The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 7, 1941, Page 4

PAGE FOUR YESTERDAY: All the guests ad Sally and Bill’s houseparty, and Sally and Bill themselves, are to be put through a kind of joint third degree in an effort to learn who the murderer among them is. For Sally’s Aunt Maggie, and one of the guests, Eve Benedict, have been murdered, and it looks to Lieutenant Gregory as if the job were an inside one. Coroner Dodson, who is blind, is meantime investigating on his own—and he thinks he has found some eni- dence. Chapter 39 Hint From Kirk EFORE anything further could be said, Kirk came through the drawing room door and Bob, ex- cusing himself, stepped into the telephone closet. Instead of re- turning to the drawing room as I had intended, I turned into the dining room, for no other reason than to see if Kirk would follow. And I couldn’t help wondering if Bob had faked that telephone er- rand. The lights had been turned out in the dining room and it was al- most dark, with cavernous ‘re- cesses of shadow on all sides. As I roped my way nervously across the room toward the light switch, which for some strange reason had been placed at the library door, I was startled out of all pro- portion when I heard Kirk’s voice and realized that he was just be- hind me. “Look, Sally,” he asked, “may I speak to you a moment?” I turned; the room was a little lighter now that I was accustomed to the change, and it seemed fool- ish to insist upon turning the light up before pausing to listen. “What is it, Kirk?”I asked, seiving to make my voice sound natura! “Nothing much,” he answered. “I just wanted to say that if I were you I wouldn’t go around talking about that conversation with Eve. Might not be safe to let ev body know if she told you anything 3 said again, “But she didn’t, I thought I made that plain.” “No,” said Kirk, “no, you didn’t. ire just thought I'd mention I looked up into Kirk’s eyes and ft seemed to me they had that game strange gleam which had ide me uneasy in the library e night before. That gleam that ld make me think of a were- wolf. It was odd, because there were no lights in the room now, except that pale shaft from the hall. Powerless to move, I stut- “II was—going to turn on the lights.” “Where's the switch?” he asked, sound of his voice made everything normal again. With light flooding the room, I knew I had been letting my imagination run wild. “You were pretty mysterious about your own conversation with Eve,” I reminded him. “Oh,” Kirk laughed, a little self-consciously, “you see, I was meddling. It wasn’t what that po- ees tried to intimate, because never did like Eve a little bit, I was a fool, I suppose, but my mis- sion seems to have been similar to Claire's and Alice’s and maybe Bob's too.” Kirk’s face got red and he looked embarrassed. “You see, I had an idea that perhaps if T used a little of that he-man stuff you recommended that I could erence her to lay off Bob and aire. Does that sound too fool- ish, Sally?” T looked at him with my mouth open. “Kirk,” I said, “I think you are a fool, but a fool who has nice instincts.” He took both my hands in his, looked deep into my eyes for a moment, and I was sure he} was on the verge of telling me| something. Then the door from the kitchen opened and Andrew came in. Kirk let my hands fall. | “Thanks, Sally,” he said. Callers AttHoucH 1 sometimes sus-| pect it requires a bit of con- niving on Andrew's part not to miss anything that goes on, such was not actually the case when he interrupted =m: Kirk. He was legitimately on his ry to answer the front doorbell. As I followed him, intending to re- turn to the drawing room, I saw that Bill was already at the door} and heard’ what might be de- scribed as the overtones of a com- Curiosity 4 ‘iosity drew me farther and there on the porch were, of all Reel, Judge and Mrs. Warren. ie judge was indignantly ex- press: is opinion to a carload of photographers and_ reporters who had arrived simultaneously. Apparently, just as a whole bat- of cameras was trained on the stretcher which bore Eve to the ambulance, the judge and Mrs. Warren had unwittingly come be- tween and were now a part of the picture. at a time for callers, and es- pecially such callers. Instantly my had flown to Kirk's sugges- tion of that morning. Could it be ible that the Warrens were to smoke us out in order the place as a bargain? I put the thought resolutely from my mind and stepped for- ward to greet them. These were eld friends of my grandparents, g0 solid and respectable that it was impossible to associate them with anything underhand. The judge, looking all the more aquat in morning coat and striped trousers, is very much the old- style Southern gentleman, even interview with} it 2 goatee. His white- haired wife, taller by half a head, is one of those sweet, soft-looking old ladies who can be as hard as nails when it comes to gerne nee own way. How I should have loved to duck and run. The judge was still vituperating. “Impudent young whippersnap- pers,” he sputtered. “Like to have them come up before me in ccurt. Ah, Sally, my dear, such distress- ing news, Such distressing news. We came to see if we could be of any service.” “Such a terrible thin, pen in your grandmother’s house,” said Mrs, Warren, who is quite deaf, yet never raises her voice. “T cannot believe that it is true. Have you really had a murder, my: dear?” “Two, holding up two fingers and mo- tioning her imto the drawing room. The judge followed, leav- ing Bill to deal with the gentle- men of the press who seemed pleased enough to see the judicial coattails turned in their direction. “Dear me!” Mrs. Warren ejac- ulated. “What have you done to this room? Or am I seeing double? There certainly are two fireplaces in here.” I explained to her as fully as I could that we liked the idea of one long room instead of two square ones and that I thought it gave a beautiful effect of spa- ciousness. “Spaciousness,” she sniffed, “Looks like the state apartments at Windsor Castle to me.” “Oh, no,” Bob objected with | one of his whimsical smiles, “not nearly enough gilt for that. Gallantry dhe men, of course, had risen and had to remain Ce while each name was repeat ae for eis eree ia ond ad got everybody's fa tela- tena straight. She _ insisted upon calling Kirk Mr. Price and asking if he was related to the Prices of North Carolina. “Glad to hear it,” she said inexplicably when it was finally dinned into her head that he was neither a Price nor a North Carelinian. “And how is your dear grand- mother?” to Claire. “We went to school together in Switzerland, you know. You are really just like her, except that her hair was dark while yours has that lovely Titian shade.” “Can't see what the young men can be thinking about to let such a beautiful girl stay'single,” the judge remarked with intended gallantry. “May I ae you some tea?” I asked, as Roberts came in to sa that Bill was wanted in the brary again. Mr, Marshall hastily arose and made his excuses, and so did Mr, Dodson, both glad to escape the callers even though it meant a session with the The judge, learning with some- thing akin to horror that the po- lice were actually encamped in the house, was instantly on his feet, gee J that he would speak a_word to whoever was in charge. “I knew your father and your grandfather,” he told me benig- fork “I will see that you are not inconvenienced any more than is necessary, my dear. “That’s very sweet of you,” I acknowledged, knowing that it was useless to iene stop him. I could imagine him telling Lieu- tenant Gregory, with great dig- nity, that the charges against Bill were absurd because he had known Bill’s wife's grandfather. Of course, he was right in a way, but it wasn’t a way that went very far — longer. As Mrs, Warren sipped her tea she plied us all with questions, to which most of the answers had to be shouted several times. “I should think you could not bear to think of staying here after all that has happened,” she told me, her keen old eyes watching my every expression. “Oh,” I said, “I loye the house. I spent practically all my sum- mers here as a child, you know.” “Yes, of course, but how do you feel about it now?” I looked her squarely in the jeyes and said, “Well, I'm still orgie) to have little Sally make er debut here. This room is per- fect for it, The receiving line can stand between these two fire- places.” “How old is she now?” she asked. “Only two,” I admitted. “I hope all this will be forgotten long be- | fore she’s old enough for a debut. | Anyway, I just plainly do not be- jlieve in haunted houses, Some jhuman agency is responsible for jwhat has happened this week end. Not the house itself.” “Roswell has never had such a scandal,” Mrs. Warren observed | with relish. I could picture her serving it up to her bridge club, ja choice morsel, equal to breast Jot guinea under glass. “You are }sure, my dear, that you have no suspicions?” | “Oh, well," I answered, “Tm | getting to the point where I sus- | t my own shadow. Take care PSGon't start suspecting innocent callers.” She met my inane smile with a {shrewd look from her bright old jeyes, stirred her tea and sipped fagain. Glancing around at the ‘group, she said unexpectedly, “I |can see where it does rather place jyou in a delicate position. No one to suspect but your guests.” Andrew came in softly, made a pretense of raising the lid of the hot water kettle and whispered, “Miss Sally, Ma'am, can you come out in the hall quick?” To be continued (Copyright, 1939, Madore Fieid Parkerson) OBTAINS LICENSE - Katherine Raw: to hap- | I said, automatically | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN: ~ -: SOCIETY -:-: -|Catholic Daughters Plan Convention |Legion Auxiliary Meets Tomorrow The Catholic Daughters Court, No. 634, in Key West is now mak- {hold their regular business meet- ing extensive plans for the State | ing Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 Convention of Catholic Daughters ‘o'clock at ‘the Legion Hall on |to be held in Key West, April 15, | Whitehead’ stréet. |16 and 17 of this year. | All members are requested to An outstanling program is be- ing prepared which will include | jlectures by Reverend Louis Rin- jaldi, S.C., who is also bringing |pictures of the Holy Shroud to be Marriage License {shown in connection with his lec- |tures. Issued Monday A recent notice from the state | office of the Catholic Daughters ; indicated that several hundred |persons are expected to attend. ! |Among the guests, national offi- cers are to be present and num-j erous religious officers throughout the state will also be in attend- jance. The local Court is working diligently to have everything in lreadiness for the occasion. Mrs. : Janie Smith, chairman of the ways and means committee, is largely responsible for the suc- jan important business session. | Since Jan. 1 Dan Cupid has been extremely shy about stick- ing his head up in County Judge Raymond R. Lord’s office. Yesterday the judge issued the first license in several days to Carroll W. Payne, 32, of Rich- mond, Va., and Annabelle lins, 21, of Laurel, Md. P.-T. Association Col-' cessful parties sponsored by the | Catholic Daughters during the |past year. Mrs. Virginia Demeritt, Worthy |Grand Regent, expressed her ap- ipreciation to the Court for its | wholehearte@y ‘and *} enthusiastic |support during the year of 1940 ‘and her belief in |co-operation during the year of /1941. i} Lieut. Henry V. Pope, U. S. N. |R., has arrived at Key West naval | station and will become an en- | gineering assistant to Lieut. Com- | mander T. J. Brady, U. S. N., pub- | lic works officer, at the base, Capt. | | Walter F. Jacobs, U. S. N., com-| mandant of the station, announced \ this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Grinnell 'were included in the arrivals in its continued | PERSONAL MENTION Meets Tomorrow | There will be a regular meeting of the Harris School Parent- Teacher Association held tomor- row afternoon, beginning at 2:45 | o'clock. ibe in attendance. ‘CITIZENS AND TAXPAYERS MEET (Continued from Page One) ‘in market value of the city’s bonds, which were tendered on December 1, 1939 at 37 and the lowest tender for which in 1940 | was 44. “During this period, the city council has enacted the zoning \law, plumbing code, \local liquor jlaw to conform to the state law, (and instituted sworn statements (GERMAN TROOPS WORRY RUSSIANS | (Continued from Page One) | capable of sustaining any big |military machine in the world. {One of their 12 planned hydro- American Legion Auxiliary will | electric plants has just been com- | Henry Agard Wallace, (with some |pleted in that area. | The best informed observers here believe the Russiaris “are {reasoning that those troops are not healthy for the future of Rus- attend, as it is stated this will be sia, even though ‘the (Germans |president to the rest of the coun- |should at this time have no de- signs against Stalin. The picture before the Russians is a picture of Germany in serious need of another victory in the near future. ‘shey may assume |the Germans will continue to as- sault the British Isles. But they also may assume that the acts of Congress and the President of the United States approving aid to Britain are sufficient to cast some doubt over German _ success against the British. They may also assume that no |military command can afford to \overlook any opportunity to se- cure success. Hence, the ship- ment of troops into the Balkan states, first, to insure a continu- ing supply of wheat and oil to |Germany, and: second and inci- ‘dentally to lay out both defensive ; ,and offensive military plans for those troops. No military high jcommand that failed to take out’ isuch insurance would be worthy \of its assignment. All members are requested to) yast Resources Are Temptation | From the Russian point of view, therefore, the Germans might be jtempted to turn eastward in case |they failed to register victory against England next summer. For there lie all the materials an ‘exhausted Germany would need 'to replenish her military stocks. | American observers tell you Russia must remember Germany | found it necessary to invade the Ukraine during the World war, primarily for its wheat. It is far] tion of electors, and the registration | part and don’t think we won't get ‘more tempting now, what with huge hydro-electric plants, big irno and chrome mines, and vast oil production also available. This tempting prize must be protected by the Russians. They must send some of their best di- | | 200 million barrels a year—and| TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1942 JOB OF VICE-PRESIDENT NOT SUCH SOFT SNAP “AFTER ALL By JACK STINNETT, AP Feature Service Writer | open letter to Vice President-elect ‘produced more Throttlebottoms ‘than any other item in our con- stitution. (You remember». Throttlebot- tom, of course—the-jlittle fellow ‘in “Of Thee I Sing”"whs” Wwan- aered around the capital’ for days, in a daze, before anyone recog- nized him as the man who had veen elected vice president.) |facts about his new job which |might be of interest as well, to some of, the voters): i {Now don’t think I've made a [boner in that salutation, for al- though you are going to be vice jtry, up on Capitol Hill in your |constitutional post of president of |the Senate you are going to be FF.'s Gave Him A Job “Mr. President”. | The anomaly happened this Being V. P. and the Senate way: The Founding Fathers, prexy, you know, is about the 'puttering around at the Constitu- jonly double-jointed job in the jtional convention, saw that there |government and thereon hangs; would have to be someone to suc- jone of the strangest anomalies 'ceed the president if anything jour Founding Fathers passed happened to him. So they said '“All right, we'll have a vice pres- LEGA LS iident”, : Soman ; That settled everything, until a NOTICE OF ELECTION i Notice is hereby given that on the Epa dagng —_ jelection will be held in, {he County ‘dent and what does he do? Noth- jof } ‘oe, Stat | | H *. Ps [the voting precincts of said Monroe |ing—absolutely nothing but sit Cor y, Florida, t ‘ide wheth i i Seen ser ter ceaices ur > [sane ae a ee roe County, Florida, who are quali- | die. {fied electors, are in favor of the is. “If the president doesn’t die, is V.P. is a man without a job } | suance of proposed bonds of Monroe 'SON BORN TO Announcement is made of the WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Anjalomg—an anomaly which has/pirth of a little son on Saturday jto Professor and Mrs. Dumont Huddleston at the home on Si- monton street. The youngster tipped the scale at 7% pounds. Mrs, Huddleston was formerly Miss"Magdelin De Leon. contrived or his imagination con- ceived”. A little over a hundred years ago Senator John Rowan re- marked: “He (the V.P.) is polit- ically embalmed in the chair of the Senate, awaiting the resurrec- tion which the death. political or natural, of the president has been jordained by the constitution to produce”. That’s not a very nice way of putting it, but it is about what jthe job generally has amounted jto. As presiding officer, the presi- ident of the Senate is bound by the rules of the Senate and those County, Florida, as follows: Proposition: For the purpose of payment of the purchase:price or award for , erty necessary for the bafatiation, (establishment. and construction ‘of a Coufty atr- port in Monroe *County,’ Florida, Monroe County shall issue Forty Thousand Dollars (340,000.00) of principal amount of negotiable, serial, coupon bonds, in the prin- cipal amount of One Thousand Dollars ($1.000.00) each, matur- ing in groups of eight (8) bonds on the first, second, third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the is- suance. date of said bonds, said bonds bearing interest at the rate of Six per cent. (6 per cent) per annum, payable semi-an- nually, to be evidenced by in- terest coupons attached to said bonds. Said bonds being secured by the pledge of an unlimited ad valorem tax on all taxable property in Monroe County, Florida. For such election, electors may be ‘registered as prescribed by the gen- eral laws of this State for registra- | real { jbooks of this County will be open in | the office of the Supervisor of Regis- ltration in the Monroe County Court ! House, Key West, Florida, from nine jo’clock A. M. to twelve M. and from |two o'clock P. M. until five o'clock |F. M. of each day, with the excep- | tion of Saturdays and Sundays, from \the date of this notice until the 30th H D. 1941, on which jand we have wasted a lot of good | sort of a walking reminder to the | | President that he might kick off) ‘any minute now. Gentlemen, I |think we have to find a job for the vice president”. So they decided to make him ‘president of the Senate, and ever ‘since then the senators have been | Saying: | “What’s the big idea—the ex- cutive branch coming up here to ithe legislative branch and hand- ling us a presiding officer? They |don’'t treat the House that way. ae little two-year men get to elect their own presiding officer. |Why can’t we? Oh, we know it’s jin the constitution, but that cer- jtainly was a slip on somebody’s i } even”, i “Insignificant” To Adams | You beginning to see what I mean’ After four years of holding down the job a fellow named) rules dcn’t give you much lee- jway. You can’t get very high- ‘handed with the senators in shut- ting off debate or stopping dis- putes that. get too sulphurous, Even in the matter of clearing the galleries, there is some ques- tion of whether you could do it over the demands of a senator. As for voting in case of a tie —don’t count much on that. In the whole 150 years of Congress, there have been fewer than two votes a year by vice prsidents, and since 1875 fewer than one a year. Your predecessor only had a couple of votes; Curtis before him, only had three; Dawes two and Calvin Coolidge none at all. | IF YOU CAN WALK YOU CAN SKATE —— Shoe Skates For Sale —— |Key West recently for a visit of i? connection with applications |two weeks with Mrs. Grinnell’s for homestead exemptions. |parents, Mr. and Mrs, William) “These improvements in your |Menendez. On leaving here they " "i te " city’s affairs have been accom- |will proceed to Tampa, where pjjsh, \itiey hanes been inaking their home| Soe ene oe cee een “4 cooperation of your elected candi- | for some time. i day of January, A. ;visions down to the Black sea, | said last mentioned date said regis- | i . tra books w closed. |and into Bessarabia to be ready |‘"ine"polls at said election shall be {for any eventuality. Supplying | kept open from eight OS Mu, ‘defenses absorbs labor that might | qualified electors, shall be entitled “well be going into further indus- | John Adams said: “My country has in its wisdom contrived for | me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man} BABY'S | Key West's Hotel De Luxe American Plan 200 delightful ROO! each Easy to reliev with PRIVATE BA’ Mayor Willard M. Albury left ‘yesterday morning en route to | Tallahassee, where he went to at- tend the inaugural ceremonies in- cident to the induction into office of Governor-elect Spessard L.} | Holland, and other state officials. | Mayor Albury was recently ap- pointed as a member of the gov- | ernor’s staff. Ralph H. Eisendrath, old time | Visitor here, and Mrs. Blanche B. Newman, Miss Bernita M. New- jman, Miss Ida Nolan and Louis Laemle made up a group that ar- rived in Key West today for a ivisit. Mr, Eisendrath states that he proposes to erect a house here at the corner of Vernon and South streets, having purchased the lot | some time ago. ‘JUST A MEMORY EARNS GIRL $500 (My Axnoctnted Prexs) CORK, Eire, Jan. 7.—Fair-hair- ed, blue-eyed Irish colleen Kath- ‘Neen Butterley is richer by $500 because a Philadelphia man heard her sing. Fifty years ago Captain Mi- chael Taylor of Philadelphia {heard a lyric about the American yacht which defended the Amer- ‘icas Cup against Sir Thomas Lip- ton’s Shamrock I The melody haunted him but he | was never able to learn the exact air and words. Recently he came to Eire where, while strolling in County Dublin, he heard a girl singing the song. Kathleen learned the song from her grandfather, who composed it She taught it to Captain Taylor and he later made her a present of $500. ANY ROADS THROUGH A CHICKEN FARM? Soeren Soeyland and Mrs Soey- land to the effect that 250 fr trees along a road farm are to be con: property they can on the spx be carried off. RCT Rake Re Bie s When In Need Of A TAXI- Call 9125 Everready Taxi Co. 24 Hour Service to participate in ‘said election. ‘dates and this progress is gratify- | trial development in the Ukraine Dated at Key West, Florida, this Bist day of December, A. D. 1940. ing, but still more could have been t will take 50 years done by the council. “Many motions which were made, seconded and advocated in the interests of economy and bet- vote: “A motion to eliminate su- perflous street lights was de- feated 4 to 3. “A provision in the budget to eliminate excess employes was defeated by a 4 to 3 vote. “At a special meeting with only 4 members present, one of whom was an endorsed candidate, the council voted 3 to 1, to pro- vide the aquarium with a $3,500 power plant but, through the ef- forts of your endorsed candidates this action was later revoked by a majority vote, at a full meeting of the council. “The publication of delinquent tax lists, as provided for and re- quired by the charter, was de- feated 4 to 3. “The 30 per cent delinquent tax holiday has been extended twice, over the protest of a majority of terment, by your endorsed candi- | y e dates, were defeated by a 4 to 3'can observers of things Russian (ty, riorida. —a job tha more, considering the very slow pace of progress during the last quarter century. Suspect Russians Are Exasperated For that reason alone, Ameri- suspect that the Russians are exasperated by the presence of German troops in the Balkans. These observers think Russia is |so concerned with her own in- ternal troubles and developments that she really doesn’t care who wins the war. She would try to get along with the victors untii her own strength had been as- sured. But the presence of those troops in the Balkans may force Russia to alter her on-the-fence policy. The British, in fact, may have had all this in mind recent- ly, when they took anti-Russian Halifax out of the cabinet, sent him to America, and put in pro- Russian Anthony Eden as foreign secretary. Not that Eden sees eye to eye with the Russians, but ‘that he feels Russia has been moving closer and closer toward your elected candidates, by a vote |holding the balance of power in of 4 to 3.” Euroue, and, therefore, should be ———_——_ courted. NEW METHOD OF AUTO OPERATION weekly. (Ry Assoctated Press) COPENHAGEN, Jan. 7—The extreme shortage of gasoline for fuel has led the Danish branch of an American automobile firm (General Motors) to redesign one of its automobiles so it will run on peat. A sample car already is in operation The device fits on the rear of he automobile, converts the peat into a burnable gas much in the wood-burning auto- been in use years. of in Europe for s The firm es! sized car will do a hundred miles n $1.30 worth of peat. James Newill i MURDER ON THE YUKON Also Comedy and Serial PRIZE NITE — TONIGHT Thompson {Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida. By CARL BERVALDI, Chairman. | | Attest: (SEAL) | Ross C Sawyer Clerk Circuit Court as ex officio |Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe Coun- dec31,1940; jan7-14-21-28,1941 IN THE CIRC RT OF THE ELEVENTH MAL CIRCUIT, MONROE COUN » FLORIDA. IN CHANCERY. SYLVIA SKAVRONICK FISHGOLD, Plaintiff, vs. BARNEY FISH- GOLD, Defendant. 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