The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 2, 1943, Page 4

PAGE FOUR MRS. ME. ROBINSON DIES IN LOUISIANA BODY BEING BROUGHT HERE; FUNERAL SERVICES MONDAY Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Robinson, 32, died Tuesday morning in DeRidder, La. The body will be brought to Key West and fun- eral services will: be conducted 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon * from the First Methodist Church, Rev. A. C. Riviere officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 2 p. m. Monday, it was announced today. Pritchard Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements. Survivors include the husband, Sgt. John P. Robinson; a daugh- ter, Judith Ann, and a son, John Douglas; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Richardson; two sisters, Mrs. Reginald Roberts and Miss Lucille Robinson of Key West; five brothers, Norman of the U.S. Army, Harry and Charles of Baltimore, Md., John of Key West and Burton of the US. Army. AMERICAN PLANES tie 3 U. S, AIRCRAFT SUCCEED IN KNOCKING DOWN FIVE TO EVERY ONE LOST (By Asnociated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—How good are American planes? This question was often asked early in the war, and now the Aeronautical Chamber of Com- merce offers this answer: For the first year of war, American airmen knocked down five enemy planes for every ship they lost. At the end of the first year, the chamber added, U. S. flyers were shooting down 14 Axis warplanes for each Ameri- can plane downed. STATE AND LOCAL FINANCING DECLINE ATTRIBUTED IN INVESTMENT CIRCLES TO WAR PLAN- NING AND SPENDING (By Associated Presn) NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—A de- cline of more than one billion dollars in new state and munici- pal financing in 1942 was attrib- uted in investment circles to the impact of the war in spending and planning habits of local offi- cials. A compilation by The Daily Bond Buyer showed new bond offerings by the various states and cities, both long and _ short term, amounted to $1,608,536,802 | in the first 11 months of 1942, compared with $2,637,275,226 in the full year 1941. Records show only slight changes occur in De-| cember as a rule. Financing through bond offerings™by also declined, stock and cotporations se BOND VALUE SWELLED BY LARGE SELLING OF RAIL- ROAD SECURTIES (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Stock Exchange trading during the past year shrank to an estimated 121,- 000,000 shares, the lowest since 1914, compared with 170,534,363 in 1941 and 207,636,059 in 1940. Bond volume, however, swell- ed by a fairly heavy turnover in railroad securities, was estimated at $2,285,000,000, face value, com- pared with $2,114,098,550 in 1941. EXCELLENT MUSIC AT SLOPPY JOE’S The first Saturday night of the New Year will be a big one to- night at Sloppy Joe’s Bar. Joe Russo and his boys will supply the music for dancing and those of you who really want a big time in a friendly atmosphere will find it in this popular night spot. LIVE WIRE KILLS COUPLE ORLANDO, Fla.—While trying to locate the cause of a fire which had awakened them, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Smith came in contact with a live wire, which electrocuted them both. ning for the asylum AIRPORT WORKER REPORTS CAR STOLEN HERE YESTERDAY Roy Williams, who works on the airport in course of con- struction on Boca Chica, had his automobile stolen yesterday aft- ernoon. { The thief, according to a re- port made to the sheriff's office, is thought to have driven to Key West in the car, which is a 1937 Oldsmobilé¢four-door sedan. ‘A ‘coast Biardsman on Stock Island. informed the sheriff that a.gman, believed to be in the stolen car, tried to go through Stock Island, but was turned back by the guardsman, who was in a jeep. The stolen car has not yet been recovered. TWO RESIDENTS OFF TO ASYLUM Henry Pent and Harry Cates, who had been kept in the county declared to balanced, by a Key West medi- cal commission, left here last eve- in Chatta- hoochee. . A wagon from that place ar- TO MEET ON MONDAY There will be a regular meeting All members of the board are requested to be in attendance. ORGAN RECITAL HERE TONIGHT The first of a series of organ recitals by Stanley Plummer will} two strangers came there to be given tonight, 7:30 at St. Paul’s Church. beginning at ‘The public is invited to attend this musical treat. !did not appreciate the NEGRO NOW FACES ROBBERY CHARGE WAS RELEASED RECENTLY ON PROMISE THAT HE WOULD GO TO WORK Henry Cogswell, the negro for whom Judge William V. Albury, | of the criminal court, secured a dishwashing job at $25 a week, | and suspended sentence on Cogs- | well’s promising that he would “stick to the job” and stop roam- ing about the streets of Key West, judge's kindness, as a result of which the negro now faces the _ serious charge of robbery. Cogswell snatched a five-dollar bill off a saloon counter and ran out of the door, but in less than an hour he had been arrested by Police Captain Alberto Camero. | jail a month, after they had been} This morning Mr. Camero swore | be mentally un-; to a warrant, before Justice of the | Peace Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., charging Cogswell with robbery Captain Camero, in his efforts to “clean up” the town, arrested Robert Jackson, negro, on COUNTY OFFICES REMAIN CLOSED All the offices in the county | courthouse, except the sheriff's, of the Board of Directors of the} were closed today in stretching | Key West Wioman’s Club held on | out the New Year's holiday. The | Monday evening, beginning at 8] offices discontinued business o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Dan} noon on Thursday and will not Navarro, 424 Elizabeth street. at open again till 9 o’clock Monday morning. During the Christmas holiday, both the city and county offices remained closed for three and one- half days, but all the offices in the ay rived in the afternoon and, two} charge of vagrancy. Both will be | hours later, with Pent and Cates] given a hearing before Justice Es- | as occupants, started on the re-|quinaldo on Monday morning. turn journey to the asylum. A WOMAN’S CLUB UNIT | | | | | Chapter 16 | Raeburn ose stranger remained where he was, a curious half-smiling look on his face. Joyce watched him as the but- | ler cleaned up the drink. Sudden- | ly it burst upon her and she knew. She had seen the man before— and where the Sergeant had said: on the back terrace. He was the man who had talked with Perry Clarke the evening before while she stood beside the hedge. | _ She remembered it all now. The | way they had walked towards her, the last few words that were spoken. And that movement in the shadows at the corner of the house—had that been the maid | who had just now identified the | man in the other room? “Anyone know him?” Bacon isked. There was no answer. | “This is Mr. Raeburn,” he added by way of introduction. “Or so he says. ... What’s the story, Malloy?” The plain-clothes man coughed. “I was waiting in the apartment and he knocked and tried the door. Said he was looking for | Clarke. When I found out who | he was I called you.” | “Good work. What did you want with him, Raeburn?” “I wanted to see him.” “About the twenty-five thou- sand?” Raeburn tipped his head slight- ly, ‘ooked. and said nothing. ‘Bae con grunted and showed him ‘the | slip of paper. “What's your name doing down there?” “I haven’t any idea.” Raeburn’s_ voice was smooth and untroubled, with the perfec- tion of cadence that comes with the command of a language not one’s own. Bacon didn’t like the reaction; not a bit. “Oh, you haven’t, huh? You don’t know a thing? But you knew Clarke, and you went out of your way to come up here and see him last night—the maid saw you from the service wing sol guess you won’t deny that.” Suddenly Raeburn smiled and City Hall were opened today. At the county court house this | morning several Key Westers and | do | business with two of the offices, | but the callers were told the of- | fices would not be opened till Monday morning. “Waxe Up, America!” “Is Freedom from Fear Possible?” As debated by General Chairman American Foundation Harry A. Overstreet Professor Emeritus, College of the City of New York Aathor: Our Free Minds MR. OVERSTREET OPENS: Ob- viously there cannot be freedom from all fears; but there can be freedom from fears created by man-made in- stitutions and attitudes. War and a misbegotten economics have produced the ugliest fears in our life. By elim- inating war, we can cast out fear of war's brutal -violence. By eliminat- ing the blunders of a too selfishly motivated economic system, we can remove the fears of undeserved dis- tress. To say we can’t eliminate war and can't correct the tragic blunders of our economic system is to stand de- feated before life’s challenge to our moral decency and ingenuity. Tt may be urged that fear is needed to spur men on. But to spur men on to muscular initiative by dropping bombs on them is plain stupid. To spur them on to economic initiative by threatening them with unemploy- ment when such unemployment may come whether they have initiative or not is again plain stupid. Fears that come from anti-human arrangements and attitudes neither dignify nor ad- vance life. They merely degrade and obstruct it. ‘When we speak of eliminating fears from life, we mean the fears that should not be there. Since we hu- mans have put them there, we hu- mans can remove them. MR. SMITH CHALLENGES: My opponent admits that freedom from all fear cannot be eliminated. But to lessen the number of them or do away with some of them, he would destroy our “selfishly motivated eco- nomic ” What would he sub- stitute for it? He does not say. Does he not know that most of us are fighting to preserve it, anxious for an opportunity to correct its blunders, to reduce unemployment— in brief, to improve it? Has he al- ready forgotten that but for it, with all its shortcomings, England might have:collapsed, Russia might have succumbed; and. that the captive of the, world could hold little hope rag an Our free enter- prise system | built the gigantic industrial wiachine which will spell victory! cs MB. OVERSTREET REPLIES: Eng- land and Russia were not saved by what my opponent calls our “free enterprise system.” In the war emer- gency, we changed our do-as-you- please system into a work-together- under-a-common-plan-for-a-common- cause system. Had we not done so; had businesses fought businesses and workers fought employers—and also one another—we should today be at Hitler’s mercy. Our biggest job is to eliminate those economic, political and moral blunderings that have brought “un- natural” fears into life. There will be plenty of good and natural fears left over to keep us on the jump, __! Carleton Smith Economist, Lecturer, Expert on Foreign Trade MR. SMITH OPENS: Fear is too | deep-rooted in human-nature to be | totally eliminated. In one sense fear is a condition of lasting peace—a | condition under which evil men quite rightly fear the strength of | good men—a condition under which free men fear and resist every en- croachment on their liberties. | The relatively peaceful era of the | 19th Century was possible because of growing international prosperity re- sulting, among other things, from | liberal British Free Trade agree- | ments. Trade benefits both buyer and seller and by spreading prosperity | and entrenching ideas removes many causes for conflict. Those who hope for a lasting peace and freedom from fear through a world economy based | on government controls are chasing a rainbow. The resulting bureau- cratic inefficiency will bring about more conflict, less freedom and a lower standard of living everywhere. T have visited every Occidental coun- try. Iam firmly convinced that mow | people there want an opportunity :o | develop their initiative, to increase their well-being and to live as free men in a post-war world. They are not afraid of fear. They do not wish to be coddled. They are more afraid of restricted economy. MR. OVERSTREET CHALLENGES: We, too, want “opportunity to de- velop initiative . . .” However, an economics which is a combination of unrestricted do-as-you-please and monopoly —misnamed “free enter- prise”—has largely removed. oppor- tunity. Internationally, it has pitted nation against nation and plunged us | into monstrous wars. When a lazy carpenter puts up shaky scaffolding, the fear everyone has of being killed is not good fear. It is stupid and demoralizing fear, because | unnecessary. Life today is made up | largely of such unnecessary, demoral- izing fear. Instead of rejoicing in them we should be ashamed of them. Ou job is to get rid of them. H MR. SMITH REPLIES: That fre: enterprise necessarily pits nation against nation is untrue. Government | controlled economies have caused | this war. Witness Germany anu | Japan! | International free enterprise—while | not perfect—is the best peace-bridge | yet devised—certainly and | more lasting than a bridge of rain- | { | | | came to see him this morning. Joyce gave an inward gasp at the transformation in his appearance. His dark face was handsome now and his teeth were so perfect they fascinated her. “No, I don’t deny it,” he said. “I knew Clarke, and I had some business with him. That’s why I “You didn’t know he was | dead?” “Isn’t that obvious?” “Is it? You didn’t come back this morning to search the place, thinking that nobody’d be watch- ing?” ®No.” “And you won't tell us what the twenty-five thousand was for, or why he was blackmailing you?”. “He wasn’t blackmailing me.” Arrest Ace right.” Bacon’s lips dipped Pers on the desk. “I guess that’s and he gathered up his pa- all. Thanks a lot for coming here.” He glanced at the others in the|Sh room. “I may have to question you again; I'll let you know. ... And now, Mr. Raeburn, since no one seems to know you, and you don’t feet like talking, I think you’d better come along with me until we can find out more about you” Raeburn’s smile faded. “You're arresting me?” “You can call it that.” “On what charge?” “Oh, we'll think of somethin; by the time we get there. .. } Later, Joyce spoke to Kent in the adjoining room. “You can | take the car. I'll ride with Delia. See you for dinner?” “Hope so.” Hestor came up to him in the hall as he was putting on his coat, MRS. MURDOCK Faas TAKES A CASE Harmon Coxe ‘They were alone at the time and she stood close to him, one hand on his arm. 2 ae Eee ee “Can you come tonight?” He hesitated, <= touching the golden waves her hair and coming down to meet her ce. Her were wide and there was a look of concern in her smile. Her full lips were moist and red and there was about her some fragrance that brought a glow of warmth to his body and quickened his pulse. “It’s about Ward Allen.” “All right,” he said, feeling the slight Singeling, of his skin as her eyes continued to search his face. “Til call you.” And when he went down the steps he knew that having com- mitted himself, he had really wanted to see her all along. Now What? Aras she had stepped on the starter, Delia Stewart let the motor idle and leaned back with a long sigh of relief. fell,” she said, “I am glad that’s over with.” i “Tt wasn’t too bad, was it?” Joyce asked. “‘N—o. Except for that one ghastly moment when I nearly funked it. I just couldn’t help it, Joyce. Listening to that man mak- ing up those monstrous lies about Ward. ing he’d never deliv- ered the bonds until afterwards, and then had eo hire after ae receipt was signt was a quite mad, I dare say, and I tried not to say anything but something hap} to me and—there I was mucking things up.” “You did very well,” Joyce said. “That was a nice recovery.” “Thanks to Ward.” Delia smiled her first in a long time. “ ‘Nuts,’ he said. And just as I was about to go off the deep end.” e shifted gears and got the car under way. By the time she had swung into Beacon Street and taken her place in the traffic line her face was sober. wv “Suppose I had said something.” “But you didn’t—actually.” “But if I had.” “Must you think about it?” Joyce said. “You nearly spoiled it, and I know you scared me stiff, but you didn’t. Everything’s all right.” i Traffic was getting heavier and piling up in front of the Square, and was content for the next few minutes to give her at- tention. to her driving. It was not until they had come out of the ramp under the avenue that she spoke again. “Now what will happen? 1 mean with the police?” voyce considered this. With the exception of the introduction of Raeburn, there had been no real developments, and at the moment there was very little she could say. “I suppose they’ll keep on with their investigation until they have some definite clue.” “Will they question us again?” “Probably.” shot ie so— unless they solve the case meanwhile.” le made her voice confident. “Nothing has happened yet that’s so terrible. They haven’t found out an: about Ward that we don’t alrea know. only thing they are actually sure of is that he put his ear away about eleven thirty. There’s certainly not! to worry about yet.” “I do worry, th ” Delia said. “I keep thinking what might happen if someone else saw his car—or perhaps even saw him come out of the building. Then what could we do?” Joyce gave her a covert glance and decided such brooding had gone far enough. “I know what we're going to do now,” she said. “Find some lunch. Tm starved.” Te be continued ENLISTED MEN GET PROMOTIONS The following promotions. of enlisted men have been thadé public by the commanding officer of the Harbor Defenses of Key West, Florida: To be staff sergeant: Irwin Isaacsohn. To be technician third grade:) Sergeant Daniel Silverberg. To be sergeant: Corporal James G. McNabb, Corporal Ralph W. Logan, Private-first-class Dennis A. Julian, Private Mayhugh Cour- son and Private Harry C. Wil- liams. To be technician fourth grade: Private-first-class William R. Becker. To be corporal: Private-first- class John G. Mitchell, Private Jacob Byer, Private Kenward A. LaBai Private Solomon Rice and Private James C. Winburn. To be private-first-class: Privates Edward M. Moore, Fer- dinard W. Mosebach and Joe I. Fox. Sergeant WOMAN ARRESTED FOR VAGRANCY Alice Wilson, a newcomer, was arrested last night by Constable Ray Atwell on a charge of vag- rancy. Atwell said he found her ILLNESS OF MOTHER CALLS KEY WESTER HOME FROM CAMP ‘Clarence Gates, better known ag ’ “Willie”, local diamondball Pitcher, who entered the service of his country on November 19, was an arrival in Key West on December 26, having been called home on account of the illness of his mother. On leaving Camp Blanding, Mr. Gates took up his station at Kess- leh Field, Miss., and entered Fort Collins Officers’ School on De- cember 21. THE ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON PAGE 2 1. 85 percent. 2. Gen. Francis Mario, U. S. Revolutionary » soldier. 3. Only small quantities by air transport across the Himalayas from India. 4. Gen. Vandergrift says Jap losses exceed ours by more than ten to one, not including Jap loses at sea and in the air. 5. The. 1,000,000 men at over- seas bases are about twice as many~as‘ those sent to France. 6. Nice, Corsica, Savoy and probably Djibouti in French bows conceived in hopeful emotion- | wandering aimlessly about Divi-| Somaliland. 7. Less than one-third, about /STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE alism, dependent on bureaucracy and administered by totalitarians. This can be done, however, by edu- cation, by understanding, by improv- ing human nature rather than by overthrowing the economic system. Blunders causing “unnatural” fears should certainly be avoided. Stupid and unnecessary fears ought to be ‘slimingted = netted ten | sion street, and that, when hej a satisfactory explanation for her presence on the street. This morning she was ar- raigned before Justice of the was held in $50 bail for action in the criminal court i | questioned her, did not give him/900 miles last week. 8. Helps prevent shock. 9. It is defense in depth, based upon fortified islands of resist- ance. | Peace Enrique Esquinaldo andj;.10, Ambassador Nomura and Kurusu, of Japan, Special Envoy last December, CRAZY SHOW AT FORT TAYLOR - MUCH ENJOYED If you see some of the Fort Tay- lor soldiers rubbing their sides to- day you will know it is an attempt to soothe their aching ribs follow- ing the New Year’s Eve presenta- tion of the Crazy Show, a fast- moving, hilarious production of USO-Camp Shows, Inc. Headed by glib comedian Ben McAtee as master of ceremonies the show played to two “standing room only” audiences. It was pack-jammed with laughs while dancers and singers furnished full quotas of eye and ear appeal. One of the highlights was long- shoed Wilbur Hall, formerly of Paul Whiteman’s band and Ed SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1943 ———$—$—— Wynn's “Laugh Parade.” Not sat- isfied with playing his violin in every conceivable position, he rendered a duet by himself with violin and trombone. His closing number was on a bicycle pump | right in the crazy groove of the show. | Lee Bartell, pretty young sing- | er, proved herself a real blues, belle with her solid arrangements | and she answercd several calls! for encores. : | Straight-faced Eddie Hanley is! | a comedian of, ‘ttschool. The : balance of the finsty Wit “Dan \cers Arken ai rts ‘Tap } | Dancer Vivia ices, $upported | ithe high quality of the perform-| ance. f Railroad operating revenues rise by 48.6 percent in Novem- ber. FOR SALE THREE BEDROOM BUNGA- LOW, with additional lot in rear. For quick sale. $2,500 cash. 1106 Margaret Street. Brokers protected or phore Judge Caro. MOTORS, SCOOTERS, Mer- cury Convertible Coupe, Trail- ers. Aliso Electric Frigidaire. Skating Rink. dec23-tf FOR SALE—1940 Indian Motor- cycle. Excellent tires. Apply L. H. Starling, Jefferson Hotel. dec29-tf FOR SALE—1941° Buick Coupe. Excellent condition, new tires, low mileage. Owner leaving town. Phone 742-W. dec29-5tx L. and H. Electric Stove. $125.00. Excellent condition, like new. Box W., clo Citizen. dec.31-3tx {$17.50 WEEKLY, no down pay- type | ment, will buy trailer portable cottage and this in- cludes until fully paid use of furnishings, gas, electricity, water, bath facilities and space in fine centrally located tourist court. Box R, clo Citizen. janl-2tx FOR SALE—1931 Ford Coupe. } Good rubber. Staples Ave. $25.00. 1900 janl-2tx FOR SALE—Trailer and Porch. Apply Barber Shop, 705 Duval Street. janl-2tx BICYCLE, like new. good tires. $25.00. 1900 Staples Avenue. jan2-2tx dec24-12t | POSCocccesevesseeseseesesesoss: Classified Column WANTED WANTED—A chance to bid on| your next printing order. THE ARTMAN PRESS. |COAT HANGERS WANTED, $1.00 a hundred. White Star | Cleaners, 701% Duval St. oct6-tr ‘ |. Property and Supply Cler! Purchasing Clerk, six ~ Ye civil service, with experience | in office and personnel super-| vision, desires clerical employ- ment with construction com- pany. Phone 706-J. dec31-3tx RELIABLE COLORED GIRL wants job as maid, or plain cook. Mornings or afternoons. Call at 110 Olivia street. jan2-2tx BIG DANCE TONIGHT AT BOULEVARD CLUB The regular Saturday evening dance will be held tonight at Raul’s Club on Roosevelt Boule- vard. Every one is cordially invited to come out and have an enjoy- able time. Music will be by Barrosa and his orchestra. o WEATHER REPORT —______ + Observation taken at 8:30 a mh. EW.T. (City Office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night |Mean - | Normal Precipitation Rainfall 24 hours ending 8:30 a. m., inches a Jan Total inch chang Florida temperature Ha cola, Fla. storm wai sued FOR RENT—Double room, hot and cold _water, innerspring mattress. Business women pre- ferred. 1301 Division. jan2-2tx \t LOST LOST — Yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset.) two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they | are gone forever. — Horace Mann, . dec2s-tt| |LOST—Yellow Gold Locket, heart shape, with flowers en- graved on top. Finder please return to Bonnie at Southern- most City Pharmacy. dec31-3t FOR SALE—Ford 1934 coupe, good condition and good tires. 1226 Grinnell st. jan2-5tx SECOND SHEETS—500 for T5c.} The Artman Press. nov16-tf REAL ESTATE Business or Residential Lots all parts of the Island; Terms J. CTTO KIRCHHEINER Realtor Phones 124 and 736-R 505 Duval oct8-tf PROFESSIONAL LOUIS A. HARRIS Attorney-at-Law 217 Duval St. sept25-tf HELP WANTED | WANTED—Young Girl or Man to work in dry cleaning estab- lishment. Cleaners, opposite Bowling Al- leys, Duval St. nov3-tf WANTED — Experienced, all- around Beauty Operator. Apply Beauty Colony, Southard St. next to Bus Station. dec31-tf WANTED — Fountain Counter Girls and Waitresses. Good salary. Southernmost City Pharmacy. novott “THE PIED PIPER” Coming: “WAKE ISLAND” MONROE THEATER. ROXIE HART Secoccccevecsescsssssoes Phone 252! Apply White Star| LOST—Diamond Bow Lapel Watch, between Marine Hos- pital and La Concha Hotel corner, walking on right side of street. Finder return to Ma-| rine Hospital and receive re- ward. Mrs. Barney Sullivan jan1-3tx { 1 ! | | LOST—Purse, containing sum of | money; also, gas rationing | cards A, B and C, and Cameo | necklace. Return to Mrs. D. E | Holt, Gulf Stream Trailer | Park. jan1-3tx a ee | LOST—Gas ration Book, F.223497 A. Will ifnder please return to W.S.G.. Post Office box 989, Key West. jan2-3tx | ——— DR. AARON H. SHIFRIN Open 8:30 AM. to 7 PM F You'Re Looxmwe Fea See PAut SmuitH 334 Simonton $T. | CMON How To Make Your Gas Appliances Last For The Duration 1 Wipe percelain enam- el when cool with soft dry cloth. 2 Use only mild seap. ” REAL ICE Is More ECONOMICAL. . It's