The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 13, 1951, Page 6

i ‘ i ta tom ta a FaGE GX BARNEY GOOGLE —_ ALL MY CHECKER-PLAYIN' CHUMS IS LAFFIN' AT ME, CRICKET-- THEY SAY ((M MARRIED TO A BALL AN’ CHAIN’ ND SNUFFY SMITH YE JES’ MARCH RIGHT DOWN THAR TONIGHT AN! SHOW ‘EM-*( YE JES' SET THAR TILL SUNUP IF YE WANT TO !! AN' PLAY CHECKERS ide KRY Wasi CIVlZnn AN’ ('LL-GO SET WIE YE TAP TAN 3 I DIDN'T WANT TO > BRING RED FLOWER INTO THIS, BUT ITS Be MY ONLY CHANCE. BRAVE, PLEASE Gi d YOUR PRISONER ONE LAST £7 YOU MAKE LIE! YOU NOT FRIEND OF BIG CHIEFS DAUGHTER! RANT HeY./'D SEE I TRIED ON MY etl WEDDING DRESS 3 TODAY.’ IT'S QUT | OF THIS \ FOUR MORE DAYS, AND I'LL i lil\ THe SWEETEST CHICK IN THE willie e BRINGING UP FATHER stor Gro Reap SOFA B, YC SoRRY.’NO PREVIEWS.’ ~lT'S SUPPOSED To BE BAD Luck.” BE MARRIED TO Au! THERE'S MY SOFA-NOW LET ME SEE WHERE I WANT YOu TO PUT IT- aH pon tT || TELL ME 1M MARIZYING A SUPERSTITION Woman! OKAY.I'VE HAD A BuSY DAY, TOO.” BEEN TO ALL THE TAVEL AGENCIES .” Im : WHERE ARE WE GOING ON HI, POP.’yYou STILL uP? HEY, WHAT Goss? SOMETHING SPECIAL S, I IRONS TA ipeuiveny LETTER i or = = 1 BAD you CAN NEWS 2/) cay THAT \ AGAIN! s HT IS DAYLIGHT Now. 1 SPRINKLED FLOUR ON/A DECK LAST ZA NIGHT! | 3 es mAs You'D BETTER Cat ETTA FIRST THING in THE MORNING.’ ~Guess| THIS KIND OF FOULS THINGS uP {7g Re Me Ye » WELL-HURRY UP-- THIS THING'S HEAVY! WHY DID YOU BRI THAT FATHEADI BROTHER OF MAGGIE HERE ON MY SOFA 7? YOU SAID YOU WANTED THE PILLO' GIT THE PILLOWS FROM UNDER HIM ~— WS TOO-WE COULDN'T By Fred Lassweil WAITLE I GIT \a8 MY BUNNIT By George on | | Chapter 21 RIEFLY he told them what had happened. They listened until he stopped talking. Then ene of them came to life, smiling slowly, mirthlessly, “It seems,” he said, “that Ray Bradley has known all along that ou were lying to him. It seems has a full and accurate estima- tion of everything, and has been Playing the game with your cards, Val Nelson.” “I don’t think so,” Val said, Payee “He hasn't the ability to le that without our catching on. And you know how elaborately we've kept him under observa- tion.” “That's true,” another of the Vargians admitted. “But it is also true beyond question that Nelva didn’t contact him. He made it up.” “Oh well,” the Vargian at the head of the table said tiredly, as though a discussion had been go- ing on before Val Nelson arrived. “The fact remains that he might possibly get in contact with Nel- va on this projected outing—and if he does it will be over in an instant. If he doesn’t, he can’t es- cape. We have guards at the place where his time machine will ar- rive in another ten days. We had them there before, when they ar- rived.” “I wish I knew more of what’s behind al. this,” Val said in a voice that was half pleading, half fearful. “Six ttiplets of eyes rested on him frigidly. He swallowed again noisily and backed toward the door, “You will refrain from being curious, Mr. Telson,” a stern voice spoke. “You will live just so long as you serve us well and without question. That goes for the others of you. I will say only this. Ray Bradley and Joe Ash- ford must meet Nelva, and under conditions where we can do what we have in mind to do—or neither you nor we will live to correct our errors.” “But don’t you see?” Val be- came bolder. “I WANT to under- stand. | WANT tobe able to serve you better—by understanding what it’s all about so I can act intelligently instead of blindly. I feel I should understand this threat that hangs around the mysterious Nelva and these two clods from the dark ages of 1950.” yng if you knew.” the Var. ‘ian at the head of the table said, ou would iy to use your own judgment, and_ probably make mistakes. I will say just this. Nelva has been able to hide from us in TIME, rather than space. We can only get to her if Ray gets to her. Only she among all twentieth century peoples has KEY WEST NEWS Of Days Gone By Taken From The Files Of The Key West Citizen 10 YEARS AGO Key West’s rate of growth dur- ing the decade from 1930 to 1940 was higher than that recorded by 283 of the country’s 1,0862 “urban places” of 10,000 or more popu- lation, .according: ta..the — census etisisg in size from a popu- lation of 12,831 in 1930 to 12,927 in 1940, Key West registered a growth ratio, of 0.7 percent. Seven hundred and eighty-eight “urban places” grew. faster. The rate of growth for all “arban places” in the entire country was 61 percent. The 1,082 “urban places” include five boroughs of greater New York, listed separately, as well as a total for New York City. x * * Carl Bervaldi, chairman of the Monroe County commission, will be delegated to control this coun- ty’s share of the state home de- fense corps, Stephen Singleton, Chamber of Commerce secretary said today. Singleton, who returned to Key West yesterday after attending a meeting of the state defense group at West Palm Beach, said he would be unable to reveal details of the groups action until he had furnished Bervaldi with a written report. ‘ ee 2. Bids for the construction of two bridges that will replace be si aa in- the Overseas ighway were considerably high- er than the estimate, State Sena- Your Grocer SELLS that Good STAR * BRAND aad cusan COFFEE —TRY A POUND TODAY— TIME TRAP By ROG PHILLIPS solved a little riddle of time that enabled her to do so. In solving that riddle she also found the id. doubt- and, but “I hope so,” Val fully. don't unde i] it. Thank you, sires He backed out of the room re- | spectfully, T= highway was a four laned ribbon along which’ blurred shapes streaked at unbelievable speeds. Painted into the lanes every half mile or so were num- bers to serve as continual remind- ers to motorists to maintain their sped or get out of the lane. There was no oncoming traffic. All four lanes went in the same dir Joe kept the car in the e right hand lane which alone no painted numbe! The one next to it said one hundred, and next to tha., one fifty. The left hand lane had a minimum speed of two hundred. Joe was creeping at Ray sat beside him in the front seat, watching him with secret amusement. Most of the cars that whizzed by in the hundred mile lane were doing a hundred and forty. An occasional car came along in the two hundred mile lane, appearing for a second or two behind, staying in sight ahead for another three seconds. Acar crept up behind them and honked impatiently. Joe looked bewilderedly at the ditch, then grinned nervously at Ray and held his ground. With an insult- ing blast the other car darted around him. Almost immediately after it pulled into the hundred mile lane and dwindled into the distance. “How far we going?” Joe asked, relaxing a little. The question sobered Ray. “I don’t know yet,” he answered, and he didn’t. There were things to do yet that he couldn’t explain to Joe. The first was to get rid of the car, their clothes, and every- thing else, right down to the skin, and replace everything with things that could not possibly contain secret devices by which the Vargians and Custodians could keep track of them. If he ex- plained that t6 Joe now, there would be a strong chance of the Vargians picking them up before they could disappear. The car must go first, but in a way that wouldn't arouse suspi- cion. A wreck. Or was a wreck necessary? Engine trouble might work just as well. “Let’s stop at the next road- side joint,” he auaaewed: “E could do with some refreshments.” “Me too,” Joe grunted, swerv- ing off the highway onto a drive- | maybe I will after thinking about | APRIL 13, FRIDAY way leading into the parking lof oa rather large country cock- tail bar and restaurant. He drove AP Newsfeatures E i i 3, ‘a pari ace. When they way to, in all practical effects,|into a parking place, V he e destroy us. Does that answer your| got out of the car nay ee thas question sufficiently?” Joe had the keys anc t dropped them’ into his suit coat pocket. Another car behind them. e girls. were ward the orn place, As they reached the doors Ray stumbled against Joe, picking the keys out of his pocket, jouncing Joe against one of the men, There were profuse apologies. Ray, slip- ping the keys in his pocket, ac- cepted full blame for everything. One of the men isted it ‘aul he tho! he must he was right d driven in men verging V e entrance to ent to the | t away. Ray waited ur had brought thi eighty-five in the low speed lane. | sai girl away bumped into coming happily. Ray lav sipped his drink before leaving. As he made [his way toward the men’s room one of the three men in the party detached himself and followed him. He fell into step beside Ray. “Listen, friend,” he said softly. “Let's step outside a minute. I want to make a deal with you.” “What is it?” Ray asked in a voice thar wouldn’t carry. “Why not here? There’s lots of noise.” The stranger looked around warily. “You're right,” he mumbled. “Listen. How would you like to rent me your car for the rest of the night? I'll give you a hundred bucks, and have it back in town at any garage you say by nine o’clock tomorrow morning.” Ray concealed a look of exulta- tion. He looked knowingly at the man, “Too crowded with six of you, huh?” he grinned, “Exactly,” the man said. “Tell you what—I’ll make it a hundred and fifty. Then if we scratch a fender it’l! be taken care of ahead of time, and if we don’t you're that much ahead.” “You're on,” Ray agreed, reach- ing into his pocket and getting the keys. “But there’s one condi- tion attached to it.” “What's that?” the stranger asked doubtfully. “Get your girl friend and scram with it right away,” Ray said. “Fair enough,” the man said, exchanging three fifty dollar bills for the keys. (To be continued) day. Commerce, road department will on a fifty-fifty basis coopera’ with wooden bridges. The bridges whicn are io be re- placed are between Key West and the tol! bridge district, which would place them between here and lower Matecumbe. Senator! Ward said he will attend another meeting of the road department} April 25, when the matter of the bridges will again come up. x *k * The Citizen is in receipt of a letter from Milton A. Parrott at Tallahassee stating that keeping in daily touch with hap- penings in the legislature and also with U. S. Senators Claude WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS TN THE LINE OF Children’s TOYS COME TO THE TROPICAL TRADER 718 Duval St Phone 1000 | TO $5,000 tor David E. Ward revealed to- In a letter to Stephen Single- ton, secretary of the Chamber of enator Ward said the federal government to replace the he is], STRUNK LUMBER YARD SAYS THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF MATERIAL FOR ALL QUALIFIED WORK YOU CAN BUILD AUTHORIZED WORK UP WITHOUT STRUNK LUM Pepper and Charles O. Andrews in Washington. Mr. Parrott, who is familiarly known to his. numerous friends in Key West as “Mickey,” states in his letter that he will be more the| than glad to render any service | po: le for The Citizen and Key West during his stay in the state capital, which will be for the dur- ation of the legislative session. x « *& The Citizen said in an editorial paragraph today: “You can’t drink champagne on a beer income, but it still sounds like a good idea.” Admiral Louis E. Dentield, re- tired, born at Westboro, Mass., 60 years ago. Key West Citizen NEWS and EDITORIAL TELEPHONE 1935 BUSINESS - ADVERTISING — ————_— BER YARD 120 SIMONTON STREET