The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 10, 1943, Page 2

West Citizen PETERS Gower and pn hk ES Renteeee Manager ding oe eer res BATES ~ $10.00 * boo 275 100 oe oe ter} atged fur at from which reer aeEnTs FOR KEY WEST SPYOCATED BY THE CITIZEN oot Apartments 4 Pavilion a ad Sea : ty and City Gov- # — Ho apital eee «THEORY AND PRACTICE ently celebrated kable that me »f $28,000 to an than forty remat he fact he of more rt space of snusual accom- " t H eld fortune was without the te As far as we which has as been earned ya of this business pay close to his opin- uv why WE HELP i g ' W ail ‘ er : e will t . Li ‘ v : t * | you sometimes feel that you are no { of us could and can THE OLD HOMETOWN Sometimes, irked by the daily grind, we fume about the old hometown and wish we were in the mountains, or else- where, enjoying a vacation. We tire of what ow the things we have possessed for is near a long ime and dream about far-off places or yearn for something somebody else pos- sesses gut old hometown, when are away from itand have fill of other places, is the Most degirable thing in all the | world ¢o us, And suppose one of the places Guadalcanal, and the we our you had “visited” was t while you were there you not only had to fight the Japs but the miasma Ah, how you returned to avily also, he laden with disease? would vou feel then when the old metown? When yeu imagine how you would feel, you know how Harry Brockway Johnson. 1301 Whitehead street, feels States Marines August ti! ught and 2 time the United 1 Gua following December | From landed late the alcanal in early beat the Japs, but the alaria from the swamps and jungles fo and So he came back to his old home- town, where malaria is not contractible and where it gradua aves one’s sys- tem, for we have no malarial mosquitoes in Key West What a homecoming must have been for this Key West youth who fought, in what Eddie Rickenbacker called a “heii hole”, i saw while he fought! When your +a thought to young Johnson, and his comrades die daily grind discontents thought sufficiently comprehen- sive, you will realize you are fortunate i being in Key West. If you are engaged tn war work, or other kind of work that contributes to any the we £ al elfare, and doing the sured that you are just as essential a cog your bit in helping to wit war, be as- in the war machine as is the American on the front line. He could not be there fight- ing without you, and you would not be here in peace without him. He and you are com- st the m roller that eve and the G wg the Italians ponent parts of the a tually will crush mans and is now crush All of Harry Japs us could not go to Guadalcanal Brockway J on did, but each as io our duty in helping at home in the same degree of NXmericanism that characteri z- the jungles. He and our country determined ed his fighting for several still are able to fight effectively because of did and are doing on the home as ir were and millions cthers m what ve front Sut, to return to what o keep h iv grind begins said before we t would be we m in mind whe » da to weigh us down; Ives that we recur who hat yD K has the dise € € a a“ he 5 r h Doin uy rk cheerf akes t I Wh ' ' e man who was n u hat gadye u Wa rumors ra i botage t enen S. ar n s ening t¢ However hard erheard somebod st hat so and so THE KEY W Chapter 17 fod my hotel room, I looked at Hernando ana then I looked at Lila Taggard. Her cheeks were flaming red, her hands jerky and quick as if strung on wires. I wished tha* instant for people} who were truly what they ap-; peared to be. There weuld come! a time, there must come a time, after all the Gestapos.had been crushed, when people would be themselves without hypocrisy and treachery. “Hernando,” I said. “I want you to help us. I'll pay you.” “Senor, I am afraid.’ “You've taken a he: r broke in impatiently. “Her- nando, help me find my father.” “No!” he cried. “No! No “Do you know where she asked. Yo man knows where Senor Taggard hide. El diablo not know.” His tone revealed admira- tion for his former-employer He glanced at us and again very sim- ply said. “I am a pocr man. M pobre.” “I will pay you now for let- ting me escape.” I opened wallet and counted out all pesos I had. There were two hi dred and ten pesos. t E took them without a gracias. “What's th Hernando?” He held up the “In American dollars, it is forty Forty.” the eu going back to J: “No, Senor. No! No!” To me, his fear ke € enough. here are you going?” Senor.” “Where do you live?” He showed me the d with one hand. “M KEY WEST IN EST CITIZEN Sinaloa. “Do you work in Micho- | life is worth some pesos fo you acan, Henando?” He's realistic about it—” Sener. Hernando Cortes,| “His realism is a shade too sim- He tapped his chest with |.ple.” Again, I considered the pos- bravado gesture of his. ——_ of fo nagrecgpe sere His story in its entirety, cer-}and Hernando; her defense of his tainly made a plausible pattern: | story balanced his support of her X hates Y; X sells out to Y's ene- | Story in the Michoacan l mies, but is frightened sy them | sides, these two had not satisfac- and decides to go back home after | torily explained. themsglves. - getting all the pesos he can. He . of the four rith men: to the highest bidder. | Jenkins* (in England). The ~ha- ma Government | ciendado. Lathrop (murdered) wernment and. the | Chevaile. vernment are looking Taggard because ne “Si, ever recall that ha- i I asked her, thinking of the visit to Che- | yaile. It was Chevaile who had mentioned Lathrop’s name. “You might offer me a cig- arette.” She extended her slim fingers. “Sorry, Hernan “Gracias, Senor.” I lit our three cigarettes and } she said. “No, I can’t remember.” | “I wish you would,” I said. It was Chevatle who had mentioned Lathrop’s name! I didn’t care about the haciendado. I was slow- ly leading up to a question about the Frenchman. That visit a fev nights ago—that had meant some- thing; it wasn’t just a shot in the dark. She tat? wanted~me to meet Chevaile as she had wanted me to meet Mirtilo. It was a clue if I could preperly evaluate it or if 1 could get Sam Taggard’s daughter or Hernando to help me evaluate it. “From what you've told me, your father didn’t know which of his benefactees would come to his aid. He may have approached the haciendado and have been turned down and then t ap- pealed to Lathrop. If it was the case, I'd like to know it. It might help us. Anything we can learn about Lathrop Anyti said eagerly. nor Lathrop.” » Hernando?” ted, I said. “How about you YROM t “I'm not father. But while you feels is your | (Copyr To be continued 1943, Carl A. Peterson) Today’s Birthdays (By DAYS GONE BY .....% nuaust 1 FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN tar —= is OF AUGUST 10, 1933 es M G H Fulle o ae este M - Ww ya c S aloes Ne eal, 41 a J. M. wi t get th s I w J te S. anamppesespipimstinigtnenenteipiinn: I N 62 F Teday In History | ..., c+ N G _ v Ww V it sae ee AUGUST 10 ve s Key W ‘ i ‘ pte! , Ww eH — " fe K Ww si Scat : N “ Today’s Horoscope . ‘ AUGUST 10 : Fi wn Zpays M i Mrs. W H @ pe ! iste 666 Liquid for Malarial Symptoma, kK N : " - ‘ J FSIKES LICENSED PLUMBER li POLITICAL 1306 CATHERINE STREET UV vere. vecereuee — ANNOUNCEMENTS Your Grocer Sells YHAT GOOD MUNICIPAL ELECTION. * ad ” NOVEMEER 3. 1943 STAR BRAND ee AMERICAN COFFEE iid For Captain or £ and CUBAN W. 5: WARRER (MAGE |e eo : « Seeeccces “° SS STRONG ARM BRAND COFFE? 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Under an enw a impthers with babies in arms, | tain code they pice - tots just out of swaddling! wherever they four fclthes and older children have }gardiess of 7 ‘tdken to the field and ravines in} The +H ¢ ' quest of the native blackberry. ‘in for some of th Within th weeks these na- market pant eight cow tives picked upwards of 250,000'and the 4H Ch pounds of the wild fruit for $20- cent on the peuwn a 000! money, the 4H Behind the movement, as in ~urrie - the case of most innovations, li lak a story. John Stoner wrote the, The $20,00m . ,aer Count ——EE third of alt an 7 county for « “0 . Today’s pang ll + . summon Anniversaries ie .Sine a bernes ~ spread AUGUST 10 the govwene 3.—Edmund Randolph, Vir- ations ¢ first U. S. atter work cretary of state, was amsburg. Died Sept i ,. sensible thong B14 — v. fiery Gul os epg | nist Warren Co..\ tops share of i 1863. : ; ™ « American writer “°7"* F B. i a, critic, born Phila-' \°" - aes ise berries any whe them. - amed Phila 1 War days, Ohio. Died Feb 346.—Pt Ness Myers, ucat l of Cincinnati's bor New York. 849.—Horace (Bs Ase KNOXVIL * We an 1 4 < O irae aahdeer © get FLED — ont s R ——_——————— FICTION - NON-FICTION TECHNICAL BOOKS 9 A.M. to 8 P.M. 1F You'RE Loonie Fon See PAut SmitH 334 Simonton §T. * ELECTRIC APPLIANCES HOW TO GET LONGER LIFE FROM THE Never immerse in water Keep them clean and ready for wer Take good care of cords and plugs W use store where they will not become deme Keep motor-driven appliances cated. If they need minor repairs, TAKE service dealer. gees DON’T WASTE ELECTRICITY even though no ration coupons re for your supply IN WAR ALL WASTE IS SABOTAG THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC “OMPANY eRe REE EEE EERE EERE EERE EERE TERR RRP RRR RRR TE era iies