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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-11

drew 9 knife "a Andre and was
going to kill him, and Andre"
She shrugged her shoulders help
IeSSly. He Is 30 impetuous. so
quick tempered ! am afraid ne
has been a little ruthleSs-per-
hapS even cruel"
She glanced ap at Shepley from
the corners of her eyes and found
him smiling at her with a touch
of mockery on his bps, as if he
followed her meaning far beyond
the actual sense of the words she
had spoken
Eyes" he said, nodding. "rm
sure / understand. / take it that
this is one of those affairs that re-
quireS careful handling and a rea-
Sonable amour of-diScretion?"
She allowed her eyes to widen
IN admiration as her slim fingers
frightened for the mereSt fraction
of an instant upon his arm.
''You are clever, aren't your"
she whispered. "AS you saw. il
does require. discretion. but /
think it might be very profitable
for all of us.
''Tl be glad 10 hear it. then" he
said.
She opened the door of the
room she had left and preceded
Shepley through the door. Regain
was Slumped in his chair, still
bound and gagged. His face was
set in a harsh mask of pain, and
sweat ran down its burrows and
dripped, UNDECIDED, on the heavy
red wool of his shirt. Andre had
moved the candles back TO the
table and Stooc in the doorway
enjoying the warm spring breeze,
a long cheroot in his fingers, total
ly untroubled by the groanS that
fought their way up through Re-
gan's bloody gag.
His face lit up with a smile of
welcome as Sally and Shepley
came through the door. and he
strobe across the room, hands out
stretched, to greet them.
Blaine Shepley!" he exclaimed
heartily. "It's good to see you
back with us. They told me you
were here and I'd planned to look
you up later this evening. How
ever" he waved his hand toward
Regain, this affair came up before
l went downstairs, and / thought
it might be better if we talked up
here"
10 be cOntinueAD
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Chapter Three

IT was in Memphis that she re-
i belled. There was night when
Andre won far more than he had
ever won before, and the next
day. before he could lose his win
nings across the same table where
he had gained them. she forced
him to pay them down upon this
grea: house that stood serene and
lovely in wide lawn of grass and
trees and flowers, its tall pillars
and wide galleries looking out
over the great rolling tide of the
Mississippi
Andre had been Sullen and
skeptical, i'll at ease in such sur
roundingS, but Sally had talked to
bankers and cotton factors, plant
erS and attorneys, businessmen
and steamboat agents, winning
their support and, what was far
more important, their financial
help and their assured patronage
at the gaming tables and the bar.
There were still Stupendous
notes to be paid, but perhaps, if
this last wild adventure of a
buried treasure lost on the Santa
Fe trail could be brought to frui-
ton, she would win through to
security, bitter, hard bought Sc
curity that she could see and feel
and touch in the beams and raft
ers and porticoS and grounds of
this great house above the levee.
She beckonef one of the white
jacketed Negro servants to her
and sent him In quest of Blaine
Shepley.
He was an unusual character,
she thought idl" as she waited for
him on the landing. The youngest
son of a ST. Louis family whose
holdings embraced banks and
mills and lumberyardS and whole
sale houses, Blaine Shepley could
have found safe and comfortable
existence in any of the family
properties, but there was some
devil of reStleSsnesS and impa-
thence in his blood that drove him
away from the security that was
offered and sent him west to be-
come a Santa Fe trader. He was
ripe for any enterprise, complete
ly amoral and INSCRIPTIONS. an
adventurer and a free lance to
his battered finger tips.
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WSzpORT
Home. By Hattie, LANDING

He was smiling as he followec
The Negro messenger across thG
wide lower hall In many ways hS
was a handsome man, tall, dark
haired, with a skin the Western
suns had burned into a dark ma
hogany. Always there was a reck-
less, challenging look in his eyes
the eyes of a man who would IRISH
his last dollar or his life on a turn
of chance and bid it Godspeed with
laugh and a careless oath.
HE bowed, half mockingly. as he
L stopped just below the land
ing where Sally stood. His long
plum-colcred coat swung about
him and his white ruffied silk shirt
cleaned beneath the dark Silken
stock.
Il was more than honored when
the boy said you wanted me-" he
said pleasantly. land it's a double
pleasure now that / see you
You're looking lovelier than ever.
She smiled at him, quite con-
Sciouslv exerting the charm and
loneliness that had made her a
New Orleans belle. She was well
aware that he was vital to their
plans, and if a smile and a whisper
and perhaps a fieeting handclaSp
or careless kiss would make him
join them more readily, she had
no intention of neglecting these
weapons that were ready to hand.
at was good of you to come,
Mr.. Shepley." she said formally.
My husband has a matter of
business he would like to discuss
with you and asked me if would
bring you"
She slipped her hand into the
curve of his arm as they started
up the stairway, quite pleasantly
and cheerfully aware that the
fragrance of her perfume and the
soft whiteneSS of her shoulders
had already begun to work their
subtle magic in influencing him
toward acquieScence in anything
she might ask
IGI NOACG ran Un dS SOlLly dS
bird notes as they climbed the
stair, unhurried, untouched by the
memory of the screaming, tor
tured man who sat waiting for
them in the room above.
Il hope you will not be shocked
when we join Andre" she went
on. There is a man with him who
has been "a little difficult He
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1952-02-29
Sinus Trouble Aided
Star to Radio Fame

Sinus trouble is not usually a
stepping stone to success, but it
was in the case of radios fabu.
lous Lonesome Gal"
Jean King had been a smash
hit over Dayton's WING for two
years as the purveyor of frank
ly sentimental style designed to
appeal to lonesome listeners She
acquired a large Listening audi
ence with honey-voiced ap
proach that goes something IKE
this:
Hi, baby. This is your Lone
some Gal who loves you better
than anyone else IN the whole
world :. Gee. | missed you over
the weekend
But after two years in the cas-,
Jeans sinuses were taking beat
ing from the weatf er and She
packed up and headed for Holly
wood. Although stations here
were skeptical about her posi-
bilities, she "packaged" 7
shows by tape recording for sub
scribing sponsors and hen put II
on XIII. Los Angeles 1t was
then heard on four stations and
crossed Sl85 week Today. 1t
has more than SO outlets in major
cities in the US AID Canada
and stanas to gross a cool $780,
900 to S200.O in 1851!
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High school seniors (abOve)
are shown a bottle of blood by
Red Cross medical director DR..
Joseph Seymour and chapter
chairman Marie A. Rieper as
climax of unique blood donor
demonstration in the high school
gymnasium. The entire gradual
ing class watched la employees
of local drug firm donate life
saving pints for armed forces as
an object lesson in good citizen
ship.
For the Red Cross it was a
bumper day. A Bloomfield quota
of 125 pints for the armed forces
was exceeded with the yield of ar
even dozen pints. And it was a
demonstration in citizenship for the
high school seniors that will not
soon be forgotten.
The home town that does not
have local Red Cross chapter will
find the state organization cooper.
alive in estat fishing one In time:
of disaster the American people
additionally turn to the Red Cross
For the next month the Red Cross
will be asking the nation for help.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1952-02-29
LAMP MAGIC

Lamps, too. are catching up with
the modern, dual-purpose trend.
Don't think for minute that the
good old floor-lamp is passe, exiled
by the recently more popular table
lamp. Far from tin fact. it's COM
ing into its own again, in modern
guise Of course, the main purpose
of lamp is for good lighting, but
if it can also be decorative, and set
off furniture grouping, so much
the better Thus we have the floor
lamp with adjustable arms. to throw
the light where most desired. over
the book, the sewing, or the piano
Even in lamps, the modern trend
of dual personality is served There
are combination lamp and magazine
racks. lamp coffee-table combines.
even lamps built right into the table
top. And with the three speeds Of
the reflector bulbs none of US would
be without these days. the light can
be suited to close work. to ordinary
reading-vision, and to :Ee subdued
lesser light for television-viewing.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1952-02-29
VIEW. Sponsors Letter
Writing Campaign

v. F. w. Commander in Chief
Frank c. Hilton, (seated) reads
some of the many letters which
prompted the current Veterans of
Foreign Wars "Be Sure to Write
Today" project urging letters to our
servicemen in distant stations, es.
pecially Korea.
"Our armed forces in Korea, in
Europe, and in distant posts in
this country eagerly look for letters
bringing news from home," said
Commander Hilton in announcing
the project. "They are writing to
newspapers throughout the country
saying they are lonely for letter
from homeland home means just
anywhere in the United States.
''1n a newspaper in town ]
visited recently, there were the
names of nearly go men-men in
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National WiIdIife Week
Observance March 1872

National Wildlife Week in 1852
will be dedicated to preservation
of a species of wildlife about to
pass from the American scene
the diminutive Key deer of Florida.
Plans for the annual observance,
scheduled for March 1922, W ere
announced in Washington by Carl
D. Shoemaker, conservation direc-
tor of the National Wildlife Fed
Grafton.
Chairman for the week will be
Ed Dodd, creator of the popular
newspaper and radio outdoors fea-
ture mark Trail"
National Wildlife Week has been
an annual observance since 1888
when it was proclaimed by Pres
ident Franklin D. Roosevelt and is
sponsored by the non-profit feder-
alton as a means of calling public
attention to the broad and pressing
problems of natural resource man.
agement. The 1852 celebration will
mark the beginning of a new series
in which each year a particular
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1952-02-29

kind of wildlife-some species con-
sidered in critical or precarious
condition-will be given special
attention.
Every home town sportsman
is aware of conditions in his
own locality. And while the 1852
goal will be to save the Key
deer from extinction, here is an
opportunity to impress upon the
pubic local needs for wildlife
preservation.
AS part of this years observance,
the federation has created a special
fund, known as the Key deer fund.
Contributions will be used first to
keep a special protection officer
on the job in the Key deer area.
This will supplement an effort al
ready started by the Boone and
Crockett Club and the Wildife
Management Institute in cooper
alton with the us. Fish and Wild
life Service.
Also, the federation will use the
fund to help improve the island
habitat of the deer. through such
measures as constructing water
holes for the animals and protec-
tive fences along highways.
There are only about 80 of the
unique toy deer still living. They
cling to a precarious existence on
the coral islands known as Keys of:
the southern tip of Florida. Menaced
by illegal hunters from the main
land, bounded by dogs, and i'm
periled by forest fires, the deer now
face new threat.
Because of the centuries-lone ad-
justment to it's own island back
ground, the surviving herd cannot
be transplanted.
National Wildlife Week will
be marked by proclaim atoms by
state and local governments.
sreaking programs throughout
the country. window displays,
advertising campaigns and
other media.
The National Wildlife Federation
was organized in 1886 and now has
active affiliates in AZ states 1t rep
resents more than 100000 sports
men and conservationists.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1952-02-29

Recently, at Bloomfield, NJ, the
Red Cross conducted a demonstra-
ton in citizenship when $50 wide
eyed members of the high school
graduating class watched 144 en-
ployes of a local industry donate
q pint of blood each,
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1952-02-29

Americans will want to take an
active part. Each time we put
off writing letter, some lone
ly man is going to turn away
empty-handed from mail call.
So we call our project our BE
Sure to Write Today program"
Shown in the picture with Com
mander Hilton is John Vandercook,
news commentator Of the Liberty
Broadcasting System. The network
is actively cooperating in the V.F.W.
project by announcement on num-
Der of programs, accompanied by
the playing of "Be Sure to Write
Today, which the V.F.W. has
adoped as their special theme song
for the porject.
Home town organizations could
make this project their own during
the coming year by writing to men
in service from their area.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1952-02-29
Save Money On
This Home Mixed
Cough Syrup
No Cooking.

Big Saving. No Cooking. So Easy.
You'll be surprised how quickly and easily
you can relieve coughs due V colds. when
you try this splendid recipe. 1t gives you
about four times as much cough medicine
for your money. and you'll find Il truly
wonderful for real relief.
Make a syrup with cups Of granulated
sugar and one cup Of water. No cooking
needed. Tor you can use corn syrup or liquid
honey. instead Of sugar syrup.) Then put
2L5 ounces Of Pinex tobtained from any
druggisp in a pint bottle. and kll up with
your syrup. This makes full pint Of medi.
cine that will please you by its quick action.
1t never spoiIs. and tastes fine-ehadren
love it. y
This simple mixture takes right hold Of .
cough. 1t loosens the phlegm, soothes the
irritated membranes. quickly eases soreness
and difficult breathing.
Pinex is . special compound Of proven
ingredients. in concentrated form. we'll
known for its quick action IN coughs and
bronchial irritations. Money refunded II Il
doesn't please you in every way.
FOR EXTRA CONVENIENCE GET NEW
READY MIXED. ReADY.T0-USE PIhExl
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THE READERS DATE BOOK
Red Cross Plans Fund Drive:
WHdIfe Week Is Scheduled

The American Red Cross has designated the
civilian activities during the coming year.
During Cross of time
collecting program
millions the operation bloodmobes
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There Should Be A Moral
In this Unusual Story

GREAT LAKES. lll.-A navy re-
cruit here received a letter that is
a superb example of feminine
"Deai John "
1t read
Hello Honey
Il am engaged, so don't write
any more | am sending back your
ring If you don't need it. send It
back to me. My new boy friend
can't afford one as of now. Bye
Nancy
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1952-02-29
Raising $4,000 Snoils
Is Unusual Occuputjon

PEAR RIVER. N.Y.-It ever there
Is a contest to select persons with
the most unusual occupation. Ann
Greening and Fred Linderman will
be strong contenders for the title
They are nail farmers
The snail farm" is not a small
operation either. They are respon-
sible for Is, 900 of these members of
the mollusk family
Their snail crops" are used IN
scientific research.
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MAIN.|
STREET.
FEATURED
a

turerS or your retailers, but rather
the setting of new price level.
How come? Because of the use OF
new techniques and the substitution
of alternate materials. Thus the dol
lars you spend on furniture will 60
farther than they used to. And your
new furniture will 60 farther, too,
for it will serve not just one pur-
pose, but at least two; and it will be
easier to care for-thus saving you
both time and money.
Manufacturers, wise in the ways
of the homemaker-buyer, have come
down to earth, to fill your practical
needs. A great influx of small scale,
functional and dual-purpose pieces
into your own stores, is the result.
| Many firms that used to put out
only the more expensive, formal
period pieces, have shifted to the
practical modern, to keep pace with
the times and the demands of you
buyers. Even the period furniture
issued today serves more than the
one shoW-purpose. So ask that furni-
ture dealer of yours to keep an eye
out for you, for the very minute
those new things arrive.
Maybe you need a new bookcase?
You'll be able to find one that turns
into dining-table-tw for the price
of one. Or your dressing-table is
ready for the junk-heap? Look
around for a vanity which becomes
desk, too. You'll even find what
appears to be a beautiful period
chest of drawers, that opens up into
! handsome desk, with the mere
drawing of fake DRIVER at its top.
And your couch-by-day-bed-by-night
is an old story now. but even there
are modern improvements. Some of
the newer combinations unfold into
either double or twin beds, to suit
the individual sleeping-preference
The pillow rest supports holsters
during the day, in perfect dis
guise Of a sofa or davenport.
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Ifs Wonderful the Way
chewing.GU Laxative
- Acts Chiefly to
IL IL REMOVE Waste
I'D Nh %
- -. GOOD FOOD

Here's the secret millions Of folks have
discovered about FEEN-A-MINT, the mod
ern chewing-gum laxative. Yes. here is
why FEEN-A-MINT's action Is SO wonder
fully Different
Doctors say that many other laxatives
start their flushing" action too soon
right in the stomach where food Is being
digested. Large doses Of such laxatives
upset digestion. flush away nourishing
food you need for health and energy.
You feel weak, worn out
But gentle EEEN-A-MINT. taken as rec
ommended. works chiefly In the lower
bowel where 1t removes mostly waste, not
good foodl You avoid that typical weak,
tired rundown feeling Use FEEN-A-M MINT
and feel your "peppy." energetic self -
run OF lifel Get PERMANENT! No increase
IN price - still Use. soc or only Toe
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1952-02-29

The students were
assembled in the
gymnasium of the
school to watch the
donors, all employ
ees of the Soldering
Corpora ii o n, 60
t h r o u 6 h registra-
tiOn. tenperafIIre
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pulse and weight; fruit juice; medi-
cal history, blood pressure and
hemoglobin; venipuncture (the ac-
tual donation of one full pint of
blood; and canteen, the strength
giving sandwiches and coffee after
donation.
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word from them is
that retail prices in
many lines will be
down from S to 10
per cent.
This dip does not
necessarily mean an
arbitrary cut in
,r;- I- or,,fo
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SHOPPERS
COR NER
SAVE ON FURNITURE
BY DOROTHY BARCLAY

BELIEVE it or not, but furniture
= has gone down in price. Not
everything, of course, but certain
lines beginning to come into your
stores from the big manufacturers
will cost you less, and be things of
beauty and joy forever.
This is the good news from a con-
sensus of furniture authorities fresh
from the Home Shows in the big
cities all over the country. The good
Evening star., 1952-07-11
Hollywood Diary
Di Maggie, j., Has Plan
For Baseball Movie
.By SheiIoh Grohom

Ichaplins, ct al, at a big weekend
party. British author Evelyn
Waugh swore no more scripts
after "Brideshead Revisited" back
fired at Metro. But he's writing
one for Carol Reed with tangier
locale.
And Bette Davis's Maybe Yes,
Maybe No" for BLACK Chiffon" in
England. could be because she
roasted the press there to crisp
and sent one British fourth-es-
tater a piece Of smelly meat,
which left a double bad taste
because Of the meat shortage.
Gussie Moran asked Pat Di
Cicco, did you see me in Pat and
Mike'?" did I see you!" said
Pat. "You were all over the court
like a bouncing ball-and just as
fat" Gussie has joined the reduc-
ing corps.
If Jean Simmons looks a little
limp this morning, it's because
she worked three days in a row
to finish 1.-THE Murder" for her
new RKO assignment today.
Gene Tierney told the British
Press-''I'd like to swim around
i'm a poo1 like Joan Crawford, and
stretch out a hand for glass
Iof champaigne-that's living!'
That's baloney!
Lana Turner in a pout with
Fernando Lamas. And wasn't he
supposed to remain on suspension
for her eight weeks in Tahoe?
Marlene Dietrich called Press
Agent Russell Birdwell to ask,
why did Paul Drama QUARTET
Gregory fire me?" Paul has a diff
ferent version" she fired me
But with 100000 in bookings
We'll take her back any time"
Joe Schenck was with an OLD
f1ame-Merle Oberon-warming
Hollywood Park. They pledged
their troth with o diamond as
big as the Ritz II years ago
Merle's "Twenty-four Hours in the
Life of a Woman" was sneak-pre-
viewed in Scotland last week
and is big hit.
| (Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance.)
Evening star., 1952-07-11

A top nuclear scientist is a
vulnerable man, for all the pro-
tective security ring about him.
In spite of all the care he may
|if he works in Los Alamos say,
have his young son kidnapped in
nearby Sante Fe, with the ransom
the secret of the H-bomb This
may be a little far-fetched, but
lit Is the thesis Of Atomic City, !"
the new film at the Metropolitan.
Any far-fetched quality this
has, it must be added in q hurry,
is more than made up for by q
corking picture, charged with the
kind Of suspense you seldom see.
Atomic City" starts out like a
calm and considered documentary
and suddendly turns into a cops
and -kidnappers tale cracking
with excitement.
Producer Joseph Sistrom has
entrusted his film to a cast of
virtual unknowns. and they have
rewarded him (and moviegoers)
doubly. They have turned in a set
|of uniformly good performances
and their unfamiliar or only
slightly familiar faces lend great
semblance Of realty to the picture.
This quality Of reality is kindled
originally in Sidney Boehm's
|Screenplay. Mr.. Boehm has fol-
lowed the formula-the predica-
ment. the chase with its disap-
pointments and ultimate success
and finally the happy ending. He
has made it flow naturally,
though, and he has written his
characters as people rather than
as symbols.
He has considerable knack for
the human touch-and 1t shows up
in a number Of passing moments
in Atomic City" A great deal of
the effect Of the film stems, too.
from use Of authentic settings, in
and around Los Alamos, Santa Fe
and at the deserted Indian caves
on a nearby mesa.
Director Jerry Hopper has
paced his picture toward steadily
mounting tension. Once he
arouses a suspicion of suspense
by contrasting normal home life
with the wire fences, security
guards. contaminated area signs
and other reminders of danger at
Los Alamos, he gets quickly to the
action.
Young Tommy Addison is kid
mapped. His father. a top physi-
cist at the atomic installation,
knows what ransom will be asked.
His wife won't let him call the
police, though, and he agrees to