U S Ready To Block Land Trades
Congress approves a Monroe Doctrine resolution 382 to 8 vowing to oppose territorial transfers in the Western Hemisphere amid fears of German moves. The House also blocks an amendment reiterating US noninvolvement in European wars. State Dept probes remarks by German consul general in New Orleans.
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Senate
Germany
United States
Tinkham
Mass
Monroe
State Department
Baron Edgar von Spiegel
New Orleans
Sam H. Jones
Louisiana
Chain Bill Dies in House Ways and Means Move
Washington June 19 A House Ways and Means subcommittee tabled the Patman chain store tax bill Chairman McCormack said the panel rejected a motion to report the bill favorably and then voted to adjourn sine die preventing further action on the measure at this session of Congress.
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Washington
House
McCormack
D. Mass
Lions Plan District Convention Event in Utah
Salt Lake City Lions announce hosting all Utah Lions for the district convention in Pocatello on June 21. President John Irvine says a model club meeting is planned and Rev. Dr. John Edward Carver of Ogden is invited as guest speaker.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
The
Lions Club Today
Pocatello
John Irvine
John Edward Carver
Ogden
Kiwanis Club Opens Meet in Minneapolis
Utah's 15 Kiwanis clubs detailed community service efforts at the Kiwanis International convention in Minneapolis. Caldwell reported widespread aid to underprivileged children education playgrounds civic improvements and youth training across urban rural relations business citizenship and patriotic programs. The Utah-Idaho district fellowship dinner and reception honoring international president Bennet O. Knudson were on the evening agenda with a nominating conference for 1940 41 officers planned later tonight.
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Utah
Kiwanis Clubs
Hugh N. Caldwell
Caldwell
Idaho
Kiwanis International Convention
Fred C. W. Parker
Chicago
Kiwanis
United States
Canada
Bennet O. Knudson
Albert Lea
Ship Losses Grow
British mercantile tonnage lost in the week ended June 9 totaled 45 936 tons with 9 British ships sunk. Allied losses added 4 472 tons from two ships. German and Italian merchant losses reached about 837 000 tons and 230 000 tons respectively through June 16.
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London
Sugar Pays Dividend on Class A Preferred Stock
Utah-Idaho Sugar reports a 30 cent per share dividend on its class A preferred stock for the two quarters ended December 31, 1939. The payout is due June 29 to holders of record June 21.
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Salt Lake City
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company Today
Canal Claims Boise Man Drowned in Irrigation Canal
Ernest P. Armstrong 63 a former legislator banker and federal employee drowned in an irrigation canal near his Boise home. Justice T M Roberts said no evidence of personal crisis intent. Survived by widow son Richard and daughter Mrs T J Armstrong of San Leandro California.
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Boise
Ernest P. Armstrong
Armstrong
T. M Roberts
Ada County
Richard B. Armstrong
Hailey
Washington
D. C
United States Land Office
Hailey, Arco
Bellevue
Blaine County
Wood River Valley Irrigation District
T. J Armstrong
San Leandro
Calif
Poison blamed for Idaho boy death near Letha
In Payette Idaho authorities say a garden spray the boy Lewis Emery Moore drank while playing on a farm near Letha caused his death. He died after being treated in Payette where his parents Mr and Mrs Andrew B Moore found the liquid.
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Payette
Idaho
Letha
Lewis Emery Moore
Andrew B. Moore
Idaho Armory to Get $12,257 PWA Upgrade
Senator Clark announced federal approval for a 12 thousand 257 dollar Works Projects Administration fund to improve facilities at the Boise Idaho armory.
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Boise
Clark
Idaho
Boise, Idaho
Floods Kill 59 in Transylvania Cloudburst
A cloudburst in Transylvania caused floods that killed at least 59 people and destroyed about 100 houses, with reports indicating widespread damage across the region.
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Bucharest
Transylvania
Question Marks Hover Over French Navy in Peace Talks
France faces a potential loss or realignment of its navy in any German British peace settlement. Britain may seize or proxy use French ships to bolster defenses or Mediterranean operations. France’s fleet, smaller than Britain’s, includes 7 capital ships and 575 000 tons plus cruisers destroyers and an aircraft carrier.
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Europe
Germany
Britain
Mediterranean
Italy
Atlantic
United States
Japan
Axis Must Humble Britain Before Reaping Benefits
In Munich, Hitler and Mussolini press France’s fate while Britain’s naval power and Churchill’s warning of the Battle of Britain loom as decisive longstanding tests. Russia presses Baltic aims, heightening global strategic uncertainty as Axis forces sweep through Europe.
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New York
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Bonor
Munich
Ilduce
Rome-Berlin
France
Axis
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Churchill
Hitler
Wheat farmers to receive 7.8 million in 1939 conservation program
Spokane reports that wheat farmers nationwide will collect about 7,803,198 dollars for participation in the 1939 agricultural conservation program. Most checks have been issued but some remain. Northern Idaho counties accounted for 1,302,237 dollars of the total.
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Spokane
Inland Empire
Department of Agriculture
Idaho
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