Gus Delaney Urges Local Investment to Drive Ada County Growth
Ada Chamber of Commerce speaker Gus Delaney stressed that county progress hinges on local investments. He cited historical growth from local founders building mills and argued Ada can finance new industries with its own resources, urging development of cattle feed and related ventures.
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Gus Delaney
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Southeastern
New England
Ada
The Eternal City and the Home Front Faiths
A compressed essay reflects on American soldiers in Rome and the lasting impact of Rome on civilization. It covers the valor of doughboys, contrasts money with wealth amid price pressures, and defends the Japanese relocation decisions after Pearl Harbor as a wartime safety measure with overall justification.
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California
Pearl Harbor
Invasion analysis and questions for Europe’s fate
A wartime column examines the Allied invasion of Europe, its strategic aims and unknowns. It ponders French resistance, German air strength, Atlantic Wall fortifications, bombing impact, German morale, and the timing of invasion set by UN military leaders.
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English Channel
Germany
Atlantic Wall
Europe
Air Force gliders reinforce Cherbourg advance in invasion
Allied airborne forces land near Cherbourg Peninsula joining sea landings and seizing bridges and roads. Reports say Caen and Bayeux faces heavy fighting while German counterthrusts loom. Ninth Air Force notes casualties among C 47s and gliders as Berlin radio acknowledges confusion behind lines.
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Supreme Headquarters
Orne River
Carentan
DNB
St. Mere Eglise
Carpentan
Berlin
Caen
Bayeux
Orne
Olivere Crespo
Corsicana
Tex
Ninth Air Force
France
Lisieux
le Havre
Churchill
Stockholm
U. S
Kerr urged as keynote for national Democratic convention
The governor is praised for keynote potential at state conventions and Democratic meetings. He is described as a strong speaker and appealing on stage, with commentators noting that presence matters in rally appeal. The quote emphasizes the value of character over longevity.
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Kerr
Sweat Blood and Tears Rally Calls for War Bond Drive
The piece urges citizens to unite for six crucial months of wartime effort. It highlights large Allied landings in France, urges buying Fifth War Loan Bonds, and asks Americans to sacrifice spending to support the war, stressing home front duties and unity with leaders guiding the effort.
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Winston Churchill
France
Ada
Francis
Stonewall
Roff
Allen
Coalgate
Italy
New Guinea
Oklahoma's June primary still uncertain amid runoff debate
Oklahoma City June 7 political scene shows weak campaigning as the runoff law faces questions before the July 11 primary. Governor Kerr and Attorney General Cobb seek swift court guidance on whether runoff rules apply, affecting U S Senate races and a large slate of congressional contests.
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Oklahoma
U. S
Congress
Supreme Court
Criminal Court of Appeals
Fletcher Riley
Riley
Elmer Thomas
Washington
Stigler-Clark
W. G. Stigler
E. O. Clark
Stigler
Clark
J. Fred Brett
Muskogee
Wilburn Cartwright
McAlester
Paul Stewart
Antlers
Chapin Wallace
T. L. Henry
Wilburton
Russell Overstreet
Cartersville
Ferguson
Phil Ferguson
Woodward
Ross
Rizley
Guyman
Harold Abbott
Enid
Wesley Disney
U. S. Senate
Myers Poem Expresses War Weariness and Hope for Peace
Pfc. Leon ard Myers of Ada route 2 writes from the Southwest Pacific about long jungle duty and longing for home. He vows to stay with the doughboys until victory and hopes for a peaceful world when all go home. He notes brutal Japanese troops and past crimes against Chinese civilians.
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Jungles
Southwest Pacific
Pfc
Leonard Myers
Bruce Myers
Ada
Route 2
Myers
Japanese Language Simpler Says University Professor
Norman Oklahoma June 7 Howard Van Zant OU professor who has taught Japanese since Pearl Harbor says the language is simple for learners. He notes unaccented words strict word order and few verbs with no gender or plurals and only four irregulars.
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Norman
Okla
Mars
Earth
Howard van Zant
University of Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
van Zant
United States
Looks Mighty Good Over There Flier Says From Beachhead
Allied Expeditionary Force report June 7 describes American soldiers resting along French roads awaiting chow after Lt. James Crawley of Springfield Illinois piloted a C-47 transport over the beachhead. He observed craters less than 100 feet apart, with no enemy planes or flak in sight.
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Ays
Allied Expeditionary Force
James Crawley
Springfield
Ill
Bullet Trophy From Guadalcanal War Front
Muskogee scouts announce a merit contest trophy made from a .45 bullet used in a Guadalcanal hand to hand clash. Bill Baker, former Scout with Marines, retrieved the bullet after a duel with Japanese forces and engraved it with a V and Morse code before presenting it to W. R. Hollingshad in Sapulpa.
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Muskogee
Okla
Guadalcanal
Bill Baker
Pacific Island
Baker
Sapulpa
W. R. Hollingshad
Muskogee Veterans of Foreign Wars
Portugal Bans Wolfram Exports to Hit German War Aid
Portugal becomes first European nation to stop vital war aid by banning all wolfram exports and production. The prohibition, enacted Monday before Allied landings in France, targets the resource crucial for high grade steel and armor piercing shells, potentially weakening Germany’s war effort.
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Washington
UPI
Portugal
France
Europe
P W s In Germany Develop Slang Of Their Own
American prisoners of war in German camps create a war time slang. Lt Joe Klaas, a former Seattle newspaperman and Spitfire pilot captured in Tunisia, describes the prison life and a snowball fight interrupted by guards. The letter to Associated Press correspondent Wes Gallagher reveals the first dictionary of their slang.
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Hal Boyle
London
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
Joe Klaas
Tunisia
Klaas
Seattle
Uncle Sam
Fallen Angels
English Spring Peace Amid War Time Furlough
Soldiers on furlough stroll Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens amid lilacs and chestnut trees while others bicycle through rural hedges blooming with rhododendron and jonquils. A dying Nazi pilot proclaims Hitler as his priest before a minister is promised to come.
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Hyde Park
Kensington Gardens
Shubbery
England
Hitler
Soldiers Added To Roll Of Church In Lawton
Sixty five American soldiers converted and baptized aboard a troopship in the Pacific Ocean were admitted to Calvary Baptist church in Lawton Oklahoma. Baptisms were performed by Army Chaplain W A Squyres aboard the transport with names and home addresses sent to the Lawton church. More than 150 conversions were recorded on the trip from New Guinea. The group represents 18 states and will transfer to home churches on request. This was the second group received by the Lawton church after a first list of seven names.
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Lawton
Pacific Ocean
Calvary Baptist Church
Oklahoma
Texas
W. A. Squyres
Dewey Squyres
Squyres
Pacific
Army
Calvary Church
Fitzgerald Hunt Case Dismissed in Oklahoma
The conspiracy case against Robert R. Fitzgerald Fred Hunt and C L Bittings was dismissed in Ardmore district court on motion by the state based on information about Fred Ratliff a highway department employee and witness in Chicago. The 1940 Pruitt escape case had led to two prior trials for Fitzgerald including a bribery conviction.
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Ardmore
Okla
Robert R. Fitzgerald
Fred Hunt
Oklahoma
C. L. Bittings
Granite Reformatory
Rutherford Brett
Fred Ratliff
State Highway Commission
Chicago
Granite
Hunt
Carl Pruitt
John C. Caldwell
Witzgerald
Pruitt
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