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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1940
Page
2
New York reports Americans add 34 months to life expectancy, raising average to 62.76 years. 1938 saw a 1.3 year leap. 1939 figures pending but expected similar. White Americans average 62.12 for men and 66.20 for women, with New Zealand women highest globally.
At Duluth Minnesota 19 state governors abandoned a rule of no conclusions and approved a defense statement pledging immediate steps and state resources for United States defense. Governor George D Aiken of Vermont introduced the measure saying it expresses an honest opinion and avoids hot water. The group did not endorse Roosevelt’s push for national guard mobilization authority.
In Belleville Missouri a lunch room owner recalls four silver spoons taken by customers four years ago as a wedding present. A stranger returned three spoons and promised to mail the fourth from Oklahoma.
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