Homefront wartime outlook and wartime shortages report
Amid Tunisia gains and Attu Pantelleria victories the war is not expected to end quickly with heavy home casualties anticipated when invasions hit Europe. OWI warns casualties may rise in 1943, while food shortages loom and labor tightens though more women work. OPA lowers meat prices and simplifies coffee rationing. Bean beetles threaten crops and wool quotas are lifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunisia
Attu
Pantelleria
Chickamauga
Europe
Owi
OPA
Iceland
Army renews lease of Lake Fair grounds and Umatilla sites
The U S Army renews its lease on Lake County Fair grounds in Eustis and the USWV site at Umatilla for another year to train ground service Signal Corps troops, following building remodeling for barracks and facilities. County leaders highlighted Lake County’s 1943 44 citrus income and agricultural output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Eustis
Ground Service Signal Corps
Frank E. Owens
Board of County Commissioners
Army
USWV
Umatilla
Eustis- Umatilla
Lake County
Agricultural News Service
College of Agriculture
Gainesville
R. E. Norris
Checks for service members’ far stolen and cashed
Government checks mailed to service members and dependents are fraud targets. The Secret Service urges insistence on ID, cashing at the same place, and prompt endorsement only when ready. Forged checks trigger Treasury and Federal Reserve actions, with banks allowed to charge merchants. Duplicate checks and indemnity bonds exist for dependents and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
South Pacific
Frank G. Wilson
Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
Secret Service
Social Security Administration
Veterans’ Administration
Department of Agriculture
Office of
War Department
Newark
N. J
Navy
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Navy Department
Cleveland
Ohio
ODB
BSA
Full Generals in U S Since 1799 Number 14
There have been fourteen officers in the United States Army who have received the rank of full general. They are George Washington, Ulysses S Grant, William T Sherman, Philip H Sheridan, John J Pershing, Tasker H Bliss, Peyton C March, John L Hines, Charles P Summerall, Marin S Craig, George C Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D Eisenhower, and Henry H Arnold. The rank was created by Congress in 1799 to honor Washington. Today five full generals are in active service and four retired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
George Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
Philip H. Sheridan
John J. Pershing
Tasker H. Bliss
Peyton C. March
John L. Hines
Charles P. Summerall
Marin S. Craig
George C. Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry H. Arnold
Congress
Washington
Eisenhower
Arnold
MacArthur
Craig
War Department Personnel Board
Pershing
Summerall
Hines
March
Tire Inspection Rules For Trucks Relaxed
George H. Cochrane, district manager of the Office of Defense Transportation, announced a relaxation of tire inspection requirements for commercial motor vehicles. Truck owners may drive six months or 5,000 miles between inspections, whichever comes first, instead of the prior rule of 5,000 miles or every two months. The extension aims to relieve low mileage operators from extra trips to inspection stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Cochrane
Office of Defense Transportation
Cochrane
Seventeen Year Olds Rush to the Navy
The Jacksonville Navy recruiting district reports a peak of enlistments of 17-year-olds in a single week, June 7 to 12. Lieut. Comdr. T. J. Needham Jr. cites awareness of naval service and summer break as factors, noting onset of 18th birthday would trigger Selective Service call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theacksonville Navy
T. J. Needham, Jr
Naval Service
Resolutions Honor Mary Vann Simpson in Chapter Notice
The Mount Dora Mary Vann Simpson is remembered with a eulogy noting her faithful sisterhood, motherly spirit, generosity and kindness in the Eastern Star chapter. The resolutions move that copies be sent to the family, published in the Mount Dora Topic, and recorded in the chapter. Sisters Annie M. Moorhead Rowena J. Dooley Ruth Gudgeon sign the document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Vann Simpson
Mount Dora
Annie M. Moorhead
Rowena J. Dooley
Ruth Gudgeon
Lake Girl Honored as State Baptist Contest Winner
Elizabeth Colson of Leesburg won first place in the Florida Baptist Assembly statewide contest at Stetson University DeLand. She previously was Queen of the Florida Orange Festival and named most photogenic in Florida. She will represent Florida in a better speaking contest at Ridgecrest North Carolina this summer. Runners up came from Pensacola and Tampa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Colson
Leesburg
Florida Baptist Assembly
Stetson University
DeLand
Florida
Miss Colson
Ridgecrest
N. C
Pensacola
Tampa
Non residents employed in Florida must buy state license
Director J J Gilliam of the State Department of Public Safety says non residents employed in Florida must obtain a state driver's license under a recent legislative amendment. The changes also remove age limits for certain chauffeur licenses and raise the school bus driver age rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Gilliam
State Department of Public Safety
Florida
Gilliam
Vanity Keeps Us Poor and Aumson Tic Table
A brief fragment argues vanity drives poverty and references a numeric or imaginary table. The line hints at moral or social critique without concrete details or names.
Lake Men Move During War Service
David Denslow, formerly with the Lake County Chamber of Commerce, is transferred from Camp Blanding to Gulfport Field Mississippi for Army Air Force basic training. Karl Hunziker, also a former Lake County Chamber assistant, serves on a Navy minesweeper in the Pacific after recent duty in Brisbane Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Denslow
Lake County Chamber of Commerce
Camp Blanding
Gulfport Field
Miss
Army Air Force
Karl Hunziker
Pacific
Brisbane
Australia
Notice of Tax Deed Application for Lake County Florida
Margaret K. Amann holder of Tax Certificate 116 issued September 6, 1937 has filed for a tax deed. The property in Lake County Florida formerly under E. W. Thompson will be sold to the highest bidder at the courthouse door in Tavares at 11:00 A M on the specified date unless the certificate is redeemed as provided by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret K. Amann
Lake
Florida
S. M. Dan Uniess
Tavares
Fla
G Chorr
Court of Lake County
A. J. Harnage
D. C
Oldroperty
A. OU
E. W. Thompson
Geo
J. Dykes
Circuit Court of
Lake County
Ney
L. F. Jackson
Ust
Lake, Es Ag
Fearon
Mt. Dora
Geo, Dykes
Circuit Court
Ne County
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WPB
Lake Fair
Mes Lerez
Union Bus Depot
Harold L. Larsen
Alexander
U. S
United States
Orange General Hospital
Orlando
American Hospital
American Medical Association
M. D. Avery
J. B. Griswold
Earth
Lake Men
Torpedo Junction
Sparks
U. S. Treasury Department
Homer Morris
Texaco
U. S. Highway 441
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