Allies Probe Rommel's New Defense Line
Allied forces in Tunisia reach Rommel's mountain defense ring around Tunis and Bizerte. American and British air forces destroy 84 Axis planes. raids on Sicilian airfields report 73 Axis planes down. Rommel reportedly evacuating parts of his forces as Allied pressure widens.
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Rommel
North Africa
Tunisia
Erwin Rommel
Tunis
Bizerte
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sicilian
Eighth Army
Sousse
Enfidaville
Kairouan
Algiers
First Army
Beja
Medjez-el-Bab
Sidi Nsir
Adolf Hitler
Mediterranean
Reuters
Switzerland
Rome
Marseille
Sardinian
Milton Keating Resigns As Ada Chamber Secretary
Milton Keating resigns as secretary of the Ada Chamber of Commerce after long service since 1934. He will take a new post as secretary in Lawton starting May 1, following unanimous Lawton board approval. He praises Ada and its growth while noting his farewell to the Ada business community amid plans for Lawton duties.
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Milton Keating
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Lawton
Ada Board
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Ada
Ada Evening News
Lawton Post
Betty Zo
Billy
Keating
Fitts
Death Row In Oklahoma Awaits Judge Unclear Date
Four prisoners sit on Oklahoma death row awaiting the end of their sentences. Finley Porter, 40, faces execution at 12:01 a.m. Friday as Governor Kerr is away in Texas. Lieut. Gov. Berry acts as governor. Porter's death sentence followed a midnig ht stabbing of his wife while he was serving life. Also awaiting death are Elijah Kidd, James Parrish, Hiram Prather, and James Easley, each connected to separate killings and circumstances surrounding their convictions.
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Mcalester
State Prison
Finley Porter
Kerr
Texas
Porter
James E. Berry
Pardon and Parole Board
Okmulgee County
Criminal Court of Appeals
Elijah Kidd
Oklahoma City
Cook
Kidd
Guthrie
James D. Parrish
Bryan County
W. R. Benningfield
State Land Department
Parrish
Atoka County
Jess Dunn
Dunn
Hiram Prather
Chickasha
McClain County
Youneat
James Easley
Tulsa County
Vivian
MacArthur Reports Major Japanese Aerial Offensive Starts
Allied HQ in Australia reports a daylight raid on Milne Bay by Japanese aircraft. The attack follows earlier raids on Oro Bay Tulagi and Port Moresby, with numbers of planes cited for each target. The statement notes the offensive as a strategic challenge to Allied air superiority in the southwest Pacific.
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Marlin Spencer
Australia
MacArthur
Milne Bay
Southwest Pacific
Oro Bay
Tulagi
Port Moresby
Papua
New Guinea
Sato
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
John Curtin
Japan
Southwest Pacific Battle Theater
Thomas A. Blamey
Washington
Frank Knox
Gas Proration Set for West Cement Field
Oklahoma City April 14. The corporation commission filed an order to make prorating of natural gas in the West Cement field effective Friday. This adds to earlier proration orders in Chickasha and East Cement, marking the first production controls on natural gas.
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Oklahoma City
West
Corporation Commission
Chicksha
East Cement
Meal Ceiling Date Changed By OPA Postponement
Washington April 14 The office of price administration postponed for a month the effective date of its new retail ceilings on beef veal lamb and mutton and hinted some prices may still be cut before reinstatement The new date is May 17 OPA will re examine prices in light of a hold the line order and orders surveys to decide if revisions are needed Some chains with low steak prices faced potential large increases under the plan and protests arose.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Kerr Won't Sign Bridge Resolution in Oklahoma
Governor Kerr said he would not sign a legislative resolution to impound 606000 for a new Red River bridge at Willis, arguing the fund, created as federal reparations for highway damages, does not exist and that the money was allegedly spent by the previous highway commission.
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Oklahoma City
Kerr
Red River
Willis
Oklahoma
Highway Commission
Guards Foil Alcatraz Break as Convicts Dead or Recaptured
San Francisco April 14. Warden James A. Johnston announced that two convicts were dead and two recaptured after a failed escape at Alcatraz. The dead were James A. Boarman and Floyd G. Hamilton. Harold M. Brest was recovered from the water with injuries. The four men started from the model shop, binded and gagged guards, and used paint cans as flotation aids.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Federal Prison
San Francisco Bay
James A. Johnston
Fred Hunter
Ohio
Alvin
Hunter
James A. Boarman
Indianapolis
Floyd G. Hamilton
Bonnie Parker
Clyde Barrow
Southwest
Harold M
Brest
Pennsylvania
Johnston
Boarman
Hamilton
Coastguard
Henry Weinhold
George Smith
Weinhold
the Rock
Ralph Roe
Theodore Cole
Bay Tide
0 U To Receive Statue Of Bizzell
Norman April 14 A clay working model of the statue of Dr W B Bizzell has been finished by Joseph Taylor professor of art The 24 inch model portrays the long time university president emeritus without a sitting The statue will be 12 feet high in stone on a five foot pedestal at the entrance to a campus oval on the University of Oklahoma campus.
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Norman
W. B. Bizzell
University of Oklahoma
Joseph Taylor
Taylor
Dr. Bizzeli
Bizzeli
Rear Admiral Land Backs Labor Draft for War Work
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman of the maritime commission, endorsed the Austin-Wadsworth bill to draft men and women for war work. He told the House Military Affairs Committee that 1943 manpower needs require 650,000 to 750,000 recruits in the maritime field in addition to existing workers.
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Washington
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
Austin-Wadsworth
House
Military Affairs Committee
Land
Scouters to Receive Beaver Awards in Local Ceremony
The Area Council will award 12 Beaver Awards to longtime Boy Scouts volunteers at the Adridge hotel Thursday at 8 PM. Robert M. Lacy of Coalgate will preside, Dr. A Linschied of East Central College will speak, and J E Teague will present.
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Aldridge Hotel
Robert M. Lacy
Coalgate
A. Linschied
East Central College
J. E. Teague
A. R. Wallace
Advancement Committee
C. E. Canning
E. C. Wilson
Luke B. Dodds
Albert V. Horn
R. W. Simpson
M. O. Matthews
G. T. Balls
W. H. Hudson
R. M. Lacy
S. W. Casey
E. S. Drake
Byng Consolidated School
Ruth Hagar
Oscar L. Parker
Parker
John Turley
Charles Heard
Bobby Mullins
Ewing Fidler
Freddie Hoipkemier
Billy Hensley
S. E. Hodges
Alfred Sugg Jr
Eaders
Japs Claim Big Burma Victories
Tokyo radio announces imperial headquarters claim of Western Burma campaign successes by April 10. Japanese forces destroy 465 enemy planes kill 4200 British troops take 516 prisoners. 34 ships sunk or damaged and large quantities of war material captured off the Burmese coast.
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Port Moresby
MacArthur
Western Pacific
Australia
Curtain
Blamey
New Guinea
Solomons
Pacific
South Seas
Hansa Bay
Kai Islands
Burma
Sir Archibald
Wavell
Gyndaw
Bay of Bengal
Mayu Peninsula
Imperial Tokyo
Associated Press
Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Civic clubs hear Quinones at joint Lions Rotary meeting
Joel S. Quinones, Mexican consul at Oklahoma City, urged admiration for cooperation in Pan American relations. He praised U S Mexican friendship, noted wartime misperceptions, and stressed wider trade and unity through stronger ties. He predicted Mexico would share in wartime efforts before the war ends.
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Joel S. Quinones
Oklahoma City
America
Atla Lions and Rotary Clubs
Quinones
Mexico
U. S
CAA Ground School Exams Set for Friday and Saturday
Ground school examinations for students in CAA training will be held in the library building at the college. Oscar L. Parker, coordinator, announced the schedule. Alfred K. Young, aero instructor from Oklahoma City, will supervise the tests.
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CAA
Oscar L. Parker
Alfred K. Young
Oklahoma City
City Woman Will Work On Farms
Oklahoma City April 14. Chairman H. P. Moffett Stillwater of the Oklahoma department of agriculture war board was announced by the office of war information as leader of a recruiting campaign to place city and town women in farm jobs.
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Oklahoma City
Knox Urges Bond Purchase for War Effort
Secretary of the Navy Franklin Knox urges support for the second war loan drive. He says sailors fight from the South Seas to the Mediterranean and many will not live to see victory, but Americans at home can ease their debt by funding ships planes and guns to ensure victory.
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Frank Knox
Ada Evening News
United States Navy
South Seas
Mediterranean
Cool Weather Returns With 46 Degree Early Morning Frost
A sharp cold snap drove temperatures down to 46 degrees in the early morning after a Tuesday high near 63. Frost was reported in some parts of the state, though gardens and crops in this area were not expected to be damaged.
Bombers strike Kiska base in six missions
American bombers blasted the Japanese encampment at Kiska in the Aleutians six times on Monday with fighter escort. A separate raid hit Munda in the Solomon Islands as U S warplanes pressed operations in the Pacific.
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Associated Press
Japan
United States
Navy
Kiska
Aleutians
U. S
Munda
Solomon Islands
Kenryo Sato
Bureau of Military Affairs
Spanish Ship Sunk By German Submarine
The Morocco radio said the Spanish ship C stidio Monte Al legro was sunk in an Atlantic daylight attack by a German submarine. No sinking details or vessel listing in shipping registers were provided.
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London
Morocco
Stidio Monte Allegro
Atlantic Ocean
Pessimist warns of looming danger amid pork shortages
A Californy letter from Oather Harp notes a severe pork shortage making it dangerous for a man to even eat like a pig. The writer contrasts threats by an unpopular figure with the stance of A. Hitler, framing a rumor of harsh consequences if the threat is carried out.
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Oather Harp
Californy
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