Foundation Broad and Deep Laid For Big Army
President Roosevelt launched the U S Army’s preparedness program six months ago and has expanded the force from about 250 000 to 550 000 on active service. Two armored divisions are ready for battle, Garand rifles rise toward 100 000, barracks and firing ranges spread across camps, and officers’ schools expand to train thousands. Morale is high, training focuses on instructors, and volunteers comprise almost all ranks with strong dedication. Recreation facilities lag but are improving as the foundation for a large modern army solidifies.
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Willis Thornton
Washington
Roosevelt
U. S. Army
Ft. Sam Houston
Ft. Sill
Artillery
Ft. Benning
Infantry
War Department
Eden Returns to British Foreign Office in Stand Against Dictators
DeWitt MacKenzie recalls Eden’s 1930s split with Chamberlain over appeasement and Mussolini. Eden’s recall signals Britain’s resolve to fight Nazi Mussolini and may seek Soviet ties, with Halifax moving to Washington and Eden engaging with Moscow to bolster allied support.
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Britain
Mussolini
Eden
Russia
Halifax
London
Kremlin
Lord Halifax
Washington
Moscow
Maxim Litvinoff
Desperate Pair Seized After Kidnap Robberies Across Two States
Two wounded men who abducted five people in a bid to elude police after robberies in Oklahoma and Texas were captured in Duncan. They forced L. G. Merri of Wichita Falls to drive them to Duncan, robbed a filling station, and forced three victims from Merrill's car before gunfire pinned them down. The incident disrupted cross state crime and led to federal seizure.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Duncan
Merri
Walters
Spec” Teakell
Merrill
Comanche
Five held after car theft and pursuit ends in gunfire
Two men stole a car after fleeing a mud trap on country roads and forced A. D. Jackson and his son to help start it. They abducted Jackson and his boy, while three victims notified police. Officers attempted a stop at a filling station and fired after the car failed to halt, grazing the suspects and forcing surrender.
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A. D. Jackson
Jackson
Comanche
McIilvain
Grady Neal
John W. Boyd
Ney
Widow Loses Suit For Damage Sum
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that an employer owes no duty to provide a safe workplace to a skilled and superior servant. It reversed a $25,000 jury award for Hogan Washam’s fatal electrocution on a city pole in Edmond, finding Washam controlled the work and safety measures. The widow Lucille Washam failed to prove primary negligence by the city of Edmond.
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Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
Oklahoma County District Court
Hogan Washam
Edmond
Washam
City of
Lucille Washam
Ada Airport Bond Sale Sets New Oklahoma Low Interest
Ada bonds sold by city commission for Ada airport project at an average rate of 1.69 percent. Bonds staggered from 1943 to 1954 with varying rates between 1.25 and 2.25 percent. Purchasers were C. Edgar Honnold and the First National Bank and Trust Company of Oklahoma City, with several other bidders present and the highest bid averaging 1.93 percent.
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Ada
Oklahoma
C. Edgar Honnold
First National Bank and Trust Company
Oklahoma City
Cumberland Oil Field Passes One Year Of Activity
Durant Oklahoma December 23 A U P The Cumberland oil field marked its first anniversary with 24 producing wells and 13 more under completion from the No 1 Little 100 discovery in December 1939 The field had no dry holes and began with a potential 4600 barrels daily after Pure Oil Co drilled the No 1 Little 100 and a new town Pure City sprang up on the lease block for workers and storage.
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Durant
Okla
Cumberland
Oklahoma
East Texas
Pure Oil Co
Quintin Little
Madill Oil
Southwest
Bonanza
Pure City
David Gray Elected Chairman of 1941 AAA Officials
Election of county AAA officers for 1941 concluded Saturday with David Gray named chairman J S Stanfield vice chairman Paul Henderson member Young first alternate Andrew A Bryant second alternate C H Hailey secretary J W Herron treasurer The new committee will assume duties January 1 Delegates representing communities chose the committee at the county convention
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
David Gray
J. S. Stanfield
Paul Henderson
Young
Andrew A. Bryant
C. H. Hailey
J. W. Herron
W N Mays Long Druggist Here Is Dead
William N. Mays a longtime Ada druggist died Sunday morning at 7 at his home 130 East Thirteenth after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:30 at Criswell Funeral Home with Rev. Mitchell S Epperson and Dr. C C Morris officiating. Burial was in Rosedale cemetery. Surviving: widow Susie Mays a sister Miss Cora Mays of Nashville Tenn three brothers Dave Mays of Fort Worth and Henry and Fowler Mays of Nashville. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed. relatives from Birmingham and Texas expected for funeral rites.
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William N. Mays
Ada
East Thirteenth
Criswell Funeral Home
Mitchell S. Epperson
C. C. Morris
Rosedale
Mays
Ed Gwin
Indian Territory
Tennessee
Gwin & Mays Drug Store
Burnett Drug Store
Susie Mays
Cora Mays
Nashville
Tenn
Dave Mays
Fort Worth
Texas
Henry and Fowler Mays
Blaine Gilbreath
T. B. Blake
Charles Burnett
Tal Crawford
O. E. Welborn
Jim Wintersmith
Albert Russell
R. W. Simpson
O. H. Miller
Harry Morris
S. P. Ross
Jack Price
Tom D. Mc
Two Brothers Lose Homes in Ada Oklahoma Fire
Flames destroyed the Madden homes nine miles east of Ada and at St. Louis Oklahoma on Saturday and Sunday. Chesley Madden died from burns after a Friday fire incident ended in loss of everything but clothing. John Madden perished after reentering his home to retrieve items as the roof collapsed. Mrs Madden worked in Ada and the Mad dens had recently renovated dwellings. The Ada area burial followed in Rosedale cemetery.
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Ada
St. Louis
Oklahoma
Chesley Madden
John Madden
Madden
Maddens
Maud
Rosedale Cemetery
Ethiopians Remain in Duce's African Woodpile With Selassie and Pankhurst
Milton Bronner reports on Haile Selassie and Sylvian Pankhurst guiding Ethiopian resistance to Mussolini's invasion. The piece recalls Ethiopia’s 1935 invasion, Selassie’s exile, Pankhurst’s activism, and the prospect of British help from Egypt and Sudan to stir rebel tribes and cut Italian reinforcements.
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Duce
Selassie
Pankhurst
Mussolini
Ethiopia
el Uak
Africa
Milton Bronner
NEA Service
Sudan
Benito Mussolini
Altanie
Egypt
Libya
Haile Selassie
Sylvian Pankhurst
Suez Canal
Addis Ababa
England
Palestine
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
London
Judah
Miss Pankhurst
Sylvia
Society of Friends of Italian Freedom
Abyssinia Association
Haile
Lion of Judah
No Aluminum Shortage Here Says ALCOA Spokesman
Pittsburgh dispatch reports an ALCOA spokesman stating there is positively no shortage of aluminum for the U S airplane industry amid Northrop Aircrafts 20 percent cut in hours due to metal limits. He said priority has been given to aircraft materials under the defense emergency and any Northrop shortfall will be met promptly.
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Columbus
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Northrop Aircraft Corporation
Los Angeles
Northrop
Strikes Barred Under Brewster Contract in Newark and Queens
A one year labor contract signed with the United Automobile Workers bars sit down stay ins slow-downs and sympathy strikes at Brewster Aeronautical plants in Newark New Jersey and Long Island City New York. The agreement provides wage increases raising the Brewster payroll by 1.5 million dollars annually and takes effect today for the next year.
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Newark
N. J
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Long Island City
N. Y
Brewster
United Automobile Workers of America
Bomb Shelters At Savoy Offer Downy Beds In London Blitz
Milo M. Thompson reports from London on the Savoy shelter system where luxury beds replace squalor. Downstairs, four compartments host brides, grooms, men and women with silk walls, silk hangings, and conditioned air, guarded by wardens and fire watchers as bombs fall outside.
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Sty'e
Savoy
Lilien
Preblitz
The
Deep Haven
London
Churchill radio address mocked by German sources
German sources labeled Churchill's Christmas Eve radio address to Italy as a foolish insolent attempt to sow discord between Italians and the duce. They called it renewed proof of British inability to understand the psychology of totalitarian states.
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Churchill
Berlin
Winston Churchill
England's War Expenditure Reaches 35 Million Daily
In 1918 England's national war spending totaled about 35 million dollars per day, reflecting the vast cost of conduct and sustainment of World War I. The figure underscores the scale of military, industrial, and civilian mobilization required during the year.
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England
Pipe Masters Serve Courtly Smoldering Rituals
European monarchs once employed pipe masters to care for royal smoking implements. These specialists prepared pipes, lit bowls, and maintained elegance within noble halls as part of courtly ritual.
More Building For Fort Sill Ahead
Fort Sill prepares to open bids on 14 cantonment buildings on December 27 in Lt Col Woods office. The plan includes four man barracks three recreation buildings a 170 man mess hall two storehouse and company admin buildings a two story guest house a service club for enlisted and two dental clinics. About 6 000 workers are already on the six million dollar Fort Sill construction program and total 581 buildings are under construction or completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Lawrence S. Woods
Fort Sill Army Post
Pryor Boasts Widest Fully Paved Main Street in State
Pryor proclaims its main street the widest in Oklahoma with room for twelve cars across. The Maye's County Democrat notes other towns lack such wide thoroughfares and recalls Pryor layouts dating to 1889 and 1902 under Cherokee and U S government.
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Pryor
Maye’s County Democrat
United States
Wants Analysis Of Needs For Defense
Clayton R Burt head of the national defense committee of the Machine Tool Builders Association urged an immediate proper analysis of defense requirements by government officials to speed up production. He called for a well defined program and an orderly delivery schedule based on importance noting machines rushed to completion sit idle awaiting other parts. He urged intelligent placement of machines to work at once to speed up everything.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Hartford
Conn
Clayton R. Burt
National Defense Committee
Machine Tool Builder’s Association
Niles-Bement- Pond Company
William S. Knudsen
National Defense Commission
Burt
Oklahoma Portland Cement offers $40,000 Christmas bonus
About 200 employees of the Oklahoma Portland Cement company will share a $40,000 Christmas bonus. The payment, about 10 percent of current wages, was announced by M. O. Matthews in Ada as part of Ideal Cement company policy established by Charles Boettcher.
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Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
Oklahoma
Ideal Cement Company
M. O. Matthews
Ada
Lawrence
Charles Boettcher
President Roosevelt to address nation on Sunday night
The White House said President Roosevelt will discuss the present emergency in a fireside report to the nation Sunday night between 8 30 and 9 o clock CST. The broadcast will be carried on all major networks.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Greater returns for amount in vested
A classified notice highlights better value for vested investments with higher returns. The ad emphasizes favorable terms and potential gains for readers considering asset vesting options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
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Anthony Eden
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Chamberlain
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Mediterranean
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Yale
W. N. Mays
Robert Cecil
Bath
Sylvia Pankhurst
U. S
Milo M. Thompson
Ada Evening News
New York
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