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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-22
Identity OF Negro Was
Effected AS Result OF
Following Up Finger
printing Records

The fingerprints reached from
the penitentiarY in Raiford to
the Navy Yard in Key West.
from the Navy Yard TO the Navy
Department in Washington. from
the Navy Department back TO
Raiford. and then. last night.
from Raiford came telephone
call to Sheriff Berlin Sawyer in
Key West:
This is Earl S. Chapman. SUI
perintendent of the state prison.
speaking. Please go TO 1910
Whitehead street Key West. and
arrest John Jackson. alias James
Davis. negro. an escaped con-
vicL who is now a civil service
employee in the Navy Yard in
Key West.
This morning. at 1890 o'clock.
Sheriff Sawyer and Deputy Joe
Knight went to the Whitehead
street address and found there a
man who was eating breakfast
and expected. when he finished.
to 60 to the Navy Yard to work.
John Jackson" the sheriff
said. you are working under
the assumed name of James Da-
Wis in the Navy Yard. We have
come here TO arrest you as an
escaped convict from the peni-
tentisrY at Raiford."
The tale of the fingerprinfs
was bad news for Jackson. He
made no effort to deny his
identity. He told the sheriff
and his deputy that. in June of
last year. while he was working
with a prison gang On a road
job. he saw a chance to get
away. and he took the chance
and succeeded in evading the
prison guard.
Jackson arrived IN Key West
a short time afterward and got
a job in the Navy Yard. In Sep
iember he married a Key West
er. and he told the sheriff that
she will shortly have a baby.
Il ives 2l." Jackson resumed.
when I was sent to prison 10
do a fiye-Year shift. / was pref
tY wild when was young. was
going to settle down and lead
the right kinda life. I was jes'
burning up to begin leading that
life. and when ! sees a chance
10 get away. takes il. and ]
comes here and goes to work
Continued on Page Six
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-22
NINETEEN OR MORE
MEN LOSE LIVES I'm
AIRPLANE CRASH
nv Associated Pre.sl

EVANSVILLE, Ind, April 22.-
Nineteen and possibly 81 men lost
their lives here today in the crash
of an airplane while attempting
to make landing after a routine
flight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-22

LATE BULLETINS
GERMANY WARNED ABOUT POISON GAS
ny Associated Press,

LoNDoN-When reached this today
the Germans preparing poison the Russians
the campaign gets well under 10 Downing
official residence Minister Churchill
warning Hitler that Germany those tactics
Allied will drop
poison cities Germany That eprisal 10 Downing
Hitler, will
here that Germany has reorted that internationally
lawed practice
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-22
AXIS FORCES SHORT OF SUPPLIES

WASEINGTON.-Under Secretary Robert Patterson
said that the War received information from
Eisenhower North Africa that the Tunsa
experiencing shortage of foodstuffs and supplies
At least enemy and
ships that have attempted reach Tunisia this month have been
sroYed. General Eisenhower informed the department.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-22
own I'M BETTER FAYoR

WASNGToN-As result of the testimony given yesterday
Elmer Davis chief of the OWL before senate committee that
agency reported
issuing information the American people One
with
Navy Department for its
policy reporting sinkinss of Allied ships by Ger
manu- -boats.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-22
AIRCRAFT ENGINES PLENTIFUL

WASHINGTON-The disclosed today
production aircraft running far ahead of the number
by giving
engines announced
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-22
HOUSE TO DECIDE ON TAXES

WASNGToNThe Ways and Means Committee decided today
submit House bills favored by the Democratic
of
regarding choice of bills law
be decided by the entire hous membership.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-22
KNIGHTS ROSE CRoIx

All resident and soiournine
knights Rose croix are invited to
Join with US in the Msundy Thurs
lay Ceremonial. April ~. $500 pm.
Scottish Rite Hall.
FRANK o. WEIGH. 81 KOCH.
Wise Master.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-22
PHONE 9I5O WITH
PAPER COMPLAINT

Citizen subscribers who
heretofore celled The Citizen
office on failure 20 receive
their papers are requested
heretofore to call the Island
City Book Store. Phone $50.
from which the service will be
given. If you have not re-
ceived your paper by s p. m,
phone your address to $3.50.
Complaints will be accepted
until 2 p. m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-22


The late Irving Wright, a re-
tired Boston shoe manufactures,
Jaw the possibility of establish
ing a high-class fishing lodge on
hat part of Sugar Loaf, south
If the railroad viaduct, that Dor
.ers on the channel between
hat key and Cudjoe.
So. Mr.. Wright constructed
the lodge, and, despite the de
preston, which was then at its
.owest ebb, it proved to be d
successful venture as long as he
was able to direct its affairs.
But he was besieged with an old
complaint, from which he died a
few years afterward.
Mrs. Wright, the widow, then
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-22
CONSISTED OF "a

WASHINGTON.-In 1920 the
entire aviation group of the u. S.
Marines consisted of AZ pilots.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-22
PIRATES COVE FISHING LODGE
IA TAKEN OVER BY COAST GUARD

Pirates Cove Fishing Lodge. on
;rsar Loaf Key, has been taken
yer by the Coast Guard. it was
officially announced this morn
ing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-22

Key West, Florida. has TIC
most eQuable climate il the
country: with an average
range Of only IL Fahrenk II
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-22

Associated Press Day Wire
Service and AP Features
For SO Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15
Very Much Worthwhile

"Is il worthwhile ." workers
have asked themselves occasion
ally.
There's the letter Joan Leslie
received last week from the
brash young soldier who had set
out TO show her how unim-
pressed he was with a movie
star.
81 can't get over It," ne
wrote. Here / was thinking
YOU were a big star c0ndescend-
ing to dance with me and i was
talking big to show OFF. And
then / saw the look I'm your
eyes; just like my girls eyes
back home when she's hurt and
, suddenly l realized you were
just kid, too, like my sister
and hundreds of other girls, and
YOU were there because you
wanted To he, and 1 was sud
denly filled with shame for be-
ing such smart alec. IL j come
back with the right understand
ing this time, will you dance
with me ."
Young Marine Slips
The answer was, YES, Of
course. Please come again"
Occasionally the lads are so
impressed they just naturally
put their foot in it. Like the
young marine who stared for
fully 10 minutes at Olivia de
Havilland at the snack bar and
then moved on TO stare at
Geraldine Fitzgerald. Presently
he came back TO Olivia and
nodding at Geraldine said:
us she One?"
Eyes, she's one" Olivia said
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15
Steel Engineer Heads Job

Head of the project on the
western side of the Mackenzie
River is 1t. Col. Benjamin T.
Rogers of Buffalo, who holds a
commission in the u. S. Army
Engineers.
In civilian life an engineer
employed on construction work
by Bethlehem Steel, Rogers has
but one thought in mind this
surnmer--to push the road and
pipe through TO Whitehorse as
quickly as possible. A thick-Set,
gray-haired man in his late 40's,
the colonel reflects in his serious
mien the magnitude Of the task
he is tackling.
Building the road which ac-
companies the pipeline through
this only partly explored land is
80 per cent of the job. although
from a military viewpoint it is
only incidental to supplying the
Canadian and American war
machines with fuel. But the
road must precede the pipe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15

CAMP CANOL., n. w. T.,
Aug. IA.
THE sun-tanned man in the
Il faded khaki shirt pointed
ahead of the car TO where some
of the finest gravel highway in
Canada wound up the side of a
mountain, one of the foothills
of the Carcajou Range.
Its hard to realize that in
five years tourists with their
high heeIed shoes, pink SLACK
suits and bandannas on their
heads will be travelling through
here" he said.
Rocky" Rochester OF Gay
lord, Mich, spoke a simple
truth. 1t was hard 10 realize
-thatthis northern Wilderness of
muskeg and stunted trees, or
purple, rock-topped mountains
rounded by glaciers 100000
years old, of winding, pictur-
esque canyons and booming
waterfalls was at long last
cracking open before the ma
chimes of civilization turned in
this direction by the cXigencies
Of war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15
Hollywood Cdnteen
Scene Of Miracle
BY SARA HAMILTON
Special 10 THE DETROIT TIMES

In September, this organiza.
ton viii celebrate its first an
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15
Red Shelton Goes On

1t was Red Skeletons turn
next on the stage.
The boy just sat. And then,
suddenly,a great burst of laugh
ter poured from his throat
and presently from his heart
Tears streamed from the nurse S
face.
Its the first time since il
happened she whispered
How we've prayed for this
miracle"
Unknowingly, Red went on,
wondering. maybe, at the
laughter that seemed TO take
wings and float like an angels
song above the heads.
Bette Davis eyes We're wei
with tears.
Jon Garfield frankly blew his
nose and dabbed at dampened
eyes.
A miracle had happened!
A heaVen-Sent miracle at the
Hollywood canteen.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15
HOLLYWOOD

HULL WONJD, Aug. II.
A NURSE came with him.
n Together they took a place
at the angels table at the
Hollywood Canteen.
Despite the cruel lines that
had settled around his mouth,
lines that criss-crossed and told
of deep spiritual and physical
suffering, he was obviously
young. About 20 or so.
The cane which file Ike d
anxiously at objects as he shut
fed along told the the story.
He was blind.
A boy in uniform, with all
the beauty and colors of the
skies and seas and a pretty girl,
was over for him. He'd left
those things, along with his
sight, at Guadalcanal.
The performers on the stage
went through their routines.
He sat in stoney, heart-break-
ing silence.
He listened TO the music and
songs and sat quietly in the
strange, unwelcome darkness
that found companionship only
in the heavy blackness of his
young heart.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15

except the easel artists parked
in shady spots overlooking little
harborS or weatherbeaten
houses.
Each summer theater, Of
course, has its complement of
budding BarrymoreS and there
are some really high-grade dra-
matte artists who make the
Cape tour a summer ritual.
Occasionally. too, some flicker
luminary Will make a pilgrim
age 10 the Cape in the hope of
learning how 10 act
The Pilgrims first beached
their boats below the dunes at
Provincetown. Later they took
themselves away from there and
sailed 30 miles due west TO
found their colony at Plymouth.
There is a Pilgrim monument at
Provincetown and from the top
OF its 252-foot tower a fine view
of the town may be had ON
clear days Sighteers may see
Plymouth 80 miles away.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15
Preacher Has Hot Time

VISITORS WHO view the
Cape piccemcal usually make
its acquaintance at Bourne,
which is on the Cape end of one
OF the big motor bridges which
cross the famed ship canal The
town IS named for Richard
Bourne, a preacher who spent
his days converting lndianS and
who had the >agacIty 10 Talk his
red brethren into a deal whereby
they agreed 10 give him all the
land he could burn off from
sunrise 90 sunset Rev Bourne
literally settled on the Cape IN
a blaze of glory and picked up
enough ScorChcd earth 10 found
a whole township.
At Bourne is replica Of the
first Indian trading post In the
New World. ii was called
AptucNct. There The Dutch and
the Pilgrims snapped Wampum
for furS. Monument Bea G. h
nearby is one of the Capc.s nu-
mcrouS fine swimming places.
Temperature of the water aver
ages around 20 degrees.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15

and went on to enumerats
Geraldine's pictures.
ooh them" he said. 'T don't
care for pictures that make me
think. L like the ones YOU play
In, Miss DE Havilland."
Olivia gave him an extra
sandwich for the laugh it gave
her.
So, happy birthday. Holly
wood Canteen. May God bless
you for the work you've done
this year. And that, we know,
is a prayer re-echoed over and
over by every service man the
world over who has come within
your open door.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15
Michigan Engineer Opens
North Canada Wilderness
BY G. II. WARING

working with oil since he was -.
Actual construction is in the
hands OF a civilian company,
Bechtel-P rice-Callahan, with the
army supplying the equipment.
But supervising the work of the
BPC and other civilian sub
contracting companies are the
u. S. Army and u. S. Engineer
ing Department engineers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15
Cape Has Real Color

A bit of meandering along the
Cape will disclose fresh water
lakes and streams. alleged to be
inhabited by trout, a good many
miles of white picket fences, a
great deal more color than sea-
shore territories usually own,
plus such technicolor features
as blue marsh heather, wild
sweet pea, beach plum blossoms
and brown-eyed SusanS.
So much has been written
about artists. writers and
hammy thespianS who haunt
the back alleys of Cape villages,
that most visitors expect to trip
over them wherever they 60.
Actually. you don't see many,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15
Jean HershoIt
Asked for Date!
HOLLYWOOD. Aus. II.

SUCH Is fame! For 30 years
Jean HerSholt has been a top
name IN the movies.
Yet he received a mash note
from a mNedup COB in San
Diego pleading for date. 1t
had taken months, confessed the
SAILOR TO work up courage 10 put
the request TO such a gorgeous
Cie3'uie nv.
Jean wonders what the young
mans face will look like when
he opens up the autographed
picture now in the mails.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15
aMany Ancient Ems

Falmouth Us note q for its
beautiful gardens. IT'S rambler
roses. it> cimS planted in Colo
nal times and the Paul Revere
bell ln it's church II Is also a
bright and Cleau town with the
usual quota az Cape Cod ctt-
tageS complete with widow
walkH " widows walk'i was
never built for that purpose.
Originally n was a captains
walk because these were the
homes OF sea captains and the
sea-going gentry spent much of
their time ashore in scanning
the horizon FOR incoming ships.
When the captain was away,
hiS wife used the little prone
made 20 watch for his homing
ship II was only when the
captain and .bis ship failed 10
put in an appearance that it
became q WIDOWS walk
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15
Tap New Oil Supply

For war alone has made pos
sible-has made imperative, in
fact, to the United States and
Canada-that the petroleum at
nearby Norman Wells be trans
ported TO the northeastern Pa
cific fighting zone TO feed the
Allies engines Of war there.
By the end of this year, en-
gineers in charge of the Canol
project believe, Norman oil will
be flowing through the 600-odd
mile pipeline to- Whitehorse,
Y. r., where it will be refined
TO produce high test aviation
gasoline, automobile gas and
Diesel fuel. ~
Whether that belief will be an
actuality depends to a large eX-
tent on Rocky Rochester and
others of his Inexperienced
engineers who have been build
ing road and laying pipe in all
sections of the world for years.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15
Cape Cod
Real Beauty
surprising
BY DON SHORT
NEW YORK. Aug. "A.

INV INN nus B T.
IT is sometimes a shock 10
i wandering New Workers who
had always imagined Cape Cod
rs a Spray.swept sand spit
dotted with weather-beaten
shacks and peopled by long
haired, unShaven intellectualS,
to discover green hills, old
trees. neat streets, antique
shops and rambler roses.
The old cape is doing all
right for itself this summer,
with hotels and boarding houses
filled TO capacity and social
activities humming despite the
dimout. From somewhere or
other a large number or auto
mobiles have arrived on the
Cape. 1t may be that all their
owners, like the Camden me-
chanic, have secret fuel for
mulas. / wouldn't know and
I'm not going 10 ask.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15
Daniel Porter Jr.
Returning Home

DANIEL PORTER JR. is ex-
pected to return this week 10
his home in Longfellow ave-
nue. following a visit in Rock
port, Mass. with his grand
mother, Mrs. William Marshall.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-15
Michigan Man Chief Aide

Supervising this job, as the
"old mans" chief lieutenant, is
34-year-old Rocky Rochester, a
civilian engineer employed by
the U. S. Engineering Depart
ment.
Supervising the other part Of
the project-the pipeline con-
struction-siS an army officer,
Capt. II, S. Mountain. a 35-year-
old Oklahoman who has been
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Interpretation of a Verb

Whenever Bette Davis is making a
picture, you can bet that Alexis will
be there at least once week-it's
more likely to be every day. saw
her on the Ann Sheridan set the
other day. Hurry up" she said to
Ann who is starring in Shine On,
Harvest Moon" Il have to 20 back
to work" Miss Smith is working a
few sound stages away in Con-
f1ict," with Humphrey Bogart. "If
you really want to see something
corny," SAYS Ann, watch this" She
strikes some funny poses. Aren't
you doing anything in the way of a
dance?" demands Alex. We'll. I do
a few bumps" says Ann. And she
does them for Alexis. This, my
friends, is what goes on with your
favorite stars when the camera is
not turning.
y
When Samuel Bronston Produc-
tions invited Mrs. Jack London to
watch the scene of her meeting with
her husband in the studios film
biography of the late author -adven-
turer. she thanks them very much
but said she preferred to watch his
proposal to her And that's why
Mrs. Chairman London was brought
to Hollywood from her Valley in the
Moon ranch in Sonoma county. AS
the camera turned, wonderful time
was had by all-except Susan Hay
ward and Michael O'Shea who por-
tray Mr.. and Mrs. London!
(Refeased by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc
Evening star., 1943-08-20

of Donald. Their meeting not only
is the most laughable chapter in
"Saludos Amigos" but also the most
musical. and the best from the
standpoint of fellowship in that its
joke Is upon the Yankee.
The old Disney visual and melodic
brilliance is evident throughout the
which you had better write
down as must" for the week.
X
Next of Kin" documentary in
flavor, is a tightly told story of a
commando raid which goes wrong
because the enemy has been tipped
off in advance. 1t illustrates force
fully, more so than in any previous
picture. how the smallest error in
dealing with military information
can lead to tragic results. An ex-
cellent English cast, featuring Nova
Pilbeam, interprets the message
does it so we'll that the pictures ex-
hibition has led already to the cap
ture of several enemy agents.
Evening star., 1943-08-20
From 'OklahOma'

Alfred Drake, who created such a
sensation in the lead role of the
smash Richard Rogers-O Oscar Ham,
merstein musical, Oklahoma. this
year, has been signed to a long time
contract by Columbia. brakes first
role under his new contract will be
announced shortly.
Drake has long been featured on
the New York stage, in both singing
and dancing roles and straight
drama. appearing in such successes
as White Horse lnn," Babes in
Arms "Out Of the Frying Pan" and
last years Theater Guild production
Yesterdays Magic" the Paul NUM-
starrer, in which he had the juvenile
lead opposite Jessica Tandy. His
contract with Columbia marks his
first motion picture venture.
Evening star., 1943-08-20
By J. w, STEPP.

Heaven Can Wait" is sort of
life with father, grandfather and
Don Ameche. There are many 9TH
ers with the handlebar mustaches.
bustles, etc, indigenous to the period
circa l880-l920 for whom a place
has been found in the film now at
the Palace Theater. But these, with
the exception of Gene Tierney, ex-
ist on a lesser plane. In fact, If any
one were permitted to mutter pre-
ferences into his side-burns, he
would probably be most content to
consider 80 of the films ll0-odd
minutes life with grandfather,
Charles Coburn being splendidly he
But there is Mr. Ameche to con-
tend with. Mr.. Ameche is likable-
looking fellow on the screen. He
makes love in perfectly inoffensive
fashion to Miss Tierney, or Betty
Cradle. or Dorothy Lamour. Unfor-
tunately. though, whether he is cast
as Alexander Graham Bell or Mick
ey Rooney, the artistic attack of
Ameche has the sameneSs of daily
excursions in the office elevator. So
it is in Heaven Can Wait" wherein
the entire life span of an Ameche-
made character is covered.
The subject in this instance, it
must be admitted, is better chosen
than previous ones granted Doth
Century-Fox's best-selling star. 1t
concerns, with reasonably steady
sense of whimSy, the career of
New York playboy. and how he got
that way. The system employed is
bssically f1ashback and partially
narrative (by Mr. Ameche).
Rich Mr.. Van Cleve is first seen.
still a rake at the age of 10, asking
his excellency for admission to hell
He doesn't believe there is any use
trying to pass the Pearly Gates
But Satan "a well-dessed version by
Laird Cregar) insists on hearing
Van Cleve's life history before is
suing the necessary passports. That's
where the screenplay comes in. Van
Cleve as a boy is introduced pro-
phetically baretering beetles in a
park for the affection of girl No. l.
And from that point on his instinc-
tive education to the art OF way
wardliness gathers momentum as it
passes a French governess. show
girls, and a blond nurse who sits
by the deathbed. Through it all,
Miss Tierney, swept off her dainty
feet in an elopement, remains the
anchor in the Van Cleve III house
hold.
In its earlier portions, Heaven Can
Wait provides frothy entertain
ment. Spring Byington, mother, Louis
Calhern. father, and Mr.. Coburn,
grandpapa, have much of the dia-
logue; the parents gaily distraught
and agitated by the exploits of their
son, and the grandparent encourag-
ing from the sidelines the lad whose
life he only wishes he could have
led. AS the original members of the
family expire, however, the burden
falls more heavily on Mr.. Ameche
and Miss Tierney. with a little Incl
dental help from Marjorie Main and
Eugene Palette, the meat-packing
in-laws. tThe comedy of the latter
two consists mostly of exchanges of
churlish shouts)
In justice to Miss Tierney, 1t
should be added that in the Sc
quences in which she becomes ell
derly she Is not merely Gene Tier
ney of the black hair and green eyes.
She looks and behaves elderly. Mr..
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Donald Duck Is Brilliant
AS Goodwill Ambassador
BY J. CARMODY

IT is course matter of history by that those wonderful
successful will
neghbo
nntoned
The nauralness