Oklahoma Youths To Get Mechanics Metals Training
Oklahoma will assign 3000 youths to NYA training in defense trades including sheet metal work auto mechanics and machine shop work. The program runs 6 to 12 weeks with 1000 youths per month for three months starting September.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
NYA
Bruce Carter
Office of Production Management
Carter
Tulsa
Enid
Muskogee
Ardmore
Chickasha
Okmulgee
Cordell
Navy
Konawa Students Win Honors At Monday Program
Konawa junior and senior high schools held an awards assembly Monday night with senior graduation planned for Tuesday. Dr. A Linscheid of East Central college will speak. The program recognized scholarship music citizenship athletics activities and Legion and dramatic awards with several students named for top honors.
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Konawa
A. Linscheid
East Central College
Paul Quillan
Hazel Lozer
Jimmy Stewart
Mary Jo Vance
Jo Ann Bates
Truman Huckleberry
Billy Werner
Elsie Mae Westbrook
Ray Nelson
Wallace Lynn
Cecil Thompson
Geneva Berry
J. B. Coker
Lowell Neal
Jean Dale Campbell
American Legion
LaFern Smith
Stanley Boling
Betty Jo Irby
Lawrence Grove
Nathan Farb
USO Launches June Drive to Raise 110000 in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City May 20 The United Service Organization initiates a state drive June 3 to raise 110000 for 300 service clubs at military camps. Dr H G Bennett president of Oklahoma A and M college is state chairman. District chairmen named for seven of eight districts with one awaiting fifth district. county quotas to pursue.
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Oklahoma City
United Service Organization of Oklahoma
H. G. Bennett
Oklahoma A. and M. College
U.S.O
Eldon Dick
Tulsa
J. T. Griffin
Muskogee
J. E. Layden
McAlester
Chas. E. Breitung
Ada
James T. Jackson
Seminole
Ned Shepler
Lawton
Harrington Wimberly
Altus
Martin Garber
Enid
Owners Turn Eight Planes To Defense
Private owners handed eight twin engined transport planes to the government at the request of the office of production management. The planes, each seating 14, will be refitted for transport use. Contributors include Continental Oil Company of Ponca City Oklahoma. On January 1 1941 total aircraft certified stood at 17351 up 35.2 percent from 12829 the previous year.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
Defense
Continental Oil Company
Ponca City
Okla
Greater returns for amount listed Ada News Classified Ads
Advertisers in Ada News seek higher returns from listed ads with clearer pricing and enhanced exposure. Market observers note competitive rates and targeted placement options aiming to attract more buyers and sellers.
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Ada
Drafts Accelerate In Oklahoma City Ready for Induction
Oklahoma draft officials disclosed a nationwide speed up in conscription with about 7 200 men drafted toward a 9 300 first year quota and a likely readjustment to higher quotas soon. State director Clive E Murray and national official Carlton S Dargusch said quotas would rise to meet war department needs. Local boards must finish partial classifications by month end and keep a ready pool of 1 A men while withholding many physicals to speed inductions.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Clive E. Murray
Carlton S. Dargusch
National Selective Service
Dargusch
War Department
Fred Shaw
Shaw
Gossip on Army Materiel Shortages Is Dangerous
A New York report decries rumors about army training shortages as foolish and dangerous. It notes actual gaps in 105 mm howitzers and other gear, but emphasizes rapid production of some items and overall training needs. It highlights shortages in ammunition and mortars, while observers discuss equipment distribution across camps and divisions.
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New York
Great Britain
Amaryllis Thief Strikes Mrs Hicks Front Yard
Mrs George Hicks of 601 East Main mourns loss after vandals cut eight amaryllis stems from her front porch garden. The plant, a family heirloom from 1898, has endured past thefts and damage, fueling her call to end vandalism and restore beauty to her yard.
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George Hicks
East Main
Missouri
Roff
Ada
Roosevelt Back to Traditional Thanksgiving Date
President Roosevelt announced that moving Thanksgiving up a week to boost retail sales did not work and that next year the holiday will fall on the traditional last Thursday in November. This year it will be the next to last Thursday by proclamation, a return supported by retailers and mayors nationwide.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Roos
Time of sales schedule altered by commitments
Officials said it is too late this year to revert to the last Thursday in November due to obligations to retailers and calendar makers.
Norman Blue Laws Invoked In Norman Sunday Prohibition
Norman officials enforce a city ordinance banning service labor on Sundays with 60 plus business operators to appear before Police Judge Neil Keller. Warrant service followed city commissioners May 13 adoption prohibiting Sunday work except for necessity and charity with specific exemptions and an emergency clause making it effective immediately for public peace and safety.
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Norman
Neil Keller
Bud Jennings
Pointers To Local Medic Boards Urge Selective Draft Fitness
Lt Col Richard H Eanes from the national selective service medical division urged local medical examining boards to keep only fit men for induction. He advised boards to explain rejections and push for corrective treatment. Randolph Field reports show about 235000 miles flown by 300 training aircraft since factory delivery.
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Oklahoma City
Richard H. Eanes
Eanes
National Selective Service Headquarters Medical Division
Washington, D. C
State Medical Association
Randolph Field
Tex
Mob Fight Fatal To CCC Enrollee
The body of Ray Dinsmore, 18, fatally injured in a mob fight at the Pena Blanca CCC camp, will be sent to Chelsea Oklahoma for funeral services. A coroner's jury declined to assign blame. County Attorney Najib Karam said 12 Texas enrollees charged with manslaughter will be turned over to CCC authorities for disciplinary action.
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Nogales
Ariz
Ray Dinsmore
Chelsea
Okla
Pena Blanca
Dinsmore
Najib Karam
Texas
CCC
Oil prices rise in several states by dime
Tulsa report says two oil companies increased crude oil prices by ten cents in Oklahoma Kansas and Illinois and by nine cents in the Texas panhandle on May 19.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Kansas
Illinois
Texas Panhandle
Crude Price Hikes Hit Oklahoma Kansas and Illinois
The second Oklahoma Kansas and Texas price rise since April 1 and the fourth in Illinois raise crude while Shell Oil and Phillips Petroleum lift Oklahoma and Kansas to 1.25 a barrel. Shell adds Illinois price to 1.37 for 3000 barrels daily in Benton district.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Illinois
Shell Oil Co
Phillips Petroleum Co
Shell
Benton
FBI Starts Big Roundup of Aliens
Nationwide roundup of aliens initiated by immigration agents with police aid. Reports say raids began in New York City boroughs Providence Rhode Island Worcester Massachusetts and Connecticut. Officers declined comment but searched restaurants night clubs bars and lodging houses with warrants. Earlier raids in New York freed 160 German seamen and about 70 Italians.
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New York
New York City
Providence
R. I
Wocester
Mass
Connecticut
Collegian Killed Jumping From Car
J. F. Gilstrap a 19 year old Eastern Oklahoma A and M student was killed when he jumped from a freight train near Wilburton after visiting his mother Mrs Ethel Gilstrap in Stigler. Companions said he remarked he did not think the train would stop before the jump.
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Wilburton
J. F. Gilstrap
Gilstrap
Stigler
Ethel Gilstrap
Eastern Oklahoma A
M. College
Ada Meningitis Quarantine Lifted by Health Officials
Health officials lifted the quarantine of three children and isolation of 27 in a West 13th Street neighborhood after no signs of meningitis emerged in 11 days of surveillance following a 17 year old girl’s death from meningitis. Dr W R Cheatwood ordered the lifting as the outbreak scare ended.
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Ada
West 13Th Street
W. R. Cheatwood
County Health Department
Calves Bring Cash for Six 4-H Boys
Six 4-H boys who bought raised and sold their yearling calves earned a gross profit of 797 dollars and 40 cents. The report from the Frim Tishomingo Capital-Democrat highlights the successful cattle project.
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Frim Tishomingo Capital-Democrat
Biggest U S Army Maneuvers Begin For War
Fort Lewis Washington May 19 The United States Army launched its largest maneuvers since World War II with more than 35 000 troops leaving Fort Lewis for California for spring war games. Troops and artillery moved under observation planes along a 60 yard spacing to ease civilian traffic as they headed toward King City and Hunters Liggett reservat ion.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
United State
California
Pacific Northwest
King City
Calif
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Hunter Liggett Military Reservation
Far West
9Th Army
Troop Movements From Fort Lewis To End Of May
Fort Lewis will dispatch a motorized convoy of more than 3 400 vehicles carrying over 2 000 men and non mechanized troops in 27 trains. The first train clears Friday with completion by May 29. California games involve the 7th division at Fort Ord and Fourth Army units under Lieut General John L De Witt. In June about 65 000 men will form two armies and conduct extensive mock battles nationwide.
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Fort Lewis
Fort Ord
Calif
Fourth Army
John L. de Witt
Fishing and Swim Dates Announced
Fishing opens at Winter Smith Park Lake on Friday May 30 at 5 am under Park Commissioner Wayne Wheelock. The Glenwood Park swimming pool will open Saturday May 31 with improvements to attract swimmers. Two thirds of cattle calves and hogs at 65 major markets in 1940 arrived by truck. motor vehicle taxes averaged $55.83 per motorist last year. California led certificated pilots with 8285, New York 4863, Texas 3918. Use News want ads, they pay.
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Wintersmith Park Lake
Wayne Wheelock
Glenwood Park
Wheelock
California
New York State
Texas
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Zamzam
William Gray Smith
Ambulance Corps
S. S. Zamzam
Jersey City
Charles A. McCarthy
Weston
Charles L. Harriss
N. Y. City
Frederick H. Hoeing
Capt
Wm. Wydenbruck-Lee
N. Y
George A. Tichenor
Maplewood
J. Readrow
Wm. A. Davis
Worcester
George Macf. Butler
Seattle
Geo. C. Finneran
Rye
Henry Emshimer
Philip N. Favers
Paul Harrison
NEA
Fort Sam Houston
Ordnance Depot
Camp Bowie
113Th Iowa Cavalry
Springfield
Berwick
American Car and Foundry Co
FBI
Drive
Eddie Whitehead
Freeland Stanford
Bryce Harris
Jack Johnson
Jack Barnes
Kenneth Harden
Robert Lowry
U. S. Army
Northwest
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