July 1939 and the shadow of war across Europe
A historical capsule notes July milestones from 1914 to 1939, detailing how July has repeatedly preceded major conflicts. It traces the assassination spark, wartime peace hopes, disarmament talks, and rising tensions among Poland Germany Japan Britain and other powers, concluding that July 1939 stands as potentially more perilous than any previous July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Abyssinia
League
Spain
International
China
Feiping
Japan
Palestine
Siberian
Factions May Cause College To Be Closed
Oklahoma City July 3 Chairman W C Kite of the state colleges board of regents warned that institutions involved in factionalism might be closed if the administration’s economy program fails and tax revenue declines. He cited Northwestern State College of Alva and Southeastern State College at Durant amid factional strife, adding the supreme court demands budget balancing by voters. The board lacks power to close colleges, but administration could decide to shut the least efficient schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
W. C. Kite
State Colleges’ Board of Regents
Kite
Phillips
Bert Larason
Durant
Southeastern State College
Vance Posey
Supreme Court
Board of Regents
State Affairs Board
State Board of Affairs Today
Granite Reformatory
E. W. Smartt
Highway Department
Tax Commission
Young Couple Die in Train Collision at St Albans
CHARLESTON W Va July 3 A note found by state troopers suggests a young couple plotted their deaths by driving their car onto a Chesapeake and Ohio grade crossing at St Albans. Barney Russell 22 and Gladys Charels 19 were killed when a speeding train demolished their auto. The note asked to be kept together and urged relatives to leave the girl with Barney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
W. W. Karr
J Barney Russell
Gladys Charels
Chesapeake and Ohio
St. Albans
Barney
Miss Church
Russel
Disney Clears Way For Watkins Name
Washington July 3 Rep Disney said Senator Thomas of Oklahoma may not oppose Senate confirmation of George L. Watkins for reappointment as Tulsa postmaster, opening the way for Watkins name to clear. The development follows Disney’s recommendation and signals potential confirmation.
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Washington
Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate
George L. Watkins
Tulsa
Rep
Disney
Oklahoma Senatorial Nomination Turmoil In 1938 Race
Disney supported Gomer Smith in the 1938 senatorial race and shifted support to Thomas after reports Thomas opposed Watkins due to Watkins backing Smith. Watkins denied entering Smith’s campaign and remained silent on nomination approval. Sen. Lee’s prior blocking stance may ease, as Disney considers nominating Frante Paris of Tulsa if Watkins is rejected.
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Disney
Gomer Smith
Thomas
Watkins
Smith
Tulsa
Thomas Watkins
Senate
Sen
Lee
Post Office Department
Washington
Frante Paris
gema.Cratic
Post,office Department
Oklahoma Briefs From Across the State
Oklahoma news briefs report building permits totaling 35301 in six months and 7154 in June. Blackwell closes Heights school for next term. Grant County assessor reports 1939 40 valuation at 16220588. Farmers report cotton boll invasion in Carter County. Tuttle moves oldest local business building to a Yukon farm. Ada may install its own police broadcasting system with 3100 rent savings. Bartlesville six month construction reaches 789141 with June permits over 550000. Young sisters wed in triple ceremony. Tulsa dentists licensed 29. Dr Bowyer reelected president. Kate Dorcas dies at 72 in Roland. LSU acting president accepts building superintendent Caldwell’s resignation.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Governors of
Scott P. Bowyer
Tulsa
Roland
Kate Dorcas
5. S. Dorcas
Fresh Rebellions Over Neutrality And Lending Tools
Washington July 3 UPI The administration faces fresh rebellions over neutrality and lending programs as Congress debates adjournment. Senate to vote on the monetary bill Wednesday while House opposition grows to continuing arms embargo. Debate looms into August with strong party divides over presidential monetary powers and dollar devaluation protections.
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William B. Ardery
Washington
UPI
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Ieaders
League of Nations
Sen
Wagner
D-Ny
Congress Sets Peacetime Record For Money Appropriated
Congress authorized 13 110 000 000 for the new fiscal year a peacetime record 1 729 000 000 above last session. Increases stem from pensions railroad retirement and permanent obligations. Roosevelt criticized additions including 338 000 000 for parity payments and surplus disposal. Army and navy expansion drove 1 783 187 847 higher. peak naval construction next year may lift totals to about 2 000 000 000.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Agriculture Department
House
PWA
District of Columbia
Fox Rages Through Hen House As Farmer Attacks
In Burgaw North Carolina on July 3 farmer John Sikes rushed a fox raiding his hen house to save a prize hen. The fox bit his leg as his daughter arrived and decapitated the animal with a large knife. They freed his leg after prying open the jaws. The fox head was sent for rabies tests. neighbors say the fox appeared drunk.
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Burgaw. WN. C
John Sikes
Sikes
Stele
Iowlands
Unconscious 13 Year Old Girl In City Crash
13 year old Maxine Jones of 207 North Johnston remains in critical condition at Valley View hospital after a Thursday night accident on Main Street near Johnston. She suffered severe head injuries as she began to cross the street, and is the daughter of Mrs Alma Jones. Mrs Fannie Woods, 85, treated for a fractured leg and wrist at Breco Memorial hospital after a separate North Mississippi truck collision, facing weeks in hospital.
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Maxine Jones
North Johnston
Valley View Hospital
Gil
Main Street
Johnston
Alma Jones
Fannie Woods
Breco Memorial Hospital
Mississippi
No Place To Him Like His Own Home
Mt Vernon area reflects on Mills age milestone as he marks 100 years on his birth day. He and his two children George and Julie hosted neighbors at a farm four miles south of Mt Vernon on a 155 acre property never mortgaged or tax delinquent.
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MT. Vernon
Mills
George
Julie
Mt Vernon
Connie Mack Shows Marked Improvement After Illness
Philadelphia July 3 Connie Mack 76 year old Athletics manager appeared to be winning his fight against a gall bladder ailment. Roy Mack Jr said his father had shown marked improvement since returning home from Boston on a stretcher. Doctors diagnosed the condition as the same one that nearly killed him in 1937 and 1987 but staff reported no immediate concern.
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Philadelphia
Connie Mack
Bostgn On
Roy Macix
Philadelphia Athletics
Mack
Athletics
New York
Polish Headline Signals Polish Anxiety Over Danzig
WARSAW July 3 Independent Wieczor Warszawski prints a headline that Hitler has one month to think it over war without victory or resignation. Britain’s support for Poland eases some nerves as Foreign Minister Beck spends a long weekend in the country.
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Warsaw
Danzig
Wieczor Warszawski
Hitler
Britain
Poland
Free City
Beck
Germany
New County Officials Take Posts As Fiscal Year Opens
County Commissioners W F Morris and Rimer Chandler along with County Superintendent Ray Stegall and assistant Juanita Rains took the oath of office to begin the new fiscal year. Treasurer-elect Sem Dew, recovering in Oklahoma City, will be sworn in soon. he has 10 days to take the oath. The old board, including Biem, Tew and George Collins, met to approve June claims as their final act.
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W. F. Morris
Rimer Chandler
Ray Stegall
Juanita Rains
Sem Dew
Oklahoma City
Henry Dew
Eleck
Daggs
Morris
Richard Elam
Chandler
Sam Tew
Board of Commissioners
Biem
Tew
George Collins
Duncan Woman Is Badly Wounded in Home Shooting
Grace McCaulley, 35, was critically wounded in a quarrel at her Duncan home last night. Oscar Graham, 58, named as her assailant, surrendered after the shooting that left a bullet in her neck. Graham, a former constable, had faced drunken driving and resisting charges that were later dropped.
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Duncan
Grace McCaulley
Brooks Hervey
Oscar Graham
McCaulley
Lottie Satan
Hervey
Exploding Meteor Sought In Oregon
Portland residents were startled by a massive explosion believed to be a meteor. University of Oregon astronomer Hugh Pruett led a search for fragments across the Portland area and southwestern Washington as reports stretched to Arlington.
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Portland
Ore
Science Today
Washington
Arlington
Columbia River
Hugh Pruett
University of Oregon
Pruett
Oklahoma City Gov Seeks Department Cuts as New Fiscal Year Opens
Oklahoma Gov. Leon C. Phillips meets with department heads to cut expenses and balance the budget as the new fiscal year starts. Morale at the Granite state penitentiary is high under Warden Jess Dunn, with Phillips retaining Dunn and Warden Fred Hunt. The piece notes clemency policy debates and mentions U.S. Senators Elmer Thomas and Josh Lee weighing presidential support during Roosevelt’s third-term era.
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Lee Bond
United Press
Oklahoma City
Department of the Capitol
Leon C. Phillips
State Penitentiarys
Jess Dunn
Capitol
Phillips
Dunn
Fred) Hunt
Granite Reformatory
Wiliam H. Murray
Murray
Marland
Elmer Thomas
Josh Lee
Roosevelt
Lee
Thomas
Mary Dean Brown A Hammon Athlete Chases 1944 Olympic Dream
Mary Dean Brown, 15, of Hammon Oklahoma, treasures athletic trophies over linen. She won Roger Mills county junior events in high jump 5 ft 1 in and broad jump 16 ft 9 in, plus 201 ft baseball throw and tennis champion. Father planned a traditional keepsake but medals replaced china as her prize.
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Hammon
Oklo
Mary Dean Brown
Mary Dean
Roger Mills County
Hammon High School
Youth Congress Faces Question About Communism and Fascism
New York July 3 UP The American Youth Congress faced a demand from 38 New York state legislators to denounce communism as well as fascism and nazism. Delegates postponed a vote on a resolution denouncing communism and sent it to the resolutions committee. The lawmakers and New York secretary of state Mike Walsh said the group had condemned fascism at prior national conventions but never attacked atheistic, materialistic communism.
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New York
American Youth Congress
Congress
Resolutions Committee
Legislatore
Michael Walsh
Youth Congress
Gene Tunney
Marriage Licenses Issued by County Clerk in Lee County
The county court clerk’s office issued licenses Saturday to Leon Tyler 37 and Olive Long of Ada as a colored couple and to Melvin Maynard 23 and Johnnie Louise Velmor of Ada Route 4. A license was also issued to E. A. Kine and Johnnie Louise Velmor, both of Tulsa.
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Lee
Leon Tyler
Olive Long
Ada
Melvin Maynard
Johnnie Louise Velmor
Route 4
E. A. Kine
Legal Age
Tulsa
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Rhine
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Yuuly
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Extreme
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W. H. Findly
Grant County
Ardmore
Carter County
Tuttle
Yukon
Pontotoc County
Bill Crawford
Bartlesville
Payor
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Grant Teter
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William R. Thompson
Andrew J. Blackwell
Victore
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Khalka River
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State Capitol
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Hammond
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