Defend North America Says Busby At Flag Day Talk
Ada attorney Orel Busby urged defending only the western hemisphere from Panama to the Arctic, calling for isolation from European conflicts. He urged abandoning the Philippines, retaining Hawaii, and warned against American involvement in Brazil or beyond.
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United States
Panama Canal
Arctic Circle
Orel Busby
State Supreme Court
Glenwood Park
Busby
Ada
Philippine Islands
Val Crawford
American Legion
Crawford
Legion Post
Hitler
America
Japan
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Ocean
Brazil
Germany
American Legion and Auxiliary
Bill Crawford
East Central College
Harle E. McCall
Mrs. Margaret Ray Dies in Pontotoc County
Mrs Margaret Jane Ray 68 a pioneer Pontotoc County resident died Saturday at a family home after months of illness. Funeral services Sunday at 3 p m in Smith Funeral Home chapel with Dr C C Morris officiating. Burial in Memorial Park. She was the wife of George D Ray a retired farmer and is survived by eight sons and four daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Jane Ray
Pontotoc
Greater returns for amount vested
Classified ad notes that investors seek higher gains from funds tied to Ada projects. The item highlights math of returns and potential risks, suggesting readers compare offers and understand terms before committing capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Ada News
Senate Finance Committee Approves 1 Billion Defense Tax Bill
The Senate Finance Committee backed a 1.007 billion defense tax bill with a 10 percent cut in non essential spending. It would raise personal and corporate taxes, lift the debt limit, and add 2.19 million new taxpayers by lowering exemptions. The panel also added Townsends plan to end treasury purchases of foreign silver and shifted tobacco levies to an amusement tax. Sand dunes in Idaho’s Snake River area reach 450 feet, larger than in the Sahara.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Townsend
R.-Del
Treasury
Finance Committee
Snake River
Idaho
Sahara Desert
Virgil C. Collins for Commissioner Second District
Virgil C. Collins announces his candidacy again for Pontotoc County Commission District 2. He expresses gratitude for prior support, outlines seven pledges including honest conduct, full weekly presence, broader district work, support for Federal projects, help for charities, reputational integrity, and improving streets west of Ada.
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Dist
Pontotoc County
Dist. No. 2
No. 2
W.P.A
Soil Conservation Service
Welfare Board
Ada
Mozelle Smith Wins Grand Bicycle Parade Prize
Mozelle Smith won the grand prize from Montgomery Ward for best decorated bicycle and passing the best inspection in the Flag Day parade. Frances Holcombe placed second. numerous scouts and Campfire Girls won prizes from Montgomery Ward and local merchants for decoration and inspection awards.
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Leo Hennigan
Tom Fullerton
Hugh Warren
Lester Denny
Douglas Lester
Mozelle Smith
Montgomery Ward
Frances Holcombe
Montgomery- Ward
Harold Thomas
Goodrich Tire
Charles Jones
Allen
Montgomery-Ward
Manson Hawkins
Jimmy Skinner
Lois Jean Chestnutt
Western Auto Associate Store
Rollow Hardware
June Mc- Lain
Haynes Hardware
Tipton Repair Shop
Laverne Gaar
Peggy Gullatt
Max Wines
Sonny Walker
Ada
Atoka
Paul Moore
Floy Manning
Scientists Discover New Species In Texas Caves
Dr. J. G. Mackin and Dr. Leslie Hubricht spent a week near San Marcos Texas examining caves like No Name Cave and Cascade Caverns. They found numerous blind crustaceans worms lizards and beetles along with two entirely new subterranean species and a barking frog that clings to surfaces. The pair published findings on crustacean distribution and nine new amphipod species with more papers upcoming.
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J. G. Mackin
East Central State College
Leslie Hubricht
Missouri Botanical Gardens
St. Louis
San Marcos
Texas
Gulf
No Name Cave
Cascade Caverns
Mackin
Hubricht
United States
American Midland Naturalist
Oklahoma
America
Linscheid
East Central College
East Central
Relief Bill Cleared Senate in Voice Vote for 1.22B Appropriations
The senate approved a relief measure totaling about 1.225 billion dollars after five days of debate, sending it back to the house. Provisions include a 50 million refugee fund for European and domestic needs, 100 million for surplus farm removal, and 300,000 CCC training, with WPA and rural relief provisions adjusted and defense spending prioritized.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Red Cross
CCC
Works Projects Administration
War
Navy Department
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ada Readies Two Hour Parking Law Return
Ada to revive two hour parking enforcement next Wednesday with a $1 first offense fine, rising to $20 maximum. Police will ticket on streets and alleys to improve traffic flow, with the mayor backing the ordinance and officers tightening double parking crackdowns.
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Ada
Raymond Rains
Mexico Moves Against Nazi Propaganda Directors
Mexico presses actions against Nazi propaganda chiefs Cesar Calvo of Timon magazine and Arthur Dietrich, head of the German legation press bureau, ordering departures as officials claim they meddled in Mexican politics.
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Mexico City
Republic
Emvy
Cesar Calvo
Timon
Calvo
Cuba
Mexico
Foreign Ministry
Arthur Dietrich
Legation
Edmon Low Named Head Librarian at A and M Stillwater
Edmon Low former assistant librarian at East Central and librarian at Ohio State University Bowing Green has accepted the position of head librarian at Oklahoma A and M College Stillwater starting September 1. He visited Ada Friday with family to arrange the move. Low will teach in the University of Michigan Library School this summer.
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Edmon Low
East Central
Ohio State University
Bowling Green
Ohio
Ada
Low
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Stillwater
Former Ada Man Dies in Tulsa Oilman Hazelwood
Douglas E. Hazelwood former Ada resident and oilman died in Tulsa. He had moved from Ada two months earlier and was a salesman for O. C. S. Manufacturing. He conducted business in Ada and Seminole during his residence there.
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Douglas E. Hazelwood
Ada
Tulsa
Hazelwood
O. C. S. Manufacturing Company
Seminole
Oklahoma City BIA raids seize 2094 pints of liquor
Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety reports raids in Pittsburg Kingfisher Choctaw and Muskogee counties last month netting 2094 pints of liquor. Ted Husted, bureau director, announced. Also notes over 900 glider clubs and associations exist in the United States with memberships from five to 150. Greater returns for amount in
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Oklahoma City
Pittsburg
Kingfisher
Choctaw
Muskogee
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Public Safety
Ted Husted
United States
Oats Substituted For Corn at A and M
Experiments at Oklahoma A and M show oats can replace up to half the corn in steer fattening rations when oats are cost effective. Dry roughage not needed with 0.05 to 0.10 pound ground limestone per steer daily. Four lots tested over three years found similar average gains, but corn and oats plus barley used less feed per unit gain.
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Stillwater
W. L. Blizzard
Bruce R. Taylor
Oklahoma A
M. College
Italy reports dawn attack on Genoa and frontier occupation
Rome dispatch says a dawn naval strike on Genoa sank a French destroyer and that French territory on the Alpine frontier has been occupied as part of a broader Axis plan. Mussolini’s regime notes civilian casualties from raids on Turin Genoa Savona Venice and Rome while bomber raids target Malta and Aden.
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Richard G. Maslock
Rome
Genoa
Alpine
Paris
France
Germany
England
Mediterranean
Ligurian
Riviera
Turin
Savona
Iaperia
Venice
Mussolini
Duce
Malta
Aden
Italian Somaliland
Egypt
Bad time for their arrival in Bescanon
French officers returning from leave arrived at Bescanon, France, as a German armored car unit occupied the railway station. An officer mistook the uniforms for British, then a German sergeant escorted the Frenchmen to where their rifles were being deposited.
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Berlin
Bescanon
France
Marseille
Pollen Yield of a Dandelion Blossom Stuns Researchers
A single dandelion flower can produce about 365000 grains of pollen, highlighting the flower's prolific pollen output and potential impact on pollinators and plant reproduction.
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U. S
Philippines
Hawaii
Fisk Isle E
Liberty
Phyllis Russell
NAVY
George D. Ray
Virgil C. Collins
Kenneth Swanson
Greenlee Swinson
Billie Gullatt
Oklahoma Tire and Supply Co
Dr. Mackin
Chief Rains
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