Thames Patrol Boat Keeps Watch During London Blitz
A Thames patrol boat with a Lewis gun and four crew guides a patrol past burned warehouses toward the estuary as German bombs fall on London. Firemen toil through ten hours of blaze while civilians file from shelters toward a city struggling to recover after a long night of bombing.
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Mnanereae Sacceees
London
Thames River
New York
Big Ben
Westminster
Waterloo Bridge
Thames
Thames Estuary
Dante
Yorkeshireman
Dunkirk
His Majesty's Navy
Tower Bridge
Lyons Corner
Origin Of Darso Traced To Logan County Farm
STILLWATER April 23 Darso grain sorghum originated in a 1911 Logan County farm Oklahoma. A. H. Wright Oklahoma A and M agronomist named it from Dwarf Red Sorghum. He kept the strain pure, noting uniform stalks and strong cockroach bug resistance, with seed distributed for testing from 1913 onward.
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Logan County
Stillwater
Oklahoma
A. H. Wright
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
M. College
Oklahoma Experiment Station
Wright
Department of Agriculture
Southwest
State Man Rates At Top As Maker Of Fine Tapestry
Aaron Collier, 70, of Ponca City, Oklahoma, known for needlepoint tapestries that rival Louvre works, created a Last Supper reproduction begun in 1908 and completed three years ago. A landscape gardener for Ponca City schools, he learned in English coal mines and creates intricate Christian scenes with silk and wool, sometimes needing 776 stitches per square inch.
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Ponca City
Aaron Collier
Louvre Museum
Collier
Leonardo de Vinci
Henryetta
England
White House at 101 Ranch to be demolished this summer
Ponca City Oklahoma April 23 IP the 101 ranch once the worlds largest diversified farming enterprise will lose its White House headquarters as demolition nears The mansion symbolized western hospitality and hosted famous visitors from Byrd Sousa and Will Rogers to Hearst and Bryan The NYA will repurpose barns but the 20 room mansion will likely disappear with funds lacking for renovation and a museum plan unlikely to proceed
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White House
101 Ranch
Ponca City
Miller
Miller Brothers
Joe, George and
Zack
Millers
Great Ranch
Farm Security Administration
National Youth Administration
NYA
Four Corners
America
Richard E. Byrd
Little America
South Pole
John Phillip Sousa
Tom Mix
William S. Hart
Helen Gibson
Richard Bennett
Will Hays
Jack Mulhall
Will Rogers
Gordon Lillie
Cobb
Irvin C. Cobb
Fred
Bonfils
Sidney Smith
Andy Gump
Lew Wentz
Three Sands
Randolph Hearst
John Ringling
Will Irwin
Inez Haines Irwin
Edna Ferber
WW2 RAF couple's perilous nights and a crash
Betty Jordan recalls her husband Frank, a Hampden bomber pilot, and their life at an English air drome. After a crash near the Channel, Frank survives but is bedridden for months while Betty endures nights counting planes and praying, hopeful for his return in spring and summer.
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Betty
Frank Jordan
Frank
Betty Jordan
Hampdens
Germany
BBC News
Airdrome
Soldier Goes Off to War Wedding Ties in Ada News
NEA Staff Correspondent Paul Manning recounts a wartime farewell from Ada after visiting an airfield. A soldier leaves for war and the girl who stays behind shares a hopeful, human view of distance and duty in a quiet, true story.
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War
NEA
Paul Manning
Ada Evening News
R. A
Plymouth Bombing Again Routs City Fire Devastation
Plymouth endured a major Luftwaffe raid for the second night in a row with fires blazing and extensive damage. The assault began with heavy anti aircraft fire, then intensified into a prolonged bombardment before fading, as bombers returned in waves. The government said the raid did not match earlier attacks. The RAF also attacked Brest in France overnight.
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Plymouth
England
Ministry of Information
London
RAF
Brest
Sending Fast Torpedo Boats To Britain Under Lend Lease
Secretary Knox announced about 20 fast naval motor torpedo boats are ready for delivery to Great Britain under lend lease. The boats, faster than a mile per minute, will be shipped rather than sail in crossing the Atlantic. The navy has 28 available. Britain will be supplied from these. Other 70 foot class craft, capable of 70 mph, are under construction. The navy also negotiates with Canada to build ships, likely British Corvette type escorts for convoys.
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Washington
Knox
Great Britain
Navy
Canada
Prices of Pennsy Crude Oil Rise Again
Pennsylvania grade crude oil advanced 10 cents a barrel today marking the second increase this year and the fourth since November 1940. Quoted by the Joseph Seep purchasing agency of South Penn Oil, Bradford Allegany $2.40, southwest Pennsylvania $2.05, and Eureka $1.89 per barrel, with improved refinery demand cited as the cause.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Joseph Seep
South Penn Oil Company
Bradford
Allegany
Southwest Pennsylvania
Eureka
Stalin Calls Lenin the Patron Saint of Bolshevism
In his first public address since the war began Joseph Stalin reminded a Kremlin audience that Lenin founded and guarded the union, asserting Russia has no intention to yield. He spoke after a long silence since his March 1939 party congress remarks.
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Germany
Kremlin
Moscow
Tass
Stalin
Lenin
Bolshevik Party
Union of Peoples
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Nikolai Lenin
Communist Party
Yugoslav King Peter and government in exile in Middle East
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament that 17 year old King Peter of Yugoslavia and his government have established themselves in the Middle East and will continue the struggle as allies of Britain. Eden pledged full British support to Yugoslavia and warned Germany’s moves toward Iraq require vigilance.
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London
Anthony Eden
Parliament
Peter
Yugoslavia
Middle East
Britain
Jerusalem
Eden
Iraq
Two People Charged With Liquor Possession
Sue Hoppes and Skinny Herion pleaded not guilty to liquor possession and posted bonds of $500 each. Sheriff officers raided Hoppes on Saturday finding 15 percent pints of liquor and six and a half pint bottles at Herion's residence.
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Sue Hoppes
Skinny Herion
Ada Couples Receive Marriage Licenses From Court Clerk
Marriage licenses issued Tuesday and Wednesday to John B Farnham 21 and Wanda Marie Overstreet 18 of Ada and Altus J Green 21 and Jewell Dean McCracken 18 of Ada.
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John B. Farnham
Wanda Marie Overstreet
Ada
Altus J. Green
Jewell Dean McCracken
Stay Out, Is U.S. Word to Nazi Escapers
The United States issued a hard line policy closing borders to escaped German prisoners. Franz von Werra fled to Peru after bond was posted in New York, prompting Attorney General Jackson to order captivity of escapees at the border with force if necessary. Berlin critics protest and cite international law.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Franz von Werra
Peru
von Werra
New York
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Jackson
Berlin
Clayton
Darlan May Talk With Adolf Hitler
VICHY FRANCE APRIL 23 Admiral Jean Darlan French vice premier motored to Paris for conferences with German authorities. Reports said a meeting with Reichsfuehrer Hitler might occur though unconfirmed. Paris sources said Laval remained in Paris and Abetz may have moved. Darlan likely to proceed to German headquarters in France.
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Vichy
France
Padmiral
Jean Darlan
Paris
Otto Abetz
Hitler
Balkan
Darlan
Hens Grow 10 Percent More Eggs With Radio Program
Ramona California report says hens fed a steady diet and exposed to 24 hour radio programming show a 10 percent rise in egg production. C H Lee notes the hens ignore loud noise outside and even enjoy opera swing or speeches.
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Ramona
Calif
C. H. Lee
Lee
J. G. Smith Named Roff School Head
J G Smith, 32, former Orr superintendent, was elected Roff Schools superintendent at a monthly school board meeting. He is OU alumnus with a 1936 master's degree.
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J. G. Smith
Roff
Orr School
Smith
University of Oklahoma
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