Hopes for 1945 Home Front Face Tight War Rationing
A New Year survey shows limited hope for civilian wares in 1945 as rationing continues. General shortages hit refrigerators vacuum cleaners brass wire and footwear while food stays largely available though with possible sugar meat and coffee shifts. Travel and transport face restrictions with no new autos or tires expected and wartime production priorities remain.
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Washington
America
U. S
Department of Commerce
Brazil
OPA
Turkey
Department of Agriculture
Travel and Transportation Office of Defense Transportation
War Production Board
Auto and Tire
Penny-turns misfortune at Golden Rule store
In Oklahoma City on December 26 Western Union told Jane Schneider a money order awaited her. The order was only one cent, so she sent an indignant thanks-collect to settle the matter. The note notes high grade alloy steels made by electric furnaces for war materiel and mentions about 3000 volumes in a battleship library.
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Oklahoma City
Western Union
Jane Schneider
Collect
New York Butchers Threaten Holiday Over OPA Rules
Mayor LaGuardia and city officials inspected meat markets at dawn as New York butchers threaten a Christmas day holiday in protest against OPA ceiling prices on meat. Retailers plan a boycott, with only about 600-700 markets expected to open. Kosher markets dwindled as supplies ran low.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
OPA
Henry M. Brundage
Jack Kranis
New York City
City Department of Markets
Indian Hasn't Been Done Right
Washington reports the House Indian affairs committee found after a ten month investigation that whites have not properly treated American Indians. The panel said Indians remain dependent on government services and that the Indian Office cannot be abolished yet due to unmet obligations and disappointing progress over 150 years of oversight.
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Washington
Congressional
House Indian Affairs Committee
United States
Three Youths Die In Highway Crash
Three youths were killed and two others seriously injured when their automobile crashed into a tree on the outskirts of Idabel Oklahoma. Kenneth D Diggs 17 and Junior Kaniatobe 16 died at the scene while Frank Shannon 22 died later at a Paris Texas hospital. The injured were Glenn Strawn and Junior Johnson both about 20.
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Idabel
Okla
Kenneth D. Diggs
Junior Kaniatobe
Frank Shannon
Paris
Tex
Glenn Strawn
Junior Johnson
Frenchwomen's Vote Will Decide Future of France
Paris reports Frenchwomen have gained the vote and will take part in district and municipal elections next February. About 61 percent of the electorate could be women, with 12 women among 270 delegates to the Consultative Assembly signaling growing female influence in politics and social reform.
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Paris
France
Consultative Assembly
de Gaulle
House of Commons
Gilbert Brossolette
Better Apply For Milk Subsidy
Farmers must file by January 1, 1945 to receive September and October milk and cream subsidy payments, says W. B. Johnson, head of the local AAA office. Many farmers are eligible but must apply. forms for November and December will come later.
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W. B. Johnson
AAA
Christmas Lingers On In Holidays, Gifts, Memories
Christmas memories linger as families reunite amid damp, cold weather. Downtown shops stay busy during national exchange week. Police report arrests on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day including a man whipping his wife and several for drunkenness.
Christmas Weekend Deadly In State Report Of Patrol
The Oklahoma highway patrol reports 20 people died in Christmas weekend accidents nine in traffic crashes raising the yearly toll to 291. Five fires claimed lives, one person died in an airplane crash and another from gun wounds. Several named victims including Elizabeth Ann Burton two from Geary and soldiers from Ardmore air base identified as M Sgt Roger B Pufahl and Staff Sgt Edward R Nelson.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Elizabeth Ann Burton
Henry Burton
Thomas
Custer City
Jim Strong
Geary
J. D. Strong
O. O. Campbell
John M. Gray
Antlers
Adn Antlers Funeral Home
Camp Maxey
Tex
I. W. Manley
Ardmore Air Base
Roger B. Pufahl
Milwaukee
Wis
Edward R. Nelson
Duluth
Minn
Sought Divorce and Is Placed in Jail
Louis Billups of Miami sought a Tulsa district court divorce but was jailed on perjury charges after admitting he abandoned his wife Juanita and their two year old child in Albuquerque. Judge Clendining ordered immediate jail custody.
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Tulsa
Okla
Louis Billups
Miami
Billups
Juanita
Albuquerque
F. J. Lucas
Gas Coupons Expire December 31 OPA Announces
The Office of Price Administration says gasoline ration coupons B-4 C-4 and fourth quarter A-4 for trucks taxis and buses expire on December 31. Few B-4 and C-4 remain outstanding as local boards halted issuances last August. The fourth quarter coupons were issued for use in the fourth quarter only to prevent leftover coupons from being used illegally.
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Washington
OPA
Llezal
Veterans exempt from 20 percent equity rule for G IPurchases
A wartime housing ruling allows veterans buying homes under the G I Bill to avoid the 20 percent unborrowed funds requirement. OPA rent rules previously barred eviction of a purchaser occupying the home without such payment. The ruling was set aside today specifically for G I purchases.
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Washington
G.I
OPA
G. I
Tires Reduced for Civilians in January
Washington reports civilian tire supplies for January will be cut sharply from December. The OPA says military rubber demand has lowered the January allocation to 1,800,000 passenger tires, 216,000 small truck and bus tires, and 110,000 heavy truck and bus tires.
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Washington
OPA
Stricter Ration Rules Take Effect Today
Washington December 26 stricter and broader food rationing begins. Butter points rise from 20 to 24 a pound and red and blue stamps valid before December 1 are cancelled. Canned peas corn green beans asparagus spinach require points. Sugar stamps and home canning certificates except stamp No 34 are cancelled. About 85 percent of meats require ration points starting Sunday. Ample food remains available per OPA despite tighter limits.
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Washington
OPA
Oklahoma Wounded List Grows With 30 Names
War Department releases additional Oklahoma soldiers wounded in Europe. Names include Anatole Aissen Fort Sill Ollie Christian Bethel Charles Christie Oklahoma City Howard Cochran Eucha Clyde Conley Waurika Lonnie Cooper Allen Howard Crossley Oklahoma City Georgia Davis Swink James Dighton Tuskhoma William Douglas Wellston William Pitzer Broken Arrow John Hale Agra Raymond Hardesty Agra Forrest Hastings Westville Elbert Johnson Stidham Kenneth Justus Britton Moylan Laas Lawton Wesley Lambert Quinton Millard Luna Fort Towson Orrin McDaniel Tulsa Jesse McDowell Woodward William Miller Sulphur Cecil Nichols Tulsa Dixon Ripley Wister Wyndell Rogers Shawnee Wilson Ross Durant Maurice Schade McAlester Ernest Shade Hulbert Ferral Smith Tichomingo J Strain Okemah Carl Welborn Sparks James Williams Yale George L bsiad fe Tahlequah.
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Washington
War Department
Anatole A. Aissen
Fort Sill
Ollie
Cq) Christian
Bethel
Charles J. Christison
Oklahoma City
Howard W. Cochran
Eucha
Clyde J. Conley
Waurika
Lonnie Cooper
Allen
Howard J. Crossley
Oklahoma
Britton
Moylan E. Laas
Lawton
Wesley D. Lambert
Quinton
Millard Luna
Fort Towson
Orrin O. McDaniell
Tulsa
Jesse A. McDowell
Woodward
William C. Miller
Sulphur
Cecil L. Nichols
Dixon Ripley
Wister
Wyndell Rogers
Shawnee
Wilson L. Ross
Durant
Maurice A. Schade
McAlester
Ernest Shade
Hulbert
Ferral B. Smith
Tichomingo
J. S. Strain
Okemah
Carl Welborn
Sparks
James H. Williams
Yale
George L. Bsiad Fe
Young
Tahlequah
Major Rene Chauvin recalls Nazi torture in France
Major Rene Chauvin writes of his experiences as a resistance fighter and prisoner in Paris, detailing daily brutal torture by German police and guards at the Prefecture and Fort de Romainville. He joins the fight anew with a battalion, recounting mass beatings, chained prisoners, water torture, and the murder of 11 prisoners found at the fort.
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Rene Chauvin
France
Chauvin
Fort de Romainville
Paris
NEA
Prefecture of Police
Pioneer 92 dies in burning home in Comanche Oklahoma
Mrs. Mary E. Smith age 92 a territorial era pioneer perished in a fire that destroyed her three room house in Comanche Oklahoma today. Her sons Charles and Wes Smith were in the house when the blaze broke out and escaped after suffering burns. Wes tried to reach his mother but could not due to smoke and had to flee. The fire’s origin is undetermined.
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Comanche, Okla
Mary E. Smith
Charles
Wes Smith
Wes
Arkansas River oil lands eyed by State School Land Board
The State School Land department holds ownership of all oil, sand, and gravel beneath the Arkansas river in Oklahoma, per a Tulsa Federal District Court decision reviewed by Commission Secretary Walter Marlin. The text also oddly mentions a tailored daytime Chesterfield coat and ermine scarf with white gloves.
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Oklahoma City
State School Land Department
Arkansas River
Oklahoma
Commission
Walter Marlin
Federal District Court
Tulsa
Army Gas Hoods Offer Rain Protection Options
The Office of Price Administration declined to set price ceilings on surplus army gas hoods, stating asking prices would not be unreasonable or inflationary. About 100000 hoods purchased by the Chemical Warfare Service are available, made of chemically treated cloth to resist water and gas, olive drab with elastic drawstrings and metal snap clasps. OPA also set price ceilings on civilian use beds cots and mattresses, listing specific prices for used double deck bunk beds new mattresses canvas cots and a hospital bed.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Chemical Warfare Service
OPA
Fall Best Time to Plant Trees in Oklahoma Says Expert
Oklahoma A and M College horticulturist advises fall planting for fruit and shade trees. Benefits include better stock availability and quicker root establishment if soil moisture is adequate, with precautions against dry subsoil, rabbits, and wind damage.
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Oklahoma
M. College
Deaths from car exhausts cited at three daily in US
Carbon monoxide released by automobile exhausts is blamed for about three deaths each day in the United States. Cranberries were introduced to early colonists by Indian medicine men.
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United States
Breakfast prep tips for safer morning routines
Plan muffins by measuring dry and wet ingredients the night before. Set the table before bed. Avoid small rugs near stairs to prevent slips.
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