County Meat Committee Orders Slaughter Permit Holders Notify
The County War Meat committee requires all permit and quota holders to show satisfactory evidence of slaughter operations for 1941 before a 22. Forms will be mailed to deal slaughterers and butchers on permits based on base-period figures. Evidence accepted follows instructions from state and national boards.
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County War Meat Committee
County Meat Board
State Board
National Board
Japs Consolidate Their Early Gains
Washington dispatch notes Sen. Elbert D. Thomas of Utah, a veteran orient expert, argues Japan’s gains are consolidating. He outlines four factors: Japan’s desperation to rule Asia, their limited military objectives, vast manpower and resources, and a plan to build a larger colonial empire through propaganda and ties.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Pacific
Sen
Elbert Duncan Thomas
Utah
Senator Thomas
Thomases
Senate
Ebert D. Thomas
Salt Lake City
Japan
China
Orient
Elbert Thomas
Togo
Nogi
Europe
America
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Foreign Relations
Thomas
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Attu
Asia
New Caledonia
Hawaii
Parents Form Group To Keep Politics Out Of Academy
In Claremore on July 6 an association of Oklahoma Military Academy cadet parents met to prevent political patronage from affecting the school. They backed Capt. John Hamilton, praised high standards, and elected Joe C. Cregor as president with officers and an executive committee including R. L. Letterman and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claremore
Oklahoma Military Academy
R. L. Letterman
Tulsa
Capt
John Hamilton
Academy
Joe C. Cregor
Ponca City
C. B.rshall
Ford C. Harper
Oklahoma City
Letterman
W. J. Mahan
Fairfax
Phil McMullin
Blackwell
Chas
WAACS Training Shapes Postwar Lives In Cadet Camp
The WAACs at Fort Oglethorpe endure 12 hour days of basic training and learn discipline teamwork and efficiency. They adapt to group living and speak army jargon while gaining skills in administration cooking and mechanics. The uniform acts as a leveller and motivates quick marching and rhythm in all tasks.
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WAAC
Fort Oglethorpe
Chattanooga
Tenn
WAAC3
Hubert B. Brown
Saturday Review
Waacs
Vinson Faces Backlash Over Wage Decision on Rail Aboard
Washington July 6 administration advisers seek a smooth path after Fred M Vinson vetoed an eight cent railway wage award. The move angered non operating railroad unions and the emergency board chair, and even drew mild disapproval from President Roosevelt. They aim for a formula that avoids face loss while delivering near eight cents. The emergency board may reconsider but its former chairman rejects reassembly.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
D. S
District of Columbia
Vinson
Roosevelt
D. C
I. L. Sharfman
Hhe
Sharfman
William M. Leiserson
Rebellion In Congress Mirrors Roosevelts Home Front Clash
Rapid-fire veto reversal of the anti-strike bill sharpens the split between Commander-in-Chief Roosevelt and the home-front policy. Congress shifts toward hard law while criticizing executive discretion, with army funding and draft-age debates highlighting the rift. The July 4 recess signals end of rubber-stamped presidential requests.
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John Grover Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Cme-Front
Sen
Byrd
Sy Cag Bos
Notable Names From Oklahoma Civil Case Listed
E McPherron of Oklahoma City Judge W P Thomas of Miami F O Prior of Tulsa Joe Osborn of Woodward Tom L Irby of Ponca City and Mrs Fred S Gleason of Bartlesville appear in the case lineup with full names and locations provided.
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E. McPherron
Oklahoma City
W. P. Thomas
Miami
F. O. Prior
Tulsa
Joe Osborn
Woodward
Tom L. Irby
Ponca City
Fred S. Gleason
Bartiesville
First Pearl Harbor Volunteer Returns as Navy Veteran
Eugene Flipper of Pauls Valley, 24, a fireman first class, comes back to Oklahoma City with three stripes and a red beard. He served aboard a light cruiser protecting the Attu landing and recalls enlisting before Pearl Harbor. He hopes for the South Pacific next assignment and jokes about the North Pacific wind.
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Oklahoma City
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Eugene Flipper
Pauls Valley
Flipper
Attu Island
Aleutians
North Pacific
Oklahoma
Flipper Pines
South Pacific
Orphans Celebrate Fourth Of July At Ada Home
A Fourth of July celebration occurred at the Baptist Orphanage north of Ada with guests Mrs. Dorothy Flowers and Mrs. Hazel Schumacher of Galveston. They, pre-marriage, were Miss Hazel and Dorothy Smith of Byng, visiting relatives and friends. Attendees included Supervisors Barney and Mrs. Brice and the home’s children along with multiple Smiths, Abbots, Manleys, and other local families and Rev. Bennie Speer.
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Baptist Orphanage
Ada
Dorothy Flowers
Hazel Schumacher
Galveston
Hazel
Dorothy Smith
Byng
Barney
Brice
J. D. Smith
Tom Abbott
Elvie Smith
Local Genealogy Names Read Like Family Ledger
Elwood Myers joins Mr and Mrs Bill Nevels Mrs Addie Kline Mr and Mrs Elden Kline and family J E Kline Velma Lee Keeling and Miss Lena Manley listed in a community notice or social column of local residents.
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Elwood Myers
Bill Nevels
Addie Kline
Elden Kline
J. E. Kline
Velma Lee Keeling
Lena Manley
Air Medals Awarded to 133 Eleventh Air Force Airmens
The Alaska Defense Command announced 133 members of the Eleventh Air Force Command received the Air Medal for valiant service flying missions in the Aleutians. Recipients include four Oklahomans Rowland W. Green Richard B. Hutchins Jim McCall and Jack C. Martin. Awards issued by Maj. Gen. W. O. Butler.
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Alaska Defense Command
Eleventh Air Force Command
Oklahomans Corp
Rowland W. Green
McAlester
Richard B. Hutchins
Davis
Jim McCall
Oklahoma City
Jack C. Martin
Altus
Aleutians
W. O. Butler
Air Force
Billings Fire Rescues Its First Horse From A Tree
The Billings fire department rescued its first horse from a cottonwood tree after the animal wedged itself in the split trunk. Oscar Bjorgum, instructor at Eastern Montana Normal School, notified the fire chief about the riding mare's predicament. Firefighters summoned a wrecker with a hoist to complete the rescue.
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Billings
Mont. P
Oscar Bjorgum
Eastern Montana Normal School
McClellan Field Adopts New Physical Training for Defects
More than 60 enlisted men at McClellan Field California undergo an intensive new Army athletic program. Pvt Floyd Valley a 13 year veteran from Minneapolis public schools leads the course for soldiers with physical defects from crooked spines to large stomachs. Sessions target limited service men and those over 40.
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McClellan Field
Cal
Pvt
Floyd Valley
Minneapolis
McClellan
Berlin Air Leader Von Richt hofen Sent to Italy
Berlin radio said Field Marshal Baron Von Richt hofen commander of the German air fleet in the Battle of Britain has been dispatched to Italy to bolster defenses against mounting Allied air attacks. The report notes New York City's police force is larger than the regular army.
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London
Berlin
Baron von Richthofen
Britain
Italy
New York City
Million Cars Now In Storage Hearings and Marketback Drive
Detroit reports about a million car owners have stored their vehicles for the duration. The Automotive News notes the stockpile of ill cars shrinks and a transportation crisis may loom unless stor ed vehicles are sold. Dealers enlist local papers to spur sales and offer owner priority numbers for postwar delivery. No new cars have been assembled since February 1942 and dealership inventories sit at about 150,000 units.
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Detroit
Automotive News
Frank Cavitt Dies After Long Illness and Accident
Frank Otis Cavitt, 70, former municipal court judge, died today, after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage on June 14. He served as municipal judge in 1916 and 1917 and had recently recovered from hip and arm injuries after being struck by a car in Owasso in 1940 while campaigning for county judge on the Republican ticket. He voted in an ambulance in that election.
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Tulsa
Frank Otis Cavitt
Cavitt
Owasso
Greater Returns for Amount in Vested
A classified ad column notes higher returns for investing funds in vested accounts. The item highlights a strategy showing improved yields over time and urges readers to compare rates offered by local financial houses.
Attack in Pacific Forecasts Greater Blows at Japanese
Thomas M. Johnson analyzes Allied Pacific strategy, noting a shift from defensive to offensive posture. He cites sea and air power gains, planned operations from New Guinea and the Solomons, and potential advances toward Rabaul, Wake, Guam, and the Kuriles with Attu and Kiska as priorities.
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Pacific
Thomas M. Johnson
NEA
South Pacific
Munda
Solomons
Australia
Papau
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Britain
New Zealand
New Guinea
Tennessee
Lae
Salamaua
Rabaul
Equator
Central Pacific
Nauru
Wali
Midway
Wake
Guam
Marshall Islands
North Pacific
Paramushiru
Tokyo
Kuriles
Kiska
Attu
China
Russia
Reichswehr
Vladivostok
Guffey Coal Mines Act On Way Out
Washington July 6 government regulation of soft coal mines under the six year old Guffey act appeared headed for the junk pile. The house rules committee considered a brief reprieve but prospects were poor. Roosevelt urged extension, but Ways and Means rejected a two year postwar continuation. The act, since 1937, set regional minimum prices to stabilize the industry amid price fears and mine struggles.
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Washington
Guffey
House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
Ways and Means Committee
United Mine Workers
Congress
Ways and Means
Doughton
N. C
Gray lady helps crippled children in Oklahoma City
A gray lady from a nursing help branch paid a taxi fare at Crippled Children’s Hospital and offered to aid children with infantile paralysis. The driver, with two kids of his own, replied that the ride was on him.
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Oklahoma City
Nursing Help
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Rainfall Station Network Planned Along Arkansas River
The weather bureau will operate 60 rainfall reporting stations from Fort Smith Arkansas to Dodge City Kansas. Data will be collected in Tulsa Oklahoma and sent as warnings to Fort Smith Little Rock and other Arkansas communities. Senator Caraway announced the project based on new cooperation with the army engineers following recent floods.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Upper
Arkansas River
Fort Smith
Ark
Dodge City
Kans
Caraway
D-Ark
F. W. Reichelderfer
Reichelderfer
Army Engineers
Tulsa
Ohio
Little Rock
Arkansas
Army
Arkansas Valley
Garrett Whiteside
Oklahoma
Dr. Bruner Named Q C Superintendent
Dr Herbert B Bruner 50 former coordinator of Columbia University post war planning named superintendent of Oklahoma City schools with a 12000 annual salary. Native of Missouri he previously led Okmulgee schools about twenty years ago. He succeeds H E Wrinkle whose contract was not renewed and will arrive Monday.
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Oklahoma City
Herbert B. Bruner
Columbia University
Missouri
Bruner
Okmulgee
Dr. Brunner
New York
H. E. Wrinkle
Barnesville
Polio On Wane In Oklahoma City Now
Three new infantile paralysis cases were reported in Oklahoma City as Dr. Grady Mathews, health commissioner, said the outbreak may be waning. Thirty three children remain in isolation at Crippled Children’s Hospital. no new city cases were found. Patients hailed from Cleveland Hughes and Choctaw counties. Hospitals called for more nurses to cope with the surge.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Grady Matheews
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Cleveland
Hughes
Choctaw
Mathews
Five Sworn In For New Office Terms
Five men took the oath of office as the county enters a new fiscal year with a full official family. Ray Stegall begins his fifth term as county superintendent of schools. Sam Dew is sworn in for another term as treasurer. George Collins starts another term as county commissioner. Rae Thompson begins the term to which he was elected. Earl Parker takes his first term as county commissioner.
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Ray Stegall
Sam Dew
George Collins
Rae Thompson
W. F. Morris
Earl Parker
Brake linings of large bombing planes must be renewed after six landings
A wartime memo states that brake linings on large bombing planes require renewal after every six landings. The directive aims to prevent brake failure and maintain aircraft performance during operations.
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G. I
By Rosellen Callahan
Joseph A. Loftus
Capitol Hill
Philip Murray
CIO
William Green
AFL
Sen. Connally
D-Tex
O.C. Naval
Alaska
Frank Cavitt
Ada News
Salween River
Salween Gorge
Frank Cancellare
Acme
War Picture Pool
Mid-Pacific
Dr. Bruner
Q.C
Columbia U
Ahloson
C. A. Thomas
Ada, Oklahoma
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