Blind Negro Woman Dies in Flames in Sorrento Shack
An 82 year old blind woman, Rosa Johnson, died in a house fire last Saturday night in Sorrento. Coroner's inquest ruled accidental but a final report is pending. Fire departments from Sorrento and Mount Dora responded with investigators and deputies examining embers. The shack stood on land formerly part of the Battle estate near DeLand Road and Route 48.
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Sorrento
Rosa Johnson
Battle Estate
De-Land Rd
Review by Mrs Thetford Friday at Community Church
Mrs James Thetford will give a review of In the Wilderness before the Woman's Association of the Community Church Friday at 3 p.m. in the church parlors. Friends of the congregation are invited.
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James Thetford
Winderness
Woman's Association of the Community Church
Red Power Is Menace, Lauben Says in Lenten Talk
Col. Philip Lauben opened a St Thomas Episcopal church women’s auxiliary lecture series arguing communism is a philosophy of power. He warned it seeks to eradicate religious freedom and that truth becomes propaganda. Arty Allan Grant Jr. followed with remarks on communism threatening Christianity.
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Philip Lauben
Women’s Auxiliary
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Colonel Lauben
Arty Allan Grant, Jr
Orlando
Allan Grant
Lauben
Mt Plymouth Hotel Employee Dies After Sudden Illness
Mrs Ethel Roeder aged 62 a pastry cook at the Mount Plymouth hotel for four winters died suddenly last week. She leaves a daughter Mrs Louella McCall of Philadelphia and a son. Rehbaum Funeral home handled local arrangements with last rites and interment to be in Philadelphia.
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Ethel Roeder
Mount Plymouth
Louella McCall
Philadelphia
Rehbaum
Eustis Apology Sent Over Governor Incident Fallout
C Harold Ferran of the Eustis Chamber of Commerce sent a Tallahassee apology to Gov. LeRoy Collins for an incident involving a rape victim and deputies. The governor’s sentence had been commuted to life, and Eustis residents reacted with political support for Collins.
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LeRoy Collins
Bem
Tallahassee
C. Harold Ferran
Eustis
Jerran
Chamber of Commerce
Dog Costs Owner $10 Fine in Court
The vicious dog of Edward Stedman, East Town, cost him $10 in police court Monday with a warning of a worse penalty if it bites again. The dog nipped Sheffield Jackson of East Town last week. In another case Early Jones, a city worker, was fined $50 and placed on six months probation for cutting his wife during a quarrel.
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Edward Stedman
East Town
Sheffield Jackson
Jones
Key to China Problem: Land as Source of All Wealth
Dr. E. E. Lewis outlined why China fell to communism at a Community Forum. He traced 20th century events from Sun Yat-Sen to Chiang Kai-shek, arguing land hunger fuels Soviet-aligned ideology and that China remains under communist control. He warned against nationalism yielding to internationalism and stressed land as the core issue driving Asiatic politics.
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China
E. E. Lewis
Ohio University
Were
Russia
Lewis
Sun Yat-Sen
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Dr. Lewis
Comintern
Japan
Kuomintang
United States
India
Nehru
MacArthur
Ina
China’s drought and famine history amid harsh geography
Dr. Lewis discusses how China’s mountainous terrain and short rivers affect agriculture. He notes floods threaten thin dykes, droughts and famines recur, with 610 drought years and 203 famine years in a millennium. He contrasts China’s land with Russia and the United States.
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China
Lewis
Russia
United States
Mount Dora Eastern Star Chapter to Initiate New Members
The Mount Dora chapter of the Order of Eastern Star meets at the Masonic Temple on Thursday March 8 at 8 p.m. for the initiation of new members.
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C.E.S
Mount Dora
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Sorrento Residents Social News and Civic Dinner
Mrs. Sally West is home from the hospital and welcomes visitors. Mrs. Lillian Helene Plymouth is a patient at Waterman hospital in Eustis. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Dier of Curtis Ohio vacationing with Mrs. Laura Pim at St. Petersburg while Mr. Dier enters boat races. Civic club moves to Mt Plymouth hotel for a testimonial dinner honoring Mrs. Oscar Torbert postmistress. Tickets from Bob Bolton Lela Whitman Josephine Albrecht Harold Sammons.
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Sally West
Lillian Helene
Plymouth
Waterman Hospital
Eustis
Herbert Dier
Curtis
Ohio
Laura Pim
Dier
Civic Club
Mt. Plymouth
Oscar Torbert
Bob Bolton
Lela Whitman
Josephine Albrecht
Harold Sammons
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Rotary
Stephen A. Haboush
Palestine
Rotary Club
Israel
Middle East
United Nations
Mr. Haboush
Methodist Church
G. R. Wright
Phil Lindsay
Lakes Dora
Beauclaire
Carlton Price
City Dock
Wise Boat Works
Marx
Mt. Plymouth Hotel
J. G. Ray,jr
Western Auto
Collins
Florida
UBL
Cartoon Phony
Tao MU
Hyga
Mts Arta Yo
Alan Reed
Universal
ANT
Peli
Leslie Bradley
San Snipe
SUN
Mon
Gaal
Denton Reid
Wallace Ford
Raymond Waldo
Universal International
PATHE
Edward L. Alperson
20Th Century Fox
Rose Hahn
Sorrento News
By Elenor Sammons
First Federal Savings and Loan Association OF
Lake County
Main Street
Leesburg, Florida
G.V.W
Wiil
Chevrolet
S.C.F
Clark Chevrolet, Inc
South Bay Street
Armory
le Bote Cue Chevrolet
Eustis, Florida
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