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Key Club Captures Top Honors

It was bank night for the Ponce de Leon Key Club at the State Key Club convention in Tampa, for they returned carrying with them nearly every award that was to be won. Having traveled farther, with its entire membership of 26, than any other club in the state, the Ponce club was awarded the attendance plaque, given each year to the club having the most outstanding record at the convention. Another plaque for achievement was awarded the club because of its outstanding achievement program for 1940 and 1941. Chief among the list of achievements submitted to the judges were the Key Club work days, Key Club Cavallette minstrel show, boat ride, donation of pictures of famous composers to the band and the sponsorship of the Ponce Guards. Adding still another trophy to his collection was Senior Bill Pierce who won the state Key Club oratorical contest on his plans for the future. Through a practically unanimous vote of the convention's official delegates, Coral Gables was chosen as the site for the 1943 convention providing that war conditions do not make a convention impossible. The trip was financed by the club's various activities through the year. The Key Club rode to triumph in Tampa and brought back with them all the awards they tried for. Key Clubbers pictured above are, reading from left to right, Alan Craig, Bill Thue, Fairfax Montague and Bobby Paige.

State to Use Auto Tags Again

TALLAHASSEE (FNS). — Florida plans to use the same automobile tags over again next year and thus save both metal and manufacturing costs, estimated at approximately $25,000. Instead of purchasing a new tag, motorists will simply receive a tab dated 1943 to attach to their present tags. The tabs would be made so as to fasten over the corner of the old tag that now carries the date "1942." It is also planned to furnish motorists with a rear window sticker showing 1943 tax paid as an added precaution in the event of loss of the metal tag, State Motor Vehicle Commissioner Driggers said.

Uniforms By Nationally Known Manufacturers FOR Red Cross Work Beauty Operators Clinic Assistants Waitresses Nurses Maids WHITE and COLORS With Zipper or Button Closing DIANNE 246 Coral Way

Uniforms By Nationally Known Manufacturers FOR • Red Cross Work • Beauty Operators • Clinic Assistants • Waitresses • Nurses • Maids WHITE and COLORS With Zipper or Button Closing DIANNE 246 Coral Way

First Aid Principles Outlined by Kilborn

Nine basic principles of first aid, which should be known by every Gableite, were outlined yesterday by Charles R. Kilborn, Red Cross first aid instructor at the University of Miami. Kilborn said that one of the best ways to learn these principles is to use the "alphabet method," which presents them in this manner: F is for Fear. Allay it. Tell the victim he will be all right, even if you know he is doomed. Turn his head so that he will not see his injury. I is for Information, Injuries. Find out all about the injuries before you act. Tell the doctor everything you know—WHERE you are, WHAT has happened, WHAT has been done and WHAT first aid materials are available. R is for Reclining Position. Keep victim lying down. If his bones are broken, movement may cause them to cut nerves and blood vessels, tear the skin. Moving a victim with broken back may cause death. Even after a person has been saved from drowning and given artificial respiration, he should always be kept lying down for some time. S is for Shock. This is a state of physical and mental depression which follows injury. Simplest ways to recognize shock are by the victim's complexion, failing respiration; if he turns white, has a lifeless expression, he must be covered up immediately, kept warm, given a sniff of spirits of ammonia. If conscious, give a half teaspoonful of spirits of ammonia in a third of a glass of water, or a drink of strong tea or coffee. First Aiders must never give alcohol in any form to their victims. T is for Transportation. Do not move a victim, unless absolutely necessary, as in case of a burning building or a cap-sized boat. Many good samaritans who pick up victims of auto accidents and rush them to a hospital in a jouncing car, unwittingly cause dreadful complications. A is for Air. Be sure the victim gets plenty! If a crowd has gathered pick several strong men to push them back. Have them join hands, form a circle and PUSH. I is for Immediate treatment of bleeding, stoppage of breathing and poisons. Serious bleeding may cause death in a few minutes. Know the pressure points where bleeding can be stopped and how to apply a tourniquet while a pressure bandage with compress is placed on the wound. For cases where breathing has stopped, such as asphyxia, drowning and electric shock, learn artificial respiration and the supplementary treatment. For poisons taken internally, the rule is, flush, drain and refill the stomach several times until the poison is all removed. D is for Drink. Water, tea or coffee, as a stimulant is needed. NEVER give an unconscious person anything to drink. S is Send for the doctor.

T-TALK By BARBARA BROWNE

University students and faculty members are doing their part in defense, too, despite the additional amount of work heaped upon them because of the speeding up of graduation so that a full semester's work can be covered in summer school. Most popular defense measure with the students has been the First Aid course given by Instructor Charles R. Kilborn. Girls rush around school with their arms full of cotton, triangular bandages and gauze, while boys have animated discussions about the proper treatment for a shrapnel wound or a poison case. All in all, everyone is finding out that he is learning something he should have known long ago. First Aid Victims Many believe victims of First Aiders found that this poem printed in the "Hurricane" last week exactly expressed their feelings: "Lady, if you see me lying On the ground and maybe dying, Let me gore run, bright and free; Don't attempt to bandage me! While there's life there's hope; so, pet, Don't apply a tourniquet; Do not give for my salvation, Artificial respiration! Do not stretch my bones or joints, Do not press my pressure points! If queer symptoms you should get, Don't experiment on me! If I'm suffering from shock, Take a walk around the block! If you must be busy, pray, Help to keep the crowd away! So, whatever my condition, Phone at once for a physician. Let me die, I'll take a chance Waiting for the ambulance, From First Aid I beg release—Lady, let me die in peace!" All joking aside, 225 people have graduated from the Standard First Aid class at the U and 118 from the advanced class. Another series of classes has just been started by Mr. Kilborn. Professors, too, have been taking the course because practically everyone of them is an air-raid warden of some kind. Girls Take Defense Jobs Besides first aid, girls are finding defense jobs to do which include Ambulance Motor Corps, Filter Station, Red Cross and air-raid warden work. Bobbie Crimm, Marianna Bronston, Jayne Williamson and Harriet Marshburn are all members of the motor corps. Marianna is a second lieutenant and has already had a year's training. Joyce Rowe spends her spare time rolling bandages for the Red Cross and working at the Filter Station. Some of the other girls who have been rolling bandages are Lillian Alderman, Eleanor and Julia Arthur, Louise Wheeler and Rita Smith. Mary Krimmin is one of the few girl air-raid wardens. Although their work cannot be used for defense yet, Selma Bronston and Beatrice Litt are taking aeronautics courses in preparation for Civil Air Patrol work.

This Week the News

President Roosevelt announced creation of a Pacific war council which will sit in Washington, representing Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Canada, China, Britain and the United States. The first meeting is scheduled for April 1 at the White House. Mr. Roosevelt said, "It is imperative that all of the United nations now actively engaged in the Pacific conflict consider together matters of policy relating to our joint war effort." He said the council "will be in intimate contact with a similar body in London." * * * PRODUCTION AND CONVERSION—The President authorized the War and Navy Departments and the Maritime Commission to guarantee or make direct loans to small businesses seeking to engage in war production. Any Federal Reserve Bank may serve as agent for the departments concerned. Loans, discounts, advances and commitments may be arranged with private banks. The War Production Board reported organization of a Bureau of Finance with 35 representatives located in WPB field offices to help contractors and sub-contractors in solving financial problems arising in connection with war orders. The Iron and Reserve Board said steel production was at 98 per cent of capacity in third week of March. War Production Chairman Nelson said more than 100 war plants have already organized management-labor production drives. The President approved a plan by Attorney General Biddle to defer Federal anti-trust action which would "interfere" with the output of guns, tanks, planes and ships. * * * RATIONING—The OPA county clerks throughout the country now have 180 million sugar rationing books which will be transferred to schools for registration of commercial sugar users April 28 and 29, and of individual consumers May 4 through May 7. The office released for rationing beginning April 13 more than 100,000 new typewriters now in the hands of distributors, wholesalers and dealers. April quotas for tires provide 102,000 new tiresand 470,000 re-capped tires for essential passenger cars and motorcycles, 275,000 new tires and 246,000 recapped for trucks, and a limited number of recapped tires for war workers, taxicabs, farmers, salesmen and Government agencies. The OPA released for rationing several classes of higher-priced cars and those ordered by state and local agencies during 1941. The Office of Defense Transportation and ration ambulance hearses and station wagons. * * * CIVILIAN DEFENSE — The President signed a bill providing Federal insurance for homes, factories and farms damaged by enemy action. Civilian Defense Director Landis said establishment of first-aid supply centers which duplicate equipment already existing in the OCD Emergency Medical Service threatens to cause a serious shortage of medical essentials. The OCD said an air raid siren that could efficiently serve an area of eight to ten square miles will be in production soon and might cost as little at $1,500. * * * ARMY PROGRESS—All U. S. Army Air stations, except those at certain strategic points on the West Coast, will hold open house on Army Day, April 6, Air Forces Commander Arnold said. Late model fighter planes and bombers will be placed on exhibit, and air force activities will be explained to visitors. Congress completed action on legislation which will enable approximately 20,000 Americans in Canadian and British forces to gerain their citizenship to be transferred to the U. S. Army. The House passed and sent to the Senate an $18 billion war appropriation bill, including $7 billion for 31,000 airplanes and their equipment. War Secretary Stimson said the Army plans to induct 175,000 Negro selectees this year. He said plastic fuses will replace the standard aluminum fuses for trench mortars, thus freeing tons of aluminum and many machine tools for other production. Army Surgeon Magee listed many physical defects no longer considered a barrier for limited services for officers of the Army Supply Arms and Services. * * * THE WAR FRONT—The Army and Navy announced the Navy has been given full command over all anti-submarine activities on both coasts, and Army air units have been allocated to the naval commanders of sea frontiers. The President awarded Congressional medal of honor to General MacArthur for conspicuous leadership against the Japanese in the Philippines. President Quezon and members of the Philippine Government War Cabinet joined General MacArthur in Australia, where they will continue to carry on government functions. Corregidor Island was raided several times by enemy planes, but anti-aircraft fire kept the planes at such high altitude that the bombings were very inaccurate and little damage was done. U. S. submarines sank four merchant ships and two cruisers in Japanese waters. U. S. naval forces also destroyed installations on Japanese-held Wake Island, and Japanese-owned Marcus Island. U. S. losses reported included two destroyers, a tanker and eight merchant ships sunk. * * * PRICES—Maximum prices for gasoline and fuel oil in seventeen eastern states and the District of Columbia were set by the OPA. To stimulate production of Pennsylvania crude oils, the office authorized an increase of 25 cents a barrel for all grades. OPA asked retail meat markets not to raise fresh pork-cuts prices above mid-March levels. From April 1 to May 30 "standard" newsprint prices will be frozen at the current price of $50 a ton, and a per-manent price order will be issued before May 30. The OPA set retail price ceilings for new typewriters at March 5 levels, and for radio receiving sets, pho-nographs, domestic washing and ironing machines, domestic heat-ing and cooking stoves at March 19 levels. * * * PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS—The WPB ordered manufacture of electric toasters, flatirons and other electrical appliances to cease after May 31, preparatory to converting the $60 million industry to war production. The board ordered production of straight and safety razors and blades to be held to the 1940 total of 2,400 million, about 600 million less than last year's output. The board also prohibited manufacture of metal household furniture after May 31, curtailed manufacture of floor lamps and portable electric lamps, frozen manufacturers' stocks of unit heaters and ventilators, restricted tea deliveries and sales to 50 per cent of amounts delivered and sold in 1941. It also placed pig iron under a complete allocation system and curtailed use of iron and steel in metal office supplies. The President signed the second war powers bill, which provides criminal penalties for priority violations and extends the President's property seizure powers. The WPB said a modified production requirements plan has been developed for firms with an annual volume of less than $100,000. The conservative critical materials, the WPB prohibited destruction of certain used rubber products and ordered simplification of plumbing fixtures. * * * AGRICULTURE — Agriculture Secretary Wickard said farmers are making shifts in operations this year which ordinarily would require several years, but with normal weather conditions wartime goals for several commodities probably will be exceeded. To increase 1942 production of pack-canned tomatoes and peas for military use, the War Department told canners it will pay higher prices for the pack of those agreeing to guarantee fixed minimum prices to the grower. The Agriculture Department said it will continue to support market prices for designated types of 1941 crop dry edible beans. Cabinet members of the Ponce Girl Reserves pictured above are, left to right, Theresa Roberts, Helen Tomlinson and Elizabeth Belflower.

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AIR-MAIL FOR ADOLF!

• When that special-delivery bomb drops on Berlin, it will probably be marked "Made in U. S. A." No other country can compare with America's war production, now that we're really rolling. No other has the men, the machines—or the electric power. It takes a tremendous lot of power to turn the wheels that turn out tanks, planes and ships for all the United Nations—but America is power-full. You can thank the men and management of America's electric companies for that. They looked and planned ahead. They were really ready when war came—with more electric power than Germany, Japan and Italy combined. They were able to meet sudden military and industrial demands all over the map. Here is a business built the American way—by local enterprise and individual investment—dedicated to defending the American way until the last bit of air-mail has been delivered to the last dictator! FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY