Drunk-driver test to run at Kansas City pavilion
Kansas City hosts a two day demonstration testing drunk driving with a synthetic course in the American Royal pavilion. Police officials say thirty volunteers will sample sobriety after consuming whisky and driving a marked course while observers judge performance. The event aims to show alcohol impairs driving and to evaluate the crunkometer device.
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Kansas City
American Royal Pavilion
Harold Anderson
H. W. Johnson
Traffic and Safety
Generating Plant Planned for Rush Springs Area
An REA official said a new generating plant to serve 19 western and southwestern Oklahoma co operatives may be built near Rush Springs or Cyril. Feasibility is confirmed pending site selection within two months, with three to four generators planned to produce 20 000 kilowatts or more. Funding initially set at 500 000, with total plant costs near 2 000 000 and transmission lines at 1 000 000.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Rural Electrification Administration
Rush Springs
Cyril
Kia
REA
Midwest Engineering Company
Wickard Opposed To 100 Per Cent Loans
Secretary Wickard opposed 100 percent parity loans for basic crops, warning they could jeopardize the agriculture department's goal of record food production next year. He cited 85 percent parity as essential to the current food program supporting crops like cotton, corn, wheat, rice, and tobacco.
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Washington
Etary Wickard
Agriculture Department
House Agriculture Committee
Wickard
Amarillo Man Heads Regional Post-Defense Planning Panel
E R Henson of Amarillo, longtime owner of a notable title, is named Southern Great Plains Regional Coordinator for the Department of Agriculture. He was appointed head of the South Central Regional Post-Defense Planning Committee by Claude Wickard to ready American agriculture for postwar conditions. The panel covers Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana with fellow appointees Louis P Merrill of Fort Worth and Wilson Cowen of Amarillo.
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Tex
E. R. Henson
Southern Great Plains
Department of Agriculture
Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Louis P. Merrill
Fort Worth
Soil Conservation Service
Wilson Cowen
Farm Security Administration
Injunction Granted Against Ardmore
Ardmore crowd news: Federal Judge Bower Broaddus granted an injunction to shield a religious sect from city officials actions preventing their literature distribution. The ruling cites free press and free speech rights. arrests occurred last summer during handbill distribution attempts.
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Ardmore
Ore
Bower Broaddus
Broaddus
Pup Gets Name Out Of Sarge's Mistake
Pvt. Bob Geiger of the 179th Infantry finds a half starved pup at Camp Barley and, after recalling a sergeant’s joke about the "norman clature" of the 37 mm antitank gun, names the dog Norman Clature.
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Pup
Sarge
Camp Barkeley
Tex
Bob Geiger
Camp Wolters
Norman Clature
Machine Gun Plant Halted By Strike
DETROIT, Oct. 28. A night shift walkout at the See eames Wheel company Plymouth plant halted production of weapons for military aircraft. United Automobile Workers CIO demanded a minimum 5 cent hourly wage increase at three Detroit plants and a wage adjustment at Plymouth. State Mediator Swearingen said current pay is $1 for men and 85 cents for women on machine jobs. The union also seeks removal of women from machine work.
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Detroit
See Eames Wheel Company
Plymouth
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Victor C. Swearingen
Artificial Radium Found To Hunt Out Cancer In Body
Dr Walter C Alvarez of Mayo Clinic reported at the Oklahoma clinical society meeting that an artificial radium swallowed by a patient can seek and destroy cancer tissue anywhere in the body. He cited related advances including an electric microscope, a predictive mouse test for infantile paralysis susceptibility, ferret studies on influenza vaccines, and new sulfanilimide handling methods.
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Oklahoma City
Walter C. Alvarez
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Oklahoma Clinical Society
O. E. Lawrence
California
Alvarez
Straus Warns of Defense Housing Confusion and Delays
Nathan Straus, administrator of USHA, told the Senate defense investigating committee that overlapping agencies and raided staff caused costly duplication in defense housing. He cited $100 million for Army and Navy, $300 million for FWA, and misallocated funds leading to wrong project locations and delayed housing, predicting severe winter conditions. A separate note reports the arrest of Michael William Etzel for sabotage at the Glenn L. Martin plant, with FBI and company officials confirming his statements blaming German government for the acts.
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Nathan Straus
United States Housing Authority
Defense
Federal Works
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Senate Defense Investigating Committee
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Navy
Defense Housing
Federal Works Administration
Public Building Administration
Division
Farm Security Administration
TVA
Defense Centers
Michael William Etzel
Glenn L. Martin
Soucy
Etzel
F.B.I. and Company
Martin
U. S
James K. Cullen
U.S
Bernard J. Flynn
Navy secrecy on German subs sinking policy outlined
Secretary Knox said the navy would likely maintain secrecy over sinkings of German submarines in engagements with U S ships He refused to confirm or deny reports that German marines had been sunk noting rumors exist and contrasting British reporting on submarine losses. He described withholding news as standard policy.
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Washington
Knox
Sahotane In Plane Plant Admitted
Baltimore bureau of investigation special agent in charge E A Soucy announced today that Sahotane has admitted involvement in a plane plant incident. The statement adds details to a growing case centered in Baltimore.
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Sahotane
Baltimore
E. A. Soucy
Baltimore Bureau of Investigation
Veteran Minister T Mathieson Dies At 63 In Colorado Springs
The Rev. T Mathieson 63 longtime pastor of the First Christian church of Colorado Springs died last night at the Neo Methodist sanatorium after two years of illness. A native of New Zealand he was a graduate of a Christian university and served pastorates in his homeland before coming to Denton Texas and Enid Oklahoma.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
T. Mathieson
First Christian Church of Colorado
Ings
New Zealand
T is.Christian University
Mathieson
Denton
Tex
Enid
Okla
West
Cleveland Convention Draws Thousands of School Delegates
A large convention in Cleveland gathers 17 000 school officials and educators from Ohio and beyond. The event highlights education policy and statewide school programs with participation from many districts and districts’ leaders.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Mints Report Record Coin Production Across U S Mints
The U S mints in Philadelphia Denver and San Francisco produced over 1 15 billion American coins and 207 million foreign coins in the last nine months as demand rises for pennies and nickels. Circulation jumped to 699 million dollars from 604 million. Officials consider building another mint at Anderson Indiana if the trend continues.
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U. S
Philadelphia
Denver
San Francisco
Congress
Anderson
Ind
Ameriaa
Europe
Dutch East Indies
London Enjoys Postair Raid Fun as Shelters Empty
London buses theaters and cinemas stay open late as residents savor life without air raids. Crowds fill venues while liquor lines reappear and shelter occupancy drops from 70,000 at peak raids to 28,000, with a current nightly average around 600 in major west end stations.
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Piccadilly
Leicester Square
Regent Street
Strand
Chicago
Loop
West End
Londo
Four Motored British Bombers Break Through Gale for German Raid
London reports that large four motor bombers fought a northerly gale to penetrate deep into Germany and strike southern and southwestern objectives. Small British fighters hit Cherbourg docks and Nazi airfields in northern France. American Havos took part in the Normandy and French theater sweeps. No Allied losses are reported.
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Germany
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England
Dozen Tankers Ready for U S Use Again
The petroleum coordination office said twelve United States tankers have completed their last voyage for Britain and are ready to resume normal American operations including moving oil to the east coast.
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Washington
Petroleum Coordination Office
United States
Farmer Albert Krebs Buys Doctor Taylor Farm on Clear Bog River
Albert Krebs, a leading Tishomingo farmer, bought the Doctor Taylor farm between Clarita and Coal Gate on Clear Bog river from Aetna Lifeurance Company via Durant representative A L Nipper. Aet na's favorable price terms and bonded feature influenced the purchase.
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Tishomingo
Doctor Taylor
Clarita
Coalgate
Clear Bo River
Aetna Lifeurance Company
A. L. Nipper
Durant
Aetna
Nipper
Army training plane crashes near Salt River. three dead
An army training plane crashed and burned near the Salt River about three miles east of Phoenix shortly before noon today. State highway patrol reports list three dead.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Salt River
Here
State Highway Patrol
Halloween Gaiety Planned Across Cities Next Friday
Community groups and WPA recreation centers organize Halloween events for children. Ada downtown parade with prizes leads to Glenwood park games and refreshments at Ada Recreation Center party for under 12. Allen and a negro center host age varied parties. Scout leaders from Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico discuss youth programs and volunteerism.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
WPA Recreation Project
Ada
Glenwood Park
Allen
WPA Recreation Center
Negro Recreation Center
Wishes Girl Scouts Had Different Name
Dallas October 29 Dr James E West chief executive of the Boy Scouts urges the Girl Scouts to adopt a different name. He says the present title creates confusion and suggests a broader, inclusive identity for the organization.
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Wishes Girl Scouts
Dallas
Tex
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
James E. West
New
Nazis Dare To Roosevelt Map Challenge
German spokesmen challenged President Roosevelt to produce an authentic map showing German aims in South America. They cited a Fortune magazine map from August depicting South America as a political question mark. They defended the map as a potential proof of German aspirations.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
South America
Fortune Magazine
Trailer City Growth Projections in the United States
In a 1975 assessment it is noted there are 1975 trailer cities nationwide and an estimated 15 percent of the population may opt for trailer homes within a generation.
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United States
Skill and experience not enough to prevent crashes
Oklahoma public safety commissioner Walter B. Johnson warned that two thirds of motorists in 1941 accidents were experienced drivers. Records show 20039 of 27925 crashes from January to September involved at least one driver with 11 years or more of experience. He linked accidents to carelessness and overconfidence in seasoned drivers.
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Walter B. Johnson
Oklahoma Department of Public Safety
Oklahoma
Johnson
Accids
The
Safety Commission
British Bombers Sweep Sicily Focused on Comiso
British air raiders returned to Sicily last night with heavy emphasis on Comiso as the Italian high command reported. The raid followed prior waves and targeted airfields and facilities on the island near the watergate of the Mediterranean.
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Rome
I(p
Comiso
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