Ada Truck Driver Dies When Gas Truck Explodes After Train Crash
Ada 33 year old Richard Curtin dies instantly when his gasoline truck collides with a Tulsa bound Frisco train at Ada Main street crossing. Flames engulf two chair cars and six other people are injured. Roy Peters of Madill is burned. a 16 month old girl survives unharmed. The train runs late toward Denison and Tulsa.
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Copass
Ada
Frisco
Main Street
Richard Curtin
C&b
Roy Peters
Madill
Black Gold
Denison
Texas
Tulsa
Denny Tate
John Underwood
Paul Auten
Barbara Sue
Texas City
eXas
Tate
Berlin Welcomes Japanese Foreign Minister in Berlin Visit
Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka arrived in Berlin at 6 p.m. to discuss the three power pact and align on Europe and the Far East. His train from Moscow reached Anhalter station as twilight fell, with streets closed and tens of thousands cheering.
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Berlin
Yosuke Matsuoka
Europe
Matsuoka
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Anhalter Station
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Parisian Butcher Arrested for Mocking Law With Mutton Haunches
In occupied Paris a suburban butcher was arrested for defiant behavior toward authorities. He displayed seven mutton haunches in his shop window with notes directed at the tax collector and police chief. The incident highlights local resistance to occupation orders.
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Paris
Berlin
House panel approves redistricting plan for Oklahoma
The Oklahoma House legislative redistricting committee endorsed a plan to redraw House districts for five sessions and adjust senatorial boundaries by population. The move cuts the 1943 House by 14 seats while keeping Senate at 44, with proposed districts including Cleveland McClain Pottawatomie Seminole and others.
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Oklahoma
City
House Legislative
House
Charles A. Whitford
Wwata
Whitford
Cleveland
McClain
Pottawatomie
Seminole
Hughes
Coal
Atoka
LeFlore
McCurtain
Pushmataha
Choctaw
Pontotoc
Johnston
Garvin
Murray
PESSIMIST By Rob Bianka Jr
Observational verse notes the clash of the last freeze with spring gardening and calls for action to fly more planes and speak fewer words, referencing Lone Eagle Lindbergh in a playful tone.
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Lindbergh
Davidson Flees Wewoka Jail in Third Escape Bid
Clifton Davidson, facing a murder charge in Oklahoma and a life term in New Mexico, escaped Seminole county jail for the third time with inmate Carl O Brannon and forced Burl Edison to join. A fruitless day long manhunt followed as Sheriff Br ie Merrell reported no trace, with Davidson recently paroled from New Mexico for trial in Seminole.
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Wewoka
Clifton Davidson
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
Seminole County
Brie Merrell
Davidson
Carl O’brannon
Burl Edison
Oklahoma City
Ison
Seminole
Merrell
Paul Price
Perry
State Senate Hurdles Big Thrift Test
Oklahoma City March 26 The senate passed 34 to 4 a bill to eliminate nine district judges saving 52200 yearly. An amendment shifting Lincoln County into a larger five judge district was defeated. Two house bills reorganize education oversight and expand highway patrol funding. The senate then approved 28 to 4 a mandatory syphilis treatment bill by Sen Louis H Ritzhaupt.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
House
Boyd Cowden
Mead Norton
Shawnee
Lincoln County
Pottawatomie
Oklahoma-Canadian
Tom Anglin
Cowden
Norton
Board of Education
A. L. Crabb
Louis H. Ritzhaupt
Guthrie
Simpson Dies Of Traffic Injuries
Thomas Lee Simpson aged 73 of 931 East Eighth died at a local hospital at 9:15 p m Tuesday from injuries suffered two weeks earlier when struck by an automobile on a highway south of Ada. He was Pontotoc county s fourth 1941 traffic fatality. He leaves a daughter Mrs Beula Jester of Houston Texas two sons Bill of Houston and Hugh of Clegraves Texas and a niece Mrs Julia Baxters of Walters
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Thomas Lee Simpson
East Eighth
Pontotoc County
Ada
Beula Jester
Houston
Texas
Bill
Hugh
Clegraves
Julia Baxters
Walters
Riots in Sarajevo and Belgrade Signal World War Echoes
Rioting in Sarajevo and Belgrade linked to Yugoslav nationalist anger and anti German protests highlighted by clashes between police and demonstrators. Reports note French and British influence in the Middle East and looming axis diplomacy as Matsuoka visited Berlin. The Atlantic war sees intensified submarine blockade near Iceland.
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Sarajevo
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
French
Syria
Charles de Gaulle
Free French
Britain
French Africa
Axis
Yosuke Matsuoka
Berlin
Hitler
United States
Iceland
Europe
Germany
Italy
Norway
Netherlands
Russia
Albania
Mussolini
Rumania
Bulgaria
Food for France Reopened by New Barter Deal
The Paris announced pact would swap unoccupied zone livestock vegetables and other supplies for grain sugar and potatoes from the German occupied area. The State Department seeks full details from Ambassador Leahy in Vichy and potential effects on Red Cross shipments to Free France. A Milwaukee dealer story follows about a 20 year old girl shoplifting and fined $50 after bragging of detective skills.
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Washington
France
Vichy
Paris
United States
State Department
William D. Leahy
Red Cross
Milwaukee
Adolph J. Diesinger
Government orders Allis-Chalmers revival to meet defense orders
The government through OPM director Knudsen and Navy Secretary Knox ordered Allis-Chalmers to resume production to fulfill vital defense orders after a nine week strike. A telegram to company president Babb and copy to the CIO union urged immediate worker reporting while the strike remains a matter for union vote. Separately Bethlehem Shipyards faces a potential immediate strike as the Marine and Shipbuilding Workers union plans a Friday vote amid wage scale disputes.
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Associated Press
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Navy
Knox
Milwaukee
Knudsen
Max W. Babb
Allis Chalmery
CIO United Auto Workers Union
OPM
Harold Christoffel
CIO United Automobile Workers
Office of Procition Management
Washington
New York
Bethlehem Steel Company
CIO Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
State Seeks Share Of Oil Revenues
Oklahoma plans to reopen a $1,000,000 suit to recover oil income from four state wells south of the capitol. Gov. Phillips said Attorney General Williamson will file a petition for rehearing with the state supreme court.
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Oklahoma City
State of Oklahoma
Lincoln Terrace
Capitol
Phillips
Mac Q. Williamson
State Supreme Court
Stillwater Mayor Dies After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mayor M. J. Bradley of Stillwater died at 53 from a cerebral hemorrhage. He collapsed last Wednesday while in town to confer with city officials about civic projects. His wife and their 23 year old son Marvin, a cadet at the Oklahoma Air College in Yukon, were at his side.
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Oklahoma City
M. J
Jim) Bradley
Stillwater
Police Training School Announced for Ada Convention Hall
The spring Police Training school will begin Thursday night at Convention hall in Ada and all police officers in this section of the state are invited to attend.
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Convention Hall
Ada
Americans Among 15 Arrested in Korea Plot Against Japan
Tokyo dispatch reports at least eight Americans among 15 people arrested in Korea on charges of planning a campaign against Japan’s war in China. A U S representative for Ambassador Grew will visit the foreign office to investigate today.
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Tokyo
Korea
Japan
China
U. S
Joseph C. Grew
Foreign Office
Sweet Refrain A 20-word ad in the NEWS costs only 30 cents
An advertisement offer promising to reach over 25 000 people for 30 cents in the NEWS invites readers to place a 20 word ad. It suggests speaking to large audiences via Phone 4.
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