Maples Brother Killed in France. Family Mourning Losses
War Department reports Pfc. Raymond Lee Maples was killed in action in France on September 19, 1944. He is the third Maples brother to die in the war, with two prior losses in 1943 and November 1944. Surviving family includes Amos Maples and wife Pauline of Oklahoma City, brothers Amos W. Maples of Ada and Lyfloris Maples of San Francisco, a sister in Misho, and several aunts and cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Amos Maples
Pfc
Raymond Lee Maples
France
Maples Brothers
Maples
Pontotoc County
Ada
Latta
Owl Creek
Oklahoma City
Pfc. Maples
J. N. Maples
Calvin B. Maples
San Francisco
Calif
James Maples, Jr
Tarawa
Pauline Loveless Maples
Amos W. Maples
Lyfloris
Big Boy) Maples
Jessie Mae Glover
Mishop
Panic Inside Budapest As Reds Close In
Russian forces advance on Budapest from north and south forming a pincer. Malinovsky's Second Ukraine Army nears the Danube as Soviet reports claim 40-plus villages fell in heavy drive north and east of the capital. Hungarian puppet regime fled toward Sopron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Budapest
Moscow
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Danube
Pest
Red Army
Vacs
Vienna
Alsogod
Ercsi
Erd
Hungary
Sopron
Hinderliter Heads Ordnance Division
Frank Hinderliter, head of a Tulsa gun barrel business, was elected president of the Mid- Continent division of the Army Ordnance Association at Camp Gruber. R. R. King and George Nicholson were named first and second vice presidents, with Capt. Thomas E. McVay as secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Gruber
Okla
Frank Hinderliter
Tulsa
Army Ordnance Association
Tulsan
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
R. R. King
Oklahoma City
George Nicholson
Thomas E. McVay
St. Louis Ordinance District
H. E. McCray
Pama
W. H. Stueve
Oklaoma City
W. W. Siegrist
Springfield
Walter O’bannon, Jr
Ed Warmack
Fort Smith
Ark
M. Johnson
Neodesha
Kas
Senate study urges faster surplus property sales
Senate investigators urged quicker disposal of surplus war goods. A three month review by the Surplus Property Subcommittee of the Small Business Committee found the treasury may not be selling surplus property as effectively as possible. The staff report accompanied a subcommittee hearing on practices and policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Treasury
Small Business Committee
Surplus Property Sales Lag Behind Inventory Build Up
The Treasury's Office of Surplus Property held about 44 million dollars in surplus goods but sold 6.5 million. In September inventory reached 53 million with sales of 9.7 million and in October stocks were 59 million with sales around 13 million. The report notes that with goods readily marketable and in demand, sales have moved slowly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Corrected Lineage of Lt. Hathaway Report
The pilot reported killed in action is identified as the older son of A. L. Hathaway a long time Pontotoc county teacher now at Pepps New Mexico. His younger brother W V Hathaway serves in the U S Navy and his widow Miss Lahrue Gant works in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Hathaway
A. L. Hathaway
Pontotoc County
Pepps
New Mexico
W. V. Hathaway
U. S. Navy
Lahrue Gant
Oklahoma City
Senate Refuses Seaway Vote in Rivers and Harbors Bill
The Senate rejected adding the St. Lawrence seaway project to the Rivers and Harbors bill by a 56 to 25 vote. President Roosevelt pressed for action via telegram, urging speed as the measure moves toward final passage of a $500 million package. Senators Aiken Langer and Vandenberg pressed the amendment after days of debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
St. Lawrence Seaway
Roosevelt
Aiken
R.-Vt
Langer
R.-N.d
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Epileptic Home Created in Pauls Valley Oklahoma
Mrs. George E. Calvert announces B. S. Ingram Norman police chief named superintendent of a new epileptic home at Pauls Valley. Epileptics from state mental hospitals will move into former Training School for White Boys quarters. Ingram to be paid 250 dollars monthly while finances are worked out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
George E. Calvert
Chiirman
State Board of Affairs
B. S. Ingram
Norman
Pauls Valley
Helena
Calvert
Ingram
D. W. Griffin
Duchess the Navy ship dog saved by surgery at sea
Duchess a one year old canine aboard a U S Navy ship near San Juan Puerto Rico received advanced surgical care over the weekend to save her life as she was about to give birth. Duchess and her four pups are reported doing fine following the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
P. R
Veterans Advisory Council Formed For This Community
A Veterans Advisory Council has been formed by agencies and civic groups to aid veteran rehabilitation. Robert P. Wood announces the council will stimulate local employment efforts and provide technical help and impartial evaluation of the program. Members include Trice Broadrick Ada High School J A Richardson Lions Club Judge Moss Wimbish and others with committees organized for publicity education counseling and welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert P. Wood
Trice Broadrick
Ada High School
War Manpower Commission
J. A. Richardson
Lions Club
Moss Wimbish
Social Service Council
L. L. Leasure
Trades Council
W. B. Morrison
East Central State College
C. H. Hailey
Agricultural Extension Department
Nolen Dyer
Civil Service Commission
Edith J. Stewart
American Red Cross
L. G. Denny
Selective Service Reemployment Committee
Harold Constant
American Legion
State Supreme Court Opinions from Oklahoma City Dec 12
The Oklahoma Supreme Court issued mixed rulings affirming in part and reversing in part across many cases. Notable actions include reversals for Johnson and Stephens county, City of McAlester versus state, and others involving Osage county, Oklahoma County, and Ponototoc county with various defendants and appellants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Agee
J. W. Keith
Aleen Winters
Gertrude Waiters
Jean Brunhoff
Frank Quarles
Jones J. Quarles
Osage County
Oscar Hawkins
Wauketa Hawkins
Ok Versedlahoma County
Security National Bank of
Duncan
J. B. Newman
Marion L. Self
Bryan County
Federal Savings and Loan Association of Oklahoma City
J. P. Stokes
Stokes Realty Co
Oklahoma County
Rowland F. Knox
Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co
Jes T. Nelson, Jr
Rialto Mining Co
Consolidated Underwriters Insurance Company
State Industrial Commission
Frank Russell
Russell Petroleum Co
Frank Russell, Inc
International Supply Co
W. T. Melton
W. F. Schulte
Pontotoc County
State of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
K. Eddie
B. D. Eddie
Pauline Eddie
Bedar Eddie
Copartners
Superior Feed Mills
Jack Lewis
I. J. Lewis
Rebecca Hickscough
Pottawatomie County
Yellow Dime Cab Company Inc
Evonaty
Affirmed
Pike
Tulsacoua- Criterion Theater Corporation
Ida Starns
Carter Oil
City of
McAlester
Board of Public Affairs
Pittsburg County
Winter Storm Dumps Heavy Snow Across Nation Nine States Hit
A broad winter storm delivers heavy snowfall from Colorado to the Atlantic coast and into the South. The Midwest digs out as depths reach 13 inches, while Western Pennsylvania sees up to 18 inches. Western states also report widespread disruptions and more than 30 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Atlantic Seaboard
South
Midwest
Pennsylvania
Newngland
Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Eastport
Maine
Weather Bureau
Illinois
Lower
Michigan
New York
West Virginia
Elkins
W. Va
Chicago
Syracuse
Buffalo
New York City
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Macon
Nebraska
Kansas
Wounded Oklahoma Soldiers Named by War Department
The war department lists Oklahoma soldiers wounded in the European theater. Names include Pfc. Marvin Beck Indianola Pvt. John Dorn Oklahoma City S/Sgt. Edgar Foltz Hillsdale and others from Tonkawa Chickasha Turley Collinsville Oklahoma City Hartshorne Hugo El Reno Cyril Trousdale Boswell Arapaho Morrison and Wewoka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oklahoma
War Department
Marvin FE. Beck
Indianola
John R. Dorn
Oklahoma City
Edgar A. Foltz
Hillsdale
Hubert M. Gilliland
Tonkawa
Adrian M. Hawpe
Chickasha
Richard C. Lane
Turley
Cornelius W. Ross, Jr
Collinsville
Joseph Stern
Lemuel L.ompson
John A K. Cullison
South Coffeyville
Edward L. Curliss
Hartshorne
Harold A. Davies
Hugo
James Sestes
el Reno
Johnnie W. Gilliam
Cyril
Curtis Hill
Trousdale
Harrell Tate
Boswell
Leon Vanselous
Arapaho
James F. Houser, Jr
Morrison
James L. Wade, Jr
Wewoka
Shoes Reopen Ration-Free Sale Under OPA Approval
Shoe dealers may sell a limited stock of obsolete shoes without rationing after OPA district office approval. Spares may be included. Prices cap at one dollar per pair for obsolete shoes and fifty cents for single shoes, with excess proceeds sent to the OPA district office within five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Sprightly Frontline News From GI's At The Siegfried Line
From the front by HAL BOYLE Pfc James Sliger of Farragut Iowa uses his sharp sense of smell to track a cigar smoke trail and capture two German machine gunners, saving his squad from annihilation. The hidden pair, initially bypassed, surrendered when challenged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Sligar
Nazi propaganda fails to impress tall Lt. Max in Germany
Vivian unit reports Lt. William T. Max, at 6 feet 2 inches, struggles to sleep in a captured pillbox bunk built for shorter Wehrmacht troops. His platoon leader notes the Nazi supermen myth is not fitting reality on the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Maxper
Vivian
Maxwell
Germany
Bub’s mistake as he asks for help from a colonel
In a hasty moment Tech Sergeant Edward F. Perry of Munsing Michigan sought someone to take three prisoners. He hailed a passing soldier and discovered the man was a full colonel after the exchange. The colonel laughed and waved him on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Perry
Munsing
Mich
Bub
Perry
German Soldier Surrenders After Theft Requesting American Overcoat
A German soldier who stole an overcoat from a fellow Nazi trooper surrendered to American forces. The amused frontline doughboys report his first request after surrender was for an American overcoat, a lighthearted moment amid the war’s seriousness.
Soldier’s Mauve to Bilious Green After Buzzbomb Hit
Pvt. Fred G. Torres of Maingouin Louisiana slept in an underground shelter when a buzzbomb exploded nearby. The blast sprayed indelible ink over his face and neck, turning his skin from mauve to a bilious green as he scrubbed with all soaps in his unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred G. Torres
Violet Ace
Hitler
Maingouin
Tankman
Torres
Derailed Day Coach Train Injures Eleven
A day coach on the Chicago to Minneapolis line derailed early today after a journal box burned out at 60 mph. Only the engine and first car remained on the track as 11 passengers were reported injured none needing medical attention. The crash occurred about 12:30 a.m. in a village 48 miles north of Chicago during heavy snowfall. A Milwaukee special train was dispatched to assist passengers. Deputy Sheriff Charles Rouse said several passengers were shaken and a few bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Charles Rouse
Lake County
Coalgate Soldier Among Wounded in War Theaters
Army casualty report lists 18 Oklahomans wounded in action across Asiatic Central Pacific European Mediterranean theaters. Names include Edwin C. Eanes Tulsa Harlen Shipman Cleveland Odis L. Warren Milburn William P. Johnson Tulsa Delbert W. McConnell Henryetta Har old R. Morse Oklahoma City Donald L. Gazaway Wilson Jacob Jimboy Clearview Loyd E. Mitchell Aston Lansford Bowles Tahlequah Oscar A. Fields Foyil Aston Mos Bokoshe Tom A. Overturf Broken Bow Hearshel H. Ritter Hobart John M. Roebuck Coalgate Charlie W. Thiems Okare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Edwin C. Eanes
Tulsa
Central Pacific
Harlen Shipman
Cleveland
Odis L. Warren
Milburn
William P. Johnson
Delbert W. McConnell
Henryetta
Harold R. Morse
Oklahoma City
Donald L. Gazaway
Wilson
Jacob Jimboy
Clearview
Loyd E. Mitchell
Aston
Lansford A. Bowles
Tahlequah
Oscar A. Fields
Foyil
Aston Mos
Bokoshe
Tom A. Overturf
Broken Bow
Hearshel H. Ritter
Hobart
John M. Roebuck
Coalgate
Efe
Charlie W. Thiems
Okare
Jap Admiral Nagumo Reported Dead at Saipan
Tokyo declared Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo killed in action on Saipan July, raising Japanese admirals listed as lost since May 7 to 74 and generals to 18. The Domei report noted posthumous promotion to full admiral and tied the announcement to a larger list of deaths during the greater east Asia war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
Chuichi Nagumo
Saipan Island
Nagumo
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Nimitz
Central Pacific
Naomo
Navy Ministry Today
Chiuchi Nigumo
Saipan
Federal Communications Commission
Planes Strike Mystery Base On Pearl Harbor Anniversary
U S 14th Air Force from an eastern China base launched a Pearl Harbor anniversary strike. P-51s at Hong Kong sank an Akizuke class destroyer and damaged freighters. at Nanking they destroyed at least 25 enemy aircraft and hit rail ferries. One loss reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Farnsworth
China
Clinton D. Vincent
U. S. Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Hong Kong
Kaitak
Kowloon
Nanking
Mingkukung
Taichaiocahu
Yangtze
14Th Air Force
Orient
Edward O. McComas
East 12Th St
Winfield, Kas
McComas
Pukow
Oklahoma names on European casualty list
A U S army release lists wounded Oklahomans from Europe. The names include Pfc. Darrell W Cook of Tulsa 1st Sgt. Jack E Evatt of Lawton Pvt. Lonnie H Finney of Sand Springs Pvt. Reford C Foster of Alex Lt. Hobart I Heartsill of Ardmore S/Sgt. Howard H Kopp of Oklahoma City Sgt. Lloyd E McGee of Ponca City Pfc. Wilbur W O Connor of Oklahoma City Cpl. Royal K Purdom of Briartown Lt. Charles Scheffel of Enid Pvt. William B Smith of Tulsa Lt. Timothy C Armstrong of Agra ner Stigler Pvt. Earl D Henry of Medford Pvt. Harry W Lend of Pryor Pfc. Earl L Parsons of Maldrow Pvt. Herman A Shoemake of Clayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Darrell W Cook
Tulsa
Jack E. Evatt
Lawton
Lonnie H. Finney
Sand Springs
Reford C. Foster
Alex
Hobart I. Heartsill
Ardmore
Howard H. Kopp
Oklahoma City
Lloyd E McGee
Ponca City
Wilbur W. O’connor
Royal K. Purdom
Mark V. Purdom
Briartown
Charles Scheffel
Enid
William B. Smith
Timothy C. Armstrong
Agraner
Stigler
Earl D. Henry
Medford
Harry W. Lend
Pryor
Earl L. Parsons
Muldrow
Herman A. Shoemake
Clayton
Slattery resigns as rural electrification chief
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Harry Slattery, 57, as rural electrification administrator. Slattery submitted notice by letter early last week, effective immediately. no reason was made public. No successor named. Slattery had been a central figure in a years long administrative dispute and congressional inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Harry Slattery
White House
Slattery
Orce
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Wickard
Jonathan Daniels
Daniels
Rea Wickard
Roosevelt Ivestigate
REA
St. Louis
In Rea
Interior Department
Tion
Wilson
Senate
Teapot Dome
Elk Hills
Tightening Draft Regulations May Bolster War Labor Force
Manpower officials express confidence that tighter draft rules due this week will cut labor turnover and bolster the war labor force. Byrnes directs drafting of older workers 26 through 37 and to consider occupationally deferred registrants leaving essential industries to fill critical jobs. The changes aim to slow attrition from munitions work as older registrants drift to peacetime employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin IL. Arrowsmith
Washington
Anpower
James F. Byrnes
Lewis B. Hershey
Armed Services
Byrnes
WMC
Selective Service
Army
Navy
Claide
Southwest Hit By Labor Shortages
Oklahoma City reports a drastic labor shortage for war industries will halt most civilian non war production and construction in Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle under federal restrictions. Production urgency committees will control new civilian activity at the Army Navy and War Production Board request. Officials estimate 113 000 workers in less essential sectors with about 15 000 potentially available for transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Texas
Tulsa
Enid
McAlester
Muskogee
Promised Turkey Yet Soldiers Take Post-Thanksgiving Dine
In Germany on December 2, Sgt Rains Robins and his crew from Ben Hur Virginia led a tank patrol to a deer target. Corpl Walter McGrail of Lowell Mass swung the machinegun and fired after the command shouted Fire Target. The crew cheered at the successful hunt and venison feast after Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth L. Dixon
Germany
Turkey
Rains Robins
Ben Hur
Walter McGrail
Lowell
Mass
Frank Zyck
Lynn
Elwood Pickell
Conshohoken
Sam Paperelli
Erie
Sergeant Robins
McGrail
Tank Ambush by Capt Fawkes Nets Two German Tanks
Captain Ed Fawkes of Columbia Missouri planned an ambush of two Mark 5 tanks approaching. He selected Sergeant Myron J. Hix of Asheville North Carolina to lead the attack with crew members Tony Bezas, Edwin G. Wawers, and Ralph D. Day. Hix fired at signal, first tank hit a wall, second crashed into it, crews bailed out. score one shot two tanks no errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Fawkes
Columbia
Myron J. Hix
Asheville
N. C
Corp
Tony Bezas
Staten Island
Nic
Edwin G. Wawers
Fairmont
Ralph D. Day
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fawkes
Hix
Great New British Naval Command To Help In Pacific
London reports a new British Pacific naval command is created to join U S forces in driving Japan back. Admiral Sir Bruce A Fraser to command. Far Eastern fleet moves to Indian Ocean under Vice Admiral Sir Arthur J Power. New setup aims to coordinate with Nimitz and MacArthur in the central and southwest Pacific theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Japan
Admiralty
Churchill
Britain
Orient
Bruce A. Fraser
Far Eastern
Indian Ocean
East Indies Station
Malayan Peninsula
Singapore
Arthur J. Power
Fraser
Chester Nimitz
Central Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
East Indies
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Lower
Burma
Malaya
C. S. Daniel
Pacific
Fire sweeps Higginsville lumber yard and house
A $50,000 fire destroyed the firefighter Fred Newman's home beside a lumber yard in Higginsville Missouri last night. Firefighters saved nearby houses while the blaze consumed the chief's residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higginsville
Fred Newman
Newman
Salesman on Horseback in War Bond Drive
Albion Nebraska December reports Guy S. Bowman riding 15 miles daily to complete his calls for the Sixth War Loan drive. Bowman has exceeded his quota and says he will keep selling bonds to hurry the war, even if it means more horseback work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion
Neb
Paul Revere
Guy S. Bowman
Bowman
Industrial strength needed for nations to be great
A future world view asserts that nations must excel in both industry and agriculture to be truly strong. The phrase mentions Donald M. Nelson and Chung ing as notable figures or influences in this thinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
reDonald M
Nelsen Rat
Chunging
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Hinderliter
Ordnance Division
Fujiyama
RAF
NEA
Lt. Hathaway Son of
St. Lawrence Project
New State Institution
Ship
Ada News
Veterans’ Advisory Council
State Supreme Court
The
Gi's
Mystery Base
P. H
Clarence A. Stoldt
Alfred E. Ballin
WPB
Dave Vandivier
Texas Panhandle
Great New British Naval Command
Nimitz- MacArthur Command
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