davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-04
CAME BACK, TOO

Ambers, especially. was sue
cesSful when he met a fighter the
second time. Dropping a decision
to Pedro MontaneZ IN an over
the-weight match at Madison
Square Garden, the former light
weight champ came back TO re-
verse the decision later in the
same year. 1887, in the now IA
nous Carnival of Champions show.
There was Pete CaHzeReFi- tee
of course, from whom Ambers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-04
BY CLAYTON HEPLER

Al WE'LL. the rotund manager
of such ex-champions as Lou Am
bers and Joie Archibald. has had
considerable success in rematches.
And that's one reason he's
banking on AL Nettlow, the River
Rouge welterweight. to whip
Young Kid Mccoy, of Dearborn.
tonight at Olympia. Mccoy won a
close decision in 10 rounds here in
their first meeting in December.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-04
.ettlOW Meets
Mccoy Tonight
Fight in Olympia
for Ri hit to
Face Civic
TONIGHTS CARD
MAIN EVENT

Young Kid Mccoy, Dearborn.
". Al NettIow, River Rouge, fef
the state welterweight cham
pionship.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-04
HERE'S BAD NEWS

Here IS the Tiger Won and lost
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-04

Continued on Page S9)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
Eight Points For Peace
(By Associated Pressl


WASHINGTON. Aug l4-The eight viii Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill agreed
base their hopes for a better world"
Cd Their countries seek aggrandzement
other;
~ They desire territorial
cord with the freely wishes
3 They respect the right of ali peoples choose form
of government under which they will live: they
sovereign rights and self
been forciblY deprived of them:
4 They will endeavor with existing
obligations further the by all great small
victor yanquished of
materials of the world which they
prosperity;
t5l They desire bring about the fullest collaboration
all nations with the object of securing for all
security:
s) After final destruction of tyranny they hope
established which will afford
of dwelling safety within their
which will afford that all the all the
live out their lives in freedom from fear and want 49, 9
~ Such should enable all the high
and oceans without hindrance;
ts) They believe all of the nations of the world for
realistic well spiritual the abandon
of the of force Since
employed
nations which threaten threaten outside their
pending wider
of general security that the disarmament Of
essential They will likewise aid
which tighten
pies the crushing burden Of armament
signed by President Roosevelt Winston
Churchill.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
LIGHT RITES TO
BE HELD FRIDAY

The funeral of Richard L.
Light, age IA, who died yester-
day morning in local hospital,
will be he'd held Friday after
noon at 6 o'clock from the First
Methodist Church, where the
body will be placed at 2 o'clock.
Rev. w. B. Mundy will officiate
Survivors are the mother and
father Mr.. and Mrs. Richard l..
Light, ST.. one sister, Miss
Marilyn Joyce Light, and grand
mother Mrs. Eliza Ygartua VIDA
de Asesio.
The Lopez Funeral Home is in
charge of engagements.
Pallbearers will be selected
from the Sunday School class OF
the First Methodist Stone Church
of which the deceased was. a
member.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
Increased Housing Facilities
For Service Groups Discussed

Government aid for increased
housing facilities in Key West will
be requested by members of the
newly formed homes registration
committee, it was announced last
night after a meeting of the group
at the chamber of commerce.
Agreeing that the 220 units now
under construction would ale
viate the shortage to some extent,
the committeeman voted to seek
government financing for larger
housing project.
Lieut.. S. Kaplan, navy officer
on the board, urged the group to
make full study of local facili-
ties before attempting to get in
creased government expenditures
for housing.
He pointed out that the govern
ment will act on housing here
|on1y after studying reports of the
local committee, and recommends
led that the group make a con-
certed effort to learn what facili-
ties are available, and how much
more could be made available by
improvements.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
CAN USE COTTON -
FOR POWDER BAGS
Inv Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE
army, threatened with a shortage
of silk for artillery powder bags,
reported that it had developed a
cotton substitute acceptable for
most purposes.
At the same time, the navy
disclosed that it had developed a
synthetic silk substitute, details
of which We're withheld, and also
had laid in its own stockpile OF
silk for use in powder bags and
parachutes.
Fabric bags are used in guns
to hold the powder charge Unless
the material burns out completely
with the discharge of the gun, a
smoldering fragment of cloth in
the breech NAV result in prema-
ture explosion of the next charge.
The synthetic fibre developed
by the navy fills this requirement
and NAV be used also in parachute
manufacture. it was said Even
before the Office of Production
Management forbade silk process
ing by mills throughout the coun-
try to conserve the supply for
military use, the navy reported
it had enough silk on hand for
current needs, and was prepared
to turn out the synthetic when
ever need might arise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
COMMISSIONERS TO
HEAR TAX MATTERS
MEMBERS OF ORGANIZATION
WILL SIT AS EoUALIzA
li1 TON BOARD TONIGHT

b al.aa d ST
Sitting as board Of equaliza-
stion tonight at the courthouse,
Monroe county commissioners
will study complaints against tax
assessments and hear citizens who
wish to make their complaints in
person.
County Clerk Ross Sawyer said
most Of the complaints received
up to now have been in the form
of telephone calls, indicating that
number of citizens viii put in
formal protests before the books
are closed.
Operators Of Casa Marina hotel
filed a protest against the 100 per
cent assessment at the last meet
ing of the commission week ago,
but the letter was held over for
later action.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14

S. c. Singleton, chamber of
commerce secretary, this morning
drafted letter to local clubs and
organizations seeking cooperation
for a survey of conditions in the
city. Four Representatives each
will be requested from the Wom-
ans club, Junior Woman's club,
Lions, Rotary, Merchants asSocia-
ton and Realtors association for
the survey.
Joe Pearlman, Glenwood Sweet
ing, Ernest A. Ramsey and En-
rique Esquinaldo, Jr, last night
were named to a committee which
will canvass local businessmen in
an effort to raise Nancy for ex-
penses of office operation and for
the survey.
Men who attended last nights
meeting were Lieutenant Kaplan,
Singleton, Sweeting. Ramsey, Es-
quinaldo, Melvin E. Russell, j.
Lancelot Lester, Fred j. Dion, ].
u Trevor, A. ]. Dion, Pearlman,
William Monsalvatge, Fred
Knapp, Lance Lester, Jr., and S.
C. Singleton III
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
PEREZ FUNERAL
HERE TOMORROW

The funeral OF Manuel Perez,
age q, who died Sunday morn
ing in an auto accident, will be
held Friday afternoon at $50
o'clock from the residence, 1882
Georgia street, Rev. G. Perez of
the Cuban Methodist Church, of
ficiating Arrangements are UNI
der the direction Of the Lopez
Funeral Home.
The survivors are the widow,
Mrs. Manuel Perez. Mother and
father, Mr.. and Mrs. Pablo Perez,
one brother, Pedro Perez, and
one sister, Mrs. Estelia Acevedo.
The body arrive this morning
on board the steamship Florida
from Tampa.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
NEGRO POLICE
UNDER ARREST

A. A, Roberts, negro special pol
ice officer whose badge mo. 33l,
gives him special privileges in his
own section of town, learned last
night the expensive way that il
didn't mean a thing to Constable
Bienvenido Perez.
Roberts, who said his badge and
title exempt him from the pur-
chase of state and county occupa-
tional licenses for his two res
taurants, was under $50 bond to-
day awaiting a preliminary hear
ing.
He'll tell it to Magistrate Enri-
que Esouinaldo this afternoon at
5 o'clock.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
ERLICH'S WIDOW
COMES TO ANlERICA

NEW YORK. Aug A MIS-.
Paul Erich, IN, widow Of the e.
nous German physicians SCIENTIST
arrived on the Portuguese steamer
Nyassa with $50 other European
refugees and said she planned e
remain In this country the rest Of
her life.
Mrs Erich, whose husband fes
vclutioned syphilis treatment BY
discovering the specific reneog
salvarsar said that for tvte and
i half years she hod Lived Y
Geneva, driven there from beg
home in Frankfort on Main. Ger
many, by j political sitlistio''
which I could not tolerate,
She will live with her dauEhtkr
Mrs. Ernest Schwerirt q SAB
Francisco.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
Russians Smashing AT Nazi
Lines In Furious Attacks
tBy ASSOCIATED Press,

NEW YORK, Aug. l4.-Rus-
sia's southern armies, demoraliz-
ed and retreating according to Of
fetal Germany yesterday, today
were admittedly smashing at
the Nazi lines in new wave OF
furious counter attacks.
Moscow said the Thirty-Ninth
German tank corps was ami
hilated in a fierce Russian count
er drive south of Kieys while SO
Nazi regiments were declared
routed and another 81 driven of
with losses running up to SO per
cent.
Berlin admitted the counter at
tacks, and am official COM
munique told of fighting on a
tremendous scale in the entire
area south of Kiev, near Bel
Tserkov.
Russian planes and tanks were
believed cooperating in smashing
attacks on the Nazi mechanical
columns, while powerful forces
of Red infantry were being pull
ed UP from the rear to hurl
their weight into the expanding
battle.
Odessa Surrounded
Berlin said combined Rumanian
and German forces have sur
rounded the Russian Black Sea
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14

port of Odessa, but they admitted
the city is by no means taken.
Powerful Red forces are with
in the Nazi ring, according to
Berlin, and it will take time to
subdue them,
AT the same time, a DNB re-
port from Berlin said Hungarian
and German soldiers are sur
rounding Nikolaev,. another
Black Sea port, and are forcing
the Red defenders back to the
shore YSxrW
Aerial activity over the con-
tinent was reduced during the
night, with bad weather APP
parently holding up the attack
ing forces. London, Berlin and
Moscow went through their first
PEACEFUL nights in a week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
new DRIVE FOR
SCRAP ALUMINIUM

Lions club members, cooperat-
ing with the Columbia laundry,
this morning launched a new
drive for scrap aluminium in an
effort to pick up material missed
in, the first drive last month.
Art Murray, Lions club mem
Der who is directing the, program,
said laundry trucks will pick up
aluminium on their regular
rounds, or viii come after the
material if householders call the
laundry office.
Scrap material will be piled in
front of the Columbia office on
Simonton street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
CARPENTERS BUY
DEFENSE BONDS

Answering the governments
request that organizations join
with individuals. in boosting sales
of defense savings bonds local
carpenters union No. 655 has de-
posted $4,0O7 from its treasury
in the bonds, Clarence Higgs,
business agent announced today.
Higgs said he hoped other local
organizations would follow the
carpenters lead in helping to
boost the bones sales.
Both as a patriotic act and as
q sensible way to save money,
purchase of the bonds by organi-
cations is worthwhile Higgs said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
WORKMAN BURIED
ALIVE I'm CEMENT
ny A..en.n,ea rressi

MASON CITY, Iowa, Aug. IA
Guy Bull, SO, loading gang fore
man for the northwestern states
Portland Cement Co, was buried
alive under several tons of bulk
cement when it broke loose in a
storage bin he was cleaning. He
was dead when rescuers dug him
out
A fellow workman seven feet
away was unframed. The acct
dent shattered a 1,009-day mo
lost-tirne' accident record for the
plant.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
REPORT RIOTING
in VICHY TODAY
CRy Associated Pres.l

NEW YORK, Aug. 14-Rioting
and street demonstrations were
reported to have broken out in
Vichy today as the new minister
of defense, Admiral Jean Darlan,
called upon the French people in a
radio address to support his gov
eminent and collaborate with
Germany.
Details of the uprising were not
Immediately available, but Paris
newspapers declared shots were
fired and some persons were in
jured
The Paris papers blamed Jews
and Communists for inspiring the
riot.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
5000 GALLONS GAS
SPILLED FROM TRUCK
fpy Assoclnted pressl

COLUMBUS, Ind, Aug. IA
With the secretary of the interior
calling upon people to conserve
gasoline, a truck hauling $500
gallons of the fuel turned over on
State Road z southeast of Column
bus and poured it all into ditch.
Farmers came from miles
around with buckets, cans and
bottles to catch the gasoline and
take it home. One even drove his
tractor to the spot and filled up
the tank.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
1,545, 600 MEN NOW
MAKE UP u. S. ARMY
GUS A.ser.as@a Prr.s,

WASHINGTON Ate. AZ.
The United States army nov
numbers about l.545,o0o men
the war department revealed
today.
In breakdown of the
figures. the war department
said the army has about ST.
600 regulars; $4,000 national
guardsmen; $4,000 selectees
and $1,000 reservists on active
duty.
About l.443,500 are enlisted
men. with about l0i.s0o Of
ficers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
as Assoclnfed Prensl

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Presdent Roosevelt and
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill after secret
meeting joined today in declaration Of general
aims which voiced their determination achieve the na
destruction of Naz tyranny"
White House announcement, embodying the eight
point declaration, said the national leaders and their
high ranking military cheftans examined the whole prob
lem of the supply of munitions those
lively engaged in resisting aggression"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
WOMAN Is HELD
FOR COURT TRIAL

Jesse Mullins, charged with as
sault and battery after an alterca-
ton yesterday afternoon with
Cora Owens, this morning was
bound over to criminal court Tin
der $50 bond by Magistrate Enri-
que Esquinaldo.
Both women this morning bore
scratched faces after their meet
ing on Ashe street yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14

Details Of the Unprecedented
conference between President
Roosevelt and Churchill were re-
leased simultaneously from WASH
ington, London and Ottawa, Cam
Eada.j
Although there was no official
announcement Of the exact meet
ing place, it was believed that the
two leaders and their stats met
either aboard the Presidential
yacht Potomac or on United
States warship.
Churchill Brought 23
Churchill. it was revealed, was
accompanied by % military and
civilian leaders, including Lord
Beaverbrook. British minister Of
supply, who viii leave within a
short time for Washington to con-
tlnue the talks In detail.
Names Of American officials
who attended the conference were
not Immediately released, but ii is
understood Harry Hopkins made
the trip with Churchill from
London, and other Washington Of
ficials are believed to have taken
part.
Administration leaders in Wash
ington Immediately hailed the
peace points as clear outline for
freedom loving people, congress
sional comment appeared to be al
most uniformly favorable.
Virginia Gayda, semi-official
Italian news commentator, said
the declaration could not change
the ultimate fate 81 Britain. and
accused the two leaders OF hatch
ing new plots" against the nations
Of the world.
Bluff. Says Berlin
Authorized Berlin spokesman
said the meeting and subsequent
declaration amounted to i pEof
uganda bluff Of no importance
Previously the German radio had
carried laconic sentence an
nouncing that meeting betweep
President Roosevelt and Churchill
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
ITALIAN SHIP HELD
BY TURK GOVERNMENT
By AshOeInteu Press

ANKARA. Aug. I4-Turkish
authorities today held an Italian
ship for which Rome had re-
quested passage into the Black
Sea.
The vessel was held up in Tur-
kish waters after Ankara had
refused permission for passage
through the Dardanelles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
PARENTS JAILED
FOR BABY'S DEATH
tny Asneclafed Pressl

TUCSON, ARK. Aug. l4Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Arnold, whose two
penth-old daughter burned 10
death in their home, were SEN
fenced to 80 days IN jail.
They pleaded guilty TO a charge
of permitting d chiIds life to be
imperiled after inquest witnesses
testified they locked the baby in
the house and vent to a night
club.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
NO MAD RUSH

Concord, N. Hits our opin-
ion that there won't be aWmad
rush to answer the call of con-
struction company superintendent
for 200 men to move old graves.
The cemetery has to be moved to
make way for a river dam.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
STRIKERS ARE
BACK AT WORK
aI.y Assacinicd pres.l

CALDWELL, N. j., Aug. IA
Striking CIO machinist at the
Curtiss Wright aeronautical
plant here were back at work TO
day after week-long strike.
The men, who had held up vital
production of propellors, return
ed to work in compliance with a
plea from the Recommendation
board that they end the strike and
settle their dispute peacefully.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW

CHICAGO You're old enough
to know better" said a judge ir
this city, when he fined Johr
Janovsky, ST., SIS and his son
John. Jr., SIS for being intoxi
Gated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
OBTAIN CLOTHING

RUTHERFORD, N. C. Two
men clad in dirty, ragged cloth
ing, broke into a store in this city,
dressed themselves in new out
fits and left their old clothing be-
hind
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
BETTER TO REACH EN- WITH

G. LytletoD Rogers, an inter-
nationally known tennis player,
is 6 feet 3 inches tall.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
Roosevelt And Churchill Voice
Determination In Aims Toward
Destruction OF Nazi Tyranny

TWO NATIONAL LEADERS AND HIGH RANKING
cHIEFTAINs MAKE COMPLETE STUDY or
WHOLE PROBLEM OF THE SUPPLY OF MUM.
TIONS OF WAR TO COUNTRIES ACTIVELY EN-
GAGGED IN RESISTING AGGRESSION
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14
Council VIII Hear Two
Important Issues At
Special Meet Tonight
Acquisition OF Electric
Co. Coming Up; Other
Matter Deals With Hav-
ing Fire Debris Removed

There will be a special meeting
of the City Council held tonight.
beginning at o'clock. in council
chambers. for the purpose Of meet
ing with representatives of the
Board of Trustees of the Florida
Keys Electric Cooperation AS
ISOLATION relative to acquisition of
the Key West Electric company's
electrical system and other prop
erty holdings situated in the City
of Key West.
There are several other matters
that will be taken up at tonight's
meeting, one of which will deal
with definite action to be taken
in connection with having the
debris cleared away on the prop-
erty at the corner of Duval and
Greene streets, which has re-
manned there as an eye sore since
!. the fire Of April 20.
Orders were issued some time
ago giving the owner of the prop
erty ten days in which to start
work of having the premises
cleaned up, the time limit having
expired, with no effort made on
the part of the owner to comply
with the order.
City Attorney Aquilino Lopez,
Jr. will render his decision in the
matter tonight as to the legal
status of the city in having the
place cleared up.
The council will be informed
by the attorney tonight as to the
proper procedure to be followed
in the matter, with definite action
to be taken toward having this
nuisance and menace at one of the
city's main corners on the prin-
cipal thoroughfares eliminated at
once. This is only one of the
many places of this nature that
will get the attention of the coun-
Gil in the near future, with other
delapidated buildings to be order
ed repaired or torn down.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14

First result of the conference
between President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
will be a visit to Washington by
Lord Beaverbrook. British min
lister of supply, who will discuss
details of the two nations plan
for defeating Germany.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-14

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

The Nome City Council met Mondey evening in regular ses- sion.
 The Council granted the Fourth of July Celebration committee use of the tennis court for the celebration exercises.
 All bills approved by the fin ance committee were ordered paid.
 Reports of the various commit tees were heard.
 No action was taken on a pet ition, signed by sundry citizens and submitted by Council O'Con- nor, urging that the city pay the transportation of, and $35 a day, to Burns and Mcdonnell, engin- eers at Sitka, to conduct a sur vey of the municipal light sit uation at Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-25
Peruvian General Inspects Planes

LOS ANGELES, June A high Peruvian air force officer is visit ing the Lockheed aircraft factory at Los Angeles as guest of the United States government. He is Brigadier General Fernando Mel gar.
 Melgar arrived in Southern Cal ifornia for a tour of airplane plants and Army and Navy bases. He immediately visited the Doug las plant at Santa Monica and the Vultee factory at Downey.
 Inspections of the Army air base al March Field and the Navy bases at San Diego and Termin- al Island will complete the Per uvian generals official duties in California.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-25
Japan Issues Z Statements On Far East

TOYKO, June-Japan announc ed she has demanded the right to share as a third power" with the United States and Great Brit ain in the economic fruits of The Netherlands East Indies.
 It is also announced that the 20 months of negotiations with the Dutch are at an end, broken eff with the Batavia government
 Official statements were issued by Kankichi Yoshizawa, chief negotiator at Batavia, who has been ordered to return to Tokyo.
 Japan demanded from the Dutch East Indies trade agree ments to insure her war materials and other shares in the riches of the island group.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-25
All Labor Needed

Hillman and Knudsen had ad- vised defense plant operators that every available source of labor capable of producing defense ma terials must be tapped in the present emergency. Said MT. Roosevelt:
 Industry must take the init iative in opening the doors of employment to all loyal and qual flied workers regardless of rank, national origin, religion Or color"
 Concluded the President:
 "In the present emergency, it is imperative that we effective ly and speedily use this popula- tion. I shall expect the Office of Production Management to take immediate steps to facilitate the full utilization of our production man power"