Air Schools Ready to Expand as Defense Plans Grow
The Army and Navy aviation services accelerate pilot training as part of a broader air force expansion. Army cadets go through four months civilian and four months military training before commissioning as lieutenants while Navy cadets train at Pensacola with civilian routes similar to the Army. Projections show rapid growth in pilots from 155 to 550 monthly, with year by year totals rising to 18 500 by 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Catton
Washington
Army
Navy
Kelly Field
San Antonio
West Point
Air Corps
Excivilian
Reserve Corps
Pensacola
Annapolis
Miami
Jacksonville
Fla
Navy Marine
Henry Arnold
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Camp Burmays Shines for Ada Scouts With Five Family Ties
Camp Burmays, named for five long resident Fitzhugh families with 16 scouting sons, ran July 1 to 7. Scouts from Troops 4 9 13 57 88 earned top camp honors as Minor Huffman visited. new crafts building aided leather wood and molding work. 105 visitors attended Fourth of July events and multiple troops earned honors in cleanliness, tests, and camp activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzhugh
Pat Burnett
A. J. Martin
Andrew Young
Welter Smith
Edwin Smith
Burnett, Martin and Young
Burmays
Ada
Guy Meaders
Mackey Johnson
Bobbie Goins
Ted Smith
Wood Rose
Lee Pressly
Bob Campbell
Dick Fentem
Dick Chambers
Lindsey Davidson
Fred Hoipkemier
Ewing Fidler
Marshall Perot
Jack Fentem
John Norman
Roy Alletag
Clarence Needham
Walter Gifford
Joe Gifford
Billie Kent Hoipkemier
Bill Chambers
Kenneth Ogee
Joe Marsh
Ben Epperson
Fred Ford
Troop
Ruel Hopper
Billie Gene Dunn
Bob Emrick
Gene Johnson
Richard Bell
Dick Walker
Julian Trippe
James Coppedge
A. K. Manahan
Charles Todd
Bill Tillack
James Tillack
Stewart Robinson
Bobbie Mullins
John Turley
James Rea
Lawrence Sanford
Billy Reeves
Jimmie Chapman
George Toler
Phillip Johnston
Bobbie Pulliam
Jack Bell
Bryce Tomlin
Bobbie Joe Anderson
Barney Allen
Harry W. Miller
Oscar P. Cantwell
Savinah Underwood
Jimmie Moore
Fred Holpkemier
D. R. Pike
G. W. Everett
Fred Barringer
W. M. Bell
Minor Huffman
Dallas
Huffman
Troop 88
Troop 4
Troop 13
Twin Oaks
Everett and
Barringer
Larney Allen
Horse Thief
Bobby Pulliam
Bobby Mullins
A. L. Fentem
Betty
Earl Norman
Jane
Needham
Francis Carpenter
Cornwall
A. B. Goins
Gullatt
F. W. Holpkemier
Dale
J. T. Gifford
Neal Bates
Don Marchman
Donald
Chambers
Ogee
Ed Emrich
Coppedge
Iris
Miss Ryan
Ben Todd
Frank Tillack
Jim Rea
Williamson
L.E. Sanford and Son
Roberta
Fritz Johnson
Adrianna Vreeland
R. E. Tomlin
Vance Allen Henry
B. G. Anderson
Junius Ridling
Elizabeth Hanson
Ross Miller
Katherine Bailey
Robert Lacy
Duff Casey
Coalgate
Betty Kelly
Carolyn Miller
Teo
Oscar Cantwell
French Will Turn Over War Vessels
French naval authorities in Alexandria agreed to transfer the entire French fleet to British control. Crews will be transported to France, ships demilitarized and reduced to care crews, remaining in Alexandria for the war duration. Britain will later return the ships after the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
France
Sccnes
Oran
Algeria
Mediterranean
Godfroy
Britain
Oklahoma State Commission Says It Saved $20 125 in 1939 40
State corporation commissioners credited the savings to rugged economy. Chairman Reford Bond said cuts totaling 20 125 came from funds for utilities appraisal audits gasoline inspectors travel supplies and more. He noted the governor had urged a 14 515 saving under a budget law later voided by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest M. Hill
United Press
Oklahoma City
Isely
State Treasury
Reford Bond
Bond
Ray O. Weems
A. J. Shaw
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Giant Stratoliners Set Speed Records
In New York a 23 ton Stratoliner roared into La Guardia at 8:29 a m to set a west east transcontinental record for commercial planes. Departing Burbank at 3:15 p m it flew via a sub stratosphere leg reaching 17,000 feet, beating the 12 hour 44 minute March 16 1935 TWA time by 30 minutes. A sister ship also set a westbound record Los Angeles to New York in 14 hours 9 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
la Guardia Field
Burbank Field
Los Angeles
Karsaski
Boeing
TWA
Bund Leader Protests Registration Bill For Foreign Groups
Wilhelm Kunze national leader of the German American Bund testifies before a senate sub committee protesting proposed legislation requiring registration of foreign controlled groups. He says the bill would force the Bund out of existence and that officers could face heavy penalties for registration errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bund
Washington
Wilhelm Kunze
United States
Kunze
Senate
Vocal Friendship Prompts British Refugees to Come to Montgomery
In Montgomery Alabama Bill Britton and Charles Thayne met as amateur radio operators across 4000 miles. Their friendship spurred Britton to offer a home to Mrs Thayne and her children Michael Shirley and Valerie if war threatens noncombatants in England. No confirmation has been received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Bill Britton
Charles Thayne
Nottingham
Eng
England
Britton
Thayne
Michael
Shirley
Valerie
U. S
London
Brittons
Dordrecht store manager sentenced by German court martial
A Dordrecht store manager who urged his women employees not to date or even talk to German soldiers was sentenced to three years in prison by a German court martial. The ruling was reported from Amsterdam via Berlin on July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Berlin
Dordrecht
Pilot Starts Lightplane Engine From Seat With Rocket Device
A new lightplane engine starter lets the pilot spin the motor from the cockpit by pulling a handle that activates a rocket device behind the propeller.
Health Unit Expands Public Health Services
The city county health department reported a 12 month operation with a $15,340 budget. Ada city funds provided $2.00, county schools paid about 13 cents per child, with remaining support from the state health department and the U S Public Health Service. Estimated value of services was $62,582, about $20,000 more than the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
State Health Department
United States Public Health Service
Britons Discuss Shifting Romanian Oil to Russia
In Bucharest on July 9 diplomats discussed moving British oil holdings in Romania to Russia to avoid German control. About 100 million dollars of British capital are invested in Romania's oil industry, and transfer to Moscow is being considered to protect interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumania
Russia
Bucharest
Moscow
Military Training Bill Is Deferred
The Senate military committee postponed hearings on the Burke Wadsworth military training bill until final Senate action on Stimson and Knox nominations. Army officials favored compulsory training in principle but differed on a $5 monthly pay for trainees, preferring the current $21 base pay. The White House signaled a possible Roosevelt request to Congress for additional defense program funding to expand equipment and munitions and accelerate shipbuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Henry L. Stimson
Frank Knox
War and Navy
Army
House
Burke-Wadsworth
High
White House
Roosevelt Muight
Congress
Navy
Germany Claims Series of Victories
Berlin reports a German high command communique detailing submarine successes inflicting heavy losses on enemy shipping. U-boat patrols sank 56 000 tons, another destroyed the British destroyer Whirlwind and armed merchant ships. Air raids targeted England port facilities, oil tanks, and armaments plants. ships and a cruiser were damaged in the English Channel and North Sea. Air losses for the day totaled 11 Allied planes with five German planes missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
High Command
Hans Gerrit von Stockhausen
Whirlwind
Knorr
England
Devonport
Ipswich
Canvey Island
Thames Haven
Tilbury
Harwich
Billingham
English Channel
North Sea
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Pontotoc County 4-H Team Takes Second in Junior Field Day
About 1,200 attendees watched Pontotoc county 4-H place second in Hereford judging at Turner ranch Hickory. Willis Young and teammates scored 4,630 points earning 40 dollars. Custer county won with 4,740 points and 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Turner Ranch
Hickory
Willis Young
Barclay Martin
Paul Heatley
Oliver Taylor
Wesley Beasley
Custer County
Bob Lacy
Learon Wright
Roscoe Chitty
Jack Scott
Jack Wilmeth
Fort Cobb
Dale Repp
Gillis Deweese
Vernon Henderson
Jack Deason
Hal Churchill
la Ferry Maddox
Muskogee County
Lealon Wright
FFA
Lealon Reeves
Brinkman
C. H. Hailey
E. W. Cinnamon
Hay
Japan Pledges Action If Hongkong Aid Route Persists
Tokyo reports informed officials say Japan is ready to strike against Hongkong if Britain refuses to close the Burma route supplying China. Plans are complete awaiting London's reply to a reconsideration request. Neutral observers see Burma road as a test of Japan's broader aim to control European holdings in Asia and note US and Russia tacitly shaping events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Hongkong
Great Britain
Burma
China
London
Burma Road
Asia
United States
Russia
Britain
Pacific
Patterson Named City Air Chief
Moss Patterson, Oklahoma City aviation advocate, was named director of aeronautics for Oklahoma City. He will coordinate efforts to develop aviation facilities and activities without compensation, announced by City Manager W. A. Quinn amid a $495,000 municipal airport expansion project filing under the national defense program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Moss Patterson
Patterson
W. A. Quinn
Work Projects Administration
Sit In House As It Is Blown Away
In Woodward Oklahoma Mr and Mrs E W Jamison watched their house blown from its foundation during a July 1 wind and rain storm. They sheltered in a storm cellar as roof walls and floors disappeared leaving only the foundation. The couple described being unable to stand and crawling to safety. An abrupt segue notes elephants and dying habitats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward
Okla
E. W. Jamison
Oklahoma
Jamisons
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United States Defense Forces
Bureau of Aeronautics
J. H. Towers
H. H. Arnold
John H. Towers
Camp Success
George Meacham
Highway Department
Irvin Hurst
Hurst
Capitol
Commission
Phillips
Meacham
Corporation Commission
Kuhn
Fritz Kuhn
Senator Connally
D.-Tex
Camp Nordland
New Jersey
Wilbur Keegan
Connally
Kunzer
Alabama
Cruisers
Land of the Free
Hudson River
Volendam
Knox-Stimson
Big Turner Ranch
Tie
Grady, Kay and
Johnson Counties
LaFerry Maddox
Custer
Don Oliver
Bruce Carter
Coal
Wayne Boyd
Ottawa
T. G. Norris
Cherokee
Oliver Johnson
Latimer
John Dohogne
Cordell
Pauls Valley
Verden
Elk City
Tipton
Atoka
Cushing
Garber
Guthrie Konawa
Lexington
Lindsay
Ringling
Madill
Tuttle
Leaton Reeves
Wallace Gummers
George Cassidy
Freddi Ferrell
Clinton
Jack Mee Lane
Vernon Hender
Wayne Merchant
Don Clark
News Farm
City Air Chief
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