Allied Airmen Batter Away At Key Points
Allied bombers struck Piraeus near Athens in heavy raids while Fifth Army forces gained high ground in Italy. German defenses at Cervaro resisted before an Allied counterattack forced Nazis back. RAF and Fortress crews reported multiple fires, air victories, and rail/industrial targets hit along the Adriatic and central Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Dynan
Algiers
Balkans
Piraeus
Athens
Greece
Fifth Army
Italy
Cervaro
Cassino
Rome
R.A.F
Gariglian
Castel Forte
Troubridge
Adriatic
San Benedetto
Mitcheller
Falconara
Fabriano
Adriatic Co
Iron and Steel
Piombino
Leghorn
WAC Salute Troubles Reported By Two Newcomers
TOPEKA Jan 12 Pfc Elizabeth R Jeffrey of Beaumont Texas and Pvt Betty B Hurley of Salem Oregon recount incidents during early England deployment. Jeffrey fell from her bicycle while saluting an officer and Hurley on headquarters steps lost balance and fractured her arm while attempting a salute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Elizabeth R. Jeffrey
Beaumont
Tex
Wacs
England
Betty B. Hurley
Salem
Ore
Winter General Hospital
Jeffrey
Hurley
Embargo Orders Hog Shipments At National Stockyards
The hog marketing committee at National Stockyards ordered another embargo on shipments, effective at noon tomorrow through noon Sunday, as 68,000 hogs arrived in three days. The move, the third in a month, aims to ease overtaxed packers facilities from the heavy hog run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Stockyards
Weather outlook for Oklahoma Missouri and Kansas
Oklahoma fair and warmer tonight with fair and warmer Thursday. Missouri fair and somewhat colder tonight, then fair and warmer Thursday except southeast slight change. Kansas fair with colder southeast, milder in extreme southwest, Thursday fair and warmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
U S Bombers In Great Sky Fight
London dispatch reports American heavy bombers first crossed into Berlin airspace with the Eighth Air Force armada striking Magdeburg and Halberstadt while a diversionary flight hit Berlin. German reports claim 136 Allied aircraft shot down including 124 four engine bombers in a daylight raid using new tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Eighth Airforce
Magdeburg
Halberstadt
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Leipzig
Warmer to Be After Colder Forecast for Oklahoma
Forecast predicts fair and warmer weather for Oklahoma on Thursday while Wednesday and Wednesday night bring a disagreeable spell of colder, unsettled conditions. Ada awoke with cloudy skies a cold wind and a low near 24 degrees with no thawing of snow and ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Ada
Allen schools to reopen Friday after snow delay
Supt J R Watsom said classes in Allen schools will not be held this week until Friday. Friday sessions depend on weather allowing pupil access. Snow flurries affect the panhandle with moderate conditions and low temperatures. Weather forecasts show subfreezing readings across regions with 14 to 18 in the north and west, 12 to 20 in the east, and 22 to 26 in the south. McAlester Ardmore hit 40 degrees while Woodward reported 16 degrees as the coldest in Wayneka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
J. R. Watsom
Allen
Associated Press
Panhandle
McAlester
Ardmore
Waynekas Woodward
Peace Officers To Convene in Oklahoma City
The Oklahoma Sheriffs and Peace Officers association will hold its 1945 convention in Oklahoma City. Sheriff W. O. Taylor was elected president, succeeding Dud Brannon. Eck King, Ben Hayes, Thad Hutchinson named vice presidents, P. Montgomery secretary treasurer. Committeemen include Robert Short, W. L. Buchanan, J. M. Thaxton, and George Ehlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Oklahoma Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association
Oklahoma City
W. O. Taylor
Bryan County
Dud Brannon
Garfield County
Eck King
Ben Hayes
Muskogee
Thad Hutchinson
P. Montgomery
Rogers County
Robert Short
W. L. Buchanan
J. M. Thaxton
George Ehlers
Massachusetts Tops Nation In Cranberry Production
Massachusetts is identified as the leading cranberry producer in the United States, while the note adds that hares are widespread in northern regions, indicating general wildlife distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Lost 59 Bombers as Britain Reports Heavy Raid Losses
London reports fifty nine American bombers and five fighters lost in yesterday's raids on Germany. More than 100 enemy fighters were destroyed as 700 Flying Fortresses and Liberators participated. Thunderbolt and Lightning aircraft accompanied the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
U. S
U S Air Forces Report Big Raid on Regensburg Schweinfurt
Reports state U S Eighth Air Force may have damaged the German air force greatly after the August 17 raid on Regensburg and Schweinfurt. Germans lost 307 planes, while Berlin says more than a third of penetrating enemy aircraft were shot down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Eighth Air Force
U.S
Regensburg
Schweinfurt
Berlin
Magdeburg
U. S
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Germany
DNB
Massey elected Ada Chamber of Commerce president
H. Massey II of Head is chosen president of the Ada Chamber of Commerce by the new board of directors. A. W. Trice elected vice president. Massey, also a member of the state banking board, declined initially but accepted after persuasion. The pair will lead in wartime and postwar planning. Albert Trice serves as president of the Oklahoma Bar Association and has a heavy law practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Massey
Oklahoma State Bank
Ada Chamber of Commerce
A. W. Trice
Busby, Harrell and Trice
Massey
State Banking Board
Albert Trice
Oklahoma Bar Association
Sarny Falls To Russians in Ukraine Offensives
Soviet first Ukraine army captured Sarny 35 miles inside former Poland after crossing the Sluch river. The rail hub abreast a north–south line and toward Warsaw was encircled as Sarny served as a German hold in the Polesia direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ukraine
Sarny
Stalin
Old Poland
Sluch
Polesiye
Moscow
Warsaw
Brest-Litovsk
Stryelsk
Nenovichi
Vatutin
Sarney
Nikolai Vatutin
Pripet
Shepetovka
Rovno
Zhmerinka
Proshurov
Bug River
Warsaw-Odessa
Red
Pripet Marshes
Kiev
Smela-Kanev
Red Star
Odessa-Warsaw
Berdichev
Dnieper
Ivan S. Konev
Star
Hannegan Expected to Succeed Walker as DNC Chairman
Chicago January 12. Robert E. Hannegan Jr. of St. Louis, U S commissioner of internal revenue in Washington, is expected to succeed Frank C. Walker as chairman of the Democratic National Committee when it meets January 22 in Washington to pick a convention site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver
Chicago
Robert E. Hannegan Jr
St. Louis
U. S
Internal Revenue
Washington
Ostmaster
Frank C. Walker
Democratic National Committee
Walker
Ambrose O’connell
Democratic Committee
Hannegan
David Kelly
Fargo
N. C
George E. Tg
Mississippi
Washington, D
Paca
Food subsidy issue splits Congress as FDR opens subsidy path
President Roosevelt signals a possible compromise on food subsidies while urging continued government controls on living costs. Senate opponents and allies discuss price supports for farmers, retail ceilings, and potential new legislation. Taft notes the cost may reach about one billion dollars, smaller than OPA estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Aiken
Barkley
Taft
Ohio
OPA
Native Indians Teach Whites to Catch Oysters with Forked Stakes
A historical note describes Native communities teaching settlers the method of using forked stakes to spear and collect oysters. The account highlights exchange of practical knowledge across cultural lines and regional coastal practices observed in early maritime livelihoods.
Yugoslavs Driven From Town of Jajce National fight in central Bosnia
A liberation communique said German tank columns moved from Banja Luka toward Jajce as fierce fighting raged in the Vrbas valley. The Budapest radio claimed Nazi occupation of Jajce, once Tito’s headquarters, while Tito’s broadcast noted renewed central Bosnia offensives and German efforts against Travnik. Allied planes were seen over Croatia to supply partisans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Yugoslav Army of Liberation
Jajce
Banja Luka
Vrbas
Budapest
Josip Broz
Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Bosnia
Mrkonjigrad
G.erman
Prince Eugen
Travnik
Croatia
New York
U. S
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
County oil output declines slowly in Pontotoc county
Pontotoc county produced 371,485 barrels of oil in November according to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. Output compares with 379,430 in October and 381,317 in September, down from 431,431 barrels in December, with allocation noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Opposition In Lead Now
Washington January 12 The Senate Military Affairs Committee opened work on national service legislation requested by President Roosevelt. Senator Austin Vermont Republican opposed fast passage, saying the measure must be demanded by the people, not imposed by Congress. Roosevelt outlined a five point program to mobilize civilian labor for essential war work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Austin
R.-Vt
Congress
Military Affairs Committee
Board to Set Care for Test
Oklahoma City report shows beginning February 1 selective service registrants nearing induction will get a pre induction physical examination. Local boards will judge imminence and order exams. those accepted for navy or marines inducted locally. After March 1 the aim is 45 day flow to actual induction at Fort Sill.
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Oklahoma City
Selective Service
Clive E. Murray
State Selective Service
Murray
Army
Fort Sill
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Armed Services
President urges bigger war taxes in 1944
Roosevelt’s implied demand for sharp tax increases meets congressional resistance as the Senate begins work on a 2.275 billion dollar tax bill. Treasury officials expect a stronger push in the budget, while Republicans vow to oppose further increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Senate
State of the Union
Morgenthau
Rep
Knudson
Minn
House
Ways and Means
George
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
Ralph Thompson To Military Service
TM Ralph Thompson of the highway patrol moved from Perry to the Clinton division and promoted from sergeant to lieutenant of the headquarters troop. Lt Eugene Clark replaces Thompson, with Roy Blankenship succeeding Clark at Ardmore. U S farm income for 1943 estimated at 19 billion dollars versus 4.743 billion in 1932. wild rabbits show keener eyes than tame rabbits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Ralph Thompson
The
Highway Patrol
Perry
Eugene Clark
Clinton
Thompson
Clark
Roy Blankenship
Ardmore
Blankenship
A. N. Davis
U. S
Cold Lingering On Across Kansas
Topeka reports cold weather persisting across northern Kansas with low readings of 5 to 10 degrees in the north and 10 to 20 in the south. The mercury stays below freezing today and tomorrow while fair, moisture-free conditions continue and snow on the ground protects Wheat in northern and southwestern Kansas. Goodland logged a 3 degree low last night. Weather official S D Flora notes slight warming possible tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Flora
House Edge Narrows After Gavagan Resignation
Washington January 12 Democrats hold a numerical edge in the house but drop to 217 Democrats 208 Republicans four minor party representatives and six vacancies as Rep Gavagan resigns leaving the party short of a majority for the first time since 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep
Gavagan
New York
Reah
PESSIMIST
A witty aside on marriage safety during wartime humorously notes how life’s risks persist even in festive processions and car safety.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Alexander
Madgeburg
Gladwin Hill
O. C
Globe
H. Massey II
Trice
Red Hands
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Vermont
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