Three Navy Fliers Die as Planes Collide Over Sea
San Diego, June 6. Three Navy fliers were killed when two planes from the heavy cruiser Chester collided in mid air off the San Clemente island area. A fourth parachuted to safety. The dead were Ensign Thomas H Tepuui, Paul Pustin Burroughs, Otto Henry Witkennig. Ensign Jack Russell survived injuries after bailing out. This loss raises naval aviation deaths to 24 since January 1.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Chester
San Clemente Island
Thomas H. Tepuui
San Francisco
Paul Pustin Burroughs
Albion
Otto Henry Witkennig
Nebraska City
Jack Russell
Nean
Port Orchard
Wash
Naval Aviation
Peace Reports and Nazi Propaganda Ties Mentioned by FD.R.
The article notes FD.R. comments on Nazi propaganda and two Berlin orders directed at Nazis in the United States about appeasement and future actions. He cites a New York Times interview with Hitler and praises its editorial as a strong statement of German assurances. Also, Cal Tom Stilwell announces 40 Washington State College seniors will receive commissions in the organized reserves and be ordered to active duty next day.
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New York Times
Hitler
John Cudahy
Belgium
Times
Pullman
Wash
Tom
Stilwell
B.C
T. G
Washington State College
W.S.C
Organized Reserves
France Studies Defense OF Empire in Syria Drive
France weighs defense of empire as Syria situation looms. French cabinet, led by Marshal Petain, pressed by three colonial experts, signals intent to guard empire while denying aggression toward any power. Deniz orders troops to defend possessions with own forces as Britain weighs action.
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Syria
Cordell Hull
U. S
Germany
Vichy
Washington
France
Philippe Petain
Henri Deniz
Levant
Coast Strikes Condemned by Labor Body War Measures Debated
The OPM labor committee condemns three coast strikes affecting 62,500 defense workers idle nationwide. About 17,000 workers in San Francisco shipyards and drydocks face halted orders worth $500 million in naval construction and other defense projects as Congress considers anti strike measures and funding restrictions.
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America
House
Starnes
Ala
O.P.M
L Labor Committee
San Francisco
Lou Nova Wins by K O After Bad Eye Cut in Taping Bout
Lou Nova the California heavyweight, despite a deep cut over his left eye, knocked out Jim Robison of Philadelphia in the third round of a scheduled ten. Nova, bleeding, rallied after Robison scored in earlier rounds with right hooks and a first-round cut. Weighing 207 to Robbinson's 211, Nova finished Robison with a hard right to the jaw for a decisive full count. The bout followed a strike period grounding 2,000 A P L and CIO machinists demands and related labor actions across industries, amid political remarks by Roosevelt and Willkie at Chicago stadium where boos and protests occurred.
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Minneapolis
Lou Nova
California
Jim Robison
Philadelphia
Hobinson
Nova
Robinson
German Submarines in Beirut Reported by Reuters
Eight German pocket submarines were seen in Beirut harbor over the past week, Reuters reported from Ankara. A German radio broadcast claimed a major raid was the first operation from Crete against British possessions in Egypt, noted by CBS London on Saturday June 7.
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Egypt
C.B.S
London
Beirut
Lebanon
Reuters
Ankara
Turkey
Construction Firm Sued Over Fatal Chinook Crash
Frank Bettis as administrator of Paul Bottis estate sues Chinook area firm Peter Kiewit Sons and employee Omar Wigginton for 20000 dollars after Bottis died in a collision with a company truck near Chinook on May 80 1938. Charles Doughten sues for 10075 dollars alleging injuries as a passenger in Bettis car.
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Peter Kiewit Sons Company
Omaha
Omar Wigginton
Frank Franta
Havre
Paul Bottis
Bettis
Charles Doughten
Bettis Automobile
Germans Build Fighter Base in Latakia Syria
Reports from Ankara and Washington state German air corps engineers are constructing a fighter plane base at Latakia, the No 3 Syrian port. The note mentions distance from Gy and references a separate US power commission license for the Cresta and Pulga plants on California’s Feather River, with a 36 to 60 year extension debated.
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Turkey
German Air Corps
Latakia
Washington
Federal Pover Commission
Mediterranean
Eleotric Company
Cresta
Pulga
Feather River
California
Montana Banks Report Excellent Condition After Tour
Federal officials say Montana state banks are in excellent condition with solid business. Banks reported assets of 77,438,700 as of April 4 as they shift from bonds to local loans. Officials from the U S Public Health Service joined state health officers in Helena to review next year’s budget requirements. In Denver a chiropractor, Roy Ferguson, was sentenced to two years eight months to three years for an illegal operation after withdrawing his not guilty plea.
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W. 4A. Brown
Montana
Brown
T. J. Bauer
U. S. Public Health Service
San Francisco
Helena
W Cogswell
State Board of Health
Denver
Roy Ferguson
Colorado
O Connor objects to cattle hide price ceiling
Montana Representative O Connor rebukes price stabilization chief Henderson over 15 cent per pound hides plan. He cites 40 year averages above 14 cents and argues for a ceiling of 30 to 5 cents, noting cattlemen suffered during the 1930s and government aid aided recovery.
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Washington
O'Connor
Mont
Leon Henderson
Office of Emergency Management
Henderson
Senate Agriculture Committee
O'Conner
Medical Association To Hear Stanford Doctors In June
Members of Montana State Medical Association will hear Stanford University School of Medicine faculty during the June convention. Banquet speaker Dr Maurice L Tainter and several surgeons and medical professors will address business sessions. Also meeting in the same week are the Montana Academy of Ophthalmology and the Montana Public Health Association with events listed for June.
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Great Falls
Montana State Medical Association
Stanford University School of Medicine
Maurice L. Tainter
Stanford
Emil Holman
Donald King
Charles W. Barnett
Davis A. Ryland
Montana Academy of Qio-Ophthalmology
Montana Public ‘Health Association
Bomber From New Plant to Roll Off in July
Kansas City June 6 The North American Aviation Inc expects to roll off the first twin engined bomber from the assembly line of its government financed plant here late July or early August Col F Besson division engineer for the war department said he understood the company would have at least one bomber assembled for ceremonies at the completion of the 10,000,000 Mant late next month
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Kansas City
Ken
The
North American Aviation, Inc
Col. F. 8. Besson
War Department
Foote Returns From San Diego Water Meeting
H B Foote rector of the water and sewage division for the State board of health returned this week from a meeting of western health officials in San Diego California He said protective measures for water supplies were discussed and preventing possible sabotage of water systems was a feature of the gathering Foote a former vice president of the western branch of the American Public Health Association commented on the talks
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H. B. Fome
State Board of Health
Western Health
San Diego
Cal
Foote
American Public Health Association
Axis air and land forces scramble in the Mediterranean shift
A Rotte report notes the withdrawal of German air forces from Sicily and analyzes potential Axis strategies in the Mediterranean. It suggests Nazi planes may regroup at Crete and Greek bases or at the Italian Dodecanese, potentially freeing central and western Mediterranean for Italy and threatening British lines to Egypt.
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Middle Sea
Gibraltar
Rome
Crete
Italy
Mary
Egypt
Sicilian
Libyan
Straits
Libya
Graziani
Britain
London
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Africa
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Mussolini
Hitler
North Africa
Greece
Briish
Sicilian Straits
Alispell Youth Dies in Auto Accident
Archie McDonald 22, near Kalispell, was killed when his car overturned in a ditch. A witness, Maurice Bunker, had stepped out moments earlier. McDonald suffered a broken neck, death raises Montana year toll to 62.
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Kalispell
Archie McDonald
W. D. McDonald
Ead River
McDonald
Maurice Bunker
Montana
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