Mexico Tightens Watch on Aliens Amid Fifth Column Fears
Mexico officials led by President Cardenas deny fifth column activity while increasing scrutiny of foreign nationals. Four German agents are reported watched. observers warn Mexico’s coastlines and proximity to the U S raise potential for subversive action. General Almazan urges anti totalitarian stands as neutrality persists amid pro German sentiment.
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Mexico City
Cardenas
Mexico
Washington
Francisco Castillo Najera
Ignacio Garcia Tellez
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Panama Canal
Juan Andreu Almazan
Texas
Germany
Papagos Plan Sunday Field Day and Track Meet
Papago Indians of San Xavier village will hold an annual field day and track meet Sunday sponsored by the San Xavier Mission club. Events include softball, relay races, bicycle races, water carrier olla race, boxing matches, and an Indian orchestra with field judges and an announcer. Public invited.
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San Xavier Village
San Xavier Mission Club
Pascua
Mission
San Xavier Mission
Daniel Preston
Juan Santos
Manuel Encinas
Elmer Campus
College President Heads Presbyterians
The Rev. William L. Young, president of Park College Missouri, assumed duties as moderator of the 152d general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States in Rochester New York. He was elected on the fourth ballot after a close campaign with rivals Arza B. Keeler William B. Lampe Joseph Mackie Albert J. McCartney and Rasmus Thomson. Young succeeded Dr Sam Higginbottom, first lay moderator since 1927.
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Rochester
N. Y
William L. Young
Park College
Parkville
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
United States
Dr. Young
Arza B. Keeler
New York
William B. Lampe
St. Louis
Joseph Mackie
Philadelphia
Albert J. McCartney
Washington
Rasmus Thomson
Amarillo
Tex
Young
Sam Higginbottom
Burglars Tunneling Fails at Scranton Station Breakin
In Scranton, thieves used picks shovels and a jack to tunnel under a wall of Ralph Trapper's filling station but failed to enter. They smashed a window to gain access but fled empty handed after being frightened.
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Scranton, Pa
Ralph Trapper
Miracle bomb sight boosts American bombers at maneuvers
At Camp Beauregard Louisiana during an army maneuver 250 aircraft including 116 bombers tested a new highly precise bomb sight. Officers praised the device claiming it allows level drops from around 15 000 feet with extraordinary accuracy while German claims of parity were dismissed. A bomber at 14 000 feet scored five direct hits out of six on a ship outline during Fort Benning drills.
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Camp Beauregard
Army
Louisiana
Fort Benning
Early Navajos Found Conservation Pioneers
WINDOW ROCK May 24 Officials of the U S soil conservation service report Navajo Indians were pioneers in conserving soil. Ancient fields in the Tah Chee valley show terrace work at 40 to 50 foot intervals. Other soil and water conservation methods observed in the reservation hinterlands. Government has spent millions teaching the descendants of these practices.
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Window Rock
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Tah Chee Valley
Wayne Wright
SCS
Brazil Abolishes Tourist Tax to Attract American Visitors
Brazil ends tourist taxes to lure visitors from the United States and other American countries. Officials say the move could boost travel demand and spending, aligning with broader tourism growth goals.
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Brazil
Take Mexico Says Retired General In Warning To Legion
Lieut General M A Tinley retired urged U S seizure of Mexico as necessary defense at an American Legion meeting in Council Bluffs. He warned a Nazi advance could use Mexico to split the United States and reach Canada, arguing Germany would exploit Mexico’s population and geography.
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Council Bluffs
M. A. Tinley
United States
American Legion
Adolf Hitler
Tinley
Germany
Canada
Texas
America
Hitler
Alleged Slayer of Wife Put on Bond in Wickenburg Case
Marshall H. Prince, a Wickenburg service station employee, charged with murdering his wife Geraldine and C. W. Franklin, a Wickenburg case operator, was released on a $7,500 bond. Superior Judge Howard C. Speakman admitted him after a petition signed by 100 Wickenburg citizens.
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Phoenix
Marshall H. Prince
Wickenburg
Geraldine
C. W. Franklin
Liberty
Howard C. Speakman
Germany bans sale of beer porter and wines in Denmark
Germany imposes a ban on the sale of beer porter and wines in Denmark, affecting beverage imports and distribution. Officials cite regulatory concerns and trade policy adjustments as the rationale behind the measure.
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Germany
Denmark
Navy testifies planes below two thousand by 1941 end
The Senate naval affairs committee refused a Walsh proposal to suppress Rear Admiral Towers testimony on a forecast of fewer than 2,000 first class naval warplanes by June 30, 1941. Towers cited 1,367 usable planes and 734 on order, with obsolescence and losses reducing totals.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
David I. Walsh
Mass
John H. Towers
Bureau of Naval Aeronautics
United States
Walsh
Towers
Roosevelt
Martin Says GOP Should Lead National Defense
MONTPELIER Vermont May 24 House Minority Leader Martin mass urged the GOP should handle national defense. He blasted the administration as having broken promises and failures and warned against rushed appropriations. Vermont Republicans planned an unpledged delegation to Philadelphia with nine of 13 candidates vying for delegates. Vermont Democrats pledged their six national convention votes to Roosevelt.
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Montpelier
House
Martin
Rmass
Vermont
Green Mountain
Philadelphia
Aiken
Congress
Roosevelt
Butte Post Office Desk Holds Negro Composer at Work
In Butte Montana Joseph Lee Turner a 35 year old Negro musician works at a public lobby desk to finish an oratorio based on The Lord's Prayer. He has completed the piano score and is setting notes with a rusty post office pen.
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Butte
Mont. U.P
Butte Postoffice
Joseph Lee Turner
Turner
San Quentin Reaches 65 000th Prisoner In 1852 Built Facility
San Quentin penitentiary in California reports its 65 000th inmate since 1852. The new arrival, a Black robber, triggers the prison tobacco pool based on California’s 58 colonies where tobacco sacks pass as prison money. Boy Scouts tally 3 305 149.
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San Quentin
Cal
San Quentin Penitentiary
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