Excess income tax proposal criticized in Ada editorial
The Ada Weekly News critiques Senator Bennett Champ Clark for proposing an excess profits tax on personal incomes to curb inflation. The piece argues such a tax would punish success, unfairly penalize prewar earners, and contrasts it with bonds or other saving measures, urging fair, universal taxation.
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Josiah Jones
Jim Throwbridge
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Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt vows to ignore law provision on payroll
President Roosevelt states he will ignore a congressional provision that bars three men from receiving funds. He calls the clause a bill of attainder aimed at removing three objectionable federal payroll members.
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Congress
Moses Faith and the Reality of Suffering
A sermon discusses that no one escapes suffering, using Moses as example of doubts and dialogue with God. It notes God’s presence amid trial, debates tribal views of deity, and encourages facing perplexities with faith. It contrasts constitutional debates on bills of attainder with legal limits on funding and executive power. A late section lauds industrial resilience in rubber shortages.
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Pharaoh
God
Jehovah
Abraham
Sodom
W.E.G
Wallace Out as Roosevelt’s Heir Apparent amid Foreign Policy Debate
The piece argues President Roosevelt distances himself from Wallace fearing a political rival. It notes Wallace’s idealism clashes with practical policy, while Republicans waver between isolationism and nationalism. It also discusses prairie weather prospects and a German reward for Tito, with wartime economic color.
Russians Press Encirclement Near Orel in Central Front
Soviet dispatches report Red Army flank attacks cutting toward the Bryansk railway as Germans burn villages and force villagers into labor gangs near Orel. The communique tallies 400 Germans killed, 14 tanks and four armored cars destroyed, with heavy losses at Voroshilovgrad and in the Belgorod sector.
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Izyum
Donets
Storm damages rise to ten million dollars in Texas coast
The Houston Galveston coast suffered estimated property and crop losses totaling 10 million dollars from a severe tropical hurricane. Two deaths and scores injured. rice crop losses pegged at 2 million. Galveston reported 1 million in city damage, Houston about 6 million, and the tri cities Goose Creek Baytown and Pelly at 1 million.
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George W. Fraser
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Tri-Cities
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Pelly
Galveston News
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Collis Jordan
Jordan
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Coast Guard
Galveston Bay
Houston Municipal
Four Soldiers Die Stranded in Desert Endurance Test
Four soldiers strayed from a six day desert endurance drill in the Southern California Arizona border area. Three were found dead of thirst and a fourth presumed dead after the group became lost and water ran out. Remainder of the platoon was rescued as heat records were set at Imperial and El Centro.
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Imperial
Ogilby
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el Centro
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Southern Pacific
Police curb double parking in Ada business district
Ada police launched a campaign to stop double parking and mid street stopping on North Broadway and Twelfth Street by the Post Office. Chief Quinton Blake urged drivers to park properly as ample spaces exist, with Mayor Bill Crawford warning of heavy fines for violators.
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Brookfield Zoo Commissary Handles Heavy Food Batches
In a single year Chicago's Brookfield Zoo commissary processes 109000 pounds of frozen meat 106000 pounds of bananas 47000 pounds of apples and thousands of pounds of mackerel plus other fish fruits and grains to feed the resident animals.
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Zoo
Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
Lightning Strokes More Severe at Low Altitudes Study Finds
A five year study shows that lightning strokes are more severe at low altitudes than in high mountains. Researchers note altitude affects stroke intensity though widespread belief suggested mountain safety was better.
Heavy 600-Pound Tires Move by Service Trucks
Tires weighing more than 600 pounds are hauled and handled by service trucks in tire changes on large dumpers at Panama Canal lock projects.
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Panama Canal Lock
First Military Sub Tur tle Built by David Bushnell
The first military submarine used for combat was the American Turtle, constructed in 1777 by David Bushnell of Saybrook Connecticut to aid American forces in the Revolutionary War.
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Saybrook
Conn
Liberty Ships To Be Shared With United Nations
The United States announces a share-the-ships program with allies and has chartered vessels to Great Britain, Norway, Holland, and Greece with potential for more. Rear Admiral Emory S. Land notes rapid fleet growth since December 1941, with 1,150 ships totaling 10.5 million deadweight tons as of January 1 1941, and a 250 percent rise implying over 26 million tons.
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United States
Pear Harbor
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Holland
Greece
United Nations
Emory S. Land
Britain
Weather Drought Hurts Oklahoma Crops Report
Oklahoma City July 28. Continued hot dry weather worsened corn grain sorghums pastures alfalfa and wild hay conditions according to federal crop statisticians. Cotton grew fairly but heat caused shedding. Pastures and ranges hurt. stock water declining in southern eastern areas. cattle losses noted. Rain needed across the state.
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Federal
Pure Oil chief Lon Cronin dies at son's Arkansas home
S L Lon Cronin longtime head of Pure Oil land department and founder of the Van pool in Texas died at the home of his son Crawford L Cronin in El Dorado Arkansas.
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Lon) Cronin
Pure Oil Company
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U S Senate Race Heats Up in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City July 28 campaign activity for the 1944 U S Senate race shows two declared Democrats Elmer Thomas and Lt Governor James E Berry. Republicans consider a stiff fight with possible contenders Lew Wentz Lloyd Noble and Erle Halliburton as Thomas seeks a long campaign and Berry emphasizes experience and war effort ties. Mac Q Williamson also passes major commission exams for Army service.
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Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
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Thomas
G.O.P
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Lew Wentz
Ponca City
Lloyd Noble
Ardmore
Erle P. Halliburton
Duncan
Berry
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Thomas Banks
Senate
Mac Q
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Coates Returns for Amount A
Coates comes back for a payment labeled Amount A in the classified section. The brief item notes a financial or billing entry awaiting settlement and lists no further details.
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