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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1941
Page
2
In Fort Wayne Indiana an unemployed draftsman named Walter Stanford stages a sit-down protest on his porch to oust his wife's seven relatives. He builds a dummy named John and posts signs declaring he will stay until the in-laws move out, while police monitor the disturbance.
Britain announces it has handed over its top secret radio plane detector to the United States. Air Commodore Pirie calls for American civilian volunteers to operate the device and notes immediate release if needed. Britain seeks electricians, instrument makers, metalworkers and other skilled technicians ages 18 to 50 for training and deployment.
KWOS programs linked to the Mutual network with a dense June 19 1941 schedule listing dozens of musical acts news and sports segments. A Fort McClellan Alabama dispatch notes two military police companies moved from camp stockade to guard house quarters due to space constraints.
Reports from London and Ankara circulated in the night about a Nazi Turkish friendship pact and a possible German ultimatum to Soviet Premier Molotov. British officials and Reuters noted widespread rumors of a forthcoming German assault on Russia, with troops and air forces near the frontiers and Helsinki indicating Russian troop withdrawals from Hankо.
The house ways and means committee tentatively backs drastic surtax increases on individuals and a 10 percent excess profits tax to raise about 2.48 billion in new revenue. The plan would start rates at 5 percent on the first 2,000 of income and rise to 75 percent on net incomes over 5 million, with the excess profits levy yielding roughly 65 million.
Dr Walter Maier of St Louis urges churches to rededicate toward aiding the poor and underprivileged. He spoke at a banquet opening the Lutheran Layman's League of America event during the Missouri Synod ten day convention in Fort Wayne Indiana on June 19 AP report.
Miss Keeth testifies she was forced to flog a man four times. Caldwell states he was not informed of the reason for the flogging and heard no words from Miss Keeth during the act. Miss Rhoads replies with pleasure as Dr. Murrell instructs, and the two women alternated striking him.
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