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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-11
IS MILLION FEET
OF FLOOR SPACE
FOR U.S.. PLANES!
SUCH IS EXPANSION REC
ORD ACCOMPLISHED BY
OUR RECORD BREAKING
AIRCRAFT PLANTS

WASHINGTON. Aug. IL. -
(AFNl-As American aircraft and
engine plant space passed the
50, 100000 square feet mark in
July, Phase II of the industry's
record breaking plant expansion
for defense was completed.
In this second expansion phase,
beginning July /, 1910 floor space
was increased from 17,2l6,410
square feet to more than 38,00o,-
900 square feet on July /, 194l
During that year. floor space
where the nations warplanes are
built more than doubled THE
figures include propeller as well
as plane and engine plants.)
During that year, while accom-
plishing the expansion task, the
industry built ll,647 military air
planes!
And during that year, the in
dustry trained 10000 new en-
ployes!
100000 More To CO
These were highlights today of
report by Col, John H. Jouett,
president of the Aeronautical
Chamber of Commerce of Amer
lea, to Aviation News Features.
With more than $4,000, GOO
square feet completed, said Col
Jouett, the aircraft manufacturers
have approximately 10000
square feet under construction
expanding toward a goal of nearly
$4,000 900 square feet,
Unprecedented in American in
dustry, this expansion program
was spurred in Phase / by French
and British orders, with the re-
suit that from January /, 1889, to
July l, 1910, factory space was in.
creased from 9,454s550 square feet
to 17,216,410 square feet.
79 Per Cent Increase
This phase. financed entirely
by the aircraft industry itself with
the aid of foreign orders, saw an
expansion of about 79 per cent.
New expansions of huge pro-
portions were ordered by the Fed
eral government after July l,
1910. resulting during the ensuing
twelve months in an increase OF
III per cent. During the first six
months of l94l, the aircraft manu-
facturers virtually completed
construction which. as of last De-
cember, had been expected to re-
quire a considerably longer
period.
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Powerful Columns Of Maj Troops
Crash Through Rcd Defense Lines
German Units Reported l
Be Moving Rapidly i
Pace Across Plains d
Ukraine
nc A.seclnaea I,resal

NEW YORK. Aug 1l-Twa
powerful columns Of Gernna6
troops today appeared to ha4s
crashed through Red defense
lines in the south to launch
swift new attack on Russa
Black Sea naval base at Odessa
London military experts SID
they have been informed reliable
that the German columns are
moving at swift pace across she
rich plains Of the Ukraine. win
a possibility that one Of The
forces already has swept cas-.
across the Dnieper river.
Moscow admitted heavy fight
ing between Kiev and Odessa ii
an area about 80 miles north oE
the port, while Adolf Hiflers
headquarters in the field issued
terse communlque that the Nazi
troops were in rapid pursuit Of
beaten and retreating enemy
London heard at the same tame
that another strong German
force had crushed Soviet &C.
Tense south Of Leningrad, taking
Narva, just inside the Russian
border from Estonia.
Nazis Bomb Moscow
German and Russian bombers
traded blows On their respective
CAPITALS during the night with
Berlin claiming q heavy raid on
factories in the Moscow area.
The German high command
said tl,ellsaiagls OF fsaesndiazy ss
high explosive bombs were Iposed
over Moscow during the night ii
the heaviest aerial attack Of the
campaign Moscow sources de-
MED any extensive damage. al
though admitting Nazi bornbers
had reached the city.
Berlin described light raid On
the German capital. the planes
coming from the direction 81
Russia. but Red headquarters did
not mention any aerial attack on
Germany.
Barges on Black ses
Ankara, capital of Turkey.
heard reports that German
troops are being nlassed at Rti-
manian ports for an oversee at
tark on the Russian naval base at
Sebastopol on the Black Sea
Bargcs are said to have been
built for the transportation Of the
troops. and heavy concentrations
Of soldiers are reported at the
Runanian port Of Constanta.
The Turkish sources said The
attack probably would be carried
out only after the defeat Of the
Red garrison at Odessa Ships
based at Odessa now would Be II
a position to intercept the Nazi
barges at sea.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-11
MARATHON PARTY
VISITS KEY WEST

Mrs. Carrie A. Crowson, who
went to Marathon to meet her
husband. and party, composed Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Christopher,
and MRS Eldridge Christopher
and Miss Mabel Biles. returned to
Key West Saturday. Mrs. Crow
son and daughter, Florence Pc
trow. and her daughters. Sony
and Frances: are visiting in Key
West with Mrs. Crowson's father.
A. Z. DiNegre The members Of
the party that came here from
Marathon left at the weekend
They also enjoved fishing along
the Florida keys, besides partici-
pating in other pleasures during
the outing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-11
ICELAND'S BATHS
PLEASE MARINES

They never call the ianitor for
hot water in Iceland An endless
supply is gushing from the hot
sulphur springs, according to the
u. S. Marines On duty there.
Letters from the sea soldiers to
the home folks state that they
live in cylindrical huts built
somewhat like igloos. They like
the food and they are enjoying
good health in the current
springlike weather.
~ There are no trees or any of
the familiar landmarks of Anne
RIGA in Iceland. The landscape is
covered with tall mountains of
volcanic origin.
Bit by bit the Marines are
picking up words of the Ice
Iandic language and in due
course of time some of the native
vernacular viii be added to the
already extensive vocabulary of
the leatherneckS.
Best of all. however. they enjoy
the arm sulphur springs where
they shave, battle and. inciden-
tally wash their own clothes. The
latter art is learned by the sea
soldiers at their training camps
and they turn out a wash" good
enough to win the envy of a
housewife.
A free water supply of every
I temperature, from scalding hot
to ice-cold, is obtainable due te
the fact that the Marines perform
their additions right where cold
stream joins a hos one.
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DEFENSE NEEDS
NOT To ERASE
BEAUTY ITEMS
OFFICE OF PRODUCTION
MANAGEMENT DOUBTS
SHORTAGE IN STANDARD
LINE OF COSMETICS
Especial to rae ,fnnenl


WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE
Office of Production Management
has good news for the women: The
defense effort is not causing seri-
Gus shortages of cosmetics, al
though other beauty aids may be
affected.
According to Robert E. McCon-
nell, chief of the OPM conserva-
tion unit, there win be no appre-
cable shortage of such articles as
cold cream, face packs, astrin-
gents, lip rouge, suntan lotions
and other cosmetics.
He said. however. that in some
related cases the shortage in
volved would be reflected in the
cosmetics industry. He cited the
shortage of tin as an example.
Containers To Be Changed
you are not going to have col
lapsible tubes of tin to put some
of this stuff in" he said. They
are going to use lead tubes and
tin-lined tubes.
we felt that we We're little
bit on dangerous ground from the
aspect Of putting tooth paste in
lead tubes because sometimes
children might swallow the paste
and get lead poisoning. We may
even 60 to that
Experiments are being made
by the Food and Drug Admins
trations and the Bureau of Stand
ards to find out if there is any
contamination of the contents OF
a lead tooth paste tube, But
there won't be any shortage of the
cream that / know Of"
Among other possible curtail-
ments involving women. McCon-
nell mentioned PERMANENT waves
and stockings.
until this program is over,
people are going to walk in stores
and find that more and more the
merchants cannot supply them
with what they want Our pur-
chases. our habits and our daily
lives, perhaps even our styles
will be controlled by the re-
uuirements of national defense,
he said.
Permanent Waves in Doubt
Il don't know about styles but
I i understand that some of these
permanent wave machines use
aluminium. They also use power
for driers.
II haven't seen the parachote
program but when that silk job
comes in there NAV be a question
of whether we can get silk for
silk stockings for everybody or
not"
He added that the materials
used in the manufacture of ny
Ions were. not included among
the strategic materials but that
/ the supply was equal to only one
third Of the demand in nylon
stockings.
Mcconnell had a solution To
the situation which will be
! created as the result of the dis
appearance of stockings and per
manent waves ''windblown hobs
and sun-tanned legs"
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IGNORED TICKETS

NEWARK, N. When he
ignored 30 parking tickets. Aaron
Selenfriend, of this city. was
fined 81 a ticket in traffic court
plus IS for the personal sery-
ice ticket which finally brought
him to the bar.
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Australian Troops Slaughter
Big Italian Attacking Group
az Asrociatea press,

CAIRO, Aug. 1l.-Australian
defenders of the Libyan fort at
Tobruch yesterday slaughtered
an Italian attacking force ITO a
man as fighting fIared up
around the city and along the
Egyptian-Libyan frontier, COM
munique said today.
The report said the Australians
waited until an Italian force had
advanced to within 800 yards of
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1hai|and Warns World She
viii Fight To A Finish
Tokyo Newspapers Sud-
denly Launched New At
tack On United States
For Stand Taken
tny Associates Pre..,


NEW YORK. Aug. ll.--Aus-
tralia's cabinet today was called
into emergency session as Thai
land warned the world she would
fight to . finish" in defense of
her national honor. and the Jap
anese imperial council announced
passage Of four ordinances putting
the nation on footing for war.
Thai soldiers were reported
taking up positions along the Dor
der. while government spokesman
announced the army would adopt
a "scorehed earth" policy of de-
struction to leave nothing for an
invader.
Tokyo newspapers suddenly
launched a new attack on the
United States, revealing alleged
details of talks between the
United States and Russia in which
the Soviet Union was said to have
been urged to attack Japan.
The papers said secret informa-
ton about the IN S. Russian talks
proved the truth of previous jap
anese claims that the democracies
were attempting to encircle the
empire in a ring of unfriendly
powers.
Would Halt u. s. Ships
High ranking Japanese spokes-
men in Shanghai said they have
been informed that their country
will not permit American ships to
reach Vladivostock with supplies
for Russia, but Tokyo Immediate
ly declared the information un-
true.
Washington informants said the
Japanese ambassador TO this coun-
try had notified his capital via
trans-Pacific telephone that the
United States seems prepared to
stop any further moves to the
south on the part of Nippon.
The call is said to have been
made after the ambassador had
been handed stiff note from I'm
der Secretary Of State Sumner
Welles.
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-coIlhnunlCado by government
agents.
The German consulate at San
tiago Immediately filed a protest
against seizure Of the men, but
the government refused to make
any statement or to permit the
prisoners to communicate with
the outside.
1t was announced details would
be released '.in due time"
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the fort before opening up with a
hail of machine gun and artillery
fire that wiped out the entire
force.
British troops also were de-
clared to have broken up a joint
Italian German drive along the
Egyptian frontier. forcing the at
tackers to fall back from adj
vanced positions in the mo mans
land between the two enemy
lines.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-11
LOCAL MEN RUSHED
TO ACCIDENT SCENE

Bienvenido Perez, brother-in-
law of Manuel Perez, who was
fatally injured yesterday, rushed
to Tampa Immediately upon no.
LITIGATION Of the accident. taking
with him the youths father, Pa
bio Perez.
Constable Perez, who had been
in Tampa with the two cousins,
said he drove back to Key West
ahead of them, hearing of the ac-
.eident shortly after his arrival
here.
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Extend Debate On Draft Bill
AS Congress Mourns Death OF
Republican Scion Rutherford
fny As.oelatea Pressl

a resident of Honesdale, Pa, died
yesterday afternoon. He was a
war veteran, serving as a major
and judge advocate general IN
1917 and as a lieutenant colonel
of the Second Pennsylvania Re-
serve Militia in 1918.
The representative was elected
to congress in November, 1886.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-11
GUESTS" TAKE BULBS

ROCKAWAY, Ore. - Shortly
after guests at her tourists home
who admired her red lilies, left,
Mrs. Maud Hurt noticed that the
flowers had wilted. Examining
the plants, she found that the
guests had dug up the lilies,
taken the bulbs and repianted
the stems to hide their theft.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-11
Preparing French Fleet For
Action On Side OF Germany

LONDON, Aug. 1l.LoDdon
newspapers today accused French
Premier Marshal Henri Philippe
Petain Of preparing the French
fleet for action on the side of
Germany, even as the Vichy Cow
eminent announced that Marshal
Petain would not give up African
bases 10 the Nazis.
The papers said they have re-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-11
FOWLER TO BE
GIVEN DEGREE

Willard E. Fowler, principal of
the Harris school, viii receive his
Masters degree Aug 10 from
Peabody College for Teachers at
Nashville, Tenn, it was an
nouneed today.
Fowler has been at the Tonnes
see school this summer since the
end of the local school term.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-11

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.--Con-
gressional debate on the con-
troversial draft extension and tax
bills was postponed today as mem
bers of both houses mourned the
death yesterday of Rep. Albert
G. Rutherford, 62-year-old Penn
sylvania Republican.
Rutherford, Canadian born and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-11
JOHN HARTEN TO
BE GIVEN TRIAL

John Harten, charged with
vagrancy, this morning was bound
over to criminal court under $50
bond by Magistrate Franklin
Arengerg.
Harten entered a plea of guilty
to the charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-11
GERMANS COMPLAIN
AS CHILE JAILS S
tIsy Associated Presnl

SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug. IL
Five unidentified men, accused of
being the leaders of a pro-German
plot to upset the Chilean govern
ment today were being held un-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-11
Two Other Planes Drop
ped To Landing Field
Near. East Martello Tow
err Today
Failure of ground crew to
service his plane with oil today
forced Lieut.. William M. Heding-
ton of Morrison Field. West Palm
Beach. TO make an emergency
landing with his army pursuit ship
in Key West,

Two other planes piloted by
Lieutenants Tomas F. Trabucco
and Wilson A. Chapman dropped
to landings at the field near East
Martello Tower after Lieutenant
Redington had set his ship down.
The three fighter planes were
on practice patrol along the keys
when Lieutenant Redington no.
ticed he was getting no oil pres
sure. AT first thought to have been
caused by clogged oil line, the
lack of pressure turned out to be
the result of failure to fill the
ships tank before the lieutenant
took off.
All three planes were P-35's,
low wing, silver monoplane de
veloped several years ago
The fiiers planned to leave this
afternoon for the return to Nor
rison field
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State Highway Patrolman Wal
ter Whitehead said Alvarez told
him he fell asleep at the wheel
and the car went out of control,
Perez was asleep on the back
seat and was hurled from the
car He died of a broken neck.
Alvarez, who suffered minor i'm
juries, continued to Tampa,
where the pair had been visiting
their cousin, Peter Peterez OF
Ybor City.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-11
Manuel Perez Killed
In Auto Accident
tBy Associated Press,

thy Associated Presst
BRADENToN. Aug. ii. -
Manuel A. Perez. %. was killed
Sunday and his cousin. Sergio
Alvarez. 20. was injured when a
car driven by Alvarez crashed in
TO a concrete bridge several miles
northeast of Bradenton.
Both men were from Key
West. where Perez had a wife
and infant son.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-11

Key West. Florida. has The
most eQuable climate ii lie
country; with an averaae
range of only IL Fahrenheit
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Aug. 1i-Anti- communicate BY government
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Mrs. Catherine Horun
To Be Buried Monday

Funeral services will be held at
$3.50 am. Monday for Mrs. Cath
crime C. Koran, a native of County
Kerry, Ireland. who died Thursday
at her home, 1908 A street Sc. The
service at the home will be followed
by requiem mass at 9 am. at Holy
Comforter Church and burial in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Born Catherine Mulvihill, Mrs.
Koran came to Washington from
Ireland at the age of 13. She was
the wife of Patrick H. Koran. re-
tired employe of the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing. Also sur
viving are son, Richard J. Koran;
two daughters, Mrs. Catherine C.
King and Mrs Mary A. Parker: a
sister, Mrs. Nellie Mccarthy, and a
brother, Patrick Mulvihill.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Dr.. D. {. Croissant,
Former Professor
AT 6. W. u, Dies
Had Been Head of English
Department.; In III Health
For Several Years

D.. Dewitt Clinton Croisant,
former head of the English depart
ment at George Washington Uni
versity, died yesterday at his sum-
mer home in California, Md. DR..
Croissant, who would have been
IS years old next Saturday, had
been in ill health for several years.
He was born August %, 1875.
in Evanston, ILL.,, the son of John
Dempster and Sarah Sands Crois-
SAINT. He received his A. B. degree
from Princeton University in 1899,
was Charles Scribner Fellow in Eng
lish in 1902 and received his Phi. D.
in 1911. He also studied at the
University of Chicago and from
1903 to 1904 attended the Univer-
sity of Munich in Germany
From 1901 to 1902 he was in
structor of English at the Univer-
sity of Colorado and the following
year held the same position at
George Washington University
where he served as assistant pro-
feSsor from 1905 to 1910. He then
went to the University of Kansas.
serving as assistant professor of
English, associate professor and
finally as director of university eX-
tension. He was also professor at
the summer school of the University
of Oklahoma.
In 1916 he became professor of
English at George Washington and
served as visiting professor at the
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology in 1919 to 1920. He was
general field agent of the Simpli-
fled Spelling Board in 1915 and 1916
and was a special investigator for
the United States Bureau of Eff
f1ciency, 1918 to 1919.
A former president of the Com
munity Drama Guild of Washing
ton, he was also past master of
Benjamin B. French Lodge, F. A.
A. M, and member of the Modern
Language Association of America,
S. A. r., Sigma Chi, American As
sociation of University Professors,
the Federal Schoolmen's Cosmos
and Arts Clubs. He was the author
of Studies in the Work of Colley
Cibber," 1918.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth Troutman Croissant. and
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Ferry Plane Crashes
Believed Too Similar
To Be Coincidence
Overlooking Suggested
As Possible Couses; No
Sabotage Indicted Yet

Twin crashes in England this week
Of ferry service aircraft taking off
for America were almost too similar
to be attributed to pure coincidence,
in the opinion of experts here.
In both cases % men on board
each airplane were killed almost i'm
mediately after the take-offs. SINH
lar passenger compliments suggest
the planes, probably converted
bombers, were Of the same make, or
at least the same type.
The fact that both were take-off
accidents, a military expert pointed
out, might suggest the ships were
overloaded with passengers after be-
ing gassed to capacity to allow for
the usual head winds on the vest
ward crossing.
None of the American flyers killed
was connected with the Air Corps,
1t was said here. Most of the VIC
tins from the United States had
been designated captains by COM
mercial air lines.
Press dispatches from England
have failed to indicate If sabotage
might have played part in the
accidents.
The aircraft, it was said here,
would be particularly vulnerable
while their engines were straining
to pull capacity loads off the ground.
All the Americans killed we're re-
turning to ferry Americana built
bombers to England Many of the
English and Canadians were air
craft radio operators.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Royburn FIees
Telephone for
Vacation

Speaker Rayburn is headed for the
end of the narrowest road he knows
about, to take a vacation where
there is no telephone.
Expressing the hope that his COL
leagues would enjoy their holiday
as the House yesterday started a
series of three-day recesses, the
Speaker said he was going to a
Texas ranch.
When I start to the ranch" he
said. the road gets narrower and
narrower every mile I go. At the
end of the narrowest road I know,
there's the gate. and there's no tele-
phone out there"
The House recesSes extend to Sep
tember Is and no controversial busi-
ness is to be considered until Sep
tember % unless an emergency arises.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
1raths
RAE, LOUISE ROSAIIE.

RAE, LOUISE ROSAIIE. On saturday
f Ason 50 o 1ou1sS 81 ssF Rosaft RaE AZ
beloved wife of the late Georee W. Rae and
mother Of Daniel Bersheimer. Remains
1872 Georgia ave. NV,
Notice of funeral later. 1nJermnt Rich
mond, Va.
ROGERS. CATHERINE '. On wednes,
6ey 6eT coush Ire ns 5sSdsn'e d
9TH s.. Sc. CATHERINE V ROGERS,
Funeral from the James T. RYAN funeral
sgst s at sso I'M; thsnse Sa 10 CU So Pe,eT aq
am. RELATIVES and triends invited. 5pIfT-
delphis, Pa. J.
ROPER. REV. FOsTERF. On FRIDAY. Au-
gust u. 1874. az Freedmen's Hospital. Rev.
FosfER s9sI r., RPSS RoPER husbsns a. Of he se
Hezikiah OF Jackson. Mich: Arabelle Of
Montgomery Ala. and Jonnie Mae Roper.
Remains resting at stewart's funeral home.
,r1,,, T1nsTsl sT;. Monday, Aggqst IS. a. pm;
oficis1ine S inp9rmfnt wooSIaWn SSres q maaen
SEARS; MATTE R. On Thursday, Au-
MAfE sE SEARS ssdfafe Beloved 92s s;. ot
BENJAMIN F. Sears and mother of Franklin
NJ. Charlss l. DORIS E.. LOIS z. and NJ.
LoEraine snrHi Sears ar and u Mrs Stella D BuseaiI.
e.
81 llth ST. Sc, on Monday. August Is,
at II am. Relatives and friends invited
Interment in Confessional Cemetery. Il
THOMAS. ROBERT On THURSDAY. Au-
gust u. 1871. az Walter Reed Hospital.
ROBERT THOMAS. beloved father OF Salley
Brown, stepfather of James Parker He
also leaves five GRANDCHILDREN. Friends
NAV call at his late residence. IS SOS Provi-
oence 81. ne, after l D.m. Sunday. Au-
Funeral Monday. August is at pm,
from the W. Ernest Jarvis funeral church
l433 You ST. NV. Rev j F. Whitfield of
Cemetery II
WASHINGTON. GEORGE A. On Thurs
day, August a, 1941. at Glenn Dale San
atorium, GEORGE A WASHINGTON. the
loving son Of Leila Wright and brother of
AlonZo WASHINGTON of 504 5Sth ST ne
Remains may be viewed Saturday. August
I6, al Henry s; Washington L Sons fu-
neral home. 1928 Deane ave ne
Funeral Sunday, August Il. from New
Mount Ollvet Baptist Church, 51th and
Grant SITS. ne, Rev Weaver ofdciatins
Relatives and friends invited Interment
Woodlawn Cemetery.