The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 6, 1954, Page 8

. Under the terms of the Anti-Mosquito District Reports On Last Year’s Activities Workers, Trucks Are Kept Busy At Varied Jobs By BILL SPILLMAN i When you happen to run into the| | fog from a mosquito control spray truck, do you think the chemical vapor might harm you? William W. Warner, director and Entomologist of the Monroe County Anti-Mosquito District, says no. “Let’s put it this way,” Warner gaid in answer to a query put to him. “How many times do you think the driver of one of our thermo equipped trucks comes in contact with the fog in a course of five years’ driving almost every 2” He added that none of his driv- @s had ever had any ill effects from contact with the fog vapor. In presenting the mosquito dis- frict’s 1953 report Warner said, “We are becoming more and more efficient each day.” It is stated in the report that the new policy of mosquito con- trol in this district will have con- siderable emphasis placed on permanent mosquito elimination ‘measures, The fog vapor from the trucks commonly seen during the early evening hours in Key West is considered only a “temporary” control measure. State Funds State funds are now available to the local district for permanent measures in controlling eer “Gov- ernor’s Mosquito Bill,” passed dur- fing the 1953 legislative session, funds‘ were made available to the anti-mosquito districts in the amount of 75 per cent of their local budget for permanent con- trol. The report states that the dis- trict continued to confine its larvi- ciding activities to Key West and Stock Island. “To maintain larvae control programs over the entire country or even populated areas ‘was neither possible or advisable.” Larviciding consists of finding the larvae (egg) areas of mos- quitoes and eliminating them at their source, This is accomplished locally by hand spraying a mix- ture of Gamma isomer of Benzine Hexicloride in number two fuel oil. This combination is reported to be very efféctive against larvae and pupae. ; City Dump The district recently took over control of the city dump on Stock Page 8 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN fa sii FOGGING TRUCK IN ACTION Island in an attempt to control flies. In the new operation the rub- bish or dumpage will be dumped into trenches and immediately cov- ered with marl. Since the measure is one of permanent insect control, state funds will assist the district’s operation of the dump to the amount of seventy-five of the city budget for the operation of the dump. The operation of this type dump will be unique since it is the only’ spot in the state where the rub- bish will be put on top of the ground and then covered. In most areas of Florida municipal dumps are made by digging pits in the ground, a method not possible in Key West. To clarify a point to readers, the Monroe County Anti-Mosquito District is not under the control of the county government, but in- stead, is a political subdivision under mosquito control. The dis- trict is run by three non-paid elect- ed commissioners. Property Taxes The district receives its operating capital from county property taxes. By legislative action, one mill of the county’s 26% mill assessment goes to the operation of the mos- quito district. The planned budget for the 1953-'54 fiscal year came to a to- tal of $76,583.01, which included $43,038.22 of state-donated money from state subvention and perm- anent funds. Of this, $24,000 is Tuesday, July 6, 1954 we for salaries, the largest single ex- penditure in the budget. The district operates nine half- ton red trucks used for mosquito spraying purposes for the entire county. Two of the trucks take care of the Key West area. The zones of spray operation all have definite “one hour” routes, which alternate and vary with wind di- rection, The.trucks are of the one-man operation type which have all controls in the front cab. The district's annual report completely covers all phases of mosquito control operation. In some parts of the well-prepared document, words like “sollicitan” and “taeniorhynchus,” which could not be found in large stand- ard dictionaries, may cause some confusion. The report was pre- pared for public consumption. Other Duties The district performs many du- ties in addition to spray truck operation.. It was pointed out that 187 condemned cisterns and wells have been knocked down and filled since November of last year by the district. The district operators always have a supply of small live fish which are used to put in cisterns about the city to eat the larvae in the stagnant water. The mosquito operation is car- tied on from offices in an old barracks building at Meacham Field. Repairs to the old build- ing have been made by members of the district to save money for the taxpayers. When a complaint is made to = ar DIRECTORY for New and Changed Listings Call the Telephone Business Office right away if you-would like to make any changes in your listing in the next telephone directory. Additional listings for other members of your familv or firm can be had for small cost. MR. BUSINESSMAN: Nine out of ten people use the Yellow Pages to find ’the product.or service they need. Put your advertising message where people will look for it—in the Yellow Pages, the Meacham Field offices, the conversation goes like this: “Big Coppit Key—yes, ma’m, we know they’re bad up there. You'll see us there as soon as the sun goes down.” Most of the spraying is con- ducted in the hours following sundown because at this time there is usually a sharp decline in wind and also mosquitoes be- gin coming out. Communists In Italy Protest Clare’s Comment ROME, Italy —The Commu- nists are needling Italy’s govern- ment again about something U.S. Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce is supposed to have told newsmen in America. Red party boss Palmiro Togliatti told the Chamber of Deputies Mrs. Luce, arriving in America recent- ly for a vacation, told reporters Italy plans to intensify the “strug- gle against communism.” This, Togliatti said, seemed to indicate the envoy has access “even to secret plans of the gov- ernment.” He formally demanded whether Premier Mario Scelba or Foreign Minister Attilio Piccioni were going to “do their legitimate “New Faces” Is CinemaScope Color Movie The new CinemaScope musical in color, “New Faces,” opening Thursday at the Strand Theatre, offers more than a $6.60 seat at a Broadway musical, it practically gives you a seat right on the stage. The wonders of CinemaScope have never been more abundantly evi- dent than in this first application of the new wonder medium to musical comedy. The first musical in Cine- maScope, with stereophonie sound and projected on the new scien- tifically engineered screen—New Faces” is an unqualified triumph. Edward L. Alperson’s produc- tion, for Twentieth Century-Fox release, is a pioneer in another direction, too. It’s the first stage musical to be filmed virtually in- tact as presented on the New York stage for a year and on tour all over America a second year. The original cast has been re- tained, and only’a slight story thread added to the otherwise undisturbed songs and sketches that make up the revue “New Faces.” CinemaScope is related to this achievement, because without its dual scope and intimacy you couldn’t catch both the component elements of a stage show on film. “New Faces” couldn’t be the screen show it is without Cinema- Scope. The cast is headed by the gang- WHO'S NEW IN “NEW FACES”—Sparkling trio in the Cinema- Scope musical in color opening Thursday at the Strand Theater consists of Robert Clary, left. diminutive French singer, lovely Virginia De Luce, tall, statesque showgirl, and Ronny Graham, tall, gangly funster. Czech border guards. . Reds Hold U.S. Army Men Near Czech Border HEIDELBERG, Germany ® — Seven sightseeing U.S. Army men were reported held by Communist Czechoslovakia today after getting too close to the Red frontier. West German border polce said they heard unofficially the missing group—six enlisted men and a cap- tain on leave—would be released later today. U.S. Army headquarters here would not identify the men but confirmed they were missing and believed to have been arrested by The West German police report- ed a Czech major at the border Post at Tachov said the men were being held. The Army said a half-ton weap- ons carrier truck in which the men had been driving was found aban- doned late yesterday near the vil- lage of Weiden, about 15 miles from the Czechoslovak border. A West German farmer in the area told the German police he saw the men yesterday. They asked where the border was and i they wanted to take a look at nt The police said the farmer told them they were very near the bor- der and should be careul. The German said the last he saw of them, they had left their truck and started walking toward the boundary. MASH IS MISTAKEN FOR CAN OF GARBAGE DARLINGTON, S.C. (# — Resi- dents of this community are re- quired by an ordinance to keep the lids on their garbage cans. That’s what Patrolman P. T. Huntley was out to enforce when he went to a house to complain about the odor of what apparently was garbage. In a way it was — but carefully mixed garbage. Huntley found a 400-gallon still filled with sour mash, duty and protest” to he U.S. gov- ernment. Such a formal demand requires a reply by Scelba or Piccioni. Last winter a large group of Communist and left-wing senators asked, without success, that the government declare Mrs. Luce un- acceptable last winter. They charged her with criticizing Italy in a conference with Washington newsmen, Smash Hit ling young comic, Ronny Graham; the nation’s sensational chanteuse, Eartha Kitt, a recording favorite; the diminutive Frenchman Robert Clary; and comedienne Alice Ghostley. Dramatic singer June Carroll heads the list of featured stars, including statuesque blonde Virginia De Luce, hilarious Pau! Lynde, and attractive youngsters Bill Mullikin and Rosemary O'Reilly. The show opens and closes with a bang to the title tune, “New Faces,” performed by the com- pany. Eartha Kitt is on first to score with “C’est Si Bon,” and between this and her tumultuous closing hit, ‘Monotonous,” she does “Bal Petit Bal,” “Love Is a Simple Thing,” “Santa Baby” and “Uska Dara.” Robert Clary smash- es across “Lucky Pierre” first time up, comes back fast with “Alou- ette,” “It’s Raining Memories” and especially with “I’m in love with Miss Logan.” Miss Caroll handles the serious tune, “Penny Candy,” adroitly, and Miss Ghost-| ley is superbly comic in the funny “Boston Beguine.” Together, the girls team on the dramatic “Time for Tea.” In fact, this “New Faces” is all fun—a smart, tuneful, fast and | bright musical that gives Cinema- Scope one of its distinctive tri-) umph to date, By HARVEY HUDSON PARIS ®—With more troubles piling up, Premier Pierre Mendes- France is running out his. honey- moon period in the National As- sembly and with the newspaper editorial writers. Mendes-France was voted into office June 18 with one of the big- gest majorities in recent years. He got the votes of the Communists, although he insisted he did not want them. And the Socialists voted to confirm him but refused to join his Cabinet. It was his promise to bring an end to the fighting in Indochina by July 20 or resign that swept Mendes-France into office. He was called the “‘man of hope” by aj nation weary of the long Indo- chinese War. Almost immediately after an-| nouncing his Cabinet, mostly little | known members of Parliament, Mendes-France flew to Switzer-| land to see Red Chinese Premier | Chou En-lai. He came back to re-| port to the National Assembly and got a vote of approval, 421-8, to put off debate on composition of his Cabinet. That may have been the high point of his popularity. Since then, there has been little noticeable progress in the techni- | cal discussions at Geneva to work) out details of a cease fire in Indo-| china. Because of Vietminh objec- tions, military discussions in Indo- china have not got under way. Meantime, after the Eisenhower- Churchill talks in Washington, the European army issue has come bounding back to the forefront. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of Germany is becoming more insist- ent on restoration of German sov- ereignty. Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak was in Paris last week to see Mendes-France about the European Army. When the EDC issue comes up, | France is haunted by all of its) old divisions, and Mendes-France cannot count on a majority for his solution—which amounts to a com- promise between those in favor and those against. In the corridors of the National Assembly, deputies are beginning to be a little more outspoken in their grumbling. They complain that nothing has been done to clear the air in Tunisia and Mor- occo as Mendes-France The assassination Wednesday of Emile Eyraud, publisher of the newspaper La Vigie Marocaine, in the heart of Casablanca, brought new demands for action. Up to now, the newspaper ed- itorials have avoided pressing Mendes-France on the Indochina issue. But all factions are keep- ing the July 20 date in mind. That is only two weeks away, and each day that passes may stir misgiv- ings unless progress is reported. The Communist newspaper L’Humanite has started sniping. It complained that the calling up of the new class of draftees—decided by the Laniel government, but put in effect under Mendes-France— does not seem compatible with the quest for a negotiated peace. The Socialist newspaper Le Pop- ulaire took a look ahead as it said, “either Mendes-France will lose |his bet and disappear with his il- lusions, which are also those of France, or he will win his bet and |then he will have to pass a new examination on the rest of his program.” The Socialists said they voted) to confirm Mendes-France primar- ily on his peace in Indochina pro- gram. E. Pakistan Outlaws Reds DACCA, East Pakistan (9 —East Pakistan’s new military govern- ment has outlawed the Communist party as a danger to public peace. The Reds, who supported the re- gime of ousted Chief Minister Ab- dul Kasem Fazlul Huq, were ac- cused of inciting riots in April in | which more than 500 persons were killed. Maj. Gen. Iskander Mirza, the state’s new governor, signed an order declaring the party and all its branches illegal in East Pak- istan. i Following the April riots and statements by Fazlul Huq demand- ing provincial autonomy for east Pakistan, Governor General Ghul- am Mohammed fired the chief min- ister and his government. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CITIZEN STOCK NO. 1193 ... STOCK NO. 1196 ... STOCK NO. 1207 ... STOCK NO. 1239 .... STOCK NO. 1231 ... STOCK NO. 1146 ... FORD, 4-Door FORD, 4-Door STOCK NO. 1265 ... STOCK NO. 1245 ... STOCK NO, 1248 OLDSMOBILE STOCK NO. 1251 .. STOCK NO, 1256 ... STOCK NO. 1260 ... STOCK NO. 1227 . STOCK NO. 1214 ....... STOCK NO. 1252 .... 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