Secrets of a West Coast munitions magazine
A vast Canadian munitions magazine on the lower west coast stores missiles, shells, and explosives for the armed forces. Strict security, no metal on workers, special rubber footwear, silk cloaks, and forced showers. The 125 acre complex uses 20 foot concrete flash walls and venting to limit blast impact. a white laboratory tests explosives under pharmacist supervision.
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Canada
Lower West Coast
Army
Navy
Oxygen Save Kittens in Billings Hangar Incident
In Billings Montana four newborn kittens were saved after one died when an oxygen inhalator similar to airplane use at high altitude was applied in a hangar. All kittens responded quickly to the treatment.
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Oxygen
Billings
Mont
U.P
Chocolate Soldiers of Whitehall
Parliament calls the civilians absorbed by Government Departments the Chocolate Soldiers of Whitehall as they perform civilian jobs while wearing officers uniforms and enjoying high rank.
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London
Whitehall
Parliament
Latin American culture study at University of Texas institute
The University of Texas Latin American Institute offers a six week summer program exploring pre Columbian cultures to modern goodwill travel. Courses cover nine fields from sales campaigns to Latin art and music with 42 000 volumes of Latin American books available. Distinguished instructors include Dr George C M Enggerrand Adolfo Best Manguard Vicente T Mendoza and Dr Preston James.
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Austin
Tex
Cortez
Mexico
South
University of Texas
Latin American Institute
New World
Columbus
San Salvador
George C. M. Enggerrand
International School of American Archaeology and Ethnology
Mexico City
George Wythe
Department of Commerce
South America
Adolfo Best-Manguard
Vincente T. Mendoza
National University of Mexico
Preston James
University of Michigan
Oatman Arizona Gold Mines See Regional Boom
Elgin B Holt of the Arizona department of mineral resources reports a revival in Oatman thirty miles from Kingman with Gold Road mine as the main producer. About 400 tons of ore are treated daily at the cyanide plant while Moss Mossback and several other mines show development and operation growth statewide.
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Tuscon
Ariz
U.R— Oatman
Arizona
Elgin B. Holt
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources
Kingman
Patagonia
Holt
Oatman
Gold Road Mine
United States
Tom Reed
Moss
Mossback
Post and Meals
Orion Mining Company
Alto
Midnight
Tree Cutter Killed In Fall At Mechanicville
John Whalen, a tree cutter, died after a large branch he was cutting snapped his safety belt and caused him to fall from a high perch in Mechanicville New York.
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Tree Downs
Mechanicsville
N. Y
W.P
John Whalen
Whalen
Mother and Daughter Earn Diplomas at Same School
Mrs. Sadie E. Griffith of Lehighton Pennsylvania and her daughter Marian both received diplomas at the same school commencement. Marian was high honor student with her mother as second in class.
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Lehighton, Pa
U.P
Sadie E. Griffith
Marian
New High Reached In Buying Power For Farmers
Washington June 21 U P Farm prosperity measured by the purchasing power of farmers climbed this month to a two year high and is expected to rise further. Prices for crops and livestock are near the 1910-14 average up 20 from the recession low while farmers pay 20 to 25 more for manufactured goods than 26 to 30 years ago. Government payments totaling about 750 million dollars a year reduce the gap by about half. If trend continues total farm income this year may reach about one billion dollars more than in 1939.
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Washington
U.P
Department of Agriculture
Farm Administration
Michigan Guards Against Sabotage Amid War Mobilization
Lansing June 21 The state moves to safeguard mass production industries essential to national defense with an education against totalitarian ideologies. Gov Dickinson backs a calm response while Oscar G Olander proposes hiring up to 100 investigators to probe suspected foreign agent activity across Michigan cities with major machine shops and munition output.
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Lansing
Mich
U.P
Michigan
Oscar G. Olander
Olander
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Dickinson
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Saginaw
Bay City
Flint
Battle Creek
Jackson
Muskegon
Kalamazoo
Monroe
State Educators Call Conference to Counter Totalitarian Ideology
Dr. Eugene B. Elliott, Michigan state superintendent, issued a call for a statewide educators conference in Lansing this summer to launch a counter offensive program. He urged curricula focus on American citizenship to defend democracy and argued democracies failed against Nazi forces due to neglecting what they fought for.
Payroll safety devised in New Jersey
Herman A. Knapp a Collingswood power engineer proposes a sufe cure system to prevent payroll robberies. He suggests creation of government agencies to cash pay vouchers and checks in Camden New Jersey.
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Camden
N. J
U.P
Herman A. Knapp
Collingswood Power
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Linton Daily Citizen
Linton
Indiana
Eskin C. Turner Lessee
Vance Sappenfield
R. L. Barnes
Hoyt Clark
Citizen
C. Turner
INS
Texas University
West Regpen
Oatman, Ariz
Hugh Fleibert
New Grand Theatre
Constance Moore
Dennis O’keefe
Armida
Eddie Quillan
Barnett Parker
Herbert
Dark Command
Claire Trevor
John Wayne
Walter Pidgeon
Roy Rogers
George Hayes
Marjorie Main
Porter Hall
Raymond Walburn
Bliss Coffee
del Monte Corn
Ritz Crackers
Sunkist
Kraft’s
Bacon Kingan
Franks
Meat Loaf
Ridlen
N. Main ST
Greene
S. Main
Cooper
Maxwell Furniture CO
Rhodenbeck Bros
M. J. Aikin & Son
Dugger
Linton Utilities
Linton Merchants
Vincennes
Chevrolet
Eureka Chevrolet Co
Linton Ind
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