House Hurries On Funds For War Help Law
President Roosevelt asks Congress to approve 7 billion dollars under the lease lend plan to supply defense tools for nations fighting aggression. Harold D. Smith provides a category breakdown including aircraft ships tanks factories and miscellaneous gear as early hearings set before the House Appropriations Committee.
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Rayburn
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Woodrum
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Harold D. Smith
Budget Bureau
Sam
House Appropriations Committee
Phillips Denies Tax Increases Ahead of Budget Message
Oklahoma Governor Phil Phillips says none of the proposed amendments will trigger sharp tax hikes though a one cent gasoline tax rise is possible. He rejects sales tax increases and notes the budget shortfall around seven million dollars with about five million already funded. He prepares a budget-balancing message for the legislature as returns from a special election favor the amendment.
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Phillips
Oklahoma City
Tax plan eyed to fund schools and services
Lawmakers weigh new revenue as Phillips urges directing beer tax to the general fund and other levies. A cigar tax could add about 1 million, with further changes totaling another million. He backs no income tax change and calls for budget cuts first. A state coordinating board would pick members from across the state.
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Oklahoma City
E. Blumhagen
House
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General Revenue Fund
Tulsa
Spring Snowbound North Oklahoma Sparse Roads
Snow blankets northern Oklahoma with up to four inches as cold air holds spring at bay. Enid to Cherokee see heaviest falls while Oklahoma City reports traces. forecast calls for continued cold and light snow through Thursday amid improving but cautious travel conditions. The weather disruption overlaps with state budget talks in Oklahoma City where lawmakers consider tax hikes on gasoline and sales to bridge a $6 million gap.
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Tulsa
Muskogee
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Panhandle
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Clinton
Ardmore
Altus
Kansas
Colorado
Coordinators Delay Budget Powers For Two Years
Oklahoma Governor Phillips says a new coordinating board for state higher learning will wait two years to handle budgets. He plans to appoint nine members quickly and emphasizes public service with only pocket expense. The amendment will be energized in about two weeks.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
Tony
Th' Pessimist Pessimist at the Fillin Station Prize Fight
Readable excerpt contrasts a women’s bridge game seen as leisure to others who call it a prize fight at a time when the filling station once advertised free air and water.
Denver student climbs peaks then becomes acting chancellor
Caleb F. Gates Jr. scaled Alpine and Colorado peaks without injury but arrived on crutches to assume acting chancellor of Denver University. The former Princeton assistant dean said he tripped over a bulldog and broke his ankle, explaining the mishap.
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Denver
Caleb F. Gates, Jr
Colorado
Denver University
Princeton
Stokowski Ends 29 Year Run With Philadelphia Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra part company after a 29 year association that raised the ensemble to prominence in the musical world.
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Philadelphia
Leopold Stokowski
Philadelphia Orchestra
Oklahoma special election returns on state questions 298 299 300
Returns from 3 250 of 3 660 precincts show support for state question 298 budget balancing amendment Yes 153 521 No 77 905. State question 299 social security Yes 177 860 No 53 671. State question 300 coordinating board Yes 140 760 No 84 365.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Professor leaves OU for active army duty in ordnance
Norman. February 12. Carl T. Almquist associate professor of electrical engineering at the University of Oklahoma reports for active army duty in the ordnance department. He holds the rank of first lieutenant as a specialist reserve and was notified by the war department that his services are needed for the national defense program.
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Norman
Carl T. Almquist
University of Oklahoma
Washington, D. C
Ordnance Department
Almquist
War Department
National Defense Program
Greater returns for amount in vested-Ada News Classified Ads
A classified notice in Ada News highlights enhanced value from investing in vested ads. The item emphasizes higher exposure and potential returns for businesses using longer term placements. It notes steady readership and clearer tracking of response metrics for advertisers.
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Hitler's Spring Drive and U S Aid Measure Start Together
AP reports simultaneous launch of Hitler's spring offensives against Britain and Americas lease bill to aid Anglo Allies. Bombing and U boat activity rise as Britain sees Atlantic battle under way. Matsuoka travels to Europe to consult Axis partners on Japan's possible entry into the war.
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Stalin
Governor Proposes Narrow State Expenses Amid Music Dispute
Neville Miller of NAB says the music copyright dispute with ASCAP is nearing resolution. NAB directors will meet to consider ASCAP president Gene Buck's request for a joint committee to draft a proposal for broadcasters. ASCAP music has largely been removed from U S stations since January 1 due to fee disagreements.
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Neville Miller
National Association of Broadcasters
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American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Gene Buck
ASCAP
Lawmaker Crabb Would Head New State Education Board
A. L. Crabb proposed to become ex officio chair of an eight member state education board replacing the current six member group. The plan, tied to Governor Phillips, would stagger terms to reduce politics and grant new rulemaking powers under the revised bill.
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A. L. Crabb
Board of Education
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Phillips
Italy and Yugoslavia Move Toward Axis Alignment In Principle
Associated Press reports Belgrade circles say Yugoslavia agrees in principle to sign with the axis while proposing steps to ease pro British sentiment and allow German troop passages. Britain battles in Africa and raids on Kiel Bremerhaven, with London enduring air alarms and anti aircraft fire.
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England
Mrs Edith B Phillips Dies at Stonewall
Edith B. Phillips 72 died at her Stonewall home Tuesday at 3 p.m. after a long illness. Funeral Thursday at 10 a.m. from Stonewall Methodist Church with Rev. Holland officiating. Burial in Forest Park Cemetery Fort Smith Ark. She was born in South Carolina and taught in Fort Smith before marrying Tom G Phillips. they lived in Stonewall for years.
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Stonewall
Methodist
Holland
Forest Park Cemetery
Fort Smith
Ark
Phillips
South Carolina
Tom G. Phillips
Italians Increase Counter Drive Against Greeks
Greek dispatches report Italians with their largest force yet attacked six Albania points after artillery prep but were repulsed. Blackshirt units shouted forward for Mussolini and one battalion nearly wiped out with 187 prisoners. Greeks claim gains near Tepeleni despite Italian efforts. RAF HQ announced.
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Albania
Mussolini
Athens
Il Duce
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RAF
Adan Charged In Highway Deaths
In Waco Texas on March 12 John Sherman Hunt 29 of Ada Oklahoma was charged with murder without malice after a auto collision that killed Mr and Mrs C O Long of Fort Wayne Indiana Hunt was released on 5000 dollar bond Charles E Garrison 21 of Bryan Texas and Chester Carter 19 of Corpus Christi Texas were injured in the crash
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Texas
John Sherman Hunt
Ada
Okla
C. O. Long
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hunt
Charles E. Garrison
Bryan
Chester Carter
Corpus Christi
Aluminum Strike Halts Edgewater Defense Parts Production
A CIO strike at the Aluminum Company of America plant in Edgewater New Jersey halted defense material production. At 12 40 am local time the midnight shift walked out after a conference with officials in New Kensington Pennsylvania. Vince McKenna president of local 16 Aluminum Workers of America and delegates returned to union headquarters before the shutdown.
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Aluminum Company of America
Vincent McKenna
Aluminum Workers of America
New Kensington
McKenna
Heavy Destruction Of British Shipping Claimed Berlin
German high command reported British supply lines suffered heavy losses from November to February, totaling 2,037,000 tons of merchant shipping. The navy claimed 1,524,000 tons sunk, the air force 513,000 tons, and 175 ships damaged by bomb hits. Bombing targeted Birmingham industrial facilities and London docks.
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