Ada Airport receives official approval for construction survey
Senator Josh Lee announced that the CAA approved a 329000 dollar Ada Municipal airport project. A survey will start immediately to map two 4200 foot runways with lighting and fencing, as land rights are secured within a quarter mile of the airfield boundary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh Lee
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Ada
U. S
Tulsa
Bill Crawford
CAA
Frank Norris
George Toler
Milton Keating
Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma City
S. E. Travis
Fort Worth
Judge Blasts Honky Tonks and Dismisses Assault Charge
Peace Justice A. W. Oliver dismissed a statutory assault charge against a 21 year old Ada youth after a preliminary hearing. He urged women to avoid honky tonks and criticized the backgrounds of the defendant and the 16 year old girl involved. The incident allegedly occurred near an Ada night club with testimony from only the girl.
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Oliver
Honkey Tonks
Pontotoc County
Peace
A. W. Oliver
Ada
Ada Nicht Club
Stonewall
Ada Club
Pontotoc
Vichy Responds to U S Demands on Empire Defense
Vichy France sent a formal note to U S Ambassador William D Leahy outlining its plan to defend its empire in its own way. The communication responds to Sumner Welles demand for information on empire defense and to Leahy's request for France's defense plan.
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Vichy
France
United States
U. S
William D. Leahy
Sumner Welles
Leahy
Liquor Hauls For July Show Drop
Oklahoma City August 6 193? Liquor raids yield 3 thousand pints in July, a drop from 6 200 pints in January and 5 008 in April. State investigator Ted Husted reports 23 raids across Craig Kay Washington Roger Mills and Osage counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Temperatures Hit 101 Degrees Tuesday Across Region
The day saw the mercury climb to 101 before dropping back with no rain recorded in the 24 hour period. Forecasters expected clear to partly cloudy skies with widely scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Pitt
Ireland Seeks U S Support Against Attack
Dublin August 6 A senate resolution introduced by F McDermot urged the government to secure full and effective cooperation of the United States to protect Ireland from attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Senate
F. McDermot
United States of America
Ireland
Britain Warns Japan Over Thailand Intervention
Foreign Secretary Eden announced to Parliament that Japan was warned on July 31 against intervening in Thailand. He noted Japan's media rhetoric echoed prior demands for Indo China bases and that a Javanese move into Thailand could threaten Singapore. Attlee and Eden stressed Britain's stake in regional security amid war.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Japan
Thailand
Great Britain
Clement Attlee
Commons
Churchill
Eden
Robert Leslie Craigie
Indo- China
Craigie
Britain
Singapore
Far East
Russia
China
Middle East
Suez Canal
India
Attlee
Indo-China
United States
Waldrep Hearing Postponed in Embezzlement Case
Norman August 6 UPI preliminary hearing for Tom Waldrep Shawnee former state senator charged with embezzling 64238.65 from the estate of oil heiresses Dora and Una Hembree has been postponed until after September 1. Waldrep guarded the heiresses until 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Tom Waldrep
Shawnee
Charzed
Dora
Una Hembree
Homer Cowan
Waldrep
Otis Blankenship
Cleveland County
Fire crew battles blaze on Minnesota avenue
In Kansas City a blade alarm summoned four fire companies two chiefs cars and a first aid unit with twenty two men. No one entered the building and the firefighters extinguished the blaze. One man and a second occupant were unable to be aided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kas
Minnesota Avenue
Rodeo Queen Escapes Injury After Nasty Spill
Ada 1941 rodeo queen Miss Katherine Gay escaped serious harm after a fall at the North Broadway grounds. While roping calves, she loosened a saddle girth, remounted without re tightening it, and the saddle slipped causing a tumble. She suffered cuts and bruises but was recovering at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Gay
Ada Fireman
H. C. Binn
North Broadway
Miss Gay
J. H. Gay
Pedestrians urged to stay on correct side of road
Highway Patrolman Dudley Lester confronts an elderly man east of Ada about pedestrians walking on the wrong side. The exchange ends with the suggestion that pedestrians be sent back across the waters, while Lester cautions all to walk facing traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley Lester
Highway Patrol
Lester
Ada
Strike Called In Jersey City Shipyards
Jersey City August 6 Peter Flynn vice president of local 16 Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers announced a strike at midnight affecting 16 000 workers at the Federal ship building and dry dock company yards in Kearny. The yards have been operating around the clock on 493 000 000 dollars worth of naval and merchant shipping orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
P— Peter Flynn
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
CSO
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearny
Former Ada Frisco Employee Killed In Tulsa
John H. Shields a 40 year old Frisco railway section foreman was killed when struck by a mine train along Tulsa tracks. He formerly worked for the Frisco line and had many friends in Ada.
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Ada Frisco
Tulsa
Okla
John H. Shields
Frisco
Shields
The
Ole
Baseball scores from the National and American Leagues
National League results include Pittsburgh 13 Chicago 3 and St Louis 5 Cincinnati 1. Night games Brooklyn 3 New York 1 and Boston 6 Philadelphia 0. American League action New York 3 Boston 6 1 Detroit 11 Cleveland 2 Chicago 6 Washington 5 Philadelphia 1 Washington 5.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Red Army Still Powerful: Stubborn Fight Continues
AP reports rumors of a secret Roosevelt Churchill conference with King and Hopkins. no substantiation or official confirmation. Rumors place the gathering at sea or in Canada with Iceland Greenland and Newfoundland also mentioned as possible spots.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain
Winston Churchill
High Seas
Churchill
Mackenzie King
Harry L. Hopkins
Canada
Iceland
Greenland
Newfoundland
Soviet Losses Mount as German Offensive Advances
Berlin reports nearly 4,000,000 Soviet military casualties and about 895,000 captured as the German high command touts major gains. Smolensk falls in victory for Germany, while Russian defenses, air raids, and battlefield conditions are noted as the campaign continues.
Senate Rejects 12 Month Limit on Service Period
Washington August 6 The Senate rejected a 12 month limit on extended service for draftees guardsmen and reserves by a 50 to 21 vote The administration backed an 18 month compromise and expected passage tomorrow The vote surprised administration allies with several anti administration senators opposing the limit and signaling support for the longer extension to keep the army intact for potential war.
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Senate
Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
Pleases
Lee
Thomas
Oklahoma
Wheeler
Dem
Mont
Clark
la Follette
Prog
Wis
Taft
Rep
Ohio
Burton
House
Chamber
D-Okla
Oklahoma City Faces State Board Decision on County Assessments
Oklahoma County and Ada leaders urged the state board of equalization to reject a blanket 5 percent rise in assessments after hearings in the House chamber. Bill Bevers argued Pontotoc and Fittsfield records show stable values despite oil declines, while farm animal valuations remain high. County Attorney Si Freeman called the hearings informal and round-table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Equalization Board
House of Representatives Chamber
Tax Commission
Phillips
State Board of Equalization
Bill Bevers
Ada
Si Freeman
Bevers
Fittsfield
Pontotoc County
Equalization Board
Freeman
Hice Charged With Possession After Camp Raid
An information charging Chester Hice with unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor was filed in county court Wednesday after a raid on a North Broadway tourist camp Tuesday. Sheriff Clyde Kaiser and Deputies Charley Shockley and Jim Rogers confiscated 3 and a half pints of whiskey. appearance bond of $1,000 was set for Hice Wednesday afternoon.
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Chester Hice
North Broadway
Clyde Kaiser
Charley Shockley
Jim Rogers
Japanese Navy Says U S Seeks Bases On Russian Soil
In Tokyo on August 6 the Japanese navy official spokesman Commander Hiraide warned that if the United States seeks bases on Russian soil Japan would feel compelled to respond. He said such bases in the Far East would threaten Japan and could not be ignored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Far East
Hiraide
Nazis Declare Russian Armies All Destroyed
The Associated Press reports German and Soviet dispatches claiming massive losses on the Eastern Front. Moscow says stubborn fighting continues in four sectors from Smolensk to the Ukraine while Berlin boasts a crushing blow near Smolensk and Kiev. The wider struggle includes warnings over Japan and a tense clash for Berlin to Leningrad.
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Red Army
Smolensk
Moscow
Ukraine
Bel-Tserkey
New Front
Karelian
Lake Lagoda
Kakisalmi
Russia
Berlin
Far East
Japan
Washington
London
Thailand
Britain
Singapore
Burma
Malaya
Philippines
Cordell Hull
Southwest Pacific
United States
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Hitler
Pinsk
Pripet
Lake Peipus
Leningrad
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Fanny Frail
Mercury
DNE
NEA
DNB
Adolf Hitler
High Command
Kiev
Dnieper
Voznesensk
Bug
Hice
Eden Ascension
Associated Press
S. A. Lozovsky
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