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Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27
Russians.

There was one big cOrapro-
mise at the end between ad-
ministration leaders, Democratic
opponents and some Republi-
cans. Where the intention had
been to lure private enterprise
into the field by offering exclu-
sive patent rights on any new
processes it might develop, the
bib finally required that patents
must be shared under licenses
for the first FIVE years.
This was an answer to the
contention that, since there were
such a very few companies now
engaged in atomic work, they
with their know-hoW and eXpe.
rienced personnel, were in {
position to hog-tie the field be-
fore others could get started.
The Time Factor
Many argued that FIVE year:
was too short a time for new
comers to catch up. Others fel
development was so importan
and so expensive that exclusive
PATENTS would be needed to ge
ny firms to take the risks.
= g1t patents now, concern,
will have to prove that they arC
not based on work originally
done for the government; the!
will have to pay for the use o
the 730 basic patents held b.
the government; and they viii
have to make their patent
available for use by other de
Velopers under license for fiv
years.
One Of the confusing things
the moment is that there is goin
to be a race between govern
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27
Atom Causes a SpIif in Politics

that there is no one of whose
integrity and probity he is more
certain.
AS for himself, the President
said, he wasn't going to defend
his own actions in the power
case-his record in the matter
is an open book.
Defended by Democrats
Republican leaders and even
some Democrats were quick to
spring to Eisenhower's defense.
Senate COP leader Knowland
of California said he recognized
the growing heat of the political
campaign, but asserted, Il re-
gret it can't be kept on a level
Tother than attacking the per-
IsOnal motives of the President
of the United States"
Sen. Kefauver (D-Tenn) said
Mitchell carried guilt by asso-
citation too far" in intimating
the President was influenced by
/ his friendship for Jones.
But Mitchelps call for an in
VestigatiOn was backed by Sen
Gore (D-Tenn) who said it was
inevitable that much more
should be heard about the Dix
On-Yates deal.
with the election of a Demo
cratic Senate in November,
Gore said, my first request will
be for an investigation of thi.
proposed contract"
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27
Leaders SeekWorId Unity

The immediate aims of the
Evanston meeting are to estab-
lish closer liaison among all
churches in spreading the gos-
pei, serving the needy, and in
giving the strength of unity to
the Christian message through
out the world.
Long Range Goal
The council also plans a major
inquiry into theological realms
to clear away misunderstand-
ings and lay the groundwork for
independent steps toward merg-
Ier by long-isolated denomina-
tiOnS.
Declared Methodist Bishop G..
Bromley Oman of Washington,
ID. c., one of the councils five
presidents: I'VE have learned
how to study, to speak, to stand
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27
.Christion Conclove

Christian leaders from every
section of the globe gathered in
Evanston, H., this week for the
second general assembly of the
World Council of Churches.
The assembly, which will last
l6 days, is the greatest meeting
of world religious leaders ever
held in this country. The 1000
delegates and visitors from 161
denominations in 48 nations rep
resent more than 1863 million
Protestant and Orthodox church
Igoers.
The world council was estab-
lished six years ago in Amster-
dam to provide Protestant and
Orthodox churches with a means
of cooperative action on a world
wide basis.
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27
Issia Readies New Offensive Of Lures and Threats
Industry
New Merger

New Merger
Two of the nations oldest
automobile firms - Studebakerl
and Packard-merged this week
to form the Studebaker- Packard
Corp.
It was the third major merger
in the industry in little more
than a year. First, early in 1853,
was that Of Kaiser-Frazer and
Willys. More recently Hudson
and Nash Kelvinator joined
forces.
Competitive Pressure
Industrial analysts agree that
the recent mergers were gen
Grated by the tremendous pres
sure of the competitive battle
between General Motors and
Ford. These two giants have ac-
counted for between so and "a
per cent of all cars sold on the
domestic market.
The smaller companies, which
no longer can be called "inde-
pendents," have been getting
less than five per cent of the
industry's overall business.
Primary objective of the
merged companies is, of course,
to reduce operating expenses
and improve marketing facili-
ties. It probably will take at
least a year before many of the
planned economies begin to be-
come apparent.
Certainly Studebaker-Pack
and Hudson-Na had their 1855
model cars well advanced before
merger negotiations were com
pleted. Analysts agree that re-
/ Igardless of what may be done
to consolidate production and
marketing facilities, there is nc
Intent to discontinue any OF the
name makes involved in the
mergers.
Big Two Battle in 1855
Whether GIN and Ford car
continue to dominate as much
of the market during the 1876!
model period as previously is ;
matter of conjecture. But there
lis no guessing about a Chevrolet
Ford battle in 1855. It has beer
brewing for years and it viii
be head-on.
The history of the automobile
Industry over more than half ;
4 century has been one of frequen
mergers. If the climactic battl
of the giants next year furthe
intensifies the competitive pres
|. sure, there is the likelihood o
further mergers among tn
smaller companies.
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27
Quotes

Mrs. Douglas Norton, first
director of the WAVES: If
the nation adopts universal
military service ut should
be really universal and rec
ognize that women are very
essential too"
Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pan
dit outgoing president of
the United Nations Assem-
bly,: The international or
ganization should meet in
parts of the world under
going great tension" rather
than secluded in a glass
tower" "
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27

done it for 140 million less.
zones, the grand slam golfer
of 20 years ago, has a cottage at
Ga.S next to the one
the President occupies when
goes to Augusta for
wintertime golf.
Jones, now an Atlanta lawyer
and businessman, is a director
of Southern Co., a utility firm
that is part of the so-called
Dixon-Yates syndicate which
would build an electric general
ing plant at West Memphis,
Ark, to replace IVA power
being fed to the atomic energy
plant at Paducah, KY.
Denial by Jones
Jones termed Mitchell's re-
marks utterly ridiculous and
without foundation" He said he
w )uIQ pc surprised II the PreSl-
dent even knew he was a direc-
tor of Southern Co.
Eisenhower told a news con.
ference he knew when he got
into politics he would be sub.
je ted to some strange charac.
ters, as well as allegations but
he said, he was astonished thai
any kind of innuendo should bC
directed at private citizen o.
Ith character and standing O.
Bob Jones
The President said he know.
Jones to be a gentleman anC
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27

monopolizing the center Of the
Asian stage, pushes a program of
" Asia for the Asians," ," while po-
litely brandishing both lures and
threats before the British.
For the time. Moscow seems
content to let its Chinese allies
keep the center of the Asian
stage while the Kremlin concen-
trates on breaking up the West
ern coalition.
New Phase of Offensive
There is no blinking the fact
that both Moscow and Peiping
won much in time, in position
and in the confusion they pro-
duced in the West at the Geneva
conference.
Now the stage is set for the
next phase of the offensive. The
keynote is sweet reasonableness
which, translated from the
cloudy jargon of Lenin, means
'join 'em and wreck 'em." The
past week provided examples
of the way the offensive seem.
to shape up:
In the East
The Communist press hai
warned Britain that her partici
patton in any Asian alliance
against the Reds would not onl,
damage normalization of rela
tions with Peiping but ais
would damage relations wit
member countries of the Britisl
Commonwealth"
This meant India, whose lead
ers would take a dim view o
any Southeast Asia pact com
Uniting Britain in any way t
the defense of Formosa againS
the Red Chinese, from whom
Indian leaders profess to see n
threat of military aggression.
The British Stand
Now the British Foreign Ohic
makes it clear Britain would no
touch a Southeast Asia pact in
cluding Formosa. For the Brit
ish, this would seem perfectl
logical, They recognize Re
China. Under the wartime Cair
conference agreement, they ar
committed to returning tn
; island to the Chinese state. Tn
: agreement was signed wit
Chang Kai-shek, but the Chi
nese state is now Communis
This presents an obstacle
the way of American hopes fo
a chain of Pacific defenses froI
South Korea through Japan an
Formosa to Australia.
Chinese Communist threats
= "liberate" Formosa at once prol
!, ably did not impress the Britis
, too much at the moment.
] President Eisenhower warne
THAT Peiping would be taking
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27

ment and private interests in
one field of development.
The only thing much talked
about has involved the manu-
lfacture Of increasingly efficient
Ireactors to heat steam which is
lin turn converted into cleo
ltricity. There are now five types
Iof these One is being installed
i'm the Duquesne project near
pittsburgh, where the govern
|ment has a contract with a pri-
Ivate concern The other four are
being developed by the govern
lment.
But the big thing in the wind
lis that science is moving toward
the extraction of electricity di-
Irectly from the process of split
| ting the atom. The contest will
decide whether private industry
will do it first, and get the prof
its, or whether the government
/ people will do it first.
If the government does it
first, under the principles of the
new bill. private industry will
thereafter have to pay for its
application to commercial in
tstallments
: When the Acc, private in
! dustry and Congressional COM
2 mittees began studying the pos
= sibilities of the program which
has now been devised, a year
2 and a half ago, companies were
S demanding virtual government
S subsidies before they were will
ing to venture their capital.
National Security
The only thing of that nature
which remains in the final deci
sion is a fact of life. The gov
ernment owns, and will con
tinue to own, all fashionable
material. That is a matter O
national security, because fis
sionable matter can be turned
lto bombs. Up to a certain
loint, the, production of bomb
nd peacetime power from
ltomic energy follows the samt
{ course. When you decidl
4 whether it is tn be a bomb o
= furnace the methods diverge
ut the furnaces continue t,
e produce plutonium, regardless
Y And nobody can own plutoniUn
y except the nation. So the gov
# arnment not only has agreed t
Y buy, but is forced to buy, al
II Iplutonium produced by com
IS mercial reactors, at a reasonabl
> price. Thus the developers vii
re be getting some return from tn
government but it's not muc
1t different from gold minin
Ig where the government seques
l. ters al the gold.
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27

ViolatOrs liable TO fines OF up 70
$4,000 and FIVE years in Jail.
The new atomic law estab-
fishes two fundamental princi-
pies for the commercial develop
ment Of atomic energy:
/. Congress set up a system
under which private enterprise
will participate from now on
but it didn't take the govern
ment out Of the business.
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27

2. A back
ground was
establishedfor
international
cooperation
between gov
ernments, the
spool" which
President Els
enhower pro-
pOSed In MS
famous Unit
ed Nations
snaech with
or without the
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27

"A 0AAe9a
In the West,
Moscow eX-
plOits its
diplomatic
gains by pro-
noting the
idea of "Eu-
rope for the
Europeans" to
the exclusion
of the United
States. In the
E st, R e d
China, still
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27
Congress Drives
For Adjournment
By ]. M. ROBERTS JR.
AssOciaLed Press News AnaIyst

CONGRESS moved fast this week in its drive for ad-
~ iournment It cleaned up the compromise farm and
revised atomic energy bills and stripped legal rights from
the Communist party In astminute furry, overriding
administration objections the House and Senate also voted
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27

laundering, remains on the de-
fensiVe.
Both big Communist powers
are ramming roadblocks in the
way of American attempts to
secure the future against Red
expansion. The United States is
having a bad time Of it on both
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27
Rise

Political campaign heat was
generated this week by the de-
mand of Democratic National
Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell
for an investigation of the
awarding of an atomic power
contract to a syndicate involv-
ing one of the closest friends"
of President Eisenhower, golfer
Bobby Jones.
Mitchell made his charge dur
ing a Chicago debate with COP
National Chairman Leonard w.
Hall. Next day, emphasizing
the.t his remarks were not in
tended to refer directly to the
Presidents alleged role but to
the need for investigation Of the
whole power subject, Mitchell
called the contract a raw deal, "
declaring, "Here is something
that really needs investigating.
Protested by iva
--e asserted the President had
issued a personal order award
ing the contract to the Dixon
Yates syndicate despite protests
lof both the iva and Atomic
Energy Commission on grounds
that the cost was too high.
Mitchell said a competing
Syndicate had offered to provide
the power for 80 million dollar,
lless and the iva would have
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27
France
Are Key Targets
By WILLIAM L. RYAN
associated Press Foreign NeIOs Analyst

ONCE the Geneva conference the Western coalition
- has been running into crisis after crisis as the Soviet
Union and Red China, each in its own way exploit the
spoils of their diplomatic victories.
The Communist drive rides along on momentum IL
picked up at Geneva. The West mprovising and even
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-13
New Advertising
Folder Is Mailed
Out By c. OF c.

The Chamber of Commerce is
in the process of mailing out sup
plies of its newest advertising
folder to cities in upstate Florida
and the North, according to Mary
Lee Graham, president of the Or
ganization.
The new folder, prepared and
layed out by the Chamber staff,
contains Is photos of life on the
island as well as considerable art
work. The reproduction was done
by photographic process by H.
and W. B. Drew in their Jackson
vile plant.
The first printing numbered 50,-
600 at a cost of over cents per
folder. Subsequent runs will be less
costly due to the heavy expense
OF having the original plates made
up.
In commenting upon the quality
Of the advertising piece, President
Graham said, "This new folder
compares favorably with any that
are used by other resorts in
Florida. 1t is much more attrac-
tive than most and is surpassed
by only a few of those used by
other Cha mberS''
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-13
Band Concert
Is Set For
Sunday AtPark

The 51st Infantry Division Band
of the Florida National Guard will
give a public concert at Bayview
Park on Sunday afternoon at 3
O'Clock, Post Commander Bethel
P. Johnson OF Arthur Sawyer
Post %, American Legion, spon-
sors OF the concert, announced to-
day.
The Apiece group will be flown
from Miami to Boca Chica by the
Air Force; transportation form
Boca Chica to the Park will be
provided by the u. S. Navy; the
American Legion Auxiliary will
serve supper to the bandsmen
after the concert; and the local
Legion Post is having printed
programs prepared for distribu-
ton.
The group is being brought to
Key West as part of the nation
wide drive to increase voluntary
enlistments in the Army and the
Air Force, Commander johnson
indicated. The band won the Eisen-
hover Trophy in 1853 as being the
outstanding National Guard Band
in the country.
The program will consist of pop.
ular, classical, and military num-
bers under tie direction of Chief
Warrant Officer Murray Austrian.
Mr.. Paul Albury, City Recea-
ton Director, is cooperating to the
fullest extent with Arthur Sawyer
Post in providing the necessary
arrangements at the bandstand in
the Park.
Post Commander Johson today
extended a cordial invitation to
the general public to be in attend.
ance on Sunday afternoon at the
Park to hear this fine musical
group.
During the intermission of the
concert, Post Adiutant Finance
Officer Norman c. Kranich of
Arthur Sawyer Post will give a
short address in connection with
the current enlistment program of
the Army and the Air Force.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-13
COlOrful Murals
Brighten Walls OF
Chamber Office

The Key West Chamber of Com
merce office has undergone face
lifting during the past week. Six
colorful murals, done in oil paints,
have been presented by Burt Gar
nett to the Chamber.
The paintings all maps of Key
West and surrounding areas, have
drawn considerable comment from
tourist visiting the Chamber Of
flee.
One Of the maps shows the island
of Key West as it appeared in the
late 1905, another depicts the
Overseas Highway along the Flor
ida Keys to the mainland and an
other, the largest, is a by 6 foot
chart of Key West as it appears
today.
The paintings were on display
at the Martelo Towers Gallery
lest month, but Key Westers who
did not have an opportunity to view
them are invited to call at the
Chamber of Commerce and in
spect this fine collection.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-13
Qualified Man Is Assigned
10 Welfare Department Here

- Monroe County is getting child
welfare worker, it was announced
today.
District No. 9 Welfare Board of
the State Department of Public
Welfare made the announcement.
District No. 9 Board covers Dade
and Monroe Counties.
The new worker is James L.
Johnson, who has been appointed
Senior Child Welfare Worker in
Monroe County.
His office will be in cooperation
with the already established State
Department of Public Welfare Of
flee at 919 Whitehead St.
Until Johnson arrives here, en-
Urgency care of neglected, aban-
doned or runaway children can be
referred to the Public ASsistace
Supervisor, Miss Eliza Fike. Her
phone number is 2-7923.
Johnson, a highly experienced
man in his field, is employed eff
fective Monday.
However, he is spending several
weeks in the District office in Mi
Continued on Page Severn
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Criminal Court
Docket For Next
Week Announced

The docket for next weeks Grim.
inal Court session was released
today by Harry Dongo, clerk of
criminal court. The jury trials
will begin at 10 a. m. Monday be.
fore Judge Thomas S. Caro-.
The docket follows:
Monday-Bobby Ray Smith. as
sault and battery; Marcus Hannah.
assault and battery; William Can.
nick, driving while intoxicated and
causing an accident; Willie Brad.
well, assault with intent to COM
nit murder.
Tuesday-Edgar Glass, breaking
and entering and grand larceny;
William H. Whitaker and Edward
L. Weiss, operating a motor We.
hicle without a certificate.
Wednesday - Armando Machin.
serving or causing to be served
beer to a minor.
Thursday 49, John Hogan, man.
slaughter.
Friday various undisposed
charges of violating traffic laws.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-13
New Crawfish Regulations
Set By Conservation Board
Dealer To Be
Permitted To
Keep Crawfish
In Closed Season

The State Conservation Board
has enacted a change in the craw-
fishing law which will allow sea
food dealers to have the crust
acean in their possession during
the closed season starting April
Is, it was announced today by
Monroe County Conservation Ag-
ent Joe Knight.
The Board also enacted changes
in the regulations affecting the
legal size of crawfish taken.
Earlier this year, the board had
ruled that it was illegal for rest
aurants and seafood dealers to
have crawfish in their possession
under any circumstances during
the closed season. The regulation
met with spirited opposition from
local crawfishermen.
The new law states that sworn
reports within three days after
the commencement OF the closed
season for the taking of salt water
crawfish and stone crabs, each and
every seafood- dealer. retail or
wholesale, of the State of Florida
will submit to the Supervisor of
Conservation, on forms provided by
the Supervisor, sworn report of
the quantity, in ponds, Oh frozen
salt water crawfish and stone
crabs, frozen crawfish tails and
frozen crawfish and stone crab
meat in his name or possession at
the beginning of the aforemention.
ed closed season.
This report will state the location
and of and describe each as to
the number of pounds.
Rigid enforcement
Any reports postmarked later
than midnight OF the third day fol-
lowing the start of the closed sea-
son will be invalid.
Failure to report stocks of craw.
fish will result in their seizure by
the state, the new regulation says.
Bi-monthly reports on the sale
OF any crawfish or stone crabs are
necessary, the law says. Detailed
records OF all transactions involv-
ing the sale of crawfish during
the closed season must be kept
Continued on Page Severn
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Auto Dealer Says
His Bid Not Asked
On Equipment

Dan Navarro, local avtone.
bile dealer, said today HAT he
has never been given the oppor.
tvnity to bid on four chrysIer
automobiles That have been pvr.
chased by the Overseas Road and
Toll Bridge District.
The district commission which
regulates The affairs Of about 50
miles of toll road on the Over.
seas Highway, has maintained
that whenever possible, they try
to do business with Monroe CoUn-
tY firms. but Navarro said that
If that is true, he has never been
given The opportunity to bid On
fhe automobiles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-13
Data On Vital
For
1853 Revealed
Marriages For Year
In County Are 40
Above Divorces

Marriages in Monroe County
last year Outnumbered divorces
and annulments by ITO.
These figures were released to-
day by the Monroe County Health
Department in connection with
the vital statistics for 1858.
The Florida State Board of
Health sent the report to the Mon
roc County Health Department.
The report from Jacksonville was
from Everett H. Williams, Jr., di-
rector, bureau of vital statistics.
All Marriages
The report showed All marri-
ages and 3O1 divorces and an
nulments in the county last year.
Population was estimated at
37,11O.
Births totaled LIZA aud deaths.
243. Infant deaths were listed at
Is.
Of the deaths, six were accoun-
ted for by polio. The state total
of polio deaths was 4S.
Cancer Claims 81
Cancer took 80 lives in this
county and 4,5O8 in the state. Tu-
berculosis claimed one life here
last year and 3O6 in the state.
Other death causes in Monroe
County last year:
Flu and pneumonia, IL.
Cerebral hemorrhage, IS.
Heart disease, GO. (1O,3O1 deaths
from this cause in the state).
Motor vehicle accidents, 6. (91O
deaths from motor vehicles in the
State).
Other accidents in Monroe Coun-
ty, 8; in the state, 1925.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-13
Road And Toll Bridge Commission
Moves To Act On Webb's PROPOSAL
Concession, Rental Agreements
To Be Revised By Commissioners

The Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District at
special meeting yesterday afternoon took steps to follow
the recommendations of Cecil Webb Chairman of the
State Road Department.
Webb was in Key West yesterday to complete his
investigation of the activities of the district which have
been under fire in Miami newspaper
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-13
32Die In Crash


SINGAPORE PA BOAC Con-
stellation airliner crashed and
burst into flames on landing at
Kallang Airport here today, killing
80 of the 40 persons aboard. BOAC
officials said two Americans and
one Canadian were among the
passengers.
The Singapore Standard said the
Americans were believed to be
Vice President Grant F. Olson, Of
the w. A. Shaeffer Pen Co., and
Michael Shathin, Far East super
visor of Warner Brothers.