Navy Expands Release Plans
The Navy unveiled expanded postwar demobilization plans to discharge about 2.575 million enlisted personnel and 264,000 officers within a year, along with overseas service credit adjustments. Secretary Forrestal announced overseas credit, reserve officer transfers, WAVEs retention, and revival of naval education to supply more officers.
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Washington
Navy
Capitol Hill
Armed Services
Forrestal
Sea Arm
Army
Congress
Naval Reserve
Spars
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Annapolis
Naval
U. S. Navy
Pioneer Woman Mrs. Clay Jones Dies at 68 in Sherman
Mrs. Zuleka Pearl Jones, wife of Clay H. Jones, died Monday at 7:30 am in St. Vincent hospital Sherman Texas. She was 68. Funeral at St. Joseph Catholic church Wednesday 10 am. Burial in Roff cemetery. Daughter of the late Joe T. Roff, born 1877 in Indian Territory. Lived in Roff before 1926 then Ada. Two children died in infancy. Active in church. Survived by many relatives in the region.
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Zuleka Pearl Jones
Clay H. Jones
St. Vincent Hospital
Sherman
Texas
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Roff Cemetery
Jones
Joe T. Roff
Roff
Indian Territory
Mr. Jones
Ada
Barter Gains In Germany As Money Loses Value
Barter grows popular in Germany as money loses purchasing power. Germans and American soldiers increasingly use barter to conduct business, a sign that cash is slipping in value and the black market is thriving.
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Germany
Tom Yarbrough
Hal Boyle
Wiesbaden
Bravery of Adan Jennings Highlighted in Iwo Jima Book
Washington D C August 6 The bravery of late Marine Staff Sergeant George T Jennings son of Corydon Jennings 925 E Sixth Street Ada Oklahoma is recounted in The U S Marines on Iwo Jima a book by five official combat writers and published by the Infantry Journal Washington It has 320 pages and over 75 combat pictures in its first edition of 200 000 copies The narrative says Jennings led a platoon up rocks held by Japanese stayed at the front reached the crest set up an observation post and directed fire by radio before a mortar hit US troops continue to fight on Iwo Jima
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Mertts
Jennings
Iwo Jima
Japan
Marianas
Tokyo
Guam
Saipan
Arnold
U. S
Marine Corps
United States
Raymond Henri
3Rd Marine Division
Jim G. Lucas
4Th Marine Division
Weyes Beech
5Th Marine Division
David K. Dempsey
Alvin M. Josephy, Jr
Infantry Journal
Dial Press
New York City
Tom Dunn
Washington, D. C
George T. Jennings
Corydon Jennings
Sixth Street
Ada
Oklahoma
Iwo
Siamese Twins Lay 15 Hours Before Physician Called
In Coldwater Arizona two newborn twins Louis and Micaila Miranda were born at 12:30 a.m. Sunday and remained unattended by a doctor until 3:15 p.m. the same day. The mother Rita Miranda and grandmother Carmen Samaniego assisted. the aunt Vera Samaniego interpreted. Doctor Frank Edell said the twins are joined at the abdomen with one abdominal cavity and may have a week to live. they weighed eight pounds nine ounces. The birth occurred in a mud thatched house with minimal furnishings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coldwater
Ariz
Arizona
Louis
Micaila
Jesus
Rita Miranda
Carmen Samaniego
Miranda
Vera Samaniego
Frank Edell
Autumn term begins Sept 4 at Eastern Oklahoma A and M College
Wilburton reports the autumn term at Eastern Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College will start on September 4. No further details were provided in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilburton
Eastern Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Rioting at Camp Murphy involving 2200 imported laborers
About 2,200 imported workers from the Bahamas and Jamaica rioted at Camp Murphy near Stuart, Florida. Sheriff Richard Hancock said 27 were hospitalized, including two with fractured skulls and one with a broken back, and six jailed in Martin County. Authorities from three counties, with state troopers on standby, faced surging unrest as officers sought to restore order and assess damages.
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Stuart
Fla
Richard Hancock
Bahamas
Jamaica
Camp Murphy
Hancock
Martin County
War Food Administration
Palm Beach
Broward
Cant
R. G. Ray
United States
Ctan
Caldwell
John Kirk
Congress Studies 20 Percent Individual Tax Cut Plan
Returning lawmakers examined a simple proposal to cut each individual's tax by 20 percent next year. Rep Knutson of Minnesota, senior Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, authored the measure as tax reduction moves toward certainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Representative Knutson
Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Purge of Nazi Ties Ordered in American Zone Posts
General Eisenhower and Lt. Gen. Lucius Clay ordered a strict purge of all Nazi party members from German civil service in the American zone. Officials warned against temporary reemployment of former Nazis and urged careful selection to prevent renewed militant Germanism. The policy places military government agencies in charge, with commanders urged to avoid new local orders.
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George Tucker
Frankfurt - ON - the Main
Potsdam
U.S
Nazi Party
Eisenhower
Allied Control Council For
Clay
Col
Hayden Smith
Henry L. Stimson
G-5
Wheat Insurance Deadline September 1 for Farmers
Farmers can insure their wheat crops against wind hail fire insects or disease under Federal crop insurance. The plan, non profit and authorized by Congress, protects crop investment and guarantees a marketable harvest. The last day to apply is September 1, 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Johnson
AAA
Congress
Planes Relocated to Norman for Tropical Storm Defense
Nearly 200 airplanes from the Corpus Christi naval air station in Texas were flown to Norman Oklahoma to escape an approaching tropical storm. The move was part of the navy's precautionary measures to protect aircraft and personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman, Okio
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Texas
East Jesse pool extends after Woods well oil find
W A Delaney Jr announces an eastward extension of the East Jesse pool after oil is found in the Woods No 1, located SE SW of 7-1-8. The well, producing in the McLish, lies about a half mile east of current wells as drilling continues. The initial test yielded roughly 15 barrels per hour with 40 gravity oil and no water.
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Jesse Pool
W. A. Delaney Jr
No. 1
Woods
McLish
Delaney
Packer
Arraignment of Trio Is Delayed in Oklahoma Slaying
Arraignment of three Austin youths charged with murder in the hitchhike slayings of a Kansas merchant mariner is postponed for several days. Sheriff L. O. McBride and County Attorney W. H. Parker will continue investigations before court.
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Atoka
Okla
L. O. McBride
W. H. Parker
Austin
Texas
Oma Dixon Claunch
Ernest Entland
McGraw F. Streckenfinger
Billy Slussler
Streckenfinger
Pittsburgh
Kas
Ann Doser
Oklahoma City
Slussler
McBride
Kiowa
Coke R. Stevenson
Oklahoma
James Boatright Struck By Auto On Allen Highway
James Boatright, 16, is in Valley View hospital with head and body injuries after being struck by a car on the Allen highway east of Ada Monday about 5 p.m. The driver was Pfc. Boyd of 931 West Thirteenth Street. Trooper Harvey Hawkins investigated the crash outside city limits.
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James Boatright
Valley View Hospital
Allen Highway
Ada
Pfc. Boyd
West Thirteenth
Harvey Hawkins
Highway Patrol
Butter Red Points Cut From 16 To 12 A Pound
OPA officials announced butter red points drop from 16 to 12 per pound starting September 2 due to improved supplies. The new rate halves the 24 to 16 point cut seen in mid July and applies to institutional and home users alike.
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Washington
OPA
Oklahoma Supreme Court Allows Brief in Comanche Escheat Case
Vice Chief Justice Thurman S. Hurst issued an order permitting Attorney General Randell S. Cobb to file a friend of the court brief in a Comanche county escheat appeal by Illinois Bankers Life Assurance. Cobb assists Jackson county in a related case on the same issue as governor directs.
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Oklahoma City
Thurman S. Hurst
State Supreme Court
Randell S. Cobb
Comanche County
Illinois Bankers Lie Assurance Company
Ralph Cline
Cobb
Jackson County
Porch crash damages home in Decatur
In Decatur Illinois on August 28 police reported two youths lost control of their car and crashed into a porch tearing up nine feet of flooring breaking a basement window and damaging a brick foundation. Fred Gray slept through it saying he is hard of hearing.
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Decatur
Fred Gray
Gray
Fish tale ends with frozen culprit catfish
In Anadarco Aug 27 Russell Glass claimed his party caught 18 catfish but blamed Ed Vaughan for the empty creel. Vaughan allegedly placed the fish in a refrigerator freezing unit and they froze so solid Glass could not remove them.
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Anadarko
Russell Glass
Ed Vaughan
Vaughan
Glass
OPA Cracking Down On Car Overcharges
OPA officials are checking automobile exchanges to enforce price ceilings after violations in the past two weeks. Cases include refunds of overcharges on cars and a motorcycle sale exceeding the cap. Local rationing boards remind that a transferral certificate is required for motorcycle transactions.
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OPA
Henryetta
Cooperation Urged In State Road Work
Oklahoma City August meeting of the state association of county commissioners urged cooperation among the highway department public roads commission and county boards in planning farm to market roads. About 10 054 155 in federal funds will be available over three years to be matched by state money from a two cent gas tax. Governor Kerr promised satisfactory cooperation among the three groups. Association president Charles E. Wails said counties will submit road recommendations to the highway department for approval before forwarding to the public roads commission.
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Oklahoma City
State Highway Department
Public Roads Commission
State Association of County Commissioners
Oklahoma
Robert S. Kerr
Charles E. Wails
Okmulgee
Association
Highway Department
Owl on Chicago fire escape spurs Red Point diet joke
Neighbors told Mrs. Cora T. Black that an eagle sat on her apartment fire escape in Chicago. She mistook it for a cereeca owl and brought it inside for the cats. She jokes the owl eats a half pound of liver daily at a cost of red points and she has none to spare.
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Chicago
Cora T. Black
Flight instructor and cadet die in training plane crash
In Collinsville on August 23 a training plane crashed killing flight instructor F N Hubbard 34 of Binghamton New York and cadet Gunnar H Johnson 21 of Reykjavik Iceland. Johnson was part of a group of Icelandic students trained at the Snertan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa.
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Collinsville
F. N. Hubbard
Binghampton
N. Y
Gunnar H. Johnson
Reykjavik
Iceland
Johnson
Snertan School of Aeronautics
Tulsa
Beekeeping hinge of sex and caste revealed
In bees fertilization determines an egg becomes male or female, while nutrition decides queen or sterile worker development. The process links mating and feeding to colony structure and labor roles.
Early Greek Shorthand Discovered by Milne Documents
Evidence of an efficient shorthand system for writing Greek dates to 250 A.D. and is shown by documents discovered by H. J. Milne of the British Museum.
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H. J. Milne
British Museum
Falcon killing made a treasonous crime under Edward III
King Edward III declared the killing of a falcon a capital offense. Falcons were prized for hawking, used to down quarry in the royal sport.
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Edward III
England
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France
Akron
John L. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich Company
Adan
George Jennings
New Book
John W. Snyder
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
White House
Eit
Red Point
Dick Tvnere
REA Service, Inc
T. MN Rec
U.S Pat
Pei
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