The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 29, 1941, Page 4

ed F . a a ss re a | id a HOPE you don’t think I was criticizing you when I said ‘We were going to discuss bigger . things than lamb chops from now on,” Henry said. “Don’t become ‘one of those ‘touchy’ wives, dar- ling.” Instantly something down in- side Luella seemed to tighten up. She in felt the old sense of fear. Maybe she wasn't going to be the right sort of wife for Henry Pell. Maybe he should have mar- ried a more glamorous, adaptable sort of person. “What’s the matter?” Henry asked. “You're not eating any- thing.” “Oh, I’m just a bit weary,” Lu- ella lied. “I lost my appetite when meal, I reckon.” back, her chair, “I room, Carolina's of Songs was on the air! Little Marie Ma- san from down below the Mason and Dixon Line! “She is lovely!” Luella whis- to Henry. “You'd never she once wore a tinsel gown schol operetta; would your” opere' would you?” “No—you wouldn’t,” said Hen- % was leaning ard, ex~ r. “She's a knockout! She like a et edition of Dor Lamour.’ “ ” said someone, Henry sank back to listen. So oi ad while listening, Luella kept wi » Lue! p' glancing at Henry. He was like a kid seeing his first circus, she thought, a boy carried away, out of himself com- letely. And how handsome he ! His smart, well-tailored dark blue suit made him look even broader of shoulder. And so adorably boyish at times, ae i she melee ow ioe ougl lenry was tal to New York and all the excitement it of- fered—how he seemed to fit in so guicely--she remembered some- ing her add bed one wig, something she had repeated jus! before she died. “T like Henry,” were her wor “I like him a lot, Luella May, ani I want you to be married as soon | as in can, but—” “Yes, Aunt Lila,—but what?” “But I keep being a little afraid that if he gets a chance Henry'll | | } “Darlings!” Marie cried as she met them. look over my ward- ll excuse me. I want enry. “Go ri off the table when go : ity ~ ) _ : a stood ide and not a make oe wife,” she r i tad ES a a went on feeling uncer- in spite of her up. anted to see Marie again, on thinking of her as a and a g dreaded the meeting, She kept re- membering Marie's beauty and charm. She kept thinking that Marie would show her dp, unin- tentionally of course, for the smalltown girl that she was. She kept recalling how the homefolks used to wonder which of them Henry Pell would marry—even making bets about it. Presently she went to her poe din- yhose color F look like urnished. d made her ‘ f ap than gray. 0 th ie green gown. And ye ferninir a neta told her it ‘the gown for the oc- casion. “It'll give me a little more self- confidence!” she said. And she certainly needed plenty of that. A FEW hours later Luella and Henry were sitting behind a Yhick glass partition in the re- served section of a broadcasting station. They occupied two deep chairs from where they could look down upon the main floor of the auditorium, where other spectators sat in folding chairs. It was rather like sitting in the comfortable loge of a swank movie theater, Luella thought; like the balcony in her home- town’s newest theater, which had been patterned after New York’s huge Music Hall. e usual announcements had been made, the announcer’s voice coming to them through an am- lifier system that let in the sound From below but shut off from the studio the sounds from the bal- cony. And now he was introduc- ing the chief attraction. “Ladies and gentlemen, seen arid unseen,” he said, “I now give ma Miss Marie Mason, the Caro- Singer of Songs.” moment's silence for dramatic effect, and then Marie parted the € 2 ig 3 i New World one, but she | in turn out to be worldly, like that high-flying Uncle Peter of his— a man who was always dashin, off and getting mixed up wit some beautiful and brainless | female.” | The Meeting A’ now Marie's song was fin- ished, e | The broadcasting program was drawing to a close. | Presently the little electric si; near the control room said “Off the air.” _ Young men ushers were open- ing doors, people began to pour out into the long, carpeted hall into which the various broadeast- studios had their exits, “We go this way,” Henry was saying. “Marie told me to join her and Mr. McIntyre near the in- formation desk.” “It is-exciting, isn’t it?” Luella said—beginning to react a little like she knew Henry was react- ing. “T'll say it is!” Henry replied slangily, “And just think, honey, if Mr. Morgan hadn't taken a fan- cy to me, we would still be down in North Carolina, probaly seeing a little movie with some of the old gang.” Luella felt a pang of homesick- ness at the words “the old , She remembered . the School picnics, the hay-rides,” dances, and the parties different irls gave on Saturday nights... . oe... Betty... Aline... Ike. + »« Couples strolling along the quiet streets, with the moonlight shining through the branches of the elm trees, making black and white patterns upon summer or- gandies and white flannels. “Wotld it be so dreadful,” she said, “being back with the old song?” “No, honey, not dreadful,” said Henry, “But sort of pokey. This is so much more worthwhile.” “T wonder,” said Luella. Henry ignored the two words. “You and me,” he said, “Luella and Henry Pell on our way to join Marie Mason, who is really some- thing in the radio world.” Before Luella could say any- thing further she saw Marie com- ing toward them, with a young man not so tall as Henry, but good-looking, well-groomed, and obviously filled with admiration for the girl beside him. And*how wonderful Marie looked! So sure’ ‘of herself, so breath- takingly: lovely: And walking in a way that! was downright thrill ing—like someone who was poised to her very finger tips. _ ed “Luella! Henry!” Marie erled, seeing therm, That throaty, husky voice, calling out to them, calling out the names of her two home- town friends. “Darlings! black velvet hangings and stepped forth. A signal from the control RAIL WORKERS WASHINGTON.—A method is beitig discussed to transfer ap- proximately one hundred thou- sand railroad workers to ship- building and aircraft industries where ther skills are critically) nedded. Sidney A. Hillman cade To be continued that the railroads have more than 400,000 maintenance work- ers, including machinists, boiler- cr eicers and similar skilled work- ers and that approximately one- fourth are now unemployed. weekly. | program of entertainment | overall WPA employment ihe ee ED Subscribe to The Citizen, 20c Be _ ‘over it in a few minutes”, eae Robert J. Lewis, who had been ‘on a business visit to Miami, re- turned to the city last evening. While in Miami, Mr. Lewis pur- chased a ton and a_ half truck which will be added to his equip- ment here in operating a scaven- ger service, which will enable him to Tender much better service to j those of the public which he «is now serving. My and Mrs. Charles Boll, and Mr. and Mrs. Boll, Jr, were ar- rivals in Key West yesterday from 'Tampa for several weeks’ visit | here. | rere | Justice Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., | | returned last night from the west | coast, where he had been visiting | |for the past 12 days with Mrs. Es- | ‘ quinaldo and his sister, Elba Es- | | quinaldo. | ! | Couple To Marry | Here Tonight | John G. Cormack, 22-year-old | (navy officer stationed at Key) West, and Alicia M. Domenech, | 21, will be married tonight at St. | Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic church, it was announced today. | “The ceremony will be per-| formed by the Rev. John J. Mur- | phy at 6:30 o'clock. | Haywood Hoeffer and Fay} Long, both 25, were married yes- | | terday by County Judge Raymond | R. Lord. | | Key West Players | To Give Dance | Something unusual in the line | entertainment is being of |planned by Key West Players. | This group will sponsor a “Hick | Hop” at La Concha “Hollar” on | Friday evening, August 1, 10} |p. m. | Persons attending this dance | | will be required to do so with-| A will | be presented. | WPA FORCES ON | DEFENSE JOBS| out coats, hats, collars, etc. (Ry Ansoctated Press) JACKSONVILLE, July 29.— | More than 65 percent of all Flor- | partly cloudy \ida WPA workers are employed | and Wednesday. on national defense projects, State Administrator Harkness has announced. Out of a total of 19,554 assign- ments, Harkness said, 12,707 per- sons were at work on airport, highway and other construction and service projects related to the defense program. Although drastic-reductions in were effected July 1 as a result of the jreduced work relief appropria- |tion, the administrator said de- fense project employment prob- |ably would not fall below the July level and would be greatly increased dur- ing the next few months. He de- |clared defense projects must be |given priority over non-defense | | projects and that no labor cuts }could be taken on existing pre- paredness projects. Harkness reported that total | expenditures of WPA and spon- | sor’s funds on defense ' projects | during the fiscal year ending June 30 aggregated’ $14,306,703. Work on airport and ‘airway | projects related to national de- jfense accounted for the largest | share—$6,756,524. Next largest | were expenditures on the con- {struction of public buildings, to- | taling $4,940,670. LABORERS ASKED (Continued from Page One) |hold a second vote. Previously, \they had turned down a proposal |that they return to work for 50 | cents an hour. While the strike continued into | \its sixth day, about 100 negro laborers were putting in their | second day of work at the Thurs- lton company since they ended {their walkout yesterday morning. Carpenters, who walked out in ‘sympathy with the laborers yes- | terday, were holding a continuous | open meeting; but were taking no action in the laborers’ strike... A | called meeting of the carpenters last night lasted only a - few minutes, and there Was no discus- sion of the walkout. | Transferred Spasms For some time now those mid- get cars have been furnishing fun for the columnists. The ticed one of them jumping along the street in a kangaroo-like man- ner and called to the driver, “What's the matter with that car?” “It’s all right, officer”, the reply. “I’ve got a touch of the hiccoughs. came little (sertion, in most cases| TO VOTE AGAIN) latest | story is that a traffic officer no-| Tll be ‘TWO DiveRUES | ARE GRANTED H, T. Russell has been granted a final divorce decree from Sybil G. Roberts, whom he charged with cruelty, Both are of Key West. John A, Williams, Key West, was granted décréd, divorcing him Sonia Cllatdberlain, ad- He charged de- dress unknown. Observation taken at 7:30 a. m, 75th Mer, Time (city office) Temperatures i 91} Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night 79 | Mean 85 | Normal 84 Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches .. 0.00 Total rainfall since July 1, inches 2 . 2.90 Deficiency since July 1, inches a 0.11 Total rainfall since Jan. 1, | inches . 28.53 | Excess since January .j, inches 11.76} Wind Direction and Velocity E—3 miles per hour Relative Humidity 16 % } Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today Sea level, 30.06 (1018.3 millibars) Tomorrows Almanac Sunrise 5:34 a. m. Sunset 7:13 p. m. Moonrise Noon | Moonset 11:50 p..m. Tomorrow's Tides | (Naval Base) AM. P.M. High 1:52 2:16 Low 8:11 8:14 FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Wednesday) Key West and Vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Wednés- day; light to moderate variable winds, mostly easterly. | and Florida: Generally fair continued warm tonight and Wednesday. | Jacksonville to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Light to moder- ate variable winds, mostly east- jerly over north portion; fair to weather tonight. COSTARS HAVE RETURNED HOME (Continued trom Page One) | tion held last week in that city. | | “We've never had a better time jon any trip”, said the Costars. “Although there were over 9,000 | persons registered for the conven- |tion, every person was taken care of and entertained splendidly by | the host club.” | Mr. and Mrs. Costar attendedy |the convention held last year in | Havana and to demonstrate their | jenthusiasm over this annual gathering of Lions from all over \the world, they are making ar- |rangements for their serva- |tions for next year’s meeting in Toronto, Canada. Accompanying the Costars ‘ to} New Orlea were thei?’ #8én, | Alvin and ni Miss Barbara | Adams of Miami. aia taaeepetgaiahi THE ANSWERS | “Who Knows?” on Page 2 1. June 22, 1941. | 2. Voleanic cone, near Tokyo, | | Japan. 3. Ye locks moved up one} hour on Easter Sunday, 1918. | 4. It celebrates the fall of the Bastille, a fortress-prison, cap- tured by Parisians on July 14, 11789, at the beginning of the French revolution. 5. September, 1940. 6. High cost of living. 7. About 5,000 a month. 8. Alaska. 9. No; the Suez Canal is nearly twice as long. 10, No; the first is in South Ameri¢a, the ‘sé¢ond on’ the west | coast of Africa. PIPPPTIPLLLLLLLOPLLL LLL 2 Ny MONROE THEATRE Eric Linden—Ann Doran in } CRIMINAL WITHIN and FOR BEAUTY’S SAKE John Wayne—Ona Munson in LADY FROM LOUISIANA | Also—Serial and Selected Short Subjects PRIZE NITE — TONIGHT TWu-PIECE DRESS DOUBLES AS SUIT At first rate buy is this two piece dress which also can be worn | a suit. It comes in soft wool with a mat finish in shades of deep | brown, black, green or blue. Modish is the short jacket with a slim- | | ming tucked bolero effect with just the proper amount of shoulder | | padding. | brown felt hat with a forward-dipping feather. The dress is set off by GOVERNOR CITES TAX STRUCTURE (Continued from Page One) lived in a back room and secured full exemption under the system that permitted $20,000 to $25,000 structures to escape un- der the homestead exemption. “In Pinellas and other coun- \erly over south portion and weste| ties, the assessors have found that “thousands were escaping personal property assessment under the $500 household goods exemption which under the sys- tem being replaced by these new | laws covers from $2,000 to as much as $5,000 worth of personal property in some counties. The Pinellas assessor advises his per- sonal property roll will jump from ‘less than $2,000,000 to $15,- 000,000 to $18,000,000. Similar reports are coming from assessors all over the state and I am here to tell you that these loyal pub- lic servants are going ahead and doing the job some folks said couldn’t be done. No wonder the millages are coming down. “Palm Beach county’s school board advises the school millage there will drop from 20 mills to five at most and possibly as low as four—and this in spite of in- creased enrollment. School Su- perintendent English reports school boards from all parts of the state are reporting reduced millages in full compliance with the spirit and the letter of the law”. The goverrior traced tory of-the new laws—pointing out ‘they*came.as.a mandate from the people. “I advocated type of tax revision, leading to tax justice for all, from every platform during the gubernato- rial campaign”, he said, “and a courageous legislature listened For Real Purity For Real Economy F Service old | the his-! this | Real Protection DELIVERED DAILY EVERYWHERE Thompson Enterprises INCORPORATED ICE DIVISION PHONE NO. 8 | a bright clip and double-brimmed | ]to the plea of our taxpayers for relief from ihe system under| which thousands paid double to| jmake up for $100,000,000 cancell- | }ed from the books in adjustments ‘and compromises over a decade”. | He pointed to stringent pro- | visions that will bring surer col- lection of taxes after they are jlevied—provision for good tax) titles and publication of names of | those who become delinquent. | He reiterated that those who have been paying their full share of the tax load have nothing tol jfear. “The only. way to reduce CARD OF THANKS We take this means of eypres: ing our sincere thanks to our friends and neighbors for the} many acts of kindness shown us during our recent bereavement, s of our beloved one, Jose We are grateful to those | ave the use of their cars and | to the donors of the lovely floral | | tributes and messages of sym- pathy | jly29-1t THE FAMILY. | ‘TRY IT TODAY— The Favorite in Key West STAR 4 BRAND CUBAN COFFEE | ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS | ROLLER SKATE 3 Southard Street | Keep Your Weight In Shape and Your ‘gees In Weight SESSIONS: 2:30 to 4:30 P. 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