Crable Secures Writ Blocking Tulsa Arrests
Ada based A L Crable state superintendent obtained a writ of habeas corpus in Tulsa county district court blocking arrest by a deputy from the Tulsa sheriff. Bond set at 2000 dollars. another defendant Crable’s codefendant J T Daniel posted 1000 dollars.
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Ada
Tulsa County
A. L. Crabie
Crable
J. T. Daniel
Ryan
Tulsa County Sheriffs Office
Crabl
Orel Busby
Busby
Tal Crawford
District Court of
Grand Jury
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Clendening
Tulsa
H. G. Bennett
Criminal Court of Appeals
Supt
Oklahoma City
Crable Denies Co Planning With Daniel On Indictment
Crable rejects claims of meetings with J. T. Daniel over the indictment. He says both men followed the same legal steps after grand jury action, denying any joint conference. Also noted are related filings challenging grand jury jurisdiction and a similar appeal by Dr. Henry G Bennett.
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Crable
Daniel
Mr. Crable
Tulsa World
J. T. Daniel
Ada
Orel Busby
Busby
Oklahoma City
Judge Busby
Tulsa
E. W. Marland
Springfield
A. Garland Marrs
Crabl
Habeas Corp Us
Criminal Court of Appeals
Henry G. Bennett
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
One Dead and Three Injured in Highway Crash Near Lehigh
A sequence of accidents on U S Highway 75 near Lehigh Oklahoma left Ernest Byerley 55 of Onslow Iowa dead at an Ada hospital from a crushed chest. L B Parker and L M Jackson of Atoka were injured with Parker in critical condition. Tom Rickman of Marshall Texas and Albert Keener und sheriff suffered critical injuries. The event began when Byerley’s car collided with an unlit mule drawn thresher then was struck by Rickman’s truck. Local officers reported the crash about 8 p m.
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Lehigh
Coal County
Highway Patrol
Ernest Byerley
Onslow
Iowa
Atoka
Buck Cook
L. B. Parker
L. M. Jackson
Parker
Jackson
Byerley
Thomas Rickman
Marshall
Tex
Cook
Rickman
Albert Keener
Ada
Floyd Adams Home Destroyed By Fire
The home of Floyd D. Adams, a Frisco railroad employee, east of Adam, burned to the ground early Tuesday. Firemen had it under control when water supply failed and a reflash occurred. Officials cited a hot water heater as the likely cause. Tulsa votes on a civil service city employees charter amendment. turnout described as extremely light.
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Floyd D. Adams
Frisco Railroad
Adam
Tulsa
Delays in Tulsa textbook conspiracy case spread
Ed Morrison of Panhandle A and M and J. E. Peery Minco school chief seek extra time to enter pleas. Shaw requests delay for his client Oklahoma City, while Dr. Henry Bennett and Willis Smith also face arraignment as several defendants obtain writs or bond releases.
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Tulsa
Ed Morrison
Panhandle A. and M. College
Goodwell
Garland Marrs
Texas County
P_J. E. Peery
Minco
Tulsa County
Grand Jury
Peery
S. J. Clendinning
Dixie Gilmer
Shaw
O. E. Shaw
Oklahoma City
Carl T. McPherson
Henry G. Bennett
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Panhandle A. and
Well
Willis Smith
A. L. Crable
J. T. Daniel
Roosevelt Awards DSC to Clark and Five Fifth Army Officers
President Roosevelt, after Cairo Teheran conferences, in Sicily conferred the Distinguished Service Cross on Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark and five Fifth Army officers for actions at Salerno. The ceremony at Castelvetrano followed a parade ground display with Eisenhower, Spaatz, Patton and other senior leaders present.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sicily
Cairo
Teheran
White House
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Clark
Salerno
Italy
Reuben H. Tucker
Ansonia
Tunis
Malta
Dwight E. Eisenhower
Middle Mediterranean
Carl Spaatz
Northwest African Air Force
George S. Patton
Seventh Army
Severe Cold Enters Oklahoma State Amid Forecast Snow
The state girds for a cold wave as temperatures drop below freezing in the north and fall to the mid teens in the south while Ada enjoys sun earlier. Forecasters predict five below to 15 above, with winds and possible snow as Bartlesville reports light snow and Guthrie stays chilled.
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Associated Press
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma City
Guymon
Panhandle
Elk City
McAlester
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Bartlesville
Prairies
Northwest
Guthrie
Burglar Steals 35 Watches From Gem Credit Jewelers
Burglars broke a window at 117 West Main to grab about 35 watches with losses estimated at 3500 dollars. A man’s watch valued at 42.50 was dropped as the culprit exited, crystals from a ladies’ watch were left behind, and police have fingerprints as clues. The store, owned by Asa Hutchinson, had just received the shipment and was not insured.
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Gem Credit Jewelers
West Main
Asa Hutchinson
Ration Plan For Restaurants Seen Unlikely This Winter
Washington report notes Rep. Christian Herter plans a restaurant rationing scheme if shortages bite. The plan would add 25 percent more points to household rations and tally points by wholesale meat cuts. Admin agencies seek to avoid any restaurant rationing amid ample food supplies.
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Ann Stevick
Noa
Stetf
Washington
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
Herter
Office of Price Administration
Paul Miller Promoted To Assistant General Manager AP
Paul Miller former Oklahoma newspaperman and chief of the Washington bureau for the Associated Press is promoted to assistant general manager of the World-Wide news gathering organization. He will stay in Washington as bureau chief while Alan J. Gould Frank J. Starzel and Claude A. Jagger also receive assistant general manager posts.
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New York
Paul Miller
Oklahoma
Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Miller
Washington
Alan J. Gould
Frank J. Starzel
Claude A. Jagger
Gould
Jagger
Starzel
Soap strengthens cloth processing and uniform manufacture
Soap aids in converting raw materials into finished fabrics and plays a key role in felt ing bleaching and dyeing cotton and rayon, and in waterproofing uniforms.
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G. I
Postwar Traffic Woes Highlighted by Veterans Returning
World War I veterans who flew in Ameri can aviators destroyed 926 enemy aircraft while losing 265. The postwar traffic problem will be grave as fighting men return to driving and civilians, freed from gas shortages, hit worn tires with renewed urgency.
When Men Trapped It's Up to Officer To Figure Way Out
Lieutenant Colonel Jess Larson of Chickasha Oklahoma is highlighted as a Salerno hero. The piece presents his perspective on leadership under fire showing duty over politics, his longing to return to his men, and admiration for British resolve. It notes his Fort Sill posting as field artillery instructor and his reflections in the Pentagon on war council discussions and frontline lessons.
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Busham
Washington
Jess Larson
Chickasha
Oklahoma
Salerno
Congress
Johnny Doughboy
Jess
Fort Sill
Pentagon
Landon Sees Dewey as Leading 1944 GOP Hope
Landon says he has not yet gauged public reaction to naming Dewey as the outstanding possibility for the Republican nomination. He notes sentiment favors Dewey and predicts a decisive 1944 GOP victory, with support also voiced for Bricker and MacArthur. He stopped in Rochester to hear Gannett’s European impressions.
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Rochester
N. Y
Alf M. Landon
Dewey
Landon
Frank Gannett
Gannett Newspaper Group
Kansas
Milwaukee
Wis
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Douglas MacArthur
Wendell Willkie
Army Can't Keep This Guy In Clothing
Pvt. Donald McNiff, an engineer from Boston, consistently loses or has his clothing taken across deployments in Italy. From Fort Devens to Pine Camp and Camp Pickett, he endures missing shirts, ill fitting underwear, stolen bags, a single surviving shoe, and other gear losses while living in army barracks and hospital tents.
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Associated Press
United States Army
Italy
Pvt
Donald McNiff
Army
McNiff
Boston
Mass
Fort Devens
Post
45Th
Pine Camp
Camp Pickett
Virginia
Sicily
Ada High School Girls Volunteer at Valley View Hospital
A group of Ada high school girls including Violet Ann Crisp and Wanda Hart spend Saturdays and Sundays volunteering at Valley View hospital to explore nursing ambitions. The south wing has reopened for patients and the hospital now cares for about 50 patients, 12 babies and 38 adults. Miss Sarah Lawrence of the New York Commonwealth Fund plans an official visit over the weekend.
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Violet Ann Crisp
Maxine Elizabeth Robinson
Wanda Hart
Eudine Welch
Melvine Horton
Sally Norman
Virginia Miller
Ada High School
Valley View Hospital
Valley View
Sarah Lawrence
The
New York Commonwealth Fund
British Civilians Lose 119 in Raids
Civilian air raid casualties in Britain in November totaled 119 killed and 238 injured, the ministry of home security announced. This compares with 118 killed or missing and believed dead and 283 injured in October, up from September when five killed and 11 hurt.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Home Security
Warren G Guiss Tulsa oil man dies at 61
Warren G. Guiss, 61, Tulsa oil man, died in a hospital two weeks after a heart attack. He entered the oil business in Barnesville and moved to Tulsa in 1915. Guiss served as secretary treasurer of McMan Oil and Gas from 1915 to 1930 and later was connected with J. A. Chapman interests.
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Tulsa
Warren G. Guiss
Guiss
Barnesville
McMan Oil and Gas Company
J. A. Chapman Interes
There Still Time To Plant Wheat and Rye Grass for Chickens
Stillwater reports poultryman Dr. Robert Penquite of Oklahoma A and M says there is time to plant wheat and ryegrass for green pasture to feed flocks. If plots are small or dry, mowings and alternative greens can supplement feed as new pasture develops, with oats, barley, and later crops to follow.
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Stillwater
Robert Penquite
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Penquite
Kate
Recalescence in steel during cooling through critical temperature
Recalescence refers to sudden heat release in steel as it cools past a critical temperature where its molecular structure alters.
Steaks Break Up Milwaukee Divorce Case
A Milwaukee man sues for divorce claiming his wife deliberately served him tough steaks after he had all his teeth pulled, triggering the dispute over their marriage breakdown.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Global slave population estimated at five million
An estimate places the number of people still in slavery worldwide at about five million, excluding those held by invading forces or Nazi Germany.
Tern found near Muscongus Bay after 4 years in Africa
A common tern banded and released at Muscongus Bay Maine in 1913 was recovered dead in Nigeria four years later, reported in the Ada News Want Ads.
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Muscongus Bay
Nigeria
Africa
House Moves to Transfer Oil Price Control to Interior
The House voted 247 to 71 to strip the Office of Price Administration of petroleum price authority and transfer it to Interior Secretary Ickes as petroleum administrator. The bill seeks to fix crude and product prices to spur oil exploration, with ceilings tied to an all commodities index. An additional move could place coal pricing under Ickes as well.
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Washington
House
Office of Price Administration
Interior
Ickes
Spence
Disney
Okla
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
OPA
Wartime Stamp Program Details for Groceries and Fuel
The notice lists validities for book three brown stamps L M N and P for January 1, book four green stamps A B C until December 20 D E F until January 20, book four sugar stamp 29 for five pounds until January 15. Shoes stamps air plane stamp No 1 indefinite. Gasoline coupons 9A three gallons until January 21 B and C two gallons. Period one through January 3, period two valid in entire rationed area until February 8, period three in midwestern southern states until March 15 midwest and February 22 south. All coupons equal 10 gallons per unit, many worth more.
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Midwestern
Middle West
South
Hope for Limited Revenue in 1943 Tax Measure
Senate finance leaders expect to raise only about 2.0 billion dollars more from the 1943 tax bill, far short of the 10.5 billion demanded by Morgenthau, with passage unlikely before Christmas. The committee voted to let the court of claims review renegotiation profits and allow deducting estimated federal taxes when judging excess profits.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
Senate
Court of Claims
U. S. Tax Court
Army
Navy
Flu and Colds Drive Absenteeism Across U S Regions
The Associated Press reports rising absenteeism in eastern and midwestern war plants offices and schools due to grippe influenza and colds. Cities like Philadelphia Toledo Louisville report hundreds of thousands affected. weather forecasters predict colder temperatures and continued spread but fewer hospitalizations as many patients stay home.
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Associated Press
Midwest
United States
Mon
Washington
Dec
Weather Bureau
New England
New York
Tennessee
Philadelphia
Toledo
Louisville
Indianapolis
Kansas
Floyd Beerman
State Board of Health
Beelman
Haven for injured servicemen at Mrs Wright’s Washington home
Mrs J George Wright of Pawhuska Oklahoma provides a haven for overseas injured servicemen brought to Washington for hospitalization. Dozens visit her Connecticut Avenue apartment seeking a few hours outside the hospital with arm and leg loss patients among them. She hopes discharged men reestablish civilian life soon with stable work.
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Ham
Washington
Oklahoma
J. George Wright
Wright
Pawhuska
Okla
Osage Indian Agency
Officer Can Run For Political Job
Washington dispatch reports no bars between military officers and political office. Senator Vandenberg says war and navy departments counsel there is no prohibition on nomination or election of an officer. Officers may remain in service during campaigns but would resign or retire if elected. Lt Com Harold E Stassen, former Minnesota governor, may seek the presidency in Nebraska primary.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Vandenberg
Mich
Rpublican Party
Douglas MacArthur
War and Navy Departments
Michigan
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Nebraska
Giants of the Sea: Ancient Sharks Reached 100 Feet
From fossils researchers note that ancient sharks exceeded 100 feet in length making today’s sharks comparatively small. The finding highlights drastic prehistoric oceanic gigantism and shifts in marine ecosystems.
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Crabie
Floyd Adams
Gen. Clark
Treasury Hunt
Treasury Procurement Service
Treasury Purchasing Agency
Office of Civilian Requirements
Odds and Ends
Col. Larson
Willkie
Ada News
Associated Pras
East
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