The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 10, 1947, Page 6

~- = Reorer en. te Seve a ec wok ey he Ver eoce: oo eae ween a. might, pos. cae i her like a cast: - of ibrth, and the aspects planets, whether this will alwi r H A y . " esraahans a: a hap- epee tur Gert one Seer Hes What I didn’t realize ‘was that found it difficult to believe that} when it came to gaining your | Florida school teachers is even 1 3 the opt Sead gaec SoU bee ends, you wouldn’t stop at mur- | less than the national average of, ance tax on minerals ia have ig Tam, but |he ‘explained tonelessly, “We've |ing!” ¥- |pals in Florida is in 1945- in $13,534,947 for’ Ci i Di i i i i ili Aina nin hihi bh Dn Sohn nnn ‘auceess, or aid #t,|- which will be ex- TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS | (Know. America) Archibald L. M. Wiggins of So. » undersecre't 8. Sen. James William Ful- ‘of Arkansas, born Sumner, ago. Burchfield of Gar- t, artist, born in Ashtabula, O 54 years.ago, Frank O, King, cartoonist, cre- “Gasolene Alley”, born at ». Wis. 64 yéars ago. - ; E, Adair of New ity, surgeon, president of ito oe Society, at. 4 Ohio, 60 years i. Everett N. Case, president Colgate University, Hamilton, born’ at North Plainfield, 46 years ecretary of the |. ry, born in Durham, N. C., |- 56 years ago. il ¥4 noted water-color-| | "ae ‘ # fNot according to of whiskey or brandy as a stimu- ig : th face had. gone suddenly white and Be pushed the ac- she gasped. Juding a sho! iabration of six stites and two territories, one of them containing the ‘was headed by Norman J, O. Makin, Ambassador to the U.S.A. Her . flag, which can be either red or blue, shows a Union Jack in one corner ad has the Southern Cross plus one other large star on its field. pars $4444442442442.22444244244444444444444 : Overseas Transportation . ae schools jr bass badly ‘My poor little girl. ... My 7 : Ea gli off him disinter- 1 r E il, th -|T'm not te die.” fee rm goiny “Die! faba say figt! Don't ‘Gither month |use that word, my dear ate looked .almost . “Ee and graph of the dead Mrs. Rent, 1| whi 4H he = mpticed, kom. be cop- ’s desk on his Pisit, Tn appearance Monica was a second edition of her mother. . “If you'll lead the way, sir,” he size,” she said stiff- said au. an Meoies to her ig Care Dut her to bed and ive her a shot I for you it be, i ica.” lan - ae Gentry led Jeff to a luxurious > bedroom then disappeared. He re- almos' Lye pene toned ut /Gentry turned to Jeff— aw “Gill stayed over in oenix vem, going = so 1 pent Faweett into town for a doctor, I hope yee te not offended, "Monica was violent- |!skine,— like the opinion of | rofessional_ man.’ ey pealia. sie se fe Bitendea!™ Jeff smiled bitterly, iration | _Mr..Gentry, after what eel oO her|@one to me, you could idly | offend me.’ source Gentry’s mouth fell\ open. “I | $1994 4 year. The average annu-| The 1945' Florida - Legislature, al income of federal employees enacted House . you! ; pis) an situa to pyt _-“Youtre getting off lightly, lady, | and ‘Jeff felt his inward misgiv- is $4,150;oR! fdtmers; $3,000; of | a tax. of 3, per.ceft’ pn, the 1 i { onevof the mil 708; “of doctors, $5,-| value of gas: aiid oil iat. ne Fe the coming sess ’t think I understand: you.” le seemed sincerely bewildered ider ex- ings rise, to the surface again. of what a rattler can do."Ihe had’ told only three - le ampie 4 000. Th title,” “she. sai ed consti: Jabout Larabee and the Hardys less than one-hulf, that of feder-| produced. in were absolutely trustworthy.. It years. Seventy thousand teaching pdsitions have no teachers. Six}: ‘in college in 1944 were preparing } to’ be teachers, whereas in 1919, ile le ba hy Bad vl nage Teach. | Th required low y am: who ent dents were pre; to ie money 4 the floor/room and ‘shut the door. Mr. | erg. So there is fit only a critical| rida’s school: syatém, must: shortage Of téachers but . the; tained by taxing something till | lawyers, is about to might send into McCloud for & | Forida's school system is int ippled condition. schools in the is fast drying up. is now not paying any taxes. The disintegration of the school| Twenty-three ‘stetes have. system is due’ almbst: wholly’ to; severance tax, that is, @ ge sons wid teachers’ salaries -are of production. Very. litt ature does not pid sick again. tould have been no one but | al employees, 1-2 barrels in 1943," with @ valle : : . * try was seated on t While $37 a week is the nation- | of $3,226); so the’ severance tax as <4 ea! Yael ean oer ah Gentry. canvas-decked veranda}. “] talked to you in confidence ey drove up. When he|sir, and you betrayed me.” at the wheel and Monica| “Look” here son, there's been beside him, he got to his|some mistake. I enjoyed our little and. came over. chat immensely and I’m on “T jet ‘you bluff me all right. h a turmoil since | done everything possible for her,| “I wish I didn’t,” Jeff said bit- |46 was $1,708—$32.64 a week,tons. . that 1 -haven't| i about it, To put'if it will make you feel better you of antivenom, but |terly. about The more salary + Occupying the whole of a continent approximately as large as the U.S.A., Australik is @self-governing Her area is nearly 3,000,000 square miles, her pop- ulation about 7,500,000. Politically, Australia isa | | capital ef Canberra. Australia is a two-year member ef the furity Council, and an administering member of the Trusteeship ef the United Nations. Her delegation to the General Assembly Company, Inc. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service MIAMI and KEY WEST Also Serving ALL POINTS on Florida Keys Between Miami and Key West Schedule: (No Stops En Route) bit hy KEY WEST DAILY (EX- Cc SUNDAYS) at 6:00 P. M. Ar Fives at Miami at 12:00 o’clock Mid- LEAVES MIAMI DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at 12:00 o'clock Mid- oy and arrives at Key West at 6:00 o'clock A, M. Local Schedule: : At All Intermediate Points) EAVES KEY iT DAILY (EX: SUNDAYS) at 8:09 o'clock A. Ste M. and arrives at Miami at 4:00 o’- clock P.M, LEAVES MIAMI DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at 9:00 o'clock A.M. and Selves. at Ker Wert. at Ee ocinck FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE : FULL CARGO INSURANCE WAREHOUSE: Corner Eaton and France Streets laa average wage of school teach-; it now stands yie' ers, 200,000 teachers receive only ; $25 per week and 10,000 only | extenditiz ft to’ all minerals, a our} $12.00. Thus, -240,000 ‘of the 875,-; very substantial: sum of: money side. 1. thought you realized 000 school teachers in. Ametica!‘could be raiged:fdr the echodls. : abet are paid léss than a living wage.j- The total value of: mine rals ‘The average annual salary of taken from Floriad -in. 1945 was $1,024. The ‘average annual sal-; produced —_ $1,249,7 ary paid all teachers ahd princi- phosphate, alone, in’ Duval County, for which figures on pulpwoo: would have‘ are available, 1,500 teachers have ed $1,031,250. hire prs left the school room in the past have paid nd tax’ 1940, four years. There are 1,497 teach- a. constitutional ; ers employed in Duval County,| adopted’ exempting’ so in four years more teachers all taxation for ‘15° have been driven out of the! ‘| teaching profession in Duval : y oF by low wages than remain in it. < _ Committee on Education esti- dominion in the British es Ith of Nations. Re ady for : gible amount of revenue. But by $24,995,000. A: 5. percent “sever- what a blind man could! Should the severance: tax bé]- (To be continued) ates S J " F 3 average begging on a busy street./extended ‘to include’ p | tuninghs reviving the old-time —————| There ake no available figures Florida schools could be helped | hayride. So se ; on the number of Florida teach-j in the amount of. more thah’ehe]’' qn at aie : ets who have quit teaching for. million dollars, In. 1945, Florida: suf bee horses, pa ye rey work that-paid a living wage, but pulpwood produced 625,000. |. can take a0 oo 4 Buddy the the number must be large. In A five per cent severance tax} saat Afty toe oho adults by pemae Lab ot ‘Two oF three times a week they Penlenship that they engender. total number of teachers and principals employed in Flo- : .s: 1 a vida schools is 14,234. Assuming ELECTRICAL hs CE that the loss of teachers in the 2612 Harris: Avenue state has been at the same ratio We Repair abd Rewind as im Duval County. It would ap- Al pear that in the past four years of than 14,000 teachers have quit teaching in Florida. oD State aid allotment for 1946-47 | Work Called for aad Delivered is $17,763,446 for the teachers’ PHONE 1184 fund, The Florida Citizens JUST ASK foe. BRITT KANTOR’S ? 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