The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 15, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County y West, Florida, as second class matter he Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use all news dispatches credited to redited in this naper and also NOTICE ds of thanks, resolutions of ete., ment by churches from which dare 5 cents a line. pen forum and invites discus- issues and subjects of local or general it wiJl not publish anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; never be the or- without fear and without favor; always fight for progress; gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; a:ways do its utmost, for tpe = welfare; denounce vice and praise virtue ablic never tolerate corruptio: tolerant of others’ rights, views and ; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; ise with principle. tiguatuiee: amend good done by individual or organ- i never com- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. e City Pian (Zoning). fore Hotels and Apartments. and Bathing Pavilion. Land and $ea. mprehens n of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital The census will consensus is, with us always. utes—remember that one of them will your governor next year. He needs you now and you may need him then. Cne of the local candidates, for some time, has been owing a debt to The Citizen | blishing Co., for which this columnist is laboring, and having a vote it is surely -not going to him. It isn’t human te do so, and we don’t want to do anything human. “Murphy sales in Monroe county for one day last week were $19,6 Rather amazing considering its old habit of non-taxpaying.’——Fuller’s Viorida Letter. Payment of that ‘sum not amazing; time is ol was. Some of the old-timers have been voting for Roosevelt ever since Teddy ran up San Juan Hill, while others probably will cast their votes for Dewey because he rove the Spaniards out of Manila. They ore names to conjure with and swear at as the case may be. the 1940 the andidates ‘round the bend are entering gubernatorial closely bunched—Whitehai Paty, Fraser, Warren and Holland, the der of the field are far behind em hopelessly beaten, Coming politica) horses stretch. Five are and Mayor Tom Har “eracked down” bolita in Homestead a few nd fined a bolita peddler $250 or 90 days in jail. That’s the most effective way of stopping this gambling racket, the player has one chance in 100 of win- ning a picayunish sum of money, this writer is told. Tow fiend must have sau ee is not anymore original plan of $200 a month, but is get- seen the ing @ewn to normalcy by promising old- | sters $50 monthly, and that is within rea- son and eventually obtainable. Of course, he stift is dangling the tantalizing larger sum before the eyes of the hopefuls when the economic conditions will be better, will be charged for at | soon be over, but the | in- | tax dodging for that length | home | re- | days ago, | in whieh | advocating the! A PROGRESSIVE EFFORT Arthur Sawyer Post No. THE.KEY WEST CITIZEN 28 of the | American Legion is now committed to a: campaign to bring the 1941 state conven- tion of the veteran organization to Key West. slogan of the iocal Legionnaires when they enter the 1940 ccnvention at St. Peters- | burg late this ténth. ‘A year ago’ Arthur Sawyer Post made a Similar attempt’ at the 1939 convention at Ft. Lauderdale. The post started late, but made such a strong bid that many of the delegates stated that they would have | supported the Key West fight for the 1940 | convention had they not been committed | previcusly to St. Petersburg. Despite the failure to land the 1940 convention Key West, Arthur Sawyer Post ballyhooed this city that it made a deep impression, built up a friendly feeling, for Key West. was an outstanding success because the | local Legionnaires made such a_ pro- nounced impression at Ft. Lauderdale. Assuming that Arthur Sawyer Post | | is suecessful in landing the 1941 conven- tion for Key West, the relatively | that must be solved by the combined ef- fort of all our publie and civie organiza- tions. Handiing convention arrangements is a big job. To prepare to house, feed, cruse and entertain from 2000 to 3000 Perel including dezens of bands and other musical and marching organizations, requires a mountain of work. be done by Arthur Sawyer Even with a paid director, the post would have te call for the help of every public- spirited agency and person. Today the Legionnaires are sounding | | out otr public and civic officials on this | proposition. They want to determine if | they will have the wholehearted support | of this community. They want to be able | to go before the St. Petersburg convention | with a positive statement that Key West is | solidly behind the American Legion in | seeking the 1941 convention. - The Citizen believes thi | of public service that deserves ands general public support. is the kind and de- If the dem American Legion state convention can be | brought to Key West, if Key West shows | 4 F | a capacity to handle such a gathering, Key Be nice to all the gubernatorial can- | West will attract other state conventions. We could expect state conventions or con- | ferences of Rotary International, Lions In- ternational, the Junior Chamber of Com- | merce and ether organizations and lodges. RUSSIA PURSUES ANCIENT AIMS There is more trouble ahead for Scandinavia if reports about Russia are correct First, defensé agreement between Norway, Sweden and Finland; then there is the re- port that Russia will take more of Finland than the Finrs expected and the latest is that the Reds will demand free trade ports in Sweden and Norway. land and a fast-growing population that | approaches 200,000,000 people, needs no additional territory or population. | plain that, the Soviet is taking advantage | of the disorganized condition of the world to take what she thinks she might require. Russia, according to one observer, wants a port on the Atlantic to avert Ger- man domination via the Baltic. terranean. These are old dreams for the Russians in the days of the Czars and the Bolshevies follow the beaten path of what they call imperial aggression. WHAT IS THE MATTER? What is the matter with the-country? | Hardly two people in the nation agree cn the answer. This is not surprising because the ex- | planation of present-problems does not lie | in any particular indictment. There are many causes, In fact, there knows the complete answer. understand our economic machinery are | hindered by various factors, including self-interest. individual ean do, if this presented itself to his mind, is to forget about the nation, for the moment and ask, | “What's the matter with me?” i If the inquiry is pursued relentlessly { and with diligence there is bound to be re- , jsults, “Key West in 1941” will be the ' for | so ably | Last summer’s district confer- | ence of the American Legion in Key West ( small | | membership of the post creates a problem | It could not | Post atone. | there is Moscow’s ban on the | Russia, with one-sixth of the world’s | It is | She wants | land in the southeast to reach the Medi- | probably nobody who , Efforts to > Chapter 37 *A Domestic Woman’ N RS. MAC DONALD began to speak in a low, awful voice: “My brother has been plotting his for years, sin.2 Richard and Joan were children. I suspected it a long while ago and, as my hus- band’s health grew worse, 1 was convinced that Nicholas was go- ing to get rid of them in some way. He tried to poison their father’s mind against them, or at least against Joan, since he was not her own father, so that Rich- ard would get the money when I | died. But that is all that my_hus- band wanted, just to have Rich- ard provided for. My brother | went further. He didn’t want to share my money with Joan or Richard.” Her voice broke. I had the feeling that she wasn’t con- scious of us. She seemed to be ad- dressing the four walls. “When they left home — Joan and Richard—and came here, their uncle couldn’t do enough for them. and I was certain all of the time that he was making Plans. By that time it: had be- come an obsession. He was mad to get money for his antiques and his books. I tried to warn him. I told him if he harmed them he | wouldn’t get.a cent of my money and he laughed at me. He knew that if they were gone he could force the money out of me. But he pretended he didn’t know what I was talking about. And all of the time I knew he was plotting slowly to do away with them. I’ve | lived in hell. Richard’s father was failing steadily. Then my | brother called—after he had Killed Joan in cold blood—he called to tell me that Joan had been murdered, that he didn’t know who had done it.” Her voice was scarcely above a whisper, yet every word pierced our- ears. “When I came here with Richard the other day I knew there was nothing I could do. My brother was in a frenzy. I could tell it by his eyes. He had sacceeded. Yesterday afternoon when the man and girl,” she looked at Dirck and me, “came to the house, I was beside myself. After they left I drove to the nearest town to call my brother, to warn him that I would expose him, not that it would do any good. Richard was dead then, and so was Joan. Now they are dead and my husband is dying. How could he do this to me?” At last she stopped. The relief was so intense as to be painful and still no one in the room moved or spoke. I couldn't bear to look at her face, torn with enotion, It wasn’t possible to | watch anyone suffer so terribly. From somewhere on the first floor a voice called for the Sergeant aad the tension that held us les- sened. The Sergeant drew a quick breath, turned to the stairway ; aad called to his assistant. When Norton came_ upstairs Sergeant Long said, “Mrs. Mac- Donald isn’t very well. See that she gets home safely.” He followed them downstairs aud Mary Ann left with a back- ward glance at Dirck. And now that we were alone we just sat and stared at each other. The past hour had left me shaken and bewildered. As calmly as | could manage, T said to Dirck, “Would you mind explaining all of this in words of one syllable? My mind got be- fogged somewhere along the line.” lo Motive’ flee this way, Chris,” he said. “I was fairly certain all along that it was Mr. Kimball, and I finally convinced Richard or almost con- vinced him. But the Sergeant wouldn’t agree with me because there seemed to be no motive.” I leaned back in the chair and asked when he'd figured out the ‘motive. “You're the perfect Watson,” he said with a smile. “I hit on it when Mr. Kimball showed me some of his antiques and particu- larly some of his books. He had a passion for collecting the most valuable things, and he didn’t want to sell them. You see, Chris,” he said, taking my hand, “I tried to buy one of his books and he just smiled. He wouldn’t have parted with it for the world. Just as Mrs. MacDonald said, he was mad about collecting. He wouldn't stop at anything to get what he wanted and,” he added soberly. “he didn’t stop. Joan and Richart were in the way, so he got rid of th “Where did the necklace come from?” I said, extricating my hand. | “He bought it a long while ago and then took it to a jeweler’s way downtown to have it strung on a heavier chain. I found the store last night.” “Is that where you were? I thought you were probably sit- ting up with Mary Ann.” | “I slept in a chair down in the shop to keep an eye on things.” I frowned in recollection. “So it was Mr, Kimball who wrote on . “No, it was Ishi. Kimball must have seen fot Bw and told Ishi you had to do with Joan's didn’t know, you see, who had dope it, And he was so devoted to Mr. that he did exactly as At said. You Kimball gave Ishi L Geath, Ishi About the best thing that the average | question has | (fy Anssetated Prennt BERLIN, April 15.—The war is (beginning to make itself felt who pushed your,key onto the floor the other night. He was try- ing to get in and I'don’t know for what reason. But when Rich- ard and I came in he must have heard us and hurried back to the shop. We were pretty certain that we saw him disapear .inte the back of the house.” “But how did you finally get the 9% “In the box of books that Ishi carried down from Joan’s apart- ment. On Kimball’s return trip to Joan’s apartment that night he hid the gloves under the cover of an encyclopedia. No one thought of going through all of those books. Particularly after they were packed in the boxes. They were the gloves he had used when he slid down the drainpipe. They were streaked with rust and still damp from the snow. I found them this ,morning when you were in the shop while Kimball was out walkjng. The box was in his bedroom. I came in by the cellar after I saw him leave, from the store across the street. I spent most of the morning over there watching for a chance. I went through everything in his room and finally through the books.” “But ‘Good To Steer Clear’ I SMOKED thoughtfully. how did you know he went through the cellar the night he murdered Richard?” Dirck | smiled. old Patrick, was in the cellar sleeping off a drunk. Kimball didn’t know it, but Patrick came to and saw him as he walked through. You see, Richard was already dead when Mr. Kimball and the detective took a look around the house. Richard’s light was still on and Kimball, accord- ing to the detective, leaned in the doorway and said something and of course the man thought he was talking with his nephew. I thought he might have gone through’ the cellar. He wouldn’t have taken a chance on passin, the detective in the shop, tort asked Patrick and he told me this afternoon. And Kimball over- MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1940 CIGARETTE Chesterfield goes to bat with the old | Charpin “Patrick, good héard us, I am cure, that’s why | the poor fellow got knocked out. I think Kimball really meant to kill -him.” “And Mary Ann and I had lun¢ch—”I stopped. “You may as well tell me about Mary Ann. What did she have to do with this?” Dirck lighted a fresh cigarette. “Mary Ann is a very pretty girl but, as Richard said, she’s a good one to steer clear of. It seems Richard had dates’ with her a couple of times and didn’t have sense enough to be-wary. The red-head got something on him and she was bleeding him for money. Sie got hold of him the night Joan was murdered to get more out of him, that’s why he took a later train. 1 found her up | in his apartment early this after- noon. She said she was looking for some of her letters, but she seemed more interested in his diamond studs. Norton had bet- ter watch his step. I think they are chasing around together.” I sighed. “I guess that’s all.” Then'I sat up. “Who was that man on the fire escape?” “Whitefield. He used Richard’s apartment for an exit when Rich- ard wasn’t home. It was handier than the front door, since the police have been after him for a long time. I suppose he came in the front way with that big over- coat on and went out the back in the topcoat.” “Well,” I murmured, “Mr. Kim- hall rertainiv did_a thorough job of it. Poor Mrs. Evans.” “TI guess she got on his nerves, accusing 1im all of the time. He probably went up to threaten her and she got frightened. Her heart was weak, anyway, Sarah said.” “I wonder what she did know about it?” Dirck shook his head. “I think she kept her eye on everyone, that’s all. She knew pretty well what was going on in the house. She was really a lot smarter than any of the rest of us.” “And little Rollo figured all of this out by himself,” I mur- mured. “That sounds swell, but it isn’t true, unfortunately. Our friend, Sergeant Long, is probably the smartest man in New York. I guessed that it was Kimball, but he did all the rest.” He looked up abruptly. “What are you | staring at?” Z “T was just admiring you,” I d | said. “Chris, I’'li swallow every word I ever said about you. At heart you have the makings of a do- mestic woman.” “You can’t flatter me.” He smiled. “I can feed you, though. How about a large din- ner?” I shook my head. “I’m packing. He stared at me. “If there’s a ship for Bermuda tomorrow I'm taking it. I wouldn’t stay in New York for the rest of the winter for the best steak the town has to hawk about. Snow, sleet, ice.” I shuddered. He sat up. “Is it coincidence or | i seems to me I read by o al is spending ie winter in Gorge: “Toby,” I said carelessly. tind a said in a stern voice, | to fal Noe ts that Wat Sree oo | money-lender who spends ° bis winters in Bermuda or are you ; i Sees to stay in New York where — are men?” ane Lsaid weakly. set poe hat on, ugh He We're poe to dinner.” THE END tee “yf Definitely Milder Cooler-Smoking Better-Tasting ...these are the three good qualities that every smoker wants and every smoker gets in Chesterfield. That’s because Chesterfields are made of the world’s best tobaccos, blended in the right combination. You can’t buy a better cigarette. “The Yonkees,” says JOE McCARTHY, pionships because they're good in the box, at bat and in the field”... 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CONDENSED STi.TEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST as at close of business March 26, 1940 Comptrolier’s Call RESOURCES Loans and Discounts Overdrafts Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures Other Real Estate _ Stock of the Federal Re- serve Bank Other Assets United’ States Government Obligations, direct andjor fully guaranteed __. _...$286,882.16 Rise, Municipal and other Cash end due from Banks $ 260,861.95 23.07 27,383.06 3TAITTA 4,650.00 1,371.16 160,897.49 887,078.44 1,334,858.09 $1,666,565.07 $ 100,000.60 90,504.59 - .1,476,060.48 $1,666,565.07 Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Member of the Federal Reserve Serving Key West and Monroe County since 1891 Capital Surplus, Undivided Profits and Reserves Deposits of | = | |