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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
ARRANGE BINCO
PARTY FOR USO
AFFAIR TO BE GIVEN ON
JULY I'll BY CATHOsd' II
Lie DAUGHTERS

i In an effort to provide the local
U. S. o. chapter with the many
necessities needed for successfully
operating in the city, Catholic
Daughters of America are sponor-
ing a Big Bingo Party at the X. G.
Hut on Monday, July 81, 800
o'clock in the evening.
Other organizations in the city
are being asked to help in this
drive as such items as showers, a
radio and numerous other items
are badly needed to equip the u.
S. Q. Headquarters.
Those in charge of the entertain
ment explain that this is not a
drive for funds for the Catholic
Daughters but every penny Of the
money raised will be used at the
u. S O. hall where service men OF
all creeds are welcome.
1t is expected that every mer-
chant in the city will donate a
prizelto be given at the party and
others who have contributions or
pres are requested TO get in touch
with either Mrs. Herman De-
merritt, phone 278-W or Mrs.
Charles Mackie, phone $50.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
CORONER'S JURY
RENDERS VERDICT
KILLING OF NEGRO BY CON-
STABLE TERMED JUS
TIFIABLE HOMICIDE

The fatal shooting of Eugene
(Chucker) Edwards Friday morn
ing by Constable Bienvenido Pc
rez constituted a case of justifi
able homicide, coroner's jury
decided Saturday afternoon.
The jury. meeting under Coro-
ner Franklin Arenberg, heard Pc
req and witnesses testify that the
negro had aimed his pistol at the
constable before the fatal shot
was fired.
Edwards was killed at his An
gela street home as he resisted ar
rest on a charge of assault on a
white woman.
Jurymen were Frank r. Rob-
erts, Gabriel DeArmas. James
Curry. Winfield Russell, Enrique
Henrique and Ramon Torres.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
MRS. N. M. DORCAN
DIED ON SUNDAY
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE
CONDUCTED TOMORROW
AFTERNOON

Mrs. Nellie M. Dorgan died
yesterday morning Sis o'clock
at the residence, Gil Caroline
street.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
under the direction of the Lopez
Funeral Home, The procession
will leave the residence for St.
Paufs church, where the Rev.
Thomas j. M. Davis will Off
ciate.
Survivors include three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. G.. w. Evans, Mrs.
Fred Carbonell and Mrs. w. w.
Demeritt, Jr.: three sons, Walter
Lightbourn, Dexter Dorgan and
Joe Dorgan; two sisters, Miss
Sadie Moss and Mrs. G.. M. Nc
Gowan; three brothers, Will Moss,
Edgar Moss and Henry Moss, and
six grandchildren. I.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
State Comptroller Stresses
Need OF Collecting Taxes
Especial 10 The CITIZEN,

paredness means has done Or is
doing everything that IS required
Of a good citizen He pointed to
Flofida's problems "courageously
met by the legislature which cor
rected the wrongs suffered b.
those who have been paying taxes
all the years of our nightmare
Our governor has shown the
courage to demand full, complete
and fair administration of these
laws he said, land / join whole
heartedly in the job. Let every in
dividual find his duty under these
new laws. which have eliminated
mixed taxation. They provide
that YOU levy your own taxes and
spend your own money in your
own home government. When YOU
do your duty you help yourstlf
.'There'n be no failure If We set
our minds to the task. and tfereslt
be no increase on those carrying
their fair share Of the load Up
This provision win be as strictiy
and rigidly enforced as the re-
quirement for full cash value as
sessrnents This viii reduce tee
take on those who haze been
paying 5
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14

to the rooming house last night
when they heard Mrs. Johnson's
screams for help.
Police Chief Ivan Elwood,
whose home is near the rooming
house, said he found Sergeant
Johnson calmly sitting on the
front porch of the house when
he reached the scene.
After denying he had beaten
his wife, Johnson is said by po-
lice officers to have admitted ad-
ministering the beating. and to
have told the officers he was in
sanely jealous.
Chief Elwood said ii sp-
peared johnson had punched
his wife in the face as she lay
on the bed. attempting to stop
her screams with pillow.
Later he is said TO have thxown
her to the floor and continu-
ed the beating. pounding her
heed against the wall.
Magistrate Franklin Arenberg,
who will conduct the prelimin-
airy hearing. said it would be
necessary for his office to get a
definite report on Mrs. johnson IS
condition and to get her testi-
mony, before entering charge.
johnson. meanwhile, is being
held in county Jail.
Officers at army barracks said
johnson. a veteran of Is years in
the army. had an outstanding
record and was considered "fine
sergeant. He and Mrs. johnson
had been in Key West about a
year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
ARTHUR LUCKY, 43,
DIED HERE TODAY
CIVILIAN EMpLoYE at NAVY
YARD: SUFFERS STROKE
WHILE ON DUTY

Arthur Lucky, 43-year-old
civilian employee at the navy sta
ton, died this afternoon at LII
o'clock at Marine hospital after
suffering a stroke while on duty
at the station.
Lucky collapsed at the yard
shortly before 1880 o'clock, and
died, about 20 minutes later at
the hospital
A rigger, Lucky came here in
May from Miami, living here at
$40 Caroline street, Officers at
the labor board said they have
been unable to learn if the man
was married or had any close rel
atives in this section. A. brother
in-law lives in the west.
Magistrate Franklin Arenberg,
acting as coroner, impanelled a
coroner's jury late this afternoon
to hold the inquest. Funeral ar
engagements are in charge of Lopez
Funeral Home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
CONSTRUCTION OF
AIRCRAFT JUMPS
eBy associates pre.sl

WASHINGTON, July IA
Construction of military aircraft
at four southern California fac
tories last month had jumped
from 70 percent to more than
1000 percent. over production for
the same period year ago, the
war department was informed
today
Factories reporting on produc-
ton were Douglas, Lockhead,
Vultee and North American.
vultee, which recently install
ed the first belt line production
line in aircraft history, has made
the largest jump of the four.
North American. back at top
speed after their recent strike.
now is producing 10 warplanes a
day, the report revealed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
MASTERING in
CEREMONIES OF
GUARDS TONIGHT
MAJOR ROUSSEAU WILL PRE-
SIDE AT EVENT SEIZED
ULED FOR EIGHT O'CLOCK
AT ARMoRY

Mai. J, B, Rousseau, represent
ing the adiutant generals office at
st. Augustine, tonight viii direct
mastering in ceremonies to COM
plete the enlistment of Monroe
county men into the newly or
ganized state defense force.
Major Rousseau will open the
proceedings at 8 o'clock at the ma
tional guard armory with the roll
call of men who have signed up for
service with the unit.
Capt Fred MarviI, commanding
officer of the local force, said to-
day he has asked all local employ
ers whose businesses remain open
at night to permit men working
for them to take part in the hour
long ceremony.
Captain Marvil also invited all
men and women of the county to
attend the ceremony.
immediately upon Major Rous-
seau's return to ST. Augustine,
uniforms and rifles for the men
will be sent here, and the actual
training program is expected to
get underway at once
Members of the guard unit will
be assigned to duty similar to that
performed by the national guard,
previous to that organizations
call into active service.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
KEY WEST AUTHOR.
WILL WRITE BOOK

! /. T. &
Stetson Kennedy, young Flo.
rida author who has resided I'm
Key West for the past several
years, has been awarded a con-
tract by publishers DUEL, Sloan &
Pearce to write the Florida vol
ume in the American FolkWays
Series being edited by Erskine
Caldwell, it was announced today,
To be entitled Florida Coun-
try" the book will be completed
early this Wsnter. The first two
volumes of the series, Desert
Country and "Pinon Country"
were published last month. and
are meeting with enthusiastic ac-
claim.
According to editor Erskine
Caldwell, who is most widely
known for his Tobacco Road the
Series will "tell the colorful story
of American life through the gall
vanic medium of the customs of
the people"
Stetson Kennedy has written
numerous short stories. articles
and verse, dealing realisticallv
with the Southern scene. His
writings on Kew West subjects
have appeared in Direction. !"
"The Crisis Literary Florida. :"
Florida, and Bohemia. Cuba's
leading magazine. Another, en-
titled Uncle Sans Southernmost
Sentinel will appear this month
in the Florida Port B. Aviation
Book"
AS a member of the Florida
Writers Project he worked on the
KEY West Guide. and the Keys
sections of the Florida Guide, :"
and also wrote the Key West His
torical Pageant
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
Judge Orders Estreatment
OF Bonds Totalling $500

Joseph Bosfield, whose bond
was set at 500 on charge of
operating game of chance, was
ordered rearrested and the money
forfeited to the county
Fifty dollar bond in the cases
of Olivia Benners and Katherine
Turner was forfeited, when the
women arrived late to face va
grancy charges.
Hattie Smith, Florence Jones
and Villa Mae Rivera, all charged
with vagrancy, drew fines of 81
and costs, while the case of Thel-
ma Loretta Mack, held on the
same charge was deferred.
Felix Gonzalez and George
Gwynn, charged with petty lar
ceny in a rolling" case at a local
bar, will face trial tomorrow
morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
ALBURY NAMED AS
COUNTY DEFENSE
RECREATION HEAD
GOVERNOR CONFIRMS HIS
APPOINTMENT TO SUPER
WISE ENTIRE PROGRAM
FOR MONROE COUNTY

Paul Albury, chairman of the
city-county recreation commit
tee, today received from Gov.
Spessard l.. Holland confirma-
ton of his appointment to the
post of recreation chairman I'M
der the Monroe County Defense
Council.
Albury, who thus has been put
in charge of the entire recrea-
tional program for the county,
said he will call a meeting of local
recreation leaders at the city hall
Wednesday night to outline his
program.
Working with United Service
Organization, the new county
committee is expected to absorb
and greatly increase the pro-
gram of the eity-county commit
tee, which was set up by Marvin
Lewis, WPA characterization
director, now in Jacksonville.
Albury. who set the meeting
for 800 o'clock Wednesday
hight, said he will appoint SUBJ
committee chairrnen at that
time, and will begin to work out
a complete recreational program,
including dances, ball games,
fishing trips and a wide program
of similar entertainments.
The new recreation leader also
is expected to investigate the
USO setup in Miami, preliminary
to launching a campaign for a
similar program here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
RED-PoLAND TREATY
MAY FREE PRISONERS

LONDON, July 14.--Conclu-
sion of a pending treaty be-
tween Russia and the exiled
"'free" government of Poland in
London may free 100000 Polish
prisoners for war duty against
Germany, it was indicated here
today
Spokesman for the Polish gov
ernment-in-exile said the treaty
would include terms for the res
toration of Russian-occupied Pol
ish territory upon the successful
conclusion of the war.
In return, Polish prisoners TAX
en- by Russia in the occupation
would fight on the side of the
Soviet against Germany.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14

TALLAHASSEE, July IA. Pro-
perry which has been carrying its
ffair share of the tax load will not
suffer from any unfair burden
because of the new tax law,
State Comptroller ]. M. Lee told
an invisible audience over VITAL
here.
Those who make their returns
will not suffer from a load that
should be carried by those who do
not make returns on time, either, =
he added.
There are ways to find proper
ty that is escaping taxation, and /
am going to help find il. / refuse
to be the tool through which we
increase the burden Of those con-
scientiously and with faith in good
government file their returns.
while others who make no return
or incomplete returns have their
burden diminished.
i sat through a railroad assess
ment board hearing Thursday and
heard dubious taxpayers shout 1t
can't be done and 7 take issue
with that attitude. ! affirm here
and now it can. be done, and /
promise YOU it win be done.
And as We accomplish he
purpose Of these tax laws. our ac-
tivity viii mean reduction for
those who are now paying by
bringing in much property not
paying now. We are going to find
it and put it on the roll for taxa
ton and then we are going 10 col
lect.
Don't fool yourself" be added
Don't get the idea wen lie down
and let many escape
The comptroller opened his talk
pointing to the necessity for pre-
paredness. adding that total pre-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
Issue Permit For Construction
OF $lO5, 900 Apartments Here

Construction of sfo5. 900 apart
ment building project in the block
bounded by South, Royal and Will
liam streets was launched today
by Mangham Construction COM
pany, Miami, for Thompson and
Adams, Inc.
The project, to be completed in
the fall, will include six two-story
apartment buildings, of four units
apiece.
Building Inspector Y. d. Car
bonell issued the permit for cons
truction this morning to the Mi
ami firm, and clearing of the land
was started at once.
Specifications reveal the build
ings will be of modernized-C Colo
NAL design, constructed of con-
crete block. Paist and Stewart,
Miami, will be achiticts for the
homes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
Woman beatnlU IlllcrCifI||V.
By Her Husband Last NIGHT.

Il don't know what made me
do it. They ought to send me to
the electric chair!"
Thus police said a fearful, re-
pentant Army Sergeant Hastings
johnson this morning told them
of the savage beating he is ac-
cuSed of administering to his
25-year-old pregnant wife at a
Simonton street rooming house
last night.
The woman was conveyed to
the hospital in an ambulance
from the Pritchard Funeral
Home.
Physicians at Marine hospital
where the young woman was
rushed shortly after IL o'clock
last night, said her life is no
longer considered in danger.
Veteran police officers said
they never have seen person
so badly beaten. The woman's
eyes today were swollen shut
and the chances of her regain
ing her sight are uncertain.
Her nose is believed broken.
her head and face are groies-
quelY misshapen. and the in
side of her mouth is lacerated.
Frances Sesrcy, 20-year-old sis.
ter of Mrs. Johnson. was releas-
ed from the hospital after under
going treatment for kicks about
the body and bite on the cheek
which she accused Johnson of
inflicting when she attempted to
save her sister.
Officers and neighbors rushed
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
BRITAIN WANTS
NO TERMS WITH
GERMAN LEADER
CHURCHILL CLAIMS COUN-
TRY WILL NEVER GIVE IN
TO DICTATOR MORE DE-
TERMINED THAN EVER
ans aa.oc.nted fre..,

NV A&SVesHtcU ITEM
LONDON, July 14.-"Great
Britain never will swerve from
her purpose until she has achieved
a new glory for all the world"
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
declared this morning in world
g7ide radio broadcast.
4 Addressing his fighting speech
to the free and conquered people
of the world, Churchill said Great
Britain never will make terms
with Hitler or with his gang.
Britain, he declared, will bomb
German cities as hard eff not
harder" than English cities have
been bombed by the Nazis.
United States aid, he told the
people of Britain. is rapidly
mounting, and soon their demands
for revenge on Germany will be
met with more and more bomb
ingS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
SON BORN SUNDAY

Mr.. and Mrs. David DoWd an
nounce the birth of a son weighing
71a lbs. on Sunday morning at the
home, 1919 Varela street. Both
mother and baby are doing nicely.
MRS. Dowd was before her mar
riage Miss Dorothy Ortega of this
city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
PETAIN Is HEARD
In SPEECH TODAY
CIV Associntea rres.,

vICHY, July "A Speaking
slowly and solemnly, Premier
Henri Philippe Petain today told
Frenchrnen that this Bastille
day Frances National Inde-
pendence Day. is day for
thought and meditation"
Petain spoke briefly in COM
memoration of the day, but
there was little celebration in
France. In his address. he new
er mentioned the word free
DOM, usually the theme of
Bastille Day speeches.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
CCC Camp At Marathon
To Continue Operation
Until End Of September
Orders Issued For Its
Maintenance In Spite
OF Various Others To Be
Discontinued
washington Cor pondent
Of The Key wesI ciiizenl

washington Cor pondent
of The Key Wesr Citizenl
WASHINGTON. d. C. July IA.
Slated for continuation until
September 30. in spite Of cut of
more than zoo camps throughout
the country. is Ccc camp SPILL.
Monroe County. working on the
Ficrids Overseas Parkway. il
was learned here today.
The camp is scheduled to be
continued at its present location
at Marathon at least until the
end of the current period, Sep
TENDER 80.
Congressional cuts N CCC APP
preparations for the current fiscal
year made necessary abandon
ment of more than 200 CCC
camEs, Officials said.
In addition a number of work
camps In state parks and other
areas are being closed so that the
companies occupying them may
be put to work at or near an
Army post or other defense CEN
ter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
DEFENSE OFFICES
ARE OPENED HERE

Executive offices of the coun-
tvs civilian defense counil today
were opened on the second foor
of the courthouse.
The office viii coordinate ac-
tivities of the various defense
branches. B. NJ Duncan, chair
man of the council. said a men,
Der Of the group will be in the Of
flee at all times to answer uues-
tions and take messages for the
council.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
Germans Reported Sweeping
Down Upon Soviet Capital
Nazi Mechanical Forces
Are Also Said To Be
Proceeding On Toward
Leningrad
tBy Associated Prsss,

German mechanical forces.
crashing through the vaunied
Stain line at half dozen points.
today were reported in Berlin to
be sweeping down upon the
Soviet capital at Moscow and
the great industrial city of Lem
ingrad.
Moscow denied all the reports
and an official communique de-
scribed the situation as gener.
ally unchanged from last week.
DNB, official German news
service, said a fast-moving
pincer attack is menacing the
Dnieper river city of Kiev, re-
ported 10 nave been captured by
the Germans in yesterdays re-
ports.
DNB said the swift Nazi adj
vance surprised and overwhelm-
ed defenders of the Soviet for
tress at Vitebsk, and German
columns were said to be speed
ing toward Moscow from less
than $50 miles away.
Rumania HeavilY Bombed
Dismissing the German ac-
counts of a general collapse of
the Stain line, Russian sources
said the Germans at some points
have been hurled back, and no
serious break in the line has be-
come apparent,
Red bomberss last night pound
ed Rumanian oil fields. and cities
in Rumania. Moscow declared,
while advancing German troops
were subjected to heavy bonn
bardment.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14

Judge William v. Albury, open
ing the July term of the county
criminal court of record. this
morning clamped down on de-
PENDANTS who arrive late for trial
by ordering the estreatment Of
5000 in bonds and issuing a capias
for the rearrest of one defendant.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
PACT BETWEEN PAIR
OF SUICIDES BERLIN

BERLIN, July 14.-Informed
German sources today laughed
at reports of a treaty between
England and Russia, terming
the agreement "a pact between
suicides.
The German propaganda office
said the treaty could have no
possible effect on the outcome of
the war, either for Russia or
England.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
COURT GRANTS
DIVORCE DECREE

]. c. LaPointe, Dade county,
Saturday was granted final
divorce decree from Gertrude
LaPointe, Chicago.
He charged extreme cruelty.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
COMING EVENTS
TUESDAY

TUESDAY
Stone Church Service Club. 600
pm.
THURSDAY
Rotary Club meets 1915 p. m.
st. Paul's Parish Hall.
Lions Club meets at $50 pm.
Lions Den, Seminary Street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14

Key West. Florida. has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only Id Fahrenheit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
Venetian Blinds
Practical Decoration
BY JAMES r. PATTERSON
SuperyiSor OF Interior Design at Pratt Institute

WHO first thought of Venetian
" blinds remains a mystery
but there is no mystery about
their advantage in the homes of
today. Our grandmothers knew
them and appreciated their
usefulness but it is doubtful if
the decorative quality now
associated with Venetian blinds
even entered the picture in our
ancestors day.
Originally promoted to re-
place window shades, they have
in recent years become so
popular that many builders of
homes and apartment buildings
install them as part of the
regular equipment along with
hardware and plumbing.
This popularity is well de-
served because few house fur
nishing innovations have given
so much decorative and practi-
cal satisfaction at so little cost.
In addition. they are good for
a comparatively long life-pro-
vided they are of first quality
and are properly cared for.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
N5euutu
Man Is Not Old Until Spring
Means Nothing But-d Cod Head

years later, TO $50 pounds OF
gold-digger.
Why IS a girl always shocked
and surprised when a man who
has been two-timing Gnother
woman for her sake runs true
10 form and double-crosses her
for the next attractive girl?
Going all through Spring with
out a romance is posSible-but
like sitting through a beautiful
dinner without an appetite, its
Just little deadly.
THE DRAFT has accomp-
hshed one good thing, anyway,
1t has nipped in the bud that
sudden urge among college men
10 grow boards. A clean-shaven
fsce makes a man look human
and tempting and kissable. Why
doesn't he want to go on looking
that way?
Somehow, Just as a man has
made up his mind to dedicate
his whole life TO one girl, an
other girl always comes along
and Swerves his purpose.
It's an old saying that "aeei-
dents will happen in the best Of
families" and. according TO
the divorce scandals, most of
them DO.
THE OLD-FA HIO n r D
woman used to give her hus-
band his one night out a week;
but a modern husband is lucky
if his little Runabout will stop
dragging him around to night
clubs, shows and bridge parties,
and give him one night a week
at home.
Next TO a bored-looking stuffed
doll, declares a man about-town.
the most tiresome type of girl
is the jitterbug. She is nervous
headache, a hangover from the
Jazz Age who wearieS you like a
TiVeting machine.
Distributed by King Features synd., Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
Easily Installed

Easily installed by COM
petent workman Venetian
blinds are an improvement you
can undertake during the Spring
decorating period without lot
of mess and bother. They are
available in various standard
stock sizes to fit windows up TO
sc inches in width and can be
made by any reliable dealer in
dimensions to fit any window.
Openings over seven feet IN
width should, as a rule, have
two blinds 10 insure against
warping and for case in han
ding. Usually, however, it is
safe TO rely upon your dealer S
advice in this respect.
Standard stock blinds arr
frequently sold at prices ridicu-
lousy low for good material
but. conversely, high for poor
quality. Port Oxford cedar is
the most reliable material for
wood Stat blinds since it is less
apt to warp or crack. 1t Is
wise TO insist upon this when
YOU order.