Robin Moor Freighter Carried Civilian Cargo for Graduation
New York June 13. The torpedoed American freighter Robin Moor carried over 5 000 tons of cargo including dresses, autos, steel rails, and sporting goods. Officials said only firearms were a case of rifles, cartridges, and shotgun shells destined for a South African store. None of the cargo was marked for Egypt, and the manifest valued the goods at about 2 million dollars.
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Pilot Blame C A B Says Pilot Failed Care Caused Atlanta Crash
The civil aeronautics board ruled the February crash near Atlanta killed eight people due to the pilot’s failure to exercise proper care. The report cites the pilot as the probable cause while noting Ontario produces 79 percent of Canada’s electrical apparatus and supplies.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
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Ontario
Canada
O Connor Calls Unemployment Still A Major Problem
Representative O Connor of Montana warned the nation has not solved unemployment despite defense preparations. He cited Roosevelt in 1937 on one third underfed and ill housed people and said defense programs mask the issue. He urged that statesmanship must address poverty and want at home and abroad.
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FDR Eyes Ottawa Visit. MacKenzie King Says Date TBA
Prime Minister MacKenzie King announced receipt of a letter from President Roosevelt expressing hope to make a planned Canada trip soon. No date has been set for the visit.
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W. L. MacKenzie King
Roosevelt
Canada
Broadwater county wheat values rise under new plan
Broadwater county agricultural conservation chief H M Daniels says new Inaniateg boosts wheat prices to 85 cents for No 1 dark northern spring and 80 cents for No 2 hard winter wheat. Rye up about 12 cents and barley near 10 cents per bushel. Seventy four farmers approved wheat marketing quotas in a recent referendum with 15 opposed.
Chrysler expands subcontracting for defense work nationwide
Spreading Work reports that Chrysler Corporation now extensively subcontracting government defense work across the country. President K. J. Keller told stockholders in a letter released today outlining the broad material and service sourcing from all regions.
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Chrysler Corporations
K. J. Keller
Ford and prominent men to speak at Northwest aviation meet
Governor Sam C. Ford and Gill Robb Wilson, head of the National Aeronautic Association, are among 14 speakers at a two day Northwest aviation planning council event in June. Officials from government, army and airlines will attend, with regional Civil Aeronautics Administration members and other regional representatives listed among the speakers.
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Clayton Crocker
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Robert Dodsom
Oregon State Board of Aeronantics
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Haier Hinshay
United Airlines
Chicago
Prof Stanley Teel Appointed Montana Music Director
Missoula June 13. Prof Stanley Teel Montana State University associate professor of music has been named state music supervisor for the coming year. Elizabeth Ireland announced Teel will work under the state department of public instruction and take a one year leave from the university. He came to Montana in 1993 and has led in public school music training, organized state university summer conferences, and directed the all-state and all-northwest school bands.
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Montana State University
Elizabeth Ireland
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State Department of Public Instruction
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Depauw Utiversity of Indiana
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Montane Bartender Found Dead In Refrigerator
Kalispell June 128. Charles D Edgington 53 a bartender was found dead today in the refrigerator at his workplace. Coroner Harry H Campbell attributed the death to suffocation. The body was discovered by Ray Miller the porter at about 8 30 am. He had gone on shift about an hour earlier and apparently locked himself in when a heavy bar dropped into place. Edgington had tried to remove bolts holding the bar but made little progress without tools. He left a widow and one child surviving.
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Charles D. Edgington
Harry H. Campbell
Edgington
Ray Miller
Dyington
Bethlehem Agrees to Sign Union Pact
Pittsburgh June 13. The Bethlehem Steel corporation, large in this industry, signed a formal stipulation with the CIO steel workers organizing committees, agreeing to negotiate and sign a union contract if the union wins labor board elections set for June 25 at two plants and three shops. The pact ends a four year struggle and undermines the Independent Employees Representation Plan.
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Steel Workers Organizing
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Inter-Union war halt urged by Roosevelt in labor crisis
President Roosevelt urged a moratorium on inter union warfare in a bid to curb production delays. The House military committee advanced a plan for federal takeover of strikebound plants and use of troops to curb unlawful picketing. CIO and Teamsters actions mark expanding union activity as roving tensions persist.
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Roosevelt
Stephen Early
White House
House Military Committee
Daniel J. Tobin
International Teamsters Union
Oil Fire Report From Haifa Harbor Raid
A German radio broadcast picked up by NBC said oil spilled on Haifa Bay in Palestine during a German raid on harbor and petroleum facilities was still burning afloat and lighting the waterfront. In 1939 Grand Canyon National Park reported 395,940 visitors.
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NBC
Haifa
Palestine
Grand Canyon Naional Park
School of Mines to Offer Course in Explosive Chemistry
Butte June 13 An advanced course in chemistry of explosive materials will be offered at the Montana State School of Mines summer session. Authorized by the engineering defense training unit under the federal bureau of education, it runs June 32 to Aug 7 with Francis L Heidereed directing. Exports say up to 12 000 trained men may be needed for the expanding explosives industry and call for regional capacity and reserves movement.
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Montana State School of Mines
Engineering Defense
Federal Bureau of Education
Francis L. Heidereed
Official Sees Need s Of More Power In Mountain Area
Thomas H. Tate, director of defense work for the federal power commission, told utility leaders from 11 states that immediate action is needed to boost electric power in the mountain region. He quantified required additions at 108000 kilowatts in 1942 and 193000 kilowatts in 1943, noting potential increases if Washington moves to locate several new defense plants there. The gathering included 125 representatives from Montana, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico.
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Oklahoma
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