Texans Rally For Adans Rodeo Tour Publicity
A large Ada rodeo publicity caravan covered 315 miles through southern Oklahoma and north Texas reaching Tishomingo Madill Durant Denison Sherman Bonham Honey Grove Paris Hugo Antlers Atoka Coalgate. Crowds gathered in Texas towns to see the square dance and rodeo features while police escorts and parking zones aided the caravan featuring Old Whats His Name and the D X sound truck. Photographers in Denison Sherman and Paris captured the event.
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Oklahoma
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Sherman
Bonham
Honey Grove
Paris
Hugo
Antlers
Atoka
Coalgate
Ada Rodeo Preview Draws Crowds at Fairgrounds
Fans packed the Ada fairgrounds Wednesday for a dress rehearsal of the Ada rodeo. The Ada Roundup club staged practice on the square with roping absent, while members prepared for Thursdays Grand Entry, practicing under lights.
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Ada Fairgrounds
Ada
Ada Roundup Club
Ada Firemen's Rodeo Schedule Highlights Parade And Queen Day
The Ada Firemen present a multi day rodeo powered by stock and events at the fairgrounds. Highlights include a Thursday parade and 8 pm rodeo, Friday parade and show, Saturday two rodeo performances, and Sunday queen contest at 2:00 pm. Governor Leon C Phillips leads the Friday parade.
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Ada
Ada Fairgrounds
Leon C. Phillips
Fairgrounds
Arrangements Complete for Ada Firemen Rodeo Big Show
Ada fire department officials led by manager H. D. Binns finalize plans for the Ada Rodeo opening Thursday night. Marshall Charles Auten urges entrants to pick up numbers at the fire station ahead of the Friday parade. Cowboys arrival from Arizona and other states boosts expected entries as steer zoning and substantial purses draw competitors.
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Russ Stamper
Skelly Oil Company
Oklahoma
Tulsa Roundup Club
Ada
Tulsa
H. D. Binns
Charles Auten
Binns
Ada Rodeo
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Arizona
City County And Relief Building Nearer To Reality
The county excise board approved a 12000 budget request to finance a 34000 two story building to house the city county health unit and government relief offices. Plans dated back over a year amid site disputes, now cleared as Mayor Crawford pledged to deed the site to the county. The likely West Main street location across from Glenwood Park awaits county action to renew the WPA project. Also, Mrs Elbert Award Piper was elected president of the Oklahoma Home Demonstration council during farmers week.
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Excise Board
Bill Crawford
West Main Street
Glenwood Park
George Collins
West Main
Elmer Chandler
Fairgrounds
Ada
Crawford
Stillwater
Elbert Piper
Oklahoma Home Demonstration Council
Ada Milk Supply Earns High June Rating
The Oklahoma Department of Health praised Ada milk supply as one of the highest in the state after a June survey. The city received a first class 97 percent rating with eight Grade A raw milk retailers and 20 Grade A producers serving pasteurization plants amid Dr. Glenn McDonald on leave.
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State Department of Health
Ada
Burley Walker
Walker
Glenn McDonald
McDonald
National Guard
G. F. Matthews
Oklahoma
Britain Leaning on U.S. for War Material Orders
Britain negotiates in Washington for hundreds of millions of dollars of war materiel from the United States to speed its defense against Germany and Italy. Arthur Greenwood says American factories will supplement Britain’s war effort as the empire fights on in Africa and the Near East.
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United States
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Italy
Britain
Washington
Arthur Greenwood
Churchill
Commons
England
Roosevelt Wallace to Confer on Campaign Strategy
President Roosevelt and running mate Wallace will meet in Hyde Park for a conference to discuss campaign strategy. Hopkins will attend and Wallace is expected to assume major stumping duties due to defense demands. Willkie in Colorado urges amended Hatch law to require sworn personal asset filings for presidents and federal officials and their families.
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J. Roosevelt
Wallace
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Colo
Wendell Willkie
Hatch
Death-Destructive Hurricane Rocks Sabine Region
A powerful hurricane swept inland into Sabine area causing three deaths 25 marooned and six injured as 75 mph winds hit Port Arthur and Orange Texas and Louisiana. Fatalities occurred in Louisiana including a 60 year old fisherman James Gordon an unidentified refugee and a Chinese youth.
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Texas
Sabine
Louisiana
Orange
James Gordon
Black Bayou
Houston
Gulf Oil Company
Weather Bureau
Lake Sabine
Bright Corn And Cotton Prospects See Upbeat State Report
The state department of agriculture reported cotton at 77 percent of normal and corn at 80 percent, with no yield estimates. The August 1 conditions showed contrasts across the state due to rain and drought, while early southeastern corn looked strong since 1928.
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State Department of Agriculture
Senate Divided Over Conscription Plan Sparks Halitosis Exchange
The Senate rejected a voluntary militia amendment 47 to 36 while proceeding toward final passage of the conscription bill. Holt and Minton clashed heatedly as Holt accused Minton of West Virginia roots and retreat from service, prompting a quip about halitosis from Holt.
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Hemisphere
Sen. Holt
D.-W. Va
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D.-Ind
Senate Military Committee
Minton
West Virginia
Holt
Indiana
Sen. Lee
D.-Okla
Oklahoma
European peace plan calls for Jewless continent
Das Schwarze Korps, the SS organ, says a Jewish-free Europe would be a prerequisite for a German peace, asserting Jews would be banished to a remote corner of the globe.
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Adolf Hitler
Fate of Two Empires Bound Up in Italy's African Move
Mussolini aims a two front sting by attacking British Africa to force England into Egypt and Suez defense. If Egypt falls and Suez is cut, Britain loses Mediterranean control and oil access, boosting Japanese influence. Italian supply lines face British naval and air opposition.
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Africa
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Hitler
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Suez
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Orient
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Near East
Persian Gulf
Turkey
Dardanelles
Mary West Confirmed as Ada Postmaster by Senate
Ada gains certified postmaster Mary West after Roosevelt nominating her to head the Ada office. Senate approval came Tuesday, marking the first Ada postmaster appointment under civil service after four years serving here.
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Mary West
Ada
United States Senate
Associated Press
Senate
Roosevelt
Tropical Storm Warning Spurs Coast Safety Drills
Orange Texas reports a tropical storm likely to move inland along the Texas Louisiana line near here. Hundreds fled the coast in safety preparations as warnings spread this morning.
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Orange
Tex
Texas-Louisiana Line
British Oppose Invasion Of Italians With Small Armies
Reports say two Italian divisions concentrate on the Libyan frontier near the Mediterranean as the Axis eyes Egypt and Suez. British Cairo denies Italian crossing while a small mobile force conducts desert raids. The Daily Express warns of possible Italian successes in Africa as observers foresee a broader axis drive toward the eastern Mediterranean.
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Mediterranean
Egypt
Mussolini
Suez
Cairo
Bardia
Africa
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England
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