Ration Board Overrules Tire Request for Farm Pickup
Meire Rea Wood’s tire petition for his farm pickup was denied by the local ration board for insufficient need. He appealed with local board support and received June 1 guidance from Washington interpreting eligibility under Section 405 f5. The interpretation places farm pickups transporting market goods and farm duties in the eligible category. The board invites others denied to reapply for favorable consideration.
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Meire Rea Wood
Wood
Washington
Pontotoc County to Send 100 Men to Army Next Monday
Pontotoc County officials announce a 100 man draftee party to depart for service next Monday afternoon, with 28 more to be called on June 28. The event, the largest outbound group since the war began, is hosted by the Patriotic Service Organization at Convention Hall with W. M. Emanuel chairing and Ada businessman T. G. Kelly as speaker. Music by Harle E. McCall and gift packages from the Legion Auxiliary will accompany the send off.
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Pontotoc County
Patriotic Service Organization
Convention Hall
W. M. Emanuel
T. G. Kelly
Ada Business
Harle E. McCall
East Central College
The
Legion Auxiliary
Lyttleton Visit Seen As Key to War Front Plans
The June report notes Oliver Lyttelton's impending Washington visit to meet President Roosevelt and Donald Nelson. Officials see four aims including a unified Anglo American production program, a pooled production board, access to U S armament output, and a possible Anglo American food board.
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Washington
Oliver Lyttelton
Lyttelton
Roosevelt
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
U. S
America
Buy Bonds Urges Governor Phillips
Oklahoma Governor Phillips urges state employees to buy war bonds and stamps rather than contribute to campaigns. In a memorandum to department heads and state workers, he says he has no quarrel with the gubernatorial candidates and calls the move his final official word on the primary election.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
State of
Oklahoma
Mexico Joins Allies in World War II Declaration
Mexico is now a full ally with the United Nations join ten Latin American republics in the anti axis coalition. President Manuel Avila Camacho signed the declaration of war effective May 22, marking a formal, unceremonious step in Mexico’s wartime stance.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United Nations
Manuel Avila Camacho
Pri
Mexican cabinet declares belligerency over attacks on shipping
On May 22 the Mexican cabinet decided that full belligerency was the only response to submarine attacks on Mexican shipping, signaling a shift in policy and raising tensions in the region.
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Vate
Pontotoc County Expands Peanut Planting Scale
Pontotoc County plans larger peanut planting to meet government requests. Farmers bought about 150000 pounds of shelled peanuts for planting. shelled peanuts go three inches apart and take 20 pounds per acre, while unshelled nuts require 30 pounds and are planted five to seven inches apart. All planting should be done by June 10 per the AAA office. Lilburn James notes peanuts could rival corn as a money crop and help farmers fund feed costs.
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Pontotoc County
AAA
Lilburn James
Months to decide 18 and 19 year olds draft status
Washington June 1 The next three months may determine if the military will ask Congress to draft 18 and 19 year olds. Proposals to lower the age from 20 face opposition. Sen Taft cites figures showing 3 to 4.5 million men could be built without drafting 19 year olds or those with families.
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Washington
Congress
George
D.-Ga
War Department
Taft
Ohio
Athout
Dunn and Colbert Have Traded Jobs In County Officials
SULPHUR June 2. Jesse H. Dunn Murray county attorney and Holmes H. Colbert acting county judge have swapped roles. Colbert was sole candidate for county attorney while Dunn sought the county judge seat. Dunn’s ill health prompted commissioners to move him to the judge position, letting Colbert begin duties as county attorney. Colbert has served as county judge since mid May after Harold Springer resigned to join the navy.
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Jesse H. Dunn
Murray
Holmes H. Colbert
Colbert
Dunn
Harold Springer
Boarding House Operators Warned
The county ration board warned boarding house operators not to use boarders ration books to buy sugar. Chairman L G Denny cited a case and warned of serious trouble. Operators must purchase sugar under a certificate and surrender boarders stamps at each purchase period.
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L. G. Denny
Denny
General's Sister Becomes First WAAC Applicant in Oklahoma
Mrs. Villa Tinker Rippel sister of Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker army air force commander in Hawaii qualified as Oklahoma's first WAAC officer applicant. She traveled from Columbus Ohio to apply since Oklahoma is her legal residence. The Tinkers hailed from Pawhuska Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Villa Tinker Rippel
Clarence L. Tinker
Army Air Force
Hawaii
WAAC
Oklahoma
Rippel
Columbus
Corps
Pawhuska
Okla
One Rodeo Star To Bulldog Enemy
Oklahoma City June 2. Buck Robinson a rodeo performer has signed up a bulldog to fight the enemy for the army. His brother was captured at Corregidor and Buck vows to enlist with the Marines. Buck, famed as a bull dogger, will miss rodeo duties this season to join the war effort.
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Oklahoma City
Buck” Robinson
Buck
Corregidor
Chickasha
Craterville Park
Cheyenne
Denver
Carlsbad
Clovis
Poindexter Sentenced at McAlester Penitentiary
Charley Poindexter, returned from Granite where he served a burglary term, is now at McAlester serving a two year sentence for a similar offense. County Attorney Wayne Lewis said Poindexter pleaded guilty Monday before District Judge Tal Crawford and chose McAlester over Granite. He was charged with breaking into the Town Tavern on West Main and stealing two roasts, some bacon and 12 dollars in nickels, traced by his nickel purchases.
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Charley Poindexter
Granite
McAlester
Wayne Lewis
Poindexter
Tal Crawford
West Main
Lewis
Navy Lifts Ban On Married Enlistees
The Navy lifted the ban on married men applying for deck and engineering officer tracks. Married college graduates may enlist for the V-7 reserve midshipmen courses subject to a signed statement ensuring dependents are provided for during training. Unmarried candidates must stay unmarried. Enlistments are taken at New Orleans recruiting offices.
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New Orleans
Navy
Eighth Naval District Headquarters
Navy Department
Naval Reserve
Reserve Midshipmen’s School
Navy Recruiting Office
Customhouse
Office
Naval Officer Procurement
Camp Street
Upholsterer Wins Music Prize in Chicago Opera Contest
Rose Hastings a 27 year old upholsterer from Los Angeles won the $5,000 Chicago Civic Opera prize for best opera composition of the year titled Mr Mozart He balances a day job in an upholstery company office and works nights as a ticket collector.
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Los Angeles
Rose Hastings
Chicago Civic Opera
Mozart
Pontotoc County Seeks Larger Bond Quota for June
Pontotoc County, having met its May quota of 65,800 dollars, is urged to buy more than 95,100 dollars in war savings bonds for June. County Administrator Sam K. Grant notes about 70,000 dollars of bonds were sold in May and says the job is harder but the county can meet the June target.
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Pontctoc
Sam K. Grant
Grant
Pontotoc County
Phillips Appeals For Liquor Block
Governor Phillips of Oklahoma asks federal aid to enforce state dry laws around army camps. Sen. Elmer Thomas said the appeal was sent to the War Department. He alleges army officers supplied liquor at Fort Sill and to Lawton residents, while state officers faced army claims of no jurisdiction over post deliveries.
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Washington
Phillips
Oklahoma
War Department
Elmer Thomas
Thomas
Fort Sill
Lawton
We're Off To Bomb Jerries At A RAF Bomber Base
Ground crews cheer as Stirlings Halifaxes and Lancasters prepare for a raid on Essen and the Ruhr. Mechanics and airmen load incendiaries and high explosives. Leonard Johnson of Corpus Christi Texas plans to fly. Weather is watched for a potential scramble.
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R. A. F. Bomber Command
Jne 2
Essen
Ruhr
Bobby Jones
Leonard Johnson
Corpus Christi
Texas
Texas University
Johnson
Brown Wants Four Tires in Taunton Bizarre Ad
A Taunton drug store window offers a unusual cash for tires ad. Brown seeks four new tires for $400 cash and a mortgage on the store in exchange. He also promises a small Maine farm with two ducks one hen and seven roosters.
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Brown
Taunton
Mass
Maine
Carpenter Defends Self in $10,000 Property Claim
Toledo case ends with Walter Lewis, a carpenter, pleading his own defense and winning against a $10,000 property injury claim in common pleas court. The shrine project in Montreal Quebec will host 15,000 pilgrims at once.
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Carpenter
Toledo
Ohio
Walter Lewis
Common Pleas Court
St. Jsh’s
Montreal
Province of
Quebec
Protection for cows in heat of summer weather
Oklahoma dairy expert urges strong summer care for dairy cows. Adequate feed and a liberal, balanced ration, abundant cool water, and salt blocks support economical milk production. Shelter or shade protects from sun rain and insects. humane handling reduces stress and boosts yield.
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Stillwater
Okla
P. C. McGilliard
Oklahoma A
M. College
MacGilliard
Large Convoy Is Safe After Five Days Under Attack
A U N convoy carrying American and British war supplies to Russia reached a north Russian port after five days of battle with German U boats and over 100 Nazi planes. The admiralty said only six or seven allied ships were sunk, calling German losses an exaggeration.
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London
United Nations
Russia
Admiralty
Heinkel
Junkers
Marriage Licenses Issued to Fred Shipman and Margaret Cradduck
A marriage license was issued Tuesday morning from the office of the court clerk to Fred Shipman 21 and Margaret Cradduck 21 both of Acas. The text notes the geographic center of the United States is located in Smith County Kansas at latitude 39 50 and longitude 98 35.
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Fred Shipman
A.argaret Cradduck
Aca
The
United States
Smith County
Kansas
Axis Aliens Tidings From Mexico Front
Brownsville Herald reports from Matamoros that over 40 Axis aliens have been seized between Tampico and Nuevo Laredo. Some were handed to U S authorities as investigators round up Germans, Japanese, and Italians linked to a spy ring. Military and civil officials pledge full cooperation.
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Brownsville
Tex
Brownsville Herald
Matamoros
Mexico
Tamp.co
Neuvo Lo4redo
Heral¢s
U. S
Monterrey
Tampico
Neuvo Laredo
King
E¢E
Secret Service
Dozen Lives Lost In Oklahoma Over Holiday Weekend
Dozen people died in Oklahoma during Memorial Day weekend from traffic crashes, shootings, suicides, a plane crash, and drowning. Notable incidents include Shawnee student Louis Miller’s plane crash near a country club, and a triple domestic tragedy near Broken Bow where Charles New killed his wife and daughter before taking his own life.
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Oklahoma
Louis Miller
Shawnee
Miller
Dallas
Texas
William G. Johnson
Stillwater Grocer
Ardmore
Marietta
Clarence C. Huckaby
Amber
Okla
Ernest Aduddell
Ella Belle Aduddell
Coffeyville
Kas
Chickasha
Aduddell
Oklahoma Baptist University
Broken Bow
Hough
McCurtain County
Charles D. New
Pearl C. New
Christine Williams
John A. Dean
Oklahoma City
Another Josh Lee Off Ballot In Oklahoma
Oklahoma City June 2 The state election board removed Josh Lee Holdenville stove repairman from the ballot for commissioner of charities and corrections ruling the withdrawal affidavit filed by Dan Harbour Seminole newspaperman valid Lee claimed a name change to Wade Hamilton Lee and contested Harbour authority Sid White attorney for Lee Vinita farmer said he would seek a writ of mandamus to force the board to place his client on the ballot
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Oklahoma City
State Election Board
Josh Lee
Holdenville Stove
Commissioner of Charities and Corrections
Lee
Dan Harbour
Holdenville Lee
James E. Pipkin
Harbour
Wade Hamilton Lee
Sid White
Jos
Vinita Farmer
Martin Explains Food Stamp Buying Change
Crawford Martin, county food stamp issuing officer, explains a new plan for relief clients to purchase stamps by mail. Ada office closed. money orders bought at the post office cover stamp amounts and are sent to Oklahoma City as directed.
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Crawford Martin
Ada
Crawford
Postoffice
Te Post
Oklahoma City
Sharp Oil Output Gains in Week Across States
United States crude oil production rose by 283 475 barrels daily to 3 903 800 in the week ended May 30. Texas led with 346 500 more barrels daily to 1 549 800, while Illinois Louisiana California Oklahoma and East Texas and other regions reported varied gains and declines. No hay fever exists due to ragweed absence in the Gaspe Peninsula Quebec.
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Tulsa
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Texas
East Texas
Michigan
Kansas
Eastern
Rocky Mountain States
Illinois
Louisiana
California
Oklahoma
Gaspe Peninsula
la Province de Quebec
Federal Wage-Hour Law Extended to Building Maintenance
The Supreme Court ruled the federal wage-hour law covers custodial and maintenance workers in buildings serving interstate commerce. The decision, 8 to 1, extends minimum wage and maximum hour provisions to 75,000 employees at Arsenal Building Corp of New York and A. B. Kirschbaum Co of Philadelphia, with Justice Roberts dissenting.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Justice Frankfurter
Arsenal Building Corporation
New York City
A. B. Kirschbaum Company
Philadelphia
Justice Roberts
Frankfurter
Congress
Old Quarrel Of Fittstown Fights Escalate With Battey Case
In Fittstown a long running feud flared into a Saturday fight sending Roscoe Simpkins to Ada hospital with three fractured ribs and a back injury. Walter Graper faced assault and battery charges on Monday after the melee at Simpkins’ office amid ongoing disputes over lime plant control and a court fight last week.
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Fittstown
Ada
Roscoe Simpkins
Telephone and Water Company
Pedro Simpkins
Ada Lime Company
Simpkins
Walter Graper
Graper
J. D. Willoughby
Wayne Lewis
Grapr
Graer
Edro Simpkins
Tal Crawford
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