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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-25
FACTS and FIGURES
BY FULLER WARREN

For the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1915, Florida's state
government took a grand total
of $121,837. 5O673 and paid out
$l19,38O,63O.O3. That is a lot of
money. And most of that $I2I.-
837,506.73 came directly from the
pockets of the people. A total
of SCI, 601, 579.44 was collected by
taxation. The balance was ac-
counted for by grants and dona-
tions from the federal govern
ment, earnings of departments,
public trusts, transfers between
funds, etc.
Apportioning the SGT SOL, 579. IA
which was collected by direct
taxation equally among Florida's
population of 2,250,061 means
that state government cost each
person approximately $50 for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1915.
While the total amount taken
in from every source was $121,-
1877 ,506.73, only $81, III, 661.28 was
actual operating receipts-the
remainder was accounted for by
public trusts, and transfers be-
tween funds. The total amount
paid out for operating the state
government was $83,412,161.16.
You surely must be interested
in knowing where all that mon
ey went, what it was spent for,
and who got it. / will try to
tell you. All the facts and fig
ures I'm going to pass on to you
are from the state comptroller's
last report.
The largest slice of state mon
ey was spent for public welfare,
hospitals and correctional insti-
tutions - a total of $23, 156, 1925. 81.
The next largest cut went for
education-the sizeable sum of
$21, 883, 31706.
Running close third were
highways, with $40, 444, 1891.
The shabby condition of most
Florida roads and the fact that
during the war no new roads
were built except for military
purposes makes many people
wonder if the taxpayers of Flor
ida got their moneys worth for
that $40, 444,119.9l.
For general government ST.
760, 996.68 was spent. 1t is in
teresting to note that for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1899,
total of $3,771, 024.73 was spent
by the state for general govern
ment. Thus, in the short period
of six years the cost of general
government has more than, dou-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-25
WILD WEST STILL
3ssF Is NOT TAME

CASPER, Wyo. -(AP)-Mrs.
A. E. Winter, Jr., accident pre-
vention chairman of the Natrona
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross, thinks it's fine that
so many fasteners are coming
out west on vacations this sum-
mer but believes they, should be
reminded that it isn't all noun
tain moonlight and full fishing
creeks hereabouts.
Specifically, she feels they
should do bit of boning up on
poisonous plants, poisonous
snakes and dangerous insects be-
fore they go batting around the
peaks and plains. To say nothing
of how landslides start and such
like.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-25

bIed. The increase in Florida's
population from 1,897,414 in
in 1910 to 2.250,061 in f945, sure
ly would not account for such
stupendous increase. I am GO
ing to find out why, and if | do
I'll let you know.
For development and conser-
walton of natural resources fish,
forests, plants, crops, etc., a to-
tai of $5,875, 767.47 was spent by
the state.
The protection to persons and
property, a total of $2,203, 745. 40
was spent.
Only $2,049.286.06 was spent
for conservation of health and
sanitation Florida was very low
on the list of states whose citi-
zens were rejected for military
service because of physical dis
ability. 1t had the highest rate
of rejectees for one particular
disability which shocked and.
embarrassed us all when the fact
was widely publicized all over
the nation. The bad condition
of health in Florida revealed by
the draft would seem to indicate
that the state is spending far too
little for the conservation of
health and for sanitation.
Next week I'll tell you in more
detail where your state money
goes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-25

Brogan painted this idyllic pic
ture of Saturday night on a
typical u. S. main street.
There was over the street and
over the town that indefinable
American air of happiness and
ease at least for the young.
There was that general friendli-
ness and candor. 1t was world
In which the ominous word
stranger had been given a
friendly favour. 'Howdy, Strang-
err is not hostile greeting, and
it was invented in America"
He would leave it to native
writers to- be pessimistic about
the American character, Brogan
declared.
In this he differed widely
from the judgment of his
countrYman. one Capt. Basil
Hell. who in the 1905 COM
planned: In all my travels.
b 9th among heathens and
among Christians. / have new
er encountered any people by
whom ! found it nearly so diff
ficult TO make myself under
stood as by the Americans.
To which his contemporary,
Mrs. Trollope, chimed in: Strong
indeed must be the love of equal
ity in the English breast if it
survive a tour through the
Union"
The trend toward sympathetic
treatment of American life by
British writer's commenced in
1888, critics point out, with the
publication of Viscount Bryce's
monumental study, THE Aneri-
can Commonwealth"
On a regional scale, Hutton's
analysis of the midwest has been
said to approach the high stand
ard set by Lord Bryce.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-25
Tampa Electric
Seeks To Stop
Transit System,

TAMPA, July !, -(FNS)-
Francis ]. Cannon, president of
Tampa Electric company, told
the State Railroad Commission
at hearing in Tampa last week,
that authority to abandon its
street car system is sought be-
cause it had shown a loss for the
last 10 years, except during the
wartime peak.
He declared Tampa Electric
company had not sold its street
cars of Tampa Transit Lines for
a profit or as a round about
way" to avoid responsibility to
unionize street car operators as
suggested by Raymond Sheldon,
attorney for the street car en-
ployes.
I'VE made the DEAL" Cannon
said, ito get out of bad situa-
ton, and we have no interest
whatever in the bus company or
any other transit line"
Tampa Transit Lines is pur-
chasing the street cars and
spare equipment for $4,000,
Cannon said, and added that the
entire system is rundown to such
an extent it would require at
least $2,500,000 to rehabilitate it
sufficiently to provide adequate
service.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-25
Ours Hasn't. Either

To radio quiz I'm devotee,
A reference book is upon my
knee,
The answers right Ct the tip of
my tongue,
But my telephone bell has never
rung.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-25

When fully contracted, the
pupil of the eye of king PEN
gum is a perfect square, when
half dilated a hexagon, and when
fully dilated a circle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-25
British Change Their
Minds About i. S.
BY ROBERT N. COOL
~ Newsfeatures Writer

NEW YORK. - Il do not like
thsir principles, / do not like
theiF manners, do not like their
upluions."
All in all. Mrs. Frances Troll
iupe of England made it album
aaniiy clear in 1882 that there
was little she did like about AM
eFieanS especially those of the
middle west where she spent
fNo years.
Certainly midwesterners are
the kindest, most generous and
aiost hospitable people in a
e0untry famed for these great
virtues"
This statement comes from an
other English writer, Graham
Hutton, whose book Midwest at
Nom" was published recently
~ the University of Chicago
Pres. After five years as Di-
SECTOR Of the Office of British
information in Chicago, Hutton
has written what critics agree is
au outstanding study of the CEN
tfal states.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-25

In the century between publ
cation Of Mrs. Trollope's ''Domes-
CSC life Of the Americans" and
Huiton's work, the attitude of
British authors toward America
apparently has made a full swing.
Our forefsfhers reacted vio-
lenilY 10 the literary lashing
Of Charles Dickens. who in
ls42 depicted them as a nation
Of tobacco chewing Yokels.
drunkaFds and sharpers.
After touring as far west as
Sl Louis, the author of Pick
wick Papers" wrote in his Am
erican Notes"
They certainly are not hui
morous people, and their tenn
permanent always impressed me
as being of a dull and gloomy
character. In shrewdness of re-
mark. and a certain castiron
quaintness, the Yankees, or peo-
plc of New England, unquestion-
ably take the lead--as they do
IN most other evidences of intel
hgenoe."
lie went on to infuriate his
American fans by observing: i
was quite oppressed by the pre-
vailing seriousness and melan-
choly air of business, which was
80 general and unvarying that at
every new town came to l
seemed 10 meet the very people
whom / had left behind at the
last Z" ~
But a hundred years later. on
the eve of the second world
var. DF. Denis Brogan. Brit
ish author and educator, re-
turned from an extended tour
90 tell his counfrYmen that The
United States was the most
Interesting country in the
world"
IL his widely read book, THE
American Character" Brogan
explained away such assumed ma
tional characteristics as boosting
and boasting on grounds of his
torIcal necessity. Pioneers had to
b. boosters to build up their
towns. he said
Declaring that Americans have
much 90 give the world both
materially and spiritually" DIR.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20
Parrish Sues
For $4,000

County Commissioner w. A.
Parrish, who is a real estate
agent, with offices in Marathon,
filed suit in circuit court yester-
day against l. w, Riggs and Ina
Bell Riggs for damages of $lO,-
900.
Parrish alleges, in his bill of
complaint, that he sold realty on
Hog Island for the defendants for
500, 900, and that they failed to
pay him a commission of $4,000.
The tract has a fish-house and
other buildings on it, and at one
time three Key Westers were
considering purchasing it, but
the deal was not contaminated
Shortly afterward it was sold to
RAYMOND F. Wright.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20
CH4RCES AGAINST
SAILORS DISMISSED

Charges against X. A. Alewine
and E. l.. Ward. sailors arrested
for breaking parking meters, have
been dismissed, City Clerk Roy
Hamlin said today.
When arraigned m Municipal
Court, Alewine produced two
witnesses, both sailors. who
sWore that Alewine did not break
any meters last weekend Just be-
fore he was arrested by Patrol
man Harry Lee Baker Baker
told the court he positively saw
AleWine breaking meters.
Two witnesses whom Baker
contended saw Ward breaking
meters failed to appear in court
and the charges against HIM were
also dismissed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20
London Bus
Drivers Begin
"Free-fOr-AH''
tBy Associated l.ressl

LONDON, Nov. 20.-As a rule
when English unions strike, they
conducttheir affairs quietly, but
last night and today violence
broke out in the bus drivers
strike.
All was peaceful until COM
panies put strike breakers to
work. The strikers shouted
"Scabs!" and stopped the buses
and beat the drivers. Bus radia-
tors were drained and tires were
debated.
Despite the activity of police
men,. free-for all fights were 60
ine.ia AaDsecre III lssff Ap{aces at the
same time.
Four million persons walked to
and from work in the Manches-
ter area today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20
One Quarter OF Coal Miners
Now On Strike; Lewis Still
Silent On Midnight Walkont
ALL MINED COAL FROZ-
EN- BY GOVERNMENT.
272 PITS REPORTED
IDLE
tBy The Associated Press,


WASHINGTON. Nov. 20.-To-
day the country is faced with
the second soft-coal strike In nine
months.
Though John L. Lewis. presi-
dent of the United Mine Work
ers of America, has not yet issued
any statement on the federal
court injunction that has been
issued against him. miners are
continuing to leave their jobs in
the coal pits.
By noon today. of the 400. 600
miners affected. slightly more
than 100000 of them had quit
their jobs.
From various coal fields re-
ports are coming in here that
miners have not reported Tor
work at their scheduled hour o.
return to the pits. Early this at
ternoon 272 pits of the 5000 in
the United States were idle.
1t was predicted that. whether
or not Lewis makes a statement.
the threatened strike will go IN
to effect at midnight tonight
Miners assume the position. as
Lewis did, that the contract with
the government will expire at
midnight, and they will adhere
to their oldtime policy of mo
contract no work"
Meantime, the government has
frozen all mined coal. John
Small, head of the Solid Fuels
Administration, said that coal
will not be- released except fOr
emergency or essential purposes.
And the office of ODT an
nounced that railroads. using
coal, will be permitted TO haul
only essential freight, and trains
will be permitted to carry only
those passengers whose missions
are considered urgent.
CLIO. in session today in Allan
tic City. adopted a resolution
against the court order 10 Try 70
restrain Lewis from calling
strike.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20
COVERING THE WATERFRONT

With
"OLD MAN" GREEN

Yesterday, Neptune threw fit.
Besides being rebuked by this
column for political shenanigans,
he again lost a variety of fish, in
Guiding a siX-foot sailfish, to
Captain Red MaxWelrs charter
boat "Heidi-Ho."
When contracted later at Sand
Key light, he was sitting in the
sand, his knees drawn up, his
face buried in his hands. He will
ingly laid open his troubled soul
to The Citizen reporter.
when l saw that boat trolling
the reef and Stream" said the
age-old Father of the Sea, Il
thought sure enough President
Truman was aboard, by the way
those men and that girl were
fishing. So I helped EN-. Oh, my
achin' head"
AT the Gulf fishing pier.
where d crowd had gathered
TO view the "Heidi-Ho's" catch,
Lyle. Cashion of Lyle Cashion'
Inc, of Houston. Texas, who
is currently drilling for oil on
Big Pine Key. acted as will
ing spokesman for the party OF
four and a freckle-faced, red
headed little boy who was SO
quiet, he was overlooked.
Said Lyle Cushion: Il never
experienced anything like II IN
my life. First. we told the
skipper we wanted a sail. we
GOT a sail. We wanted an am
berjack. We hooked a thirty,
-pouncer. When we asked
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20
Transport Plane
Forced Down In
Alps; IL Aboard
tBy The Associated Press,

WY ASSONhSshGu
PARIS, Nov. 20.-At dawn to-
day planes left France, Italy,
Germany and Austria to search
for the transport plane which
was reported last night to be
making a forced landing on a
plateau in the Alps.
Last night the pilot reported
that the plane was caught in a
heavy storm and he was forced
down to avoid taking a chance of
crashing. This morning another
radio message was received from
him. He reported that the tenn
perature was four above zero,
and that five of ii occupants of
the plane were injured. Passen-
gers included four women, an H.
ycar-old girl, general and a
colonel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20

for and got a big grouper, it
turned out TO be a fifty pound
er we got into the boat. We
hardly expected dolphin
when we asked for one. but
we got two. only to lose one"
Besides these, Captain Max
we'll and his able mate, Alberto
Del Vale, brought to light a fur
Their catch of three bonitos-tWC
common and one Arctic
Mr.. Walden Cabaniss, an in
land tournament fly fisherman
caught the sailfish On the strike,
the forty-pound sail tried to take
to the ali. fouled its tail in the
leader, took to the depths instead
Forty minutes later, Cabanlss
pumped him in tail first, eX-
hausted.
Towards the end of the trip,
Cabaniss was unfortunate
enough TO hook a hugo black
tip shark of between three and
four hundred pounds. He
fought him for three-quarters
of an hour before Maxwell re-
lieved him with several shots
from a % rifle. killing il.
There were no regrets. as
sharks of that kind sometimes
mess up d perfectly good fish
ing trip. he said.
Cabaniss is an associate of Lyle
Cashion. He and his wife, Russell
who boated fiftcen-pOund Mas
sau grouper, are also from Hous
Continued on Page Fourl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20
Board Dismisses
2 Men, Approves
2NewPOlicemen

At a special hearing held this
morning at the City Hall the Civil
Service Board considered charges
preferred against suspended Pa
trolman Eugene Sanchez of the
Police Force and Harry Roberts
suspended employee of the city
public welfare department and
then formally discharged both
men.
The discharge of both Sanchez
and Roberts had been recon-
mended to the board by City Man
ager o. J. S. Ellingson. Roberts,
who did not appear for work on
November 2, was not present to
defend himself and was sum-
marily dismissed from city serv-
ice.
Sanchez, however, presented
his own defense to charges pre-
ferred by Chief of Police Bien-
venido Perez. AS read by City
Personnel Director Jack Murray,
the charges accused Sanchez of
INSTRUMENTATION and making dis
paraging remarks about the Po-
lice Department on October %
shortly after midnight.
Sanchez did not deny making
disparaging remarks but contest
ed the first charge. He said that
he told Sergeant Hamilton Boy
kin that he could not go on duty
as he was sick. Patrolman Frank
Caraballo appeared as witness
for Sanchez and said he heard the
patrolman upon being instructed
to take beat No. 2, say, Sergeant,
report me sick, can't do it,"
The city presented two witness
es. however. Patrolman Mario
Santana and Irwin Hall Hall was
sitting on a porch across from the
police station. Both said they
heard no mention of sickness, but
did hear Sanchez refuse to take
beat No 2 in profane language.
The board, composed of Myrt-
land Gates, L. H.. Goddard and
Mrs. Isabel Fleming, also approx
ed the appointment to the police
force of Warren H. Carr and Jo-
seph c. Cerezo, next in line on
the Civil Service list as the re-
suit of the September examina-
ton. They will go on duty No
vember Is, replacing Mario E.
Santana and Frank H. Curry, who
failed to pass the examination.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20
Jaycees Meet Tonight
coordination Session

Junior Chamber of Commerce
meets tonight at 8 o'clock at the
Monroe County Clinic on Flem-
ing street.
After very short business SEES
sion, all Jaycees will go by car
to Flagler Avenue to work on
the Jaycee building construction
Floodlights will be provided and
the members are asked to come
in working clothes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20
Local Christmas
Seal Workers To
Meet Tomorrow

Preparations for the mailing of
Christmas seals to residents of
Monroe county will get into full
swing tomorrow evening when
representatives of the Jayshees,
Girl Scouts, st. Paups Y.P.S.L.,
and other civic organizations
meet at the First Methodist
Church Sunday school building
to assist with details of the work.
The seals, sold annually to
support the health program of
the tuberculosis association, will
be mailed to reach residents No
vember 25, opening date of the
nationwide fortieth annual
Christmas seal sale. The; sale will
extend to Christmas.
Joe Pinder, chairman of this
years drive, states that the Key
West Fire Department, under
Chief Leroy Torres, has already
folded the sheets of ssalsy,lnalS-
ing them ready to be inserted in
envelopes.
Pinder invites all persons
wishing to assist in this work to
be present tomorrow evening in
the Sunday school building.
Work will begin at 7;30 o'clock.
Also assisting in the work of
preparing the seals for mailing
are members of the Business and
Professional Women's Club. This
group has undertaken all tipping
in connection with the seal sale.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20
Suits Filed
For Divorce

Following suits for divorce
have been filed IN circuit
Virginia Long AdCuCk against
Lawrence Ward AdCoCk
Vera Gladys Tremblay against
Harry r. Tremblay
Jane Stcdman Pantales against
GuSsie }. Pantales.
Otila Pairada NeIre against
Eugene Barnard VerIe
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20
Realty Sales
In Key West

Adele Kantor and Gladys Null
berg, yesterday afternoon, sold
their house and lot on Fleming
street, between Duval and
Whitehead. for $4,000 to Maui
rice E. and Hester r. Stutz. The
lot is 500 by 1874 feet.
Another sale recorded in the
county clerks office was of lot
on Elizabeth street, near Di-
vision, conveyed by Alice B. Ben
ham to J. Y. Porter w, for ST, 100.
The lot is So by l54 feet.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20
FayOrs States
TakeOyer OPA
Rent Ceilings
Cry The Associated Pressl

<By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. "A
Republican senator said today
that, when congress convenes in
January, he is going to introduce
a bill that will provide for the
OPA to turn over to the states
the operation of rent ceilings.
A provision in the bill will di-
rect that the action be taken only
in the cases of those states that
wish to operate rent ceiling &C
tivitieS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20
Two OF Three
Maritime Unions
Return To Jobs

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 90
Workers of two of the three
maritime unions on the west
coast returned to their jobs this
morning.
A settlement has not yet
been made with the A. F, of L.
masters, mates and pilots union.
Negotiations are being held
this afternoon, and it was ex-
pected an agreement will be
reached before the day ends.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20
Head OF Chamber
OF Commerce Asks
Community Help

In a communication to "citi-
zens who want to see Key West
grow" Glenn c. Price, newly
elected president of the Key
, West Chamber of Commerce, to-
day asked for community sup
port in the Chambers effort to
promote the interests of Key
West,
Mr.. Prices statement follows:
why doesn't the Chamber of
Commerce do something about it?
How many times have you heard
that question on the street cor
ner, in the barber shop or wher-
ever people are brought togeth-
er?
'The Chamber of Commerce is
held responsible for every social,
moral economic i'll in the COM
munity Nearly everyone is ready
to condemn the Chamber for
failure to have an instant rem
edy for every problem, yet how
many are willing to help the
Chamber out?
where does the work of the
Chamber begin and where does
it end? What is a Chamber of
Commerce. Few realize that it is
a business institution which must
live within its income; that it
is made up of far-Sighted people
in the city; that it can serve the
community only as much as it
can with the funds it has avail
able, and the amount of coopera-
ton the members are willing to
give after they have paid their
dues.
Support Needed
. There are those who are dis
satisfied because they cannot get
back $40 out of every 81 they
put into anything, and many
maintain a skeptical attitude to-
ward the organization. They are
ready to blame everyone but
themselves. Remember. this: If
the Chamber of Commerce
doesn't , accomplish everything
that is expected of it, it is be
cause it. lacks the moral, and fl
rlancial support of the business
and professionals in the COM
munity.
you are the Chamber of Com
merce, because you are a citizen
Continued on Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-20

Sergeant Harry l. SsHve. SON
of Mr.. and Mrs. Bernell 81 fver
14l7 Catherine street, aIl."I
home last night aftei owe seas
service in Korea. He Wa h"u'
ably discharged from tho Arms
at Camp BeaI Calf, lat "'.l