Senate-House Panel OKs Peacetime Draft Bill for Ages 21 to 35
A joint committee approved a compromise peacetime conscription bill calling 16,500,000 men aged 21 to 35 to one year of military training. The measure returns to the Senate, then the House for quick final passage. The draft industry amendment and student training delay provisions were adjusted, with safeguards on industrial property and profit ceilings debated.
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House
Roosevelt backs labor in defense drive at Teamsters convention
President Roosevelt spoke to the Teamsters Union in Washington Sept 11 urging continuation of New Deal labor and social reforms as essential to national defense. He defended conscription of non cooperative industry and warned opponents against using the defense crisis to repeal New Deal measures. He said Congress will pass plant scrappage and service powers for defense if plants resist.
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Roosevelt
Teamsters’ Union
America
Congress
Arizona Senator Ashurst trails renomination bid in primary
As yields from Tuesday’s primaries come in, Arizona Democratic Senator Ashurst lags behind Ern est W. McFarland by about two to one. The veteran, in his sixth bid for renomination since 1912, faces defeat while colleagues Vandenberg Shipstead and Austin run strongly in other states. Vermont GOP renominates Austin. Aiken wins Senate short term in Vermont, while Minnesota’s Stassen leads for renomination.
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Shipstead
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Arizona
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George D. Aiken
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Night Bombing Stuns Hamburg Bremen and Berlin
Berlin reports British raids struck Hamburg and Bremen and Berlin overnight with civilians killed as fires broke out in multiple apartment blocks. Britain claims anti aircraft fire and night fighters repelled a feared German onslaught on London during a 92 minute raid.
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Hamburg
Bremen
Draft figures and funding outlook for World War II
Lieut Col Lewis Hershey said about 5,000,000 of 16,500,000 draft subjects would qualify after deferments for dependents disability or essential industry. Legislative leaders expect a presidential request of about 1 billion dollars for the first year’s cost once the draft bill becomes law.
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Army and Navy Selective Service Committee
U S and Canada Plan Joint Defense Pool
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia announced that the Canadian American joint defense board has discussed pooling defense forces for possible attack and coordinating use of bases. He stressed no land acquisitions were contemplated and each country would develop facilities on its own soil. He noted surplus military supplies sharing was a defense issue.
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New York
Joint Defense Board
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Newfoundland
Canada
England fears Adolf plans invasion
Reports from England suggest that Adolf expects to barge in. Argue over the legality of every defensive move as if reading up on law while an intruder murders your family.
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England
Adolf
Deputy's Body Found After Kidnapping Near Paris Texas
Deputy Sheriff George Robertson of Paris was found dead in a green sedan abandoned near Powderly Texas after being abducted by two robbery suspects. A posse searched the Red river bottom area while bloodhounds were brought from an Oklahoma penitentiary. The car had been sighted at Grant Choctaw county earlier that afternoon.
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Oklahoma
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Tulsan Named To Succeed Gallagher
STILLWATER September 11 Art Griffith Tulsa Central High School wrestling coach was recommended to succeed E C Gallagher the longtime Aggie coach who died recently His appointment awaits approval by the state board of agriculture and he said he would accept
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Art Griffith
Tulsa Central
Oklahoma A
M. College
E. C. Gallagher
Griffith
State Board of Agriculture
Churchill Says Invasion Is At Hand
Prime Minister Winston Churchill warns Britain that Hitler's invasion may be at hand and the next week could be the most critical in England's history. He commends the air force, navy and army and urges all to stand firm amid London bombings.
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Britain
Registration of Younger Men to Be Seen First
Washington Sept. 11 The War Department plans to register men aged 21 through 30 as a separate group if the Burke Wadsworth bill limits later age brackets. Senate and House conferees debated upper age limits 35 39 and 44 with no final agreement as talks stretched into the evening.
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Utah
Free Pontotoc County Fair Opens At Ada Grounds
The Pontotoc county Free Fair begins with livestock and farm product exhibits moved to the fairgrounds. Judges from Oklahoma A and M College will assess entries while a Friday concert by Ada high school band replaces the carnival. The fair continues through Thursday and Friday with a closing program Saturday.
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Clinic at Fitzhugh Sets Friday Examinations for First Graders
Examinations of first grade children at Fitzhugh scheduled for Friday by county health unit staff. The clinic will include Schick tests and typhoid immunizations. A similar clinic for grades 1 to 4 was held at Lawrence Monday.
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Lawrence
Eugene Talmadge Leads in Georgia Governor Race
Incomplete returns from Georgia's Democratic primary show Eugene Talmadge leading by more than two to one over his nearest rival for a third term as governor. County unit voting results likely widen his margin beyond the popular vote lead.
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Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Roosevelt
Marriage Licenses Issued to Four Couples
The court clerk's office issued marriage licenses to Clyde Chapman age 23 of Byng and Rose Ellen Woods age 19 of Aca, and J. D. Simpson age 23 of Ada with Lillian Anderson age 18 of Ada on Wednesday.
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Byng
Rose Ellen Woods
Aca
J. D. Simpson
Ada
Lillian Anderson
Germans Hit Six Merchant Ships in Thames Convoy Assault
Berlin says six merchant ships and one destroyer were struck by bombs from a German bomber as a British convoy left the Thames under darkness. The attack caused fires aboard several vessels, an authorized source reported.
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Thames River
Bombing raid hits Berlin factories and Tiergarten
Early Thursday incendiary bombs dropped on Berlin caused a factory fire and damage in the Tiergarten park. Reports note extensive bombing over the city with additional fires started by air attacks.
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Berelin
Tiergarten Park
Berlin
Nazi raids shift as London endures barrage with heavy losses
Nazi formations withdrew from the London bombardment in some cases without dropping bombs. The air ministry reported 90 German planes shot down at a cost of 17 British ships. The admiralty said lighter British forces began offensive action against German shipping and ports vital to Hitler in case of invasion. Rescue squads worked in the Dover ruins after long range guns shelled the potential invasion beachhead.
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Air Ministry
Admiralty
Hitler
England
Dover
Secret naval details shielded as U boat threats loom
German sources threaten to drop 10 000 plane loads of bombs on London in a major new offensive. Prime Minister Churchill warns that invasion could come at any time as millions rush to battle stations. A formation of about 115 German planes faced stiff British resistance and heavy anti aircraft fire during London daylight raids.
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London
United Kingdom
Churchill
Early Day Doctor Of Ada Is Dead
Word has been received of the death Tuesday night of Dr. H. D. Vaughter Byers Texas an early day resident of Ada. About 1899 Doctor Vaughter practiced with the late Dr. R. T. Castleberry and earlier taught in an Indian school in the area.
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Byers
Texas
Ada
Vaughter
R. T. Castleberry
November weather descends as Ada hits 47 degrees
A cold wave moved into the state with Ada recording 47 degrees Tuesday night. The calendar still shows September but residents felt November in the air as temperatures dropped unexpectedly.
Weather Turns Chilly As Bermuda Visit Shortened
A cold front from Canada chills Bermuda visitors and Oklahoma towns. Temperatures drop from 98 to mid sixties, with highs not above 72 on Tuesday. Small towns like Waynoka Guthrie Shawnee Enid Ponca City Bartlesville Tulsa Muskogee Ardmore report lows from 40 to 50 as the pattern lasts into Wednesday.
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