Senate Turns On Roll Back Subsidy Plan
The Senate moved to block a subsidy rollback on retail food prices tied to CCC operations, seeking to keep CCC lending up to 1944 while opposing administration plans to use subsidies to curb inflation. The vote sequence showed sharp divisions as lawmakers debated anti subsidy provisions and potential presidential veto.
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Washington
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
House
Velt
CCC
House-Senate
Danaher
Conn
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Shipsteap
Minn
McKellar
Tenn
Taft
Ohio
Barkley
Tydings
F.D.R
George
Finance Committee
French traders and missionaries settle Wisconsin in 1670
The record notes French traders and missionaries first settling Wisconsin in 1670. The second sentence about the swordfish has no teeth presents a non sequitur and does not pertain to the historical notice.
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Wisconsin
Heatwave Grips Oklahoma as Rain Breaks Drought
Ada reports 104 degree heat with a 0.17 inch shower. McAlester topped 103 with 1.31 inches of rain cooling streets. Guymon reached 101 and Oklahoma City dropped to 69 after a quarter inch rain. Norman and Ardmore also noted rainfall while statewide highs remained hot.
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Ada
Pontotoc County
Associated Press
Oklahoma
McAlester
Guymon
Oklahoma City
Norman
Ardmore
Elk City
Oklahoma Tops Butter and Cheese Production in 1942
Oklahoma led the south and southwest in butter production in 1942 with 52,444,000 pounds while cheese output rose to 13,686,000 pounds. Texas produced 34,000,000 pounds of butter and 19,000,000 pounds of cheese, with army demand reducing Oklahoma butter.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
South
Southwest
Texas
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
J. C. Davison
Davison
Bond Drive Surpasses County War Bond Goal
Pontotoc county 4 H club members drive to fund war bonds. Girls have $1 213.45 purchased and $760.50 planned, plus $1 055 credited by parents. Boys total over $3 375 with more than $400 credited. Combined total to date $6 403.95, far above the $3 675 target.
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Pontotoc County
Japanese communique claims several naval successes in Kula gulf
The Tokyo issued report says one enemy cruiser sunk and another set afire in Kula gulf Sunday night, with torpedo boats sinking three vessels next morning. It cites air losses for Japan with ten Allied planes shot down, while Washington reports Japanese losses and landings on New Georgia. Labrador is noted as the continent's eastern edge.
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Associated Press
Kula Gulf
Berlin
Washington
New Georgia
U. S
Strong
Corn price dispute sparks heated debate over solution
Farmers argue over raising corn prices to ease shortages while government officials insist higher ceilings won t increase available feed. N E Dodd of the Agriculture Adjustment Agency says raising to two dollars would not boost supply, as most of last year s crop is already gone and the tail end remains.
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Washington
N. E. Dodd
Agriculture Adjustment Agency
Rep. Hope
R-Kas
Marvin Jones
Dodd
Rep
Jensen
Grover R. Hill
Hill
Canada
Robbers Take Cash From Hulbert Bank In Cookson Hills
Two pistol wielding men robbed the First State Bank of Hulbert in Cherokee county at 11 30 am taking about 3000 dollars including 150 in silver. They fled in a dark green Plymouth sedan without plates, driving south. No shots were fired.
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Muskogee
First State Bank
Hulbert
Cherokee County
Cookson Hills
State Safety Department
Missouri
Arkansas
T. C. Loftin
O. C. Hilger
Loftin
Hilger
Naval Force Shells Kiska in Pacific Action
An American task force bombarded Kiska Island as part of the South Pacific offensive. The Helena light cruiser, Co mmanded by Captain Charles Purcell Cecil, was reported lost in the Kalua gulf battle on July 6. MacArthur's headquarters noted ships damaged, with several Japanese vessels probably sunk.
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Washington
Kiska
Navy
United States
South Pacific
North Pacific
Kala Gulf
Helena
Charles Purcell Cecil
Louisville Ky
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
Japan
Bairoko
Rendova
MacArthur
Nazis Claim Balkans Quiet
Berlin said Yugoslav and Greek guerrillas were being wiped out as troops were sent to the Dodecanese. The Algiers radio reported fresh German deployments while Yugoslav and Greek governments in London disputed the claims of total destruction and noted martial law in Greece amid unrest.
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London
Algiers
Dodecanese
Balkans
Berlin
Draja Mihailovic
Yugoslavia
Greece
Europe
CBS
New York
Germans Pay High Toll For Tiny Gains In Russia
Moscow reports two towns near Belgorod captured as German losses mount in a two day summer offensive on the Orel Kursk Belgorod front. Soviet totals claim 1,271 German tanks and 314 planes downed, with German dead over 10,000. Russian communiques detail tank losses rising to hundreds and heavy artillery driving off German assaults while Russian counterattacks reclaim ground.
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Moscow
Orel-Kursk- Belgorod
Belgorod
Red Army
Soviet Information Bureau
Orel- Kursk
Munda Base Endangered by Pacific War Victory
Allied communique from Australia reports a U S naval victory in the Solomons near Kula gulf above New Georgia, claiming the probable sinking of six Japanese warships and damage to four others, including at least one destroyer. Rendova and New Georgia positions are reinforced as Japanese raids continue.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Australia
United States
Solomons
Pacific
Kula Gulf
New Georgia Island
Douglas MacArthur
Navy
Washington
Frank Knox
Bremerton
Wash
Comuunique
Rendova Island
New Guinea
Munda
New Georgia
Bairoko
U. S
Strong
Rendova
Viru Harbor
South Pacific
Huge Copper Mine Closed By Strike
Bingham Utah July 7 125 members of the Order of Railway Conductors AFL refused to operate ore cars at the Utah Copper Company causing the world’s largest open pit mine to likely shut down. About 6000 workers in the mine and mills would be affected as the stoppage stems from a seven year dispute over worker classification and benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act.
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Bingham
Utah
Order of Railway Conductors
AFL
Utah Copper Company
Railway Conductors’ Union
B. H. Richardson
Copper Company
Bingham and Garfield Railroad
Chiang Kai Shek Decorated Chief Commander Of Legio n Merit
Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek was decorated today as chief commander of the Legion of Merit by Lieut Gen Joseph W Stilwell representing President Roosevelt. The ceremony took place in Chungking.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Legion of Merit
Joseph W. Stilwell
U. S
China
India
Burma
Roosevelt
Greaten Returns for Amount in Vested Ada News Classified Ads
In Ada News Classified Ads a local listing reports large vested amounts with returns promised. The notice names the sender and emphasizes possible gains while urging readers to evaluate risks before investing.
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Greaten
Ada News
Attack on all Japanese bases would be unnecessary
Australian Attorney General and External Affairs Minister H. V. Evatt said in Leeds that a separate attack on every Japanese-held island in the Pacific would be preposterous and unnecessary. He urged attacking and reoccupying some islands of crucial importance to pressure Japan from all directions including China and the Pacific.
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Leeds
England
H. V. Evatt
Pacific
RAF Smashes Part Of Dusseldorf
Two thirds of central Dusseldorf’s business districts were burned and smashed in RAF raids, as the air ministry announced. The city is a major commercial hub and administrative center for steel, heavy engineering, and armament industries in the Rhine Ruhr region. Indiana was discovered by La Salle in 1671.
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London
Duesseldorf
Air Ministry
Germany
Rhine
Ruhr
Urges Purchase of Indian Coal Lands
Washington July 7 Purchase of Indian coal lands in Oklahoma by the government would free Indians from guardianship, said W W Short president of the Chickasaw Choctaw confederation before the house Indian affairs committee. He testified in hearings on H R 1859 and S 314 endorsing sale of 374000 acres of coal and asphalt lands. Short noted Chickasaws and Choctaws have become state legislators and professionals, supporting the measure along with John Collier commissioner of Indian affairs, both tribes, the Oklahoma legislature and Governor Kerr. No objections were expressed.
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Washington
Oklahoma
W. W. Short
House Indian Affairs Committee
Short
Senate
John Collier
Indian Affairs
Robert C. Kerr
Officer In North Africa Enrolls At Oklahoma A and M
Lieut. Freeman L. Craig of Hockerville, a 1941 graduate, has joined a correspondence course at Oklahoma A and M college while serving in North Africa. The armed forces subsidize half the course cost, covering history, math, psychology, languages, government, engineering, economics and more.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
North Africa
Oklahoma A
M. College
Freeman L. Craig
Hockerville
Craig
Violinist Efrem Zimbalist Marries Bok Widow at Lyndon
Violinist Efrem Zimbalist aged 54 wed Mary Louise Curtis Bok 66 daughter of Cyrus H K Curtis yesterday at the bride’s summer home Lyndon. The ceremony linked two prominent music and publishing families in a quiet summer setting.
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Zimbalist
Bok
Rockport
Efrem Vimbalist
Mary Louise Curtis Bok
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Lyndondong
Potato Buying For Government Ended
The government potato buying program ended Wednesday noon after the sixth car was shipped by the Ada local purchasing agency. Few farmers have potatoes left for sale, but buyer C W Zorn believes another car can be filled. Two cars were shipped from Allen last week before the station closed as farmers stopped selling.
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C. W. Zorn
Ada
Allen
Th' Pessimist Drat it
A fragment from a humor column or dialogue shows a speaker lamenting a verbal clash with his wife and noting snappy comebacks imagined after a quarrel. The tone is informal and comic.
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Ichina
Imandalay
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Yellow Sea
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NEA Telemap
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Ludwig
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Hulbert Bank
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Darwin
Kai-Shek
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Dusseldorf
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la Salle
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