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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1936
Page
2
R Ekins, noted newsman, completed a global airplane voyage covering 24 720 miles in 18 days 14 hours 56 minutes. The piece contrasts this feat with Nelly Bly’s historic journey and comments on rapid air progress and fashion hats for women.
Gen Smedhey D Butler asks the Women’s Christian Temperance Union to launch a campaign against drunken driving and to back a constitutional amendment limiting troop deployments. He argues reform must change men from within rather than by legislation and cites past prohibition failures.
Lloyds and British insurance firms offer policies against many risks but refuse coverage for war striking England despite low rates. Azeal of 0.2 percent for 100000 pounds was quoted previously, yet war insurance remains unavailable.
East watchers report a possible agreement between Japan and Russia on eastern matters that could limit British advantages. The accord, if confirmed, may alter imperial calculations and provoke British concern while drawing in American interest.
A sensational rumor describes a speedy passenger aircraft capable of 4000 miles without refueling. It allegedly carries 44 passengers plus six crew and costs about 1 million dollars. The report notes its range would allow crossing the tie and returning with cargo instead of passengers.
Maynooth College hosts a meeting presided by a Cardinal denouncing anti Catholic persecution in Spain. The clergy pledge relief efforts for Spanish Catholics and express sympathy from Ireland and the Chamber of Deputies in Madrid.
In a wartime address the new King Leopold states that all alliances are open with France, England, and every other nation. The remark signals a broad, flexible approach to international ties.
Stalin fears a new world war and Europe's clash between Communism and Fascism looms as Spain's civil war escalates. Franco closes on Madrid while Azana flees to Catalonia. various leaders face political turmoil, abdication rumors, and campaign finances reveal shifting Allied and opposition support.
Baldur von Schirach announced a cooperative plan creating two institutes in Berlin and Rome for Italo German youth leadership. Italian youth leaders will study Nazi state achievements in Berlin while Nazi leaders learn from Fascist Italy in Rome. Each institute will not imitate the other.
AMES COUZENS, independent Republican senator from Michigan, died in a Detroit hospital after a long illness and a post operative period. He was sixty four. Couzens, one of Congress's wealthiest men from his early automobile business ties with Henry Ford, had twice served as Detroit mayor and was appointed to the Senate in 1922 to fill out Truman Newberry's term. He often crossed party lines and backed New Deal measures after Roosevelt’s election.
ROF JEROME DAVIS of the Yale divinity school faces dismissal from the Yale faculty amid charges the move reflects his economic views. President Angell insists budget constraints, not academic freedom, drove the lapse of Davis' contract. Davis, leader of the American Federation of Teachers, may seek federation action.
The report notes Britain's ban on Blackshirts amid Mosley ties to Berlin and Rome, and indictments in the Lindbergh kidnap case. It also covers Roosevelt urging schools on engineering balance, Japan's South Seas reports, and FTC charges against five auto parts groups. A separate column critiques coal industry futures under public ownership and government policy, warning of labor layoffs and funding concerns.
BP IGSTEEN and one woman perished when the Canadian ship Land Merchant foundered in Lake Erie near Cleveland during a gale. Seven men including the captain were rescued after eleven hours aboard life boats. Northern Italy endured earthquakes felt in Jugoslavia and Austria with twenty killed by collapsing walls and thirty injured.
It was the eve of a family event when the master of the house awaited the physician. The doctor, stuttering, finally reveals the exhausted news to the anxious father a girl, while joking about the improbable quadruplets.
A motivational line by V A emphasizes effort yields rewards in work. It suggests dedication unlocks hidden value and returns beyond what is invested. The aphorism frames work as mutually beneficial for creator and outcome.
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