Bruce Stubblefield's rapid rise in National Legion rehab
Bruce Stubblefield, long based in Miami Oklahoma, advances to executive secretary of the National American Legion rehabilitation committee and becomes field man for southern states east of the Mississippi. He moved to Washington in 1935, owns a DC shack near the Maryland line, and preserves his Oklahoma ties while praising Washington as a work center. Born in Duncan in 1897, his family moved through Ardmore and Durant before settling in Ada. Bruce was a standout Ada high school center.
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Charles C. Haslet
Washington
Bruce Stubblefield
Miami
Ohlo
National American Legion
Mississippi River
Stubblefield
District of Columbia
Maryland
Stubbleiely
Okla
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Frdian Territory
Duncan
Ardmore
Durant
Young Stubblefield
Ada
Baptist University
Shawnee
Stubblefields
Rev. C. Stubblefield
First Baptist Church
Bruce
American Legion
National Rehabilitation Committee
Arkansas
Tennessee
Texas
Oklahoma City
Board of Veterans Appeals
Veterans’ Administration
Legion
North Carolina
South Carolina
Veterans' Hospitals
Veterans’ Administ and
Stubblefield’s career spans Navy service and VA relief work
After leaving Shawnee in 1916 he moved to Miami and ran tailoring shops before serving in the Navy during World War I. He later held multiple positions with the American Legion and Veterans Administration, including field secretary for rehabilitation and regional work across several southern states, with ongoing visits to veterans’ hospitals and VA offices.
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Miami
United States
Stubblefield
Navy
Mian
Wichita Falls
Tex
Work speeds up at Ada building sites
Ada crews pressed ahead on two major projects on Saturday as debris was cleared at the fire station site at Broadway and Twelfth and basement wall foundations for the new library were prepared. Three walls of the old fire station were torn down and the west wall repurposed for the new structure. Architect Alvert Ross said foundation footings were poured and foundation and basement walls will be poured this week. Arney Herbert builds the fire station for Ada contractor, while Chapman and Sons Construction handles the library project. Harvard University reportedly holds an endowment over 126 million dollars, making it the nation’s wealthiest university.
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Ada
Library
Broadway
Twelfth
Alvert Ross
Arney Herbert
Ada Contractor
Chapman and Sons Construction Company
Harvard University
United States
U S Debates Two Paths on Dictator States
The U S weighs opposing paths toward dictatorial regimes from Munichs aftershocks. One camp favors limited collaboration with Germany focusing on economic growth. the other pushes firm opposition mirroring fears of militarization and expansion. Kennedy advocates collaboration while Hull emphasizes existing policy and personal views.
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Washington
United States
Itherictator
Munich
State Department
Germany
Eurpope
Europe
Caymon
South America
Joseph P. Kennedy
Navy League
London
Hull
Kennedy
America
Typhoon devastates Tokyo area causing mass casualties
A Tokyo typhoon killed at least 226 people and injured over 590 with about 230 missing. Some 24,480 Tokyo homes flooded, thousands of trees uprooted, and transport paralyzed. Yokohama saw port closures and ships unable to dock as Kagoshima reports widespread devastation.
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Tokyo
Japan
Tokyo-Yokohama
Yokohama
Kagoshima
Kyushu
Honshu
Lee Lee Would Make Farm Tenants Buy Easier
Washington October 21 A bill to let arm tenants purchase farms without down payments was urged by Senator Lee Democrat of Oxla as soon as the next Congress convenes The measure would extend the Bankhead Jones farm tenant act allowing government to underwrite the entire mortgage with no down payment and interest capped at three percent for 25 to 40 years The policy aims to solve tenant farming issues while aiding home building and federal subsidies. A separate note mentions a U.S. patent seeking to improve honey processing into a hard, nonsticky mass.
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Washington
LPA
Senowwr Lee
D-Oxla
Congress
Bpt
Lee
Two Year Sentence Set For Hall In County Case
Gray haired 66 year old J E Hall former county commissioner was found guilty Saturday morning of allowing an unauthorized claim. Jury set two years in the penitentiary with suspended sentence. Judge Tal Crawford scheduled October 29 for sentence. Hall claimed no knowledge of raised claims amid heated courtroom testimony. A A Caldwell and T H Wyatt faced related indictments and trials.
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Gray Haired
J. E. Hall
Tal Crawford
Crawford
C. C. Lea
Hall
A. A. Caldwell
T. H. Wyatt
Caldwell
Wyatt
W. V. Stanfield
George Collins
Red Cross promotes home safety in Pontotoc County
National Accident Prevention Week starts October 24 in Pontotoc with the Red Cross leading a county campaign. Emma B. Gregg, county chair, says fourth through sixth graders will take home checklists on common hazards for parent signatures, posters on display, and teachers guiding discussions. Three top observations per grade will win a prize.
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Hommes
Red Cross
Emma B. Gregg
Poniovoc County
Home and Farm Accident Prevention
Fall term docket advances in county court with varied pleas
Commissioner George Collins testified briefly before a judge warned about admissibility. District Judge Tal Crawford instructed jurors on penalties and corroboration. July indictments followed by 14 guilty pleas this week, three trials with two convictions and one hung jury. Hall and Cadwell signed positions. Tommy Ford and Joe Smalley cases postponed. Sentences ranged from 90 days to five years for various offenses including burglary and embezzlement. several defendants await October 28 sentencing.
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Hall
Cadwell Ree
Ray Buckley
Marry Spann
Mats
Colbert
Tommy F. Ford
Joe H. Smalley
Ford
Herman Northeuls
McAlester
W. P. Hill
Vernon Smarg
Leecraft Recovering After Highway Accident
A. N. Leecraft, longtime state political and judicial figure, was reported Friday to be recovering satisfactorily in a Durant hospital from injuries suffered in a highway crash Wednesday five miles south of Ada on State Highway 9. He and others were shaken but unharmed after the mule team and wagon were turned aside to aid the vehicle, en route from the Rebekah Assembly in Said.
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A. N. Leecraft
Ada
S. H
Durant
Said
Rebekah Assembly
Grant ‘Ar Tell
Fred Calloway
Calloway
Rebekah
Open Hearing on Parole for Phil Kennamer
Oklahoma City reports an open parole hearing for Phil Kennamer, a Tulsa man known as a society gang slayer, to be held Monday morning October 31. Kennamer has served over two years of a 25 year manslaughter sentence for the fatal Thanksgiving night shooting of John Gorrell Jr. in a Tulsa residential district.
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Oklahoma
UPA
Phil Kennamer
Tulsa
Society Gang
Marland
Franklin E. Kennamer
Young Kennamer
John Gorrell Jr
Social Security Program Discussed
Washington officials and lawyers council studied proposals to extend the old age pension program now covering 43,000,000 wage earners. State unemployment provisions debated simplifying their task for 27.5 million workers while potential extensions to agriculture, domestic workers, and religious staff were examined.
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Washington
Lawyery Council
Senate
Hearch
Jury Recommends Ousting Cyril Official
ANADARKO Oct 21 A Caddo county grand jury recommended the ouster of Jim Newton from the Cyril town board for alleged maladministration and corruption. District Judge Will Lirm said removal requires a hearing. The accusation cites Newton hiring Jack Sherwood and receiving 3602 dollars daily for truck driving.
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Anadarko
Jim Newton
Cyr
Caddo County
Erand
Will Lirm
Newton
Jack Sherwood
Cyril
Sherwood
First Of REA Power Lines Being Put Up
The first wire of the Rural Electrification Administration project in Pontotoc County was laid Friday on the line between Fittstown and Centrahoma. Poles are being set on two other phases from Ahloso to Atwood and Ada to Vanoss. Vanoss section poles are up but Pecen Grove easements slow progress. About 300 customers signed for an extension to Garvin County near Wynnewood.
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Rural Electrification Administration
Pontotoc County
Adam Interstate Cooperative Company
Key Lal
Fittstown
Centrahoma
Ahloso
Atwood
Ada
Vanoss
Pecen Grove
Garvin Dbudy
Wynnewood
FDR to Talk With Straus on Housing
President Roosevelt shifts focus to federal slum clearance and low cost housing. He invites Nathan Straus of the U S Housing Authority to the temporary White House for a luncheon talk, with New York Mayor LaGuardia slated for an earlier discussion on housing policy and Lehman campaign support.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Nathan Straus
U. S. Housing Authority
White House
LaGuardia
New York City
U. S. Conference of Mayors
Herbert H. Lehman
American Labor Party
Camppaign
Charles Poletti
Straus
Lundh
Tulsa Judges Weigh Governor's Grand Jury Request
In Tulsa Oklahoma attorney Dixie Gilmer argued that facts must show Tulsa County’s involvement in alleged liquor law violations before the court acts on Governor Marlind's request for grand jury investigations. Judges Halley Webb and Staler reserved ruling and promised to reconvene once facts are presented.
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Tulsa
Okla
Red Cross Seeks Children’s Coats and Shoes
The Red Cross urges the public to donate children's coats, shoes, and other usable clothes for needy youngsters. Miss Fred Andrews and Mrs. Edith Stewart coordinate pickups from 1642 and 240% respectively, calling for volunteers to supply wear-left items to protect children from worsening weather.
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Red Cross
Fred Andrews
Red Cross Organization
Edith Stewart
the Red Cross
Home Demonstration Club Council Holds Fall Meeting
Pontotoc County home demonstration clubs held their third advisory council meeting on October 21 in B P W club rooms at Convention hall. Lunch, social hour, and a committee for 1939 officers were noted, with Leona Solomon absent. Major and minor projects selected include clothing wardrobe, entomology, yard improvement, home management, poultry, and art. The yearbook committee and Farm Women’s camp plans for Sulphur in June were announced. district agents Lemina Maloney and Lee Craig were unable to attend.
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Advisory Council of
Pontotoc
Leona Solomon
Carrie Muncy
Stratford
Route 2
J.u, Celeplain
Harden City
Stephens
Union Valley
Muney
Gaar Corner Club
Frank
McCauley
Ada
Jone 2
Ruby Stephens
Lightning Ridge
Woodrow Gibson
Steedman Club
Mprovermen
W. R. Overton
Steedmar
Virgie Pennington
Parish Thapel Club
L. S. Killingsworth
Pickett Club
R. Gibson
Steedmar Club
Frank Mayfield
Union Valley Club
Frank McCauley
No AL Wilson
Route 5
Ads
Homer Kuykendall
Homer
Lemina Maloney
Lee Oreig
Ada's new junior high school contract awarded
Harmony Construction Company of Oklahoma City won the Ada junior high building contract after 10 bids. The accepted bid was $219,990 with funding from a city bond issue and a PWA grant. other bids ranged up to $251,220. Construction starts November 1 as announced by school officials.
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Ada
Harmony Construction Company
Oklahoma City
Oxlaloma City
PWA
Arid
Joy
J. J. Inger Construction Company
Homa City
Ellis, Nichols and Cramer
90th Division To Have Annual Meet
World War II veterans of the Ninetieth Division recall the upcoming twentieth reunion to be held in Fort Worth Texas on November 11 12 and 23 with Headquarters opened at the Hotel Texas. About 285 registrations were filed by October 10 and Dallas plans to send about 450 while 1 500 are expected overall.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Ada
Port Worth
Oklahoma
Dallas
Will Rogers stamp favored by Farley in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City officials report Postmaster General James A Farley voiced support for a Will Rogers memorial stamp. In a letter to Joe Morris, Oklahoma City postmaster, Farley stated he knows of no one who rates the idea higher than Will Rogers.
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Oflahoma City
Oklahoma
Will Rogers
James A* Farley
Joe Morris
Okwetomna City
Farley
Will
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