Night office tensions drive a plot to frame Clark
Sue Mary faces fear as Vera and Nick push a scheme to seize papers on the airport site deal. Joe lies in a coma after a factory fight while Sue Mary weighs warning old Ross Clark and exposing the plot, fearing political ruin and personal peril.
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Sue Mary
Vera
Clark
Nick
Joe
Babs Fleming
Babs
Jim
Kitty
Ross Clark
Ross
Que Mary
Miss Grant
Miller
Sue Mary Faces Double Plot in Office Drama
Kitty finds Vera's glove then Sue Mary grapples with Nick and Vera's schemes. She suspects a dangerous plan entangling her, faces doubt about Joe in hospital, and weighs warning signals against her loyalty and patriotism amid looming confrontation.
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Kitv
Vera
Sue Mary
Kitty
Mr. Clark
Nick
FSA Loans Pontotoc County Farmers Over Quarter Million
Ear nest Back told Ada Kiwanis the Farm Security administration has loaned 264 477 08 to Pontotoc county farmers since 1933 with 123 467 repaid. There are 319 FSA clients. delinquencies are low. May 1940 air express shipments rose 26 percent from May 1939.
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FSA
Farm Security Administration
Back
Kiwanians
Pontotoc County
Matanuska Colonists Urged to Stand Fast on Debts
Anchorage reports Attorney Almer J. Peterson urged Matanuska valley settlers to stay on their farms to prove their American citizenship amid a threat of eviction by the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corp. Manager Dr. Herbert Hansen warned that colonists who miss first instalment payments could be ousted. Initial payments on land contracts average about $200 with 3 percent interest.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Matanuska Colony
Almer J. Peterson
Matanuska Valley
Herbert Hansen
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corp
Gillette estimates 1940 election cost over twenty million
Senator Gillette of Louisiana, chairing the senate expenditures committee, guesses the 1940 presidential election cost the American people at least 20 million dollars more than normal. He says the total likely exceeded routine election expenses, though the figure is a conservative estimate. He cites Hatch Act limits and calls the election a major attempt to influence voters through large spending.
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Washington
Gillette
D-la
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
The
Washington Star
War Department Orders 540 Additional P-40 Pursuit Planes
The War Department issued an order for 540 Curtiss P-40 pursuit aircraft. This sizable procurement expands military air strength amid ongoing combat operations and supports training and deployment timelines for Allied air forces.
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The
War Department
Will Rogers Not Worried About Congressional Apportionment
Oklahoma City's Will Rogers says he is not anxious about losing a House seat if the census bureau apportionment takes effect. He notes Congress could delay or adjust to preserve his seat and mentions he won re election in November. Chicago case involves five defendants acquitted in a bartenders union conspiracy trial. Murray Humphreys and Frank Nitti among the defendants.
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Oklahoma City
Will Rogers
Oklahoma
National House
Census Bureau
Congress
Rogers
Chicago
Murray Humphreys
Frank Nitti
al Capone
Prize Winners at Show Here
Adult division champions include Bullet White Rock owned by Mrs. Phil McLachlan and cockerel White Wyandotte owned by Mrs. J. V. Haines. Junior champion Bullet White Rock earned by Floyd Robbins. various classes and pens awarded to numerous exhibitors across many breeds and birds.
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White Rock
Phil McLachlan
J. V. Haines
Buff Orpington
N. A. Wilson
White Wyandotte
Harold Clampitt
Buff Orpingtons
Aaron Walker
R. E. Lillard
Ada Chick Hatchery
S. L. Wyandotte
Raymond Robbins
White Jersey Giants
J. T. Aaron
Young Pen
White Plymouth Rocks
Homer McGehee
McLachlan
L. A. Thompson
White Wyandottes
P. Toby
Orel Clampitt
J. W. Haines
C. A. Bailey
Harley West
S. C. Rhode Island
Carl Solomon
O. P. Walker
R. B. Moore
J. F. Jared
G. L. Wyandottes
F. B. Myers
George Thompson
Guy Binkley
Silver Sebright Ban Aoe Binkley
Bantams
Ckl
Turkeys
Young Hen
Manley Seeks 58200 for Crossing Accident Injuries
Buster Manley of near Ada files a district court suit against J. M. Kurn and John G. Lonsdale trustees for the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad and T. T. Zachritz claiming negligence in a crossing crash on Oct. 15 that left him without both legs and with multiple injuries. He alleges poor warning signs, obstructed view from south approaches, and failure to ring the bell or whistle.
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Wewowa
Buster Manley
Ada
J. M. Kurn
John G. Lonsdale
St. Louis
Manley
Zachritz
Tougher the Mug, Better the Musician Reformatory Band
Granite Dec 3 Fifty plus young men in Granite reformatory join a band under director Fred W Pike who says tougher mugs make better musicians The bandsmen aged 17 to 25 serve three to five years and many will be released to good citizenship while some join factory or radio orchestras before parole status.
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Fred W. Pike
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Iowa
Arkansas
Aliona
Reformatory
Pike
Michigan
Fred Hunt
Watchdogs Save Life Of Man Who Was Gored By Deer
Raymond Close a 25 year old Fleet Game farm employee in Ada was gored by a tame buck deer while feeding birds. Two watchdogs chased the deer away and barking brought manager Harold Krause who rushed Close to Valley View Hospital where he received treatment for non critical injuries.
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Raymond Close
Fleet Game Farm
Ada
Close
Valley View Hospital
Harold Krause
Drunken Driver Pledges Reform in Tulsa Case
Thelmer Battson, 37, pleaded guilty to drunk driving after vowing a one man crusade for reform. While jailed his mother was killed by a hit and run while his wife had a baby and their home burned. He urged the other driver to surrender and face punishment with him. sentence was postponed by Judge Halley.
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Tulsa
Thelmer Battson
Carrie Battson
Battson
Thanksgiving Feast For Berean Home Children
Merchants of Ada provided a full Thanksgiving dinner for 17 children at the Berean Home. Five new entrants join the home with plans for ten more by January 1 and one boy aged nine lost his mother years ago. Two homeless girls will start school Monday and more beds linens and clothing are needed. Donations covered turkey from Hugh Barnes Green Spray market cranberries celery from Safe Way sugar from Neeley Grocery bread from local bakeries and other items from Harden City women.
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Ada
Berean Home
Talihini
Hugh Barnes
Green Spray Market
Safeway
Neeley Grocery
Harden City
Ada Debaters Shine at Kansas Southwestern Tourney
At Southwestern College Winfield Kansas four undefeated teams remained after the final round of the intercollegiate speech tournament. Men's team Ada Oklahoma Teachers Eugene Richeson Wilbur Hopkins. Women's Ada Teachers Mary Helen Holloway Bruce Johnston. Junior Ada Teachers Pauline Higginbotham Jean Emery. Alva Teachers Bill Crenshaw Jr Howard Whitney. Holloway won first in extempore speaking in the women's division.
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Winfield
Kas
Southwestern College
Ada
Okla
Eugene Richeson
Wilbur Hopkins
Mary Helen Holloway
Bruce Johnston
Pauline Higginbotham
Jean Emery
Alva
Bill Crenshaw
Howard Whitney
East Central
FDR Opposes Sales Tax for Defense Revenue
President Roosevelt said at a Washington press conference he would view with disfavor a sales tax proposed to raise extra revenue for the defense program. He noted no discussions about adding such a tax to a new general tax bill ahead of Congress's January session.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Kansas Bay Oregon Girl Champ 4-H'ers
A Kansas boy Wayne L. Good and Oregon girl Geraldine de Lancey were named national 4-H club champions among 1,380,000 members at the 19th national congress. They received Moses leadership trophies and $300 scholarships from Edward Foss Wilson. Alternates included Joan A Lundeman. Francis A Boyle and Nawatha L Krebs were named achievement champions for 1940 club work.
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Chicago
Kansas
Oregon
Moses
Edward Foss Wilson
Wayne L. Good
McCune, Kas
Kansas State College
Geraldine de Lancey
Corvallis
Ore
Oregon State College
Joan A.lundeman
Manchester
Okla
Francis A. Boyle
HeNabb, Ill
Nawatha L. Krebs
Eufaula
Finland seeks debt adjustment under new U S law
Finland will use legislation to extend the December 15 debt installment of $235,398 over ten years, as meetings with the United States proceed. Hjalmar J Procope, Finnish minister, told Secretary Hull Finland has paid all installments since their 1923 loan of $8,281,926 and intends to maintain its credit record.
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Washington
Finland
United States
Hjalmar J. Procope
Hull
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