Oil defense plan: 10 wells to flood Rio Grande
Texas official Jerry Sadler proposed using ten crude oil wells to unleash oil into the Rio Grande to deter invasions. He said burning oil could create a high flame barrier, potentially stopping enemy crossings, with one Yates field well likely sufficient.
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Austin
Rio Grande
Sadler
United
Mexico
Oisle
Marne
Jerry Sadler
Texas
Secretary of the Interior
Harold Ickes
Yates Field
Brazil Explains Vargas Speech Draws Global Comment
Brazil's press department released a statement clarifying President Getulio Vargas's June 11 address. The statement said the speech urged internal modernization, not a shift in foreign policy, affirming Brazil's Pan-American solidarity and Western Hemisphere neutrality during the war.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Vargas
TWA Offers Its Aid to U S in National Defense
The board of directors in St Louis approved assisting the government in training pilots ground crews radio technicians and maintenance experts. Jack Frye president said airlines should cooperate immediately and a TWA committee will coordinate with Washington. D W Tomlinson was named VP in charge of engineering and Theon Wright was appointed publicity director.
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Sche Pub A
St. Louis
Jack Frye
Prye
Airlines Aid
Washington
Frye
Europe
Kansas City
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Naval
Tommy
Air
Neer
TWA
Tomlinson
Theon Wright
Wright
Honolulu
San Francisco
Los Angeles
New York
English Baptist Presents Views
Dr. J M Rushbrooke president of the Baptist World Alliance tells Southern Baptist delegates that the European war is ideologies not imperialism. He says the British empire is now the British commonwealth and that self governing dominions are independent of London. The morning session favors a study committee for proposed social security act amendments to protect religious liberty. The relief and annuity board reports Baptist receipts totaled 1 731 887 35 for 1939, up 115 010 51 from 1938. Rhubarb Dessert recipe included as a separate item.
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Baltimore
J. M. Rushbrooke
Baptist World Alliance
Southern Baptist Convention
England
Relief and Annuity Board
Thomas J. Watts
H. Bolton
Dallas
Tex
Congress
Executive Committee
Oldest Salt Mine Found on Avery Island Louisiana
A 1791 discovery on Avery Island reveals what is claimed as the oldest salt mine in the United States. The deposit spans about 1,000 acres with salt pillars reaching 60 feet in height.
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Avery Island
Louisiana
United States
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