Red Defenders Regain Hill In Stalingrad Fight
Moscow reports Soviet forces recaptured Yuzhnaya hill on the southern edge of Stalingrad after a two day battle, pushing two to five miles from the city as German siege lines weaken. Pravda and Red Star note heavy losses for the Germans while Reds advance along the Don and central front.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Yuzhnaya
Red Star
Volga River
Pravda
Communist Party
Red Army
Don
Rzhev-Vyazmaéhskie Luki
Six Life Termers Get Prison Leave
Oklahoma City dispatch reports six life term prisoners at McAlester prison were granted 45 day leaves of absence in orders signed by Governor Phillips. Two former death row inmates, Fred Godfrey and George Mullins, receive leaves with work on a ranch and promises of employment. Additional cases include armed robbery, manslaughter, car theft, burglary and murder terms. paroled and pardoned inmates are noted.
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Oklahoma City
McAlester
Phillips
Fred Godfrey
Tulsa County
Bertha
Jack Walton
Godfrey
George Mullins
Carter County District Court
Mullins
William Cox
Ardmore
Oney Knight
Pontotoc County
Francis Reed
Ralph Davis
Carl Raney
Johnston County
J. B. Cornell
Payne County
O. B. Harvey
Lincoln County
Elmer Moore
Ottawa County
Cindy Thomas
Seminole County
Ab Donegan
Logan County
Curtis Neighbors
Pittsburg
Leader Exhorts Italian People To Gird For Worst
Premier Mussolini gave an 81 minute wartime address urging Italians to stiffen their fighting spirit. He coughed and warned against gossip while complaining that Italy was misunderstood and could have avoided harsher outcomes by staying out of the war.
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London
Mussolini
Italy
Knox Says Navy Is Bigger Than War Began
Navy Secretary Frank Knox announced in New York that the U S Navy is larger and stronger than the day before Pearl Harbor and estimated Japanese casualties at 250 000. He followed news of additional Japanese ships sunk by American submarines as Adm Nimitz foresees tighter actions in the Pacific.
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Associated Press
Navy
Frank Knox
U. S. Navy
Pearl Harbour
Pearl Harbor
America
Knox
New York
Pacific
Chester Roller Back From War
Chester Roller has returned to the Pacific coast from Guadalcanal where he was injured. He is now recovering in a naval hospital on the west coast. His mother Mrs. Lola Jones of Riverside California visited him this week. Two years ago he worked as a cook in an Ada restaurant and he is a nephew of Arthur Murphy of Allen.
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Chester Roller
Pacific Coast
Guadalcanal
Roller
Naval Hospital
West Coast
Lola Jones
Riverside
Calif
Ada
Arthur Murphy
Allen
War at a Glance Across Fronts
AFRICA American and French forces sever Axis access to a coastal road north of Gabes cutting overland contact to Tripoli base. Near Bizerte and Tunis Allied units press Axis resistance as air forces clash. RUSSIA Red troops retake a height on Stalingrad southern edge as Hitler shifts troops to meet new Soviet thrusts. PACIFIC Allied artillery and air power hit Buna Gona outposts while Indian units clash with Japanese forces along the Imbra coast near the frontier. WASHINGTON Navy Secretary Knox says Japanese losses in the year exceed American losses fivefold.
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Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Buna-Gona
New Guinea
Burma
Toungoo
Akyab
Associated Press
Africa
Gabes
Tripoli
Bizerte
Tunis
Russia
Stalingrad
Hitler
Urma Coast
Indian Frontier
Cold and mild regional temperature forecast across states
The forecast shows Oklahoma and Missouri turning colder today with further cooling tonight. Kansas and Missouri regions face continued cold conditions with light snow flurries in the southeast. Isiana and East Texas see persistent cold with West Texas mild this afternoon and colder trends tonight.
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Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Isiana
East Texas
West Texas
Pecos
South Plains
Phillips Seeks Grady County Balloting Review
Oklahoma Governor Phillips asks Attorney General Williamson to investigate Grady county election returns claiming an error could alter results in favor of the women’s amendment. He requests guidance on how to rectify if a mistake exists and notes the amendment appeared to fail in official totals though Grady county reporting might give it a majority.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
Mac Q. Williamson
Grady County
Williamson
Demand Abolition Of AAA Program
Washington December 2. Leaders of organized agriculture urge abolishing the triple A program for the war duration arguing removal of government food control would aid 30 million farmers. The group plans a resolution and will present views to Donald Nelson of the War Production Board. McNutt promised manpower measures to assure labor for next year’s record crop goals.
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Washington
National Association of State Commissioners
Association
Thomas
Okla
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Paul V. McNutt
Manpower Commission
Coupons To Replace Coins For Rationed Meat Sales
The Office of Price Administration outlines phases of the point rationing system for meat, detailing how a new form of money will replace coins in rationed meat sales set to begin early next year.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Downed Bomber Crew Is Saved Near Gabes
An American fighter pilot and a two man crew rescued six airmen after their medium bomber flown by Second Lieutenant David L. Fleeter was hit and forced down near Gabes Tunisia. Lieutenant Humphrey guided the rescue crews and a white robed Arab beacon helped mark the improvised runway.
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U. S. Air Force
Algeria
U. S
Gabes
Tunisia
David L. Fleeter
Houston
Tex
Fleeter
E. F. Humphrey
Flint
Mich
Leo Hawes, Jr
Seattle
Wash
United States
Frank H. Donnelly
Jersey City
N. J
Humphrey
M. J. Mourne
LaGrange
Ill
S. Howell
Allies Cross Coastal Road In Tunisia
Allied forces report crossing the Tunisian coastal road north of Gabes to deny land access to Tripoli for Axis troops. Britains and Americans bomb Bizerte and Tunis while battles rage across Tunisia as Hitler rushes troops by sea and air. Admiral Darlan becomes chief of state in French Africa representing Petain.
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London
Gabes
Tripoli
Bizerte
Tunis
Adolf Hitler
Tunisia
Mediterranean
North
Africa
Hitler
Italy
American Subs Sink Five Ships
U S naval action against Japan tightens as submarines sink at least five more vessels in the Pacific. The navy reports 98 Japanese ships sunk or probably sunk, plus 28 damaged, with destroyers, tankers, and cargo ships among those hit. In the Solomons Guadalcanal patrols continue with artillery, strafing, and bombing by American forces.
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Nimitz
Japan
Washington
United States
Pacific
America
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
Navy
Panic in New York Bank Failures in 1873 Timeline
Panic in New York began with bank failures on September 20 1873. The stock exchange closed that day and reopened on September 30 1873.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News
Classified ad notes higher returns for investments under vesting plans. Local readers are advised to compare terms and potential gains across offered schedules. Public notices list eligibility details and deadlines for enrollment.
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Ada News
Ada Pair Involved In Cross-Country Arrests
Sherman L. Williamson and Dorthy Davis, both 20 and of Ada, are named alongside Ray E. Owens, 21, of Los Angeles, California, and Marjorie Vivian, 18, Ada, in the apparent incident report.
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Sherman L. Williamson
Dorthy Davis
Ada
Ray E. Owens
Los Angeles
California
Marjorie Vivian
Duce Admits Allies Win First Round In North Africa
Benito Mussolini conceded that the United Nations were gaining the upper hand in the North Africa war of nerves. The remark hints at the Allies’ psychological pressure on Italy as Winston Churchill’s broadcast echoed through Italian listeners and trimmed Italian hopes amid ongoing hostilities.
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Duce
Allies
North Africa
Benito Mussolini
United Nations
Italy
Winston Churchill
Barber Gives Free Haircuts to Soldiers in Philadelphia
Tony Chericole runs a barbershop in Philadelphia offering free haircuts to service members in uniform as his contribution to the war effort. He says he can barely make a living and cannot afford bonds, making this his chosen support method.
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Philadelphia
Tony Chericole
Tony
Sugar Substitutes in Jelly Making
The article explains using honey to replace half the sugar in jelly recipes and corn syrup to replace one quarter of the sugar. It notes cooking the mixture slightly longer, just beyond the jelly stage, when sugar is replaced.
Saboteur Aid Gets 45 Year Sentence
Anthony Cramer a 42 year old Yorkville mechanic was convicted of treasonably aiding two Nazi saboteurs landed by submarine in the united states last June and sentenced to 45 years in prison and a $10000 fine. He was found guilty of giving aid and comfort to Werner Thiel and Edward J Kerling and of providing false information to FBI agents to conceal Thiel's mission. Thiel and Kerling and four others were later executed by a military court in Washington.
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New York
Anthony Cramer
Yorkville
United States
Cramer
Werner Thiel
Edward J. Kerling
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Thiel
Kerling
Washington
Oklahoma City Transit Rises 15 Percent Amid Gasoline Rationing
Oklahoma Railway Co reports a 15 percent rise in business on street cars and buses on the first day of gasoline rationing, reflecting increased public transit use in the city.
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Oklahoma City
The
Oklahoma Railway Co
Heroics on Main Street Save Bus From Freewheeling Car
Field Ready to Wear manager Al Schaer acted fast when a runaway car rolled toward an approaching city bus at Main and Broadway. He shoved the auto from behind, stopping it and preventing a crash that could have injured passengers.
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al Schaer
Fields
O'Daniel Targets Bureaucrats In Farm Policy Critique
Senator O'Daniel of Texas spoke to the National Association of State Commissioners at Washington saying the government has been taken from the people. He argued the department of bureaus runs the government and warned it is near dictatorship, asserting agriculture will improve only when power returns to the people.
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Washington
O’daniel
Tex
Department of Bureaus
Georgia Tornado Kills Five Persons
A tornado in Lincoln County Georgia killed five people, injured many, and leveled several homes late yesterday. The storm swept through the area causing extensive damage and leaving residents in need of assistance.
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Georgia
Lincolton
Th' Pessimist Larks About A Date With Three Gals
A rough spoken line recalls Th' Pessimist describing a night date with three women one in the seat and two in the tank. The quip adds a note on waking early to light fires and miss the bus.
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Lark
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Genoa
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Libya
Eighth Army
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Dewitt Mackenzie
Glenn Babb
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