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Facts About Florida Are Abundant

Florida has more sunshine in winter and less in summer than the Northern States. In Florida the shortest day in the year is only about three hours shorter than the longest day, but along the northern border of the United States there is a difference of nearly eight hours. This, in part, accounts for the mildness of Florida winters and the coolness of Florida summers. The Gulf Stream brushes the southeaster shore of the State and also modifies the climate. Florida has the oldest permanent white settlement in the United States. It is the last State of the Union to be developed. It has 35,000,000 acres; 2,841-600 acres are in water. It lies between 24 degrees 31' and 31 degrees North latitude, and 79 degrees 48' and 87 degrees 38' West longitude. It has over a thousand miles of coast line. Its rainfall is 56 inches-nearly five feet. It is the largest State east of the Mississippi River except Georgia. It is equal in area to Maine, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island-four times as large as Holland. Its elevation is from tide-water to over three hundred feet. Its mean annual temperature is from 68.8 degrees to 72.3 degrees. Its highest temperature for thirty years was 106 degrees. Its lowest was 0.2 degrees, 1899, at Tallahassee. Florida is in the same isothermal zone as the Maderia Islands, southern Spain, Sicily, Egypt, northern Palestine, southern Arabia, northern India, southern China, the Hawaiian Islands, northern Mexico, southern California, southern Arizona, southern New Mexico, southern Texas, and southern Louisiana. Florida is the land of romance, legend, song and story, from "Way Down Upon the Suwanee River" to "The Over-Sea Route Along the Keys," and from Perdido's bordered valley to St. Augustine's rampart shores. It is bathed in the passionate caresses of the southern sun, laved by the limpid waters of the embracing seas, wooed by the glorious Gulf Stream, whose waters, warmed by the tropical sun, speed northeastward to temper the climate of Europe. An emerald kingdom by southern seas, fanned by zephyrs laden with ozone from virgin pines, watered by Lethe's copious libation, decked with palm and pine, flower and fern, clothed in perpetual verdure and crowned in gorgeous folds of the semi-tropical zone. In 1940 Florida's population was 1,897,414. In 1940, 578,476 motor vehicles were registered. Florida leads the nation in the production of grapefruit, celery, Fuller's earth, and phosphate (84% of U. S. production), and in winter-grown crops we rank first in production tomatoe, sap beans, eggplant, cucumbers, peppers, and Irish potatoes. Our waters yield about 137,000,000 pounds of fish yearly. Florida grows a greater variety of year than ay other State and there are still ten million acres of farm land yet to be developed in the "Sunshine State"! Shippers to and from every quarter of the Globe passes through Florida's busy ports. More than 60 per cent of the population of the United States can reach Florida within 48 hours. The northernmost tip of Florida is further south than the southernmost limit of California. An automobile traveling from Pensacola to Key West via Jacksonville must drive 890 miles, which is 100 miles farther than the entire trip from Washington, D. C. Florida is unexcelled by any State in geographical location, equable climate, annual rainfall, verdant valleys, lingth of coast line, beautiful beaches, superiority of sunlight and growing days. She leads all States in the variety of soils, crops, fishes, trees, flowers, herbs and birds. Florida has no equal in the production of phosphate, naval stores, Fuller's earth, winter-grown truck crops, sponges, cigars and grapefruit. Mr. Lewis will be glad to answer questions on culinary problems. Queries should be addressed to him, care of The Riviera.

Tyrone Power and Betty Grable as they appear in "A Yank In The RAF" at the Gove this Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Several scenes show the actual evacuation of "Dunkirk".

University Orchestra Busy Preparing for Concerts

The University of Miami Symphony Orchestra, directed by John Bitter, is busily preparing for its fourteenth series of concerts to be given from December 15 through April 13. These six subscription concerts will be given on alternate Monday evenings throughout the coming winter and spring. Members of the symphony and their director rehearse every morning of the week from eight until ten. After their rehearsals symphony members who are students at the University attend the classes they have scheduled for the remainder of the day. While all the members of the symphony are on scholarship at the University they are free to pursue any courses they desire, which may be entirely divorced from the field of music. The University of Miami is the only school in the country which offers such distinct advantages to the student of music. Many of the symphony members may be found to be working in the departments of Business Administration, Economics, Political Science, Drama or allied fields. For this reason as well as the fact that many members of the symphony orchestra are members of the symphonic band directed by Walter Sheaffer, students from fifteen states as well as European countries are represented in the personnel of both band and orchestra. At present the Symphony Orchestra is work on the Sibelius, Opus 2, with which director Bitter is very pleased. While many of the young musicians have been drafted they are being replaced with splendid material and a fine season is looked forward to. Symphony members have been organizing into smaller groups, such as the chamber of music societies which have been heard at the informal music "get-togethers" presented at the Music Workshops. This is an extremely important part of these students musical education and some fine groups have been organized, which Miami musical friends are privileged to hear. The first concert of the symphony season which will be presented on December 15 will have Rose Bampton, celebrated soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Association as guest artist.

MRS MARVIN ENTERTAINS FOR MRS. MONTGOMERY

Mrs. A. L. Martin entertained officers and chairman of the Post No. 98 American Legion Auxiliary, Monday at luncheon honoring Mrs. M. L. Montgomery, department head of Jacksonville. Mrs. S. L. Upschruch was also honored, the occasion being her birthday anniversary. Mrs. Upschruch, president of Dist. 5, escorted Mrs. Montgomery over the district on her first official visit. Present were Mrs. A. L. Buzzell, Mrs. Norris McElya, Mrs. Larry Duncan, Mrs. Lloyd Stoutenburg, Mrs. E. F. Westfall, Mrs. Edgar Williams, Mrs. Bror Landahl, Mrs. Catherine Kalberer, Mrs. Joseph Richey.

GIRL SCOUT NEWS

Troop 13 had its weekly meeting last Wednesday at 7:30 in the Girl Scout Little House. The troop talked about making a primitive camp by the Little House on the 28th and 29th of November but because we have school that Friday we put this off. This Saturday afternoon we are going to help the firemen repair toys. We had hot cocoa with marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers all of which were toasted. Also last Thursday there was a meeting of the troop committee members at the Little House. The committee for the following year is composed of Mrs. Isabelle Hodgman, Mrs. C. B. Kyle, Mrs. J. S. Sherman, and Mrs. Clark Youell. Lulu Sherman, Scribe

Home On Leave

Frank Santacroce, son of James Santacroce, is home on leave to spend Thanksgiving with his father. Frank, who is attached to the public relations division of the coast artillery, and army, is stationed at Camden, S. C.

Biltmore Briefs

By MILTON CHAPMAN It's always grand to get back to Coral Gables and the Miami Biltmore after what usually seems an interminable period of absence. Of course it's only a few short week during the summer, but the Miami Biltmore seems so much like home that it's always a happy occasion when we reopen for the busy winter season. And this will be a busy season, too. At the official opening today, I am exceptionally happy to welcome delegates here attending the annual convention of the United States Savings and Loan League, who are making their headquarters with us. My visit here last month was a treated, one of the opened a tower suite especially for those gracious and all too-infrequent visitors, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. It was a pleasure to have them with us again and I am sure that they enjoyed their brief stay. After they left, I had to hurry back to New York to complete other business. However, the entire Miami Biltmore family is on hand now and will remain until the end of the season. Being an ardent golf enthusiast, perhaps my greatest impression upon returning here was the improvement made in our golf course. It is, according to those more technically informed on the game than I, one of the finest courses in the country. My good friend Gene Sarazen was here last week and played a warm-up round preparatory to entering the $10,000 Miami Open next month. Gene said that in all the years he has played at the Miami Biltmore, he never saw the course in such excellent condition. Thousands of dollars were spent during the summer in putting the links in first class shape, with the result that we can now boast a golf course second to none in the country. One of the members of the Royal Air Corps who are taking a course at the University of Miami was over to see us Sunday. He seemed to be quite a young chap and was enjoying his stay in the States immensely, he said. I asked him if he played golf and he informed me that he had "had a knockabout" that morning. "But I shan't be able to do much of that when I go back to London in a few weeks," he commented. He is a navigator and expects to "go right to work" when he gets back to England. During his course here he said he had done considerable night flying in order to learn celestial navigation. Naturally he was envious over the peace and quite which we enjoy here at Coral Gables and said it would be difficult to return to his war-torn country. "If I hadn't an old woman and children, he will have some compensation in going home, of course." "I shall be happy when the whole blasted thing is done with," he offered. Won't we all?

School Mates Honored At Party

Miss Mary Ann Shaver and Martha Grimes entertained 22 school friends at a Thanksgiving party Friday night at the "Playhouse". Mary Ann is the daughter of Mrs. Ester H. Shaver and Martha the daughter of Mrs. Dunnington Grimes of the Wofford Hotel, Miami Beach. Other parties at the Playhouse this week and young hosts entertaining include: Mary Jean Adamson, three, daughter of Mrs. Ethel W. Adamson, 3235 Riviera Drive; "Tommy" Ann Kimbrough, two, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Kimbrough of Avenue Giralda and Edward Hoffman, six, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Hoffman of Hardee Road.

Mrs. Francis Here

Mrs. Clarence T. Francis returned this week to Coral Gables after a summer in Virginia near Richmond. She was accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. John Landis of Avenue Mendoza. Mrs. Landis, Mrs. Francis and her son, Taylor Francis, student at Virginia Polytechnical Institute attended the annual football game between V.M.I. and V.P.I. Saturday. Taylor will return home for the Christmas holidays.

BASE FLEET

Each fleet in the United States Navy has a regular supplementary fleet known as the base fleet, consisting of naval auxillaries such as repair ships, hospital ships, supply ship, oilers and tugs.

CAPTAIN'S INSPECTION ON BOARD ONE OF THE U.S. NAVY'S "COVERED WAGONS"

Members of the crew of the aircraft carrier U. S. S. SARATOGA are pictured as they line up for Captain's inspection. Aircraft carriers in the U. S. Navy are called "covered wagons" because their miniature half-acre airfields serve as the top-side decks for their hangars beneath and form the largest covered decks of any type ship in the Navy. At the present time the U. S. Navy has six carriers in operation from any one of whose decks as many as seventy-four planes can be launched in eighteen minutes and can be landed in slightly more than twice this time. In spite of their great length and weight, these carriers are officially credited with designed speeds of from 29 to 34 knots, which is nearly that of the destroyers. With New Navy ships of all descriptions being launched at the rate of at least one every ten days, the Navy and Naval Reserve need men and offer opportunities for any qualified young man to receive free specialized training worth hundreds of dollars while receiving excellent pay from the first day of enlistment.

Civilian Technical Corps Here Protects Liberty, Says Colonel

Colonel William J. Donovan, Coordinator of Intelligence Information, recently termed the Civilian Technical Corps-not long ago established in Florida with headquarters at the University of Miami-as a step toward "putting the talents of every man and woman in this land to protect the liberty that is so precious to all of us." In his statement, Colonel Donovan declared: "I have been following with great personal interest the news about the announcement of Britain's 'secret weapon'-the radiolocator-and about the formation of the Civilian Technical Corps. As I understand it, American radio mechanics and technicians in other fields, by enrolling in the Civilian Technical Corps, may go to Britain and lend a hand in the many technical duties connected with Britain's defense. They will not lose their civilian status nor their American citizenship. If their services are neded here for our own defense, they will be released promptly. They will be paid by the British during their entire period of education and service. "I should like, as a private citizen, to express my opinion that this is a remarkable opportunity and to wish you every success in your efforts in completing enrolments in the Civilian Technical Corps at the earliest, possible moment." Men interested in the Civilian Technical Corps should apply promptly by writing to the C.T.C. Headquarters at the University of Miami, or by calling in person at the nearest office of the Florida State Employment Service.

Barret Blair Nears Goal In Campaign

Barret Blair, leader in The Riviera's circulation campaign, informed the paper yesterday that he intended to have his typewriter "before Christmas". Barrett, who took advantage of The Riviera's offer to give a $44.50 Royal Portable Typewriter to any person who secures 25 subscriptions, has only four more to go to win his machine. Theodore Fossum will probably also have his typewriter as a "Christmas present" having only 10 more subscriptions to secure. Mrs. Mary E. McDonald, 2610 Country Club Prado is another worker who intends to make short work of her subscription drive. Mrs. McDonald states, "I expect to complete my quota in a week's time". Twelve other workers are still in the running, and may also have new Royal Portable in the near furture. The Riviera offer to give a typewriter in exchange for 25 new subscriptions, expires on Christmas Day.

"SAILOR SLANG"

One of the new sailor's first additions to his new U. S. Navy vocabulary is the understanding that "4th-class liberty" will turn out to be the somewhat dubious privilege of a squint through the long-range telescope at the distant shore.

The U.S.O. plans to operate at least one clubhouse at every U. S. Naval base and in addition will arrange to introduce sailors to civilian families so that Uncle Sam's seamen can get a taste of home life during their stay in port.

As a nindication of the amount of food it requires t ofeed the sailors in the U. S. Navy, more than 12,185,000 dozen eggs, 55,-000,000 pounds of fruit will be consumed b yfleet personnel during the next year.

Army's Quartermaster Corps Greatest Men's Haberdashery

The greatest men's furnishing shop in the world, the Quartermaster Corps of the United States Army, adds to the old cliche; clothes make the man. Army clothes make the 1941 soldier-healthy and happy. Begining with his feet, the Quartermaster gives the soldier a wardrobe which the majority never dreamed of having in civilian life. BOOTS? Yes. Leather boots for the cavalry, rubber hip boots, rubber knee boots, pacs or heavy waterproof work boots arctic overshoes or galoshes with cloth or rubber tops, and snow shoes. Alaskan troops are issued waterproof walrus skin boots. Shoes bought by the Quartermaster Corps are designed for protection against the elementns an dfor comfort. A soldier in the eight southeastern states, are foot-happy. Each soldier is immediately issued three pairs of shoes on entering the army. Shoes are always tested for long, hard wear. Service shoes, are worn on the march or in the field, or whenever the business of soldiering becomes tough. Around camp and on leave the soldiers wear the service shoes they have cared for most-the shoes that are shined brightly fo rinspections. To keep the sole sin good shape, even on maneuvers, the shoe shops are constantly in operation. When the troops are on the move, so is the shoe shop.. in a unit on wheels. Taking care of the army's feet is of prime importance. But the matter of shirts, pants, socks and underwear is considered just as carefully and handled just as ably by the Fourth Corps Area, which now has within its borders one-third of the army in the continental United States. This summer the troops are wearing cotton khaki shirts, ties and slacks, and field caps. On heavy duty they wear blue denim or herringbone twill. When winter comes, in addition to a woolen overcoat, the soldiers will also get woolen slacks, shirts and caps if the weather i sextremely severe. And finally, but of significance, is the style of the uniforms. These wearable clothes are well cut and trini. The Quartermaster has made our army not only the most comfortable but also the best dresed of any i nthe world. The eight Southeastern States have a Corps Area Quartermaster headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., where Brigadier General James L. Frink, directs the far-flung operations.

SIGNALS DEVELOPED

Signal flags used by ships in the U. S. Navy are the result of the developments of several hundred years. Shapes, designs and colors are restricted to those easily distinguishable. In 1780 the national flags of the ships were used. Later the flags of foreign countries were added. This use of foreign flags, particularly in emergency codes, was in vogue in the American and British navies during the American Revolution. The earlier codes were very simple and contained only a few easily remembered signals. The red flag used as a signal for battle is not of any particular known origin, but was one of the unwritten customs of the sea.

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