War Agencies Restructure to Speed War Aids
The President reorganizes the War and Navy support bodies creating the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply and a new Civilian Supply Division to protect consumers while meeting Army and Navy needs. Key appointees include Henderson and Stettinius with major shifts in lend-lease operations and priorities.
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Execu- Srictias Ainttion Board
Sarities
Qairmen
Donald M. Nelson
Ayaa Robar Party
Rigen Rb
Aap
Navy
OPM
Knudsen
Hillman
War and Navy
Stimson
Knox
Henderson
Hopkins
Office of Price Administration
Civilian Supply
Leon Henderson
OPACS
Edward L. Stettinius
Mr. Nelson
Prices
Price
Elliott
Price Administrator
Washington
Division of
Consumer Supply
Defense contracts awarded to ease labor disruption
A Manitowoc Wisconsin company received the first defense contract issued to mitigate labor dislocations. The plant faces a shutdown of about 4 000 workers due to alumina priorities and will be kept operational through allocated defense funding.
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Manitowoc, Wis
Proper lighting for children's study rooms protects eyes
The article urges careful room lighting for kids to prevent eyestrain. It recommends LE S Better Light Lamp and ceiling fixtures to provide soft, even illumination. It notes signs of poor lighting include frowning, head turning, blurred reading and headaches.
Florida State Exhibits spotlight Melody Maids in Atlantic City
The Melody Maids from Winter Haven win Florida's amateur contest and perform daily at Sunshine Theatre on the Steel Pier in Atlantic City. Guests include Sammy Kaye and Dinah Shore as audiences fill the venue. Contest sponsored by Orlando Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Florida
Atlantic City
Sammy Kaye
John Boles
Dinah Shore
Sunshine Theatre
Steel Pier
Melody Maids
Winter Haven
June Courson
Kay Davis
Connie Haas
Orlando
Herida
Geo. Clements
Florida State
California Vagabonds Honeymoon Through Florida Waters
California couple Jerry and Ray Wood travel the Gulf coast by canoe from Wakulla Springs toward Suwannee River on a year long Florida study trip. They hunt and fish for supplies and plan winter in the Everglades studying birds while seeking the nearly extinct dancing cranes. They carry two Florida literature booklets and aim to learn about the state’s natural wonders during their inland waterway journey to New York.
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Florida
Gulf Coast Line
Jerry
Ray Wood
California
Vagabonds
New York
Wakulla Springs
Suwannee
Glades
Birthday salute to Lake County veteran Dave Wiley
Mount Dora resident David L. Wiley born September 10, 1884 in Macon Georgia is a WWI artillery captain with Rainbow division. He leads 40 & 8 of Lake County and holds roles with Veterans groups. He is Florida Defense Force CO of the 4th battalion and new field secretary to the State Service Officer.
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David L. Wiley
Mount Dora
Macon
Georgia
Franklin Publishing Co
Atlanta
Dave Wiley
Florida
Lake County
Dave
Rainbow
Veterans Association
Florida Defense Force
Barney Dillard Jr Pioneer Florida citrus figure
Barney Dillard Jr of Volusia County born September 6 1891. Son of a Florida pioneer who arrived in 1868. Educated at Astor he toured the nation and Cuba with a fruit firm at 18. His work centers on the Umatilla Fruit Company supporting the citrus industry. He is a Mason a Shriner and a Christian church member.
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Barney Dillard, Jr
Volusia County
Florida
Barney Dillard
Astor
Union
Cuba
West Indies
Umatilla Fruit Company
Chritian Church
Mrs. M. E. Miller of Leesburg Pioneer Citizen
Mrs. M. E. Miller of Leesburg born September 7 1872 in Farmville Virginia came to Florida in 1891. She served as Lake County supervisor of registration and completed a four year term. A descendant of Cavalier settlers she began by earning her first dollar raising guineas and enjoys reading raising plants and flowers with a fondness for red roses.
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M. E. Miller
Leesburg
Farmville
Florida
Lake County
State Normal School
Local Youth Noted for Hobbies and First Earned Dollar
This brief notes a young resident who made his first dollar from growing citrus fruits and his favored pastimes include riding in boats and raising game roosters. His preferences include fried chicken and cocoanut pie and he admires the red rose.
Put Your Husband In His Place Club Sold in Florida
Baltimore wives aged 20 to 50 in the Put Your Husband in His Place Club take a week off each year letting husbands run the household. The group claims husbands will cope while the wives relax and return refreshed.
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FLA
Baltimore
Annual junkets shift as travelers settle in Florida
Readers note a 15 year pattern of trips to Atlantic City ending last year. Visitors arrived in Miami aboard the Silver Meteor and say they are now sold on Florida, planning to relocate the travel focus to the Sunshine State.
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Atlantic City
Miami
54 Persons File Claims To An $800 000 Estate
54 individuals file claims to the $800 000 estate of Mrs. Helen Weihe who died in a West Palm Beach hospital last January. The task falls to J. D. Farrish and W. Terry Gibson, attorneys on a commission at London Ontario.
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Solomon
J. D. Farrish
W. Terry Gibson
London
Ontario
Helen Weihe
West Palm Beach
LILLIAN D. VICKERS-SMITH of Florida sports writer noted
Lillian Dyer Vickers-Smith born September 7 1896 in Rutland Virginia is described as the only woman sports writer and official scorer in the Florida State League. She moved to Leesburg Florida on July 24 1920 and has held roles with the American Legion Sap Forest Wood Circle and as emblems trophies and awards chairman. She studied in Boston and worked with the Christian Science Monitor beginning her career.
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Lillian’ Dyer Vickers-Smith
Fruitland Park
Rutland
Boston
Simmons College
Museum of Comparative’ Zoology
Vickers-Smith
Christian Science Monitor
Florida
Leesburg
Lillian D. Vickers-Smith
Florida State League
American Legion A
Sap Forest Wood Circle
Albert Sims Clark Chronicaled Birth and Move
Albert Sims Clark of Eustis born September 11 1894 in Wayne County Kentucky. He moved to Lake County Florida in June 1926 where he settled and pursued residence and work.
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Albert Sims Clark
Eustis
Wayne County
Kentucky
Lake County
Florida
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