The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 3, 1950, Page 8

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN a ee ee ee ee 7 a “defense of Alaska has run $6, more opposition from nature if)The name of this new ‘impediment is type of ground gzen all year long in Central nd. Northern Alaska. It’s a type @pposition that can be over- but it is costly both in time money. natural obstacle is espec- tinteresting now at a time there has been a call to gthen Alaska and its major fields against surprise attacks. 1 Eisenhower has suggest- hat our aerial fortress in ka be reinforced by keeping | trained men there at all Eisenhower also wants a Bereen to detect and warn ‘air attacks. the General’s proposals ie out, Alaskan air ba: ess will have to be ex- ned ‘a. great deal. New ones Have to be built. And that’s re will run in some perma- that is sey of permafrost was Known until World War 1, Army did so much ‘around Lall and Edison enear Fairbanks. Since military engineers have @ lot about it. They have @specially that they must first attention to perm- : | when making any new fim@*engineers know, for ex- mple, that permafrost is quite lecebtive. As long as this type Leroi is left alone, it offers n sition. But once the mos- tation is removed from faze, it begins to act up. getation acts as an insula- a summer sun. fhen the. insulation is scraped ; the heat penetrates the froz- id, thaw sets in and the mes mushy like quick- “permafrost usually is not Ma-shallow imperfection in "soil: It may extend from two 100-fect below the tp, but the average depth is 15 feet tof it is fine silt. However, not all the ground of Central Alaska is so afflicted. Permafrost ig found in patches, and many areas are entirely free of it. «, But because of its tricky na- ture, military engineers have to tread carefully, and this has not always been possible or. practi- al. When jit has been necessary f@ build on permafrost, the buildings have settled badly. And if, runways or heavy duty roads fé constructed on it, they usual- fyicrack, sink or buckle, unless tal: precautions are taken. Engineers’ have learned that Must resort to deep excava- to conquer the hazards of ig:on- permafrost ground ‘medns they must dig out 2 ‘large space under and the building area and all..prut. the basement sé ‘gravel. is what permafrost means eHars and cents. In excavat- p sements for a typical row Peight houses. in the United fates, only 1,100 cubic yards of @arth would normally: have to be moved. But to do the same job in Alas- ka, more than six-thousand cubic aes of permafrost have to be out, and some five-thousand fubie yards of gravel have to be k-filled. The total cost is more $30,000. The same job vou! have cost a little more than $1,000 in this country "Or take the problem of _build- ing a heavy duty road. In this country, engineers usually exca- ‘vate for two and one-half feet be- fore hitting the roadbed. But in Alaskan; permatfro: they have ‘to dig almost ten fi “Right now engineers are try- ing a new insulation technique Ta building small homes around Ladd and Edison Fields, they are serapping away the surface. moss ‘nd putting a layer of gravel on the top soil. about 18 to 36 inches ‘deep. On top of this layer of @ravel, they lay concrete slabs as foundation for the houses. The military cngineers believe thc gtayel wil! act as insulation an keep the permafrost fror: melt g. This. new technique wil) ‘probably be tested many times. “Most potential U.S. oil-produc ang ‘eras are located in 22 states. Mail The Cit The Citizen to Friends SOLVE-URICO “SAR Efferverscent salt that nu- 4 @xtens acids in the xystem. tives quick relief to distresxes gi testinal — disord mite Prickly bh fe Weadaches, Nausea, ctc. FOR SALE BY Gentral Pharmacy (Gor. Truman Ave. and White St. . TELEPHONE 745 poe UR ees ces THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD HUTCHBY TRIPLETS of Burl triplets. seven weeks old. They're lined up left to r cases: Donna Marie holding Caroline Lynn; Dean. the only boy Craig Allen, only boy in the younger set; and Dolly holds slightly older brother. LATTIMORE GREETS WIFE lington, Vt., in the older group, (Social Securi Repres | Miss Louise Penn representati f jand Surviv | of (@F Wirephoto! OWEN LATTIMORE (right), accused by Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wisc.) of being top Communist agent in the Uniied States, greets his wife upon arrival at New York's International Airport. He returned from a U.N. mission to Afghanistan to deny the Senator's charges. CLUB OWNER AND HOSTESS INDICTED (P) Wir CARLO QUARTARARE (left) leaves grand jury room in New Orleans after he was indicted for murder in connection with the death of Robert E. Dunn, Jr., in his Latin Quarter club last Jan. 1, Lucille Cotta (seated center). hostess at the club, was also indicted. Seated at right is Jacqueline Livermore, for club employee, who came from the west coast with Miss Cotta to testify. Dunn's death followed some “knockout drops” he took with a drink. ‘ THREE HOTELS IN MIAMI at POPULAR PRICES cS eS 4 Located in the Heart of the City sowaste ROOMS jor neseavarions REASONABLE with BATH and TELEPHONE Ford Mille Hotel > Le Pershing Hotel Hotel 60 N.E. 3rd St. 226 N.E, Ist Ave. 226 N.E. Ist Ave. 80 Rooms 100 Rooms 80 Elevator Elevator Rooms Solarium Heated Elevator 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION photo | Slight Oversi Cos Total Of TOKYO.—(#) anese time. You acles. They'll g eventually Like thi ne Odd thir | typical enthusi from the patrons But somethir esult, the off four arrear th | collected a | ters neglec jon to the government Just a slight overs 000. hold a younger set of Hutchby ht in the order they were born in both holds Cathleen Gale. who sleeps like sle her ly sniative Arrives Tuesday eht s Government ™ 00.008 Anc wil ully, it! dential y | Four City Lights | ‘Are Stolen From Varela Street Four red lights placed by the city on an open trench in Varela street were len night, | Street Superintendent Ivan, Rob- jerts said today | “That makes, upwards of a {dozen red lights that have been stolen from open trenches in the last week,” Roberts said. ‘It is a dangerous _ practice . for 4t s the open trenches .wh- last after, Roberts said the it buy flares, which usual- not stolen because they »0 hot to hand] TRUMAN TELLS ‘Continued From Page Onet asked C to enact the Brannan Farm plan. Mr. Truman sent Congress an 1,800 word mes- that the lawmakers called makeshift He said it is ‘congress to work on indamental improvements, and city v said the Brannan program ould assure fair prices to farm- ers an deonsumers alike. 1 e Brannan Plan aims at al- ing perishable erops to find own market price while the rmers receive direct payment from the governtnent. ie Mr. Truman: also- told €or s n his message why he signed a cotton-peanut-potato" He said there are objectioRble features in the measure—but, Mr. Truman added, the good fea- to outweigh the bad. Truman sent a telegram of tulations to Paul G. Hoft- man of the Economic e Administration, to- » occasion Me a meeting } Hotel, ington, + Gene eon 1 ECA ary of State Dean Ache- 1 General Marshall, fe of State nd many attending meeting. € esident also released the xt of a letter he had w: “ to cf the Army G accept a po i ant to the President e he leaves the Army to as- tures seer tary cretary ume the presidency of the Uni- ersity vuth Carolina. fhe President told his. press conference last week that he is Gray to accept a job of a solution in setting up_a narr¢ spread between imports and exports. The President also submitted Gray’s respcnse, telling the Presi- ,dent that he would accept. This morning the President and Margaret Truman, his hter, strolled through the Key West Naval Station enroute, } to Truman Beach for a swim: Miss Truman wore a_ blue blouse anc yellow’ shorts. She. da merry tune as she along beside her father, who carried his cane, as always, ‘when he is here. William Hassett, esident Truman, went fishing s this morning with Commander, 1,McDonald, commanding officer’ tof the lliamsburg, the Presi- cretary to achievernent of liberal Dus co-operation with the F elements of the Democratic Party | affords the best opportunity on) pegted to make a mighty effo to«regain control of Congress. terday, the clause was stricken out and organizational independence. ADA SERVES (Continued From Page One) ‘air De: OAKLAND, Calif the national level at this time.” | oj4 west, soAnerHeattie That had been the guiding prin- yo. 3 man's job. In ciple of the organization ever Woo” podner, the ladit since it came info being three ingle ens Jo S$ ago—cooperation with the Deny heute fe r Deal elements of the Demo-| (7 ete rustle cratic Party. It was stressed. by Peas thet the \ecaes the outgoing -ADA chairman, jjonde five fect Sepator Hubert Humphrey of gig Name, Mrs F Minnesota, in a convention Whein ‘ ; sptech. .He had called. for “full oy ndied the cow partnersbi ’ with the Democrats { campaig' are @ ing the. 1950 election when the Republicans ‘At the convention windup yes “full co- operation’ A new plank was substituted, one which ), reads like thi: “ADA reaffirms _ its political part ign its We will continue to work for the nomination and election of can- fi who reject the didates for public office of what- Pay c ever party, when their recor ih r race are consistent with the principles Gone of ADA.” It’s that second sentence thal has the political experts guessing —We will continue to work for the nomination and election of to warm up, th shot candidages. for public office of whatev! party.” es ¥ot whatever party” could Repubiicans, mean SDemocrats, Pgogressives, Socialists, Prohibi- ti§nistg or what have ‘you, almost aay rty except, the Commun-| om the ADA is sworn to; 4 Bould mean support of a} Republican candidate, if he was} to the ADA’s liking. | This change of policy is in tune with the change in the lead-| ership of Americans for demo-} cratic action. Unlike Senator) Humphrey, the newly clected officers are not pledged to the support of candidates running on the Fair Deal platform. As one} of the “Young Turks” in the or- ganization put it, “there are some Fair Deal Democrats we cannot For real > light up support.” As for Humphrey’s be athe call for partnership with the} Fee Democrats, ADA Chairman Fran-| cis Biddle says: “You can haye more than one partner, A senior partner might be the Democratic Party and you might find a junior partner int. the Republican Party.” In any, event, the new leader- ship has made it abundantly clear} that tbe A does not Ke Dent itself a hand-maiden of the Dent ecrats ,but as a_ political third’ force. ‘A group such as the ADA and you'll be 1] || STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE esters) TRIUMPH oney was| COFFEE. : at t of $600,- THREE FLIGHTS DAILY TO HAVANA Leave Arrive Flight Key West Havana 952 10:15 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 954 1:45P.M. 2:30 P.M. 956 4:00P.M. 4:45 P.M. AEROVIAS “Q” S. A. 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