The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 9, 1954, Page 2

Page 2 Administration May Fail In Tax Cut Issue By CHARLES F. BARRETT ‘WASHINGTON — Some key Republicans said today the Eisen- hower administration faces prob- able defeat in trying to stave off| a wide range of excise tax cuts. A bill to reduce many of these “nuisance” taxes comes up in the House tomorrow, with leadership backing and with no organized op- position in sight there or in the Senate. President Eisenhower evidently conceded defeat in the House when he conferred yesterday with GOP congressional leaders. Leaders said the administration would not oppose House passage of the bill to slash about 930 mil- lion dollars a year off taxes on movie tickets, furs, passenger fares, telephone bills, cosmetics, luggage, handbags and wallets, jewelry, cameras, sporting goods and other items. But they announced, after the White House conference, that the administration would. fight to knock out some of these reductions when the bill hits the Senate. The administration position is that the government cannot afford to lose the revenue. The bill would slice to 10 per! cent all excise or sales taxes now, above that level, except those on liquor and tobacco, effective April 1. The proposal also would cancel about one billion dollars in reduc- tions now scheduled for April 1 in excise taxes on liquor, cigar- ettes, automobiles, gasoline, trucks and buses, beer and wine. Eisen- hower has urged this cancellation. Tow members of the Senate Fi- nance Committee said in separate interviews that when the bill reaches there, they are inclined to go along with the cuts despite administration opposition. Sen. Bennett (R-Utah) said the bill seems to offer an “equitable solution” to the excise tax prob-| lem. He noted there are demands to eliminate entirely many of the taxes. Sen. Malone (R-Nev) said he, too, was inclined to go along with the proposed cuts. Sen. Martin (R-Pa), however, Said balancing the federal budget is the “overriding issue’ and he would oppose the tax cuts unless THE KEY WEST CITIZEN New Jet Squadron Arrives For Duty At Air Station Navy jet squadron, VF-82, under the command of Cdr. V. A. Dahl-| strom, has arrived at the Fleet All Weather Training Unit, Atlan- tic, to undergo training in night intercept and All Weather flight operations. VF-82 is the fourth At- lantic Fleet squadron to receive FAWTU’s new training course. The squadron is composed of 165 men and 22 officers and they) jare currently flying the F2H-2N Banshee Jet night fighter. The; pilots of Fighting 82 will be train- ed in the Banshee aircraft and will also receive some instruction’ in FAWTU’s F3D-2 Skynight air- craft. The course of instruction will involve about one month of in- tensive training, at the completion of which Fighting 82 will be desig- nated an All Weather squadron and will fly with the Fleet in that ca- pacity. 111 Puerto Ricans Are Subpoenaed In New York NBW YORK (#—Subpoenaes were served on 111 Puerto Ricans here and in Chicago yesterday in a sudden move connected with the shooting of five congressmen in Washington last week. The swift drive was the largest peacetime serving of federal wit- nesses in connection with a single conspiracy. b Mrs. Rosa Collazo, wife of a would-be assassin of former Presi- dent Harry S, Truman, was among the 91 persons subpoenaed here. Her husband is now serving a life sentence. All four persons arrested in the Washington shootings admitted! membership in the fanatic Nation- alist party of Puerto Rico. The witnesses here will be ques- tioned by three grand juries in- vestigating the local activities of the party. The Chicago witnesses will be questioned in connection with laws Tuesday, March 9, 1954; NEW YORK #—Getting on top) of the American corporate heap 1s more likely to make you a nice target for competitors than to give you a permanent deed to the place. Two-thirds of those on the list jof the 100 largest industrial corpo. rations 45 years ago are missing from today’s top 100. The swift pace of business com- petition has winded them. And it goes on taking its toll year by year, as the top 100 shift regularly. Some of these 1909 industrial giants have gone out of business. Others have been swallowed up in mergers. But most have just fallen behind because other corporations were growing faster, the New York Stock Exchange points out in ‘the March issue of its magazine, The Stock Exchange. New inventions, new methods, new tastes of the consumer has cut them out of the business herd. And around the corner is the atomic age, waiting to beget new industries. The biggest surprise perhaps is not in the names of the 36 corpo- rations that are still among the leaders after 45 years but in the names of latter. day giants who weren’t numbered with the great in 1909. In them you'll find a skort history, in part at least, of what has been happening to the American scene. General Motors, now atop the industrial corporate heap, was only a year old in 1909. Ford, only a \few years older, wasn’t among the elite either. Only one rubber com- pany and three oil companies place on both the early and current lists. The age of motors, gasoline and tires has changed the industrial scene. Chemical companies have come to the fore in recent years in like) manner. Du Pont is the only pres- ent day leader to make the top 100 in 1909. And much of its eminence now is due to products.unheard of, or even undreamed of, in the earli- er period. Aluminum was no great shakes governing conspiracy to overthrow the government by force. Truman Makes Candid Comments & they are balanced with new spend-' ing cuts, ‘ ( “zenship Oath ( onge Allowed BALTIMORE (#—The Japanese- born wife of a Seventh Day Ad- ventist minister was permitted yes- terday to take her oath of citizen- ship without the customary swear- ing to kear arms for her country. Mrs, Masu Sager of Takoma Park. Md., told Chief Federal Judge William C. Coleman she would promise to do noncombatant service but said her religion would| not allow her to swear to bear} arms, Under these conditions and after considerable questioning, Judge Cc oman allowed her to take the oath of allegiance with the phrase Stricken out. Theft Solution Puzzles Police FITCHBURG, Mass. .(®—Police have solved a crime involving theft Of $100 but they don’t know where! it happened. A fugitive from Shirley Indus- trial School—a detention home for boys—was returned here yester- day on a charge of taking a car without authority. Police said he told them of breaking into a gas station last Tuesday and stealing $100 from the cash register, But he couldn’t tell where the! gas station was other than “within @ day’s walking distance from Fitchburg.” No nearby police department has On McCarthy NEW YORK #—Former Presi- dent Harry S. Truman had two comments—one light, one serious— when told today about a mysterious threat against Sen, Joseph R, Mc- Carthy. On his customary pre-breakfast stroll newsmen told Truman of an anonymous telephone call received early today at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel warning that “something terrible’ would happen to Mc- Carthy, The ex-President smiled and jokingly said: “Oh, pshaw! I don’t see why anyone .would want to kill him. We'd have no entertainment at all if they killed him.” Then, the smile vanished and Truman added soberly: “I don’t believe in government by assassination.” “the best assassination a politician can get is vote assassination,” Inheritance Is 3 Puzzle To Sailor LOS ANGELES () — Bo’sun’s Mate 1.C. William Cabeca, 26 stands to inherit $100,000—if he quits the United States Navy. He’s been in the service for 10! years and likes it. So it’s not easy for him to make up his mind. A great uncle, Antone Cabeca, jdied and left him one eighth in- \terest in an $800,000 Miami, Fla., \hotel provided he quits the Navy. “Maybe I'll take the dough,” said Cabeca yesterday, “Then maybe again I won't.” Scientists can turn mercury into gold, but it costs more than gold eny record of the theft, NAVARRO, Inc. @ 601 Duval St. in the century. The items into which the metal found its way then are only a fraction now of the end-products like airplanes and appliances and building materials. Leadership mortality among the industrial giants over the years, says the Brookings Institution, is due mainly to “pressure toward PILOTLESS BOMBERS TAKE OFF TODAY MELBOURNE (#—The first pi- lotless bomber squadron to go over- seas departed from the Air Force day for Germany, The unit, the 1st, left for Charles- jton, S. C., where it_will board a ship for Europe to bolster NATO defenses. Another squadron, the 69th, is to follow later in the year. ° ° Thief Is Polite NEW ORLEANS (#—A man who said “Please” but carried a gun \robbed the Barder Finance Co, of \$1,757. Miss Shirley Achor, 23, company clerk who was on duty alone, said The former President added that|the man locked her in a back/ room yesterday after asking, “Please walk to the rear of the office.” Just before he fled, the bandit knocked on the back room door and said, “Miss, you can start yelling now.” Miss Achor aid. Belated Reply “DENVER #—Back in 1923, Miss |Annie May Straub, a Denver schoolteacher, planned to take jsome college courses, She wrote to North Attleboro, Mass., for her grades as a student at the turn of the century, The high school finally got the’ letter last week, the Denver Post learned yesterday, Meanwhile, Miss Straub, retired! from teaching in 1944, had died! in Los Angeles Jan. 6. Heavy Hitting Attack a Swamps Marine Outfit GAINESVILLE (®—Wayne Clark’ knocked out a triple, double and single in four trips yesterday lead. ing a 13-hit attack on four Parris Island Marines pitchers that pro-| duced a 17-12 exhibition baseball victory for the University of Flor-! ida, guided missile base near here to- and Today's Business Mirror By Sam Dawson jinnovation in product and market development.” When a few firms dominate an industry for a time, they may find that smaller companies or outsiders have brought out substi- tutes. “The readiness to move into more promising areas of product or methods,” says the institution, “helps to explain why some lead- ers have been able to maintain positions while .others have been displaced.” Here are the 36 durable leaders among the nation’s 100 largest: Allied Chemical, Allis-Chalmers, American Can, American Car & Foundry, American Smelting & Re- fining, American Tobacco, Ana- conda Copper, Armour, Bethlehem Steel, Borden, du Pont, Eastman Kodak, General Electric, International Harvester, International Nickel, International Paper, Jones & Laughlin, National Bis- cuit, National Distillers, National Lead, Phelps Dodge, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal, Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Pullman, Republic Steel, Singer Manufac- jturing, Sears Roebuck, Standard |Oil (New Jersey); Swift, Texas Co., Tide Water Associated Oil, United Fruit, U. S. Rubber, U. S. Steel, Western Electric, Westing- house Electric. % COUNTY OFFICIALS (Continued from Page One) county and NAL get together and settle their dispute informally. NAL next invited the county commissioners to come to Miami to discuss the matter. Gerald Saunders, chairman of the board of county commission-: ers, replied by letter, declining to go to Miami for the meeting and offering to meet here with NAL representatives any time NAL wanted. Since Jan. 1, the commissioners have been trying to get new air service here, Meanwhile, NAL requested Navy permission to fly in and out of Boca Chica Field on the Naval Air Station. NAL contends Meacham) field is inadequate for the type of! equipment NAL would like to fly} here, i NAGUIB IS BACK IN (Continued from Page One) | Naguib was made to end all quar- lrels before resumption of negotia- |tions for withdrawal of British troops from the Suez Canal zone. Salem said the regime still held) to its March 5 decision to estab-| lish a constituent assembly—an in. terim parliament—by July 27, and to abolish the two-year-old rule of | martial law and local press cen-! sorship. It was Salem who had announced Naguib’s resignation and accused the popular, pipe- smoking army man of seeking ab- solute powers. ‘ Naguib has become a near idol to millions of Egyptians hoping for an end to the feudal rule which | has gripped this strife-torn Middle| East country. But Nasser is re- garded as the strong man of the revolution and has been the chief negotiator with the British on the| deadlocked Suez issue. One of those who attended the heavily guarded, four-hour joint meeting last night said it was Nas-| ser who suggested Naguib be given! back his old posts, provided he| give up his earlier demands for powers to veto the council’s de- cisions and to hire and fire Cab- “The council and Naguib wel- comed the suggestion,” the in. formant said. The council also canceled out another decree signed only yes- terday naming Nasser as Egypt’s military governor, The post went back to Naguib. The surprise developments of last night were another chapter in a long conflict inside the Rev- olutionary Council. Nasser was the behind-the-scenes engineer of the bloodless coup which ended the monarchy, exiled King Faroul 20 months ago and set Naguib up as revolutionary hero, He was known to favor keeping the council as supreme power even after the con- stituent assembly was elected. Na- guib, on the other hand, was said to have wanted the council to step into the background when the in- terim parliament took over. The informant at last night's crucial meeting said the discus- sion bore heavily on the need for patching up quarrels—for present-) ing a front of unity and stability— before resuming negotiations with the British over the disputed Suez. JAMES FACES VOTE (Continued from Page One) opinion, “would not support Jimmy Roosevelt.” Roosevelt recently was sued for separate maintenance by Romelle Roosevelt who named three women as corespondents and filed a letter signed by Roosevelt in which in- At present, NAL flies one 14- Passenger plane’ a day herep The Navy matter is still pend- ing. The decision has to come from the Chief of Naval Operations in ashington, wi 2g REP. PAPY THANKS (Continued from Page One) Weinberg, Miami certified Public accountants, Mr. Papy told The Citizen today that “I am sure the the audit will clarify all of the and vicious attacks, insidious innuendo and references of incompetency and dishonesty which have been levelled at the Road and Bridge Commission.”” Commission Lauded “All of these men are of high Standing in the community and their honesty and integrity has al- ‘ways been beyond reproach. I feel that each and every one of them Joins me in thanking the Governor for having this audit made,” Mr, Papy added. | And today, Anthony Demerritt,| chairman of the seven man Com-| mission appointed by the late Gov-| ernor Dan McCarty told The Cit-| izen that his group “stands Teady to offer any assistance to the auditors that they may require,” fidelities with nine other women were admitted, HOUSEWIFE FACES (Continued from Page One) could save them. They are in heaven safe forever from evil.” The Fisher family physician said Mrs, Fisher had been subject to periods of depression and had con-|| sulted a psychiatrist about them, Cancer causes about 224,000 deaths a year in the United States, NOTICE The Candlelight Dining Room 1209 Virginia Street TELEPHONE 2-2897 IS RE-OPENING Wednesday, March 10 Taking this opportunity to thank our many friends for their thoughtfulness. MRS. B. DRUMMOND. e TODAY'S” STOCK MARKET NEW YORK, #—Gains and loss- es were about evenly divided in early dealings in the stock market today. Most price changes were in small fractions. Exceptions were Boeing Aircraft, which climbed 1% to! \63%4 on announcement that a stock split is planned, and Amerada Petroleum, which lost 2% at 190. Aircrafts generally were higher. Motors, electrical equipments, rail- roads and coppers were mixed. Utilities and steels lost small frac- ‘ions, There were reports of an upturn in business for some chemical manufacturers, but chemical stocks failed to respond, MURDER TRIAL (Continued from Page One) they had been sentenced to 25 years on coniction of robbing a branch bank of $83,000 on April 10, 1953. The officer radioed for help and 10 county patrolmen closed in on the bar. Hornbeck and Goldman tried to shoot their way out, using a bartender and sailor as hostages. car but was captured after a 50- mile chase. Thirty of 89 prospective jurors were eliminated yesterday, most of them because they said they chair unless the state proves he fired the fatal shot. Every now and then, Hornbeck would turn in his chair and smile at his sister and mother-in-law who were seated in the courtroom. His court-appointed attorneys, John A. | | tified the sister as Mrs. Jeanette as Mrs. Del Woozle, both of Louis- ville, Ky. Hornbeck’s 18-year-old le, Patsy Ruth, is held at Miami in lieu of $25,000 bond on charges of smuggling a pistol to him in the Savannah jail. Held on the same ma Jean, 20. robbery and escape at Savannah. Hornbeck is accused of robbing banks at Birmingham, Ala., and plicated in robberies at Omaha, _———————— FURNITURE SPECIALS Aluminum Deck Chairs ........ $10.95 Metal Porch Chairs (Assorted Colors) Metal Yacht Chairs EISNER FURNITURE CO. Poinciana Center Tel. 2-6951 BILL'S LICENSED Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAND AMERICAN CO}! FEE and CUBAN —TRY A POUND TODAY — STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE Gov. Johns has ordered that re cords in Tallahassee and at Pigeon Key, be opened to the auditors. Demerritt has maintained all along that his group has nothing to hide, | The commission held a two hour Press conference Satubday at their \Pigeon Key Headquarters, The Little Theatre $22 TRUMAN AVENUE ny SHOWING TUESDAY YOUNG DYNAMITE Also By Popular Demand SON OF THE SHEIK) Rudolph Valentino SHOWING WEDNESDAY FINGERPRINTS DON'T LIE Richard Travis - Sheila Ryan Cifelli’s Italian Restaurant SERVING THE FINE: ST IN ITALIAN FOOD Non-Fattening Spaghetti ALSO ADDED LENTEN SPECIALS Open 4 to 9 P.M. Daily, Except Monday $20 TRUMAN AVENUE Fox News Box Office Open: 3:45 = 9:00 P.M. ls Cartoon 45 - 9:00 P.M. Daily |, Wednesdays CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE gap~ «TELEPHONE 2-3419 FOR TIME SCHEDULE be id San Carlos Theatre Air - Conditioned we 7, Hornbeck fled in another stolen} could not send Hornbeck to the| Santora Jr. and John Nelson, iden- | Thompson and the mother-in-law | charge is Goldman’s widow, Nor-| Besides the killing here and bank | Fort Lauderdale and has been im-| Neb., Indianapolis and Louisville. | Subscribe To The Citizen PAWN SHOP ;| 703 Duval Street *} U.S. GRANTS COUNTY } | | (Continued from Page One) Pictures And Stories Of News Events Of Interest To Everyone will have schools here “running Can Be Found In The Citizen’: over in two years,” O’Bryant said School officials have been work- ing hard to devise a plan of ef- fecting savings in their operating budget so that some of the money could be channeled into a building program. | Present Plans But currently, the only building contemplated are additions to the Coral Shores School at Tavenier and the Sue Moore School at Mara- thon. Bids for the addition of four! classrooms and toilet facilities at! the Coral Shores will be opened by the School Board on March 29 jand bids for the construction of| four classrooms, an office, teach- er’s lounge, library, kitchen and storeroom. at Sue Moore School will be considered on March 16.| The Coral Shores addition will cost an estimated 50 thousand dol- lars while the Marathon construc- jtion is expected to cost about 85) jthousand dollars, There are 251 students at Coral |Shores and 310 at Sue Moore | School, MARINE SENTRY UP (Continued from Page One) have to be cleared before publi- cation. Finch and Sneigr said-they rea- |lized that. The Navy says no_ pictures |should have been made in the jarea of the crash since the area lis restricted. 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