Gigantic Air Cooler Heads Off Heat Here
Pontotoc county enjoyed a cooler day as clouds and moisture cooled breezes through rain across Canadian river areas in Seminole and Pottawatomie counties. Ada saw 89 F high and 75 F low, with statewide heat persisting and hundreds dying from heat and drownings nationwide.
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Motor Vehicle Law Faces Fight in Oklahoma Legislature
Oklahoma City July 24 A clash over the motor vehicle license law emerges as railroad unions push to invalidate the reciprocal tax waiver provision. Harlan Bell of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen says the section allowing interstate tax waivers should be repealed. The tax commission cites a $1,000,000 annual revenue loss from mileage tax repeal, while the Associated Motor Carriers of Oklahoma vows to defend gains from last session. Bell argues 500 out of state trucks use Oklahoma highways for each in state truck, undercutting railroads’ costs and paying no tax.
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Oklahoma City
Harlan Bell
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Tax Commission
Associated Motor Carriers of
Oklahoma
Bell
Registration Set To Begin in September
Registration under the pending conscription program is tentatively set for about September 1 with the first 400 000 conscripts to start training a month later. A Burke Wadsworth bill recommendation signals possible congressional action next week amid opposition. In Oklahoma, draft boards have been organized and 100 000 men may enter active training if the bill passes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
War Department
Senate
Oklahoma City
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Louis A. Ledbetter
Oklahoma
Ledbetter
Phillips
Adjutant General
County Officials Seek Extra Help for 1940-41 Budget
County attorney-elect Si Freeman asks the excise board to approve funds for a second assistant in the county attorney’s office for the latter half of the 1940-41 fiscal year. County Clerk Tom Grant notes Freeman may not know if the position is needed but wants the money allocated. Grant, Sheriff Clyde Kaiser, and other officers filed additional staffing requests as the excise board plans hearings on the budget.
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Si Freeman
County Excise Board
Tom Grant
Excise Board
Grant
Freeman
Cly de Kaiser
Ben Hatcher
Don Evans
W. M
Bill” Pegg
Ada Rodeo Queen Contest Near Final Roundup
standings show Earnestine Cochran leading with 3428 votes and LeMoine Blake at 6413. voting ends Saturday at 6 pm and the top five advance to finals judged by out of town judges Sunday at 3 pm at the fairgrounds with admission 10 cents. over $100 in prizes plus souvenirs for all contestants.
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Earnestine Cochran
LeMoine Blake
Thressa Dean Smith
Metty Sole
Margaret Fleet
the News
Improvements For Waterworks May Not Require Bond
Ada mayor says a $30,000 rehabilitation for the city's waterworks may be funded from regular revenue rather than a bond issue. City officials note funds could come from water department income and fines, with a 3-mill ad valorem option possible for metering. A July vote on bonds was postponed after the primary. The waterworks study followed a drop in Byrds Mill intake, though recent tests show daily flow over 9 million gallons.
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Bill Crawford
Ada
Oklahoma City
Ada Chamber of Commerc
Crawford
Albert Chamberlain
Byrds Mill
Dependents Exempt from Training Under Peace Time Draft Plan
Washington reports that men with dependents will not be drafted for peace time training. Senate and House committees backed compulsory training with exemptions for conscientious objectors and those essential to industry. Officials outlined deferments for officeholders and a staged call up beginning October 1 1940 and continuing through 1941 with 400000, 400000, and 600000 men to be drafted.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
William Shedd
House Military Committee
Senate
Shedd
Sheppard
D.-Tex
Senate Committee
George C. Marshall
House
Marshall
War Department
Oklahoma Governor Calls for Overhaul of Tax System
Governor Phil Phillips said the next Oklahoma legislature must overhaul the tax structure rather than raise a few levies. He plans to study options, including a gross income tax similar to Indiana's, to address a seven million dollar revenue shortfall amid declining oil revenues.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Phillips
Indiana
General Revenue Fund
Indictment of I Am movement leaders for mail fraud
A federal grand jury indicted 24 leaders of the I Am foundation for fraudulent mail use and conspiracy. Defendants include Mrs Edna Ballard and her son Donald Ballard, tied to claims of immortality and supernatural powers used to solicit donations exceeding 80 000 dollars and nearly 3 million total since 1930.
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Los Angeles
Ppa
I Am” Foundation
Edna Ballard
Donald Ballard
Guy Ballard
St. Germain
George Washington
Ballard
Ballards
British Air War Over Thames Estuary Rages as U S Plane Falls
British fighters engaged in a massed air battle over the Thames estuary with at least 60 planes in the clash. Reports say an American-made dive bomber captured by Germany was shot down, and British anti aircraft and fighter units claimed several German bombers and two British fighters were lost.
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British Isles
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Carol II
Textbooks and war updates dominate Oklahoma issue
Oklahoma schools approved changes to 31 textbooks and added one social science text while noting costs rise and some adoptions expired this year. Crable opposed some changes yet praised others as better books. The report also covers Allied bombings and naval actions in the Middle East and Europe with Allied aid from the United States.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Textbook Commission
A. L. Crable
Crabb
Phillips
Vegetables Jars Trade Plan In Town Exchange Proposal
Mrs. Jessie Morgan, home demonstration agent, announced a tradeout to unite farm women with jars and gardens. By Wednesday afternoon over 40 calls came in as people offered jars and vegetables. They set an exchange rate: a farm club woman to receive two empty jars for one jar filled with canned vegetables.
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Jessie Morgan
Farm Club
East Central State grads hear fable on neighbors and danger
Dr. A Linscheid, president, told graduates of 171 in a summer class a fable about good neighbors and bad men. He urged preparedness and warned against surrendering safety, likening France’s collapse to personal responsibility. Commencement featured orchestra, choir, and awards in an open-air ceremony with benediction and soon after a faculty tea.
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A. Linscheid
East Central State College
Bill
Jacques
John
Victor
Nick
Sam
Adolf
College Health
Vaughn Beal
Ernest Goss
Tobacco Firms Indicted For Monopoly
The federal government ends a two year probe into the tobacco industry with charges of price fixing and monopoly against 34 tobacco companies and 33 individuals. Eight major firms named include American Tobacco Liggett Myers Reynolds and Lorillard. Accused of conspiring to dominate growers wholesalers and retailers, they face four counts under the Sherman Act with up to one year imprisonment and a $5 000 fine per conviction.
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Lexington
Department of Justice
American Tobacco Company
Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
P. Lorillard Tobacco Company
Department
Peeping Tom Charge Filed Near Stonewall
A 40 year old man known as a Peeping Tom is jailed on a grossly disturbing the peace charge after prowling farmhouses near Stonewall and ordering women to disrobe at gunpoint. A farmer reported seeing him at a southwest Stonewall farmhouse Monday night. Mrs. W. Z. King signed the complaint alleging the man appeared at her window last Friday and forced her to disrobe. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment before County Judge Hoyt Driswill, with bond set at 1500 dollars.
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Stonewall
W. Z. King
Hoyt Driswill
Hunger Ends for Youth Convict at Federal Tower
Hunger and guards clashed for 19 hours before a 20 year old convict died after leaping from a 100 foot water tower at the federal penitentiary. He had fled to avoid return to a Georgia prison camp.
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Atlanta
Federal Penitentiary
Georgia
Export Trade Of U S Is Shifting
The commerce department reports June U S merchandise exports rose 8 percent from May to 344 million dollars. Shipments to Great Britain Canada South America and Cuba all increased while France purchases boosted June totals before the armistice effect. Future months may see declines due to ships returning from France and the British blockade.
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Italy
United States
Great Britain
South America
Commerce Department
United Kingdom
Canada
Cuba
France
Department
Pre-School Clinic At Irving School
A Wednesday morning clinic at Irving School offered examinations and immunizations for a score of children. Dr Glen W McDonald and nurse Edna Earl Covey oversaw the health unit event sponsored by the Women’s Missionary Society of the Asbury Methodist church. A follow up clinic is planned for the third Wednesday in August with typhoid smallpox and diphtheria vaccines given to about 15 children.
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Irving School
Women’s Missionary Society
The
Asbury Methodist Church
Glen W. McDonald
Edna Earl Covey
Bob Feller Struck In Face By Fastball At Practice
Cleveland star pitcher Bob Feller was struck in the face by a ball during pre game practice. He was taken to the clubhouse and iced. officials said the injury did not seem serious. The ball came from Keith Monroe, a Cleveland sandlot player working out with the Indians.
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