General Loucks claims Japan used poison gas in isolated WWII incidents
Brig. Gen. Charles E. Loucks on MacArthur's staff said Japan used vomiting gas on American troops in New Guinea, notably Biak on March 5, 1945, injuring several but not killing. He cited gas grenades at Biak and against Chinese in China, asserting U.S. training and preparations mitigated effects.
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Hamilton Faron
Tokyo
Charles E. Loucks
New Guinea
MacArthur
Signal Corps
Biak
Loucks
China
Japan
U.S
Washington
Chemical Warfare Service For Research and Development
Governors Confer at New Orleans Highlighted Freight Rates
Gov Kerr reports on the Southern Governors Conference held in New Orleans December 7 and 8 with 14 southern states represented. The meeting covered freight rate equality, education regionalization, and a larger future National Guard, plus visits with Oklahoma servicemen and praise for local hospitality.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
James H. Davis
Jimmie
Davis
Evelen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwestern
Oklahoma
Ada High Receives Share Of Playoff Gate
Ada High School collected a $153.33 share from a playoff gate after Henryetta and Will Rogers faced off in Tulsa. The tally totaled $10,570.91 with deductions for taxes and expenses, then distributed 30 percent each to Will Rogers and Henryetta, 20 percent to the state association, and $153.33 to non-champion district schools including Ada.
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Ada High School
Trice Broadrick
Oklahoma
Ada
Tulsa
Tulsans
Henryetta
Will
McAlester
Wewoka
Tulsa Central
Tulsa Webster
Bartlesville
Muskery Sapulpa
Okmulgee
Average Family Wage Earner Needs 1950 Net Income
Government figures show the average city family of three needs about $1,950 net income after taxes to cover living costs in 1944. About a quarter of such families earned less than this, often going into debt or drawing on savings. Two earners were common in higher brackets, while food costs rose with higher incomes.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Japs' Feudal Land Reform Demanded by Akita Farmers
Fifteen farmers from Akita province call for an immediate end to feudal land ownership as the U S general orders wide agrarian reform. MacArthur directs arrests of 57 Japanese war crime suspects in the Philippines and elsewhere, while new land guidelines abolish absentee ownership enabling farmers to buy land on favorable terms.
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Akita
Japan
Tohoku
MacArthur
United Nations
Cabantuan
Philippines
Wake Island
Banzo Mori
Cartatuan
Gennosuke Noma
Hongkong
Mber
Toshino
Wada
Sugamo
Jinzaburo Mazaki
Nagakage Okabe
Hideki Tojo
Koichiro Ishigara
Indian Women Weave To Support Farm Income In Oklahoma
In Cherokee county Oklahoma Mrs Josie Nofire a Welling Weavers member can earn up to six dollars a day weaving blankets scarves afghans and suitings. The program funded by the Indian department aims to provide spare time incomes and has spread to Tahlequah Idabel Chilocco Jay Barber and Caney where about 55 weavers work on orders far exceeding supply. Weavers use looms in cabins and one group even meets in an abandoned railway station. Wool yarn is supplied by about 200 Choctaw spinners at Antlers and Idabel.
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Howard Brisco
Cherokee County
Indian Department
Tahlequah
Idabel
Chilocco
Jay, Barber
Caney
Sequoyah
Nofire
Elizabeth Speaker
Welling
Thelma Nichol
Nora Knight
Martha Butler
Anna Krouse
Antlers
Welling, Okla
Josie Nofire
Worstell School Reports Strong Attendance and Top Grades
Worstell School notes six students with perfect attendance Lenior Glenn Harold Love Larry Wayne Warna Dean Cunningham and Doyle Lee Evans. Top six weeks grades include Carol June Humphreys Buddy Berry Warna Dean Cunningham Betty Harmon Marionelle Choate Edward Harmon and Betty Jane Robertson. Buddy Berry achieved the highest state test score with strong results across grades 3 through 8.
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Worstell
Lenior
Glenn
Harold Love
Larry Wayne
Warna
Dean Cunningham
Doyle Lee Evans
Carol June Humphreys
Buddy Berry
Warna Dean Cunningham
Betty Harmon
Marionelle Choate
Edward Harmon
Betty Jane Robertson
Betty Lou Harmon
Alva Ruth Menser
Geraldine Goodwin
Alta Menser
Oklahoma City brothers drown at Lake Hefner hunting
Two Oklahoma City brothers C O Jacobson Jr 19 and Phil Jacobson 15 drowned Sunday while duck hunting at Lake Hefner. Fire department squads recovered both bodies. In Perry the school board votes Dec 18 on a bond issue of 48000 to be submitted to the voters. China news reports Communist leader Peng Teh Huei opposing foreign spheres of influence in China, urging a free independent democratic China.
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Oklahoma City
C. O. Jacobson, Jr
Phil Jacobson
Lake Hefner
Perry
Board of Education
John Roderick Yenan
Peng Teh-Huei
China
Peng
America
Patrick Hurley
Ampeonettor
Herbert Hoover
Arthur Vandenberg
Russia
Newsmen
Soviet Union
Manchuria
Hurley
Albert O. Wedemeyer
Wedemeyer
Jips Peng
George C. Marshall
Chungking
Peiping
Tatung
Army Searches For Graves Of Death March Victims
The 601st Graves Registration Company retraces the Bataan Death March route from Mariveles to San Fernando to recover and identify American remains. Abie Abraham assists MacArthur for identification amid vanished graves, salvaged tags, and local cooperation challenges.
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NEA Service
Manila
Army
Bataan
Mariveles
Balanga
Orani
Bacolor
San Fernando
Philippines
Abie Abraham
Cabantuan
Sixth Rangers
MacArthur
Abraham
Balancza
Mario Bugay
Bugay
Alfredo Pardillo
Mfmortes
Notable Cemetery Excavation Near San Fernando
War correspondent Abraham describes grave sites near Bacolor and a marshy field holding 20 unidentified bodies marked by white crosses. The 601st Army unit aims to reinter only identified remains while continuing private burials in the meantime. He notes heavy casualties around San Fernando after six days of marching and Jap rifle and bayonet fire on stragglers.
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Bacolor
San Fernando
601St
Abraham
Rash Of Grass Fires Keeps Ada Fire Department Busy
Ada firemen fought 14 fires over three days, mostly grass blazes with seven Friday calls including a car fire and a trash fire. Saturday saw four grass fires, and Sunday had two fires a chicken house blaze and another grass fire.
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Ae Aun
Car Theft Leads to Interstate Mix-Up
A car stolen from Ada belonging to mechanic Joe Patterson was found abandoned near the college in Troy, Missouri. Patterson had been at Dotson's Service on East Main when the theft occurred and traced the car back after officers checked Troy, revealing his own car had been abandoned there.
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Ada
Troy
Joe Patterson
Dotson
East Main
Patterson
Yashimoto Sails In As Trial Witness In Navy Case
Cmdr Ike Hashimoto captain of the submarine 1 58 arrives in U S to testify at the court martial of Captain Charles B McVay commander of the Indianapolis charged with negligence in the loss of the heavy cruiser. Hashimoto arrives at 8 45 a m est aboard naval air transport and is expected to testify as proceedings resume at 10 06 a m tomorrow.
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Washington
Ike Hashimoto
Charles B. McVay
McVay
Hashimoto
Allan Smith
West Haven
Conn
Naval Air Transport
Smith
Hashi
Oakland
Calif
Naval Air Base
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Brookfield Zoo
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