Farm Views News: County Agents Promote Safe Fires and Crops
C H Hailey warns one seal remains a risk for serious losses from grass fires amid dry pastures. 4-H honors Floyd Robbins for livestock projects with an advance toward National Congress and War Bonds. Advice covers fruit plans, grubs control, hot beds, pecan spray ring aims, and favorable farm outlook with high prices and available machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Hailey
Floyd Robbins
Atta
Thomas E. Wilson
Chester White
Chicago
Bath
Pontotoc County
J. T. Roberts
Sunshine
Postwar Clothes Will Use Fabrics Army Invented
Postwar fashion will adopt army textile innovations. Nurses' action wear inspired new patterns and fastening methods. Layering for warmth shown in civilian ski and hunting gear using windproof outer layers and cotton pile underlayers. An 9 ounce sateen fabric for field jackets hailed as major 1943 advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Stevick
NEA
Washington
Army
Robert Stevens
Quartermaster Corps
FDR Opens Door to Debate on War Time Politics
President Roosevelt used the Parable of the Two Doctors to push a Win the War message, labeling politics at press conferences during war as taboo. Reporters described the talk as the best fire side chat, and questions about a fourth term sparked mild controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Flieger
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Dr. New Deal
United States
Win-the-War
Pearl Harbor
New Deal
Plant Green Feeds For Poultry Flock
Stillwater experts urge poultry keepers to plant wheat and ryegrass for winter grazing. Dr. Kert Penquite of Oklahoma A&M says five to ten birds can benefit from late planting to extend green pasture and balance feed. Under good conditions wheat greens soon, though this year weather may delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penquite
Oklahoma A and M
Stillwater
Kert Penquite
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Service Command Names New Head in Omaha Farewell
Maj. Gen. Frederick E. Uhl announces postwar plans to probe German and Japanese terrain to prove U.S. strength. He will head the Fourth service command in Atlanta after praising Brig. Gen. Clarence H. Danielson, his successor in Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Frederick E. Uhl
Atlanta
Fourth Service Command
U. S
Germany
Uhl
Seventh Service Command
Japan
America
Clarence H. Danielson
Washington
Danielson
Rolls Royce collector keeps eight spare cars for fate
Oklahoma City report notes John Utter, army inspector, has three Rolls Royces from 1917 1925 and 1931 plus Stutz, Packard, Lozier, Studebaker and a Fierrows Suete in his collection. He quips half the hobby is keeping them in repair amid a 1939 start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
John Utter
Army
Utter
Rolls Royce
Packard
Studebaker
Terrific Blizzard Strikes Texas Panhandle in 52-Year Storm
AMARILLO Jan 7 The panhandle endures its worst blizzard in 52 years with over ten inches of snow and a 42 mile wind halting transport. Temperatures drop toward zero as shifts halt at a munitions plant and railroads run snow plows behind schedule. Cattlemen fear a 20 percent herd loss due to snow ice and scarce feed. Weather bureau warns at least 48 hours of severe conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Dalhart
Simplify Testing Of Draft Eligibles
Washington January 7 selective service headquarters announced a plan to remove local board screening tests and require final pre induction examinations at least 21 days before induction. The aim is to reduce uncertain ties among draft eligibles and ensure a minimum three weeks notice of induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Congress
Army General Service
Marines
Coast Guard
Washington
Selective Service
Effects of Long Drought Persist
Oklahoma City report says the 1943 drouth continues to affect farming but some gains appear. Winter wheat stands at 67 percent of normal on January 1 up from December 1, oats at 67 percent, peanuts at 92 percent harvested. Livestock condition is down from a month earlier with stock water supplies 12 percent below last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Joe C. Scott
State Board of Agriculture
Victory Garden Guide for 1943 Oklahoma Plans Calendar
Horticulturists at Oklahoma A and M college urge continued victory garden production to aid the war effort. They report 1943 Oklahoma gardeners produced about 130 thousand tons of vegetables despite a poor season and stress early soil prep and a local planting calendar guided by county bulletins and weather data to optimize this year’s gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma A
M. College
Victory Gardens
Oklahoma Victory
Oklahoma
Girl Dies Trying To Save Children In Fire Tragedy
Twelve-year-old Josephine Milani died today while attempting to rescue younger children from a house fire that swept the home of her sister Mrs Sherman Mayer in Klamath Falls Oregon. Mayer had carried the Mayer children to safety through a window. Milani’s body was found among the ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klamath Falls
Ore
Josephine Milani
Sherman Mayer
Sherman’ Mayer
Miss Milani
Mayer
Lose Weight Club at Army Ordnance Plant
The medical department of the army ordnance plant has formed a Lose-2-Pounds-a-Week club for overweight employees with a tailored scientific diet plan for each participant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illiopolis
Llt
Army Ordnance Plant
Leader Dog Helps Tulsa Gatekeeper Find Independence
Jack Fisher, a blind Ada resident known as Jack, received a leader dog funded by Tulsa Lions and Ada Lions to Detroit for training. The total cost is 600 dollars and the Dog League still seeks 300 dollars more sponsorship. Fisher trained 30 days with the dog in Detroit to handle heavy traffic and eight lanes, praising the dog as essential life protection. He will work as a janitor and office supplies salesman for Broomtown Company using Ada as headquarters, braille catalog to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Fisher
Jack
Tulsa Lions Club
Fisher
Ada Lions Club
Detroit
Mich
Tulsa Organizaation
Leader Dog League of Detroit
Leader Dog League of Detail
Ada
Fished
Martha Ann Accepts Him As Part Of Family
Hutchinson Kansas reports Martha Ann Ohlsson now accepts Chief N W Ohlsson as her father. The three year old warmed to the sailor after two years of picturing him, kissing his photo, and resisting when he first returned from the south Pacific. Born in Ashland Wisconsin while his father served, the family now resides in Hutchinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Ann
Hutchinson, Kas
Martha Ann Ohlsson
Pearl Harbor
N. W. Ohlsson
South Pacific
Ohlsson
Mrs. Ohlsson
Ohlson
Hutchinson Naval Air Station
Nels Ohlsson
Ashland
Wis
Bermuda
Hutchinson
Feed Released For State Stockmen In Oklahoma
Oklahoma Governor Kerr said the Commodity Credit Corporation in Washington released 175 carloads of soybeans to aid feeding livestock. He has asked for more supply and expects Washington to decide Tuesday. The soybeans will be distributed through state milling points and local agricultural conservation committees to stockmen, with a critical cattle feed shortage risking livestock losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Commodity Credit Corporation
Washington
Oklahoma
Kerr
Moon's Gravity Pull Surpasses Sun on Earth Debris
A historical note states the moon's gravitational force on earth particles is twice that of the sun. The claim contrasts with common understanding and lacks context or citations for measurement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Underwood Promoted to Staff Sergeant in WWII
Sgt. John D. Underwood Jr. has been promoted to staff sergeant, per a letter from his parents. He trained in Texas, volunteered over a year ago, and served with Army Air Forces in England. While overseas he met several Ada residents and attended Ada schools through 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Underwood, Jr
John Underwood
West Twenty-Third
Army Air Forces
England
Underwood
Texas
Kansas
Paul Hickey
John
Pfc John C Haskins Returns from Africa
Pfc John C Haskins has returned to the United States after serving as an ambulance driver in the Medical Corps in the Mediterranean theater. He spent two months hospitalized in North Africa and is the son of Mr L D Haskins of 406 West 7th. Haskins volunteered in 1942 and trained at Camp Barkeley and Fort Blanding before entering combat zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Haskins
United States
Haskins
North Africa
L. D. Haskins
West 7Th
Camp Barkeley
Fort Blanding
Fla
More Bodies Found After Collision Off Cape May
Coast guard crews ashore additional bodies from the sunken navy patrol ship St Augustine after a collision with a merchant vessel. Thirty dead identified and 30 survivors listed at the Cape May station as an inquiry opened at Admiral hotel. Seaman James Piros narrowly escaped, later praising a chaplain’s prayers led by Gilbert Lee.
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Cape May
N. J
Coast Guard
Navy
St. Augustine
Admiral Hotel
Coast Guard and
Navy Board of Inquiry
Fourth Naval District
Philadelphia
Atlantic Ocean
Here
Jacob Jones
James Piros
Scott City
Kas
Coast Guards
Gilbert E. Lee
Versailles
New York
Lee
Bedford
Raymond Watham Sent Overseas to England with Army Engineers
Pvt. Raymond Watham 21 son of Mr and Mrs W S Watham 530 West First and husband of Donna Mae Watham of Coalgate is stationed in England with the army engineers. He entered service January last year after leaving Ada Iron and Metal Co. He trained at Camp Swift Texas before going overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Watham
W. S. Watham
West First
Donna Mae Watham
Coalgate
England
Army Engineers
Pvt
Watham
Ada Iron and Metal Company
Camp Swift
Texas
Silver Star Award To Two Oklahomans
Two Oklahoma servicemen earned Silver Stars for gallantry on the Italian front. Emitt C. Owen of Konawa relayed information under heavy fire and crawled 200 yards to obtain aid for wounded comrades. Theodore Brunt of Pawnee was cited for volunteering to move ambulances along a mined road under enemy fire, keeping them in operation for five hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oklahoma
War Department
Emitt C. Owen
Konawa
Theodore Brunt
Pawhuska
Brunt
Reynolds Graduates as Bombardier at Deming AAF
Army records show Robert E Reynolds Bell assigned as bombardier after graduating the bombardier school at Deming Army Air Field New Mexico on December 24 He earned silver wings and a second lieutenant commission and is from Statewall his parents are Mr and Mrs Reynolds He has returned to Salt Lake City Utah for his next assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Reynolds
Deming Army Air Field
Deming
New Mexico
U. S. Army
Reynolds
and Reynolds
Statewall
Salt Lake City
Utah
Storm Deluges Southwest Plains Cattle Country
A sweeping winter storm paralyzed the region from New Mexico to Illinois with heavy snow and drifts up to eight feet in the Texas panhandle and four to 14 inch accumulations in Oklahoma. Cattle feed shortages loom as communications fail and emergency feed shipments are awaited. one Texas stockman reports 169 dead cattle along a 10 mile highway stretch and at least one death is linked to the storm. Five Amarillo women on a skiing trip are reported missing but later found safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Southwestern Plains
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Texas
Amarillo
Guymon
Okla
New
Justice of the Peace
Nat L. Inge
Wichita Falls
M. C. Duvall
Inge
New Mexico
Dumas -Dalhart
Dumas
Season Nears as Pat on Back Becomes Safe
The line signals a playful turn toward normalcy as teams prepare for the season with cautious optimism and expected rituals of congratulations once safety allows.
Griggs Appointed Aviation Cadet
Jack S. Griggs aged 20, son of Mrs. Cynthia Criggs of 720 East Twelfth, was named Naval Aviation Cadet and sent to Pensacola Florida for intermediate flight training. After the intensive course he will earn Wings of Gold and be commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack S. Griggs
Cynthia Criggs
East Twelfth
Naval Air Training Center
Pensacola
Fla
Annapolis of the Air
Griggs
Marine Corps Reserve
East Central
Edmond
del Monte
Calif
Hutchinson
Kansas
Classen High School
Oklahoma City
Fliers Die in Michigan B 26 crash near Kellogg Field
Five army fliers were killed when a twin engined B 26 bomber from Kellogg Field crash landed in a field three kilometers south of Battle Creek Michigan. Capt David E Bales said the crew radioed an engine failure and attempted an emergency landing. Two others survived with injuries.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Kellogg Field
Army
David E. Bales
Half Dozen Sooners Missing in Action
Washington dispatch reports six Oklahoma soldiers listed as missing in action by the War Department. In the Mediterranean are Pfc Merle C Green Cedar dale. Lt Arthur W Lignoul Boise City. Lt Walter R Parks Tulsa. T/Sgt Clarence W Vaughn Oklahoma City. In Europe are S/Sgt James R Douglas Bowden. Lt Edward F Taylor Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
United States
Mediterranean
Merle C. Green
Willie A. Green
Cedardale
Arthur W. Lignoul
Mathew J. Lignoul
Boise City
Walter R. Parks
Tulsa
Clarence W. Vaughn
Georgia N. Vaughn
Oklahoma City
James R. Douglas
Billy R. Douglas
Bowden
Edward F. Taylor
Verna M. Taylor
Perry
Seaman Whittington Returns From Sea Duty
Woodrow W. Whittington seaman first class of the U S Naval Armed Guard Center in New Orleans has returned from sea duty as a member of a naval gun crew aboard an American merchant vessel. He joined the navy May 16 1942 and spent five and a half months at sea visiting ports in Central and South America and the Caribbean. He received boat training at Great Lakes Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow W. Whittington
U. S. Naval Armed Guard Center
New Orleans
Whittington
Navy
Central
South America
Caribbean
Great Lakes
Ill
Bennie Boiles Completes Basic At Sheppard Field Texas
Pvt Bennie Boiles completes basic training at Sheppard Field Texas and is transferred to Harlingen Texas for gunnery training He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ben R Boiles 521 West Fifteenth FAIRFIELD Idaho residents help neighbors after a fire buys a new house for the Dal Lees and replaces a destroyed car with community support
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Bennie Boiles
Sheppard Field
Texas
Harlingen
Ben R. Boiles
West
Fifteenth
Fairfield
Idaho
Dal Lee
Lees
Edward Giggons
Shangri-La Field Demonstrates War Simulation for Graduating Technicians
Shangri La Field at Glendale California resembles a combat zone to train and test graduating technicians. The base replicates field conditions, allowing demonstrations of performance under simulated war scenarios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shangri-La
Glendale
Cal
Army Air Force Field
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