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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-23
Pair Are Bound Over To Criminal
Court On Jail Escape Charges Fri.
Bond Of $1,000 Is
Set For Pair Who
attacked JaiIer
In Escape Try

Bond was set at w, 200
each for a pair of Monroe
County jail inmates who
made an unsuccessful es-
cape attempt last week, by
Justice of the Peace Ira AL
bury following a prelimin-
airy hearing yesterday.
They were bound over to
Criminal Court when they
pleaded not guilty to the
charges.
The pair, Albert D. Davis,
%, Miami and Joseph Jack
son, 20, were being held in
the jail for investigation
when on January 18th they
made an attempt to escape
by attacking jailer Jerry La
brada. The try for freedom
was frustrated however by
Labrada with the aid of a
trusty, Oliver Luoni. q
In testimony yesterday, jailer
Labrada told Of how. when he was
locking the pair in their cells for
The night, they turned on him and
slugged him and took his keys.
They made believe that they
were going into the cell and then
Davis turned and sIugged me in
the face and stunned me-" La
brada testified. Then Davis
ahoused to Jackson 10 go get
him. meaning The trusfy who
was helping me-" Labrada con.
tinued.
fahrada said thatshe was knock
III d the floor in terrific scuffle
I'd the pair Of would.be escapists
look his keys from his pocket. 4
heard them fumhling with the
lock- he said.
AS the pair worked franticaily
10 open the door Of the cell. the
iailer's wife appeared with a PTS
toll.
shes out there with gun
let's give up" Jackson was said
10 have shouted al this point.
Oliver Luoni, a trusty at the
iail. who is serving two years on
4 breaking and entering convic-
ton, told Of how he was attacked
BY jackson whom he struck with a
flashlight in self defense. Then
jackson was said to have picked
up a 6O-pound stool and said stay
back in the corner or I'll kill you.
Three more prisoners: William
r.. Redus, Jessie Thomas and Al
bert Davis, who witnessed the
brazen escape try, corroborated
the statement OF the two men at
the hearing,
Police officer Herman Conley,
who was called to the jail at the
time Of the uprising, said that he
succeeded III suhduing the pair
when he er the compound
with his nightstick.
The pair ag II To testify a;
yesterdays hearing although Davis
said that everyone that testified
here today lied. | never laid q
hand on that man (Labradal and
| never will. / was just trying to
help him. Both of the defendants
asked for jury trial.
jackson when he made his plea
said. II can't plead not guilty but
il was the conditions in the Jail al
the time
Davis faces breaking and en-
tering charge in Miami and has
been under bond Of Sc, TBS on mul.
tiple charges Of auto theft, resist
ing arrest and hit and run driving
Jackson Is held ON $500 bond foI
breaking and entering. Davis has
a long police record, Sheriff Johr
SpostSw0od said
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-23
"Hardworkiing" Thief ATTEMPTS 10
PiIfer 200-Pound Cash Register
Bartender Jailed after Breaking
Into Night Club Here This Morning

who certainly must qualify Key Vests
hardest working thief jailed this morning after he at
tempted carry 200pound cash register from local
bar.
The man, Thomas Conaty, %. 7O9 Emma Street. was
captured by two bystanders after he tumbled down
flight of steps while nonchalanty carrying the register
which contained S1058O from the Jockey Club at the
of Greene and Smonton Streets shortly after $500
Evening star., 1953-08-02
Foreign Aid

One Of the most contro-
versial programs of the legis-
lative year, foreign aid. was
approved late in the week. but
the money voted was short Of
what the President recon-
mended.
When President Eisenhower
first sent his foreign-aid pro-
gram to the Hill he wanted
$50 billion. He gradually low
cred his request until it to-
tailed only $5.1 billion. Con-
gress gave him $4,480, 900, 900.
Still, it was better than it
might have been. Last-minute
action by the Senate restored
some of the heavy House cuts.
The final bill appropriated
$4,054, 100000 in new money
for military aid and permitted
use of an additional $2,065,-
100000 in funds left over from
previous years. Economic and
technical aid totaled $426 mil
lion in new money and $50
million in holdover funds.
About half of all money voted
will be used in Europe.
Evening star., 1953-08-02
Military Funds

Both the President and Con-
gress had their say on the
Armed Forces appropriation
bill which cleared the Hill last
week. President Eisenhower
won his fight for a SIS billion
cut in Air Force money, de-
spite loud protests from many
Democrats. But at the same
time the congressional econ
omy ak cut into the bill at
many spots and reduced it by
another SIT billion. The final
total was $34.4 billion.
The furious fight expected
over Air Force money faded
away as the House and Senate
gave final approval to the
measure. The Presidents per-
sonal Endorsement of the Air
Force figure proved to be
enough to subdue the criti-
cism.
The bill will give $13 billion
to the Army, $9.5 billion to
the Navy and $11.2 billion to
the Air Force. The remain
ing funds will be split by the
National Security Council. the
National Security Training
Commission and the Office Of
the Secretary of Defense.
Evening star., 1953-08-02
Review of the Weeks News

which gave coastal States title
to the undersea lands from the
high-tide mark to the three
mile limit with the exception
of Texas and Florida, which
gained control out to 10A2
niles.
Presidential signature of the
continental shelf bill will be
the signal for a new rush to
find the millions of dollars
worth of oil thought to lie
under the sea. The Federal
Government will sell leases in
the underwater areas and will
collect royalties on any oil
found. The States now do the
same with their narrow strips
of offshore lands.
The bill was approved with
out the Senate amendment
earmarking Federal oil rev.
enues for aid to education.
Although the two bills os-
tensibly settle the 15-year-old
"tidelands" dispute, Congress
may not have heard the end
of it. Several States plan to
challenge the States rights
law in the courts. If they sue
ceed, the whole thing will land
back in the lap of Congress.
Evening star., 1953-08-02
Refugees

A compromise refugee bill
was approved late in the week
after elaborate precautions had
been attached to keep possible
Communists from entering this
country.
The measure would permit
214,000 persons, outside the
regular immigration quotas. to
enter this country during the
next three years and Ave
months. The President had
asked that 100000 persons be
admitted in two years.
Most of the new wave of
refugees fled Communist op-
preston and now are in Eu-
rope waiting for resettIement.
Also included in the quota will
be 1000 war orphans from all
over the world, 1000 persons
from Asia and 1000 Arabs.
Evening star., 1953-08-02
Debt Limit

The Senate set aside it's
pressing last-minute work Fri
day to eulogize Senator Taft.
Political friends and foes
praised him as a man and as
a statesman.
Legislative action was,. of
course, set back one day.
Hopes for adjournment this
week end already had been
dashed, on Thursday, however,
when the President asked Con-
gress to raise the limit on the
national debt before it went
home. It was not possible to
decide about such a controver-
sial measure in three days.
The request for a new debt
limit came during breakfast
at the White House. House
and Senate leaders were told
then by Secretary of the
Treasury Humphrey that the
Federal Government could not
finish the year in fiscal safety
and remain under the exist
ing $275 billion debt ceiling.
The debt is now about $2.5
billion under the ceiling.
There is about SO billion cash
on hand. Expected spending
will eat up $7.3 billion of that
reserve before the end of the
year. The remaining SIT bill
lion plus the $2.5 billion which
could be borrowed would give
the Nation too low a margin
of safety, Mr.. Humphrey said.
He recommended the debt
limit be boosted to $500 bill
lion, only $40 billion under the
1945 record high.
The House quickly acted on
the request, approving it's bill
Friday. The Senate. however,
did not go along. Democrats.
led by Senator Byrd of Vir-
ginia and Senator George Of
Georgia, ranking minority
member of the Finance Com
mittee, said the administra-
ton could squeak through on
the existing limit if it tried.
The showdown came last
night in the Senate Finance
Committee. The group voted
liza to table the debt increase
bill Only three Republicans
and one Democrat supported
the administrations request
for a raise in the debt ceiling.
There was still a possibility
that President Eisenhower
might call Congress back in
the fall. Meanwhile. Congress
seemed to have its decks
cleared for adjournment Mon
day or Tuesday.
Evening star., 1953-08-02
Customs

Tourists who have returned
from abroad with a trunkload
of gifts for the stay-at-homes
and have been appalled, by the
customs redtape have a slight
idea of the complexity of
United States customs regula-
tions. Those complexities which
are only irritationS to tourists
mean expensive loss of time
and money to exporters of
goods to the United States.
For decades there have been
sporadic moves to simplify the
great accumulation of customs
laws and regulations. Last
week the attempts met with
success. Congress passed a
customs simplification bill and
sent it to the White House for
the expected signature.
During final action two con-
troversial house amendments
were removed, one changing
the method of setting the value
of imported goods and the
other effecting the conversion
Of foreign money for customs
purposes.
Evening star., 1953-08-02
ItoIy

EOR THE FIRST time since
L the end of World War II
the Italian Parliament did not
want Alcide de Gasperi as Pre-
mier. There was considerable
question. however. whether
they could agree for long on
any one else.
The trouble started last
month when De Gasperis
Christian Democratic Party
and its coalition of three other
small center groups failed to
win solid majority of parlia-
mentary seats. The coalition
took 303 seats in the Cham
ber of Deputies. The far-left
groups won 2l8 seats (l43
Communist, rs Left Socialists.
and the far-right groups took
50 (40 Monarchist, 20 Neo-
Fascist.
So the coalition had a mar
gin on paper of 303 to 237,
not enough to pursue a vigor-
Gus program in volatile Italy.
The minor parties got to bick-
ering over moves to broaden
the alliance and then, unable
to agree, they broke up the
coalition. When De Gasperi
brought an all-Christian DEM
Ocrat cabinet into the Cham
ber last week for approval, the
minor parties declined to vote.
The far right and far left
voted against him. and De
Gasperi lost. 282 to 263.
No Tolent in Sight
Italian President Luigi Eli
naudi set out to find another
prospective premier. but there
: was no one in sight with as
much prestige as De Gasperi.
y The options for future as
pirantS were these:
First, they could try to re-
pair the center coalition, but
that would be difficult to swing
If De Gasperi could not do it.
Second. they could attempt
to broaden the coalition to
take in the rs Left Socialists.
but that would ALLEVIATE right
wing Christian Democrats.
Third. they could take in the
40 Monarchists. but that would
ALLEVIATE left-wing Christian
Democrats.
Fourth. new elections could
be called.
Elections would be a last re-
sort. The other combinations
would be tried first. The i'm
mediate outlook was for a pc
riod of political confusion.
The Italian crisis was not a
disaster. however. AS the Left
Socialists and Monarchists are
both willing to go along with
an internationalist. De Cas-
peri-style foreign policy, any
coalition leaving out the Com
muniSts and -FaSciSts
would carry on foreign pol
icy which would agree with
Americas.
Evening star., 1953-08-02
Berlin

TIE AMEfI1CAN Scneme TO
l. give SIS million worth Of
food to the East Germans was
turning out to be a successful
move in the cold war-not
because it particularly inn
pressed the world with the gen.
erosity of Uncle Sam, but
because it caused considerable
worry in the East German
(Communist) government.
The Reds, of course, rejected
the original American offer of
food. But the food was sent
anyhow, the first shiploads
arriving last week. 1t was
turned over to the West Ger
man government for distri-
button, along with reserve
German stocks, to the East
Germans. .
Distribution turned out to
be simple. Food stands we're
set up near the sector border
and the hungry East Germans
were invited across. On pre-
sentation of identity cards,
more than / million persons
from all over the Communist
zone were given lard, -four,
dried beans and peas.
Threats and CojoIery
Communist officials used
threats, promises and trickery
in attempts to shut of the
stream of food seekers. But
the border, in accordance with
the latest Communist peace
and friendship moves, was not
closed.
East Germans were told by
the Communists that persons
receiving food were automati-
cally signed up by the United
States as spies. Accordingly,
the Reds added. they would be
punished as foreign agents
when they returned to the
Communist zone. At the same
time they were assured re-
peatedly that plenty Of food
was available in East Germany
and that more was arriving
every day-bulging the East
Berlin warehouses, in fact.
But the hungry Germans. their
arms full of free food, walked
right by Communist police.
Foke Invitations
In efforts to sabotage the
food distribution. the Reds
first printed bogus food cou-
pons and then, when this was
discovered, distributed fake
newspapers in West Germany
inviting several hundred thou
sand unemployed and PEN
stoned persons to share in the
free food. The invitations were
exposed, however, by the bona
fide West German press.
The project seemed to be a
success. The East Germans
apparently realized that it was
a propaganda move on the
part of the United States. but
recognized it as a useful one.
They got some free food--al-
though SIS million worth
would not really dent a FAM
ine-and the hated Commu-
nists were publicly embarrass-
ed. There were two immediate
dividends to the West:
The satellites were kept in
ferment. and more and more
Germans were lured over for
look at prosperous, free West
Berlin.
Evening star., 1953-08-02
Continental Shelf

Congress dropped the other
shoe last week when it ap-
proved a bin giving the Fed
eral Government control over
undersea land from the three
Tor 10la) mile limits out to
the edge of the continental
shelf-200 miles out to sea in
some places. 1t will supple
ment the "tidelands" bill
passed earlier in the year
Evening star., 1953-08-02
Clergy Probe

E4G 1OOOE investigation
- Of Communists among the
clergy moved rapidly last week
toward a test that could be to
this probe what the Alger Hiss
case was to the investigation
OF communism in Government.
1t took the Hiss case to con-
vince almost all Skeptics that
there had been Red infiltration
in Washington on a serious
scale. 1t will take a similar
case to convince the Nation
that the Un-American Activi-
ties Committee can strike Red
pay-dirt in the churches.
Key man in the new case is
the Rev. Jack r. McMichael,
pastor of the Upper Lake
(Callf) Methodist Church and
former executive secretary of
the controversial Methodist
Federation for Social Action,
an unofficial organization of
MethodiStS. The committee
had taken secret testimony .
from two witnesses who swore
that Mr.. McMichael was a
Communist. Last week the
accused preacher was called to
account-the first clergyman
subpoenaed in the new inveSti-
CATION.
McMichoeI's Challenge
He promptly took oath that
he never had been a member
OF the Communist Party. This
done, he hotly demanded that
the witnesses against him be
prosecuted for perjury.
1t was clear that to swing
public opinion behind it's in
veStigation (and committee
members are relying on even
tual public Support) the COM
mittee would have to pursue
the McMichael affair until it
found who was lying. And, if
stories still failed to jibe,
some one would have to be
prosecuted.
MI. McMichael's accuSers
were identified as Manning
johnson and Leonard Patter-
son, admitted former Commu-
nists. The committee also
had an affidavit signed by
John j. Edmiston and his wife
Martha. identified as former
undercover agents for the FBI.
The Edmistons said Mr.. Nc
Michael had led Communist
and pro-Communist move
mentS.
Hot and Heavy
In an unruly session Mr..
McMichael said he knew of no
Communist groups with which
he had been affiliated. When
confronted by Mr.. johnson and
the Edmistons he said he did
not recall ever meeting them.
His lengthy explanations of his
activities brought frequent in
terruptionS from impatient
committee members. He was
criticized for not sticking to
the point and was threatened
with citation for contempt of
Congress.
1t was logical that Mr.. Nc
Michael should be the first
clergyman called to testify.
His name had been mentioned
frequently in discussions of the
ecclesiastical left. Methodist
Bishop G. Bromley Oman,
who testified at his own re-
quest two weeks ago, said that
during his term as an officer
in the Methodist Federation
for Social Action he had be-
come suspicious" of Mr.. Nc
Michael and that an unnamed
reliable source - apparently
the FBI-had later confirmed
that Mr.. McMichael was in
deed a Communist.
Mr.. McMichael also was
named in j! B. Matthews ex-
ploSive magazine article on
communism and the clergy.
Another, and seemingly more
responsible author, also men
tions Mr.. McMichael in a book
to be published this month.
He is Ralph Lord Roy, a
Methodist minister. and the
book is Apostles of Discord,"
originally written as Colum-
bia University doctoral thesis.
The book deVotes several
Evening star., 1953-08-02

pages OF sober discussion to
Mr.. McMichael and asserts he
follows faithfully the ideologi-
cal routes charted by the
Kremlin, blind alleys and ALL"
Evening star., 1953-08-02

Continued From Page A-2l)
publican record which would
only harm the chances Of
Democrats in the 1854 elections.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-06-05

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popular ypIst
Twenty girls IAToSca restaurant
Every time attend this kind Of luncheon find myself believing
and in the saying that what eat Not only
table upbringng
personality.
3 We n wrI-drcssed. CO.
display the table cd hand pInE
she live take the m0uthfnL fork
Isn't brought the mouth the mouth deSCends meet the
This calls for hunCheduP crouch the plate that
most dainty thing the Of hungry dog guard
ing bone
gal dieting herself into pre-
mature old these
food stomach change She demolished
hett the other luncheon that eating
before the
wofed down huge piece Of chocolate cream pie
the supervisors eating
holds the fork pointed
constantly psychologists make sOuhinR Of thIa
She tells her husband has criticized her tAbls
say ! blame him
gals unaccustOmed To alcoholic drinks
who toss caution the winds fancy
the fncier the better They don't they're drinking
enough ruin
appetite sips they get silly
In the head They look at my martini and ask:
what's thatH"
tnis ttle girls dip
ping won't forget the affair try
luncheon Ordinarily q mOuSske BtI thing turned into
She lighted q
the afternoon In the office She ended the day BY tripping
telephone Wire and landing pratt position
Most Of the girls work WITH believe
born New Workers. BrOOkIntss
instance will take her TSt trip CITY
goes honeymoon! their
entire lives Withn bOrOuKhs they
born They nothing Of downtown Broadway
cosmopolitan Manhattan That
IL the bridal baby
popular u gives te an opportunity 20 get for an hour ar o ON,
o. the hHdum monotOHy daily pattern Of
OF course the luncheon custom
luncheon honor Of girl
be hard fesngs particularly
plan returning after honeymoon only
in the office who publicly that she won't
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BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
ST. PAUL BIRTHDAYS

June 8 Naomi KimbrouEh. 722
w. Central Ave, Mr. Theodore
Kilgore, 8g4 W. Central: Mrs
Letita Camp Martin. b23 Carroll
Ave, Mrs James Bradford, zoos
Carroll Ave; Mira Myrtle Allison,
800 No. Chatsworth: Charles
Schuck. 500 Rondo Ave: Mrs
LAIlie Mae Green, $40 Carroll Ave.
June Mrs. Barbara Warren.
Az Fuller Ave. George shannon
ST., 6o3 Carroll Ave Mr., william
J. Montgomery, 377 W. Central
Ave; Elijah Macintosh, 73b
ROndo Ave: Mrs. Pearl whyte,
Sg7 Rondo Ave.
June s Mr. Ernest Golden, 45S
st. Anthony; Mrs, Owen Howell,
3sI N. Grotto; Mrs. wilbur Hen.
dsrs, 73i st. Anthony Ave; Bllly
Douglas, 428 Carroll Ave.
June william Joseph Holl.
man, 7sS 81. Anthony Ave; Pat.
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Keys Cmbi The Keys Club OF
Border ME church met on Mon
day. June I, with Mrs Anna Rice,
$40 bryant Ave. N. a. hostess. 4
report was made on the rummRge
sale held Monday. May 20. which
was q success. Mrs, Jcasie Shop
ard was elected assistant spiritual
leader Projects for the coming
year were planned, The next
meeting will be held on Monday.
June ~, with Mrs, c, NJ, Sexton
~ hostess,
VIII Ne InduCtcd Into Armyi
Franklin and Roosevelt, twin sons
of Mrs, Lucille MeDuflo, T2S
i2th Ave ~, viii report for Inn
duction into the army on Mon.
day, June 3 at 7'So .. M.
spends Decoration Day With
MotheFi Mrs. Vertrell Buford
johnson OF Omaha. Nsb.. was IN
the city for Decoration Day and
was the guest uf her mother, Mrs.
u, Buford % A036 Fourth Ave, q,
willing Workers Clubi The
willing Workers club Of Bethss-
da Baptist church will meet az
the home Of Mrs, Anna Moody.
1917 Olson Highway on Thurs
day, June II, at \ p, m, All mem-
bera are urged 10 be present and
on time.
IlII Mrs, Isabelle Stone was
taken m AZ Bethesda Baptist
church on Sunday morning, May
81, She was reported slightly i'm.
proved after having been attended
by . physician,
Returns 20 Campi Corporal
Richard NJ. Sims. son 81 Mrs.
JuanitA Sims, 1891 Bryant Ave,
~, who has been home on fur"
Tough for tho past month, left
Monday, June I. for san Fran.
cisco, Calf. where he IL o. 70.
port for overseas duty.
Dinner OHeaiai Mrs Viola Mad.
den, 1900 clinton Ave, had an her
dinner guests on Sunday. May
~. Mines, Bessie Lewis. Jose.
phine Brown Aliio Wilson, IIu.
bert l. Dudley ~ Detroit, Mich,
and Raymond u. Cannon, Mr..
Dudley was tho Layman Day
speaker at, H. Peters AMB
church AZ tho morning service,
Both he and Mr.. Cannon are prac-
tiCing aiiorneya
RacuP"ratinEt Mrs, w. A, RoAa,
1926 CLINTON Ave. In slowly re-
covering frum her recent illness,
She has been confined to bed for
tho past several weeks on her
doctors advice.
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Wedding
Anniversaries
ST. PAUL

June 6-Mr. and Mrs. Kelly
Turner s35 St. Anthony Ave: 81
years; Mr. and Mrs. A. Hyland
Stokes, 7s3 Aurora Ave. 10
years.
June 7-Mr. and Mrs. Harold X.
Rowland. 6s4 Iglehart Ave, six
years.
June s-Mr and Mrs. Ralph
Ward. Sr.. go w. Central Ave,
81 years; Mr.. and Mrs. William
Martin, 4l6 st. Anthony Ave.
four years; Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Blakey. 756 st. Anthony, 10 years.
June 9-Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell
Rhone. three years; Mr.. and Mrs.
Earnest Williams, 935 IgIehart
Ave, 80 years.
June 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
jackson. 2sS N. st. Adams Ave.
10 years; Mr.. and Mrs. Napoleon
Jackson, 800 Rondo. 81 years,
June l2-Mr. and Mrs. Woody
Mills, 9l6 ST. Anthony Ave; 10
years.