Prowlers Target Joan Johnson As Pitt Game Nears
In a campus bar scene three students watch Joan Johnson and Marianne as Ed Sam and Rocco discuss a Pitt game ticket grab. A salesman named Reece flirts with the duo while Uncle Jim and Tommy Peters note a stranger's possible past. The plot hints at a potential stake in the upcoming game.
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Tommy
Jim
Rocco
Recca
Joan
Marianne
Reece
Uncle Jim
Joan Johnson
Keith Rhodes
Heith Rhodes
Jin
Tommy Peters
Tech
Kinkade
Sir Louis
Oklahoma Sixth In Proportion Of Farm Operators Who Are Tenants
STILLWATER Jan 16 Oklahoma has risen to sixth in the nation for the share of farm operators who are tenants, per a bulletin by the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station and the federal Agricultural Economics Bureau. The report covers tenancy extent, landlord agreements, tenant demographics, land and farming types, with findings on rent types, mobility, and lower farm valuations for tenant operators.
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Oklahoma
Stillwater
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
John H. Southern
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Experiment Station
Grocer’s Rear Window Break-In Leads to Suspect Joe Clay
Watson Lewellen of Neb-A reported a rear window broken with $130 cash and $107 in merchandise stolen. An officer traced tracks in the snow three miles to the home of Joe Clay, who pleaded guilty to burglary.
Clock-Phonograph Gets Him Awake
Providence notices how H William Richter Jr uses an electric alarm clock and a phonograph to wake for 8 o'clock classes at Brown University. The 7 30 a m alarm triggers a recording of his own voice urging him to get up and not miss class. The device typically succeeds in rousing him.
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Providence
B. 1
H. William Richter, Jr
Brown University Saphiamore
Bridgeport
Mass
William
Bill
Richter
Occo
Sam
Big Ed
Rocca
Rhodes
Rocco
Chicago May Get Both Conventions
Washington reports circulated among Democratic and Republican leaders that Chicago could host both national party conventions if it matched or beat cash offers from other cities. Senator McNary of Oregon urged Chicago as a meeting site, citing the Midwest as a key campaign battleground. Senator Vandenburg reportedly favored Chicago as a possible Republican convention host. John Hamilton, chairman of the Republican National Committee, was also mentioned in the discussions.
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Washington
Chicago
McNary
Oregon
Midwest
Vandenburg
Rhich
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Political convention betting on Chicago or China
A southern Democratic senator told reporters he bet even money his party would meet in China. A Democratic authority said he spoke with about twenty party leaders and all but one preferred Chicago.
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Bis Party
China
Chicago
Yankee Ingenuity Proves Self Again
In Washington on January 16, ordnance experts announced a new three inch anti aircraft shell that uses a parachute and steel tape to entangle enemy planes. The weapon, tested by the U S Army and sold abroad to France, could augment fixed defenses and may alter wartime air raid strategies.
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Washington
France
War Department
London
Rheam Details Battery Purchase At NLRB Hearing
Tulsa January 16 Former Police Commissioner Floyd Rheam testified at a National Labor Relations Board hearing about expenses for tapping telephone conversations of Oil Workers union officials paid from a special fund. The union was on strike at the Mid-Continent Petroleum refinery in West Tulsa. Rheam said the money did not come from police funds and that he paid from a special fund set up for this purpose.
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Tulsa
Okls
Floyd Rheam
National Labor Relations Board
Rheam
F. E. Kennamer
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp
NLRB
Elmer Davis
Davis
Joan of Arkansas in a Suspenseful Campus Chase
On a sunny day Joan, her friend Dan, and others observe campus life before a staged transport run to the stadium. Rocco and three men pursue Joan in a dangerous staged plot, leading to a tense road encounter near the university with an armed ambush ready to unfold.
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University
Jean
Dan
Joan
Rey
Rocco
Russians accuse Sweden of making jobless volunteers
Moscow radio charged Sweden with forcing the unemployed to enlist for Finland as tensions rise with the USSR. Sweden and Norway protested alleged Soviet border violations after Russian planes overflew and reportedly landed on Norwegian soil. Norwegian guns fired near Kirkenes as editorial pages favored continued aid to the Finns.
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Max Harrelson
Copenhagen
Sweden
Finland
Russia
Norway
Moscow
Kallaks
Kirkenes
Soviet Union
Altus Lugert Reclamation District Hearing Planned
Jackson county commissioners will hold a February 14 hearing on forming the Altus Lugert reclamation district in southwestern Oklahoma. The federal allotment totals $5,365,000 with $1,130,000 for flood control. Work is expected to start in March after the petition was filed with the governor and planning and resources board.
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Oklahoma City
Jackson County
Altus-Lugert
Oklahoma
Third Chism Well Due In This Week
Preparations finish for Simpson-Roadhouse Oil No. 1 Susan James in McClain county. The well in 16-5n-3e bottom at 3,645 feet, with cementing at 3,500 feet. Completion expected by Thursday night with a January 17 plug. Patsy Oil officials report Stanolind Pipeline will start a transport line in mid January for oil from Cusmpool and the Patsy wells nearby have halted due to limited transportation capacity.
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Simpson-Roadhouse Oil Co
Susan James
Chism
McClain County
Patsy Oil Company
Stanolind Pipeline Company
Cusmpool
James Garrett
Caldwell
Lending To Finland Backed By Senate Debate
President Roosevelt told Congress that extending credit to Finland does not mean involvement in European wars. Senator George urged Congress to assume responsibility for any loan, arguing it is a neutral act. Senator Connally called for referral to foreign relations as well as banking committees due to foreign policy stakes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Finland
Sen
George
D.-Ge
Senate
Ics
Sen. Connally
D-Tex
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Export-Import Bank
Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Crude Oil Output Down Past Week
U S crude oil production fell 16 192 barrels daily to 3 573 982 for the week ended Jan 13 the Oil and Gas Journal reports Oklahoma flow dropped 15 375 to 423 175 Louisiana 1 658 to 267 369 eastern states 4 200 to 102 500 Michigan 2 760 to 65 382 and the Rocky Mountain area 9 400 to 75 000 East Texas fields declined 144 to 394 403 while Texas as a whole gained 3 250 to 1 350 135 California rose 15 400 to 612 750 Kansas up 1 100 to 167 500 and Illinois up 6 137 to 235 741.
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Tulsa
Okla
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Eastern States
Michigan
Rocky Mountain
East Texas
Texas
Calfornia
Kansas
Tinois
May miss pension by five cents sum
A six year old widow in Pittsburgh may not qualify for social security due to earning 49.95 dollars in a three month period, five cents short of the 50 dollar minimum. Officials say lifetime monthly benefits would have begun next month if the full amount had been earned. In Washington the federal works agency is issuing dismissal notices to over 1,330 employees, with 700 in the capital and the rest nationwide, largely from the public works administration which has ceased loans and grants.
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Pittsbuurgh
Pittsburgh
Washington
Federal Works Agency
Public Works Administration
Coal County Chamber Plans Big Year With Banquet
About 200 Coal County residents attended the chamber of commerce annual banquet in Coalgate. Officers praised the board and noted WPA funded community building, 4 H and FFA collaboration, and continued rural relief as key 1939 efforts. Judge Busby urged adaptation through organized programs and community cooperation across towns.
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Coal County
Coalgate
Chamber
WPA
FFA
Busby
Orel Busby
Ada
Paul
Chamber of Commerce
Atoka
McAlester
Durant
Idabel
Allen
T. A. Bryan
Sam Butler
J. Shipley
J. A. Browning
Idahel
Curtis Floyd
Adan
Paul Hays
Patsy Greenan
G. T. Balls
Robert Lacy
Leslie Cardwell
I. O. Kile
Bill, Hudson
Dale Brown
Judge Thornsborough
Harry Hart
Erry Hart
Coalgate Chamber
Oklahoma
The
Presbyterian Church
Wanda Lon Lonmalier
Billie Baumert
Daryl Bones
Frank Diaz
Charles Hudson
Sam Wells
Movie Adoptions Bring Hope To Hollywood Children
Hollywood, Jan. 12. A dozen-year-old David Hobbs returns to a ranch tent on the Kaweah river after two years with Ann Sothern and Roger Pryor, joining 16 girls and 7 boys adopted by Hollywood notables. The story highlights foster homes created by stars and their spouses.
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Miss Sothern
Mr. Pryor
Don Ameche
Henry Hobbs
Beverly Hills
Pat O'Brian
Neal Hamilton
Harold Lloyd
Loretta Fung
Basil Rathbone
Irene Dunne
Jack Benny
Bob Hope
Constance Bennett
Miriam Hopkins
Zasu Pitts
Hedy Lamarr
Hollywood
Jan
David Hobbs
Kaweah River
California
Ann Sothern
Roger Pryor
Osage County Oil Tax Cut Approved by House
Washington dispatch reports the Oklahoma House passed a resolution to cut the state gross production tax on oil and gas in Osage County from five to three percent and to eliminate a one percent tax on royalties. The measure, requested after Secretary Ickes noted Osage objections, would allocate one third of the tax on Indian royalties to Osage County in lieu of the road tax.
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Washington
Osage County
Oklo
House
Senate
Ickes
Mid-Continent To Build New Plant
Mid Continent Petroleum Corp announced plans to invest 2,500,000 dollars to expand West Tulsa refining facilities. The project will add catalytic polymerization, reforming, cracking, and stabilization units to produce two new high octane gasoline grades, with operation expected by June 1.
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Tulsa
Mid Continent Petroleum Corp
F. B. Koontz
Southwest
Koontz
Finnish Brothers Face Off On Salla Front Feud
A Finnish patrol commander recounts a brother fighting a brother in Lapland after communist sympathizers crossed into Soviet Russia and returned with the Red Army. He says one soldier found his brother among Russian prisoners captured on the front, crying “Brother, look what you have done!”
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Salla
Jan. Ik
Pimwa
Lapland
Russia
Red Army
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