WPA to Renovate 49 Armories While Guardsmen Serve
The State Works Progress Administration will renovate 49 Oklahoma armories while National Guard units, including Ada Battery C and the Roff unit, are deployed with the 45th Division. A $49,498 fund supports renovations, using about six workers per armory, with Ada’s armory and Roff’s building among those affected.
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State Works Projects Administration
Ron Stephens
Stephens
Ada
Rofs
WPA
Spring Begins Friday in Frantic Tableau of Springtime Fever
A playful collation of spring scenes depicts traffic lights, tennis shivers, editor satire, and tableau sketches. The piece riffs on seasonal mischief with Ada’s Main corner, a draftee farewell, and editor jokes as spring arrives on Friday.
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Ada’s
Rieaik Way
Stillwater To Conduct First Beef Cattle Sale
Stillwater will host its first annual Beef Cattle sale on March 24 featuring 40 top Hereford Angus and Shorthorn animals. Organizers expect about 1,000 bidders from across Oklahoma, with 11 Hereford bulls plus 13 females, 7 Angus bulls with 4 females, and 2 Shorthorn bulls with 2 females.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
W. L. Blizzard
Oklahoma A. and M. College
W. E. Harvey
Blizzard
Death of the Roman dictator sparks riots and onrush of vengeance
A Rome dictator is slain by rebels during a senate address on March 15. Crowds riot as the assassin taunts mourning crowds, while officials debate the future. The mob forms a retaliatory force to hunt the murderers, with echoes recalling Caesar and Brutus.
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Rome
Caesar
Brutus
Marc Antony
Mussolini
Dust Bowl fades as rains anchor soil and crops rise
Gordon Brown reports from Garden City Kansas that after years of dust storms the Dust Bowl era is over. Soil conservation and new farming methods plus renewed rains have anchored soil, boosted moisture, and improved wheat and sorghum prospects across southwestern Kansas and neighboring plains.
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Gordon Brown
Garden City
Kans
The
Special News Service
Kansas
Kansas State College Extension Department
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandles
New Mexico
Drouth
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Mountain lion feared after killings near Weatherford
Farm families in canyon country south of Weatherford appeal for help to track and kill a predator blamed for killing livestock and stalking children. Residents report screams and fear, with some convinced the animal is a mountain lion and others suspect a roaming panther.
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Weatherford
Okla
Charles Taft to Speak at Kansas City Monday
Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati assistant federal coordinator of health welfare and related national defense activities will speak Monday at the federal regional advisory council meeting in Kansas City. The meeting called by Ed McDonald regional social security board director will address Missouri Arkansas and Oklahoma issues. Taft is the son of the late President Taft and brother of Senator Robert A. Taft.
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Kansas City
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Federal Regional Advisory Council
Ed McDonald
Social Security Board
Missouri
Oklahoma
Taft
William Howard Taft
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
A local Ada News classified ad promotion touts higher returns on invested amounts. The notice highlights enhanced value for readers placing ads and promises clearer visibility for listings.
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Ada News
New Baby Leaves Farmer Eligible for Extra Mattress
A young county farmer visits home demonstration agent Mrs. Jessie Morgan to learn about free mattresses. The policy grants one mattress per two people plus one for any odd member. He initially qualifies for one, then returns three weeks later with a week-old baby to claim two mattresses.
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Jessie Morgan
Five Negroes Called For One-Year Army Service
Five Negro youths were called by the local draft board for one year of U S Army service. They volunteered and will report March 27 after noon at the courthouse before being sent to Oklahoma City for induction. The men named are Calvin Columbus Minner Amos Walker Robert Lee Hightower and James Black. Burglar Swallows Jewels headline. Diamonds in the rough.
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Draft Board
United States Army
Jack Lloyd
Oklahoma City
Calvin Columbus Minner
Amos Walker
Robert Lee Hightower
James Black
American Press Correspondent Held by Germany
Berlin officials announced the arrest of Richard C. Hottelet, a United Press employee, on strong suspicions of espionage for an enemy power. Authorized sources note the United States is not an enemy power and the specific charges will emerge at trial. A preliminary hearing was expected tomorrow. Hottelet, from Brooklyn, studied at Berlin University.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Richard C. Hottelet
United Press
DNB
United States
Senator Josh Lee to address Oklahoma City JC at luncheon
Senator Josh Lee is scheduled to address the Oklahoma City Junior Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon tomorrow while in the state. He spoke yesterday at a cattlemen's convention in Shamrock Texas and plans to return to Washington this week.
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Oklahoma City
Josh Lee
New Defense Jobs Open In Civil Service
The Civil Service Commission announced new defense positions in national defense work. Openings include Research Chemist with salaries 2600 to 5600. Associate Entomologist in Taxonomy at 3200. Construction Inspection Coordinator at 3800. Student Nurse at 288 with benefits. Key qualifications and deadlines listed. apply by dates noted.
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National Defense
Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Entomology and
Department of Agriculture
United States Maritime Commision
St. Elizabeths
School of
Draft Board Warns on Aviation Schools and Deferments
Clerk Pat Murphy cautions youths about aviation schools for draft deferments. Only authorized schools qualify for deferment, and youths should consult the draft board before enrollment. In Clayton New Mexico Russell E Frazier pleads guilty to stealing a cash register to avoid induction and is sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison.
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Pat Murphy
Draft Board No
Murphy
Draft Board
Clayton, N. M
Russell E. Frazier
Livingston N. Taylor
Frazier
United State Army
Trees as Profitable Farm Crops Grow in Oklahoma
The article notes widespread farm woodlands across the South and Oklahoma and highlights profitable forestry examples. It cites a 52 acre Kingfisher county post plantation returning annual net gains, a Payne county catalpa plantation yielding posts and poles, a Major county black locust stand supplying poles, and other small woodlot successes funded by AAA planting payments.
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Oklahoma
Kingfisher County
Catalpa
Payne County
Atoka County
AAA
Uncle Sam Stuck With Six Thousand Unwanted Aliens
Attorney General Jackson asks Congress for an immigration law revamp and detention of deportable aliens with criminal records. He proposes that membership in the communist party or German American Bund be grounds for deportation and notes 8,091 warrants, with many unexecuted due to passport refusals or transport issues.
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Jackson
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Communist Party
Bund
Russia
House Committee
Representative Hobbs
D-Ala
United States
Hobbs
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