procedtire based
upon precedents."
The longer Maverick looked at the memo-
randum the madder he got until he finally
blew up and issued an order that shook the
very foundation of the capital's vast bureau-
cratic empire.
"Anyone," said Maverick, in his defiant or-
der of the day, "using the words 'activation'
and 'implementation' will be shot. Put the
subject matter, the point, and even the corn-
clusion, in one paragraph and the story on
one page."
Ever since the government was taken over
by droves of college professors, economists,
embryo, lawyers, bright young men and slide-
rule boys, the edicts, directives, forms and in-
structions (witness our last. income tax form)
coming out of Washington have been'couched
in language similar to that in the memo that
Chairman Maverick found sc',offensive.
Anyone who has come in contact with pres-
ent-day governmental agencies knows just
how Maverick felt. Niiiety per cent of tnis
official drool is just plain 'damphool nonsense.
and is nothing more than an attempt on the
part of a flock of bird-brained bunglers to
cover up their stupidity and incompetence by
the use of a lot of two-dollar words.
We, don't know whether the author of
"Mairzy Doats," the screwball song that has
been sweeping the country, dedicated it to
the bureaucrats or not, but when it comes to
making any sense, the words of that dippy
ditty have it all over some of the goofy di-
rectives that all of us have had to contend
with in the last few years.

Did you ever notice that a duck's legs are
way back of his center of gravity? We've of-
ten wondered how he keeps his balance.


laboratory. Maybe she's a bridge
player!
Well, Clay Lewis has gone ana
done it again! A couple of weeks
ago he talked $1000 out of the St.'
Joe Paper, Company for the Gu'f
county; Red' Cross quota, and, now
he's talked 'em out of 15 acres 01


"Here's your orange juice-your
toffee is on the stairs-and your
Wheaties are by the door for that
spurt to the bust"


ROOSEVELT-
For

PRESIDENT
These are the
Delegates
to vote for:
State At Large
MEN
Walter P. Fuller
Ernest Overstreet
Bill Shayne
WOMEN
Mrs. Walter Clark,
Mrs. Beulah Hooks
Hannah
Mrs. Hayden McK.
Harriss
Third
Congressional
District
John M. Coe
Kate Inman
CLIP THIS LIST-
Memorize It
Election Day
(Paid Political Advertisement)


.'ARE WE RUSHING YOU TOO MUCH, JOE ?


land for school purposes. He must
have the gift 'o gab on paper or
else, he's got the Indian sign on
the high muck-a-mucks. of the pa-
per company.
Capt. George Tapper was escort-
ing Congressman Bob Sikes about
town Monday while Sikes con-
tacted, various key voters. We had
thought maybe that hot African
sun had cooked the political germs
out of George's blood, but appar-
ently not. for he"s still got hib
fingers in the political pie. Once
a person is bitten by the political
bug he never recovers..


FIVE TREES PER SOLDIER
It takes five trees for every sol-
d'ier to supply the -barracks., gun
stocks, ships,, docks, planes, ship-
ping containers for munitions, and
hundreds of other war materials
for which wood is needed as a
orlitical war material.

FEMININE ANGLE.
A woman' Marinie at Camp Le-
jeune, N. C., added a new wrinkle
to "Halt! Who is there?" When
this command got no response, she
tried "Gee whiz, please halt!" It
worked.


FACTS YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT


E, 0AR

Candidate for Governor



Baker-The Man t
Ed Baker was born in Plant
City 44 years ago-served in
Navy in World War I--in
business for self for 8 years...
1 7 business manager Palm Beach
Times four years ... Superin-
tendent of HIarry-Anna Crip-
pled Children's home for 10
S years State senator in 1943
legislature. Member M a s o n s,
K Elks, American' Legion, Ki-
wanis Club, Presby terian
Church.


WHAT HE STANDS FOR
7'D BAKER stands for business-like, constructive opera-
tion of the State government
.... for promotion of Florida as a Recreationland,
with state advertising program-
.. for enlargement of Florida agricultural produc-
tion, greater assistance to farmers through dis-
,tribution and marketing service, and extension of
experiment stations-
for enlargement of new industry and enlargement
of established industries, with special efforts to
get reduced freight rates for Florida-
for improved school system, better and more
equitable pay for teachers, education opportunity
and jobs for returning service men and women',
more vocational training-
. ... for better highways for a more definite pension
plan for elderly people, for protection of labor's
rights and interests for home rule for counties
and communities.
BE SURE TO VOTE FOR


B A KER GOER...

FOR GOVERNOR


THE ST IAR,ASOMT T.-OE, ULF C 0. NTY, FLORIDA.


FRIDAY, APRIL-2i, 1944


PAG5 FOUR









Must Fight For
American Ideals,
Avers Edmunds

We Must Return to the Constitu-
tional Democracy Under Which
Our Nation Became Great
Judge J. Ollie Edmunds, candi-
date for a seat in the U. S. sen-
ate, says that a fight must be
made on the home f'ont to insure
that the. battle for American ideals
that is, being fought on foreign
fronts ist not. lost here at home.
The essence of the American
dream the dream that lives in
the hearts of American fathers and
mothers is the hope and expec-
tation that their children shall
have a better chance in life than
they, themselves, had, Judge Ed-
munds said.
"This is the Amerlican dream:
That our children will live. in a
nation of opportunity where 'life,
liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness' are realities; where courage,
effort and integrity will open the
way to positions of leadership,
honor and distinction; and that
this heritage shall be the birth-
right of every American child,"
Edmunds insisted.
Judge Edmunds- expressed a fear
that the American dream and the
American way-are in danger of to-
talitarian eclipse. He believes that
these can be safeguarded only by
a return to the constitutional de-
moo'1acy under which our nation
has become great. He believes that
there is a fight on the home front
that must be made if we are to
keep America American for the
child-,en of this day as. well as for
the children of the days to come.
All the other issues of his cam-
paign are mere details of this
great issue, he says.
MISSING MEN RETURN
A majority-of -missing men turn
up as prisoners of war, the Dis-
abled American Vete:tans reports.
In World War I, out of 78,000 sol-
diers reported missing, all but 46
had been accounted for 8 months
after the war ended.
Scores of chemicals may be pr.--
ducedi from brines found unde-
thousands of acres of U. S. lane.

REAL DISCOVERY FOR
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Dangerous High Blood Pressure
(Essential Hypertension) is usually,
marked by distressing symptoms
unh as dizziness, throbbing head-
telies, sleeplessness and nervous.
ness. If disregarded, this may lead
o Heart Trouble, Stroke, Paralysisj
Hardening of the Arteries or Kid.
ney Trouble. Diamonex, discovery
of a heart specialist, is designed to
'quickly aid in the relief of these
stressing symptoms.
i A Chicago resident says: "I suf.,
fered from High Blood Pressure for,
several years with increasingly
severe throbbing headaches, dizzi-
ness and shortness- of breath. I
showed the Diamonex formula to
my doctor and, on his advice, tried
the treatment for two weeks under,
:identical conditions as previous
treatments. Within only three days
my bad headaches and dizzy spells
were gone. My high blood pressure
,was reduced and I sleep fine."
Diamonex goes directly to work
in three. different ways to aid iM
the relief of these dangerous syrp4i
toms.", Results are speedy-within
as slhbrt a time as two weel's suf-.
ferers often find that Diamonex has
accomplished 75%-of the total re-
duction possible with this formula.
Ilf you suffer from High Blood
IPressure you may try DIAMONEX
without risking a penny. To intro.
Iduce this wonderful treatment td
la million new sufferers this liberal
'trial offer is made for a limited
:time only. .
Send only $1.50 to the Diamonex
Company 318-A North Michigan
'Ave., Chicago, Illinois for a full
*TWO weeks supply of genuine
DIAMONEX, prepaid. Use Dia.
monex according to the simple dii
reactions for only two weeks. If, at
the end of that test period you are'
inot delighted with results your,
;money will be refunded immedi..
ately on request,. ) here are no!
;strings or conditons-you owe it t'
yourself to make this wonderful'
test at once; Write today as this
offer is fully _guaranteed. .. -


NEW SHOE STAMP
IS VALID MAY 1

Airplane stamp 2 in War Ration
Book 3 may be used for buying
one pair of rationed shoes begin-
ning May 1, Chauncey Butler, dis-
trict director of OPA at Jackson-
ville, has announced. He also re-
minded purchasers that stamp 18
in War Ration Book 1, which has
been valid- for shoes since June 16,
1943. will expire on April 30.
A detailed breakdown showing
the, monthly supply and demand
of rationed, shoes, reveals that
distribution of rationed shoes Lur-
ing the year exceeded production
by 53,000,000 pairs. This heavy
drain on inventories clearly shows
why it has been necessary to de-
crease the rate of shoe 'rationing
to civilian.
LUCKY SEVEN
"I had a hunch today. Got up at
seven, had $7 in my pocket, there
we're seven of us at lunch and
seven horses in the race. I picked
the seventh."
"So he came in the winner?"
"No. he came in seventh."


*





Ii


RIGHT


RE-ELECT THE CANDIDATE

WHO IS FIGHTING FOR

THE RIGHT TO WORK

-AND VOTE IN THE

GENERAL ELECTION FOR

THE AMENDMENT TO OUR


TO,


J. TOM WATSON
Attorney General


ii

'I


WORK


STATE CONSTITUTION

WHICH ABOLISHES

CLOSED SHOPS BUT

PRESERVES

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

BY UNIONS


Let's preserve Organized Labor through Collective Bargaining rather than through
the closed shop, and let's give our people, including our returning fighting men and
women, the right to work and earn a living without paying big initiation fees for jobs.

The Right to Work Amendment to the Constitution of Florida to be voted on next
November demands your interest and support if you believe in the eight kind of unions
based upon the principles of democracy.

ft will give back the Unions to the honest working members-and GUARANTEE
every RIGHT of the Union Man existing under our Constitution,


ATTENTION VOTERS


Guarantee for our FIGHTING sons and daughters the


Without forcing them to join a union


PAGE FlVE


THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY,' FLORIOA


FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1944


Ed Baker Urges aches of a successful business ca- needed by Florida's governor is
S, reer; a man who has administered supplied by an, official state
'Pick the Man public funds faithfully and who agency. The answers must come
has rendered public service.in the from a man with commonsense
Not the Plan' civic field? ability, understanding and an un-
"I tell Florida voters," Baker' selfish heart. I believe I am that
declared, "that political trickery man," Baker concludeidi.
Candidate Says Political Trickery and legal knowledge alone will not
Will Not Supply Answers To supply the answers to Florida's Flint that provided arrows for
Florida's Problems future problems. This is no time the Indians served American plo-
---- or tricks and the legal knowledge neers for grinding grain.
Pointing out the similarity of
platforms of the several guberna-
torial candidates, Senator Ed Ba- LOO AT OUR STATE
ke.r -of Umatilla, himself a candi- LO A S T
date, declared in Jacksonville yes- ,.
te day that "the only important AS A BUSINESS
thing to be considered 'by the ASiBU' IN S
voters is the choice of man to ad- More revenue needed? Com-
minister programs, every sound- mon sense tells us increased
business, NOT new taxes is the
thinking Floridian knows must be answer. Sen. Ernest R. Gra-
carried out." '. -. ham, war veteran, farmer, bus-
Hre aker asked "Wi'l you iness man has PROVEN in his
Here, Baker asked: "Will you m: OWN business, he knows the
nominate a man whose thoughts answer!
and energies have been largely .,.
directed in the political ori legal EBLECT ERNEST R.
field, in furthering his own per- AA
sonal or political ambitions? G RA H A M
"Or," Baker asked, "will you
nominate a layman who has un- D D
selfishly developed human, as GOVERNOR
well as economic resources; a (Paid Politicl_ Adv.)
man who hasi known the head-








PAGE~ SIX TH ST R PO T S J E U F C U T F O IA I A A R L 2, 14


Cheer up, fellows! Remember.,
every time the clock ticks a baby
is born-and it's seldom yours.

VOTE FOR

E. P. MARTIN
CANDIDATE FOR
Attorney General


Geineil MacArthur Watches -Bombing
r -w, n' -'r--'1 -". "' .,' t w7 -- -


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Practiced law for 28 years. Served
1I ".s-. : ^ ..*.'



kind. Will make you a good At-,



tourney General-
Subject to the Democratic Primary
Practiced law for 28 years. Served
three sessions in the State Legis-
lature, is a real friend to all man-
kind. Will make you a good At-
- torney. General-
VOTE FOR HIM AND ASK YOUR
FRIENDS TO VOTE FOR HIM
Paid Political Advertising
i *


Re-Elect


CLAUDE


PEPPER

Asks Second Full Term in the
United States Senate




















CLAUDE PEPPER

* He has worked hard to
serve. Florida with credit.
* He worked to prepare us to
defend ourselves against
the war which he saw was
coming.,
* He has made good by akv
fair rule of estimate ...
* Because of seniority he will
be. better able to serve
Florida in the next six
years.
* He will help write the
Peace as a ranking mem-
ber of the Foreign Bela-
tions Committee.
* As a member of the Senate
Post War Planning Com-
mittee, he will help in
winning the Peace.
* The first job ahead os-
WIN THE WAR.
* The second job ahead is--
WIN THE PEACE.
* He will continue his efforts
for our Country.

(This ad paid for by friends
of Claude Pepper who are later.
ested In an early victory and a
Just peace.)


~'


......." .. .......- ...,
U. S. Signal Corps Radioplioto
Soundphoto-Shown above are (L. to R.): Vice Admiral Kincaid,
Rear Admiral Berkey and Gen. Douglas MacArthur as they watched
the naval bombardment prior to the landing of elements of the U.-S.
1st Cavalry Division in the Admiralty group.

645,591 VETERANS AIDED
IConklin States


The Disabled American Veter-
ans national service department
reports a total of 64.5,591 living
'etecans, including 87,800 disabled
3*terans of Worldt War II, were
receiving federal government com-
:ensation .or pension payments on
December 31. 1943.

Advertising doesn't cost-it PAYS!

WATCH FOR
LIPPINCOTT
The Magiclan.
COMING IN PERSON
To the PORT THEATRE











KEEP THEM ON
THE JOB!'
Comfortable, well repaired
'work shoes are an aid to foot
health. .:". At the first sign
of wear, have us repair!

The LEADER
SHOE SHOP


RE-,ELECT

W. B'. (Babe) DOUGLASS


Wage Earners Are

Supporting Him

Says Opponents Are Backed With
Republican and Federal
Campaign Funds

Florida's hard-pressied taxpayers
of the wage earning, small busi-
ness' type are the only ones' sul-
porting his campaign financially,
NMillard B. Conklin, candidate for
the United States, senate, an-
nounced in Jacksonville this week.
Conklin t3ok occasion to clarify
his financial position following a
widespread, report, issued from
Washington, to the effect that Re-
pu;blican athoney is being poured
into the Flo.r'ida campaign. The
Washington syndiicate story re-
vealed that the Associated Indus-
tries. which is closely allied with
the state chamber of commerce,
was giving strong financial sup-.
port, along with the northern Re-
Dublicans, to Judge J. Ollie Ed-
munds, Jacksonville candidate for
their senate,
"I just want the public to know
I am conducting my campaign for
Florida taxpayers, with Florida
voters' financial support, and am
depending upn---The sounrfl judg-
ment of those who go to the polls
on May 2," Conklin said.
"Despite the fact that on one
side of me I have the junior sen-
ator with millions of tax-extracted
federal funds at his command and
on the other side a candidate re-
portedly, supported by Republican
funds and money subscribed by
men in the. higher financial brack-
ets, of life, I know the common
oe-ople of Florida 'would rather
send a man to Washington with-
out strings. Therefore, I have re-
peatedly refused, to allow anyone
to tie obligations to my political
future by extracting from me cer-
tain promises, just in order to be
lavishly financed for a few weeks."

The war boom brings to light a
most deplorable, fact: A large
qum'ber of persons don't have to
have much money in order to have
more money than sense.


ROOM AND
BOARD
BY THE $800
WEEK 0

Dining Room

Open to the Public
Club Breakfast, 6 to 9... .26e
Lunch, 12 to 2 ........... 40c
Dinner, 6 tq 8 ...........40c


MRS. M. 0. FREEMAN
Corner Reki Ave. and 3rd St.
Griffin Grooery Building


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policy.
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by friends of Mr, Douglass)
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FOR



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25th DISTRICT

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BOB SIKES IS A FRIEND

TO THE SERVICE MAN
As a member of the House Military Affairs Committee, Bob
Sikes:
1. Voted and worked' successfully to provide higher .depen-
dents allotments to protect the service man's loved ones,
2. Helped to give the American fighting man the highest
pay and the best equipment of any army or navy in the
world.
3. Helped in the development of a sound vocational rehabil-
itation, job placement and educational program for re-
turning service men.
4. Insisted on generous compensation and the best medical
and hospital care for disabled veterans.
RE-ELECT
BOB SIKES
HE IS A WORKING CONGRESSMAN


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THE STAR, PORT MT JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA


FRI-DAY, APRIL 21, 1944


S *According to the best
Authorities, the mini-
mum daily A, D and B
46 quirementsoftheaver-
Sage person are:
-- A 4,000 USP Units, D
400 USP Units, BI 333
USP Units, B2 2,000
.-" Micrograms, and ap-
proximately 10,000 Micrograms Nico-
tinamide. The required amounts for
other P Complex Vitamins have not
,,yet been established.
Many people do not get enough of
these essential Vitamins. DO YOU?,
Why not play safe by taking
BRAND
ONE-A-DAY VITAMIN TABLETS
Each ONE-A-DAY Vitamin A and
D Tablet contains 25% more of the
cod liver oil vitamins than the mini-
mum daily recommended quantity.
Each ONE-A-BDAY Vitamin B
'Complex Tablet contains full mini-
mum daily requirements of Vitamins
BI and B2 and 10,000 Micrograms of
Nicktinamide together with a sub-
stantial amount of other B Vitamins.
)'When you buy Vitamins, compare
potencies and prices. Note how ONE-
A -DAY Tablets conform to the
average human requirements. See
how reasonable the cost. o
Get them at your drug store.








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BAPTIST CIRCLE MEETS
WITH MRS. P. B. FAIRLY
Circle No. 1 of the Baptist W.
M. S. met Monday afternoon at the
home f Mrs. P. B. Fairley. The
meeting was opened by Mrs. Wes-
ley Ramsey, circle president, giv-
ing the devotional, taken from
Psalms 122, followed with prayer
by Mrs. Nick Kelly.
A short business session fol-
lowed', during which the circle gave
$11 to the hospital fund' for the
purchase of a new therapy ma-
chine. The meeting was closed
with prayer by Mrs'. C. M. Palmer.
During the social hour, refresh-
ments were served by the hostess
to the ten members present.
The next meeting of the circle
will be with Mrs. Nick Kelly.

REV. COREY WILL SPEAK
TO P.-T. A. STUDY GROUP
The thridi meeting of the Par-
ent Teachers Association study
group will be held April 27 at 3:30
p. m. in the high school auditor-
ium, at which time Rev. Richard
Corey, rector of St. James, Epis-
copal Church, will be the guest-
speaker. He will take for his suib-
ject, "What the Churchb Can Do
for the Youth of the Community."
All who are interested are cor-
dially invited to attend this meet-
ing.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mr. and Mrs. James Ki'bourn
announce the birth of a son on
April 8. The young man has been
named George Norton.

|M.. andi Mrs. Jack Hogan of
Apalachicola are afinouncing the
birth of a daughter, April 8.

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Richen-
dollar of this, city announce the
birth of a son on April 14.

Mr. and Mrs. James, Lovelace of
Apalachicola announce the birth.
of a daughter on April, 14.

Mr. and' Mrs. Mitchel: Harter of
this city are the proud parents of
a son, born April 19.
(All births occurred at the Port
St. Joe municipal hospital.)


KIWANIS NEWS

The Kiwanis Club was honored
by a visit from Capt. George Tap-
per of the Army Air Forces', who
is home on leave. George has been
a busy pilot in the European and
African theaters. having 'been on
many missions, and club members
had a raft of questions for him. He
spoke briefly of the war as he
saw it on many )battle fronts,
which was plenty. He left no
doubts. in the minds of his listen-.
ers that a bomber pilot sees lots
of action.
Another feature of the evening's
program was the showing of a
film entitled "Our Neighbors Down
the Road," depicting a 15,000'mile
automobile journey, to the princi-
pal capitals of South America, via
the Pan-American Highway. Many
interesting and& absorbing scenes
made it highly enjoyable. Young
Maurice Maige assisted the' busi-
ness standards committee in pre-
senting the film.
The attendance at t e meeting
was something to gladden a com-
mittee chairman's heart.
Alex Young brought a visitor in
the person of John Chapman, pro-
duce merchant. Genial John is
well known to most of the mem-
bership, and makes many friends
along his route.
A new member, Norman Alle-
more, was welcomed into the c:ub.

REBEKAH CIRCLE MEETS
WITH MRS. W. O. NICHOLS
The Rebekah Circle of the Bap-
tist Church met Monday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. W. 'L. Durant
with Mrs. W. 0. Nichols as hos-
tess. The devotional was given by
Mrs. Durant and' prayer by Mrs.
R. F. Hallford'.
During the social hour fol'o' ing
the meeting, Mrs. Nichols, as-
s'isted. by. Mrs. Durant, served de-
licious ref,:':eshments to the twelve
members present.

Week-End Visitor
Miss Royce Goforth, who is at-
tending F. S. C. W. at Tallahai-
see, spent the week-end here aw
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. B. H.
Dickens and family.


PLAGUE OF ROVING
HOGS HITS CITY
The city has 'been overrun the
past few weeks with bands of. hogs
that are rooting up vegetable and
flower gardens and' driving city
officials daffy answering telephone
calls from irate citizens whose
remises have been invaded by the
porcine mobs.
In an attempt to compel owners
of the hogs to keep them penned
up, city police officers have been
rounding them up on occasion and
Monday, two were offered for sale
at the city hall. Another choice
150-pounder will go on the auction
block next Monday, according to
Chief of Police John Rowan.

METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. 0. D. Langston. Pastor
9:45 a. m.-Church school
11 :00 a. m.-Morning worship.
6:30 p. m.-Youth Fellowship.
7:30 p. m.-Evening worship.
Woman's Society meets Mon-
days at 3:00 p. m. Prayer meeting,
Bible study and choir practice
Wednesday at 7:30 p. m.

EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services every Sunday evening
at 7:30 o'clock.

Returns From Boston
,Ms.: Estelle .Mosley returned
last week from a 10-day visit in
Boston, Mass., with her husband,
Ens. W. T. Mosley.

Florida has 33,000 groves pro-
ducing 50,000,000 boxes of citrus
fruits a year.





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, The South Pacific Aerial"Exploits Cross has been awarded to,"
First Lt. William P. Campbell, U. S. M. C, of Minneapolis for his,
solo bombing attack against five Jap transports and ten destroyers.
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-filling the air with flak, he dive-bombed the ship formation, blasted
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FRI-DAY, APRIL 21, 1944


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REDISTRICTING PLAN FOR
COUNTY GETS BIG MAJORITY

(Continued from page 1)
section of the county north of the
Overstreet district.
I The Overstreet district will be
made up of Highland View, Bea-
eon "Hill, Overstreet and White
City, a portion of the district ex-
tending across the county to the
Franklin county line, separating
one of the Wewahitchka districts
and one of the Port St. Joe dis-
tricts.
It is now up to the board 'of
county commissioners to set 'the
date for election of commissioners
from the new districts', after which
candidates may qualify.

The Allies will have to recon-
struct the main street of Berlin
before they can stage a triumph-
ant victory march through Ger-
many's capital city.



CLASSIFIED ADS

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
BEACH PROPERTY-At Beacon
Hill. One 4-room, one 5-room cot-
tage; electric lights, water pump,
plumbing. Very reasonably-T-trea.
See H. A. Drake.. 4-21tf
RENT, SALE OR 'LEASE Five-
room bungalow 4 miles out on
Apalachicola highway. See C. H.
Johnson. 4-21*
FOR SALE


SADDLE HORSE,, saddle, bridle
and saddle blanket. Write Mrs.
Henry Griswoldi, Apalachicola, Fla.
5-5*
INDIAN SCOUT MOTORCYCLE-
'Two new tires, motor in excel-
lent condition; $250. cash. See
Herman Baribee, Kenney Mercan-
tile Company. 1
ROOMS WANTED
WANTED TO RENT-One dark,
gloomy room, with closet large
enough to accommodate bodies.
THE LODGER
P. 0. Box HH Port St. Joe
ROOMS FOR RENT
FOR RENT-Furnished room, ad-
joining bath; private entrance.
See S. E. Boyles at Costin's iDe-
partment Store. 3-31tt
PERSONAL
,PERMANENT WAVE, 59c! Do your
Kwn Permanent with Charm-Kur:
Kit. Complete equipment, includ-
ing 40 curlers and shampoo. Easy
to dp, absolutely harmless. Praised
by thousands including Fay McKen-
zie, glamorous movie star. Money
refunded if not satisfied. Weeks'
Dry Goods Store. 4-21*
MISCELLANEOUS
LEGAL FORMS-Warranty Deeds,
Mortgage Notes, Rent or Lease
Contracts, Promissjry Notes, and
Purchaser Agreements. We carry
a stock of these blank forms at
all times. The Star, Phone 51.
FISH BAIT Fresh, clean worms
that are guaranteed to get the
fish for you. See Eddie Beverly
in the ,Sheffield colored quarters.

LEGAL ADVERTISING
N 0 T I CE
Notice is hereby given that I1
will sell to' the; highest 'bidder, for
cash, the following described hog
now eld in the Municipal Pound
on the 24th day of April, 1944, at
fl:00. A. M. at the City Hall:
One Female Black Hog, approx-
imate welht 1,50 pounds, marked
left ear Crop and Under Square
and Swallow Fork, right ear
Over Square.
Witness my hand this 20th day
of April, 1944.
JOHN J. ROWAN,
Chief -of Police.
NOTICE UNDER FICTITIOUS
NAME LAW
To Whom It May Concern: No-
tice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned, pursuant to the, "Fic-
titious Name 'Statute, House Bill
No. 1175, Chap, No. 20953, Laws of
Florida, 1941, will register witn
the Clerk of the Circuit Court, in
and for Gulf County, Florida, upon
receipt of proof of publication or
this notice, the factitious name.
to-wit: Chestnut's Grocery and
Market, under which I am engage
in business at Port St. Joe, Fla.
That the -party aierested in sale
business enterprise is as follows:
J. R. CHESTNUT.., .
Datedi at' Prt St.3J'6, Gulf county,
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LEGION LAYS PLANS
FOR CARNIVAL AND
MEMORIAL SERVICE

At the regular meeting of Wil-
lis V. Rowan' Post 116, American
Legion, Tuesday night, plans were
gotten underway to bring a carni-
val here at some date in the fu-
ture as a means. of raising funds
for the post treasury. It the car-
nival proves successful it will be
developed into an annual affair.
At this. time it was also decided
to ded-icate the county honor roll
board on Memorial Day, and at
that time present Gold Star Cer-
tificates to parents of men from
this county, killed in action.
Adjutant Patty Lovett was in-
structed to order four medals to
be presented to students of the
Port St. Joe and Wewahitchka
high schools in the Legiin's annual
essay contest. Subject of the con-
test essays will be announced.
As the local post has never been
the possessor of an American flag
for use -at meetings, W. S. Smith,
in the name of The Star, pre-
sented a flag to the post.

FIVE THOUSAND SMITHS
Since November 10, 1775, when
the U. S. Marine Corps. was or-
ganized, more than. 8000 Smiths
have enlisted., Close to 5000 Smiths
a.re serving in the corps today and
over 100 Smiths have been casual-
ties to date.


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FI ECT STATE SENATOR



RAYMOND SHELDON


OUR






SENATOR RAYMOND SHELDON was elected to the State Legislature
from Hillsborough County in 1936 and served three terms as Representative
and is now serving in the State Senate. In. the House of Rep'resentatives he
was Chairman of the Education Committee in 1937 and 1939. In 1941 he *as
Speaker Pro-Tem; Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and was a
leader on Old Age, Child Welfare and School Teachers' Legislation.
-- In the last ejection he was elected to the State Senate by a large majority
vote. His term in the State Senate expires in 1946.


PROGRAM OF STATE SENATOR RAYMOND SHELDON


1. CHILD WELFARE Promptly provide for the 22,000
needy and dependent children in this State by matching Federal
Funds in the maximum amount. Require every application to be
acted upon ard completed) in less than 30 days. (Money now in
General Fund for this purpose.)
2. SCHOOL TEACHERS Enact into law the salary raise
for school teachers that SENATOR RAYMOND SHELDON spon-
sored in th,e 1943 State Legislature. (Vetoed by GovernoF). Pro-
vide for a prohibition against changing of school .books except
'by referendum vote of the school teachers of Florida. (No new
tax needed-millions of dollars' now available.)
3. OLD AGE PENSIONS A $50 per month pension with
a $40,mininium, $20, or more, of which will be paid by the Fed-
eral Government. Insure action on all applications within 30
days. Eliminate the "Pauper Test" and limit administrative
costs to' a maximum of 5%. (Cigaret tax of $5,000,000 plus Fed,
eral matching will be all that is. needed.)
4. AID TO AGED, DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND THE
INCAPACITATED A revolving State -Pension Plan for aid to
the aged, for dependent children and the incapacitated. This
plan to include matching by Federal Funds and will replace
present unfair and far from adequate Old Age Assistance and:
Child Welfare programs. This plan also for post-war employ-
ment stabilization.
5. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION Provide Unem-
ployment Compensation for mothers who are required to be
absent from their employment during childbirth.
6. VETERANS Reserve State Lands to be deeded to
Veterans, of the present war foir Homesteads or Home Sites
without charge.
7. ELECTIONS Permanent registration in elections ,and
consolidation of elections where practicable.


8. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Consolidation of Govern-
ment Agencies, Boards, Bureaus and Commissions which have
overlapping or like functions.
9 STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT To provide
for the Legislature, by concerted actions of two-thirds of the
members of both houses, with or without the Governor's con-
sent, to convene and transact business, and: same to be an a?-
ternative method for convening of the TLegislature.
10. FORESTRY An intensified program to reforest all
State Lands; the cost to be paid by the State and Federal gov-
ernments,
11. TAX COLLECTION Continue to improve tax collec-
tion laws, simplify and makd uniform taxes thruout the State.
12. ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT Reasonabta
economy in all, departments of Government.
13. HIGHWAYS A super-highway system to take care op
increased demands of traffic that will follow the war, and to
provide employment for thousano"s in the post-war period.
14. LAIBOR AND INDUSTRY Insure to business, big ana
small, the right to manage, superintend and control the affairs
of their own enterprise, and insure to the working man and we-
man the right to sell their services wherever they desire ana
to join with their fellow-workers in their so, doing,
15. FISH AND GAtE '- Program to vastly increase game.
and fish in breeding grounds and hatcheries thruout the State.
16. POST-WAR PLANNING Full co-operation with post-
war planning groups throughout the State of Florida. A definite
post-war program to insure to every veteran of the present war
a place in gainful occupation.
17. LAW ENFORCEMENT Insist that law enforcement
officers throughout the State perform their duties,


"The door to the office of the Governor will be kept open'at all times, making access to the Governor' available to.
every citizen when I am Governor," said Senator Raymond Sheldon.


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