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Godfrey To Have
Check OH

-
BOSTON N -Radio-TV star
Arthur Godfrey will have a check
made Of his year-old hip operation
within q week or 10 days. N;
Bone specialist DR.. Otto Aufranc,
who has been handling the Godfrey
case since the death Of DR.. Marius-
N. Smith-P Petersen, will 60 to New.
York to make the checkup, a
Massachusetts General Hospital
spokesman said last night.
The hospital announcement
came after the entertainer told his
TV.radio audience, "I've got to 60
back to the hospital and have it
(the operation) done all over
again" because there Is "some-
thing mechanically wrong" with
the hip.
The original operation, per-
formed last May by DR.. Smith.
Petersen, replaced the shattered
hip bone with a new ball and sock
ct joint covered by a metal mold.
Both Godfrey's hips were
smashed in a Washington automo-
bile accident more than 20 years
ago.
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surprisingly strong when fresh and
wet and often washed ashore in
perfect shape. This graceful shell
is a prize to delight the eye of any
collector.
Q. In the past / have tried to
preserve starfish but they always
curl up their arms; how can this
be prevented? p. A. Trammel,
Coral Gables.
A. The curling of the arms Of
starfish may be prevented by plac.
iES the animal in fresh water az
soon as possible after it has been
captured. After being placed in
fresh water, the starfiSh relaxes,
extends its arms and then dies.
This leaves the animal in perfect
condition for preserving. The pre-.
servation can be accomplished by
$40 per cent formalin. With large
starfish it may be necessary to in.
ject preservative inside the ami.
NAL with a hypodermic needle;
otherwise the viscera may delay
and allow the "shell" to collapse.
After preservation and drying the
surface may be coated with shell
lac or varniSd to give it a glossy
appearance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11
|Marooned Pair
Saved By'Copter

FAIRBANKS, Alaska B-An Air
Force helicopter pilot, maneuver-
ing his plane in the air currents
swirling around lofty Mt. Mckinley
yesterday rescued a fier and his
wife who had been marooned for
four days on the peaks snowy
slopes.
After three days of 100-mile-per-
hour winds and fog, Capt. Ralph
Searle Of the 74th Air Rescue
Squadron landed the 'copter at the
Z ,500-foot level of Mckinley and
picked up Mr.. and Mrs. Dick
Collins Of Fairbanks.
Collins light plane crashed last
Thursday as he attempted to land
supplies to a party climbing the
highest peak on the North Ameri-
can continent. Collins and his wife
escaped injury.
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SEA SECRETS

z Q. Have any large white sharks
ever been taken in Florida waters?
o. T. Alsace, Miami, Fla.
A. Yes. Stewart Springer, one of
the foremost authorities on sharks
has reported two instances of large
white sharks (Carcha,odon car.
charias) being captured in Florida
waters. One of these was estimat.
ed to be Is feet long. This speci-
men was caught off Sarasota dur
ing the winter of 1898. Another
was taken off Englewood on Feb.
ruary l, 1889. This specimen was
Is feet 6 inches long. Its stomach
contained two ground sharks. each
between six and seven feet long
In the early stages of digestion
There are some authentic reports
OF this species attacking man in
other parts Of the world, 50 it is
very fortunate that they are com.
paratively rare in Florida. The
white shark is said to reach leng-
tn Of IS feet.
Q. What is paper nautilus? B.
NJ. Pickeral, Jacksonville.
A. The paper nautilus is the egg
case of the female octopus largo.
Ilauta argo). The male of this spe-
cies is very small, reaching a
length of an inch or little more.
The female is murch larger than
her mate and may be more than a
foot in length. The female builds
the shell which she often leaves in
search of food, returning to it
quickly should danger approach.
Although the shell is fragile it is
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11

HICHLICHTS

WASHINGTON IN -Congression.
al concern over American policy
in Southeast Asia brings Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles back
to Capitol Hill for . secret
briefing.
Dulles, who met twice last week
with congressional leaders, reports
to the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee on his attempts to line up
a donation united front" against
Communist advances in Indochina
and Southeast Asia.
MCCARTHY-ARMY-The Sem
ate Investigations subcommittee
meets for a showdown on two
plans to shorten its probe Of the
McCarthy-Army row before con-
tinuing cross-examination Of Sec
rotary of the Army Robert T.
Stevens. The Army's civilian chief
says he opposes one plan and Sen.
Joseph r. Mccarthy (R-Wis)
voices opposition to the other.
These dissents make approval of
either proposal appear doubtful.
SUPREME COURT-The Senate
moves ahead In debate toward a
vote on a proposed constitutional
amendment affecting the Supreme
Court. Sen. John M. Butler says
he believes President. Eisenhower
approves his proposal, which would
fix the size of the court and bar
Justices from resigning to run for
president. Sen. Thomas c.
Hennings Jr. (D-Mo) terms the
measure unnecessary. A two-thirds
vote of senator's present is needed
for approval.
KHOKHLOV - The Senate In
ternal SECURITY committee ques-
tons in secret q Russian officer,
Capt. Nikolai E. Khokhlov, who
deserted to the West last February
saying he'd been sent to Frank
fort, Germany, with orders to kill
a prominent anti Communist there.
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FRENCH RUSH PREPARATION FOR
AIRLIFTING FORTRESS WOUNDED
By JOHN RoDERIeK

SAIGON, Indochina Up - The
French rushed preparations today
to airlift their wounded from the
fallen fortress Of Diem Bien Phu.
A French army spokesman said
Gen. Henri Navarro, commander
of French Union forces in Indo-
china, had been instructed by the
Paris government to contact the
vietminh commander. Gen. Vo
Nguyen Clap, and arrange for the
mercy lift as soon as possible.
The Communists agreed at the
Geneva conference yesterday that
he French could fly out 1900 SER
ously wounded troops the Reds
laid they had captured when they
;eized the northwest Indochina
,astion Friday after S. days of
repeated attacks.
II could not be learned immed-
lately whether Navarro had been
able yet to contact Clap.
Il was believed possible the
French commander would use
Radio Hirondelle (Swallow)-voice
OF French forces in the Far East
to make contact.
Radio Hirondelle carried Ma
wares earlier appeals for brief
hats In the firing to permit evacu-
alton Of French Union wounded
after the attack began March Is.
Clap turned a deaf ear to those
appeals. His troops fired on hospi-
tal-marked planes and helicopters
trying 30 fly out the wounded.
Once arrangements with Clap
are made, the big problem will be
landing facilities for the French
transports. Diem Bien Phu is ITS
miles northwest Of Hanoi, nearest
handle such . large number of
cases.
The fortress two airstrips were
churned to rubble by rebel mortars
and artillery. The besiegers' ever
encroaching trenches pocked them
repeatedly. Before the planes can
land there, the strips will have to
be repaired.
Whether the Vietminh will do
this themselves, using war prison.
ers for labor, or leave it to French
engineers was not known.
II appeared possible helicopters
might start bringing out the most
gravely wounded shortly.
The Vietminh radio said last
might every possible medical aid
was being given the wounded. 1t
said most Of the injured men were
being treated by their own doctors,
who also. are captives.
The broadcast made no mention
Of Genevieve de Galard Terraube,
French air force nurse who was
trapped in the fortress after rebel
fire destroyed the helicopter which
took her there for a visit last
March.
The Red offer to allow the airlift
was made unexpectedly at Geneva
by Vietminh Deputy Premier
Pham Van Dong. He declared his
government Gin conformity with
the humanitarian policy which it
has always pursued during the
war is prepared to authorize
the evacuation of the seriously
wounded OF the French expedition
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ranged up and down northwest
Indochina, pounding rebel troops
and supply conveys on the roads
below.
Between Hanoi and the key sup.
ply port of Haiphong the rebels
stepped up attacks on sparcely.
manned defense posts. Some 10000
Vietminh regular, regional and
guerrilla units are estimated to be
in the delta area.
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defenses in the vital, rice-rich Red
River delta below Hanoi against a
rebel assault that might come be-
fore the monsoon rains hit their
peak late in June.
Informed French military
sources said it was unlikely, how
ever, the Vietminh could shift the
bulk of their shock troops from
Diem Bien Phu to the delta perrin
eter before another month.
French fighters and bomberS
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airy corps who were taken prisoner
at Diem Bien Phu."
The Vietminh radio announced
yesterday that Brig. Gen. Chris
tian de Castries, commander of
the Diem Bien Phu garrison, was
taken prisoner in the last hours
of the siege. There was no indica-
ton as to whether he was wounded.
Meanwhile, Indochina's checker
board war went on.
French forces strengthened their
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It's Very Embarrassing

OMAHA IA burglar stole SIT
from the desk of Esther Gran.
vile. She is secretary to the pub
lie defender and the adult proba.
ton officer here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11

When calcium vaper is burned
it produces an orange flame.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11

Utah produced s,sso,ooo tons Of
coal in 1853.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-25
Jenner Raps
Army Education
Program In WWII

WASHINGTON @ - Sen. Jen-
ner (R-Ind) said last night the
Army's information and education
program in World War II was
heavily loaded with pro-Soviet
propaganda and stated in many
instances BY men with Communist
records"
In q statement isued in connec-
tion with the publication of testi-
mony about the program taken by
his Internal Security subcommit-
tee last ummer, Jenner declared:
The writing was done and the
troops instructed, in many case,
by men who later used the Fifth
Amendment as protection against
seh-inerimination to avoid reveal
ing their Communist records. /"
Among ether things, Jenner said
els were exposed to the Soviet
Information bulletin, 4 publcation
Of the Soviet Embassy. Russia and
the United States were allies dur
ing the war.
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Committee Takes
Up Final Talks
On Disarmament

UNITED NATIONS, N. r., III
The U. N. Assembly Political Com
mittee entered the final phase Of
its disarmament debates today
with a wary eye on Russia's Andrei
Vishinsky.
Last Friday vishinsky agreed to
join the Western Big Three and
Canada in q resolution calling for
new five-power closed-door talks
on disarmament. Vishinsky agreed
with other delegates that the road
to real agreement was q rough one
but he said there might be light
ahead.
Agreements were signed in Par
is Saturday designed to bring West
Germany into the Western defense
alliance. Moscow countered imme-
diately by calling for a new four
power meeting on German unity,
adding:
1T Is impossible 10 propose a
general reduction Of ornaments
and at the same time carry out
remilitafisation Of Western Ger
many"
One delegate remarked: "K 10
certain that what Moscow said Sat-
urday, Mr.. viShinsky win say here
Monday"
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Britain's Dock
Strike Enters
Fourth Week

LONDON IN - Britain's water
front strike, which has idled a.
600 of 76so00 cargo handlers In this
maritime nation, entered lie fourth
week today with no settlement
in sight.
The National Federation Of
wholesale Grocers warned that
stocks of imported bacon, cheese,
butter, eggs and timed fruits were
running low and said the situation
would become serious II the work
stoppage continues until next week
end.
The strike has paralyzed the big
port of London and crippled opera
tons at six other important ports,
including the key freisht-handling
cities of Liverpool and Hull. More
than 800 ships are Idle in The ports.
Cargoes worth an estimated 100
million pounds case million dol
lars) are being held up.
A committee Of government min
listers which has been keeping an
eye on essential imports scheduled
another meeting for today. It was
expected the group would recon.
mend the use Of troops as steve
dores if the strike continues be-
yond Wednesday.
The lockers walked off their
jobs in support Of 4 demand for
the right to refuse overtime work.
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.SpeedupSet
For Final Week
OF Campaign

The campaign for control of the
S4th Congress today rolled into its
final week with both parties plan
ming An 11th.hour speedup of eff
forts to lure voters still straddling
the political fence.
The Republican National Com
mittee announced yesterday that
some 100 prominent Republicans
will make more than $50 speeches
in So states during the closing days
of the campaign.
COP efforts will be climaxed on
election eve by "get-out-the.
vote" appeal by President Eisen-
hover.
National economic conditions, a
prime issue in the campaign, will
be reviewed tonight by Eisenhow-
er in a nationally televised mon
partisan" talk from Washington.
Vice President Nixon, the most
active of the top COP campaign
ers, will speak today in Nevada,
Arizona and Idaho.
The ''big names" among the
Democrats who will contribute to
the campaign finale include Adlai
Stevenson, the party's 1852 presi-
dental candidate, and Democratic
leaders of the House and Senate.
Nixon yesterday told newsmen in
Salt Lake City that he believes the
COP campaign is now Gin exactly
the right position"
He said the campaign "haS been
gaining in intensity and interest
and If this keeps up the Republi-
cans will win the Senate and
keep the House" in the Nov. 2 bal
loting.
Senate Democratic Leader Lyn-
don johnson of Texas said yester-
day in Minneapolis that a 1O-state
swing has convinced him his party
will wrest control of Congress from
the COP.
Nixon said Saturday the Com
munist party is fighting desperate
ly for an anti Eisenhower Con.
gress, He said this was partly be.
cause the Democratic party has
tolerated" the Red conspiracy
and many of its candidates belong
to a '1eft-wing clique"
In Salt Lake City, Nixon yester-
day commented on a recent Stew
enson statement that the vice pres
ident is directing a COP campaign
that can be described as "McCar-
thyism in a white collar"
Nixon called this a typical
snide and snobbish innuendo to-
ward the millions of Americans
who work for a living in our shops
and factories ="
Nixon said the so-called blue COZ
lar workers shave a much keener
and clearer understanding of the
threat of communism at home than
he (Stevenson) has displayed dur
ing his public career ="
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Man Is Killed.
.By His Own Bullet

EAST ST. LOUIS, III. Up -
Charles Curry, 2s-year-old East st.
Louis Negro, was killed by his own
bullet in a fight yesterday.
East st. Louis police gave this
account of the shooting:
Curry and Warren E. Jones, Is,
another East st. Louis Negro, be-
gan an argument in a club. Curry
grabbed a .3s-caliber automatic
pistol from the pocket of another
man at the scene after Jones was
handed a toy pistol.
Curry, standing in front of Jones
with his arms around him, shot
Jones in the back during a scuffle.
The bullet penetrated Jones' body
and fatally wounded Curry.
Jones was hospitalized with q
gunshot wound in the chest.
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Eye Witness" Is
Charged In Crime

BALTIMORE, TIA 52-year-old
junkman who told police he wit
messed the Staying of a grocer
early Saturday has been charged
with committing the crime himself.
Alfonso Hill, a Negro. had told
police he had seen two Negroes
enter the grocery about the time
Of the killing. He furnished detail
ed descriptions of them.
The victim was Frank Leimkuhl-
er, 81. A woman customer found
him fatally wounded on the floor
Of his grocery. Another customer
recalled seeing a junk wagon near
the store about the time Of the
killing.
Hill, also charged with attempted
robbery, was held without bail.
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Baby Boy Crosses
Up Routine OF
l3-Cirl Family

aiTTSFIELD, Maine N-Thir-
teen sisters gained a brother yes
terday and lost their. claim on be-
ing the nations largest all-sirl
family.
Leslie BENJAMIN Brooks, 9
pounds, Q ounces, crossed up some
Of the plans when he was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Brooks at
their Snake Root Rd. farmhouse.
But he got 4 warm welcome none
theless from the 3s-year-oid cou-
pie and the Is Brooks daughters,
aged IVA to 16.
Now that I have 4 boy I hope
Il win be the end" said Brooks,
q $50-a-week truck driver.
even love him Just a. much
% the girls" his wife declared.
A blue blanket was found h
which 10 swath the newcomber but,
a. HE surprised sister Eunice, 1e,
pointed out, "0h, dearl All his
clothes win be pink"
The Brooks family had mus.
tered q layette in pink for the ex-
pected arrival of girl No. IL
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-25
New Cabinet
Pakistan
ev zAMlR slnoIo,

KARACHI, Pakistan IN - Prime
Minister Mohammed Ali headed q
new and more powerful govern
ment today while q Estate Of emer-
gency" was maintained to cope
with Pakistan's disturbed political
situation.
The Prime Minister named q
new seven-man cabinet last night
after Gov. Gen. Ghulam Moham-
med dismissed all his previous
ministers and dissolved the Con-
stituent Assembly. This body had
served as a national legislature
during the seven years Of Pahis-
tan's independence.
Declaring a state Of emergency,
the governor general turned fill
administrative power over 10 the
Cabinet. DEMONSTRATORS and meet
ings of more than five persons
were prohibited, and censorship
was clamped on the local press.
Ali had cut short visit to the
United States and arrived back in
Karachi Saturday, just . few
hours before the drastic measures
were announced.
He told the nation in q broad
cast that he accepted the COVER
nor generals mandate to form a
new government because lit was
my duty, which In this hour Of
crisis I owed to my country"
Like the governor general, All
was critical Of the Assembly. He
said in his broadcast that lie re-
cent actions had provoked q
storm in the country" and caused
internal strain and chickering's"
After seven years, the Assem-.
bly's work Of drafting 4 constitu-
ton was still unfinished, snarled by
strong antagonisms and rivalry be.
tween different provinces and Ian
guage groups.
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Ike Wants A
Cal Halloween

WASHINGTON IN - President
Eisenhower wants to spend Halo
ween with his grandchildren be-
cause it els one of those times
when we Americans actually en-
courage the little individuals to be
free to do things rather as they
please"
Eisenhower last night combined
a wish that America have gay"
Halloween with tribute 10 Thorn
as A. Edison in q filmed television
appearance.
81 hope" he said, 'syou and your
children have q gay (Halloween)
evening and let's all give . little
prayer that their childish pranks
will be the only kind Of mischief
with which We Americans must
cope"
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Nevada Shows
Fastest Growth
As ". Va. Drops

WASHINGTON R - The Census
Bureau says Nevada was the M.
tons fastest growing state during
the ,ast four years while West Vir-
ginia showed the greatest popula-
ton decline.
The bureaus annual estimate Of
population growth by states
showed last night that ell but ) Of
the 4s states had civilian popuia-
ton gains from April /, 1850, 20
July 1, 1854.
West Virginia's population
period while Nevada showed 0 ss.l
per cent gain. Other states with
shrinking populations were Arkan-
sas and New Hampshire. Gains Of
more than 20 per cent were regis
tered for Arizona and Florida.
The bureau estimated the ma
tons civilian population - which
excludes members Of the armed
forces - totaled 1ss, 0s4, 600 last
July /. This was an Increase q
6.3 per cent from the 149. e34, 900
counted in the last full census
April l, 1850.
Total population, including the
armed forces, was estimated at
l62, 4l4,0oo as Of last July.
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American Held
In PolandI Is
Freed Reds

VIENNA, Austria m - Hermann
Field, u. S. citizen who disap-
pesFed IN Red Poland in August
1s49, has t'been' cleared of all
charges and released from pris-
on" the Warsaw radio said today.
The broadcast said an investiga-
ton conducted by Polish authori-
ties disclosed that the charges
which led to Fields arrest were
framed up by an American
agent"
Field will be given "full compen-
sation" and action will be taken
against all persons responsible for
his arrest, the report said.
Fields secret arrest was dis
closed Sept. 26 in Washington by
his former jailer, Joxef Swiatlo,
top official Of the Polish secret po-
lice until he fled to the West 10
months ago. Field disappeared
after boarding q Prague.bound
plane at Warsaw.
Hermann Field is the brother Of
Noel Field, q former official Of the
U. 8. State Department who dis
appeared in Prague in May 1949.
Noel Fields wife Herta also dis
appeared and they later were
reported under arrest In Hungary.
The official communique broad
cast by Radio Warsaw said:
Polish authorities last year or
derd an investigation into a num-
Der Of legal cases which revealed
gross violations OF law. In the
course Of the investigations author
tiles unmasked an official Of the
Polish security service as an agent
Of an American espionage sys-
tenn" Il
The official was identified az Jo-
zef Swiatlo and the broadcast said
he had been responsible for the
arrest OF several persons, includ-
ing Hermann Field.
Swiatio said in Washington last
month that ne believed Noel Field
and his wife were dead. The State
Department said notes had been
sent to Hungary demanding the re-
lease Of Noel and Herta Field and
to Poland seeking freedom for
Hermann Field. A spokesman said
the department was acting on the
assumption all three were alive.
Members Of Hermann Fields
family said that he had gone to
Eastern Europe in part 10 look for
his missing brother. An architect,
he also was said to be interested
in architectural projects in that
area and in aiding refugees. His
wife and her two children live in
London with her British parents.
The broadcast said . number OF
Polish nationals also were freed
when Field was released.