Coral Gables Riviera

Gables 17th Birthday Edition

CORAL GABLES RIVIERA

AN INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 17TH YEAR NO. 15 CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, APRIL 24, 1942 PRICE FIVE CENTS

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Shaw Adopts Economy Program Non-Essential Expenditures Abandoned

A program of strict economy for the duration of the war was laid out for Coral Gables municipal operations this week by City Manager George N. Shaw. The City Manager stated that loss in revenue in several departments, brought on by war-time conditions, necessitated slicing expenditures to the bone, to prevent future tax increases. Shaw said that he was adopting a policy of spending money only for absolutely necessary municipal operations, and that all expenditures that were not vital to the actual departmental operations would be abolished. The City Manager said he would rather cut out such expenditures than cut down personnel and slash salaries, and stated that the hoped that the latter would not be necessary.

Blimp Base Office Is Opened Here Will Direct Operations From Coral Gables

Work on South Dade County's $6,000,000 Navy blimp base got under way this week, with headquarters being set up in Coral Gables at 2128 Ponce de Leon Boulevard. The work is being directed by Lieut. E. W. Southworth of the Navy's engineering department. Offices of the contractors, Jadwin and Tompkins, were also opened at the Coral Gables headquarters. Trees are now being cleared at the site in the pinelands west of Perrine.

Realty Exam Scheduled For Wednesday

Examinations for prospective real estate brokers and salesmen will be conducted at 9 o'clock next Wednesday morning in the City Hall, according to an announcement by Warren Lehman, secretary of the exam-ining board. A $2.00 fee will be required with each applica-tion. The examination will cover general information about Coral Gables and eral estate prob-lems.

In Cabaret Saturday

Mrs. Leo C. Cloney and Mrs. Edward Gieffths, garbed as harem girls, give a preview of the annual Coral Gables Junior Woman's Club Cabaret, which will take place tomorrow night at the Royal Palm Club.

Rites for Secretary Observed Mrs. Lindborg Took Own Life; Here 15 Years

Funeral services for Alvie Smith Lindborg, 40, for 15 years secretary of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce, were held at 10 o'clock yesterday morning at the Philbrick Funeral Home on Ponce de Leon Boulevard. Dr. Ladislau Biro, In deference to a last request, contained in one of the suicide notes, The Riviera is refraining from publishing Mrs. Lindborg's picture. pastor of the University Baptist Church, conducted the services. Mrs. Lindborg was found hanged in her home, 215 Avenue Romano, Tuesday by police, after friends had reported her missing since Sunday. The fact that she had not opened the Chamber of Commerce office on Monday and Tuesday was not discovered because Tracy Hollingsworth, only other employee, had been in Orlando attending a convention of pub-licity men. O. B. Sutton, justice of the peace and coroner, said that Mrs. Lindborg had apparently soaked a towel in chloroform and placed it over her head, after fixing a rope around her neck. The towel, held securely in place with a rubber zipper bag pulled over it, was still on her head when she was discovered. Friends reported that Mrs. Lindborg had been melancholic for the past year and had also been in ill health. She left several notes, directing what was to be done with her body and her property. The body was sent to Athens, Ga., for burial. Mrs. Lindborg was born in Athens, where her mother, Mrs. Tom Smith, is still living. She was a member of the Coral Gables Chapter, D. A. R., the Business and Professional Women's Club, the Miami Zonta Club, the Florida Commercial Secretaries Association and the University Baptist Church. She has been identified with every civic movement in the area for the last 15 years. She was the originator of the Aviation Breakfasts, staged by the B. and P. W. Club annually with the All-American Air Maneuvers. She is survived by her mother, a sister, Mrs. John Calhoun Peterson of Alley, Fa., and a brother, C. B. Smith, of Hattiesburg, Miss. She was divorced from her husband, Harry Lindborg, about a year ago.

Fashion Show Tonight Opens Celebration Of City's 17th Birthday Observance; Week of Sales Being Featured In All Stores War Influence Is Emphasized In Costumes

The influence of the war on women's fashions will be much in evidence tonight when the Kiwanis Style Show and Dance opens the Festival of Values at the Country Club of Coral Gables. Through a special arrangement with the Dade County Defense Council, one of the features of the show will be the modeling of the uniforms worn by the women in many of the phases of war work. The war influence will also be stressed in the other clothes to be shown, as the WPB regulations governing women's styles will be outlined and demonstrated. American and R. A. F. navigation cadets from the University of Miami will act as escorts for the models. The models will wear the new-est in daytime dresses, sport clothes, tea, dinner and evening clothes, slacks and bathing suits designed for the new mode of living, featuring all the curtailment of war-time saving, eliminating and substituting. Good grooming, shows to be played by plastics in jewelry, bags and shoes will also be emphasized. Proceeds from the show will be used for the Kiwanis Under-privileged Child Fund. Alma Sanchez is directing the performance. Modeling for Daniels will be the Misses Virginia Butler, Mary Cheesbro, Peggy Sargent, Ann Sargent, Ann Cone, Helen Linder and Ruth Tanner. Displaying clothes for the Coral Gables Dress Shop will be Mrs. C. H. Brock, Miss Elaine Crandall, Mrs. Catherine Elamson, Miss Evelyn McClure and Miss Dorothy Smith. All shoes to be worn in the show will be furnished by the Bootery, 248 Coral Way. A special hat display has been arranged by Gladys Winthrop, milliner, with Mrs. Frank Baily as model. Many of the models will carry bags and wear costume jewelry from the Dianne Shop, 246 Coral Way. Mrs. Janet Harris will act as special model for that store. Hank Miller, the child star of the motion picture, "Here Comes the Marines," and Sallie Lou Berger, the captivating little miss who stole the show at the Theater of the Fifteen, will lead the patricide parade of young folks' togs from Minna Lee. The children's clothes will bear out a red, white and blue color scheme. Other models include Joan Broek-off, Jimmie Peck, Jimmie Rankin, Catherine Manor and Anne Morrow. Tropical, sterling and rhinestone jewelry from the La Mod-ern Gift Shop will be worn by many of the models. Modeling for the Valencia Shop will be Miss Alice Tolleson, Miss Nancy Bowen, Miss Jackie Wilcox, Mrs. Janet Harris, Miss Jackie Roffler and the nationally known model, Mary Joyce Walsh. Makeup and hairdressing will be done by Harper Method Beauty Salon, Ann's Beauty Salon, Vance Beauty Salon and Alma Sanchez, hairdresser. Flowers will be supplied by the Coral Gables Flower Shop.

Big Dance Slated For Wednesday

Value is the by-word in Coral Gables today as local merchants prepare to observe the city's 17th birthday with the annual Festival of Values. Andrew Houston, president of the Merchant's Bureau, said yesterday that shoppers would find super-values in every Gables store during the sale period, which extends from April 25 through May 2. "Shoppers are really getting the presents this time, even though it's the city's birthday," Houston said. "Man of the articles offered this week at exceedingly low prices cannot be replaced for the duration of the war at any price." Sam Weissel, chairman of the transportation committee, reported yesterday that free bus transportation will be offered to the Gables business district between 10 A. M. and noon on each Wednesday, Monday, and Wednesday. All city busses will carry passengers to the terminal free of fare. In addition, the city bus coming from Miami will pick up passengers along Coral Way and Southwest Third Avenue between those hours on those days. Weissel's jitneys will also offer free transportation to the Gables from South Miami, Hialeah and Miami Springs. On Wednesday evening, city and Chamber of Commerce officials will be guests of honor at the City Birthday Dance which will be held at the Country Club of Coral Gables. C. H. MacDonald, chairman of the dance committee, announces that all residents and visitors are invited to attend this dance. Admission will be 55 cents a person. Floral displays decorating merchants' windows during Festival Week, will be supplied by members of the Coral Gables Garden Club.

Tokio Bombing Aids Local Bond Sales; Bond Waits Bomber

News of the bombing of Tokio sent Coral Gables residents rushing to buy War Bonds and Stamps to supply more ammunition and planes to repeat the raids on Japan, A. L. McLean, superintendent of mails for Coral Gables, said yesterday. The rush to the bond window began last Saturday when 33 bonds, ranging in value from $25 to $1,000, were sold in the morning. The increased sales have held up all week, McLain said. James Santocroce, local tailor, who purchased a $50 bond several months ago for the first U. S. flier to bomb Tokio, is now endeavoring to try to find the flier's name, so that he can forward the bond.

Men Aged 45 to 64 To Register

Emphasizing that the Selective Service registration Monday (April 27) will make possible an urgently needed comprehensive inventory of the nation's manpower for war production, Brig.-Gen. Vivian Collins, State Director of Selective Service, today pointed out that it effects every male resident in Florida between the ages of 45 and 64 years, inclusive, with a few exceptions made by Congress. The requirement, the General explained, is that all male persons not previously registered, who attained their forty-fifth birthday on or before February 16, 1942, and who have not attained their 65th birthday on or before April 27, 1942, must register between 7 A. M. and 9 P. M. on April 27. In other words, all registered men who were born on or after April 28, 1877, or on or before February 16, 1897, must register. In Coral Gables, registration will take place at the Coral Gables Elementary School and at Draft Board 7 headquarters on Giralda Avenue. Registrants must answer all questions asked by the registrar for notation on the registration card. It is important that the registrant describe his place of residence in detail and give full particulars as to the address at which he will be sure to receive mail or other communications. Anyone unavoidably away from home Monday may register at the most convenient registration place, the General said, but all registrants are urged to make every effort to register within their own local boards to avoid possible confusion in the future. Any person who must register away from home is warned to carefully specify his "home address" so that his registration card may be forwarded promptly to his own local board. Special registrars will be provided to register men who cannot appear at a designated registration place because of illness or other incapacity, the General stated, but it is incumbent upon such men to advise a registrar in their local board area of their inability to appear. The phone number of Draft Board 7 is 4-6333. General Collins pointed out that these men from 46 to 64 years old now registering are not liable for military service under the Selective Service Act of 1940, as amended.

Lions Name Officers

New officers of the Coral Gables Lions Club were announced yesterday, following balloting held at noon Wednesday at the Country Club of Coral Gables. Leland Shepard, unopposed for the presidency, had his election confirmed by the membership. Vice-presidents include L. W. Henderson, Jr., Oliver Hoover and H. W. MacDonald. Albert E. Harum was elected secretary; George F. Langram, Jr., treasurer; Clyde Higgins, Lion tamer, and Hayes Wood, tail twister.

Bowlers Start New League Here Tonight

A new bowling league will get under way here tonight when teams swing into action at the Playdium on Tamiami Trail. Teams already entered include the Royal Palm Ice Co., Hudepohl Beer, Tycoon Tackle Co., Jimmie's Bar, Royal Palm Fixtures, Royal Palm Ice Co., J. M. Blow Title Co., Miami Mills, Inc., and Custom Built Furniture Co. One more team will be added and there are pleces for several bowlers, with averages of 160 or better, on the other teams. Those interested can call Art Hoehm at 4-9433.

Percy Grainger Plays Monday

Playing several of his own compositions, Percy Grainger, well-known Australian-born pianist, will return to Miami Monday for an appearance with the University of Miami Symphonic Band, which is directed by Walter Sheaffer. Grainger will again appear with the band as guest conductor and soloist. Among Mr. Grainger's own compositions to be played by the band, "The Duke of Marlborough" and English folksong, which is set for brass choir and "The Gumsuckers," an Australian march, which is written for piano and full band.

17th Birthday Finds U. of M. Geared to Wartime Needs In Georgia Ponce Mentor Takes Post

To the University of Miami, the seventeenth birthday of Coral Gables has a particular significance. It is a joint observation, for, like the "City of Beautiful Homes," the University, too, is celebrating its seventeenth birthday. The history of both the city and the University have run parallel through these seventeen years. Both started on the crest of the wave of affluence, only to be hurtled back by Nature's devastating hurricane of September 18, 1926. By dint of much "belt pulling," by by exerting the greatest economies possible, Coral Gables and the University both weathered the storm. But their joint troubles were not over. Faced with the plague of Depression, the next years were to prove tests for both. The University, instead of having an endowment of several millions of dollars, suddenly found itself owing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Working in close collaboration, the board of trustees and the City Fathers ploughed through these troublesome years and emerged successful. And now, on the occasion of this seventeenth birthday party, both again find themselves facing a joint problem. Both have to again readjust in unison, to meet the new demands for defense. The city has to protect its own property and citizens and the University to lay plans to best educate and prepare youth to be able to leave its sheltering doors and join in the all-out for war effort. In addition to specialized training for the undergraduate body, special training is being offered to the more mature, in many cases designed to assist those no longer eligible for the combatant forces, but who wish to serve in the production end of the war effort. Courses for Older Folk Specially designed to meet the requirements of the older group are the varied courses offered under the auspices of the Engineering Science, Management Defense Training of the United States Office of Education thru the University of Florida at the (Please turn to Page six) Ponce de Leon High School's football coach, Dana McLendon, announced his resignation this week to accept a post as principal and athletic director of the Albany, Ga., High School. McLendon, who came here in 1939, lifted the school from its athletic doldrums and his tenure of office has been marked by a great improvement in athletics at the local high school. McLendon told The Riviera that a call from the Navy may yet prevent him from taking the Georgia post. He has applied for a commission in the Navy's recreation division. Shop Now! Take advantage of Birthday Festival Values!

Youth Is Freed To Join Navy

Richard Hopkins Aime, 21-year-old Yale University student, who was arrested by Coral Gables police on March 25 and later turned over to the FBI on charges of transporting a stolen car across a state line, was released Wednesday by United States Commissioner Roger Davis. Aime was given his freedom when his attorney, Vincent Giblin and U. S. District Attorney George Smathers said he intended to enter the Navy. The car, which was rented in New Haven, Conn., was returned to the boy's father, and restitution made, Gables police stated.

Dist. Supt. Here

Dr. R. Z. Tyler, district superintendent of the Miami district Methodist Church, will preach at the 11 o'clock service Sunday at the Coral Gables Methodist Church.

Father-Son Banquet Planned by Optimists

Plans for a father and son banquet on May 14 were announced yesterday by the Coral Gables Optimist Club. Members of the club also registered as volunteer blood donors and will go in a body to the blood bank some time next week. Kneale Morgan has been appointed corresponding secretary.

DE GARMO UNIT SELECTS BOY

Clyde Hudson, student at Ponce de Leon High School and Coconut Grove resident, has been selected by the unit as its candidate for a week at "Boys' State," an activity of the Legion held at Tallahassee each June. Clyde will spend one week with other candidates from the state learning the principles of government and electing their own officers. The boy selected for this honor must be a junior and of high scholastic standing, picked by the faculty.

Two Gableites To Study Aviation

Two Coral Gables young men, Sidney G. Keep, 3408 Toledo Street, and Walter P. Sheahan, 232 Zamora Avenue, enrolled this week in Embry-Riddle School of Aviation in Miami. Keep, an investor, who was born in Reading, England, is taking an instrument technician's course, while Sheahan, a licensed pilot, is taking an aircraft engine mechanics course.

From Long Trip

Mr. and Mrs. William Gregg Blanchard, 5130 Maynada, have returned from an extended motor trip to Washington and Texas.

SPENCE SPEAKS AT JAYCEE MEETING

Members of the Coral Gables Junior Chamber of Commerce heard a patriotic address at their meeting Wednesday night delivered by A. N. Spence, on "Why I May Not Have Sugar in My Coffee."

To Virginia

Mrs. Samuel Carter Morton, Jr., left Sunday for Richmond, Va., after spending the winter with her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gilmer Mathews, in Coral Gables.

MISS BEAMON'S RECITAL TO BE AT COUNTRY CLUB

Dr. and Mrs. Lindsey Pankey are sponsoring Olive Beamon in a studio recital from 4 until 5 o'clock Saturday at the Country Club of Coral Gables. More than 20 boys and girl students of Miss Beamon in pi ano are taking part.

Control of Money, Goods Held Essential

By WALTER LIPPMANN The one clearest and most certain thing about price control and inflation is that these complex problems cannot be handled by Mr. Henderson's office alone, or by the Treasury alone. The problems arise inevitably in wartime because the supply of money which people have for spending is very much greater than the supply of goods and services which the people can buy with their money. It is necessary, therefore, to control both the supply of money and the supply of goods. If this is done successfully, there must exist some kind of economic general staff which is able to lay down policy in the whole field where agencies like the Treasury or Mr. Henderson's office operate. For while in theory the President has the power to formulate the general policy, in fact he cannot have the time and the knowledge to exercise this power personally, and he must, therefore, delegate it. If the reports are correct that he is preparing to set up some such general staff, then we are on our way to getting a practical grip on this extremely elusive subject. When it comes to formulating the policy, the most widely accepted formula is that which is identified with Mr. Baruch. It calls for a general ceiling on the prices of all goods and services. There are, I realize, very few men now discussing the question who believe as I do that this formula obscures rather than clarifies the real issues. But there are some who do believe just that-who believe that the Baruch formula is at best a stop-gap device for the very short run, capable perhaps of holding prices temporarily until more effective measures can be thought out and applied, but that for the long run, because it is based on an economic fallacy, the formula will not work and has a strong tendency to divert attention from the necessary measures. It is a fallacy, I submit, to teach the people to believe that if prices are forbidden to rise, inflation has been prevented. It is much more important to understand that frozen prices cannot prevent inflation; if there has been an infla-(Please turn to Page four)