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PAGE FOUR THE FORT LAUDERDALE (FLORIDA) DAILY NEWS 'Tuesday 'April. 1944 nuru MRnm 'CLEAN UP, OR ELSE-!" Ft Lauderdale Daily News A1YD EVENING SENTINEL t) Pass In Review We'll not attempt to predict the next governor -of Florida at this early date but must admit Millard Caldwell outdrew Green, et al, at Stranahan Park. Green, who spoke last night, slipped from his economic platform with bang when he Intimated the day he entered the Governor's Mansion he would throw away the key and hold open house during the four years of reign. Southern Democratic, leaders have only a short time in which to make up their minds as to their next candidate for nomination next July. It would make it a lot easier If they'd subscribe to numerous mid-west and far west newspapers and their daily polls of presidential possibilities.

Republicans are jubilant over the fact that Dewey and Mac-Arthur are polling three to one over the Fourth Termites and are not hesitant to admit a Byrd-Farley Democratic ticket would upset their apple-cart. GOP strategists figure a great portion of the Solid South won't a THE GORE PUBLISHING COMPANY R. R. GORE, Publisher and Editor J. DICKEY.

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carrier 20c weekly, payable weekly. Entered as Second-Class Matter, March 11, 1911, at the Post Office at Ft Lauderdale under the act of March 3 .1879. be so solid if FOR runs again and in all probability will swing all the help they can to see that he runs. Florida followers of Senator Byrd convene here tomorrow with ceremonies in Stranahan Park in the evening. The Byrd-for-Prcsident ticket reads: State-at-Iarge delegates (men) Horace C.

Avery, Joe C. Jenkins and J. Mark Wilcox; (women) Mrs. E. F.

B. Anthony, Mrs. O. M. (Florence) Carter and 'Mrs.

Joe II. Scales. In the Sixth Congressional District: (men) Russell Friz-zell; (women) Ruth S. Wedgeworth. The Byrd movement in Florida has taken on national scope as m.

III Editorial the other 47 states Byrd Clubs anxiously await the May 2 primary. An army of paid political workers are going from door to door in Florida's 67 counties in an effort by the war profiteers to return Senator Claude Pepper to office, was charged by Judge J. Ollie Edmunds, candidate for the Senate against Claude Pepper, in a recent speech. "A slash fund to stagger the Imagination has been raised by those who ha.ve grown rich from profiteering on war contracts. This fund, reported to exceed $250,000, is being: latfshly spent by the largest political organization in Florida's history," Judge Edmunds charged.

"Senator Pepper has vigorously opposed every tax bill which i -a would have taken from these profiteers their excess profits. They are now repaying his kindness and protection by guaranteeing all the financing necessary to assure his re-election. Senator Pepper has supported every tax bill which would have taxed the white collar worker, whose income has not gone up in proportion to the increase in living costs." Broward News Roundup Capitol 'Stuff By JOHN O'DONXELL WASHINGTON, D. April 18. Just to give a rough idea of 1 new fiismvav the gay political madness and dizzy uncertainty of this feverish Capital we offer these observations: (1) Within the last week, the presidential campaign has pushed the European invasion out of the number one spot as favorite topic for dinner table conversation; (2) When Willkie quit after the Wisconsin licking, the veteran political writers were bemoaning the collapse of the two conventions as dramatic news stories much muttering of the nomination of G.OP.

Dewey and New Deal Roosevelt on the first ballot in their respective conventions. Tonight the boys were saying that there is a forty-sixth chance that FJD.R. won't run (this based on rumors of his failing health) a definite certainty that Dewey wul be fought tooth and nail by G.O.P. rivals (this based on Washington accepted 'Possum-Hound Chase Finishes In Time Out' Who put the overalls in Mrs. Murphy's chowder? Must have been the same person who put the 'possum in the Time Out Cocktail Lounge of the Governors Club Hotel.

It was evening and everyone was sitting around the bar relaxing after a hard day's work. The murmur of conversation, and the tinkle of glass-ware and ice filled the room. Little groups discussed topics of the dav politics, war. life in the Army when suddenly a loud sound like a thousand souls in torment penetrated the soft atmosphere. Without the sound of the huntsman's horn, with no ing-costs in evidence, the hound' a black and white mongrel stood at bay.

Without pointing, out with much yelping, the dog Through City Opens May 16 By DORIS KLEIN The $7,000,000 overseas highway connecting Key West and Florida City, continuing northward via Federal Highway through Ft. Lauderdale, will open officially May 16, O. G. Lindrey, fourth district state road department member, announced yesterday. Dedication ceremonies will be conducted by Gov.

Spessard L. Holland with Army and Navy officials as well as federal, state and Key West representatives participating. First automobiles to officially travel on the overseas highway will form a procession led by the Packing Houses Close Season: Shortages Seen Two of the three packing houses here closed ending one of the biggest tomato seasons in Broward it was reported today. Carl Bourn, foreman of the Edge Facking Company, Dania, raid Saturday was the last day for packing in Dania this year. He explained there was not a sufficient amount of tomatoes on the market now to contine to operate, although the season has been an exceptionally busy one.

Packicg Com.pan-, teo business they did last year. K. W. Daehler, who closed the company ten days ago at the usual time, said he was troubled with shortages. "Particularly, we were short of crates," he said, "Next year farmers should know more about the rumors that the New Yorker may espouse Willkie-New Deal philos of post-war internationalism.

(3) Dewey's friends here are bemoaning the Willkie with drawal, saying that it puts their favorite in the one spot he wished to avoid the spot he occupied just four years ago when he was out in the lead 60 days before- the G.O.P. delegates assembled in Philadelphia to put him on top on the first ballot then kill him off in favor of the outsider Willkie. (4) In the National Press Club there was a $30 to $100 wager Pajamas Are Warmer There has been a good deal of talk about (a) manpower shortage, and (b) paper shortage. We had never questioned the existence of either until there came to band a study on "Family Behavior, Atti- tudes and Possessions," which is Volume 4 of a series called "Family Living as the Basis for Dwelling Design." Now we wonder. The study is, as you might expect, a design for building post-war houses around prospective dwellers' habits.

But ft is also a lot more. As explained in the preface (there are also an Introduction and an Analysis of the Problem) here is Ituff for the sociologist, the anthropologist and the psychologist as well. Having read the fascinating monograph, such learned gentlemen will probably share our amazement that civilization and the family have managed to come thus far without this volume's help. The authors pried into the inner workings of some typical American families, and the following samples are typical of their findings: "Twelve women have a triple mirror, of whom six use it for combing hair, three for dressing, and three make no use of it at all." (This is followed by Table 40, "Per cent of People Putting on Clothes While "All husbands shave standing in the I bathroom. Three women read, three smoked, and 15 reported they sang in the tub." Besides straight reporting, the study has some brilliant deductions: Although the nightgown is most popular in both winter and summer, there is a shift to pajamas in winter, which means they must be warmer." (Capital my dear Holmes! But how the deuce did you ever figure it Bathroom sleuthing disclosed that 58 per cent of the families use the tub for umbrella storage, and 54 per cent for foot washing.

Also that 83 per cent can reach the faucet while sitting in the tub. It also reveals that "when showering most women report they do not get their, hair wet. The reason is that they wear a cap and most do not mind it. Of those who do get their hair wet 50 per cent mind it." (Well, get yourself a cap and stop squawking.) Occasionally there is a wistful admission of work undone: "It would seem worthwhile investigating how far the sire for twin beds may be tied up with a Hollywood social influence as a byproduct of censorship restrictions." We shall probably have the answer in Volume 5. There are 209 pages of this, 209 pages of heavy, slick, shiny paper.

Whaddaya- mean, manpower and paper shortage? A rosebud mouth is a very beautiful thing, says a beauty expert. In some cases, when closed. From Our Files APRIL 18, 1929 The new charter of the Broward county chapter of the Izaak'Walton League of America will be presented at an extensive program which will be held In Ft. Lauderdale. Monday, April 29.

Lester J. Schwingle, founder of the chapter ill be presented with a silver "Founders Button" As part of program. laid that MacArthur would have more votes than Dewey on the final ballot. (5) Heavy emphasis is being laid on a significant develop WoAhuufion (Dupaich by David Lawrence WASHINGTON, April 18. The responsibility of the Republican party in the Congress of the United States to help shape American foreign policy is so great that it is doubtful whether the Republican leaders themselves are aware of the significant role they are about to play.

This time the procedure with reference to an Association of Nations or international organization is going to be entirely different from what it was in 1919. Great Britain and the other powers dealt then with President Wilson, assuming that he had sufficient support in the Senate to ratify any treaty he made. But now Great Britain and Russia are believed to have come to the conclusion that there is no use bothering about an international organization if the American Senate, for example, is unwilling to participate in the actual making of the new organization so that American adherence is assured. This attitude is only natural. If a system of collective security is to be followed which will permit huge armaments to be scaled down; then Britain and Russia will follow one type of policy.

If the participation of the United States in a world organization is to remain a football of American politics, then Russia wants a free hand and Britain a free hand in dominating the situation in Europe. Thus, in a sense what the United States does will decide whether there is to be a return to the system of balances of power and. special alliances or whether the four major powers are sincerely going to try to build an International organization to whih all sovereign nations will be given a chance to contribute military force to maintain peace. The idea of a super-state or an international police force made up of a separate organization at the command of a super-state has never had much support here, though the term "International Police Force" has been loosely used to denote the idea of a strong backing for any future league or association, which, of course, has always been regarded as an important objective. It will be recalled that Prime Minister Churchill indicated at one time that he favored regional organizations for the maintenance of peace, and this was interpreted as meaning that he did not favor a system of collective security.

It develops that the Prime Minister was urging the regional plan primarily because, knowing American politics, he doubted whether the United States would adopt an attitude any different from that which she exhibited in 1920. Britain, in any event, has had to make plans on the assumption that the negative influence of American politics would supersede the broad consideration of human betterment that must apply if the next world war is to be prevented. The truth is the Europeans have been in all sincerity saying again and again to officials of the United States whenever postwar plans are mentioned something alonr this line: "Yes, but what does your Senate think? What if Mr. Roosevelt isn't in office, what will the Republicans do?" The Home Front By JAMES MARLOW and GEORGE ZIELKE WASHINGTON, April 18. Remember when the words "inflationary used to pop up so frequently hv public discussions of war-inflated prices and incomes? This term is applied to the theoretical figure in billions of dollars representing the differences between the estimated amount of money in the hands of individuals and the estimated price value of civilian goods available for purchase.

One of the principal arguments of the higher-tax proponents has been that bigger taxes were needed to "drain off" the money in this "Inflationary gap." Otherwise, they said, people would use this money to "bid up prices." That is, with the limited wartime quantities of goods and services which civilians could buy, these economists declared, people would offer more and more money for the things they wanted, going into the black market, and to develop disastrous inflation. But you don't hear much mention cf "inflationary gap" any more, even though there's a flourishing black market in some goods. Now comes -the board of governors of the Federal Reserve Bank system, which says in its April bulletin: "This surplus spending power has been added to the public's large holdings of liquid assets (savings, bonds, stocks) and has not been used to bid actively for the available supply of goods." What happened? This result is due principally, the board says, to "increased taxes, government controls over prices and rationing, war lean drives, pay roll savings plans, scarcity of many types of goods, and a public attitude that has favored saving rather than spending." This mention of taxes squares with the new feeling at the Treasury reflecting the views of Congress that taxation has to be based on practical ability to pay rather than abstrct thinking along "inflationary gap" lines. by Orville Revelle Dwight L. Rogers is a strong believer in better schools.

He has been a constant worker for better schools in Florida. Through his efforts free school books are issued to school children, and the law providing state aid to the amount of $800 per instruction unit, and the law giving every child in Florida the opportunity of attending school for eight months out of the year, are in force in Florida as a result of his efforts, joined by others. He also 'sponsored the Florida law which created the school teachers' retirement fund. Rogers served in the Florida Legislature for eight years. He made an enviable record in sponsoring and passing laws for the benefit of the schools and the school teachers of Florida.

He believes In order to improve our schools, it is not only fair and just to increase the pay and the security of teachers but it is essential. He believes that the school can be no better than the teacher and that the requirements of teachers are expensive in money and effort and the responsibilities are heavy. It is our public school teacher who has to do with the formation and development of character more than any other person except those in the home The character of the citizenry of our nation in the tomorrows may be measured by the character of our teachers of today. that philosophy In mind Rogers feels that the teachers of all people are most underpaid. He has, and he will continue to fight that teachers be paid a just compensation for the great service they render individuals and the nation.

A man who believes like Rogers is the kind of man we should send to Congress. ment in the Wisconsin primaries overlooked because of the dramatic cornered a 'possum in one of the elegant leather-cushioned corners withdrawal of Willkie. This was the unexpected anti Roosevelt strength shown in the Democratic primaries. The Roosevelt pro-fourth term regular Democratic state organization delegates rolled up 97,000 votes but, to everybody's surprise, it now develops that the anti-fourth term anti-Roosevelt, "No Politics" Democratic slate, car of Governor and Mrs. Holland, which will leave Key West at 10:30 a.

m. and arrive at Florida City at 3:30 p. m. Dedica of the establishment. Strong men hesitated and women stood on their chairs.

From a quiet, exclusive after-dark resort, which conducted no formal campaign, rolled up the astounding total of 68.000. the Time Out Bar suddenly took on the character of bedlam. Thef The face of Mr. Henry Morgenthau greatest Secretary of 'possum, dominating the scene, held his ground. Then a stalwart sailor grabbed the mysterious beastie by its tail, and followed by the crying hound, ushered the animal into the street, to what dark destiny was never learned.

the Treasury since the death of his distinguished New Deal predecessors, guitar strumming Wee Willie Woodin Is a trifle red these days. Fact of the matter is that Henry is being ribbed these days on the intimation that the old.fishkill apple raiser has been tipping off the Japs to our Pacific war plans. Nothing deliberate or seditious, please understand. Just plain dumbness. quantity of material on hand for packing prior to planting, since many tomatoes rotted in the ground in this area because of the lack of containers." Richard Swanson.

part owner of Swanson and Williams Packing Company. Hollywood, will remain open until May 0. the customary closing date. He reported present shipments only 10 carloads less than last year's closing figures. "We expect 15 to 20 more carloads of tomatoes than last year before we end our season," Swanson predicted, "We are running to full capacity, but naturally, are not as efficient or as fast as in Henry's Treasury Department has been daily publishing the cash income that we collect from Panama Canal tolls.

No one paid any particular attention to this data until an inquiring Mr. Nicholas P. Gregory of the Philadelphia Inquirer made the interesting observa National Cotton Council Charges 0PA Violations tion that every one of our important offensive actions in the Pacific has been preceded by a sharp and significant rise in our canal revenues. tion services of the road that was begun three years ago, will be held at both" Key West and Florida City. "Except for the toll section operated by the director of the Toll and Bridge District, the 122 over-yeas highway will be opened officially for the first time," Lind-sey said.

"Only; certain parts of the highway during the last 60 days have been opened." Sections north of Largo to Florida City will be completed May 1, and from Pirates Cove to Key West, May 10, if weather conditions permit, he said. The road has been open to traffic from Key Largo to Lower Matecumbe Key and through Madison and Big Pine to Pirates Cove. Construction of the road began 18 months ago, Lindsey said, while the Overseas Toll and Bridge District began in 1938, and was completed in 1S40. Appropriations for the entire overseas highway were from both state and federal government with the state contributing 25 per cent of the cost, and the federal roads administration, 75 per cent of the costs. Result: The Army and Navy, which had been too busy fighting the war to pay much attention to Mr.

Morgenthau's report of his earnings, suddenly discovered that some valuable tip-offs had been blandly handed to enemy agents ever since the outbreak of the war. the past. Our output is slower due to handicaDs created bv lahor The only ships that dont pay tolls when they pass through the shortages and particularly lack of canal are American and Panama warships. But the warships, supply laden freighters, tankers, of the ether United Nations must put the cash on the line at the rate of 90 cents per net ton when loaded, crates and nails." Florida tomatoes were sent as far West as Dallas. Texas, and as 72 cents a ton when in ballast.

far North as Boston, he Note what the published Treasury figures have been revealing said. Last year, Broward county vegetables were shiDoed to San Francisco, territory now purchasing tomatoes from Mexico. in their daily reports and monthly totals. The months after Pearl Harbor the Treasury announced that toll collections totaled $1,606,623. Then the U-boats began to strike on this side of the Atlantic.

We were highly secretive about our losses and restricted sailings. But not the Treasury. The Treasury pointed out to the enemy with daily figures that Panama tolls had dropped to $1,034,038 in January of '42 and in June of that year, when the submarine menace was deadly, had fallen to $295,578. Former Teacher Seeks New Post Marion Fugate Killed In Air The National Cotton Council will testify before a Senate investigating committee this week that OPA is violating the Price Control Act to the detriment of the cotton farmer, and that such violations are responsible in part for continued drastic declines in the production of vitally needed cotton goods. Wm.

Rhea Blake, executive vice-president of the council, will point out that production of cotton textiles has declined to the extent of one and one-half billion yards since 1942, and that consumers are being forced to buy expensive cotton goods because OPA inequities have forced mills away from less expensive items. He will show further that farm prices for cotton have been consistently under parity for the past "year. As a part of its testimony, the council will submit the recommendations it has made to Administrator Chester Bowles of OPA regarding correction of existing injustices and the restoration of that portion of production losses which is attributable to squeezes in textile ceilings. In furtherance of the intent of Congress that raw cotton should not be ceiled below parity, the council has recommended that textile ceilings be computed on a basis of at least parity prices for cotton. The War Today By DeWITT MacKENZIE Associated Press War Analyst The bloody exhibition of warfare at close quarters, now being Military funeral services at Pompano cemetery with chaplain R.

D. Killen officiating, will follow the 4 pjn. service conducted State national and military Interest in the plans to dedicate the Merle L. Fogg Airport here May 1 and the strong possibility that the United States Army Air Corps will be represented in the dedication ceremonies is evidenced by the many communications which are being received daily by the local committee in charge of the dedication detail from officials and prominent citizens in various parts of the state and nation. staged in the environs of the great Crimean naval base of Sevastopol as the Red forces fling themselves upon the cornered Hitlerites, naturally claims the main attention of a world which never ceases to thrill over brave deeds.

today at Pompano Methodist Church for Ens. Marion L. Fugate. 19, who was killed in a mid air collision during practice night Lola Trammell, Jacksonville, first woman candidate in Florida's history" to" seek a state" cabinet post, will outline her policies as a candidate for the office of state superintendent of public instruction, Monday at Stranahan Park. A former public school teacher, Miss Trammell believes an elementary classroom teacher should be given an opportunity to build up the school system.

"It is time for the people of this state to awaken to the fact that with all the vast resources and assets of this great commonwealth, Florida still ranks 35th in educational efficiency. This weakness is in the elementary grades," she believes. "No structure can be stronger than the foundation upon which it is built." This battle represents the climax of the brilliant Soviet which has broken Hitler's hold on southern Russia. When flying at the Melbourne Naval Air Station Friday night. Fugate, who had earned his wings at Cor historic Sevastopol falls as fall it must it will restore to the Muscovites the Crimean Peninsula, which has provided the Nazi pus Christi.

was the president of Praise for the legation from Broward county whic recently attended the Florida First Aid and Life Saving School at St. Petersburg is contained in the following letter received by C. A. Root, manager of Las Olas Casino, director of first aid and We saving for Broward county remoter of the first life saving Corps here, from Commodore W. E.

Longfellow, assistant national director of fires aid and life saving for the American Red Cross. dictator with a powerful air, naval and military base that has been a mighty asset to him in three ways: It has shielded his right flank on the mainland. It long enabled him to continue his efforts (though ineffectually) to break into the Caucasian oil fields which he so badly needed. It has permitted him to control the northern waters of the Black Sea and the vital coasts of Romania and Bulgarai. his graduating class at Pompano High School in 1942.

He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Donald Aurand; 'sister. Es-tella Fugate; brother, Terry Fugate; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Lindcey, all of Pompano, and by his maternal grand Still, despite the claim of Sevastopol to the limelight, there's father, Marion L.

Fugate, Adairs- another great Red victory up on the southeastern Polish front which we must not overlook. That's the capture of the strategic railway ville, Ky. Fannin Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. APRIL 18, 1934 Only 1,784 persons are qualified to vote in the primary of the special city commission election Saturday, a check of the registration books revealed today. Junction of Tarnopol after 38 days of fierce fighting in which the Humane Society Meets Tonight At City Hail The Humane Society of Broward County meets tonight in the City Commission Room at 8 p.

it was announced by L. E. Johns, president. John Roberts, presi SCOUTERS MEET Friday evening a group of ac tive Scouters presented a Health Davie Cub Pack Lads Attend Unit Meeting Commissioner Harl Barlitt of the District Committee on Cubbing briefly Friday evening with Mr. Oliveti, Mr.

Salvlno. Mr. Anderson and Mr. Stirling relative to the organization and registra- tion of a Cub Pack, for Davie. Numerous boys of Cub age attended this meeting and it is hoped that their parents will Evidence seeking to effect lower telephone rates In Ft.

Lauderdale and other Florida city was presented yesterday at a hearing before the State railroad commission in Miami. and Safety and knot-tieing dem onstration at the Davie Com dent-emeritus of the Chicago Humane Society, and Sidney Hol German garrison of 16,000 was annihilated, barring 2,400 who surrendered. Some weeks ago I invited you to keep an eye on this battle as one of the highly important engagements of the war. Tarnopol has been the chief bulwark of the Hitlerian line between the Pripet marshes on the north and the Carpathians on the south. That line has been a barrier to the heart of Poland on the road to Berlin.

The capture of Tarnopol uncovers another even bigger prize the great railway junction of Lwow a little to the west. This will be the next main objective of the Muscovites in that sector. The capture of Lwow should go far towards forcing the Germans to fall back to the line of the Vistula. It also certainly would expedite the Red drive through the Carpathians into Czechoslovakia at the extreme southern end of the Nazi battle line. munity Building for Davie Troop 113.

Approximately 30 land of Hollywood will be the speakers. The Society will complete ar watched Mr. Benfield and Mr. Miller with their First Aid Work rangements for the observance of Be Kind to Animals Week, which begins Sunday. Merchants are Practically all the evils of the Florida boom in their worst form ravaged the city of Ft.

Lauderdale. Unless one knows the hardy spirit of the people there, it appears nothing short of miraculous that the city is enjoying a responsible expansion. and Mr. Stillman, a retired navy man, vividly demonstrated useful and interesting knots and their shortly form the necessary committees to organize their owaj Pack. cooperating by allocating window space for displays.

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