The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 15, 1949, Page 2

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+ Bappiches oredr oe paeee, an@ 7 (ee ee eam + oe MerrrSs Bs tee : / / } ; ; ’ U.S. TO PAY CITIES TAXES? The Cite of ae rca ed im the Federal. Distriét got SCOhjmbia for the purpese of servin, a home for the Government of the Um‘ed States. The growth of a metropolitgn city the nucleons privided by govefnment “eonstrue- tion and salaries has been incidental. Nevertheless, the citizens of tHe. City of Washington feel that the Federal Gov- erement should make a greater contfibu- tien to the financial burden that attom- peniee a modern metropolis. Conséquent- slation is being prepared which would catee the Federal Govefnitent to ee nearly £18.000,000 fn taxes to the City of Wethington upon the theory that the Peteral etabliehment has taken lafge hur property off the local tax rolls. \ sly will the bill provide for taxes Federal property in. Washington but eld obligate the Government to make peyments in Hew of taxes to mofe thah hiry-five wenieipalities and the aggte- ' t of the contribution is estimat- 00. Th® so-called tax loss ption of Federal-owned build- * rons, according th municipal officials, rom 859.000 a year in Kansas City to more then $5,500,000 in San Francisco. This ie an interesting development in the ert of securing Federal buildings and tabliehmente for municiplities. Usually, | the elties and towns are tickled to death get come Federal payrolls located —in- their boundaries. After getting them, er, it seems that the municipalities for tax money onthe ground that tablichment adds to the cost of municipal service 4 The general idea, it seems, from a iepatch, is to pay taxes to “MISS — Bebe Shopp, “Miss ° EN erica” of 1948, plays ‘oles beach at Deauville, France, during her tour. of A highight. of the regular; theeting of the: Kev! West Junior, GKember ef Commerce last ~~ at the clubhouse, eae owen Paid by the Statet: Grant Stockdale, to the organiza tion. Stockddle, formet president of} the Miami Junior, C yrs of; Commerc, commended’ t ofganization the See “At the time I was, president of the Miami «organization,” Stock-! , dale said, “there were. but one of tWo élubs in the country SP oni owned their own clubhouse. The " ‘Miami organization today is lay- img the groundwork for their own building, and will probably in the near future have one of their own, but Key West Jaycees cer- tainly deserve credit for the job they have done on their build- feporting for the Public Af- fairs committee, of which he is chairman, Jack Murray, stated that he had contacted Mr. Eng-; land, Supetvisor of Registration with the idea of deputizing Jay- ceés, ta help in the registration of voters for the forthcoming él-. ection. “Murray ‘stated that Mr. Eng- land could not grant the request Wecause of a law passed at the last session of the Legislature, that forces the registration books to be kept in the office of the oe pervisor of ' Registration. Plans are being formulated few by the Public Affairs Com-}{ mittee to do everything possible to have the largest registration! iat the history of Key West at the; elections to’ be held next year, | Murray concluded. ~« The secretary was instructed to! | the Weather — Key west and Vieihity: Partly cloudy to cloudy, possibly j light local tower an atten: noon, tonignt and > ml Yocal. tefnperature; to modes ‘vatiable wibds, Mostly north: east and east. Florida; «Partly cloudy to cloudy and fhild in south tion through Friday wi ta: ional light tain. or Tower ‘ast setton; mostly cloudy and colder in north por- iat ger, and Kenneth Knowles, sec- retary-treasurer. A motion to donate $10. to the City Xmas Fund, met with unan | imous approval of the members. | Guests at the mééting last night were Dick Brodhead County Commisioner, Getald _ Saunders, and Joe Sirugo. - A corhprehensive’ membership, drive will begin December 20 and end January id. sémbers bringing in three -new Jaycees | will be given a ffee dinner at) — Saaeeeaaaceaan @ the Jaycee Week Banquet. Prizes , q will ‘be awarded to the Jaycee bringing in the most members. j owen, and mnties in which Federal prop- write a letter to the City Com-; “ amare | erties ar »d with the exception of missioners asking them to study! (als are paced up ‘bone tanks? better world if ee wore Balt ae j the plans, drawn by Howard Eng-; ¢hit work just lite Blood banks. willing te seeept her tty —_ } poste ffi ms, cemeteries and, per- land for the construction. of the. Wien bone ié needed; thé sttgeon ideas and tastes, a» © Gee © : > , heaps. mints and eustom-houses, hte stadium at « Wickers' fais one fromh a refrigeratér, cate willing to.nceept (her Some Set ~~ ae : We see little merit in the suggestion ans make their recommen-' i¢ tp the right shape atd simply blood, There'll always be Sle “ o * ; ae thet the Government pay taxes to the The clup was informed that the! SPlees it im” . [a0 hw tom 6 GO pied municipalities. If Washington, Saf” Fran- Hiens drawn by Mr. England, are!’ “Woo Wart. 4i0 dare SERS Oe OO es ee ee » gift in the ia anae. iti tired of th complete to the last detail, and! progress,” I says, “but tell me, are ©°"5* - ? ye an abteaaaah co and other large cities are of the members were urged to avail: any of the patients fussy about S™rneath were prey ene ! . Federal establishments in theit midst, we themselves of the opportunity of same— deserving cach ee eT Jewieh peo | . | THE ORACLE OATH BEFORE DISHONOR Key West and other municipalities ould be glad to welcome any | payroll that might de- CENSOR HISTORY BOOKS. While the educators of the nation talk t it the necessity for freedom in nd teaching of subjects, they what prone, when their favorite yistreated in thé record, to sug- some means be found by which iniform and “fair” treatment. For example, Edward N. Saveth, ng the treatment of immigrants in an history textbooks, says that the rant groups have not been | fairly He objects to the use of émotion- uch as “teaming hordes and says that frequently rants have been identified as the «se of social evils when they were, in ty, the victims of such conditions, If the educators of this country claim ht to present their subjects in the their own conclusions, they should r the creation of committees that, r they are called, are intended to r the right of others. It is hardly that the history books written in tone hundred years will suit the group, whether it is religious ertheless, if men are to be for themselves, they must be write what they think. There should sorship either by law or by Self- | committees, phra migrants, N “COLL EGE” * SELLS DEGREES | mania of many persons in the to have a title or some de- known phenomenon and W g, in view of the demand, us pseudo-institutions of learn- to supply the demand for a éon- xtest to come to light has been ered in New York, where the “Chris- al College” is accused of s for fees ranging from $1 to he pply included Doctor of Phil- nd Doctor of the Bible. We Thought He Was Quiet There is a certain Wa one of our crack tran: tal trains whose enthusiasm for the food he thing iter on es is sor breakfast patron one morning what he would recommend, he replied: : “Oh, sic, it doesn’t make much difference what you order, Every- thing’s about the same.” The patron ordered an omelet, and when he had finished it he said to the waiter: “That Was ex- cellent! Why didn’t you *recom- mend it?” “Oh, I never recommeéen@ any- thing,” the waiter replied. when anything is particu good, the diner is pleasantly sur- prised.” Then, leaning over he waneers confidentially: . “You Ima ychologise” Mail The Citiz Citizen to lates | : NETTE COMES TO.TOW, Reach ‘Schubert ispects an African toueanette owned by Mrs. Ethel Lanaras, prize winner at National Bird Show in New York. sveano | ntinen- | ; Thursday - Friday - Saturday [the Mighty Joe cepa, TERRY woons. less than sensational. Asked by a! Coming: OH, YOU BEAUTIFUL DOLL Mark Stevenk, Jule Haver, 8. 4, Sakall aid Gale Robbing ONROE <r | ea ae Thursday - Friday - Saturday CALCUTTA Pépita Jimenez Ricardo Montatban Motor’ Vessel Etah Leaving Ke at West for Mariel, Cuba SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17 Automobiles Accepted Until 8 A.M. Saturday Tourists’ Automobiles, $39.50 (Each Way) —FOR SALE— STATE SALES TAX FORMS seeing them at the City Hall. Election of officers for the House Con.mittee for the coming! year was held and the following members were elected to office, | their terms to begin January Ist,; 50: Charles Wardlow, Manager, eddy, Bc Edyards, assistant d+ | ‘whdee bone they’ré getting?” | “No sir! replies Doe. “No tore than they worry about whose blood they get. No one yet asked for bone from 2 man who went to the same sehool or chusch he did.” Accep t this Helpful Aid t a KNOWLEDGE spect and taleran' fe for LANDLORDS MINIMUM ADDITIONAL COPIES 3 For 5c 2c Each THE ARTMAN PRESS |) IN CITIZEN BUILDING College” was run by a hed ame to New York in 1935, ddition to his income from the cél- ed $10,711 in relief payments rht vears. He termed him- Dr. William de Jesus, ‘ wn four mail order degrees tudies. He is said to have seld s to “stadents” in this country, ind Mexico. ‘

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