Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1943 — Page 18
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GONE IS L
OF MIAMI EACH
Southern Playground Transformed Into Mi itary Zone As Soldiers Jam Hotels, Drill in Streets... °°
And Residents Vacation Elsewhere.
By PAUL HARRISON Times Special Writer
; ‘MIAMI BEACH, Fla., ‘Feb. 10. _ Theys ve yanked down the signs that used to welcome tourists to “America’s Tropic Paradise—the Land of Sun and Fun.” They've posted the streets with notices that it's now a . restricted military zone. The speed limit is 15 miles per
hour, but the cadence of existence has guickened to double time. Only about a year ago, lyric promoters still were describing this spot as a languid playground of dreamy enchantment, but life now begins on
. Miami Beach at the unearthly hour
of 5:45 a. m Civilian residents and the few visitors here are startled from sleep by the shrilling of sergeants’ whistles . . . “Roll out!”—and many thousands of men hit the bare
‘floors of more than 260 hotels.
Doors slam, windows bang . . . “C'mon, hurry it up!”—and into the dark streets stream officer trainees and recruits of the army air forces technical training command. Up and down the bouievards, they form lines, call rolls, and tramp away to Breakfast.
Commando Links So it goes all day. Motor convoys
_ roll along the boulevards, and columns of briskly marching men move]
almost continuously to and from classes, drills’ and mess. Twice a day the beach is filled for a good half mile by bronzed
‘men who exercise according to
stentorian orders from a string of loud speakers. . Detachments of recruits learn
~ ‘glose order drill in parking areas - snd vacant lots. Part of a golf
course is devoted tq commando training, and soldiers parade, deploy and charge over other links and parks.
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The air force band practices twice daily. Normally Miami Beach is supposad to have about 28,000 permanent residents, but these are not much in evidence. I talked with one businessman whose wife is planning a trip to Kansas City for a vacation and a rest. . He said: “We're not kicking, because without the army this town would have been bankrupt by now. But it’s no winter resort any more; it’s a last resort.
Doormen Sentries
“We can't drive a car here, or get near a bar, or find room to dance. We can't get into a movie or even find a seat in a bus. “And unless we keep army hours, going to bed at 10 and getting up at 6, we can’t sleep. My wife says the army has made its bedlam, but she isn’t going to lie awake in it.” From coral lobbies to azure penthouses, practically all of the largest hotels on Biami Beach have been taken over by the army. : Sentries have replaced doormen, and they're still turning away occasional visitors who want to inquire about rates. Inside, the lobbies are startlingly barren of furnishings, and the gilt and crystal and varicolored tile look cold and garish. Instead of sleek and obsequious assistant managers, uniformed clerks now work behind the desks, sorting mail and laboriously typing reports. Hotels still open to the public are mostly small, out of the way places which don’t fit into the air force plans for its training establishment.
Lease Apartments
The army also has leased 1500 apartment. units, Much of the apartment and hotel space not controlled outright by the government is rented privately by groups cf bachelor officers, or by officers and their families. The elegant Roney Plaza, although left under private management, is virtually an officers’ club. A civilian applying for a room there feels out of place as a spinster trying to book passage on a liner converted to a military transport. The need for large messhall and classroom space has led to the taking over of several automobile showrooms, the Terrace (largest of restaurants) and the famous Surf club, formerly a swanky gambling spot. Recruits from. the basic training center, take their IQ tests in a church. : And at the huge Nautilis hotel, church services are held in the former cocktail bar, Incidentally, future tourists never again will stay at the Nautilus here or at the big Miami Biltmore over in Coral Gables. Both have been bought outright and will be operated during and after the war as government hospitals. By day, officers and officer candidates attend classes in several night clubs, such as the Latin Quarter, the Five OClock and Pago-Pago, each rented by the air force for $60 a month. When the lectures are over, in late afternoon, bartenders and waiters rush in to open the places for the more profitable evening’s busi-
ness.
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Willkies, Rubinstein Among Guests for Tea Tomorrow
At Herron.
- Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Willkie will be among the honor guests at the tea for Russian war relief to be given from 3 to 5 p. m. tomorrow at the John Herron Art institute. Others ‘will be Artur Rubinstein, the pianist; Mildren Dilling, wellknown harpist; Dr. and Mrs. Fabien Sevitzky, Governor and Mrs. Schricker and Mayor and Mrs. Robert H. Tyndall. Mr. Willkie will be in Indianapolis tp speak at a banquet of the Indianapolis Republican Women’s club. He will address the state legislature at -11 a. m. tomorrow. Mrs. Samuel Lewis Shank is chairman of the Indianapolis committee for Russian war relief. Bishop H. A. Kirchhoffer is chairman of the two weeks’ clothing collection for Russian relief which will begin Monday. Mrs. Shank’s assistants include Mrs. William Allen Moore, vice chairman; Mrs. Posey Denning, chairman of sewing; Mrs. Sheldon Sayles, radio; Mrs. George L. Divin, telephoning, and Mrs. Leo Rappaport, drivers. Mrs. H. Joseph Hyman is chairman of refreshments for the tea. She was born in Latvia, which was taken two years ago by the Germans, and was reared in St. Petersburg. She came to America as a bride in 1924. She will dress in Russian fashion for the tea. Her committee is preparing Russian cookies for the event and tea will be served from samovars on an old Russian cloth and flanked by huge candlesticks from Russia.
FIRST AID OFFIGERS FOR ZONE 1 NAMED
. Raymond L. Wald has been appointed chairman of first aid, civilian defense, for zone 1. District first aid chairmen named include Mrs. Sarah Smith, Mrs. Martha Reinhardt, Anthony Maio, Thomas J. Hannon, Charles Lynn and Mr, Wald. All first aiders are urged to report to their chairman and be assigned to first aid casualty station duty. x A first aid class has been scheduled to start at 7:30 p. m. Monday at 21 W. Morris st. Interested persons should contact Mr. Wald &t LIncoln 1954. Arm bands, certificates and identification cards will be presented to first aiders in districts 19 and 20 by Mrs. Robert Parrot, emergency first aid chairman for Marion eounty, at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow in the basement of the Olive Branch Christian church.
TOWN HALL LISTS H. R. KNICKERBOCKER
be the subject of war correspondent H. R. Knickerbocker’s address at Town Hall at 1# a. m. Saturday at the English theater. Mr. Knickerbocker was at ‘the Casablanca conference in North Africa and also witnessed the allied invasion there. During the summer of 1940 he was in Europe and later in the Far East where, he covered the war progress in Hawaii, the Philippines, Java, Dutch East
~ | Indies, Australia and New Zealand:
This will. be Mr. Knickerbocker’s fourth consecutive lecture at the local ‘Town Hall. Clafence 8.
‘| Sweeney will’ introduce him, and
with Mrs. Sweeney will preside at a luncheon at the Columbia club following his talk.”
NEBRASKA ALUMNI TO MEET SATURDAY
The Indianapolis chapter, Ne-. braska Alumni association, will meet al 6 p. m. Saturday in the home of Mrs. Lydia Gadd, 124 Johnson ave. Dinner will be served, after which a business meeting will be held. The 73d anniversary of the founding of the university will be noted. Homer E. Grosbach, president, will be in
{charge of the meeting.
ARRANGE CLASS FOR
A new class for air raid wardens
be organized at a meeting Friday night at the Riley Park ‘Community
| center, 901 Oliver ave. _
Albert Guillion, chief air raid ‘warden, urged all air wardens and ‘persons interested: in - taking the Sourse 10 altend the meeting.
“At the Ringside of History” will|-
AIR RAID WARDENS|
in civilian defense district 21: will}:
Before House Military Affairs Committee.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (U: P.). —Dr. Edward G. Elliott, president of Purdue university, yesterday proposed a far-reaching student subsidy system of education, federally financed, to build up a “stockpile of trained manpower.” Testifying before the house military affairs committee, Dr. Elliott said sueh a program, involving payments to students, would “go further” in that regard than the training systems carried out hy the national youth administration. The army, navy, and war manpower commission already are embarked on training programs designed to meet service requirements for trained: personnel and to prepare civilians for scientific, medical and technical posts.
Called Manpower Insurance
Dr. Elliott, who is chairman of a committee on the “Selection of nonfederal institutions for those programs, said he saw no danger of federal dictatorship over education. The training programs, he said, constitute insurance+ that essential trained manpower needs will be satisfied. : Asked by Chairman Andrew J. May (D. Ky.) of the committee, whether the federal government intended to “usurp and take over the educational institutions in the states and prescribe the curricula,” Dr. Elliott replied with an emphatic “no.” “There has been a lot of wild talk going around about federalization of education,” he said. “But as Lead of one of these institutions, I have never been afflicted with the jitters. “I am most certain, sir, that with all the wisdom concentrated in Washington, there still wouldn't be enough to dictate to education.”
5-Year Program Planned:
Dr. Elliott estimated that 100,000 to 150,000 students will be sufficient to meet service requirements.. But, he added, the length of the war must be considexed. He said present planning was for a five-year program, in which to build up a “stockpile of trained manpower to meet the needs that would exist” during that period and in the period required for training new technical and professional personnel after the war, Included in the civilian phase of the program would the 18 to 20 per cent of youths between 18 and 22 who, he estimated, will not be absorbed by selective service. Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (R. N. J.) commented: “I want to make the observation that I hope this program won't be a haven for NYA dirt, draft dodgers and people who want a nice berth while my sons are fighting.”
COMMISSIONS OPEN T0 SKILLED WORKERS
The army is seeking officerapplicants among highly civilians, the officer procurement unit here announced today.
Men with the- following training are needed: Radio and radio-main-tenance engineering, construction equipment maintenance, oil engineering, port and dock engineering, biochemistry, entomology, parasitology and bacteriology, sanitary engineering, professional motion picture operating, former commissioned officers in the army, navy, coast guard and qualified R. O. T. C. and C. M. T. C. graduates. The officer procurement district office is located in room 416 of the Federal bldg.
G. F. KIRBY HEADS ST. PHILIP. NERI CLUB
Garrett F. Kirby is the newlyelected president of the Men’s club of St. Philip Neri Catholic church. Other new officers are Leo Shay, vice president; Otto Hormuth, treasurer, and John Dugan, secretary. | Twelve directors are James Brennan, Carl Huesing, Leo Basso, James Sweeney, Harry Rail, Albert L. Gerdon, Otto Neff, Edward Doyle, Earl Owens, Mr. Hormuth, Mr. Shay and Mr. Dugan. i
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NAOMI 0. E. S. LISTS LUNCHEON FOR FRIDAY
Naomi chapter, O. E. 8., will have
Friday at the Y. W. C. A, Hostesses will be Mrs. Edna Benjamin, Mrs. Jean Fisher and Mrs. Mamie Ballard. : Mrs. Lillian Winget, president, will preside,
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