Canada Scrapes The Man Power Barrel Clean
Ottawa reports sweeping compulsory transfer of civilian workers to essential war jobs as Canada mobilizes about 11.5 million people. Measures enforce job moves, wage safeguards, and strict hiring controls with ratings of industry importance. The program targets workers 16 to 65, including shopkeepers, farm laborers, and professionals, amid a broader mobilization that already places over a million in war-related roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Young
NEA
Ottawa
Toronto
Canada
Humphrey Mitchell
Mitchell
Mary Jones
Selective Service
Zilch Co
Labor Department
Compulsory Transfer Rules Reach Broad Worker Groups
The new regulations extend mandatory transfers to married men and fathers aged 19 to 25 and single men up to 40 including childless widowers and divorced fathers. Specified lines cover retail, taverns, gas stations and alcohol related trades, plus cleaners, taxi drivers, bellhops, chauffeurs, domestic workers and entertainers. Officials warn the lists will grow and many workers may be drafted. women in civilian hospitals are expected to be covered later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Department
Farmers Press Buyout Over Dam Flood Losses
At Pryor on June 8 a delegation of farmers ravaged by the Grand River flood urged Gov. Serr and officials to have the federal government condemn and purchase their lands ruined by high waters. They said lands were buried in sand and debris or washed away and argued federal action is needed. The issue of whether the dam or water pool worsened flooding was not addressed. it was noted the dam is operated by the federal government.
Feather Tech Turns Chicken Feathers Into Warm Military Down
In Beltsville Maryland scientists adapt chicken feathers to simulate down for military sleeping bags, using a poof separator and maceration to remove ribs and fluff. The processed down approaches duck and goose warmth and could boost poultry farmers revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science
J. I. Hardy
Hardy
Some Antidotes For Over-Optimism
Washington notes warn of trouble ahead for Mr. and Mrs. America on the home front. Food shortages loom due to weather, lending demands, and hoarding by both honest and dishonest grocers. Gasoline shortages threaten transport. selective service may disrupt family life. On the war, invasions, bombings, and Pacific actions loom large as fronts brace for big news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stinnett
Washington
America
Middles
Roosevelt
Churchill
Russia
Coventry
Pantelleria
Norway
Brest
Caucasus
The
Pacific
Japan
Chungking
March Crackdown on Motorblocks After Mild Winter
More motorblocks crack in March as motorists grow careless believing winter is nearly over and anti-freeze checks are unnecessary. Police and road crews warn drivers to maintain fluids, inspect blocks, and ensure vehicle safety despite warmer weather.
Girls Prefer To Look Like Ladies At Ford Plant
In Highland Park Detroit Ford office girls refused to wear slacks, showing dresses as preferable. Bernice Clark said workers want to feel like ladies while noting safety concerns about machinery. Ford cites danger of dresses entangling with equipment and contrasts with nearby army ordnance workers in uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Bernice Clark
Highland Park
Army Ordnance
Clark
Army
Ford Company
Sharp Drop In U S Oil Production
Daily crude oil production in the United States fell 35 420 barrels to 3 946 595 for the week ended June 5 as reported by the Oil and Gas Journal. Regional declines included Illinois Kansas Louisiana Michigan Texas and the Rocky Mountain states with California and Oklahoma showing gains. In Adair county six canning plants prep to process the forthcoming bean harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulsa
Okla
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Eastern
Illinois
Kansas
Louisiana
Michigan
Texas
East Texas
Rocky Mountain States
California
Oklahoma
Stilwell
Adair County
Father of General Tinker Believes Son Is Alive
Oklahoma City reports Major General Clarence L. Tinker, presumed dead by the War Department, may still be alive as a prisoner in Japan. His father George Tinker, quarter Osage, attended a memorial at Tinker Field and insisted he remains convinced his son survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
George Tinker
Clarence L. Tinker
War Department
General Tinker
Tinker Field
Midway
Tinker
A. W. Vanaman
Oklahoma City Air Service Command
Oklahoma Soldiers Named prisoner of war list
The War Department released the names of 13 Oklahoma servicemen among 252 U S soldiers held as POWs in unspecified Japanese camps. The list includes Herbert L. Boyd Jack W Brooks Jack Cape James E Cleveland Clyde B Cockrell Granville L Graham Leonard M Hart Harold S Hirschi James E Knight John W Mauk Kenneth O Ritchie Wallace B Williams and Everett L Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
United States
Herbert L. Boyd
Henry H. Boyd
Oklahoma City
Jack W. Brooks
Charley Calvin Brooks
Haskell
Jack Cape
Emma Cape
Pauls Valley
James E. Cleveland
James Elmer Cleveland
Clyde
B. Cockrell
Grace L. Shields
Antlers
Corp
Granville L. Graham
Clyde D. Graham
Dewey
Leonard M. Hart
Nellie Abbie Hart
Gage
Harold S. Hirschi
Robert C. Mauk
Seminole
Kenneth O. Ritchie
John Thomas Ritchie
Shawnee
Wallace B. Williams
Charles Edward Williams
Pawhuska
Everett L. Wood
Virgie Morris
Krebs
Not Running For Senate Says Gomer
Oklahoma City attorney Gomer Smith announced he is not running for the U S Senate or any other office. He said he has no race in mind and has not thought about a run. He added he has much work to do and may reconsider in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Gomer Smith
U. S. Senate
Smith
E. H. Moore
Senate
Robert S. Kerr
Correspondence study grows at East Central State College
The Department of Correspondence Study at East Central State College reports 411 active students with 30 new enrollments last month. Education is the top course. five new home economics subjects added. Total subjects reach 111 plus ten high school offerings. Tuition is 4 per semester hour for college work and 8 per half unit for high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Correspondence
East Central State College
Ben L. Morrison
Argentina Stays Neutral While Upholding Americas Ties
Buenos Aires reports the new military government under President Pedro Ramirez pledges neutrality for the present and loyal cooperation with American nations. The regime, sworn in after Gen. Arturo Rawson resigned, emphasizes autonomous state rights and noninterference by foreign powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Pedro Ramirez
Americas
Ramirez
Arturo Rawson
Ramon S. Castillo
Republic of
Iez
Attu Island Action Captures Japanese Dugouts and Resistance
On Attu the U S forces pressed a bleak advance against caves and mountain dugouts as Jap snipers and machine gun units fired, then the Americans seized enemy positions. A Navy photo shows booty from a Japanese dugout occupied until U S troops drove them out including a medical unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attu Island
U. S. Navy
NEA
New Bulletins From A M Cover Vital Farm Fronts
STILLWATER June 8. Ways of conserving feed while meeting wartime beef production goals and methods to calculate best feed returns per acre and per hour of labor are in three new Oklahoma agricultural experiment station publications. Circular C-112 urges pasture and home grown legumes to maximize beef with scarce protein feeds and reduce labor. Bulletin B-268 shows hay crops profitability per acre and per hour using farm accounts from successful farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Bryan
Choctaw
Greer
Harmon
Jackson
Okfuskee
Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
Fred Branson May Run For Congress
Muskogee June 8 The field of aspirants for the office soon to be vacated by Congressman Jack Nichols grew to at least four with Fred P Branson announcing his candidacy pending Nichols resignation Branson former chief justice of the Oklahoma supreme court spoke on the eve of a House committee meeting to consider Nichols contest of his re election Nichols has said he would resign to become vice president of an airline once the contest is settled Also announced were Harry D Pitchford Okmulgee Ledru Peoples Henryetta and William Stigler of Stigler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Jack Nichols
Fred P. Branson
Branson
Oklahoma Supreme Court
House
Nichols
E. O. Clark
Harry D. Pitchford
Okmulgee
Ledru Peoples
Henryetta
William Stigler
Stigler
Chicken coop de luxe has one little defect
A New York report notes Ozone Park chickens peer from a home built from a converted automobile trailer with running water lights an ice box and a radio. Patrick Casey owns the elaborate coop and jokes about spying on his birds with a beer from the ice box. The piece also mentions Limber Jim of Limberlost and a small gold pig worn by actor George Ar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicken Coop
DE Luxe
New York
Ozone Park
Patrick Casey
Allen Woman Receives Red Cross Life Saving Merit
Mrs. Lois Reeves of Allen earned a national Red Cross certificate of merit signed by President Roosevelt for saving her brother in law Gillum Reeves after he nearly drowned in a lake near Allen last fall. Trained under Miss Anna Weaver Jones at East Central State College she applied artificial respiration to revive the 9 year old who slipped from a rock and went under three times, keeping him alive. Recommendations came from Miss Jones Pontotoc county First Aid chairman and Edith Stuart Red Cross executive secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Reeves
Allen
National Red Cross
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Reeves
Gillum Reeves
Red Cross
Anna Weaver Jones
East Central State College
Lindsay Davidson
Pontotoc County
Edith Stuart
Will Stay United
President Roosevelt said the United Nations will remain united for peace after victory. He declared the Allies are truly united, evidenced by the successful International Food Conference, which offered new hope to end want and fear. He spoke to delegates from 44 nations in the White House East Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
United Nations
East Room
Also Mentioned on This Page
Urally
U.S
Arctic
John Grover
Beltsville, Md
Alaska
Yukon
Iceland
Gre
Gen. Tinker
Dream Son
Gomer
Congress
Rawson
U. S
A&m
Fred Branson
Indiana
George Ar
Ada News
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!