The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 28, 1947, Page 4

won gi -fer’s face was nick and apprecia-| The room was a standard: in- ‘nie-tenths . of | tive. Jigger smiled up at him, terior of rock-maple furnitur 2 rey “Any chance of my connecting} three-way. floor ps, . badly. Jigger. ¢¢} with Munsey?” glazed. pottery. Propped on .& ‘ est’ Side| - The: waiter’s face. was a frost| mantel: atop a charred fireplace, | sat an:hour. grt Pi govraete pei fyiek ae Uae rapper oll : the’ 3 é ‘the lan-| ~ “What are a dic , aCe, . phoas chee tinge | spy angie oor. bre 0 ker ‘the: lan “Certainly a Just a friend| ment. Wi es clk ergey. shore] of Little Joey’s.” 2:The river] ‘The waiter tucked’ ck clagged-with-purple | note in*his vest et and said|: the ieee orn right | owlishly, “Munsey hasn’t been left- eye* ferreted .the| here for three nights. Hope you ior « the West - Eighteenth etting your mon- oa oe on’t go in for re- ab. left ‘the -ramp ‘in a ard lunge .andcontinued| Jigger was bland. “If on West, Street with-|swer is on the level, it’s worth yit.a break’in acceleration. Three} a deuce. That leaves three dol- rain later: Jigger'braked to a| lars figure you're am worth, I funds.” our an- t i é en. You can cancel out andstill ‘at oP oath ane Sev-{the balance by nodding ever so lower | lightly if Munsey still lives at ey" 3 -|98 Bank Street.” ; into-his. tool} The waiter’s eyes narowed con- swapped his cabbie cap pp aap hen he nodded fedora. Across the street an| slightly and went away. electric si identified Johnny’s ; as»the’ At 98 Bank Street Jigger turned a cylindrical fountain pen ‘ol ead of. boogie- ie and babel that grated the 3 of .passers-by. Jigger | flashlight on the bell-board. His lit “across the street,*pulled the| forefinger pushed the Munsey knot of his tie tighter, and pushed| bell one long and two short as through. the door. - ... [a way of confusing Munsey if “Jigger out-maneuvered the| wonted callers used a code as- waiter..to a table next to one|signed them. The signal system tenanted by an unattached girl.| for identifying callers was a fix- . The<girl: returned “his stare’ and | ture of Villager insularity against him down. The waiter, un- | visiting firemen from Walla Wal- succe: vyene tried: to .cow Jigger la or the Bronx, process servers, . With a look. Jigger grinned ‘ami- d and jilted lovers. ae in an are:from waiter-to| There was no answering ‘buzz. ‘and back again. The girl} Jigger tried three longs and two aloof,*one foot beating ac-|shorts with no result. Jigger niment tothe «strains of} pushed another apartment button. ‘Silvery Moon”. pouring from the | There. was an immediate answer- juke -box in the ‘corner of the/| ing buzz. room — ; le ascended the stairs to apart- The waiter clanked his order inj ment 3C. A bellowing “Who's front of him. His wrist watch read | there?” came from the upper- aiquarter to ten as Jiggéer raised| most story. The bellowing sub- he glass and drained it:in one| sided and Jigger stood before 3C long. draught.. He ‘got up and/thumbing his pockets for the threaded his way ‘to: the juke|ring of emergency passkeys he box and put ten nickels on Num-| habitually carried. ber 29: “I Don’t Want To Set| His hand sought the doorknob the World on Fire.”, He reached | and he turned it before inserting his seat simultaneously with his} one of his stock of asskeys. The second order. The waiter clanked | door ‘swung open. Jigger impro- it: down ‘in front of -him..Jigger| vised, “Looks as if I was expect- nudged a folded five-dollar bill|ed. The door was left unlatched.” into the ‘responsive palm ;of the|He entered. Jigger fumbled for ‘waiter.’ The change‘in ‘the wait-| and found the light switch, ’ Red Cross Helps To Assist Veteran: > | TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS | (Continued From Page One) blows while on convoy duty, so we took it all as men of the sea generally do. Well, we towed out ships and barges and made them fast at 1500-pound mush- room buoys and then tied our ship to one anchor chain and one six-inch rope hawser. We were “ (Contributed) It was iiot an ‘unusual case but'one typical of the day to day activity: of the Red Cross Chap- ter. Chief Randy Jones got in touch: with the ‘Red’ Cross offiée 'all set about 9 o’clock that night. requesting financial assistance. | About 2 a.m. she was hooped up, He ‘had ‘just bzén released from } a iVeterans Hospital in the! neighboring state of Georgia. | His: funds were exhausted and| | he’,had been hitch-hiking. ; sight! Boats piled up every- Injured in “service, Jones se- where. Even the big ones had cured’ 50 percent. disability rat- | ’agged their anchors and fouled ing. ‘But he. had not ‘received 'a | UP. With the SS. Comal and they disability cheok. for three, Weve shaving ‘a, battle ‘foyal, each gine from Wanting to cut the other ship months as he had moved from j,4:6 to save themselves. I saw Place to place. .,{at the height of the storm one ie had left his home town | very jarge steamer move out from | because he ‘had been ‘unable td} ne side of the dock and then make -an adjustment there after | come in on the other side, where | being away so long. He decided | the crew made her fast aga to:begin life anew from his i believe it or not. Also, another | home town. He was highly ner-; small boat broke her anchorage, vous when he arrive in Key went to sea. came back and her West as well as being depressed anchor caught in one of the ships and physically ill. ; that were fouled up. They ‘took |! The. Red .Cross' Home Service | the only man off here and she Worker.’ secured lodging for | broke ig again ond — to Sd Be f . ne +,.; Sea and never was found again. pl sgt at abi rd med. SaW what looked to be a block leal’cnre and treckd, it. missing { of roof lift up about 15 feet once loose and going by like ghosts in the night. It was a nightmare. Daybreak came and what a checks. As soon as he was able bongs Sanee aeE SIL fie NS to’ work,; the chapter assisted | Believe me, brother, I never him: in . obtaining employment | }, through the Florida State Em-j and I've been through plenty of ployment Service. After six , them since. weeks, Jones was well, happy’ Some of you old-timers may de- and independent. Financial as-,; member the dance we gave at sistance from the Red Cross was} the La Brisa and the show we ope to see anything like it again no longer necessary nor wa®j}put on there which was very guidance, which -he had needed! good. By the way, that was our so badly when he arrived in| ship’s own orchestra: that played town. for this event and none _ other. The clown man, banjo _ player ° and band leader was Eddie Pea- ‘Russell-Bailey body, the famous banjo player ; a ; e of today, now playing out of Chi- Wedding Tonight cago Ill. Someone suggested that we Florence Russell, daughter of} give our little red-headed girl a Mr.:and Mrs. Car] Russell, Olivia |}chance to show off her talent. street, will wed Fred Bailey, of | You know the one that was quite New Orleans, La., tonight at 8| the talk of Key West about that o'clock in the First Methodist | time. Well, she came out in a (Stone) Church. fish net and put on her act and | Rev. G. Leon: Wells, pastor, | even though the lights were quite | will officiate. ow, I'll admit it was the real | z thing and her talent was very | 4 good, but many of the elders! EVERREADY STAR ; didn’t think so and wives were | CLUB TO MEET | taking the old boys out, one at . $3 time. an SL aay. “meeting “ot the Yes, those were the good old and small craft were breaking} ‘to cooperate ' ‘Ever-Ready Star ° Club. will be held ‘Wednesday, beginning at | 10 o'clock in the: patio of the Scottish Rite Temple.” Lunch will be served ‘at ‘noon. The business meéeting will be held ‘at 3:00 o’clock in the after- noon.’ 4 REV. WALDO WOOD TO GIVE REVIVAL{ Today’s subject at the Poin- ciana Baptist Church revival willbe, “God With Us,” with Rev. Waldo E. Wood, evangelist, speaking. The children’s service will be at 7:15 p. m., and at 7:30 the. other service will be held days, when we all had fun. 1 had a boat and we used to go up | to Boca Chica every weekend. Catch our fish from the stern of the boat, wash and clean them, ' hop off the bow and fry them, | and have a swell time under those coconut trees. Then go in’ for a nice swim on the Point. | Say. by the way, this hap- | pens to be Pan American Day | in your fair city. What about it? | Well, just this: It reminds me that I happened to be the guy that hired all the men and 1 broke ground and built that | wonderful little strip under no | good conditions -such as solid “Tigger tripped over a mand led arpet. in the ‘oom, Pace forward on the floors A foot away lay a body in a crazy sprawl. Jigger leaned on an elbow and rolled the body over with hi free hand. The body was clad in lounging pajamas. Jigger sur- veyed it minutely. 5 roken patterns of dried blood covered the top half of the pa- jamas. The facial features were obscured in a mass of welts; both eyes were abnormally puffed. The toes of the left foot were blistered and burned. It was plain out ordeal. Jigger put his hand to Mun- sey’s mouth, his ear on his chest. Life was slack in Munsey, but he was alive. Munsey. came to with a moan that came be from his belly. His eyes struggled to open without success, Jigger rubbed his wrists. The moans became livelier, took on diction. Munsey tossed and squirmed, half-coherent. “Please —Joey—no. No! No! No! I paid off—twelve G’s—on the line. Joey —no.” Munsey thrashed wildly trying to pull free, a con- vulsive no running through him. Jigger pried unsey’s dried lips’ farther apart and poured part ofa bottle down Munsey’s throat. The liquid splashed the numbers controller’s chin and neck. Jigger shoved a pillow un- der his head and left him on the floor. : ‘ In the living room, Jigger Eee up the phone and called t. Vincent’s Hospital, requesting an_ambulance. Jigger left a note pinned on the outside door with directions to facilitate the ambulance doc- tor’s search for Munsey and then beat it. (Te be continued) _ Who Knows? 1. What natural resource makes the Arab states impor- tant? 2. How many games’ were played in the recent World Series? 3. What was the orignal pur- pose of the Commintern? 4. What does France want to do with the Saar. coal region? 5. Why was Junagadh in the news recently? 6. Can you list the four points of the food conservation pro- gram? 7. What is lese majesty? 8. What is a “food floor?” 9:.Where does éne find: “Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his soul when hungry?” 10. Were people ever executed in the United States for witch- craft? The Answers . Oil. . Seven. - World revolution. . Make it a part of France. 5. The tiny Indian state, 400 miles from Pakistan, voted to join the Moslem state but the Hindus said it could not become an “alien pocket” in the Indian Union. 6. No meat on Tuesdays; no poultry and eggs on Thursdays; save a slice of bread every day and no bread or butter in public eating places except upon re- quest. 7. An offense against the dig- nity of the sovereign ruler. 8. The effort to subsidize a minimum diet. 9. Proverbs 6:30. 10. Yes. 1 2 3 4 Central Council To Cooperate With Lions Central Council of the PAL or- |ganization met last night at the Parish Hall, Windsor Lane, and made plans for enlarging PAL activities this winter, and voted with the Lions Club in the entertainment of the Cuban Boy Scouts now pres- ent in the city, tomorrow night at 7:30 at the Lions Club den, Seminary street. “ rock, I mean flint rock; mangro trees and swamp. Every tree had a million flies under it, so bad that my men quit by the scores every day. Let alone the nice swamp mosquitoes we had. By the way, folks, I was the chief engineer with Capt. Tom Moore, The Key West, which ran from Lower Matecumbe to No Name Key in four hours and 4.15 mniutes regularly. She was the fastest ship. on the run. Ask Tommy Moore!! _ I am now serving my _nine- teenth year with Pan American | World Airways at Miami, Fla. This article was written by an ex-engineering officer in charge of Buse Repairs, Key West, Fla, 1925 that Munsey had endured an all- } dates aspiring to offices of city Ieiseting ‘and to. explain their platforms, ‘ IRRECT PRICE, $7.95 Conn * lita ad- vertised in Monday’s paper by the Southernmost City Pharmacy have been $7.95. an —- 2 wee ee eee eee eee ee CLASSIFIED ADS ing sored a wiener roast at Fort Vij. : % lage’ Park. About 200 childrey streets, at 8 p. m., Friday, Oct.)were present. Games, ath 81. They are pivking ‘all candi~!races, etc, were held. © ,door mean vemperature in cities creases. . at $1.75. The correct price mee The Colored PAL council last Saturday at 12 noon spon GF The children in addition to be present at the | participating in the games, also were given refreshments, wien. ers and other foodstuffs. oF x ——— There is evidence that the out. _ increases. as the population ip. — Subscribe to The Citiz ———— Information for the Advertisers RATES FOR REGULAR and BLACKFACE TYPE rtisements under this head wit ae inserted in The Citizen at the rate of 2c a word for each in- sertton, but the minimum charge for All advertising is. accepted under the following conditions: In the dvertising, transient or contract, The ‘itizen will eyent ot eens font 4 insertion in Classified Advertising, and ip responsible only for the first Display Advertising for only the actual amount of space o PAYMENT Payment for classified advert ments is invariably in advance, on regular advertisers with ledger ag. counts may have heir advertigg. ments charged. . i PUBLICATION DEADLINE To insure publication, copy muat albe in The Citizen office before ij o’clock in the morntng on the day of publication. ef ccupied by the part of the advertisement where the error occurs. “Te eeeeeeee FS | HELP WANTED Waitress. 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