D F Fleet Dies At Sherman After Oil Career
D F Fleet 57 an Ada oil man long active in Sasakwa and Ada died Wednesday in a Sherman Texas hospital after illness. He moved to Dallas in 1936 and left holdings in Oklahoma and East Texas. Survived by wife two sons Howard and Frank Jr and daughter Margaret and three nephews John Carl Fleet Houston and Walter Fleet Ada.
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D. F. Fleet
Ada
Sherman
Texas
Dallas
Fleet
Sherman Hospital
Mr. Fleet
Strangers Home
Arkansas
Oklahoma Territory
Byars and
Davis
Sasakwa
Jim Fleet
Fleetborn Oil Corporation
Fitts Field
Crusader Petroleum Company
Oklahoma
East
Mrs. Fleet
Howard and
Frank Jr
Margaret
John
Carl Fleet
Houston
Walter Fleet
Congress Eyes Revision of Revenue System After Tax Bill
The excess profits tax bill nears President Roosevelt after weeks of debate as lawmakers press for a full overhaul of the revenue structure. A major obstacle to recess remains the $1.48 billion defense appropriations bill funding conscription and an expanded army, pending Senate action.
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President
Defense Appropriations
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
General Key Relays Telephone Etiquette Change
In Oklahoma City on October 2 Major General W. S. Key known as Colonel by friends assumed command of the 45th division in training. His wife ordered a simple shift in addressing the home by having the maid answer calls as General Key's residence, then correcting herself to the Colonel, as she related to Mrs. Key.
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Oklahoma City
W. S. Key
General Key
Colonel Key
Breakfast Table Air Battles Inspire Nervous Series View
Harp notes that tense air battles can bloom over breakfast. Granma Wheeler watches from London and follows the first game of the world's series to quiet her nerves.
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Cather Harp
Gran
Ma Wheeler
London
It’s a Girl At Lindbergh’s New York Birth News
News from New York reports Mrs Charles A Lindbergh gave birth to a 712 pound daughter at Doctors Hospital on October 2. The child is the Lindberghs fourth child and their first daughter. Mother and baby were said to be well and visited by Col and Mrs Lindbergh and Mrs Dwight Morrow. The couple, married in 1929, faced the kidnap death of their son in 1932 and later losses of two other children.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Doctors’ Hospital
Col. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Dwight Morrow
U. S
Mexico
Englewood
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Hopewell
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Trenton
Jon
Land Morrow
Registration Step Nearer in Pontotoc County Draft
Registration for Pontotoc County men under the draft act moves forward as officials receive the First Book of Instructions. Joe Bryan, county draft registration chairman, calls precinct election boards to Ada at Corner Drug for briefing. October 16 is designated as registration day.
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Pontotoc County
Joe Bryan
County Election Board
Ada
Dale Rogers Heads Pontotoc County Schoolmasters Club
Dale Rogers superintendent of Fittstown schools is named president of the Pontotoc County Schoolmasters club. He was elected Wednesday at the Aldridge hotel with Herschel Melton as vice president and Ray Stegall remains treasurer. Ben Hatcher spoke on the local health unit while a girls trio from East Central college performed. Attendance reached 51.
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Dale Rogers
Fittstown
Pontotoc County
Aldridge Hotel
Herschel Melton
Lawrence
Ray Stegall
Ben Hatcher
Hatcher
East Central College
Doris Nelson
Aleene Tilley
Margie Brumley
Planes Sought for Return From Martinique
American efforts to recover more than 100 U.S. built war planes idle on Martinique were discussed by President Roosevelt and the French ambassador. The planes were taken to the island aboard the carrier Bearn and guarded by British ships since the armistice. Returning them could improve U.S.-Vichy relations and ease tensions over Martinique.
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Washington
Martinique
Caribbean
Roosevelt
Henri Haye
Bearn
United States
Vichy
U.S. Navy Plans Larger Atlantic Fleet
U S Navy aims to expand the Atlantic fleet as British cabinet reshuffles loom. France faces severe winter privation in unoccupied zones due to shortages of food and fuel, with butter eggs milk oil and fuel nearly unobtainable and long lines for scarce supplies.
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Atlantic
New York
Lioyd Lehrbas
Associated Press
France
Europe
Lehrbas
Warsaw
Vichy
Britain to reshuffle cabinet as munitions build up two ocean navy
London circles expect Chamberlain to resign with Eden to succeed him while Britain readies a winter of war. The United States plans a 125 ship Atlantic fleet combining existing squadrons, newly completed vessels, and purchases, joining the Pacific fleet in a two ocean naval buildup.
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Munich
United States
Atlantic
Britain
London
Chamberlain
Churchill
Lord Halifax
Anthony Eden
U. S. Navy
Navy Department
Pacific
Asphalt Surfacing In Place On Northwest Highway
Six miles of asphalt were laid last week on Highway 13 northwest of Ada and went into use after the final load Sunday. The work begins at the hilltop west of the Sandy Creek crossing and runs toward the Canadian river just south of Asher. Remaining sections will be surfaced when ready. Barndollar and Crosbie Asphalt supplied material quarried west of Latta and milled near Ada.
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Highway 13
Ada
Sandy Creek
Canadian River
Asher
Barndollar and Crosbie Asphalt Company
Latta
Aca
McAlester Woman Dies After Deep Head Gash
Mrs Bud Beard a 54 year old McAlester resident died in a hospital from a deep gash on top of her head with no clear explanation given by investigators. A female relative found her unconscious on a bed with a six month old grandchild beside her and neighbors report she had not been seen two hours prior on the porch. Nothing appeared to be missing from the home.
Russia Drafts Labor Reserve Decree for Teen Workers
Moscow reports Soviet Russia ordered conscription of labor reserves with annual training for 800000 to 1000000 teenage boys. After instruction they will work in state industries for four years. First callup on November 10 assigns 350000 to railroad schools and 250000 to other industrial classes.
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Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Mass Meeting At McLish High School Thursday
A mass meeting will be held at McLish high school auditorium Thursday at 7 30 p.m. to discuss the proposed state constitution amendment on liquor sales. Sponsors are local churches and schools.
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McLish High School
Willkie Demands Definite Action on Defense and Tax Reform
Willkie accuses Roosevelt of playing politics with defense and pledges to appoint capable managers to oversee the program. He favors tax revision to spur risk takers and supports aiding Britain even if it slows U S air buildup. He spoke in Cleveland and Adrian on a day marked by mixed crowds and a tomato thrown at his car.
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Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Cleveland
Ickes
Northwest
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
TVA
Plo
Britain
Taft
Ohio
Adrian
Michigan
Toledo
Lehman Statement False Willkie Denounces Lehman
On the Wilkie train to Cleveland Wendell Willkie called Gov. Lehman a false malicious and subversive speaker. He urged unity in foreign policy and warned against misperceptions toward aiding Britain. A two inch stone shattered a dining car window injuring Philadelphia Inquirer correspondent William Murphy with minor abrasions.
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Cleveland
Wendell L. Willkie
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Roosevelt
Hitler
Mussoini
Stalin
Japan
Willkie
Britain
Lehman
Wilkie
William C. Murphy
Washington
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
German pilot shoots squadron leader then is shot down
BBC says a German pilot, caught in a fight with British Hurricanes, shot down his squadron commander and was immediately shot down by the German flight leader. The report cites a Royal Air Force captain.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Royal Air Force
Rayburn Confident On 59 Roosevelt Votes In Southwest
New York October 2 House Speaker Sam Rayburn told Edward Flynn as regional director of the southwestern Democratic National Committee that he expects 59 electoral votes for Roosevelt from the southwest. He cited Texas and neighboring states as solid for the Democratic ticket noting Willkie’s limited reception in Amarillo.
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New York
Sam Rayburn
Dtex
Edward J. Flynn
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Rayburn
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
Wallace Speech Follows Willkie Policy Confusion
Wallace campaigned in Washington and Oregon arguing Willkie’s power policy is unclear. He cited Willkie’s TVA opposition and testimony in 1938, claiming Bonneville dam would be unconstitutional if TVA was.
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Spokane
Wash
Henry A. Wallace
Washington State
Oregon
Wendell Willkie
Portland
Wallace
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Willkie
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congressional
TVA
Bonneville
Colombia River
War Departments Against Censorship Stance Draws Praise
New York October 2 The War Department opposes rigid censorship praising American newspapers for a national defense service and urging voluntary cooperation to avoid censorship. Berlin October 3 Sirens and heavy anti air fire mark air raids with eight lightnings on Britain as Germany and Italy press a mutual aid pact and use shrapnel bombs.
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Japan
Germany
Italy
Europe
Britain
Blow at Empire's Food Line Struck By Japs in China
TIENTSIN October 3 Japanese army imposes new limits on export and transfer of livestock and meat in north China. British owned International Export Co heavily affected as canned meat shipments to England face disruption. Japanese monopoly on sale of cotton hemp hides and furs seen as targeting Americans with orders worth 750000 dollars who previously dominated north China trade.
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Tientsin
England
China
International Export Company
North China
Peiping
Hull at sixty nine a quiet birthday amid world crisis
Cordell Hull, aged sixty nine, marks his birthday as secretary of state while facing a global drama. He remains preoccupied with world affairs, keeping routines at the State Department as Britain and Germany wage air and diplomatic battles on multiple fronts.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
State Department
Hull
Oil Field Worker Injured in Stratford Accident
Albert Nunley, 47, of Oklahoma City was injured Wednesday morning when heavy oil field equipment toppled onto him at a well near Stratford. Doctors at Breco Memorial Hospital reported fractures to both legs, with the left ankle broken and the right leg in two places.
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Albert Nunley
Oklahoma City
Stratford
Breco Memorial Hospital
Nunley
Firebomb hits famous English boys school. no casualties
In London on Thursday October 3 incendiary bombs struck a renowned boys school in southeastern England. The roof fire was quickly extinguished with no injuries. The report notes Eton Harrow and Rugby as England's historic schools and locates Eton near Windsor.
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London
England
Eton
Harrow
Rugby
Windsor’ Castle
Trainload of French POWs Arrives in Vichy for Release
A train with 246 severely wounded Frenchmen captured by the Germans arrived at Vichy today as the first group of 18,000 to be released under a recent agreement.
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Vichy
France
Spain's Economic Straits Shape Neutral Policy
Madrid reports Spain's tight economic situation could have doomed a military venture and influenced the Rome Berlin axis to spare Spain from immediate involvement. Sources say Spain cannot sustain winter needs given shortages of food fuel and key raw materials, reinforcing non belligerent stance.
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Madrid
Spain
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