The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 20, 1941, Page 2

PAGE TWO PUBLISHING CO., Daily Except Sunday By MAN, President and Publisher Business Manager The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Ne rin Key West and County Member of the Associated Press for republication of all news“dispatches credited to ctherwise credited in this paper and also shed here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES or not news pub Year Six Months _ » Months onth 2.50 85 .20 ADVERT known on applic RATES Made ion, AL NOTICE rds of thanks, resolutions of , V il be charged for at tertainment by churches from which derived are 5 cents a line. en forum and invites discus- nd subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- jon of public issues IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments, Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. solidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. ——<<<—$$$ $$ —$ ______! icanism: Shouting about in- dividualism and following the crowd. Those Italian counter offensives have made considerable headway, but prin- cipally toward the rear. The primitive savage appropriated whatever took his fancy, and killed whom- oever opposed him, if he could. Under the leadership of Hitler, how much different are the Germans of tofay? At Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, con- quered by Mussolini, May is the hottest month of the year. According'to the trend of events, the Ethiopians are going to make it hotter than ever for Il Duce. After reading the experts we discover that Hitler is (1) going to invade England immediately, (2) going to postpone any in- vasion until he can settle conditions in the Balkans, Italy and France and (8) give up alk-plans of a war to the finish with the British, contenting himself with what he has gotten, Sunday, February 23, is Rotary’s 36th birthday. Rotary has traveled far in 36 The Citizen extends sincere con- atulations to Rotary, and as the years paSs, may more and more of the peoples of the world come to believe in the principles to which you, as an organization, have de- voted yourself, : Since both England and the Axis powers are motivated by the same evil im- pulse—greed—Henry Ford thinks that the United tes should give them the tools to keep on fighting until they both collapse, | . | week featuring the great annual $10.00 | 5.00 | OUR NATIONAL SPORT Fishing, not baseball, is rated Amer- | ica’s national sport in a magazine story this fishing tournament at Miami. The author, who, incidentally, is direc- tor of the tournament, supports his state- ment with figures placing the annual na- | tional outlay shing equipment and ‘n- | cidental expeaises.in the billions of dollars. | than witness or participate in any other. Miami’s fishing tournament apparent- ly began moreor less as a publicity stunt in | one of the nation’s most publici cities. It has graduated, however, to a point | where the results are considered real news | and are followed by thousands of par- ticipants and other interested sportsmen. Perhaps no other people are so con- To catch the biggest fish, see the tallest come the closest to being hit by a truck is considered a mark of something a little special and is a perfectly good subject for conversation, is undoubtedly one of the city’s chief as- | sets and.a little widely’seattered: publicity or record catches here would do the city a great deal of good, The Chamber of Com- merce is handicapped by lack of money, it | is true, but money spent for ‘that purpose | would come back many times. Unless John Doakes and his wife are pretty well up in society back home, it is ‘difficult to get much space in their home- town newspaper with the story that they caught three fish and enjoyed their visit to Key West. Demonstrate that their 192-pound tar- pon was the largest of the 3,204 caught ir Key Wést so far this season and weighs 10 ounces more than the largest landed in the state, however, and you have a reason for a story. In other words, someone in Key West ought to have an accurate record of what fish are caught and how they stand in rela- one ought to tell the world about it when one goes over existing records. FAMOUS BOOK PEDDLERS During the early history of America and throvghout most of the last century, books were sold to the public largely through the personal canvassing of itinerant salesmen. A number of noted persons were book peddlers in their early years, including at least three Presidents. George Washington once canvassed for a book called ‘The American Savage; How He May Be Tamed by the Weapons of Civilization.” He sold about 200 copies in Alexandria, Va., and vicinity. Ulysses S. Grant sold Irving’s “Life and Voyages of Columbus” before the Civil War, and_ his successor as President, Rutherford B. Hayes, sold books in Ohio, including Bax- ter’s “Lives of the Saints.” before they rose to fame. Qne of the most 320,000 sets in a single year, but he had plenty of help in his enterpris paid Grant’s estate about 50,000 in | Mére%people t! e part in the sport, he says, | The Associated ‘Press is exctusively entitled to use | y-conscious | | scious of records in sports and every other | | activity as the people of the United States. | building, build the most expensive ship or | Fishing in the waters around Key West | tion to the world or state record. And some- ; Henry W. Longfellow, Bret’ Harte, Jay | Gould and P. T. Barnum all peddled books | aggressiye.of the early book sellers was | Mark ‘Twain, who was,a’publisher as well } as an ‘author. He published ,President | | Grant's ‘““Memairs,” of which h® sold about His firm | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN MEMORY OF THE Moon) by Jeanne Bowman YESTERDAY: Insisting that the ranch is as much theirs as hers, the Cabrillo’s proceed with their extravagant plans. The last straw for Constance is Donna’s demand for the horse, Pancho. Chapter 28 Tour Of The Ranch } Qaetae mopped her eyes and her nose andilooked up with a watery smile. “Guess you won’t have much confidence in my business ability after this scene, will you?” “Hrrrumph,” grunted Peter Taylor. “Never did have any un- til now.” Shocked to alertness, Constance ! looked at him. John had said the older Taylor expected her to fail. | Somehow this substantiation of John’s power of discernment faded before his other prophecy, that Young Taylor would take the easier route. And Pedro was now ' out riding with Donna. And Donna was riding Pancho. Constance forgot everything else. “About Pancho,” | minded Taylor. “Er-a-yes, about Pancho, write me a check for nine hundred and he’s yours.” Constance gasped at the price, but wrote the check and accepted | the receipt and watched Taylor enter the sale in his book. She wondered why she felt’such ten- derness for that. huge old, gray head . .4 when‘it: held; thoughts of taking advantage of her fail- ure. She, couldn’t trust herself further. She clutched the receipt inher. hand.and raced down the hill. Pancho was hers, all hers, the onkyithing im:the world that was hers, all: hers .. . unless it might be John ... he was waiting for her. And he was laughing. Constance heard a_ vibrant neigh. She looked across the grove. Pancho, riderless, was laughing. And coming into the stable yard was Pedro, leading Midnight. And on Midnight was the bedraggled figure of Donna; Donna, mud-caked, hair hanging in wet straggles, a pitiful figure of woe. Constance ran to her anxiously. Her little sister, thrown, while she, Constance, had been trying to deprive her of the mount she wanted. Tenderly Constance helped Donna from Midnight. Donna didn’t look at her, she was look- ing at Pedro; and Pedro, Con- sociation, shaking laughter. “T’'m awfully glad you pened along just then,” was Donna “Intimating it wasn’t a date?” asked Pedro, with a side glance for Constance. “Next time, let me know when you want to ride and I'll find a horse that isn’t a one- woman mount.” Constance caught one glance of her old, dear Pedro in the look he gave her. n he swung onto Midnight’s saddle and rode out. And Donna turned on her. “You put him up to that. You have trained him to throw anyone else,” she shrilled. Constance looked up at the willows. A great cloud had rolled from her spirit. She wanted to laugh, to throw her arms wide at the sudden feeling of relief. still a fighting chance everything dear to her. But I'm going to ride that horse.” Donna went on, her voice shaking with anger. I'll have Don break him for me; amd when Don gets through with him, he'll be broken.” Mfncing, swishing his tail and mane, Pancho came across the grove to Constance, like a child confident of having performed a cute trick which would be to save stance faced her this morning "t.@yn Pancho any of the rest ‘of I'v@.bought and paid fo: d hére is the receipt. Now ke@p off.” Donne, teoked. at Constance, then lookéd at John. “Nice en- gagement resent,” she ob- served, a ran away, her boot heels tapping the patio floor. So Involved y she re-| stance knew from months of as- | with | hap- | was murmuring in dulcet tones. | It meant there was, firmly, “I work here. I haven't time to change clothes a dozen times a day. If I offend you, then Til take my meals elsewhere. Now please excuse me.” She ordered a tray sent to her office, then burrowed into the re- ports which had come in that morning. She didn’t dare get be- hind. Saturday the railroad would be open; the dairy car put into operation, and Pedersen would return from the south with the last of the herds; great cattle cars of herds to file into the wait:ng barns. By Monday the ranch would be running full blast.- John looked in once and seeing her working, went away without speaking. Again Constance bent her head over figures. They were hearten- ing. If tne new herds produced with a respective amount of milk and cream, El Cabrillo would pull through in time. Figures, she thought, were de- pendable. Figures and cows and land. It was the human element you couldn’t confine in columns . . and if you did, it seemed that they slipped into the debit side. i Her work completed, Constance lighted a cigaret and tipped back in her chair. If only there were some way to buy the ranch as she had bought Pancho. She’d be willing, eager to give the Ca- brillos their share of the income «. providing she could run the tlace without interference from them. If there were only . . way. There wasn’t. She was handi- eapped. But Michael Mahoney had fought through with more handicaps than she had. “Through for the day, Con- chita?” John stood at the door. Con- stance looked at him in wonder. He was in riding breeches and boots; a dull blue polo shirt in- tensified the blue of his eyes. “Through until the evening re- ports,” she answered. “I let them go last night and that isn’t wise.” “Then ... then you'll go riding with me? I'd like to see the ranch.” ‘ve Wronged You’ HE. first thought was one of relief. They could talk while they were riding. She could tell John what she’d been wanting to tell him. Her next thought was one of consternation. John was riding again. He had come in, was standing before her desk looking down at her with an expression totally foreign to him, hesitant, appeal- ing. : Defeated and sympathetic, she nodded. She wouldn’t.be able to | talk freely this trip. John who had loved horses and who hadn't been near one since he'd put the | death-dealing shot into the favor- | ite which had killed his father, tvas about to break his vow... for her | “Pt change.” | She swung her feet to the floor }and burried to her room, trying to close her mind to the memory of that tragic day; the horse writhing in pain; Mr. Rask- | thorne’s brow wet as he tried to keep his agony from his son; and John, anguish etched on his face, drawing a revolver to put an end to the suffering of one and to wait with the other until death carried him into peace. Constance tossed her first choice of a sweater aside. She had worn a pink hunting coat that day. She’d wear white now. There must be nothing to strike ithe flint of memory. Constance joined John in the . some |yard and found Pancho and an-_ | other horse saddled. | “Let’s go to the top and work | back,” she said as she swung into | the saddle. “Come on!” She rode off, and in a moment heard John’s horse behind her. She looked back. Even Pedro could ride no better. She flushed with pride, as she had flushed so long ago when she, a comparative nonentity, had waited tween chukkers for the ten goal man to ride up and smile for her alone. Resolutely she skirted the ts made dear to her by Pedro. en they came out on a summit, it was far from the boulder peak. But E] Cabrillo lay below them, its inland valleys one mosaic pat- tern of beauty. And when they 1 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1941 KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings On This Date Ten! Years Ago As Taken From | Files Of The Citizen —_a a President Herbert Hoover is expected to arrive in the waters around Monroe county for a fish- ing trip within a few days, it was. learned today. The President, who has visited ; here twice previously, is” ex-} pected to spend a week or 10} days fishing near Long Key. { President Hoover came _ here when he was secretary of com- merce in 1928 and spent a week fishing at Long Key a year ago. Miss Marguerite Goshorn, champion speller of the Key West junior high school, left this morn- ing for Miami, where she will take part in the spelling bee to Normal ~ 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 sigs Mean ei Soa f Precipitation | Rainfall, 24° hours ending | 7:30 a..m., inches . Total rainfall since Feb. 1, Excess since February inches eS: Sai ie Total rainfall since Jan. inches Bs Beta Excess since January 1, inches sitchen 1 Wind Direction and Velocity | E—8 miles per hour | Relative Hi i | ; 15% | Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today | 1, | 18.96) 14 | _. 582 ta “iN fi A Louis woo 7 \LET ME DO YOUR PAINTING, DECORATING where accuracy, speed and efficiency is prime importance. Phone 379. feb19-4tx SPENCER GARMENTS, Corsets, Brassiers, etc. Mrs. W, BP. Stahle, 38 Air Station, or, P.O. Box 254. Will call on req feb19-1Wk BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY — Buy 5! old’ houses and do over. Will earn 20% on the tétal $10,000 re- quired, part cash. Advertiser will supervise all work. Box XYZ, The Citizen. feb19-4t LOST be participated in by students of Sea level, 30.08 (1018.6 millibars)| LADY'S STRIPED WOOL JAC- junior high schools in the Miami district. Should Miss Goshorn win at Miami, she will be eligible for the state contest at Gainesville, winners of which will go to Washington for a national tourna- ment. Miss Goshorn is accompanied by her mother, Mrs. G. N. Gos- horn, and her teacher, Mrs. W. V. | Hilton. | That was quite a rain yester- day. The weather bureau admits 2.21 inches during the day, which is almost an inch more than the 60-year average for the entire month of February. The month- ly average is 1.34 inches, but this year 1.54 inches had been record- ed prior to yesierday’s rain, Mr.‘and Mrs. Manuel Veral, 523 Bahama street, announce the birth of a daughter, Cencion. Mother and child are resting well. John Franklin Sheppard, son of Capt. Arthur Sheppard, has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the Floriga’ national guard coast artillery. He will serve with the local Battery E, 265th regiment. His rank takes effect as of Feb. 12 Electric company | buses averaged only one minor | accident to approximately every {24,000 miles of driving last year. | No company employes sustained Key West Low Tomorow’s Almanac Sunrise : -. 6:57 a. Sunset - . 6:25 p. Moonrise 3:21 a. Moonset 2:36 p. Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. 7:04 12:18 11:34 | FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Friday) | Key West and Vicinity: Mostly | cloudy, possibly occasional show- | m. m. fi. | m. P.M. | High 6:22 ers tonight and Friday; pot much | change in température; moderate to occasionally and east winds. fresh northeast Florida: Cloudy, occasional | light rain in north and possibly | a few scattered showers in south | portion tonight and Friday; Slightly warmer in central ‘por- | tion tonight; somewhat colder in north portion Friday afternoon or | night. Jacksonville to Florida and East Guif: casionally fresh northeast and east winds; cloudy weather to- Straits night and Friday with occasional | rain over north and_ scattered showers over south portion. CONDITIONS Pressure continues abnormally low over northeastern sections and relatively low over the Rio Grande Valley and far West; while the intense high pressure | area, with its crest stationary | over the Dakotas, overspreads most of the remainder of the; country. Precipitation has 6c-| Moderate to oc- | KET near Corner Caroline and Ann or Eaton and Duval Sts. Apply Dr. Warren. Tel. 6192 feb18-3tx FRESH EGGS x FRESH EGGS daily. Produced at our farm. 1319 Catherine St. Phone 883-J. febl4-1wkx PICTURE FRAMING PICTURE FRAMING, Diplomas; antique frames refinished. Sign painting. Paul DiNegro, 614 Francis street. jani8-tf FOR SALE FOR QUICK SALE—Lots 5 and 6, square 6, trart 21, each 50x100. North side Flagler (County Road) Avenue, between 5th and 6th Streets. Price $600. Apply Box LG, The Citizen. jan4-tf |EXTRA large lot and two-story house, corner Duval & Charles Sts. For Quick Sale, $10,000. Apply 529 Simonton St. feb10-tfs 21-FOOT Dodge Water Craft Stock Model Mahogany Speed- boat. Recently renovated with streamlined housing and new deck. In good shape. Owner leaving soon, will sacrificé for $50. Also have watercooled manifold, converted clutch and hangars for six-cylinder Chrys- ler for $30. Apply 1309 White- head St. phone 157. feb12-tfs ‘an injury which required him to curred during the last 24 hours ReAUTIFUL HAND KNITTED leave his job, even temporarily. For the second consecutive year, the company has been jawarded the National Electric; from the northern Rockies south- eastward to the West Gulf coast | ‘and into the East Gulf States; in | portions of the Lake region and | SUITS and Dresses. Sizes 12 to 14. Apply 1400 Alberta be- tween 3 and 5 p. m. feb18-3tx Light association trophy for com- ypper Ohio Valley, and in Cali- BABY CARRIAGE. Good condi- panies with less than 100 em-| ployes operating for 12 months! without an accident sufficiently serious to delay service. } W. W. Strippling, grand chan- | cellor Knights of Pythias, will|readings zero or below in the} fornia, with heavy rain reported | in Arkansas and Louisiana and Apply 915 Southard St. feb20-1tx tion. sleet in northern Alabama. Tem- | rc morning in most sections from _ the Plains States eastward, with | \peratures are below normal this| CORNER LOT IN GOOD Resi- dential Section and two blocks from City Park. Apply ‘$23 Eaton Street. feb13-tt visit Key West from his home in’ éastern Dakotas. Minnesota and | Ocala Tuesda: Strippling, E. L. Stapp, past grand chancellor of the or- North Carolina; while from Gulf} der, will attend a district conven- ,tion of three local lodges at the Odd Fellows hall on Caroline street Opening of the state tax cer- tificate sale period was this morn- | ing at the office of County Clerk | Ross C. Sawyer | Thirty bids had been filed and $3.000 deposited with the clerk at the opening of the sale. entertained | Mrs. Ulric Gwynn members of the Happy Gathering Club Wednesday afternoon. j Present were Mrs. Gwynn. Mrs. | Leo Warren. Mrs. Sam Kemp, Mrs. Otto Kirchheiner, Mrs. An- | sel Albury, Mrs. Julia Aduerro. Mrs. Aenes Kerr, Mrs. Russell in Arkansas, Tennessee © and coast districts westward to Cali- fornia temperatures are near or) above the seasonal average. G. S, KENNEDY, Official in Cirnrge. Today In History 1794—United States Senate de- | bates opened for first time to the public, 1852-—-First through train from the East, over the Michigan Southern Railroad, enters Chi- cago. 1869—Gov. William G. Brown- low of Tennessee calls out the | Wisconsin, and freezing or below | FOR SALE—Spanish type house, large lot, many tropi¢al fruit trees. Also, party boat “Jewel”. | Apply 808 Eaton Street. | jan6-s FOURTEEN FT. SAILBOAT. | Fully equipped. $100. James H. | Pinder. 1217 Petronia Street. | jan3-s | FOURTEEN if eee A |" MOTOR BOAT. Fully | and one Johnson Outboard ‘mo- tor, 4hp. $150. James H. | Pinder; 1217 Petronia Street. jan3-9 j ‘ HOTELS: BRING YOUR VISITING friends ; in need of a good night's rest | to THE OVERSEAS HOTEL. Clean rooms, enjoy the homey atmosphere. Satisfactory rates. ind after the belligerents are thoroughly (CONSTANCE dug in her sweater | 5urned, the western slope was Kerr. Mrs. Ralph Russell, Mrs. viiitia to suppress the growing| 917 Fleming St. janl7-tf exhausted, this country could help them both to make ¢ This squares ex- cUly with what this column has been ad- vocating right along. Amd above all, we hould keep out of the fight—85 per cent of the just peace Hy accurate Every Key Wester has either seen the tA buildir the gis yeraper. It measures 1,942,748 By keeping this huge building | an better visualize the total of- 5,000,000 feet It buildings. However, eeded in the Capital gton itself, in the rest of » grand total federal office one ¢ square »,000 square feet equal to | e size of the RCA building s paid by the Federal > buildings 2 want to know where all ig from for the payrolls, ask any harassed taxpayer, | royalties. American people have so declared | themselves in a Gallup poll which is gen- | | respondent for The Chicago Daily in New York or pictures of | | cou { trat The foregoing notes on famous book salesmen is from data contained in a bulle- tin of the New York Public Library. SAYS FASCISM IS A CORPSE Leland Stowe, veteran foreign cor- News, says that unless “strong German aid is sent soon to the Italian Army, Italy will be com- pletely out of the war.” Mr. Stawe has been on the Greek bz tle-front since the Italian invasion beg and he asserts that there ean jbe no d mg’of Greek suce The Greek Army, he sz has completely defeate Mussolini’s legions and but for bad w “Italy's humiliation would be complete. Mr. Stowe says that “there is no more Fascism in Italy, only a Fascist corpse being held up by the Nazis.” He gives three causes for the Italian debacle: (1) The Italians thought the war would be a pare (2) they had poor staff work y blunders; and, (3) power, employing it to populations ion centers and communication lines. \ pocket for a lump of sugar,|fich with beauty. patted Pancho’s nose and turned | to the sfableboy, then ide the patio with , cut up: pink . and change. nce SUBSCRIBE FOR THE CITIZEN—20e WEEKLY. ' “Chita,” John pulled in close to her. “I've wronged you. | didn't believe a person could love land enough to long to possess it as you long to possess El Ca bi 19 I'm beginning to under- and. Constance smiled at him “Look, John, see the half-moon it makes, jutting out to sea. No- tice the coves; and now look at the highway, like a bandeau on the hair of a beauteous blonde John, can you imagine that cco and log-and- stone monstrosities every half- J tared down at the scene. In t stillness faint sounds reached them, the plaintive low- ing of cattle. the bark of a dog the sound of a motor. He reached for Constanc:’s hand. “We'll keep it in one piece. Chita.” he promised. His horse shied as a silver-gray k his words: keep it in one piece.” Te be contineed Eddie Saunders. Mrs. Frank Papy and M n Elwood Todav’s Birthdays | thur B. Kinsolving of ted Protestant Epis- clergyman, born in Loudon Va., 80 years ago. Rear Admiral Forde A. Todd, U. born in Anderson, S. C., years ago. Dr. Walter C. Mendeghail, di- rector df the U.S. Geological Sur- born in Stark Co., Ohio, 70 years ago. vey Garden, 1 64 years ago. arles H. Judd of the Uni- { Chicago, noted pay- t emeritus, born in India, ago. Dr. Ch Howard A Kelly of Johns son ‘emeritus, born TJ. & years ago. Ernst A. Bessey, botanist- of the Michigan State Col- Gradéate School, born in Towa, 64 years ago. Ku Klux Klan, 1884—Paducah, Ky., with the execption of a few squares, com- pletely under water from three to ten feet in depth in Ohio floods. first territorial session at 1901—Hawaii's legislature begins Honolulu. 1917—U.S. Senate grants Presi- dent Wilson extensive power to enforce neutral-ty. 1934—Army starts carrying the air mail—Atlantic Coast region goes through a great blizzard, 1940—French Chamber expels 58 of its Communist members 2 and allows seven to remain. Today’s Horoscope Today's is a combination ef ‘the nature of thé previous day, with a More artistic or sensuous char- acter, giving a person who is genial and friendly, living in harmony with his neighbors If not possessing the power of yes- terday, it still holds the germ of succets. i WANTED | $6,000 ON FIRST MORTGAGE | on Duval street property. Will | Amortize $500 semi-annually | and pay 8% interest, Post Of- fice Box 502, Key West, Fla: feb20-4tx HELP WANTED SALESMAN, salary and commis- sion. Drive light truck. Good | opportunity right man. Refer- | ences. Apply B.W., The Citi- zen. febi9-3t Bo AM SP a ce ae SO FOR RENT —$—<—<$—$—$— ner UNFURNISHED HOUSE, ! or 2 families. 1212 Varela, comer Virginia street. All Improvements. Apply J. Arono- vitz, 534 Duval street. febl4-lwkx - <inennceeierincinshnsetinmnageemanecatapeaneot FOR RENT—Two Bedroom Bun- galows. All modern conven- iences. Completely furnished. Two blocks from ot go A Béx NA, The C j pply Box en eneeemeeele FURNISHED BOOM AND SLEEPING PORCH with ed- joining bath. Apply 2 Du- Val Stret, Upetairs. feb20-t¢