Thanksgiving Observed In Ada As Offices Close
Ada residents observe Thanksgiving with home gatherings and a day of rest. Schools close early and reopen Monday. post office and banks shut. Local football game at Norris field tops holiday plans, while President Roosevelt’s Thanksgiving proclamation lauds peace and democracy and calls for prayers for the distressed. Congressmen anticipate smoother travel as workers finish laying steel track for the tiny railroad between the capitol and the senate building.
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PESSIMIST 20 One of the first lessons for a college boy
A fragment reflects on growing up and learning that many answers come from experience rather than the back of a book. The tone is folksy and reflective, suggesting simple wisdom gained after leaving college.
Unrest Across Seas As Germany Signs Pact With France
The article notes a 20 percent tax on German Jewish property worth over 2000 marks to fund a 400 million mark fine. Germany and France sign a wart renunciation and non aggression pact aligned with British anti war talks. Hungary Premier Imedi resigns amid parliament vote. a sit down strike of 26,000 workers in 40 north French factories challenges the government as police act.
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Germany
Paris
London
Imedi
Hungary
Czechosovakia
Red Cross appeals for clothing and bedding in Ada
Severe cold has increased calls to Ada Red Cross for clothing and bedding. Citizens are urged to donate unused items to the Red Cross secretary or deliver them to the Pontotoc County Red Cross office in Convention Hall. Committees report rising funds for the county program of work over the coming year.
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Ada
Red Cross
Pontotoc County
Profit Sharing Opposed by AFL Leader in Senate Hearing
William Green of the American Federation of Labor told a Senate committee that labor cannot accept profit sharing without collective bargaining. He opposed using government taxing power to promote profit sharing and urged genuine union organization to discuss compensation standards with management. Senator Vandenberg signaled possible indirect subsidies to industry to sustain employment during downturns.
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William Green
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American Federation of Labor
Herring
Vandenoerg
R-Mich
Ed Labor
Vandenberg
Congress
Sag and Fox Max Get Timely Payment
Washington November 22. Payment of $50 each to Sac and Fox Indians under the Shawnee Oklahoma agency has been recommended to Secretary Ickes by Indian Commissioner John Callier Howard Payne secretary to Rep Rogers said. The money would come from the tribal reserve fund. Payne said there is no reason why the secretary should not approve the recommendation and he expected payment shortly before Christmas.
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Wasitington
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Ickes
John Callier
Howard Payne
Rep
Rogers
D-Olda
Payne
California wildfire Panic asThree Counties Burn Homes Lost
A massive California wildfire raged through three counties near Santa Monica and the San Bernardino mountains. More than 200 homes were destroyed above Santa Monica, with luxury houses of film figures Richard Dix and others among losses. The Arrowhead Springs hotel burned. 10 people were reported missing. Lifeguards aided evacuations as flames swept from Strawberry Peak toward Malibu.
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Canyon
Santa Monica
San Bernardino Mountains
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Lake Arrowhead
Big Bear
Arrowhead Springs
Joseph M. Schenck
Ritz Brothers
Richard Dix
Sam Woods
Frank
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Malibou Beach
Las Flores Canyon
British government admits suppressing newsreel during Czechoslovak crisis
In the House of Commons Sir John Simon stated the government, with US Ambassador Joseph Kennedy, acted to withdraw a Paramount newsreel. He said certain passages could have prejudiced Prime Minister Chamberlain in talks with Adolf Hitler at Godesberg and hindered negotiations.
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John Simon
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United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
John
Charmberlain
Aéolon Hitler
Godesberg
Rhine
Geoffrey L. Mander
Ems
Wicksham Steed
A. J. Cummings
Simon
Tain
Herr Hitler
Thanksgiving reflection on war, peace, and national recovery
The writer notes a bountiful season and improving economy while America faces overseas turmoil. Despite past strains since 1865, the nation remains intact and looks forward to better times. War elsewhere highlights the value of peace and gratitude for national resilience and progress.
Phillips names Buck Curnutt for Oklahoma Senate floor leader
Governor elect Phillips announced H. M. Buck Curnutt of Barnsdall as the Democratic floor leader for the seventeenth Oklahoma Senate, with ratification expected Friday. He urged keeping senate power to confirm commission appointees while retaining authority to remove them, signaling stability after earlier revolt rumors.
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Phillips
H. M
Buck” Curnuti
Barnsdall
Seventeenth
Senate
Ott Phillips
Highway Commission
Tax Commission
State Industrial Commission
Homer Paul
Pauls Valley
Tom Anglin
Holdenville
Paul
Roads and Highways Committee
Anglin
Curnutt
Amish Set Up Own School In Smoketown
In Smoketown Pennsylvania Amish Plain People win a court battle to retain one room schoolhouses rather than join a consolidated district. After buying a school from the district they renovate it with repairs funded partly by a farmer within their sect, saying the modern system threatens their beliefs and farm way of life.
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Pennsylvania
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Final Plans For Christmas Ada Jaycees Event
Wednesday night outlined final arrangements for the downtown Christmas season opening next Tuesday. Homer Peay announced committees to coordinate with the Boy Scouts and to review proposed by laws versus the current Jaycee constitution. The Jaycees sponsor the program featuring elaborate lighting Santa Claus band concerts and window displays while owning the decorations for repeated use. Fred Fauntleroy entertained with musical broomstick fiéde.
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United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Sinclair in sale of oil pipe line
TULBA Okla Nov 23 UP The sale of about 105 miles of oil pipe line gathering system in the southeastern Kansas stripper well area by Sinclair Refining to Petroleum Products Co of Chanute Kans was announced in rough terms. John R Manion said the buyer would operate the system starting today and would take around 200 barrels of crude daily from stripper areas in Allen County Kansas.
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John R. Manion
Sinclair
Manion
Frank Young
Petroleum Products
Petroleum. Products Company
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Allen County
Ineligible list spurs withholding of Oklahoma grants
The social security board withholds November and December old age assistance and aid to dependent children grants in Oklahoma due to prior overpayments to ineligible recipients. A total net indebtedness of 1 507 756 is cited, with 11 202 allocated for blind aid. Officials expect deductions from state grants amid ongoing eligibility reviews.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Oklahoma
Arthur J. Altroever
John Eddleman
Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission
Unon
Altmeyer
Eddlemen
Oklahoma City
H. J. Denton
State Commission
Picture Of Death By Own Action Studied In Probe
WHITE PLAINS N J Nov 24 Investigators hunted for clues in a face in a dream photograph of Eugene V Burckhalter 47 snapped before his supposed suicidal death in a home made lethal chamber his widow says she helped him set up The picture taken by Mrs Marie Burckhalter 44 stood near the garage where he was later found dead from carbon monoxide fumes Assistant District Attorney Ribert Gallagher said it showed Burckhalter standing hat in hand leaning on a cane near the garage The face appeared blank like a face in a dream Also noted is a contrast that in Copenhagen Denmark with 400000 registered bicycles there is a population of 850000.
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N. J
Tov
Eugene V. Burckhalter
Marie Burekhalter
Ribert ‘T. Gallagher
Burekhalter
Heavy Fire Destroys Muskogee Plant in Explosive Blaze
A fire at the H. 3. Egan Manufacturing Co in Muskogee Oklahoma caused more than 335000 in damage. Firemen Roy Guy and Roxy Dover suffered severe facial and arm burns from a chemical explosion inside the building. Over 50 workers were not present at the time of the blaze.
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Muskogee
Okla
H. 3. Egan Manufacturing Co
Roy Guy
Roxy Dover
Egan Company
Aged Man Is Killed Walking On Highway 99
John Crow a 65 year old man living south of Ada died after being struck by an automobile on state highway 99 near the highway 19 intersection. He was blinded by lights as he walked along the road and his leg and skull were crushed. Esther Westbrook of Denison Texas told patrolman Bob Simpson that he darted in front of the car. authorities absolved the driver of blame. Funeral arrangements are by Keith Funeral Chapel. This was the county's second traffic fatality for November, following a Frisco train auto collision that killed 55-year-old Claude Lewis.
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Pontotes County
John Crow
Ada
Bob Simpson
Crow
Esther Westbrook
Denison
Texas
Evelyn Rawkins
East Ninth Street
Oklahoma City
Atoka
Keith
Claude Lewis
Oklahoma Women College eyes safe driving for holiday travels
CHICKASHA Okla November holiday plans involve safety briefings for students at the Oklahoma College for Women. President M A Nash requested six highway patrol officers to visit the campus to speak on safe driving and inspect cars for road readiness after a prior student fatality. Sergeant Ivan Gates led the Lewiston detachment in the checks.
Moses proposes one cent cigarette tax for NYC slum clearance
Park Commissioner Robert Moses proposed a $200,000,000 state loan to finance a massive city slum clearance program. Ten projects would create low rent housing for 120,009 people in New York City, funded partly by the new tax, with the plan announced from New York on November 23.
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