Stettinius to take over as secretary of state today
Edward R. Stettinius Jr. assumes the secretary of state post with broad Senate support after Cordell Hull’s tenure. He plans to appoint a new undersecretary and meets Hull at Bethesda Naval Hospital as officials assess the next steps in wartime diplomacy.
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Washington
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Senate
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Hull
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Stettinous
Senator Langer
R.-N.d
United States Steel
Wall Street
House of Morgan
Langer
Stettinius
Harry Hopkins
Gen Smith to Command Pacific Department at San Francisco
Gen Julian Smith named commanding general of the Pacific Department with headquarters in San Francisco. He will assume around Dec 5, relieving Maj. Gen J C Fagan at Mare Island naval hospital. Smith led the Second Marine Division in the central Pacific offensive including Tarawa and earned the Distinguished Service Medal.
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Palau Islands
Smith
New River
N. C
Fleet Marine Force Training School
Washington
Julian Smith
Department of the Pacific
San Francisco
Marine Corps
J. C. Fagan
Mare Island
Calif
Naval Hospital
Second Marine Division
Central Pacific
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Eisenhower as a Cook Says Ike's Aunt
Mrs Christian O Musser of Abilene Kansas says General Dwight D Eisenhower was as skilled a cook as a general She recalls six brothers in the Musser household and notes Ike helped with housework and meals during his youth The aunt also mentions meeting Sgt George C Etherington in France and the general's questions about the fighting
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Elizabethville
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Christian O. Musser
Abilene Kans
Eral
President approves federal Aqueduct to San Diego plan
President Roosevelt has approved immediate construction by the federal government of an aqueduct to transfer Colorado river waters via the Metropolitan Aqueduct system to San Diego California at an estimated cost of 17,500,000 dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
San Diego
Calif
Chinese Leader Chou En-Lai Heads to Yenan With Proposals
Gen Chou En-Lai of the Chinese communist government departed Chungking for Yenan carrying new settlement proposals from Chiang Kai-Shek. He will discuss them with other communist leaders in Yenan, capital of communist China.
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Hcungking
Chou En-Lai
Chungking
Yenan
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Month Accounted For 12 Per Cent Of Army Casualties
About 12 percent of all army casualties since the war began occurred in one recent month. The latest list shows 461,058 casualties through November 15, up 58,984 from October 14, partly due to method readjustments. The period likely spanned late September to mid October as American forces surged worldwide.
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Washington
Europe
Fifth Army
Italy
MacArthur
Pacific
England
Heart Disease Tops In Oklahoma Deaths
Oklahoma City report shows heart disease caused 2,412 deaths in the first six months of 1944, the leading killer. Total deaths reached 10,572 with 24,719 live births and 464 stillbirths. cancer followed at 1,092 and cerebral hemorrhage at 1,044. Pellagra, measles, whooping cough and other conditions also noted as causes.
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Oklahoma City
Grady F. Mathews
Mathews
New Uses and Techniques Highlight Historic Innovations
Cotton fibers treated to endure are repurposed for durable house screens. A serum injected into eggs yields chickens of varied colors, showcasing early bioengineering ideas and material science experiments.
More Oklahomans Win Promotions
Washington dispatch reports promotions within the U S Army including Captain James William Farrimond of Oklahoma City to major. Other officers advanced to captain are Daniel Carl Emrich Britton John Thomas Hancock of Muskogee and Louis Samuel Smith of Stillwater. Richard Britt Smith of Tulsa promoted to first lieutenant. Lt Ralph Lowell Triplett of Mooreland called to active duty.
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Washington
James William Farrimond
Oklahoma City
War Department
Daniel Carl Emrich
Britton
John Thomas Hancock
Muskogee
Louis Samuel Smith
Stillwater
Richard Britt Smith
Tulsa
Ralph Lowell Triplett
Mooreland
Parson’s rail route delivers papers to Osage Hills families
W. S. Harmon, a Katy railroad mail agent, has spent 22 years delivering newspapers to 18 Osage Hills families between Parsons and Oklahoma City. He throws bundles from the moving train to isolated homes, gathers day-old papers from a news company, and collects current papers on return trips for 12 Oklahoma City families. Recipients send Christmas cards and thanks.
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Parsons, Kas
W. S. Harmon
Katy
Siewueye Crongera
Osage Hills
Coffeyville
Harman
Parsons
Oklahoma City
Honest display kindness noted by Apache storekeeper
An Apache hardware store proprietor recalls honesty from a customer who found and left a pack of mop sticks and brooms on display when the shop closed, and the items remained unmoved by morning.
James R Eagleton Resigns from Oklahoma Supreme Court
Oklahoma City December 1 James R Eagleton legal assistant to Justice Ben Arnold of the state supreme court resigned effective today.
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Oklahoma City
James R. Eagleton
Ben Arnold
State Supreme Court
Woodward to honor Bob Fenimore and Lookabaugh
Woodward Oklahoma will host a Chamber of Commerce luncheon honoring native son Bob Fenimore star halfback of the Oklahoma Aggie football team and coach Jim Lookabaugh. They will attend a high school assembly and a movie showing of the Oklahoma Aggie Texas game played November 11.
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Woodward
Bob Fenimore
Oklahoma Aggie
Jim Lookabaugh
Aggie
Chamber of Commerce
Fenimore
Lookabaugh
Geome
Oklahoma recount petition in Kay county race hearing
The state board will hear Leonard Geb petitioning for a recount of the Kay county house race reportedly won by J. R. Dorsett. Geb is a Ponca City Democrat and Dorsett a Tonkawa Republican.
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Oklahoma City
State Board
Leonard Geb
Ponca City
Kay County
J. R. Dorsett
Tonkawa
Temple News Brief: Pvt William J Black Reported
Temple Texas dispatch notes Private William J Black of Hailey serving with unspecified unit, dated December 1. Details remain fragmentary but indicate a military status update from temple area.
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Temple, Tex
William J. Black
Hailey
First Yank soldier enters Cherbourg at McCloskey General
Garfield New Mexico December 1. The body of George Washington Kennedy a 102 year old pioneer who died here Wednesday will be returned to Pauls Valley Oklahoma Kennedy rode the Old Chisholm trail and fought in Texas last Indian battle at Brady He came here a year ago from Elmore City Oklahoma.
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Garfield, N. M
George Washington Kennedy
Pauls Valley
Okla
Kennedy
Texas
Brady
Elmore City
Muskogee woman to receive $12000 estate from Kansas man
Mrs Jewell Hall of Muskogee rooming house operator will inherit a $12000 estate left by a Wichita Kansas man she nursed back to health when he was penniless and ill.
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Muskogee
Jewell Hall
Wichita, Kas
Garvin County Farmer Records Four Ten-Pound Turnins
Earl Mc Pherson of Pauls Valley reports four turnins averaging 10 pounds each. The heaviest weighed 10 pounds 11 ounces and measured 27 1/2 inches in circumference.
Ford To Pay Cash For Vacation Work
Ford Motor Co announced that 3,882,722 dollars would be distributed in cash to employees entitled to vacations in 1944 but who did not take them due to the war emergency. Payments equal one or two weeks’ wages, based on service length. total vacation pay including those who took vacations amounted to 8,128,596 dollars.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
FBI Law Enforcement Meets To Be Held In Oklahoma Cities
Peace officers of Ada and vicinity invited to FBI sponsored conferences in 12 Oklahoma cities. One session in Shawnee on December 4 and another in Ardmore on December 6. Newsmen will discuss press and police cooperation. Commissioner J M Gentry will address traffic problems. FBI agents will discuss fingerprinting and plaster casts in evidence collection.
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Ada
Vicinity
FBI
Oklahoma
Shawnee
Ardmore
J. M. Gentry
Public Safety
Man Who Found Cliff Palace Dies at 78
John Wetherill, 78, famed discoverer of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde, dies en route from Kayenta to Needles California. Survived by widow Louisa Wade Wetherill, son Benjamin, brother Al. Roosevelt and son Quentin counted among visitors. he ran a Kayenta trading post and guided as an amateur geologist and Indian trader.
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Ash Fork
Riz
John Wetherill
Mesa Vere National Park
Colorado
Leavenworth
Kans
Kayenta
Theodore Roosevelt
Quentin
Wetherill
Russians Push West as Budapest Campaign Presses On
Russian forces advance toward Budapest from the west and north, nearing 78 miles from the capital and within 100 miles of the Austrian border. Petrov's corps cut the Miskolc to Kassa line while capturing multiple villages east of Presov and Kassa. Malinovsky's units reach Eger and Sziksze, advancing toward central Slovakia.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Danube
Hungary
Budapest
Red Army
Slovakia
Miskolc
Kassa
Kosice
Zemplin
Satoraljaujhely
Eger
Sziksze
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Kacs
Slovakian
Gum Health Ad Promises Refund on First Bottle
An old retail ad urges readers to check their gums for pyorrhea and promotes Leta's product with a druggist refund if the first bottle fails to satisfy. The Gwin's Rexall Drug outlet is named as the seller.
French Take Town on West of Rhine
French troops seized Huningue on the west side of the Rhine after a heavy artillery assault. The German garrison of about 1000 men withdrew to the east under fog cover. Most of Huningue was destroyed.
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Rhine
ST. Louis
Huningue
Moroline Hair Tonic Promises Lustrous Flat Finish
Unruly hair is tamed with Moroline Hair Tonic for a well groomed look. A large bottle costs 25 cents and is advertised as sold everywhere.
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