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KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1953 Dirksen Lashes Truman Regime Coast Guard Rescues Survivors ‘Interested one Of B-29 Missing Over Atlantic First All-Keys Chamber Ships Comb Area For Sight Of More Life Rafts MIAMI, Fis, @ — The Const said today three survivors @e B29 weather recon ine had been picked from life rafts m the Atlantic 200 miles east di Savannah, Coast Guard air-sea rescue head. Quarters said one man was taken S. S. Nesseu and two rescued by the freight Georgia operations were still un- to the area after aped rafis were spotted by st Guerd and Air if the last reported reconnais- plane left Hunter Base st Savannah at EST, yesterday, ex- the were ‘train Force planes ; Es f 5 F i FE A i i H i E s & 5 iv =? HF § = a iT Ers 3 Ee F i i i i a §¢ board, bearing merchant ves- the vicinity of wos taken to the Naval Hospital Dick Haymes and his fiancee, Rita the rafts were In addition, the Coast baw are enroute ty. the scene, Korea Used By Russians To Test Air Power USAF General Anderson Reports Use Of Formations Manned By Reds SEOUL, #&—The commander of the U, 5. Sth Air Force said today whole formations of Russian — manned Mig-i5 jets fought against American Sabres during the Ko- Tean war. Lt. Gen. $. Russia used Ki ground for its pilots and the su periority of U. 3. air power was clearly established There have been many reports of Russian MIG pilots in Korea. but Anderson's report was believed to be the first of Soviet formations fighting as units The Sth Air Force chief said gen erally Russians flew with Russians, Chinese with Chinese end Koreans with Koreans becavse “different nationalities. . cout understand = other and :ake orders in the air.” Anderson estimated that Soviet (Continued On Page Two) Navy Man Faces 4 Traffie Charges A local Navy man, who was in- jared in an automobile crash early today also faces four traffie charg- @s a8 a result of the accident. Police identified him as Jesse C. Nunnally of the Naval Station. ‘They said that he was involved in @ two car crash with Lt, William W, Wells, 107 Main Road, Sigsbee Park. } police report, Grianal Siests snd and erashed into the side of Wells’ vehicle. | Nunnally suffered a laceration on his right hand in the accident. He Anderson said a a testing for treatment. Police later arrested him on cutter Aurore and Black- charges of reckless driving, caus- a few hours after bis wife obtained ire ing an accident, failing to stop at Coast Guard headquarters said a red light and driving while in several patra! bombers also may toxicated. He will be arraigned in (Continued On Page Two) City Court Monday. Return To | Washington Set For The Eisenhowers Today By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH and that U.S. allies are being con DENVER W—President Eisen fused by American foreign policy hower flies back to Washington The Presicent will speak briefly today ending six weeks of Colorado 2%¢ informally from a hastily vacationing mixed with work erected platform during the half The President and Mrs. Risen. hour stop at the airport. Presi hower were scheduled to leave dential Press Secretary James tor 'As‘Seandalous’ Qf Commerce Meet Today CPL. HOWELL GILLETT of the Fla. Highway Patrol was an in quisitive visitor to the city yesterday when he came to look into the Key West Safety Council's activities. Gillett tells us that “with the use of discretion and hard work the Safety Council can and will be one of the best things that ever happened to Key West.” The Corporal is one of the Highway Patrol’s Safety educa tors.—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch. Lo . Aaa a Jamaican Landseape Varies From Jungle To Meadowland Dick And Rita Sign Pre-Nuptial Preperty Patt | tr Se LAS VEGAS, Calif, u—Crooner me than discovering the beatities of the island. Seacoast On North Provides Rost Swimming And Fishing Hayworth, signed a pre-nuptial property agreement here last night /% Winding up and down the mountain to Antrim, the pimento plantation where | stayed, or over the steep hard surfaced road from an interlocutory divorce decree in ‘| Cleaning Up After Demos By JACK BELL CHICAGO w—Sen. Dirksen (R 0 yP t Eisenhow er ng up s an owernment the studded with Democrats Coma Dirksen | administ riotow: ministratic republic” conference mace «a a Democratic meeting earlier by Adlai E. Stevenson and former President Truman. Previous! hed out at the former ‘one of the most reckless, scanda ns in the history of the at the GOP in replying to sty cretary of Interior McKay told a gathering of women and GOP hairmen that the federal government has no “divine right” to develop the nation’s pow er resources. He szid the Eisen hower administration is going to give states and ‘ecal communities a voice in such projects. Dirksen picked on a statement by Stevenson that “the greatest beneficiary of the Democratic par ty in these past few months has been President Eisenhower and I only hope he realizes it.” “I'm sure President Eisenhower does,” Dirksen «aid in a prepared address. “What he found when he came to Washington as President made the problems of the Nor. mandy Beach mvasion pale into insignificance.” The Illinois senator said that be sides “‘stalemated war in Korea,” [Eisenhower inherited “a govern jment which was studded with Communists and Communist sym pathizers who seemed to have no difficulty getting inte the govern- ment and no difficulty staying jthere, even though as early as 1945 FBI reports on the matter {had been made available to the President (Truman) ’ Mentioning the public debt, high teres and what he called the “dis pest dollar,” Dirksen said the jocrats hadn't solved the farm pftblem, Democrats had contend ed that the Republicans had no angwer to falling farm prices, “Prices were breaking before the last administration left office Dirksen said. “None of their poli cies, and all cf their billions d it.” e said farm prices had been | Draws Conservation Award To Be Made In State €, OFC, And Fla, Wildlife Group Gold Medal Gift The Florida State Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Wild life Federation will, for the thir teenth consecutive year, present to Florida's outstanding Conservation ist the Gold Medal Award it was announced today by Harold lee, executive vice president of the State Chamber Following ate the rules and re. gulations in connection with sub- mitting nominees for consideration by a committee which has been appointed by the Florida Wildlife Federation to make this award 1, Nominations may be made by any Florida citizen or organization. and must be delivered prior to October 31 to Harold Ci tive Vice President, Chamber of Commerce, Jackson. ville. Documentary proof of claims made in behalf of nominees must accompany such nominations; 2. The award is open to any citi zen of Florida, except conserva tionists in the employ of any branch of government; 3. No incumbent officer of the Federation is eligible to receive the medal 4, Tt is not po that a nom- inee be » membef of @ conserve tion (or sportsmen's) club cr or ganization 5. The award will be made by judges representing the Florida Wildlife Federation, Their decision will be final 6. Recipients must be possessed of an unblemished background in the field of wildlife conservation, and will be judged on the basis of 5 Leaders, Wives Group Will Discuss Forming Single Florida Keys C. Of C. The first combined mee ber of Commerce F. P. Sadow Sadowski launc takes plac Ke d the ber which would m« ble tourist bus Conductor Says Mrs. Maclean Not On Train Efforts To Trace | Missing Family thout Result” VIENNA w—An Austrian rail sting of the three Keys Chame e tonight at the invitation of M Marathon move for one big Keys Cham- vilize the efforts of the Keys to dou. wo weeks ago in a story in The Citi- We on the Keys ere out of short pants inte long pants new. We are in « different class than three or four years age,” the Marathon developer said teday. We can double the million and e-half tourists who came to the ys lost year and double their expenditures here from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000, he stressed Today 55 Chamber of Commerce leaders and their wives motored from Tavernier and Key West and their homes in Marathon to the Key Motel. At 5 p. m. cocktails will be served in the motel Cabana Club. toad conductor said today he was At 6 90 the leaders will dine. 100 per cent Mrs Donald D. certain—-that At 8:30 they will settle down to Maclean did not catch the important business of diseuss- an overnight train from Zurich to ing the formation of one big, all- Vienna when she disappeared last week in Switzerland? Oskar Rybiezka a conductor on embracing Florida Keys Chamber of Commerce the Paris-Vienna express in which men it was believed Mrs, Maclean might have traveled to Ausiria told reporters: “I have seen pic tures of Mrs, Maclean and I am Positive she was not in the sleeping car “I remember pretty much every body who was on that train and I tising am certain that there was no lady or couple with three children,” he tourists whet we added Mis. Mitigan, Chicago-be on ing of a long-missing British cage! SA Te to and their three children vanished after putting her automobile into a Lausanne garage. Swiss police yes terday appeared convinced she had caught a train from Zurich to Aus tria last Friday and possibly con tinued on through the Iron Curtain Rybicrka said only a Swiss cou ple and two women—one an Amer. owski contends “Let's break down the ineul- 'y of each of the Keys. What is one Key see if we gies, i j te ut iff i i our and the if i §3 put on. one & F ii tournament.” Sadowski believes are losing millions tourist business by gether in a combined, campaign. Practicing what lieves be maintains an All-Keys formation office in Miami at Street and Biscayne boulevard E E § i! z eF ER: their current year’s contribution to. 1¢@0—boarded the sleeping car at is opening another soon near Los Angeles Haymes explained that the pact will safeguard Ri‘a's income and property for the sole use of herself, jher children and her heirs. | The crooner said. “They will never, never prevent Rita and me from being married. We wanted to get married about be 24h (of Sep tember) So. 1 can really work on my singing bouvkings which start Sept. 28 in Philacelphia.” Mrs. Haymes testified her hus band “was terribly jealous and drank too much,” but after the (Continued On Page Two) Divided Twins In the North coast to Kingsfon, I pass ed through scenes that have long been familiar to me. My mother, who was born in Jamaica, had warmed me with tales of her native land during cold winters in Pennsylvania where 1 was born. Her descriptions made me want to see the country, but other journeys came first Finally when | flew into Montego Bay ten days ago, I felt the sat- isfaction of attaining a lifelong goal, and almost immediately the realization that the Island was even more beautiful than describ ed Though Jamaica has almost one ward the conservation of Florida's wildlife resources. | | Administration Policies Up For Cross-Country Discussion maintained previously not by (Continued On Page Two) Eisenhower To Speak At Rallies In Five States Bayview Park Program Starts | 5, msc o WASHINGTON # President The fall and winter schedule Of pionhower returns from a six = | } Lowry Air Force Base aboard the presidential plane Columbine at 11 a.m. (EST). They arranged to stop for a half Hagerty said, however, he does not expect Eisenhower to make any Political remarks. He added that the talk probably would be in the million and half population its 4,411 square miles seem sparse ly populated Good Condition re EW ORLEANS @—The Mou supervised will star’ Monday Colorado vacation today and gets set for a 20-day series of cross-country talks on administra- weeks form of a greeting only The air station is throwing its Sates open to the public. Full military honors will be given Ej senhower as he steps from his plane hour in Chicago at the Glenview Naval Air Station to pick up their gon, Maj. John Bisennower, and his family, The major his wife Barbara and their three children— David 5, Barbara Ann 3, and Susan 1—will go on to Washington to visit at the White House for a few da At the Chicago airport, where his plane is due at 2:30 pm (EST), the Presiient will greet delegations representing two Re publican groups meeting in the city. The delegates are attending the Midwestern states regional conference of GOP women, and the Midwestern-Rocky Movntsin states conference of Republican state chairmen. GOP leaders at the two meet ings have urged Eisenhower Feply in Chicago to charges by Democrats that the administra tion's farm program has failed, [DANCE and Country Store Night (Sponsored by Cayo Huese Grette) TONIGHT 9:00 "tit “2” ® FREE PRizES Elks Club Annex Public invited Adm. $1.00 Eisenhower is due in Washing ton at 5:30 p.m. (EST Tt was jus’ six weeks ago to the day that the President arrived in Deaver. Since then, two major govern- ment posts have become vacant— one through the death Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson other through the resignation of Martin P. Durkin as secretary of labor The President has filled neither Post. Announcement of a successor to Vinson may come next week, but White House sources said Ei senhower may need more time to pick a new head of the Labor Department The President will be in Wash- ington over the week end, then leave by plane Monday morning for Massachusetts for two speaking engagements The f is at noon at the East ved On Page Two) ( of Lumber and Hardware jor STORM SHUTTERS STRUNK LUMBER ‘pat Simonton, neer Weather Bureaw and the + ton Samese twins rested peace fully in separate cribs today, after being moved from the recovery toom at Founda‘ion Hospi Dr. L. L. Weissmiller, hospital director, said the twin girls were moved to a private room late yes terday and now their parents, Ma yor and Mrs. Asbton Mouton of Lafayette, La can spend as much time with them as they want.” The two eighi-week-old girls Caro nne and C2 e Anne, lay in a his They were base of the making opera ected near the spine Hospital officials said that never before have both twins survived such an operation The hospital uwector said the twins were “recovering normally from surgery encouraging.” American Legion Comedy Male Fashion Show Dance 9 ‘til TONIGHT ADMISSION Se LEGION HOME STOCK ISLAND The resuits do look © The people white and black make their living from sugar cane, ba. hanas, rum, coconuts, pimento, coffee, ginger, citrus fruits and cigars The bright green sugar cane stalks seem to surround you where you The on steep hill in the groves nany countries toda is ff a battle against erosion. T ial rains washing down the cocoa, tow as Jamaica go ¢ well like h moun tains have sliced off large areas of | fertile soil Careful British planters, how ver, are doing everything to keep heir land in good order, such as using latest bush killer, a hormone mixture sprayed to keep down the tropical growth of wee 1 tasted many of the food products. My rown on trees I was told It Jamaican breakfast was Ak S a vegatable ike scram an coffee 1 # It is a dark roast, strong and » what like our Cuban coffee. B fruit, I lated to the first da was in fire and b 1 was far terested in Ja maica’s food than in the scenery Every mile of driving or walking presented a different picture Walking through the swiftmoving the Uandovery ver I felt I was ir (Continued On Page Two) the bus: waters oi Albury, City Re- tion policies r He has accepted invitations to speak at ublican rallies and other meetings in five states and the District of Columbia—all the y New England to the Mexican border Most of the commitments were Je before the Democrats began at the administration's ¢ of the farm problem in ago ting early this befe AFL Presid leany accused Eisenho f yielding to the influence of b today by Paul ¢ creation Direct The program will consist of base hall, horse shoe pit boar padd Equipment nis. Players will have to their own racket and b fle v it will ities be ties except furnish tennis from nd and Efforts will be made through the > West . = tennis tw y night fr ears of @f ¢ view of this and the fact that work on the major d already been completed officials say the President not seek to reply to these . preferring, as one put it engage verbel duals experience shows White are subject to change up to the time of delivery some other officials would not surprised if the President, at t by implication. took a crack » at those who have begun limber opposition guns nning Monday with a major speech » Boston Garden MILK SHAKES a night Republican rally, the Z President has scheduled speeches In Town... Topped with Toy varying length and significance Whip Cream end Cherry iso in Pennsylvania,, Missouri Louisiana and Texas A farm speech most likely will be made Oct. 15 before the Future Farmers of ‘America in Kansas (Continued On Page Two) a every Fri m 7:0 to 9pm All boys who have not played (Continued on Page Two HURRICANES A New DAIRY FREEZE Sensatic Thickest, Tasties!, Frostiest In « spade talks some It's the Hurricane Season!! Zurich and took compartments Representatives of the Austrian Interior Ministry, meanwhile, re- ported efforts to establish definite. ly whether Mrs. Maclean actually entered Austria had been “utterly without result.” Reports from Switzerland said Swiss police, British agents and Austrian police were working on the theory that Mrs. Maclean head ed out of Switzerland for a pre arranged rendezvous with her hus band Maclean disappeared 28 months with fellow British diplomat Guy Burgess and both were gen. erally believed to have gone be hind the Iron Curtain. The two were Foreign Office experts on American affairs. Maclean had sat in on joint’ US -British Canadian Political conferences regarding the atom bomb. Life Sentence FORT MADISON, lowa (#—Don. ald J Fitterer, once on the FBI's list of 10 most wanted men, was convicted of murier yesterday in the slaying of an Alexis, Ill, gro- cer The jury of seven women and five men recommended that Fitter er be sentenced to life imprison ment. District Judge J. R Leary said sentence would be pronounced in about 10 days Fitterer was accused of fatally shooting Charles Harrison Aug. 11, 1952. Harrison's bullet-pierced body was found in a ditch near Den merk. lows Fitterer and Patrick Russell, Chica had been seen ith Harrison the night of the shooting and warrants were issued for their arrest. Russell now is serving a life sentence in the lowa State Penitentiary here in connection with the case DUFF Y’S——— HAP HAPPY JOHNNIE ENTERTAINING NIGHTLY Free Shrimp Thurs. Nights, 9 - 12 Amateur Friday Nights 8 OUVAL STREET Key Colony, Marathon. Heading the Key West delege- Other Circuit per, Jr, Arnold, Joe Raiph Feraido, ger Herold Leubscher ond 4. Sher, The Keys Cham guests for the ski, who is eager starts well before the ist season. Steep Increase In 1954 Draft WASHINGTON w — outlook is for a steep calls in the latter part Perhaps to any as 60,000 men a month. Maj. Gen, Lewis B, Hershey, di- be expected “material after the new fiscal year beging July 1, “perhaps as high as 50,000 to 60,000 @ month.” He said the present rate of about 23.000 a month would probably be maintained until the end of this fiseal year. In July, John A, Has- nah, assistant secretary of defense for manpower, ¢; monthly requirement rise much above 40,000 1954 But Hershey said the men completing two year duty would create a big ‘you wear out millions Tues., Sept. 22 Breakfast at 6:00 A.M. Store Hours — 6 A.M. ~ 11 P.M, Tuesday through Sundey CLOSED ON MONDAYS

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