davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29
Talks To f1isWfe By Carrier Pigeon

w TIlEN Mrs-Eichard Dcmaray.
w out on lonely stock farm
w and ranch on the Western
prairie. says that a little bird told her
about the carvings ON Of husband Jack
Dcmaray in the far-away city she isn't
kidding and the information comes
direct from husband Dick himself
For II is by carrier pigeon. rather
than telegraph or telephone. that Dick
Demaray, a Midwesten boxer. keeps
his wife and two small sons Informed
If his ring battles Wien Demaray
leaees his ranch near Bismarck. North
Dakota, TO go TO any Of the cities
whore he is frequently matched as a
top-noich fighter he makes sure that
he has with him a couple Of carrier
pigeons from his home loft
Then just as soon as he takes off
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29

dcscribably more terrible than the gal
lows or the chopping block.
These old drawings and engravings,
however, do not have the dramatic
punch Of photographs and "A Dallas,
Texas photographer named William
Langley yiss-attcmptcd TO re-cnact
these aDtient pictures in the modern
manner
The photographs reproduced on this
page were taken IN his studio, and they
are much more than shocking" pic
lures They were made after copsid-
cradle research, with the help Of live
models and with props and costumes
designed by a young McNican artist
named I0dquiW TUdTTH0-
Mr. Mcdrauo reproduced as closely
as possible The dcvihsh devices which
made life extremely unpleasant for,
hundreds of Europeans who bad the
misfortune to fall into the hands of
the Medieval torturers
The photograph at the upper left Of
the page shows a young woman with
an iron spike driven through one Of
her feet This torture according to.
old accounts, was a more or less COM
mon practice in the 18th and 18th
centuries.
Even more barbaroGs was the Gus
r.r 100 ftr,.ar
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29
A Texas Photographer
Digs Into the Story Of
M G dieVoI Punishmenfs
and Uses Living "Vie-
Tins" to Dromofize Their
Most Terrifying
TormenfS

were also the prosecutors, was chained
to this rolling rack and revolved over
a blazing fire, like a pig on a spit
The photograph below shows a man
of the 18th Century suffering the
agonies Of THE Boot" One leg was
fastened inside this diabolical device so
that his jailers could pour boiling hot
water or molten metal into it,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29

tom OF branding prisoners
with white-hot pieces of
metal Another OF the pic
lures on this page shows
what this ordeal must have
looked like.
One OF the most iugoni-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29

wanderers are harmless and are only
anti-social 10 the extent that they
can't mind their own business But
they are always unpopular and the
police are always glad To catch up With
them because they never know when
they are going to run into one Of these
night birds who. in his excitement. is
likely 10 break out with violently GRIM
inal behavior
Not long ago, the police Of Great
Falls Montana, were tipped off that
a Peeping Tom was making almost
nightly visits TO the vicinity Of a girls
school The report that prowler was
casting an eager eye on the young
women at that time upset the girls no
end and brought about an unpreced-
ented wave Of shade-pulling at even
tide
II didn't take the cops long 10 catch
mp with the suspect who to their sur
prise, didn't seem at all like the sort
of person who would waste his time
pecking in other peoples windows
The young man was entirely frank
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29

were supposed to make men and
women confess their Grimes" was
THE Wheel "a reconstruction Of
which is shown at the right. Many
prisoner. after going through the
mockery of a trial at which the judges
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29
Db4oToS eN 90 Q

VERY Community. at some
time or another, finds out
= that II has in its midst one
or more Peeping Toms those
slyly curious citizens who can't
resist prowling around at night
TO peer in at the private lives
of their friends and neighbors
As often as not these nocturnal
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29

Gus and inhuman Of
the cold-b loo d c q
contraptions which
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29

Great Eutam Right Reserved
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-22

finds the night warmer than 65
above.
One last bit of advice: Pick
your night carefully-there have
been only few ''payoff"' nights
in the past five years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-22
NOTICn 70 CREDITORs

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT or THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY.
STATE OF FLORIDA. IN CHAN
Gerry. sEsst
Case No. S-27
INEz- PEREZ NUNEZ,
Plaintiff,
VS.. DIvO mo II
RAUL NUNEZ,
Defendant.
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RAUL NUNEZ,
Defendant.
ORDER or PUBLICATION
TO: RAUL NUNEz
esiCence--unknown
You are hereby required to APP
pear to the Bill Of Complaint in the
above styled cause on the first day
of September, A. IL 1941, otherwise
the allegations therein contained
will be taken as confessed.
This order to be published once a
week for four consecutive weeks in
The Key West Citizen. a newspaper
published In Key West, Florida.
Done and Ordered this 30th day
of July, A. ID. 1871.
(SEAL) Ross G Sawyer
Clerk Of the Circuit Court, Monroe
County, FloriGa.
BY: (Sd) Florence r. Sawyer,
Deputy Clerk.
augf 2-29, 1941
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William T. H. Boil, former
employe in the power plant at the
U. S. Naval Station, now retired,
returned to Key West last even
ing over the highway from points
in New Jersey, where he had
been visiting for a few weeks.
Frank Carrasco, son of the late
"a. ID. Carrasco, who was Cuban
Consul at Key West for number
of years, was included in the re-
cent arrivals in Key West from
Tampa where he is now making
his home.
J. p. Stickney, who had been
spending few weeks in Tallahas-
see, returned to Key West during
the week.
John Gardner, proprietor of
Gardeners Pharmacy at the corner
of Duval and Southland streets,
accompanied by Mrs. Gardner,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-22
CARD OF THANKS

We take this means of express
ing our sincere appreciation to
our friends for the many kind
acts rendered us during our recent
bereavement, the loss of our be-
loved one, Mrs. Eliza Hinde. We
are grateful to those who gave
the use of their cars, the donors of
the lovely floral tributes and mes
sages of sympathy,
aug22-1t THE FAMILY.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Tim Pittman
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COUNCIL PASSES
WATER ORDNANCE
CONTINUED from Page Onel

Continued from Page Onel
Florida East Coast Hotel Com
pany, addressed the council
seeking a reduction in the
amount of taxes assessed on the
Casa Marina Hotel and personal
taxes of the company as well.
The matter was referred to the
tax equalization board which is
now meeting from time to time
to adjust tax complaints.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-22
LEG.!.ALS
IN THE c0URT or THE COUNTY
JUDGE. MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA, IN PROBATE.

I'm INNE GOOAA VT AhE 4uGNAA
JUDGE. MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA, IN PROBATE.
In re Estate OF
JENNIE KEMP.
Deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
(1D3a Probate Act, Sees. 119, 120l
To All Creditors and Persons Hav-
ing Claims or Demands Against
Said Estate:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified and required to present any
claims and demands which you, or
either of you, may have against
the estate of Jennie Kemp, Ge-
ceased, late of said County, to the
County Judge of Monroe County.
Florida, at his office in the court
house of said County at Key West,
Florida, within eight calendar
months from the time of the first
publication of this notice. Each
claim or demand shall be in writing,
and shall state the place of resi-
dence and post office ADDRESS of the
claimant. and shall be sworn to by
the claimant. his agent. or his att
torney. and any such claim or de-
mand not so filed shall be void.
GWENDOLYN KEMP,
AS Executrix of the Last Will and
Testament Of Jennie Kemp, de-
ceased. aug1-S-15-22, 1941
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were included in the recent ar
rivals in Key West for a visit
with relatives and friends. Mr..
Pittman was formerly connected
with the Telephone Company in
Key West in the capacity of
manager.
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when the white House sent some
Of the secretarial staff in White
House car to the funeral of Louis
Howe's sec'y at Asheville, N. c..
the car was barred from the pro-
cession because it did not have
union driver ANY three-card-
Monte player viii tell YOU" Howard
whitman declares in Coronet that
good. simple. honest people make
the best suckers Smarter
crooks win tell you different "a. !.
The ripest sucker is a chump with
a faint Of larceny. and he's in
variably hooked.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-22
L E G A L S
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA. IN CHANCERY.
Nm. S-.90

SUZANNE PRATT THAYER,
Plaintiff,
BERTRAM w. THAYER,
Defendant.
ORDER FOR PUBLICATION
TO; BERTRAM w. THAYER.
2201 Hardesty,
Kansas City, Missouri.
You are hereby required to appear
in the above entitled cause on the
Rule Day is September, 1941, the
same being September /, 1871. to the
bill for divorce filed against you in
the above entitled cause and there
after to file such defense as you
shall think proper; otherwise the
allegations of said bill for divorce
filed in said cause will be taken as
confessed by you,
Ordered and Done at Key West,
Florida, this July 31st. 1941,
tSEAL) (Sd) Ross G Sawyer
Clerk of the Circuit Court, Monroe
County, Florida.
augl- 1941
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SORE TOE BRINGS
SOURDOUGH LUCK
6ny Assoclafed pressl

PERTH, Australia, Aug. 22.--
Annoyed because he continued to
stub his toe on jagged piece of
rock on. the way to his camp,
Thomas Starr, a prospector in
Kalgoorlie, applied his pick and
shovel On breaking the rock out
Of its earthly bed he noticed yell
low CLEANS on the underside. He
had the stone assayed and found
that it contained gold worth 1915.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-22

to stay above IS degrees and take
accommodations in this mile-high
city.
Irked by tourists who ask for a
cool. place to stop, the Chamber
of Commerce has offered to pay
the lodging bill of anyone who
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-22
FREE OFFER THAT
CARRIES A CATCH
eBy Assoclatea Pressl

CUSTER, S. D., Aug. 22.-
Want some free lodging2 .Yas
Thea sjpst pick OUT d night
when the temperature is certain
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left during the week on a trip to
points up the country. They ex-
poets to be away on vacation for
several weeks.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-11-07
|Ussishkin Memorial
Meetings To Be On
November Both

New York, N. Y, October 81
Especial Dispatch) Tribute to the
memory of Menahem Ussishkin,
President. of the Zionist General
Council and World President of
the Jewish National Fund, who
died recently in Jerusalem, will be
paid at memorial assemblies which
will be held in many Jewish COM
munities throughout the nation on
Sunday, November Both, DR.. Israel
Goldstein, President of the Jewish
National Fund of America, an
nounced. The memorial assem-
blies, which, will be preceded by
conferences of local Jewish Nat
ional Fund Councils, will serve as
occasions to implement the Ussish-
kin Memorial Fund for which the
leaders of the Zionist movement
in Jerusalem, London and New
York have issued a call.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-11-07

sab, the Women's Zionist Organ
ization of America, voted to mob
ilize it's membership for the de-
tense and the protection of de-
mocracy in this country. An adj
ditional sum of $4,000 was set
aside for its American program.
Mrs. David de Sofa Pool, who
was reelected National President
for third term, declared that
Hadassah had adopted this pro-
gram in response to a letter from
President Roosevelt, addressed to
the opening session of the Conven-
ton, in which he called for the
defeat of the forces of Fascism
and aggression.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-11-07
Mrs. Roosevelt
To Address
WOmen's League

Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
will address delegates of the 400
sisterhoods representing 100000
women from the United States
and Canada at their annual con-
vention of the Women's League of
the United SYpagogue Of America.
to be held in Detroit from Novern-
Der 9th to 18th. The topic of
Mrs. Roosevelt's address will be
women in Defense" announced
Mrs. Samuel SPECIAL, National
President of the League. "As an
organization representing thous-
ands of Jewish women, we are
grateful for the subject Mrs.
Roosevelt has chosen" continued
Mrs. Spiegel. I'm these days when
humanity is cropping in the dark
ness and everyone is eager to add
his share to aid in our country's
defense, it is fitting that the First
Lady of our land be our COUNSEL
lor." The address will be given at
given at the Masonic Temple on
Armistice night.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-11-07

"A higher law than the law of
nations" he said, Should give to
the Jews the land which they
have rehabilitated in Palestine"
Senator Pepper vigorously at
tackled Hitlerism, emphasizing
that wherever there is injustice,
wherever there is persecution,
wherever there is wrong, that is
an ill for the rest"
During the final session, which
was devoted to the observance Of
the twenty-fourth anniversary of
the Balfour Declaration and a
tribute to the late Justice Bran
deis, the latter's devotion to the
Zionist endeavor was discussed by
his daughter, Miss Susan Brandeis,
and by Mrs. Edward Jacobs, nom
Zionist member of the Jewish
Agency for Palestine.
Senator Pepper said that the
Balfour Declaration represented
the expression of the sentiment of
a large part Of humanity and cit
is therefore just as important to-
day for democracy in every part of
the world as for the British En-
pire that these sacred pledges be
fulfilled.
ut is only natural and just that
a people whose name, work and
blood has been for such a long
time bound up with section of
the earth, as the Jewish people is
bound up with Palestine, that this
people shall be given the oppor-
tunity to benefit from the land
which they have revived"
Adopting a budget of $1,215,OOO
for it's Palestine program, Hadas-
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-11-07

Doctor Aharon Kessler, Nat
ional Executive Director of Young
Judea, and Mr.. Carl Alpert, editor
of the New Palestine, have been
appointed permanent members of
the National Youth Advisory Com
mittee of the Office Of Civilian
Defense. Doctor Kessler and Mr..
Alpert attended special meeting
of the committee on Thursday, Oc-
tober 23rd, at the Labor Building
in washington, p e and later
took lunch at the White House.
The meeting was called by Mrs.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, assist
ant United States Director of Civ
ilian Defense, in charge of volun-
teer activities.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-11-07
Jews Are First
Victims AS NaZiS
Rayage Russia

London (JPS)-First victims of
murder, looting and ravishment
are the Jews as the Nazis enter
former Russian towns, it is re-
ported by the Soviet press as
lengthy descriptions are given of
the plight of helpless Jewish pop
ulations in the path Of the invad-
ers.
Every Jewish house in Kharkov,
the Soviet newspapers say, was
emptied of it's contents. Jews
caught in the streets were de-
prived of their clothes and every
article of value, so that many are
left half naked in the streets.
The Soviet authorities have
made a special point of evacuat-
ing Jewish women up to the age
of As from the towns to be aban-
doned, because German and Ru-
manian habitually mistreat any of
those left behind, the u. S. S. r.
daihes state.
Reproducing the diary of a cap
tured German soldier named Helm
rich Tiwel, the Soviet press notes
an entry to the effect that he had
been carrying out Hitler's order to
make himself responsible for the
killing personally of $50 Jews on
the Russian front when he was
caught.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-11-07

New York OVERWHELMINGLY
of Britain's pledges, reputation OF
the Chamberlain White Paper pol
icy and establishment Of a Jewish
Army were urged in the nation
wide observance of the twenty
fourth anniversary of the issuance
of the Balfour Declaration in
which the British Government
during the First World War deoi-
Gated itself to the establishment
of a Jewish National Home IN
Palestine. .:uh
AS though to remind the British
Government that the document
published on November 2, 1911
was still regarded by the jewish
people as an earnest OF wnas
was expected to be accomplisneo
on behalf Of homeless Jews at tne
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-11-07
s'PaIestine Must Be Returned
AS A Jewish National
Home" Declares Barkley

end of World War II, hundreds OF
speakers-including United States
Senators, Congressman, Govern
ors. Mayors and other civic, bus
mess, religious and cultural lead
ers. both Jews and Christians
addressed meetings in hundreds OF
cities and towns in endorsement
of a large-scale colonization pro-
gram for Jews in Palestine.
The keynote for the Balfour Gel
ebrations was sounded by United
States Senator Alvin w. Barley
of Kentucky, Majority Leader
when he told more than $500 per-
sons in Carnegie Hall in this city
that the "Jews of Palestine are a
mart of the world front against
the aggressor and when the time
comes for the building up OF a
new world, Palestine must be re-
stored as a Jewish National
Home" Senator Barley urged
the establishment of a Jewish
Army. declaring that while thous-
ands have already enrolled with
the British forces "there are many
thousands more who are anxious
70 fight under their flag even as
tbe armies of the conquered ma
tions. the Free French, the Czechs,
the Poles and the others are do
ing"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-11-07

ouentlv. the whole land "from Dan
70 Beersheba," or was the Presi-
dent simply throwing in the ira
ditional Biblical phrase. Whatever
be the reason, there is no question
that the use by the President OF
this phrase win be dug up in the
future, as indicating that tne
United States stands for tns WIZ VIZ
Of palestine as the rightful prov
ince of the Jew.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-11-07
UNITARIAN CONVENTION
DEGREES ANTI-SEMITISM

Pittsburgh (JTA)-A resolution
decrying anti-Semitism as "an ON
nous threat to the security and
liberty of all minority groups"
was adopted this week at the
closing session of the convention
of the American Unitarian Asso-
Citations, meeting here.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-11-07
Senator Pepper Asks For
F u|fi||ment Of BaIfourP|edqe
Addresses Hadassah Convention
Final Meeting

Pittsburgh (JPS)-Addressing the closing session of
the 9th annual Convention of Hadassah in Pittsburgh
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida declared that the Amer
can Government prepared to it's influence bring
ing about the enforcement of the pledge of the BafOur
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-11-07
eek In Review
!, MILTON sRoWN. J.T.A.

wish Properly AucClOne0
ur own gangsters, thugs and
hrs were to hold open auc-
of all their stolen property
of our cities, we can well
he the sensation. But Nazi
Inc. does that very thing
B accustomed has the world
e to NaZi barbarity, that it
Div causes a ripple. In Ber-
his week, the people were
hg to auctions. Thousands
Us had been deported to the
swamps and the Nazi gov
hit was trying to realize on
lrniture and other property
from the Jews.
words" How much am I
and the sound of the ham,
Sold for such and such" were
widely heard in Berlin. For
Is and years now, the Ger
have been forced to buy
hing with ration cards, but
Tor the first time was a sale
lch thew did not have to con-
their ration cards. They
buy unlimitedly whatever
was. What mattered it to
if it were stolen property
we're buying. Have not the
already proved to them that
pmmandment, Thou Shalt
teal" was part Of a Jewish
racy.
kespeare coined the phrase
y of horrors" The phrase
apt f0f she heNz I'd Tire
for there is. g., full. seven
supper Of horrors with en-
main Dishes. side courses
eSert.
Polish Jews Massacred
auctions of Jewish goods in
were but the entree. For
ain dishes and side course of
Is, there is much from which
k. Here is a dispatch tell
Nv 5000 Jews were machine
d to death by Gestapo units
and. The wholesale mas
it is reported, took place
fter the Nazi authorities in
Nv announced the establish
PIT new labor camps for Jews
region of Lomzha. Upon
rival of the first contingent
Is at these camps, six thous-
ws were ordered to descend
ne trenches occupied by the
IN troops in the early stages
war. Once in the trenches,
ws were ordered to kneel.
from all sides a fierce blast
Chine gun fire was poured
I'm.
ROoseveIt's Speech
ident ROOseyeIt's speech last
rubbed the Nazis very much
fOng way, and as it might be
Jed, they came back with
atement that the Jews were
(sible for it. Nazi radios
ped to broadcast charges of
nring the week. Meanwhile,
ent Roosevelt made a very
cant utterance touching the
me question. In a message
Hadassah convention meet
Pittsburg, the President
nat "the women of Hadassah
ltiOn to their devoted SER
the physical and social adj
nent of the Palestine COM
y from Dan to Beersheba,
ssist in many other vital
TO fOrtify the buIwarlzs of
racy in the worldwide
ne to defeat the cohorts of
by"
use by the President of the
Z from Dan to Beersheba"
ne thinking. Did the Pres
mean by that that he endors-
views of the large claim"
IS who insist on all of Pal
who want, as Ussishkin
|ccustomed to repeat fire.
Evening star., 1941-01-22
U. s. Steel Wage Talks
To Be Resumed Jan. 81
By the Associated Press

PITTSBURGH. Jan. 22.-Dlscus-
sions of proposed changes in the 9,
I. O's wage contract with the U. S.
Steel Corp. started Yesterday by G.
I. o. Chief Philip Murray and VIII
liam Beye, the corporations director
of industrial relations, will be re-
sumed January 81.
The three-hour conference vas
the first of series at which, union
sources said. the Steel Workers Or
ganizing Committee will try to OBJ
tain 10 per cent wage increase.
closed shop and method OF speed
ing up the handling Of workers
grievances.
Mr.. Murray and Mr.. Beye left the
meeting with the only comment that
the discussion was of a generally
exploratory" nature and it may be
several weeks before concrete basis
for changes is announced.
A similar meeting vas held in
New York Yesterday by Clinton S.
Golden, S w o. C. regional direc-
tor, and Raoul E. DeSvernine. presi-
dent of the Crucible Steel Co.
A S. w. o. c. spokesman said in
Pittsburgh that the conferences with
| Cruclble and those scheduled be-
tween the union and the Jones &
Laughlin Steel Co. probably would be
held up nenceforth until negotia-
tons with U. S. Steel are completed.