Dutch East Indies pledge to aid allies in war effort
Governor General A. W. L. Tjarda told parliament in Batavia that the Dutch East Indies must prevent exporting vital raw materials to the enemy at all costs. He said the policy limits foreign activity and stressed unity with Britain in the war, while a Japanese trade delegation awaited word from Tokyo on unclear instructions.
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Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Dutch East Indies
A. W. L. Tjarda
Tjarda
Tiara
East Indies
Great Britain
Holland
Tokyo
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Churchill Receives Honorary Degree at Rochester
Winston Churchill was awarded the Doctor of Laws honorary degree by the University of Rochester in absentia via a transatlantic radio hookup. Noel Hall accepted for Churchill as Robert Patterson, Under Secretary of War, spoke in the commencement address predicting a long war. The program noted the first book printed in the western hemisphere was a Mexican volume.
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Rochester, N
Britain
Winston Churchill
University of Rochester
Alan Valentine
England
America
Noel Hall
Washington
Roert P. Patterson
Western Hemisphere
KruGen advertised as relief for chronic constipation in Burlington user
Mrs Louise Mappin reports KruGen relief after years of constipation and related symptoms. She claims improved digestion, regular bowels, better sleep, less back pain, and restored energy after trying the medicine. The Brandenber Brug Co. and local druggists supply KruGen.
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KruGon
Louise Mappin
Route No. 2
Burlington
Resuke
Brandenber- Brug Co
High St
Malnutrition charge denied by authority
In Pittsburgh on June 15, New York nutrition authority Dr. James A. Tobey challenged claims that one third or more of Americans are ill fed. He said there is no reliable evidence to prove 45 million Americans suffer serious dietary deficiencies and that 15 percent of about 1,000,000 men examined for the draft showed disabilities tied to malnutrition.
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Pittsburgh
New York Nutrition Authority
Institute of Food Technologists
James A. Tobey
American Baking Institute
Tobey
Radio Operator Arrested in Mexico City
Federal Police detained Edward W. Vanderfeld on June 16 in Mexico City for operating a clandestine radio transmitter in violation of the general communication laws. Luisa Yarse stated an operator for Vanderfeld refused to reveal the location used from the central district.
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Mexico City
Edward W. Vanderfeld
Vio
Luisa Yarse
Vanderned
Du Pont Slashes Nylon Selling Price
Du Pont today announced a price cut on nylon selling at 40 cents per ton, adjusting MSD pricing and denying certain price levels. The move affects several product denoms and reflects the company’s shift in price strategy for nylon resin and related goods.
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DU Pont
Wilmingtist del
du Pont de
Chief Red Bird Quits Strike In Oklahoma Standoff
Chief Red Bird, 71, leader of the Cheyenne, withdraws his pickets from the federal building lawn in Watonga after a peace pipe with postmaster Clarence Knappenberger. He repeats objections to the mural painted by Edith Mahier, citing ponies and breech cloth depictions, and agrees to remove the protest signs.
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Watonga
Okla
Red Bird
Washington
Clarence Knappenberger
Whiteface Bull
James Walking Coyote
Federal Building
Knappenberger
Edith Mahier
University of Oklahoma
Roman
Britain admits loss of new destroyer Jersey
London reports Admiralty announces the Jersey, one of Britain's largest destroyers, sunk by a mine. Completed in 1939, it normally carried 183 officers and men and could reach 36 knots. It is the fourth of its class of 24 to be sunk, after The Kelly, June and Kashmir.
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London
Admiralty
Jersey
Insulators Targeted by Snipers Prompt Closed Season
SiIeston Missouri June 16 AP announce closed season on insulators by Tri-County Cooperative Power Association after spending 600 in four months replacing class insulators shot off spoles along rural electric lines. Hunters blamed for the vandalism.
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Sikeston
Tri-County Cooperative Power Association
Flashes of Life: Patrolman Foils Truck Theft in Hazard
In Hazard Kentucky Patrolman Bert Fettner chased a stolen truck but could not fire as the vehicle escaped into a road under repair. The truck stalled and Fettner arrested the driver, explaining the delay was due to the vehicle containing the owner’s asleep children. In Scott Field Alabama a sleeping flying squirrel is humorously noted as Eight Ball, the laziest goldbrick at the air base. In International Falls Minnesota attorney Lew Wilson faced two youths with a gun demanding $10 and obtained a receipt instead.
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Associated Press
Hazard
Bert Fettner
Fettner
Scott Field
Eugene W. Sheridan
Clue International Falls
Minn
Lew Wilson
Missing portable hoosegow rattles Grangeville crowd
In Grangeville Idaho Sheriff Bud Taylor reported the loss of a portable jail unit used for border days celebrations. The amusing incident notes Wilson recognizing some boys and their quick arrest, then the jail vanishing from town sight.
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Cherchez la
Barber
Grangeville
Idaho
Bud Taylor
Senator Harrison Undergoes Major Surgery Today
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, 59, president pro tempore and finance chair, is undergoing a major intestinal operation at an emergency hospital after being moved from his Arkansas hospital to a Washington facility yesterday. Friends express serious concern about his condition and prognosis.
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Washington
Pat Harrison
Miss
Senate
Arkansas
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