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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1950
Page
4
In National Newspaper Week tribute, the piece praises Drew Pearson for exposing public wrongdoing, battling shysters in office, and guiding readers toward unity and peaceful brotherhood through principled journalism. It lauds his courage, humility, and wide newspaper influence.
Attendees of a public forum at the community building heard arguments that peace in the atomic age requires international law enforced by a strong UN and a vigilant police force. speakers included Ben nett Willis and Miles D. Kennedy, aligning American Legion and United World Federalists toward world governance and action beyond wishful thinking.
In a future history of leadership and peace a war widow from Clermont, Rosemary Young, is highlighted for civic work. The article praises her as a local mover, noting roles with the Clermont Welfare League, Garden Club, and Mount Dora PTA, and her dedication to public service.
A Lake County journal recounts a week of shifting skies and mood. It logs a community UN forum turnout, a rain-drenched dusk by Dora Lake, calm nights under stars, a quiet downtown morning, and a Freedom Sunday at the Methodist church, all amid Florida’s changing weather and a looming hurricane threat.
Rosemary sent a late night letter with world federation questions, memoranda, Congressional excerpts, and American Legion pleas for a world governing agency. The package shows the energy behind her lifelong drive since her husband died on Iwo Jima, echoing the founding effort of the United States now aimed at a new world order.
Florida Senatorial hopeful George Smathers told Eustis Rotary that the United Nations must be strengthened with a permanent world police and a peace commission to act quickly against aggression. He praised UN gains after Korea, argued for vigilance against communism, and urged military buildup and inflation controls. He cautioned against overreliance on veto power and endorsed West European defense ties and a Japan peace treaty.
The United Nations forum highlighted poor acoustics at the Community building as audience members struggled to hear. Council considers a stage change with a shell shaped curtain backdrop proposed by J A Parsons to improve sound. Mrs Lillian Christie called the venue shameful after disruption and seating changes.
J. A. Tar Boyd, Leesburg Lake County Crusade for Freedom director, will speak at noon about spreading the message of freedom behind the iron curtain and the need for the crusade.
A lawmaker defends a bill saying it harms no real American while inconveniencing those on the fringe who have not yet chosen between the two competing ideologies. He emphasizes the measure affects undecided minds rather than core supporters.
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