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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1942
Page
8
Poem reflects on whether America and Allies stand with God amid war. Warns against pride and reliance on power, urging humility and prayer. Emphasizes biblical calls for righteousness, divine mercy, and the need to seek the Lord in national conduct.
The article traces ambitions of empire from Julius Caesar to Napoleon and Hitler, noting how faith and divine will shaped responses to conquest. It cites Franklin, references to Rome, Charlemagne, the Armada, Louis XIV, Napoleon, Waterloo, and WWI winds against world domination, concluding with warning about present aims.
U S Navy men and soldiers from Mount Dora area are named with updates on their service. Families report letters from the front and hospital notices, while others receive promotions and assignments at Camp Blanding Fort Sill Canal Zone and Miami Beach. The Lake County Tire Rationing Board lists tire and tube certificates for 1942 July to November.
Mrs Annie Lester Stratton R N named Red Cross home nursing instructor in Lake County. Mrs Helen Hanford plans classes countywide while Mrs Florence Hetsch advances a county surgical dressings unit in Leesburg with 200 hours weekly and up to 20000 dressings monthly. Volunteers urged for sewing and dressings work to meet quotas.
The article urges veterans to accelerate training and draft participation to prepare green troops for World War II. Somervell warns against complacency, urging men with army experience to mentor recruits and pressure for active service. Dr. Weber is noted as accepted for active duty through wartime connections.
Postmaster C. Dooley announces a new weekly mail schedule with incoming routes from Leesburg Sanford Orlando Eustis Ta vares and Leesburg and star routes. Outgoing times include 9 15 A M 3 30 P M 8 30 A M 5 30 P M and 4 30 P M with Regular and Air Mail options. Sunday lists incoming 8 30 A M and 4 30 P M star routes only.
T A Liefeld of the U S Forest Service reports that applying a sulphuric acid solution to new streaks on slash pine raises gum flow by up to 50 percent. The finding aids naval stores operators pressed to increase turpentine and resin output for wartime needs. Researchers seek a similar method for long leaf yellow pine. Rid the Seven Seas of the Japanese.
Public notice instructs all creditors to file claims against the estates of Gilbert E Gavun of Mount Dora Florida and Mount Kisco New York with Judge A B Herlong Jr within eight months from first publication. The second notice covers George C Thompson estate in Columbiana County Ohio with same deadline and executor George Stewart Thompson.
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