House OKs 467 Million Naval Aircraft Budget and Ford Plant Plan
The House approved a 467,046,600 appropriation for new naval aircraft and 25,000,000 to boost lagging production by expanding a plant. A 47,620,000 air plane factory at Ypsilanti, Michigan, will be leased to Henry Ford to help reach a 300 bombers per month target. The bill also includes 47,000,000 for guns and ammunition and 100,000,000 for building auxiliary vessels and seven troop ships, with total naval aircraft planned at 10,400 by June 1943.
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House
Senate
Defense Plant Corporation
Ypsilanti
Mich
Henry Ford
Leon Henderson
Roosevelt
Office of Civilian Defense
B3'L
Naval
Appropriations Committee
Navy
Army
Phillips Takes Final Shot At Red River Dam
Governor Phillips spoke at Willis Oklahoma promising a program to offset flood damage from the Red River dam. He outlined road work across Marshall County and talks with the Texas highway department in Dallas next week. He announced plans to auction state land to aid refugees from 100000 flooded acres and floated seeking federal reparations for public losses. The speech capped a tour across Marshall and Bryan counties with a barbecue for supporters and about 4000 attendees.
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Oklahoma
Red River
Phillips
Marshall County
Dallas
Texas Highway Department
State School Land Commission
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Bryan
Walter Johnson
State Safety Department
Solons
Giant Coastal Raids by British Airmen Strike France
London reports the RAF pounds key German coastal targets in France with giant bombers said to be more than twice as large as earlier models. Up to 400 attacking planes are cited, aided by U S supplied aircraft, as 13 German planes fall to raids while 121 are claimed destroyed in nine days of cross channel bombing.
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RAF
France
British Broadcasting Corporation
England
Germany
Russia
U. S
Air Ministry
Reds Recapture Towns as German Drive Is Slowed
Soviet reports claim recapture of Przemysl in former Poland and Wilno area gains halt German advances. Red air force says 76 German planes down, with Russian losses of 17, while claims of Finnish passage and Swedish approval frame a widening war front.
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Wilno
Lithuania
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Russia
Rumania
Red Army
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Brody
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Black Sea
Constanta
Memel
Fred Vanderschmidt
Belgium
France
Fury Of Air Attacks Falls On Towns Of South Finland
Finnish defenses report extensive Soviet air raids across southeastern Finland striking Helsinki Utti Turku Tampere Lahti and Lappeenranta. Government says Moscow attack unprovoked and a Finnish protest is lodged. Casualties reported but damage described as slight with several bombers shot down.
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Riihmaeki
Leonard Laseman Bound Over On New Theft Counts
Leonard Laseman was bound over for district court on four larceny charges involving domestic animals. Earlier a jury hung on his murder trial of F. L. Huces in 1937, and he was later convicted of stealing turkeys and sentenced to 2 1/12 years in the state penitentiary.
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F. L. Huces
State Penitentiary
A.W. Oliver
Homer Ned
Fred Peters
J. A. Casey
Ed Norman
PESSIMIST or Rob Blanks Jr Remembering in Echoes
A reflective note on how personal influence fades as the world moves on amid everyday worries and ambitions, urging readers to focus on lasting impact beyond immediate self-importance.
Cassidy Rites Here Thursday
Funeral services for Rev. M. A. Cassidy 71 who died in Temple Texas will be held at Caddo and Ada with burial in Rose Gale cemetery Ada McAlester and Henryetta clergy will officiate Masonic service will follow at the cemetery Cassidy a Georgia born rail worker turned preacher organized the Katy Gospel Crew and spent 35 years as a Methodist evangelist in Oklahoma He served in WWI as chaplain and Y MCA director and was a charter Lions member Caddo Ada and US Army connections noted a daughter Mrs C G Hall of Ada
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Temple
Texas
Caddo
Ada
Rose Gale
B. L. Williams
Henryetta
J. D. Salter
McAlester
First Methodist Church
W. L. Blackburn
Cassidy
Marietta
Old
Katy
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Methodist Conference
Oklahoma
Blue Lodge Masonry
York Rite Masonic
Shrine
Lions Club
American Expeditionary Force
Europe
C. G. Hall
USO Committee Set to Meet in Ada for Cleanup Plan
The USO committee in Ada will convene Thursday at 9:30 AM in C. A. Breitung’s office to organize a cleanup drive. T. G. Kelly, chairman, notes the county aims to raise 2750 dollars to fund recreational facilities for soldiers and will draft a final quota plan.
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C. A. Breitung
Gas Couty
Haws to Work In Washington
J. Link Haws former assistant Pontotoc county farm agent left Wednesday for Washington to become crop insurance analyst in the department of agriculture. He must report by July first after a six month tenure here and will later be assigned to the Dallas agricultural office as seed and cotton inspector.
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Pontotoc County
Washington
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Dallas
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
State Extension Service
Fresh Registrants Sign Up Early for Draft in Pontotoc
Pontotoc county heads report 70 of its 21 year olds already registered as draft lists open ahead of July 1. Local draft office on courthouse second floor handles registration with clerks Pat Murphy and Jack Lloyd in charge. state projections show about 385 men eligible.
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Pontotoc County
Pat Murphy
Jack Lloyd
Southwestern industry makes surprising gains
Dallas report notes the southwestern industry rapidly expanding to support the national defense program. Roger Miller, southwestern manager of the United States Chamber of Commerce, stated that progress has surpassed the expectations of business leaders and officials in recent months.
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Dallas
Tex
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Roger Miller
United States Chamber of Commerce
Steer Leads Ada Tomato Festival Parade
What's-His-Name the Ada fire department steer will attend Broken Bow's annual tomato festival on Thursday and later star in the Ada rodeo parade in August. Attendants plan tight control as the famed vegetarian steer moves past tomato displays amid crowds.
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Broken Bow
Ada
Agrarian Claims Commission Sees 12 Month End In Sight
Washington reports the agrarian claims commission charged with compensating Americans whose Mexican farm lands were expropriated since 1927 may finish its work within the next year. Chicago notes Hank Leiber of the Cubs underwent x ray examination confirming no skull fracture after being struck by a fastball from Cliff Melton in the Chicago New York game.
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the Agrarian Claims Commission of
United States
Mexico
Chicago
Hank Leiber
Chicago Cubs
Cliff Melton
Oil Well Brought In Near Colbert Continues
A new producer from the Calvin sand is reported near Colbert, north of Ada. Joe Josephson's No. 2 Mc Curry is 200 feet west of the No. 1 CSW SW NW of 15-4-6. it began yielding 25 barrels daily after sand topping at 837 feet and drilling to 865 feet. Operators expect higher flow after shooting the well.
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Colbert School
Ada
Joe Josephson
McCurry
CSW
UMW Confident on Coal Contract Amid July Deadline
United Mine Workers officials expressed confidence that southern Appalachian soft coal producers would accept the union’s two year contract before a July 7 deadline. John L. Lewis reported 12 of 13 operators associations had acquiesced, leaving only Harlan County operators opposed. The agreement mirrors the northern pact with $7 daily base wages, a $1 raise in the north and $1.40 in the south. The 140,000 southern miners produce about 150 million tons annually.
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United Mine Workers
U. M. W. Policy Committee
John L. Lewis
Southern Producers Wage Conference
Harlan County
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South
San Francisco Bay
A. F. of L
Local farmer dies from self-inflicted shotgun wound
George Arnold a 53 year old farmer from Vanoss died Wednesday morning from shotgun wounds believed self inflicted. His wife and mother in law were outside the house when he fired the gun. Arnold had recently returned from a veterans hospital and was described as despondent and in bad health. His body was taken to Ada with funeral arrangements by Criswell Funeral Home.
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George Arnold
Vanoss
Freeman
Arnold
Veterans’ Hospital
Sulphur
Ada
Criswell Funeral Home
Baseball results from the National and American Leagues
National League games show Philadelphia 3 1 Cincinnati 8 5 New York 4 Chicago 1 Brooklyn 5 Pittsburgh 4 Boston 2 St Louis 6 American League Detroit 4 Philadelphia 5 Chicago 2 Washington 0 St Louis 5 New York 7 Cleveland 2 Boston 7.
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Death of C C Landrith in Bristow Derrick Fall
C C Landrith about 40 a longtime Pontotoc County resident was killed in a fall from a derrick near Bristow at 1125 Tuesday night Funeral services will be Thursday at 230 pm from the Church of Christ in Ada with Rev Milo Arbuckle and Rev Delmar Owens officiating Burial will be in Rosedale cemetery Surviving are the widow six children Ezell Alloise John James Sabra Ann Billie Curtis and Mahane Jo Landrith
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Pontotoc County
Bristow
Church of Christ
Ada
Milo Arbuckle
Delmar Owens
Rosedale
Landrith
Seminole
Ezell
Alloise
John James
Sabra Ann
Billie Curtis
Mahane Jo Landrith
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