Notes About Our Men In Service
Notes about servicemen from the area highlight assignments and leaves. Carl F. Harding, 19, seaman second class, trains at the U S Naval Technical Training Center near Memphis and previously worked as a Tampa bookkeeper. Bayard Roberts Jr. serves in the Navy and is on leave from San Diego. Otis Hale expected home on furlough from Stewart Field but had it delayed. he hopes for a longer stay next month. Blair Kramer and Robert Wells, overseas, recently reunited near Camp Perry and an amphibious unit, both Mount Dora and Florida connections.
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Carl F. Harding
Navy
U. S. Naval Technical Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Tampa
Bayard Roberts, Jr
San Diego
Calif
Otis Hale
Stewart Field
West Point
N. Y
Blair Kramer
Robert
Wells
Kramer
Mount Dora, High
University of Florida
Lake County Expands Citrus Plantings Boosting Value
Hundreds of acres are planted with new citrus in Lake County each year, underscoring the crop’s growing role as a strong investment and economic driver for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
The Army Expects An Air Raid
Army authorities warn Americans that Nazi bombers may strike the U S mainland and aim to affect public opinion. The piece argues for civilian defense awareness and explains why such raids, though possibly limited physically, could crash morale and aid Axis goals.
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America
Washington
New York
American Mercury
Pearl Harbor
Baltic
Mediterranean
London
Gibraltar
Egypt
Middle East
U. S. Army Air Corps
Florida
New England
England
Air defense warned against scattered raids
The text notes air defense forces are strong against concerted attacks but unable to prevent raids by dispersed planes. It emphasizes public calm and avoiding hysteria rather than relying on interceptors.
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Ysteria
Southern War Efforts Highlight Industry Growth and Ration Changes
Wartime policy notes that Southerners hold six billion dollars in contracts, five percent of the national total, with a shift from building to production. The region reports airports and Army bases, Civilian Defense growth, V mail limits eased, gas rations tightened for speeders, nursing scholarships urged, and June rationing for wood gas and kerosene to begin.
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South
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
OCD
United States
Army
OPA
4-Her Beautifies Florida Home Grounds War Service
Florida 16 year old Reida DuPree of Dade County earned a gold watch for six wartime home grounds beautification tasks. She cleaned a Victory garden lot, pruned and watered shrubbery, planted flower beds, made window boxes, built a bath for birds, and cared for outdoor spaces. The award was presented by Mrs. Chas. R. Walgreen of Chicago.
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Florida
Reida DuPree
Dade County
State Extension Service
Chas. R. Walgreen
Chicago
It's A People's War War Bonds Finance the War
A public appeals for broad funding of the war through War Bonds. The speaker argues taxes should not bear the burden, noting several families have multiple incomes and borrowing from banks is undesirable, urging the people to lend their money to finance the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Lake County Chamber of Commerce memberships reach 1400 mark
Lake County surpasses fourteen hundred memberships in 1943 with Lakeside Inn Mount Dora and Umatilla State Bank leading the drive. Leesburg tops the county with 293 memberships while Mount Dora, Eustis, Clermont, Tavares and others show strong totals. Memberships are Regular one dollar Contributing five dollars and Sustaining twelve fifty.
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Mount Dora
Dick Edgerton
Lakeside Inn
Umatilla State Bank
Lake County
Orange County
Chamber of Commerce
State
Umatilla
Leesburg
Eustis
Somes Clermont
Tavares
Howey
Montverde
Groveland
Minneola
Astatula
Fruitland Park
Okahumpkasburg
Yalaha
Clermont
Lisbon
Radar era explained by Army and Navy report
A joint Army Navy statement outlines radar as an electronic device that locates planes and ships through fog by emitting radio waves. Returning signals are plotted to determine position direction and speed, guiding interceptors. Radar's development by engineers dates to the 1920s and its use spans land sea and air defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Pearl Harbor
U.S
England
United Nations
Openings Available in U S Coast Guard
The Coast Guard urges enlistment with 80 openings this month. A mobile recruiting unit will visit Tampa and Belle Glade en route to West Palm Beach and Miami, with application blanks and instructions available at Coast Guard units in the Seventh Naval District. Heights, birth proofs, and exams required. certain ages eligible 17 to 45.
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U. Coast Guard
Miami
Coast Guard
Seventh Naval District
Gunner H. A. Wessel
Washington, D.'C
Florida
Iet
N. E
Second Avenue
Coast Guard Identification Bureau
S. Franklin Street
Tampa
Belle Glade
West Palm Beach
Wessel
Gasoline Rationing Rules Expanded Across Board
War era controls broaden to revoke motorists allowances and enforce gasoline rules. OPA extend authority to ration domestic heating stoves and ranges. Retailers urged to fix ceiling prices for summer lines. Typewriter ribbons must be saved for exchange. A meeting in Atlanta May 18 will review serium tank truck facilities with regional reps.
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OPA
Atlanta
Orioa
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Striking in Alaska Provokes Military Rhetoric on Labor
The piece quotes Major Milton H. Ashkins praising arbitration of labor disputes during war and condemning strikes as harmful to morale. He argues fighting men, like those in Alaska’s Aleutian front, should support the war effort and that workers must prioritize duty over labor disruption. He even suggests extreme measures if strikes occur.
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Milton H. Ashkins
Aleutian Islands
Major
Alaska
New fuel may give 40 miles a gallon
Under a federal court decree Standard Oil of New Jersey says a new anti knock fuel can deliver forty miles per gallon in postwar cars. Thirty three large plants are built or under construction to produce the fuel at low cost while wartime uses in aviation gasoline rubber and TNT continue. The shift to peace time fuel will require redesigned engines enabling smaller lighter cars with the same horsepower. All of Lake County towns report abundant clear water.
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Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard
Love Blinder in War a Sociologist Warns
Franklin College sociologist Dr. William G. Mather warns that wartime leave creates dangerous mating dynamics. He says soldiers hungry for affection may idealize partners, while drafted youths face pressure from peers and new temptations. He urges finding partners with similar ideals and backgrounds.
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William G. Mather
Franklin College
Ant
Arl
MacArthur
Angel Gabriel
Whale steaks enter West Coast markets
The Interior Department announces whale meat as a new offering in West Coast markets. Officials say the meat tastes like beef, lacks a fishy flavor, and suggests housewives may welcome it since no ration coupons will be needed.
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Interior Department
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William Turrentine
Orlando Air Base
Lieut
Floyd Montgomery
Army Air Corps
Greensboro
N. C
Robert Quixley
Camp Blanding
Ernest Minkley
Naval Submarine Base
New London
Clyde E. Wallace
Naval Reserves
Wallace
Camp Perry
Williamsburg
The
Henry J. Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Alliance
Forthing
Hitler
Goering
Goebbels
Tokyo
White House
Germany
Doolittle
Labrador
Friesenland
Schwabenland
Ais Pias Coe Ee
O&m Inform
Ation Office
U. S. Coast Guard
OWI
Strikers Stirike
Homer Morris
Texaco
U. S. Highway 441
Morgenthau
R. C. Griffith
A. D
S. R
A. L. Kouns
Fla
Geo
J. Dykes
Court of
A. J. Harnage
D. C
EK. Bay, Jones
O Lake
Lake Highlands Company
Mabel
Willard
Geo. J. Dykes
Circuit Court
D.C
C. BE
Duncan
Scime
Lake
State of Florida
Camp
B. J. Fitch
Luther J. Hackworth
Herlong
B. Lackry
W. M. Pamnedy -Attorany
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