Thetis rescue wrapped in oxygen masks at sea
In Birkenhead on June 2, 1940, four of 94 trapped aboard the British submarine Thetis escaped after using Davis lung devices. The destroyer Brazen watched as captains and crew surfaced, while officials weighed mass rescue options and air supply remained uncertain.
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Birkenhead
England
Thetis
Liverpool
Hay
HP. K. Oram
H. G. Woods
Oram
Wood
Braze
Stoker Arnold
F. Shaw
Davis
Admiralty
Corsider
Cammell Laird, Ltd
Royal Air Force
Brazen
Great Orme's Head
H. P. K. Oram
Cammel Laird Company
Mersey Docks and Harbor Board
Cotton acreage declines as production rises in Louisiana chart
The Louisiana extension service notes a ten year shift in cotton farming with acreage dropping from about 1.8 million to 1.1 million acres while lint yields rise from 159 to about 271 pounds per acre. The chart links reduced acreage to higher per acre yields amid AAA programs and legume planting, improving overall farm balance and livestock production.
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J. W. Bateman
Agricultural Extension Service
L. 8S. Ai
Louisiana
United States Department of Agriculture
AAA
Car Payments Reduced and Cash Loaned While You Wait
Offer promises lower car payments or cash loans with no signature. Customer urged to visit 5 Walnut Street to “fix everything” on the spot and settle with creditors. Open to any location, with next payment due date pushed to July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Street
Portable electric ironer promises quick home laundry help
A new small portable electric ironer is on the market offering fast ironing for flat work and clothing. It features elbow-control for free hands, runs inexpensively, and can be moved to a cool room. The compact unit stores on a shelf when idle.
917 Refugees Must Return to Germany
The St Louis with 917 refugees including 4 women and 150 children faced landing denial in Havana over missing Cuban visas and permits. Captain Gustav Schroeder feared mutiny as a passenger attempted suicide. the ship was ordered to return to Germany with delayed departure while authorities negotiated.
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Gustav Schroeder
St. Louis
Labor Department
Immigration Department
United States
Hamburg
Laredo Bru
Yeserday
Manton Claims Big Jump in Finances Amid Denials
Albany report outlines Manton defending himself against testimony by co-defendant John Lotsch a Brooklyn politician and former Fort Greene bank director. He admits borrowing 50000 from the bank during Lotsch’s tenure as attorney but denies influence on five cases and denies taking 10000 to fix a bribery case. Judge Edwin Thomas involved and later resigned.
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Albany
John Lotsch
Brooklyn
Fort Greene Bank
Manton
Lotsch
United States
Edwin Thomas
Thomas
Noonan
Un-American Hearings End Temporarily
Moseley’s testimony marked a temporary pause in the hearings as Chairman Dies plans a hiatus until August. Moseley denied anti Jewish bias but accused Jewish groups of pressuring him and triggering self defense discussions amid war and revolution claims.
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United States
Moseley
Democrat
Texas
Profits tax repeal urged on committee
Business leaders pressed for changes to taxes on corporations including an undistributed profits levy and a flat tax of 18 or 22 percent with a Senate finance panel and Roosevelt White House discussions shaping the push. A new capital gains and corporate tax reform plan drew attention at a broader national policy gathering.
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Terest
Senate Finance Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
White House
Hopkins
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Charles R. Hook
Council
Alvord
Tot Missing After Blonde Woman Takes Baby From Coach
Mrs Margaret McCrohan 30 rushes from a butcher shop near a police station after her infant is allegedly snatched by a blonde woman. Storekeepers and passersby joined the mother in a frantic search as she cries out the child is gone from his coach.
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Gerald
Margaret Day
Margaret McCrohan
Senators Weigh Townsend Bill After House Defeat
Witness in the gallery after the House defeat says the outcome does not discourage. The roll call shows 16 California and Florida lawmakers supported the Townsend bill with sponsor Hendricks among them. Dirksen quotes Townsend plan president L W Jeffrey who denies his private remarks supported the bill.
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Send
House
Townsend
California
Florida
Representative Hendricks
Representative Dirksen
Illinois
L. W. Jeffrey
Thirteen Die in Outbreaks in Holy Land
A Vatican City ceremony honored the saint as governments expressed sympathy. The note said assurances of goodwill and resolve to assist were received, reflecting a broad response to the outbreaks in the Holy Land.
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Holy Land
Vatican City
Refused Cuban Landing Sails Back to Germany with 917 Refugees
The German liner St Louis loaded fuel and provisions in Havana for a return voyage to Germany carrying 917 German Jewish refugees who learned they could not land in Cuba. The Cuban government warned it would tow the ship out with a gunboat if needed amid fears of mass distress. Edmonton awaited King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as they traveled eastward from the Pacific coast toward a visit to the United States.
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Hamburg
Germany
Hamburg-Amerika Line
St. Louis
Havana
Cuba
Edmonton
Alberta
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Pacific Coast
Canada
United States
Gly-Cas Delivers Hopeful Health Boost Says Local User
A Harlingen man testifies Gly-Cas relieved twenty years of aches and bilious attacks. He reports restored energy, better sleep, and freedom from pain, noting the medicine met his expectations and improved elimination of intestinal impurities. Phoenix Drug Co. stocks Gly-Cas at 348 DeSiard St. and in nearby towns.
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Mr. Yandle
Phoenix Drug Co
DeSiard St
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Wsajara
Bates
Eae
Ranaas
Walnut St
Ives
DeSiard
Erico Laredo Bru
St Louis
al Ms Aw
Joey
Mite
Rome Poot
Ford
Cy, Bran
Set
Moy
Raman
Catalpa ST
Neville
Louisiana Department of
Sue McBride
Howard Marx
Sydney Marie Loeb
S. K. Heninger, Jr
Loren Newburn
Martha Marshall
Ben Downing
Juanita Lippman
Clovis Creighton
Henry Hoexter
Rose Hyman
Sara Strong
Hermoine Driskell
Mary Ballard
Marietta Rosbury
Neville High School Home Economic Club
Jean Carter
Laura Louise Patten
Charles Gaushell
City of Monroe
Rev. Morgan
Leslie Abrams
Joy Carr
Ada Cartwright
Mable Cole
Ciovil Creighton
Mary Crider
Opal Curry
Corinne Gouedy
Emale Gattis
Dorothy Hodges
Sydney Loeb
Marilyn Marshall
Peggy McCrary
Joyce McKain
Martha Moore
Rose Parise
Marie Parker
Beverly Peevy
Fern Pendergrast
Douglass Pettiss
Joy Petty
Betty Pettit
Virginia Pique
Marietta Rasbury
Mary Sanderson
Louise Sanderson
Nancy Scoggins
Dorothy Stamets
Genevie Sterns
Catherine Sumrall
Mildred Wales
Dorothy Walters
Arthur Annip
Arthur Auerbach
Oscar Barlow
Harlan Beaumann
Herbert Brown
John Calhoun
William Canterbury
William Clement
Armand Daughtry
Seaborn DeLee
Leander DeMasterson
Denvaughn Dunlap
Edward Endom
Karl Faser
Earl Fisher
Fred Fulton
James Gimler
A. B. Gregory, Jr
Bully Hart
S. K. Henninger, Jr
Wesley Hill
John Huntt
Sheffield John, Jr
Billy Jones
Jimmy Kalil
James Keith
Jack Lanham
Ellis Mathis
Edward McGee
Julius McKnight
Thomas MecMurphy
Louis Milner
Garland Moore
Billy Morris
Jack Noland
Floyd Payne
Ellis Peddy
Raleigh Poulos
Rhodes Savells
Lloyd Scott
Perry Snyder
Donald Stewart
J. B. Swanson, Jr
Richard Taylor
Edward Thomas
William Thompson
Seymour Tuey
Travis Tynes
Fred Ussery
Lawrence Vaughan
Earl Wigg
Dallas Wales
John Walters
Louis Weil
Charles Wiggins
Peith
Sandman's Pharmacy, Inc
DeSiard Street
Paramount Theater
Kryptok
Noebira
Senate
Gly-Cas
G. W. Yandle
E. Tyler St. Harlingen
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