Program to Diversion Peanut Surplus for Oil Use
The Surplus Marketing Administration announced a phased plan to divert 1940 peanut surplus to oil and by products. Regional associations will buy Farmers' stock peanuts at authorized prices and resell to edible trade if prices exceed purchase plus handling allowances. Oklahoma warehouse site expected. conferences with growers planned to align acreage with the 1941 diversion program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surplus Marketing Administration
Department of Agriculture
U. S
C. H. Hailey
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Southwestern Peanut Growers’ Association
Gorman
Texas
Jewel Robber Holds Up Oklahoma City Jewelry Store
A tall man robbed a downtown shop of 1 075 dollars in cash jewelry and old gold at gunpoint after asking to use the telephone. He snipped wires, seized 14 diamond rings, and escaped with a bag of gold and about 25 dollars while the owner and staff complied and later alerted police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
J. L. Jones
Jones
Sawmill Cooperative Builds Negro Extension Building in Texas
A U S Forest Service report notes a negro saw mill cooperative in Texas teamed with the farmers' county council to produce 16 000 feet of lumber and 25 squares of shingles for a 30 by 64 foot Negro agricultural extension building. The county funded 650 dollars for sawing and materials, while the project yielded a building worth 3 000 dollars and a 100 dollar contest prize. cooperative efforts can improve farm woodland management with state and federal forestry support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Board
U. S. Forest Service
Texas
Farmers’ County Council
Hopson Recommitted to Bellevue Hospital for 10 Days
Federal Judge Alfred C. Coxe ordered Howard C. Hopson former head of the Associated Gas and Electric system recommitted to Bellevue Hospital for 10 days of psychiatric observation to assess mental fitness for trial on mail fraud conspiracy charges. Trial set for October 14.
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Hopson
New York
Alfred C. Coxe
Howard C. Hopson
Associated Gas and Electric System
Bellevue Hospital
Coxe
Job Quiz reveals odd industrial classifications in Louisiana
The Louisiana state employment service has compiled quirky worker classifications such as frogshaker in tobacco handling and black-pickle sorter in iron and steel. The list, part of the state feature “Job Quiz,” covers diverse roles from frog farmer to gandy dancer and chute girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana State Employment Service
Rodeo Rated Most Perilous Sport by Veteran Producer
Colorado Springs veteran Leo Cremer, with 20 years of rodeo shows, argues bronco riding rivals boxing, football, and hockey for danger. He says a rider faces constant slaughter risk from wild horses, with no mercy once bucking begins and a slip can mean death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Leo Cremer
Animal Kingdom
Cremer
Nation's railroads ahead of equipment requirements
Washington October first M. J. Gormley of the Association of American Railroads said the nation's railroads are keeping very much ahead of equipment needs. Carriers continue adding rolling stock and expect no difficulty meeting defense program demands.
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Washington
M. J. Gormley
Association of American Railroads
Gormley
Train crash injures man near Edson Wyoming
Rawlins Wyoming October 1 One trainman was hurt when an eastbound Union Pacific passenger train collided with an eastbound freight train at Edson Wyoming twenty three miles east of Rawlins. The freight was also moving east.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Union Pacific
Edson
Here
Accidents Touch Life and Pocketbook of One in Four
The 1940 edition of Accident Facts from the National Safety Council reports 93 000 accidental deaths in 1939 and 8 800 000 injuries. It notes extensive property damage, auto and fire losses, and potential industry costs reaching near a billion dollars, urging that accidents are a personal problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
Autograph seeker injured by missiles aimed at Willkie crowd
In Detroit on October 1 a girl, Betty Wilson 19, was struck on the head by a metal wastebasket as Willkie entered a downtown hotel. A dozen stitches followed a scalp laceration. a suspect, Doris LaRue 31, employed by the Reconstruction Finance Corp, claimed it was done for fun from an eighteenth floor room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Wendell L. Willkie
Betty Wilson
Doris LaRue
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Paul Wencel
Miss LaRue
Rehabilitation Corps To Be Formed Of Men With Slight Physical Defects
Washington October 1 fifty thousand men who might escape the draft because of physical disability may be called to camps for six months of training. They will form a rehabilitation corps for acclimatization and repair before regular training, focusing on mild defects and excluding tuberculosis venereal disease and similar ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Navy
Hans Zinsser
New York
Imports Of Corned Beef Not Hurting American Prices
SULPHUR Oct 1 AP Corned beef imports have little effect on American products or prices says E S Adams assistant sales manager of Wilson & Co at a sales meeting in Oklahoma He notes Argentina supplies much meat but the volume is negligible compared with U S production and would need huge quantities to affect prices He adds American meat is better for most uses and calls talk of farmers harmed by imports political. A navy purchase of imported canned beef a few years ago prompted congress to bar further abroad buys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Adams
Wilson & Co
Oklahoma
United States
Argentina
Adams
U. S. Navy
Congress
Navy
US Ambassador Witnesses German Plane Crash Near Windsor
United States Ambassador Joseph Kennedy said he watched a German raiding plane crash near his country estate in Windsor Great Park after it was crippled by anti air craft fire. He said the plane came so close he could almost count the buttons on the pilot's coat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Joseph Kennedy
Messerschmitt
Windsor Great Park
Harrington WPA Chief Dies After Operation
F C Harrington national commissioner of the work projects administration died in a New London hospital after an operation for an intestinal obstruction He was stricken while visiting at his brother in laws summer home With him at the bedside were his two children Yale student William Harrington and Eleanor Harrington Harry Hopkins and Howard Hunter came upon learning of his condition
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
F. C. Harrington
The
Work Projects Administration
Col. Harrington
William Rayburn
William Harrington
Yale
Eleanor Harrington
Harry Hopkins
Commerce
Harrington
Howard Hunter
WPA
Voted 50 Years Finds Not Citizen Becomes US Citizen
Christian Haeffner of Blaine county voted for 50 years before realizing his citizenship was incomplete. He learned his father’s naturalization never finished and recently took the oath of allegiance before District Judge W. P. Keen. He plans to keep voting as a 100 percent American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
W. P. Keen
Clinton
Toll Road Opens on Dream Highway Between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh
Carlile based report notes motorists paid tolls to bypass mountain routes on Pennsylvania’s 160 mile express highway. Groundbreaking 23 months ago the Harrisburg to Pittsburgh link cost 70 million dollars. Tunnels left unfinished by Andrew Carnegie and Roosevelt is expected to dedicate the highway on a date not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Allegheny Mountains
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Andrew Carnegie
South Penn Railroad
Roosevelt
Urban Center marks second anniversary celebration
The Urban Cultural Center in its second year will run Sept 24 to Oct 4 with a mass meeting by A Maceo Smith of Dallas. The center offers social services instruction a reading room WCTU public library and NAACP auxiliaries. A Friday story hour is led by Mrs Fooshee Mrs Miller Mrs Ligon and Ruth Ada Gee. A drive seeks 500 more books to reach 1 339 with 31 25 magazines. Rev W W Mayle is noted as founder whose birth date is Sept 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urban Cultural Center
A. Maceo Smith
Dallas
U. S. Housing Authority
W.C.T.U
Public Library
NAACP
M. Fooshee
George Miller
Bruce Ligon
Ruth Ada Gee
Thompson
Thompson Book Store
W. Gordon Harrel
W. W. Mayle
Army Air Captain and Wife Die in Plane Crash
Walterboro South Carolina reports an airplane crash in a pine forest overnight killing a man identified as Army Air Captain Charles A. Ross age 37 with Arlington Virginia address and a woman named Mrs. Charles A. Ross of Arlington. Letters found addressed to the captain and a log book show recent city visits and fuel stop at Monroe Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walterboro
S. C
Here
Army Air
Charles A. Ross
Air Corps
Washington, D.C
Arlington
Monroe
Young Panamanian President Forms Youthful Cabinet
Dr. Arnulfo Arias, at 39, selects a new cabinet averaging under 45 ahead of his inauguration. Observers note a middle of the road foreign policy with a friendly stance toward all nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Arnulfo Arias
Pleasure trip ends in fatal plane crash
Army friends of Captain Charles A. Ross and his wife say the couple were on a pleasure trip when their private plane crashed near Walterboro South Carolina last night. Captain Ross had been on leave for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Friends
Charles A. Ross
Walterboro
S. C
Ross
Export Controls Tighten on Military Optical Gear
Exports Limited Washington Oct. 1 Fire control instruments military searchlights aerial cameras and other optical equipment may not be exported without a government license a presidential proclamation signed yesterday restricts such shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico Seeks Scrap Iron Bids as Japan Embargo Bites
Mexico City October 1 bids were asked for 100000 to 150000 tons of scrap iron amid a Japanese embargo on scrap shipments from the United States. Bids came from Japan the United States and Canada. Some iron is held by the national railways and the oil industry government.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Japan
United States
Canada
National Railways
State and Phillips Fight Over Oil Royalty Before Supreme Court
Oklahoma City October 1 The State and Phillips Petroleum clash over 280 354 dollars in capital oil well royalties claimed by property owners on adjacent land. Phillips says an old state agreement granted 3 8 of 1 4 royalty to owners who would refrain from drilling. Assistant Attorney General Fred Hansen argues no ratified agreement and no board authority, noting wells on borders drained the oil and excluded terrace residents from sharing. If lost the royalty could reach about 27000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Phillips Petroleum Company
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Phillips Counsel
State Board of Affairs
Fred Hansen
Board of Affairs
Lincoln Terrace
Hansen
Terrace
Phillips’ Treasury
Nash New Head Of Motor Carriers
Evans A Nash of Oklahoma City was elected president of the Associated Motor Carrier of Oklahoma at its annual meeting. Vice presidents include Lloyd Tindall of Okemah and R L Williams of Enid. The new executive committee will meet to decide on a secretary manager. Resolutions endorsed Governor Phillips economy program and urged strengthening motor carrier statutes and state tax laws for proper enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Evans A. Nash
Associated Motor Carrier of Oklahoma
Lloyd Tindall
Okemah
R. L. Williams
Enid
Nash
Moss Patterson
Phillips
Allen Wins A Game At Last
Bony Matthews praised after the Allen high Mustangs outscored Wetumka 12 to 6. Allen recovered from a rough start as Wetumka’s kickoff return set the tone before strong drives and a blocked punt return produced the scoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Bony Matthews
Allen High Mustangs
Wetumka
Wetumkan
Borders
Weleetka
Turkeys Take Top Honors At State Fair In Oklahoma City
Carl Solomon of Vanessa swept bronze division awards at the state fair in Oklahoma City. He won first through third in old toms, first through third in old hens, and first and second in young toms, plus Champion Tom and Champion Hen. Solomon plans to headline a county Poultry Show this winter.
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Carl Solomon
Pontotoc County
Vaness
Oklahoma City
Old Toms
Solomon
Pouls
Pedestrian Underpass Under Construction in Atoka
Work began on a WPA supervised pedestrian underpass near Court Street to help school children cross the busy highway and ease noon and evening congestion. The project costs 4575 dollars and 5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atoka
Court Street
FFA students to compete in Oklahoma City judging contests
Stratford F F A boys left for Oklahoma City to enter statewide contests in livestock poultry dairy and terracing. More than 1000 Future Farmers from the state participated. From Stratford Elmer Forrest Jr Joe Smith Arnold Fraley judged livestock and poultry Harold Stephens Delbert Jackson Daryl Duke Arlis Watts Morris Gray Clyde Griffith the terracing team comprised Joe Smith and Louis Fraley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Oklahoma City
Elmer Forrest, Jr
Joe Smith
Arnold Fraley
Harold Stephens
Delbert Jackson
Daryl Duke
Arlis Watts
Morris Gray
Clyde Griffith
Louis Fraley
Man Seeks Army Exemption Over False Teeth
Springfield Ohio October 1 state selective service director Paul G Armstrong received a long letter from a prospective draftee arguing for exemption. The man claimed false teeth would prevent him from serving and noted a new set of uppers causing trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Paul G. Armstrong
State Director
Selective Service
Armstrong
Recreation Planned For Fall Months
Fall schedule announced for the WPA recreation center in Convention Hall basement under supervisor Mrs. Ozella Waner. Daily hours 1 30 to 5 30 p m with additional Saturday morning time and evening programs Monday Wednesday Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Convention Hall
Ozella Waner
Kindness Backfires For This Driver
Otis Grady of Hugo shared a ride with two youths in the Dallas area. After picking up a third hitchhiker who turned out to be an accomplice, the trio robbed Grady of his keys watch and billfold before returning the items and vanishing. Grady later wired home for funds to buy gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo
Otis Grady
Dallas
Tex
Grady
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Stephen J. McDonough
Stricken
Connecticut
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State
Nash New Head of Motor Carriers
Roff
National Guard
St. Louis
Red Daugherty
Taylor
Sam
B. W. Weems
East Central
Weems
Wynnewood
Stonewall
Caddo
Coalgate
Hall
Kennedy
Roberts
CCC
State Health Department
el Reno
Tishomingo
Dorothy Johnson
Miss Johnson
Tri-County
Curtis Floyd
Set
WPA Recreation Project
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