End of the Japanese Navy Marked by Swift Air Power
In a sober assessment by American naval officers, the Japanese navy is deemed dead as carrier air power destroyed ships at Yokosuka and Kure with minimal resistance. The Italian fleet, by contrast, surrendered after harbor battles and negotiations, underscoring Japan’s ignominious end in naval history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Kern
Lee
San Francisco
Pacific
Yokosuka
Kure
Japan
Third Fleet
Italy
Mediterranean
Drake
Scapa Flow
Holmes May Decline Northwestern State College President Post
Oklahoma City July 31 A report that J R Holmes of Muskogee declined the presidency at Northwestern State College Alva remained unsettled as calls to Holmes failed and state board officials said they had received no letter. Crabb state education head said he had heard rumors Holmes would not go to Alva despite the transfer plan amid protests over Percefull’s removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
J. R. Holmes
Muskogee
Northwestern State College
Alva
Holmes
State Board of Education
Olmes
Five Carter Brothers Return From War Zones
Five Carter brothers from Columbus Georgia return to the United States after serving overseas. They recall the Sullivan brothers tragedy and note two siblings, Kenneth aged 81 and James aged 25, already have...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Carter Brothers
States
Sullivan Brothers
Kenneth
James
Elevator Girl Survives 80-Story Fall in Empire State Building
Betty Lou Oliver, 20, elevator operator from Fort Smith Arkansas, survived a nearly 1000 foot drop after the Empire State Building car cables snapped during a B 25 bomber crash. She remained conscious, suffered burns bruises and potential back fracture, and is listed in critical but improved condition at Bellevue Hospital as her husband Oscar L Oliver sails home from the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Empire Stage
Bellevue Hospital
Betty Lou Oliver
Fort Smith
Ark
Betty Lou
James Beaude
Chicago
George A. Mount
Otis Elevator Co
Mount
Oscar L. Oliver
torpedoman 3/c
USNR
Pacific
Bacon Is Named To Restaurant Job
Tulsa July 31 F C Bacon executive manager of the Oklahoma Restaurant Association said he was hopeful the OPA would act to avert wholesale closings of Tulsa eateries. He added representatives would meet in Washington within days to seek aid for shops facing ration point shortages. The problem, he said, is national but worse in Tulsa due to troops arriving at Camp Gruber seeking meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
F.C. Bacon
Oklahoma Restaurant Association
OPA
Acon
Washington
Bacon
Camp Gruber
Okinawa Debuts First High School Education
Okinawa begins high school education with 400 barefoot students arriving washed and combed for the event. Under military government with native teachers, classes are in Ishikawa civilian area and cover Japanese and English, history, geography, arithmetic, and exercise. Art is planned when materials are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
Ishikawa
Policeman Maurice Collins Retires After Historic Service
Washington salutes Maurice Collins, once Washingtons first motorcycle cop and the officer who halted a presidential car. He recalled stopping President Wilson and later earned royal commendations with Roosevelt during the 1939 royal visit. Collins retires at 66 after 41 years on the force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maurice Collins
Collins
Secret Service
Wilson
Roosevelt
England
Editor Kirbey Leaves Newspaper After 34 Years
Boynton Oklahoma July 31 editor Isaiah Kirbey of the Boynton Index retires after 34 years as owner and operator. He founded the papers proud slogan the only newspaper in the world that gives a damn about Boynton and ran it single handed for years. New owners are R M Mountcastle Eileen Rooney Warren and W J Ray Sr. Kirbey cites ill health and involuntary hand trouble as the reason for sale and retirement. He arrived in Boynton in 1911 after publishing four Missouri papers and built a small circulation under 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boynton
Okla
Isaiah Kirbey
The
Boynton Index
Kirbey
Muskogee
R. M. Mountcastle
Eileen Rooney Warren
W. J. Ray
Index
Missouri
Sauerbruch denies Nazi ties and Hitler physician claim
Prof Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Berlin surgeon and health head, rejects reports he was Hitler's doctor or Nazi member. He recalls meeting Hitler in the twenties as a beggar and notes Goering offered a Staatsrat title after Hindenburg's death, which he accepted only as honor for medical service. He emphasizes no political obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis PR. Lochner
Berlin
Ferdinand Sauerbruch
Germany
Greater Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Sauerbruch
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Munich
Hindenburg
Nazi Party
Staatsrat
Prussia
Hermann) Goering
Reich
Goering
California Gunmen Steal 111000 In Bank Payroll Heist
Police across California hunt two gunmen after a large payroll robbery netting 111 300 dollars from two bank messengers in Hollywood. Victims Victor Lohn 26 Thurston Patterson 45 were abducted at gunpoint and driven to nearby hills before freeing themselves and notifying police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Calif
California
Victor Lohn
Thurston Patterson
Frank Porter
John McAuliffe
Lohn
Patterson
Hollywood
Lockheed Aircraft
Tires For Army Produced Again
Detroit reports the United States Rubber Co plant resumed military tire production after army seizure at 3 p.m. central war time following Maj. Gen. Lemay’s warning about B 29 bombing missions. Army estimates indicate the strike cost 1700 tires. scientists note Vitamin A delays aging but guidance for shoes is lacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United States Rubber Co
Curtis E. Lemay
20Th Airforce
Imei
Japan
County Excise Board Opens Session at 10 A.M.
The county excise board is in session reviewing the budget. W. M. Emanuel was named chairman replacing J. I. McCauley, after appointment by the state tax commission. Emanuel expects county income near 1944 levels and invites taxpayers to meet with the board during sessions from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. He praises McCauley’s work and the board’s recent performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Emanuel
J. I. McCauley
Mr. Emanuel
McCauley
State Tax Commission
Emanuel
Roosevelt to leave army air forces soon
Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt will retire from the Army Air Forces in August after completing two assignments. The War Department said the decision was made before recent publicity on financial transactions involving the late president's family and that no information on those matters was in its possession when the release was authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Forces
Army
Roosevelt
Pacific
War Department
Changes in Chinese government expected before Soong returns
Premier T. V. Soong announced he relinquished his post as minister of foreign affairs on Dec 23 1941 and handed it to Dr. Wang Shih Chieh in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at speeding the war against Japan. Soong plans to return to Moscow to resume talks with Premier Stalin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
T. V. Soong
Moscow
Stalin
Soong
Wang Shih-Chieh
Japan
Job Jumpers Hinder Some War Efforts
A special House committee led by Chairman Sparkman faults inadequate control of unfit for service workers as a cause of West Coast manpower shortages. The report warns that without immediate action or Japan's surrender, the coastal labor bottleneck could cripple the broader war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Pacific
Japan
Threeman
Sparkman
D.-Ala
Civilians Leave for European Zone to Aid Intelligence Work
A group of 84 American women civilians at Camp Shanks New York depart soon for Germany to perform an intelligence phase Army spokesmen decline details. Ages 22 to 60 plus. former ballerina to dress shopkeeper. They wear olive drab uniforms with assimilated commissioner ranks and carry duffle bags. Most are foreign-born. fluent in multiple languages. Among them are Anna Duncan and Julia Hudak Vincent, noted opera figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Shanks
N. Y
Germany
War Department
Anna Duncan
Isadora Duncan
Julia Hudak Vincent
Milano Grand Opera
Madrid Royal Opera
Monte Carlo Casino Opera
Chicago Grand Opera
Captain Has Laundry Trouble On Iwo Jima
On Iwo Jima Captain Colonel Lister Payne Jr leads a field laundry serving 300000 to 400000 items weekly. Lt Robert Burton and Sgts James Hall and Hugh Jarrett oversee operations amid harsh water, heat, and soap shortages that threaten the entire batch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwo Jima
Robbin Coons
Iwo
America
Payne
Robert C. Burton
Seattle
Wash
Burton
James Robert Hall
Roanoke
Army
Hugh Jarrett
Atlanta
Hall
Quartermaster’s
Admiral Hewitt to Lead U S Navy in Europe
Admiral H K Hewitt arrived in London to relieve Admiral Harold R Stark as commander of United States naval forces in Europe. Hewitt, former head of the U S Eighth Fleet and amphibious assault commander in North Africa Sicily Italy and Southern France, will lead upon Stark's retirement for age after returning to the United States. The change was announced July 14 in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
H. K. Hewitt
Harold R. Stark
United States
Europe
Adm
Hewitt
Navy General Board
U. S. Eighth Fleet
France
Stark
Washington
Japanese Citizens Will Be Shields
San Francisco report says Japan urged civilian volunteers to act as human shields for the emperor and trained Nipponese men in occupied China for Allied landings. Home Minister Genki Abe announced the policy in a nationwide radio broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Japan
China
Radio Tokyo
Genki Abe
Federal Communications Commission
Two Men Resign As State High School Inspectors
E. T. Dunlap and Ernest Riker resign as state high school inspectors effective tomorrow. Charles Johnson, former Vinita high school principal and ex Pauls Valley superintendent, is named to fill one vacancy. Dunlap becomes superintendent at Red Oak and Riker enters business in Wewoka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
E. T. Dunlap
Ernest Riker
A.L. Crabl
Charles Johnson
Vinita
Pauls Valley
Dunlap
Red Oak
Riker
Wewoka
Matsuyama City 73 Percent Destroyed in Bombings
Matsuyama on Shikoku Island suffered 73 per cent destruction from incendiary raids on July 27 by over 100 aircraft, hitting a population of 120,000 and damaging 1.22 square miles. The Nakajima Handa plant near Nagoya sustained 44 per cent damage in the same operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matsuyama
Guam
Shikoku Island
Nakajim Aircraft Company
Handa
Nagoya
Falls blamed for over 25 thousand deaths in 1943
The report identifies falls as the leading cause of fatal accidents in the United States, accounting for more than 25 000 deaths during 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Money Trouble Arises In State
State Senator Robert Burns sues in the Oklahoma Supreme Court seeking to block payment from the governor’s 900000 contingency fund on grounds of unconstitutionality. He argues the plank check appropriation was illegal and challenges the 1941 constitutional amendment creating state regents for higher education and its funding power. He asks for a permanent injunction preventing the auditor and treasurer from transferring funds to cover appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Robert Burns
C. C. Childers
A. S. J. Shaw
Burns
Supreme Court
J. K. Wells
Oklahoma City Oil
State Regents For Higher Education
Grasshoppers Thick in Pawhuska Alfalfa Fields
Pawhuska Oklahoma July 31 grasshoppers swarm Osage county alfalfa fields described as boiling yellow smoke by Bob Kinseley a Pawhuska newsman. They cover fence posts tree trunks and telephone poles and strip two alfalfa fields two miles northwest of Pawhuska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawhuska
Okla
Osage County
Bob Kinseley
Jobs for Veterans and Postwar Education Plans
The article outlines a broad postwar program including job placement for veterans across 150 towns with over 100 training firms and educational pay during training. It also calls for a new Textbook Commission led by President George Cross to study postwar curricula and notes plans to restore valuations and pursue fair freight rates amid ongoing debates.
Strother Field To Close Temporarily In August
Strother Field will be temporarily inactivated August 15, announced station commander Col. D. E. Meade. Activated in December 1942, the base trained aviation cadets until June 1, 1944, then served as a fighter pilot training station of the Second Air Force. The War Department cited curtailment of fighter pilot training as the primary reason for the closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strother Field
Kan
Walter Head Named Manager of Miami Tire Plant
Walter E. Head of Pasadena California was appointed manager of the B. F. Goodrich Miami Tire and Rubber plant, a war-born facility valued at $6,000,000. He succeeds J. W. Frasche who will return to Akron Ohio. Head had recently served as factory manager in Los Angeles California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Okla
Walter E. Head
Pasadena
Cailif
B. F. Goodrich Company
Head
Los Angeles
J. W. Frasche
Akron
German Woman Seeks Citizenship Oath Before Death
German-born Mrs. Anna Kost Oehlke, 57, dying in Miami on July 31 expressed only one wish to take her oath as an American citizen. Judge John W. Holland learned her naturalization was nearly complete and acted to fulfill the oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Anna Kost Oehlke
America
John W. Holland
Truesdell Honored at Fort Leavenworth Latin Dinner
General Karl Truesdell, commandant of the staff and command school, was toasted at a dinner at Fort Leavenworth. About 500 attendees included 32 Latin American officers from Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay. General Sicco of Uruguay presented a plaque recognizing the opportunity to attend the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Karl Truesdell
Staff and
General Staff
Brazil
Chile
Ecuador
Peru
Uruguay
Pedro Sicco
Philip Gregson-Ellis
British Staff College
Camberly
Cross to head state textbook commission
Dr. George L. Cross president of the University of Oklahoma will lead the newly appointed state textbook commission. He was named chairman at an organization meeting yesterday as Gov. Kerr had selected board members last week. Otis McClintock of Tulsa is vice chairman with members Doane Farr Clinton Merle W. Glason Bartlesville Wheeler Mayo Malikow and W. Max Chambers Okmulgee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cross
University of Oklahoma
Max Chambers
Okmulgee
Merle W. Glasgow
Bartlesville
Doane Farr
Clinton
Transportation
Wheeler Mayo
Sallisaw
Otis McClintock
Tulsa
State Board of Equalization
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile
ICC
Frisco
South
Southwest
Army
Navy
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Commission
Congress
Oklahoma City
George L. Cross
State Textbook Commission
Cross
Robert S. Kerr
R. Otis McClintock
Merle W. Glason
Alisow
W. Max Chambers
Crude Production Slips Back Slightly
Tulsa report shows weekly crude oil production down 11 400 barrels to 4 928 200 for the week ending July 31. Illinois falls while Michigan and Wyoming post gains. Rocky Mountain region rises on Wyoming's increase. The year marks the billionth barrel produced for 1944 as August 12 approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okio
Oil and Gas Journal
Michigan
Wyoming
Illinois
Kansas
Oklahoma
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Montana
Harry Pendergast To Keep Job Awhile
District Judge Clarence Mills issued a temporary restraining order against discharging Harry Pendergast as executive director of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. A hearing on his petition was set for Thursday to challenge the attempted dispatch without notice under Oklahoma merit rules. Pendergast has led the commission since July 21, 1942, with merit protections covering about 1200 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Clarence Mills
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
Harry Pendergast
Mills
Pendergast
Oklahoma
Security Commission
Churchill Leaves No. 10 Downing Street
Winston Churchill moved out of No. 10 Downing Street after five years as British prime minister following a July 5 election defeat. He will spend a few days at his country house in Westerham Kent and is reported to be fit and well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchill
No. 10
Downing Street
Westerham
Kent
No Parading Gals on Boardwalk Censured in Atlantic City
Atlantic City officials fined Dorothy Singer a 28 year old woman 10 dollars for walking on the boardwalk in bathing attire not covering from neck to knees. The incident follows a police edict restricting exposure along the popular promenade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Albert N. Shahadi
Dorothy Singer
Costly Transportation Alleged Street Car Robbery
In Los Angeles on July 31 Paul E. Rivers reported two men picked him up in a car, slugged him into unconsciousness and robbed him of 16 dollars and a $300 diamond ring, police said. Rivers planned to save a dime through the pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Paul E. Rivers
Greater returns for amount in vested
Classified notice reports higher yields on invested funds in Ada News, highlighting favorable terms for account holders and updated rates for vested amounts. The ad emphasizes security, accessibility, and potential growth opportunities for local investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
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Associated Press Pacific Foreign Desk
Dan
Forest
Clem
George P. Carter
Carter
Fort Smith, Ark
U. S. Rubber Co
J. J. McCauley
Gen. Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
Shanks
U. S. Navy
Kerr
Gen. Truesdell
Dr. Cross
Churchill
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