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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-15

WASHINGTON, July 15. - A hiohway construction and rehabil- isation program, designed to open up potential agricultural districts as we'll as attract tourists, is being undertaken in Alaska,
 While work is being pushed as rapidly as possible, Edwin c. Ar mold. Director of the Interior De- partment'S Division of Territories and Island Possessions, said Alas ka's road system cannot be used extensively by tourists before the summer o. l947
 Arnold said the Alaska Highway through Canada will be ready for increased tourist travel next year. There already is some travel over this highway. but the road is not open to tourists because of the lack of filling stations, repair shops, and eating and sleeping accom- modations.
 New Highways
 In addition to repair and con- ftruction work necessary to put Alaska's 2,600-plus miles Of roads back in good condition, the Alaska Road Commission soon will begin work on i've new highways leading to agricultural districts. One also will serve an important mining dis trict.
 The Road Commission, under an S800OO0 Congressional appropria- tion, will start building a l25-mile highway flcm Kenai Lake on the south coast, to Homer, in the southern part of the Kenai Pen insula.
 This highway Arnold said, is primarily Uaended to serve one oi the most promising agricultural areas in Alaska, in the southwest orn part of the Kenai Peninsula It will finnish road connections with the Alaska Railroad, providing farmers of southwestern Kenai Peninsula good access to markets for the first time.
 Road trcm TanacrOsS
 Another new read will run from Tanacross, on the Alaska Highway and the l'anana River near the Canadian borCer, to Eagle, on the Yukon RiTer. This will open the Fcrtymile mining area to traffic from the t.lritory's road system fol the first time The Fortymile which stradGles the Alaska-C Canada border sou-h uI the Yukon, hac tetl handicapped by the high cost of 1reightirg, Arnold said.
 This new highway also will oper the way to the settlement of somt agricultural land, and will give Al askans a aecond road from th' south coast to the Yukon River
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-15
GAsTINEAu CHANNEL HEALTH COUNCIL TO
 MEET THIS EVENING

A special meeting of the Gas tineau Channel Health Council will be held at 8 o'clock tonight in Room 218 of the Territorial Build ing.
 Business to come before the meet ing is connected with the necessity of moving to new location and all organizations of Gastineau Channel are requested to send a representative. A building to house the Health Center has been secur- ed but final preparations cannot
 be completed without a Health
 Council meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-15
BOB PANADES HERE

MT. and Mrs Bob Panade, ot Sitka, are guests at the Gastineau Hotel,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-15
MIHAIL0vIC
 CONVICTED,
 SENTENCED

(Conttnucd rom Page Onel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-15
Highway Construction, Rehabilitation Program
 Now Underway in Alaska

Richardson Highway now connects Valdez with Fairbanks, where it joins the Stcese Highway extend- ing to the Yukon at Circle.
 The Congl cssional appropriation for the present fiscal year provides a total of SI,35O0OO for initial con- struction work on the two new highways There also is $l,160,90O for the maintenance of roads, bridges and trails, and $79,l00 for the survey C. new routes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-15
M'GoWan Nominated To Succeed Saul Haas |As Customs Collector

WASHINGTON, July 15.-Presi- dent Truman has nominated How ard H. MacGowan of Seattle, Wash. to be collector of customs for Dis trict 50, with headquarters in Seattle, replacing Saul Haas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-15
HOSpIrAL NOTES

St. Arms Hospital admitted George M Hansen and Nancy Burke for medical attention over the weekend.
 Dismissed were Alvin Larson, Ed ward Eastaugh, Mrs. Ray Murphy, medical patients, and Delbert Hanks, surgical patient.
 The Government Hospital admit ted Louise Williams, Haines, on Saturday; and dismissed Ramona Kookish of Angoon and her baby girl, and Richard Marvin of Hoo- nah.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-15
FROM SAN FRANCISCO

James ?. Hammon and Robert B. Ross have arrived in Juneau from San Francisco. They are stop ping at the Gastineau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-15
FGOM CABAL

MT. and Mrs A. A. Long. have arrived here from Cabal and are staying at the Gastineau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-15
ANITA GARNICK TALKS

Anita Garnlck will speak tonight at T o'clock over the air on the Alaska Taxpayers League program.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-15
GIRL FOR wORGUMs

MT. and Ms. John Worgum be- came the parents of a daughter born at 2::3i am. Saturday, at St. Ann's Hospital The child weighed seven poui ds, four ounces at birth.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
Building Material
Prices Are Highest
In Key West Area

Hard building materials in
Key West are somewhat higher
than in other parts of Florida,
Harold H. Martin, OPA district
price executive, with offices in
Miami, has informed The Citi-
zen.
Increases are general in Flor
ida, he said, with Key West lead
ing all other places in advances.
Increases resulted from the new
price control law passed July Is,
which required that dealers be
allowed to maintain their March
81, 1916, prices, Martin explained.
He sent a list of 81 items to
The Citizen on which there have
been increases, some of them
decidedly so. A l00-pound bag of
Keene's cement. which sold for
$2.62, is now $3.65; the price, per
1000. of common red brick has
jumped from $32 to SAB; 100
pound bag of roofers' asphalt is
up from $2.25 to S2.85. and fin
ishing lime for a 50-pound bag
from IS to 80 cents.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
Parade Plans
For Labor Day

Plans are rapidly shaping UP
for one of the finest parades
staged in Key West in recent
years in connection with the
forthcoming Labor Day Parade,
which is a part of the city-wide
observance being planned here
by representative group headed
by City Public Service Head
Dwight Hunter.
Mrs. Ruth A. Higgs, parade
chairman, recently announced
the appointment of Mrs. Leonard
Curry as chairman of the sub
committee on decoration. This
committee plans to decorate a re-
viewing stand in front of the
Palace theater where the judges
and local dignitaries will view
the parade.
All organizations and places OF
business planning to enter floats
or marching units in the parade
are urged to contact 1t. Ray At
we'll of the City Police Depart
ment who is acting as Parade
Marshal, in order that he may
assign definite places in the line
of march.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
40 Million
Bushels OF Wheat
ToBe Exported
lnv AnsoeIated I,ressl

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-The
Department of Agriculture an
nounced today that 40 million
bushels of wheat from the next
crops III this country will be ex-
ported
1t said that the only delay will
be caused by lack of transporta-
ton facilities, both on land and
at sea. The aim of the. depart
ment is to ship 81 million BUSH
els month, but a spokesman
explained that goal probably will
not be attained because of a
shortage in boxcars and ships.
1t was estimated that 81 bill
lion loaves of bread will be
made out of the 40 million
bushels of wheat, seven million
bushels. under the shipments
during the last fiscal year.
Wheat is now bringing high
prices in foreign markets, the
spokesman said, adding that 9TH
er countries that are exporting
large quantities are Argentina,
Australia and Canada.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26

900 Haze
Signed Merger
Petition Here

Nine hundred Key Westers
have signed the ciiY-couniY
merger petition at Earl
Riggs service station. Duval
and Division streets. since
publicity was given the petit
ton in The Citizen.
MIR. Higgs stated today that
with The Citizen giving us
the publicity. we will make
the goal of 5000 petition
ers."
People are continuing TO
come into his service station
for the expressed purpose of
signing this worthwhile mer-
ger petition. and he has had
people ask TO be given per-
mission TO carry the petition
around in q door -to-door
campaign.
Higgs is enihused over the
response the petition has re-
ceived from all the general
public of Key West. Only
two persons have fold him
that they would moi sign.
AS soon as the list reaches
5000 signatures. Mr.. Riggs
will submit il 10 Bernie c.
PapY and James Franklin.
state representative and SEN
ator. respectively. in Talla-
hassee.
Riggs is Toying with the
idea" of having it placed In
the November county cleo
tions, this year. He believes
and the petition response
bears him out that if placed
in the November election for
The people 10 vote on. they
will overwhelmingly be in
favor of consolidation. For"
said Mr.. Higgs. who doesn't
want TO save money!"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
Seems impossible That Such
A Climate As Key Vests Can
Be Ignored Very Much Longer

have rain also? Friends of ours
in Pasadena, a suburb of Los
Angeles, spend the whole sum
mer without being able to sit on
their porches unless they wear
wool. They go 10 Palm Springs
to get the desert heat in the
winter. Such a life. for the way
their publicity runs, it sounds SO
different.
THEN nights are cool on the
coast from the Pacific, which is
very cold. Farther up in San
Francisco. one could better live
in Maine. In Los Angeles in their
hottest summer day it does get
cold at night, too cold for a Flor
idian. And in the desert, it was
not at all unusual for the win
ter days to be 100 or 101 and
drop to SO almost every night,
and to forty many nights. A
sixty degree change during the
day is normal-that is why the
western cowboys wear wool
shirts even in the hot summer
days with temperature at 100 in
the shade.
"All in all, / am willing to
leave California to those who
like it, and there are many out
there who say they like it. OF
course anyone from Michigan.
the Dakotas, Maine. northern
New York. etc, and who has
never seen Florida. would think
it a marvellous climate. But until
they try Florida, they amt seen
nothin'"
Mr.. Lutes says he is especially
fond of deep sea fishing. and as
soon as his health permits, ex-
poets to make. himself quite "a
fisherman here.
He admits that we in Florida
have some disadvantages, but he
says he will take them any time
compared to California.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
Issue Warrant
For Johnny
Cafes Arrest

James Mcknight. 1405 Newton
street, Navy World War II vet
eran. was severely beaten in front
of Johnny Gates Fish House on
Front street last night at about
2 o'clock.
Mcknight received a badly
bruised and cut right eye and
a left eye and lip cut and other
facial injuries from blows re-
ceived at the hands of Johnny
Gates.
This morning, Roy Hamlin, di-
rector of public safety, after a
personal inspection in company
with Police Chief Bienvenido
Perez, announced that Mcknight
was in no condition to swear out
a warrant and so he issued
warrant charging assault and
battery" against Gates on Nc
knights verbal testimony.
The argument grew out of per
sonal differences" between Nc
knight and Gates, and the former
is alleged to have struck first at
Gates due to a Statement made
by Gates" and then Gates knock
ed Mcknight down and beat him
numerically.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
I'VE Will VIM
States Welch Of
Union Picketing

Donald WEIGH, business agent
of the Fisherlnen's and Seafood
Handlers Union, Informed The
Citizen this morning that before
the dispute with the A & B. Fish
/ Co. is concluded the men who fish
for FELTON, will join the union"
Mr.. WEIGH added, I'VE are go
ing to stop the practice of pur-
chasing fish Unfortunately from
civilians and servicemen.
The union started pieketing the
A. g. B. Fish Co. last week for
the reason as stated above by
Mr.. Welch. The owner of the
fish market has announced that
he will continue to operate an
open shop, regardless OF the
action taken by the union.
Mr.. WEIGH has said that ''in-
discriminate buying of fish even
tually leads to the bleaching of
trade fishermen whose only
means of livelihood is through
the plying of their trade.
The unions business agent con-
tinued by declaring that mo
more of Felton's men have joined
the union. Asked by The Citi-
zen whom he meant had not join
ed the union, Mr.. WEIGH replied,
''The men who catch Felton's fish
for him."
WeIch pictured a glowing flu
ture for Key West, and declared
that 1--WE (union memberSl are
citizens and are trying to do the
public good"
The majority of charter boat
fishermen and spongers have
signed up" with the union. Mr..
WEIGH reports. He added, Fur
thermore, a local chapter will
soon be gotten. Our money will
remain in Key West"
The business agent pointed out
that none of his pickets had
ever stopped any cars, asking
the occupants not to patronize
the A. & b Fish CO.
Nor would they ever do this, "
Mr.. WEIGH declared. He wanted
to make it clear to the public at
large, he said, that no union men
sst,aI orIroI Ne M Cfot,sas vfha4lo,.
he, Stone, was guarding the fish
company at night" Since Mr.
Stone told Mr.. FELTON, that two
unidentified men did ask him
that question, Welch feels that it
was some curious" individuals
who did so and not any of the
union men in the fishermen's or
ganization.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26

Herchel Lutes, former ex-
ecutive in the ]. l.. Hudson Com
pany, second largest department
store in the United States, who
resigned and retired because of
the condition of his health, has
arrived in Key West and is stop
ping at La Concha. He is troubled
with arthritis. IN an interview
with The Citizen, he said:
Key West does have a long
way to go, but, it seems impos-
sbile that such climate can be
ignored very much longer by SO
many in this country who are
suffering or tolerating such eli
matte conditions as they have
elsewhere Rough and tough as it
is. | like Key West and am for
it one hundred per cent.
California is greatly overrat-
ed. Southern California is foggy
and much colder than Florida,
even than northern Florida. They
never swim in the ocean - use
pools heated near the beach, and
in the desert around Palm
Springs, use sun-heated pools. |
saw many women at Malibou
and other so-called fashionable
beaches, walking around with
bathing suits and fur coats over
them, headed for heated pools,
and they call that funl
"And the sun among the fogs,
is funny. Sunkist is right, just
about enough real sunshine on
the coast to kiss the oranges. OF
course they raise the citrus ON
the slopes farther back of the fog,
by irrigation. Fruit in the desert
has no taste to it. Their oranges
do not compare with ours.
up the coast from San Diego
it gets foggier and colder. In
Los Angeles the climate is cold,
damp and foggy. And do they
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
Chinese Communists Assert
viii Appeal To IN II U. S.
Sends More Arms To China
BECAUSE OF WAR MA
TERIAL SENT NATION.
ALISTS, CIVIL WAR
CONTINUES, COM :
MUNISTS SAY
lBy Asaoeiated Presal


NANKING, Aug. 26. - Com
munist leaders threatened today
to appeal to the United Nations
if the United States does not dis
continue sending arms to the Ma
tionalists in China.
The Communists asserted they
have appealed to the United
States to stop the shipment of
war supplies to the Nationalist,
for the reason that, using these
supplies, they continue to wage
war even when there is no provo
cation for it.
Due to the shipment of those
supplies, the spokesman added,
civil war is raging today in 10
provinces in China, with no inn
mediate prospects of establishing
peace between the contending
forces.
The Communists pointed out
that, on several occasions,' they
have expressed their willingness
to submit the question between
themselves and the Nationalist
to the United Nations, but added
that Generalissimo Chang Kali
Shek, instead of agreeing to sub
init the question to arbitration,
put more soldiers in the field,
with the avowed purpose of
crushing all opposition in China
that does not see as he sees.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
Municipal Pay
In Key West
Higher In Group
tyvasl,tngtOm correspondents
80. M. a 6~ffE1anR

ssf Fhe Key W&4t AstfNch.
WASHINGTON, August 20
Rev West Municipal workers
except school employees, receive
better than average pay for cit
les in its population group, Ii
was learned today at the Census
Bureau.
According to a survey made
by the Census Bureau. average
ray for Key Vests non-school
CITY employees is lower than the
average pay of such workers IN
all cities of the country, but
higher than in cities which IN
1910 had populations of between
10000 and $4,000, Key Vests
size group.
The Census Bureau made its
survey using number of work
ers and pay ro1l.for October 1914.
At that time, Key West had 81
non-sehool city employees and
raid them a total, of $500 for
the month, or slightly more than
SIP each. - u
At the same time, the average
monthly pay,saf all non-school
city employees in the United
States was slightly more than
$i4B. and in October 1914, nom
school employees in the cities of
Key Vests group received an
average Fay check of slightly
NOR than $50.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
Will Never Accept
Unions Demands
Is Felton's Answer

Z 49,
Berlin. FELTON,, owner of the
A. & B. Fish Company, stated
today that he had mo comment
to make on the statements pre-
senting the Fishermen's and Sea-
food Handlers Unions side of
their argument in The Citizen
Saturday. ~4s.s
Mr.. FELTON, said, ''The general
public knows me better than they
do Mr.. WEIGH, for | am a native
Key Wester."
The A. & B. Fish Co., owner
went on to say that he could
correct number of assertions
made by Mr.. WEIGH in the ar
ticle, but at this time sit is bet
ter to just let things ride for a
while"
FELTON, added that Saturdays
business" was the best Saturday
he had had in the past two and
a half years.
When asked by The Citizen
was this accomplished with the
same prices, FELTON, replied:
Yes. Prices have remained the
same"
'Will you accede to the
Unions demands?" interposed
The Citizen. "Emphatically no. |
never will" replied the fish
company owner.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26

GREAT BRITAIN ACCJJS-
ES RUSSIA OF PLAY
ING YUGOSLA VIA
AGAINST GREECE AND
TURKEY
eBy Associated Press,

LONDON, Aug. 26. While a
Yugoslavian cart winds its way
today from Bled down mountain
trails with three bodies of five
American airmen aboard plane
that was shot down by Yugo-
slavians IN fighter planes,
spokesman for Great Britain's
foreign office declared that, TO
try to offset the reflection cast
on Yugoslavia by the attack, is
pitting that country against
Greece and Turkey, because they
oppose Russia's attempts to have
free adrnittance to the Eastern
Mediterranean through the OAR
danellS.
The spokesman said that, while
he was member of the foreign
office. he was not speaking Of
ficially, but, instead, was ex-
pressing his own views. He de-
clared that. as always, when
Russia feels that she or one Of
her satellites is hemined in on
some question. she tries to de
fleet interest TO some other quar-
ter in the hope that the original
charge will be overlooked and
forgotten.
Tito, he asserted, is trying to
smooth over the charge against
his country for the wanton
shooting down of the Americans
by referring to it as a regret
table hacident's. and pro9idins !
military escort to the cart That
is bringing the bodies down the
mountainside.
Russia's aim, he said further.
is to try. to get political and eco
nomic control of the Balkan
states. The Yugoslavian charges
against Greece and Turkey. he
added, are trivial, though Yugo-
slavia is striving to build up a
mountain out of a nolehill. Al
bania also, he concluded, is fall
ing in line with Russia, to. try
to attain her ends by creating
tension between the western Al
lies and the Russian bloc. Gree
ian short batteries, he revealed,
opened fire, a few days ago, on
two British cruisers in that area.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
PUPILS asked
TO REGISTER

Pupils from out of town who
plan to enter. the Junior-Senior
High School (grades Z to 10 this
year, starting September 0, are
advised by Principal Horace
O'Bryant to begin registering
this week and the next.
Those pupils concerned must
register in that time." stated Mr..
O'Bryant, but this does not apply
to those who have been promot-
ed from the sixth to seventh
grade by the Poinciana, Harris,
or Division Street schools, as
these latter have already been
registered.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
Fund For Books
To Be Greater

GAINESVILLE, Aug. 26 (FNS).
The American Legion Auxil-
arv fund for the library of chill
dren's books of the General Elk
tension Division of the University
of Florida will be enlarged ma
terially during the coming year,
according to Mrs. A. J. Ryan,
Auxiliary president.
The books are provided for the
benefit of children in rural areas
where library facilities are limit
ed. They are delivei,d through
rural schools at no cost other
than transportation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
Commissioner
applicant
Not Yet Certain

In Saturdays Citizen. it
yves stated that a former VET
eran and newspaperman was
expected 10 file with Roy
Hamlin for commissioners to
fill The unexpired Term OF
w. C. Sweefing. resigned. He
was contacted today and re-
vealed. Il am giving The mai
ter considerable thought.
but II have not made up my
mind TO DC SC"
Numerous Key Westers'
he said. had told him to tile'
but he wasn't certain he
would do so. However. he de-
clared, he would definitely
have filed were Albert G.
Roberts to be The lone can
didate, for. he said, he did
not believe in letting any
one aspire 10 this important
position without a contest.
.ssr SxSr .SSv sSw sSSY ~ ~ 49, sSSS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
Ten Applications
Receiped To Date

Ten applications have been re-
ceived from individuals desiring
the two vacant police jobs on the
Key West force, City Personnel
Director Jack Murray revealed
today.
Last Saturday the total of ap-
plicationS was seven, including
one from a former policeman on
the West Palm Beach force.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
ElIingsOn Returns
From Mimi Meet

City Manager o. j. S. Filing
son has returned from weekend
conference held in Miami to aid
municipalities and was at his
desk in City Hall today.
The city manager is still look
ing for a suitable apartment and
has hopes of finding one in the
near future.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
Laura Archer Dies
Here This MORNING.

Laura Jane Archer, 81, passed
away this morning at local hos
pital.
Funeral arrangements, under
the direction of the Lopez Fun
eral Home, will be announced
later.
Survivors of the deceased in
clude four sons, Paul, Ellis, Mer-
vim and John Archer; two broth
ers. Wilson and Milton Russell,
and two grandchildren.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
McReynolds'
Funeral LIN
Elkton, Ky,
lnx A.soeiated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Aug. 90
Funeral services for former U. S.
Supreme Court Justice James
c. McReynolds will be held to-
morrow in Elkton, KY.
McReynolds, who was "a years
of age, retired from the Supreme
Court in 1941. He died in the
Walter Reed Army Hospital,
where he had been under treat
ment since early this month.
From the birth of the New
Deal until his retirement, Nc
Reynolds was it's implacable
judicial critic.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-26
UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION
IN THIS COUNTY

Payments of unemployment
COMPENSATION in Monroe county
during the week ending. August
II amounted to 1926 and were
made to Ii persons. six men and
five women, Carl B. Smith,
chairman of the Florida Indus
trial Commission, reported today.
Throughout the state $127,474
was paid in compensation to 1868
men and 3.O23 women. total OF
6,686.