Victory Tax Applies On Friday Pay
Treasury rules require the 5 percent victory tax be withheld from January wages and salaries, even if earned in December. The ruling treats 1943 earnings as income for 1943, sparking Senate doubts about congressional intent. A postwar credit mix may offset the tax via government bonds, debt repayment, or life insurance premiums.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Sen
Byrd
Way Out
Danaher
Conn
Fuerer May Be Worried Photos Show
London papers published pictures they say show Adolf Hitler at the Munich beer hall on November 8 with a sagging jaw and enlarged midriff. The images released by the information ministry prompted debate over whether he appears physically deteriorated and less recognizably the leader.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Munich Beer Hall
Nitz
Ministry of Information
Daily Mail
Hitler
Sliced Bread Price Cut by Slashing Milleage
Washington moves to hold a 10 percent flour price increase at the mill by banning home bread slicing. The Office of Price Administration says the price ceiling rise will not reach retailers as slicing for home consumption ends January 4 to cut machinery and labor costs.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Miracle Man Kaiser Opens West Coast Steel Plant
At Fontana California the Kaiser plant to be officially started with Mrs Kaiser igniting coke in the blast furnace named the Bess The company predicts first molten pig iron within 30 to 36 hours and over 400000 tons of pig iron within a year for ship plates structures and alloys The project rises on land that was a hog farm when construction began last April
Planes Blitz Jap Shipping in Solomons Sink Two Vessels
American aircraft from Henderson field bombed and strafed cargo ships off Wickham anchorage on Vangunu island in the New Georgia group, sinking two enemy vessels. Army and Marine troops reported over 150 Japanese killed with four Americans dead and one wounded.
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Washington
Henderson Field
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Navy Department
Navy
Wickham Anchorage
Vangunu Island
U. S
Wangunu Island
New
Death of Sir Nevile Henderson Ends Diplomatic Era
Sir Nevile Henderson former British ambassador to Berlin died in his sleep at his west end home at age 60 after a long illness. He served during the Munich crisis and the outbreak of war, authored Failure of a Mission, and later led as a home guard colonel. He warned that Hitler would crack and scuttle himself when lacking offers of peace.
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London
Nevile Henderson
Berlin
West End
Henderson
Munich
Germany
Home Guard
Britain
Europe
Foreign Service
Chamberlain
Salzberg
Hitler
Phillips Paroles Dozens of Prisoners Including Noted Robber
Governor Phillips granted parole to Isaac Moore serving 25 years for robbery with firearms. He also freed Deroy H. Burns and 26 others from various counties, including Emma Wadley serving four years for manslaughter and Tommy Adams with 99 years for murder.
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Isaac Moore
Phillips
Moore
Deroy H. Burns
Mountain Park
Kiowa County
Emma J. Wadley
Seminole County
Samuel Thompson
Kay County
Tommy Adams
Tulsa County
Allen Gamble
Jack Williams
Luther Brown
Elmer Land
John D. Field
Carter County
Filonia *Nderson
Muskogee County
Doris A. Schafnitt
Grady County
Bill To Freeze Text Book Prices Drawn
Oklahoma City December 30. A bill to freeze current textbook adoptions for ten years was drafted for the next legislature. State rep Charles Flanagan of Cotton County said he is preparing the measure which would allow changes only in histories and then only via supplements to the same book.
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Oklahoma City
Charles Flanagan
Cotton County House
Bevel Listed Prisoner of Japanese Forces in Philippines
Mrs Annie Bevel of 514 West Main received a telegram from the adjutant general in Washington stating her son Second Lieut Bob Buddy Bevel is a prisoner of the Japanese government in the Philippines Islands. Bevel had been missing since April 22 after serving in the coast artillery corps and fighting through the Philippine campaign.
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Annie Bevel
West Main
Adjutant General
Washington
Bob “Buddy” Bevel
Philippines
Bevel
Coast Artillery Corps
Philippine
Gasoline Credit Cards Banned to Single Station Use
The Petroleum Administration for War announced that starting January 1 gasoline companies may not issue or use motorists credit, courtesy, or identification cards unless the card is limited to a single station.
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Washington
the Petroleum Administration For War
Draft Board Gets Christmas Card
A Portland draft board received a V mail Christmas greeting from Pfc. Anthony P. Sheridan of Portland who was drafted last spring and serves in a Pacific island theater. He wrote Merry Christmas, having a wonderful time. Wish you were here instead of me.
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Portland
Ore
Portland Draft Board
Pfc
Anthony P. Sheridan
Pacific Island
Huddleston to Lead Ada Chamber of Commerce for Year
H J Huddleston cashier of the Oklahoma State bank was elected president of the Ada Chamber of Commerce for the coming year succeeding J I McCauley. T G Kelly Floyd Haynes and S C Boswell were named officers with a board including J I McCauley Harry Lundgaard W D Little Howard Fleet R C Heard and others for the new term.
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H. J. Huddleston
Oklahoma State Bank
Ada Chamber of Commerce
J. I. McCauley
T. G. Kelly
Fir
Floyd Haynes
S. C. Boswell
Mr. Huddleston
Harry Lundgaard
W. D. Little
Howard Fleet
R. C. Heard
L. G. Denny
W. F. Dean
I. G. Killough
Wm. M. Emanuel
Houston Mount
G. J. Morton
O. H. Miller
Don Evans
Flood Waters Swell Ohio
Pittsburgh area endures record December flood as rivers rise, inundating homes and streets. Army engineers report dam defenses holding. Ohio river at Pittsburgh peaks, Wheeling braces for 40 foot crest while many plants suspend operations and Red Cross mobilizes relief.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny River
Ohio River
Ohio
West Virginia
Golden Triangle
Red Cross
U. S. Army
Pennsylvania
Oh’o
Wheeling
War Objectors Kill Six In Mexico Town
A group of armed men protesting compulsory military training attacked Miguel Anza, a farming town 400 miles north of Mexico City, killing six and injuring several. Federal troops pursued the band, though the Ministry of National Defense had no report of the incident.
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Mexico City
Rio Grande
National Railroad Administration
Miguel Anza
Here
Ministry of National Defense
Knife Wound Fatal In Oklahoma Street Fight
Lawton Oklahoma December 30 194- Otis Flowers a 23 year old farmer died from knife wounds sustained in a street fight at Fieicher officials said the trouble began after an argument over ownership of some automobile light bulbs Local law enforcement reported the incident occurred in the street and the victim succumbed to his injuries.
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Lawton
Otis Flowers
Fieicher
Old Problems Face New State Legislature
Oklahoma City reports that the upcoming nineteenth Oklahoma Legislature will confront old issues. Debates target oleomargarine tax repeal, restoration of Johnson grass control, and restoration of a double primary system. Public concerns include small loan regulation, pre marital syphilis examinations, beer legality, free textbooks, and unfair sales law repeal.
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Oklahoma City
C. D. van Wyck
Grady County
Attorney General's Office
Senate
Phillips
Robert S. Kerr
House
Reds Capture Vital Rail City Supplying Stalingrad
Moscow dispatches say the Soviet winter offensive seized Kotelnikovski, a key rail hub used by Germans to supply Stalingrad. Col. Gen. Vatutin reports repelling heavy counterattacks as Reds press toward Rostov along the Don front, with tanks and infantry advancing from Kotelnikovski toward Zimovniki.
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Stalingrad
Red Path
Moscow
Kotelnikovski
Don
Rostov
N. F. Vatutin
Kerr Asks All Out Food Program
Governor elect Robert S Kerr urged Oklahoma editors to lead a campaign for self sufficiency in food. He said America may face rationing in 1943 and called for mobilizing manpower and press cooperation to form a state wide effort with a governing committee drawn from the press.
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Kerr
Oklahoma City
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
America
Oklahoma Press Association
Henry G. Bennett
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Queer Weather but Not So Bad
The weather map shows warm spells with Guyman at 68 degrees, the panhandle warmest. Waynoka reached 38, Oklahoma City 47, and McAlester 34 in the southeast, reflecting a varied but mild day across the state.
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Associated Press
Harry Wa
Guyman
Panhandle
Waynoka
Oklahoma City
McAlester
More Men Needed In Armed Service
The War Manpower Commission estimates 2.5 million more persons will be required in full-time employment and in the armed services by the end of 1943, boosting the total from 62.5 million. WMC Chairman Paul V. McNutt says agriculture and lend-lease needs drive the expansion and will use workers not previously in farming. He pledged to go as far as necessary to supply farm labor for 1943.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
Wheat Shipments Move To Market From Oklahoma Farms
Wheat shipments from Oklahoma farms surged as government grain loans expire tomorrow and parity pricing ends. Dealers report large quantities moving to market despite some grain damage from weevils and musty conditions.
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Enid
L?p
Oklahoma
Yanks Within 40 Miles Of Tunisian Port
US troops reportedly reached within 40 miles of Gabes in southern Tunisia, with a raid on Maknassy and Italians captured. Allied forces push along the coastal road amid slow progress near Tunis, while Rommel's retreat options hinge on the coast road to Tripoli.
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Kotelnikovski
Tikhoretsk-Stalingrad
Kalmyck
Torgavaya
Elista
Jashk
Astrakhan
Tunisian Port
London
United States
Reuters
Gabes
Tripoli
Tunis
Maknassy
Medjez-el-Bab
Associated Press
Washington
North Africa
Tunisia
Pont-Du-Fahs
Picheon
Airouan
Sousse
M ‘Shal Rommel
Wadi Bei el Chebir
Cairo
Pantellaria
Bizerte
Libya
Eighth Army
Rome
U. S
U.S
Gafsa
Tunisian
Erwin Rommel
Eighth
Morocco
Dakar
French West Africa
War fronts advance in Africa and Russia push in east
Africa sees American and French forces threaten a coastal road linking Tunis ia and Tripolitania as Axis defenses bend. In Russia, forces push on after capturing Kotelnikovsky while Allied troops mop up Jap positions in Buna area. China reports Japanese successes in Hupeh and Anhwei provinces.
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Associated Press
Africa
Tunisia
Tripolitana
Russia
Kotelnikovsky
New Guinea
Buna
China
Hupeh
Anhwei
Finland closes information offices after State Dept order
Washington reports Finland and the United States severing information services after a State Department order. The Finnish information offices in the United States shut down, and the American legation in Helsinki ends its information distribution. American minister Arthur Schoenfeld is recalled to Washington for consultation.
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Washington
Finland
State Department
Helsinki
Arthur Schoenfeld
W. D. Little Heads State Food Drive
W D Little publisher of The Ada News was elected unanimously as State chairman of a newspaper driven drive to increase food production to aid the war effort in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
W. D. Little
Ada News
Oklahoma
Pessimist’s Toast as Workers Demand Shorter Slicings
A fragment hints at bread slicing labor shifts and a demand shift toward fewer lines in production. It mentions housewives and a finger wrap up, suggesting injuries or precautions during work. The tone implies social commentary on labor and domestic roles in a tense period.
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Bob
Buddy
Draft Board
H. J. Huddleston Heads
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Mexico Town
John Owen
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Middeon
Middle Don
Milierovo
Millerovo
Kamensk
Deers
Don River
Red Army
Velikie Luki
Rzhev
Caucasus
W. D. Little Heads State Food Drive
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