The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 8, 1953, Page 4

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘Tuesday, December 8, 1953 The Key West Citizen NEW NAVY RADIO STATION The United States Navy recently began broadcasts over the most powerful radio transmitter known to be operating ‘n the western world. The radio station was built in the interest of national security and peace, and is estimated to have cost $14,000,000. The radio is loca‘ed between two mountain peaks in By DON CAMERON Lig Another Grave PEOPLE’S FORUM Northwest Washington State, in the Cascade Mountain range. It is supposedly the modern scientists’s answer to the communications difficulties caused by electrical storms, the Northern Lights, and many other meteorolog- ical phenomena. The Navy believes the new radio station will allow it to contact submarines far below the surface and arctic outposts and all the ships at sea all over the world in any future emergency. The station is a 1,200,000-watt instal- lation, and is estimated to be over twenty times as pow- erful as any commercial radio station in the country. In its first test message, it flashed a signal to all naval ships at sea and within six minutes the battleship Wisconsin, operating in Japanese waters, replied to the message, It is certainly appropriate for the Navy to have this new installation of world-wide capacity. Because the next war, if there is another one, will probably involve every corner of the earth in a struggle against Commun- The Citizen welcomes mprorciene of the views of its read- ers, but the editer reserves right to delete any items which are considered libelous or unwarranted. The writers should be fair and confine the letters to 200 words and write on one side of the paper enly. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be published unless requested otherwise. KEEPS UP TO DATE ON KEY WEST Editor, The Citizen: T expect to be in Key West for the next several weeks and as soon as you receive this letter please hold all issues of The Key West Citizen until I call at your office on my arrival. As usual, The Citizen has kept me right up to date on all the happenings in Key West. Yours for a healthy nation, HAROLD J. REILLY. New York City, N. Y., December 1, 1953, LOCAL AVIATION DEVELOPMENT ism, it is all-important that the Navy, as well as the other services, have such communications, We have often thought these quips were pretty lousy, and maybe we were right. It is a sad commentary on the American reading public when one glances through the list of recent best sellers. Now that the football season is ending, the tall man’s game of basketball will take over the spotlight until baseball returns, Most football coaches who would have been “well satisfied” to make a good showing on Fridays, are never- theless disappointed when they lose on Saturdays. There are still some civil servants and some mem- bers of the armed services who are staying in their jobs because they can render a service to their country, thankfully, Crossword Puzzle WIAIS Bae {1 | OM Ey) { CIKIE RM SICIR] | IBIGILIE ID) Wi UT TH Ati | ‘ie Semele SITIARISIMW IITILIels(s ¥. Blossoss Teshore fe A RAMNRTATTIE LL BRIO} upon cane EINIOMNSIEIVIEIRINCIOIO! b> omsloo TAISMESITIEIE TR! 1Al WChangethe — B-Droop BEMAR EIS meme ‘um Al i Sere guar eco INIEICITIAN 18. Inlet fnitation AA) ig poy ang DR) YIOINMESITIOWISMME IRI Silo Se, Solution of Yesterday's Purzie 48. Chock in the $2. Not intoz- form of 8 SOWN & Gave ieated abi) it ved MaAthome 2 God of love ee 85. Type plant Pao pit 9. 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However, the antagonism and repercussion was so great from certain political quarters that, truthfully, i wouldn't have been more stunned probably if the moon had fallen on my head. This letter is merely written to inform local aviation enthusiasts of the latest news in this direction. James E. Mooney, former Chief of Operations and Maintenance, Civil Aeronautics Authority, has written me inquiring as to the success of the local project. Mooney, who was also a former Director of Aviation for Pinellas County, is now a Public Relations Counsel and Aviation Consultant in Washington. He says, “I hope that what I sent you helped some with your worthy project. If you would like to have any additional assist- ance with reference to your airport development pro- gram, I should indeed be mighty happy to help you and| | without any charge in this case.” Half of the letter was of a personal nature but he/ ends up with: “Don’t hesitate to write me about your) problems at this time.” If any of your Citizen readers are sincerely inter- ested in developing local aviation and have some prob- lems that apparently need an expert to answer, if they will contact me, I’ll pass the thing along to Mooney. Sincerely, BILL GIBB. BIKE RIDER PROTESTS STREETS Editor, The Citizen: May a visitor say a few words about your fair city? It is with mixed feelings that I write this, I say mixed be- | cause that is just what they are, abrasions and, con- | tusions of the leg, hip, back, shoulder, arm and head, as | well as a few sore and twisted muscles and stiff joints. | How did it happen? Well, I'll try to tell you in as few| words as possible. You see I came to Key West after having heard| about the climate, etc., it seemed to be just what I wanted,| so I came, I saw and, I liked it. I had planned to live here, | indefinitely, now I don’t know. I know that no one is | interested in me, because I am one of those little men who own no property, rn ro business, take no part in il f é | Hi egeck 8 g if i ps apartment at about midnight, which was su; to have been the time of the murder; and I knew that was wrong because you away with me before ii Poised and sure of her- if, well aware of the impression d made upon Cloud. Martin felt humble, perpen 4 that was the girl he had thought would be putty in the hands of the police. EEE ce. “Joe the Palm Garden man, wasn’t any too sure about ing you when I cross-exam- ined ” Cloud volunteered. “It was dark and there isn’t a street lamp within half a block of your place. It's possible he saw some- one else about your size and . ° bye First City Visit Wheeling, W. Va. W#—Three el- derly sisters who've never been in a big city will be the toast of the town today, Wheeling city fathers will give the royal treatment to the Huff-! man sisters, Lou, 73; Belle, 70; and Viola, 67. They have lived | within 25 miles of here all their | lives but have never visited a met- ropolitan area. After beng picked up in a new | convertible at the Belmont County, | Ohio, home, the sisters will be| whisked through a day’s activity | of getting the keys of the city from Mayor Charles J. Schuck, | being interviewed by radio and television, and having lunch with the Rotary Club. It's Wheeling’s way of doing a good turn for the day. WASHINGTON » — The Eisen- hower administration is asking con- gress to change the law on wire- tapping. The reason: to help the; The World ": have been me,” a, wondering whether “Right now I'm more interested in the letters Morrissey and Mrs. Where are ag al tecling Barbare's'g ties in, rbaras gaze upon 7 how she had welael him slide the letters beneath the carpet of their wrecked car. It was true enough, he told himself self-righteously; he had no knowl- edge of what had been done with the car since he had notified the rental company of the accident, “What's so important about them, vay, as long as you know in thew?” Cloud took a photograph from a desk drawer and handed jit to Martin. It was a copy of Morrissey’s note. “Doran sent it over, Read it.” . Maat Tread: Dear Marty: You might be interested in knowing that I'm going to put Richard Searle where he belongs | for raising one of my checks from $25.00 to $25,000.00, I gave him a chance to make it good and I'm sick of his stalling. Your pal, Howard Morrissey. “What's wrong with it?” Martin asked. . “There may have been different opinions as to where Richard Searle belonged. Some thought he belonged in prison, but Morrissey may have thought he belonged out of this world.” “This is a reasonable facsimile he said was, ‘I'm going to esk the jaw to put Richard Searle where belongs.’ But ri in the die of the sentence Messmer gave you,” Cloud went] her—if he was too fast; and on. “You said you put them in/ she must have those four that book, Seven Pillars of Wis-| words because the interrup- dom, but they weren't there or in bese ‘ito any of the other books when we} Clo lips. “Maybe iooked. you're Morrie has ‘ai- been and Se quite come ee tee ined forward to having business ings with him.” “Be your Cloud. tended to Sear he would . iit zt a words. No’ anx: must have carbon copy and make trouble for “Before Searle's sounds as if he might Pated it.” Martin shi own way. I ne it Morrie, But oping to get back the twenty-five {had clipped him | think he'd have ve live a little longer.” "He didn't ty-five ‘eecaehea bara put in. have teuth of tha tle Richard’ on the dollar that he wouldn't ty-five hundred much for reason for he had « Rabeea cttak Sean Sone 4 4 i i f ft 2 § i ii & 8 | ib 3 [ k i i i ify H s t y os the note > pos rice, ey a esate < ut it isn’t the note he dictated.” you Ls 4 Martin's memory of those minutes fav's the most bint Pvc in Morrissey’s e was clear and et.” he reviewed it with care. “What ‘(Teo be contineed) Today By James Marlow eral court trial of the person whose | wire has been tapped, The law has nothing to do with state or city statutes on wire tap- ping, so what is said here applies) ing Roosevelt-Truman adminis- trations. But the law prohibits us- ing this kind of information is court. The Eisenhower administration is asking Congress to change the law just a bit. That is, not only to permit the FBI to continue tap-- Ping wires but to allow use of such evidence in court in cases involy- ing national security, National security is a wide term and might in the future turn out to mean much more than nage, although spies may be all the Eisenhower administration has in mind now. And, under the change asked by “Harry’s Dollar” Stolen CINCINNATI «®—A year ago to- day ‘Harry S. Truman stopped in Cincinnati and bought a paper from Congress does not return until January. But already there is ar- gument on the rightness or wrong- government bring alleged spies to! trial. to federal courts. Brownell, the kind of information The Supreme Court, in a couple|Which could be ured in a trial of decisions, has ruled: would be obtained only when the 1. Wiretap information can’t be|@ttorney general, Brownell or a ness of the administration’s re-! quest, made by Atty. Gen. Brow- nell. This is the background: There is a federal law on wire- Mrs, Aleen Knierim, a fellow Democrat. She put the dollar he gave her into the cash register before she recognized the former President and before she noted he had auto- tapping, passed by Congress in graphed it. 1934, which says “nv person, not Last night a thief snatched her|/being authorized by the sender, purse. It contained $101 plus “Har-|shall intercept any communication} ty’s dollar.” and divulge or publish the exis- “It's the dollar President Tru-|tence, contents, substance, purport, man signed that I feel so awfuljeffect or meaning of such inter- about,” she told police. cepted communication to any per- son.”” Key word in the sentence is “and.” The sentence says wires| A granite pylon on Kill Devil! Hill in North Carolina commemo- rates the first flight of the Wright|can’t be tapped—and—the informa- brothers in 1903. tion made public, such as in a fed- erates NERS RONNRIN local politics, etc., I don’t even own a car, just a bicycle, that is how my tale of woe started. Sunday morning I was out for my usual ride, but, I deviated from the usual route and decide to ride straight | down White Street to the beach, But, I forgot that the! lower end of White Street is an old battle monument. | What? It isn’t!! Surely those are old shell holes and bomb craters in the pavement there, they must be, be- cause they are so well preserved. Anywey I avoided one, | but, unfortunately they are so close together that I fell into another, bounced out of that one and back into the next, the results? One torn sweater, one torn shirt, one banged up head, one very badly bruised and torn elbow, one abraised hip and shoulder, one very sore ankle, (you must pardon the mistakes in this, but, the right arm is very stiff) also one badly twisted brand new bike. I have managed to keep off such streets as Wil- liam, lower Elizabeth and, al! of those other ex-bean! patches that are used for streets, but, White with its fine! pavement I thought was safe, but, as I said I didn’t know, it was an old preserved battle-field, which battle by the’ way? There is no sign stating. I usually ride along the public dump, known as) Roosevelt Blvd., get quite a kick out of dodging broken bottles, old beer cans, boxes and packages of garbage, | etc., but, the view is nice. One probably don’t notice the) debris if they ride along there in a car at 80 mph, like} most people do, but try going slow some day and see it for yourself. I would like to see the Mayor, City Commissioners and a few other officials take a ride, on a bicycle that is, along most any of the streets, I wonder how they would fee] after it? And we bike riders have to pay a license for that too. It is lucky, lucky for me and, lucky for the City, i that know why? Very truly yours, L. R. GOODWIN, U.S, Army, Retired. P.S.—You see I am not an irresponsible kid at all. LRG. P.O. Box 242 Key West, Fla. EGIBLE used in court to convict anyone, 2. Even if the government uses wire taps only for jeads in gather- ing further information, this infor- mation can’t be used in court to convict anyone, But one attorney general after! another, including Srownell, has interpreted the law as permitting] wiretapping by the government even though the wiretap informa- tion cannot iater be used at a trial. For that reason, the FBI has tapped wires of alleged spies and, Perhaps, others. Deputy Atty. Gen. William P. Rogers has frankly said the government has been tapping! wires at least since 1940, It is hardly a secret that the! FBI tapped wires of some of the government employes alleged to successor, approved, Some people, concerned about this addition to federal power, Pose the proposed change on grounds that: 1. This is just one more step toward widening the authority of the federal government to intrude in any individual’s ac) sation on a tapped phone with a man he considered a friend or acquaintance, never realizing he was @ spy. But it seems clear that, wheth- er or not the government ever gets congressional ‘permission to use wiretapped information in court, it will continue under the present law to tap wires where it thinks have been spying for Russia, dur- By ED MORSE (For SAM DAWSON) NEW YORK —Are your pros- Pects for buying the house you want getting better? Or staying about the same? The answer: For new houses, about the same; for used houses, and availability of mortgage mon-! ey differ regionally. | Although there’s been a slight drop in home building, most fore-| Casts are that we'll keep on build- ing houses near the whopping rate of about a million a year. Reces-, sion talk is fading. | So the supply continues good, but what about price? | While pressure for price boosts! is being generated by rising costs f' labor an¢ land improvement, says the National Assn. of Hme |Builders, this is countered by grow-Ceat for the ling competition among builders, individual taxpa; |So new home prices are mainly €veryone’s steady and the competition makes for better quality, I did not get hurt any worse than I did, wonder if you| It's @ stand-off, then, in that married man phase of the market. While new home prices are firm,! ithe prices of pre-war homes have dropped 5 to 10 per cent, according ito @ report on 12 cities throughout ithe nation by the Society of Real Estate Appraisers. Many owners of newer-than-pre- war houses have siashed their imaginative asking prices, some- times by 20 per cent. necessary. Business Mirror By Sam Dawson | “Used house bargains will be |plentiful,” says George F, Ware necke, head of the national gage firm bearing his name, | Fitting in this picture is « trend jto build larger and costlier. houses for one section of the buying pub- lic. That's partially @ backlash from the terrific postwar buying of small homes by Gls and others i |who now have bigger families and bigger incomes, Among the dwellings outgrowa by these owners, newlyweds may find buys '. So prospects ~ are better if you're house, Buying any will be a bit because of the Mr. eens is pay-c withholding bulk yers. slight boost. For example, the with two will take hume an extra week or $4-plus a month. Not |—but that'll help him buy an extra thousand dollars house, especially if he’s a can land a 30-year moriga; lits monthly cate of $5.07 thousand dollars worth of ¢ charges. A shortage of mortgage still prevails