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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
COMPTROLLER
IS HEARD ON
TAX MATTERS
J. M. LEE STATES MANY or
FIcIALs LAX IN DUTY.
FEARING RESULTS WHEN
ELECTION COMES AROUND
Especial 10 The Cltixen)

JACKSONVILLE, Sept. o.
County commissioners must an
ticipate the collection of at least
IS per cent of tax delinquencies
accumulating since the Murphy
Act and other countrywide and
school board millage levies must
reflect these anticipations with
comparable reductions in millage
over and above other possibilities
under the new statutes. Comp
troller j. M. Lee announced fol-
lowing his session with the Du-
val County budget board and
board of county commissioners
here.
The rule means that after the
county budgetary authorities de-
eide tie amounts needed they
must deduct the amount of an
ticipated delinquent tax collec-
tions required and levy millage
lContinued On Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
THREE KILLED
ON GUILLOTINE
1nx Associated Pressl

PARIS. Sept, g.. Three alleged
Communists, apparently picked at
random from the hostages seized
by German police a week ago,
died on the guillotine this morn
ing in grim reprisal for the
wounding of a Nazi sergeant this
week.
The German sergeant, shot
down in the street by a terrorist,
was not seriously injured and is
said to be recovering
German police had announced
previously that all Frenchmen ar
rested in the future would be held
as hostages for the good behavior
of their countrymen. For future
crimes against the Germans, it
was decreed, the prisoners would
be killed in numbers proper
tionate to the seriousness of the
crime.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
MONROE COUNTY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
REOPEN MONDAY
CONVENT or MARY IMMACU-
LATE OPENED THIS WEEK:
LARGE ENROLMENT PRE-
DIcTED ron COUNTY

Three months of summer vaca-
ton comes to an end for Key
West school children Monday as
the local school system prepares
for what is expected to be rec
ord breaking registration.
Although students at the Con-
vent of Mary Immaculate have
been at their desks all week, for
the great majority of students in
Key West, school begins between
$50 and 9 o'clock Monday.
Junior-senior high school stu
dents will get oack in harness at
. o'clock Monday, with tenth,
eleventh and twelfth grade stu
dents reporting to the auditorium
at that time, and seventh, eighth
and ninth grades reporting when
the bell rings again at $50
o'clock. Regular opening hour
after Monday will be $40 o'clock.
Students at the Division Street
and Harris schools must be on
hand at $40 o'clock, and begin
ners will assemble in the respec-
tive auditoriums with one of
their parents.
Must Be Six
Only children who will be six
by October 8 will be entered at
the grammar schools, and no be-
ginners will be accepted after
the first two weeks of the term.
San Carlos students are sched-
uled to be on hand at $50
o'clock for their assignments,
with a special Spanish class
planned for the afternoon.
Teachers at most of the schools
were getting their final instruc-
tons today with meetings at the
junior-senior high at 2;3O o'clock;
Division Street at 2, and the
Harris school this morning at 10.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
Germany Claims Sub Fired AT
American Ship IN Self Defense
Berlin Accuses President
Roosevelt OF Provoking
Incident In Order To
Precipitate Conflict
tBy A.ssssasel T,ressl


BERLIN. Sept. s.--concedins
that German U-bost Thursday
fired two torpedoes Al the Amer
lean destroyer Greer. the high
command today declared that the
submarine fought in self defense
and accused President Roosevelt
Of provoking the Incident in order
to draw the United States into
war.
The high command bulletin said
the Greer opened fire on the sub
marine at about 1880 o'clock
Thursday Afternoon and kept up a
running battle until after mid
night. Revealing for the first
time where the action took place.
the bulletin said the first shots
were fired about $50 miles south
west of Reykjavik, Iceland.
The Greer, according to the
high command, acted on direct
orders of President Roosevelt ii
launching the attack.
The high command charged
that the Greer's story of an attack
by the u-hoat was released BY the
United States navy department ii
order to give an appearance OF
justification to the unprovoked
attack.
Secondly, the bulletin charged
that all American ships have been
given orders to fire on German
submarines. and thirdly. the or
ders were given BY President
Roosevelt for the direct purpose
of melting the American people
to war against Germany
The communicate made no
mention of the Submarines fate.
but the fact that il was able TO re-
port to Berlin on the running
fight indicated that the Greer
commandments belief he had sunk
the U-boat was uniustified
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
Bridge Accident Stops
Traffic Over Highway

Transportation between Key
West and the mainland was
halted this morning and will re-
main out until late tonight be-
cause of damage to the Card
Sound bridge by a tug and al
load of barges.
Workmen who rushed to the
scene Immediately after the ac-
cident said service would be out
for at least 10 hours, perhaps
until midnight tonight.
The accident occurred when a
tug from Miami, towing a string
of barges with building supplies
for Key West, was swept into
the bridge by the current. The
heavy barges are believed to
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
Key West Youth Trains
For National Defense

MIAMI Sept s.. Agustin
MARTINEZ, SON Of Mr. and Mrs.
Jose Martinez, Of lit Duval
street, Key West, has enrolled al
the Enbry Riddle School 81
Aviation, technical school here,
for course Of instruction fitting
him for national defense work ii
the airclaft industry or enlist
nent il the United States Army
Air Corps.
Young Martinez, who is I'll
and q graduate of the Key West
High School. is studying sheet
metal craftsmanship He will
be graduated about the middle
of the month.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
NEW AMERICAN
SHIP LAUNCHED
n,y associated I.re.a,

KEARNY, Sept. 6-Atlanta,
Americas newest and mightiest
battle cruiser, slid down the ways
of the Federal Shipbuilding, and
Drydock company here this morn
ing, christened by Margaret Nit
chell, author of Gone With the
Wind"
The 6,000-ton ship is said by
navy men to constitute the most
powerful and the swiftest ship of
her size ever developed.
Completed, she will be capable
of developing a speed of 43 knots,
faster than any destroyer and
second only to the PIT boats.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
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VISITORS HAVE GAY
TIME; THREE UNDER
ARREST AS RESULT

Four visitors TO Key West
who held drinking party
early this morning at Stock
Island were suffering various
stages of discomfort today.
Mrs. Mary McCracken was
in county Jail under 5000
bond on a charge of drunk
driving; Kenneth Kemp was
held under $50 bond on
charges of drunk and disor-
derby. and Mary Carrier was
under $50 bond for drunken
ness.
The fourth member of the
party. who escaped Constable
Bienvenido Perez by swim
ming fully clothed across
channel and plunging into
the mangroves. probably was
suffering from mosquito
bites.
Perez said he found the
party at about 4 o'clock. the
two men fighting. MRS. Nc
Cracker at the wheel of the
car and Miss Carter stretch
ed in the middle of the high
way.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06

have smashed the mechanism
for raising and lowering the
draw.
Florida Motor Line officials
here this afternoon were await
ing instructions from Miami as
to whether to send the regular S
o'clock bus north.
Meanwhile, it was feared that
hundreds of defense workers
leaving here this morning for Mi
ami would be caught at the
bridge, and highway authorities
expected major traffic jam in
the area.
The bridge is the last in Mon
roe county. connecting Key Lar
go with the mainland.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
Mrs. Townsend Morgan Died
From Pistol Shot inflicted By
Her On Hands Yesterday

A grim story of woman who
suffered agony for years with.
out permitting her husband to
know was unfolded before a
Monroe county coroner's jury
this morning as the investiga,
fion of the death of Mrs. F. Town.
send Morgan last night ended in
Z suicide verdict.
Mrs. Morgan, the jury decided,
took her ovsn life with pistol
shot through the heart. The
body was found at about Sis
yesterday afternoon, crumpled in
the bathtub at the Morgan home,
627 Caroline street.
Members of the jury were
Frank o, Roberts, foreman: S.
Owen Sawyer. frankie Fig
ueredo, Leon Roberts, Charles
Curtis and James Curry.
Morgan, director of the WPA
art center here, told the jurymen
of following Miss Harriette
Critchlow. his assistant, into the
house, of finding the body in the
bathtub and of frantically call
ing for doctors and the police.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
FOUR ARE BOUND
OVER TO COURT

One white woman and three
negroes charged with vaRra''eY
as inmates af = house Of pfosfi-
tuition this morning. were boxes
over to criminal court under $50
bond bv Hezce Justice kofiqsle
Esuuinalto. ".
The women were Hilda Cons
nor. white, ard Olivia Rennets'
Katheryn Turner and Louisa
Atkins. negroes
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
TECHNICIANS
BADLY NEEDED
sBy Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON. Sept. g.
State employment offices have
been authorized to aid in the
several thousand technicians for
service in Great Britain. it was
announced by the department of
labor today.
Britain is said to be particular
Ely in need of radio and automo-
bile mechanics, electricians and
metal workers.
The employment offic S
throughout the nation will ac-
|cept applications and will inter-
view prospective employees.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
Japan Declares That Nazis
Are Doomed To Lose War
tDy Associated Pressl

NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-The in
fluential japanese newspaper
News Week today declared edi-
torially that Germany is doomed
to lose the war.
The paper pointed to the fact
that plans to achieve a quick VIC
tory had failed, and declared that
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
Four Divisions Of German
Troops Shattered IN Drive
lDauguated By Red Units
Rumanian Soldiers Ami
hilated In Attack On
Besieged Black Sea PORT
OF Odessa
GUY AsseeIntsa rres.l

tHy AEsoclntsd Pressl
NEW YORK Sept, s.-power-
fuI Russian attacks along the
southern front have hurled the
Germans back from Kiev with
four divisions shattered. Moscow
claimed today.
The Red bulletin said the Ger
man lines were broken in half q
dozen places as masses Of Russian
troops followed heavy tanks into
the battle.
Another division of Rumanian
troops was said to have been an
initiated in an attack on the be-
sieged Black Sea port of Odessa.
A Finnish communique from
Heisinki told of a German artil-
lery bombardment Of Leningrad
IN which the city was said to have
been set afire. The attack, staged
yesterday, was said to have
smashed important industrial
works in the ancient city, and to
have left flames towering into the
sky,
Sweep Karslian fsfhmus
The Firms said Russian troops
have been driven across the old
Soviet frontier entirely out of the
Karelian isthnus area occupied
after last years winter war with
Finland.
Neither German nor Russian
reports mentioned any change in
the situation at Leningrad, and
Stockholm heard rumors that the
Firms, satisfied with having re-
gained their lost territory, may
make peace with Russia rather
than continuing the attack toward
the former Red capital.
Russian reports continued to
tell of important guerilla activi-
ties, with some Red soldiers said
to be harassing the Germans 800
miles behind the actual scene of
fighting. Cossacks. famed cavalry
fighters from the days before the
last war, were said to be driving
home lightning attacks on the
Nazis from the rear,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
SIGHT UNSEEN

NEW YORK. Policewomen
Josephine Freer and Mary Ora
ham observed an aged but still
dexterous pickpocket lift a wo-
mans purse in a department
store. What trapped him was that
he had to stop to put on his
glasses to inspect the contents.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
Key West Car PIunges Into
Ditch On Highway Last NIGHT;
Hit By Alleged Drunk Driver

Brook Rice, employee on con-
.srtuction job here, was held I'M
der 5000 bond in county jail to-
day on a charge of drunk driving
after an accident at Boca Chica
last night in which he and par
ty of Key Westers narrowly es-
capped serious injury.
Constable Bienvenido Perez,
who made the arrest. said Rice,
driving toward Key West. crash
ed his car into a machine in
which five Key West residents
were heading for Miami,
No one was injured, but the
Key West car plunged into the
ditch.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06

the combined strength Of the ma
tons opposing Germany is too
great for the Nazis to overcome.
Observers here saw immense
significance in the story, since the
News Week unofficially speaks
for the japanese government at
most times.
No effort was made by the gov
eminent to suppress the story.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06

His wife, he said, had COM
planned of pains in her back,
had been i'll and respondent, but
so far as he knew had never
been treated for any serious all
ment.
Testimony of a physician. how
ever, revealed to the jury that
Mrs Morgan had been under
treatment for years for an in
durable disease which she had
kept carefully hidden from her
husband. A pencilled note left
on her bed revealed part of the
story.
Mrs. Morgan's death left her
husband and three daughters,
Mrs. Jack Torchiana and Miss
Norma Morgan, Rose Valley,
Del, and Mrs. Mary Bernd- Co
hen of Lakeland and Monte
yuma, Ga.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06
BODY TO BE cREMATED

The body Of Mrs. Norma Bow
man Morgan, age SIS, wife Of F.
Townsend Morgan will be sent
out over the highway tonight to
Miami by the Lopez Funeral
Home. in charge of arrange
ments.
The body will be cremated in
Miami.
Funeral services will be held
later over the ashes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-06

Key West. Florida. has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-03
-ong-Awaited Rivalry Begun

More important however the fact this contest marks
further toYard the establishment Of wholesome sports
" between these two institutions Foryears this department
chanting questionWhy doesn't L. of d. and wayne
the sports fields? Why must each go out OF the city 70
whom il has natural rivalry foe
incidentally that hasn't great drawing at the gate
The with L. of d. and Michigan State.
Although last seasons L. of D-Wayne clash wasn't loaded
with thrills it loaded with very different KIND OF
thrill for proud Of Detrots reputation as City
Of Champions.
The young from both schools proved they were
horoughbreds They showed they could win without
goang without crying This high standard OF
craftsmanship evidenced by the fans both sides OF the
stadium.
The contest much cement friendly relations between
these sister universities provided sports contest that was
genuine interest 10 local fans And provided
an impetus that felt in other fields Of sport
Since that first contest last Wayne and U. of d. have
met IN handba baseball They slated TO oppose each
other the basketball court this Winter This IS as shoud
There why the two schools shouldn MAIN
tain friendly athletic relations.
football struggle L. Of D. Stadium may be the be-
ginning sports tradition that will build until il Of the
classics Of the Motor City
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-03
Break for BacIlInam
State Coach Is Thankful for Open Date; Sherman
and Eckel Promoted
BY EDGAR HAYES

EAST LANSING, Oct. s.
Never has a coach been more
thankful for an open date than
Charley Baehman is for a vacant
Saturday this week. The Michi-
gan State eleven took a good
physical beating in their opening
game last week when they lost
to Michigan, 10 TO Z. and the rest
will do the entire squad lot OF
good.
1t will also give the coaches an
extra week 10 find q fullhack- 10
replace those who are lost 10 the
squad. The latest candidate for
the post is Bob Sherman, a senior
from Lansing Eastern. B b
played halfback and very well In
high school. For two years he
has won letters as a quarterback
at State. Now he is learning the
plays for the fullback spot and
li..ely will start against Marquette
week from tomorrow.
Sherman is a fine ball carrier
and excellent on defense. The
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-03
NJ After Ne. 90
Continued from First Sport Page)

terday as Michigan wound up its
preparation for the game. The en-
tire time was spent upon brushing
up plays and viewing the Iowa Of
Tense for the final time.
There was also a concerted ef-
fort TO find a place-kieker for
that all important point after
touchdown. Bill Mellow. regular
guard, and end Whitley Frauman
alternated in the drills as Coach
Fritz Crisfer sought dependable
performer.
Bob ingalls,, the center, con-
verted only once in three at
tempts against State.
The program for today promised
only half-hour session, just along
enough to work up a good sweat.
The squad will then journey TO
Barton Hills Country Club for
dinner and a nights rest away
from the campus.
The Iowa squad, after drilling at
.Stagg Field in Chicago. will go 10
Jackson. Mich, to spend the night,
arriving in Ann Arbor just before
game time.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-03
TarfarS'
Band Hits
New High

Though not confronted by an
imposing foe, Wayne University's
.110-piece marching band has been
working out just as vigorously as
the Tartar football squad for its
first appearance this Fall at the L.
of -. Stadium tonight,
Coach pardon - Director Cra-
ham T. Overgard has been sending
his band through two and half
hour workouts all week at Balch
Field in an effort 10 improve on
the widely-acclaimed perform
ance last year.
Overgard has arranged a noe
turnal show that promises Ia
Guido the Aurora Borelis when
the band performs with the sta
dunn floodlights entirely out. Over
300 red White and blue lights viii
be used on the instruments in
addition TO the lights in the caps
Of the players.
Twenty-four drum majors and
majorettes from high schools in
Detroit and neighboring commu-
mites will also be on hAnd.
The between-halves program
will begin with a parade, turning
into a formation in which the
band outlines a huge cannon,
with the bass. drum as the breech.
Human cannon balls will emerge
from the lannon's mouth and
burst into the letters u. S. A., Ia
the music of Sousas famed United
States Field Artillery March"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-03
WILL GET REVENGE

sophomore. has been declared
physically unfit, however, because
of a badly bruised shoulder. Which
means that Tippy Lockard, who
started at wingback, will see more
action than he did last week.
Chuck Kennedy, another sopho-
more. should get into the game
this week at that post, as well as
Ray Sewers. soph wingback who
was y11fred 10 end and IS now back
at his halfback post because OF the
Wolverine shortage.
= There was no contact work yes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-03
BY FRANK IEAHY
director or AthTetics. UnfversIty ~
NOtre Dame

NOtre Dame
1871. King Features synd Inc
NOTRE DAME, Ind. Oct. B.
Because of the fact that countless
teams throughout the nation are
continually improving, it seems to
us that this year there will be
fewer unbeaten and united major
squads than ever before.
Since the teams are so evenly
matched in many of the big
games. and since few of the major
elevens are scheduling ''breathers.
II VIII be nothing short OF a
miracle for any squad to &c
through. the season without de-
feat or a tie. Although the cam
paign is now only two or three
weeks old, and many teams have
not yet played their first game
some of the most powerful aggre-
cations in the nation already have
fallen by the wayside.
With the rapid improvement OF
So many teams, we feel that The
time may not be too far off wher
many fans will watch a game, not
so much with the idea of being
there to cheer the victor as &c
witness the type of football that is
being played. This trend. which
we vision in the not-too-distant
future. will be an offshoot of the
tendency TO play big games in the
early season and of the indiSputa-
bic fact. that teams everywhere
AFRO in1DrOVinp.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-03
ONE ADVANTAGE

Coach Joe Gembis has had
big rebuilding job TO do this Fall
at Wayne because his squad was
hit hard by graduation and the
draft, but ne and his assistants
have had the advantage OF spend
ing considerable time with their
players in a northern camp be-
fore returning here.
The Wayne hackfield appears
better this year than last with
Dick Hardenbergh. Carl Macy.
Ed McMullin and Jerry Schneider
all back. Hardenbergh is junior.
the rest seniors.
Gembis has such veterans in the
line as Tom Callard, Ed Herrick.
Capt. Ed Larimore and Ralph Bet
ker. Wallace Heating, a transfer
student from Michigan. is sopho-
more at left tackle II is the ends
that form the question marks as
both Frank Sabo ard Herbert
fJeschke are former prep basket
ball stars having their first fling
in football.
Due 10 injuries and illness
mostly. DoraiS has made four
changes in his starting lineup
from the one that faced Indiana.
Art Link viii be III quarter in
stead of John Biringer, Elmer
Madarik at left half in place OF
Henry Piper, George GheSquiere
al right half in Bob Kcenes post
and Ken Elliott at right end in
stead Of Meryl Toepfer -
The probable lineups -
DETROIT WAYNE
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-03
ALMA VS.. HOPE

Next in Importance will be the
curtain-lifters in the NJ. J. A. A.
Almas Scots, the favorites, get
going with Hope az Alma tonight,
while tomorrow Albion. the de-
tending champion, moves TO Adrian
and Kalamazoo has a night date
al home with Hillsdale.
Central Michigan, which next
Friday comes 10 u. of D.. meets
strong northern Michigan team
Onight, while western Michigan
hits Butler az indianapolis. To.
rHOrrows program includes Michi.
gan Normal at Illinois Norma
and ST MaryS az Ferris where
homecoming viii be celebrated.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-03
FEWER UNBEATEN TEAMS

When two powerful teams meet,
one of them must lose, barring a
tie. Thus, with great teams facing
each other week after week. an
unbeaten, united season Will be
more unusual in 1871 and the
years to come than it ever has
been in the past
AS the upset of this week, we
pick Tulsa to defeat Duquesne.
Tulsa has one of the best new
coaches in the game, and he has
some good material.
Michigan will win over Iowa by
a narrow margin. Both teams
have good material and are
coached by experts. From where
we sit, It looks as if Michigan
will again have one of the best
teams in the nation.
we VIII string along WITT TeXas
IChristian over Arkansas. IF the
material is adequate this season.
Dutch Meyer may come up with