Petticoat City Rulers Lose Ballot
Friendly West Virginia tale of women mayors ousted as men organize to replace Stella Eddy and her Petticoat administration. Mayor Eddy laments a civil vote while Elgie Rustemeyer falls to landslide. Webster Springs sees 24-year-old waitress Juanita Delamore win only three votes in mayoral bid.
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Friendly
W. Va
Petticoat
Stella Eddy
Ohio River
Elgie Rustemeyer
Citizen's Party
Eddy
Josephine Cline
Webster Springs
Juanita Delamore
Just Got Mad So Started Shooting
Alvin Rix, 21, killed his mother and father after an estate dispute in Vineing Minnesota. He said he got mad and decided to kill them all. A 13 year old brother Carl was shot in the yard and died. His mother was killed at the stairs. Rix surrendered at his father in law’s home.
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Rix
Carl
Henkes
Meinferd Christenaen
Vinita Names Sam Sheehan Land Acquisition Chief
Vinita June 7 Sam Sheehan becomes temporary head of the land acquisition department of the Grand River dam authority succeeding J W Newman who was dismissed June 1 with eight others. Authority cites unsatisfactory gravel supply slowing concrete pouring and land clearing hampered by lack of right of way and near standstill.
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Venita
Sam Sheehan
Vinita
Grand River Dam Authority
J. W. Newman
Eaemeer
Holloway
Head Of Sanitarium At Clinton To Quit
Oklahoma City June 6 Dr W C Tisdal superintendent of the Western Oklahoma Tubercular Sanitarium at Clinton said he will resign July 1 to return to private practice He told Chairman E W Smartt that Governor Phillips was unhappy with financial methods at the institution and plans to implement new fiscal handling The board dropped plans to appoint C E Griffith as successor and Smartt said a statute prohibits a layman from supervising the sanitarium Griffith will remain hospital superintendent.
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Oklahoma City
CPI
W. C.tisdal
Western’ Oklahoma
Clinton
E. W. Smartt
Board of Affairs Today
Tisdal
Smartt
Capitol
Phillips
C. E. Griffith
Western Oklahoma Charity
Griffith
Sanitarium Manager Sees Interchangeable Operations
The designated sanitarium business manager argued that correlating the operation of two institutions allows much interchangeable work, enabling significant savings.
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Smartt
KKK Insignia On Threatening Note Shocks Colorado Springs
Police report a threatening note to a Negro school janitor carried Klan insignia and red lettering reading The Klan Rides Again. Police also found stickers urging Join the Ku Klux Klan circulated among WPA workers. The note warned The eyes of scrutiny are upon you and echoed Communist hostility. Three fiery crosses were burned near a church linked to Father Divine followers amid vandalism in recent weeks.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Jane
Ku Klux Klan
I. B. Bruce
WPA
Fone
Nero
Scru
Father Divine
Boys Drift Down Salt Fork After River Swim
Ponca City police and county officers hunted for two youths Marvin Schultz 16 and Dean Warren 14 who jumped into Salt Fork river. They drifted far downstream on a raft before leaving it and flagging a ride. Parents worried after finding the boys clothing. A volunteer search followed with grappling hooks as the youths were later located safe with a chamber of commerce official. The incident ended with no injuries reported.
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Ponca City
Iremen
Salt Fork
Marvin Schultz
Dean Warren
Schultz
State Highway Patrol
Herb Schall
Berry Seen As Possible 1943 Oklahoma Governor Candidate
Oklahoma City June 7 Lt governor James E Berry of Stillwater, in his second term, is widely considered a leading potential candidate for the 1943 Oklahoma governor race. Berry, often acting as chief executive during governors' absences, is expected to seek re election or run for governor as other names including Anglin Matland Murray Finley Holliman Key and Weems figure in a crowded field. Also in Washington the public health service reports over a million women of child bearing age have contracted syphilis, urging venereal disease tests for prospective mothers.
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Lee Bond
United Brees
Oklahoma City
Okahoma
James E. Berry
Stillwater
Berry
Oklahoma Senate
Leon C. Phillips Iis
Washington
Ray Weems
Tor Anglin
Holdenville
E. W. Matland
Anglin
Bill Murray
Ira Finley
R Yeager
Public Health Service
Places Open In Army In Hawaii
A quota of 22 men is assigned by the United States Army to the Hawaiian department for foreign services. Ten to field artillery, seven to coast artillery, and five to the air corps in Hawaii. Air corps applicants need a high school education or equivalent or mechanical experience. Quotas must be filled by June 20 and contact Sergeant Sweeney, room 201, post office building, Ada, for more information.
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United States Army
Hawaiian Department
Feld Artillery
Coast Artillery
Air
Rubber Glass From Whey Surfaces as Cheap Plastic
Washington government scientists announce a rubber glass made from whey lactic acid, a dairy by product. The poly methyl acrylate material is water white, elastic, and tough, promising cheap production and new dairy income. Laboratory work by Lee T. Smith and H V Claborn shows it could replace some uses for rubber and glass in coatings, inks, and cements.
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Washington
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Lee T. Smith
H. V. Claborn
Dairy Research Laboratories
First Bike Wood 100 Years Ago in UK Centenary
London report details Kirkpatrick MacMillan of Dumfriesshire who built the first pedal propelled bicycle a century ago. His wooden design used a front wheel steering system with a rear drive by cranks and a single saddle, and it foreshadowed later bikes through boneshaker, tricycle, penny-farthing to the safety machine.
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London
U.P
Daft Pate
MacMillan
Kirkpatrick MacMillan
Dumfriesshire
Narrow Escape Of Train From Wreck Near Stillwater
County officers and railroad detectives investigated a near disaster when an open Santa Fe switch was found and reset before a passenger train arrived. Officials believe tampering is possible as the switch was thrown open by an unknown party.
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Stillwater
Santa Fe
Will Rogers Statue Unveiled at Capitol Rotunda
A patriotic tribute marks the June 6 1939 unveiling of the bronze Will Rogers statue in the National Capitol rotunda. The poem honors the homing heart of the American traveler and notes blue Oklahoma hills blanket flowers and the enduring memory of Rogers.
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Oklahoma
Will Rogers
Pig boat appeal mantered despite hazards in navy sub service
Navy submarine enlistment remains strong despite disaster imagery. Recruiters seek volunteers for the pig boat division. Trainees undergo New London school, six months of study, then on board practice, with written and doing exams. Officers receive same training, but advanced studies apply. Sub crews value pay, food, and informal officer relations amid rigid discipline.
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Pats Ross
NEA
Service-Star
Squalus
Navy
London
Conn
New London School
David Busanell
Robert Fulton
Napoleon
America
New York
Holland
Germany
England
Abernathy Back In There Again
Nashville reports Woodley Abernathy the batter who was said to never play again due to a skull fracture from a 1950s injury reappears with the Enville Smokies in the Southern Association leading batting averages. He recalls the Syracuse accident, life and death, and a return to sport after a restful winter.
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Nashville
Tenn
Woodley Abernathy
International League
Enville Smokies
Southern Association
Woody
Syracuse
Outfelder Abernathy
Shreveport
German Pacts Expand Baltic Security Efforts
Germany added Estonia and Latvia to its nonaggression pledges, joining Denmark and Lithuania, in a move that heightens Baltic tensions and draws note from Pravda about Soviet mutual assistance demands. Mussolini greeted 6000 Spanish troops in Rome as British Japanese tensions rose after a British citizen died in Paotung District near Shanghai.
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Germany
Estonia
Latvia
Hitler
Roosevelt
Itler
Denmark
Lithuania
Baltic States
Communist Party
Pravda
Moscow
Russia
Finland
Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Far East
R M. Tinkler
Paotung
Shanghai
Nancy Miller and Hindu Husband Celebrate Ten Years of Mellow Union
Seattle report recalls Nancy Ann Miller who married Tukoji Rao, former Maharajah of Indore, in 1928. Despite early religious and cultural clashes, the couple have lived quietly in Europe and India, with three daughters and a stable, loving marriage.
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Seatile
Wash
Nancy Ann Miller
Tukoji Rao
Indore
Maharajah of
Sarah
Ywest
Moss Miller
America
Seattle
Maharanee
Tle
Jennie Miller
East
Nancy
India
St. Germain
Maharanees
United States
Sumatra
Sharada
Sita
Sushila
Malarajah
Blind Navy Chaplain Creates Inexpensive Writing Aid
Vallejo, June 6 A U S Navy chaplain Lt Com Joseph B Earnest who became blind last December designed a simple writing aid. A 9 by 11 inch board with notched wood strips and rubber bands forms raised lines to guide writing. The device costs under a dollar and requires no patent. Earnest, a PhD from Virginia, hopes other blind people will build it to write and stay connected with friends and the service.
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Vallejo
Calif
Joseph
B. Earnest
U. S. Navy Chaplain Corps
Earnest
Ada Social Notes Highlight Regional Travel
Ada residents and visitors are noted in a stream of social updates. Many travelers depart Ada for destinations including St Joseph Missouri Los Angeles California and San Antonio Texas while others return from Oklahoma Norman Denton and Little Rock. Local families greet relatives attend graduations and join gatherings with institutions like Oklahoma University and Texas State College for Women.
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Errol and
Lilian
Hollywood
Errol Flynn
Bi Damita
Los Angeles
KKK
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Manhattan
Fort Hancock
N. J
Mississippi Valley
Louisiana
Gov. Philips
Hawaii
Tony Galento
Gene Tunney
Tony
Rogers
June
Mitchell
Epperson
Abernathy
Salt Lake City
Jozeph Schrelling
Esthonia
Baltic
Nancy Miller
University of Virginia
Mare Island
Navy Yard
Service
William Gray
St.Joseph, Mo
Dad Patteson
California
Mr. Gray
Rancho Amigos Hospital
Gray
Ruby Hill
W. M. Bethune
Eldorado
Kansas
Mise Odean Richards
Norman
Oklahoma University
Liza Skinner
San Antonio
Texas
H. J. Norrell
R. H. Gump
Sylphur
Clara Byrd
Enidis
Doris Arrington
Homer Hensler, Jr
Atlanta
Georgia
Hensler
Georgia Tech
Marion Jonson J
West
Minnie Butler
Wichita Falls
Arlie Stevenson
Wewoka
Ada
Claude Thompson
Washington, D. C
University of Oklahoma
O. P. Bushfield
Floyd Renner
Phoenix
Arizona
R. E. Griffith
H. R. Carter
R .M.'Lacy
Coalgate
Patrick Molloy
John Molloy
Shawnee
M. B. Molloy
Bob Cason
Chillicothe Business College
Chillicothe
Missouri
Oneal Shanks
Duncan
A D. Stubblefield
B. M. Shanks
Je? Shields
Lawrence
J. A. Rutledge
Ben Aulen
O. Dandridge
Edythe
Willie FP. Shelton
Little Rock
Arkansas
University of Arkansas Medical School
Shelton Dandridge
F.corenbleth
Dallas
Abe Pollock
Corenbleth
Pollock
Sylvia
Margaret Hill
Leta Poe
Detroit
Michigan
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
New York City
Kate Jane Case
Tulsa University
Maxine Martell
McAlester
East Central College
F. P. Swan
Helen
Kanawa
Wade Sayre
Jane and
Jerry
Ada Tuesay
M. +. Webster
Veterans Hospital
Rosalind Dart
Texas State College For Women
Denton
pArientis
WW. M. Ingram
Bonnie Wright
Ludell Griffith
Mortimer’ Faulkner
Oklahomia University
School of
L Fe
Carpeneter Drug Store
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