The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 11, 1949, Page 1

Penne a VOL. LXX. No. 112 a England Working — On City Plats To Make Them Modern Will Then Have Se : Of Complete Maps \Charles S. Lowe, For First Time Baperts Work Will Take Five Or Six Meuths; City Now Has Very Few Map» Hewerd England, city tax as- eer, © at present working on prepering for the city plats list- tea aft the properties here, and brenging the information already avatiohte, up to date Ragiend said today that the work mvelved would take about five of x months “Then”, he said, “city will have ene map based on @ map pre- Given Honors Cherles S. Lowe, street, is 1418 Sixth in receipt of advice stierne, Ambassador of Norway, informing him that King Haak- on VII of Norway has conferred on Mr. Lowe the Knight's Cross, First Class, of the Royal Order of Saint Olav. This honor has been conferred Lowe in recognition of 20 years of services rendered to the Nor- wegian Government by him in the capacity of Vice-Consul in Key West for the District of Key West and Miami. oe wy Willie eee Gorenere the foret time the city | feet to the inch, and all the tracts wae ever recorded in about 60 feet to the inch. “Peervtione sorthwest of An-}| The maps will then be ail placed in a plat book at hall. “The city has virtually no maps now and the county has only a relatively few more”, said City Manager Ralph D. Spalding. “England's work will be mainly to modernize the maps and bring them up to date.” grte otreet, which was at the time city shout the end of the Key West eetabliohment, was put on plots. Bverything cut to Bertha street, except the Angela section, was Placed on the map in tracts.” Heaton’ oid that his maps when completed, would probably show the \ngela street section 20 CITY COLLECTS $21,754.94 IN GARBAGE TAXES Many Persons Reported To Delinquent City May Realize Greater Than Monthly Average tu Month Of May A total of $21,764.04 has been collected im garbage taxes up to tet ight, Archie Roberts, city tex collector, reported today. Awards Contract At the some time, City Mana-} Commissioners of the Overseas; eer Relph D. Spalding announc-| Road and Toll Bridge District, | ot thet the lest of the delinquent with Chairman Edwin Trevor, gevbeme tee letters hed gone out presiding, decided to advertise! t thewe whe owe the city for the highway and the Florida collecting trash | Keys at a mecting held yester- ‘There are seid to be too many day afternoon in Circuit Judge i! owing the garbage collec- Lopez's office. tee feos Tt ie hoped by sending, Chairman Trevor explained tettem te eaeh delinquent to that the advertising fund had epeed up collection of the taxes. peen $25,000 but had been cut to ‘The efty yet hes taken mo ae- one-half at the request of Gov- tem towerd the collection of the, ernor Fuller Warren. | | ! | ! Adopts Resolution Prohibiting Fishing On Bahia Honda Bridge; fom, although the elty has stop-) Billboards will be —_ placed ord *l along the main highways in Flo- ome whe a rida, booklets will be printed, hequent in paying the taxes. Ht wee revealed that the eoliected $4.606.72 in January in gerbege feex, $4.990.81 in Febru- ery $4.008.13 im Mareh; $5,167.90 i April end so fur in May has coltected $3:154.08 The figures would indicate thet the city may realize up around $6,000 in May. This figure a 4 & obte would reflect the yenent « widerable de Henguent garbage ees and at least one advertisement will be placed in the National! Geographic Magazine. That advertisement will “be apt, Mr, Trevor said. It will ap-| pear in the Geographic in No-, vember when it runs an elakor- ately illustrated article about, Key West. Mr. Trevor stated that he had seen the pictures) that will illustrate the article, and added that he considers theni better than the cuts that il-; lustvrated The Saturday Even-i ‘ing Post's recent article about | Key West. B ling, had decided to extend the! lease for two and one-half véars fat Craig, but instead it will be continued from month to menth in agreement with the Sfate Board of Administration and the} State Road Department. The commissioners decided to award a contract to the lowest bidder, Alonzo Cothran, for fill- ing work at Channei 2 at a cost tof $15,000. | The commissioners adopted a | resolution prohibiting fishing on ‘the Bahia Honda bridge. For the count BOReePAL GROUNDS accommodation of anglers, -the SSOKED | , GLASS DOORS Children S0c | STRUNK LUMBER YARD Adults $1 Norwegian Consul, from The Honorable W. Morgen-, i Jaycees T |Attend State }man to Miami at about 10 p. m., ps to Key West, Be Overseas Highway Commissio Decides On Publicity Drive, With Expenditure Of $12,500 -————s ——_—_——_ |Bill Removes The board, at a previous méect-! THE sou KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1949 Companies Warned About Bookie Law. TALLAHASSEE, May 11 (FNS) —Florida telepohne and telegr: phy companies have received official: jwarning that any orivate wires! }they may have will he outside. ithe law banning service to race bet bookmakers. The State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission called on them to send in copies of ail their ‘private wire contracts ‘within a reasonable time.” Until the copies of contr are on file, the commission said, there is no authority for the ; companies to “eofitinue to furnish any private wire to any person, corporation, partnershp or as~. sociation.” Wires carrying regu- lar news for general newspaper publication and radio broadcast are exempt. { Convention The Key West. Junior Chamber of Commerce will elect delegates ; ‘tonight to the State Convention to be held in Tampa, May 13, 14, and 15. Robert Dopp, President of the Jaycees, says that 15 members will go to Tampa. Sailor Brought Back To Miami The Coast Guard. airplane that picked up a United States sailor off San Salvador, about 500 miles from here «yesterday, flew the last night. The sailor suffered an attack of appendicitis and is un- dergoing treatment at a Miami hospital. The captain of the USS Wyandottg, a cargo vessel, radio- for the,airplane to bring the n Monroe From District 10 (Ry The Assoctated Presa) TALLAHASSEE, May 1}. —Representative Bernie C. Papy introduced HB886 re- moving Monroe County from Social Welfare District Ten to District Nine. VAL eddddd él Sgt. Thrower Dies In Washington Word has been received of the death of Sergeant Dryden Thrower, husband of the former Gladys Carey of Key West, in! the Walter” Reed Hospital in| Washington, after a long illness. | Sergeant Thrower had _ been| stationed in Key West several years. He and Mrs. Thrower left; here three years ago for Wash- ington. commissioners are contemplating the construction of a fishing plat- form at the Bridge. Present at the meeting were, besides Chairman Trevor, Com missioners William R. Porter,' Mrs. Isabelle Fleming, William Arnold, Sam E. Harris and Gen- eral Manager B. C. Duncan and Secretary Clifford G. Hicks. LIONS ROAR! But Your Car Should Not We Have A Huge Stock of MUFFLERS and EXHAUST PIPES Your Favorite Mechanic Can Install Them Roy's Key West Auto Parts Co. May 12: 608 | TELEPHONE 816 121 Duval Street Phone 442, [are loaded with foodstuffs, some | ance of the airlift until 400 tons Is DDT spraying in Key West and Monroe County harmful to| ee: today surprised the senate bas he rg a le oats \-individuals, pets and plants? This was the question asked by Com- by declaring he. agreed with rue on pe ion. t ‘te missioner Joe Allen last night in a regular session of the Monroe Senator Tom Connolly, Democrat, was because of pressure brought County Board of Commissioners. Texas, and Senator Owen Brews- to bear on the dep oat te ter Republican, Maine, in their Great Britain and Franee. wile THERNMOST NEWSPAPE Appeal Unit Here To Start Drive | The 1949 United Jewish Appeal campaign tq raise funds will start with a banquet to be given by the local committee Sunday, May 15, at.6:30 p.m: in Lion’s Club hall, Seminary street. This drive is in connection with the National U. J. A. drive for $250 million. The Key West quota is the same as last year’s. The local committee, consisting of Joe Pearlman, chairman, Isa- dore Weintraub, Charles Arono- vitz, Dr. Herman K. Moore, Hy ‘Altman, Ceil Weintraub, Gladys Mulberg, Milton Appel and Hes- ter Stutz feel confident about the success of the drive. Principal speaker at the ban- quet will be Rabbi Max Shapiro of Temple Beth David, Miami, who has recently returned form the new state of Israel, and the D. P. camps of Europe. Other speakers will tell of the great need of funds to rehabilitate the displaced persons who still in camps, and to provide them a haven of refuge in the new state of Israel. Civilians At () Wirephoto Map STAR SYMBOLS ON THIS MAP mark most of the cities and towns on Soviet zone borcer in Germany through which pas- sengers and freight traffic will move when Berlin. blockades are lified Thursday. All starred points are railway and high- way inlets to the Soviet zone except Wittenberge and Buch- horst which are canal centers. Blockades In Berlin End At 5:01 This Afternoon; Germans In Beth Zones Glad Berlin And Other German Cities In Gala pan aL sines the blockade was insti- Attire To Welcome Lifting Blockades “(By The Anscctated Press) é BEALIN, Mey « 11.—Germany both the western and eastern , ' “It. became definitely known. to- | day’ that the Germans. in the Soviet zone had suffered far] Meeting Of Navy f general} ° A” ;outin meeting of the N: * | dissatisfaction among Germans|p.4.: Seninhi zones, are eager and excited over in the Soviet zone are believed, District: Disciplinary Sub-Board | (apoye), 16-year-old school girl. the lifting of the blockades, | j ii was held yesterday afternoon in Whigh will octuags SAlsacw te! Russians” agreeing “to, itty the |e ottice of Captain C. C. Adell,} was found beaten to death is ‘day astern’ Standard ‘Tine), or | blockade. Ag’ was offiélally. +e. USN Suspender of Key West: the parish house kitchen of 12:01 Berlin time. A spirit’ of|marked here today, the Allied! “abe | Christ Episcopal church ot Res- jubilation i ji i H block: | Also attending the meeting jubilation is evident in every | counter blockade more adversly| | 470 City Manager Ralph aH noke, Va. Police said they are locality, which is being decorated | affected the Soviet zone than the} : . , with flags ‘and bunting and|Soviet blockade affected they Spalding, ae ce oa eis Se Soe » y, Wil- w lanterns of colored paper. | western zone. li Pe —- From Frankfurt, word was re-; Commanders of the American} Health pol tam shaceas, nm, Ci ili A N \ ff " | ceived here at noon that the! and British occupation forces are Warren, county sanitary officer. © Laval Officers: Ser e Vandenberg Joins In Move reach the outer Russian zone now that the blockade ‘i i i vthen the: blockade is removed. |to be lifted. But leader in theo or oune., all eating places, Other trains and automobiles and | western zones are taking precau- | trucks are in readiness to make | tions not to be caught flatfooted. the trip. Even the automobiles! They have ordered the continu- saloons and other places frequen- ted by sailors. first train had left that city for; still at a loss to determine what Berlin and is béing timed to| the Soviets may have in view, ae cook ee (ivitien 6 orton: tn Rey Bet Nee of them luxuries, and Germans | of foodstuffs have been brought in both zones are anxiously | in to be used, if necessary, as a awaiting for the opportunity to | hefty backlog against food short- ie ee Su anle nota es ae Geen, To Send Ambassador To Spain — Ce T SPRAYING NOT As Suggested By Connolly ee 4 oe HARMFUL TO HEALTH*, | seasor Brewster s——--— \srereccs MF eee eerste nn lll ae cng : STATES DR. PEEPLES || Soto” (EGER ve oa County Commissioners Told Of Non- — | eosteelanak lieeeus baton = . Harmful Effects From County’s WASHINGTON, May 11—Sen-| Tent will order 300.000 ales of ator Arthur Vandenberg, Repub lican, Michigan, member of the jsenate foreign relations commit H cotton and 30 million bhushet w t from the United State Connolly ete Sponsored Spraying hp aie % Dr. Peeples, head of the Monroe County Clinic, and George Allen Warren, of the State Board of Health, were positive that DDT spray- they built up the proposal that the United States tions with the Spaniard send an ambassador to Spain. ing was not harmful, and so expressed themselves. Vandenberg explained that, in oo “a asus Li . re Dr. Peeples said: “There is now. this country’s sending an ambas- (Britain and ons - " n «© pene real. prod? that. DDT spraying is) sador to Madrid, it would not tent with thes <* | steers hese that @ ae Spraying |S! commissioners. Warren said: | mean that the Aemrican govern! ey up their trade in Be ts we injurious to health. DDT spray-| «ppp spraying has no effect on| ment agrees with the Franco rope.” He added tha oon Gen tt eal ing is used in numerous _places.! people.” dictatorship, but, he added, he vee . . a a ree “ mbes ” ) a 4 nited States to have The concentration used (5 per) Allen had questioned Dr. Pee-|5@W 20 good reason why this ooo iy Si nae iq | Sacto Sight Gheaneme the cent) is not hurtful. Furthermore | ples regarding the matter since people often complain of the! the county is sponsoring the DDT odor of the DDT spraying. That | Spraying. Allen said that he had also is wrong because DDT has'read in Time magazine, and no odor”. other periodicals about the ef- George Allen Warren also} fects of DDT spraying. He also spoke in the same vein to the made mention to a forum letter (Continued On Page Three) AAA AAA! 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