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The Key West citizen., 1954-10-06
Guards Picket
Indiana Prison
As Union Move

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. R-off.
duty guards picketed the Indiana
State Prison early today in a pro.
test aimed at getting state officials
to meet with their union repre-.
sentatives.
The midnight shift of guards
went to work in normal strength
but members of the outgoing shift
formed picket lines soon after mid.
night.
Merle Griffith, vice president of
the international Guards Union.
said the postmidnight demonstra.
ton was not ordered by the union.
but he added, "The strike is on"
Griffith had said earlier he had
telegraphed Gov. George M. Craig
stating that walkout might come
at Z am. today if the governor
did not agree by that time to meet
with union representatives. Griffith
indicated that limited number
OF guards would be left on duty to
feed the 2,300 prisoners and to
keep them under surveillance. The
prison employs about 100 guards.
National Guard units stood by
in armories at Gary ready to move
IN any emergency, and other units
at Valparaiso and Whiting were on
four-hour alert. State police also
were ready to mass troopers at
the prison quickly if necessary.
Gov. Craig said in response to
the unions ultimatum:
"We won't recognize the union
now or at any time in the future,
and we won't recognize anyone
else who seeks to turn people
against the government.
"You can't strike against the
government, and Griffith might
just as well find out about it now,"
the governor added.
Hugh P. O'Brien, chairman of
the State Board of Corrections,
handed the guards on the midnight
shift cards stating, 81 (wilD Twill
not) be loyal to the state of In
diana" The guards were asked to
check one answer and sign the
cards.
Two guards, John Kring of Mich
igan City and Henry Pearson of
Laporte, Ind, said they were fired
on the spot for refusing to sign
the cards.
Griffith has been seeking a con-
ference with O'Brien or the COVER
nor to discuss demands for a 40
hour week, higher pay, improve
ment of working conditions and re-
inStatement of four guards fired
previously. The union said the
previously. The union said the
guards were fired for union &C.
tivity.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-06
Judge Decides
Games Are Wrong

LOS ANGELES R,-Santa Mon.
ica's Skill ball" games, Judge
has, found, are much too CLANCY
to be a matter of skill.
Superior Judge Frank G. Swain,
who tried 'em on the spot, ruled
yesterday that the games violated
the California law.
The average player, said the
judge, was not prepared to COM
pete "any more than I could COM
pete against Joe Louis
The judge ruled in favor of Ma
than Schur, who sought an in
junction against six operators.
"the city of Santa Monica cannot
license q. game that is prohibited
by state law" the court declared.
The bingo-type games were said
to gross million dollars a month.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-06
Costly Research

WASHINGTON R - The govern
ment is spending about two bill
lion dollars a year on scientific re-
search.
About IS per cent of this science
budget is being spent each year
on military purposes, said a re-
port issued Monday by the Ma
tional Science Foundation.
In the current fiscal year the
government is expected to obligate
itself for $1,990, 100000, about 10
per cent under the preceding year.
Of the total, SLIT, ,921, ,0O0, 900 will
60 for projects connected with ma
tional defense.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-06
CHICAGO WANTS TO
SELL BRICK SUPPLY

CHICAGO R-Chicago has a bar
gain in bricks-two million of them
at a penny each.
They're not gold, but granite
block and veederburg bricks which
cost the city 16 cents each IL years
ago. But the city doesn't need
them because it uses asphalt and
concrete paving so they are being
sold for salvage. They weigh be-
tween Z and IL pounds each and
are, says John Ward, city pur-
chasing agent, virtually weather
proof.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-06
March For
McCarthySet

BALTIMORE R-The head of
two militant anti-Communist or
ganiZations has announced here
that nationwide march on Wash
ington" asking senators not to Gen.
sure Sen. Mccarthy will be staged
Nov. IL.
Rabbi Benjamin Schultz, in Bal
timore to be POSTMASTER tonight
of a dinner honoring Roy NJ. Cohn,
former Mccarthy aide and a Gen.
tral figure in the McCarthy-Army
hearings last spring, made the an
nouncement.
The Senate is scheduled to re-
convene Nov. to begin considera-
ton of a special committee recon-
mendation that Mccarthy be Gen.
Sured.
Rabbi Schultz said the march
will be a peoples movement
especially for Sen. Mccarthy, who
is being smeared."
He said the marchers would be
urged to visit their home-state SEN
ators during the day to urge them
to reject the censure recommend
ations, then to attend a mass meet
ing at a downtown hotel ballroom
the night of Nov. II.
The meetings purpose would be
the organization of a Joint Coun-
Gil Against Communism in Ameri-
ca" The council objective would
be not only to fight communism
but also to fight aggressive
smears of anti-Communists," Rab-
bi Schultz said.
Rabbi Schultz is national director
of the American Jewish League
against Communism, Inc, and CO.
ordinator of the Joint Committee
Against Communism in New York,
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-06
PIER ANGEL TO
WE'D VIC DAMONE

HOLLYWOOD R-Film actress
Pier Angeli and singer Vic Da.
none are engaged and plan to be
wed soon, possibly this month.
The 22-year-old actress, born in
Italy, and the crooner, Brooklyn
native of Italian extraction, have
known each other several years.
Neither has been married before.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-06

he pleaded guilty to ignoring Q
dozen traffic tickets. At the re-
quest Of his lawyer, however, his
jail sentence was postponed until
after his fight with Kid Gavilan in
Philadelphia Oct. 20.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-06
SEA
SECRETS

SEA SECRETS ere prepared
by the Marine Laboratory of
the University Of Miami. act
ing IS official fisheries re-
search agency for HE Florida
State Board OF Conservation.
Questions are welcomed and
should be addressed TO SEA
SECRETS care Of this news.
paper.
Q.-Do you have any information
on building aquarium at home?
W. Graham, Miami, Florida.
Awhile the length of an
aquarium is not particularly i'm
portant, of primary importance is
the width in relation to the depth
of water. AS the great part of
the oxygen essential to the fish
will be absorbed by the water from
the air in contact with the water
surface, the width" of the water
should be equal to or greater than
its depth. Incidentally, more pleas
ing effects in underwater garden
ing are possible in an aquarium
of these proportions. After the
desired size of the aquarium has
been established, its finished
weight must be considered, as this
will largely determine the strength
required of the materials used in
the construction of the aquarium.
The principal item of weight is
that of the water, and this weight
may be determined on. this basis:
One gallon Of water weights 1887
pounds and contains 231 cubic
INCHES. For example, if the
aquarium is to be 80 inches long
and IL inches wide with a 10 inch
depth, the volume of water will
be $500 cubic inches or 15.5S44
gallons Of water which will weigh
129.927 pounds. When sand and
other ornaments are included, it
will be necessary for the frame
and glass to support approximately
1S0 pounds. The frame is the
backbone" of the aquarium and
must therefore be perfectly squared
and rigid. Wood should never
be used for the frame since it does
not provide sufficient rigidity and,
if brought in contact with cement,
it will tend to draw the oil from
the cement, making it slightly
porous so that moisture will ooze
through the wood causing it to
warp separating the wooden frame
from the glass. Galvanized sheet
metal of IA gauge, bent to form
1-inchS angle-iron, may be used for
an IS gallon tank. Regular iron
is generally used for tanks of more
than 20 gallon capacity. Slate has
been found to be the best material
for the bottom. An IS gallon tank
ga by II by Is inches) may have
a bottom of three-eights inch slate.
If slate is not readily obtainable
double-strength window glass or
plate glass is strong enough for a
small aquarium of / to S gallon
capacity. Clear glass should be
used for sides and ends. Regular
double-strength window glass may
be used for larger ones. Car
windows obtained from junk deal
erS can be used, but new glass
should be used, as old glass is
usually scratched and this de-
tracts from the appearance of the
finished aquarium.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-06
Saxton Must Serve Sentence

NEW YORK R-Johnny Saxton
is slated to go to jail Oct. 81, even
if he should happen to be the world
champion welterweight boxer by
that time.
Saxton, "a, was given q $500 fine
and Is days in Jail Monday after
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-06
By JOE HALL

WASHINGTON Up - Swinging
from the activities of ousted FILA
official Clyde L. Powell, a Senate
Banking Committee spotlight cen
tered today on alleged "windfall"
profits made by private promoters
on apartment projects built with
government backed loans.
Chairman Capehart R.Ind) said
10 witnesses on call would nearly
all testify on apartments erected
under a now-expired federal hous.
ing program which allegedly yield
ed millions in inflated profits tc
builders.
The term '.windfall" has beer
applied to swollen profits made
when promoters obtained govern.
ment-insured loans far bigger thar
their costs and then pocketed the
difference.
In a day-long session yesterday,
the Banking Committee heard q
stream of witnesses tell Of direct
money payments and loans to Pow.
ell, q 20-year veteran of govern.
ment service until he was fired
last spring as assistant federal
housing commissioner in charge
Of. rental housing operations. The
committee also was told that Pow.
ell was heavy gambler.
Powell took the witness chair
late in the day, but he refused TO
answer questions. He claimed his
constitutional protection against
possible self incrimination - the
same grounds on which he had
refused to testify in two previous
appearances before the Banking
Committee.
Powell was scheduled to appear
today before a federal grand jury
convened here to look into charges
of widespread irregularities in
Federal Housing Administration
operations.
Virtually all the testimony taken
yesterday revolved about Powell.
The committee heard that Powell:
!. Demanded and received late
in 1946 a $4,000 payment for ap-
proving $709,000 increase in an
FHA loan commitment for a Ne
gro apartment project here. This
testimony came from Albert l.
Cassel, Washington Negro archi.
tect.
2. Received 5000 in cash in 1850
from William T. Johnson, a Vir-
ginia Beach, Va. builder to cover
losses shooting dice and never re-
paid the money.
3. Placed bets of 500 to $120 a
day with a bookie here in the early
1s40s and failed to pay off on one
bet of around 81, 800.
4. Bought a $12,245 lot in fash
ionable residential section here
late in November last year and
commissioned a real estate firm to
draw plans fcx a house to cost
over $4,000. However, Powell was
said to have Cancelled plans for
the house after the housing scan
dals broke last April.
S. Borrowed $500 in 1s4S from
Nathan Manilow, a Chicago builder
who testified Powell repaid all the
money the next year.
6. Deposited $218,630 in a Wash
ington bank from 1945 through
April 1854, although his net gov
ernment salary over this period
was only $75,793.
Cassell said he paid Powell the
$4,000 in three installments after
talking over the situation with
Elder Lightfoot Michaux, a Wash.
ington evangelist and one of his
partners in the project.
He testified Michaux told him
"that was the way things were
done, but that he was preacher
and couldn't have anything to do
with passing the money"
Michaux later testified he din't
remember Cassel telling him $1o,-
600 would have to be paid to Pow.
ell. but the evangelist said he
wouldn't say it wasn't so. Michaux
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-06
COPS MAY BE RIGHT

DALLAS Up - A Dallas man
offered a variety of reasons why
he owned boat. He said Mon
day he bought a truck with the
boat in it. Then he said he won
the craft in a dice game.
Police had another version.
They said he stole it.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-06
The Veterans
Corner

Here are authoritative answers
from the Veterans Administration
to four questions of interest to
former servicemen and their fam
lilies:
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-06

@. / am a ''peacetime" veteran,
and / want to get into a VA
domiciliary home. One of the re-
quirements, / understand, is the
lack of adequate means of sup
port. l have an income of around
500 month. Is that considered
adequate?
A. No. Your $10O-a-month income
would not bar you from VA domi-
ciliary care, so long as you meet
all the other eligibility require
ments. An income of SIPS or more
a month, however, is considered
adequate means, if the veteran
uses it to support only himself.
@. Recently I needed emergency
medical treatment in a non-VA
hospital for my service-connected
disability, and there wasn't time
to get VAS authorization in ad-
vance. Would it be possible for
VA to reimburse me for the ex-
penses?
A. Yes, it is possible, but only
if all four of these conditions ex-
isted: (D the treatment was for a
service-connected disability or for
some ailment that was aggravating
a service-d disability; (2) treatment
was given in medical emergency;
90 Government facilities were not
available; (4) delay would have
been hazardous.
@. I'm disabled veteran TAX
ing Public Law 16 training. / re.
,ceived a serious injury during my
training. Could / receive addi-
tional compensation for my train
ing injury?
A. Yes, it is possible for you to
receive additional compensation
for your injury, providing you
can show that your disability re-
suited directly from some essen
tial training activity.
@. A friend of mine has been
receiving VA compensation be-
cause of two disabilities. One is
permanent and the other isn't. VA
asked him to report for a physical
examination for his temperament
disability, but without any good
reason he failed to show up. Will
VA stop his entire compensation?
A. No. VA will adjust his COM
pensation so that he will be paid
only for his permanent disability.
He no longer will receive payment
for his temperament disability.
(Veterans living in Key West
who wish further information about
their benefits should contact the
VA office at Room 104, Federal
Bldg.)
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-06

Read The Citizen Classified
Ads For REAL Bargains!
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-06

(Veterans living in Key West
who wish further information about
their benefits should contact the
VA office at Room 104, Federal
Bldg.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23

AUTO SHOW EEN-
jeanne HOller, Is, of $40 Sew
entieth place, Seat Pleasant,
Md, was chosen Queen Of
the Auto Show by a panel Of
White House news phOtOgra-
pliers yesterday. Miss HOller
is a secretary at the military
history section of the De.
partment of the Army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Columbus Memorial
PIans Disclosed

Plans for a new memorial to
Christopher Columbus in Wash
ington, possibly an opera house,
were revealed today by Senator
Ives. Republican, of New York.
He was joined by SO other
Senators in Offering a resolution
to create a commission to make
the plans.
Senator Ives said the Christie
pher Columbus Memorial Foun-
dalton. Inc. has been created
because of a growing feeling that
there should be another Column
bus memorial here. He said it
will be financed largely from
private sources.
The Senator said it is expected
the Italian government will be
interested in the project and for
that reason it was deemed essen
tlal that the memorial be
planned through congressional
action.
This is not to say that the
existing statue to Columbus on
the Union Station Plaza is not
beautiful monument" said
Senator Ives. but it is felt by
many that this statue is not
sufficient memorial 10 one who
exercised SO transcendant an in
fiuence upon the history of the
world"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Chink OF Coins in Till
Helps Stores Recover
From Birthday Sales

/. Washington merchants were
recuperating today from what
one described as "the annual
madhouse of Washington birth
day sales"
Recuperation was made easy
by what was counted from the
cash registers. Some said the
days business was better than
last years and some said it
equaled last year.
The 1858 sales were generally
said to have set a record up to
then, although one merchant
said the sale day of one of the
early war years had set an all
time record.
One department store said
sales were substantially higher
than last year. Another said
the crowds were larger but the
sales were about the same.
The shoppers were looking for
bargains and, according to the
merchants, they found them.
One big store said that while
the business in women's clothing
was good that in mems clothing
was exceptionally good"
Henry T.rachtenberg. chairman
Of the Women's Wear division of
the Merchants g. Manufacture
ers' Association, said the wom-
ems wear stores in downtown
Washington were all satisfied.
I'm most cases sales equaled
last years and in some cases
went ahead" he said. Wash
ington's Birthday sales ring
down the curtain on winter OPP
erations. The speciality store
merchants are optimistic about
spring"
Larry Nathan, chairman of the
mems wear division, said most
mems wear stores, where they
made an effort to attract Gus
toners, did extremely well. The
day helped to get stocks in good
shape for spring. he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Case Asks Spencer
IfLaw Now Permits
D. {. Secret Arrests

Chairman Case of the Senate
District Committee has called
for copy of Corporation Coun-
sci Vernon E. Vests opinion on
whether police arrest records are
public as a matter of law.
Mr.. West has held that the
law does not require police to
open the records on juvenile
arrests.
II am somewhat disturbed by
suggestions which 1 have seen
that the law as presently in
terpreted might permit of So
called secret arrests even
though the present chief of police
apparently has made no effort
to withhold such information
from the public" wrote Senator
Case.
His letter of inquiry to Com.
missioner Samuel Spencer added:
THE question is one that de-
serves the most careful study and
I would like to have the benefit
of your thinking on it."
Mr.. Spencer said today he had
not yet received the letter and
had no comment for the time
being.
1t remains for the Commits
sioners to give the police chief
specific authority in a policy
ruling. So far, they have not
done so. and Mr.. Spencer said
he had great deal" of doubt
that supplying criminal records
to interested parties" would be
good policy. Interested par
ties" might include such persons
as employers.
Senator Case asked in his let
ter what the Commissioners have
under consideration in the mat
ter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Tall GdIIows and Loud Music
Protest Cemetery Expansion

The superintendent of the Ma
tional Memorial Park Cemetery
threatened to take legal action
today against a nearby resident
he accused of:
!. Playing hillbilly music so
loud that it interfered with flu
neral services; and
2. Putting up five gallows in
his yard as a form of ''haraSs-
ment'' of the cemetery'S opera
tionS.
Eugene Marlowe. cemetery SUI
perintendent, said the gallows
were erected about three weeks
ago on the property of Frank
Curtin, which adioins the north
west corner, on King David Me-
mortal Gardens section, of the
cemetery.
Yesterday. he said. music COM
ing from that property was so
loud that a minister could not
hear himself talk at graveside
rites. After the services. 20
mourners came to him with tears
in their eyes, protesting. Mr..
MarloWe said.
Mr.. Marlowe said that in Sep
TENDER. 1850. the cemetery got
a declaratory judgment in Fair
fax Circuit Court to extend the
cemeterys boundaries.
1T SO happens that one of the
boundaries reaches Mr.. Curtin's
property and he doesn't like it."
the superintendent added.
Il told the mourners yesterday
to write their complaints in let
tiers and I would use it as evil
dence toward starting some kind
of legal action" Mr.. MarloWe
added
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
CTC Contends
Income Is Less
NewFdres
Tronsit Firm Held
Ready to Seek
Another Increase

A Capital Transit Co. spokes-
man today said the company's
income after two weeks opera
ton under the new higher fares
is less than it was in the COM
parable two weeks last year.
This led to speculation that
the company's announced inten-
tons of filing for another bus
and streetcar fare increase may
be sooner than originally planned.
The new fares went into effect
February /. The company
spokesman said that returns for
the first two weeks in February
were under those of the first
two weeks in February, 1858.
He conceded. however, that it
will take about a month before
a pattern is established that will
give true picture of the public S
response to the higher fares.
Fares Went to 20 Cents.
The new fares are 20 cents
cash, five tokens for 80 cents
and a rs cents fiat fee for a
weekly permit emitting the
bearer to travel for 10 cents per
ride with transfer privileges.
Apparently many transit riders
are turning to the token fares.
This means that the company Is
getting only one cent more per
ride than before. The old token
rate was five for IS cents-or Is
cents per token. The new rate
comes to Is cents per token.
Substantially fewer riders are
purchasing the new IS cent
weekly permits, the company
spokesman said. The permit re-
placed the unlimited weekly pass
which was a popular buy here
for more than 20 years.
Also. apparently few riders are
going for the new 20 cents cash
fare when tokens can be pur-
chased for Is cents each.
Protest Size of Increase.
j. A. B. Broadwater, president
of Capital Transit. last week told
a Senate subcommittee investi-
eating local transit affairs that
the last fare increase in effect
was amounting to a decrease.
Even before the District Public
Utilities Commission had granted
the increase. Mr.. Broadwater
had told the subcommittee that
the company would have to ask
for further increase in bus
and streetcar fares soon. re-
CARELESS of what the Commits
sion granted
When the Commission an
nounced its decision a few weeks
later. transit officials con-
demned the increase granted as
inadequate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
D. {. PhiIanthropic Gifts
Decline 10 S13 Million

Publicly announced gifts and
requests for philanthropy in
Washington last year totaled
S13,033.552-a drop from $15,-
658,974 the previous year.
The figures were disclosed to-
day by the John Price Jones Co.,
Inc. firm of Embarrassing con-
sultants in New York City who
make an annual survey of phi
lanthropy.
The firm has made the sur
vey for the past % years in the
cities of New York, Baltimore,
Boston. Chicago. Houston, Los
Angeles. Philadelphia. Pittsburgh,
st. Louis and Washington.
Total figures for these cities
also showed a drop between 1852
and 1858. The ten-city total
for 1852 was $496,O38, 500 as
against last years total of $685.
089 .966.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23

Mr. Marlowe said he saw Mr.
{ Curtin erecting a mail box on
cemetery property yesterday and
advised him against it. When
he persisted, Mr.. MarloWe took a
photograph of the box. he said.
The gallows, about 20 feet high,
stand tall and stark with nooSes
attached. They are not visible
from Lee highway, where the
cemetery lies a mile west of Falls
Church.
Mr.. Curtin could not be
reached for comment.
Two abandoned trucks set near
the gallows. On one is sign,
reading:
THE Virginia State code states
that a burial plot shall not be
established within $50 feet of a
residence.
The property is completely
surrounded by this graveyard.
Rlght-of-way may be had only
by crossing over graveyard
property.
National Memorial Park
through court adventure
MANAGED to have the law set
aside in our case. We did not.
however. lose orr citizenSl,io
right to vote. pay taxes, etc.
Investigation has disclosed
underground streams with con-
siderable flow just below the sur
face of this entire area.
If you insist on being buried
within the above distance, please
use coffin of a type that will
retard contamination Of our well.
Respectfully,
CURTIN FAMILY"