The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 16, 1941, Page 2

_ Vastly increased t “Key West is making the establishment of a od park here a matter of first renk im- portance, The sport has been picking up steadily this summer, and has reached a point now where the Island City League can put to- . Under present... conditions. || the local team eanni other squa Hey West, because there is. no method of collecting enough monéy at the park to meet even a small guarantee, If some method of financing a grand- stand were worked out, fenced, loca) baseball enthusiasts are con- fident they could make the game pay, as well as providing entertainment for the many people here who are fond of sports. _ Some of the baseball players also be- lieve that Key West would stand a good chance of getting at least a minor league club here for Spring training if the city could offer the team a reasonably good field, With city and county treasuries scl = if LRT * Y of thanks, resolutions of ete., will De oharged for at feared abs nia’ hifro™_hlch ni 2, ts an bd facies and invites discus- jects of local or general anonymous communi- in at THE KEY WEST CITIZEN thusiasts aren’t likely to geta mueh more pe et 45 {| | financial help in the near futures 5. 4 th and print it Establishment of a ball park is some- without fear and without favor; never be || thing to wonkfor, though, and it ought to afraid to attack 1 or to/applaudl right; || be Kept in mind by the city and county law- always fight for ; never be the or- | / makers. gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the . public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue, commend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that Will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- EDUCATION THE BUSINESS OF YOUTH Millions of Americans, boys and girls, young men and young women, are con- tinuing their education this fall schools, colleges and universities of the nation. promise with principle. Some of these students, no doubt, have eo rf | been seriously impressed with the troubles > oe sain > | that beset the world. By contrast, their pursuit of learning represents inaction in the midst of a crisis. Some of them have reached the conclusion that there are other ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN i =|} Wie wad sewecie. things more important than the pursuit of nt ie A ducation, ~ 2. er : : a prieipe Ha’ aig The editor of The Citizen would like "| & Awperts—Land ei Sea. to go on record in opposition to such an | 6. Consolidation of County and City Gov- idea. The world has had troubles galore er ernments, : in the past and will face great problems in be eh oe * Modern tal, the future. The work of grappling with id | i tng the ills of mankind can be left, for the A Lc LT CT een tenet * It is reported that Oil Co-ordinator © Tekes has a 500,gallon gasoline tank in his back yard, Wait till Westbrook Pegler + hears about this!’ Maybe the tank is empty. present at least, to mature human beings. Our young people will do well to continue the development of their personality by seeking to acquire wisdom. After all, character building is largely the work of youth, By the time the aver- age man or woman reaches maturity, prin- ciples have been accepted which later in fluence the activities of life. There is no be Mussolini at last, according to the . Photos released: from the Russian front > where he and Hitler had another one of © their pow-wows, is seen with his chin down, | substitute for the formative period of life > apparently a much disillusioned man, and no time is lost that results in the de- = velopment of character. Correspondent Guy Carleton ap-| While the individual is ‘inclined to = Parently doesn’t believe there should be a | ponder what-the world considers its great ~ ceiling in salaries. Unhappily, he has problems, the student should remember placed himself in theeompany of those who | that the average life is concerned for the - donot believe in a ceiling tor wages. What | most part with questions that are of rel- ~~ is sauce for the goose, should also be.sauce atively small importance. Yet, the prin- s' the gander, eed ; ciples an individual aecepts and uses in ap- The British a ting a 1 per cent | plication to the smaller’ préblems of life ° ‘ ST : are the same whieh must be‘applied to the = pri gegen eT retain ter | larger issues that*confront tiunkind. . oo igi We trust that the ‘students of Ke there is considerable criticism that money x . y should be taken at the expense of a poten- ~ tial military ally, England will demand © this iniquitous imposition until Uncle Sam ~ squawks, and squawks goods and plenty. SSS3FSSR2 rom eracesm mam ais a a to ‘bh ani will not lose interest in their studies under | the false impression that they are not im- portant. Proper preparation for life itself is the most serious business that can con front youth. No one should fail to take advantage | of every opportunity to become a more in- telligent human being. Certainly, the future of the United States would suffer great damage if all young people would , Most of us believe that this country ~ will never be invaded by an enemy. Why = then do we need such a large army? Is it ~ for the purpose of fighting in and for other countries? It appears that way. Promises _ that the boys will not be sent overseas don’t | *.mean anything. Wasn't the solemn promise | E given them that the induction was only for .. the period of & year? Is that promise being ae : # ’ davernment officials ate warning: in effect that the, people canngt, spend their - pei 9 sg ae and go into debt without “.precipitating a price inflation. In other “.words sur spendthrift Administration “wants us to save our money so it can do the - spending, The New Dealers are engaged in © another volte face—the slogan first was “Spend for Prosperity.” Many followed “that unwise injunction, instead of the ». philosophie advice te save for the inevitable rainy day, advocated by all economists 4 immemorial until] the New rs n sight. Now the experi- us to do what should | time to “more serious matters.” 1,854 PLANES IN AUGUST ‘Phe production of military, aircraft. in August was up to 1,854, or 394 more than in July. OF DMLIETO. This is encouraging but it merely rep- resents a good start to the 50,000-a-year goal. Just the same, when new plants be- BAA TT] sees? up rapidly, month is no great miracle but it is a sign of waat will be done in the future. After fm ae mass-production program underway and American industry will demonstrate its comes to an end, - [iomather caste wah ALC. CIA and the « park | their present condition, thé “baseball en- | in the | West now beginning their scholastic work | | neglect their education under the mistaken | impression that they must devote their | i ae Di aia gin to produce planes the figures will move |. Less than two thousand planes a superiority before the fighting in the air | plant. a tS B YESTERDAY: For Anne Willard and Blaze Sher- wood, ‘marooned in the Asiatic Sy Baga been slowly starv- ‘tng. But now their Pete Mackey, is back in a plane and they are safe. The odd thing is that Anne had thought Pete dead, and that his return has led her almost as much as it ymade her joyful. tetas so ~o< Chapter-18 §, O) @Shéewooil' Gone ‘ Bazs might have known that nO desert could stop me,” he pcbiee. “I told him I'd be back in six days and because I took | eight was no cause for him to give up hope.” “You told him what—when—” j She stammered, and sat down quickly, He dropped down. beside boa’ offering her a chocolate bar and a flask of milk. She shook her head. “T seem to have lost the habit. Tell me——” es you're starving.” He tore @ paper covering of thi chocolate, : : “Am 1?” She nibbled .at the sweet indifferently and sipped the milk. “Tell me about that night.” | “You mean after your lights went out and Blaze sat there } Weak as a tipsy turkey? Didn't he | tell you about it?” “Not a word,” she said. i pees pede xing of grue- | some, began reluctantly. “I [hd tip an, i | ! . you know and thé Wow" fought—that soldier who | Was left to watch the camp a } while longer after the others had | Bone. So. I traded eoats with him she had a fine new khalat—and I took him off and buried him be- i fore I went. I figured ——” “But why didn’t Blaze tell me this?” Anne asked piteously. “As I said, it was bloody, and | I guess he wanted to save you} the horror. Maybe I shouldn't be | mentioning it now,” he recol- lected hastily, persisting in his | belief that she referred to the| | killing of the soldier, Evidently | | Blaze had not informed him that he had let her think the soldier’s | &rave was Mackey’s, She caught his arm. “Tell me | everything that happened that | night after—my lights went out— hi | a8 you word it.” “That's about all,” he protested, “ft buried the fellow before I left, | Thad his camel and all his equip- ment, and a straight road to Shani | Lun as the camel flies, if only I | had sense enough to keep from } getting lost. You know the ryt | Blaze and I talked it over. We ! figured six days at the ; would get me back here, | | . “Say, 1 must get busy. I’ve a! pouple hours work on the plane.” He looked into the tent. “I'll pack Blaze’s stuff first. He said for me | to. bring it to. him after I take! you to your father’s camp. He doesn’t know how long he'll be in Hami — sent you something.” Mackey began searching through | his pockets and: brought out aj folded envelope, handed it to her went inte the .ent to pack; “TH get a larger plane and come back for these swell rugs and of silk,” he called. K he only half heard him, intent on opening the missive from | Blaze. A leaf from a notebook | was wrapped around a_ little | stack of gold pieces. Anne let, them drop as if they were live! coals and hastily read the note. It | was short—without beginning or | ending—and written so swiftly as to be barely legible. ‘ Sorry 1 can’t. see you again. No time to spare, Needed in the capital at once. Will write later. Guard the dagger. Do as Pete tells you. Love. Blaze. | New Desertion | gz could not believe it at first. i Money and the casual state- | ment—will write later. What did | he think ‘the money would do? What had he told Pete Mackey? She looked up. Mackey stood in the opening of the tent, most | | } le “Wik xe please come pack that | dagger?” he asked, and then add- a ie 3 ly had a word with uree one, Bivate. And bah bs ic to! Away. Something about shy-a Naz” Frantic to get away! Something about the treasure city! She stared at him blankly. What did it mean? What was Blaze try- ing to do to her now that they had been rescued? But then she suddenly realized he had known all along that they would most likely live. He had kept still and let her draw her } own conclusions—even to the be- lief that death was inevitable for them. How amusing it must have been to wateh her despair—her surrender. | , Amne rose and stood gazing at | the distant mountains. Life must still be lived. Pete was taking her to her father’s camp. She was the.same girl she had been before she met Blaze Sherwood. She was ‘still her parents’ daughter on her first commission to share their work, Blaze had given her back to herself with a bang. She was her own woman again. He ‘had Joyalty. to her parents. ot mance returned. to Pete who with his curious, lively eyes. “What happened to your Plane?” she asked. “Nothing much.'A few wires Mdkin~ eoy dees... |lage of. reed huts interspersed solved her problem in regard to|% id. continued to regard her | An “Hardly. Pll have it repaired in a couple of hours.” j She went into the tent and picked up. the dagger. from where | it lay on a bale of silk, recalling | how. Blaze had refused to touch | it—more inviolate than her per- | son, | Pete went to the plane and re- | turned with his hands full of) oranges. | “Eat some of these and take a | nap while I work on the ship,” | he begged. i She found that the food did | make her drowsy, but first. she | wrote a note to rwood on the back of his own message and placed it with the gold in the same envelope. y “You're under no obligation | to.me,” she wrote, “IL agree with | you—love is unbor if this - were love. The fact that I {| thought Pete dead and you knew he lived—and yet kept still, is, I suppose, just another way of surrending to Destiny. Anne. | When Mackey was ready he | promised, “I'll have you with your - mother in twenty minutes, and—” | he added with a smile, “—there'll | be no wreck this time.” He helped her to her place and took his, turning to her a trifle em- barrassed; “By the way, what shall we tell the people at your , camp?” “As little as possible” she re- plied handing him the note for | Sherwood and fastening the col- lar-ofsher coat stitigly about her throat. “I am ready to go.” He nodded and yet took time | to say, “I forgot to tell you that the lama.got a message through to Shani Lun the same day I ar- rived. So we'd have been rescued (capturing sharks to be sold’?'to! | the anyhow.” She managed a faint smile and met his eyes. “Nevertheless you're still a hero,” “Something tells me you’re one too—and Blaze. I’m proud of all of us. I only wish—” Seeing her expression, he made a little ges- ture of helplessness and started the motor. Philip Oliver ! ST IN \¥S GONE BY) ftaigctlids' Ge Tile Daisel Years Ago As Taken From Monroe county schools, in spite of a four-mill reduction in their levy, will receive .$18,457 more this year than last, eu ing to figures presented t6 €ouny ty commission last night. ¥ There will be available for the eurtént school -year; $90,187, in contrast: to $71,729spent by the schools in the last year. | Carpenters and construction. company officials today had iron- ed out their wage dispute over work to be carried out on the new postoffice. The crapenters agreed to con- tinue to work for 80 cents an hour, the figure they have been! receiving. Paul Archer was named second assistant chief of the fire depart-; ment at a meeting of the board | jJast night. Archer will work/ under Charles Olivieri, who is| first assistant to Chief Harry Baker. The three candidates for the post were Arehier, ‘who drew: 11 votes; Leroy Torres, who was' given eight, and Charles: Al+ bury,’ three: f Hooks, harpocns and nets’ will be used by local ‘fishermen”''for Ocean Leather company, which recently established a camp in Key West. The first of the fishermen to go after sharks left in two boats today. They are expected skin the sharks as they caught, remaining at sea until} the boats are loaded with skins. | APIDLY they approached the he Citi t R foothills leading to the tower- |, Une Citizen, in an ing Bekkan Bula peaks, spiéd the | S@!¢: little cottonwood grove and wil- Tax Collector Maloney be- ow fringed spring beside which | lieves it will be necessary to the Fupedition’s camp was situ-* ated. They circled a couple of times and sat down on the bare Space between the living quarters , prosecute no one to collect state | and county occupational taxes. He thinks and the dig where men were quent will pay rather than take | working, People came running from directions, Two white women darted out from the big mess hut in the center of the camp which was laid out like a circular vil- with Mongolian felt yurtas sur- rounding a courtyard with a few cottonwood trees in the center. The, women were dressed alike in Jshaki field clothing. | with ing heart, “and the other must be Beth Huff. But Diana Martaine should at least be stand- ing in the doorway looking bored and beautiful.” Except for Philip Oliver, Anne had never met the members of her | father’s staff in this present ven- | local office while Grover Kirk- | ture. She knew Dr. Martaine and | land, local manager, is vacation- | Larry Huff and their young wives only through her mother’s let- ters:and the snapshot pictures that had been sent her. She had looked life so perfectly according to re- port, and she was frankly curious about Diana Martaine. Diana was the daughter of the wealthy man | who financed the expedition. | with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. “Why she should push her hus. | J. L. Watrous, left yesterday for Sand and herself into this Ex- | Cuba. pedition is a mystery to me,” | Mrs. Willard wrote. “She’s a con- firmed flirt and belongs on the stage, rather than in an arehaeol- | ogists’ dig. She makes passes at all the men including your fa- | ther. But young Larry Huff seems | to be taking her seriously. How- ever, his wife's red-headed so I | know it will turn out all right.” | Philip Oliver came forward and | caught Anne's. hands and kissed her quickly—the first kiss he had ever given her. Their courtship | was a letter affair. | To Anne’s surprise one of the | women in khaki proved to be | Beth, the other Diana. Nor had | her father appeared with the men. | “Where are father and mother?” i she_ asked. { “With the Nagaras,” answered | Philip. “Didn’t’ you know that?” | Anne’s heart sank. She told them of the note she had received from her father. “Are they held | prisoners?” She remembered Sherwood had hinted at such a thing. “In a way,” Philip admitted. | “They're held until you bring | the dagger,” Larry ex- | plained. He was a blond young man with a dimple in his ehin and twinkling blue eyes, “I don’t | think it's anything to worry | about.” | “Will they be brought home | : now?” she persisted. | ane a will come and ¢ you to them, r ‘ip-interrupte, have you been all this ne 44 “We vel a ber Anne, “This is same pi there come in an enemy plane.” She introduced Pete Mackey and was seem to bring bad luck.” { angpten | | BUSY PLANT | | MEMPHIS, Tenn—Otto F. | Wohirath’s: flower plant blooms {on a 24-hour-a-day shift. By all, the United States is just getting its | grafting, Wohlrath has succeed-|There’s a special reason why ied in producing both pink and | white night-blooming cereus and, the defense program is.) fine. a red Christmas eactus on one The cereus bloom at night and the eactus in the day- time. introduced to the others. ‘ To be continued DEFENSE SWELL iMy Associated Press) ROTHVILLE, Mo, Sept. 16— Rothville school children think Priorities prevented a lterday to take charge of the, jand Palm Beach on a_ business} forward to meeting Beth Huff, the | trip, during which he will study | fiery little girl who fit into the | the mandamus action of the su-! i: r ‘re a chance of being arrested, He’s all | doubtlessly right, proving that effort | delin- no real Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Cruz, 1121} mother,” thought Anne (Stickney Lane, have announced! the birth of a girl Saturday. I. Personals—C. T. Cofield of} in Chester, Mass, 60, years ago. ‘Western Union arrived here yes- | + 8) STICK TO YOUR JOB! TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1941. Today’s Birthdays | Louise A. Boyd of San Rafael, | Judge T. Alan Goldsborough/ the life will of the U. S. District Court of the | District of Columbia, born i ang | Greensboro, Mad., 64 years ago. Dr. Pericival Hall, president. of | | Gallaudet in College, Cal., noted explorer and author, | born there, 54 years ago, 4, ; x Washington, | edtorial, Dp. C., born in Georgetown, D. C.,| 169 years ago. Today’s Horoscope Today's temperament is too impulsive, fanciful and enthus- jastie, unless carefully kept Well handled, be fortunate though perhaps not free from trouble; but if the natural rov- ing instinct asserts itsélf, it will be a case of the “rolling stone”. within bounds. Subscribe to The Citizen, 20¢ weekly. TRY IT TODAY— { Prof, Ellsworth Huntington of | The Favorite in Key West Francis B. Davis, Jr., president this tax could have been collect- | 0f U. S. Rubber, New York, bor ed with almost no trouble at all;in Ft. Edward, N. Y., 58 years) months ago and that simply because [was made- to have tHe | quents pay”. it wasn’t 280. James Cash Penney of New. A(lbert) E, Thomas ‘ork, of New noted playwright, license | Yale, famed geographer, born in} every delin- Galesburg, Ill., 65 years ago. | York, merchant, born in Hamil-| ton, Mo., 66 years ago. born | If You Can Walk You Can Skate i ! STAR % BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS Southard Street Keep Your Weight In Shepe and Your Shape In Weight | SESSIONS: 2:30 to 4:30 P. M. 300 to 10:30 P.M. - SHOE SKATES FOR SALE We Teach You How To Skate ing. . Attorney J. Lancelot Les-., ter left yesterday for Miami preme court involving Key West | -Warren Watrous of Havana, | spent several weeks here! 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