Canned Food Allocations For Civilians Under War Ration
The War Food Administration said civilians will receive 70 percent of the nation’s prospective canned vegetables and soups and 53 percent of canned fruits and juices for the next year. Civilians get 213 million cases, with non civilian supplies mainly going to the armed forces and foreign aid. The plan ties to peak summer consumption to favor fresh produce and increase storage efficiency.
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Washington
P— E
War Food Administration
WFA
Lend-Lease
Prather Calm About It All at Oklahoma Execution
Hiram Prather, 35, unlettered inmate, was executed in the electric chair for the 1941 prison break killing of Warden Jess Dunn. Cadet Byrle Dunn witnessed. Prather ate fried chicken and ice cream before the switch. Time 12:06 a.m. Rich Owen, veteran executioner, directed the 54th electrocution at the state penitentiary.
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McAlester
Hiram Prather
School of Crime
Jess Dunn
Fred Hunt
Byrle F. Dunn
Sheppard Field
Texas
Prather
Jack Finks
Finks
Rich Owen
Burglar Strikes Hundley Mercantile In Calvin
In CALVIN Oklahoma on July 14 a skylight entry burglarized the Hundley mercantile store. Robbers took men’s suits dress shoes hats and shells plus cash presumed under 100 dollars. Police sheriff and state patrol notified. two or three men believed involved, getaway by automobile.
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Calvin, Okla
Hundley Mercantile
Welden Hundley
Handley
Holdenville
Plan to shift meat to civilian use faces parity price challenge
Washington reports a government food advisory panel urges scrapping parity price rules as wartime meat shortages loom. The plan, backed by OPA, seeks to raise civilian rations by loosening price ceilings on cattle and hogs, with potential short term effect until next spring.
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OPA
Washington
D. C
Office of Price Administration
Capital
Speaker
War Food Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Chester Davis
Davis
Marvin Jones
State Board Considers Reassignment to Ease Crowded Insane Wards
Oklahoma officials review moving orphans from Helena to Pryor and transferring Pauls Valley Boys Training School to Helena to free space at state hospitals. Reports from Norman Supply Taft facilities show overcapacity while Vinita nears limit. epileptics would be moved to a dedicated center. No action yet.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Affairs
George E. Calvert
Western
Helena
Whitaker
Pryor
Paul Valley
Norman
Supply
Taft
Vinita Hospital
Helena Center
Pauls Valley
Reds Repulse German Attacks in Kursk Belogorod Front
Moscow reports fresh Soviet counterattacks on the Kursk Belgorod front after repulsing German efforts to enlarge the Belgorod bulge. Russians claimed German losses included about 50 tanks and 400 killed, with other 5 self propelled guns disabled.
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William McGaffin
Moscow
P—Red
Kursk Salient
Belgorod Bulge
Red Army
Belgorod- Ore-Kursk
Youth Escapes County Jail After Attack With Home Made Blackjack
Lloyd O'Haver, 19, awaiting theft charges for six bicycles, attacked jailer Walter Levin with a homemade blackjack and fled the county jail. He locked Levin in a cell, then exited through the front door as officers searched the town. Previous burglary charge cited as pretext for jail release.
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Sheriffs Force
Lloyd O’haver
O’haver
Walter “Red” Levin
Lovin
North Cor
Allied drive in Sicily wins key bases as Naro falls
Allied forces report capture of Comiso and Ponte Olivo in Sicily with a rapid advance to Agrigento. British Eighth Army advances on Catania from Augusta while American ships pound targets and secure beachheads at Gela and Ragusa. Air bombers strike Catania airport and surrounding targets.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Seventh Army
Comisco
Ponte Olivo
Agrigento
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Augusta
Catania
Sicilian
Naro
Tatton
Porto
Messina
Gela
Porto Empedocle
Sicily
Syracuse
Englishman Turns Out Kansas Boy Snags Art Gallery Heist
A 17 year old Stilwell boy posing as an English scholar admitted the theft of a Chinese vase three Egyptian necklaces and two jade wine cups from the Kansas City Art Museum. Police recovered the items and filed no charges yet as the case unfolds.
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Kansas City
Edwin Morley III
Morley
England
Stoops
Bigger Sums For War Vets' Widows
Congress approves wartime veterans widow and child benefits with Roosevelt signing. Widows receive 50 dollars monthly regardless of age, up from previous rates of 38 dollars under 50 and 45 dollars over 50.
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Washington
Inbus
Roosevelt
Polish Premier Forms National Unity Government After Sikorski
London report says Prime Minister Stanislaw Mikolajczyk forms a National Unity government to honor Sikorski after his death in a plane crash. General Marian Kukiel becomes minister of national defense and Tadeusz Romer is named foreign minister, seen as best suited for Soviet policy.
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London
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Sikorski
Marian Kukiel
Tadeusz Romer
Moscow
Soviet Union
Weather Shifts as Ada Sees Heat Wave and Enid Receives Rain
The report notes Ada's temperatures rising to 99 degrees on Tuesday with a late night drop to 74 degrees. Meanwhile Enid area receives good rain as western and northwestern Oklahoma continues to see showers this week.
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Enid
Ada
Oklahoma
Rain brings 2.67 inches to Enid amid brief street flooding
An Associated Press report notes Enid received 2.67 inches of rain with strong winds and an electrical display. Other nearby communities saw moisture as much of the state remained overcast with an official forecast of scattered showers and cooler conditions.
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Associated Press
Enid
We ll Do It Next Time For Oklahoma Ration Books
OPA Administrator Rex A. Hayes said Oklahomans will issue ration book No 14 to about 2 300 000 residents in 1935 after the Dallas Mailing Center declined the No 3 book work. United States coffee drinkers averaged 60 5 cups per person per month.
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Oklahoma City
OPA
Rex A. Hayes
Dallas
Hayes
United States
State to Probe Cotton Compress Fires at Cushing
Oklahoma officials announced a state inquiry into the cotton compress fires at Cushing. Attorney General Williamson assigned Jess Pullen to assist State Fire Marshal T J Ellis, with Payne County Attorney invited to join. no date set for the investigation.
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Oklahoma City
Cushing
Mac Q. Williamson
Jess Pullen
T. J. Ellis
Payne County
Grand Canyon Deepening as Bed Elevation Rises
The Grand Canyon continues to deepen while the bed does not lower because the entire rock structure is uplifting, even as the river continues to cut downward.
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Grand Canyon
Highway Commission to Receive Bids for Road Projects
The state highway commission will on July 20 receive bids for road construction, chairman Ben T. Childers said. Total estimated costs amount to $308,879 for projects mainly in Love and Marshall counties, plus a federal access bridge project at Grand River near Locust Grove estimated at $27,542.
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Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
Ben T. Childers
Love
Marshall
Grand River
Locust Grove
Rent it with a News Want Ad
Classified note invites readers to place a want ad for rental listings, offering concise options and contact details through the newspaper’s classified section.
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
A classified notice from Ada News highlights enhanced value for investors in vested accounts. It outlines favorable rates and projected gains tied to long term ownership, stressing reliability and steady income from strategic placements in local markets.
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Ada News
Union to fine 179 members for unauthorized strike
Detroit July 14 William McAuley regional director of the United Automobile Workers CIO said Local 594 Pontiac Michigan voted to assess 5 fines against 179 members who actively participated in the March 17 unauthorized strike at Yellow Truck and Coach Co. Two largely responsible members received four week layoffs. Simkin recommended maintenance of membership clause and the action was adopted by the Detroit War Labor Board. National WLB has not acted.
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Detroit
William McAuley
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Pontiac, Mich
Yellow Truck and Coach Co
William E. Simkin
Regional War Labor Board
Uaw-Cio
Simkin
Yellow Truck
Simpkin
Detroit Board
National
WLB
Allied push into Sicily mountains signals major Sicilian battle
Axis sources report Allied reserves driving into Sicily mountains along the Licata Augusta front with fierce fighting from Catania to the coast. German reports admit heavy combat with parachutists and airdrome troops while acknowledging advances by American British and Canadian troops toward Catania and the plain.
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London
Sicily
Licata- Augusta
Berlin
Associated Press
Catania
Eighth Army
Augusta
Licata
Jersey City first to use chemical water purification in 1908
Rural women marry earlier than city women, highlighting social contrasts between urban and rural life in early 20th century America.
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Jersey City
N. J
PESSIMIST remarks on voters and grooming
A pessimist quips that a woman's vote hinges on the candidate she finds most attractive. Another line notes toilets water and talcum powder cannot substitute for soap and water.
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