Crop and Feed Loans For Farms In Emergency Setup
Emergency crop and feed loan office offers two loan types to farmers unable to obtain credit on reasonable terms. Crop loans cover seed fuel feed for work horses minor repairs spray materials and irrigation. secured by first lien on crops with spring and fall crop options. Feed loans finance livestock needs with first lien on the livestock. four percent interest and about ten days for check delivery. County extension agent office provides further information.
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Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Office
Cattle Relief Project To Build Dipping Vats In Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County plans to obtain federal funds for three cattle dipping vats with corrals and pens to combat ticks and cattle diseases. County commissioners pledge 970 dollars and seek 1041 dollars in WPA funding to hire 20 workers and complete the project in a month under county agent supervision. They urge spreading the good news to cows who cannot read.
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Pontotoc County
Works Projects Administration
Washington
WPA
Iroquois Reject Draft Law Protest Stated by Confederacy
The six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy representing about 4200 of New Yorks Indians formed a committee to urge government opposition to compulsory military service. Onondaga chief George Thomas argued treaties deem the Confederacy independent and sovereign and not subject to draft. The group includes the Onondaga Seneca Oneida Mohawk Cayuga and Tuscarora nations.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Six Nations
New York
Oday
George Thomas
Nutrition Drive Plans Promised For Pontotoc County
Ada Oklahoma nutrition sub committee outlines a county wide program to improve diets in schools and homes. Goals include weighing children, promoting nutrition education, posters and exhibits, garden projects, grocer collaborations, charts from the Supt. of Documents, and community meetings to implement a balanced diet for total defense. Dr. Louise Stanley emphasizes vitamins as a defense component.
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Ada
Farm Planning Organization
Pontotoc County
Washington, D. C
B. Alice Francisco
Oklahoma
Louise Stanley
United States Bureau of Home Economics
America
Stanley
Ever Normal Granary Scheme Expands to Aid Allies
The Agriculture Department announces expansion of the ever normal granary program to sustain supplies for the United States Britain and other allied nations. The plan boosts prices to producers for pork dairy eggs and poultry through June 30 1943 and retains corn loan measures with flexible acreage and no 1941 crop quotas. Open market purchases aim to stabilize long term prices and stockpile food for lease lend transfers refugee aid and school lunch programs with coordination for military needs.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Great Britain
Chicago
Red Cross
Army Morale High Says General Marshall in Texarkana
General George C. Marshall proclaimed U S army morale at its peak after a hard winter speaking in Texarkana. He paid tribute to the late Senator Morris Sheppard and praised troops from Fort Knox Fort Sill Abilene San Antonio Camp Livingston Claiborne and other Texas depots for their fine impression and high spirit.
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Texarkana
Tex
United States Army
George C. Marshall
Army
Marshall
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Senate
Sheppard
Fort Knox
Fort Sill
Abilene A Texas
Brownwood
San Antonio
Camp Livingston
Claiborne
Lightning Kills Soldier at Lake Near Cushing
Private Alfred Apperson 26 was struck by lightning while fishing at City Lake eight miles northwest of Cushing Oklahoma. Floyd Morris and Alvis Ward said a tree toppled and knocked him into the water.
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Cushing
Okla
Alfred Apperson
Here
Floyd Morris
Alvis Ward
Carving a Ham Dilemma Pushes Ada to Eggs
A humorous column jokes about the difficulty of learning to carve a ham using Lily Haxworth Wallace ideas. It contrasts two carving methods and ends with a humorous vow to switch to hard boiled eggs, noting the ham remains uneaten.
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Lily Haxworth Wallace
Crop Prospects Rise As Rain Soaks Oklahoma
Rain drenches Oklahoma boosting crop outlook to a decade high. Oklahoma state board of agriculture president Joe C. Scott says timely soaking rains prevent runoff and push moisture into the soil. The wheat belt reports near cloudburst rainfall as Woodward and Taloga receive heavy showers, lifting crop prospects daily.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Joe C. Scott
State Board of Agriculture
Woodward
Wheat Belt
Taloga
Gayda Warns U S of African Waters In Axis Warning
Rome dispatch reports Vir ginia Gayda an Italian fascist editor warns the United States that the axis may attack ships aiding Britain in African waters. She cites Roosevelts Red Sea policy and warns against American convoying of aid to Britain, saying axis forces are vigilant and ready for this new North American aid.
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Rome
Virginia Gayda
United States
Axis
Roosevelt
Red Sea
Gayda
Italy
East Africa
Egypt
Balkans
Britain
Only One Houston In Public Office And He's Dick
Oklahoma City April 12 In Oklahoma where famous names abound in politics there are many Houstons but the only one in public office is Dick Houston a 43 year old Woodward salesman and state representative. He is the grandson of Texas liberator and son of renowned criminal attorney Temple Houston and has served two Oklahoma legislature terms since 1938.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Houston
Sam
Temple
Dick Houston
Woodward
Okla
Temple Houston
Woodward County
Texas
Supreme Court
Kansas City
Gulf Coast
Rain Totals Drench Ada Area Culminating Week
Morning showers gave Ada 0.80 inches by 6 pm with night rain adding 0.25 inch. A prior 1.80 inches last week plus Tuesday morning downpour push the weekly total to about 3.5 inches over a week and a half.
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Ada
Oklahoma Storm Deluge Leaves Few Damages and a Fatality
A severe storm dropped hail up to four feet deep and one inch eighteen, with no widespread damage reported. One man, Earl Mooter, was killed near Tuttle as eight others were injured in traffic on slick roads near Pauls Valley. Cattlemen welcomed rain filling stock tanks while the panhandle remained dry.
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Enid
Earl Mooter
Tuttle
Grady County
Pauls Valley
U. S. Highway 77
Educational Order Stage Is Passed In Defense Production
John D. Biggers told the Cincinnati Army Ordnance association post that educational orders are ended and defense item production is expected within 100 days. He cited 30 calibre machine guns near schedule, 50 calibre guns up to the notch, and rifles and sub machine guns ahead of schedule, all needing increases from 100 to 1000 percent by year end.
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Cincinnati
John D. Biggers
Office of Production Management
Cincinnati Army Ordnance Association
Biggers
Collector dies by own action in Muskogee home
The body of Clinton E. Jordan, 64, a collector, was found at his Muskogee home with throat and wrist wounds. Police Chief Cain Burnett said he took his own life. Survivors include his widow and two children.
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Muskogee
Okla
Clinton E. Jordan
Cain Burnett
Jordan
Italy Still Sends Notes About Ships
Italy delivered a new note to the United States today via the Italian ambassador Prince Colonna over the seizure of 28 Italian merchant ships on sabotage charges. The note offered a further explanation of Italy's view and followed prior notes from Italy, Germany, and Denmark as ships were taken into protective custody. President Roosevelt sought congressional authority to requisition idle foreign ships in American waters.
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Washington
Italy
United States
State Department
Prince Colonna
Roosevelt
Congress
Donovan Warns U S Must Realize That Danger Is Real
Col William J Donovan warns that Nazi victory would put the United States in a dangerous economic position with Germany unifying Europe and pressuring overseas markets. He warns South America could face German dictation and stresses the war is not lost, noting Germany’s oil dependence and strained resources.
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Chicago
William J. Donovan
Germany
America
Hitler
Chicago Council On Foreign Relations
Europe
South America
Britain
Youth pays the piper over noisy car horn tale
Wilbur Fiske, 18, bought a loud vacuum horn for his car triggering police actions in St. Paul and Minneapolis. He faced arrests for noise and lack of a horn but settled by removing the device. A quieter horn cost him $10 while the loud model was $3. The case highlights the dilemma of choice and regulation behavior.
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ST. Paul
Wilbur Fiske
Minneapolis
Thane
Extension Agents Visit In County
Officials of the extension service have increased farm interest in the county with a series of events. On April 10 C. G. Bauman led land use planning conferences emphasizing soil conservation. April 17 and 18 W. H. McPheters will run a southeast district rural electrification school. On April 24 Fred LeCrone will demonstrate pecan propagation.
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Extension Service
C. G. Bauman
W. H. McPheters
Fred LeCrone
Insect Control Suggested as Routine Garden Practice
County agent C. H. Hailey urges making insect control a regular garden task alongside cultivation. The piece notes common Oklahoma pests include potato beetles and cucumber beetles, with arsenate of lead, calcium arsenate, nicotine sulphate, and various dusts as treatments.
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C. H. Hailey
Oklahoma
Hailey
Senators Seek To Gain Support For Waterway Measure
Washington April 12 Influential senators unite behind an omnibus waterways bill linking the St. Lawrence seaway with the Florida ship canal Tombigbee Arkansas Valley authority and Columbia river developments. Norris favors including Columbia river Arkansas valley and St. Lawrence in one bill but warns against provisions that may lose votes.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Seaway
Florida Ship Canal
Tombigbee
Arkansas Valley Authority
Columbia River
Norris
St. Lawrence
Congress
Atoka Woman Annie Barnes Dies at 102
Annie Barnes 102 native of Quitman Arkansas died early today at her Atoka home after a long Oklahoma residency. A freighter in Fort Smith Arkansas to Fort Sill Oklahoma days of settlement, she is survived by two daughters Mrs. John Meade of Atoka and Mrs. Della Diggs of Paris Texas.
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Atoka
Okla
Annie Barnes
Quitman
Oklahoma
Fort Smith
Ark
Fort Sill
John Meade
Della Diggs
Paris
Texas
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