FBI Cracks Down on Group Plotting U. S. Government Takeover
Federal authorities announced the arrest of 17 men linked to a "Christian Front" plot to overthrow the United States government. The suspects were charged with seditious conspiracy as agents prodded by tips of imminent bombing outrages and planned attacks on buildings, utilities, and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
New York
United States
Harold M. Kennedy
J. Edgar Koover
Kennedy
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John M. Ryan
P. E. Foxworth
Ryan
New York City
Brooklyn
Hoover
Brett
National Guard
New York National Guard
Naval Reserve
Marine Reserve
Bund
Fuehrer
Fritz Kunn
Sing Sing
John F. Cassity
Christian Front
William Gerald Bishop
Cassidy
Ludifer
Narrowsburg
LaGuardia
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Charles Couglin
Michigan
Father Coughlin
Royal Oak
Stark urges bigger US submarines for distant seas
Admiral Harold R. Stark told the House Naval Committee that the United States must build larger submarines for operations far from home, noting Germany and Japan already field longer range subs. He defended a $1.3 billion fleet expansion and contrasted US destroyer totals with Britain’s 359 escort vessels.
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Washington
Harold R. Stark
South Atlantic
Germany
Russia
Stark
House Naval Committee
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Latimer Countian Sustains Serious Bullet Wound
Alfred Kirkes, 17, of Yanush in Latimer County, was brought to a McAlester hospital in serious condition today from a bullet wound. Deputy Sheriff Quincy Morgan investigated the incident.
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McAlester
Um— Alfred Kirkes
Yanush
Latimer County
Sherifl Quincy Morgan
Latimer County dice game shooting leaves two wounded
A man named Kirkes and his brother Bill 25 were shot during an altercation at a dice game where Alfred watched. Bill sustained two flesh wounds. A 25 year old Yanish resident is held in Wilburton jail for questioning.
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Latimer County
Kirkes
Bill
Alfred
Wilburton
Three Missing In Icy Harbor
Three boys, Joseph Curry 15 John Whitehouse 14 and Ralph Kendall 8, are missing after drifting ice in Boston harbor. Police rescued eight companions earlier, with one boy in critical condition. Whitehouse reported seeing his younger brother and Kendall brothers drift away on a moving ice cake.
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Boston
Joseph Curry
John Whitehouse
Ralph
Wallace
Charles Kendall
Death strikes thrice in MecKirahan family in Tulsa
In Tulsa a three day span brings death to Mrs Zolia MecKirahan's family. Her father Charles Bloomheart 81 died in Chanute Kansas hotel fire along with brother Clyde Bloomheart 53. A sister Geda Runyan of Bartlesville informed their mother Mrs Virginia McKirahan en route to Topeka for a funeral. The piece also mentions a crash resistant safety belt in development.
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Lulsa
Zolia MecKirahan
Tulsa
Virginia McKirahan
Topeka
Kas
Charles Bloomheart
Chanute
Kes
Clyde Bloomheart
Bartlesville
Geda Maud Runyan
Three Men Die As Bartlesville Hotel Burns
Bartlesville residents woke to a deadly blaze that destroyed the St. Regis Hotel theater and two shops. Three men died Clyde Bloomheart 80 Charlee Bloomheart 50 and James Darcey McClendon. One son died trying to rescue his father, trapping him in a hall. Fire Chief H D Scott blamed not yet known cause.
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Bartlesville
Jan
St. Regis
Yeserday
Clyde V. Bloomheart
Charlee Bloomheart
James Darcey McClendon
H. D. Scott
Bloomheart
Scott
Army Builds World's Largest Airplane to Fly Europe and Back
Washington reports the army is completing a 70 ton plane with a 200 foot wing span at Douglas in Santa Monica California. Tests are planned next summer and the craft could have a 6000 to 7000 mile range. Also noted: civilian flight personnel and aircraft rose in 1939 with 81,264 pilots and 13,772 civil planes.
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Washington
Europe
J. Edgar Hoover
Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Company
Army
Hoover
Civil Aeronautics Authority
United States
Murphy Nomination Advances to Supreme Court Seat
Senate Judiciary Committee approves Frank Murphy for the Supreme Court and backs Roosevelt nominees Robert Jackson as attorney general and Francis Biddle as solicitor general. Murphy, ex governor of Michigan, testified on constitutional limits and labor disputes, with committee signaling likely quick confirmation.
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Robert H. Jackson
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Generaal
Francis Biddle
Pennsylvania
Senate
Murphy
Senate Judiciary
Congress
Michigan
Philippines
G E Johnson Dies Monday At Home Here
G E Johnson 56 longtime manager of the Fitts Area Producers association and Ada resident since 1986 died at home Monday morning from a heart attack. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:30 from First Methodist Church with Rev W L Blackburn officiating. Burial in Rosedale cemetery. Survived by wife, a young daughter Ross Lee, and two sisters Mrs S M Thompson of Texas and Mrs R P Thompson of Shreveport Louisiana.
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G._E. Johnson
Fitts Area Producers Association
Ada
First Methodist Church
W. L. Blackburn
Rosedale
Johnson
The
Producers Association
Fitts
Oklahoma County
Continental Oil Company
Oklahoma
Chicago
Ross Lee
S. M. Thompson
Texas
R. P. Thompson
Shreveport
Louisiana
Government Indictments Of Building Trust Across Cities
A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted 25 individuals, 14 companies, a contractor’s association and a union for conspiracy to restrain trade in the tile business. New Orleans indictments against the building trades council and AFL locals, plus related charges, expand the nationwide anti trust drive. In total, 44 defendants face accusations for refusing to accept material from CIO affiliated United Transport Workers union truck drivers.
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Chicago
New Orleans
Building and Construction Trades Council of
American Federation of Labor Building Trades Unions
United Transport Workers Union
CIO
Justice Department
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
New York
Detroit
San Francisco
Washington
Leo F. Tierey
May Try Again To Bring Chilton Back to Prison
In Columbus Ohio on January 12 Carlton B Chilton of Cleveland faced a possible renewed extradition to Oklahoma after Governor Phillips rejected a request to send him back to serve six months of a two year sentence Chilton who escaped Granite Reformatory in 1913 was described as making good by authorities Oklahoma assistant attorney general Owen J Watts predicted eventual capture though former Ohio governor Martin L Davey once refused Chiltons return four years earlier
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Columbus
Ohio
Carlton B. Chilton
Cleveland
Oklahoma
Phillips
Bricker
Chilton
Granite Reformatory
Chiltona
Owen J. Watts
Okahoma
Martin L. Davey
Oklahoma seeks extradition in long fugitive case
Owen J. Watts argues at an extradition hearing that Oklahoma will recover its man Carlton Chilton, noting the government’s institutions are at stake and vowing to renew the application. Judge Frey defends Chilton, saying he has reformed and paid society’s debt. The fugitive, now 45, fled Granite reformatory in 1913 after a bank robbery, returning most loot.
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State Highway Department
Owen J. Watts
Oklahome
Carlton Chilton
Oklahoma
Perry A. Frey
Cleveland
Chilton
Granite
Okla
Two Suspects Named in Ft Towson Farmhouse Killing
A farmer identified two convicts as Frank Wellman and Floyd C. Carpenter in a New Year homicide at the Rogers home near Ft Towson. The attack killed Elmer Rogers, his wife, and their four year old son Dean before a fire consumed the house. The report details Lambert’s statements, prison guards changes, and renewed interest in lighter-than-air craft.
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FT. Towson
Elmer Rogers
Dean
Houston Lambert
Jess Dunn
McAlester
Joe Adair
Ft Towson
Dunn
Carl B. Dunlap
Lambert
Joe Harmer
Frank Wellman
Oklahoma City
Floyd C. Carpenter
Johnson County
Rogers
Wellman
Carpenter
Fort Towson
Carl Dunlap
Herman
Harmon
Norman Horton
Horton
First Trip Of Year For FDR To Be Home
President Roosevelt said he would begin 1940 travel with a year end visit to Hyde Park New York at month’s end. He noted the roof of his new library was on and some flooring laid for the private papers library. He downplayed a West Coast trip in April and spoke on Puerto Rico Canada and the St Lawrence waterway talks with Ottawa officials and Governor Leahy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
West Coast
Puerto Rico
Willam D. Leahy
Ottawa
Canada
St. Lawrence Waterway
Dates Set For Junior Livestock Show In Ada
The third annual Southeastern Oklahoma Junior Livestock show will be held in Ada February 29 through March 2. Two major changes: 4 H and FFA members compete in one division, and lambs judged by breeds. Entries due February 19. Livestock parade on Main Street Saturday afternoon. Counties eligible include Pontotoc Pottawatomie Seminole Hughes Okfuskee McCurtain Garvin Murray LeFlore Choctaw Bryan Johnston Pushmataha Askel Lincoln Latimer McIntosh and Lincoln.
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Southeastern Oklahoma
Joe B. Hill
Phil Lowery
Loco
W. R. Felton
Barrow
Burt Winchester
Lamb
Roy Craig
FFA
Lee Craig
Oklahoma A
College
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Ada
Harry Morris
Pontotoc
Pottawatomie
Seminole
Hughes
Okfuskee
McCurtain
Garvin
Murray
LeFlore
Choctaw
Bryan
Johnston
Pushmataha
Pushmataha, @askell
Marshall
Coal
Atoka
Pittsburg
Latimer
McIntosh
Linsoln
Bebee Area Oil Wells Tap Oil in 24 Hour Tests
Gulf Oil reports Bebee No. 1 Tucker produced 750 barrels of oil in a 24 hour test. Senora No. 1 Porter yields 18 barrels per hour. Superior No. 2 Summers shows 20 barrels per hour in a recent test. Senora No. 2 Tucker drilling below at 1150 feet. Garrett and Allen No. 1 James in McClain County drilling at 3309 feet.
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Bebee Area
Gulf 031 Co
Tucker
Senora’ Oil
Porter
Superior
Summers
Senora No
Mcclain County
Garrett ‘and Allen No
James
Second Oil Find of 1940 in Kansas Reported
Kansas reports its second oil discovery of 1940, the Snider Simpson pool in Stafford county. The No 1 Smith of Shell Oil Co. Inc. well, located southeast of 9-21-Ilw, yielded an initial 75 barrels per day from Simpson dolomite at 3,371 feet, about 3-4 mile southwest of the Snider pool and a mile north of the Snider pool, both producing from the deeper Arbuckle Aime.
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Wichita
Kas
Kansas
Stafford County
Shell Oil Co. Inc
Snider Pool
Arbuckle Aime
Fumes Fatal to Woman in Oklahoma One Room Home
Mrs Corena Jackson an 84 year old resident of Commerce Oklahoma was found dead in her one room home with police saying accidental asphyxiation from fumes from a small open gas heater caused the death. Police Chief Robert Sidwell noted fumes were noticeable in the house.
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Commerce
Okla
Corena Jackson
Robert Sidwell
Sidwell
Drys Plan New Teeth For Liquor Control
Oklahoma City pastor Dr W R White says a proposed amendment would strengthen anti-liquor laws amid repeal pressure. He notes Governor Phillips pledged no vote before November general election if petition completes. A C Cardwell said the measure to be filed with state officials within two weeks would regulate liquor via local option.
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Oklahoma City
W. KR. White
White
A. C. Cardwell
Oklahoma Liquor Control Commission
Secretary of State
Republicans Fail To Slash Emergency Defense Funding
Washington January 12 The House approved by a wide margin a 264 611 252 emergency defense appropriation covering the Army Navy Coast Guard and FBI A Republican effort to cut the four month winter maneuvers fund from 18 million to 9 million failed 93 to 5 Rep Taber argued two months was enough Rep Lambertson urged pooling two army corps would suggest prep for war Rep Woodrum backed generals Pershing and Marshall Adm Stark told the Navy committee Congress may grant authority to build larger cruisers than the 10 000 ton type
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Rep
Taber
South
Lambertson
R-Kas
House Naval Committee
Navy
Congress
Robber Shot To Death In Tulsa 34 Year Old Victim Named
In Tulsa on January 15 a robbery at the Ambassador apartment hotel ended with a gunfire death. Police identified the dead man as Arthur William Mann, 34, of Tulsa. One suspect surrendered nearby. another was shot by a sharpshooter as he reached for a weapon. About $90 and a revolver were found at the scene.
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Tulsa
Polina
Ambassador
Lee Squires
Arthur William
Art) Mann
LaVerne Hedgpath
James Osborn
Scout Cer
Hedgpath
Oleiha Barnard
Squires
Flames Spread In Japanese City
Tokyo report says a major fire in Shizuoka, southwest of Tokyo, raged out of control destroying about 300 lives and 1000 homes. The blaze, aided by strong winds, consumed the railroad station post office municipal buildings and many cars including a department store and banks.
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Tokyo
Shizuoka
Domei
Japan
da News
Collision Of Two Trains Probed At Wagoner
Wagoner Oklahoma area reports a collision last night between two Missouri Pacific Red Ball freight trains. Engineer Clarence L. Hogan of Van Buren Arkansas was killed and four other crew members injured. The wreck damaged locomotives and nine cars, with fires requiring chemical fighting nearby.
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Tor Muskogee
James L. Fine
Hogan
L. H. Haigler
Freman
Wiliam Hamilton
Wagoner
Belgium War Scare Blamed on Paris Plot Says Berlin
Berlin reports dated January 15 claim German officials say the Belgium and Netherlands scare was manufactured in Paris to provoke a broader war and draw Sweden into a wider conflict. Daladier allegedly fed Belgian and Dutch authorities misleading information to push a Maginot-line diversion.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Belgium
Netherlands
Paris
Germany
Stillung
Dalaier
Daladier
Sweden
Theyll Tell Army Chief Aplenty
A congressional delegation returning from a 25000 mile tour of army posts in the United States, Panama, and Puerto Rico plans to present General George C. Marshall with startling findings. They urge faster production of the new army semi automatic rifle and propose abolishing older posts dating to Indian days. Further recommendations and a report of congressional interference with part of the army program are expected, with Marshall and Secretary Woodring to hear more at a later House military committee session.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
Marshall
Panama
Puerto Rico
Woodring
House Military Committee
May Build More Grand River Dams In Oklahoma
Vinita reports UPPa has signaled possible funding for two additional Grand River dams at Markham's Ferry and Fort Gibson. GRDA general manager R L Davidson said talks in Washington with PWA officials could lead to quick action, with GRDA authorized to issue 10 million dollars. Davidson also noted investigations into T E Thompson Shawnee city manager and T P Clonts Muskogee city manager as potential GRDA general manager appointees.
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Vinita
Uppwa
Grand River
Markham's Ferry
Fort Gibson
R. L. Davidson
Davidson
PWA
T. E. Thompson
Shawnee
GRDA
T. P. Clonts
Muskogee
Davidan
Aol
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Nlavy
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