Wallace Warns Farmers Over Farm Bill Cuts in Election Year
Secretary Wallace warned Congress and especially Democrats that farmers will hold them responsible in the 1940 elections over a 154 million dollar cut in farm appropriations. The House committee trimmed the agriculture budget 20 percent below Roosevelt estimates, deleting tenant loan aid, surplus removal funds, and sugar payment reserves, prompting early farm leader protests and mixed expectations on whether the cuts would stand.
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House Appropriations Committee
House
Roosevelt
Appropriations Committee
Tmne
Jones
D-Tex
Agriculture
Tarver
D.-Ga
Parity Demands For Farm Prices At 25th Convention
Chicago January 32 UPresident Earl Smith of the Millners Agriculture association urged Congress and the administration to end farm price temporizing and fund full parity payments. He called for 607 million dollars to bridge the gap between market prices and parity, arguing it would boost farm income and create jobs by expanding markets for industrial goods.
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Chicago
Earl ©. Smith
The
Millners Agriculture Association
Congress
Association
Smith
Federation
Official Taken Out at Granite Reform School
Oklahoma City January 31. Deputy Warden S D Anderson of Granite Reformatory was dismissed. Mrs Mabel Bassett state charities chief leveled new brutality charges against guards. Chairman E W Smartt of the state board disclosed the dismissal, with Governor Phillips to comment on the cause.
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Oklahoma City
S. D. Anderson
Granite Reformatory
Reformatory
Mabel Bassett
Homer McNeil Hurt In Ada Auto Crash
The Associated Press reports Homer McNeil J6 and his mother Mrs Francis McNeil of Ada were injured when their car collided near Duke Oklahoma with a vehicle driven by Steve Rowland of Altus. Homer suffered a broken back and Mrs McNeil severe cuts and bruises. Rowland was not believed injured. The McNeil car was driven by Pat McNeil 21, Homer’s brother, at the time of the crash. Other McNeils include John in Ada Bertha McKay in Bromide Waldo in California and Dick in Santa Fe New Mexico. Mrs McNeil’s brother Philip Carnavan also lives in Ada. The family was en route to California.
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Associated Press
Homer McNeil
Francis McNeil
Ada
Duke
Oklahoma
S Steve Rowland
Altus
Rowland
the McNeil
Pat McNeil
Homer
John McNeil
Convict Tells Of Big Payoffs To Patterson
Oklahoma City January 31 AP A 41 year old McAlester penitentiary convict testified that he paid 16150 to Urban C Patterson an Oklahoma City criminal lawyer for protection in a stolen car racket and for fixing court cases The witness Seth Stone said his first deal was in 1933 paying 3500 to fix two car theft charges He then paid 6000 in 24 monthly payments plus 50 for each stolen car to take care of Jake Strickler and 1250 to stop an investigation at the capitol The government seeks to prove Patterson earned much more than his tax returns indicate for 1939 to 1936 Strickler a former stolen car sleuth was convicted in Enid last November and sentenced to five years Patterson defense is William C Lewis
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McAlester Penitentiary
Urban C. Patterson
Seth Stone
Patterson
Stone
Fix
Guthrie and
Chielasha
Jake Strickler
Capitol
Strickler
State Safety Department
Enid
Charles E. Dierker
U. S
Dierker
Joseph P. O’connell
William C. Lewis
Germany Claims Air Raid Success on Britain Coasts
Berlin reports in two days of raids that 18 vessels were destroyed or damaged off Britain's coasts. The high command says seven armed merchant ships and two British patrol boats were sunk yesterday and Monday, with German losses described as limited.
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Germany
Britain
High Command
Adolf Hitler
American Patrol Head Promotes Un American Reports in Ada
Ada hosts a speech by Charles Hickok of Shewnee founder of the American Patrol aiming to curb subversive movements. He read Dies Committee material and warned of a local cult alleged to refuse the U.S. flag while seeking to organize in Ada. The Patrol vows to oppose Communist Nazi Fascist influence and to pressure officials and employers to bar such traits.
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District Court Room
Charles Hickok
Shewnee
American Patrol
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Dies Committee
House of Representatives
American Communist Party
Wiekck
Shawnee
United States of America
United States
Roosevelt Birthday Carnival In Washington Attracts Movie Stars
Hollywood stars and political guests turned Washington into a carnival for Franklin D Roosevelt's 38th birthday anniversary. Mrs Roosevelt toured the streets with celebrities as crowds cheered, while Kay Kyser and others performed at the Mayflower hotel. Cake was sliced for the lively assemblage as autographs flowed amid police escorts and frigid weather.
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Washington
President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
White House
Mrs. Roosevelt
James Cagney
Mickey Rooney
Pat O'Brien
Tyrone Power
Dorothy Lamour
Olivia de Havilland
Mayflower Hotel
Kay Kyser
Busby names committee to oversee paralysis fund
Orel Busby county chairman of the Celebration of the Presidents Birthday named a local committee to supervise the infantile paralysis fund raised by dances and donations. About $200 has been collected. half stays local to study cases and aid children, the rest goes to the national fund. Members include Mary Thomas Elizabeth Hansen W A Delaney Marjorie Peterson and Dr Ernest A Canada.
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Busby
National Fund
Mary Thomas
Pontotoc County
Elizabbeth Hansen
Valley View Hospital
W. A. Delaney
Marjorié Peterson
Ernest A. Canada
Oklahoma
American College of Surgeons
Tax Collection To Start Up This Thursday
The collection of 1939-40 taxes will resume Thursday and the county treasurer’s office will begin making refunds for taxes paid before the levy certificate was corrected. Third quarter taxes become delinquent March 1 and fourth quarter taxes delinquent May 1, per Deputy Treasurer Nadine Viney.
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Nadine Viney
Morris Improves in Valley View Hospital
County Commissioner W F Boss Morris was reported improving at Valley View hospital after a nasal hemorrhage last week. He remains in a dangerous condition and is not allowed visitors per the attending physician.
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W. F
Morris
Valley View Hospital
Entry List Grows For Stock Show
A committee will meet Friday night to finalize the catalog for the Southeast Oklahoma Junior Livestock show to be held February 29 to March 2. Steer entries are rising with about 80 steers expected, 56 from 4-H youths and 24 from FFA. Barrow entries may total 365 with 115 from 4-H and 250 from FFA. Last year 53 steers and 218 barrows were entered.
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Oklahoma
Barrow
W.E. Clnnaman
FFA
Finnish Bonds May Be Sold In United States
A plan to float Finnish war bonds in the United States gains bi partisan support after talks with President Roosevelt. Col Frank Knox and Senator Harrison push private investment routes while Finland battles Soviet forces with recaptured Pitkaranta and heavy air raids reported.
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Washington
Finland
Roosevelt
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
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Pitkaranta
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Salla
Arctic Circlé
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Japan
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Yokohama
Politicians Wish People Separate Taxes From Elections
A political musing notes that officials would prefer the public not tie fiscal policy to election cycles. It suggests voters should distinguish taxation decisions from campaign dynamics and outcomes.
Chamberlain Presses Appeasement Speech Amid War Strains
Prime Minister Chamberlain spoke at a London luncheon praising Britain’s war efforts and commerce restoration, while asserting readiness for air raids. He cited 1,250,000 under arms, increased aircraft production, and naval successes, and noted neutral trade implications and empire wool purchases.
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Britain
Adolf Hitler
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Karelian
Far East
Hachiro Arita
Arita
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Manchester
Canada
Miners Praise FDR But Do Not Endorse Him
In Columbus on January 31 the United Mine Workers Convention lauded President Roosevelt yet refused a third term endorsement. Forty seven resolutions urging a third term were sent to the International Executive Board for appropriate action as circumstances may warrant. The convention authorized John L. Lewis and the board to choose a presidential candidate aligned with labor interests, adopting the resolutions committee’s recommendation by an overwhelming majority after a lengthy debate. Lewis said more than 6 percent of delegates voted no.
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Ohio
United Mine Workers Convention
Roosevelt
International Executive Board
John L. Lewis
Ivice
Lewis
Resolutions Committee
Germans Executing Poles Report by Polish Exile Government
Paris reports from a Polish government in exile accuse German forces of mass executions of Poles since occupation, including market killings and deportations in cattle cars, with 18,000 dead and 30 children frozen to death in Sandermierz. The piece notes German claims of orderly departures and mentions 13,000 Germans tortured as Polish forces withdrew. It also references Browder’s appeal and a jab at Stalinist trials.
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Paris
Poland
Sandermierz
Poznan
Germany
Hunters trap four gray wolves near Ada in government effort
Walter Mayer and Alvis Turner suffered sheep and turkey losses east of Ada. Joe Bell, a United States Biological Survey trapper with 16 years’ experience, trapped four large gray wolves quickly, easing the Mayer ranch’s fears as locals recount the dramatic capture and its local impact.
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Red Riding Hood
United States Biological Survey
Ada
Walter Mayer
Alvis Tunner
Joe Bell
Bell
Huddleston
Mayer Ranch
Governor Purge Targets Ada Highway Office Changes
The Oklahoma governor’s purge removes Ada district staff after Seminole county Democratic convention censured Phillips for sending an investigator during a petroleum strike. Ada game ranger Jack Sinks resigns to become highway maintenance superintendent, replacing Virgil Metlock. D C Cox and B F Collins discharged for alleged political activity, not shown as purge targets.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
Seminole County
Mid- Continent Petroleum Co
Jack Sinks
Ada
Highway Department
Virgil Metlock
D. C. Cox
B. F. Collins
Traffic deaths rise in January report
Oklahoma City January ends with 39 traffic deaths reported by the safety department, a marginal drop from 40 deaths recorded in January of the previous year. The figures reflect statewide roadway fatalities through the last day of the month.
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State Safety Department
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