The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 8, 1947, Page 9

« Sa | athe a Sopra a Pp e pe ger 0: er ae oer edit ietnd'te ratte Ot ra t its radian a > Sk Gh in- | earth which three of its denizens gpd von would inev-| were about to abandon for a new ignite when submitted to| world. ae pressure of the ‘projectile. - After dawn, an innumerable Even in November they feared| Multitude covered the signin which extends, as far as t ps ge nth ad ay et saber sation can reach, round Stones Hill. Every quarter of an hour the rail- to te wees ef aight, | wa brought fresh accessions of it produced in a vacuum sig tSeers; and, according to the of Rihmkorff’s appa- statement of the Tampa Town threw an artificial Observer, not less than five mil- there the cartridges | 5°! of Florida. “with the utmost Up fill nightfall, a dull, noise- covered the entrance-aperture. © The mouth of the Columbiad, now’ completely disencumbered, was open entirely to the sky. The moon advanced upwa in eyes were fixed upon the yawning mouth of the Colambiad.” . Murchison: followed with his eye the hand of his chronometer. It wanted scarce forty seconds to _ | the moment of departure, but each second seemed to last an ad by a me- less agitation, such as precedes| age! to commu-|8teat catastrophes, ran. through} “Thirty-five! — thirty-six! —: the anxious multitude. An inde-| thirty-seven! — rehict -eight! — scrible uneasiness pervaded all) thirty-nine! — forty amet” minds, an indefinable sensation which oppressed the heart. Every one wished it was over. The Frenchman and the two Americ had by this time en- tered the enclosure reserved in the center of the multitude. They were accompanied by the mem- bers of the Gun Club, and by deputations sent from all the Eu- ropean Observatories, Barbicane, cool and collected, was giving his final directions. Nicholl, with and held it suspended compressed lips, his arms crossed uth of the cylinder. | behind his back, fe guns with a a fearfil moment! What/firm and measured stép. Michel should. break under] Ardan,. always easy, dressed in weight? The sudden|thorough traveler's costume, leathern gaiters on his legs, pouch by his side. in loose- velvet suit, cigar in mouth, was full of inexhaustible gayety, laughing, joking, playing pr with J. T. Instantly Murchison pressed with his finger the key of the electric battery, restored the cur- — rent of the fluid, and discharged © the spark into the breech of the Columbiad. An appaling, unearthly report tollowed ‘instantly, such as can be compared to‘ nothing whatever known, not even to the roar of: thunder, or the blast ‘of volcanic oii last, Prov ing pro- ares wonderful loading to happy termination, Nicholl’s third bet being lost. It remained now to in- the projectile into the ad, and ‘to place it on its of gun-cotton. enormous shell was _ con- to the summit of Stones There, powerful cranes ra rf ie explosions! No words can convey . the slightest idea of the terrific sound! An immense spout of fire shot up from the bowels of: the earth as from a crater. The earth heaved up, and-with great diffi- culty some few spectators ob- tained a momentary glimpse of the projectile victoriously cleav- . ing the air in the midst of the fiery vapors! : (To be continued) GPa o> * i would inev- gun-cotton to ex- Fortuna this did hot hap- _ pen; tunately hours later the ee + Jaycee Pageant | Floodin Poland |SS. Killerig Date Postponed), ?°2"4%. "= 4P —|. Arrives Here ‘Spring rains and a sudden thaw ‘DAYTONA BEACH, May 8—|2fter the severe winter caused . floodwaters to sweep over 97 vil- Official dates for holding the lagea i the Posuan goversiorele. ed by Merritt, Chapman & Scott Miss Florida Pageant sponsored | y 500 ‘peasants had to be ahaha arrived in Key West ~ -dby- the-Florida -Junior~Chamber phi waters — and. is docked at De- | of Commerce have been changed | more than 120,000 acres of farm- Salderient Section of the Navy. to June 1-2 at St. Petersburg, it| lands’ \The Killerig is aweiting her was announced here last Satur- turn in the Navy drydock.for a day by Bill Carter, Committee} The Fennec Fox of North Af-j} general overhaul and repairs. Chairman. rica is conspicuous by the im- The Pageant Committee select-| mense size of the ears, cage Robert Aitken of New , York, ed June 1-2 as official dates for} ing .a peculiarly acute sense of |famed sculptor, born .S n''Fran- holding the state-wide beauty heating: : Icisen, 69 yeats, fgdad ohms contest to choose Miss Florida of =i tidiaieiarameaecnaaa sonal Joust s=c! JOB PRINTI ‘ glamorous gesture of welcome for more than’ 500 of the nation’s tors _and eolumn- Modern machinery and efficient methods enable us to offer you superior St. | printing service at fair Petersburg for the annual con- vention of the Outdoor Writers prices. Consider us when you place your next print- Association of America. ing order. ie Preliminary contests are now | Phone 51 and ‘Our Representative Will Call being conducted by Jaycee clubs The Artman Press and other civic organizations in THE CITIZEN BUILDING SS Killerig, a salvage tug own- | . many cities throughout the State | to select contestants who will be sent to St. Petersburg to’ com-; pete in the Miss Florida Pageant June 1-2. The girl who is selected | as Miss Florida of 1947 will be sent by the Florida Jaycees to Atlantic City next September where she will compete with ' other state winners in the. Miss American Pageant. it aa eieeninmiain, TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS : ° > edly Overseas Transportation President Harry S. Truman, born in Lamar, Mo., 63 years ago. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen, profes- Company, Ine. sor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America, Washing- * fon, born at El Paso, Ill., 52 years Fast, Dependable —— ant Express Service ago. Dr. James Rowland Angell, president emeritus of Yale, direc- | tor of the Hall of Fame, New York, | | MIAMI and KEY WEST ora in Burlington, Vt., 78 years | Also Serving ALL POINTS on Florida Keys Between Miami and Key West AE PF Arthur J. Altmeyer, Social Se- curity Commissioner, born in De Pere, Wis., 56 years ago. Express Schedule: Thomas H. McInnerney, board a (No Stops En Route) * ghairman of National Dairy Prod- LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY (EX- ucts, New York, born in Dubuque, - CEPT SUNDAYS) at 6:00 P. M. Ar lowa, 80 years ago. rives at Miami at 12:00 o'clock Mid- cnt of Net a mrertainiy presi- night. orth American Aviation, W, Va., 52 years ago. sight end arrives at Key Weet ai é ix-Gov. Nd J La Follette - 6:00 o'clock A. M. is.. lawyer, born there, 50 years ago. Local Schedule: (St At All Intermediate Points) LEA KEY WEST DAILY (EX- CEPT SUNDAYS) at 8:00 a Au M. and arrives at Miami at 4:00 0o’- clock P.M. . LEAVES MIAMI DAILY. (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at 9:00 o'clock A.M. and a at Key West at 5:00 o’clock ROMERO’S FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE — in ie INSURANCE Office: 813 Caroline Str Phones: $2 and 68 WAREHOUSE: Corner go and Francis Streets Pa STE asa TTR aL LE Le