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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1946
Page
3
The notice promotes Miss Mways frock patterns for girls aged six to fourteen in sizes 6 8 10 12 and 14 with ric rac trim and novelty buttons. It also describes a two piece outfit Pattern Nos 1542 and 1437 with fabric requirements and sizes and mentions a Fall Winter issue of Fashion magazine with designer features and a free Sayce pattern inside.
Admiral Chester Nimitz in Washington signals he will retire from the post after about one year of his four year term. He cites naval budget lobbying and Washington society fatigue as reasons, hoping to retire to Texas or the California coast.
The WWU report notes new directives to accelerate housing output by 27 percent and redirect materials from non residential work. It cites Wyatt Small overseeing changes, added wet priority items, and a shift of beef and pork price ceilings to spur fattening stock amid abundant feed grain prospects.
Reconversion Director Steelman asks five U.S. departments and agencies to prevent a peak fall bottleneck by moving perishables and essential supplies to west and midwest canneries. Agencies would divert freight to water routes, relieve higher costs, repair 80,000 old cars and build 40,000 new ones this year. Greecedrama deepens as Greece’s plebiscite tests Anglo American policy. Rodionov recalled from Athens amid royal restoration talks and British troop presence colors the East Mediterranean stalemate.
Baseball leaders from the major and Mexican leagues formed a seven member advisory committee to regulate playing conditions for the season. Commissioner Hap Chandler will chair with league presidents and two club owners. A uniform player contract was agreed pending players' approval, setting a minimum wage, revising the 10 day release clause, and extending barnstorming to 30 days.
A three judge federal court upheld Georgia's county unit system for gubernatorial elections. Each county earns 2 to 6 unit votes, with the winner in a county taking all its votes. The decision noted no equal weighting of votes across levels, comparing to the U.S. Senate two-vote state rule. The report also covers atomic energy, postwar planning, and housing issues amid wartime impacts. Ex-seaman John Sutton and wife Evelyn shown cleaning an old anti aircraft post at Derby.
Alaska is presented as the new American frontier with millions of acres available for homesteaders. Requirements include 21 years old U.S. citizens owning up to 160 acres, seven months of yearly residence, and cultivation targets. Land may also be bought for trade, manufacturing, grazing, fur farming, or mining.
Rejecting the idea that nearby fields suffice, small cities are activating or expanding recreation facilities for all ages. The American Public Works Association notes growing effort. California districts or groups of adjacent towns organize recreation under the state public resources code.
VEHA estimates a net 41.2 billion rise in residential mortgage debt by end of 1947 driven by 15.4 billion in new program credit and 22.9 billion for existing homes and purchases. Expenditure forecasts include 8.3 billion in 1946 plus 5.5 billion in 1947 for non program lending, with repayments offsetting much of the rise.
Interpreter needed as neighbors fail to understand the mother's plea about her newborn. Jasper notes the mother keeps trying to speak but is ignored, while a remark on glasses as an illusion hints at misperception. A strange exchange ties to an insurance policy and a saxophone phone for sale.
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