The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 2, 1954, Page 2

Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN © Thursday, September 2, 1954 Republican Leaders ; Express Faith In Party’s Ability Editor's Cen gh is the first of two articles reporting the of Republican jeaders in key states on how their party will fare in the November election battle for control of Congress. By JACK BELL and REED oMITH z CINCINNATI Republican Democrats, © Republicans expect leaders exuded “confidence today | South ‘eee to stay in the GOP year of concentrated effort seeking win’ the Congress seat now held by Demoerat Lee Metcalf. The farm price support question is a major issue in his state, Rob- inson reported. He added that strikes at Anaconda copper mines in the. southwest section of the i Despite an intensive drive by that the GOP will more than hold | eojum: its own in the western half of the country in the battle for control of rarongh their public statement ic Ss, hoger” ran some dark threads of doubt about the farmers’ re- action to the Eisenhower adminis- tration’s flexible price support pro- gram and, fears of possible party ae in depressed employment bg ‘interviews with Associated Press reporters, leac- ers attending the epublican Na- tional Committee campaign strat: ‘ky Mountain and Far Western states. The present Senate lineup is 48 Repul |, 4 Demoerats, 1 in- dependent and 1 vacancy. In the House, there are 218 Republicans 213 Democrats, 1 independent and 3 vacancies. 4 No GOP National Committee member or slate chairman was ‘ats, although Vice President Nixon said frankly sar: resu.ts were arg Ol areas where unemployment is Michigan was mentioned as athong such areas and John Fei- Kens, state GOP chairman, said this must be teken into ae- count. He said economic conditions in October might determine the Michi, ichigee guteome in November , seonomis ri i will ‘ove ‘the election f3 that it may Men, omer’ Ferguson, Rapubl mn. r - tan, is opposing Democrat Patrick caer en for the Senate and Re- Leonard, r Toate, is bat- joeratic Gov. G. Mennen Te-election. page Willams, sek dene bo ry shane ans have a “fighting ehance gain one seat Pasay Ray John H, Rouse executive see- Tetary of the Republican party of Wisconsin, predicted a third term for GOP ‘aor. Waster Kohler and a gain of one or two seats in beri party’s congressional delega- “. Minnesota, Republicans are bucking a tough, adroit campsign- er in Democratic Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey. But State Chairman Gordon Yook said » expects Val Bjorngon. to win the GOP sena- torial nomination in a Sept, 14 primary and take Humphrey in November. + F, Peavey Heffelfinger of Min- nesota, the'party’s national finance chairman, thought the outcome may be determined to a great ex- tent by farmer reaction to Eisenhower administration's farm program, Humphrey Bs been a vigorous backer of rigid, high-level price supports. Yock predicted Minnesota Repub- licans will hold their five present congressional seats and win two of the four now held by Demo- crats. Morton H. HoWingsworth, Ilinois GOP chairman, expressed confi- dence Republican Joseph T. Meek, lately given @ political*pat on the back by President Eisenhower, will defeat Demoeratie Sen. Paul H. Douglas in November. But Hollingsworth’s outward confidence evidently was not fully shared by some Republican campaigners, Hollingsworth said Republicans have a ebance of upsetting Demo- crats in House races, in the are %h fo = districts, 1e] ave been reports Repub- licans are in trouble in Colorsde, but GOP State Chairman Charles A. Haskell couldn't see it that way, He predicted a Republican sweep in contests for senator, governor and four house seats, Democrats now hold two of the latter and the senatorial post. Ralph &, Linn, state chairman, and Mrs. Kathryn K. Meloney, na: tional eommiiteewoman, said they think Republicans are going to keep the Wyoming Senate séat they gained with the death of Dem- ocratie Sen. Lester Hunt and his replacement by Republican Sen. E. D. Crippa, Mrs, Gifford Mayes, national committeewoman, said Idaho Re- Publicans are happy the Demo- crats nominated former Sen. Glen Taylor to run against Republican Sen. Henry Dworshak. Taylor was Henry A. Wallace’s vice-presiden- tial running are on the Progres- sive party ticket in 1948. Mrs. Mays said Dworshak is “running seared” but she thinks he will win. She predicted the Re- publigans will pick up one House seat. Montana Republicans are bank- ing on Rep. Wesley A. D'Ewart of the 2nd District to unseat Demo- crat Sen. James E. Murray. Fred Robinson of Malta said he is also “pepeiul” the Republicans can “i ye don’t, the party will be; in trouble all over,” asserted Axel J. Beck of Elk Point, national Re- Publican committeeman. He predicted Sen. Carl E. Mundt, GOP incumbent who presided at the Army-McCarthy hearings, will win by at least 40,000 votes over Kenneth Houn of Groton, the Dem- ocratie nominee. Mundt has said he wiil ask the next Congress to reinstate high-level, rigid farm price supports. Jess J. Gard, Oregon national committeeman, said Republican Sen. Guy Cordon faces a “stiff challenge of Richard L. Newberger in the Senate race there. He said public vs. private power is one of the big issues. State Chairman Thomas W. Cal- decott predicted California will re- to the Senate and elect GOP Gov. Goodwin Knight. He said his party may pick up two seats in the State Chairman M. B. Johns credited GOP Gov. Ed Meehem with ‘‘an excellent chance” of de- feating Demoeratic Sen. Clinton P. Anderson in New Mexico. Johns predicted the election of a new Re- publican governor and said there is a ehance for the GOP to oust the stete’s two Democratic congress- men-at-large, " If there are any upsets in sena- torial raees, State Chairman Dou- glas MeKeever said, he thinks the Republicans might pull one in Okla- homa, which Eisenhower carried in 1952. He said that Democratie Sen. Robert S. Kerr was renominated in a bitter fight and the GOP is eounting on Democratic defections to help their candidate, Fred N. Moek. Kerr has been in the van- ard of Demoeratie erities of the isenhower administration’s farm thinks Lo pee program B. T. Mattingly, Missouri Re- ican finance chairman, pre- dicted the GOP will hold its four seats in Congress and may add one or two at the expense of the Democrats, who hold seven. Missing Witness In Roberts. Case Reported Found CORAL GABLES ‘®—Mrs. Dor- othy Lawrence, 25-year-old blonde Baltimore waitress being sought as a_key witness in the Judith Ann Roberts slaying, was located in Winter Haven and wil] return to the|to Miami for questioning before a grand jury. Mrs. Lawrence had yisiteé night spots in Miami with the child’s father on the night the child was July 7. A coroner's inquest resulted in aruling that Judith Ann was “strangled by @ person or persons unknown.”’ After the hearing, Staie Atty, George Brautigam said “this was only one phase of the case, @ matter for the grand jury.” Roberts, a Baltimore attorney and former labor organizer, he.knew of no enemies made du- ing his career who would have Red Spy Ring Reported Broken In Philippines MANILA, # — The Philippines Army announced tonight it has broken a ‘sinister Communist es- pionage ring” trying to sabotage the Southeast Asia Security con- ference opening here Monday. The army said Dr. Hong Ki Khung, alias Kyung Ki Chang, 35- year-old Korean national, is under arrest in connection with the plot. | The doctor had “voluminous pa- pers pertaining to mechanics and Organizational procedures of the fortheoming Seato conference in- cluding drafts of various proposals | of participating nations . . .” the army said. The announcement added intel-| ligence agents of three govern- ments have established that the doctor is “‘a member of a gigantie international espionage ring organ- ized specifically to spy on the forthcoming top level talks. 7 The arrest came as the Philip- pines sought action by working | committees on a “Pacific Charter” against Communist aggression. Tree toads make their musical sounds with vocal -cords, through | }which air is expelled. fight’ to ward off the Democratic | in turn Republican Thomas H. Kuchel | taken from her couch and slain | The motives of the killer will be | 9°. said | been bitter enough to kill the| Cd Pr In Plans For Safety Week | Plans for Key West Safe- ty Week, September 20-26, are rapidly drawing to a suc- cessful conclusion, it was revealed at last night’s Safe- ty Council meeting. The specially designated week will actually be e@ ‘kick-off’ to a {to lower Key West» and Monroe County’s ever-growing list of tra- gic (and uanecessary) gecidents, Before the regular meeting com- menced, Dick Hunter, local busi- ness man, showed two movie films to the audience. The films, produced by U. S. Rubber Co. and Bell Telephone Co., were being viewed for judgment as to whether other groups in Key West might be interested in seeing’ them. Essay Contest Highlight of Safety Week will be the selection of a winner in the essay eontest now being conducted schools, Subject of the essay 18 to be “Why Be Safe?” Prizes of $10 for elementary school winners and $15 and $25 respectively for junior and senior high sehools have been set aside in this contest. Other features of the week in- clude safety talks to various eivie groups, @ poster campaign, and motion pictures. Although a large part of the cam- paign is devoted to child safety, adults will come in for an impor- tant portion of the program too. Auto Inspection Time Change To Be Requested The city manager will soon re- ceive a letter from the Junior Chamber of Commerce requesting that ear inspection hours be. set from 8 a. m. until 6 p. m. inelud- ing Saturday. The resolution to write a letter making the request was passed last night by overwhelming major- ity of the Jayeee members. It had been pointed out that the city had planned to have the in- spections between 9 a. m. till noon and from 1 p. m. till 5 p. m. people would not have to take time off from their jobs to get their cars inspected, Durden Must Stand Trila For Murder Plot BARTOW (#—Willard Durden must stand trial on charges of con- | spiring to kill three wealthy per- sons for profit. Judge Roy H. Amidon of Crim- inal Court dismissed a motion to quash the indictments made by the defense on the ground that Durden obtained immunity by making a statement about the alleged plots to county Solicitor Clifton Kelly. No offer or promise of immu- nity was made,” Judge Amidon said. Durden, an Orlando contractor, is charged with conspiring with Emmett Donnelly to kill K. H. Gerlach and Mrs. Byrd T. Roach df Lake Wales and Mrs. Louise Clark Hawley Sandberg of Orlan- The state said Donnelly master- minded plots to kill these clients of his so he would have a free hand in disposing of their estates, Donnelly killed himself after be- ing released on ed on bond in in June. TODAY'S STOCK MARKET NEW YORK (#—A quiet advance today took the stock market mod- erately higher in early dealings for the second straight session. The recovery followed a sharp break in the market on Tuesday. The rise, however, lacked a vigo- rous following. Prices were up around a point at their best in key areas. Losses were small for the most part. Steels, oils, and railroads were higher while in the mixed class coppers. Among higher stocks were Atlas | Ward, Radio Corp., and American | Telephone. | Lower were Packard, Douglas | Aireraft, Phileo, Commonwealth Edison, and Westinghouse Electric. French Soldiers \Die In Tunisia | TUNIS, #—Five French soldiers were killed in a elash yesterday with Tunisian nationalist bands in | the protectorate’s southern moun- | tains. Hills about 15 miles southwest of Maknassy. first reports said two men from the “forees of order” The ‘Yequest was made so that |. In another fight, in the Haddege | i ogress Seen |The Weatherman Says Key West and Viginity: Partly cloudy today thru Friday; loeal showers or thundershowers. Low temperature tonight sear 1% de- grees; high on Friday near 88 - 90 degrees. Gentle to moderate winds becoming easterly Friday, Florida: Partly cloudy with wide- ly scattered showers in south and central portions thru Friday, Little change in temperature. Jacksonville thru the Florida Straits and East Gulf: Moderate northeasterly winds thru Friday ex- cept gentle to moderate south- westerly over extreme south por- tion gradually shifting to north- west and east du this after- noon and tonight. Partly cloudy weather with widely scattered showers in south and central por- tions. Western Caribbean: Gentle to ————— eee Whisile Sale To Aid Dimes Drive Five thousand souvenir whistles today went on sale for the benefit of the Emergency March of Dimes. The whistles, priced at any amount you want to give, are being sold at the Dairy Queen sotre at White and United Streets wos from the Dairy Queen vending trucks, accord- to Mrs, Edith Stevenson, opera- an peel ill go to the ny will go polio fund,’ Mrs. Stevenson said. ]— EES NEW PHONE (Continued from Page One) the headings alphabetized accord- ing to their business or professions. “The variety of classification deseribing products, services, pro- fessions and businesses provides a convenient ready reference guide |" when you want to locate a firm or individual,” Nichols pointed out, moderate mostly east and south- east winds thru Friday. Partly cloudy weather with scattered showers. Weather summary for the Tropi- cal Atlantic, Caribbean Sea area and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico; which - | Rectory. pected coast of Florida showers will beeome ous as the trough weakens during the next two days. Weather condi- tions elsewhere are about normal, Hurricane “Dolly” was located this morning near Lat. 40.3 degrees *1N., Long. 63.4 degrees W or about 260 miles south of Halifax, N. 8, an 500 pies Se ee York, is movi iw northeast at Post Office ZeT, 2, 1054 Highest yesterday Lowen inst night — % at Precipitation Total lest 24 hours _. .63 ins, Total this month __. 63 ins, Excess this month __ 44 ing, Total this year —._28.56 ins, Excess this year Relative Humidity, 7AM. i 87% Berometer (Gea Level), 7 A.M. 29.97 ing.—~1014.9 mbs. | house aboard the ship. 0:21 p.m. “| by seores of decorated small craft. (Naval Base) | Time of Height of Station— Tide high water High Tides 12:34 a.m. 1:42 p.m. ADDITIONAL Ti TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Bahia Honda 9.0 Ht. Cy signs be subtracted. Ann son Corrections te ANOTHER FREE 3-Day Tour To Havana inquire At EL PASAJE SPANISH RESTAURANT 1005 Truman Phone 2-6136 i ber of Commerce Tuesday, | Jamboree. He requests that the old direc- tory be discarded and that the new directory be referred to when telephone numbers are desired. Looking up the desired numbers helps to avoid the possibility of getting wrong numbers and saves time for both the calling and called parties. “Information” should be ealléd only when the number you are seeking is not listed in the di- The mailing of directories will be completed over the week-end. FIESTA MEET SET. (Continued From Page One) trip as the guests of the Caribbean Ferry Systems, operators of the ship which will provide the first sea link with the island republic ‘in_many years, Meanwhile, Louis Carbonell, who was placed in charge of the de- eorations and parade committee for the affair, reported that Har- old Berke, president of Berke Dis- plays, Miami, met with members of the Retail Divison of the Cham- Merchants Agree Carbonell added that the mer- chants placed their stamp of ap- di op oe na propesal to have Ber- rate their places of business at their own expense. Berke’s firm is the same one that | handles the decorations for Mia- mi’s huge annual Orange Bowl Carbonell also announced that he has obtained the Key West High | Sehool band for the parade and, that he is dickering for a Navy band. ‘The festivities will a'so include a huge Ferry Fiesta Ball and open First sailing of the vessel is set for 9 9. nis; Oct. 2. Plans eall for it to be escorted to the sea buoy When famed racing trainer Sun- ny Jim Fitzsimmons celebrated his 80th birthday, his Bassanio seored a longshot victory in ‘the $50,000 Monmouth Handicap, We Déal In New and Used Furniture Eisner Furniture Co. Poineiena Center Tel. 2-695) Little Theatre 922 TRUMAN AVENUE “Air Cool” Showing Thursday— Victor Hugo's Best Novel LES MISERABLES Michael] Rennie - Debra Paget Robert Newton - Edmund Gwenn If you can set aside $40 | a month or every three months, you can become a shareholder in Ameri- ca's “Blue Chip” com- panies. More quickly than \ you think, you can build up a nest-egg of dividend- paying common shares. | buses were parking on the east OPPENHEIMER & CO. Member New York Stock Exchange Branch Office 61314 DUVAL STREET TELEPHONE 2.2825 -Jack Elias, Manager were wounded in a battle with a band of 70 nationalists. JAYCEES PLAN TO (Continued from Paze Que) over a thousand dollars last year running the concession stand. On the subject of traffic recom- mendations and suggestions, it was pointed out that there is a plan to change the parking time limit on Duval Street to a period that would insure that at least one parking space would be availiable at all times. ‘Phe plans also provides for ex- tension of the parking period away from the congested areas. Joe Durbin offered a suggestion that change machines be placed at various spots along the street to that people could obtain change to put in the parking meters, Congestion Discussed On the subject of Duval Street parking and traffic congestion, it was pointed out that sightseeing lieved that prior arrangement had been made with the city for the | Softball Set buses to park there. | There will be a doubleheader ef The use of the east side of Duval | Softball tonight in Bayview Park, Street for parking has long been a | beginning at 7:30 p. m. | traffic problem, The city commis-| = Fem Johnson Club meets sioners have diseussed the issue and at 9:00 p. m. Coca many times. The signs along the | plays Dairy Queen, street say “No Parking.” Le TH FLORIDA'S FINEST side of Duval Street in front of a restaurant while there were park- ing facilities in the rear of the res- taurant. 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