Freakish hailstorm devastates Konawa Bowlegs area
A violent hailstorm centered near Konawa and Bowlegs dumped stones from marbles to baseballs for about 40 minutes from 4:30 Friday. It wrecked crops and trees, damaged roofs and windows, with workers trapped under a tin shack and rabbits killed nearby. no livestock loss reported.
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Konawa
Bowlegs
Claude Pennington
State Highway Department
Pennington
W. T. Simpson
Fitzhugh
Lee Elliott
Ada
Time To Get In High If Car Tag Not Yet Bought
A May notice warns owners to purchase 1940 car licenses by June 1 to avoid doubled penalties. After June 1, penalties equal the regular license fee plus the license cost, with surcharges on vehicles like a $10 regular fee becoming $13.05 on May 31 and $10 plus $10 on June 1.
County officers face crowded fields in countywide races
In Pontotoc County the five day filing period closed with every county office drawing opponents. A total of 67 candidates filed, leaving only one unopposed for peace justice. Sheriff Clyde Kaiser faces six opponents, while other offices show notable bids, including county attorney and county judge, with withdrawals possible before the deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc
S. J. Clark
Allen Township
Della Bedford
Ray Stegall
Bill Bevers
Clyde Kaiser
Luther Franklin
Mose Henry
Buck Taylor
John Boyce McKeel
Charles N. Johnson
Carl C. McCarty
James Jimmie) Wright
James O. Braly
Si Freeman
Virgil Stanfield
Carloss Wadlington
Hoyt Driskill Drew
Franklin Bourland
Frankness in Journalism
An eight year old daughter of Editor Bill Hoge writes the leading article in Oologah Oklahoma’s Oozings, reprinted by the United Press. The piece retains the author’s voice and original style and content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Bill Hoge
Picnic outing of Ist to 4th grades ends with mischief
Mary Katherine Hoge recalls a May picnic at Star Spring with 1st to 4th graders. Rosa Walker cried after some boys tried to drown her cat. Doyle Brewer threw a rock at a boy. Teachers and a bus driver accompanied the group as they damaged facilities, ate generously, and survived a snake or lizard sighting and a long centipede encounter.
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Star Spring
Rosa Walker
Doyle Brewer
Shu
Rosa
Osenbaugh
Chet Baldwin
Alice Eisner
Frances Osenbaugh
David Shepherd
Mary Roberts
Germans say Roosevelt fireside talk touched on US business
Berlin reports authorize German sources say Roosevelt's address concerns US affairs. They deny Germany as a Western Hemisphere threat and say America should defend itself. They note respect for "America for Americans" and "Europe for the Europeans," and view the president's "fifth column" remark as neither domestic political tactic nor reaction to European alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Roosevelt
United States
Germany
Western Hemisphere
America
Europe
Southwest Wheat Map Shows Widespread Abandonment
A. W. Erickson reports great areas of low production and crop abandonment across the southwest wheat belt due to drought in western Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle. Prospects vary by area with some spots fair to good if rains come. germination timing affects final yields.
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Southwest
Great Wheat Belt
Oklahoma
Texas
A. W. Erickson
Minneapolis, Minn
Okeene
Okla
Blaine County
Garvin County
Erickson
West Texas
Texas Panhandle
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia Killed in Flanders War
Berlin reports Prince Wilhelm of Prussia died from a heavy abdominal wound suffered in Flanders on May 23. He was the eldest son of former Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, and the second Hohenzollern casualty after Prince Oscar. He died after being decorated with the Iron Cross first class. He was born July 4, 1906, and married Dorothea von Salviati in 1933. they had two daughters Felicitas and Christa. He commanded a company as a first lieutenant.
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Berlin
Prince Wilhelm
Prussia
Flanders
Friedrich Wilhelm
Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
Oscar
Wilhelm
Brussels
Marmor Palace
Dorothea von Salviati
Italy
Frederick the Great
Bonn
Felicitas
Christa
Klein- Obisch
Red Cross Asked To Locate Eight Missing Men
Paris officials urged the International Red Cross to help find eight American men reported missing after German bombardments. The two American relief groups listed four missing each: Al Raymond Chicago. Louis Werhle Fort Wayne. Murray Shipley Cincinnati. John Glowacki Jersey City. Donald Caster Montreal and New York. John Clement Brookline. George King New York. Gregory Wait Shelbourne.
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Paris
International Red Cross
American Volunteer Ambulance Organization
American Field Service
al Raymond
Chicago
Louis Werhle
Fort Wayne
Ind
Murray Shipley
Cincinnati
John Glowacki
Jersey City
American Volunteer Ambulance Unit
Donald
Calm County Clerk Smoothed Bustling Marriage Query
In the county treasurer's office two young men teased Jim Abney about a marriage license. Abney, calm from long-suffering experience, directed them politely to the license bureau on the second floor, and they walked away blushing and giggling.
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Jim Abney
Abney
Grim
Man shoots wife and niece over alleged affair in Chandler
Ted Herndon 52 shot and killed his wife 48 and Geraldine Gibson 14 to cover an alleged affair with the niece. Police say he wounded himself, attempted suicide, and claimed he killed the women to avoid penitentiary exposure. Coroner's jury notes deaths ruled at his hands. No charges filed yet.
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Brown
Dale
Dennis
Bill Taylor
Herndon
Eastern Counties Gaining Slightly in Oklahoma Population
Tentative 1940 census figures show 27 eastern Oklahoma counties total 44 737, up from 43 395 in 1930. District by district readings list shifts for towns such as Antlers Spiro Tahlequah McCurtain Henryetta and Sand Springs with specific counts and changes.
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Tulsa
Oklahoa
W. M. Siegenthaler
Oklahoma
Antlers
Panama
Howe
Spiro
Heavener
Bokoshe
Cameron
McCurtain
Haskell
Henryetta
Stigler
Tahlequah
Webber Falls
Stilwell
Westville
Watts
Wagoner
Sand Springs
Collinsville
Sperry
Jenks
Owasso
Glenpool
Dawson
Broken Arrow
Bixby
Garden City
Tragic Collision Claims Grove Couple
Mrs Esther Fields 41 a grade school principal at Euch a Delaware county Oklahoma and her husband Virgil C were killed in a car truck crash on State Highway about 10 miles northeast of Grove last night. Highway Patrolman F A Elt reported Fields evidently lost control of the car. Mrs Fields is survived by the victims.
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Grove
Esther Fields
Eucha
Delaware County
Okla
Virgil C
F. A. E1ton
Fields
Australia Sees More Poisonous Snakes Than Dangerous
In Australia poisonous snake species greatly outnumber those that pose real harm though both groups inhabit the region with diverse habitats and climates. Researchers note the abundance of venomous snakes does not directly translate to higher bite rates in humans.
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Australia
Inventor tests super explosive with goats at Aberdeen proving ground
Loses belief as 84 goats survive a long range blast from Lester P. Barlow's "glmite" device. Goats at 200 to 1,000 feet show no serious injuries. TNT comparison yields similar effects. Col. B O Lewis notes some goats seemed mad after the test.
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Aberdeen
Lester P. Barlow
Barlow
Army
Navy
Col. B. O. Lewis
Girl Long Blind May Regain Sight
In Pensacola Florida twelve year old Dorothy Brock who has been blind since 18 months may regain sight through a corneal grafting. The procedure would use tissue from condemned killer Herbert Goddard alias Charles Jefferson whose death sentence for the Palm Beach murder was upheld. Dorothy hopes to see family and clothes again as doctors note the operation is a relatively new surgical option.
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Pensacola
Fla
Dorothy Brock
Florida
Herbert Goddard
Charles Jefferson
Frances Ruth Dunn
Palm Beach
Dorothy
L. F. Chapman
Daddy
Jefferson
Greater returns for amount in vested
Ada News classifies ads highlight higher yields from vested amounts. Readers learn about investment options framed as secure to grow funds over time. The notice emphasizes reliable growth and prudent capitalization for local investors.
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Ada
Population shifts mark 1940 Oklahoma census gains
Stillwater and Norman led fifth district cities with notable population increases from 1930 to 1940. Lawton showed the largest gain in the sixth district, rising to 17 944 from 12 121, while Cushing declined. Other towns listed include Guthrie Pauls Valley Sulphur Purcell Crescent Antlers Heavener Spiro Panama Bokoshe Howe and more with 1930 totals shown.
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Oklahoma City
Stillwater
Norman
Cushing
Guthrie
Pauls Valley
Purcell
Crescent
Antlers
McAlester
Heavener
Spiro
Panama
Bokoshe
Howe
Lawton
Chickasha
Duncan
el Reno
Anadarko
Kingfisher
Marlow
Walters
Comanche
Yukon
Hennessey
Temple
Rush Springs
Waurika
Ada Butcher Dies After Weekend Motorcycle Crash
Ada Butcher Ada man Herman Phillips 20 died Sunday in an Ada hospital from a weak heart worsened by injuries from a motorcycle automobile crash Saturday night. Phillips from Shawnee worked three weeks at M and P Grocery and was injured with T J Ingram Seminole East Central student when their bike hit a car one mile north of Ada on Highway 99. Ingram was moved to Wewoka hospital. his condition was not critical. Phillips had married since January.
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Herman Phillips
Ada Butcher
Ada
Phillips
Shawnee
M. and P
I. L. Cummings
T. J. Ingram
Seminole
East Central College
Ingram
Wewoka
Walter Phillips
War Relief Gifts Not Coming Here Fast As Wanted
S C Boswell county Red Cross chairman says donations for war relief are not arriving quickly enough though the county quota is small and need is urgent. He urges everyone to donate at Ada banks and notes Roosevelt urged aid in his fireside chat as women children and old men starve while sons and fathers die in the war.
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S. C. Boswell
American Red Cross
Roosevelt
Boswell
Red Cross
Ada
Driver sought after Madill man struck crossing street
Madill Oklahoma May 25. Authorities sought the driver of a car that struck Roy Tolbert as he crossed a downtown street. Tolbert suffered a compound leg fracture and possible internal injuries.
Louise Schacht Dies Mrs Hjalmar Schacht Wife of Reichsbank Chief
Mrs Louise Schacht wife of Dr Hjalmar Schacht former Reichsbank president died today. The couple wed in 1904.
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Berlin
Louise Schacht
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Schachts
Weekend Traffic Mishaps Claim Four Lives in Two States
Four people died in Oklahoma and one was killed in Illinois during this weekend’s traffic incidents. Vera Berry of Dallas perished when rain slick road sent her car into a telephone pole south of McAlester. Her mother in law and two sons were seriously injured. Jesse Henry Davis, 21, Bristow area, died from crash injuries with two companions injured. Adelle Mitchell, 21, Seminole, died in a crash east of Oklahoma City. Edward Mills, 23, Calumet, died later from injuries near Calumet. Near Sparta Illinois Mrs. J Stewart Smith of Tulsa was struck and killed by a truck.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Illinois
Vera Berry
Dallas
McAlester
James
Walter
State Highway Patrol
Jesse Henry Davis
Bristow
Adelle Mitchell
Seminole
Oklahoma City
Edward Mills
Calumet
el Reno
Sparta
Ill
J. Stewart Smith
Tulsa
Lee Ahead of Savage for Oklahoma Federal Judgeship
Senator Lee of Oklahoma said Royce Savage of Oklahoma City is near a federal district judgeship seat vacated by Judge Franklin E. Kennamer. He noted the Justice Department favored Savage and that Senator Elmer Thomas had also announced support. Thomas denied any announcement and said several Oklahoma judgeships are vacant.
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Washington
Lee D.okla
Royce Savage
Tulsa
Franklin E. Kennamer
Lee
Department of Justice
Savage
Oklahoma City
Elmer Thomas
D.-Okla
Thomas
Oklahoma
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Ada Chamber of Commerce
Seminole County
Highway 99
Charles Rushing
L. E. Franklin
Jimmy) Wright
Elmer Chandler
Grady Miller
W. M. Pegg
Millard Ford
George R. Collins
Virgil C. Col
J. D. Allgood
Constable
Roff
W. W. Agee
Ed Thomas
Justice of the Peace
Stonewall
J. M. Byrd
Harvey S. Hickman
Bee Ginn
John Poe
J. E. Miers
Mary Katherine Hoge
Ada News
Drouth
Prince Wilhelm of
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Chandler
Madill Roy
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