Oil Test Planned For West Of City
Territory west of Ada attracts oil workers as one well four miles west sits with another moving in to drill six miles west. A test on the A. T. Boggan farm is set by B. H. Burns in the SENE NE of section 29-4-5, with drilling expected in days. Burns and partners assembled the block formerly held by Gulf I.T.LO Fleetborn and others, near the Thomas & Hughes block where No. 1 W. B. Johnson nears Cromwell sand test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Ill
A. T. Boggan
B. H. Burns
Sene
Mr. Burns
Boggan
Gulf, I.t.lo
Fleetborn
Burns
Thomas & Hughes
W. B. Johnson
Declaration Theme Spurs Citizens Bond Drive Call
The notice urges American citizens to heed a presidential proclamation on defense bonds and wartime finance. It emphasizes national unity and ongoing support for loan programs through public channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ieeeefense
Effort to Boost Cotton Use Affects U.S. Cotton Future
W J Dillon of Pontotoc County Industry Committee hails SMA and federal programs to lift domestic cotton consumption from 5 million bales in 1935 to a projected 10 million in 1941. He notes export demand shrinking and urges expanding home use through stamps mattresses insulation and cottonbased papers. The National Cotton Council and cottonseed programs aim to sustain leadership in fiber markets through new markets and better presence in established ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Trades
Surplus Marketing Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
W. J. Dillon
Pontotoc County
Dillon
SMA
United States
National Cotton Council
FBI Meeting Here Set For September
H. E. Anderson of the FBI in Oklahoma City announces September conferences with law enforcement across Oklahoma to coordinate national defense efforts. A session is set for September 26 in Ada in the federal district courtroom. The program emphasizes scientific methods of countering subversive activities with slides, films, and discussions, and part of the meeting will be open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Anderson
FBI
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Federal
Ada
England
State Assessor Reports Oklahoma Finances in Good Shape
Oklahoma City Aug 19 Roger Phelps assistant state auditor after surveying the current fiscal year state finances said it looks like the state is in pretty good shape. He noted one third of general revenue fund appropriations was on hand in cash and available to balance the budget. Total appropriations less debt service run to 22 110 372 with 7 397 553 already allotted to government divisions. The report includes 3 500 000 accumulated before July 1 but Phelps warned there is no expected danger of funds dropping below appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Roger Phelps
General Revenue Fund
Phelps
Protests Inside Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Plant
Overnight protest at Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point plant ends with no injuries as day shift starts. Steel Workers Organizing Committee district director cites a night stoppage to protest intimidation of union men by sub bosses and company police.
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Baltimore
Bethlehem Steel Company
Sparrows Point
Nicholas Fontecchio
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
C. S O
Plan Stamps and Bond Sales Drive Here
Campaign details approved by W. B. Rice city chairman and committee heads aim to extend defense bonds and stamps sales to every resident. Retail merchants will stock them soon, with plan to hold next meeting September 3 at 1 30 p m in the Home Federal Savings and Loan directors room used as drive headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Rice
Rice
Home Federal Savings & Loan
Drive
Aerial Photography Used to Teach Camouflage by Second Army
Aug 19 Second Army in Arkansas launches use of aerial photography during six weeks of maneuvers to teach camouflage. Captain Van Brokaw notes photos will document concealed troop positions and eight prepared scenes. Maj. Gen. Richardson directs three divisions advancing against Ohio Cavalry with 1,500 men under Col. Woods King.
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Arkansas
Second Army
Louisiana
van Brokaw
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Seventh Army Corps
107Th Ohio Cavalry
Woods King of
Cleveland
35Th
Missouri, Kansas and
Nebraska
33Rd
Illinois
27Th
New York
General Kreuger Captured in Uneasy War Games Trap
In a Louisiana exercise, Lieut. General Walter Kreuger, commander of the third army, was captured by his own cavalry in a dusk trap on a major highway. His limousine was blocked by troops from Fort Bliss, while an umpire secured his release as 1,000 men and heavy support moved toward the front in a 30,600 acre maneuver arc.
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Third Army
Louisiana
Walter Kreuger
Eighth Corps
Fort Bliss
Tex
Kreuger
Jeff Hollis
Mike Davidson
Fifth
Fifth Corps
Red
Alexandria
Red River
Dodgers Dominant in Opening Doubleheader Win Over Pirates
Brooklyn Dodgers crush Pirates 9 to 0 in game one as Art Davis shuts down Pittsburgh with five hits allowed. Sullivan struggles as the Pirates fall behind early.
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Brooklyn
Dodgers
Joe Sullivan
Exx
Pittsburgh
Art Davis
Pirates
Sheriff in mystery search trip for Billie Grayson killer
Sheriff Marvin Roberts left on a mysterious trip while probing the death of 18 year old Billie Grayson found nude and propped by a cemetery tombstone. Helen Grandstaff recalled leaping from the abductor’s car after a ride with the slain girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandler
Okla
Marvin Roberts
Billie Grayson
Burt James
Roberts
Shawnee
Helen Grandstaff
Miss Grayson
Helen
Grayson
Sheriff's Office
Missing
Warwick
Ten Volunteers To Army Service To Leave Thursday
Ten Pontotoc county youths will leave Ada Thursday morning for induction into the United States army. They are all volunteers called by the county draft boards and will meet at the courthouse at 10 15 to await transportation to Oklahoma City. Board No 1 names Bruce Compton Louis Irving Bennett and Millard Andrew Fowler. Board No 2 names Perry Hugh Goodpasture Virgil Junior Sealy Herbert Charles Cunningham Elza Lindsey and Hugh Reed. Other county boys who will go include James Terry Crow registered at Paris Texas and Joseph Sanders registered at Bisbee Arizona. Another group will leave in late September and more volunteers are needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Ada
United States Army
Oklahoma City
Jack Lloyd
Bruce Compton
Louis Irving Bennett
Millard Andrew Fowler
Patee
Perry Hugh Goodpasture
Virgil Junior Sealy
Herbert Charles Cunningham
Elza Lindsey
Hugh Reed
James Terry Crow
Paris
Texas
Joseph Sanders
Bisbee
Arizona
Cost-Plus Costing Too Much in Army Housing Plan
A House military subcommittee interim report criticizes cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts for army housing, citing lack of planning and excessive salaries but praises the army construction division for a massive project. It notes remedial steps to curb costs and highlights incentives toward extravagance. Defense Savings Bonds pitch follows.
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Washington
House
Army Construction Division
Thomason
D-Tex
Military
Man Killed When House Slips Off Jacks on Broadway
E C Sanders 46 dies after a house being unloaded from blocks slips from jacks on North Broadway. He checked progress beneath the frame when it fell pinning him. He died at a downtown clinic. Funeral 10:30 Wednesday at Criswell Funeral Home with military honors. He leaves a widow, a daughter Frances, two sons Joe Earl and Howard, and parents Mr. and Mrs. E W Sanders of Konawa.
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North Broadway
E. C. Sanders
Fittstown
Sanders
Criswell Funeral Home
Floyd L. Poag
Memorial Park
Grace Sanders
Frances
Joe Earl
Howard
E. W. Sanders
Konawa
One Taxpayer Attends 1941-42 Budget Hearing
Hearings on the 1941-42 budgets opened at the courthouse with only one taxpayer present. J. M. McDonald of Oil Center asked to see how it was done as county officials explained needs and sought cuts to fit estimated revenue.
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J. M. McDonald
Oil Center
County Excise Board
Vemng
Excise Board
Robbery Charges Filed Against Three Women
County Attorney Li Freeman said robbery with a dangerous weapon charges were filed this morning against Elizabeth Miller Mary Roe and Edith Travis after an Adaman reported being held up Thursday night with a pistol and knife and $7.50 taken. Justice A W Oliver noted the complaint names the three defendants. Civilian tourists in Louisiana may have mistaken truck wheel dust for gas as 45th Infantry Division maneuvers stirred up thick dust clouds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Li Freeman
An Adaman
A. W. Oliver
Elizabeth Miller
Mary Roe
Edith Travis
45Th Infantry
Louisiana
45Th Infantry Division
Churchill And His Party Land Safely At English Port
Prime Minister Churchill and his party returned to Britain aboard the Battleship Prince of Wales after a Atlantic rendezvous with President Roosevelt. The arrival port was not disclosed and Churchill planned to head to London later. Roosevelt visited the ship once and attended religious services with Churchill, exchanging gifts with British sailors and sharing songs.
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London
Churchill
Atlantic
Roosevelt
War Cabinet
George
Britain
United States
Maine
Laborador
Iceland
Prince of Wales
Land of Hope and Glory
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress Enters Vacation as Senate Plans Quiet Week
Congress ends eight months of hard work and begins a four week recess. Tax and price fixing bills sit in committee while President Roosevelt may seek 4 to 7 billion dollars for lend-lease funds. The House will meet twice weekly with no business planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Barkley
Senate
Finance Committee
Red Army Counter-Attacks Hit Germans on Ukrainian Front
Moscow reports mid day that Soviet forces fought along the entire front during the night of August 17 to 18. Russians claim heavy German losses on central and northern Ukrainian fronts while citing gains in Nikolaev and Krivoi Rog and crippling at least three divisions.
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Moscow
Red Army
Nikolaev
Krivoin
Odessa
Dnieperopetrovsk
Dnieper River
Defense Savings Bonds Safekeeping Free by Treasury and Fed
The Treasury department or the Federal Reserve Banks offer to hold Defense Savings Bonds for safekeeping at no charge. The service aims to provide secure storage and easy retrieval for bondholders.
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Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Banks
Defense Savings
Ada Oklahoma Rodeo Crowned Contenders and Winners
Attendance estimated at 40 000 with official totals pending for five shows. 121 participants registered. Louis Brooks of Pawhuska named 1941 all around cowboy. Clyde Burks Comanche rookies calf roping in 52 2. King Merritt Federal Wyoming steers in 72 4. Roy Ross Sayre and Tom Hogan Tulsa steer wrestlers in 44 6. Leo Murray Del Rio Texas bronc rider. Heffner Hobbs New Mexico bull rider. Leo Brannon Longview Texas fastest calf roping 14 2. Buck Goodspeed Oklahoma fastest steer roping 19 1. Eddie Curtis El Reno wrestler 10. Ada rodeo queen Katherine Gay. Ada firemen queen Jean Franks Graviola Miss Penya City.
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Louis Brooks
Pawhuska
Clyde Burks
Comanche
King Merritt
Federal
Wyoming
Roy Ross
Sayre
Tom Hogan
Tulsa
Leo Murray
del Rio
Texas
Heffner
Hobbs
New Mexco
Leo Brannon
Longview
Buck Goodspeed
Okemah
Eddie Curtis
el Reno
Ada
Katherine Gay
ADA Firemen
Jean Franks
Graviola
Penca City
Mock battle opens as red and blue corps clash near West Alexandria
In Alexandria Louisiana 115000 Army Corps red troops push north while 75000 VIII Corps blues race from north Louisiana in a fast moving mock combat. Prisoners are plentiful as larger forces brace for September maneuvers involving 500000 troops of the Second and Third armies with blitz tactics vs defensive Reds.
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Alexandria
Army Corps
Viii Corps
Blues
Louisiana
Kennon Funeral To Be Held in Ada
Roya T. Kennon who served in France with the 142 Machine Gun Battalion of the 36th Division has died. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 from the First Methodist church in Ross with burial in Rosedale cemetery. Survived by two sisters Neva Kennon and Mrs. W. H. Mundy and two brothers Clyde J. Kennon of Dallas and Rowill L. Kennon of Tucson. Widow Mrs. Minnie Kennert.
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Roya T. Kennon
Ross
France
Ft. Worth
Texas
Veterans Hospital
Dallas
First Methodist Church
Rosedale
Neva Kennon
W. H. Mundy
Ada
Clyde J. Kennon
Rowill L. Kennon
Tucson
Ariz
Minnie Kennert
Kennon
142 Machine Gun
36Th Division
Wich
Peach Queen Is Allergic to Em
Virginia Butler a 17 year old Flint high school student was chosen maid of honor to the queen of a Michigan peach festival She said she is thrilled but peaches give her hives She plans to participate in the ceremony while avoiding the fruit as much as possible
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Flint, Mich
Virginia Butler
Flint
Michigan
Civilian Protection Organization Planned in Oklahoma
Walter B. Johnson announced meetings to form a civilian protection group for national emergencies. The committee, under the state defense board, covers police fire air raid warnings and roads.
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Oklahoma City
Walter B. Johnson
Public Safety
Johnson
Civil Protection Committee
State Defense Committee
Flustered Wardens Admit Age Discrepancy in Philadelphia
Julius Wiener registered for air-raid warden service as an 81 year old, later claiming 86. He explained he lied to avoid being deemed too old for duty. The exchange highlights wartime anxieties about age and service eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Julius Wiener
Ada Rodeo Impresses Out of Town Visitor
Joe Greer of Lancaster Wisconsin a renowned rodeo figure praised the Ada Firemen’s Rodeo calling it the best show he has seen or produced and noting it was better run and more entertaining than any other he witnessed. his praise came after Sundays rodeo performance at the Ada grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Joe Greer
Lancaster
Wisconsin
Mr. Greer
U.S.A
Greer
Gene Autry
Rodeo
Well-Fed Porkers Reach Chicago Markets
Chicago August market reports show hogs at an average 288 pounds last week versus 270 a year earlier with a day’s average above 300. Officials attribute the plumpness to favorable prices near four year highs, heavy sow sales, abundant feed, and government urges to boost livestock production.
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Chicago
Despondent Japanese Worker Sets Forest Fire Near Honolulu
Ushi Makamine, an elderly Japanese pineapple worker, drank sake and used kerosene to start a forest fire after planning harakiri. He became partially disemboweled and was in critical condition. About 500 soldiers from Schofield Barracks fought the blaze that consumed roughly 500 acres as police reported the incident.
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Honolulu
United States
Japan
Ushi Makamine
Makamine
Schofield Barracks
Dutchmen Executed for Aiding Stranded Airmen
Three Dutchmen were executed for aiding British fliers who landed in German occupied Netherlands. Two fliers received life prison terms after a court martial by German authorities for providing food money and civilian clothing to the RAF crew attempting to reach the channel coast.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
RAF
Channel
Coroners Jury to Return Verdict in Jones Death
Elk City Oklahoma coroner's jury will meet Monday to return a verdict in the death of Melvin Jones a key witness in the jewel robbery case against Charles and Glenn Patterson of Oklahoma City The 35 year old hotel night clerk was bound and chloroformed when jewelry valued between 10000 and 20000 dollars was stolen from the hotel on August 8 and he was found dead the following Monday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Elk City
Melvin Jones
Charles and
Glenn Patterson
Oklahoma City
Cushing Man Kills Opossum Thief After Checking Permission
C. W. Shreves fired on an opossum headed for his chicken yard after obtaining permission from nearby Police Desk Sergeant Ray Oliver. He killed the animal with a single shot in moonlight.
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Cushing
C. W. Shreves
Ray Oliver
Shreves
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