War Production Goals and Totals Placed Before Congress
The President told Congress he directed federal agencies to craft a new war production schedule for 1942 and 1943, aiming for 60,000 planes in 1942 and 125,000 in 1943, plus 45,000 combat planes, 75,000 tanks, 35,000 anti aircraft guns, and 10,000,000 merchant tonnage in 1943. He pledged broader U S forces across global fronts and proposed 1943 expenditures near 56.0 billion with taxes to 27.0 billion.
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Congress
U. S
British Isles
Far East
New World
County Tire Allocation Boards Seeks Truck Details
Citizens with trucks and trailers must complete forms for allocation fair shares. Forms are at board headquarters or local tire dealers and must be submitted to the respective local board. Headquarter locations include Altoona Clermont Eustis Fruitland Park Groveland Leesburg Montverde Mount Dora Tavares Umatilla with each serving listed towns.
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Altoona
Astor
Paisley
Johnson’s
Clermont
Minneola
Eustis
Cassia
Chamber of Commerce
Fruitland Park
Lady Lake
Groveland
Mascotte
Withlacoochee
Bay Lake
Leesburg
Yalaha
Okahumpka
Crager
Montverde
Ferndale
C. F. Evans
Montverde School
Mount Dora
Sorrento
Lake Jem
Lake County shows strong cooperation in defense program
Lake County residents and the Defense Council coordinated a rapid response to a gasoline and tire supply issue. By 7 pm fourteen of fifteen distributors attended a mandatory meeting at the Court House in Tavares, with the fifteenth providing needed information. Additionally, notable figures were invited to the Judah P. Benjamin Memorial ceremonies in Sarasota on January 22. The Federal government’s stance on tourist traffic remains unchanged, per Florida Chamber of Commerce officials.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Civilian Defense
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Office of
LaGuardia
New York City
House
Senate
Defense Health and Welfare Services
Nursing Council On Defense
Lake County
L.l.polk
Defense Council
Margaret Mitchell
A. J. Hanna
Judah P. Benjamin
Sarasota
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Harold Colee
Florida State Chamber of Commerce
Leon Henderson
Defense Bonds Drive Calls for Private Investment
A wartime plea urges citizens to fund national defense by purchasing Defense Bonds through banks post offices and savings and loan associations. The message stresses regular ongoing contributions to equip planes ships and guns.
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Bank
Post Office
Savings and Loan Association
Defense
Defense Bond Sales Quadrupled in Lake County
Lake County Defense bond sales for the first eight months totaled $425 730 09 with December alone at $86 699 49 nearly four times November. Banks and post offices across Eustis Mount Dora Clermont Leesburg Tavares and surrounding towns contributed varying amounts led by First State Bank of Eustis and First National Bank of Mount Dora.
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Lake County
Pearl Harbor
Treasu Department
Defense Savings
First State Bank of
Clermont Post Office
Citizens Bank of Clermont
First National Bank of
Bank of Tavares
Tavares
Defense
Leesburg
Fruitland Park
Mount Dora
Eustis
First Federal Savings & Loan Association
Amaulla State Bank
Groveland
Umatilla
Howey Post Office
Montverde
Sorrento
Lady Lake
Paisley
Yalaha
Altoona
Mascotte
First Federal Savings & Ass'n of Lake Co
Tavares Post Office
Aeeceessaveces
Uatilla State Bank Steaeeetercasees
Groveland Post Office
Etpesseesseccees
Montver
Lake County Eyes Citrus Melons Sea Island Crops
County Agent R E Norris reports Lake County focuses on citrus Sea Island cotton and melons. Growers praise tangerine returns and anticipate oranges grapefruit. high lake levels aim to reduce cold damage. Cotton growers seek CCC loans for staple 114 to 2 inch cotton and early watermelon planting boosts melon acreage above 3000.
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Sea Island
Lake County
R. E. Norris
Sea Island Cotton Growers
Cotton Acreage and Harvest Figures For This Season
This season's output matches the 1940-65,000 acre benchmark. Farmers harvested 49,400 acres of short cotton and 16,500 acres of Sea Island. The yields were 15,500 bales of short cotton and 1,500 bales of Sea Island.
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Short and Sea Island
Short
Sea Island
First National Bank of Leesburg Tops Lake County Chamber
First National Bank of Leesburg and its president led Lake County Chamber of Commerce memberships, matching $100 in group dues and a personal $25 Sustaining Membership totaling $125. Leesburg again tops towns with 225 memberships, followed by Eustis 113 and Tavares 112 as five towns pass quotas and Orange regains leadership historically.
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First National Bank of
Leesburg
Lake County
Eustis
Tavares
Clermont
Mount Dora
Montverde
Umatilla
Groveland
Lady Lake
Lisbon
Ro- E-Gaines Fruit Company
Princess Theatre
American _ Diatomite Company
James Baldwin
J. Philip Doss
A&p Stores
Mount Dora Kiwanians Sponsor Local Red Cross First Aid Station
Mount Dora Kiwanians become the first service club in Lake County to sponsor a Red Cross highway emergency first aid station. The third station will be at Riley's Camp near Mount Dora, costing about 35 dollars on average. A fourth station is planned for Leesburg's Fire Station.
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Mount Dora Kiwanians
Lake County
Red Cross
Riley’s
Clermont Press Promotes Card Charity Drive
The Clermont Press describes a citizen who saved Christmas cards and donated 10 cents for each card to the Children's Home Society of Florida. The generous gesture, aided by the man's popularity, yields a tidy sum and inspires others to adopt the idea of card based charity.
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Clermont Press
Children’s Home Society of
Florida
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