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"You without involving me.
She means to hold the letters for that
purpose" corrected Anne. quietly.
I'm afraid that is it-yes." He was
very much distressed.
Just A Chance She will
a NNE was silent an instant. did
u you find out why she killed him?"
Bigelow told her as briefly as be
could. She followed the story closely.
her brow wrinkled. her eyes wide
with compassion.
Il think understand how she felt"
she said at the end q mean--I can't
imagine taking anyone's life for any
reason. But perhaps that is only be-
cause have never been sufficiently
wronged. think must 60 and see
her"
"She won't give you back the let
ters, I'm afraid"
Perhaps not" agreed Anne. but
there is just chance she will. In any
case. must talk with her."
well go around afserward tonight
to congratulate her. Perhaps you'll
have a chance to talk to her then
Anne nodded, considered him
thoughtfully Did she tell you any
thing about the letters?"
NO." answered Bigelow. @oniy that
she had them-and photographs o.
your checks"
Anne looked into the Ere. I'm glad
she didn't tell you anything about
them" she said in low voice.
"IEhy?"
Anne didn't answer.
There's only one thing want to
know about those letters" said Bige-
low. then. 49,
"Yes?" Sne did not look at him.
whether the man to whom they
were written-still holds a place In
your life?"
Anne shook her head. ''The man to
whom those letters were written-is
dead" she answered gravely.
Walters threw open the door to an
nounce Austrelitz and Anne rose with
the brightness of unshed tears in her
eyes.
Copyright, 1887. Frederick JGckso~)
Inspector HagedOrn gets on the tran
of KarsanakOff. tomorrow.
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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APP
PLY TO THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL
REAL ESTATE.
Notice is hereby given, to all
whom IL may concern, that on Mon
day, the 12th day of April, A. ID.
1887 at 10 o'clock A. NJ, William 5.
Whitfield, as Committee of the Es-
tate of Blanche Lowe Whitfield, non
compos mentis, intends to apply to
the Honorable Jefferson B. Browne,
one of the Judges of the Circuit
Court of the Eleventh Judicial Cir
cult of Florida, in and for Monroe
County, at his office situated at
Az Fleming Street, in the City of
Key West, Monroe County, State of
Florida, for authority to sell GER
tain real estate of the said Blanche
Lowe Whitfield, non coinpos mentis,
situated in Monroe County. State
Of Florida, and described as fol-
low $. to-wit:
- On the Island of Stock Island
and is known as the Northeast
one-half "a of Block Thirty
nine (39), according to George
L. MacDonald's Plat of Part of
Stock Island. recorded in Plat
Book One I'd, page 55, Monroe
County, Florida, Public Records
Said Northeast one-half (1k) Of
said Block Thirty-nine (39) has
a frontage of Two Hundred
Fifty CISCO feet on the North.
South and East sides of said
Block.
Dated the 18th day of March, A.
d. 1887.
WILLIAM s. WHITFIELD.
As Committee of the Estate of
Blanche Lowe Whitfield, non COM
pos mentis. marI2-1t
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Ten years ago in Key West, the
Woman's Club started a movement
to eradicate the mosquitoes from
the city. Much fuss and furry
was seen and many of the pests
were killed. But we had one of
the original mosquitoes in our bed
room last night. He must have
been all of ten years old and built
along the lines of a pelican. No
one viii believe that he pulled the
covers off the bed and that a sock
with a BASEBALL bat was to no avail.
In fact, now that it is daylight, we
find it pretty hard to believe our
selves. We killed him by reading
him to sleep with excerpts from
the Congressional Record and
drowning him in the outgoing tide.
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Yaeh. Races

Yacht race starts on March 81,
st. Petersburg to Havana. The
yachts viii also race from Havana
to Key West. This was first in.
troduced in 1880, at which time
II boats entered. Twenty-one an
swered the call in 1885 and 80.
This year, three Cuban boats, one
from Columbia and about 20
American boats will be in the clas-
sizes on the Atlantic side of the
United. This race ranks next to
the Bermuda-Atlantic races in
Importance.
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Sports Shorts

Sports Shorts
There arc IA native-born Geor-
gians in the big leagues and the
most famous of them all is Bill
Terry.
Mickey Owen fits in the Gas
house Gsng; in fact he shouts so
loud that Pepper Martin, Medwick
and Dizzy VIII have to use a loud
speaker to beat him.
MCGOWAN, Bees outfielder, and
Myril Hoag, of the Yanks, have
the smallest feet in baseball. Both
wear No. shoes.
Pedro Montanez will be the
next lightweight champion.
Dizzy Dean has a pet fish call
ed BFeadoh- Hickey.
Bill Dickey has $4,000 in an
nuities.
All the Giants are known in
Cuba by their given names but
Burgess Whitehead, Melvin OFT
and Clifford Melton. Cuban sport
writer's have stopped at those
handles.
Wrigley Field, home of the Chi
cago Cubs, is the best drained
baseball park. 1t has $4,000 feet
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LECALS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA. IN CHANCERY.
d. A MeDOUGAL ct al,
Plaintiffs,
VS..
v EARL IRONS. ct al.
Defendants.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF FLORIDA to- J. z.
Greenwich. David Finzel, Blaneh
Bellett and - Bellett, her hus-
band, and Margaret L. Finzel, a
single woman.
You are notified and required
hereby to appear to the bill of COM
plant fer foreclosure of the mort
gage in the above entitled cause on
or before the 5th. day of April A.
ID. 1897, otherwise the allegations
of said bill OF complaint will be
taken as confessed by you and
each of you
This order shall be published in
The Key West Citizen of Key West.
Florida
DATED at Key West, Monroe
County. Florida. this 26th day Of
February A. d. 1887.
Circuit Court Seal)
Ross C Sawyer
Clerk of the Circuit Court.
By Florence e Sawyer
Deputy Clerk.
IRA c. HANCOCK,
Attorney for Plaintiffs.
feb26: mar5-12-19-26
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A new method Of employing the
unemployables would be to have
one in each night spot in Key
West to explain the murals. They
look very interesting to the visi-
tor. but do not have any intel
ligable meaning.
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FOLLOWING
THROUGH
OBJ JovEl

Gehrig Spurns $4,000 Offer
Lou Gehrig has spurned an of
fer of $4,000 offered by Col.
Rupert. The Colonel says that
all negotiations are off and he
wiz use Daihgren at first. This
move will break the consecutive
game record of Columbia Lou
Gel1rig in the majors. He viii
probably be traded to some other
Ie,ub.ae
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Five Feet From $1,000

At Havana, Bartell has knock.
ed out two homers but the longest
drive was made by Les Powers,
rookie first baseman, who hit the
rightfie,d fence, the ball bouncing
back and he was held to triple.
If the ball had went over, Powell
would have got $1,000. just
imagine five feet from a grand.
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Giants VS.. Gard.


Manager Frisch has selected a
squad of "a players to make the
trip to Havana to play the Giants.
Only seven of these were with the
club last year. First game will be
played Saturday and the second
and last game on Sunday.
Warneke and Winford will twirl
for the Cards tomorrow and Wei
land Sunday. The Giants are in
shape for this two-game series.
Terry will use Schumacher, Gum
bert and Caller one day and King
Carl, Castleman and Smith the
next day.
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That article in SatEvePost about
florida, by Garet Garrett, is a
well composed picture of the state
seen through the eyes of a WISH
tor. Attic his view of Key West
must have been gained by hear
say.
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The Crackwit story for today
is the one about the silly one who
wore himself to nub going
around in a revolving door trying
to remember whether he wanted
to go in or out.
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POAlE

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
Out in Hollywood so far;
We would twinkle too, by heck,
If we got your salary check.
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The CUSTOM of our Mr.. Farley,
of issuing new covey of postage
stamps each month, is not wholly
instigated by desire to perpet-
uate the memory of the heroes
whose likeness are inscribed there
on. 1t seems with the unnatural
passion of the philatelists, stamp
collectors to you, the Post Office
Department sells about three mill
lion copies of each that will new.
err see the cancelling machine.
Netting the government a tidy
sum that is well over and above
the cost of printing.
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ed the Sage Foundation with $10,-
100000, for the Improvement of
social and living conditions in the
United States.
191S-American artillery in
Toul sector blow German gas pro-
jeetors to pieces, foiling gas att
tack. + ,'iS.
1932-Ivar Kreuger, Swedish
match king and arch swindler,
committed suicide.
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EY NOTEC
Il a S P U TT

One Of the phrases that gives
Key West its claim to a unique
speech was overheard the other
morning. It seems that that Pc
Rod whsn one has not fully wax
ed is apt,y described as the sleep
nasty period. And many a morn
ing have we been sIeep-nasty till
about eleven.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-12

Girls who do not make men
good wives, some times make men
good husbands.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-12

E. S. Longstreet, in an article
to the Asbury Park Press, of
which he is the managing editor,
said of his visit to Key West: "a
pendant of rare beauty hanging
from a necklace of jeweled Keys. +"
And we think it comes c,ose to ex-
pressing our thoughts on the mat
ter.
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Connie Macks of the AS says
Watch my kid team next year;
it will be in first division. This
year it will go to sixth place."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-12

Champion Lou Ambers will fight
Gene Salvador in Tampa, March
Is. 1t is a non-title fight.
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Today In History


17s9-General POstOffiee estab-
ished by COngress-within year
Is offices in operation with ag-
,sp,te revenue of S37,9S5.
Federal Judge John Pick
sfinv Of New Hampshire impeaeh,
befolo the u. 5. Senate FOUND
"a itv and ,emOved from oiiiee'
lsso-Equ.table Life Assurance
seiety founded in a one-roo oid
- YORK office by a 25-ye !,Ii
&snry B. Hyde who called hlms soI
..-.,,.s,dent and manager De-
80 Of his youth
,sss-Beginning of the gr et.'
.zard which smothered :nS
80 Atlantic coast and oy W hnon
blizzards since have Dec"
assured.
ao- AIRS. Russell Sage found
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FOR RENT

OLD PAPERS FOR SALE
Three bundles for sc. The Citi-
zen Office. feb2
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of tile laid under its playing sur
face.
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PRINTING-Quality Printing at
the Lowest Prices. The Art
man Press. aug7
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,eo7-Mrs. Russell Sage found
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'fYou mean-without involving me.
She means to hold the letters for that
purpose" corrected Anne. quietly.
I'm afraid that is it-yes." He was
very much distressed.
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Inspector HagedOrn gets on the tran
Of KarSanakOff. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1937-10-03

Thats it, he said with deep hcartbroken whccze that's
the Ba There's something they put the water that does it.
No self respecting flea stand it. haven't had good scratch
since joined the Navy
80 he went on, drawing deep BREATH Il left quit em
cold And if just stay hidden here until the Destroy Her
leaves today. ="
had sudden thought 1t 50 brilliant made tremble
all over. "You mean the job of Mascot is open?"
A.WOL. stared at with his red trimmed, watery eyes,
Wide Open But don't tell you're thnkn of takin on
after what I've told you?"
"They feed you. don't they?
"Oh things you get anywhere else candy and
popcorn and tobacco But :"
Excuse me-, interrupted II gotta You just stay here.
Humans can't smell things the way do You'll be all
right" A.W.OL. lay down again behind the sack.
Nuts just plain nuts heard him muer. But was head
ing for the Stone Street outside the Wares House.
could the big grey Destroy Her ahead of me But
stopped the foot of the gangpank of my Float House. and
wnked up the Big Tough Dog who was looking at with
his teeth Adios called (aving learned to speak Mexican
from Little Cue) "Im to take swell Navy job!
The Nacy?" He started down the gangplank towards me
backed off commencing shver He looked aWuly big and
aw(uly tough
"Yes" answered, still shaking I'm going and apply
for the Job the Destroy Her. They feed swell
things candy and popcorn and tobacco and the Blue and
Whites take you when they march around There dand
few dogs smart enough for job like that; 50 l.. :"
wait minute, he says slow and menacng IF there's
lob like that open. I'm going to have it; see?"
'B- but look' quavered, Il thought about it first
Evening star., 1937-10-03

hat piled with all OF smells in sacks and boxes and
ay down The world stopped
At last spite of my misery noticed that of the big
sacks doing funny kind of shake There
queer smell about it, too The kind of smell noticed
coming from long gray Float House tied the Stone Street
prcked my and started to bark But before could give
more than muled woo great big white Bull Dog head
Ou from behind the sack 1t had black spot around eye
and undersot jaw And believe not actually whi
pered at me!
"Fpe down, will yuf, buddy? I'm A.W.OI. and they're
after me-"
was surprised could only blink at him. But finally re-
membered my and said, PLEASED meet you AW
OL.; my names l3rainy.'
He gave dsgusted wheeze 'M(awd these civilian land
ubbers mean I'm Absent With Out Leave I'm the Mascot of
Destroy Her But you don't know what Mascot is
81 certainly do, told him sadly, 81 used be Mascot
myse Then started to tell him my troubles But A. w OIL
wasn't listening because he had troubles of his own
YEAH he said, but you had civilian job I'm Navy At first
thought it swell break my getting the job lot of
other dogs felt all set when the band played and lot of
Blue and White Humans marched around while crowd of
other Humans made Cheer noises.
but Cripes Whaddya think happened then? was put
aboard this Destroy Her. and there's fire hydra
on M'
81 know how you felt, said sympaecaly "The first day
on my Float House. -
'Ppe down. he growled "Tm don the alkin That wasn't
the worst of it. There the BOoms Buddy yu
heard notn until you We heard BoOm They long
shiny pipes with lot of smoke and fire. and the awful noise
shakes right down to your bones But worst of
all his voice sank way down "They bathe yuh.
Smell anything"
WELL said hestatingy, now that you speak of it.
Evening star., 1937-10-03

skunk OFT and sat down. watched him IOttng quickly down
the Stone Street. and him 60 the gang plank of the
Destroy Her. You wouldn't believe how his had
changed He tawaggng and his teeth showing in
grn and heard of the Blue and Whites say well
look what's aboard! Not bad looking dog is he?"
sneed Humans coming behind me. eaped up and began
bark and whine at the time For there the Cp
and First Mate followed by Cookie and of my other
Sailors Bow down. the Capn roared its Brany! Back
again! told you he'd find US"
WE'LL you much pettng and prasng got.
Cookie cried because looked thin and hungry and
First Mate splitting of tobacco, said well anyhow. had
more brains than the dumb mutt he had picked up!
Blow down, but got fed! plate of lovely, food
that spread runken nsdes like smooth rich
until couldn't eat another mouthul Then went to sleep
bridge outside the Capns door, the world perfect again.
woke up feeling the Float Boat moving We had left the
Stone Street. and passing the Destroy Her
side and looked up And what do you suppose saw The Big
Tough Dog had gotten the ob all right YEAH they had taken
him They giving him Bath! could smell it clear
where He all covered with something horribly
foamy and white and he squirming and yelpng and
smelling!
there happily the bridge of my Float House with
my mouth wide and and let tongue hang
way my back teeth. He me, all right and actually
began how'll But didn't do him any good The Blue and
Whites kept right bathing him. He had joined the Navy for
keeps!
just sat there for long tme thinking beautiful thoughts
while the Float House slid out into water that getting
bumpy was happy wished could think of something
do like chasing cat killing rat Then big hit U.s.
wanted to do something awuly bad! So upchucked.
The
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FAILURES

During the current breathing spelP'
the public should make every attempt to
absorb the pro and con arguments rel
Congress will have to deal next session.
Among the more serious of these problems
is that of taxation Undoubtedly soaring
government expenditures will necessitate
further increases in taxes in the near
future. Likewise, tax laws that were hur-
riedly adopted during past sessions amid
a confusing crush of other legislation, will
profitably bear careful investigation and,
.iiaaa many cases, revision or repeal. The
capital gains tax and the tax on undis-
tributed earnings of corporations come un-
der the latter heading. Both of these
tax laws have largely failed in their pri-
mary purpose-of raising new revenue.
They have caused vicious and dangerous
disturbance of normal business activity.
The capital gains tax, which taxes
capital gains but does not allow deduc-
tons for capital losses, accentuates fluctua-
tons in the security markets. The undis-
tributed earnings tax effectively prevents
corporations-big and little-from &C
cumulating reserve funds for the liquida-
ton of debts, and plant improvements; it
forces them to adopt reckless policy of
declaring abnormally large dividends in
order to avoid a confiscatory tax on their
undistributed earnings. Commenting on.
this, the New York Times recently pointed
out: "The present law could be tolerated
only in the belief that the most important
function of corporations is to pay taxes"
Procrastination in the revision of
both of these laws simply forestalls the
date when industry will be allowed to
forge ahead on a sound post-depression
footing.
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KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken
From The Files OF The Citizen

Driving automobiles with flat
tires is threatening to ruin the
surface of the boulevard is the
statement made by County En-
gineer Watkins. Yesterday aft
ernoon County Engineer Watkins
counted seven cars being driven
along the boulevard with one or
more wheels travelling on the
rims. This, he says, is an excep-
tionalIy large number, but the
practice is common, and con-
stitutes a real menace to the suf-
facing of the thoroughfare. This
surface, is comparatively soft, and
the rims of the cars will cut deep
ly into it leaving scar which will
hold water. Eventually the scar
widens and becomes a serious
fault in the surface. The prac-
tice should be legally ended at
once.
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LISTEN 70 THIS JUDGE

There may be lawlessness in small
cities and in the rural areas of the United
States but we doubt if many judges have
ever given an acquitted defendant the
same advice that Magistrate Charles Solo
mon handed to 22-year-old man in New
York
The Judge told Alphonse Orlando,
accused of taking another man on fatal
ride" Pick yourself good undertaken
and good burial spot, because you're
next"
Gang killings in metropolitan areas
are well-established institutions and ex-
cept in rare occasions the police are un-
able to convict anybody for the crimes It
has about gotten to the point that the
criminals have their own execution squad
and there is no appeal from their SEN
fences.
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For tax purposes, the social or FAM
lily relationship of two or more per-
sons has no significance. The indi-
vidual's personal ability to pay. as in
dictated by his own income, is not in
the least affected by the income OF
any other person with whom he may
be associated in any sort Of relation
ship. It is a travesty on the ability
principle to assert that the wife's
ability to pay income tax on a GER
tain amount of her own income is to
be measured by the amount Of her
husbands income.
For example, suppose that wom-
an who earns $4,000 a year is con-
sidering matrimony. At present. In
her separate return, she would pay
tax at four per cent after deducting
the earned income allowance. II her
husband were earning SIC, 900, she
would pay, under the proposed
scheme, the normal tax Of four per
cent and Surtax rates up to six per
cent. If he had an income of $4,000,
the wife's surtax rates would rise to
twenty-Seven per c,nt. This woman
might conclude thft single blessed
ness would be thu better state for
her, in face of srlch scale of tax
penalties.
Since the Treasury evidently has
no scruple about advocating any
scheme that will increase the reve-
nue., we may ask why the plan stops
with husband and wife. Why not re-
quire brothers and sisters. or par
ents and adult children, to make a
Joint return? Much more tax could
be secured in this way, and no
greater violation would be done to
the ability principle than under the
proposed plan. Indeed. why not re-
quire all partners or groups of BUSH
ness associates to make joint returns?
AS matter of fact, our present
methods of taxing business corpora
tionS is an application of a theory of
mass or group ability. 1t "soaks" the
small stockholders at rates that are
justifable, If at all. only on the
ground that all corporate stockhold-
ers are very rich persons. Those who
approve of our existing methods of
business taxation can scarcely cavil
at the new scheme.
At least. we can say for the pres
ent fiscal administration that it is
consistent in the conception and APP
plication Of a program that will de-
stroy the country's long-run taxpay-
ing capacity. When all other insti-
buttons are under attack, why should
matrimony be spared?
thor care of this netcSpaper)
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FUNDS FOR sPAIN2

Is There are twenty-six organizations
registered with the State Department un-
der the Neutrality Act for the purpose of
securing contributions for relief in Spain.
As september began they had col
lected $479955. of which S214.9so had
been sent to Spain. SI51,5l4 used for pub
LEFTY and expenses and SI46, 1852 in cash
remained in this country.
In several eases organizations had
sent no money to Spain. others had sent
less than they spent in this country and in
others all funds collected had been for
warded to Spain.
II you expect to contribute money to
the cause Of Spanish relief be sure to In
vestigate the record Of the organization
through which you plan to make your con
tribution.