The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 5, 1954, Page 5

Wednesday, May 5, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Incumbents Lead In 5 States In Race For Seats In Congress By THE “ASSOCIATED PRESS Members of Congress appear to continue leading charmed political lives at the polls this year as the count of yesterday’s primaries in five states gave leads to all in- eumbents seeking renomination. A hard-fought race holding na- tionwide attention saw Sen. John J. Sparkman (D-Ala) sweep to an apparent victory in his bid for re- nomination. A primary triumph would be tantamount to election in the heavily Democratic state. And in an important Ohio contest, Rep. George H. Bender won the Republican Senate nomination. The Alabama campaign featured From My Heart And Soul To Thank The Fine People of Monroe County Tor Their Confidence In Me CHARLEY E. JOHNS OUR CONTINUED CONFIDENCE AND SUPPORT WILL BE APPRECIATED (Pd. Pol. Adv. Paid By onroe County Charley Johns Committee) opponent—Rep. Laurie C. Battle— that he was trying to carry “water on both shoulders” on the race question. Sparkman, vice presidential can- didate national ticket, denied he ever had varied on the issue. He faced in the four-man race one of’ his strongest challenges since he ep- tered the Senate eigte years ago. Other primaries yesterday were in Indiana, Florida and New Mex- ico. In two earlier primaries this year, all incumbents seeking re- nomination won. And that pattern appeared to hold true yesterday. Earlier primaries were in Illinois and New Jersey. In Alabama, former Gov. James E. Folsom ran far ahead in a seven-man competition for the Democratic nomination for gov- ernor. Folsom, whose antics as governor gained him the nick- name “Kissing Jim,” moved with- in range of a majority of all votes cast. Failure to get a majority would put Folsom in a runoff June 1 with his nearest opponent, State Sen. Jimmy Faulkner. Bender, long-time Ohio political essociate of the late Sen. Robert A. Taft, goes into a November race with Sen. Thomas A. Burke for the remaining two years of Taft’s term. Burke, a Democrat, was appointed to ‘succeed Tagt until the November’ election. Bender defeated Ohio House Speaker William Saxbe. Burke was unopposed in the Democratic primary. In Florida, incomplete returns indicated neither Acting Gov. Charley E. Johns nor State Sen. Leroy Collins could gain a clear majority in a three-way race for the Democratic governor nomina- tion. Failing that, they’ll go into a primary runoff May 25, . Indiana’s 11 incumbent congress- men—10 Republicans and one Democrat — took commanding leads. Most interest in the Hoosier primary centered on local issues. However, the vote eventually will determine who wins a bitter “i: FENCE FOR the safety of yo Att FETS. SHRUBBERY, Keer the desirables and IN — th ndes DOWN PAYMENT UST PROOF @ ALL ALUMINUM FITPNes @ ALL SQUARE GATES Cy West PHONE .. 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CONGRESS HIGHLIGHTS WASHINGTON (—Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens re- turns for more cross-examination in the McCarthy-Army hearings after aides search Penagon files for what Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis) calls a confidential FBI letter to Army intelligence. McCarthy says the letter was written by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and warned of the “tre- mendous danger” of suspected Communists working at Ft. Mon- mouth, N. H. He says the letter, written in 1951, still is in Army files and was “ignored” by Stevens after the Army secretary took of- fice in 1953. Stevens says he has no knowledge of the letter. SEAWAY—The House debates an administration-backed bill to authorize U. S. participation with Canada in constructing a St. Law- rence River channel}! allowing ocean-going ships to reach Great Lakes ports from the Atlantic. A similar measure has passed the Senate. TAXES — The Senate Finance Committee continues closed-door study of the administration’s huge tax revision bill. It turns its at- tention to a provision, under fire from many Democrats, to give tax relief on dividend income. ARMY-ATHLETES — A House Armed Services subcommittee be- gins a public hearing on charges that the Army “coddled” star ath- letes. The Army has promised to monitor athletes’ service careers in the future. TAFT-HARTLEY — Three Re- publican senators come out against a plan to give the states greater control over labor-anagement re- lations. As the Senate debates ad- ministration plans to amend the Taft. “Hartley labor law, a proposed “states’ rights” amendment by Sen. Goldwater (R-Ariz) draws fire from Senators Flanders (Vt), Ives (NY) and Purtell (Conn), He Just Wants To Be Alone OAKLAND, Calif. ( — Mrs. Harry Esquibels says a pigeon she owns has been perched deter- minedly atop a ‘telephone pole in Oakland’s Sunnymere district since early Monday. “He escaped when we were try- ing to get him into the mating cage,” she says. “We’ve sent ail the best females up to get him, but he just sits and lets them fly By He hasn’t even come down to eal “I don’t know what to do.” She asked that the registration number of the reluctant pigeon not be mentioned because: “I don’t want to hurt his reputation.” In Appreciation I deeply appreciate and want to thank all who so loyally sup- ported Dante B. Fascell in yes- terday’s election. Frank Bartolone IN BEHALF OF DANTE FASCELL AM DEEPLY INDEBTED TO- MILK & CREAM =» {T IS THE LAST WORD IN FLAVOR AND QUALITY AND GUARANTEES GOOD HEALTH FOR MY FAMILY To take milk regularly is the surest and easiest way of making certain that you give your body the variety of food materials it needs to keep you in good physical condition. Drm ADAMS DAIRY 2401 seidenberg Ave. sicneD 7% G ldiae ko HEALTH Telephone 2-75.42 DICKENSON FACES 10 YEAR SENTENCE FOR POW COLLABORATION WASHINGTON (p—Cpl. Edward Ni and have vanished behind, of them allegedly made false S. Dickenson faced 10 years in prison today after his conviction on collaborating - with - the - ene- my charges in a case that may oe a precedent for Army handling of other Americans under suspicion for their conduct while war prison- es in Korea. An eight-man Army court-mar- tial yesterday returned a guilty verdict on charges that Dickenson, a 23-year-old farm boy from er’s Neck, Va., dealt unlawfully with his Red Chinese captors and informed the Reds about the es- cape plans of a buddy, former Pfc. Edward M. Gaither of Phila- delphia. The court reached its decision after more than 10 hours of de- liberation, then retired and nearly an hour later brought in a sen- tence of 10 years in prison at hard labor’ and a dishonorable dis- charge. Dickenson could have drawn life imprisonment. The court’s verdict and sentence are headed for study by an Army board of review. Dickenson’s law- yer, Guy Emery, said he would appeal, if that board does not re- | to the Air Force” verse the court-martial. action. A few hours after the Dickenson court-martial had returned its findings, the Air Force announced it would not lodge court-martial charges against 83 of its men who allegedly made false germ warfare confessions or were d of misconduct while in Red prison camps. The Air Force cleared 69 officers and airmen of all taint, but it held that 14 others must show cause why they should be allowed to re- main in uniform. Dickenson remained silent, his eyes cast down, when the court- martial verdict was returned. But Emery called the decision ‘“‘a trav- esty.” He said the young soldier had faced a “stacked deck.” Dickenson’s trial was the first ever held under a section of the Military Code of Justice which makes it a crime for a U. S. serviceman to give an enemy in- formation for use against a prison comrade. The Army reportedly has been investigating other former Ameri- can prisoners of the Reds, men dubbed ‘“‘Progressives” by other POWs, for allegedly cooperating with their Red captors. The Dick- enson case was regarded as a test, which might determine the Army’s course of action in like cases. Dickenson and Cpl. Claude J. Batchelor of Kermit, -Tex., first decided to remain with the Reds when a truce was declared. along the Korean ‘fighting front. Later, they changed their minds and re- turned to U. S. control. Twenty-one other GIs elected to stay with the Last Ditch Try SAN QUENTIN, Calif. }—Caryl Chessman, 32-year-old prison au- thor of a book about life on “death row” who is scheduled to die in San Quentin in 10 days, hired an attorney today to make a last- minute appeal. Gov. Goodwin Knight yesterday refused an appeal for clemency. The new attorney, Berwyn A. Rice of San Rafael, Calif., said he had some new information on the case he expected to develop. Chessman was convicted in Los Angeles on charges of kidnaping and rape, , 2. And | keep it in per- fect repair with loans from CITY LOAN COMPANY!” Key Wes’ 2-0681 524 Southard St. the “Bamboo Curtain.” Batchelor is in Army custody in San Antonio, Tex. Like Dicken- son, he is charged with improper conduct while a POW. Joel West- brook, his lawyer, said in San An- tonio last night that he intends to call at least six of the witnesses who appeared for the Dickenson Prosecution when Batchelor’s court-martial convenes. Westbrook said he wants to use these wit- | messes to point up what he termed “some very basic differences” be- tween the two cases. He did not eiaborate. A special board of five Air Force generals studied the 83 cases for nearly three months. The board found that “duress or other extenuating circumstances” were present in all cases to such a degree as to absolve them from disciplinary action. But it said the pwr of 14 presented a “serious concerning their con- tinued usefulness in the Air Force.” None of the 83 was named, ‘Twelve of the 14 men who must Prove their “continued usefulness are officers, the other two enlisted men. Nine germ warfare confessions while held prisoner. So did 27 of the 69 who got a clean bill of health. But the special board found that other undisclosed actions of the 14 cast doubt on their future value to the Air Force. In ‘explaining its findings, the Air Force board cited “inadequate and confusing” briefing and in- structions given American fighting men as to how they should con- duct themselves if captured by the enemy. As far as germ warfare con- fessions were concerned, the board said there was a “lack of direction and even appreciation of the problem throughout all levels of command even after these con- fessions were public knowledge.” Unlike the Dickenson court- martial, the Air Force panel operated in secrecy. None of the 83 suspected men appeared in person before it. An Air Force spokesman said the 14 officers and airmen have been told they can resign or retire, if they are eligible to do so. They also have been notified that they can demand to appear beofre a board of inquiry. One Lot Stables Quit TUSCON, Ariz. @ — Lawsuits and not automobiles are finishing off the era of the Westerner on horseback. Two more riding stables — the last two in the Tucson area—have gone out of business There have been many lawsuits in recent years. As a result. im surance rates are cons! hibitive by stable owners. One would and never even toppled from @ horse. 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