Motive For Moral Discipline Found In Lives Of Those With High Ideals
A long editorial argues for intelligent voting and public moral discipline ahead of the 1940s elections. It cites past margins, defends free political speech, cautions against graft, and urges national unity in preparation for war while stressing temperance and moral example as essential to good governance. It also notes temperance lessons from Luke and John the Baptist and references industrial mobilization and federal payroll growth.
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John, the Baptist
John
Democrats
Ed Flynn
Democratic National Committee
Russia plans actions amid war forecasts for winter
The note discusses expectations about Russia's next steps in the ongoing conflict and how those moves could shape the war's trajectory through the coming winter and into next summer.
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England
Scotland
Gibraltar
Africa
Egypt
Britain
Turkey
Russia
Reaching High Peaks and Summits Feels Like Freedom
The passage describes people's desire to reach elevated places whether mountains hills roofs or tall buildings. It notes that rising above ground level offers a new perspective and appeal, comparing this urge to the allure of flying and the view from above everyday life.
Progress in soil conservation program noted
It praises soil conservation progress after decades of soil loss. The program is described as just starting but expected to double hillside yields within the lifetime of many residents, though not yet complete or fully underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willkie
Ada
Democratic Party
China
Nation on wheels as invasion warning in Ada
A wartime editorial warns that abundant cars would let invaders move troops and supplies quickly, citing Ada examples. It notes high mobility could empty towns and transport guns. An Ada man jokes about vacation costs, and a local student labels Eskimos as God's frozen people.
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Ada
Battery C Lads Receive Assignments at Ft Sill
News from Over Here reports fine weather at Ft Sill with cold nights needing three wool blankets. Battery C members finish chain gang labor, four confined to camp, and several soldiers moving to specialized schooling. Rip Carpenter leaves with honorable discharge while Charles Hamblen improves Soldier status as Canteen Charlie. Tents with board walls and small stoves hoped for soon. timing unclear.
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Ft. Sill
Eddie Watson
Joe Cope
Hubert Lawson
Joe Bryan Furlong
Rip” Carpenter
Pvt
Charles Hamblen
Junior Bowles
New Ada Colored School Building Promises Modern Facilities
The Ada colored school opens an eight acre campus with a new four room brick building near Highway 99 housing grades six to twelve, while the old frame structure serves grades one through five. WPA support, local PTA backing, and community leaders funded the project, with plans for an all weather road, utilities, and expanded playgrounds. The district also notes enhanced teacher credentials and a marching band and football squad in the new setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central State College
Ada School Board
M. A. Ebrite
Charles A. Zorn
T. M. Yarbro
W. E. Pitt
A. L. Fentem
C. Dan Procter
Ray Stegall
County Excise Board
Ben Hatcher
Don Evans
W. M. Pegg
Elmer Chandler
Ross Morris
George Collins
WPA
S. S. Bradley
Napier
Ada
Langston University
A. B
B. S
L. L. Campbell
E. L. Leather
B.S
Thelma Singleton
Joe Carson
Parent-Teachers Association
Matilda Craven
Betty King
Elizabeth Rupert
N. E. Bradley
E. K. Fraizer
E. D. Rupert
Leona Brent
Wonlesome
PTA
H. F.a.wards
T. B. McKinne
Hammond Heights
C. W. Ware
John Mayo
T. H. Wilson
Ed Gray
Leroy Williams
Texas Registers 808 588 Draftees
Texas totals 808 588 registered men aged 21 to 35 across 254 counties. Seven new local draft boards formed in Dallas Harris Gregg Jefferson Nueces counties to speed processing. Adjutant General J Watt Page to attend national guard conference in Washington as state awaits lottery results.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Adjutant General's Department
Dallas
Harris
Gregg
Jefferson
Nueces
J. Watt Page
Selective Service
National Lottery
Page
Washington
National Guard Association
Texas National Guard
Rayburn Returns to Bonham for Homecoming Parade
Speaker Sam Rayburn arrives in Bonham Texas for a large homecoming with eleven bands and a thousand musicians. He notes the national defense program is progressing and predicts Roosevelt’s landslide victory. He plans to fly back to Washington the next day after address at 7 30 p m.
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Bonham
Tex
Sam Rayburn
House of Representatives
Texas
Denison
Rayburn
Washington
Roosevelt
Raters Chief Tabb Resigns From Texas Workmen’s Fund
Austin Oct. 19 P A FE Tabb chief rater and actuary of the state workmen's compensation department resigned today to accept private employment in Houston. Tabb had served the state 12 years, 10 of them in the position he held pen resignation.
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Austin
Tabb
State Workmen's Compensation Department
Houston
Escape Leads Officers to Stolen Jail Keys
Herman Sultemere, convicted rapist, directed officers to a spot six miles west of Fredericksburg, Texas, where he had hidden the county jail keys under a fence after his Monday escape. A sawed-off shotgun taken from Sheriff Alfred Klaerner’s possession was recovered near Sultemere’s home.
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Fredericksburg
Tex
Herman Sultemere
Here
Sultemeier
Gillespie County
Alfred Klaerner
Oklahoma Party Chairman Tries To Patch Feuds
State Democratic Chairman France Paris acts as peacemaker amid disputes touching Gov. Leon Phillips and U. S. Representatives and Senators. Paris seeks neutrality to keep unity before the November 5 election as conflicts with Cartwright Ferguson Lee and Scott flare up.
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Man’s Land
Scott
Board of Agriculture
Paris
Oklahoma
Phillips
Ferguson
Cartwright
Public Roads Administration
Congressional Record
Lee
Ernest M. Hill
United Press
Oklahoma City
France Paris
Leon Phillips
U. S
Wilburn Cartwright
Phil Ferguson
Josh Lee
Joe C. Scott
Red Cross Units Forming Now For Production Plans
Red Cross units organized in Ponto Toc county to support the American Red Cross production program. The county quota totals 1 865 garments with units pledging portions. Volunteers may contact unit chairmen to help sew and knit.
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Red Cross
Pontotoc County
American Red Cross
W. W. Sledge
Sledge
New Jersey
Britain
Ada
ROFF
Roff Civic Club
W. Givens
Allen
Homer Jumper
Stonewall
Holloway
Francis
Miss Brown
Fittstown
Otto Morton
H. B. Sloan
Vanoss
E. J. Farley
Tishomingo RoutS Allen 33 to 0 on Friday
Tishomingo Indians defeated Allen Mustangs 33 to 0 led by Gene Moore passing and Pap Hutchins rushing. Hutchins scored twice with Joe Jester adding a TD and Bob Pace returning an interception for a 35 yard score as the Indians rolled for 208 rushing yards to Allen’s 82.
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Richard Swink
Tishomingo Indians
Allen Mustangs
Gene Moore
Pap Hutchins
Indians
Moore
Baker
Joe Jester
Bob Pace
Pop Hutchins
Tishomingo
Allen
Allen High School
Boney Matthews
W T Hall Stars As Stonewall Hands Ross 32–0 Defeat
Stonewall Longhorns dominate Ross football 32 to 0 at Stonewall. W T Hall, 170 pound fullback averaging five yards per carry, leads scoring with two rushing touchdowns and a late reverse for the final tally. Howard Anterkin and Morris also figure in key plays as Kennedy adds two blocked extra points.
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Stonewall
Stonewall Longhorns
Ross
W. T. Hall
Longhorns
Hall
Roff
Howard Anterkin
Kennedy
Morris
Pope Pius Appeals for U S War Relief Mission Aid
Pope Pius XII urged the United States to contribute generously to wartime missions as a path to world peace. In English remarks broadcast on Missionary Sunday he urged Americans to aid in rebuilding and comforting those damaged by war and to support the Catholic missionary spirit.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
United States
Catholic Society For the Propagation of the Faith
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America
Cleveland
New York
Army
Air Corps
George Washington
Napier School
Onei
Old Home Town
France
Surplus Marketing Administration
Ada News
W.T. Hall
Pope Pius
U.S
Pontiff
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