Gas Rationing Rules and District Registration Details
The notice outlines Class C gas ration eligibility for officials, mail transport, school officials, news delivery, medical staff, clergy, farm transport, armed forces, wartime workers, and essential services. Initial coupons determine gas allotment, with emergency use via local boards. District 128 registration directed by A C Quixley, with whites at 138 East Fifth and blacks at 136 East Fifth, and white and colored non highway users at City Hall 1-5 and 7-9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Mail
Cle
Mount Dora
Sorrento
Mount Plymouth
Lake Jem
A. C. Quixley
Rehbaum
D. F Crane
Defense Center
East Fifth Avenue
Notes About Our Men In Service
Bud Burchett moved from Camp Blanding to Fort MacClellan Alabama near Anniston with one other Lake County man from Leesburg. Oscar D. Stephens Jr enlisted in the Navy and is at Newport News Virginia. Lloyd Crosby enlisted in the Army. James A. Scott moved from Key Field Mississippi to MacDill Field Tampa and visited his mother Elizabeth Scott in Rhodes Street. James Hicks Snell is in the Air Corps at Phoenix Arizona. J M Greene returned home from Field Tampa for a week on Leon. B Cheek Jr is now a second lieutenant at Fort Sill Oklahoma in the Department of Gunnery. James F Rutherford Jr of Leesburg, formerly Mount Dora, is training as a pilot at Pittsburg Kansas. Robert Quixley at Camp Blanding enjoys Army life and reports good food and kind noncoms. Lieut A Lee French Jr is home from Miami Beach on ten days leave. Lieut Harry J Hopcraft returned home from Camp Jackson South Carolina for the Fourth. Mrs Lemuel C Downs received three letters from Lieut Downs last week, noting crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Burchett
Camp Blanding
Fort MacClellan
Alabama
Anniston
Lake County
Leesburg
James A. Scott
Key Field
Miss
MacDill Field
Tampa
Elizabeth Scott
Rhodes Street
Sumter Electric Co op repays REA loan ahead of schedule
Sumter Electric Cooperative in Petonesare Lake area has repaid REA loans early, one of 87 systems to do so in May, with total May prepayments of 502 340 across 24 states. The group has paid 14 830 in regular principal and interest plus 10 000 in advance payments, improving its financial position as it expands rural electrification to 1 328 consumers over 509 miles of distribution lines.
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Sumter Electric Cooperative, Inc
Petonesare Lake
REA
Harry Slattery
J. G. Sparkman
O. W. Smith
Astatula
Lake Coun
Sumter Electric
Sumter Electric Cooperative
Sumter Group
Slattery
Supt
Sparkman
Treasury
Navy Assignment Noted for Lions Club Officer
A. D. Marshall Jr former Lions Club secretary is in the Navy aboard the USS Hamilton with care at the New York post office. The Topic seeks photos and news about the servicemen for publication and promises photographs will be returned promptly after cuts are made.
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A. D. Marshall, Jr
Lions Club
Navy
U. S. S. Hamilton
New York
N. Y
War Front Highlights Allied Tech and Supply Efforts
General Campbell touts high velocity 75 mm guns in M 3 tanks outranging German 88 mm guns and says U S machine guns will outshoot enemy weapons. WPB notes $350 million in April war shipments from 430 auto plants, civilian guards organized, Flying Tigers raid Hankow Nanchang Canton. Navy reports hits on enemy cruiser and Wake Island attack. evacuations in Aleutians. Wake and Malta air operations. Scrap salvage campaign opens July 13. rationing changes and transportation measures widen. Army expands intake under 1 B to fill task force needs. $42 billion Army Supply bill signed.
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Campbell
U. S
United States
WPB
Army Services of Supply
Somervell
Army
Corps of Military Police
Flying Tigers
Army Air Corps
China
Hankow
Nanchang
Canton
Navy
Aleutian Islands
Office of Indian Affairs
Dutch Harbor
Pribilof Islands
Wake Island
Wasp
Malta
Mediterranean
McArthur
United Nations
Leatherneck Stamp Promises Vow Over Midway Stamp
A red fluted circular Leatherneck stamp about half a dollar in size bears the motto Semper Fidelis and the promise to hold Midway till Hell freezes over. Marines stationed on Pacific islands prompted the design after recent Japanese raids. Pacific-area mail recipients report stamps affixed to their envelopes.
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Midway
United States
Pacific Islands
Pacific
Certificates for Tire Purchases Issued by Mount Dora Board
The Lake County Tire Rationing Board 128 lists July 1 11 1942 tire and tube allocations for Citrus Culture Corp Florida Telephone Corp and Florida Telephone Corp. One truck tire two truck tires and two truck tubes are shown. The list is posted at the board office Fifth avenue and Donnelly streets Mount Dora Florida per Regulation 801 Chapter 8 of December 30 1941. A C Quixley Alfred Rehbaum D Fletcher Crane sign the notice for the Lake County Tire Rationing Board 128 Mount Dora Florida.
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Lake County Tire
Mount Dora
Citrus Culture Corp
Florida Telephone Corp
Office of Production Management
Washington, D. C
Fifth Avenue
Donnelly Streets
Florida
A. C. Quixley
Alfred Rehbaum
D. Fletcher Crane
Lake County Tire Rationing Board
Slogan Winners for Aircraft Warning Service Announced
The Tampa region prize goes to Lawrence R. Brooking of Altamonte Springs Florida for The Eyes and Ears of National Defense. The national winner is We Also Serve Who Only Observe submitted by a New Jersey woman.
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National Defense
Aircraft Warning Service
Lawrence R. Brooking
Altamonte Springs
Fla
David A. Denslow
Tavares
Lake County
Job K. Cannon
U. S. Army Air Forces
Ground Observer Corps
Maine
Flox Ida
Brooking
Tampa
Life Magazine
Air Trails Magazine
Air Progress Magazine
Civil Service Examinations Announced for Clerk and Medical Officer
The Civil Service Commission announces examinations for Assistant Statistical Clerk at $1620 Jr Medical Officer rotating internship at $2000 and Jr Medical Officer psychiatric resident at $2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Civil Service Commission
Civil Aeronautics and Bureau Job Pay Ranges Listed
A list of civil service positions with pay ranges is provided, including Ground School Supervisor earning 3200 to 3500 dollars and Flight Supervisor 3500 to 3800. Other roles cover Radio Monitoring, Junior Officer, Health Nurse, and a variety of trades with daily wages from 4.32 to 10.72 dollars.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Civil Aeronautics
Bureau of Department of Justice
Junioi
SS Seengineering Mat
War Bond Loyalty Badge Promotes Patriotism
The column urges readers to invest at least ten percent of their income in War Bonds each pay period as a sign of patriotism. It frames bond purchases as a public indication of loyalty and supports wearing a target lapel button for those meeting the threshold.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oscar D. Stephens, Jr
Newport News
Lloyd Crosby
James Hicks Snell
Air Corps
Phoenix
Ariz
J. M. Greene
Field
Leon. B. Cheek, Jr
Fort Sill, Okla
Department of Gunnery
James F. Rutherford, Jr
Pittsburg
Kansas
Robert Quixley
Lieut. A. Lee French, Jr
Miami Beach
Harry J. Hopcraft
Camp Jackson
S. C
Lemuel C. Downs
Lieut. Downs
San Francisco
Equator
Res
Florida Motor Lines
Jacksonville
Ocala
Orlando
W. Palm Beach
Ude Ae Motorlees
Miami
ST. Petersburg
Key West
Iron and Steel
Public Buildings Administration
War Department
Henderson
OPA
Sian Aid Ate Soneevee
Barn
Iiven
Eastman
ODT
Maritime Commission
Porl Harbor
War Shipping Administration
FHA
NHA
WPE
Blandford
Federal Reserve Board
Roosevelt
Leatherneck
Silver Springs
Civil Service Examinations
Homer Morris
Texaco
U. & Highway 441
the Counys
Ida
George Thompson
George C. Thompson
Columbiana County
Ohio
Herlong, Jr
J. M. McCown
Mattie R. McCown
Lake State of Florida
Belmont Heights
Eustis
Sarah A. Keys
Sey
Fidence
Circuit Court of
Floris
A. J. Harnage
D. c
Tokio
F.H.A
Builders Supply Company
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