The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 24, 1945, Page 2

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d _ Mowever, as long as we are at war, price _ ar Wage contro! should continue to re- ’ asthe. dapandait: of} ea rare 8 rhe Tal about the low taxation in Flofida, about the several: tax measures in other states to [which Florida was a stranger. ht used to delight in te his trips to ‘Rey West ocr: , only necessary to ag word tion” for him to bint aa $2 | in a good many i oat ; | gloriqus State of aa aes ‘We ca s twinkling now as he falked zat yeloved state that gave every man a esac to death. in But how things have changed since fn snonymous | then! No more is Florida that state where | taxation i is light; instead, taxation rides on | the topmost crest of the highest wave. - | You may buy a gallon of gasoline for | your automobile, and one-third of the ; money you pay for it is clutched by the i state: you buy a pack of cigarettes, and _MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST one-fifth of the sum you pay is shunted ADYOCATED BY THE CFFIEER into the state treasury, and so it goes with re ear j almost every conceivable thing taxed. : More Hotels and Apartments. j One had hope that, with the state’s |; ; Bench end ap age | surplus topheavy, when the present legis- |: Atrports—-Land lature convened there would be some re- >, (onaolidation of County end City Gov in taxes: But not so! The heavy ' surplus instead!’ created a _ determination mong state: officials to pile “more bag lo = — 1c the erate,” WE ARE STILL AT WAR Cnc would have thought too that : hs +When the ban had been raised federally on . anetdn extensive survey, the maga- e'ne Neweweek reports that. price contro! race courses that the former insistence, in still raising higher and yet higher the ‘Yorts of the OPA are gradually losing |iaxes on cigarettes; which are two-thirds round largely because of public indiifer- | as high as those imposed by the federal < eee. In the battle against inflation it de- | sovernment, would have been quieted, but tefes that “the OPA is the rear guard, | not so! ehting a delaying action until the day when mass production and normal distrib- “9 : enn mare + She looked on beyond ne long South.” No lenger a 2 Lambert name to b= ‘lgunted w ler Phar rl toed ae struck the core of all that was decent th: nose an Up Tallahassee way, the attitude now is, “The more money we have the more we sation of civilian goods can catch up with | want; keep building up the surplus, as the unsatisfied demands of the last three | though the money in building it up does years...” not come out of the pockets of the people Perhaps one of the reasons why price | of the state.” control is slipping is the growing tendency Reduction in taxation? Bah! “The ©! price regulators to look upon such regu- | only thought we entertain in that regard _ | Slemeas @ more or less permanent insti twiten. Om this.basis it does not deserv is to.make the taxes higher and higher. As Pr. Townsend said about the $200 a menth public ewpport and probably will not get i as a pension for every oldster, ‘We've got the woyld by the tail, going down hill, and ihe only thing we have to do is to hold on evive the fullest public cooperation. Every tight’.” government official should seek this co- © eperation-with a clear-cut pledge that the OP Aare all the dictatqial otininietiativg ~- The enem lurking al] aroung to pickup seqrets that might be found! i ae. iteagouta be a strategic idea to itsthe. Chinese to occupy Japan, and H wouldn't that make the Nips mad! e eouvigamen and war Sand tio must be pretected against the inflationary flangers | ee Neues eae, oe ef wertime. With these considerations [ Price and wage contro}s will remain *-repest in mind, the people should and | necessary long after the war with Japan | wilt ‘back the OPA. This goes also for tens | ¢nds—jf we are determined to avoid the in- of theweands of retail merchants who live Hation-deflation ‘cycle. { mort intimately with wartime regulations. Price en? wage contro] in war is one thine. Similar control in peacetime is quite enother thing. During the war it may mean the difference between victory and defeat. ‘ WHEN WE LOST THE FIGHT =| “It was just at this stage of the last war that we lost the fight against infla- Th peacetime it becomes merely a tool to | tion,” declares Chester Bowles, adminis- protect @ profligate government and to de- | trator of the Office of Price Control, who etrey the freedom of the people, and should ! jeans that “we may make the same tragic pot be condoned. As the New York Times | istakes again.’ shag perviad “The burden ot proof should be The, continuation of our war against placed on those who wish to continue war- | Japan may prevent Americans from jump- Sime ware'and price coutrol,'in whole or in ing to the gonclusion that the national pert, when peacetine Tomes, rather, than fcmetgency ig over and that all ‘Controls on those who wish (o terminate it.” should be abandoned. However, there will Lea strong fendency to suggest that the govelnment end all artificial controls and the sentiment will be strongly exprenped as defeat of Japan nears. This demand will be based upon the selfish efforts of some business men to take advantage of the situation and also upon j the erroneous conclusion of many citizens that the cessation of hostilities removes the { necessity for economic controls. Obvious- | ly, this is not the case hecause many months will elapse before the national economy } will have an opportunity to function ynder | normal world conditig: 1 S®CRECY IMPOSSIBLE «she ge some 2,000,000 fighting men, up- » the end of the war against Germany, * prematurely disclosed by a member Congress who, in his defense, states that © oid pot get his information at a confi- Cont al session of a House committee with «© Jelals of the War Department. The incident epi in bility o is not very important ex- ‘ar as it illustrates the impossi- keeping any secret which is en- The plan of the War Department ! uate 4 ; ° ar preciable number of Amer- The situation is illustrated by the case 2 es of a man, taken to a hospital for a major | “oh Maa rage operation. None of his relatives, if they |= It's almost time for the Constitution to expect him to live, suggest, as the surgeon | Sews him up, that the operation is over and that the patient return immediately to | work. Everybody recogpizes the inevitable | | after-effects and the necessity for a period | of convalescence. In much the same sense, the national | Don't be disappointed if your fellow- j emergency has produced a profound shock / +, | men happens to treat you a little less gen- | to the nation’s economy. While the opera- ; eteeely then you think you deserye. jtion of war may soon end snecessfully, there exists the necessity of 2 period of | Why expect a quick and ready agree- | economic conydl escence before. any serio went from two seore nations when every- | attempt is made to resume yigorous activity hedy knows that it is almost impossible to | without regard to the effect of the strain ik get a smell committee to agree? jot our wars. iy protedt the rights of the majority. Being on time is the explanation of a ‘ot ef lost time—waiting on the late ar- rivals Key West IN | Methodist Church for-Mrs. Mary apd Mrs. Millard B. yesterday aftern noon | August DAYS GONE BY at the convention lodges. in Florida at Palatka. Sheriff Thompson ‘and his dep- uties are investigating the attack munition cases. ere. HAS VARIOUS BALTIMORE.—Glue is used in| the manufacture of the parts of} cargo ships, torpedo boats, bat- tleships and carriers, in rifles, am- and 4 CHARLES M. ie containers USES Weaistall ‘Davey of Sante Davey of Santa Fe, N. LEGALS r9 *~ M., noted artist, born East Orange, Miss Miriam E Carey, ve “Key N. J., 58 years ago. West, was elected great keeper cf wampum held'this week by the Pocahontas IN THF. CIRCUIT COURT OF THB CIRCUIT ELEVENTH JUDICIAL UF THE STATE OF PLORIDA, IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY. CHANG! eBx. on John Staff, whé was hit over youn wasn Herc KRCRN, the head with a blackjack and robbed of $12, his shoes and his oechrra coat. Plain {DEvoRoR ACTION BLACKBUF Defendan' ORDER OF PUSLICA PION AND NOTICE TO APP’ tiff, t. EAR The Women’s Auxiliary of the TO! Cecelia Flentery Blackburn, Arthur Sawyer - Post ‘of — the} American “Legion, will observe Poppy Day tomorrow. Funeral services will be held omorrow afternoon in the First eva Hobson, who died in’ Gal- veston on April 25. i Lysle Gibson, 15, son of wc. sort, djed | a n in a local hospital. Funeral serv- ices: wil] pe held tornorrow ster: | in’ the First Methodist | Church, with the Rev. George EB Summers. officiating. Members of the Arthur Sawyer; Post of the American ag ill” attend Praises ac Street body Sunday. evenii “ts observ-" ance of Memorial id F ine — ‘Herman Holtsberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Holtsberg, left ¢ yesterday, after a short Holiday 3 here, to resume his studies in the ( University of Florida Mrs. J. ¥. Porter and dapghter b left yesterday for Miami to visit Ri" relatives a few days. Frank Fleitas sailed yesterday a F for Tampa to visit relatives. Today The Citizen says in an} editorial paragraph: “To keep ‘the flies away in swat grandparents in May.’ ' By Today's native will be fluent of; | spgech, ready in “emergency ‘and! with refined tastes. tendency. ““Contentmept is strong facjer. and be wind may hot be made of the talents,!t a oes ip the life to spur the na- ive on tg attain fame. ESKIMO POPULATION NEW YORK. — The decennial sof Canada in 1941 estab- the Eskimo population at ce: Divorce tiled above entitle erwise bill confe Gu AL) Tt is rather a, TO: | | Bohemian nature, with a roaming the most} | there may be too much hap-' ? Www Re , Attorney 528 Soraparu Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. You are hereby required to ap- ‘omplaint for pear to the Bill of the 4th day ed against you. Done and Florida, this 30th day of April, 945 Ross C Sawyer Clerk of the Circuit Court, Monroe Count n or before D. 1945; ot allegations of the said omplaint will be taken as Ordered at Key ees: | Soneitor for Plaintiff. y, Florida. By: (sd) Kathleen Nottage, Deputy Clerk. | WM. ROGER WATKINS, oelgck | Solicitor for Plaintiff. mayl NOTICE TO CREDITORS (1933 Probate Act, Sec: Buk JUDGE, 8. 119, 120) ‘AN THE COURT OF THE COUN- MONROE POUNst; ‘LORIDA, IN PROBATE. : Estate of SOLOMON, motif claims t1y SOLOMON, also NOEL. SOLOMO! nd Deceased. ditors and’ Persons Hav-} aims or Demands oe ate ach of you are hereby; oauined to present ans TY. XDIA ¢ oR D; .|1N THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ; ae | their ‘great-great | ELBVESTH JUDICIAL cincurt. t t HE STATE OF FLORIDA. Ix AND FoR MONKOR COUN: Cc Sawyer “eter of the Circuit Court. IN 5-22,1945! ° her ‘ide inds. “Is it ee for the violets, ‘to bloom ‘on’ He Hecitated, as if he had gotten. Then he. spid, “It’s too Bey his words hold - double meaning? t ot qe lifting, ete.). said « ‘TH ELE" Ror Sopesr: MEN CHANCERY. Plaintitf, |sruvit H — Jyefendant. |. TO: sYLvi 1819 Vinta Del Hollywood, California. YOU ARE HE! and required to appear to the bill for divorce filed against you in the above styled Court and to file your agpearance personally or by aitor- ney on or before the Ith day of JuneP945,votherwise the allegations of the Dill Will be taken against you as confessed. This is a suit instituted by Charles M. a. as plaintiff, against Syl- via H. Byrne,-as defendant, for di- voree, fited Court. This notice shall be published once @ Week for four consecutive weeks in The Key West Citizen, a in’ the’ ‘above. styled Rewspaper published in Key West, Fie | Dated at Key ee oaeriae. this 9th day of May, A, (cI be . Court aly Ross C Sawyer “Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for Monroe County, Fla. By (sd) Kathleen Nottage, Deputy Clerk. H. TAYLOR, h- may10-1 | AN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE : ELEVENTH JU oe pombe THE STATE O} | wk MONROE COUNTY. CLAUDE ig MATT Plaintiff, vs. | erarH &. MARTIN, Defendant. ER OF PUBLICATION TO: Sette Be MA’ ieee | 1918 “Mercer Avenue, N. W. H Roanoke, Virginia | It is hereby ordered t required ‘to appear on the of June, 1945, before the « titled court to the’ Bill of Comp! filed against you in jed cause, v is hereby ate spaper in whith this. Orde © be published once a week for four | (4) “consecutive weeks. this 21st day Clerk © Monroe By: ndows in the | © in said build the right to all bids made Pocw meg REBY NOTIFGED | | DIVORCE | ieee wee nang eae | placement technique ingrained in| ; 2mployers, they will pick a man ; for his ability, for his employ- ment record,” Banta says. entifie technique,” he says. was all by rule-of thumb. Presb | ly, they didn’t think I could do» bs a 1921, at the peak of abled veterans’ problem, gan to do placement work. nytt Banta recalls. ‘poss used to say, “always ow analysis in this work.” be mene jneant by ‘job soalveie. I bea : ‘or him. rhe days there was ao <a Ween ” ‘ ci “There, was no technique for ving handicapped My “But he never explained what) work it out by myself. 1 gape, ; | olei gctanine ae eed job for eapsints. of engi condi- | tea physical activities re- to perform it (walking,! There — ‘onditions in all. teen the capacity of the | Received Dally by Leated jicapped applicant is analyz- —00u— Popular Brands of hen the suitable job is pick-' CIGARS and COLD we can get this scientific Dan Culpin got his eng iarcence vine this year. and he never got his second sitting on his porch, pan actos a wind.” well-deserved glass of beer, From where I sit, there's « while Bob Wirts, his neighbor, moral there for all of us. We've still had over an acre to go. been working hard to win thiv Jt burned Bob up, seeing Dan war. A little rest may look aw- relaxed while he worked. So fully tempting. But by keeping ¢ he'd stop and have a glass of going, by never letting ap, we cider—and make out thathe was can coynt on getting our secome in no hurry anyway. wind that will overcome wearh “And that was the trouble,” ess and see ws to Vie Dan explained to me.“Ikepton ‘F¥- going till I got my second wind; and saved my rest until the job No. 118 of a Series _ __ Copyright, 1945, United States Urcners Foundamen Buy More and Larger War Bonds 9, Kantor’s Men’s Quality Men’s Weer for Civilians and Service Men PHONE 897 517 Duval St., Opposite Palace Theatre . e Swimming Trunks . By Gantner and McGregor Hi-quality 100% wool swimming trunks especially designed for div- ing and swim- ming— Hi-waist- ed and snug fit- ting, they will re- tain their shape permanently. j $550 A varied selection of boxer — style trunks in ane patterns and plain coiers, silks and sturdy cotton fabrics, all Colors $295 . - $395 SHIRTS Cool and sporty shirts for beach and street wear in crew neck styles, plain colors and bright stripes. A summer fayorite. $100. $150 SHOES for smart casual wea: —Loafer style shoes, a perfect combination for comfort and smart appearance. $395 . $585

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