The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 14, 1945, Page 4

sass Insane ware DETROIT DOWNS VANKEES. TWICE fo The Citizen) EW YORK, Aug. 14—Explod- De- ir second ler from Yankees yester- to 9, to shove games out of first i bf ime H i Fry Barrett of the Phil- with a single, a as H HT f victory of the season seven defeats. Andy "s home run in the ninth him of @ shutout. following are the results of, ni the games played yesterday National At Philadelphia R H CE Chicago 4 9 1 Phitadeiphia 1 8 Derringer Rice; Barrett and Bermanick At Boston R H E Pittsburgh 4 10 1 Boston 6 Gables and Salkeld; Andrews, Henderson and Masi. Only games played. American League First Game At Detroit ee ee Rew York .. 4 9 2 Betrost 16 20 3! Benham, Roser and Garbark; Trout and Richardson. Second Game Hew York » 3} Detrot 1 10) 2 Dubiel, Holcombe and Dres- her, Benton, Caster and Swift. Only games played. Miami Beach To Play Softball And Baseball Games Here This Week Arrangements have RS com- CHICAGO CUBS COME OUT)pleted by the American Legion and the City Recreation Depart- pent to bring the Miami Beach wi iniors here for a softball game at Bayview Park on Saturday night and a baseball game at the Municipal Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Miami Beach team is coach- ed by Mitch Menacof of the Miayni Beach Recreation Department. He writes that the outstanding play- er of the team is the baseball game. the Chicago} Other members of the team are: the Phils 4-1. Paul|Spatz Taylor 1B, Dick Bower 2B, registered his thir-| Bob Tesher 3B, Matty Nestler C, and Seymour Schwartz P. Fielders are Danny Kohl, T. A. Price, Fred Tesher, Arthur Blank, Mel Eder, and Jor- Jerry Blank P, dan Matlin. THE WEATHER cloudy with a few scattered show- southeasterly winds. hi Florida: Partly cloudy this: aft- ernoon, tonight and Wednesday with scattered afternoon: and ev- ening showers and thunderstorms, mostly over north and west por- tions, and along extreme south- east coast early Wednesday morn- ing. Jacksonville through Florida Straits and East Gulf: Moderate to occasionally fresh southeaster- ly winds this afternoon through Bur Stone, who was selected by Speeder ileal . 2 ing player am the rw, playing first | teams of Gcsier Miami. Stone is’ of injured Phil Cav-} scheduled to leave next week @ nine-hit attack on/for New York to play at the Polo Grounds in the Esquire East-West FORECAST Key West and Vicinity: Partly ers and thunderstorms this after- noon, tonight and. Wednesday; 13 0} moderate to occasionally. fresh topher Humbert. We've lost—” sir,. noon.” + Dai > o'e] ‘this aft tion’ rij about lost somewhere in the store?” in” trouble for someone if it doesn’t show up fast,” Christopher an- swered quickly, “I’m going down to interview porters and freight elevator operators and then I'll come back to the fur section, Tell Dan to come to Mrs. Blair's office ag soon _as he comes in anc wait for me. Mrs. Blair is Miss Young’s new assistant.” ‘ ~ Before he snapped off ‘his desk light Christopher looked at his watch. It was five minutes past nine. The long summer twilight had turned to night inside the store.. Down at the far end of the fur tion Christopher saw a int glow on ‘the high vaulted ceiling above’ Eve Young's office. The rest of the floor was in dark- ness, TRIPPED of its costly mer- chandise, the fur salon was folded deeply in a strange, almost menacing silence as Christopher walked quickly down its wide center aisle. In the darkness, the canvas that covered the counters Tunning along one side of the 'E-spoke directly into the in- * strument—with no prelimin- aries. “Hello, Dan. This is Chris- speaking, Christopher “But Mr. Humbert,” a strange voice interrupted him, “I’m sorry, {isn’t Dan. He isn’t in his office. This is one of his night men. in here ‘since five “Well, when he comes in, tell him I.want him up in the fur sec- it away. Do you know e shipment of mink that’s “Yes, sir, I do. We all do.” He caught the worried tone in the man’s voice. “Everybody in the store has been hunting for it, and it seems to be gone—we’ve been a couple of hours trying to trace “There’s going to be a lot of THE KEY WEST CITIZEN A SLIGHT CASI aisle, glimmered faintly through. the shadows like tired ghosts stretched out waiting for some macabre signal to rouse them. Half way down bes aes salon, that was almost a full city block in ‘length, Christopher stopped, listening intently. He was sure he heard foot- stop] e ey PI struck Christopher that he needed “ flashlight. He’d get one from an... On he went, listening to steps he imagined he heard behind him —steps that kept pace with his own. But each time he halted to check on them—the footsteps faded into silence and evaporated into nothing. As he turned from the center aisle into the wide en- trance that set off the formal ap- proach to the fur salon, just in front of a long bank of elevators, Christopher stumbled over.a can- vas cover. It had sli from a wax figure which stood near a life-sized mounted tiger. Stooping to disentangle his feet from the bunched up folds of the material, he noti a sweet acrid odor that seemed to come from the floor underneath it. He tossed the canvas under the tiger, and stepped over to the swinging gate opening into the space, enclosed by a hand-rail, just outside of the offices of the buyer and her assis- tant. A moment later he was in the office. A SOFT light fell on a bright red-gold head, bent in com- plete concentration over a stack of orders and filing folders. “Mrs, Blair.” Brenda Blair looked up with a start, and smiled. Her candid grey eyes answered his greeting wit! swift recognition. He noticed the soft rush of color that tinged her. cheeks as he spoke her name. An instant later he was aware of a provocative mouth and a round, firm chin. Then as he stepped around the end of the desk, he was subconsciously approving a Let’s Stop Tomorrow’s ‘ OF Traffic Fatalities Now! eer well-tailored dress with |™men, present increased safety touches of crisp white at neckline | problems to all of us. was a coo! a . fresh look about this girl that | Since most drivers gave no indication of the hours she had spent that scorching July day, in a stifling stock-room. “T am Christopher Humbert,” he began hastily. “I came down to see if, could help you locate those ’s good of you to come, Mr: alee yy she. aul = - low, usky voice, pushing aside the pa~ pe ‘she had been working on, “I ated to bother you about tie matter, but I knew it was too important not to report to some official at once. For four hours I have been trying in every pos- sible way to locate those furs, and I am at last convinced that they are not in the store—they’ve been stolen.” “Yes. I’m afraid you're right.” Christopher said as he pushed a have for- mon Sense, we can look for the greatest slaughter in the history of motor: vehicles. Drunken and. ir- vehicles and “20-mile minds” gre going to cause havoc to innocent pedestrians and drivers by speed- ing their vehicles beyond control. Mayors, enforcement officers, the press, the radio, the civic clubs, the American Legion, and every- one to arouse the public to Care- fulness in driving and walking. “Carelessness” stated Erents “is a disease of the mind, and must be cured by either education or chair nearer to the desk and sat | enforcement. Let us not make our down. “Since I came to the store | homes, streets, and highways a I've checked with everyone who | death march.” could have had any possible con; | “Accidental deaths in Florida he stopped suddenly, leaned for- | {om the beginning of the war ward and said in a low, tense | until today amounted to over voice, “Do you hear what I do— | 8,000 fatalities, of which more footsteps—outside this office?” than 2,000 were traffic fatalities. She nodded quickly. “Yes,” she |In other words, 24 times more breathed “I have been hearing | persons were killed on the home them all evening, at intervals. If | front due to accidental deaths, than were killed from Florida you hear them too, I guess). during the war” concluded Asher peverk just been, imagining them, Frank of the Florida Safety Coun- cil. , ba Christopher looked around ied office. It was made with specially psec par! ah 4 et ‘to r > wood: partitions reached ‘up ts tof twelve feet, The on Re office had was the ‘high vaulted ceiling of: the building, which rose at least six feet above the top of these partitions. Sounds from the section which surround- ed the office on three sides were almost as audible inside of it as they were on the floor itself. The office walls only made for a lit- tle additional privacy. To be continued eeccsocscoccsoenceseeees ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Enrique Esquin- aldo, Jr.. received information to- day that Ruth Clydeen Thompson, Wednesday; partly cloudy wea-| ~ eae ther with a few scattered showers Girl Scouts Enjoy and thunderstorms. é : 1 Jacksonville to Apalachicola: Outing Friday Night No small craft or storm warn- STANDINGS ; | Metional League ings cae aovaile Troop No. 4 Girl Scouts enjoyed WwW iL iaAve. a scavenger hunt Friday night. Chicago 6 36 657| Key West, Fla., Aug. 14, 1945 : St. Louis 64 44 593 Observation taken’ ai 8:30 a. m.;They met at their scout hall, and Brovkiva 61 45 575) "astern War Time. (City Office.) | were given a list, and then started New York 5? 50.533} srighest 1 Femmpersticrea go | out on the hunt. The group re- Pittsburgh SM My ce. ~ 9g turning first with the most com- Boston a 8 xe gq |Blee list was given a prize. They Cimetanat: 43 «60 AIT Were back to the hall soon. The: Pitledeiphie 2 7 262 84 they enjoyed games and refresh- ments served them by their lead- American League ar Ney ending 0.09 er. Mrs. Earl Baumgardt. All had Detroit oo 43 583 Total rainfall, peg ‘Aug. Bik “jan enoyable evening. Washington 87 45 .559/" inches F * 058 Scouts attending were: Betty New York 52 48 526 | Defici ee ‘Aug: 4 ~ ““.|Canova, Sondra Silberman, Dottie Chicage Be et) pve 2 1g |Catbonell, Loretta Carbonell, Cleveland 8 «SI 500) Total rainfall since Jan. res “““|Anne Sawyer, Diane © Auxier, Boston 51 53 = 490] inches ""* 42.479|Mary Anne Howes, Betty Anne St. Lous ® 51 490 i since : january ; |Baumgardt, Nancy Lewis. Phitadeipiia “™ «6 340 Datereny 13 Guests were: Jeanne Carbonell, BARRACKS DOWNS FORT TAYLOR UNIT : ENGINEERS TRIUMPH IN DIA- MONDBALL GAME WITH DAILY NEWS Port Taylor and the Barracks Played the first game last night end the Southern Engineering Co. | end the Daily News the second ne tm the first game the Barracks| wen over the Fort boys by a 12} te © score. In the first the Bar- geeks took the lead on Sorafins tt and a double by Bice to left, @@ded one more in the fourth on ® single by Paunicka, a sacrifice ty De Crotte, and an error and Peunicke scored. In the fifth the % |Marjorie ‘Roberts, Cinna Sawyer, on Naticy Sawyet, Joanne. Walsord, eer peered. Buddy Young, aan, |@uthor Engor, George Baumgardt 2 ee “A.G. Boyer, Jr. Moonrise 331 Moonset : WILLIAM ALBURY First Quarter 22 \ « (Naval bg had | (Continaed trom Page One) High eee inal \1ed hard, though Mr. Stone in- rye 10:00 a.m {formed The Citizen at the time 4:22 as 9:28 p.m that he was not making any spe?- ial effort to obtain the a TEMPERATURE BULLETIN Lara Temperature data for the 2s] hours ending 8:30 a. m., as report-| i+ ed by the U. S. Weather Bureau. | Attorney Albury was’ Gove 79 | pointive offices who had supported him in the first and second prim- Den bev apetind the count on | E Wopt Alzvort: 92 7p jaries, an outstanding example of = y = : Bs a es in, | Mesa 80 which was former State Attorney (aw obye oy Baten g pth atl Minnea; 84 62 Stanley Milledge, who was named fer threw wild to the plate and|New Orleans 90 re ae Gaia tiie taorain tecks scored two in the fifth. | New York —— 84 4G | that he thought he will x ee Berain jed and Tuttle hit a} ere, |his 02 ice fr ec Bice cern ce ees ie |B calh ot ollie fom Secry 4 and Tuttle hit er, , | Pensacola. it would be filled in and fist the Pert, boys, went, into, BDU a egitely and returned the lead on two singles and two! rs oo a | to Mr. Gray. pons eways ne rere. But in the last of the baba ; commission will be mailed to Mr. @xth the Barracks batted around! | Albury, who added that h eed Tuttle hit his second homer. Bice doubled, Paunicka hit a triple. Squaglia and Wanner hit sitgies and two errors gave them © vue. At bat, Tuttle and Bice hit three out of four and Wanner hit two. Serafin two and Paunicka hit two fasely. For the losers, Martin hit three, and Schoch two sefely. im the field, Schoch, Man- geet, and Martin played well for the losers and Romenilli, Ser-| etm, Tuttle, Bice starred for the warmers | Score RHE Pt. Taylor 000 024.0 611 3 Barracks 100 128 x 12 14 4 Hudovanic and Dutka; Venecio, Moina: and Bice th the night cap the Daily News @erted out in the lead but soon folded up and lost their game. Miggeebotham, their new third taseman committed errors of @mmiasion and of conumission gal- ore. He was called out off third A ; ; 4 5 | thought he will be qualified in the in a mist of a rally he failed to} paxt week or 10 days. touch third with bases loaded, | and threw away, outside of that | ~< (CIGAR STORE he played a great game. J. Lewis | ™ and Girton each hit two safely for | the losers and Jordon and Del} Valle hit two or the winners,. In | the field Rife, Goss and Yancey | starred for the winners. ert | Fitch and Lastres for the losers. $10 Duval Street Dalle 110 010 0 A 5 | al jews — Bg. So. — Os 420 x 129 4| COMPLETE |_ O. Gruz and Girton; Yancey and | one | BASEBALL SCORES EeEeyememerer | Received Daily by Leased Wirt | Your Grocer SELLS That GOOD o | AMERICAN | CIGARS and COLD and CUBAN COFFEE | SOFT DRINKS | Try A Pound Today! Highes: Lowest | Pacig wpa last night! nor Caldwell’s campaign manag-| Atlanta__ 83 70, |e in Monro¢ County during the} Boston____. 88 69 first and’ sé¢ontl primaries last Brownsville. 95 "ag | Year. and it, is thought that the Cha sce 82 16 circumstances had much to do Chee os 73 ‘| with his appointment, as political? Detroit 87 16 |correspondents in Tallaha Galveston____ 91 82 j have said repeatedly that Go Jacksonville___88 75 (| RO Caldwell had shown a dispo- Kansas City 95 71 |Sition to favor aspirants for ap- FRANCIS M. TETER COMPLETES COURSE Sergeant Francis M. Teter of| 1212 Olivia street, Key West, has! just completed the light artillery | course at the Army Service Forces | Training Center, Abedeen Proving ; Ground, Md. Sergeant Teter is married to the former Miss Eugenia Delgado: His | mother 's. Renay Te! who lives at 3443 Rosemary . strect, j Jacksonville, Fla. Turkey Takes Earthshock Precautions | (Ry Associated Presa) ANKARA — Since earthshocks are not adjustable to architecture, architecture is going to bé adjyst- ed to earthshocks by the Turkish Government by ‘building’ houses in earthshocked regions which would sway with shocks, thus preventing costly destruction and loss of life. { After long studies by all the Meteorological Institutes and geology professors of Turkey, a map has been prepared showing the exact earthshock areas in Tur-, A Turkish scientist has un- ed a machine with which he ment, though, were it offered to| claims to forestall earthshocks, it him, he most surely. would accept| also was announced. ‘ANT DEATH RATE HIGH IN HOLLAND pee ven | (By Asnoctatet Prean) i THE HAGUE — Effects of malnutrition are keeping the in- fant mortality rate in Holland at| a high level, although the over-all death rate has been declining steadily. : In this city alone, deaths among children less than a year old dur-! ing April represented 6.5 per cent of the total deaths, while in June! the figure rose to 14 per cent. Ini complete reports for July show an! povee higher percentage. | (CHEMICAL FIGHTS daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dow F. = ;Thompson, of Key West, and George Elliott Smith, Jr., of the United States Naval Reserve, had |been married, Tuesday, July 3, in Trinity Episcopal = rose, Mas nformation further said that Mr. and Mrs, Smith are re- siding at 51 Mount Vernon ave- nue in Melrose. STRAND THEATER DON AMECHE in “Wing and a Prayer” Coming: Henry Aldrich Boy Scout BARRIOS HAVE SON Announcement has been made of the birth of a.son, wejghing six pounds, to Mr. and Mrs. Julian Barrios of 1219 Duval Street on Sunday, August 12. The new arrival has been given the name of Julian Barrios, Jr. PACIFIC PERILS Br Asnuciated Prous) > WASHIN TON, D. C. — A chemical formula known as Wol- man: solts has been used to: im- pregnate more than 1,000,000 feet of wooden tent poles for Navy South Pacific bases, so that they may withstand the ravages of} tropical termites, molds and fun-| gus organisms. All materials used in these bases are tropicalized, and e lumber in hospital tent floors h been so treated. *-SIMONE SIMON in “Mademoiselle Fifi” Coming: “Frontier Bad. Men” THE UNPARDONABLE SIN Divorced are Mr. And Mrs. Rowell, He wiped his car With her guest towel. Purelest PLENAMINS ALL VITAMINS known to be essential to human nutrition, plus liver and iron. 72's $2.59 288's $7.95 a Jesatt moouct GARDNER'S FhARMACY | b RATIONING FOODS Book 4, Blue Y2-Z2, Al-Cl expire Aug. 31; Dl-Hl ex- Pire Sept. 30; J1-Nl ex- pire Oct. 31: Pl thru Tl ex- Pire Nov. 30. Red Q2-U2 expire Aug. 31 V2-2Z2 expire Sept. 30; Al- El expire Oct. 31; Fl thru Kl expires Nov. 30. Ration Board Office, Post would moved TIMETABLE SUGAR $| Turn about is fair pla Think « he felle _— Stamp 36, 5 Ibs. thru Aug. 31. $j stop when you ride the bus, Move to the rear and leave GASOLINE | aisle room for him. Please be consid lefenne Al6 good for 6 gallons B workers and start home before the alters n peak aad through Sept. 21. $| hours, when defenss workers are using the “ SHOES ni home. Remember, we all enjoy better Airplane stamps 1, 2, Book 3, now good. FUEL Period 1 thru 5, 10 Gal. each Office Building, Phone 43 ney Now that the war is nearly| 6 eee over, the returning Service’ men, |at the avre.Port parka- ; the war tension relaxation, and|tion Staging Area in France 815 Southard Street, whe has ik the reduction of industrial work-|awaiting shipment to the United | overseas in the gotten the CCC’s of driving—/street, and he is the husband of! Courtesy, Carefulness, and Com-)Mrs. Joseph Baker. responsible drivers with worn gut The Council is calling on all OF MARRIAGE | Church, Mel-| MONROE THEATER | We All Know How . to have the driver of a crowe avoidable, but it think of the other tellow, DoYou | aig sion 'Joseph Baker: Coming !Norman Baker, Jr. Back From Overseas) - Comes , : 4 S-Sgt. Joseph N. Baker is now} ain eee Baker, Jr. ETO ; States under the Army Redeploy-| war has returned to Key ‘West for ’ ment Program. a 30 day furlough with his family His address is 815 Southard here. ‘ S/Sgt. Baker has been awarded the good conduct medal, also @x* He entered ine army in 1943,| pert infantry rifleman badge. His r ix | wife, the former Gertrude Gann Backs, Dak, beans Over MRORLR wang Springfield, Tenn., has been months. |the guest of Sgt. Baker's sister GROCERY STORES TO (231.2 tusoet sant Avenue B, fF CLOSE ON V-J DAY ; ‘he past six weeks. beara bN CARD OF THANKS Isadore Weintraub, president of <iimnnena the Key West Grocer’s Associa-| The family of the late Thomas tion, said this afternoon that all Sands wish to express their aim imember stores will be closed all cere appreciation to the many day on V-J Day. friends who rendered their serv+ jices, and sent kind notes of sym MRS. H. RICKELS jpathy during our hours of be- | HAS HOUSE GUEST | ‘reavement, Such kind acts as these really ‘gave us fortitude and ecoursge Mrs. Howard Rickels has as a'to inculeate our faith in the j house guest with her this week,!“Supreme Being”; you will ever her cousin, Mrs. J. R. Lewis of be remembered in our lives, + Greenville, Miss. | @l4-1tx) THE FAMILY { BP he Wiest tae Ses nl Pa aa (MAKES ME WANT To PauNT “A EVERYTHING IN SIGHT | 20P _ ns the Job te done! It’s lots of fun—and sé-0-0 @aam Fer woodwork and metal. Even an amar teur can do a professional job... without brushmarks showing. In brilliant colors and tile-like finish. Start a chair and you won't stop ‘till you've finished a room }2 | PIERCE BROS. aS LVITAVAR ERAMEL Phone 270 Fleming and Elizabeth Streets It Feels have been room on that bus IE our to the rear. ed bu us, please ere ws had have correct fare ready move to the rear ? + consider defense workers ® KEY WEST TRANSIT CO., Inc. - Sellers, Manager Phone 1057 | | | | MORE WAR RONDS AND