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Pege2 9 THE KEY wWeST CITIZEN Yoesdcy, Decemuis 36 i531, é ee ee The Key West Citizen hey books Sublished daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub) de T. GINGRAS i isher, from The Citizen Building. corner of Greene und Ann Streets pe realest Onty Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Requiem for a Nun by Wil- ikne novel iblished pO sistant are alcatel Si ~ P. 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More Hotels and Apartments. the plot shows a Negro prosti- "2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. tute, Nancy, hired as nursemaid, 3%. Airports—Land aud dea. Z smothering baby to ave it 4. Consolidation of County and City Governments from its mother. The mother i 5. Community Auditorium. 4 white woman with erent rmance, the same z — | inclinations as the Ne’-ess. The AN EXAMPLE IN COOPERATION book delves into the pa . of these spiiet" ; mea Za CZ ant | tO women, and of two men The complete couperation of the British Government hn ate dvsivad Sai the Ite off and the U.S. Air Force in England is an example of | the white wom peace-time integration never before achieved by two first- | directly in Nancy's rate’ military powers | Faulkner tells his stark humor- | 4 aed ht a s Hiess story in a combined dra-| In 1948, the first group of United States bombers! matic and novel form. The first | was sent to England for a period of thirty days. The stat-jforty eight pages is a bulk of ed purpose of that mission was training, which is still the le pa Maes cee (ao ostensible reason for the considerable Air Force comple- | house of the town in Mississiz pi ment in England. That thirty days was extended to nine-| where the trial of the Negress ty-days, then extended indefinitely. for child murder is to take place U. S. Air Force groups were rotated in and ovt of ;the chronicle as well as England, coming one or two at a time, and today the : Chick United States has a complete Air Force, including a fight-: and and the United States, con- choly and sic tr: rangement between Env). cerning these forces, is a unique one. No treaty has ever} icans occupy Bri tional control of the United States Air Force. Gramatic form its best bases and two large depots to the United States [usband, the defense statements simulating stage di- new. construction was r 2quired, England and the United house in Jackson, and the jail! States. shared the cost approximately equally. The U. S.\in the smaller town of Jefferson story and most Where Nancy, the murderess| tween a Violin Case and a Cof-/ fin” tells a young boy’s confused And frankly, you'll have to affection for his ion, jask Mr. Faulkner about his title, | slightly older boy. Hortense Ca- | “In Greenwich There Are Many Graveled Walks” |scribes the lives of a boy United States orders U.S. Air forces into action, as such Houghton Mifflin Publishing} girl whose Y robabl: i ataliz “ ettanla Company. Boston, Collection of tional lives set them apart from | a move would probably bring on retaliatory attacks on en fs the Ladies “Heine douerit rban world of their companions force is integrated closely with British defens British officials welcon the presence of the U. S. force as a deterrent against ageres: Prime Minister Winston Churchill is reportedly ask- | “Requiem for a Nun.” ing that the British Government be consulted before the ke fania Fole is kept awaiting her execution Short Stories, 368 ) the British homeiand. U. S. officials view this request Sometimes a critic’s objectivi sympathetically and no difficulty is expected in working |ty is put to a strain. Ont of the out an agreement suitable to both sides on this point. |reviewer’s stories, which appear- | them together. | Most of the other stories in the | of Witerature, is honorably men-/ book are also well ' 5 , [ed first in the Quarterly Review Meanwhile, the example set by England and Ameri- ca, in military cooperation, without written agreement, is |tioned in the back of this vo- a historical example for the rest of the world, which has |!vme, but it wasn't one of the| — Your Grocer SELLS that Good | jtwenty eight published in the no precedent. . | book itself sbaliccolupm isthe time of the year we wish we had started a lines devoted to her in the back Wings Plan. }of the book as she did to any of wee | the stories in the text itself. And | pt f y a |she also gloated delightedly that me. The trouble with some of the diets that reduce pound- | such names as Kay Boyle, James | agt'is that they cut down on longevity. : Farrell, William Faulkner, Mar oN |tha Gellhorn, John Hersey, Car 4 : aka {son McCullers, William Saroyan, Could it be possible that the Communists, having | Wilbur Daniel Steele, Jesse Stu m soundly whipped in Korea, want a way to quit ? jart. James Thurber and Mark | Van Doren were on the same list {of those honorably mentioned. }And having an eye to putting her {best literary foot forward it is ja sacrifice on the altar of honest ;reviewing to add that some one SLICE OF HAM jhundred other moderately |known or unknown writers were Jalso tossed an honorable | tion, and are also gloating over | their own names in the attics and | of American life this reviewer looks upon i twenty ight of the stor jactually published in the book ;with a jaundiced eye mentally the fine line in Martha Foley’s dis which lies between those in the front and those in the back. Some of the stories printed in the book are excellent, Nathan Asch’s “Inland, Western Sea, Manages to pack into the limits of the short story form a haif \ dozen characters more vividly real than those given se hundred pages in a lot of rec inovels. Anyone who has grey- (ee ARM BRAND COFFEE | Triumph | Coffee | Mill thus: auobake The “ced shift.’ which is s. dif HANGMAN'S COULEE AP Newsfeutures Chapter Feur n- tipped cowboy's retort Praise was piewsur.t, from such{find the saloonman waiting for | profitable. He used to make a 2 source. But with the spell of his} him ted was either to cringe, or to tead there was a hand words broken, Gentleman| “fq like to have a alk,” he said profit of $50 monthly in ig Jim was troubled. One part was directly. “Would my office con- |'ending by advancing money ut going as he had plannei—he was] taminate you?” per cent interest. | pted here. But the no-| «pve probably. been in worse | Now, he said sadly, he has to ganizing and leading a had been far from his And being invited to stay at the Gilson’s was both pleasant and embarrassing ing noose, spinning him grip, till al) the figh:| ot him, Then he was on aelpless Complete si- be tent. save for the oawing of a horse. seen norses. that I liked a Te mens and seme that e mére intelligent.” “Gentlem “Still i aoubt. if they’d this’ arrangement he| confessed. ‘For once. I'm in M 1 ] i di: found himsel* beside Maita, walk-| unusual position — not knowing , WOVIG IN india ing home. Happy had gone ahead| what l wane te do” f brother. Their course "d judge that wouldn't happen | BOMBAY, India ()—The life them past the now brilliant- often,” Gentleman Jim agreed, | of India’s Joan of Are will pro- t saloons; take'a lot—a jot offgray eyes. letieige: dole. motion” picture aid you are now using, 608 and more than: .that+t|yisMowhe,tighh, J; usually know preard this couhtcy ee a eiee bp dedleg fay Noe any impression on those who ey what T vans Oe ee aud. Sadicn tectini. demensivation Oh the romaxkalle tae ck of what goes on aroi go about getting it. But your com- 5 seo Pee pass Yar “Ga maes 3 ne sughtine to. acrossreods. ; iang have joined in the Minerva, Zenith "Royal" or “Super-Royal ack outside, we'll ” Maite said with a gesture. | ing has brought me to a crossroads. n by yourselves. On 1dvertise that you're in f the social graces.” other man got! car d the professor | but the meanness had | The cowboy} d nis horse outside, I do hope Maybe I'm a fool to discuss this } Movietone Company’s production ; She stopped as a man stepped| with you—1 wouldn’t even know | of the life of the Rani of Jhansi,| ACT NOW... OFFER Lim TED! ,/ out. doffing his hat as though he | about that.” He made a disarming | whn gave her life in the anti-| Offer limited to heating, aid weat- had been waiting for them, deli-| gesture, and there was something | Brith r-hellion. of 1857, P y che oot of batteries to each, berately blocking their way. A tall | likeable about the man in that mo- | 5 Mies i esiied r reserved to withdraw offer he was also portly. but he|ment. The Hindu princess, legen wiciout further notice. : ed his weight easily. His was hie dont have to tell me any- Pee Bete ee “grad Ses RRR OI 2 a strong face, that of a man wha] thing, you know.” ed on horseback during the re- | Rrys Ped 3 would brook no opposition. “But that's the devil of it, I do. | bellion. Faithful subjects burned KEY bs} OvtiCAL § ve got to know where I stand. | her remains after her death, lest SERVICE 4 ND here's the real reason why|The Gilsons ‘nave been prime | the foreigners touch her Brahm- Gea - why the Professor — was| movers in getting you here, to rele 423 Simonton St. Tel. Gentleman asked to come here, Gentleman|change me — make me over. or | inic body. ife of a com-| Jim thought. in a‘flash of intuition, | drive ‘me out. I'm the boil on the munity can oe only as good as its | There’s move here than appears on| heck. I'm not sure whether they. a| the surface—a lot more! would prefer to drive: me. pu. or. } “Good evening, Miss Maita. 1]/Change me. Sometimes { thin | loftier | see that you've f- “I always keep my word, Deal certain that I'm a fodl.” Hig logk - | Hathaway,” Maita retorted, “Pro- | Was grim, fessor Meader, Mr. Hathaway is| “You. see, I've. been <courtin proprietor of the Cattleman’s Sa-| Maita. Gilson for. thé ‘last’ half him that we were going | year.” % just as a man with » the hack of.his neck can- For the good of all, we/ he sore spot.” audien¢e with him had come to ridi- ‘aught by the way |mase him clean up the sort of | suddenly tense, conscious of inter place he runs.” 1, and more in-| “Tt’s a shame that we must'al~|0f jealousy. But his, face gave, no H | ways be fighting, Maita,” Hatha- | indication, " | way observed. “And I cali-you to} “While thev don’t lke my :husi- | witness, professor, that it’s not of| ness, or the way my desire. You had a godd’crowd | thinkttheyi do: like. ite—morte or |tonight. It must have been a dry| less. Now your coming to town business, for I'm serving refresh-| brings a show-down. I love her. ments to them now.” I'd do. anything to win her—al Behind Maita’s head he jerked| most. I've never considered my- ; his own in a gesture. Gentleman | self a hypocrite,” he added quie ¢ no mistake in get-| Jim understood, and having left| ly. “At leas-. not till lately ™ 3 ‘Maits at her door he returned ta (To be continued) ake his hand, con- mselves and him. 1e lantern-slides, following the been almost an anti- nita Giison's eyes had a light} have been borrowed s. rs as wonderful,” she said An iron lock is highlighted in hounded the American highways recognize the aw Indians and frontier his characterization characters who emerge in the beautifully he town’s beginnings. There is in the people and rhythms of a bus er wing and three bom er wings, in England. The ar-|the descriptions, all the melan-|trip. Oliver La Farge’s “Old Cen- nsit gloria mun- | tury’s River” di of humanity as it passes, and lasting quality. Using the unify- the inanimate things which re-iing device of a half bottle gulp- been concluded and no lease has been signed. The Amer- main ed whiskey, the author manages ish bases put are solely under the opera-, The book then turns to the|to show the unforgettable picture 3 The trial of the Of a dying old man who finds all : Negress and other scenes show-|he has accumulated of The British Government attached no condition to ing the white woman, Temple in the the years he has lived is theit occupation and the R. A. F. has turned over six of ; Drake’ Stevens, in relation to her the river. He has known its ed- attorney, | dies, its fish, its sunsets, and the } and the governor of the state,' reeds along its shores. Air Force, free of rent. In addition, everything existing ‘are described in play dialogue cides the river and all its rush on those bases when the Americans arrived was given to |interlarded with parenthetical |and beauty belongs to him. With af pe his leg already shot through with our Air Force without charge. rections. This form is continued | the stink of gangrene, and car- In somhe ‘cases, installations were even improved tind excepting for two more bulks of ing, te rena E the whie- | e ai u rey to > »ricans, If | narrative prose on the past of | Key, he goes into the nlarged before being turned over to the Americans. If the golden dame of the” stete[ahd eteraity bt Wb cher Tennessee Williams’ Resemblance Lurid Court | “Hy | WINNIPEG, Man. im—Justice \ Ras , <r ‘ , Repar ting | Ralph Maybank of the .court’ of eS ry | Bo : ' King’s bench believes . Canadians, 1S ace ff] ‘4 . 45 ¥— Ba SS 3 tain will and how}! 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