The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 16, 1952, Page 8

Saturday, August 16, 1952 BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFF. SMITH WHEN WE GOT OFF TH TRAIN WE TOOK THAT LITTLE Cow PATH TO TH' RIGHT AN'-- Page 8 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN AL AND SID HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU BOYS FIND YOUR WAY UP HERE ? Va BY GOLLY-I'VE GOT TO GIT OLIT TONIGHT TO GO TO THE Ax- HANDLE MAKERS’ BALL- BUT HOWP AH/ I HAVE IT-- WHAT ? I'M. SORRY-T CAN'T MEET YOU-OSWALDI / THAT Gir. You: WHISTLED AT IS NaRRiED —SHES MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS - e WHEN THIS Guy socks ME 4% HELP! PANCHO 1S (0A) BEING SQUEEZED LIKE A LEMON! THAT PATH GOES UP BY THE MOONSHINE B, Feed Lasswell Ms, : ALL RIGHT- MAGGIE —/'LL MEET HIM- HEY ETTA! Youre MOTHEIe .PHONED/ SAID IF You CAME IN, Jo CALL HEI / THE BRuTe/ HE WASN'T TALKING TO OSWALD --THE BOY'S HERE-SOLND. BEASEY.” NL PHONE AND SEE WHAT *"! MOM WANTS, | controls probably have been upset ; by the steel strike. But the auto; Chapter 11 BY WILLIAM HOPSON J again, more plainly. Horsemen} T= conversation was getting} were back there in the rear. decidedly uncomfortable for Montana and he‘ cast about him They were being followed. Hour after hou: the stage rolled for a way to switch it to a less} on through wil in count dangerous subject. A little more | Orndorf.~ taking Yrequent nips i and Rundert, as little analytical| from a quart tle. drove as he was, might start pecs to-/ horses on at an amazingly fast eo the facts: that cBain had clip, en on lookout duty in Smeller- Tiontann sat watching and oc- A-Mile. had boarded the train casionally added a word to the within seven or eight miles of the place, and had been killed by the man who had gotten on there. He undoubtedly had apprised Black Jack of these facts. and Black Jack was no fool. “I don’t know who he is,” Run- dert half grewled in answer to Helen’s question. “Nobody does, except maybe Buckner.” «q, 1 heard in town,” Belle said, ‘that Black Jack and Dutch Saun- ders were there. I saw one man with a black beard crossing the conversation. But for the most part he was thinking of those rid- ers back there. Twice more with- in the next ten miles he had caught sight of them. They had pulled off to one side, keeping to the timber: It would be Black Jack, all right hortly after one o'clock the stage rolled down through an opening among the trees through which they were passing. Orndorf set the brakes and leaned down with a bellow. “We'll be here street that could have been that; about an hour while I rest the cheap horse thief. thing about it?” “He was in town, all right. I talked to him.” It was Belle’s turn to register surprise. “You talked to him » . to Black Jack Caswell? she de- manded. “For a few minutes. He wanted to know about McBain. I told him what happéned . . . that our friend plugged him when Mack, for some reason, went for his gun. What about it, Edmonds?” he asked. “Sorry. but my affair with Mc- Bain was personal,” Montana an- swered shortly “Maybe he thought I was somebody else. Maybe he thought I was this Montana gent you've been talking about. What- ever it was, it’s past history and Td rather not mention it again.” He turned his attention away to indicate the. subject as being closed, looking out the window ‘ou know any- and back aigog the road. A move-} is ment caught his eyes, far to the rear. The stage rocked on ~*~! ver mile and the movement came Auto Makers - Plan More Cars In °53 By DAVID J. WiLKIE AP AUTOMOTIVE EDITOR DETROIT (#—The auto makers aren’t sure how many cars they} will build this year vut already they are talking about a much higher 1953 production. Estimates of this year’s output are narrowing down. Most indus- try chroniclers say the total will be not more than 4,100,000 cars and 1,100,000 trucks. That’s a sharp | drop from earlier estimates that | ranged as high as 4% million pas- senger cars and 1,350,000-trucks. Any plans for lifting production | makers right now are talking about | increased materials allocations for all of next year. Talk of produc- tion quotas for 1953 immediately raises questions about how many | ears the industry may sell next | year. If you take the word of the | general sales executives, five mil- lion cars will fall short of next year’s probable demand. The sales chiefs, of course, have had long range analyses of the market prepared and they can pre- sent figures to support their con- tention that demand will require five million units next year. They claim, for example, that this year’s indicated output will scarcely take care of replacement needs. However, veteran industry chron- iclers know that all estimates of production and sales potentials in the auto industry are subject to sudden revision. It is true that the car makers set their production schedules primarily upon demand as far as they can foresee it. But it is also true that the new car market is extremely sensitive to anything affecting the general economy. Some industry experts say the recent steel strike brought on a car shortage; there are just as many who assert that it also | dried up a lot of buying power. horses and cook up some grub. Roll out and e yourselves comfortable.” ,, Rundert got out,.his hand solic- itously slidin, sions Heles's slen- der waist as she alighted. All were a little stiff from the long ride and the earlier morning cold. Helen flexed her soft young body and looked about her. and again Mon- tana caught the veiled look in Ro Rundert’s eyes. Helen had, in the presence of the country’s grandeur, forgotten for the moment the recent loss of her father. She glanced at the man who had come with them. He re- moved his coat. for it was now quite warm and again her eyes went with a slight revulsion to the big pistols he wore. She turned away as he clambered up on the stage and brought down his _warbag. Montana placed it on the ground, then began giving Orndorf a hand with the traces. Orndorf, the quart bottle sticking from one or Rock- ve trees, et. took up the lines an the six down among A Letter From Bill Lantaft Dear rr Here’s food for thought. Rice is one of the major causes for the strife and mounting tension in the Far East. ¥ Alex Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, brought out this point in a recent discussion of the Asiatic powder-keg. In the Soviet schemé for world domination, Johnson revealed, their main objective in the Far East is to bring Japan into their sphere of influence. Since rice constitutes the main diet of the Japanese there has been Soviet in- stigated and controlled armed ag- gression in the Malaya States, In- donesa, Burma, Siam and South Korea. Why? These areas are large rice producing countries and Japan’s market for this vitally needed foodstuff. Just prior to the Red attempted- grab of South Korea that Korean Republic was contracting with Ja- pan to furnish a new supply of rice. According to Johnson, this rice was needed by North Korea and China, so that the aggression was undoubt- edly a deliberate plan to eliminate | this Japanese rice market.’The as- { sistant Secretary felt that for the Free Nations to have ignored | this Red armed move would have | been playing into Soviet hands, Our action repeled the invader and upset the Soviet timetable for world domination. Japan's industrial potential has long been the sought after prize of ; the Communist. This potential is | well illustrated by the fact that 82 | percent of the construction steel | used by the Free Nations in Ko- rea since the outbreak of the war has been produced in Japan. The | Reds want Japan. Their “‘stomach- strangulation” operation was de- signed to create confusion, unrest and discontentment in Japan. Johnson feels that the Commu- nists have failed in the Far East. While the Korean War has been an It is significant that the steel | €xpensive operation, both in mo- strike and consequent auto produc- tion cdtbacks did not cause used car prices to advance more than moderately. The trade paper automotive News, which recommends removal of price ceilings on used cars, notes this and comments: “As the effects of the steel strike fade in the months ahead the prob- lem on used cars will not be to prevent prices from running wild, but to sell used cars in sufficient volume to keep new cars moving.” Brick Mason Dies From Injuries COVINGTON, Va. @—L. A. Da- vis, a brick masor. from Tallahas- see, Fla., died in a hospital Thurs- day night of injuries received in an 84-foot scaffold fall Wednesday in this Western Virginia town He suffered a fractured skull and compound fractures of both legs. ney and manpower, for the Free Nations of the World it has been. a far more costly venture for the Reds. As of today, Johnson con- tinued, the Communists are behinci the point from which they started. They have expended over a mil- lion trained soldiers in Korea, North Korea, once an industrial area, has been leveled and is nove barren. Today, North Korea is ah economic liability to the Comme nists Johnson closed the discussion by saying he has no doubt that the Reds are tiring of their Korean effort. The Soviet Union campot realize anything but failure. “The Red aggression was met and de- feated. History will write the con- clusion to the chapter of the Free World versus Communism in Ko- rea. Sincerely yours, Bill Lantaft Sheriff Hired TAMPA W—Ed Blackburn Jr. William Drenfuerer, about 6, Buffalo, N. Y., was killed instantly ip the accident at the West Vir- ginia Pulp and Paper Co. plant sheriff nominee of Hillsborough | County, has been hired as an in- vestigator for State Atty. Gen. | Richard Ervin. Blackburn fe for- | HELL'S HORSEMAN with Montana following. ‘He put down the warbag, brought out his working clothes and began a swift change. Montana, his good clotives in the bag, strode off toward the creek to wash up. ,_ Montana finished his ablutions in the cold water of the creek, and returned to fina that the girls had so blankets beneath: the rear the stage and were sitting in comfort. Orndort wes almost ready to serve the food. And Mon- tana heard Beile Ramsion saying: “Out with it, Ro. Youfve stalled long enough. at’s wong at the ranch?” “It’s not only the Temch—it’s a lot ‘of other things,” Rundert grunted. from his po:sition on a nearby rock. He was maki queer little marks on the gro with a sharp stick. “King seems to think that Biack J&ck and the Dutchman are back of it. He's been losing a lot more stock th: even he thought. . I was sui Posed to clean the lasé of it off the ranch a weck before the new her got here from down South, but, wasn’t long finding out there rustled pretty badly. Butit ru: pretty badly. But it didn’t take long. to find cat what I've been suspecting for some time: your own riders wesre long-loop- ing KR stuff and selling at least some of it to Black: Jack and the Dutchman. And thag includes yore white-haired boy Austi he sneered. “How do you know?” Belle Ramson demanded while Helen sat equals Walang. “Through McBain. I met him in Buckner’s one night a few months back.” lack Jack amd the Dutchman irstend a steal on this herd?” gasped out Belle, who found the audacity of the plan a to beliewe. Six hundred e grunted (Ze be jeontinued) Car Slhow At Largo, Fla. | For Hot Rods Key West Enthusiasts Invited To Attend 2nd Annual Show Of Pinellas Timing Assn, Hot rod, and other car enthuists in Key West are invited to attend the secon Annual statewide motor show sored by the Pinellas Timing Association at Largo, Fla., Oct. 18-19, it was learned today, through *a release to the Key West Chamber of Commerce. Exhilsits of hot rods, new cats, antiques, custom-made, foreign mo- dels, motorcycles, racers, classics and related exhibits’ will take place. The October show will also include brake and reaction con- tests, movies and other features. All who wish to exhibit should get in.touch with registrar, Don Masom, 244 145th Avenue, Madeira Beach, St. Petersburg. Last year about 8,000 people vis- ited the show. This year, F, B. Me- Philfiips, nationally known collector of antique cars is expected to ex- hibit again this year, showing lat- est ‘additions to his collection. Hot rod clubs throughout the United States are helping to cut actident rates by building “drag stijips” — straight strips, where new developments can be tested, whiere members and public can in- duilge in friendly competition with- aut being a menace on the high- rways. Accidents on these drag strips seldom occur, proving that ispeed, when properly handled, ig not necessarily dangerous, On the contrary, the Timing association says, members learn the limita- tions of their vehicles and develop respect for speed. Members of hot- rod clubs have much, better driv- jing records than non-members. State, county and local police are getting behind this movement as the most potent safety education factor known today~ voluntary education at the driver level, Here in Key West a great step forward has been the formation of the JayCee Youth Car Safety elub, with Florida Highway Patrolmag Marvin J. Wilder actively sponsor- ing it. Teenage drivers are sign- ing up in the club and getting full naa ction in safe habits on the Davidson To Face Criminal Court Porter Davidson, of Miamt, ae- cused of grand larceny of $2,558 in steel tools and equipment was bound over to the next term of Criminal Court at a preliminary bearing before Peace Justice RB. D. Zetterower in Marathon Thurs. day. The accused man was arreste@ last Sunday in Miami by o Miamg | Devt Chief Deputy Sheriff Tom | my Dixon and Deputy James Bark» Two others were injured when mer deputy sheriff of Volusia and | *** ‘the seaffold gave way, fumbling all | Hillsborough Counties and a for- | four men to the floor. ‘mer state highway ‘ Read the Classified Ads