Tanks and Defenses On U S Army Shopping List
The Ada News reports Thomas M. Johnson on how German mechanized warfare reshaped U S defense. It notes plans to expand brigade strength into four Panzerdivision sized units, the need for tanks to support infantry, and the push to acquire 18 ton land monitors and heavy armor, citing lessons from Poland and Spain.
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Poland
U.S. Army
Ada News
Thomas M. Johnson
Germany
America
Washington
U. S
Russia
France
Spain
Anti-Tank Defense and War Readiness Rise in US Policy
The article discusses U S tanks and mechanization plans, noting current shortfalls compared with Germany and Russia. It details cost estimates for a light tank order, experimentation with anti tank mines and guns, and the limited modernization of 75mm weaponry. It also covers farm subsidy funding and proposed tax financed measures tied to soil conservation and processing certificates.
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Germany
Russia
France
Congress
Poland
Fort Meade
Farm Subsidies To Be Sought to Aid Major Crop Prices
Washington report on Oct 16 states administration farm leaders plan to seek congressional approval of processing taxes to finance agricultural subsidies. They warn that without new funding it will be hard to obtain large farm appropriations next session, with estimates of 750 million to 1 billion dollars needed to finance crop control and other farm aid programs.
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Roosevelt
Wallace
Supreme Court
Agriculture Department
Washington
Administration
Guardsmen Increase Drills Aimed For More Training
Oklahoma national guard to hold two drills weekly instead of one and add seven days of field training beyond the summer camp at Fort Sill. Local units pick nearby maneuver sites with most field work on Sundays, officials say the change will boost guard pay and ration funds by about 200000 dollars.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma National Guard
Ganal
Fort Sill
Ross Routh
Adjutant General's Office
Grant wins $1000 stake at American Royal horse show
Walter H. Grant of Ardmore Oklahoma rode Stonewall Peaving to win the $1,000 stake for five gaited saddle stallions at the American Royal horse show in Kansas City. A recent patent by three Germans covers a steel blanket coated with buoyant cork for sea use as a mid ocean landing field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Stonewall Peaving
Walter H. Grant
Ardmore
Okla
Oil Industry Shows Quiet Optimism Amid Legislation Talk
Oil industry upbeat as legislation debate continues. Gov. Horner of Illinois backs conservation laws, while Oklahoma Gov. Phillips plans to oppose the Cole bill. Production, demand, and prices show mixed movement with gains in field activity in Yazoo City and Kansas, and a 23,000 barrel well reported in Michigan.
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Edward Curtis
Tulsa
Illinois
Henry Horner
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Fort Worth
Phillips
Oklahoma
New York City
Yazoo City
Miss
Tinsley Field
Georgia
Montgomery Coun
Oil and Gas Journal
Carter County
Caddo County
Kansas
Rincon
Starr County
Texas
Columbia County
Arkansas
Michican
Freeman- Redding
Salem
Hlinais
Start Organizing State Round-uppers
Annual barbecue of the Ada Round-Up Club proved a huge success with members pledging to form a state Round-Up Association. W M Taylor of Holdenwyilie presided as club presidents spoke and a next meeting in Oklahoma City on November 5 was announced for officer elections and constitution adoption. George Allen's orchestra then played for dancing.
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Ada
W. M. Taylor
Holdenwyilie Club
Oklahoma City
George Allen
Unusual Sequoia Bark Defies Fire and Insects
A fragment describes Sequoia bark as soft and spongy yet resistant to fire and insects. It notes the tree’s greatest enemy is humans and mentions a historical misdated reference to Paul Revere making rides in April 1715, with a second ride two days later.
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Paul Revere
American liner rescues survivors from two ships offshore
The U S maritime commission reported 300 survivors rescued by the American liner Independence Hall from the British ships Yorkshire and City of Mandalay after they were sunk about 600 miles off France. The Independence Hall plans to take survivors to Bordeaux. Coast guard cutters aided the President Harding and Elsibeg in distress during a storm, with injuries reported and one operation for appendicitis successful aboard the Harding.
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New York
U. S. Maritime Commission
Independence Hall
Yorkshire
City of Mandalay
France
London
City of
C. J. McKenzie
Bordeaux
North Atlantic
President Harding
James FE. Roberts
Harding
Boston
Halifax
Henry Heimsoth
Oil field updates from Bebee and Stratford districts
In Bebee field Moore No 2 Statler waits on cement at 1 801 ft while W B Osborne No 4 Pow ell drills at 2 281 ft. Lake Oil funds large Bebee leases totaling 300 acres across sections 34 28 35 29. Sinclair Prairie plans No 14 Baiis location in Sec 28 5N 8E. Stratford No 10 W Clay Thorpe Reese drilling at 2 736 ft. Delaney No41 Fortman in Cleveland County reports a crooked hole, plugged back from over 2000 ft to 850 ft.
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The
Lake Oil Company
Bebee Field
North Range
Allen
Sinclair- Prarie Co
Cleveland County
Delaney
Fortman
Flames Destroy Service Station At Stonewall
Two persons escaped serious injury when a fire destroyed a Stonewall service station after a car knocked over a gasoline pump. Ada fire department extinguished the blaze. the car and garage suffered severe damage. Daisy Chitty of Stonewall drove the car. Joe Sanders aided the driver to escape. damaged stock rushed out as flames spread to the garage building.
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Stonewall
Ada Fire Department
Daisy Chitty
J. L. Sanders
Joe Sanders
No Alarm After School Budget Cuts Loom
Oklahoma City report covers Gov Phillips cutting 3.27 million from quarterly common school aid, prompting supervisors Ada and Pontotoc to warn of 20 percent cuts to homestead exemption and primary aid. Terms and salaries may shrink or shorten, with secondary aid to be revisited. Nearby notes include Binnie Barnes engagement and other unrelated items.
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Leon C. Phillips
Tor Ada City
Dan Proctor
Ray Stegall
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma City
Paillins
A. L. Crabie
Phillips
Education Department
Crabie
Shane
Frank Carter
Crable
Carter
Louisiana Indicts Include Former Governor Leche
The U S federal government indicts 20 leading Louisiana figures, led by former Governor Richard W. Leche, on multiple fraud charges totaling 378000. Also named are a state senator, a House speaker, a district judge, and a former state conservation commissioner, with actions extending to Natchitoches and Monroe. The state education board fires Weiss and Seiferth after findings of excessive charges.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Richard W. Leche
Board of Education
Weiss
Seiferth
Natchitoches
M. Harris
Louisiana State Normal College
Leche
House of Representatives
Monroe
Hahnen
Oklahoma A. and M. Grand Champion at Royal Livestock Show
In Kansas City on October 17, Oklahoma A and M college won the grand champion steer title with Master Cup, an Angus. The reserve champion went to Joe Louis, an Angus shown by Marvin Poland of Junction City, Kansas. Joe Louis was the junior division test steer, as the senior division champions Master Cup Roan Elk and Perfect Tong from Oklahoma A and M competed.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma A
M. College
Joe Louis
Marvin Poland
Junction City
Kas
Oklahoma A End M. College
Grizzly Attacks Militiaman in Mountain Outpost
Militiaman Allen Jessop faced a grizzly on a mountain outpost as he paced patrol. He fired five rifle shots into the bear and tried a bayonet attack, but the bear swatted his gun aside. Jessop climbed a tree and the bear died from its wounds.
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Revelstoxe
Allen Jessop
Mountain
Jessop
Doe Deerlaw Question Sparks Change in Judgement
Livingston, Mont at the courthouse Miller challenged Andersher Lovely on exceptions to deer killing laws. Lovely initially said none but altered his stance after Miller displayed a recently shot doe with two point nine inch antlers, a buck trait.
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Livingston
Mont
del Miller
Andersher
Lovely
Miller
Hunter Bags 200-Pound Black Bear Besides Chicken Dinners
Eleven Mile Canon Colo Oct 18 John Lockwood prefers chicken to venison and shoots a 200 pound black bear that raided his hen house instead of bagging a deer this season.
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Canon
Colo
John Lockwood
Yanoss Youth Victim of Tragic Freight Car Accident
Levi Muncy a 22 year old Vanoss youth who had written his parents of joining the U S navy was found dead in a freight car in Oakland California. Investigators believed a heavy door closing suddenly caused fatal head injuries and found hair fibers on the door. He was a Vanoss High School graduate and son of Mr and Mrs S H Muncy Route 2 Stratford. An airmail letter to his mother spoke of Navy enlistment.
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Levi Muncy
Vanoss
U. S. Navy
Oakland
Calif
Associated Press
Pontotoc County
L. E., Jewell
T. H. Dully
1S. H. Muncy
Vaness
Young Mincy
Oklahoma City
California
Los Angeles
Mavy
Muncy
F.F.A
Gaar Corner
Navy
San Jose
Duck Soulski
Young Muncy
Sams Muncy
Route 2
Stratford
Soulski
Watsonville
Night Owl Interrupts Milwaukee Tavern Scene
Nine patrons hid as a large owl perched on the bar and spoke to the crowd asking who. Police were called and the bird was taken to the station for noted behavior.
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Milwaukee
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Binnie Barnes
Miarry
Mike Frankovich
University of California At Los Angeles
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Etna
New York Commodity Exchange
UPI
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Savage
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Everett Marshall
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Caroline Segrera Marshall
Yanoss
ST. Paul
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