The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 26, 1947, Page 4

eee eer ey tener “remained firmly’on the rails. Nor .room, thus teaching the pupils | PAGE FOUR 7)" *°" "MANHATTAN EDITOR Chapter 2 4 H ipna jolting impact of the train crash bowled over a score of bottles and glasses in the ob- servation-club car and brought screams of fright from several women passengers: But the coach itself, and as many cars forward as Jean could see after reeovering from the shock of the collision, ee ~ By Gene Gleason did, she. see, any. injuries among | fm the passengers, except for a vis- ible nerve-shock to the more ex- Citable oneso 8 e rah St; epee? unruffled. “I do hope no one was hurt,” she said to Jean. “But Ishope my relatives don’t hear about this; they’re sure to see it as‘ judg- ment of Providence against show business.” . George, however, || “I’m glad you're all ‘'right,”|§ Jean said. “But there’s no way of telling what happened up ahead; I'd better go and take a, look.” She held out her hand to Mrs. St. George, smiling. “I hate to leave; I've enjoyed meeting you so much. I forgot to tell you my name is Jean Saunders. Here’s a card with my new address on it— and I'll never forgive you.if you don’t look me up when you're in New York.” ae “Of course I'l look you up,” said Mrs. St, George. “But J won't be wearing this prehistoric rig.” She shook Jean’s hand vigorously. “Now go on and cover this train wreck—and all the best of luck if I don’t see you on the train again; I’m due to change trains ;at the next stop.” Turning away regretfully, Jean walked along the car aisle, paused once to wave goodbye, and con- tinued to move ahead through the aisle, crowded with little groups of passengers who discussed the collision in a general spirit of sharing a dangerous experience. A conductor walked into the ear and addressed the passengers at large: “It’s all right, folks; the loco- motive hit a heavy truck, but no coaches have been derailed. Just stay in your seats and we'll have another train to get you to New York as soon as the track is cleared.” “What’s the matter with this one,” one man inguired skep- _ tically. “I thought you said it was okay. The conductor gave him a with- ering glance. “How far would you travel on square wheels? That skid flat- tened ’em out like a pancake!” The other passengers laughed as the conductor walked back to a forward coach, Jean following him. She reached him in‘ the pas- Sageway between coaches. Playmate Club Organized At 7 e e Division School The Four B Class of the Di- | vision Street School, under Mrs. Amelia Cabot, has organized the Cayo Hueso Playmate Club. The club meets Monday after- noons in the classroom. Dues | paid at each meeting will be} used for the entertainment of | the club members. The club’s motto is: “To Share Is To Be Happy,” and the colors are Red and Blue. The club has chosen the Rose as its flower, and the mascot is “Prince,” a collie poodle. The purpose of this club is to create a better understanding among the children of the class- to . work and play together, | thereby making them better citi- zens., . : There are twenty members in | the club. The elected officers are Blanche Santana, president; Thomas Moore, secretary; and | Margaret Artinian, treasurer: ‘ Thanksgiving © | Day Service At | * t e Naval Hospital, Thanksgiving Day services, | conducted by Chaplain Walter J. ; Davis, will be held in the Naval | Hospital tomorrow morning, be- | ginning at 11 o'clock. Chaplain Davis said that civil- ians, as well as Navy personnel, are: invited to attend. A. musical program’ will be} presented under the direction. of | Mrs. Thelma M. Porch : Foriner Residents | Visiting Key West, Mr. and Mrs. Leo E. Bowers, | Miami, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mesa at their residence, | 1211 Washington street. Mr. Bowers, a former Key Wester. | was city electrician for eighteen | and one-half years. The present fire alarm system was rebuilt by Bowers during his stay in Key | West. \ The Bowers have lived in Mi- | ami for the past 23 years. Bow- ers is employed with the City | of Miami traffic light depart- ! ment. Leo Bowers stated today that he certainly would like to come back to Key West. Bowers is 66 ! today a Jean could see the wrecked locomotive. “Don’t walk through the train, ma’am,” he advised her sternly. “The other passengers may: get panicky if people start. moving around.” “I'm from Transamerican News,” Jean interrupted him. “Are you in charge of this train?” The conductor froze into official hauteur, “Sorry--you'll have to get any story out of our New ‘ork office. I have nothing to say; company rules.” With the experienced reporter’s habitual indifference to attempted brush-offs, Jean merely waited until the conductor had gone for- ward, then followed at a dis- tance. She moved through several coaches without seeing an injured person; only hundreds of healthy survivors furiously discussing the perils of travel. Encountering a United States Senator whom she had noticed earlier in the trip, she stopped to interview him. “Why yes, I’m Senator McCall,” he boomed out, nleased at the prospect of airing his views in print. “This whole thing is an outrage; inexcusable carelessness! When I return to Washington, 1 shall demand an immediate in- vestigation.” Jean took a few notes and moved on, talking to several wit- nesses of the crash. From them. she learned that the locomotive had been toppled overs on® itsb ey, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 7) Newshoaturse side, injuring or killing the en- gine crew. : — QOvE= the protests of the con- ductor, Jean descended the. steps’ of a coach to the tracks and ran‘’a’ few ‘hundred: feet to where he wrecked locomotive, pouring forth dense. clouds of steam. lay om it#side like a slain dragon. a zeh men,stood along the edge of the track’s stone bailast- ing, looking gloomily at a man’s body, partially covered by a sheet of canvas, “The fireman”, ope .of the watchers told her. “Flames must have. driven: him tc the back of the cab. Looks like he fel: from the catwalk between the engine and tender.” . _ Jean scribbled nates on all the information she could worin out of the taciturn railroaders, but the essential names and facts were - |still lacking. She tooked ine crowd of bystanders over carefuiiy, then located the local police chief tak- ing statements from witnesses :|She saw, too, that the shapeless remains of a truck, its cargo of building tiles smashed and scat- tered across the isolated grade- crossing, lay in a ditch beside the railroad. > She introduced herself to the i chief of police,,camplimented him subtly o his handling of the ac- cident* ri + pet the names, k eyerwitness accounts’ sit ledwz%'wo had been killed, two: injured. “Was ‘the truck driver's helper seriously hurt?” Jean asked. “Can’t say for sure! the ambu- lance took him to the hospital at Mohawk Center before I arrived,” the chief said. The chief took an- other look at her blonde hair and had a.burst_of gallantry. “Hop in the Lieutenant’s car,” he said. “He’s headed for the hos- The lieutenant, young, red- headed and vain ahout his driv- ing skill, whirled her along the dusty rural roads at 80 miles per hour. With the facts complete, she borrowed a typewriter at the Mo- hawk Center telegraph office and swiftly wrote her story from ex- tensive notes. wiring it to the Transamerican News office in New York. When she returned by taxi to the scene of the train wreck, the track had been cleared. In the midst of an enveloping stretch of sparsely-settled coun- tryside, she saw no signs of trains or ‘coaches. B : “I coulda told you, Miss,” the taxi driver said. “The replace- ment train pulled out ten minutes ago. Next New York train don’t leave Mohawk. Center till mid- night.” (Robe continued) =e pital in a few seconds.” { ' | Large furnished room, centrally | Kitchen} Dining room suite and Hot Point privileges, if desired. Adults, only.: 912 Fleming Street, Ph.! nov24-3t | The Weather © FORECAST Key West and Vicinity: Show- ers and thunderstorms this af- ternoon and tonight; clearing Thursday. Cooler tonight and Thursday. Gentle to moderate variable winds becoming moder- ate to fresh northeriy Thursday. Florida: Increasing cloudiness today followed by rain and thunderstorms tonight = and Thursday. Cooler central and +south portions today. Little jchange in temperature tonight and Thursday. Jacksonville through the Flor- ida Straits: Gentle to moderate north to northeast winds today, becoming moderate to fresh easterly over north portion and southeasterly over south por- tion tonight and Thursday. Weather partly cloudy today, cloudy and rainy tonight and Thursday. East Gulf of Mexico: Gentle to moderate northeasterly winds 'to- day, becoming moderate to fresh easterly over north portion and southeasterly over south portion | tonight,.then shifting to fresh to strong northeriy Thursday Weather mostly cloudy today, cloudy and rainy tonight and Thursday, becoming fair late Thursday afternoon. Jacksonville to Apalachicola: No small craft or storm warnings REPORT Key West, Fla., Nov. 26, 1947 (Observation taken at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, City Office) Temperatures | issued. Highest vesterday 86 Lowest last night 13 Mean 80 Normal NZ Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m.. inches Relative Humidity Tomorrow's Almanac (Eastern Standard Time) Sunrise 6:51 a.m \ Sunset 5:38 p.m. Moonrise 3:12 p.m. } Moonsei 5:59 a.m. | TIDES Tomorrow Naval Base (Eastern Standard Time) High Low 9:32 a.m. 2:47 a.m. 8:35 p.m. 2:18 pm. Additional Tide Data Reference Station: Key West Timn of! Haight of 0 | Sawyer. | December Play ‘Caneelled; To Give Another The proposed December pro- duction of the Key West Play- |ers has been cancelled, it was announced today. In its place a three-act play will be presented in January. Name of the play will be announced later- | Next Monday, beginning at 8 |o’clock, the regular monthly meeting of the Players will be held in the Barn Theatre. Fol- lowing the business _ session, readings for assignment to parts in the forthcoming presentation will be held. Sally Rand At Sally. Rand,. of the Fans and ; Bubbles, who is credited as be- ‘ing one of country’s fore- ; lavish Revue’ opening at Club | Tropics fo® three’ nights, starting Thanksgiving Eve. Sally has gathered together a spectacular array of talent, and + cleverly wielded them into a gorgeous production that is truly breath-taking. The Club Tropics states that Sally Rand is deserving of un- limited bouquets of praise for her latest and most beautiful show. For it is the very ultimate in artistic and dazzling enter- tainment. Property Sales Camille O. Ley transierred |property near Southard and Si- monton streets, to Beulah Brant- | ley for $12,000, according to a | Warranty deed filed vesterday | i with Circuit Court Clerk Ross C. | Mr. and Mrs. Jose Padron| transferred property near Flag- | jler avenue’ and Thtrd street to | Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Morgan, | | 410 Virginia street, for $3,200. Station— Tide |high water | |Bahia Honda —Ohr. | (bridge) __.10 min. 0.0 ft. No Name Key +2hr. |_ (east side) __20 min. | | Boca Chica —Ohr. (Sandy Point) 40 min. | |Valdes Channel +2hr. | (north end) —10 min. +1.4 ft. | Oo te) (NOTE: Minus sign—correc- | tions to be subtracted. Plus ’ gigti—reorractians tn be odded.) z Club Tropics! — WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 ihe oe CLASSIFIED Information for the Advertisers ne RATES FOR REGULAR and BLACKFACH TYPE Advertisements under this head will be inserted in The Citizen at the rate of 2c a word for each in- sertion, but the minimum charge for the first 15. words or less is 30c. The rate for blackface type is 3c & word, and the minimum charge for the first 15 words is 45c. saunas sceene ADS * piagrrn coon ‘ aR assified adv: in advan te h ledger ny nts charged. : we PUBLICATION DEADIANR . To insure publication, copy ‘mast be in The Citizen offiee before 11 o'clock in the morning on the day of publication. es - All advertising event of error in advertising, trans fs accepted under the foliowing eonditions: In the The’ ‘itisen willbe ontract, jient or con . ‘and in responsible only for the first insertion it cunt of space oeeupled by. the Display AG@vertising for only the ac part of the advertisement where th SBEeseeepuvpeeunaes HELP WANTED Experienced beautician. Apply Stell’s Beauty Nook, 536 Flem- ing Street. nov22-tf Waitress. Apply Ponce Bar-B-Q, | nov22-6tx Messenger wanted. Daytime work. Western Union. nov24-3t 701 Simonton. Girl, neat, with sales ability. Must know typing. Steady posi- tion. 505 Duval, Collins. nov25-4tx Canvasser, male or female, want- ed for door to door work. No| selling. Must be able to meet; Box; the public intelligently. HCL, Citizen Office. nov26-2tx WANTED TO RENT eS Two-bedroom, - furnished apart- ment or-house for naval officer, wife and baby. Call Lt. Rose 790, Ext. 324. nov26-3tx FOR RENT located, hot water. 397-M. Furnished four-room apartments. | Maid and janitor service, linens and all utilities furnished. Coral Hotel -Apts., opposite Post Of- fice. Clean, comfortable, airy room. | Apply 513 White- Reasonable. head (opposite Court House). nov18-12tx Clean, airy rooms, with connect- ® error occurs. A Seppe e eee aeuageg FOR SALE /Plumbing supplies, complete | stock. Plastic tile, paints and | brushes. Robert Leonard. Co., 1532 N.W. 62nd Street, Miami, Fla. Phone 7-3421. octi-tf One three-burner gas range, $10; bedroom suite, consisting. of bed, spring, mattress, chest of drawers, vanity, $75; porcelain sink with left-hand drain, $30; | porcelain-top table. and kitchen chairs, $10; bathtub, $25. Apply | 1214 Olivia Street. ; nov20-' | a 1 { | American slicing machine, | A-1 condition. Must see it to ap- preciate. Sacrifice, $75.00. ‘Call Phone 69. nov24-3tx | 7 ' 4 cubic foot Servel gas box’ ai 18 half screens. Apply .616 Francis St. nov25-3tx 1940 Chevrolet club coupe. . A-1 condition. 823 White Street. nov25-4tx 1938 Ford coupe, $150. Apply | 1916 Seidenberg Ave. : nov25-2tx Box. 1301 Florida St. : Nov24.3tx |1 Simmons’ crib with mattress. Excellent condition, $2000. 1423 Von Phister St. nov25-3t |Ice box, Frigidaire style. $20.00. eiaadiniiel Apply 1210 Simonton Street. nov25-2tx ; House, corner White and. Di- vision, to be moved. Call..be- tween 5 and 6. nov25-2tx. | Bar and restaurant with liquor ing baths, near the ocean.! jicense, $5,500. Call 9284 be- Beach Guest House, 1328 White ater gion 1. Or-write Ba St. nov22-tf} 300, Citizen Office. a : noy26-10tx, Furnished apartment. Adults < - only. 1021 Packer street. Female white bulldog, has .one nov24-3tx | black eye and black ear. : 810 { Eaton St., upstairs. nov26-2tx: For Rent—Two-bedrom §apart-! Eee} ment. Nothing in Key West/ 1942 23-ft. Schiller’ house trailer, like it. Rent for season only,’ yeconditioned, electric refrig- references, required. erator. Rear Ponce’s Barbecue, oe _ | © 701 Simonton, between 4 and 6. One bedrodm apartment, nice | nov26-3tx neighborhood. Rent to year-| zs | round tenants only. $35.00 per month. CECIL CARBONELL 700 Duval St. nov25-3tx FOR SALE 1940 Ford station wagon. Very good motor. Newly painted. Priced reasonably. 1940 Ply- mouth coupe. Radio, heater, fog lights. Excellent buy. Monroe Motors, Inc. nov24-tf Hoffman pressing machine. Auto- matic water feeder. 505 Duval St. (Collins). balloon tires. 1900 Staples. nov26-2tx | One 12’ sailboat, one 12’ V-bot- tom skiff. Apply 12-D Porter Place, after 5 p.m. nov24-3tx Four APARTMENTS, ideal loca- tion, good income, all rented, in excellent condition. Price only $8000.00. Iwu AP*RTMENTS, five Hotel rooms, centrally located, owner leaving city, a real buy. Duval STREET business proper- ty, rented and income paying good percentage on investment. FIFTEFN ROOM HOTEL, each room with private bath. This propeity for lease, reasonable. FOUR BEDROOM home, near the ocean, completely furnish- ed, immediate possession, noth- ing like it available in Key West. Has everything one could wish for. Price $30,000. Half cash, balance to suit to reliable party. THE BEST RESTAURANT in Key West, for sale or lease to responsible party, stand strict- est investigation. Business opportunities of all kind. I have what you are looking for, if it is in Key West. CECIL CARBONELL REALTOR 200 Duval Street te ee, , a Abe 3 nov25-5tx | Chevrolet sedan, 1939. Excellent condition. K. H. Kile, 1012 Va- rela, rear cottage. nov26-3tx | Men’s bicycle, lady’s bicycle, one ; year old, each $25.00. Both | $45.00. -Call 364-W or 1207 | Georgia St. nov26-1tx Notes (Promissary), 1c each. Art- | man Press, Citizen Bldg., phoné : 3h marl-tf 1947 Hudson club coupe, radio, heater, 14000 miles. $1975. L-1 Fort Taylor, Tel. 1507-M. nov25-3tx WANTED TO BUY | mgst: Femina ‘gntrepreneurs, | Lady’s and man’s bicycle. Good! 2 19x600 or above 6 ply tires. outdoes herself with her current 2 Telephone 9127 or call at desk at Jefferson Hotel. nov26-3tx MISCELLANEOUS For guaranteed plumbing work and repairs, call John Curry, 512 Margaret Street, Phone 781. Give us a try on your next job. Free estimates. novi-imo JEEP MARINE CONVERSION ENGINES water cooled and direct drive transmission conversions GREAT SOUTHERN AUTO 22 N. W. 20th St., Miami, Fla. IMMEDIATE DELIVERY * WRITE OR WIRE novi-t? ;Vacuum cleaners, and washing | machines repaired. O’Briant, Telephone 1164-M. _novi-!mo AAT ath BONN Tihs DER RNAS La | Picture framing, etchings, prints, | oils, framed and matted. Phone { 1197-M, Paul DiNegro, ‘614 Francis. oct25-$1tk Personal Christmas cards made | from your favorite negative. 25 ; cards for $2.50. Evans Camera , and Supply Store. novi0-tf | Alterations of men’s and women’s clothing. Also mending ofvlin- ens. 1019 Margaret. nov25-3tx | $25.00 reward for information | leading to arrest and conviction of person who removed :new Universal closet tank and bowl from 411 Louise Street. A. G. Rohe, t Boy 26-38 ee os