County Shells Out But Gets Conviction
Jack Abbott is jailed for 18 months for theft of a $22 suit. County spent $211.05 to extradite him from Salt Lake City. Extradition followed Abbott’s guilty plea and sentencing by District Judge Tal Crawford. Expenditures included meals and hotel $90.55, county mileage $1.80, and other mileage $118.70.
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Jack Abbott
Raymond Rains
Abbott
Salt Lake City
Utah
Silas Freeman
Tal Crawford
Freeman
Freeman Against the Sheriff's Fund
Army maneuvers test parachute tactics in Washington area
Army observers describe changes in parachute strategy during large maneuvers in southwest Washington. No parachute troops visible, road signs restricted, night sentries active, and civilians in lighted cars only. Western terrain favored horse and mule artillery. one Fort Ord soldier killed in first fatal accident of maneuvers involving 100,000 soldiers.
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Washington
Ashington
Fort Ord
California
Counties Get Less Than Was Expected
OKLAHOMA CITY Aug 20 The counties received 138991 dollars from the 142 cent gasoline tax increase for July, far short of the hoped 2 000 000 total for rural mail and school bus routes. Tax commission chairman J D Carmichael attributes the low July consumption to pre boost purchases, noting recent gains in collections.
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Oklahoma City
J. D. Carmichael
Tax Commission
Lightning Ridge Cemetery Day Set
Semi annual cleanup at Lightning Ridge Cemetery planned for Friday August 29. Volunteers should bring lunch and help clean the grounds all day as the cemetery has been enlarged and requires a full day effort. Share date to boost turnout.
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Lightning Ridge
Seare Confederate veteran marks 95th with 92 candles
Henry J. Seare a Confederate veteran and father of 14 children celebrated his ninety fifth birthday by blowing out ninety two candles on his cake in Danville Virginia.
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Danville
Henry J. Seare
John Green Seeks Roosevelt Action on Shipyard Strike
John Green of the CIO Shipyard Workers calls on President Roosevelt after two hour talks with Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock fail to settle the Kearny New Jersey shipyard strike. The plant holds nearly 493 million dollars in navy and merchant marine contracts and gov ernment action is debated. Detroit transit walkout disrupts 400000 workers.
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Associated Press
Kearny
N. J
Edward J. Jeffries
Detroit
Washington
John Green
CIO Ship Yard
Union
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Green
Roosevelt
White House
Navy
Earl
Afl-Ci
Preliminary hearing postponed in Dunn prison break case
The preliminary hearing for convict Hiram Prather, accused in the murder of Penitentiary Warden Jess Dunn during a prison break attempt, was moved to August 28 as Deputy Sheriff Bill Alexander, a key witness, was out of state.
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Mcalester
Hiram Prather
Jess Dunn
Bill Alexander
Production quotas set for autos 20 percent below 1940 rate
Washington August 20 P William S Knudsen director of the OPM said quotas for automobile production for the next four months would be announced tomorrow and likely run about 20 percent below the 1940 rate of output.
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Washington
William S. Knudsen
OPM
Duck Season Set Washington Oklahoma By Ickes
Secretary Ickes announced a 60 day duck hunting season for Oklahoma starting October 16 as part of the 1941 migratory birds regulations. He kept the 10 duck limit per day and maintained the ban on live decoys from last year.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Oklahoma
RFC Funds Back Russia in Fight Against Nazis
Jesse Jones announced he was prepared to place part of the RFC's large bank roll behind Russia's war effort. He said aid would be in the form of a cash loan rather than loans of supplies or equipment, unlike Britain.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
RFC
Russia
Britain
Harrison Will Be Arraigned Today
COALGATE Oklahoma August 20 County Attorney T M Shirley said arraignment preliminary hearing and district court bond action would occur tomorrow for Grover C Harrison ousted Wewoka chief of police and two co defendants Harrison Iris C Woodward and Day Fry charged in Coal county with robbing a Stonewall farmer of 29 case of liquor and $2 in cash last March 1 Shirley said he would seek release under bonds set by the criminal court of appeals in an Okfuskee county case Bonds totaling 42500 for Harrison in three Seminole county cases have been signed but not yet approved
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Coalgate
T. M. Shirley
Coal County
Grover C. Harrison
Wewoka
Harrison
Iris C. Woodward
Day Fry
Shirley
Criminal Court of Appeals
Okfuskee
Okemah
Seminole County
Soldiers Maneuver With Husky Lion at Camp Lee
Soldiers at Camp Lee engaged in an unscheduled maneuver with a 400-pound lion that escaped its cage and ran through a crowd before being trapped in a coal bin. The animal, brought from Mason City by Dr. Manley E. Mathers for a camp circus, created an exciting scene on the post.
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Camp Lee
Mason City
Manley E. Mathers
Autumn Weather Dampens Ada Visit and Oklahoma Rain
An early morning shower dampened Ada on Wednesday as a cool front hinted at fall. Oklahoma reports show Boise City receiving up to 1.50 inches of rain with several towns recording rainfall, including Lawton 0.28 inches and Ponca City 0.47. Observers noted continuing rain at Tulsa and Lindsay with temperatures from the mid 60s to mid 90s across the state.
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Ada
Associated Press
Boise City
Oklahoma
Harry Wahlgren
Panhandle
Dust Bowl
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Hollis
Enid
Guthrie
Gymon
Chandler
Newkirk
Ponca City
Shawnee
Lindsay
Tulsa
Farm boys glimpse WPA office at county fair
Two farm boys visiting the county WPA farm to market roads project office at the fairgrounds startled supervisor Jack Dixon by quietly entering and then leaving without saying a word after a brief look around the unlocked room.
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Jack Dixon
Fairgrounds
Dixon
Britain gives Iran a week to expel German tourists
London reports Britain and Russia demand Iran expel about 3,000 German tourists and technicians who have entered the country. Authorities say the week is sufficient for Iran to reply, though no ultimatum has been issued. British and Russian troops remain poised on Iran’s frontiers for possible direct action if Iran does not comply.
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London
Britain
Iran
Persia
Sheriff Doubts Roff Man Is Girl's Slayer
Tishomingo Oklahoma August 20 Sheriff Charles Draper doubts a 35 year old Roff man held for car theft is linked to the killing of 18 year old Billie Grayson near Chandler. Investigators considered bringing 12 year old Helen Grandstaff to identify the suspect after she escaped from his car.
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Tishomingo
Charles Draper
Billie Grayson
Chandler
Draper
Marvin Roberts
Lincoln County
Roberts
Helen Grandstaff
Here
Mill Creek
Roff
Miss Grayson
Grandstaff
Fighting 69th Helps Arkansas Farm Wife With Groceries
In Prescott Arkansas on August 20 the Fighting 69th unit now the 165th infantry from New York paused its training to assist an Arkansas farm wife. They relayed a radio message to reach the husband in Hope assisting with a telephone-less household. The crews received thanks and cold drinks for the aid.
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Prescott
Ark
69Th
Arkansas
Co. A
165Th Infantry
New York
Hope
Petain Cartoons Spark U S Debate on Vichy
French ambassador Gaston Haye pressed the State Department to ease U S concern over Vichy collaboration with Germany. He presented American cartoons deemed insulting to Marshal Petain and sought clarification of France’s Europe policy while noting Paris must act in ways not fully pleasing to the United States.
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Washington
Gaston Henry Haye
Vichy
Germany
Hull
Marshal Petain
Petain
Europe
France
Henri-Haye
Marshal
United States
British Restraint Over Italy Seen As Policy Rather Than Fear
Washington notes Britain delays heavy action against Italy while awaiting broader Allied gains. London weighs risks of sparking Nazi reprisals and aims to support uprisings on the European continent when the time is right, with emphasis on guarding the Russo Persian frontier and preventing fifth column activity.
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Washington
Mediterranean
Italy
Ukraine
Caucasus
London
Persia
Britain
Hitler
Oil Port Of Batum May See Nazi Invasion
Berlin reports suggest a German thrust across the Black sea toward the Soviet oil port of Batum as Odessa falls or nears fall. The DNB says aerial strikes and sea power threaten key Russian ports and the Caucasus oil region as Kiev and Odessa face intensified attacks.
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Batum
Berlin
Black Sea
Odessa
Dnieper River
Air Borne Tanks Hurl Nazis Back In Aerial Soviet Push
Russians claimed a center front counterattack with air dropped tanks and infantrymen drove Germans from three lines. Red Star praised an extraordinary campaign with air, artillery, tanks and infantry. German reports admitted Red tanks attacked Ukraine and claimed many Soviet troops were destroyed or captured.
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Associated Press
Novgorod
Leningrad
Dnieper
Ukraine
Red Star
New Leg Flown To RAF Ace
London reports a squadron flew to northern France to drop a new artificial leg for Wing Commander Douglas R. Bader near St Omer where he is held prisoner. The leg was rushed after his prior prosthesis was damaged when he bailed out of a burning aircraft.
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London
RAF
France
Douglas R. Bader
Bader
St. Omer
Air Ministry
International Red Cross
British Deny Charges of Appeasement
London reports say Britain rejects appeasement accusations over recent moves for future trade with Japan. Officials insist the government remains firm against Far Eastern aggression, aligning with the United States and Netherlands and not backing off from assets freeze commitments. They note Thailand’s lack of a formal request for guarantees as a reason for missing pressure measures.
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London
Britain
Japan
Far East
Anthony Eden
United States
Netherlands
Thailand
Oil Test West of Ada Seeks New Horton Well
Announcement of the H. J. Horton No. 1 oil test in the NWSW SW of 7-4-5 lies several miles west of Ada, near the Rebee pool. O. E. Roberts and W. E. McLaughlin assembled the acreage, surface pipe is set, and drilling should start soon.
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Ada
H. J. Horton
Nwsw
Rebee
O. E. Roberts
W. E. McLaughlin
Fire on Brooklyn Pier Claims Nine More Dead
Police recovered three longshoremen bodies from the Brooklyn waterfront at Congress Street as the Monday blaze that swept a Brooklyn pier claimed the Cuba mail line freighter Panuco and several small craft. Drowning was listed as the cause after men leaped from the burning pier to escape the flames.
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New York
Brooklyn
Congress Street
War Department Awards 273600 Contract for Fort Sill Hard Standing
The War Department selects Standard Paving of Tulsa Oklahoma for a 273600 contract to build parking hard standing areas for motor vehicles at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Delivery dates remain undisclosed. The report also notes multiple U S efforts to develop super fuels for aircraft.
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Washington
War Department
Standard Paving Company
Tulsa
Okla
Fort Sill
German bomber over Reykjavik not dropping bombs during raid
A German twin engine bomber flew low over Reykjavik as U S and British troops are stationed there but dropped no bombs as fighter planes pursued it. Roosevelt proclaims Iceland the outermost point of American defense in the Atlantic with strong U S forces already established. Meanwhile Soviet resupply to Tallinn is blocked by German occupation and a Finnish communique reports five Soviet ships sunk.
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Iceland
Roosevelt
Atlantic
United States
Tallinn
Estonia
Leningrad
Gulf of Finland
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