FDR Enters V.P. Scramble With Truman and Douglas Choices
President Roosevelt moved into the vice presidential scramble naming Henry A Wallace as the lead candidate and listing Harry Truman and William O Douglas as second and third choices. The shift follows Wallace’s position and signals a major transition in wartime politics.
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FDR
V.P. Scramble
Truman
Douglas
Wallace
Chicago Stadium
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Henry A. Wallace
Harry Truman
Missouri
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Two Ada Men Among Soldiers Reported Wounded In Action
Twenty two Oklahomans wounded in action were listed by the army. Pfc William L Langston Ada. Pfc Everett A Baker Fillmore. Pfc John F Burnham Eufaula. S/Sgt J D Clark Atoka. Sgt Gearold T Collier Sasakwa. S/Sgt Jack W Farber Oklahoma City. Pfc Carlous V Fowler Ada. Pvt John N Frazier Agra. Sgt Norval Griswald Laverne. Pfc Robert B Hardcastle Elmer. Pfc John A Hartless Marietta. Pvt John H Henson Grove. S/Sgt Jack Hildebrand Muldrow. Pfc Jack L Lee Ardmore. Pfc Samuel T Marshall Eufaula. Pfc James W Moomaw Bartlesville. Pfc James P Nail McAlester. Pfc Cecil J Reed Pawnee. Pvt Abraham Staller Tahlequah. Pfc Emon Wallace Achille. Pfc James H Ward Oklahoma City. Lt Charles L Weber Lawton.
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Washington
Army
William L. Langston
Minnie Langston
Ada
Everett A. Baker
Grace Blanton
Fillmore
John F. Burnham
Frankey Burnham
Eufaula
J. D. Clark
Anna B. Clark
Atoka
Gearold T. Collier
Ida Collier Sasakwa
Jack W. Farber
Minnie Bingemer
Oklahoma City
Carlous V. Fowler
Clyde Fowler
John N. Frazier
Mary L. Frazier
Agra
Norval Griswald
Mary E. Denton
Laverne
Robert B. Hardcastle
Roy Hardcastle
Elmer
John A. Hartless
Marietta
John H. Henson
Cora I. Henson
Grove
Jack Hildebrand
Maggie Hildebrand
Muldrow
Jack L. Lee
Arthur George Lee
Ardmore
Samuel T. Marshall
Minnie Marshall
James W. Moomaw
Bartlesville
James P. Nail
Dock Nail
McAlester
Cecil J. Reed
Clara D. Reed
Pawnee
Abraham Staller
Windy Statler
Tahlequah
Emon Wallace
Achille
James H. Ward
Susie Ward
Charles L. Weber
Lawton
Meeting Called Of Cattlemen Of Area On Coming Sale
A meeting of area cattle owners planning calves for the September feeder sale is set for August 1 led by Carlton Corbin, group president. About 25 cars are expected. a northern feeder calf concern will discuss calf types wanted. The August meeting will update sale progress and ranch visits by a previously inactive delegation.
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Carlton Corbin
Ada
British Burst Onto Plains Around Caen
Allied forces drive five miles southeast of Caen on the road to Paris while Americans push north of St Lo, wrecking 16 German tanks and reaching the east bank of the Vire. British Second Army advances extend the front to 20 miles with Montgomery’s offensive widening the wedge near Noyers.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Paris
Erwin Rommel
Supreme Headquarters
Fallen St. Lo
Vire
la Capelle
Grand Hamel
Hottet-Les-Bagues
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Noyers
Caen-Villers Bocage
Maltot
Oene and
Odon
Bernard L. Montgomery
Plains
Cagny
Vimont
Second Army
Montgomery
Orne
Sixth Airborne
The
Vaucelles
Demonville
Troarn
East Central State College Fall Term Dates Announced
Registration for the fall term at East Central State College will be on Monday September 11 with classes starting Tuesday September 12. Two vacations are planned with Thanksgiving dismissal on Wednesday at noon November 22 and return Monday. Christmas holidays begin December 22 at noon and resume January 2. Fall bulletins are being printed and distributed soon.
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East Central State College
Building Derrick For Test Near Allen
The derrick was being built today at the W. A. Delaney Jr. No. 1 McCall near Allen in the SW SE NE of 17-5n-8e. C. W. Roadhouse Mercer-Tyson Community No. 2 was drilling at 1,140 feet in the SE SE NE of 34-5n-4e.
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W. A. Delaney Jr
McCall
Allen
C. W. Roadhouse
Mercer-Tyson
Germans miscalculated timing with Normandy leaflet raid
London reports that Monday night an aerial propaganda drop over Allied lines in Normandy claimed Americans British and Canadians were trapped. The broadcast aimed to demoralize troops but appears to have failed to deter the forces in the field.
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London
Normandy
Waste Paper Piles Into Boxes Here
Waste paper collection continues at the convention hall box sites. Scouts gathered 950 pounds today as government rationing tightens supplies. Ada stores request customers reuse paper sacks and limit to one sack per purchase.
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Convention Hall
Ada
S and Q. J
Six Nazi Officers Reported Killed in Athens Conference
Cairo reports six German officers died in a shooting affray during a leadership conference at the Bretagne hotel in Athens. Pistols were drawn after an argument among senior officers, and one Peloponnesus official was killed by SS guards. Austrian Col. Fritz Athens reportedly disappeared, with claims he was executed for opposing the army command.
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Cairo
Athens
Bretagne Hotel
Peloponnesus
Fritz Athens
Mercury Highs Reach 102 Amid Heat Wave
Weather notes record a 102 degree high Tuesday after Mondays 101, with Ada seeing calm winds and 74 degree夜 overnight. AP data cites 106 at Altus and 103 in Oklahoma City as relief possible today.
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Ada
Associated Press
Altus
Oklahoma City
D C To Declare Those Jobs Vacant
City to declare 99 garbage truck drivers and helpers vacant as a pause in protests ends with a return to work. The workers seek a $1 a day raise and plan to present their petition to the city council next Tuesday while budget shortfalls and funding questions loom.
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Oklahoma City
Leo Menten
C. F. Aurand
F. G. Baker
Aurand
Delegate Dies in Chicago Hotel Bath Incident
John F. Nolan aged 53 an Ohio delegate at large to the Democratic convention died in Walter Memorial hospital from burns and shock after stepping into scalding hot water in his LaSalle hotel room. Nolan a Steubenville attorney. Paris radio reports the arrest of Philippe Henriot assassins as of June 28 with no details provided by the government broadcast.
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Edward F. Kelly
Chicago
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Byrnes
Wallace
National Committee
Washington
Connecticut
Jake More
Iowa
Truman
Cones
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Col
Louis Johnson
Clarksburg
W. Va
National American Legion
Martin V. Coffey
Middletown
Ohio
Johnson
Byrd
Florida
Harry F. Byrd
J. Mark Wilcox
Michael J. Ward
Boston
James A. Farley
Massachusetts
John F. Nolan
Walther Memorial Hospital
LaSalle Hotel
Nolan
Steubenville, O
New York
Paris
Philippe Henriot
Vichy
Jimmy Will Get His Gun
Clint Indian Farmer sends a .45 automatic pistol to Marine Pfc. Jimmie Lowrance who lost his pistol in Saipan. Local man R B Evans received the weapon after a letter from Lowrance requested a replacement.
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Clint Farmer
Marine Pfc
Lowrance
Clint
Pfc. Lawrance
Hugo Marine Hero Dies Swinging Shovel Against Japs
Saipan Marianas delayed report details Marine Sgt. Frank A. Tucker of Hugo Oklahoma who won the Navy Cross in the Marshalls. He hacked to death four attackers with a shovel before perishing in hand to hand fighting as his unit held death valley. He previously worked as an automobile parts salesman for Babcock Brothers of Hugo.
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Saipan
Marianas
Frank A. Tucker
Hugo
Okla
Marshall Islands
Tucker
Marshalls
Death Valley
Namur Island
Fitzhugh Busses To Start Monday
Albert Horn announces that Fitzhugh school busses will not run Friday but will operate Monday morning for the start of classes on July 24. Teachers will be at the school Friday and Saturday morning to enroll students and prepare for the new term.
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Fitzhugh
Albert Horn
Horn
Flying hotels may be a future concept from a writer
A writer imagines airborne hotels as a future travel possibility and explores the idea with speculative details. The piece notes bold design concepts and potential challenges for airborne hospitality.
Ada City Budget Plan Sets Expenditures Across Departments
Ada city governing board led by Mayor Guy Thrash proposed a fiscal year budget totaling about 161 800 with allocations for police 24650 fire 23025 street 31250 library 5700 and other services. The plan seeks a 36550 46 increase over last year's 125 249 54 and remains subject to excise board approval and possible changes.
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City of
Ada
Bill Bevers
J. D. Willoughby
Guy Thrash
Excise Board
Allied Forces Capture Livorno and Ancona in Italian Front
Fifth Army troops under Lt Gen Mark Clark seized Livorno after a wide pincers maneuver forcing German defenders from the seaport near Pisa. Polish forces also captured Ancona after a 75 mile advance, taking 2000 prisoners and heavy material as British troops gain near Arezzo. Domei forecast a major Japanese news release tomorrow.
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Edward Kennedy
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Livorno
Italy
Ancona
Adriatic
Leghorn
Pisa
Genoa
Arno
Bay of
Pontedera
Florence
Fifth Army
Arezzo
Montevarchi
Monte Cassino Abbey
Agugliano Anmon
Supplies and plasma dropped to trapped American troops at St Lo
July 18 report describes air dropped supplies and blood plasma delivered by field planes to two forward American infantry units east of St Lo, where Germans had cut them off. Artillery observers guided the drops as both American and German wounded were treated. a second breakout relieved the trapped units and casualties were evacuated to rear hospitals.
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ST. LO
Four Charged In Choc Beer Case
Frank Clark Lefty Clark Joe Watson and Loyd Booker were arrested on Tuesday and charged with possession of choc beer. All were released on $20 bond after booking at the city police station. The July total arrests reached 42 with two drunks and one complaint also booked.
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Frank Clark
Lefty Clark
Joe Watson
Loyd Booker
North Broadway
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News
Classified ad brief notes higher value for funded investments in vested Ada area. Details indicate adjusted rates, aiming to attract more capital. No names or dates provided in readable text.
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Ada News
Eccentric Claim of FedEx Time Bomb Mail Swaps Silliness
A quirky note from Lem Wheeler in Col orado describes receiving a so called time bomb by return mail and contrasts fashion with meals of corn on the cob, illustrating odd humor and a wild rumor.
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Lem Wheeler
Colorado
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