Russia Free to War on Japan Sends Troops East
Tokyo reports Russia’s nonaggression pact with Germany frees Moscow to mass forces in Siberia and the Far East. Japan rushes troops into Manchukuo Korea and North China while Moscow denies vast troop redeployments to the Far East and guards western fronts.
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Khalka River
Social Security Board to Expand Field Force
Washington reports the social security board will add about 100 field offices and 200 branch offices, expanding staff to around 1,000 contact points as monthly old age and survivor benefits begin next year. Officials estimate 900,000 claims worth about 114 million dollars may be filed in 1940, with traveling assistants reaching about 1000 small towns.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Walter White Fined in Police Court Drunk Charge
Walter White was fined $10 in police court this morning for a charge of being drunk.
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Walter White
Gusher Near Capitol: WPA Worker Arrested for Gasoline Sales
Police arrested Henry Speaks 28 a WPA worker involved with a gusher near the Capitol after gasoline leaked from a struck pipeline during sewer work. He is accused of selling the fuel to taxicab drivers for six weeks.
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Washington
Henry Speaks
WPA
Capitol
Speaks
Large Corn Surplus Weighs on Farm Carryover in 1939 Harvest
Chicago reports a record corn carryover as farmers face storage from a huge 1939 crop. Government loans cover about half of old stocks valued at roughly 18 million more than market risk, and 69 million bushels total storage capacity is planned with 26 000 new steel bins and 14 000 more. Farmers must choose loan extension or government turnover by October 1 with a 7 cent storage bonus option.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Late corn maturing in Kansas reports
Topeka reports late corn has grown well with rain shortages hurting pastures and delaying wheat seeding. Western Kansas will produce little grain, while northeastern and southeastern areas expect excellent yields. Sorghums show fair yields, as seeding spreads across the western third.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Pee
Australian Animal Crossword Clues
A compact clue set listing across and down hints for a themed Australian animal crossword with entries on anatomy habitats and behaviors. Includes vertical and horizontal positions such as leaping marsupial feeds on it heart and pouch animals plus related terms like river and helmet decoration.
Final designs push more steel into 1940 auto models
Detroit reports that the 1940 model cars will demand more steel, with Plymouth alone needing about 4.25 million square feet more sheet steel for the first 250,000 units. Increased body size, longer frames, and revised chassis drive higher tonnage as auto makers expect a sales uptick this fall. Farm product inputs such as cotton and wool also rise in annual auto industry value.
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Detroit
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
Fête Janitor's Birthday at Court House
County workers honored Henry Gillum on his 78th birthday with a chicken from the county treasurer's office and 26 cigars from various courthouse visitors. Gillum has served the county as janitor for over four decades, drawing a celebratory crowd.
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Henry Gillum
Court House
Gillam
Pontiac Plants Roll 1940 Cars as Outlook Brightens
Pontiac Motors announces full production of 1940 model cars beginning Monday. Output ramps from 100 to 350 daily by week end with 3,000 total by August end and 15,500 for September. Employment rises to 6,500 7,000 at Pontiac plants plus Fisher body workers. Public reception of this year’s car boosts sales by 45 percent over last year.
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Pontiac Motors
H. J. Klingler
Klingler
Fisher
Pontiac
Study of Auto Glass Advocated In Interest of Highway Safety
General Motors vice president Harold F. Kettering observes Dr. Andrew H. Ryan explain eye fatigue tests on road safety glass. The demonstration compares laminated safety sheet glass and safety plate glass as potential factors in highway accidents.
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Harles F. Kettering
General Motors
Andrew H. Ryan
Chicago
Fisher Body
Automotive
Mr. Kettering
John D. Biggers
Libbey -Owens- Ford Glass Company
William S. McLean
Fisher
Ryan
Remark on sun’s scale and Madagascar’s rank among islands
The excerpt notes that humans cannot feel how small the sun is in the vast cosmos and asserts Madagascar as the fifth largest island globally with an area of 228000 square miles. It presents a view of scale and global geography.
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Madagascar
Prices and models listed for classic cars and trucks in ad
An advertisement lists sedan models from Plymouth to Oldsmobile with prices around 495 to 545 and Ford and Chevrolet entries. Trucks show a Chevrolet long wheelbase at 895 and grain bed variant.
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Ford
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