The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 1, 1934, Page 3

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY — BLOND A New Sertal SYNOPSIS: Frank Grahame, ex- jorer, bound into the wilds of ‘ucatan to look for traces of his missing aviator friend, Bill Lang- ton, narrowly escapes death at ti hands of a man named Ortega. Janice Kent, in Hollywood short?) berore Janice had refused. franks proposal of marriage. Janice and @ company trom Hollywood are in Yucatan, unknown to Frank, to make @ picture. Greene, Janice’s iy man, has been shot on the Merida. Chapter 21 AT MERIDA REENE rubped at a lump over his temple. Thoughtfully be ad- Justed his coat upon his shoulders nd studied a ragged rent in its side through which some papers in the pocket had been blown by the bullet. “H-m-m-m,” he grunted. “So this is Mexico. What happened? A safe and sane Fourth?” ‘They explained as much as they knew. While they talked the train began to move, haltingly at first then with gathering speed. Lights began to slip past the car windows; then the trucks of the cars screeched around a turn. They were passing through a lane lined with shadowy buildings. “Mérida, I guess,” offered Ho- cit . pay to They jerked into a dimly lighted station. The men began to arrange the boxes so.as to be ready for their departure. ‘The train stopped. The other passengers crowded through the door. Outside they — see. dozens of Lemeg soldiers ling the platforms. There was &@ commotion at the doorway. A huge man shouldered himself through the press and approached down the aisle. His face was blue-jowled and dark, smoke from his black eigaret drib- bled through thick nostrils. He wore the bleached linen suit of the haci- endado, with the tunic buttoning up to the neck. His arm was carried in @ black silken sling. He loomed above the seated Amer- feans. For an instant Janice did not Tecognize him, then she caught her breath. It was Ortega, the man whom Frank Grahame had suspect- ed as being involved in her abduc- tion in Hollywood a month ago. While she had told them all fn My- berg’s office that she did not believe that Ortega-was implicated; never- theless to herself she admitted that she was unsure. Janice looking at him now, was conscious of a sense of uneasiness as his glance met hers—a tiny ringing of some sub- conscious bell of unrest as those flat- toned eyes were turned down to her. He bowed deeply. “Miss Kent,” he began. “How are you Mr. Greene, and Mr. Hogarth. It is 1 pleasure to see you all again. 1 am delighted.” His somber stare made his statement sound contra- dictory. “I have a message for you from Mr. McGrath, your advance man.” Greene stirred irritably. “Where is he?” The big man’s glance flickered over Mr. Greene and paused at the torn and stained shirt front. He al- Bowed the question to remain un- answered and addressed himself to Janice. “So Mr. Myberg decided to go on with the picture? It is good. { shail be delighted to help you. it has been & great regret of mine that t forced to leave Hollywood so 8: denly. | was planning to return ‘when | met Mr. MeGrath, I decided. then, to await your arrtval.” ANICR wished the man did not make her fe! so uneasy. Wagthis : well-mannered Oftecs 1, 1934, “Please!” interrupted “You were about to say... .” There was a shadow of annoyance in the smile Ortega gave Greene. “I was about to say that Mr. Mc- Grath asked me to meet you. I would have been at the dock when your steamer arrived but we have had a little trouble here.” His glance roved about the dam- aged car. “| am sorry you were attacked on the way in from the coast, but the revoluctonistas were marching on Merida and the troops on your train were federal soldiers. The revolu- tionaty party have captured Merida. The federals have retreated and are encamped, we think, a few kilo- meters from the city. They await re- inforcements from Campeche.” “What effect will that have on us?” asked Janice. “Mr. Myberg planned for us to take the location shots at Chichen Itza, instead of at the place you spoke of.” “Impossible.” Ortega shrugged his shoulders, “That is why | am here. A week ago McGrath was going to Chichen Itza to make arrangements for a camp there where you could stay while you took your pictures. However, he was unable to yet per- mission from the authorities. They had word that the revolution was about ‘to begin and the ruins at Chichen would probably be within the zone of war.” “Then what did he do?” asked Mr. Greene disconsolately. “He met me,” replied Ortega with the slightest of bows. “All the ruins in Yucatan are not at Chichen Itza, nor yet at Uxmal. Back along the trail of the Caribbean coast are others, bigger ones, and in better condition, too, for your work. Me Grath has gone ahead. | will guide you there.” Janice. ‘HANK you, no,” snapped Mr. Greene. Something in the tropic air had made the little man as ae gressive as a fighting cock. “Not any at all, thank you. Yours very truly, accompanied by Miss Kent and these three sons, will take the next train back to the coast, and thence to these or those—take your choice —United States.” Ortega shook his head and smiled. He appealed to Janice with a gesture of his.unburt arm, “I am afraid he does not under- stand.. There wil} be no steamers away trom Progreso. None will come to go away. The revoluctonistas con- tro! Progreso, When steamers come thefr supplies wilt ne seized, so none will come. It ts always so.” “Well, I don’t like this ruin bus! ness of yours,” persisted Mr. Greene, “What's more, | don’t like yon, Ortega. 1 think you're up to some monkey business. You're bad copy, if you want the truth—" “Mr. Greene!” exclaimed Janice with some sharpness. For Greene to call a person bad copy was, for him, highly insulting—almost a curse. “Well, anyway,” continued Greene in a quieter tone, “we'll stay right here in Merida until you settle who's who and what’ of ‘it. You can t McGrath to come back and make an occasional fourth at bridge until we can get to the only legitimate ruins 1 know of in this country.” “He means,” chuckled Hogarth who had been listening interestedly, “that he’s plagiarized a lot of copy out of the Encyclopedia on Chichen Itza. Any other ruins would cramp his style.” “Who says so, you .. . Svengali?” Hogarth flushed; Greene knew the director's weakness. Ortega looked at Greene specula- tively. “Merida? he said, “will be ander fire continually. it will be ‘safer where: will take you.” j . “OW.? said Mr. Greene after a re- nip | fectt command of his organization; later she met him at a masquerade cos- tamed as an eighteenth century beau ard he had been clumsy and She thought of him now. looking at Ortega. In a sort of reverse way this had happened to him. The pol- iehed latin aristocrat in Hollywood bad become somewhat gross—he was more effective this way Janice admitted—but there ade of Imcongruity in it—Ii fop turned rowdy. “So you waited,” said Mr. Greene. “Yeah. That's fine. But where in hell's McGrath? He should have ig met us at Progreso. He didn't show ~ @p. Instead we come here and get ~ @hot What te it? A revolution? ‘What's the matter with you guys down here? Dew't you know this is lousy publicity? Now if { was run- ning this country" ‘Aga ld meito'say that h ta‘ barge of arrangements, and that if Mr. Greene wanted to staytand ‘be killed, by all means 1 was hot to discourage him.” Greene bristled. Hogarth chuck- led. Wallace, the older of the camera men said, “Go ahead and stay, Greene.” But Mr. Greene looked pensive. His glance shifted from the face of Ortega to that of Janice, and back to Ortega’s again. “I don't like this layout,” he said. “It seems to me that the best thing we can do would be to get out of this country as soon as we can. You never can tell about these revolu- tions.” He turned to Ortega “You say we can't get out the way we came? Is there any other way... .” The big man dropped his cigaret and ground it under his heel. “The territory of Quintana Roo lies to the eastward. It is there I intend to take you.” (Copyright, 1934, by Herbert Jensen . Frank ane Juan fight S THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ' a3 ORTS ) HOMESTEAD TEAM WILL PLAY HERE TO MEET LOCAL AGGREGA- TION AT HIGH SCHOOL GYM SATURDAY NIGHT Homestead high schoel will at- tempt to get revenge from the local high schoo] quintet Saturday night for the licking they received | when the local lads made their re- H cent trip up the Esat Coast. The game will take place: in the !high school gymnasium starting at 8:00 o'clock, The Homestead team is reputed to be one of the best aggregations in South Florida and have on their line-up two all district men. from last year. . Coach Huddleston he has made arrangements several out-of-town teams to play here in the near future and hopes jto see a large crowd attend the fracas Saturday night. PETE NEBO PLANS | ANOTHER BOUT states that for KEY WEST SCRAPPER TO MEET BARNEY ROSS IN KANSAS CITY, FEB. 7 Pete Nebo, lightweight scrapper of Key West, is scheduled to meet Barney Ross in a 10-round bout at Kansas City on the night of February 7. Ross is the fighter who gained the lightweight .crown by defeat- ing Tony Canzoneri in a battle fought in New York recently. Nebo, it is said, has been train- ing hard for this fight and his Key West fans and supporters are looking forward to a victory for the local lad. GOMEZ AGREES T0 PLAY WITH RECIO Eddie Gomez, who has had quite 'a constroversy with Nestor Recio jas to which of the two is ehess champion of Key West, has ac- cepted the challenge of Recio, agreeing to play him a series of games any day in the week ex- cept Sunday. |_ ‘The understanding is that Judge Brooks will be Gomez” second, with Jim Sullivan to act as judge, the match to be the best three out of five games. If desired, Gomez will play Recio in his own territory, it is jstated. U. S. Senator Hattie W. Cara- way of Arkansas, born at Bakers- )ville, Tenn., 56 years ago. Minnie K. James of Virginia, { Baptist leader, born at Palestine, | Tex., 60 years ago. Herbert E. Winlock of New York, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, born in Washing- ton, D. C., 50 years ago. Dr. Walter C. Coffey, dean of the Univ. of Minnesqta’s Agri cultural Department, born | Hartsville, Ind., 57 years ago. George C. Wheeler, managing- | editor of Western Farm Lif Denver, born at Burlington, Kans., 2 years ago. ; whatever he encountérs,' displays (BATTING AVERAGES IN BASEBALL LEAGUE! i | (By 0. L. MILIAN) A complete list of the batting averages of the individual players | ‘who took part in three or more games has been compiled, which is the official standing for the first part of the loop schedule which was einched by the Sluggers. Peter Castro, Stars, topped the batting list with a percentage of .464; William Cates, who led the league in hitting until the last two games, finished in second place with exactly 30 points below the leader. ' Esmond Albury, Slugger, and Armando Acevedo, Pirate, were the only two others going through the first-half hitting the pill at a -400 clip. In tine teams’ batting we find that the Sluggers finished ahead of the other three clubs by four points of its nearest rival, Stars. While in the fielding department the Pirates are found to be first, with the Sluggers at second place. The Pelicans and Stars were tied for third position with a .292 average. The Stars handled more chances than any of the other three clubs. The list follows: Player and Club— . Castro, Stars Cates, Slugger: Albury, Sluggers - Acevedo, Pirates Acevedo, Stars - . Lopez, Pirates . Traynor, Sluggers . Castillo, Sluggers . Garcia, Pelicans . Sawyer, Sluggers Acevedo, Pirates Carbonell, Pirate: Swain, Stars . Sevilla, Stars . Griffin, Pirates . Pena, Pirates Acevedo, Stars Baker, Stars . Frato, Sluggers Ingraham, Sluggers Martinez, Stars » Al Acevedo, Stars | H. Gates, Stars Pet. 464 +434 434 -400 384 380 «375 H. 13 10 Frpoogosrmeum som A. Castro, Stars . L. Baso, Pelicans 1_G. Gar Pelicans | Stephen, Pirates . A. Perez, Pirates Rodriguez, Sti Casa, Pirates .......... Gonzalez, Sluggers - Gonzalez, Sluggers . Rodriguez, Pelicans . Mayg, Pirates . Machin, Pirates - Baso, Pelicans Molina, Stars . TEAM’S BATTING Clubs— AB Sluggers .. 212 Stars 219 Pirates .... 240 Pelieans .. 188 | 117 105 066 055 TEAM’S FIELDING Clubs— PO Pirates .... 160 Sluggers .. 159 Pelicans 142 Stars ........ 168 SvrErersS OUR MOH ONIN RMIT OS OCD END COIO HCO COCI CEI ORME MOOD AT MRO CRN ORDA TAATIN 68 76 67 70 MOVING PICTURE UNIT MAKING READY Captain Caswell To Battle With Various Monsters TO “SHOOT” UNDERSEA SCENES HERE Battling to the death with mon-' Stengler, first cameraman; Eddie sters of the deep, giant rays, man! Hyland, seeond cameraman and eating sharks, devil fish and sight Oral D. Cloakey, publicity direc- fish are thrills which make life} tor. worth living for Captain Wallace! Talking of Captain cornell and B. Caswell, now in Key West, his deeds of daring, Mr. Spitzer Captain Caswell is here with aj is enthusiastic of the scenes to be special unit of the Metro Goldwyn| shot in Key West waters and is Mayer moving picture company,|of the opinion the unit with the and it is planned to make sequen-| captain is preparing the making of ces that will be used in a five or;a picture that will be the most un- seven ree} picture featuring this} usual that has ever been made by dare devil fighter with the deni./ any company. zens of the asta. | However, the danger of the cap- Armed with a chromium steel| tain losing in one of his fights is knife, 12 inches long, made by the} always a possibility and the. M. G. captain for his death defying bat-| M, folks are taking no ee on tles, and clothed iy bathing the. py (being liable for any trunks, the pier aie SH pabciaent ee fathages that might methods of arousing the ire of his'follow one of the encounters. antagonists, be it what it may. Signs Accident Release When the fish, loped, To this end Captain Caswell ‘and the’entire unit met in the of. signals of being aroused to fight-| fice of Mayor William H. Malone ing pitch, Captain Caswell goes, this morning to have the captain after him and the fight begins,|sign a release absolving the M. that will demonstrate whether;G. M. company from any liabi man can bait a terror of the wa-jties in the event of his meeting ters and in that terror’s own ele-|with serious. injury or death, ment subdue him and make the, which, says Mr. Cloakey, is an kill. jever imminent possibility in the | life of the captain. i ieeiepre crate ra sd in| Mayor Malone, members of the many of these conflicts, only ence junit, The Citizen and The Miami ig fas , only once,! Herald were present at the sign- says the captain, has he ever been) i.) of the document which was absolutely hors de combat and this | itnessed hy. the. mayor and his a a devil secretary, Miss Mary Whitmarsh, oughly beaten, cut and stashed, | 4 phetegraph of the scene was end wes In bio deoth agonies, He} "200 °F % local photographer. bose is Gesperate fimal <ftott,) All preparations have been com- deel Sernerd cud the tony pees ae “ yee of the arth 5 ces taken and as soon as the hetdr o-age oy hap nice “pinaes the} vind abates and the seas become captain om the forehead. calmer, the company will leave, or PALACE THEATER [YACHT ALVA SAILS GOING BACK T0 TODAY FOR HAVANA SCREEN SHOWING: cone | MONTGOMERY PLAY! | DEPART; CABIN CRUISER | ERS WILL! ALSO LEAVES | BE FEATURE ON PROGRAMS) OUTLINED FOR FRIDAY,) t | | cans is yhoo IV,! SATURDAY AND SUNDAY | Ci¥i" Cruiser Ballyhoo | period of six months, during Starting Saturday, February 3,| Which time two new 145 horse- the Palace Theater will return to) POWer motors were installed, sail- | its old policy and go back to the|¢d this morning. isereen, showing “The Avenger,”| The vessel is enroute to Isla- 8 » - with Ralph Forbes and Adrienne| ™°rada to be used by the owner, Ames. | Louis Luckenbach. Mont; 1 After starting out for Isla- The Montgomery players, whol norada yesterday the Béallyheo en- | will complete their engagement countered such rough weather the Monday night, will be a feature on'vaptain found it necessary to re? y the Friday, Saturday and Sunday: turn to port after a sea sled, that | program and will éntertain the pa-/ Was - bisa pound- : 2 d out by * jo of this show with good) yacht Alva, with Commodore! bor leville acts. : neil W. K. Vanderbilt and party on} \ visi management of es theatre! }oard, sailed this morning for Ha-| es = samy jeri Masry er vana. The ship was — yes- Life wasetoumeaaistingiGieyiiavelccee 2 Behan oat récently signed a contract to buy all of the United Artists’ produc- tions for the coming year. . . . ,.|night for St. Petersburg. Abe wee har pro a on Yacht All Alone arrived in port Rena? andiknugs lahat it meoana tn night and is anchored in the in the pieture world. The following are a few of the: skis scheduled to be shown in} the near future at the Palace: {with 49 passengers. “Roman Scandals” starring Ed-; lanianie Fane es die Cantor, is termed the fea ne eed success of the year. This picture! eq by Florenz Zeigfeld, featuring is a Samuel Goldwyn production,! the song-hit, “I'll See You Again.” | and has on its east other renouned Ronald Coleman and Elissa Lan-} stars such as Ruth Etting, Gloria; qj; jin the Samuel Goldwyn pro-; cea a : anes and the’ duction “The Masquerader.” ean Gee i bey ove to be} Charles Laughton in sibed a Constance naan an an Mppacieet er ag nee a = ear. chet Tone in “The Moulin Recre|o Ge ie tema, ade “Deel a musical extravagaza, will no} jn “Blood Money.” \ cous neers to be a special treat! Lee Tracy in “Advice reater-goers, Lovelorn.”” Walter Winchell’s “Broadway| “Looking for Trouble,” with Thru a Keyhole” will feature a! Spencer Tracy; Jack Oakie, Con- perionee pasosendisereen oe ane ei Arline Jadge ‘ummings,! and Judith Wood. nar celene and Abe Lyman an Loretta Young and Cary Grant and. in “Born to be Bad.” Wallace Beery, George Raft and v cthe Coane of Monte Cristo,” Jackie Cooper head the cast in' and “Style” are two well-known pe es: s naa ee pictures with all star easts coming nn Harding jive Brook, Ot-| soon at this theatre. i a Kruger a Dickie rane have; Jimmie Durante and Lupe Ve- en assem! in tl ited! jez will star in “. . uareareee. dre . are lez will star in “Joe Palooka. Noel Coward’s “Cavalcade” of a! A patent has been issued for a/ woman's heart, “Bitter Sweet,” is' new device to prevent ice forming brought to the sereen by the man} on windshields. Warm air from who ve the Public: “Private! the motor will be collected and This picture is based on! carried to the lower part of the the Broadway success as present-! glass ny. 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