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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-24
Major Strike For
Higher Pay Is
Called In Italy

ROME B-Labor threw . short,
sharp almost-general strike al Ital'
Ian Industry today IN the biggest
'-'aIkout since the toueh-and-gS
days II ists.
Al three Of Italy's major IN
Ions, Communist and non-Commu
mist, called out workers for up d
- hours In . massive protest fOl
higher pay.
Police IN Rome. Milan and Turin
reported "All calm" In sharp con
trast 10 the nationwide strikes a
les when Communists staged bit
taP and often violent demonstra
tons.
TIE current walk0us vas SEIZED
ulsd 10 end al midnight tonight
but he Communists vowed more
walkouts would foliow. Agrieultur
81 workers throughout the natiof
already have been called 10 striks
oct. g.
TIE Unions said the Italian Con
federation a Industry refused b
discuss their wage claims.
Al industry spokesman said ths
demands would cost industry more
than 90 million dollars and thai
The owners wanted Q gradual
higher wages.
Labor leaders claimed that from
six 10 eight million men stayed Of
their iobs today.
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ecntinenfai defense a1nsi reekon
with nors thaa atomic or hydro
sen bomb air rsads. They must
consider the possibilities Of suit.
case" bomb atiaeks-a sAip com.
ing into Aare0r with q bomb con.
eealed In Der bold. an innoceni
appearing trader truek fraaghs
with destructive power.
Scieutists have given the mai.
tary and the government an cut.
line Of whRt 10 expect In the wear.
ons being made ready for Ameriea
and presumably. COR Russia By
Soyie, physicists. rhsy argue
No longer viii y0u be dealing
with mere atomic bombs. liks those
dropped On Japan. watch release
energy equivalent 10 thousands
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-24

Amertcna pnysicisfs have hrouEas
Their hydrogen explosive research
virtually % TIE point q . practical
weapon. n gains impetus also
from ample and onin0gs evidesee
nat Russia TOO 10 racing al0ng the
same path.
TIE United States government
thus Is confronted With two prob
lens a the utmost urgency and
gravity:
/. To convince the wwlt Of the
utter devastation that would come
with var using the new weap0n.
2. To seek tighter defense Of the
North American continent against
nuclear Attaek--a defense which
even the most optimistic 20 not
believe can be absolute.
Those responsible for planning
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nHNJAMlNn CURRY

Bsnjamins Curry. "a. died this
morning at $50 az his residence,
nos Angela Street, after an en-.
tended illness.
He Il survived By Ons son. George
Curry. key West: four daughters,
Mrs. Benjamine Adams, Key West;
Mrs. Mary waIliee, Bradenton,
Fla., Mss. Ella Bailey. Admission,
Alabama. Mrs. Cora Lee Besna.
erts, Key West; and eight grand.
children.
Funeral services win Be held
Friday afternoon Of 5 O'Clock from
Chapel Of Priichard Funeral Home
with the Rev. Ralph Rogers Of the
Church Of the Rock officiating
Burial win be In the family plo,
IN City Cemetery.
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WASHINGTON N - Scientific
pradlctsons nat ths hydroasn bomb
mag sooa sxplods Into practical
Fsallty--a prospect that SO of
soul4aarehlna IN TIE Peztag0n-
siaaped h aignifeance today a.
unnsnal meeting a the Natloaal
Security counen.
IA nsw Joint Chiefs q star.
whe comprise Americas high NIL
hmry command. already are over.
Ams with Recommendation On the
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Smatlers Will
Resume Visits
Through State

~ MWNANNE WfHtN -
WASHINGTON am heading back
thls week 10 Florida 10 resume The
refreshing experience 81 visiting
and taking with The eiiirens Of our
state Much 81 my time since Con-
greas adjourned has been spent In
Florida and I look forward % q
busy program back home between
now and Christmas. II has been en-
eouraglng a. well ~ challenging
% meet and talk with 90 many Of
Fl0Fida'a tine citizens who have an
smaxlngiy clear understanding a
issues before the country.
world tensions remain the fore
most among problems In the minds
81 mast Il or nelghbors. ne IN.
easy tree IN Korea Il satisfying
only in Vat bloodshed has ceased
and sore Il our boys are coming
home; most people seen 20 realize
that there 10 no permanent agree
menl, that the answer 10 the
worlds craving for peace still
evades us. while TIE solution rests
largely with the Kremlln. I %
think nat In this country partisan
politics hes kept Ne short of our
potential. There should be unity
IN thla country a. We face these
problems and Il IL Ions past time
foe Q return b q real bipartisan
foreign policy. President Essen
hover faces his greatest oppoF.
tunify and his greatest ehailsngs
b effect Just such . policy.
People TOO are ssill eager "a
have . balanced budget, 30 zee the
burdens q taxes Iightsned and "a
retain Q sane end sound domestic
policy. While I have not agreed
win everything this adminlstra.
tlon he's done, h II apparent that
some changes accomplished have
been long overdne. And Il does no,
heh0ove 90 ~ good Americans "a
Try % create fears Of economic
troubles simply because we Al
Democrats might politically profit
thereby.
Nobody 70 serving his country
Who would preach fear and speak
On behalf u economic trouble
simply Tor political advantage. II
must Be remembered that O de-
preston would hurt Democrats and
Republicans alike. and nigh
hrlna disaster 10 our entire eoun
Try. Actually there Il no basis foI
apprehension q Q crash similaI
- that a ie1a. In the past .
years, the Democratic administra
tons, In creating the Securities
Exchange Commission, the Fed
sral Deposit Insurance Corpora
ton. the Social Security system
the agriculture support program
and similar programs has laid
floor under our economy ~hiel
eannos sac too Gar. The pressn
administration has not eliminates
any AZ these economic sureties en-
any far reaching troubles can n
suls only through engendering fea
and dlslrusl II one another.
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tlfe I'D hhapa q the aFmed
f0ress fer TIE year startlag nexl
July 1.
This entirsly ''nsw look." 4 was
learned today, was erdered by ths
White House sn1 Dsfsnas Depart
meni primarily because nacleag
experts warned tkat ne H-bomh
ls eel On he way 10 bseomins
friehtfally real.
President Eisenhower summonsd
az unusually large number a IFS
government sidss and advisers d
tedays meeting q the up level
Nationai Security couneE.
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q tens of mi. ne hydrogen
e0ms muss BE measured IN nal
uries q malioas Instead Of thOa
saads q tuns q farce. There y ~
limit sxeeps IN mass ard sire q
package. 10 which . hydrogsn
bomb can be halls.
he talk now 10 Al Q weapon
wAieA can prodaes complete dsvas
tatlon ever 100 square mles-tAe
total area Of the District II Colnm.
hia.
Several nominAl power atomic
bombs would be required % reduce
large city like New York o. san
Francisco o. Chieago.
But men Who should know speak
PEGS 10 rhH KGV VAST cru
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Four-year-old Joseph Lee Hen
bach. died Wednesday In chlldrens'
Variety Hospital Coral Gables after
Q brief illness.
lie Is survived By the parents.
Chief Petty Officer John Hen
bach and Mrs. Hienbaeh. who 70.
side al Is D Arthur Sawyer Road.
Slgsbee Park.
Funeral services under the al.
reetion Il Pritehard Funeral Home
vii Be announced later.
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Prisoner Buns Smokes

RALEIGH. n. c. u A cord
made Of strips Of cloth dangled
from q Wake County JAN window
here. Passers by. wondering
whether a iailbreak was planned.
found this note attaehed:
Please tie pack Of cigarettes
10 this s'ring. Thank you.
A pack about tWo-thirds fun vas
tied on and the prlso1aT AAlsasd
.happAB aeas
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Il "vaporlfing cites oi nat alfe
with q single hydrogen bomb. Of
producing crstcrs Ia the midst oi
ths Slasted ARA three niles wi3e
ard several hundred feet desp.
II the calculations q the weap.
oneers are correct. they raise PrO-
found questions about the adequacy
OF eyra wisdom Of civilian deiense
preparations in cities.
II eity q 90 be- yaPoriEed and
q smoking crater len in is place.
there would appear % I've no rea.
500 Cor atomic attack shelters and
methods Cor Peryenting panies
There would BE- no shelters lsft
ard 10 people 10 panic.
~ ThoFaaaV. gepaswnhar "A. 1871
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In Ancient Egypt, rocks were
split by drilling holes In . line and
Inserting wooden pegs which split
the rock after being soaked In wa,
Ger 20 make them swell. says the
National Geographic Society.
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TAUrs4sV. sspssmbsr ~. IssS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-24

Psos 70 ThH kGV VAST cITlTGI
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THE KEY WEST POLICE DEPARTMENT
bidder the car the lowpce field Several cities the
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BY JACK sElL

WASHINGTON N-Sen. Millikin
(R- Colo) said today he thinks q
five-point reduction In corporation
taxes should 60 into effect on
schedule next April / as q stimu-
liant to business.
Millikin, who heads the tax.
handling Senate Finance Commit.
tee, thus served notice on admins
tration leaders that he is not now
ready to 60 along fully with The
tax program laid down last May
by President Eisenhower.
Secretary Of the Treasury Hum
phrey said In New York Monday
that the administration's request
for continuation Of Q maximum OF
SO per cent taxation on corpora.
ton incomes still stands, a. does
its request for continuation Of pres
ent excise levies.
Under present law. the top tax
On corporation incomes win drop
on April ! from 81 to II per cent.
This Is separate from the tax on
corporation profits legally defined
~ excessive, which Is due to end
on Dec. 81. the same date q 10
per cent cut In individual income
taxes Is scheduled. Also on April
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Milliken CallsFor Change In Tax Program

II, excise (sales) taxes are due 10
drop to pre-Korean levels.
Eisenhower last May asked Con.
|gress to postpone indefinitely the
scheduled drops In corporation In.
come and excise taxes. II took no
action this year.
Millihn said In an interview he
wants "all tax reductions 10 come
into effect when they are SEIZED.
Iuled to come into effect" II they
are allowed 10 do 80, the Treas.
Jury estimates that Il win take In
about seven billion dollars less IN
the 1854 calendar year than this
year.
Millikan said he expects q gen
|eral tax revision program which
the administration has promised
to put before Congress to include
some proposed changes In excise
levies.
Millikin said be believes SPEND.
ing cuts can be made which will
promise early balancing Of the fed.
eral budget.
Barring Unforeseen intensifica-
ton Of international affairs, we will
come In sight Of q balanced budget
by the next fiscal year." hs said.
I'VE can balance the budget BY
not spending % much money"
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Dairy Industry
Us Urged To
Lower Prices

SYRACUSE. N. Y. M--Asst. Sec.
Rotary Of Agriculture John H. Dav-
In today urged the dairy industry
TO give consumers "a better break
|hy adopting prices and sales poll.
|eiss that win encourage greater
buying II milk and It's products.
Lower prices can be offered. he
said. Il dairymen, distributors and
professors reduce costs all the way
from the farm to the home.
Davis said the present dairy sur
plus problem largely reflects I'm
der consumption Of dairy products,
rather than overproduction. from
the standpoint Of an adequate ma
tional diet.
In speech prepared for q meet.
ing Of the Dairymen's League Co
operative, he said the government
has had to buy us million dollars
worth Of butter, cheese and dried
milk since April TO carry out
price guarantees 70 dairymen.
The disposal Of the stocks Of
dairy products acquired under the
price support program poses q
very serious problem" Davis said.
"And We are looking into every
possible outlet we can.
Davis added:
at Is obvious that We cannot
dump these stocks onto the market
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in = way that would undermine
our price support system"
Davis said there are two ways
OF dealing with dairy SURPRISES.
One, he said, would be q reduc-
ton Of 3 per cent In milk pro-
duction. The other, he said, Is CO.
operative effort BY the dairy In
dustry to gain greater consump-
ton Of milk by offering greater
incentives al along the line"
The latter course, he said, ap--
pears TO be more desirable.
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Choice Art Work

n0SToN R-Ihe cafe refrisera.
Cor looked fun q delicious steaks
and chops when Chairman MARY
I. Driseoli q the licensing beard
INSPECTED e.
SAe was checking b zee q The
eafe had q legitimate food husi.
nese required for . cafe liquor
license.
IRIS. Driseoll smiled at the pro
pfl@kor and left the cafe.
But when got 10 the sidewalk,
I IL there was something peculiar
akcet al those steaks and chops -
81 said.
De returned and took q eloser
io3 q the display.
~ the s'choice" cuts were Just
hlhtly colored cardboard.
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Kidnapcrs Made 10 Phone Calls

KANSAS CITY W-The kidnaperl
of Bobby Creenlease Jr. made, q
total Of about 10 telephone calls
10 the Creenlease home. Each time
the caller identified b ;mself b.
saying:
"This n H."
Norbert O'Neil, business associ.
ate and close family friend, today
disclosed the number Of calls and
said he talked with the man tour
times.
Al the calls were received Be.
tween $50 pm. and 5 am.
OMEN said the man talked n
low tones, but vas hrisk and ''tc
the point"
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Difficult Landing

MEANWHILE. pa. R-Nieholas
Mofohovich. 80, Of nearby Come
aut Lake, and Francis Confer, 81,
q Adamsviile. took OF N their
four.seater airplane yesterday for
Q routine flight.
Then Morohovieh heard q loud
snsp and discovered his landing
gear had broken and was dangling
under the fuselage.
Making q lasso out Of two safety
belts. he leaned far out Of the
plane, snasged the gear and tied
4 10 Q strut while Confer piloted
The plane with one hand and held
ne ether mans legs with the
other.
MoroAovieh then took The con.
trpls and landed the ship.
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PARIS R-Franee 10 letting only
Il 800 Americans enter Morocco 10
man TIE huge u. 5. Air Force
bases there, ard American officers
|said today that number soon won't
lie enough 10 do the Job.
Theee Of the Jet bomber and
Tighter bases WIN be finished IN
The near future--At q cost Of nearly
leo million dollars. U. 8. officers
|say they WIN need q marked In.
crease In troops, perhaps nearly
double the 100 now allowed un-
der present U. Q. agreements with
France. Two more bases are stu
to be built.
French officials say The limit On
troops was agreed 10 In the first
contact authorizing the United
States 10 build bomber bases. This
limit win be continued. one author
|itatlve spokesman sad, until q
status e forees'' agreement can
be worked out covering the opera.
ton and administrator Of the
bases and control Il the military
forces there.
The spokesman said France will
allow no more men On the bases
until q more workable agreement
has been reached. That now 10 be-
ing negotiated, but the differences
have continued for two years.
American officials In Paris indi-
Gated the negotiations were going
On aeceptahly well. A "status Of
forces" agreement covers such
things a. which nations courts try
soldier offenders, hiring and firing
of civilian personnel and traspor-
tatio.
American Air Force officers said
the present ceiling win Let into
Morocco only enough u. s. Off.
GERS, airmsn and civilians TO oper.
ate two bases and the Sth Air
Division headquarters In Rabat.
American civilian officials in
Morocco said the limitation stems
from French fears q Increasing
American influence IN the country
and q French belief that Ameri.
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Youth Pays Off

DENVER IA mooEh made q
difference Of IS years in the life
|ot Charles Montoya, state peniten-
|tiary inmate.
Montoya, sentenced to 8 s.
years in prison for aggravated rob.
berry O. aug. 9. 1SlS, won his ap.
peal yesterday before District
Judge Albert +. Frantx that he
was short . month a celebrating
his 2lst birthday when sent 10 peis.
on eight years ago.
Under Colorado law q person
over n can be sentenced for two
years 10 life for aggravated rob.
berry, but q maximum penalty ID
10 years 10 oct for persons under
"a.
Frants reduced Montoya's sen.
tenee b . pears II mouths 10 10
lyeasA
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Established Quota Too Small
For Needs OF African Bases

cans are interfering In local poll
tics.
"Frenchmen here actually thinl
we want to take over this colony
said one u. 8. government official
I'm Morocco.
A French official agreed there
was considerable antagonism 10
ward Americans Q mong thu
| French In Morocco. He said 4
started when Moroccan leaders In
Iterpfeted comments by President
Roosevelt a. assurance that thu
United States would help them gel
independence from France. Moroc
co b one Of Frances tenderes,
spots.
French officials claim the 7,sO(
inen are enough at present 70 run
the bases; that more Frenchmer
and Arabs should do more Of thu
work now done by GIs; that too
many highly paid American troops
win upset the country's economy
worse than ever.
Here's q breakdown on u. s. Ali
Force manpower In Morocco now:
Nouaceur-l, 100 officers and air
men and $50 U. 5. civilians.
Sidi Slimane-2, 800 officers and
|airmen and Is u. S. civilians.
That leaves Us officers, airmen
and civilians attached to the Air
Force for the 5th Air Division
headquarters and the big airfields
now building ut Ben Guerir.
In addition, the Air Force ID Civ.
ing work to more than 1000 Mo.
foccans. French and other Allied
personnel.
Nouaceur sprawls over 7,20l
acres Of windswept desert 20 miles
outside Casablanca. II needs more
manpower than the others, as 1t.
primary Job 10 to supply and main
tain the other u. s. bases In Mo
rocco, Tripoli and Saudi Arabia
When Il 10 fully operative, two
wings Of Jet bombers and q tacti
cal fighter squadron win be nyinf
OF Ito il.0o0-foot runway.
Sidi Slimane and Ben Buerir arr
primarily Jet bomber and fighter
bases.
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Gaii orders filled
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|Ar1ly,Reveals
Some Of It's


ABERDEEN, Nd. W-The Army
took the wraps of some Of ifs
hitherto secret equipment today In
q display at the Aberdeen Proving
Ground, but q number Of atomic
age guns and gadgets were con-
spicuously absent.
Ordnance items on view ranged
from the latest In protective body
armor to the new go mn. atomic
cannon, set up to fire q conyen-
dOnal shell.
But, abiding By the terms Of an
order issued last spring by Secre-
tary Of Defense Wilson. the army
made no effort 70 display such
items Is the new Nike antiaircraft
guided missile, the "Ontos" car
rier for antiaircraft weapons or
the new Tl3 heavy tank. The. VII
son order prohibited for reasons Of
security and economy any public
demonstrations 81 important new
weapons and equipment"
The 30 MN. cannon which fired
lie first atomic round In Nevada
last spring was out I'm the clear for
public demonstration.
The Army, which has empha-
sized the mobility Of the huge, s5-
ton gun, scheduled bridge cross
|ings today to prove that It can be
moved virtually anywhere IN q
battle zone.
Also unaffected BY the order was
the IS mn. "Skysweeper" anti
aircraft gun, with fadar controls
TO detect and ''lock onto" ap.
preaching enemy planes.
Unveiled for the first time werel
"a 5s.ton tank retriever capable oil
hauling the Army's heaviest We
|hicles of the battlefield under fire;
% 1S-ton tractor which can travel
50 miles an hour and has q towing
capacity Of rs tons; and q new
twin 20 MN. gun mounted On the
chassis Of the Walker Bulldog
tank.
Most Of the other new weapons
had been displayed before inclu-
ding the atomic cannon, which
took part In President Eisenhow.
er's inaugural parade.
The show was put on for the
American Ordnance Assn.-made
up Of civilian manufacturers, en-.
gineers and others who produce
arms-and for top military brass
and newsmen.
The tank retriever unveiled for
the first time, the Isl, 10 powered
by Q 1,0O0-horsepower, super.
charged, aircooled Continental en-
CINE. The Army says 1t can tow
three Aston medium tanks at the
same time or the new SO-ton atom.
lie cannon over any type Of terrain.
Designed at the Detroit Arsenal,
1t 10 the first vehicle developed
solely for dragging disabled tanks
off battlefields while under fire.
Converted tanks were previously
used for the job, and Army off,
Gals say If the T51 had been avail
able for World War II or the Ko.
rean War hundreds Of tanks and
American lives would have been
saved.
Chrysler Corp. Is repored ne.
gotiating for a contract Of about
IS million dollars to build isis. nj
is expected to be In production by
next June.
The ISL carries a crew Of five.
Equipped with q long crane and a
power winch, it can lumber onto
% battlefield and lift as much as
80 tons clear of the ground. Much
heavier weight can be lowed. In
GLIDING the 60-ton T43 tank. the
Army's largest. II is armed. with
. S0-caliber machine gun.
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RABBIT THIEF SOUGHT

|ENfAODII Iu1Er SUUUnI
TUCSON, ARK. D-The law liz.
tened to Willie Williams CON-
plant.
Some guy stole my rabbit" he
said. II was sitting In q restau.
rant. and he lifted II right under
my nose"
Police broadcast IN alert Tor q
rabbit thief.
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Street Yields Fish

SANFORD, Fla. @-When the
street in front of his house flooded.
Damon Morrison went fishing In
lit.
He caught q six-inch catfish.