The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 18, 1940, Page 2

THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC, i Daily Except Sunday By ARTMAN nt and Publisher gon at Ann Streets aper in Key ve County West and Vest, Florida. as second class matter Member of the Associated Press ess is exclusively entitled to use ws dispatches credited to ited in this paper and also d here ION RATES ADVERTISING RATES SPECIAL NOTIC cards of thanks, resolutions of ete. will be charged for at tices, hurches from whieh 5 cents a line. d invites discus- 1 or general onymous communi- ROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN rage nd Apartments. ng Pavilion Whea Italian newspapers have no war eans bad news. a charity proposition. Citizen as a business itor for a charity cause can e look that comes into the eyes sm: doctor blind Consulting a ng another car on rve an hour later. a u Jearn one thing every day, you 365 things by the end of the r, and that’s a lot of things. ar 1940 is drawing to a close; anything that you must do this ad better wet started on the task. r money won't do you much good Put it to work Ilowever, put a lit- put it eit away from you. ire dead: many ways. ile for emergencies and 1 can't S. soldier just released. other than his unemployment situa- v good job with fair pay and little of ar youth to offer. leep and enjoy life. ad in the There’s your more knows ve end hi Vs. 76.—(A News.) y value an eal, wart » Dail tpparent to all that one of the ative acts should be the elimina- exempt feature of govern- ipal securities, which rich men to eseape all rich men eppose these ct Andrew Mellon, one hest men in the world, urged the e and mun ved Not f tax-exempt securities. 100 per cent in favor \ dential ean- steod. Neither of them represented It w choice 6f two men argely in agreement on some of It is unques- is of citizens found hich the pr as the yroblems to make their choice, t, they still found much candidate against 1 1 hey voted, n the Fort Knox (Ky.) vaults there \ and le, t small dip into this gold hoard used for the relief of arthrities The good doctor declares that has been used roard of the nation’s gold, McCarty, of Louis ufferers. able metal, which tuber- syphilis par- treatment. We are the yellow metal ises than simply to maintain the dard, aud no better use can be made of it than relieving the suffering of ankind, s in the treatment of and into ne skin diseases back use. Aritie: » know that now. | LET US HAVE LIGHT Last season the Junior Chamber of Commerce rolled up their sleeves, saw lead- ing merchants and business men and— presto!—Key West had light. For three months, January, February and March, Duval street became “White Way’’—an at- tractive, eye-arresting main thoroughfare by night. ‘The modus operandi was simple. Store- keepers and others whose business enter- prises were on Duval dug into their pockets and paid for the juice—and the light paid them back because it transformed our main street from a virtual dark alley into what looked like an up-and-coming business dis- trict. The Citizen gives credit to the Junior ' Chamber. They did a fine job and they are to be congratulated. Some of the members of the organization teok valuable time off from their work to contact and _ persuade those who contributed so that White Way could become a reality. But that was LAST season. So far there is no provision for again lighting Duval—and, according to all re- ports and predictions—we will have more visitors here this winter than ever before. The Citizen suggests that the Senior Chamber of Commerce undertake the task this time. Secretary Singleton is known for his capability and for his devotion to the best interests of the Island City. He knows perronally all the merchants in town; he is their servant in his capacity of secretary. But, no matter HOW it is done, Duval street must be lighted. Certainly no one who has seen the difference between the way it is now and the way it was during the first three months of the year can argue the point. ; Let’s put ourselves behind the wheel of a car driving into town for the first time. Let’s suppose we are Mr. and Mrs. Joe Doakes of Summit, N. J. We have read that Key West is “America’s Own Tropical Para- dise,’’ so we drove down to see it, possibly with the intention of spending a month if we were favorably impressed. It is nine o’clock at night. We leave the splendid new highway and enter Divi- Ahead is darkness as we ap- We're confused, so we pull sion street. proach Duval. up and ask a sailor where we can find “the | main drag.” “Why, you’re on it—just turn to the right,” answers the gob—and the jig is up, IF White Way is still Midnight Alley. Let’s turn on the juice, Mr. Wester! Key WE WORRY ABOUT THE GREEKS When the Italians launched their of- | fensive against the Greeks, the people of Has few | the United States, for the most part, wor- ried lest Mussolini’s soldiers make mince of the brave Greeks. Now that the Greeks have chased the invaders into Albania and continue to pur- sue them, the worry is that the enthusiastic Greeks over extend their military forces, leaving an opening for an Italian counter- attack. meat We have shared both apprehensions, | along with millions of other citizens. The first worry has passed away for the present end the second anxiety is abating. se of the struggle in Albania continues along its present way for a few more weeks we will have ro further worry about ability of the Greeks to take care of them- selves. In the meantime, we will probably pick up a new worry, lest the Greeks, having ex- perienced such strenuous success against the Italians decide that they are the people to run all of Europe and begin to assume the job. cou ITALY’S BRILLIANT MANOEUVRE It has been an interesting study, from time to time, to observe the statements is- sued in Berlin and Rome, when events failed to move in accordance with the plans and program of the Axis powers. About as excellent an illustration of the effort of the dictators to save face comes from Rome, where Mario Appelius, au- thoritative commentator for Premier Mus- solini, declares that ‘with the most absolute calm and serenity Italy has carried out her manoeuvre in Epirus and concentrated her forces in Albania.” The statement refers to the fact that an Italian invasionwof Greece has been re- pulsed by the Greeks who have pursued their foes well into Albania. No one read- ing Appelius’s statement would suspect, if he did not know, that the Italian army has retreated far north of the positions held be- | i fore the invasion began, If the | the | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN By MEDORA FIELD aune muggre has been murdered, and after a night of terroz and a morning of search, Sally and Bill are no nearer a solution of the crime than at tre beginning. Neitner are cny of the guests who hed gone to Sally's country house for a week end party in celebration of the engagement of Claire ana Bob. Now the police have at last arrived, and still. the matter drags, because they are patrol- men and obviously baffied. Chapter 23 More Police VE was still inclined to be airy in manner. “Are they trying to be hard-boiled?” sne inquired. “Just wait until 1 take a hand with them.” “If you really know anything about what happened last night,” I said, “for heaven’s sake, now is the time to speak up.” But when it came her turn to answer questions as to name, ad- dress, occupation and whether or not she could shed any light on! the events of the evening ‘efore, | Eve vouchsafed no more in her replies than the strict letter of the law required. Her main concern seemed to be that the police should be properly impreszed with her impersonation of the Lady Vere de Vere. “How terrible,” she shuddered, fastidiously, when Officer Hend- ticks announced that we would} all have to be fingerprinted as soon as somebody arrived with the proper equipment. When the names of the servants were given and the fact came cut| that Lindy was missing, Thomas was ordered to produce her pron- to. “She’s probably the one tnat did it,” Patrolman Adams an-| nounced to me in a cneerful aside. It didn’t seem at all likely to me. Still, there was the fact that Thomas certainly had got himself | tangled up when asked about the | time Lindy left home. “I'm going to have to ask you all to stay right here until somebody gets here from town,” said Patro!man Hendricks. “Well, maybe not right in this roum,” as a wave of protest swept over nim, “but don’t go out of the house. Mr. Stuart, I suppose you are willing to vouch for everybody?” “Certainly,” Bill answered, “but I hope we can get it all over as soon as possible.” Well, that was out of iis hands, Officer Hendricks observed, but someone would be along shortly, and meanwhile he would question the servants in the kitchen. I sug- gested that they use the breakfast | Toom and instrucied .:ndrew to serve the two officers not coffee and cigarettes. “ny uniferm nas tne unfortunate effect of making people think of themselves in, well, a convict’s uniform. What I mean is that the connection i8 not pleasant. On the other hand, the most innocent person often looks guilty wh being questioned. Because of t I have learned to discount a lot that looks suspicious. But I would get to the th a lot quicker and we could things up with iess trouble weverybody, if people didn’t think the law was trying to set a trap to catch them. They get the idéa we don't care wi we send to jail, just so we se somebody.” Bill said, “I am even more anx- ious than you are to clear this up, Lieutenant’ Fire away and ask anything you wish. Of course, this has all been pretty much of an ordeal for my wife. She was fond of her aunt,.and I hope you won’t make it ary more difficult for her than is necessary.” Examination |“C)KAY.” said Lieutenant Gree- [J § WEATHER _ hen, fixing me with that penetrating gaze. “I believe you found the body, didn’t you, Mrs, Stuart?” : I started involuntari It was something of a_ shock, having Aunt Maggie referred to as a body. “Yes,” I answered, my voice grown suddenly small. “From the position of the body, would ycu say that she d where you found her, or could she jhave been dragged or carried there from somewhere else?” “I didn’t think of that,” I said, “and I don’t think anyone else did at the time. At least nobody suggested it. I thought she had fainted or had fallen down the ‘But looking back, what do vou think?” “I—I saw nothing to indicate that she had been dragged or car- ried. I mean her clothes looked as I imagine they would have if she had fallen or had been allowed to fall.” “What was your opinion, Mr, Stuart?” “She looked to me as though she had fallen,” said Bill, reso- lutely patient. I knew he thought this was all a waste of time. “Where were you at the time of her death?” WEDNESDAY, DECE CHRISTMAS SEAL. ILIKE TO LICK &M. ile [it 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 Total rainfall since Dee. 1, inches Deficiency inches Total rainfall sinee inches Deficien inche 2.20 Win? Direction and Velocity E—10 miles per hour Relative Humidity 82% Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today Sea level, 30.17 (1021.7 millibars) Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 7:07 Sunset 5:42 0.00 since Dee. 1, 0.97 Jan. 1, 35.36 since Jan. 1, “On the second floor. I had gone | Moonrise 1 upstairs shortly before to bring down some ping-pong rackets for the game room. In fact, I came ae from the basement, passed the place where a few minutes later we found Aunt Maggie, went up the back stairs to the second floor and was there, rummaging around, when Andrew came for me.” Lieutenant Gregory leaned for- ward toward my husband. “You Lieutenant Gregory Dies 1 JALLY car arrived, b ant Jim Grego trolman fo print ¢ Lieutenant Greg: went into a hud men Hendricks looked very d q 12 learned they had Ciscovered prac- tically nothing. They held their conference in the office. Bill and I, w the breakfast room, h tenant Gregor: ai skeptical “Yeah?” w man Adams confided ths “seemed like real nice folks, just as plain as an old shoe.” Then the door closed. But we smiled at each other, a little comforted by | this homely compliment, even though it seemed to make no :m- pression on Patrolman Adams’s superior officer. | Lieutenant Gregory looked more | like an athlete than a policeman. | He was about tnirty-five years! old, I should say, quite tall in his} well-fitted blue uniform, und had dark hair and piercing dark eyes. | “Gentlemen,” said Bill, wnen| the office door opened again, “youv’e come a long way through the cold. I suggest you have some coffee before we try to get duwn to business.” | Lieutenant Gregury tooked a little reluctant. But it was cold outside and he had come a long way. Besides, his two companions were plainly more than willing to | take this little recess. “Perhaps, it wouldn't be a bad idea,” he agreed. Later he and his retinue and Bill went into the drawing room, where they stayed for quite a while. When they «ame out, [ heard him tell Patrolman Roberts to order an amoulance. Then he went back into the room alone, after which he and the other two} officers went out to inspect the back passage. Following a final consultation with Hendricks and Adams, the latter were dismissed and told| they could go back on patrol duty. Anderson was instructed to «s- semble fingerprints, make phot graphs and gather up any ev dence he might ciscover. “And now,” said Lieutenant Gregcry to my husband, with Roberts hovering behind him like an anxious shadow, “I should like to talk to you and Mrs. Stuart. Later we can take the guests and servants in turn.” We settled ourselves in ‘he of- fice, behind closed doors, a fairly small room furnished somewhat after the maner of the library, except that my grandfather’s desk and my Imother’s sewing table give it a more intimate air. And the books are newer. Roberts found himself a chair mear his superior officer and took out notebook and fountain pen. Then Lieutenant Gregory said something which struck me at the time as ng quite tactful, put which I later recognized as mere- ly_a part of his technique. “In cases like this,” he began, mmmecialely h Patiol- TBSCRIBE FOR THE CITIZEN—2¢e WEEKLY. | phone 138 | Lasked. mean you were on the spot, say ing to arous said Bill, giving Moonset 10: Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. 12:01 6:55 FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Con- cloudiness tonight and Thursday; possily occasional drizzle or light showers; not much change in temperature; moderate northeasterly winds, fresh at times. becoming east and south- PM 1:22 6:26 High Low siderable act jeast Thursday s. But there was i nothing to sce.” “And when you came out just a few minutes after and had ,” he asked, jou saw nothing you have no idea of the murderer's identity?” Lieutenant Gregory looked hard at me, chen focused his gaze on Bill. “No,” we both said. “Except,” Bill added, “some funny things did_happen.” “Funny?” “Yes, odd. Things we couldn’t explain.” And Bill told him about the telephone call to Andrew. “What else happened that seemed suspicious?” “These,” = scraps of green paper and the bit of silk from my pocket. Lieutenant Gregory looked at the notes for a long time. He and Roberts exchanged glances -nd it seemed to there was a gleam of excitement iin their eyes, “Odd they should use that paper,” Lieutenant Gregory mur- mured just ‘above his breath. “That's: what I-thought, too,” 1 answered. “How do you mean that’s what you thought?” he asked quickly. “Wrapping paper from a de- partment store,” I explained. “Oh, that.” “Wasn't that what you meant?” Again the two_ officers ex- changed glances. “Suppose we go on to this piece of cloth,” Lieu- tenant Gregory suggested. I explained that it was un- doubtedly torn from the new eiderdown comfort brought out for Aunt Maggie’s room and that, although it was seen on her bed after the murder, it was -nyste- riously missing this morning. “Anything else?” he asked. We told him about tne red light, about the door which Kirk and I saw open and close, about Bill’s collision in the hall. He lis- tened silently and Roberts kept busy with his pen. “Can you make any sense out of it?” I asked. ‘Td rather not say just yet,” he answered, with something that was as near a smile as I suppose he ever allows himself while on duty. “What’s all this about a se- cret room?” I told him of Aunt Maggie’s conversation the evening before and of how I had come to believe that her murder was in some way connected with the secret room. “The trouble is the only clue we found was a note made by Aunt Maggie, which obviously refers to the silver storage closet in the kitchen.” “That note, where is it?” Bill produced it from his pocket, Te be continued (Copyright, 2939, Medora Field Perkerson) said, extracting the |: 2 ling in the Plains States. Tempera- "have re Florida: Considerable cloudi- ness, possibly occasional drizzle or light showers near east-cen- tral and extreme south coasts to- night and Thursday, and in ex- treme northwest portion Thurs day: slightly warmer in north portion. CONDITIONS A rather strong high pressure area, crested this morning over the Ohio valley, overspreads the eastern half of the country and pressure is moderately high over sfcthwestern districts; while a low pressure area of considerable intensity is central off the North cific coast, and pressure is fall- tures have risen in the upper Mis- |sissippi and Missouri valleys, and fallen throughout much of eastern portion of the coun- although no abnormally low dings are reported. Moderate precipitation has occurred since vesterday morning in the Pacific States and southeastward into the upper Rio Grande Valley; while elsewhere generally fair weather has prevailed G. S. KENNEDY. Official in Charge. the try _ TRANSPORTATION Ss. S. CUBA The S. S. Cuba of the P. & O. Steamship Company arrived from Tampa last Monday morning at 8:23 o'clock with two first class passengers for this port and 88 tons of freight. Embarking here for Havana were 61 first class passengers and six second class passengers. Three automobiles were taken aboard for the Cuban port. Coming from Tampa with tickets or Havana were 74 first class passengers and seven second class passengers. No freight was consigned from Tampa to Havana. Departure from Key West was at 12 Noon. The ship artived back in this port at 3:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon carrying 49 first class and five seeond class passengers for Key West. The ship brought two eutos and five tons of freight For Tampa there were 17 first class and two second class passen- Levez Funeral Service Estallished 1885 Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers Ambulance Service Night 686 |: COUNTY AUDITOR : IS NOT SO BLIND ° (By Axsociated Press) LIMA, O.. Dec Floyd Griffin of Allen going to have Venetian bi his office windows after al Audr county County commissioners. fused to approve purchase of blinds, recently tions from Grif Later someone con It define wh signed req sie”. dictionary. blind horizontal s jalousie as “a shutter havir ts gers, and 31 tons of freight. From this port one first cl sailed for Tampa. The v parted at 4:45 P. M S. S. COLORADO The S. S. Colorado o' Mallory Lines was ir day and unloaded freight. The ship lk at 10:30 A. M., pick of freight in Key W “LOOKS LIKE CHRISTMAS IS HERE TO STAY!” UMVERSAL Christmas Gifts “Wake a Merry Christmas last the Whole Year Through