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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19
CONTINUE THE ccc!

OF all the projects created by the
New Deal to meet the emergencies created
by the depression, one of the most meri-
tolious is the Civilian Conservation Corps.
1t actually AUCTIONS in the conservation of
young men and our natural resources. No
thinking American can be opposed to any
project that cOnserves and develops the
younger generation, and at the same time
acts to save our natural resources from
loss and destruction. a3..,d aa.,a.
So it is natural that the people of
Monroe county are fearful there is a
movement afoot to remove the various
CCC camps from Florida. Such a move
ment would, among others, eliminate the
camp on West Summerland key. It is I'M
thinkable that the government should
eliminate this camp.
Under almost ideal conditions some
200 youths from unfortunate families are
housed, clothed, fed and trained under
competent leaders. Ir return for their
maintenance, little cash for their own
personal use and fairly good federal
checks to their families, the CCC enrolees
at West Summerland Key are developing
Florida Keys under program worked out
by the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge
District and the National Park Service.
Their work is at present confined to the
bridge district, but can be extended all the
way to Key West when the State Road De-
5aftmefit and the u S. Bureau of Roads
get around to improving the highway.
Working according to carefully
thought-out plans, the CCC enrollees are
building all kinds of public use facilities,
parking lots, trailer space, sanitary con-
venences, fishing platforms, beaches,
paths, roads, swimming pools and dozens
of other similar projects. These are be-
ing installed for the general public and
will be maintained by the National Park
Service in accordance with the sound
practice followed by that agency all over
the United States The work will draw
people to the keys; those visitors will pay
tolls at the highway gates; they will re-
quire food, shelter and other supplies and
services; they will make the keys grow
and create jobs for idle men and women.
The good that is being done will extend in
all directions, like the ripples radiating
from stone thrown in the water.
The Monroe County Commission is to
be congratulated for its prompt action in
passing resolution last week expressing
unalterable opposition to any movement
to abandon the West Summerland CCC
camp and appealing to our representatives
at Washington to fight such an unsound
economy move.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19
REAL COWBOY FIGHT

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-In true
cowboy style. two men, in cow
boy garb, became involved in a
bitter quarrel in front of a drug
store near studio. Jerome b.
(Blackjack1 Ward ran to his auto
mobile to get his six-shooter John
Tyke. As, jumped on the running
board, berating him. Ward fired
through the windshield. Tyke
fled, with Ward in hot pursuit,
firing his gun. Finally. Tyke
dropped, fatally shot. Spectators,
accustomed to seeing movie
scenes enacted in the streets of
that section, were only mildly in
terested, until they realized that
the bullets were real and then
they fled in panic.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19
KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Fifteen Years Ago Today
AS Taken From The Files Of The Citizen

most consistent boosters of Key
West, left yesterday for his
home in Kansas City. 1--WE came
intending to stay 10 days and
were so delighted that we stayed
six weeks, and wish we could
stay longer, he said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

According to engineers, if an auto
mobile were built the way the average
house is erected today, the lowest priced
-car would cost $4,000. Your copy of The
Citizen, if only one were printed, would
cost you $1,000 approximately,
to cents because of the large number
printed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19
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TOday's Horoscope

Success should lie in medicine
or in serious literature, depend
ing on the hour of birth. There
are unusual powers of mind, and
a desire to dig deep into the
heart of things, with an under
standing of the laws of analysis.
knowledge is the days keynote.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

Every democratic candidate for the
presidency, with the exception of Vice
President Garner, has openly stated that
he is seeking the nomination only if the
President does not want it. What pathe-
tic revelation of weakness; what a sad
commentary on manhood; what a cowardly
admission of impotence No man who has
ever stated he will not seek the presidency
If Mr.. Roosevelt desires it, is qualified to
have the office, and unquestionably the
American electorate will Keep that in
mind
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

20. Public officials seeking office do not
help their interests one iota by calling tax
4. payers vile explosives behind their backs,
too cOwardly, of course, to call the names
to their faces.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

Clair Haskins, son of James
Haskins, of this city, recently re-
ceived his appointment as second
assistant engineer on board the
Standard Oil Tanker Glenpool,
which is on the run between
Tampa, Cienfegos, Havana and
Texas City.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19
NOTICE

The Annual Election of Direc-
tors of the Grief Relieved AS
ISOLATION will be held on Tues
day, March 10Th, at 7:30 p. m,
at the office of the Association,
921 Thomas street. All mem
bers are requested to attend by
order of your President.
GEORGE BAXTER.
F. A. JOHNSON, Secretary.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

The Firms, after very gallant re-
-sistance, have yielded to the inevitable
pressure of Russia's numbers and superior
military strength. The brave defenders of
the Karelian peninsula see the fruits of
their battle lost and with them, vital areas
in Finland, which practically leave the re-
public at the mercy of its huge antagonist.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19
TEN Wears AGO

The delegation of Cuban Club
women who arrived Saturday
from Havana were met at the
dock by committee of Woman's
Club members and taken for a
drive around the city. At $50
o'clock they arrived at the Casa
Marina, where a reception was
held and tea served.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19
Congressman Dies has

Congressman Dies has returned to
Washington from Florida thoroughly sun
burned, and pitches into the affairs of his
investigating committee. He has lost
many of his victims as Communists are
getting scarce in this country as result of
the Finland affair Still there are lots of
reds that need to be placed under
scrutiny by these Congressional sleuths.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

Although work of erecting the
steel columns and beams of the
structure was not started until
yesterday morning, at noon to-
day one-third of the first two
floors had been put on the La
Concha Hotel by the Virginia
Bridge and Iron Co.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

The article in The Citizen Sat-
urday about the suggestions
made for changing the names of
some of the westerly Keys has
created a lively interest in the
subject and several residents
have brought to this office sug-
gested changes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

|. Water and Sewerage.
q Comprehensive City Plan (zoning).
3 More Hotels and Apartments.
a. Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
s. Airports-Land and Sea.
g. Consolidation OF County and City Gov
ernments.
T. A Modern City Hospital
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

The benefit bridge party, which
was held at the residence of Miss
Louise Cappick, was well attend
ed and was a delightful affair.
Sixteen tables were served and
later in the evening it was found
necessary to arrange other
tables.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

$50 Do you know anybody who has not
g expressed an opinion on whether President
Roosevelt should or should not run for a
third term?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

D. H. PierSon, of Kansas City,
Mo-, who was in Key West last
winter and had many compli-
mentary things to say about Key
West, has returned for another
stay of about 10 days. He says
Key West is destined to become
one of the greatest pleasure re-
sorts in the South.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

Zuluoga, the famous Spanish
artist whose pictures are said to
be worth $3,O00,000 and who has
recently exhibited in New York,
Boston and other American
cities, arrived in the city last
evening and is a guest at the
Casa Marina.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

Put cut flowers in lukewarm
water when they come from the
florist and they will last much
longer during winter months.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

Plans are being made for the
opening of art classes on the sec
ond floor of the art gallery with
in the near future. This an
nouncement was made this morn
ing by Adrian Dornbush, who is
to be in charge of the classes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

A real executive is one who can
handle people who know more than he
does.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

Reservations for the ferries on
the Overseas Highway can be
made at the Florida Emergency
Relief Administration any day
until 8 p. m. Operation of the
ferries was taken over yesterday
with Norberg Thompson in
charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

It pays to miss the train-at a grade
crossing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

1--WE have enjoyed a delightful
visit in Key West and Governor
Sholtz has thoroughly recovered
from his illness, said Mrs.
Sholtz. wife of the states chief
executive, before leaving on the
plane yesterday to join the gov
ernor in Tallahassee.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

G, j. Kochendorfer, editor of
the Mansfield (Ohio) News and
Journal, and Mrs, Kochendorfer,
are spending a pleasant time in
Key West and were pleasant call
ers at The Citizn office today.
During their travels Mr.. Kochen-
dorfer is writing a series of art
icles, and one will be devoted to
Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19
FIVE YEARS AGO

Members of the Key West Hos
pitality Band left this morning
for Lower Matecumbe, where
several concerts will be present
ed over the weekend for the vet
Grams who are stationd there
and who are engaged in the work
of building the bridges along the
Overseas Highway.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

Day H. Pierson, prominent
man of Missouri, and one OF the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

Ocilio Perez, 80. cigarmaker,
succeeded in the third attempt he
has made to take his life. The
act took place yesterday in the
county jail. where he had been
taken care of following mental
arrangement. He placed belt
around his neck. stepped out of
window and was strangled.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-19

Joe Knight. Bonifacio Rivero
and Edward Rabigny, who left
March 4 in a small motor boat for
Cuba and have since been miss
ing while mueh apprehension was
felt in the city for their safety,
have arrived in Cuba. TeIe-
grams announced their arrival
this afternoon.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
Bruno

Ward Edwards of Minneapolis.
called on his mother Tuesday morn
ing.
E. L. Downing purchased new
Chevrolet car through the local agen-
cy recently.
Mrs. Leslie Darling will entertain
the Presbyterian Ladies' Aid at the
church annex Wednesday, April 10.
Everybody welcome.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Skinner and
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Lund and
daughter, Joyce, were guests at the
L. o. Lund home Sunday.
Lenard Lund called on his father
Sunday.
L. o. Lund celebrated his 73rd
birthday Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patsy Murphy and
Mrs. Larson attended the silver we'd
ding anniversary celebration of
friends in Askov Saturday evening.
Friends and neighbors gathered at
the Patsy Murphy home Wednesday
evening of last week and surprised
Mr.. Murphy, the occasion being his
birthday. The same group visited at
the Osterkamp home Saturday eve
ming as Sunday was Albert's birth
day.
Mrs. VIM. Marihart entertained the
Sewing club Tuesday evening at her
home.
Miss Phyllis Plaisted, Mr. Lamberty
and Buddy Ellwell visited friends in
the Twin Cities over the weekend.
Roger Shawl is at home now and is
improving at this writing. Mr.. and
Mrs. Shawl brought him home We'd
nesday of last week. Roger has been
in the Wadena hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. O'Day returned
Tuesday afternoon from Arkansas and
Florida where they have spent the
winter
Frank and Andrew Traxler spent
from Friday until Monday in the Twin
Cities.
L. F. Dyer went to Minneapolis
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Pearson and
Mr.. and Mrs Carlton Stafford were
in Moose Lake Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Robinson and
family of Mora, were Sunday guests
at the Edna Zern home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Pfenning of
Kerrick, were Saturday evening call
ers at the Edna Zern home.
Carlton Stafford was in Pine City
Tuesday.
County Superintendent Gustafson
and County Treasurer Frank Poferl
were in Bruno Saturday.
NJ w. Englund and Mrs. E. l.. DOM
ming were in Sandstone Tuesday fore
noon.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
Arthyde

Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Grady and
children of Minneapolis, and Mrs. L.
o. Hatleli of Denham, visited at the
Standish home Saturday night and
Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Adams
and family and John Norbeck Wis
tied there Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. August Kruger and
family of Willow River, visited at
the D. M. Olson home Sunday. Mr..
and Mrs. Omer Forsyth accompanied
them and visited at the Thomson
home. Mrs. E. L. Coolidge and FAM
lily also visited at the Thomson home
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Fenstermaker
and family and Stanley and Frank
Drahosh spent Sunday at the N. E.
Fenstermaker home near Aitkin.
Mrs. Asa Fenstermaker and Sonny
remained there for a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Nortrup and Della
visited at the Harold Holm home in
McGrath Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs A. Raines and Ken
meth and Archie visited at the A.
Ova home Sunday. Mrs. Alfred
Johnson and Harold and Marvin and
Orville Youngberg spent the after
noon there.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
Typical American Home
Would Cost Under Sc, 600

When you mention owning a new
home to the average American, he
or she thinks in terms of house
costing less than $4,000, and contem-
plates between 10 and IS years to
pay off the debt. And one out of
every two thinks that a down pay
ment of Is per cent or more is adj
visable.
These are some of the things that
the committee on trends of the
United States Savings and Loan
League has found out in recent
QUESTIONABLE on public attitudes.
Surveys were made of the attitudes
of people picked at random, includ-
ing per cent factory workers, 2
per cent proprietors of businesses,
20 per cent housewives, 16 per cent
statesmen, and miscellaneously en-
ployed others. The eastern sea-
board, and middle western metrop-
oils and the Rocky mountain and
Pacific coast area were scenes of
the QUESTIONABLE.
Results of the last six years en-
phasis by government agencies on
the monthly repayment home mort
gage show prominently in the sur
vey. Nine out of every 10 persons
would prefer an amortized mort
gage in financing their homes. The
league committee points out that be-
fore the depression only those who
were borrowing money from the
thrift and home financing institu-
tions-about one-third of all the
mortgagors-were making steady
payments to reduce their debt on
the home.
In the western area, 3.5 per cent
of those interviewed would plan for
homes costing less than $4,000 if
they were going to buy or build,
while 1873 per cent would have
places costing between $4,000 and
$4,000. The replies from the East
coast show a slightly higher percent
age in the group which would plan
a $4,000 to $4,000 home, but still 22.4
per cent would want a less-than-
$4,000 home and another 1875 per
cent think in terms of a $4,000 to
$4,000 house.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
WhiteWaShed Buildings

In spite of the longer-wearing
qualities of paint, many home own
ers prefer the quaint charm Of
whitewashed buildings. Many South
ern Colonial homes owe much of
their picturesque mellowness to
their whitewashed brick walls, while
whitewashed dining room walls are
still sought by many owners of ranch
houses. A good formula for making
whitewash is to stir 10 pounds of
lime into 8 quarts Of water. When
smooth and creamy, add water in
small quantities to obtain the brush
ing or spraying consistency wanted.
A 10-pound sack will make about
gallons. Authorities recommend the
addition of little blueing to bring
out whiteness, while addition of
about four ounces of alum will help
prevent the whitewash from rub
bling off. One pound of common salt
or one pound cement will help make
the mixture waterproof.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
Tabulating Weather Data

A battery OF 80 punchboard ma
chimes and 10 tabulating machines
at New Orleans, La, are turning out
punchboards at the rate of 10000
daily, tabulating hourly weather OBJ
servations from more than 200 air.
ports in the United States. The
punchboards will be sorted by tabu-
lating machines and the data re-
duced to tables showing visibility,
the causes of low visibility such as
fog, smoke, rain, snow and dust, the
percentage of frequency, wind di-
rection and velocity. The charts will
show the effect of time on the ele-
ments and the summary should be
invaluable to commercial aviation.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
Famed Railway Train
Makes Its Final Run

A dramatic chapter in the history
of western railroads was brought to
a close recently when the famed
Deep Creek railroad made its last
run from Wendover, Utah, to Gold
Hill, New, and return.
Back in 1885, the train with one
main REORGANIZATION passenger
and baggage with two iron stoves
for winter warmth-and a few ore
cars traversed the 448 miles of
track twice day, six times week.
In recent years the railroad ran
only once a week, but it's last trip
revived memories of PALMER days
when it was the "streamliner" of
transportation in two states.
Historically, the road was the last
link with the feverish past of the
area. 1t connected the transconti-
mental pony express with the desert
region. The first telegraph line
across the nation was built along
the company's right-of-way. Later,
the Lincoln highway was built along
the same route.
The line was abandoned by the
Western Pacific Railroad company,
it's owner, because of financial loss.
The line had been virtually nom
productive since exhaustion of sill
yer and gold ore from the famed
Gold Hill mining camp, western ter
minal of the line.
Until the last trip, Mason Moore,
of Wendover, Utah, was road man.
ager, superintendent, roadmaster,
conductor, clerk, stenographer and
track laborer.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
Canned Rays of Sun
Used to Heat House

BOSTON, MASS.-The possible
namesis of the house furnace was
sounded recently in New England
where the first successful sunheated
house has been constructed.
1t is one of the most unusual
and observation-disclosures in Amer
lea. 1t was built with a part of a
S650,000 fund appropriated by the
Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy to solve the problem of con-
verting sun energy into household
heat.
In appearance, it is of standard
clapboard construction with a
pitched roof covered with asphalt
shingles. In the center of the south
side of the roof, is huge window,
built flush with the shingles. Behind
this is a maze of heat-collecting de-
vices that catch the solar heat and
use it to superheat water contained
in coiled cheat traps"
The superheated water is then
stored in large basement tank
for further use. A thick blanket of
mineral wool around the tank helps
maintain the water at its high tenn
perature 1t is drawn off as needed
for hot water or heating purposes.
Although this first research house
will undergo many years of expert
ment before equipment sizes are
standardized, the M. 1. T. scientists
conducting the research believe that
eventually almost every American
home-including many of those in
the northern states-may be practi-
cally heated by the suns rays.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
East of Bruno

Mr.. and Mrs. John Southerton
spent Easter Sunday with Mrs. South
erton's folks in Breckenridge.
Mr.. and Mrs Chas. Southerton were
in Sandstone Tuesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Jones visited
at the Earnie Newman home Wednes-
day evening of last week.
Little Jackie Southerton is seriously
ill with pneumonia and has been in
the Moose Lake hospital since last
Thursday Friends are wishing for
his speedy recovery and hope he will
be home again soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Southerton and
family were Sunday dinner guests at
the Glenn Jones home
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
Shutters Are Now Used
For House Decorations

The use of shutters on the average
American house is on the upgrade
but not for the same reasons that
our great grandparents used them.
In early Colonial days, shutters
were used as protection against at
tack and the weather. Today, how
ever, their chief function is to add
color and architectural beauty to
the house.
Color experts point out that shut
ter colors should be carefully Sc
lected. If the home owner is in
doubt as to what color to paint
them, he should match his roof COL
or. This will invariably give him
an attractive combination.
For example, they say, if the roof
is covered with blue-green asphalt
shingles, shutter colors may be blue
green, or a light orange-red-its
complement. If the roof is covered
with tobacco brown shingles, shut
tiers may be of pale yellow-orange or
apricot. Red roof shingles and light
red or sage green shutters are also
an attractive MATCH" while blue
black shingled roof may be matched
by almost any shutter color, but
preferably a bright one to compen-
safe for the heaviness of the roof
color.
In the case of variegated-or
blended-roof colors, such as are
found in many shingles, the shutter
color may "pick up one of the
more prominent colors used in the
shingles. If the body color of the
roof single is brown, high-lighted
by bright f1ecks of blue, blue may
be used for the shutters, or wherever
else bright color accent is de-
sired. The experts also suggest that
home owners planning to re-roof
their houses, should choose their roof
single colors with view to match
ing not only shutters, but front door
and side walls as we'll.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-04
First American Child

Virginia Dare is the name of the
first white child born in America.
Her mother was the daughter of
John White, the governor of Vir-
GINA, sent over by Sir Walter Ra-
leigh in 1887. Her father was one
of the court of assistants. When
White returned to England, the
Dares remained in this country. Vir-
ginia either persisted with them or
was adopted by Indians.