Militarized medicine saves more GI lives
London April 4 Brig Gen Paul R Hawley Chief Surgeon European Theater of Operations says military medical care is improving casualty outcomes. He cites 80 percent belly wound survival, front line hospitals, faster transport, and use of sulfa penicillin plasma transfusions. He notes influenza no deaths and reports his sons in armor divisions.
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London
Paul R. Hawley
Hawley
Infantry
Air Force
College Corner
Ohio
University of Cincinnati
Army Medical School
Command and General Staff College
Fort Leavenworth
Army War College
Washington
Selective Service Classifications Overview and Codes
The document lists classifications from 1-A to 4-F used by Selective Service. It defines eligibility for military service, non combatant status, deferments for age, hardship, agricultural work, religious ministry, and other categories with notes on age and examination status. It includes entries for 4-C neutral aliens, 4-D ministers, and 4-E work of national importance.
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United States
Germany Has Need Of Those Balkans
The Foreign Economic Administration says Germany fights in the Balkans to retain military and economic tools for the war. The report notes Balkans and Turkey supply vital oil from Ploesti, chrome, and Balkan harvest food, and warns Germany will resist separate peace moves and defend the region.
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Washington
Foreign Economic Administration
Europe
Germany
Balkans
FEA
Special Areas
Leo T. Crowley
Turkey
Balkan
Ploesti
Romania
Fourteen Marshall atolls fall to American forces
U S Pacific Fleet announced from Pearl Harbor that fourteen atolls in the Marshall group are now in American hands, leaving only Jaluit heavily surrounded and a few others like Wotje Maleolap and Mil still in Japanese control. Nimitz reported most captures came with light resistance and some prisoners were taken.
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U .S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Central Pacific
Marshall Islands
Fli
Jaluit Atoll
Wotje
Maleolap
Mil
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Ujae
Lae Lib
Namu
Aionglapalap
Namorik
Ebon
Kih
Arno
Bikini
Kwajalein
Eniwetok
Wotho
Railik
Maijoro
Majuro
Kwaijalein
Mili
Maloelap
Marshalls
Hawaii
Gilbert Aves
Canadian county farms summer work program seeks youth
El Reno reports Canadian county schools are canvassing for youths who can work on farms this summer. Agent Riley Tarver noted the drive aims to place students in seasonal farm labor roles.
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EL Reno
Canadian County
Riley Tarver
Japanese Private Urges Surrender To Fellow Soldiers
A Japanese private captured in Bougainville broadcast to Sixth Imperial Division troops urging surrender to avoid futile fighting. He described good treatment and food, stated Americans were not maltreating captives, and conveyed his message through loudspeakers after his capture.
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Hill 129
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Sixth Imperial Division
Plum Prods Sugar Output Aid for Growers in War Time
Ann Stevick reports that the Office of Price Administration offers a ration free sugar handout to cane and beet growers to spur increased planting. The plan aims to prevent a sugar shortage as military, industrial, and dining needs consume larger shares, with glycerin stockpiles also tied to wartime priorities.
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Ann Stevick
NEA
Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
Special Session Urged for Oklahoma Legislation and Soil Policy
Governor Kerr urges a special session to pass soldiers voting rights and to authorize earmarking state surplus for bonds. He notes an eight to twelve day session and highlights a national focus on Oklahoma politics, soil conservation progress, a March 31 tank truck disaster, and praise for fire department service.
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Oklahoma City
Mark Twain
Oklahoma
South Robinson Street
Synthetic rubber limits tire supply in 1944 war effort
Akron April 4. NEA correspondent reports that despite vast synthetic rubber production and imports, national tire supply remains constrained. Key factors include limited current output, insufficient processing machinery, manpower shortages, allied and military demand, textile bottlenecks, and a large postwar backlog. Passenger tires are produced at 1,000,000 monthly with 18,000,000 expected this year. total demand may reach 30,000,000. Retreading and recapping sustain operation through 1944.
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S. Burton Heath
NEA
Akron
Ohio
South America
Africa
Mexico
Haiti
John L. Collyer
Howard Fritz
B. F. Goodrich Company
Herr Hitler
Allied
Bradley Dewey
Clyde Pangborn Divorced by Swann Beaucaire in Reno
The aviator Clyde Pangborn a former transpacific non stop flyer and R A F captain was granted a divorce in Reno on April 3. The estranged wife Swann Beaucaire a former French screen star aged 29 contested the marriage after three years of separation. They wed in England in 1939.
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Clyde Pangborn
Reno
Swann Beaucaire
England
Gourley Retires as Santa Fe Agent in Ponca City
Frank B Gourley retires after 47 years with the Santa Fe in Ponca City and is succeeded by E E McMahon, former Purcell agent.
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Ponca City
Frank B. Gourley
The
Santa Fe Railway Company
E. E. McMahan
Purcell
Wood to Charcoal Conversion Under Laboratory Conditions
Under laboratory conditions 136 pounds of wood yielded 15.25 pounds of charcoal and an accompanying large gas volume and 10 pounds of residue.
Norman University Architect Dept Faces Possible Closure
Henry L Kampho esner of the University of Oklahoma architecture department is classified 1-A in the draft. President Cross warns that if the army drafts him, the department could be shut, with 20 architecture majors and 43 related students affected.
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Norman
Henry L. Kamphoesner
Department of Architecture
University of Oklahoma
Army
G. L. Cross
English Kings Who Never Married
William II was the sole bachelor king of England before Edward VIII. Edward V and Edward VI never married, but they died before reaching majority.
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William Rufus
William II
William the Conqueror
England
Edward VIII
Edward V
Edward VI
Germans Using Italians Along Anzio Beachhead
Allied reports say fascist Italian troops are mixed with German forces around the Anzio beachhead near Rome. Minor clashes and artillery fire remain, with some Italian units possibly substituted between German lines. Two enemy planes were shot down, and Cassino area activity included mortar bombardment near Des Roses hotel.
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Naples
Rome
Littoria
Cassino
Des Roses
Garigliano
We Have Downed 4 316 Jap Planes
Secretary of the Navy Knox reported that American navy and marine aviators and anti-aircraft crews have shot down 4 316 Japanese airplanes since the war began. He noted the total excludes planes destroyed on the ground or by carrier raids and cited a combat loss ratio of 4 Japanese ships for every American plane downed.
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Washington
Knox
Dud Lester Heads To Navy Shore Patrol
Dudley Lester, long time Ada area highway patrolman, was sworn into the navy shore patrol as a specialist second class in Oklahoma City. He received a 10 day furlough and will report home to Oklahoma City on April 6 before training in New Orleans. He will return to patrol duties in Holdenville until then.
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Dudley Lester
Ada
Dud
Navy
Holdenville
Oklahoma City
Jester
New Orleans
Highway Patrol
Lester
Dudley B. Lester
Veteran Congressman James T. Lloyd Dies in Quincy
James T. Lloyd aged 87 a former prominent Democratic national figure and 10 term U S representative from Missouri died yesterday in Quincy Ill Lloyd served as Democratic whip in his third term and chaired the Democratic Congressional Committee from 1908 to 1912 He retired from Congress in 1917.
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Quincy
Ill
James T. Lloyd
Missouri
Congress
Democratic Congressional Committee
Wartime labor efficiency cuts bomber build time
Before the war it took the labor of a year for 100 workers to build one Liberator bomber. Today that number has fallen to seven, reflecting a dramatic drop in required labor for production.
O Bannon Receives Presidential Unit Citation for War Record
The destroyer O Bannon nicknamed Little Helena earned a presidential unit citation for aggressive performance in the South Pacific. It fought off Guadalcanal, bombarded shore positions, helped survivors, and intercepted nine Japanese ships off Vella Lavella. Commander Donald J. MacDonald praised his crew’s magnificent work.
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Washington
O’bannon
Helena
South Pacific
U.S.S
Guadalcanal
Kula Gulf
Skipner
Donald J. MacDonald
New York
Navy
Naval Service
Europe Bombed Heavily in March Air Raids
U S strategic air forces in Europe and the RAF report March raids averaged about 2000 tons of bombs daily. In March 26 raid days the Americans dropped 30 172 tons total while RAF night bombers released 31 000 tons. 141 525 American airmen took part with 1 081 Nazi planes destroyed and 369 bombers and 178 fighters lost.
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London
Germany
Europe
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
RAF
Berlin
France
Holland
Italy
Yugoslavia
Austria
Tito Seeks Seat on Allied Council
Yugoslav partisan leader Josip Broz Tito asked the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration for a seat on the council. He cited 50,159 square miles of freed Yugoslav territory with about 5 million people in urgent need of aid.
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London
Josip (Tito) Broz
Council of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Free Yugoslav Radio
Ministry of Information
Tito
Promotions For Alkahomans Listed
The War Department announced promotions and new officers. Joe Alfred Smalley of Norman Oklahoma was promoted from major to lieutenant colonel. New second lieutenants are Betty Ann Killough Hobart Alberta Jean Lingenfelter Oklahoma City and Aliene Josephine Wood Pryor. Cecil O'Brien Tulsa was ordered to active duty.
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Washington
Joe Alfred Smalley
Norman
Okla
War Department
Betty Ann Killough
Hobart
Alberta Jean Lingenfelter
Oklahoma City
Aliene Josephine Wood
Pryor
Cecil O’brien
Tulsa
Divorce Granted in Desertion Case
Mrs. Chesy Sodo mire obtained a divorce in circuit court on grounds of desertion. She reported that six women had been telephoning to ask when the decree would be issued and declared that her former husband is free to remarry, prompting interest from outside parties.
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Chicago
Chesy Sodomire
Congress Asked to Make Lend-Lease Findings Public
Senator Nye called for release of a five month investigation into U S overseas expenditures including lend-lease. He said a report should precede action on extending lend-lease beyond June 30. Senator McKellar warned against delay and plans to review the findings after Easter recess. Duke of Alba returned to London after Madrid talks.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
United States
Nye
N.D
Unian
McKellar
Tenn
Appropriations
Senate
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Appropriations Committee
John F. Feeney
General Accounting Office
Duke of Alba
Great Britain
London
Madrid
Changes In Draft Law May Not Affect Oklahoma Farmers
Oklahoma City April 4. Scrapping the unit system for farm deferments may barely affect about 10 000 Oklahoma farmers. Col Clive E Murray says the impact is limited as boards set their own essential farm worker standards. A Hershey telegram lists four criteria for classifying farm workers including necessity to agriculture and availability of replacements. Local boards must balance farm essentiality with military manpower needs.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Clive E. Murray
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Konawa Soldier Among Wounded
Four Oklahoma servicemen were wounded in action in the Mediterranean area, announced by the War Department. The injured are Pfc Harold R Bolton of Atwood Pvt Earl Fox son of Curtis W Fox Hobart Pvt William F McCarthy son of Samuel McCarthy Idabel and Pfc Homer J Phillips son of Mrs Lucy Phillips Konawa.
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Washington
Mediterranean
War Department
Harold R. Bolton
Af Atwood
Earl Fox
Curtis W. Fox
Hobart
William F. McCarthy
Samuel
Orr McCarthy
Idabel
Homer J. Phillips
Lucy Phillips
Konawa
Malcolm Kee Dies At Purcell Home
Malcolm Kee of Purcell former Ada resident died at his Purcell home Sunday from a heart attack. He operated the Ford Motor company and Ford Tractor agency in Pauls Valley and earlier was sales manager at Bob Cason Motor Company.
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Malcolm Kee
Purcell
Ada
Mr. Kee
Ford Motor Company
Ford Tractor Agency
Pauls Valley
Bob Cason Motor Company
Greater Returns for Amount in Vested Ada News Classified Ads
Classified ads in Ada News highlight higher value for vested amounts offering larger returns. Readers are urged to compare rates and terms across listings to maximize earnings from investments and savings opportunities.
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