Armed Truce Efforts Amid Nationwide Strike Front
Strikes stretch across four states with armed force enforcing quiet as talks continue. In Cleveland a riot left 46 injured. a non striker committee urged Dies to probe CIO United Auto Workers amid claims of communistic tendencies. Colorado dam workers and armed guards, Massachusetts police in South Barre, and a tense Detroit strike add to a volatile picture as nationwide AFL actions threaten spread to California Nevada Oregon and Washington.
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Cleveland
Fisher Body
Dies Committee
CIO United Automobile Workers
Colorado
AFL
Colorado Thompson
John H. Lee
Summit County
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachuttes
Barre
South Barre
State Commissioner of Labor and Industries
Syracuse
N.Y
Arthur Byckham
Detroit
Cio-United Auto Workers Union
Mass
Wool Combing Co
Saltonstall
California
Swift and Co
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
Marshal Named In Special Vote
W. F Marshall of Ada route 5 was named supervisor for the Konawa Soil Conservation district in a called election Tuesday. Marshall succeeds the late I. R. Gilmore. A total of 25 ballots were cast, all for Marshall, the sole candidate in the formality election. Voting took place at Maxwell Vaness Francis and Aga.
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W. F Marshall
Ada
Konawa
Phone Rates Hiked and Fight to Continue in Ada Oklahoma
Rates for Ada and 13 other Oklahoma cities rise announced by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. Opponents, led by City Attorney Mack Braly, vow ongoing battle. Federal court previously restrained the corporation commission from enforcing its order. New rates include direct line business five dollars, two party business four dollars, residence lines ranging from two fifty to one ninety. Ada current rates listed. Hearing timeline set within 60 days for statewide rate hearing. refunds possible if statewide board reduces rates. Funeral services for Harry L. Hopkins held in Tulsa. Lenin grad Academy of Arts to mark 175th anniversary in November.
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Ada
Oklahoma Cities
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Oklahoma City
Corporation Commission
Mack Braly
City Attorneys’ Association
Braly
Reford Bond
Corporation” Commission
Telephone
Frank M. Bailey
Chickasha
R. L. Williams
Oklahoma
Official Says Rate Increase Is Justified
Ada telephone rates have lagged behind similar cities. C R Barnes of Southwestern Bell announces new rates will align with peers. Hangup charges eliminated and residence extension rates cut from 75 to 30 cents per month for two months. Filing for new exchange rates followed state rejections, with a federal court action noted.
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Ada
Oklahoma
United States
C. R. Barnes
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Barnes
Federal
Sub Executioner's Slow Work Is Hit By Critical Attack
Boston reports an uproar over a double electrocution in which a mysterious substitute known as Mr X needed about 40 minutes to execute two young men for a $3.50 holdup murder. Critics say the act shows inhumanity while officials note the substitute was less expert than veteran Robert G. Elliott.
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Boston
Mr. X
Robert G. Elliott
Herbert C. Parsons
Massachusetts Council For
Wallace Green
Walter St. Sauveur
William Phillips
Somerville
EMI. X
Elliott
Massachusetts
Green
William J. Brickley
Suffolk County
Arthur T. Lyman
Oklahoma Judge Proposal Labeled as Political Scheme
Senator Reed cites a letter from a prominent Oklahoma lawyer claiming a fifth federal judgeship in Oklahoma is a political ploy to oust Governor Phillips and anti third termers from the 1940 picture. Governor Phillips says he will not resign during his term for a judgeship. Senator Lee calls the plan the silliest thing he has heard.
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Washington
Reed
Phillips
Oklahoma City
Senator Lee
Oklahoma
Hatch Measure Approved By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed the Hatch bill regulating political activity of federal job holders and told Congress it would serve its intended purpose. The act prohibits most federal workers from political involvement beyond voting, with exemptions for Cabinet officers and Congress members. Violators face fines up to 1000 dollars and up to a year in prison. The measure aims to preserve free speech while limiting government employee political activity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Hateh
United States
Phillips Not To Call Wet Vote In Oklahoma
Oklahoma Governor Phillips says he will not call a special election on liquor repeal. He notes public sentiment against repealing constitutional anti-liquor provisions and says the initiative petition effort will be ignored. If he declines, the issue moves to the next general election.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
Oklahoma
Speaker Denies Saying DiMaggio 15 Better Outfielders
Tris Speaker denies remarks that he could name 15 better outfielders than Joe DiMaggio. In Cleveland on August 2, Speaker scoffs at the claim and questions whether anyone could surpass DiMaggio, while Ed Barrow of the Yankees reacts with amusement.
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Cleveland
Tris Speaker
Joe DiMaggio
Ed Barrow
New York Yankees
Gray Eagle
Speaker
DiMaggio
Quick Strip Turns Up Odd Accident and Planet Facts
Valley City reports 70 year old farmer Andrew Wilson nearly undressed when his overalls snagged on a tractor drive shaft. He woke to find his clothes miles away and only his shoes and shirt cuffs remaining, with a bump as his only injury. Jupiter is described as the solar system’s largest planet with a diameter about 86,720 miles, about 11 times Earth’s diameter. The note claims Earth has 120 square miles of surface per square mile of Earth, a disputed ratio.
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Valley City
N. D
Andrew Wilson
Jin
Jupiter
Earth
Germany and Britain Ready For Any Test
Germany and Britain proclaimed their readiness for any future test as they showcased strength. Britain’s Prime Minister Chamberlain won confidence support and ordered a two month adjournment, while Germany marked a historic wartime anniversary with speeches claiming strength and unity. Italy moved troops toward the French border as a counteroffensive plan loomed.
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Germany
Britain
Europe
Chamberlain
Ada Firemen Rodeo Stock Arrives as Show Nears
Stock for Ada Firemen's Rodeo arrives, with organizers visiting southwest rodeos to select top cattle, Brahma bulls for steer riding, bulldogging stock, and aggressive drones. Preparations progress on schedule as the city rises to the event amid town readiness.
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Ada
Southwest
Ada’s
Branson testifies affairs cost him over sixty thousand
Oklahoma City August 2 AP Former Oklahoma supreme court justice Fred P Branson testified his affair with Madeline Braniff Branson cost more than 60000. He said he pledged all money from Texas ventures to cover 97000 sunk in failed businesses and owed his ex wife 30000. He claimed his NY marriage was invalid for lack of six months after a decree. His deposition described a possessive Madeline and a changed marriage dynamic.
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Oklahoma
City
Fred P. Branson
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Affair D'Amour
Madeline Braniff Branson
Madeline
New York
Branson
Texas
Ajd
Eula Branson
Steel Bins to Store Surplus Midwest Corn
The agriculture department will open bids to buy steel bins with 1 000 and 2 000 bushel capacities to store between 50 and 100 million bushels of surplus corn in the Midwest. Bins will be placed in rural corn belt areas to hold grain for loans and the ever normal granary plan. Weather conditions and a potential farmer referendum on marketing quotas loom over the plans amid possible weather damage and crop prospects.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Midwest
Corn
Corn Belt
Judy Canova Keeps Secret About Marriage and Divorce
New York August 2 Judy Canova the popular comedienne says she was married in Maryland in 1936 to Robert Burns New York state insurance man and divorced in Florida in March on grounds of incompatibility She did not disclose the news publicly while starring in Yokes Boy on Broadway.
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New York
Judy Canova
Judy
Maryland
Robert Burns
State Insurance
Florida
Congress Rushes To Adjourn Trims One Big Measure
Congress moves toward adjournment as the House passes a shrunken deficiency appropriation bill trimming about 150 million dollars from the measure. Speaker Bankhead notes uncertainty over this week’s agenda including the housing bill and wage hour amendments while a social security act update may be delayed by Senate-House deadlock.
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Washington
Congress
House
House Appropriations Committee
Bankhead
Phillips Defends College Changes Amid Shakeup
Oklahoma City August 2. Governor Phillips defended state college president changes saying per capita costs were too high. Board chair W C Kite resigned after the removals of presidents at Southwestern State College of Diversified Occupations Weatherford, Southeastern State Durant, Northwestern State Alva, and the Colored Agricultural and Normal University Langston. He noted Alva, Weatherford, and Durant were the worst per capita costs.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
W. C. Kite
Board of
Regents of Oklahoma Colleges
Southwestern State College of Diversified Occupations
Weatherford
Southeastern State College
Durant
Northwestern State College
Alva
Colored Agricultural and Normal University
Langston
Paul B. Sears
D. U
Gres Toent
Newled
Colbert Held For Trial On Drunk Driving Charge
Dave Colbert was bound over to district court for trial on driving an automobile while intoxicated after a Tuesday afternoon preliminary hearing in Justice Court of Wi L Reed. He was held under bond as the Lake Champlain case details emerged from the session.
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Dave ‘Colbert
District Court
Justice Court of
L. Reed. Net
Drouth Threatens Western Corn Belt, Weather Bureau Reports
The Weather Bureau said today that high temperatures and persistent dryness are increasing in the western corn belt, especially the great plains, reducing prospects for a corn crop above last year’s bumper yield. East of the plains conditions are generally favorable with satisfactory corn progress.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Great: Plains
Great Plains
Farm Prices Bill Smashed By House Bloc
Washington August 2 AP The economy bloc in the house scored a victory by rejecting a 119 million loan for farm price support and a 54.191 million deficiency bill, while planning a vote on an $800 million housing bill despite expected defeat. Secretary Wallace warned that without funds corn prices would fall to 1932 levels and affect wheat cotton dairy wool and rye. Congress moves toward adjournment with possible wage hour law amendments.
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House
Housing Administration
Senate
Wallace
Congress
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