Fugitive Farmer Surrenders in Kentucky Siege
M Charles Allen, a fugitive farmer from Cynthia Kentucky, surrendered in Lexington after a siege that left six men wounded and the police chief killed. He agreed to yield if protected, and faces charges to be prepared by Sheriff Victor Ross.
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Lexington
Charles Allen
Cynthia
George M. Dickey
Cynthiana
Allen Telephone
Harrison County
Victor Ross
Alvin Allen
Jacksonville
Ross
Allen
T.e Brother
Lower Rate Ahead On Home Borrowing
Washington July 31 Officials announced a lower FHA mortgage rate effective tomorrow. The maximum rate on insured small homes falls from 5 to 4.5 percent and large rental projects drop from 4 to 4 percent. Not applicable to existing insured mortgages. Housing administrator Steward McDonald said the reduction extends low rates to the public. Under the new terms a family could borrow with 10 percent down and monthly payments about 5.81 dollars per thousand. A 4,000 dollar mortgage could be paid in 25 years with monthly payments around 23.25 dollars.
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Washington
Steward McDonald
Henry Ford's 76th Birthday Brings Labor Trouble
Henry Ford's 76th birthday sparks labor trouble at the Kansas City plant as AFL affiliated drivers refuse deliveries and hauling contracts with the Ford Motor Company. United Automobile Workers members have boycotted since October 13 1987, amid push to negotiate with the company.
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Kansas City
Henry Ford
A. F
The
Motor Company
United Automobile Workers Union
AFL
U. A. WL Mens
Butterflies Sweep Town Like Snow in July
In Bernville Pennsylvania small white butterflies swarmed the town last night, forcing residents to sweep them from sidewalks and porches. Drivers rolled up windows and citizens slapped at insects for about ninety minutes before they dispersed. Naturalists identified the swarm as a May fly form hatched after recent rains near a creek bed.
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Bernville
G O P Gadfly Nips At Demo Flanks In Congress Adjourning
Washington July 31 indicates Congress nears adjournment as Republicans press a two front strategy against Democrats. The Hatch anti lynching petition moves to floor with northern and southern Democrats split over housing wage hour reform and labor board probes. Republican gains in signatures push the bill forward.
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G.O.P
Congress
Washington
House
Senate
Fund For Housing
Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt
Smaller And Leaner Hogs Being Urged
Washington July 31 Officials seek to encourage farmers to market smaller and leaner hogs this season to relieve a fat surplus that has pushed lard and cottonseed prices to decades lows. Despite hog price declines, farmers profit from abundant feed, and a government plan to bolster fats markets is expected within 10 days of a two week timeline. Joe the fox runs state game department affairs in Oklahoma City as staff plan to guide the animal to hunters and back to care, with a steno task and the aide of a gpewriter.
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Washington
Administration
Soe
Oklahoma City
PitJoe
Fisn
Joe
Johnston County
K. D. Turner
Pay Checks Held Up For Eleven Deputies In County
Monthly pay for eleven deputies in the county was withheld Monday as county commissioners awaited an opinion from County Attorney Carloss Waddington on the size of salary warrants. The delay followed a dispute over statutory deputy salaries and a protest over a requested pay hike.
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Court House
Atorney
Carloss Waddington
George Collins
Board of Commissioners
Tom Grant
R Gy Collins
Wadlington
France gains 742 aviators joining air corps during WWI
Paris reports 742 trained aviators join France’s air corps today from two Czech and Slovak group arrivals at Calais and Boulogne. Most are under 30 and come from Poland where they fled after displacement. Portugal is cited as the ukulele’s birthplace.
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Paris
France
Miers
Calais
Boulogne
Poland
Tenants Offered Farm Purchase Funds in Pontotoc County
Funds allocated by the FSA aim to buy at least five farms in Pontotoc County for tenant farmers under a four year repayment plan at 4 percent annual rate. Applications due September 1 with blanks available at the local FSA office in the federal building. A three member committee will award 2 percent loans. committee regions yet to be set. Farms bought will have gold land and necessary improvements.
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Pontotoc County
FSA
Mittee
Oklahoma
Assembling Mighty Forces for Major War Games
Washington plans a peacetime mobilization unmatched since the Civil War with about 70,000 officers and men from the eastern seaboard. Maneuvers center on Manassas Virginia from April 5 to 19, Plattsburg New York a week later, and include the Tth cavalry brigade racing 76 miles from Fort Knox Kentucky to the battlefield.
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Washington
First Field Army
Eastern Sea
Maine
Virginia
Army High Command
Manassas
Plattsburg
Adirondacks
New Yor State
New York and
New England
Wart Department
Army
Tth Cavalry Brigade
Fort Knox
Garner Planning To Use Front Porch
Vice President Garner plans a front porch campaign for the 1940 Democratic nomination with no public appearances before the national convention. He will return to Uvalde Texas after Congress adjourns and will meet party leaders at home to discuss issues and strategy, followed by a fishing trip in his auto trailer.
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Washington
Garner
Uvalde
Texas
Congress
Tishomingo Water Project To Resume
Tishomingo July 23 Work is to begin immediately on the city water project. It will take about three months to complete. WPA approval granted and work cards issued, says E B Rush water commissioner. DO FARM DEBT' COMMITTEE WILL MEET AUGUST 4 notices August 4 1939 at 10 34 am in county courthouse.
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Far
Oklahoma Congressmen’s Washington Assignments and Vacations
Oklahoma congressmen coordinate moves in Washington with McClintic taking a key administrative role under Traffic Director Van Duzer. The pay is 34000 yearly and the post includes safety education duties and seats on operator permit and taxi boards. Other lawmakers outline vacation plans including Monroney and Massingale trips to Westport and Honolulu, with May adjournment and travel routes noted.
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Charles C. Haslet
Washington
James” V “McCl
3. W. Marland
Oklahoma
McClintic
Oxlahor Marland
Marland
Nichols seeks total Oklahoma oil land deduction funds
Representative Nichols asked the Bureau of Indian Affairs to report the total funds accrued under the ten percent deduction on Indian oil lease and royalty payments in Oklahoma. The Interior Secretary implemented the deduction in August 1938 to fund the Geological Survey with 95,000 dollars. Nichols had protested the levy as excessive and questioned its legality, suggesting a test suit and aiming to push for a reduced percentage once the report is released.
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Nichnls
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Oklahoma
Bureau
Secretary of the Interior
Geological Survey
Nichols
Four Lane Fight Pushes Oklahoma Highways Plan
Representative Monroney pressed the Bureau of Roads in Oklahoma to convert U S roads into four lane highways into Oklahoma City. Officials noted funding exists in Washington but requires state and county match. The Public Roads Administration financed 32.5 miles in Oklahoma County since March 1, 1933 versus 2,088 miles statewide, costing $46,376,171 with government share $34,928,004. county costs were $2,146,159 with government share $1,714,907.
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Monroney
Bureau of Roads
Oklahoma
U. S
Oklahoma City
Washington
Tall Oklahoman
Public Roads Administration
Oklahoma County
Chamberlain Seeks Path From Armament Nightmare To Peace
London July 31 Prime Minister Chamberlain gave an expansive view of the international crisis saying the armament race may only be solved by war yet he hopes a way to escape the nightmare into peace might be found He reported Britain and France will likely send military missions to Moscow for staff talks though the indirect aggression definition delays a mutual assistance pact He cautioned over anti British agitation in North China and noted United States Britain similarities but pledged not to abandon the trade treaty with Japan amid discussions on the Tientsin dispute and Danzig.
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London
Chamberlain
Britain
Commons
France
Moscow
Russia
China
Japan
Danzig
United States
Washington
Warning net set up by defenses across Pacific coast
The most extensive aircraft warning net in the United States will test Pacific coast aerial defenses Wednesday. Army air corps officials say a system of reporting planes potentially hostile, based on civilian observation posts about eight miles apart, will extend 1500 miles from Canada to Mexico. A warning net will run as the air corps marks military aviation’s 30th birthday by flying 1200 planes over major cities, with all reporting methods—telephone and telegraph—carrying the load to March Field and defense headquarters in war games.
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Washington
United States
Pacific Coast
Army Air Corps
Canada
Mexico
Air Corps
March Field
Jamnia
Defense
Britain and Japan Nearing Agreement on Tientsin
Tokyo July 31 British and Japanese delegates moved toward a settlement of their Chinese interests at Tientsin. An agreement on policing Tientsin was reported though British support for Chinese currency remained unresolved. The accord reportedly includes British cooperation with Japanese forces to detain Chinese suspects aiding terrorism behind Japanese lines. Britain reportedly agreed to surrender four Chinese detainees implicated in a bank official’s murder, a dispute that triggered Japan’s blockade since June 14.
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Tokyo
API
Britain
Japan
Tientsin
Eighteen Texts Will Be New Under Recent Adoptions
Oklahoma City reports the state textbook commission adopted new texts for 18 of 128 titles to be used this fall. The change reduces overall costs by about 350,000 dollars if bought together, and saves 50 cents per child with a staggered adoption plan spanning one to five years.
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Oklahoma City
Q Oklahona
State Textbook Commission
Commission
Raymond Brunk
Price Cuts Under Oklahoma Textbook Adoption Plan
Oklahoma City July 21 Price reductions were obtained by the state textbook commission today under a new five year adoption plan affecting 57 percent of books used in local schools. Reductions on 37 titles ranged from one cent to 45 cents with 43 titles unchanged and an eight cent rise on a higher arithmetic text. The 45 cent cut applied to English in Daily Use by American Book Company. Commission estimates save parents over 200000 this year with about 20 percent of adoptions expiring this year.
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Oklahoma City
State Textbook Commission
Commission
Benjamin ,Sanborn and Company
American Book Company
American Woman Searched By Japs
In Tsingtao on July 31, Japanese controlled Chinese customs detained American Mrs Sadie Wilhoit a Shanghai resident during a visit. They confiscated nearly 200 Chinese dollars about 16 dollars and issued a receipt before she sailed to Shanghai on the Japanese vessel Dairen Maru. Her husband works for Universal Newsreel.
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Tsingtao
China
Sadie Wilhoit
Shanghai
Wilhoit
Search Started For Blond Beauty Miss Salt Lake City
A statewide search began for Rosalind Johnson a 20 year old blond chosen as Miss Salt Lake City to represent Utah at a Swedish day celebration at the Golden Gate Exposition. She was due in San Francisco on a Salt Lake City train last night. authorities recall seeing her aboard but time unknown. The mother and father expressed hope and concern as the missing contestant’s trip remains unresolved.
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San Francisco
Rosalind Johnson
Salt Lake City
The
Golden Gate
Exposition
West
Rosalind
J. Arthur Johnson
Highway Cave-In Starts Near Joplin
The Missouri state highway department began filling a large mine cave in on Highway 662, seven miles west of Joplin. Division engineer J B Ellis said the project will be costly and take weeks, involving dynamiting a section of the undermined concrete slab and hauling thousands of tons of rock and chat after a roof drift sagged the pavement yesterday.
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Joplin
State Highway Department
J. BR. Ellis
Division No
Wife of AP Writer Hurt In Accident
Mrs Charles C Haslett of Arlington Virginia wife of a Washington Associated Press writer was hospitalized in Gallup New Mexico with a spinal injury from a car plunge over an embankment near Grants during rain Her 14 month old son Charles Jr was unhurt Edith Haslett of Wellington suffered minor injuries Charles C Haslett went to the Washington bureau after years in Oklahoma City He is the regional Oklahoma writer in Washington and left by train for Albuquerque after learning of the accident.
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Gallup
N. M
Charles C. Haslett
Arlington
Washington Associated Press
Grants
Washington Buresu
Oklahoma City
Capitol Sevorter
Oklahoma
Washington
Albuqquerque
Buffalo Times to resume via cooperative employee plan
Buffalo Times employees suspended afternoon and Sunday editions seeking to restart under a cooperative plan. A conference was set with Scripps-Howard Alliance representatives after an employee mass meeting. The paper, founded by Norman E. Viack in 1879 as a Sunday paper and launched daily in 1883, was sold to Scripps-Howard in 1929.
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Buffalo
Buffalo Times
Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Times
Norman E. Viack
Mack
Scripps-Howard
Woman Under Bond On Beer Charge
Frances Archer now Jankowski of Coalgate was arraigned by U S Commissioner T P Holt on charges of possessing a small amount of non tax paid beer. She was bound over and released on a $1,000 bond. Holt later reported his hat missing and suspects Judge C M Threadgill of Coalgate, as Threadgill’s hat remained in his office.
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Frances Archer
Jankowski
Coalgate
U. S
T. P. Holt
Holt
C. M. Threadgill
Threadgill
Mayor Declares Cops Must Be Dumb in City Edict
In Woburn Massachusetts Mayor William E Kane decreed that policemen may not speak to citizens except on official department business He said the aim is to cut chatter and boost efficiency Police officers are warned to avoid gossip and unnecessary dialogue in public settings.
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Woburn
Mass
William E. Kane
Kene
Watch Us Grow Sign Beside Pines Sparks Te Diou s Debate
A roadside sign reading Watch us grow stands beside a cluster of small pine trees as locals ponder the quirky wording and the odd cadence of the phrase. The lighthearted scene prompts discussion on roadside signage choices and regional dialect vibes.
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Dickey
Roy Fightmaster
Chester Harp
Harp
FHA
Lamont
Europe
New York
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan and Co
England
Ada News
Mr. Roosevelt Si
Jimmy Roosevelt
Jeanette MacDonald
Hollywood Tuncheoh
Galns Fliers
Portugal
Tishomingo Water Project
Parsi Ja Locapira
Aly
Carmelo Locapira
D. C
Solons
Massingale
Honolulu
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