The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 11, 1947, Page 6

PAGE.SIX. i, es ~ Navy Wives Club z Holds Meeting The monthly business meeting of the Navy Wives’ Club was held«yesterday afternoon at the White Hats Club on the Subma- rine Base. Six applicants were admitted to membership. They are: Alice, { Whitaker, Mary Jane Ripenbark, i Helen Cherwa, Frances Schim- | meyey, Susan Irwin and Rose mary Shaver. Committee chairmen were ap. pointed. Rosemary Shaver, pi chaifman; Susan Irwin, program chairman; Jeanne Reynolds, re. visions chairman. i Veronica Dunnavant and Olive | Curtis were present as. prospec: | tive members. ! The meeting was adjourned ; at 3:30, and refreshments. were served by Mrs, Vera Wood. | : Allergy | COPENHAGEN. — (AP). — In! Denmark you can’t slip on al} be deseo peel, Geoguse the Danes} javen’t seen bananas since the} ‘ cr i woes icg| Bert Lahr, famous comed 1s he shows his youngsters, ied of the war. But Miss/ Jake and ‘John, how an amateur chef saves every drop of used cooking laugh, 37, slipped on a! ¢4¢. Like all good Amerieans, Bert takes: very seriously the govern- , lemon peel, breaking her leg for; ment’s plea to conserve and salvage kitchen fats and turn them over the sixth time in her life. to meat dealers, who pay far every pound. The 1947 budget of the Unit-|~ ed Nations Educational,’ Scien- Medical research on tubercu- tific and Cultural Oragnization ; losis is’ supported by Christmas is $6 million. Seal funds. ss — eee ie SMITH’S GROCERY 1201 WHITE STREET HASTINGS C. SMITH PHONE 28 Corner of Catherine Street *‘ Proprietor There are more than three million miles of highways in the United States. be aes Any es —— Style \ dow ~ DOZEN ! lb 39 om AL 79¢ 70¢ i C tcnors Ib. 69! Friday and Saturday Only Tenderized Ready-to-Eat Whole Sirloin STEAK » ROAST a any Suelb. 69 CLEAR STEW lb. 69c STEAK...» 59c |BEEF . lb. 43¢ --All Ingredients for SOUSE-- GROCERY DEPARTMENT a WESTERN BEEF - SHORT RIBS and FACTORY PACKED SUGAR . . , 5-romo nc 48¢ ALL BRANDS | I MILK 2 am 25¢ | MILK... 19¢ SOLID PACK No, 2 Size TOMATOES...can Ise | PASTE... can We inp iey APPLE ile JUICE 32 house ' ~ bight 29¢ | Geaheer 3 cons 10€ Cloroxci29es* le Freshly Roasted, Ground and Packed in Key West by TRIUMPH COFFEE MILL American Style COFFEE this weekony Ih, 42¢ mii ing No, 2% " SLICED or HALVES” can’ | McGrath's 160s. PEACHES . . 33¢ 10 “VAN CAMP’S F ' Beanie Weinie BEANS with FRANKS ca 19 | Dole's PINEAPPLE Pork & Beans 10! Juice ** 20c “© 48¢ Champion Brand iKellogg’s VARIETY i palagr gee ‘SPINACH .. . cane | PEAS . . 8-O2. Size SOAP POWDER Large Package ‘PEACHES . . 2cans25¢ | SWERL ion, sale ate A New FROZEN FOOD BOX. - eins voces Complete Line of BIRDSEYE FROSTED FOODS *romes | i Fresh Fruits and Vegetables | ORANGES Package "FOOOS : “APPLES Potatoes ONION 2 Ibs. 29e 5 Ibs. 25¢ 2 Ibs. = doz. 30¢ - LETTUCE - CARROTS - SQUASH .| excessive, 'One of the chief contributing | —by the enactment of a bill that De OO a a vey LP, hws tg te «Many governments have foun- { Th people of Florida can be dered: and failed on the rock of ;saved at one clip an estimated exorbiant taxation. j $5,000,000 a year—maybe more causes of the fall of the Roman was rejected by the 1945 and Republic (not to be confused , 1947 legislatures. I have in mind with the Roman Empire, which | the bill to establish a. central superseded the Republic), which | purchasing agency. The Special! endured for 457 years, was con- | Joint Economy and Efficiency fiscatory taxes. Ten of the ; Committee of the 1943 legisla- twelve tribes of Israel revolted ; ture made a complete and ex- during the rule of King Rehobo- | haustive study of state purchas- am because he refused to lighten! ing and showed by convincing the load of taxation which Sol- | facts and figures that the tax- omon had piled upon them (1 | payers’ money is being wasted Kings 12) during the riotous |and squandered by haphazard, reign of that voluptuous mon- ‘ unplanned, indiscriminate, non- arch. The pathway of history is ‘descript,, harum-scarum buying strewn with the wreckage - of of the millions of dollars of sup- governments that taxed their plies, materials, equipment and citizens to the breaking point. | contractual services such as trav- A state is supposed to be the | el, legal advice, printing, rent- instrument, the servant of the;al space, insurance and other people; rightly governed, it is. items necessary to perform the But when state taxes sdar toifunctions of the state govern- the point that they take the{ment of Florida. “first fruits” of every. person's’ The Comptroller’s increase, as they almost have|{shows that during the report four i done in Florida, the situation is! months’ period from July 1, 19- protector. and contractual services. Assum- -The ascending spiral of state|ing the purchases for state de- taxation must not only be stop- {partments were at the same rate | ped but the load must also bejfor the other 8 months of 1944, lightened. I propose to point outja grand total of $8,926,300.62 some of the ways in which the|was spent for commodities and} taxation swelling may be reduc-|contractual services during the ed. year 1944. Table II on page 101 At the outset, I would like toiof the Report of the Special make it plain that I don’t be-{Joint Economy and Efficiency lieve any essential state servi- |Committee of the Florida Legis- ces should be abandoned in or-! lature, 1943, shows that the mul- der to cut taxes. Nor. do I be-|titude of purchasing agencies lieve that salaries of state em-|that buy commodities for the ployees should be reduced; some {State of Florida paid approxi- of them are not being paid what | mately 125 per cent more for they are worth. -Besides.. such; commodities during the summer penny-pinching policies would|of 1944 than was paid by one not give the kind of tax relief|central purchasing agency that bought all commodities for the 935 Division St. Cor. of Grinnell Street PHONE 419 © Tony Arthur, Owner The Finest in PRUITS and VEGETABLES The Best in ; GROCERIES , and. MEATS The More You Buy — The More You Save! Do All of Your Shopping for Table Supplies Here and Cut Your Food Bill | Save_A Little on Everything You Buy “We Handié Only NATIONALLY-KNOWN BRANDS of STAPLE and’ FANCY | GROCERIES MGaoice Wesern MEATS ventwet Beef-Veal-Lamb-Pork | Steaks -Chops-Spare Ribs |, Butter - Eggs - Cheeses, Ete. 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Ourjens of purchasing agencies: for | state was not designated and in-}the various departments of state! tended to be a consuming m@-| government paid a grand total ster, but rather a conserving | of $2,975,433.54 for commodities ORANGES........doz. 25¢ © “PHURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1947 'it8 prewar ' condition. the navy Tworth of lighthouse equipment | group of’ the American Mission | from Sweden. c Greece Repairs Hom F : Mfor ‘Aid to Greecé is encouraging; During the war navigation Its Lighthouses ve Greek navy in a project to “aids’ were neglected or ruined ! i light- by the Germans. Greece's exten- jrebuild and. rehabilitate light- | 53 r ; a] a + sive coastline has about 400 ma ving Gree pedis ss et houses. : | jor lights. Comdr. H. L. Jukés of San: State of North Carolina during! Francisco, engineering _tech- | Bar ndcsaeed mares Be nee th 4. 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