You are hereby requested to take the following steps to comply with the recent blackout order __ (1) __ have extinguABed all street lights on water front streets and highways at once. __ (2) Screen water front side lights on all streets running down to the water front __ (3) Screen all advertising lights and lighted windows near beach front __ (4) Screen all bright lights on seawards side directly visible from the sea, and within two miles from the water front __ (5) In case of brightly lighted installation near beach have the light so directed and screened so that no direct light can be seen from off shore. By order of the: Palm Beach Civilian Defense Council O.B. Carr, Executive Director Source: Poblic Domain/Horida Memory Why did the state of Florida issue this order? to limit community social activities during the war to conserve scarce energy resources during the war to conceal coastal military operations from German spies to protect coastal settlements from German submarine attacks