30 Jun 1941
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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1941
Page
1
A wartime field report describes U S Army mine laying drills in New York Harbor. The piece notes vessels used as targets and explains measures to safely detonate charges, detailing how enemy ships would be destroyed and the tactical purpose of practicing with two pound charges.
Readable portions describe residents visiting relatives and traveling for vacations and assignments. Mentions include Miss Gertrude Rose visiting family in Denton and East Texas, Serjeant Billy Seargeant transferring to the Virgin Islands, and Mrs Banks Meachan visiting relatives. Also notes several families, church figures, and assorted social events around Bracketville.
Washington reports a bitter clash over two appropriation bills valued at about 38 000 000 along with 50 000 900 for a commodity disposal program as Congress rushes relief and farm relief measures toward final passage before midnight. Senate and House leaders hold firm while a conference committee seeks a combined relief and farm bill solution. The dispute centers on funding sources for relief versus agricultural programs and proceeds amid expectations both measures reach the president.
The Mexican Foreign Minister addressed an Afiquala rally in Toaula Guerrero, praising independence amid references to Spain’s 1821 conquest and urging unity and liberty. A stray note mentions a volcanic bat behavior as an odd aside.
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