Last Week In The Legislature Highlights Florida Session
The fifth week saw rapid committee work and shifting tax debates as Florida leaders push for revenue relief. Speaker E. Clay Lewis praised progress while discussions focused on education funding, inheritance taxes, and possible sales tax measures amid calls for economy and operational consolidations.
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E. Clay Lewis
Lewis
Tomasello
Legisla
House
Senate
Florida
Office of State
Fifth
CoNe
Ivo
Ate
Republican Critics Challenge Tariff and Debts Policy
A Republican spokesman W. W. Atterbury urged trimming war debts and attacked protectionist doctrine. Democrat leader John J. Raskob faced accusations of courting Republican traits. Bertrand Snell warned that upward tariff revision had reached its limit, while Hamilton Fish criticized the State Department over Nicaragua policy and drew a response from the D A R.
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W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania
John J. Raskob
Demorratic National Committee
Bertrand Snell
New York
Hamilton Fish
State Department
Warning on solicitors for Florida Children’s Home Society
The Children’s Home Society of Florida warns that no solicitors are employed at any time in any part of the state and that impostors claiming to solicit funds or to receive commissions are acting without authority. The society emphasizes it raises funds only through direct personal letters and has had no solicitors in the field for over twenty years.
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Children's Home Society of
Florida
Jacksonville
Children’s Home Society of
Children’s Home Society of Florida
Home Society
Mount Dora Theatre Week Brings Stolen Heaven Bad Sister Abraham Lincoln Parade of the West
The Mount Dora theatre outlines a week of attractions starting with Nancy Carroll in Stolen Heaven on Sunday and Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday feature Bad Sister with a noted cast led by Conrad Nagel and Bette Davis. Thursday and Friday present Abraham Lincoln with Walter Huston in a Mart cast. Saturday offers Parade of the West with Ken Maynard. Wednesday is Country Store Night with local merchants offering gifts.
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Mount Dora Theatre
Nancy Carroll
Conrad Nagel
Sidney Fox
Bette Davis
Slim Summerville
Zasu Pitts
Booth Tarkington
Hobart Henley
Abraham Lincoln
Walter Huston
Una Merkel
American Legion
Mount Dora
Ken Maynard
Scout aides aid after mangle burn incident at home
In Washington D C Mrs Hayes, mother of Patrol Leader James Hayes, was using a mangle for ironing when she caught three fingers in the rolls and burned them. Scouts Worth Anderson Charles Carr and George Carr helped with first aid including salve and bandages and prepared coffee for a stimulant until a neighbor arrived.
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Worth Anderson
Charles Carr
George Carr
Washington, D. C
James Hayes
Eae
Farm and Grove Notes on Grape Growers Convention
Farmers prepare for the Grape Growers Convention and show in Orlando on July 15 and 16 with a full program to be announced. Heavy rains prompt disease control for anthracnose and red spider. advise Bordeaux spray for melons and lime sulfur or sulfur dust for infested groves. suggest earlier fertilization and higher nitrate content to support growth and fruit.
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Orlando
Grape Growers Association
Campaign to collect three million Octagon Coupons at Benson Springs
The Florida Methodist Orphanage at Benson Springs launches a six month drive to gather three million Octagon Coupons to fund a steam laundry and other training. If successful by November 15 the group could win 15000 in cash plus 400 bonus. Coupons from Octagon products Kirkman’s soap and milk brands Borden Pearl Magnolia and Challange are requested.
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Benson Springs
Florida Methodist
Kirkman’s
Borden
Pearl
Magnolia
Gas Tax Pressures Grow Across States in 1931 Effort
At the 15th annual convention of state auditors and treasurers, West Virginia’s W S Johnson urged living within income and warned that forty cents of every tax dollar is wasted. He noted 1930 gas taxes reached a record 525 million dollars and that government employs about one in ten workers.
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Wakulla Springs
Daily Democrat
Hardee
Live Oak
Stafford Caldwell
John Taylor
Fons. Hathaway
Charles Durrance
John Martin
Franklin King
Hayes Lewis
John Mathews
Robineau
Axson
Eberhardt
Pinney Woods
Palmetto
American Petroleum Institute
National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers
New York
West Virginia
United States
Johnson
Mail Schedule Changes and Arrivals Notice
Public notice lists daily mail times with changes. Northern Mail from Sanford arrives 8:00 am, closes 7:30 am. Mostly Southern Florida Mail from Leesburg arrives 1:05 pm, closes 12:35 pm. Evening Mail closes 5:00 pm. Sunday Mail from Sanford arrives 1:54 pm, closes 3:00 pm.
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Sanford
Florida
Leesburg
Notice to Creditors of Adelaide Lacock Estate
The creditors and heirs of Adelaide Lacock are notified to present their claims to Judge E M Tally in Lake County Florida within twelve months from April 23 1931. Claims must be sworn as required by law. George J White administrator with will annexed Mount Dora Florida.
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Adelaide Lacock
E. M. Tally
Lake County
Florida
Tavares
George J. White
P. O
Mount Dora
Notice of Tax Deed Application in Lake County Florida
R H Walker holder of Tax Certificate No 575 dated June 2 1919 and No 208 dated July 4 1927 has filed certificates for tax deeds. The certificates cover Lots 7 8 Block B Robinsons Subdiv of SW of SE of NW Sec 29 Twp 19 S Range 27 E and 1 acre in Sec 28 Twp 19 S R 27 E both in Lake County Florida. If not redeemed by law, tax deeds will issue.
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R. H. Walker
Lake County
Florida
Robinson’s
A. G. Tanner
A. Allen
A. D
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Florida Press Association
California
Consult
First National Bank
Thacher
Allied Ducts Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
C. C. Moorhead
Lake View Pharmacy
Mount Dora, Florida
Builders Supply CO
Geo. J. Dykes
R. C. Peeples
D. C
Mt.Dora
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