19 Jun 1941
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Newspaper
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1941
Page
1
A Boone County record shows the board circulating about 200 questionnaires. The list includes individuals such as Harold Kenneth and William Russell Blue along with others like Ralph Leora and Carl Leens. Details appear across page fragments with sequence numbers and partial titles.
A fragmented report describes a firearm incident with a shotgun blast and taunting preceding injuries and a bail related context. Details are unclear but indicate a violent event affecting individuals and legal actions may follow.
Washington report notes tentative approval by a House committee of taxes targeting individual income gains and corporate profits. The plan doubles certain levies and introduces a special excess tax aimed at limiting profits, with indications of broader revenue measures.
Indianapolis authorities charge Carl Byers in Marion County with mail fraud. Bond set at $2500 as he awaits formal arraignment before a local judge.
Washington June 19 President Roosevelt said an extraordinary emergency exists and issued an executive order suspending the eight hour law for mechanics and laborers on defense works in Puerto Rico the Canal Zone and Alaska to speed construction. The order applies only to these outposts and not to the continental United States.
United Press dispatch reports San Francisco shipyards again see pleas to end the strike. Machinists vote to reject President Roosevelt appeal after a long stoppage with mass furloughs and potential action along the Gulf Coast. The National Mediation Board weighs settlement terms in a Bethlehem Steel case as talks continue.
President Roosevelt accepts Dykstra resignation as head of the Defense mediation board. Stephen Aarti is named acting head with William Hoodasis serving as vice chairman. The formal withdrawal was submitted with intent to return to prior post. report continues on page four.
A prior failed attempt on Mrs Katherine Pater in Philadelphia led to eight months prison for Swark. Early today a second attempt occurred in Atlantic City lobby of a hotel, resulting in the death of Mrs Pajor. In 1989 Snork faced charges alleging a large cash loan not repaid.
Waste Secretary Frank Knox announced that all Navy Department civilians must sign affidavits stating they are not members of any subversive organization. The move follows the 1942 naval appropriations act prohibiting funding for personnel affiliated with groups advocating overthrow of the government by force or violence.
Berlin and Rome report a coordinated Western response as the United States rejects Germany and Italy protests demanding closure of consulates by July 15 and promises expulsion of Nazi consular officers if needed. State Department actions indicate diplomats are urged to withhold views from those with relatives in occupied Europe while government tensions, dating to wartime strain, unfold across Washington, Berlin, and Rome.
Mr and Mrs Russell M Wiggins move from Niagara Falls to Cleveland Ohio where he is transferred by the government to the immigration service post The couple reside at 16001 Chatfield S W A farewell dinner was held by a local post with Captain Johnny Emerson toastmaster presenting a briefcase to Mr Wiggins in token of esteem
President Roosevelt declared we would rather die on our feet than live on our knees during a Cambridge ceremony where he received an honorary Doctorate of Civil Law from Ford University. Maj Gen Edwin M Walser presented the speech amid Haru mi movement ceremonies and British envoy Lord Halifax attended. The Washington trip was curtailed due to ongoing hostilities as enemy bombs hit the House of Commons.
United Press reports mounting Soviet German tension with reserves called up in Russia and civilians moved to the countryside. Berlin and Moscow offered little clarification as rumors spread, while British and Free French sources noted actions around Beirut, Damascus, and other fronts as a Hess affair loomed in Parliament.
London editorial in Beaverbrook's Evening Standard sparks talk of swift allied aid to Russia as Britain and the United States pledge support against German aggression. In Chicago a federal grand jury indicts Armour and Co Swift and Co Wilson and Co and seven individuals with conspiring to fix sheep prices under the Sherman act following anti trust probes into meat prices and marketing practices.
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