The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 1, 1951, Page 8

eA Sa on Ae, — = $75,936 GREATER THAN FOR SIMILAR * ’ PERIOD IN 1950, IT IS REVEALED Key West's building permits are .$75,936 greater than the record-breaking pace set in 1950, it was reveal- ed-here this morning in a check of the records at city| hall. | The huge gain was made despite the federal order of January 15 which banned commercial construction.of more than $5,000, unless granted special permission due to dire necessity. ' This left the great majority of the new construction business here in the laps of home builders, who were oo affected by the order. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN TUESDAY, MAY 1951 Hutchcraft Delivers Main Address Yesterday To Anti-Mosquito Assn. A breakdown of the two years follows: ‘Applied lor Ten Percent Hike 1950 1951 | ' January - $257,125 $309,290 ee : February 250,550 296,900 Declare Possibility That Some Owners March 265,750 papi i Are Collecting Hlegal Rents Here «April 136,500 225,256 | a ia = see Begs | Rent Director Freeman L. Knight told the Key West rent ad TOTALS: $909,925 $985,861 visory board last night that owners of rented trailers and trailer Gain $ 75,936 parking spaces have had four wecks to roll back their rents anc The Island City’s four month total of $985,861 is ex-| ceptionally good but it may have been doubled had not} the NPA order been enacted. 1 *.. A number of logal projects of great magnitude. had been planned for Key West—they all now have been eli- minated because of the federal order on building restric tions due to the war effort. Sei One huge project said to be in the planning stage i¥6uld cost over $250,000. This is an arcade from Duval afreet to Bahama street. <= Though 1950 saw all construction records in Key} West broken—there is little doubt that 1951 ,will more | a than triple the 1950 record. “= Qne project alone will cost over $7,000,000—that is the Navy housing project on Dredgers’ Key and at the my Barracks. Still another huge development is the @ver $1,000.000 low-cost housing expected ‘to start in the near future. - h ‘This “fact,” Knight 949, The ‘Coast Guard boat Ariadne scheduled to arrive in Key] which brought recontrol of non- today at 5:30 p. m., with a| transient trailers and trailer park- abled motor vessel, the Chris-|ing spaces here March 31. tiana, in tow. The 140 foot craft was drifting |ton by Housing Expediter | when the Ariadne arrived at 10:- 47 this morning to assist position was lat. 24-23 N &: Truth never hid ard sometime: aid, Coast Guard Boat to apply for 10 percent hikes, but that not many have done so ‘indicates one of two things to us 10 perent increase, or cise we “We're is true and do. it,” he declared. Knight was joined in this prom- recommendation by the The order signed in Washing- E. Woods restored the legal maxi- Its| mum rents of September 20, 1942. At the same time a board rece | mendation was adopted offering immediate 10. percent compensate landlords tor operating costs, provided higher Hometown Welcomes Jean MacArthur And Family STREETS ARE OVERFLOWING WITH CHEERING PEOPLE in Murfreesboro, as thousands welcome Jean MacArthur and her family back to her hometown. She and her illus- | American Cancer trious husband, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, and their son Arthur are riding in the car just under ihe | Fi etter K in the hotel sign. The former Jean Faircloth lived in Murfressboro until she married the | 520W general in 1937. (P) Wirephoto increases. | In the first three wecks since recontrol, Knight told the board only a very few petitions for these , boosts have been ret ved at the livcal office in room 216 of th federal building. jeviling rent and & that he is giving the | oviginal rent registration. | But until the owner of a ren Inon-transient trailer or traile ed, either for higher costs or me of the 11 othe law, he is held s' the legal maximum of September 20, 1949. Any higher rent to three times the For Men Higher recent report from the Society states newest figures available male déaths last year _ outnumbered female deaths, for the first time, accord- that “Uncle Cricket,” “Dough Pipes » WHO'S "MORE'N 23," g¢ oS at Murirees>o: Tenn, °$37, Ho now live: ‘the Ruther: ps “dé county fa-m, Doug pipes” wh ze simi] people are smoking ‘em at Murfreesboro for Mazcia Levis, Jean Hudgins and Dozothy y Arnold, the MacA-thurs’ visit. eet the atrivel of Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, The aged Negro worked for the @ Tennessee own before her ma-riage to Gen. MacArthur in Rigl.t Three Merfeesboro girls light up their ar to the corn cob vipes made famous by the general. Hundreds of The girls, left to right. are ing to M Claire Arlen, Monroe County cancer commander. “Many men have shrugged off | cancer because they have wrong- ly believed it to be a woman's disease,” she said The male attitude cer has, been largely responsible for such few men taking advan- tage of cancer detection clinic toward can- that most of the cancers in men are more difficult to detect in ghe early ges. Common types of cancer amor Cigestive system (stomach, in- | testines and rectum) and in res: pivatory system (larxx and lung). Also frequent* among men’ are cancers of the skin and lip, which are easy to treat, and of the} reproductive organs, usually the | ostrate, at was reported PAS wi who wants to pretect hingelt and, his ‘familf should have a thoréugh checkup by..his year. This is especially important | if the man is past 40, Mes. | said ey Mienhstes Do You Know That. nished by the City of Key West.) Many hands want light work. Man is dust duster. and God China as early as 200 B.C. ——————* going to find out which board Tighe boosts to; Ocean which can they had not previously received such] Mr. a certificati iy ee ae each rain heavy enough to flood ‘the services that are listed in the: arginal vegetation. These crops‘ space gets a petition ap-} yuinds i! tion stage. tly to the Pe iecies makes him liable to damages up amcunt of the Than Women In 50 Tenn., Monday | A from cancer tablished in various cities, she pointed out. Scientists of the ACS report] males are in the} Arlen ! is the} Commissioned Warrant Officer J. R, Hutchcratt, U se, Key West, yesterday afternoon to deegates to the 22nd annual me Florida Anti-Mosquito As: control officer for the Naval Ba | addre: | of the Declares Poor Planning Has Formed Ma ny Tr ail er Own ers — ave N ot Numerous Acres Of Breeding Areas ri ; delivered the air ciation which is being | the Casa Marina Hotel this week. His topic was “Mosquito Co j trol in the Key West Ar * — | Mr. Hutchcraft’s opening re. | marks described the geographical} _ jand geological aspects of Key | West as concerns climate, rain- '! fall, and soil content, and then went on to most ke ay that the southern- mild sub-tropical | Either the rents are already back to the ceilings of September 20. |climate which has a distinct wet ane the landlords don’t want the they are collecting illegal rent jand dry season, allows mosquito breeding on a year-around basis. He pointed out that the Aedes something about Taeniorhynchus and A. Sollici- j tans breeds account for j 95 per-| jcent of the cateh outside of Key jise of action by Carlton F Smith, | | West. In the city, the Cuex Quin- \¢ hairman of the five-member} | quefasciatus are. collected almost rent advisory board. It was a nightly, which is accounted for probably by the fact’ that only a | small proportion of ‘the city is | served by a central sewerage dis- posal system, the balance being served by cesspools and outdoor | privies. In the city of Key West, |there are two ponds bounded | hy White street, Flagler Avenue, Bertha street and the Atlantic also be con- ;} sidered as potential A. Albimanus | breeders. Hutchcraft went on to say, “Poor planning as far as mos- guito control is concerned, in the construction of streets and roads has resulted in the formation of ;mumerous acres of breeding by j blocking. off and preventing tidal access and storm water | : : i drain- Fee sath uobiraae paaiord age. A. Sollicitans here breed form giving his name end ad.) almost exclusively in shallow dieas She ante ‘and Nahar ey] temporary. rain pools and semi. his tenant, the amount of the! Permanent ponds. Normally a single heavy crop is produced by [emerge on | day, ture. “In 1948, we did no laryal con-| trol, as we were in the organiza- At that time, we de-} veloped a,healthy respect for the} j A. Sollicitans . . . . Our erops of mosquitoes develop only heavy rains, the first instar. lar- the 5th, 6th or 7th spending on the tempcera- vae appear within minutes after overcharge, Mr. Knight asserted.| fioating, Sollicitans have The rent office is open for land- emerged as adults in. four and ; | lords to file petitions — and also| one-half days, depending on tem= | for tenants to find out what rents! perature and humidity. We try jthey should be paying—Monday| to knock them out in the larval’ through Friday from 9 a. m. to 4 stage. If there is insufficient p. m. time and the crop emerges, we ——— attempt to put our spray plane Cancer Deaths over the breeding areas and knock them out while they are still weak apd before they have been able to infiltrate or spread into the adjacent residential or military areas. Last year we were able to control several crops by this, method in conjunction with use of ground control by thermal | aerosol fog generator: Mr. Hutchcraft pointed out that local civil cooperation. in mosquito control is. divided -into two sections, one, directed by John A. Mulrennan, through the County Health Office, is primar- ily engaged in Aedes Acgypti jcontrol. Two.men are employed and they have been able to ap- parently wipe out and eradicate all Acgypti from Key West. These men have been able to con- vince city officials of the value and nec cisterns, cesspools and privies. By use of oil and predatory fis a major reduction was effected. | Later the Emulsion Concentrate to two. men in limited quantity | which further improved the ef- fectiveness of their program. | The second section in local | civilian cooperation is the joint: Key |West-Monrot Gouge eo the City‘6f Key, Walt, Eset} ive of mili sistent sig, is pated. for, sans Dd In! anise: West. iprovities wf { | family physiciamat least once a | fog “generatgr Sphinn > aa ci i on a Monrée County truck, op- | guard with prisoner | making use of assistance, | insecticides fur-j “The Navy's program here is | directed primarily at | control,” Mr. Hutchcraft went on to say, “however, until our ditching — tidal water flushing permanent i that of anywhere in the Carib. after, y of filling abandoned} Naval Mosquito Con-| trol Unit was able to supply DDT} these! gram by which about one- cote ee system can be completed we have_ Jews are said to have reached; a mosquito population equal to! School Bourd Members Granted Monthly Salaries TALLAHASSEE, May 1. (P).—Representative Bernie C. Papy has introduced House Bill 722 fixing Monroe County School Board members’ sal- aries. at $75 monthly and $100 for the chairman. House Bill 721 was also in- trodiiced by Rep. Papy. This bill authorizes the Monroe County School Board to pro- vide for paper ballots instead of voting machines in Tax School District No. 1 elec- tions. Other bills Mr. Papy: HB720 authorizing Monroe County School Board to es- tablish smaller number of polling places than number of precincts in School District No. 1. HB719 relating to Monroe School Board bidding on purchases, HB718 authorizing office introduced by space for Monroe County public. schools’ superinten- dent. HB717 relating to issuance of., Monroe County school HB716 declaring lawful holding of, bond elections in Monroe County on the same day as county primary or general elections. HB715 authorizing Key West Utility Board to estab- lish pension system for dis- | abled or retired officers and employes. ‘ HB714 providing for Mon- roe County Justices of the | Peace expenses. —S= $2,000 Dishw asher ils Offered Gratis Can any civic or charita- ble organization in Key West use a $2,000 dishwasher? It bsolutely free! Those interested should contact Mayor Louis M. J. Eisner. It seems his honor has been designated as a one-man committee to award the dishwasher. * Max Marmorstein, owner of the Casa Marina is the donator. © “The hotel owner ‘has made many contributions to Key West otganizations. On this offer, all the worthy organi- zation has to do is remove the $2,000 gift. ——- The word comes from the word “capra,” a goat, unac- countable in its movements. | The cheapest. alcohol is now made from the mola byprod ‘uct of sugar manufacture. | bean with us. We are emphasiz- ing larval control. DDT Emulsion Concentrate is still proving effec- tive. We have made a few che on the various insecticides av able for ground as a pre-treatment. oan | wh: ‘ail- None av a-violet 6r infra-red rays in here, or. maybe it is the rag sustai ground tempera- i . Next year, we hope, that ly to our ‘breeding afeas dur- ling our slack seasons and preven’ erated by the senior county prison! emergence of adult mosquitoes of i all species.” residual effects posed to @ has developed and prov- _insectigide “which we can Ask Loc al School Toachirs Fer e In Salary O'Bryant Savs School Board Favors Raise Bat Tallahassee Must Provide Hcrace O’Bryant, superintendent of public roe county, announced today that the resignation Jones frcm the staff of Truman Elementary School had been ac- cepted. IMELe: Fund is leav- Jones, who has been teaching second grade pupils, ing her job because she wishes to resign altogether from the teaching profession. Key West teachers have been asking for a set date on which they might expect a requested raise in salary, Mr. O’Bryant re- | vealed today. “I can only say again, on legislative action.’ O'Bryant pointed out that the school board took a completely favorable attitude regarding the request of teachers here for a raise in salaries, “The question is, where will funds for such a demand come from immediately?” he asked, and explained that the budget is set by the Florida state legislature and that such salary increases de- pend entirely on action which takes place in Tallahassee. “If a cut is taken in the appropriation, the slack has to be taken up somewhere,” O’Bryant said. “The trouble is that the burden of school tax falls on a special class of taxpayer, the business people and those who own unimproved land. Home owners are often exempt. 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