Napier School Milestone as First Negro Band Concert
Ada marked a milestone Tuesday night as Napier band of 30 members gave its first concert before about 300 in the armory. Principal S. S. Bradley crowned Billie Jean Roy queen, with a processional and attendants, as the program closed with the national anthem.
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Ada
Napier Band
Armory
Miss Napier
Ada Negroes
H. F. Edwards
S. S. Bradley
Napier School
Billie Jean Roy
Navy Ready Any Time Says Knox
Secretary Knox said the navy is readier than ever to deliver war supplies to Britain if assigned to the duty. He noted the navy would take over seagoing Coast Guard activities while praising Secretary Stimson’s call for immediate naval action.
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Washington
Knox
Britain
Navy Department
War Stimson
Stimson
United States Navy
Atlantic
Navy
Coast Guard
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
Emory S. Land
The
Maritime Commission
England
Land
Vandenberg
Senate Commerce Committee
Admiral Land
Key Praises 45th Division After May Maneuvers
CAMP BARKELEY Texas May 6 Maj Gen William S Key commander of the 45th Division praises officers and men for their conduct zeal and efficiency during a month long exercise He quotes Maj Gen Walter Krueger calling the division over the hump The month ends with a 14 hour clash against the Second Division 11 000 troops from San Antonio join 4 000 enemy troops in bivouac near Camp Berkeley Furloughs expected this month before joining VIII Army Corps maneuvers starting June 2 for two weeks.
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Camp Barkeley
Texas
William S. Key
Key
Walter Krueger
Viii Army Corps
45Th
House Bills To Raise Pensions Arrive on Floor
Oklahoma City May 7 The revenue and taxation committee sent to the house floor two bills to increase old age pension funds. A real estate transfer tax of one half of 1 percent would allocate 40 percent of revenue to the assistance fund. A 3 percent sales tax with a 1 percent increase split 50-50 between general revenue and the assistance fund. The bills would also end the sales token system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Revenue and Taxation Committee
House
Assistance Fund
State General Revenue Fund
Phillips Reiter
Are They Striking Or Just Laid Off
Potau Oklahoma May 7 The fate of 1000 idle Oklahoma coal miners claims for 45000 in state unemployment compensation hinged on whether they are on strike or laid off by seasonal slack in demand. Bruton Wood a state labor department claim deputy argued at a hearing that the miners are on strike and not entitled to aid and noted the layoff began when a contract between operators and miners expired.
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Poteau
Oklahoma
Bruton Wood
State Labor Department
Believe Sub Sank Vessel Aviators Believe Sub Sank Vessel
Nav al sources in Ottawa said a German submarine torpedo attack likely sank 11 American plane ferry pilots listed among 122 missing in enemy action. The missing included three Oklahoma fliers: Robert A. Lowell of Chickasha, W. Harold Nance, and J. S. Wright. A Royal Canadian signals member and 12th American were also noted.
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Ottawa
Britain
United Kingdom
Royal Canadian Corps of Signalers
Oklahoma
Robert A. Lowell. Chickasha
State Highway Patrol
W. Harold Nance
J. S. Wright
Medford
Kla
German Seamen to Internment Camp
New York May 7 Squads of detectives and immigration inspectors rounded up more than 100 German seamen planning to send them to an internment camp in a western city. Police said the round up was ordered from Washington and nationwide with warrants for overstaying their leave. The men formerly worked on Standard Oil tankers and were to be sent via Ellis Island then west.
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New York
Washington
U. S. Customs
Ellis Island
U. S
Conrad Rothengast
Standard Oil Companies
Germany
U S and Canada to Form Joint Economic Defense Boards
Washington May 7 United States and Canada will establish closely collaborating economic defense boards to speed up mobilization of North American resources for aid to Britain and hemisphere defense. The boards will coordinate raw material and product exchanges and synchronize arms and munition production to avoid duplication. They will also study long term economic after effects of the war.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Britain
Roosevelt
Mackenzie King
Stalin Takes Over Premier Role in Soviet Union
Moscow reports Josef Stalin has replaced Vyacheslav Molotov as premier while Molotov remains foreign minister. Molotov’s star may be waning as Stalin moves to the fore, receiving Japanese foreign minister Matsuoka during his recent visit.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Molotov
Council of People’s Commissars
Maxim Litvinoff
Central Committee
Tass
People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs
Stalin
Yosuke Matsuoka
Japan
Russia
Navy alliance debated as tides of war shift
In a wartime discussion labeled NUMBER SEVEN, analysts warn that delaying action could erode Britain’s naval dominance and weaken the alliance of democracies. Some sources note Timson offered no concrete naval plans, while others suggest joint U S and Royal Navy tactics may improve convoy and convoy protection strategies.
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Timson
U. S
Royal Navy
Parity forecast for major crops eyed by Senator Bankhead
Senator Bankhead predicts parity or near parity returns for cotton, wheat, corn, tobacco and rice if Congress approves mandatory loans at 85 percent of parity. He notes current programs would cover the remaining 15 percent and cites existing parity estimates for cotton, corn and wheat with the 85 percent loans.
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Washington
Bankhead
D-Ala
Alabama
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Tuesday Tops 1941 Heat in Ada Record
The Ada weather station reports Tuesday as the warmest day of 1941 at 86 degrees with a cool 53 degree low. By Wednesday morning a breeze cooled and a front brought heavy clouds and a late morning shower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Rees
W. E. Pitt
Schave Convicted Of Manslaughter In Oklahoma
Del mar Dutch Schave of Oklahoma City was found guilty of second degree manslaughter by a district court jury. The verdict stemmed from a January 27 fatal shooting of Frank Stout during a struggle over a gun in a car on U S Highway 66 east of Clinton. Lee Miller, the car’s driver, testified the shooting occurred accidentally while returning from Wheeler Texas where they had testified in a bootleg hijacking case.
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Clinton
Delmar
Oklahoma City
Wheeler
Tex
Leroy
Little Oscar” Egeleston
Woman Identified As Oklahoma City on Nav
SHAWNEE May 7 A woman killed in an automobile accident near here Monday night identified by fingerprints as Miss Sally Williams 25 former Oklahoma City waitress. She suffered a broken neck when hurled to the pavement after a collision involving a car driven by her companion Paul Harwood 47 Oklahoma City and another driven by Oliver Brake 31 Stillwater. Harwood suffered a brain concussion and was reported in critical condition. Patrolmen said Miss Williams overheard Harwood say he was driving to Arkansas and that she had asked him to take her as far as Henryetta.
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Shawnee
Here
Sally Williams
Oklahoma City
Highway Patrol
McAlester approves bond for city hall and WPA district HQ
McAlester voters approved a 25000 bond issue to fund a 100000 city hall and WPA district headquarters. The new building will rise on the present city hall site. WPA officials and workers occupy the condemned historic All Saints hospital building.
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Mcalester
WPA
All- Saints Hospital
Hugh Wagnon to Speak at Oklahoma Press Association
Hugh Wagnon AP war correspondent will be the principal speaker at the Oklahoma Press Association spring meeting in Bartlesville May 16 18. He will address the evening session May 16 before leaving May 17 for Philadelphia to become AP bureau chief. Wagnon, Oklahoma native, previously spent two years in London and will stay in Bartlesville two days.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Press Association
Bartlesville
Hugh Wagnon
Associated Press
C. O. Doggett
O. A
Wagnon
London
Philadelphia
Oklahoma
Doggett
O.P.A
Arson Trial Of Educator Goes On
Arson trial of Carter County school superintendent Charles L. Parker continued with over 50 witnesses yet to be heard. Parker faces second degree arson charges for allegedly conspiring with Tom Hudspeth and Troy Patrick to burn L. L. Parish’s home on February 15 to destroy papers tied to Parker’s estranged wife.
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Ardmore
Charles L. Parker
Carter County
Parker
Tom Hudspeth
Troy Patrick
L. L. Parish
Hudspeth
Parish
Auto tycoons see Pratt & Whitney engines adapted for war use
Ford officials led by Charles Sorensen and Edsel Ford visited the Pratt & Whitney plant in East Hartford to study mass production of air cooled aviation engines. They concluded automotive methods won t fit and pledged to build engines in a Detroit area plant with Pratt & Whitney guidance. The Chicago plan and blueprints followed after Buick engineers visited.
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Paul Harrison
NEA
TAST
Hartford
Conn
Charles E. Sorensen
Pratt & Whitney
Sorenson
Ford Motor Co
Edsel Ford
East Hartford
Dearborn
Buick
Chicago
Tremendous Increase in Engine Production Speeds War Drive
A wartime dispatch details Pratt & Whitney and other plants expanding output. Workforce grows fivefold to about 15 000 and engine production jumps tenfold with plans to reach 2000 engines monthly by fall. Emphasis on efficiency and standardized tooling to sustain massive volume.
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Pratt &,Whitney
Ford
Buick
Pratt & Whitney
Uncle Sam Cuts Down On Russia
The United States has halted all exports to Russia of machinery or equipment usable in defense production. Policy aims to maximize hours of critical U.S. machines, despite Soviet requests and prior orders. The move follows Roosevelt guidance and the Russo Japanese neutrality pact context.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Roosevelt
Office of Production Management
Pravda
Communist Party
Germany
Ada Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Moves
Ada residents guest list includes Mrs Ethel Jones and daughters Patsy and Betty with friends Geraldine and Imogene Jones and Louise Chandler. Visitors from Ada and Fort Benning frequent Ada area. many residents listed with travel to Oklahoma City Sapulpa and Beatrice Golightly illness noted. Freshman Nadine West ill with pneumonia. several names appear in community notes with brief movements and visits.
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Ethel Jones
Patsy
Betty
Geraldine
Imogene Jones
Louise Chandler
Ada
Elva Brown
Rebecca
Jesse Williams
Margie
Beatrice Golightly
Elmer Chandler
Oklahoma City
W. E. Coburn
Sapulpa
H. J. Jones
Stanton
Fort Benning
O. J. Driver
Beatryce
Owen Jr
Janice Lowell
McComas
Nadine West
Okla Ark District Miners Seek Wage Increase
Fort Smith coal operator R A Young said operators will confer on wage demands by the United Mine Workers for the Oklahoma Arkansas district. UMW president Dave Fowler said requests include a 1.00 dollar daily basic rise and 1.40 dollar rise for machine loaders. Mines have been idle since April 1 due to a national coal shutdown.
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Fort Smith
Ark
R. A. Young
United Mine Workers of America
Oklahoma-Arkansas
Dave Fowler
National Coal Mining
Fowler
Stillwater Names Mayor Finalists After Primary
Stillwater voters nominated George Flesner and L E McConkey as mayoral candidates for May 20. Flesner led with 682 votes while McConkey trailed by 14. O C Whipple was eliminated with 477 ballots. The winner will fill the unexpired two year term of the late M J Bradley.
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Stillwater
George Flesner
L. E. McConkey
Flesner
McConkey
O. C. Whipple
M. J. Bradley
Oklahoma Bankers Gather for Annual Convention
Oklahoma City May 7 Hundreds of Oklahoma bankers began arriving for their annual convention. The Oklahoma Trust Companies association hosts sessions this afternoon and tonight in conjunction with the bankers meeting. Roy M. Huff of Tulsa will lead a discussion on trust operations.
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Oklahoma
City
Oklahoma Trust Companies Association
Roy M. Huff
Tulsa
Bowlegs Teachers Fete At Morrison Home With Games
Mr and Mrs W B Morrison hosted Bowlegs school faculty and about 60 guests for a Tuesday night chicken barbecue at their home. Informal music and games including ping pong badminton and horseshoes were enjoyed throughout the evening.
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W. B. Morrison
Bowlegs School
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N. Y
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Hailey
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Molotsov
Joseph
Sen. Bankhead
Schave
OPA
Detroit
Uncle Sam
Francis
Okla-Ark
Salvation Army
Army
W. W. Pryor
Eric
Paris
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