Congress Is Gavelled Into Session
The 79th Congress convened at noon amid wartime urgency with the White House signaling broader draft authority for young farm workers. Senate and House opened with sworn-in members and Rayburn re-elected speaker as debates over universal service and work-or-fight laws begin, influenced by Byrnes and Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
White House
Senate
Barkley Ky
Homer Capehart
Indiana
Capehart
Ball
R.-Minn
Justice Department
Cordell Hull
Forrest Donnell
Missouri
William J. Fulbright
Arkansas
Rayburn
House
Sam Rayburn
D.tex
Rosevelt
Roosevelt
Congress
FDR
Byrnes
James F. Byrnes
War Labor Board
House Military Committee
Capitol
George
D.-Ga
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Republican Inference
Weather Update for Oklahoma and Kansas
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with colder temperatures across Oklahoma from northwest to north central, lows 15 to 18. Snow flurries and colder tonight in Kansas, extreme southeast warmer, then clearing and turning colder Thursday across both states.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Byrnes Orders Draft of Farm Workers Aged 18 to 25
The White House authorized James Byrnes to press Selective Service to draft farm workers in the 18 to 25 age group, citing the Army and Navy need to sustain war production. About 364000 men in this bracket hold agricultural deferments, and officials warn farm labor must be supplied from older age groups if necessary. The move follows objections from War Food Administrator Marvin Jones and reflects full use of available manpower.
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Washington
Jan
White House
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Byrnes
Army
Navy
Hershey
Stephen Early
War Mobilization
WEA
Marvin Jones
Winter Weather Brings Severe Chill Across Northeast and Midwest
Cold wave from Canada fuels sub zero conditions across the Midwest and Northeast. Snowfalls 10 to 12 inches sweep Erie to Buffalo with high winds. Four storm deaths reported in New York state as frigid air spreads toward the plains.
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Lakes Erie
Ontario
Weather Bureau
Erie
Buffalo
N. Y
Midwest
Mississippi
Ohio River
Canada
New York- Pennsylvania-Ohio
New York State
North Dakota
Minnesota
Plains States
Hansell Moves B-29 Headquarters West
Brig. Gen. Haywood S. Hansell relocates the 21st bomber command B-29 HQ to Guam from Saipan. He confirms today’s B-29 strike against Japan was the first launched from American territory. Guam recalls July 1944 recapture. snipers still on the island as the command room links to Marianas units and Washington.
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Guam
Haywood S. Hansell
21St Bomber Command
Saipan
Japan
Hansell
Marianas
Washington, D. C
John Beverley Montgomery
Spartanburg
S. C
20Th Air Force
Mrs Joe House Dies From Auto Crash Injuries
Lawton report states Mrs. Joe House aged 42 died from injuries after an automobile collision Monday near Cache. Her husband was in the car at the time of the crash into a bridge.
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Lawton
Jan
Joe House
Cache
Oklahoma Legislature Opens With Tax Bills and Reforms
Lawmakers reconvened to tackle 23 bills ahead of the session. Proposals include pennies for tokens through a sales tax plan, lower cigarette taxes, selling seized liquor for road funds, abolishing certain criminal statute of limitations, and Kerr reforms such as free textbooks and lowering voting age.
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Howard Brisco
Oklahoma City
Arthur Ted
Poteau
Frank Crane
Holdenville
Reed
Highway Commission
Charles Flanagan
Walters
Robert S. Kerr
Russians Storm Through More Of Buda And Pest
Russian storm forces crush through Budapest and Pest with fierce house to house fighting. Red Army reports 232 Pest blocks and 53 Buda blocks captured as casualties climb and prisoners rise. German and Hungarian losses tally in tens of thousands, while a Soviet push toward Vienna is repulsed at Komarom.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Budapest
Stalingrad
Red Army
Pest
Danube
Buda
Janos Voros
Komarom
Austria
Feodor I. Tulbikhin
Vienna
Train collision injures renowned auctioneer near Tupelo
Sammons hurt when a train hit his car as he headed to a farm sale near Tupelo around 10 am. He was taken to Valley View hospital and his wife said the full extent of injuries was not yet known.
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Bob Sammons
Tupelo
Valley View Hospital
Sammons
Local Banks Show Gains in Ada From 1943 to 1944
Ada's two banks report deposits rising from 8,877,889.30 to 10,989,314.30 as of December 30, 1944. Loans and discounts climbed from 1,285,503.04 to 1,585,772.71. Total resources increased from 9,639,063.43 to 12,267,566.20.
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Ada
Ite
Ada Weather Dips With Rain Snow And Sleet Tuesday
Cold Tuesday brought a high of 37 and a low near 28 with .04 inches of rain. Northeastern Oklahoma saw snow and freezing rain while Bartlesville reported three inches on the ground and slick roads.
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Ada
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Bartlesville
Enid
Ponga City
Thief breaks into Maurice Dean home on Christmas night
A burglar broke into Maurice Dean's house in Bartlesville on Christmas night and stole only an alarm clock. Police reported no other losses. The incident was discovered January 3. Authorities investigated for clues.
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Bartlesville
Jan
Maurice Dean
Missing Harbord Sugg, 22, Of Ada, In WWII Air Service
Lt Harbord Sugg son of Mr and Mrs H P Sugg of 119 East Seventeenth has been missing in action over Germany since December 17 a telegram from the war department said He is a navigator on a B 24 bomber with the 15th Air Force based in Italy He had flown 21 sorties since going overseas around November 1 and his group had two presidential citations He is a Ada high school graduate who worked at Consolidated's California plant before joining the air service in 1944 and was commissioned at Hondo Field Texas in June 1944
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Harbord Sugg
H. P. Sugg
East Seventeenth
Germany
War Department
Sugg
15Th Air Force
Italy
Ada High School
Consolidated’s Airplane Plant
California
U. S
Air Service
Hondo Field
Texas
Final Report on Sixth War Loan for Pon totoc county
Final returns show Pon totoc county surpassing its $1,054,000 Sixth War Loan quota by investing $1,415,782.11 in war bonds. The E type bonds posed the only real challenge, but a final day push pushed over the $372,000 target with $376,725 in E bonds. other types total $1,039,057.11. On the last day $10,818.75 was added to E bonds, with no purchases in other bonds.
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Pontotoc County
Uncle Sam
Mother of Ada's Mother Seriously Ill at 78
Mrs J K Reed known as Mother of Ada is seriously ill after weeks of illness and has been admitted to Valley View hospital for treatment. Today Wednesday marks her 78th birthday. In 1890 she and her husband Jeff Reed moved to land near present Irving school and built a home with a small store attracting families, leading to the Reed post office name chosen for their daughter Ada Reed Hemmler.
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J. K. Reed
Ada
Valley View Hospital
Jeff Reed
Irving School
Ada Reed Hemmler
Reed
Germans Use Sly Withdrawal On Southern Front
US Third Army infantry units report German forces executing a sly delaying withdrawal west of Bas-Togne as they retreat north and west. The enemy uses mines booby traps and concealed strongpoints while counterattacking in pockets along Moircy Jenneville and near Neufchateau. Lt Roy Guest and Lt Col Richard Sutton describe persistent machinegun fire and difficult pinpointing from hidden positions.
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Lewis Hawkins
U. S. Third Army
Bastogne
Richard D. Sutton
Jacksonville
Fla
Moircy
Jenneville
Sutton
Neufchateau-Moircy
Leroy Guest
Davenport
Okla
Patton Praises Third Army For Unparalleled Victory
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. commends the Third Army for achievements from Avranches to Bastogne. He notes battles through France into Germany and Bastogne, praising relentless discipline, overcoming terrain and weather, and calling their record unsurpassed in military history.
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George S. Patton, Jr
Avranches
Brest
France
Saar
Germany
Bastogne
German Agents To Face Military Court
Two alleged German agents nabbed in the New York area likely will be tried by a military tribunal following a 1942 precedent when Nazi agents landed by submarine. President Roosevelt indicated he assumed the same method but could not confirm. Caleb Adams of Osage county was named field director of the National Small Business Men's Association in Pawhuska.
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Washington
New York
Roosevelt
Yester
Pawhuska
Caleb Adams
Osage County
National
Small Business Men’s Association
Texan Among Navy Greats Praised for WWII Feats
Dallas commander Samuel D. Dealey lauded by Admiral Nimitz in a letter to his uncle G B Dealey. Dealey, a highly decorated submarine commander, commanded the Harder which is overdue and presumed lost after a patrol. Navy notes his bravery, leadership, and crucial wartime missions despite heavy security.
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Dallas
Texas
Samuel D. Dealey
Chester W. Nimitz
G. B. Dealey
Harder
Army
Dealey
Navy
Comdr
Clark Field Bombed on New Year’s Day in Philippines
Gen Doug MacArthur’s forces report a heavy New Year’s Day bombing of Clark Field in Luzon by Leyte based Liberators. Fighters escorted the raid through flak and enemy interceptors, with two Japanese aircraft seen down. Mopping up on Leyte continues as 778 more Japanese are killed and one taken prisoner. Total enemy dead or captured on Leyte reaches 119,763.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Manila
Clark Field
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
Red Riders
Luzon
Leyte
Department Responded to 37 December Calls
City fire department answered 37 calls in December within city limits and outside the city. Fire chief Ed Haley noted no large fires that month, with grass fires small buildings and cars making up most incidents. Property losses were estimated at 37100, with about 1500 damage to buildings and contents. Most damage occurred to a garage apartment on West Sixth.
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Ed Haley
Haley
West Sixth
French Resent Pampering of Nazi Prisoners
Paris reports a French uproar over Allied kindness to German prisoners. Le Canard Enchaine satirically shows Nazi captives at an American mess table with a U.S. soldier-waiter, warning that dessert could be withheld if the Wehrmacht keeps massacring prisoners.
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Paris
le Canard Enchaine
U. S
Dancing is a Pleasure Yet Many Struggle With It
A reflective note on dance as enjoyment hindered by difficulty. The remark suggests that despite dancing being a desired activity, many people experience effort or reluctance when attempting it.
American Armor Presses Toward St. Vith Front
American armored units pushed about 5% miles northeast of Bastogne advancing toward St. Vith through Michamps and Maister woods amidst German resistance. Patton’s forces widened the Bastogne arc reaching Arlon court near Michamps as snow falls and air support remains limited.
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Paris
Bastogne
St. Vith
Michamps
Maister
Saar
Rhine
Saaregue
von Rundstedt
Bitche
Biles River
Saareguemines
Belgian Bulge
Third
Seventh Army
Saarbrucken
Saarland
Siegfried Line
Palatinate
Blies River
Margaret
Gerimont
Mande
St. Hubert
George S. Patton
Bulge
Patton
Arloncourt
Michamp
Turks Break With Japan in Break of Diplomatic Ties
Ankara radio reported the Turkish grand national assembly voted unanimously to sever diplomatic and economic relations with Japan. The break is to take effect the following Saturday.
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London
Ankara
Turkish Grand National Assembly
Japan
The Pessimist Reflects on Horse and Buggy Mileage
A local voice recalls horse and buggy days offering more mileage per bale than per gallon and contrasts them with modern efficiency. The remark highlights fashioned nostalgia and practical energy use shifts.
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Belgium
Namur
Maastricht
Verdun
St. Mihiel
Miles
Liege
Stavelot
Meuser
Malmedy
Metz
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Rhine R
Wiesbaden
Ludwigshafen
Bitche-Dambach
U. S. 7Th Army
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Meuse River
NEA Telemap
Pontotoc
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