General Barton Rated As Crack Tactician in Normandy Invasion
Time magazine lauds Maj. Gen. Raymond O. Barton 51 as a crack tactician. He rose from Ada to West Point and led the Fourth Division in Normandy aiding Cherbourg while Teddy Roosevelt Jr. served as assistant commander.
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Gen. Barton
Time Magazine
Raymond O. Barton
Ada
West Point
Normandy
West Pointer
Georgetown
Barton
Army of Occupation
Ehrenbreistein
Cherbourg
France
Teddy Roosevelt Jr
Burns May Hold Fate of Kerr Appointees
Oklahoma City July 19 Robert Burns state senator may determine the fate of three Kerr appointees to the Oklahoma A and M college regents. Burns said he will not block confirmations but criticizes a switch in the local election board and faces Republican opposition in November. Kerr named eight members, including Andrew Potter P E Harrill and B D Eddie from this region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Board of Regents
Oklahoma
Senate
Burns
Kerr
Election Board
Chicago
Andrew Potter
State Baptist Convention
P. E. Harrill
Oklahoma Cotton Cooperative Association
B. D. Eddie
R. T. Tuart
Bryan County
Chickasha
G. B. Dunlap
Students Association of Oklahoma A
M. College
Port Chicago Explosion Toll Near 350
Port Chicago reconstruction began as the wartime death toll from the two ship explosions neared 350. Navy and FBI agents investigated while 14 counties felt the blast and the depot and town of 1500 were devastated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Calif
Navy
Port Chicago
Federal Bureau of Investigation
N. H. Goss
Dewey Emphasizes Party Organization Strategy
In Albany the Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey advances a front veranda campaign base on state and local party teamwork. He hosts huddles with GOP leaders and organizes regional delegations from Vermont Maine and Connecticut to build a nationwide fall effort.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
White House
Dewey
Executive
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
Bay State
Vermont
Maine
Connecticut
James W. Wadsworth
R.N.Y
Pamphlet Explains War Manpower Priority Rulings
A pamphlet detailing the male priority job referral program by the War Manpower Commission is available at the local United States Employment Service. Robert Wood of the local office said the guide explains how employers obtain male workers through referrals and priority ratings under Oklahoma rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
Robert Wood
Oklahoma
WMC
Oklahoma City
Agricultural
Bomb Attacks Rise Across London and Southern England
London and southern England faced the greatest 24 hour robot bomb attack since the June 15 launch. Gen Eisenhower’s headquarters viewed the strikes as an attempt to divert Allied air power. Casualties and destruction rose as bombs hit buildings, streets, and the civilian population.
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Associated Press
London
England
Eisenhower
Channel
Calais
France
Caen
Reich
Commons
Winston Churchill
Germany
Normandy
Private Virgie Casey Completes Air Force Training
Pvt. Virgie Austen Casey of Ada completes basic training and B-24 bomber airplane mechanical school at Keesler Field. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Casey of star route Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgie Austen Casey
James Casey
Star Route
Ada
Keesler Field
Regents Named for Oklahoma A and M Colleges
Gov. Kerr appointed a new eight member regents board for Oklahoma A and M College and all A and M schools under a constitutional amendment. Terms run 1945 to 1952 with Andrew Potter and others named. ninth member will be Joe C. Scott. Leon Fields and Guy H. Rogers fill vacancies on related boards.
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Oklahoma City
Robert S. Kerr
Board of Regents
Oklahoma A
M. College
Andrew J. Potter
B. D. Eddie
M. L. Dudley
Hugo
C. R. Bellatti
Stillwater
P. E. Harrill
Edward T. Davis
Erick
R. T. Stewart
Caddo
Fred G. Drummond
Hominy
Joe C. Scott
State Board of Agriculture
Potter
Board of Agriculture
Leon Fields
Texhoma
Eddie
Guy H. Rogers
Fesher
Warships Shelling Guam Defenses At Can't Miss Range
United States Pacific Fleet reports battleships closing in on Guam defenses at close range aided by spotter planes and destroyers. MacArthur notes new aerial strikes on Japanese shipping in the southwest Pacific with 25 ships sunk or probably sunk and 21 damaged, plus heavy losses of supply barges. British food expert warns signs of a looming shortage similar to 1917. Ancient eclipse records help date ancient events precisely.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Nimitz
MacArthur
Halmahera
Chinese Crack Jap Lines at Hengyang
Chinese counterattack has pierced the Japanese ring around Hengyang on the Canton Hankow railway. Chinese lines reach two to three and a half miles from the city as Japanese reinforcements pour in. Leiyang units report Japanese withdrawals northward while Hengyang endures furious assaults with air support from American planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Canton-Hankow
Hengyang
Leiyang
P. H. Chang
Hangyang
Montgomery says 156000 Germans written off in Normandy drive
Gen. Montgomery announced in France that about 156,000 German troops have been killed, wounded or captured in six weeks of Normandy fighting. He cited 60,000 captured and 8,000 buried, and praised the opening of the Dempsey-led offensive as delivering a tactical surprise with strong mobile forces southeast of Caen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger D. Greene
Montgomery
France
Bernard L. Montgomery
Normandy
Miles _ Christopher Dempsey
Second Army
Caen
Driver Pleads Guilty in Ada Area Accident Case
Billie G. McElhaney aged 17 pleaded guilty in Percy Armstrong justice court to violation of rules of the road. He was fined $5 after a Monday night crash six miles north of Ada involving N. T. Abbott and a car driven by Mr. Abbott. Mrs. Willie Abbott was hospitalized. McElhaney said he was summoned to court, not arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie G. McElhaney
Percy Armstrong
McElhaney
Willie Abbott
Barney Brice
N. T Abbott
Mr. Abbott
Ada
Train Off Track No Passenger Hurt
Dalhart Texas report says the Rock Island west bound Golden State Limited ran off tracks seven miles east of Dalhart. The locomotive and two cars cleared a split rail leaving twelve coaches and sleepers off the rails. Ambulance driver Odell Walker found no injuries among passengers. The crash was first reported by C Yates McDaniel, passenger and AP bureau chief.
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Dalhart
Texas
Rock Island _railroad
Golden State Limited
Here
Odell Walker
C. Yates McDaniel
The
Associated Press
Judge Upholds Esquire Mailing Permit Ruling
Judge T W Davidson upheld the Postmaster General decision to revoke Esquire magazine’s second class mail permit. The publishers say the ruling costs about 500000 dollars yearly and will appeal. The judge declined to rule on editorial content, finding the reclassification not arbitrary or capricious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
T. W. Davidson
Walker
Esquire Magazine
Davidson
Pair of stockings topic stirs U S customs court verdict
A brief note comments on a U S customs court ruling about whether a pair of stockings is plural or singular and humorously mentions alimony and a famous poem line.
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U. S
Paricutin Lava Flows Threaten Surrounding Towns in Mexico
Millions of tons of lava pour from Paricutin along a 25 mile front burying Paricutin and Parangaricutiro, with Parican and Zacan towns evacuated. Residents flee toward higher ground as earthquakes, thunder, and sulfuric fumes fill the valley.
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Albert Noel
Mexico City
Paricutin
Mexico
Parangaricutiro
Zacan
San Francisco Pariban
Zirosto
San Juan
Paricutin Valley
County Red Cross to Make and Fill 576 Kit Bags
Pontotoc county Red Cross chapter accepts a quota of 576 kit bags for soldiers sailing overseas. Mrs. M F West named chairwoman for production with Mrs. W W Sledge overseeing filling. Bags include a housewife, toiletries, writing supplies, and small comforts. volunteers sew cut-out bags in ap ron style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Red Cross
Pontotoc County
Douglas MacArthur Club
Army
Democrats Open Convention With Roosevelts Name Hype
At Chicago Stadium on July 19 the Democratic opening session drew full seats and loud cheering for Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mayor Edward F. Kelly urged silence after enthusiastic calls as speakers outlined renomination goals amid ceremonial bunting, flags, and air conditioning.
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Chicago Stadium
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Edward F. Kelly
Chicago
Calfornia
Texas
Thomas Jefferson
Fleisher Surprise Over Wealth Parade Earnings
New York July 19 Nobody was more surprised than Sidney B Fleischer when he learned he topped the nations wealth parade with a yearly income of 645 009 He says the report is exaggerated and that the money from Twentieth Century Fox goes to the writers and producers he represents as a theatrical attorney and Dramatist Guild agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sidney B. Fleischer
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
U. S. Treasury
Fleischer
Dramatist’s Guild
Farm Agent Schnelle Resigns to Join Navy
Beaver July 19 1935 P Walter Schnelle Beaver county farm agent since 1935 resigns to enter the navy as a lieutenant junior grade.
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Beaver
Walter Schnelle
Beaver County
Navy
Hugo Banker to Preside at Southeast Oklahoma Soil Clinic
R C Newton Hugo banker will preside at the Southeast Oklahoma soil conservation clinic in Hugo on Thursday July 27 with participation from Choctaw Bryan Pushmataha McCurtin and Atoka counties.
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Hugo
R. C Newton
Hugo Banker
Southeast Oklahoma Soil Conservation Clinic
Choctaw
Bryan
Pushmataha
McCurtin
Atoka
Sale of 50,000 Acres Planned by School Land Commission
TALOGA July 19 The first sale of a series covering 50,000 acres of lands owned by the school land commission in 10 western counties will be held August 15 at the Dewey county courthouse here.
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Taloga
School Land Commission
Western Counties
Dewey County
Welles Outlines Postwar German Breakup and World Body Plan
In a July publication Sumner Welles argues Germany's defeat will splinter the general staff into three autonomous regions to prevent future domination. He urges a provisional United Nations executive council a world court and a world congress plus international trusteeships replacing the league mandate system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sumner Welles
Germany
Roosevelt
Reich
General Staff
Army High Command
Welles
Harper and Brothers
United Nations
United Nations Executive Council
Security and Armaments Commission
World Congress
World Organization
League of Nations
Immigration Head Resigns His Post
Washington July 19 Earl G Harrison resigns as commissioner of immigration and naturalization to return to private law practice in Philadelphia. The White House issued letters noting resignation effective July 31 after two years in the post. Harrison cited wartime expansions while noting headquarters losses of over 450 positions and total expenditures cut by more than $2,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Earl G. Harrison
Immigration and Naturalization
Philadelphia
White House
Harrison
Roosevelt
Immigration Service
Doctor Transfers Among Plains Agencies
Concho reports Dr. C. W. Wiggins physician to Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians at the Concho agency has been transferred to a post in Montana. Dr. E. Hart of Canton Blaine county succeeds Wiggins temporarily at Concho.
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Concho
C. W. Wiggins
Concho Agency
Montana
E. ©. Hart
Canton
Blaine County
Wiggins
Germans Shelling Ruins Of St. Lo
In St Lo France on July 19 German artillery and mortars pummeled the wrecked city as American doughboys dug in amid rubble. A Virginia major who died leading the assault lay in state in the Church of Ste Croix as Parachute troops made a last stand nearby and shelling forced troops to seek cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Whitehead
ST. LO
France
U.P
Virginia
Battle of
Church of Ste. Croix
Inman Elected Muskogee Chamber Secretary Manager
Franklin L. Inman 36 a field secretary for the U S Chamber of Commerce was elected secretary manager of the Muskogee chamber succeeding W R Wright who left in April for Topeka Kansas. Funeral services were held for Henrietta Farley Morrison 87 a Poteau pioneer widow of Dr George A Morrison noted eastern Oklahoma physician.
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Muskogee
Okla
Franklin L. Inman
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Muskogee Chamber
W. R. Wright
Topeka
Kas
Poteau
Fort, Smith, Ark
Henrietta Farley Morrison
George A. Morrison
Oklahoma
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E. A. Bryan
Tarawa Island
Marshalls
Naval
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Coast
Charles H. Palmer
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Orne
Judge Upholds
Esquire
Red Cross
International Red Cross
Pvt
Gordon Conrey
Milford
Demos
Goodnatured
Laverne Hayes
Hawaii
Hannegan
John Zelezinski
St. Fideles Church
Dorothy Vredenberg
National Committee
Fleisher
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