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* U. §, FACES LARGE DEFICIT peEY ee The President has proposed, in his an- nual budget message to Congress, expen- ditures of $42,439,000, 000 in the face of expected receipts of $37,306,000,000. FP THE ass EMBER. 0} pane “These figures contemplate a deficit of $5,- ase wor reproduction Fe Caeauniety, snag, 133,000,000 for the fiscal year which ends fo'R or wet otherwise credited in this paper, and June 30th, 1951. : in Con @lsot the local news published hi a Gheriont Gl 100 | ef vernment from July 1950. = = | While amountito ve spent seem pro- _ a ne f algind oa the third I eficit once . peace, an analysis ‘of resolutions posell teiipauditates reveals that Seventy om | per cent of the total cost of government is due to past wars and the possibility of a future war. For national defense, the sum of $13,- 500,000,000 is proposed. The Veterans’ program will cost $6,100,000, 000, interest on the public debt will be $5,600,000,000 and foreign affairs, including the _ non- military cost of the cold war, account for it Key West and ee Erne Cr Gounty entered at rar sar Florida, as second class mibesd ay Kay. Weel, Finida: uv sanond cian batter ¢ operation ty obituary: ebarged for ie 3 aaah centers a une men: es fr to be derived are & cents @ line. ie open forum and invites dis- isstes and subjects of local oF tae 2 it will not publish anonymous | THEY'RE NAMED NATION'S 10 OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN : he mac spit SEN I ea nnntige cs te RB pe He aban THESE 10 HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THE U.S. JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE as the | /*#FS 860. outstanding young men of 1949. Top, left to right: Harold Russell, 25, Alexandria, Ve. film actor and president of AMVETS, who lost both hands in the wat: Rep. Gerald R. Ford, 38, Grend Rapids, Mich.; Charles H. Percy, 30, Chicago, president of a movie cameta company: Dr. Franklin ) Wirephoto | Born at Grants Pass, D. Murphy, 33, Kansas City, Kas.; Charles “ ’ Wilkinson, 34, Oklahoma University football coach. Bottom. left to right: John Ben epp erd, 34, Gladewater, Tex., lawyer: Theodore Roose- velt, III, 35, Pennsylvania secretary of Commerce; R. L. Floyd, 31, former mayor of Miami; Ken- $4,700,000,000. Even after making allowance for the fact that slightly more than seventy per cent of the total budget represents the “gost of wars, past or future,” one. faces the fact! that | there remains slightly mot 12,500,000,000 for the other’ func. } ‘£-government, This is’ not hs a wit represents a staggering: P ys 16 ‘ost or government since th early werities;'when Congress appropriated a- billion dollars. In this field of activity, there is un- doubtedly money to be saved by economy and efficiency in government, but, exact- ly how much, no one can say. Even al- lowing for the traditional fact that de- mocracy costs money, there would seem to be the possibility of substantial reduc- tions. The President’s figures do not come out of thin air. Where the money goes can be seen from studying the complete bud- ‘get hich runs just two pages short of two nd. Even the President’s message, : The budget, requires nearly six ipér pages. Abrioully, the average neth S. Pitzer, 35. Washington, atomic scientist: C. E. Hastings, 35, Hampton, Va., inventor. 2, SON SENFENCED TO. DEATH AS TAKEN FR OF THE cHicn or or JANUARY 23, 1940 Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Serview ——between—— MIAMI and KEY WEST Also Setving ALL POINTS ON FLONIDA KEYS Between Miami and Key West Two United States Destroyers, the Mason and Branon, have been | added to the squadron assigned to the neutrality patrol@t Key West. The vessels arrived yester-| day afternoon, and immediately after arrival, berthed at Pier B, and took on supplies and fuel oil. ineorporators | ‘ MONOGRAPH Dear Readers: & When parents are divorced it is to thy it-of a son to stick to his mother, te sides with the father. ’ THE ORACLE EXPRESS SCHEDULE (Neo Stops En Rowte) LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY (Ex SUNDAYS) at 6:00 P. M. Ar- rives at Miami at 12:00 o'clock Mid- MIAMI DAILY (EXCEPT yy i a Ser is ” ops A West DALY ee. a SUNDAYS) at 6:00 o'clock and arrives at Miami et 4:00 Meeting of the and directors of the Florida Keys Cooperative has been ‘called.for Friday night at © the “Mé@rat! Grocery, which has been offi ly designated as the’ are office of the orgartizati Ph ing to bring electrification of the Florida Keys. 1 One thousand college deaps and university administrator an unusually sharp atack on the medical ‘Atiioimppile | owners in: county evidently éx: governor will extend the thm the purchase of automobile li- pPéfession of this pounny delivered by a The estimated deficit of more than bk ppavineirneegeer nr ere « Sy ietnet DAIL Y CEPT). &« ittee,,of prominent college leaders, | $5,000,000,000 will be the nineteenth in jing purchases from the office of | SUNDAYS) at reLy. SE ‘and Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd. 4 (®) Wirephoto — at Key West at 5:00 o'clock the last twenty-one years. Surpluses were arena only i in 1947 and 1948. Because of these two years, the Eightieth Con- The charges were niade DFroKs the gress reduced taxes about $5,000, 000,000. Amprican Conference of Academic Deans, Conséquently, Mr. Truman repeats his rec§ntly meeting in Cincinnati, and were thesis that the “badly devised tax reduc- inefided in a report made by a commit- | tion”<is chiefly responsible for the cur- tee§composed of the deans of Wayne, rent deficit. Oh State, Northwestern and Kentucky U nbversities. The committee was. ap- pointed a year ago to study the problems invelved in admission to the medic¢al .col- leggs. *The committee assailed the medical SHERMAN BURGE, 35, and A ay Mrs. Betty Burge, 57, sit in court at Franklin, Tenn., and hear their death sentence with- | out batting an eyelid. They were condemned to the electric which had beer studying pre-professional edugation. ~ recente Ferryboat Jackson,..which was, en route from Jacksonville to! Maracaibo, Venezuela, arrived in| port ye: afternoon in tow| of the tug Peacock, | FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE FULL CARGO INSURANCE MAIN OFFICE and WAREHOUSE: Cor. Eston & Francis Ste PHONES: $2 and 93 j Xe chair for the slaying of Mrs. Mary Opinsky Dean, 25, a wander- ing waitress from Indianapolis. Daie of the executions was not fixed pending action on the defendants’ appeal. wrecking Salvage Master H. S. Dexter, andj berthed at the main pier of the | porter dock company. | = = peepee a PREOIOIO TET ES | 113- FOOT sc HOONER | (Continued From Page Gue) | nent, the Azara in 1909 made a} sail with the Prince be wore La-} Politica the morning, February 28, acl abet her and dyed a sail on Stee Democratic Primary, | cording to announcement today] tho yy by M. Morrell, chief of the Navy | . SEE. May 2, 1950 Department Bureau of Yards and ' AAs, _ Sealed bids entailing offers to Any married couple, with a co! build an extension to the Navy ; ae a couple of | Dicnensary at Key West Naval youngsters, knows that marriage is a |Sstation will be received at the| racket. local station up to 11 o'clock in WHEN DOES A CENTURY BEGIN? i, ddd et tdndntntriintnind, profession for its “short-sightedness” in : : Se by Dockery the vessel has been } A not keeping apace with the nation’s health There is a general idea that 1950 | used to sail in the Gulf of Me For Stote Senaibe H = neetls; aecused the doctors. of,using. “Pet- | marks the first year of the last half of the | mr. and Mrs. Joseph Monahan, | © and along the seaboard as far) yanies A, FRANKLIN } 7 " i, t rillo and Fishbein economies” in keeping | twentieth century but the point is made |who were visiting here for weve | perma Racnek tHe CAGE | (Re-Election) | agate ve the fi. sres bes f , Ti g a eral days, and enjoyed their sta ‘oot scl 2 Ask- | sass down the number of students admitted to | by some writers that, after all, the cen- Sete gaealy Ae on jobs aay oe oy, which has been awaiting |— _ - i itches” vielen tury began with the year 1901 and that, |this morning for their home in| Spare parts for one of her motors, For State Senator medical schools and asserted that thou- sdhids of qualified pre-medical students | Consequently, the first fifty years end on Norwalk, Conn is ane Porer Dow. wr NORWCOD R. STRAYHORN j | you buy he an i es tdni q r “We'll set sail as sc @ bee Se Si eee are not admitted to the schools, even | midnight of Dec. 31, 1950. Mrs. O. E. Keiser and son, who] parts reach here”, said her own i For State Representative J. Y. PORTER, IV | Certainly, if:@ man would count out a of hundred units of anything, from apples to automobiles, he’ would begin with num- Ohié State University, college students | ber one and end with number one hundred. face strict rationing of careers in medi- } If the same rule applies to the years of a cine} dentistry and veterinary medicine given century, then the first half of the without respect for the country’s need, | Present century would not come to a close He said reports from seventy-five of the | until the end of 1950. nation’s seventy-nine medical schools General usage, it is true, considers the disclose 92,460 applications for the fall } turn of a century to begin with the “00” term of 1949, representing 25,000 individ-| year and, under this theory, the hundred had been visiting for two days in the city, left this morn for their home in Union City, Tenn. though the nation needs more doctors. ecording to Dr: William S. Guthrie, Deak of the College of Arts and Sciences, r, H. M. Hedges, Chicago, | UNDERWOOD SUNDSTRAND THAT ADDS * SUBTRACTS AND MULTIPLIES. sects $120 ! AND UP Today The C editorial pa ph: “Nobod pally can be as im portant as some people look.” zen says in an The American Ice industry pro- duced 49,750,000 tons in 1949. Because of You" ——— Your Grocer SELLS That Good ae wal ‘students. There were only 6,387] years would come to end at the close of STAR * BRAND GELIVERY places to be filled in the freshman classes. | the “99” year. While this may be tech- | AMERICAN COFFE Dr. Guthrie asserted that many of the | nically incorrect it is the custom. ond CUBAN E TRY A POUND TGRAY students rejected have good academic re- cords and possess the readily . acknowl- We find it hard to understand why edged personal qualifications but that, } human beings go to sleep on railroad ; ‘no matter how eligible, three- fourths of | tracks. STRAND... | : ‘ i . thp applicants just can’t get in.” He urg- seamen FG oe Sama 3 4 HE MARCH OF ed the medical profession to expand facil- SOMETIME BUT NOT NOW! WHIRLPOOL ities-to admit a minimum of 1,500 addi- — pei GENE RE nV. JOSE FER- RD covrr, Drang ARLES BICKFORD rama Cartoon —News Coming: SCENE OF THE CRIME Van Johnson, Glorin Ne 1, Arlene Dahl. Tom om Drake MONROE <2", Last Times Today Ultimos De Filipinas The Federal budget should be cut $9,- 600,000;000'a year, declares Paul G. Hoff- man, Economic Cooperation Administta- or, who bases his remarks upon the be- lief that Government expenditures should not éxceed $33,000,000,000, based on pres- ent national income. The effectiveness of Mr. Hoffman’s stiggestion, however, is overshadowed by his admission that, despite the need for tional students annually. This could | be done, he asserted, by utilizing the medi- cal colleges to full capacity, as was done during the war years. ia @ DIMES Phone for a demonstration on your own workee. a Take care of yourself,” says a writer, if you don't, who will? ‘The further a man géts from his asso- chates, the. more positive he becomes. cutbacks, they are virtually impossible | J FP" ‘}% ‘A willingness to pay for what you get | at this time. In brief, Mr. Hoffman is in *Eaatnge The Notional foundation for Infantile Paralysis is the mark of an individual who chatges | favor of cutting Federal expenditures COULD NOT HANG FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, fo for whag he sells. sometime ih the future, but not now. Boris Karloff and Lorna Grey