Oklahoma Legion State Convention Opens in Oklahoma City
Thousands of American Legion members and auxiliary delegates gather for the twenty-second annual Oklahoma state convention. Candidates for commander claim broad post support amid departmental politics. the race centers on big versus small posts with sessions and an afternoon parade planned. A Sen. Josh Lee speech was canceled due to duties, and auxiliary leader Mrs. L. D. Akin urges patriotic women to put America first.
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Oklahoma City
National Defense
American Legion
George O. Demke
el Reno
Randell S. Cobb
Fairland
Tecumseh
Blanchard
Clinton
Wewoka
Seminole
M. L. Opperud
Blackwell
Legion
Josh Lee
Washington
L. D. Akin
Shawnee
America
Steady Growth Of AAA County Work Shown By Reports
Ranchers in Pontotoc county widely use the AAA range conservation program to improve and conserve range lands. Final 1937 to 1939 participation figures show 6 ranchers and 17 225 acres in 1937, 20 ranchers and 44 482 acres in 1939, with 1940 expected to rise. The three year period yielded 28 397 acres reseeded and 766 linear feet of spreader terraces, plus 4 ponds in 1937, 8 in 1938, and 14 in 1939, financed in part by AAA funds. McLachlan stresses dams and reservoirs key to conserving soil and water and the cattle industry depends on these waterworks.
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Pontotoc County
Phil McLachlan
Oklahoma
AAA
McLachlan
Little old lady holds front seat in Dover air raid
A septuagenarian Dover resident in Rope Walk shelters along the cliffs as Nazi raids strike the Channel. Neighbors credit her with calm defiance saying she will not leave her cottage despite bullets and debris. She declares her time will come when it must.
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Dover
English Channel
Messerschmitts
Airports and sea plane bases rise to 2655 nationwide
The civil aviation authority reports 2 655 airports landing fields and sea plane bases in the United States through July 1, up 204 from the January 1 1940 tally.
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The
Civil Aeronautics Authority
United States
Berry Refuses Dual Duty as Governor Faces Choice
Lieutenant Governor James E. Berry says he would resign the state post if forced to serve on active duty with his National Guard division. Governor Phillips demands Berry pick one role, stressing his needs as lieutenant governor. The exchange highlights tensions over Berry’s simultaneous authority and military duties.
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Stillwater
Okla
James E. Berry
National Guard
Phillips
Berry
First Bale Honor Goes To Maloy For This Season
Maloy who lives a mile south of the Ahloso Y on highway 99 brought the first 1940 bale of cotton to Ada Tuesday morning. It was ginned by the Pontotoc Gin Company. Seed cotton weighed 1630 pounds and ginned out 545 pounds. The season is late due to rank growth and late rains. The gin bought the cotton for 9 cents a pound.
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S. Maloy
Ahloso “Y
Highway
Ada
Pontotoc Gin Company
Maloy
Hitler Near Balkan Gain in Romania Based Settlement
The article details Nazi efforts in Romania as Hitler seeks a quick territorial settlement with Hungary over Transylvania. It notes Germany’s planned troop occupation to guard fronts, creating a protectorate-like influence and extending Germany’s reach from the Reich to the Black Sea. The move aims to tighten politico economic control in the Balkans.
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Russia
Balkans
Transylvania
Hungary
Romania
Germany
Moscow
Hitler
Dewitt MacKenzie
England
Rumania
Statute On Ship Deal Exempts President From Navy Sale Rule
Washington September 3 Attorney General Jackson says the 1883 statute restricting naval vessel sales exempts the president from its terms The final section allows the president to direct disposition in writing in the public interest The 1940 act adds sales of naval and military equipment with certification that it is not essential to defense.
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Washington
Jackson
Roosevelt
United States
Chief of Naval Operations
Chief of Staff of the
Army
Francis Schools To Start Monday
Francis public schools will open Monday September 9 with enrolment Friday September 6. Regular classes begin 9:00 am after a short assembly. Pre school teachers meet Thursday at 10:00 am. Staff includes Don L. Jackson principal and industrial arts, Lillian Horn Webster English and commerce, J Grant Brown vocational home economics, John Lewis grades seven and eight, Elsie Erwin Tuttle grades four to six, Carra Wilson grades one to three, A G Henry superintendent and history and science, J E Avery custodian, J M Cozad bus driver.
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Don L. Jackson
Lillian Horn Webster
J. Grant Brown
John Lewis
Elsie Erwin Tuttle
Carra Wilson
A. G. Henry
J. E. Avery
J. M. Cozad
Naval Academy hopeful Jack Lockton receives appointment
Jack Lockton passed the first physical and mental tests for Annapolis and leaves Friday for another physical. He earned his appointment from Senators Josh Lee and Elmer Thomas. He is the son of Mrs. Myrtis Stockton and will complete requirements for a private pilot license at East Central Flying School this weekend after two years at East Central College.
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Jack Lockton
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Jack
Josh Lee
Elmer Thomas
Myrtis Stockton
East Central Flying School
East Central College
Roosevelt praises bases as shield on Atlantic fronts
President Roosevelt on the Roosevelt train to Washington says air and naval bases in British crown colonies from Newfoundland to British Guiana shield the U S from invasion. He calls the base network perhaps the most important defense since the Louisiana purchase and hints at possible further distant leases. He declines to speculate about Greenland as a coming base.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Newfoundland
British Guiana
America
Western Hemisphere
England
Greenland
Texas Oklahoma Gain Oil Output in Week Ended August 31
Daily US crude oil production fell 24 017 barrels to 3 490 435 for the week. Texas output rose to 105 036 with East Texas at 374 898. Oklahoma climbed 7 700 to 415 000, while Rocky Mountain states reached 100 180.
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Tulsa
Texas
Oklahoma
Illinois
United States
The
and Gas Journal
Tony
East Texas
Rocky Mountain States
Instrument Landing Transmitters to Be Installed at Major Airports
The civil aeronautics bureau awards contracts for installation of instrument landing transmitters at New York Kansas City Chicago Cleveland Fort Worth and Los Angeles with completion targeted for early 1941.
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Civil Aeronautics Bureau
New York
Kansas City
Chicago
Cleveland
Fort Worth
Los Angeles
Berry to Remain Lieutenant Governor While Oklahoma Guards Mobilize
Oklahoma Governor Phillips decided that Lieut. Gov. James E. Berry would keep his post at the state capitol and not join the Fort Sill active duty. He plans to appoint a new adjutant general as Louis Ledbetter departs, with possible candidates including George A. Davis and Cliver Murray.
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Oklahoma City
James E. Berry
Statehouse
National Guard
Phillips
Adj
Louis A. Ledbetter
Berry
Guard
Fort Sill
Capitol
Stillwater
George A. Davis
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co
Cliver Murray
Murray School of Agriculture
Tishomingo
John Sanford
Pawnee
Joe J. Miller
Chickasha
Sanford
Philip S. Donnell
Oklahoma A. & M. College Engineering Department
180Th Infantry
State Board of Agriculture
Clyde Hall
A. D. Patton
King Carol Names Antonescu To Form New Romanian Cabinet
King Carol after an assassination attempt turned to General Ion Antonescu to head a new government possibly establishing a military dictatorship. Antonescu, released from a monastery, and Premier Gigurtu’s pro Nazi cabinet resigned as Iron Guard plots stirred unrest across Bucharest, Brasov, and Constanta with troops deployed to oil fields and outbreak patrols in the capital.
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Associated Press
Bucharest
Carol
Rumania
Ion Antonescus
Ion Gigurtus
Antonescu
Gigurtu
Banat
Transylvania
Hungary
Mihai
Constanta
Brasov
Romania
Iron Guard
Britain Eyes 50 US Destroyers to Bolster Near Eastern Campaign
London reports Britain anticipates a Sinai and Syria push aided by an acquisition of 50 destroyers from the United States. War Secretary Eden warned fighting may begin soon in the region as authorities hail closer Anglo American cooperation.
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London
Britain
United States
America
Europe
the Times
British Empire
The
Daily Express
Daily Telegraph
Hitler
Syria
Cairo
France
Eden Warns invasion threat not yet ended
War Secretary Anthony Eden told the nation there is no evidence Hitler has dropped plans to invade Britain as autumn nears. He urged vigilance, warned of possible large scale fighting in the Middle East, and praised Churchill while outlining arms stock and rubber conservation efforts.
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Eden
Hitler
Isle
London
Anthony Eden
National Defense Public Interest Committee
Britain
Warsainz
Middle East
Goebbels
Winston Churchill
Firestone Says U S Won't Suffer If Rubber Imports Stop
Raymond C. Firestone, president of Firestone Tire and Rubber, asserts U S synthetic rubber capability and warns that large scale butadiene production limits pose a 18 month design and plant erection hurdle before mass synthetic rubber production begins. He spoke in Ada during a brief visit touring outlets.
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United States
Raymond C. Firestone
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Memphis
Ada
Mr. Firestone
U. S
Car
Guardsmen seek posting. training set at Fort Sill
Six Oklahoma City national guardsmen tired of rain during Pitkin maneuvers wrote President Roosevelt asking for a year of active duty at Fort Sill. The White House sent the letter through multiple offices until Adjutant General Louis A. Ledbetter announced the year of training would be at Fort Sill.
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Oklahoma City
Eighth Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Adjutant General’s
Adjt
Louis A. Ledbetter
Fort Sill
Precedent Cited For U S Vessel Trade With Britain
Navy officials cite a pattern from 1898 when the United States bought three light cruisers from Britain used for Brazil to justify the 50 destroyer swap with Great Britain. The Buffalo cost $575,000 the New Orleans $1,429,215 and the Albany $1,205,000.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
England
Spain
Britain
Brazil
Buffalo
Orlans
Albany
Air raid shelter hosts first British court case
London court proceeds in an air raid shelter as sirens interrupt the hearing. A high court judge and witnesses adjourned underground during the case, marking a historic legal moment in wartime Britain.
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London
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