The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-20

he said.
Oldham volunteer workers will
conduct a dollars for decency in
government" solicitation for cam
paign funds during the broadcast.
II am not going to sell my soul
to get the half-million to million
and half dc.lars' which have been
spent in past campaigns, Oldham
said. Therefore, ] am not taking
large contributions from special
interests which want special priv
leges from our government. :"
| COCOA R - A masked gunman
who tried TO hold up branch bank
at Patrick Air Force base here
Wednesday was frightened out of
the cage by flatbergasted teller.
|. M. Ross. teller at the branch
OF the Barnett National Bank chain
lsaid he was plugging in an electric
iaddins machine when he saw the
man crouched en- the floor of the
Icage, holding pistol and with his
face masked by a stocking.
Il don't know the combination, :"
Ross blurted out.
Another teller, Mrs. |. A. Sulli.
van, heard him and ran into the
street, screaming for help. The
bandit followed her and disap.
peared.
! Later police found a suit of faded
fatigue clothing, stocking mask
and .38 caliber automatic stuffed
in a corner of Mushroom on the
second floor of the building.
Maj. Bradford Evans, informa-
ton officer at the base, said no
arrests had been made. II was
reported that base police were
doubled and the FBI was called
in to investigate.
| MIAMI R - Robbery charges
were to be filed today against
Samuel Rocklin who, police said,
admitted he held up 10 loan com
| panies in Is months and was
caught when he tried TO rob one
a second time.
Detectives Earl 0wnes and R.F.
Raulerson said Rocklin was caught
i Wednesday when he made his 18th
| robbery attempt, his second al the
Seaboard Loan Co.
/ Ownes quoted Rocklin as saying
he explained his source of income
to his wife by telling her he was
trading in ieweiry.
| 0wneS said that when Rocklin
Ientered the loan office and ordered
Lawrence A. Cheatham and two
clerks to hand over the money
Cheatham knocked over his gun
Ia toy pistoi-and the bandit fled.
! Cheatham caught him in park
ing lot and bowled him over. hold
ling him until police arrived.
1 II just went crazy, Il guess. :
Ownes said Rocklin told him. II
had nothing against loan compa-
MES. II was just because ii was
so easy that l picked on them.
They'd just hand il 70 me-"
HAVANA, Cuba tB - A spokes-
Imam for Fulgencio Batista's rev
stationary regime SAID Wednesday
might there is not a single political
lpris0ner in Cuban jails as a result
| of Batista's 10 day old revolution
The spokesman, Interior Minis
tier Ramon Hermida. said many
persons were arrested but all were
turned loose after questioning.
TIGNES, France IN The lake
waters behind big hydrocleetric
dam crept closer TO Tignes today
and most Of The ae1 VILLAGERS
packed their belongings eoaeeditns
heir fight for more compensation
for their homes was lost cause
The villagers had sworn To stay
until they were removed fogcibly
or were granted more than four
times the two million dollar com
pensati0n offered by the govern
ment. Their resistance collapsed
Wednesday night The rising wa
ters soon vii! cover The village
Resistance was beaten BY . GOV
eminent cold shoulder. Giving up,
Acting Mayor Justin Raymond