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Miami Daily News Record (Newspaper) - March 31, 1940, Miami, OklahomaMiami daily news record vol. Xxxvii. So. 233 fill we it a a a a of or at a say tim Himil War air ii mows a a Kaitim i Lim Miami, sunday. Marci i i d40 off1 1 la a Umi in fill la Lam of. Price five cents Happy birthday Grda automatically defaults on school finance twas to Picher a8reement wih pea Leavine plan approved and its guests y 0pen ,0 Federal receivership by . Group men of War against sky 5.000 to 8.000 Perron participate in Celebration of Twenty second an Niler Arv Picher March 30�? spacial darkness fell tonight on thousand of enthusiastic birthday celebrant. A bit tired but none the in Happy with the spectacular event which marked the Twenty second anniversary of the incorporation of this Rte St or City. Escher a joined by Hundred of people from throughout the Tri state District in the Observance. Main Avreet a a far cry saturday from the Avenue that spawned failure to Complete dam by March 30 deadline Auto _ magically brings that possibility with government twelve essential Point to at icy reportedly awaiting outcome of directors Riipi a so a of a a r form nent Parley with Phillips. Befit of state institutions Vinita March 30.at the stroke of m Midnight tonight the f2o.oou.ou0 grand River project Aas left open to a possible receivership when ii Rand River dam authority directors automatically defaulted on their loan and Grant agreement with the Federal government through failure to Complete the Job before a Man h 30 deadline. Whether the Public work administration a bondholders would exercise it rights to ask that i receiver be appointed for the Quick in huh. Giant Hydro electric development Picher a greatest or today party Ujj immediate speculation. But at least Irda directors recognized j the Gravity of the situation. Special meeting held Oklahoma City March 30 time Extension was approved in Washington. However no official confirmation a received of a Oft twelve guiding principle for Proval of the temporary budget. 1 developing a permanent and Ade the request for additional funds pm financing program for Tun. For la pro Jet a a a it to i Hong a shool a a a a tod., Washington More than a month rag,., but As Jet there Baa been in a a Oklahoma educational Assn a to re either rejecting or granting elation finance committee them. A. I. Crab state superintend a Pend partly on Phillips eat of Public instruction raid the la a regarded a provide but committee Felt any program would not certain that whether pm a have to follow the principles to be would request that the project be j satisfactory. Wore into the night hours w Ith a Street dance a dance on the same site which earlier in the Day Hod a Cen lined thousands cheer a Ray Mcnaught on of Miami brightly bedecked bands and drum rh.irt1laj of the a a Ems Fly corps went in pubic at a specially called Arade i o or u meeting this morning past Hie jul in Stai d. Mun a j j want Hajj min a cd to be awaiting results from a tr1 a or blk Aniva r iou Omun i to nth re la it a a that a a a it us a i of conferences to which the car world and i if def cult it this May a governor has summoned each dim for adjudged insolvent and a receiver appointed depended on the outcome of the controversy Between Washington and guv. Lanm c. Phillips currently seeking to collect $sh9,-275 for state Road a id Bridges to let a inundated by the Lake now forming. In particular pm a was report individuals and vehicles moved to the applause of a crowd estimated variously at 5, Ajo to 8.g0q person. Ideal weather gave the Mammoth party a Golden setting Sun rays lie atm Down u in the pavement through the morning and afternoon with temperatures skirting the Middle 7o s. \ mils hand i i Ira to the Vinita High school band. Dressed in dark Blue Aud Gold was adjudged the Best musical unit Aud received $-5 a top award s Bright Blue organisation claimed second honors with Commerce musicians also garbed in Blue taking third. Pie he Ca Scarlet coated unit was not eligible to compete for prise Money. Carthage and Conizene received lib arum $10, respectively. Led by two horsemen marshal of lira wearing a Scarlet silk shirt and Sombrero Alop a Chestnut sorrel Amman Mare and John Pogue of Miami mounted on a Beautiful Ai hum horse the Parade 1 turned i tween first and fecund streets on main. Iii the line of March was the colourful girls drum corps of Catena r i the sufi a a i Union in cont tied on Page thirteen a possible grounds tor receiver however Mcnaug Loii and other Cuda directors emphasised am i lilt cow he in ? \ nit cd states army engineers i have begun Core Drill Rxpora-1 tons for a flood control dam site on the Cowskin River near Council House it was disclosed today by t. P. Clout Urda general manager. Hints Waul he had Given permission to the army to cure Dell near the Missouri Oklahoma state line. The site is upriver from Garner s Ford popular i i fishing spot for Many miam tan. I no details of the proposed dam Wert available. Tin would not concede the default hinder the circumstances was actual grounds. Almost simultaneously in l. Davidson chief counsel declared he believed saturday would be a elite last Day pea will approve any expenditures until an Extension is i the tense situation was reflected in an announcement by Vav. It. Holway chief Engineer that the Dewey t. Ross construction company had shut Down its three Timber Clearing contracts a on advice of counsel a lending another Lime Extension. Further pm a officials advised Grda they would not authorise execution of a contract for con Ltd i Striction of a transmission line s. In it a a la Liun Fri a a Alt. Til the project deadline was lifted. Hope for an Extension there a still Hope urdu red Urda Headquarters late today that pea might extend the completion Date until dec. 31, i who As the new Deal Agency bad been requested to do several weeks ago. It was pointed out unofficially that pm a had approved an a interim budget to fill the monetary needs of the project until the final budget and i tor Early next week. Governor Phillips has hinted that he May demand the resignation of some of the directors who took a stand against Turkey reported willing to let allies choke nazi Supply line in Black sea Way Clear to warships via Dardanelles members of the committee include Joe r. Holmes Muskogee chairman c nth in Clyde m. Howell Secretary of the Oklahoma educational ars nation la Ruer Selvy Enid Dan Proctor ads g. T. Stubbs Durant Harry Simmons Wewoka j. Caf i Conner Oklahoma City a. O. Ii. Serphan Tulsa and f. A. Ramsey of the state department of it duration. Briefly the principles Are i. Those who accept the reason -1 Ai bitty for developing an adequate finance program for Oklahoma Public schools should approach this him in the Road and Bridge dispute problem with the sincere Pur Rose j before a three judge Federal court of guaranteeing the stability and last week. J Security of free Universal Edrica there was a Strong Rumoro audition of a High Quality regardless ii was strictly a Rumoro that Phil of Cost except As limited by there was seeking a sure. Or to my possible Revenue of the state and Johnson Dunlo a x . The Story could neither eth approval of the people of such be confirmed nor traced to anything program. Or Nadir opportunities Britain s mechanised cavalry regiments have Bren Given a thorough workout during extensive Maneu vers in France. Here Are one time troopers dashing to mount to Weir new Quot Iron horses cum Mobil _ Light tanks seen St left Cirl found dead on naval ship into a Drunken orgy on training vessel Detroit March is the Federal government today took full charge of the investigation of the death of do year Ohi Charlotte Cranson whose body was found aboard the . Dubuque a naval training ship after an ail night party. The Federal Bureau of investigation and naval officers shared jurisdiction in the Case at least for the present and it was indicated that the primary purpose was to determine whether any crime has been committed on Federal property in custody were three Young men and two girls All under 21 year old. Inspector John g. Whitman of the police homicide squad described them a the surviving members of an All night drinking party aboard the Dubuque which is anchored in the Introit River at the naval Reserve armory. One of the girls is 16 years juvenile authorities took charge of her. The other girl is Marjory Smith. To ear old chum of miss Cranson. The Young men being questioned Are John a a Lazauskas. 20, a regular Navy Seaman assigned As caretaker of the Dubuque David Palmer id and Robert Newman 18. William e. Dowling chief assistant prosecuting attorney described the party aboard the gunboat As a a Drunken he quoted klan Rauskas As saying it was a very Concrete. Yet it was understood that Mcnaughton was to in the target of possible action by the chief executive. Basis for the report apparently was Mynaugh ton steadfast insistence that a majority of the former Grda directorate and a majority of the Marland Road commission entered into an agreement whereby the tales claim for Road damage would be liquidated through construction of a Highway Bridge near Grove. The governor it was recalled told newsmen that such testimony by a Grda director would constitute Quot grounds for governor Phillips appointed All five of the directors and can dismiss a he fur cause. M ital or mania to know a what i want to know a the militant Phi i is reported to have demanded of the directors recently a is whether a Board i appointed and can fire will go against me in this observers noted that the authority a Bonds defaulted less than a year ago after Phillips removed five of the original Grda directors in what some sources termed a Quot political raid on the authority. The governor although maintaining vociferously that he Bias no ties with private utilities which will be seriously affected when the Hydro electric project logins functioning usually refers to the development As a that things and is generally understood to have inspired a widely circulated a news editorial in which the undertaking continued on Page thirteen senator flays f. D. R. Silence ident Ila. A a spooned lither potential n ii to Iii a or 2. An adequate educational program must provide a Broad offering of opportunities from the kindergarten to the colleges and universities for cultural professional -. J Uii Mil development. S. In a democracy fret Universal education must rank near if not at the top of the list of services offered the eople by the state. �?�4. Free educational rapport unites to meet the need of All children of All the people of Oklahoma is one of the first and most fundamental responsibilities of our i Blate anti form one of the first 1 claims upon any and All revenues j from the taxable wealth of the stale. New tax in Talon of a. Legislation that will provide Washington March pm senator Johnson . Declared tonight Blat president Roosevelt while keeping silent on the third term Issue had a Sharp owned and torpedoed other potential presidential candidates until the democratic Purl was a floundering it the coloradoan who is supporting senator m heeler i Mont of Montana for the democratic nomination added in a statement a Elf the president intern to go through with it and accept the nomination no one can Well complain a cause smart politics Are played in that cold blooded Way new barrage ready in diplomatic aimed at u. S. Envoys by Gleeful nazi regime bigwigs a Churchill hints of intense War adequate financial support fori hut if at Ute eleventh Bour is education must take into account i should abandon the scuttled demo first taxation that will create a cratic ship he must accept the re fairly stable Revenue in an Ade j for the disaster which Quale amount to provide the Edu i is so obviously and relentlessly rational program desired by the people for their children second a plan of distribution and administration in such a manner As to provide efficiently and economically the educational program to be guaranteed to every child in the state. 6. The state must guarantee a minimum educational program that will lie available to every child in the state. 7. The responsibility for financing the minimum educational program shall be a joint responsibly of local school districts and the state. Continued on Page two criminologists Are baffled by slaying of coed 17 state College pa., March 30. A lds criminologists investigating the baffling three Day old aex fiend murder of Chubby Rachel Taylor 17-year-old coed admitted tonight their exhausting work had led them nowhere but up a Blind Alley. Announcing that a suspect who had been questioned for two Day had been a definitely eliminated j from the puzzling Case commis Quot 1 a Smiter Lynn j. Adams of the state motor police declared a me Are just As much in a fog As he sail the suspect who had been nabbed in Philadelphia on the tip of a negro Porter and whisked 200 Miles to this excited College Community would he taken before a Justice of the peace and formally released. Miss Taylor 120-Pound, athletic and blonde freshman at the Pennsylvania state College was slain Early thursday. Her nearly nude body battered bruised and mis there were no external signs of treated was found several hours violence on the girl s hotly investigators found evidence hut that later in the driveway of a nearby Public school. Her head had been chloroform had been administered i beaten possibly with a Hammer. Bearing Down upon her. Johnson said that the president a is certain to lie nominated for a third term unless lie positively refuses to accept the the a practical hard Butler politicians a he added want the president to run a for the simple reason that he ult a a ear ago the democratic party had a dozen attractive prospective candidates a Johnson continued. A had political development teen permitted to take their course Many of these Able men would have grown Iii Public esteem with the months. A however the president perhaps with the noblest of intentions has stymied democracy s most Decidable sounding Board the primaries and he has a spooned and torpedoed other candidates for the presidency until now on the very eve of the election the majority party a marking time floundering in confusion and trailing Iii Public the we ath est Oklahoma and Kansas fair sunday increasing cloudiness monday continued mild. Arkansas a partly Cloudy with mild temperatures sunday and monday. Missouri a fair sunday monday continued mild. And m Eek pm tem Pek Ati res Tenqui erasures in Miami from 2 p. In. Friday until 8 of clock Satur let Loi is in Lin la ver Berlin March 30 it la German officialdom 24 hours after unleashing a diplomatic Blitzkrieg of 16 documents Assiut alleged i Nitro states pre War diplomacy leaned Iwock tonight in Gleeful contemplation and promised even More explosive sensations a soon. A nobody need try to prove an Alibi to the effect he was misunderstood or that he was misquoted by polish envoys a said one official streaking of Lite document to Tome. Spokesmen would not commit themselves As to precisely what statesmen would be named in the forthcoming release although one hinted that Hie German government is in Possession of direct communications by the United hta trs ambassador to Paris William c. Bullitt. Yesterday s White Book made up of 16 documents said to have Bern Tasen As spoil of front the vaults of the Warsaw foreign office purported to quote buil it and u. S. Ambassador to England Joseph p. Kennedy at length the quotations being attributed to diplomatic reports of polish diplomats Iii Washington Paris and l Ondon made in late 1938 and the first half of 1980. They ascribed to buil it lbs conviction that America would a a finish the War on the Side of Lite allies to Kennedy a Promise to put pressure on the British to lend Money to Poland. President Roosevelt by indirection was declared to have fostered an american War psychosis in or Der to help the allies in the Corn lug conflict and to have charged bullitt to Stop any further British attempts at appeasement. These report Are wholly de tiled by official Washington nevertheless German officials expressed themselves today As completely satisfied with the of feds of their Surprise move and let everyone know that compared to the Vintage material that ii in the offing yesterdays White Book was a cheap they also let German newspapers have a com plete digest of editorial comment and news report from the United states with the result that the afternoon press blazed with american reaction to the documents. The no achtau Gabe for instance had the Banner line a America tremendous impression of War guilt naval Ila aug Kip Orlid Al Ali Pasal to tighten in a Runny in Nobert p. I Akk pm. Or. Bui Barest March an go Turkey was represented in usually a fell informed Balkan diplomatic quarters tonight As having agreed to permit passage of British and French warship through the Dardanelles to choke off Germany Supply in from Russia to the Black or. Die newspaper in moment regarded As close to the French embassy Here reported moreover that Turkey Bael agreed to place her naval louies St try Biond pantsuit and Fin Ope at the allies disposal for use As contraband control leases i official circles in London pro j fessed no knowledge of the pro i putted agreement with Turkey. It was said however that if it is True it will be a Strong boost to the lined diplomatic offensive la the Balkans and an important Aid to tightening the Allied bus Wade of a Tertany at Allevo i infertile Hill there la no need fur informants Here reported the Russia Loile drawn in Turk hot rom on a reached at a statesman decl Era Day night. 2 p. In. 70 6 a. In. 47 4 p. In. 71 8 a. 66 6 p. In. 09 to a. Rn.66 8 p. 64 noon .72 to p. In. 62 2 p. In. 75 Midnight 68 4 p. In. 78 2 a. In. 61 6 p. In. 73 4 a. In. 49 i 8 p. In. 66 officer visit tavern but find so liquor r. P. Finis state agent and under Herniy Horace rider visited the aircraft tavern about three and one half Miles North of Miami. Saturday evening but the officers found no packaged liquor a Deputy sheriff said last night. London March 30 old a w Inston i Wulchin first lord of the admiralty coupled a new warning tit intensification of the War tonight with the significant hint him Britain scarcely could by expected in the future to take As a matter it course interpretations of neutrality which give All and anlage to the Xii War i the of ii Ign a i Perch Tafb in aft to America and elsewhere treated the first lords declaration of Jan. Join which he Call on Europe s Conquest anxious neutrals to join the allies in a United action to bring the War against Germany to a speedy end. It followed closely too upon continuing demands from various Quarter in great Britain for a More vigorous prosecution of the War and the disclosure that the Allied navies Are determined to tighten their stranglehold on Germany by Way la lug scandinavian Ore ships and by greater activity in the Pacific against shipments of raw materials from Mexico to Vladiv Oslock from where they can find their Way to Germany. M ars i out u Burden some quarters saw a distinct relation Between Churchill s assertion that a time has been on our Side but it is a changeable ally with the Treasury a annual state Merit showing a deficit of 4767,-696 Ekx about 8,071.7211,000 for the first fiscal year of the War. Britain a expenditures for the fiscal year ending tonight totalled 41,-816,, i about $7,267,892, i against revenues of $1,049, a bout $4,1 .>6,852,000 j despite a 86-Pgrvent income tax and other continued do Page two food stamp flan is widened in state Washington March att old a Extension to Tulsa and Oklahoma counties of the agriculture department s stamp plan for distributing surplus food among needy citizens was announced today by Secretary Wallace. The plan will la placed in operation in those areas including Oklahoma City and Tulsa in about a month Wallace said. He estimated that around fish Ltd 0 needy persons in Oklahoma county and about 36.0 8 in Tulsa county would lie eligible to participate. Die plan which also was extended to Okmulgee county was first tried in Shawnee where it was declared successful. British French a turkish military conference a few Days ago at Al Lepo although such action is contrary to the Monteux convention of 1936 to which Turkey a a party. That convention stipulated that the 11 a re a be i in would be closed to warships of Brili Grent nations to Cpl when they were serving under league of nation Mandata or helping a victim of aggression under a Mutual Asa Tanra pact concluded within Tho framework of tbsp vague Tawi Ai Turkey a party. A Way for Turkey to get around this however was explained by Deputy i it Kun Tau off of the foreign affairs committee of a bulgarian chamber of deputies who told the Sofia newspaper Slov that Turkey would a let herself a fond to fall to prevent British Wam nips from crossing a strata Gic Dat Dandle Straits. Bulgaria vitally in crested As a Black sea nation Bulgaria is vitally interested Iii this possibility. Turkey might satisfy formalities other person indicated by voicing a protest against passage of the Allied warship and having Thia protest a duly filed in the archives of the league of in moment stated flatly that Turkey would give the Green Light to the Allied warships a so that these shills can control the traffic of War supplies from russian ports to of the Black sea blockade becomes reality Diplomat Here predicted Hub Ian a non German trails win be scrupulously respected. Lor months the allies tried vainly am1 it a tremendous Cost is men to Force the Dardanelles to get at the enemy during the world War when Turkey was fighting on the Side of Germany. Now Turkey is a non belligerent ally of the Western a Ower to whom she is continued on fag two to monday deadline in photo contest monday is the deadline it Amateur photographers to enter their pictures of the Gigantic grand River dam. All entries must be postmarked not later than Midnight monday and addressed to the contest editor Box 7a2, at Vinita. A dozen Northeast Oklahoma newspapers including the news record Are co operating in the contest by offering Cash awards to the prize winning your dollars buy More tomorrow a Miami merchants third monthly

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