Oklahoma Special Session Cites War-Era Reforms and Voting Plans
The Oklahoma Legislature lauded the special session for completing its agenda including a plan for service men to vote in July and November elections. It extended state debt funding from surplus revenue and proposed a constitutional amendment. Additional funding and higher teacher salaries were approved for districts receiving state aid. Other laws cover civilian absentee voting by mail and extended registration periods.
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Oklahoma
General Revenue Fund
Sinking of Liberty Ship John Straub Dawns Little Hope
In Alaska waters the munitions ship John Straub broke in two on its third voyage. About 55 men are presumed lost after the forward section sank immediately while the after part stayed afloat 14 hours. Coast Guard cutter and a small Army vessel surveyed the scene and found no additional survivors. 13 were rescued earlier.
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Seattle
John Straub
E. M. Murphy
Alaska Steamship Company
Coast Guard
Alaska Peninsula
Four Oklahomans Awarded Distinguished Flying Crosses
Four Oklahoma airmen in the Eighth bomber and fighter commands in England received the Distinguished Flying Crosses for extraordinary achievement and heroism. Tech. Sgt. Jesse D. Bland Lindsay Garvin county, Tech. Sgt. Essid L. Kouri Oklahoma City, Tech. Sgt. Everett F. Love Kaw Kay county, S/Sgt. Racine E. Black Okemah, and S/Sgt. Marshall E. McDaniel Wann Nowata county were cited. Also Capt. Robert S. Johnson received a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to the DFC for downing 25 enemy planes.
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Washington
England
Army
Tech
Jesse D. Bland
Lindsay
Garvin County
Essid L. Kouri
Oklahoma City
Everett F. Love
Kaw
Kay County
Racine E. Black
Okemah
Marshall E. McDaniel
Wann
Nowata County
Robert S. Johnson
Lawton
Mrs. Mix Named LeFlore County Commissioner
Mrs. Harry B. Mix was named to succeed her husband as LeFlore County commissioner while he enters military service. Dr. Robert G. Sproul, president of the University of California, was noted in the report.
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Panama
Harry B. Mixon
LeFlore County
Robert G. Sproul
University of California
Oklahoma Mother of 1944 named for Mrs Kerr
Mrs W S Kerr was surprised Sunday when named Oklahoma Mother of 1944 by the American Mothers Committee. Born 1871 in Texas she and William Kerr moved to Oklahoma in 1895 then Ada and later Oklahoma City. Governor Kerr is among her children.
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Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
First Baptist Church
Margaret Wright Kerr
Kerr
Texas
Monk Wright
William Samuel Kerr
Missouri
Pecan Grove Valley
Lois Wimberly
Oklahoma City
Ada
Kerrs
W. S. Kerr
Indian Territory
Pontotoc County
Sunday
Allied Confidence Grows as Luftwaffe Beaten Down
Allied statement from London notes the air war against Germany has reached a climactic phase. It says the German fighter force is losing more planes than Germany can produce and credits sustained U. S. bombing of Bremen’s Focke-Wulf factory with intensifying pressure since February.
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London
Germany
Berlin
British
Air Ministry
United States Strategic Air Forces
U. S
Focke-Wulf
Bremen
Navy Eyes Knock Down Drag Out Fight With Japan
Rear Admiral Dewitt C. Ramsey told Associated Press leaders at the Waldorf-Astoria that the Navy is eager for a ship for ship clash with Japan and believes victories will favor the U S. He warned Japan may not risk its fleet until the war nears home shores and noted the Pacific drive will be led by naval air power as the Marianas Carolines and Bonins are fought.
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New York
Dewitt C. Ramsey
Bureau of Aeronautics
U. S. Navy
Associated Press
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Ramsey
Alexander A. Vandergrift
Marine Corps
Japan
John R. Alison
Army Air Corps
Burma
Robert McLean
Pacific
Vandegrift
Kwajalei
Eneiwetok
Marshall Islands
Doughboys Recite Heroic Feats At Medal Of Honor Event
Two American doughboys, Second Lieutenant Ernest Childers and Sergeant Charles E. Kelly, described their actions in Italy that earned Congresssional Medal of Honor. Childers, a Creek Indian from Tulsa, and Kelly from Pittsburgh spoke at Secretary Stimson's conference room, detailing patrols, assaulting machine gun nests, and frontline bravery on D-Day and in Sicily.
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Washington
Ernest Childers
Charles E
Kelly
Italy
Stimson
Childers
Tulsa
Okla
Pittsburgh
Salerno
Stanley J. Grogan
Army Public Relations
Grogan
45Th
Sicily
Pescara
Palermo
Bloody Knob
Why Airmail Delays Happen In wartime Transport
Washington readers learn that many airmail delays stem from planes being packed with mail, with sacks waiting for available aircraft or rerouted by train. Weather and Army pullback to commercial lines also affect timeliness as post office expects more army planes in coming months.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Post Office Department
Pearl Harbor
American Commercial Airlines
Army
Bombs May Soon Be Telling Filipinos Yanks on Way Back
War dispatch predicts a MacArthur return as land bases at Hollandia fall, enabling Liberators to threaten Mindanao, Palau, and Celebes shipping with long range air operations from Dutch New Guinea. Palau’s lagoon could host invasion forces, while Berau peninsula bases lie within striking distance.
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Harold Streeter
Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Mindanao
MacArthur
Hollandia
New Cuinea
Marshalls
Saipan
Tinian
Marianas
Philippine
Celebes Sea
Palau
Truk
Berau
Dutch New Guinea
Japan
Babo
Australia
No Shortage Of Candidates
Oklahoma City April 24 The report lists numerous candidates filing for various offices in the July 11 primary as part of a new plan to aid overseas soldiers in casting ballots. It notes Lt Gov James E Berry filing for U S Senate and U S Stone for Corporation Commissioner among many other Democratic and Republican contenders across seats from Congress to state offices.
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Oklahoma City
William G. Stigjer
E. O. Clark
James E. Berry
Stillwater
U. S
U. S. Stone
J. William Cordell
State Election Board
Statehouse
Criminal Court of Appeals
Corporation Commission
Supreme Court
Commission
Ray O. Weems
Dick Jones
Okemah
Earl Welch
Antlers
Monroe Osborn
Pauls Valley
Denver Davison
Ada
Frank A. Anderson
Okmulgee
Ray O .Weems
Vernie L. Akin
Shawnee
Congress
G. K. Sutherland
Hominy
Jack A. Porter
Tulsa
George B. Schwabe
Park Wyatt
Bert E. Drake
Sapulva
Paul Stewart
Senate
Bill Logan
Lawton
Fred Chapman
Ardmore
Q. D. Gibbs
Muskogee
J. M. Wiley
Nowata
Charles A. Whitford
Leflore
Arthur Reed
Poteau
Pittsburg
C. Plowboy Edwards
McAlester
Beckham
H. F. Carmichael
Sayre
Murray
Stigler
W. G. Stigler
Charles N. Simon
Ross Rizley
Flora Lewis Washington
April Rose SP
State Department
Eno Us
Europe
Romanian
Transylvania
Hungary
Aegean Islands
Greece
Upper Silesia
Polish Silesia
East Prussia
Alsace
Lorraine
France
Nice
Italy
Austria
Trieste
Balkans
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Germany
Russia
Balkan
Turkey
America
Allies Complain Yanks Outspend Allied Soldiers Abroad
In a Senate banking committee hearing on April 24, lawmakers heard complaints that American servicemen abroad outspend Allied troops, especially on romance and NCO expenses. Members debated raises to enlisted pay and the impact on hosting countries while stressing national pay policy and personal discretion.
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Washington
Stewart
Tenn
Senate Banking Committee
Taft
Ohio
Navy
Knox
Luftwaffe decline weakens long air war over Europe
The analysis notes heavy air fighting could continue sporadically until the Luftwaffe is nearly cut from factory production and weakened in remaining frontline strength, with the end of the campaign steadily approaching.
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Europe
Crewmate of Barnett Killed and Missing After Raid
Lt. Joseph W. Barnett a B 24 pilot with a ten man crew was reported missing after a raid over Germany on February 24. His family in Ada Kentucky and relatives in Elizabeth New Jersey and North Carolina received varying updates on crew status including a death and two prisoners of war.
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Joseph W. Barnett
Germany
Barnett
Somers E. Barnett
E. E. Nease
North Beard
Ada
Banks adopt blotting paper to thwart forgery
Banks use black blotting paper to stop forgers from obtaining signatures at counter desks. Ada News Want Ads highlights the shift as lenders restrict signature access and implement protective blotters in lobby areas.
American tourist pedalling to Nova Scotia aboard a tricycle
Wilford F. Wright, a paralyzed WWI veteran, begins his annual bicycle trip from Florida to Nova Scotia. He aims to reach the province again, after arriving first last year in July. Wright reported starting this journey April 19 from Bay Pines, Florida, and has logged about 30,000 miles on his tricycle.
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Halifax
Wilford F. Wright
Florida
Nova Scotia
Bay Pines
Fla
Wright
Gurkhas Question Glider Invasion Machines In Burma
Col John Alison recounts that Gurkhas doubted gliders used by the US Air Force to land the first wave of British airborne forces in Burma. One Gurkha detachment told a British officer that the glider has no motor, expressing fear and confusion about the silent aircraft.
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Washington
Burma
India
John Alison
Ghurkas
Cartwright Considers Senate or Third District Run
Oklahoma April report states former congressman Wilburn Cartwright, after 16 years in office and an injury in overseas service, plans to run again either for his old third district seat or for the U.S. Senate. He is recovering at Glennan General Army Hospital and expects discharge timing to be uncertain.
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Okmulgee
Wilburn Cartwright
Congress
United States
Cartwright
Glennan General Army Hospital
Bridges washed out in Logan County flood era
Logan County faced widespread damage after a heavy wet spell washed out 50 bridges, as reported by Commissioner Bert McKean. The event underscores transportation disruption and the need for rapid repairs and funding.
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Guthri
Logan County
Bert McKean
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