The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 20, 1940, Page 3

MONDAY, MAY 20, 1940 LEAP BEFORE YOU LOOK By Peggy O’More YESTERDAY: Although Dotty is still loyal to Tomi she leaves to take care of her sick daugh- ter. Tomi receives a stiff note from Pierre saying he is back in Louisiana. She cannot under- stand the reason for his deser- tion. Chapter 30 Suecess Or Failure? ‘TH! garden administered peace - to Tomi’s unhappy heart. Pierre was a thorn that stayed in the flesh of her spirit, and fes- tered. Dotty was a lonely ache, for Dotty who had mothered her, had proven she was first the mother of this Gladys. The To- Jands? Tomi had refused invitations to| their home until they had stopped giving them. Great-aunt Hannah still called regularly to see that she wasn’t ill Great-aunt Han- nah, however, spent her spare mo- ments with Allen Bartell and Lily Mankin. The Blonde Lily was more in evidence than ever. But the Tolands made Tomi Tealize she was, after all, only| half Toland. Old Abe had grown silent under the rigid silence of Tomi. Ohly h Little Sweetheart was he at ease. But it was Allen Barteli who sent Tomi pacing the sands on the cool autumn evenings. It was| the very sight of him which turned her heart from its moor- ings with a sickening pain. And it was Allen who made the win- ning of the place more vital. “Miss Tomi—” Abe pushed his chair back from the kitchen table this early autumn evening— “you ain’t told me how we're gettin’ on, but I'm thinking this. Feed comes high. We got a bumper crop of young-uns growing up. You're feedin’ all of them. You could save | yourself a mite of money if you was to back-feed.” Tomi lighted a cigarette, crossed her knees and swung her booted foot. “Back-feed,” she echoed. “Sure, feed your little ones to the big ones.” Tomi pushed her black hair back from a tanned face. “I see, and then next year — or rather, two years from now-—+the market stock would be depleted.” “Well,” said Abe, arses Tomi gave a queer little laugh. “So you don’t believe the market stock two years, or even one year, hence will mean anything to me. Is that it?” Abe tamped tobacco into the|. ancient pipe which had reap- eared with the disappearance of jotty. “How can I tell?” he re- torted. “We ain’t been partners lately.” Something in Tomi was touched, then she stceled herself against it. Abe had known Allen Bartell before he had known her. She would trust no one but herself. “Order another shipment of sil- ver-tops,” she said, recklessly. “If I jose, I'll lose in the right way. I needn’t have spent so much money for non-essentials. I did. I don’t intend to take it out of the fellow who runs this farm mext year. whether it be myself or Allen Bartell.” ~ Tomi had seen Allen several times since their Los Angeles meeting. Each time Great-aunt Hannah had been present, and each time Tomi had been “in cos- e. had rebounded to the treme. They’ rioted in or. Even Major John strode the ts of Alameda in waist-coats blinded the eye. Great-aunt Hannah, wise enough to place herself ir the hands of someone equally wise. was a vi- sion of good taste. Silver hair, silver-toned clothes. h enough blue to bring out the ike color of her eyes, and ugh pink to give her-checks the bloom of a happy sunset. ‘The Inner Woman’ YE day when Tomi had’ found her monthly allowance. de- pleted and, needing additional funds for a large shipment, had gone to Allen's office, Great-aunt Hannah had remonstratea. . ‘To think a Toland would ever look like you do,” she cried. Tomi. who had jumped into her car, boots muddy, breeches and. shirt stained. short black hair Pi ed back from a face tanned deep brown by the sun, had eared to believe it was woman who counted,” rted. With a glance at he added, “T've heard that n male of the species wear color only to attract. I've no de- sire to be attractive.” “Well, you've certainly attained that desire,” flashed Bartell. Tomi found tears puddling the dust on her cheeks as she drove home. But she had the money. “That is all that matters.” she insisted. It was all that Nee aep but there wasn't enoug! The last d: October dawned: too brightly. Tomi, standing at the east window, had watched the morning sun spring up over the hills o” Mission San Jose. It had touched the last blooms of the garden with a blood stain. It had crimsoned the walls of the old house. Tomi, who had slept with her books on the nightstand beside her, opened them again. She couldn't make the black army come down two paces towards the battlefront; only two paces. Today’s Birthdays Maj. Gen. B. Frank Cheatham, lulu, noted surgeon, born there, the following Florida USA,, retired, born in Tennes- see, 73 years ago. Prof. Allan Nevins of Colum- “Tonight, it will be too late,” she cried. “Oh, don’t jee see what ‘ou’re doing to me? After the way ve planned your comiaiens pro- visioned your troops; supplied you with ammunition, you’ve to drive through those frort-line trenches to victory. You have twelve hours of sunlight to win. Can’t you do it? Are you going to lose this stronghold for a pitifal little one hundred dollars?’ She had fought her battle well. Only one hundred dollars divided the black arm from the red. One hundred and one dollars, would another year. “And next year it would be easy,” she thought. And again she thought, “I could alter the books and do what Pierre profit. I have the money. I earned it while I was with A. J.” But she cculdn’t. She would win this farm, this legacy, on the prin- ciple set forth by the late Timothy Toland, or she would lose it. doleful, “I'm bettin’ you dough- nuts against ‘their holes that there’s a storm waitin’ that’s goin’ to strike tonight and drive the babies right down to the bottom.” with an attempt at fun. “The next owner will keep you on.” But Abe shook his head dole- | fully. “It won’t be the same with- out you, Miss Tomi. I sure do wish you'd take my savings and use it on them books of yours.” Two tears seeped through the black lashes. “Keep your savings, Abe,” she whispered. “You are liable to need them.” Duplicate Accounts MI didn’t go near the pens. She couldn't stand to watch millions of tiny mouths open, beg- ging for food. Truly, frogs were prolifie. “Give them all they will eat, | Abe,” she called. She went about the house then, bidding it goodby. Nothing short of a miracle could save the place for her now. She had closegh off most of the rooms after Dx left. Keeping them open had only meant clean- ing. She had lived in the kitchen and office and her own room. Now she went slowly through the others. She thought of the plans she had made for them; the things she had intended to do this winter. .. Instead, she’d be looking for a job. Here was Dorothy Dongherty’s room. Tomi opened the door and went in..It was musty. She opened the windows. A glance around the room and she saw a slip of 1ibbon closed in a drawer. She had thought Dor- othy packed everything on that second trip. turn the ribbon to whatever gar- ment it was attached. She forgot the ribbon and stared in astonish- ment. She shook her head as though to clear it. She was “seeing things.” In the-drawer were her books; the books she used for the farm accounts. over Pierre, Allen and the farm until she had lost her mind. She touched the books. They were real. She opened them. And she sighed in relief. The handwriting was similar to hers, | but it wasn’t hers. And yet... | Tomi picked up the books and rushed down to her office. She | was grateful to find her own books | locked in their accustomed place. | She compared them with the Jones she had just found. In one lrespect they were identical—the |column of MONEY.RECEIVED. In the column egos Seascale | TURES, every 8ifgle item had | been doubled, save salaries. Tomi_ thumbed» through the ibook, The accounts had _ been | listed-only until July 28th. “Why,” she cried aloud, “that was the day I left for Los Jz But what did it mean? She'd call Dotty; she’d call Bar- iA but first she would cali Old | Abe. Abe ambled up, a piece of di wheat between what he insis' |upon calling “Dr. Smith’s teeth,” Collins; Carleton, Pressnell and Philadelphia | though Tomi had assured him she | had paid for them. “Abe, look!” She sets of books on the kitchen table. “Do you know anything about these fake books?” Abe found a chair. It seemed to Tomi he felt the need of a chair | at that precise moment. | “Well, yes,” he conceded. “Guess it won't do no harm to tell you now. | Tomi waited while Abe sought | for words. “It's this way,”the old mah began. “Dotty, she washed a pair of Pierre's pants.” “Imagine that.” murmured Tomi when Abe paused. “And she found a letter. I got the letter,” he assured her gedi ly. ioe from e girl. W ~ ept gel more compli-. cael You ESsf like you was failin’ for Pierre and ready té get yourself married to him, and then Dotty and Allen and me, we tpeugst it was time to do some- ing.’ “Abe,” cried Tomi “will you talk sense?” Abe sighed. “You wouldn’t know sense if it was spelled to you,” he retorted. read the two \ Tomi_had a moment of sheer x panic. Perhaps she had worried cevich, Callahan, Barnicle, Coff- cloudy tonight and Tuesday; not FOR RES, 8.4 BROOKLYN DODGERS FAL- TER, LOSE TO CUBS: CARDS DEFEAT GIANTS: YANKEES BOW TO INDIANS (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, May 20.—Bucky the year, in which he allowed the Boston Bees only five hits, en- abled the Cincinnati Reds to keep striking out seven Bees. Ernie Lombardi put the game on ice in the eighth inning with a three- run homer. Score, 8 to 4. Brooklyn Dodgers dropped a Reds with a ten-inning defeat at the hands of Chicago Cubs. Score was tied at five all at the end of the ninth inning. Cubs scored “Cheer up, Abe,” she managed, two runs on a home run by Rip drop into the cellar. Russell. Brooklyn’s desperate try to tie or win, fell one run short, with the game ending, 7 to 6. St. Louis Cardinals edged out ‘the New York Giants in another ten-inning battle, 6 to 5. Three Cardinals hit home runs, Johnny Mize, Joe Orengo and Don Pad- gett. Both teams got nine hits. Philadelphia Phillies staged a mighty ninth-inning rally in their game yesterday with the, Pittsburgh Pirates, and notched two runs, sufficient to win the game. The bases were loaded after two were out in that in- ning and pinch-hitter, Ben War- ren, knocked out the deciding hit to make the score 6 ‘o 5. In the American League, the Cleveland Indians gained on the idle Boston Red Sox, with a de- cisive victory over the New York Yankees, 5 to 1. Bob Feller turned in his fifth win of the season, holding the champs to four hits. Red Ruffing went the route for the Yanks, dropping his third game this year. Washington Senators won a slugfest from the Chicago White Sox, 12 to 10, piling up their runs early in the game. Sox staged a five-run rally in the ninth in- ning, but fell two short of a tie. Dutch Leonard went the route for the Nats. St. Louis Browns defeated the |Philadelphia Athletics, 10 to 4-as Tomi opened the drawer to re- three of their batsmen knocked |Full moon, 2ist out home runs, Rip Radcliff, Chet Laabs and Joe Gallagher. Results of the games: NATIONAL LEAGUE At Boston HE: Cincinnati 812 0 Boston 2 ec 1 Walters and Lombardi; Strin- mean and Lopez. At New York St. Louis ‘New York : (Ten Innings) Shoun, Cooper, Russeli and Padgett, Owen, Delancey; Lohr- man, Joiner, W. Brown and Dan- ning. z At Philadelphia Pittsburgh Philadelphia 610 0 Bowman, Sewell, Macfayden and Berres;.Higbe, S. Johnson and Atwood Warren. R. HE. ee: 3 | At Brooklyy Chicago Brooklyn (Ten Innings) Mooty, Olsen, Passeau, French, |Rosenberger, Page’ and Todd, , Mancuso. AMERICAN LEAGUE At Cleveland RHE New York Mead Cleveland 5 9 0 Ruffing and Dickey; Feller and Hemsley. RHE 1219 3 At Chicago Washington Chicago ae 1015 3 Leonard and Ferrell; Lyons, , Dietrich, Weiland and Tresh. At St. Louis ‘Philadelphia — St. Louis _ ‘ Auker and Swift. SENATOR ANDREWS SPEAKS E. 3 10 9 1 Hayes; R. it 9 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN BUCKY’S SIXTH TIGERS-SAWYERS STRAIGHT WINS OPEN TWIN BILL ccc TEN AND MARINES IN NIGHTCAP AT BAYVIEW PARK TONIGHT Doubleheader of softball will be played at Bayview Park to- night by members of the Island City League. In the opening contest, Park Tigers will cross bats with the Sawyer’s Barber Shop ten. This place the farm in her hands for Walter's sixth straight_victory of Will be the initial fracas between these two clubs. Parkers (Our Gang) are in second place while the Barbers occupy fifth posi- tion. Battery for the Tigers will suggested, slip in a dollar here UP their league-leading pace yes- be A. Griffin and Jasper Walker and there until they showed a terday. Walters was in top form, and Johnnie Walker and Hop- kins will work for the Barbers. U. S. Marines will play the CCC ten in the nightcap. CCC’s have won one and lost four and the Marines have lost four Abe, coming in to breakfast, was full game and a half behind the straight without winning any. Should the Conservation boys cop the game tcnight, they will go up to sixth place in the stand- ings but if they lose they Jansen and Williams will form the battery for the CCC’s. Smith and Yelo- chan will perform for the Leath- ernecks. THE WEATHER Observation taken at 7:30 a. m., - 75th Mer. Time (City Office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last® night Mean : Normal 85 75 80 ss 80 Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches ‘. Total rainfall since May 1, inches Deficiency inches ee Totai rainfall since Jan. :1, inches = pence Deficiency since January. -1, inches oe Wind Direction and N—6 miles per hour, Relative Humidity 91% Barometer at 7:30 a. m. today Sea level, 29.87 (1011.5 millibars) Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 5:40 a. Sunset - 7:07 p. m. Moonrise 7:26 p. Moonset 5:48 a. 8:33 a. Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. 9:08 en FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Tuesday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly 0.60 . 0.15 since May 1, P.M. 10:30 3:53 gr Low much change in temperature; light to moderate variable winds. Florida: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; not much change in emperature. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Light to moderate northerly winds over north portion, and moderate to fresh northerly winds over south portion, prob- ably strong at times off the coast; mostly overcast weather with showers tonight and Tuesday. | ere AMERICAN LEAGUE Club— w. L. Boston 18 6 jCleveland - 1% 9 Detroit 13 11 Washington 12 14 11 14 10 13 9 15 9 16 Pet. -750 -640 542 462 “435 375 St. Louis New York Chicago NATIONAL LEAGUE Club— Wi? Te Cincinnati 18 «6 Brooklyn 16 7 Chicago 15 12 New York 13 Philadelphia 10 12 |St. Louis 10 16 ‘Boston 7 15 Pittsburgh 6 16 GAMES TODAY AMERICAN LEAGUE New York at Cleveland—Chan- dler (1-2) vs. Smith (2-0). Pet. -750 -696 556 542 -455 will . take generations before ergies can be sufficiently renew-' . ed to make more campaigns pos- | . sible. . subscribed to this theory in sev-) Economic sar CHECKS AND NATIONAL AND INSEPARABLE When war began, most Ameri- cans, including those in high places in the government, were confident of an Allied victory, To- day that confidence has been considerably shaken. The stun- ning Allied defeat- in Norway, coupled with the developed fact that Nazi Germany has a war machine of almost unprecented efficiency, has brought with it the grim specter of possible Al- lied loss of the war. Today, most competent authorities seem to re- gard the European struggle as a toss-up, in which neither side has any decisive edge. They think that anything can happen. And that situation is forcing America to consider what steps must be taken against the event of a sweeping victory by the dic- tators, which would put all of Europe firmly under the heels of Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin. It is apparent that sentiment in this country is heavily in fav- or of expanding our armed forces, especially the navy, as rapidly as possible. At the same time, it is equally apparent that we have no fixed military policy, and that no one really knows just how strong we must become in the light of the strength of possible enemies. One school of thought holds that if Hitler wins, America will be faced with the potentiality of immediate mili- tary and economic invasion. This school of thought is led, so far as! the publicists are concerned, by Walter Lippman, who observed _in a recent column that the great conquerors of the past have nev- er stopped—that they have gone on until, like Alexander, dominated the world, or, like Na- poleon, came to a Waterloo. Their past successes, in other words, breed future campaigns. And the very fact that their people are} hungry and exhausted makes it necessary for them to force their armies on, in search of new re- sources and new victories. The other school of thought pooh-poohs this theory about 100 percent. It believes that the vic- tor in the present European war will be so worn out that it will its en- Ex-President Hoover has eral magazine articles and |speeches. And John T. Flynn, one of the foremost of the isola- tionist columnists, recently wrote an article in which he scathing- ly decried the interventionist po- sition, and observed that the English and Germans alike found it exceedingly difficult to move any considerable number troops with equipment into Nor- “way, a few hundred miles from English and German ports, and used that fact to illustrate what he believes to be the impossi- bility of moving a large invading; army across either the Atlantic or Pacific. Irrespective of who is right in this controversy, it seems certain that military expansion will go on here. It is rumored that the Japanese navy is dangerously close to parity with ours, and that {Nippon has new battleships of a type superior to any we possess. |Late reports from the European front indicate that Germany has new fighting planes against which our best planes, such as we have supplied to the Allies, are inade- quate. And there can be no question as to the weakness of ‘the American army. It woefully lacks anti-aircraft guns, tanks, and other essentials, according to the army high command itself, as well as lay commentators. And the new Garrand rifle, of which |so much was heard a year or two ago, seems to have fallen short jof expectations—testing experts have reported that it tends to warp and overheat, and is other- wise faulty. The trouble is that we have to anyone that the kind of army and navy and air force needed to : defend our own territorial shores is vastly different from the kind we would need to defend the far- flung Philippines, or to again send an AEF. to Europe. In an election year, with both parties they ¢very of Highlights Por EVERY INDIVIDUALS 10) ATIONAL PROBLEMS IM LOCAL WELFARE jni general terms of national defense. —00o0— Business conditions in this country are nothing to write home about. This year seems to be following the ancient preced- ent that a general election year is bad for industry. The business barometers have been slowly sag- ging, and while there have been no sharp drops, there are no signs of any significant upturn in the near future. War orders from the Allies con- tinue to boom a limited number of industries, but their effect on industrial conditions in general is not particularly noticeable. 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THE ARTMAN PRESS. | i Sedecccess H { Beston at Detroit—Grove (2-0) trying te win the voters by any/ vs. Bridges (2-2). Philadelphia at St. | possible means, there is little Dean (3-1) vs. Harris (2-1) or! fined—in all probability, ii i Bildilli (1-1). remain as vague and indecisive Washington at Chicaga—Hud- as it is at present. The subject is son (2-3) vs. Rigney (1-5). too full of political dynamite to iets appeal to the office-seekers—it is Announcement is made this morning, according to advertise- ment on page one today, —— {Senator Charles O. Andrews will Cincinnati at- Boston—Thomp- | Point, Ill, 50 years ago. from 9°45 to 10:00 o'clock. » bia University, noted historian speak on the radio from Wash- |son (5-1) vs. Errickson (0-0). and biographer born at Carp ington tomorréw night, May 21, Chicago at Brooklyn—Lee (3-3) vs. Fitzsimmons 2-0) or) Dr. James R. Judd of Hono- The speech will be aired over Casey (2-2). Subscribe to The Citizen. ‘stations: WDBO, WTAL, WJNO, WDAE, WMBR, WDLP, WCOA and St. Louis at New York—Davis | (0-2) vs. Hubbell (2-2). j Pittsburgh at Philadelphia—M_ | 'Brown (3-2) vs. Pearson (1-2). | George Raft - Joan Bennett Louis— chance of a program being de-' ERNEST RAMSEY HEADS VoL- ~ UNTEER ORGANIZATION FOR MAY 28 PRIMARY Headquarters for the Monroe County campaign bemg waged in behalf of Spessard L. Holland for Governor were opened this morning at 611 Duval Ernest Ramsey, Monroe paign manager, announced than a score of volunteers come forward to get behind the effort fully to acquaimt the cit zens of Key West and Monroe County with Mr. Holland's ieg islative record and qualifiice- s, and his platform when he chief re hac tis becomes the state's tive. A sign reading as follows is be raised above the Duval street headquarters ‘Volunteer Headquarters Spessard L. Holland Conducted by Local Citizens im the Interest of Key West and Monroe Coun execu “I volunteered my services = Mr. Holland's behalf because his fine record im the state sen 2te and because I believe he will stand for good governmen opposed to machine pol Mr. Ramsey said will help Key West and M County to grow and prosper Manager Ramsey announced that Mr. Holland will talk over Station WQAM from 10:15 to 10-3 o'clock tonight The First National Bank of Key West Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Serving Key West and Monroe County Sumo 129) ANA I HAV : gre; ‘1S Gey met a ste meets ome Sem et ace Coe a Te PORT TAMPA | Teestey: omc focers asep= THE PENINSULAR & OCCIDENTAL S S| COMPAET a Ts Consult YOUR TRA VEL AGENT or 1. H COSTAR. Agent + Phone 14 | ‘20