Volume 18 , Issue 44

NW Okie's Journey

Every four years, the cry goes up to destroy the Electoral College. That cry is especially loud in years when a candidate is elected president who receives a minority of the votes. The election of a “minority president” happened with the election of 2000, but it had happened before.

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Sweet Silly Spunky Sadie

How did Hitler sow the seeds of Hate? Hitler's Mein Kampf (My Struggles) is the story written about Adolf Hitler about his life, and rewritten by journalists. Did Hitler have Jewish blood? It was unclear and Hitler could not prove he was not Jewish. He didn't know his father.

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Historical Oklahoma March, 1889

We found this in The Topeka State Journal, dated 5 March 1889, Tuesday, page 2: "Oklahoma." The magnificent domain in the Southwest soon to be opened to Public settlement. It is a Historical, Statistical and Descriptive of the Indian Territory (Oklahoma).

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1889 - White Man Decreed Indian Territory & Indian Must Go

1889 - White Man Decreed Indian Territory & Indian Must Go. In "The Sun," out of New York, New York, dated 7 April 1889, Sunday, page 6, "What Shall Be Done With Charley Quapaw?" - via Talequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, March 30 1889.

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1941 Hitler's Declaration of War On US

It was one of Hitler's blunders when Germany declared war on America 11 December 1941. Even with Hitler's forces ravaging Europe, America hesitated to join the fight against him. All that changed, however, with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and a foolish decision on the Fuhrer's part to ally with Japan.

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1941 - A Date That Will Live In Infamy Speech

Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his Pearl Harbor Address - "a date that will live in infamy" 8 December 1941, after Pearl Harbor bombing by Japan.

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Article II And The Twelfth Amendment

Article II - Section 1. The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows: Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

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1941 Pearl Harbor Bombing Catches Radio Networks Napping

In the "Long Beach Independent," in Long Beach, California, dated 9 December 1941, Tuesday, page 17, reported "Pearl Harbor Bombing Catches Even Radio Networks Napping," written by Allen Dundee.

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