Look Upon Me Mussolini Warns Joe Of False Gods Fate
A dramatic broadcast monologue from Benito Mussolini addresses Joe, warning of a coming reckoning for tyranny and false gods. The speaker recalls his dictator years and a 1945 image of his hanging, contrasts with Christian scripture, and urges Joe to choose repentance or face a radiant moral fall.
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Benito Mussolini
Joe
Benito
Kremlin
Mussolini
Ilauce
Clara
Karl Marx
Potter's Field
Hell
Adolph Hitler
Adolph
Chamber OKs Temporary Dam to Aid Lake Apopka
Mount Dora Chamber endorses building a temporary canal dam to raise Lake Apopka levels while seeking assurances Lake Dora and the broader Central Florida lake system remain unharmed. A $100,000 yearly survey of the region's water needs is approved, citing citrus industry value and irrigation demands.
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Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Apopka Canal
Lake Apopka
Lake Dora
Central Florida
Central Florida Chain of Lakes
Lake County
R. W. Dickson
G. B. “Crip’ Hurlburt
Orange County
Hurlburt
Army Engineers
Lake County Chamber of Commerce Waterways Committee
Lake County Civilian Defense Council Reforms Amid War Fears
A Lake County meeting revived memories of the 1940s defense effort as council members and local leaders pledge readiness for any emergency including war. Speakers warn against delays, stressing preparations for hurricanes floods and other disasters, while echoing past civic resolve.
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Lake County
Civilian Defense Council
Number Three
C. B. Treadway
Carl Duncan
D. Fletcher Crane
Mount Dora
Youths Narrowly Escape Death After Roadster Crash
Ellis Buchanan a Mount Dora High School graduate and Martha Jones escaped a fatal crash on the Orange Blossom Trail when their small roadster spun hit a tree and overturned pinning them beneath it. Buchanan suffered a dislocated shoulder and old football injury aggravated by the incident while Jones a 15 year old girl sustained only a sprained ankle.
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Ellis Buchanan
Mount Dora High School
Martha Jones
Buchanan
Sylvan Shores
Eustisrd
Residents Seek Ban on New Businesses on Sanford Road
City Council gave first reading to an ordinance restricting new construction on Sanford Road to residences, responding to citizen requests. It does not affect existing businesses, but aims to limit the area to homes going forward.
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Sanford Rd
Miracle Surgery and Prayers Bring Vision To Blind Baby
Lester Brock, twenty months old, in Tampa after a series of operations that may restore sight. Lions Club of Mount Dora funded care after a letter from mother Juanita Brock seeking help for her blind child. Doctors predicted no sight but faith and medical treatment could grant him vision and future schooling.
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Lester Brock
School For the
St. Augustine
Mount Dora
Vance Brock
Lake Jem
Little Lester
Lester
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Tampa
Ernie Mosteller
Lions Club
Sight Conservation Committee
Baby Lester
Juanita Brock
Mosteller
Brocks
Larry
The
Lake County Warden Ben Reeves Uses Steady Hand on Wildlife
In Lake County Ben Reeves serves as game warden with a motherly instinct toward deer and a firm stance against off season poaching and large fish hauls. He patrols Ocala National Forest and reports violators in Sorrento and Mount Plymouth areas, aiming to protect wildlife and stop market fishing for Georgia buyers. Reeves, born in 58 years ago at Astatula, began in law enforcement in 1932 and later led local sports efforts, while his wife Mattie Lovell has served as depot agent and postmistress in Astatula.
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Ben Reeves
Lake County
Ocala Forest
Fresh Water Fish and Game Commission
Ben
Sorrento
Mount Plymouth
Georgia
Astatula
W. B. Gibson
Lakes County
Mattie Lovell
Apopka
Joseph Cooper Reeves
New
Gaines
Tennis Club Wins Bid For Permanent Court
Mount Dora youths secured a partial victory in council as the city agreed to permanently surface one park court with a concrete asphalt mix installed by a Leesburg firm. The old clay topped court will proceed for about 800 dollars, after park board approval while council delayed the newer court awaiting durability tests in Tampa.
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Mount Dora
Leesburg
Council
William Stewart
Park Board
Myron Cronwall
Jacksonville
Dora Club
Tampa
Cronwall
Tennis Club
Jim Stout
Hugo Curry
Clayton Tremain
Tom Williams
City to Begin Sodium Fluoride Water Treatment Project
City Council approved a $2,000 plan to add sodium fluoride to Mount Dora drinking water as a public health measure. A new building at the water plant will house two pumps controlled by a Class B plant operator, with a targeted daily flouride addition of five to six pounds to serve children eight years and younger, promising 60 to 70 percent protection against decay.
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Addiion
Board of
Minute Maid
Plymouth
State Board of Health
Harald Qwarhiear
Overhiser
Ernest Mosteller
Council
Mosteller
Utilities Committee of Council
R. C. Bardwell
Mount Dora
Reeves Wins Game Warden Post Amid Crackdown
County Prosecutor Zera Giles recommended Benjamin F. Reeves for the game warden role with the Fish and Game Commission. Reeves and 75 wardens conducted a week long Florida road blitz, stopping cars to seize fish and alligator skins and disrupt illicit sales, as they patrol routes near Lake County and beyond.
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Zera Giles
Ben
Fish and Game Commission
Lake County
Florida
Federalists Urge Cooperation Amid Korean War Era Tensions
Rev. Robert M. Blackburn at First Methodist cites United World Federalists pushing world government as path to peace. He argues cooperation requires surrendering selfish rights and cites Security Council actions in Korea as a test of global governance. He frames Christianity as counter to communism, praising gospel influence from early Christian communities.
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America
Robert M. Blackburn
First Methodist Church
United World Federalists
United Nations
Security Council
Blackburn
Karl Marx
Thessalonians
God
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Mabel Norris Reese
Benjamin F. Reeves
Abraham Lincoln
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