Storms Leave Destruction Across Nation With 49 Dead
Storms across the United States caused extensive damage and at least 49 deaths. Heavy tornadoes rain, wind and snow hit from the Rockies to the Atlantic with hundreds injured and many left homeless. Arkansas suffered 35 fatalities while Fort Wayne and Walhalla reported deaths and mills halted operations. Several snowplow crews cleared routes in Colorado and neighboring states as flooding lingered and colder weather moved in.
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Canning Sugar Stamp Clarification From Local Board
The local ration board warns applicants not to use sugar stamp No 37 and to use spare No 37 for canning sugar. Forms are available countywide. mail applications to the local board. A canning sugar certificate will be mailed after processing. allowance is 25 pounds per person with a limit of five pounds on stamp 40 plus 20 additional via board application.
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Ocal Board
Cold Weather Spurs Caution in Oklahoma Gardens
Oklahoma forecaster warned of a cold front on Tuesday night. The high reached 75 degrees with a 41 degree low amid a cold wind. Gardeners protected tender tomato plants with fruit jars and tin cans. Brazil must cut rubber prices to survive postwar competition, says Felixberto Camargo.
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Agricultural Institute of the North
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U. S
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Amazon
Oklahoma Bill Proposes $15 Monthly Pay Rise for State Aided Teachers
Oklahoma lawmakers draft a bill to raise state aided school teachers' salaries by 15 dollars per month in the next school year. The plan uses existing appropriations and preserves current experience differentials, with funding through the current weak school air appropriation and potential carryover of unspent funds.
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Arrest of Virgil Means on draft dodging charges
Virgil Means was arrested in California by FBI agents on draft dodging charges after local draft board No. 2 sought his whereabouts for about a year. He will be returned for a hearing. A stray line about whales aged 500 appears as a non sequitur.
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Virgil Means
California
FBI
Draft Board No. 2
Means
Five Oklahoma Soldiers Reported Missing In Action
Five Oklahoma servicemen are listed as missing in action by the war department. Second Lt. Robert E. Baker of Tulsa is missing in the European theater, while Tech. Sgt. Charles F. Barr Ardmore, 2nd Lt. William P. Cannon Muskogee, Tech. Sgt. William C. Payne Chickasha, and Cpl. Cloyd T. Robison Tulsa are reported lost on the Mediterranean front.
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Robert E. Baker
S. O. Baker
W. Latimer
Tulsa
Tech
Charles F. Barr
Beatice B. Barr
Ardmore
William P. Cannon
Lois W. Cannon
Muskogee
William C. Payne
Bessie Ware
Chickasha
Cloyd. T. Robison
Marthella M. Robison
Allied troops pound New Britain as Japanese heavy losses tallied
Allied forces bombed western New Britain with destroyers and air power. MacArthur cited Japanese losses of at least six for every American, with 1,514 U S casualties including 442 dead and 1,062 wounded, amid ongoing advances toward Rabaul and previous landings at Arawe Cape Gloucester and Talasea.
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Talasea
4-H Boys Food Study Meet At East Central Auditorium
A food production short course will be held at the East Central auditorium Friday at 10 a.m. Hugh F. Rouk, assistant county agent, says the event is for Pontotoc county 4-H club boys. The program aims to aid members in the Feed a Fighter in 44 campaign with demonstrations by Wesley Chaffin of Stillwater and E. A. Warner. Additional speakers are being sought and all county 4-H boys are invited.
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Stillwater
E. A. Warner
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Fresh German Retreats Reported Across Crimea and Dnester Areas
Soviet and German dispatches describe continued hard fighting on a 500 mile front from Crimea to the Polish border. The Russians say they seized Kerch and 40 settlements while the Germans claim repulsed enemy assaults at Ovidiopol and destroyed tanks in retreat.
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Kerch
Dzhankai
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Man Arrested On Mann Act Charges
James Leon McCurtain was arrested in California on Mann Act charges for transporting a 15 year old girl from Lindsey to Ada. He will be returned to Oklahoma for a federal court hearing in Muskogee this week. Local sheriff’s deputies and the FBI led the case.
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Allen Stanfield
U. S
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Ada
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Vittorio Emanuele to cede power to Umberto on Rome entry
Naples April 12 Vittorio Emanuele III announced he will retire from public life and name his son Umberto Prince of Piedmont lieutenant general of the realm on the day Allied troops enter Rome. He calls the decision final while liberal leaders push for a democratic shift. Allies say more to come.
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Umberto
Piedmont
Rome
Vittorio Emanuele
Victoria
Britain
Italy
Benito Mussolini
First Native American Medal of Honor Recipient Honored
Naples April 12 Second Lt Ernest Childers an American Indian from Broken Arrow Oklahoma received the Congressional Medal of Honor for a gallant single handed fight against Germans last September while injured. The award was presented by Lt Gen Jacob L Devers at a race-track ceremony before a massed crowd. Childers in the 45th division in the Italian campaign had been granted home leave and learned of the honor on arrival. The citation notes his actions on Sept 22 two weeks after the Salerno landings.
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Ernest Childers
Broken Arrow
Okla
Childers
Jacob L. Devers
Mediterranean
Tech
Charles E. Kelly
Pittsburgh
Salerno
Allies Ease Pressure On Kohima and Clear Imphal Road
Allied forces report reduced pressure on Kohima as they clear the Imphal-Kohima road to Dinapur and advance toward Imphal. Japanese claims of Kohima capture are disputed, with heavy fighting reported northeast of Imphal and progress toward Myitkyina in North Burma.
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Imphal
Charles A. Grumich
New Delhi
Kohima-Binapur
Dinapur
Bengal Assam
Tokyo
Domei Agency
Tamu
World Convulsion Talk At Mass Meeting
Dr E Stanley Jones leads 8 pm mass meeting at the Junior high school on The World Convulsion Has It Any Meaning with delegates from nearby towns and Bethany-Peniel College students attending. He discusses Jesus miracles the cross and the meaning of the Christian church amid a post meeting prayer and fellowship.
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Bethany-Peniel College
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Ada
Church of Antioch
Bombers Hit Vienna Area Factories In WW2 Campaign
More than 500 U S heavy bombers from Italy attacked German aircraft plants around Vienna including Wiener Neustadt and Bad Voslau as part of a broader Allied effort. Separate raids targeted Zagreb and Split. RAF bombers struck Aachen and other central German targets with nine planes lost.
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Pessimist Feels Readers Think They Can Run a Paper Better
A reflective voice notes many believe they could manage a newspaper better than the owner. The remark hints at underlying dissatisfaction with media management and journalistic norms.
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