Puerto Rico Labor Debate Over Sugar Field Labor
Senator Wheeler disclosed plans to urge the War Labor Commission to study importing Puerto Rican labor for sugar beet fields. Pagan said he would cooperate, but the matter was not previously discussed with him. Wheeler noted ship shortages and potential treaties with Mexico, warning of possible sugar rationing next year due to crop and warehousing limits.
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Sunshine Circle Meeting at Ault Details and Guests
Sunshine Circle met at Ault on June 4 entertained by Mrs. Noy Wilcox. Guests included Mrs. W A Hart and Dorothy Jean Willcox. Reports covered two giants for motions. Wilcox and Beckwith named power committee for June. Office holders elected include Mrs. Robert Copes Meg Clark Hawking VP, secretary Mya J Z Newell to serve 17 more months. Dorothy Jean Willcox performed piano. contests by Capes and Kelley. Members to prepare Wedding Anniversary Reminiscences. social hour refreshments served. Pioneer club met with hostess Mrs. John Woods. George Bray of Greeley present. Mr. and Mrs. M M Brown of Yuma and son Marshall visiting before moving to Yuma. Marshall has taught in Frederick.
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Noy Willcox
W. A. Hart
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Olu
Visialag
D. Kelley
Robert Lopes
Mons
Besdauies Wilcox
Myra Beckwith
Robert Copes
Meg
Clark Hawking
John Woods
Bray
Greeley War
M. M. Brown
Yuna
Marshall
Frederick
Yuma
Marshall Tes
Tre Frederick
Allied air blitz hits Franco channel coast and coast-wide
British air ministry announced a major simultaneous offensive by fast craft along the French channel coast from Belgium to Brittany. The raids followed morning attacks on canals around Dunkirk as Allied forces pressed operations against the German-held coast.
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French Channel
Belgium
Britanny
Canals
Dunkerque
Lions Club Convention to be Held in Durango
Lions Clubs from Colorado plan a three day state convention in Durango on June 7 8 and 9. A.B. Keen of Salt Lake City Lions International vice president will speak along with Denver leaders Jom Oo Kikneigh and John S. Fablnig and district governors Roy Maxwell Fort Collins and Delaynr Holt Montrose. An afternoon session features a speaker and an evening dinner at Mesa Verde National Park plus an animal ball and banquet with district governors.
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Rubber Firms Are Attacked By War Program Critics
Washington June 6 Chairman Somers Ky reported shocking revelations before the War Committee alleging the big four rubber companies impeded the president's war program. A seven member subcommittee was authorized to investigate the rubber situation as the petroleum industry committee urged conservation and use of reclaimed rubber to keep wartime materials rolling. The Standard Bureau test rig at the commerce department simulates up to 48 000 wearer cycles to test flooring.
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Army To Use CCC Camps For Army Expansion
Washington reports about 650 Civilian Conservation Corps camps with equipment and buildings valued at 30 million dollars have been transferred to the Army. Many camps will join existing posts as troop housing or become new posts, with portable structures moved to locations of greater military value.
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CCC
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Sterling Gunman Sent To Prison
William Kenneth Marlatt, 28, a railroad fireman, was sentenced in Sterling district court to ten to fourteen years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to assault with intent to kill. He had shot and critically wounded waitress Jennie Nowak on a Sterling business street January 19. Marlatt withdrew a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. hospital observations found him sane. Mrs. Nowak remained in a Denver hospital in critical condition.
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Sterling Baten Duns
William Kenneth Maristt
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Sterling
Marlatt
Wea
Jennie Nowak
Anme
Bell
Denver
Francks Schallenberger
Fisher
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Wickard Urges Farm Girls To Stay At Home
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard urged rural families to keep daughters on the farm to aid war food production. He noted labor shortages may arise and said there is ample war work on the farm, stressing the nation must rely more on home labor to meet production goals.
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Aacocinted Press
Washington
Agricultard
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Undefined events unfold across cities in June reports
June dispatches describe a string of chaotic incidents. In Side Show Hall Lako City a three story fall resulted in minor injuries to Joe Michael Syrult after an apartment collapse. Omaha reports a change of railway company branding and a employees protest over reminders of Japan. Laura Winteherd’s spiritualist office saw three visitors gain enlarged fortunes amid a violent confrontation. Brack River Falls notes a tornado disaster and a theft of a ration card, while Alton parking meters trigger complaints over coin usage.
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Diyiangeg
Haldwint Locomotive Works
Miner Killed In Apparent Car and Mine Accident
Somerset Gale June reports Frank Mikelich 241 employed near here was killed shortly before noon when his head was struck between a motorcar cap and a mine prop. He reportedly had head out the window looking backward. No witnesses stated. Guantron county officials said an inquest will likely be held.
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Here
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Nazis Gather Boats To Threaten Sweden
Reuters reports Stockholm indicates German ships are being moved toward the Baltic via the Kiel canal as Nazis mass boats for potential Sweden invasion. The move echoes feared 1940 coastal deployments and aligns with expert predictions of a possible 1942 German campaign in Scandinavia.
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Reuters Disputch
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Kiel
United Nations
Nore Way
Hibler
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Pilot Unhurt In Crash At Keenesburg
Warren Prosser of the Colorado Civil Air Patrol escaped injury Friday morning after his plane crashed during takeoff from Keenesburg Weld County. He had planned to use the craft for air patrol maneuvers next Sunday and said the plane clipped a fence on the lake. The aircraft was badly damaged. Prosser was alone.
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Warren Prosser
Denver
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Keenesburg
Weld
Prosser
Denver Muntebval
Lakeott
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