The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 9, 1942, Page 2

PAGE TWO Che Key West Citizen, | THE € ZEN PUB ~ IN y By en | nd Publisher Business Mamager pm The Citizen Bullding Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe Cou &ntered at Key West, second class m: ciated Press The Assoc 1 Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also al news published here. “SUBSCRIPTION RATES jember of One Year Six Months Three Months One Mouth Weekly RTISING RATES de known on application. | CIAL NOTICE ' All reading notices, rds of thanks, resolutions of | »bituary notices, etc., will be charged for at | of 10 cents a line. { for entertainment by churches from which | venue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. | The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- | sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- | ing the days of the a MEMBER FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION, Fz) NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION ‘x THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- 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- promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. ‘ustice is very often on the side of the who ‘has the most money. ‘ea warfare is largely a matter of at- ng the enemy through the air first. Life presen s problems, including ; the way some people get and hold on io} their jobs, Man can never be made to function as } mere machines—as the Germans and Japs re.now finding out. It is sometimes pleas: vo contem- plate that time flies; on that account it | brings us quicker io peace. | ice | One man’s prediction avout the future } course of the war is as good as another's. | Go chead and make your prediction. | i. is utterly impossible for The Citizen to publish all the publicity matter seni in | for publication from various governmental | agencies. The best is done with the limited space available, The Nazis in Poland have ordered all | Poles to greet a German by tipping the hat to him, or if no hat is worn, to bow to him, | The Japs are demanding ihe same in the | conquered countries. There are two kinds of people with money. One kind pay their debts prompt- | ly,the other kind put off the payment until they are prod‘led. It takes no guess | know what kind is the more popular. ts to e sinkigdg of the “Maine” in Havana harlor in F eWruary, 1898, decided the des- iim of ihe United States in the Pacific for ithe-events arising from it played a part in iuaking us partners in the Asian Pacific. When the Berlin radio goes off the air, it is.a sure indication that hostile planes are hevering over German cities. This has happened quite frequently during the past | feW days. The power of the Allied air forces is being demonstrated and the Ger- mans are finding out how the British feit wheft they were so unmervifully bombed, only the Gérmans will not take as | heroically as our Allies, | at | discrimination | of last year. | scores and scores of times, | paragraphs published on the e-litorial page, | this or that paragraph was directed at him | personally. torial, we spoke about grocers who gouge, | of the Indian | of his disaproval of the British. STILL DISCRIMINATIVE | | | While residents, as The Citizen has said, will breathe a little easier because of the pegging of prices of foodstuffs, the fact should not be overlooked that there is still | against landlords the dates for fixing the ceiling in- in in each stance. Prices of food ean not exceed those that were charged between September 28 | ; and October 2 of this year, whereas rentals | are stabilized on the scale charged on Octo- | ber 1, 1941—one year ahead of the amounts placed on commodities. The OPA has representatives in Key | West and it should be their duty to give it | «. brief outline of the history of, this city for ! the last 10 years or so. Key West was de- | clared bankrupt; it was formally turned cver to the government for operation dur- | FERA, when Julius | Stone, the present county attorney, was at } the head of that governmental agency in | this state. Men, representing the federal govern- ment, had offices in the City Hall and fixed | the lines along which the affairs of ihe should be conducted. In those days houses could be rented | almost for the asking, and from then till the | reopening of the Naval Station rents con- | tinued at a low ebb. They were far from recovering the standard that prevailed here beicre the realty and, subsequently, the Stock Market crash in 1929, by October 1 True, rentals were far better than they had been for 12 years or so, bui | they had not reached the ceiling charged in normal times, Unquestionably, the owners of many rentable houses in Key West will suffer un- just financial losses if the October 1, 1941, | rental stabilization remains in force, and the main item that will contribute to the loss is setting them back a year behind the | date on which the prices of foodstuffs are | ixed. The Citizen, regarding the Finally, it has come to wherein this or that resident thought that So aiso, in The Citizen edi- | and grocer after grocer, judgirg from in- | formation The Citizen has received, thoughi the remark aimed at him per- sonally. was 3ut there was not anything personel about the editorial, unless a grocer’s con- science told him he was gouging. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN —si-2 i Ai I ces Chapter 26 Strange Night ‘HE next few hours were the strangest Julie had ever expe- rienced. Dawn, playing hostess, invited them to raid the kitchen and finish plans for the morning’s fishing trip. “I haven’t the faintest idea what we'll find to eat.” she chat- tered as they trailed after hr down the long hall to the lean-to kitchen at the back. “Dad usuz keeps some canned goods on hand and Arnaldo — Arnold — brought some fruit.” Julie pretended not to not. 2 the correction, answered smooth- ly. “Looks as if we wouldn’t starve,” and smiling, pointed t> the well-stocked shelves in the dark pantry. There was quite enough to last several people weeks. And plenty of signs that the kitchen had been used frequent- ly and recently. Someone, Julie decided as she perched on the searred kitchen table. munched a sandwich, had. been living here for some time. And more ‘than one person. “rome All the rest of the “aftetaoon ' as they wandered arofind the.de- serted grounds, Julie triéd to put the puzzle together. Dawn and Arnold never left them for a mo- ment. Kelland never appeared. Dawn, growing steadily more worn, more drawn under the strain, chattered incessantly laughed almost hysterically. Plans for the morning's fishing trip were laid carefully. The three men would leave shortly before day- light. It was to be Pete’s speciai| # assignment to get Kelland aside long enough to have a talk with him, try to persuade him to rea- sonableness. “Daddy admires you so, Pete,” Dawn said as she bid them good- night. “He’ll listen to you.” “Maybe. I'll do my best, any- way,” Pete promised, patted her shoulder with clumsy tenderness. What must Pete think of all this, Julie wondered. He’d been! in love with Dawn himself. Per- haps he still was. It must be hurt- terribly. ulie was to have a front bed room. You're right across from me. darling.” Dawn said, leading the way upstairs. “Nothing 1s vei+ fancy—but you'll be comfortable. Kelland, Julie decided must be in a third bedroom at the end of the hall. Pete was to share the fourth. and last. room w Arnold. That was Dawn's — Arnold’s—plan, anyway. Pete uz set it carelessly. “Thanks. any wouldn't think of dist Mount. Got my_ sleep in the car and I’d much pre! stretching it und-r a tree. if yo don’t mind.” Visitor A®NOLD did mind, pretty ob- viously, but there was nothing | much he could do save offer to FAST VERSUS FAST After all, we may have been too quick to condemn Mahatma Gandhi as a leader | people. Everybody recalls his famous fast some years ago, expressive It seems that some Indians, at least, follow his, ex- ample. The other day, students at Sind Col- lege, at Karachi, went on a strike against | the arrest of two Congr Party leaders, as well as other measures. The head of the | college announced that he and most of his staff would begin a fast “urto death” unless | the students returned to normal work and | stopped picketing and striking. | The students, not to be outdone, | promptly called a meeting and announced | that they were going to start a fast and | keep fasting until the college authorities | abandoned their fast. We have no way of forecasting outcome of this situation, but one result ought to be a conclusive judgment upon the efficacy of fasting in overcoming op- position. the THE WORLD “DO MOVE” Two hundred leading bankers and fi- nancieis of the country recently heard Rebert J. Lovett, sistant-Secretary of War for Air, pay tribute to the mechanical | ability of Russian workmen and laud the ‘effort uf Russia’s Army in holding the Ger- Mans at bay. This item reveals that the world “do move.” Imagine bankers and financiers | listening to praise of the Reds and Com- munists two years ago, when the words were epithets to be thrown at any individual ‘who.advanced a distasteful proposal. Bankers and financiers are realists of | Uhe first order. They understand very thoroughly that the Red Army is fighting a - vattle which will decide-the fate of bankers | and financiers outside the A'xis world. { drive Pete back to the highway Julie heard them go with strange misgiving. Nothing could happen to Pete, of course. The man wouldn’t murder him in cold blood. She tried to laugh at her- self. Still, she was glad when, a few minutes later, she heard two cars return, heard Pete’s voice. Slipping into the nightie Dawn had loaned her, Julie blew out the smoky kerosene lamp, tried to open the windows. Only one gave reluctantly under her push- | ing. The other two held fast. Their locks, she discovered, nailed shut. Funny. She slipped into the creaking ed, grateful for the chance relax and think a way through the tangled maze of the day’s hap- Penings. But the ining didn't, last long. Her exhausted yout body demanded—and got, sleep. How long she’d been asleep she didn’t know. But something wakened her. She sat bolt upright, her heart pounding, unable to think for the moment where she was or what had happened. An- other sound. And she realized r = = 2x4 - 4x4 - 3x4 TURPENTINE In Your Container “Complete Line of BUILDING HARDWARE and PAINT” LIND LUMBER PHONE 71 Simonton and Division Streets aveADESETAGNETEL ETHAN TAL AGAET TO AaN LEENA GLEEUUAET AGUNG TEMPAD PRESSWOOD that there was someone in her room. “Don’t be alarmed, Julie. It’s Dawn!”—a faint whisper, from a ghost-white figure moving grop- ingly across the room toward the bed. “Heavens, you -startled mel!” Julie let go her breath: “Sh! They’ll hear us.” Dawn fumbied for the edge of the blankets. “Let me in. I must talk to you.” Her words scarcely audible, Dawn slipped quickly into the big bed beside Julie, lay shivering violently although the night was warm. Julie’s arm went around her instantly. “What’s the matter. Dawn.” “You must get out of here. Quick. Get Pete to go too. You are both in danger.” Julie. tensed. “But Why. Dawn?” “I can’t explain. Just go. Now Tomorrow will be too late.” “Why can't you explain?” Dawn shook her head. Agains! her cheek, Julie felt tears, fel: Dawn’s tiny form convulse with sobbing. When ‘she could control her- self again, Dawn whispered, “Pete won't come back alive from that fishing trip. Now — please. Gc while you stil}-have time.” HadIn A Vise JouE shogk her head. “Not until you tell#me what this is ali about.” "I can’t Julie. I can’t. Just be terribly careful. He has spies everywhere. If you get to your car, drive fast. Take the left fork after the bridge, double back along the river. He won’t know the roads well enough to follow you if you get any head start a nh” of what" “Why should he want to follow us?” ““He knows you suspect some thing’ He can’t afford to let you oe Julie took a plunge in the dark “Arnold is an enemy agent isn’t he, Dawn?” The girl stiffened, lay perfect- ly quiet. “How did you know?’ “And this isn’t an elopement is it? You despise him. You think he has some hold on you Dawn Don’t you?” No response save a dry sob. “You know that he is respon | ible for that awful forest fire that | cost you most of the good timber | on your place. You knew that the fire served as a beacon for a sub- | marine. That an American tanker and twelve seamen went down be- tause of it?” Julie waited. After a moment, a faint, “Yes—I know.” “All right. Tell me all about it.’ The story came piecemeal, dis- | connected. almost incoherent at j times. But Julie managed to put ther until the whole pic e gradually into focus. © 1s really Arnaldo de .”" Dawn said. “I met | him in Cannes the first year I was abroad. I thought he was a mar- quis. That I would be a marchesa So I married him.” Julie nodded, waited for her to Bo on. “He had no title. He be- longed to some political party. Al- ways schemes—intrigues. I hated him. He only wanted me for a blind.” Footsteps sounded somewhere at the back of the house. The door from the kitchen slammed shut. A man came heavily up the stairs. of my room! It will be too late then!” Julie felt her own heart stop as the footsteps approached the door, slowed, stopped, and then went on. Minutes later, Dawn whispered. “I hate him. I despise him. I am afraid of him, Julie.” “But why? He has no right Dawn shook her head. “He has our. chi ‘chu “A ti I thought my plan was perfect, lulie gasped. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9. 19 |USO COMMITTEE TO MEET TONIGHT The Entertainment Committee DAYS GONE BY of the USO, 1021 Duval operated by the National C HAPPENINGS ON THIS DATE lic Community Service, will TEN YEARS AGO AS TAKEN |FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN | - Today In History a meeting at the Cactus Terrace. 725 Division street, at 7:30 o'clock this eveniiag. Pein a3 of eae ae Golf; All members of the committee | ciub, m roldsmith, i | Watkins, Robert F. Spottswood, |S'© Teauested to attend. H. M. Norton, Joe Lopez and es |Lionel Plummer, returned today’ Mildred Davidson To ;from Miami, where they were |defeated yesterday in a tourna-/ Wed Wra. Jaycocks ment played against the Biltmore! a ' County Judge Raymond Lord has issued a marriage Golf Club. Captain Thomas James, USN,|cense to William G. Jaycocks, of arrived today from Portsmouth,;Key West, and Miss Mildred E. !!" N. H., where he is stationed, to! Davidson, of Hardaway, Fla. tira spend a month here visiting! They ‘will be marricd tomor members of his family. row by ihe Rev. Arthur B. Dim- —__. jmick, rector of St. Paul’s Epis- Ro« A delegation of Cubans from | copal Ck.urch. Cuba arrived today to partici- wa RETURN TO CITY pate in El Grito de Yara celebra- | Mrs. Archie Albertus and tion that is being held in this city by local Cubans. According to a Weather Bu-) grandson, Wayne, who had been reau advisory, a disturbance of spending several months in Ho- considerable intensity is 100;boken, N. J., have returned t 'd YOO-HO0 « F | miles northeast of Belize, British|Key West. they yous Honduras. The storm is report-; Mrs. Alloertus reports having Healthy, nice-looking girls rate that attention? ied moving in a northwardly di-j/had a very enjoyable trip, hav- Beewsy, site are seldom, attractive. You ;Tection, and caution is advised ing visited other points while Bt, for prove: foods. VINOL with ice !vessels in the southeastern Gulf|enroute home. amie i oe 4 . ‘. ' ¥ ds hi le of Mexico and also in the Flor- enveantiog VINOL. va VINOL lida Straits. ' Oriental Pharmacy 1905 for the first two weeks of this c= | month. Word was received here today that 6,300 yards of cloth has been shipped from mills in North Carolina to Key West for distri- bution by the Red Cross among the needy in this city. Adedadetatadadedndndntadadnde nda LOPEZ Funeral Service { Established 1885 2 Licensed Funeral Directors ¢ and Embalmers { 24-Hour Ambulance Service ¢ Samuel B. Pinder and the Bible |) PHONE 135 NIGHT 696 ¢ Class of; ‘the First ; Methodist| @OOOO* Oe eseesnemet Church Jaield vices yesterday YYwwwwwwwwwwwwwwew in the county jail yard for the TRY If TODAY... benefit of the inmates of that in-| The Favorite In Key West stitution. STAR « BRAND CUBAN COFFEE on SALE at ALL GROCERS aeeeeeese ————— Tommie’s SKATING RINK SUMMER SESSIONS Afternoons: - Thurs already and Sat., 2:30 - 4:30 His Every Evening: 8:00 - 10:30 p.m Ladies Invited SKATE for HEALTH’S SAKE sons Phone 9116 Robert J. Mitchell and James Cloonan, who had been confined in the county jail, were given bus fares today by Sheriff Niles, 2 together with orders to town and not to return.” leave |. The mayor said today that this jis the last day on which automo- ibiles may be driven with old (city license plates without sub- jecting drivers to arrest. Arrests will begin tomorrow, it was an- nounced. Alfredo yesterday Funeral The La services for Avila, 66, were held afternoon in the Lopez Home in Bahama street Rev. Louis Oser, pastor of Trinided Church, officiated Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Whalton,; Funeral who had been here two weeks visiting relatives, left yesterday for Miami, where they will re- main a week before going to Kingston, Jamaica, in which place Mr. Whalton is field superinten- dent for the Pan-American Air- ways. The Citizen in an ‘agraph today says “President Hoover knows that he is defeated friend, Mark Sullivan, an astute politician, has slipped that infor- mation to his pals in politics” editorial Tues. It was announced today that {the sum of $2,000 has been al- lotted Monroe county to take jeare of the unemployment relief | The Telephone is V. TAL to the Communication Needs of this "War Busy” Nation “Oh, Julie! If he finds me out | girl. When I left Italy, | that I could trust the servant who® was to bring Elta to me. Arnaldo found out about it. Elta’s safety = we sword he hangs over my ead.’ Zo be continued —_ PER PER $185 SLE Y COMPANY Key West. 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