The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 22, 1941, Page 1

For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West he Key KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUES (IISIP IDSA 2) (By Assoctated Press) A $425,000,008:loan to permit British payment for war In Flames From Bombings British Predict Japan Will Attack Indo-China Thursday The loan is to be secured by $700,000,000 in property and securities owned by the British government and in- dividual ciitzens. Es | Thousands Of Expliive peewee e aaa. In barea And Incendiary Bombs Hurled Down On Russian Capital: HOME OWNERS ASKED TO LIST eos wand . } ‘ar East tension: continued to i ) WARS: : mount today as British military FACES Se ee experts predicted Japan would at- : ilies = tack French Indo-China Thursday or Friday of this week, and Jap- anese leaders countered with the! accusation that Britain and China| are conspiring to invade the} French colony, } Informed quarters in Tokyo! said they had been warned of al Program approved by Chinese and | British governments for ‘sending | z on army against French Indo- ina. (hy Ansoctuted Presay + ak 5 OFFICER IN CHARGE OF DE- URGES ALL TO COOPERATE! IN MOVE | TO by the Nazi luftwaffe, the first | Such attack of the Russo-German H * Lieut. Solomon Kaplan, navy} . officer in charge of the defense | Authorized spokesmen in Ber- |) ousing-survey here, today urged lin described the assault as one|Key West home owners to call| his La Concha hotel office with information on vacant rooms and | tied out by the German air arm, | apartments. { Preliminary work in the sur- , With results comparable to the vey, Lieutenant Kaplan explain- | war's early raids on English cit-}ed, will be carried out with in- formation supplied by home own- ers who telephone or call at his office. The home owners will be asked how much space is avail- able for men and their families, and whether they would be in- terested in remodeling to pro- vide more rooms or apartments. Later, a complete ; of the most damaging ever car- Reports from Shanghai said alk she non-military traffic in_ north China has been halted by the Jap- anese, and heavy concentrations of troops were reported pouring Nag toward the Siberian bor- jer. Tokyo military quarters said} ( any troop movements in China were purely for purposes of de- fense. {and beat | jes, | July | For five and one-half hours, !according to official | sources. squadrons of bombers criss-crossed the skies above the | sprawling Russian capital, burl: | jing down thousands of high ex: | plosive and incendiary bombs. Fires were reported raging this ave threat to | morning around the Kremlin and resistance against along the banks of the Moscow river, An in i Y eta preicorls ye WAS! will be in a position to recom-| crim; started a fire with-/ mend how much more housing is in a few yards of the American) necessary here, or to decide if embassy, while another struck on{ there is sufficient room which | German Hig Ath said, house-to-| gig.’ : img the committee on the total amount of available | ‘space and the condition of homes | jin Key West. | With a full picture of existing | facilities, the navy, "(Special to The Citixen> | NEW. YORK, July 22.—The Ex- | continued position Press, publishers, at One! Japan. an- founced today that Nellie J. i Shanahan of Big. Pine, Ramrod Key, Fla. has an excellent oppor- i tunity to achieve professional PRIVATE AIRCRAFT the roof of the Associated Press| Could. be opened up by remodel-! } recognition as a songwriter vir- | building, where it was extin-| ™& Some homes. tually overnight. In a prize con- | — | guished. | Hight Se er test sponsored to secure worth-} Bee a | jal You ministration wil ‘i white iyrics and pocma tor Wher] TAuene Tan aes Reds Bag 17 Planes lin the La Concha office daily |—F'k forthcoming volume, Outstanding i 3 ~~ || Moseow sources, admitting} from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., and. in- | Louii Song-Poems and Lyricists, the Wack) icbhcuss chairman, of the | some damage in the raid, said| formation may be delivered ei- author had the following song. Florida State Chamber of Com- most of the German planes were | ther personally, or by telephone, lyrics accepted for immediate merce aviation committee, said | griven off by intense anti-aircraft | N°- 690. publication, “The Maddest Love,” here today that this state leads fire, and the deteridin, “4 i » N : : ge Red and ‘Give Me A Florida Key ithe South Atlantic states in the | fighters were reported to have| LEAD ORANGE JUICE IN. | number of private airplane pi-/ brought down 17 enemy craft. ‘lots and in the’ number of priv-; 4 description of the raid ap- CAPSULE FORM atety-ownea craft. Florida ranks | proved by Moscow said about 200; MANZANILLO. Mexico, July | ror”, | fifteenth in the nation, Mr. Frost | German planes‘ took part® in the !22—The Japanese steamer Ta- ed “ ing CARGO TO JAPAN BANNED (Ry Amsootated A | his s Prene> és p ;voiee by magnetizing sections of) | aa i DUNEDIN, Fla. July 24.—Brit- | declared. oy i bombardment, but that most of kaka Maru is out to sea after a steel tape. You speak into the! Beas op : (gti ‘ Sd ain’s home defenders may soon; There were 980 certified nays theme failéd to reach the capital. | !¢aying behind on a dock here 300 | microphone, then’ press a button) | Ws arn , ity | tn if captured she is treated be drinking Florida orange juice | in Florida on July 1, 1940, In a! Some private dwellings admit, t0ns.of lead which. port authori. | and listen’ while your voice comes | 4) Y43t ekpansion of the Ameri- pala aera } . = ties forbade her to load in com-| back pliance with _Mexico's, recent | wish of | agreement to sell surplus war es- | ity, sential metals only to, the United | despite wartime shipping festric- | year's time this number had .in- tedly were hit, but Moscow, made | tions which have eer Price creased 87 percent, or to a total) no’ estimate of the number Of. fresh citrus prohibitive | of 1,859. | civilian casualties, A Wunedin firm’ has complet- | eda 180,000 order for Aiea On July 1, 1940, there were but} Germany’s high trated orange juice for the fed-|333 privately-owned airplanes in| meanwhile, admitted “stout re- | Phere republics. eral government to be shipped to; Florida. There were 499 a year | sistance” on of Red . . England and is working on an-/ later, an increase of 49 percent. | troops in fighting along the cen- pagel ag renews Lge ES other order just received. | In 1938 there were only 538) tral front, but reported the ene-|Kunihawa Maru, concn act fontos ins | Rove fliers and 219 privately, Hy defenses seemed to be crum- | Wednesday, volume of fresh juice and re-|0wned planes in Florida, Mr. rae eee evitenne: of quires little shipping space, but! Frost went on to say. mages st Rassed Sisslanek with the addition of water re-| He gave credit to the part | take and. the Skagi Maru, | which left Thursday. ‘are i | The Kunikawa Maru took on 1-| | 500 tons of lead destined for Japan | wy, Two columns of Nazi mechan-| | the Civil | ho jabba a | ; int : : and the. Skagi Maru carried 800 | 4i0. 5; i our . itution wanted a divorcee. “I don’ spins itis original #laver, [Sere Snag c hed ized forces are reported moving | tons of lead, 150 tons of Teicoepas| Figged up. the. deviee. sa — pie of emt ae engaged to be married, LEA RR CE BA Pg around Smolensk on the central | and 37 tons of mercury. ‘She was | most easily made’ du f . I just want to know ASRURED OF MEALS Sapa he classes in many | front without attempting _to| forced to leave an additional 110; HUGE ESTATE’S eign prs Sogn Oe Oe elagh hare oe Sree | 5 se break through the city’s de-) hi | i i I’m ready for CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —Under| Taking the nation as a whole, | tenses, Se cua ee ST ae eee the will of John L. Warren of, there are today 82,277 private (or | this city a five-year-old cocker j civil) fliers: 22,025 privately-own- spaniel is assured of his favorite; ed planes. A year ago there were meal, hamburgers and tomatoes, | but’ 41,006 pilots, and 13,878 as long as he lives, craft. Less than 237 miles from Mos- | ments of metals reached port au-, |cow, the German troops, accord- | thorities Thursday afternoon just | jing to Berlin, are moving both | before the material was to be| | north and south of Smolensk in} loaded. . an action designed to cut off the | ——_____—__ —, = | City defenders, ADVOCATES SHAVING. , BROOKLYN.—Dr._ Ch: anthi Truck Arrives TONIGHT WITH SHIPMENT OF Fresh Fruits - Vegetables Thi F Rounds Fi | pes roe 3 the north are 3 . said to oiding back German ty irty- ‘our: - Tedvadiees toward Leningrad aft- | Pabst, chief dermatologist 9 the er four days of fierce combat, , Greenpoint Hospital of this, cit " My and London military observers | S4¥s that women should shave n larget Fractice AY comment that Nest mentions “ot reiait Meir schooigil complex: |*stout defense” probably indi- 10s. ¢ e cate a breaking-down of the Ger- | Cameramen from two newsreel | slightly, and windows rattled as; man advance in that sector. companies today filmed the first the heavy guns blasted at a target) DNB, official German news| practice session Key West coast; on the horizon south of the city.| service, confirmed Russian obe-| artillery have had this year, as|The target, mounted on a barge, 'dience to Premier Josef Stalin's | the four 155 mm. guns at Fort| was towed behind a destroyer, | “scorched earth” policy, with re- Taylor opened up shortly after 2; which moved it from place to/ports that some German units are | o'clock on a moving target 12,000) place on the fixed course. advancing tnrough choking) sa 4 ic yards offshore. Thirty-four rounds were fired clouds of smoke in fields and | LET I's CASH GROCER RY evaluated other than at the formal | part, and co-sponsored by state Houses near Fort Taylor shook : during the brief practice session. | forests, “more than $10, ” of edi % . TONIGHT est Citizr: THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. Many:KilledAnd: Injured TOKYO, July 22—A raging tropical typhoon today appeared to be spending its force in the | interior of Japan 95 miles south} of Tokyo, after a freakish swerve H in its direction saved the Japanese | capital from being struck directly. ‘Japan were not complete, but 35 were known dead, 39 injured and | thousands homeless after 10 days of torrential rain in the capital. | flooded out or destroyed, while railroad service’ was from floods and@ landslides’ | by the rain. FENSE HOUSING SURVEY, UNDER COURT CHARGED WITH AS- | | Hastings Johnson, U. Ss Army | sergeant, yesterday was bound; bond on two charges of assault Frances Searcy, his sister-in-law. | Johnson, accused of savagely! Miss Searcy, told Peace Justice Franklin Arenberg yesterday he | could remember nothing about his! NIGHT AT HEADQUARTERS Western Hemisphere into factions. | house survey will be made, giv-| Mrs, Johnson, her eyes still ; 22 puffed-closed after a week of hos-) was named president’ of the new: Testedat, LaPax ae pital treatment, could }reason for the beating adminis- tered by her husband. . Sergeant Johnson, cooperating | unable to make bond, will be held | Duval street. with city and county officials, | ¢o, trial in the September term of} ‘HEAR YOURSELF AS cn: BATON —Fledgling army officers learn to bark out an accomplish-| Buckley, vice president; f veteran top sergeants or doubt- ng rookies. | he ever goes on the field. | It’s done with the “voice mis- ed | defects can be corrected to your, command, States and other western hemis- | own satisfaction. ; | Students use the The last shipments of metal to!such numbers that there is a | waiting list on which one must} which sailed mitted to the sound-proof testing ‘room. Singers as well as speakers Sidney Wolf, a former student) i2 @ time of national emergency. NEW YORK, July 22.—The will citizens; but have procrastinated |of August Heckscher’s widow, dis- or failed to take the necessary }posing of .. LATINS FROM MANHATTAN, RADIO STARS FROM LOEWS STATE THEATER AT THE STORK CLUB. NO IN DAY, JULY 22, 1941 ‘YtFrom Typhoon: In Japan (By Asnociated ‘Preas) CUTS CANAL TRAVEL Charge That United States ALUMINUM IN Cause Of Nazi Minis- JUNKED A ter Being Ordered Out NOW Of Bolivia JOE ALLEN, CHAIRMAN GF (By Ansecinted Press) r BERLIN, July 22.—Berlin| DRIVE ‘COMMITTEE, Ul newspapers today bitterly assail-| OWNERS TO- SALVAGE “| edPresident Roosevelt and‘ the| FENSE METAL United States for “interference” —_—— *}im South America, which they| Owners of junked t ) Said‘eaused the Bolivian govern- ;in Key West today were oe |by Joe Allen, chairman ment yesterday to order German Lions ‘club. committee. aid Minister Dr. Ernst Wendler out! the defense-aluminum, drive, of the country. jadd their offerings to ‘the ‘and pans of the city’s Tv = ‘he Berlin government prompt: hobs timates of damage in south i { i i complete reports in the Tokyo listed at least 12,000 homes} | BE TRIED IN CRIMINAL SAULT AND BATTERY to criminal court under $500 { Germany. | yard operators to go over wreck~ Describing American talk of/ed ears for contributions before Nazi activity in South America! the drive stagts Thursday, ~ as “too absurd to. dscuss”, the! ions club members, S. sr ij members. of the — state | Berlin papers said Bolivia's ac | council committee headed — tion was a part of President! iyrs, A. M. Morgan, will Roosevelt's program to bring the’ ate in collecting aluminuin. § the Thursday, after a meeting of | | MISS MEDINA TO HEAD NEW CLUB GROUP HELD MEETING LAST battery filed by his wife, and ing his wife on the night of 13, and kicking and biting} | European war. | (Dr. Wendiler was. ordered to ; ‘leave Bolivia yesterday after six Miss Dora Medina last night | Bolivian paged E were ar- ai ean alleged . overthrow the gov- club as members of the group ¢rpment. Dr. Wendler was told who was met at the U.S.O, (K.C.) Hut on} must quit the nation ‘by | Tuesday.) NAZIS CAPTURE SOVIET WOMEN Cy Assn tinted. Pream BERLIN, July 22.—Increasing German reports of Russian was insanely jealous,” he. ON DUVAL STREET “and I don’t know what I) tomorrow’ afte ve DO iy-formed Key ‘West Hostess’ Nazi plot to r 4) Club members, working under) the directorship of Mrs. Mary; | Milner, and sponsored by Mrs. | |Kva B. Warner, WPA’ recreation | ‘director, will assist any organi- |zation of the city in entertain- ROUGE, La., July 22, ine service men. i |women being captured on the | at Officers elected, with Miss eastern front with Red army | siana State university can|Medina, are the Misses Mary | 90ps have raised the question of | rm Irma | When is a woman a soldier. arrested. Allen, treasurer; Yvonne Pinder, | ade ‘ have ‘reported | in. 1 i 4 ome "women serving as nurses and raids on the Secretary, and Sylvia Pinder, ‘te- auxiliaries with the Russian army | Broadway. jcording secretary, but. not as fighters.) ' ‘VAST EXPANSION OF eee eames AST E} en the a women ate AMERICANIZATION sins ey are ogni, | ., PROGRAM PLANNED inal court. OTHERS HEAR. YOU y Anapciated Prensa) tat 7 Armando Bermudez | mon. Cuesta, ‘fo-wad h’arsh” without hav- | ‘in. simultaneous to practice in the presence football quarterback can get | ‘ignal calling down pat before i lerate under some form of discip- | jline’@nd wear uniforms with at; a gadget that records the, ~ \eust some. distinguishing artities inguishing ic] to yoti'as inany ote as y to hear it: High ni gerry instruction program, |.If she is not attached to any ‘| t0: facilitate the naturalization, of military formation but takes pot-| ‘an estimated 5,000,000 aliens, was | Shots at Germans, the chances are announced by Howard O, Hun-/ ‘hat she will be treated as a ter, works projects administra- sniper. Tha Tiekae Biobeniy es. | bi ecution if she is convicted by a “So large a block of non-citi- | zens who, in theory at least, owe | {allegiance to foreign countries”, | he said, “is a potential menace “mirror” in i his place before being ad- included. went into the field of acous- Those who do not understand! @ lawyer, was asked (Ry Asancinted Prema this country want to become | 0 aT peienle ee ee FO] ’s., fe is the p lure. Be ey beeper | iar ee ee ‘idence is | «no, that they make good citizens. : | ene Te te eee paturalized,” ie. |