Chlorine Gas Sicken 1000 as Brooklyn Hold Fumes Escape
A brig? of 25 United Nations repairmen on a Brooklyn pier were overcome by chlorine gas in a ship hold. Eight in serious condition, 403 treated at seven hospitals, and 15 plus 10 sent from scene. Tank truck driver and owner cited for transporting chlorine without permit. Gas spread to subway stations and stores, with rescuers and Red Cross aiding victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Nations
Brooklyn
Department of Hospitals
Subway
Red Cross
John G. Golliver
Golliver
Pees. J
Colombia
Sener
Barbuto
Nt Bureau of Combustibles
Lester J. Denner
Congress to Decide If Ecuadoric Presidential Election to Be Called
Quito Ecuador Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra head of the provisional government said a congressional meeting on August 10 would decide whether a presidential election should be called or his government continue in power. He said his control in a revolutionary coup last Monday would respect all international treaties from the regime of ousted predecessor Carlos Arroyo Del Rio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quito
Ecuador
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Carlos Arroyo del Rio
147 Seniors to Receive Diplomas at Aquinas High
Very Rev Dennis Burke will speak at Aquinas high school commencement on June 9. Mary Cody and Jack Gehrig will deliver student remarks. Diplomas will be presented by Bishop A J Mc Gavick to 147 seniors, among them Elaine Addis, Pearl Allen, Lorraine Amundson, Betty Anderson, Dorothy Arentz, Bernard Banasik, Fred Bayer, Doris Beranek, Rita Bettin, Rita Berpaletz, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aquinas High School
Dennis Burke
O. Praem
S.T.D
St. Norbert College
de Pere
Wis
Mary Cody
Jack Gehrig
A. J. McGavick
D. D
la Crosse
Betty Donndelinger
Joseph Doucet
Henry Eden
Donald Fitzpatrick
Margaret Flottmeyer
George Flynn
Elizabeth Fregin
Rita Franczek
Henry Funk
John Gehrig
Ann Gerrard
William Gianoli
Colleen Gilles
William J. Gilles
William G. Gilles
Geraldine Gittens
Edward Goggin
John Gorman
Eloda Graf
Delores Guggenbuehl
William Gunderson
Giles Hack
New U S Statutes Seen Needed to Curb Wartime Strikes
A Gallup poll shows a large majority favor legislation to prevent strikes in war industries. The Connally-Smith act is cited. 70 percent say a law is needed, 15 percent oppose, 15 percent undecided. Democrats 67 percent and Republicans 72 percent support anti-strike legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Roosevelt
Boy Scout News and Camp Decorah Report
Jim Cotterwick reports Troop 9 at Hogan School earned first aid badges after a drill for the parade and a party planned for the next meeting. Troop 13A at Our Savior's Lutheran recalls a Camp Decorah trip with 36 windows installed, games, swimming, and fishing, plus equipment ready for the camporee and a Saturday paper drive.
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Hogan School
Archie Gerwitz
Jim Cotterwick
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Camp Decorah
Memorial Day Parade Notes and Scout Merit Tests
A report from Troop 14 St. Wenceslaus notes marching in the Memorial Day parade and lists scouts earning merit badges including Elmer Johnson John Birnbaum Gerald Rooth and Walter Mears. Summer activities urged as a 12 month program with continued meetings and service projects. Appreciation extended to Troop 13A Burt Wethe for Camp Decorah work and the "good turn" legacy. Also mentions Troop Indians Our Savior's Lutheran church practicing Memorial Day marching and merit badges with Allan Guberud as scribe.
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St. Wenceslaus School
Board of Review
Elmer Johnson
John Birnbaum
Gerald Rooth
Walter Mears
Ronald Roe
Robert Cuta
H. L. Snyder
Burt Wethe
Camp Decorah
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Allan Guberud
Pass To Convention Has One Drawback
Everett Applegate of Peru shows his pass to the Republican national convention but its drawback is it is for the Minneapolis 1892 gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Everett Applegate
Minneapolis
Leaves From a War Correspondent Notebook
London humor and slang notes from a war correspondent detailing phrases and attitudes. The piece comments on pork in summer, cryptic idioms, drinking terms, daily life quirks, and a Wales Sunday shutdown joke reflecting wartime Britain. It highlights language, culture, and regional quirks with brisk, humorous sketches.
Coat Recovered After Bus Rides In Kansas City
A prospective inductee left his overcoat on a bus rack in Kansas City and was rejected by the army. Six hours later he returned to Fort Leavenworth to find the coat still on the rack after the bus made two trips.
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Kansas City
Fort Leavenworth
Industrialists to visit Camp McCoy for Infantry Day event
More than 500 leading industrialists plus 25 newspapermen arrive June 14 for a joint celebration at Camp McCoy marking Infantry Day and the 2nd anniversary of the 76th Infantry Division. They will tour training areas, witness ranger drills and weapons demonstrations, then a dismounted review where over 800 troops earn Expert Infantryman badges.
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Camp Mccoy. Vis
Camp McCoy
H. S. Aurand
Sixth Service Command
76Th Infantry Division
Hale Nelson
76Th Infantry Day
Francis A. Woolfley
76Th
Army Air Forces contracts total 52 billion dollars
The Army Air Forces report shows manufacturing contracts totaling 52 billion dollars. The figure reflects large scale wartime production and procurement efforts across multiple defense sectors. The document emphasizes the scale of industrial mobilization during the period.
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Army Air Forces
Brother of barber seized by U boat says he could not be a spy
Aristides Magina of New Bedford claims Virgilio Magina, a barber from the same city, was taken from the refugee ship Serpa Pinto by a German submarine crew. He asserts Magina could not be a spy and suggests the Nazis aimed to obtain haircuts and shaves. Other passengers report German sailors aboard with long beards and hair.
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Philadelphia
Virgilio Magina
New Bedford
Mass
Serpa Pinto
Magina
Aristides Magina
Wiley Files Papers for Senate and Lieutenant Governor Bid
U S Senator Alexander Wiley of Chippewa Falls filed nomination papers with the secretary of state for re election. Dr Leon Nowak of Milwaukee joined the Republican slate by filing papers for lieutenant governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
U. S
Alexander Wiley
Chippewa Falls
Secretary of State
Leon Nowak
Milwaukee
Pro Axis Premier Heads Bulgarians
Berlin announces a new Sofia government led by Ivan Bagrianov, a former agriculture minister, as Bulgaria becomes a German puppet state. Bagrianov replaces Dobri Bosilov after Berlin pressure and Moscow warnings, with Bulgaria reportedly at peace with Russia.
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London
Sofia
Berlin
Bulgaria
Transocean
Ivan Bagrianov
Germany
Bagrianov
Dobri Bosilov
Moscow
Russia
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Kathleen Kohlwey
Ruth Korish
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James Kroner
Virginia Kouri
Rosemary Kubiak
Patricia Kurtz
Beatrice Lepsch
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Mary Lyons
Joyce McAnaney
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Rita McHenry
Jack Malay
Donald Maurer
James Melde
Donald Merfeld
Marilyn Meyers
Marianne Michschl
Betty Moriarity
Betty Ann Muehr
Paul Muetze
Jeanne
U.S
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Boy Scout News
Harry Bangsberg
Siste
LA Crosse Terminal
South Avenue
City Transfer Co., Inc
Hal Boyle
England
Wales
Woodlands
A Lang
Ther
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CREST
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WILEY
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Napa Pail Water
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