The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 29, 1953, Page 9

‘Commie. Mov Jn Indochina Are Unknown | HONG KONG (#—The invasion of the kingdom of Laos by the ja Communists causes anx- | » ety in this part of Asia because it | , Buggests that Red capabilities may be expanding. But the move also could mean Communist weakness. + The Northern Indochina war has | fheen fought for six years around fthe French-held Red River Delta. Mhis area is both the *breadbasket \ “and chief population center of the \ (Northland. } The side that holds the delta holds control, In invading os the Communists are turning ® reported 40,000 fighting men /@way from the main objective. In effect, the Reds are sending them ‘off on an expedition to conquer (more jungles and mountains—a Sparse hinterland of which they already have too much. The Reds ‘would get all what by default if they conquered the delta. | The explanation for this appar- ent military sideshow is not yet «lear, There is some speculation that it is for propaganda purposes, go the Reds can color another area on the map. If this is true, it is expensive propaganda. Another speculation is that the Reds’ objective is to squat on the Burma and Thailand frontiers and up with Burmese and Thai Communists. That would seem to be a job for political infiltrators, ‘However, the effect of 40,000 armed Reds on the border would be a strong one in Burma and Thailand, where political -nerves , @fe on edge. Still other observers say the drive might be the first stride of invasion into Thmland and thence to Malaya and Indonesia —— the start of the long-4eared drive into’ Southeast Asia. But that seems unlikely because the invaders’ are Indochina Com- munists without any such capabil- . Only Mao Tze-tung, Chinese Communist leader, has the armed power to invade Southeast Asia and there is no evidence that the Laos strike is his. work. In fact, the Laos inyasion * doesn’t look like Mao's work at Mao should send his generals hordes into Indo China to con- Southeast Asia, they likely will not begin with « military side- show like the Lavs action, They would roar down on the Red River Delta like they crossed the Yangtze River in China, a mil- STATEMENT OF CONDITION THE FLORID CONDENSED FROM REPORT TO COMPTROLLER APRIL 20, 1953 Loans and Discounts __ ictrenee Banking House, Furniture & Fixtures Wednesday, April 29, 1953 Tonight's THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Entries (NOT POST POSITIONS) First Race — 5-16 mile Agnus Portis Boy Phoned f Shattering Nick Lutz Top News Highest Reward Staver Second Race — 5-16 mile Slick Miss Tippy’s Cash Lucky Teter Focus Eager Miss Fire Hazard Lightning Rodney Beach Tramp Third Race — 5-16 mile Luck Nadya’s Girlie Reckless Trudy Stop Over All Time Eascote Lennox Mer-Shak Fourth Race — 5-16 mile Jewel’s Trump Hunter’s Choice Restore Turning Point Guajira Rolling Grace Cameron Hilander Cindy Sue Fifth Race—5-16 mile Trail Breaker Salter Path Smart Dude Queen’s Bomb Careful Sir Mail Pouch Waneetah Kitchen Maid lion in a month, and force the issue on the main target. Then they would try for the n&tural road to Southeast Asia, which is down the Indochina coast. The worrisome angle in the Laos invasion is the knowiedge that the Reds have men and arms to squander on oblique ventures. As a diversion, ‘nobody here thinks it will succeed, The French are too smart to be decoyed out of the perimeter by this bat. The question is, have the Viet- minh Reds eno: strengh to at- tack the delta perimeter in strong concert with the Laos jab? If they have, the situation may become critical. If they haven't, this looks like @ sideshow offering few, if any, lasting benefits. AT KEY WEST Resources Other Real Estate Owned Prepaid Expenses ___ Other Resources _. Accrued Interest and Income Receivable U.S. Government Securities “gta Florida County and Municipal Bonds Federal Reserve Bank Stock _ Other Securities Cash on Hand and Due from Banks Liabilities A NATIONAL BAN $ 42,269.05 . 8,275,357.67 - 978,184.06 - 18,750.00 —.- 3,800,681.55 Sixth Race — 5-16 mile Claro Parking Sam Navy Diver Bonhie Acre Seventh Race — 5-16 mile Jack O'Lish Bar-K Top Bracket Chuckie’s Choice Stirring News Peck My Bitsey Old Refrain Eighth Race —— 5-16 mile Initial Bindle Comer Glen Page Roll Lassie Val’s Clipper Direct Answer Candalon Vendome Ninth Race — 5-16 mile Last Summer Kitty Hutch Avenger Forward Pease Note Honest King Stepping By y Melvia Jo Tenth Race — 3-8 mile T. V. Star Gay Beauty Red Carpet Scotch Lad Beach Belle Payette Beseech ~ Wise Mike Heavy Rains Ended City’s Water Shortage DALLAS, Tex. (Heavy rains in the watershed of Lake Dallas just about ended this city’s water | shortage yesterday. | But at the moment, Dallas can’t | do much with its Big new supply | of water for industry and resi- dences. Somebody stole a power line running from a transformer to the lake gatehouse, making it impos- sible to get water from the huge reservoir. * K centimetres nnn-$ 1,475,492.92 203,787.21 + 4.00 5,383.17 77.00 1.00 12,515,243.33 $14,199,987.63 $100,000.00 525,000.00 39,488.92 $ 664,488.92 Reserve for Taxes, Interest, etc. Interest and Income Collected, Not Earned Dividends Declared, Not Yet Payable Deposits 65,790.68 45,362.98 26,636.91 1,250.00 13,396.458.14 $14,199,987.63 The Florida National Bank at Key West WITH BANKING FACILITY AT KEY WEST NAVAL STATION ° 4. J. Pinder, Vice President J. J. TREVOR—President Ernest J. C, Doll. Vice President Tells How Friend Tried To Poison Him LOS ANGELES ® — Four inci- dents, says a young husband, led him to suspect his best friend was | -trying to poison him. Husky Robert Hayden described them calmly yesterday as Richard La Force went on trial on charges of attempting to poison Hayden:so he could try to win the love of the latter’s pretty wife. Hayden, a contractor’s helper, said La Force was a frequent visi- tor at his home. The two youths and Hayden’s red-haired wife Joyce had been friends since high school. All are 19. Hayden said he first became ill after La Force gave him a soft drink on a visit to the California | Institute of Technology, where the defendant was a brilliant physics student. “I got dizzy. I got sick to my stomach. I felt heavy,” Hayden said. Prosecuting Atty. Joseph Carr told the jury Hayden had symp- toms of arsenic poisoning. The next three incidents oc- curred in his apartment last Jan- uary,, Hayden testified. “I drank some water from a refrigerator container. It had an unusual odor. After I drank it, I couldn’t stand up. . .. My muscles just didn’t work.” Carr had said this was a symp- tom of potassium cyanide poison- ing. The next time, the witness said, } he poured a drink from a new water bottle. “It smelled like the other one. I took some in my mouth, then spit it out. It wes just like I'd} heen eating persimmons. It Sort of puckered up my mouth.” The — Says ar Key West and Vicinity: General- ly fair and warm today and to- night. Thursday, increasing cloudi- ness with showers or thunder- showers likely in scattered places. Moderate to fresh easterly to southerly winds, occasionally mod- erately offshore. SMALL CRAFT WARNING. Florida: Clear to partly cloudy ‘today except increasing cloudiness jn the Tallahassee area with few showers likely by late today. In- creasing ‘cloudiness elsewhere Thursday with showers. Slightly warmer. Jacksonville through the Florida Straits: Moderate southeast to south winds becoming occasionally fresh by this afternoon. Partly cloudy weather with few showers Thursday. East Gulf of Mexico: Moderate to fresh southeast to south winds today becoming south to south- west by Thursday except winds increasing to moderately strong over north portion by tonight. Partly cloudy weather except be- coming cloudy over north portion by tonight. in extreme north portion today or tonight and elsewhere by Thursday. Western Caribbean: Moderate to occasionally fresh east and south- east winds through Thursday. Partly cloudy weather with widely scattered. showers mostly over northwest portion. Observations taken at City Office Key West, Fla., Apr. 29, 1953 9:00 A.M. EST Temperatures Highest yesterday .. Lowest last night Mean . Next, Hayden testified, his wife poured two glasses of milk. “I started to drink mine. She had already tasted bers and said “Don’t drink it. It smells bad.’ But I already had the glass to my mouth.” “What did it taste like?” Carr asked. * : “Puckery and bittery,” the wit- ness answered. “I spit the milk out.” Carr said an analysis indicated the milk contained potassium cy- anide in a lethal dose. TODAY'S BASEBALL SCHEDULE The Associated Press ALABAMA-FLORIDA Andalusia at Eufaula Fort Walton at Graceville Dothan at Panama City TEXAS Dallas at Houston Fort Worth at San Antonio Oklahoma City at Shreveport at Beaumont INTERNATIONAL Rochester at Montreal Syracuse at Ottawa Sprit LL STANDINGS By The Associated Press AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Indianapolis sees eun™ 2 690 679 i Normal Total last 24 hours . Total this month Deficiency this month Total this year Excess this year Relative Humidity at 9:00 A.M. 1% Barometer (Sea Level) 9:00 A.M. 29.94 ins.—1013.9 mbs. .m. mM. m. m. 9:02 p.m. 000 ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West | Time of Height of | Bahia Honda (bridge) ———oh 10m = 8.0 ft. No Name Key (east end) —+2h 20m 4:14 p.m. Commie Appointed MOSCOW — Moscow news- | Papers announced today the ap-j| pointment of Ivan A. Benediktov, | former minister of Soviet agricul. | ‘Ma ture, as Russian ambassador to India. He replaces K. V. Novikov. “There ISN'T any bank balance for that ‘rainy day’ you're always from C. ing about. You'd better get LOAN COMPANY.” @ loan (MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By The Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING—Wyrostek, Philadel RUNS—Gilliam, Brooklyn, 14. \ RUNS BATTED IN — Campa- nella, Brooklyn, 19. HITS—Ryan, Philadelphia, 19. DOUBLES—Dark, ‘New York, 7. TRIPLES — Bruton, Milwaukee and O'Connell, Pittsburgh, 2. HOME RUNS — Mathews, Mil- waukee, 6. « e PITCHING — Surkont, Milwau- kee and Simmons, Philadelphia, 3-6, 1.000; Erskine, Brooklyn and Drews, Philadelphia, 2-0, 1.000; nine pitchers tied with 1-0, 1.000. AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING — Philley, Philadel- Phia, .442. RUNS—Mantle, New York, 13. RUNS BATTED IN—Dropo, De- troit, 11. HITS—Philley, Philadelphia, 23. DOUBLES—Kell, Boston, 7. - TRIPLES — Philley, Philadel- phia, Wertz, St. Loujs and Jen- sen, Washington, 2. HOME RUNS—Gernert, Boston, 4. STOLEN BASES—Rivera, Chi- cago, 3. PITCHING— Lemon, Cleveland and -Kellner, Philadelphia, 3-0, 1,000; Parnell, Boston, Sain and Lopat, New York, and Littlefield and Stuart, St. Louis, 2-0, 1.000, STRIKEOUTS — Shantz, Phila- delphia, 19. Boxing Results TUESDAY'S FIGHTS The Press SAN ANTONIO, Tex. — Jimmy .| Martinez, 156, Glendale, Ariz., outpointed Del Flanagan, 150, St. Paul, 10. STCKTON, Calif. Tommy Manaois, 134, Los Angeles, knock- ed out Gene Morris, 133, Long Beach, Calif, 3. 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