The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 5, 1947, Page 2

NOT A “BANDIT” The: slot machine’s apt stigma as a “one-armed as, she considered it, a be- fitting application to the parking meter. Some things can be said in favor of the meter and some against it. The city mana- not designed for revenue purposes, as that reason alone for their installation is against a state law, but to better parking facilities for drivers. Several reasons are given in opposing the, fost important | that the owner of mobile pays a gre ber of taxes and'a/ fax Five Aiheer eX his investment in a car, than b> ae a pe gh ee any other type of taxpayer. Towd lel _ babtiok veral Key Westers have —~| complained that if one wishes to attend a show noon, he can not use a meter because he will be in the | show longer than an hour, | probably will have been ticketed to apear in munici- jal court. While the city manager asserts that the meters are not for revenue purposes, yet it would appear that the city has striven, since they were installed, to drive “eustomers” to the meters. Entire lengths of streets in ~~~ | the vicinity of the parking- " meter area of Duval, have MONOGRAPHS been painted vellow to pro- he 1 . hibit parking since: the More Hoteles and Apart mens [seach and Bathing Pavilion Arperte Land and Sea. + Commetidation of County and Coty Governments commumity Auditorium. oe meters were installed. It ' vuciget! js i do anything | looks‘like a hemming-in pro- ' he unecesmary ex |) cess to compel a driver to Citizen does not think that a meter in a ‘one-armed bandit”. for it has corrected some abuses, such as the parking of cars in the busi- hess area of Duval street Goutal cunts anve that and Yeaving them there for pert says Thal hours on end to the disad- we CG 000 cavi-| vantage of residents wh hat 112,900,000) wished to shop. h yearim the teeth, As to the penny hid the ‘ . show . five-cent meter, , there is en" *° ittle to choos’. toxthtgdfiver who has neither a’ penny sit « div down || #0 to a meter. However, The | THE ORACLE Se, 600,000 CAVITIES. first statis- | he stops his car at a meter. atic that we —— dhe number Gardening is a pleasant eth Naturally, form of exercise, or so we have been informed. evd of dent- cee es ow OX, Barold Hil- “His honor rooted in his ( Mieawe, s4¥S honor stood. And faith un- sve un- faithful kept him falsely than|true.” That's from. -Tenny- json. ling. ' maitinten- 112,000,000 + Apparently, mast go un} Absentation from meat once or twice a week is good | fora man’s health. so is} 1 teeth rt iv Ay 4) liquor.—Key West Citizen. attention to i | Myers News-Press. incement ming of our : habit is not in The cost of government, h modern ob-| despite anything you hear, yften| Will continue to be enor- mption| Mous; after all, the politici- starches, 4ns will vote the money and ate need | hope to get the votes. mediate brushing eee ae . ’ rv after | PRICE CONTROL MISSED The abolition of price con- AUTOIST KILLS FATHER} (tro! has resulted in steadily Increasing pric avo the} one liked restrictions or not tomobile} there can be little argument da hole injover the effect of ending the i struck a pedes-] controls. out of The proof is easily avail- he had kill} able. Rents, which continue to be somewhat controlled, oi and poig-| had a base number of less | i? bat, after all, than 110 in 1939 and the| tragic for a} figure remains below 110 to-| mobile to Kill) day Certainiy.| By contrast, index figures ‘ for food, clothing a “all | items,” which were around skyward. ron eur- | level of 190. rksome; living About the only hope for} ‘ ven with | public, it seems, is the recur- | ¢, more | rent rumor that prices have | 7 ed yeu do} gone so high that buyer re-| sistance is beginning to | _ | bring them down. This may | we ore at their! be true but it will take séme- | hich were | thing of an economic up-| ng acKs| heaval or buyer resistance ze the lure of profi- | jentally, that | its that stir the minds of sell- | urplus goods; | te equa Novice Be oi eeCerrioce EREEY GIVEN that |, desiring to Wi 4 bandit” was used .by a cor- the vaubrelatl ‘Boh's Sporting and ‘Tackle; respondent in The? Citizen Bame, 0 Trlorida, intends to regteter paid fic tiueus name with the Clerk of th of Monroe Coun Dated February 4th, 1947. ROBERT » SMUT, ger said that the, meter is ee ee southward | Okeechobee section. ee temperature Thursday. Wea-| regulate traffic and afford | pp. VISELEE, it oF TPEHEICATION “| warp Florida jeraft warnings are iplayed all sections until sunset - | today: Fresh to strong north- “he BALL for Pivoree os ee winds toda, jing tonight and beconiing gentle n wil | Thursday. x before: the 24th Th ttortherly Weather fair. REPORT | Key West, Fla., Feb. 5, 1947 | (Observation taken at 8:30 a.m Eastern Standard Time, City Office) Temperatures 7\Highest yesterday |Lowest last night er amount, in proportion to} a Kip : (sd) Florence Enrique Bsquinal jon Duval street in the after-| iw rar TATE'OR FLORIDA. LN MONROE COUNTY. and when he comes out he} PONALE © k of Circuit ¢ 4 RC ELEVENTH JUD Af a ct ve Bahia Honda ASD. FOR MONKOE H RY | No Nemes Key _ Foreclosire tale ; (Sandy Point) | Caldas Channel IN THE VAM | Plus Sen — Corrections During World War 1, ,Department, the Guard was assigned patri convoy duty, and suffered a hi | er percentage of men killed than any UDEE serv) CARD OF THANKS estimate, Prob-] nor a nickle in change when}. fier -dinsc olved Ss e wish to express our titude to the ‘o this writer it ig baff-| i Parties having « Whatll it be, gents?—Fort | s. Whether -' 100 in 1939, have moved | All items” advan- | ced to about 130 in 1945 but | tthe index has now gone} above 150. Clothing it at 170} and food has reached the! D 1947 The C-C Cou Key West and Vicinity: Mostly cloudy and colder Thursday: Fresh to strong north-) erly°-Winds diminishing to mod- ras to fresh tonight and Thurs- “Florida: Windy and much cold- toe teday. Diminishing winds and) j¢older tonight with hard freeze north porfienand freezing tem-! Precipitation | Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m., inches —_. Relative Humidity 69%, Tomorrow's Almanac (Eastern Standard Time) i 7:07 am 5:16 p.m. 7:35 p.m, 8:06 a.m. TIDES Tomorrow Naval Base (Eastern Standard Time) Low Tide 4:30 a.m. 3:48 p.m. ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Time of| Height of | push and George perce oltided Tide |high water 4» the boulevard last night, and | both cars were wrecked. Neither —Ohr. 10min. 0.0 ft. +2hr. 20min. * —Ohr. 40 min. +2hr. "4 ¢ 10 min. +1.4 ft. até or |Minus Sign—Corrections to and many acts of ‘$ ccasion of the death of our. beloved one, Sidney Black- sincerely thank {those who evidenced their {tion and esteem by { {beautiful floral tokens and use of THE FAMILY. po REVS RA OFF. at home ‘Haunched, the Britannic, @ tonight and | 100 tons and 207 feet long. | “ir aaees CRTIZER. OF 1937 battalion of troops to Mexica®/ 516 and Members of NYA Drum and | border. pein of Bugle corps werg informed today Bill | that the unit will be disbanded , on February 8, and that they will ibe assigned to other NYA pro-, panems by Victor Larsen. lcontaining the much-di literary test, enacted by Congress over the President's veto. to Lake Slowly ris- ania torpedoed off Ireland by the Germans. ves, ws Funeral services for Eduardo Gut and Jacksonville) Gomez will be conducted Sunday | Straits: Small’ afternoon by the Rev. G. Perez of El Trinidad Methodist church. ‘decision, some 10,000 Prohibition | cases originating prior to Dee. ; 1933,-stricken frem Federal doc- | kets. being | dis- Malvina Fulford, 82. widow of Hiram Fulford, who was active many years in official positions in Key West, died last \night in her residence at 2210; casts to Germany from London: | Staples avenve. Funeral services | f | will be held tomorrow afternoon * in the Lopez chapel, with Mrs. | H. S. McClanahan, of the Christi- | {an Science society, officiating, diminish- winds American tanker 100 miles off the Delaware coast. American planes active on both| fronts. Mrs. H. #. Scott, a guest at La Casa Marina, was informed today ‘ow fy 7 by the Sinitheontan:Phatitete that] spat te York tugboats. England and Rus- sia are deadlocked in first secret meeting of the UN Security Coun- | ei, waters two weeks ago was the 0g| rare threadfish. Only two other i institute said. ”_—_eo { nd Carl Bervaldi, chairman of the| '\, PRE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE | Monroe county commission, issu- ed a formal notice today, as an advertisement in The Citizen, ‘warning the y H ‘any body apprehended destroy-} ing any of the hundreds of coco- | i nut trees the county has planted the Roosevelt boulevard | will be prosecuted to the full ex-| | tent of the law. CARRIE Automobiles : Fort Laulerdale ee y= 5 sia - Today The Citizen says in an} |Your Grocer SELLS That Good editorial paragraph: “Interesting statistics: | million tons of rain | fall on the earth eyery second.” to be | and CUBAN under the deep! ¢ many friends quickly silos he coven ¢ REOMULSI for Coughs, Chest Colds, ene van Saad SAMI tes affee- sending the BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY By KEY WEST COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY Hear Morton Downey, WK WF. 12:15 P.M. Monday through Pride 1912—-President Taft OrdeTS! jnose ; 1917—The Immigration 1918—Ameriean. transport Tus- 1934—By U.S. Supreme Court 1937+-President Roosevelt sends historic U.S, Supreme Court Bil; ¢ FR AW & ea e® ¥ t to Congress for action. | 1941—Wendeil L. Willkie .broad- | SfE PAGE « “hate aggression . . .” 1942—German U-boat _ sinks/ 1944—Heavy fighting in Italy. 1945—Gen. Patton’s forces cross 1946—Government seizes New GOOD LOOKING... 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