Alaska Clipper Opens Pan American Air Link to Alaska
Pan American Airways launches the Alaska Clipper from Seattle to Ketchikan and Juneau, inaugurating the first regular airmail cargo and passenger service between Alaska and the mainland. The two weekly flights cut a four day journey to about seven hours, hailed as a national defense advance by Col. Edgar S. Gorrell. Notables aboard include C. A. Welverton and James G. Stahlman.
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Seattle
Alaska
Uncle Sam
Pan-American Airways
Ketchikan
Juneau
Northland
Air Service
Edgar S. Gorrell
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Air Transport Association of America
Pan-American and
Civil Aeronautics Authority
C. A. Welverton
New Jersey
Thomas H. Beck
New York
James G. Stahlman
Nashville, Tenn
M. G. Meigs
Chicago
Walter York
Boise, Idaho
Northwest
Gold Medal Haarlem Oi Capsules Adverts for Kidney Relief
An old advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oi Capsules as a safe, inexpensive remedy to flush kidneys, eliminate waste and acids, and stop nighttime urination. It claims relief from backache, puffy eyes, shifting pains, and bladder irritation, urging readers not to accept substitutes.
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Haarlem
Ady
Vitamin cures eyed strain says study from AMA journal
New evidence shows riboflavin a vitamin B2 cures certain eyestrain conditions including burning itching eyelids and light sensitivity. In a report from Augusta and Washington doctors forty seven patients were cured by vitamin tablets with mild cases improving in 24 hours and severe cases in 36 to 48 hours.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
W. P. Sydenstricker
H. M. Cleckley
Augusta
Demand G O P Body Oppose War In Open Form
A 26 member Republican House delegation led by Hamilton Fish urged the party platform committee to oppose any policy that could draw the U S into war. They charged President Roosevelt’s foreign policy, calling for Republicans to stay out of war. Earlier CIO leader John L Lewis denounced universal national service as a fantastical idea.
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Philadelphia
Republican Resolutions Committee
America
Republican House
Hamilton Fish
New York
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Taylor's Condition Described Serious in Rome
Myron C. Taylor, Roosevelt's representative to the Vatican, remained seriously ill at his Florence villa. Attendants said the condition was not alarming, with overwork given as part of the cause.
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Rome
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Florence
Ford Firm Splits on Plane Engine Production Policy
June 2 1940 William S Knudsen of the defense commission and Henry Ford clash over Ford plants engine output. Ford says engines will serve defensive uses for the United States only. Knudsen says 60 percent of Rolls Royce Merlin engine orders would go to allies, with the rest to the US government.
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Washington
William S. Knudsen
National Defense Commission
Henry Ford
Ford
Detroit
United States
Knudsen
Ford Company
Quincy Arrives in Montevideo Harbor
United States cruiser Quincy reaches Montevideo harbor on the afternoon of June 20 amid diplomatic and naval movements in the region. The ship’s arrival marks a notable show of U.S. naval presence.
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Montevideo
United States
Quincy
Montevideo Harbor
Ouachita Parish jury ousts three guards and fires official
In Ouachita Parish, during the first open session, the police jury discharged three workers including a major official and refused to discharge a fourth. Joe Ford, parish engineer, was asked to resign and W W Stevens was appointed to replace him at 250 dollars monthly. Wheeler Lyles and P M Lyles, guards, were discharged, and A W Towns F G Roberts and Charles Tarver were named as guards. The jury also barred relatives of jurors from parish jobs under the jury.
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Ouachita Parish
Ihe
Joe Ford
W. W. Stevens
Ford
Bill Golson
Wheeler Lyles
P. M. Lyles
Parish
A. W. Towns
F. G. Roberts
Charles Tarver
Stevens
J. D. Dumas
Fletcher Ashcraft
Sander Berry
Archie Parker
Cook
Dan S. Owens
Fletcher Studdard
Studdard
W. J. Vinson
C. K. Smith
Parish legal prieges and parish duties outlined
The parish jurors divided printing between the Citizen and the News-Star. A motion named a purchaser for parish supplice. A committee including Breece, Causey and Wis to select the position. Lillian Collins nominated as registrar of voters awaiting governor approval. Health boards, coroner, jail officer named. Power and Light to extend six mile line to residents. WPA project to dam DeGraffenreid lake. Interstate Natural Gas authorized to drill five wells in Ouachita river bed. Minutes and routine business approved.
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Citizen
News-Star
George Breece
Breece
Causey
Mike Wis
Mixa Lillian Collins
The
Power and Light Company
Lamkin
DeGraffenreid Lake
Interstate Natural Gas Company
Ouachita River
Willkie Renamed Wilmington Leader in Hemitee Move
In June Wendell L. Willkie seeks the ae on Hemitee and has been named in Wilmington as a key figure in local political shifts. The Communesthian and ther n corpor- uncertain fragment hints at organizational changes affecting his role.
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Wilmington. del
Wendell L. Willkie
Hemitee
Philadelphia Opens Main Air Terminal at River Port
Philadelphia, June 2, the city unveiled a new $12 million municipal air terminal. Built with WPA labor, the facility near the Delaware River replaces the former Carden, N.J. port landing area and will host four major airlines, marking a milestone in regional air transport.
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Philadelphia
Carden
N. J
Delaware River
Smothers to Death in Platform Fire at Kanopolis
In Kanopolis Kansas in June Robert Johanson died in a water well work incident when a platform fire broke out and he refused to ride a hoist to safety, resulting in fatal smoke exposure.
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Kanopolis
Kas
Robert Johanson
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