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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-11-29
BOARD TO STUDY
CHANGES AT u"
AT NEXT CONFAB
REORGANIZATION COMMITTEE TO
FINISH GOVERNMENT SURVEY
AT JANUARY MEETING

recommendations for changes de-
signed to improve operating practices
and conserve funds at units of the
Greater University Of Montana and
In several other state boards and de-
partments viii be considered when
Gov. Sam c. Ford's committee on re-
organization and economy meets again,
probable In mid-January.
The committee expects to complete
its study Of all subdivisions Of the
state government at the January
meeting.
HighlightS Of committee action at
the November. meeting included:
Approval Of a recommendation Civ
ing the state board OF examiners wide
powers over purchasing Of insurance
to cover state property.
Approval OF a recommendation that
all state insurance contracts be pur-
chased on competitive bids.
Approval Of a proposal that the
state treasurer carry messenger In
surance to safeguard deposits taken
from the capitol TO Helena banks.
Adoption Of a recommendation that
executive officers OF the state high
way department and the state high
way patrol coordinate efforts Of staffs
toward accident prevention through
exchange of data and STANDARDIZATION
Of procedures in reporting factual In
formation.
Recommended patrol cars be serv-
iced In highway shops insofar as prac-
teal
Recommended all patrol cars be
equipped with two-way radios.
Save a Life Today-Drive Carefully
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-11-29

cided to move to Fort Benton. One
OF Mrs. Buchanan's stepsons was
drowned while working on the con-
struction Of the railroad bridge there.
The family spent many hours search
ing the river banks for his body but
It was never found
The Buchanans Travelled from one
town to another in the hope OF be-
coming permanently settled. They lived
at Lewtstown for a while and then
went to Hughesville, a booming min
ing town then. This trip was made by
team in the winter. Snow was drifted
and in many places they had to chop
through the ice to get their wagon
through
Mrs. Buchanan's memories Of time
spent at Hughesville aren't happy Her
small daughter died and a short time
later her husband became paralyzed,
leaving the entire burden Of providing
living for the family to Mrs. Blu
chanan.
Emergency Nursing Home
She took the family to Belt, a boom
ing mining town. Houses were not
available so she set up housekeeping
in a tent For some time she did home
baking and cared for the sick. Any
kind Of work was welcome TO assist
in providing for her family. Eventually
she obtained a small house and con-
verted 1t into an emergency nursing
home, greatly appreciated by residents
Of the community who were so many
miles from q hospital.
The years went by. marked mainly
by hard work. In 1927, Mrs Buchan-
ans invalid husband died Always a
devout Christian, she found relaxa-
ton and consolation in church work.
She is a member of the Epispocal
church but assisted in the work OF
other denominations where there was
no church of her faith. In 1899 she
suffered fall which made it impos-
sible for her to continue living alone.
Most Of the time since then she has
been in residence at the hospital.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-11-29

WASA OAAACA JuO&ASC AhOSAuCK OpShC0
the first court in the territory.
once belonged to the secret organiza-
ton known as knights OF Malta, :"
that had for its sole purpose the fool-
ing Of its initiates Judge Hosmer took
such delight in recounting these ex-
periences, that he would laugh until
the tears rolled down his cheeks.
Went to Virginia City
on leaving Bannack, he went to vir-
ginia City, which was not then the
capital, but boosted Of a larger pop
ulation than the little mining town
on the Grasshopper, where the first
Montana legislature met. Before the
arrival Of Judge Hosmer, there was no
law there except what was furnished
by the miners courts, from which
there was no appeal; and the de-
cisions of the vigilance committees,
that were summarily executed. AS it
has been well said SELF liberty and
self preservation made men who re-
garded law as necessary attendant
upon happiness, heroes in those days. .
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-11-29
Car Output Cut

The office Of production manage
ment announced that passenger car
production during February, 1912, will
be reduced by SOL percent as COM
pared with last February. The OPMs
civilian supply division set a maxi
mum output Of automobiles for next
February at 174,122 units. More than
$500 cars were produced during the
same month this year.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-11-29

Save Life TOday-Drive Carefully
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
GROUP Is
OPTIMISTIC OVER
WATERWAY MEET
COMMERCE. BODY REPRESEN-
TATTvES ATTENDED MEET
IEG CONDUCTED RECENTLY
IN MANI

Representatives Of the Key
West Chamber Of Commerce made
4 profitable visit 70 Miami during
the past week Among those al
tending the sessions of the Rivers
and HaEbors Congress were Post
master Fred J. Dlon. County Com
missioner r W Crsig, City En-
glneer 2. Curry 4lp1eno. SapeFin-
tendent Of Public Instruction Asel-
via Z Russell, also Charles S.
Taylor and a Z Pelrce. directors
OF the Chamber OF Commerce. Il
should be noted that these gentle
men gave freely of their time and
expenditures II the service Of
Key West
The secretary OF the Chamber of
Commerce who was detailed to
spend six days IN attendance on
the sessions Of the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association and the
Rivers and Harb0rs Congress,
brings back q report that ali pos
sIble advance was made toward
securing q channel that VIII bring
commercial and pleasure craft to
Key West and Il Is believed that
the immediate placing Of the prof.
ect on the Expeditions" caien-
dar s nov an assured fact. al
though the secretary suggests that
We defer our celebrations until
the dredge appears: there being
many slips between secretaries
and dredges.
The reception accorded the rep
resentstive Of KEY West and Mon
roe County was one Of continuous
eordiaIity and cooperation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
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BARGE CANAL Is
BEING FAVORED
WOULD TAKE PLACE OF SHIP
CANAL ACROSS FLORIDA
AS PROPOSED

WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. IS.
ms The House Rivers and
Har6ors Committee this week
voted to authorize Army En-
gineers 70 dig a barge canal. in
stead Of a snip canal across Flor
ida
The authorization was contain
ed N the billion dollar omnibus
bill on Rivers and Harbors.
House Committee Chairman
Mansfield stated that the Florida
waterway was In the bill without
specifying specific type of con-
structlon- He said he understood
that the barge canal would cost
about S28. 000. 600. The proposed
ship canal as originally planned
would have cost approximately
500. 600. 000.
The authorized barge canal
would follow the same course as
the original ship canal While
authorization IS given IN the bin,
no definite appropriation for the
work has yet been made.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
GREAT DEMAND
FOR MECHANICS

Preparing for the great de-
mand for civilian aviation me
ehanics, the Us Army Air
Corps IS offering young men
between tie ages OF Il and 25 an
oppor ftinity 10 learn an aircraft
trade
Original appointments viii be
made to the positions Of trainee.
aircraft and engine mechanic at
. salary Of approximately $50 a
month.
At the successful completion
of a six months training period,
II is planned to promote trainees
to the positions of junior air
craft and engine mechanics at q
salary Of $3.50 a year.
Further opportunities for ad-
vancement IN the army air corps
are excellent IN view Of the
shortage of qualified aircraft
mechanics.
Necessary forms NAV be OBJ
tanned from the civil service
secretary at any first OF second
class postoffice, or from the
manager of the Fifth Us. Civil
Service District, Atlanta, Ca.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
TAXPAYERS TO
GET DISCOUNT

Monroe taxpayers Nsili be Erzssf-
ed four per cent dise0unz 6nrlag
the first 80 DAYS sfter the AK rails
are turned over 70 tie cnllertar
office, Tax Coliectur Doe {. Azr-
NLahon explained TODAY.
Tax Assessor Claude a. Car
dolfo has predicted his boaks NIB
be in the hands Of the collec1or hy
Dec. !. and AlcMahon SAID the
four per cent rate VII be u e.
fect after that until Jan. a. wExh
the discount sliding during fse
next &C days 10 three and tNo r.eT
cent
Instructions for the discounts
were carried IN q letter frum
Comptroller J. H. Lee 70 No
AfahOn
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15

SHAH Had1-4A1C4-EE11- AlLS A1l !
any defense publicity gag
Technical experts @ the
Army. Navy. Maritime Gem
mission ard oPM win be on
these trains - explain every
one az the objects exhibited
ard nc discuss with some 50
90 owners 6 little plants who
are expected 70 visit the trains
whether 4 would be possible
fer them 10 convert their fac
tories 10 production Of these
needed articles.
OdluTn has suggested, but 50
recently there has been no oppor-
t1nify vet for action. that gov
eminent loans be made 70 small
businesses threatened with Iioui-
dalton to tide them through the
emergency. He also is asking
that minimum sI1ocations Of crit
icsl raw materials De made to
thousands Of threatened little
felloWSjust enough 70 keep
them IN business until some
thing else can be done
Summing I'd his Job. Odlum
says = feel much like q doc
tor who has suddenly acquired
thousands upon thousands Of
ratients scattered over the
lenufh ard breadth Of the
Land Re doesn't even know
bow many or where they are.
Ha krows thaY all need at
fsntions but Re doesn't krow
their individual symptoms
snd cannot pozsiblv see them
AL personally
He therefore must do first
things first He must organize
MS staff Of assistants. field off
GERS. clinics. visiting doctors and
nurses In the meantime he
breakfasts general blanket al
vice We are doing just that"
Whether he can get the Job
dene IN time ia save all those
who can be saved IS what Wash
ngfon IS asking now. The an
swer probably VIII De known
before spring maybe long be
fore. n
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
PLEASED WITH
WAR BONUSES
NOW OFFERED
THREE THOUSAND MEMBERS
or AZ OF L VOTE FOR DEC
TAXATION OF WAR ON GER
MANY
sBy Associates PrezsD

NEW YORK Nov I5.-Pleased
with the prospect Of war bonuses.
even though it vii entail sailing
through submarine infested Wa
ters. AFofL seafarng men today
voiced hearty approval of neu-
trality act revisioRs passed by the
house yesterday.
Three thousand members Of the
union voted for a declaration Of
war on Germany and declared
they are ready to back admins
tration policy 10 the hilt
Union rules provide for sizeable
bonuses for men sailing through
waters IN which belligerent
powers are involved.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
RADIO STATION TO
EXPAND ITS SYSTEM

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Nov. Is
FNS).-Garland Powell director
of Radio Station wRUF. an
nounced this week that the Uni
versity station would join the
network Of the Mutual Bread
casting System on Monday, No
vember "a. He also stated that
application has been made with
the Federal Communications
Commission for full-tine broad
casting privileges.
WRUF IS owned BY the State
Of Florida and has. an operating
power Of 5000 watts. Il now op-
crates IN daytime only from 500
D. n to Gas 2. n.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
RADIOMAN WILL
GET PROMOTION
BILL WEBSTER at LOCAL
NAVAL STATION HAS
BEEN RECOMMENDED

Bill Webster. who has served at
the naval station here for a num-
Der Of years as a Eadioman. has
been recommended by Secretary
of the Navy Frank Knox for pro-
motion to the rank Of radio cleo
trician, a temporary warrant
grade, Lieut. Condr. Henry L.
Naff, station public relations Of
ficer. said today.
z c Bannister Of the station
has been recommended as an act
ing paw clerk. and Thomas r.
Eddleman IS IN line for the rank
of temporary warrant ulachinist-
Commander Naff explained
that the Recommendations are for
the purpose Of providing the navy
department with list Of eligibles
for promotion when and #. they
are needed No definite time for
The promotion is implied IN the
order.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
British BattIeSIip Malaga
Also Damaged During FIGHT
When Ark Royal Vas Sunk
RUNAWAY BOYS
RETURNED HOME

A tough little boy and his
not-so-toush xoanser krofhar
were On their way back 10
Azau6 to-day sftex . runaway
that ended n Monroe couzsy's
jail
The boys. joe Hogan Is.
and Frank hogan. L. had
vowed they wozie Sse tne
Magic cifyss brishs Eshtz NJ
more. bat q rcmbinEtion Of
rain. hunger and sherzffs Cd
fice deputies crossed then ID.
Prank was wilkins 10 ssl III
for . soft SPOT On . dry bsc-
but Joe gave Sheriff Esxliz
SswFers's dspufiaS an iztn4-
estinu line Of conversation he
fore they esrpizinE nxz
that his youn1aT bro1zaer hs1
given his correc1 name and
address.
IF Yoa knew about T.
whasraas aslin' znn tnrs w1s
little Franks comnauz Gu the
proceedings.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
American Merchant Ships To
Be Armed As They Reach Port

WASHINGTON, Nov. I5-Aul-
erican merchantmen VIII Be arm
ed foE defense as rapidly as they
make port n this country. a navy
department official said today.
President Roosevelt IS expected
70 sign the measure permitting
armament OF ships Monday. and
the navy department already IS
rushing plans for quick instaIla-
ton OF guns on al vessels
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
Lewis Determined On GaIIInQ
Strike Unless Operators Of
Mines Sanction Closed Shop
aBy Az~@.eiztsd Frez.1

WASHINGTON. Nov IA
John L. Lewis. president Of the
United Nine Workers Of America,
today rezffrmed ms intention Of
calling Z strike OF the captive
miners At Midnight tonight, unless
operators OF the mines agree 70 =
closed shop before then
LEWIS statement provided 4 w
tual ultInsfUm % President
Roosevelt, who has threatened
drastic legislation 10 curb strikes
Z the miners do carry cut Their
leaders threat and walk OF their
Jobs
The President IS expected 70
counter with . direct appeal % the
miners 20 override Lewis an
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
G%%AAA%A&
POLIcE TO MAKE
CHECK OF AUTOS
WITHOUT LICENSE

Mayor Willard IL AIbury
informed The Citizen today
that he VIII instruct the mem
bers Of the potce department.
Beginning Monday, 10 check
up oa ali automobiles OF other
n0sor vehicles not havinu the
current license TAGS. These
found to be cperating without
the proper license VIII BE sab
Jet 70 arrest
The police officers win also
check 10 On business houses
70 ascertain If they have o.
tainsd their ccrunationaI L.
csnse. Delinouents IN this
case viii also become subject
TO arrest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
ELKS TO ATTEND
CHURCH SUNDAY

Elks elas faembefs have been
requested Dr.. 4 c. Galley.
exalted raler. 70 meet at the
lodge tomorrow morning ar TOO
o'clock preparatory 10 attending
the American and church flag
dedioations at the Fleming
Street Methodist church
Dr. Galley invited visiting
members Of the order 10 take
part in the services
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
Russian Soldiers Lash Out Most
fuTiOuSly In Defense Of Homeland
PLANS To HELP SMALL INDUSTRY
MAPPED In RACE AGAINST Time


WASHINGTON. Nov. I5.-It
IS difficult 70 imagine any great
er confusion TRAN Floyd B Cd
sluzn jumped into when be came
to Washington q couple Of months
ago 70 head I'd the new Defense
Contracts DistributiDn Division
Because Of prI0rInes N stra-
tegic materials and the concen-
tration Of contracts (s5 per cent
of them had been let 10 IS firms
in our largest industrial eenters),
nearly $4,000 snail manufacture
ers. employing about 90 per cent
Cor 100000 rersons) Of total
factory labor had only the pros
pect Of closing shop and going
bankrupt.
In two months. the fog hasn't
cleared much IN this confused
scene. for the task Of bringing
order out Of the mess. pulling
these little businesses out Of the
threatened blaakout and saving
the jobs of these 2.008. 0o0 Is
probably the biggest that IA
tional defense has had to tackle
Some things however, have
been done and others proposed.
IN setting up MS organization,
Odlnm already has established
SIS field offices. about one-fhird
Of what he hopes 70 have n a few
months.
These field offices ara con
ducfing surveys. meeting with
small manufacturers and ad-
visins them On how 10 GO about
getting subconfracfs or pooling
their resources with ether
small factory owners IN the
section TO bid for basic con-
tracts. Thew ara conducting
clinics where holders Of the
basic contracts meet with
scores of the smaller manu-
facturers IN round table dis
cussions and work cut sub
co1tracts-
OdIun's Office here IS putting
all the pressure possible on big
manufacturers to get them to
sub-lef all the work they can. He
hasn't threatened to expose those
who refuse but he has promised
several times to give public cred
il 10 those companies which do.
Probably most important
move in he ofEn5 nov Is leg
islation 0dlum Is preparing 10
submit 70 Congress. eliminat-
ing the legal barriers 10 fore
ing the big plants to give some
Of the work 70 their little
brothers and 10 spread the
work by giving some Of the
big jobs directly to those little
brothers Of bis industry.
If he succeeds IN getting this
legislation through, he viii re-
move one of the stock lodges
which the advocate Of big bslsi-
ness in the Army. Navy and OPM
have been using IN keeping their
contracts centralized
Another effort toward taking
defense work to the industrial
hinterIands is the three, Red.
White and Blue" trains which
win tour the country exhibiting
hundreds of bits and pieces to
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15

tnoEIfys with series Of strike
curling bills. and. possibly. with
soldiers
The chief executive has told
Lewis fatty he VII not permit
the miners 70 endanger steel pro
duction with another wzIkout- and
he said yesterday that the power
Of the government viii not be
used 70 coerce the majority OF
miners into joining q union con
trolled BY the minority
Lewis has insisted the only basis
for negotiation VIII remzin the
miners demand that they be
granted a closed shop N the cap
tive mines, most OF which are
controlled b. steel companies.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
At LEAST ONE PERSON
TO IGNORE CEORCIA'S
THANKSGIVING DATE

WASHINGTON Nox. H.
Ge1rgia GrowarnDf Enumms
Talmad1ss dssisn1fion 81 ne
last Tfzzrs6av IN Nowsusber -
Thanksgiving Will - ignored
by at least che perzan wishzn
the states boundaries nnxt
week whan Prexident Hoose-
welt's third Thursday Thzzi<s-
giving rolls around
The exrep8s0n wiz pc Pres
dent Roosevelt who nlzns 10
spend Nov. %. the dzv ne
DESIGNATED rs Thznkssiwins.
Rt Warm SpringE-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
FINDS LONG LOST HING

RUTLAND, Va.-Turning over
the sod on the lawn Of his home
IN this city. Kenneth Martin. 10.
found his mothers wedding ring.
which he had thrown out Of a win
dow when q baby.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
GERMANY FEELING
SHORTAGE OF OIL
tRy Asx-ciated rr~~-s

LONDON, Nov. I5.-Germany
was dipping heavily into hr oil
reserves a month before the
Russian invasion, a foreign Of
flee spokesman declared today.
Basing his statement On sup
posedly reliable figures from Ger
many, the spokesman said the
Nazis viii face an acute shortage
BY the winter Of 1872.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
Filipinos Called Upon To
Arm In Defense OF u. S.

MANILA, P. /, Nov. I5.-
Manuel Quezon. president of the
Philippines, today called upon his
countrymen to arm for defense IN
corporation with the United
States.
We cast our fate with Am
erica. the president said in a
radio address. and with the great
principles she is attempting to up
hold"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
JAP ENVOY DUE In
WASHINGTON TODAY


WASHINGTON. Nov. l5.--
Saburu Karusu. special jap
anese envoy TO Washington. s
expected TO arrive here by
plane today AFTER flying trip
across the Pacific.
The envoy. who Is 10 confer
with President Roosevelt
McndaY. Is understood 70 be
bearing . @lasf chance nas<-
sage from Japan fer some
form CT understanding TO
avoid war between his coun-
Try and the United States
yZ[~ $50
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
VERY FORTUNATE

ALBANY. Ora bank en-
ploye Of this city dropped > sack
containing $500 n half dollars
on a principal street but nansg-
ed to gather al the coins except
one.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15
Rome And Berlin Admit
Crushing Attacks Put
On By Red Armies On
All Fronts

4%f A~"f*&AH4E@ k&EM&N
NEW YORK. Nov. ls.-Rome
and Berlin today admitted crush
ing Soviet attacks on al fronts
a the He'd soldiers Of Josef
Stain iashsd sui in a furious
defense of their homeland
From the Arctic shores Of the
White Sea TO Lsninsrad. Mos
COW. The D0nefn basin and the
crimsa. Russian troops we're
faid to be hurting themselves
forward against ths combined
Power Of the allied Germans.
Firms. Italians. Rumanians and
Hursarians.
Adolf Hitler's high command.
although claiming the Germans
before Moscow are holding their
own. admitted a powerful Rus
ian attack had hurled them back
10 the defensive. and Nazi
headquarters confirmed Russian
reports that the Red armies hold
the initiative before Their cap
itaL
Stockholm said Russian troops
equipped with new British tanks
delivered al Archangel had
launched a smashing offensive
against the Firms along the
shore Of the White Sea. only a
few miles south Of the Arctic
circle.
Italians Cold
Two thousand miles south of
their engagement with the Films,
more Russian troops were admit
ted in Rome 10 be crashing for
ward in another attack against
Italians in the Donetz river
basin and Rome radio complain
ed that the Italians were ham
pered BY cold and driving snow.
Only IN the crimea, did Mos
COW admit German successes.
and London military men said
the German victory there was
hollow che
Conceding that the Nazis win
take most Of the Crimes. Mos
COW army headquarters said
Seyastapbf and Kerch, the pen
insula's two Important seaports
and naval bases. viii be held
London military men praised
Russian defense of the PENN
suia. however. and declared that
the Red armies had won vic
tory Of their own BY falling
back on the seaports without too
heavy losses.
BY refreating. the British ex-
perts pointed out. the Russians
made it possible for strong bod
les of men to take up positions
in the two ports, and at the same
time gave themselves time to
bring Up a powerful array of
heavy artillery.
Air activity ever northern Eu-
rope was at a standstilI during
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-15

KEY West. FLORIDA hzs aAs
most equable climate in the
country: with Al average
range Of only IL Fahusnhsit