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THE RIVIERA - 22 YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE | Coral Gables Riviera | Largest Circulation of Any Weekly in South Florida With Red's | PUBLISHED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOONS | VOL. 21 - No. 48 (D) | U.P. Leased Wire | CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1947 | 8 PAGES | FIVE CENTS

MARSHALL TELLS CONGRESS SITUATION IS 'GRAVE'; ALSO ASKS CHINA AID

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. (UP) - Secretary of State George C. Marshall told Congress today that the cost of preventing Communist domination of Europe is $597,000,000 in immediate stop-gap aid, and $16,000,000,000 to $20,000,000,000 in well-planned help over the next four years. The situation in Europe is "grave," he said, and American aid is needed urgently to keep western Europe from going under. Marshall said the alternative is "tragedy for the world" and loss of important freedoms of the American people. He also disclosed that a definite proposal to aid China will be submitted to Congress later. Marshall appeared before the senate foreign relations committee and the house foreign affairs committee to make the administration's formal presentation of its European aid programs. Marshall said he could not guarantee "automatic success" for the program aimed at winning the cold war against Russia. "This is certainly not the program of a country seeking to exercise domination or to influence unduly any foreign country," he said. "... The United States seeks no special advantage and pursues no sinister purpose. It is a program of construction, production and recovery. It menaces no one."

Red Guerrilla Warfare Menaces Greek Freedom, Truman Tells Legislators

By DEAN W. DITTMER | United Press Staff Correspondent | WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. (UP) - President Truman told Congress today that American aid has saved Greece from economic collapse and kept her free, but warned that the situation remains "grave" because of continued Communist guerrilla warfare. Accordingly, he hinted that further aid to Greece will be necessary lest that embattled Balkan country become "fertile ground for totalitarian ideologies." Mr. Truman painted the dark picture in a letter transmitting to Congress the first report on the $400,000,000 Greek-Turkish aid program. Congress voted the aid - $300,000,000 to Greece and $100,000,000 to Turkey - last May after Mr. Truman's historic stop-Communism speech in March. The report, prepared by the State Department, said that reconstruction in Greece "has been hampered by continued guerrilla activity" which the Greek government had hoped to conclude last summer. It added bluntly: "If order can be restored, there is every reason to be optimistic about the recovery of Greece. If order is not restored, there can be no recovery."

Gen. Myers Sought Loan, Hughes Tells Committee

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. (UP) - Planemaker Howard Hughes testified today that Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers, wartime air force procurement officer, tried to borrow $200,000 from him during contract negotiations. He told the senate war investigating subcommittee that he turned down the request. He thought "it might be open to improper interpretation." He added that he did not think Meyers considered the proposition "purely as "improper." The subcommittee is investigating $40,000,000 worth of war contracts awarded to Hughes, west coast manufacturer and movie producer. It had heard earlier two versions of a $50,000 loan proposal involving Gen. Meyers and Hughes. Neil McCarthy, former Hughes attorney testified that Meyers tried to borrow $50,000 from the planemaker to finance the purchase of government bonds. Gen. Meyers denied this, saying it was the other way round - that Hughes wanted him to accept $50,000. Hughes' version today was virtually similar to that given by his former attorney, except for the amount. According to the testimony, no loans in any amount were actually made by Hughes to Meyers. Hughes said Meyers, through McCarthy, made the request for the $200,000 loan while the original $700,000,000 contract for 101 F-11's photo planes was being negotiated. This contract was later cut back to three planes.

U.S., Soviets Compromise On Partition of Palestine

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Nov. 10. (UP) - The United States and Russia agreed today on a compromise for terminating Great Britain's mandate over Palestine next May 1 and partitioning the troubled holy land into Jewish and Arab states by July 1. The compromise was hammered out in a private four-nation meeting after Russia abandoned its insistence on ending the British mandate Dec. 1 and altered its demand for a commission of the 11 UN security council countries to supervise the Holy Land for a year. The resultant agreement called for a commission of three or five small powers to represent the UN in the two-month period between the end of British control and the assumption of independence by Arab and Jewish Palestine states.

Union 'Featherbedding' is Blamed For Rising Building Costs Here

MIAMI, Fla., Nov. 10. (UP) - Two spokesmen at a building trade meeting here today blamed rising construction costs on the low output of union workers, and one said "the solution is not in sight." T. R. Mullen, of New York, president of the American Institute of Steel Construction, warned that "so long as productivity is subnormal, prices will be high. Productivity in the building trades is down nearly 50 percent from four years ago. "Featherbedding in our industry must be stopped if we are to have stabilization and full production," Mullen said.

Rita Hayworth, Welles Divorced

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 10. (UP) - Rita Hayworth, glamorous film actress, won a divorce from Orson Welles, 32, today after testifying that Welles "never showed any interest in establishing a home." Miss Hayworth appeared pale and wan as she testified. "I was married and yet I didn't have a husband," she told Superior Judge William B. McKesson in a husky voice. "Orson said that marriage interfered with his way of living. "During the entire period of our marriage he never showed any interest in maintaining or establishing a home. He didn't want the responsibilities of a home and he stayed away three-fourths of the time," she said. It took her 35 minutes to end her marriage with Welles.

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MR. DAVIDSON RESIGNS POST AT ST. PHILIPS | Vestry Honors Curate For Church Work

Resignation of the Rev. Nathaniel R. Davidson as curate of St. Philips Episcopal Church was announced today by Ray Goff, junior warden and acting chairman of the board of vestrymen. Davidson has been acting as Episcopal chaplain at the University of Miami since he preached his last sermon on Sept. 28, the Riviera-Times learned. Prior to his departure, the vestry presented the curate with a gold watch expressing appreciation of his "outstanding work" in the parish. Goff told the Riviera-Times that Davidson had been offered several "greater fields" but that he expressed a preference for "continuing his preparational training before assuming parochial responsibilities." Davidson has been connected with the church for the past two years as assistant to the Rev. Christopher Sparling and was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood by Bishop Henry I. Louttit about a year ago. Bishop Louttit will meet with the church vestry later this month to discuss the appointment of a successor to Davidson and other church matters.

REV. NATHANIEL DAVIDSON | Resigns Church Post

Minute Sea Prowler Seen Shortage Aid | Make Good Soup, Burgers, Says Dr. Walton-Smith

A marine biologist today said one solution to the nation's food shortage lies in invisible form in the salt water of the ocean. Dr. F. G. Walton Smith, director of the University of Miami's marine laboratory, claimed that plankton, minute organisms that swarm in the sea, make a good sandwich, rich in protein. Plankton soup, he said, is also nourishing and just as delicious as the plankton-burger. Smith recommended the microscopic organisms as good food for cattle as well as human being. "Plankton can supply a large part of the proteins and vitamins necessary to the well-being and health of the earth's two billion people," Smith declared. The problem will be in catching enough of them to make a meal. The biologist called the plankton mass a pasture of the sea, on which fish feed. Many of them are less than one-thousandth of an inch long, but some others are barely visible to the naked eye.

Doris Hart Slated For Victory Today

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Nov. 10 (UP) - Doris Hart of Coral Gables, Fla., was favored today to win the women's single championship in the Argentine open tennis tournament tomorrow when she faces Mrs. Patricia Canning Todd of LaJolla, Cal. Miss Hart won her semi-final round yesterday from Maria Teran de Weiss of Argentina, 6-2, 6-1, while Mrs. Todd scored her semi-final victory on Saturday, beating Felissa Piedrola of Argentina, 6-0, 6-3.

Business District Faces Renumbering | Causeway Fete Scene Shifts to Gables With Banquet Tonight at Country Club

Coral Gables becomes the focal point of attention in the three-day Crandon Park-Rickenbacker Causeway dedication festival tonight as dignitaries here for the event will be entertained at a banquet and dance at the Country Club of Coral Gables. Heading the list are Gov. Millard Caldwell, the distinguished guest list includes Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, County Commissioner Charles Crandon, Gov. and Mrs. J. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, Rear Admiral Ralph Davidson, commandant Seventh Naval District, and Maj. Gen. Sumter L. Lowry, commanding general of the 51st Division of the Florida National Guard. Vice Mayor Frank N. Holley will represent the city of Coral Gables in the absence of Mayor W. Keith Phillips while Charles B. Tutan, president of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce, will represent the civic body. The dinner is sponsored by the Chambers of Commerce of Coral Gables, Miami and Miami Beach. Over 6,000 persons attended dedication ceremonies on Sunday when the causeway linking the mainland to Crandon Park was officially opened with pagentry and martial music. Tuesday's program will include an Armistice Day parade, choosing of the Tequestra Queen and fireworks on Tuesday night.

City Commission To Get Program At Next Meeting

From 50 to 75 per cent of the business places in Coral Gables will be affected by a street renumbering program which will be presented to the city commission next Tuesday, C. W. Robinson Jr., director of public works, revealed today. Robinson said that his department is conducting a survey of the area in an effort to eliminate confusion caused by two or more businesses having the same street number. The numbering system will be changed through passage of an ordinance. | Trouble Basis Cited | He declared that the basis for the trouble started in 1925 when only one number was assigned to each lot. Since then buildings housing as many as four businesses have been constructed on one lot, and as a result new construction is without street numbers and duplication has arisen throughout the district. The survey is being made by George L. Walter of Robinson's office. It must be completed by December 10, the deadline for changes to be made in the new telephone directories. "We are trying to eliminate the use of half numbers and A, B, C numbering," Robinson stated. | Imposes Penalties | The ordinance will also impose penalties on anyone changing a street number without proper authorization. He cited as examples of discrepancies the fact that Dad's Barber Shop and Snow's liquor store are both numbered 2320 Ponce de Leon Boulevard. Another instance concerns the numbering of the Hawley Russell Real Estate office at 2301 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, the Beauty Bar upstairs at 2301 1/2 and Ringer's Jewelry Store at 2303. Because of the numbering, there is no number left for the adjacent store building being constructed by W. T. McIlwain. He also related that Razook's on Miracle Mile had been numbered 350 while Yrene's is 352, with eight vacant lots between. "There are hundreds of similar examples," he stated. Robinson stated that the post office department has asked the city to correct the numbering as soon as possible to facilitate postal delivery.

"Business As Usual" Slated For Armistice Day Here

Coral Gables' City Hall will be closed tomorrow in observance of Armistice Day, City Clerk E. B. Poorman has announced, but local banks, schools and the majority of the stores here will not be affected by the holiday. There will be no home delivery or collection of mail, says Superintendent of Mails John L. Beauchamp. Collection of mail at postoffice boxes will be on a Sunday schedule but special delivery will go on as usual. Dade County schools will keep their regular schedules with the exception of one minute at precisely eleven a. m., when the clatter of the classroom will be silenced in honor of the war dead. The Coral Gables First National Bank, Coral Gables Federal Savings and Loan Association and the Florida National Bank at Coral Gables will be open as usual. All shops and stores will also be open for business tomorrow, reports the Chamber of Commerce. The only exceptions will be a few individual proprietors who may decide to shutter their shops.

Zoners Study Frat Houses

A discussion of the type of duplex residences and fraternity houses to be permitted on Avenue Campo Santo and a small sector of University Drive is slated for the meeting fo the Zoning Board tonight at 7:30 tonight at city hall. An ordinance changing the zoning to permit duplexes and fraternities houses on University Drive from Blue Road to Campo Santo and on Campo Santo from University Drive to Blue Road was passed on first reading last week by the city commission. Authority to rule on the type of construction was delegated to the Zoning Board. Mrs. G. C. Bamberg has filed notice of appearance before the board to request permission to construct a wire fence in the rear of her house at 2017 Red Road for a children's play yard.

'TOO FRIGHTENED' TO NAB PROWLER

The M. J. Robinsons, 1124 Avenue Sevilla, were awakened at 3:45 Sunday morning by the sound of a prowler entering the side door of their residence. Robinson told police that they made no move to apprehend him as they were "too frightened", but called headquarters as soon as they heard the intruder leave. An inspection of the premises revealed nothing missing.

2-Way Radios Put Doctors On Hospital Call Everywhere

"Coral Gables Hospital calling Dr. Blank! Coral Gables Hospital calling Dr. Blank! This is an emergency!" Calls like this and similar ones will soon fill the local airwaves when installation is completed on a radio system through which the local hospital can call doctors with patients at the institution and talk to them while they are riding in their automobiles. It is the first time such a system has been used in this area. Under the plan, two-way radios using a short-wave frequency, will be installed in the cars of doctors who use the hospital's facilities. A microphone installed near the hospital's telephone switchboard will act as the nerve-center of the emergency system. If it is necessary to reach a doctor in an emergency and he cannot be contacted by phone, an emergency call will be broadcast for him over the hospital's frequency. The doctor, in turn, if he is in his automobile, can talk with the hospital and describe emergency treatment for the patient while he is speeding toward the institution. The system will be bolstered through an internal radio system which has already been installed. Radio receivers have been set up on each floor, enabling conversation between floors and with the main office on the ground floor.

Pop Bottle Quells Negro In Attack on Detective

Detective Lieut. A. M. Bishop found that a Coca-Cola bottle can come in handy as a "pacifier" when he was attacked by a youthful Negro on Saturday afternoon in the Golden Gate Grocery, S. Dixie Highway. As a result of the encounter, Roy Hartness, 18, 3688 Day Avenue, will face charges of disorderly conduct, using abusive and profane language, resisting arrest and striking a police officer, when he appears in municipal court this evening. Bishop was in the store when the Negro entered and ordered a bottle of pop. He immediately began to use profane language and berate the clerk, Bishop charged. When Bishop approached him and identified himself as a police officer, the Negro youth walked to the front of the store and in a loud voice threatened to kill the Gables detective, whom he described in profane terms, the police report revealed. When the detective placed him under arrest the Negro attacked him and in the encounter, Bishop said he grabbed a Coca-Cola bottle and "used what force was necessary, then made him lie on the floor until the police car arrived."

Flag Ceremonies Slated by Legion In Schools Here

Flag presentation ceremonies will be conducted at the Coral Gables Elementary School and at St. Theresa School by Coral Gables Post 98, the American Legion, tomorrow in observance of Armistice Day. The Legion Post has assumed the obligation of placing an American Flag in every class room in each of the three Coral Gables schools, as well as providing larger flags for the auditoriums and the outdoor flag poles. Ceremonies are under the direction of Joseph A. Byerly, chairman of the Post's School Affairs Committee, and the presentation address will be made by Paul Brinson, judge-advocate of the Post. The program will begin at 9 a.m. at the Coral Gables Elementary School, and at 10 a.m. at St. Theresa. Similar exercises will be held at a later date at the Ponce de Leon High School.

Woman Injured In Crash With Bus

Mrs. Harriet Gordon, 39, is recovering from shock and minor injuries at her home 4623 SW 10th Street, Miami, after an auto driven by her husband, Alex E. Gordon, collided with a bus owned by the city of Coral Gables at Granada Boulevard and Avenue Almeria on Saturday. Mrs. Gordon was examined by Dr. A. H. Weiland and released. She suffered from a slight case of shock. Driver of the bus was John C. Sampson of 6484 SW 28th Street, Miami. Gordon said the bus had failed to halt at the stop sign and Sgt. Carl Whalen of the Coral Gables Police Department, who investigated the accident, reported that the pavement at the scene did not show any brake marks. The left side of the Gordon car, a 1940 Buick coach, was badly smashed in.

FROG SPIRITED FROM GOLF POST

A green, ornamental iron frog that "guarded" the entrance to Jack Bryte's carpet golf course, Salzedo Street and University Drive, was stolen from its "post of duty" on Saturday night. Bryte told Gables police that he discovered the theft when he opened the miniature links for business on Sunday.

Funeral Tonight For Mrs. Flynn, Gables Pioneer

Services will be held at 7:30 p.m. tonight for Mrs. Charles F. Flynn, 72, of 2103 Country Club Prado, who passed away Friday in a local hospital after a brief illness. The services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Christopher Sparling, pastor of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, of which Mrs. Flynn was a member. Burial will take place in New York, her former home. She leaves a son Grant T. Flynn, who has arrived from his home in Chappaqua, N.Y. to attend the last rites, and a grandson, Charles F. also of Chappaqua. Mrs. Flynn is among the pioneers of Coral Gables, who saw the town grow from the opening of the famed Biltmore Hotel in 1925, to its present great size. Her (Please turn to Page Two)

S. Miami Zoners To Get Two Pleas

The South Miami Zoning Board is expected to pass tonight on two applications. Katherine McKay has applied for rezoning of the apartment block at Bird and Red Roads for limited commercial use and Charles T. Fuchs of the Holsum Baking Company has asked that zoning of the strip on U.S. Route One at Davis Road be altered to allow apartments.

Building Permits Total $25,000

Permits for the construction of two new residences were reported today by Building Inspector Gilbert B. Campbell. T. S. Dill will construct at $12,-000 house at 1401 Cadiz Street designed by Leroy K. Albert. D. C. Schneider was granted a permit to erect a $13,000 residence at 547 Avenue Minorca. Carlos B. Schoeppel is the architect.

Youth Breaks Arm In Fall From Tree

Walter Cold, 8, learned a lesson in gravity the hard way Saturday when he fell out of a tree near his home. He was rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital for emergency treatment for a compound fracture of the right arm and is now toting a plaster cast around with him. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Cold of 4726 SW 8th St. will return to his third grade classes at the Coral Gables Elementary School in a few days.

Directors Meeting Called

There will be an important meeting of the board of directors of the Coral Gables War Memorial Youth Center this evening at 8 p. m., Mrs. M. Lewis Hall, secretary, announced.

Grass Fire Extinguished

The Coral Gables fire department extinguished a grass fire which broke out at 1 p. m. today at Cardena Street and Avenue Valencia.

LICENSE TAG STOLEN

H. R. Snodgrass, 848 Alherea Street, told police on Sunday night that someone had stolen the license plate from his automobile. w

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Ross Initiates 10 Elks at Rites On Official Visit to Local Lodge

Making his first official call on Coral Gables Lodge of the Elks, District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Peter J. Ross of Key West was honored here Saturday at an elaborate dinner and reception. Ross was accompanied by a large delegation of Key West Elks. Highlight of the ceremony was the initiation of ten new members of the Coral Gables Lodge. They were Luther L. Chandler, George M. Corrigan, Patrick J. Currier, James E. Duggan, Joe L. Godwin, William J. Lane, Lewis C. Persch, J. W. Rankin, William Savage and Lyon H. Williams Jr. Among the prominent Elks present were Walter W. Wigman, (Please turn to Page Two)

3 Pan-Handling Boys 'Committed' To Youth Center for Their 'Crime'

Three small boys, who thought they'd bolster their weekly allowances by pan-handling, found themselves "sentenced" to the Coral Gables War Memorial Youth Center today. Police were called Saturday when the youngsters, two aged six and the other seven, knocked on the door of Mrs. C. F. Davis, 120 Alhambra Plaza, and demanded money. When she refused, she reported that the boys used vile language. Sgt. Harry Bell, after questioning the youths, ordered them to report to the Youth Center "on the double", where they were placed in the custody of Betty Ward, program director, for rehabilitation.

FACE GAMBLING CHARGE

Ben Wattley, Willie McDonald, Willie Albert and Louis Nelly, Negroes, face charges of gambling in municipal court this evening. They were arrested on Saturday afternoon when Officers A. E. Tipton and Robert Ingersoll broke up a gambling game on Grand Avenue.

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TODAY'S WEATHER

Partly cloudy and warmer today, tonight and Tuesday.