Census Controversy Roils Capitol and White House
Washington dispatch notes a battle over personal income questions in the national census. President Roosevelt calls the push political, while Senator Tobey labels his opponent’s stance a smoke screen. The exchange touches on confidentiality and political strategy ahead of the April 1 census.
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Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Tobey
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Evra
Congress
White House
Remington Arms Indicted Over Neutrality Act Shipment
Federal grand jury indicted Remington Arms Co for violation of the 1939 Neutrality Act by allegedly exporting 27 500 rounds of ammunition to Mexico without a permit. Arispe and Prieto jailed on bond. Remington bond set at 10 000.
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Houston
Remington Arms Company
Mexico
George John
U. S
Secretary of State
Remington Police Service
James V.allred
Arispe
Prieto
Laredo
Allred
John
Bridgeport, Conn
Remington
Mexico City
International Bridge
Dutch Submarine Sunk In Collision Rescue Saves Most Crew
Amsterdam reports the Dutch submarine U-11 was sunk after a midships collision with the tug Amsterdam in Nieuw Diep. About 28 of 30 aboard were saved, two men missing from the bow torpedo chamber as salvage began. Built 1925, U-11 is one of 30 Dutch submarines in service or under delivery.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Denhelder
State Officers In Tulsa Raid Stir Up Hot Criticism
Tulsa reports state officers led by Commissioner Walter Johnson raided a downtown nightclub early today. Proprieter Max Lamonda says the raid wrecked the place without finding liquor. County Attorney Dixie Gilmer and Sheriff Garland Marrs criticized the search, calling the warrants faulty and the property destruction unjust.
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Tulsa
Okla
Commissioner of Public Safety
Walter Johnson
Dixie Gilmer
Johnson
Max Lamonda
Lamonda
Gilmer
Garland Marrs
Marrs
Th' Pessimist
A short nondescript line noting an average fellow would cheer more if someone stopped throwing him curves.
Three Brothers Describe Robbery Spree to Support Family
Pittsburgh March 6 Three brothers James McDonough 26 Bern ard 17 and Edward 19 told Magistrate Anthony Lucas they robbed a dozen merchants in two months to aid their ill father on WPA aid. James said they gave about $200 to their mother saying the money came from odd jobs. They were held for court action.
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Pittsburgh
Anthony Lucas
James McDonough
James
Bernard
Edward
Local youth Carmelo Castronova Injured in Latest Fall
Pittsfield Massachusetts reports Carmelo Castronova, 15, of Lee, back in hospital after another accident. He has a history of multiple injuries from trucks, a staircase fall, a cliff fall last August that left him with broken legs wrists ribs and a hip, and he recently broke a leg in a fall after Christmas release.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Carmelo Castronova
Lee
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
Classified advertisement notes increased yields on vested Ada News investment plans. Offer highlights higher returns for longer commitment with secure insured deposits. Local readers are urged to compare terms and contact the Ada News classifieds office for details and enrollment deadlines.
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Ada News
Boom for Hull Is Imminent
Washington reports Sen. E. D. Smith endorses Cordell Hull for the Democratic presidential nomination citing a developing Hull boom. Oklahoma City hosts a Hull for President club with plans for an uninstructed delegation and a March dedication of new headquarters in early April.
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Washington
E. D. “Cotton Ed” Smith
D-S.c
Hull
Smith
Cordell Hull
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Read
Frank C. Carter
Farm Meetings Schedule Announced For AAA Program
J W Herron county administrative agent released a list of farm meetings to discuss maximum payments and outcomes under the 1940 AAA program. gatherings run March 9 to March 19 across townships with dates and venues in Chickasaw Midland Francis Allen Fitzhugh Stonewall and other communities.
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J. W. Herron
Chickasaw
Ada
Midland
Gaar Corner
Lightning Ridge
Vaness
Hart
Wilson
Center
Yeager
Newest Roosevelt Divorce Pending
Los Angeles March 6. Mrs Betsey Cushing Roosevelt seeks a divorce from James Roosevelt in Superior Court Judge Thomas Gould's docket. She testified to cruelty and desertion after he allegedly urged a California divorce in 1938 and followed him to Hollywood. A property deal awards her 65000 plus 50000 later or 5000 yearly until remarrying. Child support is set at 167.50 per month per child until age 12 then 250 until 21.
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Ernest K. Lindley
Roosevelt
Hull
Thomas Jefferson
Lindley
Byrnes
D-Sc
Los Angeles
Betsey Cushing Roosevelt
Thomas Gould
James Roosevelt
Sarah Delano
Kate
U S Will Sell Old Artillery to Latin Nations
The War Department offered surplus World War I weapons to Latin American and other neutral nations at deep discounts. Old artillery rifles and munitions stored for years were listed for sale with prices rumored as low as 25 cents on the dollar, following President Roosevelt’s directive to open arms stores to non belligerents.
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Washington
War Department
Roosevelt
Il Duce Squeezes Britain as Coal Embargo Sparks Clash
The piece argues Mussolini faces Britain over coal trade. Britain seizes Italian ships carrying German coal while Rome relies on German supply. Italy resists arms-for-coal demands, maintaining neutrality, with a possible settlement to avoid larger conflict.
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Britain
John Bull
Signor Mussolini
Brittania
Italy
John
Duce
England
Senate votes 44 to 41 on amendment over federal employee rights
The action came up with D Arkanas Senator noting a political effort to alter the law. An amendment by Senator Miller would allow federal employees to choose freedom or voluntary status, arguing the current law infringes constitutional rights.
Britain Seizes 100000 Tons Nazi Coal Amid War Tensions
The article reports Britain holding 100000 tons of coal destined for Italy from Germany as part of a broader European crisis. It notes parliamentary debate in the United States over the Hatch law extension and political patronage versus an efficiency system, with Oklahoma and Kentucky figures cited. Finnish defense against Russian forces near Viipuri continues, with heavy tank and aircraft battles along the Karelian front and intensified fighting on the ice floes by Viipuri Bay.
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Italy
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Tr Duce
Germany
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D-N. M
Oklahoma
Sen. Barkley
D-Ky
Miller
Associated Press
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Finland
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Karelian Isthmus
Nazis Stage First Night Air Attacks
German air raids expanded to a night phase off English and Scottish coasts. Two planes bombed the British tanker Shelbrit II near Scotland, injuring two crew. A radio SOS from a lightship near Norfolk reported bombing and machine-gun fire as bombs fell nearby.
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London
Shelbrit II
Scotland
Norfolk
SOS
Windy Ada Resident Watches Dust Storm Darken Day
The Ada community describes a dust storm nickname blizzard by John Q. Windy Public. He stands at Main and Broadway amid haze as noon blends with dusk. Windy forecasts a tough March and potential stormy weather lingering into Thursday.
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John Q
Ada
Windy
Main
Broadway
Linscheid to Speak at Wewoka Schoolmaster Meet
Dr. A Linscheid president of East Central college will be principal speaker at a March 20 joint meeting of Schoolmaster clubs from five counties. The event will be in Seminole Okfuskee Pottawatomie Pontotoc and Hughes counties with music from East Central college quartet and Oklahoma A and M college string ensemble.
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A. Linscheid
East Central College
Ray Stegall
Seminole
Okfuskee
Pottawatomie
Pontotoc
Hughes
Champion Calfs Profitable to Buy
The fifth annual Magic Empire Junior Livestock Show in Tulsa features a grand Aberdeen Angus calf owned by Kenneth Blecha of the Perry FFA sold for 66 cents a pound to Phil Lips Petroleum Co total $669.90. Governor Phillips paid 15 cents a pound for a Hereford calf owned by Thomas George. A 295-pound Chester White pig shown by Kenneth Duncan of Prague FFA sold for 55 cents a pound.
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Okla
Kenneth Blecha
Perry Ffa
Phillips Petroleum Co
Phillips
Thomas George
Bearden
Kenneth Duncan
Prague
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