Nazis Use Mail Planes In Red Push At Stalingrad
Moscow dispatch reports German forces relying on mail planes and training aircraft to reinforce in the Stalingrad pocket as Red Star says the Luftwaffe downed as many as 60 Junkers 52s in three days. Red Star notes trains and trucks aiding the relief effort amid street fighting in the city.
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Moscow
Germany
Stalingrad
Red Star
Red Air Force
Hamburg
Velikie Luki
Rzhev
Italians Move Away From Sea Coasts
Travelers arriving in Istanbul report civilians fleeing coastal Italian towns Brindisi and Bari on the Adriatic side after last week’s U S heavy bomber raid on Naples. The exodus markedly reduces coastal population as the peninsula shifts inland.
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Ankara
Turkey
Istanbul
Brindisi
Bari
Adriatic
Naples
Churches Seek North American Council of Churches
In Cleveland on December 9 seven Protestant groups discussed forming a North American council of churches of Christ to foster unity between American and Canadian denominations.
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Cleveland
Council of Churches of Christ
Railroad Men To Ask 30 Per Cent Raise In Pay
Representatives of 350,000 railroad operating employees announced they would seek a 36 percent wage increase or a minimum raise of 3 dollars a day from carriers. Alvaney Johnston, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, spoke for five unions citing added responsibilities hazards car shortages and higher living costs as reasons for the demand.
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Chicago
Alvaney Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Slayer Of Dancer Must Serve Term
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed four year penitentiary sentence for Mrs. Juanita Barr of Dallas for the pistol slaying of Mrs. Blanche Woodall a 27 year old nightclub dancer. Woodall was shot in her apartment on April 12 1941. Trial testimony linked Eddie Barr former Dallas columnist to Woodall.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Juanita Barr
Dallas
Blanche Woodall
Woodall
Eddie Barr
Apls
American airmen key to North Africa victory with British Eighth Army
American airmen operating with the British Eighth Army in Libya played a vital role in El Alamein and the retreat to El Agheila. The article praises cooperation with RAF and South African air forces, notes praise from Air Vice Marshal Coningham and Col. Whitney, and highlights bomber and fighter-bomber contributions in denying Axis supply and supporting the advance to the Egyptian-Libyan border.
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Eighth Army
Libya
Mediterranean
Axis
Cornelius V. Whitney
U. S
America
Bernhard L. Montgomery
el Alamein
el Agheila
Rommel
Africa Corps
Phillips Paroles 12 Life Termers
Oklahoma Governor Phillips issued clemency today for 36 inmates including 12 life-termers. Paroled were Curtis P. Black 1938 Pontotoc robb ery Joe Smith 1932 Pottawatomie murder Austin Smith 1935 Tulsa murder Major Morgan 1934 Tulsa armed robbery and others from Tulsa and surrounding counties with terms ranging from four to 25 years for crimes including rape manslaughter and burglary.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
Curtis P. Black
Pontotoc County
Joe Smith
Pottawatomie County
Austin Smith
Tulsa County
Major Morgan
Fair Garner
Washington County
Ellis Burrus
A. D. Roddy
Muskogee County
Robert Reed
Billei Wisenhunt
Tax Rates Drop In Large Cities
The National Municipal League reported that in 1942 average city tax rates fell for U S cities with 30 000 to 500 000 population for the first time in seven years. The decrease averaged five cents per $1 000 of assessed value while total assessed value rose by 1 1/2 percent.
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New York
National Municipal League
Cold Spell Drains Nation's Fuel Supply
The American Petroleum Institute reports heavy consumption of fuel oil and gasoline during the cold spell. Industrial fuel oil stores fell to 75,219,000 barrels on December 5 from 94,128,000 a year earlier, while gasoline stocks dropped to 75,934,000 barrels. Daily crude production averaged 3,834,250 barrels, down from 4,107,950 a year ago, with refinery operations at 78.3 percent capacity.
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New York
American Petroleum Institute
Pneumonia Season Begins Amid Record Decline
New York reports the 1942-43 pneumonia season starts this month with signs of a new record decline in deaths driven by sulfonamides. Last year death rate fell 21 percent from 1940 and 63 percent from five years earlier. In St Louis Brady Gentry, head of the Texas highway commission, is elected president of the American Association of State Highway Officials.
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New York
ST. Louis
Brady Gentry
Texas State Highway Commission
American Association of State Highway Officials
Cow loves music and turns on barn radio
In Wanda Pennsylvania on December 9 farmer A M Holmes reports his Guernsey heifer Marie loves music. He installed a radio above her barn stanchion and says Marie nudges the switch herself each morning, showing an ear for music and a nose.
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Wanda
Marie
Farmer A. M. Holmes
Holmes
Greater returns for amount in vested
A brief ad note highlights improved value for invested funds. The item signals higher yields or benefits tied to vested amounts, appealing to readers considering long term allocations and guidance on distributing assets or contributions.
Cost Of War Passes WWI Cost In One Year
Washington reports one year of total war cost the United States over 46.0 billion dollars, exceeding WWI totals. Budget projections for 1943 reach about 78.0 billion, with war activity spending rising monthly and the public debt surpassing 100 billion dollars.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Japan
Treasury
Ecuador President Returns From U S Visit
Miami December 9. President Carlos Arroyo Del Rio departed by clipper before dawn for his home in Ecuador after a 16 day visit to the United States.
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Miami
Fla
Carlos Arroyo del Rio
Clipper
Ecuador
United States
Norway Jews Flee To Escape Nazis
Dispatches from occupied Norway report about 300 Jews fleeing to Sweden or finding hiding places to avoid deportation to Poland. Sweden is also pursuing asylum efforts for Norwegian Jews. In unrelated notes, confirmed Oklahoma postmasters are Bourke Hamilton Bayless in Claremore and Orville G. Conrad in Reydon, and a California white rattlesnake with six rattles and a button was killed in 1941.
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Stockholm
Norway
Sweden
Norwegiian
Poland
Washington
Senate
Oklahoma
Bourke Hamilton Bayless
Claremore
Orville G. Conrad
Reydon
California
Weather outlook across several states with warmer trends
Oklahoma shows slightly warmer conditions with winds near 25 mph from the north and west. Missouri experiences warmth upticks in the north and west with little change in southeast temperatures tonight. Kansas reports warmer tonight and 25 mph winds this afternoon. Louisiana stays cold tonight with frost probable in many areas though northwest is milder, interior southeast near freezing. East Texas warms this afternoon and tonight with winds increasing from the north in the northwest portion.
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Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Louisiana
East
Texas
Bombers Foil Jap Landing On Gona Buna
Allied bombers stopped a Japanese naval reinforcement attempt at Buna Gona New Guinea by destroying a destroyer and forcing the other ships to flee. Allied ground forces fought off counterattacks near Buna village and Buna Mission, with about 400 Japanese killed. MacArthur reports Japanese air attacks on Allied hospitals violating laws of war, including bombed medical facilities at Soputa and Buna.
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Australia
Buna- Gona
New Guinea
Buna Village
Buna Mission
Buna
Douglas MacArthur
Soputa
Navy reports sinking of Japanese warship and damage to three
American dive bombers and torpedo planes operating from Guadalcanal damaged a Japanese force 150 miles northwest of the island on December 3. One cruiser sunk or seen sinking. three vessels in flames. Ten float-type planes were shot down.
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Washington
Guadalcanal Island
Solomons
Navy
Guadalcanal
Navy Department
Santa Isable
New Georgia Islands
South Pacific
United States
War at a Glance: Pacific Africa and Europe fronts update
Pacific Guadalcanal bombers destroy a Japanese warship and severely damage three others in the Solomon Islands as Allied fighters advance on Buna airfield in New Guinea. In Africa artillery and planes pound Nazis in Tunisia while Allies attack Mediterranean supply lines. American-built planes hit Germany hard. fliers in Libya down six Nazi planes. In Russia Germans move reinforcements by mail and trainer planes. Reds press on despite blizzards, occupying towns and key highways. Mussolini orders defense zones and civilians to evacuate three regions.
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Associated Press
Solomons
Buna
New Guinea
Africa
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Germany
Libya
Russia
Italy
Mussolini
Delaney Addresses Ada Rotary on Oil Industry in War Time
W A Delaney Jr spoke to Ada Rotary about oil industry wartime challenges and praised Harold L Ickes for coordinating industry to war needs. He noted industry achievements despite bureaucratic hurdles and highlighted support from oil, transportation, refining, and research in supplying fronts. Capt Leonard W Hadley and son Donald attended. County officials Moss Wimbish and Harvey Lambert spoke briefly about Christmas seals sale and the victory loan drive.
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W. A. Delaney, Jr
Ada Rotary Club
Delaney
Transportation, Refining and Research
Leonard W. Hadley
Army Air Force
Ada Club
Donald
Moss. Wimbish
Harvey Lambert
Merchant Ship Fights Raiders Deep in South Atlantic
A medium sized American merchant vessel fought two enemy surface raiders in the South Atlantic. One raider sank and the other was badly damaged before the merchant ship went down. Only 10 of 41 crew survived, plus five Navy gun crew members. Ensign D C Willett of Sacramento was listed as missing.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Navy
U. S
D. C. Willett
35Th Street
Sacramento
Calif
Planes Blast Axis Defenses Near Tebourba
London reports heavy artillery and growing air fleets softening the axis around Tebourba as Allies prepare a possible push toward Bizerte and Tunis. American pilots take active ground roles while raids hit targets at Bizerte docks and seaplane base.
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London
Tebourba
Bizerte
Tunis
Morocco
Wth
Tunisia
Otjen Protest Heard By Court In Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City on December 9 the court heard Otjen, Enid Republican governor candidate, allege error in vote counting in every precinct. The court allotted an hour for each side as Kerr supporters prepared to speak next on the recount dispute.
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Oklahoma City
Z. J. Otjen
Enid
Supreme Court
Otjen
High Court
Robert S. Kerr
Theinner
Ada Girls Get a Break as Airmen Arrive for Saturday Dance
Milton Keating announces a Saturday night dance in Ada at the Aldridge hotel for airmen from the A AF T T C at Tishomingo. Sgt Nixon and Pvt Corbett say the event is organized by the men and supported by local civic groups with no admission charge and proper chaperones.
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Armed Services
Milton Keating
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Taylor
American Army Air Force Technical Training Command
Tishomingo
Aldridge
Ada
John A. Nixon
Allan J. Corbett
Air Force
Zeppelin Engine Scrapped For War
EASTPORT Maine Dec 9 A 1600 horsepower German Zeppelin Hindenburg engine destroyed by fire at Lakehurst May 6 1937 sits in a junk yard awaiting shipment as scrap metal It was used for years as a demonstration and practice unit at the Quoddy village National Youth Administration training school in Lakehurst New Jersey
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Eastport
Maine
Lakehurst
Germany
Quoddy Village
National Youth Administration Training School
Mental Cases Are Big Army Problem
San Antonio report notes that about 500 soldiers weekly are sent home for mental disease. Herbert E. Chamberlain of the California state department criticizes the approach, urging proper care and lessons learned from the last war.
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San Antonio
United States
Herbert E. Chamberlain
California State Department of Social Welfare
Texas Social Welfare Association
Wright Employes Go Back To Work
Wright Aeronautical spokesman said both the 12 20 a m and 8 a m shifts reported for work at East Paterson plant. About 150 workers in the second shift struck at 4 20 p m yesterday, but all are back on duty now.
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Paterson
N. J
CPA. Wright Aeronautical Corporation
East Paterson
More Czechs killed by German terror in Bohemia
Exiled Czech government circles report 35 more Czech deaths in Bohemia Moravia as German terror grows. They tally November executions in the protectorate at 157.
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London
Bohemia and
Moravia
Protectorate
Fort Worth Stock Show Called Off For Wartime Economy
Fort Worth Dec 9 The forty seventh annual Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show scheduled for March 1943 will be dispensed with due to wartime conditions. Secretary manager John B Davis announced that the livestock industry should devote energy to increased production per government request.
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Fort Worth
John B. Davis
Americans Arrested By Japs In China
Reports from Chungxing on December 9 indicate large scale arrests of Allied nationals by Japanese forces in occupied north China after a seizure of hundreds of citizens in Shanghai. The policy targets Anglo-Saxons, with many British and American citizens taken and interned near Tsingtao in the Ilus Hook district.
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Chungxing
North China
Shanghai
West China
Tsingtao
Iltus Hook
PESSIMIST Religion in Ada Streets
A fragment describes a song about what you won't have when driving Ada streets, reflecting fear for past present and future. Junior Wheeler comments that his girl isn’t a cancer but can interrupt.
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Junior Wheeler
Young blue whale Gains Weight At 220 Pounds Daily
A young blue whale grows at an average rate of 220 pounds per day. The strong growth helps it reach a larger size during its early life stage.
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