Surinam a Test for Tropic Wise
US Army forces in Surinam endure tropical heat and malaria risk while aiding Dutch defenses in Dutch Guiana. Troops build bases, live on canned rations, and face insects, chiggers, snakes, and jungle duties as Paramaribo trips are scarce and entertainment limited.
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Charles McDonald
Cincinnati
Man Burned To Death In Wreck Near Russell
Russell Kansas June 16 William Ringler 27 burned to death yesterday in the wreckage of his automobile after a collision with another car nine miles south on highway 81 He was to be inducted into the army today Arthur Soukup 3 and Darrell Weber 28 of Wilson were taken to a hospital at Hays with injuries not serious
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Darrell Weber
Wilson
Hays
Farm Bill Talks Move Toward Parity Loans and Wheat Sales
Washington June 16 A compromise would let farmers obtain full parity loans on major crops while allowing the government to sell surplus wheat at about 83 cents per bushel instead of 1.34. Some joint conference committee members pushed the idea to break the Senate-House deadlock on the $680 million farm appropriations bill. If adopted the plan could avert a veto risk from President Roosevelt and speed a recess timetable tied to the tax bill.
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Bombed 100 Times War Correspondent Recovers
In two years in war zones AP correspondent Preston Grover faced over 100 bombings by British German and Italian forces. He endured artillery machine gun and sniper fire and took part in bomber raids. He fell into the Mediterranean twice from damaged ships and now nurses a two rib injury from a bath soap mishap.
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India
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Milestones in Movies Presents Three Classic Comedies Tonight
Comedy films headline Hoch Auditorium at 8 p.m. in the Milestones in Movies series. After an intro by Allen Crafton, the program features Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906) by Edwin S. Porter, High and Dizzy (1920) with Harold Lloyd and Hal Roach, and The Navigator (1924) directed by Donald Crisp and starring Buster Keaton with Loew's as producers.
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Edwin S. Porter
Harold Lloyd
Hal Roach
the Navigator
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Buster Keaton
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Free French say German forces fret over western offensive
World briefs report Free French press service claiming Germany fears an Allied western push as Maginot line fortifications are renewed. Reports detail heat deaths in Lucknow, Polish language ban in Danzig annexed areas, and oil-for-submarine schemes in Vera Cruz.
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Free French Press Service
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West
Maginot Line
Bern
Switzerland
Danzig
Danzig-West Prussia
Sabotage blamed for wreck. Germany tightens control policy
Reports say saboteurs caused the wreck and a 100,000 mark reward was offered for their arrest. Bern notes Germany now can seize any industry via national treasury laws. Tokyo reports 8654 Chinese dead and many captured in Hopeh. Frank A. Henry arrives Malta amid consulate closure. Quisling recruitment plan falters and Norway to replace German labor with locals. Vichy highlights front-page article in unoccupied France.
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Switzerland
Vidkun Quisling
Norway
Germany
German stance shifts on France as strategic space
L Effort reports Germans no longer seek collaboration but view France as a strategic and economic space of military importance for the time being.
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Mrs. Frank Montgomery Dies at 81 in Topeka
Mrs. Frank C. Montgomery aged 81 and longtime Kansas Historical Society archives clerk died late yesterday in Topeka. She was the widow of a prominent early Kansas newspaper editor. Funeral rites will be held tomorrow.
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