The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 30, 1938, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1938 a AS nt oe __ THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The girl across the aisle was staring atme again. She looked strangely familiar, but ‘I couldn't place her. Chapter One The Stranger’s Face was dull, I dropped it, consulted my .wrist watch to find that another hour must be killed somehow and turned to the train window. Cornfields were wheel- ing-monotonously past, miles upon miles of them, green- | gold under the violent sun, their patterned rows riffling like an interminably opening fan, their endless aisles leading from no- where to nowhere «cross a fertile desert. An occasional black dirt road flashed by, innocent of trav- elers, a gash in the green landscape that the fields rushed backward to cover. My hypnotized eyes were begin- ning to close when something drew them away from the window, back to the nearly empty car. The girl across the aisle was watching me again. She glanced quickly away, but not before I had seen that she was staring at my ring—the dia- mond-set miniature of his class _Fing ‘that Charlie had given me the summer before. I studied her intently for a ‘moment, trying again to solve the tantalizing familiarity that had bothered me when I first noticed her, just out of Chicago. She was older than I, near thirty, f thought; but it was difficult judge, for she looked ill, or in trou- ble. She was thin and pale, her hair and skin the same lifeless beige, her light blue eyes shadowed dark circles. Her clothes were of Idec! I did not know her. misled by a ch: ture, or whether she had merely been thinking it Ly sort | if of an my suspicion had seen her Charlie's Silence ‘THEN I forgot the small puzzle of identity that was to loom so Wright was advancing sedately across the station platform—alone. And suddenly it rushed over me that Charlie's silence over this visit of mine might have caused by something more serious than his careless letter- writing habits. I had written him of Elizabeth's invitation and he had not answered the letter—not by en an unusual oversight on his part, but one capable of two interpretations, as I saw now for the first time. It was Elizabeth's privilege to ask me to visit her; it was my ceidame to accept. If for any reason jie were to find my — ‘on the post cgay re was pres Bs could do about it—and was iy exact], what he had done. Nor had he nog it convenient to meet my in. in a few hours, for Elizabeth | h: There are moments of intelli-| and gence that defy all rationa] ex- | goomemged of the workings of the uman. mind. I stepped off the train that midsummer afternoon, Saw the strange girl vanish into the waiting room, saw Elizabeth com- ing to meet me alone; and com- plete though formless advance OXFORD HONORS BENES former osiovakia, has been knowle was given me of the horrors of the dreadful night ahead of us all, I halted, terrified by the silent of something for me ‘to go Fort Ben Havens ‘HE impulse to need that voice was ae that half turned ‘pack to the wi g tvain. The por- ter was picking up his step. “Lose something, miss?” “I—no. It’s nothing. .. .” He touched his cap, swung onto the slowly moving car. | stared after him hopelessly, badly shaken by my desire to run shouting along the platform, to race the gather- ing speed of the train, to be pulled aboard. ‘ on.eatth would Eliza/,eth ‘Of such a performance? I smiled involuntarily and turned to meet her innocent answering smile. “I’m so glad you could come,” she said warmly, taking determin- ed possession of my suitcase with her invariable, insistent courtesy which is impossible to resist, and of me to a shiny little black at I had never seen before. ey: present,” she ex- plained, ing it off to me with childlike pride. “I’ve had it for two weeks, I’ve already driven it to ‘own several alone, so I told Mr. Spencer not to bother about getting excused from duty so he could you out. The men are all so , with one thing and another,” she added vaguely. The explanation was plausible and my moment of prescience had vanished. I settled myself in the ear with thesensible reflection that ‘lie were up to anything I ly as well find it out now as ater, For the next five miles my fore- bodings took a new direction. At first I to chatter nonchalant- lyg but "'s answets were monosyllables delivered from the Sather of Her mouth with such an air of painful concentration that I was glad to take the hint and turn my attention to the road. This, fortunately, was. graveled and smooth, for we attacked it with . | all. the. furore of a terrier wor- tying a large snake. We rocked and ‘bucked the road coiled and straightened while we charged on- wi the hot, dry wind swirling backward the dust of our passage Elizabeth sat painfully erect. her blue eyes boring ahead, both ands on the wheel. elbows well in. On her face was the look of firm kindness I had seen when she was gentling a nervous horse. I swallowed a hysterical giggle and clutched the side of the car as we shied past a truck, one wheel kick- ing at the rim of the ditch. A quarter of a mile farther on we turned on two wheels through the open gate, narrowly missing a deft-footed sentry, and entered the post. Fort Ben Havens is one of those familiar rectangular communities that dot the prairies of the Middle West. The nearest passenger trains stop at the village five miles dis- tant and except for a few scattered dwell: a general store the spiked iron fence shuts out only fields and fields of nodding corn. Tn contrast to the surrounding country, the post itself is as sleek groomed as a city park. We had entered at one end of the rectangle. Ahead of us stretched the smooth turf of the le ground; facing it on the right was the long row of barracks, on the left the officers’ quarters: beyon: at the far end of the plain, the flag floated high above warters, of Czech- elected an president OXFORD, Eng.—A. W. Wood, honorary member of the society. President of the Oxford Union, announces that Dr. Eduard Benes, Subscribe to The Citizen, nucleus of a oD of build- ings that inclu the ‘Officers? Club, the chapel, the Post Ex- change and the Service Club. Sanctuary AS occasional khaki-clad fivere crossed my field of vision, put otherwise the post seemed we- serted. Elizabeth negotiated #. abrupt turn, halted the car in its tracks, and the hush of the summer afternoon closed about us, Colonel Wright’s quarters stood in majestic isolation at the near end of the plain, facing the review- ing stand where the band played lugubriously on Sunday after- noons. The outlook was lovely, but | the house itself was uncompromis- ingly ugly. Built of red brick, like most of the buildings on the post, it was squarish and tall, with a broad veranda across the front and sides. Inside, the rooms were too large, the ceiling too high, the win- dows big and ugly; and within the bare white walls were crowded the motley furnishings peculiar to army houses. There were plain, heavy mahogany pieces, tables of carved ebony, black-and-white peacock chairs from the trap side by side with deep and well- worn easy chairs, There were brass trays and countless little brass boxes, ugly long bolo knives and a row of ivory elepi.ants paradi: across the golden oak mantel noe the living room. The Chinese rugs were magnificent and overlapped each other on every evailable inch floor space. But in spite of its startling jux- tapositions, its candid violation of the laws of good decoration, that interior had its own distinctive charm—a charm that partook of the perfume of spices and myrrh, of.the flavor of an unfamiliar world. Within those walls there was sanctuary from the humdrum. Elizabeth led the way upstairs to a room I had occupied before. It was immaculate and cool, and trees murmured outside the open windows. The smell of green grass was good after the city staleness T had left behind. “We'l’ have some cold lunch when you're veady,” she said, pausing in the doorway. “I told Annie to wait, because I don’t like to eat alone, and Father left for Omaha early this morning.” Somewhere a clock struck two as her measured steps retreated down the stairs. I made with a sketchy toilet. There had been no diner on the train, as Elizabeth btless: knew. i epybtlems ew. Tt wasrtiieg her to In the big dusky dining room 1 lunched hungrily, ‘cheered on by middle-aged Annie, a fiery little daughter of Erin whose friendly chatter was interrupted only by the swinging door into the kitchen through a Tega ps and reappeai wit! gusto. “Sure and it does heart good to see a young miss that's got the good sense to eat her food and _— it — not be all the time inting and thinning _ a rabbit at two leaves of let- uce.” “That will be all, Annie,” said Elizabeth. “As soon as you clear away you may go. You remember we'll be out for dinner.” ba and why else would I be feeding you up so hearty? It'll be and nibbling | THE ARMY POST MURDERS FLORIDA LEADS By Virginia Hanson NATION IN HIGH TAXES ON AUTOS -REVEALED THAT MAIN CAUSE THAT MUCH OF FUND GOES TO USES UNRELATED TO HIGHWAYS (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Nov. 30.— Once again Florida leads the na- ‘tion in the total annual average tax paid on each motor vehicle ‘registered in the state, E. Screven Bond, manager of the Florida Division of the American Auto- mobile Association, pointed out today. “Special taxes on motor vehicles again hit a new high level in 1937 with the result that the modern automobile, during its normal life span of eight years, pays taxes equal to double its value,” Mr. Bond stated im connection with a new survey by A.A.A. Na- tional headquarters which gives detailed information regarding valuation and taxation of motor ‘vehicle property in 1937. “The inordinate level to. which motor taxes have risen is clearly revealed in the report's figures for Florida”, the local A.A.A. ex- ecutive said. “The average auto- mobile in our State cost its owner $81.93 in special motor vehicle taxes during 1937—highest rate in the»nation. Since the average | car’s life-value is $201.87, the tax |paid on it last year alone was | equivalent to 40.6 per cent of its value. “Thus the Florida motor ve-| hicle owner was subjected, in | 1987, to a tax ratio of $40.53 for | each $100 of value—an extremely | high ratio judged by any stand- ard.” | Mr. Bond pointed out that in \his opinion the only possible way in which Florida taxes could be reduced to somewhere near the national level of $26.43 for each | $100 ‘of value, would be for Flor- ida motorists to insist that all motor vehicle revenues be used for road purposes exclusively. | In commenting on the necessity for stopping diversion of road funds, Mr. Bond said: “In the April 1938 issue of American | Highways, the American Associd-‘ |tion of State Highway Officials! | estimated that nearly one-half of the so-called imiproved roads on Fiorida’s state system are in need |of immediate reconstruction be- | cause of traffic and safety condi-| tions—involving an expenditure of $140,225,000. Yet last year, of the $27,597,743 collected from Florida’ motorists, only $9,268,- 184 went for highway construc- tion, maintenance and adminis- tration. Much of the remainder | went to uses entirely unrelated to highways—contrary to the pur-| pose for which it was originally | intended.” veeececesse Temperatures” 0 Ins. .06 Ins. |Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation —_. Phin rooerd covers 24shoar period , ending nt S o'clock thix moruing. 's Almanac 55 a. Pp. Sun rises Sun sets Moon rises :26 p. ‘Moon sets a 1:09 a. Tomorrow's Tides High’ Sea level, 30.13. WEATHER FORECAST «Till 7:30 p. m., Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Thursday; not much change in temperature; light to moderate northerly winds. hungry you are by npr hat-r“Wiori@a: Generally fair to- with the cookin’ o. that ever, But Til be in by eleven, ever. But usual, and I'll be leavin’ you sandwiches; I make no doubt you'll be havin" in some of!them fancy young:men that throw their cigarette butts in my clean sink. Well—have a good time.” And she flounced out. Elizabeth distinctly blushed. I wondered whom Annie meant by “fancy young men.” Did Eliza- beth have a heart interest on the post idget (Copyright, 1338, Virginia Henson} fomerrew: Costumes fer an Army MUSIC ANNOYED HIM HULL, England—Antonio Gal- sprin of this city fired five bul- lets into a neighbor's violin be- cause its music annoyed him, _ 4 tvand ‘Thursday; not much ¢ in temperature; frost in extreme north portion tonight. Jacksonville to Florida Straits ard, East Gulf: Light to moder- ate northerly winds, and partly overcast weather tonight. and ‘Thursday. DARNS HIS OWN SOCKS NEW YORK—in his suit for divorce, Walter Seaton of this city testified that his wife forced him te-darn his own socks. THROWS HOT ASHES BELFAST—Mrs. Mary Loxen of this city admitted she had thrown hot ashes on her husband when he refused te get up in the Ther nang. PAGE THREE 200 ccc eeeececeoenecesenseeeesaseeees 200 cereesoececscessoececoooeoosocees| Breaks 33 Year R one ene 4p alet Breaking a 33 year old record this free legged pacer, Billy Birect, is the new king of the American harness turf since he did the mile in 1:55. This figure is a quarter second faster. than the record made by Dan Patch, a trotting immortal, back in 1905, a time of 1:5514. Economic “SOs Highlights ‘American Business Surges Upward In Construction, Electric Power, Agriculture, Retail Trade, Prices and Transportation; Further Gains May Be Confidently Expected; Conservative Congress Heartens Business As we approach the Christmas season, business continues jusual activity is found in the; HOLIDAY MENUS — BY ARMOUR CO. DEALERS TIE-IN FOR EXTRA HOLIDAY PROFITS IN DECEMBER | Armour’s colorful December advertising campaign will fea- ture three exciting new holiday- meal ideas for busy housewives. its|Tesidential field. Future steady'Each delicious holiday meal— march forward on practically all |i#™provment is expected here, and | breakfast, luncheon and dinner— fronts. It is true there have been |also in industrial construction. | | ELECTRIC POWER: Output is will be attractively illustrated in the pages of newspapers and some sharp reverses in the secur-! at good levels for the season. The! magazines throughout the nation. ity markets of late, but they utilities’ new expansion program | These holiday-meal suggestions, have been due, not to the busi-; is slowly getting underway. The offered in Armour’s famous Meal ness situation, but largely to the severely strained relations japparent “truce” reached be-/ of the Month Service for Decem- be-| tween this industry and the Ad- ber, were created by Marie Gif- tween this country and Germany| ministration is an encouraging ford, Armour’s well-knwon. food —an immensely serious matter whose end is not yet in sight, and whose ultimate effect on commerce and trade cannot now |otherwise brightening economic } Cornmeal be accurately forecast. | factor. | AGRICULTURE — Is still a }comparatively dark spot in an |pieture. As this column: has ob-— expert. Armour Star products are featured in eath meal: Ar- mour’s Star Bacon and Star for breakfass; {Star Pork Sausage Links for luncheon; A glance over the complete fig- | served before, the government’s and Armour’s Star Ham-as the ures for October shows it to have} farm program has suffered prac- main dish for dinner. ‘been a very good month in al- | In some, it was other hand, farm income for the ; is available to every housewife in same! year will reach a fairly good to- Armour’s Meal Guide—an im- most all lines. exceptionally good. This favorable trend extended into the first three weeks of Novem- ber, and there seems no reason why it should change in the near future. One of the best signs is the fact that rise in demand for certain basic products, such as steel, has been materially greater than the rise in production. This indicates that further gains in ac- ‘tivity may be confidently expect- ed before long. And, of equal importance, the inventory situa- tion, which was extremely bad last spring is steadily improv- ing. It is obvious that the anti-ad- ministration gains in the last gen-! eral election have pleased and heartend a large segment of busi- ness, which has been worried and afraid of what:it considers New Deal extremism. It is almost unanimously forecast that the next Congréss. will be highly conservative, in comparison to its predecessors, and that the Presi- . {dent will be foreed to compromise .|his “reform” program. Some briefs of interest follow: CONSTRUCTION — Building “\in Qctober touched the highest peak in a number of years. Un- Today's Birthdays eee evcececcecoceces Prof. Douglass W. Johnson of Columbia, noted geologist, born at Parkersburg, W. Va., 60 years ago. Governor Henry Horner ,of Il- linois, born in Chicage, @0>years ago. Rev. Dr. Daniel A Poling "af Philadelphia, Baptist clergymary' president of the Int Society~of! Christian Endeavor, born at Portland, Oreg., 54 years ago. Charise E. Hughes, Jr., of New York, lawyer, son of the chief justice, born in New York, 49 years ago. Frederic W. Wile of Washing- ton, D. C., journalist, born at La Porte, Ind., 65 years ago. Rear Admiral Perceval S. Ros- siter, U.S.N.. chief of. the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, who today reaches retirement age, ‘tically complete collapse. On the tal, and no “crisis” in agriculture is to be expected. i PRICES — Commodity prices j have been strengthening, but most authorities regard them as | being still too low in the light of the grains in industrial activity. | Gradual rises over a considerable | period of time are anticipated. | RETAIL TRADE: Is improving {in most sections of the country, ' along with purchasing power. |Many stores are revising their buying programs, in the belief | that sales will be substantially greater this winter and spring than seeme possible a few months! ago. TRANSPORTATION—Railroad carloadings are tending upward, but the industry's financial posi- tion remains almost as precarious as before. Hopes are pinned to a large extent on possible con- gresst action to alleviate some of the lines’ troubles. It is ah interesting and import- ant fact that no one seems to ex- pect recovery to attain boom pro- portions. Most experts think that the rate of improvement will be comparatively slow—that we are | in a steady, long-pull trend. i SANDS FAMILY Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sands of ; 533 Petronia street announce the birth of a girl Sunday morning. ; i The little lady has been named Patricia Ann. Mother and child! lare doing nicely. | Mrs. Sands was Miss Grace; | Thompson before marriage. DEPENDS ON BEARD HANCOCK, N. H.—E. Western | of this city consults his beard as a barometer. Rain may be pected whenever the curls dis-| appear. ex- born at Sheperdstown, W. Va, 64 years ago. Donald Ogden Stewart of Up-| per Jay, N. Y., novelist, born at; Columbus, O., 44 years ago. ' Winston Churchill, famed Eng-! lish statesman, born 64 years ago.| Further help in meal planning portant part of the Meal of the Month Service. The Meal Guide is an attractive booklet, publish- ed each month, and containing an array of tempting new recipes and interesting ideas for com- plete menus. This booklet, deliv- ered by Armour salesmen, is furnished to dealers for free dis- tribution to their customers. Every dealer is strongly urged to cooperate with the Armour Meal of the Month Service in or- der to take full advantage of its powerful December advertising drive. The Service gives dealers an opportunity to gain extra rich profits because it encourages housewives to buy whole meals —not only Armour products but other related items, too, This means that the dealer has a chance to sell whole meals; he helps to promote this buying habit by placing display material in prominent positions, by fea- turing counter cards and the Meal Guide, and by mentioning the Meal of the Month in his own newsnaper advertising. In sell- ing whole meals the dealer keeps all the purchases for that meal in his own store; thus he increas- es his sales per customer and realizes extra profits. Right now dealers everywhere are beginning to tie in with the holiday campaign of the Meal of the Month Service. Many of the Armour products will be attrac- tively dressed up in gay holiday wrappings. These colorful pack- ages will be featured with other food items in Meal of the Month displays and also individually for gifts. CHRISTMAS SEALS Help te Protect Your Home from Tuberculosis Seeecesesrcceseeesesses(| CLASSIFIED COLUMN sweccccccccaceceseaseees Adverusements under this head will be inserted in fhe Citizen at the rate of lc a word for each in- sertion, tut the minimum for the first insertion in e~ery instance is 25e. Payment for classified adver- tisements is invariablv in advance, but regular advertisers with ledger accounts may have their advertise- ments charged. Advertisers should give their street address as well as their tele- phone number if they desire re- sults. FOR RENT FOR RENT—8-room House, com- pletely furnished. Hot and cold running water. Seasonal or otherwise. Apply, Rear 1217 Petronia street. aug9-tfs LARGE SPACIOUS BUILDING, Lawns, Trees. Opposite POST OFFICE. Good for any Busi- ness Lease ALL or PART. Ap- ply, 532 Caroline St. novl2-9 FURNISHED HOUSES—all mod- ern conveniences. 1114 Grin- nell Street. nov3-tf FOR SALE OR RENT FOR SALE OR RENT—Cabin Cruiser with living quarters to accommodate 4. All modern conveniences. Good for’ party fishing. 1014 Varela street. octl0-s FOR SALE TWO-STORY HOUSE, modern conveniences. Near Casa Ma- rina, lot 163'x98". Apply 1125 Von Phister street. oct31-s FOR SALE—Grocery Business; good location. Apply 1200 White street. nov30-4t OLD PAPERS FOR SALE— Three bundles for 5c, The Citi- zen Office. nov25-tf SIGNS—‘“For Rent”, “Rooms For Rent”, “Apartment For Rent”, “Private Property, No Tres- passing”, 15c each. THE ART- MAN PRESS. nov25-tf TWO LOTS on street, 90 ft. front, deep. Reasonable. Pearl street. Washington 112 feet Apply 1219 novil-s NEW 13° DINGHY. 615 Francis street. nov7-s FOR SALE—i1'% acres Planta- tion Key, 3% acres on ocean, 8% acres on Bay, on Highway, all high land, beach front on both sides. P. C Box 23, Key West. sept7-s ————$— es 2-STORY BUNGALOW, 4 bed- rooms, 2 baths, double lot. 1605 Flagler Ave. augl2-ti FOR SALE—Lot on Stock Is- land, waterfront. Also, lot eor- ner 5th and Patterson Avenues near Boulevard. Apply Box RC, The Citizen. aug3l-s CORNER LOT, 50x100 feet. Cor- mer Sth and Staple Avenue. Apply Box D, The Citizen. nov2-tt ————$ FOR SALE—2 lots, each 590x100’. Run from Washington to Von Phister street. Reasonable. Ap- ply Rear 1217 Petronia street. augd-tfs SECOND SHEETS—500 for 60c. The Artman Press. novi9-tf REAL ESTATE WANTED—Real estate listings on Florida Keys, preferably Key Largo. Address Key West Pub- licity Bureau, 303 N. E. First Street, Miami. W. M. Egan, Registered Real Estate Broker. oct2s-tf HOTELS in need of a good night's rest to OVERSEAS HOTEL, Clear rooms, innerspring mattresses Under new management, 917 Fleming St nov18-tf ROOMS NEW VALDEZ INN, | ; Sixteen beautiful new rooms. Across South Beach. nov9-Imo THE MUNRO, 126 N. E. 4th St, Miami, Fia. Enjoy living, hot water, pleasant surroundings. nov1-lmox LOST LOST — Yesterday somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No re- ward is offered for they are gone forever —Horace Mann. nov30 CARD uz