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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-05
Six Witnesses
Describe House
Shooting Spree
By WARREN RocERs IR.

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WASHINGTON TIA waitress
and five congressman, three OF
them still favoring wounds, have
added their testimony to the gov
ernment's case against the four
Puerto Ricans in the pistol attack
on the House of Representatives
March /.
The waitress, Mrs. Alice Fisher,
was in the witness chair yesterday
as us. District Judge Alexander
Holtzoff called a halt for the week
end. She will be back for more
cross-examination when the third
day of the trial opens Monday.
Mrs. Fisher-like her co-worker,
Mrs. Catherine Schulz, who testi-
fled Thursday-picked out the four
defendants as the ''untidy" Gus
toners she served at Union Station
Coffee shop about noon the day of
the shooting.
Mrs. Lolita Lebron, "a, and the
three young men also arrested af-
ter the wild shooting Spree-Raf-
ael Cancel Miranda, Andres Fig
ueroa Cordero and Irving Flores
Rodriguez - sat expressionlessly
throughout this testimony.
They received calmly the vivid
fnrsthand accounts given from the
witness chair by Reps. Clifford
Davis (D-Tenn), Ben F. Jensen
(R-lowa) and George H. Fallon
(D-Md)-all of whom were wound
ed-and Reps. Louis E. Graham
(R-Pa) and James E. Van Zandt
(R-Pa). who were there at the
time but not hit.
The four defendants, who have
said they wanted to dramatic
their demand for full Puerto Rican
independence, have entered pleas
of innocent. They are charged with
five counts each of assault with
intent to kill and five charges each
of assault with a dangerous weap-
on. Each faces, if convicted, a
possible maximum sentence of rs
years in prison.
Rep. Kenneth "A. Roberts DALAI
also wounded, gave his testimony
Thursday and Rep. Alvin H. Bent
ley (R-Mich), the most seriously
hurt at the time, is expected to
be called next Tuesday.
Graham and Davis pictured Mrs.
Lebron as snarling, screaming,
hag-waving leader of the pistol
attack from the House visitors
gallery. They also testified Cancel
was aiming Davis way when the
TennesSeean was wounded.
Van Zandt told the court his
military instinct''-he is a re-
serve Navy captain and veteran
led him to the "scene of action. !"
He said he raced up from the
house floor to the gallery and
helped collar and disarm Cancel
and Figueroa.
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STEVENSON SAYS
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the Fascist or Soviet systems have
already done?
Not Invulnerable
THAT we are not invulnerable,
that there is a moral and human
vacuum within us is, I think, dem
onstrated by many symptoms, of
which McCarthyism - which has
succeeded in frightening 50 many
is only one."
Recounting Americao accom-
plishments at home and abroad.
Stevenson said "the plain truth is
that we.. have written the great
est success story In human his
tory.
1--WE here in America have IN q
few years made socialism Oh
solete, and shown communism to
be noisome, stagnant pool Of re-
action, a breeding ground for all
the diseases of violence, slavery
and spiritual suffocation that man
has spent millenia trying 10 e.
cape 80.
Why The Abwse
'Why then all this abuse and
criticism? Why then have we OF
late grown afraid Of ourselves?
Why have we Of late acted as
though the whole Of this nation ID
security risk? Why have we CIV
en- in to the bleatings of those who
insist that it is dangerous for q
man to have an idea in his head?"
'The horror Of our time IN his
tory" he said, els that things are
worse than ever before. There is
no peace; We are besieged and we
are ratified"
Stevenson's nationally televised
speech was divided into two parts,
which he entitled '"Hooray for
America and Look Out, Amer
ca" It was the final event Of a
Columbia bicentennial conference
built on the theme National
Policies for Education, Health,
and Social Welfare"
President Eisenhower, a former
president of Columbia, addressed
a bicentennial dinner held by the
university last Monday.
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AUSTRIAN-BORN
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Pollack,. the boys mother, '.was
very happy when she left for An.
napolis" and that "she didn't know
anything about this; she was %
proud of her boy"
Pollack's mother was said 10
have been 4 corsetiere at a Hart.
ford department store until Il went
out of business.
Cheap Insurance
Yadlowsky related that he bought
the TWO insurance about 1887. az
wanted the sick benefits" he said.
Il paid cheap and I thought I
would be all right and now I have
trouble" He added that he dropped
the insurance when the govern.
ment began It's check on his SON.
please do something to help"
he pleaded. II feel 50 badly for I
didn't know anything, I just teok
the insurance"
a navy spokesman has said
background inquiries are made on
all midshipmen and others before
commissions are granted. He said
the cases Of the three shave not
been finally resolved"
Yadlowsky, Pollack and Shimek
could get their commissions any
time within the next six months,
the spokesman said, provided the
check turns out favorable to them.
II this happens, they would not
lose seniority In the Navy lists.
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Key Vest Ranks
Thirteenth
Among Cities
In This State

Total annual income OF
Key West wage earners has
reached IA million dollars
with the city now ranking
18th among Florida cities
in that respect, according to
the Blue Book of Southern
Progress published by Manu-
facturers Record in Balti-
more, Maryland. #
The report, covering 1858, also
shows that the sale of consumer
goods reached the astounding to-
tai of Is million dollars in Key
West. The figures we're based On
q population of 10000 persons.
Per Capita Sales
That means that per capita con-
sumner sales amounted to 1888 in
1853.
The analysis also shows that
manufacturing - the city's fishing
industry - amounted to 2 million
dollars in the period under review.
Total trade in Key West amount
Cd to 81 million dollars.
Service industries accounted for
another 2 million dollars of the
city's business while other COM
merce brught total volume up to
d million dollars.
Key West, according to the fig
ures, ranked 18th in Florida, both
In income and expenditures and in
total business volume.
How They Rated
Miami ranked first, followed by
Jacksonville, Tampa, Lakeland, st.
Petersburg, Orlando, West Palm
Beach, Pensacola, Ft. Lauderdale
Daytona Beach, Panama City and
Tallahassee.
Tn q brief discussion of the city'S
economic picture, the booklet
points out that fishing and tour
ism constitute the bulk of Key
Vests business enterprise.
It also cites the discovery of
shrimp beds in the Gulf Of Mexico
as a factor stimulating business.
They pointed out that 500 trawlers
are now operating out of Key West.
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the Florida Supreme Court says
that intoxicating beverages will
not be sold to minors and that
Wofson had sold a drink to q min
or.
On the question of the I'D card,
Esquinaldo said that the same card
that had been altered five months
ago was still in excellent shape
and that he believed that the
Scotch tape forgery should have
been detected.
Appeal bond was Immediately fill
ed in the city clerks Office.
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BAR OWNER FINED

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catch q thief that they didn't do
anything TO him.
Folcomer is now stationed Z.
board the USS Saufley.
Forgery Questioned
Judge Esquinaldo asked Wolfson
If he couldn't detect a forged card
in the same manner that Folcom-
er stated he had forged his.
Wofson stated that about fifty
per cent of the I'D cards that he
looks at have been covered with
Scotch tape.
Several witnesses testified that
they had been working in the Pre-
view Lounge for some time and
had checked Folcomer's card at
one time or another. They all
agreed that once they knew him to
be Of age that they quit checking.
They also stated that Folcomer
would ask TO sing and they always
let him.
Ssns In Lounge
Foleomer stated previously that
he sang in the lounge under the
name Of Jimmy Milo.
II was brought out in the testi.
mony that Folcomer has been TAX
en- from the lounge by the shore
patrol before.
Esquinaldo asked wolfson if he
knew why the shore patrol had ia.
ken Folcomer out Of his place once
before.
Wohson admitted that he know
Folcomer was in some sort of trou-
BILE but that he didn't know what
it was for.
Attorney Argues
Attorney Jack Saunders repre-
senting Wolfson stated in his sum-
mary that Wolfson had carried out
the law to the nth" degree and
that all witnesses had testified that
Folcomer has falsified his age.
A statement made by Folcomer
to the police was thrown out as
evidence because it had not been
made In the presence of Wolfson.
Folcomer said that he had tried
to tell the police about his forging
his card previously but they had
said that they were only interest
cd In the night the arrest was
made.
Didn't Uss Diligence
Esquinaldo in passing sentence
On Wolfson stated that Wolfson had
not used diligence. He stated that
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cuff - as reflected In volume Of
installment credit outstanding -
moved higher In April for the first
time this year. This, said Federal
Reserve Board officials, should be
good news to merchants whose
sales have suffered because con
sumers have baked at going into
debt to buy appliances, furniture
and cars.
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DESIGN C24rhe breezewaY and the attached give this
house spacious The floor plan has three bed
with living dinette and kitchen in front Kitchen
cabinets have sink under Window work
under the front windows refrigerator the door and
ing between kitchen dnete The bathroom and the
basement stairs conveniently accessible from the side
trance. There excellent circulation between all
The living fireplace. length
windows with f. overhang above windows and
door. Other include
storage and coat closet in the hall.
Exterior finish wide siding asphalt shinses
area is l.l37 So. f. with cubage Of 2l043 Gu II.
For further information DESIGN C1la write ne
Small House Planning Buerau, St. Cloud. Mimi.
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The
Weathermlan
Says
SAYS

Key West and vicinity: Partly
cloudy with little change in tenn
perarures and widely scattered
showers tonight and Sunday. Low
.onicnt near IS degrees and high
sunday about 81 degrees. Winds
should be light to. moderate and
variable mostly southeasterly.
FLORIDA: Fair in the north por-
tion, partly cloudy with widely
scattered showers and thunder
showers in the southern portion to-
Gay. Sunday clear to partly cloudy
except for isolated afternoon thun-
oersnowers In the extreme south
ture.
Jacksonville Through The Flori-
ga straits and the East Gulf Of
MEXICO: Gentle to moderate winds
meheriy over the north portion
ana variable over the south and
central portions today. Gentle to
mooerate winds northeasterly ov-
er the north portion and mostly
east and southeast over the south
PORTION on Sunday. Clear to partly
cloudy IN the north portion and
parity cloudy with widely scatter
ca showers and thundershowers in
ths southern portion.
western Caribbean: Moderate
east and southeast winds today and
sunday. Partly cloudy weather and
WIDELY scattered showers.
OoseTvation Taken at Post Office
Building. 700 AM. EST.
Key West. Fla June 1QA
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tarily placed transcripts of their
monitored conversation with Stew.
ems into the hearing record.
2. Mccarthy demanded that Sy.
mington remove himself as a
Judge" in the inquiry and step
aside from the group because Of
his "secret" alignment with Stew.
ems. ="
>. Symington told reporters he
had mot the slightest intention
Of disqualifying himself, asserting
there's nothing defensive about
me-" He challenged Mccarthy 70
take the issue to the Senate floor.
Z. Roy N. Cohn, . principal IN
the hearings and chief counsel Of
the Mccarthy subcommittee, re.
versed his previous stand against
releasing his calls until the Army
put its calls within the executive
branch into the record, too.
Ceshn Advised
Mccarthy, just before the hear.
ing adjourned late yesterday, said
he had advised Cohn not to "play
with stacked deck" and release
his calls. But he said II COIN wants
to, 'it Is up to him"
Cohn said he would also prcba-
bly, have the consent Of Frank
Carr, Mccarthy staff CHIEF, 10 put
his calls into the record az wen 40
his own. He said Schjne had a.
ready consented 10 the release q
his one telephone eonversation
with Stevens.
Mcclellan was absent yesterday,
departing for Arkansas. but said
before leaving he would seek %
place his calls In the record Mon.
day.
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since the shooting she still couldn't
say whether she would return to
her husband If he should 90 free.
Right now / can't think ooe
day ahead" she said. -.
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KEEP 1T DIRTY!

LONGvIEW, Tex. D-At Blatt's
store here, they've decided that
keeping the store-front glass clean
might be too expensive.
A woman customer walked out
Of the store yesterday - via the
plate glass window.
She wasn't hurt, but the glass
was.
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tion's big oil companies, Standard

tion'S big oil companies, Standard
of Ohio.
Business inventories as a whole
are getting lower. The Commerce
Department reported this week on
manufacturers and wholesalers
inventories in April. Both declined,
the department said. A year ago
they were rising.
Wholesale business also inched
lower in April. Sales of durables
were off 2 per cent from March
on a seasonally adjusted basis
while non-durables were down two
per cent. Biggest declines, said the
Commerce Department, were in
machinery, metals, jewelry and
autos.
Government statisticians report
ed that consumer buying on the
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SMALL HOUSE PLANNING BUREAU
ST. Cloud, Minnesota
Please send information without obligation abevs
the plan the type construction In he
in The Key West Citizen.
ADDRESS
CITY STATE
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Relative Humidity. 2 AN.
81%
SasemstsT (Ssa Lsvel). 2 AN.
$3.50 ins.--1015.6 mbs.
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Observation Taken AZ Post Office
Building. 700 AM. EST.
Key West, Fla, June S, 1854
The Nome nugget., 1954-07-30
Congress Passes
 First Overhaul Of Tax Laws In 75 Yrs.

WASHINGTON, R-Congress completed action last night on the first complete overhaul of the na- tion's tax laws in 75 years, and both Republicans and Democrats claimed they would profit more politically.
 Whatever the political effects may be in the coming campaign for control of Congress, the ac- ton sent to the White House for virtually certain approval the bill President Eisenhower had desig- mated as the cornerstone of his 1854 program.
 The bill carries $1,363, ,000, ,000 in assorted tax cuts for individ- uals and corporations in it's first year of operation, or in later years. It does not change major tax rates except to maintain the 52 per cent levy on corporation income which dropped to AT per cent on April 1 and is extended retroactively.
 Republicans hailed the bill as capping a 712 billion-dollar 1854 tax reduction program - biggest for any single year. This already has been used in COP campaign material.
 Democrats interject here that two big boons to the taxpayer took effect automatically under a 1851 law enacted when their party controlled Congress.
 These include the 10 per cent reduction in personal income tax and the expiration of the corpor- ation profits tax, which took ef- feet Jan. 1. On April 1 various excise tax cuts totalling billion dollars took effect. These were fought by the Treasury but en- thusiastically supported by Re- ] publican congressional leaders.
The Nome nugget., 1954-07-30
Would Investigate Sen. Mccarthy As Substitute For Proposed Censure

WASHINGTON, R - Sen. H. Alexander Smith R-ND today quoted Vice President Nixon as saying Smith is lon the right track" with a proposal to investi- gate Sen. Mccarthy as a substi- ute for move to censure Me- Carthy.
 Smith told reporters that if his substitute is defeated, however, "I would feel compelled" to vote for a resolution by Sen. Flanders R-VD proposing to condemn" McCarthy's red-hunting tactics as chairman of the Senate Investiga- tions subcommittee.
 As a substitute for the Flanders resolution, Smith has proposed that the Senate create a special committee, headed by Nixon, to investigate the alleged good or evil of so-called "McCarthyism." :" The committe would report to the Senate early next year.
 Smith said a number of sen- ators want to make it clear that "they are waiting to be counted" on the issue of Mccarthy, and seem inclined to let the test be made on the Flanders resolution. He said if they prefer that "sud- den death" approach to the prob lem, that will be all right with him.
 Sen. Flanders said he regards as "still good" the prospect that the Senate eventually will adopt his proposal to censure Mccarthy for what Flander calls unbecom- ing conduct. But there was gen. eral agreement that a substantial number of senators would like to avoid any showdown vote now on the politically explosive issue.
The Nome nugget., 1954-07-30
US. Atomic Arsenal Is Growing Rapidly

WASHINGTON, R - The na- tions atomic arsenal is growing rapidly in total numbers" the government said today, and high level action has been taken to assure continued US. superiority in the A-bomb and H-bomb field.
 The Atomic Energy Commis- sion so told Congress today in it's semi-annual report which also said there had been record pro- duction of uranium from domestic sources in the last six months and a "sharp rise" in the production of fashionable materials at lower unit costs.
 It reported continued progress toward development of reactors for industrial nuclear power, which it said may be produced economically in the foreseeable future, and "for naval and air. craft propulsion and other mili- tary requirements"
 The commission reported the near completion of the atomic power plant to drive the Nautilus, the Navy's first nuclear powered submarine whose hull has been completed. A second atomic sub is under construction and plans for early building of two more were anonunced yesterday by the Navy.
The Nome nugget., 1954-07-30
Thieves Rob Sluice Box Of 40 Pounds of Gold

FAIRBANKS, R-Thieves op- erating in the brazen manner of gold rush days desperados have footed a remote Alaska mine of raw gold while the mine crew slept nearby.
 Territorial police reported yes terday that someone entered the Alder Creek gold mine 25 miles north of here Tuesday night and removed gold nuggets and dust from the "riffles" in the sluice box.
 Martin Sather, mine operator, estimated the loss at definitely not less than S1,500' and per haps up to $1O,OOO. He said it was difficult to tell the amount of gold in the box, which his crew was nearly ready to empty after recent sluicing.
 Police kept the theft secret un- til yesterday in hopes the thieves would try to sell their poke of gold in local markets. Authorities said the nuggets and dust, along with impurities caught with the gold, may weigh 40 pounds.
 The authorities said investiga- ton was complicated by the fact that many persons were in the area for army maneuvers. Usual ly there is virtually no one in the remote district except the mine crew.
The Nome nugget., 1954-07-30
1,2OO American Airlines Pilots To Strike Tonight

CHICAGO, R- The AFL Ali Lines Pilots Assn. says it will strike against American Airlines at midnight tonight.
 Clarence Sayen, ALPA presi- dent, said all of Americans more than 1,2OO pilots would strike.
 The dispute involves union ob- jections to Americans scheduling of continuous flight time of more than eight hours.
 The CAB waived the regulation against more than eight hours continuous flight time in June. American, United Air Lines and IVA then started nonstop flights from New York to California, of nine hours or more.
The Nome nugget., 1954-07-30
Call For Stricter Regulation Of Coffee Prices

WASHINGTON, R - Congress sional critics of soaring coffee prices renewed their call for stricter regulations today in the wake of a government report blaming the price hike on spec ulators and other artificial causes.
 But coffee traders and produc- CTS promptly denied it was their fault that the nickel cup of java, a favorite pick-me-up for mil lions of Americans is becoming as extinct as the buffalo.
 The Federal Trade Commission issued a report yesterday saying the boost in average retail coffee prices from 91 cents to $1.18 a pound between December and April-"cannot be explained" in terms of the laws of supply and demand.
 It said one reason was specula- tion by both US. and Brazilian interests, but that price hikes also stemmed from skimpy coffee crop reports and from Brazils action in raising it's minimum coffee export price from 53 to 87 cents a pound July 1.
 And while the price spiral added less than a cent to the cost of a cup of coffee in Ameri- can restaurants, it said, the cus- toner's bill was upped from 5 to 10 cents and in many cases to 15, 20 and even 25 cents.
 But it had this encouraging word: with production up and consumption dropping off, pros poets are for 1ower coffee prices in the future barring excessive crop damage and provided supply and demand are permitted freely to run their course"
The Nome nugget., 1954-07-30
Covenant Orphanage At Unalakleet Closed, High School To Be Started

The Covenant Mission Orphan age at Unalakleet has been closed this week and personnel has been transported to White Mountain where the orphanage will be To- cated.
 Part of the group were taken to White Mountain by Rev. Roald Amundsen in the new Stinson station wagon, which was a gift to the mission by a private family and was flown in by Amundsen last month from Boston.
 In Unalakleet the Covenant Church will start high school, to be staffed by Dr. and Mrs. May hard Lundberg and MT. and Mrs. Spencer Strand. The school will be limited to local residents and students boarding in private homes this year, but it is planned to expand it next year into a boarding school as well.
 This is another step in the growth of the Second Division educationally, as heretofore the only high school has been at Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1954-07-30
Boys Nation Approves Statehood For Hawaii

WASHINGTON, lR - State hood for Hawaii was approved unanimously yesterday by a model" Senate session conducted by the teenage delegates to "Boys Nation"
 The boys, under the sponsor ship of the American Legion, ran the gamut of parliamentary pro- cedure in passing the Hawaii bill during a 105-minute session in the old Supreme Court chamber of the capitol.
 Frequent cries of "point of or der," twill the senator yield?" and points of personal privilege resounded through the room.
 A statehood bill for Alaska was shelved and universal military training was approved by a 74-9 vote.
The Nome nugget., 1954-07-30
Recommend Investigation Into Need For Permanent Government Tin Shelter

WASHINGTON, R-A special Senate-House investigation of the tin situation was recommended to the Senate yesterday by it's Armed Services Committee. It proposed a $50,OOO fund to pay for the probe.
 Armed Services chairman Sal tonstall said the proposed commit tee would look into the need for permanent operation of the multi million dollar government tin smelter at Texas City, Tex.
 The present administration at tempted to close down this smelt- CT last June 30 and offer it for sale, but Congress, spurred by Sen. Lyndon Johnson O-Texo and other Texans, by resolution ask ed continued operation pending a congressional study.
 The tin smelter was constructed and put into operation during World War II and is the only one in this hemisphere. Johnson con- tends it should be continued per manently as a national defense measure.