The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 1, 1947, Page 2

PAGE TWO The HOPE IN POLITICS | f Key West Citizen ‘Hope springs eternal in: Published Daily Mxsept by|the human breast,” says a ee ag ae a poet, and that is particular- From The Citizen Building ly true in polities. on. The people of the United 7 Puand Monroe county” ""* | States, or at least a vast ma- nad Monroe County PEGE vuln ilrereanishetnd Sd caer 6 SPSS AY Bape Entered at Key West, Florida | jority of them, sense a feel- as second elass mati h | aecccoccesos Key West In People’s Days Gone By, nse AS TAREN FROM FILES | OF THE CITIZEN OF JANUARY 1, 1937 { | “Key West celebrates New| j i Di . —K(AP)— has some authentic old ballads or some tall ; were told along the trails and St bars of the pioneer - west, the Pa... Library of Congress would like | Dear Friends: desis to see them. | On December 9 and Dr. Duncan Emrich, chief of | two most interesting days visiting the library's folklore section, is |in West Palm Beach conferring e reduced, I wanted taxes ore. 06 Oe rene tat | fit = the poor to ‘get ing, tinged deeply with) v.47 With Spirit Of Much Hap- i with public officials and private n and I do not just : rum MEMBER OF 4,, |hope, regarding proposed| iin.” says a two-columm, papa an terial and warns “The weet ig [ewizens about matters of interest of ie aaa te taxes oct tenes, of : pyMne Associated Press is exctas- retrenchments of the Re-|front-page headline in The Citi-! “NOTHING OFFICIAL” weak in collecting its folidore, |t# them, On the 10th, I had the ;24V0F | sf con-* ton of ail caus dinatches Muaites | Dublicans who, for the first} zen tdoay. Editor, The Citizen: and if. it doesn’t begin to get {Privilege of addressing large | iGefation 10 the b of the We treat our politics locally t meeting of the West Palm Beach somewhat like our religion—ev- to it or not otherwise credited in} time since 1930, will have Rotary Club, where I discussed / this paper and also the local news people who need the most help. some of it now, a lot will be published here. a majority in congress when} William W. Demeritt, Jr., who : . lost.” a bet-| I informed the chamber also” SUBSCRIPTION MATES it convenes tomorrow. has been spending the Christmas pen Pai Lane pean | ye cae edie the | that I believe in local self-govern- One Year _. #1090! Chief element in that/and New Year's holidays with | Sere : She Divided United States and Russia and-all|ment in all cases. where gov- One Month ——_——= too Weekly wanuns Sen TE AA ‘33 ADVER’ CJ ‘TRS Made known on application SPERCIAL NOTICE All reading notices, eards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obit- uary notices, poems, ete. it be erect for at the rate of 10 eents ee Notices for entertainment churches from which a revenue is to be derived are 6 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum ang invites discussion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications, NA’ (ibn oro IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN . More Hotels and Apart- ments. . Beach and Bathing Pavilion. . Airports—Land and Sea. . Consolidation of County and City: Governments. . Community Auditorium. | MONOGRAPHS To Those Concerned; Why do some people change their names? Have they raesons for do- ing so; are they ashamed of them; do they consider them a financial handi- cap? Inquiringly, THE.ORACLE. SMALL NEWSPAPERS ARE WORRIED Small ‘newspapers have been somewhat concerned in’ the. hewsprint industry, whefe*paper mills are being steadily purchased by large publishing houses, with the result that independent pubs lishers have.difficulty in ac- quiring Recessary news- print. ae The matter :engages the attention of Senator William Langer, of North Dakota, who says he will request a congressional investigation into the possibility that some collusion exists between the large paper mills and big publishers, with the result that there is discrimination Yr against the independent publisher. While we are without facts to support the charge of indiscrimination, there seems to be reason for the investigation. Obviously, if independent publishers can- not secure newsprint, they cannot continue their pub- lications. The value of local, or county, newspapers to the Republic is immense, and they should not be put out a matter of business beeause they do] found dut. not have the capital to meet the" purchasing policy of large-scale publishers. hope is that the Republicans will reduce government ex- penses and, as a result of that reduction, cut down in-} come taxes. : Probably we may be alto- gether too sanguine over what the Republicans may succeed in doing. We recall, in November of 1945, how deeply flushed with hope Key Westers were when the commission-manager form of government became ef- fective in Key West. Many of us have not ‘yet given up hoping that eondi- tions will change for the bet ter in City Hall, but, if we are frank with ourselves, the only change we can note .there, as compared with the councilmanic form of government, is that it ‘costs more now to conduct the affairs of the city than it did when we had a mayor and councilmen. Not for an instant do we feel that the present form of government is not far better than the council- manic. The fault is not in the commission - manager form but in the way it is op- erated. The most essential thing in that form of gov- ernment, efficiency with economy, has not yet been put into effect. The trouble has been that the taxpayers, who provide jthe money to operate the 4 commissioners hollered their heads off and sent the axe down on any plans to bring Mr. King back. Now the claim is that Mr. his parents, plans to leave to- morrow for Atlanta to begin his final year as a student of den- icollege. aueeaniasts Dental | eitingso: n is not doing his job as ihe. should Mr. and Mrs, Clem C. Price} Mr. Ellingson, don’t resign! have received information from | Demand a public hearing from Tarpon Springs, giving in detail/the City Commissioners, and let exercises that were held on{the public know just what is Christmas Day in the planting of | hatching! } ts atree in memory of “Mother; It is high time that the citi- Meres,” pioneer resident of that | Zens have something to say in city. Mrs. Meres was Mrs. Price’s | the choice of who is to be city mother. The planting was done | Manager. A degree in engincer- by Girl Scouts under the direc- | Ing or a major in the reserves tion of the Tarpon Springs Gar-| is no security that a man is ca- den Club. \ pable to be our city manager. | Don’t hand us the baloney that The first of ‘the “snow birds” | RSE came to town yesterday and was arrested shortly after his ar-} rival. Arraigned before i ae CLASSI Fl ED j The lovesick swain was dis- cussing his love affair with a sympathetic friend. - “You say she partially re- turned your affections?” asked his friend. 4 “Yes, she sent back all my let- ters, but kept the jewelry.” other countries, in order. that we might look upon. a future of and not-have to go: through the agonies and anguish of another war. I stated that it would be my policy in the new Congress to re- gard all legislation strictly on merit. When the: Republicans propose good legislation, I would we do not have other competent of the Peace Frank O. Roberts, | i HELP WANTED the defendant was held in $50, bail for criminal court on a} ; say ‘ charge of vagrancy. He is now a/ by > eum ner ai “guest” of Jailer Leon Roberts. | have: alia tneoeing. Apply Harry Johnson, who had been | in person. South Beach Res- a fo Simont . visiting in Key West, left this eens foot Os seeds ~4t: morning for Miami. dec28-4tx Jack Hayes, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hayes, who had a in Key West for the holidays, left this morning for Montgom- } ery to resume his studies in the | University of Alabama. | Guaranteed refrigeration service, engineering. Prompt service on all domestic and commercial refrigeration equipment. C. B. Parris. Phone 11. janl-5t | FOR RENT Wanted maid, white or colored, for small hotel. Phone 9132. dec31-3tx REFRIGERATION Today The Citizen says in an editorial paragraph: “We would like to have our taxes meet us half way.” ? Who Knows? ‘Large store. 218 Simonton Street. i city, have not been given sufficient consideration. In- stead of Obtaining re- llief. taxes still continue high, and, instead of a re- duction ‘in expenditures, {they have increased. | But let us return our thoughts to the Republicans who are about to swing in- to the saddle nationally. !The only way they will be {able to succeed will be to | insist that the government stop flinging the money of ithe taxpayers to the four { winds, That can be done chiefly by stopping the gov- |ernment from playing Santa |Claus to the States, and | thereby exercising more power in the States. As Senator Byrd has asserted until he is hoarse, let the States take care of the fi- nancial affairs that strictly let the States be as deeply they are in their counties. Why should all of the race track money that is derived solely from the cities be distributed to the counties? And what applies to race funds applies also to the cigarette and other special taxes. Too of ten repentance is of having been Education, despite all theories to the contrary, does not end at graduation SHALL WE SHARE FOOD?) jut at the grave. Andrei Gromyko, Soviet delegate to the United tions, denounces the use of food for political purposes and, directing his remarks somewhat at the United States, demands that food exporting countries take adequate steps to economize on the domestic consump- tion to inerease exports. Boiled down, the Soviet diplomet insists that United States economize on the domestic consumption of food in order to be able to send a greater volume to al- leviate the world’s shortage of cereals. Apparently, the idea in back of the Russian’s mind is that those who have should freely share with those who have not. In connection with the need in the world for addi- tional foodstuffs, we call at- tention to the. Department of Agriculture’s program the} We are inclined to give much more thought to what is due us than what is due from us. Selfishness always prevails. That the city manager plan of government is a suc- cess is proved by the fact that 724 cities have adopt- ed the plan and their num- ber is: increasing. for ‘production in the United States; :Mr. Clinton P. An- derson,.the Secretary, says that there should not be a reduction as long as the world needs the output our farmers. This very true, but, ever and beyond the needs of the world, is a question. Who is to pay the American farmer, and those of other countries, for producing tood for people not able to purchase it? is pertain to the States. Andj concerned in their cities as| of (ANSWERS ON PAGE 4) | Phone 1059. decl4-tf Key Westers i who could ably support it, and if they offer leg- fill this position. islation detrimental to the peace The job of city public service} nq security and well-being of director is being handled ably | the people, oppose it. I also voic- and well, but is that the qualifi-}eq my hope that the Republicans cation for city manager? would not allow this country to A dissatisfied taxpayer, drop into the abyss of another ALBERT G. ROBERTS. | depression, but if a depression 1, 194 5 began to appear upon the horizon, ce age FR would set in motion, through the 5 government, forces that : Htend to prevent it or to soften its : tblow. sapuam inka The afternoon of the 10th, I at- SALE tended, with some 2,000 meee it, a ublic GIFTS — GIFTS — GIFTS along the east coas' Pp j Wedding, shower, birthday, af-!neers in behalf of the opening of niversary, or just one of appre-fthe San Sebastian Inlet. This-In- ciation. ‘You can find just what ict certainly should be ‘opened. hey Pinning gee Sy beeram Shop,| the 11th and 12th, I spent’ in pear — ae Jacksonville. There | met with the city commission, with the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and saw, many delega- tions of citizens. Among the, dele- jan1-tt Eleciric Ironing Cords with Switches. Lowe and Son, 846 Olivia St. dee31-3t gations calling on me was a large delegation representing the veter- ans. I told them that I would try to prevent handicapped veterans dec27-5tx lfrom being let out of work, in case employees had to be laid off, For Sale an E Flat Alto Saxo- phone, in good condition. $100. 506 Virginia St. For Sale—Complete household }that I was going to demand an in- er Option to rent apt. vestigation of the whole veterans’ dec30-3tx housing program when Congress convenes and that I did not favor For Sale—1941 Ford Tudor, new}at the present time the removal motor and tires. Apply 221-C} of all controls on rent. I did state | Poinciana Place. janl-3tx} publicly, however, that there 1. How does the average per) - 5 capita income in 1945 compare | Rooms and light housekeeping with 1940? rooms, $5.00 to $8.00 per week. 2. What is Furacin? 411 William St. decl9-12tx 3. How much was spent on} jewels and baubles in the U. ay in 1945? 4, What Eight-room unfurnished house with garage at 422 Fleming St. Has large back yard. Connected America’s best for electric range or gas stove. was World War II to the U. S., as of} December 31, 1945? PHOTO SUPPLIES year for church contributions? pr 4 ie 5. What percentage of Amer- red Oe TI 3 esttiet ican families have incomes of less | than $2,000 a year? WANTED 6. What is the efficiency rat-; n ing of disabled veterans on jobs? |Private board. Mrs. Hunt, 821} 7. What was the total cost of! Southard. dec31-3tx were cases where rent adjustments 1 good Neptune 5 h.p. outboard}could fairly be made in favor of | motor. $67.00. Menard, Mas-}the landlord and I wanted the } tic Park. dec30-3tx}loecal rent authorities, aided by x ’ local citizens’ committees, to have Hi-Lustre White Enamel, qts. and} authority to make such adjust- gals. Lowe and Son, 846 Olivia] ments, St. dec31-3t} The Board of Directors of the - ‘ a Chamber of Commerce wanted to | Vibro Harp, price $1 75.00. Can be} know whether I favored: removal I, arenes 930 Catherine street. | of federal. controls on business. I i dec31-3tx} stated I did faver removal of all wartime controls on business and 1946 Packard Clipper Eight Se-]I wanted to see our economy be- dan. Black with chrome wheels,} come free again to the fullest pos- radio and heater. Come and|sible extent. I said, however, that see it. Monroe Motors, 1201}I did not feel that we could re- White St. jan2-3tx | move controls on commercial con- } 8. A special railway coach has been equipped with a glass floor. | 1 Why? ' 9. In what European nations: the troops of the Big Three chief- ly distributed? ! 10. Who is U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain? | 6 m-m cameras, 16 m-m sound projectors, Baco Press eras, Speed. Graphics, cameras. All size film. Cam- era cases, light meters. Com- plete photographic Evans, 506 Southard Street. cam- } candid} supply.| jani-tf! fi struction until the home building 100 or more pigeons, $50.00, all,jprogram, particularly for veter- including wire. 1503 Southjans, got further along. I told the street. dec31-3tx} board, however, that I did feel it | proper for home construction of {Practically new hospital bed and/any sort to be permitted, that is, wheel chair. Apply 817 Flem-jif a veteran could either himself ing St., front apt. Phone 1068-W.j build or get somebody else to dec31-3txj build for him, other than the gov- i { TODAY IN HISTORY | (Know America) FOR SALE 1776—Gen. Washington unfurls, | for the first time, the Grand Flag} Boeuencors of the 13 United Colonies, at his headquarters, Cambridge, Mass. 1781—-Mutiny in Revolutionary Army: some 1300 of Pennsyivan. ia Line march to Washington to} demand remedy of Congress. Men; unpaid for year, lack of food and clothing, kept after 3-year enlist- ment term up. i 1831—First issue of William; Lloyd Garrison's historic “Libera-| (eight tables). Also completely furnished upstairs. Apply 630° Simonton St., on premises. dec28-6tx Excellent condition. 900 South- ard St. dec30-3tx or unfurnished, al! modern im- 1837—Surplus of $35 million in Treasury and Government begins its distribution among the States. 1847—(100 years ago) Country’s population around 21 million; the {G. E. Electric Stove, reasonable. Phone 718-W or 425 Francis St. dec31-4t ervel Gus refrigerator, 6 cu. ft. | Three-bedroom house, furnished! provements. Priced for quick! tor”—". . . I will not equivocate;} sale. Down payment can be I will not excuse... I will be! financed. Call 205-R after 6 heard.” | Bm. decl0-1mo} public debt some $38 million; cost|6 ft. x 8% -ft. building or play ernment, a home costing more |For Sale—House and lot, corner than $10,000, he should be per- Catherine and Thomas Sts. $900{ ™itted to do so. cash. Phone 607 or 812. I advised the chamber that I dec30-3tx | was against Communistic infiltra- ‘tion in the government, that I fa- carriage, baby bed, high|vor, as far as possible, the balanc- | chair, bassinette, card table. 46{ing of the federal budget and also Rest Beach. dec30-3tx | the reduction of income taxes, but I added that we have a big’ na- Lead and Zine White House Paint. }tional debt and we must begin to Lowe and Son, 846 Olivia St. |reduce that and I do not want the Cease 5 epi graR MISCELLANEOUS (Campbell's, 928 Division, phone |} 189. Keys made, locks repair- { ed, etc. janl-Imo | Baby fi | | Merrill E. (Tuffy) Roberts will be | glad to give estimates on your plumbing job and advise you on your plumbirig problems. Phone 642-M or call at No. 1 Havana Street. dec24-12tx } {the Emancipation Proclamation. |Man’s Bicycle, two months old, } 1913—Parcel post first in op-} eration. 1915—The Panama Canal offi- cially opens to commerce. | dec31-2tx $60 million to run country for) house, $30. 3511 Flagler. | year. dec31-3tx 1863—-President Lincoln signs price $30. One child’s tricycle. | Apply 44-E Naval Air Station. | Wanted—Small carfpentry jobs and saw filing jobs. Call 9191 (between 9 and 12 a. m.) dec27-26tx _1942—The United Nations Pact! Two Houses on large lot. Apply jsigned by 26 countries. 1010 Grinnell street 1943—American planes bomb Japs on Kiska in the Aleutians. | 1945—-Germans make combined} 6” C Cruiser. 2]. land-air drive on US. Third andj + 506" Cabin Cruiser. Excel abjures divini Alabama, Okla- homa A. and M., Miami and Geor- Gia win college football classics. bedroom suite, including inner- spring mattress, with bo | UNUSUAL ACCIDENT i | NEW YORK. — Alexander! 20) : Cook, 41-year-old mail carrier, ! 1208 eu janl-2tx cellaneous articles ean street dec31-3tx | Ce peas | lent condition. With 100 hp. poo Armies in counter-at- Gray engine. Apply Haskins; ack { Machine Shop. Phone 723 1946—Ja Berar Sees (al e § ; > 723. ap Empero Hirohito janl-3tx Livingroom suite, breakfast set, | springs, floor lamp, other mis- } and father of four children, was | } | Try Swedish Massage for relax- é 5 is Guaranteed ation while on your vacation. Phone 575, 1019 Margaret St. PURE dec31-tt Pl For guaranteed plumbing work ace Your and repairs, call John Curry, | 512 Margaret street, phone 781. | Give us a try on your next job. janl-lmox on | Free estimates. | Over $20 Daily Commission, sell- ' ing nameplates for front doors, trailer camps, etc. Write Box 149, Medford, Mass. jani-Itx pe ahl Ura n e he S98 | One 34° cabin cruiser. Good con- ? . | dition. Cheap. Apply who plunged to her death from} see ae Ae the top of a 15-story apartment | building. He died an hour later | 106-A} 1 p.m. or apply 2870 MacAr-j; thur Homes between 5 and 7 p.m, | Lost Poinciana between 10 a.m and| Black kitten, white toes, answers dec30-6tx | 4 to name of Bugger. Windsor Lane and Division streets. Phone 241. janl-it PHONE NO. 8 | would} hearing before the Army Engi-; ernment can adequately deal with peace | problems presented, but that cer- roblems were national: in . 7 like the national de- fense and many other matters ‘that would have to be dealt with Iby the national government. I linformed the chamber also that i ‘believe in the principle of incen- tive taxation for business, that is, rewarding business which carries on valuable research which gives ‘employment when employment is ‘short and which provides welfare {funds for iis workers, and in ;many other cases. | The board asked me whether I would favor repeal of the Wagner Act and'I stated that I would not, because the Wagner Act affords necessary and just protection to ‘labor. and. to the ‘working people |generally, who are the backbone bes the nation. I stated, however, ‘that if there were amendments of- ‘and fair, or if any other legisla- fered to this act, which-were just ‘tion affecting labor. were just and fair, I would give it honest and open-minded. consideration. Of course, I believe in both labor and management keeping its con- tracts. .I don’t want to see either group impose on the other and I want to see, as do all of us, high production and prosperity for beth business and labor ahd the general public. I wish, the next time yop take a vacation, you would consider spending that vacation traveling over our Great State of Florida. It is a wonderful trip for you and I hope you will také it soon if you have not had it. g Very truly yours, CLAUDE PEPPER. | Todav’s Anniversaries (Know America) 1735—Patl Revere, Boston pa- triot, master-silversmith, whose foundry played a~ large part in the country’s industrial develop- ment, born in Boston. Died-May 10, 1818; ; 1745-Antthhony Wayne, tannery owner;: popular, daring .Gen, “Mad”* Anthony .of Revolution fame, born.at Waynesboro, Pa, Died, Dec. 15, 1796, 1830—-Paul Hamilton Hayne, famed Squthern poet, courageous soul in: bitterness and defeat, born in Charleston,-S. C. Died July 6, 1886. 1864—Alfred. Stieglitz, pioneer photographer, innovator of photo- graphy as a creative art, born in Hoboken, N.°J. Died July 13, 1946. : 1869—Milton J..Rosenau, Har- vard founder of world’s. frist school of public health, Univer- sity of North Carolina professor, a medical genius,.born in Phila- delphia. Died April 9, 1946. | Ww 0Vwwevweeveweere STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE TRIUMPH COFFEE MILL at; All Grocers wv Vy vwwrwwwvwwrvews Refrigeration | REAL ICE BASIS and You Will Get GUARANTEED Refrigeration Service REAL ICE Thompson Enterprises, Ine. (ICE DIVISION) is More Economical! Tt Is PURE Healthy and Sate KEY WEST, FLA. j io