Florida Weekly Industrial Review Highlights Local Projects
Lakeland reports a $30,000 Gamewell fire alarm system at fire headquarters. Orlando notes a contract for a new wing at Orange General Hospital Mascotte to Groveland road paving. Okeechobee sees a Texaco wholesale plant on State Road 8 east of town. Mount Dora begins city mail delivery. Winter Park lets a $14,387 Negro school construction contract. Port Mayaca streets paving. Tampa builds a $450,000 extension to the federal building for the post office. Palm City installs new street lighting by Florida Power & Light. Dade City repairs to the courthouse. Auburndale issues $40,000 bonds for a new schoolhouse sewer and waterworks. Pensacola plans a bridge to Escambia Bay. Sanford starts work on Seminole County Agricultural School at $12,000.
Army to educate every soldier to national standard
Uncle Sam aims to make the American soldier the best educated in the world with Army schools at Fort Leavenworth and Camp Benning. Officers and privates attend varied courses as part of a push for extended schooling, improving equipment and leadership across the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Uncle Sam
Moek
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Camp Benning
Georgia
City Contract F L A Pledges Spending On Public Works
The report lists multiple upcoming projects across Florida towns including Orlando, Wildwood, Inverness, Venice, and Frostproof. Items include fire and police facility connections, city hall bids, paving and storm sewers, a new water light construction corridor along Dixie Highway, and a 180 000 dollar annex project with start dates and road routing plans.
War weeklies fetch 500 dollars a set
Auctioneers Putnam’s offered a complete set of The Stars and Stripes for 500 dollars, noting wartime copies remain valuable relics. The weekly paper once circulated about 526,000 copies, and scarcity will likely raise prices as time passes.
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Stars and Stripes
Putnams
Chamber of Commerce Bets On Northern Friends Network
The chamber seeks support from northern friends and requests results and clipping submissions. A tourist list of over 130 names ensures wide distribution of current conditions in this section of the state.
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John Gordon
Chamber of Commerce
Dead List Continued Names and Ages in Miami Area
A long list records numerous individuals by name age and location across Miami and surrounding areas. Entries include Marlean Brown, H G Luther aged 45, Coral Gables residents, Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale names, plus infants and couples. The compiled roster covers diverse ages from infants to adults with varied professions and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlean Brown
Fon
Hollywood
H. G. Luther
J. W. McGinnis
Coral Gables
McGinnis
Alton Bush Little
Miami Beach
Josephine Cochraft
Dorthey Walls
Larkins
Jacques Richards
St. Louis
Miami
Lydia Brokshire
Johnson City
Tenn
Frank Hoskins
Benjamin Watts
Hialeath
Fred Shutts
George Malette
Venetian Carter
Edith Baker
W. A. Tellmer
Fort Lauderdale
Ivan Austin
R. D. Crowley
Ft. Lauderdale
Anna Thompson
Infant, Thompson
Ralph McClure
Chevrolets to Chase Immigrant Smugglers
Immigrant smugglers facing a bolstered border effort as four Chevrolet touring cars are bought for the patrol squadron. The purchase signals a push to improve mobility and enforcement against unauthorized crossings.
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D. P. Gay, Jr
Border Patrol
Brownsville
Texas
United States Immigration Service
Miami Beach
United States
Mexico
Grapes Best Against Floods and Hurricanes in Florida Hills
The piece argues grapes thrive on Florida hills away from floodwaters and hurricane damage. It extols early spring maturity, drought resistance, and profitability, suggesting grape vineyards in Lake County over other crops. It offers sympathy to storm victims and notes citrus losses from winds.
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Florida
Lake County
Florida’s economy seen as tourism dependent by many
Larner Triskett P.S notes that many people view Florida as relying on tourists for income rather than its broader production. He argues against this stereotype, emphasizing other economic contributions and resilience beyond tourism.
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Florida Weekly Industrial Review
Lakeland
Orlando
Orange General Hospital
Mascotte
Groveland
Okeechobee
Texaco Oil Company
State Road 8
City
Mount Dora—City
Winter Park
Port Mayaca
Tampa
Tampa Federal Building
Palm City
Florida Power & Light Company
Dade City
Court House
Auburndale
Pensacola
Escambia Bay
Sanford
Seminole County
U. S
William S. Neal
International News Service
Zephyrhills
New Grammar
Immigration Service
Rio Grande River
Biscayne Park
Hialeah
Hank Roberts
Wai
Ewan
Mantle Shaw
T. E. Smith
T. W. Davis
A. E
T. CC. Harlese
Earl Hudson
Nathan Lewis
G. N. Stein
Evelyn Larsen
B. Leary
Porter Langston
Meltzer
W. G. Moore
J. R. Pattee
Louis Roach
Charles Almquist
H. W. Crisp
M. Carpenter
Henry Cotter
Cambridge
Mass
Clyde Blow
J. O. Black
Jessie Carnegie
J.E. Colwell
Colwell
W. F. Duncan
Duncan
Lee O’day
O’day
T. D. Ellis, Jr
Walter Glenn
Frederick Hudson
Maxwell Hall
R. W. Moore
Robert McNichols
Jennie Richie
W. G. Ramsey
Earl Rooks
Strom
Charles Schill
George Stein
C. I. Strickland
Henry Stevens
O. M. Books
G. W. Vincent
Theil Lapa
Jack Hodgson, Jr
Alonso Pridgeon
Elizabeth Seidlein
H. B. McVart
Wilson
J. E. Surndell
J. J. Jordan
H. Simpson
Leroy Buchel
Walter Martin
Deporty
Baby
Progresso
Earle Bateman
Davie
D. R. Black
Jack S. Craig
Christina Halley
Dania
D. W. Haley
John Highstetter
Walter Porter
Blanche Liles
John Liles
John Lloyd
Carl Mays
O. K. Mount
Laura Jane. Martin
R. E. McClure
Mary . P. McIntosh
Mary.p. McIntosh
J. E. MclIntosh
Chile
Tuart
Florida Power & Light Y
Wildwood
InVerness
Opka
Natee
Sota
Tamiami
North City
Dixie Highway
Elevard
Wauchula
Venice
Meade
New
Frostproof School
Florida Ave
Bridge
Hillsborough River
Ge Beach
Inter Park
Florida Public Ice Company
Ire Myers
Chamber
Mount Dora
A. C. Quixley
Larner Triskett
P.S
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