Additional Registrants Added to Order List for Draft
New names join the selective service roster for District 1 in Pontotoc County surpassing District 2. Serial numbers from the Washington drawing will influence the final master list and draft order, with some shifts due to volunteers. The published order numbers help locate when a registrant may be called for training.
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Pontotoc County
Washington, D. C
Malcolm Marvin Hendrix
James Harvey Hammond
Alfred Heipkemeier
Samuel Arnold Blackburn
Wars Cost Money And Army Ordnance Chief Calls For Funds
Washington, Nov. 6. Major General C. M. Wesson, head of the army ordnance department, told the House appropriations committee that wars cost money and outlined an $914 million munitions program. He described plans to expand production for two million soldiers to potentially cover four million for hemisphere defense, listing planes, tanks, rifles, shells, powder, and more. The defense drive includes thousands of planes, thousands of tanks, armored divisions, and stand-by plants to turn out cannon and armor piercing shells, with many productions to be handled by private industry.
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W. B. Ragsdale
Washington
C. M. Wesson
Army Ordnance Department
House Appropriations Committee
Germany
France
Congress
Europe
Chrysler
Twin Locomotive
General Motors
Aid For Tulsa's impoverished Seen
Tulsa officials study a three point industrial plan to aid impoverished slum dwellers and unemployed workers. Judge Oras A. Shaw promotes a $125,000 program including a $75,000 alfalfa mill at Bixby, a $25,000 pecan cracking plant at Dawson, and a cheese factory at Tahlequah. Half the pecan plant capital is pledged and the alfalfa mill is nearly secured.
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Tulsa
Oras A. Shaw
Dawson
Tahlequahe
Textbook Case Is Continued Again
The hearing on a suit against the state textbook commission was continued Tuesday by District Judge Tal Crawford until next Tuesday. The suit, to test the constitutionality of the State textbook law, was filed by the Steedman district of Pontotoc county.
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State Textbook Commission
Tal Crawford
Steedman
Pontotoc County
Cleveland convention delights 17000 teachers and students
A Cleveland event drew 17,000 teachers who celebrated the convention while local school children enjoyed a day off.
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Cleveland
Mrs Churchill Thomas Resumes Activities After Two-Year Absence
Mrs. Churchill Thomas of 227 East Seventeenth Street resumes public life after two years in Norman. She has been active in social church and study clubs, previously presiding over the Wednesday Morning Music Club and Delphian club, and chaired the Ibsen Department of the Fortnightly Study Club. Active in civic work, L W V member, church worker, and airport committee. she attended East Central State College and Colorado and Oklahoma universities, and is an accomplished pianist who enjoys bridge and current literature.
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Churchill Thomas
East Seventeenth Street
Thomas
Norman
The
State University
Delphian Club
Ibsen
League of Women Voters
First Christian Church
Z. K. McKay
Ada
Stonewall
Ada High School
Grigsby
Orr
East Central State College
Pi Kappa Sigma Sorority
Colorado University
University of Oklahoma
November Melancholy Turns Jolly For Affiant
November brings election hush and quail season ahead. The affiant notes easing political speeches as ballots close. Weather hints, winter wheat growth, and Thanksgiving cheer color the month with hopeful spirits. Rafe Hoskins jokes about better excuses than election returns to stay up late.
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Rafe Hoskins
Golf Trend Among Friends Amid Ducking Seasons
The piece notes rising interest in golf among friends with J ck Dagwell and Miles Tolbert taking up lessons and edging toward par after recent achievements. It contrasts golf with duck hunting and football, mentions a Kansas City golf tournament win, and comments on tent life at Fort Sill and the appeal of steam heated barracks over cold camps.
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J Ck Dagwell
Miles Tolbert
Kansas City
Bob White
Oklahoma National
Fort Sill
Hunter
Cheerful Cherub Stuff It Brightens Up The Scene
A cheerful note declares cheerfulness brightens life as war abroad yields sad results but peace prevails at home through a lengthy, reflective verse about halting Halloween excess and the year’s passage.
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Hallowe’en
Captain Bill Bleakley Sets Aviation Record in Duel
Cap tain Bill Bleakley, an able aviator, recently killed four whizzing jack Snipe with three shots, a notable record observed by the paper. The incident highlights Bleakley’s marksmanship and skill at aerial gunnery. The report notes the unusual feat as a milestone in local aviation lore.
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Bill Bleakley
Unclear excerpt notes jacksnipe gamebird views and Oklahoma student outlook
The fragment cites Welborn Hope on jacksnipe as tough gamebird targets, Bill Stuart, an aviation engineer from New York hired in Tulsa to boost defense, and Nancy Royal of the Oklahoma Daily at O U reporting student views on capitalism and pessimism amid campus finances.
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Bill Stuart
New York
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Bill
O U
Nancy Royal
Oklahoma Daily
O. U
Farm Editor Notes Wheat Improves, Draft Could Delays Harvest
Clarence Roberts notes wheat looks better than last year yet the draft may allow some farm boys to dodge the harvest field.
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Clarence Roberts
Stock Market In Upward Turn Today
New York stocks rose after a brief early dip as steel shares led gains. Walkie supporters’ selling faded into buying amid strong industrial orders from the defense program. U S Steel Bethlehem rose from small losses to modest gains while Republic Steel and Boeing advanced. Douglas Aircraft recovered an early $2 drop.
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New York
Navy
Wall Street
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic Steel
Boeing
Douglas
Doubly Proud Of His Fellowship In Enid
Enid physician Dr. Bruce R. Hinson earned a fellowship in the American College of Surgeons at the Chicago convention, a coveted honor earned in his second year of eligibility after eight years post med school. His father, the late Dr. T. B. Hinson, was the first to practice in Enid to hold such a fellowship.
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Enid
Bruce R. Hinson
American College of Surgeons
Chicago
Hinson
T. B. Hinson
Printing Industry to Be Honored in Oklahoma City
The Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce will host Printers Week with a Friday forum luncheon by the Printers' club sponsoring souvenirs from an 1830 Washington hand press. Harold L. Dobson will speak on Five Centuries of Printing Progress, noting Gutenberg's 15th century invention. The event involves forty local printing firms and paper houses. The program also mentions facts about the earth's orbit and lemon juice in pastry dough.
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Oklahoma City
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