The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 12, 1954, Page 4

~ Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, March 12, 1954 The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunda: he Citizen Buildi Greene and Ann Streets. Bp ape roe eu Being, scornetiot Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher .... .- 1921 - 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN | Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2.5661 and 2-5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news pub- lished here. Member Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications, ‘IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN . More Hotels and Apartments. . Beach and Bathing Pavilion. . Airports—Land and Sea. - Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. DOCTOR DISTRIBUTION An official of the American Medical Association reported recently on the distribution of physicians in the United States. Frank G. Dickinson, A.M.A. Bureau of Medical Economic Research director, reported that phy- sicians are practicing in ninety-six per cent of the com- munities with a population of between 2,500 and 5,000. He says doctors are practicing in eighty-eight per cent of the communities of 1,000 to 2,500 population and in only twenty-one per cent of communities with 100 to 1,000 population. Dickinson’s figures are based on the 1950 census, and, therefore, the distribution of doctors to citizens | could have changed slightly since that time. Dickinson | divided the country into 575 medical-service areas, and found that the number of doctors per 100 prospective | patients varied from over 5,000 in a region in Utak to | less than 500 in a Minnesota community. In these areas, Dickinson found that every community of 5,000 popula- tion, or more, had at least one physician, and usually more. He called this a good distribution. Perhaps the weakest, or most discouraging part, of the report is Dickinson’s figures pertaining to com- munities of 100 to 1,000 population. Only twenty-one per cent of them have resident physicians. To the person living in a town of 700 or 800 population, the fact that the community has no doctor is often a serious matter. It could be a matter of life or death in some cases. As serious as this situation might~ be, ‘it~has been | the same, or worse, since the beginning of the country. | Moreover, there is no way to force a doctor to live in| any community nor would the American people support such a proposal if it were advanced. Doctors, like other human beings, will generally go where they can make a decent living and where the surroundings are normally pleasant. They cf#not be expected to move into com- munities where théy can hardly make a living. And, considering the g{fequacy of doctors in towns of a few thousand population and up, the present distribution is about as good asfpne might expect in an unregulated so- ciety. , The next few months will be critical ones for the Republican Administration, Travel is educational; it teaches appreciation of the home, among other things, If there are those who lie about the Communist | menace in this country to win attention, and votes, they | are serving the Kremlin well, C d P | IE [GIGS] AINIC] TOSSWOFG PUZZI2 Bie mars INITIEIR ACROSS +1. Canine { 4. Yeast formed on brewing liquors 8. Inlet of the sea U1. Narrow fabric i92. Operatic solo 3. Card with a single spot {44 Hermit |36. Desires /¥8. Ventilate 199. Sound |$1. Card game i Chair 194. Body ofa {| church 1Q6. Witness 187. Goin 199. Lateral boundary 31, English letter 32. Silkworm 34, Learning 36, For 38. Fertilizer 40. Blind animals 43. Period of time 45. Prophet 47. Auction 48. Variable star 50. Narrow ridges of gravelly drift 52. Metal 53. Harbors 55. Tirades 57. Old musical note 58. Opposite of aweather 60. Woody plant 61. Legal action : IAITIE!SIT} TIOIMIEIRIAITIE|S ME TIE (A! AV O RT AIMEE S|TIAIR} INIEITMENIEIVIEIRIMIOIRIE| SIN] UPIEIREMINIEE IGIATF IF ISM VAIL! 1 [D) ISIPIAINMMAINITIEIRI 1 [OIR| HATTIE RELIEIE|RMMAL (Al EIVIEISHELIE(N/TEERIA|Y} Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle 62. Division ofa city 63. Donkey DOWN 1. Town in Connecticut 2. Work 3. Jewel 4. Musician’s stick 5. Scenes of conflict 6. Smallest state: abbr. PET PE Te amas aon 1. Animal’s stomach 8. River shores 9. Baneber- Ties 10. Pertaining to the day last past 11. Coax 15. That thing Bee ). Malign 23. Call 25. Biblical Tegion 28. Creeks 30. Cupid 33. Expanse « surface 35. Click beetles 36. Moderate “1. Brilliant iy colored bird 39. Smaller 41. Omits in Pronouncin; A -..Meaning ers of apest 46. Went” swiftly 49. Near 59. Musical note This Rock By Bill Gibb The County Commissioners are faced. with a headache in their attempt to zone Stock Island pro- perly. Commissioner Frank Bent- ley appears to be on the right rozd when he suggested at the group’s last meeting that he want- ed time to think over the problem and that a committee should be formed to study conditions, In years gone by, Stock Island was never considered of much im- portance. People couldn’t visual- ize the present growth of Key West, As a result, development on thesisland has been of a sporadic sort—little planning is shown in the lay-out of trailer courts, junk- yards, homes, or amusement pla- ces. Conditions aren’t so bad right now that proper zoning can’t rec- tify them. The one thing I hope is that the County Commissioners will stay away from ‘spot zoning.’ It is a curse that has kept the City of Key West in an uproar throughout the years. Both Com- missioners Bentley and Paul Saw- yer, county legal advisor, appear to realize this and are taking steps to avoid it. Continued Growth Evidence that Stock Island is going to continue to grow may be seen in the request of Clem C, Price, local realtor, for the re- zoning of nineteen lots. Price wishes to develop a small marina Questions And Answers About Inc ome Tax | bonds, and retirement pay are the | retirement When does a member of the {an investment annuity, The tax- Armed Forces have to file an | payer is allowed to get back, tax- income tax return? free, a amount equal to what he Since all the basic pay of ser. | Put into it. When the payments be- vicemen is taxable income, most| gin, they represent partly a non- servicemen . must file a tax zen sable return. of the taxpayer's turn on or before March 15, Base | capital investment ‘and partly tax- pay, extra pay for special duty,|able income. After . the taxpayer | | longevity pay, re-enlistment bonus, | has received, tax-free, his invest- leave|ment in an annuity, pension, or Plan, no subsequet principal income items servicemen| Payments are tax-exempt — they must report as taxable income, | all must be reported as taxable Service pay (including combat|ificome in Schedule E of Form pay) of enlisted personnel, and up | 1°40. 7 F to $200 a month for officers, re-| 3. Some kinds of pensions or re- ceived for active service in a com- | titement pay are exempt from the bat area, or while hospitalized be-| Federal income tax: because of ex- cause of combat wounds, is not| Press Provisions of the law. Pen- taxable. If a servicemen served in| ions granted under a workman’s the Korean combat zone, during |COMPensation act, or to veterans the period of combat activities, his | f the armed forces for injuries or return and tax will be due, with-| Sickness resulting from active ser- out interest, on or before the 180th | Vice, are completely tax-exempt day after the termination of the | for this reason. Benefits under the period of such service, plus the| Railroad Retirement Act are also period, if any, of continuous hos-/00t taxable under the law. Pitalization outside the United Sta-| Social Security benefits or old- tes attributable to injury received | 48¢ insurance benefits are consid- in such service, jered to be government expendi- Other servicemen who are! ‘ures im the interest of the general aboard may delay filing their re-| Welfare and are therefore tax- turns until June 15 but they will | °*emPt. be liable to an interest charge. Unpaid income taxes for any| year of combat. veterans who die interest on armed forces What kinds of taxes are deduc- tible? as a result of disease, injuries, or wounds received in a combat zone are forgiven, Also forgiven and re- funded for such a combat casual- ty are income taxes paid for any year ending on or after the first day he served in a combat zone. | There are three classes of pen-| sions, two. of which are taxable: | 1, If a person inor retirement | plan does not involve contributions | If you itemize deductions on a Long-Form 1040, you can deduct most non-Federal taxes, personal taxes, and real estate taxes (ex- cept those assessed for pavement or other local improvements which tend to increase the value of your Property). You can deduct State or local retail Suies taxes if under the laws of your State they are imposed either upon the consumer jor on the retailer (or wholesaler by the employee’ toward the fund, | in cases of gasoline taxes) with the and if the pension or retirement | amount of the tax separatel pay is not tax-exempt by special | by the retailer to fia ae Provision of the law, the pay-| ‘You cannot deduct: Any Federal ments received from that fund are/ excise taxes on your personal ex- fully taxable. This includes the re-| penditures, such as taxes on thea- tirement plans for salaried Pay|ter admissions, furs, jewelry, cos. based on age or length of service. | metics, railroad tickets, telephone In such cases, the pension or re-/ etc.; Federal social security tax. tirement pay is. considered in the | es. hunting licenses, dog licenses; nature of additional wages paid for| auto inspection fees: water taxes: services rendered. Such inc> ne | ta: i 0 t s may be reported .in Schedule E on a pall by (your Soe azetbes /- Page 2 of the, Form 1040. |_ For further information, see your - 2% If-a- taxpayer cortributes or Distri-t Dir ‘tor of Internal Re- in order to re- venue, Hi dress is Rm. 201. P. nuity 0. Big. e telephone number is income irom 2-7933, a pensicr tirement pay, the or ye which will concentrate on the needs of small boats. While this column has no details of his com- plete plan, the idea sounds both feasible and beneficial to the com- munity. Boats and the surround- ing waters are our stock in trade to attract tourists. Stock Island is in an ideal position to cater to the small boat trade because of its protected shores which _ still provide an easy outlet to the At- lantic side. There is unfortunately, a cer- tain amount of irritation between Key ‘West’ and Stock Island. This sore spot has been brought about mainly by the Key West bars and amusement places. They find it difficult to. compete with those of | Stock Island because of local or- dinances and additional taxes. These things will iron themselves jout in the future and anything that our town can do now to help develop Stock Island will be to our advantage in the long run, Who's Kidding Who While we’re on the subject of the County Commissioners, we might as well mention the fact that they have requested the City to repair Flagler Avenue. They said they spent a hundred thou- sand dollars getting the street paved and they want it recondi- tioned just like it was. Are they kidding? There are twenty thousand Key West citizens who want the same thing but where in the dickens is the City of Key West going to |find a hundred thousand dollars? This new street building machine that was purchased recently might {be the answer to our problems. Its description and the claims of its manufacturer sound almost too good to be true. I think the City Commissioners realize this and that is why they insisted on a clause in the purchase contract permitting them to return the machine if it didn’t live up to its guarantee. Classi¥ied Ads IT had a journalism professor one time who insisted that any- time news was slack, we could al- ways turn to the classified ads of a paper and dig up a good story. Well, this is one of those days so suppose we find a Citizen and see if he was right. Let’s see. . . “Wanted: experienced or inex- perienced barmaid—’” that’s enough. This column didn’t know there was such a thing as an in- experienced barmaid, Now here is a Personal for Car- rie Mae Walker. That would make a story for the real estate page but it’s no good for this column. How about this one?—‘Baby para- keets for sale.” You know, all my friends are buying those things. Do they real- ly talk? It used to be that when I visited these friends’ houses, I had to pretend what wonderful conversationalists their six-mon- |ths-old babies were. The babies have grown up now but the ex- perience gained from them has proven helpful. Nowadays, these same friends own parakeets, I find that I’m just as good a liar as ever because I can sit and pre- tend to listen to the birds sing “God Save America” while the only distinguishable sounds to my ears are a jumble of “cheeps, churps, and peeps.” GROCER RESISTS HOLDUP REPEAT SAN FRANCISCO # — Greeer Glen Hotchkins, 36, determined not to be robbed for the third time, last night smacked a gunman in the face with a board, drove him from his downtown store, and pur- sued bim down the street with a meat: cleaver. | After a block-long chase, Hotch- kins hurled the cleaver at the rob- ber. but the handle bounced harm- JenTH, (4 DARLIN By Amelia Reynolds Long Then he crossed to where Pick was standing. “Pick, dearest, come away,” he urged. “You mustn’t stay here.” aes called suddenly from the AP Newsteotures heriting his grandfather’s estate the sheriff would think he'd killed | them, and arrest him for murder.” “But—but,” I “Peter, come here!” Her voice a ae soaaty, ae urT i oul . “What it?” I asked. ar ¢| “It's Aunt Delphine,” she an- g swered. Her eyes were big with sourse Tm all right,/horror. “Listen to what she’s red. of Aunt Bel hine,” I said, trying not} saying!” pomp Feet eWhy shouldn't “Only three left. Only three. Then only two, then only one. My “fle eame for Lee tonight,” she ides Soe ee sebtt Table 2 mid. “I'm it had to be. Lee| thing.” There was actual gloating in her voice cane “Aunt Delphine,” I began, was a niece boy. I was out of bed at that. exclaimed sharply. “Aunt i 're imagining things Lat ime “Til shew yeu, chérie,” she said. id closer. “Come. “What does she 2” Bobby about stele ag Hed, > " lieve she pl any oo ‘do you know who killed Lee?’ . lees of craft = ae the a gray eyes, beck- oned for me to ben: = re besi bed, s' ng cow ine ad been saying, and were at her brother while Me startled by the loo! larmh that leaped into his eyes. He crossed out oerey to where Aunt Delphine wis | sa PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves right to delete any items which are considered libelous or unwarranted. The writers should be fair and confine the letters te 200 words and write on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be published unless requested otherwise. RESTORATION OF TOWER Editor, The Citizen I would like to take this opportunity to agree with Mrs. de Boe’s article concerning the restoration of the City Hall Tower. I feel that it is a crime to tear the tower down without making any provisions for rebuild- ing it. I have looked and listened to the old clock during my short 16 years of life and I miss the majestic tower as I would a dear friend. I guess words couldn’t describe its loss to people such as my grandfather, Aquilino Lopez, Sr., who has been in Key West since the early 1900’s or the thousands of other old Key Westers, I would be more than willing to help preserve for future generations of Key Westers the tower which was so dearly treasured by the past generations, Let’s rebuild our City Hall Tower! Sincerely, HILARIO RAMOS, Jr. 211i Duval Street Damage Suit Is Filed In Crash Of Bike, Trike LOS ANGELES #—A Superior Court judge is pondering the $26,- 023.98 damage suit that 8-year-old Jack Chase of Burbank brought against Bobby Ritter, 11, of Sun Valley, in connection with their bieycle-tricycle collision. Jack testfied yesterday that he was prudently steering his tricycle along the sidewalk July 23, 1952, when Bobby plowed into him and fractured his leg. Bobby told Judge Thurmond Clarke he saw Jack and shouted for him to get out of the way. “I turned toward the peach tree Political Announcements FIRST PRIMARY ELECTION MAY 4, 1954 . For State Senator Re-Elect JAMES A. FRANKLIN 24TH DISTRICT For State Senator 24th District MILTON A. PARROTT Help Monroe County Elect A Senator For Member School Board RE-ELECT J. CARLYLE ROBERTS peaking slowly and distii inctly, “if and he started to turn toward the fence, but he changed and turned toward the peach tree too. So, we crashed under the peach tree.” The boys used to be neighbors. They said this is a friendly suit. It was brought for Jack by his parents, Mr, and Mrs, Charlies Chase. 3RD DISTRICT For Member School Board ELECT KELLER WATSON 3RD DISTRICT For Member School Board Re-Elect is EDNEY PARKER Holdup Costs Robber Plenty CHICAGO (M—A robber got $10, in a store holdup yesterday but | it cost him his 1953 Cadillac, his | gun, his glasses and his cap. Carlo Ingo, 47, a clerk in a 24-| hour. shopping center, told police the robber held him up in eT store and fled. Ingo said he seized a pistol kept | ip the beck aig the store ae gave se is own car. He ° curbed the getaway car three | Craig Bowen blocks away and opened fire, shattering a window. The oceu- | 514 Southard STH DISTRICT | lessly off his back and he escaped. ! pant got away on foot, he said. | Lee, he’s | going to try to call it murder he possibly can.” “Going to try?” Bobby and I repeated together. Lewis Haye was staring at ws strangely. “You dont either of you be Reve ioe it actually was?” be exclai “Mr. Haye,” I began, trying to keep my voice on an even keel, Lee wasn’t murd then how did he—? Oh! I at Dick Says— *Kiss-and-tell” Jimmy Roosevelt still has the audacity to run for Congress in California on the Dem- ocratic ticket. I don’t know who is the bigger fool — Roosevelt or the District Democratic Council which has decided to back him in his candidacy. Suppose he had to win? We'd be getting legislators shot up by irate husbands instead of by Puerto Ricans! Roosevelt claims that if he fail- ed to run in the election, it would show “evidence of guilt and lack of courage.” It isn’t up to the average citizen such as you or me to decide his guilt but definitely, I think most people have already decided that he showed a total absence of courage when he sign- ed a statement involving twelve women as partners in his philand- ering. California, of course, has @ ra- ther peculiar standard of morals judging from the gossip that we hear in this part of the country. It is still a puzzle however, to try to figure how the citizens out that way can ever dream of trusting governmental affairs to a man who has shown that he likes to take the easy way out when pressure is ap- plied. Here in Key West, politi- ; cians would retire to a monastery if such a scandal broke loose around their heads, Oh well, there is no use in Flo- ridians getting upset over a situa- tion in California. We really ought to feel sorry for the folks out there because they are so far from el- vilization that they never get to enjoy Florida sunshine, Florida or- anges, and a Florida newspaper column entitled ‘“‘Dick Says” which tells them how to run their state, By the way, in this column ’'m suppose to advertise Dick’s Tire Service, headquarters for U. 8. Royal tires. But — what the heck? It’s more fun letting off steam on other subjects. Besides, doesn’t “sell” U. S. Royals — our customers “buy” them because there is no better, safer, or more economical tire on the market, Most important thing I have fo tell you is that Dick’s Tire Service is located at 929 Truman Ave. For road service, the phone is 2-2842. Don’t forget that we have our own recapping shop and trade-in values for your old tires are exceptional- ly high, (adv.) rm Dick’s INCOME TAX Qualified Consultants Evenings 6 - 9 P.M. For Your Convenience Open Saturday and Sunday OPPOSITE BUS STATION