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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18
TARGET PRACTICE
BEGINS TUESDAY
PRACTICE WILL BE WITH
PISTOLS ON FORT
TAYLOR RANGE

Battery "E'', Thirteenth Coast
Artillery and Detachments, will
begin conducting target practice
with the automatic pistol on the
range at Fort Taylor, commencing
tomorrow morning, September 10,
and this period of practice will
be continued through Wednes-
day, September 20.
Lieutenant Colonel j. d. Mac
Mullen advises that the danger
area will be about 1000 yards
south of Fort Taylor and small
boats, which are operating in that
vicinity are advised to proceed
with caution.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18
HOTEL. GROUP TO
MEET TUESDAY

Hotel and Rooming House As
ISOLATION will hold regular
monthly meeting at 2:30 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon at La Con-
cha Hotel.
Other rooming house owners
who do not belong to the organi-
cation are cordially invited, presi-
dent r. A. Lehman stated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18
BATTLE-GROUND OF THE WAR
Digest Of War News From All Fronts

This barrier against approach
ing armies is composed of forts,
outposts and blockhouses. It
runs $50 miles in length and is
30 miles deep. Interlocking UNI
Continued on Page Four)
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GEM-INY CRICKETS!

HOVE, England-Edmund Dis
tin Maddox, former naval sur
geon and air force major, in ac-
cordance with his will was
buried wearing a pin presented
him by King George v. Other
jewelry was buried with him in
a box.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18
Bridge Commission
To Hold important
Meeting Wednesday
ny Associated pr.xs,

tRy Associated Pr-Ssl
MIAMI. Sept. l8.-John Slade.
chairman of the Overseas Road
and Toll Bridge Commission. an
nounced this morning that a
meeting Of the commission will
be held at District office head
quarters in Marathon. Florida.
Wednesday. September 20.
Two important subjects are
scheduled for action, according
to Chairman Slade. Final dis
position of the matter of toll rate
to charge will be disposed of and
the appointment of a permanent
manager to succeed B. NJ. Dun
can will be made.
These two matters are left
from the meeting held August IL
at Marathon, at which rs per
cent raise was voted subject to
approval by the RFC. In that no
approval was forthcoming, Chair
man Slade ruled that the new
rate should not 60 into effect on
September LIST. General Manager
B. NJ. Duncan was dismissed at
that meeting, effective Septem-
Der Is, preceded by two-week's
vacation from the first of Sep
TENDER.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18
sIEcrRIED LINE

Greatest obstacle to the French
and English invasion of German
territory is the Siegfried Line,
also known as the Great Wall or
Lines Line.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18

CONFERENCE ON NEUTRALITY
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1s-President Roosevelt has
asked leaders of the Republican and party to
meet Wednesday discuss the neutrality legislation
which being prepared for the special session of Con-
gress Thursday.
ALI M Landon and other Republicans have accepted
the invitation Rooseves secretary Stephen Early said
that the President determined let party lines in
terfere with the important question
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18

Key West. Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only IL Fahrenheit
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
Wife Waits Up for
Husband Phones
PoIiCeHe's Dead

ALAMEDA. Calf, May Is. up
Hannah Petersens husband, did
MT come home last night.
Desperately worried, Mrs. Peter
sen sat up waiting by the side of
her four sleeping children.
AT 4 am. she heard an ambulance
shrek by a block away
She telephoned the police sta
tion.
My husband hasn't come yet
and I'm afraid something's happen
ed, she told Desk Sergeant George
Risso. "Can you please tell me what
that ambulance was?'
1T was a man found dead in an
automobile at Peach street and
Otis Drive, Risso answered gently.
Was it a Dodge automobile?"
Mrs. Petersen asked slowly.
Yes the officer said.
Investigation disclosed the dead
man was Petersen.
Despondent because he lost his
job as dairy worker for chain
store, ne locked himself in his car,
connected a hose from the exhaust
and was asphyXiated by monoxide
fumes.
He was 43.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
Lumber Plant Fire
Costs S250,000

FORT BRAGG, Calf, May l6
(UP) - Fire which destroyed the
Union Lumber company's mill here
last night caused damage estimated
at close to $250,000, company Off
cials announced today, and for a
time threatened the lumber town
of Fort Bragg,
Explosion of a high speed planer
in the No. | mill was blamed for
the fire, which ragged uncontrolled
for two hours before firemen from
Fort Bragg and nearby Willis
brought it under control. Absence
of wind saved the town from pos
sible destruction.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
No Hangover Needed to
Make Roads Pink. Green
If Plan Carried to md

Washington and Idaho where he
went to study the roads treated
within the last three years with
the new product
The product is a concentrated sol
ution created in the manufacture
of rayon pulp, he said The solu-
ton, lignin, is extracted from hem
lock, proceSsed and concentrated
into brown, Syrupy product de-
Veloped for use as a loW-coSt road
binder.
"It is said traffic may be turned
on a road 30 minutes after the sur
face is sprayed with the product, u
Supervisor Hugh T. Osborne said
at is said to require no mainte-
nance for a year. A light seal coat
of oil is recommended after the sec
ond application. The cost is esti-
mated at one half of the cost of
the product now generally in use
in the county
The product is not lost by use
but sinks into the soil and forms a
good base for any type of highway
desired"
Authorities plan to give the prod
uct thorough test on different
types of soils to ascertain if it is
desirable in Imperial county ano
will stand up under climatic condi-
tionS.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
British ReIenf in
Russian Dealings
Over Armed Help

LONDON, May 16. CUP)-An I'M
expected meeting of the British
cabinet foreign affairs committee
today was understood to have con-
sidered concessions designed to
bring Soviet Russia into the Euro
pean anti-aggression front.
Although the full cabinet of
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain will not have opportunity to
give approval until Wednesday NOR
ming, it was said in authoritative
circles that Britain apparently was
beginning to "unbend slightly" to
get together with the Moscow gov
ernment.
Previously. the Soviets had indi-
Gated impatience with the British
dilatory tactics by canceling the
proposed visit of their commissar of
foreign affairs, Vladimir Potemkin
to Geneva to discuss the European
situation with the British and
French foreign ministers France
also had been seeking to speed an
agreement through a compromise
plan worked out by Premier Edouard
Daladier and Foreign Minister
Georges Bonnet.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16

=" Armed with a petition said to
bear l47 signatures, representatives
of the Meloland Woman's club Mon
day asked the county board of su-
pcrvisors to eradicate" a roadside
refreshment stand in the Mcloland
district.
Spokesman for the women declar-
cd that drunks from resort wander
TO a nearby school yard. They also
create a traffic menace by walk
ing along the highway, by driving
to and from the place while under
the influence of liquor, they said,
and disturb the sleep of residents
of the district with their loud talk
ing and boisterous laughter.
The women, headed by Mrs. Hazel
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16

dealers.
The proposed amendment would
permit the governor to appoint the
chiefs. department heads. deputies
and assistants without regard for
civil service rating if he so desired
Senator Edward II. Law was
showered with kilograms objecting
to the proposed amendment being
reported out of committee. The
proposed amendment. senate con-
stitutional amendment No. 30, was
introduced on May 4.
The county board of supervisors
joined the amendments DIRECTORS
by sending a telegram of protest
to Senator Law late Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
= Patronage Plon
Arouses I.v. Folk

Telegraphic protests sped from
Imperial county TO Sacramento
Monday as taxpayers voiced their
disapproval Of constitutional
amendment proposed to remove
from civil service rating all chiefs,
department heads, deputies, and
assistants.
Particular concern was expressed
in regard to officials in the state
market enforcement office, who
assist ranchers in their fight
against unscrupulous buyers and
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16

might be the query.
-Four pink roads east and two
lavender roads north of Ell Centre" :"
might be the reply Which would
be terrible for a person afflicted
with color blindness.
Road district No and the city
of Ell Centro are sharing the 5000
cost of the experiment which is
hoped will solve the road dust
problem, cut down the cost of main
tanning highways, and bring better
roads to every section Of the county.
P C. Oswalt foreman of road
district No. 2, Just returned from
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
UKRANIANS SUPPORT
POLISH GOVERNMENT

WARSAW, Poland, May l6 CUP)
Vladimir Celewicz, parliamentary
leader of the Ukranian minority
announced today that Ukranians
would Loyalty support the govern
ment.
I'VE would rather live together
with the Poles than become a Ger
man protectorate-which means en-
slavement," he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
.e|ephone SIugs
Lead TO Arrest

A sudden outbreak of "slugging
Imperial Valley telephone boxes was
believed halted Tuesday after the
arrest of Lloyd Worrell, 26-year-old
laborer, who confessed to putting
slugs to the extent of So in two FL
Centre boxes.
In police court Worrcll WAS or
dcred to pay a $50 fine on mis-
demeanor charge
Worrell was arrested by Officer
n M. Sharp who traced him
through two long distance c.lls
made from phone boxes at a Main
street cafe and Main street drug
store. One call was to Worrell's
sister in Los Angeles and the other
TO a girl friend in Salinas.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
PWA Asks County
About BUILDINGS

After months Of silence, the Pub
lie Works Administration Monday
asked the county supervisors if
they still are interested in getting
federal funds for construction of
a juvenile detention home and
county jail addition.
The board long since started
construction of the detention home
as an emergency measure, using
funds set aside in the budget to
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
MeIoIand Women's Club Requests
Order Eradicafinq Beer Resort

Palmer, told the board they want
ed the resort moved from the Melo-
land district They declared they
would not be satisfied with prom
ises of better conditions at the re-
sort but wanted the place "eradi-
Gated"
They were referred to the liquor
control division Of the state board
of equalization, the agency which
issues the liquor licenses.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
HITLER TO MAKE
IMPORTANT SPEECH

BERLIN, May 16. CUP) - Adolf
Hitler and Count Galeazzo Ciano,
Italian foreign minister, will make
important speeches here next week
on the occasion of the formal sign
ing of a German-Italian military
pact, it was understood today.
Hitler was expected to say that
the armies of Germany and Italy
now constitute single unit in sup
port of German and italian diplo-
matte programs.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
= -
by MARGUERITE BROOKS

laurels!
Imperial county roads soon may
be coated with "rayon' and all
dressed up to take their places as
the highways of tomorrow!
While nothing has been said
about tinting the "rayon' road
stabilizer now being tested by coun-
ty road district No and the city
of Ell Centro the imagination con-
jures up a system of pastel shaded
roads stripping the county in a gay
pattern of color.
where do you live, Mrs. Jones?"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
Jack Gum Only
Scout TO Earn
Eagle Award in 80

Jack Gunh, Ell Centre high school
student and one of Imperial Val
ley's most active boy scouts, was
the only scout in the Imperial
Yuma district to receive an Eagle
Scout award this year, Hugh Will
cox, scout executive revealed Tues
day.
Gum, who has earned "a scout
merit badges since he became boy
scout three years ago, earned 5
required badges this year to earn
the coveted eagle badge, Wilcox
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
Infant Dies from
Improper Feeding

HOLTVILLE, May 16. - Cholera
infantum and malnutrition caused
the death of Margarita Chavez, q
month-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Desiderio Chavez Monday
The baby was buried at Terrace
Park cemetery Monday with the
Fields funeral establishment in
charge of arrangements.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
Scouts to Attend
Swimming Party

FL Centro Boy Scouts will attend
a swimming party in their honor
at the plunge Saturday, Hugh Will
cox, scout executive announced
Tuesday.
Diving, racing and relay swim
ming events will be included in
the program which will start at
7 o'clock, Wilcox said
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
Clinic Doctor in
Valley for Duties

DR.. Paul Yingling, who will be il
charge of the free clinic for treat
ment of vcnereal diseases, arrived
in Ell Centro Tuesday and will work
with Dr. Joseph Copeland, present
head of the institution, for severa
weeks. DR.. Copeland will do fielc
work for Jhe state department ol
health after leaving Imperial Val
lev.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16

pay the cOunty's share Of both
buildings if PWA funds had been
forthcoming.
Supervisors decided To ask PWA
if there is any possibility of getting
the PWA funds aside for the gov
ernment's share in the two projects
to finance the Jail addition. The
board instructed the district at
torneys office to fill out question
naires to be presented to PWA
officials in Washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
BEYSCHLAG TO SPEAK AT
ALAMO-VERDE FARM CENTER

Frank Beyschlag, county farm
advisor, will be the principal speak
er at meeting of the Alamo-Verde
farm center meeting at Verde
school Thursday night.
A movie, "Tunneling to YoSemi-
te" will be shown on the program.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
2I00 PHEASANT EGGS
GIVEN TO VALLEYlTES

More than 2l00 pheasant eggs
have been given away at the agri-
cultural commissioner office this
year, according to B. A. Harrigan,
who Tuesday received two more
cases for distribution.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16
DRIVER SENTENCED

George Grijalva, "a, farm laborer,
is serving a 25-day sentence in the
county Jail for drunk driving on
the highway north of Ell Centre
this weekend. He was arrested by
Highway Patrolman AL Bisgard.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16

Sell Farm Produce Through
Post Press Want Ads
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-16

He was 13
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-23
COLORADO MAY BUILD HIGHWAY
 FLIGHT STRIpS''


 DENVER. Cole, Jan. 23. The Colorado highway department is considering a proposal for flight strips" along highways for regular and emergency use by airplanes.
 James B. Kenney, secretary of the Colorado Association of High way Engineers said the strips were proposed for sparsely settled and mountainous territories where the cost of maintaining and construct ing emergency landing fields $ prohibitive.
 The strips would be 200 feet wide and from 2,500 to 5000 feet long, paralleling highways. They would be so close to main high way where equipment is readily available, that the cost would be negligible.
 Those who favor the plan cite many instances where aviators in emergencies have landed on ex- isting highways at great hazard to themselves and automobile traf- fic," said Kenney.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-23
Prison k; Will
 Ia nj ln|IlnIelry

t
 WASHINGTON. Jan. 23 = The Justice Department reported today that McNeil Island. Wash. Federal penitentiary inmates soon would be raising and canning fruits and vegetables for "a substantial por- ton" of the government mstttu- tionS.
 The plan for the establishment of a fruit production and preserv- ing industry at McNeil has pro gressed." the department said in its annual report to the President. The existing orchard is being re- habilitated. and new fruit trees have been set out.
 Tt is expected that within a few years the production of this plant-plans for which have been prepared and start of construc- tion arranged for early fall-wiil furnish a substantial portion of the canned fruits and vegetables used by our institutions. Y
 The department said. there were l,060 prisoners at McNeil on June 30. 1888, compared with 984 one year previously. s
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-23
ROOD, REINDEER
 CHIEF. HERE ON
 WAY TO CAPITAL
Problem of Buying Out 46 White Owners Subject
 for Washington

Called to Washington to discuss problems relating to the half mll- lion Alaska reindeer herd which roam an Arctic region as large as the State of California, J. s. Rood Acting Ranger and Supervisor of the Reindeer Service, was in Ju- neau today preparing to sail on the Baranof tonight.
 Rood came in on the plane yes terday from Fairbanks, after a flight there from his headquarters at Nome
 Terming the trip routine" Rood admitted the question of buying out the white owners no doubt would be discussed. Congress two years age passed a bill calling for purchase oi all reindeer owned by whites, but none of the 46 owners has sold out to the Government yet, mainly be- cause estimates of the number oi reindeer so owned vary widely.
 Corraling Suggested
 It may be necessary for reindeer owned by whites to be driven into corrals so that they can be counted, Rood said.
 Reindeer are thriving this win ter, largely because of good range conditions due to the light snow fall. The increase in the herds was relatively large last spring, so that although 40,435 were butchered dur
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-23
New Trick On ihe Old

NEW YORK, Jan. 23. 7 Accused Of preying on old-age pensioners, Sam uel Cohen, fifty-two, was held in S20,000 bail today on charges of practicing medicine without license and petty larceny.
 Detectives said Cohen, passing as a physician and carrying a stetho- scope, told the pensioners he was to give them an examination.
 After they removed their clothing, police said, Cohen would send them from the room on pretext and rifle their pockets. The victims, number ing about fifteen, were described as all over siXty-five, many crippled or blind.
 Hubert Conneally, a rookie patrol man seized Cohen-the first prisoner of his career when he saw the al- legged swindler pursued by seventy year-old victim attired in bathrobe and slippers James Comiskey said he had surprised Cohen in the act of stealing $13 from him in his furnished room.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-23
Discovery of Hayfeverls
 WorIhS1,0!00!

a :. a RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 2a. 4Award of $1,000 medical prize to Charles F. Code, M. D., twenty eight, of Minneapolis, for discovery of a mechanism" in the blood which may explain asthma, hay fever and the allergies such as food sensitivity is announced. The prize is the Theobald Smith Award, given to young men, by the medical section of the American Association for the Advancement of 1 cience Dr. Code was born in Mani toba, Canada, and is working for the Mayo Foundation of the University of Minnesota. LOcalizes Cell
 He reported today discovery that one type of white blood cell, called an eosinophile, is the carrier of histamine. The latter is very pow erful chemical, always present in humans and animals, whose means of transport through the body has been somewhat of a mystery.
 When histamine is injected it causes smooth muscles, including those of the Jugs, to contract. It also reduces blood pressure and in- creases secretion in the stomach.
 Discovery of the carrier" links histamine not only with the sensi- tivity troubles but also with one of the forms of leukemia, the wild in- crease in white blood cells which frequently causes death.
 This new link is entirely chemical and useful only for possible under standing of the leukemia and the reasons why some people are sensi- tive to pollens, asthma, the touch of fabrics or tasting of some foods. These troubles are so numerous and varied that they have come to be called the Pandoras of disease.
 Animals Reaction
 The chemical link is the fact that when animals are injected with histamine they develop symptoms which are like the human allergies
 The white blood cells are the human body's army of defense against disease, their work being to consume germs and their poisons There are three kinds of white blood cells. The eosfnophile white cells job has been a puzzle. Finding it's work in carrying histamine is g first step in solving the puzzle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-23
Defense Call Broadcast by
 Brit. Premier
Calls on Britons to voIun. feer for Civil Defense
 of Empire

LONDON, Jan. 23.--Premier New file Chamberlain has appealed for voluntary support of 50,000,000 Bri- tons between the ages of IA and 65 for Civil Defense Army.
 A message was broadcast late this afternoon over the British Empire in connection with the issuance next Wednesday of a National Service Guide" This guide outlines the pre- else means of wartime service to all scheme which makes us ready for war. This does not mean how ever that I think war is coming, the Premier said ' '.'i
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-23

many has 100000 aircraft mechan-
 ics; the U. S., 36000.
 While recent European technical developments are described by U. S
 air officials as challenge to Ameri-
 can supremacy, most military auth critics here believe our planes still are unsurpassed in design and per formance.
 The next great aerial war, how
 ever, is being fought in the labor atories. Louis Johnson, assistant sec retary of war, has said that while
 Great Britain is spending S15,000,- 900 a year for aeronautical research France about $10,00O,Oo0 and Germ any and Italy probably much more the United States is devoting only about $6,OO00O0 for this purpose.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-23

ing the year the number in the herds remained about static,
 A great need at the present time is for constant herding of the rein deer, Rood said, as this is the only satisfactory way to protect them from wolves and thieves, keep them from overgrazing the ranges and give Government administration a chance to be fully effective.
 Wolves have been doing consid- erable damage on some ranges, kill ing for sport as well as for food
 Support I5,O0O Natives
 Rood estimates that between 13,- GOO and 15,000 Alaska natives de- pend for their subsistence upon the reindeer under the supervision of the Reindeer Service of the Office of Indian Affairs. Besides the Gov ernment, there are 4,700 owners The reindeer are distributed over 59 ranges supervised by 45 reindeer stations, over all but five of which Indian Service teachers are in charge. District supervisors are in charge at the other five stations
 The barren tundra over which the reindeer range extends from Kodiak Island to Barter Island $50 miles east of Point Barrow The range includes 144,000 square miles or region the size of the State of California
 Marketing the reindeer outside of Alaska is a great problem, Rood says, because the deer are produced 4,0O0 miles from Seattle and must be moved through Alaska waters which are frozen two-thirds of the year. The meat is not in demand anyway because people in the States are not accustomed to eating il and its appearance is much diff ferent from the meats in general use, being darker and much leaner
 American Indians did not origin ate scalping: it was practieed by tn ancient ScythiaI1s.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-23
WEATHER SYNOPSIS

Low baromeic prevailed morning tian Islands and eastward to the Arctic Ocean with storm latitude degrees of BIO inches reported The falling idly this morning the northern 
 the Pacific States distribution been attended by precipitation Alaska.
 Cold weather the Southern Boring the Kodiak Island temperatures being 18 F Dutch Harbor, Kodiak will be tonight
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