Indian Leaders Urge British Power Withdrawal Resolution
London reports the All-India Congress working committee passed a 1200 word resolution demanding withdrawal of British power to let India ally with the United Nations and resist aggressors. Gandhi may be given full civil disobedience powers if independence is denied.
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London
All- India Congress Party
India
United Nations
Reuters
Bombay
All-India Congress Party
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Britain
Gandhi
Japan
New York
CBS
Congress
Germany
Parachutists And Tanks Brought In By Nazi Airplanes
Nazi forces were landing parachute troops and small tanks in the north Caucasus as Russians withdrew from Belaya Klina. Red Star said groups of 50 to 150 paratroopers and tanks led to continued fighting south of Rostov and near Kushchevka.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
North Caucasus
Belaya Klina
Red Fleet
Sea of Azov
Rostov
Red Star
Kushchevka
Belaya Glina
Messerschmitt
Caucasian
Russia
Tsimlyansk
Red Army
Don River
Caucasus
Pravda
Kretskaya
Stalingrad
Don
Ack Ack At Alexandria Safe Under Night Raids
Alexandrians report one of the world’s strongest anti aircraft barrages over the city as British night fighters and shore batteries repel Axis bombers. The port remains key to the British East Mediterranean fleet with El Alamein battles looming 65 miles west.
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Alexandria
Egypt
the Nile
Malta
Moscow
Mediterranean
el Alamein
Stonewall Schools Plan Fall Start August 24
Stonewall public schools set August 24 as opening date with enrollment the main activity. Buses will resume routes August 22 and basketball is dropped due to border patrol duties affecting football. pre flight aeronautics added with Olin Horn directing. The 19 faculty members include several new teachers as repairs and preparations finish.
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Stonewall
D. D. Duke
Duke
Stanley Guyer
Border Patrol
Stonewall High School
Olin Horn
Jean Crabtree Gets His Wings Today
Fifty six Oklahoma youths will receive the silver wings of the Army Air Force today at seven advanced flying schools of the Gulf Coast training center. Among the graduates are H. Smith Jr Stillwater F C Northcott Seminole Charles Brandkamp Paul E Warf R P Bland Billy Bob Coulson Leland Blair Rupe Welch Leonard Cox George Carney R T Stotler all of Tulsa Charles Woodall Lawton Mitchell and C J Cuinn in Okmulgee.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Army Air Force
Gulf Coast Training Center
H. Smith, Jr
Stillwater
F. C. Northcott
Seminole
Charles Brandkamp
Paul E. Warf
R. P. Bland
Billy Bob Coulson
Leland Blair
Rupe Welch
Leonard Cox
George Carney
R. T. Stotler
Tulsa
Charles Woodall
Lawton Mitchell
C. J. Cuinn
Cknulgee
Th' Pessimist
Cartoonist Bob Blanks Jr signs off on a satirical panel titled Th' Pessimist reflecting local wary humor and social commentary in a 19th century style print.
U S Bombs Hit Vessel In Convoy
British news service reports United States Army Air Forces heavy bombs struck a ship in an escorted convoy in the Mediterranean during an attack. Tobruk harbor raid on Aug 3 4 caused a direct hit and fire visible for miles. another ship was set aflame. It remains unclear if U S planes took part in the Tobruk raid.
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London
United States Army Air Forces
Mediterranean
RAF
Middle East
Tobruk
United States
Ada youth Jack Bailey passes Naval Academy entrance exams
Jack Bailey of Ada has passed all entrance exams for the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis with flying colors. Bailey was appointed to the naval academy recently, according to friends reporting Wednesday.
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Jack Bailey
Ada
U. S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Bailey
Naval Academy
Ada Rodeo Regalia Staged With Water Tank Dare
Jaycee committee chair Guy Thrash and other rodeo supporters planned a water dunk at Main and Broadway to spur interest in the Eighth Annual Ada Rodeo. The stunt began when Thrash failed to wear his silk shirt and ten gallon hat followed by E B Johnson and Gore Gaines who also forgot their rodeo attire.
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Guy Thrash
Jaycee Committee
Main and Broadway
Broadway
Thrash
E. B. Johnson
Gore Gaines
Survivors Say Japs Fired Upon Them
Survivors of an American freighter sunk by a Japanese submarine report crew members were machine gunned as they drifted away in a lifeboat and two rafts. The attacker scored eight hits over two hours, knocked out steering, and set the ship ablaze. Two sailors died, six perished from exposure, and seventeen drifted on a raft for four days before rescue.
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Seattle
Oug
North Pacific
Stonewall Man to Medical Center
Assignment of 20 Oklahoma men to the medical replacement training center for basic training announced by Brig. John M. Willis camp commander. List includes Richard V. Goetz Pryor Murel J Parker Krebs David C Guthrie Woodward Ferdinand K Hansen Chickasha Edward Hilburn Piedmont Clarence William Wilhite Snyder Johnnie L Walker McAlester Robert E Warrior Pawhuska Eual L Epps McAlester Harry Austin Worden Jr Tulsa Lincoln C Wallace McAlester Jimmie E Fuller Ponca City Nathan R Windell Kaw City Han lan V Flick Ponca City Von G Eggleston Choctaw Edward J Cockeran Krebs Jude P Chaffin Stonewall Thurman Bates Sawyer Guy W Barnes Muskogee Cloyce A Tucker Wynnewood
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Camp Grant
Ill
Show Goes On Despite Great Blaze At Ringling Circus
In Cleveland a fire at the Ringling Brothers circus destroyed 39 animal attractions. Five injured beasts received first aid at a temporary city hospital while the show continued. Thirty animals died or suffocated and nine more were shot to end suffering.
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Cleveland
Ringling Brothers
Two Ship Sinkings Are Widely Apart
The Associated Press reports two merchant ships, a British vessel and a U S cargo ship, were torpedoed in the North Atlantic. Twenty three men are missing, ninety five rescued, bringing AP sinkings since December 7 to four hundred thirteen. The U S ship went down off the New England coast with nineteen lives lost after a July torpedo strike. Survivors from the British ship say three torpedoes hit near a Caribbean port on July 21, with four men killed and forty eight rescued including five gunners.
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Associated Press
United States
North Atlantic
U. S
New England
Carl Froisland
Caribbean
Wartime tale of U boat crew captured at sea
Commander John S. Dalston of Britain's 40th convoy escort group recounts capturing German prisoners from a destroyed U-boat. He shows his cigarette case bearing the name of a German naval officer a prewar friend in China, the prisoners recognize their forgiven captain who had been killed just days earlier.
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London
John S. Dalston
Britain
China
Slayers Trail Gunman Across Swamps In GA Family Slaying
In Nahunta Georgia Aug 5 a gunman killed four members of the Strickland family as neighbors found 65 year old George Riley Strickland slain by a tree with two bullets in his mouth son Riley 13 lay dead in his bedroom Harvey 9 was shot in the back Mandy Strickland the mother was missing and later found dead in a grove 300 yards from the house all victims were shot in the back authorities pursue a big footed gunman aided by bloodhounds and possemen through the Knee Kocker swamp May indicate a mass murder mystery in coastal Georgia.
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Nahunta
Kocker
George Riley Strickland
Riley
Harvey
Mandy Strickland
Missi:g
Greater Returns for a Mount in Vested Ada News Classified Ads
A local Ada paper highlights stronger returns for a Mount investment in the latest classified section. The feature notes rising demand from buyers and clearer pricing trends across several listings.
A Warm Spell Eases as Showers Cool Overnight
A cooler night followed near record heat with a low of 73 degrees after a 95 degree high before late Tuesday thundershowers. Weathermen note measurable rain totaling .73 of an inch over the week and forecast more showers statewide as August could turn wetter. Forecast er Harry Wahlgren predicts a wet trend after a wet May and a dry June.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma City
Harry Wahlgren
P. A. Norris Sustains Fractured Left Leg
P A Norris suffered a fracture of the left leg after a fall in the bathtub Wednesday morning. He is at Valley View hospital awaiting a specialist from Oklahoma City to set the bone, with possible surgery to adjust the bone alignment.
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P. A. Norris
Valley View Hospital
Oklahoma City
American Bombers Striking Hankow Area Hit Warehouses and Wharves
Allied air units attacked Japanese targets near Hankow on the Yangtze yesterday, damaging wharves and warehouses and reporting very satisfactory results. Japanese bombers struck Kweilin near Canton with mixed losses, two shot down by fighters and one by ground fire, according to the Stilwell headquarters bulletin.
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Chungking
Hankow
Yangtze River
Joseph W. Stilwell
Kewilin
Canton
Debt Credit Is Urged For Little Fellow
Washington reports a debt relief plan for individuals and small businesses. The Senate Finance Committee weighs a revenue bill with about 6.27 billion dollars in new taxes and a possible debt credit deduction tied to prewar debts. Chairman George supports moving the idea forward while guarding against loopholes. A Houston Post proposal for small businesses without war contracts also enters the discussion.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
W. P. Hobby
Houston, Tex Post
Texas
Mutual Charges Of Misleading In Prewar Patent Pool
Washington Aug 5 A Justice Department official and W S Farish president of Standard Oil (New Jersey) accused each other of misleading a Senate patents committee over Standard's prewar patent pooling with a German concern Patrick Gibson special assistant to the attorney general testified that Farish's protest telegram repeated misleading characterizations of the peacetime agreements Farish said Gibson misinterpreted the records and the committee indicated further testimony would be allowed from Farish and other Standard officials
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Washington
Department of Justice
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Senate
Standard
W. S. Farish
Patrick Gibson
I. QG. Farbein Industries
Chemical Trust
Gibson
Patents Committee
Farish
Bone
Dwash
Delaney Plans Coal County Test in Jesse Field Area
W A Gus Delaney announces a semi wildcat for Coal County in the Jesse field area. The Gipson No 1 well is drilled in the SW SE NE of 7 1N 8E. Workmen move in and rigging to start. site about half a mile from press production. Delaney has assembled a fair sized block of acreage around the test.
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W. A
Gus” Delaney
Jesse’ Field
Weil
Ethel May Gipson
Dertick
Jesse Field
Delaney
Ada man to receive commission as second lieutenant
Pat Goforth of Ada was to receive his commission as second lieutenant in the U S army air force. His father E P Goforth said Pat was being graduated at Miami Beach Florida. He did not know where he would be stationed.
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Pat Goforth
Ada
U. S. Army Air Force
E. P. Goforth
Pat
Miami Beach
Florida
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
A classified notice from Ada News highlights a shift toward higher returns for invested funds. The ad emphasizes cost efficiency, longer-term yields, and clearer terms for investors seeking better value. It outlines updated rates and availability without listing individual offerings.
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Ada News
J. W. Barber Tours Ada Navy Recruiting Post
J W Barber back in Ada for a two day Navy recruitment tour heading Ardmore station duties. He has been promoted to first class yeoman and urges local men to join construction ratings with new openings. Barber will operate from the building beside Mitchells Cafe.
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J. W. Barber
Ada
Uncle Sam
Navy
Barber
Ardmore
Mitchell's Cafe
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8Th Army
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