Land of Sunshine to Highlight Chicago Expo 1933
Florida exhibit set for the Chicago World's Fair features a 60 by 100 foot hall with sixteen alcoves showing daily life and heritage. A diorama and mural panels narrate Florida history, animated dioramas planned, with a Florida sky ceiling and a Spirit of Florida sculpture. A 42 minute talking picture screens above the entrance to expand the story. The interior uses pecky cypress and coquina rock.
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Florida Exhibition Hall
Chicago
Florida
Spirit of
Hiatt Appointed County Aide to Secretary of War
Mr. C. R. Hiatt of Tavares is named County Aide to the Secretary of War for Lake County. He will enroll boys in the Citizens Military Training Camps, open to physically fit 17 to 24 year olds. Camps run June 14 to July 13 at several forts across the Southeast with free transport and expenses. Applications encouraged now through Major B. C. Riley at the University of Florida.
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C. R. Hiatt
Tavares
Florida
Lake County
Hiatt
War Department
B. C. Riley
University of Florida
Fourth Corps
Fort Barrancas
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Fort McClellan
Alabama
Fort Moultrie
South Carolina
Fort Oglethorpe
Georgia
Fort Screven
Camp Beauregard
Louisiana
Mr. Hiatt
Lake Gertrude
Roy Rinehart
East Liverpool
Ohio
Eustis Road
Edith Keller
Kennedy
Rinehart
John Tredwell Nichols
American Museum of Natural History
van Campen Heilner
Lake Apopka
Walter Harden
Tombigbee River
Ala
Geo. J
Big Fish Stories Get Wide Publicity
Warwick Valley Dispatch editor Geo F. Ketchum comments in Week End Chats on Timely Topics praising fishing lore and local writers. The note invites Mount Dora residents to hear about notable stories and casting for big catches, framing the tale as credible journalism rather than fiction.
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Warwick Valley Dispatch
Warwick
N. Y
Geo. F. Ketchum
Mount Dora
Ketchum
Lack of Rain Doesn’t Stop Tree Planting Efforts
Report notes careful tree-planting can overcome drought effects despite continued dry conditions.
Decrease in Florida Turpentine and Rosin Establishments
Comparative figures from the 1929 Census of Manufactures show Florida turpentine and rosin establishments declined from 452 in 1919 to 325 in 1929, a drop of 127 plants. While wage earners rose from 11,748 to 13,788, wages paid and product value fell, and US totals show similar declines in plants, wages, and output. rainfall deficits loom over Florida, though tree planting efforts continue under the George Washington Bicentennial Memorial Tree Planting Campaign with guidelines from the Florida Forest Service.
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Florida
United States Department of Commerce
Jacksonville
Census of Manufactures
Bureau of the Census
United States
Quincy
Orlando
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pensacola
Tallahassee
Bartow
Florida Forest Service
England in Crisis and Transformation, Forum Talk
Rabbi Louis Binstock spoke to a 1700 plus audience on England's decline yet resilient spirit. He described three strands forming national unity and forewarned of Europe’s shifting balance while predicting a new economic order and return of labor principles, with colonies gaining equal freedom as Canada.
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Mount
Daytona Beach
Louis Binstocks
Mount Dora
England
New Orleans
Binstock
British Empire
Germany
Rock of Gibraltar
France
Labor Party
Canada
Florida Census Reports 1930 State Finances and Debt
The Bureau of the Census presents Florida’s 1930 financial summary for the year ending June 30. Expenditures total $25,840,056 with $26,297,749 in revenue, per capita figures include $12.11 for operation and maintenance and $18.06 revenue per person. Property taxes, licenses, and gasoline sales drive income. net debt stands at $180,000 with a $11.7 million contingent liability for Everglades drainage.
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Bureau of the Census
Florida
W. L. Fraleigh
General Departments
Insurance
Everglades
World’s Fair Clubs Warn Floridians
Headquarters in Chicago warns Floridians to beware of World’s Fair Clubs. Florida agents have invaded the state and plan to lodge clubs in hotels, provide guides, and offer side trips theater tickets and shopping tours leading to possible scams and inflated costs.
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Chicago
Fraudulent Clubs Cast as Magic Saving Schemes
Chicago reports to DeLand Florida Commission that certain groups present bank book style plans resembling a Christmas Fund. They claim deposits at home banks are withdrawable with no catch. Authorities say these organizations have no standing with Century of Progress and are not recognized, labeled as rackets.
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Chicago
DeLand
Florida Commission
Nutrition program for better health outlined
The State Home Demonstration Department promotes an annual nutrition program to help housewives plan economical meals and prevent diseases through proper diet. Extension nutritionist Miss Anna Mae Sikes says agents will assist with school lunches community meals home gardening poultry dairying and other food-raising efforts to improve family nutrition in Pasco County.
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State Home Demonstration Department
Anna Mae Sikes
Plans Progress Scenic Highway Reconstruction Avon Park to Sebring
Officials announce steps toward reconstructing the Scenic Highway corridor linking Avon Park and Sebring. Work aims to improve road condition and safety along a key regional route with phased development and funding plans.
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Avon Park
Sebring
Exterior work near Marine Hospital annex near completion
Practically all exterior work on the Marine Hospital annex is finished, signaling nearing completion of the outer structure. The project advances local medical facilities and augments healthcare capacity in Key West.
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Key West
Marine Hospital Annex
Plans Underway to Pave Nine Miles Between Zephyrhills and Thonotosassa
Construction plans are active to pave a nine mile stretch linking Zephyrhills and Thonotosassa. Officials anticipate improved transportation and regional connectivity once the project proceeds.
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Zephyrhills
Thonotosassa
Zellwood Methodist Conference Highlights Local Sermons
The Zellwood quarterly conference Sunday night featured Pre siding Elder Rev J H Daniel with a sermon on spreading the Gospel. Morning service had Rev T W Carlton on salvation as Miss Letsinger visited from Gainesville. Local residents Everette McWhorter Cynthia Holtz Marjorie Henderson and others noted as ill or traveling with social events and fern shipments advancing to northern markets.
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Methodist
J. H. Daniel
T. W. Carlton
Cynthia Holtz
Marjorie Henderson
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Secretary OF War
Lake Dora
New York State
Bureau of Census
State of Florida
Fort King
Pasco County
Dade City
Zellwood
Robert Letsinger
Gainesville
Zellwood Inn
Everette McWhorter
Tampa
C. F. Whitney
Nannie Beck
The
Missionary Society
Mrs. Whitney
Julia Paige
Dustin
J. S. Gardner
Gulf Coast
Thomas Jefferson
J. C. Callahan
M. E. Pace
Chase & Sanborn’s Coffee
Hale & White Cash Grocery
Golden Triangle
Pearl Florist
Citrus Ave
Eustis, Fla
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