Moore Appeal Case Is Filed
A formal appeal from the conviction and death sentence of Alva Floyd Moore, condemned slayer of two Ada men, was filed in the state criminal court of appeals. Moore faces execution August 8 for slaying Alf Hardage and Alex Powell after forcing them into a car on the Stonewall highway.
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Alva Floyd Moore
Ada
State Criminal Court of Appeals
Moore
Alf Hardage
Jeff Laird
Oklahoma City
Hardage
Alex Powell
Stonewall Highway
German Drive Deepens Nazi Push Toward Smolensk
The Soviet and German fronts reported tense fighting as a German breakthrough neared Smolensk, about 230 miles from Moscow. Soviet bullets claimed a German tank unit was encircled near Rogachev, with counteroffensive talk surfacing elsewhere. Kiev’s defense stalled near Novograd-Volynski, while Leningrad front dispatches described disorderly Soviet retreat and weakened resistance.
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Associated Press
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Kane
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Novograd-Volynski
Berlin
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Giant Electric Power Expansion Is Proposed
The Federal Power Commission proposed a five year program to expand U S electric capacity by about 13 5 million kilowatts at a total annual investment of 73 to 100 million dollars with RFC support 150 to 200 million per year. Utilities may lease or buy units while government agencies build river basin projects to add capacity for defense needs.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Leland Olds
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RFC
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Bureau of Reclamation
Tennessee Valley Authority
Denison
Brunk Named Secretary of Oklahoma Tax Commission
Oklahoma City July 16 Raymond Brunk chairman of the state textbook commission was named secretary of the Oklahoma tax commission today. Brunk will oversee tax policy and administration and replaces the previous secretary who resigned last month. The appointment broadens Brunk's public service career and aligns tax duties with statewide education efforts.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Brunk
State Textbook Commission
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Marriage License Issued to Melvin Avey and Gladys Russell
The court clerk's office records a marriage license issued for Melvin Sherwood Avey, 23, of Calvin, and Gladys Pauline Russell, 24.
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Court Clerk’s Office
Melvin Sherwood Avey
Calvin
Gladys Pauline Russell
Germans Woo Turkey Again Amid War Pressures
In Ankara a German bid to dispatch troops across Turkey into the Soviet Caucasus surfaced amid military and diplomatic strains. German Ambassador Franz von Papen reportedly discussed troop transport contingent on a German win over Russia by September. Turkey, allied with Britain and recently entering a 10 year friendship with Germany, called the question premature.
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Turkey
Soviet Caucasus
Germany
Great Britain
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Russia
Britain
Germans Believed Moving Airplanes To Channel Again
London July 16 The RAF said a daring Rotterdam harbor raid by Blenheim bombers hit many ships including a vessel over 15 000 tons and damaged warehouses. Four planes were missing two of which reportedly bombed their own lines. Bombers and fighters met German fighters over the English Channel in daylight over northern France.
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RAF
Rotterdam
France
English Channel
Coal County Chamber Hosts Big Coalgate Barn Dance
The Coal County Chamber of Commerce dance committee ran a Saturday night event in the community building. About 350 attended the July 3 barn dance, said to be the largest of its kind in Coalgate. Gross receipts were 141.50 with a net profit about 85.00 to fund the building and its notes.
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Coalgate
Coal County
Perfume Fixatives From Beavers to Whales Highlighted
The article notes that civet cats musk oxen and whales provide aromatic substances used as perfume fixatives. It explains each animal contributes a distinct base component essential to fragrance production.
Longer Army Term Favored in Senate Backing
Washington July 16 Extended military service for selectees national guardsmen and reserve members gains strong Senate support as President Roosevelt backs proposed removal of the one year service limit. Patterson the undersecretary of war delivered the president's approval to Congress.
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Army Reserve
Senate
Roosevelt
War Department
Congress
Robert P. Patterson
Rayburn
Patterson
Western Hemisphere
House Military Committee
Rep
Kilday
D-Tex
Thomason
Taft
Ohio
Nye
R-N. D
Connally
Senate Military Affairs Committee
George C. Marshall
Army
Marshall
Germans Pull Some Fighter Airplanes To Western Front
A British source says Germany has moved some fighter planes from the Russian front to defend the homeland. RAF night bombers hit Duisburg and Ruhr targets while British coastal patrols and fighters engaged over northern France. The Germans report light damage from raids and a few aircraft over England.
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Germany
Air Ministry
Duisburg
Ruhr
Coastal Command
France
RAF
England
Margate
Colosne
Bremen
Army Service Ends Prompt Supply Shake Up
A remark suggests that the army would "melt away" if selectees faced discharge after a year of service. The comment reflects wartime manpower anxiety and potential reorganization of military obligations.
Hulin A Lane Named Pontotoc County Farm Agent
Hulin A Lane a 28 year old former AAA assistant in Bryan county was named Pontotoc County farm agent succeeding J Link Haws who moved to the department of agriculture Lane will begin by getting acquainted and will assist in office work and 4 H program development He is a graduate of Broken Arrow High School and Oklahoma A and M College.
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Hulin A. Lane
AAA
Bryan County
Pontotoc County
J. Link Haws
Department of Agriculture
Lane
Broken, Bar
Oklahoma A.nd M. College
Noted newspaper man dies at St Louis at 83
George Sibley Johns editor emeritus of the Post Dispatch died today in St Louis at age 83. He joined the Post Dispatch in 1883 and worked there almost continuously until his 1929 retirement, serving as city editor managing editor and editor of the editorial page.
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George Sibley Johns
The
Post-Dispatch
Johns
Princeton University
Old
Philadelphia News
New York World
Missouri
Damaged Air Line Plane Lands Safely In Los Angeles
A Western Airlines transport plane with five passengers and three crew landed on one wheel after circling Los Angeles to burn fuel. The takeoff gear failed, but no one was seriously hurt and the craft was only lightly damaged. Pilot Lester Holton piloted the belly landing at the municipal airport.
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Los Angeles
Western Airlines
Burbank
San Diego
Lester Holton
Holton
Los Angeles Municipal
Ada Hosts Aluminum Drive For National Defense
Ada residents prepare for a national pots and pans campaign to donate aluminum for defense needs. Local chairman Clyde Bailey has lined up auto dealers and reports strong response. A crib will be set at Main Broadway July 21 to 28 for donations, with house to house canvassing for scrap aluminum utensils. Bailey can be reached at 1251 after 7 p.m. Several local motor companies—Sinnett Meadors Buchanan Massey McSwain-Rea S Young Allison Lloyd Rose—pledge full cooperation.
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Clyde Bailey
Broadway
Bailey
Sinnett, Meadors, Buchanan, Massey, McSwain-Rea
S Young, Allison
Lloyd Rose Motor Companies
Weygand Named Governor General of Algeria
Veteran Maxime Weygand is appointed governor general of Algeria while retaining command of French troops in North Africa. The official announcement came tonight from Vichy France.
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Vichy
France
P— Geteran
Maxime Weygand
Algeria
North
Africa
Cabinet of Japan Quits in Sudden Resignation
Tokyo July 16 The cabinet of Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye, which aligned Japan with the axis and neutrality pacts with Soviet Russia, resigned today. Konoye presented the government’s resignation to the emperor at Hayama and was ordered to stay in office until a new government is formed. The emperor and empress planned to return to Tokyo promptly. The move comes exactly a year after Konoye formed the cabinet.
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Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
Russia
Konoye
Hayama
Plan to speed up aluminum production to one billion pounds a year
CIO president Phillip Murray presented to President Roosevelt a plan to raise aluminum output by 1 000 000 000 pounds annually. The proposal calls for new plants a joint labor management council state control of bauxite supplies expansion of mining in Arkansas stockpiling South American bauxite rationing nondefense power use and training of workers under union auspices to run the plants.
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Washington
Phillip Murray
CIO
Roosevelt
White House
William Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
Murray
CIO Aluminum Workers of America
Management-Labor Council
Arkansas
Forest Service Battles Unity refinery fire near Kalispell
Forest service pumps worked along the Stillwater River to fight a blaze at the Unity Petroleum refinery in Kalispell Montana after an explosion in a boiler room. About 20 tanks reportedly exploded and smoke blanketed the area as flames threatened a dozen additional tanks.
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Kalispell
Mont
Forest Service
Stillwater River
Unity Petroleum Company
Yale Oil Company
Baseball scores from the National and American Leagues
National League results include Pittsburgh 1 at 13 Boston 4 3 Cincinnati 4 New York 7 Chicago 9 Philadelphia 5 St. Louis 7 Brooklyn 4. American League games note Washington at Detroit rain Boston 2 Chicago 1 New York 10 Cleveland 3 Philadelphia 2 St. Louis 11.
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Boston
Cincinnati
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Big Boy Catfish Becomes Oklahoma Legend Every Year
Oklahoma City reports Jess Pullen assistant attorney general prepares a yearly hunt for the famed Washita River monster "Big Boy" a 225 to 250 pound catfish living near a cave in the rock three miles from Davis. He plans to use jugs bait hens and heavy tackle with Al Robinson joining.
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Big Boy
Washita
Davis
Jess Pullen
Pullen
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