Coral Gables Riviera-Times

EVENTS MEETINGS RIVIERA TIME TABLE

Organizations are invited to list scheduled activities in the daily Riviera Time Table. Listings for this calendar of activities must reach the Riviera-Times editorial offices by 3 p.m. the day preceding publication. This Evening FOOTBALL-University of Miami vs. University of Florida, Orange Bowl, 8:15. CABLES THEATRE—"Welcome Stranger," Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald. CORAL THEATRE-"Jungle Flight," Robert Lowrv. PARKWAY THEATRE-"The Yearling," in technicolor. GROVE THEATRE-"Alias Mr. Twilight," Michael Duane, Trudy Marshall. RING THEATRE-University of Miami Playmakers present "The Late Christopher Bean," by Sidney Howard. Tomorrow CABLES THEATRE-"Welcome Stranger," Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald. CORAL THEATRE-"Oregon Trail Scouts," Allen Lane. GROVE THEATRE-"Ride the Pink Horse." PARKWAY THEATRE-"The Yearling," in technicolor. RING THEATRE-University of Miami Playmakers present "The Late Christopher Bean," by Sidney Howard.

REPORT FROM WASHINGTON Blushes and Squirming Mark Hearing As Gen. Meyers Unveils Love Life

By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN UP Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. (UP) No quickie producer in Hollywood ever considered a plot such as unfolded in a Senate hearing room; the censors would have tossed it on the cutting room floor and set a match to it. The proceedings hardly seemed real. The pale-faced Maj. Gen. Bennett Meyers, retired, told a story that couldn't possibly have happened, except that - of course - he said it did Sen. Homer Ferguson (R-Mich.) chairman of the OTHMAN committee looking into the General's big business deals, squirmed in embarrassment as he listened. Bleriot Blushed And Bleriot LaMarre, the wronged husband-if wronged he was-sat there with his cheeks flushed a deep pink, while he stared at the man who admitted a long-time love affair with Mrs. Lamarre. The bald-headed General said he was a chivalrous soul, but that he also was in a spot. He said he hated to mention the name of a lady, but mention it he had to do. And then he blurted out the whole story, banging the table at intervals, getting paler than his own shirt as he went along, and speaking so rapidly reporters had difficulty keeping up with him. He scrunched forward on his big leather chair, so that his words reverberated as far as the crowds waiting outside the door, and said that Mrs. Lamarre had been not only his secretary, but his girl friend (his words) between 1936 and 1940. "Was she married in 1936?" asked the Senator. Husband Approved "To Mr. Lamarre," the General replied. "This relationship was with his knowledge, approval and acquiescence." Lamarre uncrossed his long legs, crossed them again, and frowned. The General said that when the Lamarres left Dayton, O., for Los Angeles, he wanted Mrs. Lamarre back. "And you want to know why I organized the Aviation Electric Corp.?" he cried. "I'll tell you why. I organized it to get her back to Dayton." Profits Passed Lamarre became president of the concern, which did more than $1,000,000 worth of war business. He claimed that he got only $50 per week and that during the five years of its existence, he passed on more than $150,000 profits secretly to Gen. Meyers. "That was not true," the General shouted. "This man has admitted he perjured himself. I organized that company for the reasons I stated and I lent the Lamarres, both of them, about $18,000 over the years." The Senator wondered if he had any cancelled checks to back up this assertion. Gen. Meyers was amazed. Why, he said, he was married to his second wife at the time. And he could not conceive of a U.S. Senator believing that he would pay anything but cash under the circumstances. Now Sen. Ferguson's face was flushed under his mop of white hair. He said he believed that Gen. Meyers' story reflected more dishonor upon the uniform of an Army General than did the tale of Lamarre. This time the General was incredulous. "Dishonor?" he shouted. "The uniform? Is it dishonorable to set two people up in business and give them a start?" The Senator had no comment about that.

It's a Date

Today VILLAGE FAIR, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Coconut Grove, all day. ASSOCIATION for Child Education, Coral Gables Elementary School, 3:30 p.m. C. Y. F. RETREAT, First Christian Church of Coral Gables, at Snapper Creek Camp. Tomorrow GABLES BUSINESS and Professional Women's Club, leave for Key West to attend two-day district meeting. RIVIERA COUNTRY Club, formal dance for members and their guests, 9 p.m. Monday AMERICAN ASSOCIATION of University Women, general meeting, Simpson Park Clubhouse, 3 p.m. THANKSGIVING membership meeting, Society for Hard of Hearing, Clubhouse, Miami, 2:30 p.m.

Happy Birthday!

Mrs. M. A. Condon was given a birthday dinner last night by her daughter and son-in-law, the H. J. Colemans, at their home on 16 Avenue Santillane.

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Talented Visitors Put on Impromptu Musicals at Home of Mrs. W. L. Street

There's quite a bit of talent living at "Bird Villa," the home of Mrs. W. L. Street out on 2219 S. W. 59 Avenue. Here from Rochester, N. Y. for a seasonal visit with Mrs. Street are two Italian sisters, the Misses Concha and Clara Argento. Both of the sisters speak Italian, English, French, German, and Spanish with equal fluency. Because of this, says Mrs. Street, they have been of invaluable help to her in her singing career. Each evening they have a regular musical session with Clara playing the piano and Mrs. Street and Concha singing in one of the five languages. In their spare time, Concha "subs" as a science or music teacher in the Miami public schools while Clara conducts private lessons in Italian. In addition to the sisters Argento (which, incidentally, means "silver" in Italian), Mrs. Thomas W. Edgeworth and her daughter, Aileen, from Dayton, Ohio, are staying with Mrs. Street. After attending the Miami School of Applied Arts on a scholarship this past year, Aileen presented her first recital last night. In recognition of the outstanding work she has done, she was awarded a gold medal along with a new year's scholarship to MSAA. Aileen has a contralto voice which reminds one somewhat of Kate Smith.

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Clipper Load of Bubble Gum Flying Down to Venezuela

The bubble gum famine is nearing an end in Venezuela. A full clipper load-17,835 pounds-of potential bubbles is leaving Miami for Caracas over the weekend by Pan American World Airways. The jaw-breaking cargo sets a new record for international air shipments in the confectionary line. The consignment consists of "Yanks" bubble gum, each piece sufficient for two mouthfuls. "That's enough to smear the faces of just about every child in Venezuela-and a lot of grownups, too. The chew-and-blow fad is popular with both young and old in Venezuela, but there has been a dearth of gum there since early in the war. The number of bubbles that will be ballooning over the collective Venezuelan physiognomy is astronomical, for hundreds can be blown from a single "chew." A six-inch bubble is about "par" for a normal wad of bubble gum. For the statistical minded, PAA engineers have figured out that if the whole Clipper load could be chewed up in a battery of concrete mixers, then inflated by an aviation wind tunnel, the resulting bubble would be 538 feet in diameter. The shipment, with a retail value of nearly $29,000, is being trucked from Boston, Massachusetts, site of the Yanks factory, to Miami to be loaded aboard a special cargo Clipper. Part of the cargo may be retracing its steps, for Venezuela is a producer of chicle, a basic chewing gum ingredient. Antonio Barrera, Caracas importer, is enthusiastic over the air express method of shipment for "Bomba Yanks," as the gum is known in Venezuela. "Clipper airexpress has many advantages," Barrera pointed out. "Goods arive quicker and fresher, insurance rates are cheaper and import duties on gross weight are much lower due to the absence of heavy packing cases. I save money in the long run by shipping by air." Proof of the saving is seen in the retail price of "Bomba Yanks" in Venezuela, where it sells for five cents a piece (25 centimos), the same as in the United States.

Tax Looms To Meet Pay Hikes

(Continued from Page One) cussed at the meeting of the Florida League of Municipalities in St. Petersburg last week. He said the problem could be solved without more taxes if some financial relief could be obtained from the state. The City of Miami Beach yesterday passed an ordinance on second reading giving municipal workers a ten percent raise. McIlwain said that it was the concensus of opinion after yesterday's meeting that the high cost of living makes some form of relief for city workers necessary. He said that if the city meets the demands of the bus drivers for a 10-cent hourly increase, it will cost $9,200 annually. If the same percentage increase is accepted all classified employes the toll will be $43,000, while it will take $63,000 to give all city workers a raise. Commission Sympathetic "The commission was sympathetic to the needs of the employes," McIlwain related, "but Mayor Phillips told them that any increases would have to come from new revenues." He said the crux of the situation is the city's ability to pay. The city manager pointed out that both wages and other costs 've shown a steady increase since 1940. At that time bus drivers were making 50 cents an hour as compared with $1.10 today. Commenting on the parallel rise of other costs he explained that a certain bus part that sold for $314 in 1941, now costs the city $45. McIlwain added that he didn't think conferences with the police and firemen and parks department workers would be necessary as the commission fully realizes the need for additional wages.

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Dinner at Eight

Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Faith will be dinner guests of the Harry Colemans tonight at their home, 16 Avenue Santillane. Following the dinner, the foursome will enjoy an evening of bridge. Each Friday night the Faiths and the Colemans get together for dinner and bridge at one of their homes.

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