Not Invasion But Starvation Chief Worry of Britain
The piece argues Britain fears starvation more than invasion as German naval actions threaten supply lines. It contrasts British and German figures on ship losses, noting Britain often releases more detailed cargo losses, while Berlin withholds or distorts data. It emphasizes resolve and the national will to continue fighting despite peril.
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Britain
England
English Channel
North Sea
Berlin
Germany
And Cucumbers ARE Cooler
In Omaha on August 3 a nurse and others tested cucumber temperature under 96 to 98 degrees ground heat. In a minute the thermometer inserted into a cucumber dropped to 78 degrees, illustrating a cooler effect in the patch.
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Omaha
Neb
Edward Bailey
Genevieve Albers
Britain and Polish exile government sign wartime pact at Downing Street
A military agreement between Britain and the Polish government in exile was signed at 10 Downing Street reaffirming resolve to fight to the finish against Germany.
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London
Britain
Germany
Downing Street
Truth Stranger'n Fiction In Case MILWAUKEE Bomb Plot Ended
Three men tied to a Sears Roebuck extortion attempt told police a tale that cleared up the bombing plot. Walter Minx led the scheme and built a midget submarine plan to flee Lake Michigan with $100,000. Minx and relatives were held on open charges after police traced iron filings to his shop.
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Milwaukee
Sears Roebuck and Company
Walter Paul Minx
Kurt
Daniel Carter
Arthur J. Burns
Burns
Walter Minx
Lake Michigan
Minx
Rowland H. Davie
Sears North Side
Davie
Bank of France Placed Under German Supervision
The Bank of France was virtually placed under German control as reported by the BBC. The German commissioner will approve all transactions and a supervisor will send monthly reports on activity to German authorities, per NBC’s relay of Paris radio.
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New York
Bank of France
British Broadcasting Corporation
National Broadcasting Company
Paris
NBC
Stage Pigeon Is Shot in Spy Scare
EAST HAMPTON N Y Aug 3 Dorothy Bundy defeated Gracya Wheeler in the Maidstone women's invitation tennis final 6 2 6 3. She then teamed with Mrs John Van Ryan to beat Pauline Betz and Wheeler 6 4 6 3 to claim her second title of the day.
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East Hampton
N. Y
Dorothy Bundy
Gracya Wheeler
Santa Monica
Calif
Maidstone
Miss Bundy
John van Ryan
Austin
Tex
Pauline Betz
San Francisco
Miss Wheeler
Officials Divided Over One or Two City County Buildings
The county excise board met in special session to discuss the 1940 41 budget with public hearings required. Debate centered on the city county building with options including a single combined facility or two separate structures at the courthouse lawn or fairgrounds. A WPA financing report due Wednesday morning.
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County Excise Board
W. F. Morris
Fairgrounds
City County
Morris
Four Oil Workers Burned In Centralia Blast
An explosion at a Lake Centralia Salem oil field near Salem Illinois burned four workers. Howard Perrine 25 of Patoka Illinois A L Taylor 32 Turner Replogle 25 and George Guffey 23 all of Seminole Oklahoma were injured. Replogle and Guffey were listed in serious condition with burns to the face arms and body.
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Centralia
Ill
Lake Centralia-Salem
Salem
Howard Perrine
Patoka
A. L. Taylor
Turner Replogle
George Guffey
Seminole
Oklo
Centralia Hospital
Replogle
Guffey
Doctor Hood reports new cases of infantile paralysis
Dr. James O. Hood director of the Cleveland county health unit announces three new cases of infantile paralysis amid ongoing public health monitoring.
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Norman
James O. Hood
Cleveland County Health Unit
Norman H. Scott Names NBC Advisory Panel Member
Herbert H. Scott of the University of Oklahoma extension division names a member to the National Broadcasting Company advisory panel on education.
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Norman— Herbert H. Scott
University of Oklahoma Extension Division
National Broadcasting Company
Banned coeducation in Madrid schools under new government
Under a new government, co education is prohibited in Madrid schools. The policy change restricts gender mixing in classrooms and marks a shift in local education rules. Government officials argue the measure aims to preserve cultural norms.
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Madrid
Refugees Flee Fury of Gulf Coastal Storm
Refugees by the hundred fled Louisiana's gulf coast as a tropical storm edged west toward Texas. The storm disrupted communications from Mobile to western Louisiana, caused crop damage, and flooded Grand Isle and surrounding areas. One death was reported from flight, with isolated coastal settlements at risk.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Gulf
Texas
Mobile
Alabama
Weather Bureau
Morgan City
Houston
Evangeline
Grand Isle
Leeville
Fugitive Billy Nabbed After Sleepy Escape
Frank Billy, held on a burglary charge in Pontotoc County, escaped from McAlester penitentiary then slept in a Connersville church. Deputies Walter Hughes and Charley Shockley found him asleep, returned him to Ada, and back to McAlester Monday afternoon. Billy quipped that if he hadn’t been asleep, a chase would have occurred.
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Frank Billy
Pontotoc County
McAlester
Connersville
Walter Hughes
Charley Shockley
Bill
Ada
Hughes
Billy
Morrison resigns from State High School Athletic Board
Rex O Morrison Ada High School principal resigns from the State High School Athletic Board as of Monday, ending his tenure on the control body that oversees school athletics.
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Rex Morrison
Rex O. Morrison
Ada High School
Monay
Luise Rainer Seeks US Help to Bring Father Home
Film star Luise Rainer flew to Washington to obtain State Department assistance in bringing her 65 year old father Heinrich Rainer to the United States. He had been held two months after arrest in Brussels where he was a merchant and is now in Marseille.
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New York
Luise Rainer
Washington
State Department
Prague
Miss Rainer
Heinrich Rainer
Brussels
Marseille
Aleutian Islands Called World’s Largest Stepping Stones
The Aleutian Islands are described as the world’s largest stepping stones. The passage suggests humans crossed from Siberia to the New World by traveling over them.
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Aleutian Islands
World
New World
Siberia
FBI Office in Capital to Run 24 Hours on Full Basis
Oklahoma City dispatch reports the FBI headquarters will operate around the clock to combat subversive activity amid the national situation. Harold Anderson, agent in charge, noted enhanced surveillance of fifth column suspects and said offices elsewhere would likely adopt the full-time schedule.
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Oklahoma City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harold Anderson
Anderson
Ada Gets Early Showers Despite Forecast
The official forecast called for showers in the southeastern part of the state on Thursday but Ada received its first shower early. It began Tuesday night around 10 and lasted about 45 minutes in a slow drizzle. Clouds hung heavy as Ada maintained a cool spell amid a cooler July and a record cool year.
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Ada
County OKs Flagpole Purchase Policy Change
County commissioners agreed to pay for the WPA office flagpole but require future approvals before county charges. A WPA worker had bought $9 worth of pipe pulleys and rope for the flagpole and charged it to the county.
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WPA
Mary West Confirmed as Ada Postmaster by Senate
The Senate approved Mary H. West for Ada postmaster after President Roosevelt sent her name to the Senate days earlier per the Associated Press report. The confirmation occurred Tuesday marking an official appointment to lead the Ada post office.
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Mary H. West
Ada
United States Senate
Associated Press
Senate
Roosevelt
Cudahy Says Belgium Faces Food Crunch as War Strains Aid
U S ambassador John Cudahy warned at London that Belgium risks near famine unless American food reaches by mid September. He cited Belgium's 75 percent wheat imports, rationing of 225 grams daily, and widespread industry shutdowns as 2,500,000 Belgians idle in France and harvests rotting at home. He noted Britain must decide its stance and German control of ports worsens the crisis. Leopold praised Belgium’s loyalty and hinted at surrender as a possible outcome pending truth.
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London
John Cudahy
U. S
Belgium
America
Germany
Europe
Cudahy
United States
Leopold
American Relief Administration
Herbert Hoover
Britain
Ministry of Economic Warfare
France
Senate Debate Highlights Burke-Wadsworth Conscription Clash
In Washington Aug 6 Senator Wheeler defends conscription while predicting equipment shortages for 400 000 draftees by October and 243 000 National Guardsmen may be called. He says only 55 000 guardsmen would be needed immediately for training. Wheeler proposes a voluntary base plan with optional service and raises age range ideas amidst AFL support for voluntary programs. The Senate Military Committee weighs substitute registration 21 to 31 with voluntary enlistments and pay raises.
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Washington
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Senate
Sheppard
D-Tex
Military Committee
Johnson
D.colo
Thomas
R.-Idaho
A.F.L
American Federation of Labor
America
Military Training Camps Association
Senate Committee
Tropical Storm Affects Central Louisiana Coast
A tropical storm moving in from the sea centers over southern Terrebonne parish at 11 a.m. CST. Warnings warn damaging winds near the storm center and high tides along the central and western Louisiana coast this afternoon and tonight.
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New Orleans
Terrebonne Parish
Louisiana
Weather Bureau
City plans survey for new water supply
Mangum city manager Chester Lewis announced a survey to locate an additional water supply as a sudden drop in current wells threatened a shortage.
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Mangum
Chester Lewis
Motoring Troubles Dominate 1939 Failures
The main trouble for motorists in 1939 was battery problems followed by ignition issues. Tadpoles do not drop tails but absorb them, illustrating a contrasting note in the text.
Sorghums Offer Strong Silage Advantage In Oklahoma
Stillwater Oklahoma August 7 Sorghums resist drought and make durable silage says H W Cave of the Oklahoma A and M dairy department. He notes sorghums cane and kafir yield well and endure heat better than corn silage. Cut timing and frost maturity guidance given for best feed value.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
H. W. Cave
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Cave
Socony-Vacuum Reports Higher 1940 First-Half Earnings
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company estimated consolidated earnings for the first half of 1940 at about 25 million dollars, up from 17 million the prior year. The report notes lower oil prices may reduce earnings in the second half, includes 60 percent equity in certain subsidiaries, and declares a 25 cent dividend payable September 16 to holders of record August 21.
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New York
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
Local Court Issues Four Marriage Licenses
The court clerk issued licenses Tuesday to J. D. Lyda 35 Ada and Mary Fosum 23 Fitzhugh John Paul Fowler 28 Ada and Molly Belle McCoy 23 Ada.
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J. D. Lyda
Ada
Mary Fulsom
Fitzhugh
John Paul Fowler
Molly Belle McCoy
Liquor Jury Convicts One Out of Four
Fort Smith Ark August 6 The 23 day trial of four Little Rock men on a federal indictment for conspiring to transport liquor into dry states ends with the acquittal of Revenue Commissioner Z M McCarroll and his deputy Butler Toland Sherman a Little Rock liquor wholesaler convicted and Joe W House a prominent attorney deadlocked resulting in a mistrial The defendants were alleged to conspire with Southwestern Distilled Products Inc Arkansas rectifying firm with plants at West Memphis and Sulphur Springs to move liquor into Oklahoma and Kansas The corporation offered no defense Clyde Collins president and Henry Humphreys director both of Memphis were named in the indictment
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Fort Smith
Ark
Little Rock
State Revenue
Z. M. McCarroll
Butler Toland
Dave Sherman
Littl Rock
Joe W. House
Southwestern Distilled Products, Inc
Arkansas
West Memphis
Sulphur Springs
Oklahoma
Kansas
Clyde Collins
Henry Humphreys
Memphis
Domestic machine tools flow to planemakers
More than a quarter of all machine tools produced for domestic use are delivered to planemakers or their suppliers, indicating a strong link between tool supply and the local planemaking industry.
U.S. Passenger Car Driving Nearly Two Thirds for Business
An estimate suggests that about 62 percent of all passenger car driving in the United States is for business purposes, indicating a strong work related use of personal vehicles.
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United States
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