Oklahoma highway audit finds irregularities and car misuse
Accountant C A Cardwell told Oklahoma lawmakers the highway department hid irregularities in accounting methods and that state autos were used for personal use. He cited 15000 of an order for 45000 gallons of asphalt bought under a later contract, violating bidding statutes. He criticized confirmatory purchase orders and auto parts distribution. He noted long time staff keep the system. Bailey said rules were hard to enforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
C. A. Cardwell
House
Highway Department
Cardwell
H. E. Bailey
Bailey
Department
Highway) Commission
Ben Childers
Oklahoma Soldiers Wounded In Action Named by War Department
War department lists Oklahoma service members wounded in action from European Mediterranean and Southwest Pacific theaters. Next of kin notified. Names include Pfc George T Ardry Allen. Pvt Pliny W Grubb Miami. Pvt William H McMahan Tulsa. Pfc Harold J McQuiston Tonkawa. Pfc Lavon A Morris Lawton. Pvt Morris E Rogers Tulsa. and many others across Oklahoma towns such as Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Lawton, Pryor, Chickasha, Vinita, and Ardmore with ranks Pfc Pvt S/Sgt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Oklahoma
George T. Ardry
Allen
Pliny W. Grubb
Miami
Lewis T. McGee
Oklahoma City
William H. McMahan
Tulsa
Harold J. McQuiston
Charles R. Bradley
Texhoma
Charles M. Cutler
Picker
Fares Odes
Kinta
Wilburn Gienn
Wewoka
Earl Hart
Checotah
William G. Hendrick
Hollis
John C. Inman
Vinita
Pfe
Roscoe E. James
Cherokee
Everett Macom
Jimmy G. McDonald
Duncen
Houston Mitchell
Oakill
Leo H. Palmer
Putnam
James E. Raney
Morris
Raymond J. Rodkey
Buffalo
Bertis M. Russell
Non
Jack Smothers
Page
Orville T. Clinton
Eva M. Clinton
Lindsay
Southwest Pacific
Joyce V. Cummings
Ardmore
Edward F. Jeffers
McAlester
Loyd W. Medley
Kenneth A. Fahray
Atoka
George W. Melott
Pond Creek
Two Men Face Vagrancy Charges In Local Court
Two men, Bob Smith and Lewis Lyde, were scheduled for vag rancy hearings in Justice Percy Armstrong's court. Smith traveled to Oklahoma City for a work physical for Pearl Harbor and has not returned. Lyde left for Michigan to work in a defense plant and also has not returned. If the charges are proven, they may be dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Smith
Lewis Lyde
Justice Court
Percy Armstrong
Oklahoma City
Pearl Harbor
Lyda
Michigan
Justice Armstrong
Lt Bevels Writes Home From Osaka Prison Camp
Mrs Anna Bevels receives the first personal letter from her son 2nd Lt Bob Bevels after 33 months as a prisoner of war in Osaka Japan. He reports health good and asks for another package while thanking Rev Morris and Mary for messages. His brothers Sgt Homer Bevel in Europe with the 45th Division and a parachute mechanic at Perrin Field Texas are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Bevels
West Main
Bob Bevels
Bataan
Osaka
Japan
Rev
Morris
Mary
O. K
Homer Bevel
Seventh Army
45Th
Perrin Field
Tex
Valley Forge in Ardennes Fights Recalled by HAL BOYLE
HAL BOYLE reports from Belgium on the Ardennes winter battles with the American First Army describing frostbitten soldiers and struggling logistics. He quotes Lt. Jack Spencer and Col. Branner Purdue noting resilience, makeshift wool gear, and the need to keep troops warm and supplied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Belgium
von Rundstedt
Ardennes
Jack Spencer
Chicago
Grapevine
Texas
Belgian Bulge i
Ardennes Hills
30Th Infantry Division
Branner Purdue
Fayetteville
Ark
83Rd
Maxie Zera
New York City
Fie
Sixty Oklahoma Soldiers Listed Wounded In Europe and Pacific
The War Department announced 60 Oklahoma servicemen wounded in action in Europe or the Southwest Pacific. Names include Pfc William A. Childers of Tulsa and Pvt James W. Mills of Tulsa among others. next of kin notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Europe
Southwest Pacific
William A. Childers
Tulsa
Eugene B. Fitch
Clyde J. Goode
Oklahoma City
Estill Lawless
Enid
Henry W. Nelson
Clyde B. Stockstill
Muskogee
Fred B. Storey, Jr
Shawnee
Luther E. Taylor
Pratt Dale R. Vanmeter
Raymond L. Wilkerson
Pauls Valley
Edward J. Wilson
Elton E. Alexander
Marlow
Joseph F. Burnett
Tahlequah
J. D. Butler
Hoyt
Joe J. Cookson
Parkhill
Glen E. Crain
Blackwell
Doyle F. Davis
Alvie E. Foreman
Salina
Washie Foster
Holdenville
Francis N. Furnish
Lament
Robert B. Garrett
Noble
Oscar Gill
Durant
William E. C. Gladden
Stilwell
Harold L. Goodwin
Sapulpa
Jackie L. Hoppes
Mannford
Harshal T. Lacey
Elk City
Donald L. Lovell
Hennessey
Erdman D. Mathies
Poteau
Winna J. Meely
Stratford
Larry J. Norris
Tahleanah
Roy A. Nuttall
Peek
James W. Park
Indiahoma
Paul E. Penrod
Walters
Merle E. Pickens
Earl
Rodden Chandler
Paul H. Sanders
Sand Springs
Everett D. Sisco
Checotah
Orvil C. South
Howard Hurst
el Reno
Russell C. Jamison
Carmen
John W. Kegg
Eucha
Benjamin F. McCullough
Stroud
George O. Sanders
Sallisaw
Henry D. Smith
Mangum
James W. Snow
Duncan
Claude Stubblefield
Bristow
Reuben Sulphur
Mid-year teacher personnel changes announced by Supt Morri son
Changes in Ada public schools include Miss Mary Elizabeth Kloos moving from Ada junior high home ec and Ada high school chemistry to East Central college teaching staff. Miss Harriet Kearns shifts from Glenwood school to replace Kloos, and Mrs. A R Wallace teaches at Glenwood for the time being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex O. Morrison
Mary Elizabeth Kloos
Ada High School
Eest Central College
Harriet Kearns
Glenwood School
Kloos
A. R. Wallace
Glenwood
Klutts Bound Over For Court Trial
Louis W. Klutts was bound over to district court after his charge was reduced from a statutory offense in the first degree to an attempted rape. He pled not guilty in Percy Armstrong’s justice court and posted $2,000 bond to secure release from the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis W. Klutts
Percy Armstrong
Klutts
Labor Turnover Threatens War Plant Output in 1945
Brig. Gen. Ray G. Harris warned that without immediate cuts in labor turnover at mid western and southwestern aircraft plants 160 000 new workers may be needed to meet 1945 production. He cited 1944 turnover split among permanent terminations military service layoffs and discharges with 75.7 percent due to terminations and noted no 1944 turnover figure was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita, Kas
Ray G. Harris
Midwestern
Air Technical Service Command
Long Way to Go in War on Japan
Ada and Pontotoc County service members share letters from the Pacific and Philippines fronts. Joseph N. Philpot reports hard fighting, Navy watchers, holiday meals, and hopes for the war’s end, while Lt. Burke Standridge recounts officer training, voyage from San Francisco to New Guinea, and a long road ahead with prayers for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Joseph Philpot
Burke Standridge
Ada
Pontotoc County
Armed Services
Joseph N. Philpot
F/Sc
Denver
Pacific
John Barringer
Navy
Ewing Fidler
Mackey
Herbert Johnson
Cougars
Tulsa
Europe
Oscar Cantwell
Tom Duncan
Philpot
West Fifteenth
Standridge
West Eighth
Glenwood Pack
Hayes
Glenwood
Fort Benning
Shenago
Fort Meade
Maryland
New Orleans
San Francisco
Cal
Golden Gate
New Guinea
Tokyo
Philippines
OEA Files Four State Petitions for School Financing
Oklahoma City January 22. Four initiative petitions filed by the Oklahoma Education Association seek a statewide school financing plan. Signatures range from 166,713 to 168,680 and will be on file during a ten day protest period before Secretary Carter rules on sufficiency. Gov Kerr will set a date for a vote. Provisions include a 42 dollar per pupil minimum, a maximum 15 mill local levy, free textbooks, and a one mill levy for school buildings sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
C. M. Howell
Oklahoma Education Association
Frank C. Carter
Robert S. Kerr
Robins Return for Winter Worms at Bullard Yard
In Chicago Jaen last week Irv Bullard and wife fed ersatz worms to a chilly robin in snow. The bird accepted meat loaf worm shapes and returned with a mate and four more robins for more worms, proving winter robin care is simple if you understand them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jaen
Irv Bullard
Bullard
Army seeks women with medical and technical skills
Recruiting teams led by Lt. Connie Condit Sgt. Paulina Hicks and Sgt. James Dyer visit the Aldridge hotel and Chamber of Commerce office through Wednesday to recruit women 20 to 49 for medical and surgical technician roles. Other openings include radar radio and parachute rigging, control tower work, teletype, clerical duties, and stenography training for eventual government employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC
Connie Condit
Paulina Hicks
James Dyer
Chamber of Commerce
Aldridge
Army General Hospital
Camp Fire Girls See Rank Progress with Eight Fire Makers
Camp Fire Girls at Ada earned rank progress as 57 girls passed tests in a Committee of Awards. Eight girls qualified as Fire Makers, including Joan Reynolds, Carolyn Procter, Joan Coventon, and others, with a large group of Wood Gatherers also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Camp Fire
Joan Reynolds
Carolyn Procter
Joan Coventon
Dianne Trippe
Emily McCurley
June Merrick
Tavannah Loller
Mary Jean Bayless
Patsy Plumlee
Roberta Toler
Inez Rhynes
Imogene Stokes
Katie Sue Callihan
Bette West
Beverly Smith
Mary Nell Sweatt
Patty Hillhouse
Betty Nell Henderson
Letty Ann McRobert
Estelle Lee Woods
Loretta Shipley
Jo Ann Street
June Crawford
Fairy Peek
Kay Fentem
Frankie Lou Elmore
Jan Nabors
Sandra Cales
Twila Mae Smith
Nina Joyce Franklin
Sue Thomas
Derrelyn Metz
Estalene Hester
Betty Munsey
Norma Lee Burrus
Jo Nell
GOP Committee Backs Brownell for Four-Year Campaign
The Republican National Committee approved Herbert Brownell Jr. for a four-year campaign to regain the presidency. A challenge from Former Senator Arthur E. Nelson failed to derail Brownell’s plan as he pledged full-time effort to organizing the party. Walter Hallanan called the action a vote of confidence for Brownell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Republican National
Herbert Rownell, Jr
Arthur E. Nelson
Minnesota
Brownell
Walter Hallanan
West Virginia
Burglary Suspect Held By Convict Camp Inmate
Maj. William E. Spence of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation recounts how Charlie Hill, 40, broke into the Wilkes county convict camp at night, burglarized homes and stores, returned to the prison, stored loot in his locker under his bunk, and appeared to sell goods to other inmates. Spence is serving a 15 year term for burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busman
Atlanta
William E. Spence
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Charlie Hill
Wilkes County
Spence
Rosenman Sent to Help Resolve Allied Supply Problems
The White House announced that Presidential Counsel Samuel I. Rosenman has been dispatched to assist in ironing out supply problems in England Belgium and the Netherlands to aid Allied war effort.
Wallace May Face Bitter Senate Fight
President Roosevelt plans to appoint Henry A. Wallace as secretary of commerce, replacing Jesse Jones. The move sparks opposition from Senators Connally and Bailey who urged keeping Jones, while Jones argues Wallace lacks business and finance experience. Truman signals support for Wallace, and a Senate battle over confirmation appears likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Henry A. Wallace
Congress
Connally
Tex
Bailey
N.C
Jones
Wallace
Henry Wallace
O’daniel
Sidney Hillman
Commerce Department
South America
Asia
Truman
White House
Senate
CIO Political Action Committee
Brewster
Maine
Texas
Oklahoma Sailors and Marines Killed or Missing
The Navy Department lists nine Oklahoma servicemen affected in the latest report. Glenn Roscoe Willard of Muskogee is recorded as dead, with Haskell Eugene Conway Cheyenne and Kenneth E. Gunning Enid among the wounded and Jewel L. Hamil Oklahoma City also wounded. Missing are Harley Barnes Quickel Woodward Glenn Derrel Rawdon Stroud Willard Garand Taylor Duncan and Robert Croft Reed Talihina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Oklahoma
Glenn Roscoe Willard
Muskogee
Haskell Eugene Conway
Cheyenne
Kenneth E. Gunning
Enid
Jewel L. Hamil
Oklahoma City
Harley Barnes Quickel
Woodward
Glenn Derrel Rawdon
Stroud
Willard Garand Taylor
Duncan
Robert Croft -Reed
Talihina
Germans Buddies Even in Capture
Lt. George Fitz gerald and S/Sgt. Rudolph Plut captured a German sentry after lifting him from a foxhole. A second German emerged claiming the prisoner was his best buddy from basic and campaigns. The incident highlights a supposed friendship between enemy soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
80TH
George Fitzgerald
New York
Rudolph Plut
Harrisburg
North Africa
Russia
France
Fitzgerald
Flanagan to push bill limiting county purchasing powers
Oklahoma legislator Charles Flanagan announced a plan to require all vendors selling county equipment to file affidavits with claims certifying price and delivery. He said current practice lets commissioners approve claims on simple statements, and the bill, drawn by the attorney general, would tighten oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Charles Flanagan
Walters
Cotton County
Flannagan
OPA Reveals Method Behind Thread Price Rise
Washington report details how the OPA calculated a five cent per pound ceiling increase for industrial cotton stitching thread. Using the same rule as other cotton items, it bases prices on mill parity, equipment cost, a quarter cent raw cotton tolerance, conver sion costs, and a target profit matching peacetime returns for producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Hamburger Goes to Front Lines for Soldier Meals
Chicago report on January 2 notes the army will deliver pre cooked hamburger to soldiers in the field. Two to a can with salt and pepper and a charcoal broiled flavor. can be eaten cold if needed, though heating improves flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lawmaker Seeks Military Training Alternatives for Youths
Rep. Johnson proposes an amendment to the compulsory training law allowing youths to join reserve officer training or similar military classes in high school or college for two years as a substitute for one year of continuous camp training. This would keep students in school while providing structured military instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
D-Okla
Tulsa Oil Man Hollis Porter Dies at 70
Hollis P. Porter prominent consulting engineer and author of a widely used petroleum dictionary died last night at 70 in Tulsa Oklahoma. Porter a Fort Scott Kansas native designed sugar factories power plants and irrigation projects in Texas and Louisiana in the 1890s and later supervised irrigation developments in Mexico and elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Hollis P. Porter
Porter
Fort Scott
Kas
Texas
Louisiana
Mexico
Government Seeks Major Cut in Clothing Costs
The War Production Board and Price Administrator Bowles unveil a six to seven percent cut in consumer clothing prices and increased supplies for low and medium priced essentials. The plan channels 75 percent of civilian fabric into essential garments to avert a serious supply gap with price resets to early 1943 levels. Krug says textiles exist to meet civilian needs, not frills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Chester Bowles
WPB
Krug
Bowles
Jap Russia Ties Reported Steady Amid Talks
Tokyo reports say Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu announced that diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union remain securely maintained under the neutrality pact. The Diet met in secret to hear his report while Domei and FCC noted close Soviet Jap contact and ongoing negotiations. The five year non aggression pact could be terminated by either side in April, but Shigemitsu did not mention it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Soviet Union
Asia
Domei
Shigemitsu
Diet
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Japan
U.S.S.R
Russia
New New Deal Proposed in Major Employment Bill
Senator James E. Murray with three Democrats introduces a sweeping full employment bill promising a federal job right for able workers who finished schooling. The plan tasks the president with annually presenting a national production and employment budget and empowers federal action if private and nonfederal efforts fall short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James E. Murray
Montana
Wagner
New York
Thomas
Utah
O’mahoney
Wyoming
White House
Congress
Roosevelt
First Hawaiian WACs arrive for basic training at Fort Oglethorpe
The first group of Hawaiian WACs, fifty eight strong, has reached Fort Oglethorpe for basic training. Their ranks include women of Chinese Chinese-Hawaiian Filipino Japanese-Hawaiian and Irish-Hawaiian ancestry who collectively speak fifteen languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Oglethorpe, Ga
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Lt. Bevels
U. S. Valley Forge
Pfc
Miss Kloos
Kearns
United States Steel Mills
Sailor
Harry Miller
OEA
Committee of Awards
GOP
FDR
Jones Speaks Up
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