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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-23
FLETCHER SHOULD
Drawn Bonuses 1T Times
LIKE WORLD SERIES
BY DILLON GRAHAM

Sports Editor. AP Feature Service
NEW YORK, Sept. 49, The
guy who has drawn down the
biggest wad of World Series
bonus checks is neither a slug
ging star nor a pitching master.
He's baseball veteran whose
life batting average was only
.277.
He's Arthur Fletcher, the YAM
kee coach.
Babe Ruth, Al Simmons and
the late Lou Gehrig banked
plenty of moo from their shares
of the winning teams swag in
the fail classic but none of them
endorsed as many checks as
Fletcher. Art has collected well
over $4,000 from these inter-
league championship games.
He got a slice of four melons
while playing with the New York
Giants in 1911-12-13-17 and has
participated in the cut-up with
the Yankees as a coach in 1877
% and 1882, 1867 $3.50.
On October | when the Nc
Carthymen tackle the National
leaguers in Yankee stadium
Fletcher will begin earning his
10th post-season bonus.
Fletcher broke in with the
Giants as a shortstop in 1909,
was traded to Philadelphia in
| 1920 for Dave Bancroft and man
aged the Phillies from 1923 to
1926. He came to the Yanks in
1927.
/ Art is known as one of the
smartest third base coaches in
baseball. And that's a tough
spot, for many games are won or
lost because of an over-cautious
or too-daring signaler to speedy
! baserunners. "a
Fletcher is also known as just
about the toughest riding jockey
/ in the American league Many
/ Yankee rivals have had their
poise and confidence jolted by
| his loud iibes.
/ Many baseball men figure
Fletcher has been shrewd in re-
fusing managerial offers in the
/ last decade. Only two years after
/ he became Yankee coach, Man
ager Miller Higgins died and
Fletcher was in line for the job.
He turned it down because he
reasoned that the man who sue
|ceeded Higgins wouldn't last,
that he would constantly be
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-23
SEVERN LIKES DUKE BUT SAYS
TARHEELS, CLEMSON ARE TOUGH

Cardinals All America End
V.M.I. will cause some trou-
BILE and will offer a treat for
those who watch expert block
ing. Billy Walker. guard. is
an expert at it. and won the
Southern conference trophy for
blocking in 1870.
George Washington is coming
into the loop new this year and
it's hard to say what the Coloni-
ais will do. Wake Forest viii be
very strong and Furman can't be
kicked around.
But it still looks like a three
way fight to me and I won't be
surprised--or unhappy-if North
Carolina winds up the winner.
Paul SEVERN enters the coach
ing profession this fall as ath-
letic director at New Hanover
IN. CO. high school 90.
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Buns Zero Pills;
Hike Margin Ouer
Resting Cardinals
''BLlTzKRIEC FOOTBALL SEEN s
AS RESULT OF WAR INFLUENCE
tA~-eelasea Pres. Feature service,

Feature service)
veals that the athletes Of those
days tuned UP their technique
following their military skirrn-
ishes", he asserts.
One of the Knute Rockne- tu-
tored mules who worked in
front of Notre Danes famed
-four horsemen" of 1924 rs,
Grove conternplates greater use
of the T formation which he de-
scribes as sort of military
type of football mechanism.
He will not forsake passing.
kicking and agile wingwork.
I'm just going to keep attuned
to the goth century develop
ments that I believe are in line
with the streamlining evidences
all around u.s., he says.
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CINCINNATI, Sept. Coach
Glenn Grove of Xavier univer-
sity has an idea that blitzkrieg
warfare will bring about a
change in football technique.
with all this sfreamlin-
ing OF military strategy. at
home and abroad Grove says.
II believe that football is due
for another overhauling that
is destined 10 make the game
faster for the fans and more
ingenious for the players.
Grove says world turmoil al
ways produces a psychological
reaction on sports and recrea-
tions.
why, even a glimpse OF
Greek or Roman history re-
81
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LECALs

FLORIDA. ELEVENTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT. MONROE COUNTY. IN
CHANCERY.
TERESA PIGNATANO.
vs. SO p,..r..,,
JOSEPH PIGNAsr 81 j
ORDER EXPERIMENTATION
1t appearing. ily the SWORN bill
filed is the above4stated cause that
Joseph Pignatano. the Defendant
therein named, is a non resident of
the State Of Florida and resides at
2s15 West Fifteenth Street, Brook
lyn, New York; that said defendant
is over the age of twentyrone years;
that there is no person in the State
of Florida the service of a summons
in chancery upon whom would bind
said defendant.
1t Is therefore ordered that said
defendant be and he is hereby re-
quired to appear to the bill of COM
plant filed in said cause on or be-
fore Monday, the 9Th day of October,
A. ID. 1871, otherwise the allega-
tions of sait. bill will be taken as
confessed by said defendant.
1t is further ordered that this or
der be published once each week for
four consecutive weeks in The Key
West Citizen; a newspaper published
in said county and state.
] Done and ordered this LIST day of
September, A. d. 1871.
/ (SEAL} Ross G Sawyer
Clerk Circuit Court.
BY (Sd.) Florence r. Sawyer,
Deputy Clerk.
LOUIS A. HARRIS.
Solicitor for Plaintiff.
sept2-9-16-2 lao, 1871
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compared to Hug. Bob Shawkey
took the job but next season Joe
Mccarthy was hired Art has re-
portedly refused other head man
jobs.
He is content to remain a No.
2 man, draw a good salary and
keeping banging those World
Series checks.
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SPORTS CALENDAR
BASEBALL
major Leagues)
TO-DAY
American

Detroit at st. Louis.
Boston at Washington.
Philadelphia at New York.
Cleveland and Chicago, not
scheduled.
National
Chicago at Cincinnati.
New York at Philadelphia, two
games.
st. Louis at Pittsburgh, two
games.
Brooklyn and Boston, not
scheduled.
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DODGERS IDLE
TODAY; CARDS
in TWIN BILL
Veteran Davis Hurled
Broolsiyns To Triumph
Yesterday; Lead BY
Game And Half
especial Il 1he Citizen,

NEW YORK, Sept. 23.--Curi
Davis, the old man Of Brooklyn:
mound staff, trotted out wher
they needed him Yesterday, set
ting the last place Phiilies down
BY a score Of 5-to-o and increas-
ing the Dodgers lead to one and
half games over the idle ST,
Louis Cards.
The Dodgers landed on Card
tosser RUDE Melton in the sixth
inning, collecting four runs in
that frame to put the game on
ice. They get day off today,
while the Cards tangle with
Pittsburgh twice this afternoon.
With Davis holding the Phils
steadily in check, the Brooklyns
showed their punch in the big
sixth.
Billy Herman slammed a dou-
bic against the leftfield wall to
open the deciding inning for
the Brooks. Pete Reiser's pop
fly fell out of Danny Murtaugh's
glove at second base, allowing
the outfielder to go to first while
Herman stayed on second.
CamiIli Hits Double
Dolph. Camilli nailed a. double
into right field, scoring Herman,
and Medwick was walked pur-
poSely.
Lavagetto drove out a two
Dagger, bringing home Reiser
and Camilli and Melton's wild
pitch allowed Medwick to go to
third. He came on in a few
minutes later when Reese lifted
a long fly to the outfield.
Other Games
Other games in the major
leagues yesterday:
The New York Giants split a
twin bill with the Boston Braves.
Bill Terry's men grabbed the
first, SO, and the Braves came
back to take the nightcap by the
close 2-1 score.
The Cleveland Indians found
themselves in a tie for fourth
place in the American League
with the Detroit Tigers. The
knot was tied when the Indians
were shutout by the ST. Louis
Browns and the Tigers lambasted
the Chicago White Sox, ITO,
Both the Tribe and Bengals are
only a halg-game away from
third place.
Results of the games:
MA TrfsHTAF fEzGfTE
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Federal gasoline tax collec-
tions for the first six months OF
1871 were $3.50, l27.p79, or 55h
per cent higher trIan during the
first half of 1910.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
At Cleveland X. II; r.
st. Louis 5s-8 t0
Cleveland Y Izsp
Niggeling and Terrell; Felier
Krakauskas and Hogan.
AZ CHICAGO r. III r..
Detroit III 10 Y
Chicago -----------O Q
Benton, Thomas and Tebbetts;
Dietrich, HUMPHREYS, Appleton
and Turner.
No other games scheduled.
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Today's Horoscope

Today indicates a spiritual ma
ture with occult tendencies, fond
of studying alone on curious re-
ligious or philosophical prob
lens. There is vein of mel
ancholy that should be combated
strongly, for it tends to mental
disorder. Properly controlled,
this mind will solve many per
picking problems.
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No other games scheduled.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

No other games scheduled.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-25

ALUMINIUM DRIVE
HERE CONTINUED
DIRECTORS STATE THAT IT
WILL Run ALL
NEXT WEEK

Key Vests aluminium drive,
only partially completed in a
canvass of homes yesterday, will
be continued through next week,
directors of the program an
nounced today.
Lions club members and rep
resentatives of the state defense
council today were continuing to
cover the city in trucks, picking
up contributions from homes and
places of business.
Albert Mills, executive secre-
tary of the defense council, said
this morning he has been mott
fled by the navy that a contri-
button from the station and the
air base will be added to the
collection tomorrow.
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Navy Starts Building Work
At TrumbO Island Pier Site

Construction of buildings on the
Trumbo Island pier leased by the
navy from Trumbo Properties,
Inc, has been started, Public
Works Officer Lieut.. Albert j.
Fay announced today.
Lieutenant Fay, attending the
weekly press conference of Capt
Russell S. Crenshaw, station COM
mandant, said the buildings will
be of frame construction, only
large enough to house tools and
equipment for the electrical re-
pair shops which are to be in
stalled.
The lease is for one year, but
the navy has an agreement which
would permit extension.
Captain Crenshaw announced
at the same time that plans are
underway for work or the station
commissary. for which the navy
has asked congress. The commits
sary will not be open to civilians,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-25
COUNCIL HEARS
GAS FRANCHISE
OTHER MATTERS HEARD AT
SPECIAL SESSION HELD
LAST NIGHT

The franchise-ordinance affect
ing the Key West Gas Company,
which was passed on its initial
reading at former meeting. was
taken up last night at special
meeting of the council, and pass
ed on its second reading.
Following its passage on its
second reading, there were sew
eral amendments made to the
document, which will be taken
up at the next regular meeting
for its final passage.
There were a few other mat
tiers of minor importance taken
up during the meeting, with no
final action taken.
The traffic situation which
was to have come before the
meeting last night was deferred
until the next regular meeting at
which time recommendations
will be made toward bringing
about an Improvement in the
conditions that now exist.
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Nazis Renew Drive Along
Russian Frontier; Reds
Wipeout $4,000 Germans
my Associated Press,

An entire division of $4,000
Germans was said in Moscow to
have been wiped out in a ceun-
ter-attack by the Russians near
Smolensk.
Moscow said German troops
were thrown back last night in
attacks both north and south of
Leningrad, and Nazi casualties
were reported SO great that the
advancing armies were forced
to withdraw for reorganization.
Nazi Moscow Raid Failure
The Red propaganda ministry
in Moscow said a German attack
on the capital last night failed
completely. Only one German
bomber was reported to have
reached the city, and it was
shot down before it could UNI
load its bombs.
Fifty eight German planes
were said to have been destroy
ed in the attack, with the loss
of only one Russian plane.
Berlin, describing the raid and
fighting in the south, said 90
Russian planes went down, with
only eight German aircraft fail
ing to return.
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AMERICAN FLAG ON
NAH PRISON CRAFT
ti.s Arsoclatea pre.sl

LONDON, July 25.---British
seamen released from a German
prison-ship have revealed that
the vessel on which they were
held flew an American flag, and
was named the Dixie. the adj
miralty announced today.
The prisoners, who were pick
ed up after they had been drop
ped at a neutral port. said they
were herded aboard the Dixie
much as British seamen were
crowded into the Altmark, the
prison-ship captured by the
British at the time of the Nor
wegiar campaign.
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Roosevelt Promises Action
To Halt Japanese Movement
lnx As.ocIatea Pressl

HYDE PARK, July 25.-The
United States will take definite
action, probably tomorrow, to
halt Japanese aggression in the
Pacific, President Roosevelt told
newspapermen here today.
Replying to questions, the
President said the nature of the
action would depend on develop
ments in the Far East, but it is
generally understood the most
probable American move would
be to freeze Japanese credits.
President Roosevelt admitted
the United States has "appeased"
Japan through deliveries of oil,
but in speaking of that phase in
relations between the two coun-
tries, he pointedly used the past
tense,
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SEEK WHEREABOUTS
OF +. w. WALTON

Albert Mills, commander Of the
local American Legion kPost in
formed The CitizeA to-day Stha8
the legion was in. receipt Of a let
ter t. from aAsTNaaA pest rsIatiys
whereabouts are being sought.
1t was stated that Walton, who
disappeared June Is, and has not
been heard of since that time,
was supposed to have been locat-
ed in Key West. being engaged
in carpenter work.
Anyone having knowledge of
his whereabouts is requested to
communicate with the local le-
gion post, telephone CTS.
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Jury Attributes Russell's
Death K. Electric Shock

Charles Frow Russell, navy
station electricians helper. today
was declared by coroner's jury
to have come to his death We'd
nesday night from an electric
shock.
Russell died after receiving a
shock while he was working on a
beam at the station. and was adj
ditionally injured in q fall across
a desk below,
DR.. Richard r. Pearce, physician
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made, but he declared the en-
pire will be ready to meet any
japanese threat to her south Pa
cific colonies.
Events, meanwhile, seemed to
be moving steadily toward
showdown, as the Japanese army
paper in Shanghai declared the
occupation of French Indo-China
would be an accomplished fact
by Monday,
Japanese warships are stand
ing off southern Indo- China
ports, and troop ships are said
to be moving troops into the area
at top speed.
Reports from Shanghai said
negotiations between Tokyo and
Vichy are complete, and the
Vichy government is said TO have
promised a fun explanation
within a few days.
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BhDaeI Davis, Navy Seaman,
Dies From Injuries Received
In Dive Into Shallow Water
CUBA HOT AFTER
NA1 spy RING
tRy A..as,asea Fre.s,

HAVANA, Cuba, July 25.-
Cuba's cabinet today was be-
lieved drafting more stringent
and far-reaching laws to cover
Nazi organizations striving to
overthrow the government.
The cabinet went into special
session shortly after three more
alleged Nazi spies had been
rounded up by police in round
up which was launched early in
the week.
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Adolf Hitler's mighty invasion
army, ending week long hull
in the fighting, today dashed out
with renewed fury along the
entire Russian frontier.
Berlin claimed 10000 Red sol
diers were captured in the Nepel
sector, west of Moscow, and am
other 10000 were said to have
been captured near Zhitomir in
the Ukraine.
DNB said a panZer division
has smashed into the innermost
forts of the Stain line south of
Smolensk, inflicting enormous
casualties on the Reds.
Moscow, suffering its fourth
aerial bombardment in as many
nights, was said to have been
left in flames, with numerous
military detectives shattered. Of
fetal German sources said two
waves of bombers swept over the
city, wrecking whole blocks in
the heart of the capital.
Reds Kill $1,000
Moscow, admitting a vast new
German offensive along the L.
800-mile frontier, told an entire
ly different story of its results.
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Twenty Four Year : Old
Man Suffered Broken
Neck In Pool Off BOule-,
ward Yesterday

Ishmael Lee Davis. 24.Year- old
navy seaman from Winslow.
Ind. died this morning at Ma
rine hospital from injuries suf-
fered in dive into shallow wa
ter yesterday afternoon.
Davis suffered a broken neck
when he dived into the munich
pal pool off Roosevelt boulevard
at about 5:30 o'clock. Witnesses
said he had attempted a back
flip from the pier into water
only a few inches deep.
An unidentified woman at the
pool rushed to the navy infirm-
airy to notify doctors of the ac-
cident, but it was nearly an hour
after Davis had been injured be-
fore an ambulance was able to
reach the scene.
Three Deaths In Week
The death this morning was
the third at the navy station in
a week. Charles Frow Russell,
electricians helper, was killed by
an electric shock there Wednes-
day, and Carl Minor, negro cook,
was drowned Sunday morning.
A navy board of inquiry inn
mediately began an investigation
of Davis death.
He is survived by his father,
Daniel A. Davis, Winslow, and a
brother, Eugene Davis, who is
stationed here as a second-class
radioman at the navy air sta
ton.
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at the navy infirmary who treat
ed him, said it was his opinion.
however, that death was caused
by the effect Of the shock. rather
than By the fall Witnesses. who
testified yesterday afternoon. in-
cluded James S Jones. Earl
Sands. Raymond FELTON, and
Lewis Davis, ali Of whom saw the
tragedy
Magistrate Franklin Arenberg
impanelled the jury.
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WINS DIVORCE

CHICAGO-Claiming her hus-
band deserted her because she
was "too skinny" Mrs. Rita Usa-
tuck won divorce in domestic re-
lations court in this city.
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SOME LONG BEARD

WAHPETON. N. d. - Hans
Langseth. who died in this city,
at the age of 80. had beard II
feet long which he exhibited for
many years as circus freakaa
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ENGLAND NOT CAUGHT
UNREADY. SAYS EDEN

Foreign Minister Anthony
Eden of Great Britain today told
the house of commons England
has not been caught unprepared
in the japanese move to the
south on French Indo-China,
Eden refused to say what
military preparations have been
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-25
PLAYED MANY GAMES

HANKINSoN, N. d.. H..
Nichols and A. P. Jones Of this
city, started playing checkers by
postal cards in 1914 and have now
played over 400 games.
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Government Sets Compromise
Figure Of 50 Gents An Hour
In Event Laborers Fail To
Return To Work Civil
Service Employees Win
Take Their Jobs

Radio confirmation of
the order setting q 50-cent
/ wage rate for laborers and
establishing = deadline for
labor union acceptance of
the offer had not been re-
ceived by the navy COM
munications office at press
time. The order from
Washington is expected to-
day.
Civil service workers recruited
Throughout the nation viii re-
place striking Key West laborers
on three government construe-
ton Jobs. unless local lahorsrs ac-
cept compromise pay scale Of
50 cents anshour. Capt. Russell
$. crenshsw. navy commandant.
announced today.
The navy bureau Of yards ana
docks al Washington yesterday
set a compromise figure Of SO
cents as the highest mark TO
which it would 60 in the union
demands for raise from 90
cents 10 s2h cents an hour.
Captain Crenshaw today was
waiting for radiogram confir-
nation of the instructions. which.
it is expected, will set a deadline
for the end Of the two-day-old
strike.
Paul Smith Construction com
pany. handling federal hous-
ing project at Trumbo Island,
this morning returned about 100
laborers to work at 62la cents.
Officials of the company said
they had selected men whom
they considered the best work
ers, laying off about rs others.
The Smith pay figure, it was
announced, will remain III effect
only until a settlement is reach
ed or. other jobs at which time
Tie aSn1ith company will atlopt
the rate settled upon BY the
Some 500 other laborers. who
walked off jobs at w r. Thurs
ton construction company. the
Mackle company and the South
eastern construction company,
have remained idle.
Charles Albury. elected pref
dent of the white laborers' union
yesterday afternoon to succeed
Luis Avila, last night refused to
tell the striking laborers Of the
navy departments compromise
offer.
w p Thurston. president Of
the construction. company bear
ing his name, attempted 10 enter
the union meeting. but was
barred. Albury. who said he
knew the men would insist on
Continued IN Page Fnsirs
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oNE-LEGGED MANS BARGAIN

WYMORE. Neb.-Two shoes
for the same foot, left over aft
er a sale in this city. were
bought by a one-legged man.
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but will provide goods for MEM
bers of the armed services.
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Key West. Florida. has the
most equable climate In the
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit