Annual Fall Flower Show Friday in Ada Church Hall
Ada Garden clubs host the annual Fall Flower Show Friday at First Christian church in Ada. Open to the public from 12 noon to 9 pm with eight unit tables judged for best display and a special arrangements table. A musical program and tea will follow. entries due by 10 am and removal after 9 pm. Call Mrs. W. H. Patteson for information.
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Ada Garden Clubs
First Christian Church
W. H. Patteson
Roy Chrisman
M. G. Derrick
E. B. Bursack
Loyce Dunlap
Jim Rogers
W. L. Morgan
H. A. Green
I. E. Fleming
Oran Hughey
M. F. Bronaugh
Finis Morrison
A. R. Sugg
Garden Club
Boren Blocks Gas Act Provision in House Committee
Representative Boren opposed a provision that would let the Federal Power Commission curb new gas line construction if found harmful to interstate business. The clause was stricken before the natural gas act advance. The action followed hours of debate in the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee.
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Washington
Boren
Okla
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Federal Power Commission
Reds to Fight On Until Hitler Defeated
London reports Soviet embassy counselor K No vikov told a luncheon audience today that Russia would fight on until Hitler was defeated no matter what happens on the battlefield in the coming weeks.
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London
K. Novikov
Russia
Hitler
Panama approves arming ships in Panama registry
Panama's pro American government under President Ricardo A. De La Guardia approved arming merchant ships under Panama registry as a response to attacks by German raiders. The decree reverses Arnulfo Arias last order, while Arias remains jailed after returning to Panama. The resolution calls Arias government action inconvenient given recent sinkings of Panama-flag vessels by Germany.
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Panama
Ricardo A. de la Guardia
Arnulfo Arias
Cuba
Arias
FFAers Nominate Youths For Degree at 14th Convention
Seven thousand farm youths from all states gather in Kansas City for the 14th annual FFA convention held with the American Royal Livestock Show. Nominees for the American farmer degree must have earned or invested $500 in farming, though most candidates have earned much more through agricultural projects.
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Kansas City
Future Farmers of America
Earthquake Tremor Reported Across Clinton Area
Clinton residents felt a tremor early today that rattled windows as far as Bessie ten miles away. Seismograph authorities at St Louis University reported no quake on record, while reports came from Arapaho Weatherford and Butler.
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Clinton
Bessie
St. Louis University
Arapaho
Weatherford
Butler
Argument Over Standards For Cotton Gets Wide Attention
Parity payments to farmers for the 1940 program totaled 205,834,629 with administrative costs raising the total to 210,003,151. Farmers of corn, cotton, wheat and rice shared in the aid, financed by a 225 million appropriation. Forty two states plus Hawaii benefited, while New England states received none. Oklahoma totals reach 8,706,623 with county figures including Garvin 125,504, Pontotoc 51,140, Seminole 61,457.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Hawaii
New England
Oklahoma
Atoka
Coal
Garvin
Hughes
McClain
Pontotoc
Pottawatomie
Seminole
Hughes County
Johnston
Pontotoc County
Newcomers Win Grand Championship at American Royal Show
Kansas City October 18. Two newcomers won grand championship ribbons in the American Royal junior lamb and barrow shows. Jack Sudderth Garber Oklahoma high school captured the grand champion lamb while Bob Telford Stillwater Oklahoma high school won the grand championship with his Chester White barrow.
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Kansas City
American Royal Livestock and Horse
Jack Sudderth
Garber
Okla
Bob Telford
Stillwater
Chester
Dwight Winchester
Waukomis
Cecil Ockerman
Fort Cobb
Gordon Holle
Glenn Dickey
Weatherford
FFA
Hereford
Ray Ester
Carrier
Jack Bengston
Billsdale
La Brea Tar Pits Yield 5000 Animal Skeletons
The tar pits of La Brea near Los Angeles California have yielded 5000 preserved skeletons of animals that became mired in the pools thousands of years ago.
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la Brea
Los Angeles
Calif
Murray County Dairies Study and Pasture Improvements
The Sulphur Chamber of Commerce teams with Murray county farmers to study dairy industry improvements, holding monthly meetings to address problems. Ben Witt reports success upgrading pasture with lespedera and bermuda grass for six cows and other livestock, while Wagoner county efforts aim for year round pasture. Oklahoma State wheat trials involve 28 counties and 2000 farmers to identify best hard red winter wheat varieties for yields and quality.
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Stillwater
Sulphur Chamber of Commerce
Murray County
C. of C
Eugene Frier
Ben Witt
Tahlequah
Witt
Lespedeza
Coun
Carl Neumann
Porter
Wagoner County
H. B. Dillingham
Oklahoma
Horace Smith
Smith
Army Deserter Admits Slaying In Robbery Case
Clarence Hutcheson, 20, an army deserter, admitted killing Alfred Friesenhahn during a failed robbery. He reportedly shot thrice through Friesenhahn's car door and stabbed him to death, then transported the body to a pasture near Nocona and buried it. Hutcheson was returned to face murder charges in San Antonio after a Montague hearing.
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San Antonio
Tex
Clarence Oliver Hutcheson
Alfred Friesenhahn
Nocona
Hutcheson
Bexar County
Louis Holland
Montague
Bexar
Holland
Fort Sam Houston
Friesenhahn
Friesenhan
Sham battle ends in death of youth at Cement Oklahoma
Tom La Blanc a 17 year old Houston Texas youth died in an apparent accidental shooting during a so called sham battle on an oil lease near Cement Oklahoma. Rody Butler 17 also of Houston and Lester Agee 16 of Cement were involved. La Blanc was fatally wounded when he and Butler exchanged shots with .22 caliber rifles. Acting Coroner W K Fait ruled the death accidental.
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Anadarko
Tom la Blanc
Houston
Tex
W. K
la Blanc
Rody Butler
Lester Agee
Cement
Okla
Butler
Fall
New Kind of Cargo Orange
Texas October 20 The Sea Otter II experimental cargo vessel leaves for Charleston South Carolina on maiden voyage. She carries a load of shell equal to her cargo tonnage and sports an American flag on her black hull.
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Texas
United States
Charleston
S. C
Migration of Labor Case Before Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard arguments on California’s statute prohibiting aiding non-resident indigents to enter the state. The ruling could affect national labor migration, with 27 other states having similar laws. Fred F. Edwards of Marysville aided his brother-in-law from Texas to California, a misdemeanor resulting in six months in jail. A defense committee brief urged freedom of movement for labor and capital nationwide. California counters that relief agencies spent 13 million dollars on non-resident relief 1933 to 1940 and notes limited use of the statute.
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California
Fred F. Edwards
Marysville
Calif
Edwards
Frank Duncan
Spur
Texas
Yuba County
Special House Committee
Cooperation With Goal Would Revamp Farm Appearance
The Oklahoma program led by H. P. Moffitt aims to reshape the agricultural landscape with quotas across several crops. It seeks to boost production of essential foods for the United States and Great Britain, prioritizing milk vegetables beef cattle hogs chickens and turkeys.
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Food For Freedom
Oklahoma
H. P. Moffitt
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
United States
Great Britain
Halperin Case To Be рассмотрed by AAUP Norman
Norman voices expect a report on termination of Dr. Maurice Halperin’s faculty contract. The affair ties to a state senate subversive activity probe and Halperin’s move to Haiti then a U S assignment as Latin American analyst.
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Norman
Maurice Halperin
American Association of University Professors
State Senate
Little Dies
Halperin
U. S. State Department
University of Haiti
University Board of Regents
Haiti
U. S
Division of Special Information
First U S Army 155 millimeter field gun showcased
The U S Army unveils the first mobile 155 millimeter field gun described as a giant with a 15 mile range. Its carriage is capable of highway transport at 75 mph, marking a major artillery advance for mobility and reach.
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U. S
Bodies Of Fliers En Route To Homes After Crash
The bodies of three Biggs Field airmen killed when their plane crashed into a canyon are on the way to their homes for burial. Joint funeral services were held for pilot Second Lieut. Willis Hunt and Second Lieut. Moene Kaiser and Sgt. Richard Lauck. A board of inquiry under Major William A. Cahill investigated the scene. The report notes the Duluth forest fire smoke drifted to Texas after three days.
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EL Paso
Tex
Biggs Field
Willis Hunt
Blytheville
Ark
Moene Kaiser
Louisville
Kas
Richard Lauck
Denver
Colo
William A. Cahill
Ada Weather Week Sees Wide Temperature Swings and Rain
Local observer W. E. Pitt records a week with 2.15 inches of rain and temperatures from a high of 85 to a low of 35. Notable days include Thursday’s 57/50, Sunday 81/69, and Saturday 73/62 with mixed precipitation and a final line noting an addition to the present jailhouse.
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Mercury
W. E. Pitt
High ST
Nazi General Holtz Shot in Nantes Street Attack
General Holtz, German commander of the Nantes region in occupied France, was killed this morning in the center of the city by two assailants who fired as he walked to his office. The attackers vanished into a cordon of police as German authorities warned of consequences.
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Vichy
France
Holtz
Nantes
Occupied
Cours Saint Pierre
Saint Pierre
Paris
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