Precision forging powers U S war plants
The article describes extreme precision in American defense manufacturing. Masters use measurements down to millionths of an inch to craft gun components and engines. Temperature control, careful assembly, and advanced testing including magnetic particle inspection and x rays ensure flaw detection and high performance under combat conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Defense
Pratt & Whitney
East
Hartford
Conn
Springfield
Mass
Allison
Indianapolis
County Plans Free Hospital Care For Indigents
County commissioners and medical officials discussed revising the free hospitalization system to waive doctors fees for indigent patients. Milton Keating of the Chamber of Commerce advocated a plan where 22 doctors would treat charity cases pro bono, with the saved funds added to hospitalization allocations. The plan would certify patients before entry and cover hospital services only, with possible exceptions for operating room and anesthesia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Keating
Chamber of Commerce
Keating
Tom Grant
Valley View Hospital
Germany reports decisive blows on eastern front drives
The high command asserts German power drives have far surpassed expectations with a focus on destroying Russian fighting power. In the center, Smolensk is described as a historic victory for brutal ferocity and heavy Russian losses. In the south, the Stalin line is pierced with a wedge reaching Kiev.
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Prut
Bessarabia
Leningrad
Red Army
Estonia
Lake Peipus
Smolensk
Finland
Baltic
Black Sea
High Command
Stalin
Kiev
Germany says big push in war as losses mount
In a lengthy communique from the German high command the army claims successes surpassing optimistic expectations and warns Bolshevik losses are higher than stated. Nazi leaders signal a new theater of war while British officials question German claims and urge vigilance with Japan amid Indo-China tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Russia
Red Army
Fuehrer
London
Winston Church
Clement Attlee
Attlee
House of Commons
Leningrad
Moscow
Kiev
Frontline Clash Echoes in Ukraine and Smolensk Railreply
The Soviet and German fronts trade claims as the Red Army holds firm in Korosten and Bel Zerkov sectors while counterattacks claim successes. Moscow reports continued fighting around Smolensk with no confirmation of a southeast push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukraine
Red Army
Moscow
Smolensk
Kholm
Leningrad
Korosten
Kiev
Bel Tserkov
Attlee Attacks Axis Moves as Britain Rebuilds War Effort
Britain strengthens vigilance in the Far East and Atlantic as Attlee praises Russia's wartime stand and United States aid flows. Eden notes exploratory talks on postwar reconstruction between the U.S. and Britain while Axis shipping losses climb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attlee
Japan
Far East
Tokyo
Thailand
Indo-China
Britain
Orient
United States
Leningrad
Smolensky
Russia
British Isles
North Sea
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Anthony Eden
Former Ada Woman Dies At Capital
Mrs. Belle Morris, 79, a longtime Oklahoma resident since Indian Territory days, died in Oklahoma City. Born in Muncie Indiana, she married in 1903 near Tishomingo and lived in Ada and Tulsa before moving to the capital 19 years ago. Her husband Andy Morris survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Belle Morris
Indian Territory
Muncie
Ind
Oklahoma
Tishomingo
Tulsa
Ada
Andy Morris
Five-Point Plan To Save Gasoline Proclaimed
Washington August 6 Defense Petroleum Coordinator Ickes issued a five point program to cut gasoline use by 20 to 35 percent in 16 eastern states. The plan calls for Saturday bulk deliveries end retail deliveries limited to one per day perishables reduced and elimination of special deliveries and urges consumers to carry small packages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Petroleum
Ickes
State Newspaper Man Is Named To Grand River Board
Governor Phillips announced the appointment of Jim Biggerstaff Wagoner editor as a member of the Grand River Dam authority board to replace Ray McNaughton Miami who resigned Sunday McNaughton was chairman but the reorganized board will select a new head Earl Ward Pryor and R P Colley Tulsa also resigned from the board Phillips said replacements have not yet been named and Colley resigned effective Friday to maintain a quorum
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Phillips
Jim Biggerstaff
Wagoner
Grand River Dam Authority
Ray McNaughton
Miami
McNaughton
Earl Ward
Pryor
R. P. Colley
Tulsa
Colley
Phillips touts Biggerstaff as ally for dam project
Phillips praised Biggerstaff as a “food man” aligned with dam construction and fair, economical administration to ensure it pays. He noted the board meets Friday and that a new prospective general manager would likely serve as chief counsel and secretary as well, calling him the “main squeeze.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
Biggerstaff
KAKAWA CIRCLE HOSTS METHODIST W S C S luncheon
Kagawa circle hosted the W S C S of the First Methodist church for a luncheon with summer flowers and a devotional led by Mrs Pat Ray. The program covered cooperation by women, investing our heritage, war causes, home missions and interdenominational boards, followed by a playlet Love's Gift about mill towns. Cast included Mrs Glenn Smith and others with violin by Miss Charlotte Ross. A tribute to the late Mrs C E Campbell closed the event. Mr and Mrs W H Eber plan a Manitou Colorado trip to end July week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kagawa
First Methodist Church
Pat Ray
W. L. Blackburn
Council of Women of Home Missions
Bert Ratliff
Fred Scott
H. S. Moore
E. B. Bursack
Love
America
Two Soldiers Killed on Private Bus Fight
In Fayetteville North Carolina two soldiers died and six were wounded when gunfire erupted on a private bus carrying 25 to 30 Negro soldiers en route to Fort Bragg. Sergeant Edwin L. Hargraves and Private Ned Turman were killed. Private Allen E. Katzman was seriously wounded. a board of inquiry was ordered.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Fort Bragg
Edwin L. Hargraves
Corsicana
Texas
Ned Turman
Ashton
S. C
76Th Coast Artillery
Allen E. Katzman
Sheridan
Col
C. B. Elliott
Roy Godwin
Hargraves
Turman
Russel Owens
Hartley
Man And Baby Lean 80 Feet To Test Love
James M Hamm a 23 year old Jeffersonville Indiana veneer worker leaped 80 feet into the Ohio River from the municipal bridge with his four year old son Barney in his arms. Coast guardsmen rescued them and Hamm was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct. Sheriff Jaegers said Hamm and his wife are separated and she has a court custody order.
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Louisville
James M. Hamm
Jeffersonville
Ind
Veneer Company
Ohio River
Municipal Bridge
Barney
Coast
Raymond Jaegers
New Albany
Hamm
Pickett Home Demonstration Club Meeting Highlights
The Pickett Home Demonstration club met Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Jess Moss's home. A meat canning demonstration was shown and jars prepared for a club exhibit. In business, plans to finance the club fair were set, including a carnival and play scheduled for August 8 at the school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickett Home
Jess Moss
Arizona Cattle Growers Seek Higher Valuation
Arizona cattlemen ask the state tax commission to raise the range cattle valuation from 14 to 16 dollars per head. The Arizona Cattle Growers association says beef prices justify a $2 boost as a fair valuation and notes a history of seeking fair values and willingness to increase when warranted.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Cattlemen
State Tax Commission
Arizona Cattle Growers Association
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
Classified ad reports higher returns from invested funds with Ada News noting improved yields. The notice outlines strategy shifts and market context affecting investor results.
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Ada News
Adan Hunts For Gold In Those Hills
Informants report a man named Adan is in the mountains of eastern Oklahoma seeking about 300000 dollars in buried gold. He carries a map of unknown origin and metal detecting gear described as a ground level radio transmitter and receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adaman
Oklahoma
Flood-Control Dam in Texas Urged by Oklahoma Leaders
Oklahoma City spokesman Sam Battles urged the War Department rivers and harbors board to build a flood-control dam in Texas to aid Oklahoma farmers south of the Canadian river area. He was joined by Senator Lee and Representatives Wickersham and Monroney, who supported the proposal to place the dam near Amarillo or Sanford. Oklahoma farmers reported flood losses totaling $12,000,000 from New Mexico and Texas flood waters.
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Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Sam Battles
Oklahoma City
Battles
Rivers and Harbors Board
The
War Department
Lee
Wickersham
Monroney
Amarillo
Sanford
Tex
New Mexico
Antlers Boy Heads to Boys State Event
Antlers, Aug. 6. Carl Osborne Jr., 15, a high school junior, will travel to Norman to attend Boys State sponsored by the American Legion for a week. Wyota Earl, the prior May graduate, will attend Girls State in Norman the following week, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary with aid from the Antlers Lions Club and the Legion post.
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Antlers
Carl Osborne, Jr
Norman
American Legion
Wyota Earl
American Legion Auxiliary
Antlers Lions Club
the Legion Post
Boy Shot Father Over Fear In Oklahoma Farm Case
Herley Lee Holmes, 17, testified he shot his father George Washington Holmes to death on July 24 on a McAlester area farm after claiming his father threatened him with a knife and beat him. He said he feared his father would kill him and was bound over to district court on a murder charge.
Wewoka Lawyer Escapes Bullets In Roadside Attack
W W Pryor a 55 year old We woka and Holdenville lawyer and former county attorney in Hughes county escaped three bullets today while driving five miles south of Wewoka County Attorney Tom Biggers said the shots likely came from someone with ill feelings toward Pryor for a long time.
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Wewoka
Okla
W. W. Pryor
Holdenville
Hughes County
Pryor
Here
Tom Biggers
Biggers
Billings Billy Goat Field Named For Local Oil Test
A wildcat oil test near Billings Oklahoma prompts locals to joke about naming the field after a chewed lease incident. A Texas company moves to drill near the four corners of Kay Grant Noble and Garfield counties on a granite ridge known for oil while a goat disrupts the lease signing then is chased away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Okla
Here
Texas Company
Kay, Grant, Noble
Garfield Counties
Vocational Office Moves to Oklahoma City in September
STILLWATER Aug 6 The state vocational home economics education office now at Oklahoma A and M college will move to Oklahoma City on September 1 in line with a Crabb recommendation to coordinate the two offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Oklahoma City
A. L. Crabb
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Truck Driver Charged in Fort Cobb Death
Anadarko August 6 A first degree manslaughter charge was filed by County Attorney Haskell Pugh against Anadarko truck driver James Johnson after the death of Mrs. T. H. Henderson a Fort Cobb woman injured in a head on collision between Fort Cobb and Carnegie last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anadarko
Haskell Pugh
James Johnson
T. H. Henderson
Fort Cobb
Joseph Sherwood Completes First Solo Flight
Joseph H. Sherwood Jr. of Ada has made his first solo flight as a flying cadet at Taft California air corps basic flying school. The announcement says this advances him toward a commissioned officer’s status in the air corps and he will graduate into advanced training soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Sherwood Jr
Ada
Air Corps
Taft
California
Sherwood
Services Conducted For Road Victim In Antlers
Services for Carroll Colston a 26 year old fatally injured in a road accident near Antlers were held at 11 am Monday at the First Baptist church. The body was taken to Stringtown for burial. He is survived by his widow and his parents Reverend and Mrs G F Colston.
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Antlers
Carroll Colston
First Baptist
Stringtown
Colston
G. F. Colston
Navy Man Returns Home To Antlers
Chief Petty Officer Harry Alexander of the U S Navy stationed at Pearl Harbor Hawaii arrived last Friday for a 30 day leave to visit his sister Miss Bessie Rae Alexander and other relatives. Alexander has been in the navy since 1926.
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Antlers
Harry Alexander
U. S. Navy
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Bessie Rae Alexander
Alexander
Navy
Een Ne
Choteau Selected For Powder Plant
Washington reports the War Department ordnance division has chosen a 6,000 acre site at Choteau Oklahoma for a 51 million smokeless powder plant. The facility will open early next year and employ 5,000 workers producing 330000 pounds of powder daily with contracts to be awarded upon land acquisition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Choteau
Okla
Ordnance Division
War Department
Rogers
Missouri-Kansas- Texas
Restful Driving Posture Recommended by Engineers
Automotive engineers warn that driver exhaustion causes many accidents. They advise a restful driving position and a light grip on the wheel to reduce tension and improve control.
Solar light as wax candle equivalent explained
The text equates solar power to one quintillion five hundred seventy five quadrillion quadrillion wax candles, illustrating the immense energy of sunlight in a vivid comparative measure.
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Rock Island
Ill
Garand Rifle
HE Garand Rifle
Army
Marine Corps
Ordnance
Packard Marine Engine
Lockheed
O’daniel
W. Lee O’daniel
Kenneth McKeller
Tom Connally
Molly Wrather
Mike
Grand River Board
Kakawa
W. H. Eber
Manitou, Colorado
Man
Baby
Pickett Club
Arizona
Adan
Billy Goat
Joseph Sherwood
Navy Man
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