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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-14

Yesterday | spent with the
ghost of DR.. Samuel Mudd, at
Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas.
DR.. Mudd. sentenced to life inn
prisonment in 1865 for treating
the broken leg of John Wilkes
Booth, President Lincofn's as
sasSin, was in solitary confine-
ment in Bastion D. cell at the old
fort
When | walked in h,s solitary
cell I read They who enter here
leave all hope behind" These
words of Dante were carved in
the wooden door of Dr. Mudd's
cell.
| pecred IN through the small
Diamond slit in the door, which
permitted the only slice of hight
TO filter in has dark cell
Tho doctors wrath could not
be seen i'm the blackacss of tie
cell. The air was damp and fct-
id | could hear the slow drip
OF water sliding down the granite
walls Of Fort Jefferson. The air
came through the smoke Sits
| stumbled over "a heavy metal
ball, II was the ball to which til.
doctor was chained stu | could
not find him but I knew he was
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-14
Walter Knowles
Finds Friday 18th
His Unluckv Day

Walter Knowles Jr.. doesn't
have to be told that yesterday
was Friday the 18th. He learned
it the hard way in two motor
accidents in which he became in
volyed. Chief of Police Joseph
Kemp reported today.
At IL noon Mrs. Sonia Miller
was driving from Flagler on to
White street. She failed to stop
at the stop sign. according to
police. She collided with Know
les, who was driving his 1888
Chevrolet. His right front bump
er hit her left back fender.
Mrs. Miller who lives al 643
S. w. 5th street, Miami, was given
a summons for failing to stop at
a stop sign and reckless driving.
Knowles got a summons for rcck-
less driving,
Knowles proceeded onward. He
got to the corner Of United and
Simonton street at 1918 D. m.
Probably he was thanking his
lucky stars that everything on
the IL noon accident was settled
But luck doesn't hold on Friday
the 18th sometimes. The same
officer w. L. James was called
to United and Simonton streets
at l2:i5. There he found his re-
cent acquaintance Knowles again.
This time William Drake of 6I2
Simonton street. failed to stop at
the stop sign on United street.
James says that Knowles car hit
the right side rear door Of brakes
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India Gives
Ration Picture

NEW DELHI.-lP1.- One-thiro
OF midas population Is under
rationing $4,000, 900. in villages
and 70,000000 in cities and towns.
Giving this information in Par
lament, Food Minister K. M
Munshi said this was drop of
nearly 30,000,000 from the be
ginning Of 1851.
The food scarcity in Char ami
Bengal has brought an additional
3.00u,000 people under kind of
rationIng distribution through
controlled far price" shops.
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Well Dlillers
Hold Tests AT
Plant Site
Second Well Must Be
Dug Deeper To Provide
1000 Gal. Per Minute
AT New Electric Plant

Well-drilIers for City Electric
Systems seven wells on the site
If the new plant will have to dig
ieeper to get the water flowing,
hey discovered TODAY
The first well of los feet depth
vas tested successfully Wednes-
lay and pumped 1000 gallons Of
water per minute
Today with press and photog-
aphers present. the test on the
econd well took place,
Salt water flooded the entire
Ute ground, gushing out of the
ITO feet we'll
Resident Engineer Kenneth
Ward and Well drilling Supervi-
.aof Cecil Whatley looked on with
.iope as the pump pulled up the
Water from the wells.
( They tested, to learn the num-
Der Of gallons per minute yielded
.ag the second well. 1t didn't mea-
sure ep to the required 1000 gal
Ions, Whatley's crew will have to
dig deeper,
They were to have started drill
ling 70" the third we'll today. The
test-failure on Well No, 2 means
hat there Will be d delay on that
till next week.
Whatley. Of the Layne Atlantic
company, is working with four
other men drilling the wells "a
hours a day The men are work
ing two l2-hour shifts. Whatlcy
aid
Ground for actual construction
IF the new $3,000.000 City Flee
trio steam plant will be broken
on August !, according to the con-
tractors. Crews will arrive then
Tor the Job of building the plant
which win take one year.
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Margaret Sees Dad

WASHINGTON, July IA t44
Margaret Truman arrived home
here by train last night from her
"trip to Europe And the President
was on hand at the station 10
meet her.
Photographers and neWamcn
turned up too. But secret service
men kept them at a distance The
meeting, the secret serviceme1
explained. was a private one
one between father and dangh-
ter.
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Ex-COnVict Asks
Overtime Paw

TAMPA. Florida July I4---Ur
An eN-conVict contends that he
should be paid for the Sundays
he worked while in prison,
The former prisoner Elvis
Lloyd has asked Tampa county
officials for S645 for his Sunday
pay lie says that state law pro-
Vldes that prisoners get every
other Sunday off from their la
Dor.
Lloyd says he got no free Sun
days while IN Jail, and for that
hc wants SIS per SUNDAY.
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LINCOLN, Eng. July 14,-tP.
Seven British airmen were kill
ed today when a four-engined
Lincoln bomber crashed and
burned in q COW pasture near
here
1t was the second big Royal
Air Force crash in SO hours. A
twin-engined transport crashed
Thursday night. killing all 10
men aboard.
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Text OF Red
Announced
Reply Made To
General Ridgway
BY Communist
Genrals

TOKYO, July l4-tPl-Hcre is
the text of the Chinese Red radio
broadcast of the reply made tc
General Ridgway by the Com
munist generals;
General Ridgway;
Your letter dated July thir.
teenth has been received. In order
to eliminate misunderstanding an6
arguments ove~ some side quest
ions and to enable the work OF
peace negotiations to proceed
smoothly, we agree 20 your pro
posal of fixing the Kaesong are,
as neutral zone during the peri
cd of the meeting, and that botf
parties do not carry out hostile
acts of any kind within this area
and all armed personnel be ex
claded from the area of the meet
ing place and from the route.
through which your delegation
and ours travel to the area of the
meeting place. AS to the size o.
the area of the meeting place ant
other related concrete questions
we propose that these be left t.
the delegations on both sides t.
settle at single session.
With regard to the question
of news reporters, which gave rist
to the holding up of the meeting
this has nothing to- do with tn
question of the fixing of a neu-
trail zone. Your delegation neve.
raised the question of fixing
neutral zone after your liaisor
officers raised it once on July
eighth but the task of the liaisor
officers was to discuss questions
of detail They had no power tc
discuss question of this nature
Ia question of fixing q neutra'
zone.
The question of news reporter,
which gave rise to the presen
Of the meeting is
trifling one. 1t is not worth wllile
suspending the meeting for this
much less Is it worth breaking vi
the meeting for this. Your delega
ton had raised this question al
the meeting.
Our delegation at the time
considered the arrival of new.
reporters of various countries in
Kaesong to be inappropriate. as
the meeting had not yet achieved
any result and even the agenda
had not yet been passed. Thus
on this question no agreement
was reached,
we insist on the principle that
all matters must be agreed upon
by both sides before they can be
executed. We hold that this prin-
ciple is fair and irrefutablc. Since
agreement was not reached on the
question of news reporters. your
side should not one-Sidedly and
forctbly put it into operation.
For the sake of preventing
the meeting from being suspend
I'd for a long time or broken up
by this hiflc, we now agree to
your proposal; TO include the
twenty news reporters of your
side as part of the personnel of
your delegation.
We have already ordered our
delegation to provide facilities to
your side on this question too.
"(Signed)
Kim II Sung. supreme com
of the Korean Peoples
Army: Peng Tch-Huai, command
CT of the Chinese Peoples Volun-
teers.
July Fourteenth, Nineteen Fiji !
ty One"
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Bulletin
FLOOD RELIEF GRANTED

FLOOD RELIEF GRANTED
WASHINGTON, July l6. Up.
"A House Appropriations sub
committee has voted approval of
lS.million dollar federal grant
tor flood relief in Missouri and
Kansas. Shortly before the COM
mtitee action Major General
Lewis Pick advised the President
that the flood is much worse than
any other in the regions history.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-14

Key West. Florida. has the
most equdble climate in the
country. with en- average
ronge of only IA Folxenheit
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Big Oil Fire In Kansas City
Partially Controlled Today
NINE FTREMENzwERE INJURED FIGHTING
FLASEESfTHATaRoARED 500 IN THE AIR

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, July l4,&
Seward seaport record., 1951-01-30
Moose Pass News

Square dancing is well under way at Moose Pass now. Every Friday night following the nov ies will be devoted to swing your partner, grand right and left"
 The Moose Pass Sportsman Club had it's monthly dance Jan. 20. It was a hard-time dance and the costumes really showed thought and ingenuity. There were quite a few people from Cooper Landing and Seward, as well as the Moose Pass folks. MT. Clyde Smith of Seward called a square dance and it was treat for all.
 Mir. Carson, Fish & Wildlife Service representative, held a meeting at Moose Pass Tuesday evening, Jan. 23, to discuss flu ture game laws.
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FELIX TONER TO SURVEY
 LOCAL WATER SITUATION

MT. Felix Toner, engineer, Of Juneau has been engaged by the city to make a survey of the existing water situation with a view to bettering it, either by purchase or some other means.
 Mrs. Jean Thorne, owner of Seward Water Supply Company, agreed with the council some time ago, that if the city would engage an engineer to inVeSti- gate the system and give an ex- pert opinion on the actual value of the company's holdings, she would negotiate with the council on purchase price. On the other hand, Ii no agreement could be reached, she would accept the cost of the engineers findings, and negotiate for private financ- ing for improvement of the water system.
 MT. Toner has not been avail able until this time. He has en- gineered the water installations for several Southeastern towns under Alaska Public Works, and is familiar with Alaska terrain and climatic conditions. He will arrive in Seward before Febru- ary 10 to begin his investigations.
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'51 Polio Fund Drive Starts
 This Week

Because of misunderstood ing as to who was to sponsor the March of Dimes in Seward this year, the campaign is late getting started. A committee was appointed last fall, com prised of Mrs. Victor Mahan, Mrs. LaPreal Bic and Mrs. Walt CT Blue, to represent the Ma tional Foundation for the pre- vention of Poliomyelitis in Sew ard. This committee will conduct the local campaign.
 A. message from the committee reads, Within the next 24 hours letters will be in the hands of all organizations inf town re March of Dimes.
 "1f you fail to hear about it, call any one of the committee and she will tell you the plan"
 No dance or single big event is planned for this year. The plan is to ask for individual group drives, each organization raising its contribution in it's own way.
 Seward can feel especially fortunate to have escaped the epidemic that swept other Alas kan cities last fall, but now that the disease has occurred in the Territory, no one knows where or when it may strike again." Mrs. Bic said. By building up a fund, which is pooled in the South Central District, money is made readily available for emer- gencies.
 This community has always responded to the call for funds in the fight against the most dreaded killer and crippler. The committee is confident that the March of Dimes will be bigger than ever now" Mrs. Bic stated.
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PRONOUNCE SEWARD DAIRY BEST KEPT IN ALASKA

Dr. Earl Graves, Territorial Veterinarian, pronounced Sew ard Dairy the best kept dairy in Alaska, after his inspection Tuesday. He gives the periodi- cal innoculations of tuberculin and Bangs Disease serum, as we'll as making the regular in- spection.
 Seward Dairy has served this vicinity for 27 years, since it was established by Henry Leirer, ST. it is now operated by Her man Leirer son of the founder. He has 35 COWS at present and four calves
 Milk and cream are supplied to the entire city by regular door to door delivery in addition to that furnished to grocers. The dairy is one of the few left in Alaska selling raw milk. Speci- fications for raw milk are higher than those for pasteuriZed milk and rules for cleanliness are very rigid. The Seward Dairy is proud of the commendation re- ceived from Dr. Graves.
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JR. WOMEN ENTERTAINED BY MRS. WHITMORE

Mrs James Kirkpatrick was honor guest at a party given at the home of Mrs. Lawrence Whit more Monday evening, Other guests were members of Junior Women's Club, who presented Mrs. Kirkpatrick with dainty baby dresses for her little daugh- ter Shelly who was born in late December. It was a surprise for the mother.
 Three tables of canasta furn- ished entertainment for the eve ming, after which refreshments were served Mrs. Kirkpatrick herself won the prize for high score.
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ALASKA STEAM FREIGHTEF NAMED "ILIAMNA"

Iliamna is the new name given the former Edmond Mallet, Lib erty ship recently purchased by the Alaska Steamship Company from the Maritime Administra- ton, D, E. Skinner, vice presi- dent and general manager of the company, announced this week
 The name is that of the largest lake in Alaska, about so miles long and from 15 to 25 miles wide, located between Bristol Bay and Cook Inlet. Native legend of the region also speaks of this name.
 It is said that Iliamna was a mythical great blackfish which supposedly inhabited the lake and bit holes in the "bidarkas' (boats) of bad natives
 The purchase of this 10000 ton vessel, formerly chartered by the company, raises The Alas ka Line privately-owned fleet to five freighters and four passen- ger ships.
Seward seaport record., 1951-01-30
70 LocoI Bowiers To Participate In First AIosku Tournament

At least 70 local bowling en- thusiasts have signed entry blanks for the First All Alaska Bowling Tournament to be held during the last week of Anchor ages Fur Rendezvous. The tour nament will be a continuous, 24 hour grind from Feb. 23 through 25.
 A special train has been re- served as the bowling train to carry the 40 women and 30 men to the Hub City, and sleeping cars will provide quarters for the men. @
 High School Teams
 Two teams of high school boys and girls have also entered the tournament. Original plans did not include the youngsters, but protests from all sides ended in a separate class for high school bowlers, and schools from the Territory will be represent ed at the meet
 Bill Loflin, president of the All Alaska Bowling Tournament, has been in Seward, talked with Seward League O if cers and helped make arrangements for the big delegation.
 Elks Bowling Dance
 To assist in raising money to help defray individual expenses of the trip, the Seward Elks will hold dance, February 10 at the Elks Club. All Elks and their friends as we'll as all bowl CTS, families and friends are in vited to attend the dance. Spe- cial eats, for which the Elks Club is famous, will be part of the evening
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MRS. METCALF ENTERTAINS WCMAN'S SOCIETY

The Gertrude Knight Circle of the Woman's Society of Chris tian Service were hostesses at a party given at the home of Mrs. 1. l.. Metcalf last Thursday eve ming. Novel entertainment in the form of a quizz program pre- sented by Miss Goldie Busko, was enjoyed with prizes being awarded to Frances Clark, Lois Norton, Emma Jones and lone Frances. Thirty-four members were in attendance. Refresh ments were served at the close of the evening.
 A short business meeting will be held at 8 pm. Friday, Feb 2, in the Methodist Church parlor. All members are requested to attend as matters of importance will be discussed. Devotions will be under the leadership of Mrs. Tom Jones.
Seward seaport record., 1951-01-30
EROWNELL WINS JUDGMENT

Information received here late this afternoon made known that Third District Court has handed down a judgment in favor of Don Carlos BroWnell in the suit for libel against H. w. Hunt, formerly of Seward.
 The judgment requires a pub lie retraction by Hunt of cer- tain statements published by him concerning D. C. BroWnell
Seward seaport record., 1951-01-30
SeWurd Trounces Fuirbonks Muiemufes In Two Games

Seward High School hoopsters t. ounc d Fairbanks in two games, Saturday and Monday, on the new court in the reno vated Civic Center. Visitors stated that this is now the second best gymnasium in Western AL aska. Regulation f a n-s h a D e d back boards were used for the first time in Seward A record crowd witnessed both games, with approximately 330 seats taken.
 With Dick Deigh, the Sea Hawks nimble guard, back in the game, the boys picked up the zest shown in earlier battles, and really poured it on in the last quarter Monday to make IT points in the last few minutes of play.
 Anderson and Lewis scored high with Is and 10 points re- spectively, Saturday night, and Anderson and Deigh each SCOT ing If points Monday night.
 LeFon, Hudson and Tremar- ello scored 9, 6, and 6 for Fair banks Monday night, and Hud- son and LeFon making and 6 Saturday.
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Visitors Assn To PubIiciize Attractions

! Plans to publicize Alaska's outstanding tourist attractions and to build up facilities to ham, dle an increased tide of travellers in the North advanced last week with the selection of it's first slate of officers by the newly organized Alaska Visitors As sociation.
 Robert E.. Ellis of Ketchikan has been elected president l.. A. Moore of Anchorage, first vice president; A. L.. Kaye of Fair banks, second vice president; George Sundborg of Juneau, secretary; and Phil Johnson of Fairbanks, treasurer.
 The officers, who are to serve only until permanent organiza- tion of the association is perfect ed, were selected by an execu- tive committee of 12 members who in turn had been chosen at two well attended public meet ings at Anchorage and Juneau several months ago.
 Bob" Ellis, one of Alaska's famous bush pilots turned bus inessman, is president of Ellis Airlines. As a commander in the Navy for five years during World War II, he was base com mander at Attu after the recap ture of that farthest Aleutian Island from the Japanese. Bob has also served several terms as mayor of Ketchikan.
 Moore, who formerly was ac- tive in tourist promotion work and was assistant to the general manager of The Alaska Railroad, is now manager of the Alaska Chapter of the Associated Gen. eral Contractors of America Kaye is Fairbanks merchant who has long advocated an ex- banded Alaska tourist business. Sundborg is consultant to the Alaska Development Board Johnson is president of the Bank of Fairbanks
 Officers of the association, to- gether with a board of directors to be chosen by them, will hold business meeting in Juneau February 6-9. Ellis will have re- turned by that time from Hono- lulu, where in addition to en- toying a short vacation he is now studying the Hawaii tourist industry and conferring with George T. Armitage, who as spe- cial consultant to the Alaska De- velopment Board, helped stimu- late formation of the new association.
Seward seaport record., 1951-01-30
ARR Repairing Seward Dock, Warehouses

Repairs now under way at the Seward dock, and planned ware house extensions, will provide adequate waterfront facilities for unloading two ships simultane- ously, according to Colonel J. P. Johnson, general manager of The Alaska Railroad.
 The large scale improvement project. slated to. cost slightly over S100,000, is being complet- ed on the eve of what stands to be the largest shipping year in Alaskan history. '
 Two crack Alaska Railroad bridge and building gangs, No. 5, under Jack Hansen, and No. 2, directed by Cliff McAdams, are assigned to the project.
 The improvements are timed to step up ''immeasurably all freight handling at the deep water port of Seward" Johnson declared. The gate city" handles most of the freight for bustling Anchorage and Fairbanks.
 Besides the dock repairs and the warehouse expansion pro- gram, 1,000-foot storage spur is already being installed near the dock approach. The spur permits pooling a reserve of railroad cars to assure that freight can be kept moving.
 A new wagon" approach to the main dock, connecting with Second Avenue, is being con structed The newly located ap- proach makes way for extending two warehouses, located on the dock, by linking these structures as one.
 Formerly the old wagon ap- proach, which was badly in need of repair, split the dock ware house area and restricted avail able freight storage space.
 By moving the approach to one end of the dock, extensions can readily be built on the two edifices. Two extensions, one 50 feet long and the other II feet, are planned for the warehouses.
 Upon completion of the addi- tional storage facilities, the rail road will be able to spot more cars on the dock and longshore- men can conveniently unload two berthed ships at one time
 Warehouses will also be lined and insulated under the renova- tion program. A new oil furnace system, replacing coal burning stoves, is to convert the entire warehouse into warm room" At present only small section of the dock warehouse space is heated as protection for freight that might be ruined by the cold.
 A truck loading platform, fl feet wide and 66 feet long, is planned for the west end of the dock in the area immediately adjacent to where the new wagon approach touches the wharf.
 Bridge and building gangs have been inching forward on the project despite bitter, low temperatures and flashing winds.
 Bridge and Building Gang No. 5 is experimenting the dock re- pairs with McAdams and his B and B No. 2 men handling the warehouse work.
Seward seaport record., 1951-01-30

Seward Local 23O4, Carpen- ters and Joiners, have been noti- fled that Anchorage members have received raise of 30 cents, making the wage for carpenters S3.14 per hour, according to the local business agent.
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CATHOLIC LADIES' BAKE SALE

Ladies of Sacred Heart Parish announce their monthly bake sale for Saturday, Feb. 3. It will be held in Werner's Market beginning at 1000 o'clock in the morning.