Coral Gables Riviera

PAGE 4— THE CORAL GABLES RIVIERA FRIDAY, FEB. 20, 1941

"United Community" Slogan Adopted by Local Chamber

Adopting as its slogan "A United Community" and urging all civic organizations to take similar action, the directors of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce, in a resolution forwarded to the State Chamber of Commerce, declared that it was essential that these organizations impress upon the general public that their facilities were always available to all citizens seeking information in any way in regard to anything that will be helpful to the individual, the community or to war work of any kind. "Of course," declared Frank N. Holley, Jr., president of the local chamber, "the public knows that a chamber of commerce at all times offers its facilities to the citizens, but in view of war which this nation is now waging, it is essential that the importance of a chamber of commerce to the community be stressed, and the people urged to take advantage of its facilities." For the time being the directors of the chamber will meet semi-monthly in order to facilitate handling any matters demanding urgent attention. The next meeting will be held on February 25.

Florida CCC On War Basis

Jacksonville—The Civilian Conservation Corps is to be reorganized immediately on a "war basis" in an all-out "Victory Program' 'according to advice received from Washington by the State Welfare Board which serves as Florida Selecting Agency for the CCC. According to the office of the Director, effective as soon as possible there will be two major divisions to the work and training program of the Corps. The first is to aid in war work construction. The second is to furnish war resource protection and assist in the development of natural resources which are indispensable to a nation in time of war. "For more than a year the CCC has been unusually active in the nation's preparedness program in the development of military reservations," according to a statement issued by Jack Horne, State Welfare Board supervisor of CCC Selection. Horne pointed out that there are four Florida companies of 200 men each employed at Camp Blanding and one at Elgin Field. "While engaged in both of there war-time work programs," Horne's statement continues, 'the young men in the Corps are being trained and physically conditioned for every emergency." The State Selecting Agency has been notified that all youths enrolled in February and thereafter until further notice must agree prior to enrollment that they are willing to accept assignment to any camp in the continental United States where replacements are needed. It is assumed by the Welfare Board that replacements sent outside this area will be stationed at camps located in the extremely vital points on the Pacific Coast. Over $350,000 have been saved for taxpayers by the repair and salvage service at Camp Blanding in the past year.

Army Bakers Furnish Bread Despite Shelling

Atlanta, Ga.—From the battle scarred Batan Peninsula last week came a story which, by all rights, should give more comfort to the U. S. soldier and his loved ones at home, than all the heroic deeds recounted in the next hundred years. The story, a United Press dispatch from Gen. MacArthur's camp, told in simple language of a bakery, nestled in gullies and camouflaged by trees, set up by the Quartermaster Corps a few miles from the front lines. This bakery daily produces several thousand pounds of field bread for the beleaguered American-Filipino warriors. Fighting men must eat—and they do! The fact that the Quartermaster Corps, under constant danger from the air and ground attack, continued to supply the "staff of life" to the fighting troops is no accident. In peacetime, and more recently, in large-scale maneuvers held in the southeast, the Fourth Corps Area Quartermaster installed gigantic bakeries which turned out millions of pounds of field bread. But that's not all! The conditions under which this bread was baked were exactly the same as confront the Quartermaster bakery on Batan Peninsula with the one exception that dummy bombs fell on Tennessee, Louisiana and the Carolinas while the "real McCoy" rains down on the Philippines. The bakers are literally armed to the teeth and must protect their ovens and dough bins as zealously as the infantryman protects his flanks. Precious supply lines must be kept open at all times. Yes, Uncle Sam's fighting men get their bread—hot bread, tasty and fresh—thanks to the resourceful Quartermaster, and when this war is over perhaps the initials "QMC" will take on a new and stronger meaning where ever soldiers are found. War-time restrictions have banned civilian visitors from Camp Blanding between 6 P. M. and 8 A. M.

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State News Flashes

Nathan Mayo, Florida's Commissioner of Agriculture, has accepted an invitation to attend the Central Florida Exposition as guest of honor on Feb. 24. The Exposition will open at Orlando Monday, Feb. 23 for a week's run. George Johnson of Lakeland added the Florida Shuffleboard Championship to his national title by winning top honors in the state tournament at Kissimmee last week. H. H. Stafford of Lake Worth was the runner-up. The big Chinese jade collection assembled by Stanley Charles Nott of London and recently acquired by the Northern Gallery and School of Art at West Palm Beach, will soon be placed in a specially designed burglar-proof and bomb-proof room. At least two million dollars in additional revenue will be available for old age pensions this year as a result of increased revenue from horse track wagering, according to State Welfare Commissioner Leland Hiatt. January sales at the Sanford State Farmer's Market this year more than doubled those of last year. This year's figures reported by J. H. Lehman showed January sales of $169,254; last year January sales were slightly more than $73,000. All children will be admitted free at Central Florida Exposition, Orlando, on Monday Feb. 23, until noon. The day has been designated "Children's Day" and special arrangements for caring for children at the fairgrounds have been made. Chester B. Treadway, managing director of the Florida Chain Store Association, has been loaned by his organization to act as co-ordinator of a program adopted by the Ways and Means Committee of the Florida Defense Council to get more war contracts for Florida manufacturing concerns. The 10th annual high school Spanish declamation contest, sponsored jointly by the University of Florida's Institute of Inter-American Affairs and the Hispanic Institute of Florida, will be held in Gainesville, April 25. The contest is open to students in Spanish classes of secondary schools of Florida.

radio work and who hold amateur radio licenses, etc. Class V-4 is open to highly skilled typists and stenographers. Class V-5 is open to college graduates and young men now enrolled in college and to those who have completed two years or more of college. This class is for Aviation Cadet Training, leading to a commission. Class V-6 is open to enlistment in any profession in civil life in which the Navy has a corresponding rating; and to ratings in the Navy which are not open to regular enlistments. Class V-7 is open to college graduates and men now enrolled in college. This class leads to a commission. Then, of course, there is open to the young men 17 to 31 the privilege of enlisting in the regular branch of the Navy for a six-year enlistment; or, if 17 years of age, for an enlistment until his 21st birthday. Men enlisting in all classes except V-4, V-5, and V-7 are given the opportunity to enter any one of the many trade schools maintained by the Navy for which they can qualify. Men may be enlisted in classes V-3, V-4, and V-6 in Petty Officer ratings provided they are qualified. Promotion is more rapid in the Navy today than at any time in its history. This is due to the fact that our country is to have a permanent two-ocean Navy consisting of 500,000 men. Pay of all classes ranges from $21.00 per month to $90.00 per month, with the three highest Petty Officer ratings receiving a dependent allowance of $34.50 per month. All men receive an $116.50, free clothing, subsistence, medical and dental care and other benefits. Office open seven days a week. Hours 8:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily and from 8:90 a.m. to 12 noon on Sundays. Soldiers at Camp Blanding are saving old razor blades for conversion into munitions. Profits as high as $100 at a single exchange soda fountain have been recorded in a day at Camp Blanding. The three chapels at Camp Blanding are equipped with electric organs and can seat approximately 325 persons.

****SERVICE GUIDE****

OF CAREFULLY SELECTED :: :: RELIABLE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS Auto Service Coral Gables Garage COMPLETE AUTO SERVICE Greasing 132 Giralda Ave. Phone 4-2424 E. E. Edwards, Proprietor Beauty Salons Ann's Beauty Salon 2412 Ponce de Leon Boulevard ANN RHODEN Phone 4-6837 Fruits W. N. "Bill" Meyer Shipper of Florida's Finest Fruits "Typical Tropical Gifts" 2103 Ponce de Leon Boulevard Phone 48-1471 Pond Grove Rare Tropical Fruits, Avocados In Gift Boxes Cross Tracks at Princeton—Go West 5-8 Mile, Right 1-2 Mile Health Foods BRAGG SALADS 25c Gables Health Mart 216 Coral Way Ice Cream Triple Size ICE CREAM CONES 5c Colony Ice Cream Shop 204 Giralda Avenue Vern and Jean Hoff, Managers Men's Shops Furnishings For Men Jay's Men's Shop "Distinctive Haberdashers" 2322 Ponce de Leon Boulevard Radios R. C. Chatfield RADIO SPECIALIST All Makes 2414 Ponce de Leon Boulevard Victor - Columbia - Decca Records Shoe Repairs Boulevard Shoe Rebuilders 2324 Ponce de Leon Boulevard Good Service - Modern Equipment Expert Workmanship Real Estate Cray & Daino REALTORS Sales - Rentals - Lots 2332 Ponce de Leon Boulevard Phone 4-3570 Tap Rooms The Public Is Welcome at The Alhambra Tap Room Alhambra Circle & Salzedo Dancing, Music, Entertainment FRED V. DENSON, Proprietor Transfer & Storage Careful Furniture Moving in Closed Vans - Expert Packing and Crating - Complete Storage Service - Baggage Transfer - Chair Rental Lehman Transfer & Storage Company 226 Ave. Aragon Phone 4-3575 Yarn Shops Marion's Yarn Shop 240 Giralda Avenue Phone 48-1471 Expert Instruction Cleaning and Blocking Children's Classes Sat. 10 A. M. MARION BINKELE, Prop. Bars The Friendly Bar Phone 48-2105 305 Coral Way Coral Gables Watch and Jewelry Repairing Bryant Smith Watch and Jewelry REPAIRING "Opposite Post Office"