The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 21, 1952, Page 8

Page 8 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, June 21, 1952 BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH EVER'BODY THOUGHT OL SNORT WUZ FIXIN’ TO SWOOP DOWN AN’ RIP HOOTIN' HOLLER WIDE OPEN TODAY, BUT IT TARNED OUT 0 8 8" AW- HAW- HAW: HAW-HAWHAWL I DING NIGH SPLIT My SIDES EVER' TIME I THINK ABOUT THAT OL WILD BOAR TO-SET UP TH’ LIVELONG NIGHT LAFFIN' AN’ BRINGING UP FATHER MAGGIE-YOU'D BETTER HAVE TH’ WEDDING RIGHT AWAY - I DON'T THINK HE'LL LAST! ISN'T fr WONDERFUL ? MY AUNT SUSIE 16 GOING TO GET MARRIED IN THREE WEEKS - HER FIANCE 1S DOWN IN THE PARLOR AND WANTS TO MEET US - GO DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF -I'LL BE Kk arour were he could d had said you ple without doin, injury. On , POPEYE 5 wy name--: 1 YAM GLAD TO MEET F= — q YOu"! y= A ELECTRICIAN 22 Bre e the ha ra quick] Aunt Hattie others ourself serious eagerly as the But it was not in search nly embar- a trembling of her throat while Leslie ing down the George’s nat would have been a May I join you?” .”” Jane rose, took the nator aaa is) ays Treasury Dept. Writes Off Income Tax Owed As “Uncollect LIKE ANYONE ALLOWANCE 2-1 eee”, aid the BUT THE SIGNAL DOESN'T SAY ) WHETHER HE'S ALIVE... OR... y OZARK IKE AND WITH THE SACRIFICE SIGNAL ON, ELMER HORNBLO ATTEMPTS TO BUNT OM TWO COMSECUTIVE melts AILS AS THE BALL RLS FOUL. 1 it wa: of woman's crutches and helped her onto the marble bench. “I’m wait- ing for Bruce Hall. He’s busy, so q| nurse told me I could wait out here. You're looking well.” Ol, I feel fine. It was quite silly of me, wasn’t it, to fall down the stairs? I might have done my- self a serious injury. I always think it is especially stupid to ‘hurt your very own self, don’t , | you?” Jane bit her lip; red stained her | cheeks. She glanced away in per- |turbation. “Yes, I suppose it is. But sometimes you can’t foresee that you are going to do yourself )an injury, and then can , | you be blamed, really, if you do?” “That depends, I suppose, n a number of things” ‘Leslie reached out and gave her hand a y | pat. “You know, it is silly of you |to feel so ashamed of yourself. You thought my husband loved | you, and when a girl thinks that | —well, I daresay that had I been in your position I would have done more or less the same.” “No.” Jane rose. “You're very |kind but—well, you know you |aren’t speaking the truth It takes ©! a special kind of person to be- have as I have ved—and you're not that sort.” _ “Oh?” Leslie eyed her quiz- zically. It occurred to her that | here was a pretty decent girl after all. She took the girl’s hand and gave it a warm squeeze. “Non- sense,” she said in an attempt to make the girl feel less guilty, less bit too much for her or anyone to endure. “Our opposition is so de- termined to make us put our school elsewhere. I cannot under- stand these pecple. During the war no sacrifice was too great for an American to make. In Eng- land we have always felt that Americans are among the kindest, most selfless people in the world. But the behavior of certain peo- ple in this town now—why do they resent seeing their own helped as they once helped and are helping the people of Europe? It is all beyond me.” Leslie cried. “George and 1 want you for dinner this evening.” “For dinner?” Bruce looked from her to Jane, then shrugged. “Sorry, I have an engagement al- ready. Have you two been at one anothers’ throats or is all peace along the Potomac “Peace,” Jane said t rose, her eyes wide “If Leslie can spare you { few minutes, I want to hav talk with you.” Leslie smiled knowli approvingly. “Go right must drive over to the € 7 are get- ting aleng. I'll give you a ring soon, Bruce, very soon.” He sat down, chuckling, after Leslie had driven away. “There ashamed of herself, “confusion makes all of us behave oddly at times.” She smiled and, despite her poor teeth, tell-tale signs of undernourishment, it was a radi- ant, pleasing smile, “Forget it. You have a job to do and a life to lead. The past is forgotten; long live the present and future.” Touched, Jane sat down beside her again. “George couldn’t have chosen a better wife. Evelyn Moore at the camp has told me how helpful you have always wonder- Di Te been to him —I think it is iD YOu EVER saree es, at he has a person like you 9 . ) ad d CONSIDER B'COMIN' aot te Tuttleton Mp him with his wonderful “But will my help be he” The short, plump redhead sighed, as though she found it all just a Teday’s Business PAirror By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK (#—The govern- ment’s cost of living index is bumping against the ceiling again —while newspapers are full of ads Wil- | offering many items of food, cloth- i today the |ing, furniture and appliances at years to collect | prices well below their Korean delingu' in e taxes from | War peaks. R s F Costello and | Living is definitely easier for -BARLOW CUT BILL'S.” NOBODY GIVES HER A !, ce | Philip 3 Ss _noW' many persons — especially the DID You EVER H HOW'S THE PooR GUY GOING THOUGHT / SHE'S THE pope coon — | | “mark 315,156 of taxes due | energetic shopper with an eye for OF A PERSON Cu TO TAKE HIS GIRL ANYPLACE? ONE I FEEL SORRY SACRIFICES bso ours bargains. ; ; ANOTHER PERSON ~ fy FOR.4 HAVING TO SIT But Washington _ statisticians re that rent increases some ves and the rise in the price pla of some foods (fruits, vegetables, | potatoes, bread) means that the cost of living — as of May 15 — , for “the average city working- ‘| man’s family of four persons” was ust under the record high it hit January — and 89 per cent her than it was in 1935 to 1939. It costs such a famiy about ») a year now to have the necessities and near - necessities, as set by America’s ever-changing ading habits. The index, prepared by the Bu- s the less controversial Consumer's Price Index” covers 225 goods and services, r recently added about 30 ve cc into general usage war — such as frozen and home permanents. oureaw admits that no index accurately all families’ bits. housewife, for example, y potatoes when they go some real or supposed the index goes right iding the price of potatoes. The food component of the index, M 1 is not back to its peak. Some foods ad others declined. Chain er s show that across the rib roast was selling a 4 89 cents a pound in mid A r price range was the 3 and still is it sold at 51 to 61 April were cents a month ped from its 77 price range ents in May ger in recent gely seasonal expected by the a should be was one of a reau of Labor Statistics - which | goes quite a fine woman. I’m sur- vais Treen PR eee just ie she is, arently the: is still hope for vo 4 eee She resented that, perhaps be- cause part of his judgment of her character had been so accurate in the past. “There was never anything wrong with me that couldn't have been cured if George | married me in “You were never really in love with George.” His alert gray eyes swung to troubled face. “But isn’t particularly important at the moment, I suspect. What's wrong?” “Andy Bullit.” (Ze be continued) Too Big For GI MIAMI BEACH ‘#—Addie Hertz has been a big boy ever since he weighed in at 13 pounds when he was born 18 years ago. “But I never realized I was THAT big,” he said here after the Marine Corps turned him down for enlistment. Addie weighs 258 pounds — re- duced from 296 less than a year ago—and stands 6 feet 4. He wears Size 16 double E shoes which cost $42 a pair made to order. The Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force have turned down his ap- plication to enlist and the Marines keep telling him to take off 20 more pounds, “I'm going to keep bothering |the Marines until they'll have to accept me to get rid of me,’ Hertz said. “I never thought I'd have |so much trouble trying to enlist.” | housewife, Some foods are always higher at this time of year. Most foods are below ceiling prices. Rent has kept rising at a slow | steady pace since mid-1947 for the nation as a whole. The rise repre- sents decontrol in some places, and the building of newer, more lexpensive homes and housing de | velopments—and also the moving into better quarters by many work jing families. | The costs of services Included in the index have been rising, too. {hospital rates, auto repairs, hair jeuts, transportation, beauty treat ments — adding to the difficulty of making both ends meet. Against this are the breaks the family is getting. Apparel prices |hit their peak in the index last September and have fallen stead- lily since — shoes, dresses, lower- lieal shirts dropped in May. Some clothing and shoe manufac. turers have promised still lower prices next fall. House furnishings are now the lowest they have been since the end of 1950. Price cuts in refrig. erators and sheets brought this part of the index down in May, Also, the index records the price of a standard item of clothin not the “special pr : the housewife can rates in the dey the other hand, it price, and not th price som long been selling below tems wi changing postwar life. Even t be just a stat, es os