The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 6, 1950, Page 7

THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1950 Because Of Truthful ‘Fifth’ Persons U.S. May Learn Cost Of Raising Average Family When Census Returns Are Fully Studied — By WALTER BREEDE, JR., Associated Press Writer E The census takers now making their rounds are expected © turn up some-interesting facts‘on what it costs to reise a family in this country. Every fifth person interviewed must tell, truthfully, how much money he makes, hiow much he spends and how much he wo- clerk. Then Peggy would move along to the next counter, pick something out and use the name} legitimate carried This and address of the customer. She always her purchases with her. went on for four yea no until finally a sharp-eared sale: girl stopped it. This salesgirl waited on Peggy and took her and then later in the day d Peggy giving a different name and address. The sales- girl got the store detectives and that was that, The woman ac- cused of this charge-account spree is Mrs. Margaret Brandt, a 30-year-old housewife. cannot al- puts away for a rainy day. You can be fined for knowingly and wilfully giving the census-taker false information. ; The census enumerators have some very special questions or people who live on farms. Besides counting farm families, they are counting horses, chickens, cows and pigs. They want to know how many farm homes lack electricity. They want ie know all about irrigation and drainage projects. And just ike the city folk, every fifth farmer, interviewed is expected to give an accurate report of his income. When the nose-counting is fin-®. eee = the figures are toted P by high speed, electronic tab- ulsting machines, “the govern: (Latch Woman As meni should be in a position to now just about everything § S about everythine abe ee ejomart Store body . e Some of the information. re- Th af R bb ported by the census takers ot € t “ er be wrong. Despite threats off WASHINGTON. — (4). — The eae pS sranite assur-' District of Columbia police have a at all i rma i : the contin panel ah Bedell con at last caught up with’ charge- fidential, there will always be|@count Peggy. According to the some folks who will try to hide, authorities, this ingenious the truth Jman has milked assorted depart+ They may not have been sold! ment stores of thousands of on the government’s argument’ One store al that giving the census taker all Godoccs topo a an 000. the infaemation he asks is a pa-] what oe ia eee Rica iy individisligte en ee ees witen some legitimate customer they consider/Uncle Sam's prying| &4V¢ her mame and address to a into their personal affairs. They may be women. Of the lad it has been said that they have a reckless disre- gard for facts concerning two subjects of vital importance to the censu The census taker ways be sure he is getting a truthful answer when he inquir- es discreetly nd now, Madam, if you p) ¢, your age?” The same situation .is likely to obtain when the census enumer: tor asks, “and what is your hus- band’s income?” There are businessmen who have made exhaustive surveys of family income for purposes of ere charting sales programs. And M nk N q ] they have been known to com- 0 ey early plain that the average housewife is about as reliable as the weath- er forecasts in. the farmer’s al- manac when asked point blank about the state of her family’s finances The census may tell us what population group, and what part of the country, is best of financi- Ruins Pet Shop: Then Shakes Hand CHICAGO. Mike is a ring-tailed monkey who lives in the pet shop of Harry Smith, in {A’).. ally at the moment. er It may prove or disprove the| ‘hs city. ee contention that the American} To Harry Smith, Mike can do farmer is far ahead of his fellow] no wrong, but he cate close to citizens, and basking in the warm] it the other day sunshine of a prosperity never! When Smith was out, Mike e known in this country before caped from hi; cage in the pet In advance of the census, a]shop and turned the place inside survey indicative of farm pros-]out. He threw things at the cats perity has been undertaken pri-|.and dogs. He chattered and vately with the cooperation of|cheered atthe canaries. county farm bureaus agents in Finally he threw a bird cage through a plate glass window This merry racket grected Smith as he returned to the shop, but to Mike it was all just’ good, clean fun. He walked up to Smith and ex tended a hand— f to say, “Glad to see you back.)’ Smith ruefully surveyed the damage to the shop. But he said Mike would not be punished. : home c States. nearly 3,000 counties in the Uni- ted. States. The aim of the survey was to show to. what extent farm- ers are responsible for the: con- struction boom now sweeping the country It is expected that the farmers will spend more than one billion, 300 million dollars this year on construction of farm houses, barns and other service buildings or remodeling of present build- ings. This building boom involves more thaa 400,000 new homes It seems that the farmer never and barns. New farm houses to be| had it so good. And he is becom- built this year are expected to]ing increasingly important as a make up ten per cent of total market. ruction in the United : — ss NOTES GO A COMPOSER — Oscar Strauss takes time from his Tatest operetta, “The First Wal ” to read congratu- ope . THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Dental Art 'D playsSome | Painless Work NEW YORK.—(/P).—All fo | free, yousean see some dental art on display in a New York hotel, | 45 paintings by dentists, and d« {pending on your personal view ,of art, you may find most of the ! exhibition painless. ! The represent jto favoring strenuous brushing, anyway 1 Not one picture of onic of the dentist's chair. The closest to pain is the work of Dr. Herman Rodnick, a dentist-painter w chairman of the exhibit Thi painting is an impression of a fear-haunted face of a Mexican} ee miner. The background is } orange-yellow and red. Re insists these fiery colors aE nothing to do with a cavity (®) Wirephoto |. Rather, he says, he has tried to ‘show the torment endured by a THIS PICTURE, released by the Navy in 1946, shows an experimental plane, designated as the ‘miner attempting to support a family of nine on less than one| XFSU1, credited with potential performance that ranges from hovering to a speed of 500 miles per hour. Radio Commentator Henry J. Taylor says many “flying saucers” are really U.S.-con- trolled experimental jet planes. He identified the jet planes as the XFSU. The XFSU1 is a pro- pellor craft with the approximate conformation atiributed to “flying saucers”. dollar a day RATICIDE | Star Brand ASUS. | @ Protect Your Pets H @ Use Only This for Rats || Census Takers Converse In Many Languag larger population, almost 700,4]the enumerator do? 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