The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 14, 1940, Page 2

ACE TWO siti agi allmat acai | Che wiry West Citizen | aes N PUBLISH ‘G CO. INC, Daily Except Sunday By N, President and Publisher » Business ™: ne Ann Streets Key West and ty Florida. as second class matter Member of the Associated Press clusively entitled to use . ws dispagches. cregited. to credited in this paper gud slag ished here : SUBSCRIPTION RATES $10.00 5.00 50 35 220 of thanks, c., will be rged for at by churches ‘rom which 5 cents a line. n and invites diseus- ts of local or general p anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN eck the truth and print it never be ‘ong or to applaud right; ; Never be the or- ce of any person, clique, ys do its utmost for the ver tolérate corruption or ce vige.andpyaise virtue, | ione ay individyal or organ- rant of offters‘¥ights, views and rint nd without favor; nly news that will elevate ate the reader; never com- joined the Axis because it is t and so are they. : Be courageous and our self-reliance. ssolutions of | DRIVERS’ LICENSES Warning was issued yesterday by the State Patrolman that, beginning next week, strict enforcement of. the Drivers” License law would be attempted. It is not known definiteiy just how many pecnie in Monroe County drive cars—even for brief periods. The law, however, is meant fer everyone, even those who are corsidcred most occasional drivers. Vit teat interpretation, it ‘may ,be q i that ‘clos@'t24,000 people here come under _ this lav , and with a fe » over 2;200 regis- tered so far this year, since the de: dline date-of October Ist, it can be assumed that | about 1,80 people are operating cars in | violation of the law. : A systematic check of all-cars in the county will go forward, as stated, with enforcement officers, co-operating with the patrolman, beginning the checks early next week. The Citizen believes that this law is a | good one. It provides, among other things, the funds with which to carry on corsider- able of the road patrolling in Florida—a work urgently needéd as traffic increases each month. Therefor, it is to be hoped that ciiizens of this county will offer co- operation in buying this low-cost license. gures for the 1939-40 license period ved that close to 3,000 autoists paid this fee to the state. Presumably about 1,000 were delinquent. Enforcement was Guite lenient during that period, in that it was the first year of operation. This year, ho in that everyone has had ample warning, there sho.ld be no leniency, and this, we understand, is just the way the state officers feel about it. law yer, UNITY NOW NEEDED Perhaps never before was -there a | more urgent need for putting aside poli- | tieal bitterness and striving for national | unity on the part of all patriotic Americans | than that of the present. It was unfor- tunate that a campaign had to divert our attention to some extent from the business of preparing the nation’s defense, and both victor and vanquished may well be glad that it is over. There are problems of the most vital } importance to be met, both in domestic and | foreign affairs. The sofution-of these prob- lems concerns every citizen, from the high- est to the humblest. Upon their wise solu- | tion may depend the fate of the nation it- | self. he trouble with most adults is that | think their schoo! days have ended. is a continvous performance. ll iaugh at the head- | wearing says a|/ ly, the men folks are ten ihe times. Crazy times pro- The Frenchman says homme,” and how about rs we Ww now, als, are capable of | i of which the least in- | of individuals would be heartily ! nt in ex- years been Had the billions s} 1 the past few ered by business ‘men instead of and selfish politicians, the re-4 ive been satisfactory instead ng and futile. 1 discontent remains, | The money is sonalities for a while. ing our second navy, if there fix it so that in a future aments, (and let us hope though hardly while the functioning), the | onverted into something nk, we'd feel a “d rather sink than 1e enemy in wartime. are f being peace-time have of Mexico has arge oil concessions granted re- » Japan. He his reason nental solidarity?” required the n, Our carefully-nyrtured “good licy appears. te, yield desir- It is further he Mexican government also has Cardenas ave nese bid to buy thousands ; n serap iron. These are on the part of Mexico in 2ightened economic condi- ‘-time loss of foreign mar- onerete evidence that our sis- s the Rio Grande is sin- ssed desire to foster bet- economic relations with the United Me aer her expr tate: ' gratifying to! It bodes well for our country that even before the smcke of political battle had | cleared away, the ablest and most respon- | sible of our leaders of both major parties have signified their intention to join with their fellow Americans in attaining a high degree of national unity without delay. This dces not mean that there will not be differences of opinion concerning de- tails ot the national program. Such dif- fere:.ces are inevitable and within reason- ab'e limits wholesome for the nauon. It does mean, or should mean, ‘nat there vill be no petty sniping at officials who are trying to perform their duties acceptably | | in a time of stress, nor any petty reprisals on the part of officials against those who have recently opposed them. In the last ana:ysis; what is good for bthe country as a whole is good for Demo- | alike. erats, Republicans and all others Let us forget parties and factions and. per- Let us all be loyal Americans first, to the end that our nation may be strong, and being strong may re- main free. ONCE UPON A TIME Once upon a time there was a man, who lived in a town, and spent all money away from home. He was sure that he could take care of himself, and that his town didn’t mezn anything to him. After a few years, his business wasn’t as keen as he had hoped it would be, his friends didn’t seem to think he was quite as important as he thought he was, and trade seemed to flow by his doors. a an to watch his’ competitor, whe PR was an intellicent adver- tiser, a contributor to the public purse, a man anxious fo give some of his time and thought to community projects, and a be- liever in the fact that it pays to keep money at home, where it can keep floating around between the stores and businesses there. And, after noting all ‘these factors, he continved: to wonder why some of his old customers went to the newcomer, and why almost everybody had the idea that he was a tightwad and his competitor a | : | public-spirited leader of community life. his | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN YESTERDAY: Lynn Britton has just been “rescued” from the mounted band of Temu Darin by her dissolute half-brother Dick. Temu has been conducting Lynn across the Mongolian plain to a marriage with the Prince of Shani Lun, and partly because she distrusts Dick, and partly because she loves Temu, Lynn is half inclined to believe that she would ‘be better off in Temu’s hands—Prince or no Prince. Chapter 30 Sherdock Again ICK sat down on a box beside the head of Lynn’s pallet. “As I wrote you I managed to slip into Delun and interview the : Prince last year. Pd been run- ning arms across the desert then as now, but I went to him seek- ing commercial concessions—had some idea of becoming respect- able, I suppose.” He paused and looked at her. “But I couldn't interest the Prince in anything—except you.” He laughed mirthlessly and bent for- ward, hanging his hands between his knees. “And was he crazy for you, Lynn, and extremely honor- able about it, he shought. We dréw up a marriage settlement contract in regal style, the Euro- pean way, as if I, as head of the family, had the right to dispose of your hand. “TI explained that I needed a lit- tle cash, I always seem to be need- ing a little cash, and he gave me my share of the settlement in ad- vance. I had told him that occa- siénally the great families of , Awtrica arrange the marriages of the daughters as the French do.” Lynni'lay back and lacéd her trembling fingers behind her head while he stood and looked at her for a minute. “But, kid, I never in- tended to let him marry you—or if he did marry you, to keep you,” Her lips barely moved. “How | ‘ind!” He began his pacing again. “The first plan was for Sherdock and me to bring you to Watch Tower Wells where the Prince would meet you by airplane. Sachto would ambush the camp that night, and with the Prince dead we'd have things our own way. But Temu spoiled that by appear- ing in Pai Shu.” Lynn forced herself to relax the tension of her laced firgers. “What were your plans in regard to Temu?” Dick dropped down on a pile of sheepskins. “We'd expected Temu to pilot the Prince to Watch Tower Wells where we could get rid of them both at the same time.” % She flinched; he observed it. “You needn’e mind; they’re noth- ing but vermin. You,” he added, “ruined our revised plans by es- caping-and drawing Tcmu after you. However, Sachto’s men are assembling a band of fighters to meet him with cannon ball and grenade the minute he gets inside the walls of the garrison of the border city of Dorchi.” : Lynn fought for composure be- fore she asked, “Isn’t the Prince aware of any of this?” Dick shrugged and lit a ciga- rette. “I don’t know. He and Sher- dock seem to have some means of communication like — well like mental telepathy. They have cer-| tain powers developed that we Westerners don’t know anything about, but when their time comes they die like the rest of us. Per- haps by now the Prince knows we have captured the old boy though it won’t do him any good.” “Why? Is the Prince already your prisoner?” “We've got him where we can; put our hands on him.” “Then is Temu the only one you have to fear now? Would he be powerful enough to keep the Duke of Sachto from seizing power?” The Wise Man ‘W AYBE—if he were inside the country instead of out. In the morning you'll meet the Duke along with Chin Pak, one of Temu’s men who has deserted to us ... Now your tent should be ee He stood up and she rose and followed him out. The next morning Lynn met the Duke of Sachto, a thin, young Mongol with a weak chin and sad, childlike eyes that were going blind. He bowed in reverence to the Goddess Tara. She soon ob- served that he was superstitiously afraid of the captive priest, Sher- dock Fuyeh, who sat on a rug in- side his open tent with a Chinese guard-nearby. Lynn went to the monk and sat down at his side. The bind- ings on his ankles and wrists, she Saw, were not severe. “Are you angry at me—us, Sherdock?” she asked. He turned and looked at her, a twinkle threatening to sparkle in his wise, old eyes. i work themselves out,” he said. “I'll do my best to see that no Physical harm comes to you,” she promised, and asked with a smile, “Aren’t you a little bit sorry now that you" made me a godi sa He leoked away towards the purple horizon. “You were born a goddess, my dear, I had nothing to do with it.” = “Then if we should lose our cause, you will not unmake me?” she teased gently. “You personally will not lose, my dear. And you will not harm my people, your people. Destiny is Today promises success, but {there are trials and the native will probably suffer some priva- “but not with your Prince. From what I see and hear, white men don't stand up very well under Hs circumstances of life here in ia.” “Certain white nen,” Sherdock admitted. “Dick tells me that your Prince is a weak man sunk ia vice and crime.” He studied her face shrewdly. “But you have refrained from telling him that the Prince is a man of your own race. ge “What would be gained? It is ead secret and Temu’s and the ince’s.” She shook her head wonderingly. “I don’t understand. Your country s strong, native men, yet, you struggle and fight to keep a.man like this mis- sionary’s son on the throne.” She resolved to sound him out. “Sher- dock, I might be interested in seeing a man like Temu Darin as ruler of Shani Lun.” He smiled slightly. “I see you’re a strong-headed girl, but then we need strong heads in this world. |They become wise through use and reflection. Some day you will comprehend that a higher power makes the plan and you and I and Temu Darin follow the design.” “You're a fatalist,” she said and left him. The men were breaking camp. A camel-puller brought her the same animal she had ridden from Pallichao to Watch Towel Wells. Presently Lynn noticed with a little feeling of compunction that had also been taken in the raid on the camp at. Watch Tower Wells. Though at the low ebb of his vi- tality, due to the moulting season, the animal was acting ugly, grind- ing his teeth and rolling his eyes and refusing to obey the young Buriat trying to subdue and mount him. Desert Tragedy | QUDDENLY the beast lashed out; the man went down, his face crushed and chest caved in. Com- Panions rushed to save him, but too late. Already flesh and blood mingled with the mud of the desert. The animal, as if sensing that he had completed his task, broke wildly through the men and fied across the desert. The men stood strangely silent. Dick was cursing wildly but the Mongols accepted the tragedy apathetically. “We did wrong to steal him from Temu Darin,” they |said. “The devil spirit of a man |resides in his personal camel and if that master be a strong man, no enemy, unless he be stronger, can mount the beast.” Lynn rode that day with a sense of deep depression. They were skirting a high mountain range | that separated them from the bor- der region of Shani Lun. It was a {Particularly desolate strip of {country as if, at some time in the past, cruel and inhuman. deeds had been committed along this ancient, pilgrim road and the spirit of murder and madness still Lngered to haunt the men who passed. Sherdock rode a little de- vached from the rest near the ‘head of the column. The Duke jof Sachto rode dejectedly at the rear. Between them the men were |particularly quarrelsome. Once, Dick was compelled to take his whip to a pair on horseback who jwere flashing krives at each | other. Lynn urged her animal for- | ward to the side of Chin Pak who rode a tall, rangy mule. “So you deserted Temu Darin?” she said. His eyes shifted, then he | spoke. “Yes; Missie.” “He trusted you.” Chin Pak dropped his head. “I loyal to the. Tara.” She eyed him sharply. “You mean that, Chin Pak? You’re loyal, to me?” “Yes, Missie.” She lowered her voice. “Loyal me above my brother?” | “Yes, Missie. He say I come | with him I serve the Tara.” Lynn’s pulses guickened; evi- {dently she had found a friend. jto | She was beginning to see into the - psychology of these people, and she did have power among them if only she eould use it wisely. | At sunset they came into a dif- ferent type of country and made camp at the base of a steep, red mountain-where a spring gushed out and watered a grove of false phoenix ,trees. The men shouted and sang at.their work like chil- dren on a holiday, a complete re- versal of the feeling of the day. Then Sherdock made his an- nouncement. “My time has come. I shall die tonight,” he said. Lynn’s first impulse was to laugh. As if a man could die by simply making up his mind to-do so. But the sudden look of apprehension that came into Dick’s eyes when jher. - “Such a thing is impossible!” she cried. “Oh, no it isn’t. Not among primitive people. If Sherdock “I wouldn’t call Sherdock pri: itive. He's more highly civilized on aay. man I oe. d possesses the personal pows. ei of aboriginal But, -if can into J ‘stfil- have yeu “represent un in we'll carry iy it’ of adverse influences. | ‘Subscribe-to The’ Citizen. 1 TYPES OF MODERN There are, on the market to- day, three general types of bak- ing powder, designated ag Cream of Tartar: composed of acid Potassium tartrate. bicarbonate of soda and edible corn starch; Alum: composed of sodium alumi- num sulphate, bicarbonate of soda and edible corn starch; and All-phosphate: composed of puri- fied calcium phosphate, bicar- bonate of ‘soda and edible corn starch. All these baking powders are double-acting, in that part of the leavening. process develops dur- ing preparation and part in the actual baking, but the pure all- phosphate type of powder is es- pecially effective because of its “two-to-one” leavening propor- tions, that is, 2-3 during the mix- ing of the dough or batter and 1-3 during the baking. The result is a perfectly leavened product. In addition, the residue of all-phos- phate powder (calcium phos- phate) left in-the baked product, is of great benefit to the human body. i has long been reedgnized as a builder of strong bones, sound teeth and steady nerves. Temu’s beloved black bactrian ; 'U. S. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT Observation taken at 7:30 a. m. 75th Mer. Time {city office) ‘Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last nigh’ ee Normal 81 71 76 74 Preci Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches Total rainfall since Nov. Deficiency since Nov. inches = = ‘Total rainfall since Jan. inches Deficiency -since January inches a= 0.69 Wind Direction and Velocity NE—8 miles per hour Relative Humidity 85% Barometer at 7-30 a. m. today Sea level, 30.02 (1016.6 millibars) Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise —. 6:44 a. Sunset 5:39 p. Moonrise .. 6:24 p. Moonset __ F282. Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. - 0.01 1, 0.40 1, 0.87 1, 34.89 1 m. m. m. m. PM 9:43) _ 347 3:18| FORECAST ' (Till 7:30. p. m., Friday) | Key West and Vicinity: Con- siderable cloudiness tonight and Friday, possibly-a few light show- ers Friday; colder Friday; mod- erate east to northeast winds. Florida: Considerable clowdi- ness, possibly a few light show- ers in north and central portions tonight and in south portion Friday; colder Friday, and in north and west-central portions tonight; near freezing in north- west portion tonight. Today’s Birthdays = RRR Dr. Leo H.-Backland ef Flor- ida and ‘Yonkers, N. ‘Y., famed chemist, born in Belgium, 77 years ago. James Brents Hill, president, of the Louisville & Nashville R.R., born at “Spencer, ‘Tenn., 62 lyears ago. | Claytor Hamilton, noted edi- tor-auther, born in New York; 59 years ago. Anita Maris Beggs of Wash- ington, D. -C., economist and philanthropist, born in Philadel-/ |phia, 52 years ago. Barbara Hutton, Woolworth heiress, born 28 years ago. i Dr. Carl S. Ell, president of Northeastern University, Boston, born at Staunton, Ind. 53 years he received the message sobered { chooses to die, he can surely do | 1012 Olivia street, announce the! tarrival of their third set of. twins, born on Armistice Day, : November’ lith—a girl weighing © ‘eight pounds and a boy weighing | THURSDAY, NOVEMBEE 14 \BLOCKADE ON ITALY HIGHWAY HAS ate ANOTHER LINK BOON FO US RATS (Continuea trom Page One) thus collected in fhe months since the cigaretie tax went on. Now the cigarette sellers have had to divide their interests and double their stands. Officials At Dinner Formal opening and dedication of the new combination highway and railroad span was preceded by an elaborate luncheon at 2 Portsmouth hotel after which the official party of about 100 accom- panied by Maine and New Hamp- shire state police went bridge. New was represented by Gov. F. P. Murphy and Maine by Commissioner 1. P. Cole of Kittery for Gov. L. 0. Barrows, who was not able to at- tend. Above the middle of the river a ribbon marked the boundary line of the adjoining states. Gov. Murphy presented pairs of silwer scissors to Miss Deborah Cole of Kittery, and Miss Jean Everett of Concord, N. H., and the twe girls cut the ribbon officially opening the span to travel. Then the people of Maine walked across to the New Hampshire side and joined in the speaking pro- gram which was held in front of the toll houses on the New Hampshire side. State highway commissioner Frederic E. Everet of Concord N. H., who is chairman of the Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority. welcomed the 800 spectators. Gov. Murphy of New Hampshire was chief speak- er. He contrasted conditions elsewhere in the world with those to the, (Be tet Pree COLnMBts. ©. Ser H— Srnam's ticckade of Ir =r afiect Amercs's the ‘state depart cul export of red squill Several Otuo counues Rave se ure bebeves animais Slow Down — Veterans (By Associated Presse) NAPA Calif—Berause one the chuef recreations of remgents of the aid soldiers re Yountville 1s walking fiewis have recommen sign warning motor Gown to 25 miles an in America, showing that abroad ix in the world the manpower devoting its attention to murder * and destruction instead of creat- ing worthwhile projects and en- joying that happiness that hand in hand with democracy Indicates Brotherhood Gov. Murphy said the bridge and its by-pass highway are tes- timeny to the governments af Maine and New Hampshire further notice to the world well as a token of assurance the part of the several co-operat- ing Federal agencies and the Boston & Maine railroad system representing private industry on ;that we can walk toward a com- mon goal for good, hand hand. Following several other brief addresses the bridge was opened through the day till midnight without toll charges. Thousands of motorists took the opportunity to travel over it Four miles of cement four- lane State highwey were built by Maine and New Hampshire to reach the bridge which is 2 third of a mile up-river from the World War memorial span. ls goes 5 ‘and-all-other good drug stores.‘