The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 25, 1934, Page 3

THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1934. fend, Bull Bill fone iar ~ aviator ite e in the Mezican reek) his proposal junoto’ Jan ‘of marriage with a slap. He leaves fer, and Janioe hysterically tries to reach him, Chapter 15 LANGTON AGAIN TNALLY Janice got Winslow on the wire. “Spin,” she said breathlessly. “It’s about Frank, He was here and -——” “You mauled him plenty. He came to see me,” Winslaw’s yoice was re mote, faintly accusing. “Frank's a swell guy. He’s not like us. He can't take it... yet. You shouldn't —! Spin, I know! I know! I've get him on the phone, but or ‘won't answer. I don't to do. I think I’m in love him very much, | ——” eard Winslow's disgusted le said in an even Voice that ly bitter, “You don’t know feel. Yon haven't got a emotion;. with you it cans. It’s your mess. 1 Fe sf és Hit compartment of the train the man in the ticket office had told him made the best connection at Laredo for Vera Cruz. By his side was a sheaf of news- papers, most of which contained press despatches of transcripts from the Hydrographic Bulletin, pub- lished at Washington, D. C. The transcript was what later became known to the world as the famous Langton Bottle Paper. Bottles containing data to aid in the determination of and to add to the knowledge of current drifts Were thrown overboard und recov- ered as follows: First position not given. Recov- ered on January 2, 193,— at center nd bank East Triangle, off the , Mexico, in (ap- proximately) Jat. 20° 55° N.. long. . Paper in bad condi- tion from sea water. Fragments helieved to be in the handwriting ‘of William Langton. The writing (said the papers) had been definitely established as Lang- ton’s. Upon further examination of the document the belief was ex- pressed that the pigment used in the writing was human blood. This fact was to be confirmed by laboratory analysis. The bottle “pop” bottle—seemed to indicate to some that the paper was a hoax—-a tragic hoax, if true. However it was pointed out that the bottle and the beverage it con- tained was largely exported, particu- larly into South American countries, .fand that it would not have been un- ‘was the shadow of her guard who patrolled the lawn ——her employer's insurance that his star would not be molested. | “bpeanbed had walked aimlesely away from Janice Kent’s house with no particular destination in mind. He was sorely hurt and be wildered. All that old basic shy- ness that had been—before he knew Janice—knit in his attitude toward women, had returned in full effect. Until this moment the relation of the sexes had seemed very simple and uncomplicated. Women had certain outstanding characteristics: love of home and of children; they were gentle and dependent. One asked the girl he loved to marry him, and she accepted or declined: that was all. He knew he loved Janice; he be- Meved that she returned this emo- tion at least in part. The test had failed; to him there was no re- course, His walk brought him near Spin Winslow's place. He saw the stunt- fiyer for a brief interval. At first he made no reference to Janice. He simply told hia friend that he was going away; he was going to prow] about on his own account to see if he could discover what had really happened to Bill Langton. But Spin was not deceived. “It at first you don’t succeed,” he sald quizzically, “take another slap on the snoot. You get used—" Frank's face flushed @ dull red. He could not prevent the uncon: scious jerking of hie hand toward his cheek. The flyer whistled softly. “Sorry, old man,” he said gently. “Didn't mean— I'm a clumsy fool." iidn’t matter, Frank told him in a dull voice. He'd just asked Ja- nice to marry him and she had re- fused him. “Lcame to tell you I'm going away, Spin. { can’t stick it out. Yellow, maybe; but | can’t take this sort of @ beating. | couldn't work on the set of her for months—seeing her, ig with her, thinking about bet...” 5 008 up bie hat.and walked to oe r. “So long, Spin. Explain pe berg I'm called south. Happy landings.” Later he found himaelt walking Pate streets. He Was uncon- ‘of memory were dim jungle paths, men- tal scenes of warm-washed beaches spotted with lavender shadows of leaning coco-palms. Finally he went to his apartment. It was very late. He lay down on his bed without troubling to an- dress. He would wait for daylight. Closing his eyes he hoped to conjure up thoughts of salt on his lips, and that he sailed over warm seas into tropic dusk. But Janice’s face smiled at him. She was in his arms. He caught the fragrance of her hair; he tasted the of her lips. mothered curse he sat up s' He packed his trunk and his bag. The sun was an hour over the hori- zon when he phoned for a taxi. By ten he was {Installed in a Pullman Himes Lik thes trots 96 his | O88 usual for Langton to have taken a supply with him when he began that ifated flight. Further, handwrit- ing experts denied any possibility of a hoax. _. The paper itself was a torn-open cablegram envelope. No address ap- peared on the reverse side. Langton may have carried a supply with him on the plane. The message—what could be de- eiphered—was meager. The first por- tion was fairly legible; it told that bearings had been lost about a hun- dred miles south of Belize in British Honduras. It referred to the hur- ricane, and of his attempt to make Belize for a landing. The legibility faded swiftly here. The word “native” was made out. And startlingly vivid, almost as if the emotion of the writer had been concentrated in those four words was the fragment, “I die tomorrow morning.” Spree the general theory appeared to be that Langton. had gone down at sea; since it was concluded that the message had been written with a splinter and blood from a wound, this was interpreted to mean that Langton had hoped that some native craft would pick him up, and that by estimating the rate at which his wreckage was sinking he would die by “tomorrow morpitig.” Frank Grahame put down the paper he was reading and gazed out at the countryside flashing by. To him that interpretation made non- sense. No one in the middle of a storm lashed ocean, hanging on to what was left of an aeroplane could possibly figure with any accuracy a rate of sinking, even had that per- son—aasumed to be wounded and itself—an ordinary | lhe “sassed” the judge when ar-| (SECOND HALF T0 | BALL SERIES TO | START SUNDAY LEAV-| | ; PELICANS DROP OUT, ING ONLY THREE CLUBS;; | i | OFFICERS ELECTED pe | MEETING LAST NIGHT i | \ \ ! | Island City Baseball | a. at a meeting held last! | night arranged the schedule for; ithe games to be played in the | lesen half of the series begin-j ini this coming Sunday. | The Pelicans have dropped out of the league, leaving only three {clubs to take part in the new | series—Pirates, Sluggers and Ace- vedo Stars, At the meeting last night, F. j Acevedo, manager of the Stars, | was selected as president of the league, with J. A, Mendoza, who! looks after the interests of the Pirates, chosen as secretary. while Roy Hamlin, manager of the Sluggers, was named as treasurer. j O. Capote and M. Varela were! selected as umpires, with Oscar: | Pita to act as scorekeeper. The new schedule follows: Jan. 28—Acevedo Stars vs Sluggers; Pirates vs Sluggers. Feb. 4—Pirates vs Acevedo! i Stars; Sluggers vs Acevedo Stars. Feb, 11—Sluggers vs Pirates; j Acevedo Stars vs Pirates. Feb. 18—Acevedo Stars Sluggers; Pirates vs Sluggers. Feb, 25—Pirates vs Acevedo Stars, Sluggers vs Acevedo Stars. Mar. 4—Sluggers vs Pirates; Acevedo Stars vs Pirates. Mar. 11—Acevedo Stars vs Sluggers; Pirates vs Sluggers. Mar. 18—Pirates vs Acevedo Stars; Sluggers vs Acevedo Stars. Mar. 25—Sluggers vs Pirates; Acevedo Stars vs Pirates. he vs SENT TO JAIL SALT LAKE CITY—Because raigned on a minor charge, Orstes Bean of this city was sent to jail for ten days. | A turnip grown on the farm of I. G. Weightman of Jeannette, | Pa., weighed seveh and a half pounds, } {1934 there has been very hi ONLY SIX BUILDING'TENDER IVY TO |PERMITS IN MONTH i i Since the first of the year of] little activity ia the building and repair} line in Key West. This is shown by records in the| office of Harry M. Baker, bui!d-; {ing inspector, where only six have | been issued in 25 days. During the past week but one was issued. This is for repairs to! the porch of the residence at 523] Division street. | Owner, Haskins; cost, $40. H. Be} Peercdccccovoccacccacces CLASSIFIED COLUMN | ecccaces| FOR RENT 5-ROOM FURNISHED apartment, with"modern conveniences. Ap- pee 927 Eaton street. jan23-: tx | ~~ RADIO REPAIRING i RADIO REPAIRING. We repait| all makes. Guaranteed service, | J. L. Stowers Music Co. janl xe. FOR SALE OLD PAPERS .FOK SALE. One bundle Se, containing 25 old papers.. The Citizen Office. j novl :500 SHEETS typewriting paper. Only..60e. Get them at The Artman Press. Phone 51. novl —— WANTED WANTED — Colored dishwasher right away. Male or female. | Manhattan Cafe, jan25-1t GENTLEWOMAN WOULD LIKE. light sunny room amidst attrac- tive surroundings in quiet neighborhood with small adult family. Address, P, O. Box 326, Key West. jan23-3tx REPAIRING Soni ainsi Hips aa ee SEWING MACHINES—We re- pair all makes. Guaranteed service. Singer Machine Agency, J, L, Stowers Music Company. janl pare/ THEN SAVE on your GROCERIES by taking ad- vantage of our EXTREMELY LOW PRICES. desperate—thought of it in the first | He recalled his own theory: that Langton had gone down in the jun- gle back of the coast. It was puz- sling, he admiited to himself, that the drift bottle had been picked out of the sea beyond the north coast of Yucatan; yet supposing that it had floated around from the east coast, Langton could not possibly have set the bottle adrift down some interior point since that coast had no rivers! Still, maps of that coast were known to be inaccurate. The coun- try was little explored. Perhaps there waa @ fi¥er of two that topog- raphers had tmissed.—if a topog- pher had ever been there. Frank thought not. Once in the smoking room of a | “banana boat” enroute to Havana, Fraok had talked with an. unnata- rally tanned young man witha netv- | 4 manner. Later, when remember ing the incident, he suspected that the young man traveled in an official capacity of some sort.—probably a Navy gum-shoe, or, to be more exact, | a Department of Justice operative. This gentleman whose eyes looked tired behind their bleached eyelash- ee had said something about Quin- tana Roo—about perched in tree-forks above the trails, with their throwing sticks ready, and w only agreeable trait was patience. He eaid that he knew of only one white map who bad been through that particular strip, that les be tween Merida, the capita! of Yuca- tan, and Puerto Morelos on the coast opposite the island of Cozumel. (Copyright, 1934, by Berbers Jensen) ‘morrow, Frank jumps off Into the unknown, CLAXTON COMES IN YESTERDAY U. S. S. Claxton, of the de-| stroyer division, assigned to duty, im these waters, arrived yesterday. Vessels of the U. S. navy now! from a tour of patrol duty off the Cuban coast. im port besides the Claxton are » Destroyers Badger, Babbitt, Tilk | man, Dupont and Cole. Destroyer Ellis, which was on ipatrol duty off the Cuban coast, arrived this afternoon at 2:30 and’ is berthed at the naval station. The Destroyer Jacob Jones also arrived in port this afternoon. Key West's Firet Faneral Home Key West's First Ambulance Service PRITCHARD Phone 548 Never Sleeps natives who | "WE QUOTE BELOW A FEW OF OUR MANY SPECIALS: Magnolia Milk, ean .. lle Hershey’s Sugar, 5 Ibs. .. 24e Country Roll Butter, th 22 %e Cloverbloom Butter, (block), Mh ..... Pearl Cream, can Cheese, Ib ..... Fresh Florida E; Potatoes, 10 Ibs. Grits, 2 Ibs. . Package Grits, 2 pkgs. 24%c -. Ge , doz. 28¢ 25¢ - Se - 1Be Siam Rice, - Ge Jello, all flavors, pkg. ae Royal Gelatin, pkg. Se, or f 16¢ Chase and Sanborn’s Cof- fee. Ib Tomatoes. ci Maxwell House C White Beans, Ib Flour, Ib ae Salt, 2. pkgs. Campnats Verstabic” Soups, 2 cans ~ Campbell's Vegetable Beef Soup, 2 cans ..... 18 a osied Cake Flour, PKK. Catsup, bottle - Sunbrite Cleanser, can Royal Scarlet Corn, can - Kellogg’s Corn rahe 3 kgs. Palmelive Soap, hr Malted Milk, $1. 00 size - Brillo, 2 pkgs. _ 18e Corn, small can Diced Beets, small can . Ideal Dog Food. 2 cans .. 1S8e Foote’s Brand Strawberries, 3 cans 25¢ Prince Albert, can 12¢ Cigarettes, all brands, 2 pkgs. Nast 25e j We carry LIVE AND DRESSED CH week a truck of FRESH LIBBY’S PRODUCTS All items listed in this col re Libby’s brand— Pears, No, 3 can 18¢ Pears, No. 1 tall can 10¢ Peaches, N. 3 can .......... 13¢ Silver Dale cas wat No, 3 can Peaches, small can Baked Beans, ean .. Potted Ham, 3 cans Tripe, ‘large ean Tripe, small can Hamburger Steak, large can 1S, or 3 cans 40c Hamburger Steak, 3 a cans Tomato Juice, No. 2, 2 cans sinensis ae Asparagus, can 10¢ Corned Beef Hash, 3 cans 25¢ Roast: Beef, 2 cans - 28e Corned Beef, 3 cans -- 40 Spaghetti, No. 2, 3 cans 25 Beets, No. 3 can - 10 Fruit Salad, No. 3 can _.. 20¢ Fancy Black Berries, No. 2 can : 15 Diff Pickles, qt. size, 2 jars 28¢ Sweet Relish, 2 jars . 18 Cherries, No. 3 can - 20 Pineapple, No. 2 can 10¢ Lunch Tongue, 2 cans 25¢ Strawberries, 2 cans 15¢ MEAT — Pork Shoulder, ic Ham, ad Pork Loin, tb lam, by half, Tb 16e and ite - 10¢ 15 10¢ 10 = a complete’ line of FRESH MEATS, ICKENS and receive each FRUITS AND VEGE- TABLES from Miami. We have FRESH STRAW- BERRIES an sale this week. GEORGE PARK’S GROCERY and MEAT MARKET 1339 NEWTON STREET PHONE 453 ; work. ;sell will start veplacing and re-, who caught one | Key West. © KEY WEST Citizen POPPY STILL REMAINS IN TAMPA BAY ON LIGHT- HOUSE OPERATIONS GOOD CATCH ON VOYAGE YESTERDAY The Lighthouse Tender Ivy was} Charles E, Bredin, of Detre to go on the ways this afternoon! Mich., who is a resident of Key for general overhaul, scraping and) West during the winter, continues other | t° have good luck on his fishin; trips, never returning to shore without many trophies. Yesterday he was out with Cap- tain Johnnie Lopez and when he painting of the hull and Tender Foppy is still in Tampa! Bay working on aids to naviga-; tion. No specific date has been set for the return of the ship. {catch of mackerel, kingfish, Tender Poinciana is replacing) yacuda and black grouper. beacons in Hillsboro Inlet. As soon| Earlier in the week Mr. Bredin as this work is completed the ves-| was accompanied by Mrs. Br of the fin pairing beacons on the intracoast-| kingfish of the season. The f al waterway between Miami and;weighed 28 pounds and was ‘brought to the boat after a strug- When this is completed work; gle of more than 30 minut will be started on the erection of } ——--+~W¥— 34 electric flashing lights from ial tenderness in his Biscayne Bay to Long Key and | | span, born. Died Juy bar 21, 1796 jthen to Cape Sable. 1783—William Colgate, ©) York tallow-chandler apprent who became a’ respected and phil anthropic manufacturer of soaps }and toilet preparations, founder \ot the firm of the name, born in York, Today’s Anniversaries ceo qeccncccsecososes | England. “1627—Robert Boyle, pioneer English _ physicist, Died“Dec. 30, 1691. Died in New famous! March 25, 1857. born. | —-——-— | 1841—Elizabeth P. Bond, jed Swarthmore College, Pa. 1759-Robert Burns, Seotland’s | and lecturer, born in Dut world-famed poet, who poured | Co., N.Y. forth song after song of emotion- | Mareh “29, 1926. not- The tourist who “stays put” point in Florida . . . who fails to see this wonderful state has to offer . (VISITOR ENJOYS | ge BE OVERHAULED FISHING JAUNT |DETROIT RESIDENT MAKES! ame in the boat carried a fine « Died in Philadelphia | PAGE THRE e "Today In History | woecccaccecenccscccscses i 1917—Sovereignty of the Dan- lish West Indies, now the Virgin {Island of the U. S., passed from Denmark to United States. 1883—U. S. Senate passed Glass banking reform bill. 1825 — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., opened— {first American engineering col- jlege. orely in need of a coat, id vest, It looks like a es st. Subscribe to The Citizen. {| RICHARDSON’S STORE| FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Lux Flakes, 3 pkgs. ............ 29¢ Life Buoy Soap, 3 bars _.. 20c Lux Soap, 3 bars ...... ods bodkins,” glee. and ffy with th apparel, but will} Sugar, 5 lb: Maxwell House ‘Coffee, ‘Th 28¢ Cuban Coffee, tb 19¢ & 30c Milk, 2 cans eee Cream, 6 cans . Potatoes, 10 Ib .... New Potatoes, 5 th Qnions, 3 Ibs. ......... Tomatoes, 6 cans Tomato Paste, 6 cans Sliced Bacon, tb Cheese, tb “ Lard, 4 lbs. Jello, 4 pkg: Soe Fresh Yard Eggs, doz. Mother's Oats, 3 pkgs. é Roast Pork, th . Liver Loaf, th ARCHER’S GROCERY “The Store That Serves You Best” WE EXTEND A SPECIAL INVITA to those who are od stuff and that , to come in get ainted, We meet all competition with low prices and high quality. PHONE 67 FREE DELIVERY 814 FLEMING STREET | || Sweet Potatoes, § Ibs. . Phone 658-R _ Free Delivery Eaton and Elizabeth Sts. at one all will miss half the pleasure of a Florida vacation. Florida abounds in spots of beauty and interest that have drawn visitors from thousands of miles away. Don’t fail to see them while you’re here this season. Excellent roads and a marvel- ous climate will make your motor-trip doubly delightful. Any Standard Oil dealer or service- station will gladly furnish you free of ! charge a new 1934 Florida Road Map, “beautifully printed in four colors, showing the best roads to take for a trip over the state. gives you the safest, surest lubric ation you can buy at the lowest cost per mile. with ESSOLUBE today Drain and refill t CROWN STANDARD GASOLINE contalais a tual, added anti-knock properties, gives extra power and smoother performance—yet sells at no extrac ost, Try a tankful today } STANDARD OL COMPANY INCORPORATED IN KENTUCKY