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The Nome nugget., 1954-12-13
Truman Says COP
Foreign Policy Is
What He Set Up

PHILADELPHIA, tR-Former
President Harry Truman said to-
day Americas foreign policy un-
der the Republican Eisenhower
administration sis just what | set
up"
He told news conference that
in some ways the foreign policy
program isn't working quite as
we'll because "We've lost lot of
friends with fool statements by
people in high places"
He didn't identify the state
ments nor the people, but he re
peated that the Eisenhower for
eign policy and the Truman for
eign policy are similar "Contin-
ued support of the United Nations
for peace in the world
The ex-President came to Phil
adelphia, home of the Liberty
Bell and Independence Hall, to do
two things:
l. Present priceless portrait of
Benjamin Franklin to Secretary
of Interior Douglas Mckay for
permanent exhibition at indie
pendence Hall.
2. Attend a testimonial $70-a-
plate dinner tonight, the proceeds
of which will go toward establish
ment of the Harry S. Truman Ii
barry in independence, Mo.
He had an answer for every
question, said he chopped" the Re-
publican Party would split in two
but added that he was "afraid it
won't"
He said he still supports Adlai
Stevenson for the Democratic
presidential nomination in 1856.
He said President Eisenhower
will "have a much easier time
with the Democratic Congress
than | did with Republican
Congress because the Democrats
want to be helpful and will be
helpful
The Nome nugget., 1954-12-13
Larson Reindeer
Herd Has Rough
Trip To Candle

Word has been received from
Pete Larson of the arrival Dec. l
at Candle of his herd of approx
mately 800 reindeer, accompanied
by Pete and his two sons, James
and Pete Jr., as herders.
Pete reports a tough trip with
constant storms along the 110-mile
route from SelaWik Lake, the
point of origin. 1t was from the
Government herd Of $500 deer
grazed in this district that the
Larsons cut out their 800 deer,
slightly over a month ago, and
began their 400-mile drive to
Nome and the future home range
of this transplanted band of rein
deer.
Pete further reports the loss of
one of his ten sled dogs by chok-
ing; also that he is driving two
sled deer in addition to the dog
team.
The general health of the trav-
elers, including the deer, is good
and the caravan is enroute to
Taylor in the upper Kougarok,
where supplies will be brought to
them by plane.
The Nome nugget., 1954-12-13
New Salk Polio Vaccine
To Be Made Available To
Nations LIST, End Graders

NEW YORK, R-The National
Foundation for Intantile Paralysis
intends to make the Salk vaccine
available for all of the nations
first and second grade pupils if
last summers tests show the drug
is effective.
The announcement was made
by the foundation yesterday. The
University of Michigan is con-
Quoting evaluation of the tests
and the report on the study is
expected next spring.
Last Friday, DR.. Jonas Salk of
Pittsburgh, the discoverer of the
vaccine, said he has new evil
dence that his vaccine can create
powerful, long lasting protection
against polio. He also said cur
rent experiments in the polio
work might lead to the vaccine's
giving long term protection
against the common cold and in
fluenza.
The Nome nugget., 1954-12-13
Alabama Atty. General,
In Mental Hospital, Is
Charged With Murder

GALVESTON, Tex, lR- Ala
bama's attorney general, Silas
Garrett III, today was served with
d fugitive warrant charging he
killed Albert L. Patterson, attor-
ney-general elect of Alabama.
Garrett is being treated for a
mental and physical condition at
a hospital here. .=...
Jules Damiana, first assistant
Galveston County atty. said the
fugitive warrant charged Garrett
"unlawfully and with malice
aforethought killed Albert L.
Patterson by shooting him with
a gun"
Doctors at the hospital where
Garrett is being treated have said
he is too sick to be moved.
Garrett is a central figure in
the notorious Phenix City, Ala,
CledHQp.
Patterson, who crusaded against
vice, in his election campaign,
was killed last June Is.
Garrett, member of an aristo-
cratic Alabama family, also faces
trial under a vote fraud indict-
ment in connection with the pri-
mary election in which Patterson
won the nomination.
Garrett also is under lunacy
charges.
The Nome nugget., 1954-12-13
Academy Award Winner
Broderick Crawford
Arrested for Drunkenness

WEST LOS ANGELES, LR =
Police arrested actor Broderick
Crawford for drunkenness yes
terday after the rented car he,
another actor and actress Abigail
Adams were in, smashed into a
fence.
Miss Adams, the other actor,
Myron McCormik, At, New York,
and Crawford, A, were booked as
plain drunk and later released on
$40 bail each pending Municipal
Court appearance today
Police said Crawford, winner of
an Academy Award, was arrested
with Miss Adams as they sought
to call a taxi from a Vaudeville
Canyon home. They said McCor-
mick was arrested in the auto
nearby.
Officers said the trio told them
they had attended an all-night
party, drove into Vaudeville Can
yon by mistake, and were attempt
ing to find their way out when
the auto hit fence.
When arrested, Miss Adams
was barefooted. Police said they
found a pair of Women's shoes
and fur coat in the car.
The Nome nugget., 1954-12-13
DarknessOvertakes Search
For Alaska Fishing Boat
Sinking Near Honolulu

HONOLULU, R-Darkness last
night overlook a search for the
brothers, a well-knoWn Alaska
and Puget Sound fishing boat
which radioed Sunday morning
she was sinking 70 miles north
west of Honolulu.
No trace of the boat or the two
men aboard had been found but
the search continued with surface
ships and radar planes. The miss
ing boat was carrying large life
raft.
The two men were Arthur Of
ness, 81, and his cousin, John Of
ness, 80, of Tacoma.
The Nome nugget., 1954-12-13
CHARLOTTE, N. c., lR : A

YWCA group singing Christmas
carols here noticed something
slightly off.
A little investigation disclosed
that one girl, from even deeper
in the south, was adding a word
to the opening of the carol.
She sang: 20 liz OF town of
Bethlehem
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-15
Voting Office
To Be Open
For Noon Hours

Jim Keen, chairman of the jun
ior Chamber of Commerce spor-
sored "Get Out The Vote" cam.
paign, today emphasized that the
Office of Registrations in the Mon
roe County Court House will DO
open through the noon hour daily
until the deadline for registering on
April 3.
Keen also said that he has been
informed by Supervisor of Regis
trations Sam Pinder that the office
will be open all day Saturday,
April 3.
Pinder added that persons who
have received re-registration cards
and have neglected to return them
to his office are not stricken from
the voting list. Pinder suggested
that voters phone his office and
check their status.
Keen said that the list Of quail
fled voters now stands at 5000.
''The Jaycees say, don't delay
= register today" he added.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-15
B'nai Zion To
Celebrate
Purim Festival

B'nai Zion Congregation will
celebrate the festival of Purim
this week, beginning with the read
ing of the Magellan (book of Es-
teri ON Thursday evening at 7
p. m. in the synagogue. Rabbi
Abraham Schwartz will conduct
the service.
Rabbi Schwartz says that the OBJ
Servance of the reading of the Ma
gilah is a duty of all men, women
and children and is a command of
the Jewish code of law. 1t is con-
sidered to be so important that
even those who are sick in bed
must hear the Magilah read at
this time.
|, The Rabbi or someone else who
knows how to read the scroll must
go to the homes of Shut-ins to read
to them, in order that no one will
miss hearing the reading.
Ill response W uIC 4uOOHUkOli,
''What is Purim?" Rabbi Schwartz
said:
The literal meaning of Purim is
'lots" and it is one of the historic
festivals in the Jewish Calendar.
1t occurs on the fourteenth day OF
the month Ador. Its observance is
based on the narrative record in
one of the Biblical scrolls or Magi-
lah, known as the Book Of Esther.
1.-The festival commentaries the
deliverance of the Persian Jews
from the Vaccinations of Hannah.
"In Persia during the reign of
King Ahasuerus (XerxeS, 4S6-465
B. CO. Hannah, the naughty prime
minister and arch-antisemitic, plot
ted the destruction of all the Jew
ish people because one Jew, Nor
decai, did not bow to him.
Proving the truth OF the state
ment of the psalmiSt, King David,
when he said that the man who
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-15
Commentator On
School Progress
Received Here

Six parts of the county school
system have received special COM
mendation from DR.. Sam H.
Moorer, director, Division of In
structional Field Services of the
State Department of Education, it
was announced today.
In a letter to Horace O'Bryant,
supervisor of public instruction,
Moorer wrote:
1--WE have just completed study
of the county general Institutional
plan for the current school year
submitted by your supervisory
staff"
eve feel that the following are
especially commendable:
1. Additions to the staff pro-
viding more services to teachers. 4"
2. Continuation of efforts to
make the school lunch program an
integral part of the educational
system"
3. use OF community resources
in the educational program"
4. Extension of the adult edu-
cation program.v
5. ''Use of tests only when and Il
needed in order to improve the in.
Structional program or the teach.
er's understanding OF the pro
blem."
6. "The use Of a number OF
techniques to evaluate the accom-.
plishments of the program"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-15
Crowds Jam Park
To Hear Concert
Sunday Afternoon

More than a thousand Key West
erS were in attendance at Payview
Park on Sunday afternoon, to hear
the concert of the 51St Infantary
Division Band of the Florida Ma
tional Guard under the direction of
Chief Warrant Officer Murray
Austrian.
The concert, acclaimed by all in
attendance as very excellent mu-
sic, consisted of popular classical
and military numbers. Post Com
mander Bethel Johnson of Arthur
Sayer Post %, American Legion.
sponsors of the concert, stated to-
day.
The band was transported to
Boca Chica from Miami by the
Air Force; transportation from
the airport 10 the Park by the
U. S. Navy; and the American
Legion Auxiliary Unit provided a
light supper for the bandsmen
following the concert.
Norman C. Kranich, Adjutant of
the local Legion Post, gave a short
address on recruiting and its value
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-15
J. Tom Watson Qualities As
COP Calbernatorial Candidate
TALLAHASSEE B Forr

= TALLAHASSEE R - Former
Atty. Gen. j. Tom Watson, who
has twice failed to win the Demo-
cratic nomination for governor of
Florida, qualified today as can
didate for the Republican nomi-
nation.
Another last-hour qualifier for
the Republican nomination was
Charles E. Compton of Miami, for
mer jockey who two years ago
ran against Sen. Estes Kefauver
and Sen. Richard B. Russell in
Florida's Democratic presidential
preference primary.
Up to then, the Republicans had
no candidates to pit against the
Democratic nominee in the No
vember general election for the
unexpired term of the late Gov.
Dan McCarty, a Democrat. Flori-
da hasn't had a Republican COVER
nor since 1876.
Watson, stormy figure in Flor
ida politics for many years, an
nounced two years ago that he was
giving up his Democratic affilia-
ton and becoming a Republican.
Just last week he turned down
a commission as honorary lieu
tenant colonel on the staff of Act
ing Gov. Charley Johns with a
statement that he couldn't accept
it because he was a Republican
and was interested only in devel-
oping a two-party system in Flor
ida.
Watson ran for governor in 1882
and was defeated. In 1888 he ran
for the Florida Supreme Court and
lost to Justice Elwyn Thomas. In
1910 he was elected attorney gen.
eral and served eight years in
which he was almost constantly
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-15
Charter Boatmen
Ask Night Lease

The Key West Charter Boatmen's
Association will present a formal
petition bearing about 300 names
to the city commission tonight re-
questing that they be given a lease
on property at the foot of Eaton
Street fronting on Garrison Blight.
The chartermen requested the
lease of the city two weeks ago and
the matter was tabled for further
study. The boatmen propose to
construct a dry-dock for boat re-
pairs. They say that the only docks
available for their use at the pre-
sent are overcrowded due to the
huge number of shrimp boats op-
Grating here.
Nearest dock available, they say,
is at Marathon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-15
To
SellLand On
Sugarloaf Key
Public Sale May II
Is Announced By
Dept. Of Interior

About Az acres Of land on Sugar
Loaf Key will be sold by the Bur.
eas, of Land Management, U. S.
Department Of the Interior, 1t was
announced today.
The 4.45 acres will be offered to
the highest bidder at public sale
on May IL at 10 a. m. No bids
less than $50 will be considered,
The land is described as Lot 8,
Section 26, Township 66 south,
Range q east.
SwampIand
According to maps in the office
of Claude Gandolfo, county tax as
SCISSOR, the Land is mangrove and
mud swamp and is from one-half
to three-quarterS of mile north
of U. S. 1. The maps show no
road leading to the lot.
Bids ON the land can be sent
by mail and must be accompanied
by certified checks or post-office
money orders made payable to
the Treasurer of the United States.
Unusual Step
Gandolfo said in his Is years as
county tax assessor it was the
first time he had heard of the Gov.
eminent selling land to the highest
bidder.
He recalled that the last time
the. Government offered land for
sale it was to veterans only and
the lots we're sold on a first-come
first-served basis.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-15
Parents Rejoice AS Little Dolores Shows
Signs Of Improved Sight After Operation
FoHo,O-up Exam
Is Scheduled To
Take Place Today
BY JACK M. LEVINE
Especial To The Cifizenl

NEW YORK CITY-"Oh
God She can see
Twenty-three year old
Mrs. Alba Disgdiertt shut
her eyes. Her lips moved in
silent. grateful prayer. Tears
of joy seemed to we'll in the
eyes of her 26-year-old hus-
band, Abelardo.
The young mother passed
siX-month-old Dolores to the
outstretched arms of the
jubilant father. They stood
before the hospital room
dresser mirror. Little Del
ores was gurgling happily,
smiling at her vision in the
mirror.
Only moments before had the
bandageS been removed from the
infants eyes. Instinctively the pa
rents moved in the direction of the
dresser.
Immediate Sign
Mrs. DiSgdiertt held her baby
daughter at mirror height. There
was an almost instantaneous re-
action by the child. There were in
dications of recognition that the
infant never before had manifest
ed.
Infant Dolores responses at the
mirror caused her mothers rev.
erent exclamation. "She can see!
She can see," Alba shouted to her
Abelardo.
Standing with his wife and dau-
ghter, Abelardo Disgidertt nodded
his head. He too had recognized
the difference. He saw something
else. Little Dolores had started to
cry. He saw tears in the infants
eyes. That, too, had never happen
ed before.
Normal Response
During the previous trying mon
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-15
Third-Day Fight RACES Around
French Union Fortress Today
French High Command
Claims Forces Have
Situation In Hand
BY LARRY ALLEN

HANOI, Indochina R - A furi'
ously savage battle ragged into is
third day today around the big
French Union fortress of Diem Bien
Phu. The Vietminh rebels hurled
thousands of their best troops into
dO-or-die effort to drive the
French out of northwest Indochina
before the Geneva conference.
The French high command ir
Saigon said the French Union
forces had the Situation well in
hand" and were holding solidly
against the Every violent" rebel
attack.
A French spokesman. predicted
the fighting would last several
days.
A three-hour cease-fire interrupt
ed the fighting yesterday morning
while both rebels and French car
ried their dead and wounded from
the battlefield. The French
claimed at least 1000 rebels killed
in the initial assault Saturday nigh
and early yesterday, and admitted
their own losses were "appreci
able"
Heavy Bombardment
The fighting resumed at moor
yesterday with a heavy rebel bonn.
bardment of the strongly fortified
French-held plain in the heart Of
the Thai tribal country.
Then, as they had on Saturday
wave on wave of screaming, guble'
blowing rebel troops surged for
ward against the bristling barbet
wire barricades ringing the French
positions.
French mobile artillery, tanks
mortars and heavy machine CUR
and rifle fire cut down the Wet
mimi by the scores. Fighters anc
bombers roared overhead, moving
a wide swath in the ranks of the
wildly charging rebels.
The legions of Communist lead
er Ho Chi Mimi appeared making
an all-out effort to give the French
a major setback before the Big
Four and Communist China meet
in Geneva, Switzerland, April d
to seek path to peace in Indo-
china.
The French for their part hopet
to decimate the ranks of the best
rebel divisions and perhaps thus
break the back of the Vietmint
forces.
Savage Fighting
The fighting was described as
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-15
Movement Afoot
To Increase Cub
Scout Dens Here

The Cub Scout movement is on
the march in Key West.
With each passing day more or
CARNATIONS and adults are becom-
ing interested in the movement.
At recent meeting of the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce Cub
Scout Pack committee, Sam Col
Inns, president of the JayceeS, an
nounced that the Pack will begin
at once with two dens and that
there are openings for more boys.
The meeting was attended by
Jim Keen, Institutional representa-
tive, James Hooks, Cubmaster and
large delegation of Cub mothers.
A meeting of the American Le-
gion Cub Scout Pack committee
will be held at 8 O'Clock tomorrow
night at the American Legion
Home on Stock Island, according
to an announcement by Bethel
Johnson, Post commander.
ALI parents who are interested
in having their boys join the Cub
Scouts are invited to attend. Boys
over eight years and under eleven
years are eligible to join.
Cub scout officials are planning
to entertain between 200 and 300
boys at the Cub Scout Rally to be
held In Bayview Park from 3 to
p. m. Saturday, April "a.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-15
Girl Bitten
By Dog Here

A five year old girl suffered a
wound on the back of her head
that required eight stitches when
she was bitten by a dog Sunday,
police reported today.
They identified the girl as Donna
Howard, 1119 Olivia Street.
They said that the girl passed
through a yard owned by Pedro
Santana, Caroline Street and Pea
con Lane on the way to the store
when the dog attacked her.
Santana, hearing the cries of the
child, rushed to her aid and pulled
the dog from her. She was rushed
to Galley Hospital where she was
given emergency treatment and
sent home.
The dog was taken to the HUI
name Society Shelter for observa-
tion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-15
King Tells OF NJ.
Turnpike Payoff

Dave King. who attended last
weeks turnpike meeting in Miami,
today said he was especially i'm.
pressed to learn of the early date
at which the New Jersey pike will
pay for itself.
King said he talked with engi.
neers from both the New Jersey
and Pennsylvania turnpikes at the
Miami banquet.
When the New Jersey pike was
built, it was estimated that 80
years would be required to payoft
the bonded debt. However, the debt
will be clear in IL years.
The money the Federal govern.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-15
Scholarship
Exams Are
Competitive Tests
For $500 General
Scholarships Set

Competitive examinations for
$500 general scholarships will be
held here April 10, it was an
nouneed today by Horace O'Bry-
ant, supervisor of public instruc-
ton.
The State Department of Educa-
ton announced that there are
three vacancies for white males or
females in Monroe County and one
place for Negro male or female.
The scholarship for the Negro is
for a freshman or for a junior or
senior if no freshman qualities.
Eligibility Rules
To be eligible for the examina-
ton, which begins at $3.50 a. m.
an applicant must have lived in
Florida for at least a year. He
must be a high school senior or
graduate who plans to enroll in
the school of education next fall
or he must already be enrolled
in the school of education of an
approved college or university.
White applicants are advised to
consider elementary teaching as
their first choice since the need
for such teachers is more acute
than for secondary teachers.
other Regulations
Students who have taken the
scholarship examination since
1947 need not repeat the test. But
they must submit another COM
pleted application to the examiner
on April 13 and they should in
dictate on the application the pre-
vious test date.
O'Bryant said his office would
like to know by the end of this
week how many persons will take
the examination.
The test will be given at the
board OF education administration
building.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-15
Hannah Sentenced

Marcus Hannah today was con-
victed of assault and battery by a
six-man jury in criminal court be-
fore Judge Thomas S. Caro-. He
was sentenced to six months in
Jail.
Hannah was charged with as
Sarllting Major Atkins. On the jury
were. Hector D. Pita, Charles j
Papy, Jr., Mario Hernandez, JAM
es W. Murphy, Maynard v. Lowe,
and Jerome B. Sawyer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-15
Showdown On Army-McCarthy
Troubles Appears As Necessary
By G. MILTON KELLY

WASHINGTON R-Republican
leaders faced critical decisions
today on strategy for ending the
war between Sen. Mccarthy and
the Army and avoiding an outright
break between the Wisconsin Re-
publican and the Eisenhower adj
ministration.
Mccarthy and COP leaders
seemed agreed that showdown at
which he and top Army officials
would testify under oath is in
order to get at the truth in the
weller of charges and counter
charges.
But where and when to stage
it-and whether publicly or be-
hind closed doorS-remained I'M
decided.
One major question was: Should
the investigation be entrusted to
McCarthy's own subcommittee?
After Vice President Nixon'S
speech Saturday night, with its
passages obviously directed at Nc
Carthy, the feeling spread on
Capitol Hill that a show down
must come soon.
Proper Procedure
Nixon said RECKLESS talk and
questionable methods" in fighting
communism played into the hands
of opponents of the administration
and that the administration insists
procedures used both in the execu-
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-15
SCHAEFERS ACHIEVE
ms. COMPANY HONOR

Leroy E. w. Schaefer and his
wife, Wilma, of 1434 Reynolds
Street, Key West, both have quail
fled as members of the 1858 Top
Club Council Of the New York
Life Insurance Company, Dudley
Dowell, executive vice president
OF the company, announced today.
Mr.. Dowell said that the Schae-
fers, who are the company's lead
ing husband and wife team, also
have qualified to attend an edu-
cational conference in Coronado,
California, April go.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-15
Goddard Is Named
XIV. Postmaster

Leland n. Goddard today
was nominated by President
Eisenhower to be postmaster
here.
Goddard has been acting
postmaster here since March !,
1883. Prior to that he was in
investment and commercial
banking in New York state.
Goddard was q Navy com.
mander when he first came
to Key West in l942. After his
military service, he remained
here. He is q commander in
fhe Navy reserve.