Three Trench Silos Under Construction Northwest of Ada
Farmer J H Ostermann near Ada invites visitors to inspect his trench silos at the John Clark farm three miles northwest of Ada. The project includes 85 acres of corn and later cane and hegari to fill three silos with ensilage expected to feed 400 cattle this winter, at about 75 cents per ton for binding hauling cutting and covering.
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John Clark Place
Allen Stanfield Farm
Ada
Mann
Oltermanna
McCormick-Deering
Ostermann
Indian Train Wreck Kills Thirty Near Calcutta
Thirty Indians were killed and seventy injured when the Dacca Calcutta mail train wrecked about seventy five miles from Calcutta. Authorities suspected sabotage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Market News Guides Farm Production and Sales
The agricultural marketing service provides daily market news from major markets to farmers by radio press mail or telegraph. It helps determine what to produce and when to sell, while countering claims that surplus reports depress prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Agricultural Marketing Service
Ada attorney retried in case involving Raymond Jackson estate
A second attempt to bring Ada attorney W P Gullatt before a district court jury on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses related to the Raymond Jackson $3,000,000 estate was started Saturday. Gullatt pleaded not guilty and was released on $2,000 bond with a preliminary hearing set for August 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Gullatt
Ada
Raymond Jackson
Carloss Wadlington
Hoyt Driskill
W. L. Reed
Gullatt
Reed
Seminole County
Jackson
Willie Wright
Wright
Lucretia Bivans
Alderman Finds Odd Dog Howling Ban in City Laws
Alderman Ed Singleton reviewed city ordinances and found a rule making it illegal for a dog to howl within the corporate limits. The discovery highlights historic regulations still on the books in Chickasha.
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Chickasha
Ed Singleton
Picnic advice from Alma White at Oklahoma A and M
A feature on picnic foods from Alma White of Oklahoma A and M college offers practical tips. It covers sandwiches with various fillings, sweet sandwich options, wrapping, toasting over coals, and salads packed in separate containers. It also suggests using cottage cheese containers for transport and provides a hot option with mulligan stew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma White
Household Science Department
Oklahoma A
M. College
Mrs. E. T. Curtsinger Dies Friday in Ada
Mrs. Gladys Nannie Curtsinger wife of Rev. E. T. Curtsinger pastor of the Church of God in Ada died Friday night in a local hospital. Funeral services were held at the Church of God officiated by Rev. S. J. Wood. She leaves Rev. Curtsinger two sons Ther man J. and Charles two sisters and four brothers. Born in Texas to Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Nannie Curtsinger
E. T. Curtsinger
Church of God
Ada
North Townsend
S. J. Wood
Lawton
Texas
Mrs
J. O. Cooper
Jews To Be Moved From Krakow In Mass Migration
German news agency reports that about 40 000 Jews in Krakow are to depart within days for the government general region. They may relocate by Aug 15 with belongings. able bodied men move first, then single women and finally families, under authorities and Jewish community coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krakow
Poland
DNB
Warschauer Zeitung
Warsaw
Bailiff Lawson Receives Compliment for Courtroom Order
Oklahoma official praise highlights C. T. Shorty Lawson, veteran district court bailiff, as excise board opens the 1940-41 budgets public hearing. Chairman Ben Hatcher commends the janitor force and notes the neat courtroom appearance Lawson maintains.
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C. T
Shorty
Lawson
District Court
Oklahoma
Ben Hatcher
Excise Board
Hatcher
Highway washout on State Highway 34 near Eldorado
A 50 yard stretch of State Highway 34 southwest of Eldorado washed away in a cloudburst last night. An estimated four to five inch fall also damaged a section of the Frisco railroad tracks. Local authorities assess the disruption and repair needs.
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Altus
Eldorado
Frisco
Van Nuys Denounces Guffey Attack On Willkie Name
Senator Van Nuys of Indiana denounces Senator Guffey's claim that Wendell Willkie was born as Lewis Wendle Willkus as dirty partisan politics. He cites personal knowledge of the Willkie family and Hoosier roots. Senator Davis of Pennsylvania notes no Indiana record of a christening. he questions the importance of the surname.
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Washington
van Nuys
Ind
Guffey
Senate
Wendell L. Willkie
Lewis Wendel Wilkus
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Madison County
Indiana
Davis
Willkus
Wilkie
Tax Assurances for Defense Plant Expansions
Congressional tax leaders told national defense contractors to proceed with the defense program backed by assurances they could deduct expansion costs. The plan would amortize plant expansion costs at 20 percent per year for five years, with possible earlier amortization if the emergency ends sooner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional
National Defense Contractors
Cooper
Tenn
House Tax Subcommittee
William S. Knudsen
National Defense Commissioner
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
N. C
Ways and Means Committee
Luxembourg to Be Part of Germany
German police formations marched into Luxembourg's capital behind brass bands as crowds cheered. State Councillor Simon called Luxembourg an old German territory with Moselle Franconian character and warned that French exterior varnish would disappear in weeks, signaling a German-led “resurrection.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Luxembourg
Simon
Trier
Treves
Moselle
Germany
Disappeared graduate returns home after four years away
Pittsburgh August 5 Jack Urban aged 22 returns to his parents after four years away. He left during high school graduation night in 1936 after failing to receive a diploma and traveling through the West. His parents learned of the failed graduation when he was not found at the commencement exercises.
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Pittsburgh
Jack Urban
William Urban
Jack
Stanley High Quits F D R and Joins Willkie
New York August 6 Stanley High former Roosevelt adviser and inner circle dealer in the New Deal era announces his switch to Willkie. He sent a letter outlining his support and views to the Republican candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley High
New York
Inner Council
New
Willkie
Roosevelt
White House
Britain Eyes Winter Food Outlook Amid Rationing Tensions
Britain remains hopeful of avoiding winter food ration extensions while enforcing new penalties for waste. The food ministry aims to protect tea allowances as merchant shipping losses mount and German raids persist along the coast.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Germany
Robert Boothby
Food Ministry
High Command
Air Ministry
House of Commons
Richard Butler
Guard Artillery Loses Gun and Truck on Turnpike Maneuver
A national guard artillery column sped westward on the Pennsylvania turnpike in a wartime test. Twenty-five trucks and six 155-millimeter howitzers left Indiantown Gap at 5 am and faced a detour around tunnels. Major Theodore S. Paul led what was billed as one of the nation’s fastest military marches as he aimed for Bedford 135 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiantown Gap
National Guard
Bedford
Carlisle
Allegheny Mountain
Pennsylvania
Theodore S. Paul
Texas Volunteer Flier Earns Probable German Downing
A 22 year old American volunteer from Laredo Texas joined the Royal Air Force and fought off German Messerschmitts over the English Channel in a Spitfire squadron. He said the battle was great fun and flew back with his plane riddled by bullets.
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London
Laredo
Texas
Royal Air Force
English Channel
Air Ministry
Channel
Calais
France
Ottawa
England
Dover
Arthur Donahue
St. Charles
Minn
Frank Donahue
Blanche
Ora
Robinsdale
E. R. Zimdar
Roundup
Mont
Kaiser Announces Grandson to Wed at Doorn
Former Kaiser Wilhelm II reveals engagement of his grandson Prince Karl Franz Josef von Preussen to his step-daughter Princess Henriette Schoenach- Carolath. Henriette, 22, is daughter of the ex-kaiser’s second wife Princess Hermine and Karl’s father is the late Prince Joachim. Karl, 24, recently received the Iron Cross. the bride is at Doorn castle and nicknamed “her general” in childhood.
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Doorn
Netherlands
Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Karl Franz Josef von Preussen
Henriette Schoenach- Carolath
Henriette
Hermine
Karl
Joachim
Wilhelm
Doorn Castle
Oil Gas Leases Opened by Five Tribes Agency
The Five Civilized Tribes agency opened sealed bids for oil and gas leases on 37 tracts across six counties. Bids totalled 34,092 dollars for 2,478 acres with 101.50 dollars per acre. A 70 acre tract in Okfuskee County owned by Nancy Tiger Marshall was bid in by Kewanee Oil and Gas Co of Tulsa for Sec 1 10n 8e.
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Muskogee
Five Civilized Tribes Agency
Okfuskee County
Nancy Tiger Marshall
Kewanee Oil and Gas Co
Tulsa
Small Change In July Farm Prices In Oklahoma 1940
Oklahoma farmers saw mixed price moves mid July with wheat at 55 cents per bushel down from June and oats and barley dropping to 21 and 31 cents. Hogs rose to 6.50 per hundredweight while beef cattle steady at 6.50 and veal calves at 8.10. sheep and lambs fell to 3.90 and 8.30 respectively. Butterfat hit 23 cents per pound and wholesale milk 1.65 per hundredweight. Alfalfa seed at 7.60 per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Agricultural Marketing Service
Oklahoma Baptist professors assured of job security during training
Dean Lewis E Solomon announced that all Oklahoma Baptist University professors would retain their jobs if called for military training, ensuring faculty stability during service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Lewis E. Solomon
Oklahoma Baptist University
Italians Invading Somaliland Now
Cairo dispatch reports Italian forces began an invasion of British Somaliland on August 4 with three columns advancing from Oadweina and Hargeisa toward Argara. The 68,000 square mile British protectorate lies between Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland with Gulf of Aden frontage.
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Cairo
Egypt
British Somaliland
Ethiopia
Italian Somaliland
Gulf of Aden
Kenya
Libya
Oadweina
Hargeisa
Argara
Station Cancels United Front Hour Broadcast
Radio station WHIP in Hammond Indiana notified the German American National Alliance of Chicago that it would cancel the United Front hour after August 10. Dr George F Courrier president said local objections and a pledge to ban if found subversive prompted the action. The German language program carried front notices and urged listeners to attend a keep out of war meeting at Soldier Field.
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Chicago
Hammond
Ind
George F. Courrier
Soldier Field
New Barrier for State Leagers Oklahoma City
U S Attorney Charles E Dierker highlights a federal crackdown on bootlegging into dry Oklahoma. He cites a Kansas man caught with tax paid whiskey in Missouri and convicted for attempting to import liquor into dry Kansas, with appeals upholding the verdict. He says tracing liquor into Oklahoma is no longer required.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
U. S
Charles E. Dierker
Kansas
Missouri
Circuit of Appeals
Dierker
Kansas Suspends Gas Assessment
WICHITA Aug 6 The Kansas corporation commission announced suspension of its gas production assessment effective August 1. The one half mill per thousand feet levy, in place since October 1935 to fund administering the gas conservation law, is lifted as funds are sufficient to cover near term costs and avoid over collection.
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Wichita
Kas
Corporation Commission
Kansas
French Minister Stays In Canada Amid Diplomatic Ties
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced Rene Risthelhueber will remain in Canada and continue his duties as French minister. He said Britain likely approves, despite France and Britain being out of diplomatic relations. Canada notes its ties to France via its large French speaking population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Rene Risthelhueber
W.L. Mackenzie King
House of Commons
France
Streets Improve in Wetumka Under City Project
Wetumka officials report two more weeks will finish a city project on three blocks of Main Street. The work includes resurfacing, new water lines, and a lighting system, completed through cooperation of the federal government, the state highway department, and the city.
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Wetumka
Facea K
State Highway Department
Big Loan Sought for Export-Import Bank by Hull
Secretary Hull told the House Banking Committee a 500 million dollar loan authority for the Export-Import Bank is essential to U S cooperation in hemispheric economic defense. He cited Havana talks and urged passage to support orderly Pan American markets and stabilize resources amid world disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
House Banking Committee
United States
Western Hemisphere
Secretary of State
Havana
Americas
Senate Banking Committee
Injured climber rescued from Mount Shuksan ledge
Anne Cedarquist, 22, of Shelton Washington, was carried to safety after a 23 man rescue from an 8000 foot ledge on Mount Shuksan. Companion Faye Plank, 36, Bremerton teacher, described the tense night as Boyer and others hauled Cedarquist down via forest service road.
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Glacier Ranger Station
Wash
Anne Cedarquist
Shelton
Mount Shuksan
Bellingham
Forest Service
Faye Plank
Bremerton
Miss Cedarquist
Miss Plank
H. Karl Boyer
Seattle
Shuksan
Boyer
Radio Operators Stand Against Fifth Column Air Threat
Oklahoma City radio operators file birth certificates and fingerprints with the federal communications commission office in Dallas to prove citizenship. More than 100 operators live in Oklahoma City, with about 3,000 registered across Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico. Some lacking birth certificates submitted proof of citizenship. No licenses cancelled yet in the southwest, though some operators reportedly were apprehended in eastern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Federal Communications Commission
Dallas
Texas
New Mexico
NYA Lifts Parental Relief Rule For Youth Employment
State Administrator Bruce Carter announced a new NYA order that removes the requirement for parents to be on relief rolls. The definition now allows any youth in need of employment work experience and training to participate, aiming to reach marginal groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y.A
Oklahoma City
Bruce Carter
Paris Receives 600 Million Francs War Damage Loan
The French government authorized a state loan of 600 million francs to the City of Paris to repair war damage and restore commerce and industry. The approval was announced in Vichy on August 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
Paris
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Ada News
Lie
Kaiser
Talians
Somaliland
United Front
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