No Room For Complacency In News Now
A wartime column warns against complacency as Hitler’s offensive intensifies. It argues that losing the Caucasus Middle East or Egypt could still be survived, but would risk protracted war unless a strong allied front forms in western Europe and bombing of German cities increases to draw forces away from the Russian front.
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Caucasus
Middle East
Egypt
Hitler
Hich
Europe
Hitle
United States
Britain
Russia
China
Arctic
Murmansk
Archangel
Persian Gulf
Persia
Mediterranean
Japan
India
Pacific
Atlantic
Fuehrer
PESSIMIST By Bob Blanks Jr
A humorous note notes that people entering a room seem to affect the air conditioning and mood, suggesting a light observational piece by Bob Blanks Jr.
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By Bob Blanks, Jr
Small Grain Harvest In Full Swing In Oklahoma Panhandle
After rainfall delays the Panhandle grain harvest is in full swing with higher than expected yields and good grain grading, the Weather Bureau reported. The storage situation is acute and corn outlook is generally fair to good across the state.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Funeral for Horace Robins to be Thursday
Funeral services for Horace Greely Robins aged 37 who died in a gravel truck overturn two miles southwest of Latta will be held Thursday at 2 30 p m from the Church of God with Rev Cooper officiating burial will be in Rosedale cemetery Robins is survived by his widow Mrs Minnie Ray Robins and numerous relatives in Ada Norman and surrounding areas The article also notes grain and crop conditions in the region with rainfall deficits and pasture quality.
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Horace Greely Robins
Latta
Church of God, Fifth
Townsend
Cooper
Rosedale Cemetery
Robins
Center
Seminole
Church of God
Ada
Minnie Ray Robins
West
Levi Melvin Robins
Anne Foster
Norman
Jennie Blansett
Pleasant Hill
Argie Roberts
Oil Center
Minnie Johnson
Tupelo
Prentis Robins
Frank Robins
Washington
Okla
Chelmer Robins
Phoenix
Ariz
Leander Philpott
Price-Rationing Board Enlarged in Pontotoc County
The Pontotoc county war price and rationing board adds three members led by L. G. Denny. Matt Poole handles tires and bicycles, Ben Morrison sugar, and Hobart G. Orton prices. Approved by the defense council, they join to improve efficiency and division of duties.
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Pontotoc County
L. G. Denny
Matt Poole
Ben Morrison
Hobart G. Orton
Office of Price Administration
Defense Council
Indian Families Migrate After Lands Seized for Camp Gruber
About 55 Indian families forced from lands taken for military use at Camp Gruber in the Cookson hills began moving today. Their household goods were stacked on trucks as they departed under war department action.
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Muskogee
War Department
Camp Gruber
Cookson Hills
Half Of Nothing Is His Problem For D Orr
In Los Angeles on July 8, Paul Barksdale D Orr California director of the office of price administration peers into an empty envelope. A Washington letter said the July and August bike rationing quota was enclosed. He concludes the bike quota is nothing and then opens another envelope to halve the previous quota.
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Los Angeles
Paul Barksdale
D’orr
California
Office of Price Administration
Washington
Eight German Born Men On Trial For Death Penalty
Eight German born men face a military commission on charges of war crimes and sabotage after landing by U boat on Long Island and Florida. The trial overseen by a seven general panel will decide guilt and punishment with the death penalty possible for each count. President Roosevelt barred civil courts. decision will go to the president for final action.
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Washington
Justice Department
FBI
Long Island
Florida
Roosevelt
Francis Biddle
Biddle
George John Dash
Amagansett
Edward John Kerling
Jacksonville
Ernest Peter Burger
Herbert Hans Haupt
Henry Harm Heinck
Herman Otto Neubauer
Richard Quirin
Werner Thiel
Frank R. McCoy
Walter S
Counter Attacks In Center Slow Axis For Rommel In North Africa
British reports say air strikes and patrols slow axis advances near the Nile threshold while both sides test positions. RAF hits Sobruk and Odaie area oil stores as Axis losses mount. Malta air battles continue with heavy fighting and reinforcements moving across the Mediterranean.
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Cairo
Nile
RAF
Sobruk
Odatie
Stockholm
Berlin
Rommel
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Malta
London
Mediterranean
Europe
Fence at Gracie Mansion sparks junk or scrap debate
A new iron fence around the Gracie Mansion, LaGuardia’s official residence, prompts a dispute over whether it should stay as junk or be scrapped for war metal. Park Commissioner Moses defends the fence, noting its WPA repair and safety role, while the salvage board signals interest in acquiring iron fences for scrap.
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LaGuardia
New York
Gracie
F. H. LaGuardia
Robert Moses
Moses
East River Drive
New York City Salvage Board
Young Oklahomans Sentenced In NM Railroad Wreck Case
Taos New Mexico July 8 Virgil Trembly 26 Wheeless Oklahoma was given five to seven years in the state penitentiary for attempting to wreck the Texas Flyer of the Colorado and Southern railroad. District Judge Livingston Taylor also sentenced Lawrence Parsley 6 Felt Oklahoma to reform school on the same charge but suspended if the boy stayed outside New Mexico.
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Taos
N. M
Virgil Trembly
Wheeless
Okla
Colorado and Southern Railroad
Livingston Taylor
Lawrence Parsley
Felt
New Mexico
Roosevelt warns on possible tire commandeering if war worsens
President Roosevelt told reporters that America's 30 million motorists could face confiscation of tires if the war situation deteriorates. He said the aim is to save the nation, not gasoline and rubber, and noted government action might be necessary though he hopes to avoid it.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
Scrap Rubber Drive Gains Momentum in Pontotoc County
Scrap rubber collection in Pontotoc County continues with steady purchases by service station operators and salvage dealers. By July 10 a nationwide tally will measure totals. 175 tons have been gathered so far and officials expect over half the county quota before the deadline. The campaign extends to gather remaining scraps for government use.
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Pontotec County
Pontotoc County
McSwain Theater
Turkish Premier Refik Saydam Dies at 61
Ankara July 8 Refik Sedam or Saydam died early today after a heart attack He was 61 and had served as premier since January 1939 A semi official note said interior minister Faik Buztrak would act as premier until a new appointment is made Saydam led Turkey from before World War II keeping the nation’s soil inviolate.
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Ankara
Turkey
Refik Sedam
Faik Buztrak
Refik Saydam
Start Deducting For Soldier Dependents Delayed To November
The army begins deductions from soldiers pay for dependents under the family allowance bill enacted June 23 but payments to dependents start November. Deductions from June pay begin July 1, with August for some posts, and possible three to four month spread at camps to avoid hardship.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Thurston Hughes
Louisville
War Department
Retailers Question OPA Price Rules in Pon totoc County
Retailers and OPA representatives met Tuesday night in Pon totoc County to discuss price regulation. Harry Camp and John Pope answered questions on ceiling prices for March, posting prices, and hardship relief while noting forthcoming regulations and high local compliance.
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Pontotoc County
State
OPA Office Division of Information
Big Harry Camp
John V. Pope
Camp
Pope
Office of Price Administration
Taney
OPA
Red Army Slows German Voronezh Drive in Don River Sector
Moscow reports tonight that Red Army counterattacks push back German bridgeheads on the Don east of Voronezh while repelling landings. Fighting rages along the river as Soviet forces hold fortified lines and claim heavy German losses, with battlefield details published by Red Star and Soviet information bureau.
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Henry G. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Germany
Voronezh
Don
Russia
Red Star
Don River
Soviet Information Bureau
Staryi Oskol
Upper
Don Basin
Kursk- Kharkov
Oskol
Don River Basii
Elks Rodeo Cancelled to Help War Effort in Oklahoma
Woodward July 8 The Elks Rodeo long a top Oklahoma cowboy show is listed as a war casualty. Trustees cancel the 13 year event to aid the war by urging tire conservation. Hal Cooper chairs the board and says the rodeo will resume after the war.
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Woodward
Elks Rodeo
Oklahoma
Elks
Hal Cooper
Boston private begs for Shakespeare amid war duties
Private Leonard Tamule, a Boston native and law trainee at Camp Blanding Florida, writes home asking for a well-bound one-volume Shakespeare after losing his copy. He notes he faces the axis as he trains for service.
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Boston
Leonard Tamule
Camp Blanding
Fla
Pigeons Clocked At 46 MPH In 670 Mile Flight
Three pigeons completed a 670 mile flight from Brownsville Texas to Oklahoma City at an average speed of 46 miles per hour.
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Brownsville
Tex
Oklahoma City
Raid Wardens Schedule Evening Meeting at Fire Station
W. P. Hopper city warden called a Thursday eight oclock meeting at the fire station for sector and building air raid wardens and fire watchers. He noted a Sunday statewide air raid practice showed progress and more raids are anticipated. The instruction program includes Ed Haley fire chief Ernest Sawyer county air raid warden Claude McMillan and H W Keisker city sector wardens and others.
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W. P. Hopper
Ed Haley
Ernest Sawyer
Claude McMillan
H. W. Keisker
U S Used 82 Pounds of Fats Per Person Last Year
The United States consumed approximately 82 pounds of fats and oils per person during the previous year, reflecting dietary and industrial trends in fat use across households and markets nationwide.
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U. S
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Meineke Strasse
NEA
Panhandle
Gruber
Qettara
Fe] Alemen
Erwin Rommel
Clear East River Bank
Shakespeare
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