The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 30, 1951, Page 8

ee Page 8 - THE KEY WEST CIT! Key Books By A. de T. GINGRAS (Best Detective Stories of 1951. edited by David C. Cooke, fiction, published by E. P. Dutton & Co., New York City, 250 pages.) This book is one editor's selec- tion of the choice detective stor- ies appearing in American maga- zines in 1951. John Dickson Carr, the author of the first yarn, “A Gentleman from. Paris,” adds a touch, of the literary. and .the “historical by dragging both Edgar Allen Poe and the nephew of the Marquis de Lafayette from their respec- tively honored graves, to embel-| American public to judge for your-| with the U.S.A. leader. lish his story..The tale involves ereepy old ladies in a musty | brownstone front, last w a let of brooding hate 4 ousy.. Some id jeal- recent Poe scholars, gourse, might object to the nale fellow in the saloon under Gar-j vick’s Theatre in New York who! Spi atts version: of Wor. TH noon avd -will.coofer and fly back| hime : rthet ruth has!noon a 3 fly back : : a pos eR Ord gas Poe immediately to Washington. It was Morates’ ‘first official emerged from the gossip, was neither a drunk nor a dope- | fiend, but a man with a disease’ sation by picking up some words ls, and | conference to date, from 12:20 to 1 to The Citizen to pick up the issue of | at Boca Chica, at 12:14, noon and ‘turning Sunday to Washington ZEN Friday, November 20, 1951 “THE LONGER WE (Continued from Page One) ASSOCIATED lies and Reporter Rodriguez moved bg . . = (Continuea trom Page One) right up to the Chief Executive | | i him in a longer con-| | ‘ from two squad to regimental) and engaged , : . strength.”” - |versation than any that I have} s)seen this year or last year at a ..| press conference. Rodriguez unhappily for could not understand what Presi- | | tinued: dent Truman was saying a | \ “Artillery exchanges on that| Cuban Consul. Morales, ho meee same date followed the normal! Promised to. translate sates able] | pattern, On the next day, Novem-| him, so that Rodriguez will be 2 i were sent out When asked by reporters if thi | was a continuation of the Hull dis- ‘patch, Short said: 1 “This is from him! { me.” He con to feature in the huge magazine | his exclusive interview with ae Chief Executive. | The intrepid Tony did not stop | r one second taking pictures of » President talking with Rodri- and the Cuban ‘Consul. Full ge spreads in Bohemia will show the sight of sights to Latin-Ameri- n readers who will see the ex- ve interview of. Rodriguez ber 29, 64 patrols | across the front.” | Again Short paused to lash at ihe ' Associated Press original’ sto {and the statement issued last ni in New York. : “If the (MP story does not say | ‘highest sources halted fighting, I {don't know what it does say.’ | “I ask you gentlemen and the, | self. I’m through.” The Cuban Consui Morales told | At the longest Key West press me afterward as he drove me back | p. m., Short announced that Gen-| jn which I had reported the ar- {eral Walter Bedell Smith arrived rival of Tony and Rodolpho “The President taiked of his admiration for Cuba and great esteem in which he holds our people. He was very frac- ious. It was an honor to talk with javill confer with the President re- Charles bilizer arr’ . Wilson, defense mo tomorrow after. ceremonial since his arrival here less than a month ago. as consul. | He is off to a good start as every. of the stomach which sometimes] and phrases from this book. as e agree.| it crashed in flames near Maret rolled him under the table or]” yf you're in a funk or in the | "mp. pierre inary ue. jum. ane wae eae imto the gutter. But then the} qumps, how much more pictures- | ress and “Taille, te! place the wel- | traditional poetic license to twist: que to have the blue willies. The /P' of the United Nations before | — a fact to turn a rhyme may also; Puritanic blue in this phrase was ‘competition in getting a. news |found in the slush fund on the Re- | re apply to the short story writer} strict, severe. rigidly moral and story,” {publican side of the campaign who wants to turn a tale. without cheer or gladness. And| ye said he had.no trouble with} Asked about a report that The last story in the book is| a little number ‘by Ellery Queen, | “Murder Without Clues.” It in-| volves three ‘ widows. Penelope was fat and money meant noth- | ing to her, Lyra was lean andj A the White House correspondents,| someone was interested in run- A Navy hostess trying to find put he appealed to the press as-| ning for the Presidency, the 2 Dew. comp for her menu might! sociations and wire services not| Chief said that everybody has a try Campbell's with those alpha- to repeat the kind of story he term-| right to run for the high office. bet noodles thrown in and call!ed the “false armistice.” ‘ it. Tagliatelli Soup. Tagliatelli is|” The President said that:he re- at one time devils were. willies it Press Secretary Joe Short and his Trees : . . |Crewmen Parachute From Burning B-29 FIREMEN WEARING asbestos clothing drench the burning remains of an Air Force B-29 after , Calif. » near Spokane, Washington. Air Force B hild Air Bas 3 = ATTENTION! Sanitation Is Very Important PROTECT YOUR FAMILY BY WASHING THE BENDIX WAY BRING YOUR WASHING TO THE BENDIX LAUNDRY 516 SOUTHARD STREET (Across from the Bus Station) : WE WASH, DRY, AND Fast Service, and the Best Courtesy. Will {/) Wirephoto All 13 crewmen parachuted without in- sspondents that spending Christmas in dence, Missouri. The complete statement of Presi- dent Truman on Korea as he read | appears below: I hope fire in Korea and that there can } everyone As he walked into BOQ 128 with | now that there has been no c he would be|four effort would cost us more Indepen- | casualties in the long run than need | be lost.” MOTHERS and HOUSEWIVES! By the Bendix Method You Are Protected from All Infection secu. SOFEF Cough Relief ©; FOR CHILDREN money meant everything to her.|fancv for the same alphabet! called only toe clearly the effect |other aides, the President took a b an sti For coughs and bronchitis di colds + i : , f a : @/be none unti! an armistice has | For coughs and bronchitis due to colds Serah, the third, was a cathed- | noodles. of the false armistice in 1918. look at the assembled correspon- | jeen signed *5'| you can now get Creomulsion specially And if Aunt Millie has a mor- ; 3 i ral-like lady of great force of} eharacter, and was forced to| bid fear or dislike of being look- throw in her chips by means of! ed at, how intriguing to say dear poison. The famed Eviery finds eut how the poison came into | vou can’t get a dollar out of the stomach of said Sarah. | Uncle Harry on Poppy Day, vary ‘On. the pages between, the ed-j the tightwad itor has selected a variety of stories including “Nearly Perfect” by A, A. Milne. We cannot vouch! P : for the authenticity of this brief} @cted from this book might give tale’s claim to being the shortest mystery ever written, but it has ene of the most unexpected and appropriate endings. He said that he-was walking {down the road in Frarice, on Oct- ober 27, 1918, with his battalion. Millie has scopophobia. And if A French newspaper in block high | you are.” letters proclaimed the armistice—j} dents under lights and said prepared for Children in a new pink and blue package and be sure: (1) Your child will like it. (2) It contains only safe, proven ingredients, the glare of the TV} «qt is our duty to concinue our | jefforts until the United Nations ob- | jectives are achieved. Only then will the future safety of the Unit- “My what a loud-looking crowd He referred of Dagger” adds a touch of the eter-! nal mystery of the orient to the volume by taking the reader to| Hong Kong on a hot summer's! Three Flights Daily For Reservation the end of the Wabi Was. 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If it is not, he said, he| Shee spromabine-alsapedee ak eOR CHnaN i tad ay We “Sidney’ Small’s “The Chinese | late for my ‘field class in conch- | that the AP story came out because |would soon find out about it and! : © OF | elieves Coughs, Chest Colds, Acute Bronchitis Puoht: Havens) ae Next to Margaret ology should get the shell collect-| of competition, Very: seriously he |do something about it. After all, | -————-——--——-———— re ae eee be SEO AN: Ne ee or away gracefully from a fel-| appealed to newspapers to place|he said, he had experience with 953 12:30 P.M, 1:15 P.M. Ann Store low townsman buttonholing him|the welfare of the world before |that kind of thinking (BRsconggregare saa Pepe Te $55 100 PM, 65 PM down by the shrimp boats, when | journalistic competition. He expressed regret at the THREE HOTELS IN MIAMI at POPULAR PRICES he wants to be off to the lower! He remained standing while he| deoth of Senator Kenneth S. evening. Dope smuggling, Chin-j ese feuds, rough fighting and an epium smoking cook prowl be- hind the scenes of a very urban eocktail party given by Sam Gill- espie, agent of an asiatic import gompany. At still another place in the book a walking corpse stalks across the pages. It seems a cer- tain body brought into a city morgue did a most unconvention- al thing for a corpse. After cer- tain, of: its vital-organs had been, removed by a reliable medical attendant, the body of the dead mah. proceeded to walk out of Siasmporeue. What's more, he car- ied the glass jars containing his vemoved organs away with him, and on top of that murdered a defenseless woman. The corpse | had ‘no social security record, no ingome tax record, and no finger print record—only nine new wat- eresoaked ten dollar bills. 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