The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 7, 1947, Page 6

{AGE FOUR THE CLEAN-UP Chapter 33 “C)KAY, thén,” said Rush. “You'd better forget about killing me and start running. If you kill me it's going to be quite Obvious that it was murder.” Pedrick smiled. “No, Rush. I'm going to knock Se out and heave you over the leony. I'll say you jumped.” “How are you going to get close ough to knock me out?” asked ush. Again Pedrick grinned. “T don't have to. Kit will take] ¥° Care of that. Now, Kit,” he said. Rush whirled. He caught a flash of white, a blur of motion then @ornething exploded below his ear and he fell like a log. He lay very @til! on the thick pile rug. “Is he out?” asked Pedrick. “I think so, Oh, Matt. I'm @fraid.” t be. I have everything figured out. Here, give me his hand. | want his fingerprints on this gun. I'm going to say he held the gun on us until he jumped so We couldn't stop him.” Pedrick knelt beside Rush and picked up a limp hand. He fitted the butt of the gun in Rush’s palm nd forced the fingers around it. ‘he trigger finger he pushed through the guard, Then he Started to push it back. It wouldn't push. The other fingers tightened around the butt. “Thanks, Matt,” said Rush. He t up with the gun trained on edrick. With his free hand he ssaged the bump swelling be- his left ear. “That’s the trouble with amateurs. They al- Ways slip on the simplest things. I doubt if it ever comes up again, Matt, but if it does, don’t even warning, When it’ you gave me enough warning to let me fall with the blow. I admit I could Rave fallen the wrong way and Marine League To; Elect Officers At Meeting Tomorrow, An important meeting of the fewly chartered Southernmost} Detachment, Marine Corps, League, will be held tomorrow at! 7:30 p.m. At that time, election} of permanent officers for coming year will be held. The meeting will be held at the VFW Clubhouse on Second street. Any member, or prospec- tiv member, who wishes trans- portation should contact Howard 8. England, commandant, at 2801 the! David McCown and Thor By Joe Barry really caught it but I didn’t and all Kit did was graze me. Now, you walk over to that wall and Stand facing it with your hands high and flat against the wall. You too, Kit.” EDRICK looked at him strangely. “You know, Rush, I'm almost ate Those other guys were fun, ut I don’t think I'd have enjoyed killing you. I can’t remember having liked a man as a man since my father died. But I liked u” “Thank you, Matt,” said Rush. “I liked you, too. I wish you'd told me what you really wanted. I could have gotten you your town and you wouldn’t have had to kill anybody. You’d have had to run it b my rules, but it would have bk :n your town. Now, go over to the wall like a good boy. I have to make a call.” ‘No, Rush,” said Matt Pedrick. “I like my prescription for you.” He turned and walked straight to the double doors behind his desk. He opened them and stepped out on to the balcony. Kit screamed. “Aren't you going to stop him?” “No,” said Rush, “I’m not going to stop him.” “Thanks, Rush,” said Pedrick. “Buy the boys in the back room one for me.” He turned and vaulted the rail- ing without a backward glance. TH drink was tall. It was very dark. The davenport was soft- ness itself and there wasn’t a sound in the room. It was exactly ten o'clock. The silence lasted as long as the tall, dark drink. Ten minutes. Gay poured another. Still the silence. Finally: “You're almost unbelievable, Gay. I've been here twenty min- utes and you haven't asked a sin- gle question.” eet ee that killed Duffy.” think of to say. cony door when ‘she invited her- self to your room!” stubbed out his cigarette. Then he looked again at Gay. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | National Lottery Favored By, 72 Percent Of “I'm not going to. You're here and you're all in one piece. That means two things. That it’s all | over and that you're all in one | (Special to The Citizen piece. What more could a girl; NEW YORK, July 7.—Agitation, ask? ‘during ‘recent months toward} “Don’t you even want to know ‘proposed legislation in New York whe did what to who and why?” City, in. several state legislatures “No.” jand even projected in Congress, Rush came up from his almost |for a legalized national lotiery prone position and looked at her. jhas been subjected to an opinion “You don’t?” poll sameng more than ons thou- “No. I already know. I know ‘san representative merican ; that you must have caught Matt j business and professional men. Pedrick and Kit English.” | A substantial majority favors a The jaw drop this time was a /joitery, particularly to use pro- ee pach Rush wat speechless. | ceeds to reduce the national debt, “It’s partly a hunch. The other lighten the’ tax burden and make part is that so many things hap- {available large grants for the pened to you that shouldn’t have ‘fight against cancer, polio, tuber- happened unless somebody knew |culosis, juvenile delinquency and what you were up to. The only ‘for crippled children, slum clear. people who knew were Bill !ance, and other worthy purpc aries) VOUEE BOYES Matt Fedrick | This spring the Elks Mag and me. I counted Bi mime | ns aan Gi as 7 Ils your boys and myself out and {#8 been conducting opinion polls that left Matt. I had it figured out |@mong the 1,450 local exalted a week ago but I didn't want to (rulers in every lodge of the say anything. I know how men |country. They represent the ap- are about women.” proximately 1,000,000 living mem- Rush gazed at her in wonder. bers of B.P.O.E. 5 eaeuane Bald, thse eracrial The poll announced in Elks" o a at you | Magazi a ; a didn’t. Kit came to my hotel room }Magazine this month divulges and tried to bribe me for some that of the 1,089 ballots returned mysterious gent. He wanted to |0M the question, “Would you ap- pay me fifteen thousand dollars to !prove of a national lottery con- get out of town, so she said. I’m |ducted by the government, the pretty sure she also left the poison | proceeds to be used for a worthy purpose?”, 72 per cent approved a lottery, 21 per cent did not ap- prove and two per cent had no opinion. Many favorable ballots _ stipu- ,lated that the Post Office Depart- ment alone should handle a lot- tery and sell tickets only at post offices. “So that’s what she wanted.” “Huh?” It was all Rush could | “I was standing outside the bal- He looked at her across the length of the davenport. He “Come here,” he said. (The End) Alabamians In Six residents of Alabama ar- rived in Key West last week for visits of several days with rela- tives and friends here. Arriving late Friday afternoon from Fayette was Mr: Floyd Lawrence, who is visiting her cousin, J. O. White, at 10-G Por- ter Place. Also coming:here Fr day afternoon were Mr. and M ton of Anniston, who are v Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Nix, 120-A Poinciana Extension. Mrs. Mc- |Cown is a sister of Mrs. Lawrence and another cousin of Mr. White. From Tuscaloosa, Mr. and Mrs. |Davis Wade arrived here Satur- day morning and are visiting Mr. White, an uncle. Flagler Avenue, or Roland Smith, adjutant paymaster, 517 Eliza- beth street Other business on the agenda includes the adoption of by-laws, arrangements for a dinner-meet- ing, arangements for installation of officers and plans for a mem- bership drive The charter for the local de- tachment has been received from National Headquarters and will be on display at Tuesday's get- together. The local unit has been congratulated on the speed with which its organization was com- pleted an dthe large group on its charter list Approximately half of the for-, mer Marines residing in Key we re now members of the de- tachment and it is hoped to have 100 percent representation by the end of the ir. Special invitations have been extended to retired and active Marine officers residing in Key West as well as to all men of the various Marine commands to at- tend the meeting tomorrow. Any man who eived an honorable discharge or any man now serving on active duty is eligible to join the Marine League, Ship Schedules Out Of Navy Ba Several ships arrived or are due to arrive at Key West Naval t was reported today. The USS. Cobbler ,a destroyer, arrived today from Portsmouth, N. H., where she had undergone ah extensive overhaul. She is commanded — by Holman USN The U Foss, a destroyer es- ed today from St. Petersburg, where she had gone for the July 4th weekend, The PCS 1484, 1385 and 1431 and the PC 618 are scheduled to return here late today or early row from Mig where y week- will return here on Wed- nesday from Baton Rouge, La., where she went for the holiday. The USS. Solinan will return here on July 16th from New York, where she went for over- haul. She is a fleet tug. LST. 1144, which is unloading freight at Key West Base, will leave on Thursday for Norfolk, Va. She arrived here from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. rine, Comdr. W. G.| \Mrs. Staley Home From Hospital: Mrs. Suzanne Staley, 705 Divi Recognition Of City For Visit . White streets, 'sion street, who suffered a broken | hip in front of her home about two months ago, has been remov- ed to her residence from Muni- cipal Hospital. Mrs. Staley is able to get around her home, but hasn’t been able to walk well enough to be out as yet. covuccgneegcsancuuasangovngenceanesnnecnustn HtentAnttAtite, MEETINGS | ST TT TT TTT LL PAL Meeting Tonight A meeting of officers and the Board of Directors of the Police | Athletic League (PAL) ’ will be } held tonight at 8 o'clock at the 'St. Mary’s Parish Center. Approximately one-third of the ved in earth’s surface is land. The rest | is water. ’ ee Corps Your Grocer SELLS That Good | | STAR * BRAND _anacusan COFFEE and CUBAN ‘Try A Found Today. | _glletp refleve distress of MONTHLY FEMALE | COMPLAINTS Are you troubled by distress of female functional periodic disturbs ances? Does this make you suffer from pain, feel so nervous, tired— at such times? Then po try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to relieve such symptoms. Pinkham’s has a grand soothing effect on one of woman's most important organs! LYDIA E. PINKHAM’ VEGETABLE COMPOUND ‘Barnes Property | \Polled By Magazine For Elks e contact ,lender, you are obligated to the MONDAY, JULY 7, 1947 ee : -DC-6 IN FLIGHT Exalted Rulers, THE VETERANS CORNER G.I. LOANS A government guaranteed loan is one of the veteran’s most valu- abie benefits. A GI loan makes j it easier for former ee to get credit from a lending in- oh aca ft 48. + . stitution and at the same time in-| NOTHING BUT FOUR-ENGINE PLANES, FLORIDA TO NEW YORK, was the progressive stride an- sures a low interest rate. nounced this week by National Airlines as the first of its fleet of new 58-passenger, 5-mil minute postwar luxury speedliners, the Douglas DC-6, pictured above in flight, began scheduled servi . Na. tional, which links 15 Florida cities with New York and major Atlantic and Gulf seaports, business and commercial centers, is the first of the many lines operating into New York to move completely into the newest era of air transportation. The long-planned step was made possible by inauguration of service by the DC-6's which are taking over the long non-stop flight, making NAL’s fleet of new four-engine Buccaneers (all built within the last 18 months) available for local service as new DC-6's are added, ‘the DC-6 can fly at altitudes of more than 20,000 feet while passengers enjoy living-room comfort in its pressurized, air-conditioned cabin. The ship pictured above began non-stop service between New \ York and Miami on July 1, on a four-hour schedule. servicemen Here are the answers to some veterans ask} of the | ans Administration about} of the questions representatives Ve loans: Q. What is meant by a guar- anty of loan under the G.L Bill? A. The guaranty of a the VA under the prov the icemen’s Readju Act is an agreement between a lender of money and VA that in event a veteran fails to pay us| New Electronics become electronics officer of the |officer at t loan, the Government will pi lieu mrein ecicrensr teh NS oe | ere Ne the guaraniced portion of — th = Is I be ays succeed | Jac id ' — icant Teer Is Here us. &. x. wera, usy, cicctronies tie industsial manag Q. If I can’t meet paymen' on my guaranteed loan, is pa} ' Lt. Gg) G. L. Craddock, USN, anette DY the Government a Bilt arrived at Key West Naval Ba: A. No, payment by the Goy- today ernment of your guaranteed loan Laboratory, Washington, D. C., to is not a gift. It must be repaid. le PEPPER'S | | Announcement!" Ruth's Salon of Beauty 109 GRINNELL STREERT from the Naval Research, i i Al | | | | | guaranteed part of the loan to the Government for that part of the loan. Q. I have a lender will and if the Government pays the ,» who Guard Unit Will lend me the money I need, but he Changes Hands wants additional security. Does | fo} \the law allow him to ask for se- | D. M. Hulls, a widow of Dade CUrity? ' ‘county, transferred 20 acres of _ 4. Yes. This is a matter be- land on Barnes Sound for $3,000 tWeen you and the lender. While the VA does not require that ad- Will Be Closed Until October Ist, 1947 to Undergo Remodelling Plumbing Supplies |; 512 Fleming St. Phone 118;/ Summer Specials on | WATER HEATERS | 15 gal. gas side arm ,ago, is again at her home, 1400 ,; Just received a complete line of! | Sturgis | hand Portable Typewriters, New| to George D. Fleming, Jr., A according to a warranty deed Be Made July 1 filed with Circuit Court Clerk Federal recognition of the Key Ross C. Sawyer last Thursda: ‘ West National Guard will be _ Attorney Paul E. Sawyer, as special master, gave a deed to granted July 14 after a ceremony ‘irs. Hulls for the same land on at the Armory, Southard and Barnes Sound. land wi in which U. S. originally sold for $24,197, accord- Army officers will accept ihe ing to the papers filed with Clerk organization, Capt. Will E. Pp. Sawyer. The rts, andin; officer, Josephine Denison transferred Sake to Wilhelmina G. Har Officers from the 3rd Army William street, two lots in Von 1 Phister street for $1,200. C. Larry Gardner and wife transferred to Helene C. Smith, of Flint, Mich., three lots in Baxter Court in the Martello headquarters at Atlanta, Ga., will come here July 14 to inspect the records of the unit at 3 p. m., and to inspect the personnel of Bat- tery A, 712th AAA, at 8 p.m. ‘Tower section for $4,500. Organization of the local bat- Mr .and Mrs. F. E. Sweeting, is coming along just right,” Dade county, transferred to W. said Capt. Roberts. H. Auld, Coconut Grove, a lot on Key Largo for $1,500. 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