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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-08-09

Ten years 81 age Is pretty Young
to 90 on a toot, but Ii. Ggl Alfred
Reichel Mas busy playing q trum-
pet back in Los Angeles. his home
town. before he had his eleventh
year birthday. Now attached IL
WI here, he's still young man
with a horn and has been asked
to take over the band st the MAS
Chief Petty Officers club where
the ncw conbo win play Sun
day night.
II. Reichel studied trumpet in
the classical vein for eight wears.
Daring his high school DAYS be
played for dances and was leader
Of the school band. He began TO
pick up his own technique and by
the time he was graduated in
l94l, had earned d reputation as
a good musician.
MY first Job was for the Times
he said, Il was de-
livery boy Then / worked for
an oil company and finally had
job rs bank messenger. never
got into & holdup. but once | car
rled an eight-million dollar cheek
for 20 minutes, l figured that the
interest alone. during the short
time ! held the check, must have
come to couple of thousand he
laughed
Good looking, haired Az
earned a scholarship in music TO
LoyoIa University in 1912. He
PLAYED with the Loyola band for
3 year Meantime. he had joined
the reserve VI and did stock
work with North American AVA
ton, & manufacturing plant MAX
nR the BPS Mitchell and the fam
Yus Mustang planes. He played
with bands about three times in
addition TO his other Job,
September 1913 rolled around
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-08-09
Natives Head For
Red Island For
Practical Reasons 2

SINGAPoRE-sPl-About 400
Hainanese. most Of them more
than 80 years Of age, are sailing
for Communicated Hainan
without any intention OF return
ing 70 Singapore They did not
apply for re-entry visas.
One Of the Isainanese said
There IS no security whatso-
ever for me in this country
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-08-09
Pastor Moves
"Out Front

CENTRAI.IA. iII..--tEg--Tlae
Rev. Samuel SimondS has been
listening 10 his own sermons at
his Percy. H., First Baptist
Church, The minister forsook
the pulpit for a pew after ! heart
attack. While unable Ia preach
le listened with has congreaa-
lion 10 his sermons recorded
just as he had delivered them
many Sundays before.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-08-09
County Votes
$1,000 For
MCMC District
Chef Tingler States
That 900 Will Be
Raised By Marathon
Residents

County Comm lSsionerS broke all
speed records Tuesday night in
finding d last minute approuria.
lion q $1,000 IN ha1f an hour for
the Mosquito Control Board to
use in the ueat three months.
At about G;45, the Mosquito
Control Boards financial plight
looked hopeless. Chairman Neil
Saunders, members Chef Tinaler
Of Marathon and Albert Moeller Of
lslamorado had Urged Co,niojss-
toners to Gig up $. GOO 10 tide
them over until October / when
tax money is available for the
work
where would we get H."
Chairman Gerald Saunders and
County Clerk Earl Adams asked.
I'VE don't have a cent. until Oct
ober."
The three man board said that
now, not November is the time
mosquito control is desperately
needed on the Keys. Further. they
went q director appointed now so
that he cen survey the breeding
places and most heavily congested /
mosquito areas for next years I
control program
Il win have raised 81 600 in
Marathon by the end Of the
week" Chef TIngler said. But
naturally we feel that money
should be spent where it is rails
ed
That would leave Key West
and the Upper Keys out.
Commissioner Harry Harris
said:
Last week when l stopped to
pay my toll at the Big Pine Toll
Gate ] counted nine bushels of
in the three minutes
that it took me TO get away from
there"
Il had 10 take d machete and
cut them away" he said seriously.
''You don't have them like that I
down here"
Despite the pleas Of the Board
and Commissioners Harris and /
Frank Bentley, the immediate ,
future or the war on mosquitoes
looked dim when the matter was :
referred 10 the Finance Commit t
lee. {
Commissioner Bentley heads /
1Ht cous17ittee. ~ 9:l5 he looked d
,vef at the press table and said,
lis face bright with smiles; 4
We have found the 81 900 r
that the Mosquito Board needs y
for the next three months" q
He wouldn't say where he had !,
ound it, But the Mosquito Board II
sna the Commission and the press y
we're SO happy that the organized a
attack on the insects can begin
md now. that they didn't question n
urther. Tire money was found Il
oineWheFe in the budget. a
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-08-09
AerOnautIcS
Established By
Chinese Reds

HONG KONG-tiF'l-~~The Chi
1>ese Communists had added a
bureau of aeronautics To then
Ministry Of Heavy Industry.
A recent Peiping announce
ruent disclosed the new bureau
il stating that q director had
been appointed. Observers in
Hong Kong do not recall seeing
such a bureau listed before IN
official Chinese Red organila-
tioual charts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-08-09
Official L. S. Navy Photo

Our first date, l took her to one
Of my band reheaiSals. That did
II. She could understand and
stand rehearsals. met her as one
Of my boy friends girl friends.
He didn't seem TO think so much
of her But / did" Al said. flash
ing a good-natured grin.
Musical aptitude is inherited
say psychologists. Al agrees. You
should see our little girl Sharon
Ann, She's only two years old.
bat she's fun of natural rhythm
and jumps in time to music"
From California, Reichel was
sent to Japan on occupational
duty, At Yokosuka. he sat in with
Japanese orchestras playing at the
officers clubs and now and then
at the plushier night spots Asked
If the japanese could play A4neri-
can music, he said. ats a sort of
universal language, They couldn't
speak my language and I could
nj speak theirs. But we cot along
fine in the medium OF music. I'D
pick out q number. show il TO
them, and off wed 50 when they
finished vap-yapp in jap
You Should hear Al GO by -sa5e
by. He's what is known as al
sweet trumpet man" He sends
his audience, as the parlance in
swing circles puts it. Who is this
guy Harry james. outside OF be-
ing Mr.. Betty Cradle?
After Saipan occupational duty,
Reichel thought he was on the
way home, but he was called back
to duty on anti-sub and convoy
coYerage activity when the Kor-
can situation demanded orches-
tration of guns. He landed the
very first plane at Inchon duringi
the first invasion. He did mine
patrol in PPM. He remembers
the night before December 20.
1850 wildly. we were shot at |
then he explained, but they |
rFissed us"
The chief problem iii the win |
ter flying was that of ice. Once |
after anchoring ia a bay. the plane /
iced up before il could be refuel-
ed and take~off was impossible. I
Al said he carried his same old |
trumpet all through the action |
md now and then relieved the /
.old weather with bot lickS ON /
inc horn.
After a year. Reichei was sentI
pack to Santiago and then to AL |
sEaeda with his squadron
Il liked the beauty Of Japan.
Ie said. '''The country is exactly /
he WY you see ii on postcards.
suppose as a Californian you ex-
beet me to compare Florida ana
ny home state, but all Iii commit |
myself TO is to say ! can't get usec
. buying my oranges coIored," he !
l3ded with q chuckle.
1t, Reichel holds DF'C and two
8r medals for the Inchon invas-
on. for over IS patrols in the Kor-
an war lie viii he getting an
ther medal soon for the Cfosin
reservoir evacuation.
II any one is banding out dec
ratlulS for tipfUp sweet and hot /
run1pet playing. Al deserves 3
reat big one A,ith diamond studs. |
hats the way the listeners felt
sst week when he gueSt-starred
I the Boca Chica theatre during
he MAS King For A Day" show
Eaybe he'll earn a new nick
anne. like Gabriel. as q tgslin-
eter with wings who can send
steners into seventh heaven
/ musical ecstacy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-08-09

lie wouldn't say where he had
found it, But the Mosquito Board
ard the Commission and the press
were SO happy that the organized
attack on the insects can begin
and now. that they didn't question
further The money was found
somewhere ia the budget.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-08-09
Myste cry Bullet

NEW Y0RK-lA'l--A police.
mans widow, complaining OF
7eadaches, was sent TO Shore
Road Hospital in Broolxlvn bv
her doctor for X-rays, The pic
cures revealed a bullet lodged
under her left cheekbone.
There were no scars on her
tace. but she had los; her right
eye in n operation following an
injury she said was caused bv a
fall in her home.
The fan occurred recently. but
the bullet apparently had been
under her cheekbone for several
months. If the bullet did not en-
ter under the eye, the doctors do
not know how il got there.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-08-09

when I grow old and unable To
work.
Almost all bought new am
breiias. saying it rained heavily
in the winter in Hainana and
anyway the umbrellas were
cheaper here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-08-09

The normal size person has
some Il. TO - pints OF blood in
him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-20
Nuts! With This Ma'sy. He Needs Some

SOMEWHERE IN KOREA, Aug. 20-R-The young engineer depot commander held up his hand in resignation and said Please dc something about the bolts"
 He has 15,525 bolts today.
 More come in on every train from Pusan," he said. T can't get rid of them"
 They are all 18-inch steel bolts, 4 of an inch thick. About all they are used for. the lieutenant said, is to build timber trestle bridges. He figures he has enough on hand for 300 bridges each 50 feet long. about the normal length for Korea.
 T told another engineer outfit there was a shortage of 18-inch bolts. I got rid of ten boxes thai way. Those guys probably still have those ten boxes" he said.
 Tt didn't do me much good. ] got in 30 boxes from Pusan the next day"
 "Oh, yes," he added. don't use my name. You know, the army"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-20
Governor Dewey Due Here Tomorrow

Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York is due to arrive in Juneau tomorrow.
 Mrs. Ernest Gruening, wife of Alaska's governor, announced to- day that a public reception for the distinguished visitor would be held at the Governors House be- ginning at g o'clock tomorrow evening. Governor and Mrs. Gruc- ming extend an invitation to all channel residents to attend.
 If there should be any delay in the arrival of Governor Dew ey's plane," Mrs. Gruening said, the reception will be postponed until Thursday at the same hour"
 Dewey is accompanied by his secretary, two newspaper men and a security aide, He will be met at the airport by Governor and Mrs. Gruening and civic officials of the town. Pan American planes regularly arrive from Seattle at Ills pm.
 It is planned to fly him to var ious points of interest in South eastern Alaska before he leaves Friday for the Westward and h. terior.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-20
Alaska Income Tax May Be Withheld by
 IfedefaI Government

Alaska's income tax may be with held from federal employees sal. aries.
 Legislation has been introduced to authorize withholding by tht federal government of income taxe' from salaries in any political sub. division where local laws require holding back of taxes from employ ee's pay. according to Delegate E Bartlett.
 Introduction of the legislation fol lowed recent announcement by the Treasury Department that it woule ask Congress to consider the propo- sal, because legal opinions have helt that administrative action outside legislation would be unconstitutiona he stated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-20
Alaska Natives Lay Eight Claims for Payments
 Before Indian Commission

ehad not retained an attorney Some of these undoubtedly were in th' last minute flood of claims received by the commission.
 James E. Curry, of Washington, DC, attorney who has five Alaska claims pending before the com mission, said the principal diff ference between claims of Alaska and US. Indians is the absence of any original payment to the former.
 Tn most cases in the United States the lands were bought fol sums which the Indians now con- tend were inadequate. But ir Alaska" he contended. mot ont dime was paid to the Indians fol any land"
 He said the Alaska claims involve no treaties except possibly that with Russia in which the United States agreed to look out for the Indians well-being."
 Villages Named
 Curry's major claims involves some 18,000 members of the Tlingit and Haida tribes now living in the southeastern Alaska villages of An goon, Craig. Douglas, Hoonah. Yak utat, Sitka. Rake, Klawock, Wran- gell. Hydaburg, Juneau, Kasaan Klukwan, Haires and Saxman.
 Others involve the Nisgah tribe in the Portland canal area at Hyder and the Eskimo villages of Shunk- nak, Gambell and Unalakleet.
 The Tee-Hit-Ton Indians, To- cated in the inland passage area of southeastern Alaska and rep resented by James Craig Peacock, also of Washington, seek com pensation for 35O,0 acres of land and 150 square miles of water.
 The last claim received by the commission was filed by William Olsen. Anchorage. on behalf of the natives of Palmer. Alaska. They seek compensation for the lost use of the rich falm lands of the Mat anuska valley
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-20
Plane Crash in Canyon Brings Death 10 Four

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 20-- R-A dead-end canyon wall spelled death to bush pilot Glen Hudson and his three passengers
 Search leaders reported today the finding of Hudson's smashed Ces- sna plane against a cayon wall about 25 miles from Talkeetna.
 Tenth Rescue Air Squadron of ficers said a trail crew flown to the isolated spot by helicopter last night determined that all were dead. Darkness prevented evacuation of the bodies, which was to be attempt ed today.
 Talkeetna, north of Anchorage, was the takeoff point last Wednes- day for Hudson and three passen- gers-Elmer (Red) Wolford and his two teen-age sons. Larry Lee and Steven.
 The crash scene was reported to be up Disappointment Creek Frank Barr, Civil Air Patrol com- n'anser. said he flew over the wreck age and identified Hudso.l's Cessna wing numbers. Earl Smith, manager of the Alaska Railroads Curry Hotel was reported to have sighted the wreckage first while flying his own plane in the search.
 Barr said Hudson apparently was following the Susitna River in bad weather when he went up the wrong canyon. It had blind end and the pilot couldn't climb or turn to safety. Barr, an old bush pilot him. self, expressed the opinion Hudson attempted to turn at the canyons end and crashed directly into the wall
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-20
Forest Fires Cause Evacuation of 2S Northwest Homes
By the Associated Press

Residents of more than 25 homes were forced to flee today as fires ragged unchecked over widley separ- ated northwest timbered areas, so dangerously dry that all logging is halted in western Oregon and Washington.
 The most serious of the half dozen major fires caused the evacuation of an estimated 20 homes in subur- ban Bonny Slope west~of Portland, and firemen said dozens of other homes were in the path of the flames, which spread along four mile front last night.
 A report from the Cedar Hill Fire Department said one home and a barn were destroyed.
 Rising Wind
 H. T. Williams, assistant fire chief at Beaverton, Ore, reported that the situation was extremely ser ious, with a rising wind expected to bring a critical test this after noon to the estimated 600 firemen fighting the blaze.
 Scores of trucks were pressed into service to help with the evac- uation and to supply water to the fire equipment on hand from three counties.
 A 5,500-gallon tank truck and Portland city street department trucks had been able to keep all bumpers in water during the night, Williams said.
 The northwest's biggest blaze on Vincent Creek near ScOttsburg, in Oregon's northern Douglas county, meantime, had covered an estimated 10000 acres and was still spreading today.
 Six homes along Highway 38 were evacuated as the fire closed in. Ray Oglesby, Western Lane County fire patrol warden, called for 50 sets of experienced fallers to remove flaming snags from the dangerous northeast corner of the fire.
 Worst In 13 Years
 The blaze is the worst in that region since the Smith River fire n the same area 13 years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-20
Sabre Jef Rips I0ver 62-mi|e Course To Beat Records

DETROIT, Aug. 20 -lR- Col Fred J. Ascani of Rockford, H., broke the world and American
 records for 10O-kilometer (62-
 mile) closed course Sunday in the
 Thompson trophy race. Flying an
 F-86 sabre jet fighter, Ascani av- eraged 628698 miles an hour, con-
 pared with a world record of 6O5.23O miles an hour established in 1s48 by a British-made Sap phire.
 In Friday warmup, Col. As-
 cani averaged 635.411 miles an hour in run officially timed by the National Aeronautics Associ- ation. MA officials said this would be certified to the Fedora tion Aeronautic Internationale for new worlds record for closed course.
 Col. Ascani's Sunday time also topped the old Thompson mark of 586173, set in l949 on 2l0-
 mile course and a 30-mile rectang- ular course. The old American mark for a 100-kilometer race was 494.973, set in l946. v Col. Keith K. Compton of St. Joseph, Mo, set new transcon- tinental Bendix trophy record with an average speed 553.76l in an F-86 sabre flying between Mur-
 oc air base, Calif., and Detroit.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-20
Patrols Clash In Neutral
 zone;;Red Slain
'Partisans on Either Side May Wreck Truce, Says Tokyo

MUNSAN, Korea, Aug. 20-tRl- Allied and Communist subcom- mittees met briefly in Kaesong today as a new crisis threatened efforts to stop the Korean war.
 General headquarters in Tokyo said partisan forces of either side" may be trying to wreck ar mistice negotiations.
 The statement was in reply to Red charges that U. N. forces ambushed a Red patrol inside Kaesong's five-mile neutral zone Sunday. A Chinese patrol leader was killed and a Chinese soldier seriously injured.
 The subcommittees met for only 70 minutes Monday. It was their shortest session since they took ever for the main truce delegations Friday.
 There was no report of progress from the secret talks. But the negotiators agreed to meet again tomorrow.
 The subcommittees are trying to hammer out a compromise agree ment on the question of a cease fire buffer zone The main dele gations argued this point for lO days and found themselves con- pletely deadlocked.
 The Communists want the buf- fer zone to straddle the 38th par allel, old political dividing line be- tween North and South Korea The United Nations command wants it generally along present battle lines, most of which are north of 38.
 Both sides have indicated a willingness to compromise.
 United Nations staff officers al Kaesong today refused to let Al lied newsmen sit on the verandaf CT the conference building. O. stane near the two entranceways.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-20
Passenger of Crashed Bush Plane Dies of Burns

ANCHORAGE, Aug. 20-R--Ar- thur Burk, 45, one of three per- sons aboard a small flaming plane which crash-landed in trees be- tween Skwentna and Rainy Pass Thursday night, died from burns n an air force hospital here Sat- urday.
 The pilot, Tex Ziegler, was reported improved. The third person aboard, an unidentified l6-year-old youth, escaped un- scathed.
 The plane went down about 130 miles northwest of here.
 Burk, a civil aeronautics auth ority generator specialist. had been married only about month. The Surviving widow lives here. Burk's mother lives in Medford, Ore.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-20
Salmon Pack Here Up 461,950 Gases Over Last Year

Southeastern Alaska is 4ol,9oo cases-or almost 1000 percent ahead of last years salmon pack to the week ending Aug. II, according to figures released today by the Fish and Wildlife Service.
 Total pack for the Southeastern section so far is 515,271 cases as compared with 53,321 up to the same time last year. Pinks are leading with 272,988 cases.
 In Central Alaska the pack IS still tagging behind that of last year. Figure for 1851 is 1OO5,S9S cases. In 1850 the pack so far was 1881 1884.
 Final pack figure for Western Alaska, where the season is now closed. is 388,551 as compared with 618,123 cases last year.
 Grand total for Alaska is still over 9O,0O0 cases short of last veal for the same period. Total pack last year was 2,OO3,328 cases and 1,909,- 72O for 1851.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-20
5ourdoughs Urge
 Alaska Statehood

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20-lR- A resolution urging immediate statehood for Alaska was adopted Saturday by Alaska gold rush vet erans attending the annual inter- national Sourdough reunion.
 The action was taken after Ar chic Mclean Hawks, Santa Bar bara, Calif., warned some 400 del egates:
 Red Russia now has base on oig Diomede Island, less than lt miles. away from American sol on little Diomede Island in the Bering Straits.
 Alaska must be made a state so that Americas northernmosl outpost can be better defended against another Pearl Harbor."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-20

WASHINGTON. Aug. 20 = R - At least eight petitions are pending before the Indian Claims Commis- sion on behalf of Alaska's Indians and Eskimos.
 The list was compiled in check of attorneys described by commis- sion spokesmen as representing a "big percentage" of the Alaska claimants. The Commission itself has no geographical breakdown of claims filed,
 While most cases seek compen- sation for lands and waters alIeg- edly seized by the white men, at least two filed on behalf of the Aleut community and tribe on St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs = ask additional pay for sealskins which the islanders have sold to the United States under a monopoly agreement.
 The claim dates back to this country's acquisition of the islands from Russia in 1867. It is being handled by Marvin Sonosky of Washington, DC.
 No Specific Amount
 None of the actions ask a specific amount of compensation. In most of the cases, several attorneys said, Investigations still are underway and the amount to be sought is not yet completely determined.
 The deadline for filing claims passed at midnight Aug. 13. The Senate has not acted upon a House approved bill to extend the filing period another year. If 1t does. attorneys predict a new burst of claims.
 "The Alaska Indians have been too busy fishing,' one attorney ex- plained. but when the word reaches them about the recent $27,000, ,000 award to the Ute Indians. they'll take renewed interest"
 Is Tribes
 The Interior Department said last month it knew of Is Alaska tribes iritsiesssttea in fii.ag c'ni''ss hut who
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-20
|I||eqa| Alien lnfiIfrafion
 More Dangerous fhan Armed Invasion, Says Mt(arran

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2o-tR-- Senator McCarran tD-Nev) said today massive, illegal infiltration Of aliens into this country is is apo- tentially more dangerous than an srned invasion
 The influx would provide an enemy nation "a ready-made fifth column" McCarran said.
 The secret testimony of immi- grafton officials, he said in a statement, showed:
 l. Aliens illegally in this cOun- try are cOuntable in the millions, and may total 5,000,0O0.
 ?. Among them are militant Communists, Sicilian bandits and criminals in vast numbers.
 B. The immigration service has made only small effort to locate and deport these unwanted for eigners because of a variety of factors, including lack of staff and money.
 Another member of the sub. committee, Senator O'Conor O. Md said in a separate statement that Windsor, Ontario, and Cuba are assembly points for alien. seeking illegal entry into the U. s Re said arrests for attempted CT. try from Mexico total 500,000 z year. Many Of these are wet. backs" Mexicans who cross tht shallow Rio Grande river to look for jobs as farm hands.