Oklahoma National Guard to Get 76 Motorized Pieces
Oklahoma City June 4 Adjutant General Ledbetter announced the Oklahoma National Guard would receive 76 motorized pieces before August maneuvers. Fifteen new combat reconnaissance trucks arrived for artillery units as 42 heavy trucks and trailers plus motorcycles are distributed among multiple towns and units.
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Oklahoma City
Klahoma
National Guard
National Defense
Louis A. Lectter
Louisiana
Fort Sill
Claremore
Healdton
McAlester
Ada
Chandler
Weatherford
Perry
Anadarko
Haskell
Homing
Wewoka
Muskogee
Edmond
Marlow
Dust Bowlers Who Went East Okay Dust Bowlers Who Went East Okay
ALVA Oklahoma June 4 The depression is over for dust bowl emigrants who turned to Arkansas rather than California Former Woods county residents have settled in the Ozark mountains near Siloam Springs John McGlothlin Woods county farmer says migrants were discouraged by small farm sizes but soon found land was productive They now have abundant fresh food though some still have itching feet and hunger pangs are gone
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Alva
Arkansas
California
Pacific Coast
Woods County
Ozark Mountains
Siloam Springs
John McGlothlin
McGlothlin
Oklahoma
Six State Poultry Meet for Tulsa
The South Central states regional poultry conference will be held June 6 and 7 in Tulsa, sponsored by the U S department of agriculture. Six states Oklahoma Arkansas Kansas Louisiana Missouri and Texas will attend with discussions on the national poultry improvement plan led by Oklahoma A and M College poultrymen and industry leaders.
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Stillwater
South Central States
United States Department of Agriculture
Tulsa
Don Brooks
Oklahoma Poultry Improvement Association
Cleveland
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Texas
Oklahoma A
M. College Poultrymen
Daily Crude Oil Output Declines Nationwide
United States daily crude oil production fell by 89 758 barrels to 747 671 for the week ended June 1, per the Oil and Gas Journal. Texas showed mixed results with East Texas up 143 to 396 581 while overall Texas output dropped 9 190 to 1 64 534.
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Tulsa
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
East Texas
Texas
Oklahoma
California
Kansas
Eastern
Michigan
Illinois
Louisiana
Rocky Mountain Area
Irwin Charged In Forgery Cases
Bruce C A Claxton reports Irwin was arraigned Tuesday before Peace Justice A W Oliver on two counts of forgery in the second degree. He sought time to decide his plea and Judge Oliver will hear it Wednesday. Irwin remains in county jail with $1000 bail on each charge.
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C.A. Claxton Irwin
A. W. Oliver
Irwin
Oliver
Ada Hosts Tallest Man in the World at Local Inn
I spoke with Robert Wadlow, eight feet nine and a half inches tall and about 420 pounds, in the Aldridge lobby. He travels for a shoe company, making appearances in towns across Oklahoma and Missouri, accompanied by his father H. F. Wadlow.
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Robert Wadlow
Aldridge
Robert
Tishomingo
Pauls Valley
Stratford
Ardmore
Sasakwa
Wetumka
Weleetka
McAlester
Alton
Illinois
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
H. F. Wadlow
Tuggle to Be Sent to Chair For Slayings
J D Tuggle was sentenced to die in the electric chair August 28 for the killings of Mr and Mrs Wilburn Jones at their Stratford area home May 9 He pleaded guilty again and was taken to McAlester state penitentiary He beat the elderly couple with an axe handle after they intervened in his attempts to assault his half sister Alma Tuggle was discharged from Valley View hospital amid reports of recovery and other notes reference gasoline tax accounting and state revenue figures for the period and changes in tax collection patterns
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Alma Tuggle
Valley View Hospital
Nazis Tighten Censorship on Mail and Telecommunication
Berlin reports the army high command now controls censorship and news transmissions to neutral nations. Under Colonel General Wilhelm Keitel orders, no military economic or political information that could endanger the Reich or allied states may be sent. Non belligerent country communications require licensing for firms or individuals.
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Berlin
Germany
Army High Command
Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Flag Salute Controversy Seen by Bristow Police
Bristow police chief C W Dulaney asked the U S district attorney to probe a religious sect whose members called saluting the flag a sin. Four members were questioned and literature plus phonograph records were seized. District Attorney Whit Maury of Tulsa pledged to send an investigator to review the seized material. The four were not detained and said they would continue their work.
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Bristow
C. W. Dulaney
U. S
Dulaney
Whit Maury
Tulsa
Tax collections show reduction in Oklahoma fiscal year
Oklahoma City June 1 The state tax collections for the first 11 months totaled 50 051 881, down 501 635 from last year. The tax commission reported the actual drop was 1 924 457, due to a change in the method.
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Oklahoma City
Tax Commission
Church Denied Land Near Taverns In Tulsa
The Calvary Baptist church was denied permission to build because the site would be within 300 feet of three taverns and a dance hall. Mayor C H Veal ruled the nearby venues count as legitimate businesses, requiring the church to relocate under city ordinances. The pastor said he would seek cooperation with the operators.
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Tulsa
Calvary Baptist Church
C. H. Veal
L. A. Kessinger
Soviet Accepts Britain's Envoy
Moscow reports Premier Molotov said the Soviet Union accepts Sir Stafford Cripps as Britain's ambassador to Moscow. Cripps travels to the capital to assume duties, replacing Sir William Seed who left Moscow earlier this year. The Soviet note says negotiations must proceed through a fully accredited ambassador.
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Moscow
Molotoff
Soviet Union
Stafford Cripps
Stafford
William Seed
London
Cripps
Leeds
Sanitarian Melvin Taylor Appointed to County Unit
Melvin Taylor becomes county sanitarian for the city county health unit serving the county. Burley Walker, former sanitarian, now directs milk sanitation for the southern half of Oklahoma, while Taylor oversees the southern half here. Taylor, OU graduate, began sanitation work last fall and resumed Jan 1, now leads the division. Walker keeps Ada home base, overseeing the southern territory with central access via Ada.
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Melvin Taylor
Burley Walker
Oklahoma
Taylor
Walker
University of Oklahoma
Early US and European Sterilization Laws Timeline
The first US sterilization law was enacted in Indiana in 1907. The first European law appeared in 1928 in the Swiss canton of Vaud. About 28 states in the United States now have laws permitting compulsory or voluntary sterilization of mentally deficient persons.
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United States
Indiana
de Vaud
Union
Grady Miller Sets Plan for County Commissioner Race
Grady Miller of Allen announces candidacy for County Commissioner District 1. He pledges businesslike management, emphasis on efficient road building, and reforms in county offices. Miller cites WWI service, lifelong county ties, and a plan to upgrade roads progressively using existing gravel and targeted drainage.
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Grady Miller
Allen
Miller
France
Board of County Commissioners
Court House
Chamberlain Slips Closer to Oblivion as Laborites Rise
June reports from London say a private Labour meeting hints at eroding Neville Chamberlain’s influence while Clement Attlee and Arthur Greenwood gain power under Churchill. Attlee becomes lord privy seal with near assistant premier status. Greenwood leads production policy to fix past errors.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Authoritative Press Association
Britain
Commons
Munich
Winston Churchill
Chamberlain
Churchill
Laborites
Clement R. Attlee
Arthur Greenwood
Attlee
Greenwood
Privy Seal
Keys Have Merry 15 Year Birthday in Oklahoma City
The Keysquads mark their 25th birth day as a close family celebration at Blackhawk park. Patriarch C. M. Keys, 90, smiles over Mona's upcoming marriage to Robert W. Fowler, while Mona’s fiancé endures light ribbing. Leota announces her first job as a counselor at Camp era near Marshall Texas and seeks a teaching post in Texas next fall.
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Oklahoma City
Keysquads
Oklahoma City Oil Company
Leota
Mary
Roberta
Campera
Marshall
Tex
Texas
British Indian Engineer Sentenced to Death in Punjab Killing
Ma homed Singh Azad, a 37 year old British Indian engineer, was convicted in London for the fatal shooting of Sir Michael O'Dwyer, the retired lieutenant governor of Punjab. He addressed the court from the dock but the judge barred publication of his remarks. he had claimed the shooting was an accident.
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London
Mahomed Singh Azad
Michael O’dwyer
Punjab
Army Plans Big Purchase of Uniform Materials
The army announced it will buy materials for about 1.52 million uniforms plus 1.0 million overcoats and 0.93 million shirts. Major General Edmund B. Gregory said bids will be sought for 5 million yards of serge or elastique 4 million yards of Melton overcoating 1.5 million yards of shirting and 500 thousand woolen blankets to stock a cloth reserve for ongoing production.
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Washington
Edmund B. Gregory
Quartermaster Corps
Soviet Near East stance signals possible ally cooperation
A London statement from Soviet circles positions Russia’s Near East interests alongside the Allies, hinting at possible diplomatic cooperation in the Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean. If Mussolini acts, Moscow signals him to stay out of the war, while joint Soviet‑Allied military prospects rise should Near Eastern interests be endangered.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
London
Russia
Near East
Moscow
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Stafford Cripps
Erik Labonne
Spain
Kremlin
Jesse James Farm Gets Electric Lights After 115 Years
KEARNEY Mo Jesse James grandson Forrest Barr connected the old homestead to an REA circuit securing electric lights for the first time in 115 years at the Jesse James home.
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Old Homestead
Kearney
Jesse James
Forster Barr
Jesse
Garvin County Leads 4-H Roundup At Stillwater
Pauls Valley and Garvin County sent 20 delegates to Stillwater as 4-H clubs from across Oklahoma gather for the annual roundup aiming to defend last year’s all around title.
Remarkable kangaroo rat shows fused neck bones
A note on anatomy states the kangaroo rat is the sole land animal among over 20 000 species with six of its seven neckbones fused. This unusual trait highlights vertebral fusion as a distinctive adaptation in this species.
Germans use charm and discipline to win Norway’s favor
Berge M. Heede, a Norwegian-born American, reports German occupiers in Oslo follow a plan to win Norwegian cooperation. They curb looting, avoid politics, publish quiet orders, and present themselves as protectors while using German money. Thousands displaced, many Norwegians and Americans rely on relief as Oslo hosts a strategic fleet base. Heede aids the Norwegian relief fund seeking funds, food, and clothing.
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Willis Thornton
NEA Service
Berge M. Heede
Oslo
Heede
United States
Germany
Hitler
Europe
Elverum
Stavanger
Sweden
Norway
Bonds Forfeited By Ten Witnesses In Ardmore
Ten members of a religious sect were arrested last Saturday for fighting and disturbing the peace during a near riot over distributing literature seen as American in its tenor. They forfeited $20 cash bonds when their case was called in municipal court. the group then left town after posting bond.
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Ardmore
Clarence Harris
Sunday Evening Dri ving Most Dangerous Time Says Safety Experts
Safety experts say Sunday evening between 6 and 7 o clock is the most dangerous period to drive. The warning highlights higher risk as weekend activities wrap up and roads see increased traffic and fatigue.
War Department To Survey GRD Arsenal Site Idea
Pryor June 5 The War Department will survey the Grand River hydro electric project area to study its possibilities as an arsenal site. A committee may investigate the northeastern Oklahoma region next week as local leaders urge protection of a $22,000,960 investment in power production.
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Pryor
War Department
Grand River
Earl Ward
Grand River Authority
Ward
Washington
Oklahoma
Northeast Oklahoma Arsenal Association
Congress
Germany
Thomas
D Okla
John T. Cole
Okmulgee
GRDA
Josh Lee
Wesley Disney
Frank Foreman
PWA
Standard Oil Introduces Synthetic Rubber Named Butyl
At the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey annual meeting in Flemington New Jersey P W S Farish announced a new synthetic rubber named butyl. He said it is superior to natural rubber for many uses and production is underway at the Bayway laboratory with two tons made. The company can supply any required quantities if needed.
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Flemington
N. J
P— W. S. Farish
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Standard Oil
United States
Farish
Bayway
Elizabeth, N. J
Missing Ambulance Driver Is Prisoner
Lawrence A. Jump AVAC driver reported missing is held in a German prison camp near Stuttgart. AVAC president James Wood Johnson said Mrs. H C Willet of Lincoln Mass, a relative, telegraphed that the State Department reports Jump in prison and arranging his release. Jump, a Dartmouth graduate from Oakland Calif, is sought for return under international law.
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New York
Lawrence A. Jump
Europe
Stuttgart
AVAC
James Wood Johnson
H. C. Willet
Lincoln
Mass
Jump
State Department
Lawrence Jump
Johnson
United States
Germany
Dartmouth College
Oakland Calif
Obituary for Mrs Claude Smith of Fort Worth
Mrs. Claude Smith died in Fort Worth Texas on June 4 at age 34. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Wednesday at Oak Avenue Baptist Church with Rev Arbuckle and Rev Hayes officiating. Burial will follow at Rosedale cemetery. Pallbearers include Sterling Price Sam Robinson A D Haig F M Miller F B Williams Harley Fleming. She is survived by her husband Claude Smith daughter Doris Mae and by her mother Mrs C E Robinson of Lawrence her father Sam Driver and brother Willie Driver of Lawrence and a sister Mrs Myrtle Sewell of Fort Worth.
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Claude Smith
Fort Worth
Tex
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
Arbuckle and Hayes
Rosedale Cemetery
Sterling Price
Sam Robinson
A. D. Haig
F. M. Miller
F. B. Williams
Harley Fleming
Smith
Doris Mae
C. E. Robinson
Lawrence
Sam Driver
Willie Driver
Myrtle Sewell
Fifth Column Work Among Indians Rumored
In Washington informed persons say the federal Bureau of Investigation is probing reports of fifth column activity among the 351000 American Indians. They allege foreign fostered groups and domestic anti-Semitic organizations seek to stir dissension by stressing grievances against the government.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Special non skid pavement boosts vehicle breakage by half
A report notes that using a special non skid pavement allows motorists to improve automobile breakage by about 50 percent, suggesting safer stopping and reduced tire damage.
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Soviet
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East Mediterranean
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Ervice, Inc
Varolius
Eustachian Canal
Nice
Lou Boudreau
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