Senate Passes Flood Control Bill Tied to Tax Freeze
Senate action today centered on linking the payroll tax freeze with a war powers extension. Lawmakers debated merging the two measures despite veto concerns, with supporters arguing for separate consideration and opponents wary of presidential objections.
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Washington
Senate
Knnyon
Minnesota
Vandenberg
R.mich
George
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Wherry
Nebraska
Public Must Speed Mailing Or Some Will Arrive Late
Mrs Mary West postmaster says wartime manpower shortages and strained transport require提前 mailing. Women and high school students will handle extra work. long hours cannot be expected. Packages should bear Do Not Open Until Christmas to ensure arrival before the holiday amid growing war traffic.
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Campa
Mary West
Farm Machinery Production Off Schedule Across Four Months
War Production Board reports farm machinery output lagging 50 percent to 52 percent behind quotas over the four months ending October 31 due to manpower shortages and scarce components such as malleable and gray iron castings. A December 8 WPB industry advisory committee meeting will review the issues.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Weather Outlook Oklahoma Tonight and Saturday
Generally fair weather overall with milder conditions in the west and north on Saturday. Tonight will be not as cold in the west and north central areas with lows around 20 to 25 north and 25 to 30 south. some readings down to 15 to 20 in the north and 20 to 25 in the south. Saturday warms further across the region with fair skies and rising temperatures.
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Oklahoma
Lovelady Exceeds Bond Quota With District Push
Lovelady steady but slow in Sixth War Loan drive raising $2006.25 in bonds and stamps to reach $2,000 goal. County investment grows to $319,361.25 by Thursday end, still far from the $1,054,000 quota.
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Pontotoc County
Lovelady
Billion Dollar Postwar Flood Control Bill Advances
A billion dollar flood control authorization passed the Senate by voice vote and moves to a conference committee for changes. The measure aims to fund flood control navigation reclamation hydroelectric and related projects as part of a postwar jobs program.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
House Committee On Irrigation and Reclamation
Reclamation Bureau
Missouri River
William B. Warne
Reclamation
Murray
D.-Mont
Congress
Missouri Valley Authority
West
Army Engineers
Montanan
MVA
Overton
Alabama-Coosa
Beaver-Mashoning Canal
Ohio
St. Lawrence Seaway
Aiken
R.-Vt
St. Lawrence
Ada Cougars Meet Tulsa Central In State Grid Clash
Ada high hosts Tulsa Central in a big state playoff game at Norris Stadium Ada wagers to host a 2 30 Saturday kickoff with extra seating as fans from Wewoka Seminole Henryetta Holdenville and McAlester travel to Ada for the quarter final test. The winner advances to the semifinal versus Perry Sand Springs winner.
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Tulsa Central
Ada High
Norris Stadium
Ada
Oklahoma
Sooner Star
Wewoka
Seminole
Henryetta
Holdenville
McAlester
Ada Cougars
Tulsa Central Braves
Perry-Sand Springs
Tulsa
Bond Totals Series E and Other Bonds Update
Bond Totals Series E shows a Tuesday sale of 6 768 75 with total to date 133 287 50 toward a goal of 372 000 00. Other types report Tuesday sales and totals including 682 000 00 and 319 361 25, with overall bond totals reaching 1 054 000 00 and 186 073 75 in related figures.
Local Auctions Set for Friday and Next Week
Oakman and oT Rock host an auction tonight. Next week four sales are listed Laxton Monday Happyland Tuesday Pecan Grove Wednesday and Fitzhugh Thursday. Pecan Grove plans household articles will be made donated by women and more items to be auctioned. Charley Rushing and the Indian quartet provide entertainment. Steelman announces a bond sale for Thursday December 7 with Will Pegg and Perry Blue of Allen auctioneering and the Allen bank handling the sale.
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Laxton
Happyland
Pecan Grove
Fitzhugh
Charley Rushing
Steelman
Will Pegg
Perry Blue
Allen Auctioneering
Allen Bank
Maples Stabbed In Robbery
Calvin B. Maples, 38, formerly of Stonewall and Holdenville, died in San Francisco of a brain hemorrhage after being stabbed and robbed. A former pharmacist, he worked for Foster's Drug Store in Holdenville and at Saffaran's Drug Store in Allen before moving West with his family. He leaves a widow, a son Jimmy, and a daughter Erma Jean. funeral services will be held in Ada at a time to be announced.
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Calvin B. Maples
Stonewall
Ada
Allen
Holdenville
San Francisco
Canf
Radio Corporation
West Coast
Foster’s Drug Store
Saffaran
Jimmy
Erma Jean
A bird with a hidden knee and a World War I scale
A bird’s thigh bone is concealed by feathers and what looks like a knee is actually its ankle. The text notes that twenty million lives and four hundred billion dollars were lost by nations in World War I.
Seven Die In TWA Liner Crash Near Burbank
A TWA passenger plane from San Francisco crashed in fog near Burbank. Seven people were killed including the pilot and co pilot. 16 were injured. City officials Walter Cooper and Charles Knox were among the listed casualties and injuries.
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Los Angeles
Transcontinental and
Western Airlines
San Francisco
Burbank
Walter Cooper
San Diego
Charles Knox
Lockheed Air
TWA
J. P. Snowden
Calif
T. L. Bamberger
Alameda
Donna Marr
Chiang Kai-shek separation rumor denied by source
A Chiang Kai-shek aide dismissed a London report that he and his wife had separated as malicious and audacious, urging it be thoroughly discredited. The denial came from a source close to Chiang in Chungking.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
London
Chiang
West Edmond Tops State Oil Areas in Weekly Output
Tulsa reports West Edmond Oil Field maintaining the lead with 45 000 barrels daily from 240 wells. Continental Oil tests No 1 Mason CNW SE 5 14 4W with a 7035 foot depth and Hunton Lime perforations as the Oklahoma Commission cuts West Edmond allowable from 200 to 150 barrels per well. Additional notes cover Wilcox trends, Stotts pool potential in Cleveland County, 55 wells completed with 29 oil producers and 19 113 barrels initial output, plus unrelated notes on stalk eyed flies and Ohio Valley oak sizes.
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John H. Booker
Tulsa
Okla
West Edmond
Oklahoma
Continental Oil Company
Mason
Oklahoma County
Hunton
Corporation Commission
Wilcox
Anadarko
The
Oil and Gas Journal
West Moore Pool
Cleveland County
J. E. Crosbie- Warren Petroleum Company
U S Armies Force Germans Across Roer And Saar Rivers
General MacArthur announced major Allied advances in Europe and reported heavy Japanese losses in Leyte operations. He cited 26 000 Japanese troops lost at sea across seven convoys with multiple transports sunk and ships destroyed in the Central Philippines campaigns.
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U.S
Roer and
Saar
General MacArthur
Philippines
Japan
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
Ormoc
MacArthur
Masbate
Cebu
Mindoro
Sub
Borneo
Associated Press
Dean Schedler
Winter’s Deep Freeze Strikes Wide North to South
Extreme cold swept the northern United States from the Rockies to the Atlantic as the storm brought heavy snow in places like Syracuse and widespread winds. Five deaths in upstate New York were tied to the weather, while states from North and South Dakota to Nebraska and Minnesota faced subzero temperatures and power outages. Coastal flooding and disrupted transit hit New York and New Jersey with tides near historic highs.
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Associated Press
United States
Rocky Mountains
Seaboard
Gulf of Mexico
New England
New York
Weather Bureau
Syracuse
Rockies
North
South Dakotas
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Atlantic
Atlanta
Tallahassee
Fla
Asheville
N. C
Nashville
Memphis
Boston
Four American Armies Press Nazi Lines Across Roer and Saar
Four American armies surged across the Roer and Saar rivers as they push the Nazis from the Colonge plain toward the Rhine. Hodges and Simpson launched parallel advances along the Roer and Inde rivers while Patton’s Third Army forced toward the Saar bend near Merzig and cleared Hilbringen and Battern. The drive aims at the Siegfried Line and Mainz, with strategic gains around Haguenau and Lindern as German losses mount.
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James M. Long
Paris
Roer
Saar
Rhine
France
U.S. First Army
Duren
Cologne
Eisenhower
Courtney H. Hodges
Hurtgen Forest
Gey
Brandenberg
Haguenau
Strasbourg
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U. S. Corps
U. S. Seventh Army
Karlsruhe
Baden
U. S. Ninth Army
William Simpson
Inde
Hedges
Patton
George S. Patton
Siegfried
10Th Armored
Merzig
Ninth Army
Welz
Beeck
Linnich
Rhineland
Munchen Gladbach
Lindern
Haven
Simpson
First
Third
Siegfried Line
Saar Bend
Hilbringen
Battern
Hitler
Break In Cold Is Forecast With Little Evidence Seen
The forecast signals a break in the cold wave but early Friday afternoon shows little evidence. The coldest fall temp was 24 degrees, with readings as low as 14 in Ardmore Guyman and Woodward. McAlester and Ardmore reported 26 as minima as cloudy conditions lingered before a westward warming. The note ends with a WWII era line referencing B-29 actions against Japan.
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Associated Press
Ardmore
Guyman
Woodward
McAlester
Seven Colleges Take Part In Intercollegiate Debate Meet
Oklahoma Texas Arkansas and Missouri colleges join in a regional debate tournament at East Central with about 20 teams. D J Nabors heads the event with five preliminary rounds and awards for top teams and those achieving superior or excellent averages. A Friday schedule includes ovations extempore and poetry, with a dinner and another debate round planned for Friday night.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Missouri
D. J. Nabors
East Central Department
Nabors
Drury College
Springfield
North Texas State Teachers
Denton
Tex
Southeastern State College
Durent
Northeastern
Tahlequah
Bethany College
Bethany
Washita College
Arkadelphia
Ark
Four Troopers and Auxiliary to Assist Traffic at Norris Stadium
Four regular Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers join twelve Holdenville Auxiliary members to handle traffic around Norris Stadium Saturday. Wewoka detachment troopers Leonard Kelsoe and Otto Rauca arrive with Holdenville officers Dad Lester and Cy Killian. Auxiliary members include Clyde Busey, Bid Davis, Speck Broaddus, Henry Stewart, Frank Elliott, Downey Smith, Sam Turner, Jack Mealey, Ed George and Clayton Stanford, under Capt. Cliff Dalton and Lieutenants Baldwin and Thomas.
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Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Holdenville
Auxiliary Highway Patrol
Norris Stadium
Leonard Kelsoe
Otto Rauca
Wewoka
State Patrol
Dad Lester
Cy Killian
Han
Fas
Cliff Dalton
Charley Baldwin
Fred Thomas
Clyde Busey
Bid Davis
Speck Broaddus
Henry Stewart
Frank Elliott
Downey Smith
Sam Turner
Jack Mealey
Ed George
Clayton Stanford
De Gaulle Arrives in Moscow for Franco Soviet Talks
Gen. de Gaulle has landed in Russia to confer with Premier Stalin. He travelled from Baku to Stalingrad and into Moscow by rail, accompanied by Georges Bidault and Gen. Alphonse Juin. Topics include a new Franco Soviet pact, Germany’s postwar fate, and collective security.
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London
de Gaulle
Russia
Marshal Stalin
Moscow
Baku
Stalingrad
Georges Bidault
Alphonse Pierre Juin
Germany
Rhineland
Western Reich
Well, maybe he can afford to run the danged thing
In a clipped frontier tone Cather Harp reacts to news a robber fled in a car after hitting the bank. The exchange frames a local suspenseful moment with a wary, colloquial voice and hints at ongoing pursuit.
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Cather Harp
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