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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-12
Questions And Answers
About Income Tax

When does . member Of Me
Armed Forces have TO file an
income tax return?
Since all the basic pay of SER
vicemen is taxable income, most
Servicemen must file tax re-
turn on or before March Is. Base
pay, extra pay for special duty,
longevity pay, re-enliStment bonus,
interest on armed forces leave
bonds, and retirement pay are the
principal income items Servicemen
must report as taxable income.
Service pay (including combat
pay of enlisted personnel, and up
to 5000 a month for officers, re-
ceived for active service in a COM
bat area, or while hospitalized be-
cause of combat wounds, is not
taxable. If servicemen served in
the Korean combat zone, during
the period of combat activities, his
return and tax will be due, with
out interest, on or before the 180th
day after the termination of the
period of such service, plus the
period, if any, of continuous hos
pitalization outside the United Sta
ties attributable to injury received
in such service.
Other servicemen who are
aboard may delay filing their re-
turns until June Is but they will
be liable to an interest charge.
Unpaid income taxes for any
year of combat veterans who die
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 person in or retirement
plan does not involve contributions
by the employee toward the fund,
and if the pension or retirement
pay is not tax-exempt by special
provision of the law, the pay
ments received from that fund are
fully taxable. This includes the re-
tirement plans for salaried pay
based on age or length of service.
In such cases, the pension or re-
tirement pay is. considered in the
nature of additional wages paid for
services rendered. Such inc0 he
may be reported in Schedule E on
Page 2 of the. Form 1910.
.. ia taxpayer contributes or
gays any mOcev in order 70 re-
eciVed pepsicr. nuity. or re
! nrement pay. the income from
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-12
Damage Suit Is
Filed In Crash
OF Bike, Trike

LOS ANGELES IA Superior
Court judge is bordering the $685.
o23.9s damage suit that S-year-old
Jack Chase OF Burbank brought
against Bobby Ritter, II, Of Sun
Valley. In connection with their
bieycle-tricycle collision.
Jack testified yesterday that he
was prudently steering his tricycle.
along the sidewalk July %, 1852,
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.
81 turned toward the peach tree
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. Charles
Chase.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-12

an investment annuity. The tax.
payer is allowed to get back, tax.
free, a amount equal to what he
put into it. When the payments be-
gin, they represent partly a non
taxable return. of the taxpayers
capital investment and partly tax
able income. After the taxpayer
has received, tax-free, his invest.
ment in an annuity, pension, or
retirement plan, no subsequet
payments are tax-exempt - they
all must be reported as taxable
income in Schedule E of Form
1040.
3. Some kinds of pensions or re.
tirement pay are exempt from the
Federal income tax because of ex.
press provisions of the law. Pen
sions granted under a workman
compensation act, or to veterans
of the armed forces for injuries or
sickness resulting from active ser.
vice, are completely tax-exempt
for this reason. Benefits under the
Railroad Retirement Act are also
not taxable under the law.
Social Security benefits or old.
age insurance benefits are consid.
cred to be government expendi.
lures In the interest of the general
welfare and are therefore tax.
exempt.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-12
This Rock
Of Ours

Conditions aren't 50 bad right
now that proper zoning can't rec
tify them. The one thing / 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 Glenn c..
Price, local realtor, for the re-
coming of nineteen lots. Price
wishes to develop a small marina
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-12
Chapter %

SndPtCX ~
THE reflection of a light awak-
l. ened me. The light was coming
from q candle held IN the hand Of
a silent figure that was bending
over me. Then / realized that il
was only Aunt Delphine m hel
aightgown.
did I disturb you, cherie?" she
asked. I'm sorry. I only wanted
to be sure that you were an right
YES, of course I'm all right
Aunt Delphine," said, trying no.
20 SQUAD annoyed. why shouldn't
I be-"
s4Ie came for Lee tonight" she
said- TIN sorry it had 10 be. Lee
was 4 nice boy"
] was ont Of bed at thst
Nor I exclaimed sharply
Aunt pelphine, you're imagining
things. Lee isn't"
'Tn !hev ysu. eherie," she said
Come"
! followed her into the han
Lees bedroom door was standing
open, and through it ! saw -.
The sword lay with it's blade
still touching the slashed wrist
backed away from the horror OF
that blood-soaked Counterpart
Bobby was just behind me, and
TINS time she wasn't able 10 swal-
low her scream.
Picks door opened farther along
the hall
Whats the natser," she asked
She didn't cry out rs Bobby had
done. Instead, she merely stood
there beside the bed, staring down
ut her brother while the color
ebbed slowly from her face.
Get q wrap, and then 20 o0t
10 the oarconRiere and call Lewis
Haye," I said 70 Bobby. Hurry"
She turned ut once and seconds
later was running down the stairs
! heard her shoot back the bolt
On the front door.
Within few moments the front
door slammed, and Lewis Haye
came running mp the stairs and
into the room. A few drops Of rain
glistened on his smoothly brushed
hair and On the shoulders of his
bathrobe, which he Mad drawn On
hastily over his pajaSn2s.
He stopped IN the doorway and
starred ut tlhe figure On The bed
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-12
What kinds Of faxes are dedue.
tibls2

N"s~s W toAeS 0E8 04o0es
tibls7
If you itemize deductions on a
Long-Form 1040, you can deduct
most non-Federal taxes, personal
taxes, and real estate taxes lex.
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 s11es taxes if under
the laws of your State they are
imposed either upon the consumer
or on the retailer (or wholesaler
In cases of gasoline taxes) with the
amount of the tax separately stated
by the retailer to the consumer.
You cannot deduct: ANY Federal
excise taxes on your personal ex.
penditures, such as taxes on thea.
ter admissions, furs, jewelry. cos.
metics, railroad tickets, telephone,
etc.; Federal social security tax.
es; hunting licenses, dog licenses:
auto inspection fees; water taxes !;
taxes paid by your for another Der.
son.
For further information, see your
District Dir1 tor of Internal Re.
venue. His address is RIM. POI. P.
., B'dg. Tie telephone number is
2-793S.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-12
By Bill Glib

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
road when he suggested at the
groups 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 i'm
portance. People couldn't visual
ize the present growth of Key
West. AS result, development on
tie >island has been of a sporadic
sort-little planning is shown in
the layout of trailer courts, junk
yards, homes, or amusement pla-
ceS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-12
|Holdup Costs
|Robber Plenty

CHICAGO IA robber got $40
in a store holdup yesterday but
it cost him his 1858 Cadillac, his
gun, his glasses and his cap.
Carlo lingo, Al, 4 clerk in a "a
hour shopping center, told police
the robber held him up in the
store and fed.
lingo said he seized q pistol kept
10 the back ROOM Of the store and
gave chase 10 his own car. He
cIrbed the getaway car three
blocks away and opened fire,
SCATTERING a window. The occu-
pant got away on foot.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-12

heriting his grandfather's estate
the sheriff would think he'd killed
them, and arrest him for murder"
"But-but," stammered, sure
ly no one would pay any attention
to her, especially when she adds
that part about the Losap GdYoa."
JEFF Wilkes might" he said.
When he finds out about Lee. he's
going 10 try to eau it murder II
he possibly can"
Going to try." Bobby and !
repeated together.
Lewis Haye was staring 1t ~
you don't either Of you BE-
lieve that 1t actually vast" he
exclaimed.
"Mr. Haye," I began, trying 10
keep my voice on an even keel,
''if Lee wasn't murdered, then
how did he-1 Obi" gasped ut
his meaning suddenly dawned
upon me. You think that he
committed suicide?"
He nodded with evident re1mc-
lance.
Il know that's as hard to take
as the other,S he said. Maybe
even more 50. But considering
the circumstances I'm afraid
there's no other explanation.
The doors and windows were
all locked and bolted-I saw You
and Pick attending 10 that from
m. windows m the goYconaiere.
That means no one could have got
IN from the outside. And there
was no one here but yum three
and Miss Delphine."
'But why's Bobby asked, tnk-
ing the question practically osst Of
my mouth.
That's something We can't BE-
sure Of. he answered grave3y.
although we can make some
fairly reasonable glieSses. Lee was
always a neurstic type-some-
times almost 70 the point of emo
tional unbalance."
He means" Pick spoke unex-
pectedly behind him, ~thak Lee
believed had killed Claude, and
that Father thought SO TOO, and
that was why he went sway-~
that the sheriff would suspect him
instead. It doesn't matter, Lewis~
she went ON ~ he tried TO stsnn-
mer a denial. .And now you'd
better 60 down and telephnne 3oT
NEA -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-12
GROCER RESISTS
HOLDUP REPEAT

SAN FRANCISCO U - Grocer
Glen Hotchkins, 50, determined not
to be robbed for the third time,
last night smacked q gunman in
the face with q board, drove him
from his downtown store, and pur.
sued him down the street with q
meat cleaver.
After q block.long chase, Hotch.
kins hurled the cleaver at the rob-
Der. but the handle bounced harm
lessly of his back and he escaped.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-12
IT'S DEATH, my DAR0nG !!
BY Amelio Reynolds Iona

Then ne crossed TO where Pick
was standing.
"Pick, dearest, come awav" he
urged. You mustn't STAY here"
Bobby called suddenly from the
hall.
peter, come here!" Her voice
sounded oddly imperative.
| hurried out to her. what Is
it," I asked.
ITS Aunt Delphine." she an
swered. Her eyes were big with
horror. Listen 10 what she's
saying!"
"Only three left Only three.
Then only two, then only one. NV
boy-my boy. Dede will get every-
thing" There was actual FLOATING
in her voice now.
"Aunt Delphine,. I BEGAN.
speaking slowly and distinctly
do you know who killed Leefa
A look of craft came into the
faded gray eyes, and she beck
oned for me to bend closer.
What does she saw" Bobbx
wanted to know.
Something about Dsds and
what sounded like Ioup,'" / re-
piled, discouraged. Bobby. / don't
believe she knows anything"
JUST then Lewis Haye appeared
~ in the doorway.
I've managed to make Pick 90
10 her ROOM" he began. @One of
you had better stay with her while
i He broke off, evidently
stopped by something IN our ex-
pressions.
Whats wrong?" he demanded.
We told him what Aunt Del
phine had been saying, and were
startled by the look Of alarm that
leaped into his eyes. He crossed
quickly 10 where Aunt Delphine
sat
When she had raised startled
eyes to his face, he spoke to her
in rapid French, in which could
distinguish only the words, Anne
dee and taer-to kill. Aunt Del
|phine covered, quavering. ~Non,
non, nom!
Lewis Haye Strengthened, and
turned back to Bobby and me.
Thai ought 10 hold her." be
said.
What did you say 10 herr
demanded Indignantly.
Il told her that II she didnt
stop pratthng about Amedse,s in
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-12
DOCTOR DISTRIBUTION

An official OF the American Medical Association
reported recently on the distribution of physicians in the
United States. Frank G. Dickinson ANA. Bureau of
medical Economic Research director reported that ply
sclans are practlclng in nney-sx per of the
munltles with population of between $500 and 1000
he says doctors practcing in lightweight per
cent OF the communities of 1000 to $500 population
ana In only twenty-one per cent of communities with
100 to 1000 population
Dlcklnson's figures are based on the 1850 census,
and therefore, the distribution of doctors to citizens
could have changed slightly since that time. Dickinson
divided the country into SIS medicaservce areas and
found that the number of doctors per 100 prospective
patients varied from 5000 in region in Utak to
less than 500 in Minnesota community In these areas
DICKINSON found that every community of 5000 popula
ton, or more had at least physician and usually
more. He called this good distribution.
Perhaps the weakest or most discouraging part,
OF the report is Dicknsons figures pertaining to
muntes of 100 to 1000 population Only twentyone per
cent OF them have resident physicians To the person
living in town of 700 800 population the fact that
the community has doctor is often serious matter
1t could be matter of life 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 way to force doctor to live in
any community would the American people support
such proposal if it were advanced Doctors like other
human beings will generally go where they can make
decent living and where the surroundings are normally
pleasant They cannot be expected to move into COM
munites where they hardly make living. And
considering the adequacy of doctors in towns of few
thousand population and up, the present distribution
about good bne might expect in unreguated
ciety.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-12
RESTORATION OF TOWER

Editor, The Citizen
would like to take this opportunity agree with
Mrs de Boes article concerning the restoration of the
City Hall Tower. feel that it is crime to tear the
tower down without making any provisions for rebuild
ing it.
have looked and listened to the old clock during
my short 16 years of life and miss the majestic tower
would dear friend guess words couldn't describe
its loss to people such my grandfather, AQuno Lopez,
Sr who has been in Key West since the early 1905 or
the thousands of other old Key Westers
would be more than willing to help preserve for
future generations of Key Westers the tower which
so dearly treasured by the past generations.
Let's rebuild City Hall Tower!
Sincerely,
HILARIO RAMOS, Jr.
211 Duval Street
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-12

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 il
in an ideal position to cater 10
the small boat trade because Of
its protected shores which still
provide an easy outlet to the At
lantic side.
There is unfortunately, q Ger
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
out 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.
toned 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.
It's description and the claims of
its maMfacturer 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 il didn't live I'D Ia its
guarantee.
Classified Ads
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 Citizen and see
if he was right. Let's see.
WANTED: experienced or mex
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
RE 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? 1t used to be that when
l visited these friends houses, l
had to pretend what wonderful
conversationalists their six-mon-
tbs 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. l
find that Pm 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 4 tumble Of "cheeps,
churps, and peeps"
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PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions Of the views Of lie read
but the editor the right delete any items which
considered bsevs The writer's should be
fair and eenns the letters 200 words and write side
Of The only Signature Of the writer accompany
letters and will be published unless requested otherwise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-12

If there are those who lie about the Communist
menace in this country to win attention and votes they
serving the Kremlin we'll
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-12

The next few months will be critical ones for the
Republican Administration.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-12

Travel is educationa: it teaches appreciation of
the home among other things
Evening star., 1954-11-21
Says Joe vinson

In q nnr;oa inf dr. vv.af fir t0ufa ar;nv,tinka
proved that IN G3N a ant of Sl ~
the cases. Bantron helped men and
women to stop smokinn i'm S tlays.
And here is the wonderful thine.
Bantron il easy and pleasant 10 take.
II has NO unpleasant after-effectaa and
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with water after each meal.
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Evening star., 1954-11-21

10V0 WV Vh0SoW stOO St0syt
81 had smoked for years an much az
two packs q day" says Joe Vinson of
Kewanee, Illinois. ''This. was bad for
me and for my cough. often wanted
to stop but just couldn't.
Then one day a friend told ma
about Bantron how this amazing
formula had helped him to stop
smoking when nothing else could i.
how wonderful il was. Right away
! got myself q box of Bantron and
started taking Bantron in the way
the directions told me to.
81 was amazed to find that with
the help of Bantron I really could
stop smoking. These little tablets are
% easy to take.
II just stopped craving cigarettes
the way / used to. After Ave days /
found that I didn't even want to
smoke again. / felt like new man.
eff you would like to stop smoking,
! advise you to try Bantron. It really
worked for me and / think II will
probably work for you"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Engineer Aviation Group
Ends Training Tour

The 936th Engineer Aviation
Group, a United States Army
Reserve unit, arrived here yes
terday after completing its two
week annual training at Fort
Knox. KY.
The group, commanded by
Col. Robert E. Ware, of Airing
ton, is composed of group head
quarters from Washington and
engineer aviation battalions from
Baltimore, Lewistown, Pa, and
Mansfield, Ohio.
Included in the training, was
the construction of 450-foot
long dam. aimed at preparing
reServists in surveying, earth
moving. road building and equip
ment maintenance.
Information gathered during
the construction of the Gra-
hampton Dam will be used this
winter at weekly drill periods in
designing Fort Knox airstrip.
The group will begin construc-
ton of the strip during its train
ing next year.