The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 19, 1947, Page 4

ye ier 4 Ress totmemfers PAGE FOUR". te 0 7 ___ Chapter- 21: -..-..' “I KNOW you've thrown over a thousand men into this search,” Bill ‘O’Reilly said. “But do you. feel satisfied with the re- sults?” ; : Inspector Ryan folded his arms wearily over a sheaf of or- ders that covered the top of his desk “Did. you: ever try throwing a dragnet around the Lower: East Side?” he asked. “How much of an area‘are you trying to cover?” : “Every blessed thing from Broadway to the East River, and from Fulton north to Delancey Street,” Ryan answered, , “Haven't any of those tips I’ve sent you panned out?” O'Reilly persisted. et Inspector Ryan smiled : ironi- cally, picking up a spindle of notes that looked like a, ragged- roofed pagoda. $02 § “Here’s a few. samples,” he said, selecting notes at..random as he pulled them off the’spindle. “Kidnappers hiding behind an opium den on Deyers Stréet: That turned out to be ten old Chinese gents Playing fan-tan in the back room of. a chop-suey ee oe He laughed humorlegsly! “Here’s, another. a i 0 Mafia hiding a woman. in a flat on Mul- berry Street. Mafia, my “foot! Just a strict. old. Italian Papa locking his 16-year-old. daughter in per room to keep her from nanging out with street-corner shazpies.” O’Reilly looked slightly: sheep- ish. : “Okay,” said O’Reilly grudg- ingly. “But don’t forget one of those tips might come through— even one that looks the goofiest. I’d grab at any kind of a feeble straw, if I thought the thousandth try would discover Jean, Saun- ders.” “I'll do the same, you can bet} on that,” the Inspector said with dogged firmness. “And I’d throw my badge into the ashcan before I’d ease up on this hunt. I’m about the only Inspector. who hasn’t been busted or shifted by the Commissioner since this gam«’ Circle 2 Of | Baptist WMU | ru ik Entertiyjned Mrs,..Piedad, Archer was ho8-' ee f be Circle Na. 2! By Gene Gleason .}bling mess blew wide open, but he’ll have to make the busting’ unanimous before I pull one man off this dragnet.” igs BILL O’REILLY had any reservations about the thor- oughness of the police search, he lost most of them during the next eight hours. Riding in the Inspec- tor’s car, he watched him check the men of his command. Early in the evening, the In- spector halted to question a De- tective Captain at Bowery and Spring Street, in the heart of:a flophouse section teeming with alcoholic derelicts. : “Have you checked all the Bowery flop joints?” Inspector Ryan demanded. “I want a com- plete report on every man in this neighborhood, drunk or sober.” “We’ve questioned all the ones who were sober enough to talk, Inspector,” he responded. “But we couldn’t get anything out of the pass-out cases.” “You couldn’t,” Ryan barked. “Well, load every stiff in the wagon. Jail them until. they’re able to talk straight; if they don’t speak English, I'll give you in- terpreters. But get ’em all, un- derstand?” He halted again at a row of tenements on Grand Street. A hooting crowd had gathered on the sidewalk as a hundred police went through the buildings, room by room. Several of the throng carried placards reading: “We Protest Gestapo Tactics of Po- lice,” and “New York’s Finest Unfair to Democracy.” Inspector Ryan snorted. “So we’re a Gestapo, are we? Maybe those ‘sidewalk Pinkos want us to turn thugs and mur- derers loose on the people. That’s not freedom; it’s just giving gang- sters the break they need to set up their gangster governments. That’s what those sign-toters want—and it’s nothing like de- mocracy.” He turned to O'Reilly. “They'll have a delegation in the Mayor’s office tomorrow morning and a protest parade in City Hall Park,” he predicted., “But I’m not relaxing the search an iota. I don’t relish pushing ATTAN EDITOR | THE KEY gunmen’ because ‘I'm too” yellow to do my job.” Grice wee The :Inspector’s_ driver . swung the. car: eastward toward;, the warehouse district. along: the, East River.: Dilapidated tenements, many “of...them . vacant ape boarded .up,’loomed ahead:in i ie sparsely ‘populated section:: like gaunt ruins.. Once: this had:'been the . city’s most noisome;‘: over- | Citizen. ¥ populated -slum;;but it*had.-de- generated ‘so . greatly: that.;eveh ‘the .poorest -families moved: out: Now it -was ‘a’ nocturnal’ abyss of : echoing . emptiness,’ of. : vast warehouses manned by 2 aca lonely ‘watchman, of * drunke! derelicts and. .. petty. -pilferers; where ‘huge- gray rats. prowled along the . waterfront ..and ‘fish merchants bickered and ‘haggled at the Fulton Market in ‘the. early | morning hours, — - Nase Sighting, a Lieutenant. confer- ring with a. dozen: patrolmen-un- der a street lamp on Market Slip, near the Manhattan Bridge, .In- spector Ryan, again ordered his driver: to stop. ALLE DS The Lieutenant, . salutingy. re- spectfully, ‘reported the progr: of the hunt in -his district): .:.’ “What about. these ‘boatded-u tenements?” Ryan demanded. “Have you. been through « all‘‘o them, checked every room?! ;, gh FRIDAY, DECEMBER: 19,1947 ery Soviets Develop _| Angels :Are- Help: Great Microscope| For Traffie Police MOSCOW.—(AP).—A 100-Kilo-| HAMBURG. — (AP). — Pretty volt microscope able to magnify | schoolgirls between ‘12 and: -14 200,000 times has been produced | years old, dressed as angels, in the Soviet Union. helped Hamburg traffic police- An announcement says mem-|men during road safety week. bers of the electron;and micro-{ Stationed at busy junctions, scope branch of the Ministry of they helped old ladies, cripples {the Electric Industry have ‘been | and children across the road. and ‘working on the mechanism for a} warned youngsters to obey tfaf- year and a haif. { fic rules. : Read :the Classified Ads in The Italy is about the size of New Mexico. : CLASSIFIED ADS Information for the Advertisers RATES FOR REGULAR and PAYMENT ‘ ; BLACKFACE TYPE Payment for elassified advertise- ments ie invariably tn advanea, but Advertisements under this head| regular advertisers with ledger ae- will _be inserted in The Citizen at|counts may have heir advertise- he rate of 2c a word for each in-|M™ments charged. ; ape sertion, but the minimum charge for PUBLICATION DEADLINE . the first 15 words or less is 30c. To insure publication, copy must The rate for blackface type is 3c a|be in The Citizen office before 11 word, end the minimum charge for|o’clock in the morning on the day the first 15 words is 45c. of publication. we - All advertising is accepted under the following eonditions: In the event of error in advertising, transient or contract, The ‘itizen will be responsible only for the first insertion in Classified Advertising, and in Display A@vertising for only the actual amount of space occupied by the part of the advertisement where the error occurs. « $y SERB BRBUBRBRBHRERBEBESUBHB BBB RABE SBE “Some of them are bar 4 ‘HELP WANTED ' FOR SALE padiocked,”, the Lieutenang r @ : | : plained. “We can’t get -in. with= | Waitresses, experienced, for fine| Plumbing _ supplies, complete OO hens Go nade ereese dining room. Apply Overseas; stock. Plastic tile, paints and ery locked building in this area,” Ryan ordered. “Have :it.iny my office -by ° tomorrow ‘.. morning. Either the owners will -hand’’ the keys or ‘we'll take: th necessary ,. legal s + ‘to :-brea into them—and we'll take: them on the double!” pace & When the car was again under way, Inspector Ryan turned ‘to hideout in) those broken-down old wrecks,” he said. “Which is just one more reason. why ‘I in- tend to give them an..especially intensive search.” : ; on ts “Tl: buy a piece of ‘that’ ‘hunch myself,” O’Reilly « affirmed. “ “I'll be in your office tomorrow morn- ing with every tip I. can ‘find people around, but I’m not going‘ that’s related to that section,” .. ’ + (Te be'continued), . to throw them to the crooks and of the .Baptist; W.M.U. at ther | home on Monday afternoon. , | A short business session was | - my, experience.And whoever has - necessary to use the words, “Key | condueted prior to the program } meeting,‘ with Mrs. Edna Albury, ' circle chairman, presiding. Mrs, Alice. Rameriz, program ! | chairman, was in, charge? of the Christmas prograrh, the theme of which was “Star of Service.” Mrs, Eleanor Bennett gave the devotional. a Mrs. Edna Albury. presented the hub of the star and gave a talk on “The World’s People Today,” discussing . the peoples of all nations, which has been the theme for the year 1947. Miss Holly Johnson led: in the Christmas prayer. i The five points of the Star of Service were presented ‘as fol- | lows: ) Mrs. Henry Jenks, “prayer; | Mrs. Julia Gibson, study; Mrs. Frances Fairfield, tithes and. of- ferings; Mrs. Piedad Archer, Comm. Missions; Mrs. Bronnie Nichols, missionary education. Others taking part were Mrs. Alice Ramirez, Mrs. Geneva Smith and Mrs.. Leona . Collins, who sang “Star of the East.” The program was concluded with the singing of Christmas carols. At the close of the program, luncheon was served by the hos- tess. : Those present were: Mesdames___ Bronnie Leona Collins, Alice Evelyn Jones, Lillie Shirley, Henry Jenks, Frances Fairfield, Julie Gibson, Eleanor Bennett, Geneva Smith, Larner, Edna Albury, Lois Eden, Piedad Archer and Miss Holly Johnson. Nichols, Rameriz, Mason, Sprightly Novel About Key West EVENING STREET, “A blithe novel for sophisticates” by Katrina Johnson. (G. P. Put- nam's Sons.) Reviewed | By STEPHEN COCHRAN SINGLETON Here is the best piece of writ- ing that has appeared with Key West as a background within lived in the Island City and has the privilege of reading the! book, knows that he is reading about Key West, although so deftly has the book been written that the writer has not found it } West,” nor the actual nankes of the streets, anywhere in the story. | That it was a “blithe novel for | sudden (AP. Wirephoto) MRS. RUTH ANNETTE SUBBIE, Fort Worth, Tex., housewife who won some $21,000 in prizes for identifying Dancer ‘Martha Graham as “Miss Hush” in a radio contest, is helped into her fur coat by her husband (right), and Announcer Ralph Edwards (left),.during ceremony at Hollywood in which she was. pre- sented with her gifts, ” sophisticates, effort to attract attention diving deeper into the mire than previous writers had attempted to do, hoping that liberal dish- ing up of dirt mignt, at least at- tract attention. The impression, happily, was not borne out by this vivid .re- cital of the adventures of Vic- toria and the true life picture of the canting, hypocritical “First Reader” Sheep,’ and the Good Samari- tan who ran the house of ill fame and who was described by a passing sailor as a “Cockeyed Trollop.” | Here we have a writer who can dive into odorous water and come out undefiled, bringing a pearl with her. It is quite a con- trast to some of the stuff that Key West has endured. True to life is the picture of a vivacious girl, so stunned by bereavement that she becomes a_ victim to a é self- righteous crook and his ogre of a mother. Victoria’s escape (we can't spoil your enjoyment. of the book by telling vou about that) makes 20ed ading * “for as stated on the, ; Jacket, gave one the unpleasant impression that here was another {be none the worse off, if they by | nave mastered the problem pre-. of the sect of “Joshua’s | “sophisticates” and the unsophis- | ticated alike and the Jatter, will sented by the “birds, the bees ‘and the flowers,’ and are ready | to enter the next semester in | th study of human nature. ; Well, anyway, the First Reader | got slapped and anyone who has ever known the enchant- ment of Cuban coffee and hot | bollos will find life enriched by | Victoria's scruples at bumping {anyone on a_ bright, | night.-They will remember ‘epi- ;sodes and open the book ‘and ‘read them again. They will be i | SO delighted with the book that | they will lend it to a friend— ; and that, at last, will be the real \ 6 | “finis,” | OH; MY HAT! ; HAMBURG.—(AP). — An - 18- ) year-old Hamburg student won a ; bet by walking two- miles | through the crowded city. streets , Clad only jn underwear and a ; bowler hat. A notice arourid his |neck bearing the date 1940 fore- !cast how the Germans would be {dressed in that year if -the shortage of new clothing con- ‘tinned. aeseeD { ' Hotel, 917 Fleming. © dec17-3t brushes. Robert Leonard Co., 1532 N.W. 62nd Street, iami, Fla. Phone 7-3421. dec-tf |Printer wanted two to three hours, part-time, daily. Steady. Telephone 1360. decl9-1t| Two-drawer cash’ register’. for sale. Evans Camera Store, 509 FOR RENT Southard St. dec13-tf Light housekeeping rooms, $5 -| $10 per week. 411 William St.! dec6-1mox ‘ Covered Wagon house _ trailer, $750.00. 611 Division. Street. decl5-6tx Two new one-bedroom apart- ments. 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Will take excellent care of your prop- erty. 202-C, Poinciana Exten- sion. dec19-3tx WANTED E} te Wanted, unfurnished room, suit- ‘able for studio, preferably north exposure. Phone 241. dec16-5tx FOR SALE Marl for sale for filling lots and concrete work. See A. Pazo, 1115 Margaret or Phone 423. dec10-13tx Dress your car, with new covers for Christmas, in bright, new} plastics. Presser’s Radiator Shop. Pedigreed male Boxer, 1% years, ! $250.00. Black mask, white star. 808 South St., Apt. No. 3. dec18-3tx Crystal, antiques, silver, clothes, bedspreads, odds and ends. 808 South St. Apt. No. 3. dec18-3tx One Servicycle, good condition. Extras. 619 William St. 1942 Zimmer 23° trailer house. electric refrigerator. See tween 4 and 6 at Ponce’s Bar- B-Q, Simonton St. dec17-3tx running $75 cash. dec17-3tx Girl’s 24” bicycle, new paint, new balloon tires, $19.00. Man's bi- cycle, $12.00. 1900 Staples Ave. dec18-2tx 1939 Ford sedan, 1940 Ford sta- tion wagon. Very clean. Price reasonable. 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