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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-19
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 Ex-Governor
Cargo Space Shortage Is Handicap 10 Defense
 Work Progress

The present serious shortage of cargo space on Alaska bound boats, which is slowing up work at de- fense bases, is a direct example of the need for the Alaska Inter- national Highway, which could be utilized in the present emergency if it were constructed, Gov. Er- nest Gruening said today upon his return from trip of more than a weeks duration, when he visited defense centers at the Westward and in the Interior.
 Although the defense work is being pushed with extraordinary speed" the cargo shortage is d serious handicap, the Governor said. This situation probably won't be improved until the internation- al highway is built, he added.
 On his trip, Gov. Crushing vis- tied at Kodiak, Anchorage, Mata- nuska Valley and Fairbanks. At FOTI RlCIldIUSOll, Wlltlc COHipoiiiCo c and D of the National Guard will be quartered. the Governor in spected facilities for housing the Alaska troops. He took up matters of National Guard importance with Captain William Niemi at An chorage and Captain Don Adler at Fairbanks.
 Need More Projects
 At Fort Richardson, Gov. Gruen- ing reported talking with Major General Simon Bolivar Buckner, head of the Alaska Defense Com mand, regarding proposed projects in defense areas of the Territory under the Community Facilities Act. Because of the increasing scope of the defense program, ad- oitional projects must be consid-
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By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Sept, l9 = The persistent reports that Commission men" and lobbyists, who claim to have some pull, are waxing fat as a result of National Defense has got some government officials hop ping mad.
 Undersecretary of War Robe, [ Patterson has pointed out more than once that Army contracts carry a clause that gives the gov ernment the right to cancel any purchase where it is discovered that contractor pays eommis- sion for. obtaining his business to any person other than his regular ly established salesmen.
 Donald M. Nelson, director or the OPM purchasing division, has issued public warning to manu- lecturers that they are merely be- ing duped by leeches and phonies if they hire lobbyists here who claim that they have the special pull to get national defense coii- tracts.
 And now cones Clifton E. Mack, of the Treasury Depart ment Procurement Division, which
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GO BACK 10
 J0BS;STRIkE
 IN K. {. OVER
Electrical Workers Return Following Unexpected
 BIatkout of City

Kansas City, Mo, Sept. l9-lhe strike of the AFL electrical workers employed by the Kansas City Light and Power Company was called of late yesterday afternoon and all nen have returned to their posts.
 The walkout, which resulted ln a sudden four hour blackout of the city early last Wednesday morn ing. was called over a jurisdictional dispute of ths AFL union which represents $50 employees, demand ing it also be allowed to represent POO other workers, members of ths independent Union of Utility En- ployees.
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''( Commission Men, and lobbyists Are Arousing
 Ire of Government Men

not only is buying billions of dol- lars of stuff, other than actual war materials (guns, soldier5' equipment, planes, ships, etc. but also is charged with laying down the purchasing and contractual policies for all government buy ing. Procurement Division con- tracts, like the Army's. carry the anti commission clause, Ma k points out. Besides that, doing business with the government is simple and may be done directly without even maintaining a legiti- mate salesman here.
 For example, suppose you make football bladders, flower pots, or tear-gas fountain pens. (The gov- ernment buys all those things.) You write to the Treasury Depart ment Procurement Division or to che of the 42 state procurement officers in the larger cities all over the country. You tell them what you haye@ They place you on the mailing list. The next time the article you make is needed, speci- fications and invitations to bid are mailed you. You make your bid
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WASHINGTON = The President, who has a weak spot for anyone building warships, saw the other day some confidential figures on terrific profits being made by the shipyards which astounded him.
 The figures were shown him by Representative Carl Vinson, Chair man of the House Naval Affairs Committee, who always has fa- vored limiting the profits of the munitions makers, As a result of these confidential figures, Vinson got the green light from Roosevelt to introduce new legislation drasti- cally limiting profits.
 The profits which the Georgia Congressman showed Roosevelt made the cost of labor strikes in national defense plants insignifi- cant in comparison. One company making ordnance instruments for the Navy has rolled up a neat profit of POS percent. Some plane manufacturers are making as high as 150 percent, while the big ship builders are averaging 72 percent on government contracts.
 During the early days of the New Deal, Representative Vinson. and the late Senator Trammell of Flor ida got legislation passed limiting profits on all Navy contracts to eight percent. But last year, when the big new defense program was started, the Admirais persuaded Congress to drop this limitation on profits. They claimed that it was slowing up national defense, and that industry wouldn't bid on Navy contracts because profits were lim- tied.
 However. Vinson now has sur- prise in store for the Navy con- tractors. Instead of the previols profit limitation of eight percent, profits would now be limited to seven percent. This was OK'd by
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JAPANESE PROTEST
 SEA MINES

TOKYO, Sept. 19.-The Japan csc Government. through spokesman Koh Ishii, has protested to the So- viet Embassy for the second time against floating Russian mines in the Sea of Japan as being a menace to navigation.
 Two vessels have already been sunk by striking mines and 13 lives have been lost.
 The mine field protects Vladivos- tok, Siberia, to which war supplies from the United States are moving.
 
 BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
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 Resulting
 In Probe

WASHINGTON, Sept. l9. - The Justice Department has called . District of Columbia Grand Jury to examine George Sylvester Viereck, Ieputed nephew of the Kaiser and Flanders Hall Book Publishing Company, whose activities have been revealed by Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen in The Washing ton Merry-Go- Round.
 These activities were disseminat- ing Nazi propaganda and collabor- ating with certain congressman, among them Representative Day of Illinois and the late Senator Lundeen of Minnesota.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-19
FOUR RUSSIAN ARMIES ARE TRAPPED NOW
German High Com m and Claims Great Successes
 Against Forces of Reds
(By Associated Press)

Hitler's High Command today re- ported German troops have closed a steel ring around four Russian arm ies 125 mile seast of Kiev and that their annihiliation is now in pro- gress."
 Simultaneously. grave new threats imperiled Kiey itself as the great northern metropolis of Leningrad was surrounded with trapped Red armies unofficially estimated at 500,- 900 men within the besieged city.
 FrightfM Casualties
 More than 3,600,000 Soviet troops were declared slain or captured in the three-month campaign. Half of the Red troops have been slain. the Nazi command said, in comparison to the historic ratio of three men wounded to every one killed in past wars. This was interpreted as mean ing Red Army losses total the stag gering figure of 9000.000 men, in- cluding some 5.400. .00o wounded. Ger man losses were put at only 402,0 2,000 killed, wounded and missing.
 From Finland came reports saying huge fires raging in Leningrad were blazing so fiercely they could be seen with the naked eye in broad day. light from Finnish territory.
 To Trap Defenders
 Tn special bulletin from Hitler's field headquarters, it was reported that German army groups under Field Marshal von Rundstedt and Field Marshal von Book. slashing around Kiev in vast flanking movement, met beyond the Desna River to trap the Russian defend CTS.
 A Red Army bulletin acknow- ledged that the German had reached one of Kiey's gates, but indicated that the struggle has not yet reach ed the decisive state. Bitter fight ing ragged around the city of 850,000 population throughout the night, the Soviet commnique said.
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kR0N5TADT FORTRESS E
 NOW SILENT
Great Russian Naval Base Reported Put Out of Com
 mission by Ndzi Stukas
BULLETIN HELSINKI, Sept. 19- Dispatches received here state huge fires are raging in Leningrad and the blaze can be seen in Finnish territory during broad daylight.

HELSINKI, Sept. 19. - Finnish Army correspondents report the So- viet island fortress at Kronstadt, which guards the sea approach to Leningrad, has been silenced.
 Dispatches state a ceaseless bom- bardment of the fortress, day and night, by the Germans took place and the fortress suddenly went dead and not shot was fired in return.
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WORK OF DIVE BoMBERs

BERLIN, Sept. l9. = Stuka dive bombers are officially reported to have silenced the guns of the Kron- stadt Fortress, powerful naval base of the Russians, 25 miles from Len ingrad, paving the way for the Ger man warships to steam up the Gulf of Finland and shell Leningrad at close range.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-19

The combined pre-war area of France Germany and Spain was about 2,600 square miles less than the area of Quebec.
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Aurora BoreaIis Puts On Great Display; Easfernefs
 Most Excited Lasi Niqht

NEW YORk. Sept. 19-A display of the Aurora Borealis, exceeding in brilliancy any remembered by vet eran observers, coinciding with some expected sun spots, excited citizens ill the eastern part of the United States last night and startled New Workers especially. As they gazed at the blazing skies, with rays shoot ing up like mammoth searchliyhts as if scanning the skies for bombers, the excited metropohtans telephoned the Associated Press and newspaper offices asking if the city was being bombarded.
 Airplane passengers said they saw rainbows of all colors of unbelievable size in the heavens.
 Both radio and land communica- ton went dead and telegraph editors fretted when high speed news wires delivered only gibberish minutes at a time
 The Weather Bureau said the dis play which lasted for hours, ranged from red, purple, green and blue and was seen as far south as Atlanta, Georgia.
 A most brilliant display was seen in the skies over Juneau last night. Starting shortly before o'clock, the sky display was a wonderful sight. The northern lights were still flick
 ring across the heavens until just before dawn today.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-10
ORDER HALT In
MURPHY SALES

No further applications fol-
Murphy Act land sales will be ac-
cepted until after February 18th,
County Clerk Ross c. Sawyer an
nounced today.
This action was taken at the
request of the trustees of the
Florida internal improvement
fund, which met yesterday al
Tallahassee and reorganized. The
telegram received by Clerk Saw
yer from F. c. Elliot, secretary OF
the trustees of the Florida Inter
nal Improvement Fund follows:
Trustees Internal Improve
ment Fund by action today in
struct that effective upon receipt
hereof no further applications for
Murphy Act land sales be accept
ed until after FEBRUARY Fifteenth
next. Also that all applications
now on hand and not advertised
be advertised not later than jan
urary Eighteenth. Also, that all
those applications, heretofore adj
vertised for given sales date but
sales not yet held be proceeded
with as advertised.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-10
ENGLISH BLAST
VARIOUS POINTS

LONDON, Jan. 10. - British
bombers of the Royal Air Force in
the past two days have blasted
Axis strongholds from Norway to
north Africa in q new series OF
sweeping attacks, II was reported
here today.
The far reaching British air
arm repeatedly smashed at Ger
man towns last night, sank an
Italian destroyer in the Mediter-
ranean, unleashed o new flood Of
bombs over German invasion
points on the French coast and
continued 10 hammer Italian
forces at beleaguered Tobruk on
the Lybian frontier.
German official sources'in Bcr-
lin. in an unusually informative
statement. admitted heavy prop.
erty damage in the raids and
named a number Of the cities
which has been attacked. The list
included Hamburg. Dusseldorf.
Frankfort. Koln and other9)
England, meanwhile. was sub
yectcd to heavy bombing during
the night at London Liverpool
and at least IL other CITIES.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-10

delegation, stated that the mem
bers of the organization were
there for the purpose of request
ing that additional policemen be
Sfnployed to take care of the
heavy traffic and other things in
Key West at this time.
Police Judge w. P. Archer spoke
of remedying certain conditions at
the city Jail, and requested that
they be corrected.
1t was ordered the beneficiaries
of Braxton b. Warren, deceased,
be given amount of the death
benefits as Mr.. Warren was vol
unteer fireman and was eligible
for same.
1t was ordered that S25 be paid
on the expense account of the
Overseas Highway Celebration.
1t was ordered that $25 be ap-
propriated TO take care of re-
freshments and other matters in
connection with the Air Meet to
be held in Key West on January
IL in connection with the fiji ghts
from here to Havana.
1t was ordered that employees
be paid a months salary Jan. II.
The council ordered that bids be
called for the purchase of five
/ hundred feet of new hose. When
the new hose is received, the old
hose now being used will be turn
ed over to TIE Board of Public
/ Works.
/ President Freeman addressed
the meeting just prior to adjourn
/ ment, calling attention to an ar
| ticle appearing in The Citizen
from the Citizens And Taxpayers,
Inc concerning the activities of
the council MIR. Freeman stated
that he felt that all councilmen
deserved the same praise for the
many things accomplished, and
not any particular ones. He said
that as far as voting on any issue,
he felt that councilman had the
right to vote according to the die
tates of his conscience. He said
that councilman was not wrong
because he did not vote a certain
way, and felt that the criticism
was unjust
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-10
One Hundred Planes
Due Here Tuesday

vim +. Russell. u. Curry Moreno
and Secretary 4. e. Singleton Of
the key West Chamber Of Com
merce ard the Rotary Club met
Secretary Morris and w. ".
Huschins Of the Miami civil aerv-
nsutscs authority. who flew 10 the
landing field II the head Of the -
Land
Key Vests cooperation makes
possible toe Miami Havana air
cruise after the Miami air raeea :
Secretary Nosri8 said The flleYs
are always glad TO come BY Wy
at Key West and Manage b. efs-
Joy themselves under int sway of
your magnetic personalities =
DR. William II. Warren. also aa-
dressed tEe Rotary Club yessrs-
day. he spoke 81 the value Of ma
magazine E0tarisn 60 E4e rneFn%
heFs Of the Rofary Club, citing =
nunbex Of articles in > Fpeesss
Eusnksx. -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-10
Outstanding OcCupationd
Licenses To Be Collected:
Inspector To Be Appointed

The matter of outstanding &C.
cupational licenses to the amount
of approximately $4,000 was taken
up for discussion at the council
meeting last night, and it was de-
cided that every effort will be
made to make these collections as
soon as possible A license inspec-
tor will be appointed to make the
rounds and check up on all de-
| linquents. Applications for the
appointment to this position will
be received by the mayor, who
will make the appointment in the
very near future.
1t was ordered that parking be
restricted to one side of the street
on Simonton street, between Caro-
line and Eaton, with only fifteen
minutes parking at any time The
mayor will put this order into eff
feet at once This action was
taken due to the great congestion
of traffic in front of the post office
and vicinity.
The report of Ralph Russell,
building inspector, was read and
showed that building and repair
activities during the month OF De-
cember amounted to S19,735.
Frank o. Roberts, heading a
delegation of Knights of Pythias,
attended the meeting. Mr.. Rob
erts, speaking in behalf of the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-10
EXPLOITS OF
TROOPS CAUSE
BIG SURPRISE
AUSTRALIAN AND NEW YEA
LAND SOLDIERS AMAZE
LoNDoNERS: RECALL AC-
TON IN WORLD WAR
OBy Associated Presx)

LONDON, Jan. 10.-The latest
exploits of Australian and New
Zealand troops in the drive on
Italian Africa are furnishing
Londoners with something to talk
about.
The big, rangy colonials who
distinguished themselves as shock
troops in World War l, have been
leading the offensive since Mus
solini's legions began their re-
treat from Egypt.
Soldiers back in England from
the African front say the long
legged warriors from the Pacific
have gone galley into battle sing
ing the Wizard OF Or" and adj
dressing the Colonel by his frs.
name.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-10
49, w.aw.. @4 I.awAw.awa
new GAINS BY
BRITAIN SHOWN
ENGLISH PLANES HAMMER
AGAIN AT MANY
SEAPORTS

!
LONDON, Jan. 10.-Great Brit
aims drive to knock Italy out OF
the war before aid from Germany
can became effective showed new
gains today on every front.
Greek troops, storming into ac-
ton again after several days OF
slow gains, repeatedly had forced
open the road to Tirana, Albania's
capital city, as British war planes
hammered again at seaports
along the entire coast.
From neutral Egypt came new
stories of Fascist troubles in Halle
Sellassie's Ethiopia and military
men there said the Italian posi-
ton soon would become unten-
able.
Meanwhile, British African
fighters were steadily tightening
their moose around Tobruk while
surprise attack in East Lydia
was said to have forced General
Rudolfo Graziani TO abandon his
headquarters and move farther
into the interior.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-10

posed projects could be sponsored
in the same manner. The matter
was referred to the finance COM
mittee,
II was ordered that bids be
called for the purchase Of a new
motorcycle for the city police de
partment
II was ordered that a bhnker
light be installed at the Division
street entrance to Roosevelt
boulevard
A letter was read from the
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce requesting special adver~
Using commission be appointed to
handle all city advertising. The
committee would be made of one
member from the council. one from
the county commissioners and ore
from the Chamber Of Commerce.
The matter was referred 10 the
finance committee.
A communication was received
from the licensed electricians NJ
guessing that an ordinance he
adopted compelling al outside
operatives - conform 10 the elec-
tricianS' code in carrying out their
operations. This matter was re-
fcrred 10 the taxation committee.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-10
RELIEVED FROM
sinus TROUBLE
HERBERT ROSS GREATLY
BENEFITED BY KEY
FFT WEST CLIMATE

Herbert M. Ross. Riverside-on-
Hudson. New York. reports that
he got instant relief from an at
tack of sinus when he reached
Key West.
Ross was in Secretary S. c. Sin
gleton's Chamber of Commerce
office the other day and happen
ed 10 read a letter from Miss
Elizabeth Shoemaker. executive
secretary of the Pioneer Valley
Association. F.anlon, Hampden.
Hampshire counties. Northamp-
ton. Mass.
In her letter. Miss Shoemaker
stated that she had been having
sinus trouble due to this cold
and damp Of which you know
nothing about.
Ross requested Singleton to
let him write footnote 10 the
secretary's letter in response 10
Miss Shoemaker's letter. Ross
wrote as follows:
Il happened TO BE- Ia the Cham
Der OF Commerce office when
your letter came in. and il was
shown 70 me |. too. am a sirius
case, and have just completed a
tour from New York to California
and back again. taking in the re-
puteci sinus relief places / have
found the greatest relief right
here in Key West barring rainy
days think this place has
great possibilities
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-10
FARM AID TO
BE CUT DOWN
my Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-De-
partment of Agriculture officials
here revealed today a cut of ap-
proximately S45,000,o00 in their
appropriation under the l94l bud
get
Sacrificed to the defense pro-
gram, the reduction will drastic
ally curtail far maid. but spokes-
man of the department point out
increased prosperity brought
about by defense production prob
ably will ease their requirements.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-10
VISITOR CATCHES
BIG AMBERJACK

DR. W. Bowdoin Davis. Of New
York City caught the largest
amberiack SO far brought in to
the Casa Marin3 dock this season.
II weighed 52Is lbs. and il put up
a whale of a fight,
Two other large amheriackS and
several nackerel. king. barracuda.
yellowtail and grouper completed
the rest Of the bag.
DR.. and Mrs. Davis were &C
conpanied on this fishing trip by
Mrs. Kirk Williams. OF Lake
Forest, III. ard the laiter's son.
Laurence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-10
Yellow Cab Company Wants
To Operate In Key West

A communication from the
Yellow Cab Transfer Company's
branch at St Petersburg. Fla. was
read at the meeting of the City
Council last night asking for a
ten-year franchise to operate in
Key West No details were given
in connection with the letter. The
matter was referred 10 the Public
Welfare and Public Safety Conn
ulittees 20 report at the next
regular meeting,
A letter waS read from Francis
Callahan. district supervisor of
the Emergency Relief Unit. re-
questing that the city make an
effort 10 appropriate more funds
in taking care of sponsorship of
projects carried on here. The let
ter stated that the sponsorship on
the sewing room project was salts
factory, and hoped that other pro-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-10
EXPECT MORE AND
FASTER AID
,u, fascinated Press,

ny hssOs Inteu PrcssI
LONDON, Jan. l0.-Arrival in
the United States of Viscount
Halifax, new ambassador to
Washington, is expected here to
touch off a new drive in the
British campaign for more and
faster aid in the war with Ger
many.
Prime Minister Winsto n
Churchill, speaking at a luncheon
given in honor of the ambassador.
described his duties as among the
most important in the Empires
service.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-10
Roosevelt VIII Have
Blank Check Authority
In Defense Preparations
tBy Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. -
President Roosevelt will have
blank check" authority in the
spending of the multi-billion dol
lar Aid to Britain" bill which
comes before Congress today, he
said this morning.
Speaking at his morning press
conference, the President dis
claimed to reporters any desire to
take unrestricted powers in the
handling of the defense money.
obviously, however, someone
must have full authority he said.
The bill gives the President full
power to administer the S2,000,-
100000 to $1O,00O,0O0,000 which