The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 25, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service } For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Fe RCL he a VOLUME LXIL. No. 176. Isimaél Davis, Navy Seaman, Dies From Injuries Received In Divé Into Shallow Water Twenty - Four Year - od CUBA. H HOT. AFTER AFTER Man Suffered Broken) NAZP SPY) RING vard Yesterday MANET CoS ae w | Cuba's cabinet today was be- jlieved drafting more stringent | jand far-reaching laws to cover from Winslow,/|Nazi organizations striving to overthrow the government. The cabinet went into special Ishmael Lee Davis, 24-year-old navy seaman Ind., died this morning at Ma-; tine hospital from injuries suf- fered in a dive into shallow wa- ies: mares cel ~~ chasis }up which was launched early in the week. fer yesterday afternoon. Davis suffered a broken neck | session shortly after three more’ The Key pat Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. Pelee KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1941 ALUMINUM DRIVE HERE CONTINUED | DIRECTORS STATE THAT rr! i WILL RUN ALL H be continued: through next week, | \directors of the program an- | jRounced today. i Lions club members and rep-— |vesentatives of the state defense! | council today were continuing to {cover the city in trucks, picking | jup contributions from homes and | places of business. Albert Mills, executive secre- |tary of the defense council, said this morning he has been noti- fied by the navy that a contri- bution from the station and the air base will be added to the collection tomorrow. when he dived into the munici- | pal ool oft Roosevelt boulevard | NAVY Starts B Building Work ' | i Neck In Pool Off bes (Ry Asaociated Press) | | at about 5:30 o'clock. Witnesses | | said he-had attempted a back | | | into water! only a few inches deep. flip from the pier Construction of buildings on the Trumbo Island pier leased by the navy from Trumbo Properties, ‘Ine, has been started, Public An unidentified woman at the pool rushed to the nayy infirm- | ary to notify doctors of the ac- | cident, but it was nearly an hour ,after Davis had been injured be- ““fore*an”ambulance wag able ~ to reach the scene. | weekly press conference of Capt. | Three Deaths In Week | Russell S. Crenshaw, station com- The death this morning was | mandant, said the buildings will the third at the navy station hen of frame construction, only | a week. Charles Frow Russell, | jarge enough to house tools and electrician’s helper, was killed =| an electric shock there Wednes- day, and Carl Minor, negro cook, was drowned Sunday morning. | stalled. A navy board of inquiry im-} The lease is for one year, but | mediately began an investigation ' the navy hasan agreement which of Davis’ death. | would permit extension. He is survived by his father,;} Captain Crenshaw announced Daniel A. Davis, Winslow, and a at the same time that plans are brother, Eugene Davis, who is underway for work on the station stationed here as a second-class commissary, for which the navy Fay announced today. Lieutenant Fay, attending the} pair shops which are to be in- At Trumbo Island Pier Site Works Officer Lieut. Albert. J.' equipment for the electrical re- | i but will provide goods for mem- bers of the armed services. {ly different story of its results. Nazis Renew Drive Along Russian Frontier; Reds Wipeout. 15,0( 15,000 Germans with renewed fury along entire Russian frontier. Berlin claimed 10,900 Red sol-| the | ter-attack by the Russians. near } Smolensk. other 20,000 were said to have} | Leningrad, and Nazi the Ukraine. ladvancing armies were forced DNB said a panzer division) to withdraw for reorganization. has smashed into the innermost | Nazi Moscow Raid Failure forts of the Stalin line south of! Smolensk, inflicting enormous ! casualties on the Reds. Moscow, suffering _ its fourth | aerial bombardment in as many nights, was said to have been left in flames, with numerous completely. Only one bomber was reported reached the city, and it Moscow said» German . troops; ed on its second reading. diers were captured in the Nepel | were thrown back last, night in’ f Sector, west of Moscow, and an-jattacks both north and south of second reading, there were sev- casualties been captured near Zhitomir in| were reported so great that the | document, which will be taken} German | was to have to have meeting last night was deferred | was until the next regular meeting at ‘COUNCIL HEARS GAS _ FRANCHISE: | t | OTHER MATTERS HEARD AT) SPECIAL SESSION HELD LAST NIGHT i | | NEXT WEEK a (By Associated Press) | ' e te Key West's aluminum drive) Adolf Hitler’s mighty invasion} An entire division of 15,000] | me ee sia affect- only partially completed in a) army, ending a week- long lull Germans was said in Moscow rae AG ssh any REPT canvass of homes yesterday, will) in the fighting, today lashed out'have been wiped out ‘ina coun- | “Pich was passed on its init | reading at a former meeting, was ;taken up Jast night at a special | meeting of the council, and pass- Following its passage on its eral amendments made to the up at the next regular meeting | for its final passage. ters of minor importance taken The Red propaganda ministry ‘up during the meeting, with no} in Moscow said a German attack ' fnial action taken. on the capital last night failed The traffic come before the} There were a few other mat-/ i situation which Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Covernment Sets 18, Compromise Figure Of 50 Cents An Hour _——e Event eT Fail To A a Revere To Wack Ciel Service Employes Will | 5 Radio ‘confirmation of ooh reer shot down before it could un- which time recommendations | ei At aecgpinns Besiaunbey aot load its bombs. will be made toward bringing | urces said two) wifty-eight German planes’ about an improvement in the} anyee of bombers swept over the i were said to have been destroy- wrecking whole blocks in the heart of the capital. Reds Kill 15,000 Moscow, admitting a vast new German offensive along the 1,- 800-mile frontier, told an entire- {of only one Russian plane. ! Berlin, describing the raid ana] fighting in the Russian planes went down, with only eight German aircraft fail- ‘ing to return. | ed in the attack, with the ogg south, said 92) conditions that now exist. | } WYMORE, Neb—Two shoes | for the same foot, left over aft- | er a sale in this city, were| i bought by a one-legged man. Notice of WAGE INCREASE! The Navy Department has authorized a Wage Rate of Fifty Cents Per Hour i ae Tee ae 1 | | counter blast from the was too old to handle the duties _ | prison-ship have revealed | miralty announced today. ‘Henry Stimson . WAR SECRETARY HENRY |°M three government | STIMSON’S accusation of ' stom fobs thnlesa fecal Iaboters “near sabotage” against Isola- ticnist Senator Burton K. {cept a compromise pay scale Wheeler yesterday drew. ot. of his, office. {Bs Acsociated Press) LONDON, » July, ..28~Britisn | “mands, for 6 rele trom 48 seamen released from a German | cents to 62% cents an hour. that | rn the vessel on which. they were! . Captain Crenshaw today was” held flew an American pot and | waiting for a radiogram confir- was named the Dixie, the ad- mation of the instructions. which, — it is expected, will set a deadline for the end of the —— strike, ‘The prisoners, who were. pick- ; ‘ed up after they had been drop- | jped at a neutral port, said they | were herded aboard the began gy radioman at the navy air sta-jhas asked congress. The commis- tion, | sary will not be open to civilians, WINS DIVORCE SOME LONG BEARD WAHPETON, N. D. — Hans} CHICAGO—Claiming her hus- | Langseth, who died in this city, band deserted her because she | at the age of 82, had a beard 17, was “too skinny,” Mrs. Rita Usa- feet long which he exhibited for tuck won a divorce in domestic re- many years asa circus freak: ‘lafions court in this city. Roosevelt’ Prouliies Action To Halt Japanese Movement (By Associated HYDE PARK, July 25.—The ; made, put he declared the em- United States will take definite | pire will be ready to meet any action, probably tomorrow, to’ Japanese threat to her south Pa- halt Japanese aggression in the | cific colonies. Pacific, President Roosevelt told | Events, meanwhile, seemed to newspapermen here today. |be moving steadily toward a Replying to questions, the | showdown, as the Japanese army President said the nature of the|paper in Shanghai declared the | action would depend on develop- peccupstion of French Indo-China ments in the Far East, but it is|would be an accomplished fact | generally understood the most by Monday. probable American move would | Japanese warships are stand- | be to freeze Japanese credits. .|ing off southern Indo-China President Roosevelt admitted} ports, and troop ships are said the United States has “appeased” a ms gothing troops into the area Japan through deliveries of oil,|at top s| 2 “tg in Siawine of that phase inj Reports from Shanghai said relations between the two coun- ) Negotiations between Tokyo and tries, he pointedly used the past|Vichy are» complete, and the tense. Vichy. government is said a promised’ a full” exp! within.a few days. SLI ILD DS IS paaeanaresaaaaees Oa eM, ee ENGLAND NOT CAUGHT UNREADY, SAYS EDEN ne inter, CARBS! ‘BRADY'S (Live) nan fen of Great Britain toaay told andl Egg Market Eden of Great Britain today told the house of commons Faaned| has not been caught unprepared | in the Japanese move to the STEWERS. Ib - i ROASTERS, & south on French Indo-China. Eden refused to say what] Battery Raised Rhode Island military preparations have been | Red FRYERS, tb —.:.. Sociandissiane sin ole cdidsclaistinielcisiaeisatied Dressed Drawn and Cut Up To Please You At No Extra Cost 1214 White Street WANTED! i DELIVERY BOY — Monroe Market Ah ERA RR ok i Bee RENN etic For Laborers on Navy Defense Work in the Key West Area THE NAVY STATES THAT THIS IS THE FINAL RATE The Work Day is 8 Hours-The Work Week is 48 Hours If a Laborer makes more than 8 hours in a day or more than 48 hotits int‘a week he will receive Seventy Five Cents Per Ho’ OVERTIME PAY at the rate of Your COUNTRY needs you! Your FAMILY needs your Wages! Your CITY wants your support for peace and harmony! ONLY ONE DOLLAR Between you and the Above! Let’s goto work and in an orderly way continue to work for the Betterment of the LABORERS. Earn While You Work For Better Conditions! mh MEN! Compare your total pay for a week at 50c with your total pay'if you Were reveiving 624 ¢ At 50c per hour the workweek, is 48 hours and if you'work 48 hoiirs you will receive per hour— At 62 per hour the work week is 40 hours and if you work 40 hours you will receive Twenty Five Dollars-Only One Dollar Difference! Contractors for Navy Contract NOy 44. Submarine PIER LLL LL LL SITET OIOLIT OILS, CMO O LM: y ‘much as British seamen were lerowded into the Altmark, the tng gees at Trumbo 2 |Prison-ship captured by the | this morning returned about | British at the time of ‘the Nor- |laborers to work at 62% | wegian campaign, Officials of the SEEK WHEREABOUTS OF T. W. WALTON; Albert Mills, commander ce th ‘ local a the Cried eesti formed The Citiadh hheo tana | the legion was ‘ipt of a Jet- j ter fr \to oman | whereabouts are being sough' is It was stated that Walton, cre ton disappeared June 15, and has not been heard of since that was supposed to have been locat- ‘ie ed in Key West, being each : in carpenter work. Anyone having knowledge of ‘yeterday his whereabouts is requested to Luis 4 communicate ‘with the local le- tell the gion post, telephone 675. : navy PLAYED MANY GAMES alt HANKINSON, N. DL, H. ing of this the Nichols and A. P. Jones - union | city, started playing checkers Postal cards in 1914 and have played over 400 games. H. this by pene