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t ee exx NTA WILL SOON ye juice and kisses greeted the ond OE Clara football team today EWS FOR AMERICANS as it pulled in Miami for its Jan- wary 2 date with the Kentucky The ews 4 FEE lie i" mews for the | i] il it the so- tax—on railroad tickets, lug- telephone ser- furs? They by leaps i : 1i0ff ih FI : i they peacetime level? texpayer—and that in- about everybody in States—may get some ited enlightments on related items after Gangress reconvenes next week. im the past, the start of the session will be highlighted important messages from House. The President im with his State of the moessage—due to be sent to next Wednesday. Con- reconvene on Tuesday. State of the Union come the Uresident’s report and his budget Se important are these thet the President has’ practically his entire Christ- vecstion— including his holiday at Key West— what he will say. There repeated consultations President and his top wisers in and out of Secretary of Com- » Charles Sawyer, has just report on his travels country interviewing business men and officials—trying to find whet they think Congress te to promote business ‘and continued full em- @t good pay. And even tate date the President is img on the three mes- i send to Congress. He'll ever with his cabinet @ Special meeting tomor- Hite ? bt AH LL fe wong his budget message report, the Presi- Gent hae been caught between twe fires. On the one hand, he is pledged t carry out his domestic ~m—meore Social Security, ai Health Insurance, Gov- erement-becked housing and all the rest. Neither he nor any of his wivwers hed ever denied that thew and other features of the Pew Deel program are going to eet money. There is no disagree- on that The point at issue is whether & Get the tax money collected 7 T fer these purposes will be money well spent win c The Democrats say and the Republicans, “no.” ® view toward next year's jeestonal election campaign, @ublicens started talking eemtemptucusiy about what they @tlied President Truman's idea of @ “Welfare State” Then it be- came the Truman “Poorhouse iete” and now, in the language of Republican Senator Robert Toft, ifs the “Handout State”. The Republicans have made it very clear that once again, they intend to attack the Truman ad- @inetretion for its mding pro- gram Some of the old slogans from 1048 are being resurrected for wee in 1950—“High Tax Har- ty.” for example. And new ones are being invented. For its part, the administration is fighting git beck—<defending its Social Welfare pr and at the same tame calling economy in gov- @ament wi the way down the ie And that’s where the Presi. dent © being forced into a kind of} maeling act—where he has to bel iditional government “ and the extra cost they ents t pressure for cuts in pending N me except his closest ad- Vier the President himself ke tly what kind of a tax| pe uggest to Congre: . ' mh ndicated ve be a het he'd like to see a talanced budget next year. He} hes t indicated how he| Wants to t ‘ the budget. With wr Hens approval, the Sec- | rete ‘¢ erce has publicly} ans that a reduction in the ea «tax would bea might © thing for business| gene i for millions of workers w jepend on business des you und jobs at good pay.! The Federal Reserve Board is out’ with @ report showing that Amer- tran ta pay out just as much « tode n ne taxes as they per mn autor vs and furni-, ture and household appliances— from vacuum cleaners to televis- tom sets And s another straw in the wind—« statement from Con-| gressman Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, a member of the President NTA CLARA ARRIVES IN MIAMI FOR BOWL TUSSLE and, vonarasd ‘2 Sports Calendar -| ty player in a single Wildcats. The California Broncos ended their .3,000-mile train trip and immediately boarded buses and cars for their - Miami special Beach headquarters. vities. Ladene Van Wagoner, lovely up OF Orange Bowl queen, planted a kiss on Co-Coptain John Hock. Coach Leonard Casanova said his boys “appeared in god shape but I want to get them acclimat- ed as soon as possible.” BASEBALL Island City Baseball League (Municipal Stadium, Afternoon) Each Game, 7 Innings SUNDAY— Play will be resumed January 8, 1950. 000 Boca Chica Field (Afternoon) Each Game, 9 Innings SUNDAY— To be announced. BASKETBALL City Basketball League (High School Gym, Night) Play will be resumed January 4, 1950. GOLF Municipal Golf Course (Stock Island) Daily and Sunday play. SKATING Bayview Park (Night) FRIDAY— 7:30 to 9:00 P.M. TENNIS Bayview Park (Morning, Afternoon and Night) (Morning, Afternoon and Night) Daily and Sunday play. SHUFFLEBOARD w Park Daily and Sunday play. Wants Driving Lessons For All School Kids WASHINGTON.—(4).—Traffic experts say they only wish that driving lessons were given in every high school. Such lessons they add, might help cut the death toll on American roads. A spokesman for the Automo- tive Safety Foundation, Norman Damon, says that encouraging progress has been made in schools recently, but that the program still reaches only akput 10 or 15 per cent of the boys and girls in- volved. CHARLIE BOLERO (Continued From Page One) ed that the best location would be in Saddle Bunches Key, but after getting dredging bids on the area, it was found that the cost of dredging alone would run into the tens of thousands of dollars. When a Citizen reporter told Charlie, “We are glad to have you as a_ resident of Monroe County,” Bolero replied “Thanks, I have certainly tried hard and long enough to reside down here.” GENERAL COLLINS Continued From Page One) | out—restaurant owner having re- fused to press the charges. In his three years at Harvard, the elderly Brickley set records that never have been equaled. His 13 field goals in 1913, were the most ever kicked by a varsi- season. In the 1913 game with Yale, Brick- ley’s drop kicking prowess ac- counted for all of Harvard’s 15 points—a 15-5 victory for the Crimson. That year and again in 1914, he-was chosen All-Ameri- can Halfback. man of Ww. the tax-writing House ys and Means Committee. Just k in Washington for the new session of Congress, tive Doughton said today: “The people are clamoring laudly for economy in government and tax relief . . . I still keep insisting on cutting expenditures—that’s what the public wants.” Doughtion said Congress should do something right away about excise taxes. And, if more reve- nue is needed, he said, why not plug the loopholes in the tax laws which permit some people to evade billions of dollars in in- own party and chair-| come taxes? On hand to greet the Orange 8°, Bowl team were the beauties have who will reign during the festi- Representa- |’ workout, but Faurot says he isn't UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF COACH DON FAUROT, the University of Missouri football team limbers up at their training camp in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Rainy weather curtailed their rained the players looked at movies of the University of Maryland. The two teams meet in the Gator Bow] at Jackosnville on Jan. 2. (®) Wirephoto too worried because the team is in pretty good shape. While it 275 TOURISTS ATTEND Continued From Page One) Lakemont, Ga,, won honor in an| audience participation skit. { Dick Bartholomew, popular | Ja entertainer here, won the audi- | ed! ence with his memory feats and escape tricks, and Louis Ultsch, a Chicagoan, showed a color film of Key West: that proved highly, entertaining. { Mrs. Ross, who was crowned Queen of the Island, was awarded: a complete’ “day on the town.” | After being presented with a floral corsage, she was told that today she was to receive a sham- poo and set at the Cayo Hueso! Beauty Salon, a sightseeing tour; with Ramon Navarro, luncheon at Lee’s Orient Restaurant, a tour! of the Oldest House, cocktails at| the Casa Marina and dinner at the A & B Lobster House. Dr. Jarrell and those seven vacationists who participated with him in a skit entitled ‘The) Pyramid Club,” were all present- ed with a pair of toy water; wings for their use in swimming during the remainder of their vacation. ! Dr. Jarrell was presented with a toy bass drum and informed; that although he couldn't beat Key West's climate he could beat the drum that he had been given. Fun Night for Tourists, a week- ly Wednesday evening feature, are scheduled to run for the next fifteen weeks, and all tourists and winter visitors are invited to’ attend. They are presented and; sponsored by the Key West Chamber of Commerce. The State of Mi with 27 persons in attendanc the Fun Night entertainment,! won first honors in the matter of states participation. 600 OFFICERS (Continued From Page One} the scores,” said Capt. Stephan. “They have great difficulty find-| ing places in which to live with’ their families. So SubRon Four} took over these three buildings | and made them liveable. | “The homes thus made will be furnished with surplus furnish- ; ings. Then they may be used for two or three weeks while the en- listed man is looking around for ; a permanent home.” } After they had finished work, ! the men played baseball and | basketball games, and enjoyed drinking the free drinks served. | At noon they all enjoyed a chick- | en dinner. Among the other officers at} the outing were Captain William | T. Nelson, USN, commanding of- ficer of the Gilmore, and Lieu- tenant Commander George Ma- rin, USN, squadron § engineer, who planned the work and saw that the materials were on hand } as needed. | AIRPLANE SAID TO | (Continued From Page One? maximum speed for which the | plane originally was designed The X-1 is 31 feet long, with a} needle nose. It is dropped from a superfort for its flights and climbs about 80,000 feet straight | up before leveling out f ' speed tests. | Teeny eee | : ATOR THOMAS (Continued From Page One) that in Key West the sun would be shining brightly. Montford’s overconfidence was | his downfall. As he and his fam- ily entered Stock Island, it start- | ed to rain, and as the Michiganer jokingly states “It hasn't stopped yet.” aaa Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAND aMentean COFFEE and CUBAN TRY A POUND TODAY! rell, here for the winter from| sians, is the head of the Japanese germ warfare division. helped develop germ warfare be- ' dwellings. RUSSIANS ACCUSE (Continued From Page One) fore and during the war. Accord- ing to one witness, 3,000 Chinese prisoners were infected with ty- Phoid fever in 1942. They were then released to spread an edi- The Rucsians now are trying 12| demic among Chinese civilians. panese in Siberia. They report- The witness also said that he ly have confessed that they | infected wells, reservoirs and M & ships offshore, SUPER MARKET WHITE and PETRONIA STREETS TO EACH and EVERY CUSTOMER, A HAPPY NEW YEAR SMALL SELECT WESTERN Pork HAMS 22" TE WESTERN SPARE RIBS + RADE “. —DRESSED and DRAWN GEORGIA INGREDIENTS FOR /MOUR'S CLOVERBLOOM GRADE “A” MEDIUM TRIPE—TAILS—FEET AR WE WISH ». S3e 39 FRYERS .....+ 49e v 29e EGGS ..... ™ 47e¢ COLORED OLEO Blue Plate LIBBY’S HAWAIIAN SLICED Pineapple LIBBY’S HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLE JUICE «0 LIBBY’S YELLOW CLING—HALVES Attached Coupon Redeemable for Sc at Checkout Counter 33 Al C NO. 2 CAN C STEW = = 35¢ LIBBY’S | Corned Beef »o Alc No. 1 Canadian Oranges 26: Potatoes :™ 2c ». 35¢ No. 2 Can Twin Oaks TOMATOES 2 cans 25c DOG FOOD IDEAL 2 cans 23¢ LARGE PKG. SUPER SUDS 25c 12-Oz. Gls. Lone Palm GUAVA JELLY Zic One Pound Tin CRISCO sie particularly on the activities of the Navy here. Some of the his- tory of the island is given, and} mention is made of some of the older local families. The pictures in color are beau- tiful, and the sites will be im- mediately recognized, as will the people appearing therein. There are many pictures of the Sonar School in the Naval Station and and there is a particularly fine one of Fort Jef- ferson and surrounding waters. The photograph of almost the en- tire island of Key West is also very good, ee Quite a lot of space in the arti- cle is devcted to submarine train- ing in the Navy, School. eck Of course to usiwho live here 3 all the time, turtles, lime pie, hi-; 2nd reading about Key West. biscusse$, shells and fish are an! old story, but the National Geo-! F graphic Magazine article should prove of intense interest to those who have never visited the island. ae f and the Sonar Possible Raise In Telephone Rates TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 29.—(?), —A hearing will be held at Ocala January 11 on the possibility of a- telephone, rate increase for several Florida exchanges. The State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission is echeduled to hold the hearing on the appli- cation of the Florida Telephone, ings. Corporation. Mail The Citizen The company did not ask for any specific increase in its peti- tion to the commission. It said only that more income|gTRONG ARM is needed because the new 75 TRIUMPH cents per hour minimum wage law makes it necessary to raise salaries. They will certainly want to come here after seeing those pictures ARCHERS in the hope of saving a few pennies is net ical. 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