Officers Called By First Names In Pacific War
American jungle fighters in the Southwest Pacific report informal ranks with officers addressed by first names and code names. On Bougainville, soldiers say officers lack insignia during combat, while Japanese snipers target leaders. The practice ends when leaving the battle area, though in combat officers dig their own foxholes.
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Washington
Jan
Southwest Pacific Islands
War Department
Department
37Th
Buckeye
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Bach
Charlie
Bob
Army
Hippou
Supreme Court allows indictment for OPA rule violation after revocation
The court held revoking an OPA maximum price rule does not erase the statute or bar charges. Justice Roberts led a 6-3 majority noting the offense and penalties arise from the statute, not the regulation. Justices Murphy Douglas and Rutledge dissented.
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Washington
Jan
Supreme Court
OPA
Justice Roberts
Jacob Hark
Hyman Yaffee
Ey Beef Company
Boston
District Court
Murphy
Douglas
Rutledge
Bulgarian Trouble Reports Persist Across Balkans
London reports cite Berlin calls of invention while Turkish dispatches say Bulgaria's pro German cabinet may have fallen or collapsed. Istanbul notes show communications with Sofia blocked and suggest popular revolts in Bulgaria and Romania if the Russian drive advances.
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London
Berlin
Bulgaria
Disepee
Turkey
Dobri Bojilov
Istanbul
Sofia
Rumania
Armed Guard Crew of SS Pierre L'Enfant Beats Incoming Nazi Torpedoes
The armed guard crew on SS Pierre L'Enfant shot down three attacking torpedo planes and possibly a fourth during a Mediterranean voyage. They also identified a sister freighter exploding from an enemy torpedo before it hit their ship. Navy radioman third class Earl Gordon of Ness City Kansas was among the crew.
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Pierre L’enfant
Mediterranean
Navy
Earl Gordon
USNR
Ness City
Kas
Prunes And Raisins More Widely Offered In 1944
The war food administration outlines a growing supply of dried fruits for the home front with 280 million pounds of raisins and 230 million pounds of prunes planned for this year. Dry peaches apricots and apples will be scarce as supplies go to military and hospital use. Dates will be pricier and scarcer with most coming from domestic sources. Figs will be larger in total than last year.
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Ann Stevick
NEA
Washington
Turkey
War Food Administration
WFA
Iraq
Iran
North
Africa
Somewhere In The Pacific Poem From Pvt Myers
A veteran writes from the Pacific theater four months late with poems about longing for home. He contrasts harsh tropical conditions with memories of Oklahoma, noting late mail, persistent pests, and the absence of women, ending with a wish to return to frost and freedom. The piece conveys war era yearning and humor.
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Pvt
Leonard Myers
Pacific
Oklahoma City Faces New State Budget Cash Surplus
Oklahoma officials report a new cash surplus under the budget balancing system. Appropriations for the year total 22,239,191 dollars with 88.17 percent revenue collected and 8 to 9 million dollars expected as surplus. Gov Kerr seeks to apply it toward the state’s debt.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
John L. Moseley
Robert S. Kerr
Leon C. Phillips
Kerr
Kansas dog catcher report lists varied captures in 1943
In Kas capital Branching Out to Peak the 1943 dog catcher tally includes one snake, a coyote, a ground hog, a raccoon, five rats, a turkey, ten rabbits, six chickens, 11 opossums, six squirrels, two goats and 80 cats among many others.
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Kas
Kansas
Masaryk predicts Hitler may not live to stand trial
Czechoslovak foreign minister P Masaryk in Washington says Hitler likely to be killed or commit suicide before any war crimes trial. He urges quick action on major Nazis, a cleansing of Nazi terrorists, and a quarantine period for Germany after defeat. He favors postwar balance with small nations wary of dominance.
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Flora Lewis Washington
Jan Masaryk
Hitler
Masaryk
London
United Nations
Atlantic City
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Rumania
Russia
Britain
United States
Mrs Ryan Receives Purple Heart From Wounded Husband
Pfe. Paul Ryan earned the Purple Heart after a shell blast near him in the Italian campaign left wounds to his legs. He writes from a North African hospital that he has seen action in Africa Sicily and 45 days of Italy with about 15 battles. Mrs. Ryan expects his return around late January and notes the decoration is her first complete Purple Heart.
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Darmeda Ryan
Pfe
Paul Ryan
U. S
Ryan
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
North African
Pfc. Ryan
Senator Moore and wife visit Ada during Texas trip
Senator Ed Moore and Mrs. Moore spent a few hours in Ada on Tuesday while en route from Texas to Tulsa. They lunched with friends and Moore noted his role in developing the Fitts oil field and bringing in the first Hunton lime well in 1934 before selling his holdings to employees.
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Ed Moore
December Fire Alarms Zeal Yields Light Damages
Twenty two calls in December kept city firemen busy but caused little damage. Fire chief Ed Haley reported damages around 75 dollars, averaging less than four dollars per alarm. A grass fire in the Willoughby office caused 25 dollars, the largest single loss. Most calls were grass fires in early December.
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Ed Haley
J. D. Willoughby
Uncle Sam Leads Railroad Choir in Merrily We Roll Along
A patriotic scene features Uncle Sam guiding railroad workers as they sing Merrily We Roll Along in a public display. The event highlights labor unity and national pride among the railway workforce.
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Uncle Sam
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News classified ads
In the Ada News classified section readers learn that vesting arrangements yield higher returns for investments. The notice highlights how recipients benefit from funding plans and long term commitments.
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Ada News
Invasion Council Forming for Europe Assault
London reports the first meeting of the allied invasion war council with Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery in the capital. Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory and Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz are in England as plans for the assault on fortress Europe are reported as largely worked out. Montgomery said he does not expect to stay long, noting he is always on the move.
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London
Allied “Invasion War Council
Fortress
Europe
Bernard U. Montgomery
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Strategic Air Force
Carl A. Spaatz
England
Montgomery
Letting 18 Year Olds Vote Has Its Peculiar Problems
Oklahoma City report on lowering the voting age to 18 notes added freedoms for youth. Missouri House Speaker pro tem Murray Thompson warns it grants high school students many citizen rights, including contracts and independence, warranting serious consideration amid wartime strain. Governor Kerr proposes a constitutional amendment to expand ballot rights for service members and the general public.
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Oklahoma City
Murray Thompson
Missouri House of Representatives
Thompson
Oklahoma
Robert S. Kerr
State summons 68 in Fitzgerald case in clemency trial
The state raised witnesses to 68 in the clemency conspiracy trial of Rob ert R. Fitzgerald after Judge A. P. Van Meter allowed five new subpoenas. New names include R. R. Sharpe J. Virgil Choate M. J. Hughey B. L. Rogers and F. L. Batterjee. Trial set to begin Monday amid past mistrial over Miskovsky conduct. Fitzgerald faces charges related to a $500 payoff in a parole deal for Dr. J. W. Eisminger.
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Oklahoma City
Robert R. Fitzgerald
A. P. van Meter
George Miskovsky
R. R. Sharpe
State Penitentiary
J. Virgil Choate
M. J. Hughey
Weleetka State National Bank
B. L. Rogers
J. W. Eisminger
Oklahoma
Tale of Gallantry of Gunner 5 in B-24 mission
Staff Sergeant Ben P. Colecchi of New Castle Pennsylvania earned the Air Medal for gallantry as tail gunner on a September Paramushiru Shimushu bombing mission. When the four engine bomber was hit by two Zeros and began to sink he remained in the tail firing on strafing planes until the compartment vanished.
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Washington
War Department Today
Ben P. Colecchi
New Castle
Labor Leaders Clash Over War Cost Charges
Labor leaders bitterly condemned an anonymous statement blaming rail and steel disputes for prolonging the war and costing allied lives. William Green urged Gen. George C. Marshall to identify the author as Congressional figures pressed for accountability while President Roosevelt officials argued about the statement’s timing and credibility.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
A. F
William Green
Marshall
White House
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
Congress
la Follette
Wisconsin
Dastardly
Green
Bungling Green
Hitler
Reed
R-Kas
United States
General Marshall
Gen. Marshall
Finland's Social Democrats reject Tanner candidate for secretary
Finland's finance minister Vaino Tanner suffers a major setback as the social democrats choose Jussi Lenkainen, a newspaper man and member of parliament, over M Topi for party general secretary. Topi is described as anti Russian.
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Tanner
Stockholm
Vaino Tanner
Finland
Social Democrats
Jussi Lenkainen
M. Topi
Study Report On Destroyer Sinking Near New York
The destroyer fleet commander began compiling a full report on the explosion that sank a U.S. destroyer near Sandy Hook. The navy will release dead and casualty figures through Washington. Coast guardsmen rescued 163, including 108 injured, after the ship sank in 40 minutes in flames six miles northeast of Sandy Hook.
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New York
United States
New York Bay
Washington
Navy Department
Navy
Sandy Hook
N. J
Flames Destroy Clinton Buildings
Flames of unknown origin destroyed two downtown business blocks in Clinton overnight. Firefighters from the Clinton naval air station assisted as the blaze, first seen about 11 30 p m, burned several structures including the Blunck art studio and Lintz Department Store. Estimated damage around 125 000.
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Clinton
Jan
Clinton Naval Air Station
Blunck Art Studio
Lintz
Art Tatum
Lert Tooker
A. F. Sebert
Lloyd E. Church
C. J. Alexander
Frank Vieregg
McLain Rogers
Cadet Enlistment Team Visits Ada High Friday
A four man cadet enlistment team from Headquarters Recruiting and Induction District Oklahoma City will speak at Ada High School Friday afternoon about cadet enlistment for 17 year olds in the U S Army Air Corps. The visit follows approval by Rex Q Morrison and Lt Colonel Joseph R Peller and includes information on training and the AC wing insignia.
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Sgt
J. B. Morton
Frank Boyle
Jim Legate
Floyd Hackney
Ada High School
Headquarters Recruiting and Induction District
Oklahoma City
U. S. Army Air Corps
Rex QO. Morrison
State Army Recruiting Headquarters
Air Corps
Joseph R. Peller
Army Air Forces
Army
Colonel Peller
Wynnewood
Davis, Sulphur
Marietta
Ardmore
Madill, Durant
Atoka
Coalgate
Six Arrests In Three Days By City Police
Police records show six arrests in the first three days of the month. Four drunken individuals were jailed and two were picked up for vagrancy. Chief Quinton Blake reported at the station that parts of four or five bicycles were there and would be returned to owners who inquire.
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Quinton Blake
At 86 It's Just Another Birthday for Senator Glass
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia marked his 86th birthday in Washington with few greetings from close friends and a modest cake. He first joined Congress in 1901 and had a brief hiatus as treasury secretary, spending the day quietly with his wife in a hotel suite.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Rooster Declared War Casualty By Town Council
In Interlaken New Jersey Dr. O K Parrys pet rooster is ordered killed after Mayor Stanford C Flint discloses seven to eight complaints from a war worker that the birds crowing at dawn disturbs sleep and hampers his labor.
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Interlaken
N. J
Nny
O. K. Parry
Parry
Stanford C. Flint
Congressman Carlson Proposes Simplified Income Tax Plan
Rep Carl son of Kansas urged a sweeping plan to tax withholding replace returns for 30 million and up. He called current laws a hodgepodge and urged a single base and rate and a graduated withholding system with exemption percentages. He would repeal the earned income credit to reduce filing complexity.
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Washington
Carlson
Kas
Philadelphia
Ways and Means Committee
Bassett Seeks Ouster of Tecumseh School Superintendent
Oklahoma City January 3 Mrs Mabel Bassett charity and corrections commissioner says she will renew her recommendation to fire Mrs Creighton Burnham superintendent of the Tecumseh girls training school. She plans more testimony to prove removal justified despite Kerr administration support. A violent investigation scene occurred with highway trainers aiding order and several girls removed.
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Oklahoma City
Mabel Bassett
of Charities and Corrections
Creighton Burnham
Tecumseh
Robert S. Kerr
Kerr
Bassett
Burnham
State Board of Affairs
George E. Calvert
Steps To Care For War Casualties Through Veterans Hospitals
The War Secretary and military leaders warn that casualties will rise as land fighting expands. The Veterans Administration now ensures hospital care for wounded and mentally affected veterans and covers illness not tied to service when beds permit. Since 1917 Congress moved to provide care, with the Public Health Service coordinating beds across agencies, reaching 81 hospitals and 47,421 beds by 1937 while occupying 46,416 beds.
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Washington
Europe
Asia
Veterans Administration
Congress
Public Health Service
Army
Navy
Tulsa Insurance Man to Become Disney Secretary
Vernon McGinnis, a Tulsa insurance agent and former theater operator, will go to Washington to act as secretary to Representative Wesley Disney, succeeding Malcolm Hevener as secretary of the House Ways and Means Committee.
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Tulsa
Disney
Okla
Vernon McGinnis
Washington
Wesley E. Disney
Malcolm Hevener
House
Ways and Means
McGinnis
Arkansas
Griffith Theatres
Oklahoma City Couple Die in Gas-Filled Home
Coroner Evert Crismore ruled asphyxiation the deaths of Benton W. Sanders aged 60 and his wife aged 57, their bodies found in a gas filled living room yesterday at their residence.
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Oklahoma City
Evert Crismore
Benton W. Sanders
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