Scouts and Cubs Boy Scout Drive Prompts Holiday Push
Scouts and Cubs chase holiday collections with targets 600 pounds for a a i and 1000 pounds for a pup nt while a contest awards a canoe for most Boy's Life subscriptions. Troop 88 leads, Court of Honor December 28, Cub party December 29, and badges require parental help.
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Benny Floyd
Benny
Troop 88
Court of Honor
Walter Graisham
Jack Caldwell
John Logsdon
Miss Bradley
First Christian Church
Jimmy Lance
Leon Lance
Jimmy
Pat
Raymond Hutchings
Vaness
Center
Wilson
Glenwood Pack
W. A. Sanders
Den
Eddie Clark Jr
Curtis Lamb
Cleo Tate
W .A. Sanders
George Hill
Earnie Randall
Carl Tate
Glen Dale Sanders
Kenneth Choate
Truman Will Take No Sideline Jobs After Inauguration
Senator Harry S. Truman plans to accept no executive sideline posts after becoming Vice President on January 20. He told friends Roosevelt and he agreed not to be called for outside activities, aiming to be a direct information channel between the White House and the Senate and to be viewed as an insider by his colleagues.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Board of Economic Warfare
Truman
White House
Senate
Postmen Won’t Get Raise Yet as Senate Drops Plan
Washington reports postal workers will miss a $400 annual raise this Christmas after the House approved the measure 133 to 1 and sent it to the Senate, which adjourned for the holidays. The raise would apply to about 350,000 workers, with most starting salaries around $1,700 and incremental increases. The last raise was in 1925, and timing depends on a new Congress after the break.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Bailey
Post Office Department
Postal Service
Oklahoma War Casualties List Raises Hope and Questions
The War Department released a list of 28 Oklahoma soldiers wounded in action across European and Mediterranean theaters. Names include Preston Abbott Tulsa Thomas Adams Oklahoma City Charles Bell Jr. and many others with next of kin notified. Also discussed are postal salary reform debates and a pending congressional decision on varied raises rather than a flat 400 across all grades.
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Washington
War Department
Oklahoma
Preston Abbott
Noah L. Abbott
Ada
Thomas H. Adams
Tulsa
Charles A. Bell, Jr
Oklahoma City
Charles Burns
Hockerville
Ralph W. Hall
Hartshorne
Arnold P. Hart
Sapulpa
John F
G. Karleskint
George M. Karleskint
Miami
Lewis T. McGee
William E. Potts
Richard Boynton
el Reno
Alfred E. Bruce
Watson
Little J. Burgess
Konawa
Otis W. Byrd
Allane
Homer P. Casady
Turpin
George L. Fugate
Welch
John H. Jackson
Checotah
Henry C. Moore
Blackwell
Ralph E. Nuttle
Pawnee
J. D. Ross
Gotebo
Raymon T. Sandlin
Wetumka
Mediterranean Area
Walter T. Ferguson
Alfred R. Johnson
Muskogee
Herman L. Stanbrough
Coyle
Orland D. Lester
Purcell
Hubert H. Lewis
Muldrow
Wess Miller
Junior W. Riggs
Monroe
Blue token helps repair truck fuel pump in Oklahoma
In Seminole Earl Hull used a blue ration token to fix a leaky fuel pump after punching a hole in the token. Tulsa police Chief Roy Hyatt mistakenly used two cent stamps for three cent postage on Christmas cards under the new rate, causing cards to be returned.
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Earl Huull
OPA
Hull
Tulsa
Roy Hyatt
El Reno Woman to Christen Liberty Ship Launch
Pho nograph records and games are being collected for recreation rooms of the U S S El Reno Victory to be launched January 12 at Richmond California. Mrs B T Marshall wife of El Renos mayor was chosen to christen the Liberty ship.
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EL Reno
Richmond
Calif
B. T. Marshall
Local firms fund street cleaner donation drive
Pauls Valley reports local business firms are contributing funds to purchase a street cleaning machine, hoping to improve downtown cleanliness and curb future litter concerns.
Cox twins enlist together in merchant marine
Guthrie December 22. Lewis and Lloyd Cox twin sons of Mr and Mrs E N Cox enlisted in the merchant marine together. When one went to Avalon California for an appendix operation the other accompanied him to the hospital, sharing the trip and experience as brothers do.
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Guthrie
Lewis
Lloyd Cox
E. N. Cox
Merchant Marine
Avalon
Calif
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Fdr
Ada News
By James Marlow
Okmulgee
E. L. Roberts
American Exchange Bank
Henryetta
Ise W. Main
Milam’s Furniture
Pvt. Abbott
Sentnor Bailey
Walker
igEc
West Main
W. F. Brown
Prop
City Bus Lines
North Broadway
THE
ADA Evening News
Southeastern Oklahoma
Associated Press
Wire Service
NEA
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