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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02
WHISTLES WILL
SUMMON C.OFC.
GROUP TUESDAY
START OFF BREAKFAST WILL
BE HELD TUESDAY MORN
ING AT PARISH HALL: CALL
TO BLOW 1880 O'CLOCK

Loud whistle blasts will signal
approximately 100 of the busiest
business men of Key West to the
Start-Off Breakfast in the cam
paign to Put Key West Ahead"
to be held at 8 o'clock Tuesday
morning at Parish Hall.
Benz. D. Trevor has agreed to
sound the loud whistle at the Co.
lumbia Steam Laundry at 7:30
o'clock sharp next Tuesday morn
ing to arouse the workers and re-
mind them of the breakfast.
A complete list of the workers
will be reported in The Citizen
Monday. Division heads were
filling in their ranks today, max
ing ready for the three-hour can
vass scheduled for next week.
eve were never so well or
ganized for making canvass to
gain support of a civic-improve-
ment program as we now are,
declared President Everett Rus
sell of the Chamber of Commerce
today. "The fact that nearly one
hundred workers have already as
sured us that they will help has
Continued on Page Three)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02
OPENS CAMPAIGN
FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE
McCASKILL IN KEY WEST
YESTERDAY: SEEKS POST OF
JUDGE WORTH TRAMMELL

George E. McCaskill. of Miami
Beach, called at The Citizen of
flee yesterday in the interests OF
his campaign for election to the
office of Judge of the Circuit
Court, to succeed Judge Worth
Trammell.
Born on a small farm near
Pleasant Hill, La, McCaskill OBJ
tanned his education with his
earnings as a telegraph operator
and railroad agent. He has been
resident of Florida for 80 years
and of Dade County for % years
engaging in law practice for 2e
years, graduating from the Law
Department of Stetson University
in DeLand and shortly after be-
coming a resident of Miami
Mr.. McCaskill has been active
in many civic affairs in his com
munity. He has served as at
torney for the Board of County
Commissioners, as attorney fol
the City of Miami Beach and, fol
short time, was County Solici-
tor. He is a member of the Bal
Association of Dade County and
Florida, and is admitted to prac-
tice law before all courts of the
state and the Supreme Court OF
the United States.
In 1899, Mr.. McCaskill was g
candidate for the City Commits
sion, but was defeated by small
margin. His family consists OF
his wife and two children. He is
a Mason and member of the
Episcopal church.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02
MYSTERY SERIAL
STARTS MONDAY

A new serial, "Blood Runs
Cold, by Ann Demarest, will
start in next Mondays issue of
The Citizen.
Listed as an entertaining mys-
terry story. the serial starts with
Christine Howarth, the blonde
heroine, choosing the coolest day
in New York's coolest winter to
move into a studio apartment in
Greenwich Village. That very
night murder is committed on
her floor, and she is suspected.
A young lawyer, Dirck Kolff,
defends Christine, but not with
out whole series of further muir
ders and extraordinary events.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02
SUNDAY CONCERT
AT SOUTH BEACH
PROGRAM LISTED BY WPA
BAND STARTING AT
200 O'CLOCK

Regular weekly concert of the
WPA Band, under direction OF
Alfredo Barroso, will be given
tomorrow afternoon in the band
she'll on South Beach, starting al
200 o'clock.
The program to be presented
follows:
March, Monte Cristo", G.
Wiegand.
Overture, Fountain of Youth"
King.
Waltz, ''Carmencita", j. S. Cox,
Popular Selection, "Charac-
teristic", Passing of the Red
Men,, King.
Selection from Famous
italian Operate Airs, L. Brock
ton.
Popular Selection, Parade OF
the Wooden Soldiers.
March, New Colonial, r. B.
Hall.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02
RAILWAY URGES
Story Sent Country Over
VISIT TO KEYS

Chamber of Commerce reports
the receipt of piece of publicity
put out by Seaboard Railway that
gives Monroe County, the Flor
ida Keys and Key West IAN UNI
usual and constructive" bit of adj
vertising.
The release by the railway has
gone to newspapers throughout
the country, and has been posted
on numerous railroad and tour
agency bulletin boards. Headed
Visit Those Florida Keys, the
piece is written by Ralph Pierson
and reads as follows:
stretching southwesterly from
Miami are the Florida Keys, beau
tiful coral islands surrounded by
the deep blue waters of the Gulf
of Mexico and the lighter hue of
the Atlantic Ocean. Easily reach.
ed by the Orange Blossom Spe-
cial and Silver Meteor of the Sea-
board Railway to Miami and
thence on the Overseas Highway,
the various keys making up the
group as far as and including Key
West, are absolutely must spots
to visit on that Florida trip.
Sometimes you will hear the
word key spelled or pronounced
cay or 'caye' and there are two
different types of key, the outer
and the inland ones. The outer
keys border on the sea and the
inland are surrounded by glades.
These keys are sparsely populat-
ed but large numbers of fisher
men spend day in and day out
there bringing in fish of all types
and sizes. Coy fishing camps
are dotted here and there, we'll
known rendezvous such as the
Key Largo Anglers Club, offer
ing fine food and comfortable
lodges.
However, the keys occupy a
large area of land; in fact, they
are equal to the combined area
of the Virgin Islands and Puerto
Rico. AS is known, the keys are
Joined by bridges, some of con-
siderable length and offering
widespread views on all sides of
stunning beauty. This region is
also a virgin wildlife country.
Along the Overseas Highway
are to be found rare bird farms.
parrot and monkey jungles. To
those who have yearned for a
place to stay, which is really be-
yond the horizon, a place to build
sportsman's haven, the Flor
ida keys are the answer.
When you fish all day out in
the Gulf Stream and then return
to the mainland with the sun
making the sky splashes of vivid
color, that is a sensation that can
never be forgotten. BY all means
pay visit to those inviting is
lands south of Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02
|ROTARIANS SEE
HEAVY TRAFFIC
TO JUNE MEET
HUNDREDS OF DELEGATES
SIGNIFY WISH TO TRAVEL
TO CONVENTION THROUGH
KEY WEST

Officials of the Key West Ro-
tary club this week received
copies of announcements sent
out by Rotary Internationals
North American Transportation
committee for the 1910 conven-
ton at Havana emphasizing the
fact that special sailings of P. g.
0. steamers from Key West to
Cuba have been arranged.
Reservations made by Ro-
tarians in all sections of the
country indicate that several
hundred already have indicated
their desire to go to Havana in
June by way of Key West.
Bulletins just released by the
North American transportation
committee points out that every
Rotarian who intends to go to
Havana must first make sure of
hotel reservations and trans
portation from this country. Ho-
tel reservations are obtained by
applying to local club secretaries
who in turn pass them along to
convention headquarters in Ha-
vana.
Transportation by water from
Key West and other ports must
be obtained from transportation
committee headquarters at 587
Fifth Avenue, New York. This
is taken to indicate that Key
West Rotarians intending to go
to Havana for the convention
must go through the same pro-
cedure.
Another announcement this
week by President William v.
Little of the Key West Rotary
club was ladies night party and
dance at Casa Marina the night
of March %.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02
I. JENKINS CURRY
CANDIDATE FOR
COUNTY SHERIFF
PRESENT COUNTY COMMITS
SIONER FROM FIFTH DIS
TRICT QUALITIES AND AN
NOUNcES TO-DAY

T. Jenkins Curry, of Key West
and Key Largo, has qualified as
candidate for the office of
sheriff of Monroe County and
formally announced his candi-
dacy for this important office to-
Gay.
He will open his headquarters
for his campaign in Key West at
once.
Mr.. Curry is now County Com
missioner of the Fifth District,
which comprises all the Keys out
side Key West and a portion. of
the City of Key West. He is
chairman of the Roads Committee
of the County Commission and
has been active and largely re-
sponsible for the first highway
over the Keys from the mainland
to Key West, which was begun in
1924. This was the first improv-
ed highway connecting Key West
to the mainland.
When the FEC. R'y was de
stroyed by the storm in 1885, Mr..
Curry was chosen by Governor
Dave Sholtz as member of the
Overseas Highway Commission,
which secured $3,60O,0OO to Gre
ate and build the Overseas High
way, an improvement that has
been Savior to both Key West
and the Florida Keys.
Mr.. Curry is also a member of
the Board of Trustees of Rural
Identification, Inc, which is now
assured of securing electricity for
the Keys.
His lifetime record for service
and efforts in behalf of Key West
and the Keys as a whole stamps
him as one of Monroe County's
outstanding citizens. and the es-
TEEN in which he is held is attest
ed to by the result of the 1893
primary when, as candidate for
County Commission, he polled the
greatest number of votes of any
candidate for office in Monroe
County.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02
u. S. S. MASON, FOR
MERLY HERE, ONE OF
THREE DESTROYERS
SENT TO SCENE

One of the three destroYers
sent to the scene of the reported
attack on a British freighter by
a submarine about $50 miles
northeast of Puerto Rico. was
formerly attached TO the Key
West neutrality patrol. il was
learned today.
She is the destroyer Mason
which came to Key West three
months ago and served for sew
eral weeks under the command
of Capt. Arthur S. Carpenter, U.
S. N, senior officer of the Key
West patrol. The Mason was de-
tached from duty here Feb. IA
and became a unit of the Carib-
bean patrol operating out of San
Juan, Puerto Rico.
With the McLeigh and Satter-
lee, the Mason last night was dis
patched to the aid of the British
freighter Southgate, a 400-foot
vessel of 1892 tons, which wire
lesSed that she had been attack
ed, presumably by a German
submarine in latitude 1888 north
and longitude 64.00 west, which
would place her about 1000 miles
southeast of Key West, and $50
miles northeast of Puerto Rico.
No official report of the in
cident ssUas received by naval Of.
ficerS at Key West. They said
they are not likely to become in
volved in that operation because
it is far out of the Key West area
of patrol activity and right Sin
the laps" of the Caribbean patrol
out of San Juan.
That the plight of the British
ship did not cause any local
alarm is emphasized by the fact
there was virtually no change in
the destroyer lineup here today.
Still here are the flagship Lea,
the Williams, Evans, McCook,
Rodgers, Wickes, Philip and Nc
Gala and the seaplane tender
Gannet.
Capt. Carpenter, who has
been on a short-leave of absence,
is due back at his flagship to-
morrow morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02
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HEROISM MARKED
Ignored Flames To Save 3
AUTO FIRE RESCUE
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A tale of heroism in which a
young woman saved three per-
sons from burning to death in
their wrecked automobile at
Sugar Loaf Key, 27 miles above
Key West Thursday night, was
brought to The Citizen today by
! Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Downward, OPP
orators Of Sugar Loaf Inn, near
the scene of the accident.
Mr.. and Mrs. Downward were
awakened Thursday night by a
crash when an automobile owned
and driven by Morris Roberts,
colored, Key West, leaped from
the Overseas Highway on the
curve at the end of Sugar Loaf
bridge and upset in a ditch less
than $50 feet from the Inn.
When the Downards reached
the spot, the automobile was in
flames, the three occupants
screaming for help, pinned inside
the car by jammed door. AT
that moment, Miss Alma Hedberg,
employee of nearby Pirates Cove
camp, reached the spot after
leaping from a car driven by a
friend.
Miss Hedberg ignored the
flames, jumped the ditch and
climbed up the side of the upset
automobile, Mrs. Downward re-
lates. "There was extreme dan
Continued on Page Three
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02

but MeSdameS H. P. Connable
and Charles Falk had arranged
two large blue jars of the white
and pink flowers which were
very attractive.
The Hibiscus display, under
the direction of Mesdames Lee
Pierce and B. c. Moreno, was
lovely, and included the single
and double varieties in red. sal
mon and pink, and there was
one superb yellow double bloom
that was outstanding in this
group. The Bougainvillaea arch,
arranged by Guy Carleton, was a
study in bright purple, and very
charming to look upon.
| The Begonias, by Mrs. George
Archer and Mrs. Paul Vecker,
were colorful and nicely ar
ranged, and included specimens
of the quite rare Angels Wings
variety. The Croton display was
varied, with several of the curled
varieties attracting attention
from the winter visitors. Mes
lanes A. E. Sharpley, Carl Ber-
valdi and John H. Costar were
responsible for this croton dis
play.
There was a nice assortment
of potted palms on view, Mrs.
Ella Lee Cash having arranged
them. SOME of these palms
were graceful in the extreme,
and charming to see. Only a
very few hanging baskets were
at the show this year, and all of
these contained cactus. Mrs. G..
N. Goshorn and A. E. Sharpley
were in charge of these baskets.
F., The Seeds and Seed Pods were
unusually profuse and nicely ar
ranged. Among the specimens
on view were the Ipomea tube
rosa, Stephanotis floribunda, Red
Sandalwood, Brazilian pepper,
Pongan anil the Cork tree.
The Handicraft Exhibit, under
the direction of Mesdames Cyril
L. Marshall, A. Dudley and NJ
E. Berkowitz, was exceedingly
attractive, and included such
items as Pottery decorated with
beaten pewter by the Dudleys;
shell and seed pod painted
plaques by Mrs. E. r. Sycks;
dyed fish scale ornaments by Ida
Bethel; carved plastic pins by
Cyril Marshall; coconut fibre
hats and bags by Mrs. Lois Rob-
erts and Isabel Caring; woven
coconut frond screens by the
WPA workers; schooner half
model by Max Foster; John Put
MANS tiny and intricate hand
made British Navy; two colorful
rag rugs by Mrs. G. E. Hale and
many other lovely pieces.
An individual display arranged
by Miss G. Laubscher included
charmingly selected gaillardia,
violets, sisal blossom and peri
Wrinkle in various containers.
The Wild Flowers, collected and
arranged by Mr.. and Mrs. E. r.
Sycks. were dainty and beauti-
full, and particularly attractively
arranged.
The Garden Flower arrange
ments were lovely, and repre-
Continued On Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02
K. 0. THOMPSON
TO STATE MEET
STATE SHERIFF'S ASSOCIA.
TON TO BE HELD AT
TAMPA

Sheriff Karl o. Thompson said
today he plans to attend a meet
ing at Tampa next week of the
Florida State Sheriff'S Associa-
ton, of which he has been a
member for several years. If he
goes, Sheriff Thompson probably
will leave Monday.
The sheriff had no comment to
make on reports circulated at
Miami to the effect that one of
the leading candidates for COVER
nor is calling upon the sheriffs of
the state to support him or de-
clare themselves.
EITHER you're for me--and
mean actively-before the first
primary or you'll be out in the
street soon after my Inaugural
ton, the candidate in question
is quoted as having informed a
number of sheriffs.
Although sheriffs, including
Sheriff Thompson, are nominated
by the voters they are appointed
by the governor, who may later
remove them for cause.
81 have heard nothing of such
a report, Sheriff Thompson said
today.
When Sheriff Thompson drove
part of the Key West Chamber
of Commerce delegation to Mi
ami to see Governor Fred Cone
and Chairman Arthur Hale of
the State Road Department re-
garding improvement of Overseas
Highway. the governor was cor
dial with the Monroe sheriff.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02
Signals From British frGightG
Answered By Caribbean Patrol
~ ~ ~ ~ sw1 Gw~ - So
BROTHER OF FRANK
MURPHY WAS HERE

Among visitors al the Over
seas Hotel this week was
Judge George Murphy. broth
er of Supreme, Court Justice
Frank Murphy.
Judge Murphy spent a
number of DAYS sightseeing
while he was here and was
much intrigued with the trop-
ical atmosphere of the island
and interested in the old
world architecture of many
of the buildings and homes
here.
He concluded his visit yes
terdaY and returned to his
home in Detroit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02
EXAMINE BLIND
HERE SUNDAY
APPOINTMENTS MADE WITH
STATE OFFICER AT DIR.
VALDES' OFFICE

DR.. w, S. Nichols, state optho-
lomologist, will arrive here to-
morrow morning to conduct a Sc
ries of tests for blind people at
the office of DR.. J. A. Valdes, 532
Duval street.
Appointments have been made
with ninety-two blind persons at
the local office, and eight calls
will be made in the city. Six
persons are to be examined at
Marathon and one at Rock Har-
Dor. All have been notified of the
examinations.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02
Peace On Our
Terms, NaZiS
Tell WelleS
FEUHRER SAYS GER
MANY WILL KEEP ALL
LAND TAKEN BY AG-
erosion TO DATE

{By Associated PreSs)
LONDON. Mar. AT the
conclusion of a one and a half
hour conference with Adolf Hit
Ter today. United States Under
Secretary of State Sumner Welles
today was convinced that the
German nation would consider
peace only on IFS own terms.
News dispatches from Berlin
headlined this news, and con-
tinued to state that Hitler had
told Welles that the German ma
ton would, under no circum-
stances, return any land taken in
aggresSions of the past.
1t was stated that Hitler had
turned down Welles' plea to act
as mediator in the Finnish-Rus-
sian War. Hitler stated that the
German nation would not jeopar-
disc the supplies needed from
Russia for the successful opera
ton of a long war by interfering
in that war.
Welles planned to confer with
other ranking Nazis tomorrow
then leave for conferences with
British and French officials. 1t
was said that Welles might re-
turn to Germany for further
talks before he goes hack to italy
for embarkation to the United
States.
Hitler told Welles, according to
the German press, that he believ-
ed the United States to be quite
unneutral in the war. and that he
was wary" of all Democratic ma
tions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02
Good Attendance At
Flower Show Opening
BY Nina Leslie Calleja

The Annual Flower Show,
sponsored by the Key West Gar
den Club. opened officially yes
terday afeeEncol1 at the Coast
Guard Building, formerly the
Lighthouse Building, and was
very largely attended by winter
visitors and townspeople alike,
all of whom expressed their
pleasure at the beauty and charm
of this unusual show.
The judging of the exhibits
took place prior to the opening,
the judges being Mrs. William
| A. Harshaw. of Gates Mills,
Ohio; Mrs. Hubert Taft, Gin
cinnati, Ohio; Mrs. William N.
Haskell, New York City; Mrs.
Ezra Winter, New York City;
Burt Garrett, Alexandria, Vir-
GINA, and r. B. Pittman, Key
West, Florida. Flower corsages
were presented to the ladies.
AS in previous years, the
Tropical Fruit and Vegetable dis
play, under the direction of Mrs.
Stephen w. Douglass, assisted
by Mrs. Ray w. Byrns. and
Earle Johnson, received the
highest rating of the show,
with the Seed and Seed Pods Ex-
hibit of Messrs. Wallace B. Kirke
and A. D. Luethi receiving the
second highest rating. Complete
ratings of each display, together
with Individual ribbons awarded,
will be published in a later issue
of The Citizen.
The Coast Guard Building was
decorated with coconut palm
fronds hanging from rafters and
on the walls, forming back
ground of green for the colorful
plants and flowers on display.
The Shadow Boxes were ar
ranged along the side walls, and
were very beautiful. These
Shadow Boxes were again COM
petitive, and ribbons awarded
those of outstanding loneliness.
The Tropical Blossoms, ar
ranged by Mrs. J. J. Trevor, Mrs.
Ella Cash and Mrs. William r.
Warren, was one of the most I'M
usual features of the show. Out
standing exhibits in this section,
in the writer's opinion, were the
Datura arborea, or Angels
trumpet, a large white flower in
a black vase; the Eranthemum
andersonii, a tiny white blossom
speckled with purple; the Scarlet
amaryllis and the Solandra gut
tata.
The Fern Exhibit, by Mrs. H.
c. Galley and Mrs. w. c. Duncan,
represented perhaps dozen
varieties, and were charmingly
displayed. A number of quite
unusual specimen plants were to
be seen, among them the Aloe
and the Delaporone guttata. Mrs.
H. c. Galley was in charge of
these Specimen plants.
The table of Yellow Flowers
carried bowls and vases of mas
turtiums, calendulas, marigolds,
tithonias, and the Mexican Love
Vine in bamboo pipes, a colorful
a n d beautiful arrangement.
There were not a great many
oleanders to be seen this year,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02

BERLIN, Mar. 2.-For the
fourth successive day, Royal Air
Force planes appeared over this
city, but no bombs were dropped.
1t was believed the British were
accommodating to scout out mill
tary detectives for future opera
tions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02
~ IAI[[[[M
VIBORG NEAR FALL
(By Associated Press)

HELSINKI. Mar. 2-HeavY
artillery fire continued today
on the seaport city Of vi
borg. Russians appeared
ready for the expected final
assault with troops and tanks
on the Finnish defenses. Finn
troops took up strong. new
positions and determined that
any land captured would cost
their opponents many casual
ties.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02

The campaign locally is draw
ing to close and the chairman
asks that all those contemplating
contributions to the fund to do so
now. 1t is hoped that at least
500 may be sent forward to state
headquarters.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02
MORE CONTRIBUTE
TO FINNISH RELIEF

Contributions during the last
four days to the Help Finland
Drive are listed herewith. These
were received at1the office of the
Monroe County chairman, L. P
Altman:
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-02

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only IA Fahrenheit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-02

The annual Yule log hunt of the Girl Scouts of Waterbury has been planned December IA, at Camp Wequapausett on Boyden street. Last year about $50 girls enjoyed the hunt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-02

Aircraft factories from coast 10 coast are working day and night as production lines turn out both train ing and fighting planes, engines, propellors, and vital supplies.
 Numerous Air Bases are being readied at strategic locations to house the 12,8O0 first line fighting planes of the envisioned 54 Combat Groups of the CLIO Air Force.
 Production of fully trained mill tary pilots has kept pace with the increase of the fighting units of the aerial forces. During the first eight years of it's productive life, 1881 to 1939, Randolph Field graduated g. 296 flying cadets. It is estimated that during the period from January l., 1941 to January 1, 1942, more than 4,30O students will have completed their basic flying course at the West Point of the Air. By June 30, 194t, it is expected that Randolph Field will embark on program that will account for approximately 1000 of the 12000 military pilots-a-year program.
 Four hundred fifty officers, of whom 375 are flying instructors, and over $50 training planes serviced and maintained by more than $500 enlisted men are located within the 24OO acre confines of Randolph Field, as the West Point of the Airs" contribution to the acceler- ated pilot training program.
 More than 10000 flying hours are logged each month at Randolph Field, by Flying Officers and Flying Cadets together, more than the to- tai annual flying time of the entire Air Corps ten years ago.
 A new chapter in the history of