The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 4, 1941, Page 1

. sibility of escape. Moscow, denying the stories of | the closing request of Oil Ad-} Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Russians Claim Two Regi-! ts Of German Infan-/RATION CARDS ISSUED | eee arma nia BARNYARD FAMILIES STILL RETAIN try Have Been Wiped| Out Near Kiev (My Asnoctated Press) { NEW YORK, Aug. 4,—German ; troops, bogged down: -for anew} than two weeks in the Smolensk ' sector, today were “declared in| Berlin to have smashed through | the Russian lines in a new offen- | sive blow south of Kiev, | ‘A Nazi communique said =| chanized forces have slashed ' through the Red defenses to with. CMY MOI BM’ LB BBD vate, the house ways and means in 60 miles of the Ukraine capital, while in the south. a joint eae tion by Germans and Hungarians is said to have broken off im- Portant rail lines behind the Red) ALL PLACES IN CITY SHUT the house would vote on the tax armies. | At Smolensk, the Berlin com-! munique described a continuing operation in which Russian troops are said to be trapped in a ring of steel from which there is no pos- } German progress, insists there has | been no important changes in the | lines for two days. H Two Regiments Destroyed | Red soldiers are said in a Mos- | cow communique to have wiped out two regiments of German in- faniry near Kiev, and both wings of a Nazi encircling movement are reported driven back. - \ Moscow said one German spearhead to the southwest of Kiev was broken up and hurled back, while another has run into heavy fighting in the southwest, about 90 miles from the city. Tying in with predictions of a joint British-Russian naval offen- sive in the north, Moscow re- ported the destruction of a Ger- man vessel yesterday by Red fleet units off the Norwegian coast. London, meanwhile, continued to buzz with rumors that Britain may attempt to render real as- sistance ;to the Russians,by. open- ing up a new, theater) of, war.in the north, possibly throygh an,in- 4 vasion of Finland. ‘ i Although there has. been mo, confirmation of impending: land operations in that area, powerful ; British warships are admittedly ; operating in the waters of the} Arctic ocean, i PROBING THEFT AT TOOL PLANT i j (Ny Associated Pres) | DETROIT, Aug. 4.—Agents of} the FBI today were investigating | the possibility that a robbery at: the Magestic Tool and Manufac- ; turing company here yesterday | was a deliberate sabotage at-} tempt. ' The plant was forced to call} off all operations after the theft} of precision tools yesterday.| Watchmen were overpowered | and the tools removed by a band} of masked robbers. i Smashing Trough Russi SEES ISS SS: (iy Associated Prexs) VICHY, Aug. 4—~ Animals now are going to have ration cards in unoc- cupied France; “They will be issued for livestock of “public utility.” including cows, draft horses in minesbreeding ani- mals, and'so forth, Animals kept merely to meet needs of their owners will have to get along the best they can. Livestock which can be fed “only by the hand of man.” will be entitled to full ration cards; animals like goats, which pick up part of their sustenance by grazing. will get half ration cards. FILLING STATIONS OBSERVE CLOSING DOWN IN COMPLIANCE WITH ICKES' REQUEST Independent and company- owned filling stations in Key West complied in a body with ministrator Harold L. Ickes, re- fusing to sell a drop of gasoline after 7 o'clock last night. Motorists who tried out operators’ cooperation by making the rounds discovered that every statron in town had closed promptly at 7 o’clock, and those where attendants were on hand! to close up refused to make a sale. Ickes last week requested all service stations on the eastern seaboard to remain closed from 7 p. m. to 7 a. m. as an gil-con- servation move. U. OF HARD KNOCKS WILL HAVE DIPLOMAS (Ry Axsoctated Press) BALTIMORE, Aug. Mary- land is opening a long list of pro- fessions and vocations previously barred to self-educated persons (unable to produce high school di- plomas. Examinations plomas, as authorized by the last legislature, will start in October. | A three-man committee is draft- ing the tests to determine whether the adult applicants measure up to high school standards. U.S. ZOOS CONSIDER | ANIMAL ‘ELLIS ISLAND’ {Ny Axnaciated Preus) NEW YORK, Aug. 4—Amer-| ican zoos, faced with a shortage of animals formerly imported via Europe, may set up an “Ellis Is- land” off the east African coast. Animals have to pass 60 days in quarantine in their native land before they can be brought into the country. Directors of leading American zoos are looking into the possibility of setting up aj) quarantine station on the island | of Mombasa. The animals then, would be brought directly..to this | country. British Submarine Reported Destroyed I n Mediterranean (By Associated Press) ROME, Aug. 4.—Destruction of crew were said to have been| with fishermen. | a 1,500-ton British submarine in} the Mediterranean was claimed by the Italian navy today. | The submarine was said to have been destroyed when she was rammed by an Italian torpedo. The 91 officers and men of her} saved. | At the same time, it was admit- ted that an Italian submarine op- erating in the Atlantic has failed “lost.” i the! leading to di-! Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1941 a | Ee |CONTROLS NAVIGATION IN AND PACIFIC OCEANS | ; Al } TAX BILI WILL |(Ansociated Press Feature Service) | } | ‘The British naval base of Singa-| jof the Far East. | literally half a world apart from | \the Mediterranean stronghold. | JOINT RETURNS | | |OPPONENTS STILL CONFI-/ | PROVISION “EMBODIED mm} “ols navigation in the Malacea | MEASURE 'Pacifie ogeans. It is hot, humid, | | Swampy—everything that Gibral- | tar is not. (Ry Assoctated Press) | ‘With Singapore, the British are WASHINGTON, Aug. icontroversial plan to require joint income tax returns from married couples will be retained | $f growing dimensions, Without jni_ the $3,500,000,000 tax bill it, they would be both literally | when it goes vo the floor for de-} and figuratively at sea. i H Acquired By Purchase committee reported today. | British control of Singapore | The report came after it: had {been understood that the pro- vision would be dropped in order to limit expected debate. Ad- ministration supporters predict- ed that in spite of the measure, | island was purchased from the ‘rulers of Johore. Singapore was founded the same{ year. | bill before night. | Opponents of the bill, although conceding an administration vic- tory in most provisions, are con- jfident they can defeat the joint income feature. island of Java. After long diplo- ‘matic sparring, the English Sumatra to the Dutch t left |NINE. SOLDIERS WERE HURT WHEN ithe Malay i a | tance was as a hub for trade. ! (ty Arsocinted Press) |free port from the start, it drew | BATON ROUGE, La, Aug. 4./commerce from Borneo, the Mo- | units, | ORGANIZATION WILL CON- MALACCA STRAITS RUN-| VENE IN PHILADELPHIA NING BETWEEN INDIAN, FOR NATIONAL ENCAMP.| | MENT ON AUGUST 24 (Special to The Citizen) PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Aug. 4. | pore has been called the Gibraltar : —Philadelphia, where the nation | But! except for had its beginning, and where the} size and strategic importance, it is, Declaration of Independence was CUTTER PANDORA | written, will pour the greatest! |@athering of America’s fighting | | men, who have waged battles on | Only 27 miles long and 14 miles} foreign soils for several decades, | wide, the island at. the southern/ when the Veterans of Foreign) 4 EXPERT ABOARD DENT THEY CAN DEFEAT! tip'of the Malay peninsula con-'Wars of the United States stage! | i | their cag ig? Darga En-! —o | ‘ eamy nt in Philadelphia, in- straits between the Indian andl wing oh Aquat Pel hia Pe One of the most amazing mili- | itary spectacles in peace time will !be a feature of the convention, | which is expected to be the mag-! 4—A ‘able to service a full fleet of war- | ret to draw several hundred thon. | ships, defend India, Burma and ‘sang people from all over the! the Straits Settlements, and main- } [{pited States, in addition to the tain a Royal Air Force squadron tens of thousands of members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. This parade, starting at noen on ‘Tuesday, August 26th, will roll i along Broad Street and along Ben- jamin Franklin Parkway dates from Feb. 6, 1819, when the ;Seemingly endless line. ticipated that the parade will con- | in a It is an- The capital of ‘tinue until midnight or later. Leading it will be large detach- iments of United States Army, Trade rivalry with the Dutch|Navy and Marine groups, hinged on control of the Malacca'on active duty in Uncle Sam's ; straits and the narrow passage | fighting forces, In the marching! | between the large island of Su-/ranks will be some of America’s matra, west of Singapore, and the |outstanding public figures and} | military leaders. Another glittering and the/that is expected to draw more | Dutch relinquished Malacca on/than one hundred thousand peo- all men spectacle peninsula. Thus|ple into the huge Municipal} neither nation couldexclude. the /Stadium, which yearly is the | other from passage between the) ore of Lge mpemialrrdagr India and China seas. game, w: compe’ mn 0! + TRUCK CRASHED | Singapore's first great impor-| the musical units from all sections A | of the country. More than 250 different musical | : i including famous drum and | Championship at —Nine soldiers in a convoy en/luccas, the Philippines and Siam! bugle corps, will begin their com- route to western Louisiana man-i(now Thailand). Eventually | were injured in the overturning |of call on the Far of their truck. The men, several believed seri- | and coaling wharves. ously hurt, were members of the Has Huge Tin Smelter 118th Brigade of National Guards- |men from Rhode Island. The|, Natural advantages further | | truck was one of 100 en route from 'Florida to Dry Prong, La. State police said the truck |swerved at an intersection, to | 4: aes 3 : ‘ rae diversified by low hills. The Brit- avoid a stopped civilian car, be-4 ish cleared the jungle and planted came entangled with a motor-| ; i é |ubber. On the adjacent small} cycle and hit a curb and rolled island of PulauBrank ke 4. Gn over. The injured men were iden- tified by Capt. George Bezina as} William Ferrucci, 31; Tamnlewicz, Anthony Morra, 22; Joseph Wurzycka, Cerio, 21; Joseph Lamareaux, ‘22; } Charles Nichols; Joseph Cento- fanti, and Francesco Lomastro. Captain .Benzina said he could East The soil is poor, but the climate is hot and humid with little sea-! sonal change, and the land provided more than half tory and cannery. 12th. century, only fisherfolk in- (Continued on Page Four) it petition at 8 o'clock on euvers from Camp Blanding, Fla.,| became the most important port|day morning. All throt : trade | day the elimination competitions | 2t0und title for the .45, .38 and route, with a good harbor, docks jy proceed _ as ms o’clock in e evening, the fi competi- | tions are to be staged for a four-| the three-day match. j hour period. . io eee "Tt will be the greatest gathering ave reached a point where they Pp sf Prosperity: | of musical units in competition | Constitute a transportation prob- es- the ‘The Philadelphia Citizens Com- |S¢@ duty for the emergency, Wil mittee, headed by Albert M,|S0n had been putting in his | : Greenfield as chairman, the group |smelter which for many years | which so successfully handied the | guard’s ; ‘ the | 1936 Democratic National Con-| circles of fancy shooting. In re- Stanley | World's output. Singapore also’ vention and the 1940 Republican cent years, he had spent the five nas * Pineapple, bescorgy oN uri ‘Convention, has arranged a huge 25; Michael | {@°tory, biscuit factory, shoe fac-| program of entertainment paral-| ite: Ho “ : jleling the amazing military spec- |Sectet service in. Washington, Although it presumably was 4) tacles to be provided by the Vet- jtrade center as far back as the: erans of Foreign Wars. For the entertainment of the |bors annoyed him no end by fur- not give out detailed information concerning their injuries or home | isoneimmcases""" RATEROAD MEN LIQUOR SENTENCE TOUGH ON THIRST (By Associated Prexs) 1 HIGH POINT, N. C., Aug. 4—/ schooler, A, man charged with liquor law | agents whose headqu: violation told Judge D. C. McRae that he was a “wow” at making homebrew. He was so good, in fact, that his friends and neigh- nishing materials. Judge McRae gave him a choice: Six months or a $25 fine and disposal of his “brewery.” The defendant took the latter. “But my friends won't like it,” he said. ! ville PRATT, Kas., Aug. 4—If Ed} line Lester L. Sargent and C. Dan! railroad and (Veterans and the Ladies’ Aux- \iliary, and the tens of thousands jof visitors who will flow ‘into Philadelphia during the week of (Continued on Page Four) SOUND EFFECTS JUST TOO GOOD (By Associated Presa) passenger ; 3 ts whose arters are; NEW YORK, Aug. 4—¥For a in Miami, visited Key West over hatchet murder scene in a radio }amd rifle championship at Camp | the weekend as the guests of broadcast, the sound effects man Clem Price, local travel agent. Sargent is: traveling passenger lusty whack on a melon being |agent of the Louisville & Nash- | the nearest thing to realism avail- the Nashville, !able. But when the sound man Chattanooga and St. Louis Rail-| returned from dinner to. put on | way, while Schooler is district ) agent of the Florida East Coast. The pair arrived here Satur- day, calling on local business op- | erators and visiting The. Citizen |WORMS DISPLAY sas Oe eS AY MANNERS | a we ibought half-a-dozen. melons, a the program, no melons remained —only their rinds. Hungry actors had eaten the sound effects. With’ only five-minutes in which’ to do it, the hatchet murder was re- written into a shooting. | Noble could create a new species | j}of worm embodying the peculia! | characteristics of those he has in| |his backyard tub he probably | |could build a lucrative business | (By Ansociated Prens; : As Enemy Of Axis Trio NEW YORK, Aug. 4 —Italian In a Weech on July 29, Mus- Every Sunday, says Ed, the Premier Benito Mussolini, in an | solini told the soldiers the lineup worms are on top of the dirt | address to Italian troops leaving | ;. now complete fora clash be waiting for him, just when he for the Russian front, definitely | ple! wants to go fishing. seen. |placed the United States among | tween two worlds, with’ Rome, On other days of the week they |the enemies of the axis, it was | Berlin and Tokyo on one side, | fishermen to return and has been listed as | bury themselves and seldom are | learned today upon bas ga of the speech to this country. on the other. - Washington, London and Moscow s Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average | range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS | Ready 10 Resist An Paciti HAS SHOOTING i |MELVIN WILSON, GUNNER'S | MATE, FIRST CLASS, HAS MEDALS AND TROPHIES GALORE If Lieut. Comdr. Carl H. Hil- ton attempts to cook up any !marksmanship contests between | his coast guardsmen and bers of the other armed services [here, the navy sailors, marines and soldiers. deserve warning that it is not an even-money bet. | Commander Hilton, in such a | contest, would be banking on one of the deadliest rifle and pistol jexperts in the world, and he | would need to send no farther | than the Cutter Pandora to get his jmeal ticket into action. | Melvin O. Wilson, gunner’s | mate, first class, aboard the Pan- 'dora, is the expert, and there | doesn’t seem to be much he can’t jdo with a rifle or a pistol. he has beén drawing his extra pay ag an expert with -rifle-and pistol for most of the 18 years’ service he has put in’ with the navy and coast guard. Winning the southeastern Jacksonville jlast month with a .45 calibre |pistol, Wilson stayed in town !long enough to pick up the all- .22 calibre grades, winning three |trophies and 15 medals during Medals, as a matter of fact, ever staged in this country, and lem. Wilson has 350 of them, a-' will provide an amazing com-/n0W, and has won 20. trophies) 1S_ petition between the different sec- | ‘tions of the country. j during his career. | Until he was to Wil- transferred | service exclusively as the coast | representative in the for. the White House guards and ing the summer, 1 ‘In, 1934 and 1935, he went back to his native Texas-to act as in+ structor for the border: patrol. ' A member of the U. S. Inter- ‘national pistol team in 1939, the walk off with the world’s title at Camp Perry, O., breaking the all- time record for the event, The previous year he had been with a pistol, and in the same Season won the all-around pistol Perry, and the all-around eastern pistol title at Camp Ritchie, Md. | At Camp Perry in 1936, Wilson broke into big time shooting when he won the navy cup for the rifle in national matches. There's no immediate danger of the world series, but if you want to discuss shooting, that’s the it reaches the nets and rivers, Japanese Expansion In mem- | } A native of Cedar Grove, Tex.. | winter months as an instructor | hig part in tournaments.dur- | ~ coast guardsman helped the squad.; rated No. 4 in the United States | ‘the Pandora ball team going to| |WHEELER SEES MOVE) To Effect That Briti TO SEND ARMY UNITS: : oe ‘ANYWHERE IN WORLD! Battleship Warspite | ~ | dln Gulf OF Siam i (Bs ited Press) | WASHINGTON, Aug 4— | | Senator Burton -K. Wheeler, ‘emit Spalanliaa: Wena | Montana isolationist, today | warned that the administra. firmed*repérts thatthe British battleship Warspite tion will attempt to get au- thority for sending the army | “anyplace in the world” and | promised to fight such a move | “with every possible means.” Hl Wheeler said President | Roosevelt would ask author- ity for an expeditionary force ; after the pending fight for | vextension of training is won. Od dkide dededed } ‘KEY WEST PLAN | CITY WILL SPONSOR PROJECT | 5O#? Singapore | TO AMOUNT OF TEN THOU- bas SAND DOLLARS. Mayor Willard M: Albury has cil to-motify Ms ‘Works Administration of the. | city’s decision to sponsor the con- | struction of a new municipal in- _cinerator to the extent of $10,000, | which is based on twenty-five per | |cent of the total cost of the proj-| ect, which is $40,000, the govern- | jment to finance the remaining: | amount necessary. i | The incinerator would serve the ; | permanent population of the city; as well as the defense population, and would be of lasting value to| \the city. The project cannot be ‘handled in its entirety by the PWA. | The $10,000 would be’ paid by ithe city at the rate of $2,000 a ‘ ‘year, and it is likely that revenue a \certificates, will be issued to ob- mye: |tain the money under the agree- Saige 600 | the south. fi | ment as adopted. i { | { | | Be; i |