Rationed Items List Expanded by OPA Order
The Department of Agriculture announced that the Office of Price Administration will ration evaporated and condensed milk jams jellies preserves fruit butters pickles relishes processed fish and shellfish and other meat containing foods. The move follows earlier steps to ration canned and bottled fruits vegetables juices soups and dried fruits under a point system. Officials declined to confirm if the new items will join processed fruits and vegetables on the list, noting potential shortages of sugar and fruit juices could impact jam and preserve production.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Federal Register
Bowen resigns from O G and E post after long service
Henry E. Bowen southern district manager of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. announced his resignation effective February 1. Bowen has served with the company since 1922, became southern division manager in 1941, and previously led the northern district with offices in Enid. He will join industrial war effort work and has been active in Ardmore civic affairs.
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Henry E. Bowen
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co
Bowen
University of Alabama
Enid
Durant
Ardmore
Navy Reports Ship Sinking In December
The navy announced the loss of a medium sized United States merchant vessel torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine late in December in the South Atlantic off the east coast of South America. Survivors were landed at Miami, Florida.
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Washington
United States
South Atlantic
South America
Iami
Fla
Brazil Ranked Fourth Largest by Area Behind Three Nations
The article notes Brazil is surpassed in size only by the United States Soviet Republic, China, and Canada, confirming its position as the world's fourth largest country by area and underscoring its vast geography.
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Brazil
Us.s.r
China
Canada
Kerr considers Jack Bell for McAlester prison warden
Oklahoma Governor Kerr said he was weighing W. M. Jack Bell for warden of the McAlester penitentiary. He noted Hunt has not offered to resign and that any change would require resignation or a new law, with no influence on Granite reformatory. Bell, a Shawnee businessman, previously chaired the state board of affairs.
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Oklahoma City
Kerr
W. M
Jack) Bell
State Board of Affairs
McAlester Penitentiary
Bell
Fred Hunt
Hunt
Warden Ed O’brien
Granite Reformatory
Phillips
Senate
Granite
Jong
Hugh O Connell Dies at Hollywood Actor Career Note
Hollywood January 20 Hugh O Connell stage and screen actor dies overnight reportedly from a heart attack. His career began as a Chicago theater usher and he rose to prominence in film and stage roles.
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Hollywood
Hugh O'Connell
Chicago
Flynn Defends Appointment Amid Senate Inquiry
Edward J. Flynn testified before a Senate committee denying accusations of impropriety in his fitness to serve as minister to Australia. He admitted an accidental deputy appointment to Dutch Schultz and defended his experience aiding the New York World’s Fair. Meantime coal miners strike and rail wage disputes drew White House scrutiny as price controls and meat shortages triggered government action.
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Washington
Edward J. Flynn
Senate
Australia
New York
Bronx
Democratic National Committee
Senator Bridges
RN. H
Kroger Grocery and Baking Co
Board of Economic Warfare
William M. Jeffers
Flynn
Dutch Schultz
Arthur Flegenheimer
Schultz
G. Howland Shaw
Shaw
Bridges
Congress
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Capitol Hill
House Democratic
Rep
Vito Marcantonio
New York American Laborite
Important
Judiciary Committee
Raymond Rains Named Assistant Deputy Warden in McAlester
Raymond Rains, Ada police chief for five years under Mayor Crawford and former two year chief under Mayor Willoughby, is appointed assistant deputy warden of the Oklahoma penitentiary at McAlester and will report Monday. He has long served in Ada’s law enforcement and is active in local civic groups.
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Raymond Rains
Ada
Bill Crawford
Willoughby
Oklahoma
McAlester
Crawford
Chief Rains
Raymond
Orville Snead
Bebee
Free Text Books Bill Advances in Oklahoma Senate Fight Over Oleomargarine Tax
An administration backed bill to fund free textbooks at 350000 per year moves to the Senate. Governor Kerr supports gradual purchases. Gary's measure allows the textbook commission to pick grades. Legislation on eight constitutional amendments and industry-friendly reforms also drives hearings as Kerr, lawmakers push for early adjournment.
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Oklahoma City
Legislative Assembly
Raymond Gary
Madill
Kerr
Gary
Textbook Commission
Senate
House
Department
H. Tom
Rogers County
Beard of Education
Hill
London Bombed Again In Major Daylight Raid
London endured a large German daylight raid described as the biggest since the Battle of Britain. At least 11 German planes were said to be shot down by British fighters, a school was smashed and burned, and 24 children died in the school region.
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London
Britain
Channel
Kent
Sussex
RAF
Nazi Newspapers Admit Superior Russian Forces
Berne reports show Nazi press conceding Russian material strength and manpower. The Voelkischer Beobachter notes difficult eastern front fighting while Basler Nachrichten warns of a last act in Stalingrad with Germans losing over 20 divisions. Italian weekly Relazioni Internationale says swift-war era ends and time favors the Tripartite powers as both sides control large, usable areas.
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Berne
Switzerland
Berlin
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Voelkischer Beobachter
Adolf Hitler
Rheeiane thanaAewsmarna
aeNae
UIT Muwspaper
Stalingrad
Basler Nachrichten
Germany
Relazioni Internationale
Italy
Japan
Yanks Kill 1 032 Japs In Five Day Guadalcanal Battle
Allied forces credited with wiping out 1 032 Japanese soldiers in a five day clash on Guadalcanal while American bombers hit shipping 300 miles northwest. Tojo ill in Tokyo as parliament reconvenes, naval losses rise to about 445 ships as U S and Allied forces press across New Guinea Guadalcanal and Burma fronts. The Amazon River pours five million gallons of water per second into the Atlantic.
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Associated Press
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Tokyo Broadc.t
Tojo
United States
New Guinea
Burma
Pacific Ocean
Navy
Frank Knox
Nippon
Knox
Sanananda
Douglas MacArthur
Uae
Timor Island
Kaie Islands
Gasmata
New Britain
Amazon
Rommel Pressured By Triple Allied Drive In North Africa
Allied forces in North Africa close in on Rommel as Axis troops retreat toward Tunisia. The British Eighth Army advances on Tripoli while French and American British units push from the Sahara and central Libya. Air raids hit coastal Sousse and communications behind Rommel.
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North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Cairo
Rommel
el Alamein
Eighth Army
Tripoli
Mussolini
Sahara
Cental
Libya
Homs
Tarhuna
Cairs
Pont du Fahs
Bou Arada-Gouellat
Pont du Fans
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Zliten
Tarhuna Yesteray
Turkish-born private buys $5,000 war bond
Seymour Indiana dispatch reports private George Gurdjian, born in Turkey, invests in a $5,000 war bond while serving to aid the war effort and plans to return to his costume jewelry manufacturing business.
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Seymour
Ind
George Gurdjian
Truck Inspection Date Is Changed
The local ration board announces February 28 as the deadline for commercial vehicle inspections. After that date no tire or recapping service certificates may be issued unless the vehicle is inspected. Vehicles must be inspected every sixty days or five thousand miles, whichever comes first.
No Teacher Causes Temporary Closure of Rural School
Social Hill one room rural school south of Calvin closes due to lack of teachers. Morrell Loftis resigned recently to enter defense work, his second resignation this term. Two substitutes have taught briefly. unless a new teacher is found, the school may close permanently and students must be transported to nearby districts.
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Social Hill
Calvin
Morrell Loftis
War at a glance across theaters as Allied squeeze closes
Africa reports Rommel retreating into three way Allied trap. Russia pushes new gains against Nazis with relentless pressure. New York reports severe Japanese losses. Axis notes ship ping shortages. London records largest daylight raid since Britain’s siege. Washington states Americans killed over 1,000 Japanese in five days at Guadalcanal.
Barkley Lists Postwar Economic Plan at Lyceum
Senate Majority Leader Alben W Barkley spoke to the Elizabeth Lyceum at the YMCA outlining a five point program to rebuild the economy after the war. The plan includes reemployment for veterans, a sound basis for public debt discharge, merging diverse interests to restore strength, erasing fear of want, and rapid conversion of industry to peacetime production.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Navy Recruits Four In County
Navy recruiters sent four men to Oklahoma City this week for further examination and induction. Men over 38 may enlist as Seabees outside the weeks quota. No enlistments this week. one man was sent last week. Women may apply for WAVES at the local Navy Recruiting Station in the Post Office building. Readable county recruits include Merle Leon Choate Tipton Grover Fordon Bellah Saint Jo Texas L C Cagad Jr and William R Autrey Allen. Bellah attends East Central College.
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Navy
Oklahoma City
Lewis Walk
Merle Leon Choate
Tipton
Grover Fordon Bellah
Saint Jo
Texas
L. C. Cagad Jr
William R. Autrey
Allen
Bellah
East Central
Local Ada Couples Win Marriage Licenses
Ada residents Arvel Henderson and Carmen Grove. Philip Abney and Lucille Hall. Leon Landrith and Wanda Sales. Emmet Johnson and Pauline Pitt. Paul Brock and Wilma Brown secured marriage licenses. Australia’s 7 million people live along a continental expanse similar in size to the United States. Brazil’s population is largely in a narrow coastal strip, comprising about three quarters of the total.
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Arvel H. Henderson
Carmen Grove
Ada
Philip Wiley Abney
Lucille Hall
Leon James Landrith
Wanda Sales
Emmet Hall Johnson
Pauline Pitt
Paul Allen Brock
Wilma Brown
Brazil
PESSIMIST By Bob Blanks Jr WAACs WAVEs soldiers and sailors
A humorous verse notes discomfort with officers and service members, comparing wartime roles to awkward physical traits. The speaker imagines meeting the WAACs WAVEs and soldiers, then muses on a thick ankle as an unavoidable flaw, ending with a punchy rhythm.
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