Defense Avalanche Finally Showing Signs of Getting Started
A $10.496 billion national defense program progresses with contracts totaling $5.7 billion by August. The War Department reports plans for tens of thousands of rifles, mortars, guns, and tanks by mid-1941, plus thousands of planes and engines under rapid manufacture and multiple allied corporations to secure metals and materials for the expanding war effort. The Navy orders and commissions ships and planes as the two ocean navy gears up toward a 1945 readiness goal.
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Milton Bronner
NEA
GEOR
National Advisory Defense Commission
Congress
War Department
NADC
United States
Navy
Marines
Naval
Marine
Army
National Guard
Roosevelt
James E. van Zandt
Pennsylvania
Haze
Army Airforce
Navy Department
St. Louis
Helena
Thresher
C. F. Hughes
Madison
Niblack
Benson
RFC
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Defense Supplies Corporation
Metals Reserve Company
Highway robber shows chivalrous side in Oklahoma City
Miss Helen Waul, 22, received a letter from the Sunday night highway robber who took her sorority card and state driver's license. The envelope included an apology note and the items.
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Oklahoma City
Helen Waul
Thief Stole Bench Pens Gift to Judge Joyce in Belleville
In Belleville Illinois a thief took a set of fountain pens from the judicial bench in the circuit court. The pens were an election victory gift and the pride of Judge Maurice V Joyce. If caught the thief faces consequences and potential explanation for a lighter sentence.
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Belleville
Ill
Maurice V. Joyce
Ada News Classified Ads Historical Auto Gears
The article notes early developments in car technology including the sliding gear transmission about 140 years ago the first differential gear over a century old and rubber tires nearing 100 years with Ada News classifieds referencing these milestones.
May Fill Most Of First Army Quota Without Draft
Voluntary enlistment surges into selective service HQ as officials expect to meet much of the 400 000 first quota without a draft. In 1917, 435 000 volunteered. Reports of heavy interest at state offices and army centers, with crowds in New York and Idaho inquiries. Maj Chauncey Parker says enlistment may aid the draft machinery and be plentiful.
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Washington
New York
Idaho
Maj
Chauncey Parker
Army and Navy Selective Service Committee
Oil Men Watch Conference Result
Tulsa reports indicate oil leaders and government officials held closely guarded talks with Secretary Ickes. Participants include Walter C Teagle and Payne Ratner, with possible plans for a joint industry government commission to regulate oil as a defense measure and to alter antitrust actions.
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Tulsa
Ickes
Charles Roeser
Fort Worth
Texas
Roosevelt
Justice Department
Roeser
Jackson
Defense Commission
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Payne Ratner
Paul G. Glazner
Ashland Oil and Refinery Co
Ashland
A. C. Mattei
San Francisco
Honolulu Oil Co
British Bomb Raids Hit Berlin Industrial Axis
London reports RAF night raids on Berlin targeting Sie mens and Halske electrical equipment plants and a subsequent attack on Friedrichs helde transformer station. Two large fires noted as bombs struck the plant area during the sky assault.
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London
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Air Ministry
Siemens and Halske
Friedrichsefelde
Ada Woman Leads Red Cross Efforts Since World War I
Mrs. W. W. Sledge of 623 South Broadway Ada has devoted 37 years to church and Red Cross work. She directed wartime knitting and now oversees sewing and knitting for Red Cross shipments to St. Louis, including dresses sweaters shawls and layettes. She helped found church auxiliary leadership and joined local study clubs.
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W. W. Sledge
South Broadway Avenue
Ada
Cresson
Texas
Red Cross
The
St. Louis
D. J. Stubblefield
Ada region social notes highlight arrivals and travels
Ada residents host and visit friends including HH IOCAT at Atwood, Mr. and Mrs. Escalada announce the birth of a son in Tucson, and many locals such as Jim Woods, Betty Bailey, Marion Johnson, and Cleo Butler are noted for visits, work trips, and family events across nearby towns.
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Henry Evans
Small Son
Atwood
Ada
Louis Escalada
Nogales
Arizona
Tucson
Escalada
Celma Bolin
J. W. Bolin
Warren Beck Rice
Washington School
Ill boy Brian Craig Hudson improves at Altus home
The condition of Brian Craig Hudson, two months ill, is reported improved. He is convalescing in the home of his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs S C VanCuren at Altus. Mrs I G Killough left Wednesday for Eagle Lake and Houston Texas.
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Brian Craig Hudson
Hazel Hudson
Brian Craig
S. C. VanCuren
Altus
I. G. Killough
Eagle Lake
Houston
Texas
Berlin Bombardment News Sparks Smiles Among Londoners
Reports describe a blast furnace fire in southern suburban Berlin and a canal bridge incident two miles southwest of Tempelhof as part of the bombardment. Londoners, amid glass strewn streets, paused to buy papers and celebrate the developing news.
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Berlin
Tempelhof
Legion Seeks hard line on subversives and defense push
Boston dispatch reports the 22nd American Legion convention endorsing stringent measures against Nazis fascists and communists while urging a robust naval and land defense. Delegates backed compulsory training for civilians and expansion of military training and the navy, plus deportation of key figures and ban on foreign language broadcasts.
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Boston
Mass
American Legion
Great Britain
United States
Defense Committee
Panama Canal
Milwaukee
Civilian Conservation Corps
War Department
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Legion
Americanism Committee
Band
Communist Party
Legionnaires
Harry Bridges
National Defense Committee
William Green
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Boone family returns from Bakersfield California
Mrs L V Boone and son Bil lie returned from Bakersfield California with Mrs H C Garner also arriving. Billie who has been ill is reported to be improving steadily.
Pattesons Return From Kansas City and Missouri Fairs
Mr and Mrs Z H Patteson return from a week long visit touring Kansas City and other Missouri points. While away they attended fairs in Hale and Brunswick Missouri.
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Z. H. Patteson
Kansas City
Missouri
Hale
Brunswick
Mrs. Epstein Visits Houston Hosts
Mrs Maurice Epstein of Houston Texas is visiting in the home of Mr and Mrs Abe Pollock at 111 Hunters Drive.
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Maurice Epstein
Houston
Texas
Abe Pollock
Hunter’s Drive
Mrs. C. D. Reeves Returns Home From Ada Visit
Mrs. C. D. Reeves returns to Dallas after visiting Mrs. Joe Biles and other friends in Ada.
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C. D. Reeves
Dallas
Joe Biles
Ada
Mrs Orr Returns to Dallas After Ada Visit
Mrs. Fred Orr returns to Dallas after a short visit with relatives and friends in Ada. She was a resident of Dallas prior to the trip.
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Fred Orr
Dallas
Ada
Orr
Civilizaton heritage urged by UW President in wartime call
President W G Leutner of Wisconsin Reserve University appeals to students to stay in school until called to service. The message emphasizes preserving human heritage and passing it to the next generation. The speech reflects wartime urgency and a call for national unity and readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Leutner
Wisconsin Reserve University
National Guard in Transition to Army Duty
The National Guard faces a September 16 M day and a year of training, transforming young guardsmen into soldiers. A Sulphur visit shows locals serenading the unit at the 158th Field Artillery armory, reflecting pride and support for their service.
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H. P. Willis
Jodie Parks
Howard Martin
Verle Byars
Charles Haney
Earl Wilhoite
158Th Field Artillery
W. L. Shamel
Lynn Norman
Army
Hubert Byrd
Coal
National Guard
Sulphur
Barbs Lgypts and the Brink of War Headlines
The passage mocks wartime reputations and media in a brisk era. It notes Egypts embalming fame as a warning to Italy, hints at Panzer football bravado, and mentions Junkers being reduced by British anti aircraft fire. It references polonium values and draft evaders facing stricter penalties.
Williamsburg swimmer keeps daily dip for four years
Ray Gant, a 26 year old athlete from Williamsburg, has not missed his daily swim in four years. He even swam in the Cumberland River when the air was three degrees above zero, sometimes breaking ice to enter the water.
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Williamsburg
Ray Gant
Cumberland River
German High Commissioner Dismisses Haakon and Abolishes Parliament
Joseph Terboven announced to Norwegians that King Haakon was removed as head of state and that the Norwegian Parliament had been abrogated. The address comes from Oslo with Germany asserting control during the occupation.
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Oslo
Norway
Berlin
Joseph Terboven
Haakon
North Carolina Public Schools Near One Million Enrolled
Ada News Classified Ads note that North Carolina public schools enroll almost one million students. The piece also defines dendrology as the study of trees and shrubs.
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North Carolina
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