Vast Majority Foresee U.S. War Entry in Europe
A Gallup survey shows more than eight in ten Americans believe the United States will enter the European war before it ends, a rise tied to lend-lease debates and Allied reverses. The study tracks 20 months of sentiment, noting shifts with British fortunes and German advances, and finds growing support for aiding Britain even at the risk of war.
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Princeton
N. J
United States
American Institute of Publicanion
Hitler
Balkans
Albania
Libya
Britain
U.S
France
Sa Sidlag Cnn
Erica
Europe
England
Nurse not baby pin swallows safety pin
Minneapolis report says Marie Taylor 19 swallowed a safety pin while dressing her 10 month old niece Joanne Cook. The pin was held in her mouth and could require an operation to remove it.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Marie Taylor
Joanne Cook
Joanne
Miss Taylor
Huachuca Officers Are Given Transfers
Army orders announce officer transfers to Huachuca and other posts. Captains Houston L. Gaddy QMC Camp Wolters moves to Fort Huachuca. Heyward C. Bailey QMC Fort Huachuca transfers to Fort Sam Houston. Charles K. Niblack QMC Fort Huachuca to Fort Sam Houston.
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Huachuca
Washington
Houston L. Gaddy
QMC
Camp Wolters
Fort Huachuca
Heyward C. Bailey
Fort Sam Houston
Charles K. Niblack
Alabama Iron Makers in Expansion Program
Phoenix reports water supplies in Salt River Valley may refill reservoirs as free water flow ends. Valley farmers received about 420000 acre-feet of free water this winter and spring, with 700000 to 800000 acre-feet expected for the rest of the growing season.
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Phoenix
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
Naval Fliers Cleared in Decapitation Case
In Pensacola on May 30, two naval flying ensigns were acquitted by a court martial of charges tied to the decapitation of an Alabama woman. Ensigns J. E. Thompson and Paul Brown were cleared of endangering lives by diving on a highway scraper and of diving on fields where Mrs. Robert Phillips died. No manslaughter ruling was mentioned.
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Pensacola
Fla
U.P
Alabama
J. E. Thompson
Healdsburg
Calif
Paul Brown
Chicago
John L. Huggins
Brown
Sam Ard
Robert Philips
Charles A. Nicholson
British Cruiser Halts Celebration At Port of Spain
At Port of Spain Trinidad the 8379 ton French liner Winnipeg arriving from Europe was intercepted by a British cruiser as passengers toasted expected Martinique arrival. German passengers 210 Germans 76 Austrians 70 unclassified held pending investigation after letters were dumped offshore.
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Port-Of-Spain
Trinidad
Martinique
Winnipeg
Port-of- Spain
Ireland Bans Shipment of Motor Trucks to Northern Ireland
Ireland bans shipment of motor trucks to Northern Ireland amid trade tensions. Government decision affects industrial transport, with officials citing security and regulatory concerns.
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Eire
Northern Ireland
Alabama iron expansion to add million tons annually for defense needs
Alabama iron makers push a large modernization drive to add about 1 000 000 tons per year within 12 months. Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co. and Republic Steel expand furnaces in Birmingham while Sloss Sheffield and Woodward install de humidifying equipment. The effort supports a 20 percent rise in steel capacity and feeds a new 140 inch plate mill at Fairfield for shipyards in New Orleans Pascagoula Mobile Chickasaw and Tampa.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Iron Makers
Alabama
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
U. S. Steel
Southern Steel Maker
Fairfield
Holt
Republic Steel Corp
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co
Woodward Iron Co
New Orleans
Pascagoula
Miss
Mobile
Chickasaw
Tampa
Fla
Arizona collects 1940 gasoline tax receipts and U S totals
Arizona reported four million seven hundred sixty nine thousand dollars in net receipts from the five cent state gasoline tax for 1940, a 6.4 percent rise from 1939. National totals show motorists paid about 870 million dollars in state gasoline taxes during the year, with PRA data noting taxes applied to over 22 billion gallons nationwide.
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Washington
Arizona
Public Roads Administration
United States
PRA
Federal Roads Agency
Huge Liner Is Permitted To Reach Gotham
The 27 000 ton liner America, queen of the U S merchant fleet, has been allowed to return to New York to unload passengers and be stripped of furnishings. It will dock Monday and proceed to Norfolk navy yard Tuesday after earlier orders to move to Newport News. The ship was among several requisitioned for military service, part of a wave totaling about 200 000 tons across multiple vessels.
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New York
U.P
America
United States
Navy Department
West Indies
Newport News
United States Lines
Navy
Norfolk Navy Yard
Mormacgull
Mormacdove
Normaclark
Moore- McCormick Lines
Robin Kettering
Robin Line
American President Lines
Jackson
Adams
Taft
Pierce
Cold hampers all state fishermen
Arizona fishermen faced icy streams as trout season opened on May 30. A deputy warden warned of ice on Haigler Creek and cold conditions while Springerville reported open roads to the Black River and Big Lake, as many headed to the mountains for the three day weekend.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Tonto Basin
Haigler Creek
Springerville
Black River
Big Lake
Radio Highlights Kilocycles Drama Programs and Memorial Day Airings
Henry Hull will present Roger Quayle Denny's drama The Hero on the Playhouse. Priscilla Lane and Jeffrey Lynn star in Million Dollar Baby on Hollywood Premiere. Memorial Day programs broadcast across NBC via KVOA at 11 15 a m and 7 45 p m with national and local news on multiple stations.
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Henry Hull
Roger Quayle Denny
The
Playhouse
KTUC
Louella Parsons
Priscilla Lane
Jeffrey Lynn
Hollywood
NBC Network
KVOA
Tonight Radio Schedule Flash: Organ Rhythms and Comedy
Tonight’s lineup features Organ Rhythms at 6 15 on KTAR followed by Uncle Walter at 6 30 and The Playhouse on KVOA and KTUC.
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KTAR
Walter
Kvoa the Playhouse
KTUC
Radio Listings From Morning to Midnight Schedule
Radio program grid lists anchor times with host names and stations such as KTAR KRLD KOA KFI KFRC KNX KSL KPO KVOA NOR. Entries run from 9:05 through 12:15 with hosts including Spinck Rey Foster Ramos Dunsmoor Nelson Bennett Barnet Jarrett Miller Donohue Teagarden and Saunders among others on stations KTAR KRLD KOA KRLD KOA KFRC KFI KNX KSL.
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KFRC
S. Francisco
Mutual
KTAR
Phoenix
KVOD
Denver
KFI
Los Angeles
KPO
S Francisco
KECA
L. Angeles
Francisco
WBAP
Ft Worth
Dallas
S. Antonio
KVOA
Tucson
KTUC
Kaye
GRLD
Spinck
Grayson
KOA
Rey
KRLD
Foster
Ramos
Nelson
KFT
Dunsmoor
Garr
Bennett
Hampton
Barnet
Women Appointed in Poultry Keeping Roles in Eire
A historic note records women gaining appointment to positions in poultry farming in Ireland. The piece lists several radio programs and figures airing on KTUC KVOA and related stations, with a final line highlighting the evolution of women's roles in rural industry.
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Eire
Arizona youth turnout set for July 1 draft
The census bureau estimates 3,249 youths in Arizona will register in the second selective service roundup on July 1. Nationwide, 832,000 twenty one year olds are expected to register, well below the 1,000,000 hoped by Army officials. President Roosevelt fixed July 1 as the registration date for those who turned 21 since October 16.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Arizona
Roosevelt
Bank Taxation Order Dissolved In Cochise
In Bisbee on May 30, Superior Judge John Wilson Ross dissolved a temporary restraining order obtained by Frank C. Brophy and the Bank of Douglas against Cochise County tax assessor James L. Powell. The banks argued the current method of assessing banks for taxation is unconstitutional.
Farm Crops Noted On Venezuelan Plantations
Bananas oranges coffee coconuts palms sugar cane potatoes beans and corn are found on many farms in Venezuela highlighting diverse agricultural output and crop variety across regions.
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Venezuela
Nerves and digestion link praised herb KONJOLA
An advertisement claims nervous women suffer jittery on edge days from digestion and elimination issues. It touts KONJOLA as a new herb remedy that relieves such symptoms after other medicines fail, costing a few cents daily and available at drug stores.
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U. S
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Balkan
Arizona Mortuary, Inc
Ambulance Service
DR. Hawkins
W. Congress
Plates Credit Fast Service
India
Moore-MacCormick
Mormacpenn
Moracwren
Matson Line
Hawaiian Packer
Hawaiian
United Fruit Line
Chiriqui
Quirigua
Atlantic, Gulf and West Line
Oriente
Wings of Destiny
KFC
R. G. Swing
KRFC
al Pearce
KNX
Fred Waring
KGO
Amos
Andy
Defense Industries
Richard Brooks
University Explorer
Bill Henry
KOA -- Burnett
Sgs
Potter
Bill Sabransky
Org
Ken Stevens
Dance Orchestra
Tingham
Marshall
Strand
King
Honest Abe
Country Journal
Cleveland
Indiana
Broadway
Composers’ League
Kvoa F
Belmont
Meadow Brook Mat
T. Dorsey
Oreh
Ktuc Fe
William L. Schirer
Israel
Jean Kavel
Tucson Fertilizer CO
Cochise
Grabe
E. Congress
California
Steinfelds
Steinfeld’s
Steinfeld
del Monte C. G
G. B
New England
del Monte
Ocean Spray
Oregon
Jemima
Campbell's Soup
Welch's
Kraft's Pints Mayonnaise Quarts
Bartlett
Charmin
Miller's
Swift
Morrell
Torrea
Jones
Wisconsin
Frank
Cream Horns
Peet's Soap
Igc
Miller's Select
Lervice Grocery
City
Suburbar
Foothills
A.M
Southwest
Tlcson, Arizona
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