Evening star., 1943-10-10
NAVAL, Air Forces Troinees
Jam Miami, Miami Beach

cises with the wide expanse Of sea
and sky as their background.
Pile Clothes on Boardwalk.
At a given signal the cadets whisk
off their felt service hats and their
clothing down to their blue jersey
trunks. Then with lightning like
speed, they pile it in neat layers
about feet apart on the sidewalk
which borders the beach at this
point. Their hats top the outfit
with one of their brogan shoes on
each side as anchor against the
brisk prevailing winds. In cover
all fashion, the raincoat protects
the pile against the inevitable sud-
den shower
At another signal they race to the
beach. There the physical training
instructor puts them through rou-
tine that usually leaves the visiting
civilians breathless, merely to look
on. But these cadets take it in their
stride.
They average 18. A few of them
already have had year in college,
but most of them have just finished
their high school courses.
In small groups they are sent In
and out of the surf, and all must
learn to swim.
Inquiry developed that the par
ticular flight" I was viewing at
close range hailed chiefly from New
Mexico, Arizona and California,
with one lad, Daniel johnson, son
of Maj. and Mrs. Evan Johnson of
Washington.
Some of these cadets were having
their first experience with surf bath
ing but they were riding the break
ers like veterans.
Messhalls Are Clean.
The messhall which I visited
nearby was as clean as the proven
bal pin.
Every cadet has kitchen police
duty one day a week, but it is a part
of the training and not disciplinary
measure.
The dishwashing squad was fas-
cinating one to watch, with four
blond cadets briskly scrubbing alu-
minum meal trays with brushes in
foamy soap suds as if their very
lives depended upon it. and then
rinsing them in the boiling hot
sterilizers.
Many of the shops in the fash
ionable hotel neighborhood district
of Miami Beach are closed for there
is little use for either masculine or
feminine luXuries. Those that are
open, feature such services as por-
traits, all in military uniforms Of
course, and at popular prices with
24-hour service promised. Others ad-
vertise one-day military alterations
or display all sorts of military in
sigma
There is an unusual number of
bookshops, all specializing in mill
tary textbooks
Extend Hospitality.
Both Miami and Miami Beach
as communities are making a fine,
genuine and successful effort to
extend the hand Of good fellowship
and of hospitality to the constantly
changing members of our armed
forces within their midst.
The Women's Club of Miami. OF
which Mrs. N. A. Austin is presi-
dent, makes special point of ex-
tending the use of its beautiful club
house for a dance in honor of the
crew of every Navy ship that puts
into Miami.
This notice in one Of the Miami
newspapers tells the story of the
cooperation of the churches with
the servicemen: Friendship and
supper hour for servicemen, Second
Presbyterian Church in the Park,
every Sunday to $50 pm. We
hope we may welcome you"
Miami is travel center as we'll.
with visiting delegations from other
lands constantly arriving Within
few days the Roney Plaza has been
the headquarters of President Ellie
Lescot of Haiti, the Arabian mis-
sion, headed by the two sons of the
King of Saudi, Arabia-Foreign
Minister Amir Faisal and Amir
Kahid, and a Chinese mission, all
en- route to Washington.