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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10
How yoU eoInEhell OUR ARMY
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THE SECRETARY or WAR

With the Presidents proposal for the
discontinuance of Selective Service on March 81,
America will rely on voluntary enlistments for
the maintenance of the Regular Army at author
lied strength.
In view of world conditions today, this is step
of the gravest Importance to every American
citizen Never before in history has any nation
raised and maintained million-man army by the
volunteer system alone. Our ideals, our belief
in individual freedom, our safety, our duty to pro-
mote world peace - are bound up in this decision,
This is yoou Army, and voluntary enlistment
is your choice. 1t must not fail. With your help 1t
ariH not fail. The Army must continue to provide
adequate occupation forces overseas, to supply
these forces and to help in keeping America
strong and secure.
Your help and understanding can do much TO
encourage steady flow of 3-year voluntary en-
listments, necessary to sound training and the
efficient performance of the Army's task.
When you discuss this subject with your sons,
brothers, husbands or friends who may be con-
sjdering an Army career, bear in mind the adVan-
tages offered by 3-year enlistment. Among them
are the choice of branch Of service and of overseas
theater where openings exist and the opportunity
for training in valuable sks at Army schools.
It's high tribute to the loyalty and spirit OF the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10

A broiler weighs no more
than two and a half pounds, ac-
cording to U. S. Department of
Agriculture standards for dress
ed chickens. A fryer weighs be-
tween two and half and three
and half pounds, and rooster
weighs more than three and a
half pounds.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10

When an Individual turkey is
tagged to indicate its U. S. grade,
the grade tag also must state the
age, that is, whether the bird is
young or old.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10

American soldier that two out of every three men
in the present Army are veterans men who have
known the hardships of war and have chosen 10
continue their service.
A Job in the new Regular Army is good job
a lob that compares favorably with the average
in industry, and has more opportunities for
promotion than most.
You can help by giving your respect and support
to the man who enlists voluntarily 10 do hi part
IN CARRYING out your country Orld-wide Obga-
tions to build peace that will endure.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10

Wallace Murray, diplomat, for
mer Ambassador to Iran, born at
BardStoWn, KY, 60 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10

Wallace T. Holiday, president
of Standard Oil of Ohio, born in
Cleveland, SO years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-10

Palmer Hoyt, publisher editor
of The Denver Post, born at Rose
vile, ILL.,, so years ago.
Evening star., 1947-07-25
Yumo's Sole Eskimo Occupies
His Time SHcinq Desert Rock
while on such a hike, newsmen

while on such nike, neWSmen
here say.
Four Hours About the Limit.
Tests here convince Army doctors
that four hours of hiking in the
dry heat brings the average young
man to the fringe of endurance
where his mental processes take a
sudden drop and he is apt to stag
ger and faint. Body fluids are ex-
hausted suddenly and dehydration
proves fatal unless quickly cor
rected.
About this time last year six
motorists whose. car broke down
-four miles from Yuma waited for
help an hour or so too long. They
became too weak to walk and were
found dead of thirst the following
day. A housewife who went for a
walk from her home near Dome,
Ariz., was found dead IL hours after
she was last seen.
Old-timers motoring in this area
would no more venture out without
adequate water than would a Mon
tana farmer start for his barn in
la blizzard without definite plan
to enable him to retrace his steps.
California Jails Millionaire.
The proximity of the California
border results in some strange situ-
ations at Yuma, where marriage
and divorce are profitable busi-
ness. Too, in the days of the de-
preston, California's ban against
invading Okies without the neces-
sary $50 netted the wealthiest cit
izen of this community.
The citizen was gold prospector
who found two million dollar mines
but had lost only one fortune when
the police stopped him at the bor-
der. He was no dude when it came
to dressing and no slouch in a con-
versational way. The Arizonian
stood on his constitutional rights
as free American and demanded
to know if he was entering Bulgaria
or some place. He landed in Jail
with enough money in the bank to
bail out the whole California police
force.
The produce industry here makes
and breaks fortunes almost as
quickly as gold mining.
Workers Make Up to SIS a Day.
Skilled workers in the packing
sheds who operate under extreme
pressure for brief seasons, make up
tc SIS a day if they can stand the
pace.
The country when irrigated pro-
duces great quantities of lettuce,
cantaloupes, alfalfa, honey dew
melons and citrus fruit.
Brokers handling high priority
consignments on the refrigerated
trains moving East play the tele-
type somewhat like big-time racing
gamblers.
They may catch the market, or
miss it by matter of hours, in
switching cargoes to Washington,
New York or Chicago.
High wages paid by the packers
are varied by "stoop" labor that
filters across the Mexican border
when crops are ripening.
Housewives Complain.
The workers, called "stoops" be-
cause they are smaller than most
Westerners and don't have to bend
so far to pick cantaloupes or lettuce
heads, get around 40 or so cents
an hour
In this produce center, however,
housewives complain that a head
of lettuce costs some 10 cents more
than the retail price in New York
and they can search the market in
vain for a honey dew melon in
season.
In addition, Florida citrus Juice
in cans is easier to find than the
ripe fruit grown within sight and
easy reach of the consumer.
Evening star., 1947-07-25
Robert Van Lear Wright
Services 10 Be Held Today

Funeral services for Robert Van
Lear Wright, go, consulting engineer
with the Interior Department Rec
lamation Bureau, were to be held
at l pm. today at Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery.
Mr.. Wright, who lived at 1923
Rodman street NV, died Tuesday
at the Martinsburg (W. Va Vet
erans' Hospital after long illness.
A native of Wheatland, Va, he
attended the University of Mary
land and served as a captain in the
Corps of Engineers in World War I.
He was power consultant to vari-
GUS Government agencies before
coming to the Reclamation Bureau
in 1910.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Claudia Jackson Wright; a son,
Robert Van Lear Wright, jr.; a
daughter, Mrs. Harold Hoover, and a
sister, Mrs. Edith Wright Breckin-
ridge.
Evening star., 1947-07-25
Washington, Mrs

For many years, Mrs. Pomeroy
was active in the work of local
charities and devoted much of her
time to the Red Cross during World
War II She was also a member
of st. Margaret's Episcopal Church,
and of the Kenwood Country Club.
Surviving, in addition to her hus-
band, are a sister, Miss Virginia
Brown of Washington, and two
nephews, DR.. Grafton Tyler Brown,
Washington, and William Brown,
Chicago.
Funeral services will be held at
$3.50 pm. tomorrow in the S. H.
Hines funeral home, 1901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in Oak
Hill Cemetery. The Rev. DR.. A. T.
Eyler of ST. Margarets will conduct
the services.
Evening star., 1947-07-25
DrathH

SMITH, EMILY A: On WednesasigI, sasiI ! July
r1a ra4 81 sta6 & pofsG5s h 81 nW beoSsd wife
N Mrs the Heen ls1s psa1son snd Marriott
shipley; Services at the s; H. Hines &c GO.
sRe.s s9 Ja1 H9Bs g. ss0 PM nth hs 'e s
Hill Cemetery. 20
STEGALL. ISABEL ANNIE. On We'd
Desday Dss sSSE SYE Is ANs sf Ea 4 ssiqas sesd
Sister Of Mrs. Dora Robinson; M. Arthur
Lakeland, Md Mrs. stegail rests at the
Home Home ar Maan'nton ST. nW. from pm satur.
day, July 26, until II am. SUNDAY; July
%. Funeral services Sunday. July q. at
Interment Muirki.k, i'd. 26'
STEGALL, ISABEL ANNIE. The officers
and Of the SsaS our
IsABMI 1ssiiss ANNIE sTEaALLs funeral sun
day, July q; 1884, ,h At 1920 PAM ana f,9% %G
~ r. H. Johnson, sr. President.
w. E. BURKE, Secretary.
vERGA HESRY ,G'f.d On Thyrsdsy st.ass Nsva Jvly
% Mediea! Center, Bethesda. Nd,
rs band Of Cecilia N; Verge: fs.hsr the
! crime 9. schaub. Remains rest,
ing at chambers' Funeral Home; ST a1eh ! Ia
Msss snt po1s Mysl yey caap: rs fsq
Myer, va, at am. Relatives and IT,. friends
invited. Interment in Arlington Natio1nai
Cemetery. ~
wAH1Y at D1st1.. Ha.pta 3 on T8 w5ssE ry
WAHIY Of 303i sedewick St; NV, beloved
HUSBAND ef Aususts Wahiy orGs seryaseS Saoi
+ tth The S. s. H. hw Hines Un G1 July at
pm. Interment Rock creek Cemetery. 27
WALKER, EMMA. Departed this life
Monday EMM 5Ty " s1 in she leaves to
mourn u two brothers, BENJAMIN and John
Virgins three nieces, Miss Addie Wiggins,
Mrs. Norine E. Rector and Mrs. Viola Lyles;
ing at the Peoples Funeral Home. 23O4
Georgia ave NV. Funeral services satur-
day, July 20 at pm, at the Zion Bap-
sts. s.w, Rev A. j. Edwards ohciatins
Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. 25
WALKER. EMMA. oficers and mem
~ eero6 e 9atsheF s sne heresy GesS'Ts noted led
;:
5SsSE aS y E5Ss Ws1tby WsFsby F:sEsn F:sEsn
NJ E. C. LYLE, Secretary.
WALKER, MRS. EMMA. Members OF
the John Marshall Harlan Relief Associa
ton are f eSe tS Mrs. asaS EA sns
Saturday. July 20, 1947. at pm, at the
Zion Baptist Church, st. between 3ro
Nj MRS I HATTIE At; r. JOHNSON. President:
MRS H. J. BRADY, Rec. Sec.
wednesday, % july 70. 1917, at BIS summer
home, Piney Point: Nd. CHARLES E.
the e. beloved husband OF Evelyn White
(nee wilson, and father OF Mrs. Lor-
Funeral services at the Simmons Bros. Flu
neral Home, 20O7 Nichols ave. Sc, on
Saturday, July 90, at 2 pm. Relatives
and friends invited. Interment Cedar
Hill Cemetery. 20
WORLEY. ARTHUR DEWEY. Suddenly,
on Wednesday, July %, 1947, at his resi-
denes ArdXiss rd ArdTes No hErHoaf II
Myrtle Worley and father of Audry ,Worley.
MI. Worley rests at Gasch,s Funeral ,iI Hone md
where services will be held on Saturday;
July 20. at $3.50 pm. Relatives and
friends invited. Interment Fort. Lincoln
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-07-25
Teachers Strike Averted

A teachers strike in Michoacan,
Mexico, was avoided when the
unions demands were accepted by
the government.
Evening star., 1947-07-25
By W. H. Shippen, Jr.
Sfor Stoff CORRESPONDENT


YUMA, AriZ., July 25.-The lone
Eskimo in this vicinity is only one OF
number of characters whose
whims are shaped by weather and
solitude.
He came here 16 years ago from
Fairbanks, Alaska, and lives on a
Picacho Mountain top about Is
miles from Yuma in temperatures
which range up to 125 degrees at
this season.
The Eskimo has built himself a
home of adobe brick roughly SIM
liar to an igloo, and spends most of
his time slicing weird desert rock
formations with fellow enthusiasts
who also collect rattlesnake skins.
Rock Makes Transparencies.
The desert rock, when sliced thin
with power saw on which is fed
a stream of oil, produces transpar-
encies that resembles pictures of
bathing beauties, tropical sunsets,
breakers on the beach and almost
any scene that the enthusiasts have
heard of or read about.
Another character in Yuma
makes it a point every day to meet
a luxury Pullman train which
pauses briefly here in the warmth
of midafternoor to pick up ice en-
route from Los Angeles to Chicago.
The oldest quality of this citizen is
his attire.
On the hottest days he wears an
overcoat, earmuffs, fur cap and
Arctic boots When the Pullman
string halts, this humorist begins to
stamp his feet, beat his arms
against his chest and exhale tobacco
smoke which looks like frosty breath.
The travellers are encouraged to
venture from their air-conditioned
quarters, but are met by an air blast
which gets them pretty much burned
up about their reception.
FOrecaster's Job Monotonous.
incidentally, the trains don't stop
here very long.
The United States Weather Bu-
reau forecaster, James H. Gordon,
who retired here recently after 26
years of predicting weather for the
sunshine capital of the Nation %
had rather monotonous job. In
the spring his forecasts were mostly
fair and warmer" and in the au-
tumn fair and cooler" In the sum-
mer the less said about the weather
the better. 1t was fair" 99A per
cent of the time.
The Yuma Chamber of Commerce
refers to the sun here quite cordially
as "Old Sol" and to this part of the
great American desert as the region
where the sun spends the winter" :"
But nobody except the rankest ten
derfoot gets familiar with Old Sol
at this season.
Army physicians of Task Force
Furnace have graduated from the
wartime school that toughened up
troops in training on long hikes with
one canteen of water. Twenty-six
of these men and their top sergeant
perished in the summer of 1943
Evening star., 1947-07-25
Water Pistol Attack

DALLAS.-Ann Bramblett told
police that man driving black
convertible pulled up beside her as
she waited for bus, drew a water
pistol and emptied it in her face.
She said she thought he had been
drinking.
Evening star., 1947-07-25

he came to the District, he lived in
Odenton. He was the son of the
late Joshua and Elizabeth Warfield
Fisher.
He was a former member of the
International Order of Red Men
and, until about Is years ago, he
was active in politics. Mr. Fisher
campaigned for the Democratic
nominees for Governor of Maryland
for 20 years, driving on back roads
off the beaten path and making
campaign speeches.
He is survived by his brother,
George l.. Fisher, Baltimore.
Evening star., 1947-07-25


Pomeroy tor-
merly lived at
! 81 Crescent
place NV. She
was the daugh-
ter of the late
Stephen Thomas
B o W n, presi-
dent of the
Farmers and
Mechanics Ma
tional Bank of
Washington. She
was educated in
Washington pub
lie schools and
Miss Parker'S
S c h O O l in
Evening star., 1947-07-25

the residence.
Burial will be in
the Epiphany
Church Gem
etery, Odenton,
Md.
Mr.. Els h e r
had lived here
for nine years.
He was born and
educated in Lis
bon, Md. From
1906 until 1880,
he owned a gen.
eral merchan-
disc store in
PatuXent, Md.
E~1~, 10on ,,~{tI
Evening star., 1947-07-25
Mrs. Noah Pomeroy Dies;
Was Native Of District

Mrs. Blanche Brown Pomeroy, II,
wife of DR.. Noah Pomeroy, died
yesterday at local hospital after
a long illness.
Evening star., 1947-07-25
Funeral Rites Tomorrow
For Charles +. Fisher, 81

Funeral services for Charles Cur
tis Fisher 81, who died Wednesday
in his home, 6305 Third street NV,
will be held at ! pm. tomorrow in
Evening star., 1947-07-25
Garh nf UhankH

of the late JEREMIAH A. GALLIGAN wish
to express their thanks and appreciate tion
to his many friends, relatives and fellow
workers for their kind expressions Of SYM
pathy and floral tributes at his recent
Evening star., 1947-07-25
PeniciIIin Purchased

The Philippines could not get
enough penicillin until recently, but
bought $1,500,000 worth in the
United States and now have ade-
uuate supplies.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-31
Hope For Missing Airmen Virtually Abandoned

NOME (P)-With hopes dimmed almost to the vanishing point, search parties continued today to scan the bleak icy wastes of the Seward Peninsula for B-29 pilot, his navigator and three army par atroopers who vanished after leap. ing to the aid of the airmen's six fellow crew members.
 The two airmen, It. Vern H. Arnett, Santa Ana, Calif., pilot, and It. Frederick I. Sheetz, Key ser, w. Va, disappeared Christmas Day, two days after the crash of their plane 95 miles north of Nome, when they set out together to seek aid at the Eskimo village of Shishmaref 50 miles from the stricken plane.
 Six other members of the crew were rescued Monday by Alaska Bush pilots, William Nunz and Frank Whaley, both or NOme.
 Munz, who returned to the crash scene yesterday with his ski-equipped plane, said he saw "What I think was one dead para trooper and possibly two" lying in the snow about l,500 feet from the burned plane.
 There was also another chute lying nearby, which might have covered the third missing man in the snow," he added.
 None of the three men, a doctor and two paratroopers from Ladd Field, has been seen since they leaped to the aid of the stranded survivors last Saturday night.
 Continued on Page Five)
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-31
Wallace Will Run For President With Third Party

CHICAGO, (P)-Henry A. Wal lace says "I shall run as an inde- pendent candidate for President of the United States in l948."
 He announced he will campaign on a platform advocating peace and prosperity" and said both Democrats and Repu b l n S stand for a policy which opens the door to war in our lifetime, and makes war certain for our children"
 Asked if he hoped to be elected as an independent, Wallace replied "There's always hope"
 Wallace made his announce ment in a nationwide radio ad- dress Monday night. A former Democratic vice president and former cabinet officer under two Democratic Presidents, Wallace thus bolted the Democratic party which he had joined despite the background of staunch Republi- can family.
 He also ended speculation about his political plans speculation that had been started when he re- signed as secretary of commerce at the request of President Truman. The resignation followed Wallace's opposition to secretary of state James F. Byrnes, policy of firm hand in dealings with Russia.
 At the same time, Wallace an nounced that he had resigned as editor of the New Republic, a weekly publication, but said he
 Continued on Page Seven
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-31
MOlOtOv Blames U. s. For Failure Of Conference

LONDON, (P) - Soviet foreign minister V. M. Molotov threw the blame for the collapse of the Lon don foreign ministers conference on the United States today and de- clared that only the efforts of the Russian delegation kept the con- ference from being entirely fruit less.
 His statement, given to the Rus sian press in Moscow at a news conference and broadcast by the Moscow radio, was largely an echo of what he said at the Big Four meeting in London, which ended on Dec. IS after IT sessions with out agreement.
 He charged that the American
 ,fContinued on Page Eight
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-31
Richter Tells Of Rescue Of Six Crashed Airnen

NOME, (P)-One of the rescue party who saved six of the eight crewmen aboard the crashed B-29 "Clobbered Turkey" told yester- day how the stranded men, with hope of survival about gone after six days and nights in the freezing Arctic, greeted them:
 Where did you guys come from?"
 Bud Richter, a photographer, was one of the volunteers who flew on the rescue mission by pi- lots Frank H. Whaley and William Munz and one who remained at the crash scene in far-below zero weather while the survivors were flown to Nome.
 Richter said of the rescue:
 "Bill (Munz) circled the wreck once and landed near the top of the hill. The wind was bowling and the thermometer showed 40 below.
 "Bill said the wind was blowing 35 miles an hour. We quickly cov- cred the planes motor. looked at Munz and Kennedy Or. Maxwell Kennedy. Their faces had frozen almost instantly in the terrible cold wind and crusts of ice were hanging to their eyelids, lips and nose.
 "We went dow nto the wreck, There were six men, one with
 Continued on Page EighD
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-31

WASHINGTON, R)-President Truman said today he is looking forward confidently to world peace upon which all nations can agree.
 In a New Years message, the President said this hope includes proper development of the United Nations which he says offers hope to the world.
 MT. Truman said he has every faith in the work of the United Ma tions and that neither the United States nor any other nation can af- ford to abandon its task for a workable world peace"
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-31
Army B-29 Down Near Anchorage

ANCHORAGE (P) - Airforce BPS with nine aboard apparently met disaster two minutes after leaving Elmendorf Field on wea- finer flight shortly after midnight today. Field authoriaties said 'blinding flash" seen moments af- fer pilot radioed plane in trouble. Plane believed down in Point Me Kenxie area across the arm of wa fer west of Anchorage. Bad wea- finer prevented aerial oh c C k . Ground party enroute.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-31
NEWS TN BRIEF

SEATTLE, (P) - The Coastal Navigator, an army transportation corps vessel, has been sent to Cathlamet Bay for decommission- ing and ultimate return to the maritime commission.
 The ship, used by the army in Alaskan waters, was stripped of her army gear at the Seattle port of authorization. She will be turned back to the government at Astoria after decommissioning.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-31
LAKE CITY, Minn. (P)

LAKE CITY, Minn. (P) - A broken rail, snapping in zero cold today derailed 13 cars of the Mil waukee Roads Pioneer Limited, running from Minneapolis to Chi cago with about 13O passengers.
 Division superintendent L. w. Palmquist of La Crosse, Wis, who reported the cause of the accident, said none of the passengers were injured althought a few were shaken.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-31

JUNEAU (P)-A Sitka man and his wife were bound over to the grand jury yesterday after hear ing before U. s. commissioner Err nest Denis on a charge of negli- gent homicide in connection with the death of an eight-month-old boy found dead in their home Christmas Day. The baby allegedly died of neglect and starvation.
 The defendants are Mir and Mrs. Richard Bennett.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-31

MANILA, (P) - Twenty-four bedraggled survivors of the motor ship Kina, victim of Christmas Day typhoon, and a young Amer ican couple who also were victims of the storm, arrived by plane to- day. All will undergo complete medical checkup, then rest.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-31
ABINGDON, Burma, (P - U.

Saw, prewar premier of Burma, and eight others were sentenced today to die for the assassination of Mai. Gen. U. Aung and six other Burmese cabinet ministers.
 A special Burmese tribunal found that U. Saw, leader of the opposition Myochit party, was the brains behind the plot in which assassins burst into the ministers council chamber July 19 and sprayed it with machinegun bull lets.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-31

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (P) - Al fred North Whitehead, 86, inter- nationally known philosop h r |, died today of a cerebral hemorr haze. He was professor of philoso- phy emritus at Harvard univers- ity.