The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 28, 1940, Page 4

PAGE FOUR —__., sual Staughters eee By VIRGINIA HANSON YESTERDAY: Felicia’s car with a man inside is consumed by fire. Adam tells Kay that the ashes are to be sifted for clues 5 s00n as they cool, Chapter 16 Bridge Party A* HOUR or so later, Felicia and **-I stood and looked down from the edge of the gulley at the black- ‘ened, twisted ruin that had been her Ford coupé. It had nosed down and lay canted on its side, but the ‘way its top was crushed indicated that it must have turned over at least once. “Five cents for junk,” said Fe- licia morosely. “And I only had liability insurance. Maybe the ‘widow and orphans can collect on that. Pd finished paying for it too -last month. Oh well, I've still got my girdle.” And she patted her sleek side. Gerald Beaufort had somehow insinuated himself into the rumble seat of Adam’s modestly correct new Buick. He seemed pleased with the expedition, like a child @t a picnic, and hovered cheerful- ly over the two men Adam had de- tailed to do the actual sifting, and presently was down on his immac- ulate gray-flannel knees fingering the small bits of blackened debris oe made a growing heap to one of the workingmen. “There were shirt buttons, and buttons: from a man’s coat. There ‘was a belt buckle which looked like any other belt buckle I had ever seen but which was scruti- Rized gravely by Adam and Ger- ald before it was placed in an en- velope in true professional style. The cuff links turned out to be the patented kind that snap together, and were as distinctive, Adam said disgustedly, as carpet tacks. “Any idea what this is?” he asked, holding something up for us to see. We scrambled down to him and Fpiicia took the oddly shaped bit of metal from his hand. She tubbed it with her handkerchief, turned it this way and that, said, finally, “Yes, it’s the clasp of my Pocketbook. He took a fancy to it, and as it was an old one and had only a few dollars in it I decided not to quibble.” “That was big of you,” said Ger- ald Beaufort admiringly. “I thought so.” She turned the blackened clasp over in her hand. “I shall keep it,” she decided, “for | @ souvenir.” The luggage compartment was sprung part way open. Adam| found a jack lever among the illed tools and, prying it wider, ck his head, ostrich-fashion, | mili ito the black maw. “A flash is what I need,” he said, his voice sounding hollow. “There’s something in here.” He straightened, singled the English- man with his eye. “There's one in amy car. Dash compartment.” His handsome face alight with y - scout enthusiasm, Gerald Beaufort scrambled up to the car. | By the time he returned Adam managed to force the com-| partment almost wide open and} the four of us crowded around to see what lay in the light of the flash. Charred, but the ash still re- tajning its shape against the hori- zontal metal wall of the car, were the remains of a small pasteboard “Yours, Felicia?” Adam asked. She shook her head, but looked apprehensive. “Never saw it be- fore. What do you suppose it is?” Adam reached a long arm down and touched the lid gingerly. It Powdered under his finger. The ure which it left revealed it the box was packed with something grayish green and tex- tured like paper, and we stared af it for’a.moment before Gerald Begufort identified it for us. + “Bills. Currency. Paper money other words, jack,” sai Felicia on a long breath. “And it’s all:ashes——” Adam stared at it silently fora long minute, then flicked off the light. “I'm not going to touch it.” he decided. “I'll have them send out Corporal O’Connor of the Detec- tive Bureau of the State Police. He were interested in this.” ald looked disappointed. “Couldn't we just open it up a bit? I mean to say, it’s not often one sees a tidy bit of cash like that all gone up in smoke.” dam shook his head. “Not un- Connor comes. It will require careful handling to identify it at all, He'll have the equipment.” ‘Find Immerman’ FORCED the back of the compartment nearly shut and turned to the soldier who had ap- pegzed at his elbow. m: to see, sir,” little unevenly. He looked un- . He held something out on the palm of his hand for Adam to te “We've only just found it, Adam looked at the small, crossed sabers with the number above them and began to whistle dolefully between his teeth. He took another envelope from the pocket of his khaki shirt. “Begimental insignia. Just as before,” he said, and it in. the pl held ething here you might like | e said, breathing a! out a hand to me to help me climb out of the guiley. “Not much of a haul, was it?” I said, hurrying to keep up with him as he strode toward r other two were still scrambling out of the gulley. “It isn't'so much what we found that interests ‘me, as what we didn’t’ find,” ‘he said cryptically. “Then there’s Immerrtan, who did not return to barracks. A smail mental insignia, ‘Nest. step he men’ jext he finished; handing me into the car, “next step, find erman if Im- merman can be found.” The bridge club met that after- noon. I don’t believe there was a woman except the cook left in any of the quarters along Officers’ Row. I know Felicia had to send out for more tables, and the very walls of the lounge seemed to shudder at the incessant clacking of tongues. The gentlemen on those walls looked remote and long suffering, as if they would have given much to be elsewhere. I had not intended to be pres- ent, but Julia stopped in early and insisted. And I was not sorry of a chance to see more of Sandra. Others were there for the same. Teason. Between that and an al- most ghoulish interest in the chaplain’s mishap and the theft and burning of Felicia’s car, there was some haphazard bridge played. : Laie in the afternoon,.Mimi Pennant, Sandra and I chanced to be atthe same table. Sandra played all four hands. Her part- mer, one of those women who seem to feel that the mission of dummy is to enliven the party, pounced on me at once to demand an eye-witness account of the chaplain and his poison oak leaf. I I complied briefly, for I had by now told it so often that the sub- ject had lost its charm. An Old Friend ‘ANDRA listened politely, then infgrmed us that she had | known Chaplain Henry in Texas. Mimi and I went to the hos- pital to see him this morning. I hadn’t heard that he was coming here, and I was so delighted that the chaplain who is going to mar- ry us should prove to be an old friend.” “I hope his appearance im- Proves before the wedding,” Mimi Said practically. “I'd as soon think of being maried by a prize fight- er who had just lost a big fight. Really, he is a sight!” “Oh, but he'll be over it by then,” Sandra said confidently. “He’s not bad looking, normally, but rather shy with women. I | sup; that’s why he’s still a bachelor.” The lady on my left launched enthusiastically into an account of litary weddings she had seen, a recital which she interrupted only long enough to bid and lay down her hand. Sandra listened With courteous attention as she raked in trick after trick. Mimi's eyes met mine in quiet amusement across the table. “Sandra, my dear, don’t you | ever lead trumps?” she asked at the close of the hand. Sandra smiled spe ueally. =! suppose I should, but I never go by rules. I just play the way I | hi nto feel at the moment.’ ell, with your score you don’t need me to tell you how to play bridge,” Mimi said ruefully. “I think T'm headed for the booby prize.’ “Oh, I'm just awfully lucky.” | Sandra disclaimed modestly, but she looked rather complacent and j1 thought, she doesn’t really be- | lieve that. She doesn’t see half the chances she takes—she thinks it’s skill. | She and her partner rose, the Ticher by a stupendous score and | Progressed to the next table. The | table below us was still in play, and for the moment Mimi Pen- in the army that there | nant and I were alone. among women; what They sa; Sno Tan) i@| they. mean is that there should be no.rank among women. But of | course there is. Living as they do, | with official ties so. inextricably bound up with social ties, how | can anyone doubt tat the wife of | the commanding officer will re- | ceive deference which may not be | due either to her years or her per- sonal merit? Mimi Pennant was a man and a beauty. Men would d no difficulty in paying her nomage. But what of the women? | Women older, plainer, longer in the service, yet forced by expedi- ency if by no written regulation to Es to-her because her hus- Dan Wouldn’t resentment be human? | Might not the smiling faces that everywhere surrounded her be merely masks for acute dislike? | But I had detected no such dis- like. She seemed genuinely liked. And looking at her now, at the | wistful friendliness of her smili I had a clue to that liking. Mimi was not impressed with herself. | _ “I wish you'd come and see me | Sometime,” she said. “Soon. Julia don’t let her monopolize you. © “T like Julia™ : | ‘oung wo- trouble in her violet. Saw too that she somng i Ge the loneliness of one who is fight- ing a losing battle alone. To be continued Gonzalez Family Arrives For Visit Mrs. Rosa Gonzalez and daugh- ter, Manita, and son, Manuel, arrived over the highway yester- day-for a visit in their old home town, Key West. They are now residents of New York City. Eastern Stars In Annaal Picnic Fern chapter, No. 21, Order of Eastern Stars will hold their an- nual picnic at Rest Beach tomor- row afternoon, starting at 2:00 o'clock, according to announce- ment by officers today. the car. The | was senior to theirs. | 1 |Shines Return To City After an enjoyable vacation at the World’s Fair in New York, | Mrs. Clarence: Shine, and daygh- ters,“Misses Virginia and Wini fred, accompaniedi‘by Miss Ca- sandra Knowles, have returned to.this city. They also visited in Washing-! ton, Philadelphia and Richmond, and spent.a time with Mr. Shine, who is employed with the F. E. _C. at West Palm Beach. Navy Wives In er Special Meet Today A special meeting of the Navy Wives Club was to be held this afternoon, 2:00 o'clock, at the American Legion Hall. Final ar- rangements for a bingo party to- morrow night was scheduled for discussion. Regular session of the club was held Friday of last week at the Legion Hall. President Denman presided. Practically the entire session was taken up-with arranging de- | tails of the party: - Committees “appointed were: Refreshments, Mesdames J. Ta- dak, A. Walker, R. Hoff and R. Saylor; tickets, Mesdames F. R. Pierce and V. Linick; prizes, A. Galli and R. Reynolds; checkers, P. Hammond and H. Price. Mrs. ¢ Denman is a member ex-officio poard for Tampa from the Cuban | INCREASE IN of all committees. U. S. WEATHER i BUREAU_ REPORT Observation taken at 7:30 a. m..! 75th Mer. Time (city office) ‘Temperatures Highest last 24 hours - Lowest last night Mean Normal _ _89 Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches ____ Tatal rainfall since Aug. 1, inches a8 a a Excess since Aug. 1, inches Total rainfall since Jan. 1, inches Bs Deficiency since January 1, SE—10 miles per hour Relative Humidity 80% Barometer at 7:30 a. m. today Sea level, 29.97 (1014.9 millibars) Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise = eee: Sunset ae Moonrise 2:22 a. Moonset - = Sp Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. 6:08 FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Mostly cloudy with occasional local showers tonight and Thursday; gentle to moderate southerly winds. Florida: Mostly cloudy .with occasional local showers tonight and Thursday. m. m. m. m. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS 0 oa nna RRR Thompsons Announce Arrival Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Thompson announce the birth of an eight- Pound son last Sunday morning at 10:00 o'clock, at their resi- dence, 1123 Elgin street. The new arrival has been given the} mame of Clyde Allen. Mother and son are reported as doing nicely. Before her marriage, Mrs. Thompson was Marcella Hinch. Whites Have Son Mr. and Mrs. Charles White of Timmonsville, S. C., announce the arrival of a six and a half- pound son The baby has been named Charles Eugene White,, Jr., Mrs. White is the former Edith Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hersel Thompson of this city. REHABILITATION AT SOUTHERNMOST SHOP Mabel Preston Green, operator of the Southernmost Shop, Duval street at South, announces that : char, of the U. S. S. Pandora. WILLKIE CLUB SOCIETY Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Saunders, | 614 Grinnell street, announce the | WEDNESDAY? ta jengagement and marriage tomor-| {Tow night of their daughter, Miss| Annie Marie, to Anthony L, Ul-| The wedding will take place in| St. Paul’s Church at 8:00 o'clock. The bride-to-be is a graduate! of the Key West High School in; the Class of ’36. TRANSPORTATION S. S. CUBA Arriving at 6:30 o’clock Mon- the P. & O. S. S. Company} brought three first-class and five second-class passengers to this city and 43 tons of freight. On’ board were 21 first and one second-class passengers for Ha-/ vana from Tampa and 54 first- class passengers embarked at this port for Havana. Five autos were loaded here, the ship leaving at 10:45 o'clock. The Cuba returned at 2:45 o'clock ‘yesterday afternoon with 70 first-class and six second-class passengers for Key West and five autos and 10 tons of freight. Manifest showed 158 tons of} freight for Tampa from Havana); and there were 15 first-class and! three second-class passengers on! capital Only one first-class pas- | senger embarked here. Depar-; ture was at 5:00 o'clock. Mrs. Boyden Returns From Michigan Mrs. Ralph B. Boyden returned ‘to her home here yesterday morn-| Fleming street, has ing following a five-week vaca- tion trip spent with her daugh- ter, Betty, and son, Herbert, in} Sturgis, Mich. 1 i FORMED HERE (Continued from Page One) | more than two terms led to dic-| tatorships. ‘But it can’t happen; here’, I have heard it said. View- points and conditions differ in every country but human nature is the same throughout the world. | It can happen here, and the same power that made it happen there! would make it happen here: con- trol of vast expenditures of gov- ernmental money. “Roosevelt's overwhelming ma- jority in 1936 was due in a great measure to the pouring out of billions of relief money. As Al Smith said at the time. ‘You can elect a Chinaman president with | ;2 campaign fund of three or four billion dollars’. “Two years ago when the third- term question was first discussed, Frank R. Kent, author of ‘History of the Democratic Party’ and ‘The Great Game of Politics’, said: “First, there is the two-term limit, a popular conviction that represents the oldest American Political tradition, the most strongly cherished and the only one observed without a single break for 150 years. Established | by George Washington, the one; man who without protest could; have had a third term, it is now deeply embedded in the public/| consciousness. In effect, it is an unwritten part of the Constitu- tion which no president has ever} dared sweep aside. ..A_ third! nomination, whether secured by | draft or force, would greatly ac- centuate the dictatorship issue’. “I have heard some people say also ‘It is dangerous to change; horses in the middle of the stream’. What a sorry mess Eng- land would be in today had she not ‘changed horses in the middle; of the stream’! Imagine ‘appease- ment’ Chamberlain stifl prime! minister! The Nazis howl that was heard around the world when Chamberlain stepped | ia ‘day morning, the S. S. Cuba of! of military rm above shows cadets at Florida Florida, receiving instruction in machine ARCHERS INSTALL | "AvExoTs BIG REFRIGERATOR BUSINESS NECESSITATES NEW EQUIPMENT In order to take care of the large and steady increase in busi- ness, Arche-’s Grocery, 814 just com- pleted the installation of several thousand dollars worth of new equipment and complete re- modellirig of the front and in- terior of the store. Most noteworthy improvement at thisstore is the large re- frigeration system capable of taking care of the entire city’s, needs in the fresh meat line. This new cold storage plant is capable of storing large quanti- ties of meats such as is needed at times by the Tug Willet, a con- tract held by Archer’s. With im- provements in this department Archer's offers a complete meat market carrying all cuts of meats. Long a leading dispenser of first-quality groceries and meats in this city, Archer's now head the list with their first-class equipment. ARMY RECRUITS ARRIVE FOR DUTY (Continued from Page One) 145 men, instead of the 60 who were stationed here previously. Pendleton Leaves Col. Pendleton left Monday on a 15-day leave of absence. He is on his way to San Francisco, in which city he will meet Mrs. Pendleton. They will motor back to Key West, scheduled to arrive about September 10th. LEGION PREPARES -FOR CONCLAVE (Continued from Page One) Coral Gables American Legion q home at@;00 o'clock in the morn-! ing 6h lay. Locomotives of the three yoitures, together with| private‘fats, will make up th m™ A t tures is = night home, eduled for Friday Miami, Beach Legion which the will be outlined. Festivities here will be mainly on Satur@ay, with a parade in the: . initiation of the lo-' at 7:00 o'clock in the evening at La Concha hotel. out and Churchill, with his bull-| ing dog tenacity, stepped in. i “Our club is not going to do! any canvassing or campaigning} because we feel that a Demo-; crat’s decision in this matter is; his own personal fair. If he; feels it is his duty_aS an Ameri-| can to put principle above party | and wishes to join us, we wel-/ come him as a member. -“The temporary officers of the the shop will be closed -from | August 31 through September 30 "for rehabilitation. When opened for the season, this gift center will carry a new and enlarged stock. Detailed an- nouncement will be published in The Citizen prior to the opening. celebration of Robert Morris Day. Members were advised that they will be allowed one guest The picnic is held annually in ‘each at this picnic. small contributions. If any’ wishes to contribute lican National Committee in Washington. And any Key West- - ef, Man or woman, who wishes to join our club, may communicate with any of the officers”, Amusement Establishment + ae of the up-state voi- initiation (Continued from Page Ome : residents by keepimg them almost continually im airrand shelters Headlinng ever this country.show thieats of spread = j junits of Rusie 26 Rumafe 2 = \theugh % appeared thus. ermine that the incident would pags est ne farther danger, at ieest for = (time being. | Axis powers were reporte: ibe in feverish conference Vienna this morming, joint meeting with representatives jall Balkan States im an effort & |straighten out differences exsst ling in those countries The ax: policy in regard to no outhresk of war in this theatre is expecte: to be brought home to the emis 'saries, and strong methods ~ jprobably be employed te force ;Rumania, Bulgaria and Hungar to settle their differences | From.Rome came cisé \gains mimde by Italian tro |two African sectors, and cx fed threats of invasion of |by Italy were heard Mou \is declared ready to push tt in 2 Giiwe to reach th Suaeteenal {By Associated Press) a as | Observers on the EASTON, Md. Aug. 27—The| coast of England this morn only boats you'll find around the | gave first-hand reports f Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club here/huge air warfare being came are ship models and photographs /©" by Hitler. Streams of pi {were seen to rise from the French —for the club is in the center ag across the channel. bead town, five miles trom water. ta - “ jing for Dover and other neg! Fifty years ago. half a desen |boring cities One huge we small yacht clubs agreed to es- |this morning fi tablish beedquarters for Chesa- ithe direction of the nation's « eBay sailing oxthatiants. lital, but was seen to divide Each club wanted the building |+w0 divisions as the RAF on its own grounds. So. in com- {tenders rose to the attack Promise, they agreed on a site | British officials admitted toda equidistant from all—and (92. ‘i had wound up with nary a wave in {Siete on the Spitfire aircraft CLL Sd SE sight. NO BRAINS SPRING HOPE, N. C., Aug. | 27.—Mrs. W. T. Savage be- lieves that she has the most de- | termined hen of all. The hen, frustrated in a dozen- attempts to hatch some chicks, finaly was discovered setting very | happily over 18 Irish potatoes. | May Robson OR AS and AGREED FLORIAN Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- GOODFYEAR TIRES , PAUL'S TIRE AND AUTO SUPPLY STORE RAYMOND CURRY. Maneger : Fleming and White Sts Giose'D’y BAR Phone 65