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Show Roosevelt's Party Nets Good Catch Near Islands Mr yj pr I Vsi.Hl,: M if ': fm THRONG SEES ROOSEVELT OFF ON FISHING CRUISE Miami, Fla., dock scene as yacht left with presidential party MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 1 (JP President Presi-dent Roosevelt found the fishing so good sround the historic Dry Tortugas islands near Key West that he ordered the yacht Potomac Poto-mac anchored there overnight so he could troll the surrounding waters wa-ters again today. Latest dispatches to temporary White House headquarters here made no mention of the catch, but It was reported Relief Director Direc-tor Harry L. Hopkins, who thinks fishing a "crazy" sport, had taken a "slight lead" in the competition. Hopkins is one of seven vacation companions of the president The president was said to be enjoying the warm air of the gulf and was accomplishing "much work on deck." It was added he was showing "satisfactory . improvement" im-provement" from a recent tooth infection. ' At the Dry Tortugas yesterday several went ashore to inspect the fortress-prison built in the Seminole Semi-nole wars. Dr. Samuel Mudd, charged with conspiracy after treating the broken bro-ken leg of John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln's assassin, was Incarcerated there for years before be-fore being freed by presidential pardon. The fort recently was made a national monument. |