The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 13, 1938, Page 3

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13 , 1938 — THE ARMY POST MURDERS ——nn By Virginia Hansen ‘The Charaeters Katherine Cornish, myself, vis- iting Elizabeth on a mid-western Army post. Elizabeth, Colonel Wright’s Adam Drew, acting command- ing officer. ': Yesterday: Adam questions Mary Shaw. Chapter 12. A Different Slant’ knew her,” Adam said sim- ly. “For some time I have she was unhappy, tor-' i \ Adam put both feetwon the floor. / “What do you mean?” | “The same thing you mean. If | don’t know how you rrpsed hear- ing about it before. He's shot his mouth enough since it pened.” “You mean—about Anne?” “Yeah. Now don’t get sore at'me | | too. I know all about it, ancl it’s | true enough. as far as it goes. ‘Only it was a put-up job, and Wheeler doesn’t know that.” Adam eyed him colily. “Go on.” | “Well, you see, it was several | weeks, maybe a couple months ago | —about the time Chaglie Spencer. | started dragging her. We had some house guests and Charlie and Anne dropped in, You know the Wheel- | ers live in the other half of our \ \ | “9g quarters and Anne saw him sitting sort. One knows, of course, certain things from experience. It is not always easy to choose between two men. One falters from inflicting a. as seve yoo ques- blood was singing in my ears. My il rolled free in my lap and I to fumble for it in the semi~ By the time I found it Adam had launched a counter- attack. “Your husband and Nelson were I believe. Did you know him at the Point?” There was a perceptible pause, but the answer, when it came, seeméd candid—almost too can- did. “Yes. Thad been engaged to Phil for some months when I met Bar- ney. I said just now that I could understand Anne’s problem. Be- lieve me, I, too, was very unhappy | in the yard. until I found the right solution. I tell you this, of course, in the strictest confidence. Not for the world would I have let Anne know of it. I was very happy that he had | kn found the right girl at last—in fact, I may say I fostered the romance. Poor Barney! One might almost believe it an adverse fate!” Adam made clucking noises and searched her face with his brilliant eyes. He had another question for her. Confidentially, what did she think of Barney’s brief flurry with Elizabeth? She got out of that one rather without casting a shadow beth, who, after all, was bg ped of the commanding officer. I could not help reflecting that Mary Shaw would have made an able wife for.a diplomat. neath; on the ae femeererme ee 5 sol com) al ionship and cyiapatie from. Eliza beth until Anne dismissed Charlie and called him back. This she ad- ti| rest of them said Wheeler came to-distinction: the 2 like that? I guess Short, Bull-Dog Figure Bt Thad no ey otoed scra| forma‘ i for fre subject ofit followed ‘Adar into the room, wearin; his ieee be effective Mary? But what connection could’ that have ‘with murd Anne? - Once more watched, talent did and studied: wi i ze i l a | gf aft BBR petulant, defensive scowl. | down arrived. Ma Wheeler had gone: to Chicago on ashopping spree. Dom’t know how she could bear to.let her little boy out of her sight, but she’s go him pretty well trained. You High S THE KEY WEST CITIZEN By Army Five And Tigers Wallop DeMolays 28-22 U. S. Army five won from the Nodine, g by the window reading when they !tigh School Varsity 30 to 27 and! Sommers, g {Park Tigers defeated DeMolays' King, g 28 to 22 last night at the 'Sehool Gym in a regular Island | ss High! Maris, g know he’s not allowed to mingle {City Basketball League double- | Totals— 14 with us bad boys and girls. “Well, Anne said there was poor { Wheeler all alone over there lis- |; tening to the party, and why didn’t { header. | Both clubs that won last night} Army were trailing the first three quar- | Varsity { Score by quarters: Total -4 9 215— 30 | --6 510 6— 27 Mary call up and ask him to come bters but came back strong in the| Free throws missed: King, Mar- over. “Well, Mary did ask him once and he declined with horror. So she said never again. And she said | why didn’t Anne on over and cheer him up if she tho needed it. So Anne said he’d prob- ably call out the guard. “petty soon it begen tolook like a swell idea to rib Anne up to breaking in on Wheeler. The girls got to work on her, and I think somebody dared her. We went out and we could see hii still, sitting “sad a ape . Though how he cot any teede Out ct a book with oll the noise we’d been making, I don’t OW. Thinking Fast give him the thrill of his life. The front door was open and she just walked in. He was facing the other way and before he knew she was there she had plumped down on his lap, wrapped her arms around him and kissed him like he was Clark Gable. “We could see it all as plain as day from the lawn, The blinds were way up and the lights full on, { Well, you've seen a woman get mixed up with a mouse at close let out a queer sort of bleat, jumped up and tore her loose from him like she was so much poison ivy, backed into a corner and helé both hands Lyin bag in front of | him to make her her distance. He needed to, too. She turned on. all sige old siren set 4 ed appealing arms toward him, looked at him soulfully. Been any- smelled a rat.” “What happened?” _ “That's about all I know. One of | the girls was laughing too loud, so I took her back in our house. The to and yanked down the blinds, so came in too. But it wasn’t lon; uae sieve of them, Wheeler and mne, went past, go’ Anne's quarters. Ene was hanging on to his arm and half running, he ‘was traveling so fast. I guess he took her home. Wheeler’s been talking his head off ever since, Net » you know. Just hints of what he could spill.” “And none of you ever told him the truth?” Shaw looked uneomfortable. “How could you tell a man a thing big mean that somebody made ~ ful blunder — that the abot that Carewe meant TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS — Prederic J. Haskin of Washing-! war hero, promoter of edutation ten, D. C.. newspaper syndicate head, born at Shelbina, Mo., 66. years ago. Dr. A. Lawrence Lowell, presi in Boston, 82 years ago. for mountain children, born in Fentress Co., Tenn., 51 years ago. -| Col. Charles W. Furlong of Co. Gent emeritus of Harvard, born hasset, Mass. famed explorer. Jeeturer and author, born at Mare Connelly of New York, C@™>ridge, Mass. 64 years ago. playwright, born at McKeesport, Pa., 48 years ago. Alvin C. York of Tenn, world Evanston, Ll. Drew Pearson of Washington. D. C, news columnist, born at 41 years ago. : seerned losers. | game. In the opener, High School! ers came from behind and won; he | Varsity had the contest on ice) | during the early quarters and it as though the | boys would win their first game} DeMolays started out well laf the season. However, in the | Cnough, not allowing the Tigers t i Jast quarter they faltered and; lost the game. ; Army played with a patched-j gers began to claw and at the} up. The regulars were in and} half the score stood, DeMolays 13, out, resting sore legs and arms.| Tigers 9. i ‘Maris, White and Ethridge went! the third quarter, Tigers had . in during the final period and/climbed to within two points of “ ANYWAY, Anne promised to! {came through for the Mules. th {final period of play to win the! is, Ethridge. In the seeond game, Park Ti- from the “cellar for life” DeMo- lays, who have now lost. six | straight games without a single! School | victory. a single score in the first quar- ter while they rung up points. But from then on the Ti- At the termination of ja tie, 13-15. Then in the final Shoneck and Lewin played a| period, the Tigers went over the with Elmore Pinder streaks of good play. great game for the Varsity five, top by scoring seven field goals showing;to three for DeMolays, while leach team marked up a_ free Lewin rang five baskets for the! throw. | free throw. Score: Varsity— Lewin, f _......... quarters. That was Wheeler. He |. Pinder, f ' Shoneck, c | Collins, g ..... Stickney, g — | Totals— Army— | Newby, f — | White, f 2 ise,|body but Wheeler he'd have | Ethridge, ¢ —. White and Shoneck each ; { | made four field goals and one sank six baskets and one free |throw to lead the scoring. 1,| {Curry and J. Lopez each made | Lewin made two | | Q \wental shnckel yy so Total’ two field goals. lonmon Sl ewoa vu conomoa 8 5 ren dsl crane » Yates and Ed. Sweeting each | for the Isers. Score by quarters: Total | Tigers -0 9.4 15— 28 | DeMolays | Free throws missed: Ed. Sweet- seven | | Fredericks Market 'VICTORYLESS FIVES PLAY AGAIN FRIDAY DeMolay and High School Var- | | | KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files t The Monsalvatge and Drane wholesale grocery establishment Of The Citizen the statement that “half of the jcity council are idiots”. Threat- PAGE THREE meeting will be held on the first Thursday in January, at which time commissioners-elect Nor- | berg Thompson and C. C. Sym- jonette will replace Commission- fers J. Otto Kirchheiner and | Braxton B. Warren. | ““Coastal Highway Open to Key West” is the wording under a was broken into about 3 o'clock |ened with a libel suit he consult-| picture of the boulevard which this morning and goods totalling}ed his lawyer who advised him appeared in the Washington $360 in value stolen. The consisted of cigarettes only, and included four cases of Chester-| thus: “Half of the city council | 15¢ fields, one case of Old Gold and one of Lucky Strike. The thieves were making ready to continue | paper the next day his retraction | are not idiots”. | | Lighthouse depai i sity fives, the teams of the Is-; their operations as there was an- receipt of a letter frofi the Secre- land City Basketball League that other pile of goods in readiness} tary of commerce comntehding | kitled by Eddie Marquez and have not won a single game as for them awaiting their return.; the personnel of the various | weighed 90 pounds. Mr. Marquez yet and were defeated once more This was said to be worth $400. | lighthouse stations and all other; is the latest one of the Tertulino last night, will again have chance Friday night at the High School Gym. DeMolays play U. S. Army in the first game that night and ‘the Varsity will meet Sea Food Grill. STANDINGS ISLAND CITY BASKETBALL LEAGUE Club— .L. Pet. Lions Club = 833 Sea Food Grill -.... z U. S. Army - 14 Park Tigers es a High School - -000 DeMolays se 2. 000 EAST COAST WINTER BASEBALL LEAGUE Club— W. L. Pet. Key West —.. . 3 0 1.000 Hialeah __. -- 2 1 666 Railey-Milam _... 1S ae 0 3 .000 MONROE COUNTY BASEBALL LEAGUE (Round-Robin Series) Club— W. L. Pet. Final Standings Bacardi Club 3 0 1.00 | Poultry Company ....1 1 .500 Sea Food Grili _.....1 2 .333 74 4 722 | TRAINED HORSE [ing 4, Curry 2, Lewin 2, Miller,' | Knight. tal| Officials of both games: | Scorer: Smith; referee: C. ‘Knowles: umpire: Saunders; time- , | keeper: Stanton Cooper. CLEVELAND, Ohio—The horse of Policeman Wilbur Nelson of this city stops only at the order “cease,” and he won't start until tNelson says “proceed.” ferry slips this morning in the hope of intercepting the thieves if they took that means of mak-} ing their escape, but no one was discovered with any of the loot. It is the opinion of the officers that the cigarettes were to be taken on board a_ bootlegging vessel, carried to Cuba, sold for a good price and a load of rum obtained. Cigarettes cost 65 cents a pack in Cuba. The Gala Carnival sponsored 'by the high school commercial i department is scheduled to begin at 5 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the La Concha ‘ hotel ground floor at the corner of Fleming and Duval streets. Samuel Higgs will ‘be the bugler for the occasion and Joseph Cates will be stationed at |the megaphone. There will be rchestral music from 5 to 6. Ac- i tivities with the carnival spirit iw 1 start Saturday at 3 o’clock |in the afternoon when Joe Cleare ‘will appear as Santa Claus. He | will make his appearance to de- ‘light the matinee crowds and the |anticipated army Those who are sponsoring the | activities of the carnival are pro- fuse in their thanks to Manager Jackson Golden for his kindness in donating the use of the hotel of children. |? this district for the jservice during the year. excellent { There will be a meeting of | Otto Encampment No. 5, LO.O.F., Friday night 8 o’clock in the P. {O. S. of A. hall. Officers are to be elected and the members are } expected to attend. County commissioners will |meet tonight in the last regular meeting of the year. The next LEGALS TO. HOLDER: GAGE FIVE YERAR GOLD 'T coM Fund_ Provi- the Mortgage or Deed of | Trust, dated August 1, 1906, be- en ‘the above Company and State Street Trust Company, of undersigned ‘Trustee 8 notice that until De- 2, 1938, at twelve o'clock noon, it will receive sealed pro- posais for the sale of the above named _ bonds ,to ab Four Thousand in ) or any part thereof. In- on bonds purchased” will se on December 31, The right reserved to reject any and all roposals. ATE pI COMPANY S vole © President achusetts, December dee6-9-13-16,1938 ‘accommodations and to the} ‘Stowers Music Company for the ‘use of a piano. The many mer- | chants who have so liberally con- , | tributed gifts for the bazaar and |the others who have so kindly ‘aided in assisting in the arrange- ,ments are also thanked. Editorial comment: A newspa- ° SSSSOSSESSHOSSSSSSSOES |The Favorite In Key West \ — THY IT TODAY — | STAR >* BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS jPerman published in his paper: hesterfield world’s best cigarette tobaccos loot |to retract, so he published in his, Times of December 5. The illus- ‘tration includes the old tower at airpert and the sea. The ography is credited to Hi - een. W. Wright. | — \o-The Tertulino hunting crowd ;killed a large deer yesterday at No Name Key. The animal was a|The sheriff telephoned to the | members of the department in| organization to add a deer to the | list of kills. 145 Minutes | of Pleasure | ‘Betty and Bob’ 8:30 A. M. 1 ij 1 | | 8:00 A. M. | Monday Thru Friday 6 over 1 WQAM 560 ke First On Your Dial | All through the year and all around the clock Chesterfield’s milder better taste gives millions MORE PLEASURE At Christmastime send these plea- sure-giving cartons of Chesterfields— packaged in gay holiday colors—wel- comed by smokers everywhere. You'll find Chesterfields a better ciga- rette because of what they give you—more smoking pleasure than any cigarette you ever tried—the right combination of mild ripe home-grown and aromatic Turkish tobacces rolled in pure cigarette paper.