Two Ada Youths Killed In Car Crash
Funeral services were held for Billie Anderson and Bennie Higginbotham, Ada youths killed when their car overturned four miles west of Sulphur. Leonard Lamb, 19, recovering from injuries, was in the other car. Higginbotham drove. Anderson was East Central college football player. all were from Ada.
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Billie Anderson
Bennie Higginbotham
Ada
Higginbotham
Lee Higginbotham
West Seventh Street
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
Anderson
Criswell Funeral Home Chapel
Leonard Lamb
J. A. Lamb
West Thirteenth Street
Murray County
Lamb
Ada High School
East Central
Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
Davis
J. M
Jack” Anderson
Hickory
East Central College
Maugine
Wee Dickey
Carl Wright
Pauline
Billie Joe
Dorothy
Melody
Kay
Bibbie Higginbotham
Billie
William Anderson
East Central State College
LeRoy R. Hume
Oklahoma City
Henry B. Rogers
Ryan
Hume
Bristow
Robert H. MecKnicht
Tulsa
Rogers
Avon
Waurika
Food Stamp Mail System Planned by State Welfare Board
Oklahoma City July 14 A central mailing system for relief clients food stamps may be signed with the federal government this weekend said Bert Meel state welfare board administrator Action was postponed at the board meeting due to Governor Phillips absence The plan would start in counties not in the direct relief system and later expand to current food stamp counties Clients would receive stamps at post offices
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Oklahoma City
Bert Meel
State Welfare Board
Phillips
McDonel
Pauls Valley Man Struck by Car Near Stratford
John Starns an 80 year old resident of Pauls Valley was critically injured Saturday when hit by a car five miles west of Stratford. Clarence Bowie a Pauls Valley attorney was driving the vehicle and stated the man did not hear the approach of the car. Patrolmen called the collision unavoidable.
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John Starns
Pauls Valley
Stratford
Starns
Clarence Bowie
Bowie
WPA Director urges local action to save projects
Oklahoma WPA head Ben Stephens asks civic clubs and women's groups to keep projects alive with local support as statewide WPA work ends in six panhandle counties due to better crops. He notes libraries arts and music should gain local backing while defense expansion lowers unemployment. Frank Carter hints at running in coming primaries despite retirement talk and may seek secretary of state.
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Oklahoma City
WPA
Ben Stephens
Oklahoma
Stephens
Civic Club
Panhandle
Carter May
Frank C. Carter
Capitol
Carter
Fourth District American Legion Auxiliary Holds Holdenville Meeting
Mrs. Ferguson is elected district auxiliary president as the Fourth District convention in Holdenville concludes. District officers are announced and 17 unit reports highlight year’s progress. poppy sales set a new district record. Memorial services, Girls' State selections, banquet with Randell Cobb and Robert Kerr featured.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Holdenville
J. T. Price
Seminole
Elcome
Marie Hillis
Earl Lowry
Wewoka
J. R. Ball
Enid
Edward Box
Oklahoma City
L. D. Akin
Shawnee
National Music
Robert Short
Roy Chrisman
Ada
Emma Faye Conrad
Ponca City
Grover Lawson
Robert Ferguson
Clyde Leforce
Ristow
Wewcka
Cecil Hey
Tecumseh
Carl Portman
Coalgate
James Taylor
J. Price
Shawn
Knox Seeks Peace Yet Warns War Might Come
Secretary Knox marks a year as civilian head of the navy and urges aid to Britain while warning war could come if peace is secured only by surrender to Hitlerism. He says no sane man wants war but supports aiding England to safeguard America’s security and future welfare, insisting Nazi domination would imperil democracy.
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Washington
Knox
Britain
Chicago
Roosevelt
England
United States of America
160th F.A. In On Newest War Games
Camp Barkeley Texas July 14 Special Many soldiers of the 45 Division plus 3 000 troops of the 179th Infantry combat team depart for two week war games against the 36th Division at Brownwood Texas They will act as a Red army force opposing the 36th and return to Camp Barkeley by July 24 Col. Murray F Gibbons commands the mixed unit including the 179th Infantry First Battalion 160th Field Artillery Company D 120th Engineers and a 120th Medical regiment hospital unit More than 200 vehicles transport the troops to the maneuver area about 50 miles south of the camp.
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Camp Barkeley
Texas
179Th Infantry
36Th Division
Brownwood
Murray F. Gibbons
160Th Field Artillery
120Th Engineers
120Th Medical Regiment
Weekend Traffic Toll In Oklahoma Reaches Seven
Two youths died in Murray county in a weekend crash near Sulphur as the county marked more than two years without a highway accident. Three people died Saturday and two more on Sunday in separate collisions, totaling seven for the weekend.
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Oklahoma
Death of Judge Conway Barton Longtime Ada Resident
Judge Conway O. Barton died at his Ada home Sunday night after a life of legal and civic service. Born 1856 on a Texas plantation, he practiced law, served as Pontator county judge, Ada mayor, and federal attorney in various towns. Survived by widow, Col. R. O. Barton, and Mrs. Smith. funeral plans pending arrival of a son from Fort Benning.
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Texas
Conway O. Barton
Oak
First
Col
R. O. Barton
Fort Benning
Judge Barton
Milam County
Hood
Port Sullivan
England
Austin
Texas Military School
Col. James
Ross
Law School
University of Virginia
Felix Smith
San Angelo
Ann Barton
Barton
Carrie Mosher
Colorado
Wellington
Percy O. Barton
Reymond O. Barton
U. S. Army
Ada High School
Oklahoma University
West Point Military Academy
Gainesville
Pauls Valley
Indian Territory
Ada
Connerville
Ardmore
Tishomingo
Denison
Jeff Reed
Joel Terrell
Pontator County
Col. Barton
Smith
Icelanders Hope Americans Stay Gentlemanly Amid Occupation
Capt. Peter Bjornsson of the Icelandic freighter Godafoss voices hopes that U S forces will be as gentlemanly as the British after occupying Iceland. He notes imports may improve with more ships but laments higher living costs and rationing already hit by the war.
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New York
Peter Bjornsson
U. S
Iceland
Godafoss
Cape Race
Newfoundland
Bjornsson
Britain
Dive Into Shallow Water Is Fatal
John Heath a 20 year old University of Oklahoma pitcher died after injuring himself diving into shallow water on June 28 near Meridian Logan County He helped the Sooners win the Big Six titles in 1939 and 1940 He was studying business administration His 1940 feat included striking out 15 Iowa State batters in a single game Survivors include his mother Mrs Margaret Heath bank president at Meridian and his brother Benton
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Oklahoma City
John Heath
University of Oklahoma
Meridian
Logan County
Heath
Sooner
School of Business Administration
Iowa State
Margaret Heath
Benton
June merchant shipping losses total 329,296 tons
Admiralty reports 79 ships totaling 329,296 tons were lost in June, the lightest month since mid 1940 aside from December and January. British losses were 52 ships for 228,284 tons, with allied and neutral losses included. Publication will be irregular to limit enemy information.
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London
Admiralty
Hitler
United States
Daniel Elected To U S Senate In Texas Vote
Official canvass confirms Governor W Lee O Daniel won the U S Senate seat with 175 590 votes to Lyndon B Johnson 174 279 in the June 28 election. The Texas state election board announced the result as Secretary of State William Lawson presented county returns to the governor and board members.
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Sellers
Gerald C. Mann
Lawson
O’daniel
Destructive June Tornadoes Cost Kansas Over 500000
Federal meteorology records show a twister hit Sedgwick Butler and Marion counties on June 8 killing eight and destroying about 180690 dollars in property. A hail storm and heavy rains in Stevens county on June 7 caused an estimated 125000 dollars in damage.
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Topeka
Kas
UuPp
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Sedgwick
Butler
Marion
Stevens County
Fred Fisher Dies Co founder of Fisher Body Corp
Fred Fisher eldest of the seven Fisher brothers and co founder of Fisher Body corporation died at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit at age 63 after several weeks of illness. His condition grew critical last Friday as a vigil by his wife brothers and company executives surrounded him. Born in Sandusky Ohio in 1878 he was wealthy and powerful yet avoided public functions.
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Detroit
Fred Fisher
Fisher Brothers
Fisher Body Corporation
Henry Ford Hospital
Fisher
Sandusky
Ohio
Tishomingo Man Named Assistant Deputy Warden
Bond Easterling, a veteran Tishomingo peace officer, is appointed assistant deputy warden at McAlester penitentiary and has begun his duties. He previously led the farm and mule barns at the Stringtown subprison for a year.
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Tishomingo
Mcalester
Bond Easterling
McAlester Penitentiary
Jess Dunn
Easterling
Stringtown
Gasoline Dealers Fined By Court
Oklahoma City July 15 four gasoline dealers were fined 50 dollars each plus court costs by the state corporation commission for violations of gasoline regulations. The penalties followed a Supreme Court reversal on prosecutorial rights, with the commission waiving jury trials. Bond noted the commission may file charges in county courts where jury waivers are not possible.
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Oklahoma City
State Corporation Commission
Commission
State Supreme Court
Reford Bend
Red River Bridge Project Pushed for Federal Aid
Oklahoma and Texas highway commissions seek Army engineer approval for a 1,009,009 dollar Red River bridge south of Willis Marshall county. A Denison or Dallas meeting with Major R. C. Brown will decide next steps to secure federal funding under the road and bridge replacement program tied to the Red River dam project.
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Oklahoma City
Army
Red River
Willis
Marshall County
Oklahoma and
Texas Highway Commissions
van T. Moon
R. C. Brown
Denison
Dallas
Brown
State Farm Labor Supply Now Low
Oklahoma City reports farm labor is at a 17 year low as military needs pull men from farms. Federal crop statistician K. D. Blood says labor demand is 98 percent of normal while supply is 76 percent, despite a 20 to 25 percent wage rise since 1940.
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Oklahoma City
Military Services
National Defense Industries
Oklahoma
K. D. Blooh
Blood
New State Library Board Appointed
Governor announces appointment of a new state library commission. Members include Mary Gordon Jones Ardmore Mrs Jim Rinehart Reno W B Harvey Oklahoma City and Jess Rader Norman Rader librarian at the state library was reappointed. The three outgoing members were Mrs Tolbert Waldrop and Rev Blackburn. A L Crable remains president.
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Oklahoma City
Yesteray
Mary Gordon Jones
Ardmore
Jim Rinehart
Eli Reno
W. B. Harvey
Jess Rader
Norman Rader
The
Ey of Oklahoma
Raymond Tolbert
Esther Lou Waldrop
Shawnee
R. T. Blackburn
Durant
A. L. Crable
Automotive tax bill rises with federal gasoline levy
About one third of the $140 million rise in the 1940 automobile tax total comes from the higher federal gasoline levy rate.
Wheat embargo by railroads hits Oklahoma ships lightly
Ten trunk line railroads embargo wheat shipments to Kansas City storage, likely affecting Oklahoma shippers little. Ponca City miller D J Donahoe Jr says little Oklahoma grain moves to KC and storage is available. Rail executives cite KC elevator crowd and defense program demands shaping the action.
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Associated Press
Trunk Line
Kansas City
Oklahoma
D. J. Donahoe Jr
Ponca City Miller
Texas
L. M. Betts
Car Service Division
American Railways Association
Betts
Stonewall Street Reaches Striking New Look
The Mississippi county reports 7 500 square yards of an inch and a three quarters asphalt emulsion laid on a six inch base by Work Projects Administration. The road surface improves travel convenience as WPA workers are employed on Pontotoc county farm to market road construction under county supervision.
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Stonewall
Work Projects Administration
Pontotoc County
WPA
Man in Chicago Sentenced to Three Weeks in Jail
Edwin Petersen asked for imprisonment for nonpayment of $64 in alimony. He said money was spent on treating tipplers and asked for cure. Judge Michael Feinberg sentenced him to three weeks for contempt of court.
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Chicago
Edwin Petersen
Michael Feinberg
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Fisher Body Corp
New State Library Board
Stonewall Street
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