The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 5, 1939, Page 5

Chapter 40 Lave And War ayy do you think be a raid?” Pet Peter leaned for we were left in pea is the reason everyone 1s given Actually. it ts b forcements have isined t “Are you sure? How do you know?” | “I've been out all night.” During the day she found that his information had been correct Others were spreadin news round Madrid. whipping it into panic. There was a high strung look on people's faces | That night they all three d:n together. “As a matter of shall be very surprised if falls before as.” stated Petroneila r Peter agreed with him “This place. by n tion. is a natural fortress ” “They re recruiting nard. The! have food.” Tony ad “It seems impo: hold ovt.” she shook her nead_ I “gay. she ‘had seen we: di fraught refugees waiting be taken down the road to Valencia She would never forget their facc They had been people withc heart. They had left trea: nd them, to be ible they ¢ and iled. But safety dream wi! 2 would e' been he!ping pile th their cf to pitifu There had been wrinkled ol¢ “There will go on. country will be the battleg for a due! between C and Fascism. & will be the powe they dare not let f if fm not right ft won't between lardlords, ‘any lo S Later in the evening Pe asked her qué if {job here Jooked be * “You're my job. As "re ready> ta move, he train, was at But chiefly d As Peter had adja! N would not staf your job is here I'm s They argued with h heartedly Tony wanted her her but he wanted her safe 1 tradict Pe things But if it had t ac’ e, he would let her d cide He believed t her own. to risk. if she preferred dlanzer to suspense and loneliness in England. | tai But at Icast, they both insisted. | she must agree to go to the British Embassy They found it better to shift for themselves. but in th icion, panic. and con- | ing and air attack, it was ursafe for her to go out into the streets “Very well. tomorrow. if they'll have me.” she agreed That night, the city of lay in da There was a crescent of a new moon They on the veranda of their hotel ing coats over their paiam. listened to the hum of in: lanes approaching and gure. It was so happy. looked up Agri blue of me fhe sk Its lights were lowered - as Groné of the Sovoies grew in vol- t s. He came cine to ume | her, and while he kissed her; told “It’s odd—fd forgotten there} her in a low voice. was 3 skyscraper in Spain.” y, my darling. ['m fly- “It makes a target the insurgent | morrow. Officially, artillery can’t miss,” Tony told her. ik is ‘Alie: In the hush which preceded Ste s | | ' f d came in‘ ber. Now, there was reat line of moun- ity were ov erhead residents = he was was § mecting her eyes. to leave you here.” i is arm she led him out- side, where there was no danger eard. din of anti-aircraft. of the scream ing whine, and deafening explos- ions of bombs falling on the honey comb of University city, and the Puerto del Sol, Petronella remem- eu teod very well. If his Bered that Aunt Maisie had fore- | Plane was seen to alter its course, told this night, as she lay dying.| he might be shot down by sa a err nu-al as a spy, Strange Wedding | er. So he must leave ai O* the following day, retronella sure of his pilot. Purchased her mattress and moved to the British Embassy She) ‘was transported thither in a car. iB upon whose sides, back and roof | ©V&T were whitewashed the word: “Cuerpo Diplomatico,” “Evacua-| 3 fi tion of Women and Children.” and | fe whose bonnet was draped with a/ aan y Union Jack. < It will be the I Then began a new, strange life, a Spai Recueeb ear Bat th, spent chiefly in helping the other | - rtake y Butt re gee ab igs sae and ny liver personals to Franco. My job and Clean. for between two and! - It will be three hundred: men, women, and| ee th P rough inqui t- aioe had felt 3 i poceen oe ze promising a Doss ility. ale = s advise a refugee center so near} Y"ry, 000s for her, and very aha She wrote to Clare, offer-| MUCH in love. ss A ing to organize a camp further|/Copvtioht. 1989 Grace Elliott Taylor? from the city, or to help in any center which was already receiv- YACHT SAILS necessary papers from the Cuban ' Consul's office. FOR HAVANA While the vessel was in port embers ef the crew im- bibed too freely and were unfit : for duty when the ship sailed, in Yacht Maripatche, which ar- fact one of them was in the city rived in port Monday from “lockup. 5 It became necessary to sign on Points on the east coast and was ‘two men in Key West and the berthed in the submarine base, Pames of Allan Knight and 4 2 Manuel. Hancock, both young + yesterday 9 o'clock for ) en of this eu were placed on aed received the the veers ‘a a “Sa eewe tRed THE KEY WEST CITIZEN PAGE FIVE Oe ertheless, your commentator can- the old folks should get the rev-' gram and indications poimt to en FROM THE BLEACHERS. THE PERISCOPE not agree with the Pollyanna enue. actment ci most of the federa lads, who hope pe that Another safe prediction, in our tion's measures. imbly opinion, is the passage of bills that will hit the salary buyers As reported in t , «nd loan sharks a Tony Galento cently, the House is taking all the o the button. The salary- early play away from the Senate we buying “industry” has waxed fat because Speaker Wood's pre-ses By oncae L. SAR L. MILIAN column re FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE o6) 7 Sy aah ee eaeeY Staff Correspondent jill open pig on april 16. Lees THE coanacsil KICK that hun-_ uses. eres eee Lurg Angieng under the leader- dreds of fans sot out @f Sunday’s __ ee v4 hip of Nellie Leach, is ratéd the champions hiped¥ascb#¥=game gett best club aa $i: circuit, having tween Key West Conchs adic Oe almost the same players 2s last Roadside Pirates was the laugh- REVENUE, MORE REVENUE! r when they won the cham- ter at the expense of umpire mshi Maximo Gonzalez, who called LOAN SHARKS HARPOONED RIN SADDLE ° k Tommy West will manage the “pall” on Covingtan’s first pitch ytona Bi and Dale after Davila, Pirates’ lead-off bat- ing champ ter, took a healthy swing at the SIDELINE JOTTINGS Americsn ue, will pitch and missed by a foot. To the These ail indications the old apple trav- agers are newcomers in eled so fast across the pan that ne r the umpire nor the batter { who will return to the saw it go by. the expense of the poor devil sion committees have gathered no can't get a dime at the bank all sorts of t must keep a roof over his nearly everything except \d and clothes on his back. cure weekend halitosis. y legislators, after reading quently, you may find the sessi ent reports on the actual work- settling down to the House pass s of the small loan companies, ing the bills and St running as high as amending ‘em—and percent a year, believe these will wind up in confe firms should not be entitled to arge more than the legal inter- As these lines a t rate and, if this knot is tied in attache situation r Sena of revolt and arfare that the new I com- t ilot break out mbers have my of aspir- pee we ee Ss, regiments of lobt * ht- the tail of the loan shark tiger, question. There w dt Fe eR ere og ne ee ne ee ee flying squadrons of newspa- t ’ will be ended for ward economy at t But : and with some Very fonso, who filled in secondbase per correspondents and two *0n. obviously all time in Florida. we've never seen so many good cod ee ee the Leesburé for the Bucs. He struck out thre? preachers, whose prayers for har- -- looking widows out of work’ S& a et feos hoon ,, Consecutive times all becaus¢ mony and _ intelli delibera- Organized labor is here in force it is our guess that the ord is also etrong. Joe Engle “every time I stepped to the pan jions sounded the keynote of the and the main is the wage- ture’s payroll will be 2 SS ne in the grandstands cpening ceremonies, began Flor- pp ees ee ee istle a tune called ‘La jda’s biernial legislstive battle tor Sect pioee, Bid c nga Se Ba’.” nso, by the ;.re Tuesday with thousands of son, Joe Pinder, Cleo Jeste umba dancer and ;axpayers back home hoping for Sore gee line state player the tune 4 t but expecting the worst. angston and Stith will be back mentioned happens to be his 7 peeeroce ‘anything particu- og BN TS es A ea ars larly unusual about the conven- pnSts. t TEM — > 1939 sion. Governor The G-Men, under Don Mc- IT WAS RUMORED around the Ps a ty eal = ES ad- shane, will have’a good outfit. stands that Berlin Sawyer had of- ¢ expectations and the lead- ete eae ee Web players «is of both branches issued their li be back. They are Livi customary predictions that the parkman and Gallagher. able to get down 1 a minimum of Larry Gilbert of N y and finish the job within ="4 3 reported a hip tal the constitutional sixty days. Nev- question, plus legislation same as two years ag: & that would give a carpenter the the percentage of sten ht to collect his bill. The state able to take dictation £ iederation, under the leadership four words a minut of President Charles Silva, has siderably higher. ~ worked out a comprehensive pro- marches on! xan: merun. Peter 2 isacker of the aville will > <. ma > glad to hear of en to keep t s been pro- moted by Senator Ernest Graham, jit of the office Jim Lee, the ie at n Cone him- lent to the G- them in the-race. r John Ganzel of Orlendo will tru F e isi len ae AIGISS Lave Sam Cole, Alat Smith, Se tiful brand of ball and fann Frye, Pete Schire, Bailes. Keika ARMANDO ACEVEDO, who seven of the Seafood Grill’s be end Eluott, and a bunch of good had a pretty bad day in the field hitters. The Grillers just couldn't rookies i ing the Conch- “Guiro’s” slow, underhand | Lec has be At Daytona B the Cardin- 19 ible for side arm delivery. will be dropped into the hopper als will help manager West, and iGanch= ve runs. sis as not been deter i. But, if vith Donnelly, Weznick, Ni to centerfield scored MARIO SANCHEZ, the pitcher ren it is brought before the Steen, Shreaba, Pee- arbonell in the third in- with the mustache of the Pirates ature, you can expect an ker, Stafani and Slay a good ning to tie the score and a hard ccew, tells us he can beat the | explosion that will rock the e dome » will start the season. In Jiner to left sent Lucilo z 5 day in the | and bresk Leonardt, Knoblaug:: ti s the pan for week ii Armando Acevedo is kept | Jo: i iwo good rookie pitchers. s in the fifth inning. ui of the lineup. Asked why he — At Palatka, Bill Lietz will be ——— riiculaiily mentions the name to the the manager and 11 players from THERE WILL BE NO cham- of tie ice delivery boy, the Bues I year's squad 2re ready to pionship game next Sunday. This ads with the slow, ten-| cv 5 They are Andrews, Gaddy, was the official announceinent z answers that Ace- ivey, Miller, Occaillini, Trammell, made b; ger Roy Hamlin of vedo can hit any pitcher when| lyr Kinard,.Eubanks and Floyd, with the Key team. He is taking ne makes up his mind to do so. ‘our prontising’ rookies. his club to Miami for a contest | =~ = ——— money and th Lee‘ Meadows > will, masiermind duled in that city. ROY HAMLIN'S” DREAM of! breaker bec the Delishid: entry. The ex-major == building anew ball field that! here is broke, leaguer will build-a club around LITTLE ERNEST OGDEN. belong to the ‘public rarian. Sche ba, son, Al, Smathers and who played centerfield against zealized lect ‘Sunday as the Trum- nue ewelf, from last year’s the Conchs in the game last Sun- © k was formally opened |piisons » hospitals filled to my Whe rest of the outfit is day; handled fiyballs like a big ith two local crack baseball! overflowing and no money to made up of rookies, recommend: leaguer, and certainly won the clubs fighting for the city’s cham-| »uild additio: d‘by Pat Patterson, last year’s <dmiration of the fans for trying pienship hono: Hundreds of! only loos2 me 1e be- en the audit of how Jim n spending his money way. -y Rave y acrc ning ru humdrum to a brand new years, somehow - more a record everybody up the 2 manoger. They are Lynn Warren, his best at bat against the decepr iasebail enthusiasts jammed the | the diggings has been carm Sonteend ingen Sc ffer, Tones, Harrington and tiv of Lefty “Cannon- grandstands, bleachers and siand- | lor ie bondholders with the re- Fe sreay rae lead the entire field oe Bciknap. Waren and Schaeffer ball” z who whiffed ing: room to “capacity, passing} sult that some of the legislators low fares throughout the South and to all zxe from the University of Flor- with bullet-like speed. words of compliment to the mail, re wondering i t more im- America—fares and service that no ether ida, Tones from Tampa and the * catifié, who has so whole-heart-|Jortant to keep the schools open _*¥Be ¢# first class transportation can match! i f : } ( xj;inan to meet inter »,a0ticed 2 group of obbyist other two from sandlots at De-, ALTHOUGH PETER CASTRO edly labored for the past Land. hit the first homer in the new months an ettort to give am of the league i M. Acevedo, Blue Sox sports fans an athletic field. gustine Saints, un- ier, goes down on record for column congratul.tes you, Mr. manager Allen Mobley. Fred the longest drive, although he Hamln. i t i th ing in a hotel Ic : F i saved by Florida Mcter go down. service and ee r) § nd six h : i Ht li ring bought the club from Joe cnty reac eond on the hit ——-- There Zephyr buses. Cambria and has four of last Acevedo’s blow traveled high 2nd ARMANDO DAVILA, Pirate sassed at this sess year’s regulars on the b, Jud: to decp left center. fthielder, tri to get Coving-' this prediction your Peet the ch Sy BUS STATION his time to bat it may hit only cig3rettes and didn’t Jet that, cigars or it may go whole hog Corner Southard and Babama Streets nd cover everyth from safety PHONE 242 so fast across the pan) pins to . But we found a the cocktail shaker couldn't ¢ in beth the House Gadek, Lowers, many a bail game, pitched a beau- sce ‘em go by. His last trip to leaning towards some , ONeal, OHiggi: Miller ihe pan saw Davila trying to bunt t of sales tax and Wickers.. Infielders, Kirk- League — Chicago, Cincinnati, but instead got an infield hit over mbers think the nd at third, who will have to Pittsburgh, New York, St. Louis, Lefty’s head. Was the Miemi > some Roberts Brown Boston. Brook and Philadel- twirler apgry! Grr! “Previously Hernandez, who are :1 Americ Lesgue—New ine nightclub shiek had “fanned ie job; Bill Snyder r ni‘ Detroit. Cleveland. twice. with Kelly ’ = ° rs = with ashir n., € ayic ego, St. Louis ——— lt . Carbonell, uw TROUBLE AND FUN ahead. $ a in e om 0 1ew 1, Headon — boys. Rogelio Gomez is to t2ke ‘0 rying for an KELLER is the only rookie to over the Pirates’ management Bar lineup pis . Howell nd a flock of ae places Selkirk at eee r S| t Herring brought Othcr good rookies on the MARIO SANCHEZ, pitching- America, too, may be viewed in a dis- club are Gsllagher, Hen- manager of the Pirates, has an- ough ke played last nounced that he is leaving for, torted mirror. But thanks to those who Gehrig at Boston. No, he will not tryout . with the ees. Mario has lucky enough to have lai job in that city. nd Howell. Rookie GILLERMO DIAZ, Sox twirl- include Palisano, a catcher from er, not only surprised the writer Guifalo; joe Navvaro from Key with his work on the mound, but ipper. Pitchers fans as well. Diaz. veteran of fond, Helm Sew York 2085 batt alter the championship series. _ BOBBY SCHULTZ, the ge > Sports Cigar Stor leagues to finish in order: National see with understanding, our country has grown great. 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