Ada City Shrouded In Rain Now Totals 4.04 Inches In Three Days
Overnight rainfall in Ada measured 3.01 inches with an earlier 1.03 inches in the prior 48 hours, bringing three day total to 4.04 inches. Gardens show stress as water stands in yards, while Sandy Creek is swollen but not yet menacing. Weather official notes Tuesday highs around 67 and lows near 45 with east winds as conditions remain unsettled.
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Ada
Sandy Creek
Stratford Highway
W. E. Pitt
Expansion Ahead for U S Army in Europe Says Marshall
Gen George C Marshall arriving in London on a secret flight said the U S army in Europe will expand while British reports say training for a mass invasion of continental Europe continues. Marshall touring British forces and meeting Oliver Lyttelton and Prime Minister discussions, may visit troops in Northern Ireland. Hopkins warns of rapid production and arms shipments to all theatres.
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Associated Press
George C. Marshall
London
United States
Europe
U. S. Army
Marshall
Harry Hopkins
Germany
France
Ireland
British Isles
Washington
Northern Ireland
Cairo
U. S
Hopkins
Oliver Lyttelton
Roosevelt
Democracy
Russia
Australia
Pryor Wins Commissioner Post as Charter Amendments Fail
H Pryor was elected to a fifth term as city commissioner of public works and properties while voters defeated three charter amendments. Pryor led Jess Bell 1,488 to 1,069 in an election that sparked talk of a possible recount.
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Pryor
Scrap Drive Seeks Rubber Rags Burlap Paper Along With Metals
Officials in Ada announce a Salvage for Victory drive collecting scrap metals and everyday discard items such as rubber rags burlap and paper. Boy Scouts 4 H clubs and teachers organize pickups with a big city effort this Saturday front porch deposits and special arrangements via Harry W. Miller.
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Salvage For Victory
Ed Haley
Ada
Harry W. Miller
C. H. Hailey
Hailey
McSwain
Kiva
Ritz
Boy Scouts
Bullard Hurt in Truck Chain Accident
Jim Bullard was injured when a truck chain snapped and struck him on the head while loading baled paper with a winch south of the city. He rested comfortably at home the next morning, and the blow is believed to have been glancing rather than severe.
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Jim Bullard
Bullard
Forces Withdraw To New Defense Along Bataan Line
The War Department announced a general withdrawal of American Filipino troops on the Bataan peninsula to a prepared defensive position to curb a Japanese breakthrough. General Wainwright’s forces pulled back last night. officials expect no immediate detail on the line shifts. Japanese forces pursue a rapid offensive before the rainy season, with air and artillery support, while Rangoon harbor raids by American bombers are confirmed.
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Washington
Bataan
War Department
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Wainwright
India
Rangoon
Burma
Luzon
Reds Smash Across the Dnieper River
Soviet forces crossed the Upper Dnieper in a final drive to cut the Vyasma to Smolensk corridor near Moscow. Reports from Stockholm say the crossing between Dorogibuzh and Durovo dashed German fortifications and narrowed Nazi escape routes while threatening the Durovo rail junction between Smolensk and Vyasma.
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London
Dnieper
Vyasma-Ghatsk-Rzhev
Moscow
Stockholm
Dorogdbuzh
Durovo
Red Army
Smolensk
Vyasma
No Rodeo For 1942
Ada will not hold the Firemen's Rodeo in 1942 after seven years of events. Chief Ed Haley cited wartime focus, tire shortages, and fire department duties tied to the war effort as reasons for cancellation likely lasting through the duration of the conflict.
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Ada
Ed Haley
Haley
Oklahoma
W Floyd Named As Tax Assessor In Ponotoc County
Charles W. Floyd, long time county official in Pon totoc County, will become county assessor on May 4 after being named by county commissioners to replace Bill Bevers, who resigns to become city commissioner of finance and accounting. Floyd, chief deputy in Bevers’ office, has served since statehood and was on the first county board. He left for farming for a period, then returned as deputy assessor and filled the unexpired term of Rit Irwin after his death, later winning two more terms.
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Charles W. Floyd
Pontotoc County
Bill Bevers
Bevers
Floyd
Rit Irwin
Change Date For Filing Inventory of Typewriters
The county rationing board announced a revised filing date for typewriter inventories. Debtors must submit on or before April 13 1942 on APA Form R 402 to avoid action. If no report is received by April 16 1942 from area wholesalers or dealers, boards will request immediate filing and, by April 20 1942, forward a list of noncompliers to the state rationing administrator.
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Dallas
Texas
Native Princes Reluctant to Cede Power in Indian State Clash
DeWitt MacKenzie explains the divide over British dominion status in India as Pandit Nehru pushes for a federalist, people's government while native princes resist losing life and tax authority. He cites rulers like the Gaekwar of Baroda as welfare-minded exceptions and notes the potential for a deadlock in integrating princely states into a unified India.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Criss
Britain
Hindustan
Gaekwar
Baroda
India
Pandit Nehru
all-India Congress
Mr. Nehru
Aladdin
Axis forces march in Libyan desert campaign as raids hit Malta
London reports 125000 Axis desert troops moving across the Libyan sands toward Egypt while bombers strike Malta and Alexandria. Rommel commands multiple armored divisions with 30 aviation squadrons backing a potential spring push, as British patrols remain active and cautious on gains in the desert.
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London
Egypt
Suez
Russia
Malta
Alexandria
Britain
Mediterranean
Erwin Rommel
Desert
North Africa
Douglas MacArthur
Tobruk
Cairo
Libya
Curious Fireman Hero Saves Boy From Needle Trap
A three year old in a nursery examined a portable phonograph and inserted a finger into the needle container. The finger twisted and wedged on a tack. staff and then firemen freed the finger. The child escaped with no injuries.
Roosevelt and Nelson differ on wartime cash bonus plan
President Roosevelt and war production chief Donald M. Nelson clash over the idea of wartime cash bonuses for fast workers in arms plants. Roosevelt opposes bonuses, while Nelson supports incentive pay, signaling possible near term wage decision amid war pressures. William Batt urges quick action to end indecision.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Senate
WPB
William L. Batt
Boy Bears Peanuts Incident At Bronx Zoo
An eight year old boy from New York reached for peanuts outside a zoo cage. A bear inside the cage pawed him, leaving the boy scratched and currently recovering at home. The episode occurred near the guard rail where peanuts sat between cage and rail.
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New York
Bronx
Edward Baptists
Edward
Pessimist view on postwar labor unity and car driving
A satirical note laments public pressure affecting romance and labor leaders forming uneasy cooperation. It jokes about fewer one armed drivers since the war started, reflecting wartime strain in social life and politics.
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