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...West for the blockade of Santiago (TIME, Sept. I), Key West was a bustling harbor, a busy naval station, a bristling fort (Ft. Taylor). Key West had been fortified since 1846, had remained Federal during the Civil War. Southernmost U. S. port, situated on a coral island 60 mi. southwest of the Florida mainland (now joined by the oversea Florida East Coast R. R.), during the Spanish War it was concentration centre for the U. S. Atlantic Fleet, embarkation point for many a Cuba-bound soldier. During the World War it served as a Naval flyers' training station, since...
...been since the War a New Zealand mandate. The eastern group-Tutuila, Aunuu, Ofu, Olosega, Tau and Rose-belong to the U. S. by an Anglo-German treaty of 1900. And in 1925 the U. S. annexed tiny Swain's Island. Total U. S. Samoa comprises 60 sq. mi., 8,763 population. It is valuable for a rich output of copra, also for Tutuila's beautiful harbor Pago Pago (pronounced "pango-pango"), good naval station...
Although M-K had only 113 mi. of pipe when it was formed two years ago, it now has 800 mi. in addition to the lines being built, has 410,000 acres of gas land. Leading this aggressive development has been President Parish, 34, rich yacht-going Chicagoan. Young President Parish also formed Frank P. Parish Co. to distribute M-K stock. Recently this company canceled an underwriting agreement, returned about 1,000,000 shares to MK, which has also had 204,000 shares returned from investors who refused to accept delivery. Since the sale of this stock would have...
Even that plum tasted slightly tart to Aviation Corp. officials, whose mouths had been watering in anticipation of "100% of the maximum rate" for which they had bid. While the Watres bill authorizes payment up to $1.25 per mi. flown by the contractor, the Postmaster General established a scale of 75¢ per mi. for mail space of 47 cu. ft. (about 400 Ib. of mail) and 40¢ for space of 25 cu. ft. (about 225 Ib. of mail). Aviation Corp expected Postmaster General Brown to contract for the larger load. Instead, he took only the 40¢ space to start with...
Reliability. The 30 planes in the sixth annual National Air Tour finished half of their 4,848-mi. trip last week at Great Falls, Mont. There, canny U. S. Customs agents, aware that the last stopping place had been in Canada, aware of the lusty thirsts of flying men, swarmed over the planes. From Capt. Frank Monroe Hawks, tour official who had proudly led the flyers into his native state, they took six bottles of liquor and $30 in fines. From the cushion in George Haldeman's Bellanca Pacemaker they extracted a half-case of beer. In short order...