Ada Records Coolest July In Weather History
Ada enjoyed the coolest July since records began in 1910 with a high of 96 degrees on two days. Rainfall reached 5.04 inches, ranking among the wetter Julys, while August 1936 held the all time high temperature at 116 degrees. Weather historian notes list July highs and rainfall across decades, naming Ralph J. Brooks and current keeper W. E. Pitt.
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Ada
Yee
Weather Bureau
Ralph J. Brooks
Brooks
W. E. Pitt
Tulsa Faces Skilled Worker Shortage in War Era Industries
Tulsa officials warn that many skilled workers have left for war industries, risking reduced local output. R B McHenry announces four training programs to offset the shortage, targeting machinists and operators and including freshener and executive-skills courses. Up to half of new trainees may come from the Work Projects Administration rolls.
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Tulsa
Okla
R. B. McHenry
Tulsa Schools
McHenry
Oklahoma
Work Projects Administration
Willkie Sets Farm Leaders Conference in Des Moines
Republican nominee Wendell Willkie meets with more than 60 farm leaders in Des Moines after dining with four governors and four gubernatorial candidates. Attendees include Governors Stassen Bushfield Carr Wilson and nominees Green Hillis Patterson Griswold. Willkie delays farm section of his acceptance speech and will return to Colorado Springs to finish it.
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Des Moines
Wendell L. Willkie
Colorado Springs
Gardner Cowles Jr
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Harlan J. Bushfield
South Dakota
E Wood
Ind
Heat Wave Hits Alva Poultry Market
Alva Oklahoma suffers egg losses as temperatures near 112 degrees chill demand and ruin about one third of incoming eggs. Egg buyer Pert Reed cites roosters roaming barns and rapid incubation in extreme heat as causing yolk rings and infertility, depressing the market with grocery stores reporting up to 50 percent losses.
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Alva
Okla
Pert Reed
Reed
Community Sales Prosper at Guymon in Oklahoma
At Guymon Oklahoma the community sales office has moved about 2.5 million dollars in livestock and cash over five years. Weekly sales range from 6000 to 27000 dollars as cattlemen avoid long trips to city markets. Admiral Nicholas Volkoff, ex Imperial Russian navy officer, reportedly being interned in London under defense regulations.
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Guymon
Okla
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Daily Panhandle Herald
London
Nicholas Volkoff
Home Secretary
Japan’s Bold Policy Seen Aimed At Home Morale Boost
Washington observers say Tokyo’s plan to bring French Indo China and the Netherlands Indies under Japanese dominance may be intended to bolster morale at home rather than immediate invasion. Analysts warn a rapid seizure would be hard with Japan's 1,000,000 troops in China and vast military outlays, suggesting a gradual economic penetration over time. The United States could respond with export controls and other economic and military tools if Japan uses force to alter the status of Indo China and the Indies.
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Max Boyd
Washington
Japan
Netherlands Indies
Far East
Britain
Atlantic
China
Tokyo
Indo-China
Indies
United States
Hitler
America
Hull
Indo- China
The
Pacific
Death Ends Lively Career of Dr. Cook
Dr. Frederick Cook the Arctic explorer died in Larchmont New York after months of illness. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on May 3 and was hospitalized. He later recovered somewhat and had received a full pardon from President Roosevelt for a mail fraud conviction.
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Larchmont
N. Y
Frederick Cook
Shainwald van Ahlefeldt
Cook
Roosevelt
National Defense Contracts to State OKLAHOMA CITY
Oklahoma firms secured national defense program contracts totaling 2 086 067 76 up to July 12, state director Forrest Parrott reported. Spartan Aircraft Co. Tulsa received 1 859 880 80 from the navy. Tulsa airport got 5 532 for fuel and oil. B M Construction Oklahoma City won 26 500 for terminal work and two more contracts 3 976 and 14 466 20 for night lighting and water system additions at Fitzsimmons hospital Denver. Phillips Petroleum Bartlesville earned two army fuel contracts totaling 175 712 73.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Forrest Parrott
Spartan Aircraft Co
Tulsa
Navy
B. and M. Construction Company
Wiley Post
Fitzsimmons Hospital
Denver
Colo
Phillips Petroleum Ca
Watchdog Of Treasury John R McCarl Dies At 60
John R. McCarl, first comptroller general and longtime foe of new agencies, died of a heart attack in his law office at age 60. He served 15 years as comptroller general after the World War I post creation and was known as the watchdog of the treasury for challenging spending, with admirers praising integrity and critics labeling obstructionist tactics.
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Washington
John R. McCarl
McCarl
Congress
The
Treasury
Plane Crash Kills Captain Brill in Indianapolis
An army training monoplane piloted by Capt. Dwight W. Brill crashed near Indianapolis killing the 48 year old Zionsville resident. Sgt. Edward E. Toye 26 escaped by parachute after the craft developed motor trouble and went into a flat spin before exploding on impact.
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Indianapolis
Northrop
Dwight W. Brill
Zionsville
Ind
Reserve Officers Corps
Edward E. Toye
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Organized Army Reserve Corps
Brill
State Has Beauty Spots Comparable To Nation's Best
Ray L. Six of Oklahoma A and M says Oklahoma offers scenery rivaling the nation. He cites eastern Ouachita mountains as equal to the Southern Appalachians, central Wichita range a miniature of central Colorado, Mount Scott views, Fort Sill nearby, and Glass mountains near Fairview. He notes Alabaster caves near Freedom and Grand Canyon like erosion near Waynoka.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
Ray L. Six
Geology
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Ouachita Mountains
Appalachian
United States
Wichita Mountains
Colorado
Mount Scott
Fort Sill
Geronimo
Glass Mountains
Fairview
Arizona
Coronado
Gold
Freedom
Waynoka
Grand Canyon
Meers
Silo Building and Harvesting Tips For County Farmers
Oklahoma farmers receive practical guidance on trench silos and ensilage methods. The circular outlines choosing or building harvest tools like corn binders sleds and corn knives, using ensilage cutters with blowers or cheaper carriers, and the need for a filling man in the silo to spread silage evenly. It notes water application to walls and mentions C. H. Hailey of Pontotoc as a source for a corn sled and low trailer.
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C. H. Hailey
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Holdenville Legion push for Americanism course in schools
Holdenville Oklahoma July 2 The local American Legion proposes a state wide movement to require an Americanism course in public schools and to offer an accredited high school option accepted by colleges. Frank Thomas and George Summers drafted the plan with invited school officials and Milt Phillips asked to attend.
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Holdenville
Holdenville American Legion
Frank Thomas
Hughes County Americanism
The
Legion
George Summers
Milt Phillips
Oklahoma
Adjutant of the Legion
Platt Park Visitors Fall 20 Percent This Year
Sulphur July 2 A 20 percent drop in visitors to Plat Na tional park is reported for January 1 to July 1 with 115 252 guests versus 144 658 a year earlier. Superintendent W E Branch cites cool weather unsettled business and economic conditions as causes. A recovery is hoped as park springs and Travertine creek water flow resumes.
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Plat National Park
W. E. Branch
Park Springs
Travertine Creek
Obituary: Cal Short Dies in Long Beach
Cal Short died in Long Beach California on August 1 from heart failure. Funeral services will be announced by Smith Funeral after the body arrives at the undertaking.
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Cal Short
Long Beach
Calif
Smith Funeral
Mrs Gladys Curtsinger Dies At Local Hospital
Mrs Gladys Nannie Curtsinger 34 wife of Rev E T Curtsinger died Friday night in a local hospital. Funeral services set for 3 this afternoon at the Church of God officiated by Rev S J Wood with Smith Funeral Home in charge. Surviving are husband two sons Therman J and Charles Curtsinger two sisters and four brothers.
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Gladys Curtsinger
Gladys Nannie Curtsinger
E. T. Curtsinger
Church of God
S. J. Wood
Lawton
Smith Funeral Home
North Townsend
Therman J
Charles Curtsinger
Mrs. Bessie Sherrill Rites Planned in Bates
Mrs. Bessie Sherrill 70 died at 1:35 a m August 3 in Norman Oklahoma. Her home was in Allen Route One Funeral services are set for two oclock this afternoon at Bates Criswell Funeral Home in charge She was born in Tennessee daughter of Mr and Mrs William Autrey She leaves two sons Roy Hamilton Jim Sherrill a daughter Cora Martin two stepsons Charley and Jim Sherrill a step-daughter Mamie Billing a brother Oscar Autrey a sister Cora Blair and seven grandchildren.
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Bessie Sherrill
Norman
Oklahoma
Allen
Bates
Arkansas
Criswell Funeral Home
Sherrill
Tennessee
William Autrey
Will Sherrill
Roy Hamilton
Jim Sherrill
Cora Martin
Charley
Mamie Billing
Oscar Autrey
Cora Blair
Funeral set for Mrs. Allie Echols in Lula
Mrs. Allie Echols 66 died at her Lula home August 3. Funeral services will be August 3 at 2 p.m. from Nazarene church in Stonewall, Rev. Charley Martin officiating. Smith Funeral Home of Ada handles arrangements. Interment in Stonewall cemetery. Survivors: husband E W Echols and sons Lonzo and Lewis Echols of Lula.
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Allie Echols
Lula
Nazarene Church
Stonewall
Echols
Charley Martin
Smith Funeral Home
Ada
American ship released by Japanese after typhoon refuge
The small American coastal steamer Es telle was released by Japanese authorities after five days of detention. The vessel had sought refuge from a typhoon in a shipping forbidden zone. United States Consul Richard P. Butrick compelled representations to secure its release.
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Duke of Windsor
Bahamas
United States
Bermuda
Nassau
Shanghai
Estelle
Richard P. Butrick
Ant Trouble Remedies From Home infestations and baits
Summer ants invade homes through cracks and entryways feeding on sweets and greases. Bait options include syrup with arsenic or tartar emetic, or grease-based baits using bacon fryings or butter, all placed in small tins away from children and disposed after use.
Feeder Supply Strong Point Of Southwest
The 1939 cash farm income from cattle in Oklahoma reached 42.163 million dollars while U S beef income totaled 1.2 billion. Slaughter hit 14.401 million head the smallest since 1933 with 70.9 percent in the corn belt and nearby states. Oklahoma fed calves boosted the belt as feeder supply. Prospects for 1940 call for higher cattle income and prices amid firm demand.
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Oklahoma
A. W. Jacob
United States
Corn Belt
Kansas
Missouri
South Central
Mountain States
Southwest
Don’t Neglect Keeping Books During Summer
Farmers are urged to maintain records in busy summer months when business volume is high. Some record sales and purchases immediately after returning from town, others note transactions at dinner, or weekly. A pocket notebook can help capture many small items for later transfer to the ledger.
Camouflaged British flying boat Clare resumes transatlantic run
New York reports the camouflaged Clare has resumed Transatlantic service after a suspension since last October. The vessel arrived yesterday from England with official passengers aboard and the flight described as uneventful.
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New York
Clare
England
Pontotoc County Free Fair and Township Schedules
The Pontotoc county free fair bulletin lists county fair dates September 11 to 14 and township fairs in Allen Fitzhugh Francis Maxwell Midland and Stonewall with respective Septembers. Foreword by county officials urges public support, notes new buildings a grandstand and improved grounds, and calls for cooperative effort to improve farming and living standards.
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Pontotoc County
Allen Township
Allen
Fitzhugh Township
Roff
Francis Township
Francis
Maxwell Township
Maxwell
Midland
Vaness
Stonewall Township
Stonewall
Pickle Specialties Can Add Zest To Summertime Meals
Ellen Penn of Oklahoma A and M college explains the merits of fresh fruit and vegetable pickles. She notes common cucumber, tomato, onion and beet varieties and outlines best utensils, storage, and brine advice to prevent spoilage and improve flavor.
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Ellen Penn
Oklahoma A
M. College
Bryant Blackwood Held on Charge of Removing Property
Bryant Blackwood is jailed on a charge of removing mortgaged property. Extradited from Deming New Mexico he was arraigned before Peace Justice A W Oliver and pleaded not guilty. Preliminary trial set for August 12 at 10 a m. bond fixed at 2000 dollars remains unpaid.
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Bryant Blackwood
Deming
New Mexico
A. W. Oliver
Oliver
Blackwood
Byrnes Declines Farley Post Over Hay Fever
Senator Byrnes refused a job offer from Farley citing his hay fever, leaving the position vacant. The commentary notes the humor of a high office avoided because of health reasons.
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Farley
Byrnes
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Mrs
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