Purge plan argued by Vansittart faces Europe’s future
Lord Vansittart warns that thousands of German war criminals must face a total reckoning for crimes in Europe. He rejects token executions and calls for a rigorous postwar purge, including execution and dismantling of the Gestapo, to restore sanity and deter future aggression.
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Vansittart
Robert Vansittart
NEA Service
Foreign Affairs
Rotary
Europe
Lord Vansittart
London
Vansitism
Hitler
Wotan
Gestapo
S. S
Tulsa Soldier Receives Medal for Sicilian Battle Valor
Lt. Childers of Broken Arrow, recently commissioned on the battlefield, led eight men under heavy fire to seize enemy positions near a rock wall, killed two Germans at a house, bluffed another nest, captured a mortar observer, and kept his battalion advancing. He plans to remain in the army, possibly moving to the air corps mechanical side.
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Childers
Broken Arrow
National Guard
Chilocco
Tulsa
John T. Compton
Air Corps
Army
Navy
Twelve Oklahomans Missing In Action
Twelve Oklahoma service members were reported missing in action in the European theater. The list includes Second Lieutenants Harold G. Evatt Calvin A. Florence Edward F. Fox and staff and sergeants Eugene M Harmon Charles A Haywood Worth W Heaslet Richard T McCormick Carmen L McKnight Alonzo J Seaver Richard H Thoos Louis F Tormohlen Jr and Thomas B Wages Jr with ties to Shawnee Yukon Muskogee Ramona Weatherford Leach Frederick Enid Nowata Oklahoma City Sapulpa Ardmore and Oklahoma City residences.
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Washington
War Department
Harold G. Evatt
Mabel C. Evatt
Shawnee
Calvin A. Florence
Alton J. Florence
Yukon
Edward F. Fox
Virginia E. Fox
Muskogee
Eugene M. Harmon
Laurra L. Harmon
Ramona
Charles A
Nowata
Richard H. Thoos
Stella R. Cooper
Sapulpa
Louis F. Tormohlen Jr
Sophia Widmer Tormohlen
Oklahoma City
Thomas B. Wages Jr
Viola M. Wages
Ardmore
Tulsa Country Club Sold At Sheriff Auction
The Oakhurst Country club in Sapulpa with an 18 hole course and $105,000 building, covering 312 acres, will be sold Wednesday at a sheriff's auction after membership fell from 500 to under 100 since the war began.
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Tulsa
Ohio
Oakhurst Country Club
Sapulpa
Oakhurst
Blackhawks keep Paul Thompson to lead next season
Chicago officials announce Paul Thompson will coach the Blackhawks next season after a Stanley Cup finals bid. Attendance at 29 home games this season reached a record 426000.
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Chicago
Chicago Blackhawks
Paul Thompson
Thompson
Blackhawk
Indians Pitcher Bagby Seeks May Training Call
Atlanta April 11. Pitcher Jim Bagby veteran of 17 wins last season says the maritime commission has informed him he will be called for training about May 1. He will report for duty with the Indians following the agreed orders.
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Atlanta
Jim Bagby
Cleveland Indians
Maritime Commission
Forest fires destroy timber enough for 215000 houses yearly
Forest fires in the United States annually destroy enough timber to build about two hundred fifteen thousand five room frame houses, highlighting the large impact of wildfires on housing resources and timber supplies.
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United States
Rabies Rise Could Hit 1943 Toll Records
Washington reports rabies kills across the nation may push 1943 to the worst five-year toll. Preliminary estimates show 33 human deaths and 7,348 animals, mainly dogs, with public apathy and weak funding hindering control efforts.
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Gorge Zielke
Washington
Texas
Louisiana
Vet Referee Peeved Over What Caging Rules Will Cause
Nick Kearns a veteran Big Ten referee for over 20 years fumes at the National Basketball Committee rules changes. He criticizes allowing five personal fouls per game and outlawing a goaltend by tall players. Kearns hints at possible picket action if reforms persist.
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Nick
Kearns
Bucky O’connor
Chicago
Nick Kearns
National Basketball Committee
Ada Junior High Softball Blasts Fitzhugh 26 3
Ada junior high softball team overwhelmed Fitzhugh 26 to 3 in a Monday afternoon game. Ada pitchers Gerald Philpot and S E Hodges limited Fitzhugh to just three runs through four innings as Ada built a big early lead and started a five game series.
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Ada
Fitzhugh
Adans
Gerald Philpot
S. E. Hodges
Cecil Curry
Melvin Taylor
Warren Mayfield
Bud Moore
Clive Jared
Joe Smart
James Moore
Bob Meaders
John Stevens
Woods appointed Holdenville store manager replacing Crumley
Corrected information shows Austin Woods, former Ada C. R. Anthony Co. assistant manager, named manager of the Holdenville store. Hal Crumley, recently inducted into the Army and a former Adan, was the prior Holdenville manager.
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Austin Woods
C. R. Anthony Co
Ada
Holdenville
Hal Crumley
Army
Adan
Woods
Girl Pleads Guilty in Forging Government Checks
Lorene Corey age 16 of Fort Cobb pleaded guilty to conspiring with Peggy June Smith 19 of Apache in forging endorsements to government checks. U S Commissioner Paul denied set bonds for both defendants.
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Oklahoma City
Lorene Corey
Fort Cobb
Peggy June Smith
Apache
U. S
Paul Cogent
King’s move opens path to new wartime Italian government
Robert, U. S. representative on the Allied advisory commission for Italy, said the king’s action augurs well for the future and could lead to a more democratic, stable government. An official said the spontaneous announcement aims to unite all political parties in cooperation with Marshal Badoglio’s government.
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Robert
U. S
Allied Advisory Commission For
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Bombers Hit Berlin Front as Losses Mount in March Daylight Raid
The Eighth Air Force reported 126 bombers lost or damaged with at least 58 more wrecked on ground by American fighters as they returned. One Nazi plane was downed by Swedish forces after firing on Swedish anti aircraft. Nine of the Flying Giants were forced down in Sweden with all but one crew safe. Three more heavy bombers landed in Denmark.
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Eighth Air Force
Berlin
Sweden
Denmark
Guards Break Up Riot Of Prisoners At Fort Jackson
Four men were wounded, one seriously, when army guards fired shotguns to break up a riot at the rehabilitation center in Fort Jackson South Carolina last weekend. Rioters hurled coal, damaged property and massed against a guard tower. participants were to be returned to federal prisons. The center rehabilitates military prisoners for return to army units.
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Fort Jackson
S. C
Post
Echoes of Ancient Customs and a Frozen Thames
The text recalls an ancient Greek custom of kissing great men's hands, notes a 14 week freeze of the Thames in 1063, and explains the linguistic link between catth meaning property and the word chattel.
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Thames
England
Arkansas tornado toll rises to thirty with hundreds hurt
The Arkansas tornadoes killed 30 people and injured more than 100 as monsoon rains followed. Names of the dead span Woodson and nearby towns in Pulaski and Monroe counties with many injured treated in Little Rock Pine Bluff and Stuttgart.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Amos Martin
Buddy
Bobby Gene Martin
Joyce Rogers
Woodson
Pulaski County
Rex Raney
Pine Sluff
Marion Ward
Harrison
Clarence P. Trice
Fred Richenbach
Lula
Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Stuttgart
Monroe County
Brinkley
Harrow
New Harrison Stock Yards
Mexican President Survives Close Assassination Attempt
Mexico City April 11 President Manuel Avila Camacho narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by Lt Jose Antonio De La Lama Rojas 31 who was wounded after overpowering guards and fleeing to a street. An official bulletin found Nazi documents on him. The president urged calm saying the incident does not divide the Mexican family.
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Samuel C. Rojas
Avila Camacho
Ortiz Rubio
Venustiano Carranza
Don Alvaro Obregon
Mexico
Larry F. Stuntz
Mexico City
Manuel Avila Camacho
Jose Antonio de la Lama Rojas
Lama Ross
National Palace
Army Barracks
Francisco Urquizo
National Defense
Relic Trading Post Fire Destroys Pawnee Bill Lillie Collections
Fire at the old Indian Trading Post on the Pawnee reservation destroyed a large stock of frontier relics and tourist souvenirs. caretakers saved Lillie's silver-studded saddle and personal effects. Ray Lions blamed defective wiring for the blaze that damaged the rambling Old Town building near Pawnee.
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Pawnee
Okla
Bill Lillie
M. C. Lockhart
Lillie
Pawnee Indian Reservation
Ray Lions
Pawnee Bill
State Supreme Court Opinions Oklahoma City April 11
Supreme court today reverses Mayberry administrative case and various other rulings. Several cases affirm on appeal, with some reversed and remanded, including City of Tulsa matters and Skelly Oil company action.
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Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
Jennie A. Mayberry
Administratrix
Essie C. Foster
Garfield County
Nu-Way Laundry and Cleaners
State Industrial Commission
Elizabeth Hinkle
A. and
Bertus Adair Partain
Essiz Allen
Oklahoma
Douglas Oil Company
F. A. Barber
Tulsa
Charlie W. Jones
Arthur W.arne
Logan
City of Tulsa
J. W. Jacobs
Luke Devine
Skelly Oil Company
John L. Jackson
Stephens
J. S. Blair
Six Oklahoma Cities Report No Traffic Deaths in 1943
The National Safety Council listed six Oklahoma communities in the 5,000 to 10,000 population group with zero traffic fatalities in 1943. The towns are Woodward Cushing Altus Blackwell Miami and Clinton. Additionally a note mentions synthetic rubies first produced commercially.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Oklahoma
Woodward
Cushing
Altus
Blackwell
Miami
Clinton
Valley View Hospital Seeks Funds For Deficit Reduction
A May fund drive will launch to cover a $12 000 accumulated deficit at Valley View Hospital built with Commonwealth Fund aid. Officials say operations are costly, the charity burden heavy, and equipment replacement necessary to maintain high service levels despite peak patient demand.
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A View Hospital
Commonwealth Fund
Kiny
Valley View
Bas
Violent spring storms devastate Arkansas Oklahoma and beyond
Tornadoes and floods sweep the central states causing extensive damage. At least 32 killed in Arkansas and Oklahoma, with hundreds injured or displaced. Flooding along the Arkansas River watershed evacuates families in Oklahoma and Kansas while heavy snowfall strands motorists west of Denver. Red Cross tallies 14 dead across Ark Okla Texas, 515 affected families, 110 houses destroyed, 215 damaged.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Colorado
Arkansas River
Kingfisher County
Rocky Mountains
Berthoud Pass
Denver
Cordell
Okla
Hamilton
Tex
Midwest
The
Red Cross
St. Louis
Monroe County
Ark
Pulaski County
Pine Bluff
Boone County
Magnolia
Walnut
Hutchinson
Kas
Missouri River
Kansas City
Singer Vivian to Wed Major Foster in New York
Vivian Hollace Mae Shaw plans to marry Major Clarence T. Foster of the U S Army Air Forces in New York after obtaining a marriage license. The Ada News wants ads note the entry. The line about the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I had 200,000 9000 cans of milk and 190,000,000 cans of tomatoes.
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New York
Vivian
Hour of Charm
Hollace Mae Shaw
Clarence T. Foster
U. S. Army Air Forces
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