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Evening star., 1952-09-19
Giant Air Base in Greenland
Being Rushed to Completion

| of peace and present frontiers
and as the cross point of future
commercial air routes between
trading nations of the Northern
Hemisphere. s
In this view, they are confirmed
by Americans who know most
about flying conditions in polar
areas.
One of these is Col. Berndt
Balcnen, U. S. A. F.. Norwegian
born pioneer of Arctic and Ant
arctic flying, who is here to help
explain the origin, mission and
future role of Thule to correspond
ents.
Col. Balchen is convinced that
relatively-stable weather in this
region will prove as big an advan-
tage to international carriers as
the vastly shortened distances
across the top of the world.
Every condition for this type OF
operations has been met, Col
Balchen believes, with the excep-
ton of adequate bases.
After inspecting the engineering
work here, Col. Balchen expressed
the opinion that this problem, too
has been solved.
The terrain here, unlike other
sections of Greenland's rugged
coast, offers approaches for heavy
speedy aircraft which can be
guided in by radar from the ground
in occasional periods of bad visi-
bility.
The permafrost of frozen soil
however. is some 1000 feet deep
In summer the soil thaws to 9
depth of five or six feet, but freezes
in the cold months to form a mass
which must be drilled and dyna-
mited like granite.
Heated buildings are prone tc
Evening star., 1952-09-19
By w. H. Shippen
Sfor Stoff Correspondent

THULE, Greenland, Air Force
Base. Sept. 19.-The great air
base unveiled here yesterday on
the edge of polar waters is being
put here to stay.
In fact, the 1858 million in
stallation began to assume an air
of permanence long before the
American public heard first ru-
mors of a giant construction pro-
ject in the far Arctic.
Today a small city of barracks.
shops, hangers, warehouses and
mess halls is rising amid rumble
of earth-moving machinery at
work around the clock, seven days
a week. A rush is on to beat the
Arctic winter.
Meanwhile, the farthest-north
base only 900 miles from the pole
is ready to assume at least part
of its operational role. Big cargo
carriers wing in down long, fiat
approaches and occasional Jets
drop py on unannOunceQ missions
Guardian Of Peace.
Details of the rush job Blue Jay
carried on with all possible secrecy
on the east coast of Greenland
some 800 miles north of the Arctic
Circle. were revealed here yester-
day to a group of visiting Ameri-
can and Danish newsmen.
The Danish nationals, whose
government is cooperating in the
defense project with the United
States and other NATO allies,
were impressed by the fact that
Thule is no wartime, temporary
installation built to cover a for
ward thrust of military forces.
They see the base as guardian
Evening star., 1952-09-19

transit. The original convoy struck
unprecedented ice packs between
Baffin Island and Greenland in
the summer of 1851. It took days
for the heaviest ice breakers to
crash through or lead vessels in
their charge on circuitous routes
through the pack.
Falls Church Man on Job.
1t. Col. Austin ]. Hall, jr., who
recently arrived from Falls
Church. Va. to take over as
project engineer, said the wages
here are top scale, but he is proud
Of the fact that morale is high,
along with individual production.
The turnover is low.
Maximum pay for skilled work.
ers like bulldozer, crane, drag line
and shovel operators is $4.20 an
hour. The work goes on two 10
hour shifts. seven days a week.
with time and half for over
time. Minimum pay is $3.50 an
hour for unskilled workers like
kitchen helpers.
The employees pay the Govern
ment $5.75 a day for food and
lodging. Last summer the lodg-
ing consisted of barracks ships
and winterized huts covered with
canvas. AS work in the living
area progressed, the construction
men shifted into the new Thule
type barracks.
Soon several thousand men
will be flown home for the win
ter. The last ship Of the season
is en- route from the States. It
will clear its cargo and depart
before the ice pack closes in on
the harbor. Interior finishing
work will go on through the SUM-
less months ahead.
No Night Differential.
There is no differential between
day and night pay here because
in the summer months the sun
never goes down.
A worker measures his day by
the clock, and pulls black-out
Evening star., 1952-09-19

had delivered more than 5000
construction workers.
From WestoVer, Mass. Air Force
Base the supply route reached up
through Goose Bay in Labrador,
with alternate landing strips on
Baffin Island and on the east
central coast of Greenland.
Beach Landings Used.
C-54 and C-l24 transports few
an average of four round trips
daily. Besides passengers, they
hauled bulldozers. power shovels.
road graders, trucks and fuel.
Preliminary work was well under
way when the convoy broke
Evening star., 1952-09-19

this morning that the base il
getting so civilized he probably
will be sent to an ice island of the
pole.
He pointed to a pretty WAF of
f1cer pushing her tray along the
cafeteria line in a hall jammed
with hundreds of officers and en-
listed men.
Its time to get your orders
when you see two women In one
week." he said.
Evening star., 1952-09-19

When bedroom group is priced by
decorators as highly as this one is,
it isn't likely to be reduced in price.
Malcolm Seates scooped up hand
some $4,000 saving for you by
accepting immediate delivery from
the famous makers overcrowded
warehouse. The rugged knotty pine
Is built to generous proportions, with
deep, roomy drawers-all dustproof
and center-guided, of course! And
It's available with twin beds for
only $3.50 extra. Better hurry in
.. our stock OF this popular group
is limitedl
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-29
Wife OF Bing
Crosby Is Ill

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf. B -
Dixie Lee Crosby, 40, wife of Bing
Crosby, lay in q coma near death
today.
The crooner was at her bedside.
So were their four sons, Lindsay,
IA; Gary, 10, and the twins, Philip
and Dennis, IS. The last three flew
home from college last night.
III for several years, Dixie un-
derwent a serious abdominal OPP
Grafton last July. Her condition
became critical several weeks ago.
A close friend says she is suffer
ing from kidney ailments.
Dixie rallied sufficiently TO per-
nit Bing to 60 TO France recently
to make the movie Little Boy
Lost" She left her bed against
doctors orders last Saturday to
greet her husband at the railroad
station upon his return from
abroad. She suffered a relapse Sun
day and sank into coma yes
terday.
Dixie, who gave up film star
dom to be a wife and mother, was
born wilma Wyatt in Hartman,
Tenn, Nov. I. 1911. She got her
start as a singer in Chicago and
assumed the stage name of Dixie
Lee.
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-29
74-Year Old Lady
Still Active In
Newspaper Work

Once you get printing ink in your
veins, it never washes out, is an
old adage about newspaper busi-
ness. Mrs. Marcy B. Darnall, af-
fectionately known as Lutte Darn
all, is IA years old and still in the
publishing business, active in the
business Office at the Florence Her
aid, Florence, Ala. from 8 am. to
5 pm. daily. She once ran a week
ly in Key West.
During National Newspaper
Week a survey was made of wom-
en- journalists in the Muscle Shoals
area. One of the most prominent
newspaper women interviewed was
Mrs. Darnall whose picture also
appeared in the Florence Daily.
There isn't very much about q
newspaper that Mrs. Marcy b.
Darnall doesn't know from inti-
mate experience.
"About the turn Of the century.
she and her husband, just home
from the Spanish. American war,
bought a weekly at Key West, Fla,
and from soliciting ads and circul.
alton to writing social news and
collecting bills, Mrs. Darnall was
imbued with printers ink. which
courses through the veins of genu.
inc newspaper people.
Later she was business manager
Of Key West Daily Citizen, and for
many years, she raised and ad-
ministered that newspapers Emp
ty Stocking Fund, for the children
OF the city. 1T was the most excit-
ing part of Christmas to us re-
members her daughter, Mrs. Albert
L. Martin. There were dolls and
toys and candles each year, some
times for as many rs three thou
sand children
'In 1922 the Darnalls came TO
Florence and since that time she
has been with the Florence Herald
first as advertising solicitor and
later as business manager.
Marcy b. Darnall, Jr.. was
killed in World War H. He has
three children. a daughter is,
two boys. one IA. and Marcy B.
Darnell. III, who is eleven years
old.
Mrs Darnali's daughter Louise
and two grandchildren live in a
large family house with Mr.. and
Mrs. Darnall.
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-29
; Persons Killed
In Haitian Quake

MIAMI R-Three persons we're
reported killed. many injured and
rs homes damaged in an earth.
wuake which shook the island Re-
public Of Haiti Monday night.
Slater Blsckisson. second secre.
iary Al the American Embassy in
rort.aa.pri said today that de-
layed dispatches from the islands
southern peninsula told of heavy
damage in the little towns os Anse.
a.Neau ard Petit Truu de Nlppes.
The earthquake vas ielt in Port.
aa-Prinee 1t iisss >. m, Monday
ard lasted about four seconds.
Telephone lines are still down
IA parts Of the southern peninsula.
said BlaekiSten when reached hy
Telephone from Miami.
He quoted DR.. Russell Pierce. q
member Of the American SANITARY
Mlssiua in Haiti. ss says1g thrrw
haa 0Sea KILLED All maay I0eaTea
81 sass Nsau lie sssa DF. faeFxe
obtained the information Erom the
Hasilaa dsFvSt0g 1ensFsl X pslesag
healsh.
Dispatches fFnn ire peainSala
sad sne quake ppenea a aaae sis
sure In the road near Nsragoans
koaE pe0zss aera rep0Eted lagsrna
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-29

with the enemy K. sordid
triumph of expedience over prin-
ciple."
The Democratic aspirant to the
White House also again accused
his opponent of backing civil rights
legislation in the North, but COM
promising on this issue in the
South. AS for himself, Stevenson
said: Il have not been isolationist
in Chicago and internationalist in
New York"
President Truman, making the
most of his final whiStIestop tour
of the campaign, moved through
Iowa and Illinois trying to con-
vince the Midwest that if the "mil-
lionaires" b cking Eisenhower
have their way on policy, the coun-
try will end up in a crash and
a depression. !"
He said in an address at Hibbing,
MINI. last night that oil, electric
power and other millionares are
contributing heavily to Eisenhow-
er's drive hoping to get anti-labor
and other especial interest" laws
passed later.
But, Truman said. there are a.
lot more people outside the mil
lionaire class than there are in
it, and these lower income voters
will turn the tide.
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-29
CITIZEN PUBLISHER
Continued From Pags 0nel

attended BY purchasers Of a sea.
son ticket this week None are sold
at the box office. il was stressed
today by Mrs. Delio cobo, cam.
paign chairman.
Unless YOU have your tickets
by the end Of the drive this week,
YOU win NOT - able 10 get into
the concerts
Last year Key WeSters and tour
lists alike rushed for tickets when
the concert season opened with
w0rid-famouS pianist Alec Temple
ton. There was not = ticket 10 be
bad In ali 0f key West.
This year tire ecncert officials
are limiting sales 10 80 tickets.
the number Of seats in ne Ccnvena
Auditorium.
Campaign workers are enming
into headquarters af the Nnmans
club daily with their reports al
large namhers uE tickets sod. In.
6iys1ual purchaser car cnme lr
rerxon 10 fhe club whieh il On
nayal street. Mrs. Caho said. Al
assoessts0a member il ca hard
fr0m . a n 20 s p N. 10 receive
tigkrt EsaneY AID iNaae TIE sea-
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The Key West citizen., 1952-10-29
Baby Sitters Will
Be Furnished For
Nov. 4th Voters
BY DAVE cHEAvENs

DALLAS. Tex, lR ~ Free baby
sitterS, quiet places Of prayer for
divine guidance in voting Free
rides TO the polls Reminders to
expectant mothers to vote absentee
ahead of the stork.
That's the story all over Texas
IN the most intensive get.out.the-
vote drive in its political history.
Militant partisans OF Gen, Dwight
n. Eisenhower and Gov. Adlai
Stevenson, Scramhling for Texas
"a electoral votes--biggest single
block In the South are behind
much oE the prodding for votes.
But probably more is being
stirred up BY such nonpartisan
organizations as the Ballot Batta.
lion" al Dallas, the JsyeeeS. Boy
Scouts, the League Of Women vot.
erS and the churches.
San Angelo set aside today as q
day Of prayer for divine guidance
In voting The First Baptist Church
st Waco opened It's chapel daily
through election eve for voters who
want to pray and mediate on
whom TO scratch Tuesday.
Merchants at Brownsville are
closing stores until II am. Tues
day. leaving notices On the doors
saying they are freeing their EN-.
ployes 10 vote and arging custom.
ers 10 come along
Eisenhower hackers a. Houston
arc getting up lists al expectans
mothers with babies scheduled for
arrival around election day aud re-
nlnding them they'd better vote
absentee.
Free nGtsTy service is b&lns u,
FerSd hospital pssirais who Ssnst
set 10 the poliS next week xnd
whoss absentee ballots need h be
sworn ~.
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-29
Intensive Program
Underway In Havana
For Readiness When
KW-Havana Run Starts

A new deal" for American
tourists travelling to Cuba aboard
the planned Key West Havana
ferry has been announced in the
Cuban Capitol by Martial Facio
president of the newly created
Cuban Tourist Institute. accord,
ing to dispatch to the New
York Times.
The ferry, which has been ir
- planning stages, is expected
- begin operation during the
frst week in February, accord,
ing to Facio.
The inauguration of the SER
vice will mark the first time
that car ferry service. running
three times a week. will be
~ ,ilable from this city. The
City of Key West has been
cooperating with Cuban Off
Ssnls In setting up the service.
The Cuban Agricultural and
industrial Bank has made a
loan amounting to $1,000. 900
for the financing, completion
and operation of the vessel.
the carib Queen. The ship. will
have accommodations for 1000
autos and $50 passengers.
The, program of improvement:
underway in Cuba includes the
marking of highways in Cuba
similar TO the United States, dis.
tribution of road maps and the
establishment of motels at con-
venient locations.
The Central Highway. which
runs the length of the Island ha:
been marked &C. Roads running
north from it have been given
even numbers and roads running
south, odd numbers.
MoieIs are planned for the
following interior provinces:
one in Orienfe, one in Came
guety, four In Havana. two in
Pinar del Rio and two in Ma
tanxs- Each will be fiftv.room
Establishments. air conditioned
with parking space and all
modern equipment. Gasoline
STA. s located on the high
ways are being ordered 10 pro-
vide clean. ADEQUATE restrooms.
heretofore lacking.
A special corps OF tourist
police" is being recruited and
trained. Officers will wear an
arm band indicating what
language he speaks.
In addition, Facio said, the
''new deal" would require taxi
drivers to post a printed list OF
prices in place clearly visible
to patrons. Restaurant and hotel
pri rs will be inspected regularly
in regard TO sanitation.
This years tourist season. with
the advent Of the ferry, is ex-
pected to be one of Cuba's great
est with several thousand passen-
gers making the trip across the
Straits OF Florida aboard the
luxury craft. Fares have been
tentatively set at $25 for each
automobile and IS per passenger.
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-29
The Weather

Key West and Vicinity: Fair
and colder tonight and Thursday;
fresh northerly winds, occasion
ally moderately strong offshore
and gradually diminishing Thurs
day afternoon and night. SMALL
CRAFT WARMING.
Florida; Colder. Low tempera-
lures tonight, 30 to 80 in ex-
treme north with heavy frost
and with possibility of scattered
frost southwark TO the muck
lands Of the Orlando area. Fair
through Thursday.
Jacksonville through the Flor
ida Straits and East Gulf. Small
craft warnings indicated on the
lower Florida Keys. Fresh north
winds becoming moderate 10
fresh northerly over north por-
ton and fresh In northeasterly
over south portion Thursday.
Fair except becoming partly
cloudy in south portion Thurs
day.
Western Caribbean. Fresh
northerly winds in north portion
and moderate variable winds,
mostly northeast elsewhere thru
Thursday. Cloudy and showers
in extreme north portion. Partly
cloudy with scattered showers
elsewhere.
weather Summary for The
Tropical Regions:
There are no tropical disturb
ances today.
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-29
KEY WEST YOUTHS

Continued from &c Onel
to their homes here Monday after.
noon.
Borges and Martinez viii be in
Doctors Hospital, Coral Gables,
for another week or ten days, re-
latives said.
Borges is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Juan Antonio Borges. Mar
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-29
SAILOR UNINJURED
In CRASH TUESDAY

Samuel Leroy Bouton Of the USS
Chopper ran his car into tree al
Whitehead and Caroline SITS. at
3:35 am. today.
Uninjured by the impact, Bouton
was placed under $120 bond,
charged with reckless driving,
causing an accident and driving
under the influence of intoxicating
beverages.
The car sustained unestimated
damage to the front.
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-29

Tides
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The Key West citizen., 1952-10-29

tinez's parents are Mr.. and Mrs.
Maxine Martinez, Both families
are with their sons in Coral Gables.
A hearing on the accident, in
which woman driver of another
car was involved, win take place
as soon as the condition of Borges
and Martinez permits.
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-29
LOCAL SCOUTS
(Continued Fnm rare Onel

Continued From Fage Onel
Isl. Cubmaster Guy Ballou, spon.
sored b yPresbyterian Church and
Cub Pack 25s, Acting Cubniaster
Tony Martinez, sponsored by the
Holy Name Society.
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-29

The first dasly newspaper ia A.
merlea The pennsslYaaia Psekes
ana nstiS Advertiser. appeared Ia
PhllaeElraaa e 1ISA.
Evening star., 1952-02-03
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Tor tns Pays whether confinement HOME or HOSPITAL
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The Key West citizen., 1952-09-12

We've been having lots Of
chowdes> around here IN tbs
seaside town Among them. c.a.~
oyster, fish and tNo k.a3s ~
conch chowdes "A "a Ravn.e.
ana TIE plaln oId n>a VARIETY.
The Key West citizen., 1952-09-12
IN MEMoNlUM

IN ME MCNiUM
Your gentle face and patient smile
with sadness We recall.
You had a kindly word for each
and died beloved by all
The voice is mute and stilled the
heart that loved US well and true,
All, bitter was the trial to part.
From one so good as you.
You are not forgotten loved one
nor will you ever be
As long as life and memory last
We viii remember thee.
We miss you now. our hearts are
sore,
As time goes by We miss you
more,
Your loving smile, your gentle face
no one con fill your vacant place
In memory Of our beloved mother
Mrs. May founders. Died. Sept
u, 1881.
DAUGHTERS
The Key West citizen., 1952-09-12
Worthy Community Projects Chosen
For Year BY Beta Sigma Phi Groups

Beta Sigma Phi Sorority met
Monday evening, s pm. at San
Carlos for their first business meet
ing of the year. The new project
for 1928 was decided on. The
Colored Old Folks Home was un.
aminously decided upon when the
committee reported TO the mem.
bership that the old people had
the necessities of life, but a few of
the extras would mean a lot to
them.
The playground project will also
be continued, the equipment is
in transit and expected to arrive
in about ten days. Jennie Faye
and Lena Bervaldi have been
appointed -chairmen Of beau
uficauon of the grounds after the
equipment has been placed.
The Ways and Means committee
have announced they will concen-
trste on two big projects for the
year The first big event will be
a card party and faIl fashion
show in early November with the
Mar-Ed Dress Shop doing the hon
orS More details later
The Service committee are hav.
Ing a cake and candy sale Satur-
day, Sept l3, 10 30 an. in front
The Key West citizen., 1952-09-12

submarine. Also, hang by your
arms from bar (not the honkey-
tonk variety and practice walk
ing on air.
Third, unless you wear shorts
or slacks, carry a special little
gadget for unloosening skirt hens
which catch on projections, and
buy pair of glasses with X-ray
attachment so that you can see
through a skirt to reach for the
next rung on the ladder after
starting descent into the regions
below deck. Otherwise, you just
stay suspended until someone
comes to the rescue. Maybe subs
will Someday just have creased
poles to slide down and hoist
to yank you up; but it isn't that
way now! AS a last resort pass
out binders for the crew. OF
course on the Sea Dog, everyone
was polite, and as Capt. Elliott
observed, "A submarine is no
place for dignified entrances or
exits" Just take a deep gulp and
make a silent toast, Down the
hatch!"
Fourth, be prepared to duck
your head every other step; for
The Key West citizen., 1952-09-12

each day on beneficial and in.
spirational instruction for those
who would hold offices in the PTA
and schools.
A resolution was made and pass
ed making Mrs. Sarah Watson .
life member of the executive board
of Harris School.
President Sweeting addressed the
assembly by saying he believed tho
growth and developement of PTf
so far has beer brought about
through the unSelfiSh efforts anG
works of past members. He eN
tended a sincere welcome TO al
new and old members to pitch ir
and help PTA continue by their
moral support and physical pre-
Sence.
Mrs. John Armfield received
loud applause when she responded
by pledging all parents to a lively
interest and willingness to aid PTA
The President announced tha
County Council will meet at Tru
man School Wednesday, Septemhe,
II, at 1900 a. m. A school of in
structiOn will be held at Key West
High School Oct. 2 from $50 am
to 1:30 pm.
Room count was won by Mrs
Magdelin Huddleston's End grade
and Mrs. Charlotte HaSkins' fifth
grade.
Mrs. c. L. Roberts won the door
prize.
After the business session every
one retired to the library where
delicious cookies and punch were
served by Mrs. Florence Key.
hospitality chairman and her host.
esses Mrs. Lavinia Gates and Mrs.
Lorraine Key.