Ada Man Preserves Historic Lily Garden in City Block
J M Edmiston of 428 West 14th has a 64 by 75 foot plot on West 14th showcasing 1 045 lilies that bloom yearly. The plants trace to bulbs brought from New Orleans in 1815 by William Edmiston, then carried via Nashville to Ada Indian Territory 35 years ago, becoming a beloved city attraction after 1906.
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Ada
West Fourteenth Street
J. M. Edmiston
West 14Th
Edmiston
New Orleans
William Edmiston
Adaman
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Nashville
Indian Territory
President Receives War Time Powers Over Priorities
President Roosevelt gained authority to speed arms production by imposing mandatory priorities on orders or contracts for foreign governments and certain private industry. He also signed a bill to sustain iron ore flow to steel plants, allowing Canadian vessels to move ore between U S Great Lakes ports for the 1941 season, citing shortages of American ships. Eighty five percent of ore comes from the Lake Superior region, justifying use of Canadian vessels.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Great Britain
United States
White House
Army
Navy
Office of Production Management
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Recreation For Denison Dam Development At Red River
Plans to develop public recreational facilities for the Denison dam reservoir on the Red river between Texas and Oklahoma were submitted by Speaker Rayburn to a senate appropriations panel. A request to amend H R 4590 would fund 27000 for surveys and plans, with the states handling land acquisition and facilities. The project spans Grayson County Texas and Bryan County Oklahoma, near Denison, creating a 1500 mile shoreline.
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Washington
Denison Dam
Red River
Texas
Oklahoma
Rayburn
Senate Appropriations
Interior Department
Senate
House
Grayson County
Bryan County
Denison
Tex
Speaker Rayburn
National Park Service
Army Engineers
National Work Service
Work resumes on Maxwell farm to market road project
The state work projects administration authorizes resumed work on a Maxwell community farm to market road. Work continues June 5 on a $23,000 project employing 35 men after holding for right of way. County Commissioner George Collins said the halt was due to securing necessary right of way.
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State Work Projects Administration
Maxwell
George Collins
More Men Called To Cut off Road Job Near Roff
County Commissioner Ross Morris said that thirty five more men will start work Monday on the seven mile cut off road project west of Roff to the Wynnewood road. He hopes to complete the work this year as part of the county project.
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Roff West
Wynnewood Road
Ross Morris
Roff
Morris
Working Hours May Be Lengthened During War Emergency
Three senators discussed possible extension of work hours to support the national defense effort. Norris suggested government takeover of some plants amid disputes. Taft advocated relaxing wage hour limits for the emergency. Lucas urged presidential power to ensure an uninterrupted flow of guns planes and tanks. Ellender opposed a general relaxation, favoring targeted adjustments if a bona fide labor shortage arose.
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Washington
Norris
Ind-Neb
Taft
Ohio
Lucas
D-Ill
Ellender
D-La
Senate Labor Committee
First Food Ship Under Lease-Lend Aid Unloaded
The first American lease lend aid food ship to Britain arrived in London with 120000 pounds of cheese 1000 tons of flour and 4000000 eggs. Lord Woolton minister of food praised US support and the crew and dock workers shared in the surplus provisions. A separate U S box of machine tools carried a note to workers and a concern for child milk supply.
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Eddie Gilmore
London
Peer
Britain
Lord Woolton
Henry I. Harriman
Middle West
Harriman
Woolton
England
Nebraska
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
America
Ministry of Supply and Ordnance
Jones Machine Tool Works
Cincinnati
Mediterranean Now Useless Link for British Vessels
London reports that Crete fell and France joined the axis, cutting the Mediterranean as a route to the Middle East. Britain must ship munitions via Cape of Good Hope while fighting for Suez, with Cyprus and Turkey potential flashpoints. About 15,000 Empire troops withdrawn from Crete to Egypt. losses described as severe.
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London
Crete
Darlan
France
Mediterranean
Britain
Middle East
United States
Suez Canal
Suez
Africa
Cape of Good Hope
Libya
Sicily
Tunisia
Cyprus
Turkey
Egypt
War Office
Be A Beacon For Democracy Brandt Urges Graduates
Dr. Joseph A. Brandt president elect of the University of Oklahoma addressed 862 Oklahoma A. and M. college graduates at the 50th commencement urging graduates to be beacons of democracy and resist any threat to freedom He praised Governor Phillips and the legislature for fiscal measures and warned of a decade of war ahead while stressing the value of strong state economies and educational unity.
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Stillw Ter
Joseph A. Brandt
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma A
M. College Today
England
Brandt
Ponca City News
Tulsa Tribune
Oxford University
Te State
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Phillips
Oklahoma
State Board of Agriculture
University Board of Regents
Growers of Wheat Approve AAA Plan
Wheat farmers voted nationwide to grant the agriculture department authority to control sales of their crop this year. They backed a proposal under the 1938 farm act to use marketing quotas to keep the surplus bread grain off the market.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Gentle Chimes May Replace Whistle
Norman reports Walter W Kraft utility superintendent proposes replacing the university whistle with chimes to curb after dinner disruptions. Chimes would be funded by the city and tested via Union lounge clock and amplifiers atop the Union tower.
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Norman
University of Oklahoma
Walter W. Kraft
Kraft
Union Lounge
Union Tower
Tulsa University and Spartan to Offer Aeronautical Engineering
The University of Tulsa and Spartan School of Aeronautics will launch a four year aero nautical engineering degree next fall. The program blends eight university semesters with two summers at the Spartan factory for 900 hours of practical training. Leaders Pontius Balfour Langheim tout the plan as a top program with defense and commercial aviation benefits.
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Tulsa
University of Tulsa
Spartan School of Aeronautics
C. S. Pontius
Aviation
Pontius
Spartan
United States Army Air Corps
Maxwell Balfour
Spartan School
R. L. Lang
University
Spartan Aircraft Factory
Holiday Weekend Deadly For State
Oklahoma reported ten violent deaths over the three day Memorial Day weekend up from nine the prior year. Seven were traffic fatalities and the rest included drownings plane and tractor accidents with victims named Wilbur Stady and wife of Hooker Texas County Jeanette Gordon Weleetka residents Carl Williams Owen Long and others. A sixth fatality came Friday near Cement and Barlesville drowner Paul Lackey 12 and plane crash victim Odell Nickens 23. Joe Bishop Spencerville died of injuries from a prior traffic crash near Hugo in which two other Spencerville men perished.
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Oklahoma
Wilbur Stady
Hooker
Texas County
Tyrone
U. S
Jeanette M. Gordon
Oklahoma City
Carl Williams
Owen Long
Weleetka
Dustin
Herman Graham
Alex
Purcell
Lester W. Moody
Cement
Emma Smith
Bartlesville
Paul Edward Lackey
Cordell
Odell Nickens
Watts
Joe Bishop
Spencerville
Hugo
Tulsa man who grew height for navy enlistment
Forrest Ray Combs Jr. stood 634 inches tall to enlist but was told he was 64 inches short. After three weeks he returned 64 inches tall. A Dallas district office letter arrived stating the height minimum had been cut from 64 to 62 inches.
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Tulsa
Forrest Ray Combs, Jr
Navy
Combs
Dallas
College men embark on 3000 mile Mississippi canoe trip
John McAfee of Greenville and Fritz Braatz of Waco, both freshmen at North Texas State Teachers College, left Denton for Lake Itasca to begin a 3000 mile voyage down the Mississippi. They aim to reach New Orleans in under three months.
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Denton
Tex
John McAfee
Greenville
Fritz Braatz
Waco
North Texas State Teachers College
Lake Itasca
Minn
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Stuck Auto Horn Dilemma Prompts Civic Street Comedy
A tangled Ada Main Street incident shows a car horn stuck while a driver panics and crowds gather. The horn swells in volume for 20 minutes until the driver suffers a fatal rupture, leaving onlookers to witness a chaotic scene and a ruined life.
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Ada
Small town cheers as fliers land in fog at Paris airport
Major R. W. Holderness Captain E. R. Pimer and Sgt. R. D. Bowman aboard a B 10 bomber returning to Barksdale Field from Denver faced rain and low ceilings over Paris Texas. Local citizen Lloyd Damron used building lights to guide the plane, which landed after circling for about 15 minutes. The bomber damaged a wire fence but the crew was unhurt and the ship was not damaged.
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Paris
Texas
U. S. Army
R. W. Holderness
E. R. Pi Mer
R. D. Bowman
Denver
Barksdale Field
Lloyd Damron
Damron
Holderness
Worked Once But That Was Enough
SAN MARCOS Texas June 2 P Elliott Falls an advanced CAA flying student says he fell from the cockpit of his training plane caught a strut and fought his way back into the ship and landed safely Falls said a routine slow roll yesterday broke his safety belt and the plane inverted his arm jammed in a strut he climbed from the ship at the CAA airport with arms and shoulder bruised and his shirt torn his parachute was in operating condition.
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San Marcos
Tex
P—Elliott Falls
CAA
Falls
Ada Ross Students Earn A&M Ouachita Graduation Honors
Three Ada and one Ross student are among 862 graduates at Oklahoma A and M as diplomas were awarded Monday. J C Horton from East Central State College earned a master’s in chemistry with thesis on oxalic acid effects on blood coagulation and animal growth. John W Rodgers, East Central State B S now teaches in Lawton, earned a master’s in business education with thesis on distributive education in Oklahoma. William E Breeden Jr earned a B S in commerce general business. Jack Edward Pendleton of Roff received a B S in agriculture dairying.
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Ada
Ross
Oklahoma A
M. College
J. C. Horton
East Central State College
John W. Rodgers
East Central
Lawton
Okleyhoma
William E. Breeden, Jr
Jack Edward Pendleton
Roff
New Restrictions on Air Field Visitors
Officials at Randolph and Kelly Fields have imposed new limits on visitors. Civilians must state business or be identified by field personnel before admission. Duncan Field plans further precautions as the San Antonio air depot serves several states.
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San Antonio
Tex
Randolph
Kelly Fields
Hubert R. Harmon
Kelly Field
Duncan Field
San Antonio Air Depot
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Louisiana
Arkansas
Arizona
Driving licenses and fuel outlets rise in US
New figures show 40 percent of women aged 20 to 34 hold driving licenses in the United States. Reports also indicate one filling station for every 128 registered motor vehicles nationwide. The first license plates issued in Colorado in 1998 were leather with white numerals.
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United States
Colorado
Gardens Supply Hot Lunches For Ponotoc County Schools
County hot lunch program draws on two ten acre gardens at Vaness and Oakman run by WPA staff to grow tomatoes beans corn peas beets carrots mustard greens and sweet potatoes. Canning to start this week with health certs for all workers. Last year 5000 quarts of vegetables were canned and similar this year as schools anticipate nutritious meals for hungry children.
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Vaness
Oakman
WPA
Lorena Anderson
Old Pictures And Books Wanted For Historical Society
Pontotoc County Historical Society asks residents to bring old pictures and books from Ada and Pontotoc county for Friday night meeting June 6. Members aim to display historical items at the Public Library building and identify people and dates. attendees should bring items to share and may hear committee reports on locating historic events in Pontotot County.
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Ada
Pontotoc County
Dipping Vat Construction Expands in Pontotoc County
Dipping vat builders active in Pontotoc County with new vats planned and under construction on Ira Miller farm Lula community and Orel Busby ranch near Allen. Repair work broad across Francis Lovelady areas. a vat completed on G C Mayhue ranch Fitzhugh. June expected to bring more repairs and new vats. County farm office promotes dipping vats to control ticks lice and other external parasites on cattle.
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Pontotoc County
Ira Miller
Lula
Orel Busby
Allen
Francis
Lovelady
G. C. Mayhue
Fitzhugh
Automobile drivers seek optimal sight with slightly tipped windshield
The article suggests that drivers achieve the best forward vision when the windshield is angled back a bit. It notes the impact of windshield tilt on line of sight and cornering awareness for safer driving.
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