Roosevelt critics claim Nye says Roosevelt shifts war stance
In Hackensack New Jersey on June 12, Senator Nye and Rep. Fish urged opposition to intervention. Nye said Roosevelt recently changed view as public opinion shifted against war. Fish warned U S entry could prolong conflict with millions killed. In Pittsfield a Russian boy, Igor Battenieff, aged 11, won a Berkshire Museum contest by writing about Daniel Boone, having learned English since arriving two years ago.
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Boone Pittsfield
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Igor Battenieff
Berkshire
Daniel Boone
Officer urges more noise in U3 maneuvers
A high Army staff officer lamented the lack of realistic combat in the month long field exercises at Middle Tennessee. He complained artillery blanks limit realism, noted only 505,000 blanks and 55,000 men across three divisions participate.
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Tennessee
Second Army
Middle Tennessee
Cumberland
Relling
Coordi
Justice of the Peace Seeks Higher Office Expense
St Louis June 12 AP The county court heard Justice of the Peace A H Werremeyer request a larger expense account for court maintenance claiming $60 a month was too high. He already saved $100 from the allowance for winter coal. The request was approved.
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ST. Louis
Justice of the Peace
A .H. Werremeyer
Td Court
Werremeyer
Civilian Use of Aluminum Cut Off by U S
Washington June 12 AP The government tightens total defense measures by virtually ending civilian aluminum water use and restricting zinc products cutting supplies for pails pipes and brass goods. President Roosevelt approves a plan reducing colors styles and fabrics in many consumer lines and trims lines likely within weeks affecting radios hand tools hardware power tools and some cotton goods with possible follow on clothing fabrics and automobile models.
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Donald M. Nelson
Defense Purchases
Roosevelt
Nelson
Missouri bluegrass growers begin first seed harvest
Kansas City, Mo June 12 UP Missouri bluegrass growers start the year's first harvest of seed to ship to the world's largest market for the product. Missouri, not Kentucky, leads as a seed producer and annually harvests about 2,500,000 bushels valued around $1,000,000.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kentucky
Migrations across the West Coast Raise Economic Strain
Carey McWilliams, head of California’s Immigration and Housing Division, warns that postemergency industry decline will push midwestern Dust Bowl migrants to California, totaling about 400000, with 35000 indigent families in eastern Oklahoma aided by WPA CCC or old age pensions. He projects five to six years of rising Midwest migration and growing tax delinquency as states face depopulation and West Coast absorbs thousands.
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Angeles
West Coast
Carey McWilliams
State Immigration and Housing Division
Smcwilliams
California
Oklahoma
McWilliams
Orea
Springfield Police Reclaim Old Friend for Target Practice
Springfield police nabbed a familiar drunken offender recently, then used him to test newly bought bullet molds for practice shooting. The repeat offender, known to police, has long been jailed, making him an expert at molding bullets for police use.
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