The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-27
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 Miami Beach, Fla: The folks who knew Greater Miami as the winter playground of the nation are in for the highest eyebrow-raislng of their lives-if they get down this way again The famed resort Is ruffle of the surf Is almost drowned out by the heavy tread of march, ing men-for Miami Beach has en- listed for the duration She is in the WET with her one indus try-tourlsni--- the hundreds of smart hotels that line the ocean front are almost all occupied by Unclee lads in khaki The Roney- Plaza invites civilians-only to its Cabana Club and the pool dock for the hotel Is now an Officers' Club The night spots clear all glasses, filled or not, off the tables at midngiht when the drummer in the band hongs e gong.
 The natives call the blackout dimout, the way we city slickers do in the Big Town. But New York CTS would call 1t Black Friday :. Even when the cabbie slows down to 20 miles in the beach area Ca military zone) you can't see the faces of the soldiers two feet away :. You know they are soldiers Because you hear the tramp, tramp, tramp of the boots The big thrill for visitors is hearing them sing as they march The lyric they've made up (and shouD about the Navy is a dirty trick, by gum But the ditty they yell about the Officers Candidate Schools evens things.
 New Workers will be overjoyed to learn, perhaps, that Miami Beach has no meatless Tuesday or any other day of the week, for that mat ter And there is no such pa- triotic denial on the trains, which are playing to Standing Room - on Tuesday .. t. So, when you read that other communities are quarreling about gas and coffee rationing, you begin to wonder if all the rationing is being done in N. Y. Sugar and coffee appear to be plentiful here in the restaurants New Workers will simply have to come to Miami Beach or enlist in the Navy if they have to have e second cup with three Jumps.
 First thing you notice at the Beach is the absence of the neon lighting that bathed the hotels in softness !. They've shut off the electric button which you turn on when you enter your room =. If your shades or blackout drapes are in order you may turn on table lamps For the Beach has given all to the military ;. Despite all that, 1t still expects the tourists to come =, More than 700 apartment houses arc still available-and you can't olacEout the palms, surf, sunshine or the Heart of the City .. There are no restrictions on daytime bathing or fishing, and those who cannot find them across the Bay in Miami or in the fourteen environs of Greater Miami The recreation facilities at the Beach are offered without restrictions to these across the Bay.
 The towners are getting use to seeing stars Just after Gable graduated and was transferred else wherein moved Gilbert Roland and his wife, Connie BennetO, VII liam Holden, Eric Rhoades, Robert Preston and others of the Hollywood crowd who are in the Army the Hard Way Officers here say that Cary Grant is expected for the next class at Officers Candidate school '. Is that scoop? .. Al Jolson is having his beach mansion redecorated in what he calls "a Hawaiian motif" whatever that iS Henry and Clare Luce check into the Tatem Hotel this week for holiday? Or to welcome a distinguished lady from China?
 Steve Hannagans man Friday, Tom Ferris, Ca former Toledo scribe) is in 6 Quandry The Army Is cue to enlist him soon . He'll go as a Private His beautiful wife, Jean Baird, was once Chief Stew ardess on American Airlines If Ferris joins up, Mrs. Ferris will en- list, also AS a 2nd Lieutenant She is a registered nurse .. This poses the pretty problem of whether a husband should salute his wife Harry Anderson. we'll known man about town, and his magazine cover eyeful wife Cthe for mer Ruth Dodd of Atlanta) are di- vorced They never missed season at the Beach They're both herein separate cabanas .. One of the very few good hotels still catering to multi trade is the Ocean Grande on Collins Ave. in the latter sos .. The Miami Her ald the day we arrived headlined: oTNri.Fa AOainct GaFahlaPe TJnder