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Washington, D.C., Incorporated in
a bill introduced into Congress
today by Senator Pepper of Florida,
was the necessary authority for
Pres. Roosevelt to have the power
to stop auto production in Arnericar
factories and turning out ;plnneB
instead.
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Washington, D.C. The Federal Comr
inunicat ions Commission issued very'
strict instructions to all classes
of radio operators, both private
and commercial, to refrain from un
necessary chatter or unidentified
conversations over the air . The E.
C.C.• wi^Ll hold a'nyorie accountable
for hny violation of this rule.
lie?/ Orleans. The German consul made
a rather grievous mistake today in
• public. He stated that "Germany
!would always remember that the U.S.
|had taken the side of the enemies
I of Adolph Hitler." The statement
jv/as also printed in a local paper
jand strong cordons of police we re
|placed around the consulate to
;prevent any violence from the mobs
iof indignant Americans, crying for
[his punishment. His name was Baron
fVon Steigel.
Few York. The American Society of
Science and Invention told the-;
press that methods had been recent
perfected v/hereby the U.S. might
manufacture 100,000 tons of synthe
tic rubber in this country, without
1 the necessity of importing one sin
gle pound from Africa or England.
Wash. D.B. War Dept, officials to
day stated that 750 officers and
men of the regular army 7/ould be
dispatched to the nev/ air base in
Anchorage, by the end of June. The>
would be taken from stations along
|the Pacific Coast’and would include
iinfantry, field artillery, engin -
ccrs and other service elements.
!;Tew York. The U.S. Steel Cdrp. ,
‘announced completion of a deal with
'the Government whereby the Allies
mill receive material and supplies
from the company's export affiliate
'to the amount of $376,000,000. It
//as revealed that large field guns .
Iv/iVi necessary shells constituted
|the main items in the transaction.
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Washington, D.C. -Delegate Anthony /
; DimorrtJ, last Tuesday’asked Cong res
1 sfor an amount of money "not to
j fexceed $25,000,0.00, with v/hich to
j ‘construct International Highway
I 4o Alaska. ‘He tehned the project
j pne of great military importance,
j ;(No mentionewns made of Canada's
financial agreement in the matter)
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Rr am IT one',. Ala skr , t oday. c ome s
official news that Soviet Russir
is, now constructing a large air*:
brse and wireless station on the
Big Diomede Island* in the Bering
Strait, two miles from the U.S.
boundary. Twenty-five workmen and
several Lskimo families are -engagec
in the work. Official Soviet off
icials state the base to be used
for meteorological observations
only. The Little Diomede Island, a
possession of the U.S. is located
only fotir^mi If c ~awayv —
Moscow - The Lithuanian Minister
of the Interior K. Skucas will be
placed on trial, before a Russian
court, for "provovative acts agai
nst the present Soviet garrison".
, This was one of the demands made
upon Lithuania by Soviet Russia
yesterday, when they forced the
. little country to alloy/ Russian
military occupation.
Helsinki - In n mysterious explos
ion of a Finnish airliner this
morning, Henry V/. Antheil, courier
for the American Legation there,
was killed with nine.other persons
The U.S. State department stated
that he was carrying some very
important documents but would not
disclose, the nature of them. It
was remoured- that they were from
the German F6reign Office for both
the governments of Estonia and
Finland. Sabotage was suspected*
Berlin - As flags flew from the
Palace of Versailles and the echo
of German steel-shod feet were
heard along the streets of Paris, '
the dreaded Nazi juggernaut began
another drive on the famed Ma,.;inot
line of France, from the rear. The
main point of attack was ori the
Saar sector and was in the form
artillery bombardment of the steel
and concrete forts and squadron
after squadron of the dreaded Nazi
Stuka diving bomber^planes.
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smiflB CCroiTlQNfi today pre-~1
[. vailed:as,the hour passed with no
sign of willingness to negotiate
on the Packers part.
* Severely condemning the Canned
Salmon Industry for their consi
B stent lack of democratic oonsid
aration for labor, the Negotiat
ing Committee of the United Fish
erman of Alaska tonight were
carefully Iktfihg plans».for an
absolute and total bpyoott of
) all ernping equipment coming to
| this area. (adv)
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