Army Trains New Combat Cameramen For Action
A new Signal Corps unit trains drafted soldiers who were civilian photographers to shoot motion pictures and stills of Army maneuvers. Each six to eight man team carries about 50 000 dollars of gear and can film high ranking officers without image lapses. This testing unit marks a novel combat photography force in the Third Army in Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Ralph Martin Ner
Third Army
Louisiana
High Army
Buck
Signal] Corps
Signal Corps
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Pioneers Train as Frontline Military Photographers
Basic training arms recruits who must handle weapons and operate on front lines. They photograph soldiers firing grenades, dive bombers attacking cannons, and join charges. Signal Corps students use dummy cameras to practice charging and falling without damage. Units test during large maneuvers in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
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Signal Corps
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Wildcat Pool Find Near Guthrie Edges Oil Drilling Update
Oil activity across Oklahoma centers on the Guthrie pool where the Harry A. Miller No. 1 Kats cher wildcat reached 5 690 feet with first core pulled, signaling brisk trade as drilling continues. Separate wells at Yeager and Kunc show varying results while industry moves alongside regional activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Harry A. Miller
Guthrie
Guthrie Pool
Deep Rock Oil Et al
Murphy
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Oklahoma County
F. E. Harper
Roy J. Turner
No. 1
Yeager
Edmond
Harper-Turner
Harper
Seminole County Wilcox Sand Drilled in New Layer
In Seminole County near Stanolind Nonae NW SW NW of 11-10N-7E West of Cromwell area first Wilcox sand encountered at 4370 feet drilled and cored to 4415 feet ran Schlumberger to 4410 feet to show several saturated zones and conduct a drill stem test.
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Seminole County
Cromwell
Oil Well Tests Show Early Production Rates
Pottawatomie County Eagle Oil No. 1 Weatherford acidized dolomite to 4112 feet swabbing at 41 barrels per hour on initial test. In Olene County Stanolind No. 3 Bart Aldridge sand at 4406 to 26 feet total depth swabbing 20 barrels per hour.
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Pottawatomie
Eagel Oil Et al
Weatherford
Inole
Bart Aldridge
Tax Proposal Sets Graduated Surtaxes and Exemption Cuts
The plan imposes a six percent starting surcharge on the first dollar of taxable income rising to seventy seven percent for incomes over five million. Personal exemptions would fall from two thousand to one thousand five hundred for married couples and from eight hundred to seven hundred fifty for single filers. The bill would also add excise taxes and miscellaneous levies, with Oct. effective date, aiming to raise about three hundred three million in new revenue and an estimated total of about one billion twenty six million in additional revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Iranian ruler abdicates amid Allied pressure
Reza Shah Pahlavi reportedly left the capital for Isfahan after Britain and Russia accused him of delaying compliance with the peace terms. Army planes disappeared from airports outside the city as the fourth marriage baggage tale continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riages
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Isfahan
Third Agriculture Announcement on Cotton Loans
Number Three of agriculture issued July 31 1940 states that all cotton not redeemed by October 1 1941 will be pooled and sold by the CCC. Producers typically sell loan equity to merchants who redeem the collateral. Release of loan action after October 1 1941 occurs when equity is disposed of beforehand, allowing standard release timing.
Five Shots Fly From Nervous Gunman In Escape Scene
A gunman pursued by a veiled threat fired at a fleeing car. Bullets shattered windows and struck the front seat passenger and driver, while a police siren wail rent the air. Officials described the shooter as wildly aiming with little self control.
Moslems and Rome in Middle East War Fallout
The piece discusses British plans and threats amid a potential clash over Cairo and Athens. It notes Vatican war concerns and Italian retaliation talk, arguing claimed bombings could provoke scorched earth actions against Rome and Catholic support for the Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
Cairo
Rome
London
Ussolini
Athens
Reprisal Risk After Cairo Bombing Debate
The text discusses whether a British reprisal against Rome follows a Cairo bombing. It suggests illogical blame on an intermediate military command and questions if Britain will avoid retaliating against Rome amid tangled circumstances.
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Vatican City
Cairo
Rome
Germans Narrow Hostage Policy in Paris Shootings
Paris reports that German authorities pledge to execute hostages from all classes of Paris society in retaliation for attacks on German troops. A non commissioned officer died from wounds after an unidentified assailant strike in defiance of prior executions. A manhunt is under way for the attacker and for kidnappers of Manuel Herteaux, son of Lt. Col. Alfred Herteaux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Army of Occupation
Manuel Herteaux
Alfred Herteaux
Veterans’ Legion
Oklahoma City Woman to receive life annuity from Hales estate
Oklahoma City widow Mrs Oneta Hales is to receive 2666.66 dollars a month for life from the 2 million dollar estate of the late W T Hales. The court ordered $28000 immediate payments to be shared among four children and a son in law administrator while K Cavett and First National Bank take trustee and executor roles with respective fees. The balance goes into trust for the children and their heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oneta Hales
W. T. Hales
C. J. Blinn
Joe Chalmers
Carter Mullaly
W. F. Peterso
W. T. Hales Jr
George A. Hales
Los Angeles
Calif
K. Cavett
First National Bank and Trust E Company
Robert E. Garnett
Decatur Navy Victory Against Algiers Reforms U S Policy
Peter Edson recounts the 1815 Decatur led victory over Algiers to end tribute payments. The raid freed captives, forced a treaty, and spurred later peacetime expeditions protecting American commerce. The article links these actions to a long U S record of anti piracy and protection abroad.
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Peter Edson
Roosevelt
U. S
Algiers
Tripoli
Republic
Great Britain
Dey
Lear
United States
U. S. S. Alleghany
Alleghany
Egypt
Smyrna
Near East
Pacific
Soviet Russia
High Seas
China
Japan
Commodore Perry
Straits of
Shimonoseki
Vladivostok
Formosa
Hearing Opens On Freight Line Plan
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission opened a hearing on the Keystone Freight Lines Tulsa application for a class A motor carrier permit. The company seeks to unify existing certificates into a single system and add routes Tulsa to Ponca City and Blackwell and another to Sulphur via Jamestown. Several firms oppose the plan. hearing may run several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
U € Corporation
Eystone Freight Lines
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Ponca Ci
Blackwell
Drivers Urged To Use Care During Football Season
Governor Phillips urged safer driving as football season approaches and noted Oklahoma drinking conditions at games have improved. He credited the highway patrol for helping reduce incidents and said they will staff the September 27 Oklahoma A. and M. game and future dates.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
University of Oklahoma
Philips
Joseph A. Brandt
Brandt
Escapers Back Get Additional Terms at McAlester
Six convicts who escaped from McAlester penitentiary faced new terms ranging from six months to two years after pleading guilty before District Judge R W Higgins. Names include Lawrence Fears Louis Pool William Allen Wright Pat Cox Jimmie Payne Woodrow Howard and details of counties and prior sentences accompany the overhaul.
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Mcalester
McAlester Penitentiary
R. W. Higgins
Lawrence Fears
Muskogee County
Louis Pool
Pottawatomie County
William Allen Wright
McCurtain County
Pat Cox
Pawnee County
Jimmie Payne
Oklahoma County
Woodrow Howard
Okmulgee County
Solution of Old Murder Is Claimed
Roger Mills county and state investigators announced a confession from one of three men accused in the March 1933 murder of Jack Leary a filling station attendant in Cheyenne Oklahoma The county attorney said the woman who had given an alibi for the suspects admitted her statements were false and that she did not know their whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Okla
Roger Mills County
Orval Grim
Jack Leary
Grim
Ick Finley
Seck ~E
Roger County
Vermont Soldiers Getting War Bonus
Vermont lawmakers authorized a $10 monthly war bonus for every Vermonter in the armed forces after President Roosevelt announced active conflict. Both legislative chambers approved the measure and $500,000 was set aside to cover the cost.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Fifty Men On Way Home From The Forty Fifth Division
Fifty men who joined for a year of service are on their way home as 3,242 soldiers will be discharged to rejoin civilian life. The 45th division released troops from Camp Barkeley after trains brought them from Louisiana over the past two days. Harold Hughes of Fargo Oklahoma, age 18, was the first to receive an honorable discharge.
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Camp Barkeley
Tex
45Th Division
Louisiana
Harold Hughes
Fargo
Okla
Hughes
R. B. Hughes
Axis Shells Outer Tobruk Positions
Cairo reports heavy axis shelling of British forward Tobruk positions as desert warfare intensifies with the season’s end. In Gondar Ethiopia British reports say weather allows resumed offensives against remnants of the Italian army besieged since their main forces were captured.
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Cairo
Tobruk
Middle East
Gondar
Ethiopia
Hobby resigns from Texas college regents board
Governor Stevenson announces the resignation of Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby of Houston from the State teachers colleges board of regents and names J. E. Josey of Houston as her successor. Hobby would have served until January 10, 1947.
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Austin
Oveta Culp Hobby
Houston
Board of Regents
State Teachers Colleges
J. E. Josey
Coke R. Stevenson
Hobby
State Draft Call Targets 685 for Oklahoma October Inductions
Ninety five local draft boards are ordered to send 685 registrants to Oklahoma for induction between Oct 8 and 17 to meet the state's monthly quota. About 1,400 Oklahomans are slated for induction in September and October, with September filled Sept 22–30 at about 100 men daily. Quotas list county allocations including Pontotoc, Atoka, Coal, Garvin, Johnston, McClain, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, and Seminole, plus two Negro inductees from Atoka County.
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Oklahoma City
Army
Atoka
COAL
Garvin
Johnston
McClain
Pottawatomie
Pott
Pushmataha
Atoka County
Planes Collide Killing Two Fliers at San Antonio Flight Zone
A collision at 800 feet killed Kelly Field instructor Lieut. Barry Church Francks Jr. 21 of Brady Texas and aviation cadet Joseph C Foley 27 of Dallas after their aeroplanes failed to deploy emergency chutes. Pilot Lieut. Robert E Halley from Sharon Oklahoma parachuted to safety.
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San Antonio
Kelly Field
Barry Church Francks, Jr
Brady
Texas
Joseph C. Foley
Dallas
Fort Sam Houston
Robert E. Halley
Sharon
Oklo
Aggie Librarian Dies of Pneumonia at Stillwater
P Margaret Doerria Walters, 52, reference librarian at Oklahoma A and M College since 1914, died today of bronchial pneumonia in Stillwater. Funeral at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. body to be cremated. Born October 8, 1887, in Starkville, Colorado. taught at Panhandle A and M College Goodwell 1910–1913 and later worked at McPherson College Kansas.
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Kas
Starkville, Colo
Seven blue army soldiers stage fake attack on second army HQ
A seven member blue army unit last night used ignited smoke pots to simulate an attack on the second army headquarters. Red army officers said the drill aimed to capture Lieut. General Ben Lear, who was absent. Smoke drove out 50 plus people from the building while the seven refused to answer questions and were held under arrest. The red army claims the party seized a second army truck and drove 150 miles from Marshall to Eldorado and back around the red lines with Sgt. Hershel N. Burtin of the 137th Infantry driving.
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Second Army
Third Army
Red Army
Ben Lear
Lear
Hershel N. Burtin
137Th Infantry
Red
Marshall
Tex
el Dora 0
Ark
Red Lines
Civilians Killed in British Bombing of Germany
A German report states civilians were killed or wounded last night as British bombers hit several points in southwestern Germany with high explosives and incendiaries. Minor damage reported to homes. Four British fighters attempting to cross into occupied German territory along the English Channel were shot down with no German losses.
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Berlin
Germany
English Channel
Army morale okay says newsmen probes
Two newspapermen who lived with Uncle Sam's troops in the third corps area report that America has no reason to fear the morale of the army being built for defense. Rodney Crowther and Ben H. Miller observed morale by staying with troops in camp and during maneuvers amid public concern over alleged issues.
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Baltimore
Uncle Sam
America
Evening Sun
Third Corps
United States Army
Rodney Crowther
Ben H. Miller
Washington
Automotive engine oil and air usage note
A sentence fragment notes that a modern car engine consumes 9 gallons of air per gallon of oil, yielding a ratio statement about air to oil use in the motor.
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Guthrie Edge
Shahpur Mohammed Rezi Pahlavi
Teheran
Iran
Grand Mufti
Jerusalem
Palestine
Iraq
Ctiakpe
Hitler
Decatur
Mediterranean
Edwin
Straits of Gibraltar
Rais Hammida
John Downes
Epervier
Tunis
Europe
Asia
Monroe
Amelia Island
Spanish Florida
Government of
Venezuela
Florida
Sm. Florida
Caribbean
Cuba
Oliver H. Perry
Lake Erie
Matthew C. Perry
Brothers Perrys
David Porter
David G. Farragut
West Indies
North Atlantic
Sumatra
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
Downes
Ada
Ada News
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Missouri
Oregon
M. Reg
Wisconsin
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