Time To Start Now Selecting Exhibits For Fair Competition
The county fair schedule begins September 11 with township fairs starting September 2. County Agent C. H. Hailey and home demonstration agent Mrs. Jessie Morgan urge residents to select garden and field exhibits. Favorable crops in Pontotoc county promise abundant, high quality entries. Free fair catalogs with exhibit listings and scoring pointers are available at the county agent’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Hailey
Jessie Morgan
Pontotoc County
Center-born Raymond Fields A likely national Legion commander
Raymond Fields 43, Guthrie Daily Leader publisher and Oklahoma Legion past commander, is favored to become national commander at the Boston convention. Born July 5, 1897 in Center, Oklahoma, he served 25 months in WWI, overseas 18 months with the Rainbow division, and has since led a career in journalism and civic work in Guthrie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Fields
Guthrie
Center, I. T
Legion Official Rapid
Lee Bond
American Legion
Boston
Mass
Guthrie Daily Leader
Legion
Oklahoma
Fields
United States
Ields
Center
Pontotoc County
Okemah
Kansas
Germany
42Nd
Rainbow Division
American Expeditionary Forces
Mildred Ballard
The
Legion Auxiliary
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma News
City Hall
Capitol
Field
Ed MclIntyre
Oklahoma Press Association
New York
Paul V. IeNutt
National Publications Committee
the Legion
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Excess Profit Tax Sugar Coating Says Champ Clark
Senator Bennett Champ of Missouri accused a proposed excess profits levy of being sugar coating to ease defense contractor profits. John L. Sullivan defended the plan as preexisting, with amortization allowing five year deducts for defense plant expansions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champ Clark
Washington
Bennett Champ
Missouri
John L. Sullivan
Treasury
House
Sullivan
House Ways and Means
Senate Finance
Clark
Joint Committee
Ada's Rodeo Receives Ideal Cool Week Weather
Weatherman W E Pitts notes Ada enjoyed unusually cool and dry conditions over seven days boosting rodeo attendance. Temperatures ranged from 64 to 96 degrees with no rain, clouds only brief for shade, and highs gradually easing from 95 96 to 88 with lows from 64 to 72.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Pitts
Pitt
Beards Attend U S W V Convention in Detroit
John Beard state commander of the United Spanish War Veterans and Mrs. Beard depart for Detroit to attend the 42nd national encampment. Mrs. Beard serves as delegate at large to the U S W V Auxiliary. They will visit Shelbyville and Indianapolis and be in Elwood Aug 17 for Wendell Willkie's acceptance speech before heading to Detroit for the five day gathering. They plan time in the east afterward and return home late month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Beard
United Spanish War Veterans Organization
Detroit
State firemen hold annual instructors conference at A&M
One hundred state firemen gathered for the annual instructors conference and technical short course at Oklahoma A and M college. The course runs until August 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Fire Department
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Farley Accepts Coca Cola Export Role After Dem National Chair Exit
James A. Farley resigns as postmaster general and Democratic National Chairman. He will become chairman of the Coca Cola Export Corporation, overseeing all export business and foreign expansion after a month of rest. Edward J. Flynn succeeds him as national chairman. Farley also plans to pursue a Yankees purchase. salary not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
James A. Farley
Coca-Cola Export Corporation
Farley
New York
Jim
New York Yankees
Roosevelt
Edward J. Flynn
Bronx
Robert W. Woodruff
Coca-Cola Company
National Party
Chicago
Coca Cola
Yankees
Two Okmulgee Men Crushed To Death
EUFAULA Okla Aug 10 Two Okmulgee men were crushed to death today and two others were injured in the crash of their automobile at a curve three miles south of here Rov Edmond McAllister 26 the driver and Winifred McGill 32 were killed Dave Sayres 28 and John J Eden 40 were injured The group was returning from a softball game at McAlester State Highway Patrolman Floyd Hays said the automobile was traveling too fast to make the curve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eufaula
Okla
Okmulgee
Here
Rov Edmond McAllister
Winifred McGill
Dave Sayres
John J. Eden
McAlester
Floyd Hays
Woody Hunt Slated For Young Demo Nomination
M Bill Huddleston, former president of the state League of Young Democrats, announced he would place the name of Woody Hunt, farm sales manager of the school land commission, before the Fourth District league convention for endorsement for state president. Hunt has county delegation support, Hunt did not comment. the next state president will be elected in February. A separate note states that the white ant of tropical countries produced more than 86,000 eggs a day during its hatching season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woody Hunt
Oklahoma City
Bill Huddleston
State League of Young Democrats
School Land Commission
Huddleston
Hunt
Ada Rodeo Broadcast Reaches 135 Mutual Network Stations
The Ada rodeo aired nationwide Saturday from 2:30 to 3:00 PM via 135 Mutual Network stations. Tad Lucas of Fort Worth rode “Stardust” for eight seconds in the bronc event. Calf roping times include Hugh Bennett 20.4 seconds and Buck Goodspeed 21.6. Jank Finley and Vic Schwarz rode out the limit. Steer roping times show Floyd Gale 22.4, King Merritt 55.8, H. D. Binns 22.4. Jim Whiteman and Dick Truitt posted 12.4 and 9.2 seconds. Dale Adams and Eddie Curtis rode bucking bulls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KADA
Mutual
Tad Lucas
Fort Worth
Stardust
Hugh Bennett
Buck Goodspeed
Jank
Pies Go Fast as Cowboy Fans Flock to Ada
Ada stores face pastry shortages as thousands of rodeo fans flood the city. Bakers scramble to produce fresh pies while cafes and cafes rush to restock meat and canned goods, with one shopper finally finding a lone custard pie. The rodeo boosts business, but pie supply remains strained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Pete Adams Coast-to-Coast Rodeo Star on Mutual Network
Firemen's Rodeo announcer Pete Adams became a coast-to-coast star Friday as the Mutual network broadcast from 2:30 to 3:00. Listeners heard the arena as Adams described the action with two microphones while Kenyon Douglass and Bernard Tullius aided the broadcast along with KADA staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Adams
Mutual
Pete
KADA
Kenyon Douglass
Oklahoma Network
Bernard Tullius
Texans Boost Rodeo Visit Draws Ada Show
About 25 Paris Jaycees visited Ada for a rodeo. Bonham officials led a tour including the fire station and mayor Bill Crawford. The group enjoyed the Friday night program and planned a future booster trip with a barbecue. Four Texas newspapermen requested seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Texas
Lone Star
Ada
Paris
Hrdlicka
Bonhan
Bill Crawford
Bonham
Texas
Airways System To Train Army Cadets
The War Department and Pan American Airways sign a non profit deal to train 850 flight navigation cadets over 14 months in long range navigation. The first class of 50 starts in Miami today with four Oklahoma students named Armstrong Hays Moore and Wilson. A second class begins November 2 and a third six weeks later. Classes of 100 follow at six week intervals through October 4 1941. Cadets join combat squadron crews after 12 weeks of training.
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Washington
War Department
Pan American Airways System
Miami
Fla
Pan American
Air Corps
John Bryant Armstrong
Boswell
Okla
Norman P. Hays
Turkey Ford
Richard Arthur Moore
Duncan
James Franklin Wilson
Altus
Surplus Canning Program Keeps County Supplying Jars
In Ada county the surplus canning drive continues as volunteers accept jars and fill them with vegetables from local gardens. A woman turned in 200 quart jars as farm club members rushed to claim produce like blackeyed peas tomatoes beans and corn. Morgan notes fresh corn peas tomatoes and cucumbers remain in abundance with 20 000 jars already distributed and more expected.
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Ada
County Home Demonstration
Farm Club
Quayle Explains Democratic Book Advertising Policy
Oliver A. Quayle Jr treasurer of the Democratic National Committee states that all advertising for the Democratic Book of 1940 was secured before the Hatch Act. The book will be sent to state and country organizations for redistribution at a 25 cent price with no profit for the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oliver A. Quayle, Jr
Democratic National Committee
Quayle
Hatch
Roosevelt
Tattoo Device For Poultrymen Now Available Here
A tattoo machine for marking poultry is available at the county agent’s office for Pontotoc County Poultry Federation members. Each user will receive a unique number following the county serial, recorded with the state federation and county offices. The stamp marks under the wing with indelible ink to identify birds and owners, aiding in locating stolen chickens.
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Pontotoc County
Wewokans Directly Concerned In China
Wewoka Oklahoma Aug. 10. Americans far away in the Far East feel only indirect effects of the Chinese conflict. Freeland Alex and his wife are directly involved through a mission fund they support for Harbin Manchukuo. They aid two named girls Elsa Puke 14 and Kwei Ying 12 and have long financed Bacone College and Morrow Orphanage in Muskogee. Each Christmas they take Morrow orphans to shop for shoes.
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Wewoka
China
Freeland Alex
Far East
Alex
Harbin
Manchukuo
Charles A. Leonard
Elsa Puke
Kwei Ying
Bacone College
Muskogee
Morrow
Women pilots prove skill in Oklahoma training course
Mrs Sadie Faye Stambaugh and Marjorie Rodkey, first northwest Oklahoma women to solo in a Civil Aeronautics Authority pilot training, receive praise from instructors. Rodkey praised for takeoffs and landings, with pillows used to reach controls. Both enroll at Northwestern State college after their solos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva
Okla
Sadie Faye Stambaugh
Marjorie Rodkey
Northwest Oklahoma
Civil Aeronautics Authority
John Erickson
Miss Rodkey
E A Myers Cultivates Ada Tree Plantation for Survival
Ada farmer E A Myers has cultivated his forest tree plantation three times with a 93 percent survival rate as advised by County Agent C H Hailey and Glen R Durrell. Pontotoc county planted 2900 trees this season with tips urging clean cultivation and AAA eligibility requires two thirds of stock alive. Four fundamentals of good tree growing are stock care planting cultivation and protection against fire and livestock.
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E. A. Myers
Ada
C. H. Hailey
Glen R. Durrell
Division of Forestry
Pontotoc County
Division of
Hailey
Oklahoma Sees Fatalities Surge. State Hits 260 for Year
Oklahoma City August 9. Five highway deaths in 24 hours endanger the year’s safety goal. Total fatalities reach 260, matching the 1939 tally on the same date, while monthly deaths rise to 12 from nine last year. Public safety head Walter Johnson cites increased travel and a dusk of recklessness as factors. Victims include John Thomas Srader and his wife of Kingfisher, W R Edwards of McAlester, Charles Meys of Tulsa, and Robert Lloyd Call of Tulsa. Srader’s son John Jr. is critically injured with a skull fracture.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Union
John Thomas Srader
Kingfisher
Srader
Noble County
W. R. Edwards
McAlester
Charles Meys
Tulsa
Chandler
Robert Lloyd Call
Ttader
John Jr
Tonkawa
Furious Gun Battle Ends Crime Burst
Stillwater dispatch reports a deadly gun battle in Oilton Oklahoma leaving Jeanne Coffy dead and officers wounded. Bill Hall and Joe Lovelace were captured after fleeing with two other gunmen. Hall claims one of the assailants. The case ties to a prior prison escape and a Dilton robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Floyd
Jeanne Coffy
Oilton
Ben D. Clark
Mae West husband sues six fellows for damages
Frank Wallace claiming to be Mae West's husband sues her business manager James Timony and five John Does for 105000 dollars. He alleges Timony treated him as a common law husband and blocked contact with Miss West while abusing him and trying to end his acting career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Frank Wallace
Mae West
James Timony
John
Wallace
Timony
Miss West
Avery Blount
Milwaukee
Robert W. Kenny
Kenny
Youth Struck By Automobile Here
James Welch age 17 of 526 West Tenth street was struck at Main and Oak by a car driven by Raymond Rogers of 617 West Eighth street. Welch was in hospital for observation Saturday night with non serious injuries. Police called the accident unavoidable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Welch
West Tenth Street
Main and
Oak
Welch
Main Street
Raymond Rogers
West Eighth Street
Simpson and Gibbons Gain Slight Improvement in Serious Injuries
Two men injured in separate Friday encounters near Ada and Fittstown were reported slightly improved but remained in serious condition. Forrest Simpson 27 suffered knife wounds. C E Gibson sustained a fractured skull after a hitchhike attack. An ex convict is held in the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Simpson
C. E. Gibson
Simpson
Ada
Gibbons
Fittstown
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Alabama
California
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Beards
U.S.W.V. Convention
Coca-Cola
Cowboys
Rodeo
U. S. Army
Pan-Am
C. L. Irwin
Irwin
Hall
Dilton
Highway
John Boyd
J. R. Butler
Lovelace
Bill Glimp
Drumright
Henry Washington
Lew Wilder
Sapulpa
Carl Dickinson
Nebraska
C. C. Hawk
Shawnee
Hawk
Ceffy
Asher
Mae
Five John
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