The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 25, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO Che sxry West Citizen THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC, Published Daily Except Sunday By L. P. ARTMAN, President an@ Publisher JOE ALLEN, Business Manager From Citizen Building Corner Greene anid Ann Streets Daily Newspaper in Tey Monroe County West and ted Press is exclusively entitled to use blication of all news dispatches credited to { otherwise credited in this paper and also al news publish«d here. SUBSCRIP” ION RATES _ ADVERTISING RATES de known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of pect, obituary motices, ete. will be charged for at f 10 cents a line. r @ntertainment by churches from which to be de are 5 cents a line. an rum and invites discus- d subjects of local or general Ii net publish anonymous communi- s seek the truth and print it it fear and without favor; never be d to attack wrong or to applaud right; s fight tor progress; never be the or- an or the mouthpiece of amy person, clique, ion or class; always do its utmest for the ifare; never tolerate corruption or justice; denounce vice and praise virtue, mend good done by individual or organ- tolerant of others’ rights, views and nions; print only news that will elevate not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airperts—Land and Sea. Corsolidatiop of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. Chi it seems, is about as as the British in acknowledging defeat. Most of us approve laws that benefit us and disapprove those that restrict our activity or profit. Ain’t that the truth? The only rival to war communiques is the preliminary reports from the camps of bexers, ‘preparing to fight for the cham- pionship. An intelligent will is the first requisite for the maintenance of Democracy, other- wise one will rise out of the multitude with an inordinate ambition to do all the will- ing. In the executive branch of the United | States, the number of employes has reached the altitudinous figure of 1,000,- 0. Government industry is in a flourish- rg condition even if the country is not. The name the Arabian, Jebel-al-Tari Mount Tarik. There isn’t much similarity in the sound, but the English have a way to twist foreign languages to suit themselves, as for instance “Rotten Row”, for the French “Rue du Roi.” The custom of two terms of the presi- dency for one man is a wise ene, and it snould be embodied in a_ constitutional amendment. Better still, one term of six years; then the incumbent will be devoid of the incentive to strive for another term, and using the high office for that personal purpose, The ccnviction of George Sealise as a union racketeer and thief is a victory for labor as well as justice. It is also a triumph for Westbrook Pegler, the columnist, WHO unearthed’? -Scalise'9~ un- savory past. Willie Bioff, another union gangster, is behind the bars through the diselcsures of this newspaper man. There are other union heads who will be “peg- lerized” in due course. It is surprising that neither Green of the A. F. of L. and Lewis of the C. I. O. have done nothing and are doing nothing to clean their Augean stables of men of this stripe, after having been tipped off by Pegler. It seems al- most that-they are irked by the cleansing activities of a man for whom they should have nothing but praise and gratitude. unp! } human | authority | thority raltar is depived from | of | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN CONGRATULATIONS, MR. SMITH! One of Key West's most enthusiastic boosters among the zanks of new residents is George Smith, proprietor of the North -h Inr. The Citizen feels quite safe in saying, too, that ke is probably spending n ove his belief in our city in that cla: ation. This writer has witnessed the provements that Mr. Smith has instaHed at his hostelry, providing, all in all, a highly creditable addition to the ‘city and _ its facilities for visitors. We have heard, too. of the odds that he had to battle in bring- his dreams to fruition—odds that would have sent many another man apack- ing to leave the city in disgust. But Mr. Smith wants to forget all the antries and rest on his laurels in the belief that he has brought definite im- provement to his section of the city with the installation of a swimming beach and iests at his hotel. in offering im- complete facilities fer The Citizen joins the cit congratulations to this enterprising new citizen. He thinks enough of our cit call it home. On top of that, he’s doing scmething constructive about it. DECLARATION OF FAITH still a ! We believe We t freedom is cause believe—that even now. all th r all th enemies of freedom after lence, after al victories freedom still the nan causes. that cause dedicated to hu- which humanity is not a means to a one humz de- 1 end but It is the one human cause which rate, that to: themselves, freed of the f the mind or of an end. declares, and which propc der left of masters, whether beings. ul or of the body, are capable of creating a good society and a humane life. Other causes in the iong historv of the hum | spirit have asserted that humanity is a means and that the true end of human life is something other than humanity—a nation, an empire, a kingdom, either actual or ideal. Other causes in the long history of the hu- man spirit have asserted their belief in discipline for the sake of discipline—self-sacrifice for the the sake of self-sacrifice—asserting that prin- | ciple of authority is higher than the human will. But men have learned in the course of their long history that authority for the sake of au- for the and that becomes, in practice, authority sake of those who exercise authority, | discipline for the sake of discipline becomes, in practice, obedience to those by whom obedieyce is demanded. painfully “and over Men have learned th ny years. They now remember it. Seeing the rise of tyranny and despotism in every part of the world, hearing again the call to discipline and obedience, watching again the tactics of the preachers of authority, men _ re- member how painfully, and by how many strug- gles, they have escaped these lie They learned that the remember how pair they have only discipline which men as men can accept in dignity and honor is the dis- cipline they impose upon themselves for the sake of their hope of freedom. tions which the y threatens or Men remember this in all n rise of tyranny and despotism ne hes already overthrown. They remember it most sharply here. For it United States that the of freedom has had its greatest victories. is here in the cause And it is here that the cause of freedom has still its highest hope. United States have had, , the best chance any nation has The people of the and still possess, ever had of realizing the tremendous dream of freedom True freedom of all men and of all women this earth. It But if it is ever to be realized, the people of the United States, their political respon- sibility, their mastery of the skills ip of the wealth has never yet been realized on may never be realized altogether. with tradition of of industry and agriculture, their owne of the richest of all lands, have a better right to hope for its realization than any other nation has ever had. The destruction of that hope from without, or its surrender from within, would be an in- calculable disaster. We who have signed this declaration of faith, declare our purpose to oppose by every means at } our command the destruction of freedom in the United States. We declare our belief that freedom is still a cause—still the greatest of human causes. After all the violence, after all the victories of the enemies of freedom, freedom is still the cause to which we pledge our allegiance and for which we pledge our lives —ARCHIBALD MacLEISH, Congressional Librarian. = fe Casual Sloughters By VIRGINIA HANSON == YESTERDAY: The interview with Jef is unsatisfactory. Kay decides to tell the Colonel about seeing Sandra and Iven on the barge. Although it makes Jeff's case blacker she believes it better to examine all the evidence. Chaptcr 33 Conviction of Guih ‘HATS important,” he said gravely when I had finished. “You see what it means, don’t you? That Ivan was probably killed before the rest of you left the beach—during the time when everyone was scattered. As I un- derstand it, the men all went of alone—first Adam, then Gerald or the chaplain, and finally Jeff. You three girls were together, which gives you an alibi — not that anyone would seriously con- “Sandra could have killed him before she left the barge,” I Pointed out. But it was a purely academic observation. Sandra herself had been murdered. . . ‘Of course there is the possi- nich someone has sug- ge he went on, “that Ivan deliberately remained at the beach to keep an appoint- ment——” was coming to that,” 1 said serably. 1 had committed my- to telling him the whole th, but I knew that what. was coming was pure dynamite. ‘There was that car——” ‘an you place the time you rd car?” he asked, uncon- susly granting me a reprieve. “It was soon after eleven. I heard taps as we were driving back out there for our swim.” He asked me to describe again just what we had heard and seen. I told of the arrival of the car, the sound of a single door slam- ng, the dim sight of someone g on the barge, the brief en the car door again and the repeated whine of the starter. “And while we were dressing Julia told me—— Colonel Pen- ant, I hope you won't think I'm trying to make trouble. But id I was going to tal] you ev- hing. And Julia can deny it all she likes. I'm positive she id me it was Mimi's car; that had been having trouble His eyebrows lifted, but he did not snub me as I had been afraid he would do. Instead. he got to his feet and went over to the door v hé pressed an o!d-fash- 1oned bell push that I could hear ring in the kitchen regions. We'll ask Mimi if she knows anything about it.” he said easily Cora ceme to the door pres- ently. and he asked her to see if Mrs. Pennant was in her room and if she was to ask her to come down. “Now killed gan Jb told him then, reserving noth- ing, of Sandra’s admission to me that she was afraid of Jeff. of the bruise she had shown me, and of the fact that she had shared my room since their marriage By the time | was through 1 was frightened by the weight of the case I had made out against Jeff 1 had not thoroughly com- prehended it myself until I put it into words. And when 1 went back and told of the encounter at tone Inn, and Sandra’s p- Parent conviction that Jeff had Ss her with Ivan on the barge, d her dSlunt reminder of me Jeff had knocked I tooked at Colon: then and saw with a 5 remorse what had deen cunwel- come suspicion on his part was no onviction of Jeff's guilt. maybe he was guilty. nt never believe it, ht never forgive me !-r what just done. But if he was innocent something would— something must come to light to prove it. And if ae was guilty there was no use in withholding damning evidence. Craven Of Me M@ came in then, looking i rather drawn and tired in spite of the fact that she had ob- viously been asieep. She -had on a fresh frock and het hair was neat, but her face was flushed like a baby’s when it first wakes up, and her eyelids looked heavy. Colonel Pennant repeated to her what I had said about the car, and she sat down rather abruptly. “It’s only fair to tell you,’ | put in hastily, “that Julia doesn’t remember saying any suca thing It’s possible that she merely aid she’d been having trouble start- ing your car recently: . No doubt it was craven of nf, but I would have given a lot to back out of this particular situa- tion. “Julia ought to know the sound of my caf,” Mimi said with me- chanical courtesy. “And I’m sure she must have said you think so, Kay. But IE ly did not go back out to beach that night, or any dther nigut. I wouid have been afraid to, after the things that have been happening bakes ae sos aati rm bah hee uppose you tell us just w! you did after we left the beach,” a Pennant put in pleas- antly. _ about Sandra being in your room——" be- “Well, I followed you until we got back to the quadrangle. Then you drove out of the post, remem- r, to that boy scout meeting, or whatever it was you had that night. Mrs. Bridewell wanted to be at the club, and when 1 had let her off there I took a ittle drive for about an hour, then went home and to bed.” “Where did you drive?” asked her husband, and I'm afraid we her cheeks and the trapped look in her eyes. “Oh—just ¥ with a rather attempt to sound “I believe i drove down the highway as far as Field- stone Inn—just ambli along, getting the breeze. I didn't stop anywhere.” “And you came home at what time?” “Nine, or nine-thirty. I didn’t | notice exactly, but it was after | dark.” | “Then you were home when Sandra got here?” “Yes. I had gone to bed I heard the car stop and someone come in. Then presently, because I didn’t hear any voices, J went out in the hall and called down to see who it was. Sandra an- swered and said she was alone. She thought the others had prob- | ably gone on to the club, but she had a headache so she was just | going to read for a few minutes | and then go to bed. I went back in my room and went to sleep. And that was all I knew until a | couple of hours later when they | came here after you, Dan.” “You put the car-in the garage | when you came home?” | “Yes. Of course you know 1 |mever lock it—everything is so safe here,” she said with iacon- scious irony. “I suppose someane could have taken it out again. I don’t sleep on that side of the house. I probably wouldn’t nave heard anything.” Colonel Pennant rose. “All right, girls. Thanks for ere Now I think Ill see Julia. Will one of you ask her to 3tep down here?” I followed Mimi upstairs and took refuge in the bathroom, so that she would be the one to de- liver the message. I waited until I heard Julia go down, ther 1 }went to my room and found | Mimi waiting for me there. ‘She Was Bad’ EE YOU want to work, or sleep or anything just say so and | Tl go away,” she said nervously. “Not at all—I didn’t bring any work, and I slept for an hour this |morning ['m glad you came in. I—I want to thank you for taking lit the way you did— what I said. |It’s not that ['m trying to im- |plicate anyone in this thing. 1 fecl rather unnecessary here, especially with Adam gone. Per- hars I would do better to keep oui of it entirely.” “No, no, Kay. Don’t feel that |v You're quite right to tell |} anything you know, and I'm sure we're all very glad you're here. I don’t resent your telling about |the car. Why should 1?” “That isn’t all I told,” 1 said miserably. “I'm afraid Julia will |never forgive me. But I got into |this thing. Sandra was with me 30 much during the last few days——” I needed to justify myself. Somehow I felt that i had put a noose around Jeff’: neck. I want- ed someone to reassure me. I was ready to pour out the whole thing: but before I could go on Mimi burst into sudden, passion- ate speech. “I'm glad she’s dead! I don’t want to know who killed her—I don’t care.” Her cheeks were scar- jet. her eyes blazing. “You aeedn't look at ne like that, Kay. Tm not insane. And I don’t care What you think of me. It’s true and I have to say it. fm glad she’s dead You didn't know her the way I did She was bad. Kay. Bad through and through!” I stared at her in horrified si- }lence. Mimi, the self-contained, the soft spoken. She had seemed fond of Sandra, | thought wildly. | Or had she? I began to remember little things. . . . “How I wish 1 had never seen her!” she cried distractedlvy. “Kav ~—1 don't know what there is about you, but | feel I can trust And if I don't tell someone T think Tl go mad with it——” With a real effort I interrupted her there. “No!” I told her. “You mustn't trust me. You don’t know what {ve just done to Julia—and Jeff.” She looked at me strangely for a moment. “But you don’t know what 1 have-done to Julia and Jeff.” she said more quietly. “It's all my fault, the whole thing. I suppose you mean they’re in love with one another. I've tried not to know it. Tve told myself that Jeff really loved Sandra, and that Julia was just a child, that she would out- grow him. But I've always known, = spice’ he: : desperate- e T eyes ly searching my dae. ‘Tm going to Je ied lis she said at last. 1 could taik to. 1 won't ask she said it so long, and one Today’s Horoscope Today gives a high order of in- off the possibility \tellect, with powers of intuition C THEY’RE COOLER, MILDER, BETTER-TASTING A\tl over the country, more smokers are buying Chesterfields today than ever before because these Cooler, Better-Tasting and Definitely Milder cigarettes give them what they want. That’s. why smokers call hestertield It's the Smokers Chesterfield the Smoker's Cigaretie. Simoters like yourself know they com depend on Chesterfield’s Right Combination of Turkish and Domestic tobaccos for the best things of smoking. Chesterfield smokers get the benefits of ‘Copyright 1940, Laccerr & Mrexs Tenscos Ce. U. S. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT Observation taken at 7:30 a. m. 75th Mer. Time (city office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean Normal . Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches Totai rainfall since Sept. 1, inches Excess since Sept. 1, inches Total rainfall since Jan. 1, inches Excess since January 1 inches 466 | Wine Direction and Velocity SSE—6 miles per hour Relative Humidity 0.00 11.35 5.60 32.10 Barometer at 7 30 a. m. todsy Sea level, 29.95 (1014.2 millibars) Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 6:17 a. | Sunset 6:19 p. | Moonrise 1:06 a Moonset 2:34 p. Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM PM 4:22 11:39 FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight; Thursday mostly cloudy with showers; gentle to moderate south and southwest |winds, becoming moderate to fresh northwest and north Thurs- day. Florida: Mostly cloudy preced- ed by showers over north and High Low blended, especially on religious, or philosophical lines. 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