Oklahoma Special Session Near Sine Die Adjournment
The Oklahoma legislature, in an eighth day of a special session, aims to finish the cal endars and adjourn sine die by week’s end. Gov Kerr reiterates an adjournment within ten days to two weeks. Senate work focuses on two noncontroversial measures while the House moves through a crowded calendar.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
House
Senate
Merle Lansden
Renart
Robert S. Kerr
Lansden
Crable Says Had No Chance in Oklahoma Textbook Probe
Oklahoma City April 19. State Superintendent L. Crable testified before a house investigating committee that Tulsa county grand jurors did not allow him to explain records in a conspiracy case over textbook adoptions. He said only one juror paid attention as he presented five boxes of documents and questioned a bonus tied to a speller adoption.
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Oklahoma City
A L. Crable
House
Tulsa County
Martin J. Phillippe
Crabl
Tme
Crable
Phillippe
Walter W. Isle
Daniel
Isle
Tulsa
Dixie Gilmer
J T. Daniel
Gilmer
Oklahoma
Ada
Phillips
Ore
Busby
4 F s Again Free Agents
The 4 F s were declared free to choose war work or stay out. No current compulsion exists to place them in war jobs, though patriotism and neighbor pressure remain factors. The House military committee abandoned plans for forced service or special camps, while selective service may reassign some 4 F s for limited duty if needed.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Costello
D.calif
Manufacturers’ Association
Army
Selective Service
Russians Press Deep Into Crimea Near Sevastopol
Soviet communique says Axis forces resist desperately as Russian marines push from Balaklava toward Sevastopol and the Balaklava Sevastopol highway. Marines reach near the port while Germans fire on Romanian troops and heavy fighting blocks river crossings and fedokin heights.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Sevastopol
Fourth Ukraine
Crimean
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Balaklava
Sevastopol-Yalta
Tchornaya
Fedokin Heights
Black Sea
Crimea
RAF Drops Record 4480 Tons on French Rail Targets
Allied air forces, including 4800 tons of explosives by the RAF and heavy American bombers, strike continental targets in the latest D-Day drive. Rouen and another French city burn as RAF flights hit rail yards and aircraft plants across Germany and occupied territories with minimal fighter opposition.
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London
R.A.F
Air Ministry
U. S
Germany
D-day
RAF
Occupied
Rouen
Berlin
Britain
United States
France
Eighth Air Force
Kassel
Eschwege
Paderborn
Gutersloh
Werl
Eighth Airforce
Oranienburg
Bathenow
Wittenberge
Luneburg
Hamburg
Perleburg
Cuxhaven
North Sea
Elbe
Rathenow
Inquiry Nears End In Crabb Textbook Conspiracy Probe
Tulsa county grand jury indicted state superintendent A L Crabb for conspiracy in textbook handling. A five member committee nears end of testimony after long session, reviewing records Crabb produced and testimony from county officials.
Draft Board Rejects Pay for Work in Phoenix
Maricopa county selective service board No. 4 members protested a suggestion by Senator Alexander Wiley to pay draft board members. The board telegramged the Senate committee that cash compensation would be insulting and tantamount to prostitution of patriotism. Chairman Ray A. McKinnie led fellow members W. R. Montague M. E. Eubank Al N. Zellmer and Frank Snell.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Maricopa County
Selective Service Board No
U. S
Alexander Wiley
Wis
Senate
Fort Knox
Ray A. McKinnie
W. R. Montague
M. E. Eubank
al N. Zellmer
Frank Snell
CIO AFL Joint Plea Seeks Continued Price Controls
Washington April 19. The CIO and AFL urged congress to extend the federal price control system for two more years after the war. The joint statement, read by AFL President William Green, stressed restoring the wage price relationship of 1942 and said current controls have succeeded. War Food Admin Marvin Jones testified that production rose 32 percent above the prewar five year average, and farm wages have risen substantially.
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Washington
CIO
AFL
Congress
Railway Labor Executives Association
Senate Banking Committee
William Green
Green
Marvin Jones
House Banking Committee
Jones
Gifford
Turkey's conciliatory reply to trade with Germany reported
In Ankara on April 18, Turkey's reply to Allied requests to curb trade in strategic materials with Germany was believed conciliatory. Foreign Minister Numan Menemencioglu told German ambassador Franz von Papen of the contents after delivering notes to the American and British ambassadors.
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Ankara
Turkey
Germany
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Hughe Knatchbull- Hugessen
Numen Menemencioglu
Franz von Papan
Rain and hail soak gardens with heavy downpour
A Wednesday afternoon storm dumped 1.10 inches of rain and hail in ten minutes, delivering waterspout like sums. Garden damage reports vary as gardeners assess the impact of hail on their plants and plots.
Danube Waterway Mines Disrupt German Traffic
Allied air forces report the Danube river from Budapest to Bucharest blocked by mines, with a Liberator attack sinking a large tanker and setting fuel ablaze. RAF Wellingtons and Liberators conducted mine laying and bombing missions, damaging vessels and forcing traffic stoppage along some 300 miles.
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Allied
Naples
Danube
Europe
Budapest
Bucharest
RCAF
J. H. C. Lewis
Winnipeg
Man
Rcaf Liberator
Lewis
Young Tennesseean Hero-Problem to War Department
William B. Murphree of Old Hickory Tennessee a 26 year old who left the army in 1941 then joined the marines to win the Navy Cross for heroism in the Pacific is under review by the War Department and Navy officials. The case has reached President Roosevelt who may consider his outstanding wartime service.
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Washington
the Armed Services
William B. Murphree
Old Hickory
Tenn
Army
Pacific
Murphree
Roosevelt
Tennessee
Nashville
War Department
Navy
Fort Benning
Pearl Harbor
Howard R. Craven
Guadalcanal
Midway
Makin Island
James Roosevelt
Navy Hospital
Oakland
Calif
Raymond Cannon
Wilson Brown
Peery Denies Getting Payment Over Textbook Vote
Oklahoma City April 19 Two members of the 1937 textbook commission denied to the house committee that they had ever received anything of value for their votes while serving. J E Peery testified he never was influenced and all members voted sincerely in the December 23 1937 adoptions. The Tulsa grand jury had charged Crable Perry and six others over books from publishers. Perry said 26 companies received contracts.
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Oklahoma City
House
Pblic
A. L. Crabb
J. E. Perry
Perry
Tulsa
Crable
J. T. Daniel
Daniel
Peery
Memorial Poppy Wreaths Sell Out Across Legion Drive
This year 395 boards were sold, 170 more than ever before, despite fewer shops to approach. The Memorial Poppy sale will be held May 27 to fund disabled veteran rehabilitation work. Poppy makers received pay, with Mrs Shi Cash and Gene Gulick leading the effort.
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Shi Cash
American Legion Auxiliary
Gene Gulick
Legion
Execution postponed for Stanley Steen in Riley murder
McAlester officials report Stanley Steen of Pittsburgh has his execution delayed pending appeal to the criminal court of appeals. Steen was set to be executed May 12 for fatally stabbing guard Pat Riley during a December disturbance at McAlester state penitentiary.
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Mcalester
Stanley Steen
Pittsburgh
Criminal Court of Appeals
Steen
Pat Riley
McAlester State Penitentiary
Third Snow Hits Plains in Ten Days
A third spring snowstorm in ten days sweeps Colorado and northern New Mexico delaying sugar beet planting and wartime transport. The Rockies get the heaviest accumulation while eastern plains see rain. Cities including Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo report one to two inches of new snow as the storm continues.
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Denver
Colorado
New Mexico
Rockies
Kansas
Sydney
Nebr
Santa Fe
N. M
Continental Divide
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
James Roosevelt Promoted to Full Colonel in Marine Corps
Marine corps headquarters announced today the promotion of Lt Colonel James Roosevelt to full colonel. He is the eldest son of the president and serves in the U. S. M. C. The change elevates his rank within the Marine command.
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James
Washington
Marine Corps Headquarters
James Roosevelt
Allies Break Through Japanese Lines in Northeast India Advance
Allied forces push with tanks in the Imphal area scoring new gains and taking three small Japanese positions northeast of Imphal. British Spitfires destroy several enemy aircraft while river craft are strafed. Chinese forces push along the Mo Gaung valley toward Kamain and Mogaung as Stillwell's 28th Division advances.
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Thobur
Wiant Kandy
Ceylon
India
Imphal
Pasa
Bishenpur
Silchar
Kohima
Dimapur
Burma
Joseph W. Stillwell
Mogaung
Kamain
Arrests Persist in City as Month Reaches Twenty-Five
April remains average for the city police station with only one arrest Tuesday, totaling 25 for the month. Most arrests stem from drunkenness while several others were taken for investigation. Pole beans are noted as a good fence row crop.
Trustful Wife Waits for Husband at Homeward Office Visit
A Scots dialect vignette by Bob Blanks Jr describes the old fashioned wife who waits up for her husband after a supposed late business trip. Cheering line questions rising costs, comparing to a head of cauliflower.
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Tulsa Grand Jury
Alfred K. Young
CAA
Don Derkley
Oklahoma City Flier
Woodward
Okla
By James Marlow
George Zielke
Legislative Investigating Committee
Tulsa County District Court
State Textbook Commission
Companie
John Levergood
Pottawatomie
Levergood
John L. Ward, Jr
Commission
Ada News
Frederick
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