Voting In Rodeo Queen Contest Here
The rodeo queen contest to crown host queen at the Firemen's Rodeo August 14 17 is underway. Entries include Jean Sampson Billie Frank Adair Elaine Crosbie Daddy Sugg Jo Huddleston Catherine Gay Freddie Williams and more. Each vote costs a cent with ballots at six local spots. Standings updated weekly and announced. top five vote getters are judged August 3 at the fairgrounds. Last year's local rodeo queen was Thressa Dean Smith.
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Green Spray
Jean Sampson
Coca Cola
Billie Frank Adair
Elaine Crosbie
Pepsi-Cola
Daddy Sugg
Johnson Blue Bonet
Jo Huddleston
Joe Kirby Saddlery
Catherine Gay
Hennigan
Freddie Williams
McSwain Theatre
Easler Drug
Clower-Duncan Drug
Gwin Cruz
Aldridge Pharmacy
Bayless Drug
Texas Autos Crash In Arkansas Fatal The accident near Benton killed John Obinger and injured five others
Texas travelers in two cars collided six miles south of Benton on U S Highway 67. John Obinger of Engleside was killed. Fritz Fall, 42, of Dallas and Tyler, was treated in Little Rock for non life threatening injuries. Also injured were Mrs Obinger, Kathleen 5, Mary Louise Obinger 17 of Youngstown Ohio and Paul Bachert 52 of New York.
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Texas
Here
John Obinger
Engleside
Fritz Fall
Dallas
Tyler
Little Rock
Obinger
Kathleen
Mary Louise Obinger
Youngstown
Ohio
Paul Bachert
New York
WPA To Discharge Most Of Strikers In Sapulpa
City Manager Fred Boone announced WPA will discharge eight of ten truck drivers who quit during a $122000 street widening project. Two disabled drivers will remain employed. Boone met with WPA field supervisor Jack Prough after project superintendent Charles Lee earlier suggested most would return. A new crew is to start soon.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Fred Boone
WPA
Boone
Jack Prough
Charles Lee
Russians Battle On As Nazi Advance Slows Across Ukraine
Reports from London say Soviet forces resist amid German spearheads in Ukraine with Moscow aiming for a long war. DNB cites Luftwaffe strikes on rails and bridges, while Soviet losses mount as the war spreads to the Baltic region and beyond.
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Smolensk
Moscow
Ukraine
Belgium
Holland
France
Hitler
DNB
Stuka
Roosevelted
Konoye Cabinet Faces Possible Reshuffle Amid War Strains
In Tokyo the Konoye cabinet is under pressure as Japan weighs shifting foreign policy after the German attack on Russia. Reports say Yosuke Matsuoka faces replacement amid accusations of presenting contradictory accords to the emperor.
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Europe
France
Konoye
Hayama
Hirohito
Yosuke Matsuoka
Japan
Berlin
Shanghai
Matsuoka
Mamoru Shigmitsu
Britain
New York
Moscow
Asia
Indo-China
New Version Drafted For Seizure Bill
The White House sent a new seizure bill to the Senate military committee. Wayne Coy presented a measure allowing the president to requisition any property for national defense, broader than a prior war department version. Senator Lodge raised objections, while Senator Chandler said a compromise draft limits use after all other means are exhausted.
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Washington
White House
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Wayne Coy
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Robert P. Patterson
Chandler
D-Ky
Axis Forces Ready to Meet U S Aggression
Rome July 16 Germany and Italy are ready with the necessary forces to meet United States aggression. Virginio Gayda, authoritative fascist editor, asserted today that President Roosevelt plans to take advantage of AXIS war against Soviet Russia. If U S warships fire without warning on axis ships, Gayda declared they would reply, and Japan would do what he says is her duty.
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Rome
Germany
Italy
United States
Virginio Gayda
Roosevelt
Russia
Gayda
Il Giornale D
Italia
Jan
Axis convoy off Libya attacks destroy vessel
Cairo reports British bombers hit an axis convoy off the Libyan coast early today destroying at least one axis vessel. The RAF Middle East command released the report detailing the attack and its immediate outcome.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
RAF Middle East Command
Local residents share travels and visits this week
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Harris returned Monday from a Texas vacation. Miss Dora Mae Maxwell returned Tuesday from Ardmore where she visited friends. Mrs. Lee Crofts visits relatives in Edmond. Mrs. Francis D. Burke of Silver Springs Maryland arrives Tuesday to visit her mother Mrs. James B. Eastes.
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Bert Harris
Texas
Dora Mae Maxwell
Ardmore
Mrs. Lee Crofts
Edmond
Francis D. Burke
Silver Springs
James B. Eastes
Business Visitors in Shawnee Reported
Mrs. R. S. Douthit and Mrs. H. T. Styron were business visitors in Shawnee Tuesday. Hart Humphries of Seminole also transacted business in town Tuesday.
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R. S. Douthit
H. T. Styron
Shawnee
Hart Humphries
Obituary of Elbert W. Collins Konawa farmer and former deputy
Tuesday morning in Oklahoma City Elbert W. Collins died of a heart ailment after two years of illness. He moved to Konawa 33 years ago from Morriston Arkansas and was known as a progressive farmer and stockman. Survived by widow, three daughters Maxine June Marie and Mrs. Ouilda Wiley, and son Harold all at home. three sisters Flora Jones Ellen Venerable and Carrie Huff. and four brothers Charlie Tollie Will and B F, all of Konawa.
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Oklahoma City
Elbert W. Collins
Konawa
Morriston
Ark
Maxine
June Marie
Ouilda Wiley
Harold
Flora Jones
Ellen Venerable
Little Rock
Carrie Huff
Charlie
Tollie
Will
B. F
Wilbourne Baby Girl Born at Valley View Hospital
Mr and Mrs E B Wilbourne are the happy parents of a baby girl born Tuesday morning at Valley View hospital.
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Mrs. E. B. Wilbourne
Valley View Hospital
Russian Air Morale Holds Up Well
A British mission report from Moscow says the Russian air force morale is high and pilots are holding their own against the Luftwaffe. Soviet fighters have shown no reluctance to face Nazi air power and have been described as a powerful, intact force. A Russian request through the mission seeks more fighter planes.
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London
Moscow
U S Opens Talks With Argentina on Defense Material Purchases
The United States begun discussions with Argentina for large annual purchases of strategic minerals and metals worth up to 500 million dollars as part of a hemispheric defense materials program. Mexico reached a similar agreement. talks with Chile Bolivia Brazil and others followed a pattern of export controls to reserve resources for defense.
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Washington
United States
Argentina
Mexico
Chile
Bolivia
Brazil
Department of Commerce
Six Miners Hurt in McAlester Mine Blast
Six McAlester miners were seriously burned in a one mile underground explosion at the Samples Mining coal mine on penitentiary land. Injured: C. H. Davidson Moses Sarat ta L Beckham John Papins Tony Hoing and Martin Zaccanti. Rescue teams evacuated the workers within an hour to area hospitals.
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Mcalester
Samples Mining Company
McAlester Penitentiary
C. H. Davidson
Moses Saratta
L. Beckham
John Papins
Tony Hoing
Martin Zaccanti
Davidson
Editor Attorney Named NYA District Heads
Lou Allard Jr a Drumright newspaper editor and Jack M Highley an Oklahoma City attorney were named directors of NYA districts 4 and 5 by state director Bruce Carter. Highley succeeds Don Wright now at Fort Sill and Allard succeeds Roger S Umphers who resigns effective September 1.
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NYA
Oklahoma City
Lou Allard, Jr
Drumright
Jack M. Highley
Bruce Carter
Highley
Don Wright
Fort Sill
Allard
Roger S. Umphers
Mass And Space Allies Of Russia Still Functioning
War analysis notes that while ongoing fierce battles around Leningrad and Moscow continue, there is no clear change in troop positions overnight. The piece questions German claims of mass and space solving the eastern front problem and highlights Russia’s vast geography and supply challenges as Germany advances.
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Mass and Space
Russia
Dewitt Mackenzie
Leningrad
Moscow
Stalin Line
Berlin
Europe
Germany
Buglers wake to their own tunes at Camp Davis
At Camp Davis North Carolina the buglers' calls are recorded and played over public address systems. A private letter notes a fellow bugler’s promotion and a $10 monthly raise. In Tampa MacDill Air Field a corporal posted signs on grass, first polite then stern, but soldiers ignored the warnings.
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Associated Press
Camp Davis
N. C
Soldier asks way to building at Camp Lee
A young soldier at Camp Lee, flushed by a nearby beauty, stops a staff car and asks Brig. Gen. Charles D. Hartman for directions to building T-316. Hartman leans from the car and provides clear guidance as the soldier salutes and mutters thanks.
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Camp Lee
Charles D. Hartman
Memphis
Army recruit Ralph Abernathy moves from Inglewood to Fort Benning
Private Ralph Abernathy joined the army at Fort Benning Georgia and received a pay raise. He had left a city post in Inglewood California with the understanding that his new status would be waiting.
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Fort Benning
Ralph Abernathy
Inglewood
Calif
President’s Cup regatta cancels Sept power boat races
Washington reports the President’s Cup regatta association announced the cancellation of power boat races scheduled for September to conserve gasoline and oil for defense. Tokyo notes five killed and many injured in Nazano prefecture earthquake with thirty houses collapsed and over 100 damaged.
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Washington
Tokyo
Nazano
Army orders curb gasoline use for weekend trips
Santa Ana dispatch reports Camp Haan officers and men told by Maj. W. W. Vickery that orders prohibit army gasoline for weekend pleasure trips. Gasoline use is restricted on Sundays as morale measures at the camp near Newport Harbor.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Camp Haan
W. W. Vickery
Newport Harbor
Invasion Warning Sign Shutter Times at Essex Shop
The South End England store owner on the Thames estuary displays a window notice reading This shop is open In case of invasion it will be closed for half an hour. The sign advises brief closure in event of invasion.
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South End
Eng
Essex
the Thames
Tail Waggers raise 110.50 for British relief
Mister Smut the black cocker spaniel owned by Mrs. Frank Suttell secretary of the Tail Waggers club in Seattle marked the club today by presenting a check for 110.50 to the British Relief for Bombed and Injured Animals.
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Seattle
Mister Smut
Tail Waggers Club of
Washington
Frank Suttell
Tailwaggers Club
Hopkins Returns to London To Review British War Needs
Washington reports Harry Hopkins has returned to London to assess Britain's war requirements. Administration sources disclosed last night that the lease lead supervisor left for England to inspect conditions firsthand.
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Washington
Harry Hopkins
London
Britain
England
Largest Rosebush Grows in Tombstone Arizona
The world’s largest rosebush sits in Tombstone Arizona spanning about 200 square feet and producing hundreds of thousands of blossoms each year.
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Tombstone
Ariz
Pontotoc Youths Join United States Army
Five Pontotoc county youths Wednesday joined the United States Army as volunteers and were sent to Oklahoma City by local draft boards. Named are Earnest Riddle Ada John Scott Summers Rt. 2 Roff Clyde W Mahan Rt. 3 Ada Alvin Ray Johnson Rt. 5 Ada and Raymond A Hill general delivery Fittstown. A sixth applicant was rejected by the examining board.
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Pontotoc County
United States Army
Oklahoma City
Earnest Riddle
Ada
John Scott Summers
Rt. 2
Roff
Clyde W. Mahan
Rt. 3
Alvin Ray Johnson
Rt. 5
Raymond A. Hill
General Delivery
Fittstown
Pat Murphy
Judge Kennamer's Marriage Ends in Divorce
Franklin E. Kennamer, retired judge, and Mrs Pauline Fox Kennamer, 31, split after a 14 month marriage. District Court records show divorce granted April 15 on gross neglect. alimony denied. He previously used the name Elmore Kennamer. marriage license filed in Harrison Arkansas.
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Claremore
Franklin E. Kennemer
Sereral
Pauline Fox Kennamer
Kennamer
N. B. Johnson
Harrison, Ark
Elmore Kennamer
Clifton Fox
Roff News Briefs Highlight Local Events and Happenings
Funeral held in Ada for Billie Anderson as Roff and Hickory friends attend. Guthrie resident Wilson Morgan visits ill mother Mabel Morgan in improving condition. Comanche ceremony unites Elizabeth Bickel and John W. Mullens with Rev. Etchison officiating. Atoka rodeo boosters praised after Roff reception. New school gym work progresses. September completion hoped. Tahlequah native Wylodean Norris hired as home economics and commerce teacher.
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Roff
Hickory
Billie Anderson
Ada
Wilson Morgan
Guthrie
Mabel Morgan
Comanche
Elizabeth Bickel
John W. Mullens
Dewey Etchison
J. M. Etchison
P. J. Miller
Tulsa
Claremore
Jesse Stephens
Viola Gilleland
G. R. Gilleland
Atoka Rodeo
Wylodean Norris
Tahlequah
Texas Sites Named for New Army Cantonments
Washington July 16. Texas congressmen announce three possible cantonment sites if funds are approved. Poage names Waco as a motorized division site, Johnson cites Bastrop, and Patman notes Paris as the third. No further details on cantonment usage were provided.
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Washington
Texas
Congress
Poage
Waco
Lyndon Johnson
Bastrop
Patman
Paris
Painted Utensils Used as Wall Ornaments in 1800s Homes
In the 1800s households displayed painted piepans wooden chopping bowls and dustpans as decorative wall pieces. Landscapes fruits and flowers adorned these utensils reflecting domestic taste and craft of the era.
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Jean Perry
St. Louis
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