Stamp and draft news from wartime rationing and policy
The report outlines valid and expiring ration stamps for Meats fats and sugar along with shoe gas oil and fuel allocations. It notes draft board uncertainties influenced by pre war legislation while OWI accuses WMC of withholding manpower news and plans regular briefings to fix public confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
South
Midwest
Office of War Information
WMC
OWI
Elmer Davis
Paul V. McNutt
Manpower Commission
Davis
War Agencies Correspondents’ Association
Philip Broughton
McNutt
Okemah Man Hero Rising To Battalion Commander
Lt. Col. Clarence B. Cochran of Okemah rose from a private in an Oklahoma guard company to battalion commander of the 45th Division in Italy. Enlisting Oct 27, 1927, he advanced through ranks to major in 1941 and lieutenant colonel on Feb 1, 1942, earning praise for unit courage and stamina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okemah National Guard
Italy
Clarence B. Cochran
Cochran
War Department
Co. D
180Th Infantry
National Guard
Okemah
Guard
Actress Lorraine Day Seeks More G I Khaki in War Tours
Hollywood actress Lorraine Day reports after a three week tour of army camps that she saw excessive gold braid and brass hats, with little chance to entertain privates. She describes an embarrassment at a camp hospital when officers led her through a ward and soldiers stood at attention. Day hopes for future appearances featuring G I. food and plain soldierly cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Lorraine Day
Hollywood Victory Committee
Ray Hendricks
Miss Day
G. I
Uncle Sam to Call 300000 Men in January Draft surge to 1944 level
Washington news reports a January draft call may reach 300000, far exceeding expectations. The War Department certificated a first month 1944 call twice the anticipated army draft needs, keeping total monthly Army Navy quotas near 300000 due to lagging enlistments in the WAC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Manpower Commission
Uncle Sam
Milon
War Department
WAC
Regulations Suspend Farm Hog Slaughter for 90 Days
The Food Distribution Administration has suspended farm slaughtering of hogs for 90 days, allowing producers to slaughter for sale or transfer without a slaughter permit. Pork sale regulations under rationing remain unchanged. Farmers must still collect points and register all pork sold on Form R-1609 with the local war price and rationing board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food Distribution Administration
Pontotoc County
A and M Dominates Fat Stock Show Competition
Exhibitors from 14 states and Canada showcase stock at Chicago Fat Stock Show war time alternative to the International Live Stock Exhibition. Judging continues through Tuesday with sales on Wednesday and Thursday. Winners include Dan D. Casement for Hereford calves and grand champion carload of feeders. Oklahoma A and M wins in Shropshire and Hampshire lamb categories. Purdue and others also place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
States
Canada
Dan D. Casement
Manhattan
Kas
J. J. Hadley
North Platte
Neb
O. J. Hadley
Brady
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
Stillwater
Okla
Shropshire
Oklahoma A
Hampshire
Purdue
Oil-Gas Leases Bring Higher Bids in Pottawatomie County
Oklahoma City November 29 Increased demand for oil and gas leases drives higher bids as the School Land Commission opens eight 81 acre tracts in section 36 8N 3E Gulf Refining Co secures El 2 NE for 1240 and E2 SE for 1660 while Texas Co takes E2 and W2 of SW for 1013.60 each 80 acre tract with a rejected W2 SE bid of 850. Governor Kerr notes bids show rising interest and price levels from about six dollars to over fifteen per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
School Land Commission
Pottawatomie County
Gulf Refining Co
Texas Co
Kerr
Coalgate Soldier Wounded in Action
War department announces 22 additional Oklahoma army casualties with 21 in the Mediterranean and 1 in the Southwest Pacific. Names include Pvt Isaac M. Allen Coalgate and others from Barnsdall Okmulgee Eufaula McAlester Sapulpa and Chickasha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalgate
Washington
War Department
Mediterranean
Southwest Pacific
Isaac M. Allen
Mattie J. Allen
Ernest R. Baker
Lillie L. Baker
Barnsdall
Spencer E. Berry
Elmer E. Berry
Okmulgee
Jack Bess
Eva L. Bess
E. Reno
Don L. Degroat
Effie Degroat
Shawnte
Alva B. Gentry
John R. Gentry
Ardmore
Roy B. Jackson
Bessie Z. Jackson
Seminole
Frank C. Jones
Grady
Inez Joses
Melvin L. Kerby
Ollie L. Kerby
Stillwater
Leonard C. Leading-Fox
Wanda G. Leading-Fox
Eufaula
Arthur L. Mason
Ina Mason
McAlester
Orville J. Matney
Annie Matney
Sapulpa
John L. Bortell
Millie K. Bortell
Chickasha
Downtown Ada Lights Up Yuletide Spirit
Ada Jaycees spent the day decorating the downtown area for Christmas. They climbed ladders and wired light posts with cedar strands, bringing festive color to the shopping district despite storing colored lights for the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Yuletide
Jaycees
Morgenthau Pushes for Big Wartime Tax Bill Despite Sales Tax Skepticism
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau told the Senate Finance Committee he backs a $10.5 billion wartime tax rise, largely via income and excise hikes, while warning against weak revenue and urging sustained funding during and after the war. He opposes a broad sales tax as the best path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Senate Finance Committee
Byrd
Congress
Hurry Up Ickes Urges for Coal Wage Pact
Secretary Ickes pressed soft coal operators and miners to speed negotiations for a national wage contract. Speaking at a joint union and management meeting, he urged action to restore seized mines to their owners and sustain industry peace. He announced the end of control over 138 additional bituminous companies after reported no strikes since October 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secreary
Ickes
John L. Lewis
Secretary of the Interior
Two Solons Defend Food Subsidies
Two Midwest Republican representatives defend food subsidies as a check on inflation. O'Konski reports 474 of 1,000 farmers favored subsidies and 218 opposed. Burdick cites North Dakota Farmers Union meetings backing subsidies with few opposing farmers. W. V. Caffey seeks to advance his Tulsa county bond case for police chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
O’konski
Wis
Burdick
N. D
Oklahoma City
W. V. Caffey
Supreme Court
Tulsa County Commission
Mining leaders to meet at Oklahoma mineral industries confab
George J. Stein of Miami will preside as mining men gather at Phenedar for the Oklahoma mineral industries conference with Victor F. Barnett of the Tulsa Tribune serving as general chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
George J. Stein
Miami
Oklahoma Mineral Industries Conference
Victor F. Barnett
Tulsa Tribunte
Soldiers listed as killed in action in various theaters
Six Oklahoma soldiers are named in a US Army KIA list. Staff Sergeant Loren Morris and Staff Sergeant Verne Jumper are noted with family links in Oklahoma City Ada. Private David Comly Tulsa, Private Jack Johnson Stillwater, Sergeant Tommy Novak Bartlesville, and Sergeant Willis Ross Ringwood are also listed with their mothers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
FAS
Oklahoma
United States Army
War Department
Asiatic
Loren Morris
Velma Morris
Oklahoma City
Mediterranean
Frank J. Jamey Verne Jumper
West Twelfth Street
Ada
David D. Comly
Dorothy Carrigan
Tulsa
Jack W. Johnson
Addie D. Johnson
Stillwater
Tommy J. Novak
Mary Novak
Bartlesville
Willis M. Ross
En E. Morris
Ringwood
We've Secret Weapons Too Revealed by Navy Chief Blandy
Navy ordnance chief Rear Admiral Blandy announced new secret weapons “fully comparable” to German radio controlled bombs and acoustic torpedoes. He said several are in use for months, kept hidden from public and enemy, with one development deemed impossible by foreign scientists. Blandy plans sea duty and to leave his post next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
W. H. P. Blandy
Bureau of Ordnance
Blandy
D C Air Wardens Enforce Water Conservation Measure
Oklahoma City wardens delivered house to house guidance during the first wartime emergency, urging residents to conserve water. Officials stressed supply limits could stretch to 75 days without rain, asking residents to use water as a necessity and bathe modestly while awaiting a storage project and autumn rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Surgery of Front Saving Many Lives
Allied headquarters in Algiers reports modern battlefield surgery saves thousands of maimed soldiers. Col. Joseph L. Martin warns American families to prepare for more permanently crippled men. Mines and booby traps increasingly cause severe injuries despite lower death rates due to frontline care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Algiers
Joseph L. Martin
Rockford
Ill
Fifth Army
Italy
Hollywood Star Leads Liberator Squadron To Europe
Capt James Stewart arrives at a U S Liberator station in England for final conditioning with his bomber squadron ahead of probable raids over Europe. He flew a four engine bomber from the previous base over 900 miles and joined the European theater operations four days ago. he has about two years in air forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
James Stewart
Europe
Stewart
Berlin May Be Destroyed By RAF Bombing War Talk
Berlin faces potential total destruction as British and American raids leave a third of the city in ruins. Nazi propaganda notes the battle of Berlin as a turning point while warning of future reprisals and a possible new war weapon. Transportation, power, and water systems remain paralyzed as officials rush to restore essential services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Colburn
Stockholm
Berlin
George Schroeder
Europa Press
Naz
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Schroeder
Germany
Britain
France
England
Hamilton Hasn't Found Candidate Yet
Philadelphia attorney and former Republican national chairman John D. M. Hamilton said he has not found overwhelming sentiment for any GOP presidential candidate. He met Kansas leaders in Topeka, planned Kansas City talks with Harry Darby, and noted Clare Booth Luce would speak at the Kansas day banquet on January 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
John D. M. Hamilton
Philadelphia
National Republican
Hamilton
Kansas City
Harry Darby
Kansas
Alf Landon
Landon
Andrew Oh Ae
Harry A. Crane
G.O.P
Republican Party
Connecticut
Clare Booth Luce
Mississippi Tax Tokens Raised to Fill Shortage
The Mississippi Tax Commission ordered millions more plastic sales tax tokens to fix a dwindling supply and began searching for missing tokens. Officials said 73,730,000 one mill tokens and 14,815,600 five mill tokens were issued, averaging 44 cents per person, but losses rose after tokens were used as poker chips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississ
PPI
Tailors Form Patch-Up Squad For Russia Clothing Aid
Tailors cleaners and dyers join a campaign to collect used clothing for Russia. Twenty five tailors form a patch-up squad to repair damaged garments free, offering two year unclaimed item turnaround.
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Philadelphia
Russia
Hitler Speech Warns Only One Ideology Can Win
Berlin radio quotes a nine day old address by Hitler to 2,000 young officers saying the nation that loses this war will cease to exist and that only one ideology can win while the other will be destroyed mercilessly. The broadcast gave no reason for the address delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hitler
Sen Vandenberg Proposes Tax Freeze on Social Security
Senator Vandenberg Republican Michigan offered an amendment to the tax bill to freeze social security taxes at the current 1 percent rate for both employers and employees through 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
Bombs Hit Jap Cruiser as Bougainville Offensive Expands
Liberator bombers pounded the Japanese cruiser Gen. Douglas MacArthur said was hit by a 1000 pound bomb in St George Channel. Allied air forces reported about 2000 enemy dead on Bougainville with 1090 allied casualties, while Seabees moved into the Gilberts and Gilberts air fields were prepared for future operations.
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Bougainville Island
Gilberts
St. George Channel
New Britain
New Ireland
Douglas MacArthur
Solomons
MacArthur
Adm
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Bougainville
Empress Augusta Bay
U. S
Solomon Islands
Admiral Halsey
Buka Island
Buin
New Guinea
Finschhafen
Bouugainville
Boyard
Sattelberg
Buy it Sell it with a Want Ad
A short notice urges readers to use want ads to buy or sell items. It promotes quick placement of personal advertisements for merchandise not otherwise detailed. The blurb emphasizes simplicity and accessibility for local buyers and sellers.
Watch for Efforts To Steal and Cash Government Checks
Postmaster Mary West and the U S Secret Service issue warnings about attempts to steal and negotiate government checks. Citizens are urged to secure mail, mark boxes, arrange carrier signals, report address changes, and verify payee identity with strict endorsement and identification practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary West
United States Secret Service
Treasury Department
West
Secret Service
Sroning to Remain Unti Superintendent
W C Gregory the current superintendent of Roff schools will stay in place. He was offered the Coalgate superintendency after Lee Scott resigned and plans to enter army service soon. Gregory cited factors including confidence that Coalgate will find a capable successor for Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Gregory
Roff
Coalgate
Lee Scott
Scott
Gregory
Two Injured When Light Plane Falls
An army air force trainer plane on a routine training flight from Bowman Field crashed about six miles south of Sebree Kentucky injuring the pilot Flight Officer Ben N Cascity and a passenger Flight Officer John W Connor The pilot suffered a broken leg and the other a facial laceration Both were taken to the Evansville Indiana ace hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Army Air Force
Bowman Field
Sebree
Ben N. Cascity
Purdin
John W. Connor
Kansas City
Ace
Evansville
TVA Relocates 875 Miles of Highway and 97 Miles of Rail
In ten years the Tennessee Valley Authority relocated 875 miles of highway and 97 miles of railway to improve regional infrastructure. This ambitious program reflects TVA planning and execution across multiple counties and transportation corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley Authority
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Co Uent
Pearl Harbor
White House
Lorraine Day Grumbles
A&m
Pvt. Allen
Jumper
Adan
D. C
Teaten
Margaret M. Maloney
Rochester
N. Y
Maloney
Mer
The
FBI
Sroning
Unti
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