The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 1, 1943, Page 5

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r = ———. By JACK STINNETT. AP IS S DECLINING FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 1. —Four score corporations with total resources topping $5,000,000,- |000 have hung their official hats BLITZ AND TERROR WHICH in a backyard bungalow here { On the front stoop of the two- WERE TO HAVE WON A py-four law office where George SHORT WAR HAVE FAILED! K. Large and his kinfolk have led their shingles for 75 y IN OBJECT large sigh listing the corpora- i tions. But it’s hard to keep up to : date; companies continue shifting By HERBERT HOOVER their registered offices to this ru- (By Associated Press) ral eounty seat. All is not well upon the Ger-’ The trek was started By Stand- nant home fr kaneg .4, ard Oil Company (New Jersey), a and terns want today. The Blitz ‘two-biltion dollar outfit which 5 hich were to have! moved its legal office here from g* Won.a short war have in a large Linden in 1937. Most of the com § sense failed. Germ: has aban- panies came from Jersey City Cone d the hope that she can bring | Within the past few months. a TO cet MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1943 Woe For Haque Behind the migration lies a tale of glee for the local burghers, to a swiit conclusion, Warned by the coilapse on tt home front in World War 1) the| oa oe 4a sate. bee plummeted Geimans this time made great to the lowest in the state because Prey arauons in eibanded agricul- ments on fabulous fortunes ture, in stored food, metais, .ex- | spread the modest load so thin, and tale of fiscal woe for Mayor Frank Hague, whose Jersey City has lost a wad of money. New Jersey law provides in- tangible property, such as stocks and mortgages, shall be taxed the as realty and other person- Most municipalities, how- never attempted to assess it tiles and synthetic production of bber, explosives, Upon in Norway, Hollar 3 z A nd and the Ukraine she acfumujated stores. In consequence of this advan preparation and this robber Germany was not substantial Short of supplies during the first until 1935, when Newark discov- two years of the war. But she has ered the font for revenge. It slap- consumed her stocks and there is ped an assessment of $59,000,000 much less'to be taken from the in- on Standard Oil, among others. vaded countri: The tide has now Standard moved to Linden. turned on the > front, and all at $75,000,000, so it came to Flem- the forces of internal degeneration ington. This time it was as are now in action. Here its intangibles were By working millions of prisoners | at $45,000,000, but the le and imported labor the Germans, ed the little borough’s tax rate have kept up the bread, potato, , from $3,91 to 74 cents on each $100 and vegetable supplies. The so-! of ratables. called normal and cereal tandard Oil paid Newark vir- ration amounts to a rate of about | tually $2,000,000 in one year's 260 pounds per persor annum | and its vear in smalier Linden cost against the 200 pounds the Amer- | about $1,000,000. more, But Flem- ican people eat ington’s needs were so modest But the story in meats and fats! thatethe corporation footed most! is far different. The blockade ly re has | of the bill and still paid less than imports of $325,000. As other corporations fish oils and feed: came, Standard’s share dropped s. Her animal prod- ; still lower. atly diminished. | Jersey City, with a host of com- Health Margin Thin | panies incorporsied ia New ci f meat g 44 *Jersev law and clustered as near jsakldtions of meat and fat oT York aa they could jet, her fs aR fai Malady meanwhile was using a compro- tion the t mise plan whereby the corpora- 1936 the ans consumed at | ions paid about 30 cents on each the rate uit 165 opunds of $100 valuation. The superv combiijed sand fats of all| Hudson County Tax Be kin8$ "Her person per annum. In’ {Tiendly to Hague and ally 939 jthe. “normal” ration was at! MOY: J i te of about 165 pounds oe Then Governor Charles Edison, 1940 was. about 70 pounds per | fellow Democrat but foe of Hague, “annum. Hard wo get more.| ousted the county board on mis- ‘This does not indicate ; feasance sriapapaite ree it st Fe re | with one of his choosing. The cor- reebges meat or fat. supplies from | porations saw the handwriting on wall and the financial flight Most of the evacuees went ae food |“ ction after the on of the juring the war indi-:‘? Flemington; others. to seatter- ed aaa unities. None could lcav fats in their ration is below the | ‘* end retain its charter, full health level to the ordinary , ¢Ven though many did not own consemer a foot of ground or an office desk But equa in New Jersey. beh re Among the companies which joined Standard at Flemington were Republic St Sun Oil, PRN SS United Fruit, Li American Car & Fo an Chicle, National cuit, National Fower & Borden and U. S. Tobacc To Large’s little law off they trooped. Into a fireproof vault went some of their records. On the sign went their names. Large did not find his duties burdensome, however O> tide of bingg official custodian of the records, his principal job is to be Pc ver Ame on the rail- 9s and their manufactu er on the steadily despite f the occupied coun- alabor from ba B A work week of 60 hours tinimrm in factorie on sure of overw frantic. efforts to seeure s mmoawer from the eguntries. Gcrman Dream Gone Mentally the people have re- treated from confidence of vic- tory and have fallen back upon olutions of defer MIAMI AND /na@i thus the G n of the new or rd shed. The terro: tment and :} Between Miami fect uron the irit a the peo i: BIG BUSINESS IN A BUNGALOW > from New York after gasoline ra- S tioning ; and spending here.” Company, Inc. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service —between— Alse Serving Ab Points On Florida Keys and Key West Express Schedale: THE KEY WEST CITIZEN . : A young father dashed into the STUMPS FATHER office of Fred Patridge, U. S. dis- \ trict court clerk. “My baby was born at 12:40 | Christmas morning by war time jor 11:40 p. m., Christmas Eve by | standard time,” he said. “We don’t { know whether we received a Christmas present or not and the doctor won't sign the birth certifi- cate because he isn’t sure.” Patridge explained ’’*that the court had nothing to do with the! 1 |on Christmas Day or Christmas’ , Eve. Features Service Writer available for possible proce: ers. Hold Perfunctory Meetings Most of the firms can hold per- functory annual meetings in his law office, although Standard Oil, w chartered a_ special train serv- PUTS QUESTION ON PROPER! DATE UP TO HEAD OF COUNTRY halted bus trips this year, uses a nearby, Grange Hall. Ladies of the Grange sei lunch¢on: Gentleman. farmer and, country benker as. well as lawyer, Large dent Roosevelt has been asked to has a big hause overlooking. Flem- n, replete with terzaces, fire- books, white - coated, Neg- houseboy and hospitality,, The (By Associated Press) WICHITA, Kas, Feb. 1— Amidst his war problems, Presi- “Didn't Roosevelt start this war! time?” asked the father. “Well, it is up to him to settle it!” . decide another important issue: whether a Wichita baby was born time. yy PAGE FIVE _uurrmenaceecmmomeeerar MAYBE THEY NEVER = N. E. Ist Street at Biscayne Boulevard Overlooking Bayfront Park and Biscayne Bay MIAMI, FLORIDA One Block frcm Shopping District and Amusements PARKING LOT ADJOINING HOTEL Alfred Simons. Manager “i VMEUI UNA HORHAUTSUOREQHL EDT CTE 1ST GARMAN ATTRA DEE eUSSNNET UNTO TGCEL HOT EOUTOOTDOPTURANOEENOgTY ARRUBES a” (By Associzted Press) MANHATTAN, Kes., Feb. 1l—The ycung fellow rushed imto the probate judge's of- fice and esked for a marriage license. “What's the bride’s name?” asked the clerk. The near-bridegroom was “Gosh.” he said, “I ‘t'‘}enow.*I just call her jolly!“ ; He hurrieti'away and came back ‘in’a minute with the ‘information. SUBSCRIBE FOR TH THE CITIZE _20¢ WEEKLY law office down at 117 Main Street almost could fit in one of the par- lors. Now 63, he has been a leading citizen in these parts almost since LOSI OL iv he came out of law school in 1902. a enn He is a former Hunterdon Coun > ATC! ie) iP AIRS >| prosecutor and judge, and . ai ALTE 4 member of the prosecution staff > ALE MAKES Expertly and { which sent Bruno Richard Haupt > Inexpensively Repai : mann to the electric chair for the K and Serviced — 4 Lindbergh baby kidnap-murder. > S 4 To Flemington, incidentally, the > Maurice Scammons, § Hauptmann trial is a bad memor, > not enjoy the > Jeweler 4 > 518 Fleming Street 5: PO IEF GPPCP IA CIP POLO CO the big cornorations. a Vv vv Vv VV v wv vwwrvevvvrrrywng Arrival of the millions did not tezant Hleminzton to “go en. 3 Streamlined Service. . - ; enending sr Large noted 4 ik “Conseryative people,” he | ¢x; : IN plained. “are in charge of taxing Direct Wire — Convenient — No Delay! FILE YOUR MESSAGES AT. 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