Editorial reflections on writers and character in Ada
The Ada Weekly News discusses editorial roles and reader engagement, praising Carl Portman of the Coalgate Record Register for his accuracy. It notes editors aim to entertain, challenge, and interpret while avoiding harsh judgments, and emphasizes the growth of a writer through time and experience. It then anchors the piece in a Sunday School lesson on Peter's guidance to Christians, stressing the need for diligence in adding virtue to faith and pursuing a well rounded Christian character.
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Carl Portman
Coalgate Record Register
Peter
Paul
Jesus
Weighing Claims on Agricultural Yields and War Policy
The writer critiques Elizabeth Holt’s pamphlet on dairy and egg yields and broader claims about global labor problems. They condemn draft board actions in Nashville over coal strikes, defend Roosevelt era policies, and note WPB data showing 160,000 prison inmates at work on war contracts totaling about eight million dollars.
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WPB
Understanding farmer troubles during wartime gardens
The piece highlights hardships farmers face from planting to harvest including alfalfa and cotton cycles, drought, pests, and weather setbacks. It argues mutual understanding of everyone’s struggles, noting how victory gardens reflect broader farm obstacles and the need for neighborliness and support.
No Union Foremen In Labor Board View
The National War Labor Board opposes including foremen and liaison staff in unions. The stance argues it benefits workers and companies for foremen and superintendents to remain outside union ranks.
Ramirez Now Is Top Man In Argentina
Buenos Aires July 7 Gen Arturo Rawson resigned as head of Argentina's new government and charged Gen Pedro Ramirez with organizing a new regime after a cabinet dispute. Rawson dissolved Congress and Ramirez announced he had assumed power and postponed the oath taking amid a political shakeup with uncertain dates for a new government.
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Buenos Aires
Arturo Rawson
Argentina
Pedro Ramirez
Rawson
Ramon Castillo
Ramirez
Castillo
Congress
Kansas Labor Law Loses Early Court Bid
Kansas City June 7 A three judge federal panel ruled against State Attorney General A B Mitchell denying a temporary injunction against enforcement of the new labor law unions and their organizers challenge. Unions named United Mine Workers CIO AF L and Building Construction Trades Council of Kansas City seek test of the statute. Judges Murrah Rice and Hopkins set the case for stipulation and adjournment for 10 days to two weeks while the matter is arranged.
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Kansas City
Kas
Kansas
Organized Labor
A. B. Mitchell
Alfred P. Murrah
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Oklahoma City
Mitchell
Federal
State Supreme Court
United Mine Workers
A. F. of L
Building & Construction Trades Council of
Murrah
Eugene Rice
Muskogee
Okla
Federal District of
Oklahoma
Richard J. Hopkins
Kansas Federal District
Oklahoma county agents organize farm labor plan statewide
County agents across Oklahoma begin establishing local organizations to extend the farm labor supply. The program targets eastern flood areas and the southwest wheat harvest, with Ernest Lowe leading and Ford Mercer as his aide. Agencies will coordinate permanent seasonal and part time help while promoting hired harvest operations and reduced travel duplication.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma
Ernest Lowe
Ford Mercer
Lowe
Extension Division
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Farm Security Administration
Osage County
McClain County
Clemency Board Sets Forty Cases for Hearings
Oklahoma City June 7 The state pardon and parole board will review about 40 clemency cases at hearings next Monday and Tuesday, as Dr A D Rivers clemency officer prepared the docket. Eighteen recommendations remain before Governor Kerr for action from the May meeting. The governor has signed only four of 22 leaves and paroles, while two paroles were issued today to Estle Clifton and Robert Raymond Wilson, convicted in October 1941 from Murray county for armed robbery.
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Oklahoma City
State Pardon and Parole Board
A. D. Rivers
Kerr
Estle Clifton
Robert Raymond Wilson
Murray County
State's Textbook Suit Claim More Than Halved
Oklahoma City report shows the state’s claim for damages in a textbook lawsuit reduced to 2.35 million after a federal ruling. Judge Broaddus voided half the claims citing lack of authority to sue on behalf of parents, with 784,091 in actual damages and potential triple damages under federal law.
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Oklahoma City
Bower Broaddus
Gomer Smith
Phillips
Broaddus
Smith
Kentucky Woman Says He Learned To Shoot In Kentucky
A flying school instructor in Oklahoma was wounded by rifle and shotgun fire after a dispute at a Broken Arrow farm. His wife, mother of two, told deputies she fired back from a window and claimed she learned to shoot in Kentucky.
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Tulsa
Okla
Kentucky
Broken Arrow
Centrahoma Family Reassured Over Son John Bunch
Mr and Mrs Jim Bunch of Centrahoma are relieved their son John H Bunch a staff sergeant in the air forces who was listed as missing on a trip to a secret destination is reported in a hospital in the Bahama Islands receiving treatment for shock and exposure. The telegram Sunday clarified his status and the family is overjoyed. Sgt Bunch turns 20 in July after three years in service.
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Nashville
Roosevelt
John Lewis
Jim Bunch
Centrahoma
John H. Bunch
Guiner
Bahama Islandes
Bunch
Air Forces
Sgt. Bunch
Play On Jap Superstition
American fliers in the Aleutians are exploiting a Japanese superstition linking the maple leaf to death. Leaflets, tinted to resemble real leaves, are dropped on Japanese positions to sap morale. Naval aviation machinist's mate Arthur W. Schuett Jr. brought home a specimen after service in the Far North and a spine injury led to discharge.
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ST. Louis
Aleutians
Arthur W. Schuett Jr
Naval Aviation
Schuett
Far North
Body of Fourth Soldier Found Near Stony Point
POTEAU June 7 UP The body of a fourth Camp Gruber soldier missing since the May 11 sinking of a flood rescue boat on the Arkansas river was found yesterday by three farm boys in willows about 100 yards from the stream. Army authorities will name the deceased after next of kin notification. Six soldiers and three civilians died in the incident.
Elk City Mayor Glenn Coates Dies After Surgeries
Glenn Coates 42 longtime mayor and chamber president dies from complications after two operations in two weeks. Former Daily Oklahoman reporter in Oklahoma City, survived by widow and two daughters Barbara and Carolyn.
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Elk City
Glenn Coates
Chamber of Commerce
Coates
Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City
Barbara
Carolyn
Appointment of Altus County Clerk Succeeds Zinn
Mrs. Charles Johnson, deputy county clerk, is named county clerk replacing Mrs Jewel Zinn who resigns to take a position at the Phoenix post office.
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Altus
Charles Johnson
Jewel Zinn
Phoenix
Nichols Won't Quit Congress Till Election Ruling
Congressman Nichols of Oklahoma told President Roosevelt he would resign to become vice president of Transcontinental and Western Air Inc once his contested 1932 election is resolved by a House committee. He said the President urged him not to resign and noted he had agreed to the new job before Roosevelt learned of it.
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Washington
Prp
Nichols
Okla
Roosevelt
Congress
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
E. O. Clark
House
Chimp Maggie Freezes Shoes Over Ration Stamp Plan
Jacksonville zoo keeper Andy Roth Jr teaches Maggie the two year old chimp to wear a dress and shoes for tea entertainment. Maggie loves shoes and fusses when lacking them. Her old sandals are outgrown, triggering a ration stamp dilemma as Roth contemplates a special shoe order or alternate plan.
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Jacksonville, Fla
Andy Roth, Jr
Jacksonville Municipal Zoo
Maggie
Ward Elected Chairman of Grand River Dam Authority
Earl Ward of Pryor was elected chairman of the Grand River Dam Authority at a recent organization meeting in Tulsa Oklahoma. Fred M Hartley of Grove was named vice chairman with Perry Porter of Miami serving as acting general manager. The hydro electric project is operated by the federal works administration while members are governor appointed.
General Marshall Returns From Overseas Visit
Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall has returned from overseas. The War Department issued a brief announcement with no details, noting he accompanied Prime Minister Churchill to North Africa after recent strategy conferences in Washington.
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Marshall
Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
War Department
Churchill
North Africa
Mule's Kick Fatal in Jones County Farm Incident
Everett L. Scott, 56, a farmer from Jones, died from internal injuries after being kicked by a mule. He is survived by his widow, two daughters and three sons. Funeral arrangements were not disclosed.
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Jones
Oklo
Everett L. Scott
Wool clip forecast for Medford and Pond Creek
County Agent James R. Childers estimates the season's wool clip at about 125000 pounds for Medford and Pond Creek areas, reflecting a strong shearing period.
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Medford
Pond Creek
James R. Childers
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