The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 24, 1943, Page 4

Chapter 18 Sour Note OE instinctively placed his.arm A yen her, drew her. py . Ruby did not ~ against hi Ruby, with her bas fe iT fume, the dark, star-sprinkled oy, she sound of sleepy insects. ethihg for me to remember in my old ae he thought. Presen' stirred. “It'¢ dear of you, Joe,” she said, let. me reat | re like this. *Y wroi bd this much ter, The two of here together sort of—of— pel vee ding, not needing to talk alot of chatter.” “Tt ig nice,” said Ruby. “I like And ‘they relaxed again, gazin; off toward the barn. But the: did not know, of course, that Kath- Jeen and Paul were also relaxing —#itting’’ upon a_ bench, their “And against the barn’s wall. do you suppose,” Kath~ leen was saying, cee Ruby really will) ‘som al Joe's play, if she likes it?” “I wouldn’t be surprised,” said Paul. “She does seem to want to try starring herself.But get- ti a producer interested, and finding hacking means a-lot.” ‘es,,.1. suppose so.” Kathleen was thoughtful for a moment. “Has the author of ‘Goodbye, ae er gotten his back- me 'm not sure about that,” Paul replied. “But I hear some scouts are being sent down from New York to’ watch the production here in Linyille.” “Then if I had a small part— the scouts would see me!” “Unless they’re stone blind,” said Paul, He took one of Kath- leen’s hands, and laid it against his cheek—a gesture \he was using: that week in the first act of the play. “You are mighty easy to look at. “And you are going to give me a ane. aren’t you?” said Kath- leen. ie leaned forward, so that she could watch Paul’s face. “It means so much to me.” “I know it does,” said Paul, “I'll bring the seript of the play out to the barbecue. You can read it, and tell me what you think.”)1! “But I know I'll love the play,” said Kathleen. “May I read aloud to you. fhe tole you have in mind for me’ “Of course may,” said’Paul. He pressed the hand he held to. his lips—a gesture he used in the second act of the play. “You £2 with moonlight and roses,” he said, his. voice husky with emo- ion. ‘ou spell romance—Kath- leen, my sweet one.” “Thank you,” Kathleen said, “I love having Ba say things like that to me, Paul.” She had forgotten completely that only a short time before, when with Joe Neely, she had used the expression “sentimental nonsense.” } Sarcasm T WAS one o’elock in the morn- ing when Joe walked over to the barn. “Sorry to interrupt such a charming scene,” he said, “but T’m a working man. I have to get home ;for,some sleep.” He smiled at Kathleen, who edged awa: from Paul, “Mind going now?” “Certainly not,” Kathleen said. “I’ve been wondering what was keeping you.” SAMUEL TIFT (Continued from Page One) t | wasn’t “And I,” said Joe, “thought you were coming back to the aia tree. bape and I were discussing my play.” thleen. gt, up, held ts 3 hand to Paul. “Goodnight, Paul,” she said. “Thanks so much for the helpful talk. I'm going to be tty busy for the next few lys, getting the old farmhouse in pe for th drop by ‘tat. Good-night, and good luck.” He turned to Joe. “Same to you, Neely, When does Ruby expect to ‘produce your play?” “We haven’t gotten that far,” said Joe. “Coming, Kathleen?” Kathleen walked away with him. “You needn’t have bitten the man’s head off,” she said, when were getting into the car. he didn’t know, “Paul, of course. interested in the play. “Maybe. But I didn’t like the sareasm I detected in his voice.” “That was your imagination,” | said Kathleen. “My imagination is never sar- eastic,” Joe retorted. They rode back to silence. But was a pleasant one—that is, to herself. In spite of the strained relations that had up be- tween her and Joe, heart was singing. Matters’ were certainly looking up for Nentige Reng joing to wot er hea about Joe kta thes, disagree- ments. Cozy Picture “you and Paul'made'a cozy pic- ture—sitting with'ydur backs to the old barn,” Joe said, as he brought the a. to.a stand- still in front of e Vaughan residence, “Terribly cozy — and romantic.” “Really?” said Kathleen. “You | saw ys that way because you’d just made a cozy and romantic picture with Ruby—sitting be- neath the old oak tree.” “Maybe.” Joe got out, held the car door open for Kathleen. “How about a date one night this week? Bette Davie is going to be on at The Galax Theater.” “Sorry, Joe,” said Kathleen. “Pm not making any dates. I’ve got_so much to di i stuff to carry out to the the party. The place has'to be al- most completely done over—I ot cleaned: from cellar to attic.” “Working nights?” “Partly, 7% But I'm going to do'a lot ‘of reading too. I want to study some parts so’s to be able to show Paul and Ruby that T have ability.” “Oh, that!” , “Yes, that,” said Kathlee: “But you, needn’t take..such an unpleasant tone: “I’m not unpleasant about you givi so much time to writing your p! ee “No, you're not,” said Joe. “But that’s because you’re more or less glad to have me occupied. It gives you~ more time to spend with Paul and Fred.” ithleen sighed. “It’s no use, Joe,” she said. “You will oe on trying to pick a quarrel. don’t see why we can’t go on acting like adults—instead of children. You have your beige ae] and I have mine—and we shoul be mutually hel . “That,” said Joe, “sounds like something you’d read in a book.” | “There you go again, saying something nasty!” athleen flared. “Good night, Joe—I'm tired. There’s no need standing here like this, if we’re not going to say something constructive.” “Good night,” said Joe. “I wish to heaven you'd stop talking like a phonograph record, or some- thing—and be yourself.” To be continued | uel, and his only reply was, “Give her the divorce; Till agree to everything sh man?” said Joe—as if | j He _ was only | "That's all.” | Kathleen’s silence | up rm for | “| |ALLAN HAMPTON TO Allan Hampton was unanimous- hay elected president of the Key | West Lions Club at the regular jweekly supper meeting held !Thursday evening in the Lions Den. j Officers elected for the new | fiseal year which starts June 1,{ are as follows: | Arthur Miurray—First Vice Pres- j ident. t | Rodman Bethel—Second Vice | President. ' | Fred J Miller—Third Vice Pres- ident. + Gerald Saunders—Secretary. Raymond Curry—Treasurer. Albert DiNegro—Tail Twister. Gonzalo Bezanilla—Lion Tam- i i i er. | | Directors: Gerald Adams, Max-| time Vatdez, Paul G. Albury and; | Hastings Smith. George Mills White, president; lof Key West Players, told the! Lions of the comedy drama “The | Vinegar Tree.” which is to be | Presented in the Key West High | School Auditorium on ‘Thursday: ; and Friday, May 6 and 7. This pro-| | duction is to be sponsored by the’ | Lions for the benefit of the blind {ie The play is being directed! by Mrs. Robb Roy Ricketts. i Judge T. S. Caro was reinstated to membership in the club and | Bert Baker was welcomed into | the organization as a cub. i Henry Johnson, chairman of the | | Ltate Committee for the Blind,| addressed Lions on local blind ‘work and on the program which is being planned for the coming | fiscal year. |, On motion of Lion Paul Albury, } Hastings Smith and ‘Charles H. | Ketchum were placed on the city- | wide committee to secure food- | stuffs for the city. Art Murray, T.t S. Caro and Raymond Curry were | r | placed on the Beach Committee. | Noel Baker reparted that $57.20 received from recent bingo party | would be turned over to the treas- urer to be placed in the fund for | biind work. | Announcement Of Engagement Mr. and Mrs. Mervin L. Russell, formerly of this city, announce | the engagement of their daughter, Lorraine, to Hilary Crusoe Jr., son of Mr. and “Mrs. Hilary Crusoe, 328 Simonton street. | The wedding will take place {next Wednesday, April 28. ‘ar erage Announcement has been made of the marriage of Willard M. | Wells and Mrs. Flossie G. Carey | on March 30. | The marriage, was performed | by County Judge Raymond R. | Lord. RAUL’S CLUB OFFERS GREAT TIME TONIGHT Raul’s Club on the Boulevard of- {fers John Pritchard and his Or- | chestra as a special attraction for tell her) tonight. The dance music will { | start at 9 o'clock. Raul’s is one issued inher’ favor on January | wants the to; agree. to, but, for!of the nice places to go for ar 10, 1942. The attorney handled’ ‘the divorce case’ said | this morning that every day, without single exception, while ie. divorce proceedings were Sader way. Samuel Tift} every ay of his visit he used! our son out of Key West.” And the attorney, and time again, told Celerina about what midnight. There is plenty of park- over ' Samuel had ‘said;.and she replied | ing space. e perigd of almost three months, she had no .intention of leaving Key West. Celerina married Fern L. Rhodes on March 3, 1942, Iess than two Army?” visitedg the lawyer's office, and! months after she got her divorce He was inducted into} from Tift. God’s sake, beg: her not to take! evening of enjoyment and.an.at-}, wre imesphere of refinement. This night spot Operis évery. afternoon jat 3 o’elock and remains open till | to talk to Tift, and the first ques- | tion asked’ was: | “Weren’t you .inducted into the “Hunh? Er—I don’t know.” | The question was repeated, and} the army, but was released sev-|a similar answer was given, then THE KEY WEST CITIZEN IT’S ‘STRICTLY CASH AND CARRY GN’ AT SLOPPY’S Let’s go to Cioppy Joe’s, the good-time spot on Duval street, where Joe Russo and his band will play tonight, starting at 7 o’elock. Here you can dance, swing and sway the Sloppy Joe way till the curfew s‘ops the fun. There is nev-' er a cover or minimum charge, you Have the fun and write your: own check. It's strictly a cash-and-! carry-on at Sloppy Joe’s. Joc Rus-! so will play speeial music tonight./ TEMPERATURES: Temperature data for the 24) hours ending 8:30 a. m., April 24, ! 1943, as reported by the U. S.! Weather Bureau: Highest Lowest last 24 hours’ last night! 55 50 63 46 85 61 69 55 59 42 66 43 82 65 | 76 60 | Kansas City _ 75 46 KEY WEST _ 76 68 _K.W. AIRPORT 74 68 Memphis vi 52 Miami 7 66 Minneapolis 70 49 New Orleans _ 82 65 | New York 64 4 3 Norfolk - 59 a Oklahoma City 79 i Pensacola 7 Pittsburgh 61 St. Louis . 68 Tampa 77 MUST BE IMPORTED Atlanta Boston Brownsville Charleston Chicago Detroit Galveston Jacksonville } i 54 59 44 43 66 } NEW YORK. — Because virtual-} ly all of French West Africa's} peanut crop is used for making fuel | oil, peanut butter must be oo ed. FOR SALE TECHNICAL BOOKS — New, Shipment weekly. A look at our Technical Shelf may save{ you dines of postage and) weeks of ing. SMITH, bookseller, 334 Simon-{ ton St at Eaton St. t aprl-tf j > i SPECIAL—One thousand Manila. Second Shects, $1.00. 500) Sheets, 60c. These prices now} in effect. The Artman Press.; aprl-tf! oc lte e f BICYCLES—Motor Scooter, Flash-! light Batteries. Electric Irons,; Cords, Large Pedestal Fan, 24 inch. Apply at Skating Rink. apr8-tf! "WEATHER REPORT | Observation. taken at 8:30 a. m E.W.T. (City Office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean Normal __.. hours 8:30 a. m, inches." ~ Total rainfall sine’. Apr: inches as Bb areeath: 8 Excess © since April 1," inches oe: ae 0.02 Total rainfall since Jan. 1, inches. Deficiency’ si inches Relative Humidity 84% Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 6:56 a. m. Sunset 7:54 p. m. Moonrise 12:20 a. m. Moonset 11:30 a. m. Tomorrow's Tides *_ @Naval Base) High Tide 2:48 a.m. 1:49 p.m. FORECAST Key West and Vicinity: Mild temperatures this afternoon and tonight; a few scattered show- ers this afternoon. Florida: Continued mild south ahd central fortions; slightly cooler extreme north portion to- night, preceded by a few srat- tered showers in south and east- central portions this afternoon. 16 Rainfall 24 ~ . 491 ary 1, 0.79 Hatteras, N. C., to Apalachi- cola, Fla.: Small craft warnings remain displayed south of Hat- teras to Brunswick, Georgia. of born Dr. George M. Dorrance Philadelphia, surgeon, Bristol, Pa., 66 years ago. 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FPoutter. the benefit Lt.-Comdr. of : the Coast Guard, Cartain of the Port, Key West, announces that the District Coast Guard officer, | "° Miami, has ordered aij boats that operate between Tavernier Fla., and. Dry Tortugas to issued new Coast Guard operat ing licenses, bearing the letters \ Kw. “You; must procure your new license by May 1, 1943, or you ARE 1.000 will be operating your boat il- c WASHINGTON, — The War De- | !e2lly.” Lt.-Comdr. Foutter said 1 fartment announced today that ~— the casualties among Americen. soldiers since the invasion of North Africe on November 7, 1942. to date number 17.000, (Continved f: vom Page One) General Ande:son’s men when tke Am2rians went into action sent back to the Ways and Means Committee eyein, efter the state-° ment, two days ago, that the tax measure would be settled en the i qeastl- document Lt>Comdér. 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The one thousandth mark has been the goal set for the num- ber of sorties to be carried out | by Allied planes from their North | Afr'cen bases in attecking Axis |troors in Thinisie and shipping | in the Mediterranean, but, accord-: |ing to the officiel‘ Fénort ‘foday. the number of; sorties effected » reached * the 1,503 was Along the entire front in Tw: | nisia, Allied plates, greatly as- sisted the Americans, the British ‘and the French advances against | {tke Germans and Ita’ians. An- |dersen’s two columns were j helped so materially in both ac: | | tions, Axis artillery was silenced and tanks were driven off the roads to seek safety from the bombs dropped bv the planes. Men’s Summer Tropicals-- Made by CURLEE We especially suggest that you see these new SUMMER TROPICAL SUITS EASTER CLOTHES for MEN and BOYS Our DEPARTMENT for MEN end BOYS is complete and we can cutfit them from head to toe. See our showing of DRESS PANTS and SLACK SETS. ARONOVITZ “They Give Their Lives=You Lend Your Money “Bry MORE WAR BOeNDs? —- 4 ss | ' ll, 644 United street. | prectiqally the same words, “Teil! cral months later. He did not re-| the officer asked: Rae Russell, nited stree’ | turn to Key West, and where he is} “Have you been released from |residing now, nobody could be|the Army?” she wishes me to agree to, but} found who knows. | Tift didn’t know; didn’t know} ; G | ‘The man who was killed also) anything about the Army, andj bes doy, Yor: Gots ‘vane,’ not ig Fe been released from ‘the army, | then he was asked to produce the} take obr son out of Key West.”! and the slayer came back from| papers showing he had been dis- The Fettorney said this morn-/ Camp Blanding with his discharge | charged, as the officer said he had} fs useless to try t agg | Little more than a week . | heard. | S useless to try to guess} When Tift. was. arrestéd.. and|. “Papers? I er— Papers?” Tift| coming to you in this} taken to the sheriff’s., office for| drew his hand across his brow. id you asked! thé, I would | quesfioning, he was on the point} “Haven't got any papers.” would a eee -and was | However, as the officer was, le ti : gent an-! le: swer to anything that was asked Celeritta mm egree to anything men aving the jail, he met Tift’s} in the world to commit murder. | father, who showed the release He didn’t smoke, he didn’t|him. Despite the. fairly. cool | papers to the officer. drink, fe didn't gamble; he liy- , weather last night, and the fuptbs At 2 o'clock this morning, Tift’s ed as model a life as it is pos-}er fact that be was in his shirt/ condition became so serious he; sible {Zr a man to live. | Sleeves, big drops of sweat coursed| seemed to be on the point ofj “Butglove, his abounding love! down his cheek, and the fringes| death, and an atmy doctor was; for ws Og and his baby, prey-|of his hair seemed like they had|calted to the jail. Since then Tift, ed on his mind like the drip,| been soaked in water. | has been resting easier, but Sheriff; drip, dtip, of. water. I tried my; Sheriff Sawyer said this ‘morn- | Sawyer said this morning Tift is hardest tried over and over! ing that Tift’s mind is a blank. | still unable to talk coherently. | and ovér again, to get her to go, Last night, shortly after he was| Celerina was taken in an am-* back t§ him, assuring her hejlocked up, an officer from the| buluiod to the Naval Hospital,’ was ore of the best men alive,, Army Barracks called at the jail| where she now hangs between but it Jvas useless, as useless a: and asked to see Tift, stating that| life and death. it would have been to try to} the Aimy authorities had been in-} This afternoon at 4 o'clock, Act- butt ddwn the Rock of Gibraltar | formed that Tift had aot been re-| ing Coroner Esquinaldo, with head.” leased from the Army. Jr., will hold a hearing in the case I rel&ted all of that to Sam-| The officer was taken to a cel:! before a coroner’s jury. WANTED apr23-3tx WANTED — Furnished Apart | LOST—Wrist Watch, yellow gold/ Mrs. Price at 412-J. apr19-6t: ment. }COAT HANGERS WANTED.| $1.00 a hundred, Phone 282,: we will call. White Star! Cleaners, 701% Duval St. apri-tf i WANTED—Furnished dgoienent| by reliable married . couple.| Box A, clo Citizen. apr22-6tx' iM Elgin, on Duval street. Re- ward if returned to “C”, Citi- zen office. apr23-3tx MISCELLANEOUS FENSE WORK, goad nie tle ones to Miss Goodspeed’s Nursery School.. Call, 551,M for hours and reine. “f mar30;apr9-12-17-27x FREE COMMUNITY EASTER EGG HUNT 2 to 6 P. M., Saturday, April 24th, at TROPICAL AMUSEMENT PARK 712 DUVAL STREET FREE RIDES - GIFTS KEY WEST, FLORIDA - DEFENSE STAMPS GIVEN TO EACH CHILD FINDING EGGS 1611 Duval Street ahi lit- | i