Michigan family ends isolation on Isle Royale
Holger Johnson and his family left their 37 year home on Isle Royale after the island was designated a National Park. They moved inland to start a conventional life as commercial fishermen and guardians of a new era with a school teacher and ham radio help.
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Eagle Tarbor
Mich
Holger Johnson
Lake Superior
Johnson
Sam
Isle Royale
Para‘disc
Coast Guard
Civil Service Exam Announced for Tool Inspector Post
Applications are invited for the position of inspector of machine tools announced by Elmer Clayton of the U S Civil Service Examiners Board. Filing closes July 17 with a $2000 yearly salary. Duties include inspection and testing for compliance with drawings and specifications at the Navy Department office in Cincinnati Ohio. Applicants must have at least four years of experience in inspection or testing of machine tools for compliance with drawings and specifications.
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Elmer Clayton
U. S. Civil Service Examiners Board
Inspector of Naval Materials
Navy Department
Mines near Canal raise questions of US policy and defense
United Press reports live mines at Panama Canal entrances, U S fleet movements in the Pacific, and Sen Key Pittman urging Britain to move to Canada. Henry Ford refused Rolls Royce engine contracts, U S orders canceled, and unknown French gold were brought home by the cruiser Vincennes. New parachute radio gear and smoke jumper equipment, plus forest service advances, shape defense and forest fire response.
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Panama Canal
U. S
Pacific
Sen. Key Pittman
Canada
Henry Ford
Great Britain
Navy-Treasury
Vincennes
Europe
Navy
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Atlantic
The
Forest Service
Parachute Force in U.S. Discussed
Officials of the United States forest service are directing training for a possible nucleus of parachute troops to fight fires in national forests. The government aims to develop a new method of fire suppression under this program.
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Washington, D. C
United States Forest Service
Giant camera aids mass production of planes
New York June 25 UPI reports the Glenn L Martin Company has developed a huge camera that projects drawings onto aluminum sheets to cut parts directly from the material. The system speeds drafting, saving the firm about $80,000 in a year of experimental use as defense orders rise.
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New York
U.P
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Japan weighs Monroe Doctrine to widen East Asia influence
Tokyo reports a new Japanese Monroe Doctrine to deny interference in East Asia including French Indochina and the Netherlands East Indies. Shanghai dispatch says Japanese forces push toward the Indo Chinese frontier from South China to halt French supply flows, reaching Lungchow outskirts near the Indo China border.
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Tokyo
U.P
China
Indo- China
Netherlands East Indies
East Asia
Indo-China
Shanghai
South China
South China Command
Canton
Lungchow
Hangi-Lungchow
Fourth of July parade floats urged by clubs and businesses
Local groups are urged to contact Ray Hurt at the Roosevelt Hotel or the Greater Linton club to arrange Fourth of July floats. Officials note there is still time, so interested organizations should hurry.
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Ray Hurt
Roosevelt Hotel
Greater Linton Club
McNutt Seeks Democratic Nomination Despite Not Being a Delegate
In Indianapolis on June 26 Paul V. McNutt stated he still aims for the Democratic presidential nomination though he will not serve as a delegate to the national convention. He said the federal security administrator would exit if Roosevelt runs for a third term but would pursue the vice presidential nomination.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security
Roosevelt
Laura O Rourke Applies for Admin of Civil War Soldier Estate
Mrs Laura M O Rourke of Clinton New York has applied for letters of administration in the 300 estate of Francis LaCost a Union Civil War soldier who died seventy five years ago at Petersburg Virginia
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Albany
N. Y
U.P
Laura M. O'Rourke
Clinton, N. Y
Francis LaCost
Petersburg
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Ker Bais
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Denny's
Los Angeles
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Chicago
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Kansas City
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Daily Citizen
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Eer
Helen Gilbert
March OF
Pete Smith
Overland Sales Co
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Bela Lugosi
Air Army
Rhodenbeck Bros
M. J. Aikin & Son
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Tyrone Power
Loretta Young
20Th Century-Fox
Stuart Erwin
Claire Trevor
Marjorie Weaver
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