American Air Power Isolates Millions Of Jap Troops From Homeland
Pacific war report credits U S air power with isolating Japan from war materials and homeland aid. From Okinawa bases, B-29 raids target China coast and Japanese engines. LeMay air force leaders stress heavy bomb loads and sustained operations to reduce Japan’s capacity.
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Sherman Montrose
NEA
Guam
Japan
Pacific
Asia
Okinawa
Korea
China
Malaya
Thailand
England
Luftwaffe
Pacific Ocean
United States
RAF
Europe
America
Festung
Europa
Borneo
Hangchow
Nagasaki
Saebo
Swatow
Amoy
Foochow
Nanking
Shanghai
Yellow Seas
Manchuria
United Kingdom
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Marianas
Marshalls
Iwo Jima
Saipan
Tinian
Curtis B. LeMay
20Th Air Force
Plenty of Liquor For Governor Meet
Michigan will host the annual governors conference at Mackinac Island July 1 to 4 with increased liquor quotas for Grand hotel guests and visiting newsmen. Non rationed liquor will be available in hotel rooms and extra supplies will be provided by package liquor dealers. Over 40 state governors are expected.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Mackinac Island
John P. Aaron
Liquor Control Commission
Grand Hotel
Entire Tulsa Family Goes In For Snake Hunting
Tulsa naturalist Hugh Davis directs Mohawk Park zoo and with his wife Zelta and two young children, Glenal Duane and Hugh Blaine, keep snakes as pets. The family believes fear of snakes is learned not innate and recounts bites and lessons on handling venomous species and first aid.
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Howard Brisco
Tulsa
Okla
Hugh Davis
Davis
Mohawk Park Zoo
Glenal Duane
Hugh Blaine
Davises
Africa
Martin
Osa Johnson
Oklahoma
Hugh
Zelta
Blaine County
Watonga
Kiamichi
Wichita Mountains
California bill sparks wrath of Stars and Stripes editors
Sacramento report notes editors condemn a bill allowing married women with illegitimate children to place the child for adoption without notifying the husband. Assemblyman Gardiner Johnson supports the measure to prevent an indiscretion harming the infant’s future. The bill goes to Senate committee. The London edition said: Well, we will be damned.
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Sacramento
Calif
Stars and Stripes
California
House
Gardiner Johnson
Senate
London
Oklahoma Sales Tax Collections Rise in April
Oklahoma City June 5. County and city sales tax receipts rose nearly 16 percent in April 1945 compared with April 1944, across 64 of 77 counties. Total collections reached 1 813 859 13, up 248 412 12. Pontotoc and Garvin counties posted gains, while Ada city increased to 19 079.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Tax Commission
Pontotocounty
Garvin
Columnist TM-Celya Sendow dies at 49 pen name Miss Pickwick
The Daily Oklahoman and The Oklahoma City Times columnist TM-Celya Sendow died after a months long illness. She wrote under the pen name Miss Pickwick.
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Oklahoma City
Celya Sendow
Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City Times
Miss Pickwick
Bull Calves Given Free to Fox Food in Oregon
Portland June 5 Oregon dairymen are giving away day old bull calves to fox farmers at no charge due to low hide prices and slaughter limits. Oscar Hagg of the Oregon Dairy Association says the practice began when calves brought $1.50 each and fox producers stopped paying. He notes many others join in to dispose of the surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Oscar Hagg
Oregon Dairy Association
Playful toddler prompts purse, cash, and ration books search
In Richmond California on June 5 police assist parents in locating a purse containing 900 dollars and five ration books after 18 month old Kenneth Harnois allegedly tossed them from a car window on a busy street. His mother Julie Harnois 29 asked for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Calif
Kenneth Harnois
Julie Harnois
Kenneth
Seek Revocation of Beer License Here
An Ada county court filing seeks revocation of Guy Looper beer licenses on grounds including serving to under 21, intoxicated loitering, fights, and public nuisance. Hearing set for Monday June 11 at 10 a.m. in the county courtroom. If revoked, Looper cannot operate for 12 months in Ada or elsewhere. he owns venues in Shawnee and Atoka as well as Ada.
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Guy Looper
Ada
Dudley Lester
Clyde Kaiser
Guy Thrash
Val Crawford
Looper
West Main
South Stockton
Moss Wimbish
Pontotoc
Oklahoma
Crawford
Shawnee
Atoka
Death of Mrs. Almeda Anderson Pioneer Resident of Latta
Mrs. Almeda Anderson 75 a Latta pioneer died after months of illness at her home west of Latta She was born in Sparta Tennessee in 1870 and moved to Indian Territory in 1901 Survivors include eight children: Lorena Menkin Lena Retha and four sons Dewey Haskell Spencer Oscar and a sister June Montgomery Funeral services are planned for 4 p m Wednesday at Criswell Funeral Chapel in Miami Okla
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Almeda Anderson
Pontotoc County
Latta
Criswell Funeral
W. M. Anderson
Anderson
Sparta
Tenn
Texas
Indian Territory
Lorena Menkin
Peoria
Ill
Lena
Retha Anderson
Ada
Dewey
Haskell
Detroit
Spencer
Tulsa
Oscar Anderson
California
June Motgomery
Memphis
Tex
Pioneer Hennessey Merchant Joe Ehler Dies at 67
Joe Ehler aged 67 a longtime Hennessey merchant died yesterday. He was a local business pioneer and prominent figure in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennessey
Joe Ehler
Hennessey Merchant
Wheat Growers Plead for Freight Cars to Move Oklahoma Crop
Eldorado wheat growers ask Gov. Kerr for Frisco freight cars to move the harvest as 20 to 30 cars are needed at once. C B Bee notes transport strains will grow as harvest shifts north. Rain, rust and mites threaten the crop, while custom harvest units rise to meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Eldorado
Robert S. Kerr
D. L. Jones
Frisco Railroad
Kerr
C. B. Bee
Corporation Commission Rate Counsel
Bee
Joe C. Scott
State Board of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Scott
One Thing Led To Another For Cops
City police investigated a Monday night case in which three women entered and ransacked a house, leading to other charges of delinquency of minors. A five year old boy drank beer, and the women poured beer over an old baby. An 11 year old girl was whipped by a man, who was arrested and jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haven
State Supreme Court Opinions Update
A roundup of Oklahoma Supreme Court decisions affirming, reversing, or modifying verdicts across multiple counties. Cases include Gold Fry vs Penn Mutual Life Insurance, Vanderslice, Paull vs Earlywine, Wahlberg, Stewart, Nash, Wedge, Moffatt, Britt Milling Co., and Doty estate, spanning Comanche Pontotoc Tulsa Ottawa and Atoka counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Age Supreme Court
Gold Fry
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co
G. H. Galbreath
Tulsa County
Dorothy Vanderslice
James C. Vanderslice
Comanche County
Claude E. Paull
Southwestern Motor Carriers, Inc
Pennsylvania Casualty Co
Russell Williams
Florence Nash
O. R. Hargis
Mayme Doty
James Neal Doty
Ottawa County
Mabel Hunter
A. Petis
Spartan Airlines Wins Oklahoma Intrastate Service Approval
Spartan Airlines gains corporate commission approval to operate intrastate flights to 31 Oklahoma towns. Service could begin from Oklahoma City to Tulsa immediately, with other routes delayed until wartime equipment restrictions ease. Cities include El Reno Clinton Elk City Hobart Mangan Altus Frederick Lawton Duncan Chickasha Norman Pauls Valley Ada Shawnee Ardmore Durant Okmulgee Holdenville Muskogee McAlester Hugo Guthrie Enid Alva Ponca City Bartlesville Cushing Claremore and Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Spartan Airlines
Oklahoma Towns
Corporation Commission
Spartan
Tulsa
el Reno
Clinton
Elk City
Hobart
Mangu
Altus
Frederick
Lawton
Duncan
Chickasha
Norman
Pauls Valley
Ada
Shawnee
Ardmore
Durant
Okmulgee
Holdenville
Muskogee
McAlester
Hugo
Guthrie
Enid
Alva
Ponca City
Bartlesville
Reer, Cushing
Claremore
Miami
Legion Urges Peacetime Draft for National Security
The American Legion urged immediate peacetime conscription as the best, most economical way to secure national safety. John Taylor testified that universal training would prove America takes its international duties seriously, while not creating a standing army. He argued a volunteer system until recall in emergencies preserves liberty and avoids militarism, calling for rapid legislative action to fund training and equipment.
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Washington
American Legion
John Thomas Taylor
Legion
America
Taylor
House
Europe
Legion Witness
Congress
More points mean higher cost for canned tomatoes
The note warns that additional points are needed for canned tomatoes, signaling a rise in price and strain on households already feeling the pinch. The phrase home groan captures the common frustration with rising grocery costs.
Warning Against Complacency Threat to Army and Nation
A warning that becoming unprepared would shrink the army to a police force and lull the country into dangerous false security, risking the deaths of sons and grandsons. The speaker condemns wishful thinking and urges vigilance and readiness to defend the nation.
Pioneer Newsman Of State Is Dead
Santford Hardy a pioneer newspaper owner and father of L G Hardy and grandfather of Bill Hardy died in a Moberly hospital after illness. He owned the Comanche Reflex Kingfisher Times Wewoka Times Democrat Maud Enterprise and Tishomingo Capital Democrat. Body taken to Kingston for burial.
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Santford Hardy
Pioneer News
L. G. Hardy
Ada
Bill Hardy
Moberly
Hardy
Comanche Reflex
Kingfisher Times
Wewoka Times- Democrat
Maud Enterprise
Tishomingo Capital-Democrat
Kingston
Mr. Hardy
Holdenville High
Murray College
Cattle Feeders to Be Paid by Banks
Cattle feeders will receive the recently announced subsidy payments through their local banks. The program, described by the War Food Administration, is the first meat subsidy to be bank handled. Payments amount to 50 cents per 500 pounds for cattle averaging 800 pounds or more to encourage heavier weights and improved distribution. Feeders must own cattle 30 days before sale and sell to federally inspected slaughterers or those with an OPA permit. Cattle must weight at least 800 pounds and meet minimum Chicago prices of $14.25 per hundredweight for good to choice grades.
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Washington
War Food Administration
OPA
Chicago
Bodies Recovered After Bremen Bomb Blast Hits HQ
Rescue teams searched Bremen wreckage for additional casualties at the U S military government police headquarters. Three Americans and twelve Germans were recovered, two Americans remained missing. Four Americans and eighteen Germans were hospitalized with serious injuries, others sustained minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremen
Germany
U. S
Churchill Disputes De Gaulle Claim Over Syria
London June 5 Prime Minister Churchill rejected General De Gaulle s charge that Britain stirred trouble in Syria and said Britain would withdraw all troops once a treaty is reached between France and the Levant states. He insisted Britain has no ambitions in the Levant and seeks no territory or special advantage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
Gen. de Gaulle
Syria
Britain
France
Levant
Oil Drums Stolen From City Service Station
Police records show that 1550 gallon oil drums were stolen from the Cities Service Oil Co. station at 606 East Main. The black drums with white ends bear the company's signature on one end as investigators search to locate the missing articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cities Service Oil Co
East’Main
Aneta Pegs Goebbels as One Time Swindler
Aneta a Dutch news agency reports that Paul Joseph Goebbels the former Nazi propagan da minister was fired from an early job over a swindle. In 1929 he worked as a bookkeeper at the Sarasani circus and stole for 18 months until the director Hans Stosch fired him for asking more pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aneta
Sarasani
Brazil Eyes Bamboo Industry For U S Markets
Rio de Janeiro reports Brazil aims to develop its wild bamboo resources for U S markets. Government and industry researchers study bamboo uses from pulp to paper to support rapid industrial growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
United States
Denver Rider Rescued After Horse Rushes Train
James Pruitt of Denver rode a rented horse on the prairie when the animal bolted toward a passing train. He freed his right leg from the stirrup to jump clear, but the horse was struck by the train and thrown. Pruitt slid 30 feet along the cinders before noting the stirrup had torn away from the saddle.
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Pueblo
Colo
West
James Pruitt
Denver
Lone Prairie
Pruitt
Repair of St Pauls Cathedral Organ Estimated at 67500
London reports the great organ of St Pauls Cathedral, bomb damaged in 1940, will cost 67500 to repair. Work has begun as authorities outline the reconstruction project and funding plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Greater returns for amount invested in vested Ada News
In a local classified note Ada News reports higher yields for investors who fund vested accounts. The notice outlines terms, expected returns, and safety measures for stakeholders seeking improved interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
Amout
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Randall
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U.S. S
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Sea of Japan
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