The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 11, 1947, Page 4

ee a oa Be MAb eda i Sat oe Pk pe Os acttrnn ‘auens SESS BSE eee Teeeese |CLASSIFIED ADS PAGE FOUR roan ne nS ee MANHATTAN EDITOR THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Chapter 14 § errcaeenaangge the story of the gambling raids as O'Reilly and Hawkins telephoned it to her from the Cafe Castillo and Chez Biarritz, Jean drummed her type- writer almost without pause for two hours. Yanking each page from the machine as she, com- leted it, she handed it to a copy _ boy. Having learned the severe discipline of writing under pres- sure and against time, she worked almost automatically, but with skill and care in every action, When, at last, the first rush of copy had abated, Ross Mercer came to her desk. i “What a job you did—all three of you!”, he said enthusiastically. “We haven’t had a yarn like this for months. It’ll dump the! whole police department upside down— and what a play the papers will give it. Great!” Jean managed a wear* smile. Hawkins and O'Reilly, looking quite as exhausted as Jean, walked into the office then with the final details of the raids. “Great work,” Ross told them. “Now I want each of you to do a roundup story—you can work out the division of it among your- selves—and stick your by-lines on By Gene Gleason didn’t you?” he rasped. “Well get this; I’m going to have a warrant sworn cut for your arrest, Hawk- ins. I'll nail you for assault and battery, and maybe I can arrange to have a kidnapping charge tacked on it.” “I wouldn’t do anything too hastily,” cautioned O'Reilly. “Who asked you to stick your nose in, fatso? You’re in this as ‘much as Hawkins. I intend to have you arrested for acting in concert.” “I still think it might be a good idea to move slowly,” said O’Reilly with a mock gentleness. “I think I know a couple of rea- sons why you might not care to press those charges.” “Not press them?” echoed Daw- son contemptuously. “Why, I'll push them to the limit!” “That’s interesting,” O’Reilly remarked coolly. “But I think I ought to point out a few primary facts. First of all, you’re in this gambling racket up to your neck.” “That’s a lie!” : “No vehement denials, please,” O’Reilly said. “The police got hold of a few books in the raid tonight that might clear things up. You’re on them for unpaid losses of about $22,000. It might be interesting for the boss to know about that—especially since he’s dead set against gambling for high stakes when you're work- ing here.” DAWSON lost all his belliger- ence. Without another word, he stalked past O’Reilly, Hawkins and Jean, heading back toward his desk. “I don’t think we'll hear any more about those charges,” O’Reilly said, grinning slightly. Jean did not see the stories of the raids in the newspapers until late that night, when she awoke after a long, dreamless sleep. When she went to work, it seemed that everyone on the bus was reading the account of the raids and the police department up- heaval that followed it. There was a note for her in the office mail basket when she ar- rived. Signed by Howard Arter, it read: “Raid stories swept front pages coast to coast. Congratulations, Austin Roberts ‘Elected | Worshipful Master Monday At the annual meeting of An-& chor. Lodge No, 182 F. and.A. .M.} held last Monday; the fotiowing' Fernando Lopez officers Wete eléctéd to serve’ for | ‘ _At Fort Dix, NJ them. You certainly rate all the credit we can give you!” Within a half hour. they had completed their final stories on ’ the spectacular raids. A dozen pic- \ tures, featuring the principal gambling-racket operators and the show business celebrities caught in the ‘raids, moved out with the stories on the picture-transmis- sion circuit. Hawkins leaned back to relax after ‘the killing pace of the last three hours. He rubbed his knuckles absently, noticing that they were badly skinned. He sat bolt upright. “Holy mackerel!” he cried. “Dawson! He must still be in the file room.” When O'Reilly, using a key bor- rowed from the telephone opera- ’ tor, opened th door of the file room, Dawson was decidedly con- scious. He advanced toward them as they turned on the light with his eyes full of: hatred. “Thought you put one over, ‘the enstiing “year: "* * rier | Roberts; Senior Warden, Ra- | rear DIS, Nd, Dee. 1, cp mond Alpury; — Sobek Treasurer» .Hast+ | 1714 Virginia street, Kéy West, s;, Secretary,. . cin os al, D. rani, Senior | fantry Division Training “Center —_ nig — Junior Dea- ;for a new assignment. con, Jac yman, Jr.; Senior | AW lahe Steward, Russell Hoff; Junior! . it pg Taarenig Sicwerd, ‘Oswald. Shepaerd: service on November 20, 1947. Tiler,x Donald *Myers: . Jack Hyman, Sr.; Curry. ny a { {Distillation of fardwood pro- Organist, K.' duces methyl alcohol, and grey acetate of lime. Glitter Gifts for Glamor Girls SUIT YOUR PURSE... . The real McCoy: (A) 14- karat scroll pin and (B) matching earrings; (C) heart-shaped gold pin with amethyst and zircons; (D)' double-link 14-k bracelet. Costume category: (E) Dutchman’s pipe pin with fake jewels and gold tassel and (F) elegant medieval necklace in court order’ style, designed by Coro. By DOROTHY ROE : Associated Press Fashion Editor Per wgman never lived who didn’t welcome a gift of jewelry. ; There’s something personal and flattering about jewelry, whether.it's the fabulous type or merely an inexpensive custom job. And no woman ever had enough of it. F This year the field is wide and the price range unlimited in the jewelry category. Fond husbands or suitors can shoot the works with diamond necklaces or jeweled wristwatches set in wide solid gold or platinum bracelets which cost the price of a house and lot, or they can achieve practically the same effect with fine costume jewelry which won't wear so long but looks! beautiful just the same. The trend in all jewelry this year, real or fake, is toward ' elegance and elaboration. That's in keeping with the much-! discussed “new look” of femininity. Necklaces run to the court decoration style, bracelets must at least look fabulous, and pearls are worn not in a single strand but by the dezens. _ Even costume jewelry has a precious look this year, with delicate workmanship and jewels that look surprisingly | i though they may be made of the same stuff as the win- dows. cbiads _ T/5 Fernando L. Lopez, son of ! dunior Warden, |Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Lopez of ; Gerald Adams; ' as arrived at Fort Dix 9th In. | in the | charcoal : and what is more to the point, a raise in‘your next pay envelope.” The gambling story was still full of life, Jean discovered, as . police headquarters poured out more news of police transfers that followed it. One inspector and two captains had been demoted, and five patrolmen went. on ‘the suspendea list for their part in the graft. ; Her desk phone rang as she was about: to start rewriting the night’s stories. “Harry!” she exclaimed. “We're doing all right, if the bosses aren’t kidding. Where are you — still rounding up racketeers?” “No, thanks. I’ve had plenty of that stuff for a while; who’s go- ing to cover the entertainment news if I keep taking these inter- esting excursions?” He paused, adding: “It was a tremendously exciting assignment, just the same. You're easily the sweetest editor I ever worked with.” Jean laughed gayly. “That kind of blarney would come more appropriately from an Irishman like O’Reilly—but I ad- mit I’m lapping it up. By the way, what’s doing with Bill?” ey “He tells me he’s having two extra highballs tonight to cele- brate the best story he’s seen in years,” Hawkins said. “He also told me he’d been threatened: by some mug for helping to expose the. gambling clubs.” ‘ “Threatened?” Jean asked. “What do you mean?” o's “Oh, some petty racketeer told him that he’d better leave town, or the gambling mob will have his scalp.” “Say, that sounds serious” Jean commented. “Has anyone made any threats to you?” j “Nothing. worth mentioning. Some crackpot called me upon the phone earlier this evening, making a lot of ungrammatical comments about bumping me off,” he admitted. “But he sounded so thick-headed I figure h ’ll prob- ably knock himself off first by sheer stupidity.” : Jean took a severe tone. “Maybe so, but don’t take any foolish risks. You ought to know that I’ve got to have you around for the next fifty years or so,”: (To be continued) In the early 1900’s the tuber- culosis death rate in the -United States was almost 200 per hun- dred thousand population. Flor- dia’s death rate last year was 30 | per hundred thousand. Read the Classified Ads in The Citizen. LOOKS REAL. . .Swank *‘Romantinque” brooch made of simulated pearls, rhine-stones and dark blue enamel, gold plated, matching ear- rings. By Trifari. PEARL CASCADE... Two eight-strand simu- lated pearl bibs, by Rich- elieu. 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