The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 24, 1947, Page 1

To Marder | ™ ers benefit in ‘Eyectric System? The answer de- pends largely .on-how much elec- tricity you use. .. 98,89 reduced Users . ; Refrigeration, Range, Water PERCENT“, em a ae Tut MAN TREATIES (Re The Asterinted Press) ee rls ball Austrian treaties. : rH rf ' i i F ~ = worce Suits Are Filed Here ;| ner. tonight in the Kremlin. of last month. : treaties. "SANDYS CARAGE way ee! 44 DUVAL Bormeric Ambler’s Service Stotlon | EX? on the mew reduced rates of the City Electric City Editor, Key West Citizen One purpose of this ‘reduction plan, of course, is to encourage the new reduced rates of the City |the use of more electrigity. More customers and increased use of power. Fisk a the System’s rev- | enue lespite lower rates.‘ For example, the new All-Electric ; *@lls and making statements eov- Jones use 1500 kilowatt hours per }Rate (lighting, refrigerator, water , éring taxes was expressed today! : % th at a cost of $41:18.> Under theater and wange) requires 2 59-j hy County ‘Tax Asceagae: COagie were filed yesterday against A. 0 new “All-Electric”” rate of the Electric System: the Jones’ will be This is a Outlook Good To what ieee Key West- homes from i For example, Mr. and Mrs. gallon insulated hot. water. tank with’ dual heaters. R. W. Beck and Co., consulting enginéers of the City Systemi, ex- plain that the size of the tank and ; +|the use of the dual heaters will owner cause .most of the hot water. to} reftigerator, will {be heated dur ring, the. night. when ‘© the load is not at the System's reduction of-.;peak. Thus, the new service. and jlower.rates. will ‘not unduly bur- den the System. The comparative electrie ~ bills *!~ under 1946 rates and» the new. ;have been made by the tax as-'sons for thes actions . were rates. of 1947 for various «types of | $¢ **eonsumers follow: ” 40,000 names and addresses of! the rty owners and about business, the receipts for the 40. dese iptions of the prop-| taxes paid. Formerly , we. got erties that are to be taxed. from: one to three peonths, behind tread. three. times, and are now: payers..would often write in to known to be accurate and correct us demanding: their. receipts.” in every detail. When the. tax! Assessor.Gandolfo says that he rolls are complete the coltector’s will be able after this year to office will send out the bills to, file the plates. and - just make the taxpayers by machinery. j changes to. them in the event the ‘for. Lighting and Refrigeration . ‘NEW .- PERCENT “ALL-ELECTRIC frigeration and R {business of the collector's office PERCENT “ALL-ELECTRIC that the plates are\ cut in fire- Heater ut at. the close of, Big Four End Conference; sg ie “| Stalin to Give Them State x Dinner Tonight in Kremlin INO AGREEMENT HAS*— He ee BEEN REACHED ON Ke AUSTRIAN ‘AND. GER- y West Youth Finishes First — Air Training: (Special to The Citizen) KEESLER FIELD, Miss., April! tornados or earthquakes area-— jlialle-to occur. | u: MOSCOW, April, 24.—Conter-: ence of the Big Four come to .| an end late this afternoon unless something unforeseen happens.!24.-Pfc. Charles E. McCoy, son! That unlikely incident would be! of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. McCoy, 517 Russia’s concession in a large, Bahama street, Key West, grad- measure on the German and uated this week from the Air ; Training Command's quakes in the region of Key West ‘ : ae {rect question: “What are the: With, the anhouncement that) plane mechanics training course} chances of earthquake in Flori- the: conference would end, Pre-! at Keesler Field. mier Josef Stglin “announced ; that he had, invited members of | ceived extended over a period of } the Big Four, Marshall of the} approximately 16 weeks: and in- United States, Bevin of Great’ cluded Britain, Bidault of France and electrical systems, engine opera- “| Molotov of Russia,.to a state din-; tion, fuel and oil systems, pro- | instruments | state i i cor- 4 sic inspecti lifying | 5 eit i és Marshall promised to give cor- and basic inspection, qualifying! expect earthquakes to occur sabe ei a statement in the, him for additional specialized event the conference is not con-! training in the maintenance of all tinued. It will be his first inter-! types of aircraft. iew by newsinen since the 10th! The training Pic, McCoy -re-} keys?” {known conditions, Florida is as j tructive eatthquakes as any part ; there. Naval Officer In St. Thomas <It was said ‘that the Big Four, may meet again next fall. prob: \ “J ably in New York..Meanwhile, a; ‘| four-powered committee will be | named to study the provisions; Capt. Carl A. Johnson, USN, of the Austrian’ and German | oxecutiv officer of the Key West \ e Base, is in St. Thom- ‘in Islands, making an in- Sub “Nothing of a concrete nature)... y; spection trip ordered by the com: has. been done by the Big Four about those treaties. Proposals !manding officer, submarine forc- counter posals all have'es, Atlantic Fleet. a mm will return here on Saturday. LELAND ENE, For A Good Time, Visit the FLAGLER AVE. and eet nKED aa Fibs al were two shocks lasting 30 sec-!° R. S. Patton, director of the Tax Rolls, Sending Out Bills|, ATE GREATER ACCU- RACY, SHORTER PE- Begun Against RIOD OF TIME RE. X ARE FACTORS} Realty Agent | Damage suits totaling $42, Unqualified approval of the few machines for’ entering ‘tax W. Davis, who is said to be en- hacialg aan Winey gaged in land developments. at The 1947-48 tax rolls are now ,Marathon, in Circuit-Court here. ; process of preparation at the! Catherine ‘A; Rowe, a widow, assessor’s office, and as soon address, not known: here, seeks. the new’ tax rate is known, ‘$!5.000 in one of the suits; James tax bills will be sent out: by Bu: Seve seeks :$10,000 in’ a sec- ine, and’ tax’ receipts will Ont sui and Gwendolyn. Rowe, mailed out the day: of their Bea ee asks $17,500 in a tpt by ‘the tax collector's: f+) wg. actiongidjrere Sled. by .the e. ! fe Upwards of 80,000 metal plates et eee ai eck avai « Mot x’s, office. They cover about made known. . ‘All the. plates have: heen proof: in mailing the receipts and tax- The savings in the tax collec-' property is sold, - tor’s office. will .be about $1,000; He -will also.gave the employ- @ year for extra clerk hire which ment of a clerk in his office, but j the collector had to employ to Gandolfo. said that the quickness mail-.out the tax bills. | of performing~the work’ by ma-j| “But the big thing about the} chine will. more than, pay. for ‘the | machi way of holding the| equipment purchased, “ ‘PI is the saving in time, the ac- curacy it insures and the fact a week to print the addresses of taxpayers, H scriptions of the properties andi such information;”.. Gandolfo said. “Under. the old tem it formerly too! proof. material,” said Collector | “We will be enabled to niail| rolls,” as Along the Keys, Or In Florida By FRANK W. LOVERING Written Exclusively for The Citizen of hs CITIZEN'S recent splendid editorial, "Dogged”, set forth the premise that whatever Nature does in the way of calam- ity, man as a courageous restoring factor, cannot be beaten in his immediate work of rebuilding-—as after the Woodbury, Okla., and the Texas City disasters of early April. Discussing the fact that most hurricanes pass right on by what Miami used to call "The Hurricane City”. the editorial noted that its writer would preler to be in an area where hurricanes were known than where: The subject matter of earth- was studied by the writer a few | years ago and may prove of in- } terest to Citizen readers in the | city and around the nation. The director of the United States Geological Survey at Washington was asked the di-! jf da and especially along the | The answer: “Judging by! ] little likely to be shaken by des- | of the United States. The struc- ' ture of the rocks exposed in the is such that one would not “However there is, of course, | the possibility that the ancient; FRANK W. LOVERING | rocks which lie buried 4,000 feet! below the surface may be cut by | onds. Doors and windows rattled faults along which slipping! in Daytona; articles were’ thrown might ov but the possibility: from shelves at St. Augustine Se retapte The Waited Sales and plaster was shaken down. Geological Survey has publish-} ...¥. i 2 ed nothing dealing with earth-| “Estimated center of shock quakes in Florida.” 129.5 N. latitude, 80 W. Longitude. On the other hand, the writer's! Area shaken, 25,000 square miles; investigation turned up a more: intensity 6-8 Rossi-Foule scal definite reply from the United! ‘1880, January 22, a destruc- States Coast and Geodetic Sur-| tive earthquake in Cuba was felt vey, as the following transcrij in Florida. Severe shocks at Key tions ‘furnished from bureau re-; West. , cords indicate: “1900 (date not given). Local “In 1879, January 12, North! shock of intensity 5 at Jackson- and Central Florida. Earthquake | ville. tremors felt from line joining] “1930, July 17. Everglades and Tallahassee, Florida, and Savan-{ LaBelle, Fla. (28.8 N., 81.4 W); nah, Ga., on the north to a line| moderate shock. Seismic origin joining Punta Rassa and Dayto- | doubtful; probably blasting. Felt na, Florida, on the south. There , also at Fort Myers. ' I 5 5 . Hh § ; { ' 1 é i f il Hi a * t ff il iff E h | t i | sig i i ri ff if , l £27 4 at i : i i f ll | | F H { i E (l i i (CLALAL LLL Open Bids May 15 For Tower Paintine Sealed bids will be opened May 15 at 11 a.m. ft lacement of stecl rn ‘ : and the painting of the three ra- We Wi eke ee tee than | dio towers at Key West Naval | Base. de-i" The prime coats and two. : | group. i f I f a 414 il il ii | ~ Hft | . L. H, Lofland, Jr., officer- us three in-charge of construction ‘Naval Base, announced today. United States Coast and Geodet ic Survey at the time the writer made his inquirie: ‘ information represents prac ly the entive known seismic ‘tory of Florida which is pe ily free from earthquake disturb 1 Baron, pronteent tna and dance imetructer, will te for New York tonight te eequer theatrical effeets, » spotlights for hin dame to be held here May tot Baron said he will bring bert ree. The highest in dicated on the Rowsi Florida and the Kl never have made earthquake his jtory and the only, recorded dis. j turbance at Key West was the concert dance star, wie will pe ticipate in the veettal, The de ers will return here about Mey Appiosmmately 190 per oo ‘ participate in the annual corde to be held at the bigh | territory 90 miles 1880, which wes ; vere.” according to the records at) County Offices To Chase County Clerk How ¢ ard today that all county will be cloved Seturday teen of Confederate Mewertel Ue Among documents bearing on j quently related to earthew } i and their possi! ! 240-page publication by the (Continued on Page Three) Veterans Office Collects $29,159 For Exservicemen has been col aotride mules, bringing to Key Weet > HW) Omiy ome ge me jottendance at the told the Rotary Club day in St. Paul's Parish Hall ' “In the month of Mareh alone | rollected $17,520 for Key West said Saunders, was the principal speaker at the Rotary luncheon. ed a total of 952 veterans of the area in the Key West office.” Saunders said that many vet- erans were not aware rights under the GI bill of rights) and that the service office was in- 3 “We interview- Rotarians appointed a commit- tee today to work ous plans for a game of softball with the Lions,} Club, The players will perform