Polio Epidemic Spreads Across Southwestern States
U S Public Health Service reports infantile paralysis reaching epidemic levels in several states with 297 cases nationwide for the week ending July 17. Texas California and Oklahoma account for most cases. New York Kansas and Arkansas show rising counts. Health officials urge precautions and rest for unexplained fevers to limit spread.
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Washington
United States Public Health Service
Texas
California
Oklahoma
United States
Arizona
New York
Kansas
Arkansas
Health Service
ODT Studies Dairy Products Deliveries
In Enid on July 28 a four member committee studies dairy product deliveries across Garfield Grant Alfalfa Woods and Majors counties to reduce duplicate hauls cut mileage and recondition equipment. The plan aims to streamline farm to city shipments with input from processors educators and users and will be submitted to the Office of Defense Transportation.
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ENID
Oklahoma
Office of Defense Transportation
Garfield
Grant
Alfalfa
Woods
Majors
ODT
Ralph T. Goley
Fred Moehle
Carl Fields
R. F. Lenze
Secre
OPA Drops Watermelon Price Touches High Levels
Oklahoma City July 28 The OPA said prices for watermelons will stay high as Don Lyons an OPA food representative noted melons are excluded from controls and cannot be touched. Transportation problems slow shipments as watermelons require more trucks than other crops.
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Oklahoma City
OPA
Don Lyons
Sgt and Mrs Hoyt Rich Visit Ada Friends
Sgt and Mrs Hoyt Rich of Dodge City Kansas are visiting friends and relatives in Ada for several days.
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Sgt
Mrs. Hoyt Rich
Dodge City
Kansas
Ada
Dissolution of National Fascist Party Shocks Rome
Rome broadcasts reported by AP said Mussolini's regime dissolved the National Fascist Party at the first Badoglio cabinet meeting. The council abrogated the fascist grand council law, halted the state defense tribunal, and handed wartime cases to military courts while education and sports organs persisted.
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Associated Press
Rome
National Fascist Party
Pietro Badoglio
Prinier
Grand Council
Council of Ministers
Quirinal
Badoglio
No Control On Lawn Mowing Wages
The Office of Price Administration ended its wage controls on lawn care services including mowing hedge trimming and garden tidying. The move makes it legal to pay neighbors freely for mowing and related yard work as of July 28.
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Washington
Office of Price Admiistration
Jap Nazi Conference Discussed Italy Ties
New York reports that Heinrich Stahmer the German ambassador to Japan spoke with Foreign Minister Shigemitsu today for the second time since Italy's political change. The broadcast said Japan Germany and Italy will maintain close relations.
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New York
Pthe
Tokyo Radio
Heinrich Georg Stahmer
Japan
Mammoru Shigemitsu
Italy
Germany
Borden General Hospital Expands Program Planned
A building expansion at Borden General Hospital will begin in about 30 days. Announcement came from Saj A T Waskowicz, public relations officer.
Frisco Workman Seriously Hurt In Fall Saturday
S. T. Downs, Frisco railroad employee, was injured at the local station Saturday afternoon while switching and attempting to swing onto a moving caboose. He suffered a skull fracture and shoulder fracture. operated on Monday and reported improved. His wife and mother-in-law accompanied him from Sherman and Ada.
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S. T. Downs
Frisco
Downs
Sherman
Tex
Walter Chandler
Ada
Unconfirmed Nazi Claims Say Eleven Ships Sunk Lately
London reports from July 28 quote the German high command claiming 11 Allied ships sunk and 11 damaged in air and sea actions. U boats allegedly sank eight ships and damaged freighters and a light cruiser. bombers sank two merchantmen and damaged three more in the Atlantic convoy fights off Portugal.
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London
High Command
Berlin
Associated Press
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Portugal
British Navy Fights Enemy Vessels
London reports that light British naval forces battled a dozen enemy armed trawlers and motor torpedo boats off Cherbourg France. Two German ships were left blazing while one British warship was seriously damaged but towed to port with smoke screen aid. Shore batteries fired but had no effect.
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London
Cherbourg
France
Admiralty
Three Dodos Left Decline Ends in Mauritius Extinction
Three skeletons remain of the extinct Mauritius dod, a flightless bird once larger than a swan. The species vanished about 250 years ago, leaving a rare fossil record of its form.
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Mauritius
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
A brief item notes that investors in vested Ada News ads see improved returns. It highlights increased efficiency in ad placement and clearer targeting for local businesses. The notice emphasizes value in long term advertising strategies within the Ada community.
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Ada News
American Troops Take Cefalu Push toward Messina in Sicily
Allied reports say Seventh Army forces captured Cefalu and Alimena and pushed along a north coast advance toward Messina. Canadian and British units fought hard as German and Italian defenders entrenched along the Etna line and at Catania. Allied air power supported the push with strikes on Capua Capodurino and Reggio Calabria fields.
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North Africa
Seventh Army
Sicily
Cefalu
Messina Strait
San Stefano
Alimena
Petralia
Collesano
Calteveturo
Polizzia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Catania
el Alamein
Egypt
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Cefala
Etna
Nicosia
Agira
Catenanuova
Dittaino
Bernard L. Montgomery
Italy
Capua
Naples
Scalea
Capodiufino
Middle East
Reggio Calabria
Aegean Sea
Monte Corvina Ravella
Kiska Hammered 19 Times In Two Days
U S navy report shows Pacific command air forces launched 19 attacks on Kiska island Monday and Tuesday while raiding Wake Island. Bombers and fighter bombers have conducted 40 raids on Kiska in four days, with Wake raids met by Zero fighters and Liberator bombers destroying several planes. No American losses or personnel casualties reported.
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Washington
Pacific Command
Kiska Island
North Pacific
Navy
Wake Island
Central Pacific
Kiska
Midway
Wake
Midwestern Drouth Presses Farm Belt Cooperatives
The weather bureau reports a rain shortage harming crops across the midwestern farm belt. Moisture shortages threaten food and feed crops while heat accelerates corn growth where soil moisture holds. Deterioration noted in northern and western Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Kansas. stock water is critically low in some plains areas.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Middle Atlantic States
Rocky Mountains
Plains
Bureau
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Cotton Belt
Mobs Sweep City Streets in Italy Uprising
Reports from Milan and Naples describe mob violence as fascist centers resist, troops intervene, workers abandon factories, a Milan prison riot erupts, and southern cities see clashes amid Italy’s fall of fascism.
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Unien
Milan
Canale
Naples
Bari
Taranto
Trieste
Venice
Turin
Vatican City
Ada Shopper Visit Noted for Lehigh Resident
Mrs. Clyde Long of Lehigh was an Ada shopper Tuesday.
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Clyde Long
Lehigh
Churchill Says No Reply to Italian Peace Requests
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Churchill answered no when asked if any reply had been received to Roosevelt and his message on Italian capitulation. He noted Mussolini's disappearance as not an official reply and defended bombing Rome marshalling yards as necessary against military targets.
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Charles S. Foltz
Madrid
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Numbo
Riscoso
Ovra
Stefani
Gran Hotel
Roberto Faranacci
Fascist Party
Mussolini
Spain
Conde San Marzanno
Berlin
Raffaele Guariglia
Britain
Paul Schmidt
Foreign Office
Germany
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Badoglio
Vittori Emanuele
Bern
Switzerland
Milan
Il Corriere Della Sera
Morgagni
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Archibald Sinclair
Sinclair
Temperatures Edge Down Across Oklahoma After Heat Wave
The state saw cooler conditions but highs near 100 as heat slowly moderates. Overnight lows dropped to 73 degrees with 101 degree records in Waynoka and McAlester, Tulsa at 99, while the Associated Press notes 16 heat deaths since mid July and winds up to 35 mph. Scattered thunderstorms were forecast on the eastern side as temperatures held near the century mark.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Waynoka
McAlester
Tulsa
Weather Bureau
Nutmeg Wealth in 10th Century Will Revealed
The article notes Bernadotto di Niepoli allocated half his 987 A.D. will to plans for a single nutmeg, illustrating the extreme value placed on nutmeg in medieval times. The curious tale highlights how precious spices influenced wealth and testamentary decisions in the era.
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Bernadotto di
Hankow Raid Leaves 13 Japanese Planes Down in Air Fray
U S 14th Air Force Headquarters in China reports medium bombers and fighters raided Hankow in retaliation for recent Japanese attacks on American bases. Eleven Japanese fighters were shot down previously, with the tally rising to 13 lost in today’s engagement and 44 enemy aircraft destroyed since July 23. American losses totaled two planes.
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U. S
WPB Allows Rise in Shoe Production for Children Men
The War Production Board authorized a 25 percent rise in output of shoes for boys girls and infants a 15 percent gain for men's work shoes and a 25 percent increase for men's safety shoes. In spite of rationing demand for children's footwear has exceeded supply.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Record Snow Mantle Reaches 73 Feet at Tamarack
In 1906 Tamarack California measured a snow mantle over 73 feet deep marking a historic snow depth. A separate 60 inch snowfall occurred in a single day at Giant Forest California evidencing extreme winter events.
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America
Tamarack
Calif
Giant Forest
Nature’s outdoor symphony mocks human imitators
Although animal imitators have appeared on entertainment programs for years, man cannot hope to mimic accurately the various sounds produced by nature's great outdoors.
The Pessimist Reappears as a Curious Hunter of Gray Toothpicks
A humorous item recalls the old joke of a man known as the pessimist who once carried a large toothpick behind his ear. The piece riffs on what has become of that character and his signature trait.
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