The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 18, 1942, Page 3

chi he, taq las§t two years has thifough a Hollywood-Cinderella ris in British boxing, PDNESDAIY, NOVETITEN 18, 1942 . ay | VARTIME ‘GO’ WITH AMERICAN CHAMPS By GLADWIN HILL = [CITY CAGE LEAGUE ide ‘World Features HONDON, Nov. 18—Hearken,, | CONTESTS TONIGHT olde tyme followers of Phaint- | g Phil Scott and Tommy ‘Farr, | tidings of Britain’s outstand-; 3 fistic offering of the present y, yclept Freddie . Mills, de- ibed by partisans as “a sec- ld Mickey Walker—only strong- ” and aspirant to the mantle} Joe Louis. ‘That last may sound far- cched, but so have been some: Uncle Mike Jacobs’ matches Louis—viz. Johnny Pay- eck.) reddie Mills is a dark, eurly- red good-looking youngster of |" Billy Conn type who in the surged up A tripleheader among teams f the Island City Basketball ‘League is on tap for tonight at the High School Gymnasium. The opening battle will fea- jture the Varsity B five and Fort Taylor at 7 o'clock. The Varsity A will tackle the }Elks: Club et 8 o'clock and an phour after the Air Station Boots wil meet the Air Station Officers. Ineresting exhibition are prom- ised all who attend. manag- ing, in tandem with a career as sergeant physical instructor in the RAF, to become at the age | of -only ‘23 the British-recognized | world ‘light-heavyweight cham- pion, as ‘well as virtual British | defense against Notre Dame heavyweight champion, having!was the finest these eyes have decisively walloped the title ever seen. tolder Len Harvey in a technic- The Czdets were faced by 2 allv non-title fight. passer whom many regard as} The American-recognized light- ine best in the land. Yet this; heavyweight champ is Gus Les-. whiz, Angelo Bertelli, could com- nevich, which presents an inter-' plete only four of 18 passes for | By DILLON GRAHAM Wide World Sports Editor | NrW YORK, Nov. 18.—Army’s national ‘problem—a problem a miserable total of “22 yards. | which Mills would like to solve That, Bud, is whet I call de- by beating Lesnevich. This ap-» fense. parently is impossible, for Gus is in the U. S. Navy. | There are two methods of de-} fense against the aerial game. ; Rita’s smile faded as she looked at the envelope. 1 fe GWES | 4NOTICE GF)APPLACATION FOR | TAX. | (Senate Bi No. 163) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That {George Jay Strick holder of Tax Certificate No. 5 issued the 2nd day of September, A. D. 1940, has | fitea same in my office and hat 1 made application fora tax deed to! Highest last 24 hours be issued thereon. Said certificate embraces.the following described property ‘in the County of Monroe, State of Florida, to-wit | Lot 27, Sqr. 6, Tr. 30, D5-60, as 1 recorded in Monroe County Rec- ords. The assessment of the said prop- erty under the said. certificate is- ;sued was in the inathe af Drug Co. Tampa. i j Observation taken at 8:30 a. mM. held 10( PAGE THREZ WEATHER a0 | AVIARY MOVIE | GOSFORTH, Bng.—England’s jsmallest cinem: a converted iback garden which once “ love It belongs EW.T. (City Office) to Nicholas Fra nd is the pride of his ll-year-old daugh- 80} ter. Lowest last night 72} fede jMean - 76} Hopkins pre | Normal ; 74/ of workers t Rainfall, 24 hours ending | eoee | Unless said certificate shali be re-| | deemed according to law,-the prop- erty described thetein will be sold to \the jhighest. bidder at the court ; house door! on the first Mon- jday in the month af December, 1942, j | Ross .C Sawyer Clerk of Circuit Court of Monroe) | County, Plorida. nov4-11-18-25,1942 NOMICE OF APPLICATION POR TAX DEED (Senate Bill No. 163) NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN, That George Jay Stri holder Tax Certificate 2nd day of September, A. D. 1940, has filed same in my office and has made app'ication for a tax deed to be issued thereon. Said certificate jembraces the following described property in the County of Monroe, | State of Florida, to-wit: Lot 25, Sar. 6, Tr. 30, C2-137, as recorded in Monroe County Ree- ords, The assessment of the said prop- erty under the said certificate is- nu i name of Maleen aian, et al. Unlesssaid jcertificate shall jredeemed according to law, property described therein will ibe be ‘| sold to tne highest bidder at the court nouse door on the first Mon- day in the month of Ivecember, 1942, which is the 7th day of December, 1942. Dated this 4th day of November, the |storm warnings have been issued 0.00/STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE TRIUMPH 8:30. a. m., inches Total rainfall since Nov. 1, inches 0.38 Deficiency since Nov. 1, COFFEE . inches 114 Total rainfall since Jan. 1, MILLS inches 2688; AT ALL Deficiency since Jan. 1, GROCERS inches Relative Humidity H , 83% are ae oo Where can I rent unset 739 p. m ag * Moonrise 4:55 p.m every fiction best- Moonset 4:46 a. m.| seller? Tomorrow's Tides | (Naval ge ae Where can I buy High Tide wr ny : 8:45 am. 2:10 am. “Gone with the 8:39 p.m 2:02 p.m Wind” ‘for only FORECAST 50c? Key West end Vicinity: Con- " ss es tinued mild tonight Where is Key West's a Continued mild to- Sih inilasiide it — “hz . Hatteras, N. C., to Apalachi- Children’s Books? cola, Fla: No small craft or IF You'Re Loonie Fon LOW SCHOOL MARKS CAUSE SUICIDE Prefers ‘Go’ With Joe i Then Mills, who, at a current weight of 185, hops back and forth between light-heavy and heavyweight classes as _facilely as Winston Churchill changes hats, would like to have what our English call a “go” with the Brown Bomber. But Joe, like Lesnevich, isn’t fighting these days. They have something in com- mon, because Freddie is known as the Bournemouth Bomber, Bournemouth being a_ coastal town. | There is a story that Freddie, infatuated with pugilism from his short-pants days, was _peer- ing down through the skylight of a Bournemouth boxing hall when his 15-year-old visage was espied by a horizontal fighter just } coming to on the canvas below, who was so impressed by Fred- die’s interest that he helped him get started on his»fighting ca-! reer. ‘ The story is generally accepted as romantic hyperbole—the truth | seems to be that Mills actually | was hanging around the ringside when ¢ friendly manager offer- ed him guidance—but its exist- ence is an indication of the Ho- ratio-Algerian aura surrounding Freddie's career. In English boxing, which al- though a national institution sel- dom attracts crowds of more than 5,000, there is not the well- defined ladder to success of gold- en gloves, the tank-town circuit, and eagle-eyed promoters waiting to lift likely youngsters out of the preliminaries. The traditional testing-ground is “the booths’—the challenge- all-comers rings of carnivals and You can concentrate on rushing the passer or on covering the receivers. Of course, you try a little of both simulteneously but i Chapter One Mysterious Correspondence LD Jed Bowers a good write-up of the struggling,; and chide him for forgetting tc pionees crams ace Sas come home for lunch. ing industry. He’ ave to stop |his work long enough to read it—| ene Nene you stress one or the other. Most smiled once a day. bres test would be some- Ree Eats he coach meneven the ae aie as eee was Pc Disaster ‘on the: Way jae hair and telitale lines, his Bud is to rus! ie pants of ectly timed with the , | face was young when he smiled— the passer. It’s hard to pass ac-} chattering stop of his} AS SHE backed the station) as young as his eager, purposeful leyes. She dropped the magazine curately when several burly boys ere coming at you full force with you to earth. A thrower is oft-| en pretty fagged out after a pe- riod or so of battering about. Coach Red Bleik of Army’ pond, the California sun glinting elected to take his chances on} in her honey-gold hair and her covering the receive: It was brown velvet eyes smiling a wel-|a_ hy a smart decision. For no pitch- come. er in college football gets the On his circuitous route for protection Coach Frank Leahy} provides for Bertelli. Rushers | seldom get to him end it is a rare thing for him to be bowled lover after pitching one. Blaik, profiting by the experience of |cther Irish opponents, decided to | | jus Rita, as the aged fond of putting it, “ sore eyes.” “Just one letter today, Rita gal, showed his toothless gums. jlet Bertelli take aim—and to Rita's arnilaeaat es ahaaiscecd 4 “ iv is she looke: closely Engen) ane receivers. | at the long envelope with its ex- pensively engraved name in the Bertelli is a cold fish. He} corner. lnever lets that ball ‘go until he spots 2 sure receiver. He did a! 2 Sight of business with that New good job of passing- against| Otk bank: Here of late he's al- Army. I don’t recall a single; @Y3 Settin’ letters from ’em. bad pass he threw. All were ‘Must be some kind of advertis- darn near on the button. But... Army guys were right on deck, |too. They always managed to get ‘the ball out of the receiver's | business with them.” monthly Citrus magazine from the hands. seat beside him, “An’ here’s some- | With 10 seconds left to play,| Bit,nehta make yur eyes bung | Bertelli had completed only} in as she opened it to the grin three passes for a total of FIVE) marked place, and chuckled at her yards. Then, he tossed one over | happy gasp. (the goal, which Army defenders “Pretty nice, eh? Picture o’ t! ‘knocked down but—with the | aay aueaier it ing. oe oe ‘i 4 : ike. Bae of the tale Ano Be manus pretty bad around here, the kin of a N.D. end for the seco crops we've had for the last ty Model T Ford, the slamming a firm determination to smack | of the Ralston’s screen door, and the sight of Rita coming down the flagstone walk, grace- ful as a swan skimming a mill- Uncle Sam, the other stops at the low, rambling ranch houses were t dull routine but the sight of| anyway.” ostman was ‘as good for | and that’s fer yur pa.” Jed’s grin “Yur pa must be havin’ quite ing,”, Rita murmured quickly. “I never heard him mention any “S'pose_ it is.” Jed pulled the | + 4 wagon out the driveway, the |hiss of the spraying machine in the grove stopped, and the sprayer hailed her. She left the car and }Tan down between the rows of waxy-green orange trees to the spray truck, her sandaled feet dip- ping into the fresh-plowed earth. “Tell your Dad the red spider’s pretty thick this year! Givin’ ‘em leavy dose.” The man -wiped sweat from his red face with his forearm adding sardonically, “Probably wasting the spray though. A heat spell’ll kill ‘em onto the desk. He glanced with deep interest at the article. ‘2,- 000,000 gallons of concentrated juice shipped atready—being dis- twibuted free from pharmaceutica! houses in Europe to chitdren \un- der 2 years,” he murmured with i satisfaction. “I'd say you were doing your part for defense,” Rita grinned, his letter. She noted his quick tense frown when he saw it, and the trembling of his hands as -he tore it open. A moment later she wished violently she had lost the thing altogether, for as he read, the color drained from his face, blue veins showed in the clefts.of his high temples. Rita ran for a ane. ot water and made nim ink it. Sunlight sifted in gleaming shafts of gold over Rita’s small straight figure as she said firmly, | “We're not having a heat spell this year. Two years of them is enough.” Two years has been more than} He thanked her, then got heav- enough, she thought bitterly as! ily to his feet and went to look she drove the station wagon along|.out of his office window down the winding valley road. How the| over the sunlit orange.and lemon valley had changed! The gently} grove patchwork of his ‘beloved rolling hills were burned the color| valley. of dry straw. White dust raised! Tears rose to Rita’s eyes ina |! in billows behind the car—grim} rebellious flood even as her fists reminder of the drouth that had! clenched for control. She had | lowered the water level in the | fought constantly during these valley’s two wells to the danger! trying days and months to keep point. If they had another early| her quick, spontaneous laugh, her heat wave this year with no water) ready wit, holding on-as,a-drowh- { to combat it—! ing man holds to the last Boating Why did all disaster seem to! Spar while a great tidal wave 0} strike at once? Was it only eigh-|'hopelessness seemed about to teen months ago that the wire Sweep avound her. She ‘could about her mother’s illness had) Stand it no longer. What was.at | been delivered to her office in San, that was stooping her father’s | rancisco? And, as' though her| Straight shoulders, harrying bis | other’s illness and death weren't] Valiant spirit? ‘She crossed to him | nough of a crushing blow, now} ‘Slip her’hand in his. ter father must be plagued with) “Look here, -Rolly,” how + >> wo crop failures and a factory,| was low, but steady. “I want to atted (ak a Siieen “ now what's in thuse my. i repel ages New York letters of yours iat and then she casually handed him | | CHICAGO — Reprimanded by 1942. | @EAL) Ross C Sawyer |his mother for a low mark re- S$ Clerk ‘of Circuit Court of Monroe |ceiyed on his English assign- See PAut Smit Counce a moriee nov4-11-18-25,1942}ment, Howard Rola 12-year-old 334 Simonton ST. | Sa | schoolboy, committed suicide by NOTICE OF APPLICATION For | hanging himself by a rope su TAX DERD {pended from a water pipe. ————_—_——_ —_—_—__—_____—_ (Senate } — NOTICE GIy. 5 A 2 Leading « lant Paull “respo, holder a Ta Visitor finds Punjab popula- Ray-Ban. give pgs 161, issued the 2nd/tion apathetic to independence maximum pro- day of September, A. D. 1940, has| tection aga & filed same in my office and the made application for a t t LEGALS be issued thereon. Said certi “a. embraces the following — > | Btate of an ee eee, ore | eC ame ATION FOR : Lee ry > deoswieda (senate BM Ne. 163) 4 Lane, Olivia & Pauline Streets, PP rapes a | as reeorded in Monroe County || NOTICE IS HERESY HVE Records. ; That Lesl T Brow n, holder « eae The assessment of the said prop- | Certificate 78, insued the ith {erty under the said certificate is-|day of August, A. I d, has sued was in the name of Page, John-| filed same in my office and ha son and Jermain. | made application for x ¢ « ) Unless said certificate shall be re- deemed according to law, the prop- erty described therein will be sold to | P i the highest bidder at the court| St ee ee SAFE GLARE PROTECTION house door on the first Mon- 2 Sq day in the month of December, 1942,; corded in Monre MAKES FOR BETTER GOLF iwhich is the 7th day of December,| ords. 2942. The assessment “4 the — 4 prop Dated this 4th day of November,|erty under the said certificate is- 1942. i sued was in the name of Clarence E. BAUSCH & LOMB (SEAL) Ross C Sawyer Alfeld gz, Clerk of Circuit Court of Monroe| Unless said certifies County, Florida. deemed according to law, nov4-11-18-25;1942 | erty described therein will be sold es jthe “highest bidder at the court house door on the first Mon- NOTICE QF APPLICATION FOR | day in the month of December, 1942 TAX DEED lWhich Is the ith day of December ANTI-GLARE | (Senate Bil 5 168) 194 a X Dated this 27th day of October. SUN GLASSES NOTICE IS HEREBY That G. R. Steadman, holder of Ta | Certificate No. 680, GIVEN, | 1942. X| (SEAL) Ross C Sawyer issued the 2nd! © ire Sou o! onroe day of September, A. D. 1940, has| Clerk of Circuit, Court ——— For relief from eyestr to filed same in my office and’ has| County, ‘oct2&; nov4-11-18,1942 hours spent on the g made application for a tay éf there is nothing more eff be issued thereon. Said certificate | Gk: Geetats & Sa Ray jembraces the following described Se ee ae | property in the County of Monroe, | Anti-Glare Sun Gi. Ray-Ban | State of Plorida, to-wit: q lenses are a scien deter- | > ae 3 SW, Big Pine Ke: . . mined green tint char Acres, ‘DL-S?, D3-339, 05-273 | alee + ae ab” as recorded ‘in Monroe Counts UMBER eacamasese : sbi Records. | LICENSED PL We would welcome an opp | The assessment of the said prop-| ‘ cag eat the " erty under the said certificate is-| 1306 CATHERINE STREET a er new sun glasse DR. J. A. VALDES sued was in the name of A. L. But-| ler. Unless said certificate shall be re- | deemed according to law, the prop- vv touchdown, iat seemed to be turning into a| upsets you so.” fairs—and he jump from these to the big time often comes only | i apt through some Hollywood-like| While Bertelli was seeing his break. That’s what happened to, tosses blocked at Yankee these if t'weren’t fer that orang juice fact’ry o’ his’n.” He lumber ed out of the ancient car, spur Sta-| the crank expertly and amid th | thundering of the motor, wavec ightmare responsibility. She} vhirled the station wagon around} “Now don't you worry about—” he last curve and pulled up be-| her father began, but she cut him fore the long, white sheds of the | ® lant with angry speed. hort. “I do though,” she retorted the highest bidder at the court house door on the first Mon- day in the month of December, 1942 jenn is the 7th day of December, i | erty described therein will be sold to ‘The Favorite In Key West STAR * OPTOMETRIST Office Hours: 9-12: 2-6 P. M. Freddie. of “Get into a booth, and if you come out alive, you'll be O.K.,” the friendly manager counseled him. . So Freddie sought out the nearest carnival, where a hairy giant was challenging the world to.go five rounds with him. He heppened to be Gypsy Daniels, a ;dium another claimant top| goodbye. crisply. “Come on, Rolly—give. |passing honors, Paul Governali | of Columbia, was having a field | iday a few miles ‘away against Rita stood frowning down at ti letter in her hand. It must be th The huge sorting room seemed} lark after the brilliant California unlight. Neighbor women, work- and ’m too old to steam them open peek—so I must be old enough to be told about them.” Clerk ‘of Cirouit Court County, Florida. of Monroe = | Dated this 27th day of October, UBAN OFFEE Address Phones (SEAL vest C Cc 532 Duval Office: 332 & ) Ross C Sawyer on SALE at ALL GROCERS Street Residence: 351 one he’d been waiting for, worry ing over. For one desperate in stant she thought of taking it into the kitchen and steaming it open —but she couldn’t do that to her father, even though he refused to (Colgate. In the first half he com- |Pleted 11 of 12, three for touch-} jdowns. Columbia’s Lou Little and Colgate’s Andy Kerr. said) \ thet, without exception, it. was ithe greatest passing exhibition | ce, She'd better rush it over to the discuss the mysterious correspon- | den: 4 ng at thé sorting bins, greeted| Rita with warm friendliness -as/ she hurried along to the, end .of| the, baiting: reserved for offices, | and pushed open the door marked into niet a s “4 \ your plans—bringing President. | home from San Francisco, and all. She stood for an instant tenderly | J @itin’ " ” watching her father, his whitest Et wach tomteary ae He smiled at this, while his eyes somberly smoved iover her face. “Maybe ‘you’ré right,” he ‘said thoughtfully. “But I’ve broken | mmeAAseeeeeeeeeeee ° | oct28; nov4-11-18,1942 sl siantate re ae | NOTICE OF APPLICATION FoR | TAX DEED E t (Senate Bill Ne. 163) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, | That G. R. Steadman, holder of Tax Overseas Transportation one-time champ himself, but! they had ever seen. Freddie bithely climbed into the| Colgate’s second half defense ring and, as a started, popped was a bit better and Governali him in the eye. ; wound up the day with 18 com- That was.as far as he got. /pletions out of 26 passes for 1889! Something happened, and Fred-jyards. This brought Governali’s die came to about five minutes!total to 1,187 yards and he re- later, with the laughter of the | mained the top ground-gaining crowd in his ears. Bu Daniels;passer. Paul, in every contest, was so impressed by his plucki-! is in striking distance of the all-| ness that he took him on as a pro-|time collegegiate record of 1,457, tege. jset by Davey O’Brien of TCU in| 1938 and tied last fall by Bud Exportation of throughbred|Schwenk of Washington U. | mares from Argentina has been) —_ | prohibited to preserve the qual-! Income payments to individ-| ity of horses for the Army, the/uals in September $10,128,000,- Department of Commerce says. ; 000. | PUNTING AND PREACHING KEEP HIM BUSY | et preaching and footballing. Wide World Features | | . His kicking held Texas A. | WACO, Tex,, Nov. 18.—Bert a Se cae ae ar | in the Baylor 20-yard line as and M. at bay nine-times with- ctrategy. So, when he goes at thatch of hair bent over his work, the lines of worry and thought.cut deep in his forehe-d. Then she| hurried to him % ple his chair/ plant. aatyhe: it would relieve him. meen G i magazine article ‘would interest him. It looked like “Don’t you ‘know :a woman :¢an stand anything butceuriosity?” Without a word, Ralston handéd er the letter. ‘Tobe continued GENERALS JUST NEED ARMCHAIR TO WIN THE WAR IN A FLASH) By SPOON RIVER SAM Wide World Features TELL YOU, our arthchair strategists don't get the credit they| ought to. To me, it’s perfectly plain they're got the best idea| how to fight this war. Z i Generals and admirals just naturaHy get confused. They’re in the thick of things, and the trees get.in the way of.the forest. They work at strategy so all fir-® ed hard, their “judgment™~gets | who's trained for the job—hasn’t tangled ups. (Gti fl yctdone it. Now on the home front’ ‘it’s! The campaigner back home ‘declares we'll open up .a second front in Europe, bomb Tokyo levery day, sweep in from Ttaly | different. “The-civitian-ain't=tied to the menotony of figuring out it, it's relaxation. All he has to | the Bears won 6-0. sige or | His gilded toe added a point i xo On Saturday, he punts the | Beats to a Southwest Confer- | ence victory. Next day, ‘he teaches Sunday School class at mearby La Vega. For 4 time ‘he -led a colored mission each Friday night. During the week he studies for the ministry. : Bert is doing all right both jthink about aforehand is ration- ing, registering for same, taxes, efter touchdown. a I’ jeost of living, civilian defense, field goal (the first he ever (buying war bonds, paying debts, tried) and booted the Bruins {saying tin cans, saving rubber, to safefy when Texas Chris- | saving scrap, listening to the ra- tian twice drove almost to Bay- jdio and reading the papers. | lez's last white stripe. Baylor | Naturally, when he turns his won 10-7. {mind to the battlefront, he’s eag- Bert's alreedy a licensed oF- oy for adventure. The next Ssined Bavtist minister but move to make is plain to him. he’s going to ‘finish college be- | When he lets you.in.on it, you fore getting himself a church. |wonder why the military man— to meet our froces in France, {send another AEF ‘to Russia, bomb the Nazi lines from a spot in the middle east, and so. on.} 'There’s nothing to it, you.see. | Now what we need is some way for the generals and -ad- mirals to set up a direct line} | with these people at home ‘so’s/ they’ll-know what to do, next.) The*war might depend on it. Yes sir, -every__expert’s __armcehair }Ought to be wired for sound. =! Teday’s 1810—Asa Gray, famed Har- vard botanist, among the world’s greatest, born Oneida-Co., N. Y. Died Jan. 30, 1888. 1824—Franz Sigel, German revolutionist, St. Louis Union general, New York editor, born. Died Aug. 21, 1902. 1841—Paul J. Peiz, architect of lighthouses, a designer of the Congressional Library, born ‘Ger- many. .Died March 30, 1918. 1860—James E. Sullivan, New York ,promoter of amateur ‘sports, editor, born New York. Died Sept. 16, 1914. 1878—Hans Zinsser, famed ‘Co- lumbia and Harvard »bacteriolog- ist, born. in “New York. Died Sept.-4, 1940. Knox praises Navy's role “in Africa; warns of long. ‘fight ahead. | made application for a tax deed to |be issued thereon. Said certificate embraces the following described property in the County of Monroe, State of Florida, to-wit: Pt. N% of SWIM, Big Pine Key, | Sec. 26, Twp. 66, Range 29, 5 | Acres, C2-514, as recorded’ in Monroe County Records. The assessment of the said prop- erty under the said certificate is- sued was in the name of Lawrence F. McGrath, Jr. Unless said certificate shall be re- deemed according to law, the prop- jerty described therein will be sold to |the highest bidder at the court jhouse door on the first Mon- |day in the month of December, 1942, which is the 7th day of December, 1942. Dated ‘this 27th day of October, 942. «SEAL) Ross ¢ Sawyer Clerk .of Circuit Court. ..of., Monroe ‘County, Florida. . oet28; nov4-11-18,1942 DR. AARON H.’ SHI GENERAL PRACTICE Osteopathic Medicine and 925 : Lighthouse tificate No. 267, issued the 7thjJ }day of August, A. D. 1939, has | filed same in my office and has Company, Inc. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service FREE PICK-UP. and DELIVERY SERVICE FULL CARGO INSURANCE ‘Office: 813 Carcline Street Phones $2 and 68 WAREHOUSE—Cor. Eaton and Francis Sts.