FDR Stands on Six State Nominees Amid Senate Battle
President Roosevelt signaled he will renominate the six State Department figures if the Senate blocks confirmation before adjournment. Senator Pepper says he will vote against all but Archibald MacLeish, arguing the nominees clash with administration policy. the White House insists the men will carry out his views.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Senate
State Department
Roosevelt
Pepper
D.-Fla
Congress
Joseph C. Grew
Archibald MacLeish
Nelson Rockefeller
W. L. Clayton
James C. Dunn
Julius Homes
Agin
Florida
MacLeish
Murray
Guffey
Chandler
White House
FDR
Department of State
Sesson
Poland Clears Tension Ahead of Big Three Meeting
Henry C. Cassidy reports that U.S. and British declarations on Poland ease tension among the Allies. Nations expect progress on frontier questions and transition aid for Poland as Stalin plans a second Big Three session with Roosevelt and Churchill.
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Washington
United States
Russia
London
Polish National Committee
Lublin
Lublin Committee
Britain
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Roosevelt
Churchill
State Department
Richard K. Law
Stettinius
Italy
Mindoro invasion advances with light resistance
Mindoro invasion proceeds with minimal ground opposition as U S forces report a growing tally of Japanese planes knocked out. Navy and air armada strikes around Manila Bay and Luzon claim heavy destruction of Nippon facilities and ships, while MacArthur notes progress on Leyte with 905 Japanese dead found and careful casualty avoidance. Maj. Richard Bong adds his 40th victory.
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Douglas MacArthur
Mindoro
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Leyte
U. S
Valencia
Ormoc
MacArthur
Japanese Brutal Use of White Prisoners Warned by War Office
The British war office said more than 60,000 white captives labored under brutal conditions with about 24,000 dead. A Thai land Burma railway memorial lists 25,000 dead, mostly non Japanese. Prisoners suffered on stretchers, received beatings, and faced torture and killing despite some post railway improvements.
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London
British
War Office
Thailand-Burma
Commons
James Grigg
First Army Crosses Roer Into Duren City
American doughboys and tanks halted a German armor push as patrols crossed the Roer river barrier into Duren. The action came as the Nazi counteroffensive probed Belgium and Luxembourg along a 60 mile front with efforts to stabilize the line.
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Rver River
City of
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Rhineland
Belgium
Paris
Roer
Luxembourg
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83Rd Division
Monschau
Churchill In New Tempest Looms Over Greece Debate
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill to speak in a special Commons debate on Greece amid ongoing Greek situation discussions. Allied fronts show pressure on Cologne, Roer river operations near Duren, and German counteroffensives threatening Aachen.
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House of Commons
Greece
Churchill
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Christmas Holiday Dates For Capitol Staff
Oklahoma City December 19 The Christmas holiday period for Capitol employees will begin Friday afternoon and end Tuesday morning, the governor's office announced today.
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Oklahoma City
Capitol
Obituary of Pi W. Conrady former Ardmore dairy man
Oklahoma City obituary notes Pi W. Conrady 61 a former Ardmore dairy and produce man died after a two week illness in a city hospital He operated a restaurant in Oklahoma City Survived by widow a daughter Mrs A T Lewis of Oklahoma City and a son Tom Conrady of Muskogee Services will be held in Oklahoma City tomorrow with burial at Ardmore
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Oklahoma City
W. A. Conrady
Ardmore
A. T. Lewis
Tom Conrady
Muskogee
Aggies Score 44 Points in Three Straight Games
Oklahoma A&M basketball team reaches 44 points in three consecutive games, beating Westminster 44 33 in Buffalo and NYU 44 41 at Madison Square Garden, then losing 44 46 to Temple in Philadelphia. Coach Hank Iba jokes about targeting 45 in 45.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma Aggie
Westminster
Buffalo
N. Y
New York University
Madison Square Garden
Temple
Philadelphia
Hank Iba
Iba
Aggies
Christmas News Festivities At Ada and Area
Ada observes Yuletide with Junior Chamber of Commerce events at the Baptist Orphanage and college and Horace Mann music programs. Ada High and East Central schedule festive activities then resume classes after December 25 with varied store hours planned by merchants.
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Ada
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Baptist
Horace Mann
Ada High
Chamber of Commerce Elects Seven Directors
More than 200 ballots were returned in annual Chamber of Commerce director elections. Top vote getters were B. D. Denton, George MacRobert, A. 5 Richardson, Wendell Thomas, Rex Morrison, Tom A. Thomas, and Martin Clark. They join existing directors C. H. Massey, Oscar Parker, F. C. Norris, Harvey Lambert, S. M. Baubluts, L. H. Harrell, and W. O. Smith as new term members.
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Chamber of Commerce
B. D. Denton
George MacRobert
Richardson
Wendell Thomas
Rex O. Morrison
Tom A. Thomas
Martin Clark
C. H. Massey
Oscar Parker
F. C. Norris
Harvey Lambert
S. M. Baubluts
L. H. Harrell
W. O. Smith
Britain's auto tax shifts to engine size in new plan
London reports that starting next year Britain's automobile tax will be restructured from horsepower to cubic capacity of the engine, affecting owners and manufacturers.
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London
Britain
Regents Slash Deep Into Building Plans
OKLAHOMA CITY December 19 A four million dollar cut reduces the proposed state higher education building program from nine million to five million as regents prepare for the January legislature. Governor Kerr warns of limited funds and urges tax reductions alongside education and road funding.
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Oklahona City
Board of Regents
Robert S. Kerr
M. A. Nash
Regents
Kerr
Draft Calls Will Be Stepped Up
Washington reports two new draft changes with Army calls rising to 80 000 monthly in January and February All men under 30 rejected since Feb 1 last are to be re examined in 1945 except those with obvious defects Tulsa notices Lt Lee Erhard USNR Tulsa World on leave gains medical discharge and returns to duties around Jan 1 after two years in the Navy
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Washington
Army
Tulsa
Lee Erhard
USNR
The
Tulsa World
Weather outlook for Oklahoma and Kansas tonight and Wednesday
Fair and mild conditions continue for Oklahoma tonight and Wednesday with lows around 25. Kansas also stays fair with mild temperatures and slightly warmer readings in the northeast and north central areas, with lows 25 to 35.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Packages In Auto Left Unlocked May Easily Be Stolen
City police warn that unlocked cars downtown are targets for theft and advise carrying or watching packages. Two recent incidents showed items taken and resold. police will investigate but rarely recover stolen goods. Desk sergeant Drew Thomas urges guarding packages or keeping them with a watched vehicle.
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Drew Thonas
Lad Sends Earnings To Help Some Gr
Miami, December 19. Claire Whitesell 12, a Pan American Field paper boy, sent $15 of his earnings to the Miami Daily News Heroes Telephone Fund for a boy to call his mom on Christmas. He explains his brother is in Saipan and cannot phone home, now a hero in heaven.
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Fla
Claire Whitesell
Miami Daily News Heroes Telephone Fund
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Pan American Field
S. Pacific
Saipan
Heaven
Heavy Fighting At Bagnacavallo On Eighth Army Front
Heavy fighting raged on the Eighth army front around Bagnacavallo about 10 miles into the Po valley above Rimini Bol ogna. Farther west Polish troops advanced toward the river Senio within five and a half miles of Imola. U S Fifth army patrols remained active. Mediterranean Allied air forces flew 1450 sorties destroying four enemy aircraft and losing 24 planes in attacks across Germany Austria Hungary Yugoslavia and Po Valley communications in Italy.
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Austria
Hungary
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Italy
Churchill defends Britain’s Belgium intervention amid Greek review
Prime Minister Churchill blocked a full Commons review of the war and Greece fighting while defending British troop actions in Belgium. He said Britain acted under American instructions and cited Eisenhower, noting a temporary news blackout and that Belgian authorities disarmed most insurgents.
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Greece
Belgium
Alex H. Singleton
London
Churchill
Eisenhower
Geece
Britain
Brussels
Mons
Frederick assumes command of 45th Infantry Division in Europe
Maj. Gen. Robert I. Frederick, born March 14, 1907 in San Francisco, assumes command of the 45th Infantry Division in Europe. A West Point graduate, he rose to major general in 1944, earned the Distinguished Service Medal for a Kiska operation, and has served in North Africa Italy and southern France as head of the airborne task force.
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Washington
Robert I. Frederick
45Th
Europe
War Department
Frederick
San Francisco
West Point
Kiska
Aleutians
General Staff
North Africa
Italy
France
War crimes toll cited in Lithuania occupation
The state committee investigating war crimes in Lithuania reports 165000 prisoners of war and 300000 civilians killed by Germans during the Baltic region occupation. A new execution camp was found at Porani near Wilno, Poland.
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Moscow
State Committee
Lithuania
Baltic Republic
Porani
Wilno
Poland
A-13 gasoline coupons expire Thursday
Washington reports that Thursday is the last day to use A-13 gasoline coupons. Beginning Friday six A-14 coupons in each basic A book become valid, with each new coupon good for four gallons of gasoline and valid through March 21, 1945.
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Washington
PESSIMIST T' Impress Wife With Sleep Claim
Cather Harp writes to his wife that he took the bedspread off before going to bed last night claiming peace and tranquility aren’t love but sleep. The note appears in the context of a few weeks apart.
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Cather Harp
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