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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-28
Chief Executive Very Much Worse"
Doctors Say After Setback Today
Family Gathers
In Tallahassee;
Governor m
Critical State

TALLAHASSEE (APl -
Gov. Dan Mecarty's doctors
reported al lO,45 am. today
that he 10 very much
worse"
They sAid there has been
no heart attack and no re-
eurrsnes Of the irregular
heart beat which was cause
for apprehension two days
ago. They reported he 10
Just extremely weak
weaker In every respect be.
cause Of what he's been
through"
The doctors said there vas no
Indication that the pneumonia that
put him In the hospital slx DAYS
igo was not largely cleared up.
Ills temperature has been normal
yesterday and today.
He has been naussatsd today,
the doctors reported.
They said he took q turn Cor ths
worse about TOO this morning but
has had several rallies a. the re.
suit q treatment given.
Nearly ne whale MeCarty fam
ily gathered 81 the governors bed.
side thiF ma. alma. Ina Rev. JET
fiery AlfFiend. Tallahassee Epls-
eopal rector. went 10 the cover.
noF's room At s:ts an.
Doctors we're assembling 10 give
reporters the liornlng bulletin on
the goyernor's condition when they
were suddenly called from the con-
ference room 81 3 am. and there
was no word Until io:Ss
The governors Oldest son, Dan,
II, was taken from junior hiah
school two blocks away and
brought 10 the hospital about Q
am.
Mrs. Mccarty's mother, Mrs.
LEILA Brown. and her only brother,
Rue Lane Brown, who drove 10
from Fort Pierce Sunday afisF.
noon also joined the Roysrnor's
brother and sister Of the hospital.
Most Of the MeCarty family ra-
sides In Fort Pierce which also Ia
the governors home.
McCarty vas brought 10 TIE hos
pital sin days ago with o sllght
case Of pneumonia which doctors
said Sunday had been largely
thrown off but his heart, nlIl al.
Ing from . Feb. Is attack, vas
seriously weakened.
II anything should happen DO the
governor. the powers and duties
Of bis office pass into the hands
OF Senate President Charley r
Johns. a. year old starke lnsur.
anee man and former railroad cen
ductor.
Last MINT attending physicians
had reported Mecsrty's e0nditioa
less critical than on Saturday
when he ran . temperature az
so and his heart aesioa became
irregular.
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noon.
Hxaes flms end plsess ~ ne
whelsssls lmmvnlssslea - Iyoeo
shlldssm ssd pssUnsma womsa
wlIl hs aansWaesd BY ne AAsnros
eSvnsy eAspssF Nsslenal PslIs
Psgaassisa tsmegsews JsN
Knight, shslFmsA. ssld. The
shapasr 10 asklns sgssnusmsmas
wlth ne cssusy end Navy IN .
SERIES ~ meetings Teddy eor Ne
lmmoeulaaleas.
Almost eo.ooe &C of gamma
gi0bulln are being flown Into Mea.
cham, arriving tomorrow, 80 vel
as 100 needles and 1850 ten &C
syringes ard Z. eco five &C syringes,
DE-. Dalton said.
TIE auasl ~ eases IN ne
eovWsv. HvmbsFlns -. Nsks tes
~mllA spiasmls" sltosslea. o..
DsIssa ssla. Thls wevld Esseh .
ellmsw 90 ne snd ~ oessbeE o.
eaovemher wnisss Shsse pTsvea-
tive aasssUFea take place nsw.
o.. Dalssa ssld.
After the medical equipment ar
rives Monroe General hospital and
the Navy Hospital must sterilize
each individual needle and syringe,
DR.. Dalton said.
flying IN tomorrow II Or. VII
liam Walter, associate director Of
the State Board Of Heaith's
bureau Of preventable disease. To
day Dr.. c. r. Bernet, epldemiolo-
glst Cor TIE State Board flies IN 70
assist In TIE situation. These doc.
tors and OaAars have been In ar
out a ne county In the last week
making sure that The eases re-
ported we're polio and not soms
other disease.
PeuF % We cases Vep@Fsed
earlier 10 be pelle we're sevnd 10
hs 81 lrflvsaze.
Latest pslls ssss IN Ne ss0asy
was sspsrssd sshSrdsy. a three
yess ed white bev yes ssvleksa
vim she paEslytie type ~ We
disease end rushed 10 ne Navy
ltesplssl.
The picture Of an TIE eases IN
the county since January I, 1851
a this, Dr. Dalton said:
OF 30. eleven were paraiyue
nine AZ these were pre-school
youngsters, two Of whom died a
the bulhar form Of the disease.
The ether two paralyties we're
adults.
Or. Dalson made NE sersnsi
VeaUsss esg uamma slsevlln win
ne snasrssmsaa - ne AAs@Fes
ceUmsy Medical seelssy On See.
vrdsy night.
me National Foundation, U. 3,
Public Health Service, state and
local chapters are al working
eeaselessly 10 set the gamma
glohulln here and 10 make orderly
arrangements for administration
of the shots, be said.
Ali parents are urged 70 watch
he paper for the exact times and
(Consinued On Page Two)
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POLIO Prevention Shots To Be Given Locally
1000 Children Thru II Years.
And All Pregnant Women To Get
Gamma ClObulin Injections

Monroe County children from birth through Ii years
and pregnant Of ell ages viii be mmunized later
this week against polio with emergency shipments Of
gamma Riobuin being flown into the County tomorrow
Dr. R. J. Dalton County Health director announced at
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wCOvernOr
Can Be Elected
In'54POlls
No One WOuld
Actually Become
Governor In Event
OF McCarty's Death

TALLAHASSEE R--If . FIoEIdu
governor Il unable 10 continue b
office for any Feason. there Il Nd
ons who Immediately becomes gov
error IN his stead.
The state Consultation provides
that the duties Of the office fall
upon The president II the STATE
Senate. Who at present h Sen
Charley y. Johns a slarke, bul
does not specify that the Senate
president actually becomes The
governor.
a new governor can be elected
a The next general election Of
which members a the state Leg.
stature ere selected. Those cleo.
tons come every two years viii
The next one due In iaSt. A regular
governors election comes only
once in four pears.
The late Judge Curtis L. waller
IL the u. 8. Circuit Court of Ap.
peals prepared Q memorandum on
TIE subject a succession b The
g0vernorshlp during The illness Il
Gov. Fred p. Cone who held of.
fee from 1877 DO ieal.
egeesaslea So
waller. who was praesieing Law
In Tallahassee 81 the time. said
the right % assume the duties q
the goveFnorshlp goes 10 the of.
flee Of Senate president and not
b the person who happens 10 h0ld
the office Il The time The position
becomes vaeant.
He alse interpreted the Constl.
tuition 10 mean that The president
Of The senate would not cease %
be . member u the Senate while
performing the duties 81 governor.
That might mean the Senate
could elect q new president sev.
eral times during iss so-day ses.
aioa. In effect elseting . new Eov.
ernor each time Il did 90. The
1853 biennial session of TIE Legls.
lalure already has been concluded
and only The governor can call q
special session 20 4 appears Sen,
Johns win remain 90 Senate pres.
ldeut until his successor IL elected
In 1855.
claFlfieaslen Needed
waller observed In his memoran.
dun that the situation needs q
be clarified. bot Il never has been.
re suggested the state Constisu,
ton might be amended 10 create
the position Of lieutenant governor
90 10 provide for some official &C.
tually becoming governor In event
os q vacancy In the office--aol
Continued On Page Twol
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sV nARolD pARR

TALLAHASSEE ~ Sen. Pres
ident Charley 4. Johns, Who a..
sumes the responsibilities Of the
governors office 10 the event ol
the chief executives death. IL q
man o. marked contrast with Dan
McCsrty, both personally and op'
litieally.
Johns was 0 stsuneh supporter
Of Mccarty In the 1874 campaign,
but Q eo0lness developed between
the tao soon AFTER MeCarty's IN.
suguration. one of the salient fea'
lures Of the 1859 Legislature wal
the never-expressed. but obvious,
hostility between the Senate pres
idens and the administration.
Proud Of his Office and teal.
Gus Of senatorial prerogatives,
Johns. Like many ether senator's,
resented MeCarty's failure 10 con
suit him In matters Of patronage.
And the administration defeated
him On two of his pet legislative
projects
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Johns fought desperately 70 90
tain more favorable racing dates
Cor Gulfstrsam Para He lost on
the floor . bitter fight for Q pro-
posal which would have permitted
Gulfstream 10 myvs In On two
weeks Of the lush midwinter tour
Isl season racing dates, now held
by Hialeah. Then after be had
helped push thrUugh Q bill which
would have rotated the south Flor
ida racing dates. enabling Gulf.
stream 10 obtain the best dates
once every three years. MeCaFty
vetoed the bill.
Administrator leaders hke Sen
Leroy Collins II rAllahassee we're
active IN the defsal II jeans bll
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Sen. President Johns Next In
Line For Governors Duties

70 set up o watchdog interim In.
vestigating committee with virtual
~ unlimited powers 10 probe into
anything and everything.
One of the first acts Of the State
Game and Fresh Water Fish Com.
mission after Mecarty's ewn sp-
pointees gained control Of the
agency vas 10 take from Johns
the insurance contracts written by
his Starke insurance firm.
Johns 10 Q big. handsome, SELF
made man Of e. Re has little for
NAL edueation AMI makes no apol.
ogy for his lapses In grammar.
But he IL 90 accomplished speak.
or. with power, eioqusnee and
drama.
a Herd FIvhasr
Raised In the Fough-and tumble
school Of north Florida's rural
power politics. Johns IL not adroit.
but be ls q hard fighter with solid
loyalty 10 his friends and often
unrelenting bitterness 10 his foes.
Johns Is q pleasant, personable
man socially. lie likes people and
enjoys being with them. whether IL
Be Q small gathering Of intimate
eronies Of q backwoods hunting
lodge Or Q public barbecue and
speaking.
he sees himself 90 . man 81
the people. He IL proud Of his
membership IN The Order Of Raj.
way Condaet0rs and supports la
boris legislative aims. lie always
has been In the vanguard of the
fight 10 Increase stats aid 10 the
needy aged.
A native Of Starke, where he
lives with bis VIE and two chill
dren. Johns tells proudly Of his
struggles with poverty % a young.
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gsY Wesl ToEAAa - 90
@om squabas sllnaas N 90
counhY. win q ovssoge
sSmgs 81 onlY ls' RoAEsahsaa
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Mrs. Helm Honored for Work
At White House for rs Years

Mime. Chang Kai-shek, Mrs.
Helm revealed. had been mis-
represented and really was "a
very gracious guest at the White
House."
The visitor. Mrs. Helm re.
called, was the victim of a skin
disturbance which was irritated
by cotton sheets. And. Mrs.
Helm added, silk sheets were
cheaper in China than cotton.
In any event. Nine. Chang
Kai-shek retired each night be-
tween silk sheets sewn to two
comforters which looked for all
the world like Arctic weather
gear.
Hot Water Bags.
The King and Queen really
were furnished with hot-water
bags during their visit here. Mrs.
Helm explained. although the
temperatures remained in
the 90S.
It seems that prior to the
royal visit a list of instructions
was sent by the Foreign Office
on what to do for the distin-
guished couple. The hot-water
bags were listed among the
services.
Every day." Mrs. Helm said,
whether the temperature went
to 105 degrees or so. hot water
bottles were placed in the end
of their beds.
"And it wasn't an ice pack"
she added. 1T was hot water"
Evening star., 1953-01-09
.Lutherans 10 Erect
Parish and Education
Building in Arlington

Faith Lutheran Church Of
Arlington will erect a new $685. :
900 parish hall and educational
building soon. the Rev. Ralph B.
Piper. pastor. announced yester-
day.
Mr.. Piper told a Lutheran
Laymen's Fellowship luncheon
at Luther Place Memorial
Church that crowded Sunday
school conditions made enlarged
quarters an urgent necessity
Faith Church. at Lee boulevard
and North Jackson street, will
celebrate its goth anniversary
from January 25 to February 1.
Established with eight charter
members, the congregation now
numbers more than 700.
Walter L. Fowler, District
Budget director. declared there
is much work for the churches
in Washington in the field of
crime prevention. He called on
individual citizens to assume re-
sponsibility in meeting the grave
problem.
"You do not hear ministers
thunder against evils as they
used to do in the old days." Mr..
Fowler asserted. He added that
the incoming administration of
President-elect Eisenhower will
fail unless 1t takes steps to meet
these evils.
Martin A. McGrory, fellowship
secretary. presided in the alb
sence Of President John w.
Boehne, jr.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Labor Leaders Pledge
March Of Dimes Support

The 1853 March Of Dimes has
been assured organized labor's
support, it was announced today
by Basil O'Connor. president Of
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis.
Endorsement of the polio fund
campaign from top-level union
executives included messages
written shortly before their
deaths-by William Green, presi-
dent of the AFL. and Philip Muir
ray, president of the CIO.
Expressions pledging support
to the March of Dimes also have
been issued by the vice president
of the independent United Mine
Workers of America and the
president of the Brotherhood Of
Railroad Trainmen.
In expressing his appreciation
for labor's support of the March
of Dimes, Mr. O'Connor declared
that a record contribution to
the 1853 drive is needed as never
before because of the national
foundations unprecedented A.
nancial obligations in the dual
fields of research and patient
care.
Evening star., 1953-01-09

AS White House social Secre-
tary for a quarter Of a century.
Mrs. James Helm got plenty of
handShakes from distinguished
visitors, but "few pearls of wis
DOM" she revealed yesterday.
Informally answering queS-
tions as honor guest at a
luncheon meeting Of the Wom-
ems National Democratic Club.
the Nations No. ! social secre-
tary hastened to explain it wasn't
because pearls weren't offered,
"but because the visitors just
didn't get around to the lower
echelons."
Began With Wilson.
Mrs. Helm will retire this
month from a career that be-
gan during the Wilson admin
istration, was interrupted by her
marriage in 1920 and resumed
in 1888 to today.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson was
present yesterday to honor her
long time friend and former So
cial secretary.
The widow Of President Wilson
revealed that Mrs. Helm. then
Miss Edith Benham. was chosen
by the President after he had
"canvassed the situation" and
was faced with several persons
who had been highly spoken Of"
for the position.
The President, Mrs. Wilson
said, was told by Miss Ben
hams sister-in-law that she was
highly capable, and the first
family then chose her as social
secretary.
ST never made a better de-
cision in my life," Mrs. Wilson
said yesterday.
Controversial Silk Sheets.
Mrs. Helm was queried about
Nine. Chang Kai-shek and the
controversial. silk sheets she re-
portedly required during her
White House stay, and was also
asked for the real story on the
hot-water bottles furnished
Queen Elizabeth and the late
King George during their June
visit to Washington in 1899.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Caribou in Danger

BERKELEY, Calf. P).-For-
est fires are threatening rapid
depletion Of caribou. an animal
of great economic Importance in
Alaska, says University of
California zoologist. DR.. A.
Starker Leopold say / million
acres of forest are destroyed an
nually in Central and Southern
Alaska. DR.. Leopold. who re-
Gently returned from a three
month stay in Alaska, says there
is urgent need for an increased
fire-control program to protect
the caribou ranges.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Most FumiIies Insured

ANN ARBOR. Mich.-A survey
at the University Of Michigan
shows that II per cent of Amer
ican families own life insurance.
Families in the Eastern states
led those in other areas, with Sc
per cent of them owning life
insurance policies.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Cunudo Leader in Nickel

OTTAWA.-Canada climbed to
first place as a world producer
OF nickel in 1905 with production
OF slightly over 1.5 million
pounds a month. Production to-
day totals more than % million
pounds monthly.
Evening star., 1953-05-24
Permit Suspended
For Third Time for
Baltimore Driver
Blythe Associoted pre.,

BALTIMORE. May 23.-A IT.
year-old Baltimorean was fined
$40 and costs in Traffic Court
today and had his drivers license
suspended for the third time.
Louis PiZza appeared before
Chief Magistrate Stanley Scherr
under a warrant issued when he
refused a summons to stand trial
on charges of reckless driving
and failure to keep in the right
traffic lane.
Judge Scherr dismissed the
reckless driving charge, fined
Pizza on the other charge and
suspended the license for 80
days, the maximum suspension
allowed in Traffic Court.
The youth already has a dozen
entries on his driving record.
The first was recorded Septem-
Der 26, 1850, when he was fined
for driving without a license
speeding and not having a regis
tration card.
The Department of Motor
Vehicles could revoke his license
permanently.
Evening star., 1953-05-24
Cattle
Continued From First Page0

'ConLlnueo From First Page.)
border. Only boneless and
process meat will be allowed to
cross until the ban is lifted.
In Washington, two members
OF the Texas Congressional
delegation disagreed on whether
the reported outbreak warrants
concerted action by the United
States.
Representative Poage, ranking
Democratic member of the
House Agriculture Committee,
said he thought authorities were
doing right in taking steps
promptly to check the spread of
the reported outbreak.
I'm not now going to dis
count any REPORTS" he told a
reporter.
Il don't believe in taking any
changes. We stopped the dis
ease effectively in Candaa by
moving against it Immediately.
I'VE were slow to act before
in Mexico. The Mexicans also
were slow to act. And as a re-
suit we both spent many millions
of dollars in combating the
disease"
But Representative Regan
said he had doubts as to the
authenticity of the report.
Il am taking this (report)
with a grain of salt" Mr.. Regan
said. land keeping my fingers
crossed"
Mr.. Regan has been critical
OF previous programs to control
the disease on the ground that
the situation was never as Sc
rious as described.
The border was closed for the
first time in 1916. but was re-
opened when reports of the dis
ease turned out to be false. In
1947, definite traces of aftosa
were found and the border was
placed under a tight ban for
five years.
Early in 1852, boneless and
processed meat was allowed to
cross the border and finally,
September /, 1852, the ban was
lifted on all Mexican cattle.
Approximately 100000 head of
Mexican cattle are shipped into
the United States each year.
Evening star., 1953-05-24
Italian Gale Kills Nine,
Does Heavy DAMAGE

TURIN, Italy, May ga gale
howled across Italy today, kill
ing at least pine persons, injur-
ing scores of others and caus-
ing heavy property damage in
Turin, Rome and many other
communities.
Turin alone counted five dead
and feared the toll might GO
higher. Four persons were killed
by falling trees and the fifth, a
30-year-old woman, perished
when her house collapsed under
the force of the 60-mile-an-hour
wind.
At the height Of the storm
lightning lopped off more than
100 feet from the top of TURNS
548-foot tower of Antonelliana.
The gusts sent 400 tons of debris
crashing to the street. Two
men were trapped in the rubble
and one suffered d broken hip.
About 100 homes were dam
aged in Rome.
Evening star., 1953-05-24
Red Propaganda
Aims at French
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

HONG KONG. - Dispatches
from the southern Communist
metropolis Of Canton say that
France has replaced the United
States as the number one propa-
ganda target Of Reds in that
area.
The Independent newspaper
Wah Kiu Vat Po said anti
French slogans have replaced
anti American digs at public
meetings and on billboards. Anti
British blasts which formerly
were much in evidence have COM
pletely disappeared. the paper
added.
Presumably the switch in prop
aganda targets in Canton is due
to the nearness of Indo- China.
Evening star., 1953-05-24
Mitchell Denounce@s @
FS-g1
Defense Cut Back
BY the Asseeiu,ed Pres.

DENVER May 23.-National
Democratic Chairman Stephen
A. Mitchell said tonight "Our
defense program is being de-
ferred, cut back, stretched out
at a time when there is no evi-
dence whatever that the Soviets
are cutting back their prodigious
armament effort"
"And at the same time" Mr..
Mitchell decl ared, "tax reduc-
tions are postponed-and the
budget is not going to be bal
anced."
Mr.. Mitchell made one of his
sharpeSt attacks on the new
administration in an address to
the National Committee of
Young Democrats of America.
1t was a quick change of pace
from an afternoon press con-
ference Then he said it was
Democratic policy "to give the
administration a full, fair
chance. We are trying to act
as a constructive minority"
Mr.. Mitchell said that in a
swing around the country he
had found that a lot of people
who voted Republican were com
ing back to his side. He said
they were returning because
nrst OF all, it is clear now that
the Republicans cannot deliver
on their basic campaign prom
iSeS."
Evening star., 1953-05-24
Discharged Airman
In Korean Stockade
For Murder Trial
BY the Associuted Press

SEOUL, Sunday, May 24.-An
American honorably discharged
from the Air Force nearly six
months ago was under heavy
guard today in a Taegu prison
stockkade awaiting court-mar-
tial on charges Of murder after
being arrested in a Pittsburgh,
Pa, steel plant and flown back
to Korea.
The steel worker, Robert w.
10th. 81. is accused of Staying a
South Korean civilian back in
September. 1852.
Considerable secrecy surround
ed the first such return of a
former member of the armed
forces to military custody for
court-martial under the uniform
code of military justice.
Under the code, effective June
1, an ex-serviceman can be ar
rested for court martial if the
offense is punishable by i'm
prisonment of five years or more
and he cannot be tried in civilian
courts.
Arrested at Steel Plant.
10TH was arrested quietly
while at work in the steel plant
May 13. He arrived back in
Korea five days later. Washing
ton disclosed the case May %.
Toth'S mother, Mrs. Jacob
Mertz. said in Pittsburgh that
the military police acted with
such unexpected suddenness that
frantic calls by relatives for a
time failed to find him; then
members of the family had to
hurry out TO Pittsburgh airport
to pick UP Toth's work clothes.
He already was back in uniform.
The Air Force said, however,
that 10th mad not been WhlSked
away from Pittsburgh before
seeing relatives.
HE talked to his father and
a brother before he left" a
spokesman said.
Few Details Of Case Known.
After 10th was returned news
men checked for two hours be-
fore ascertainlng that the man
he is accused of shooting was
Kill Bong Soon, killed in Sep
tember, 1852. The Air Force
confirmed that.
Kill was slain while 10th was
stationed at an air base in South
Korea.
Only the barest detail was
known about the case but an
Air Force Spokesman said the
judge advocate section was
studying additional evidence and
that more charges may be filed.