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Scanning the Screen

Locales in Hongkong and Bombay serve as the exotic background for "They Met in Bombay," which brings Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell to the Gables screen, co-starred for the first time—Saturday through Tuesday. Actual Miami scenes in technicolor are used in "Moon Over Miami" starring Betty Grable and Don Ameche, starting Sunday at the Grove Theatre.

Highway Patrol Increase Begins September First

"Strict enforcement, with every courtesy possible extended motorists, begins September 1," announces J. J. Gilliam, Director of Florida's Highway Patrol. "Ninety new patrolmen will be added to the force September 1, who are now in training for their new duties at Lakeland, bringing the full force of patrolmen up to 150. One or more patrolmen will be assigned to each county, but will be shifted as traffic demands. Examination of new applicants for driver's licenses begins after August 15. Holders of 1941 driver's licenses may renew them before October 1 without examination, except where the department feels an examination necessary. Patrolmen are required to co-operate with the public wherever and whenever possible, but strict enforcement of traffic violations is the new order," declares Gilliam. "The new patrol is specifically charged with cutting down wrecks and accidents on the highways. Records of arrests and convictions of all drivers in municipal, county and state courts are being compiled in Tallahassee. It is not the purpose of the Patrol to punish, but to co-operate and seek co-operation in cutting down accidents and deaths on Florida's highways. Unnecessary, reckless and drunken driving will be cut to a minimum as fast as the new Patrol can begin operations," Director Gilliam stated. Over 8,200 men have gone through the Reception Center at Camp Blanding since December, 1940.

Hicks Named Assistant to WPA Official

Irl A. Hicks, former Assistant Director of Finance for the Florida WPA, was appointed this week to the position of State WPA Administrator Wilbur E. Harkness announced. Hicks has held several important positions with the WPA and has been with the organization since its inception. Prior to this he was employed by the CWA as assistant special disbursing officer for the State of Florida. The new administrative assistant will be in charge of the work previously handled by several administrative branches which were combined during the recent WPA quota cut. Harkness said that he had appointed Hicks to this important position because his services with the WPA have been meritorious and that he was certainly entitled to a promotion. Hicks served with Company F, United States Engineers, during the World War, and fought in the Battle of Argonne Forest. After the war he entered the American University at Beaune Cote D'or, France, studying accountancy and business law. Later he returned to this country and attended the University of Tennessee, where he graduated with a degree of accounting. After finishing school, Hicks was a public auditor for several years and gave up this work to engage in the sheet metal manufacturing business at Knoxville, Tenn. Hicks is a member of the American Legion, Post No. 9, Jacksonville, Masons Scottish Rite Bodies and the Shrine.

State Leads District in Plane Pilots

TAMPA, July 30. — M. M. (Jack) Frost, chairman of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee, said here today that this state leads the South Atlantic States in the number of private airplane pilots and in the number of privately-owned craft. Florida ranks fifteenth in the nation, Mr. Frost declared. There were 989 certified pilots on July 1, 1940. In a year's time this number had increased 87 per cent, or to a total of 1,850. On July 1, 1940 there were but 333 privately-owned airplanes in Florida. There were 496 a year later, an increase of 49 per cent. In 1938 there were only 538 private flyers and 187 privately-owned planes in Florida, Mr. Frost went on to say. He gave credit to the Civil Aeronautics Administration for much of the progress. The CAA conducts training classes in many parts of the state. Taking the nation as a whole, there are today 82,277 private (or civil) filers; 22,025 privately owned planes. A year ago there were but 41,000 pilots and 13,878 craft.

Health Jobs Are Announced

A number of provisional appointments of Junior Sanitary Engineers and Sanitarians to serve in the County Health Units will be made shortly by the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering of the Florida State Board of Health. Junior Sanitary Engineers must be college graduates and must have completed an approved course in engineering, including subjects in sanitary engineering. Sanitarians must have a bachelor's degree from a recognized institution, with a major in physical or biological sciences, a degree in engineering from a recognized institution, or a degree in veterinary science from a recognized institution. Preference will be given to those graduates who have taken courses in public health or have had experience in public health work. Provisional appointees must take an open competitive examination at a later date, and if successful, will be given permanent appointments under the merit system. Beginning salaries of both classes is $150 a month. Interested persons should communicate with the Merit System Supervisor, Florida State Board of Health and Crippled Children's Commission, 201 Professional Building, Gainesville, Florida.

Newspapermen Personnel Head Of State WPA

A former newspaper publisher, Earl Mullen, was appointed this week as State Personnel Officer for the Florida WPA, the office of State WPA Administrator Wilbur E. Harkness announced. Mullen has been director of projects and planning for the WPA during the past two years. As State Personnel Officer, Mullen will direct the work or personnel administration and will have charge of the classification and the recruiting of personnel for all positions. The new personnel officer was the founder of the Lakeland Ledger and served for many years as assistant manager of the Tampa Daily Times. Mullen was once connected with Diario La Nacion, having come to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to take charge of the modernization of this Spanish newspaper plant. During his service with La Nacion he worked for that newspaper's European offices in London Paris and Berlin. Mullen is a member of the Royal Arch Masons, the Elks, the Buenos Aires Post No. 1 of the American Legion, the Argentina - American Club, the Florida Press Association and the Associated Dailies of Florida.

Town Forest Is Established

The first community forest to be established under a new law enacted by the 1941 Legislature has been announced at Chipley and is comprised of forty acres donated by Mayor Olin D. Shivers. The land was formally accepted by the City Council of Chipley on July 3 and is intended to form the nucleus of a much larger acreage still to be acquired. The forestry committee required by law has not been appointed, pending the State Forester's approval of the project. City Council members endorsing the project and accepting the land were S. A. Alford, Jr., Fred Coleman, O. B. Tiller, E. A. Tharpe and Mayor L. E. Wells. Farm Forester A. C. Neese of Chipley is assisting with the management plans, which contemplate that the Chipley chapter of the Future Farmers of America will carry on reforestation and other activities. In six months of operations the Reception Center at Camp Blanding reports over $6,141,000 in insurance has been taken out by selectees.

State Money Doubles in Five Years

TALLAHASSEE, July 30 — The volume of financial transactions for the State of Florida flowing through the office of J. Edwin Larson, State Treasurer, has nearly doubled in the last five years. Mr. Larson stated that the total receipts for the year ending June 30, 193, amounted to a little more than $57,500,000, as compared to more than $106,000,00 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941. These state funds are not kept in the State Treasurer's office but are deposited in more than 200 banks throughout the state by the State Treasurer, which banks are required to deposit with the State Treasurer securities of sufficient value to protect the deposits at all times. Other than the General Revenue Fund, from which the general obligations of the State are paid, there are more than 200 special funds set up by statute for particular purposes, to which revenue collections are credited. Disbursements made through the State Treasurer's Office for the year ending June 30, 1941, totaled more than $15,000,000, while for the year ending June 30, 1936, they amounted to a little more than $55,000,000. It doesn't grow edible hot dogs, but the sausage tree at 1700 LeJeune Road bears an odd fruit that justifies its name. In Africa the tree is an object of worship by certain natives.

Many Receiving Jobless Benefits

TALLAHASSEE, July 30 — The Florida Industrial Commission, through the payment of "jobless benefits," maintains a pay roll that compares favorably with some of the large army encampments within the State, according to figures released by Chairman Boyce A. Williams. The figures for the first six months of this year reveal that 189,522 Floridians and 13,506 residents of other states had received a total of $2,056,199.83 in "jobless benefits" earned under the Unemployment Compensation Law. Williams stated that every county in the state had received some benefit from these payments and in some of the large industrial centers of the state they have been the means of keeping large numbers of temporarily unemployed workers from applying for relief and charity. Workers who are covered under the state unemployment compensation program draw these benefits as a matter of right, as the fund from which they are paid is built up by the worker with credits earned while working in covered employment and under no circumstance are they based upon charity or need. During the first months of this year 40876 workers in Dade County received $508,558.17 in "jobless benefits." Workers who have earned credits in covered employment in Florida but who are now residents of other states, drew benefits totaling $163,142.50 for the first six months of this year.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES ON THE QUESTION OF APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS TO: 1. ERECT AND OPERATE A GASOLINE FILLING STATION AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF GALLIANO STREET AND S. W. 8TH (MIAMI HOMESTEAD HIGHWAY AND TAMIAMI TRAIL); 2. ERECT AND OPERATE A GASOLINE FILLING STATION AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF GALLIANO STREET AND S. W. 8TH STREET (TAMIAMI TRAIL); 3. ERECT AND OPERATE A BOWLING ALLEY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF S. W. EIGHTH STREET (TAMIAMI TRAIL) BETWEEN DOUGLAS AND MONTEZUMA AVENUES. All interested are hereby notified that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Coral Gables will conduct a public hearing on the above matters at the City Hall in Coral Gables, commencing at 7:30 o'clock P.M. on Monday, August 11, 1941, on the following proposed amendments: 1. Application for an amendment of exception to the zoning ordinance, (Commercial, C-2) applicable to the property lying at the northwest corner of the intersection of Galliano Street and S. W. 8th Street, or Tamiami Trail, or South Dixie Highway, known as the Dade County Homestead Highway, and South Dixie Highway, or Buena Vista Road, described as: "begin at northeast corner of Block 36-A, Riviera Section, thence west 108.5 feet along road of said block, southeast 108 feet, northeast 147 feet, thence 272 feet to point of beginning"- so as to permit the erection and operation of a gasoline filling station on said property, being a Commercial, C-2, use. Existing zoning would also prohibit this station as within 1,000 feet of other filling stations. 2. Application for an amendment of exception to the present zoning ordinance (Commercial, C-2) applicable to the property lying at the northeast corner of the intersection of Galliano Street and S. W. 8th Street (Tamiami Trail), described as: "Lots 47 to 50 inclusive, Block 35, Flagler Park- so as to permit the erection and operation of a gasoline filling station on said property, being a Commercial, C-2, use. Existing zoning would also prohibit this station as within 1,000 feet of other filling stations. 3. Application for an amendment to the exception to the present zoning requirement (Commercial, C-2) applicable to certain property on the north side of S. W. Eighth Street (Tamiami Trail) between Douglas Road and Galiano Street, described as: "Lots 42 to 46, inclusive, Block 35, Flagler Section," - so as to permit the erection and operation of an indoor bowling alley, being a Commercial, C-2, use. All interested persons and property owners desiring to express to the Zoning Board their views on the above matters should appear at the hearing, or, communicate their view in writing with the undersigned prior to the meeting. F. W. ROBINSON, Jr., Secretary. The Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Coral Gables, Florida. 4tp

State Taxes On Insurance Top Million

TALLAHASSEE, July 30.—J. Edwin Larson, state treasurer and insurance commissioner, stated today that insurance companies paid into the state $1,214,204.18, was collected through his office during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941. Of this amount, the major portion, or $1,214,204.18, was distributed to the general fund to help pay the general obligations of the state; the firemen's relief and the pension fund was enriched by the sum of $81,707.98 and the towns got $17,362.50 went into the agents' qualification fund. The total collections for the year ending June 30th, 1940, were $1,185,553.89. This revenue is derived from qualification fees and license taxes paid by insurance companies and agents and premium taxes and statement filing fees paid by insurance companies. These fees and taxes are all required in the regulation of insurance companies and agents. Mr. Larson pointed out that as insurance commissioner, his office constantly supervises the activities of insurance companies and agents registered to do business in Florida, and this supervision and regulation creates to the citizens of the state complete by insurance companies and agents with the laws of Florida governing the insurance business. The insurance commissioner also conducts examinations of all applicants for insurance licenses to do business as insurance brokers or solicitors.

DR. AND MRS. FITZGIBBON ENTERTAIN ABOARD BOAT

Dr. and Mrs. T. L. Fitzgibbon entertained a group of friends Tuesday with a cruise down Biscayne Bay aboard their boat with the destination the Quarterdeck Club where dinner was served. The FitzGibbons' guests were Mr. and Mrs. James H. Dawson, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Mack and Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Harum.

FIRE MARSHAL'S DUTIES

Under the new state fire marshal law, State Treasurer J. Edwin Larson is clothed with powers to enforce all laws relating to fires, storage, sale and use of explosives; investigation of all fires, suppression of arson, inspect fire alarm systems, fire escapes, etc. All fires must be reported to him by fire chiefs and other officers, and in cities where there is no fire company the mayors must report all fires.

The Fairchild Tropical Garden, one of the most famous horticultural spots in the world, is located in the southern end of Coral Gables. It was started in 1898 by Dr. David Fairchild and contains the largest collection of tropical plants in America.

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