New Tools Speed Cannon Making At Watervliet Arsenal
Watervliet Arsenal in New Jersey reveals rapid gains in cannon production with 16 inch seacoast and naval guns assembled from multiple forged sections. Col. Beatty notes development from blueprints to pilot guns tested at Aberdeen with private bids adapting to faster, more precise methods. Knight explains bore, rifling, and square-hole advances cutting production times drastically.
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Watervliet
N. J
Budson
Col. J. C. Beatty
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
U. S
G. D. Knight
Knight
Sev
Eral
Navy
Sleeping Sickness Spreads in Johnston County Farms
Johnston County reports sleeping sickness spreading among farm animals with five deaths by Wednesday. County Agent C. H. Hailey backs group vaccinations to cut costs and halt the outbreak as cases reach Coleman and Mannsville. State Veterinarian D. H. Hicks promotes wider vaccine sales and teaches proper vaccination procedures.
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Johnston County
Pontotoc County
C. H. Hailey
Tishomagor
Mitchell Place
Tishomingo
Milburn
Coleman
Mannsville
D. H. Hicks
Five Clawed Pincer Attack Tests Armored Division in Tennessee
A simulated daylight battle on June 17 in middle Tennessee featured the second armored division against two infantry divisions. About 70 000 men and thousands of machines participated across a 600 square mile tableland near Wartrace between Nashville and Chattanooga. The exercise tested mechanized warfare with units including the 27th Division from New York and the 30th from the Carolinas and Tennessee.
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Tennessee
U. S
Middle Tennessee
Europe
Wartrace
Nashville
Chattanooga
Armored
New York
Georgia
Carolinas
Flood Repeated 50 Years To The Day Altus Founding
Fifty years after the Salt Fork Red River flood forced Frasier residents to abandon the lowland site and establish Altus on higher ground, a repeat inundation covered the former town area. Survivors recall the original flood date as June 6, with some noting June 1 or 2, while farmers harvested wheat as floods swept away shocks. Homes were flooded and residents fled midnight to safety, prompting relocation two and a half miles east to the new town site.
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Altus
Salt Fork
Red River
Bitter Creek
Frasier
Frazier
Pedestrian Ticket Plan Aims to Reduce Oklahoma Deaths
Oklahoma Highway Patrol will issue pedestrian tickets rather than arrest violators as part of a safety drive. Commissioner Walter B. Johnson cites progress in driver safety but rising pedestrian fatalities and urges walkers to read safety rules and carry white markers at night.
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Highway Patrol
Johnson
Oklahoma
Oklahoma governor shifts on merit system in coming race
Oklahoma City June 17 In a report on state employment reform the Oklahoma governor has reversed support for a merit system citing expected future legislative action. The piece covers campaign positions, patronage issues, and turnover in the welfare and highway departments with figures on job replacements. It also notes Tulsa pastor Rev Holly Anderson backing merit legislation and anti administration lawmakers as main backers.
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Ernest M. Hill
United Press
Oklahoma City
Phillips
State League of Women Voters
Capitol
Holly Anderson
Tulsa
House
State Welfare Board
Highway Department
School Land Commission
Commission
Chigger-Scarred 45th Arouses War Game Memories
William C. Naylor left for the army air corps with Oxnard as his base. Donald A. Ledford rose to corporal to take his place. The 45th division completed another field maneuver at Camp Barkeley amid rain and mud. The band performed a Coleman concert and members enjoyed fishing and humor while awaiting orders for August maneuvers in Louisiana.
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John H. Wattson
William C. Naylor
Army Air Corp
Oxnard
Calif
Donald A. Ledford
Naylor
Chas
Stewart
45Th
Camp Barkeley
W . Pvt. Wauson
Coleman
Tex
Brownwood
Manville
Wauson
Louisiana
Regimental Headquarters Battery
Wurst
Brady
Viii Corp
Minville
Cpl
Ledford
Holcombe
Wadlinton
Ada
Marsh
Ryan
Wilburn
Adden
Miller
Gene Ford
Abilene
Abney
Graham
Duke
Bud
Allen
Family Keeps Memorial Day Talk Nominally Tradion
Custer County Judge Donald B. Darrah delivered his 14th Memorial Day address at Custer City marking the 33rd consecutive family speech. His father Sam Darrah opened the family's Memorial Day tradition in 1908 as postmaster and lawyer.
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Custer City
Okla
Custer County
Donald B. Darrah
Darrah
Sam Darrah
Seek Fish Hatchery At Grand River Dam Plan
A fish hatchery project below Grand River dam with total cost over 100000 was submitted to the WPA for approval. Jerry Ledbetter said the commission signed the project. state funds about 25000 and WPA funds 75000. The plan allocates 90 acres of hatchery water with buildings and equipment on state land near the dam. Opening date for Lake Carl Blackwell was moved to June 21 at 12 01 pm. Nelson Newman attended. Ledbetter became chairwoman with James W. McMahan as vice chair and Charles B. Goddard as secretary.
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Oklahoma City
Grand River Dam
WPA
Jerry Ledbetter
State Game and Fish Commission
Ledbetter
Carl Blackwell
Stillwater
Commission
Nelson Newman
Atokan
James W. McMahan
Charles B. Goddard
Ada's Buddy Scott Loses Decision To Bob Pastor
Bob Pastor outpointed Buddy Scott of Ada in a 10 round heavyweight bout in Washington. Pastor dominated most of the fight with about 2,500 spectators watching as Scott was nearly floored in the fifth round and the only round scored for Scott.
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Ada
Buddy Scott
Bob
Washington
Bob Pastor
Pastor
Scott
Buddy
Soldier jokes about calendars and a mustache
Pvt Holcombe jokes about revising the calendar to drop March and tests a shaker with tooth picks. He eats potatoes at a farmhouse and, staring into a magnifying mirror held by the farmer's daughter, notes his lip appearance.
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Holcombe
Five More To Go To Army From Pontotoc County
Five Pontotoc county volunteers will leave Ada on July 14 for one year in the U S Army. Clerk Pat Murphy of board No 2 said he had received his twelfth draft call and the five names will be announced within a week. Delays in selection due to re examination. Induction at the en auditorium at Oklahoma sty.
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Pontotoc County
Ada
United States Army
Pat Murphy
Board No. 2
Murphy
En Auditorium
Oklahoma Sty
Roosevelt freezes more Axis funds in United States
Treasury controller John W. Pehle estimated that about 2.5 billion dollars in cash and assets were affected by the new freezing order on Germany Italy and other continental nations. The total restricted foreign funds now reach roughly 7 billion dollars with previous freezes. An inventory is underway to define exact amounts and Erwin May, former Berlin attache, is named to head a special investigative staff.
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Washington
John W. Pehle
Treasury Department
Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
United States
Pehle
Swtzerland
Axis
Erwin May
Treasury
Berlin
State To Register 13000 on July 1
Oklahoma youth born after October 16 who have turned 21 will register in the second draft on July 1. Col. Clive Murray reports the census bureau estimates 20000 in the state would register, though 7200 have already volunteered. Registration runs 7 am to 9 pm at local draft headquarters. The October 16 21 to 36 registration totaled 268000 in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Clive E. Murray
Census Bureau
Murrhy
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U.S. Armored
Ada News
Tokyo
Nichi Nichi
Domei
Chigger
Texas
George Allen
Seek
Barbara Orr
Mary Elizabeth Tommer
U.S
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