The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 13, 1945, Page 3

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1945 thy Chapter 8 [Sunday 9:58 to 10:30 a.m.] ENA= WE took the chair by the bed and his face relaxed} into pleasant lines as he looked| at her. “How do you feel?” “Tl be all right.” She tried to} smile but it would not come. Her hands were clasped tightly to- gether and she put them under the coverlet. “Will you give me another pillow?” He tucked one under her head} carefully and she leaned back more comfortably. “Mrs. Baker. I want you to tell me what happened at the party last night.” She had expected to be about the detective whom s found cn th g in the foyer. It was with some relief that she began. “It was all rather theatrical, Inspector, but that is the way actors are. 1 didn’t understand when 1 was first married but I came to see that most of my hus- band’s friends carried roles on or off the stage.” She watched his gray eyes anxiously. They were clouded and gave no indication of what he was thinking. “I tell you that first so you wor.’t put too much meaning in things that happer. or what is said.” “Tell me what happened and I'll judge the importance.” His tone was brusque but not unkindly and she noted with a tinge of surprise that she was not afraid of him. She gave a brief outline of events as she remembered them— about Robey knocking Jerry down and Alma throwing a glass of wine at Grace. But she gave Robey’s own explanation for his attack on Jerry and she didn’t try to interpret Almz’s action. She reviewed her own movements in| detail. “Do you have any idea why} your husband asked his two for- mer wives to this party?” “He probably thought it would b2 amusing?” “Did he consult you?” “No. He never asked me about anything.” “Were you jealous?” “Why, no. I was too—” She stopped. She couldn't say she was too frightened. “—interested,” she finished. “Can you remember how many steps you heard in the salon?” he went on without a pause. She tried to remember but she couldn’t. It aad been so quick that she couldn’t judge. The Inspector went to the door |and nodded to some one beyond. Then he closed it and came back to the chair. There was the soun of rapid steps on the glass border. “Does that sound like the same thing you heard last night?” Julia studied for a moment. “As nearly as I can remember.” “Were you in love with him?” h:_ asked abruptly. Her eyes dropped from his. “No,” she said softly. “But he had saved my life and I owed him something.” “Yes, I read about that,” he said gently. HE stood up and walked to the window and back. He seemed to be weighing his next move. She met his glance steadily when he stopped beside the bed and looked down at her. The throbbing pain in her head nad settled-into a dull ache but her mind was alert. —" “Mrs, Baker, do you know yout husband was killed?” 24 “No.” ae “But you think.so?” “You know? rae about haven't talkédte he what they saw,” ure Venable took a tut tp dow. Which will he be—a stupid policeman or a brilliant detec- tive? she wondered. A sudden doub‘ of Doctor Wan- dell enterci her head. Why didn’t he want her to tell about last night? Whom else was he protect- aes 2 The Inspector sat down by her bed again, and got out a note book. “Where were you born?” “In Radford, Virginia, on July 14, 1918.” “Where are your parents?” Beker “My father is dead. He died six | or i years ago. My mother and young- er brother live on a ranch in Wyo- ming but, Inspector, please do not mention them. They'll never know about this trouble if I can help it. You see when I finished school here in the East mother wrote and confessed she didn’t have enough money to send me to come home. That was only last | retty | year. It must have been awful for her to do that. I'd been trying to get work in New York— and I had worked some—” Julia stopped. She was telling \d| more than she needed to and it sounded too melodramatic. “We don’t need to tel: that,” he assured her gruffly. “About last night,” he went on. “We don’t know exactly where every one was because they were all moving around. Doctor Wandell said he sent Moore for spirits of am- monia. He had gone into the cor- ridor outside and was looking for Miss Pratt and Moore. Hayes said he had just regained enough strength to get off the bed and no one was in the room when he | heard Miss Dillard cry out. Miss Dillard had gone into the kitchen to get a glass of water, she said, and had left Baker a‘ the window, leaning out. Steirway and Miss | Jarvis were in the cocktail room, sitting at the table. That would in why they didn’t see Miss rd going to the kitchen. Mr. an was in the study lookin; at some changes your husbai had made in a new play. I don’t know where Miss Pratt was or where she'll say she was. I hever Saw a small party so well scat- tefed as it was at that time.” / “My husband was a strong man, Inspector. It would have been im- possible to push him out of a win- dow without a struggle.” “He could have been slugged first. An autopsy can’t determine that now.” “But he was quick to sense things. He would have known. he was in danger.” “He had had a lot to drink.” “T still believe he would have called out before he could be struck.” “Would he if it were a wo- man?” asked the Inspector. Te be continued CONCH BASKETBALL FIVE LEAVES TUESDAY TO PLAY MIAMI. BEACH) Miami Beach Tenth Besicoel| Tournament Winners Last} Year; Play Here January| 4th By F. MILLER, JR. | Key West High School's varsity basketball team will take to the road morning to make a one-game stand in Mi-| ami Beach. Cozchs will travel in two ‘Ben players will be led by Co: Hoffneister. Others will be thi lead student manager and a driv i er. | next Tuesday Key West High's opponents for! the Miami Beach game will be} the Miami Beach High Typhoons,! who won the F Tournament last y on to be runners-up for Class A championship. The Typhoons have of their play j the Conchs will have H game at the best H The Conchs have been practic-| ing ‘for about a nth. This; the one} ns to be seen if they are stronger. «.. The first home game of the! 1945-'46 season will be played| here January 4th. Opponents will! again be Miami Bea nd the fans are promised st-class! battle. CITY SPORTS Active or Passive Recreation | all, nd gh a a tou fi DIAMONDBALL at Bayview Park Field (Night Games) FRIDAY— 7.30—Miami Daily B29 Bombers. 9:00—Aviation Civilians vs. Ma- chinists. BASKETBALL at High School Gymnasium (Night Games) Games next week to be an-| nounced. BASEBALL at Municipal Stadium (Afternoon Games) SUNDAY— 1:00—Machinists vs. Legion. 3:00—Trojans Conchs. News American vs. Key West] eco RECREATION Bayview Park — Shuffleboard, } tennis, basketball, and handball courts. South Beach and Rest Beach— Swimming. Masonic Patio—Shuffleboard. Gulf Dock and Rest Beach—) Deepsea fishing, small boats. | FOLLOWING THROUGH By PEDRO AGUILAR | DEAR SANTA: tenough excitement into its brief | nt | since the start of its operations THE KEY WEST CITIZEN. NAVY BASE NEWS No Physical Training | Beiinning Monday, the Physi-! {cal Maintenance program at the! Naval Station was taken off the j must list of compulsory recrea- | tion, it is announced by Comdr. |R. J. Watson, Captain of the Yard. | | Department heads are urged, | however, to encourage all hands} | to participate in whatever form 'of exercise that appeals to them. | Recreation gear and facilities as well as personnel to assist | are available at the field house. | | PCE Has Record i | From the invasion of Leyte | |through the. Lingayen Gulf and | Okinawa Campaigns with Kam- |akaze attacks and heavy enemy gun fire the order of many days | did the PCE(R) 853 carr out its jmission as an escort rescue | craft to emerge unscathed in crew and ship from the ordeals of Pacific warfare. Commissioned June 16, 1944, | | the PCE(R) 853, in Key West | recently awaiting sailing orders ;for Norfolk, has crammed | career to last it for a long time to come. With evary member of its crew a_ solid veteran of the | Pacific, 49 of its present 57 man | crew have been with the ship }as have two of its officers, and its mascot, Snipes, a mongrel lost for a time at. Okinawa but | retrieved again after a “Save Our Dog” message sent out to all ships in the harbor. On Sept. 22, 1944, in company | with PCS R 851 and PCE R 852, the ship under command of Lt. | William W. Boynton, departed | Pearl Harbor, enroute to Manus} Island, in the. Admiralty Group, where it became a small part | of the vast number of amphib- ious craft undergoing the final | preparation for a mass attack on | the Philippines. It departed Manus Island on Oct. 12, 1944 in convoy screen- | ing a landing craft group en- route to the invasion of Leyte.} | On Oct. 20, the convoy formed | |its final approach disposition | and stood in Leyte Gulf, ready} j to render aid to the first beach | | head casualties. Scared, Yes! “Scared?” Lt. Gg) M. J. Corse, : | Jacksonville, Fla. gunnery offi-| Since I wrote! you yesterday for) cer replied to a question. “I was some of our softball players, I, scared lots of times but probably have received requests for things} not as much as at Leyte when SPORTS SCOPE | NESTOR CASTANEDA from baseball performers and en- thusiasts to pass on to you. ; The first one is from a former Here are the latest batting and| softball manager who is now in- pitching records of the Islandj terested in basebalJ.,Here it is: City Baseball League. These in- peau Hamlin, city clerk, base- = : manager, promoter and jack- clude games played through Sun") of-a11 trades, wants to keep the ay, Vec. 9. national pastime “going” here. aware will be granted, Santa. BIG SIx The six leading hitters are: | his stockings and pray for a big MALGRAT, Red Raiders, .667;| 8€F 8nd better stadium, one like DAVILA, Trojans, .667: Miami has or like the one in Jack- B. SWEETING, Trojans, .667; | Sonville. J. GARCIA, Machinists, .667: one like Tampa has at Cuscaden J. ALBURY, Red Raiders,! Park. He also wants a pitcher 635; and a first baseman for the Conch A. LASTRES, Legion, team. He is satisfied with Baker, Albury, Acevedo and several oth- ers but would like for you to send him a pitcher and first sacker. Esmond (Tarzan) Albury is ask- 571. Most hits—J. Albury, Red Raid-! ers, 5; A. Lastres, Legion, 4. | Most runs scored—J. Albury, He says he is going to hang out. He will compromise for | ing for the return of his “batting: we pulled alongside a burning sub chaser carrying high octane} | gas, with the fire right above | her magazine. The heat was so great the fellows in the engine} Toom could feel it. Knowing the thing could blow up any minute had me scared as I've ever been.” But the sturdy 853 did suc- ceed in extinguishing the fire} only to be subject to a bombing} attack by enemy planes while} making preparations to transfer casualties to an LST. The crew} brought down one of the planes and later the same day under-} went four more enemy raids. Serving as an emergency hos- Pital. the ship received the fresh | wounded from the beach head} performed the necessary sur-| gery and holding the patients just long enough to insure safe recovery, then transferred them / | Legion, 10; P. Carbonell, Conchs, 6. Red Raiders, 5; Baker, Cohehs, 3. Most rung batted in—E, “Al bury, Conehs, 5; Hernandez, Raiders, 3; T. Davila, Trojans, 3. Most two-base hits—Ten play- ers tied with one each. Most three-base hits—Six play- ers tied with one each. Most Raid stolen bases—Arnold, Red 2; Baker, Conchs, 2. Most times struck out—R. Cruz,| Legion, 4. Most times walked—R. Ones Trojans, 3. Best pitching record (won and lost)—Sweeting, Trojans, 1-0; Malgrat, Red Raiders, 1-0; Perez, | Machinists, 1-0. Most strikeouts—Sweeting, Tro- | jans, 9; Meadows, Legion, 9. Most basse on balls—Meadows, GAMES SUNDAY Sunday, the league-leading Trojans will meet a stronger and > isfied. sels. Ships aided included the to out going Navy hospital ships/| where a safe passage from the | | several years ago : combat area was assured. | ' Remember when he played in the para as Layton; ; East Coast League? Hep | him rps Sapo tee tation = j; out, you bewhiskered gu¥. | z S 7” = Armando Acevédo wants, you scrocune ot the largest amphib- } to give him more wind go he wil] (US | task forces ever united be able to run faster and longer 78ainst an ane, pple ! without becoming “winded”. At = ‘ first base. The fans know he is Giombark ite hoops wh id la ballplayer: He got a tryout atl jater eaitioad Hci! = hte Mobile in the Southern League] sna literate Manley ee * and toured the country with the,“ a; Ling: ee ee ak | Cuban All Stars. Say his wish. | o¢% ven Calf at; del mort ? of its rescue work among naval William (Butch) Cates is asking vessels crash dived by icid | for a very little item. He wants, 5). 7 eile # ~._| Planes: of the Kamakaze. Many his eyesight back so as to give times the work consisted of re- the ball a ride like he used to do; ceiving the wounded and shock- in Sanford and DeLand and for eq survivors from smaller craft ‘the Conchs of '35 to "40. With| which had gone to the rescue this wish granted he will be sat-; of crash dived or torpedoed ves- eye” and if you will grant this re- quest he will be the “Tarzan” of Joe Navarro, Kell,y Aritas,: yy: _ | Buster Roberts and other veter-! uss: eal Reese ea }ans back from seeing action in} Leyte with the Transport Group | World War II are just requesting! of the Western Attack force ; 2 chance to get in shape as they bound for the Kerama Retto in-} were before being called to the vasion in Okinawa Gunto. When ; colors. ‘the assault troops hit the , Dario Perez wants you to send| beach ‘the - ithmediate problem j bim a pani of youth”. He was © protécting the shorelines wants to keep “going on” for-j-fre: ei surface coun! "ever, just like Papito Machin. | attadkc ee ie ot Charles Albury is asking for} major | more determined Key West Conch more speed behind his pitches. ball Club in the second game of. Sweeting is OK but wants you a doubleheader at the Municipal to let him win more games. Stadium. Santa dear, this completes the In the first game, the Machin-; baseball list for today. I will j ists will tangle with the Ameri- try to find out what the rest of can Legion. the diamond performers want be- fore Christmas rolls around so I NECK BROKEN Salt Lake City—After walkirg around for 36 hours with a broken neck, Darryl Underwood went to the hospital. He was injured while playing soccer at school but did not complain of pains until later. A dislocated vertebra be- came wedged and kept the pres- sure from the spinal cord. j which Served to intercept any tenemy attacks either by air or | by surface ships. In many in- stances the work of the PCE R} 853 involved going alongside z { | Temoving the wounded and survivors and getting clear be- Classifie ments is invariably in advanee, bai regular advertisers with counts may have their ade. ments charged. Te insure publica be im tne office beivre 11 v’eiven the day of pubiication. 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