The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 21, 1941, Page 4

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Sy [JAPANESE GUARD _ ARMY PRIVATE IS wy, it her plump, neat figure and stern here. Eve is fe've got lots an't sleep a Story an hour before c was Yost living rom all gathered in the room once more. The sail- Bidar rong red, presumably in of their boat; no to inquire, and they glad to be allowed to get mn’s lip, although it still in- with any pees i was. respond: at Eve’ thought they: bot ie smug and Meneed as they took lace. ‘Beceem cert ean ina’s 5 Ld PE ¢ Coet. She could smile when. Pn er we didn’t finish our out there on the beach. I— i of lost head.” #You and me both.” Bve ‘whis- Fe back, and beans at her, puzzled. ere was “no time for further confidences, _ The la’ marshalled in Mrs. with the air of a age) his prisoner. He did her to sit down, much to surprise. The lean figure of . Jackson who had followed ee yrds the room, stood deject- @ shadowy corner. * Sr had begun to tired and Eve suspected that had tried to put this scene off the next day. But the 'g face was uncompromis- Droissard, although he no personal interest in the seemed as eager as employer to hear the story. —— Today’s Horoscope Today gives a love for nature im its quieter moods, a devotion-| al, gentle mind with refined in-| i | Liberal rainfall which broke stincts. There are indicatons that there will be public service, some political preferment which will be attained by pure force of ability, and not by fa- PLAN EVENT AT COLORED CHURCH day, Feast of the Seven Ta be given at the Trinity Wes- sister who was the ere,” she began. “That ld years ago; she the estate. My hus- me came Pe pve pare years ago. Agnes—that’s sister—was ailing then and & ia FEE hi 52a place and we had nowhere else to So we just stayed. I guess it didn’t make no difference the estate, anyway, whether Agnes or me and my husband was caretaker, “But they must have sent checks to your sister—they must wg aaa “Agnes wasn't able to sign her name for six months before she Jackson. said “estate,” as if it were a fat man with whiskers, Beh = ORS chain. ae es- Ate me a personality to her Eve could faintly sym- pathize with Mrs. Jackson's point view—that everyone else in the room was an intruder. “There is & legal aspect to that eo which we can discuss later.” The lawyer had evidently no sympathy with the woman get on with your story. away’ Explanation See! came here to buy the place, didn't she?” Mrs. Jackson glanced at Mrs. Marbury. “Prob- ably she didn’t want to live here . but she'd stir things up and then the estate would get to inquiring about Agnes, and we'd gel ." Her voice became a whine. “We didn't mean no harm and we didn’t hurt nobod: “Tt sounds very touchin: Said sarcastically. “You're just a ‘poor, innocent couple afraid of josing your job. But it’s a little jate for that now. There is the matter of these sailors tonight and their story that you had been on the boat. In fact I thing Mr. Jack- son might find it a good time to explain that mysterious two hun- ;| dred dollars.” “She can tell you,” Jackson said from the corner. Stayed but an ‘hour or so.” in. “Gee, it!” “We didn't know who they were nor what thev did,” Mrs. Jackson reiterated. “As long as we minded our own business there ‘was a little extra money handed to Mr. Jackson twice a year. Ii was never the same—two hun- dred’s as high as we ever got. Once in a while it would only be fifty. but it kept us alive, if you could call bein’ here livin’.” other night.” said Julie quickly. away. quietly afterward.” the girl's. had not yet finished. T suppose?” now.” Mrs. Jackson's face was a mask of fury as she looked at the so- ciety woman, For a moment she could not trust herself to speak and the others, watching her, waited in silence to hear what she had to say. ! To be continued Army Aireorps Base. Why a you try to frighten us “I can tell you this.” Mrs. Jack- son's face was bitter as she turned | to “Two people can’t live on twenty dollars a month. We . | didn’t never inquire why the boat put in here sometimes» The men ;; didn’t bother us and they never “Just long enough to get rid of a cargo of stolen goods.” Neil put . what an ideal spot for “But surely you must have found out something about this boat when vou went off on it the “I didn’t.” the woman repeated firmly, “I just wanted to ask the captain to let these two boys who were here dress up and look like the ghosts we'd been talkin’ about. They were just goin’ to slip Gina leaned over and patted Ham’s hand as an expression of her.approval for his part in un- cowering the scheme. Eve saw his other hand clasp firmly over "We'll accept your explana- tion.” the lawyer said with an air of finality, “until we can take further action.” But Mrs. Jackson “You'll be wantin’ us to move, “Mercy, no!” Mrs. Marbury. frankly yawning, pulled herself together long enough to make this tatement. “I've already told Mr. lowe that I have no intention whatever of buying the place oe leyan Methodist Church on Mon- August 18, at 8 o'clock, ac-! CUB AN COFFEE Ss Bi | | | | / out opposition and found the dut- | growthscof brush-wood cover the |Aipril 19, 1941, He was transfer- | | Chiang’s library, housed in a Chi-}},5, Defenses of Key West, Key |licitor General Francis Biddle was y » ey | ‘urday by County Judge Ray-| | } | j | Florida's extended drought came ltoo late to offset damage to cit- rus and lower than normal yields tare anticipated by the Federal | Agricultural Marketing Service. cording to announcement made tare being sold for the affair. bles|by Revs Geo. W. Allen. Tickets, ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS | the individual workers, |to-house all day Thursday col-' years Rey. Jones, will be one of firms in New York and elsewhere jber of the Lions club will ride| School book, entitled, “Personal States flags free of charge. jon each truck to supervise col-| Factors in Character Building.” | — | | lection. | After the Assembly closes Rev.; Among the odd classified adver- } |house lawn, before being shipped |jina and Virginia for a three | which reads: “Lost—A pair of jmaximum of 900,000 selectees at!'are urged to attend. number of people. Next is popu- AGAINST DAMAGE GIVEN DISCHARGE| SIDELIGHTS i TO CHIANG’S HOME) 1. ciowing a copy of a By MARCY B. DARNALL PA erocsed letter that Golopel Ta'T Pendle. | eee ee ot The. Citinen, OW, Eastern China, July| ton, commanding officer of the| 21.—The Japanese army, whose|Key West Earache has sent to|,, .Poaner ‘Rayburn has ' ruled leaders have promised repeatedly | in¢ editor of the Tu: that such expressions as “ap- to “exterminate” Generalissimo of the Tuscaloosa | plause,” be omitted from Con- Chiang Kai-shek, is safeguarding News, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, con-|gressional Record reports of carefully the Chinese command-/| cerning Private James E. Wil- House speeches, The compli- er’s native town, liamson, who was recently honor- | ™€ntary words were usually in- Japanese troops entered it with-| ably discharged from the service: — ee ae Gane a | side of the generalissimo'® resi-|: *‘ivate James: E., Williamson, ‘fore printing. dence slightly damaged but its in- | $0" of Stacey /P; Williamson, who terior intact. . resides at 928 10th Avenue, Tus-| Babiés were’borti‘to two’ blonde The large estate consists of two | calog inducted at | ladies, both named’ Mrs’ James W. homes, one built in foreign style p ea at Ft, | Chestnut, in, the.same San Frat- and one. by. Chinese architects McClellan, ; ‘Ala, for Rece ti6n feisco hospital pwithin .an hour. of Pine trees, groves of bamboo, "3 igoal P' each other. The two Mrs, Chest- lespedeza trees and luxuriant Center, Fort McPherson, Ga. on | nuts were strangers. 50 acres. Near the house is| red to 13th Coast Artillery, Har. | The Philadelphia home of So- nese style tower overlooking the | West Barracks, Fla. on April 2 4, | Tansacked by burglars, who took Fenghwa river, jan extensive collection of alumi- The Chinese style house is ex-| 1941. Ai recent Act of Congress| um pots and pans among other pensively furnjshed in the classic | provides that Selective Service | Joot. mode, with paber scrolls decorat- | Registrants with three or more | , ing its walls, A. desk, complete | with ink slab, stands just as the generalissimo left it more than years prior military service are | Ohio radio listeners heard a exempt from being drafted. An|SPeech by Congressman Brown four years ago, investigation revealing that Wil- severe fo dedey mn cbniega liamson had completed over three | “Opinion in Washington is that Two Couples jyears naval service, necessary ac- | there will be no war between Pe . tion was immediately taken to se- | Russia and Germany.” The speech Married Here | cure an honorable discharge | was from a ‘phonograph record cee Ho Glia: di -vearaaid| These efforts were successful and | made before hostilities started. | marine, and Donnie Kate Futch 1FYs ‘Williamson's. discharge. ef- seas } sl "| fected July 17, 1941 His charac-| Ernest Simpson, former hus- | 19, Key West, were married Sat-| +27 and efficiency as a soldier at| band ‘of the Duchess of Windsor, | this station deserve honorable | has joined the British regular mond R. Lord. i i y mention. army as a lieutenant. In the first remony, James | 4 . In another ceremony, we | World War he was a lieutenant W. Allman, 21, U. S, Army, and} Violet Valdes,’ 18 Key West, (CHURCH GROUP TO... :\n the famed Coldstream Guards. ; eR } ect itesebce Enria Boy bie a dad auatice ATTEND MEETING’ Hitler's Irish-born sister-in-law, . | Gaictauaes | Mrs. Bridget Elizabeth Hitler, is | Representatives from the First} working with the British War Re- LIONS JOIN IN |Baptist Crurch of Key West who |lief in New York. She says Adolf ALUMINUM DRIVE 2 to attend the Florida Baptist | should be killed by slow torture, | State Assembly at Stetson Uni-| “a little bit every day.” versity for the next two weeks in- | — clude Mrs. J. H. Pinder. Mrs. Rob-| A Jewish pilot in the R. A. F. is jert Crooks, Miss Gloria Giles, credited with shooting down 18 2 Frances Collins, Gloria Jiminez,|German and Italian planes in! brand ‘ oa .. |Nell Rose Archer, Betty Jean] Africa. During the first World! Key West will be divided into | Townsend and Rev. and Mrs. Ted| War he was a member of the 12 sections for the drive, with a |i. Jones, famous Richthofen squadron of truck assigned to each section to| phe Assembly is taking place | the Gexman air force. pick up material gathered bY | for the thirtieth year and is the ateateomtin i 3 | largest of its kind in the State of} As a promotion stunt, a large Children will go from house-|Fiorida. This year as in previous! number of cleaning and dyeing (Continued trom Page One) afternoon when they meet at La Concha park for, final instruc- lecting the metal, while a mem-|the leaders teaching a Sunday are offering to clean soiled United | | Aluminum collected in the| and Mrs. Jones and baby will go | tisements recently observed is one | drive will be piled on the court-|to the mountains of North Caro-/ from the Altamount, Ma, Times, | {to Miami on its way to the smel- | weeks? vacation. sheep.shears. Reward if returned ter. | to the city barber shop.” In the ROOSEVELT HEARD __|Charch Unit To ON ARMY TRAINING |"°et !omorrow |r | - Forward in Service group of | A, recent survey disclosed that | (Continued from Page One) {saint Paul’s Parish will meet| playing cards are found in 87 per| jactive to reserve status. At the) tomorrow evening, 8:00 ‘o'clock, /cent of American homes. Bridge bessiaanse time, he said, he would favor | at the home of Mrs. John Saw- | is played oftener than any other the removal by congress of the | yer, 529 Eaton street. |game, but rummy and_ solitaire |Present limitation which fixes a/" 41) members of the committee are played by a slightly larger | any one time. | Aiie eis DEES |larity are poker, pinochel and | “to speculate with the security of | could be given more considera-} ously affected by continued serv- ice could be released. | “We cannot afford,” he said, =|’ GREENPORT, L. I—While Harold Worrell, attached to the | Mrs. William Clark and her bar P| phar Migs °"|U. S. Navy, accompanied by Mrs. |Children were sitting on e America” by permitting the dis- | Worrell, per he at s 1014 | lawn in front of their home, Mrs. integration of th ‘a i i fale atl on ve i ay roahing | Southard street, returned to Key|Clark noticed a plane acting full effectiveness.” | West the week-end from a ten Strange just above their home. re ecreati ;. ria | MacDill Field, headquarters of | Recreational Chairman, Sylvia the Third Bombardment Wing, is soon t6 have two more giant steel ‘and eonerete hangars, giv- Ving it fiyein all to keep pace | with its growth as a permanent , i i .| Within a few minutes, it went Require New Training days’ vacation spent in Wythe Release of the selectees at this|/, most enjoyable outing. | time, President Roosevelt pointed ig at ee fe out, "would require the rebuilding} Ambrose Cleare, forme’ | straight toward her lawn. She and the children ran for the of} house and were not injured, but | LL § Chesterfi Only Chesterfield’s Right Combination of the World’s Best Cigarette Tobaccos can give you their Milder, Cooler, Better Taste There’s just one reason why Chesterfield uses this Right Combination of world-famous tobaccos aecit’s to make one superior. tobacco...the Ches- ‘terfield ‘‘can’t-be-copied” blend that smokes Cooler, Tastes Better and is Definitely Milder, You can always keep thé boys in camp ‘happy by remembering them with Chesterfield, the one cigarette that truly SATISFIES., |meantime the barber probably | __ fot [ ne a er STOR C oe Copyright 1941, Liccerr & Mrsns Tosacco Con ; will have to get along with scis- THE WEATHER i Observation taken at 7:30 a. m, 75th Mer. Time (city office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean _ Cases of individual hardship | = | hearts. Normal Precipitation tion now, the President explained, | | NINE ESCAPE INJURY AS Rainfall, 24 hours ending and those men who would be seri- | PLANE CRASHES ON LAWN|_ 7:30 a. m., inches . Till 7:30 Hick | Total rainfall since July 1, oe ey West and Vicinity: Partly tones: continued warm, tonight’ Subscribe to The Citizen. Excess HOTEL LEAMINGTON N. E. Ist Street at Biscayne Boulevard Overlooking Bayfront Park and Biscayne Bay opposite Union Bus Station Total rainfall since Jan. 1, Excess since January 1, Barometer at 7:30 a. ‘m., today ville, Va. They report having had| into a dive and began falling) «ie ve1, 30,08 (1018.0 millibars) Tomorrow s Almanac | of every unit of which they were| Key West but who is now making | the occupants of the plane, Fred he bert, 3 his home-in Miami, was a: recent | Ciems, 22, and his father, Chris- | Even should the’same men be| arrival here for a short visit. jtopher Siems, about 45, suffered | Tecalled later, he explained, it adie al severe injuries when, their plane j would be necessary to spend; yy and Mrs. ‘Samuel Mc-| crashed on the Clark lawn. another six months in rebuilding | cyintock, accompanied by _their |the units to which they had been| ty grandchildren, left on Satur- | attached, day for Plantation Key where | i isit with rel-| | CONDUCT MEETING | ‘S.and when you come to see me, be sure to come i id been on a The following officers of the | pp eee ee eee peed the! | Epworth League of Ley Memorial Florida Keys, returned to Key jchurch are asked to meet with | woct the week-end, | | Rev. Bryant in the church annex } at 8 o'clock Thursday night, July} ‘The publication of “Florida 24, in order to plan a full rec- Highways”, official organ of the }Feational program: |State Road department, was re- President, Cecil Cates. |sumed this month after a lapse Vice President, Lois Pinder. of several years. J. E. Robinson _ Secretary and Treasurer, Edna) o¢ winter Garden is publisher. Spencer. a ‘ |F. P. Baddow of Jacksonville, | Councilor, Elijah Sands. |formerly with the Jacksonville Worship Chairman, Mary Fran-| Journal, is advertising represen- tative. cis Smith. Leona Sawyer, When the boys ,""go to town”... or the home tks ao, camp, Florida Metor Lines serves both with the most economical, tonvenient and comfdrtable trarisportation. Direct service between camps and the heart of business and recreation cen- ters of nearby cities. On short trips or long trips. you spend less and have more fun when you travel by bus. BUS STATION—Southard Bahama Phone 242, J. Edwin Larson, state treasur- | er and insurance commissioner, announced the appointment of} Paré Lorentz’s Great Drama Robert W. Davis of Gainesville THE FIGHT FOR LIFE to the position of chief clerk in also the office of insurance commis- COMEDY AND NEWSREEL sioner. | Seeeeccceccecconcooecese| | TRY IT TODAY— The Favorite in Key West ONROE THEATRE | STAR vw BRAND eres ip. Aeameaiae EVEN SINNERS COMEDY AND NEWSREEL | ' \ and Tuesday; possibly thunder- showers in afternoon; light to moderate variable winds. Florida: Fair to partly cloudy “/and continued warm tonight and | Tuesday, except for a few after- 5:56 P.M.’ noon thundershowers in scatter- Tomorrow's Tides ed. localities, Jacksonville to Florida Straits P.M. and East Gulf: Light to moder- 9:35 ate variable winds; fair to part- 3:00 (ly cloudy weather tonight and ; Tuesday, except for a few scat- | tered showers. PIPPLLLLLL LL for HAVANA sails THURSDAYS Eastern Standard Time from P. & 9. 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