Governor in Washington outlines Oklahoma flood relief plan
In Washington the governor, traveling with Oklahoma leaders, pledges rapid relief for flood victims. Credit, seed, and farm machinery will be provided. federal highway and bridge reconstruction will receive aid. priorities set by War Production Board. The piece notes a wartime blackout experience in a major city and reflects on Allied bombers and postwar relief. The Oklahoma Cotton Cooperative Association hosts a chicken dinner and urges surplus vegetables be reported for canning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oklahoma
Public Roads Administration
E War Production Board
Frye and Bye
Oklahoma Cotton Cooperative Association
United Nations
Tom Cheek
Farmers Union
Dan Arnold
Farm Bureau
Master Siebert
The
Grange
Holiday Weekend Toll Drops From Last Year
The Memorial Day weekend toll totaled 136 violent deaths, under half of last year and well below averages. Factors cited were gasoline rationing, wartime work, and many in the armed forces. Traffic crashes caused 63 deaths. drownings 25. other causes 48. California led with 22 casualties, Pennsylvania 15, Illinois 14, Ohio 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
National Safety Council
California
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Hereford cow and calf bought for naval son at dispersion sale
Frank Martin of Olney attended the Hereford Dispersion Sale in Texas and purchased a cow and a bull calf for his son Gus David in the Navy Air Corps. The bull calf’s sire produced $6500 in the sale. Martin aims to improve a herd for his boys on their farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Floyd
Coal County
Frank Martin
Olney
Texas
Gus David
Navy Air Corps
Martin
Clara Backhaus
Shady Grove
Lehigh
Coalgate Canning School
Lee Scott
Coalgate Schools
Vocational Agricultural Department of
Oklahoma City
Smith- Hughes
Dora Mae Bucklew
Coalgate
Vocational Agricultural Department
Smith-Hughes
Hodges
Atoka
Edyth Goodman
Clara
Daily Ardmoreite Marks 50th Anniversary With 108-Page Edition
Ardmore Oklahoma reports the Daily Ardmoreite celebrated its 50th anniversary with a 108 page edition highlighting community growth over fifty years. Messages of congratulations to Editor John F Easley echoed from President Roosevelt Governor Kerr and AP Executive Director Kent Cooper. Sam Blackburn led the special edition assisted by former reporters and staff. Ernest Riesen acted as business manager with Albert Riesen as secretary and KMKV radio KVSO manager.
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Ardmore
Okla
Ardmoreite
John F. Easley
Roosevelt
Kerr
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Sam Blackburn
Ernest Riesen
Albert Riesen
KVSO
Gen Tinker's Son Missing In North Africa
Major Clarence L. Tinker Jr., 27, commander of a squadron of fighting planes, is listed as missing in action in North Africa. His mother was informed by the War Department, with a possibility he bailed out and was captured. Prior to this, Gen Tinker died in combat during a dangerous mission.
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Tampa
Fla
Clarence S. Tinker
Clarence L. Tinker, Jr
North Africa
War Department
Tinker
Pawhuska
Okla
Midway
Tojo Prays at Yasukuni Shrine After Attu Battles
Premier Tojo and Navy Minister Shimada visited Yasukuni shrine to report on Attu fighting and pray for fallen soldiers. A Tokyo broadcast claimed Tojo pledged strong resolve for the sacred war while Japan’s propaganda framed Attu as heroic despite heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hedeki Tojo
Japan
Navy
Shigetora Shimada
Yasukuni Shrine
Attu
U. S
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Tojo
Guatemala Jungle Trek Begins With Reluctant Heroine
Allison Topping prepares to trek to the chicle plantation in Guatemala with Barry Fielding Renaldo and Jose the muleteer. Rain delays the expedition but Allison remains determined while Barry questions the plan and her courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison Topping
Guatemala
Barry Fielding
Puerto Barrios
Allison
Barry
Renaldo
Quiche
Jungle trek begins as party moves toward unknown danger
Allison, Renaldo, Barry, and Jose lead a small party through a jungle village toward a distant destination. Native boys haul luggage while the rain lightens. Allison confronts fear as the path narrows to a single mule width.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renaldo
Allison
Barry
Jose
Mora
Darkness in the jungle trek to the plantation
Allison Topping endures a brutal mule train ride through a rain soaked jungle toward a guan gum plantation. Barry and Renaldo help steady the rig as Allison proves stubborn and brave, nearly saving a baggage mule from a mud hole before a dramatic turn ends with the trunks hurled into a sinkhole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renaldo
Barry
Allison
Cassidy
Estancia
Miss Topping
Two Soldiers Injured When Car Overturns Near Ada
Bill Hollis of Ada and Olen Lewis of Roff, both soldiers, suffered numerous cuts and bruises when Hollis’s car overturned three times on highway 9 north of Ada. Hollis and Lewis were treated at a local hospital and were reported doing all right. Another accident Saturday night injured John Panos in a two car collision at Seventeenth and Mississippi. Panos remained hospitalized but improving. A weekend county report noted no other accidents and an oddly comic missing body search concluded with a man returning carrying a six inch catfish.
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Bill Hollis
Ada
Olen Lewis
Roff
Hollis
Highway 9
Steve Mitchell Jr
Si Killion
Mitchell
Russell Caney
Mansville
E. L. Patton
Mike Mitchell
Mississippi
Seventeenth
Panos
Recovey
Sandy Creek Not Guilty This Time
A crowd gathered by Big Sandy Creek near Ada to witness a search for a victim. An old man fishing reported a missing partner, called for help, and firemen with an ambulance responded, carrying gear across plowed fields to the creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Sandy Creek
Ada
Kansas Women To Serve On Federal Grand Jury
Kansas City May 31 Kansas will have women on a federal grand jury for the first time. Eight women were summoned to appear for service as war demands make men jurors scarce. Federal Judge Richard J Hopkins said there was no legal obstacle but it had not been customary. The session is expected to be brief with routine investigations.
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Allison
Renaldo
Barry
Lila
Kansas City
Kas
Kansas
Richard J. Hopkins
Seaman With $1000 Unable To Buy A Meal In New York
George Izabi, a merchant seaman with $1000 in cash, wandered New York seeking a meal. He borrowed $2 from a police lieutenant after two $500 bills failed to purchase $10 of food due to lack of change and ration points. In London a separate report describes widespread post quake damage in southwestern Germany on May 28, with some areas hit harder than 1911.
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New York
George Izabi
Izabi
West 54Th Street
Frederick Wendel
Wendel
London
Germany
DNB
Berlin
Associated Press
Swabian Alps
First Volunteer Invalided Home from Washita County
J. H. Bills, the first Washita County volunteer, is the county's first to be invalided home. A shrapnel wound in Africa ended his brief Army career in the Engineering Corps after he photographed enemy defenses. One enlargered print showed two soldiers, friend and foe, in close combat with a bayonet.
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J. H. Bills
Washita County
Pvt. Bills
Africa
Engineering Corps
Damage Of Floods Still Is Mounting In Missouri Delta
Floodwaters of the Mississippi push back between levees from St Louis to Cape Girardeau as the crest nears Caruthersville. About 25,000 acres in Pemiscot county inside the levees will be flooded, with farms and crops inundated. Coast guard boats aid isolated residents as evacuees total 4,500.
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Caruthersville
Missippi
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
Cairo
S. P. Reynolds
St. Francis
Pemiscot County
Missouri
Coast Guard
Illinois
Beardstown
Dwight H. Green
Student bombardier learns bombsight code and tactics
National surveys compare traffic deaths to occupational accidents and describe a student bombardier who learns bombsight operation and air combat skills plus how to identify aircraft and ships and provide emergency first aid.
French Navy Agreement In June 1940 Details Potent Fleet
The report describes British and French accord involving the battleship Lorraine and a fleet including heavy cruisers Duquesne Tourville Souffren light cruiser Du guay Trouin three destroyers and a submarine. It notes no confirmation on joining Richelieu in U S repairs from February.
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France
Rene Emil Godfroy
Lorraine
Duquesne
Tourville
Souffren
Duguay-Trouin
Richelieu
United States
French Split Nations Unite as Algiers Regime Emerges
Observers in San Juan report brighter prospects for French Caribbean loyalty to the allies after the De Gaulle and Giraud factions form a provisional government in Algiers. If the Alexandria fleet joins the allies, it could persuade French opinion to back the war effort and erase internal French divisions.
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San Juan
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Algiers
Alexandria
Berlin
de Gaulle
Giraud
Three Industrial Plants Destroyed in Seattle Fire
A blaze in Seattle's south end destroyed three plants the Nettleton Baldwin Construction defense housing plant, the Johnson Manufacturing marine machinery works, and the Western Mattress factory. Fire crews fought the blaze for nearly three hours, with 12 engines three trucks a fire boat and two coast guard barges. Damage is estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
South End
City Fire Department
Coast Guard
War Industries
Nettleton Baldwin Construction Company
Defense Housing
Johnson Manufacturing Company
Western Mattress Factory
French Fleet At Alexandria Joins Allies
London reports the French naval squadron at Alexandria has joined the Allies after negotiations with Gen. Henri Giraud. Berlin radio had claimed the squadron was starved into submission, a charge deemed untrue, with the fleet tied to the Egyptian base awaiting the shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Alexandria
Henri Giraud
Berlin
Lin Sen Chinese President Dies Reported From Chungking
The Melbourne radio quoted a Chinese communiqué reporting the death of Lin Sen 81 in Chungking. An Associated Press dispatch noted Lin remained improved after a May 12 stroke and a weekend coma, with medicines flown by Red Cross aid showing some benefit.
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New York
Office of War Information
Melbourne
Chungking
Lin Sen
China
Associated Press
Lin
Fred G. Reed
Pittsburgh
Red Cross
Pilot Roach Receives Distinguished Flying Cross
Lt. Melvin C. Roach of Dalton Oklahoma earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for a daring attack against enemy aircraft near the USS Yorktown during the Battle of Midway June 4-6 1942. The award was announced by the Fourth Naval District in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Melvin C. Roach
Dilton
Okla
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Pacific
Fourth Naval District
Roach
U. S. S. Yorktown
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Western Coal County
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Gen. Tinker
Ada News
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Loise
Arry
NEA Service, Inc
Glois Eby
NEA Service
Chicie
Plantaton
Sandy Creek
Second Army
Tennessee
Martinique
Giraud de Gaulle
Gorte
ERP
Etech
Praay
Tirah
India
Snake River Canyon
Idaho
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Tulsa
WN. C. Livingston
Julius As
Mazda Oil Co
Novorossisk
Kerch Strait
Black Sea
Sea of Azov
Catania
Sicily
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