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The Nome nugget., 1954-01-11
Mccarthy To Investigate Charges
 Of Corruption In Federally Financed
 Development Projects In Alaska

V1Ao111ASdAo oAN, N' m oCll. 4s4I- Carthy R-Wis), who has spent most of the past year hunting Reds, moved into a new field Sat- urday - investigation of charges that government officials have lined their own pockets out of federally-financed Alaskan deve1- opment projects.
 Mccarthy announced yesterday that his Senate investigations sub committee will start closed hear ings next week to consider re- ports from it's staff probers who recently returned after two months in the territory.
 The subcommittee has authority to examine any situation where federal funds are involved.
 Since Mccarthy became chair man, it has been devoting most attention to charges of Communist penetration in the federal service
 Recent published reports that the administration had induced Mccarthy to work in other fields brought flat denial from the senator.
 But he said "there is nothing to indicate that Communism will ha an important element" in the Al aska inquiry-the first major pro ject announced for his subcom- mittee in this new session of Con- gress.
 Mccarthy said there was mo significance at all'' in this, adding: ''This case just happens to be ready now.'
 The senator said his subcom- mittee will continue it's investiga- ton of Communism in several areas.
 The Alaska probe, he explained, will cover charges ''of false claims, bribery, misapplication of govern ment funds and waste of millions of dollars in various development projects financed directly or in directly by the federal govern ment."
 In this connection, he said the subcommittee would examine ''the conduct of various individuals who held governmental positions dealing with Alaska to determine whether some of the Alaskan de- velopment activities were oper- ated for the personal financial ad- vantage of some of the govern ment officials involved"
 Mccarthy said both past and present government employees as well as private individuals may be involved, but he stressed that the subcommittee has received absolutely no evidence which would indicate any wrong-doing on the part of the present govern
 Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
Occupation Units
In W. Germany
Near Demolition

BONN. Germany R-The three
Western Allies have virtually com
pleted dismantling the occupation
organizations which for nine years
had supreme power in West Ger.
many.
Their stats, once totaling over
lO0. 900, have been whitfield down 10
a few thousand in preparations for
q switch to embassy status. The
exact date depends on ratification
Of the Paris aceords TO restore
German sovereignty and make the
Federal Republic q member of
NATO. But the ehange-over is ex-
peeted early in the new year.
The US. High Commission, once
the largest civilian American or
ganiration in Europe, is down 70
Sos Americans and 3.4s5 Germans.
A spokesman says that after SOW
ereignty il win consist of 56S Amer
leans and 3.73s Germans. In Fehru-
airy 1851. its strength was 1.oe7
Americans and il,23s Germans.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
Radioactive Dust
Located In Japan

TOKYO R-Japanese scientists
at Kagoshima University on
southern Kyushu island have dis
covered a "high amount" of radio
active dust in the air-presumably
from Soviet atomic tests. Kyodo
News Service reported today.
kyodo said 1t was the first time
radioactive dust had been record
ed in the air in the area.
The news agency also reported
radioactive rain yesterday in west
ern Honshu, the main Japan island,
raising speculation the Soviets may
have set off another atomic test ex-
plosion in the past few days.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
Red Writers
May Reveal
PowerTrend
BY EoDY GILMORE

LONDON IA Congress OF So
Wet writer's to be held soon prom.
ises to shed light on who's winning
the race for power in the Kremlin
-Malenkov or Khrushchev.
The Soviet Unions fights for
power are staged behind closed
closed doors, but the noise of the
struggle nearly always reaches the
streets and shows itself in some
form of Soviet life. Literature pro-
vides one key, for what the people
read-and what they don't read
is Of paramount importance and is
personally handled by the nations
leaders.
The coming congress should show
whether the liberalism that follow
ed Stalin's death has itself been
replaced by a return to the harsh
censorship under which Russian
writer's have worked for so long.
Georgi Malenkov, the present
premier, was credited with new
look in Soviet letters. Speakers at
q meeting of the board Of the
writers union held in October 1853
practically acclaimed him. Within
the last six months, however, there
have been strong signs that the
Communist party's iron grip over
the writer's has frightened again. II
1t has, Nikita Khrushchev, first
secretary of the party, may be re-
sponsible.
After the October writer's gather
ing. strange things BEGAN happen
ing. Writers long discredltsd be.
came popular again. Zorin wrote
The Guests" which pictured a
Soviet official as 4 bully. Panferov
showed . high party official as a
drunkard. Ilya Ehrenburg chron-
icled the troubles Of Soviet writer's
Of the Stain era under the auda-
cious title, "The Thaw."
Last June a sharp reaction set
In. Panferov lost his job as editor.
Tvardovsky was denounced for i'm
proper criticism. Zorin got q bar
rage of abuse from Pravda. The
playwrights Virta and Surov, who'd
been praised q few months before,
were expelled from the writer's
union for petty bourgeois licentious-
ness.
Krushchev seemed 10 have pre-
vailed ever MaIenkov.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
|AMAHeadSays
Doctors Must
Believe In God
sy FRANK CAREY
AP Seisnes Reporter

ST. LOUIS IN = DR.. Elmer Hess,
president-elect Of the American
Medical Assn, says that any
doctor .swho lacks faith in the SUI
preme Being" las no right to prac-
tice medicine.
"a physician who walks into a
sick foom is not alone" said the
Erie, Pa, doctor, who is a special
ist in uroIogy. "He can only mln-
ister to the ailing person with the
material tools Of scientific medi-
cine--his faith in . higher power
does the rest.
''Show me the doctor who denies
the existence of the Supreme Be
ing and | viii say that he has no
right to practice the healing art"
Hess made the statements in a
prepared digest Of extemporaneous
remarks he planned for the open
ing Of the 4sth annual meeting Of
the Southern Medical Assn. The
SMA, with a total membership Of
10, 900 doctors, ranks second only
TO the ANA as the largest general
medica.. organization in the coun-
try.
"Our medical schools are doing
a magnificent job Of teaching the
of scientific medi.
cine" declared Hess. However,
I'm afraid that the concentration
on basic science is so great the
teaching of spiritual values is al
most neglected"
At another point he asserted:
Amy man who enters the medi-
cal profession with financial gam
as his sole objective Is a discredit
10 his colleagues. The market
place is where you go to make
money, not the sick room. Doctors
take care of sick folks--period."
The ANA official declared that
organization has launched a long
range program designed to solve
the medical care problems Of the
INDECENT and the chronically i'll.
Special attention must be Civ
en-" he said, ito the problems Of
those who are unable to pay for
their own medical care, or buy
insurance to protect themselves
against such costs. We are urging
state and county medical socie-
ties to make this a major project"
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
Long Silence Of
Calf. Man Ends
In Killing Fury

SAN FRANCISCO IN - John
Schultz, AZ, faced murder charge
today following a staying that re.
vealed he could speak, after year
of silence.
Schultz's CO workers in a jeweIry
engraving shop considered him a
deaf mute. He never said a word
during his 13 years in the shop ex-
cept in sign language.
Yesterday he exploded in a fury
Of anger at a fellow worker, Clyde
W. Decker, A., and fired a IS cal
iber pisto. bullet into Decker's
chest. Then he amazed others in
the shop by saying:
For Gods sake, where are the
cops?"
Decker also was hard of hearing
and Schultz told homicide inspec-
tor Al Nelder he became enraged
because Decker had accused him of
taking" deafness.
Schultz said he lost his hearing
after 1922 illness, but could speak
only with great difficulty.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
Investing In Good Schools

public school system. Is one Of the
chief means by which our heritage
can be passed on and through
which the general concept Of q de.
mocratie way Of life can be made
secure.
Coral Shores has invested in 4
program Of effective teaching has
ed on = philosophy that believes
Progress which is made. in order
to remain permanent, must be the
result Of democratic interchange Of
ideas involving all school person
neil, pupils. parents, and citizens. /"
For example. the November md
p. T. A. program was q panel Of
representatives of eight service
and civic clubs Of the Upper Keys.
The discussion revolved around
projects TO continue the prevention
Of juvenile delinquency which has
never become q problem on the
Keys.
The school faculty, the principal
and the parents. appreciating the
fact that changes occur only ~ the
individual changes, endeayor 10
make the tangible and intangible
school facilities as efficient as pos.
sihIe 50 as to attract and serve
the greatest number Of people.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09

ADS BRING RESULTS
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09

not in the best interests Of either
civil or military aviation. It is be,
ibeved that 4 serious conflict viii
develop in the future between
flight patterns and flight operations
In the Key West area which would
hamper the development and utili.
ration Of MAS, Key West rs a nav.
nj installation.
Accordingly. cemmsnAsr, Nav.
81 Bsss is unable 70 eoneur In
dsssIepmsnf ef runway s-7s 81
Nssehsna Field. N its Chief q
Naval Operations esnevrs with
cemmsn<sss. Naval Base IN nils
msifss. u IL requested THAT steps
30 tsksr 10 have cAA wishdrsw
apprevsl ~ ths gram made fer
imprsvsmsnfs 10 the Esss.Wsst
runway 81 Meseham Field.
.. Since this is . matter Of vital
concern from a public relations
viewpoint, II is requested that
Commander, Naval Base be ad-
vised ~ TO the opinion Of the Chief
Of Naval Operations at the earliest
practicable date.
G. C. Towner
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
Surprise Alert Tests Defense

: WEST CHESTER. Pa. IA sur.
prise test air alert, the first on
q regionwide basis since the dim
out days of World Wa II, sum-
moned civil defense officials to
their posts throughout the Middle
Atlantic Seaboard area last night.
The Eastern Air Defense Com
mand released the warning--that
enemy aircraft had been tracked
on an approach to the East Coast.
The yellow alert, indicating pos
sibility Of an enemy attack by air,
was flashed from West Chester,
Region 2 headquarters OF the Fed
eral Civil Defense Administration.
Six states and the District of
Columbia were involved, The gen.
eral public participated in Ohio,
Virginia, West Virginia and the
city Of Baltimore. Maryland, out.
side Baltimore, was not affected.
In Pennsylvania, Delaware and
the District of Columbia, only civil
defense officials were alerted.
An hour and 20 minutes after
the yellow alert, sirens walled out
the red" alert-attack imminent.
Fifteen minutes later the all-clear
sounded.
The purpose of the drill was to
test the regions communications
setup and alerting procedure. CD
officials were told only that the
test would come sometime between
Monday and Wednesday.
In theory, the city If Norfolk
was leveled by an atom bomb,
killing" 6s,52s.
Enemy" aircraft smoke
bombs at Richmond and Martins
vile, Va.
'H we ever have an enemy at
tack" one CD spokesman said.
This alert proves we can mobilize
in this region within an hour.
Regional CD Director ]. George
Brueckmann said public coopepra-
ton in the venture ranged from
poor" to very good"
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09

csnfrihutsd By cersl Sherss
Seheel IN sbssrVsnss ~ Amsri-
cen Edsssfion Week.
Coral Shores School is tangible
evidence Of today's (Tuesdaysl
theme - ''Investging in Good
Schools" That school also exem-
plifies the general theme of the
1854 American Education Week
Good Schools are Your Response
bility." TIE school leaders and
community planners have invested
approximately 5000. 900 in Coral
Shores to provide the physical
plant. However, there are other in
vestments that have made 1t q
good school.
We i've in . nation dedicated %
the concept Of democracy. Demo
cracy exalts the freedom and DIG
nigy Of the individual. the co-opers-
tive method OF solving mutual pro
hlems and the concept Of personal
responsibility to society. Since de.
mocracy insists upon respect for
al IDEAS and al persons. Coral
Shores faculty and P. T. A. have
planned 70 utilize al experiences to
produce citizens eevoted to the
ideals Of democracy. They realize
that this school as part Of = great
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
Town Has Lots
OF Police Now

LINCOLN. R. I. R-The five
members Of the Town Council last
night appointed themselves special
policemen 10 help Police Chief VII.
liam J. Wright and his seven-man
tan-time force.
Council President Robert H. In
sign said the appointments brought
to about soo'' the number Of spe-
eial policemen in Lincoln. a town
OF li.ooo which contains Lincoln
Downs race track.
Special polieemen ere paid ey
assignmenk
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
SEA
SECRETS

SEA SECRETS are prepared
BY fhs Marine Laboratory sf
the University Of Miami. act.
Ing - official fishers research
agency for the Florida State
Bssrd Of Conservation.
Questions are welcomed ard
should be addressed 10 SEA
SECRETS In care Of This news
paper.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
Riders Revenge

TOKYO R-Japanese train pass,
engers have scored revenge for
downtrodden commuters every
where.
About % Of them, delayed on a
branch line on Hokkaido Island,
missed connections with another
train. They asked the station mast
or to stop the next train, .
through express.
The station master refused. so
the passengers gathered on the
tracks. forced the express to halt,
and climbed aboard.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09

@. In a previous column you
stated that sea turtles will not die
If stranded on their bellys. How
do you explain this?--M. Harris,
Miami.
A. A considerable problem faces
the sea turtle when stranded on
its belly. Its body structure is
adapted to the bouyant support of
the water, yet the entire weight
Is thrown onto the ventral surface
(belly), when they crawl about on
the beaches. In this position
breathing is accomplished only
with difficulty.
This explains the rasping noise
that is heard when a turtle is on
land. Under normal conditions
on land the animal is able to
breathe sufficient oxygen to main
tain life, but ii is highly possible
that one of the causes OF death is
brought about by the increase re-
quirement for oxygen when in an
excited state due to the ordeal of
capture and fear. For more de-
tailed information concerning this
problem, the reader is referred to
a book Sea Turtles and The Tur-
tie Industry by Robert NJ. Ingle
and +. G. Walton Smith Especial
publication Of the Marine Labora.
tory, University of Miami, 1s4s).
@. Do sting rays actually pro-
duce poison?-Wm. Riley, Fl.
Lauderdale.
A. There is still doubt that the
sting ray actually does produce
toxic poison, Scientists are not
yet certain whether the damage
done to human tissues is actually
due to q poison produced directly
by the ray or to bacteria living in
the slime that covers the spine.
There Is more evidence at present
that first situation is the base
OF the singing spine in some rays.
In recent book Sea Secrets by C.
Phillips and w. Brady Especial
publication of the Marine Lebora-
tory, of the University of Miami,
1851 this problem is discussed in
some detail with first hand &C.
counts Of several cases of injury
resulting from sting rays.
Q. Do porpoises chew their food?
A. No, because Of the smooth,
rounded form Of their teeth (which
primarily designed for the capture
and retention Of their prey) the
porpoise is incapable Of mastica-
ton or biting their prey in two.
Therefore the porpoise must swal-
low its prey entire. Often por-
poises win playfully chase or try
to capture fishes too large to
swallow. In captivity they have
seen to seize small sharks by the
tail, thought they did not attempt
TO kill them.
Q. What caused the sea surface
10 change In hue at different times
of the year? Bunny Saporito.
Miami.
Awhile offshore waters general
ly change little in hue, coastal
waters may be tinted brown, yell
low or green, depending on season
of the year. These changing col
ors are produced by diatoms,
microscopic single-celled ocean
plants. This group forms a large
part Of the plankton of the sea und-
er favorable conditions may double
their numbers every second day.
In one year they may produce
many tons Of their kind per acre
of open water. Dieatoms form the
base for the chain of life in the
sea. being fed by the tiniest of sea
animals.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09

change m real property At Mea-
cham Field for real property at
Boca Chica Key required for the
long range plans Of the Naval Air
Station. Such an exchange was 10
be based on an equivalent dollar
value Of the property involved.
The County Commissioners stated
that there was no way in which
they could acquire title to private
ly owned property on Boca Chica
Key and doubted that anything
could be done along this line
though they would take the matter
under advisement. Commander,
Naval Base suggested that since
the long range plans Of the Naval
Air Station require relocation Of
us. Highway No. ! to the north
Of its present location, the County
might assist In expediting the ac-
complishment Of this project. The
Commission agreed and it was de-
cided to hold n subsequent meet
ing on the subject.
" 10 imporfsnt 10 nee mat q
fhis time n YVES ths imprssslen
of me NsvsI svfherisiss ssnesrn-
% Inst shs County plsNnsd 10
develop runway Ii-7s.
4. A second meeting was held
on i6 September 1854 between
Commander, Naval Base and the
County Commissioners. This meet
ing was primarily devoted TO q
discussion Of the relocation of
No. / and the Meacham
Field problem was discussed but
briefly. Details of this conference
we're made known to the addressee
by reference la). Also as a result
OF the above meeting further cor
respondence. copy Of which is
as Enclosure (4), was
received from the County legal
Advisor.
S. Shortly before rsssipt % |
Enclosure t4l, On article appear
cd In ths local newspspsrs shsf
fhs Esss.Wssf runway ives 10 bs |
developed. This was ihs first M
dlesiion 81 ihls received BY shs |
Navy.
Enclosure az was the first off |
cial notification received that the |
County planned to develop the |
East-West (S-26) runway at Mea-
cham Field rather than runway |
1929.
6. The Commanding Officer, US. |
Naval Air Station pointed out that |
development Of the East-West
(s-26) runway at Meacham Field |
will direct air traffic into the Boca
Chica Field pattern. In view Of
this the Commander, Naval Base
In his reply to Enclosure az ad-
vised the Board Of County Com
that he could not rec
commend approval of developing
the East-West runway II 1t would
ietract from the Nays long range
plans in the area. A copy Of the
reply TO Enclosure 90 Is furnish
ed as Enclosure (5).
7. AT the request Of Commander,
Naval Base, the Commanding Of
ficer, US. Naval Air Station met
with representatives Of the County.
(6) Is a copy Of the rec.
ord OF the meeting prepared by the
Commanding Officer Of the Air
Station and Enclosure (7) Is
copy Of q letter received from the
County legal Advisor relative to
the meeting.
s, While certain measures such
as installation OF 4 full period
telephone line between Meacham
Field and the CAA Airway Control
Station at Boca Chica and issuance
of instructions to civil pilots to
make 4 right hand turnout TO pass
10 the South Of Boca Chica would
essen the hazards involved, ii 10
that development Of
R.2G nj Meacham Field In
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
Letter From Adm. Towner To CNO Shows Bid
10 Have 100000 Grant To Meacham Killed

Here is the text of the lette,
Rear Adm. G. c. Towner. com.
mander of the Naval Base. wrote
to the Chief Of Naval Operations
requesting that the $3.50, 900 FEEDER.
al grant for Meacham Field i'm.
provements be killed.
Near the end Of Towner's para.
graph 3, he wrote that he did no,
know the county intended to i'm.
prove the east-west runway al
Meacham at the time Of the july
30, 1854 meeting.
Towner wrote that Naval auth.
critics thought it was runway IL
20, the east southeast-west north
west runway that was to be i'm.
proved.
However. source close to the
Navy-county airport controversy
told The Citizen that at the July
30 meeting Harold Wilde, county
airport consultant, showed Town
er map which depicted the east
west runway as the one TO be i'm
proved.
The Navy made no objections
TO Meacham Field until after the
squabbIe began between the
county and National Airlines.
In fact. more than fwo years
ago, the Navy and the Civil
Aeronautics Authority approx
ed the Mcacham master palm.
which calls for development of
the East West runway.
just this past summer, CAA
engineers inspected the field be-
fore approving the $l30, 900
grant. The CAA engineers, of
course. were well aware that it
was the East-West runway that
was TO be developed, just as they
were well aware of the distance
between Boca Chica and
Meacham.
leNI vi Letfey
The text of ToWner's letter dated
Oct. 8, 1854 to the Chief of Naval
Operations follows:
/. For some time the Board of
County Commissioners, Monroe
County, Florida has been planning
to improve civil aviation facilities
at Meacham Field, Key West,
Florida. Enclosure "a Is a Region.
al and Vicinity Map which shows
the relative locations of Meacham
Field and the US. Naval Air Sta
tion, Key West (Boca Chica Field
and Seaplane Base).
In pursuance of their plan, the
Board OF County Commissioners
acting through their Legal Advisor
addressed a letter dated 10 July
1854 to the Commander, US. Nav
al Base, Key West. In this letter,
a copy of which is furnished as
Enclosure (2), it was requested
that Fee Simple Title to approx.
mately Ill acres Of land owned
by the Government and under
Navy Jurisdiction be conveyed to
Monroe County for the sum Of
$l.00. AS is pointed out in Enclo-
sure (2) and the enclosures there
to, II was necessary for the County
TO obtain title to this property in
order to secure Federal Aid Funds
TO finance the desired improve
ments. The tract Of Government
owned land Is known as the East
Martello Reservation and is shown
on Enclosure (Sl.
Land Exchange
8. Subsequent to receipt OF En-
closure ca. meeting was arrang-
ed between the Board Of County
Commissioners, Monroe County,
Florida. and Commander. US.
Naval Base, Key West, Florida.
Az this meeting. which was held
on 30 July 1854, the consideration
to be furnished the Navy in return
for conveyance Of title of the East
Martello tract TO the County was
discussed. II was proposed that
consideration be given 10 an ex-
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
SUES

Los ANGELES. R-Film actress
Jean Wallace sued yesterday for
$50. 900 damages in connection with
the death Of her mother in a traffic
accident last summer.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09

The Arctic Tern flies about "a
600 miles each year between the
arctic and the antarctic.