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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1945
Page
4
A fragment describes the Pledge to the Flag and The American Creed declaring allegiance to the United States, support for its constitution and laws, respect for the flag, and defense against enemies, all framed as expressions of patriotism and democracy.
Senator Claude Pepper recounts meeting President Truman before Japan's surrender and pushing a reconversion program to a peace time economy. He notes bipartisan support, urgent legislation on unemployment insurance, and his role as Foreign Trade Subcommittee chair preparing for Congress after Labor Day.
A Small Business Committee member outlines efforts to boost American exports to Europe and Britain, assess opportunities in reconstruction markets, and study Russian demand. He cites dismantling German cartels, ending Nazism, and reducing private monopolies to preserve democracy and free enterprise.
Sam E. Teague announces the 1945 46 Florida Bankers Association convention committees. Agricultural directors include Tom D. Roland J S Fairchild Louis P Wilson H M McIntosh R A Willis. Educational panel lists George Lewis II Scott Moore Otto Anderson A A McKethan George Brannen. Citrus leaders include G G Ware B H Alexander C H McNulty W F Rehbaum L A Perkins Jr. Public Relations group features E P Taliaferro Linton Allen J B Carmichael Rodman Porter S H Fifield. Special Livestock panel names N Ray Carroll W E Ellis Joe S Earman N B Jordan Lovick Holtzendorff. Teague reappoints special committee to revise constitution and by laws with Boozer Ellis and Coleman.
Vera Bloom, chronicler of White House life and wartime Washington, profiles Sol Bloom and the Bloom family influence across two Republican administrations and three Roosevelt terms. The Mount Dora Public Library Committee notes her eyewitness accounts of officials, diplomats, and capital society.
The U S Coast Guard will accept regular three year enlistments for 17 year olds for the first time since 1942. Lieut Lucretia Bailey announced the change as district recruiting officer for the Seventh naval district. James C Royals Jr of Miami is the first Floridian to enlist under the plan. Regular enlistees gain trade school and advancement advantages similar to those in the Reserve. High school six three years and strict physical mental standards still apply. Recruiting offices at Miami room 602 Professional Building and Tampa room 302 Knight and Wall Building.
A Florida War Finance Committee report shows the Florida Telephone Corporation of Leesburg leading Lake County payroll savings groups in average bond purchases. Only one other central Florida group among more than seventy firms, with many firms in Miami Jacksonville and Tampa, participated.
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