Fish Winning Dewey Challenged in NY Renomination Bid
Rep. Hamilton Fish faces Dewey opposition in New York GOP renomination while Missouri race unseats Sen Bennett Clark. Roy McKittrick leads Clark by about 20 000 with 3609 of 4512 precincts reporting and 30000 absentee ballots pending. Reed wins Kansas Senate nomination as Fisch-backed contests unfold.
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Associated Press
Hamilton Fish
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Roy Mc*tittrick
Clark
McKittrick
Tne
Reed
Kansas
U. S
Clyde M. Reed
Parsons
Carl E. Friend
Lawrence Lumberman
Fish
Dewey
Roosevelt
Augustus W. Bennet
Newburgh
Bennet
Bennett
Forrest Donnell
Sclon
Rep
T. D. Winter
W. P. Lambertson
Albert Cole
Virginia
Patrick H. Drewry
L. L. Bean
South Hill
Ralph H. Daughton
Winder R. Harris
Fred Stalnaker Now in New Guinea
Seaman 2/c Fred Stalnaker a former Ada News employee is now based in New Guinea aboard a navy posting. He continues in his linotype operator work and reports cold streams hikes and mud on the island while joking about life and his letter home to his wife Mrs. Fred Stalnaker.
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Adan
Fred Stalnaker
Seaman 2
The
Ada News
Seaman Stalnaker
Navy
New Guinea
Riley
States
Peace Officers Gather Amid Philadelphia Riots
Philadelphia citizens urge Mayor Samuel to declare martial law to curb negro white clashes and bus rail and subway stoppages. Police report 300 arrests, 10 injured. violence disrupts the navy yard and war production.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Citizens Committee
Bernard Samuel
Roosevelt
Washington
War Labor Board
Hutchins Forbidden to Resume Work in Radio City Park Addition
Clarence A. Stoldt said the War Production Board barred Ben F. Hutchins from resuming construction on specified blocks in Radio City park addition Lawton without WPB written authority. The consent order followed a WPB ruling that Hutchins began work on a 75000 project without proper authorization.
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Oklahoma City
Clarence A. Stoldt
War Production Board
Ben F. Hutchins
Radio City Park Addition
Lawton
Stoldt
Hutchins
Corrections on Thomas Dillon Choate Drowning Incident
Correction details the drowning of Thomas Dillon Choate 13 of Allen near a pond southwest of town. He was recovered an hour after disappearance. survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. J M Choate, three brothers and three sisters.
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Thomas Dillon Choate
Allen
J. M. Choate
James F
Armed Service
Harold Wayne
Clary M. Choate
Billy Joe
Wanda Foy
Donnie Katherine
Oklahoma Legislature Vacancy Shuffle Underlines Uncertainty
Acting Governor An glin would leave the governorship in doubt as Merle Lansden stands next in line but is far away. Anglin holds the chair in his absence since Kerr and Berry are away from Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Tom Anglin
Capitol
Oklahoma
Pfc
Merle Lansden
Marine Corps
Anglin
State Senate
Robert S. Kerr
James E. Berry
Colorado clerk inherits ten thousand dollars profits
A Colorado soda clerk inherits $10,000 boosting his ability to keep hair slicked at all times, reported as a personal finance anecdote.
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Colorado
British Break Through Center of Nazi Line
Thousands of Germans trapped in Latvia and Estonia by a swift Russian advance to the Baltic Sea near Riga fought to escape the encirclement. Elsewhere Nazis defended a 20 mile arc around Warsaw as red forces pressed the siege.
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Moscow
Latvia
Estonia
Baltic Sea
Riga
Warsaw
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia
Junker
Vistula
Augustow
Memel
Kalvaria
Jelgava
Wilkowischken
Birsen
Bekid Pass
Carpathians
Czecho-Slovakia
Baltic States
South Carolina
Red Army
Takums
Ivan Bagramain
Baltic Army
Rigs
Gulf of Riga
Leipaja
Ventspils
Mazirbe
Kristintin Rokossovsky
Cherniakhovsky
Suwalki Triangle
Poland
Kaunas
Brogichin
Bug River
Siedlce
Izvestia
Hitler
Baltic
Villers-Bocage
Homme Woods
le Beny- Bocage
States rights plan moves in senate finance committee
The Senate finance committee unanimously approved a states’ rights unemployment compensation bill leaving benefit rates and standards to states. Debate with rival federal‑aid measures likely to begin next week. A separate plan would fund vocational training with living allowances for six months.
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Don Hyndman
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
D.-Ga
Senate Military Committee
Congress
Senate
Murray
D.mont
Churchill War Summary Highlights Soviet, Allied Gains
Prime Minister Churchill said the Normandy invasion and Red Army off ensive followed Tehran agreements with Stalin. He praised Soviet efforts tearing guts out of German forces while noting heavy Allied casualties and homes lost since June 15. He forecast shorter path to Japan defeat, praised Cromwell and Sherman tanks, warned Germany over rocket bombs, and spoke on Turkey, Poland, and Europe’s new foundations.
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Lewis Hawkins
London
Churchill
Normandy
Stalin
Tehran
House of Commons
Atlantic
Rennes
Brest
Italy
Alexander
Hitler
Japan
United States
Asiatic
Germany
Turkey
Moscow
Warsaw
Europe
Franz von Papen
Berlin
France
Yanks Break German Line In Normandy Drive Toward Brittany
Allied dispatches report the British Second Army piercing the German center south of Caen and threatening to bend Von Kluge into retreat. American spearheads push through light resistance toward Brest and St Nazaire aiming for a Brittany port isolation and potential second Cherbourg.
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Gladwin Hill
Allied Expeditionary Force
Marshal von Kluge
Caen
Normandy
Cherbourg
Brittany
Brest
St. Nazaire
Caumont
Dempsey
le Beny-Bocage
Vire
Greene
Estry
Tilly la Campagne
Tinian Battle Is Now Over
U S forces declare victory in the nine day Tinian campaign using a secret weapon, securing two airfields and finalizing control of the island within 25 days. On Guam and Saipan allied forces push forward as German frontline actions retreat under heavy Allied pressure in Normandy.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Tinian
United States
Saipan
Guam
Marianas
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Marpo Point
Agana
Fabian Point
Nimitz
Missing in Action Lt. Roy Q. Morris Over Germany
Lt. Roy Q. Morris, pilot of a B 25 bomber, has been reported missing in action over Germany since July 19. His wife, the former Virginia Baker, was notified by telegram from the War department. He had been overseas since January and was based in Italy with a home in Tuttle. He lived in Rush Springs before enlistment and was commissioned at Blytheville, Arkansas, last October. Final training occurred at Savannah, Georgia.
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Roy Q. Morris
Germany
Morris
War Department
Virginia Alice Baker
J. W. Baker
1000 East Eighth
Italy
Tuttle
Rush Springs
Blytheville
Ark
Savannah
Bombers Hit Rhone Valley Rail and Oil Storage
More than 500 U S Fifteenth Air Force bombers struck the Rhone valley in southern France targeting Portes Les Valences rail yards and Le Pouzin oil storage about ten miles inland. They also hit Genoa harbor and other military sites at Avignon while enemy fighters engaged the formations. Bad weather grounded virtually all allied aircraft based in Britain and Italy.
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London
U. S
Fifteenth Air Force
Rhone Valley
France
Genoa
Portes Les Valences
le Pouzin
Avignon
Britain
Italy
Lee Roy Knight Found Dead in Car Near Foss
Clinton police report Lee Roy Knight age 54 was found dead in his car near Foss after apparently suffering a heart attack while driving. Authorities said no foul play is suspected and the death is being investigated as a medical incident.
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Clinton
Lee Roy Knight
Foss
Highway Patrol
Letter Carriers to Meet in Ada in 45 Oklahoma
Ken Kirkhart of Lucien is elected president of the Oklahoma Rural Letter Carriers Association. Mrs Kirkhart will lead the women's auxiliary and Mary Lou Biswell of Chandler becomes president of the junior auxiliary. They were chosen at the convention's close. The 1945 convention will be in Ada.
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Oklahoma City
Ken Kirkhart
Lucien
Noble County
Oklahoma Rural Letter Carriers Association
Kirkhart
Mary Lou Biswell
Chandler
Ginners Seek Rate Increase at State Hearing
Pi Members of the Oklahoma Cotton Ginners association will ask an increase in rates for their services August 29 at a hearing before the state corporation commission. Present rates are 32.14 cents a hundredweight for picked cotton, 35 cents for snaps and 2 dollars for ties.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Cotton Ginners Association
State Corporation Commission
WFA Allocates 15 Million For Farm Tenant Loans
The War Food Administration announced a 15 million dollar fund to aid farm tenants in purchasing farms under the Jones Bankhead Farm Tenant act. Texas leads with 1.28 million, Mississippi 1.13 million, Oklahoma 615 thousand with 88 loans, total supporting about 2,700 tenant families state allocations listed.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Texas
Mississippi
Farm Security Administration
Te Wfa
Oklahoma
Wild gas well lights sky as Oklahoma operators meet
A 50 million cubic foot gasser at Cement field in Caddo county Oklahoma erupted flames today as Little Nick Oil officials and other operators gathered in Oklahoma City to discuss control steps. The well Little Nick’s number 4 Rigney in SW SE SW of 12 5n 9w has blown wild since July 17 and was ignited last night as a safety measure.
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Cemen
Okla
Oklahoma City
Little Nick Oil Company
Little Nick
Caddo County
PESSIMIST Laments on Truth and Life Choices
A reflective note contrasts pessimism with humor about truth and talk. It mentions Eli Tate debating marriage or lasting happiness, hinting at personal life decisions and social chatter.
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Philadelphia Transportation Company
John Young
Ridge Avenue
Young
Army
Philadelphia Navy Yard
2Ace
California
Oklahoma Sheriffs and Pace Officers Association
P. W. Montgomery
Claremore
Sheep Creek Lodge
Aldridge Hotel
Jaycee
Brett
McAlester Penitentiary
John Brett
United States Attorney
A. Linscheid
Fast Central College
WPB
U.S
Guam Beach
Old Glory
Paul S. O’neal
Brighton
Mass
Milton F. Thompson
Upper Montclair
N. J
NEA
Choate
Baltic Noose
By Eddy Gilmore
Solons
Pontorson
Avranches
Omar N. Bradley
Brittany Peninsula
Miles Dempsey
Second
Roger Greene
Erwin Rommel
Valers-Bocage
Roy Morris
Ada
WFA
By Red Bianks, Jr
Eli Tate
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