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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-23
Heroic Mountain
Climber Is Found
Dead In Creyasse

PORT ANGELES, Wash. a. A
mountain climber trapped in ere.
vase by his own heroism was
found dead late last night on tow.
ering Mt. Olympus.
Doctors said DR.. Anthony Levy,
80, a University of California re.
search biochemist from Berkeley,
had been dead about nine hours
before his body was reached.
He had been trapped deep in .
crevasse at the top of the 7,954-foot
peak which stands in the center
Of Olympic National Pkar.
Twenty-three National Park Ser
vice employees fought their way up
the mountain in an attempt to res.
cue him.
Levy, with four others. were
climbing the mountain Saturday
when one of the party, Dick Neal
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KEY VESTS
TRAFFIC BOX SCORE.
August

The city is within $1,000 of
equalling total property DAM
age caused by automobile ac-
cidents in 1858.
And six weekend accidents
sWelled the total for the month
to 80, an average of more
than one per day.
Injuries in traffic accidents
have mounted to five for the
month - and 50 for the year.
While it appears that the
city's intensive campaign to
cut accidents is showing some
progress - we still have a long
way to reach our goal.
It is no longer a matter Of
equalling last years record -
it is question Of by how much
we are going to exceed it.
The answer will be decided
BY the city's motorists.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-23
Mystery Grows
About Missing
Dutch Arliner

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands IN.
A Royal Dutch kim airliner van
ished mysteriously today on q
flight from New York and the
Scheveningen radio reported 4
fishing vessel had sighted some
lifebelts and packages in the North
Sea off the Dutch coast.
The fishing vessel, the TexeI
Xmuiden 5, was reported to have
made the find about 16 miles north
west Of Ymuiden, Amsterdam's
seaport. Unofficial sources said
Dutch traWlers traced hotsam in
ehe same area.
Of the q persons aboard the
plane, On its final leg from shan
non, Ireland, u were believed to
Be Americans.
The airline office In New York
said IL passengers boarded the
plane IN New York and two, ! Ny.
and Mrs. Oriordcn, boarded at
Shannon. The Oriordons' address
WAS not available.
Passengers Listed
Listed BIZ the airline as New
York Amsterdam passengers
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham
Continued on Page Twol
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-23
CAPTAIN A. o. SMITH
rs NAMED TO MIAMI
HOSPITAL POSITION

Capt. o. A. Smith, Medical
Corps, USN, retired, has been
named Director Of Quit Patient Ser
vices at Jackson Memorial Hospi-
tal in Miami, il was announced to-
day.
The appointment is effective Oct.
d.
Capt. Smith, who was command
ing officer Of the Naval Hospital
here from 1947 to 1851, expects to
retire 10 Key West soneday. He
owns a home at s74l Eagle Ave.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-23

required 80 stitches.
Hard-bitten police Off
GERS, incensed by the vicious
assault are securing the city
today for suspects.
Mrs. Cato, who returned
to her home only last
Wednesday after m a jor
surgery in a Miami hospital,
gave this report of the in
cident:
She was sleeping on the sun
porch on the first floor Of her
home when the intruder entered
the house by cutting a screen on
kitchen window.
Awakened BY Feofsfeps
She first became aware Of the
marauder when she was awakened
by footsteps at her bedside.
AS she started TO rise, Mrs. Ca
to said that the prowler gave her q
vicious smash on the rear Of the
head.
81 couldn't see the man well
enough to identity him = he was
just a big white blob" said Mrs.
Cato today.
81 asked him what he was do
ing in my house and then he bit
me again" she continued. This
time, a deep. four-inch cash was
Inflicted Oh her forehead. Sha was
/ blinded by blood pouring into her
eyes from the wound, Mrs. Cato
said.
She began to scream at this
point, and the man struck another
savage blow. The result was an
ugly cash on her forehead, at the
hairline.
Family Hears Screams
Meanwhile, Mrs. Gato's daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stock Slayer, who were upstairs,
we're awakened by her screams.
They rushed to her aid.
But by that time the man, APP
parently frightened had already
made hurried exit through the
kitchen window.
He left a bloodied set Of finger
prints on the window-siIl, however.
The Sheriff's Department is inves-
tigating the prints.
Meanwhile, DR.. Herman K.
Moore, who lives across the street
from Mrs. Cato, was called in to
aid her. He administered emergeny
first aid and then rushed her to
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Lebanon, N. H., until 1912.
From 1898 to 1916 he was Justice
of the Municipal Court at Hanover,
N. H.
In December, 1912, he accepted
Heutenant's commission in the
Navy Reserve and a commission
in the regular Navy in May, 1947.
During his Navy career, among
other assignments, he had been at
tached to the Judge Advocate Gen.
erals office.
Cdr. Gordon is survived by his
widow, Charlotte Evans Gordon,
and three children: William, Is.
Sally, IL, and George, 2.
A memorial service has been set
tentatively for 8 p. m, Aug. 3,
in the Naval Station Chapel with
Cdr. C. B. Robinson, Navy Base
Chaplain, officiating. Burial viii be
in Arlington National Cemetery,
date to be announced later.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-23
Senate Paymaster
Wounds Wife,
Stays Himself

WASHINGTON R-The Senate's
45-year-old paymaster, Joseph C.
Ellis, shot and wounded his wife
yesterday, then killed himself, po-
lice reported.
A son, Joseph II, said he be-
lieved his father had oyerworked
during the long Senate sessions be-
fore adjournment. As financial
clerk, he handled Senate expenses
and a payroll for about 1000
persons.
Ellis and his wife Elizabeth were
taken to Emergency Hospital aft
er the shooting in their Northwest
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-23
ShipIs Safe
In Port Here

The USS Bobolink, AIMS.2,
subject of eight-hoUr arises
search Saturday night, arrived
here IT. $3.50 p. m. Yesterday.
The Bobolink, en- route from
Charleston 10 Key West. was
out Of communication with
shore bases because Of q break.
down Of its radio fransmiffer.
When the ship did not report.
fire destroyer escort Robinson
and three planes from here
were sent to search. The ship
was located near rs last re-
ported position.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-23
Small Craft
Warned AS Storm
Area Approaches

MIAMI R-Small craft warn
ings we're continued today from
Palm Beach to Key West while
the Miami storm warning service
kept watch on an approaching
easterIy wave.
Grady Norton, chief forecaster,
said the band of squally weather
extended across The Dominican Re-
public with its northern end in the
Atlantic and its southern extremity
IN the Caribbean Sea.
1T doesn't look bad at this time
but of course in this season We
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-23
ROUNDUP SET FOR
ILLEGAL ENTRANTS.
IN PHILIPPINES

MANILA Up ~ President Ramon
Magsaysay, reported concerned
over recent reports of Communist
infiltration Of the Philippines, last
night ordered the armed forces to
round up an estimated 5000 In.
donesians who have entered the
country illegally.
A House Of Representatives sub
committee currently is investigat-
ing Red movement into the Philip
pines from Ind0nesia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-23
City Commission
Meeting Postponed

A special city commission
meeting SET for tonight has
been postponed TO allow the
city fathers 10 rake part in
special March Of Dimes fund
drive broadcast over WKWF.
The meeting will be held
Tuesday at 8 p. m. Purpose Of
the meeting will be 70 consider
bids for HE removal Of mari
from Garrison Blight and fhs
confirmation Of IRE appoint.
mem Of John L. psY as city
finance officer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-23
JUVENILE COUNCIL
SPEAKER ANNOUNCED

Mrs. Jennie Mae Watkins, who
was recently appointed attendance
officer by the County School
Board, win be guest speaker at
the regular meeting Of the Monroe
County Juvenile Council at the
Clinic Building on Fleming Street
at 500 pm. tonight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-23
NavyLegal
Officer Dies

Cdr. Earle C. Gordon, Jr., Navy
Base legal officer, died at T:25
p. m. yesterday in the Naval Hos
pital Of a heart attack. He had
been admitted to the hospital at
S >. nj. Cdr, Gordon was q.
Cdr. Gordon, VINO had been STA
toned here since June. 1858, was
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-23
NAVY FIRE SUNDAY

A minor fire in Building 80 at
the Seaplane Base late yesterday
afternoon was extinguished by the
automatic sprinkler system before
arrival of the fire department, the
Navy Public Information office re-
ported today. The fire was caused
BY 4 short in a battery.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-23

born in Ca
naan, N. H. He
was graduated
fro m Dart
mouth College
in 1888 and
from the law
school of the
University of.
Boston in 1886.
He has been
a member of
the New Ham
p 5 ire bar
since 1886 and
practiced at
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-23
Efforts
FailToHalt
Copper Strike
Negotiations Are
Resumed To Settle
Rubber Disputes
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Government efforts pointed to a
return to work in the American
Airlines strike Monday but afield
to halt a walkout of $500 workers
in the copper industry.
Negotiations resumed, mean
while, in the drawn-out rubber
dispute in which $1,000 employees
have been idle, half Of them for
Al days.
An arrangement worked out with
the help of federal mediators
brought at least partial settlement
in the airline dispute, and Ameri-
can, the nations biggest air car
rier, began warming up its en-
gines.
The company made plans to re-
sumo operations Wednesday, after
a 25-day shutdown, but the AFL
Airline Pilots Assn, representing
Americans 1900 pilots, called the
arrangement a truce" and did
not make it clear if members
would res lying.
Pilots Beef
The pilots struck against nonstop
coast-to-coast runs of more than
eight hours, demanding a crew
change. stopover.
c. n. Smith, Americans presi-
dent, said the agreement called
for resumption Of the disputed
schedule and appointment Of a
neutral to recommend a perma-
nent solution.
Plants of the American Brass Co.,
subsidiary of Anaconda Copper,
remained closed in Ansonia and
Torrington, Conn, and Buffalo,
NY, this morning after the nor
NAL weekend shut down.
The employees, members of the
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Union lind struck for a 25-cent
hourly raise and other benefits.
A union spokesman said the
strike affects Anaconda's Montana
operations.
Request Fails
The Federal Mediation Service
said it had asked the union to hold
off, but the request apparently fell
through. Negotiations broke off
Aug. 10. Straight time pay at the
plants averaged $1.9l to $1.9S an
hour, according to the union.
In Cleveland, Cincinnati and New
York the CIO Rubber Workers
went into new sessions today with
negotiators for the nations big
-four in rubber: Goodyear, Fire
stone, B. F. Goodrich and U. S.
Rubber.
In an outgrowth Of last months
atomic energy strike, top level
representatives of both the Go
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-23
State Health
Dept. Okays
School Opening
Polio Situation
Raises Question
In Two Counties

JACKSONVILLE tRl- The State
Board of Health approved a rec
ommendation yesterday that all
Florida schools go ahead with
plans for opening in spite Of wide.
spread polio.
DR.. L. L. Parks, head of the
Bureau of Preventable Diseases,
told the board, meeting here that
two counties had asked. whether
opening should be delayed. The
counties were not named.
DR.. Parks said his recommen.
dalton was that present conditions
do not justify delay in opening
any of the states schools and he
asked the board to back him up.
Situation Could Change
The situation, however, is fluid,
DR.. Parks said, and could change
at any moment.
In another action, the board sus-
pended DR.. Vernon Fox. an asso.
ciate professor at Florida State
University, from part-time job
with Tallahassee mental clinic
which is supported BY board funds.
The suspension is effective pend.
ing a Board Of Control herring 81
1 controversial speech DR.. FOX
made on narcotics at 4 meeting Of
teen-agers in Gainesville.
Criminal Court Judge L. "A.
Grayson Of Tampa has called for
Fox dismissal from FSU, saying
the professor sought to demon.
strate that mariiuana and other
drugs were not habit-forming, that
the narcotics law of the State OF
Florida should be repealed and
that drug addiction was largely a
myth"
Denial BY Professor
Fox said he told the group mar
juana is habit-forming but not ad.
dieting. He denied he made any
reference to the Florida narcotics
law or made the statement that
drug addiction was largely a
myth"
The board also:
/. Created new division of Vet.
Urinary Public Health to meet q
demand for diagnostic services in
diseases transmitted from animal:
to humans. such a rabie, psit
tacosis, anthrax and bovine tuber
culosis. DR.. James E. Scatterday,
public health veterinarian, win di
rect the new division under DIR.
Parks. Creation Of the division en-.
tails no additional expenses, DR..
Wilson 7. Sowder, state health Of,
ficer, said.
2. Approved salary increases 81
$40 to SIS monthly, on basis Of
merit, for some 400 central office
Continued on Page Two)
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Woman B6ate1 Brutally
By johnson St. ProWler
Dr0gnet Out For MGrouder after
ConDaIescent Is SIugged Sunday
BY JIM coss

A set of blood-stained fingerprints Is apparently
the only clue to the identity of prowler who brutay
beat Johnson st. woman as she slept early Sunday
morning.
Victim of the beating Mrs. Julia Cato, 49, 1912
johnson st. Wounds, inflicted by blunt instrument,
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-09-18

they were told that their govern
ment would assume no responsible
lily for the safekeeping and care of
their property, they did not know
whether to store or dispose of their
property by sale Under the circum-
stances, whatever they did was sure
to result in economic loss and dis
aster We believe that the facts and
circumstances of this period are well
enough documented so that there is
no need to belabor this point
Except for a few cases, smaller
claims from Or state have been
compromised and settled Numeri-
cally these constituted the bulk of
the claims filed from this area Ne
vertheleSS. there remain a substan-
tlal number which have not been
settled or submitted for adjudica-
ton under the Evacuation Claims
Law as the same stands today. In
order to demonstrate the need and
desirability for further legislation
to implement this law, we respect
fully invite the attention of this
subcommittee to some of these
claims which are stated as briefly
as possible -.
SELECTION OF CASES: The e.
Enumerated cases were selected in
conference of attorneys They illus
trate claims III our area WhitO ID
are typical of their kind and CO
are peculiar to the State of Wash
ington. All of them emphasize the
need of providing machinery for
early settlement by compromise or
to provide a forum for hearing such
claims at the Situs of the loss and
the residence of parties claimant
and their witnesses
PROOF: We have found that ev-
idence supporting the various items
of evacuation losses fall in the fol-
lowing general classes:
(a) Business records, tax records,
CPA audit reports, leases, contracts,
letters, invoices, memoranda and o.
theirs.
lb) State and federal government
data, surveys and other publica-
tions. Business records of those o.
ther than that of the claimant
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-09-18

Editors note: Following is the
text of Seattle Nisei Attorney TOru
Sakahara's statemen before the
Jonas Subcommittee on Claims
Committee on the Judiciary House
of Representatives last August 3O-31
in San Francisco
:. l am appearing today to tes-
tify concerning the evacuation
claims program as it relates to
claims filed from the State of Wa
shington My comments in this
statement will be directed to the
manner in which the claims in this
area are affected under the Japa-
neSe American Evacuation Claims
Act of l948. as amended, and to the
manner nj which the proposed a.
mendment to the above act intro
q, ced b. MIR Killings in the House
of Representatives, in the End Ses-
sion of the 83rd Congress, designa-
ted as H.R 7435, will expedite the
claims program,
In common with claimants from
other coastal areas affected by eva
cuation and exclusion orders, people
III this area underwent a period of
shock and disbelief upon hearing
that they would be required to eva
cuate, leaving their homes, business
es and communities Until the time
was actually fixed, they had no
knowledge of when they would be
REG ired to leave, Confusion result
tea as to what they should do in
the short time they had. whether
they should try to keep their Jobs
keep their businesses going or make
some disposition of the same. Since
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-09-18
Spokane Woman
Killed In Utah
Highway Accident

HEBER, Utah. Sept Colorado
Times DispatchD-A binding rain
September was blamed for an au-
to accident in Daniels Canyon. l6
miles east of here That claimed the
life of a Washington state tourist.
Mrs Chitose Militia. S.. of Spokaus
Three others were injured
The group was returning to the
Northwest after vis.tinc the Dan
Yamagami family in Denver. it was
learned
Driver of the auto, rakqko Ntta.
rs, told the Wasatch County Sheriff
Eugene Payne she lost control Of
the car while rounding a curve dur
ing heavy rainstorm
It skidded violently. went into a
spin and left the hignWay back
ward striking a tree 20 feet off the
grade, according to Miss Nitta
Mrs Militia died of a crushed skull
and Miss Militia suffered a shoulder
injury. Her brother, Hajime Nitta,
81, suffered head injury and Mrs
Fuki Fukuda, about 45, sister of Mrs.
Militia, leg injuries
None of the injured was conside-
red in serious condition by attend
ants at the Heber Hospital where
they were being treated
The accident occurred about pm
two miles west of Daniels Canyon
summit on a steeply graded section
of US Highway 40
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-09-18

Washington And this should be
complaint common to all claimants
and their witnesses vino reside in
places other than the immediate Vi
cinity of these two field offices
Furthermore, claimants with loss
es of the kind peculiar to the State
of Washington face the special bur
den in demonstrating the basis of
their claims Another witness from
our state. Mr. George NJ Yanagima-
chi, has already testified. or will do
so, in detail regarding the oyster
growers among whom there are a
number of claims
Farmers in the State of Wash
ington have smaller units of opera
ton having less acreage They in
volve the use of more labor, fertili-
ger and other materials to bring a
crop to maturity Their methods
differ from that used by farmers in
California Government farm pro-
duction reports for the applicable
years reflect only state averages
Yields differ depending upon loca-
lity, soil and weather conditions.
and other factors.
The proposed legislation is of par
ticular interest to all of these clai-
mants and to all those similarly 81
tuated. Therefore, we respectfully
urge the members of this Subcom-
mittee to give favorable considera-
ton to this bill to amend the Japa-
neSe American Evacuation Claims
Act of 1948 as amended in order to.
ID Facilitate early settlement by
claimants who are willing to com
promise;
R) Provide a forum for claim
ants who want hearing on their
merits
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-09-18
Wis. Professor
Gets Award

BOSTON, Sept l8-Dr Takeru
Higuchi, SO, professor of pharmacy
at the University of Wisconsin, has
been awarded the Ebert prize, the
highest research award granted by
the American Pharmaceutical As
ISOLATION
The award was based on two pa
pers published during 1858 reporting
the results of fundamental research
developed by DR. Higuchi
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-09-18
Skahara Summarizes Facts In TYPICAL Unusual Cases Before Claims Unit

Newspaper clippings and other col
lateral evidence.
Id Claimants personal testimo-
ny, testimony of his family. testimo-
ny of acquaintance and other per-
sons having knowledge of the sub
iect matter of his claim.
Some items of claim, particularly
businesses, are very well document
ed and supported by independent
witnesses Available proof on items,
particularly nom business, is sket-
chy Some claimants must rely al
most solely upon testimony of wit
neSses Also some records have been
lost, destroyed or missing from their
place of storage during the period
of exclusion
UNDER EXISTING LAW:
ca COMPROMISE: After over 10
years have elapsed since the losses
were incurred and almost years
after the claims were filed, many of
these claimants are anxious to have
an early settlement of their cases
S2,50000 is the most the Attorney
General is authorized to award by
way of compromise. The claimants
who sustained losses of the amounts
involved above are obviously not
disposed to effect a complete settle
ment in this manner They have no
choice but to await for hearing
There is no reason why larger clai-
ms should not be compromised and
this defect in the existing law has
resulted in at least one case from
our own state which was comprom-
Used at a fraction of the amount
which should have been awarded
This should never have happened
and a REPETITION could be avoided by
this change proposed in H.R 7435
(b) VENUE OF HEARING: There
are now, and have been, only two
field offices set up by the Depart
ment of Justice other than in Wa
shington, DC, for the purpose of
hearing and considering these
claims. In order to have his claim
fully heard, the claimant from our
area is forced to undergo expenses
which are prohibitive. Some of
them have never begun to recover
from the disasterous obliteration of
a lifetime of industry and savings
Alternatively, the claimant may
have his claim adjudicated by sub
hitting available proof, but he is
required to execute a Waiver of
Hearing. The law itself provides
Tor hearing. but under such circum-
stances, the claimant is not getting
the full benefit of the law
We believe that the intent of the
law was to be fair to all claimants
We also believe that the Depart
ment of Justice on the whole has
been eminently fair in the handling
of the claims. But we also believe
that failure to provide for hearing
IN areas other than San Francisco
and Los Angeles imposes a geogra-
phical disadvantage which is a seri-
Gus handicap to us in the State of
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-09-18
NiSei Girl Named
Miss Colony

$40 PAULO, Brazil, Sept 10
Miriko Satake, %, was recently e.
lected as Miss japanese Colony" of
1854, during a festival here
The s., I, 118 ID. South American
Nisei was born in Mirandopolis,
Brazil.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-09-18
Sees Favorable Committee Report

Committee interested all testimony
further legislation remaining
alton claims anticipate favorable report
committee "Toru Sakahara
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-09-18

Couple with -mnnth-old daugh-
Ter arriving in seattle ab0ut Sep
fcmher - desire l-room furnished
or partly furnished apar3 ment in
good district so SIS Contact
Northwest FINES
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-09-18

Wanted Young lady dental as
sjsfaut -rcccptiontst laI7 Jackson
Street IA. l00a 'fcr g u.. q
1897
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-09-18

Partly FURNISHED nevis removal
ted apartment ora bus line Con
pie desired vi O73g