No Railroad Strike After Government Takeover
The three operating unions agreed to call off the nationwide strike after talks with Lt. Gen. Somervell and Secretary Stimson. The move follows Roosevelt orders placing railroads under army control to safeguard wartime logistics. Wage arbitration remains unresolved, with nonoperating unions seeking arbitration as well.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Washington
Roosevelt
Grehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
Stimson
Somervell
David B. Robertson
H. W. Fraser
T. C. Cashen
Alexander Surles
War Department Public Relations Bureau
Secretary of War
Order of
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Switchmen’s Union of North America Today
General Somervell
Japs and Rainstorm Can't Stop Marines From Cape Gloucester Advance
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports Marines push inland two miles from initial beaches at Cape Gloucester New Britain despite stiff Japanese resistance and heavy tropical rain. Planes delivered 150 tons of bombs while ground and naval guns defend Arawe 60 miles southeast, fending off repeated enemy air attacks and downing 37 planes.
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New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Arawe
Bergen Bay
Cape
Sixth Army
Umtingalu
American Thunderbolt
Huon
Walingai
Huon Peninsula
Levy
Russia
Dumpu
Ramu
Adm
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Solomon Islands
Kieta
Bougainville Island
St. George Channel
New Ireland
Canadians Push from Ortona Toward Pescara on Adriatic Front
Allied dispatch reports Canadian troops driving north along the Adriatic coast toward Pescara after the fall of Ortona in a brutal eight day house to house battle. Bombers hit air fields near Rome and rail yards at Rimini Vicenza and Guidonia as German resistance stiffens along the Ponte Di Garigliano.
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Wes Gallagher
Algiers
Upi
Ortona
Mediterranean
Rome
Adriatic
Pescara
Ciampino
Centocelle
London
Paris
St Peter’s Basilica
Fifth Army
Ponte di Garigliano
Garigliano
San Vittore
Eighth
Chiefs
Eighth Army
Villa Grande
Canosarielli
Chieti
Italy
15Th Air Force
Guidonia
Rimini
Vicenza
Venice
Two Added To High Command For Invasion
The Allied supreme command for the western invasion was nearly complete with the appointment of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey as naval commander in chief and Air Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory to lead the aerial forces under General Eisenhower. Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder remains deputy commander in chief, with Britain holding three top posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Ball
London
Europe
Dwight Eisenhower
Bertram Ramsey
Trafford L. Leigh-Mallory
RAF
Sir Arthur Tedder
Eisenhower
Britain
Supreme Command
Bernard L. Montgomery
Ramsey
Leigh-Mallory
Channel
Downing Street
Dynamo
Northfrica
Dunkerque
Dover
Barter yields returns in vested Ada News ad notes
A brief classified item notes greater returns for the amount invested as Ada News highlights bar ter deals and a local hair stylist cutting aew's hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aew
Ada News
Laug h At Winning Friends In Troubled Times
Fragmentary draft notes discuss laughter and social dynamics as a tool in coping with conflict and building rapport. The text hints at how humor affects relationships when trust or cooperation wavers, suggesting a focus on social strategies rather than concrete events.
Heavy Snowblanket Grips Midwest and Cold Surges East
Heavy snowfalls hit Missouri central Illinois and Indiana with plummeting temperatures driving into the Atlantic coast. Springfield Illinois dropped from 32 to zero while other cities recorded single digits and several inches of snow on the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Virginia
Atlantic
Springfield
Ill
Waynoka
Okla
Wichita
Kas
Columbia
Kylerton
Clinton
Quincy
Richmond
Ind
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Rio Grande Valley
del Rio
Texas
Laredo
Plan to scrap peace treaty idea for Germany proposed
General Marcel de Baer of the London war crimes group proposes a UN declaration of peace instead of a formal treaty. He also suggests a UN court to try Hitler Mussolini and other axis leaders. The State Department is studying the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
United Nations
Hitler
Mussolini
Marcel de Baer
London Allied Commission
War Criminal Commission
London International Assembly
de Baer
State Department
Low January Bicycle Ration Set by Office of Price Administration
Washington reports only 15,800 new bicycles will be available for January rationing, the lowest monthly quota. The Office of Price Administration says military needs consume nearly all late manufacturing capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Oklahoma oil production set at 350000 barrels daily
The Oklahoma State Corporation Commission, without a recommendation from Ickes, set January daily oil production at 350000 barrels, the same as December. In the afternoon session, the panel considered Cities Service's request to extract more gas from the West Cement field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Corporation Commission
Ickes
Cities Service Company
West Cement
Army Navy To Get Groups From County
Thirteen men will report to Ft. Sill January 13 from local selective service board No. 2. A group of 15 men will report for Navy training this week, and two will report January 6 for marine training. Navy and Army lists name 30 individuals. two marines are Mavery Pierce and Arthur D. Lamb. Also noted is December 23 Oklahoma City assignment and December 31 Ft Sill report for two colored boys Andrew Finley and Henry Alfred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Sill
Selective Service Board No. 2
Sylvia Edmonston
Navy
Johnny R. Cope
Homer L. McGaugh
Hawci R. Lott
Robert E. Booze
Sidney Green
Junior L. Scroggins
Emet A
Brit ish Navy sinks German destroyers in Biscay and Scharnhorst loss
A joint admiralty and air ministry communique reports British naval and air forces sinking three German destroyers in the Bay of Biscay and crippling others. It followed the Arctic loss of the battleship Scharnhorst as Red Fleet notes the German fleet effectively ceased to exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smith White
London
Bay of Biscay
Admiralty
Air Ministry
France
Arctic
Biscay
Spain
Scharnhorst
Hitler
Red Fleet
Monitor
Norway
Red Star
Reds Storming Zhitomir and Korosten Junctions
Six days into Vatutin's winter offensive, Soviet forces storm outer defenses of Zhitomir and Korosten, closing on the Leningrad Odessa railway junctions west of Kiev. Units recaptured Radomysl and Brusilov as field guns soften fortifications near Zhitomir.
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London
Nikolai Vatutin
Zhitomir
Korosten
Leningrad-Odessa
Kiev
Vatutin
First
Ukraine
Korostishev
Smolovka
Fritz von Mannstein
Radomysl
Brusilov
Red Army
Moscow
White Russia
Ivan Bag“emian
Siberian
Vitebsk
Bagramain
Dnieper
Klarovograd
Kiev Bulge
Pioneer Methodist Minister Strouse Dies in Oklahoma City
The Rev. George A. Strouse, 68, pioneer Methodist minister, died in a city hospital of heart trouble. He served as pastor at Perkins in Payne County and as pastor and postmaster at Billings in Noble County for 20 years, and was a circuit rider in northern Oklahoma from 1898 to 1900. Survivors include his widow, four daughters Gertrude Jamison Tacoma and others, and four sons George Jr Shawnee W A M. Charles F. Ashland.
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Oklahoma City
George A. Strouse
Strouse
Perkins
Payne County
Billings
Noble County
Oklahoma
A. M. Pearson
Here
Gertrude Jamison
Tacoma
Wash
G. L. MccCullough
Vancouver
Charles Presson
Villa Platte
Georg. Jr
Shawnee
W. A
Plainville
Kansas
Charles F
Ashland
Kas
State's Highway Revenues Dwindle Audited
Oklahoma City audit shows a $3,096,244 fall in highway revenues and a $3,923,329 drop in expenditures for the year ending June 30. Assets total $12,451,300 with $1,184,684 cash and $9,340,000 in federal post-war planning allocations. John Rogers, state examiner, criticizes weak records and warehouse transfer practices risking revenue loss and urges tighter purchase order controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
John Rogers
State Examiner
Invasion Plan for Allied Europe Assault Outlined
A final plan for the western invasion of Europe was presented at the Roosevelt Churchill talks by Gen Dwight Eisenhower and Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder in Cairo. The plan combines air land and sea operations and spurred rapid buildup for the assault.
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Cairo
Europe
Dwight Eisenhower
Sir Arthur Tedder
Eisenhower
Tedder
North Africa
Churchill
Roosevelt
Teheran
Joseph Stalin
Nazis on islands facing supply squeeze in Aegean
The al lied air command in the Middle East reported Germany struggles to supply island garrisons in the Aegean as RAF and USAF strike coastal shipping and port facilities. In the last week raids hit a 509 ton coastal freighter near Rhodes, two large sailing ships were sunk, Stamplia harbor and Piraeus docks were attacked. no aircraft were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Allied Air Command
Middle East
Germany
Aegean
R.af
U.S.A.A.F
Rhodes
Stampalia
Piraeus
Greece
Buy it Sell it with 2 want ads
A brief classified note urges readers to buy and sell items using two want ads. The terse item hints at a simple marketplace exchange without specifying goods or prices.
Cold settles to 19 as Oklahoma faces frost
Tuesday night brought sharp cold with the government thermometer dropping to 19 degrees. Overnight lows scattered across the state from Waynoka to Ardmore, while shippers were warned of zero to 4 above in the north and 10 to 21 in other regions as milder weather neared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Waynoka
Oklahoma
Ponca City
Te O
Guymon
Elk City
Oklahoma City
Guthrie
Ardmore
McAlester
Tulsa
Jaycees Plan Last 1943 Ada Meeting
The Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold the final 1943 meeting in the Convention hall at 7 30 p m. Joyce Miller, president, will lead discussions on 1943 accomplishments and plans for the January membership drive plus other business for the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce
Joyce Miller
The
Jaycees
Arizona Moves Clocks Back to Mountain Time January 1
Arizona will revert to Mountain Standard Time on January 1 for civilian areas of the University of Arizona. Army and Navy training units on campus will remain on Mountain War Time, with some clocks in the same buildings showing a one hour discrepancy.
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Tucson
Afiz
University of Arizona
Arizona
Army
Navy
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U. S
By Beb Fblianka, Jr
Midwest
New York
Bureau of Advertising
American _Newspaper Publishers association
Arawe Beach
New Britain Island
Tom Shafer
Acme
War Picture Pool
NEA Telephoto
Pioneer Methodist
Berlin
Aegean Islands
Ada Evening News
Ada, Oklahoma
Pontotoc
Counties
Atoka County
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