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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-08

DOnnetS, ana, like their fair-hairec
children. have exquisite complex.
ions. Pretty Mrs. Lola Showers
busily pumping water in her side.
yard, told of the likelihood "o1
some day soon having artesian
wells that will give us water in
our homes"
| A strongly religious community
tall places of business are closed
ion Sunday.
Houses Trim and Tidy.
The houses on Tangier are trim
Iand tidy frame ones, either fresh
Ily painted or in process Of being
painted by their owners. A few
are weathered, "grayed" by the
strong suns Of many summers and
the storms of as many winters,
White picket fences, in many in
stances hand-wrought in individ-
Iual patterns, separate most Of the
homes from those of their neigh
bors and from the street.
There is nearness about their
beloved dead to the people on
Tangier. Until very recently (and
in many instances the custom still
.prevails) families buried their
members in vaults in their own
front yards. Just now hydrangeas
and vivid tiger lilies are bright
with bloom about them, as are the
mimosa trees.
The flag of his country is kept
flying from dawn to sunset over
the tomb Of Alfred I. Crockett, "a
Friend to ALL" who served with
the merchant marine during
World War II.
Autos are unknown on Tangier.
There isn't street wide enough
to accommodate one. Even bicycles
aren't prevalent because they
would interfere with the rights of
pedestrians on Main street, which
isn't more than eight or 10 feet
broad. Bordered by ancient Lom-
hardy poplar trees, upon whose
broad trunks successive genera
tons of youthful sweethearts have
carved their initials, as well as
English mulberry trees and giant
lilac bushes, it looks like a replica
Of a Cornish lane set down nearly
300 years ago in It's New World
setting.
Islanders Are Courteous.
There is grave, old-fashioned
courtesy and sturdy, self-re-
specting independence about these
islanders. The men are expert
fishermen and depend upon fish
ing, clustering and grabbing for
their livelihood. The deep harbor
Of Tangier Island with its 125-foot
channel is thronged with pictur-
esque fishing craft, which with the
exception of the mail boat and the
chartered boats from Crisfield are
its only means of transportation
to the outside world.
Capt. Edward Pruitt kindly es-
corted US down Main street where
we met Capt. Howard Disc just
about to start painting the in
terror Of his house. and Capt.
Theodore Aubrey, who told us the
islands television set would fea-
ture baseball game that after
noon. The admission of 10 cents
was to be used for local civic pur-
poses. A school, and a library
which also serves as a woman's
and the Swain Memorial
Methodist Church. once Bethel
Church. are centerS of the COM
life of Tangier Island.
Poised. 7-year old Stanley Will
liams, who shared my lemonade
with me aboard the Magdalene at
the dock via the two-straw me-
dunn, answered my question, How
soon do you learn to swim on
Tangier?" with, About as soon
as we learn to walk, Mann" Then
as deity as a grown seaman he
helped cast off the cabin cruisers
lines.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-21
HANCMAN's C0ULEE

toned. might be they'll try 9
bullet next timel"
"That, at least. would resolve a
lot of questions" Gentleman jim
sighed.
He had challenged Deal Hatha-
way, and Hathaway had put il up
to him to go along, or take the
consequences. That was the basic
issue now-Hathaway or himself.
should be loith hi7r--not fight
ing him. he thought. What's come
ioueTI me? Whatever | do, I'm fight
ing myself, too!
THERE was broaCing quietness
Aover Hargman's Coulee today
which was like a July afternoon
with thunderheads building up at
the edge of the hills. The rumbling
echoes of that storm sounded as
Gibson returned home for the mid
day meal.
Some of the committee had a
talk with Hathaway this morning"
ne announced. They accused him
Of setting Ten-Spot Lolo and his
crew on you last night, Professor"
Malta looked quickly. the color
draining from her cheeks. Gentle
man Jim. buttering q slice OF
bread, paused. Outwardly he was
as cool as ever.
Weren't the committee a little
hasty?" he asked
Hathaway didn't admit it. of
course--but he didn't deny il"
ellison retorted. There's no ques-
ton but what he was responsible.
Ten-Spot is keeping out of sight
today, and so are the rest of that
bunch. But Hathaway did say
that we'd asked for trouble, and
could have as much as we wanted"
Showdown, eh?"
That's what it amounts to. He
said that he'd pledged FIVE thou
sand dollars toward the railroad,
and he intended to pay as he
promised, because he thought the
railroad would be a good thing.
But that he had no use for hymn
singers or uplifters, and he'd fight
us to the last ditch on that propo-
sitlon. So now we know where we
stand"
tTo be continued
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-21
Chapter

Chapter Z
A MOTHER man was lunging to
n his feet directly in front of
him. Bill Bender, who had led the
riders the evening before. He
ierked a knife from his pocket as
he lunged Ia his feet, and the razor
edge slashed the Tightening rope
as a VOLTS teeth would snap
through flesh and bone.
A score of men were on their
feet, outraged Horse-play was
one thing. Murder under its guise
was quite another They dragged
the invaders from saddles, and
cries of Lynch theml" drowned
out the tumult which had rocked
the tent. Gentleman Jim threw off
his hempen necktie, moving fast.
They were hustling the rope
thrower toward the entrance, the
wrath Of the crowd growing with
every step. Gentleman Jim circled
and reached the doorway ahead Of
them. and there was a quality in
his voice which caught their atten-
ton above the savagery Of their
own shouts.
"Hold up a minute, friendsl
Let's do everything fairly and in
order -- that's what were here
fort"
"He was amin to break yore
neck" one man protested. LAS
dirty and cowardly a trick as was
ever pulled Hangin's too good for
him!"
"Sure it is" Gentleman Jim con-
Cured readily $50 it would be a
shame to hang him, wouldn't it?"
But what else is there to do?
What's worse"
1T might be worse punishment
for him to have to stay and listen
to me talk Gentleman Jim sug-
gested whimsically. ''ln any case,
we want to do things in a legal
and civilized manner"
This is as unregenerate a
bunch as you'll find this side of
hell" one man protested. Even
you can't do nothin' with them"
1t was Bill Bender, who had
jumped to slash the rope and avert
disaster. who took issue with that,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-21
By Al CODY

might be that you're barkin' az
the wrong gopher-hole, soggss
he protested. You know me, Well
enough. l been pretty much Or q
hellion, I guess. always up to
scmethin', some of it just PLAIN
meanness, like when / come IN
here last night to hooray the pro-
fessor."
yeah, you been plenty big Tor
your britches, Bill. Amt no doubt
about that"
That's what I mean. What ]
was gettin' at is, that if It has that
effect on me. it can sort OF jar these
other fellers, tool"
His words were making an inn
preston on the crowd, many OF
whom were resuming their seats,
But some were unconvinced.
who sent you here?" one of
them demanded.
GENTLEMAN JIM placed hand
~ on his shoulder and pushed
him back toward seat.
That's an interesting question,
Mr.. Staves," he conceded. But
this is not the moment for an in
QUESTION. We are here to pur-
pose, and if we digress from it,
we are the losers, and those who
would create dissension among us
are the gamers. An orderly COM
munity can come about only if
there is first an orderly life among
its individuals"
He was talking again now, once
more in control of the situation,
with the crowd behind him. Briefly
he found time to wonder at him
self What was he trying to do.
anyway Did he know HIMSELF
1t was over with. finally. Men
and women congratulated him
warmly, but the words had an
empty sound. Though the trouble
was with him, not them,
I'm not coming home, now" he
told Happy briefly. I've got to
walk--and think things out"
Happy understood. Some men,
when upset, took to drink. Gentle
man Jim walked. Knowing that he
liked to be alone at such q time,
Happy watched uncertainty.
Keep yore eyes open" he eau
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-21
Florida Polio Victim Keeps Sending
Pig To Market To Help March OF Dimes

This is the story of boys graft.
tude-and Of pig that went TO
market. not once. but many times,
TO help the boy show that graft.
tude.
The boy is Tommy High, hand
some, 17-year-old high school jun
ior Of Redick. Florida. The pig is
a fine 205-pound Duroc barrow
which recently brought $3.50 to the
1852 Mraeh Of Dimes. Stockmen
bid for the pig at a fair with the
understanding that it was to be
returned TO Tommy after the
sale, and then go on to other
stock sales and fairs throughout
Florida. rolling up goodly sums for
the polio fund
At the next show TommY's pig
won fhe grand championship and
brought in almost $3.50 for The
March Of Dimes.
When Tommy, All Club farm
boy, was stricken with polio in
August, 1850, his expenses at the
Tampa Hospital were paid by the
local Chapter of the National
foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
During the months he spent grad
ually improving from his 95 per
cent paralysis, Tommy worked out
plan OF his own to repay the
Foundation for what it was doing
for him. There was no need TO do
this, but Tommy is very much his
own man.
He decided he would buy a pig,
, raise IL, take II TO stock sales and
fairs and Sell II to the highest
bidder for the March of Dimes
fund. He would use his own and
his fathers money 10 buy fhe pig.
The management promptly donated
the fine barrow and the 0cala Mill
ing Company volunteered to sup
ply feed for ii free of charge
Tommy took the money he had saw
ed for the pig and bought a Hol.
stein steer.
~ intend doing with the steer, -
Tommy says, as | am doing with
the pig. The proceeds from both
sales will go TO help the Founda-
| fion help some other kid that polio
strikes.
II wish it we're possible for me
to do more, but it is my hope,
God willing, to someday pay back
threefold the money the Founda-
ton has spent on my recovery. .
After each sale" Of the pig,
Tommy slowly raises hand that
is still weak, and addresses the
| crowd:
~ thank you so much for the
money for the Polio Fund, and
thanks for returning my pig for
sale again.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-21
Cooperative Joins
Citrus Mutual

LAKELAND R--Lake Hamilton
Cooperative. Floridas biggest
shipper of fresh citrus fruit last
season, has joined Florida Citrus
Mutual. Lake Hamilton. once
strongly opposed to Mutual, has
about 1000 acres of groves. Last
season Lake Hamilton shipped S0o.-
600 boxes of fresh fruit and han
died $4,000 for canning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-21
Six Prisoners
Are Recaptured

CALLAHAN Rt-All but one of
the seven prisoners who escaped
from state road camp here were
back in custody today
Allen M. Ducey. 36, Canada, was
caught in swamp about IL miles
north of here Thursday night, War.
den G. W. Bethea said. Two men
jailed at Folkston, Ga, for auto
sheft we're identified by the war
den as escapes Thursday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26

SCHWINN BIKES AT MADsENS
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
BIG CAT" BRUTAL
FIGHT IS TOUGH,
CAPITOL T0N!GR!

If you think Preston Foster and
Forrest Taylor didn't take severe
physical punishment in their fight
scene for Eagle Lions Technicolor
drama, The Big Cat" which opens
tonight at the Capitol Theatre, you
are sadly mistaken.
OF course, the black eyes and
skinned knuckles which show UP
20 prominently on the screen, are
make believe. Both are experienced
actors and know how to stage a
fight without getting hurt.
Foster and Tucker took their
oeatings because the fight was
staged in the ice-cold mountain
stream fed waters of Hoosier Lake,
10000 feet up in the Wasatch
Mountains in Utah.
Despite their extreme physical
activity, Foster and Tucker could
only stay in the water five minutes
1t time before coming out to thaw
their frozen bodies. They were given
steaming cups of tea at each emery
snce to help them warm up. Phil
Xarlson directed the film.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26

January II

January n
High tide 4::29 am. 1865 TT.
Low tide 1927 am. 1.9 TT.
High tide 4:29 pm. 1877 it.
Low tide 10:48 pm. 0.6 TT.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
NATIONAL YOUTH
week STARTS On
COMING MONDAY

The week beginning Monday,
January % is National Youth Week,
when throughout the Nation due
recognition will be given to the
youth of the land. Sunday is also
known as Westminster Fellowship
Day. On this day, the members of
The Westminster Fellowship will be
actively engaged in conducting wor-
ship services in the churches. The
Senior Hi Westminster Fellowship
will conduct the service in the
Northern Light Presbyterian church
1T II am. The public and all the
friends of our young people are
cordially invited to give these boys
md girls their support by attend
ing this service.
The theme for the day will be
Christ Calls We Answer In
Faith" Those who will take part in
The service are Lois Lawrence, Mod
orator; Aleda Warner and Tommy
Morgan. The speakers will be Bob
Secrist, Carol Larsen, Lynn johnson
and Donald MacKinnon. Donna
Jewett will sing, Thanks Be To
Sod" by Dickson-O'Reilly. The
lshers will be David Glen, Sandy
Blanton, Ernie Kronquist and Jerry
Hill.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
DOUBLE MYSTERY
BILL STARTING
AT 10Th CENTURY

That it takes the maneuverability
of Queen to checkmate the King
in the current sinister chess game
of power politics is the fascinating
theme of Film Classics mystery
melodrama, Project x" coming to
the Goth Century for showings to-
night and Saturday.
A curvaceous charmer named
Rita Cotton, making most en-
phatic splash in her movie debut,
is the enhancing bait by which a
young man is subverted into the
Communist movement only to be-
come the focal point in the cap
ture of its ringleader.
Filmed entirely on location in
New York, Project X" is the highly
plausible story of a young Ameri-
can who is threatened by his past.
Steve Monahan, a physicist en-
ployed by an Atomic Research
Project, meets his old college chum,
rabid Communist, who threatens
to expose Steve's one-time affilia-
ton with the party" unless he
passes along some much needed
secrets about the atomic bomb.
The suspense builds with combus-
tion-like precision as events pyra-
mid into an exciting climax.
Second feature on the Goth Cen
fury screen is Cunning for Justice, y
another mystery story.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
ACTIVITIES FOR SCOUT
week, FEB. 6-12 ARE
NOW Being PLANNED

The working out of final plans
and details for the observance OF
Boy Scout week, February 6 through
February II, will be the main item
at the meeting of the Boy Scout
leaders formidable at the home OF
Thomas N. Cashen in Douglas Fri
day evening at 7:30.
Planned for the Scout week in
the Juneau-Douglas area will be
city government day on Thursday
February 8. The older scouts will
work in the various city offices tC
give them a better understanding
of city government. Underway al
present are plans to have Boy
Scout observance program in both
houses of the Territorial Legisla-
ture 1t is presently intended to
have Explorers as visitors in the
legislature.
On Saturday, February 10, the
various Boy Scout troops will par
ticipate in a rally program on a unit
basis throughout the entire council
February IL will be observed as
Boy Scout Sunday with all Scout
Cubs, Boy Scouts and Explorers at
tending their own church services
in uniform. Members of the Juneau
Douglas ministerial association are
cooperating in observance of the
day.
At 3 o'clock the afternoon
of Boy Scout Sunday district
court of honor will be held under
the direction of Advancement
Chairman Rev. S. A. McPhetres and
his committee. Various cub packs,
troops and explorer posts are plan
ming parents nights, potluck din
ners and open house as part of
their Boy Scout activities.
The three branches of scouting
are also working on the preparation
of window displays in various bust
ness houses.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
)NA REPORTS BIG
INCREASE IN 1850
ALASKA OPERATIONS

Pacific Northern Airlines posted
he highest traffic totals in 10 years
If Alaskan operations during 1850,
according to Harold A. Olsen, PNA
General Traffic Manager.
Compared to 1949, PNA's pre-
gious high year, healthy gains in
al major categories reflect Alaska's
rapidly expanding trade and COM
merce," stated Olsen.
Passenger miles flown increased
10 per cent with total of 10,639 900
niles flown in 1850. Revenue pas
engers flown showed gain OF
"a per cent and totaled 25.862. Cargo
on miles flown in 1850 totaled
,91,179; a gain of rs per cent over
l949. Mail ton miles flown in 1850
exceeded 1949 totals by 40 per cent,
with 139,049 ton miles flown. The
percentage of revenue ton miles
used was SIS per cent in 1850 COM
pared with 40 per cent in 1949.
Organized in 1882 as "Woodley
Always" by Arthur G. Woodley,
present PIMA president, Pacific
Northern Airlines' routes embrace
Alaska's major economic centers.
Cities served include Juneau, An
,horage, Kodiah, Homer and Cor
Iowa. Major routes also extend to
he key Bristol Bay, Prince William
Sound and Kenai Peninsula areas.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
WANT MOTORING
ADVENTURE! TRY
ALASKA HIGHWAY

The Alaska Highway is the most
adventuresome motor trip on the
continent, says Ronald Schiller in
the February Readers Digest. Even
on flat land the road twists into
hairpin curves. In rough terrain
it goes up and down like roller
coaster Sometimes clinging to the
sides of cliffs 400 feet high. it turns
sharply without warning, giving
rear-seat passengers the stomach
gripping sensation of taking off
into space. There is not guard
rail in its entire length.
The 1923 miles of the Highway
between Dawson Greek, B. c., and
Fairbanks, Alaska, are not, however,
quite as rugged as they were a
few years ago. 1t is no longer ne
cessary to take along food, camp
ing equipment and extra gas.
Lodges. garages and stores have
opened at intervals of so to 100
miles along the route. You'd better
have at least six good tires, how
ever.
You should observe, too, the an
Gent law of the Yukon that no one
may withhold help from anyone
who needs it. If you drive by a
car in a ditch without offering
assistance you may find that no
lodging is available to you any
where along the Highway
Though many more tourists flock
the Highway in summer, the road
in winter is in better condition.
Buried under solidly packed snow
and kept clear by plows, it provides
smooth surface. Weatherproof, 35-
passenger buses maintain their
usual three times-a-w schedules.
Drivers fear not the intense cold
but the warm Chinook wind from
the Pacific that melts the snow
and makes the Highway ribbon
of ice.
The scenery is on an epic scale,
the article says, and the whole
country is a gigantic menagerie."
Big game, including caribou, moose,
bears and wolves, is frequently seen.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
NEGOTIATIONS OPEN
BETWEEN ILWU, FISH
BUYERS, Sc ALASKA

Negotiations on the increase OF
wages to offest price increases and
to improve working conditions may
open in Juneau tomorrow between
delegates of seven Southeast Alaska
locals of the cold storage and flsh-
house workers. Alaska Marine Ware
housemen of the international
Longshoremen and Warehousemens
Union, and fish buyers of South
east Alaska.
Delegates of locals in petersburg
and Pelican are expected today ana
the remaining fish buyers expected
to arrive today or over the weekend.
If arrivals of the remaining fish
buyers are delayed, the negotiations
will open sometime next week.
Meetings are to be held in the Deep
Sea Fishermen's Union Hall on
South Franklin.
Representative of the union loc-
ais are as follows: Juneau, local Al,
Don Baker; Ketchikan, local 81, F
Omar; Cordova, local &c, Art DIN
by proxy; Pelican, local SO, Roscoe
Max; Sitka, local SO, M. Humphreys;
Wrangell, local 81, represented by
DIN; Petersburg, local 50, A. h.
Hanson. Olin is the international
representative Of the ILWU with
offices in Ketchikan.
Local fish buyers are Wallis George
of the Alaska Coast Fisheries, fish
brokers; Elton Engstrom OF the
Engstrom Brothers Fish Brokerage,
and Edwin c. Johnson, fish broker
The present contract, expiring
midnight, March 81, 1851, has been
in effect for two years and this is
the first opening of negotiations
since the last contract was negoti-
ated and signed.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26

Italian dinners, sea food. steaks
and chicken at the COUNTRY
CLUB-Open all night-every night.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26

italian dinners, sea food, steaks
and chicken at the COUNTRY
CLUB-Open all night-every night
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26

Sewing machines for rent al
Marie's Sewing Center. 702-t1
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
HOSPITAL NOTES

Admitted to ST. AIMS hospital
yesterday were Mrs. Helen McAlis-
ter, Richard Dalton, Baby Call Ann
Fleek, Ted Visaya, Mrs. Charles Dc
Boes, Frank Saucer, and Mrs. Ken
meth Allen.
Henry Stinziano and Peter Ras-
mussen were dismissed.
At the Government hospital julia
Marine of SkagWay and Mrs. James
Carpenter of Sitka were admitted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-03
Foreign Trade Shows
Increase for 1850
OF 9.76 Per Cent
BY The Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-The
American Merchant Marine Insti-
tute reports that United States
foreign commerce increased 9.76
per cent in 1850 over the previous
year.
The total tonnage handled by
the Nations ports was listed as
142, 599,910 long tons last year and
1873, 245 ,982 in 1949.
New York continued the Ma
tons first seaport in handling for
eign trade and the institute re-
ported its comparative volume as
+ 7,664.82l tons in 1850 and "a
952, 900 in 1949.
The ports of Baltimore and Phil
adelphia showed losses between
the two years and New Orleans
remained about the same.
Boston, Houston and Mobile re-
ported new gains; Norfolk showed
stable decline, and lesser de-
creases were shown by Galveston
and Los Angeles.
San Francisco. which was listed
/ in ninth place in 1949, dropped out
of the first 10, reflection of the
decline In Far East trade. the in
stitute said
/ The first 10 ports. with the ton
mage of foreign trade handled in
1850 and 1949 follows volume in
long tOnSl.