Permanent Munition Industry One Goal Of Defense Plans
The defense program aims to establish a permanent munitions industry funded by the government. Patterson, assistant secretary of war, describes long life powder loading and storage plants as an innovation to supply 2,000,000 troops, with $244,000,000 already provided and a $25,000,000 Du Pont powder plant in Indiana.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
United States
Patterson
Army
DuPont
Indiana
Alleghenies
Mississippi
Germans Impatient Over Balkan Delay
From Bucharest reports indicate German impatience over Hungary Romania talks as Romanian envoy Bossy travels to Budapest to learn Hungary's minimal demands for Transylvania. Nazi style groups oppose cession while Craiova prepares for a final conference likely to grant Dobruja to Bulgaria. new anti Semitic decree bars Jewish youths from youth groups.
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Bucharest
Hungary
Rumania
Raoul Bossy
Rome
Budapest
Transylvania
Berlin
Boersen Zeitung
Dobruja
Bulgaria
Carol II
British watch for anticipated Nazi air raid in 1940 era
Wartime dispatch notes doubts about a looming German blitz against England while detailing raids on Haifa Aden Berbera and Somaliland. It cites Italian threats to take Suez and notes Cairo and London observers predicting a future blow, with Germany naming London as a prime target.
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Suez
Mussolini
Cairo
Egypt
British Isles
Scotland
Adolf Hitler
London
Thames
Cudahy
U. S
Belgium
John Cudahy
Italian Axis Columns Move on Berbera and Hargeisa
Military circles report four Italian columns advancing on British Somaliland ports Berbera Zeila and Hargeisa with 6000 to 7000 troops and light armor. British commander Brigadier Chater counters on terrain roads as Dar es Salaam style campaigning and grand strategy rumors swirl amid Libyan forces.
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Hargeisa
Odweina
A. R. Chater
Somaliland
Somaliland Camel Corps
Kings African Rifles
Mussolini
British Somaliland
Aden Protectorate
Red Sea
Egypt
Libya
Gibraltar
Germany
Africa
Italy
Ethiopia
Mediterranean
Britain
Malta
Suez
Roundup Club Convention Sparks Ada Armory Rodeo
NUMBER SIX in this division. The Booster trips end today as rodeo advertising covers much of Oklahoma and north Texas. Wednesday’s booster run visited Ardmore Duncan Chickasha Pauls Valley and nearby areas. Thursday is Roundup Day with the Oklahoma Roundup Club Association convention at the Ada armory registration at 9 AM parade at 3 PM rodeo opening events and free barbecue.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Ardmore
Duncan
Chickasha
Pauls Valley
Oklahoma Roundup Club Association
Ada Armory
Greater returns for amount in vested
A classifieds note highlights a vested investment option offering higher returns for a larger amount. It outlines how the plan benefits savers who commit more funds and the potential growth over time with steady contributions.
Larger Budget For Health Unit Seen As Likely Here
Burley Walker, acting director, told the county excise board that federal and state support would raise the health unit's appropriation to 19 000. The plan would shift financial obligations to the county and schools, with a 1 100 increase in local funding approved in principle. Last year’s totals were about 15 000, and the unit would add one nurse to reach a staff of four nurses plus a director, two sanitarians and a clerk. The unit provided roughly 68 000 in services countywide.
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City
County Excise Board
Excise Board
Cit
Burley Walker
Commissioners and Excise Board
Walker
French Leaders Seek Traces of Missing Persons in War
In Vichy on August 7 Captain Jacques Weygand, son of General Maxime Weygand, arrived after escaping German captors and walking nearly 300 miles to free territory. He resumes duties at the war office as authorities publish delayed lists of prisoners.
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Vichy
France
Jacques Weygand
Maxime Weygand
Free
Weygand
War Office
Francois Pietri
Edmond Carrachin
Viscount de Rohan
Automobile Club
Count Henri de Rohan
Prince Paul Murat
Naples
Monterreau
Prince d’Essling
Marshal Messena
British Seek New War Supplies in Expanded Purchases
Washington August 7 British government began negotiations for hundreds of millions of dollars in tanks artillery and other war materiel beyond prior allied orders. Arthur B Purvis the purchasing agent told Treasury Secretary Morgenthau the program covers new weapons and types not previously bought. Previous purchases mostly aircraft totaled over 1 billion dollars. The plan covers material to be delivered in the distant future reflecting anticipated needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arthur B. Purvis
Treasury
Morgenthau
United States Army
Demand Legislation Against Coercing Campaign Donations
Senators Miller and Tobey pressed for immediate investigations into reports that corporate officials coerced employees to donate to political campaigns. They cited a Kresge letter soliciting Willkie donations to 610 Detroit store employees, while a Kresge official argued the letter offered a voluntary option only to managers and department heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Miller
Dark
Tobey
R-N. I
Byrnes
D-S. C
Senate
Corporation Friends
Wendell L. Willkie
Detroit
S. H. Kresge Company
C. P. Tuttle
Willkie
Carl Tuttle
S. H. Kresge Co
Michigan
Tuttle
State Department Checks On Speech
The State Department asked Ambassador Kennedy in London for the full text of John P. Cudahy’s interview in Belgium. Acting Secretary Sumner Welles said the remarks on Belgium’s food situation and German conduct require an accurate text before any comment.
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Washington
State Department
Kennedy
London
John P. Cudahy
Belgium
Sumner Welles
Cudany
Welles
Cudahy
United States
Governor Phillips Battles Federal Road Plan Standoff
Oklahoma Governor Phillips pled to continue his state’s rights Grand River dam lawsuit after failed talks with federal officials over replacing inundated roads near the reservoir. He blamed PWA administrator Carmody for the deadlock and said the Supreme Court appeal would proceed.
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Oklahoma City
Washington
Phillips
Grand River Dam
John Carmody
PWA
U. S. Supreme Court
Carmody
Justice Departments
Highway Department
Pryor
Delaware County
Farm prices to collapse at war end says official
P C D Walker state AAA administrator told delegates at Farmers Week that farm prices would collapse after the European war ends regardless of the victor. He urged a greater need for a federal subsidy as American agriculture prepares to meet food needs of Belgium France and other war torn European countries.
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C. D. Walker
AAAA
Farmers Week
Belgium
France
Tax On Excess Profits Proposed
Washington August 7 a house sub committee offered an excess profits tax bill aimed at raising 300 to 500 million dollars annually from corporate earnings under the defense program. The levy would range from 25 to 40 percent on portions of industrial profits. The plan also allows defense related plant expansion costs to be charged off against earnings at 20 percent per year over five years. If the emergency ends sooner, annual reductions rise accordingly. Joint hearings by house and senate committees begin Friday, with action expected within three or four days.
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United States
Daily Express
News Chronicle
Associated Press
France
Belgium
Russia
Estonia
Soviet Union
House
Washington
Congress
Senate
Guardsmen Continue War Games in Heavy Rain
In central Louisiana, well chosen camps and advance drainage let regulars and national guardsmen press on with large scale war games at Camp Beauregard. Army officials report dry roads and no complaints despite seven inches of rain at Cravens where Texas guardsmen train.
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Alexandria
Louisiana
Camp Beauregard
Cravens
State Independent Merchants Show Gains For Year
Independent Oklahoma merchants increased business in the first six months of this year by 1.7 percent over the same period in 1939 based on 492 stores. June sales rose 2.9 percent from 1939, while June overall fell 7.9 percent versus May. Tulsa and Oklahoma City showed mixed June trends, and several cities posted notable gains in specific sectors such as car dealers and lumber while many store types reported declines.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Muskogee
Ardmore
Lawton
Guthrie
Weather Keeps Trail Dry After August Trace Rain
Weatherman W. E. Pitt observed a trace of rain in Ada with some county showers, but rainfall was insufficient to wet the gauge. The region baked at 96 degrees then cooled to 69 as a dry spell continued ahead of a four day rodeo contingency.
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W. E. Pitt
Ada
Adam
Mercury
Senate Military Committee backs rapid compulsory training bill
The Senate Military Committee urged prompt enactment of compulsory military training, proposing registration for men 21 to 30 and a year of training for over a million. A minority report opposed peacetime regimentation as against American ideals. The plan aims to mobilize a large portion of the nation’s military strength and create a home guard concept as Roosevelt outlines state militia plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Military Committee
Washington
Senate
Johnson
Thomas
Idaho
Lundeen
Fl-Minn
United States
Congress
Sheppard
Roosevelt
Hyde Perk
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Local Red Cross Aids Progress In County Chapter
The county Red Cross chapter led by Mrs. W. W. Sledge reports progress on the county quota to be shipped by September 1 though sweaters may finish late due to late start. Layettes are under prep with Mrs. Duron J. Stubblefield coordinating as delays in materials occur. Washington appeals for 340000 winter garments for Britain evacuees, with 500000 people evacuated to date, as Red Cross volunteers press on. Unrelated security note reports two men bound and gagged cashier Tom Murphy and looted the safe during noon hours while checking suspect sightings nearby.
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Red Cross
W. W. Sledge
Duron J. Stubblefield
Washington, D. C
Great Britain
American Red Cross Committee
London
Ldeal Red Cross
Stewart
Tom Murphy
Pure Has Two Big New Producers
Pure oil company reports two new wells in the Cumberland pool of the Red River basin showing strong output. The Stewart 103 No. 1 flowed 895 barrels of oil in three hours with 38.3 gravity at 74 degrees, bottomed at 3090 feet in the Bromide. The Thomas 102 No. 1 produced 662 barrels in two hours, shut in for a sustained test at 5091 feet with 37.4 gravity at 94 degrees.
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Tulsa
Okla
Pure Oil Company
Cumberland Pool
Red River Basin
Stewart
Bryan County
Thomas
Marshall County
Still Nothing On Monday Robbery
Police and sheriff officers were checking leads but found no trace of the two bandits who robbed the Railway Express office of $5,000. Both departments reported no new developments and said there was no trail to follow.
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Railway Express
Britain sticking to food blockade to prevent famine in Europe
London reports the ministry of economic warfare states Britain will not deviate from its policy of keeping food shipments out of German occupied areas and says Europe need not face famine this winter. Experts cite harvests and reserves as sufficient with normal distribution if Germans do not seize the best for themselves. The note follows U S pressure to ease the blockade amid Belgian famine fears.
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London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Britain
Europe
United States
Belgium
Cudahy
Reybold Named Assistant Chief of Staff for Supply
Col Eugene Reybold, holder of the Distinguished Service Medal, is assigned to the War Department General Staff as assistant chief of staff in charge of supervising all supply activities. He replaces Brigadier General Richard C. Moore and arrives from Little Rock Arkansas where he was engineer for the Southwestern division. Reybold is a Delaware City native and Delaware College graduate.
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Washington
Eugene Reybold
War Department
General Staff
Richard C. Moore
Col. Reybold
Little Rock
Ark
Southwestern Division
United States Engineers
Delaware City
Del
Delaware College
Communist Governor Wheeler Faces Prison Term
Beckley West Virginia August 7 Communist governor Oscar O Wheeler 54 year old goat breeder and former locksmith was found guilty of fraudulent solicitation of names for a petition to place communist candidates on the November ballot A jury of coal miners deliberated under two hours and Judge Harley M Kilgore sentenced him to one to ten years in prison.
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Beckley
W. Va
Oscar O. Wheeler
West Virginia
Harley M. Kilgore
Wheeler
State Penitentiary
Cadet Mason Dies In Kelly Field Plane Crash Near Yoakum
Army Flying Cadet Albert L. Mason 22 and 60 trainees were on a cross country flight from Kelly Field when his training plane burned and crashed near Yoakum. Capt. Leroy Hudson, engineering officer, went to the scene to investigate the cause. A separate report notes a Philadelphia street cleaner collapsing at a hospital with a 109 degree temperature, possibly sighting a horse.
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San Antonio
Texas
Army
Albert L. Mason
Kelly Field
Yoakum
Fie
Leroy Hudson
Ghost Towns Rebound Slow in Occupied Northern France
Luxembourg dispatch notes lingering desolation in northern France and Flanders more than a month after fighting ended. Few villagers return to ruined towns, while Belgian cities like Brussels show brisk activity and repopulation. Across the frontier at Givet, 300 of 80 000 residents have come back as lay of battle reveals gun nests and cratered roads.
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Luxembourg
France
Stuks Mbs
Flanders
Karlsruhe
Rhine
Strasbourg
Reich
Alisace
Lorraine
Brussels
Givet
Belgium
Oklahoma Willkie Club Plans Work
Oklahoma Willkie for President clubs will launch a late month drive aiming to mobilize 700000 votes in the state. E H Moore of Tulsa, a national convention delegate who opposed Roosevelt, was elected temporary chairman to organize a statewide network reaching into every precinct. Moore said he will call a meeting around August 25 to solidify the effort.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Willkie
E. H. Moore
Tulsa
Roosevelt
Moore
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Woman Captures Nazi Aviator Near Bristol
Lady Buckland widow of Lord Buckland and sister in law to Lord Camrose captured a German aviator who had been at large for nine days after bailing out of a disabled plane. She questioned him on a country road near Bristol and escorted him to authorities as military and police pursued the flier.
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London
Lady Buckland
Lord Buckland
Lord Camrose
London Daily Telegraph
England
Bristol
Lawton Slaying Of A Peeping Tom Attributed To Vigilante Action
Lawton Oklahoma August 7 police continued to investigate the slaying of Sylvester Ray 22 who shot a negro peeping tom after the man failed to halt at his cousin’s window Ray said he found the man prowling after church and retrieved a .410 shotgun firing as the intruder ran Ray reported the shooting to police noting the motive was the intruder’s trespass.
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Lawton
Sylvester Ray
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Lawton Negro
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