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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-31
Film Will Be
Shown AS Part
OF Cancer Drive

A movie, "The Warning Sha-
dow" will be shown to any in
tereSted group as part of the war
on cancer, it was announced TO-
day.
Bob Daniels, who is chair
man of the American Cancer So
ciety's drive here, said mortality
from cancer of the lung is in
creasing at the rate of five per
cent each year.
"This disease is of particular
concern to men over As years of
age," he said. Last year some
1000 men died of lung cancer as
compared with 1850 ten years
ago.
Gas part of the American Can
Ger SOciety's attack on lung can
Continued on Page Eleven
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. Sgt. Caraballo operates
Franks Gulf Service Station,
sol EatoA Street. His tow
truck has been towing away
parked cabs and charging
the owner to recover them,
the petition alleges.
Ensign Sloan B. Blair, junior le-
gal officer at the Naval Station,
signed the petition for a declara-
tory decree and for injunction.
The petition was filed yesterday
afternoon in the office of the clerk
of the circuit court, Earl Adams.
Lopez Signs Order
Judge Lopez, in the order he
signed this morning, decreed that
the owner of any car impounded
by Sgt. Caraballo and the City will
be awarded possession of the car
by paying to the CIRCUIT Court Clerk
the amount demanded by the City
and Sgt. Caraballo for towing the
car.
But, said the order, the amount
to be paid Us 49, 8, exceed S..
The order further said that the
money will be held by the clerk
pending the outcome of the suit.
A Navy spokesman said that the
action was taken Ito help enlisted
men because it is mostly the en-
listed men who are suffering the
burden of this towing away of
legally parked cars"
Civilian Complaints
However, civilian auto owners
have complained that their cars,
too, have been towed away by Sgt.
Continued on Page Eleven)
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Demo Committee
Members To Be
Chosen In May

William V. Albury and Florence
E. Sawyer are running for state
Democratic committeeman and
woman from Monroe County.
To fill the II county precinct
posts for the county democratic
committee, eight persons are on
the ballot.
These eight - since they are I'm
opposed - are as good as elected,
They can appoint other persons to
fill out the II.
Those running for the county
committee are:
Thomas Moore, Enrique Esquin-
aldo, P. A. McMasters, Christian
Nonnemacher, Norma L. Sawyer,
Rose Catala Vzelac, Teresa e.
Braxton, Fay E. Dickens.
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Webb Scores
Operation Of
Overseas Road
State Road Board
Head Hurls Charge AS
Budget Is Disapproved

TALLAHASSEE R-The over
seas highway, linking Miami and
Key West, is the "most misman-
aged operation l have ever wit
nessed," Chairman Cecil Webb of
the State Road Board said yes
terday.
The board then refused to APP
prove the $1,096, 900 operating
budget submitted by the Overseas
Road and Toll Bridge District for
the business year, beginning April
l.
Road Department Attorney
George Dayton recommended re-
lection of the budget on the
ground it did not give sufficient
detail of proposed expenditures.
Earlier in the day, the State
Board of Administration had ap-
proved only one months operation
under the budget presented by the
district, which operates the toll
road over the keys.
Check Made
Acting Gov. Johns recently or
dered a check of the Overseas
Road and Bridge Districts books
by a private auditing firm after
criticism Of the districts opera
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Motorists Face
Stiff Penalties

Key West motorists face stiff
penalties if they fail to have their
automobiles, trucks motorcycles
or scooters checked before the
April IL deadline for the city's
semi-annual safety inspection.
After that date, it was announ-
ced today, vehicles will be inspec.
ted only on Saturday mornings,
and there will be an additional
one dollar charge.
In addition, a list of all unin-
spected vehicles is being compiled
and after the deadline, warrants
will be issued against the owners
of those vehicles.
The inspections are currently
being conducted at the Number
Two fire station, Seidenberg Ave
nue. and 18th Street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-31
Mayors Home
Broken Into

The home of Mayor C. B. Har-
vey, 51S William Street, was in
vaded by house-breakers last night,
but apparently nothing was stolen,
police reported today.
But the thieves took time out to
thoroughly ransacked the house
and pried up three floor boards in
the living room, during an appar-
ent search for buried treasure. "
Police said that the break-in &C.
CURED sometime between the
hours of and 1890 p. m. 1t was
discovered when Mayor and Mrs.
Harvey returned to their home and
found that the front door had been
forced, several chairs moved and
the floorboards ripped up. Ten dol
lars In cash and a wristwatch were
left untouched.
The Sheriff's Department aided
in the investigation and reported
that two suspects will be question
ed today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-31
KEY VESTS
TRAFFIC BOX SCORE

Property Damage $ll.567 $3s.ss:
Key West has enjoyed its Sec
ond straight day free from
traffic accidents.
Tomorrow marks the end of
the first quarter of 1854 and
city officials are hopeful that
the city accident rate will show
a sharp drop from the 1853 re-
cord.
The first quarter of 1854 has
produced more accidents than
a year ago.. but local motor
lists still have plenty of time
to make up for that tragic
fact.
Remember: Reckless driving
can cost You your license. It's
a long walk, brother.
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Pension Fund Investment Up,
Finance Director Reports
Bowen Also Reports
On Transfer Of
Reserve Fund

The city's pension funds invest
ed in U. S. government securities
now total Sis, 900, it was revealed
today in the monthly financial re-
port of Finance Director Craig
Bowen. 81
Bowen pointed out in the report
that the investment has been
swelled by the purchase of $40, ZOO
this month in Series X treasury
bonds at an interest rate of ZIG
per cent.
And the report also showed that
the city's income will be increased
in the future by the transfer of
$50, 900 in reserve funds to the
First Federal Savings and Loan
Association of Key West. Deposit
ed in three accounts of $4,000
each so it will be covered by
Federal Deposit Insurance, the
money will now bear interest at
the rate of three and a half per
cent, compounded semi-annually.
Cash Balance
Previously, the money had been
on deposit in the Florida National
Bank, where it did not draw in
terest.
The report for the month also
shows that the city's cash balance
now stands at 81 ,081, 1871. This
includes $42S, 254.S6 in funds being
used to finance the city's current
sewer project and the pension
fund investment.
Largest source of income for
the city this month was payments
for current taxes which amount
ed to $22, 943.62. Scavenger fees
brought the city $3.50, while pay
ment of delinquent taxes amount
ed to $6,441.3S. Fines and forfeit.
ures totaled $5,624 while occupa.
tional licenses put $2,545 into the
city's Golfers.
The report also made mention
of the arrival of a new travelling
road paving machine and pointed
out that the success of the opera
ton of that machine will result
in the saving or spending of many
thousands of dollars by the city.
City Thanked
He also thanked the city COM
mission for authorizing the at
tendance of a short courses given
by the University of Florida for
city employees.
ut is amazing the benefit that
can be derived in such a short
period of time. Each municipality
brings its knottiest problems and
through lectures and group dis
cussionS, they are ironed out and
thereby everyone attending bene-
fits" said Bowen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-31

WASHINGTON u Chairman
Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic
Energy Commission said today a
hydrogen bomb big enough to wipe
out any city in the world now can
be made.
Strauss made the statement at
President Eisenhower'S weekly
news conference. He attended the
conference to give the public a
partial report on the recent H.
bomb tests in the far Pacific.
The Acc chairman said the
March / and March rs tests "were
successful" and declared that
enormous potential has been add
ed to our military posture"
Loss Of Control Denied
He denied reports that the first
blast, which exposed a number of
Americans, Japanese and Marshall
Islanders far from the explosion
scene to ''hot" ashes. went out of
control.
"It was a stupendous blast, -
Strauss said. "But at no time was
the testing out of control"
He said the power of the explo-
sion was about twice what scien-
fists had expected-a margin of err
ro~ not unusual, he added, in test
ing ga totally new weapon"
An unexpected shift in the wind
carried atomic particles to the area
where a japanese fishing trawler
was cruising, Strauss added.
Strauss said the tests bring the
commission Every much nearer
to satisfying the requirements of
the armed forces and hasten the
day when the Acc can devote more
attention to developing peacetime
uses of atomic energy.
President Eisenhower listened
with keen attention as Strauss
just back from the Pacific tests
read four-page statement and then
answered a few questions.
Big Bomb Possible
In reply to one question, Strauss
said, without qualification, that an
H-bomb large enough to "take out"
a city can be made.
"How big city," he was asked.
"Any CITY," Strauss replied.
New York;" a reporter
pressed.
Strauss nodded and said, 1.-THE
metropolitan area"
Eisenhower himself said earlier
there is some possibility the Rus
slams are getting ready to talk bus
mess about plan for international
peacetime use of atomic energy.
He made this statement when
asked what significance the gov
asked what significance the gov
ernment attaches to the recent
publication by the Russians of
some details of their atomic and
H-weapon research.
The President said he didn't
Continued On Page Eleven)
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INJURED YOUTH
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT

The condition of seven-year-old
Wayne Williams, lilo Curry Lane,
was listed as improved" today
by Monroe General Hospital Off.
Gals.
But the youth, who incurred ser
ious head injuries when his bicycle
was struck by a car last week, is
still on the critical list.
Another youth riding on the
cycle at the time of the accident,
was uninjured.
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Circuit Court Judge Lopez Orders
Surrender Of |mpounded Cars Here
Macy Legal Officer Says Parking
After Midnight Is Not Illegal
BY DENIS SNEIGR

Police Sgt Frank Caraballo and the City o. Ne
West today were ordered by Circuit Court Judge Aquno
Lopez Jr, to surrender automobiles they have mpound
ed
Judge Lopez signed the order this morning pending
hearing apeton for injunction stop Sgt. Cara
bao and the City of Key West from towing away legally
parked cars and impounding them.
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to take cover or, not like the
congressman were doing.
Then / saw one of the men,
the little one in the gray suit.
who was trying to reload after
emptying his Luger pistol.
They didn't appear to be aim
ing. but were just spraying shots
into the Congressman.
When I saw my chance.
rushed the little fellow and pin
Toned his arms. Then / wrestled
with him over to the doorway
and out into the corridor where
guards and some other men sub
dued him.
] was standing just outside the
door trying to catch my breath
when this second man came rum
ming out. directly at me. He had
his gun down by his side and
looked like he was trying to re-
load
grabbed him, pinioned his
arms and shouted that he had
q gun and some other people
came and helped subdue him,
too.
was recovering from an ILL
ness and had come to the Capitol
to relax.
Mr.. Wise is general manager
for the National Renderers' As
ISOLATION with Offices at 1924 K
street NV. He has lived in the
Washington area since 1885.
During World War II he was a
captain in the Army, specialize
ing in ordnance.
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Rep. Howard Smith

Representative Smith, Demo-
crat, of Virginia gave this ver-
sion to the Richmond Times
Dispatch:
The House floor was crowded
with members getting ready for
a standing vote. ! was sitting on
the middle aisle on the Demo-
cratic side when ! heard the
shooting in the gallery.
1t was hard to conceive what
it was. My first impression was
that some one was shooting fire.
crackers. Then I looked up to
the gallery and saw the red
flashes of the guns. Somebody
said they were firing blanks up
there.
There was a great deal of
confusion. Then we realized bull
lets were being fired.
Discretion being the better
part Of valor. I fell to the floor.
A couple of bullets landed in the
wainscotting behind me. I was
sitting two seats behind Repre-
sentative Davis, who was shot in
the leg.
Nobody realized any one had
been shot until it was all over.
! saw some people crowding
around the wounded.
The whole thing didn't last
more than 30 seconds. Most of
us were stunned.
It was dark up there in the
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door at the House gallery when
I heard shots. knew right away
it was shooting and I could tell
it was from somewhere in the
House chamber. Then the door
to No. II burst open and ! ran in
that direction while the shoot
ing was still going on.
Just as got there a guy
came out backward. like he
was showed, and fell right into
my arms. He had a gun in his
right hand. I grabbed the back
of his collar with my right hand
and came down on his wrist
with my left. The gun hit the
floor.
Then I put my foot in front
of his legs and pushed him for
ward SO he hit the floor. There
was a lot of confusion there by
now and lots of people were
milling in the corridor. I frisked
this guy and asked him who he
was. / had my blackjack out
and told him If he made a
wrong move I'd kill him. He
just laid there and wouldn't say
anything. Then We got all to-
gether there, the captain and
the other guards. and took them
downstairs and out into the wag-
onS.
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leg. causing a marked swelling
The bullet also had ripped
through q vein. leaving it
connected by only a strand
Within an hour and one-half the
surgeon had pulled the loose ends
of the artery together and tied
them. The nerve was severed
and tied of.
No Bones Hit.
The bullet had passed from
Just above the knee. behind the
joint and out the calf of the
leg. No bones were hit.
The operation was called sat
isfactory.
Under another set of lights
Drs. Young and White worked
over the man on the critical list
MIR. Bentley. They found his
right lung had been punctured.
The liver was badly shattered
and was gathered by the sur
geons and packed with gauze to
prevent further bleeding. The
gauze would be removed later
in another operation. The dia-
phragm was punctured and was
Sutured.
The stomach had two holes
where the bullet had entered
and passed out. These were
sutured. The doctors noted the
danger Of Observation-Disclosures
Of the stomach area-and the
badly damaged liver. Just after
the operation was completed
the wounded man came into
consciousness and spoke to the
doctors. Later he spoke to his
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Other Victims

Representative Roberts, Dem
ocrat of Alabama:
They (the congressman were
arguing whether the Mexican
wetback labor rule would be
considered. 1t was about 2::30.
was just sitting there.
A few shots were fired before
/ was nit. At first I thought
someone was shooting off some
firecrackers. ! felt a burning
.Sensa ton in my leg. looked
down and saw the blood.
Then l tired to crawl to the
east door entrance so ! could
get to a doctor. Some of the
other fellows came to my aid
and helped me outside.
The security measures at the
Capitol ought to be q lot
Representative Jensen, Repub-
lican of Iowa:
believe I was struck by the
first shot. I didn't hear a shot
until something hit me in the
back.
involuntarily broke for the
door leading into the Speaker
lobby. I remember opening the
door and then / hit the floor.
1 tried to move my hands and
fingers and when they moved !
felt sure the bullet had not
struck my spine. My back burned
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gallery where the shots were
coming from. l just saw group
of people and the flashes. There
were definitely three people
shooting. and there were sup
posed to be some more lurking
around the Capitol.
The surmise afterward was
that they were members of some
sort of Puerto Rican revolution
airy society.
During the shooting and after
it. I heard shouts in Spanish.
When the girl finished shooting
she pulled a Puerto Rican flag
out and began to wave it, shout
ing in Spanish.
I understand the guards
grabbed one of the men just as
he was pulling another pistol
out of his pocket to shoot some
more. They all emptied their
pistols.
1t was difficult to realize
somebody was shooting at us.
was right in the line of fire.
/ guess We'll take better pre-
cautions in the House after this.
We might get some special
trained police who'll pay some
attention to what people are
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whether they could 60 into the
gallery.
do you have any cameras or
things. like that?" I asked.
They said no. so ! let them in.
They were seated by Fred Eiler,
the other assistant doorkeeper
who works with me. A few
minutes later heard gunfire
and ran in.
The woman was holding q gun
In her two hands and spraying
bullets wildly all over the House
chamber. ! think she unloaded
the gun. ! grabbed har arm.
She was screaming about her
country and everything else.
Others were grabbing the two
men. We dragged all three out
Of the gallery into the corridor
and disarmed them. Somebody
knocked the gun out Of the hands
OF one Of the two men.
and a woman, came along Just
But when they first came up
didn't suspect a thing.
The three Of them were well
dressed and spoke good English.
They seemed courteous and gave
no indication that they were any
thing but sightseers.
Nc admission cards are re-
quired at the door where I work
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wife and mother. recognizing
them as they came in his room
The doctors later came down
and patiently explained what
they had done upstairs to re-
porters.
Give us ~ hours, and we hope
to know the turn Bentley will
take" DR.. Young said. That
the critical period"
We'll have to keep a close
watch on the artery" said DR.
Veal. There is always the dan
ger Of infection"
No one mentioned amputation
DR.. White had come down
shortly before the other doctors
He located his hat and coat and
slowly padded down the hall
He was stopped and questioned
and said Of Mr.. Bentley:
HE has a $3.50 chance. He's
in the hands Of the Lord now. .
Then DR.. White walked out
into the night and at the hos
pital the long wait began.
A child was crying down the
hall.
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had been taken upstairs, DIR.
Young appeared in the now
empty hall. He said he was call
ing a consultation on two cases.
He said the bullet that struck
Mr.. Bentley had passed through
the right lung, possibly damaging
the liver and the stomach. At
that point. he said. it looked as
if an exploratory operation was
necessary. He said he was call
ing DR.. Charles Stanley White,
surgeon. Drs. j. Ross Veal
and o. Hugh Fulcher, both sur
geonS. also were being called to
examine the leg wound of Mr..
Roberts.
Nixon Informed.
Tive called Nixon. and Hag-
gerty. too" he said. I'D say
Bentley's condition was critical .
Then he was OF again and his
name was being PACED.
Two women appeared in the
hospital just after sirens were
heard. Wearing the Red Cross
uniform, they pounded down the
hall carrying square box. Mrs.
j. r. Moring and Mrs. Edward
w. c. Russell had brought blood
from the Red Cross. Mrs. Nor
ing had done the driving In a
station wagon. but both were out
of breath. Then they were gone,
and the halls were empty again
Alone. a white-haired man
came down the hall. quietly took
of his hat and coat and got
in the elevator. It was DIR. White,
rs. a Washington surgeon for
over so years.
He was followed by DR.. Veal
and DR.. Fulcher.
At CAT pm, it was learned
Mr.. Bentley was in the operating
room somewhere above.
The quiet was broken by two
policemen who rushed down the
hall carrying more blood from
the Red Cross.
Mrs. Fallon Appears.
Mrs. George Fallon, just OF a
train from Baltimore. came down
the hall and into the elevator
She was accompanied by hei
daughter, and there was some
redness in her eyes. She looked
better when she came down again
and left the hospital.
"A grave Senator Ferguson
walked into the hospital. went
upstairs, then returned with the
report both Mr.. Bentley and Mr.
Roberts were being operated on
Under the lights upstairs, II
was later learned. Drs. Veal anc
Fulcher cut into the wounded
leg Of Mr. Roberts just behinc
the knee. They found the mair
artery running down the leg hac
been almost severed by the bullet
Blood had flowed out into thu
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By John McKelwoy

The shot, the knitted, and the
broken-up come regularly
throughout the days and nights
to Casualty Hospital.
The doctors and nurses there
have seen them come, sometimes
in large numbers all at once.
sometimes one at a time.
Yesterday three members Of
the House of Representatives were
brought in. each wounded by
a bullet. Calmly, without hating
over the names, the doctors and
nurses went to work. Three men
had been shot-emergency cases.
Then three doors closed and
the halls were left to those who
knew little-only that the three
men who were shot were Con-
gresSmen.
Reports Start Coming.
BY $3.50 pm. the hazy reports
of what was going on inside the
three doors drifted about.
A man carrying a bloody I'M
dershirt came out of a room and
was told. by woman. to destroy
it." A secretary, her boss had
been shot.
On a stretcher, looking
straight up and putting a cigar
cite, came Representative George
H. Fallon. He was wheeled down
the hall and disappeared in the
elevator.
Shot in the hip. not too seri-
ous-I understand" said a man.
Then another door opened
and Representative Kenneth A.
Roberts was wheeled out. He
wasn't smoking. The elevator
doors slammed shut.
"Just a flesh wound-I think
ITS the left leg" said a colleague.
BentIey's Face White.
Next to appear was Repre-
sentative Alvin Bentley. He was
covered with a dull. red blanket,
His face was very white against
the blanket and his eyes were
closed. He was taken into a
room across the hall for X-rays
Later he managed a slight ges-
ture to a crowd of people before
he was swallowed up in the ele-
vator.
A slight man with jet black
hair and tired eyes had been
moving in and out of the three
rooms. His name, DR.. Joseph r
Young, was being constantly
PACED by a determined voice.
Yet there was no apparen
irritation on his face, and HI
was busy. DR.. Young Is chic,
of staff at Casualty.
He stopped ana quickly, bu
carefully. described the wounds
of each man to reporters. Fl,
stumbled once or twice over TIN
names.
Later, when the three mei
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A Gallery Neiqhbor

Frank Wise. IL, of SIS Boyd
court, Takoma Park, Md, was
sitting in the row just In front
Of the Puerto Ricans. about five
seats to their left. when the
shooting broke out:
My first thought was to duck
when I heard the shots. I turned
around and saw the woman
within a few feet of me. She
had just stopped shooting and
seemed to have emptied the clip
and was about to hand the gun
to a man.
The three of them were
screaming in Spanish. She was
waving a large flag. For a mo-
ment / couldn't decide whether