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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Nineteen
Fraud Cases
To Be Tried
State Welfare Director
Says Names Could Not
BE Revealed Unless
Cases Get Into Court

JACKSONVILLE lR - Nineteen
possible fraud cases come before
he State Department of Public
Welfare Friday.
Sherwood Smith. state welfare
director, said names could not be
revealed unless the cases get into
court.
He gave the information today
N answer to a reporters question
and said. too, the board would
1ave a report on legal develop
nents in suit filed against the
department. in PinellaS County Cir.
cult Court by James P. Melser.
naturopath.
Melser has contended that the
department Disseminated against
him and his profession when regu-
iations were passed under which
certificates of only medical doctors
and oste0paths would be considered
in determining prescription needs
along with physical and mental
incapacity of any recipient of, or
applicant for. public assistance.
Smith said instances where per-
sons may have attempted fraud
to get assistance are studied first
by district welfare boards.
The 1851 Legislature in revising
he State Welfare Act made fraud
Or attempted fraud a miSdemeanor.
IF there appears to be fraud
or an attempt at fraud, the welfare
board is compelled by law to give
the information to the proper au-
thorities for prosecution by them.
Smith said. In one case, the ap-
plicant for assistance withdrew his
application when he realized that
ne might be found guilty of fraud.
mere was no money loss to the
state although apparently an at.
tempt had been made to get assist,
ance fraudulentIy."
Smith said the district boards
whose members represent local
areas without compensation had
sent up for further review by the
state board at least one case in
each OF the three public assistance
programs-old age assistance, aid
to the blind, and aid to dependent
children. Ages of the aged involved
range from 81 to SO years, and
ages OF the mothers receiving aid
to dependent children range from
Il to a years The one blind recip.
lent reported is 43.
In Is instances the district boards
'eit that there had been fraud or
an attempt at it; and in four sases
they were in doubt, passing them
IN to the state board for further
study and consideration. In two
instances the recipients offered to
return to the state any frauduIently
obtained funds.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Senator Saws
Security Law
Be Enforced
Wants Thousands Of
Communist ConspiratOrs
Now In This Country
Rounded Up

WASHINGTON tR - Sen Mundt
(R.-S.D.) today accused the adj
miniStration of gross negligence
and inexcuSable delay" in putting
the internal security law passed
last September into effect
Mundt. one of the prime movers
behind the bill. said he would not
go all the way, however, with a
proposal by Sen. Eastland ID
Miss. that thousands of Com
munist conspirators now in this
country" be rounded NJ lmmedi-
ately.
Il wouldn't want to say | would
concentrate on that one feature. y
Mundt told a reporter Instead, he
said, he would favor a resolution
requiring the President to put
the whole act into operation. "
Mundt said the administration
should be called on to 20 ahead
with enforcement of the law, which
was passed over President Tru-
mans veto. and then. after this
screening. proceed with the de-
tention provisions.
Among the law S many proyi'
sions are requirements for regis
tration of Communist and Commu
nist-front organizations. denial oil
federal jobs and passports TO Com.
munists and frightened immigration
barriers against subyersive aliens,
It also provides, subject TO court
review. for the apprehension and
detention of persons who there is
reasonable ground to believe would
engage in espionage or sabotage.
This is operative. however, only
upon a declaration Of an internal
security emergency based on war,
invasion or instruction
A bill introduced Wednesday by
EastIand would have the effect Of
putting that part Of the law into
operation. He said ii was aimed al
putting under lock and key as
soon as possible" approximately
50, 900 disciplined Communists. OF
whom approximately 10000 are
identifiable hardened agents Of the
kremIin who are working night
and day as the vanguard Of those
who would destroy us
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Republican
Wants Truman
To Run Again
Says Ii Would
Emphasize Reasons Why
Republicans Think He
Should Be Retired

WASHINGTON tR - Sen. MartiI
OR. Pa said today he hopes Presi
dent Truman runs for reelection
because it would emphasize the
reasons we Republicans think he
should be retired from office"
Martin declared that with Mr.
Truman a candidate the issues
would be drawn as sharply as pos
sible and the voters could decide
whether they want another four
years like the last seven"
The Pennsylvania told a re-
porter Mr.. Truman Symb0lizeS,
like no other Democratic nominee
could, the things Republicans gen
orally ARE crying out against
He added:
LAS | see it, two of the main
issues of the campaign are extrav-
agance in government and corrup-
ton in government such as was
disclosed by the House InveStiga-
ting Committee in the tax scandal
cases.
For those reasons. l think it
would be entirely fitting that the
President run again because it is
his administration and his record
which will be on trial at the polls. s"
Mr.. Truman has said he is for all
the economy in government con-
sistent with sound operation and
national security. AS for the tax
cases Martin cited. Mr.. Truman
pledged in his State of the Union
message last week to rout any
wrongdoers from the federal pay
roll.
He declared the majority of gov
ernment employees are honest and
hard-working." And Wednesday he
said ii was unfair to criticize all
government workers because "of
the actions of few"
Martin has not announced his
choice for the Republican presi-
dental nomination. He is regarded
generally as friendly to Sen. Taft
of Ohio.
Il am convinced" Martin said.
that any sound Republican would
be able to defeat President Truman
next fall in my own state of Penn.
Syivania.
Sen. Murray Cd. Mont discount.
ed Martins comments as cam.
paign talk" but said he agrees
with him on one point-"We both
hope the President will seek re.
election"
Murray said he also agrees with
Sen. Anderson Cd. NM that Dem.
ocrats are going to insist that Mr..
Truman run again. He added.
The President has been in the
forefront of domestic and inter.
national problems for seven years
now, and | think the great ma ioritv
of Democrats feel he is best quail
fled to guide the country.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Warren Urges
Liberal cor
Platform
Tells Old Guard Not
To Turn The Clock
Back Ii They Expect
To Win Election

SAN FRANCISCO R-Gov Earl
Warren Of California told Republ-
cans today they cannot turn the
clock, hack and expect 10 win
this years presidential election.
Warren, an announced candidate
for the COP presidential nomina-
ton, opened his party's National
Committee meeting with lunch
con speech. He outlined liberia"
platform planks he said his party
must adopt if il expects 10 get a
ma jority in the November election.
II am convinced the American
people are not socialists and will
not tolerate socialistic govern
ment, but they definitely are COM
mitted TO social progress. /" War.
rem declared in prepared ad-
dress.
ANY party which turns its back
on sociaf progress will be repu-
dated by the, people .
Warren made no mention Of Sen
Robert A. Taft Of Ohio, another
COP presidential candidate. But
ii was obvious his remarks were
directed primarily toward National
Committee members who are
backing the Ohioan's bid for the
nomination.
Taft has stood for many social
progress measures but he gen.
orally is accused by most of his
critics of representing the so-called
conservative wing of the party
David S. ingalls,, national chair
man of the for-President Com
mittee, VIII present the Ohioan's
case al a dinner tonight.
Rival managers for Taft and
Gen, Dwight ID. Eisenhower laid
out something Of a blueprint Of
their campaign at news confer
ences.
Sen. s-fDdge (R.- Mass. }, Eisen.
hover Chairman, and ingalls, both
cOntended their favorites are likely
to win the nomination on the first
ballot at next July's Republican
convention in Chicago.
Lodge challenged ingalls, asser-
ion that the genera can't attack
Truman administration foreign pol
icies because he represents those
polieies---as commander of the
North Atlantic Treaty 0rganiza-
ton, tNATO) forces,
Gen. Eisenhower owes the ad.
minlstration nothing Lodge de.
elared. .-.I think he did them a
favor in-accepting the NATo com
maud.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Population Ups,
Poses Water
Problems In Fla.

GAINESVILLE Up ~ Population
increases and the growth OF in
dustry and agriculture are posing
new problems in conservation Of
Florida S natural water reservoirs
two University of Florida scientists
report.
Their conclusions are contained
in a survey Of the states water
supply---the first comprehensive
study since 1927.
DR.. A. p. Black. chemistry de.
partment head. and Eugene
Brown, a chemistry staff member,
said the states water supply.
largest of any equal area in the
nation, is not unlimited.
Prime consideration in the sur.
vey is given to the chemical char,
aeteristics of more than 1906
samples OF water taken from riy.
ers. lakes, springs and municipal
supplies.
DIR. Black and Brown also col
lected considerable information or
Florida's fresh water resources as
they affect agriculture. industrisi
and city planning.
They found that because Of In
creased knowledge Of agriculture
in the use OF power machinery and
irrigation for drought. much q
Florida's water supply is being
reused daily. resulting in a chemi
cal change in the water.
| New problems are also arising
from the states industrial growtl
with its companion use of powel
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17

o CLOCK at truman SCHOOL
Maslowski, who was in Key
West three years ago on the
Season Tour program, is a ma
ture columnist for the Cincin-
natl ENQUIRER and is Curator of
Birds at the Cincinnati Museum
of Natural History, was an Army
Air Corps cameraman for two
and one-half years on combat as
SignmentS in North Africa, Italy.
Corsica, France and Austria. His
work has been featured in Holly
wood productions including Walt
Disney's Beaver Valley" and
Natures Half Acre" and
M.G.M,'s Across the Wide Mis-
souri,"
The public will enjoy Maslow-
skis full color motion picture
Beneath Buckeye. Skies" a
different" out-of-doorS film,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Recognition
Wanted For
Ouads Mother
Ladies OF Nashville
And MurfreesbOrO Have
Started Campaign To
Honor Mrs. Ponder

MURFREESB0R0, Ark. - p
There's minor revolt stirrino in
this Southwest Arkansas area The
bankruptcies born TO Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Ponder near here Monday
night are the reason.
Warnings cropped up Wednesday
when the proud 4l-yearOld Ponder
accepted an invitation to appear
on a New York television show
(We, the People, Friday night
The women folks of Murfrees-
! boro and nearby Nashville. Ark,
got rolled up at that.
They think the mother of the
quads, a 33-year-old farm wife,
ought TO share some Of the lime
light.
Says Mrs. Joe Cooley of Nash
vile. 1.-The ladies of this town and
Murfreesboro are going to see to
| il that Mrs. Ponder gets some
recognition. "
| A delegation of ..MurfreesbOro
women already has started cam
/ paign TO honor Mrs. Ponder.
| Mrs. Cooley planned to call her
group together today. She called
ii IAN up-in-arms conference.
Mrs, Cooley declined to disclose
the pans they have in store for
the mother. She said the women
of the two towns are sort of put
out" about the whole affair.
The father, an unemployed farm
er, was ready to board an air
plane at Texarkana, Ark, today
for his flight TO New York. Rep.
Tackett I'D. Ark and DR.. M. d.
Duncan, who delivered the infants
also We're to make the trip. The
doctor said he was going along
just for the ride.
Ponder spent Wednesday spruc-
ing up for his trip to the east.
He received a new outfit from
Murfreesboro merchants. He was
! to get a manisure but news pho
tographers interviewed. They cart
ed him to his 4-roOm house where
he. his wife, the quads and seven
of their eight other children-all
born separately-will live.
The infants, three boys and a
girl, are in hospital at Nash
vile, 20 miles southwest of here.
The babies are reported in good
shape. They are in incubators.
Mrs. Ponder is at the farm home
Of her mother-in-law near here.
Her condition is good.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Dimples Hall
Has Plenty OF
Inside Info
Accused Says He Will
Not Answer Questions
On The Ground That Ii
Might Incriminate Him
BY ED cREAcH
For Hal Bowel
(For Hal Beyle)

WASHINGTON Up - Today, in
vading the field of the true con-
fession magazines, we focus on
the home life of Sarah Mears Hall.
She is a colOred woman. Plump
ish, attractive and well spoken in
dreamy, little girl sort of voice.
Nickname: "Dimples." Occupa-
ton: "Barmaid," she said, not
without pride. 1t never was made
GEAR whether she is married.
Dimples told her story on teie-
vision Wednesday. The scene was
crowded room in which the Sen
ate's District of Columbia Commit
tee was trying to find out whether
the numbers operators and other
leeches that infest your capital
have been paying off the cops, and
if so how much.
And Dimples Hall. star wit
ness, owned up to having some
inside information.
From l945 to 1850, she said, she
maintained a home on Georgia
Avenue, here in Washington. And
in that home, she said, one Roger
(Whitetop) Simkins operated a
numbers business" A thriving
one, too, Dimples said, with take
ranging up to $1,000 day.
This was in your homer" asked
the committees counsel, Arnold
Bauman.
"Yes, sir" Dimples Hall said
matter of factly.
She went on to give a few details
of her home life in that period:
Adding machines, needed to keep
track of the money that flowed in,
were part of the furnishings.
The money? Oh, they just left
that on the dining room table.
And visitors to her home, Dim
plies Hall said, included policemen
sometimes in uniforms, some
times not.
You realize that you were in
an illegal enterprise" Bauman
said. did il give you any concern
when these officers came in?"
Dimples Hall said she felt "a
little leery' at first, until Simkins
told her not to fret about it. Why
wasn't she arrested? She had o
little memory trouble at that point
but finally remembered. Simkins
she said, told her he was paying
the police for protection"
What was his term for it?"
Bauman asked.
"'Ice." said Dimples Hall, dimp-
ling.
How much "ice"? Dimples Hall
said she didn't know for sure. She d
heard. though, that all the big
numbers operators paid off sin the
hundreds"
There was quite staff employed
in the numbers business at her
home, Dimples Hall saba man
called Jack the Bear" another
called "Chee Chez Charlie" vari-
Gus others.
Sen. Hunt (D.-Wyo.), who was
presiding, took hand in the ques.
tioning. Did these people, he want
ed to know, report for work In the
morning and 60 home in the even
ing, like employees Of any firm?
That's just what they did, Dimp-
les Hall said.
How long" inquired the sena-
tor, did Simkins stay at your
house each day."
Dimples Hall looked surprised.
why. at that particular time"
she said, he stayed as long as
he wanted to. He was my boy
friend"
Simkins took the stand himself
4 little later. On the ground that
il might incriminate him, he said.
he wasn't going to answer ques.
tons about anybody he might have
known. Including, he said. Dimp-
les Hall.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
SAILOR HITS AND

tSontinuen nom Page OneI
or 1913 Chrysler with a 1852
Florida1icense
Al ALSO the fourth victim
came into headquarters and filed
his ,complaint. He was parked on
Front street heading North. A
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Buckeye Nature Studies To Be ShO,Un
At audubon Screen Tours Program
Official u. s. Navy Photo
Citizen Staff Photo

Masowski Cincinnati Ohio will appear Key West
of Audubon
jointly the Monroe County Audubon Society
National Audubon Society Key West High School
o'clock evening of Monday January 81 He will
matinee school children
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17

featuring the imposed doings of
old Needle Nose" the
cock, White foot" the neat
little deermouse. and Red Skel-
tons" an amusing red fox family.
cubs and all.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17

and water for air-conditioning and
other purposes.
Some of F1orida's farm crops
are particularly sensitive to certain
Chemicals, found in water during
Try seasons. they also learned
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
CHILDREN'S PARADE
lContinued From Page One,

tIontnued From Page OneI
Welter's Cornet Band.
William Weech Post l68.
American Legion.
' F, W. Post 1911. Marching
Unit.
Douglas School.
Boy Scouts.
The public is urged to turn
out and see this interesting spec
tacle and support the March Of
Dimes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17

Miami man, his name seems to
be Walter Sehnahe; of 1871 N. E.
1872 Road.
Perella is off the USS Alba
troSs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17

OF the 277 players who par
ticipated in National League
games in 1851, 23l took part in
10 or more games.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17

During the 81 season, four Ma
tional LeaguerS took part in all
their teams games-Gil Hodges.
Carl Furillo, Earl Torgeson and
Richie Ashburn.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17

The Providence Reds of the
American Hockey League have
their own radio station, with
broadcasting studios right in the
Rhode Island Auditorium.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17

Ahe moon, according to scien.
lists, has neither air nor water and
IS very cold.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17

UCLA's longest punt return
for a touchdown in 81 was 70
yards by Pete Daley in the
Texas ANN game.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17

Harry Boykoff, former college
and professional basketball star
now owns diaper service in
Toledo, Ohio.
In five seasons Coach Biggie
Munn's Michigan State football
teams have won SO games. lost
eight and tied two
Veteran halfback Pat Harder
of the Detroit Lions in the NIL
is a steel salesman in his native
state of WisconSis.
Fred Enke, basketball coach al
the University of Arizona. was a
civil engineer before he entered
the coaching ranks in 1921
Evening star., 1952-01-27
BY The Assoeio,ed Press

0Y me ASSOCtoICo bfUS1
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 26.-The
States decision to substitute tabs
for full automobile license plates
lin 1862, to conserve steel for the
defense effort, wdl represent 9
financial sacrifice rather than
saving, the Division of Motor We.
hicles said today.
John Munce. chief of the divi'
Ision's bureau of administrative
services, said the administrative
difficulty of issuing the new stylt
pilates will result n in costs fal
greater than the saving"
Mr.. Munce told Motor Vehicle
Commissioner Crawley F. Joyner
Ijr., that the cost of the tabs hal
not been determined, but esti'
mated it will not be much under
the price Of full license tags.
Approximately 1,150,000 sets O
plates now are in use. he said. a
a cost to the State Of IA cents
set
Mr.. Munce pointed out tina
despite the change, about 300,00(
full plates will have to be made
flor persons who now have none
Tabs will have to be issued witt
Those plates also, he said.
He estimated that the savings il
steel will be approximately 25t
tons.
But, Mr.. Munce explained. tht
change in system will neceSsitatt
Evening star., 1952-01-27
7 Die at Camp Carson
During Fire in Barracks
by the Assoeiaiad Press

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
Jan. 26.-An early morning bar
racks fire today killed two Camp
Carson soldiers and injured three
others. Some 40 men scrambled
to safety.
Base public information officers
identified the dead as Sergt. Law
renee E. Overcamp, "a, of Her.
mann, Mo-, and Sergt. Frederick
j. Tunningly, Is, of Linden, Mich.
Two soldiers injured seriously
were flown to the army ''burn
center" at Brooke Army Hospital,
San Antonio, Tex. They were Sic.
Allen H. Beck, 81, of Brooklyn,
N. Y. and Sergt. Raymond w.
Smith. Is, of Georgetown, Idaho.
Sergt. Beck was in critical
condition with third degree burns
on the feet and first degree face
burns. Sergt. Smith was in serious
condition with third degree burns
on the feet and first and second
degree burns on the hands.
Less seriously hurt was Pfc.
Norman H. Leger, %, of Winona,
MINI.
Rescue work by Corpl. James r.
Morgan, %, of Joliet. Ill.,, was
credited by base authorities with
preventing further loss of life.
Corpl. Morgan was returning to
his quarters at 8 am. and saw the
flames shooting out Of windows of
the wooden barracks. He rushed
into the building and awakened
the men and sent another soldier
to summon fire companies. His
action, officials said. saved many
lives"
Evening star., 1952-01-27
Robertson Urges Cutting
Foreign Aid 81 Billion
sy she Asseeioisd Press

PETERSBURG. Va, Jan. 26.--
Senator A. Willis Robertson indi-
Gated in q talk here last night
that he is in favor Of cut
ting President Truman's 1925
foreign aid budget by at least
50 billion.
Sen. Robertson is a member OF
the Senate Appropriations Com
lmittee. He reiterated last night
that spending should be trimmed
rather than taxes increased, as the
President has asked. Mr.. Truman
asked for an additional S. billior
lil taxes.