davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-13
A VOLCANO ERUPTS

But as Larkin prepared TO an
nounCe his intentions, we'll known
they may be, the volcano that was
Sarah suddenly erupted. A tidal
wave of verbal lava engulfed the
aStonished moneylendcr.
Sarah'S long pent-up hatred
flung itself at the man. When she
ran out of breath she thrust the
roll of bills into Larkins hand.
When he had recovered his COM
posure somewhat, Larkin handed
over the mortgage and prepared
10 start back 10 NeoSha. Ills
mind was whirling. He now found
himself in the uncomfortable posi-
ton Of the squeczer squeezed.
But II you think Larkin was sur
prised at Sarsh's sudden change In
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-13

Sarah scraping up the money,
Larkin learned.
Now. Larkin held no malice
toward his creditor. In fact he
didn't like TO dwell upon what he
was doing. But, in some folks, a
conscience is easily stilled.
In Larkin'S case his ovefWhelm-
ing desire 10 make large sums of
mnneyINas- the main factor IN
drowning his inner voice in the
sea of aVeriCe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-13

when something reminded her OF
Larkn. she ground her teeth.
Just wait till he gets here
just wait"
The distance from Neosha 10 the
johnson farm was five miles. Most
OF the road ran through open
country. but at one point. about
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-13
OFT-REPEATED STORY

Suddenly Tom Howard was
s.7nding in the doorway. He was
v!Sibly embarrassed.
"Anything wrong. ma-am?"
The widow spun in anger, but
TIE sympathy apparent on How
a~d's face stilled her resentment.
Slowly she began TO tell him the
story that is as old as farming
itself:
How she had come to this farm
that spring so long ago, as the
bride of Fred Johnson; of their
hard work and happiness together.
shattered by the sudden death of
her husband in the prime of his
life: thieving farm hands. few
poor crops. little money. all led TO
the inevitable mortgaging of the
farm.
Mr.. Larkin. the moneylender,
| lived in nearby Neosha, He had
come west as a railroad lawyer.
. Using the fat fees paid him by the
then ruthless railroad people as a
] nest egg, he had set himself up in
the mortgage business.
Intent on the telling Of her
, story, Sarah failed to notice How
ards quickened interest at the
mention of Larkin's name. Larkin.
she said, in return for a blanket
mortgage had lent Sarah $500 at
, the inhuman rate of 10 per cent
interest a year.
. But the widow struggled along
until a mighty suspicious" fire
had destroyed her corn crop as il
lay in the barn. The loss of this.
her main crop, had left her
strapped for money; the interest
wasn't paid. and now at 3 o'clock
they were coming to foreclose.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-13

lads whose presence was earnestly
desired by various law and ordel
agencies. Sarah's eye fingered OF
one of the pictures.
"Thinkin' of collectin' some OF
that reward money, Sarah ." the
sheriff asked.
Sarah replied slowly in the man
ner of a person not quite sure o.
what he was about 10 say:
"Why, there must be some
mistake. know that young
man: he's Tom Howard, but this
poster says his name Is Jesse
James,"
THE END
tom Orrow's short story:
Blind Date" by Dorothy West.
Why 1000, 900 Natives Think
Hitler and HirOhito Will BE
beaten by a 40O-Year-Old Skull.
The Statesmen of the United
Nations Are Too Busy to Bother
With Such SuperstitiOn-but the
Men who Wrote the Treaty of
Versailles Had to Consider the
Same Strange Problem. Read
This Extraordinary Sidelight Of
the War. I'm The American
Weekly With Next Sundays
Issue OF The Detroit Sunday
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-13

Answer to yesterdays puzzle:
1913
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-13

14-Rurden
16-What famous English poet wrote a
sonnet "a his blindness
l9-Armed bands.
2O-Command.
2l-AVoid
22-Who was viii Rogers companion
on their fatefu alrplane trip
2i-Ornament.
2T-Liquid measures
2s-Town in Indiana
29-Toward the sheltered side.
33--Mountain ranges.
35-Algerian governor.
36--Tree Cplb
3s-Singing voice.
4l-And
42-Wagers
43--Beak part.
44-Ireland.
A6-Youth
4s-Goddess OF malicious mischief
49-Clear profit.
5l--International language.
52-Correlative Of either.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-13

ct orrow's short story:
Blind Date" by Dorothy West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25
BY ALEXANDER n. GEORGE
Wide World Features Writer

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2O.-The
battle of Stalingrad is the big
gest battle ever fought in a large
city--a multiple series of .terrif.
ic struggles from street to street
from house to house, from root
to cellar to sewer.
American soldiers probably
will have to do some fighting OF
this kind when the drive against
the Nazis gets going on the con-
tinent.
Apart from the courage of the
Russian defenders, there are two
main reasons given by military
men for the prolonged Stain
grad resistance against wave aft
er wave of Hitler's best .legions:
The Reds knowledge of gueril-
la tactics and-the advantage pos
sessed by defenders in a city bat
tie.
Bert "Yank" Levy, former
Cleveland boy and soldier of for
tune who is teaching the British
Home Guard how to defend
towns, says that in city pre-
pared against attack the. advant-
age in street fighting is invari-
ably with the defenders, who are
familiar with the battle-ground.
Levy, who fought with the, In
ternational Brigade against Fran
CO in Spain, points out that the
man who knows a neighborhood
can always keep the enemy guess
ing. If you know your sewer sys-
tenn thoroughly you may be able
to transport troops behind the
enemy lines and surprise him.
In his book on guerilla warfare
published by Penguin Books,
Inc, and the Infantry JournaD
Levy writes that Nazi tanks and
dive bombers are OF little value
in street fighting. A tank might
smash through filmsy cottages
but cannot plow over or under
rows Of houses.
In street fighting, bombs from
invading aircraft are likely to
harm invading troops as much as
defenders. A tank has to keep
to comparatively narrow streets,
where an overturned streetcar
or a couple of earth-filled trucks
may stop it. Furthermore, says
Levy, tanks can be fought effec-
lively by anti-tank grenades
flung from roofs or windows.
Levy gives these tips on the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25
YANK' LEVY TELLS WHY THE
NAILS CAN'T TAKE STALINGRAD

strategy of tough street fighting
] and house to house combat:
While you stay in buildings
you are, protected but as soon a.
you go-out on the open street
you are at the mercy of machine
gun fire. Get your men across
the street in the night time il
You can. If you can't wait pro-
vide them with a smoke screen
do not rush the door of an
enemy-occupied building. And
be sure to spring any BOBBY trap
before you enter. Two Tommy
machine gunners and one grena-
der should approach under the
covering fire of their comrades
Then, from a prone position
alongside the door the grenadieT
filings in a grenade and, just to
make sure, pitches in another.
Then one Tommy gunner fires
from just outside the door across
and up into the far corner of the
ceiling covering about ene-quar-
ter of the ceiling with his shots.
The second machine gunner dash
es for the corner of the room un-
der the peppered part of the cell
ing and sweeps the rest of the
ceiling while the other Tommy
gunner is reloading. BY that tine
any Nazi upstairs is either dead
or dancing hard.
Zone man. makes for the stair
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
TAX DEED
fgauafa RfII No. IR3l

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
George Jay Stricken, holder of
Tax Certificate No. 53S, issued the
End day of September, A. d. 1910, has
filed same in my office and has
made application for a tax deed to
be issued thereon. Said certificate
embraces the following described
property in the County of Monroe,
State of Florida, to-wit:
Lot 25,- Sqr.- 6, TT. 80, C2-137, as
recorded in Monroe County Rec
Ords.
The assessment of the said prop
erty under the said certificate is
sued was in the name of NMalcon
Karaian, ct al.
Unless said certificate shall be
redeemed according to law, the
property described therein VIII be
sold to the highest bidder at the
court house door on the first Mon
day in the month of December, 1912,
which is the 7th day of December,
1912
Dated this 4th. day of November,
1912.
1SEAT1 Ross c Sawyer
Clerk of Circuit Court of Monroe
County, Florida.
1912
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25

way covered by bullets of the
others shooting ahead of him. AT
the same time two or three men
can enter the house and begin TO
mouse hole into the next room
from the secured ground floor
while the others are securing the
upper floors. Then they mouse
hole through the upper rooms
Mouse holing. says Levy, IS
simple work with a pick or a
crow-bar. You first make a small
hole, toss a grenade through il.
enlarge the hole and toss a second
through If from inside one room or
building to the next, thus making
reasonably sure Of dispOsing Of
everybody in the adjoining rooms
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25
WOMAN PROVES
SOME ,.SCRAPPER
HITS MAN ON BUTTON AT
WILL DURING FIGHT
LAST NIGHT

Harold Pinder, Familiarity
known as "ChiSel', said he
didn't want to hit a woman.
but, however that may be, a
woman surely handled her fists
expertly last night IN uppercut-
ting him in a fight at Watson
and Division streets. 6t
Blow after blow she landed on
various parts of his face, but
chiefly on what sport fans call
the button, and the harder he
tried to ward off the blows the
faster they landed.
A group of men, who watched
the fight and laughed at first,
finally became concerned over
the drubbing the woman was
giving Pinder and pulled her
away from him. Her name is
Mamie Belts, barely five feet
high, and she crouched under
Finders guard and brought up
uppercuts that started at her
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25
FATHER JOINS
TWIN NAVY SONS
AT KEY WEST

Among fifteen recent Navy en-
listments was John F. Bohannon,
AZ, of La Grange, Ga, whose 81
year-old twin sons, Darnell and
Odell, are apprentice seanfen at
the Key West Naval Base.
Musicians ratings. are now also
open to the Navy, according to an
nouncement made by Lieut.. M. c.
Rhodes, Jr., officer in charge of
Navy recruiting for South Florida.
Among recent enlistees at Key
West were John A. Crosson,
Samuel w. Watts, Charles E.
Sands, Joseph R. Sands and Veral
Roberts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25
ALL SWEDES ARE
TO BE X-RAYED

STOCKHOLM. Nov. 25.-The
National Association for the Com
bat of tuberculosis in Sweden Is
planning to take X-ray photo
graphs of every Swedish citizen
so that a complete picture Of the
spread of tuberculosis IN the ma
ton can be secured. The work
will be done by means Of travel
ing laboratories built into special
motor buses, containing &-ray
apparatus and waiting rooms. The
capacity of the laboratory viii DC
100 X-ray photographs an hour.
The first bus of the series TO be
used in the work that is now be-
ing constructed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
TAX DEED
tsenate Bill No. 1851


NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN.
That Pauline, CrespO, holder of Tax
Certificate No 161, issued the End
day of September, A. ID. 1910, has
filed same in my office and has
made application for tax deed TO
be issued thereon. Said certificate
embraces the following described
property in the County OF Monroe
State of Florida, to-wit:
PIT. of TT. 5, Xx-241, WINDSOR
Lane, olivia & Pauline streets,
as recorded in Monroe count!
Records.
The asse ssment of. the sato. prop
erty under the said certificate Is
sued was in the name of Page, Johh-
son and Jermain.
Unless said certificate shall be re-
deemed according to law, the PROV
erty described therein will be sold 70
the highest bidder at the court
house door on the first Mon
day in the month of December, 1917
which is the 7th day of December
1912.
Dated this 4th day of November
1912. c
(SEAL) Ross Z sawyer
Clerk of Circuit Court of Monroe
County, Florida.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25

shoe tops and did not stop I'M
til they land on his chin.
And everytime, she hit Pinder,
she cursed him.
The fight started at 10 o'clock,
and a short time after it was
over Constable AtWell appeared
on the scene, heard about the
fight and found Mamie Belts in
a coffee shop and arrested her.
AtweH said this morning that
his chief charge against her is
not going to be for fighting but
for vagrancy. Her bond has been
fixed at $50.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25

L E G A L S.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
TAX DEED
tS@nAfe BIII- NDs AtfssI
TTCE Ic HEREBY GIVEN, 7


NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
George Jay Stricken, holder OF
Tax Certificate No. $50, issued the
end day of September. A. ID. 1870, has
filed same in my office and mas
made application. for tax deed 70
be issued thereon. Said certIflcate
embraces the following described
property in the County OF Monroe,
State of Florida, to-wit:
Lot 81, Sqr. 6, TT. 80, D5-60, as
recorded in Monroe County Rec
ords.
The assessment of the said prop
erty under the said certificate is
sued was in the name of Tampa
Drug Co.
Unless said certificate shall be re-
deemed according to law, the prop
erty described therein will be sold to
the highest bidder at the court
house door on the first Mon
day in the month of December, 1912,
which is the 9TH day of Deceuah er,
1912.
Dated this 4th day of November r,
1912. tf
(SEAL Ross G Sawyer
Clerk of Circuit Court of Monroe
1912
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25
NO. lMYSTERYM MAN
BY JACK STINNETT
AP Features Service Writer


Mystery men" in Washington
are about as common as tumble
weeds in Texas and usually just
as important in the national
scheme of things.
Generally, they are fellows
with some sort of title or s'im-
portant contacts" who look wise,
say little, spend money, and by
innuendo and rumor create the
impression that they are riding
very firmly on the :coattails of the
inner circle.
If you read or hear that Ferdi-
nand Eberstadt is Washipgtap's
No. mystery man"-and you
probably will - don't get the
wrong impression. He doesn't be-
long to that outfit. $50:
In the first, place his title isn't
some sort. of" Hes vice chair
man of the War Production Board
and head of the newly created
Facility Clearance Board. AT the
moment, he has more say-so about
what goes into military and what
into civilian production than any
person in Washington. In e his
capacity as head of FEB, he's talk
ing a look-see at present and plan
ned construction projects with a
view to eliminating waste.
AS for Hcentacts"-hold your
breath. TWAS Under-Secretary
of the Navy James ". Forrestal
who brought Eberstadt to Wash
ington nearly two years ago to
get the Army Navy Munitions
board into line as going business
But, and this is i'm
portant, probably his closest
friend here is Under Secretary of
War Robert P. Patterson, a side
kick in World War /.
His other contacts" include
those he made at Princeton, where
he picked up a Phi Beta Kappa
key; on the Mexican border,
where he was member of one
of those snappy Park Avenue
cavalry regiments; in France
where he rose to captain in field
artillery; as member of the law
firm of McAdoo-C Cotton Franklin;
and as Wall Street investment
banker.
His only resemblance to those
other mystery men" is that he
doesn't talk much. When he does,
it's in snapped-off sentences. and
the word he. uses most frequently
is mo" When it comes to. pub
licity, he's Hollywood starlet in
reverse.
From this. it should be apparent
that 'innuendo" is. too long a
route for dynamic. Mr.. .Eberstadt
to travel and if he has ever
bothered with "a 'frumor" /
haven't heard oft AS for spend
ing money, he could, but he
doesn't.
In a recent weekly magazine
article Eberstadt was. referred: to
as an energetic ,icicle." Employees
and the newsmen, who are on his
run are generally less picturesque.
They just. say he's though"
That crack isn't really uncom-
plimentary. His position in WPB
and his connection with the Army.
as well as the Navy, places him
IN what could be the most power
full job in the country SO far as
production is concerned.
Some observers think land the
ranks are growing every day. that
he has that quality of toughness
which may iron. out our produc-
ton kinks-may even result in
his superseding Donald Nelson I'M
authority, if not in title. a.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25
MISCELLANEOUS
ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS

EXPERT WORKMANSHIP on
Ladies Apparel Ladies, bring
along your husbands pants and
uniforms. Reasonable. Ruth &
Charlotte. 1915 ROYAL ST., off
United st. nov2446t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25

Troops Carrying Glider
Succeeds LIN Tests
tBy Associated PressI

(By Associated Pressf
SAN DIEGO. Calf. Nov.
2s.-A glider with two sets
of wings. intended to distri-
butte the weight Of twenty
occupants along the entire
length of the fuselage. has
undergone successful test
flights.
II is intended rs a troop
transport. aalsti iearE
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25
FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE
GOOD BUY

GOOD BUY
Homestead, 624 S. Krone, Key
West highway; 6 lots, double
corners, 150-foot front, 800 feet
deep; lights, water, with z
room modern frame house,
furnished. See or write own
err. w. B. Myrick, P.O. Box
1872, Homestead, Fla.
nov12-15tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25
LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS

SACRIFICE-Cabin Cruiser Mar
lin. Living accommodations
for four, completely furnished.
May be seen in Garrison Blight
on Roosevelt Blvd. nov24-2tx
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WANTED-APARTMENT
LOST

LOST-Coin purse, containing
money, key and wrist watch
with initials "T. G. NJ" Lost in
Postoffice Tuesday noon. Re-
ward. Phone 499. nov24-2t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25

In THE COURT OF THE CoIA-
Try JUDGE, MONROE COUNT
STATE or FLORIDA. IN Pro-
bate.
In re the Estate Of
FANNIE GROSSMAN,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25
NOTES. OF CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
BY STEPHEN C. SINGLETON
Executive Secretary

| Brickbats and bouquets, lem.
ons and lemonade. If Bobbie
Burns had been a commercial
secretary he need not have voic-
ed the longing, 20, wad some
power the giftie gle us, tae see
oursel's as ithers see U.S." He
would have found the neighbors
strictly on the job.
Usually, anonymous letters 60
to the basket unread. They are
regarded as something loath-
some; like dead snail-too dead
to handle; written by a hit-and-
run artist with a handful OF
mud.
But, as evidence that water
will find its level; and that the
seeker can find what is sought,
we received one the other day
that was a honey. We are
sharing it with you. It refers to
the ample attention that Key
West has been receiving in a
Miami morning paper.
Here goes:
IS. c. Singleton,
Executive" Secretary,
Chamber of Commerce,
Key West. Fla.
Dear Sir:
May shame be upon you for
the Un-American and ignorant
letter you have added to those
of Mrs. Killing, Kid, and a Key
West citizen. The three of you
citizens, plus yourself, should be
put on a boat with orders for safe
delivery guaranteed to Germany
to serve Hitler.
Those men are in Key West
not from choice but to do their
part, the American way, to keep
Key West free and safe as well
as many thousands of homes
and families they represent.
My own husband is down
there. Key West is vile and
filthy and undesirable in every
respect. He would give his life
for transfer out of the He'll
hole. Clean up your Key West
of your dirty women, dirty,
filthy restaurants, vile living
conditions. These men are 100
percent. Place the blame where
it belongs.
God bless our Navy and
Army.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25
NOTICE OF. INTENTION TO MAKE
APPLICATION FOR FINAL

DecedSSu
NOTICE OF. INTENTION TO NAME
APPLICATION FOR FINAL
+ fr DISCHARGE
ePrebafe Law 1897
To All Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that Hester
AlRert Radice. nee GrossmaH. has
filed her final report as admins
tratriA OF the estate of Fannfe
Grossfnan, deceased; that she filed
/ her petition for final discharge, and
that she will apply to the Honorable
Raymond r. Lord, County Judge of
Monroe County. Florida, on the 2Sth
day of December, 1912, for approval
of same and for final discharge rs
administrators of the estate of
Fannie Grossman, deceased on this
oath day of November, 1912.
HESTER AEPERT RADICE,
nee Grossman,
Administrative of the estate of
Fannie Grossman, deceased.
noy25; dec2-9-16, 1912
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25
read GRADER is g O q
HIGHWAY ROBBERY
my Assoels.ed Press,

4 EVANSVILLE O.. Nov. "a
Mystery:
Who stole the 3.0oO7pound road
raider?
Muskingupn and Perry county
officials would like very much, &c
know, 1t disappeared from "A
highway in Madison township,
Perry county, where it had been
used in recent coal stripping OPP
erations.
Deputy Sheriff Marsh Sum-
mers theorized that the grader,
a motorless type, might have
been taken apart and carried
away piecemeal
Anyway, its gane-and town
ship, roads are going unattended.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25
REAL ESTATE

Business or Residential Lots all
parts of the Island: Terms
j. OTTO KIRCHHEINER
Realtor
Phones 124 and 736-R sos Duval
oct8-tf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25
Classified Column,
WANTED

WANTED = Foot-Pedal Sewing
Machine in good mechanical
condition at reasonable price.
Apply 613 Ashe St. nov24-2t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25

WANTED-Gas Stove, Electric
Ice Box and other HOUSEHOLD
furniture. Call or address E. G..
Laird, clio The Citizen.
nov16-tf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-25

feeling the Good Morning" Gre
ated. which made me like Key
West from the beginning. Us
Keep up that little a.sGOOD
MORNING" make it a slogan of
Key West if You ike, because it
means more than you will ever
realize. 9ss944 Ah#f