Court voids Blackwell traffic ordinance ruling on right of way
Oklahoma Supreme Court voided Blackwell east-west traffic priority over north-south flow and ordered a new trial in a damage suit. Minnie E Brown sought $1,350 for her husband E C Brown's death after a 1938 collision. Also upheld Tulsa valuation ruling for Kennedy office building with a reduced land value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
Blackwell
Minnie E. Brown
E. C. Brown
Blackwell Ecorner
Charles Constant
Kay County
Tulsa County Equalization Board
Kennedy
Tulsa
S. G. Kennedy
Dr. Kennedy
District Court
Board of Improvements
Equalization Board
ITI0 And Cities Service Plan Oklahoma merger
ITI0 and Cities Service announce steps toward merging the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company with Cities Service Oil Company of Delaware. Burdette Blue, ITI0 president, may resign to advise the merged firm as a lawyer. New York leaders W Alton Jones Temple Tutwiler and Henry L O Brien discuss defense roles and operations reviews in the midcontinent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
Oklo
Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company
Cities Service Oil Company of
Delaware
Burdette Blue
Cities Service
Cities Service Co
W. Alton Jones
Temple W. Tutwiler
Henry L. O’brie
New York
Mid-Continent
Blue
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Tillman Country
Uncertain U-Boat Involvement Ties Robin Moor Loss
Reports cite NUMBER SEVEN formation on the source of the raid claiming a submarine destroyed the ship. Earlier dispatches lacked authority for Nazi sea warfare statements and diplomats warn that proven Nazi responsibility would create an unprecedented wartime diplomatic crisis.
British armored column meets French at Abou Kemal
A French communique reports British armored units engaging French forces at Abou Kemal on the Iraq frontier. Deir Ez Zor lies about 70 miles southeast along the Euphrates.
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Ant
Deir Ez Zor
Abou Kemal
Euphrates
Iraq
Allied drive into Syria nears Damascus as siege looms
June 11 report says British Free French force reaches Kiswe ten miles south of Damascus and eyes the city as combat slows amid stiff French resistance. Dispatches note damage to roads and garrisons along the Syria Lebanon front, with Merjaz Ayoun and Soueida still held by French forces. The outlook remains whether the allies can press beyond to secure Damascus.
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London
Syria
Damascus
Middle East
Kiswe
Vichy
Syria-Lebanon
Seamascus
Deraa
Towarrd Beirut
D2- Kuneitra
Ravyak
Bekkee
Merdjayoun
Palestine
Sea of Galilee
Soueida
Jebel Ed Druz
Allies Pray For Levant Support Amid Rising Tensions
Allies show restraint while hoping anti German sentiment shifts Levant defenders. North Africa air reinforcements reach Syria as fighting stiffens at Merdjayoun Lebanon. RAF bombs Prinz Eugen in Brest and U boat bases in St Nazaire Mandal Stavanger. Luftwaffe inactive over Britain.
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Levant
North Africa
Syria
Vichy
Kiswe
Damascus
Merdjayoun
Lebanon
Palestine
Brest
France
Bismarck
Atlantic
Hood
St. Nazaire
Mandal
Stavanger
Norway
London
Pembroke
Wales
Britain
Probate Fight In View Over Estate Of Tom McCarty
A probate dispute over the estate of Tom McCarty who died June 4 arises at the county courthouse. Pauline McCarty seeks administration as widow and possible heirs contest contesting a 1941 will. Rena Ned claims a devise to herself and that McCarty had no immediate family. No action has yet been taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom McCarty
T. P. Carter
McCarty
Fitts Field
Pauline McCarty
Hoyt Driskill
Pontotoc County
Rena Ned
Johnston County
Berlin Hostesses Collect Ration Tickets For Meat Served
Berlin war days reveal social life under rationing. Hostesses require meat tickets for meals. guests bring wine but rely on hosts for meat. Jam sharing and barter emerge. blackout etiquette and public loudspeakers shape daily life. Local humor and street scenes illuminate Berlin’s home front.
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Berlin
Jean Graffis
NEA Service
Strikes End Walkout as CIO Demands Back to Work
The walkout by CIO workers ends after yesterday's decision by strike leaders. Harry Bridges urged return to work in a telegram to a strikers meeting. Strikers demanded no discrimination against CIO members and immediate talks on a 75 cent minimum wage with 10 cent boosts for higher skilled jobs. Col Branshaw promised no discrimination and Roosevelt pledged continued mediation. North American workers will be paid this week with retroactive raises if wage hikes pass. The base wage remains 50 cents per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bridges
California
CIO
Col Branshaw
Mr. Roosevelt
Embassy Secretary Flies to Recife for Sinking Testimony
Phillip Williams, secretary at the U S embassy, flew to Recife to obtain first hand testimony from survivors of the sinking of the American freighter Robb Moor. Ordered by Ambassador Jefferson Caffery, he will take depositions from rescued Americans due to arrive on the Brazilian freighter Osorio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janetro
Phillip Williams
United States
Recife
Robb Moor
Jefferson Caffery
Osorio
Uncle Dan Beard Dies In New York
Daniel Carter Beard founder of the Boy Scouts of America died at his estate in Suffern New York. He would have turned 91 on June 21 and had led the movement since its 1910 founding alongside Ernst Thompson Seton and others. The noted naturalist passed away at his woodland home The Stooklands after illness since April 20.
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Suffern
N. Y
Daniel Carter Beard
Boy Scouts of America
Dan
Stooklands
Ernst Thompson- Seton
Sir Robert 3eden-Powell
England
Officials Puzzled By Strange Death In Colfax Pit
Colfax California June 11. John L Ottman 47 German born chef died after entering an 85 snake pit behind a rattlesnake farm. Coroner orders autopsy as conflicting stories prompt full investigation. Deputy says Ottman appeared berserk smashing items before entering the pit and dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colfax
Calif
John L. Ottman
Francis E. West
Ottman
Charles Silva
Welfare Warehouse Force Is Thinned Oklahoma City
Approximately 80 district welfare board warehouse workers will be dismissed July 1 as part of a retrenchment wave ordered by Governor Williams. The layoffs follow earlier cuts at state draft headquarters and are partly offset by future reemployment for the school lunch program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Welfare Board
Bert McDonel
Capitol
McDowel
Phillips
McDonell
Clive E. Murray
McDonel
Auto Collision Fatal Near Hydro Claims One Life
A rural highway collision in heavy rain near Hydro killed 63 year old William Inlow and seriously injured three members of an Oklahoma City family traveling to Colorado for vacation. Injured are Mrs. M. L Knight 56 with skull fracture, Vaugh dell Knight 14 with skull fracture, and Mrs. James Mullins 26 with crushed arm. James Mullins 23 and Lucille Knight 12 have minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HYDRO
William Inlow
Oklahoma City
Here
M. L Knight
Vaughdell
James Mullins
Lucille Knight
Colorado
Inlow
U S Uses Power To Enforce Board Rules
Washington June 11 Administration leaders said the government may keep operating seized defense plants to enforce mediation board decisions. Senator Byrnes said this likely in CIO striker case at North American Aviation Inglewood plant under army supervision. Union members agreed to resume work if no discrimination and immediate bargaining on wage demands and union shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Administration
National Mediation Board
Byrnes
Senate
CIO
North American Aviation Company
Inglewood
Calif
Army
Mediation Board
Miami Picked For British War Pilot Training School
Tulsa report says Miami Oklahoma chosen for a British war pilot training school. Capt Maxwell W Balfour of Spartan School of Aeronautics states 500000 dollar project includes barracks hangars offices and facilities. British government and Spartan agree on duties with US planes provided under British aid lease lead program. First cadets arrive in Miami around July 19 with about 50 cadets every five weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Miami
Okla
Maxwell W. Balfour
Spartan School of Aeronautics
Balford
Ponca City
Spartan
United States
Obituary of Tom Trimm Remains of Local Resident
Tom Trimm, 57, died Tuesday night at 11:30 at his home near the brick plant south of the city. Funeral services Thursday at 2:30 p.m. from Criswell Funeral Home chapel with Rev. M. S. Epper son officiating. Burial in Memorial Park. Surviving: widow Esther Trimm, a daughter Betty, two sons Jerry and Albert of the home, his mother, and two sisters in California. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Trimm
Criswell Funeral Home
Rev
M. S. Epperson
Memorial Park
Esther Trimm
Betty
Jerry
Albert
California
Charles Smith
Early Davis
R. E. Blanks
R. L. Holbird
J. R. Fennell
Street Davis
A. T. Trimm
Glendale
Calif
Funeral for William L. Cagle in Stonewall
Funeral services for 68 year old William L. Cagle were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday from the Stonewall Baptist Church with burial in Stonewall Cemetery. Criswell officiated. He is survived by three daughters Emma Cochran of Hickory Valaria Williams of Fort Worth and Jimmie Cagle of Phoenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Cagle
Stonewall
Baptist Church
Stonewall Cemetery
Criswell
Emma Cochran
Hickory
Valaria Williams
Ft. Worth
Jimmie Cagle
Phoenix
Death notices for A C Whitesell in Springfield Missouri
A C Whitesell age 30 died Tuesday in Springfield Missouri. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. from the home on route 3 Ada with burial at Rosedale Cemetery Criswell in charge. He is survived by his mother Mrs Fannie Hart route 3 Ada two sisters Mrs Rosie Baker Ada and Mrs Lizzie Haag California and four brothers Frank and Carl New Mexico Elza Washington and Albert Ada.
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A. C. Whitesell
Nringfield
Ada
Rosedale Cemetery
Criswell’s
Fannie Hart
Route 3
Rosie Baker
Lizzie Haag
California
Frank
Carl
New Mexico
Elza
Washington
Albert
Baby Brewer Dies. Rites Held at Allen Cemetery
Jacqueline Faye Brewer a one month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F E Brewer of near Allen died at the family home Wednesday at 2 30 p m Funeral services were conducted at Allen cemetery with Rev Kimbrough officiating Smith Funeral Home in charge Survivors include the parents three brothers LeRoy Leon and Jimmy of Allen four sisters Mrs Floyd Thomas of Oklahoma City Mrs Arthur Patrick of Cleveland Bettie Sue and Janice Brewer of Allen and grandparents Mr and Mrs C C Davis of Allen.
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Jacqueline Faye Brewer
F. E. Brewer
Near Allen
Allen Cemetery
Kimbrough
Smith Funeral Home
LeRoy
Leon
Jimmy
Allen
Floyd Thomas
Oklahoma City
Arthur Patrick
Cleveland
Bettie Sue
Janice Brewer
C. C. Davis
War talk fuels fear as Johnson predicts chaos and debt
Enid report on Hugh S. Johnson at the Lions convention warns that U S entry to the war will bring chaos, paralysis, suffering and massive debt. He cites a $50 billion current debt and potential rise to $200 billion, plus rising prices and wages. Johnson says most oppose war while a minority pushes it, and Otmulgee hosts the 1942 Lions convention with new district governors elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
United States
Hugh S. Johnson
Clover
Johson
Lions
Okmulgee
Joe Marshburn
Norman
Western
Oklahoma
Paul E. Estill
Sand Springs
Eastern
Drouth Damage to Early Potato Crop
The crop reporting board says May drought hurt early potatoes in southern states and California. Early commercial production fell to 27 678 000 bushels from 28 961 000 last year, about 68 percent of normal, with North Carolina Arkansas Oklahoma and Tennessee forecast for very light crops.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
California
North Carolina
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
A local ad notes higher yields from invested funds with emphasis on timely placement. It highlights potential benefits for readers considering risk and return, urging careful review of terms and conditions before committing capital.
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Ada News
Roosevelt vows to outstrip Axis in munitions aid
President Roosevelt told Congress that defense material transfers under lease lend totaled about 75.0 million dollars with water craft and ordnance leading the list. He promised continued shipments to Britain China and other democracies while not detailing delivery methods. The report covers allocations across categories including aircraft ammunition vehicles clothing and medical supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
China
Mr. Roosevelt
Former Sooners To Moffett Air Field
Fifteen flying cadets from the University of Oklahoma, stationed at Lindbergh Field in San Diego, are sent to Moffett Field California for further training. Among them five rose to cadet officers James B Fishburn Norman Gus Kitchens Purcell Delmar D Duskin Guthrie Fred C Stalder Coalgate James C Norris Cleveland and others include Patrick E Conner James B Criswell Lewis C Dilleshaw Rex A Garrett Joe E Griffin Edwin C Kraker James D Monnett Roger Moody Doyle C McGugin and Euel Astor Travic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalgate
James
C. Norris
Cleveland
Patrick E. Conner
Jas. B. Criswell
Lewis C. Dilleshaw
Rex A. Garrett
Joe E. Griffin
Edwin C. Kraker
James D. Monnett
Roger Moody
Doyle C. McGugin
Euel Astor Travic
Bailey Denied Pauper Appeal in Urschel Kidnapping Case
San Francisco report says Harvey Bailey, held at Alcatraz, had appeal denied as frivolous. He challenged his Urschel kidnapping conviction on grounds of cross state trial, claiming Texas and Missouri ties. The federal district court rejected his petition last March and the U S circuit court of appeals upheld the denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Harvey Bailey
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Bailey
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Alcatraz Penitentiary
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Nazi Raiders Resume Forays
London reports heavy Luftwaffe raids in England with RAF bomb drops on Calais and targets at Cape Gris Nez. German raiders crossed London, the Midlands and the Northwest but no major damage was noted. A northern town suffered the severest bombing incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
RAF
Calais
Bologne
Cape Gris Nez
Midlands
Enland
Miss Fullerton Leaves WPA Post in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City June 11. Miss Eula Fullerton head of WPA womans projects in Oklahoma has ended active connection with WPA State Administrator Ron Stephens said. He rejected claims of dismissal and noted further personnel decisions will be made July 1 to set WPA funding with no successor named.
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Oklahoma City
Eula Fullerton
WPA
Oklahoma
Ron Stephens
Ira Huff
Oklahoma County
Miss Fullerton
Stephens
Giant B-19 Bomber Details Riveting Build
The new Douglas B-19 bomber required nearly 3000 rivets and 10 miles of wiring. It also used two miles of control cables and 9000 drawings covering four acres of plans.
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Spartan School
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Hugh Johnson
U. S
Drouth
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