Cardinal St Rejected Again After Debate
The Jefferson City council debated street extensions around the school board athletic field. Alderman Weigel urged a joint meeting with the school board and road commission to discuss north south extensions and new east west streets from Highway 54. The Dampf street rock labor dispute was referred to the street committee. Several appointments to boards were made and routine business disposed of.
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Jefferson City School Board
A. C. Weigel
Weigel
Special Road District Commission
Dampf
Elliot M. Dampf
Cardinal Street
Linis
Dorr
Wider Stree
Exchange National Bank
City Depository
Dunklin
Jefferson
Madison
Safety Council
Jefferson City
Owens
Mys
Howard Cook
Oliver Bassman
Charles W W. Carson
Library Board
William Tweedie
E. W. Berlekamp
Arthur W. Ellis
Park Board
Roosevelt Approves Parsons Plant Site for Shell Loading
President Roosevelt authorizes a shell loading plant at Parsons Kansas costing 33 million dollars. The facility will employ 4000 to 6000 people and sit on 16000 acres southeast of the city. Government appraisers assess land as war department estimates total 35 million dollars for land, buildings, machinery, and equipment. Giant aviation bombs and large artillery shells will be loaded there, with powder shipped from ammunition factories.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Parsons
Kas
War Department
Bathing Suits Alp in Picking Oranges
In Pomona California June 3 orange pickers wore bathing suits and rowed to harvest fruit as high waters from Puddingstone Dam forced pickers to use boats or ladders. The article notes the unusual publicity stunt and describes widespread paper wrapping used for pipe in the Iraq Palestine oil line.
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Pomona
Calif
Puddingstone
San Jose Hills
Iraq- Palestine
Swordfish Torpedo Planes Brace Bismarck Strike
British admiralty credits trim Fairey Swordfish torpedo planes with delivering the first crippling blows in the act of sinking the 15,000 ton Bismarck. These torpedo reconnaissance craft operate from carriers or ships, fly low to drop at about 4,000 yards, and then speed away to safety.
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Germany
Bismarck
Admiralty
Roosevelt expected to veto parity bill amendments
Washington June 3 AP President Roosevelt is expected to veto the 85 per cent parity loan bill if Congress attaches an amendment fixing minimum prices for government purchases of farm products The administration favors parity loans but opposes price fixing provisions that could jeopardize surplus purchases for Britain and needy families The potential veto could end the Commodity Credit Corporation loan program if approved funds are not in place before July 1
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House Banking Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Carl B. Robbins
Congressional
Agriculture Department
Great Britain
White House
Do Your Meals Talk Back ADLA Digestive Ad
Do Your Meals Talk Back This is often a symptom of acid indigestion. Sour gassy stomach and heartburn follow unwise eating and drinking. ADLA tablets relieve quickly. Get ADLA from your druggist. G A Fischer Drug Co.
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G. A. Fischer Drug Co
France Entangled in Axis War Plan After Defeat
The piece argues France remains deeply involved with the Axis despite defeat, citing Admiral Darlan, Petain and Weygand meetings. It outlines potential Axis moves from Syria and Cyprus to Suez and Iraq, with Tunisia, Morocco and Dakar as bases, and suggests a Latin bloc under pressure to concede shipping bases and Atlantic access.
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Fred Vanderschmidt
Germany
Darlan
Marshal Petain
Maxime Weygand
Mediterranean
Crete
Brenner
Syria
Iraq
Palestine
France
Dakar
Damascus
Cyprus
Lebanon
Suez Canal
Haifa
Canal
Turkey
Suez
Tunisia
Tobruk
M. Darlan
Sfax
Morocco
Weygand
Axis
Gibraltar
South America
Brest
Britain
Italy
Spain
Western
Europe
British Labour Votes To Endorse War Policy
London June 3 The British Labour party voted 2 430 000 to 19 000 to continue fighting the war to a finish after Maj Clement Attlee told the annual conference the government was unanimously opposed to negotiated peace and was determined to fight to victory The card vote followed a resolution by the party's national executive urging victory and Attlee was the principal speaker on the motion
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London
Great Britain
Labor Party
Clement Attlee
Destruction of Hitlerism Urged with No Parley
A wartime speech declares there is no halt or parley with Hitlerism and calls for its destruction. The speaker emphasizes there is no way out except total victory over the Nazi regime.
Conoco Nés oil dominates mileage test in 3:2 study
A testing trial compared eight identical cars using six oils plus a new Conoco Nés oil. The new oil allegedly delivered over twice the mileage and outlasted rival oils by thousands of miles, with claims of oil plating and wear resistance. The report cites vast mileage gains and promotes Conoco Nés at mileage merchants.
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America
Conoco Nés
Death Valley
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
Political Pressure Reported on F. C. C. Chairman Fly Testified
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee heard James L. Fly describe the Federal Communications Commission as subjected to unmerciful political pressure from various sources. He denied Senator Tobey’s claim that political influence expedited action for a radio station linked to Jesse Jones, secretary of commerce.
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Washington
James L. Fly
Federal Communications Commission
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Orell
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East
ST. Louis
Se. Louis
Marfair
Charles Heiss
Mer., Ltd
St. Charles Street
PCO
Attlee
Leona Howard Jones
Cole County
U.S. Weather Bureau
Conocont Motor Oil
Mpartia
Conoco NZ
Germ
F. G.C
Cornst
Torelieve
Orma
Federal Loan Administrator
Central Dairy
Gentral’s
Dallmeyer
Pope’s
Purdue University
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