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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 2 p.m. the day preceding publication. This Evening KIWANIS CLUB - Directors meet at home of Andrew Houston, 709 Avenue Majorca. FLOOD WATER - Meeting of representatives of civic groups at Chamber of Commerce office, 4 p.m. GABLES THEATER - "Cross Fire," Robert Young. CORAL THEATER - "How Green Was My Valley," Maureen O'Hara. GROVE THEATER - "Vigilantes Return," Jon Hall. PARKWAY THEATER - "Stallion Road," Zachary Scott. RING THEATER - "The Late Christopher Bean." BOX THEATER - "The Glass Menagerie." Tomorrow ROTARY CLUB meets at Country Club of Coral Gables, 12:15 p.m. REALTORS - Miami board holds annual dinner at Country Club of Coral Gables, 7 p.m. GABLES THEATER - "Crossfire," Robert Young. CORAL THEATER - "How Green Was My Valley," Walter Pidgeon. GROVE THEATER - "Farmer's Daughter," Loretta Young. PARKWAY THEATER - "Nightmare Alley," Tyrone Power. RING THEATER - "The Late Christopher Bean." BOX THEATER - "The Glass Menagerie."

FROG HOLLOW NEWS Neighborhood Xmas Party Planned For December 22

By MARY HICKEY Riviera-Times Correspondent With dissension and disagreement apparently the order of the day in world news headlines, it was indeed heartwarming to find that the folks here in Frog Hollow not only believed in cooperation and friendship, but were only too willing to act in accordance with their beliefs . . . and the meeting at your correspondent's home last Friday evening in connection with the community Christmas party, proved that at least in the small corner of the globe folks know the true meaning of the word "neighbor." Those attending the meeting as representatives of the families on their respective streets were Mrs. Paul Trice, Mrs. George Schmitt, Mrs. Paul Greenaway, Mrs. E. C. Lawrence, Mrs. Pearl Haire, Mrs. Richard Kumerdank, Mrs. James Crymes, Mrs. H. G. Tuckerman, Mrs. Harry Van Riper, Mrs. James Granere, Mrs. Melvin Long, Mrs. Marvin Kauffman, Mrs. William Zaccardi and Mrs. Hugh McGough. The evening of December 22nd was set for the date of the party, and we'd like to record here a special vote of thanks to the Purity Van Riper's and the Paul Diestelhorsts for offering the use of the lawn between their homes as the site for the tree . . . and to Capt. W. W. "Doc" Davies for volunteering to play good St. Nicholas. With so much good will and good work afoot, a truly Merry Christmas is assured for all. Neighborhood Ramblings Strolling down 60th Avenue the other day we discovered Capt. Davies diligently at work hammering and sawing and surrounded by such a huge pile of lumber that our curiosity was aroused and we stopped to say "howdy" and find out just what project was under way at the moment. When we found out that the "Mayor" was engaged in the process of adding a porch to the rear of his home, we almost turned green with envy! . . . and we found ourselves wishing that we had learned to pound nails instead of a typewriter. Merle Penney showed by the other evening to inform us that the nickname "Gaslight Row" "tied no longer be applied to 59th Place, for the folks over there are now basking in the warmth shed by the modern electric bulb! Over the Clothesline During an "over the clothesline" chat with our neighbor, Mrs. Pearl Haire, this past week, we were intrigued to learn that in addition to her many other talents in the field of sewing, her favorite pastitme is rejuvenating and dressing dolls. With Christmas so near at hand, she is busy creating beautiful miniature wardrobes for the dolls of the children in her own family, as well as for several of her neighbor's small ones . . . and in true neighborly fashion, she says she will be only too happy to help any Frog Hollow parents who are having doll problems. On The Sick List Best wishes for a speedy recovery are being sent this week to little Nancy McCloud, over on 59th Avenue, who has been very seriously ill from a severe ear infection. We were happy to hear that she is now on the mend, and we hope it won't be long before she will be up and about again. Gone A-Traveling For the second time in a month we said "Farewell" to Dr. George Schmitt, of 60th Avenue, who left last Sunday to attend the Southeastern Regional meeting of the American College of Physicians and Surgeons being held at Tampa this week. Mrs. Schmitt and "Tippy" accompanied the Doctor on his trip. They will stop at the Hotel Floridian in Tampa, and while Dr. Schmitt is busy at meetings, they hope to accomplish some Christmas shopping. Dr. Karl Vetter, also of 60th Avenue, left last Sunday by plane to attend a pediatrics convention in Dallas, Texas and is expected home today. Birthday Greetings A number of Frog Hollow youngsters are celebrating birthdays this week, including Barbara Lawrence, who will be five years old on December 12th and little Joel Welcox Jr., who reached the ripe old one year on December 10th. Welcome Neighbor! Noting lights in some of the newest houses over on 59th Avenue, we stopped by at number 3520 the other evening to greet the newcomers. We were greeted at the door by a delightful black cocker puppy whose name, we later learned, is Roger . . . most appropriate in view of the fact that his owner, Ward Odenwald, was a pilot in the Army Air Forces and is presently a civilian pilot employed by Pan-American Airlines. Ward's wife, Ruth, hails originally from Louisville, Ky., but came here to Florida some 10 years ago with her family. Ward used to call New Orleans "home" -but after spending some time here in South Florida while in the service, decided to settle here, and to enter the University of Miami Law School. Ruth teaches Physical Education at the Robert E. Lee Junior High School in Miami-and in their leisure time, both the Odenwalds head for the golf links or look up the nearest badminton court.

THE DAY IN WASHINGTON Merry-Go-Rounds and Finger Bowls Figure in 'Little Opa' Probings

By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN UP Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UP) Let us consider today merry-go-rounds, beer, finger-bowls, dog biscuits and the fact that Congress is taking a dim view of President Truman's scheme for a peace-time, little OPA. All over Capitol Hill these days Mr. Truman's helpers are scurrying to assorted committee rooms. They are sitting in hot seats, trying to explain to the satisfaction of the lawmakers the president's hopes of feeding Europe and also cutting the cost of living at home. You can look at their worried expressions and watch 'em polish their steamy eye-glasses and see they're not doing so well. Some of their inquisitors are take warm and some are down-right antagonistic. And for a fair sample of what's going on, drop in with me on a judiciary subcommittee headed by Sen. Sherman Cooper of Kentucky. Sen. Cooper & Co. had on their green carpet the underlings from the Department of Commerce who want to ration steel and hang on to their control over tin, antimony (a metal which goes into tooth-paste tubes and storage batteries) and Cinchona bark. This latter when peeled off a tree in the East Indies and boiled down comes up quinine. Tin said Wasted If tin is so scarce, Sen. Cooper wondered, how come they allowed it to be wasted in cans for coffee, engine oil, dog food and beer? They could stop that if they wanted, couldn't they? H. B. McCoy, director of the Office of Materials Distribution and a man nearly as big in size as his title, stuttered a little at that. He said he and his experts hadn't realised tin was going to be so scarce. Take beer, the senator continued. A beer can is plated with tin, but mostly it is made of steel. How much steel did the beer can makers send to America's trash baskets this year? About 192,000 tons, McCoy figured. That ought to make a good many freight cars in itself, Senator Cooper said. He wondered how the Commerce Department figured on saving steel, if Congress allowed the President's plan to become law. McCoy said by stopping the manufacture of non-essential things. Well, said the senator, what things? List Read McCoy read from a lengthy list: Merry-go-rounds, finger bowls, shoe scrapers, cocktail shakers, gambling devices. Hundreds of such items, he said. All right, said the senator, and where would he use this steel? McCoy said he had talked to the freight car, tractor and pipe folks about their needs? McCoy said he hadn't really, but he did hold a conference with the steel makers last week. They said (and he quoted 'em) that if they had more freight cars, they could make more steel. So much for the sample, President Truman's helpers are getting similar rakings-over by numerous committees; my guess is that it'll probably take another war to outlaw steel merry-go-rounds again.

Confusing Gadgets on Panel Held Cause of Plane Wrecks

By WILLIAM F. McMENAMIN UP Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UP)-An air force psychologist said today that the confusing conglomeration of dials, instruments, levers and switches in the modern airplane is the cause of most crashes blamed on pilot error. Between 50 and 75 per cent of all air crashes are blamed on mistakes by the pilot. But Dr. Paul Fitts, chief of the psychology branch, air medical laboratory, said that complicated plane and not the man is at fault. What must be done, he said is to tailor the plane to fit the man. So far, the effort has been to fit the man into the complications of his plane. Goal is Simplicity Fitts said the goal of air force research is a uniform cockpit and simplified instruments for all planes. He said instruments should be so simple that at least every other American could learn to be an expert pilot. The result, Fitts said, would be not only the saving of lives and valuable equipment, and also a speed-up of pilot training which would be vital in wartime. An air force survey of fault errors showed that 50 per cent involved substitution of one instrument for another. In 18 per cent, the pilots made wrong adjustments, and in another 18 per cent they simply forgot what to do. In six per cent, the pilots did the opposite of what they intended to do, and in three per cent they used a control they did not mean to touch. Three per cent of the so-called errors were made because the pilot did not reach the control he wanted to use. Wants Easy Manipulation Fitts said instruments must be designed so that they can be manipulated easily and without putting the pilot under abnormal strains. One experiment proved that it took trained pilots 7.1 seconds to read the standard altimeter dial. And 11.7 per cent of the readings were wrong. Error in reading altitdue is a frequent cause of crashes, Fitts said. Fitts said the pilot's eye scans instruments at the rate of two a second. This makes for confusion. But experiments have shown, he said, that knobs of various shapes help the pilot to pick quickly the correct control. He proposed a host of similar improvements. As for the uniform cockpit, it will take years to achieve, Fitts said. But, he added, it is the goal toward which aircraft engineers should work.

Oregon Digging Places Man There 20,000 Years Ago

EUGENE, Ore. (UP)-Workmen making summer resort improvements at Odell Lake high in the Oregon Cascades have discovered a pre-historic Indian camp site which proves that men occupied this part of the northwest more than 10,000 years ago. Evidence also was discovered which indicates hunters may have roamed the Oregon country some 20,000 years ago, before New Mexico's stone spear-throwing Folsom men. The discovery is being studied by Prof. L. S. Cressman, head of the University of Oregon Anthropology department. He has notified the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C. The ancient camp site and hand-implements were buried deep in Mt. Mazama volcanic ash and in the top layer of glacial debris, thus clearly establishing them as older than the climatic eruption of Mt. Mazama 10,000 years ago, and suggesting occupation in the late Pleistocene period, when rivers of ice were still pushing into Cascade valleys. Cutting Implements Found Finds at Odell Lake include a cutting implement made of obsidian, or volcanic glass, "strongly suggestive of the Sandia 'A' variety," Prof. Cressman said. Cressman pointed out that if this obsidian point proves to be of the Sandia type, it may push the Oregon Paleo-Indian relics back as much as 20,000 years, when the Sandia cave men are known to have lived in New Mexico before the mysterious Folsom men. But regardless of the final determination of the Sandia-like implement, it was believed to be overwhelmingly proved that the aborigines who camped in the Odell region were contemporaneous with the Wickiup men of early tribes known to have hunted with stone-pointed weapons in the western United States towards the end of the last glacial period.

Cancer Stricken Youth Eager To See Big Town Santa

ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 11. (UP) Seven-year-old Gene Maker was getting anxious today to be on his way to New York to see "the real Santa Claus." Gene's mother was anxious too, but she had something else on her mind. She wanted to get Gene to New York so he could undergo treatment at the Memorial Cancer Center. Gene doesn't know that he is desperately ill, and his eager face and unruly cowlick make it hard to believe. When he and his mother left their Memphis home yesterday Gene was as happy as any 7-year-old about making a big trip-especially when "the real Santa Claus" might be waiting at the other end. Weather halted their airplane trip at Atlanta, however, and they were ready to be on their way again this afternoon at 2 p.m. (EST) on Eastern Air Lines' flight 534. Gene fell ill several months ago and Memphis doctors were unable to help him even with an operation and X-ray treatments. So his father, M. J. Walker, decided to send him to the Memorial Cancer Center in New York. It is the only institution in the world with a ward for cancer-stricken children. Neighbors and two churches pitched in with donations to help ease financial difficulties. The weather delay bothered Gene a little, naturally. But visions of the big city and Santa Claus were much more important, and the youngster was still eager as anything. And, mercifully, he was unaware of the real reason for his big trip.

University of California Sets Attendance Mark

BERKELEY, Cal. (UP)-The University of California at Berkeley has set a new enrollment record this term with final fall registration figures showing 22,491 students. An all-time high also was set of the University of California at Los Angeles with a final enrollment of 14,391. The previous record at both campuses was in 1946 with 21,909 at Berkeley and 13,721 at Los Angeles.

New Light Kills Bacteria in Air

JOLIET, Ill. (UP)-A new fluorescent light kills bacteria and enables housewives and factory or office workers to get a sun-tan while they work. The light was described at an American Chemical Society meeting here by Dr. Sampson Isenberg, director of research for the Sun-Lite Luminescent Corp of Chicago. Discovery of new and more stable chemicals that emit ultraviolet fluorescent light has made the new lamp possible, Isenberg said. "The housewife, if she so desires, may perform her kitchen duties under the soft and pleasing oxidations of the new fluorescent lamps, and at the same time deodorise the room, kill air-borne bacteria and get a sun-tan," Isenberg said.

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