Coral Gables Historical Archive
Coral Gables Riviera-Times
Tuesday, November 18, 1947, page 2 (of 8)
The page
The text of this pageRead by computer from the scan, so some words may be wrong. The page picture is the original.
31 Die as Blaze Plows Through Store
WELLINGTON, N. Z., Nov. 18. (UP)—Fire swept Ballantyne's department store at the height of the shopping rush this afternoon and police said they had recovered 31 bodies. Police said they expected to find more bodies in the ruins. Christ church is well as the store, the largest and finest in Wellington, was gutted. Witnesses said the store "burst" into flame and they had no idea where it started. It swiftly swept the four-story building and started a panic among the customers. Many were trapped on the top floor. Within 15 minutes, the old rambling building was burning from top to bottom, some customers leaped screaming from the windows and were injured seriously. Twelve were roasted alive when the power failed and the elevator jammed between floors.
Russia Preparing for War Dirksen Warns Congress
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. (UP)—Rep. Everett M. Dirksen, R., Ill., declared today that Russia is "feverishly preparing" for war. He said the "cold war" between the United States and the Soviet Union easily could lead to shooting in Germany unless we bolster that country against the spread of Communism. Dirksen said Germany is the key to Europe. He said it must not be abandoned lest Russia completely dominate the continent. Already, Dirksen told the House, the "steady and unheralded business of preparing for war goes steadily forward in the Soviet Union." He said Russia is producing tanks, guided missiles and tactical and jet planes at "an alarming rate." Even Money Bet "In many quarters," he said, "one can secure an even money wager that war is in the offing." Dirksen, chairman of a special House Congressional Armed Services-appropriations committee which recently toured Europe, said the United States could choose to abandon Europe, and particularly Germany, to the Soviet Union. "If we do," he said, "let's realize that we are playing for keeps." In that case, he said it would mean that "henceforth Stalin will write the ticket and we shall do business with European countries on his basis." Dirksen said this would imperil western civilization and "mean regimentation for us." Two Courses Open The other courses open to the United States, Dirksen said, would be to provide "niggardly aid"—and "it may have been too niggardly already"—or provide "decent, selective, adequate aid, having due regard for the availability of supplies and the capacity of our own country to produce." In carrying out a program to revitalize German economy, Dirksen said, Poland and France first must be assured that we do not intend to build up German industry to a point where it might become a war potential. But, at the same time, he said, the destiny of Germany "involves the ultimate destiny of America, the safeguarding of our freedom." Therefore, we must vigorously attack the problem of Communism in that defeated enemy country.
Miss McCreedy Sings Tonight At 17th Concert
Marion McCreedy, soprano, will be the soloist with the Philharmonic String Orchestra of Coral Gables in the 17th of a series of informal concerts at the Country Club tonight. Miss McCreedy is a native of Michigan now residing in Coral Gables and has been featured with such musical organizations as the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. She will render selections from Gounod, Debussy and Victor Herbert and the orchestra will play the music of Prokofieff, Sibelius and Tschaikowsky. Featured with the orchestra will be Miss Charlotte Amidon at the oboe and Eleanor Clark Linton at the piano.
'Beat Florida' Fete Launched
A mammoth bonfire and a parade displaying the University of Miami's colors will feature the alumni homecoming week and traditional "Beat Florida" rally beginning today. Almost 5,000 students will help build the bonfire tomorrow and 40 floats and 500 automobiles bedecked with orange, green and white banners will parade through Coral Gables streets Friday evening. The celebration get underway at noon today with a special assembly at which the attendance of all students is compulsory. The big parade is scheduled for Thursday, with four leading Coral Gables citizens to judge the various floats as they pass through the streets of the Gables. On Friday, the bulk of the hundreds of old Miami men will begin to arrive here and that night the Homecoming Queen will receive her crown. Coral Gables merchants will present her gifts at a special program over the air.
City OK's $31,000 In New Building
Two permits totaling $31,000 were issued today by Building Inspector Gilbert B. Campbell. Frank Moore was issued a permit to construct a $19,000 store building at 223-5 Avenue Minorea. H. George Fink is the architect and A. Niles Wayte the contractor. H. W. Barton will build a $12,000 residence at 5810 Maggiore Street. It was designed by W. R. Shiner.
UVC to Present Colors to Pratt
The national colors and three church flags, Protestant, Catholic and Jewish, presented to Pratt Veterans Hospital by the United Veterans' Council, will be formally dedicated at ceremonies to be held in the hospital chapel at 8 p.m. feature a massing of the colors on Sunday, it was announced today. Arthur DiVincent, commander of the UVC, has urged all veterans organizations and their auxiliaries to attend the ceremony which will the chapel rostrum.
Jaycees Arise So Streets May Shine Challenge Kiwanis to Match Dawn Safari
(Continued from Page One) fore dawn. They reported to F. J. Neff of the fire department, who is supervising the work for the Chamber of Commerce Christmas committee. Also on hand were E. D. Rogers, Geoffrey Helm and James B. Moore of the Christmas Committee executive secretary and Mrs. Sam Pany, who appeared garbed in shorts for the occasion. Hot Coffee Provided The rear end of a fire truck was converted into a galley by Mrs. Moore, Chamber of Commerce executive secretary and Mrs. Sam Elcook, who provided the workers with hot coffee. Crews were quickly organized into wire stringers, socket attachers and bulb inserters and the work proceeded speedily. By 7:30 lights were in place from Alhambra Circle to Coral Way on Ponce de Leon, and from Coral Way to Hall to Douglas Road on the Miracle Mile section of Coral Way. Casualties were held to a minimum and consisted mainly of blistered thumbs and a few minor cuts from broken bulbs. A ladder truck was provided by the city and by the Collier Tree Experts, doing tree trimming work under contract with Florida Power and Light Company. Challenge Kiwianians Frank Tye, Christmas committee member who lined up the Jaycee crew said today that his organization is challenging the Coral Gables Kiwanis Club to turn out tomorrow morning at 5 o'clock to complete the work. The challenge was enthusiastically seconded by Junior Chamber President Ben Turner and City Commissioner Dave Hendrick, both of whom were among Jaycees. Lights still must be strung on Ponce South of Coral Way and north of Alhambra Circle and on the north side of Coral Way from Ponce to LeJeune Road. When wiring is in place, four-foot lighted Christmas trees will be inserted in the flag standards of each light pole.
Banks Here Watch For Bogus Bills
(Continued from Page One) East Coast counterfeit ring that distributed huge sums of poorly copied $20 bills were still at large today following the arrest of 13 other members of the gang, including the Southeastern "manager." but Federal men said they were keeping close tabs on them. Existence of the ring was revealed yesterday when secret service men announced they had arrested 25-year-old Floyd Fallon and 12 others had taken $68,000 of the phoney Federal reserve notes. Secret service men here said that six men were arrested in the Miami area and another suspect, who they claimed was carrying $30,000 of the bogus bills was taken in New Jersey. He was identified as Perry Burrone. In Resort Area Officers said a good part of the gang's counterfeit output was distributed in the Florida resort area, but that $50,000 and the plates for the $20 Federal reserve notes were still unaccounted for. Secret Service Chief R. M. McDavid in Miami said the bills were "lousy imitations." He said the portrait of Andrew Jackson was poorly etched and that the delicate scroll work on the bills was omitted. Fallon was taken at a Jacksonville tourist camp and was carrying $7,420 in spurious notes. Officers said he had used a private airplane during the alleged distribution of the money. Three other men arrested with Fallon were found to be fugitives and returned to Georgia and Florida prisons to complete sentences, McDavid said. Of the six men arrested in the Miami area, McDavid said one had been released, three were free on bond and the remaining pair were in the county jail. Fallon was held under $17,000 bond, including $7,000 in a sugar coupon forgery case which comes to trial in January.
Winter Visitors Returning To Coral Lake Park
By VERA BARNES Riviera-Times Correspondent We have ever so many new trailers pulling into the Park every now and then; returning winter visitors. Among the returnees are Mr. and Mrs. McAllister from Chatanooga, Tenn. This is their third visit to Florida. They had a lot of bad luck on their return home this spring. They had just gotten in and were in bed when fire broke out in their furnace room and completely demolished their daughter's house which adjoins theirs, and did quite a lot of damage to their house. Fortunately they were adequately covered by insurance, but it can never replace the valuable collection of antiques that their daughter had collected over a period of 14 years. Horse Trainer Arrives Mr. and Mrs. Harry Albrecht have arrived from Elmont, N. Y. Mr. Albrecht is a horse trainer. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Charron and their two children have also just arrived. Their home was Fitchburg, Mass. Mr. Charron is a sheet metal worker, and shouldn't have too much trouble finding a lot of work. Then we have Richard Pringle, just discharged from the Marines, Fred Troike, a truck driver from Judson, Ind., Mr. and Mrs. Horace Cunningham and their daughter from Asheville, N. C., and Mr. and Mrs. Black and their son. Black is a student at the University. We are sorry to report that Fred Wilkins is still in the hospital and on the very sick list. He's at the Pratt Veteran's Hospital, where he was operated on about six weeks ago for a troublesome appendix. Since then he has been up and down with post-operative complications. He was considerably cheered up by the news that his wife, Vivian, had given birth to a son on November 6 in Lansing, Mich. They also have a three year old daughter, Vickie. Scheduled Departures Several people have plans to leave us in the near future. Joe and Vera Sweetan have already moved to their new house where they're camping out in one room until the rest of the house is completed. Lyle Mattson is another lucky guy that is going to be moving into a brand new house in the near future. Lyle is a bachelor, but his house will be well filled with several of his student friends that are going to board with him. Mrs. O'Dell has found a new house and is very glad to be in it, as she has three small children, and a trailer is never big enough for even just one! New Owners John and Lou Schumacher of New Jersey have purchased the bar from Joe Sweeten. Since taking over, John has been as busy as a bee remodeling and painting, in order to get things in shape for the winter season. Birthday Party Little Jeannie Jenney was a year old on the 18th of November and Mrs. Dorothy Norrby gave a party for her, complete with presents and cake and ice cream. Jeannie's mother, Helen, is still in the hospital recovering from a serious illness. She was stricken with polio on the 4th of July but is getting along very nicely now and expects to be home for Christmas. Blessed Events Roberta Freeman is the proud foster mother of seven coal black chow puppies. Cinder, the pups' mother is also very proud. Bobbie reports all doing well, but living conditions now that the pups are getting around, are becoming a bit confused. Beauty Contest News Evelyn Dixon is a contestant for Queen of the Trailercoach Show. Lynn, a brown haired gal from New Jersey is married to a student at the University. We're all pulling for her to win because the first prize is a week-end trip to Havana, and Lynn and Jim could enjoy a real honeymoon. They were married here in Florida early in the summer, and only had time for a short honeymoon before Jim had to start school. The Ice Men Cometh and Stayeth Today one of those things that you never believe can happen, did! We have a very faithful ice man who can be depended on to leave ice whether we're around or not. So this morning, he very carefully went into Carlton John's trailer to leave him ice. The door swung shut, and locked, and locked him in. He called to one of the girls to let him out, she tried, and still no luck. Then finally, George Sneddon and Cal Klein went to work. They tried every way they knew of, but once you're locked in a trailer there aren't too many ways out. Finally they took off the window in the door and the ice man was able to skin out that way. We'll bet he's careful after this to keep all doors open, and not take any more chances.
Mrs. Harris Buys The Hanne Shop
Sale of the Hanne Shop at 246 Coral Way by Roy S. VanDevere was revealed today. Purchaser is Mrs. Janet Harris, who has been connected with the feminine haberdashery shop for the past eight years. The store is one of four located in the original unit of the VanDeVere Building on the Miracle Mile section of Coral Way. Mrs. Harris told the Riviera-Times today that she intends to maintain the shop's policy of carrying fine lines of lingerie, handbags, house coats, scarves, sweaters and other accessories. Services of a New York buyer have been retained to guarantee a continual flow of new merchandise. Mrs. Harris has been a Coral Gables resident for 18 years and is a member of the Coral Gables Business and Professional Women's Club.
Driver Blames Crash on 'Pill'
An automobilist who had driven his car into the Christian Science Church yesterday blamed his errant behavior on "a pill" given him by a girl-friend. Charles Emmett Wood Jr., 32, of 38 NW 33rd Street, admitted having taken a drink or two and didn't disclaim ownership of the remainder of a whiskey bottle found in his back seat. But it wasn't whiskey which put him in a condition in which he admits, he "knew nothing." It was the mysterious pill, he contended. Municipal Judge C. S. Robertson listened to his story, then said dryly, "Fifty dollars and costs; also license suspended for 90 days."
If You Need a Job
COLUMBUS, O. (UP)—Unemployment Compensation Bureau figures reveal that fewer people are looking for jobs now in Ohio than at any time since World War II ended. Culminating a steadily declining unemployment trend over a three-month period, job-seekers numbered only 95,000 on Oct. 1. Meanwhile the state employment service has 68,000 job vacancies listed including several paying more than $400 a month.
Complaining Neighbors Seek Medical Aid for Woman
(Continued from Page One) bought that house," said her husband. According to her neighbors, some of Mrs. Knight's eccentricities were banging a dishpan with a spoon in the hours close to dawn, putting chemicals on neighbors' trees to wither their growth, cursing a two-year-old child in truckman's language for hours at a stretch. Mrs. Knight, in a husky voice and with red eyes, blamed it all on illness. "I haven't been well," she said. "I'm not responsible for my actions." When Judge Robertson reminded her that the last time she had come before him, he had warned her that a reptition of her disorderliness would find her behind bars, she wept. Suggests Examination As Mrs. Knight was led out of the courtroom toward the city jail, one of the neighbors whose testimony had helped convict her suggested that she should be examined by a psychiatrist. Judge Robertson concurred, and added that the jail sentence had been imposed so that such an examination might be made. As outlined by the jurist, the procedure would call for three neighbors to request such an examination in writing. Then, county Judge W. F. Blanton would appoint a lunacy commission, consisting of laymen as well as physicians.
Cordes, Blakey Named by Burdine's
Horace F. Cordes of Coral Gables was named executive vice president and general manager of Burdine's department store at a meeting of the board of directors yesterday. He first joined the organization as office manager in 1929 and has held the posts of comptroller, secretary-treasurer and general superintendent. He succeeds George E. Whitten as general manager. Another Gables man, B. H. Blakey, was re-elected as vice president.
Hollett In Crew Of USS Steinaker
George Kennely Hollett, radarman, second class, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Hollett of 1215 Avenue Mariana is a crew member of the destroyer USS Steinaker, based at Norfolk, Va. The Steinaker, one of 81 "Gearing" in the 1943 Gearing type destroyer, was commissioned in 1945 at Staten Island, N.Y. She is 390 feet in length, carries a crew of approximately 350, and has a displacement of 2,400 pounds.
MAJESTIC RADIO & PHONOGRAPH COMBINATIONS | BARTON WASHING MACHINES | SPECIAL! | LAWRENCE RADIO AND ELECTRIC SHOP
MAJESTIC RADIO & PHONOGRAPH COMBINATIONS $69.95 $89.95 | BARTON WASHING MACHINES COMPLETE WITH LOVELL WRINGERS $129.95 | SPECIAL! Reconditioned General Electric Apartment Size ELECTRIC RANGE. $50.00 | LAWRENCE RADIO AND ELECTRIC SHOP 2519 Ponce de Leon Blvd. Phone 48-3456
First Church of Christ, Scientist, CORAL GABLES ANNOUNCES A FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
ENTITLED CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: ITS ASSURANCE OF GUIDANCE TO MEN By GEORGE CHANNING, C.S.B., of San Francisco, California Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston ,Massachusetts IN The Coral Gables Elementary School Ponce de Leon at Minorca Avenue Friday Evening, November 21, 1947 AT 8:00 O'CLOCK THE PUBLIC IS CORDIALLY INVITED
Complete MORTUARY CREMATORY AMBULANCE Service | Franklin Cole C.D. Van Orsdel
Complete MORTUARY CREMATORY AMBULANCE Service A FULLY EQUIPPED FUNERAL HOME CONVENIENT TO THE ENTIRE SOUTHWEST Franklin Cole C.D. Van Orsdel 1923 S. W. EIGHTH ST. (FORMERLY JOS. W. MISKIAN)
Not My line, BUT OUR LINE... | the spirit that makes a PERFECT PARTY LINE
Not My line, BUT OUR LINE... the spirit that makes a PERFECT PARTY LINE Allow a little time between calls to permit others to have their turn at the line. GIVE OTHERS A CHANCE | When another party on your line has an emergency, please release the line quickly... and pleasantly. RELEASE THE LINE IN EMERGENCY | Complete calls quickly. This assures better service for you and your party line neighbors. KEEP CALLS BRIEF | Be sure phone is placed securely on hook after each call. Remember, one phone off the hook ties up an entire line. HANG UP CAREFULLY | SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Incorporated
CEE-VEE DELICATESSEN SANDWICHES
BEER WINE PHONE: 4-1603 140 MADEIRA AVE. Under New Management COMPLETE LINE OF DELICATESSEN GROCERIES
Combs FUNERAL HOME
1587 N. E. 2nd Avenue Phone 8-2101 W. H. COMBS J. J. COMBS P. H. COMBS
SOLAR WATER SERVICE REPAIRS AND BOOSTERS
DON S. COLEMAN CALL 4-7485
Everything for the Motorist | EASY TERMS TIRES, TUBES ACCESSORIES | SEIBERLING TIRES | DIXIE TIRE COMPANY
Everything for the Motorist EASY TERMS TIRES, TUBES ACCESSORIES SEIBERLING TIRES 5 DIXIE STATIONS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED THROUGH GREATER MIAMI PHONE 2-6133 DIXIE TIRE COMPANY 101 S.W. 1st STREET 5327 N. MIAMI AVE. 945 FIFTH ST. M. B. 3539 N. W. 17th AVE. 1840 ALTON RD. M. B. Electrical Appliances for the Home
Make This Your Headquarters For Photographic Supplies | Mileo PHOTO SHOP
Make This Your Headquarters For Photographic Supplies Developing and Printing Camera Repairs Photostats Mileo PHOTO SHOP 2103 Ponce de Leon Blvd. : : : Phone: 48-3669
"LITTLE FOLKS' FURNITURE" | TODDLERS OF MIAMI
"LITTLE FOLKS' FURNITURE" PLAY YARDS Complete Line Of TRICYCLES 7.50 UP A Full Line of INNERSPRING KANT-WET MATTRESSES For Cribs and Bassinetts Full Line Of Sturdy, Beautifully Finished HIGH CHAIRS $12 up CARRIAGES—$15.50 up TODDLERS OF MIAMI 2600 S. W. 8th St. PHONE 48-3415
Hedge-path Tree Surgery
ANNOUNCES TREE AND SHRUB SERVICE ALSO COMPETENT ANALYSIS OF GENERAL LANDSCAPE NEEDS SO. MIAMI PHONE 48-4994