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Sure has, honey" A low
urgent note in his voice as if
strong emotions were surging
against a barrier of will.
You don't mind Just tonight
do your" softly.
Joe had kissed her countless
times when she'd rather liked it
but tonight it would have done
something to dream that was
too lovely to spoil.
mot if it's what you want, kid.
The thing your little heart desires
is the law of my life, Lovely"
His voice was very earnest on the
last. And he was to remember
having said that. And live up to
it in future. years.
That's sweet of you, joe" Her
hand fiuttered against his face
careSsingly for a moment. She
turned quickly toward the shad-
owy stairs. There were four
flights of them. Good night" she
swung around on the first step to
say.
Good night, Lovely. See you
tomorrow night" He said it with
easy assurance.
When Lovely reached the top
of the fourth flight the dreams
were suddenly wiped from her
face.
Voices came from beyond the
door of her sisters flat. Voices
raised to quarreling. snarling
note.
"Jeepers creepers! Do you have
to rave just because / bought
hat?" Her sisters voice was shrill.
HAT! Halt" Ring Mulcahy's
voice was viciously derisive. "She
calls that Happy Hooligan thing
hat! Spending the money !
sweat for on jokes like that! Why
didn't you wait till February four
teenth and wrap yourself up and
send yourself to me? Spending
my hard earned dough on funny
Valentines! Looks like something
you'd run into that had stuck to
you"
"All right, go on knocking
yourself out if you think its get
ting you anyWheres! The minute
Sunny is big enough I'm getting
me a job and earning my own
coin"
Yeah, try and do i'll"
"I'll do it all right! You and
your money! Money! Money!"
Lovely could hear her sisters
voice gathering fury. She knew
the scene by heart. She could see
them in there quarreling, little
Sunny, who should be in bed.
staring wide eyed and solemn.
Not really alarmed because this
was just life to her. Poor little
Sunny. Lovely felt she almost
knew the exact words they would
use next. And she did.
Money" Cert was going on,
that's all / ever hear from you.
You'd think ! was pouring il into
the gutter, when never spend a
cent ! don't have to. What if did
buy new hat yesterday? A
woman's got right to something
new once in a while, hasn't she?"
To be continued
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COAST GUARD

Continued from Page One)
over the phone This lady stated
that two middle aged men in
bathing trunks had left Boca
Chica, near Geiger's Creek, in a
small skiff to go Smelling and
fishing When asked where they
were bound she stated that she
thought they had gone to the
northWard.
Lieut. Haskins told her that
that was very indefinite: to try
and find a skiff in the dark with
such information would be like
. hunting for a needle in a hay
stack; that if these went in a shall
low draft skiff among the Florida
Keys the only way search could
Fbe made was with another shall
low draft skiff and q hand search
light, because the waters amongst
the keys in that vicinity were too
shallow for Coast Guard boats to
navigate; that if the men had not
returned by daylight to call us up
and we would then help with the
search.
About l a. m, March /, 1871.
Saturday 1t. Comdr. Hilton re-
/ ceived from the Executive Of
ficer of c. c.. {. Pandora the fol-
lowing message from S. S. Massa-
chusetts: "l0:13 EST American
Shcal bearing so four and one
half miles believe heard shout for
help but not positive turned
around and crcled but heard moth
ing further 1920 proceeding on
way
1t Comdr. Hilton immediately
directed the Pandora 10 proceed
to that point and make search, as
in view Of the direction Of the
wind II might be the skiff in oues-
ton. The Pandora arrived on the
site al 3.55 a. m. and continued the
search oatL late thst afternoon.
This. vessel was assisted IN the
search by a Navy Plane and 2
Coast Guard Plane flying over
the suspected area. and by c. G..
vessel 2282 II Hawk Channel
sitter the latter vessel had finished
bringing % Marine Hosrr'al two
men from differen; ships near en-
trance 20 Main Ship Channel, Key
West Hsrbor Coast Guard plane
reported siEa,.Fg = capslDd skitf
about > p m abost 10 miles south :
east a American -Shoal ? u but
~ uzsa The Pandora snaeavoTed
"a loc@se 'th3s ss44k - directions
sivcn bsat Yss @naaple, b 49,
The--ks--rers - - glsFcan S7oa'
sA@htsSSlse sS&Es-~so on watch
They reported thaI e. 6b29-a. n
q tvnkeT. name ursx1o%-n- turned
around n the vactaitY & reported
shout for help AID tsen pEcceeSse3
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sissippi, South Carolina and Ten
neSSee.
Applications must be on file
with the manager, Fifth US. Civil
Service District, New Post Office
Building. Atlanta, Ga, on or be-
fore the close of business March
90.
Further information and appli-
cation blanks for this examina-
ton may be obtained from the
secretary, Board Of US. Civil
Service Examiners, at any first
or second-class post office. OF
from the manager, Fifth US
Civil Service District. New Post
Office Building, Atlanta, Ga.
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Quarrel

RUT when they reached the
IL shabby walk-up where she
lived with her married sister.
Lovely was in no mood for linger-
ing fareWells.
Not tonight, joe" she said as
he would have kissed her. Some
thing about her mood, the star
strewn night, the sweet freshness
of cut grass, the pleasant cultiva-
ton of Roger Cosgrave's voice
still echoing somewhere within
her made her shrink from the
enthusiasm of Joe's caresses. Even
the taWdrinesS of far West TWen-
ty-sixth Street had not destroyed
a certain glamor that held her.
Joe stood back and looked at
her.
whats up?" he asked. queer
note in his voice.
Nothing Joe. Don't mind me
tonight. It's just that everything
in my brain is so beautiful and so
dreamlike that | don't want any,
thing real to touch it. It's been
such a swell day.
She laughed softly. There was
a tender note in the sound. She
didn't want to hurt Joe. He was
her kind. all too familiar with
the kicks and cuffS-the seamy
side-of life. No use adding any
thing to that experience if she
didn't have to. But there was
something just then she couldn't
have Joe coming into.
You see" still with that little
laugh that was meant to placate
and satisfy him, u know nothing
real could be as lovely as the
stars and sky and summer smells
and soft wind against my face.
! It's been so grand today. Joel"
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KNUDSEN ON LABOR TROUBLES

William S. Knudsen, director-general
of the Office of Production Management,
opposes any attempt to legislate against
strikes in national defense industries, warn
ing that Legislation to correct admittedly
bad situations" might create situations in
finitely worse"
Mr.. KnudSen. production chief of the
national defense program. says that the de-
cline in French military production, which
contributed so materially to the fall of
France. could be traced to similar attempts
bv the Government of Premier Leon Blum
to legislate labor difficulties out of exist
ence.
Mr.. Knud<en says that there is grow
ing cooperation between labor and industry
and that there is less desire or the part Of
s@z her lahpr or iHdsetry TO exploit the pres
cnt national emergency.
a.. During the last six or seven months
ne continues. nothing very serious has
happened in the way Of la@or-lndustry dis
nuteS and we are basiug Our hope Tor TIE
tutare on this past Indication There is 40
bad trouble brewing. So far a. We
know"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-04

In their endeavor to mate Gargantua
with Toto, Ringing Bros. are still puzzled
concerning the sex of the latter The de-
termination ir that predicament will nat
urally have to be left to the gorillas them
selves and that peculiar situation brings to
mind doggerel read recently in book on
animal life. 1t goes something like this
There's the pesky little flea, you can't tell
the he from she, their sexes are alike you
see; but he can tell and so can She
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England has not given the United

England has not given the United
States sites for air bases. She has only
given the authority to buy acreage on which
10 erect them, and the acquisition of land for
the bases has been difficult, particularly in
Bermuda and Trinidad. We are informed
that instead of being given British crown
lands, the United States has had to buy
land from private owners at exorbitant
prices. For instance. the l25 acres pur-
chased in Bermuda will cost 81 800, 900 or
$4,000 per acre. That is considerably
more than the highest prices charged by
boom,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-04

Maybe one famous Florida name will
replace another The Florida East Coast
railroad has from its inception been iden-
titled with the name "Flagler''. The road
was bankrupted by double tracking in the
boom just as the business quit. In latter
years DUPONT" has become the great name
in the State Reorganization maReuverS
under 77-B reached the point last week
where bankruptcy trustees were named.
Tentative plan as torepIaee its present IS
millions of high rate bonds with ma0a
smaller fixed interest issue, lareerN when
and it, issue, Duponts popped into the .piS-
ture last week with tender OF 1 millions
for which n-v5ulS 'rereive : millions of
junior bonds 81 per cent of the common
stock. And 81 SIS banks and buildings and
ships and mills and forests and hotels would
be added railS.-Fuller's Florida Letter
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az Sz!Il q D 3l3l "a
YESTERDAY: Louelu Daue.

YESTERDAY: Lovely Daye,
with three of her cronies,
stopped by chance to picnic on
the property of the Cosgraves.f
4 on the Hudson above NelO York.
And t0hile their steak tUds broil-s
ing Roger CoSgrdUe came do1pn
from the big house to ask them
to moUe on-and changed his
mind tUhen he sGt0 LoveIy. Back
at the house. Roger is having
some trouble explaining tUhy he
changed his mind to his mother,
and to Emily Perry.
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Most everybody in the Unite

Most everybody in the United States is
in accord with the endeavor to aid Great
Britain, provided it does not weaken our
own defenses. Whatever aid we give Eng
land, no matter how little, unquestionably
weakens our own defenses, so we must
definitely weaken ourselves in proportion
to our aid to England, and that may be the
wisest thing to do.
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IN direction q Key West, NJ re-
port was received from the
tanker
As the site % the shout for help
sSas IN the lane Of traffic - ships
navigating the F5arlcs Straits the
following broadcast was sent out
by the Navy 1t the REQUEST Of the
Coast GLAard base ~s uaeu IN
snail sklff reported adr<t IN
Florstis Straits aathsn .rscti2fs q
svSer}ty nalles ct American Sssoai
!. saH thceaar All vessels an vnctga-
LIZ revuesfgxl keep sharp 3csoASEsss1
an1 report 10 Coast Guard Bass
key West 4 sklff sccstesi p No
reply 1n taa broadcast ~az re-
cs4vcd
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Chapter Two
First Gift

THAT was what Roger said. But
L he was thinking of Lovely
Daye with her brilliant smile and
striking blondeness. The CLEAN
of the large diamond he had given
Emily caught his eye. His pulse
started queerly. In exactly one
month he would slip another ring
into place beside the diamond.
The second ring was already in his
possession-a circlet of diamonds.
He thought he remembered ring
on the same finger of Lovely's
hand, the faint CLEAN of a chip
diamond in an ornate setting.
81 hope we won't live. to regret
this generosity of yours Roger"
his mother said easily. 'It's so dry
if a fire started"
But dinner was announced so
whatever Mrs. Cosgrave would
have said about fire died aborn-
ing.
After dinner Roger found rea-
son to make an excursion to the
kitchen.
"Was there much ice cream
left?" he asked.
"Quite a lot sir" from the but
Ter.
Enough for four?" And as the
man nodded: please pack it in
ice and send it to the wood lot
near the dam. There are some
picnickers there I'd like to have
it."
Roger Again
"CEE! That was swell ice
NJ cream!" Lovely was lying on
her back on the hemlock needles,
her hands clasped behind her
head.
Roger had come so quietly
along the path that he had been
in their midst before the picnick-
ers had known it. Lovely was the
first to speak, her brilliant smile
pointing up the beauty of her face
as she looked up at him. She
didn't move. Her thin. snug silk
blouse lay smooth over hel
curves. Little of her sultry young
loneliness was left to the magma
ton. Roger Cosgrave was acutely
aware of her. Her beauty reached
out to him like hands and grippeo
his heart. It was such real thing
Almost as if you could take it ir
your hands, cradle it there anc
say: Here for the first time
look upon love"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-04
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

Water and Sewerage.
2 More Hotels and Apartments.
g. Beach and Bathing Pavilion
t. Airports-Land and Sea.
Consolidation " County and City Gov
crnments.
A Modern City Hospital
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-04

You begin to reveal depth and breadth
in personality when you cease to fear the
competition of others.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-04

Fort Myers is going to try the city man.
ager form of government, authority to be
asked of the next Legislature converting in
April.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-04

Yes; it is very unlucky to kill spider
-urlucky for the spider.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-04

There are no empty honors for fat
heads.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-04

Mrs. Norberg Thompson last
night was reelected president
of the Woman's Club as members
of the group held their annual
voting session.
Officers named last night are
Nus. Thompson; Mrs. William r.
Warren, first vice-president; Mrs.
w. J. Phelan, second vice-presi-
dent: Mrs. A. NJ. Hewett, record
ing secretary; Miss Minnie Porter
Harris, corresponding secretary;
Miss Grace Roberts. treasurer:
Mrs. Sam HGrris auditor, and
Mrs. Andrew Miller and Mrs.
John Leach, directors.
New members indicted into
the club were Mrs, G. ~ Goshorn,
Mrs. c. Catala and Mrs. w. p.
Archer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-04

The Citizen. in editorial para
graphs, said.
The estimate that bonus loans
will bring $500.000 to Key West
undoubtedly is too liberal. There
can be no question. though, that
very considerable sum OF
money will be spent here.
I'm their joint campaign to
beautify the navy yard and ma
rine hospital grounds. Capt. r. T.
Menner and Mai. M. S. Lombard
are doing the entire community
a service. the value of which will
continue long after both have
moved on to other fields of ac-
tivity".
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-04

Ellen E Rand Of New York.
roted egt,St. born IN San Fran
cisco. IS years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-04
KEY WEST I'm
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings On This Date Ten
Years Ago AS Taken From
Files Of The Citizen

Nearly Sl,000,000 to be spent in
Key West has been provided by
the current congress.
This will be the only city in
Florida to obtain appropriations
for three new public buildings.
Their total cost will be $650,000
and another $4,000 has been
appropriated for repairs to the
local submarine base.
Money to be spent here is di-
vided as follows:
Postoffice -- $685.
Quarantine Building - 100000
Marine Hospital $4,000
Submarine Base .----- 10000
Total $4,000
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Today's Birthdays

Mill Gross. cartoonlst, born in
New York. IS years ago.
Rear Admiral Clark H Wood
ward If the Brooklyn NAVY Yard.
who today reaches the statutory
age Of retirement. born IN At
lanta, Ga, Ga years ago
Gen. Charles P Summerall
u SA., retired. born in Lake
City. Fla. ~ years ago
DR. George II Edgell. director
of the Boston Museum 81 Fine
Arts. born in St Louis. 81 years
ago.
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Secretary of the Navy Charles
Adams will come to Key West
March %, it was learned today.
Capt. r. T. Menner at the local
base was informed in tele-
graphic message this afternoon
that the navy secretary will come
here aboard the U.SS. Chester
after reviewing maneuvers off
Panama.
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$830,000

| Key West is to be visited March
80 by $50 school girls, students at
Stephens College, Columbia, Mis-
souri,.
The girls will come here on
their return from n trip to Cuba.
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Tme
81 - Lars
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05
Love Was TO Take Holiday When fhe GIomorous
Heiress Sandro Radcliffe Went TO +he Altar

love affairs. but lying there, flat on his back
shading his eyes from the rays Of the sink
ing sun he was wondering if June was actu-
ally the real thing" in his life What dar-
ling she was.. Honest courageous, good fun,
intelligent Nice looking too. Not strildngly
beautiful but he told himself he distrusted
strikingly beautiful women. He liked her too.
Probably that was the best basis for love.
Liking
Did what he had said 10 her the other
night commit him in any way? He didn't
really know. He had spoken on an impulse.
He didn't Hegretthat impulse even now. lie
had said he hoped he would never meet any
one he loved better than he loved her and
ne was sincere in that.
Something was coming through the clouds
like a great silver gull. He saw it at first
when it was a long way off Hello" he
thought, IF that's the mail plane it's deuce
Of a long way off its route.
He saw, when it came closer it couldn't
be the mail plane 1t was too small pri-
vate plane He raised himself on his elbow
and looked up at it with increasing interest
Private planes rarely came to Karpeti. 1t
swooped out of the clouds and began to de
scend rapidly It was almost overhead when
he heard the engine missing badly
He realized that the plane was making for
the strip of sand he was standing on. However
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05

a formidable supply Of canned foodstuffs- and
gasoline.
For two nights he had lam in the darkness
beside the building, and only last night ma
tive canoe had come stealthily up to the land
ing stage. and in the darkness two men had
got out one of whom was certainly not a ma
tive. The expletives he used when he slipped
and fell into the water had decidedly leu
tonic ring
The men went into the warehouse Ash
ley crcpt closer but as he tried 20 slip in
through the faintly-liehted doorway he heard
sound behind him The next moment he
was conscious nf- q hIust-af stars In his head
and then he knew nothing When he came
20, the men were gone and the warehouse
had been cleaned out SO completely he found
30 hard 20 believe LhcEa-Asttf- DCcn any
-rn7HE there
But he knew his eyes hadn't deceived him;
il was clear that someone I'M this remote
corner Of the island had organized a supply
base for an enemy ship There was pos
sibilty that what had occurred might pre-
vent them from using this place again: on the
other hand they might not have been able
10 get a message through 90 whoever was
acting for them here II he hung about for a
while he might find out something useful To-
night he would 60 back 10 his post and watch
He lay stretched out in front of his hut
a ramshacke affair he had built himself after
the native pattern The walls were built
of waffle and mud and IT had a cane
matched roof There was a porch and one
room in which he slept cooked and ate. And
what a relief IL was 90 slip away and rusti-
cate here after the petty intngues Of Prince
vile.
Ashley who appeared in public the most
e0riablc Of mln-tn- hta hrarL1aIcd- aalitllae
Iie had never Eet fct an urgent desire 10
share his solitude with amy woman. he had
had nirtations galore and not few minor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05

the pilot msjudged the distance for the plane
hit the sand, overran the beach and ended on
it's nose in a pile of rocks
He ran towards it and as he ran saw the
occupants thrown out, like toys child losses
from window The sand was soft and a
moment later he saw the pilot struggle to
his feet, but the passenger, attempting to rise,
dropped back again. In that brief moment
he realized that the passenger was girl.
The pilot was kneeling and Ashley heard
him speaking to her as he drew near.
"Sandra darling Sandra you're not seri-
ously hurt ?" the young man was asking, his
voice hoarse with anxiety.
The girl replied in rather an annoyed
voice. "Of course In-nnL- snIlnl4--ls--lt+f--tt=-
It's only this stupid ankle II seems TO crum-
bic up when try 20 stand on IT, Oooh D."
She made another effort her lovely face CON
torted with pain "Oooh," she repeated 1T
does hurt. I'm afraid l can't walk"
Don't try" Peter said What rotten
luck this is I'll have to try TO get hold of
a car. In the meantime we've got to find
somewhere for you to wait
A sHLEY spoke from behind them Might
~ l offer you the hospitality OF my hut ."
They both turned round with a start.
The sand had muffed his footsteps For a
moment they stared as though they couldn't
quite decide what TO make Of him. Certainly
he made an unconventional picture. The alb
brevated shorts he wore had become dirty
and torn the night he was attacked in the
warehouse, apart from those ne was naked,
his body almost a mahogany brown from the
sun.
To Sapdra- he-fv rgttTrf am Incredible
leaking perann-unti a. =l4e remembered Il story
her aunt Miss Wclsham. had told her about
the son Of nohcman who had become
beachcomber lie had been sent out TO the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05

the error OF his ways
This, obviously
was a remittance
man. Though whether
he was the son of a
titled father Sandra
had no m S of
knowing. However.
the idea made Der
look at him with a
keener interest for,
because of her varied
studies, she prided
h erself on being a
keen judge Of human
nature. She smiled
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05

graciousX aIa-z-l4.4- mt vTTy HICc
of you Mr.-er-er ] shall be most grateful
Ashley felt from her attitude, that it
was King Cophctua and the Beggar Maid re-
vorsed. She couldn't have been more gracious
had she been the Queen of England At first
he was annoyed and then remembering what
he must look like amusement superseded MS
annoyance. And she's beautiful enough to
get away with murder" was his mental COM
ment.
Her glasses had fallen off in the crash
and been mercifully broken The thick rope
Of faxen hair had come loose and hung almost
TO her waist Her face had been very white
a moment before but now it was family
flushed Her blue eyes in that light were
bluer than the itself
Ashley bowed 20 her and said in a mock
heroic manner Everything have is az your
disposal Madam Might I offer you my
arm
Peter glanced al him quickly. He had
read that living alone often gave people
qeSer manner of speech. and by the looks Of
TINS ut mE@It might no the ends IF the earth
You are kind Sandra said. "Of course
I'd he pleased TO have YOU help me
But there's no need. thanks all the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05

tropics as a remittance man and was
leading an idle. hand-to-mouth exist
ence with no shred Of ambition to
change it, when. by accident, he met
beautiful girl who finally showed him