The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 26, 1939, Page 4

PAGE FOUR By Edwin Rutt . POSSCOHLEEOEOOOEOOOHOOOOOOOTOCEO LOSS OOOOOOOOOOCES ~ YESTERDAY. Tacks finds that Packy North is a singer at the - Heel Tap Club. She pays no atten- “Sion to his wild applause of her petformance. Later, he grabs her Outside the club. Chapter 11 A Blasted Life OCCURRED to Tacks that there was something vaguely reminiscent of the Ice Age Packy’s manner. ee well,” Packy said now. “All right,” Tacks said hastily. “Let me take you home. Or walk a couple of blocks with me.” He indicated the massive door- man who stood aloof in Jovian at- titude. “We can’t talk here in front ee the Bear That Walks Like a Packy drew back, “If you have costing to say to me, say it right ‘ront of Dmitri.” “Goodnight!” ejaculated Tacks. “Ig that bushy-looking sap’s name Dmitri?” “It is,” Packy said frigidly. “Did you. wish to discuss his name?” , As a matter of fact the bushy-| A: looking sap, in private life, sound- ed off to plain Joe Banks. “1,” said Tacks, “don’t give hoot what his name is, Look here, at least come back and let's lean | Ba against the building. We're block- ing th fairway.” jis seemed reasonable. With a iy. Pack complied. seer, listen,” said Tacks dog- Fay et peiyioek nr Pre typhoid or hydrophobia’ should know that. Why ask me?” ba it, 1 do ask you. You treat meas if I were a gutter mongrel with an advanced case of paneer “Ig there any good reason, Mr. Pac! said, “why I at all?” “None on earth. But there’s as much reason pic you should give me a break as why you shouldn't, isn't there?” shook her head. “I don’t see fetinat way." “Why fess aie go into it?” rather, if you don’t mind.” Be Cae 8 ; suphoes it matters, Mr. Packy, “whether I ind ¢ or not. Nothing discourages you.” “I can’t afford to be discour- aged. This means too much to me.” She shot him a quick look out of black sparkling eyes. “You have the makings of a hs 3 she said. fou aren’t answering my ques- tion,” Tacks said. “What the devil Baa Pe, Xe Dat 9 HO FAS Of, mira, rather not discuss it.” “But I insist on discussing it. Am I so hideous-looking?” “T've never considered the mat- ter. But looks don’t enter into it.” 2 Soh do.” “ay . “no ‘ing. ng te murmured that fom uD a knockout. Can’t I take you “Certainly not. You don't seem vety quick in the uptake, Mr. Adams. I've tried awfully hard to meke it clear that | don’t want to receive letters from. you. I've also fried to signify that i'd just as soon fiot have you telephone me. I’m now.doing my level best to tell you that-1 don’t want to stand here talking to you and that, if you eame to this club tonight because you found out. somehow that I work here, I—well. %, wish you wouldn't do it again.” A Worm Shows Fight | eacracned grinned and the grin did a good job for him. Watching tt spread across his rather engag- ing face, Packy cam within an ace of relenting. She didn’t quite make & however. This young man need- fting in his place. F said ‘acks, still gri ning. eSust an invitation to a} dance: But you haven't told me why yet.’ And 1 don’t think I will. Now dlease go or I'll—I’ll call Dmitri.” At mention of his bewhiskered pr ad Tacks knew a moment of pass Ty sust wish oN would call him,” he said darkly. “There's ‘Rothing I'd by joy more than mak- ES pam at at big baboon.” y_ regarded his adhesive- plastered jaw. “T wouldn’t take a chance with tie os side of my face,” she said = ‘We wei let that go," Tacks said, #immoning what dignity he could. “E may say. most unkind remark. bie sane, that it was your fault—yours an an 7 saapiarabariRcnrts I hurt my "A. ‘look ot ae te PTY into on same renteeneth a an alley-cat.” oan his intense surprise Tacks was beginning to find that it was possible to get anxry at this aay gosh,” he said, “there are times, just once in a while, when I think Ege ae scien. to be included an stared s at him in aston! this Adams had e attitude to- Sear aoe that “worm was capab! it. A zephyr wafted over her else | But Packy was a woman ther to treat you any way |, however, that it was 4| And ‘ou nat by | reason please add it Otherwise I'm go- in Sait a minute! Look here, he North, I admit I crashed y: apartment house. I admit I waan't any paragon of subtlety once I got there. I admit I lied 4 ‘OU. a8 2 sual ee But yet 2.5 at Supp sad ane Bas 8 a ‘Atier atl young man was — ion. with paeact to ee Rae oe the Kind, she ‘lected now to do the ex: the thing she would realy tk taken a positit ite of iiked to have done. rots Te quite finished,” sh said hat ‘ om talk. 6 vod ation, peer you’ BS ie thing that sent = that first ‘One But everything is different ode I know who you are. And pial too, that I'd know wi nat its signifies or-what you it conjures up a dot. ‘teee t it, to anyone who's ever read a social note or looked at aig age oe Polo S. fast es, Long id. Bar Harbor te ind ail. ithe rest of it! What a chance for a girl!’ Well, Mr. Harlan listen, Jonathan: Adams, I’m not the«least bit im- pressed, Just because: you're who She a litte icirified. Never tn her A had she seen eyes blaze as the eyes of ore any “goo ar ‘Adam: were b! aibie Or Not? “you leave,” Jonathan Harland almost shouted at go “my family out of this. ae “nay you were dumb enough to thi «| that Iwas tryin pecarh atte. Adams name? impressed with the. name than I am. Listen, you poor sim; T came to see you on & I made with a couple of er fellows But the moment you opened your ‘ou’re more door I fell e you so hard thatever since then I’ve been pit up.the nieces. I'm a masher, Gee 'm glad you told-me, fice pie agp . Listen, ing te do. ing you ask. not going, to write you any more. You can sit by your telephone tillthe cows come home. I’m crazy. abou: you, do you understand? I’m.sp crazy about .you I .don’t know whether 'm coral or going down. But if you tl ink T'm foo! enough to spend the rest of ms natural life pean around after a—a torch-singer who's got a lump orice mete ne ner ‘ieatt ougnt to © you're loopy. I'll pa: y my bet t night. Ani 5 hope he next tin some decent fellow falls sincere? in love with you, you'll have tt wit to recognize it. Goodnig' Miss, North. One thousand goo nights!” ith a sweeping motion ot 6 right hand he brushed two dimini: tive shop girls-out of his path an- strode away along esevent! Street in high dudgeon, forgettin: entirely that he who would stric in ducaae mn does it with ed # fect if hé is topped off ‘by a h?- His hat remained in the. chec! room of The ee aap But Tac’ wasn't inlining ot his hat. He wi. thinking of his life, now blastes bre be espa. Oh, b it eS on, of course, ly as lives the hermit who has renounced all. Bur it was to be a’thin epee In fact,: it ve thinning ‘alread; ee an it even” in: the short engin Club, But only when he the fein Club. But only was in his bedroom, self into cre} de chi ane dit it occur to him to up the untoward events of the earlier evening» with the somewhat rea sonable remarks of ee thar had set him off a an ; d face of rather, you, elt et gem I” N Tr name Ik it “ee. Jonathan Harland | } | couple departed. delightful surprise night for Mr. and Mrs. Maud sary of her birth. + Just as the shades of night were falling the group arrived at the Sawyer home at 1421 Catherine street, and within a brief time the scene was one of happiness and real enjoymet, every person attending having an excellent time. During the evening delicious refreshments were served and different games were played. : When the hour for departure! arrived, Mrs. Sawyer expressed. her happiness to the friends and gave thanks for a very eae evening. Benefit Party Thursday Night | A Benefit Party sponsored by | the Eastern Star members will be |given tomorrow evening, Thurs-': day, at the home of Mrs. Maisie Smith, 1306 Catherine street, cor- jner of Georgia. Time of begin- ning has been announced as. 8:00 o'clock. Committee in charge announces that bingo will be the feature of ‘the party, and a Country Store jattraction will be added. d |. Refreshments will be . served and a general ‘“‘big time” has been [elsewhere in this issue. Art Group To | Hold Meeting The weekly meeting of the Art Appreciation Reading Group of \the Art Center, Federal Art Proj- ject, WPA, will~be held this |Thursday night at the home of |Mrs. Gertrude Ricketts, 1409 Di- jvision street, at 8 o'clock. be Chinese art. All those who jare interested in joining this group are invited to attend. Filers Featured In Dancing Bill and Warren Filer of Mi- ami. were featé@red in special dance steps at, the Garden . of Roses and Cayo Hueso Club last Saturday evening. The appearances were for the | benefit of the American Legion Auxiliary in. this city, proceeds going to. Mrs. H. K. Sands, presi; dent.of the unit, for the purchase Jof flags for the coming confer- ence. Marriage License Issued Today | Judge Raymond Lord yesterday afternoon were Robert L. Redus of Miami and Geraldine Welch of Alexandrina, La,, in search of-a marriage license, The legal document was furn- ished by the judge, who was also called on to perform the wedding ceremony, which he did, and the Case of Elvira, Garcia Hernan- ‘ez, charged. with imputing .a want of chastity to another, was called before Peace Justice En- rique Esquinaldo yesterday after- noon for preliminary hearing. After hearing both sides of the gase the judge decided that there _was no cause for binding over 'the accused to. Criminal Court ‘and ordered the case dismissed. ANSWERS TO DAILY QUIZ Below are the Answers to Test Questions printed on Page 2 —— Aluminum. Alaska. The Platte, Milter. In Egypt, on the Nile River. Track. Palermo. Qs’-tra-size; not os-tra-size’. Seen egvedn | scheduled. ..Details. of admission } are included in an advertisement The subject of the reading will| Applicants: at the office of| Sawyer, celebrating the anniver- essary. to-go back down the (layed because of the difficulties : Lebar eo Bbeahit gare for the | Conietons geseedt each bill enacted by the 1993 Legislature, classified accord- ing ta subject and by county:, also a complete list of all Federal, State; County’ and °!; City. officials, :together.with | other: important data, “Mrs. | Se TOABEEE ho bea oy. tive.in, PT. A... political. and i ‘Dewenener circles fee to ‘fora number of years. - | Seeeecvccevevscecsos eee | THE WEATHER: | eweeescecescoaoaeveesesseee Temperatures Highest* __ é Lowest last night |Mean 87 80 | in record covers 24-how at 8 o'clock thin morning. Precipitation Rainfall. 24 hours» ending at 7:30 a. m., inches Total rainfall. since July 1, inches . Excess | inches Total rainfall since January 1, inches Excess since January 1, inches 3.15 Sunrise - Sunset. Moonrise Moonset | Low High Bar Sea level - WEATHER FORECAST. ;: - { | (Till 7:30 p. m., Thursday) ‘ | Key West and: Vicinity: Fair to partly cloudy tonight and erly winds. Florida: Fair to. partly. BD tonight and “Thursday, | scattéred thundershowers in extreme north ‘portion Thursday afternoon. Jacksonville to Florida Straits land East Gulf: “Light ito; moder- ate winds, mdstly ‘over south, and variable « over. . nerth| portion, and partly overcast wea- ther tomightand Thursday. | MONROE THEATER Alan Baxter—Jacqueline Wells MY SON IS A CRIMINAL , lawn;cutting, pick-an poriperativety: ‘low pay received union members—would ‘inevit- of workers in = private “ industry and commerce. Whether, or not and thought it over carefully. At /bill to that end now—it looks as}. ente was just about at its. apex. The* consequence was that Con- Skilled WPA craftsmen would re-| jobs and that workers have no ceive’ hourly rates of pay in ac- cord with union standards in the Jocality involved—but -that these ‘well-paid’ men would be allowed |to work only enough _heurs to bring their total monthly: com- sanleed big Eastern cities where -cobt | tk ‘Thursday; light to moderate eat: : "WPA STRIKES ARE OVER car sap cr is “it looks as it}!ower in the South, West and elsewhere where the cost of liv- ;|ing tends lower.) Change Brought Confusion The law went into effect, and a considerable ion resulted. A_ two-dollar-an-hour electrician had to work but 46 hours a month for his salary, while a 60-cents- ‘an-hour shovel-pusher had to put and algrsbedented strlec result. in some 150 hours for’the same ‘ed is. far’ from settled. And, in} money. Much criticism came] - order to tho! ly understand from within the WPA as well as it in all its ramifications, it is ne-| without. WPA jobs were de- leaving on the morning bus time friends. visiting relatives with relatives and meeting old friends, left this morning cumbe. tert tenident of lighthouses in years in ‘of coordinating work when some|Scventh District, left over ‘When ‘the WPA was’ first con-|mén worked only a third as much stituted: by ; and the/time as others. And this year a new Relief ill making a number of drastic cone in the principle of WPA | admniistration, >? Strikers Checked Biggest change - was abolish- |ment of the wage differential, and: the requirement of all WPA | beneficiaries to work 130 hours a month, without any increase in wages. And the A-F.ofL. craft unions, led by William Green, work: projects began requiring | howle@ again. The WPA “union”, the aid of. skilled workmen, such{the Workers Alliance, howled fas electricians, carpenters \ and / louder yet, and called the strike. steam-fitters, - the.-craft~ ‘labor |No one knows exactly how many i tet éut a tremendous [men walked out—in . some, sec jtions a majority did, and i fom) Pe few WPA ex iat’ the!'tooK a firm-line and the di order followed, apparently navigation on the east coast. ble-bodied, instead of direct re- lief, ‘was décided. upon; the idea :was-that WPA. workers would be paid salaries sufficient to main- ‘tain’ them ‘at minimum comfort} levels in return for. useful labor. Little trouble resulted so long as the workers were put on-jobs re- quiring no skill — leaf-raking, d-shovel la. bor, etc. But when the “made” from a brief visit in Miami, Mrs. James E. Curry and Jamie, were passengers. their many friends, as a successful strike against Issues Not Settled Yet Outlook now 1s that. little PERSONAL MENTION ogre John Demeritt and daugh- | ter Amaryllis were passengers Miami where they will spend a and} Rufus Johnson, who had been in Key West fora short’ visit the bus for his home in “Mate- *wW. W. Demeritt, superin- highway this morning on a reg- ular tour of inspection of aids to! D. E. Boney, with the Florida Motor Lines, and Mrs. Boney, returned to the city last evening leaving on the Cuba yesterday for a visit | in Tampa with relatives and} Federal goverhment, and that it cannot be recognized or arbitrat- ed. nothing will be done this session for atives and friends in Tampa. Charles P. Fuchs. his on Otto Kirchheiner, on the Florida Keys. the the terested visitors at station. They Ralph Bellamy LITTLE PAL son with MICKEY ROONEY —also— COMEDY and SHORTS ° ° For Fifty Years a NAME! in Coffee in Key West STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE THAT'S A REPUTATION the or by the: skilled WPA— most of ‘whom were out-of-work Presidential approval. .» Strike Found Little Favor There is a considerable group in Congress which favors restora- tion of the wage differential. But, at last reports, this group{ tened has decided against pushing a ‘of Washington, and is eager get home to the vital work ably ‘force down ‘the wage. rates journment.won’t settle the ‘this~ was’ true,, Congress. that . time, union political influ-|'if the strike found small public favor, and as if Congress at large jot additional widespread W!) gress passed. a law undér which ciple that WPA jobs are relief likely. right to complain. As Newsweek phrases it, “The WPA strikers find themselves on the dubious ground of conducting a walkout} against an employer who would be money ahead if they would| ipensdtion up to a” maximum of close down every job”. Very high| (This is. the maximum in| government officials “Rave said NS | =r Established 1885' Licensed Funerat Directors and Embalmers 24 Hour Ambulance on the and li d to ehange the 1940 law—Congress | is watching the calendar, is sick jpolitical fence building. But ad- sues, and the unions seem pre- pared to fight it out if it takes years. You'll be hearing much more of it, though the possibility is solidly-committed ot the prin-|strikes in the near future isn’t Lopez Funeral Service TO FORD V-8! [THEY COMPARED RIDES— ~ 1 found Ford levelest in starts and stops és much the longest ridebase at the price. THEY COMPARED COSTS— ‘and found the 85 horsepower Ford V-8 4. gave more miles per gallon in this year’s Gilmore-Yosemite run than any other leading low-priced car. no exfra Cost. lead COMPARED QUALITY to of pers DROWSY ? is- IT MAY BE DEADLY CARBON PA turns and over rough going, Its ridebase, on transverse springs, also gives more Saoipinbat at and found Ford alone at chispeite usi:ag valve seats on aél valves, %4-floating rear axle, semi- + cemsteifugal clutch, and @ lot of other things that spell fine car engineering! # WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1989, Mrs. George Schrieber left on the steamship Cuba yesterday afternoon for a visit ‘with Tel- head of a baking company in Miami, is a visitor in the city today and dis- leussing with Tax Assessor J. a parcel of land which Mr. Fuchs has bought Mr. and Mrs. John W. Burnett, of Gadsden, Alabama, were in- the head- | quarters of the Coast Guard Ser- vive yesterday, and at the naval expressed... them- | selves as having a delightful time. 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