Air War Against Rabaul Stepped Up In Frequent Raids
Allied air and ground forces intensified operations around Rabaul New Britain with more than 100 Allied planes, numerous raids daily, and heavy bomb hits on Tobera airdrome. American and New Zealand pilots claimed 21 enemy planes down with five probables. three Allied aircraft failed to return. Marines advanced on Gloucester front. Australian troops pushed near Saidor and Madang. Bombers targeted Bogadjim and Madang area. a Catalina hit a Japanese destroyer amidships off Kavieng. Radio Tokyo cited raids near Takao Formosa.
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Rabaul
New Britain
Northern
New
South Pacific Air Force
New Zealand
Tobera
South Pacific
Gloucester
Vitiaz Strait
New Guinea
Buri
Huon Peninsula
U. S. Sixth Army
Saidor
Madang
Bogadjim
Alexishafen
Catalina
Kavieng
New Ireland
Radio Tokyo
Takao
Formosa
China
Republicans Challenge Roosevelt Second Bill of Rights
Republicans called President Roosevelt’s second bill of rights a preview of the 1944 Democratic platform and ordered broad study by eight committees to craft detailed positions on jobs profits housing medical care education and more for the upcoming convention and platform process.
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Jack Bell
Chicago
Sevelt
Congress
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
National Committee
Mackinac Island
Advisory Council
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Une
President Roosevelt Proposes 34000 Mile National Highway System
Roosevelt asked Congress to back a national highway network of about 34 000 miles with an estimated cost of 750 million dollars annually over several years. The plan would link major regions, mostly along existing federal aid routes, with cost sharing between federal and state governments and equal emphasis on urban and rural roads. He urged early action and flexible routes to ease land acquisitions and rights of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Five Killed as Dormitory Fire Rips Shipyard Camp
In Richmond California a dormitory for shipyard workers burned early today killing five men who were found burned beyond recognition. Seven others were injured fleeing through windows as flames consumed the building. The blaze was spotted around 3 a.m. by a guard who roused occupants. Fire loss pegged at about 25000 dollars.
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Richmond
Calif
James Arbuckle
Arbuckle
Italian Executions Seen as Purge of Anti Nazis
At the Swiss Italian frontier Frank Brutto reports executions of Count Ciano and four other former fascist leaders as part of a purge against opponents of Italy's alliance with Germany. Death sentences on Mussolini's son in law Emilio De Bono and other high fascists bolster provincial trials of traitors in Nazi-occupied northern Italy.
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Badoglio
Scorza
Rome
Italy
Gazette de Lausanne
Verona
Mussolini
Grandi
Ciano
Dino Grandi
Frank Brutto
Count Ciano
Grand Council
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Emilio de Bono
Escape One Day Wings the Next
Aviation Cadet Jerome M. Hacker, 18, received his wings Friday morning, a day after taking part in a collision of two twin engine planes near Pampa Texas. He was a co-pilot and parachuted to safety while a flying instructor and two students died in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome M. Hacker
Pampa
Texas
Tom Grant
Hacker
A. J. Hacker
Weleetka
East Seventeenth Street
A/C
Pledge A Plane Drive Launched By Camp Fire Girls
Camp Fire girls in Ada have collected over 1000 pounds of waste fats for the war effort reports to Miss Valera Keefe Camp Fire executive. Groups visit homes each Saturday to gather fats to fund a $110,000 ambulance plane through a pledge-a-plane campaign with the slogan Double Duty Dimes and Dollars. Wakita Group and Washington grade pledged bonds of 18.75 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire Girls
Ada
Valera Keefe
National Organization
Wakita
Eee
Washington Grade
Typhus outbreak isolates German base at Kirkenes
Norwegian legation sources report a serious typhus outbreak in Kirkenes forcing German forces to isolate the area to halt spread to other fronts. The move aims to contain the fever and prevent broader military impact.
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Norway
Stockholm
Orwegian Legation
Kirkenes
Chris Madsen Dies At 92 In Guthrie Territorial Lawman
Chris Madsen, famed for early Oklahoma Territory policing, died at 92 in Guthrie at the Masonic Home hospital after a brief illness. He joined U S marshal duties in 1890 after arriving from Denmark and served until his 1932 retirement to a farm near Guthrie. He witnessed the Yellow Hand and Buffalo Bill Cody incident and earlier fought in the Danish German wars and other campaigns. His son C R Madsen, traveling from Memphis, awaited funeral arrangements.
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Guthrie
Chris Madsen
Denmark
Oklahoma
Madsen
Masonic Home Hospital
Oklahoma City
Frank Derr
C. R. Madsen
Memphis
Oklahoma Territory
U. S
Northwest
Here
Federal Court
Cavalry
Yellow Hand
Buffalo
Bill Cody
Cody
Leion
Fort Reno
William Grimes
Annual Polio Funds Drive Plans Start
Ada Jaycees begin the annual campaign to raise funds for infantile paralysis aid. Joyce Miller appoints Guy Thrash as county drive chairman and Red Walk as city chairman after Jack Conn led 1943 efforts. Pontotoc county donated $1000 last year, the third largest in the state. The army's air transport command gives top priority to penicillin shipments.
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Ada Jaycees
Jack Conn
Joyce Miller
Guy Thrash
Red” Walk
Pontotoc County
Bassett Demands Policy Changes at Tecumseh Girls School
Oklahoma City January 10 Mrs Mabel Bassett state charities and corrections commissioner says two McAlester state prison matrons were sent to Tecumseh State Training School for Girls to restore order after further misconduct by students She warned of a fireball campaign to mobilize state women if policies do not change and criticized guest speaker selection Mrs Walter Gray Ruth Bryan Owen club president was informed of the protest against Mrs Burnham as a speaker.
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Oklahoma City
Mabel Bassett
Bassett
Tecumseh
Walter Gray
Ruth Bryan Owen Club
Burnham
Short couple welcome tiny son at St Josephs
Diminu tive Robert and Mary Clough celebrate the birth of Robert Eugene at St Josephs hospital in Dener. The six day old baby weighs four and a half pounds and arrived by Caesarian operation. The parents, married 15 months ago in Lincoln Nebraska, say his father is an airplane instrument worker at Hill Field Utah where his height is an asset.
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Dener
Robert
Mary Clough
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Mrs. Clough
Robert Eugene
Lincoln
Neb
Hill Field
Utah
Five Oklahomans Wounded In Action
Five Oklahomans were wounded in action in the Mediterranean area, announced by the war department. Pfc John H. Matthews of Afton, Pvt Warren N. Mitchell of Ponca City, Lt Walter J. Skipwith of Ardmore, Pfc Forrest V. Steelman of Hendrix, and Tech 4th Gr Howard G. Trammell of Ardmore are listed as wounded.
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Washington
Mediterranean
War Department
John H. Matthews
John W. Matthews
Afton
Warren N. Mitchell
Sylvia Tharpe
Ponca City
Walter J. Skipwith
Ardmore
Forrest V. Steelman
Shelby O. Steelman
Hendrix
Tech
Howard G. Trammell
Lizzy Trammell
Allied raid wipes out Italian aircraft plant at Reggio Emilia
Allied air strike on the Reggio Emilia factory in northern Italy left the central buildings totally destroyed and all structures heavily damaged. Lt. Albert M. Baldwin of Nekoma Kansas noted the jokers will not use the plant for some time as photographs confirm extensive destruction.
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Allied
Algiers
Albert M. Baldwin
Nekoma
Kas
Reggio Emilia
Italy
Hard Luck Hits Fitzgerald Farm
Robert Fitzgerald, former parole and pardon aide, faces trial on payoff conspiracy charges. He told newsmen that last month a fire at his farm near Tishomingo destroyed a barn and killed two Percheron mares, a saddle horse, and thousands of hay and corn stored there.
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Oklahoma City
Robert Fitzgerald
Tishomingo
Feather River name origin tied to discovered duck feathers
California's Feather River earned its name from a clue left by early explorers who noted feathers floating on the water near the river, suggesting abundant waterfowl in the area and guiding initial surveyors to the stream's location.
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California
Feather River
Sinatra's Wife Delivers Baby Boy For Second Time
Frank Sinatra and wife Nancy welcomed a baby boy in Hollywood. The newborn weighed eight pounds 13 ounces and may be named Frank Jr. The couple already has a daughter Nancy who is three and a half years old.
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New York
Frank Sinatra
Nancy
Sinatra
Hollywood
Frank Jr
Salt Plant Destroyed in Midwest Fire
Marysville Michigan January 11 A major blaze last night razed the Morton Salt companys largest Midwest plant. Principal buildings and several smaller structures were destroyed with damage estimated by General Manager Fred Philbrick at more than 2000000 dollars.
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Marysville
Mich
Morton Salt Company
Midwest
Fred Philbrick
Freeman Pioneer Oilman Dies After Long Illness
Claude L. Freeman a Bristow oilman and discoverer of the Bristow oil pool in 1923 died today after a long illness. He helped establish regional oil development and was known for his early exploration work in the Bristow field.
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Bristow
Jan
Claude L. Freeman
Bristow Oil Pool
Liberty Loan volunteers en listed for January drive
Three thousand volunteers will be enrolled for the fourth Liberty Loan starting January 18 in the city. The committee sets a fundraising goal of $18,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oe City
Cattle Sales Hit High Averages Despite Snow Storm
Cattlemen from eight states attended Sunday sales at the Harvey and Delaney ranches near Ada amid heavy snow. The Harvey sale of 36 head averaged 887 per head with top cow at 5 000 and 2 100 for another, while Delaney’s 51 head averaged 622 and featured a 1 000 price for a one year old heifer. Buyers included S H Moore and W C Sheppard among others. Col A W Thompson auctioneer. next sales shift to Roy Turner ranch at Sulphur and Texas venues.
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W. E. Harvey
W. A. Delaney Jr
Ada
Harvey
Delaney
Harvey Ranch
Roy Turner
Turner Ranch
Hickory
Mena
E. O. Ingle
Arkansas
Jim Sharp
Tulsa
Atlantan
W. C. Sheppard
Atlanta
A.H.A
R. J. Kinzer
American Hereford Association
Royal Rupert
America
Lazy D
Carpenter
L. P. Carpenter
Warkenton and
Rush Farms
Lawton
George Smith
Latta
Col
A. W. Thompson
Texas
British Honors Award 18 US Generals in Mediterranean Campaign
In Algiers on January 11, King George VI awarded eighteen American generals, including Patton and Clark, British decorations for meritorious actions in the Mediterranean. Patton received the Order of the Bath, with others earning the Order of the Bath and the Order of the British Empire for staff work and field leadership.
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Allied
Algiers
George S. Patton, Jr
Mark W. Clark
George VI
Mediterranean
Patton
U. S. Seventh Army
Order of the Bath
Harold Alexander
Italy
Maknassy
Tunisia
Henry Maitland Wilson
Bath
Walter Bedell Smith
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
British Empire
Clark
U. S. Fifth Army
Patt
Omar N. Braidge
U. S. Second Army Corps
Grand Jury Impaneled. DA Faces 60 Cases for Presentation
A federal grand jury was impanelled today to serve during the year. District OPA Director Rex A. Hayes was excused until the law on a federal officer serving could be checked. District Attorney Charles E. Dierker had 60 cases for immediate presentation to the grand jurors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
OPA
Rex A. Hayes
Charles E. Dierker
Piratical Rabbits On Prowl Again Over Kansas Farms
Ray Knipes, operator of a rabbit rendering plant in Ellis Kansas, urges wartime aid by supplying shotgun shells to farmers to curb rabbit damage. He notes millions of rabbits harm crops like wheat and corn and says rabbit meat and hides are shipped east and used for fats and felt, with livers sent to fish bait operations. He plans to present data to the War Production Board and OPA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis
Kas
Kansas
Ray Knipes
Kippes
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
U S Survivors Fight on In Philippine Hills
The article describes ongoing guerrilla warfare against Japanese forces in the Philippines from Bataan to Manila. It highlights Juan de la Cruz broadcasts, American and Filipino guerrilla bands in Luzon, and continued resistance including attacks on rail lines and patrols, with local leaders still active near Manila and Iloilo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Philippine Hills
Philippines
Bataan
Corregidor
Mania
Juan de la Cruz
John Doe
Juan
Manila
America
Baguio
Luzon
Guagua
Pampanga
Iloilo
Air Forces Reach Peak Of Unit Power
The army air forces have reached peak unit strength and shift to replacement training. Sixty nine air bases nationwide are closing representing 5 to 7 percent of AAF installations. New units will form as the war progresses, mainly as replacements, with many fields left on stand by for potential use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Air Forces
A.A.F
United States
McNary
Ore
War Department
Pacific Northwest
Mail service resumes with Algeria and French territories
Regular postal routes between the United States and Algeria French Morocco Tunisia and French West Africa have been resumed, the advertisement notes. Three months remain until Easter prompting social ladies to wear high hats.
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Oklahoma City
Postal Union
United States
Algeria
French Morocco
Tunisia
French West Africa
Oe Morris
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Mack Hacker
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Air Transport Command
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Frank Sinatra Jr
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