WPA Workers Wages Raised Roll Slashed Across Nation
WPA officials ordered 60 new wage schedules raising monthly pay by about 2.50 while enrollment is cut by an estimated 300,000. The change aims to align wages with living costs, with most increases in southern rural areas and northern cities seeing little change. Oklahoma groups A to D receive updated pay scales, reflecting a simplified system replacing over 4,000 rates.
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Washington
WPA
Col
F. C. Harrington
Harrington
Freshman Breaks Air Speed Record In France
Paris August 16 Maj Maurice Rossi claimed a new world air speed record averaging 193622 mph over a 6213.7 mile circuit in a bi motor Amot 370 from Istres to Bordeaux to Lyons. Rossi flew with a radio operator, took off from Istres yesterday and landed today. The prior record set August 1 by Italian pilots led by Angelo Tondi averaged 147.246 mph. Royalty Organization Cheyenne Wyoming August 16 Sixteen independent oil producers and royalty owners formed the Lance Creek Independent Oil Producers and Royalty Owners association to protect their interests in car price matters.
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Paris
French
Air Ministry
Maj
Maurice Rossi
Rossi
France
Istres
Bordeaux- Lyons
Cal. Angelo Tondi
Royalty Organization
Cheyenne
Wyo
Lance Creek Independent Oil Producers and Royalty Owners Association
Police Radio and Auditor Slashed From County Budget
County and city budgets for the new fiscal year were reduced after the excise board split a 10 mill levy. Ada city receives three mills about $40,000 less than asked, while Pontotoc county gets seven mills about $325,000 less than last year. Major items cut include police radio, a city county building, grandstand funds, and hospital burials and ambulance service.
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County Excise Board
Ada
Excise Board
J. J H. Pryor
Ben Hatcher
Pryor
Bill Crawford
Albert Chamberlain
Pontotoc County
Iigs
Rando Jans
Ae Ponte
Une
Mindeas
Amd
Itu. di
Fulfys
Pontotoc County Free Fair Nears as Plans Accelerate
Ada News notes the Pontotoc County Free Fair is only weeks away with premium catalogs in press and preparations underway. Local fairs precede the county event, while new facilities may include a show ring and expanded grandstand and buildings. Washington reports a 40 percent rise in auto sales aiding a billion dollar six month retail gain, with economists predicting gradual improvement ahead.
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Ada
Pontotoc County
Washington
Commerce Department
Agriculture Department
Bund Leader Kuhn Testifies on German American Bund Size
Dies committee hearing with Fritz Kuhn reveals Bund claims 20 000 to 25 000 members and about 100 000 sympathizers in the United States. He says records were destroyed on order, dues around two thousand monthly, and contributions totaled eighteen thousand since 1938. He mentions a 1936 interview with Hitler and a small donation to winter relief.
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Washington
Dies Committee
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Stocky Kuhn
Miwindians
Tadag
New York
Exast
Hitler
Joseph Goebbels
Rhea Whitley
Top official Edison acts as Navy head with Roosevelt away
Charles Edison holds the acting secretary of the navy title and, as the top federal official in Washington, serves while President Roosevelt vacations at sea and Garner rests in Texas. Hull Morgenthau Woodring Murphy Farley confirmed Edison to act until a successor to Claude Swanson is named. In Minnesota, Al Eggers recovers his cough after a baseball moment, finally easing his symptoms.
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Washington
Upi
Charles Edison
Roosevelt
North Atlantic
Garner
Texas
Hull
Morgenthau
Woodring
Murphy
Farley
Congress
Edison
Navy
Claude Swanson
State Spending To Be Lower Under Phillips Plans
Oklahoma Governor Phillips seeks to cut 4 to 5 million dollars in current year general revenue appropriations to offset oil revenue loss. He will meet with key boards August 23 to discuss drastic economies and potential closures, with institutions bearing the burden if revenue trends worsen. The budget controls authorize the governor to approve or reject agency budgets, delaying payments until approved.
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Phillips
Oklahoma City
P. m
Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges
University of Oklahoma Regents Board
Board of Agriculture
Oklahoma A
Board of Education
Board of Affairs
State Tax Commission
Wes State
Enanel
Danzig tensions rise as German forces move near border
Across Europe and the Far East reports describe Germany amassing near the Polish border with troop emplacements and armored transport, while Berlin demands surrender of the Free City of Danzig. Italy and Britain react cautiously as espionage arrests and census plans unfold. In Asia, Japan orders North China forces toward improved ties with the United States, and Javanese troops push Chinese forces from Kwangtung bordering Hong Kong.
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Great Britain
Italy
Poland
Danzig
Germany
Europe
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Gleiwitz
Gleiwhte
Beuthen
Associated Press
Schneidéemachl
Scaloocan
Free City
East Prussia
Reich
Polihs
Far East
Japan
North China
Kwangtung
British
Hongkong
Jaycees Skip Meeting For Kiwanis Lions Benefit Ballgame
Jaycees omit their regular meeting tonight to attend a charity softball game with Kiwanis and Lions. Many members are on vacation this month, so no other meeting until August 30 when a special fall program is planned. Ervin Hovis and others will join the state board meeting in Muskogee for final plans of the Oklahoma Junior Chamber convention in Oklahoma City in September.
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Kiwanis-Lion
Jaycees
Ervin Hovis
Muskogee
Oklahoma Junior Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma City
Five states join Texas in oil shutdown to halt price slide
Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Kansas Arkansas and Louisiana agreed to a 15 day production halt as valves were shut on tens of thousands of wells. The move targets price stabilization with Pontotoc county in Oklahoma amid debates on tax and revenue impacts. Spain
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New Mexico
Arkansas
Kansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Texas
Oklahoma City
Earl K. Long
John E. Miles
A. A. Andreas
Leon C. Phillips
Enid
Mid-Continent
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Tulsa
R. B. Tansel
Humble Oil
Gerald C. Mann
Jerry Sadler
Texas Railroad Commission
Fastest Time In Ada Rodeo Shows Mixed Results
Ada Rodeo records reveal near perfect runs not guaranteeing final wins as Buck Jones posted 4.9 seconds in steer wrestling but missed the title. Everett Shaw claimed the steer roping crown with a 16.5 all time Ada mark in 1938 and remains a consistent winner, while Buck Goddspeed swept cowboy events with top times and high scores.
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Ada
Hodeo
Buck Jones
Jones
H. D. Binns
Everett Shaw
Binns
Shaw
Buck Goddspeed
Aealf
W F Lewis Grocery Burglarized West of Ada
The W F Lewis grocery store twelve miles west of Ada on highway 15 was burglarized Tuesday night. Police recovered most of the goods by Wednesday morning including flour lard tobacco candy and other groceries as county officers aided in a thorough investigation.
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W. F. Lewis
Ada
Highway 15
Wildcat Test Announced Near Stonewall by Simpson Roadhouse
A wildcat test one and a quarter miles north of Stonewall was announced Wednesday by Simpson Roadhouse in an untouched area. It will be No. 1 Z. K. McKay in the SW SW NE of 1-2-7, with a 760 acre block assembled. The Wilcox test aims to drill in the prospect as the field develops. Meanwhile, in the South Fitts pool the company completed No. 1 Lord as a passer, to be ganged later. H Moore Inc is below 1 300 feet at No. 4 Scott Brown and has derrick completed for No. 5 Brown in 34-2-7.
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Stonewall
Simpson-Roadhouse
Z. K. McKay
South Fitts
H. Moore, Inc
Scott
Goes Placidly To Chair For Killing
Michigan city Indiana August 6 Baldish spectacled Ad lan H Miller 31 last man on death row at state prison here placidly paid with his life early today for the sex slaying of 17 year old Alice May Girton, college girl from near Winchester Indiana. She was found dead last Oct 13 in a Fort Wayne house where Miller had rooms. Miller an engineering student from Racine Wisconsin walked to the electric chair without help. He made no last statement and was pronounced dead at 12 11 am. He spent his last hour with a Catholic priest and dined on filet mignon while reading chemistry engineering and philosophy.
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Michigan
City
Ind
Adlan H. Miller
State Prison
Alice May Girton
Brunet
Winchester
Fort Wayne
Miller
Racine
Wis
PWA Personnel To Be Slashed In Half
Washington August 14 federal works administrator John M Carmody ordered a halving of PWA personnel in Washington and field offices starting September 1 with cuts every two weeks until the 19 417 workers are reduced to about 5 200 The action affects 2 472 Washington and 7 945 field employees The move follows an order by Secretary Ickes cutting 42 from the bituminous coal division payroll for about 150 000 annual saving Officials said the step aligns with economy orders and the administration reorganization program.
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Washington
John M. Carmody
Federal Works
PWA
Carmody
Ickes
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