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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-07

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chided him. "7e's not going to
usurp your authority. Besides, Elsie
is entitled to hire herself a private
detective if she wants to-"
protested: 'I can't afford pri-
vate detective"
"You can't afford to go to Jail!
Don't worry, sugar, just leave
things to me-"
call right" I said. Leaving
things to him suited me perfectly.
"You two come with me-" Ellis
ordered. I'm going to question the
others and I want you with me-"
20. K" Phil lighted a cigaret.
LEAD onw
The drawing room was the size
of the library, although much light
er and brighter. The furnishings
were formal. Gilt tables and chairs
and stiff settees covered with cloth
of gold. Dull saffron Grapes caught
the suns rays and diffused a pale,
golden light throughout the room.
Paintings hung upon the walls; a
foor-tc- ceiling mirror embellished
with fat, gilt cupids reflected the
scene.
'Pm going to ask each Of you
where you were at the time of the
crime" Ellis said, walking to the
center of the room. 81 Know" he
added, as murmur of protest
arose from his listeners, 81 know
none of you were in the salon be-
tween eleven and fifteen, but
I want to know where else you
were. Now We'll start and go
around the ROOM"
"Where were you, Mr.. Wither-
spoon, during those fifteen min
utes %
IT spent the entire morning in
the library" Mr.. Horace replied,
quietly.
did anyone see you there?"
mo; was quite alone"
"Do you have any idea who MUIR
dered your wife,?
"I have not" And I admired the
manner in which he received that
brutal question without fnching.
"She had no enemies ?"
''I can't think so; she was well
liked by ALL"
do you think she committed
suicide ?"
. ct don't know! I don't know"
The little man held his body rigid.
IT had rather believe that she killed
herself than that she was muir
dered."
did she ever to your knowledge
threaten to kill herself?"
mo. No! But she was easily de-
pressed and subject to spells of
melancholia."
sat up. The suicide angle dunn
founded me! I had never thought
of suicide and yet-yet it was pos
sible! I was the only person who
knew positively that I had not adj
ministered poison, and if had not,
who had? The further I went the
more tangled became. Perhaps
Mrs. Horace had decided that life
was not worth living. Still, a wom-
an who contemplates suicide does
not usually undergo the agony of a
permanent wave to look pretty in
her coffin! That part of it did not
make sense. I gave up trying to
figure out the why's and where
fores, and focused my wandering
attention upon the chief Of police.
Mother did not kill herself!"
cried Daphne, her eyes bright
pools of horror. "She couldn't bear
to think of death. It frightened her
horriblyw
els that SOP" Chief Ellis stared
at her. "What do you know about
this business, Miss Witherspoon 2"
"I?" She bit her underlip as the
color drained slowly from her face.
II know nothing about it," she
stated clearly.
"Yet you were the only person
to visit the salon while your mother
was there?
eff you say So"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-07
READ THIS FIR ST:

Elsie Ritter, beauty shop operator.
taking the place of friend for a week
in the private salon of Mrs. Horace
Witherspoon Sr., finds herself involved
in a mystery when the eccentric old
lady is found dead t4hder one of the
hair driers after Elsie had left the
room for few moments. She is fur
Their Inundated when she learns that
one of the servants in the Manor's
household suspects her of taking Mrs.
Witherspoon emeralds, which are
missing. Certain members of the With
erspoon family and some of the house
guests strike Elsie as queer, and she
is surprised when the old lady''s son,
Horace Witherspoon, advises her to
say nothing of the missing jewels for
fear of publicity and the police. The
coroner arrives for his investigation.
Phil Benson Elsie's friend and re-
porter, comes for an obituary for his
paper and Elsie shows him around the
mansion. Mrs. Witherspoon's funeral
is held the next day. Elsie is at her
wits end when Mrs. Horace Wither-
spoon, Jr., dies suddenly while under
the same Inflated drier in the salon
the next morning. The police arrive and
launch an investigation. The coroner
pronounces the second death a. case of
murder and says he suspects poison.
(NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-07
RELEASED BY
CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION

"Just what was the object of
your visit?"
Daphne's mouth curled slightly.
IT had no object" she said glibly.
"I dropped in to see how the per-
manent was progressing"
$50 you knew she was going to,
have permanent ?" =
eyes, knew" !
"Who else knew Of it?"
Someone knocked a book from
the top Of table. It crashed loud
ly to the floor. The chiefs eyes To-
Gated the culprit and glared at him.
In that instant that his gaze shift
ed from Daphne Witherspoon to
her brother, who inadvertently had
dropped the book and so caused the
disturbance, in that instant
glimpsed something that started a
train of thought in my mind I
would have given anything to ig-
more.
For no reason at all, perhaps be-
cause was watching her so close
ly, I did not shift my gaze from
the girl to the boy. And because
of this saw something which the
others missed.
I saw Daphne Witherspoon as
she pondered the policeman's~ ques-
ton. saw her open her mouth to
reply and close it again. I saw her
remember some one thing to which,
until that moment, she had at
tached no significance, or had COM
pletely forgotten. Some one thing
that struck her dumb so that she
stood stricken, pale as marble from
lips to brow.
"Well 2" Ellis returned to her.
I'm afraid I missed the ques-
tion," she said with apparent in
difference, but her hands in her lap
were clenched and interlocked.
II asked whether anyone else in
the house knew of the permanent"
he repeated, frowning as if he were
not greatly pleased at the way
thing were shaping-or not shap-
ing. ~
Daphne hesitated so briefly be-
fore replying, so briefly, that it.
was barely noticeable she hesitated
at all. II really couldn't say" she
said, and her voice as she mouthed
the lie was unfaltering. I felt my
self getting sick. Daphne, that
bright-haired young thing!
do you mean you don't l1now?'e
eyes"
''Miss Ritter! He shouted my
name so unexpectedly that my
blood seemed to turn to water.
"Ye-es? 2"
IT want you to repeat as nearly
as possible the conversation that
took place between Miss Wither-
spoon and her mother this morning
in the salon."
"Why-why-I wasn't paying
much attention"
Chief Ellis would not be evaded.
He demanded: did Miss Wither-
spoon say anything that might lead
you to think she had persuaded her
mother to have a permanent 2"
s'Well"-I tried to swallow and
| choked- "she did say so, yes"
E"What was it she said?"
That she had been trying for a
long time TO persuade Aher mother
to have wave"
$50" He had scored his point.
felt sicker than ever. braced my
self for a third question, but he
turned from me and back to the
girl.
did you say that?"
Daphne shrugged. POSSIBLY, I
don't remember"
my dear mani" Mr.. Horace in
tervened. Don't you think you are
making a mistake? Daphne was
devoted to her mother"
Chief Ellis replied: 'T'm not &C
cusing your daughter, Mr.. Wither-
spoon. All will be questioned before
we're finished"
you're making a damned jack
ass of yourself, that's what you're
doing!" Richard leeped to his feet.
(To Be Continued)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-07

Representative Thomas D'Alesan-
dro, Jr., of Maryland, receives the
congratulations of Franklin Roose-
welt, his six-year-old son, named for
the President, as the solon starts
work in Washington. Young Frank
lin filed his dads papers at the start
Of the election campaign and now
has the satisfaction of seeing him
in office.
/Cp97 f9.0l P9.eSal
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-07

Joseph Measel (above) is the proud
possessor OF the personal autograph
OF PRESIDENT and Mrs. Roosevelt. He
crashed" into the White House
with girl friend while on a "scav-
enger hunt" signed up the Roosevelt
family, then retired through the
guards who had allowed them en-
trance through mistaken identity.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-07

Susan Moore (above), 17-year-old
Scranton, Pa, girl, has been miss
ing since December 81. Police fear
she may have been second victim Of
fiend slayer Of Margaret Martin.
who was lured from Kingston, Pa.
on promise Of job. The Martin girls
body was found six days before Su.
san disappeared.
Central Press)
Roosevelt Victory
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
Eight Key West Students
Attend Second Session Of.
Summer School At COLLEGE
Especial to The cliinen,

TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 5. -
Eight students of Key West are
attending the second session OF
the Florida State College sum-
mer school now in its second
week with an enrolment of 47O
students.
Tallahassee with SO students
continues to lead other cities in
the summer term registration fol-
lowed by Jacksonville, Pensacola
and Graceville but virtually all
sections of Florida are repre-
sented as well as the states of
Alabama, Georgia and Tennes-
see.
The second session will end
Saturday, August 26 with Com
mencement exercises at which
Comptroller j. NJ. Lee is the
speaker.
The Key West students in
clude: Margaret Dexter. Mrs.
Josephine Doughty, Marie Has
kins, Mrs. Mavereen S. Meador,
Gladys Pinder, Marjorie Rob-
erts, Betty Rae Russell, and Mrs.
Thelma Watkins.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
Principles Of Li0nisI1
ExpOunded At Supper
Meeting On Thursday

Membership Committee had
charge of the regular weekly sup
per-meeting of Key West Lions
Thursday night at Stone Church
Annex. at which several guests
were present.
Program consisted of presenta-
ton of principles of Lionism. ex-
pounded thoroughly by the clubs
president, Lion H. E. Day. Stress
was placed on the coming years
chief endeavor in District IS
(Florida) to headline topics of
Citizenship and Patriotism to
counterfeit inroads various isms
have made in this country.
Guest Lion Burton Davidson of
Brookhaven, Miss. gave an in
spring talk on Lionism, con-
Guiding with remarks concerning
activities sponsored by his club.
Next weeks meeting was an
nounced as Vocational Night.
Several Lions will take over the
program with human angle dis
courses" on their lines of bust
ness.
Guests included Aquilino Lo-
PEI, Jr., DR.. R. S. Rodriguez, and
Charles Johnson.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
ANOTHER OUT
FOR PRESIDENCY
FRIENDS TOSS SENATOR TYD-
INGS' NAME INTO RING
FOR NOMINATION

BALTIMORE, Md. Aug. ST.
Friends of militant New Deal
purge" survivor, Senator Willard
E. Tydings of this state, today
tossed his name into the ring of
those seeking the Democratic
nomination for Presidency at the
convention next spring.
Tydings did not confirm the
action taken, by his friends when
asked concerning it in Washing
ton. However. various Tydings
For President Clubs have formed
in Maryland, and leaders declare
that they have their candidates
approval of the move.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
PEPPER SHOWS
MUCH INTEREST
in KEY WEST
SENDS WIRE TELLING OF
BILL PASSED FOR PUR-
CHASE OF MUCH SURPLUS
FISH

Judging from wire just re-
ceived at the office of the Cham
Der of Commerce., said Secretary
S. C. Singleton. 'it looks as if
Senator Claude Pepper was con-
tinuing to take an active interest
in Key West and its problems.
The wire was sent to the sec
rotary and is as follows: Am
glad to advise that ! have just
been able to get passed through
the Senate, Representative Cald-
wells bill. H.R. 5681, for the pur-
chase of surplus fish by Federal
Commodities Corporation.
It would be very fine gesture
if the associated fishermen of this
city would send a wire of appre-
citation to Senator Pepper and to
Representative Caldwell in rec
ognition of this valuable extern
sion of market for their prod
ucts, Mr.. Singleton said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
FRANCO SAYS
HE'S DICTATOR
DECREE PUBLISHED IN MA.
TIoNALIsT OFFICIAL
JOURNAL
tH, AssoeIated Pressl

BURGOS, Sprain, Aug. 5.--Of.
ficially proclaining a one-party
Fascist nation, General Franco
today proclaimed himself dicta-
tor of Spain.
The decree, published in the
nationalist official journal, gave
to the Fascist Party, the Falange
Espanola, meaning control over
the country's vital develop
ments and policies, domestic and
foreign.
The declaration dealt virtual
death blow to the hopes of the
Carlist party that a king might
be restored to power in Spain.
The new edict, with its many
status, patterns itself closely
after totaIitarian governments,
and presages future, definite
tie-in with the axis powers, Italy
and Germany.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
MRS. CAROLYN
PARK Is DEAD
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE
CONDUCTED ON TUES
DAY AFTERNOON

Mrs. Carolyn Webb Park. IS,
wife of Ivan Park, 1909 Wash
ington street, passed away at Clio
o'clock this morning in the Ma
rine Hospital.
Mrs. Park had been seriously
i'll for many weeks.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
from Ley Memorial church. where
the body will be placed at 2
o'clock. Rev. o. C. Howell Off
ciating.
Surviving are her husband,
Ivan Park; a daughter, Marlene,
age four, and a son; Ronald. one
and half years; her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. B. Webb. and one sis
ter. Mrs. Eugene A. Roberts.
Lopez Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Following are the pallbearers
who have been selected to serve;
Harry Pinder, Ivan Watson, Ar
chic Roberts, Joseph Cleare, c,
Sam B. Curry, and Eugene L
Roberts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
Two New Exhibitions AT
Key Vests Art Center

Two new exhibitions very diff
ferent in character may be seer
currently at the Art Center
Raymond Creekmore's Oriental
sketches of scenes done on a fiji
teen months journey through
China, Japan, Mongolia, Siam
Burma, Malaga and India, show
unusual facility in expressing
character and action with few
swiftly drawn lines. Especially
appealing are a number of por-
trait studies done in Autograph
crayon, a medium in which the
artist is exceptionally skilled
This exhibition has been sent to
the Art Center from the Exhibi-
ZION Section of the Federal Art
Project, WPA; Holger Cahlll, Ma
tlonal Director; Eve Alsman Full
ler, State Director.
In the small gallery is present
ed an exhibition of prints and
paintings of Florida birds loaned
to the Art Center by the Nation
al Audubon Society. Most of
these are Audubon prints, origin
al Peterson oil paintings of the
threat White Heron.
Apropos of this exhibition, Ed
ward M. Moore, local representa-
tive of the Audubon Society, will
present a talk on Florida birds
Thursday night. August 10, at 8
O'Clock, in the Art Center. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend this lecture.
Both of these exhibitions will
remain on view through Aug 20.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
YACHT HARBOR
PROJECT VERY
ENCOURAGING
VICE COMMODORE ISSUED
ANNOUNCEMENT OF IN
PRovEMENT AT MEETING
LAST NIGHT

Cheering news of the progress
being made to provide Key West
with a corrmodious yacht harbor
in the Garrison Blight, was an
nounced last night by Vice Com
modore Melvin E. Russell and the
favorable consideration of the
WPA, and the news was greeted
by a warm reception at a meet
ing last night of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Key West Yacht
Club, at the home of S. c.
Singleton.
Those attending were Commo-
dore James d. MacMullen, Vice
Commodore Melvin E. Russell,
Treasurer Ross c. Sawyer, Jr.,
Representing Associate Members
Albert E. Peirce, Representing
Junior Members Stephen c.
Singleton, III, and Secretary S.
G. Singleton.
Among the major matters
which were discussed and acted
upon, was the decision to hold
house warming at the club
house, in October, when most of
the members will have returned
from their summer vacations,
and also the selection of the
"Snipe" class of boat, which was
selected as being best suited to
these waters, economical to build
and also as furnishing the best
opportunities for inter city re-
gattas with Florida yacht clubs.
The secretary was instructed
to do what might be done to Sc
cure reconsideration of the Bahia
Honda Key West intracoastal
waterway. That part of the meet
ing being brought to conclusion
it was recessed to the banquet
department where the subject of
yachting, was dropped in favor
of full discussion of dogs, poul-
try, sociology, political economy
and kindred subjects.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
SENDS CHECK
TO DAVIS co.
LAST INSTALLMENT IN PAY.
MENT FOR WORK AT coUN-
TY COURT HOUSE


Final check for $500, which
was due as the concluding install
ment for the construction of the
annex to the county court house
by the Davis Construction Co., of
Miami Beach, was today forward
ed to the company by Clerk Ross
G. Sawyer.
There were several minor mat
tiers to be attended to by the Da-
Wis Company. and the clerk had
been advised by Attorney w.
Curry Harris that these matters
had been complied with and the
check should be forwarded.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
VISITOR SPENT
VERY ENJOYABLE
VACATION HERE

r. L. Wood. connected
with the Georgia Power
Company. in Atlanta. was a
recent visitor in Kew West.
and his visit was the source
of such keen enjoyment that
he wrote the secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce the
following:
Several days ago ! was in
Key West and tried TO find
you TO personally thank you
for the information you so
kindly furnished me q few
weeks ago when I was con-
templating and planning a
vacation trip. but ! missed
you.
The accommodations were
all that you pictured in your
letter and your part of the
country far exceeded my
greatest expectations. even
after reading your glowing
pcrtraYals.
Please allow me to take
this method in lieu of per-
sonallY thanking you and the
Chamber of Commerce for
assisting me in having a very
fine and enjoyable vaca-
tion".
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
LIGHT TENDER
LEAVES SUNDAY

Tender Ivy, of the lighthouse
branch of the u. S. Coast Guard,
which has just had the work of
cleaning boilers and allied work
completed, is scheduled to leave
port tomorrow for Tampa where
she will be during the week of
celebrating the Inauguration of
the Lighthouse Service $50 years
ago.
The anniversary is announced
to begin on August z, next Mon
day. and continue throughout the
week. In order that tender will
be at separated points in the
Seventh District, the Tender
Poinciana will be stationed dur
ing the period at Fort Lauder
dale and the Zinnia viii be at
Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
Chamberlain Assures World
That England Stands Ready
To Defend Nations Rights
Says That Great Britain
Will Order New Fleet
Sent To Orient When
s. me Is Needed

LONDON. Aug. 5.-Hastening
TO assure the world that the
British Lion has not turned
into a Lamb. as some had
interpreted the reason of dec
larations concerning the Japan
csc situation. Prime Minister
Chamberlain today stated that
there was definite limit of en-.
durance beyond which the Eng
lishmen would not go. come what
may.
In his closing speech to Parlia-
ment yesterday, Chamberlain
stressed the Importance of con-
centration on the crisis existing
in Europe and stated that the
British fleet in Far Eastern wa
tiers did not equal that of the
Japanese.
In a general warning. Japan
was cautioned against taking
more liberties with British SUBJ
jects in China. 'It is entirely
within the realm of possibility
that we might send part of our
home fleet to the east il abuses
continue. stated Chamberlain.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
wMAwzwAN.AwAw.Aw1aw.aw
HENRY D. ARCHER
REACHES HIS THREE
SCORE AND TWELVE

Henry D. Archer was a
passenger on the early bus
today. going TO Miami TO meet
his children and celebrate
with them the anniversary of
his birth.
Mr.. Archer. who is well
preserved and apparently in
the best of health. surprised
The Citizen when he said
that he had promised TO
spend his 72nd birth anniver-
sarY with his children. and
that was his intention now.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
YOUNG WOMEN
LEAVE FOR CAMP

Six young women of Key West
left at an early hour this morn
ing over the highway. in charge
of NYA Supervisor Victor Lowe,
who were to go to Camp Roose-
welt to take courses in the sew
eral subjects taught at the camp.
In the party were Phyllis Irene
Richardson, Ada Thompson. Ma
rina Basquet, Celia Vargas. Diana
Ortiz and Edelia PARA, who were
to board a bus upon their arrival
in Miami and proceed to their
destination.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
Eduardo Garcia From Key
West Makes Big Hit At
New York Worlds Fair

West, by ]. E. Wallace, exhibit
ornithologist. Mrs. Eva B. War
ner of Key West, arranged with
Mr.. Wallace that Garcia should
go to the Fair.
Garcia has found a girl in New
York and says he would be quite
happy to sta, up there all the
time. Recently several charming
ladies from the Puerto Rico
pavilion came over and begged
him to entertain at their exhibit
but Garcia sticks by Florida.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
Grudge Fight Election
Conducted In Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Aug. 5. A
grudge fight election is being
held in the state of Kentucky to-
day, with voters nominating
their state officers in both par
ties.
The grudge fight comes into
the picture in regard to the
gubernatorial race being con-
Quoted between forces of Gov. A.
B. Happy) Chandler and John
Young Brown, backed by John
L. Lewis, CIO chieftain. Chan
der and Lewis have been feud-
ing ever since 1885.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
STEAMER OZARK
ARRIVES HERE

Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde
Mallory Lines, arrived at BIS
o'clock last night, with large
shipments of coke for the Key
West Gas Co, and number of
miscellaneous items for local mer-
chants.
At 2 o'clock this morning the
Key West consignment of freight
had been removed from the ship
and she sailed for Miami and
Jacksonville.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
COAST GUARD
SHIP ARRIVES

Coast Guard Cutter Pandora
arrived in port this morning from
cruise through the waters of
the district after searching for the
vessel, which was enormously re-
ported to be burning several
hundred miles east of Key West.
Arriving on the cutter was
George Swift. one of the person
mel from the Steamship Plow
City. who had been taken off by
the Pandora and brought to this
city for treatment at the Marine
hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-05
Congress Working GVGrSlly
Toward Winding Up Business
With Adjournment In Sight
Last OF Major Measures
Up For Consideration
Have Been Handled And
Disposed OF
sRy As.ocInted Pressl

tBy Associated PressD
WASHINGTON. Aug. S.-con-
sress worked late last night.
spurred on by dreams of a good
long vacation if final acts could
be cleared away. starting today.
Last of the major bills was
passed. being the third deficiency
bill. which was originally pesged
at $s4ooo.0oo. but was raised al
most TO four times that figure by
senate action late yesterday. To-
tai appropriation was Slss.oo0.-
600.
Last hopes of creating relief
measures cor relief workers in
the form of amendments to the
new bill passed in July, went
aglimmering as senators and rep
resentatives alike fought off at
tempts to attach any relief rid
ers to any of the bills being
passed in the final hours of this
session.
Strong effort was made to
amend the new relief bill by
bringing back the old wage and
hour scale. Efforts were also
made to cancel the 18-months'
enforced vacation rule which will
affect over 100000 workers ma
tionwide.
Other measures that were
passed, either as coming direct
from committee reports, or by
compromise, were the lowering
of Home Owners Loan Corpora
ton interest to four and half
per cent and increase of amor
tization period from Is to IS
years; and a liberalization of
provisions in the social security
law.