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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-19
Noted FIJI Agent
To Speak Thurs
AT First Presby.

r. W.. Wall, Jr., special agent
for the FBI, win be the speaker
at the Thursday night meeting of
the men Of the First Presbyterian
Church. His topic win be Sub
versiye Activities.p
Mr.. Wall Is . brilliant speaker,
famed al over The country for his
work II combating subYersives.
The men win NEST tor their re-
gular dinner At I >. n. Following
the dinner. the group win adjourn
to the church auditorium for the
program. The public IS invited to
attend this part a thu evenings
activities. which win start At ap.
proximately Z p. n.
For reservations for the dinner,
call Ralph Noble, phone 2-sTl1.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-19
MAMIE SMILES. IKE DOES NOT
Eisenhower Appears Intent On Task Ahead

, candescent grin-when the photo
graphers pleaded. He and his wife
posed once, waving. and again WITH
the other members Of the family
who came with them. Then Essen.
hover shepherded the whole group
down the steps and into an auto
mobile, standing beside the car.
In front Of the station, several
hundred people we're waiting. al
though the time Of Eisenhower's
arrival had not been announced.
They can smell these things in
Washington. Recognizing The mo.
torcade, they sent up . cheer. The
cars, gathering speed, moved
rapidly away.
There was smother cheer a. the
hotel. and . brief moment Of
picture taking. Then the group
moved on 70 an elevator and was
gone.
II was brief, simple. and done
with q complete economy Of time.
and q total absence Of ceremony.
But Il the preSsdent-eiecs wss
conserving hts strength, the rest
Of Washington vas nct.
The city Is che long reception
line, che tremendous traffic jan.
. hurricane II voices. song.
laughter and mtIllng movement
Bleachers falnking the line of Tues
days Inaugural parade make the
streets Iook IKE ioaz football
fields, and TIE Gags and haansing
enhanee the aluxioa
Ii any Il ths BIZ hoteiS, there
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-19
by RELMAN MoRM

WASHINGTON N - Dwight d.
Eisenhower looked like any bust.
nessman arriving In Washington
with his mind on . Monday morn
ing problem.
Nothing could have been less
pretensious than the way he en-
tered the city where, In another
day. he win take up the greatest
elective Office on earth.
His private train came il AZ s.0T
last might. At that hour-and es.
pecially on STRAIGHTFORWARD Of
men On business here step down
from the trains. Most Of them wear
a uniform expression. They look
preoccHpied, speculative, intent on
the task ahead.
Eisenhower looked like that last
night.
For security, and not because Of
the recent accident in the station,
his train came down q siding, out
side the terminal. Some policemen.
. knot al newspapermen. and the
unobtrusive Secret Service agents
stood waiting in the seni-darkness.
No one else was there.
Tie train eased in. In Eisen-
hower's car, the shades were
drawn. A long moment Later, the
rear door opened. and Hrs. Eisen-
hover stepped ca the platform.
Then Eisenhower vas there.
Mamie" vas hlaxinK viii
smiles. Her husband was not.
he managed ons- hardly bis h.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-19
Block OF Dimes
Drive Adds To
Polio Fund Sat.

More than forty Boy Scouts and
their leaders participated in the
Block of Dimes" drive for con-
tributions to the polio fund Satur-
day on Duval Street.
The drive started at 8 q. m. and
ended up at 5 p. m. with a total
Of $178.38 collected. The sums col
lected by each Of the participating
troops are: Troop y, $66.10; Troop
81, Ao.05: and Troop 2ss, 81. "a.
The Scout leaders selected this
project as their contributions to
the March Of Dimes at their
roundtable of Jan. IL, 1858.
Tony Martinez was appointed to
make arrangements for the drive.
Other March of Dimes activities
by the Scouts include the placing
Of contributions stickers on park
ing meters by Pack Isl, Den 1.
under the direction Of Den mother
Mrs. Jack Weech.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-19

is only slightly more elbow room
than in Times Square on New
Years Eve.
There are furs and diamonds and
flaming purple corsages, cowboy
hats, red silk shirts and Honduras
+ lots Of Homburgs = along with
pearl grey vests, getaways ard
striped trousers. Even the service.
men, In dress uniforms and blazing
with medals. look . little drab b.
comparison.
Traffic chokss the streets for
blocks around the White House.
and ciuts tn arteries . mile or
more until long after dark.
In short, people are haylng Z
high old time. and even some Dem.
ocrats. trapped In the vortex. are
whiriing around from place 10
place. shaking hands and Offering
congratulations.
The longeat n al reception lines
yesterday stretched clear from the
main eniTanee o. the Slater Hotel
eugisd zroand the corner. and lined
the Sidewalk o. sno.her street
something more than , lonx city
block
iaxids, The goyernoEs' reesipsion
vas sskinG place.
he governors. each with the taal
q bis rate ca he waIl shose
ssood n Little eEsiossses IN TIE
man ballroom. II Iooked for al
he woE3d Ike q eoaatry fair-ia
sakiea ard Se1eis.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-19

: Flamingo General Manager Joe
Ryan, in a telegram to Louis Car
bonell, who has been working in
an effort to induce the Flamingos
to move their operation to Key
West following disastrous season
financially in Miami Beach, In.
Dictated that they would be loathe
to move here in the face of stiff
opposition to their request for con.
cesSion arrangements at the Wick
ers Field Stadium where they
would have played their games.
The decision elimaxes . hectic
month Of negotiations marked by
stolid opposition on ihs part Of
Mayor c. B. Harvey to . plan
which would have given fis Fla
rningos concession rights at the
stadium and sweeping incentives
such Is free use Of the ball.
park.
The Flamingos apparently threw
in the towel after their negotia-
tons, both with the city commits
sion and Armando Acevedo, pre-
sent holder of the rights to the
concessions had broken down.
Acevedo came to a belated agree
ment last week to relinquish his
rights to the concessions at the
field for a consideration of $500
with the city giving half and the
Falmingos expected to pay the
difference. However, the Miami
Beach owners said that they feel
that the city should make the deal
and be in a position to give them
the concessions.
Following is ihe complete text
Of NE telegram; Regret 10 tell
you this but have thought Key
West proposition over eonsidsr.
ablrs and II u eur eplnioa ..lal
we cannot afford 70 place our
team IN . city unless We get
complete concessions previously
and ballpark That hes Dor seats
available. wanted very much
10 work fhsf out but We simply
do net want 70 participate IN .
local controversy concerning
these things because 81 ihe fear
that they may ereais enemies
for vs IN she future. l appreciate
ell your efforts and wish that Ire
picture were different In Key
West.
lee Ryan.
The city commission had voted
previously 10 comply with the
Flaminsos requests for changes in
the ballpark but when Acevedo
asked the s2500 for the concession
rights. they baked. The city then
stepped in and over the opposition
Of the Mayor voted 70 acquire the
concession rights and lease or sell
them so that the baseball club
could operate.
Just where the Flamingos win
in the coming season is
Continued On Page ThreeI
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-19
Ex-Governor Paws
Visit To K. ".

Dave ShoItx, ex-governor of
Florida, paid 4 courtesy call on
Sheriff John M. Spottswood this
morning.
Spottswood said that the call
was merely 4 frieAdly one and
Eot no political y legislative inn
port.
Sholtx e in the area visiting
for 1 few days. He arrived this
past weekend TO be present at
the formation 81 the new Upper
Keys Lodge. No. 1927. of the
Elks. He il past exalted ruler Of
the order.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-19
Polio Concert Set
Here For Tonight

V q. . u 4
The March Of Dimes fund
esmpaisn will reap fhe bene.
fit tonight from . eenesrs
scheduled for the Key West
High School auditorium by i've
Of she top musical ersauiEa-
iions in fhs city.
The Island City Male Singers
and fhe Choral Singers. . worn
ems musical group, will per-
fern on the high sehool stage
startins 81 $500 pm.
The polio fund will receive
ths entire pFseesds fTem The
concert.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-19
N. Y. FOC-sHROUDED

NEW YORK R-Thick fog, which
made visibility zero in many parts
Of the metropolitan area, blanketed
the city early today and shut down
operations at Idlewild airport
through the night.
The fog slowed operations Of the
Staten Island ferry. Visibility
around the port waters was no
more than 100 feet at best.
The Weather Bureau, which pre-.
dicted the fog would lift by mid
or late morning, said the blanket
over the city was $50 feet thick.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-19
No FL Baseball In Key West In 1876:
Miami Beach Will Not MOUe Here
In Face Of "LOcaI CONTROVERSY"
BY jim COBB

Key West will not be represented by professional
baseball team in the Florida International League was
learned today when officials of the Miami Beach amin
announced that they consider moving their
franchise this city for fear of becoming involved in
'local controversy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-19
Search Is On For
Fishing Parties
Missing In Gulf

ST. MARKS R - A Coast Guard
search started today for three I'M
identified Georgians who rented q
boat early Sunday morning for 4
gulf fishing trip and hadn't re-
turned 24hours later.
W. S. Schley, Coast Guard aux
iliary commander, said the men
gave no one their names when
they rented 2O-foot skiff at Buck
Counsel's fishing camp on Live
Oak Island. They left a car bear
ing Georgia license tag at the
camp, but Schley said the man.
who reported them missing hadn't
taken the number.
All telephone service in the
coastal area was cut because of
heavy Sunday rains and Schley
had to drive IS miles to ITALIA
hassee to summon d search plane
from the st. Petersburg Coast
Guard Base.
He said although the rains were
heavy there were no high winds
or rough seas In the area Sunday.
Wakulla County Sheriff E. C.
Terrell and other local officials
joined in the search Of coastal
areas in case the men came ashore
at some remote spot.
CLEARWATER IA six-man
sports fishing party is missing in
the Gulf of Mexico. The S0.fool
craft on which they left Sunday
morning has not been sighted.
The boat is owned by Benny
Gomez, Tampa. Names Of the 9TH
ers aboard are not known. The
boat was due back here Sunday
night.
Coast Guard planes began a
search at daybreak today. but had
to return to their base at st. Pc
tersburg because of poor visibility.
They were TO try another search
this afternoon.
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-30
First Test In Short Creek Polygamy
 Trial Starts Today

KINGMAN, Ariz., R-Arizona's case against the Short Creek poly gamists comes up for it's first big test here today.
 Twenty-seven of the 96 defend ants will appear in Mohave County Superior Court for ar raignment.
 How they plead is expected to reflect the strength of the evil dence against them, and it also may determine whether the charges will have to be fought to a final conclusion in the courts.
 The 27 are all men. The state contends they are the guiding force in the polygamous move ment that has dominated the re mote community of Short Creek, astride the Arizona-Utah border, for more than 20 years.
 If they plead guilty, cases against the other 69 defendants seven men and 62 women-may be settled quickly. All have the same attorneys.
 If they plead innocent, a long court fight is anticipated.
 Two previous attempts to crush the polygamists, in 1886 and 1914, failed.
 All of the accused are charged with conspiracy to commit the crimes of adultery, statutory rape, bigamy, open and notorious CO., habitation, contributing to the de- lnquency of minors and marry ing the spouse of another.
 Arizona authorities maintain some of the men had as many as six wives.
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-30
Nixon Receives Cool Welcome In India

NEW DELHI, India, R .- Vice President Nixon arrived in New Delhi Monday for informal talks with Prime Minister Nehru.
 Questioners in parliament tried in vain to pin down Nehru on whether he would take up with Nixon the hot issue of. possible American military aid to Pakistan.
 The official attitude of the h. dian government toward Nixon appeared to be cool but correct. Cabinet ministers made no secret of their lack of enthusiasm for the visit from the globe -girdling Am erican vice president. India's press mirrored the ministers atti- tUde.
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-30
Korean Housewife Held By Police Responsible
 For Starting Pusan Fire

PUSAN, R - South Korean police said Monday night they are holding Korean housewife on charges that her "care1essness" caused Friday nights disastrous 40-million-dollar Pusan fire-the worst in Korean history.
 The police would not say where they are holding the woman and refused to answer other queries.
 A police spokesman said she is accused of leaving a small char coal stove burning unattended when she left her home It burned down her house and high winds spread the blaze over one sixth of Pusan, a city of more than a million people.
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-30
Russia Probably
 Will Participate In Korea Peace Talks

PANMUNJOM, R The Com munists today offered broad proposal for a Korean peace con- ference - some of it new and some of it old-but most of it got cold shoulder from US. delegate Arthur H. Dean. Dean in turn of fered the Reds a compromise plan to let Russia sit in on the con- ference as a ''neighbor of Korea" taking part as third party" with full voting privileges.
 "We expect the law of gravity will operate to take care of that situation and we would not be surprised if Russia would show up as the chief spokesman for the Communists
 Both sides agreed to take a day off to study the new proposals.
 Communist efforts to woo back anti Red Korean and Chinese prisoners remained at a stand still, with the Reds charging that the U. N. Command is running their explanations. The Commun- ists have not held interviews for more than two weeks.
 The 90-day explanation period ends Dec. 23.
 A reliable source said he be lieves the Allied Command will begin interviews next week with g Americans, 1 Briton and 328 North Koreans who are listed as unwilling to return home.
 A statement released by the Prisoner Repatriation Commission Sunday night indicated the Amer jeans expect to meet the LIN. ex- planation teams but are 'deter- mined not to go back"
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-30
Alaska Amateur Radio
 Emergency Plan Approved By Civil Defense Agency

JUNEAU, R-Alaska's amateur radio civil emergency service plan has received Federal approval. , Col. James C. Crockett, director of the territory's Civil Defense program, said approval has come from both the Federal Communi- cations Commission and the Fed eral Civil Defense agency.
 Alaska is divided into nine areas under the emergency com munications plans. Crockett said it will enable amateur radio op- orators to provide communication for civil defense purposes on local, regional and national levels. James H. Heay of Juneau is top radio officer for the program.
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-30
800 Sacks of Alaska Spuds Offered to Fishermen But Refused by Hendrickson

FAIRBANKS, R-An offer of 800 sacks of potatoes to relieve the food shortage in areas suffer ing from this years small-income salmon run has been turned down by Waino Hendrickson, Secretary of Alaska.
 Hendrickson said the potatoes could not be used because of a lack of warm storage facilities at Anchorage or Bristol Bay, centerS of the distressed area. The offer was m made by the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce and Tan ana Valley farmers.
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-30
Elizabeth and Philip On Three-Week Crossing Of Pacific To Australia

BALBOA, c. Z., LR - World touring Queen Elizabeth II and her entourage headed westward into the Pacific Monday aboard the 15,902 ton cargo passenger ship Gothic after a one-day stop in Panama and the Canal Zone.
 The cargo laden Gothic will steam about $500 miles with the royal party before a two-day stop over Dec. IT at Suva in the Fiji Islands. It will touch again at Tonga on Dec. 20 and arrive Dec. 23 - in time for Christmas - at Aukland, New Zealand. The queen next will spend nearly two months in Australia.
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-30
Foreign Secretary Eden Says Britain Looks For Big Four Meeting Soon

LONDON, LR - Foreign Secre- tary Anthony E d e n said today Britain looked forward to an early meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers and was confident the United States shared this hope.
 Eden told the House of Com mons the Russian note of Nov. 26 means the Soviet government is prepared to meet with the United States, Britain and France with out conditions"
 Laborites quickly pressed the Foreign Secretary on whether Washington shared his view or whether the US. State Depart ment had taken a "discouraging attitude" Eden replied:
 q have naturally had communi- cations from the United States and I have every reason to be lieve that the answer I have just given will be endorsed by the United States government.
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-30
Mother and Infant Girl
 Disappear On 3O-Mile Trip From Moose Pass-Seward

ANCHORAGE, Fifty men joined Saturday in search for a 24-year-old Moose Pass woman and her infant daughter.
 The woman, Mrs. Lila Morri- son, wife of a civil engineer now in the states, and their daughter, Sheila, 15 months, left Moose Pass for her parents home in Seward Friday.
 She never arrived at Seward, 30 miles from Moose Pass, and a search was begun.
 Meanwhile the Seward Terri torial Police said it was investi- gating a report that an object, possibly an automobile, had been sighted in 75 feet of water near the Pass. Snow had been falling in the area continuously since Thanksgiving Day and now is about IS inches deep, making the search efforts difficult.
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-30
Truman Has Nothing More To Say On White Case

NEW YORK, R-Former Presi- dent Harry s. Truman came into town Monday, apparently in no mood to talk about political feuds.
 He arrived by train and was met by his daughter Margaret, and Edwin K. Hastings, vice presi- dent of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where he will stay.
 As he walked briskly from a train to an elevator, and thence to a waiting limosine, Truman said he had no further comment on the Harry Dexter White con- troversy.
 Asked if he had anything more to say about Sen. Mccarthy and their radio-television exchange of charges and counter charges, Tru- man said:
 ''No further comment on that"
 Asked what his schedule was for Monday, Truman pointed his thumb at his daughter and said with a grin, Heres my schedule 7
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-30
Ask Prevention Political Meddling In Tax Collecting

WASHINGTON, R m Hard and fast laws to prevent Treasury De partment favoritism and political meddling in federal tax collections was demanded today by House investigators.
 The Ways and Means subcom- mittee, in the fourth installment today of a final report on two years of Investigating tax fraud and irregularities, recommended:
 l. Enactment of changes in the Internal Revenue Code to curb authority of the Secretary of the Treasury over actual administra- tion of the tax laws to prevent political meddling in the future"
 2. Giving the Internal Revenue Commissioner direct authority over tax collections in all matters not involving national fiscal pol icy.
 The report observed:
 Corruption, of course, is pos sible at any level of government, but political influence conceiv- ably would be less strongly felt by career employees of the bureau than by politically appointed Treasury officials.
 If the Treasury no longer has ultimate control over personnel or matters personally affecting Blu reau employees, Treasury officials will possess less power to influ- ence what should be adninistra- tive decisions in the Bureau"
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-30
Anchorage Has S6 Million Budget

ANCHORAGE, R-A $6,416,- 179 budget designed to wipe out the city's deficit and "hold the line" in all municipal spending was presented to the city council here last Friday night.
 The proposed budget is $210,362 higher than the, current budget and is based on continuation of the present 20-miu tax levy.
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-30
Anchorage Man Is Candidate For Rhodes Scholarship

SEATTLE, R- Four Washing ton men, one from Anchorage, and another from Nebraska have been named the six Washington States candidates for Rhodes scho- larships.
 The Alaskan is Robert l.. Pea body.
 They will be chosen Dec. g to represent the state in competition with candidates from Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota.
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-30
Printing of Ickes
 Diary Reveals Tart Opinions of F.D.R.

WASHINGTON, R- Harold l.. Ickes, who seemed never to hold his tongue for any man while he lived, has come up after death with some tart opinions of the New Deal and Franklin D. Roose- welt.
 The "Old Curmudgeon" found the New Deal, of which he was a moving spirit, spendthrift with the taxpayers money and headed by a man he felt he couldn't trust.
 Roosevelt's Secretary of the In- terior wrote in 1886 that he had been "sold down the river" by the President.
 Ickes regretted, in fact, that he hadn't walked out of Roosevelt's cabinet a year before.
 He felt there was a Every real chance" he could have been nomi- mated by the Republicans for the presidency. And he thought that, if nominated, he probably would have won.
 These opinions-sharply chal- lenged by one time Democratic National Chairman James A. Far ley, among others-came to light in "The Secret Diary of Harold L. Ickes," of which a first, 705- page fnstallment will be published tomorrow.
 Ickes reveals that, for all his misgivings about Roosevelt, the presidents wife and chief aides, and in spite of his own secret presidential hopes, he stayed on as a New Deal stalwart because he feared the Republicans would deliver the country to big busi- ness if they got the chance.
 Ickes died early last year and the six million word diary he kept under lock and key is only now being released piecemeal by his widow-censored at that, to spare the feelings of the living from some of Ickes' more sulphurous comments.
 This day by day record pie lures the first four years of the New Deal as dominated by a large extent by struggles o r power among such officials as the late Harry l.. Hopkins, then Sec retary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau IT,, and, swinging lustily in the midst of all this, Ickes himself.
 One surprise: Ickes says then Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace IT,, later much criticized for overfriendliness toward Rus sia, strongly opposed United States recognition of the Soviet Union early in the first Roosevelt administration.
 It was after Roosevelt did not back him in an expansion of the Interior Department, to take in all conservation activities, that Ickes lamented he had be en double crossed"
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-30
NEW ANS HOSPITAL AT ANCHORAGE NOW OPEN

ANCHORAGE, tR - The $1O,- 100000 Alaska Native Service hospital here has been officially opened to the public with top local ANS and staff officials play ing host.
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-30
Fire Misses Army Finance Bldg.

PUSAN, Korea, R- American soldiers who watched one sixth of this jammed port city burn last weekend perked up somewhat today they found out the fire missed the finance building.
 Today's pay day.