The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 5, 1945, Page 2

KEY WEST'S POPULATION “It's bad enough ; don’t rub it in.” In other words, if you knock a féllow down, | don’t step on his face, especially if he has | net done anything to warrant the knocking down. In a story in a Miami paper yesterday, the usually reliable Associated Press says, in commenting on the population of Key West in an article of general application to cities in Ploridas ce +) srr eemrneee “Key West, one of the oldest cities in the state and long « leading port in the Ration’s commerce, is one of the few ities ‘that fails to maintain a pace in Florida's march of progress. “The census ef 100 gave that south- ermmost city a total populction of 17,114 ite inhabitants increased to 19.945 in 1910 and then the dropoff came. fm 1920 its Populatian was 16,949 and by 1930 this population fell to 12,831, increasing to only / 12,927 by 1940. Today the state census i gives Key West a total of 14,246. Mrs. V. M. Hutcheson, who was the “census enumerator in Monree county, in- | formed The Citizen that the population of | Key West, in the final figures sent her by Se —— Only Daily Key West ang nea Ld Smeared at hay Went, Florida, we socrnd Gnas matter | bits i | Fs F ds i F | If the regulators who have had -con- | Pad trol of production and selling of such ne- | cessities as sugar, meat, milk products, | clothing and commodities used by the aver- age American family, are responsible for | “Yhe shortages we are now experiencing, it is time the American people were given the facts, and let the chips fall where they may | The planners of our sugar supply j started their “contro!” experiments in the | thirties, and the net result is economic dis- loeations and serious shortages of this ba- wie product in every family and industry Jn apite of such a record under a planned economy, it has been proposed to bring all | basic foods under world-wide centralized | control 1 A’ rence Sullivan, writing in the Na- tion's Husigess, aske the question: “Does world planning by committees and chart ists produce adequate supplies, or do free «markets call forth a more dependable abundance?” Under the planned sugar program of 1934, American beet sugar pro- duction was restricted and our needs allo- cated to various areas, including Cuba, Ha- | much leas than the actual rate, available on | House and Senate wail, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and scattered sources. After the Jape struck at Pearl Harbor, we lest enor wfous sugar preduction in the Philippines, Hawaii, and the Caribbean areas. But de- | apite these lesses, the planned restrictions on United States beet production were con- tinued in full force and were not eased un- til time for planting the 1945 beet sugar crop. Had aereage limitations been lifted when losses began, more United States su- gar would have come to market by Octo- is42 if we want things to eat and wear, and buyand sell, in the United States, it is time we demanded a free peacetime economy ander whieh individuals can carry on with- Dut the permission of plan- jiers. Otherwise, we may be eating saw Yuet in another five years. Like govern- professional ment ownership, a compulsory planned wronemy im peace will destroy a free America THE BOYS ARE COMING HOME AGAIN Demobilization is under way, and members of this country’s armed forces are landing on their American homeland Another great movement homeward will | Tollow from the Pacific And if world peace is permanent, the probabilities are that such @ peace will @we more to the atomic bomb than te agtee- @ents among nations The bomb puts all the old the discard. On the The force of the atomic bom») ter ncepts of other band is such a mys that the collapse of Japan will serve as | ® warning te what we may bepe will be a more civilized world War into The Japanese made only a single mis. | Jake: they bit off much more than they | Pould chew | President Truman, having begun te! express himself vigorously on domestic is. | | sues, will find out that what Sherman said Shout war applies to other matte rs, power Commissioner of Agriculture Nathan Mayo, who had charge of the census in the state, showed a population in Key West of 18,009. Mrs. Hutcheson gave the same total to the Key West Chamber of Commerce. But The Associated Press writer plac- ed the figure at 14,346, a difference of 4,763. Manawer Singleton, of the Key West that published the article about the dis- erepancy. The difference is so great even the officials of the larger cities in the state would protest were their population an- nounced to be that much amaller than what it really is, but, in the case of Key West, one-fifth of the population is lopped off Presenting American Ball Ground, G place names , and Pienic Grove, Ind. Americans may be interested in know- ing that many people in Europe believe that all of us have everything we want and They can't see why we should not give the surplus to them some to spare FRANCE TO PAY U. S. SOLDIERS | Many American soldiers, stationed in France, have complained that they were | being robbed by the official valuation set | upon the franc. This cut down the num- | ber of franca that a service man received | for his American dollar The official rate of exchange was black markets. The American soldier, re ceiving U. 8S. money, had to have franes to spend in France and hence the effect of the over-valuation of the franc was to re duce the buying value of his money The French government, apparently anxious not to revaalue the france and to adjust the issue, does so by the device of paying members of the American armed forces about 850 francs a month. Press dispatches refer to the sum as a “subsidy but it actually represents an adjustmen the rate ab exchange applicable only to U.S service men and operates without affect ing domestic affairs of the French re pub tic The payment announced will be out- | right, without strings and with no repay ment expected. It will be made direct to | the U. 8. government which will pass the francs to men in service in France. These will make it possible for the Americans to secure a fairer purchasing power in France | and relieve them of the conviction that they are being gypped by the official rate | of exchange —e i When two stutterers meet to talk, each could aceuse the other of m-m-meckmg Single atoms are harmiess, but organ them into colonies and you create a if loosed, that can cause unimagin devastation ize able BLACKOUT IN ENGLAND The blaekout, which disappeared in Britain when peace arrived, has returned The necessity of saving coal has led the Minister of Puel and Power to order ex tinguishment of street lights at midnight and reduction in the number of lights This emphasizes the serious problems h confront one of the victorious pow The Beitish readily admit that the war has done them great economic dam- age and that, if the nation wishes to re sume a leading role in the world of cam- merce, it must prepare for sacrifices whic er Chamber of Commerce, wired the paper | | ties This is the greatest nur ber of me ires r had in suc s short od for the spe one group Natur percentage { these will eventually pa but they all have been referr to com mittees and are being stud lied and « ered | ‘Tey A Pound Today! e- i if i clearness the end of the road be- would not listen—or per- didn’! care enough— A® she gratefully sipped the water Chrisopher brought the telephone began to mw? | She started from her chatr to an- swer it but his voice je her hesitate “Til take care of ‘hat Brenda, breathlessly ihe = nodded. | trusting herself to speak she heard him at the tlephone gcross the room exclaim fran- | teally. ~ “So-—you're Brenda.” whisper grew louder, became = one. “You know s © | The : | wouldn't have appease warned him. . T was afraid—” ‘The girl's face was ashen under “For God's sake don't let any-) her rouge. Her platinum blonde @me come up to this apartment.| hair craggied be ad . r down in the lobby. | tell) face. eyidenti a the py = Blair can't see anyone.| wind wht yas rising from the| death if settled heavily over | Ti explain later-—oh lake She looked nervously fr om | the room He slammed th receiver back' one to the other of the silent ‘To be ontinued lof wounded veterans. During |peak Gen. Omar Bradley named to succeed Brig Frank T Hines as administrator of veterans affairs. The investiga jtion is continuing now but has | cooled off Another piace where veterans are « top comcern is in the of the average congressman CONGRESS HANDLES MUCH DEALING WITH VETS’ LEGISLATION po * —— GREATEST NUMBER OF! A HONOR GUEST | BILLS EVER IN SUCH was CLEVELAND, Ohio—One of SHO! 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It's PURE }——Many legislators think the | marks about them in his address,| sistant to handle such matters 1 1945-46 sessions of the even if it isn't directly concerned) The assistant would be a disabled with thet topic | veteran with headquarters in the will go This was particularly true dur-| congresaman’s home distri« uf down in history as “The Vet-| ing the intensified phase of a)Chelf has his way. He thinks his INC. erans’ Congress House Veterans Committee in-| idea would not only help him (ice DIVISION) They say that never be-' vestigation of the Veterans Ad-| off a hot seat but would give the ‘ore has so much legislation) ministration. The imvestigetion| home falks ¢ contact » Phone No. 8 Plea. f ecwomgpeveen Flow veterans | turned the spotlight on the care! an expert on veterans’ problems. | § eegeeeoeccooooooosoneqsoooooososooosss been considered \ at - = 'deal of it already ha ' adopted, and a me still pending House Bill Clerk W am! J. 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