Gone With the Wind Fluster London Audiences
Milton Bronner reports in London that audiences feel nervous about Nazi air raids while watching Gone With the Wind. British reactions mix wartime jitters with film scenes of Atlanta shells and wounded soldiers, causing fewer viewers to join lines for the star actors and a British girl lead.
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London
Atlanta
Leslie Howard
Milton Bronner
Ada News
Thames River
Britain
Thames Bridges
Waterloo Station
Southern Railway
Thames House
Imperial Chemical Industries
Lambeth Palace
Archbishop of Canterbury
Miracle Worker or Not the Allied War Struggle Sees
The piece argues allied air weakness stems from democracy delays and labor troubles, with inefficiencies in the French army. It warns of German air, sea, and land power threatening Britain and Maginot vulnerabilities, suggesting only miracles of effort and sacrifice can save the Allies.
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Abbeville
Belgium
Channel
Britain
Italy
Must Pay Taxes Then Ask Recovery
Oklahoma City May 29 The supreme court ruled aggrieved taxpayers have no remedy in tax review but must pay the tax under protest and sue for recovery. It upheld a tax review court ruling throwing out J T Green protest to a Tulsa school district sinking fund levy. Green argued annexed property was not liable for prior debts of the district. It also sustained a Tulsa county decision demurring A J Turinsky’s bid to be declared heir to his bachelor brother Stephen Turinsky’s $25000 estate died in Glenpool in 1924.
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Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
J. T. Green
Tulsa
Green
Tulsa County District Court
A. J. Turinsky
Stephen Turinsky
Glenpool
WPA Check Forgery Rise Spurs Philadelphia Gallery
WPA check forgery has surged, prompting the secret service to create a rogues gallery to counter the racket. More forgeries are reported in dense urban areas as the scheme expands. Capetown sweepstakes winner dies. Norwegian sailor George Regnaldson, 65, claimed $10,000 then died four days later at Diep River.
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Philadelphia
Secret Service Department
Capetown
Charity of Friends
Diep River
George Regnaldson
Oregon bees pollinate crops and yield honey
Salem state apiary inspector A Burr says Oregon bees produce about 1 500 000 pounds of honey each year and pollinate 13 000 000 dollars worth of seed fruit and garden crops annually with bee like efficiency.
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Salem, Ore
A. Burr
Oregon
Governor outlines Oklahoma fiscal crisis and tax questions
Governor Leon C. Phillips warns the general revenue fund faces an impoverished condition as 18th legislature convenes. He flags debt service at 2.34 million annually, possible new taxes, and debates whether schools should be financed by a special tax or regular levies to cover deficits and bonded debt.
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John B. Owen
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
General Revenue Fund
Leon C. Phillips
Phillips
Ness
General Revenue
Johnson Outlines Allied Defense Lessons From War
Army writer Thomas M. Johnson argues Allied forces face a hellish front in Flanders and Belgium, cites weak Maginot-like lines, German air power, and rapid mechanization as decisive. He says to beat the Nazis Allies need air superiority, deep defense and mobile, well-led troops.
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Maxime Weygand
France
Britain
Weygand
Ferdinand Foch
Foch
Warsaw
Thomas M. Johnson
Flanders
Belgium
Stonewall Jackson
Jeb Stuart
Spain
Poland
Ireland Calls Up Army Reserves Amid Growing War Tension
Ireland called up army reserves and moved to a war footing as Britain faced a grave situation. Clerks shopkeepers and others reported to depots for instructions while volunteers joined the defense corps. A national defense committee prepared for a first emergency session.
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Dublin
Ireland
Britain
Collins Barracks
Defense Corps
National Defense
National Defense Committee of
Three Freed It Will Quit Guthrie
Three members of a religious society in Guthrie Oklahoma were freed on promise to leave town after being jailed for disturbing the peace. Bonds set at 20 dollars each for E R Brame W R Ruther and Henry H Nichols were suspended if they left. Nichols was arrested after distributing literature door to door amid complaints.
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Guthrie
Okla
Harold Shultz
E. R. Brame
Brooklyn
N. Z
W. R. Ruther
Cushing
Henry H. Nichols
Schultz
Nichols
Ruther
Brame
Fred Streeter
Misunderstood but all well at Ada city meeting
Ada officials debated a routine claims list read by City Clerk Albert Chamberlain during a county meeting. The mayor misheard "electric eraser" as "electric razor," prompting light banter as the board reviewed a $3.50 item for the Ada Public Library.
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Albert Chamberlain
Bill Crawford
Ada Public Library
Chamberlain
Crawford
Defense program moves forward on taxes and production
The defense effort advances with Congress debating a $3 billion defense loan and new taxes to finance it while a presidential commission begins organizing armament production. Lawmakers push bills to speed Navy expansion and air force bases as Roosevelt appoints a seven member defense commission.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Marcantonio
Al.-N.y
Roosevelt
National Defense Commission
Oil Men See Down Trend In Output And Prices
Oil industry observers note a drop in crude production and gasoline prices across regions. California cuts prices to meet competition while other majors follow. Texas maintains June to August production limits. nationwide crude output declined slightly. Dispatch cites Oil and Gas Journal weekly completions and reports drilling activity in Nebraska and Oklahoma pools along with new oil finds in Kansas and Illinois pools.
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Edward Curtis
Tulsa
Okla
Standard of California
Texas
Bureau of Mines
U. S
Italy
Ector County
St. Louis
Mattoon
Coles County
Rice
Ellsworth
Kansas
Italy Moves Toward Conflict After Belgian Collapse
Rome reports the Belgian army surrender on the western front as likely to push Italy into war. Italian public morale rises with the collapse, civilians replace soldiers, and the government plans further mobilization. Young Fascists act as traffic police while women in uniforms patrol air raid duties.
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Rome
Italy
Early Publisher E. L. Gregory Dies in Ardmore
ARDMORE Okla May 29 Col E L Gregory an early day publisher in Lawton and Ardmore died at his home aged 85 Funeral services will be held at St Philip s Episcopal church He came from Tennessee in 1910 and published the Lawton News later bought the Ardmore Statesman and ran it until 1927 Survivors include his widow and two daughters Mrs Kelsey Polk Ardmore and Mrs St Locke Breaux San Francisco
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Ardmore
Oklo
E. L. Gregory
Lawton
Tennessee
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
Col. Gregory
Oklahoma
Kelsey Polk
St. Locke Breaux
San Francisco
Chance Meeting Sparks 25 Year Reunion in Oklahoma
L Pound and Mancel Dunn, separated 25 years, were reunited in Wetumka Oklahoma after a mutual friend arranged the meeting. They grew up near Alma Arkansas and later moved with their families to Indian Territory, living 30 miles apart.
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Wetumka
L. Pound
Mancel Dunn
Dunn
Pound
Atwood
Billy” Freeman
Leander
Alma
Ark
Holdenville
Whereabouts of Belgian King Kept Secret
Berlin reports that King Leopold of the Belgians is living under secret status as allied leaders threaten retaliation. German sources say the location is concealed to avoid possible Allied bombing of his castle, citing orders from French Premier Reynaud and Belgian Premier Pierlot.
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Berlin
Leopold
Paul Reynaud
Hubert Pierlot
Sight Recovered Inspires Burson to Comment on Skirts
After nine years of total blindness, Mrs. Schuyler D. Burson of Kankakee regained sight following an operation. Her first words on seeing a city street were a remark about fashion noting that skirts are short this year.
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Kankakee
Schuyler D. Burson
Hoover calls for action not advisory reports in defense
Former President Herbert Hoover urged immediate action over Roosevelt’s advisory defense commission. He blasted Assistant Secretary Louis Johnson for a radio speech and pressed to reorganize the war and navy departments and appoint an industry group to boost munitions production.
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New York
P.herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Hoover
War and Navy Departments
Tulsa Drier Than In Months Says State Agent
Tulsa on May 29 reports State Agent Ted Husted claiming drought on liquor violations. He joined police on raids and said no liquor violations were found, attributing the scarcity to federal enforcement of the anti-import law reducing state liquor supply.
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Tulsa
Ted Husted
Husted
Crable Calls for Permanent Oklahoma School Law
Oklahoma State Superintendent A L Crable urged replacing yearly school laws with a permanent program to reduce biennial disputes. Speaking to 700 educators at the Department of Education seminar, he emphasized stable funding and specific finance provisions so districts can predict annual state aid.
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Oklahoma City
A. L. Crable
Oklahoma
State Department of Education
Girl Loses Damage Suit Over Bathing Privacy Rules
Joan Aveline Lawrence 16 faced expulsion from Mark Keppel High after refusing group gymnasium showers. A California court upheld the Alhambra board of education policy, noting private showers were provided and transfers offered. The judge ruled school facilities met privacy standards and dismissed the $10,000 damages claim.
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Los Angeles
Alhambra Board of Education
Mark Keppel High School
Joan Aveline Lawrence
Roy V. Rhodes
Narvik Captured by Allied Forces in Norway
A joint admiralty war office communique announced Narvik on the Norwegian coast was taken last night by allied forces. Fagerness and Forsneset also came under allied control, giving the allies a sea and air base near the Arctic Circle and closer access to the British Isles.
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London
Admiralty-War Office
Narvik
Fagerness
Forsneset
Arctic Circle
Norway
British Isles
Trondheim
Germany
Russia Sweden discuss trade pact in principle
Moscow reports that Russian and Swedish reps reached in principle agreement on a trade pact. Russia seeks railroad materials steel while Sweden eyes petroleum products grain and manganese.
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Moscow
Russia
Sweden
Indictment Filed Against Union Leader George Scalise
An indictment charging George Scalise former president of the Building Service Employees International Union AFL with larceny forgery and embezzlement of 60 counts and involving 60087.27 was filed today in general sessions court.
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New York
George Scalise
Building Service Employees International Union
AFL
General Sessions Court
Travancore Offers Armed Forces to Britain
In Bombay on May 29 the Travancore prime minister told farmers that the state with a population of 5,000,000 has offered the services of all its armed forces to Great Britain.
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Bombay
Travancore
Great Britain
Naval gunfire heard along southeast England coast
Heavy naval gunfire off the southeast coast of England was heard this morning in several towns. The bombardment lasted about one hour. No air raid warnings were given, but residents who were awakened by the blasts sought air raid shelters.
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London
England
Civil Service Commission Refuses Certification for Communists
The Civil Service commission announced it would refuse to certify for any federal agency a person found to belong to the communist party the German Bund or any other communist or Nazi group in its ruling issued today.
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Washington
The
Civil Service Commission
Communist Party
Bund
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