Finland Systems For Rebuilding Europe After War
Finland leads in postwar reconstruction as a democracy with a vast plan. The country will invest about 212 million dollars in housing and 300 million for housing alone, rebuild 46 hospitals, create 8 to 12 new cities, and train wounded soldiers in new trades while seeking loans from other democracies if needed.
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Thomas M. Johnson
Europe
Finland
Congress
League of Nations
Russia
Lutheran Church
America
Mississippi River
Oklahoma
Soil Conservation Service
Middle-West
NYA
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Patch On British Pants Seen As Patriotism Badge
London reports a clothing rationing patch may become a symbol of wartime patriotism as Britain limits cotter rayon and linen supplies to 75 percent of pre war levels. The Board of Trade aims to free plants for war needs and boost exports by 45 to 60 million dollars yearly while saving hundreds of millions of yards of fabric.
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London
Britain
Europe
Order of the Board of Trade
Board of Inde
Bond Street
Ministry of Supply
New Streamlined Watermelon On Way For 1942 Release
Charleston SC UP reports agricultural experts six miles from the city are developing a new early maturing watermelon to be released May 1 1942. Led by Dr Bryan L Wade and Dr C F Pool the project aims for sweeter firmer fruit around 23 pounds with red meat, plus broader cabbage and corn improvements and cold resistant peas and tomatoes.
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Charleston
S. C
Luther Burbank
South Carolina Experiment Station
Deep South
Bryan L. Wade
C. F. Pool
Pool
New Jersey
Lyle H. Boren Seeks Re-Election To Congress
Lyle H. Boren files formal candidacy for re-election to Congress in the Fourth district. He cites support from Sam Rayburn William Bankhead and Franklin D Roosevelt and urges workers farmers and businessmen to judge his voting record. He warns the nation faces war and emphasizes preparedness and strength.
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Lyle H. Boren
Congress
Fourth District
Sam Rayburn
House
William B. Bankhead
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
KGFF
KADA
Europe
America
Cooling of eggs and wartime stance from Rep Lyle Boren
Summer egg cooling is essential says Cecil A. Roberts of Oklahoma A&M. A burlap cooler with evaporation keeps eggs at 70 to 80 degrees. plans are available in Experiment Station Bulletin No. 240. Additionally, Lyle H. Boren outlines defense priorities and district achievements, urging support for his re election.
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Stillwater
Okla
Cecil A. Roberts
Oklahoma A
M. College
Poultry Department
Experiment Station
National Cancer Institute
Congress
Wright Patman
Blcc
Oklahoma
Lyle H. Boren
German Armies Grind Down French Resistance In War Turmoil
German forces press the four French sectors as armistice talks lag. Nazi demands for plenipotentiaries signal harsher surrender terms. An English air raid of 100 planes on the east coast killed 12 civilians and wounded 13, signaling Britain’s resolve to fight on. Hitler aims to cripple shipping and ports to pave an invasion. The fate of the French and British empires hinges on the coming battles and the blitzkrieg on Britain.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Berlin
Britain
England
Churchill
College education found wasted on 27 percent
M M Boring GE personnel director argues to the National Education Association that 27 percent of college graduates should not have attended college. He warns of a skilled labor shortage with only one trainee for 483 workers, predicting a grave long term shortage of workers.
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Pittsfield
Mass
M. M. Boring
General Electric Co
National Education Association
America
Akron University lectures on meeting and marrying
Akron University hosts a women's league course on the problems of getting along with the opposite sex. The program aims to teach how to meet mingle and marry as part of academic study.
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AKRON
Akron University
Women’s League
Enemy Mine Sinks liner Niagara off New Zealand coast
Prime Minister Peter Fraser told parliament that a German mine sank the Canadian Australian liner Niagara 20 miles off the New Zealand coast. The vessel with 146 passengers and 203 crew foundered, all were rescued and declared safe. Minesweepers located one mine, confirming the cause.
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Auckland
N. Z
Peter Fraser
Niagara
New Zealand
Pacific
Fraser
Uruguay Moves After Nazi Plot Charges
Montevideo June 19 All-night study by a special committee led the chamber of deputies to reconvene June 24 to chart action on Nazi plot charges. The report says German motorcycle units of over 150 members were uncovered and the Nazi legation in Montevideo directed propaganda and harbored the unit chief Julia Daldorf under diplomatic immunity.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Chamber of Deputies
Julia Daldorf
Foulbrood Threatens Oklahoma Bee Industry
Oklahoma beekeepers face heavy losses from American foulbrood as industry investments reach over a million dollars. Six disease resistant queen bees, valued at 200 each, are being bred at Panhandle A and M College Goodwell to combat the plague. J M Goin escorts the queens as part of a nationwide project funded by the U S Department of Agriculture. The program aims to provide disease resistant bees to growers across the state.
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Oklahoma City
Beeland
Panhandle A. and
M. College, Goodwell
J. M. Goin
State Department of Agriculture
Panhandle College
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
Oklahoma
Panhandle
College Farm
Oklahoma Beekeepers’ Association
Tulsa
Candidates to Speak at Egypt Community Meeting
Candidates invited to address voters at Egypt schoolhouse near Ada on Saturday June 22. Rain delayed announcement. meeting starts at 8 PM with invitation extended to candidates and community members to attend.
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Egypt
Ada
Amateurs Required to Prove Citizenship by Aug. 15
The FCC ordered about 100000 radio operators to submit proof of citizenship. All amateur and commercial operators must mail affidavits fingerprints and photographs by August 15. Prior orders restricted foreign communications and curtailed mobile transmitter use.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Indians Used Pit Silos, Used Back In B C Days Too
Oklahoma City June 19 Special Silos in trenches and pits are not new. Indians stored corn long before Columbus and silos date to ancient Greece, Spain and Africa. The article traces early silage and notes the first US tower silo in 1876 and modern practice in Oklahoma. It also mentions beekeeping advice on clover for nectar and soil conservation.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Columbus
Greece
Spain
Africa
Egypt
Metz
France
Baltic
Sweden
Goffart
United States
Maryland
State Department of Agriculture
Spare Clover Along Highway Plea Affects Beekeepers
Stillwater June 19 a call by G A Bieberdorf Oklahoma A and M entomologist in charge of agriculture requests sparing white and yellow sweet clover grown along highways. He notes that cutting clover at blossom time harms state beekeepers as bees feed on the blossoms.
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Stillwater
G. A. Bieberdorf
Oklahoma
M. College
Hen pheasant crossing halts traffic on U S 30 in Lincoln
State Safety Patrolman C H Rudge waved to stop traffic on U S Highway 30 as a hen pheasant and her brood of 10 crossed the road nearby without disturbance.
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Lincoln, Neb
U. S. Highway 30
C. H. Rudge
Forts Exchange Fire North of Basel Amid Battle
Long after Alsace and Lorraine fell, French and German forts north of Basel continued bombardment. French guns fired at regular intervals as if manned by small crews.
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Bern
Switzerland
Alsace and Lorraine
Basel
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Finlandia News Service
Lyle Boren
Ada News
Henry Ford
Anne McDonnell
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
Edsel Ford
Southampton
L. T
B. C
Herbert E. Wrinkle
Bartlesville
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