The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 13, 1953, Page 3

ee eee G LITTLE CHANGED No Big Drop Expected In Price Of Goods By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK ‘®—The cost of liv- ing’s slip is showing. So far, the easing in the pressure on the pock- | etbook has been only slight, and only in, some items. No big drop in prices of goods that jconsumers buy is expected. And/families may find the cost of some of the things they now con- sider necessities will go up a little. Per cent lower than this time last year, ‘the government estimates. price drops in recent months in the commodity markets are fi- nally showing up in the retail stores. | Housewives are pleasantly sur- rised when they price meat in the | utcher shops. They find the price tags.on most clothing items lower than a year ago. It costs a little | less to furnish a house. Mapy wholesale commodity ; rices are back to their pre-Korean ‘ar level, ‘The rub, of course, comes when you compare the new-and-slightly- lower prices in the stores now My the prices before World War The cost of living index still Tides high above its pre-war level. Retail price averages are about twice as high as they were 13 years ago. And they average more than 10 per cent higher than June, 1950, when the Korean War started. But in many significant items they have slipped from their peaks. One thing that keeps the cost of living high for most families is their changing living standards. Families now regard as necessi- ties items and seryices they may not even have heard of before World War II. Most of these are aimed at cutting time and labor. The sale of frozen foods, for in- | stance, is seven times greater now | than before Pearl Harbor. Automatic washing machines, | driers, dishwashers, new and bet- ter refrigerators and stoves—are mow glassed as necessities in many home. The air conditioning industry claims that its cooling devices will be considered standard equipment not so long from now. Television has edged into the “necessity” class. And families with the older, smaller screens | United States has increased about are beginning to consider them-|13 per cent. In those same years selves under-privileged the government says that total To help meet this higher stand- | production in this country has ris- ard of living, weekly paychecks|en 70 per cent (figured in units, have mercifully gone up for most | rather than in dollar prices). folk. People are spending fairly free- They may never seem to go up|ly. The nation’s food stores, for enough. But the government says | instance, sold just under 40 billion | the average factory worker is now | dollars worth last year. getting 22 per cent more pay than But food costs are now 3 to 5;before the Korean War started. To fill the new demands, indus- try has set its sights high. In the out color -. having pink eyes and | |animals are albinos -- Some human beings and some that is with- last 13 years the population of the | white skin and hair, U-wsrd ase JnXSEY.—City Commissioner Bernard J. Berry (right), and Deputy Mayor William Flanagan help load gar- bage trucks at Jersey City, N. J., as private collections were halted in a garbage contract suit. Two of the city’s 250 white collar workers called to meet the emergency, receive the gar- bage cans atop the truck.—() Wirephoto. Friday, February 13, 1953 ANNOUNCEMENT The Federal Communications Commission has available channele for the extension of Radiotelephone service (phones in autos, trucks, efc.) for the general public of Key West, Florida. Class of service: Miscellaneous Common Carrier (Public Utility) Minimum investment for individual or group — $10,000 Requirements: Business experience, good character and financial stability Interested parties write American Radiotelephone Co., Inc. St. Petersburg, Florida for personal interview and details. THIS IS A NON-COMPETITIVE MARKET PROTECTED BY THE FCC NO MINORS ADMITTED Post 8:15 Time P.M. Free Parking “uses Every 4 Hr. Adm. 25c State Supervised Pari-Mutvel Betting OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS — 2TO$ PM. 10 Races Nightly QUINIELAS EVERY RACE DAILY DOUBLES ist & ind RACES THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 3 “Tout Sheet” Bill if ‘Amended Wed. By Commission | An amendment to an ordinance ; |regulating the sale of papers and pamphlets in the city predicting the results of dog races was passed unanimously at Wed. night’s meet- ing of the city commission. Under the terms of the amend- ment, the time prior to the start of the race in which the “tout sheets’ must be on deposit with the city manager, was reduced from 24-hours to just two hours. The city manager pointed out that since the dogs racing are not named officially until shortly be- fore the start of the racing pro- gram, the 24-hour requirement is prohibitory. The license fee for the sale of the sheets was set fast week at $150 for the ninety day race meet- Blockade Talks Asked By Allies CANBERRA, Australia (#—Aus- tralia and the other United Nations fighting in Korea expect the United States to consult fully with them before considering a blockade of Communist China, Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies told a press conference. “All of us would expect to be consulted on a matter of that kind,” he said, “‘and I don’t think there is any doubt we would be.” Subscribe to The Citizen Lect eee | ANNOUNCING FRONT WHEEL ALIGNMENT WHEEL BALANCE Bill’s Southernmost Garage 540 Greene St., cor. Simenten Repairing? Remodeling? Painting? Stop in today and see our Local Representative who will be glad to assist || you in working out a |} loan on a monthly pay- ment basis. 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