The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 29, 1949, Page 2

: . | “In extending the similarity further, hairman. Mr. Staff y— taxation has reached the saturation point.” The facts referred to are as follows: . “The ad valorem property taxes levied by Florida’s 67 counties in 1940 totaled $27,287,110. The 1948 total was $73,196,801. ‘ : “State government expenditures in 1940 totaled $57,899,140. The 1948 total was $204,522,528. “Federal, state and local government took approximately 21.3 percent of the total incomé of the people of Florida in | 1940. In 1948 it took. 34.4 percent.” The cancer of taxation has begun to eat into’ the marrow: of'the:country’s econ~ omy. or as Mr. Stafford'puts it; “Excessive government, cost is wreck- | ing ou econdmy—we are: o} _the down grade. Unless the trend is ¥eversed, gov- ernmental revenues : will be. drastically 're- duced by the inability of the taxpayers to pay the taxes levied.” As for Florida, Mr. | Stafford adds: $ “. .. We are headed directly into a re- currence of the situation that existed in the early ‘30’s when 50 percent of Florida’s | ">. land area was tax delinquent»and most of | pt Florida’s counties and cities were virtually bankrupt, for the simple reason that | po ij} Sai. 5 property owners could not pay their | Pt: hot} Sa taxes.”” Going up, going up, that’s what taxa- tion in Florida has ben doing since the turn of the. century. A similar condition has been under way in almost every other state. The time has come to call a halt.., If we don’t, it won’t be long before the: chn- re 2 S3ESSSSEs22232 T°" After the advice of the recent grand jury to The Citizen to print only proven facts regarding the moral condition of Key West, it will leave such matters, in the future, to the law enforcement of- fieials. , ce. , THE ORACLE ' WHEN AN ATOMIC BOMB BURSTS 13 : hk “Key Went Development Co. 1,864.90 There is no point to a fearful, fantas- tig-vlewpoint about life in an age of nu- clear energy, declares Rear Admiral Wil- lint S. Parsons, director of, Atomic De- fhnte in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations, who admits that practical reasons give us no prospect for absolute seourity against an atomic attack short of underground existence. eo The Admiral thinks that the risk of have to be one of the 'ynes,. Melvin Cur yt NO Ril . hy A Al Reha Uae Bt ux Thompson, Nother onion 170040 ’ ( cer of taxation will destroy us ecohomi- very Cay, HE MUN WUT. oe yi oe hood... Bkgeme wes Ee in and architects will ee eS nr ea til ry of have to continue their emphasis on the The people of Key West would be sur- Mahia ¢. . 4095 ERS fey eae iy dexigs as the © ‘Primary functions and uses of structures, prised at what they could accomplish if ; ow : ba published cma tes bap abn but with added considerations for the | they just made up their minds ta accom-|,.. 1, o¢ a eee coggecutlve Weeks. angers of an atomic blast and radiation. plish something. Pt. of Tr. 5, 'Ldpex Jr.,as one of ithe aie ‘The naval offices gave some idea of norable- chaalitiag i 23 8 oO! Pt. Lot 1 of Tr. 5, H2-330 Saw. Dathe: - vone G40 . | Uys Court and:the Seat of thie ‘out GRP RAT PTET Be bon & a % * ae Bei 5.97 i Sree das fe ae meinen 26th day ‘oe Marek, Pie ne" "Kot 6, Sar. ne, 4 nf March. 1949. Fs ‘om. what one may expect in the event of an UPWARD TREND IN SALES Py eee pean © ae , Puce Gaewser drearetetneen. ; President, Flo Hienal #tomie air burst, which, he says, would C-129: 'G-26-4-5 % . 2: y -Monrde: County, Florida. Ee at ay . » «Render almost any above-ground struc. Four points indicating a long-term up- wan gine ‘ mang. 89,1948, Pt. Lot 6, Sqr. 1, Tr. 7, Riges, Charles Dewey, Et ux 13.18 Moist pre 5 3r- Kates, Chatles 6, Bt uk ido 3, C pees, Cl Tes: 2 twneuseless for about halfa mile. Be- ‘yond that range, he says, buildings which ere strong enough to resist tornadoes, and earthquakes will begin to re- ward trend of the consumer market are discussed by J.R. Davis, a believer in the art of salesmanship and advertising, who says that the economic factors indi- Bet IETS. 1, ot IE CIRCUIT COURT OF TH! RVENTH JUDICIA camcurr, KATHRRI nce eee cone incene Bases Hu “ae | vv ' FRANK » Fi iD. 3 1 Om MONROE COUNTY. FRANK J. KBAR “ . Plaintitt, | ne, Sanne va emer. Def day at u are hereby notified the blast wind, heat and shock pro- | cate that an upward trend can be main- [re tet’, § Rani sone nae 80 |: CAROE * MORWISON JACOB- duced by the bomb. tained. Pbai-22 Plaintiff, 4 : DIVORCE Those residing outside the fatal range of puch « blast will have perhaps a min- we after the initial roar to seek shelter. Mr. Davis, who is a vice-president of the Ford Motor Company, says that in the last eight years, the number of fami- : : . nger Z i ea a$e2 Centea ‘pan ecweny, tn the Sin occcuaplaine for Div About an hour after the explosion, they lies in this -country has increased by 19, mM Te Po! he i te ne hoe puces Mee hens ak Hin the above. atyled ee thee Wieht be able to move swiftly out of the | twelve million and: the labor force has | Lot ‘ 14 x ithe : fo: the BI of, ‘Commtaint © for Divores wut he sakes on Sondiones fone without catching a “sickness” dose | 2TOwn by-twelve million. ee a on Hin “ih Key Went Citizen, Rey Went, of radiation. It will be about a year be- In addition, the backlog of individual i is, ‘i | Rated” thia 14th day, of March, | (lea) ae fre military occupation of the area | SaVings is:three times greater than it was Be foe 1d, aye sy Bie : L1g-"| “ORMB the 8K0 day of Maren, A. D. | Tatty WARL R. ADAM Senne “ ould be safely carried out and, even | in 1940,and present savings of $207,000,- 3, TET Piao oe i WOR, there would be a difficult job of de - contaminating plutonium - soaked structures, Bennie 27.64 . 6240 31.50 ‘ aie: iy 000,000 are two and half times greater | ,, 3-27! oor Thoimpso: than our national income in 1940. Berens : The present consumer debt is but - Avie, Albepth, Jr. i, : * Clerk: of trent, Court, b e, : Gteeute Court Moma Sau Not (apy meal ® i x WS Cinch te Cone, : ‘athleen ; sd). Aine (Longworth, So AMS AE penuty Cloth | Attaemed tae g eputy, : ag ¥ 22429; apr.6,1948, . znine Be Stong, ; Botiestor tor Plaintis mar-22-3 Senet thirty-two per cent of savings, whereas in + Blaz, Zacarias. 19.48 f — , i : PROTESTS A SUBSIDY 1941, the ratio tosavings was about sixty- L. Plérée; Joasph. J. °.. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF : . three per cent. ' Poa wk - Rogar fhe : % FUrHW SrATE of FLOM The MAXW ELL co Inc. 1 7 Reporting a small deficit for 1948, the Adjusting figures to a 1944 standard, in HS ne % 4 ”* a Western Union Telegraph Company pro- | comparisons show consumers have four ere oe , : 438 | AneERT CRALL a? i P in é tor Qweinet the fact that it must com- | times as much money for “discretionary | Lot «Sar. 6 Te. Eos Pazo, Adolfo, Bt ux : egy rae 2 Petewith aly mail service, which is not | spending” as they had in that year. , ea Key West Gas Co, 42809 | MARGARET LER CRALL, : only tax-free but heavily subsidized by Giving additional facts to encourage |, ., Peale fee bast Cai Go. : GHDER OF EUBLICATION Me Government. salesmen to get out and sell, the saleg | vot 14 of Tr. 1z 5 : Key West Gas Go, | TO: ‘The President of the Company,-in his | expert pointed out that 13,000,000 Ameri. | £t 18 of Ft: IE Sy West Gas Co. * Better to stockholders, complains of the can families are without cars, 8,000,000 | rt. rot 5-1, sat. a. $e 13 ‘ SEN ap ta the BU ot Comput tor twenty-five per cent excise tax on tele- oun aay ‘Ai Rosalina &, Piss to the Bill ef Complaint for . , 23-245 HS- « jury, 8.2. i. homes with electricity and_ without éelec-| “ iu é in the al BDIVISION on oP beroné the: tatinday ofA ~~ wee armel) frome which ‘exceeds that applied to | tric refrigeration, two-thirds of all farm | Pe. Eat 21. Sap. 1, 4-49, Glcsel .. Cabrera, pr ig $45 | ontajnedihere|n. will be taken’ as] . “Webhelub checks, amusement admission | homes without running water, four-out of.| et Hot 20. Sq ct) a as THF | 5 PPels Oraeris:to bsepeblished, once + eha and other luxuries.” five farm jhomes withaqug.modern bath- Of (Pr. 13, tsa Anas” donephiine ea irae Ape, comnsentive.wecks : ‘om question about the excise tax is | tooms aid more than fifty ~per cent of the ISLAND CITY SUBDIVISION PB-1. SY OF ee : p with the need of the Government as Went, Florida. DONE AND ORDERED thie 14th day of March, A. D, 1949, (Sealy HARL R. ADAMS, oe of BLY he pert, jonroe County, rida. By: (sd). Anne C. Longworth, Teputy Clerk. Hilary U: Atbury, - Attorney for Plaintiff. tMart.15-22-29; apr.5,1949. Pt. Lot 9, Sar. 3, Tr. 14, Gti-6-....... ates, Joseph L, Rt ux | fem, money. The complaint about the | ®beidized air lines which carry air mail | * yaepe te the point. However, the air * Wine operators fo have the private | eMterprise “know-how” to get financial farms without a tractor. : weak ubt if there can bea successful | Lot 2, sar. 2) Tr. 14, GIs OE. Montecioe Mary Bas answer tte needs * pointed ott - by “Mr. [rot 6, sar. 9, Tr: 14, Use oY ION Davis but there may be some doubt’as to 9 the amount of ‘“diserctionary” funds available to the buying public. Moreover, Cohen, Max, Et al Sweeny, M1, Et : wrigtgnce from the public treasury. it should be understood that need does}, ee Leben. Max. Bt gt , not create a market. Without adequate ‘ CO, SUBDIVISION 1 seems impossible to determine | funds with which to buy what one wants, |10t §, Sar. 1% Tr. 17, C2-606 Farrar, Xerxes Lot 10, Sqr. 18, Tr. £2; Hs- SOR, Tsaae J. Furniture and | Whether the nation is in the beginning of a | there will be no sales increase, regardless | Ft i Soe 8, e, ar, Ha 4s bc Seong: tect Spl 2 PHONE 69a / Or just catching its breath for | of need. This was amply demonstrated | ¥et 3} ie Mor Gone, ae* wo HE 908 Fleming Street, Corner Margaret St. Key West, ra, round of inflation. in the depression of the Thirties, ae ae fs Mateovich, Bay B. ew