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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20
BOOKLET SHOWS
FLORIDA PLANTS
BEAUTIFULLY coLoRED PIC.
TURES CONTAINED IN
PAMPHLET

Beautiful co1ored photographs
tof Florida plants and flowers are
contained in booklet just re-
leased by Florida Cypress Gar
denS association.
The booklet, which required
several years of research to COM
plete, tells the history and char
acteristics of many of the plants
growing at Cypress Gardens. A
number of the books have been
requested by schools for use in
outdoor study and Richard D.
Pope, president of the garden as
ISOLATION, predicts $4,000 of the
booklets will have been distri-
buted within year.
Flowers are described in the
booklet with a detailed black and
white print and a color photo
graph. Times of blooming, the
natural habitat and the appear
ance of the flower are described.
Pope, in releasing the pam
phlets, said he believes the state
should more and more stress the
picture of Florida as a "land of
sunshine and flowers"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20
Builders OF Panama
Canal To Dine

The Florida Group of Ex-em-
ployees. Panama Canal and Pan
ANA Railroad, Canal Zone, Pan
anna, will hold their ninth annual
meeting on Saturday, February
%, at the Hillsboro Hotel, Tampa,
Florida.
The business meeting will be
held at 10 a. m. using the hotels
commodious auditorium, and at l
p. m. turkey dinner will be
served in the hotels fine dining
room with all the trimmins,
Members of the organization
are requested to dig up their old
Roosevelt medal and bars, their
Chagres Pins and last but not for
gotten. the Incas Pin.
How many attending the meet
ing can show the three?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20
SQUASH RACQUETS
TAKES SPEED, WIND,
SKILL-IT'S TOUGH

ASSOCIATED Press Feature Service)
Looking for a fast game, one
that's hard on the legs and wind?
Then try squash racquets. This
calls for quick darts, sudden
stops and accurate shooting.
1t is played on a four-wall in
door court 1872 by 80 feet. The
squashy rubber ball is hit with
27-inch racquets.
Experts use quick wrist action
rather than sweeping tennis
swing. On service the ball must
hit front wall above service line
and bounce to opposite court
Then retriever must strike the
ball before it hits the floor or on
first bounce. n
Fifteen points wins a. game.
Points are scored when a shot
gets past an opponent, or when
he hits it on second bounce.
The server keeps one foot in a
box and the service must hit front
wall. 1t may strike another wall
on its way to receiver but must
hit floor behind a cross court
line. (
Players sometime crash into
the wall when returning shots hit
to the far right side of the front
wall. The ball bounces along the
side wall.
Balls hitting ceiling or below
a telltale line are dead.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20
Gray's Fishery, Ojus
cheap. cheap. cllean

NttS@p.ssSttaIa- cheap
Secondhand. used and aS-is
plumbing and plumbing fixtures
electric goods and motors
water pumps (all SiyeS) gas en-
gines-water and soil pipe Tall
sizeSl and fittings. also good selec-
ton in reconditioned home water
systems Si9.S0 up.
PLUMBING. PUMP AND ELEC-
TRIO DEPT.
Gray's Fishery. OiuS (ESt. IS WIS
: Blocks North Of OluS Depot off
Dixie on Harper St
Open daily Except Wednesday,
From 10 A. NJ. till 8 P. M.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20
A STRING, OF BEADS
FOR SAFETY'S SAKE
tBy Associated Presm)

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Feb. 20.
"A new way to keep the white
traffic-lane lines visible at all
times is being tested by the Cali
fornia division of highways. 1t
consists of laying a myraid of tiny
glass beads in the paint while 1t is
still wet ~ME
The tiny spheres. about l-lOOth
inch in diameter. do not sparkle
but they reflect headlight beams
and make the lines sharply visible
at night. Officials say they also
reduce or eliminate the necessity
of cleaning or repainting the
lines.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20
Southern College To
Hold Exercises

The trustees, president and fac
ulty Of Florida Southern College
will hold dedicatory exercises Of
Annie Pfeiffer Chapel. The f.
Stanley Jones Foundation. in
Lakeland, Fla. on March g
Many institutions in the state
will be represented al the event,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20
ELKS LODGE TO
MEET TONIGHT

B.P.O. Elks will hold a meeting
tonight, 800 o'clock, at the Lodge
Rooms on Duval street.
Visiting Elks will be welcome
at this session and all members
of the local lodge are urged to
attend, according to the Exalted
Ruler, DR.. Harry c. Galley.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20
BLAMES
THIS COUNTRY FOR
EUROPEAN CRISIS
BY DR.. JOHN Fl. SHERMAN
President of Weber College


BABSON PARK, Fla, Feb. 20.
Now is the time for sober soul
searching thought by. all Ameri-
cans. Why are we now wit
Messing the repercussions of bar
barism and brutality in contin-
entail Europe?
Is it not because, due to ignor-
ance, provincialism, and political
prejudices among an otherwise
excellent population, we, the
United States of America, more
than all others combined caused
a feeling of hopelessness and a
spirit of resentment in Europe
which made this outburst newt
able?
We were the hope of the world,
who had fought a good fight to
make the world safe for democ-
racy. We had made the world
safe for democracy. We had es-
tablished democracy in all the
countries of Europe. We were
needed at the council table to
furnish the lead and maintain the
balance which would make those
democracies successful and pros
porous; and to lead the League of
NafrnT1G-A asE u
But we listened TO the cries of
isolatioilists and political self
seekers and profit-mongers that
we abandon Europe to her fate.
We levied protective tariffs which
would have been appropriate to a
debtor nation, but which are al
ways disastrous when maintain
ed by a creditor nation.
We stayed out of the League
which he had suggested and
helped to found, and even held
aloof from the World Court
which had been created to rectify
the inevitable injustices of a
peace written while rancor still
reigned.
We organized the American
hemisphere in effort to transact
one-way business at the ex-
pense of the Frustrated European
countries. We insisted upon re-
payment of the war debts with
gold when the peoples had no
gold, and refused payment in the
only way in which they could
pay us-by working for us, pro-
ducing for us, and shipping us
their products. Thus we forced
them to the humiliation of APP
parent default of obligations, and
many among us tainted them as
defaulterS.
Thus we weakened the League
of Nations and made it impos-
sible for it successfully to func-
ton; and having administered
this political wound, we proceed
ed to execute the economic death
stroke by pressure upon our vic
torious allies so that they could
only react by corresponding
pressure upon the vanquished
peoples. And to top it all, we
adopted an attitude of constant
criticism and non-assistance to
the European statesmen who were
trying desperately to teach the
ways of democratic government
to peoples used to monarchy.
Thus, having made the world
safe for democracy, we destroyed
democracy in Europe.
Out of the misery which this
policy caused, Hitler and the
lesser dictators were inevitable.
Had it not been these particular
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20
ChiIdren's Sketch
Glass Postponed

Children's sketch class at the
Art Center Saturday will be
postponed in observance OF Wash
ington's birthday, F. Townsend
Morgan. director of the WPA art
project. announced today.
The classes normally are sched-
uled for 10 O'clock Saturday
morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20
Patriotic Daughters
Assemble Tonight

There will be a meeting of the
Patriotic Daughters of America
held this evening, beginning at
7:30 o'clock. at the home of Mrs.
Minnie Jensen on Eaton street
All members are requested to
be in attendance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20
SHERIFF SAWYER
RESUMES DUTIES

Sheriff Berlin Sawyer, absent
from his office for more than a
month because of illness, was back
at his desk this morning.
Sawyer suffered an attack of in
fluenZa.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20
MAKE 81 SURVEY OF
:" NAVAL HOSPITAL

Naval occupation Of the old
hospital now occupied by NYA
and the county clinic, appeared
a certainty today after an inspec-
ton by Rear Admiral H. w.
Smith of the naval and surgical
bureau of the navy.
Admiral Smith, with Capt. Wal
ter F. Jacobs, commandment of the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20

local station, went over the Old
dispenSary yesterday afternoon.
NYA and clinic officers have
been informally advised to look
for new quarters.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20

men, it would have been others
like them.
America meant no wrong. Her
motives, in the main, were good,
but she made the great mistake
of following shortsighted advices
of backward looking politicians.
She is now paying in effort, in
taxes, in gifts to those who de-
fend her interests. She probably
soon must pay with blood and
with tears. Ultimate justice is
inevitable. We reap that which
we sow.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20
TOO MANY PEOPLE
"PASS UP" A PASS
Cry Associated Press)

TRINIDAD, Colo, Feb. 20
Bill Samuel, Trinidad hotel own
er, thinks there is a mental hazard
for tourists in the designation of
mountain passes"
THE word pass terrifies a lot
of people because in their minds
it means a high altitude road that
involves dangers and hardships,"
says Samuel.
He suggests that Ration pass, be-
tween Trinidad and the New
Mexico state boundary be re-
named "Cloudland Boulevard" or
something similar that suggests a
pleasant drive.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20
PERSONAL MENTION

Arriving over the highway to-
day, was WI Ellis Jones, state di-
rector of finance of the N. Y. A,
and Joseph F. Colley, state shop
supervisor. The visiting officials
will inspect the projects and other
activities being carried on in Key
West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20
wZZ%I.MwIA - -
BILLS APLENTY

fBy Associated Press)
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va.
Feb. 20.-When Basketball
Coach Gus Tebel lof the Uni
versitY of Virginia Yells
Bill. he gets action.
Eight of the Is men on the
varsity squad are named
William.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20

George F. Archer, who had
been visiting in Tampa with his
laws and daughters, Mr..
and Mrs. w. D. Hearne, and Mr..
and Mrs. A. T. Sanchez, has re-
turned to Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Ben T. Tate, Jr.,
who were married in Cincinnati
last Saturday, are at the Casa
Marina on their honeymoon.
The former Miss Mary Hart, Mrs.
Tate is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard M. Hart, of Gin
cinnati.
Mrs. w. Mabrey, formerly Mrs.
Ida Harris, was included in the
recent arrivals here from Miami
for a weeks visit with relatives
and friends.
Miss Euphemia Johnson. for
merly of Key West, but who Is
now making her home in Miami,
was an arrival in Key West yes
terday for a visit of several days.
Commander and Mrs. c. w.
Brunson, U.S.N., and daughter,
Miss Barbara, are guests of Col.
and Mrs. L. c. Brinton at their
home here for two weeks. On
leaving here, Comdr. Brunson
and family will proceed to Homo
lulu, his new station.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
by Charles Spain Verxal
Illustrated by Arthur SurnoH

damn it Even if Blinkie thought him lust a
drab war horse who was expected to put magic
in his stick so fashy rookie would shine.
He didn't hear the door open. He didn't
know anyone had come in until CHEEKY voice
said, Hello, Mr. Grant. Hello, Mr. briggs"
Cyclone Tabor was tall rangy youngster,
built along the lines of Charley Conacher,
with plenty of smooth muscle poured into
his chassis. But as he walked to his locker he
looked like callow high school kid
Hello" General said.
Sam nodded curtly, then out of the corner
of his mouth he said to General, You mind
what say" The trainer shuffled toward the
showers. Cyclone placed his new fedora care
fully on the locker shelf.
Well if we trim 'em tonight we tie the
series, he said self-consciously
And if we don't we're washed up for the
year." General grunted. He glanced across
at the rookie and dull anger stirred through
him. Not that he really had anything against
the youngster. He'd even liked the kid little.
But the rookie sure had played him for a
sucker. Being so respectful and all the time
greasing the skids Well, no hashy upstart
was going to kick him off the Tigers.
General pulled on his padded moleskin
shorts and adjusted the suspenders. Cyclone
was riding high; everybody was cheering for
him. But it'd be a cinch to spike the kids
game. He'd be total loss without the help of
a playmaker. Maybe Sans glory-grabbing
idea was the answer.
Evening star., 1941-01-19

AS he slipped webbed pad over his injured
knee Generals thoughts went ahead to the
coming game. The other night he'd set up
tricky plays, feinting the defense out of posi-
ton, then passing to Cyclone so the rookie
could ring up the red light. But suppose this
time when he was rocketing down the ice at
the spearhead of power attack, he went in
himself and tried to score - never giving
Cyclone an opening
That'd show the Rookie up, all right. But
would it be smart hockey? Would it make
the Tigers win? Above all, could he, the play
maker, do it?
I OR THE first two periods of the game,
General tried to make up his mind. The
Habitants played it wide open right from the
drop of the puck.
General threw himself wholeheartedly into
the battle, leading attack after attack, with
Cyclone on the right wing and Murphy on the
left, playing the way he'd always done. The
razzle-dazzle, from stick to stick and back
again, out thinking the checkers, feeding the
disc to the kid with the bullet drive. Once in
the first period the playmaking payed off
with Cyclone slamming shot high into the
Habltant net. Again, midway in the second
stanza, the big blond took perfect pass from
General and beat the enemy goalie cold. But
each time the Habitants came back, TO twice
ring up the red light.
When the teams dumped off the ice, the
score was tied - and the question that dug
Evening star., 1941-01-19

glanced over 10 Wnere the players
were sprawled around, trying to crowd an
hours rest into ten minutes. Most of them
were stretched out, exhausted, but Cyclone
was sitting upright on bench, his wide shou-
ders planted against locker
YEAH" Sam said. He amt tired You
do all the work and he cashes in. I'm tellin'
you, General, either you glory-grab or -"
He stopped short as the door opened and
Blinkie Watson walked in. The manager
coach stood in the middle of the room, his
hands on the hips of his chesterfield A slant
brim hat shadowed his eyes. They were little;
he had a nervous habit of f1uttering them.
"You guys win this game or there1l be
plenty of shake-up," he said He gestured
toward Cyclone. 1T takes rookie to show
how it's done. Well, next year there1l be
lot of new talent up here"
You see, Sam whispered.
General saw, but when the whistle shrilled
for the start of the third period, he was still
undecided. All his hockey sense built up
through years of team play, rebelled against
the thought. He'd made plenty of goals, but
only when the setup had been exactly right.
He'd never deliberately gone out to score -
for himself. And yet -.
He went with the team down the corridor
to the rink, his face clouded. The lights in the
arena welled up, focused on the rectangle of
steel-scarred ice. And rising from it on all
sides were the sloping cliffs of spectators,
their faces blurred white rows
(Ccnfinved on poge 12)
Evening star., 1941-01-19

into Generals brain was still un-
answered.
He stretched himself flat on
bench at the end of the locker room
and closed his eyes. His knee was
aching. He kept thinking, wonder
ing. Had he been a sap to hand
Cyclone those goals? Wouldn't it
have been better if he'd gone in
himself and tried to score? When he
opened his eyes he saw Sam briggs
shuffling toward him.
well, you can kiss your contract
goodby," the trainer wheezed. Il
guess you didn't hear the racket
when the kid bulged the string"
Il heard it," General said. He
Evening star., 1941-01-19
II Short Story Complete in This Issue


Habitant game. When he handed il
MIR. Schneider, the desk clerk, said
push over those Trenches easy ton
Grant. That rookie Cyclones so
getter."
Yeah" General said tonelessly. +
slowly up the street, favoring his
AS he turned into the arena, he saw
Ross, the Star reporter.
Hi, maestro" Ross said. Guess
you don't have to worry now with
that rookie doing the scoring"
Guess not" General said and
his lips we're tight.
The dressing room was empty
save for Sam briggs, the big -bellied
trainer. "Evenin', General. You're
early - Well, how many goals you
think the rookll collect tonight"
Ask the hero himself, damn it,"
General moved over to his locker,
yanked open the door.
so you don't like the hand
he's gettin', huh?"
General half turned.
What the hell've l got to say
about it? He shot two goals all by
his little self the other night, didn't
he?"
"On passes from you"
"As if that mattered.'
The trainer pulled his lip. First
game in big time and he grabs all
the headlines. Must look pretty good
to Blinkie."
General didn't say anything. He
hung up his overcoat and hat and
began to take off his clothes. He was
stubby, almost slightly built, with
fiat hips and a pair of legs that
bulged muscle. In the raw white
ceiling light his long face looked
peaked and washed out. He wasn't
young. He was an old man. He was
thirty-five.
1t was steamy hot in the dressing
room, and smelt of Sans homemade
liniment and the faint acrid odor of
sweaty clothes. But the place was
clean and tidy as it always was be-
fore the gang arrived - the walls
of metal lockers, the accompanied
benches, the strips of tan mating
on the floor.
0ENERAL stripped to the skin and
climbed into the first layer of his
war togs. He saw that the old train
er was silently watching him, his
beefy face ridged with worry.
Listen, General" Sam said pres
emily. Maybe you make the rookie
look TOO good. If you amt careful
he's gonna push you off the team"
Push me OFF," General looked
up suddenly. Say, it'll take more
than this punk Cyclone to slip the ski
me. I'm good for five more years, eas
Sure" Sam said. But Blink
think so. | overhear him shootin'
mouth to Griffith. He says you're
with that bad knee. He says maybe n
you amt playin for the Tigers. )"
The color receded from Generals f
playing for the Tigers That coult
Why he'd been on the squad since
twenty-one, the year ned made the il
big time. He'd led the team thro,
Stanley Cup play y-offs, He was star!
would never let Blinkie pull that SIT
all he wanted was a few more seasons
some money, then he'd hang up his
"You heard Blinkie say that, SAM"
asked unsteadily.
Yeah, Can't you see what the
doin'? Teamin' the rookie with you.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Bituminous Output
Loraer During Week

The National Coal Association,
from incomplete car loading reports
from the railroads. estimates BIZ
luminous coal production in the
United States for the week ended
August 30 as approximately 10000
900 net tons. Production for the
corresponding week in 1910 was g.
072,oo0 net tons. This week is 20.l
per cent over comparable week Of
1910.
The report of the Bitunninous
Coal Division OF the Department Of
the Interior shows production of
l0,74o, 900 tons for the week ended
August is and l0,75o. 900 tons for the
week ended August 23.
Production first IS full weeks of
1s4l, 3ls,S44,000 tons Subject to re-
vision; same period 1910. 294. 49,
900. Increase 1s41 over 1910, 24.36l-
900 tons, or s.3 per cent.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Washington Produce

BUrTER-9s score. tubs, SO; 1-pound
prints. 391a; l4-pound prints, 40; 81 score
tubs. 37ls: 1-pound prints, IS; i.-pound
prints, asia e1 score, tubs, 36lz: 1-pound
prints, 81; K-pound prints, 37la; 30 score,
tubs. SO; 1-pound prints. 36la; 1s-pound
prints 81 50 score, tubs, IS; pound
prints. 35ia I-pound prints. as; IS score,
tubs. 34h: 1-pound prints, 34'4; h-pound
E1vEsToCK-cslves, 1sl,; sprins lambs.
From Agricultural Marketing Services.
Prices paid net fob. WASHINGTON:
EGGS @EGGs1Msrkst steady: Prices PAID for
grading stations tseptember s.: Whites,
extras msSiums SO; s,.ns.Ess. st.nsrs.
MEDIUMS a; O. s. trades, se. Browns.
U. s. extras, large. 42-44; U. 9. extras,
mediums, 34-35: y. 8. standards, large,
37-3s: mostly IS: o 9. standards; me
RI so; mixed colors 2Ssae. Receipts Gov.
eminent graded eggs, ia cases.
LIVE POULTRY-Market steady. Fowl.
colored. all sizes, 1920; No. Is. 1915
LeShorn hens. all sizes. 1915 BOOSTERS.
1o-12. Chickens Virginia hroilers and
fryers, all sizes, 1920; No. 2s. Is. Dels-
ware Rocks and crosses, broilers and fry
ers, all sizes, 1920: mostly 1e; No. os,
IL. Leshorn broilers, IT'S. Turkeys.
younE toms, is pounds and up. IS; young
hens. 10 pounds and up, 2b; No. "a and
undersizes, Is.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
D. {. Express Volume
16.4Per Cent Ahead
OF Year Ago
Eiqht-Month Totol
Also Far Above Same
Period of l940
By EDWARD c. STONE.

Further evidence of the present
boom in business conditions in the
Capital came to light today in the
August report of the Railway Er-
press Agency, c. w. Turner, super
intendent,
Shipments handled by the WASH
ington Office during August num-
bered 170.438. in comparison with
l46.43l in the same month last
wear, a sharp increase OF 24,Oo7
shipments or l64 per cent, Mr.
Turner announced.
This was one of the best August
records in recent years and lndl-
Gated a remarkably active mid
summer season. The upturn in ship
ments is assigned to population ex-
pansion and business improvement
due largely to national defense
activities.
In the first eight months of this
year shipments in and out OF wash
ington numbered 1,440.36l against
1885 ,491 in the like 1910 period, an
upswing of 204,870 shipments so far
this year, the report showed.
In every month in 194l the COM
pany has handled much more busi-
ness than a year ago, shipments by
months comparing as follows with
the records in 1910.