The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 9, 1940, Page 3

YESTERDAY! Chris and. Dirck drive out on Long Island in a blizzard. They see Richard’s mother and break the news of Richard's death. The storm has ct off. communication. Chapter 32 Back To The City NCE or twice I thought she was going to speak, her lips Opened almost forming words, then with a half sigh she pressed her. teeth against her lower lip without saying anything. In a few minutes a nurse appeared, a dour old soul, who looked at us sus- piciously “Mr. MacDonald will see you,” she said, curtly. We followed; her up a wide, un- lighted stairway to a room directly at the head of it, a room so large that even the massive walnut bed against the far wall seemed dwarfed. I knew, of course, that Mr. Mac- Donald. was ill, but 1 wasn’t ex- ecting. to see the frail, wasted figure that lay there on the bed. “Friends of Richard’s,”. he said in a high, quavery voice, the voice we'd heard, down in the parlor. He stretched a wrinkled, bony hand out to us. iends of Rich- ard’s,” he repeated. “Why doesn’t he come home? Why doesn’t Joan | tome home to me?” | I felt my knees go weak. Dirck put an arm across my shoulders. The poor old man hadn’t been told, but it was probably better. He seemed close to death himself. “I'm worried about Joan,”. he went on. “She isn't happy.” Then suddenly his voice gained strength. “That man—that man—he means no godd to her. I know.” Gasping, he turned his head on the pillow and as the nurse hur- ried to him, she motioned us to leave. In the hall 1 clutched Dirck’s arm. “What did he mean? Who| was he talking about?” We looked at each other, then Dirck. shook his head and we started downstairs. At the foot of the stairway Mrs. MacDonald met us, and after a few words we told her good afternoon. Again I had the impression that she was going to say something, but as we left she only warned us about the snowy roads. It was a relief to get away from that house, even though the path back to the car was enough to daunt a mountain elimber. The wind was howling in the trees so we couldn't talk. And the path was only wide enough for one, so | just stumbled blindly after Dirck, cold and miserable. Snow got into my galoshes and down my neck. It melted under my.collar and ran down my back in icy trickles. At last we crawled gratefully into the} car. It took Dirck a couple of minutes to get stagted, because. the engine was cold. He seemed nervous.and impatient. As we drove down the road he said. “I’m afraid we've} been wasting time, Chris, I had| re idea Mr. MacDonald was so i!) | | tfully. gone half a mile or so} came to a sharp curve in| road where the snow had| drifted. Dirck raced the engine, but we stuck on an upgrade. We got| of the car and worked fran- cally, but the tires couldn't get any traction. Dirck seemed like a} man pc ed. “We've got to get back,” he kept | repeating. The snow was so thick and wet that it blinded us and the back] road we were on was completely deserted. There didn’t seem a ance in a thousand that anyone would come along on such a day It was after four o'clock and snow- ing harder than ever. No one in| their right mind: would: come out} in a car it, such. weather. |! Finally I got back in the car and | Dirck left to go. back to the Mac- Donalds’ for help. I waited: and waited, cold, damp, ‘and ‘anxious about Dirck. It seemed finaljy as though he'd had time to make the trip half a dozen times. ‘Pretty Jittery’ HEN | heard a shout and Dirck | ran up with a strange man and a boy and I wondered: how many servants they had at the MacDon- alds’. Finally the three of. them managed to get the car started and. we wefe on our way again. “A funny thigg happened,” Dirck. told. me as we. got back to the comparative safety of the main road. “I went back to the MacDon- alds’ and couldn’t get an answer to my knock. And f-could swear I saw that old.colored man looking out at me from, the parlor window. It made me pretty. jittery, I can tell you, when I saw. him and. he made no move to let me in. After all, we'd just left the house. Where was Mrs. MacDonald, do you sup- pose?” T looked at him. “Good. heavens, irck.” “Anyway,” he continued, “I went on down the road to a farm- house and got them to come back with me.” It was strange. Certainly Mrs. MacDonald wouldn’t have refused to help us. Particularly since she'd mentiGned the bad-roads. I thought it over during the drive back to town, but got nowhere in my own inimitable fashion, reached 19 George Street he breathed a sigh of relief. The shop was brightly lighted ‘and ‘there were several policemen on the sidewalk in front of the- house. Dirck turned to me and our. eyes. met, Something had gone . wro while we were out on the Islan Sergeant Long was standing in the doorway of the shop. When he spotted the yellow car he hurried over to us. “What’s up?” Dirck asked in a strained voice. “Plenty,” the Sergeant ‘said. “We aren’t through with this yet. 1 | | \is comprised of all Junior High j-pora) rainfall ince: Jahoehe | School | He’s skipped, but we’ll find him.” | Dirck's hands dropped from the wheel, but he said nothing. His | eyes were fixed intently on the | Sergeant. i “Who's skipped?” I asked, pull- | ing off my wet gloves. | fWhitehela” “Whitefield!” gloves. The Sergeant rested an arm on j the door of the car. “Yup, he beat it this’ morning. Two detectives | traced him as far as his studio | and from there on they drew a blank. He left there and they lost him in the crowd. They called me about it, but I didn’t really get sus- picious until he didn’t turn up to- night.” His voice rose. “I thought he was getting funny like that damn fool, Kincaid. He's been playing games with the detective all day. Half a dozen times Norton lost him, and Kincaid was doing. | it just fo. fun.” “So he’s gone,” Dirck said ab- sently. _The Sergeant nodded. “Yes, and. his car’s gone, too. He madeaclean. | getaway.” “I should think anyone would recognize him in that overcoat,” I said. “It covered him like a shroud,” “Oh, he vas smart,” the Sergeant | said. “Everyone got used to seeing him in that overcoat and he knew it. So he left it behind and wore a tan topcoat. You’d better come in, it’s cold.” he added, Arctic Explorer I dropped the | |“Dark Roses”. {ning close in second place with} ‘follows: Arnold, Mathews, Villa- | ' AS Dirck and I got out of the car | * 4 Mr. Kimball came to the door of the shop and invited us in for coffee. Dirck said that would be fine. We could go out for dinner later. Then I saw Mr. Kimball looking at me with curiosity and some amusement. I was dripping wet and gotten up like an Arctic explorer with Dirck’s automobile robe still around my shoulders. “You go upstairs and change, young lady,” he said. “This eve- ning Pll have Patrick build a fire in your room. You shouldn’t have been out in weather like thw.” I hurried upstairs, too tired and too excited to worry much about, being soaked to the skin. But I took a hot shower and put on my blue knitted frock to ward off pneumonia and went back ta the , shop Tim Lathrop had come in while 1 was _upstairs,.He was standing by the windéw. Idoking out on fhe street, paying no apparent atten- tion to. Direk and the Sergeant. arguing heatedly over something at Mr. Kimball's desk. He drew up a chair for me by the fireplace. “I don't believe it.” Dirck was ing positively. “He'd have no n to harm Joan, Why, he v knew her. Did he. Mr. Kim- re b ball T never even saw them, speak to each other.” Mr. Kimball said, “He can’ be the one you'ré after, Sergeant.” “Who am I after, then?” the Sergeant _Toared. “Mrs. Evans ke saying it’s you.” you've told me.” his won’t get us anywhere,” Dirck said hastily. is a __ “Well, tell me why Whitefield is missing.” the Sergeant snapped, tilting his chair back against the bookshelves. “I gave everyone in this house instructions not to leave unless they went to business, or left word. where they were going, Not thai anyone paid attention to my orders,” he added with a sharp look at me. “I took her out ‘with me this afternoon,” Dirck said quickly. The Sergeant rested his feet on the desk. “Whitefield was Tunning away. An innocent man doesn’t leave buildings by fire escapes for no good reason. He found he was being followed this, morning and. ran upstairs to his studio, locked the door and left by the fire escape,” “Where is his studio?” Dirck iked. “It's that place on West. Tenth Street under the name of Leon Perry.” Dirck raised his eyebrows, A here Miss Wells went yester- jay? “Sure,” the Sergeant said. “She went around to warn him. Perry | is supposed, to be a friend.of;White- field’s, according to the old man who runs the apartments, but no. one in the building has éver seen this guy Perry.” “And, that’s where he works?” uae Tt’s all full of paints and stull So Mr, Whitefield had another ste Spe a ae sans Ti to me. ought rapidly. What exposure dees ‘his pins on Tenth Street have, Sergeant?” | The Sergeant frowned, “The house is on the south side of the street,” he said slowly, le 4 studio is in the back. By hace j southern}”>He boas to i warth, you. | as. By.‘the time we crossed the bridge the streets were fairl of snow, so we made good, time going downtown. Dirck was pretty much upset and when finally. we IMPATIENCE. COSTLY- NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—Be eoming impatient while a, con- versation in a phone booth went on and on. John McKay, waiting | to use the telephone, stepped. up, “That's right, sald that artists always | haven “He ‘BSE |e ma On the shouldes ond reached for the telephone. Continued tomorrow and. busted. the glass door with his fist. The caller left a, long-| distance. conversation dangling and departed. McKay, summon- ed into court on a_ disorderly | | JUNIOR: FIVES, END STH ROUND OF PLAY SOLDANO QUINTET DEFEAT- “ED ONLY ONCE; STAND- INGS. SHOWN By, BERKY; Junior League Basketball Tourney this week completed eight rounds of play. The league Games students. are is real enthusiasm among the boys. Soldano “Scorpions”, at ne end of play, have only been de- feated. once, by the Menendez, Menendez. is run- only two losses. “Big, Twelve”, or the highest scorers, to date twelve are as real, Soldsno, Barber, Menendez, Alonso, Menendez, Nelson, Russell, Smith, Sweet- ing, Schoneck, McCown, McMa- hon, Sawyer, McMahon, Knowles, Smith, Aritas, Nelson, Schoneck, Smith. Team standings at the end. of the eighth round. of play follows: Team— Wik. - Pet, Soldano us 875 Menendez -750 Roberts 625 Mathews 625. McMahon .500 Smith 375 Nelson Schoneck RAO B.w ode 350 -000 wsececcoe ecco. Today’s Birthdays Judge David H. Kinchloe of the U.S. Customs Court, New the | Thompson, | THE KEY THE: -WEATHER fe TIS a a ‘Observation taken at 7:30 a, m., 75th Mer. Time (City Office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours {Lowest last nigh’ jMean ___. {Normal ..... = Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending ; 7:30 a. m., inches ze Total rainfall since April. 1, inches; A -___ Excess «since April 1, { inches -, O14 86 71 78 ant 0.56 0.56 | inches 5.46 | played every afternoon and there /Excess sine@ January 1, | inches ee 2. 0.312. Wind, Direction and Velocity N—13 miles per hour. ~ Relafixe. Humidity, 86% | Barometer at 7:30 a, m. today |Sea level, $0.01 (1016.3 millibars) Tomorrow's Almanac - 6:09 a. 6:47 p. 7:59 a. 9:24 p. Tomorrow‘s Tides (Naval Base) AM. 10:56 -- 4:36 FORECAST | . (Till 7:30,p. m., Wednesday) Key West. and, Vicinity: Fair tonight and Wednesday; slightly |cooler tonight; slightly warmer | Wednesday; gentle to moderate |northerly ‘winds, becoming’ north- ‘east and, éast. Wednesday. | ‘Plorida: Fair tonight and {Wednesday; slightly cooler in isouth and-east portions tonight; ‘slightly “warmer Wednesday. | CONDITIONS, The northern low _ pressure jarea has moved eastward to the 'North Atlantic States, and pres- isure ‘continues relatively low jover the Rocky Mountain States; ‘while a moderate high pressure larea overspreads the Mississippi Sunrise Sunset - { Moonrise | Moonset m. m. m. m, P.M. ‘High Low 5:38 | |York City, born at Sacramento, | Valley and Gulf States. Ky., 63 years ago. Frank O. King cartoonist, creator of “Gasoline Alley” born at Cashton, Wis., 57 yéars ago. Paul “Robeson, _actor-singer, born at Princeton, N. J., 42: years | ago. conduct charge, left $35 fine wil the judge. , Ex-Senator James T. Heflin of Alabama, born at Randolph Co., Ala., 71 years ago. H, Gerrish Smith, president of the National Council of Ameri- can Shipbuilders, born at, War- rensville, Ohio, 70 years ago. Dr. Levering Tyson, president of Muhlenberg College, Allen- town, Fu. born at Reading, Pa., 51 years ago. ~ Efrom Zimbalist, world-famed violinist, born in Russia, 5] years ago, Irving Fineman, author and editor, born in New York, 47 years ago. Lasting Delight Johnny had been the guest of honor-at a party the day before, and his friend was regarding him enviously. “How was it? time?” he asked. “Did I?” was the emphatic an- swer. “I ain’t hungry yet!” Have a_ good Rain has occurred during the | last 24 hours in the Lake region, |Ohio Valley and Atlantic States, |the amounts being heavy in por- itions of the North and Middle |Atlantic States and in the south- (western portion of the Florida peninsula. There has also been |light to moderate precipitation. in ‘portions of the Pacific, northern Rocky Mountain, and Plateau | States. 2 | Temperatures have fallen |somewhat over most of the east- lern half of the country; while readings are generally above nor- !mal in western districts. |=" G. S. KENNEDY, i Official in Charge. 1 CAT. GIVES SELF. UP. WASHINGTON.—While ning the lost-and-found column of a newspaper, Officer E. K. O’Brien saw an ad about a miss- ing tomcat named Teddy. Look- ing up from his reading. the of- ficer saw a weary-looking cat walk into the room. dy, giving himself up. sean- | The New York city fire depart- ment personnel numbers 10,822. 3 ‘ The Refrigerator With ab Al ¥E GONDITIONED AIR! humidity — practical faster freezing tempera- : tures. than. ever—and | G-E prices go. even lower for 1940! ROMthegreatGeneral Electric Research Lab- oratories have come. new advancements that make this the most complete, the most thrifty G-E re- + frigerator ever built: Yet | General Electric prices go - even lower this year! * See. G-E! And. You'll. See NEW. Beautifully Styled All-Steel. Cabinet. NEW Stainless Steel Super Freezer. NEW, Stainless Steel. Sliding Shelves: WEST CITIZEN It was Ted- ) PAGE THREE Ico! LEAGUE. (OF SPEAKS 08 |ereatly increased tourist travel | ination for election for governor 4 | “d 2 | orty ive jness of the fact’'that ‘the estab before the publie that, when lishment of the Everglades Na-: Pi tional Park. will create a great |Clected, they will:use. their every: asset for Florida interests gen-|¢effort to push ahead the ad erally the, whole, proposition is so lishment of the Evesglades Park. tion and settlement, is a very. Qut of the ordinary. that it is not''There ar2 no unsurmountable oscar ae ea sitet Sy realized their opportunity. Progress toward’ the establish- | “It is lucky. i this as far as. which the establishment of the ment of the Park in the estima- Roy Hamlin has called a meet-'the éstablishmien of the, Ever-' Park assures, even though the tion of those whose opinion is ing of all softball team managers 'glades National Park is con- press. of the State from the start authoritative. of the city to be held. tomorrow cerned, though is not unique in realized that in the Perk Florida “We have every reason to an- joing}: Wedhtasay, at the City,i tis Tespegt. Very largely, the | was offered a wonderful oppor-) 4 ios beginning with the ithe it yr at the Y- areas inelided in’many of’ the 'tunity. It will interest you news- | icipa’ NE WEISS Hall chambers*at‘8500 o'clock’ for Cresent national parks are of lit-/papermen to learn that the administration of public official the purpose. ‘of Norganizing “# tle value for cultivation of crops, Everglades National Park press affairs for Florida by the. in- Heague tournament ‘to be played or other economic uses, while for |clippings coming to the Associa- cumbents which the forthcoming, this ‘deasori:* iscenic, recreational and wild life | tion from our good friend Russell election will, determine, weak F ‘conseryation values, they are of|Kay’s office offiee already bulk| progress toward the establish- ‘Fhe schedule will call for aj ccending worth, and it i just wp to more than 19,000. jment of the Everglades. National series of evening games at Bay-|these inter type of values which| “While Congress could, and|Park will be rapid and that the view Park. It was announced. make the area for the Everglades |did, authorize the Everglades Na- | time will not be far distant when, that the Board of Public Works 'National Park so adaptable. for | tional Park and defined accept-|the Park will have become a go- had, made arrangements to turn{national park purposes. For-|able boundaries, it had not the|ing concern, the Department of on the. flood lights at the park ‘tunately, the price of the lands | power to acquire the land. That | the Interior, through, the Na- A which must be acquired for the must be done by the state. Tojtional, Park Service Bureau, will, = es Play could start imme- pax | are comparatively low. accomplish this called for Acts|have organized its administra-. jiately, With this combination of world-|of the Florida State Legislature,!tion groups within the area, and Representatives of the foliar Wee tourist ‘attraction values creating a commission with pow-/|Florida’s contribution to the Na- in, in| and low’ land acquisition costs;|er to purchase lands and for the!tional Park System will be pro- eine te ans Bee te success of the Everglades 'Internal. Improvement Fund claimed cne of the world’s VP53 (two feats c ’|National Park project is indeed | Trustees to transfer state lands | greatest national park wonders, s), Coca-Cola, \bright. Certainly Florida, has in | within the area prescribed. Bills/and, the tourists from every- Blue Sox, Army, High School and ‘the Everglades National Park jhave been passed for both pur-/| where will be flocking, into scen- |from two to four teams from the | project, a, great investment op- | poses, and. ‘all ‘necessary legisla-!ic, recreational and. wildlife. navy ships. Any other teams! sortunity in’ wild’ life conserva-jtion, both federal and state, is|charms of America’s only cli- wishing to be represented in the | tion and annual income direct to|set to go ahead with the state’s|matic tropics; a fairyland. su- jtournamert are invited to send | the State and to many of its most | share’ of the transaction. !preme; the Everglades National a manager to the meeting. important ~ industries, which’ “About all candidates for nom- Park”. WEED (Continued. from Page One) ; which. Florida very. “ge erally has undergone so many changes, MANAGERS OF TEAMS GATH: brought about by land cultiva- ER. TOMORROW. TO. OR- GANIZE TOURNAMENT POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. ° Democratic Primary, May 7, 1940 ! Monroe County. For Governor. SPESSARD L. HOLLAND. For Clerk of. the Circuit Court ISADORE L. WEINTRAUB Better Known As “Izzy” For Governor FULLER WARREN, For Clerk of Criminal Court Cc. SAM B, CURRY (For Re-Election) For Governor FRANCIS P. WHITEHAIR Eor, State. Comptroller J, M. LEE For Clerk of Criminal Court HARRY DONGO For Clerk of Criminal Court LEONARD B. GRILLON “Lenni For Attorney, General E. B, DONNELL For Circuit Judge ROSCOE BRUNSTETTER (Group 1) Ability—Experience—Judicial Temperament For Sheriff BERLIN A. SAWYER Re-Elect KARL O, THOMPSON For Sheriff For Judge Circuit. Court W. H. BURWELL (Group One) ~~~ For County Commissioner, First District EDUARDO C. GOMEZ For, the Eull Term Circujt Judge, Group 1 “Eddie” JUDGE ROSS WILLIAMS, Present, Judge, Ably carrying on the tradition, of, the late Judge Atkinson, For County Commissioner, First District WM. H. MONSALVATGE (For Re-Election) For Judge Circuit Court FRANK E. BRYANT (Group 3) “A Free and Un-Trammelled Judiciary” For Judge of the Circuit Court, GEO, E. McCASKILL (To Succeed Judge Trammell) ‘Group 3) Re-nominate JUDGE WORTH W. TRAMMELL For Circuit Judge. (Group 3) For. Judge. of. the Circuit, Court. JUDGE PAUL D. BARNS. (Group 4) . For County Commissioner, Second District J. FRANK ROBERTS. For County Commissioner, Second District BRAXTON B. WARREN (For Re-Election) For County Commissioner, Fourth District WILLIAM T. DOUGHTRY, JR. For County Commissioner, Fourth, District NORBERG THOMPSON For County Commissioner, Fifth District R. W. CRAIG Known Universally As “Poor Old Craig” of Craig, Fla. For. Judge. of the Circuit. Court ROBERT J. BOONE For County Commissioner, Fifth District (Group 4) MRS. ELLIE LOWE (Formerly Ellie O’Rourke) For County Commissioner, Fifth District W. A. PARRISH For Judge Circuit Court Cc. C. YOUMANS (Group 4) Active—Experienced. Attorney. For. 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