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16TH YEAR NO. 47 CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, DECEMBER 5, 1941 PRICE FIVE CENTS

WILSON ORDERS CITY KIDS OUT OF GABLES SCHOOL; KITCHENS HITS MOVE BOARD HEAD "BULLHEADED"; "ENDANGERS MANY PUPILS," HEALTH OFFICER SAYS

Coral Gables' ruling, requiring pupils returning from other states to remain out of school for two weeks, was over-ruled yesterday by James T. Wilson, Dade County superintendent of public instruction. Wilson, over vehement protests of city officials, ordered Dr. F. E. Kitchens, city health officer, to lift the ban imposed by the city to safeguard local students from contact with communicable diseases. Describing Wilson's action as "bull-headed", Kitchens stated that the city was powerless to act to protect itself because the state law gives the school board the right to regulate such matters. "The county board doesn't know any more about public health than a hog knows about holy water. And I don't see how the majority of the school boards in the state can be wrong and Wilson right." Kitchens said that most of the counties had imposed the quarantine, and that Broward County is the latest in enforcing it. He accused Wilson of endangering the health of hundreds of Gables youngsters now attending the schools here. The health officer said that the reason Coral Gables was so successful in keeping down polio this fall was largely due to the quarantine period. He stated further the many children coming from the North at the present time have been exposed to all kinds of diseases and that it was only common sense to keep them from contacting others until a safe incubation period for all diseases had passed. Kitchens said that he had requested City Attorney Edward L. Semple to investigate the matter, to see if any steps could be taken to "remedy the serious situation brought about by Wilson's action."

18 NEW ROBBERIES!

Attempt to Break Into City Hall Police Working Hard; Results Expected Soon

Thirteen more cases of breaking and entering, thefts, attempted entries and prowlers, including an attempt to enter City Hall, plagued Coral Gables police this week. Captain Lou Reeves told The Riviera that he thought he had a line on some burglars and "expected developments in the next few days." The attempt to break into city hall was discovered yesterday morning by City Manager A. B. Curry, who reported that the moulding around the lock had been chipped away and that it appeared that a jimmy had been used. The door remained locked, however. Mrs. Guy Howerton, 1406 Madrid Street, reported that her home had been entered Wednesday and a gold locket, two pins and $15.00 in cash stolen. Burglars on Tuesday broke into the home of J. Mark Wilcox, former congressman, at 1710 Granada Boulevard, making away with a wrist watch and approximately $5.00 in dimes that were in a bank. A bicycle was taken from the home of John Barclay, 1251 Avenue Algeria, on Wednesday. James R. English, 1333 Blue Road, informed police that thieves had entered his home on Wednesday, ransacked the place, but took nothing. Capt Reeves stated that in several instances the thieves had departed when no cash was discovered. A camera was taken from the car of Mrs. Mike Arnold, which was parked at her residence, 222 Avenue Calabria on Tuesday. Prowlers were reported by Mrs. C. A. Prelm, 4520 Avenue Santa Maria; L. E. Westerdahl, 1231 Ferdinand Street; J. F. Magee, 6904 Avenue Portillo and Mrs David Macdonald, 1305 Alhambra Circle.

Mike and Joyce

You'll soon be seeing "Mike" the goose that laid the golden egg for his owner, Joyce Culley, Coral Gables school girl. He is a featured player in the film "Here Come the [Marines]". The picture, made entirely in Coral Gables by the Colonnade Pictures Corporation, will be released January 9th by the Monogram Pictures Corporation of Hollywood.

Music for Festival Arranged Merchants Meet At Noon Today; Hear More Plans

Arrangements for the Christmas Music Festival, which starts December 15 and continues every evening until December 23, were reported as completed yesterday afternoon by Chairman Wallace A. Bell. Mr. Bell's committee met at 4 o'clock at the city hall to complete final plans. Organizations taking part include the Ponce de Leon High School band, Elementary School band, University of Miami band and chorus, Music Club, Church of the Little Flower and the Elementary School players. As an added attraction, Fred A. Koch will present a reading of Dickens' "Christmas Carol" on December 21. All programs will be given at the bandstand, Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Alhambra Circle in the evenings and will be broadcast over loudspeakers throughout the business area. In addition, recorded Christmas music will be played during the days. The complete program, with numbers to be played, will be presented in the Festival Edition of the Riviera next Friday. Members of the Merchant's Bureau will meet at 12:15 today at the Country Club of Coral Gables to further discuss Christmas Plans. It is believed that details of the home and store decoration contests will be announced at that time.

ADVENTURER TO LECTURE MONDAY

Dr. H. W. Macdonald, world traveler, medical missionary and a cousin of the late Ramsey MacDonald, will lecture here at 8 o'clock Monday night at a meeting of the Social Justice Club at the First Presbyterian Church. MacDonald, whose life reads like an adventure book, went to sea at the age of 11 and since that time, he has visited 87 of the 89 countries of the world. Eleven years ago he served as a court physician to Haile Selassie, he was knighted by the king of Belgium during the world war and was with Peary at the North Pole in 1892. His subject will be "Founding of a Mission", in which he will tell of his experiences with a cannibal tribe, which he induced to forsake their seven idols for Christianity. The public is invited to attend.

Legion Hears Danger of 5th Column District Attorney Says to Watch for Corrupt Officials

Describing corrupt public officials as a "menace to the security of the nation and potential fifth columnists", George Smathers, assistant United States district attorney at Miami, on Wednesday night at a meeting of the Coral Gables American Legion post, warned that Florida, because of its strategic location would be the first goal of fifth column enemies of democracy. The large gathering of Legionnaires who attended the meeting were told by Mr. Smathers that "The people of Florida more than other people should examine and scrutinize most closely the facts, leadership and all persons in civil and official positions. When an official who has sworn to uphold the laws of this state deliberately, knowingly and willingly violates his oath of office and refuses to perform his duty, then that person is a menace to our way of life. Men who have no respect for their oath of office, men who chose to consort with and protect hoodlums and gangsters and racketeers, are not the men to be trusted in times of public crisis. "If a man would sell his soul for power, prestige or for a paltry sum, would he not be tempted, to say the least, to sell his country if he were rewarded with a substantial sum of money and a promise of high office in a "New Order" that was to come with Nazism? History has proven such fears are regrettably real and true," Mr. Smathers concluded. W. Edward Winegar, post commander, announced the appointment of Charles I. Gobat as chairman of the committee to handle the elaborate initiation ceremonies to be held at the Legion Home on January 7th. Serving with chairman Gobat will be A. W. Barrett, Al. B. Lambert, Sheldon C. Grebe and L. S. Upchurch. At the Wednesday meeting, members voted approval of the appropriation of funds to co-operate with the Merchant's Bureau in its program of decorating the streets of Coral Gables for the Christmas holidays and also voted to assist in the projected entertainments planned for the flying cadets at the University of Miami during the holidays.

Hurricanes End Season With V.M.I. Tonight

Victory over Virginia Military Institute here tonight in the Orange Bowl will make it possible for the University of Miami football team to equal the record of the 1938 team which won 8 and lost 2 games. The 1938 team, captained by Eddie Dunn, defeated Florida, Georgia, Duquesne and Bucknell but lost to comparatively weak Catholic U and Drake. The 1938 eleven, coached by Jack Harding, was pretty much of a veteran combination which rolled up 219 points while yielding 52. Miami's current eleven has won 7 and lost 2 games, bowing only to Florida and Alabama while tripping South Carolina and Texas Tech. It has scored 152 points while giving up 65. Defensively, the Hurricanes are rated above their 1938 predecessors but do not have a back equal to Eddie Dunn who scored against every Miami foe save two. However, the current Miami eleven is a sophomore aggregation for the most part and is only now beginning to move on offense. Against Texas Tech, Miami made but one first down until the final period. Against Florida, the Hurricanes did little in the first half but did threaten repeatedly in the final period. Against South Carolina, Miami marched 80 yards to score for its only thrust. Against Alabama, azer powering team of all, Miami marched 81 yards to score and three times was inside the 'Bama 6 yard line but injuries to key men stalled the Hurricane drive there. V. M. I., which has won four of its last five games and licked Maryland, Florida's conqueror, 27-0, had an open date last week so will be in top shape, but the Hurricanes also have been considerably battered after meeting Florida, South Carolina and Alabama on successive week ends.

Students To Present Stage Play

"Judgment Day", the Miami Playmaker's second major production, will open Tuesday evening, at 8:30 in the University theatre for the first of five scheduled performances. "Judgment Day" is a powerful drama laid against a European political background in a country ruled by the iron hand of a dictator. The story concerns itself with the trial of a man and woman charged with the attempted assassination of the dictator. They are the leaders of a political party which is opposed to his corrupt and dictatorial regime, and they protest their innocence, claiming that they are being tried for their political opinions, and for the purpose of discrediting their party and arousing popular sympathy for the dictator. The entire action takes place in the courtroom, in an atmosphere of tense, taut, and excitement, and reaches its climax in a startling and unexpected denouement. The play is written primarily for its theatrical effectiveness but those who wish may find more than one reminder of recent political happenings in Europe. Telephone reservations may be made at the University Bookstore, for any of the five performances. Tickets will also be on sale at the theatre ticket window on the evening performance.

City Officials Will Attend Convention in Tampa Dec. 11

TAMPA, FLA., December 4 (Special)—When the Florida League of Municipalities convenes here December 11 for an all-important two-day convention it will be returning to the scene of its birth sixteen years ago. In the intervening decade and a half, it has grown to be a potent factor in cementing the friendly relations among Florida cities and towns, and has become the clearing house for their mutual objectives. With the convention less than 10 days away, Mayor R. E. L. Chancey, president of the League, and E. P. Owen, Jr., executive secretary, today announced the completed program, which will include the discussion of many questions of paramount interest in the operation of city and town governments of the State. Some 200 public officials, representing all sections of the state, will attend the convention sessions, which are to be held in the Tampa Terrace hotel, designated as convention headquarters. Representing Coral Gables will be Mayor Joe Whitley, Commissioners Wallace A. Bell, Andrew Healy, W. Keith Phillips, Thomas C. Mayes, City Manager A. B. Curry, City Clerk George Shaw and City Attorney E. M. Semple. Guest of honor of the convention and principal speaker at its annual banquet, always a colorful affair, will be Governor Spessard L. Holland. Sharing the dinner program speaking honors with the state's chief executive will be Former Mayor Daniel W. Hoan, of Milwaukee, who will be present as the personal representative of Mayor LaGuardia, director of the Office of Civilian Defense in Washington; State Senator Pat Whitaker of Hillsborough County and a former president of the Senate, and Mayor Chancey himself. City Commissioner Thomas C. Imeson, of Jacksonville, will serve as toastmaster at the banquet as he has for the past two years. Leaders in the various fields of municipal activity will appear on the convention program in the discussion of subjects of paramount interest to the delegates.

Architects To Attend Convention

Three hundred or more architects including a Coral Gables delegation are expected in the Palm Beaches December 11-13. Headquarters will be at the Brazilian Court Hotel. Business sessions, and exhibits, are to be held at the Norton Gallery, West Palm Beach, an Architects' dance at the Palm Beach Yacht Club. The architects attending this convention will discuss "priorities" and the effect of priorities on construction, and the possibility of reducing the unemployment caused by the stoppage of the usual building activities. The architects plan to take part in the planning for the future's needed improvements during the readjustment period at the end of the war.

Danish Artist Featured in Dome Exhibit

The work of Emil Schou, internationally known Danish painter and one of Miami's new artist citizens, is being currently featured at the Blue Dome Gallery of the College Cupboard, 248 Avenue Giralda. Widely known for his moody and sympathetic paintings of Scandinavian fishing folk, this exhibition should attract interest as the artist has turned his attention to the tropics this past year. In vivid colors Emil Schou is presenting a new collection of works, key in mood. A love for the mystical quality of Baltic fishing life has been transferred to scenes of Miami's water front and the fishermen of the Keys. Although modern in his treatment Schou exhibits a solid but sensitive touch in his draughtmanship, and manages to catch a subtle and fleeting quality in the work he executes. A quality of the earth. An excellent example of this is a work on exhibit entitled, "Summer Heat", in which he catches the mood of a neighbor boy as he rested in the artists studio. An example of the artists new flare in color is to be seen in the portrait "Helen", a vivid portrayal in Italian colors. A former native of Denmark, Schou is recorded in their National Art History. He studied at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen and there received a scholarship to the L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts in Paris. He has exhibited in Copenhagen, Paris, Chicago Museum, and the Cincinnati Museum before coming here. The exhibition will continue until Dec. 18th., and the public is invited to attend.

PARKING SURVEY NOW BEING MADE

A survey on merchants wishes concerning parking limits on the business district got underway this week, conducted by members of The Riviera staff. The survey is aimed at getting the opinion of every merchant on Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Coral Way, in order that city officials will have some guide in setting parking limits. In order not to give false impressions, all results of the poll are being withheld until the next issue, when complete results will be revealed.

FIND THE LITTLE FOXES!

Hidden amongst the ads in this edition are the words LITTLE (Foxes), (Foxes), set off in brackets as they are here. To the first 50 readers who discover them and take them to the Coral Theatre, Manager Tom Manning will present two tickets to see that picture.

Kiwanians Hear Father Sullivan

Father Florence Sullivan, pastor of the Gesu Church in Miami, addressed members of the Coral Gables Kiwanis Club on Tuesday at the Country Club of Coral Gables. Father Sullivan stressed the need for men to turn to God for a solution of the problems that the world is facing today. The Kiwanis decided to bring toys to the meeting previous to Christmas. The toys will be turned over to the Coral Gables firemen for distribution at their annual Christmas Eve party for poor children

Gables Dents To Attend Meet

Three Coral Gables dentists, Dr. L. D. Pankey, T. L. Fitzgibbon, and Roy T. Bovard will take an active part in the meeting of the Florida State Dental Society next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Hollywood Beach Hotel. Dr. Pankey will show color motion pictures while Fitzgibbon and Bovard will give clinical demonstrations on Monday afternoon. All Coral Gables dentists are planning to attend the convention.

Savings and Loan League Reports Savings Gain at Convention Here

The second year in a row which has seen a net gain in the total resources of the nation's savings, building and loan associations and cooperative banks was reported here Tuesday at the annual convention of the United States Savings and Loan League at the Miami Biltmore. H. F. Cellarius, Cincinnati, secretary-treasurer of the national organization of the business, made public at the convention the first official figures for the close of 1940. The $5,794,529,850, reported in total assets represented a gain of 2.1 per cent over 1939 and the increase during the year was three times greater by dollar volume than in the previous year, he said. Meanwhile the total number of shareholders in these thrift and home financing institutions increased nearly four per cent, making 6,758,354 persons in all who have their funds invested in either systematic savings or lump-sum plans. Number of separate savings and loan institutions declined, as has been the case for the past few years. At the close of 1940 there were 7,738 in operation, compared with 8,328 twelve months before. Ohio continues to lead the other states in the total of savings, building and loan resources, having at the close of the year $842,501,003 in 633 institutions and 1,511,586 shareholders. It also reported the largest gain in assets for 1940 $35,475,180. Mr. Cellarius who rendered today his forty-fifth annual report on the business said that all but six of the states increased their savings and loan assets in 1940, and that obviously the business has rounded the bend toward better times. Ten of the states and the District of Columbia had increased of better than $10,000,000 last year. Besides Ohio, they are California, $35,367,678; Illinois, $23,596,620; New York, $25,153,522; Florida, $17,743,729; Massachusetts, $17,031,894; Minnesota, $15,622,608; District of Columbia, $14,406,618; Indiana, $11,813,707; North Carolina, $12,543,982; and Washington, 10,57[?],481.

Lieut. J. A. Kelley To New Air School

VICTORIA, TEXAS, Dec. 5—First Lieut. James A. Kelley, Lafayette, La., reported at the new Air Corps Advanced Flying School, Victoria, Texas Tuesday, November 25, and was assigned to duty with the ordnance detachment of the field. Lieutenant Kelley came to this air base from Kelly Field, Texas, where he was stationed after completing a course in Aviation Ordnance at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., a month ago. Lieutenant Kelley is the son of Mrs. W. B. Kelley, Coral Gables, Fla. He is a graduate of Stanford University, having received an AB degree there in 1932.

Find the Solution

To all your gift shopping problems by the ads in The Riviera. Watch for the first of two Festival Editions next Friday.

Find the Key to

The Beauty Secrets of Madame Helena Rubenstein by reading her column, which appears weekly on the Woman's Page.

LIONS AUXILIARY TO MEET MONDAY

Mrs. C. E. Higgins will be hostess for the members of the Lions Auxiliary at 12:30, Monday at her home 612 Avenue Sevilla. A covered dish luncheon will be served at noon.

FINE ARTS GROUP TO MEET MONDAY

Miss Mary Helm Clarke will be hostess for the members of the fine arts group of the A. A. U. W. at 8 p. m., Monday at her home 2716 De Soto Plaza. Mrs. I. M. Weinstein will review "Amazon Throne". Mrs. Russ Williams will be hostess. She will be assisted by Mrs. S. Lawton Skogstad, Mrs. J. F. Bauder, Mrs. Raymond Miller, Mrs J Alexander and Mrs. Norton McKenzie.

Arthur Schwartz Named Assistant

The appointment of Arthur Schwartz as assistant manager of the Gables Theatre was announced yesterday by Leroy J. Boone, manager. Schwartz has been associated with Paramount Enterprises for the past two years at the Olympia, Cinema and in the firms real estate department.

Discover New Delights

For the dinner table, through Philip Lewis, food authority, who writes weekly for the Woman's Page. And find the best food buys for the money in the Coral Gables Grocery ad on Page 8.

Plan Play

The seventh and eighth grades in the Coral Gables Elementary school will present a Christmas play on the night of the 22nd of December in the auditorium. Society News on Pages 2, 3, 4.

In New York

Mrs. Frederick Tillinghast Jr., of 1308 Obispo, and Miss Polly Tillinghast are guests at the New Weston Hotel in New York City.

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