Coral Gables Riviera-Times

CORAL GABLES Riviera Times

MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU CIRCULATIONS PUBLISHED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOONS VOL. 21—No. 70 (D) U.P. LEASED WIRE CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1947 8 PAGES FIVE CENTS

RED DEMAND FOR REICH REPARATIONS REJECTED BY MARSHALL AT PARLEY

LONDON, Dec. 10. (UP)—Secretary of State George C. Marshall today rejected any Soviet suggestion of German reparations from current production as the price for economic unity of Germany. In a statement at the 14th meeting of the Big Four conference, Marshall demanded from Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov a "clear answer" on the question of reparations from current production. Molotov had said earlier that Soviet demands for $10,000,000,000 in reparations were not a prerequisite for agreement on economic unity. But his formal, written proposals indicated the Russians wanted an agreement on reparations first. "I have already stated that the United States government considers that the questions of reparations were finally settled at Potsdam," Marshall said.

Disorders Must End, Britain Tells Holy Land Arabs, Jews

JERUSALEM, Dec. 10. (UP)—Palestine High Commissioner Sir Alan Cunningham, alarmed by the ever-mounting death toll in the Holy Land, warned Jews and Arabs today that the government will take "severe measures" against them unless disorders end. Cunningham said in a communique that Great Britain will keep order in Palestine "so long as the (British) mandate for Palestine remains in force." "Should these disorders continue, the high commissioner will have no option but to direct security forces to adopt severe measures agains all those Jews and Arabs alike who are breaking the law," the communique said. The British maintained a strict curfew in the embattled Tel Aviv-Jaffa area during the night, and followed this up with searches and arrests in the area today. Jews and Arabs caught with illegal arms were hustled off to jail.

Italy Yields to Workers, Okays Rome Works Project

ROME, Dec. 10. (UP)—The government today appropriated 10,350,000,000 lire ($17,595,000) for a Rome public works program, thus meeting one of the main demands of communist-controlled workers who have scheduled a general strike to start in Rome at midnight. Announcement of the appropriation came only a few hours after the budget minister asserted that the workers' demand would not be met. The communist-controlled Chamber of Labor, in a strongly-worded ultimatum, threatened a general strike unless the government set up the large public works program to give jobs to the unemployed, granted Christmas bonuses to the jobless, and punished police and government officials responsible for police firing on a demonstrating crowd last week.

Army Transport Crashes; 29 Believed Aboard

WESTOVER FIELD, Mass., Dec. 10. (UP)—A U. S. Army C-54 transport crashed and burned soon after leaving Goose Bay, Labrador, on a training flight to Westover Field, and there were no known survivors, it was announced today. (The public information office of the Newfoundland base of the army transport command, at Fort Pepperell, St. Johns, Nfld., said that 29 passengers and crewmen were aboard the plane when it crashed just after taking off from Goose Bay for Westover Field, Mass., last night. The St. Johns report said working parties were plowing through heavy snow toward the crash scene.) Search planes which took off immediately after the crash reported there were "signs of survivors" near the wreckage. However, subsequent radio reports did not elaborate on this angle.

Ford Lauds Southern Codes, Sees Industry Influx Here

ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 10. (UP)—Henry Ford, II, asserted today that industry was moving into the South because southern beliefs and codes are strictly American "and combine to make good people to work for and with." The grandson of the late automotive genius came here with his top officials to dedicate a multi-million dollar assembly plant at suburban Hapeville near Atlanta's municipal airport. "In the beginning, of course, we are strong in the South because my grandfather had set his heart on making a contribution to better living for farm families, and this southern section has always been a magnificent agricultural area," the young Ford president said.

Truman Fights New Agency To Run Marshall Plan

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (UP)—Secretary of State George C. Marshall appeared today to have won the first round in his battle to keep administration of the Marshall Plan in State department hands. President Truman was reported ready to recommend to congress that the $16,000,000,000, four-year European reconstruction program be administered by Marshall's own department. Congress will have the last word, however, and there were indications Republicans would fight to establish an independent, corporation-type agency to handle the job. Mr. Truman is now putting the final touches on the Marshall plan message which he will send to congress shortly. Administration sources said he favored using expanded State Department machinery to procure and transfer the needed materials. Everything from canned peas to steam locomotives would be involved in the vast job to speed Europe's economic recovery.

ITU-Publishers Hearing Seen Off 'Til Next Year

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 10. (UP)—Members of the International Typographical Union (AFL) and three associations of daily newspapers will have to wait until next year for settlement of their Taft-Hartley law dispute. A showdown on the newspapers' charges that the union has violated the labor law was hung up today by a legal technicality. Until the National Labor Relations Board in Washington can get around to ruling on an interpretation of the newspapers' complaint against the union, the disputants cannot get down to the business of arguing whether the ITU has been guilty of unfair labor practices. A hearing which opened here yesterday lasted only a few hours before it was recessed until Dec. 19, when it will be resumed at Washington.

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CIVIC GROUPS JOIN ROTARY FLOOD DRIVE Special Meeting Called to Bar Duping Of Home Buyers

The united action of Coral Gables' civic organizations in a program to prevent duping of prospective homesite buyers in areas threatened by high water will be cemented tomorrow at a special meeting called for 4 p.m. at the office of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce. The drive was started last week when the Coral Gables Rotary Club revealed that unscrupulous real estate developers were advertising and selling land as "high and dry" that actually is covered with water during the rainy season. Much of the land lies west of the Coral Gables city limits in area served by this city's business district. The civic groups will demand local, county and state legislation requiring that all property deeds carry the height of land above high water level and building regulations controlling the height of floors in areas subject to flood conditions. Representatives who will attend the meeting include Robert Dick Smith of the Dade County Planning Board, Donald F. Peck, president of the Coral Gables Board of Realtors; Preston Bird, member of the County Commission; O. B. Sutton, president, and Harry N. Rath, secretary, Kiwanis Club. George S. Okell, president, Delore S. Colbourn, secretary, Lions Club; James H. Brinson, president, Paul H. Brinson, secretary, Optimists Club and H. E. Keating, secretary of the Rotary Club. The discussion will be led by Dr. Otto J. Sieplein, who heads a special Rotary committee that has been probing the sale of marginal land to unsuspecting homesite buyers.

OTTO J. SIPPLEIN ... to lead flood discussion

C. of C. Acts Tonight on 21 Projects Page to Submit List of Needed Improvements

Directors of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce will tackle a 21-point program of civic improvement when they meet tonight at the Country Club of Coral Gables. The subjects for discussion and possible action were prepared by Director Roy Page, who has labeled them as necessary for the continued progress of the Gables. First on the Page agenda will be an investigation made on the progress of securing municipal land for off-street parking lots, a project that has been under discussion by the city commission for the past several months. The touchy topic of water main extension policies—cost to new consumers will also be broached by Page. The Chamber director has been a long-time opponent of the policy of Consumers Water Company of charging for main extensions. Page also wants the Chamber directors to discuss bus schedules with an idea of bringing more people to Coral Gables to shop and sightsee. A program of future advertising, including classifieds in northern newspapers keyed with business and industrial development is also on the agenda. Other items on the list include a yacht club, plaza, street and business district beautification; community newspaper support, bridge raising program, Youth Center aid, cooperation with Miami and Dade County and aid to builders by offsetting the rising cost of building.

VFW Officials Visit Gables

Coral Gables played host today to district and state officers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars who visited the city to confer with local VFW officers and to inspect the facilities of the Pratt Veterans Hospital. The delegation included James Y. Wilson, commander of the 10th district, State of Florida; Benjamin C. Fisher and E. H. Simpson, past state commanders. The VFW dignitaries were greeted at city hall by Mayor C. Keith Phillips and presented with Mexican sombreros as a memento of the coming VFW "Fiesta del Sol." Following the city hall ceremony they were guests of the local post at a luncheon at the Country Club of Coral Gables. Other guests attending the luncheon included Mayor Phillips, W. Keith Phillips, Jr., past post commander; Wallace E. Hackett, post commander; Denis V. Renuart, for whose son the post was named; Albert S. Whidden and David W. L. Fiesta del Sol committee members; and Charles Forbes of the Miami Daily News.

Funeral Rites Held For John Mandis

Funeral services were held today at 1:30 p.m. for John A. Mandis, who died at his home at 4131 Park Avenue, Coconut Grove, on Sunday. Mandis came here four years ago from Detroit. He is survived by his wife, Effie Mandis, and his sons, Angelo and Danny Mandis, both of Miami. The funeral was at St. Sophia's Church and interment was at Woodlawn Park.

Truck, Autos Collide On Avenue Aragon

A Cadillac owned by the University of Miami and a Giffen Roofing Company truck collided at Avenue Aragon and Salzedo Street yesterday with damage to the vehicles only minor. John J. O'Day Jr., driver of the University car, reported that William M. Klemme Jr., the truck driver, had backed into his car as the truck edged back from the curb.

Santa Reads His Letters, Asks All to Use Mailbox

Santa Claus came to the Riviera-Times offices today and picked up a dozen notes addressed to him from Coral Gables children. The jolly old saint breathed a word or two through his long white whiskers, and said he would do his best to make them all happy. Some of the notes had pictures drawn on them, said Santa, and he enjoyed looking at the pictures. Santa said the nicest note he got was from Margaret Pails of 534 Avenue Sevilla. Margaret asked Santa to bring her mother a red jacket and she even drew a picture of the jacket she wanted her mother to get. Santa enjoyed his note from Betty Ann Chastain, who lives at 331 Navarre Road. Here is what Santa said she wrote to him: "I am a little girl five years old tomorrow. I have been very good and I want to tell you what I would like for Christmas. A big piano for little children and a doll that to bathe dolls and a doll and a light red carriage."

Hospital Gets Lift By $300,000 Loan High Court Holds City Has Contract With Bus Rider to Deliver Him Safely Commitment Is Made on First Mortgage

Two suits, involving $150,000 in damages against the City of Coral Gables were headed for Circuit Court trials today following a State Supreme Court reversal of Judge George E. Holt's action in dismissing one of the suits when it first came up for trial. The Supreme Court, ruling today in a $50,000 suit brought by Isabel Doyle as a result of a bus accident in September, 1946, reversed the circuit court decision, dismissing the suit on the grounds that proper 60-day notice had not been filed with the city. A parallel suit, filed by Della Craig for $100,000 as a result of the same accident, has been held in abeyance pending the Supreme Court decision. In the Doyle case, the Supreme Court ruled that the woman had the right to sue for actual damages on injuries received while a passenger on the bus. Murrell, Fleming and Flowers were attorneys for the plaintiff, while the firm of Blackwell, Walker and Gray joined with City Attorney Edward L. Semple in representing the city. Semple said today that he had not yet received a copy of the court's opinion and therefore could not comment on future action. The point of argument in the circuit court was whether or not the case arose out of tort or contract, the former requiring the 60-day notice. The accident occurred on September 14, 1946, at Avenue Obispo and Madrid Street, when the bus was involved in an accident with a passenger car. Issuance of a $300,000 loan commitment for the proposed Doctors' Hospital in Coral Gables by the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Miami was revealed today by Dr. John T. MacDonald, first vice president of the hospital's board. The commitment brightened the picture for the early construction of the $710,000 institution, slated to be located on the northeast corner of the University of Miami's main campus. Final cost of the hospital was estimated this week through a firm bid submitted on the construction plans. The doctors themselves are raising $210,000 towards the building of the hospital through common stock subscriptions. The balance will be raised through the sale of $150,000 worth of preferred stock shares, bearing 5 percent interest. Dr. MacDonald said today that it was hoped to make the preferred stock available to local investors around the first of next week. "I feel greatly encouraged", he stated, "and I feel sure that the hospital is now a certainty." The project has received the endorsement of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce, following two meetings with hospital officers and chamber directors. Dr. MacDonald also stated that the appointment of an executive secretary, to handle the sale of the preferred stock, would be forthcoming soon.

Only 353 of 3,840 Students Will View Freedom Train

Only 353 Coral Gables students out of an enrollment of 3,840 will be privileged to view the Freedom Train when it rolls into Miami on December 20, an analysis of the quota system allotted for the train revealed today. The students will elect their representatives who will be admitted to the train, Robert Snyder of the Dade County Board of Public Instruction announced. Because it is physically impossible for more than 13,000 persons to go through the train in a day, Snyder said that ticket allocations would be based roughly on 20 percent of the enrollment of students in seventh grades and above in the public and private schools. 5 Schools Here Institutions in Coral Gables which will receive tickets include Ponce de Leon High School, Coral Gables Elementary School, Merrick Demonstration School, St. Theresa Parochial School and the Exmoor School. Tickets will also be allocated to the University of Miami. At Merrick School, only six students out of a total enrollment of 300 will receive the coveted tickets, while the Elementary School (Please turn to Page Two)

$3-Million Job Awarded Local Firm Glass Jalousies Supplied Army, Navy Installations

Charles E. Miller and Van E. Huff of the Pro-Tect-U Awning and Shutter Co., today neared completion of an $18,000 addition to their plant at 221 Ponce de Leon Boulevard which will enable the firm to handle a $3,000,000 government contract to send their product all over the islands of the South Pacific. A railroad siding, which will soon be finished, will hasten the shipping process. Miller and Huff are now employing 500 men in their plant at 221 Ponce de Leon Boulevard and expect to give work to 600 men when the addition to their plant is completed. But don't let the title awning and shutter company fool you into thinking their product is the conventional canvas item that bangs over the window and flutters in the breeze. They make the modern jalousie, a window that opens and closes like a venetian blind. Miller and Huff operate four (Please turn to Page Two)

WILD LIFE PERILS CANAL WIDENING

The work of cleaning 2,018 feet of canal frontage at South Dixie Highway got under way yesterday, but not uneventfully, Contractor C. A. O'Neill reported. First, a tree fell on one of the bulldozers, putting the machine out of commission. Next, the workmen encountered trouble from the animal world. A wildcat jumped from a tree and darted into the woods and then a wildcat was turned up. The wildcat didn't claw anyone.

Gables Terrorist Indicted by Jury On Attack Count

Ernest V. Hunt, whose confessed crimes terrorized women in the Coral Gables area for almost two weeks, today was indicted on a charge of rape by a County Grand Jury. Hunt, 28, faces the death penalty if convicted. His trial in Circuit Court will be set for some time in January, according to State's Attorney Glenn C. Mincer. A 76-year-old girl, who had been criminally attacked on the evening of Nov. 25 near Tamiami Trail and 42nd Ave. after she alighted from a bus, had positively identified Hunt as her assailant before the Grand Jury. A signed confession, in which Hunt admitted seven attacks on women, was also presented to the Grand Jury by State's Attorney Mincer. Hunt was ordered held without bond by Circuit Judge George E. Holt. One Offense Charged The indictment returned today charged only one offense, the capital one of rape. In addition, Hunt may be charged with the lesser crime of assault, also a felony. Prosecution of Hunt for assaults against six other women would be up to County Solicitor Robert R. Taylor. Taylor said today he probably would "wait and see" what hap- (Please turn to Page Two)

2 Face Fare Dodging Counts

Two Miami men were held by Coral Gables police today on complaint of a pair of taxi-men who said their fares hadn't been paid. Tom McGrath, 22, of 5802 SW 51st Street, was charged with beating taxi-driver William LaFlamme, of 4110 NW 36th Avenue, out of a $2.90 fare. Herbert A. Bravo, 37, of 1958 NW 59th Court is held on a complaint signed by Hackman John J. Stiash of 4020 SW 8th Street. In addition, a Solana Hotel official says Bravo had forged a check for $20. McGrath is charged with disorderly conduct. Bravo is held on the check charge, and police are investigating the check complaint.

Gableite Posts Bond On Speeding Charge

Hal R. Graves, 30, of 415 Avenue Aledo was arrested by Sgt. C. W. Whalen Jr. on charges of reckless driving by speeding and is held in $85 bond today.

City OKs Water Deal 1210-38

Complete returns today showed only 38 votes in seven precincts in the Coral Gables area had disapproved the creation of a new drainage district to link water conservation in three South Florida counties. A total of 1210 in Coral Gables favored the project. The county-wide vote showed 12,803 in favor and only 535 opposed. The voting figures for the seven local precincts follow: Pct. For Agst. 59 | 287 | 4 67 | 157 | 7 79 | 102 | 1 80 | 186 | 4 81 | 230 | 13 84 | 78 | 4 85 | 170 | 5 | 1210 | 38

EVENING ATTIRE BUT NO FARE

Coral Gables police sometimes list a man as a "sleeper" on their blotter, meaning the man was sleeping on the streets. When James R. English, 54, of 3050 Road, was booked for drunkenness at noon today, that notation might have been in order, as English came into headquarters in his pajamas. A Gables taximan brought English to the station. The taximan said English wouldn't pay a $1.95 fare and police found him intoxicated. English would have had no trouble coughing up the bus fare. He left $96 in cash at the desk before he was led into a cell.

14 SIGN FOR GUARD UNIT (AND NOT A PRIVATE YET!)

As recruiting for National Guard Company B, Coral Gables' own unit, went into its second day today, commanding officer Capt. Aubrey L. Marsh pondered a difficult military problem. Who will be the one private in the outfit? The company's table of organization, which was received today, allows 182 men above the rank of private and one no-striper. But the T.O. didn't tell the captain how he was to pick the single soldier to hold the lowest rank in the organization. T/Sgt. John H. MacDonald, who has been recruiting at the corner of Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Coral Way, reports 14 men have already signed up. The first man to join was University student Wallace B. Bohnhoff, a former member of the glider troops who took part in the crossing of the Rhine. "I figure there's going to be another war and I want to be an officer this time," said the one-time technical sergeant. Recruiting Sergeant MacDonald told Bohnhoff he'd have a chance to attend one of the War Department officer candidate schools which make reserve second lieutenants in eight to 18 weeks.

RACE RESULTS GULFSTREAM PARK

FIRST RACE— Uncle Byron 8.70 3.80 2.60 Maede Indian 2.50 2.10 Pando 2.90 SECOND RACE— Green Crystal 38.50 14.40 12.10 Willis E 8.70 8.30 Whose 12.90 DAILY DOUBLE: 507.90 THIRD RACE— Athlete 3.50 2.70 2.40 Octocorora 4.10 3.50 Attic 4.30 Tomorrow's Entries ON PAGE 8

Building Permits Total $43,000

Residential permits totaling $43,000 were issued today by Building Inspector Gilbert B. Campbell. Charles C. Kunde will build a $10,000 residence at 20 Avenue Fluvia. It was designed by Carlos B. Schoeppl. A $15,000 home will be built at 7020 Avenue Mindello by C. B. Strange, assistant inspector in the building department. It will be designed by Martin Houri. Crosby W. Bean was issued a permit to construct an $18,000 residence at 935 Avenue Escobar, designed by Leroy K. Albert.

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TODAY'S WEATHER

Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with widely scattered showers. Gentle to moderate southerly winds.