The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 25, 1943, Page 2

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The Citizen is an open forum and invites discua- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous eommuni- eations from which MEMBER £ FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION 4 NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION ° THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it wthout 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, sommend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of ethers’ rights, views and opinions: print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. i I —_————$——— IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN | | | | | Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airpurts—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. eee © The culprit had a presentiment that presentment would be unfavorable in his case. eee T™ one sphere of vur social structure, the.jury system, the word “petit” signifies gréater power than “grand.” © Courting couples of seventeen eastern slates, in view of the gasoline restrictions, lnow how their grandparents attended vw ihe business of courtship. unt Piteber een ean Frankly, an intelligent or her, own predilections. Anent the lead editorial in The Citizen of a couple of days ago: In a dogfight off New Guinea, five American bombers shot cown 12 Jap Zeros, badly damaged six others; no American loss. Inconsiderate people, who are in the habitwf running their radios full blast, should bear in mind that what is coming in { ovér them is of no interest whatever to next- | door neighbors. ~. In these times particularly, the street is no place for a woman to be walking alone after midnight, yet a county official in- formed The Cit cently, he has unescorted seen women strolling in Key West streets after that | hour, Times out of number, Americans have been stigmatized as gullible, yet we wonder if a single Amercian swailowed that story 1 i | | | ' ] 08, etc., will be charged for at | WE HOPE RUNYON IS RIGHT Sentiment in Washington is centering | ona national lottery. Chairman Sabath:, | Demccrat, of Illinois, of the House Rules Committee, said he would demand con- | sideration of a lottery proposal. He asserted a naticnal lottery would ment at least $1,000,000,000 annually. “There are few other revenue sources left untapped,” said Representative Knut- son, Republican. of Minnesota. The 15 The Citizen has been advocating a national lottery. The Citizen has pointed out thai, from the vime of the founding of the United States iill ; Civil War days, state or nationai lotteries were conducted regularly in this country. Indeed, money from a lottery steadied the country’s financial structure in the early days of our history. Colleges, among them Yale, were sup- ported partly through lctteries, and state after state, including staid Virginia, con- éucted lotteries, the profits from which | were used solely to relieve the burden of last years individual is | interested in getting the facts on all ques- | tions, even when they run counter to his, | zen that, many a iime ve- | | taxation. An excellent system of roads was | built in Virginia with funds obtained from | lotteries. We are familiar with the outcries | against gamblirg in any form, and, were it 1 possible to stop all gambling, we would not |° | tavor a national lottery. But gambling’ goes on and on, sometimes | {requently in ever-increasing volume. An | army as large as our present military forces | could not stamp out gambling entirely in he United States. One church, back 40 years or so ago, | refused help from the late John D. Rocke- feller and termed his fortune “tainted money.” And yet that “tainted money,” through the Rockefeller Foundation, hae done more to help needy mankind than any other charitable movement in the history of the world. Money, regardless of its source, is not tainted if it relieves pain and stamps out disease; neither is money tainted when de- rived from lotteries if it is used for govern- mental purpeses and helps overburden- ed iaxpayers. Here in Key West, for instance, thou- sands of people buy the two ending numbers | in the Havana lottery. “That ought to be stopped!” one may ery out. But how are you going to stop it? The United States government has nothing to do with the way the Cuban government con- ducts its internal affairs. The lottery is “thrown” in Cuba; the winning numbers are received in Key West via radio. Is This government or any other government able to control air waves? Now, then, Key West’s thousands who buy ending numbers in the Havana lottery, ; and millions of people elsewhere in the United States, who gamble in one form or other, would be delighted to buy numbers in a United States national lottery. Such a lottery would not only supply the govern- ment with money but would also curb gambling in other forms. * Damon Runyon says, “We are going to have a national lottery sure as shootin’.” We hope Runyon is right. | | i i {| net the govern- | checked but most |° THE KEY WEST CITIZEN MRS. (MURDOCK EREEza TAKES A CASE Cnapter 35 Hardacker’s Share ACON !ooked at a muffin and was tost. He broke it and reached for his butter knife. “Hardacker found out wnen the woman was supposed to have ar- rived in town. ehecked the hotels and learned she'd stopped at the Ritz for three days. He got her forwarding address—it was the house she rented—hung around out there unti’ Clarke showed: then he tailed Clarke to nis apart- ment. That was two days before he was murdered.” “Who rented that other apart- ment?” Murdock asked. “Hardacker. Raeburn came in the office the day Hardacker got Clarke’s address. He said he wanted Clarke followed but par- tieularly he wanted to know who came to see him; and if he could. for Hardacker to look over Clarke’s apartment — and never mind the expense. So Hardacker knows he can’t stand out in the street and tell by looking at peo- ple what apartment they're going to. so he inquires about vacancies and rents himself the place across the That much the girl knows, beeause he told her. But she doesn’t know whether Rae- burn knew that Hardacker had rented the apartment.” He munched his muffin and washed it down with coffee. While Murdock and Fenner ex- changed glances, he pieked up the other half and buttered that. “How do yout fi Raeburn killed Hardacker the asked. Bacon looked up. through his braws and kept on eating until he’d finished the muffin. “You ...ink he didn’t?” “T asked re how you figured,” Fenner said. “Raeburn hired him for a job of work. Why does he en?” Fenner | He}; ! | — DAYS GONE BY FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF JANUARY 25, 1933 tled. Maybe ne didn’t even Know | he picked up the gun until he got out of the place and found it inj nis nand. ; But never mind that. 1 say Hardacker had a prett good idea who killed Clarke. _ Te eee would that; Work clearing the tract for the’ x ¥ | proposed municipal airport to be) ‘Raeburn knows Hardacker is |}, 4 ‘ watching Clarke's | built near the incenerator will be | he kills kim anyway, huh?” Fen- | Started shortly, it was announeed | ner. said dryly. , today. Unemployment relief work- - “And what if Raeburn doesn’t ; men will clear off the cite. know that Hardacker had hired | fie eadanos 007 the apartment? Suppose he didn’t HL. Beck, ‘superintendént-sf actually intend to kill him but | i i istré ot im a spot where he had to? i the sixth lighthouses district, ar- fterwards he doesn’t know that |Tived in Key Westtoduy to.con-| Hardacker is wise. And Hardacker ; fer with William. W: Demeritt, the aot oid up to han ae f of | local superintendent. They will pal. but it's okay with me’ No. jaail for Dry ‘Tortugas tonight on fardacker’s going to play it cozy the tender Ivy, Captain Phil Cos- until he finds out what score | grove. is. i ase ‘Then what?” Fenner asked. | Mr. and Mrs. William Weaver stonon Fraried ta answer, then | left today for Jacksonville, where reached over to the ashtray to | they will visit relatives and friends retrieve his stogie, pointed it at | for a week. Fenner. “T should waste my breath on Yas He leaned back, look: is an eS . ae ae | Mayor William H. Malone sail- lurdock. “There’s plen' ry ae jed last night on the stearnetD ; know. It’s not pat by a Tong shot. | Florida for Tampa, from whieh ae Sr: igo mea, for inmanes. \eity he will proceed to Winter iow did Raeburn know so much | about herf That's something Pm |o°"e" OF 9 Short stay. joing to ask her when I get time. | See i Rnd enobe bonds. Who = ‘em? | Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Jonnson | Raeburn? And that envelope. and sen Coleman arrived yester-' We're not even sure whether | day from Islamorada to visit rela- that’s the important thing or not.” | tives in Key West. Just In Time eb — fu Mis. Corhelia Sawyer, who os ing room and he s! ed until | been.ip Key , West visiting rela- e call ‘was fer j tives; return yesterday to Long D ' Key, where 'she is postmaster. on the back of his chair. _ Hardacker must've got in touch ‘Phe Ladies’ Aid Society of the| or the first thing the next ee | Ley Memorial Church held a meet- —or enough of it so that Raeburn | church lawn to arrange for a game could add it up and find out | of indoor diamondball to be play- Fr MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1943 By SAM JACKSON AP Features Writer WHITEHORSE, Yukon ‘ierri- tory, Jan. 25——The Royal Cana- dian Mounted Police, whose red coats have been the supreme sym- bol of authority in the northwest for generations, have accepted the advent of American Army power in their domain with good grace, and even with enthusiasm. The only danger is in connection with the Indians. The Mounties’ chief trouble is with the Indians, and the Indians’ chief trouble is coming in contact with white men. ‘They learn to drink and to steal. “Your soldiers on the Alaskar highway are behaving very well,” says Corporal A. Allen. “We lea their own army authorities to deal with their offenses. In case of a serious erime it would be differ- ent — might be a matter for nego~ tiation between our two state de- partments.” Many Jobs It’s just as well that the redcoats have help in the new law enforce- ment problem fer in the vast reaches of Yuken Territory they, havc plenty to do. Allen doubles in at least 15 ca- pacities. Among other things, he is railroad boiler insepctor, veteri- nary inspector, sanitary inspector, clerk of the territorial court and lector of poll taxes and dog es. ¥ and his men issue hunting ligenses and marriage licenses. They check scales and measures and check airplanes. They see the government gets fur royalties ranging from three cents to three dollars a pelt. Except for the in- come tax, they enforce all domin- | Elfresh began tion, we hire a horse or @ dog * a _ All this is not in pursuit of crim- inals. going into the wilds are yquired to rc ter the:r destination and probable date of return. If they're late the Moun- ties investigate. Since the days of the Klondike, they have had a reputation for protectmg muners from danger Corresponding in many ways to the American F_B.1, the Mounties are proud of their independence of local politics. Members “en- gage” for an initia) five-year period, which may be renewed. So valuable are they considered that they are not permitted to resign even to join the wartime army GIVEN 85.500 BY FRIENDS PORTLAND, Ore, Jan 3— Fellow workers at the Henry J Kaiser shipyard Vancouver, Wash. raised a fund of $5,500 whieh they presented to Forest L. Elfresh, former erection superin- tendent from Shiloh, Ohio, to be used by him to buy a home and magazine and candy business. Mc josing hus sight about five months amination showed le hope for the recovery of his sight kill him?” “He could have tried to black- mail him, couldn’t he?” “Not Hardacker.” “That’s what you say.” Bacon couldn’t do much about it then | beeause we pinched him. and | we've had him locked up ever | since. Until last night... . Hard- | acker knew plenty, all right, but | ‘HE telephone’ rang in the liv- Loretta said lia. Bacon stood up and leaned | with Raeburn—after the killi ing—and told him what he knew ing yesterday afternoon on the where he stood. But Raeburn | eq in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Park on Tuesday evening, January 31. E. B. Kirksey, director of the ion and territorial laws. The popular picture of the scar- let-coated Mountie, riding horse- ‘back through endless forest trails until he “gets his man” remains put down his eup. “According to you fellows every guy with a private license is a elean, up- standing citizen, honest:as the day is long and a Boy Scout at heart. I know different.” Bacon Explains Jue MURDOCK put out her cigarette and leaned baek ia her chair, her frown fixed and in- tent as she followed Bacon's story. “Hardacker knew Miss Stewart had been to see Clarke.” Bacon | gestured towards Delia with the | butter knife. “He knew there were some papers in that apart- ment because he told her there were. so he must have given it - going over some time. And what about those bonds? Maybe h- knew and ma; he didn’t. Anv- way he told her she wasn't th only one to be up there. War Allen had been there, that fl! guarantee. He can say he didn’t throw that gun away until he’s blue in the face, but I say he did | “We searched his place. On the cuff of.one of his suits was a small blood stain. I can’t prove it was | Clarke’s I couldn’t make it stand up in court, but I’m saying Allen was there. And if he didn’t kill him, who came to that apartment | |Clarke and Hardacker I was alt he was a private dick and he (United {cates immigration ser- u Fede teen us oft eo Be | vice, left today for Jacksonville, had to get in there and pitch for | after having completed an official Hardaeker first. | visit in Key West. ome oS Dr ee era Le oe ae | The Woman’s Auxiliary of the sounded frightfully worried, He’s | ries Presbyterian Church held a| coming over now.’ : She paused, frowning. “He said | meeting yesterday afternoon at bata — cathe cA ms last | the home of Mrs. William White night he thou, mi, out | 4 with Ward.” She looked at Bacon. ony Rent street “Whem was Mr. m released?” | “Last night.” | . é “What time?” | ganized among public school stu- | “Oh—about seven-thirty.” dents, are arranging to plant trees Delia looked at Joyce and sat | in various parts of Key West in! ; Ag troubled. “Oh,” | the movement now under way to| The Key West Garden Club, or- no said finely, “didnt he sai inally. “I dis know. : A thought he might eall me when | beautify the city. > got out, but 1 guess—* Joyce knew how she felt and Miss Lulu Fishel, of New oad arrived yesterday and is a guest tarted to say somethi com- forting, but Murdock spoke Roe. of Mr. and Mrs. James E. de Kay, | “What time did you let burn out?” “Just in time,” Bacon said. “Around twenty =ninutes of ten. | Funny thing.” He looked at Fen- ner. en you called and told me what happened and it looked like there was a tie-up between avenue. Mrs. Collins and two children | left yesterday for Miami to join Mr. Collins, who is employed at the Clyde-MaHory offices in that | city. | set to grab Allen and go to town | on him, | true, with variations. For one thing, the red attire is usually reserved for formal occa- sions, such as when seven stood at attention in sub-zero at the open? ing of the new Alaska highway Ordinarily they wear a dark green jacket and in winter discard their broad-brimmed Stetson for a fur | cap. They also have a heavy over- coat of shaggy buffalo skin, with | gold buttons. Mounties on Water “More of our trips are made by water than people realize,” says Allen. “The settlements in the Yu- kon are usually on lakes or rivers. “We fly or drive when we can. At the end of modern transporta- | Uncle Sam THE WOUNDED DON’T DIE! The new techniques devised for the treatment of soldiers wounded in battle are performing miracles in saving the lives of these men. Russian Relief, Inc., says that on ihe 2,000-mile battlefront in Russia, only 1.5 per cent. of the wounded have died. Nearly forty per cent. of the Russian wounded are baek in the war and one-third are fighting soldiers. . Commenting on this, Howard W. | Blakeslee, of The Associated Press, says | that the Russian record is slightly higher | than the remarkable recovery rate at Pearl Harbor, when 96 out of each 100 we ide were saved. The Russian’ reeovery rate of 98.5 per cent of all wounded, however, is “Then when Mrs. Murdock said she’d seen Raeburn”—he nodded to Joyce—“that was okay too. Raeburn knew what he to do and he made a bee-line for Har- dacker’s office. . .. We found the | hack that took him. The driver was cruising by Headquarters when Raeburn flagged him. The | cabby let him out at the corner | of Morton and _Green—that’s just a block from Hardacker’s office— at five of ten.” To be continued between Miss Stewart and him?” He turned again to Delia. “You're sure you didn’t recognize the voiee of the man who knocked?” “I'm not even sure it was a man,” Delia said. Bacon gave her a curious look but kept talking. “The man she heard knock is the killer—if it wasn’t Ward Allen. Allen came in later, found Clarke dead. He didn’t know he was dead. prob- ably. Bent over him to see and got blood on his sleeve. He was rat- AIR CORPS RESTORES | ee z +. > By Associated Press) ‘TAMPA, Fla. Jag. 25—The' Afmy Air Corps uses ‘Tight, cold, ! heat, water antfthe daying on of | 1. How long ak ; take 4an hands to restoré-‘pafalyzed mus- : Mag cles, stiff joints and. burned skin eae in port, to unldad of its flires at McWill Field and 2. How-gnany German U-boats the officers and men on the | . * ground who keep them flying. World coereres. in the first WHO KNOWS? ANSWERS ON PAGE FOUR — | Charlottesville, Va., who had been | | guests here of Mr and Mrs. Thomas | pear annually in this country, but |many times that number can’t be Mr. and Mrs. Z. E. Smith and daughter, Mrs. Lavar Calhoun, of | L. Kelly, sailed yesterday after- noon for Havana. The Citizen in an _ editorial) paragraph today says: “Fifty thousand persons disap- of KEY found when they owe money.” NAMED FOR COLUMBUS PHILADELPHIA. — Colombo, | the capital of Ceylon, was named ‘for Christopher Columbus. LEGAL NOTICE hearer owes seers ** All persons are hereby notified that a request has been made by the United States Naval Operat- ing Base, Key West, Florida, to close the drawspan of the Moser | | | | | | APPLIANCE CORDS Electrical DON'TS An estimated 50 treatments are given daily at the physical ther- apy ward to put the men back in } |W | 3. Is the U. S. delivering to China by air as mueh supplies tiod from January 8, 1943, to Channel Drawbridge for the pe-; of ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT fighting trim as scon s passible to |" China received over the Bur- keep injuries from causin, z-|me Road? “ manent disability. ea 4, What was the net income of Electrical stimulations also are! the U. S.-governmet, from taxes used for restoring muscles to nor- |84 other sources, in the last mal, interruptions of the current | fiscal year which ended June 30, eausing muscles alternately to ex- | = oe pand and contraet. { 5. What distinguishes a “light” The department, organized a}CTuiser from a “heavy” one? little over a year ago, consists of| 6. How does Axis steel pro- six rooms containing the latest,|duction compare with that of the type of equipment for physiother-} United Nations? apy. | 7.4f e@eh person had to pay ;an equal share of the federal BRITAIN PUSHES budget, as proposed for 1943, i February 8 1943. Request has! been made to the United States, Engineers Office at Miami Beach, Florida, and any person wishing to interpose an objection to such closure shall make such objec- tion in writing to the War De- parement, United States Engi- neers Office, Miami Beach, Flor- Public Works Key ; Naval Op- eraing Base, By direction of the Commandant. and Rubber. What We Have Now, We Must Seve. 1. DON’T threw cords away, cut off dam- aged sections and reconnect. A SHORT CORD IS BETTER THAN NO CORD. H. E. CANFIELD, M. D-. Specialist in Diseases of tne EYES. EARS. NOSE and THROAT at Dr. Galey’s Office. 417 - HOURS at Reynolds street and rise Asks YOU To Lend Him 10 PERCENT OF YOUR INCOME —— Buy U.S. War Savings Bonds and , Stamps Regularly FIRST NATIONAL west Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ARE THE LIFELINE how much would each pay? 8, Who. is James C. Petrillo? | 29) What ‘state produces most jof our anthracite (hard) coal? of a witness at the Flynn hearing that Flynn | didn’t know those city-owned paving blocks|| one per cent. of wounde had-been used in laying a walk in the yard | ; VIVE IEE KEY WEST BEDDING CO. |S15 Front Street Phone 66° not as goéd as “the acle-of BLITZ ON PESTS ing. ot i (By Associated Press) of his home. All watches do not go alike, yet like our judgments, as Pope put it, each believes his | cwn. In spite of the precision of modern time-keeping mechanisms, ne wateh is | synehronized perfectly with the solar sys- tem, and eontrary to popular conception the The three main cadge¥ of the Kigh rate of life savings, include the use of sulfa drugs to delay infection, bleod transfusions and prompt methods of getting the wounded to field» dressing stations and permanent hospitals. It is little short of amazing that any system of treating wounded men is able to prevent the death ef all exeept less than movements of the earth and the moon which | two per cent. It is a tribute to the doctors give us our fundamental units of measure- rent of time are erratie and irregular. and their helpers, both in the battle zone and in the back areas. LONDON, Jan. 25.—Britain is running another war on the side—| -10..What is the present work pests. ed of the United States? New methods of extermination | against rats, mice and insects are! Nazis in the West lost. 738 saving millions of dollars worth | planes to Royal Air Force in 1942. | | ; f | | | che Seen Factory in the United MATTRESSES RENOVATE: JESSIE ISCO IIIE TOIT IIIA OO TSS SIS SAA A IA of food. They have been tried out | at Britain’s two main research | stations, and are now being applied | to every town and district. : War has been declared on eoleoptera, weevils, and crowds of other pests. 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