The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 14, 1947, Page 4

i all ateenenenemnesnimanetenimmmenee tenes “FACTS and FIGURES — By FULLER WARREN THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Last week this column came to;from post war reconstruction a close with some comments on/'fund. what Mississippi had done for its}. Chapter 474 exempts from tax- veterans, and a suggestion that|#tlon real property of disabled the 1947 Florida legislature do its| Veterans. duty by veterans of this state. Chapter 756 increases state aid This week I want to tell you|for burial assistance for veterans what some other states have done! from $100 te $200, and Chapter for their defenders, the veterans|757 increases amount that may of World War II. ture enacted a great many meas- ures for the benefit of veterans. Chapter 79 authorized any mu- nicipality to provide temporary that puropose. Chapter 3 permits honorably discharged ‘veterans to operate automobiles for six months after discharge without license tags. Chapter 121 liberalized the act guaranteeing bank loans to vet- erans, increasing the $5,000,000 appropriation to $11,000,000, Several laws were enacted to aid veterans to get houses to live in. The New York legislature en- acted almost a hundred laws in behalf of veterans. Chapter 3 creates joint board for emergency housing for vet-| erans and others with power to acquire U.S. military and naval installations, public or privately- owned lands or structures, trucks, trailers, ships or other structures Suitable for conversion, to make voluntary agreements with own- ers, to employ. private engineers, | Jeterans, among whom are Jim i) architects, etc,, to contract’ for construction, repair, razing, or other transportation and for ser- vices and facilities, also to con- tract with a municipality to use| ville, Leroy Collins of Tallahas- jsee, Philip Beall and Harry Botts | its forces and equipment; pro- vides exemption from city sales and real property taxes; empow- ers municipalities to raise and ex- pend money, prohibits discrim- ination because of race, creed, color, or national origin, propriates $35,000,000 for emerg- ency housing fund, to be taken TODAY IN HISTORY (Know America) 1794—28-year-old Eli Whitney |“! for her veterans. patents his historic cotton-gin— Y nigiiaanieee ees makes little, if any, money on it. 1813—British warships begin blockade of the Delaware River, War of 1812. :1835—-The Cherokee « ‘Indians cede their lands east of the Mis: sissippi for $5\ million, and agree to go to lands guaranteed them in+ Arkansas. 1891—11 Italians, acquitted of ; the murder of New Orleans’ chief of police, taken by, mob. from jail|] and. lynched. ,,1900—The, Gold Standard Cur- rency Bill signed: by President McKinley. 1903—Pelican Island, Fla., made ‘first Federal bird reservation. 1907—So-called Wall Street “Silent Panic”. 1934—U.S. Senate’ rejects St. Lawrence Seaway Treaty with Canada. 1943—9th U.S. Air Force bombs Naples Harbor in Italy. 1944 — President Roosevelt charges the Germans use Rome as military centre. 1945—Americans make gains in Remagen brideghead area. Amer- ican flag raised on Iwo Island at the foot of Mount Suribachi. 1946—John L. Lewis in clash with mine operators in parley. Government plans UNO show- down on Iran. Dispensing Justice? In the eardly days of Phoenix —about the turn of the century— an old-timer was elected justice of the peace. As was usual—he knew no law. When cases were brought before him, he had a fine-looking binder inside of which he fastened a catalogue and he would get out his volume with a great flourish, thumb over the pages, put his finger upon a given point and pronounce judg- ment. , He did so one day when he had a man up for trial. Thumbing over the pages, he put his finger on a point and said, “You are fined $4.98.” The man got up to expostulate. “Sit down!” hoarsely whisper- ed his lawyer, pulling at his coat- tail. “You’re just plain lucky he turned to pants. instead of pianos!” OL LM LLL BL VN PII LILI LS ST TS. bd ' re-establish i Vilian life. lb | The Florida Legislature, which ‘ and ap- mes be spent for headstone from $75 : In 1946 th New Jersey legisla-|to $100. The Ohio Legislature also did a lot for veterans last year. Real- jizing that the most urgent need \ Of most veterans is a house to or permanent dwellings for vet-: erans. and to borrow money for ‘000 to provide immediate tem- |porary housing for veterans, Even Rhode Island,’ the tiniest; live in, Ohio appropriated $6,000,- all the states, hardly as large as some Florida counties, enact- ed several laws to help veterans themselves in ci- Virginia, despite its domination number of bills ‘to help veterans! ge tback on their feet. Chapter | 169 made very liberal provision for veterans’ housing. Wisconsin and Wyoming also enacted laws in 1946 to help vet- erans in getting re-adjusted. The | Wisconsin housing law for veter- ans is one of the best. meets next month, ought to do | something. for veterans of this state. Several very able mem- bers of the coming session are Wilson of Lake City, Charlie Luckie of Jacksonville, Bill Lan- taff and Bunn Gautier of Miami, Charlie Schuh and Bob McClure of St. Petersburg, Alex Akerman of Orlando, Ira Carter of Gaines- of Pensacola, George Leaird of: Ft. Lauderdale, and others. j With the proper encourage- | ent from other veterans, the war veterans who will serve in ;the next Legislature should be jable to do at least as much for Florida citizens who served ini | the armed forces as Mississippi nee ee Trans-Plastic TRANSPARENT or Linoleum and Highly Polished Floors No More Waxing Necessary Trans Plastic Distributors 713: DUVAL STREET ‘« PHONE 9178, a PPPTTTTITIT TTT TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS '. “(Know America) © Robert J. Casey of the Chicago Daily News, journalist-author, born at Beresford, S. D., 57 years ago. ; Thomas H. McKittrick, New York banker, former president of the “World Bank”, born in St. Louis, 58 years ago. Maj. Gen. Charles P. Gross, - retired chief, army transportation, now New York City transit head, — born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 58 ago. ae Prof. Clarence E. Ridley of the ~ Univ. of Chicago, noted political scientist, editor of Public’ Man- agement, born in Armada, Mich., 56 years ago. he PERSONALS Return To New York _ Mrs. E. 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