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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
WILL ARREST
DRAFT DODGERS
CHARGES MADE AGAINST ESQ
IN DADE COUNTY TO
EvADE SERVICE
tBy Associated I.ressI

MIAMI. Aug. 20.-About $50
warrants have been drawn up
here for the arrest of Dade coun-
ty men who have played a dilly-
dallying game with the selective
service law.
until now the policy has been
one of extreme leniency, but the
time for stricter enforcement has
COME said Federal Commis-
sioner Roger Edward Davis.
f'We will still accept reason
able excuses from evaders who
come in voluntarily"
The warrants charge evasion
of the law which requires selected
men to undergo a years MILF
tary training. Davis said some
failed to answer questionnaires,
other did not show up for induc-
ton and some moved without no
tifying district headquarters of
new addresses.
Once criminal action is started
excuses cannot be accepted, he
declared, the maximum penalty
is five year Imprisonment or a
$4,000 fine.
Many of the county's delin-
quent registrants were winter
visitors or workers from other
states, and the warrants will be
served in various sections of the
country.
Davis ordered a man listed as
Boyden Lee Goode, q, placed
under $500 bond after his arrest
at Homestead. near here, on
charges of evasion at Charlotte,
North Carolina.
The Commissioner said Federal
agents quoted the man as saying
he didn't believe in shooting
people" and wouldn't register
even if given the chance. He
was locked up in the county Jail.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
GREENE TURNING
OUT MANY BOOKS

Earle Greene. federal agent
in charge of the Florida keys
wildlife refuge. is reaching a
point where il takes most of
his spare time from the duties
of .seagoina game warden
to keep up with the writings
of his prolific brother
Brother Ward Greene. who
is rated by experts among the
busiest men in the writing
business. has turned out six
novels. a book of short stories
and a play in recent years as
well as serving permanently
as vice president and execu-
tive editor of King Features
Syndicate.
His most recent book.
Route 2S." was brought out
by Doubleday. Doran & Co.
Others included Death in the
Deep South" which appeared
on the screen as They Won't
Forget. introducing Lana
Turner to movie stardon.
Greene. who worked on the
Atlanta Journal for 10 years
before joining the feature
syndicate. won fame as the
man who got the first ex-
elusive story on Sgt. Alvin
c. York. soldier hero of the
south.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
new DRIVERS
LICENSES GO ON
SALE SEPT. |
THOSE HAVING LICENSES
NOW MAYMAKE RENEWALS
WITHOUT STANDING Ex-
ANIMATION
Especial to The citizen,

TALLAHASSEE. Aug. 90 -
Drivers licenses for 1912 are ex-
pected to go on sale not later than
Sept. |. license bureau officials
here announced today. Sale of
1871 licenses will cease at that
time, and holders of l94l permits
Gncluding those from other
states) may make renewals with
cut examination upon application
to the issuing office.
Persons applying for drivers
license who never have had one
or who do not have a 1941 license
will have to take an examination
given by the Florida Highway
Patrol examiner. The examiners
will be available in the larger
cities at all times and in the
smaller cities they will have a
definite schedule in each place.
There are enough examiners to
give quick service TO all those
new drivers applying for a license.
Persons applying for a new
license will have to furnish their
own cars for the drivers road test.
Places will be designated at each
county seat and city where drivers
licenses will be sold and for the
above examination.
Persons applying for new driv-
ers' licenses will have to furnish
evidence as to their identity so as
to satisfy the patrol examiner that
he or she has not had their driv-
er's license revoked.
Children IA to is years old will
be issued a limited license. APP
plication for these must be signed
by the parents. Limitations are
that they have to be accompanied
when driving by a person who has
an operators license. They are
limited to a speed of IS miles per
hour and for operation only in the
county in which they live. They
are also limited to daylight driv-
ing only.
Junior operators licenses are
those licenses for persons 18 years
old and younger and the applica-
tions for them must be signed by
the parents or guardian and can
be purchased for SOC, with hmita-
tions on these as stated above on
the ones IA to is years old.
Regular operators licenses will
be sold to those persons 10 years
old and over and can be purchased
for $1.00.
Chauffeurs' licenses will be
sold to those persons 81 years old
and over and can be purchased for
$3.50.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
|Of6cerS And Enlisted Personnel
Aboard Mexican Ship Thoroughly
Entertained During SOjOun Here
Steel Cable Seems To Be
Only Answer For Tow Line

How soon the local coast artil-
lery battery will make its next
attempt to fire the l55 nm guns
at Fort Taylor was uncertain to-
day, as Col. Webster F. Putnam,
executive officer. announced the
delayed target practices might
be held in a few days or in a
few weeks
For the third time yesterday,
the hawser used to tow the NOV
ing target parted before the
guns could get in a shot Colonel
Putnam, disappointed in the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
Great Thanking Movement
Planned To Trap Rus
slams Before They Can
Retire To Other Parts
ms Arsac.nsea PRESS,

tns ArsacInsed Press,
NEW YORK. Aug. 2o.--Adolf
Hitler's advancing armies in Rus-
STA today were reported to have
burst through Soviet defenses
near GcmeI in an attack apparent
" aimed at cutting off the entire
He'd army of the Ukraine.
Claiming sweeping success
before Gomel, the German high
command indicated the attack
might be the signal for a great
thanking movement to trap the
Russians before they can retire
across the Dneiper in the south.
Gomel. about 100 miles north of
kiev, is on the east bank of the
Dnieper, beyond which the Rus
slams are attempting to retire. A
formidable obstacle in the south,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20

tons as to whether Japan would
attempt to seize the American
ships, but repeated that the
situation would be clarified at
that time.
Say Marines Leaving
One Japaiese newspaper de-
clared that two thirds of the
American marines in Shanghai
are preparing to leave, but
quoted an American officer who
said there was no truth in the
report.
Details of the settlement with
Russia were not Immediately
available but government off
Gals said the ending of the old
Manchukuo border dispute
would relieve tension between
the two countries.
Russian and Japanese troops,
after years of intermittent clash
es, were reported fighting a
week ago in the disputed area.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
Especial a
Continued From Yesterday

To avoid such horrible deaths,
a permanent order in the Foreign
Legion instructs each man to re-
serve his last round of ammuni-
ton for himself, Mejack re-
vealed.
From the Sahara area, Me-
jack was transferred to Sam,
French Indo-C China. where he
served for three years. The For
eign Legion's chief action there
was in the Mickong River valley
where it protected French prop
erty and nationals from attacks
by rowing bands of Chinese band
it's While there, Mojack who
speaks ten languages fluently,
served as interpreter for the com
handing general of his unit.
The American. boy, who spoke
only English when he left this
country in 1922, now speaks Ger
man, French. Russian, Polish,
Chinese, Croatian, Czech. Italian
and several Arabic dialects. His
linguistic talents stood him in
good stead in Indo-C China where
he served as drill master of his
outfit His unit was made up of
Germans, Italians, Poles, Rus
slams and French. many of whom
spoke only their own language.
AS a consequence, Mejack had to
issue his orders in several differ
ent languages.
Hitler's rise to power in Ger
many in 1882 had repercussions
in far-off Indo- China. Mejack
said in his interview German
soldiers. who comprised 80es of
the Foreign Legion's forces at
Mejack's station, staged a SYM
pathy uprising The rebellion
was quelled without serious re-
suits but soon after the Germans
were shifted to other posts so
that they did not predominant at
any one spot.
In 1888, Mejack was trans
ferred back to the Sahara district
where he was stationed when his
enlistment ran out in November
of that year. He had served two
five-year and one single-year en-
listments when he received his
discharge at Clan, Morocco, in
the spring Of 1889.
Convinced that another World
WDf MAS in ,rESp ect. Mejack de-
cided I'd return. TO the United
States to serve his own coun-'
try. He went to Marseiiles,
France. to complete arrange
ments for his American passport.
Red tape occasioned by his serv-
ing IN the Foreign Legion held
up his passport for several
months. He was still there in
September, 1899, when the war
broke out. France issued its gem
eral mobilization order and Me-
jack was drafted into the French
Army as a member Of its re-
serve forces.
His eligibility for the draft
was made known to the French
Army by an American, a Captain
Hamilton. under whom he had
served IN the Foreign Legion and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20

SAN JUAN. r RI. Aug 10
The captain Of IN American
ffeighter out Of New York re-
ported that he had been stopped
BY i Free french cruiser Whose
officer came aboard bis vessel o.
inquire whether he had supplied
the West Indian island Of MAJ
Unique, which Is under the Viehy
regime.
He was Capt c. Z. Nilsen, If
the S. S. Manuela Of the Bull line
81 New York. He said his ship
was stopped while en- route here
al sunrise Tuesday morning Pr
the Free French cruise< Ae
Triomphe. The boarding party
left after ! so minutes inquiry
Capt.. Nilsson said
available records do not sheH
French cruiser Le TriofnpAe'
but ii Is possible that TIE kfef
French navy has so ret1a' s'1z
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20

where it drains into the Black Sea
near Odessa, the Dnieper is con-
siderably smaller and easier to
cross in the north where the Ger
mans are attacking.
Moscow admitted, meanwhile,
that three-pronged German at
tack on Leningrad is meeting with
successes.
Attack At Novgorod
German troops are reported
driving upon Novgorod. south of
the former Russian capital and
near the Leningrad-Moscow rail-
road. Moscow admitted the Ger
man column had gained about IS
miles in two days to reach the
the city
From the north, the Germans
arc pressing savage attacks across
the border from Estonia, and
down the Karelian isthmus from
Finland. Admitting stubborn re-
sistance on the part of the Rus
SLAMS, German high command
bulletin said the attacks are pro-
crossing favorably.
DNB, official German news
agency, declared today that Stuka
dive bombers have destroyed
more than 20 Russian troopships
near Odessa, breaking up Red
plans for withdrawal from the
beseiged port by water
Bomb Dnieper Bridges
At the same time, DNB said,
divebombers have carried out de-
vastating attacks on the Russian
army along the Dnieper, and have
wiped out many Of the river
bridges, cutting off the Red means
OF escape.
London military experts con-
tradicted the German reports,
however, announcing they have
been given definite information
that most of the Red army in the
Ukraine already is on the east
side Of the Dnieper setting up new
defense lines.
Moscow, making few definite
statements as to the course Of the
fighting, announced today that a
Polish army of about 100000 men
soon will be completely equipped
and ready to take the field against
the Germans.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
SAYS CONNECTS WOULD
MAKE GOOD SOLDIERS
any Associated Press,

DENVER, Aug. 0.-The Army
could use the men in Americas
prisons just as the prisoners
could benefit from stretch of
Army life, a Bureau of Prisons
parole executive believes.
Criminals could rehabilitate
themselves better in the Army
than in prisons and just as well
as in civilian communities, Wal
ter X. Ulrich of Washington, d.
c., told a conference of Federal
wardens yesterday.
And because of the prisoners
acceptance of discipline. they
often make better soldiers than
unframed recruits, he added.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
Settlement Of Border Dispute
Between Japan And Russia Has
Relieved Far Eastern Tension
,By Associated Press,

NEW YORK, Aug. 30 Settle
ment of a long standing border
dispute between Japan and Rus
STA today was hailed in Tokyo as
an important factor in relieving
Far Eastern tension. but other
factors continued to keep Orien-
tai nerves on edge.
Prime Minister Robert G.. Men
zies of Australia declared in a
speech before the cabinet that
Australia will fight if Japan
moves in the direction of Malaga
or Singapore "Australia's north
ern outposts.
Japanese government spokes-
men. meanwhile, were address
sing a thinly yelled threat to the
United States in the comment
that the troubled US Japanese
relations will come to head
within about 20 days, when
American ships sail for Vladivos-
took with Russian war supplies.
The spokesman avoided ques-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
HORSES ARE MAKING
COMEBACK I'm CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Aug. 20.--J l..
Keeshin has two big Belgian
mares answering wiseacres who
have insisted that the horse has
outlived its usefulness.
The horses are pulling wagon
over route formerly served by a
truck of the Keeshin Motor Ex-
press Cor Keeshin. president
of the firm. said.
IaTires are going up. Truck re-
pairs are getting more costly.
Gasoline is expected to rise. But
there IS plenty Of oats.
He added that if the experiment
succeeded here, several teams
would be shipped to New York
where ''the gasoline shortage is
becoming troublesome
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
TWO DEFENDANTS
ARE UNDER BOND

Hugh Hahn. charged with evad-
ing a board bill at the Ocean View
hotel. yesterday afternoon was
bound over to criminal court UNI
der $50 bond by Magistrate En-
rique Esquineldo. Jr.
Hahn, who insisted he had
paid the bill, posted bond and was
released. pending trial in the Oc-
tober term of court,
Alex Borden, charged with
drunkenness and assault. was
placed under $500 bond by Magis-
trate Franklin Arenberg.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20

failure of the new eight-inch
line to stand up, said the guns
might be used on slower NOV
ing target, which probably
could be held by the line, or it
might be possible to get steel
cable.
Col Ralph M. Mitchell, COM
handing the Fourth Artillery
District, returned to Atlanta
headquarters after waiting here
two days in hopes of seeing the
drill
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
American-Made Planes Drove
Off Nazi Bomber Appearing
Over Capital OF Iceland
cry Associated Press,

NEW YORK, Aug. 20
America-made fighter planes to-
day drove off a twin-motored
German bomber which appeared
over Reykjavik, capital of Ice
land.
A brief report from the Icer
land base where American
marines and British soldiers are.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
Na1l Armies Break THROUGH
Soviet Dcfcnscs Near COnle||
- 4.ss.4sv.AgAswzwAwzws
ROOSEVELT TO REST
AT HYDE PARK HOME
any A.socinsea Preesl

sbf Associated Freas1
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.--
President Roosevelt today
was scheduled to leave for
his home at Hyde Park.
New York. for a week-end's
rest. during which it is under
stood he may be host to the
Duke Of Kent. brother to
King George vi Of England.
The duke. who has been
visiting in Canada, is believed
on his way to Hyde Park for
q conference with the Presi-
dent.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
Training Government Yes
sci Left Port Today AL
Noon Enroute To Car
men, Mexico

Bound for home after a day
and a half visit to Key West, the
climax of more than month of
goodwill touring in the United
States, Mexican sailors aboard
the transport Durango sailed out
of the local port today at noon.
The training ship, here since yes
terday morning. sailed for Car
men, Mexico. a port east of Vera
Cruz on the Gulf of Campeche
Sailors and naval cadets joined
hundreds Of Key Westers last
night in a program Of recreation
that kept all of the visitors busy
from the time they left their ship
yesterday afternoon until them
return in the small hours Of this
morning.
Officers including the COM
mandant. Capt. Gonzalo r. Mon
talvo, were entertained in the
evening at the quarters Of Capt.
Russell s. Crenshaw, navy station
cororaanssant here 81
PREVIOUSLY. the more than 100
naval cadets had been taken on
motorcade tour OF the city visit
inK Fort fav1er. tie afIssy &,s.f
racks and other points OF interest
in Key West.
Hold Three Dances
Canaan e,rensbaw who nlave.,
host q tha v;s;tins aff;care - and
c Is, s, officers 81 The othe,.
sr,,,ad f,rcss r. z av uast lster
= s,1s :, he gro,,n = Al ~
f;csrss dane s. I,af-anrh. hotel
where some 275 n,;litarv men and
Kew west residents we're enter
ta;,,ed
The e.,,a,S afser : b,,ffe, s,,,,
Der Al the IL $50 center went
On Il the Habana- Madrid where
about 900 jewellers spent the even
ing dancing 10 the music Of Fred
Marvirs cabana band
AT the U S. o. center. the
cadets were entertained by the
National Catholic Community
Service association aided 81
members II fha Catholic panaf-
ters az Ar,erira Mrs a IA
yrsu,att sar,,a,1 g bostass ,y,3h
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
U. S. LEADS in
WAR MATERIALS
SAYS NATION WILL REACH
PEAK PRODUCTION
WITHIN YEAR
nv Assaelatea press,

NEW YORK, Aug. 20--Direc-
tor General Knudsen of the Office
of Production Management pre-
dicted that, if the nations de-
tense program hit the halfway
mark by Jan. /, 1912, I'VE should
hit peak production by July and
after that, America can write its
own ticket on war material
And this ticket can, as far as
II am concerned, be twice what
anybody else's ticket is Knud-
sen added.
/ Ys Speeds SublC Contracts
Greater speed in subcontract-
ing defense orders will be re
CURED to accomplish the objec-
tive, he asserted, in an address
prepared for delivery before the
New York Division Of Commerce
Production Clinic.
'Decentralize that procedure
business and let each manufac-
turer handle his job and his bust
ness with as little OIL could al
most say Washington -as possible,
and we will get it done the OPM
'chief declared.
"A1l we need is the will to get
this job done and we have one
great advantage nobody is going
TO bomb us much while we are
doing it. / think it is too late for
that. All we need is to get to-
gether-stop pickering over pro-
cedure"
Knudsen praised the work OF
| the defense contract service In at
tempting to bring small manufac-
turers into the defense program
| and cushion the shock Of trapsi-
stion from civilian to defeaseS pro-
duction
Armed Units Cooperate
To hasten the job, he said, the
armed services must agree to ac-
cept subcontracting as part of the
procurement program and 1T is
only fair to say that in the pre-
liminary conversations we have
had. They have shown them
selves perfectly willing to 60 as
far as their powers permit-even
| to 60 further and ask for legal
powers if required.
Negotiated contracts instead OF
the bid-system, use of contracting
pools of manufacturers, division of
large contracts into smaller indi-
vidual units, and possibly bonuses
for early deliveries through sub
contracting are among methods
the OPM Is proposing. he said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
SERVICE STATIONS
TO CLOSE SUNDAYS
BRoWARD COUNTY VOTES TO
CLOSE AS VOLUNTARY
DEFENSE MEASURE
tny A..eeia.ea Pre.sl

FORT LAUDERDALE, Aug. 20.
Operators of 70 Broward county
service stations voted today to
close on Sundays as a gasoline saw
ing, defense measure.
The operators. voting 81 in
favor of closing to s against,
agreed to shut down Sunday serv-
ice as voluntary defense
measure.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
ARMY PRIVATE RELATES. STORY OF
Andrew Meiack Now Instructor In United States Army
EXCITING SERVICE in FOREIGN LEGION

The Citixenf
j whom he had met on his return
| to France. Hamilton was ths
only American with whom Me.
jack served during his II years
lin the Foreign Legion although
he heard Of a few in other out
fits.
From Marseiiles, Mejack was
sent to the Italian frontier in the
Alps where he served three
months without seeing ane ac-
ton. Then he was shifted to the
Maginot Line AS sergeant Of q
reconnaissance section. Mejack
led his men on sorties into enc
my territory in which they en-
gagged in several skirmishes and
captured some German prisoners.
However, the infantry fighting
was of a minor nature with most
of the warfare being carried on
by anti-aircraft units against in
vading German bombers.
After seven months on the
Maginot Line. Mejack's passport
to America finally came through
and he was discharged from the
French Army. He sailed from
lie Havre on the French liner,
.DeGrasse' in July, 1910. He
was on the high seas when France
eapitulated
Less than two months after
his return to the United States,
Mejack resumed his colorful mill
tary career BY enlisting in the
United States Army on Septem-
Der 10, 1910, al Pittsburgh. He
was sent to Fort jackson, the ma
TONS sixth largest Army post,
where he Is getting a first hand
comparison of Army life in Afri-
ca and the United States.
And, take ii from one who
should know. it's a contrast, not
a comparison. Mejack says that
Uncle Sans army is better-fed,
better housed. and better-eouip-
ped than any foreign force with
which he fought.
Perhaps his present opinions
are based on memories Of burn
ing days in the desert when he
was SO thirsty that he couldn't
swallow Or 25-mile marches
every day, sometimes going two
or three days without food May
be it was the almost nightly
skirmishes with the Arabs while
at Bidon Sinoue, 1900 miles from
any stable French garrison. Re
CARELESS, Andy Mejack is glad to
be back in his own country
army.
Some day. the beetle browe<l
ex-F Foreign Legionnaire Is going
to write the story Of his adven-
lures. He's had several offers
from publishers who heard sec
lond-hand accounts Of his ex-
ploits- And he has many photo
graphs taken in Morocco and
Indo- China TO supplement the
many thrilling tales that he can
relate. Other photographs and
the diary Of his early African
adventures were lost IN Indo-
China when the mule carrying
his pack tumbled off = high cliff
Continued ca Page Foiax3
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
LONDON. MOSCOW GIVE
WEEK TO GUST NAILS
my A.sneinred pre.s,

LONDON. Aug. 20.--Lon-
don and Moscow. in a joint
statement placed before the
IFanian government Yester-
day. demanded an answer
within one week to previous
demands that German tour
lists" and military advisors be
expelled from the country.
Diplomats in London said
theY have been told that Iran
will reply within n few days.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20

garrisoned together, said the
fighters attacked the German
bomber after it had appeared
over the capital this morning at
about 7 o'clock.
1t was not stated whether
American pilots took part in the
attack.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20
H. SYMONETTE
BUYS PROPERTY

Mary L. Scheurer has sold to
Harry Symonette lot on Angela
near Emma street for $500, a deed
revealed today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-20

Key West. Florida. has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only ID Fahrenheit