The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 11, 1941, Page 4

R TED LLY WEST-Cs | N WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 194f Loeokxine . Rrsenales /Seadentry Of Legislative Activity } By CLYDE J. BASER, Florida News Service, Staff Writer on ths Foliar Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Smith) i were arrivals in Key West Sunday | TALLAHASSE, June 11.—The | any such property which has By HUGO S. SIMS. Special Washington of The Citizen from Melbourne, Fla. for a visit! 1941 session of the Florida Legis-| been omitted from the rolls dur- U.S. POLICY PLAIN TWO THREATS OF WAR (1) JAPANESE IN FAR EAST (2) GERMANY IN EUROPE PARTIAL WAR LIKELY The foreign policy of the Unit- ed States, as enunciated by the’ President, approved by Congress and endorsed by the people of this country, is in direct conflict with the foreign policy of Japan in the Far East and of Germany in Europe and adjoining terri- torial areas. The only way to be certain that this country will not become ehgaged in war with a member of the Axis group is to bring about, by compromise and con- cession, some agreement be- tween the foreign policies which inevitably means conflict unless adjusted. In the Far East, the Japanese pursue a policy which conflicts with principles espoused by the United States for including the Open‘ Door China for the’ commerce of: all nations, and the territorial in- tegrity of thé’ Chinese nation. Certainly, war is possible be- tween Japan and the United States unless an adjustment of these conflicting principles can be brought about. Japanese con- trol of the trade of the Far East runs counter to the hope in this | many years, ; in/|a lovert move against Germany al- | though it will continue to act un- |der its own interpretation of in- | ternational law. American ships | will carry American goods in ac- | cordance with, the policies of this j | Should Gesmah airplanes or | warships attempt to stop this |commerce, it can be asserted, ‘ean aircraft and warships - will be used to protect the American merchant ships. Whether such incidents will lead to a general | War remains an open question. |For the present, our policy is pronounced and is being grad- |ually and more effectively im- plemented. The next move is up to the Axis powers. | “§IDELIGHTS By MARCY B, DARNALL Former Editor of The Citizen | Aninnocent bowlifig ball threw. | oc Ss: . Y., when lady bowl: ll from its carrying cai Exiown the aisle. An’ in* toxicated’ passenger yelled “bomb,” and a wild scramble be- | gar. | i | When Arnold Amundsen of the | St. Louis humane society adver- | tised that a stray spitz dog would have to be killed if nobody claim- ed him, 853 persons telephoned or called, to offer the animal a home. upon very good grounds, Ameri- j of a bus info a panic'at, J ‘i Mrs. Stanton Cooper and daugh- country for a progressive de-| Effective June 4, the meat velopment of world commerce jration in German restaurants was and also clashes with our doc-| again cut one-third. By the new trine of the freedom of the seas. | decree no meal is allowed to con- —_—_—— jtain more than three and a half When we survey the issues! ounces of meat. that exist between the United | States and Germany, we find | that an inevitable clash is indi-!' cated by Hitler's assertion that Prof. A. J, Todd of Chicago heads the new Leisure Founda- tion, organized to improve the he will sink American ships that | health of adults in the city, 43 per | cent of whose drafted men were rejected as physically unfit for military service. At Homewood, Ala., Mrs. C. L. Green admitted that she red” a few mornings ago when The United States, on the oth- | She found her two white pet goats er hand, says it. will fight to pro-|8@ been. dyed. blue. test American shipping on seas PonoP: te Savesegatn outside the combat zones, that | we will fight to insure delivery | Francisco, an attractive Red Cross of war goods to England, that| stenographer, has been appointed interefer with his war purposes.} that he will not accept our def- inition of the freedom of the seas, and that when the war ends, he will make trade upon his own | terms. we will fight to prevent Hitler/to a post at Fort Richardson, | city of Key West, with its beau-| members of boards from securing control of the seas | Alaska. and to prevent his acquiring Ice- | an land, the Azores or the Cape | married for two years, Verde Islands, or other places; which could be used as bases of | attack against the Western Hem- | isphere. She was required to give “informal pledge” not to get Weather records have been kept in Puerto Rico for 42 years, dur- |ing which time the temperature ad jhas never been above 92 degrees Obviously, the conflicting de-| or below 62. It has had no day on terminations of the United States “saw | She asked ' which the sun failed to shine for | with relatives. \ will leave again on Saturday, ac- | companied by her brother and sis- } ter-in-law, Mr, and Mrs. Benja- jmin Smith, for Melbourne, Fia., where she will visit for several | weeks. Percy M. Roberts, who had been j Visiting in Melbourne, Fla., has gone to Flint, Mich., to visit his !son, Allen Neil Roberts, and ex- pects to be away for several | weeks. | Representative Bernie C. Papy, ;who had been attending the re- |cent session of the state legis- lature, returned:to Key West yes- ‘terday. Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Thompson visiting in Miami for several j weeks with their son-in-law and jdaughter, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. }Clarke, returned to the city yes- terday afternoon. ter were recent arrivals in Key West,-and will spend ‘abotit two | {weeks visiting relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs, Stanley Todd, who had been spending several ‘days visiting in Key West, re- turned to Miami today. Mrs. Todd! to act on the creation of this of-/amount or the scope of projects was formerly Miss Marjorie shaw. Ivan Roberts, chief clerk with ‘the government forces at Fort Jefferson, Tortugas, was among the recent arrivals in Key West |to spend a vacation of several days. With Stay Here Mrs. W. L. Woodson of East Orange, N. J., and Dr. and M T. Paul Haney of Laurel, Mi sister and niece of Mr. and M T. L. Kiser of Key West, arrived jover the highway last weekend. They will be guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Kiser. Although having traveled qiite | extensively, they report the trip ito Key West over the highway and enjoyable one. | They marveled over the quaint tiful flowers and lovely scenery, especially the royal poinciana, now in full bloom. They stated that the Island City is most beatiful place to be found anywhere, ‘Lodge Committee Postpones Meeting of Simonton street, who had been | | lature has written a new chapter in the history of the state, In Mrs. Percy M. Roberts, who fact, one might safely say that it/ legislation have jfeturned to the city on Sunday, jhas written a whole new book. }test its legality in the courts and Some of the new legislation is definitely good, some is of doubt- ful value, and some can be judg- ed only aftér®it Has? been ‘tested: jin actual operation; .but good or |bad, for better or for’ worse, it} | marks new departures from the jold ideas and systems. { The three outstanding features | of legislation passed at the ses- sion, which closed Friday night, are the changes in the tax sys- ltem, the new gas tax distribu- tion, and the creation of the} Florida Improvement Commis- | sion. Hl While the revamped tax sys-| tem does not contain all the changes asked by Governor Hol-! \land, it still constitutes a radical | change from the old and was the: subject of the bitterest debate of | any measure before the legigla- | ture, with the possible execption | of some labor legislation. The governor lost his plea for! a state tax commissioner, to. be} |appointed now and later created | by a constitutional amendmént.-, However, he worked out a com- promise which gives the state | comptroller practically the same; |authority over county officials | which he had requested be given | |to a state tax commission. So} jthe loss is a minor matter, and Ihe can ask the 1943 Legislature | fice, but probably with less} {chance for success than he had{ this year. | ing that period. Opponents of this reform tax! threatened to i anay, jhe several years before we know definitely the value of these laws. An attempt was made by this} legislature to settle the distribu- tion of gas taxes~ between the counties and the State Road De-, partment for the next fifty years through the submission of a con- stitutional amendment which, if approved by the voters in 1942, will give the counties two cents and the road department four cents of the tax on each gallon of gasoline, Anticipating such approval, a distribution on that | basis is provided at the present | time. The creation of the Florida Im- provement Comniission, controll- | ed by the governor, establishes | the greatest potential spending | agency this state has ever seen. | Under the former system the} state was prohibited from. issu- | ing bonds except to suppress it surreetion or repel invasion. constitution still says: that, | while the law specifically stat es | that the obligations assumel by | this commission shall not be state | debts, a state agency is created with full authority to contract debts on “self liquidating proj- ects for public use and benefit” with no other limitation on the to be constructed. It is frankly understood that} one of the first projects to be in the ‘clean COOLER, MIL ole L5 Chest ertield | ‘with the R, BETTER TASTE liked by smokers everywhere pa as you know you'll always find it cooler at the beaches, smokers know they can always count on Chesterfield for a Cooler smoke that’s refreshingly Milder and far Better-Tasting. Everybody who smokes Chesterfields likes their right combination of the best tobaccos that grow in our own Southland and that we bring from far-off Turkey’ and Greece. THEY A TISFY. Ke The new laws require the as-| considered by this commission is the |al of any such official ssment of all real and personal |property, intangibles and rail- |road property, to be made at full }cash value. All tax rolls must be submitted to the comptroller |for his approval and cannot go to the county equalization boards |until the rolls have been approv- ed by him. He also has author- ity to supervise and valuation of property, they are throughout the state. He also has supervision over the, collec: tion of such taxes. | Just how broad the comptrol- ller’s powers are is revealed in |that section of the law which | imposes upon him the obligation of investigating the conduct and Miss Katherine Maurer of San'as having been a very delightful | performance of the duties by tax | assessors, tax collectors, clerks of |the circuit court, sheriffs, and of county |commissioners when acting as board of equalization, and recom- mend to the governor the remov- for” his ; wilful failure to properly ‘per- form the duties imposed upon him by the constitution, this act j and the rules and regulations perscribed pursuant to this act. The issuance of a tax deed giv-; the assessment | is. charged with the duty to see that } uniform and equal: the proposed 52-million dollar, j4-lane highway down the east coast, with a branch to Tampa. | Several toll bridges, representing investments of -several million | dollars, will probably be thrown | jinto the pot, and promoters in| every section of the state are scratching their heads trying to think up projects which will be} of “public use and benefit” and which they can sell the commis- Sion. | | Making a frank appraisal of) {this commission, one must con- clude that it offers splendid | possibilities for developing a | State. And at the same time, if} | improperly or unwisely handled, | its actions may be more danger- ous to the welfare of the state | | than any disaster which has ever | struck (it, and that includes ibooms, hurricanes and Mediter- ranean flies, | While a few objections were offered to appropriating $50,000 jto defray expenses of a state| jcommission to be maintained at! ; Washington, the benefits every | |} Section may receive through its ;Operation seem to assure that it will be a most profitable invest- | ; ment, operated on recently at a hospital | in Fort Lauderdale, has recovered sufficiently to be taken to her home in Dania, which will be gratifying news to her many friends in Key West. Copyright 1941, Liccerr & Mraas Tesacce Co, : s MRS. CRUZ IMPROVED Mrs, Bernard Cruz, who was! A new glass, which is harder than ordinary glass and “bends . N hhh hedkddedkede IY COMPLAINT SERVICE... If you do not Receive Your Copy of The CITIZEN By 6 P. M. an@ Germany will result in: hos- | tilities unless one country or the} two and a half years. | A maximum of $40 ith ing the buyer immediate and ab- es oe like steel, has recently been de- was set on old age pensions, and | other backs down. At this time, | the President has Hitler in a po-|a Nebreska driver laughed at the sition where he must take offen- | policeman and later insulted the sive action to prevent our sup-}| judge, who gave him 90 days. Arrested for a traffic violation, | The meeting of the British Re-| solute possession whe: lief Committee of the Order of | is dolinaue for bial ——e Pocahontas, which was to be held | authorized. tomorrow at the home of Mrs. Tangible John C. Park, has been postponed finances have been provided | which will at least double the | ) present amount available for this | personal _property,} purpose. Adequate. provisions | plies from reaching England, or to stop them on their way to oth- er areas outside the combat | zones. On the other hand, the United States is in. a position where it will have to take offen- sive action to prevent Hitler from acquiring possible bases. As the situation stands now, the United States will make noj Morgan-Reid-Cohn Nuptials In Lakeland Miss Mary Morgan, daughter of Townsend Morgan, Key West Art Center director, was married Monday in Lakeland to Max Reid Cohen head of the Lakeland University art department and professor of philosophy, it learned here today. | The ceremoy, believed to be! the first ever, performed in the} university chapel, was attended} by Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, their} younger daughter, Norma, and) friends of the bride and groom. { Miss Mor, a graduate of | Smith college a former English teacher in Key West schools. My. and Mrs. Reid-Cohen will make their home in , Lakeland The bride's family left after the ceremony for their former home at Rose Pa suburb of Philadetp | Crasce-Lounders Wedding Tharsday Crusoe, daughter Hilary Crusoe. row after Star of the noon 3 Sea Cathe to Henry and Mra. E All of are invited wedding, bride-to-be's friends to attend the; Then the culprit laughed some more, saying: “I’m driving for the | warden of the penitentiary, and I'm in for life.” indefinitely. Mrs. Park states that due notice will be given when a date for the meeting has been decided upon. was| @ {MONEY CAN j Burr" Regardiets of price, you cannot buy a better house paint, From coast to coast, home own- ers and painters have proved that its beauty and protection last YEARS longer. See its rich full body, compare its formula. See how far it spreads, how solidly it covers. Stays colorful and fresh, won't blister or peel. PIERCE BROTHERS Fleming and Elizabeth Sts. Phone 270 PAINTS |such as cattle, business property, | industrial plants and eugipment must be assessed at full cash value, and the assessor is au- | thorized to make the law retro- ) active for three years and assess ‘Eczema, Rash, Tetter Itching Use clean non-; | Money back if first bottle faite eee: isfy In the relief of externally caused | | it < Eczema, . Tetter, Sca- » Ringworm, Toe Itch. Simply re. jon as needed while for the care of the aged has uni-| versal appeal; and while many fantastic proposals were made, the legislature showed sound TRY IT TODAY— The Favorite in Key West CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS Bs IIAAAALAL A LLLAL LAL LLL LL a Thompson Enterprises INCORPORATED ICE DIVISION PHONE NO. 8 VIIDIIDOLDIVNIIOIIIIDS. i Lk kk kkdkdddddkdddideded if H e veloped. judgment in selecting the laws adopted and rejected. Whatever the final results may be, the people of Florida have seen history made in the 1941 | session of their legislature. 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