Enlist Here For Air Cadet Training Ada Boys
Ada boys age 17 can enlist for Aviation Cadet training at the 343rd College Training Detachment headquarters on Sunday July 4. Report at 12 noon to Science Hall, second floor, first room left, main west entrance, for a tour of facilities and a Sunday noon dinner. Eligible youths may enlist after talks with officers and Aviation Board.
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Ada
U. S. Air Force
College Training Detachment
Adans
343Rd College Training Detachment
Aviation Board of Officers
State Woman Has 7 Sons In Service
A white haired Oklahoma mother, Mrs A H Holloman of Frederick, Ohio, says she is proud as seven of her sons are commissioned officers in the armed forces. Her 30 year old son Maj Delmar Holloman leads the War Department general staff on his birthday. Other sons hold ranks in army, navy, or coast guard with duties in North Africa.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Oklahoma
A. H. Holloman
Frederick
Ohio
Majr
Delmar W. Holoman
War Department General Staff
Army
Holloman
Robert
Field Artillery
Hoace
Dental Corps
Nort Afric
Jeff Joe
Haskell
Naval Reserve
Leon
Coast Guard
North Africa
Ira
Air
Cory
Navy
Marine Corps
Reynolds
Johnson
Armed Services
M. G. White
War Department
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Nichols Resigns From Congress to Gov Kerr
Congressman Jack Nichols submits resignation from Oklahoma's second district to Governor Kerr effective July 3. He states no need for acceptance and will keep offices open to handle district matters until successor is elected. Nichols will maintain legal residence at Eufaula and backs Kerr. Kerr plans no special election until Clark contest settles, likely December.
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Oklahoma City
Jack Nichols
Kerr
Nichols
Eufaula
E. O. Clark
Vanoss Consolidated Plans July 16 Student Enrollment
Vanoss Consolidated school will enroll students July 16 at 9 a.m. for the summer session. Superintendent J N McKeel urges all to enroll and obtain required books and supplies so classes begin smoothly. Enrollment is expected to be good, though attendance declined last year, causing three teacher losses. those posts were filled by other staff.
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Vanoss Consolidated School
J. N. McKeel
McKeel
Orar
States adopt statewide retirement systems for municipal workers
Colorado and Wisconsin legislatures move to implement statewide pension plans for city workers. The reforms cover municipal employees, aiming to unify retirement benefits and funding across local governments.
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Colorado
Wisconsin
Time-Jeffers warns on tire conservation as OPA cuts limits
Washington July rationing will allow only 500000 used and recapped tires for July, a drop of 300000 from June. William M Jeffers urged strict adherence to conservation rules and warned OPA may impose further limits if needed to keep essential cars in service.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Office of Price Administration
Jeffers
OPA
Tribal Delegation To Capitol Soon
George W. Burris says Choctaw and Chickasaw delegates will appear before Senate and House Indian Affairs committees in Washington on July 6 and 7 to discuss the Thomas bill. The measure would dispose of 385000 acres of coal and asphalt lands in Oklahoma held in common. Delegates include Choctaws Myrtle Creason William Stigler Bill Durant and Chickasaws W M Short Earl Welch Floyd Maytubby. The bill could yield per capita proceeds of several hundred dollars to tribe members if enacted.
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George W. Burris
Oklahoma City
Senate
House Committees On
Washington, D. C
Congress
Oklahoma
Myrtle Creason
William Stigler
Bill Durant
Choctaws
W. W. Short
Confederation
Earl Welch
State Supreme Court
Floyd Maytubby
14 Subs In 14 Days At Atlantic Turning Point
British high commissioner Mal colm Macdonald told a press conference that at least 14 enemy submarines were sunk in the last two weeks and that Allied control in the Atlantic signals a major crisis approaching in the war. He cautioned against assuming a new German second front.
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Ottawa
Malcolm Macdonald
Canada
Europe
Macdonald
Churchill
London
Germany
Church group to send cows to Europe after war
The Church of the Brethren announced plans to ship between 5 000 and 10 000 dairy cows to Europe after the war as an expression of international friendship. Secretary Leland S. Brubaker said the program, titled Heifers for Relief, would involve the church’s 180 000 U S members.
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Europe
Elgin
Til
Church of the Brethren
Leland S. Brubaker
General Mission Board
United States
Why Independents Slow Wildcatting
New Orleans reports at the house naval affairs petroleum investigation hearing show independent drillers account for about 75 percent of oil discoveries but fear capital risk with low crude prices. Louisiana Petroleum Association president Harry L. Carnahan cites a decline in new crude discoveries and fewer wildcat wells, while Rep. Bates urges congressional action to raise crude prices.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Oil
House
Naval Affairs Petroleum
Harry L. Carnahan
The
Louisiana Petroleum Association
Louisiana
Bates
Mass
States Lead In Post War Plans At Governors Conference
Ohio Governor Bricker notes state surpluses like 20 million for welfare and 50 million for other purposes, while Massachusetts Governor Saltonstall urges private industry to plan postwar jobs, and North Carolina's Broughton defends states rights. Democrats and Republicans agree on shared limits of state and federal action for postwar policy.
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Jack Stinnett
Columbus
Ohio
Washington
John W. Bricker
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Congress
De Gaulle Pressured as Eisenhower Keeps Africa Command
Gen Charles De Gaulle and supporters face clear limits as Allied leaders back Eisenhower in North Africa. He enforces Giraud’s complete authority over French forces in Algiers while resolving French political strife to protect Allied lines and morale.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
French Africa
Europe
Eisenhower
French Committee For National Liberation
Algiers
Henri Giraud
de Gaulle
Giraud
Mother Receives Son's Air Medal at Oklahoma Ceremony
Emma Z Weatherly of Duncan received posthumous Air Medal for Lieut Walter Carl Weatherly who died saving crewmen in a plane crash February twenty five. Ceremony at Fair Park Aviation School featured Col B S Thompson and Weatherly's eight sons and two daughters with families. The 25 year old officer died in the Panama Canal Zone crash.
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Oklahoma City
Emma Z. ‘Weatherly
Duncan
Walter Carl Weatherly
Fair Park Aviation School
Weatherly
B. S. Thompson
Will Rogers Field
Panama Canal Zone
Tulsa Actress Martha O'Driscoll to Wed Lt Cmdr Adams
Tulsa born screen actress Martha O'Driscoll, 21, will marry Lt Cmdr Richard Donald Adams of Pittsburgh, chief engineer on an aircraft carrier, in late summer per her mother Frieda O'Driscoll. The couple plans a wedding in August or September during Adams’s short leave.
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Tulsa
O'Driscoll
Hollywood
Martha O'Driscoll
Okla
Frieda O'Driscoll
Richard Donald Adams
Pittsburgh
Red Troops Seize Finnish Strong Point On Karelian Front
Soviet noon and midnight bulletins report Red Army troops engaged Finns on the Karelian Isthmus in hand to hand fighting with a Finnish detachment entrenched on a high strong point. The Reds drove out the Finns killing about 300 and repelled a counterattack as part of a day of limited northern front activity.
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London
Red Army
Karelian
Moscow
Kukajaervi
Commuunique
Velikie Luki
Widow of Garvin County Pioneer Dies at 88
Mrs. Susan H. Garvin of Pauls Valley dies after a heart attack at 88. Widow of Samuel J. Garvin, who helped found Garvin County as a merchant and banker, she will be buried beside her husband who died in 1908. She was born in the Fort Arbuckle area and leaves a son, John B. Garvin of Orange, Texas.
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Garvin County
Pauls Valley
Susan H. Garvin
Samuel J. Garvin
Belgian patriots shot in German occupation tally
The Belgian government in exile says more than 7,500 Belgians have been shot by the Germans since the occupation, citing the underground newspaper Linsoumis. It also reports that Henry Labre the Flemish National Socialist leader at Schaerbeek Brussels was killed by patriots.
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London
Linsoumis
Quisling
Henry Labre
Schaerbeek
Brussels
Monroney Advocates Subsidies To Curb Inflation
Washington June 28 Rep. Monroney Oklahoma argues subsidies can curb rising living costs without breaking the Little Steel formula. He warns against oversimplified solutions and urges careful, targeted use of subsidies to support war effort needs.
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Washington
Monroney
D-Okla
War Prisoners to State Farm Work in Muskogee
The first group of 30 German prisoners of war from Camp Gruber will begin picking beans and chopping cotton on four farms in western Muskogee county for five days. They will be guarded by the army and return to Camp Gruber nightly. In the east, 18 units of 150 soldiers each move into flood-affected Oklahoma farmlands to aid rehabilitation, with assignments to Wagoner, Keota, Spiro, Hyde Park, Moffett, Sallisaw, Vian, Eufaula, Bixby, Skintook, Nowata and Tahlequah.
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Muskogee
Muskogee County
Camp Gruber
C. W. Skruggs
Moffett
Sallisaw
Vian
Eufaula
Bixby
Skintook
Nowata
Tahlequah
Oklahoma draft evaders face arrests and prison terms
Federal agents report 14 Oklahoma draft evaders arrested and nine men in federal court sentenced to three years for failure to comply with the Selective Service Act. Names and districts span Oklahoma City Tulsa Muskogee Pryor and more as cases hinge on address changes questionnaires and inductions.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
W. G. Banister
Charles Henrey Hatcher
Muskogee
Paris
Ark
Robert Oran Berry
Alonzo Piercely King
Marietta
Benny Albert Ewy
Hydro
Clifford Thompson
Mounds
Elbert Duance Fisher
Alva
Veachel Verl Martin
Pryor
Robert Wayne Cunningham
Cardin
Miami Board of Change
Canning Center at College Closes After Instruction Period
The East Central State college home making department ends its canner center by order of the district food preservation program office. Miss Ollie Shattuck, in charge, notes about 500 quarts were canned during the center’s operation aimed at households lacking equipment or space. Canning instruction sessions continue at Francis and Stonewall with two 21 hour courses split over two weeks.
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East Central State College
Ollie Shattuck
Miss Shattuck
Francis and
Stonewall
No Beer Signs Grow In Ada And Across Oklahoma Towns
Beer sales decline as 3.2 beer becomes rare for licensed sellers. Many outlets post large no beer signs on doors or restrict purchases to a single serving, with some venues offering beer only with meals.
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Ada
Oklahoma
Oklahoma grocers fear food shortage if ware Food Admin changes
Watson Rogers secretary of the Oklahoma Retail Grocers Association warned of a grave food shortage unless the War Food Administration program is made more businesslike. He had just returned from Chicago where the National Association of Retail Grocers board discussed national food production and distribution problems.
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Oklahoma City
Washington
Watson Rogers
Oklahoma Retail Grocers Association
Si Hailey Runs School For Young County Agents
C H Hailey, county agent, mentors assistants who move on to larger roles. Link Haws left for the Federal Crop Insurance Administration and the army. Hulin Lane advanced to Latimer county. Jim Steed became Johnston county agent. Hugh Rouk will join as assistant county agent July 1. Hailey hopes the next trainee stays long enough to learn the duties.
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Si Hailey
Young County
C. H. Hailey
Hailey
Link Haws
AAA
Atoka
Pontotoc
Haws
Army
Federal Crop Insurance Administration
Ashington
Hulin A. Lane
Durant
Wilburton
Latimer County
Jim Steed
Caddo
Maysville
Pontotoc County
Steed
Johnston County
Whitehead
Hugh Rouk
Murray State College
Italy Prepares for Invasion Defenses Amid Allied Raids
Italian press warns civilians to brace for a homeland defense as Allied raids on Sicily Sardinia and the mainland escalate. Editors describe cities turning into fortresses and citizens from rich to poor urged to fight with guns and knives. Reports note invasion barges near North Africa and continued British war material flow from Gibraltar.
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Bern
Il ‘Popolo di Roma
North African
North Africa
Gibraltar
Elk City Driver Dies After Downtown Collision
James Roy Brown 41 of Elk City died from a broken neck suffered in a two car crash at a downtown intersection Saturday night. J H Brewer, driver of Brown’s car, sustained a broken leg.
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Elk City
James Roy Brown
J. H. Brewer
Brown
Giraud to Visit Washington in Military Role
The White House confirmed reports that General Henri Giraud will travel to Washington for an official visit. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early noted a dispatch giving an approximate arrival date but could not recall it, and he said the visit would likely be in a military capacity as joint chairman for French liberation and commander of French forces in North Africa.
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Washington
White House
Algiers
Henri Giraud
Stephen Early
Committee For French Liberation
North Africa
Giraud
Early
Final Victory Nears as United Nations Press Toward Japan
Washington reports Gen Joseph T. McNarney told the Senate Appropriations Committee the war is rapidly nearing final victory. He said Allied forces are coordinating land and air operations and the Pacific campaign is pushing Japan back toward its home bases with plans to strike Japan directly to end the war.
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Washington
Congress
United Nations
Japan
Joseph T. McNarney
Cenee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
McNarney
Gurney
R-Sd
Pacific
Attu
Axis Loses Ships In European Waters
London reports that not less than 400 Axis warships and small craft have been sunk or damaged by mines in European waters since the war began. The figure likely exceeds 400, with over 70 percent of losses from air laid mines. Notable sinkings include the Gneisenau Eurosee Wurf and Consul Horn, plus train ferries Starke and Malumo. An aircraft sighted a U boat destroyed by a mine off Lorient.
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London
Admiralty
Air Ministry
Gneisenau
Eurosee
Wurf
Consul Horn
Starke
Malumo
Bay of Biscay
Lorient
Former Okla man held for death of wife
Tony L. Simon, 51, caretaker of a ranch near Escondido, was held in San Diego for the death of his wife Cora Simon. He surrendered at Escondido police, saying he struck her over breakfast not being ready. Coroner reports she died from a broken neck, possibly from a blow or a chair fall. Simon, a native of Davis, Oklahoma, is in custody.
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San Diego
Calif
Tony L. Simon
Escondido
Cora
Simon
Heriff C. W. McIntyre
Davis, Okla
Mechanic Dies After Operation At Air Depot
Ennie Mae Snow, 33, an air plane instrument mechanic at the Oklahoma City Air Depot, died today in a hospital after an operation. She had moved here a year ago from Tulsa where she lived with her parents Mr and Mrs Otis L Snow at 540 South Yorktown.
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Oklahoma City
Ennie Mae Snow
Tulsa
Otis L. Snow
Yorktown
Ewy pleads innocent at Hydro man arraignment
P Benney Albert Ewy twenty two of near Hydro pleaded innocent at arraignment on a federal charge of failing to report for induction. He was ordered held under a five thousand dollar bond by U S Commissioner Paul Showalter.
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Oklahoma City
P—Benney
Albert Ewy
Near Hydro
U. S
Paul Showalter
Wool Felt Cuts Rubber Use in Washers and Gaskets
Five hundred thousand more pounds of rubber will be saved by using wool felt in the manufacture of washers, gaskets and similar items.
Record of world coldest air temperature near the equator
A balloon sounding from a Java island near the equator reported a record low air temperature of 133 degrees below zero, marking an extraordinary extreme unusual for tropical regions.
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Islan
Java
Equator
Hummingbird Frailty Among Satiny Species Noted
Reports describe hummingbird frailty with instances of birds caught in spider webs or impaled on thorns while visiting nectar sources.
If Columbus Sailed in Spring He Might Reach New Lands
The passage suggests that by following birds in flight Columbus could have reached what is now the United States if his voyage had occurred in spring rather than fall. It frames a hypothetical seasonal shift affecting discovery routes and outcomes.
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Columbus
The
United States
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