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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1940
Page
7
Detroit reports Ford Motor company has not yet received a government order to build planes but has begun preliminary steps. Tooling for Rolls Royce Merlin engines is underway and studies of fuselage construction move forward, aligning with London's announcement.
The British government contracted Ford for 6000 engines and said parts for the motor already in development are being produced. Ford engineers have tested engines nearing 1200 horsepower, with Henry Ford aiming for up to 1000 planes daily within six months after a go ahead order. Experiments continue on other power plants in Ford laboratories.
The federal communications commission ordered about 100000 radio operators to submit proof of citizenship. The decree applies to amateur and commercial operators and requires affidavits fingerprints and photographs by August 15. Previous orders restricted amateur contacts with foreign countries and curtailed mobile transmitter activities.
Alton Westbrook of Ruston has been elected president of the summer session candidates for degrees at Louisiana Tech. The class totals about 175 seniors. Officers also include J B Lear as vice president Sarah Kelley as secretary and Lavinia Fogle as treasurer. They will oversee summer commencement activities on August 1. Irrigation canals in the Salt River Valley of Arizona would stretch from New York to Chicago if connected end to end.
The delay in Franco German armistice terms increases pressure on France as negotiations stall. The article notes Nazi demands for a plenipotentiary, signaling harsher surrender terms. It also reports a British air raid on the east coast, 100 planes, civilians killed and wounded, amid Churchill's push to fight to the finish.
Dr. Maurice Laing of Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital in St. Louis will address a public meeting at the Virginia hotel Thursday at 500 o clock. The event is under the Woman's Field Army of the American Society for the Control of Cancer which promotes early diagnosis and education in three fronts research treatment and education. The Army aims to inform the public that early cancer is curable with knowledge and has a large volunteer base of officers and members. A showing of Choose To Live the first sound cancer awareness film financed by the Public Health Service and produced with help from the Agriculture Department will accompany the program.
A comprehensive view shows technicians probing cancer, doctors and horses using surgery, X ray and radium. The Women’s Field Army plans educational work as a million volt X ray machine is demonstrated.
Louisville delegates at a convention of the National Supply Association discuss “The Selling of Warm Air Systems” as Arthur Path of Milwaukee delivers the speech. A Cleveland motorist returns to find a ticket for lateness and a note about not trusting after one hour. Denver reports a self-ticketing driver after backing into a curb. Bonnie Lassie the dog bites a paper delivery and required rescue. A black-clad woman climbs a city viaduct, then vanishes while detectives pursue the case.
A woman described walking along a nearby boulevard after saying she exited a naughty shortcut from the Ue viaduct. She described a short route home via a vider. The report notes the encounter and her statement.
The Japanese army admitted Jehang on the Sa Yangtee river was reoccupied by Cheween June but said Japanese quickly surrounded and retook the city the next day.
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