To Go In What Is Our Purpose In Going To War
In a column the writer argues Americans must decide in advance whether to aid Britain and enter war. He urges defining a clear purpose such as defending democracy or self preservation before any rash action. The piece notes Britain’s pressure and Churchill’s stance against Hitler.
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England
Atlantic
Nancy Astor
Lord Astor
Eagle
Royal Air Force
London
Britain
Galahad
Churchill
Hitler
Moratorium on Textbook Changes Proposed in Oklahoma
Oklahoma state Senator Charles Duffy of Ponca City plans to introduce a five year moratorium on textbook changes. The measure may carve out exceptions for history and geography texts. The proposal follows 32 adoption changes by the state textbook commission last July and comes after a prior law was struck down as unconstitutional.
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Oklahoma City
Charles Duffy
Ponca City
Duffy
State Textbook Commission
Raymond Brunk
Seventeenth Legistate
Tal Crawford
Pontotoc County
Board of Regents
Pryor
Helena
State Board of Affairs
Southern Railway Passenger Derailed Near Atlanta
Atlanta December 10. Several passengers were injured when a Southern Railway passenger train derailed about 14 miles south of Atlanta. Southern president E. E. Norris sustained a broken leg and scalp wounds, with two private cars and an observation car overturning. General manager O. B. Keister broke an arm and supervisor Cooper was knocked unconscious.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
E. E. Norris
Southern
O. B. Keister
Es Andee Cooper
Defense needs placed under license for iron and steel exports
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation requiring licenses from the secretary of state for exporting iron ore pig iron tin ferro alloys seven semi finished steel and iron manufactures and 69 finished iron and steel products. Licenses apply to Britain and Western Hemisphere nations with possible broader exports if defense allows. Japan is noted as a major buyer amid China tensions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of State
White House
British Empire
National Defense
Japan
China
Comet Cunningham Puts on Celestial Show
The Cunningham comet, discovered by L E Cunningham of Harvard Observatory, speeds toward the south from its current position and is expected to brighten nightly, becoming visible to naked eye by January. Amateurs and professionals monitor its glide above Texas skies as lunar interference fades after December 15.
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E. K. Mead
Associated Press
Texas
Cunningham
Southwest
L. E. Cunningham
Harvard Observatory
Baptists Vote Abandonment Of Grid Team
Shawnee dispatch reports Oklahoma Baptist trustees voted 13 to 7 to drop intercollegiate football after a season that produced a conference champion but ran a $9 000 deficit. The board will expand intramural athletics and finish a $50 000 gymnasium while inviting coach W W Nicklaus to stay as physical education professor.
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Shawnee
Oklahoma Baptist University
Oklahoma
Board of Trustees
John W. Raley
Youth Balks At Filling Of Questions
County draft board officials issued their first delinquent notice against a 22 year old farm youth who ignored the routine questionnaire. Despite two requests to report to the office a personal letter and Sheriff visit the form was never opened. If no response by Saturday the case will go to the U S district attorney for action.
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County Draft Board
Cletus J. Murphy
Board No. 2
Clyde Kaiser
Draft Board
Murphy
Murpy
Leon C. Phillips
U. S. District Attorney
Jack Lloyd
Board No. 1
Printing error in Oklahoma constitution creates criminal court of appeals
Oklahoma City dispatch notes a 1907 printer’s error in the state constitution that swapped the intended name court of criminal appeals for criminal court of appeals. Judge Thomas Doyle says a constitutional amendment would be needed to fix it, and doubts the misprint was accidental.
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Schuyler Allman
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Court of Criminal Appeals
Criminal Court of Appeals
Thomas Doyle
Doyle
Criminal Court
Bill Murray
William H
Murray
Texas
Constitutional Convention
Great Britain
Additional Reserve Officers Needed in Coming Calls
The War Department announced that about 20 000 more reserve officers will be ordered to extended active duty before June 30. By month’s end the army expects nearly 30 000 reserve officers on active duty due to rapid expansion of the land forces. Commanders were instructed to give as much advance notice as possible amid changing conditions.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Department
Strikes Raise Congress' Ire
Washington dated report notes House members consider making defense stoppages punishable as treason. Hobbs signals drastic rules may apply to industry and labor. A Patterson New Jersey contract banned all strikes. In Washington, 115 carpenters returned to work at the new war department building after a jurisdictional strike. Forrestal warns west coast lumber delays shipyard work for destroyer construction and urges uninterrupted lumber flow.
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Washington
House
Congress
Hobbs
D. Ala
House Judiciary
Patterson
N. J
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Wright
War Department
Navy
James Forrestal
Puget Sound
Red Party May Be Outlawed in Oklahoma Verdict
Assistant county attorney John Eberle said a jury conviction of Alan Shaw for being a Communist party member could outlaw Communist activities in Oklahoma if upheld. Shaw was found guilty under the criminal syndicalism law, joining a raid on party headquarters with Robert Wood, state secretary, already convicted.
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Oklahoma City
John Eberle
Communist Party
Oklahoma
Ben Arnold
Alan Shaw
Shaw
Eberle
Robert Wood
Wood
Daily Crude Oil Output Has Gain
Daily U S crude oil production rose to 3 602 000 barrels for the week ending December 7 up 276 275 from the prior period The Oil and Gas Journal reports gains in Texas Oklahoma California and other regions while Kansas and Michigan posted declines.
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Tulsa
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Texas
East Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Illinois
California
Rocky Mountain
Eastern
Kansas
Michigan
Four Thought Dead In Trench Collapse
INDIANTOWN GAP Pa Dec 10 Four men believed trapped after a trench collapse at a 6 million dollar construction site on the Pennsylvania military reservation. Unofficial reports say four killed among thousands finishing housing for 20000 national guardsmen due for mobilization in February. Ditches for water and sewer lines reportedly reach 18 feet deep.
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Indiantown Gap
C. _R. Carter
Pennsylvania Military Reservation
Pennsylvania National Guardsmen
Oklahoma Players Drafted by Pro League Listed
The Dec 10 list shows college players drafted today by ten NFL teams including Harold Lahar guard from Oklahoma John Martin back from Oklahoma and Elmer Gentry back from Tulsa. Ada News Classified Ads notes greater returns for amount invested.
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Washington
Harold Lahar
Oklahoma
John Martin
Elmer Gentry
Tulsa
Ada News
Pegging Policy Shift Aims Higher Crop Prices Eliminate Parity
Baltimore dispatch reports American Farm Bureau officials backing a Roosevelt administration leaning plan to peg crop prices at 85 to 100 percent of parity using loan features. The proposal seeks to stabilize wheat corn cotton and tobacco prices with loans not below 85 percent of parity, yielding minimums around 95 cents a bushel for wheat 69 cents for corn and 13.39 cents per pound for cotton.
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Baltimore
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Edward A. O’neal
White House
Roosevelt
O’neal
German Sub Sinks Two Armed British Merchant Men
Berlin reports a German submarine sunk two armed British merchant ships totaling 14 500 tons. A surface raider called a warship overseas raised Britain and Allied shipping losses to over 100 000 tons. Saguenay torpedoed in Atlantic skirmish. Canada reports 21 missing, 18 wounded. German air raid losses tallied at three planes.
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Berlin
High Command
Saguenay
Atlantic
DNB
Canadian
Naval Service
Ottawa
London
Germany
Duchess of Windsor Undergoes Major Dental Surgery
The Duchess of Windsor, after arriving from Nassau with the Duke, underwent a 25 minute operation at Miami Beach hospital. Dr. Horace L. Cartee reported the jawbone was more serious than expected but the patient withstood the procedure well and showed favorable reaction. The Duke said they would remain hospitalized longer.
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Miami
Fila
Duchess of Windsor
Nassau
Miami Beach Hospital
Horace L. Cartee
Cartee
Miami Biltmore Hotel
Lawton Painter Says He Is Cutting A New Tooth
Lawton 67 year old S M Nichols hopes to discard false teeth as he shows a new jaw tooth that appeared exactly 50 years after his last teeth. He speculates a bone may be breaking through but a dentist confirms it is a tooth.
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Lawton
S. M. Nichols
Nichols
Hitler Talk Defensive Speech Deflates British Expectation
The British radio quoted by CBS said Hitler delivered a defensive address, the most cautious of his career, aimed at offsetting Italy’s humiliation and failed overseas plans. He warned England against footholds on the continent and claimed heavier blows would follow, but avoided Italy or the new order and gave no reassurance to Ruhr workers.
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New York
CBS Today
Hitler
Italy
New Order
Great Britain
England
Germany
Ruhr
Southern Farmers Seek Cotton Export Subsidy
Southern farmers urged the American Farm Bureau Federation to use surplus removal funds to subsidize raw cotton exports. I W Duggan warned exports may be very limited this season, with foreign sales forecast under 2 million bales, while last year reached about 6.2 million. President Edward A. O Neal pressed for action as Duggan cited wartime price support advantages and a prior export subsidy program.
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Baltimore
Southern Farmers
American Farm Bureau Federation
I. W. Duggan
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Southern Division
Federation Cotton
Edward A. O’neal
Federation
Secretary of Agriculture
Governor Dismisses One For Politicking
Oklahoma City December 10 Governor Phillips fired a state health department employee for political activity amid a warning to workers to stay on the job. He said the dismissal was for neglect of work, not targeting any individual, and signaled more actions against politically active staff. The move follows a prior removal for similar conduct.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
State Health Department
Robert S. Kerr
Democratic National
Henry A. Wallace
Kerr
State Highway Approval Battle Faces Oklahoma Counties
Oklahoma City December 10 County commissioners oppose a bill requiring state highway commission approval of all county road programs. Grover Pendleton says the measure will be discussed by the Oklahoma County Commissioners Association in Chickasha tomorrow. Senator Louis H Ritzhaupt of Guthrie says he will press the bill and challenges to show taxpayers value from road allocations.
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Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
Grover Pendleton
Oklahoma
Oklahoma County Commiss Association
Chickasha
Louis H. Ritzhaupt
Guthrie
Government Invites Investors To Help Preparedness Drive
Washington reports the government invites investors to buy a fully taxable 500 million dollar defense note issue the first wholly taxable federal issue in U S history Treasury Secretary Morgenthau condemns tax exempt bonds as slack money and supports taxing all future bonds including savings bonds to fund national defense Congress to consider lifting tax exemptions and launching a mass sale campaign for baby bonds and bond stamps with a revival of the 1917 kiss-for-bonds idea.
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Washington
U. S
Treasury
Morgenthau
Palm Beach
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Congressional
Goal Announced On Soil-Depleters
Washington announces 1941 acreage goals for soil depleting crops totaling 270 to 285 million acres, same as 1940, with revised payment rates emphasizing soil-building. Contingent on a $500 million appropriation, goals for oats barley rye and nonallocated general crops are set, with specific ranges for wheat corn cotton rice potatoes and vegetables and adjusted rates for several commodities.
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Washington
Agricultural and Adjustment Administration
State Wheat Crop Largest In Years
Oklahoma's wheat crop as of December 1 was the largest in years despite late month weather. The State Board of Agriculture reported an estimated condition of 84.6 percent versus 35 percent a year ago, aided by heavy rainfall. Freezes in rank growth caused some damage. cotton was estimated at 724,000 bales, up from last year's 526,000.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Board of Agriculture
Salvation Army Seeks Toys for Christmas Repair Program
Salvation Army asks for donated toys in need of repair to brighten children’s Christmas. Bring items to headquarters or call Tel. 1377, per Captain W. W. Pryor. Several toys already gathered and more families await joyful gifts for their children.
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Salvation Army
W. W. Pryor
Duchess of Windsor Arrives in Miami for Dental Operation
The Duchess of Windsor and the Duke arrived aboard the yacht Southern Cross in Miami for a major dental operation. They met dignitaries and newsmen, then went to St Francis Hospital for X rays as crowds gathered along Biscayne Boulevard.
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Miami
Fla
Duchess of Windsor
Southern Cross
St. Francis Hospital
Biscayne Boulevard
Roosevelt
Coast Guard
Edward
Sapulpa Police Judge Salary Questioned as High Paying
Sapulpa faces a debate over the city police judge post with Commissioner Buffington arguing the $60 monthly pay yields an extraordinary annual equivalent of about $34 591. He notes the judge works roughly one hour weekly while the city auditor, W C Kohlenberg, fills the post without pay.
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Sapulpa
D. H.buffington
Buffington
W. C. Kohlenberg
Bill Would Create Oklahoma State Guard
Grady county representatives Dutch Hill and C D Van Dyck plan to introduce a bill allowing Governor Phillips to organize an Oklahoma state guard of unpaid volunteers. The guard would not be federalized, though members would not be exempt from the draft, with use of armories and equipment from the War Department subject to approval. Senate sponsor John Sanford of Pawnee, and adjutant general George Ade Davis back the measure.
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Oklahoma City
Dutch Hill
C. D. van Dyck
Grady
Phillips
Oklahoma State Guard
Houston Hill
Dutch
War Department
Congress
Hill
George Ade Davis
Senate
John Sanford
Pawnee
Berry Loses Test In Higher Court
The Supreme Court ruled that questioning prospective jurors about insurance knowledge is proper to determine qualification and does not imply the defendant is insured. The decision upheld a $2,500 judgment against William Berry in Payne County District Court for injuries from an automobile collision with Robert M. Park.
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Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
William Berry
Payne County
Robert M. Park
Moon as Satellite of Earth
The article notes that the moon is a large satellite relative to Earth, pointing out Earth’s diameter of 7927 miles versus the moon’s 2160 miles in size comparison.
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