Second Draft Registration Is Set July 1
President Roosevelt ordered about 1,000,000 men who reach 21 by July 1 to register for possible military training on July 1. Registration will be handled by 6,500 selective service boards with a national lottery to set local draft priority. Some who turned 21 since October 16 already volunteered. voluntary service for ages 18 to 21 is allowed. The date gives time to plan fall schedules.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Selective Service System
National Defense
United States
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Alaska
War Rehearsal To See If Soldiers Can Take It
A month long war rehearsal in middle Tennessee tests the nations mobilization plan with 77,000 troops. Four divisions and many smaller units train for modern war while selectees and federalized guardsmen are excluded as unready. The exercise grows from slow to blitzkrieg speed and features the first test of America's new armored troops with the second armored division joining. Major General Frederick Smith leads initial corps tasks until June 13 when Lieutenant General Ben S. Lear takes command. Participating units include the 5th Regular Army, 27th Division from New York, the 30th Division from Tennessee and allied troops from Fort Jackson and 20 posts across 12 states.
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Jerry T. Bausch
Nashville
Tenn
Middle Tennessee
United States
Fort Benning
America
Frederick Smith
Ben S. Lear
Fort Custer
Mich
Fort McClellan
Ala
Tennessee
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Fort Jackson
S. C
Cavalry
Oklahoma draft director outlines July 1 second registration
Lieut. Col. Clive E. Murray, state draft director, said about 20 000 youths will be affected by the second selective service registration on July 1 for those who reached age 21 since October 16.
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Oklahoma City
Clive E. Murray
Five Die In Weekend Oklahoma Traffic Accidents
Five persons died in Oklahoma over the weekend from injuries in automobile crashes. Among the dead are Marvin Clay Thompson Jr., 9, in Oklahoma City and Othel O. Ross, 45, in Clinton. The report details other victims Mrs H H Yakley 71 of Wetumka route 1 and Jesse Burl Cox 27 of Fortis along with Laura Cox 28 of Shawnee. The incidents include a pedestrian strike near Ada and a taxi bus collision near Shawnee.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Marvin Clay Thompson, Jr
Oklahoma City
Othel O. Ross
Clinton
H. H. Yakley
Wetumka
Jesse Burl Cox
Fortis
Laura Cox
Shawnee
Thompson Boy
Rufus Thompson
Charles C. Scott
Ada Merchant
Scott
Ross
McAlester
Quinton
Yakley
U. S. 75
Holdenville
Highway Patrol
Charles Clayton Kirk
Beaumont
Tex
Cox
Pete Jobman
Jobman
J. R. Cox
29Th Battalion
Fort
Will Rogers Jr and Collier Connell marry in Las Vegas office
Will Rogers Jr. 29 and Collier Connell 29 tied the knot in Las Vegas in the office of Justice of the Peace B. M. Brown. Both appeared nervous, and Rogers forgot the officiant's fee.
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Las Vegas
Nevada
Will Rogers Jr
Collier Connell
Beverly Hills
New York
Office
Justice of the Peace
B. M. Brown
Ada Man Injured In Collision Near Allen
D C Collins a 49 sales man for Haynes Hardware was injured Sunday night in a highway crash near Allen. He at Valley View hospital Monday morning with neck injuries and bruises but not in critical condition. Maurice Drury 25 pleaded guilty to violation of rules of the road and was fined ten dollars and costs. Drury suffered a head laceration and Jim Robertson 16 suffered a shoulder ligament tear and scalp wound.
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D. C. Collins
Haynes Hardware Company
Valley View Hospital
Allen
Collins
Maurice Drury
Charles Thompson
Drury
Poisoned Bait as Defense Against Army Worms
Quick application of poisoned bait is the best defense against army worm infestation in wheat fields says A M College entomologist. Salvage possible moderately infested fields this summer with bait used for grasshoppers mixed from bran sodium arsenite water and arsenite powder. Spread 20 to 30 pounds per acre in late afternoon for even coverage.
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Stillwater
F. A. Fenton
Fenton
Chickasha
Mural by Lawton Native to Hang in Jones Office
Lawton born artist J Craig Sheppard will paint a mural for the Washington secretary of commerce office. The piece shows three Indians on horseback in a white linoleum technique. He worked as a cowpuncher and rodeos star before joining Montana State college art staff.
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Jones’ Office
Lawton
J. Craig Sheppard
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse H.jones
Washington, D. C
Sheppard
TV Ranch
Oklahoma
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Montana State College
T. Jack Foster
Norman
Southwest
University of Oklahoma
Bacone College
Muskogee
Okla
WPA Rolls Cut Again in Oklahoma City Decline
Oklahoma City reports another WPA employment roll reduction as of June 1. Administrator Ron Stephens announced 2,500 workers will be released, lowering total WPA labor to 32,900 and marking a 12,373 drop since February.
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Oklahoma City
Works Projects Administration
Oklahoma
Ron Stephes
X-999 Heist Plot Shifts as Carolyn Masks Theft
Carolyn conceals the X-999 in a reassessed plan after altering the shipment. She informs Bob the freight train robbery failed because the cargo was swapped with rocks and hidden inside dummy packages. The duo drives to Schoenfeld Laboratory as tension and trust tests unfold.
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Bob
Ken Palmer
Carolyn
Ken
Grosso’s
Love Power and a Lab Heist at the Cyclotron
Carolyn uses a copied key to enter a laboratory guarded by hirelings. She retrieves four leaden cases claimed by Bob, eludes police, and plans a rapid move to secure a box then pursue a man, revealing her bold search for love amid danger.
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Bob
Schoenfeld Cyclotron
Carolyn
Carolyn Plans Elopement as Theft and Escape Escalate
Carolyn convinces Bob the X-999 is safe, a thief is captured, and rocks substitute is revealed. She charters a plane to steal the X-999 and plans kidnapping to elope. Carolyn confesses love to Ken Palmer, who accepts the truth and remains silent as the tension rises.
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Carolyn
Bob
Carolyn's drastic plan to seize Bob Hale’s fortune
Carolyn confronts Bob Hale with a bold move to take control of his wealth by arranging a private plane to Arizona. She compels him to cooperate as the pair escape in a rented pilotless mission, signaling a dramatic shift in their dangerous game while awaiting the next chapter.
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Leana Sormi
Leana
Carolyn
Bob
Carolyn Tyler
Arizona
Plan To Organize American Women For Defense
Atlantic City May 26 The General Federation of Women’s Clubs created a new department to organize at least forty million American women into a national defense campaign. Mrs John L Whitehurst of Baltimore president said the defense organization could be the mightiest ever and that Hitler would not dare attack us once it begins. The federation will convene next year in Austin Texas in mid April to allow Pan American participation by Latin American women leaders.
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Atlantic City
N. J
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
United States
John L. Whitehurst
Baltimore
Hitler
Federation
Austin
Texas
Adjusted draft quota announced for Oklahoma City area
Oklahoma City May 26 Clive E Murray state draft director announced an adjusted draft quota of 14765 men for Oklahoma with initial quota 9465 and no specific fill date Hershey noted the quota functions as a bank account 7218 men have already been inducted leaving 7347 to be inducted under the new quota
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Clive E. Murray
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Mrs. Bonnie Allen Marks 25 Years at Irving School
Mrs. Bonnie Allen ends her twenty fifth year as Irving School principal and veteran teacher. She recalls 5,000 pupils past through her classes and notes Ada roots, East Central training, and a long career shaping generations in the Ada school system.
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Irving School
Bonnie Allen
Minnie Butler
H. C. Hodges
P.T. A
Edith Fuller
Lee Higginbotham
P.T.A
Allen
Cathryn Curry
Laurice Core
Irving
L. E. Mitchell
U. S. Marshall
Ada
West Seventh
East Central College
Kingston
A. Floyd
Walter Robinson
Oklahoma City
Joe R. Allen
Oklahoma April business up 16 percent from last year
Census bureau figures show Oklahoma retail sales in April up 16 percent from April last year, with Tulsa up 19 percent and Oklahoma City up 12 percent. Jewelry stores led gains at 38 percent, car dealers 31 percent, while general stores fell 2 percent.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Census Bureau
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Chickasha
Carlsbad Struggles With Flood Aftermath In New Mexico
Albuquer que May 26. Flood conditions eased in southeastern New Mexico as Carlsbad reported 1300 homeless, one dead and four missing from last week’s Pecos river floods. Warm runoff from Colorado mountains neared Central New Mexico while Rio Grande and San Juan flood levels remained below peak. Thunderstorms over Pecos watershed lingered but no new extreme downpours were recorded.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Carlsbad
Pecos River
Rio Grande
Colorado Mountain
San Juan
Pecos
Arroyo
McMillan
Red Bluff
Tex
Wheat Harvest to Start in Oklahoma This Week
Oklahoma’s 1941 wheat crop is ready for harvest in the southwestern counties including Jackson Tillman Harmon and Kiowa as fields dry. Federal statistician K D Blood places May 1 yield at 62,384,000 bushels, up from 56,332,000 in 1940.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
K. D. Blood
Blood
Jackson
Tillman
Harmon
Kiowa
Bnai Brith Buys Ten Thousand In Defense Bonds
Julius Livingston of Tulsa announces Grand Lodge No. 7 Bnai Brith purchased 10000 dollars of U S defense bonds. Livingston, elected president of the lodge, says the move shows unity behind the government program of national defense.
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New Orleans
Julius Livingston
Tulsa
Okla
U. S
Grand Lodge No. 7 B’nai B’rith
Jewish Welfare Organization
Livingston
Big Tractor Tire Kick Sends Operator Hurt
Gus Craig, an Ada service operator at Sinclair station near Fourteenth Street and Mississippi Avenue, was injured when a tractor tire rim blew after he added about 70 pounds of air. He suffered a deep knee gash and bruises to the chest and hand.
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Gus Craig
Ada
Craig
Sinclair
Fourteenth Street
Mississippi Avenue
Rizley Named To Farm Study Committee Hearings Panel
Representative Ross Rizley of Oklahoma is named to an executive committee deciding regional hearings for the Republican farm study committee. Chairman Hope of Kansas announced the appointments as the panel seeks farmer input and expert assistance on agricultural matters.
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Washington
Ross Rizley
Okla
Republican House
Republican Farm Study Committee
Hope
Kas
Farm Study Committee
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