The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 24, 1941, Page 3

THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1941 YESTERDAY: Davia, working th his flancee, Polly, and his ng cousin Peter, just has put e ng pool at “Freddy's Folly” back in shape. But Margo Powers, who is glamour personi- fied and the daughter of David's employer, stopped by in time to throw a shadow over the first swimming party. Margo has de- cided she is in love with David, “I wonder.if you'd ke ing him, if he | transplanted in have known all the have been hibe dale.” “What do you mean?” “I mean, I wonder if wouldn't tire of him, once had him in an atmosphere he didn’t feel at home. He's a attractive young man, I'll admit— but since there aren’t m other ive young d, it a difference the mn ¥ } napter 15 man arou Margo’s Competition WE called back, Margo nodded. But she did not move. She continued to sit cross- legged beside the pool. She gazed down into its depths, watching the little cotton puff clouds that were in the sky duplicate them-| looking men.” selves in the clear water. She was Margo shrugged. suddenly depressed for some rea- a school-teac son or other. Just why, she could she said not say. trying to e But David's devotion to his small cousin disturbed her, Prob-| § ably he would expec. the girl he married to share that devotion, and she wondered if she were capable of doing such a thing. She was sorry for the boy, sorry for anybody or anything that was crippled or disabled in any way. But her feeling was rather im- personal. It didn’t go down very deep—was just a surface emo- tion. And if she married a man like David, she would want all his at- tention—or at least the greater part of it. Having him give too much attention to a child would | annoy her, si She was still thinking along this disturbing vein when Polly joined her. “Why not come out tomorrow for a swim?” Polly asked. “I’m coming out.” with some other girl— Margo “Perhaps I shall,” said Margo.| Powers, for instance. She could She noted the simplicity of the e av’ rea al_more old rose linen frock Polly was d influence wearing and the simple way she|her father in David’s behalf; she did her hair, combing it straight | might even persuade her father to back from her forehead, and tying | take David in as a partner over it a bright band. nna. “I love She left Polly at the gate of swimming |the Jenkins cotta and th Polly stood looking over the} drove on to the Wiley place. S grounds. stopped the car there, waited for “Have you seen the flower | David beds?” she said. “Peter and I| “How and get have been digging them out from | along?” i ked under weeds and wild vines.| ‘“Famously,” id Margo. “TI Come on, I'll show them to you.”| think we understand each other Margo gét up. She let Polly| perfectly. ‘ show her about, listened while} David searched Margo's face. she explained about this plant|Something in her voice puzzled they had uncovered, and that one; | him. But, then, he never had been but her mind wasn’t on what was|one to understand girls. They “being said. She kept. stealing| were always saying things that glances at Polly, reluctantly ad-| had double meanings mitting to herself that the girl] “You must bring her had something. bridge,” Margo went on. It wasn’t glamour —it wasn’t | about Tuesd vening?” great beauty—nothing like that| “I'll ask he said David. “I at all. And yet there was some- | think it would be fun Polly likes thing about Polly that interested | bridge.” her. She began to understand| Margo drove off then. how a man could learn to love David watched her car out of her, even a man like David. sight and then went in to join Whatever it was, it bothered | Peter. Margo. Heretofore she hadn't thought of Polly as a real rival, but had thought of her as just a rather undeveloped smalltown girl who couldn't possibly com- pete with a girl who had been everywhere and ‘seen everything. But she didn’t feel that way about Polly any more. “Well, here we called from the Inn porch. He came down the steps toward them, Peter at his side. “All set to get bi to town?” oe said Polly. won't be long!” David] ware stands te what he you because you're eing and associa with at- active people. Perhaps he wouldn’t seem so attractive if you had hirn among a lot of good- out— And to ned to sound sor Oh, t just don’t s |into the matter extent.” “I do. David’s ha future mean a great d “They do?” Margo a quick look “Naturally,” said Polly “Then you ought to be willing for David to broaden out, not settle down in Ardendale for the rest of his life.” ,” said Polly. “If 's what he ts to do. You Margo, I'm ort of girl.” said Margo. “I see.” id no more. But she felt he now felt that Polly would not stand in David's way, if he should by any chance fall out of love with her, and in love al to me. “gave Polly did you Polly id up_ for “How New Job N Monday morning the man- ager of the Arcadia Picture Theatre drove out to the Jen- kins cottage. “Can come to work morrow?” he asked Polly. Letitia Rowe has made up her mind she’s going to the Fair or bust. I wanted her to wait until | the first of the month anyway— but nothing doing.” “Of course I can start work- Y ing!” said Polly, delighted. “And Susan will be having fits if she} thanks a lot!” A chance to make doesn't get her supper. She | some .noney, to keep bu usually has it all cooked for me,| she was but she’s feeling sor | “You ope noon, don’t you today. I told her to rest, and Td | “Yes,” manager, play chef.” }But you “One of you can ride with me| around r io need | go over t as a cash “Yes, tearoom.” “Well, this is different, but I'm sure you'll get the hang of it, a:l {| right.” you to- are!” David “Aunt crowding avid.” | “Thanks,” David said. “I'll tell | ou, you two girls ride in yours, argo. You ought to be getting acquainted.” Margo looked at Polly. Polly Jooked at Margo. h, I'm-sure of that!” They both thought, “How little ht come do a@ man understa: us.” But}evening,” t spoke her thoughts. before leav sms me,” said Margo. “Come | give you a s Polly not leaving | afte: nm this on, “Don’t let riding y spoil you for rid- said Polly. “I love| tle boat of yours.” Peter got into y follewed Margo and into the ued Te be conti SUBSCRIBE FOR THE CITIZEN—2tc WEEKLY. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Poster being displayed by the local State employment office in connection with a Nation-wide effort to register workers for defense jobs. Those being asked to register are the unemployed and those employed workers who have skills needed in certain defense industries but are not using This does not include anyone now working in aircraft manufacturing, shipbuilding, machinery manufac- such skills in their present jobs. turing, or machine shops. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings On This Date Ten Years Ago As Taken From Files Of The Citizen Operati the county tem is being retarded seriou toda e only it one engine in op- With th to her motor, the Florida this ferry Monroe county » on the ways for dropped a propellor morning abled boat to go back into serv- ice without repairs. { 1 available ‘replace Lieut. LIEUT.. A. FAY COMES TO CITY REPORTS FOR DUTY AS RE- LIEF OF LIEUT.-COM- MANDER BRADY Lieut. Albert J. Fay, who will public works officer at the y West navy station, reported for duty this morning after ar- riving here from the Norfolk bi yesterday. Commander Brady, ‘ordered to Norfolk to take charge of the forcing the partly dis-|construction of a $20,000,000 sea- plane base, expects to leave Key ‘West sometime this week for 10 days’ leave before reporting to | The Key West, brought to this'his new post. repairs earlier the was ordered the repairs completed. A corps will attempt to com- plete their job while the vessel is enroute to her station. city for ‘in week, to ervite with parily mechanics Under the supervision of L. T return to;here Nov. only {control of projects totalling more of than $8,000,000 at the local navy | Since Commander Brady came 1, 1939, he has been in station and has planned future work which will cost in the neighborhood of $5,000,000. Projects now in sight, will be directed by Lieutenant which -{Fay, include a $1,500,000 contract | tomdr. T. J. Brady | VANDERBILT, JR. | mi | (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) | Midwest and Return The Diesel driven Exposition Flyer ; | Whined into Princeton, Ill, at 70 m.p.h. It wasn’t quite dawn yet and the bluish-purple haze enveloped ev- erything. Frost crept out of the | | ground. | Small bushes stood up in clumps | and brown corn stalks poked | through. It had been warm and |clear in Nevada two and a half | days before. | The conductor appeared to. say | they would stop the train for three- | fifths of a minute to let me off. An | hour and twenty minutes later it | was due to zoom into Chicago, one | hundred and ten miles away. From | San Francisco through the Feather River canyon, the Royal Gorge, it makes few stops. I had found it one of the smoothest streamliners I have ever traveled on. None of the usual jerking motion, the squealing as they lie over on the curves. Spoke thrice in Princeton, where Illinois school teachers were holding | @ regional convention; then picked | up a Zephyr for a swirl into Chicago. Dined in the Windy City with Dal- las and Bryan Horner at Don-the- Beachcomber’s. Don off the next day by air for Miami, Jamaica and Trinidad. Just made the North Shore Limited for a twenty-hour spin to Manhattan. A new compart- ment car and a brand new type of bed—the most comfy one I think I have ever ridden on, on rails. Train cut across Canada from De- | troit to Buffalo. Soldiers every- where. Many with fixed bayonets. Countryside caked in ice. White- shrouded ski troops practicing on firm knolls. Tanks of all sizes rum- bling over the countryside. The Hudson river valley from Al- bany to New York deep in frost with the river itself icy from bank to bank until below Peekskill. Down to Governor's island to re- port. Have held my commission in the Reserve Corps since serving twenty-two months as a despatch driver in the ranks with the A.E.F. in 1917-1918. Some years I have gone to camp. Studied army prob- lems. Haven't been called up yet, but expect to be soon. Looks as if all reserve officers will be called up shortly. Approximately 25,000 | are at their posts already and 25,000 more are to be called in June. After | allowances made for reserve of- ficers who may fail to meet the phys- ical requirements for active duty, there are approximately 105,000 available. The war department es- | timates that this number added to | those of the regular army and the National Guard are sufficient to of- ficer an army of 2,500,000 men. Nine- ty per cent of the lieutenants now Bragassa, deputy collector of cus- | for construction of a power plant, | with the regular army units are re- toms, 25 demijohns of 100 gallons, w customs house yesterday. The new city boulevard bridge, pan which was de fire, will be complet- 14, County Commis Fulford announced to replacing a troyed by ‘ by May day fhe work is being carried on from the north side, the decking being laid as rapidly as the pil- ings are capped The second degree ed on 10 candidates lodge of Caballeros t night, follov into the order » month degree A team was con in the de la their ation earlier was conferred by made up of Felici- » Castro, Clifford G. Hicks, elot Lester, Arthur G. Lund, Armayor, George Lucas, Garcia Oscar Cr da, Paul Me a an M we being prepared for seaplane base improvements to cost $2,500,000, while an equal amount will be spent for dredg- ing, seaplane ramps, roads and similar improvements. ___ TEMPERATURES Lowest last|Highest last night 24 hours 53 55 74 59 Abilene Boise Boston Buffalo Burlington Charleston Chicago Cincinnati Denver Detroit E] Paso Hattera. "THE ANSWERS” See “Who Knows?” on Page 2 Bacardi three new piers, mess halls and! gerves—many of them recent grad- and aguardiente, in all more than jbarracks at the submarine base. | e destroyed at the} plans also are uates of ROTC units. More than 500/ | reserve officers are serving in vari- | ous capacities at the war depart- | ment in Washington, D. C., and sev- {eral are in the important Policy- | Making Board of the General Staff. Hundreds of regular army officers have been released for key positions in connection with the expansion of the combat forces by reserve of: ficers who have replaced them as in structors at scores of ROTCs, at the general and special service schools of the army and at corps and mili- tary area headquarters. Among the several thousands of reserve officers now on duty with the Air Corps are many of the nation’s best fliers. Eighty per cent of the 16,000 officers required in the 54 group program of the Air Corps this year will be drawn from the re- serve corps. Until this country entered the war in 1917, there were approximately 3,000 reserve officers available for service, though today there are al- most 40 times that many. About 10 per cent of the present number are veterans of the World war. The most prolific source of reserve officers since 1920 has been the ROTC w at several versitie: This ye pected to be c reserve corps taining reser ions are by completing the advanced fiying course at the Air Corps training ols, by graduating from a C Training Corps camp, g the necessary ra commissi s Reserve, or the Chap- in's Corps Reserve. Two thousand picked memb means of ob- ook the Lake The Delighted f ther also aboard. He is the father at the w ressman. He was ke known Cal ton Fitts as Los Angeles district at torney the other day. PAGE THREE This picture of children sleeping on the concrete platform of a subway station somewhere in London bears mute but eloquent testimony of the desperate need for the children raid shelter cots being a provided by Bundles for Britain. As the woman with the baby, the two little boys and the girl smile wanly at something that amuses them, the three other children have fallen into an exhausted sleep. Realization that thousands of other London children must “ane 5 the campaign for thousands of cots for air-raid shelters which Bundles for Brit: on similar makeshift pallets inspired 745 Fifth Avenue, New York City, is conducting over the nation. Each $10 contribution can provide a cot, completely equipped with mattress, sheets, pillow and blankets, for one of these children, SPORT’S STARS MIND WORKS ABOUT By WICK TEMPLE AP Sports Writer LIKE THIS have to be a good relief pitcher is control. You must-be able to put the ball where you know they can’t hit it solidly. I've al- ways had control and that makes PITTSBURGH, April 24.— Ever wonder what a boxer thinks about while sitting in New York's Madison Square Garden dressing room knowing his main bout is up next? Ditto a relief pitcher warming up in the bullpen to replace a brother hurler who's getting the daylights knocked out of him? A Boxer Billy Soose pictures the dress- ing room like this: “Well, you naturally think about a lot of things. I remember I got to thinking about the great fighters who had used the same dressing room in the years the Garden has been the world’s leading boxing arena “Then, when they tell you they’re ready for you in the rir the old ticker starts to pump t and you get goose pimples and you think of a lot of things as, your baadienm pick up ibe water! bucket and towel and you go through the door and head for action. | “You're naturally nervous as you sit in your corner and look out at the faces looking back at you from all directions. But then the bell rings and the first few punches are struck and then vou forget about everything but the fight Then in your element and it’s just another night's work”. A Relief Pitcher Joe Beggs of the Cincinnati Reds speaks from the bullpen: “I used to worry about what was going to happen to me when I got in there to relieve ancther pitcher against the batters who had got the range run- sea of you're GOOD PRINTING create i product of annot risk the ning the their line drives. “But you can get’ used to any- thing in this life. relief work for Ossie Vitt at New- ark when I went to work for Bill Mc- Kechnie in “The ragged the job a little easier for me. So I just go im there and fire dWway, doing the best I can. “It's a great reliet, let me tell you, when you ¢0 in there in the hole and you tiow one up to the plate and the batter smacks it in- to double play and you retire the side. 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