AAA Wheat Penalty Row Backed By Officials
Washington July 9 reports show AAA officials defiant on a 49 cent penalty for over quota wheat. Evans cited farmers’ support, quota rules, and options to store or market without penalty if quotas continue. He argued high loan parity protects government from losses and that better prices benefit farmers overall.
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Washington
Administration
AAA
R. M. Evans
Agriculture Department
House Agriculture Committee
Evans
Armistice Talks Foreshadowed as Free French Press On
Number one against Germany and the Free French, in a brother versus brother struggle, move toward an armistice while British Free French forces lay siege to Damascus and push toward Beirut and other center points of Vichy resistance including Aleppo and Homs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Damascus
Beirut
Aleppo
Homs
Churchill reports Dentz seeks armistice terms in Syria
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that General Dentz, French high commissioner for Syria, asked to discuss terms for an armistice. He said Britain would welcome an end to the month-long conflict with its former ally, but fighting would continue until a truce is reached. He noted the formal application for armistice discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
Henri Dentz
Syria
House of Commons
Britain
Middle East
Dentz
Mrs Hat tie B Land Dies Dietitian at East Central State
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Hat tie B. Land 58 a dietitian at East Central State College in the First Baptist church with Dr. C C Morris officiating. Dr A Linscheid praised her lifelong service and selfless work at East Central State College as pallbearers and honorary pallbearers were named. She left a son Joseph Harold Land and several brothers and half brothers, with a long history of teaching and service in Kiowa Muskogee and Wilburton before joining East Central State College. Her colleagues described her as capable efficient and unselfish, a devoted church and community worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie B. Land
East Central State College
First Baptist Church
C. C. Morris
A. Linscheid
Land
the Baptist Church
Kiowa
John McQuarter
Joseph Harold Land
Washington, D. C
Dwight Bell
Requa Bell
Ward Bell
Henry Kelly
John Kelly
Joe Kelly
Mrs. Land
Indian Territory
Bacone Indian School
Musko
Sodalitan
Okoyohoma Club
Eastern Star
American Association of University Women
Linscheid
College
Hattie Land
East Central College
Roosevelt orders navy to keep Atlantic approaches open and free
President Roosevelt directs the navy to take all necessary steps to keep approaches between the United States and strategic outposts open and free of hostile activity. A reporter asks if the navy will shoot, and Knox notes the phrase suggests broader aims beyond merely reporting hostile craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Rayburn backs allow one more year for selectees
At a press conference Rayburn said many selectees might volunteer for another year if law amended. He supported a second year option while keeping the current one year contract. He also urged establishing officer training schools in the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Rayburn
Mrs Frances Croyle Dies in New York
Mrs Frances W Croyle died July 5 at her daughter Miss Marcia Croyle s home in New York City F uneral services were held at Fort Smith Ada connection noted as sister of L T Walters historically owned Ada real estate including the East Thirteenth Street building housing Smith Funeral Home at her death
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Alderson
Frances W. Croyle
Marcia Croyle
New York City
Fort Smith
Croyle
Ada
L. T. Walters
East Thirteenth
the Smith Funeral Home
Germans Hold Vichy Front as Pushes Continue
Military sources report Germans are generally stalled on the Russian front for a fifth day with two recent pushes noted at Potolsk Lepel line and in the Novograd Volynski sector of the Ukraine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
Potolsk-Lepel
Novograd Volynski
Ukraine
Governors Urged To Lead Out In Cutting Oil Uses
Governors of 16 eastern states were urged by Interior Secretary Ickes to lead a voluntary effort to cut petroleum consumption by at least 20 percent. The DC gasoline conservation program outlines driving practices maintenance and sharing rides to reduce use amid possible Atlantic shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Interior
Ickes
Defense Petroleum Coordinator
Atlantic Seaboard
District of Columbia
Australians Reach Near Daour Beirut Front in Syria Drive
Australian troops advancing along the Mediterranean coast have overrun the main Vichy positions and now operate north of Daour nine miles south of Beirut. The British fleet backs the push as fighting intensifies in Syria near Aleppo and Homs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Beirut
Damour
Middle East
Vichy
Aleppo
Homs
Syria
Iraq
Oklahoma cotton acreage falls to 1.71 million by July 1
Oklahoma cotton acreage dropped to 1.71 million as of July 1 due to heavy spring rains and floods. Federal statistician K. D. Blood notes this is the smallest planting since 1905, compared with 1.9 million last year and 1.614 million in 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
K. D. Blood
Federal Statistician
War Department Signs 16 Civil Aviation Schools
The War Department announced contracts with sixteen additional civil schools for elementary flying training of aviation cadets. This expands the air corps program to 41 elementary schools under 40 contracts and aims to reach a 30 000 pilot training goal with all new schools operational by autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Air Corps
Bonham Aviation School
Bonham, Tex
Coleman, Tex
Hangar Six, Inc
Stinson Field
San Antonio
Harvest Of Wheat Moving Rapidly Across Oklahoma
Oklahoma City report from July 9 notes western wheat harvest half finished while other areas range 75 to 100 percent complete. Rain delays oats and small grains in some regions, but eastern counties see better row crops and gardens. Corn in fair to good condition. chinch bug and grasshopper damage noted. barley yields weak in many areas. alfalfa second cut nearly done with third ready. broomcorn fair to good in western counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Legion Convention Backs All-Out Aid for England
Eighth district American Legion convention at Enid adopted resolutions urging safe delivery of all out aid to England and pushing that defense labor go full time. P O Parks of Woodward elected district commander. Delegates urged Roosevelt to demand Secretary of Labor Perkins resign and be replaced by a competent executive. Kansas department paid off a lost membership contest to Oklahoma amid a clash between Oklahoma adjutant Milt Phillips and Kansas adjutant Click Conger. Other officers elected included George Goodno vice commander Perry Howell district executive committeeman Henry Henrickson sergeant-at-arms and Mrs Fred Hoschler district auxiliary president. Max Fife of Blackwell endorsed for state commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
England
Eighth District
American Legion
P. O. Parks
Woodward
Roosevelt
Perkins
Kansas
Oklahoma
Milt Phillips
Max Wyman
Hutchinson
Kas
Germans in Berlin feel forty percent oppose Hitler and war
Walter Alexander, a German-born American realtor who left Berlin after 1923 says forty percent of Germans are against Hitler and the war. He arrived on the Excambrian with 223 passengers and 113 Americans aboard. He notes Germans tire of the war and fear loss of freedom regardless of victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
United States
Berlin
Walter Alexander
Alexander
Oklahoma Civilian Conservation Corps maintains enrollment
District Commander K. S. Whittemore announced that Oklahoma will keep CCC enrollment at current levels despite the closure of five of the state's 31 camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Civilian Conservation Corps
K. S. Whittemore
Serial Numbers Assigned To 21 Year Old Registrants
Local Board 1 Pontotoc County Ada Oklahoma lists serial numbers 1 to 76 11 and 100 plus names of registrants including Loyd Amos Wilson Tucker Leroy Leonard Vernon Harris Frasier Wayne Shepard Orion Lee Pursley and many others. Board No 2 lists dozens more registrants from Tony Clifton Foxx to Norman Patterson Gib.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd
Amos Wilson
Tucker
Leroy Leonard
Vernon Harris
Frasier
Wayne Shepard
Orion Lee Pursley
Morton Crumbaugh Woods
Harry D. McGee
George Warren Taylor Jr
Delbert
Archie Kidd
Ellis Jones
Carl William Thomas
A. J. Jackson
John B. Graves
Mack Warren Troutman
Johnn Wesley Wood Jr
Jack Cecil Howell
James Robertson Dean
S. E. Duard McFarlin
Lowell B. Northcott
William Thomas Benson
Ben Allen
Rutledge
Kenneth Ivan Hart
Jewell
Paul Davis
Marvin Luther Barnes
Charles Marvin Blackburn
Charles Edward Moore, Jr
James Washington Meary
Jack Poe
Thuman
Kelso Treadwell, Jr
Berry Gene Orebaugh
Charles Schnick Williams, Jr
Ralph Boston
Kerr
James Griswold Sullivan
Robert Slavin
George Booker Roe
Thomas Albert Thomas, Jr
John Ellsworth
Albin
Joseph Wesley Roe
William Carl Soward
Jeffrey James Fullingim
Weldon
Frank Little
Loyie
James Wilson
Robert George Frazier
Luther Jack Butler, Jr
John Calvin Duncan
Guy Clifton Sinnett, Jr
Elvin Hawkins
Coleman
Lonzo Curtiss Cooper
Arnold Franklin
Robert Beloue
Clapp
George Dean Harris
Arthur Lee Swenson, Jr
Elton Johnson I
Vanda Hughy Clark
James Blue
Leonard Woodrow Wilson
Robert Don Raines
Rovel McCool
Adolphus Marion Jones
Reed
Murphy Leslie Sales
Sherman Lee Williamson
Arthur Reginald Johnson
Charley Ray Sliger
Ezra William Armstrong
Truman Henry Cobb
Wayne Jr
Hammond
Walter Roland Moon
Stanley Reid Hallmark
Dewey Ishman
Gregory
Wilson James Brown
Arvil Lee Sweat
Nathaniel Thomas Watson
L. D. Moshier
Barney Wallace Hall
Seby Morris Perry
Wesley
Harrison
Neal Elzie Mercer
Vinas
Driskill
Robert Lee Gregory
James Edward Riggs
Olney
Blackburn
Eugene Love Floyd
Hollis Elmore Peek
Willie Joe Guest
James William Banton
James Elmer Chandler, Jr
Albert Clarence Pinley
J. C. Roland
Arley Washington Morison
Leo Henry Hoover
Hoyt Daniel Lillard
Paul Jackson Riedel
Nemaah Cornelius Rice
Michael Seneca Alexander
Arthur Ray Minick, Jr
Miles Alfred McCauley
Oren Ken McNeal
Charles Henry Faulk
Dors
State Sells And Buys Automobiles in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City July 9 The highway department bought 113 new motor vehicles amid a state sale drive. A. W. Kavanagh said 98 pickup coupes altered to hold tools were purchased with 90 000 dollars, all new equipment painted bright yellow. Older cars traded in for the upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Highway Department
A. W. Kavanagh
Kavanaugh
Kavanaug
Bad Precedent Is View of Italy Bad Precedent
Virginio Gayda editor of Il Giornale d Italia argues that US occupation of Iceland sets a dangerous precedent of cross continental military occupation. He warns it could spark new war provocations and cites a May 27 interview with Grand Admiral Erich Raeder about attacking American convoys aiding Icelandic forces.
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Rome
United States
Iceland
Virginio Gayda
Il Giornale d'Italia
Gayda
Erich Raeder
Okmulgee Approves Two Bond Issues
Okmulgee voters authorized two bond issues totaling 185000 for airport site purchase and waterworks extension in a special election to support a bomber ferry pilot training school. The airport bond passed 1520 to 23 and the waterworks bond 1456 to 45, contingent on securing the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okmulgee
Ptwo
Oklahoma HOEC Office to Consolidate with Dallas Region
The Home Owners' Loan Corporation will merge its Oklahoma office with the Dallas regional office effective August 31. State Manager E. L. Rice announced the consolidation plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Th Home Owners Loan Corporation
Dallas
E. L. Rice
Sunray Refinery Boss Richard L. Johnson Profile
The Sunray Oil Company’s Allen Oklahoma refinery chief Richard Love Johnson, born in Leadville Colorado on September 6 1898, rose from zinc plant work to metallurgical engineering and refinery leadership. He studied at Missouri School of Mines, served in aviation during WWI, and helped build the Allen refinery now among the Southwest’s most efficient plants. He married Josephine Farris in 1921 and they have son Edward Mackay. The piece notes Johnson’s modest contributions toward a better America.
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Richard Love Johnson
Leadville
Colo
Anna Moss Love
Carter
Virginia
Richard
Edward Mackay Johnson
Dr. Johnson
Isabella Phipps
Mungo Mackay
William Johnson
Henryetta
Burgettstown
Penn
Okla
Eagle-Picher Lead Company
Missouri School of Mines
Austin
Texas
Eagle-Picker Lead Company
D. A. Dean
Enid
Dean
Allen
Sunray Oil Company
Southwest
Josephine Farris
Farris
Missouri
Edward Mackay
America
AFL Workers End Barracks Strike Over WPA Roles
AFL building trades workers resumed work on the Jefferson Barracks expansion after a weeklong test strike over WPA involvement. The walkouts included AFL United Auto Workers at Muskegon Sealed Power and an AFL electrical workers walkout at Charlestown ordnance works, with wages cited as incentives and no picket lines planned. James V. Bennett reported Leavenworth penitentiary returning to normal after convict strikes were addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
American Federation of Labor Building Trades
Jefferson Barracks, Co
WPA
Afl-United Auto Workers
Defense Mediation Board
Michigan Defense
AFL Electrical
Charlestown
Jefferson Barracks
OPM Woul
Muskegon
Mich
AFL
United Auto Workers
Sealed Power Corp
AFL Electrical Workers Union
Defense
Army
James V. Bennett
Leavenworth
Kansas
Alcatraz
U.S. Eyes Large Import of Foreign Lead
The Wall Street Journal reports the United States government plans to buy up to 200000 tons of lead from Mexico Canada and Peru. The Metals Reserve Corp has reached final negotiations to acquire the metal for the stockpile program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street Journal
United States
Metals Reserve Corp
Mexico
Canada
Peru
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American College of Surgeons
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Ada News
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Northwest
Legion Convention
Pontotoc County
Board NO
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John David Prewett
George Washington Langendorf
Paul Allen Black
Lowell Hayes Hively
Warren Harding Shuhron
Joy Burns Roberts
Melvin Cornish Allison
Elmer Dowie Eager
Elmo Earl Hamilton
Orville Guy Carson
Troy Irvin Duncan
James Marian Norman
Jess
Thomas Alfred
Jack) Colbert
Leo
Wright
Floyd Terrel Winton
Miles Henry Jackson
Robert Simpson Sanders, Jr
Alfred
Heard
Linnie Oliver Burk
Paul
Weise
Leroy
Ashburn
Marion
Anderson
Billie Bobbury
Norman Patterson Gibson
Italy
Sunray Refinery
Colorado
Johnson
Pennsylvania
Richard L. Johnson
Sunray
E. M. Johnson
Sunray Company Magazine
Afl-Uaw
Michigan
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