The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 31, 1952, Page 8

Page 8 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, December 31, 1952 ee _Settday, December 3, 1958 FLASH GORDON FLASH! I-I REALLY OON'T SEE WHY T SHOULD Bm GO ON WITH YOU IN YOUR SEARCH FOR DALE/ NEVER HEARD favecome LOTHAR, WHO IS THE WITCH SINCE T LEFT, JUNGLE WITCH 2 |A PASSENGER SCARED THEM OFE«~« “SURE YOU, WANT TO. ‘STICK WITH ME, RAY? I~ DON'T KNOW WHAT LIES AHEAD! ‘SHE LIVES BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS. NO ONE WHO HAS SEEN HEA EVER see TO WHAT DID YOU MEAN- THAT SHE RULES THE LIVING DEAD? WHO DID \THE OWNER OF THIG-ER~+ ALLTHIS2 H TOLDUS. rial FOR A MESSAGE SUDDENLY, BLON SHIFTS HIS ATTACK FROM THE HEAD TO THE BODY. HE A HARD RIGHT... CHIPS IS HURT. GO AHEAD AN’ PLAY CHECKERS -- I DONT GIVE A HOOT-- SLIGHT YORE FAMBLY-- Souert ae TH! YOUNG-UNS | BLOB-GLOB | FOR THE PSEUDO-BLOBS ‘By CHARLES G. MENDOZA Contrary to an item appearing in a Miami paper Sunday, the Key West Society of Pseudo-Blobs is mt reaching to attain the 10th Ievel of Culture, we have already @trapolated ourselves to that lev- d@ as an expedience to conversa- tional technique. The implicatior that the 4th Cultural Level is jus above the moronic stage may have some justificaton if it is appliec sflely to those individuals at that | level who are well-versed in the! art of innuendo. The Key West So- ciety of Psuedo-Blobs is not anti-' social. We consider ourselves an integral part of society dedicated to all the noble ideals of mankind. To illustrate this point, I will out- le some of the ideas we make use of as conversational spring- boards at our gatherings: 1. The planet Earth is merely one of God’s many mansions. 2. The Science of General Se- mantics should be employed to end senseless debates. 3. The belly-laugh is of great therapeutic value. | 4. Dogma should be tilted with! occasionally. | ,5. The ideal of Individualism should be promulgated. 6. To beware the pitfalls of for- mal logic. 7. To investigate with an open mind all parapsychological pheno- | mena. | 8. To embellish the adventure of ; ereative thought. | 9. To encourage adolescents to} think for themselves. i 10. To recognize the frailty of | human nature. ' 11. To accept the idea of inter-' planetary or interstellar travel. | 12. To make critical analysis a| paramount issue. The Key West Society of Pseudo- Blobs. has no ambition to foster anything but a science-fiction group in Key West. Science-fiction is a product of our technological era. As a literary medium, it has great potentialities. Some of our better writers have already turn- ed to this field of literature be- cause it offers no restrictions in scope or dimensions. The United States today is bristling with sci- ence-fiction literature. The pioneer spirit of the fen throughout the country is a wonder to behold. The Key West Society of Pseudo- Blobs welcomes new members. There are no requisites other than an interest in science fiction. We have no programmes, no bones to pick, no messages. We do have a wholesome respect for the individ- ual, for his ideas, and for his in- herent potentialities. We accept the idea that man is essentially good and capable of mighty deeds. Need more be said for the Key West Society of Pseudo-Blobs? DEATH PENALTY FOR NEGLIGENCE BUDAPEST, Hungary (7 — A Budapest railway employe accused of causing a railway accident through negligence has been sen- tenced to death and executed, Budapest newspaper reported Tuesday. . A brief report lifted the secrecy | | measure until you had identified | Chapter 28 N ORGAN’S eyes widened the merest fraction in the faintest suggestion of surprise. “Requests, Mr. Logan? I shall be glad to hear them.” “First, let me urge you to come to a decision as promptly as you can. You know, and I know, that if ti.is is to be done at all, it must be done soon.” “That is quite obvious, Mr. Lo- gan. You may be assured I will not be unduly distracted from it. Anc the second request?” “The second? Why, simply that I'd ‘ike my gun and my saddle- bags returned, if I am to be a guest. Otherwise, I'll feel obliged to regard myself as a prisoner and act accordingly.” Morgan’s mouth twisted into a half, mile, whether of amusement or contempt Clay could not tell. “I can plainly see why you were selected as an ambassador. Mr.| Logan. You have no hesitancy in! asking for whatever you desire.| Of .ourse. your belongings will be) returned to you. They were sim- ply :mpounded as a precautionary yourself.” He straightened himself in his chair and the great voice that Clay had heard first boomed through the room. “Guard! Guard!” Almost before the words had{ passed his lips the door was flung| violently open and two men had} catapulted themselves through it,/ the:r pistols ready in their hands, their eyes fiery and alert with the! expectation of danger. Clay chuckled. “Your discipline is excellent,” he said dryly. Morgan accepted the words in all seriousness. “I try to keep it! so, Mr. Logan. I find it very he!p- ful at certain times.” The deep voice string of orders. t behind them, and C self being escorted dcwn ¢ hall and ushered intc a sc ly proportioned bedrec back of the house. It w sorely furnished ana scrupu!ous-! ly clean; evidence enough. he de-; cided. that he had been accepted| and would be regarded as a guest of honor. FAWTU Officer Is Moved To Monterey, Cal. Lieutenant William H. Ellis, a member of the staff of Fleet All | Weather Training Unit, Atlantic, Key West, Florida, for the last 32 months, has recently been trans- | ferred to the General Line School, | Monterey, California. He entered the naval, service in| December 1942 a§ an aviation ca-; det and in August 1945, he was designated a naval aviator at Cor- pus Christi, Texas. Following flight training, Lieutenant Ellis re- ceived operational training at the Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla. and at the Naval Air Station, Ft. Laud- erdale, Fla. He later served in Bombing Squadron 82 at the Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, R. I. and aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Randolph. In August 1948. Lieutenant Ellis was enrolled at Ohio State University under the Navy Holloway program. He at- tended college until April 1950 when he was assigned to Fawtu-/} lant. | Lieutenant Ellis is married to! Miss Irene Harriet He turned to te silent guard who was still standing beside him, obviously puzzled at the strange turn affairs had taken in the mat- ter of this mysterious stranger. “Have my gun and my saddle- bags brought to me here,” he com- manded. “There'll be some dinner served someplace around here be- fore too long, I hope.” It was sheer insolence and he knew it, but he was intent upon establishing himself immediately as a member of the household who could come and go without question, and whose orders were to be unhesitatingly obeyed. If he was to succeed in his mission, it was essential that any interfer- ence be eliminated without delay. He felt a warm flush of satisfac- jtion as the guard reacted unques- tionably to the peremptory tone of authority. “Your stuffs on th’ way here now,” he said respectfully. “Ought to be along any minute new, Far as dinner’s concerned, you'll be eatin’ in th’ main dinin’ room with Morgan himself, I take it. Someone’ll call you when it’s teady—hadn’t ought to be more’n half an hour or so away.” Clay walked across the room and dropped into a chair, stretch- ing his booted legs out at full length and giving himself over to the complete relief that had been denied him during the hazardous interview with Morgan. “That's all.” He lifted his hand in a careless gesture of dismissal. “If I need anything else, I'll let you know.” He watched the guard turn and walk into the hall, pulling. the door to behind him. It closed quietly. For a moment Clay sat staring at wre closed door and then he | Grew his hand down over his face in > movement almost equally compounded of nervous exhaus- ;- tion and overwhelming relief. “The governorship of Coahui- la!” he said softly. “And he be- lieved me! By God. he took it— nd- lock stock, and barrel!” * MOo8cAn did not put in an ap- +Y1 pearance at the noonday meal, and Clay assumed that the guard’s prediction had been correct and Morgan had been served in his office. Somewhat to his surpri When the meal was finish Clay strolled down through the wide hall and out on the sunlit gallery that stretched across the front of the house. The armed men lounging and gossiping along the gallery grew quiet when he approached and watched him pass with hard, questioning eyes. His cigar clampéd between his teeth and his shoulders as stiff a8 a 7renadier’s on parade, Clay moved through this attitude of sullenly doubtful suspicion as un- concernedly as thought he were walking down a country lane on Brad's Kentucky plantation. Ac- tually, outside of the fact that he might have attained some new in- formation under the cover of casual conversation, he was su- premely indifferent to the attitude of the men about hin.. His own plan of operation was simple enough: to see exactly how well Oak Island was defended, to find and widen a chink in its armor, and to lead the regiment trium- phantly through that widened breach to victory. He strolled down the driveway that passed the side of the house toward the stables at the rear, Just behind the house a group of swearing, sweating men was gath- ered outside a small log-framed building that stood a little apart frora the others. An open farm wagon was pulled up beside the open door, and as he came along~- side he saw that a half-dozen kegs of »owder were still in the wagon bed. With elaborate carelessness he allowed his eyes to follow one of the kegs of powder as a sweating workm:.n hoisted it to his shoul- der and carried it, stiff-legged, threugh the open door of the log hut. It was an actual physical ef- fort tc repress a start of surprise at the sight of the kegs of powder that were stacked head-high with- in the little room, This, then, was Morgan’s powder house, the heart and center of his rower of resist- ance, which was even now in the process of being strengthened and replenished by the added supplies that were being unloaded from the wagon. (To be continueay Crossword Puzzle Across 1, Cudgel 4. Residences 9. Point 12. Luzon native 13, Ancient omtcial 23 official rs = \ it Meradel $ Beundecided . outfit Fuego 45. That foan le 35. Brood of pheasants; rare 36. Skips 38. Male sheep 39. bare 3 Rapids }. Relies . Stories ). Like . Custom Party . Literary Sraoeats . Operati lo . Beverage . Offer to pay 1. Magnificent 58. ©: ed ita , Ore deposi 59. God of war By DOWN 33, Greek letter Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie 2. Devoured 8. Bristle bi om ne 9. Forbearance tres 10, Saxon king 6 Get the wrong 11. Dance step meaning 16, Corrode 7. Overhead 18. Culture railway: eo — 21, South America; abbr. . Taste Gun resin Dying Purpose Skull pro- tuberance Put with Genus. of cattle . School of whales . Chasm . Rip : Three-toed sloth . Write | Ringing implement Belonging to SBEBS $8 of the Dec. 26 railway accident!the former which caused deaths of “‘several|Werner of Cincinnati, Ohio. They persons’’ when two trains crashed | resided at 6-1 Poinciana in Key in a Budapest suburb. | West with their children, Susan that girl Female saint: A+ {Irene (3) and William Jr. (18 anne dd Imre Molnar, described only as | months). His father, Major W. F “E03 rT Te “a railway man’ whose “negli-| Ellis, is in charge of postal af gence and carelessness” caused | fairs for the Army in Berlin, Ger- the accident, had been tried by a|many. Lieutenant Ellis’ mother is court martial. He wes executed |living at the family home 2063 Monday. 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