Flood Control Plans Coordinate Basin Systems Nationwide
Local readers are urged to adopt a broad flood control view. Col Malcolm Elliott of the U S Army Engineers says flood projects must connect levee grades with reservoir systems across the Missouri Mississippi Illinois Ohio basins. He notes cooperation is needed among tributaries since all waters unite in the main stream.
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Mississippi
Malcolm Elliott
U. S. Army Engineers
Missouri
Upper
Illinois
Ohio
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Oklahoma oil prospects and wartime fuel debate
A reader notes central Oklahoma could host the world’s largest oil field while Secretary Ickles urges coal-to-gas conversion. The piece argues conservation to extend oil supplies, highlights shallow local pools, and discusses drought years affecting livestock and meat demand for the coming years.
Government security plans threaten individual freedom and free enterprise
The Roanoke World News opposes cradle to grave insurance schemes as a government takeover risk. It argues such plans would suppress ambition, erode free enterprise, and level life standards, while stressing the need to balance public welfare with personal liberty amid wartime effort. The piece cites Roger Babson on employment and prosperity and ends with a meditation on nature's beauty across the seasons.
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Roanoke
Virginia
World News
Covetousness as the Root of Sins Impairs Will and Peace
A sermon on Exodus 20 17 and Luke 12 13 34 condemns covetousness as the chief spiritual sin that wrecks the soul. It warns envy and excessive desire destroy judgment, weaken will, and distract from godly aims, citing Jesus and the parable of the rich farmer.
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America
Jesus
W.E.G
Vandegrift Named Marine Corps Commandant
Lt Gen Alexander Vandegrift, 56, was appointed as commandant of the Marine Corps effective January 1, succeeding Lt Gen Thomas Holcomb who retires due to age. The announcement came from Secretary of the Navy Knox at a press conference with Holcomb and Vandegrift in Washington.
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Washington
Alexander A. Vandegrifft
Marine Corps
Thomas Holcomb
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Holcomb
Vandegrift
Roosevelt
Southwest Pacific
Honolulu
Charles Barrett
Seabees Field Air Strip At Tarawa In Four Days
Secretary Knox disclosed at a news conference that within four men after the initial Tarawa attack the Americans had an air field in use. He noted heavy fighting and unspecified losses, with Seabees rushing to complete the Tarawa air strip after the first Marine wave.
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Washington
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Navy
Knox
Canned Food Price Increases Spark New OPA Rules
Washington reports higher prices for 1943 processed fruits and vegetables with most two can items up one to four cents and strawberry jam up five cents per pound jar. Cider vinegar set to rise about 50 percent while tomatoes peas snap beans and corn stay at old prices. The rayon case in December will rule on whether branded stockings prices rise. Prosecution urges quick donations as wardrobe drives run two weeks.
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Washington
OPA
Rayon
U. S. Emergency Court of Appeals
U.S. Planes Aid Chinese in Yunnan
A U S fighter bombers operated in support of Chinese forces in southwestern Yunnan province attacking positions west of the Salween river Sunday. Fighters also attacked Luang Prabang airfield in French Indo China and medium bombers sank a Japanese freighter in the Gulf of Tonkin. All planes returned safely.
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Yunnan
Salween River
U. S
14Th Air Force Command
Luang Prabang
Indo- China
Gulf of Tonkin
Indo-China
Tishomingo Scout Work Reorganized
Tishomingo men met at the Methodist church to reorganize the Boy Scout troop with George A Bullock of Dallas Texas as speaker. Officers elected include Nelson Hood as senior patrol leader Eugene Crowder as scribe Larry Davis and Bobby Dean Stamps as patrol leaders.
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Harry Miller
Methodist Church
George A Bullock
Dallas
Tex
Bullock
W. Thomas Wright
Carl D. Garland
L. H. Crowder
John Martin
Jake Davis
Reverend Rosser
R. H. McLean
Fountain Brower
Rosser
M. D. Gentry
Dr. Garland
Carl Landrum
Nelson Hood
Eugene Crowder Scribe
Larry Davis
Bobby Dean Stamps
Giles Holmes
Billy Ray Marsh
Harvey Tallant
Calvin Floyd
Pontotoc
Connerville
College
Ray Stegall
Fifth District Faces Major Battle in Oklahoma Politics
Oklahoma City November 29 Democrats of the Fifth District acknowledge strongest Republican strength since 1928 and expect a hard fight next year. Governor Kerr and State Democratic Chairman George D Key challenge Republicans to propose an issue while touting need for durable peace postwar and inflation protection. Party organization to begin in January.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Kerr
George D. Key
America
Key
Sue Ruble
Farm Boys Begin Open Season For Possum Crop In Oklahoma
Oklahoma farm boys will start hunting from Dec 15 to Feb 14 for neckpieces on the hoof. The possum leads the list with muskrat a close runner up, as fur traders pay pin money and some families rely on trapping for income. Mink, raccoon, coyotes, civets, squirrels and rabbits also bring in skins.
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Oklahoma
Tarawa Fighting Among Bloodiest In Marine History
AP war dispatch describes Tarawa assault and three day battle as the bloodiest in Marine Corps history. Marine waves hit the beach November 20 and fought through heavy fire, securing two thirds of Tarawa while facing fortified Japanese positions and high casualties.
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Tarawa
Tarawa Atoll
Marine Corps
Bello Island
Atoll
Japan
Guadalcanal
Okfuskee Pecans and Oklahoma Industry Notes
A Kiwanis visit in Okemah highlights Okfuskee County pecan production with Grover Hayden's large native orchard near Okemah and O D Brass as a key producer. Sapulpa pottery and Shawnee turkey packing are profiled as notable Oklahoma industries. Thanksgiving reflections honor families, soldiers, USO meals, and national gratitude for safety and production.
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Kerr
Kiwanis Club of
Okemah
Oklahoma
Okfuskee County
United States
Grover Hayden
O. D. Brass
T. P. Camp
Mississippi River
McAlester Pen Names Full-Time Doctor to McAlester Prison
Acting on a recommendation by Lewis E. Lawes the state board appointed Dr E P Davis as full time medical officer at Mc Alester penitentiary He will assume duties at the state institution and take up his post at Talihina Wednesday confirmed by Mrs George E Calvert vice
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Davis
Laclede County
Missouri
University of Oklahoma School of Medicine
New Mexico
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Durant
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Ise
Claude Newton
Pardon and Parole Board
Lewis E. Lawes
New York
Sing Sing Prison
State Board of Affairs Today
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McAlester Penitentiary
Talihina
George E. Calvert
Pryor Fire Damages Major Store. Three Dead
A Pryor Oklahoma fire in a two story brick building destroyed a general store and living apartments above. Fire officials estimate $100000 in damage. Three people Clyde W. Kelley 45 his wife 37 and daughter Virginia 21 died in the fire. Local fire units from Vinita Claremore and the Oklahoma Ordnance Works assisted in preventing spread.
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Pryor
Okla
Fred Lansing
Clyde W. Kelley
Virginia
Mayes County Mercantile Company
Vinita
Claremore
Oklahoma Ordnance Works
Here
Pryor Fire Department
Six Oklahomans Win Promotions
The War Department announced promotions for six Oklahoma officers and ordered three more to active duty. Names include Ernest E Rust Jr Lawton Alfred F Hutchins Jr Shawnee Ivan F Campbell Enid Charles W Aldridge Sr Oklahoma City Julian E Morris Oklahoma City Vernon S Kirkulgee. Also ordered to active duty are A T Pumphrey Leedy Edward A Perkins Aden Ree and Patrick U Dunlop Oklahoma City. Modern soap industries began in Italy Germany and France in the thirteenth century.
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Washington
War Department
Oklahoma
Ernest Edward Rust, Jr
Lawton
Alfred Frederick Hutchins, Jr
Shawnee
Ivan Francis Campbell
Enid
Charles William Aldridge, Sr
Oklahoma City
Julian Eugene Morris
Vernon Stacy Kirkulgee
A. T. Pumphrey
Leedy
Edward Arthur Perkins
Aden Ree
Patrick Udell Dunlop
Rembert James Receives Purple Heart in Pacific
Associated Press war correspondent Rembert James was awarded the Purple Heart by Admiral Halsey for injuries on Bougainville Island. He suffered a ruptured eardrum, arm abrasions, and shrapnel wounds to feet and legs on November 7. Keith Palmer of Melbourne Herald died in the same Japanese bombing.
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Allied
South Pacific
Rembert James
Associated Press
Bougainville Island
Adm
William F. Halsey
William Boni
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Theodore Orr
Media
Penn
Navy Hospital
James
Keith Palmer
Melbourne
Australia
Herald
Newsweek
One Man Rule Rosville Ga Chief Roles Rule City
Rossville Georgia faces a manpower shortage and is governed by Mayor Herman Ogle Bowman who holds multiple hats including city judge police chief fire chief streets and sewers commissioner city council head and clerk of ordinary. He also acts as his own bookkeeper stenographer and secretary.
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Rossville
Herman Ogle Bowman
Pea
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