Louis Downs Conn in 13th To Hold on to Shaky Crown
Joe Louis defended his world heavyweight title by stopping Billy Conn in the 13th round at Polo Grounds New York on June 18 after a grueling 12 rounds in which Conn led on the AP scorecard. Louis delivered a burst of power to end the fight at 2:58, extending his title defense streak to 18. Conn was unable to answer the count.
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Louis Downs Conn
Polo Grounds
New York
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Pittsburg
Brown
Louis
King
Billy
Tony Galento
Associated Press
Joe
Sweetheart's Father Denies Planned Marriage
Billy Conn and his sweetheart Mary Louise Smith faced opposition from her father Immy Smith who said no marriage plans would proceed even if Conn wins or loses tonight against Joe Louis. The Brookville license filing hinted at elopement but was halted by the father's warning and the girl's age of 18.
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Ittsburgh
Billy Conn
New York
Joe Louis
Walter Evans
Brookville
Pittsburgh
Conn
Mary Louise Smith
Immy Smith
Miss Smith
Russians May Withdraw From Hank o Base
A broken telephonic dispatch from Helsinki reports a possible Soviet troop exodus from the Hank o base under a 30 year lease. Finnish censorship and crowded Helsinki streets with armed soldiers and lottas impede details.
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Bern
Switzerland
Hanko
Finland
Helsinki
Lottas
E Lottas
Soviet Union
USO Drive Surpasses Half County Quota
County officials report progress as the United Service Organizations drive reaches more than half of its $2,700 goal. T. G. Kelly cites doubled quotas in Roff and Francis, while Stonewall Allen and Fittstown have yet to respond. He notes early support from unseen donors and urges continued contributions.
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United Service
Drive
T. G. Kelly
Roff
Francis
Stonewall
Allen
Fittstown
Kelly
Col Charles Daley Dies in Oklahoma City at 57
Col Charles W Daley former head of the state crime bureau died of a heart ailment after a luncheon at the Army and Navy club. He was 57 and had resigned to return to insurance in Oklahoma City. A New York native, he served in the National Guard and 45th division, later joining Tulsa police to become assistant chief and police commissioner. Services set for Friday at St Francis church with burial in Fairlawn cemetery.
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Oklahoma City
Charles W. Daley
State Crime Bureau
Army and Navy Club
State Bureau
National Guard
Tulsa
New York
Kansas
St. Francis Church
Fairlawn
Gulf Oil Rig R-2 at Red Fish Reef Fails After 35 Hours
Gulf Oil corporation's No. R-2 well in the Red Fish Reef field near the Houston ship channel blew wild for 35 hours before sanding up and caving in. Gulf officials said cleanup and drilling would resume as soon as possible.
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Houston
Tex
Gulf Oil Corporation
Texas
Houston Ship Channel
Red Fish Reef
Galveston Bay
Gulf
Everything's Upside Down In This War
This daily feature by Dewitt MacKenzie and Fred Vanderschmidt surveys World War II front lines from 1940 to 1941. It notes French resistance under duress, German and British deployment in the deserts, and the shifting alliances as Syria and Salum see battles and Allied advances amid dispersing empires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Fred Vanderschmidt
Holland
Egyptian
Salum
Syria
Camrai
Arras
France
Strong Nazi Protest To U S Order
The German note delivered to the State Department protests the July 10 expulsion deadline for consuls. Sumner Welles signaled the note would be rejected and said arrangements were made for the consuls to depart. The action aims to prevent German nationals from evading the White House funds freeze.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Sumner Welles
Welles
Hans Thomsen
New Immigrant Visa Boards To Tighten U S Entry
Washington reports new review boards will assess all immigrant visa applications by July 1 with members from State Justice War Navy to curb potential subversives. An order blocks departure of German nationals as part of broader immigration control, aimed at preventing fifth column activities.
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Washington
United States
Immigration Bureau
Jackson
Congress
State, Justice, War and Navy Departments
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Special Immigration Investigative Agency
Army
Navy
Customs and Immigration Services
Christmas Card Resurfaces After Decades Paoli Case
A Christmas card mailed to Paoli woman Mrs. Robert Oakley in December 1939 from Coon Rapids Iowa recently arrived. The card, sent to Bombay, was found in Paoli Indiana.
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Paoli
Ind
Coon Rapids
Iowa
Robert Oakley
India
Bombay
Evacuation of Cyprus Complete for British Officials
Reuters dispatch from Nicosia reports that voluntary civilian evacuation of Cyprus, a British crown colony in the eastern Mediterranean, is finished. The final evacuees to leave for the mainland are the wives and children of British officials.
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London
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Reuters
Nicosia
Bicycle missing after youths park at police station
Sedalia reports Clyde Hayes left his bicycle at the police station for safekeeping but cannot find it. Police Chief Harrison Anderson notes about 50 youngsters park bikes at headquarters daily and the wrong one may have been taken by mistake, Clyde hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Clyde Hayes
Harrison Anderson
Clyde
CIO Maritime Union asks Roosevelt to ban racial bias in merchant marine
The CIO national maritime union urged President Roosevelt to extend the defense industry ban on racial discrimination to the American merchant marine, arguing some steamship companies were refusing to hire African Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CIO
National Maritime Union
Roosevelt
Ada Girls Rout Centrahoma In Softball Shutout
Ada high school girls softball defeated Centrahoma 12 to 0 on Blake Field. Mary Baker Jones pitched a two hit game with 13 strikeouts after returning to the lineup. Charlotte Sneed and Jo Holland each drilled a two bagger as Ada built early runs and finished with a lopsided win.
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Ada
Centrahoma Girls
Blake Field
Mary Baker Jones
Ada Beauties
Centrahoma
Charlotte Sneed
Jo Holland
Hack
Jackson
Jones
Eaton
Ex-Louisiana Lawyer Appeals $1 Overtime Parking Fine
George M. Wallace, former governor counselor and author of state laws, represents Mrs. Donald Schilg in an appeal over a $1 overtime parking fine. He argues the city council lacks traffic regulation authority beyond vehicles for hire. Wallace was fined $2 yesterday for running a stop light and paid it.
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Baton Rouge
George M. Wallace
Louisiana
Donald Schilg
Wallace
Osage man loses parole after knife attack on wife
Homer Buffalohide, Osage Indian, had parole revoked by Governor Phillips for attempting to kill his wife with a knife. He had been paroled from a two year perjury sentence and a year from drunken driving after a 1938 Osage county assault conviction.
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Oklahoma City
Homer’ Buffalohide
McAlester Penitentiary
E. W. Marland
Phillips
Buffalohide
Osage County
Oklahoma Music Teachers propose private teacher accreditation board
The executive board of the Oklahoma Music Teachers association voted to present a proposal at today’s convention to establish a board for accrediting private music teachers. President Mrs Jewel Major Roche noted the current state examining board only accredits applicants for public school teaching. Registration for the two day convention began at 8 am.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Music Teachers Association
Jewel Major Roche
Classified There are 3.8 million foreign white stock Americans
The notice lists large numbers of Americans of various European origins including 6.8 million Germans 4.5 million Italians 4.3 million English Scots and Welsh 3 million Irish 3.3 million Poles 3.3 million Canadians 3.1 million Scandinavians 2.6 million Russians 1.3 million Czechs 900 thousand Austrians and 500 thousand Hungarians.
New Critain burlesque star suffers broken foot on opening night
Ann Corio, longtime striptease icon known as burlesque queen, broke her foot during the opening performance Monday of the summer play White Carzo in New Critain Connecticut. She was playing Tondelyo and continued briefly before injury.
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New Critain
Conn
Ann Corio
Tondelyo
Dirty windshield worsens dusk visibility more than day or night
A windshield with grime reduces visibility most at dusk compared with daylight and darkness, affecting driving safety as lighting changes.
Pickett Rural News Quietly Updates Community
The Pickett column reports a busy social week with church attendance, visits in Ada and Hom er, birthdays and family gatherings. A tragic note notes the death of five year old Bobby Allen from a car door accident en route from Homer to Tulsa. Several residents travel, host guests, and welcome visitors from nearby towns and Oklahoma City.
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Bobby Allen
Ed Stevenson
Homer
Tulsa
Lois Coffee
Sasakwa
Edith Coffee
Shirley Massey
Pauline Pendergrass
Geraldine Kaiser
Winifred Kelly
Stella Bush
Irene Bush
Neal McDonald
Kaiser Girls
Juanita Simpson
Wilma Anderson
Betty Blackburn
J. D. Ausmus
Hershall Anderson
Hubert Williams
M. T. Williamson
Virgil Wilson
Leon Anderson
Ola Anderson
Ernest Williamson
Janell Caldwell
Ada
J. R. Pendergrass
Texas
Childers
Mr. Palmer
C. E. Childers
L. C. Tilley
Harrison, Ark
Mr. Tilley
Brown
Jimmie
Rachel Tilley
J. L
J. M. Tilley
Brewington
E. J. Farley
Sam Hunt
Harry Troutman
Clarence McCauley
Miles McCauley
J. W. Owens
Troy
Clyde Walker
M. J. Brewington
N. E. Ponder
Loretta
May
Beth Brewington
Carl Tilley
John Carl
Ripley
Vaness
California
S. E. Williams
Ray
Mavis
Stillwater
Earnest Williams
Community Notes and Local Visits at New Washington
Reports from New Washington detail ongoing brick work on a gymnasium, garden production, and canning progress. The Deacons plan daytime services until wiring is completed, while a large youth group traveled with Sheriff Kaiser to Cromwell, Okla for a program. Numerous visits, social events, and family trips are listed across area residents.
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W. McCown
Carol Reedy
Free-Will Baptist Church
Young People’s Society
Cromwell
Oklo
Clyde Kaiser
Juanita
Geraldine
Pauline
Joe
Harry Kaiser
Essie Lou
Norma Jean Dunagan
Shirley Massey
Anna Dell Walling
Bobby Jean Berryman
Juanita Caldwell
Roy Williamson
Hershell
Wilma Ruth Anderson
Conrad Massey
Dale Simpson
Ben Walling
Janell Caldwell
Curtis Foster
Eugene Coventon
J. D. Ausmus
Sonny Williams
Jimmy Caton
Ruby
Lenard Wilson
Betty Jo Dryden
Hubert Williams
Evaengel
Barbara Bandy
Francis
Re. Lloyd Isom
Bob Bushers
Ken Lamb
James and
Eldred
Happyland
Ada
Billy Earl
Jimmy Stevenson
Juanita Simpson
J. F. Lillard
Pernie
Donald
Betty Sue
Mary Lou
Rebecca
Roberta
Lester Berryman
Jess Berryman
Baxter
Flora Carter
Valley View
Winifred Kelly
Deborah
Edmond
Stella Bush
Elmo Coventon
Duanne
Edith Higton
Bob Bushers, Jr
California
D. H. Higdon
Marlene
Clara Caton
A. R. Hays
M. C. Moore
Wetumka
Texas
E. G. Gage
Viril Hunt
J. N. Lillard
Billy Earl Stevenson
George Allen
Stonewall
Cassie Stone
Elmer Lee
Helen Berryman
Winifred Berryman
Valley View Hospital
Jerry Lynn
Archie Bandy
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U. S
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Ada Girls
Smother Centrahoma Girls
Robin Moor
Robin McCullough
Cleveland, Ohio
Pickett
Jess Corvin
Oscar Southerland
Jess Coley
John Southerland
Earnest Roundtree
Francis Pevehouse
Mat Keeling
Roy Crowley
Luther Reed
Christine Files
Herman Coley
Bulloch
Ruth Smith
Jack Bottoms
Union Hill
Williams
A. M. Bradley
Hart
Cheat
Eva Lee
Paul
Earl Hodges
Caroline Phillips
Ellen Cope
J. L. Tilley
Crawford Martin
Lee Jones
Bailes
J. C. Russell
Norman
Roy Arnett
Kendrix
Ben Walters
Garvin County
Baptist Church
Oakman
Maxwell
Eunice Cox
Nancy Watts
Gladys Norman
Bessie Mc Daniels
Eva Lindquist
Tiffin
Ohio
Oklahoma
Arlene
Norma Jean Coa
Wilma June
Etta Mae Norman
K. W. Barnett
Nora Bailey
Coma Jones
Arkansas
Ewel Cox
New Washington
George Washington
Gilbert Stuart
Baltimore
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