Turn Uncle Joe Loose In China And Let Him Pitch
GI troops in India Burma honor General Stilwell as a decisive leader and advocate his broader Chinese theater role. They recall his campaigns in North Burma, the Ramgarh resupply, and the Myitkyina victory, and urge sending Stilwell to China to lead invasions, while praising his humanity and resolve.
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Uncle Joe
China
Calcutta
Joseph W
Joe” Stilwell
10Th Army
Okinawa
Joe
Pentagon
Stilwell
Burma
Ramgarh
India
Imphal
Singapore
Myitkyina
Himalayas
Sultan
Frank Merrill
Southwest Pacific
Panama
U. S
Chiang Kaishek
China-Burma- India
America
Ping
Adjutant General
CBS
General Stilwell
Uncle Moe
a_Flint
Mich
War Manpower Commission
Michigan
North Africa
India-Burma Theater
Temporary boating sites to be leased on Lake Texoma
Temporary sites for boating facilities and other commercial activities along Lake Texoma will be offered for leasing on Tuesday July 17 at Denison Texas Brig Gen E H Marks Dallas Soviet division Army Engineer announced bids will be received for general concessions at seven points along the lake's 1250 mile shoreline.
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Durant
Lake Texoma
Denison
Tex
E. H. Marks
Dallas
Souther Division
Army
Unced
A Marks
Ruling On Surplus In Highway Funds In Oklahoma
Oklahoma City July 3 The state supreme court ruled that county highway fund surpluses from sale or rental of highway equipment belong to the county highway fund and cannot be moved to the county general fund to cut taxes The ruling overruled the state court of tax review which had ordered surplus funds in Craig county moved to the general fund The Craig county highway fund ended 1943 44 with a cash balance of 8124 from equipment sales rental and work for the Grand River Dam authority
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
County Highway Fund
County General Fund
State Court of Tax Review
Texas Empire Pipeline Company
Craig County
Craig County Highway Fund
Grand River Dam Authority
Pipeline Company
Craig County General Fund
Clarence Mills
James Shipman
Bartlesville
J. I. Goins
Marietta
Leases Soon Open for Lake Texhoma Boating Sites
Commercial boating sites along Lake Texhoma will be leased starting July 17 from seven accessible points. The US Army Engineers in Dallas, via Brig. Gen. E H Marks, oversee turnarounds and ramps, docking, repair, bait and tackle sales, food and essentials, but no tourist cabins. Inquiries to the Southwest Division Real Estate Offices at Denison Texas or Tulsa.
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Lake Texhoma
Southwestern Division
Denison
E. H. Marks
Army
Dallas
Durant Daily Democrat
Southwest Division
Tex
Tulsa
It’s a Boy For The Mickey Rooneys
Mickey Rooney, an army corporal, and his Birmingham wife Betty Jane Rose welcomed a seven pound six ounce boy born at a Birmingham hospital. Both mother and infant are reported doing nicely. Rooney is stationed in Germany and his wife Miss Birmingham 1944 is from Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mickey Rooney
Betty Jane Rose
Rooney
Germany
Miss Rose
Camp Siebert A
Nell Pankey
Hollywood
Joe Yule, Jr
Joe Yule, III
Micey
Okay to Sell Horse Meat Says Oklahoma Attorney General
Randell S. Cobb states no prohibition on selling horse meat in Oklahoma after a request from Albert Keller of Gage to open a market in Clinton or another town. He notes state inspection laws but advises checking OPA and federal rules with lawyers. Read the Ada News Want Ads.
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Oklahoma City
Randell S. Cobb
Oklahoma
Cobb
Victor Wickersham
D.-Okla
Albert Keller
Gage
Clinton
OPA
New Pacific Commands Announced by MacArthur and Nimitz
Honolulu reports new commands for both army and navy in the Pacific. Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson Jr. becomes commander of U S army forces in the middle Pacific and Hawaii while reporting to MacArthur and Nimitz. Gen. Wilhelm D. Steyer is named western Pacific commander. Stilwell's tenth army and Ryukyus units gain leaders, with Cobb, Woods, Wallace, and Oldendorf named to key Ryukyus commands.
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Honolulu
Douglas MacArthur
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
Naval
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
U. S. Army
Pacific Ocean
Nimitz
Middle Pacific
MacArthur
Hawaiian Department
Tactical Air Force
F. G. Wallace
Okinawa Island
Adm
J. B. Oldendorf
Third Fleet
Ryukyus
Be Patient As Ration Board Urges Delayed Allotments
Local rationing board asks institutional users of processed foods meats and sugar to be patient as allotments arrive about July 15. Usual first-of-month releases are 15 days late this cycle for all institutional users in the county. An extra 15 days supply issued two months ago should be used July 1 to 15.
No Arrangements For Press As Yet
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force in Paris says no arrangements have been made for press coverage of the upcoming Big Three meeting in Berlin. A large Allied press party travels with British American and French troops entering Berlin, but no official coverage plan has been announced.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Berlin
Yalta
Veterans Can Get Small Tire Stocks
P OPA authorized veterans opening small businesses to obtain limited stocks of new tires. Effective Friday veterans may stock 10 passenger tires four small and two large truck tires and six tractor tires with replenishment by ration certificates. This marks the first time in a year non entrants can obtain new tires and the grant is described as a valuable adjunct for Allied automotive services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
POPA
OPA
Jackson County Assessor Clark Refuses Sale Of Panama Hat
George R. Clark, Jackson county assessor in Kansas City, paid 20 dollars for a Panama hat that carries another man's initials HST. A caller ordered a size 744, but Clark kept it and had a size 738 special order made for delivery to President Truman in Washington.
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Kansas City
George R. Clark
Jackson County
Panama
Clark
HST
President Truman
Washington
Gainey crushed to death while gleaning wheat cars
Andrew Gainey, 65, was killed while gleaning wheat from empty railroad cars. The accident occurred yesterday in Enid. The report notes that carborundum, silicon carbide, was first discovered in meteorites that fell from the skies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
Andrew Gainey
Dr Griggs Lectures at East Central Campus Series
Dr Edward H Griggs returned to East Central for a two day lecture series delivering four talks in the college auditorium. A Linscheid noted Griggs as a premier educational speaker while the professor argued literature as the supreme art for truth and beauty and traced language history from Old English to Norman French with examples from Shelley's Ozymandias.
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Edward Howard Griggs
East Central
A. Linscheid
Griggs
Shelly
Ozymandias
England
Greece
Rome
Hitch Hike on Borneo with Allied Forces
Report from Bali Bali on July 3 notes the battle area easing to a calmer phase. American beach workers along the coast encounter Australian vehicle drivers offering rides as soldiers move about freely.
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Balipapen
Borneo
Yank
PTA Conference Here July 9 10
Final reminder that the East Central PTA Conference will be held July 9 and 10. The first session starts 1 30 p m Monday with state and national parent teacher workers. State president Mrs Flesner and Dr Alice Sowers will speak. officers are urged to attend.
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PTA
Flesner
Alice Sowers
Eleven Injured In Bus Accident Near Oklahoma City
Eleven of 38 passengers on a Miami to Oklahoma City bus were injured when a passing truck forced the vehicle off the road and into a bridge on Route 66 near Warwick. Driver Cecil Estein and regular driver William Adams aided by Highway Patrol, two remained hospitalized with bruises and sprains while others were treated and released.
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Warwick
Okla
Miami
Oklahoma City
Highway Patrol
Cecil Eddie Estein
William Earl Adams
Springfield
Estein
Bill Parks
Chandler
Virgil Kincade
Claremore
Claremore. Mrs. Kincade
Nova Seagraves
Bartlesville
Ellie Lairson
Lorene
Neva Magness
Will Peace Charter Work The UN Needs Big Three Unity
The piece argues that a peace charter works only if enough people and major powers want it to. It notes the League failed due to selfish use and claims peace hinges on the solidarity of the Big Three, with small nations relying on their guardianship for long term stability.
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United Nations
United States
League of Nations
America
Britain
Russia
Europe
Niagra
Solar Bulk Measured Against Millions of Earths
A scientific note states it would require over a million Earths to match the Sun’s bulk highlighting the vast scale difference between the planet and the star.
State Supreme Court Opinions Summary
Oklahoma high court issues include New York Insurance Co versus Kaplan and heirs with guardian ad litem, Tulsa county. Craig county excise board versus Texas Empire Pipe Line Co reversed and remanded. Helen Parker and R E Parker versus J A Steenberg in Oklahoma county affirmed. Tom L Green versus Clara Mee in Oklahoma county affirmed. Harry E Anderson and Grace Ripley Anderson versus C C Warren in Creek county affirmed.
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Oklahoma City
NBA
New York Insurance Co
Abraham Kaplan
Molly Kaplan
Joyce Kaplan
Rosalie Kaplan
Herbert Kaplan
Anne Kaplan
Guardian
Ann Kaplan
Tulsa County
Craig County Excise Board
Texas Empire Pipe Line Co
Court of Tax Review
Helen Parker
R. E. Parker
Tom L. Green
Clara Mee
Oklahoma County
Affirmed
Harry E. Anderson
Grace Ripley Anderson
C. C. Warren
Creek County
Local Authorities Must Help On Meat Market Access
Secretary Anderson said easing slaughtering rules hinges on local authorities cooperating to curb meat black markets. He will certify non federally inspected plants as sanitary to ship across state lines and supply the armed forces, but warned blanket authority could harm compliant but currently restricted slaughterers. Local officials must ensure meat reaches the legitimate market at legal ceilings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anderson
OPA
Patman
Tex
GOP May Settle On Food As Big Issue
Chicago reports Herbert Brownell Jr says the Republican National Committee chair expects food to dominate the 1946 congressional campaign. He rejects a food czar and changes to the price control act while outlining regional party meetings with midwestern state leaders from thirteen states.
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Chicago
Republican Party
Herbert Brownell, Jr
National Committee
Truman
Brownell
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Iowa
Oklahoma
Truman Charter Backed By Soviet Press And Radio
Soviet press and radio gave prominent play to President Truman's call for swift Senate approval of the San Francisco charter. No Russian ratification plan announced yet, but indications point to quick approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Moscow
San Francisco
U. S. Senate
Russia
First Moscow Berlin Train Arrives Since War Start
The first Moscow to Berlin train since the war began arrived in Berlin yesterday. Burgomaster Arthur Werner welcomed the train at the Siemens railway station as flags of the United Nations decorated the platform. The train departed Moscow at noon on June 25.
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Moscow
Berlin
Germany
Russia
Arthur Werner
Silesian
United Nations
Ford Motor Co begins Rouge plant assembly and postwar plans
Detroit July 3 Ford Motor Company started assembly line production at the Rouge plant. Henry Ford announced four new postwar plants including locations at St. Louis and Atlanta with Mercury and Lincoln production reorganized. The company expects to produce about 40 000 passenger cars in 1945 and warns of potential layoffs if quotas are not raised. Production of Pratt and Whitney aircraft engines ends in September at several plants.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Rouge
St. Louis
Atlanta
Henry Ford
Mercury
Lincoln
Ford Company
Pratt and Whitney Aircraft
Kansas City
Memphis
Tenn
St. Paul
Giant West African teen seeks U S Coast Guard post
A 17 year old tall African student from Accra, Odura, wrote to the United States Coast Guard asking to join, claiming to be seven feet four inches tall. In New Orleans Lieutenant Carney replied that citizenship is required, noting the potential service he could have offered.
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New Orleans
Africa
Gold Coast
U. S. Coast Guard
United States Coast Guard
America
E. K. Odura
Methodist
Accra
West Africa
Odura
Coast Guard
F. T. Carney
United States
Lieut. Carney
Floating casualty bag with heating and flotation features
A electrically heated floating casualty bag maintains body temperature, loosens tight clothing, and enables proper bandaging. It has strap handles on both sides for carrying and can float a 190 pound man in water.
New Compact Bomb Door System Accelerates B-29 Arming
A 10 pound air compress or unit opens B-29 bomb doors in seven tenths of a second, down from fifteen seconds. The rapid action shortens the bomb run and reduces target exposure to enemy fire.
China and Russia Near Pact Reported
An informant close to negotiations says China and Russia are much closer to a possible treaty, though details remain unspecified. Soong plans discussions with the Soviet foreign trade office today.
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China
Russia
Moscow
T. V. Soong
Soong
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Memphis Chicks
Pete
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WEA
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