The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 4, 1941, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen | MADE SUPREME SACRIFICE It is a long time since the echoes of the iirst World War rolled away, but in the voluminous records of the War Department sries of gallantry and self-sacrifice are In such cases some ap- n though THE CYPIZEN PUBLL i ed Daily Exee ALTMAN, President am + Business Manager tizen Building and Ann Streets The YESTERDAY: Lovely Daye, with. three of her cronies, stopped by chance to picnic on, still being revealed. | propriate recognition is made, € r Greene the fall before a hurricane swept the apple orchard clean of every- Only Datly New per in Key West and the property of-the Cosgraves, hi J : ae anne Pe es ave passe: * | thing that had been there but tl Mor County more than a score €i years have passed. onthe Hudson above New Yor Pa se pera ihe — 3 Pe a ae More than twenty-two years ago U.S. And while their steak was broil~* | <ees lifting their branches sky- ered at Kéy West, Florida, as second class matter | ae fA ing Roger Cosgrave came down *| ward. All of the apples that had 3 - ———-— | Marines were holding tenaciously to the the big hi . ne apples that ha \ A from the big house to ask them | been blossoms that spring lay in ot thes Aaeeetasad’ Sizer gains they had made in Beltleau Wood, to move on—and changed his | rolled in a bruised useless m mind when he saw Lovely. Back at the house, Roger is having some trouble explaining why he y entitled to use credited to s is exciust ae Ree ee ardmne: down the hill. He felt like that France. An intense enemy bombardment orchard. Swept clean of every- all news dispate! ctherwise eredited in this of high-explosive and gas shells wounded Ghaviged his ited) tortie iothes thing that had gone before. news pu d here ope tale many members of the com- and to Emily Perry. He smiled at Lovely. coed SS : “Did you like it? I'm so glad!” ATES pany. He had tried to include all of Chapter Two First Gift HAT was what Roger said. But | he was thinking of Lovely Daye with her brilliant smile and striking blondeness. The gleam them but his words made their way to Lovely alone. “Like it?” from Katie. “Say does a blonde like a sugar daddy? Does a steno like her boss” Roger laughed and Bill said: One badly wounded marine had _ his | gas mask shot away, yet disregarding his own safety and knowing full well that the | effects of the gas would beffatal to him, Gunnery Sergeant Fred W. Stockham_in- ADV ISING RATES “All I can say is she’d better.” | wn on application. sisted upon giving his mask to the wounded man Then, with undaunted SPECIAL NOTICE notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of courage and respect, obituary notices, ete, v il be charged for at | : he rate 02 10 cents a line. | valor, Stockham continued to direct and as- une a oe eee He ioe eee which | sist in the evacuation of the wounded in an Citizen 1s an open forum and invites discus- | alea saturated with gas and swept with oe GE public lenues and subjects of ioonl oF generel | artillery fire, until he colepsed from’ the nte but it will not publish anonyrsous communi- | Ae 3 5 ations | effects of the noxious fumes. His exposure e: gee oe — | to the gas caused his death a few days IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST | later. : : : ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN When a review of the War Depart- | ment records severa! months ago revealed ! { Water and Sewerage. the heroism of Stockham, he was post- | 2. More Hotels and Apartments. humously awarded the Congressional 3. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Medal of Honor by direction of President 1. Airports—Land and Sea. | Roosevelt. Rarely have the records brought H 5 Consolidation xf County and City Gov- || to light a story more replete with nobility ernments. | of character, human interest. and self- } 6 A Modern City Hospital. | sacrifice. a y DEATH OF DR. BANTING There are no empty honors for fat- eee = heads. The full extent of the loss suffered by Yes; it is very unlucky to kill a spider -urlucky for the spider. the British Empire when Sir Frederick Banting was killed in an airplane crash in New Foundland a few days ago may never be fully known. He is said to have been You begin to reveal depth and breadth ; : flying to England to develop his newly dis- in personality when you cease to fear the ccmpetition of others, covered method of combating poison gas -— attacks wher he lost his life. Fort M is going to try the city man- Details of his discovery are closely guarded military secrets, and while it is as- | sumed that his scientific associates know of ager form of government, authority to be asked of the next legislature convening in April. them, the practical use of his method may —~ be delayed or made less effective beiause of ‘ Most everybody in the United States is | knowledge or ideas which perished with in accord with the endeavor to aid Great | him. Britain, provided it does not weaken our Dr. Banting was one of the greatest scientists of his generation, and the co-di coverer of insulin, now universally used in the control of diabetes, first announced in 1922. For this achievement the Nobel prize for medicine was awarded jointly to him and Dr, J. R. MacLeod in 1923. Dr. 3anting was knighted by King George V in 1924. In order that he might pursue his re- seatches with freedom from interruption, the Canadian governmert granted him $7,- 500 annually, and he made a number notable contributions to medical science. Among these were discoveries in | connection with the problem of cancer, the storage of blood for transfusion purposes, and others It was understood in Canadian govern- own defenses. Whatever aid we give Eng- land, no matter how little, unquestionably weakens our, own defenses, so we must definitely weaken ourselves in proportion to our aid to England, and that may be the wisest thing to do. e Gargantua with Toto, Ringling Bros. are still puzzled concerning the sex of the latter. The de- termination ir that predicament will nat- urally have to be left to the gorillas them- selves and that peculiar situation brings to mind a doggerel read recently in a book on It goes something like this: “There's the pesky little flea, you can’t tell the he from she, their sexes are alike you see; but he can tell and so can she.” | | ment circles in Ottawa that Sir Frederick had found a way to virtually nullify the use of poison gas dropped from airplanes, and that he was speeding to England in the hope ¢ his method into effect before the In their endeavor to m of other animal life. given the United | She given the authority to buy acreage on which © erect them, and the acquisition of land for | England has States sites for ajr bases. not has only of put the bases has been difficult. particularly in | expec ted German attempt at invasion this Bermuda and Trinidad. We are informed that instead of being given British crown spring. KNUDSEN ON LABOR TROUBLES lands, the United States has had to buy land from private owners at exorbitant Lames . a arta 5 rector-general pric For instance, the 125 acres pur- William S. Knudsen, director-general Mar legislate Bermuda will cost $ of the Office of Preduction gement, That i more than the highest prices used ir 500,000 or 12,000 per acre. against considerably charged by | strikes in land sharks during the height of the Florida | i opposes any warn- ries, to correct admittedly “create situat boom, Isen, produc Maybe « replace another famous Florida name will The Florida East railroad has from its inception been iden- ne att Coast ral defense program, says th ary production, tified with the name ‘Flagler The road so was bankrupted by double tracking in the dt boom just as the business In latter the Gove years “DuPont” has become to legis r diff ies exist t State. Reorganization neuvers ence ider 77-B reached the poi: last week Mr. Knudser t s where bankruptcy trustees were named ng et u Tentative plan is toreplace its presegt $5.) and that s less desire or millions of high rate bends.avith a -maiehewen her labor or fduatry to exploit tt maller fixed interest issue, a larfer* then | cnt natiofial emergency f" issue. DuPonts popped int > Dig. | a: “Da Six or s€ week with a tender of-4 millers + he-eeptinues gz ver rewhich Rew a reeeive mil s of nnened ra ¥ tock. «wind to i : : Ther ships and mills and ving, Ss S.—Fu be added rail of the large diamond he had given Emily caught his eye. His pulse | started queerly. In exactly one} month he would slip another ring | into place beside the diamond. } The second ring was already in his possession—a circlet of diamonds. He thought he remembered a ring on the same finger of Lovely’s hand, the faint gleam of a chip} diamond in an ornate setting. “I hope we won't liye. to regret this generosity of youts Roger,” his mother said easily. “It’s so dry | if a fire started—” But dinner was announced so | whatever Mrs. Cosgrave would | have said about fire died aborn-| ing. After dinner Roger found rea- son to make an excursion to the kitchen, “Was there much ice cream left?” he asked, “Quite a lot sir,” from the but- ler. | “Enough for four?” And as the| man nodded: “Please pack it in ice and send it to the wood lot near the dam. There are some picnickers there I’d like to have it.” Roger Again (eo That was swell ice J cream!” Lovely was lying on | her back on the hemlock needles, her hands clasped behind her head. ‘1 Roger had come so quietly | along the path that he had been in their midst before the picnick- ers had known it. Lovely was the first to speak, her brilliant smile pointing up the beauty of her face as she looked up at him. She didn’t move. Her thin, snug silk blouse lay smooth over her curves.. Little of her sultry young loveliness was left to the imagina- tion. Roger Cosgrave was acutely aware of her. Her beauty reached out to him like hands and gripped his heart. It was such a real thing. Almost as if you could take it in| your hands, cradle it there and/| say: “Here for the first time I look upon love.” ui COAST GUARD (Continued from Page One) over the phone. This lady stated made was with another shal- low draft skiff and a hand search light, beeause the waters amongst the keys in that vicinity were too for Coa boats to navigate; the ad not returned by would ther allow nt to cal help w and we and hat 2 A assisted they disappeared initely that not They all laughed then and Roger made note of the fact that | o he must have been wrong before. There was no ring on the third | 28 hii ng gh finger of Lovely’s hand. He was aware of a sudden lift. No engage- ment ring! “Cigarette?” Lovely’s hand moved straight up into the air. Cosgrave was standing almost di- rectly above her. He looked down smiling. The rest of the party seemed shut out. Just the two of them there together. “Thanks,” he said, his tone a little different as his hand touched hers. It was just a fleeting shadow | ived | | was imperious even though there | | | of something sweet and tender } that lay over the moment and then was gone. “I’ve got a tea date. Time I p along. Some other time!” It was almost like asking for a definite date so in- were his eyes. re you always in such a hur- Lovely asked, an audacious note in her voice. “Not always.” “You'll have to prove that to me. “Td like to,” quickly. “Well you didn’t have to get fres| made his way back to the house. “And you coule of set Wouldn’t hurt you none to act as if you were a lady.” Lovely laughed blithely. “Why should I pretend, tall dark and daring? Anyhow I'll bet he’s bored to tears having girls always act like ladies. The guy c probably could do with a little |< variety.” “Well, let some other dame take care of that. You don’t have to.” “You wouldn’t be telling me what to do, would you, big boy?” Lovely sat up, the smile wiped from her face. Katie’s quick eyeg moved from one to the other. 1m anything, hon- ed. ey” Joe apolog a “Then don’t say things that mean anything,” snapped. ‘All right; I've MRS. ARMOUR (Continued from Page One) without secing any- that two middle aged men_ in thing bathing trunks had left Boca During the morning, Mrs Chica, near Geiger’s Creck, in a mour said she hired two bc small skiff to go shelling and with’ outboard motors to scour fishing. When asked where they ,, e “, the islands in the area, but noth- were bound she stated that she j0) Cr the missing boat was re thought they had gone to the (vb 0) (© MussiiB wes : northward Bs AT. lclock oe Satan ight Lieut. Haskins told her that ,{\' { Oclock satu Wes ieee ie erates oe at Mrs. Armour said a friend called that was very indefinite: to try Cc i Hilt 5 hor 1 end fndvalskitt inthe darkiwitis 7) te edge Cee such information would be like po ee tee ne eae ond hunting for a needle in a hay per @ gerroparayer ee Stack; that if these went in a shal (4) 00 ae low draft skiff among the Florida f°) {RC Smif Keys the only way search could Ss nour said she and oth- er re s of the ¢ ly for the boat fr 08 a] she has appe S.A. retir i ty. F 74 I r H: E — Jeton “ME Art é St ag E ER N Y ted ert San F | | »” Joe said to Lovely as Roger | her. Lovely | stars and sky and summer smells apologized ‘It’s been so grand today, Joe!” 5 oper LONG CAME CINDERELL By VIVIEN GREY It swept him, as he remembered | haven’t 1? What more can I do?” | “Sure has, “Get down on your knees and/ urgent note in his voice as if honey.” A low knock your head on the ground.” | strong emotions were surging Lovely was on her feet. Her voice | Cee eRe of will. “You don’t mind just tonigh' was a suspicion of laughter in it.|do you?” softly. * Or Joe did what she ordered with | Joe had kissed her countless peas that w: saaisau times when she'd rather liked it They a laughed aed — A e | but tonight it would have done poreelened pat mi basse with no some ine to a ae that was arer Et i too lovely to spoil. But Lovely was quiet on the | “Not if it’s what you want, kid. w ay. home at eve g. A The thing your little heart desires a t Joe turned to her and | js_ the law of my life, Lovely.” eee re tien Honea Rea tReE | ie Nees ae very somes on Be hat’s matter, honey, got | last. he was to re your tongue?” Lovely was dis- | having said that. And iis oe to tinctly annoyed but she answered | jt in future, years. Rueey as, moog head oa | “That’s sweet of you, Joe.” Her s she loo: ed up at the star| hand fluttered against his face shot vely et of the s| |caressingly for a moment. She st too lovely to talk—| turned quickly toward the shad- the FA sony and the sweet|owy stairs. There were four smells’ and all.” Her voice was | flights of them. “Good night,” she am swung around on the first step to There ckle bloom- rkway and wi g the air with its} ragrance. There was a sweetness of drying grass. Joe though she’s swell in that mood. Wait till we get home. He was content to give all his attention to the wheel | from then on. Anticipation was a | marvelous th’ Quarrel UT when they reached the shabby walk-up where she. h her married sister, | in no mood for linger- | B Lovely w she said as od her. Some- r mood, the star Joe, he would thing abo strewn night, the sweet freshness of cut grass, the pleasant cultiva- | tion of Roger Cosgrave’s voice | echoing somewhere within | made nk from_the | nthusiasm of Joe’s caresses. Even | tawdriness of far West Twen- | xth Street had not destroyed | a certain glamor that held her. Joe stood back and looked at | “What’s up?” he asked, a queer | note in his voice. | “Nothing Joe. Don’t mind me tonight. It’s just that everything in my brain is so beautiful and so dreamlike that I don’t want any- | thing real to touch it. It’s been} such a swell day She laughed softly. There was nder note in the sound. She t want to hurt Joe. He was all too familiar with | kicks and cuffs—the seamy | le—of life. No use adding any- | thing to that experience if she} didn’t ha to. But there was | something just then she couldn't | have Joe coming into. | “You see,” still with that little | laugh that was meant to placate | land satisfy him, *t know nothing | real could be as lovely as the} |and soft wind against my face. ANNOUNCE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM The United Civil Serv ommission announces an examination for property competitive the position junior r va- supply clerk for filling t ch service if District of Mis t e Fifth states orgia, a nited * say. “Good night, Lovely. See you tomorrow night.” He said it with easy assurance. When Lovely reached the top of the fourth flight the dreams were suddenly wiped from her face. Voices came from beyond the door of her sister's flat. Voices raised to a quarreling, snarling note. “Jeepers creepers! Do you have to rave just because I bought a hat?” Her sister’s voice was shrill. “Hat! Hat!” Ring Mulcahy’s voice was viciously derisive. “She calls that Happy Hooligan thing hat! Spending the money 1 sweat for on jokes like that! Why didn’t you wait till February four- teenth and wrap yourself up and |send yourself to me? Spending my hard earned dough on funny Valentines! Looks like something you’d run into that had stuck to “Allright, go om knoeving yourself out if you think its get- ting you anywheres! The minute Sunny is big enough I’m getting }me a job and earning my own coin.” “Yeah, try and do it!” “Tll do it all right! You and your money! Money! Money!” Lovely could hear her sister’s voice gathering fury. She knew | the scene by heart. She could see them in there quarreling, little Sunny, who should be in_ bed, |staring wide eyed and solemn. Not really alarmed because this was just life to her. Poor little Sunny. Lovely felt she almost knew the exact words they would use next. And she did. “Money,” Gert was going on, “that’s all I ever hear from you You'd think I was pouring it into the gutter, when I never spend a cent I don’t have to. What if 1 did buy a new hat yesterday? A woman's got a right to something | new once in a while, hasn’t she? To be continued sissippi, South Carolina and Ten- nessee. Applications must be file with the manager, Fifth U.S. Civil Service District, New Post Office Building, Atlanta, Ga., on or be- fore the close of business March 20. Further information and appli- tion blanks for this examina- may obtained from the of US. 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This will be the only city in Florida to appropriations for three new public _ buildings. Their total cost will be $650,000 and another $180,000 has been ‘appropriated for repairs the local submarine base. | Money to be spent here is di- vided as follows: obtain to Postoffice $525,000 Quarantine Building 100,000 Marine Hospital 25,000 Submarine Base 180,000 Total— $830,000 Key West is to be visited March 30 by 150 school girls, students Stephens College, Columbia, Mis souri The girls will come here on |their return from a trip to Cuba. Secretary of the Navy Charles Adams will come to West March 22, it was today, Capt. R. T. Menner at the local base was informed in a_ tele- graphic message this that the navy secretary will came here aboard the U.S.S. Chester after reviewing maneuvers off Panama. Mrs. Norberg Thompson _ last night was re-elected _ president of the Woman's Club members of the group held their annual voting session. . Officers named last night are Mis. Thompson; Mrs. William R. Warren, first vice-president; Mrs. Phelan, second vice-presi- Mrs. A. M. Hewett, record- cretary; Miss Minnie Porter Harris, corresponding secretary; Miss Grace Reberts, treasurer; |Mrs. Sam Harris auditor, and Mrs, Andrew Miller and Mrs. John Leach, directors. 2w member: inducted into the club were Mrs. G. N. Goshorn, Mrs. C. Catala and Mrs, W. P. Archer. The Citizen, graphs, said e estimate that bonus loans will bring’ $500,000 to Key West undoubtedly is too liberal. There can be no question, though, that in editorial para- T a very considerable sum of money will be spent here. “In their joint campaign to beautify the navy yard and ma- = rine hospital grounds, Capt. R. T. ad Menner and Maj. M Lombard ¢r, are doing the entire community a service, the value of which will 5- continue long after both have % to other fields of ac- moved on ‘ STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE TRIUMPH COFFEE MILLS AT ALL GROCERS ple One Way 7538 3.06 6.85 Petersburg 7.35