The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 2, 1940, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Te By. MEDORA.FIELD. YESTERDAY: Aunt Maggie~ had crashed the party Sally and ‘Bill were giving to celebrate the {engagement of two of their friends. But Aunt Maggie did not see much of the party, for she was murdered the first night, and the lonely house in the rain- swept country near Atlanta was thrown into confusion as a tree sult. Now the hosts and their guests are searching the house while Andrew, the butler, tries to reach nearby Roswell to re« Bort events to the police. Chapter Nine Alone With Feat WE FOUND Aunt Maggie’s room as neat as could be. Slippers under the”bed. Her deep purple dressing gown across the foot. Silver toilet things on the bureau. None of which’ she would ever use again. Neither this room nor any of the others showed evidence of having been entered by alien feet. Back in the hall, the candles cast weird shadows before us and Alice clung more closely to Bob. Instinctively I also moved closer to Kirk, for in the uncertain light it seemed to me that one of the doors of a big armoire moved slightly. But when we investigated we found it empty. “Just nerves,” laughed Kirk re- assuringly. We had almost finished with the second floor when we met the other crew. Evidently I was not the only one suffering from nerves, for Bill was still kidding Eve because she had brought along one of the darts from the game room, “For protection,” she an- noun¢ed. “I told her an ice pick would be much more efficient,” Bill said. “But you could do a pretty good job with this, planted right in the vicinity of the heart,” Eve argued, flourishing the heavy feather- tipped steel pin to illustrate her Point and making Alice wince. “Shouldn’t ink it would be long enough,” said Bob. “Oh, yes, the pin is nearly three inches,” she pointed out. Nobody had found anything on the tour. But Andrew had come back into the house. It developed that there were two tires flat on Bill's car. That tires on every car on the place were flat. few minutes later with fresti cof- fee and big cups to serve it in this time, We were all rised to discover that it was ly twelve o’clock. So much had happened since I looked at = wrist watch at eight o’clock and decided that dinner must be served at once, lest Bob drink more than even he could carry gracefully. ,. Talking it over, we figured that it must have been al ten o'clock when Aunt jie was back discovered at the foot of stairs. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN -: SOCIETY $-:-: Two Scout Troops To Stage Amateur Show Wednesday At Harris School Boy Scouts of Troops 50 and '52 have been busily engaged in ‘lining up an excellent program for their Amateur ‘Show to’ be staged in the Harris School audi- torium Wednesday, December 4th, at 7:30 o'clock. An old-fashioned, ex-medicine bers will be given by Misses Marybelle Archer, Wilma Sellers and, Catherine Connor. The Grimek Athletic Club will demonstrate its _ abilities in weight lifting teats. Another favorite number will be a vocal duet by Miss Gloria “Bessie and Andrew had not ‘Showman is in town and will be Suarez (Miss Key West) and Roy finished clearing up when I left them in the kitchen,” I recalled, “and—and found Aunt Maggie.” “I was in the powder room,” said Eve. And at that everyone tried to remember where he or she had been at the particular moment when the alarm first sounded. Nobody, it seemed, had been with anybody else. Bill had taken Kirk to the game room after dinner, but had left him there for a few minutes to go upstairs for the ing Por net and rackets, which he ha failed to bring down earlier the evening. Alice was in her bedroom on the second floor. Not even the engaged pair were to- gether. “I was looking at those minia- tures in the drawing room,” said Claire. “There is one that looks very much like you, Sally, but I suppose you know that.” ment.” But none of the three on the second floor had come down the stairs together. Andrew, who had summoned Bill, had followed him down the back stairs. Alice had descended by way of the front stairs. Bob said he had seen her below him in the hall when he reached the landing. “I*heard someone behind me,” Alice affirmed. “But I hurried on without looking back.” “It must have happened when I was right there in the powder room,” Eve said slowly, as though | the idea had just occurred to her. |A puzzled look came into her | dark eyes, then her expression cleared and she added, “That must be why I thought—” | _ But as we all turned our atten- | tion full upon her, she broke off, | leaving the sentence hanging in- {complete in mid-air. “Thought | what?” Bob asked for all of us. | She laughed a little uncertainly | for one usually so belligerently | poised. “Nothing,” she said. “Just ‘ob said briefly, “I had gone | headlined on the program. He is Woodrow W. Chancey, of the army forces here, and, as a black-faced comedian, he’s guar- anteed to furnish many a laugh for patrons. Another humorous number will be the hill-billy singing and music by Messrs Chancey, Wilson and Lumpkin, all of the army. Miss Elena Cordero will give a version of the popular Rhumba and Gloria and Henry Vinson, two local song-birds, will each render a vocal solo. A trio of string musical num- 'P.-T. A. Christmas Carnival Saturday | Carnival at La Concha park next | Saturday afternoon. starting at 4:00 o'clock. For the kiddies, there will be a special treat in the announced , visit of Santa Claus to the party. |For the oldsters, there will be a cake and candy sale and fancy ‘work will also be offered for! sale. Details of the carnival will be published later this week, officers reported today. High School P.-T. A. Meets Tomorrow The Key West High School P.-T. A. will meet Tuesday at 7 p. m. in the High School Audi- torium. Subject for discussion will be: “Social Studies, the Guidepost to Somebody had accomplished | something I hadn’t thought of be- World Citizenship”, led by Mrs. this very neatly by removing the valve cores from at least two tires on each car. Delay FIER a good deal of rather +4 pointless @iscussion as to ways ard m was finally de- elded to postpone until morning any further effort to get in touch ith the outside world. I say outside world. feeling of Pietely ov. we were onl io . the s out of commission, practically impassable and the rain still pouring. And in the drawing room the sheeted fig- ure of Aunt Maggie, with finger marks on her throat. So it was not a very gay house- party group gathered around the| fire in the library. There had been times when I though can- dlelight romantic, but this was not one of t Beyond the cir- cle of the light the big old room was full of shadows, and beyond these shadows the outer rooms were swallowed in dark- ness so complete that it was al- most palpable. One felt it there waiting, with something ominous in the waiting — fingers, perhaps, which might reach out and draw one into the suffocation of dark- ness even more final. In fact, when Andrew opened the dining-room door unexpected- ly, Claire, who was sitting with her back toward him, started up with a little involuntary cry of fright. Bob and Kirk both sprang up as though to rush to her de- fense, furnishing the rest of us a little comic relief from strain and giving all an opportunity to laugh, even though some of us did so a bit shakily. Andrew, the unwitting cause of it all, was triumphantly holding aloft an oil lamp, and I for one félt like giving him three rousing cheers at th ht. He had re- membered the two lamps and can of kerosene oil which we had moved from the kitchen pantry to the basement, and he and Bessie| had@ salvaged them and put the lamps in condition for use. My grandmother kept them because she never quite trusted elec- tricity. A search of all the cars} evealed only one flashlight. re you want I should put t’n, Miss Sally?” Andrew had Wr Vhy not just bring it in here? Even then we won’t be any too oh eee “T thought as how you might in the front hall, mebbe, up the steps.” “All right,” I said. As usual, Andrew had worked it all out be- forehand. “And please bring in want it some extra candles, so there will| be enough for all the bedrooms.” “They’s already candles in them} silver candle dishes on the bed- side tables, Miss Sally.” “Yes, I know, but these are to} get us to the bedrooms.” Efficient | as he is, there are plenty of times when I wish Andrew wasn’t quite se—omniscient, I felt a little conscience-strick- em when Andrew came in again a | fore.” | Death Watch | Tus did not strike me as in any way significant at the «me. a Was too busy resentin Eve’s intrusion at Wisteria Hall. for it had just dawned on me that except for her egotistical | dissertation on jade, which had held me in the library, I might | have reached the back passage- way in time to prevent a murder. Surely Aunt Maggie could have been dead only a few minutes | when I found her. Aunt Maggie had had her cof- | fee and had left us. The sweater | showed that she had returned to ; her room and had probably meant | to spend the evening in the study. Certainly that had been her an- | nounced intention. Something or somebody had brought her down- stairs to her death. These reflections on my part were broken in upon by Bob. “I know this is on everybody’s ee aes said, as eae ed and BF4 e pipe whic! appar- ently had been a bone of conten- tion between himself and Eve, “and, of course, we are all sad because of Aunt Maggie’s death. She was really just like a mem- ber of my own family. But, after all, there is nothing we can do about it tonight. So let’s try to talk about something else. Or bet- ter still, why don’t we go to bed? Tomorrow. is bound to be quite a day for all of us.” ¥ Nobody was sleepy, of course, But Bill added his approval. to Bob's suggestion. “There will have ably an inquest,” he pointed out. “We will all have to answer ques- tions as witnesses.” Alice. “There weren’t any wit- nesses. And, anyway, how can anybody try to sleep with a mur- derer- running around loose? We might all be murdered in our “I figure we are probably safe enough,” said Bob. “Why should somebody make sure that we are stuck here, with no means of out- side communication, unless he wanted to make his own get- away?” “That sounds reasonable enough,” Kirk agreed. “If any- thing about the situation can called reasonable.” “Just the same,” said Bill, “I think Pll. keep at least one eye open.” * “I was just getting ready to Suggest that we take turns at ares Buty & said Bob. “And “One Bobs “And why not, for heaven's sake?” he asked sharply, as though his nerves had Bhally — thin from too much sisterly inging. Both Bill and Kirk insisted also that they would take the first te aie Wey ba Bo he ni; necessary; but a little grim by now, would have none of it. He would call Kirk at the end of two hi he | promised, and at the end an- jother two, Kirk could call Bill To be continued (Cobsriaht, 1939, Medora Fisld Porkerses) “But that’s just the thing,” said , SUBSCRIBE FOR THE CITIZEN—20c WEEKLY. Charles Thompson. Reports of the recent state con- vention will be given by the dele- gates. Mimack-Wayne Naptials Friday Miss Catherine Theresa Mim- eck, of Pensacola, and John Booth Wayne, aviater stationed here, were married last Friday afternoon by county judge Ray- mond R. Lord, in his chambers. U. S. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT Observation taken at 7:30 a. m, 75th Mer. Time (city office) ‘emperatures T Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean = Normal __ Preci Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches,...i.,. Total. rainfall since Deg. 1, inches Deficiency inches 83 0.00 1.33 N—5 miles per hour Relative Humidity 95% Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today Sea level, 30.10 (1019.3 millibars) Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise ‘Sunset _ Moonrise Moonset __10:07 p. m. Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. 5:37 p. m. High Low (Till 7:30 p. m., Tuesday) Key West and Vicinity: Con- siderable cloudiness preceded by scattered showers tonight; Tues- day moderate northerly winds be- coming’ northeasterly Tuesday. | Florida: Generally fair, except cloudy preceded by scattered showers on extreme south and east-central coast tonight, colder in north and central portions, scattered light frost with lowest temperature 32° to 36° in ex- treme north portion; Tuesday partly cloudy, continued rather cool. LUCKY ESCAPE BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Although his automobile was struck by a fast paSsenger train. dragged a hundred feet along the track and 6:57 a.m, Chancellor. Solos by Noelia Bravo and Ralph Solano will also be in- cuded on the program and Johnny Esperdy, scoutmaster of Troop 50, will be master of cere- monies, sandwiching in some of his well-known comic character- izations, between his announcing | duties. Other features are to be on the program of surprise nature, and those planning to attend are well assured of a pleasant evening. Profits are to be turned to the troop camp funds. i |Woman’s Club | Meeting Tomorrow Junior-Senior High School p-7.| The regular meeting for the| upstairs to my room for a mo- A. wil] hold its annual Christmas ; current month of the Key West Woman's Club will be held Tues- day, starting at 4:00 p. m., in the ‘clubhouse on Division street. All members have been re- quested to be in attendance and visitors are invited. Program will be under the di- jrection of the American Home Department. Junior Women ‘Announce Social Mrs. Joseph Lopez announces another social meet for the Junior Woman's Club, to be held Thurs- day, December 5, at the clubhouse on Division street, at 5:00 o'clock. Hostesses will be Misses Juanita Dongo and Phyllis Adams. Alt members are urged to attend this meeting, and to bring guests. BEATTY EXPLAINS BUDGET BUGABQO (Continued from Page One) jis finding the formula for future taxing and spending. Whatever formula is proposed to Congress by the President .is going to be based—as it must be —on nothing better than fairly scientific guesses, seasoned with ample measures of political psy- chology. The guessers know that na- ‘tional income of citizens and federal tax receipts have a habit of marching up and down the economic charts together. When jincome goes up, tax receipts fol- low along a year later. It’s more of the same when income goes down. * The question is, how much will the national income be stim- ulated by the increased spend- ing? Some of the slide rule ex- perts say it'll be $80,000,000,000 in 1941. A Wall street sym- posium says $85,000,0000,000. One expert I know says they’re pes- simistic. He thinks it'll be $90,- 1000,000,000. In any event, tax ;receipts will march upward at jabout the sai pace, unless 35.28 | Congress raises’ “faxés. My ex-' briskly, swimmingly pert tells me he thinks the tax to be an investigation and prob- Wind Direction and Velocity ~ receipts at present rates would [reach the $10,000,000,000 mark in | 1941, or better. | That won't be enough to catch up with our spending. Besides, some persons say the country’s }in the mood to accept new taxes as the inevitable consequence of the defense program. __10:37 a. m.| How much should taxes be in- | Evening Telegram. creased, when nobody knows what the national income level ;Will be for sure? And should P.M jthese be taxes that fall evenly’ so by laughing”. 1:03 0n rich and poor alike, such as Times, 6:04 taxes on soft drinks? Or should The only way to find out if the income groups earning from, say $5,000 a year to $100,000 and up a year, take the heaviest tax rap? ‘That's the President’s prob- partly cloudy and rather cool; | lem, and the experts’. After they | School auditorium. their guesses, .Congress , Will. have its say. | . But whatever the Solution of the budget problem, of 1940, 1941, tand 1942, the defense program may do one thing. It may give a full-fledged whirl to those spending theories everybody ar- gues about. ‘ To those economists who argue generally that increased federal spending and borrowing are the -basic requirements for prosperity and a balanced budget, the de- fense spending is a godséhd. BPO. Eks Paid Honor To Departed nies Suniay Members and friends of Key /1917; Alva K. McMullen, Feb- West Lodge, No. 551, B.P.O. Elks, Tuary 2, 1918; John W. Allen, assetnbled~at the High School Mérch 24, 198; Ray Sree ptember 26, 1918; auditorium yesterday afternoon Joimson, November 7, = 191 to vifiiess /thp nnual{ Memorial soph E. Riggs, August 30, 1920: *Services given in honor of those Herbert W. Owen, March 10, thembers of the lodge who have 1921; James R. Curry, Jr, May departed this life. 11, 1921; Joseph N. Beck, Septem- The exercises started at 3:30 ber 23, 1921; Wm. H. Decker, o'clock and the program present- | December 25, 1921; R. M. DeGar- ed was as follows: mo, February 14, 1922; J. G. 1. America. Smith—Lodge and Dowd, March 7, 1922; Howard J. audience. Sawyer, March 20, 1922; Geo. W. 2. Consecration Overture, Bela Allen, May 30, 1922; Benjamin —Key West Civic Orchestra, Lopez, October 10, 1922; W. Hunt George Mills White conductor. Harris, March 6, 1923; Louis Fine, 3. Ceremonies, Lodge Officers, August 7, 1923. | Ritual—Invocation by Rev. J. C.. Geo. Robinson, December 4,; !Gekeler. 1923; Ary E. Armona, June 12, 4. Meditation, Ave Maria, Gou-' 1925; W. J. Phelan, March 15,! jnod—Key West Civic Orchestra. | 1926; John Kirk Watkins, July 3, 5. Ceremonies, Roll Call of Ab- 1926; Fernando H. Gato, July 12, sent Brothers, -Ritual—Taps by 1926; Geo. W. Reynolds, Septem- Leroy Voght. ber 1, 1926; S. Fred Bonnett, Sep- 6. The Trumpeter, Dix—Tenor tember 25, 1926; Dexter P. Dor- solo, George Mills White. gan, October 31, 1926; Dr. J. Y. 7. Ceremonies—Ritual. }Porter, Sr., March 16, 1827; Ed- 8. Piano Solo—Beatrcie Mo-'ward F. Page, April 30, 1928; ‘reno. - |Louis Louis, December 17, 1928; 9. Oration—Wm. Curry Harris.|Dave Echemendia, January 30, 10. Lead Us In The Paths Of!1929;W. J. H. Taylor, May 4, Peace, Galbraith—Duet, Mr. and 1929; C. M. Green, May 6, 1929; |Mrs. George Mills White. Chester M. Curry, October 19, | 11. B.P.O.E. Ode, tune: —— Geo. A. T. Roberts, May 1, Lang Syne”. 11930; Geo. L. Bartlum, October 12. Overture, Opus 36, Mozart—/9, 1930; C. G. Bailey, November Key West Civic Orchestra. 19, 1930; A. D. Silveira, February 13. Ceremonies, Lodge Otticers,|17 1931; Geo. F. Sawyer, May 5, Ritual—Benediction by Rev. J. C.!1931. Gekeler. | Andrew J. Page, June 29, 1931; The full list of departed mem-|E. W. Russell, March 11, 1932; bers, together with the date of|Ware Berry, April 27, 1932; Jos- their demise, is published here-|hua Curry, July 13, 1932; L. R. | with: | Warner, August 4, 1932; Chas. R.| | R.A. Monsalvatge, May 28,:Curry, January 4, 1933; E. B. 1900; Dr. C. B. Sweeting, October ' Freyberg, March 10, 1933; Geo. F. 4, 1903; Wm. H. Williams, “T”,| Morris, May 22, 1933; T. E. Mill- May 9, 1904; John W. Sawyer,! more, May 23, 1933; W. D. Blenus, Decerhber 4, 1905; Calderwood G.!July 4, 1933; Alfred Higgs, No-| Harris, June 18, 1906; Walter S.; vember 8, 1933; T. F. Howe, Sep- Lightbourn, August 10, 1906; tember 30, 1933; E. J. Norcott, Emelio Hernandez, May 2, 1909;; April 11, 1934; G. M. Guiteras, S. A. Walker, Jane 28, 1909; Jose July 8, 1934. Ricardo Lopez, August 22, 1909; J. F. Busto, August 15, 1934; / Peter T. Knight, June 29, 1912; William V. Millington, February Mason S. Moreno, August 12, 1912; 8, 1935; R. B. Austin, October 20, George L. Lowe, March 16, 1914. 1935; A. Louis, December 12, Remon Alvarez, September 14, 1935; E. P. McGetrick, January 1914; Jeptha V. Harris, Novem- 21, 1936; F. T. McNulty, Febru- ber 21, 1914; William B. Curry, ary 28, 1937; Jefferson B. Browne, | April 15, 1915; Richard M. Smith, May 4, 1937; Claude H. Roberts, | May 24,.1916; Jose G. Mendoza, ' June 5, 1937; Henry L, Roberts, June 17, 1916; Walter J. Light- June 28, 1937; Jose M. Navarro, bourn, June 30, 1916; Dr. John B. January 2, 1939; Victor R. Moffat, Maloney, August 7, 1916; William January 6, 1939; W. H. McNulty, L. Delaney, May 4, 1917; Lewis August 20, 1939; Newton Curry, H. Moss, May 31, 1917. April 19, 1940, and Geo. V. Ma- W. U. Simons, November 13, loney, August 2, 1940. Lol Duval street, wreck house, $100. J. C. Gardner, 1301 Elizabeth o 7 street, general repairs. $100. Edgar Sanchez, 314 Simonton @§ street, general repairs. $100. Louis Milord, 1135 Catherine street, new roof, paint. $100. Here are a few of the reviews Key West Electric Company, which appeared in New York Fort and Angela streets, general newspapers after the premiere of repairs. $500. “George and Margaret”. Peter Roberts, 1111 Southard “It tickles as it goes—you-will treet, general repairs. $100. laugh your throat sore—it blooms JR. Taylor, 503 Duval street, engagingly”.—New York Sun. general repairs. $500. “— provided a first-night audi- yrs Grace Gibson, 622 Francis _ence with three acts of merri- street, general repairs. $100. ment, some of it subdued, some W.-W. Bowen, 1209 Division of it gusty and full-blooded, some street, remodel.’ $500: of it intense. — the humor is C. Percy Curry, 321 _Peaton sparkling.,,."It, carries the action Lane, addition. $175. along”— Mrs. A. Nillando, 629 Caroline New York World-Telegram. street, general repairs. $100. “As he (the author) puts the F. R. Henson, 1115 Fleming characters in ‘George and Mar- street, paint. $75. garet’ it has a perfect spontaneity Romney Beckman, 321 Simon- and the items thereof are invari-| ton street, general repairs. $4,- ably apropos to the occasion of 100. jtheir “introduction”. — Toronto |, Mrs. Frances Symonette, 307 75. Marion Dunn, Fleming street, general repairs. $2,000. St. Paul's Church, Duval and New York’ g2ton street, general repairs. $100. “— people in last night's audi-! * ence thought a good deal of its neatly clipped dialogue and said these critics knew of what they _ Spoke is te come and see “George and Mfargaret” for yourselves. Don’t forget, Friday, December 6, | is the big night, at the High ‘general remodelling. $2,000. Mercedes Mayg, 1124. White street, general repairs. $500. Ralph Russell, 417 Elizabeth street, repair fence. $25. | J.S. Dongo, Elizabeth street, ‘general repairs. $500. F '’ ‘BUILDING PERMITS {Continued from Page One) occupational licenses. Last year, the total of auto licenses issued was 1353 and occupational li- censestotalled 707. Building permits for the last- half of the month were issued to the following: Properties, Inc, 211 “At last,” say they, “our the- ories might have a chance to prove themselves.” The economists who oppose was thrown into a 14-foot ravine, federal spending, knowimg de- Alvin Becker crawled from the fense spending is inevitable, are wreckage, scared stiff, but only watching results of the large slightiy bruised. arms program just as closely. SHIRLEY TEMPLE in YOUNG PEOPLE and THE MUMMY'S HAND Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- chestra 15-20c; Night—15-25¢ MONDAY. DECEMBER LEGALS See “Who Knows?” om Page 2 and Albania. 2. Rome and Carthage 3. 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