Wickard Warns of Urgent British Food Need
Secretary Wickard defended a proposed one billion dollar lend lease food allocation saying Britain’s supply of dairy meat poultry and fruits remains below a healthy level given shipping limits and invasion risks. He noted aides found civilian health and production lagging and clarified that wheat and sugar were not exported or bought with lend lease funds.
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Washington
ULP
Wickard
Great Britain
Senate
England
Lord Woolton
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
States to Share Compact Cost
Fort Worth reports priorities and problems discussed by committees of the interstate oil compact commission. Amendments to the by laws activities for the year and Texas and other states participation in expenses will be worked out. Oklahoma has absorbed the expenses of the commission.
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Fort Worth
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Texas
Oklahoma
Jap Paper Pleads For Peace Course
Tokyo October 14 The Chugai Shogyo newspaper urged moderation and said a clash with the United States should not be dreamt of The paper argued no problem is so serious it must be settled by arms and that a collision depends on the United States calling for reconsideration by the U.S. government.
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Tokyo
Chugai Shogyo
United States
Japan
America
House Committees OK Ship Arming
The armed merchant men bill wins swift committee approval as six Republicans oppose, saying the administration pursues war by subterfuge. The measure would repeal section six of the 1939 neutrality act to allow arming cargo vessels for aid to Britain, with debate to begin.
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Washington
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Foreign Affairs Committee
Game Commission Ousts Dandridge From Ranger Job
The Oklahoma state game and fish commission ousted T. O. Dandridge of Ada as ranger and named Frank P. Stedman of Davis to replace him. Governor Phillips reportedly sanctioned the change amid a commission reorganization led by James W. McMahan of Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
State Game and Fish Commission
T. O. Dandridge
Ada
Frank P. Stedman
Davis
Phillips
Dandridge
Robert S. Kerr
S’err
Kerr
James W. McMahan
Okemah
Strike Ends at Hillsdale as CIO Aggressively Seeks Talks
The CIO United Automobile Workers suspend the Hillsdale strike at Hillsdale Steel Products, enabling resumption of transmissions work for 70 percent of army production at Spicer Manufacturing in Toledo. CIO chief R J Thomas says talks will continue with the mediation board in Washington.
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Associated Press
CIO
United Automobile Workers Today
the Hills
Mich
R. J. Thomas
Auto Workers
Detroit
Defense Mediation Board
Labor Department
Spicer
Saladsco
AFL
Hillsdale
AFL United Automobile Workers
Michigan
Afl-Uaw
Hillsdale Steel Products
Thomas
Mediation Board
Washington
CIO Steel Workers
Gary
Ind
Oeaean Company
Chicago
Near Hanging Now He's Free Pardoned After 30 Years
Frank Edwards, once sentenced to hang for the Walter Gray slaying near Hart, was pardoned by Governor Phillips after parole compliance. The 1911 case involved a stranger who killed Gray, Edwards claiming participation, and $175 from selling the wagon and team. Edwards had faced an insanity plea that failed.
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Pontotoc
Phillips
Edwards
Walter Gray
Hart
Pauls Valley
Ada
Gray
Edward
Three Fatalities On Roads of State
Three people died from injuries in Oklahoma highway crashes. Kate Eloise Rose, 31, of Butler, was injured Sunday near Clinton. John Mike Rogers, 68, of Hobart, was injured Sunday near Hobart. W G Young, 72, of Liberal Kansas, died after a Tuesday crash near Boyd. Mrs Young was seriously injured. Another crash near Fort Worth claimed Mrs Leo Whelan, 28, of Blackwell, injured Saturday after the Oklahoma Texas game in Dallas. her husband, Blackwell store manager, was seriously injured.
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Kate Eloise Rose
Butler
Custer County
Clinton
John Mike Rogers
Hobart
W. G. Young
Liberal
Kas
Boyd
Young
Fort Worth
Leo Whelan
Blackwell
Oklo
Dallas
Faculty Change In Fitzhugh School Reopening
One change announced as Fitzhugh schools prepare to reopen on October 20 Tolbert Brandon of Coal Gate will take over the high school defense shop program from Haskell Nance Nance resigns to join an airplane factory in Dallas Brandon brings 13 years teaching experience and NYA and high school defense workshop instructor qualifications
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Fitzhugh
Albert Hor
Tolbert Brandon
Coalgate
Haskell Nance
Brandon
NYA
Nance
Dallas
Th' Pessimist Sermon on Money and the Afterlife
A compact quotation warns that if money is the root of all evil, few should worry about the afterlife. The speaker uses a folksy voice to question moral stakes and material value.
Navy Ready to Arm Merchant Ships Under New Legislation
Secretary Knox said the navy could arm merchant ships as ships arrive, after Congress authorizes action. House rules granted parliamentary path to arming, with approval from foreign affairs. about 1,200 ships would need guns, taking roughly three months. Guns would be managed by chief petty officers with crews of 10 to 16 men per gun. Opposition suggested delaying tactic rather than substantive amendment.
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Washington
Knox
Congress
House Rules Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Navy
House
Bloom
D-Ny
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Mundt
South Dakota
British Fleet Repels Italian Torpedo Bombers Near Alexandria
On Oct 15 the British battleship group and allied ships repelled two Italian bomber assaults off the Alexandria coastline. British 45-inch and 6-inch guns blasted the attackers as Italian torpedoes missed. A second Italian squadron fled westward pursued by British aircraft. an Italian communique claimed damage to a battleship and a 10,000 ton cruiser.
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Alexandria
AFL rejects Browne for vice presidency in union vote
The American Federation of Labor overwhelmingly rejected George E Browne the indicted head of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employes as an AFL vice president Browne on trial in New York for extorting 550000 from motion picture firms Flore of Buffalo was elected to the 12th vice presidency Browne gained only 420 votes from his own union and one from the Colorado State Federation of Labor The AFL re elected William Green as president and amended its constitution reducing vice presidents from 15 to 13 The federation also urged cooperation against racketeering and crime and called for more labor men in national defense posts.
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Seattle
American Federation of Labor
George E. Browne
International Alliance of Theatrical and
AFL
Browne
Edward Flore
Buffalo
New York
Flore
Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union
Stage
Colorado State Federation of Labor
George W. Brayfield
William Green
George Meany
Federation
Executive Council
Thomas Rickert
Matthew Well
National Defense Agency
Federal Trade Commission
German gains widen western drive toward Moscow
The Russian front admitted a deteriorated position on the western front with a breakthrough by German forces. Berlin claimed immense new troops were moving up to bolster the advance as civilians fled Moscow and Kalinin areas amid encirclement battles.
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Moscow
Nicolai Lenin
Kalinin
Kremlin
Vyazma
Mozhaisk
Red Line
Upper
Volga
Berlin
Wage Raise Threatens Consolidated Aircraft Fleet
Major R. H. Fleet, president of Consolidated Aircraft Corp, warns a recently agreed wage deal with AFL machinists would cost 82 million dollars and break the company without federal financial aid. The 82.5 percent contingent vote approved the compromise, raising beginners to 60-75 cents and 13 cents more for those earning over 65 cents.
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San. Diego
Cal
R. H. Fleet
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
AFL
Fleet
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
Consolidated
Wage Ceiling Would Ruin Bill Says Ford
Representative Thomas F. Ford of California told the House Banking Committee that wage ceilings would derail a price control bill. He urged keeping labor out of the measure to ensure passage while aiming to curb inflation.
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Washington
Thomas F. Ford
Calif
House Banking Committee
House
Ford
Rains Batter Oklahoma Delays Wheat Planting and Damages Cotton
Heavy rains and wind swept Oklahoma overnight flooding eastern highways and delaying wheat sowing. Heaviest totals reached 4.30 inches at Okmulgee and 4.05 at Muskogee with widespread cotton damage in the southeast. Pastures gain with moisture as observers forecast warmer weather returning soon.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Okmulgee
Muskogee
Harry Wahlgren
Highway Patrol
U. S. 62
Henryetta
Oklahoma City
Okemah
Tulsa
Wahlgren
Planes Reassigned to Soviet Russia From Peru Shipment
More than 1 million dollars of bombing planes and equipment bound for Peru were removed from two freighters and diverted to Soviet Russia. The Peruvian embassy in Washington is consulting with the state department to recover the gear.
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New York
Peru
Russia
Washington
State Department
Marshall says Nazis pay heavy price in materiel in Moscow drive
General George C. Marshall told a senate subcommittee that German armies suffer a tremendous material loss in the current push toward Moscow. He indicated those assessing long term effects see encouragement as fighting drains German war equipment. urged rapid consideration of the $5,985,000,000 lease loan bill to boost allied production and shorten the conflict.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Senate
Moscow
Army
Appropriations
Marshall
Russia
Ex-President Arias Begs Panama After Surrender
Ousted Panamanian leader Arnulfo Arias arrived in Panama City by train from Cristobal and was jailed after surrendering to police. Protested by a crowd with a shouted greeting, Arias later left for Havana for eye treatment amid a peaceful coup by Ricardo De la Guardia that installed a new government.
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Panama
Arnulfo Arias
Canal Zone
Dr. Arias
Cristobal
Arias
Cuba
Havana
Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia
United States
de la Guardia
Costa Rica
Goering Nephew Dies in Battle
Berlin reports Peter Goering aged 19, nephew of Hermann Goering, was killed Monday in combat as his pursuit squadron engaged British airmen. The death was announced today.
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Goering
Berlin
Peter Goering
Hermann Goering
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