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Today's Birthdays
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DR.. Homer P. Rainey,. director
of the American, Youth Commits
sion, Washington, D. c., born at
GAINESVILLE. Tex, "A years ago.
Sherwood Eddy of New York,
author, onetime Y.M.C.A. secre-
tary for Asia, born at Leaven-
worth, Kans., SO years ago.
Alexander Woollcott, author,
wit and man of letters, born in
Phalanx, N. j., SO years ago.
Bishop Charles Clingman of
Louisville, PIE. clergyman, born
at Covington, KY, 81 years ago.
Bishop John L. Nuelsen of
Switzerland, in charge of Metho-
dist Episcopal work in Contin-
entail Europe, born in Switzer-
land (of American parents), 70
years ago.
Prof. Edward S. Corwin of
Princeton, teacher of jurispru-
dence, born in Plymouth, Mich,
So years ago.
Karl Kruger of Kansas City,
Mo-, orchestra conductor, born in
New York, as years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19
neutrality-suspicious.
SHIPS MAIL RIDES
Fishing Pilots Are MaiImen
WAVES in TIN CANS

AP Feature Service

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. Jan. 10.
Many a fishing cruiser captain
off Miami Beach acts as an un-
official mailman these troubled
days at sea.
The cruiser shippers keep a
sharp lookout, not only for fish,
but also for tiny buoys carrying
the Atlantic mall.
Merchant seamen, some of
them homesick American sailors,
place their letters in tin cans.
seal the receptacles with wax,
weight them with scrap iron. at
tach white flags, and toss them
overheard in the hope they will
be picked up offshore and mailed
home.
Some of the letters are sent by
seamen aboard freighters from
belligerent nations. men who
hope that their messages will
reach relatives at home.
Atlantic Buoy No. 49,, picked
up by Captain John Cass of the
fishing cruiser Dolphin after the
can had been floating four days,
contained 80 Christmas greetings.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19
FAMOUS DEAD OF 1889

Among the prominent persons who
died during 1889, the most widely known
was Pope Plus XI, who passed away on
February 9, and was buried in tomb un-
der St. Peters Cathedral in Rome five
days later.
Noted Americans who died during
the year included the famous surgeons,
Drs. Charles and William Mayo; Associate
Justice Pierce Butler of the Supreme
Court; Senators James Hamilton Lewis of
Illinois and M. NJ Logan of Kentucky;
Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson;
George Cardinal Mundelein, archbishop of
Chicago; Charles M. Schwab, steel mag
nate; Douglas Fairbanks, ST., actor; Floyd
Gibbons, war correspondent; Miss Grace
Abbott, welfare worker and educator;
Zane Grey, novelist, and Alice Brady,
actress
Foreigners of note included Sigmund
Freud, originator of psychoanalysis;
Howard Carter, discoverer of King Tut's
tomb former President Gerardo Machado
of Cuba; Premier Joseph Lyons of Aus
tralla; Princess Louise, daughter of Queen
Victoria; and William B. Yeats, Irish poet
and playwright.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19
TODAY'S DAILY QUIZ
Can you answer seven of these
ten Test Questions? Turn to
Page 4 for Answers

/. What is the name for the
earliest inhabitants of a
country?
2. Does gravity affect articles
in a vacuum?
3. Of which country is Victor
Emmanuel the King?
4. Into what body of water
does the Ganges River
empty?
5. What is the name for the
big trees" of California?
6. Is a child born in the u. S.
of alien parents an Amer
lean citizens?
z. What is the correct pronun-
citation of the word dem
onstrative?
8. What famous address con-
tains the words: govern
ment of the people, by the
people, and for the people,
shall not perish from the
earth?
8. What is the nickname for
South Dakota?
10. How many square rods are in
an acre?'
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19
PERIODIC HEALTH EXAMINATIONS

One of the important factors in an in
dividual life is the health of the individual,
whether good or bad.
1t ought to be unnecessary to call the
attention of grown people to the import
ance of having themselves periodically
examined by competent physicians To do
so is to avoid the dangers of organic
troubles that slip UP on so many citizens
and cause death. Many fatal diseases can
be cured in their early stages, but if neg
tected, mean sure and certain death.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19
KEY WEST FLOWER SHOW

Plans are quietly going forward for
the annual Key West Tropical Flower
Show, the only one of its kind in the United
States. Mrs Pauline Phelan has been
named general chairman of the show, and
is scheduled soon to announce the names
of those who will be in charge of the vari-
our phases of the exhibit
Properly recognizing the value of
publicity in promoting this outstanding
Key West event, the Key West Garden
Club and Tree Guild promises this year to
devote large amount of attention to ad-
vertising the show on the mainland where
there is always great concentration of
visitors. This year the show is scheduled
to be held March /, 2 and 8, right at the
high point of the tourist season.
For several years the tropical flower
enc of the finest in the United States 1t
is unique in more thai. one respect: The
Key West Flower Show is not CONNER
cial venture supported by commercial
florists by and for commercial interests
The Key West show is a non-commercial
venture in which are conferred the exhibits
of residents who raise the flowers and
shrubs and plants in their own yards, win
dow boxes or who gather them in vacant
lots or along the keys.
1t is doubtful if more colorful, more
interesting or more beautiful exhibit of
flowers may be seen anywhere else in the
world. Nowhere else in this country do
such flowers grow. Visitors who have
viewed the exhibits in the past have been
vociferous in their praise, in giving vent to
their surprised feelings when they visit
the Garden club exhibition Some of the
visitors have been so smitted by certain of
the exhibits that they begged and were
given permission to take the Key West ex-
hibits on tour
There is no denying this is the out
standing event of the Key West winter
season. 1t should therefore be publicized
to the far reaches of Florida. The Key
West hackers of the show know this and in
the next few weeks promise to let the rest
of Florida and the millions of visitors in
the state know what we have.
Fortunately the Coast Guard service
has granted the Garden Club permission
to use again for the show the old lighthouse
building near headquarters on Front street.
If this building had not been available the
outstanding Key West event of the winter
would had had difficulty finding another
hall large enough to carry the exhibits.
This is just another argument in favor of
Key West public auditorium.
The Citizen hopes the Garden Club
ard Mrs. Phelan every success in this
years show.
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CAN'T CONQUER SOULS

WARSAW, Jan. 19.-War and
destruction have not been able to
crush the innate love of the Pole
for flowers. While houses were
still burning and the debris OF
damaged property still filled the
streets of Warsaw, the flower
shops resumed business as usual
Horticulturalists in the vicinity
of the capital continue to bring
their beautiful flowers to the
city, and the Warsaw burgher, no
matter how destitute he may be,
continues to buy them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

PRESIDENT Roosevelt in his budget
message advocated retrenchmentS and ad-
vised Congress to "have the courage
and honesty to specify where they
should be made, and when the Congress
siOnal committee accepted his challenge
and had the courage to lop off boards
created by the President by proclamation
one of which was the national resources
board headed by his uncle, Frederic A.
Delano, he squawked and intimated he
would fight to reinstate the agencies by
requesting special legislation, but possibly
the committee will conveniently find that
it has lost its rubber stamp.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

Some thirty years ago, J. Pierpont
Morgan at House Banking and Currency
Committee investigation, stated that COM
mercial credit was based primarily on
character" and not money or property.
Certainly character is a great asset but it
won't get you any loans at most banks I'M
less fortified by sufficient collateral. It's
like the farmers reply to the minister
when asked if he believed in prayer for
coed crops. Eyes, parsOn, pra'r and fer
tii'zer," was the answer
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

Loans to Finland for any purpose at
this time is palpably clear violation of
the national neutrality act which we were
so importunely asked to keep inviolate
Economic aid unquestionably leads to mill
tary aid and that means embodiment in the
European war. 1t is a step towards war
with the belligerents, step war-mongers
would have the United States take.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19
,SIDELIG H is
BY MARCY B. DARNALL
Former Editor of The Citizen

Tom Campbell, an freshman,
who it is claimed predicted the
beginning of the war five months
ahead of time, and foretold the
Russian advances against Poland
and Finland, now prophesies that
Hitler will be assassinated by one
of his present trusted advisers.
But he doesn't say when.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

The Russians as a whole accepted
Communism willingly at first for they
wanted, above all, people and land; they
got neither. So let's nip this abominable
hing in the bud, before it has any chance
to blossom in the United States
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19
Today's Horoscope

Today's natives are thoughtful
and studious, with affections
deeply rooted, and in whatever
path the life is led the soul will
be uplifted in peaceful contem-
platiOn. A rather impractical ma
ture, but by no means a failure.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

Two shipments of Ojus clay
have reached here for use on the
tees of the municipal golf course
and three others are to arrive
shortly. The clay was given by
the Florida East Coast Railway
to the city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

l. Water and Sewerage.
2 Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning).
g. Hotels and Apartments
f. Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
5. Airports-Land and Sea.
g. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
7. A Modern City Hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19
TEN YEARS AGO

Although they went for eight
weeks without making a catch at
the beginning of the season, local
mackerel fishermen have better
than an even chance of making
a seasons catch of not less than
100000 pounds. One boat of
the Thompson Fish Company
returned with $4,000 pounds last
night. ~ As
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

Memorial services under the
auspices of the Knights Of the
Golden Eagle and ladies Of the
order were well attended yester-
day. The memorial address was
delivered by Rev. M. Jamerson
of the First Baptist church, while
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

Selznick studio is worried for
fear her husbands divorce charg-
es against Vivien Leigh, their
Scarlet O'Hara'' in GwTw may
hurt the drawing power Of the
picture on which $3,700,O00 has
been spent. But they are hoping
Vivien's added notoriety may
work the other way around.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

Sheriff Cleveland Niles and
State Attorney George G. Brooks
will leave tomorrow for Mate
cumbe to investigate the fatal
shooting of Henry G. Willy, who
is reported to have been shot by
a gang of men on the night of
January IL.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19
FIVE YEARS AGO

The winner in the slogan con-
test will be announced tomorrow.
M. E. Gilfond said today that
there have been upwards of 200
received, one of which will be
selected to be placed on the re-
ceptacles for trash, and the win
ner will be given a prize by the
Key West Administration.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19
T0DAY'S
COMMON ERROR

Characteristic" means a
distinguishing quality as.
absent mindedness" in
some persons or hardness"
in diamonds. Do not say.
"a characteristic of my
daily life is walking TO
work: say. incident.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

Tomorrow Mayor Frank Laid
will officially veto the ordinance
which was recently passed per-
hitting the Key West Electric
Company to operate bus line in
the city. The line was to be run
experimentally for three months
and the members of the council
were to act as judges in that re-
gard.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

The long continued operation
of alien fishing Smacks in these
waters is to be taken up with the
Chamber of Commerce for the
local fishermen and a vigorous
protest is to be presented in
Washington.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

One of the largest yellow jacks
ever taken in these waters was
caught yesterday by Bruce Dod-
son of Kansas City, Mo. While
this kind of fish is caught in
large numbers in the waters
around Key West it is seldom
that one as large as that is taken.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

florida is situated right California is
too far out west.-Key West. Get WPA
% move 1.-THE Tampa Daily Times.
wouldn't that require effort?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

Some pay cash for what they buy
and lead a mOnOtOnous life
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

One trouble with the world is that it
is encumbered with too many pompous
pre- lamations Of personal prObity.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

Justice r. T. Weller, of New
York, is expected to arrive here
tomorrow from Havana and will
at once open Customs Court the
first thing in the morning. He
will be accompanied by Mrs. VEL
Ter and Charles P. Lawrence, spe-
cial assistant to the attorney gen.
eral.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

There is an overproducti0n of gossip,
yet it never seems equal to the demand.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

Hitler no doubt wonders what his
partners, Mussolini and Stain, are going
to do for him, or to him.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

Many a matrimonial combination is
based upon the legal adage that posses
sion IS nine points of the law. r~,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

GrUmbling at your lot makes you lot
worse off.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

1t seems like Russia and Germany are
both determined to make the worst of a
bad world.
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KEY WEST In DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just Five Ten Fifteen Years Today
AS Taken From The Files OF The Citizen

Rafael Lazo delivered an address.
in Spanish.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

There will be a Riddle Kab-
aret given in Bayview Park to-
morrow morning at 9 o'clock
rather than IL o'clock as pre-
viously announced by the Rec
reation Department. There is to
be more than 20 participants in
the presentation and an excel
lent show is promised.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

The cure for anger is silence. Try it!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

The New Year brought tough
luck to Arthur F. Foran, who was
slated for election as president
of the New Jersey state senate.
On the opening day of the ses-
sion he was in a New Orleans
hospital recovering from an air.
plane accident, but an official
from his state was sent to ad-
minister the oath.
Antoni Przybysz of Detroit
wanted to change his name, and
Judge Joseph Murphy thought
that would be a good idea. After
wrestling with the spelling to
keep the record straight, the
judge asked the applicant what
name he wished to take. He an
swered Clinton Przybysz."
Ladies who truss themselves
up in the new wasp corsets are
taking chances with their health,
according to Frederick F. Ploetz,
Cincinnati gymnasium instruc-
tor, who says: "Such a fad cor
responds to the old Oriental Gus
tom of binding a baby's feet SO
they couldn't grow"
A sports writer who has been
digging into past records says
that Nap Rucker, famous old
time southpaw of Brooklyn,
pitched the most nearly perfect
game of all time against Boston
in 1908. He struck out IA men,
gave no passes, hit no batsman,
made no wild pitch, and al
lowed no hits, no runs.
Professor Laird, the psychol-
ogist, after exhaustive researches,
estimates that only about three
per cent of all persons are per-
fectly truthful at all times. We
have never met one who could
claim to belong to the veracious
three per cent, but we imagine if
we were to meet one his con-
versation would be pretty dull.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

Anglers from the Casa Marina
had a wonderful day yesterday
returning to port with large
catches of snapper, grunts and
lots of barracudas. Mr.. and Mrs.
A. M Peabody, of Buffalo. N. Y.
took IA of these tigers of the
sea.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

All signs which are to be erect
ed in Key West should be sub
mitted to the Fine Arts Commits
sion, it was pointed out today.
An effort is being made to in
crease the beauty of the island
and in this respect the signs play
an important part.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

w. A. Christensen, Familiarity
known as Chris Kemp, accom-
panied by his wife, were arrivals
yesterday on the Mallory Steam
ship Concho, of the Mallory Line.
Mr.. Christensen has been absent
from the city for about Is years
and has been making his home in
Los Angeles.
The money which was cleared
last night at the art exhibition
in the Monroe County High
School, together with the pro-
ceeds of the entertainment held
Thursday, will be used for the
purchase of pictures for the High
School.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-19

E. B. Mumford, first mate of
the wrecking tug Warbler, plans
to leave Key West and join the
vessel, which is salvaging the
cargo of the Steamship Havana,
stranded on Matanilla Shoals,
Bahama Islands, Sunday morn
ing, January 6.
Evening star., 1940-10-06

she couldn't ride in the Car, she would
coax me to take her for a walk In
town | would place her on leash, for
the brush of fox is a red flag to
dog Many times we would return
with the little fox sitting upon my
shoulder, grinning at pack of barking
CANNES following in our wake.
At the cabin, however, it was an
other thing. During our jaunts
through the woods she was never on
leash. and trotted along at my side,
big as you please Now and then she
would make short excursions off
through the brush, but always return
in few moments.
Being a tree-climber. which feat
would have assisted her in securing
the grapes where the red fox failed,
she would frequently scamper up the
Evening star., 1940-10-06
NOW YOU'LL
LIKE YEAST

. If you are one of the millions
who know what Fleischmann's
Yeast can do for you, but never
stayed with it long enough to get
it's full benefit, you'll now find it
easy to take this new pleasant way.
Mash a cake of Fleischn,aay's
Fresh Yeast IN dry glass with fork.
Add 4 glass cool, plain tomato
juice or milk or 1Udter.
Stir till yeast is fully blended.
Fill With liquid, stir and drink.
Remember, for daily use, Fleisch-
mann's Fresh Yeast is one of the
richest of all common foods in the
amazing vitamin B complex. Drink
it last thing at night :. first thing
in the morning.
Cnc.r,~ht lNxo Ss.nd.r I'd Rr~nAS l,oo,r,r.tad
Evening star., 1940-10-06
The Doc WHO WAsN'T A DOG
The story of a strange
and lovable pet
by
Dr.. Vance ]. HoVf

VvER since can remember, | have
made friends with the wild folk.
y In fact. it is my profession i
am an animal psychologist - and my
pets have numbered many, including
those in their natural haunts as well as
the ones born at my animal ranch.
For this reason | have often been
asked: Which one of your many pets
did you like the best?" My answer has
always been the same: ''Zona. the
daughter of Silver Boy. the old dog
fox Of Topanga."
Zorra, whom We sometimes called
Miss Demeanor because of her mis-
chievous nature, was little California
gray fox that lived as member of our
family for more than five years. She
was the most lovable and intelligent
wild animal | ever knew.
She was no larger than a mouse
when we were forced to take her from
her parents, and was raised on tiny
doll bottle But she was never kept in
a pen, except when We took her in
town for a few days at time. She
had the free run of the cabin and came
and went at will
In many respects, Zorra was almost
human in her behavior She had even
become something of daylight ami
NAL, sleeping mostly at nights. If she
wandered off into the chaparTal on
secret excursions, it was rare occa-
sion when she did not return to us at
nightfall. In fact, she preferred sleep
ing in the cabin.
Rainy and foggy weather depressed
her spirits, and it was almost impossI-
Bile to coax her from her den beneath
the cabin or her box on the screened
porch. But otherwise, little Miss De-
meanor was always very much awake
and full of mischief.
If she wasn't teasing Tommy the
housecat. she was pilfering something
in the kitchen cher favorite hunting
groundl and hiding such treasured
dainties as eggs and tomatoes in our
beds.
On cold winter nights she persisted
in forcing her way under the covers
and sleeping at my feet. And she was
the most accurate and effective alarm
clock | ever possessed. At the first
hint of dawn she would awaken us by
nipping our toes.
Zorru's Pdls
j HE little fox never lacked COM
pany, for we had also raised on bottles
two other rascals of the same age, a
raccoon, Bar Rae, and Bobby -BObs,
bObcat
Zorra's pals likewise had the free
run of the cabin and the surrounding
woods, and what mischief the three
could not get into was simply not in
the realm of either human or animal
possibilities
If the raccoon was not wrestling
with the fox. she was in the kitchen
Evening star., 1940-10-06

bole of gnarled oak as nimbly as a
cat. Then when had gone on ahead
out of sight she would come racing
after me.
This companionship trait and her
natural bent for mischief kept the
family constantly on the edge of
things When Zorra was about. our
time was never our own. She was for
ever after us to do things with her
And if we didn't - well, she had a
way of putting us in our place If she
insisted on remaining in the cabin and
tormenting us while we wanted to
read during the evenings, we were
sometimes forced to lock her in the
bedroom. But this plan rarely worked
out in our favor She generally created
such a rumpus by pulling the COM
forts off the beds, sending the window
blinds flying to the ceiling. banging
the door and knocking things over,
that we were glad to let her out.
Evening star., 1940-10-06

sink. apparently trying to wash the
dishes with her proficient hands; or
the bobcat would jump off the fire
place mantel upon our backs in most
unexpected manner and not infre-
quently cache himself inside the piano
so thoroughly that only severe
banging of the keys could disIodge the
scamp from his hideout.
Evening star., 1940-10-06
FOND Of Motoring

FOND Of Motoring
0UT here we are concerned only
with Zorra, our favorite. Nothing
pleased her better than to ride in the
car with me- In this respect she was
all dog. So much so that she would
growl and snap at any stranger who
came near.
Also. like a dog, Miss Demeanor
loved to 20 places and see things. If