The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 18, 1940, Page 2

FRIDAY. OCTO CONE ASSISTED IN “2222ee000 HIGHWAY TRAVELER EDITOR VISITS CITY ; R. E. Cochran. member of the editorial staff cf High- way Traveler, one of the na- tion's leading travel maga- zines, of Cleveland, Ohio. spent a few hours in Key West Thursday before em- barking on the S.S. Cuba for soma) LOOK SKINNY Mr. Cochran stated that No womas coz sliced t2 EE future editions of the High- YOu heve unlowely haggard Bol way Traveler would contain ‘oWS and are thin you ay seed many stories of Key West ‘he Vitamin B Complex and ison im Vinel. Vinel hes helped thow THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ~U. S. WEATHER ___ BUREAU _REPORT ATR LINES’ OPENING Observation 75th Mer. T: nreanera ines (By Associated Press) les a8 Hea TAMPA, Oct. 18—When Gov- or Fr Cone presse at- > October ~s os gs AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE! Che ivy West Citizen deers = a ——— The first of six constitutional amend- 2 CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. shed Daily Except Sunday By - ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE , Business Manager SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL Former Editor of The Citizen that registered voters of Florida will the November 5th election is worded thusly: te on at — Mrs Dillon A Josephine Gable r December 31st, 1940, no levy xes upon real or personal i 15, he was one sha]! that t particir by -promote a in t way in opening a ° wanted to exploit eae Air Lines headquarters ion 6 of article 12, be and the same is cial purpos She is building in New York City. repealed”. orced wife of Clark Gable. The ceremony took place The effect of this amendment would ia the be to permanently remove the state from flashing to rep- MOVIE STARS CAN'T rida, as second clase matter riy, except tangible property, mses new F of the Associated Press made for ly entitled to use patches credited to his paper and also any purpose whatsoever, and sim- ulianeously over nation at 1.85 a large map ” 34.42 ‘v1 NG RATES n. 1AL NOTICE ards of thanks, resolutions of etc., will be charged for at rches from which nts a line. tes discus- lor general ous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN eck the truth and print it nd without favor; never be wrong or to applaud right; fight for progress; never be the or- mouthpiece of any pers clique, or ela s do its utmost for the welfare; never tolerate corruption or 1 vice and praise virtue, ne | vidual or organ- ws and nt only will elevate te the news reader; never com- IMPROVEMENTS TOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN of County and City Gov- ty Hospita —_$<——$_$__ sssion is nine points of the law, ossession the tenth, sk for the world’s best minds— er path of progress than that of Britain, been postponed for a more con- nient day. of Great Democracy, according to totali- have an boys, iz on its last legs; other guess coming. A pleasant time is usually had by all ccept the host her pleasure is relax- r after the event is over, provided every- ng has gone well. natural that ex-president, be elated to Hoover, hat distinction; nevertheless, he is his utmost to have a side-kick in the ame classification. When an individual his nd that he is going to buy, he is in what makes up poGe a responsive mood. It is his . while the non-advertiser must look silent gloom. 1 the advertiser comes in for re- wisdom of the Constitution's in no small measure, in hey refrained from putting in, but ey should have added the precaution no president be permitted to run for a they the ners consists, th rd term. However, t it unthinkable th would ¢ evidently uture a who thought himself to n indispensable man, > Administr hort of war ion’s aid to Great as this column has a step toward war; it duced the alignmert of Japan in a Britain predicte pro- ; tri- partite pact with the dictator nations of Germany and Italy. It is a question whe- ther President Roosevelt's policy of aiding England was the wisest policy to pursue, there is no question that this policy expressed in 50 destroyers, hundreds of s, embargoes en Japan, and a nglo-Americar naval base at seared Japan into a_ military alliance with the axis powers, which may preduce a crisis from which it will be ex- ceedingly difficult to extricate ourselv but ngapore moving | advalorem taxes, it trespasses the field in levying direct taxes upon real and personal property—and with this, The Citizen is in accord and would recommend , that all voters in Monroe County approve cf the measure. [In a most comprehensive and _alto- gether excellent brochure on the subject of this amendment, the Fiorida Tax Equal- izers Association, of Orlando, covers all of the many reasons why voters should ap- the taxing Included in the paper this change in of the state. prove ma- are these statements: “The sentiment for removing the state entirely from the advalorem field has been growing steadily for years. . .Legislative experierce showed members of the Legis- (last session) the wisdom of re- from their owr control the power h a millave for state purposes, lature . for once, the taxpayers have the opportunity to vote OFF a tax, and to make it forever impossible for the Legis- lature to levy this kind of tax.” “Since it has proved an ak possibility to equalize tax assessments throughout Florida for state purposes, then such a system, admittedly unfair and inequitable, should be abolished.” “When the state gets into the field of upon the limited field of revenue of the other taxing such as the county and municipali- solute im- units tie: “Let’s bring the matter of direct taxa- tion closer home—it’s the democratic way he way to begin saving in tax tickets in Florida is to wipe off the state m re, and begin a program of economy in state expenditures.” nor-reminate Spessard Holland favors this amendment, as the brochure points out, and continually fought for it in four different state assemblies. He is quoted as saying—‘‘the measure gives ma- terial tax relief to property owners in the .the best method of equalizing as- sessments could then be worked out. There wil] be no uniformity in school terms until something is done in this field.” And that, as The Citizen thinks, just about covers the subject. Gove state. . BLOCKADE MAY DECIDE WAR The unrelenting blockade of Germany and occupied territories is not spectacular but the steady pressure of British naval supremacy is having some effect on Ger- many. British strategists continue to believe eventually the blockade will bring Hitler to his knees just as it brought the Kaiser to a collapse some twenty-two years ago. It is impossible to estimate German supplies of oil, alle; rubber, lead, copper and other necessary war materials. What- ever the situation may be, it is intensified t blockade which stops imports of these supplies. There is every indica- tion that an effort will be made to per- suade the people of this country to send fcod tothe peoples of Europe this winter. While there may be a scarcity of food in certain areas, British officials assert that there will be plenty of food to go around if it is equitably distributed and not carted off to Germany. THE TAX BILL by the ti Characterized by one Senator as “an imponderable mess,” the new excess profits and amortization bill recently passed by Congress is one of the most com- plicated and unintelligible measures ever perpetrated on the nation. Delay in passing some kind of a bill on this vital subject has done more to re- tard the defense program than anything that has happened, and the monstrosity which finally emerged as law has not helped matters very much. Few mem- bers of Congress really read the bill, ac- cording to their own admission, and still fewer pretend to understand it. since January _1. 2.49 Direction and Velocity 3 miles per hour Relative Humidity 82° Rarometer at 7-30 a. m. today )17.6 millibars Tomorrow's Alman 6 a. m. cratic of camy iten for the U. : level. 30.05 (1 ‘lectric are s level, 30.05 (1 p.m Moonrise p.m. Moonset 9:08 a. m Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM 11:51 ~ 5:18 FORECAST 7:30 p. m.. Saturday) t and Wicinity: Gen- nd continued cool to- PM 11:08 4:49 ins, the the same last birthe September 23. An aute z Saturday: moderate nated and one- er reported at times. fair and onight and Satur- »y Mexican : brain in ¢?Y ~ which she, was bitten only once A copperhead moccasin ended her. caree but covered and resumed fare. nearly she re- her war- When Judge O. J. Sikes of Al- bermarle. N. 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