Navy recruitment drive highlighted at Florida editors meeting
Florida editors heard Lt Jones and Capt Whiting stress the Navy as a vast trade school offering pay and travel. Jones urged high morals and obedience, while Whiting outlined plans to raise enlistments from 1,000 monthly to 15,000 by January to reach 367,000 sailors with editor support.
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Navy
Barton
Jones
Macon
Florida Press Association
Whiting
The Best Investment: Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps
A promotional note urges readers to buy Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps regularly as the best investment, emphasizing consistent purchase.
Prominent Fishing Editor Visits Lake County for Week
Erl Roman fishing editor of the Miami Herald spent a week in Tavares and Lake County hosted by the Lake County Chamber of Commerce and Carl's Camp. He toured lakes under Mr Walcott guidance and noted his passion for all fishing types especially plug casting. He called fishing a sport and the greatest money sport with about 1.5 billion dollars spent annually.
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Tavares
Lake County
Florida
Erl Roman
Miami Herald
Roman
United States
Karl Lehmann Leads Defense Committee Tour in West Florida
Karl Lehmann, on leave from the U S Treasury as Deputy Administrator of Defense Savings for Florida, visits West Florida this week to organize County Defense Committees. He addresses meetings in Dixie, Taylor, Franklin, Liberty, Gulf, Washington, Holmes, Walton, Okaloosa, Escambia, and Wakulla counties with further stops on the central west coast planned next week.
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Karl Lehmann
Lake County
Court House
Florida
Mount Dora Health Law Enforced by New Chief
Mount Dora issues notice that Chief Story will enforce a 1939 ordinance requiring certificates proving absence of tuberculosis for cooks nursesmaids laundry workers and related services within the city. The measure, passed August 1 1939 and reprinted June 19, is now being actively enforced.
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Mount Dora
New Council
Chief Story
Consult Your Doctor Before Selective Service Examinations
Brig Gen Vivian Collins Florida state director urges registrants to consult personal physicians and dentists to correct remediable defects before local board examinations. He cites high rejection rates for remediable disabilities and says early treatment benefits personal health and public welfare.
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Vivian Collins
Selective Service
Florida
National Selective Service
Collins
Eyes Right for Defense and Optometrists in Navy Reserve
President Roosevelt tells the Navy to shoot first while the American Optometric Association notes the Navy will commission optometrists as ensigns and lieutenants in the Naval Reserve to meet vision protection needs. Dr. M. Luther Dicus warns of grave responsibilities and confidence in meeting demands during the emergency period. The group promotes defense bonds and stamps.
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American Optometric Association
Navy Department
Naval Reserve
M. Luther Dicus
Department of National Affairs
Roosevelt
Navy
Tax Collectors Who Can't Should Quit, Says Jim Lee
State Comptroller J M Lee addressed a large St. Petersburg gathering urging officials who cannot carry out the new tax laws to step down and let the Governor appoint replacements. He stressed strict enforcement, urged a united front, and called for tax collection, levy, and equalization to proceed, ending with a plea to buy Defense Bonds and Stamps.
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Jim Lee
J. M. Lee
St. Petersburg
Lee
Wage Hour Records Ordered Kept Two Years
Wage hour officials require employers to save orders invoices shipping records bills of lading and customer billings for at least two years to aid inspectors in applying the wage hour law to interstate commerce. The rule applies to about 350000 employers and took effect September 15. Lake County Florida reports 100 percent defense savings payroll allotment across government offices and agencies.
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George J. Dykes
Circuit Court
Lake County Defense Savings Committee
Division of Public Emloyees
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Chamber of Commerce
Specialize in photography for better results and variety
Amateur photographers gain focus by choosing a picture specialty. Specialties provide a definite goal, improve mood driven shooting, and build a cohesive collection. Studying sunset or informal portrait sets teaches lighting, camera fit, and technical merit through comparisons.
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