The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 18, 1946, Page 2

“by, thei gov PAGE TWO eee Only Daily New: 1 saa a ee eee West Entered at Ki ‘he as second slass Sie MEMBER THE AsSOCIA’ The Associated - Pri 3 loa- tyely entitled to use fo: tion of all news dispatehes eredited to it or not otherwise credited in published here. this paper and also the local news One VE nICBIPTION BaTsS £ = Mont! Months ~~ eee pete ee ns ‘One Weekly ~.. (TES . been opposed in a 1 MERELY A QUESTION One of these days Key West taxpayers are going to be surprised — astounded is a more apt term—by city and county officials. They are going to announce that, instead of further raising taxes, they will curtail ex- penditures and thereby low- er taxation. City officials that a sales tax will be adopted to help meet expenses. Regarding that type of tax, which has the state and the federal governments for many years, it not only announce probably is paid as usual by the ulti- Pete. fiiiar emecmenrree remvienmarni | ADVERTISING BA’ ; Made known on application mate consumer, but it en- All festa Notices of thanks, resolutions of Teapett abite wary notices, poems, ete, will be charged for at the rate of 10 eenta Notices . for. tertainm tails volumes of extra work for business men. What do a few cents added to your purchase tb see churches from which revenue is amount to? The Citizen has J to be derived are 6 cen' line. The Citizen is an open-forum and Invites discussion 0: pops and~ ‘subjects of local or interest, but it anonymous communications. iil not Sapien sy “BY THE 1. More: Hotels and Apart- ments. 2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 3. Airports—Land and Sea. -4. Consolidation of County and City Governments. 5. Community Auditorium. MONOGRAPHS Mr. Adrian O’Sweeney, Key West, Florida. Dear Sir: In.your advertising you “stress the fact that you “occupy the entire build- ing” in the: conduct of } your business. In view of the scarcity of housing, it would be generous of you to permit some other. busi- 83 to share the building Yours truly, THE ORACLE. 3 $2-20 PAYMENTS + “Qne of the plans provided ‘government for the » Of. returning vet- uaranteed “$20 a fifty-two weeks in the evént ‘that the veteran was unable to secure em- ployment. Up to the present time more than six million vet- erans have filed such claims. Slightly fewer than one mil- lion are now receiving the payments and there has been much comment throughout the nation about the 52-20 clubs. It is interesting to observe that in Puerto Rico 86.2 per cent of the veteran popula- tion has filed claims. Among the states, West Virginia, with; 65.5 per cent is tops, bat in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl- vania, “Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and _ Missouri more than half of the vet- erans have put in requests. The states with the low- est percentages were Ne- braska, Nevada and Wyom- ing, with figures between 20 and 25 per cent. In Hawaii, by the way, the requests for unemployment pay came from only 5.5 per cent of the veterans. ALL THREE NECESSARY Discussing the efforts of the General Assembly of the United Nations to work out a satisfactory agreement for disarmament and con- trol of new weapons, Sir Hartley Shawcross, British Welegate, pointed out that the problem involved three Phases, atomic control, the abolition of other weapons of mass destruction and ade- quate and simultaneous in- ternational control. The British representa- tive made it clear that his country would not accept any agreement that related to one or two phases of the problem, but that it would be satisfied with nothing less than all three, with no risk a veto on any one of them. es heard it asked. It amounts sues }to many, many dollars in the }take place on February 24. course of a year—dollars taken from families, whose heads are not working, as well as from families that still have steady incomes. Yes, local taxpayers are going to be surprised or astounded one of these days, not only by the city and county governments but also by the. state and federal governments. With taxation now more burdensome than it has ever been in the his- tory of the nation, any movement toward its reduc- tion is hailed with enthu- siasm. As The Citizen has re- marked before, the Repub- licans, in the November election, rolled up over- |whelming majorities be- cause they pledged them- selves to try to reduce in- come taxes.. | To attain that aim, they | will slash expenses wherev- ler they can be slashed. As a suggestion, would it not be a highly commendable action for city commission- jers, instead of looking for more ways to tax the people, to seek ways to reduce ex- penditures? What do you think gf that suggestion, gentlemen? The: Bible ‘continues to be the ‘world’s greatest book, whether you read “it regu- larly or not. We are against mohopol- ies, whether capitalistic or labor} the general welfare must always be suprente. | Nothing seems to die so hard as intolerance; it has been handed down to us from the ages, and will exist as long as there is human na- ‘ture. RETURN IS IMPORTANT | Practically every leader of business who attempts to analyze the future eco- nomic prospects of the na- the Government is taking a large sum from every fam- ily and advances the theory that. if. the Government re- | duces its expenses, the amount will be saved. While there is need for economy .in Federal expen- ditures, and in the fiscal policies of some of the States, it would be a mis- take to assume that all the money that a taxpayer sends to the Government is given away without return. Dr. Ralph Robey, chief economist of the National Association of Manufactur- tion stresses the fact that! ‘Key.West In ‘Days Gone By ut ver wens or . OF THe CrrizENn oF ES. 18, 1936 Matters. pertaining to ships and ; men“who go to sea were discuss- ed yesterday at a conference in the naval station, held by repre- sentatives of the Distress Com-| {munications Commission. |. Public schools in Monroe coun- lty will be closed this afternoon | jfor the Christmas holidays and} will not be reopened until Jan- uary 4, Melvin E. Russell, super- lintendent of public instruction, | jsaid today. The committee in charge of the proposed monument to be erect | ed in Key West in memory of} Marti, Cuban patriot, announced | today that. the unveiling will Miss Mollie Parker, chairman | lof the Key West Beautification |Committee, complained to local} police today that many of the} trees that have been planted here | have been destroyed by vandals, | chiefly boys. Resumption of operating the Monroe county ferries twice a day,. between No Name Key and Lower Matecumbe, was.announc- ; ed today. ky | Mrs. Clifton Bailey and son,| Jack Bailey, of Miami, will ar- rive in Key West Wednesday to} spend the Christmas holidays) with relatives” {forces push Japs back j spurn Ford wage increase of 12.4 the operation~ will be dangerous | per cent. : WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1946 ae One He Can Throw Out | (Know America) | She: “Daddy is so pleased to Your Grocer SELLS That GOOD f Admiral William’ H.’ Standley, hear you are a poet.” State’to ratify the new Consti-| retired, former chief of naval He: “Fine! ot een] SEAR tution, operations, onetime Ambassador then?” 1832.—U. S. concludes a treaty | to Russia, born at Ukia, Calif. 74! She: “Not at all. But the last of commerce and navigation with years ago. friend of mine he tried to throw Russia. ; Dr. John L, Newcomb, presi-'C8t Was an amateur boxer.” 1865,—Thirteenth Amendment! dent of the University of vir-| me eS Ba ire of slavery—declared’ ginia, born at Sassafras, Va., 65 + : years ago. i 1904.—Japs take forts at Port ranci Arthur in war with Russia. Uso Renato Eraaci ce ih 1815—Henry ‘Ford's: Peace ers of Pennsylvania, born in Phil- Ship, to get the boys out of the; sages ss idan 6 ri : { Dr. Alvin Johnson, president trenches * by Christmas; arrives! in Norwen TriVES | emeritus of the New York School 1918.—U. -S.. ‘troops occupy | for Social Research, born at Coblentz, Germany, bridgehead. | Homer Nebr., \72 years’ ago. 5 1919.—Japs: agree to permit no Maj. Edwin H. Armstrong, in- tore “picture brides” sent here. | ventor of the frequency modula- 1921.-500 arrested in Chicago | tion form of broadcasting, born wholesale prohibition raids. in New York, 56 years ago. ! 1941.—Japs block one end of! Dr. William I. Myers, noted the Burma Road. U. S. and’ dean of Cornell’s School of Agri- French reach agreement on Mar-| Culture, born at Lowman, N. Y., tinique, which is to be neutral. 55 years ago. i 1942.—American planes bomb! Althea Warren, noted Los An- Japs on New Georgia Island. {geles Public Library librarian, 1943, — Chinese - American orn 60 yaers ago. : in Rice! Walter W. Head, president of Bowl Region. : | General American Life, St. Louis, 1944.-Big German countersote. former Boy Scout head, born at fensive dents deep into'U. S. First , Adrian, Ill, 69 years ago . ‘ Army’s lines, some 18 miles into Serge Sys 5 er 5 ! Nothing to It Belgium. 1945.—United Auto Workers! Patient (nervously): I suppose <THE KEY WEST CITIZEN TODAY IN HISTORY (Know America) 1887.—New Jersey the third TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS PLEASE ADVISE E City Electr Systemt OF ANY URNED-OUT and They Will Be Replaced At Our Earliest Opportunity doctor? : Doctor: Nonsense—You céuld }never buy a dangerous operation ee $40. ge ee Ad Any Person Maliciously Breaking Todav’s Anniversaries ° WILL (Know America) J : ‘osec 1803.—George’D. Prentice, first Street Light Bulbs ae Pr uted and longtime editor of the Louis- | ville, Ky., Journal, begun in 1830, ' influential its day, born at New} London, Conn. Died Jan. 22, 1870. | 1811.—Horace B. Claflin, New, Overseas T ransportation Mr. and Mrs. Hilario Ramos; announced today the birth last | night of a son, weighing nine pounds. Mrs. Ramos is a daugh-; ter of Mr. and Mrs, Aquilino| Lopez. fond Today The Citizen says in an: STIFF PENALTY (Continued from Page One)’: | cipal Hospital property was ap- proved, as was a resolution re+ scinding 1943 instructions to the: Chemical Bank &}:,Trust;Comz, pany, New York, to cease inter: est payments on Series A a bonds. ‘iG < Stop Light Considered The commissioners instractéd’ the City Manager to i 3 the possibility of placing: a s light at the corner of Southard and Whitehead streets: and also to get bids on, the,.purchase.,.of an electric typewriter’ estim: to cost about. $250. * 2 The meeting was recessed until Thursday, Dec. 19, at 8 o'clock. “4 The commissioners completed a full agenda of business in a short time without tempers flar- ing either among the audience or the commissioners themselves. Commissioner John Carbonell asked a Citizen reporter if *he’ noticed “anything different to-| | night.” } “Yes,” was the reply. “Every- | thing was done calmly and went as scheduled and all votes were unanimous.” ; “Exactly,” said the veteran |commissioner and former coun- }cilman. “Prior to this public | meeting, we held a caucus re-| garding the matters to be dis- cussed tonight and those that we could not agree on were left be- hind and not brought up at the meeting to create an unnecessary spectacle.” Commissioner Carbonell stated that he had been trying ever since his councilman days to have things done in this busi- 1 | | {Pa York drygoods prince, whose | |mame the country over was si H synonymous with personal honor; its kind in the wockd: A ly i : ‘ kind |. Acts and integrity, born at Milford.) sleep to chat! you | Co I Mass. Died Nov. 4, 1885. | See eae sorte VC KS | mpany, ne. 1835. — Lyman Abbott, New! : Mladen \ ‘prolific writer, editor of the Out- | “Rollo” books, born in Boston.' editorial paragraph: ¥°\1861.—Edward A. MacDowell,| { “Life is worth just what yourjeader his day as American! | Between Miami and Key West make it worth to you.” pianist-composer, born in New, i ; ad | ¥ork. Died there, Jan. 23, 1908. | Express Schedule: York Congregational clergyman, } Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service Between MIAMI and KEY WEST Also Serving ALL POINTS on Florida Keys look, son of the author of the) Died Oct. 22, 1922. “1864.—S. Parkes Cadman, ino-! ted “Brooklyn, N. Y., Congrega-! tional clergyman his day, born | England. Died July 12, 1936., : | Makes Outdoors Fun gp-likéi manner and finally had! Qverhs; EXCEPT i AP : | ight sunlight need 0 longer | - LEAVES MIAMI DAILY ( eee deqj;He said. he: hoped! keep you from enjoying yourself | taba i Bagh Sota a ie commissioners.’ would | 3 éontintie to: have these | outdoors. Ray-Ban Anti-Glare Sun | 6:00 o’clock A. M. Local Schedule: prior | feetings® and. in the give-and- (Stops At All Intermediate LEAVES. KEY WEST DAILY. (Ex | Glasses, modern, safe, scientific glare | takel ladvari¢e™ discussions those’ Protection, filter out excess light, ad- | CEPT SUNDAYS) at 8:00 o'clock A. M, and arrives at Miami at 4:00 o’- subjects that could not be agreed | mit to your eye light useful for seeing. eb ih compromise would} Attractive styles plain, and grouad to Aiea, for, the Commis- clock P.M. LEAVES MIAMI DAILY (EXCEPT ely your prescription. / mer ‘added, “WHat is the use! * of bringing a subject up that will ‘not (pass at the commissioners’ Dr J A V Id SUNDAYS) at 9:00 o'clock A.M. and meeting?” | e . © a ies arrives at Key West at 5:00 o'clock "Those present last night were OPTOMETRIST P.M. aydr William W. Demeritt, | Office Hours: 912 apd 2-5 p.m. ‘Gouihissioners John Carbonell, | Evenings by Appointment FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE j (No Stops En Route) LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY (EX- CEPT SUNDAYS) at 6:00 P. M. Ar Hires at Miami at 12:00 o'clock Mid- Louis Carbonell, Hunter Harden ADDRESS: PHONES: FULL CARGO INSURANCE and Albert Cooper; City Man- | Valdes Bldg. Office 322 Office: 813 Caroline Street Phones: 92 and 68 ager O. J. S. Ellingson, City At- 619 Duval St., —— W. ry E “ ae reet forney J. Lancelot Lester, City, Upatatis Risanaeass 'AREHOUSE: Corner Eaton and Francis Streets Clerk Roy Hamlin. ers, estimates that the Go| ernment takes about $27 a; week per family, as compar- | i ed with $8 per family in 1929 and §11 per family in| | 1939. Obviously, a large | | t [ t } part of the increase can be} * attributed to the expenses | 1 of World War II and the; (ONE WAY) expenditures that are being | ! made, even today, in con-) nection with that struggle. | FLIGHTS DAILY The question for the peo-} | ple of the nation to deter- | mine, in connection with | what the Government gets, | is whether the Government | gives an adequate return.) This should be decided on} the basis of expenditures not | connected with the wary Certainly, everybody will agree tat useless govern- | mental spending should be} abolished, but it is some- ATIONAL \ AIRLINES e RS what difficult to secure) aa : unanimity in regard to par- | ‘TELEPHONE: 1040 ‘ticular expenditures. eee OUR TRAVELAGENT THREE CONVENIENT || Serve at home OF BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY KEY WEST COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY | » Hear Morton Downey. WKWF. 12:15 P.M., Monday through Friday