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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06

WASHINGTON. Dec. 6.--(P.-
The House un-American Activi-
tics Committee has promised an
all-out investigation into the
story that persons in high places
helped Russia get uranium and
atomic information. The names
uf former Vice President Henry
Wallace. Harry Hopkins and
many other former top officials
already have been mentioned in
the case.
Wallace has denied any con-
nection at all, and says the whole
thing is part of what he calls ian
unremitting effort TO tarnish the
name of Franklin ID. Roosevelt"
At the same time, Committee
Chairman John Wood of Georgia
promises there isn't going to be
any avenue left untouched as the
group digs into the story. For the
sake Of the American people, he
says. The story must either be
corroborated or disproved."
Tomorrow, Woods committee
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06
Technicolor Men Here
To Picture Local Scenes,
For Showing All Over Nation
"ROatIs To ROnlnace"
Will Show Married
Couple With Their
Children On Visit

A group of technicolor moving
picture men arrived in Key West
last night and will remain until
Thursday night photographing
familiar scenes around the city
TO become known as, "Roads to
Romance"
The Roads to Romance" will
be released for showing in mo-
tiun picture houses throughout
the country. It will be in colors
and should attract a large num-
Der of persons to Key West.
Here, are Bill Deming and Bob
Tavernier (spelled just like the
Monroe County town of the same
name). Tavernier is an expert
technlcolor man, while Deming
will select cast of four charac-
tors To work in the picture.
There will be a man and his
wife. or a man and a woman not
married to one another and two
children in the film. All will re-
ceive wages for their work. The
story will be of a married couple
coming to Key West with their
children for a holiday, and will
show them going from place to
place in the city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06
PROMISE About
OF
ATOM BOMB LEAK

will question General Leslie
Groves, retired, who ran the war
time atom bomb projects. Com
mittee officials say there may be
40 or so more witnesses. But
there is no indication yet when
Wallace may be called.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
says the charges are outrageous
that Harry Hopkins was instru-
mental in sending atomic infor-
nation to Russia. Hopkins was
the late Presidents adviser. Such
a charge was made by a former
Air Force Major, George Racey
Jordan.
Said Mrs. Roosevelt: Il cannot
imagine Mr.. Hopkins trying to
hurt his country when he literal
ly killed himself for it. have
never met or heard of Mr.. Jordan,
but if you look far enough you
will find someone who will find
fault with anyone"
Mrs. Roosevelt added: "Mr.
Hopkins cannot fight back. He is
dead"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06
Streets Open
Up Many Lots
Where Building
Is NO,U Going On

City workmen, under direction
of Ivan Roberts, superintendent
of streets, are laying new streets
through swampland, and repair
ing many old roads.
The new streets now under
construction include Fogarty ave-
nue. and Harris avenue between
First and Fifth streets, an ex-
tension Of Duck avenue through
Swamps and Leon street all the
way to Atlantic avenue.
In the construction of Harris
and Fogarty avenues, the city
had to dump several hundred
cubic yards of mari over which
the roadways will run. The con-
Struction was aimed to open up
many properties on which new
homes are being built.
Laird street between Thomp-
son and George streets is like
wise under construction. Many
persons have expressed the hope
that they will be able to build g.
the lots once the streets are laid
out and Jmpleted.
Johnson street, between
Thompson and George street, is
also to be opened up. The work
consists of filling, grading and
binding tie top of the roadways
with oil. All the streets are be-
ing treated in that manner, so
that the property may be reach
ed over well constructed roads.
Avenue E is another street that
is being repaved all the way to
Naval Hospital. Much of the CON
struction asses through swamps,
so that the city is making con-
siderable property available for
building.
Roberts also said the city is
sinking fire wells, SO that water
will be available in the event of
fire. The wells are sunk down to
a depth of IS feet, where water
is always available. Seven wells
so far have been sunk, and others
are contemplated. a.
The Florida Keys Aqueduct
Commission is busy laying water
mains in the streets that have
been opened up. 'b
Few persons in the city
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06
Has ourNTupLETs

BOGOTA.-The world has 2
new set of quintuplets. These aIs
boys-born 10 q woman % n
Republic of Colombia. 50 iar -
is known, mother and battles Sc
all right. They're being hrt.siA q
to one of the Colombian Citiss -
they can have the best avaiisiiis
medical care.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06
Tickets For
Orange Bowl
Game Arrive

The Orange Bowl tickets, re-
Gently subscribed to through the
City Recreation office, have ar
rived, it was announced today by
Paul G. Albury, City Recreation
Director.
Albury requests that all per-
sons holding receipts for same,
call at the City Recreation office,
Bayview Park, Wednesday, De-
cember 7th between the hours of
2 to $50 o. M, and pick up tick
cts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06
HARVEY INQUIRIES

tCantlnucd Prom Page one.
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fan o. unn 81 lusi. and I have
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l'lnruf
Lester fhrn explained that the
naIH arlas uf nu hearing on the
AhaHnaan Casc was that q settle
naHi 81 bsck taxes was thought
fseIhIr uester seemed 90 be
iaNUna e. Commissioner Harvey
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neHs aEfrrahlt o. the commis-
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neafna auuid insure o definite
Nnaul ai gain fur the City Les
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shaaC 81 thc Commission de
fNan ln thc msitcrl
Ihr Assistant State Attorney
uEu cent un o. explain the Key
Arai HFaify company case. That
laaf AID Lester. was tried and
fifiea The City collected the
iaEts is mll and the only guy
aha So 81 ppcd was mc I didn't
0alifff reasonable fee
AfHf bearing the Lester cX-
rianafinn Harvey wurdcd his
stfn g. read that an effort be
n.air o. trne the suits 90 q final
ass nfen Thc motion was unani-
Hasiais approved
CamnlIs inncr Harvey and
tffmuft Lester Wcre of course
rffafnn Go back taxes owed on
fhr Ehomnaon % lpcrty There
nH hf na future taxes collected
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06
RLAMEs HENRY WALLAcE

PITTSBURGH. - Former ttefs
resentative John Mcdowell nena
ed Henry Wallace as tire ehief
figure in arranging atomlr sh,r
ments to Russia. Mcdowell $50
that Wallece was named 3 yes
ago in hearings held b. the lioaae
Committee on Un-Anlerican A.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06

realize just how much work the
city is doing" said Roberts. 1.-THE
people who own lots along the
new streets appreciate what the
city is doing. So do the people
along Flagler avenue. We have
cleaned up the streets, cut the
weeds and have made it a clean
highway"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06
School Election
Scheduled Today

Only a few voters took any in
terest in the special school dis
trict election being held today
throughout the county.
The election is for the placing
of three men Joseph A. BOA,
Samuel. B. Pinder and Fernando
E. Camus, in trusteeship of the
school district, which comprises
the entire county, and for the
school tax district millage levy
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06
PRESIDENT ENJOYING


fLunIlnueu FTOIn rae UneI
e. establish ihr validity ~ alti-
itHft tnI of thc trip a. Gustc-
pals ese e. sturdy the serious
nf ll ift lI1oi damages in that
.uH Hrl eofue time ago
There eiil b. no apprcc.able
.nfrpasf u malaria On Guatemala
ss y result uf ihe flood. sand Or
Efnham We recommended the
snfas InE of certain areas with
si1fh things q, DOT
alt uas 3 good VIII mission
ihai sent the group "a Guatemala
hv iho President. said Dr Ora
ham
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06
MOSQUITO CONTROL PROPOSED FOR lSEAND
CITY AND MONROE COUNTY UNITED STATES NAVAL OFFICER
Late Bulletins


Continued From PAGE onrf
Howard McGrath says The JusiAt
Department has ARRESTED tNa
Grand Rapids, Michigan. Hssn
here on charges Of fiylne inir
this country from HsvsIa. -.
Grath adds that gotefnuitiit
agents are rounding up - aiies,s
who were slipped into the Jniisd
States by the two filters slnsx
September.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06
CITY BUILDING MANY STREETS
THROUGH ISLANDS LOWLANDS
Crinnell, South
Sold

Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar r. Purcell
bought a piece of property near
the corner of Grinnen and South
streets for $4,000 from Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur L. Mulberg, accord
ing to a warranty deed filed yes
terday in the office of Circuit
Court Clerk Earl r. Adams.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06

In ancient days, it is said, the
shoemakers of Rome would
organize paradcs so that shoe
soleS would be worn out more
quickly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06

The garden pea, originally from
western Asia, has been clilti-
waited since remote antiquity.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06

lu telrt siam an actress with
hllald hair g. called a blizzard
head That's because this tint
g. ris a. cause flares in the
EaHeTa.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-06

The Elephant-trunk Snake of
Siam feeds entirely upon fish.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-20
RICHARD DIX DIES
 SUDDENLY

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 20-tR- Richard Dix, 54. star of silent and sound pictures, died today of heart ailment.
 A frequent victim of heart at tacks. he suffered his fatal attack in Chicago Aug. 10. while enroute here from New York by train.
 He later was flown here. but had been sinking constantly in the past few days.
 With him when he died were his wife, the former Virginia Webster. and his physician The latter said he had been conscious almost until the end. Tn addition to his widow, he is survived by twin sons. Robert and Richard, Jr, and daughter. Sue, 9.
 For more than l5 years Dix per- sonified the male type dear to tho hearts of screen fans. He was the hero of scores of daring exploits in silent films, and survived the tram sition to sound to reach even greater popularity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-20
HEAVY
 STOCK
 SALES
Prices Down Fractions 10 Around Three Points,
 Worst Decline of Year

NEW YORK. Sept. 20-tR- Heavy selling hammered stock prices down fractions to around 3 pounds today for enc of the worst declines of the year.
 About $l 100000, 900 was hacked away from the market value of all stocks listed on the exchange.
 Selling never got out of control but the market showed little resist ance most of the day. Demand in- creased bit late in the session.
 Substantial business developed as turnover rolled along at rate of around 100000 shares for the full session.
 The bleak outlook for labor peace in the steel and coal industries, plus a growing fear the worldwide currency devaluation may have an unfortunate effect on the earning capacity of some concerns, were credited with creating the selling pressure.
 Some of the golds hit new peaks for the year at one time but full advances were not maintained. Still up, however, were Alaska Juneau, Homestake and Howe Sound.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-20
Another Yap
 From Russia
By EDDIE GILMORE

MOSCOW, Sept. 2o-R The Soviet publication Red Fleet said today the US. submarine Cochino exploded and sank mot far from Murmansk" last month in an American attempt to scout out mili- tary information.
 GA US. Navy statement said the Cochino sank while on a routine cruise outside of Norwegian terri tollal waters" on Aug. 26. One mem Der of the Cochino's crew was lost and six aboard the Tusk, a sister submarine, perished during rescue operations)
 Red Fleet said the place where the Cochino sank is known to Soviet authorities.
 By this token the article con- tinued, ''lt has become clear to the entire world that United States Naval circles feel it is possible to carry out training along Soviet shores not far from one of the most important ports of the US.SR.' S northern waters"
 The article was headlined: "A new reminder of the aggressive plans of the United States in Europe's northern waters"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-20
NEW TERROR REIGN FOR
 CZECH LAND
Dozens of Roman Catholic Priests, Nuns in New
 Wave of Arrests

PRAGUE, Sept. 20.-tR-- The Czechoslovak government has jail ed dozens of Roman Catholic priests and nuns in a big new wave of arrests aimed at breaking spread ing resistance to state control schemes, a statement from church sources said today.
 An informed church source esti- mated that the latest wave of ar rests brought the number of Cath ollie priests under arrest to more than 200.
 No official comment was avail able on these figures. The govern ment usually does not announce ar rests of priests until they have been sentenced
 Meanwhile reports reached Pra- que that a local Communist official had been killed by angry peasants in Moravia, following the arrest of Catholic priest.
 The news stirred speculation whether fresh peasant uprisings are brewing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-20
.1949 SALMON PACK .IN S. E. ALASKA IS
 UP, MILLION CASE5

Salmon pack in Southeast Alaska this year showed a million-case increase over last year.
 Total pack in Southeast Alaska this year has been 2,361,l99 cases. Last years total was 1,232, ,129 cases.
 These figures were released in the FWS Canned Salmon Pack report.
 The Ketchikan District had the biggest pack. 1,044,126 cases against 615,485 cases last year Pack was more than doubled in the Wran- gell-Petersburg district: 13l 1885 cases last year; 357,135 this season.
 Icy Straits region showed the largest increase: from 11,378 last year to 77,289 this year.
 Only the Juneau- Eastern district showed a decrease-from 43,952 last year to 37,810 this year.
 Although the Alaska total in- creased from 3,9l3,040 last year to 4,217,702 this year, both Central Alaska and Western Alaska showed decrease in pack.
 Total pack in Western Alaska was half of last year's-1, ,374,254 last year: 588,550 this year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-20
GOLD NOW KING OVER
 ALL WORLD
U. 5. Has 60 Per Cent But Will Buy More at S35-
 Mining Stocks Boosted

NEW YORK, Sept. 2O-lH-De- valuation has made gold the. king around the world with the dollar as crown prince.
 That's because gold still is the yardstick of value for money, and the United States has more gold than anyone else, although you can't exchange your paper dollar for gold.
 The United States Treasury price for gold is $35 fine ounce. When the British cut their pound to $2.8C from s4.03, they also raised the price of gold to 250 shillings fine ounce from 172 shillings pence.
 That puts the British pound and British gold on the same de- valued footing against the Ameri- can dollar and American gold.
 Other countries devaluing their currencies either have or will shortly raise their gold price to keep in line.
 The United States now owns about $24,5oO.OO 900 worth of gold more than 60 percent of the worlds known supply. And stands ready to tuy gold from all corners at S35 an ounce.
 Here is why every oouy IS rushing to buy stocks in gold mining com ranies. South Africa, the worlds biggest gold producer, before de- valuation sold 100000 ounces of gold for 172.5Oo.0Oo South African shillings, equal to $35 5.0O0,00 After devaluation which was the same as the British, 100000 ounces brtngs 250,000,000 South African shillings-still worth $35,000,000.
 Consequently, South African gold miners are reaping a handsome profit in their own currency through increased prices for their golden product. If you own stock in a South African gold mining com- pany, you stand to profit from in- creased dividends payable out of increased profits.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-20
Fairbanks Seeking Housing Authority
 Loan for 100 units

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 20.- R-City Council members approv- ed an ordinance yesterday request ing a Public Housing Authority loan for construction. of low rental units.
 Harold Byrd, Alaska Housing Au- thority commissioner for the Four tn District, said the Alaska Author ity would be given an immediate loan of $40.000 to conduct sur vey, obtain sites, plan the pro ject and determine the nature of families to be considered eligible for residence.
 Additional monies will be receiv- ed to cover cost of the planned construction.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-20
CANADA UPS
 GOLD PRICE

OTTAWA, Sept. 20--tR-Canadian gold mines will get $38.50 an ounce for gold under the new exchange rates announced by Finance Minis ter Abbott.
 Abbott disclosed the new price at a press conference after making his announcement in the Con- mons.
 He said Canada still will sell the bulk of its gold to the United States for $35 an ounce in US. funds, but the new value of the Canadian dollar means premium of $3.50 an ounce on all sales to the US. This is to se passed along to the mines in Canadian funds
 Albeit declined to comment on whether the government will con- tinue the goid-mines assistance program it started in 1941. He said an announcement concerning t will be made in a few days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-20
WOMAN GOES TO FAIR; HER BODY
 FOUND, BEATEN

PALMER. Alaska, Sept. 20.--tR- The decomposed, beaten body of a native woman was found today at the end of a little-used farm road three miles south of here, ending a search for Mrs. Peter TolOff, AT, of Anchorage, who disappeared two weeks ago.
 A daughter identified the body as that of Mrs Toloff, missing since Sept when she came to Palmer for the Matanuska Valley Fair
 U. s. Deputy Marshal Bill Bow ems said the woman had been dead for fortnight, and apparent ly had been dumped from car into a ditch alongside the secluded road.
 Her half-clothed body, near which lay a pair of slacks, was discovered by John Stringer, owner of the farm.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-20
MAxEY DISCUSSES
 FRONTIER PHONES
 FOR SEATTLE COZ (
Equipment Man Tells AL askd Committee of
 Modernizdtion

SEATTLE, Sept. 20-tR-William M Maxey is a modern Johnny Appleseed of Alaska Communica- tons who thinks Alaska never can be properly defended until it's tele- phone system is extended and modernized.
 Like the legendary MT. Appleseed of American frontier fame, Maxey is becoming a familiar figure in the Far North. Instead of Apple seed, however, he brings telephone equipment to Alaska's frontier set tiers.
 In Seattle for two weeks on bust- ness, Maxey, President of the Alaska Telephone Engineering Company, Inc, addressed the Alaska Depart ment of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday.
 He explained that he had never Eeen in Alaska until two years ago. when he was summoned from his home in San Francisco to install a six-position switchboard in Fair banks after fire Christmas Day, 1S46, destroyed the Fairbanks tele- phone exchange.
 That job completed in late 1947, he took a complete personal survey of Alaskan communications
 What he saw appalled, him.
 Some towns as large as 800-- Craig, Pelican, Hoonah and Homer, Seldovia, for instance-had no telephone service" he said.
 So Maxey organized the Alaska Telephone Engineering Company, Inc, and set about to .ring modern communication to every community in Alaska.
 Project No. 1, on which he is presently engaged, involved pur- chase of the Seward, Wrangell and Nenana exchanges and converting them to dial systems, plus installa- tion of systems in Haines, Homer and Seldovia.
 My idea is to have a unified, standard telephone system through out the Territory" he said. "The Army's Alaska Communication System does remarkably good job but it needs help"
 After two years in the northland, Maxey says Americans don't know their own Alaska. He said, for one thing, that climatic conditions are better than many places in the US.
 For another, he added, Americans should rid themselves of the idea that Alaska IS far flung outpost. He pointed out that it is only 74 hours by air from Seattle to An chorage, and only to Fairbanks. Chicago" he said, 'is 81s hours from Seattle. This is an air age he concluded, "so why not think in terms of time instead of miles,"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-20
Stock Market Hit Hard in Trading Todd,
EMPLOYMENT RULING MADE
 IN WASH. STATE

OLYMPIA, Wash, Sept. 20.-IR The new state board against dis elimination in employment has jurisdiction in some cases involv- ing out-of-state work, Atty. Gen. Smith Troy said today.
 He said the board has jurisdic- tion over a Washington employer who showed discrimination while hiring men within the state for work outside the. state.
 The opinion was issued for Da- vid E. Lockwood, chairman of the state board, who asked if the board had jurisdiction over Seattle employer charged with discrimin- ation in refusing to employ man who applied for work in fish cannery in Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-20
ALSO CANNERY WORKERS
 VOTING ON UNION

ASTORIA, Oregon, Sept. 20-lR- A vote by CIO fishermen and can- nery workers of the Columbia river will determine this week whether they will join Harry Bridges Long, shoremen's and Warehousemen's Union.
 The balloting began yesterday at Ilwaco, Rosburg, Altoon, Pillar Rock. Skamokawa and Cathlamet.
 Voting will be carried on in other locals later this week with Astoria and Warrenton talloting Thursday.
 The proposal to affiliate with the L. s. w. U. was made at the last fishermen's convention.