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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25
Chapter 50
Hardacker's Share


BACON looked at a muffin and
was lost. He broke It and
reached for his butter knife.
''Hardacker found out wnen the
woman was supposed to have ar
rived IN town. checked the hotels
and learned she'd stopped at the
Ritz for three days He got her
forwarding address-it was the
house she rented-hung around
out there until Clarke showed;
then he tailed Clarke to his apart
ment. That was two days before
he was murdered"
who rented that other apart
ment?" Murdoch asked.
''Hardacker. Raeburn came in
the Office the day Hardaeker got
Clarke's address. He said he
wanted Clarke followed but par
tieularly he wanted to know who
came to see him: and if he could.
for Hardaeker to look over
Clarke's apartment - and never
mind the expense So Hardacker
knows he can't stand out in the
street and tell by looking at peo-
pie what apartment they're going
to. so he inquiries about vacancies
and rents himself the place across
the hall. That much the girl
knows. because he told her. But
she doesn't know whether Rae
burn knew that Hardacker had
rented the apartment"
He munched his muffin and
washed it down with coffee.
While Murdoch and F'enner ex-
changed glances, he picked up the
other half and buttered that.
: How do you figure Raeburn
killed Hardacker them" Fenner
asked.
I Bacon looked up through his
sbroWs. and kept on eating until
he'd finished the muffin.
/, "You link he didn't"
IT asked you how you figured"
Fenner said. "Raeburn hired him
for a job of work. Why does he
kill him?"
HE could have tried to black
mail him, couldn't her"
mot Hardacker."
That's what you say" Bacon
put down his cup. According to
you fellows every guy with
private license is a clean, up
standing citizen. honest as the day
is long and Boy Scout at heart.
I know different"
Bacon Explains
Joyce MURDOCH put out her
y cigarette and leaned back in
her chair. her frewn fixed and in
tent as she followed Bacon's
story.
'Hardacker knew Miss Stewart
had been to see Clarke" Bacon
gestured towards Della with the
butter knife. "He knew there
were some papers in that apart
ment because he told Ter there
were. so he must have given il
going over some time. And what
about those bonds? Maybe n
knew and maybe he didn't. Anv-
way he told her she wasn't tn
only one to be up there War
Allen had been there. that RI
guarantee. He can say he didn',
throw that gun away until he's
blue in the face, but I say he did
"We searched his place. On the
cuff of one of his suits was a mall
blood stain. I can't prove it was
Clarke's / couldn't make it stand
up in court, but I'm saying Allen
was there. And if he didn't kill
him, who came to that apartment
between Miss Stewart and him?"
He turned again to Della. "You're
sure you didn't recognize the
voice of the man who knoeked?"
I'm not even sure it was a
man." Della said.
Bacon gave her a curious look
but kept talking. ''The man she
heard knock is the killer-if it
wasn't Ward Allen. Allen came in
later, found Clarke dead. He
didn't know he was dead. prob
ably. Bent over him to see and got
blood on his sleeve. He was rat
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25

= Inconsiderate people, who are in the
habit of running their radios full blast
should bear in mind that what is coming in
over them is of no interest whatever to next
door neighbors.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25

Times out of number. Americans have
been stigmatized as gullible, yet we wonder
if single American swallowed that story
of a witness at the Flynn hearing that Flynn
didn't know those city owned paving blocks
had been used in laying walk in the yard
of his home.
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Mounties on Water

More of our trips are made by
water than people realize" says
Allen. The settlements in the Xu-
kon are usually on lakes or rivers.
we fly or drive when we can.
AT the end of modern transporta-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25

= In these times particularly, the street
is no place for woman to be walking alone
after midnight yet a county official in
formed The Citizen that, many time Sc
Gently, he has seen unescorted women
strolling in Key West streets after that
hour.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25

Frankly, an intelligent individual is
interested in getting the facts on all ques-
tons, even when they run counter TO his,
or her, own predictions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25

= Counting couples of seventeen eastern
states. in view of the gasoline restrictions,
lnow how their grandparents attended TO
The business of courtshp.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25

Tn one sphere of oar social structure,
the jury system, the word petit sighllles
greater power than grand.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25

= The cuprt had a presentiment that
ofesentnent would be unfavorable in his
case
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NAMED FOR COLUMBUS

- PHILADELPHIA. - Colombo
the capital of Ceylon, was named
for Christopher Columbus.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25
LEGAL NOTICE

81 All persons are hereby notified
that a request has been made by
the United States Naval Operat-
ing Base, Key West, Florida, to
close the drawspan of the Moser
Channel Drawbridge for the pc
Rod from January 8, 1943, to
February 8, 1913. Request has
been made to the United States
Engineers Office at Miami Beach,
Florida, and any person wishing
to interpose an objection to such
closure shall make such objec-
ton in writing to the War De-
parement, United States Engi-
neers Office, Miami Beach, Flor
ida.
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
K. M. FENWICK,
Public Works Officer, Naval OPP
eraing Base, Key West, Florida
BY direction of the Commandant.
jan8 to feb8
s# Il
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25
KEY WEST in
DAYS GONE BY
FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN
OF JANUARY Is. 1893

Work clearing the tract for the
proposed municipal airport to be
built near the incenerator will be
started shortly, it was announced
today. Unemployment relief work
men will clear off the cite.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25

/
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Ley Memorial Church held meet
ing yesterday afternoon on the
church lawn to arrange for game
Of indoor diamondball to be play
ed in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Park on Tuesday evening,
January 81.
E. B. Kirksey, director of the
United States immigration SER
vice, left today for Jacksonville,
after having completed an official
visit in Key West.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
First Presbyterian Church held a
meeting yesterday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. William White
on South street.
The Key West Garden Club, or
gained among public school stu
dents, are arranging to plant trees
in various parts of Key West in
the movement now under way to
beautify the city.
Miss Lulu Fishel, of New York,
arrived yesterday and is a guest
of MFR. and Mrs. James E. de Kay,
at Reynolds street and Flagler
avenue.
Mrs. Collins and two children
left yesterday for Miami to join
Mr.. Collins, who is employed at
the Clyde-M Mallory offices in that
city.
MFR. and Mrs. z. E. Smith and
daughter, Mrs. Lavar Calhoun, OF
Charlottesville, Va, who had been
guests here of MFR and Mrs. Thomas
L. Kelly, sailed yesterday after
noon for Havana.
The Citizen in an editorial
paragraph today says:
Fifty thousand persons disap-
pear annually in this country, but
many times that number can't be
| found when they owe money"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25

Nazis in the West lost 1913
planes to Royal Air Force in 1912.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25

Fl. L. Beck, observation-disclosures
the sixth. lighthouse district, ar
rived in Key West today to con-
fer with William. w .Demeritt, the
local superintendent. They will
sail for Dry Tortugas tonight on
the tender ivy, Captain Phil Cos
grove.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25
AP Features Writer

WdITEHORSE, Yukon Terri
tory, Jan. 25.-The Royal Cana
dian Mounted Police, whose red
coats have been the supreme sym
Dol of authority in the northwest
for generations, have accepted the
advent of American Army power
in their domain with good grace,
and even with enthusiasm.
: The only danger is in connection
with the Indians. The Mounties'
chief trouble is with the Indians,
and the Indians chief trouble is
coming in contact with white men.
They learn TO drink and to steal
Your soldiers on the Alaskan
highway are behaving very well,
says Corporal A. Allen We leave
their own army authorities to deal
with their offenses. In case OF
serious crime il would be differ
ent - might be a matter for 1ego-
tiation between our two state de-
partments."
Many Jobs
It's just as well that the redcoats
have help in the new law enforce
ment problem for in the vast
reaches of Yukon Territory they
have plenty to do.
Allen doubles in at least Is ca
paeities. Among other things, he IS
railroad boiler inspector, veteri-
nary inspector, sanitary inspector,
clerk of the territorial court and
collector of poll taxes and dog
taxes.
Ale and his men issue hunting
licenses and marriage licenses.
They check scales and measures
and check airplanes. They see the
government gets fur royalties
ranging from three cents to three
dollars a pelt. Except for the in
come tax, they enforce all comin-
ion and territorial laws.
The popular picture of the scar
let-coated Mountie, riding horse
back through endless forest trails
until he gets his man" remains
true, with variations.
For one thing, the red attire Is
usually reserved for formal occa-
sions. such as when seven stood at
attention in Sub-Zero at the open?
ing of the new Alaska highway.
Ordinarily they wear dark green
Jacket and in winter discard their
broad-brimmed Stetson for a fur
cap. They also have a heavy over
coat of shaggy buffalo skin, with
gold buttons.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

/. Water and Sewerage.
2. More Hotels and Apartments.
8. Beach and Bathing Pavilion
4. Airpurts-Land and Sea.
S. Consolidation of County and City Gov
ernments.
g A Modern City Hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25

New tank made in Detroit
helped send Rennel fleeing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25

MFR. and Mrs. William Weaver
left today for Jacksonville where
they will visit relatives and friends
for a week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25

MIR. and Mrs. Thomas j. Jonnson
and son Coleman arrived yester-
day from Islamorada to visit rela-
tives in Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25

Mayor William H. Malone sail
ed last night on the steamship
Florida for Tampa, from which
city he will proceed to Winter
Haven for short stay.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25

Mrs. Cornelia Sawyer, who had
been in Key, West visiting rela-
tives, returned yesterday to Long
Key, where she is postmaster.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-25

E. B. Kirksey, director of the
United States immigration SER
vice, left today for Jacksonville,
after having completed an official
visit in Key West.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-25
Army Officers
Mistreat Soldiers?

War Problem Clinic;
Please inform me if there Is any
governmental bureau 10 which
complaints can be made against
army officers and against the mis-
treating of soldiers. j. I.
Dear j. T.:
Any genuine compl ints
against officers mr. enlisted per
sonnet Of the armed forces Of the
United states will receive proper
attention. / am sure, il adj
dressed TO the war department,
the navy. or marine corps. in
Washington, ID. C.. or the service
command having jurisdiction.
However. complaints must he
specific. and names, dates and
full particulars must he fur
nished. The complaint must he
signed.
WALTER II. +. SCOTT. vice
commander, Detroit Districts As.
Soclation, American Legion.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-25
Go and Have Talk
With Your Draft Board
War Problem Clinic:

War Problem Clinic.
My husband refuses 10 work
steady and SkipS from one job 10
another, working long enough 10
barely get by lie rarely goes 10
work on a Monday. because of hI>
continuous drinking.
I've told him | would report
him 10 his draft board if he con-
tinucS on this way, but he only
laughs and says there IS nothing
| can do about II as he Is already
in the naval reserve
We have a baby. but If he goes
my allotment would be more than
| receive from him now and | be-
llove l could manage. Please tell
me If there is anything | can do
and if 50 what-V. A. NJ.
Dear V. \. NJ:
II i my opinion YOU should
not take your husbands ideas
about the naval reserve too
seriously. For his own good, a.
well as To help you with your
own financial problems, i would
advise you To go and have a
talk with his draft board.
should think that a period
I'm the army would be rather
beneficial To your husband
DR.. ALFRED McCLUNG LEE.
head Of the department Of >oci-
Ology, Wayne University.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-25
Washington Drops Mask
Of Optimism Over War
By PAUL MALLON

Production is slightly under
goals, but none Of the yet pub
lished figures are sufficient to
be a dominant cause.
The fundamental truth always
TO be -feeembered by any news
reader is that neither Churchill,
Eden, Patterson, nor any mill
tary man, says what he really
thinks about such deep mill
tary secret. Indeed, they often
use such tactics 10 deceive the
enemy into false sense of
security.
All Of their statements to-
gethcr do not preclude the pos
siblity that a second front
might be opened up successfully
tomorrow or any other time.
NO ONES opinion regarding
~ the duration of wars has
been worth anything in history.
All agreed at the outset Of the
Civil War. both North and
South. that il would not last
more than 90 days, and 1t lasted
four years.
Certainly no citizens should
take any Of these views, or his
own. as a model for making his
future living arrangemcntS-or
his victory garden. Nothing can
be taken for granted in war.
The same anti-optimlSm APP
plies 10 the situation confronting
the motorists. A bulletin is I'M
derstood 10 have been sent TO
local rationing boards from head
quarters here suggesting that
the AS coupons Will not only be
continued to July y. but the
A-6 will be extended through
the rest Of the summer INTO
November, which means fur
Their drastic curtailment in the
basic gasoline allowance.
OFFICIAL figures on gas sup
~ plies are secret, but esti-
mates have been made that pro-
duction supply at the end of this
year will be increased by pipe
lines and transportation faclli-
tics.
The report of the Presidents
advisory committee on man
power Baruch. Byrnes. Hop
kins, Leahy and ROsenman--is
understood 10 be politely but
devastatingly critical Of the ef-
forts of manpowerer Paul Nc
Mutt and food administration
WiCkard.
For this reason. and others,
the report may not be made
public. Worst shortage the COM
mittee found was in farm labor.
Distributed by King Features synd.. Ino.
Reproduction in whole or in Part
Strictly Prohibited.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-25
ADrab and SorryRecord

IN HIS message to the Legislature last January Gov
Kelly properly maintained that the should be given
precedence all local problems.
The lawmakers now have come to the end Of the
session and the of their efforts is plain to all
First request by the federal government part of
the victory program that Michigan retain time
and remain in step with the nation.
Ignoring the department and the War Produc-
ton Board the rural majority ordered the clocks turned
back.
The other ma jor request from Washington that
the state permit prosecution of black market operators
and price ceiling volators in the local courts.
This law would have been of tremendous help because
prompt prosecution would have been possible.
THE bill was killed This means OPA officials can
i expect no aid from local law enforcing agencies in
fighting black markets and that all prosecutions
follow the involved procedure of grand jury indictment
and arraignmen federal courts, though the Of
tense is a misdemeanor.
Gov Kelly failed in astminute attempt to
this bill because his help came too late.
A SIDE from eamarking S20000000 from the state
n surplus for payment of bonuses to returning SOL
ders only one war bill remains alive. That proposed
law would change the defense council into council
and would broaden its powers.
Throughout the session the lawmakers devoted their
time attempt TO seize control of the highway de-
partment by making the highway commissioners an
sppointye officer and to trying to straighten the con-
fusion resulting from the act turning back the clocks
So as far as the war is concerned, the record Of
the Michigan Legislature speaks for itself and far more
clearly than the many patriotic speeches that have been
made in Lansing since the administration took office
Jan. /.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-25

War Problem Cline.
/ am writing TO see # YOU can
give me some advice. My husband
IS IN the merchant marine now.
We have been cStrangcd ID years.
Last year he looked me up and
promised he would sign an allot-
mcnt for me. | got one last No
vember and haven't heard from
him since.
l am crippled with arthritis and
am not able 10 make my own liv-
ing and need his help. Can you tell
me where | can write 10 and find
out about this? MRS. \. A.
Dear Mrs. \. \:
The merchant marine il not
part of the armed forces and
does not make allotments 10 de-
pendentS except upon a specific
designation by the individual sea-
man. ! suggest YOU take up
your problem with the local
office Of the merchant marine
hut he certain To advise Just
what service he N actually In, ~
there are other services with
similar names,
WALTER ". T.. SCOTT. vice
commander. Detroit Districts
Association, American Legion.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-25

This is the problem faced by a
young Detroit girl; IT is a problem
TO be faced by many youthful
Americans before this great war IS
over.
Today the WAR PROBLEM
CLINIC takes up this young
lady's plight for discussion and
tries 10 provide a means out of
her dilemma.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-25

writing 10 him as YOU would 10
any one that YOU were fond of,
telling him of the things you are
doing and avoiding a. much as
possible any definite plans for
the future.
II, after n while, you are very
sure that your present decision
il the correct one, you will them
have paved the way for II and
the shock will not he so great 10
him.
MISS MARY VI. O'NEILL, AS
SiStant director, Metropolitan
Detroit $50.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-25
How to Submit
Your Problems
ToClinic Experts

Write your problem 10
WAR PROBLEM CLINIC,
The Detroit Times, Detroit,
Mich.
You must sign your name
and address. although no
names will be published but
Will be held in Strictest con-
fidcncc. Do NOT write
directly 10 members OF the
panel
These authorities make up
the WAR PROBLEM CLINIC
panel,
Judge James T. Chcnot
Edward Pokorny.
Rev. Joseph A. Foley, s. J.
Fred NJ. ButZcl
pr. Robert G. Foster
Or. Alfred McClung Lee
Mrs. Frances SanderSon
Miss Elva NJ. Forncrook
John r. Watkins
Mrs. Irene f.. Murphy
Miss Mary NJ. O'NcIll
Walter III, +. Scott.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-25
War Problem Clinic
She Loves Soldier Still in y. S.,
Must Be Sure Before She Acts

On foreign battlefield he faces death As shells whistle
the realization the moment be his last
he dreams again he girl he left behind and knows she is
Xaitils dor hfyn.
Back in his home she sits, pen in hand wondering
how she tell this soldier what is really in her heart
They have known each other and he has been
of those months She did know his friendship for
her would rpen and he would be pouring his
heart out letters scrubbed in the mud of foXhoe.
Should she tell him she loves another, that she
considered their relationship than friendship?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-25
WASHINGTON, March 25-

WASHINGTON, March 25-
w The rad o commentators
have been playing up the encour-
aging dispatches from the front
with an optimism which is not
shared by officials here for the
long range view. --
The official viewpoint has
changed in the last few weeks.
Churchills statement that the
war may extend to the next year
or the year beyond is widely
shared all down through the
administration. even by Under
secretary Of War Patterson.
He banged his fist around the
table in talking with the Senate
military affairs committee, PIC
turing the situation as tougher
than most people realize. He did
not give the reasons, and the
cause of his appearance was sup
port Of the Acknowledgements
compulsory labor draft bill.
DUT he is not alone here in his
~ anti-optimistic view point.
Nor can the administrations
feeling on the subject be attrib-
uted only to a desire 10 awaken
the country to a Sterner realiza-
ton of the facts of war.
Sir Anthony Eden verified the
same British viewpoint in pri-
vate here as Churchill publicly
proclaimed - and more strik-
ingly.
The reasons are not apparent
in general news, but everything
IN war takes from two TO four
times as long TO accomplish as
it does in ordinary business
and usually twice as long as
expected. The VastneSS of the
enterprise is incomprehenslble to
any one man.
The slow down on the Russian
front may have something 10 do
with II, and the German tenn
porary success against our right
flank in North Africa did us no
good.
Macarthur also is finding the
going slow through the Jungles.
uITLER'S ability to muster a
IL good reserve of 100000 for
the Kharkov counterattack. and
the fact that mud saved him in
the South, are factors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-25
See Your Nearest
USE Office

War Problem Clinic,
You are helping so many with
their war problems hope YOU can
help me. I'm a young woman u
years old and not strong enough
for job in a war plant. as ! was
in an auto accident several years
ago But | would like TO do some
thing TO help out in the war.
l love children and they never
get on my nerves like they do
some people. Could you tell me