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The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-09-04
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COMMENT
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By Walter Chamblin, Jr

VoAcOA SiialIlUllu, JT.
Perhaps the outstanding
accomplishment of the 83rc
Congress, which has now
gone home, was the re-estab.
lishment of cordial relations
between Capitol Hill and the
White House.
President Eisenhower de,
serves much of the credit
as his attitude towards the
Legislative Branch of the
Government was friendly
and considerable. The Con.
gress appreciated this and in
turn showed a. willingness tc
cooperate with the Admins.
tration. Even the opposition
Democrats in Congress gen.
orally were restrained in
what was said personally
about the Chief Executive.
All of this was in marked
contrast to what has hap
pened in the last twenty
four years. The late Presi-
dent Roosevelt seldom miss
ed an opportunity to try to
impress the nation that the
Executive establishment was
the truly big branch of Gov
eminent. He looked upon
his congressional leaders
merely as lieutenants charg-
ed with the responsibility of
carrying out policy rather
than cO-partners i'm forming
policy. Mr.. Truman likewise
seemed to enjoy lambasting
the Congress, even though
he had been a member of it
until elected vice-president.
In fact, Mr.. Truman was UNI
merciful in what he said
about the Republican-con-
trolled 8Oth Congress, dub
bling it a "do-nothing" Con-
gress and the second worst
Congress in history.
The public is the real loser
when hostility exists be-
tween the Executive and
Legislative branches, as leg
islatiOn cannot be considered
on it's merits when feelings
are ruffled.
But in the 83rd Congress
this was all different. The
President worked with Con-
gress and Congress worked
with the President, with the
result that Mr.. Eisenhower's
Legislative program wa s
largely enacted and his
record was far better than
that of Mr.. Truman even
though Mr.. Eisenhower had
a more closely divided Con-
gress and at one time actu-
ally lacked one vote of hav-
ling a majority of the Senate.
Throughout the entire ses-
sion of the 83rd Congress
Mr.. Eisenhower s h o w e d
great political courage. He
refused to be stampeded into
a New Deal-Socialistic Pro-
with the support of their
gram designed to correct
what Big Labor Bosses i.
friends in Congress b.
argued was necessary to
ward off what they claimed
was an impending depres.
sion. The President took q
different view pointed
out that unemployment was
spotty that business
was improving and that ii
would continue to improve.
Time has shown the Presi-
dent to be correct.
Both the President and
the Congress showed politi-
cal courage and leadership
in the successful al
though difficult transit
ton from a wartime eco
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-09-04
f.. A. TRAVIS RECEIVES
DEGREE FROM w. & M.
Continued from first page

L. Steed; and other friends
were present. They parti-
cipated in all of the social
activities connected with the
graduation, and were very
cordially received by the
other graduates and friends.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-09-04

Lawrence Watkins, 81, of
10 Gilmer Ave-, N. E., was
arrested on complaint OF
Miss Mary Ross, 1718 Down.
ing ST., N. w. She accused
him of dragging her, draw.
ing a knife on her and hit
ting her in the face. He was
given 30 days in Jail.
William j. Poindexter, OF
928 Center Ave-, was fineo
$40 for speeding. This was
his second offense and his
permit was taken.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-02-01
Montana Stockmen Are Making Rapid
HeadaVay ToaOard Their Big GoaE
5s1 RID q BRUcELLoSIS


Beaverhead counties-all areas where sign
up work is nearly done.
AS soon as possible, control work will
begin in Flathead, Ravalli, Granite, Silver
Bow, Roosevelt, Richland and Hill counties,
where stockmen are now circulating petit
tions. And by this fall, it will be started in
- others (see map, page 20) which are get
ting their sign-up campaigns in gear.
By April 1, if not sooner, five of these
counties Cascade, Carbon, Sheridan, Lewis
and Clark and Missoula, are expected to join
Lake and Mineral as brucellosis-free areas
By January, 1855, State Livestock Sanitary
Board officials believe, at least 10 state coun-
ties will be so certified.
Impressive progress, yes, and impressive
testimony to cooperation between groups
carrying on the program. Actually, testing
last year went better than was ever expect
ed, partly because of the weather, partly
because of almost universal cooperation
from livestock owners. BY circulating and
signing petitions for control work, by hav-
ing cattle ready for testing when veterinar-
ians arrived, they helped speed brucellosis
control from paper plan to the field.
What do they stand to gain? What will
it mean to counties, and Montana as a whole,
to be free of brucellosis?
Greater marketing freedom is one big
advantage.
Federal regulations due to go into effect
March l will make it mandatory to have
health certificates for all cattle shipped
across state lines, showing they were mega
tive in brucellosis tests run within the pre-
vious 30 days. please turn to page 20)
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-02-01

Il HE PICTURES YOU SEE on this page
were taken in Lewis and Clark County. But
they might have been snapped in any of
dozen other Montana counties where, every
workable day, state stocknen and veteri-
narians are. cooperating in program that
has mighty big goal: Get rid of brucellosis.
You'll say that's not new idea, and
you're right. Stockmen and others have
talked brucellosis control for 20 years But
there's vital difference in today's program.
It's combination of blood-testing to locate
present infected animals and vaccination to
prevent future ones is bringing that goal
within reach.
Last year, veterinarians blood-tested
1924 Montana cattle for brucellosis infec-
ton. When they started work, only Lake
County was an official control area. By
years end more than third of our counties
were either testing or signing up petitioners
and about to begin.
And that total will swell still more in
1854. Here's how the program stood on Jan.
Is this year:
Testing has been completed in Lake and
Mineral counties. Both are now modified
certified brucellosis-free areas which means
that less than per cent of all cattle, less
than per cent of all herds show any infec-
ton.
Testing is nearing completion in Lincoln,
Lewis and Clark, Cascade, Carbon Daniels
and Sheridan countless all brucellosis-con-
troll areas as petitioned by IS per cent of
stockmen owning so per cent of cattle in
each county. And it's well under way in
Sanders, Missoula, Powell, Deer Lodge and
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
Submerged Car
Is Discovered
Off Cudjoe Key

Two underwater swimmers found
a 1852 Buick in IL feet of water
off Cudjoe Key yesterday after
noon.
The sheriff's department today
said the hard-top convertible had
been reported stolen Nov. 21 from
the rear of the Bahama Bar, 519
Duval ST., where it had been park
ed by the owner, Jacqueline Ledou-
lange of 800 Duval st.
About 8 p. m. yesterday, the
sheriff's office said, two sailors,
Lamar Liddle of the USS Odax and
Sammie W. Coster of the USS Cor
poral, found the car.
1t was about 30 feet from shore
on the ocean side of Cudjoe Key.
The car was pulled from the wa
ter and taken to Caraballo's gar
age, S01 Eaton Street.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
Southern Bell
Pays $4,000
In County Tax

Monroe County's biggest
taxpayer presented Howard
Wilson today with the larg-
est tax check in their local
history.
Don Nichols, local manag-
er of Southern Bell, stated
the check was in the amount
of $39,739.10.
This check for county tax
es coupled with a check for
city taxes paid last month
will total better than $780,
900 for the year.
Reason For Increase
Nichols revealed that the main
reason for the increased taxes
paid to the city and county this
year was due to the tremendous
expansion of dialing equipment and
cable facilities to provide our coun-
ty with the best communication
system possible.
Nichols said, Seeing this amount
of money go to Monroe County
makes me feel good for it clearly
indicates to me the extent to which
my company is a local business.
Our seventy-two employees vote,
own homes, shop in local stores.
attend local churches, and are ex7
tremely active in civic work"
cit is these employees" he con-
tinued, that are Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company
in Key West and hand in hand
are working together for the inn
provement and growth of our COM
munity."
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
Annual Voice OF
Democracy Event
Slated Tonight

School winners in the eight an
nual Voice of Democracy contest
viii be heard tonight on Radio
Station WKWF at s D. m.
The three winners from the local
schools viii voice their winning
speeches over the air at this time
and will be judged for the winner
to represent Monroe County in the
state wide eliminations which will
be held in December.
Through the cooperation of the
radio station and the Kew West
Junior Chamber of Commerce
high school students have an oppor.
tunity to enter the national Voice
of Democracy contest.
This broadcast script writing and
voicing completion pays big divi.
dends - $5050 college scholarship,
an all expense paid trip to Wash.
ington, D. c., and Colonial Viii.
liamsburg, and a radio or televi.
sion receiver.
These prizes will be awarded tc
each of the four co-equal national
winners in this years Voice of De.
mocracy contest.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
Man Charged With
Child Molesting

A child molesting charge was
filed Sunday against a local Navy
man after he allegedly made an
indecent proposal to a young girl
on Duval ST., police reported to-
day.
Identified as Lawrence Hallowen,
of the USS Sea Dog, the man was
jailed by Patrolman Ralph Mari
bona, who said that he was ap-
preached on Duval st. by a young
boy and girl VINO told him of the
incident.
Hallowell was jailed and later
picked out Of three man police
lineup by the children. There is
one other witness to the incident,
according to the police report.
Hallowell was scheduled to be
arraigned in city court today.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
Foreign Teachers
Make Key West
Tour Saturday

Key West played host to a group
of 21 foreign school teachers Sat-
urday. Students of the University
of Miami, the educators are tour
ing the State of Florida so they
can take back to their home ma
tions a background of Life in Am
erica.
The Key West Chamber of Com
merce sponsored the group while
they were here. Under the guild
ance of Mrs. Jo Garland, of the
Chambers staff, the teachers were
given a tour of the Navy Yard,
Martello Galleries, the Aquarium,
the turtle crawls and Hemingway
home.
ALI members of the party were
conferred membership in the
Chambers King Conch Club and
were handed souvenir conch shells
as memento of their visit to the
Island City.
Luncheon at the A and B Lobs-
ter House and hot bollos with Gu
ban coffee served by Rene's on
Fleming Street gave the visitors
a taste of Key Vests favorite foods.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
Cf:a;ss :;ss as Remedy For Erring
M4 d'Em Rat Poison

He said it was a comment she
uttered after each formal state
|ment.
The only surviving husband is
Charley Braggs, of Alabama City,
Ala. Edmondson said Mrs. Doss
told him the marriage to Braggs
in 1921 produced four daughters,
two now living. They were di-
vorced In 1928.
Her Reasons
County Investigator w. A. Lang
said Mrs. Doss gave the following
reasons for poisoning her spouses:
She poisoned Lanning by doping
his food. She said she poisoned
him on "a Tuesday or Wednes-
day and that he died the following
Friday.
She said she had been jealous
of Lanning because he was popu-
lar with the women. That was the
same reason she gave for placing
the rodent killer in the coffe of
Morton, native of Okmulgee,
Okla, and of Indian descent.
She claimed Harrelson beat her
so she poured liquid poison into
his jug of corn whisky
Edmondson said she denied any
connection with the deaths of her
sisters, her mother or Harrelson' S
21s-year-old grandson, who pre-
ceded Harrelson in death by two
months.
Enjoys The Show
Mrs. Doss permitted an inter-
ruption of her interrogation yes
terday long enough to make an
appearance for television camera
men. She sat through a filmed
interview at which only questions
from authorities were permitted.
Officers said before the filming,
she insisted on prettying herself
for the occasion. She smiled and
seemed to enjoy herself during the
brief questioning.
She was quoted as saying she
poisoned Morton because 81 lost
my head and blew up when /
found out he had been running
around with another woman and
had bought some rings"
Edmondson said she told him
she poisoned Doss twice, because
''he was mean to me-" Once she
poured ga lot of poison on his
prunes." After eating them he
went to the hospital for 23 days.
The day after he returned, she
was quoted, she gave him a
tablespoonful of poison in a cup of
coffee.
Doss drank the coffee and died
the next day at the hospital, she
recalled.
''He sure did like prunes," she
said. 81 fixed a whole box and
he ate them ALL"
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
Blaton Case
Goes Before
Grand jury !.
State Attorney
Begins Ty Staying
Presentation

]. Lancelot Lester, state
attorney, began presentation
of the Blaton case to the new
grand jury this morning.
Mrs. Eleanor Blaton, 28,
is charged with shooting and
killing her husband, James
P. Blaton, Jr., 29, a sailor,
after an argument over buy
ing a new TV set for the
Blaton home at 904 Olivia
Street, October 80.
She is in the county Jail charged
with first degree murder.
Sworn In Today
The fall term grand jury was
sworn in at 10 a. m. today by
County Clerk Earl Adams, in
structed by Circuit Court Judge
Aquilino Lopez, Jr., and went in
to session to hear witnesses in
the Blaton case.
Judge Lopez appointed Edwin
H. Roberts foreman of the grand
jury and Lee Skaggs acting fore
man.
Other members of the new grand
jury are:
John D. Rivas, Henry jerks,
John Gandolfo, Jerome B Saw
yer, Stanford Watkins, Ralph d.
Amable, Herman H. Bethel, Sr.,
Henry f. Saunders.
Howard S. England, Lykes o.
Turner, William o. Wickers, Le-
roy Sawyer, Ira Cash, Linton G.
Camus, Charles G. Yates, and Paul
X. Lake.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
Commission Sets
Special Meeting

The city commission will
meet tonight in special session
at Q o'clock.
Business on fhs agenda in
cIvdes consideration Of propo-
sails made by the Chamber Of
Commerce regarding the pvr-
chase Of property at Simonton
and Angela Sfs. for use as .
city parking lot, opening Of
several bids and the refvnding
Of sewer bonds.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
BURGLAR GETS $40
IN CAROLINE ST. HOME

The latest of a rash of burglar.
les netted $40 for a sneak thief
who entered a Caroline st. home
Sunday, police have reported.
Miss Minnie Porter Harris, AIS
Caroline ST., told police that some
body gained entrance to her home
by cutting the screen on a front
door and forcing the lock.
Patrolman Ralph Maribona said
that the house was ransacked and
the money was taken from a poe
textbook in a bedroom.
Miss Harris said she was sur.
prised at the burglary as she keeps
nothing of value in her home.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
CRUENTHER GIVEN
TOP FRENCH HONOR

PARIS H - Gen. Alfred NJ.
Gruenther, commander in chief for
Allied Powers in Europe, has been
awarded the Grand Cross of the
Legion Of Honor-the top rank in
the order founded by Napoleon.
The decoration was conferred by
decree of President Rene Coty. The
Grand Cross is given only occa-
sionally to foreigner.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
Planning Group
Arrives Wed.

A Canada United States region
al planning group will arrive here
Wednesday for weeks stay, the
Navy announced today.
The group viii confer here and
visit various Naval activities.
The eight members of the Cana
dian armed forces who viii be
here are headed by Group Captain
E. M. Reyno, of the Royal Cana
dian Air Force.
The seven-man U. S. group is
headed by Col. r. S. Hewitt of the
U. S. Army.
The group has been invited to
attend the charity football game
here Friday night.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
GREETING SET FOR
FLYING FARMERS

Navy planes from Boca Chica
will greet the FLYING Farmers in
the air when the group arrives at
Marathon Dec. 7.
John Goggin, president of the
Marathon Chamber of Commerce,
said today that between 300 and 400
Flying Farmers and their families
are expected.
Some of the group viii fly to
Havana. Others will 60 to Cuba
via Aerovias @.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
|Handbills Are
.City---Lang
City Code Bans
Passing Out Ads,
City Mgr. Warns

It is illegal to distribute
handbills in Key West.
That bit of information,
generally unknown, was
pointed out by City Manag-
er Victor Lang in a letter to
! o C a | printing establish
ments.
Lang wrote the letter to the print
ers to save them possible loss due
to ignorance of the law.
City law enforcement officials
first became aware of the law last
year when a Coral Gables man
came to town and attempted to
fight the innoculation of local chill
dren with gamma globulin to con-
troll the city's then critical polio
situation.
That's The Law
The law, Section 2.5 of the city
code sars. at shall be unlawful
to Nistfibute 70 pedestrians upon
any street, park or other public
place in the city, or to distribute
to passengers in any bus, or to
throw into or onto any bus, auto
mobile or other vehicle, any hand
bill, dodger or advertising notice
OF commercial character.
1T shall also be unlawful for
any person to distribute or deposit
any handbills, advertising, printed
matter or rubbish upon any real
property located in the city, with
out the consent of the owner there
Of"
There is also a state law which
prohibits throwing advertising ma
terial into automobiles.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
City Commission
Wired For Sound

The city commission has been
wired for sound.
Workmen started today in
sfalIins a public address sys-
rem so that The deliberations
OF that august body will now
be heard by all attending meet.
ings.
In the past, complaints have
been voiced that all Of The dis
cussion held on important is.
sues under consideration by The
eify's governing body have been
inaUdible.
The new system will be ready
for use during fonight's com.
mission session.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29

s& 6at95se VG Ifour of her
five 6shendsss
She calmly smoked cigarette
as she described in detail how she
| administered the poison into the
food and drink of spouses from
four states.
County Atty. j. Howard Edmond
son said murder charge will be
filed today against the 49-yearold
plumpish, jovial widow for the Oct.
| 6 death of Samuel Doss, So, of
Tulsa.
I Edmondson said the other poi
soned husbands and the dates
Ithey died are:
Frank Harrelson, Jacksonville,
Ala, 1945.
Harley Lanning, Lexington, NC,
1852.
Richard L. Morton GA, Emporia,
Kan, May 19, 1858.
Other Deaths
The prosecutor, with city Off
GERS and Kansas and Oklahoma
agents, has questioned the woman
since her arrest Friday night and
said investigations into the deaths
of four of her relatives probably
will be undertaken.
He identified the relatives, whom
he said Succumbed under. strange
circumstances, as Mrs. Doss'
mother, two sisters and a step
grandson.
After making her confessions,
Edmondson related, Mrs. Doss de-
clared, "My conscience is clear. "
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
SABREJETS ARRIVE

TAIPEH, Formosa R-The first
batch of American F8e Sabrejets
for Nationalist China arrived on
Formosa today, qualified sources
reported. The shipment reportedly
contained about . dozen planes.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
Porter To Present
Plan TO Refinance
Sewer Bond Issue
Lower Rate OF
Interest Could
Mean Tax Saving
BY JIM COBB

A plan to refinanc.e the
city's 100000 sewer reve-
nue. bond issue, to obtain q
lower rate of interest will
be presented to the city
commission at their special
meeting tonight, City At
torney J. Y. Porter said this
morning.
The plan, Porter said.
would result in a saving of
$4,000 over the % year
average life of the bond is
sue and could conceivably
result in a lower tax rate
for the city by cutting down
the amount of interest paid
out annually on the bonds
floated to finance the huge
sewer project recently COM
pleted.
Bond Brokers hid
Porter said that he was approach.
ed by officials of Miami office of
Atwell and Co., nationally known
bond borkers. The brokers, Por-
ter said, have expressed interest
In refunding the huge bond issue.
The city presently pays an in-
terest rate of approximately as
per cent on the bonds.
Under the plan to be presented
tonight, the interest rate could be
cut an estimated one per cent, re-
sulting in saving of about 50 900
annually in interest payments by
the city.
Cost Estimated
Cost of refunding the bonds. Por-
ter estimated, would be about s1s..
900.
When the city sold the bonds two
years ago, only one firm, Boston
brokerage house, submitted q bid.
But, since then, the bonds have
proved their worth and are in de-
mand on the market making them
more attractive investments and
enhancing the chances for a re-
funding program at a consequent
saving to the city.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
Adenauer Sees
Rearmiing Plan
AidedByV
German Chancellor
Loses Some Ground
But Holds Control

Oub AIOA0C NOASA "a
FRANKFURT, Germany
lAP) - Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer said today he is
satisfied the results in two
important state elections
yesterday mean voters sup
port his policy of rearmiflg
Germany on the side of the
West.
He said in a statement
the vote was a reconfirma-
ton of the correctness OF his
foreign policy, but used on
" the word satisfactory" to
give his reaction.
Bavaria Held
The ChanceIor's Christian Dem
ocratic Union lost ground in yes
terday's voting in Bavaria and
Hesse but held control of the Ba-
yarian state government. This IN
sured the Adenauer regimes re-
tention of its two-thirds majority
IN the upper house Of the federal
Parliament (Bundesrat), whose
members are named by the state
governments.
The voting outcome also raised
the possibility that coalition
dominated by the Christian Demo
Gratis could supplant the Socialist
government in Hesse. This would
give the federal regime 80 of the
3s Bundesrat seats, instead OF the
rs they now hold. ).
To ward off any Socialist chal-
lenge in the courts, Adenauer
wants a two-t thirds endorsement in
both houses of the federal Parlia-
ment for the Paris agreements to
raise half a million German troops
under the banner of the North At
lantic Alliance.
Ratification Push
The election outcome reinforced
the Chancellor's determination to
push through the ratification vote
early next year. But the declines
in Christian Democratic strength
from its high mark in the 1858
national election were a warning
to Adenauer that many Germans
actively resent his demand that
they turn soldier again.
Adenauer's controversial agree
ment with France to European
ise" the Saar Valley rated much
less attention from the voters than
the rearmament problem.
The Christian Democrats big
eest setback came in Hesse, tradi-
tionalIy a Socialist and Protestant
area. The. CDU blamed its losses
on Socialist charges that rearma-
ment ahead of negotiations with
Russia would lead to a new war.
Hesss Voting
The CDU's percentage of the
total vote in Hesse dropped to 24.1,
from 1872 last year. The Socialist
percentage scared from S3.7 to
42.6.
The Christian Democrats also
slumped in Bavaria-largest CT
West German states in area and
second in population-from 47.9
per cent in 1858 to SO per cent
yesterday.
The Communists and right-wing
extremists failed to elect single
deputy in either state.
In Hesse, where a total $500, ,52s
valid ballots were cast, this lineup
was elected for the 96-member
Parliament: Socialists. A; Chris
tan Democrats, "a; Free Demo-
Gratis, 21; Refugee party, Z.
With no single party winning a
majority, pro-Adenauer leaders an
nounced they would try to form a
coalition state regime Of Christian
Democrats, Free Democrats and
Refugees.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29
MCCARTHY RALLY

NEW YORK R-A rally in sup
port of Sen. Joseph R. Mccarthy
(R-Wis) is scheduled for tonight
in Madison Square Garden.