Oklahoma Expands Boards and Commissions in Legislature
Oklahoma's government now lists 71 or more boards and commissions after the 19th legislature, a net gain of two. The changes included abolishing the regents for Oklahoma colleges, creating new units like the advisory parole board, a postwar planning commission, and a teachers retirement board, while funding methods vary from salaries to per diem pay and state-covered expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Owen
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Anso
Regents For Oklahoma Colleges
Regents For Higher Education
Advisory Pardon and Parole Board
Post-War Planning Commission
Board of Trustees
Teachers Retirement System
Corporation Commission
Board of Public Affairs
School Nd Commission
Santa Claus Commission
Funding Bond Commission
Lunacy Commission
State Regulation Of Business Up To People Court
Oklahoma City June 9 The Oklahoma Supreme Court held that regulating business is a policy question for the legislative and executive branches. Justice Thurman Hurst said courts should not judge the wisdom of laws or urge stop signals, noting the tri partite government prevents such judicial action. The opinion urges the people to decide regulatory trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Owen
Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
Thurman Hurs
Black meat and poultry markets eyed for probe
Washington June 9 A House Small Business Committee probe was called into black markets in meat and poultry with estimates that about 20 percent of civilian meat is traded illegally. Witnesses cited higher prices for black market beef and a large poultry market driven by OPA markup restrictions and demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Small Business Committee
Ploeser
R. Mo
Robert F. Lewis
Cambridge
Mass
OPA
Joseph Stevens
Individual
Retail Grocers Association
St. Louis
Clem Krekeler
Tom Boy Stores, Inc
War Meat Board Sets Out To Set Up Its Machinery
CHICAGO June 8 The newly created war meat board formed by the war food administration is setting up machinery to facilitate the meat program. It will require weekly reports from commercial slaughterers on live weight of animals slaughtered to direct fairer distribution among civilian military and other government claimants and to align with quarterly and annual allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
War Meat Board
War Food Administration
Harry Reed
Reed
Food Distribution Administration
Washington
New Sorghum Hybrid Could Power Midwest Starch Industry
Kansas City June 8 A new hybrid sorghum breed by Swanson of Ft. Hays Kansas State college station was described to six state researchers as a potential starch source. Kansas 397 results include waxy white kernel and 13 bushels last year with processing suggesting tapioca replacement potential. Dr. J W Greene notes crossbred club kafir and leotired produce commercial waxy starch. Dr. H H King calls dehydration studies key for future food industry applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Midwestern Research Council
Swanson
Ft. Hays
Kas
Kansas State College
Midwest
J. W. Greene
Chemical Engineering
Leotired
Kansas
East Indies
H. H. King
Kansas State’ College
Sewing Fine Seams Pays Good Reward
Six amateur sewers won $100 war bonds and citations at a National Needlecraft Bureau contest held in New York. Madeline Rovers, 15, Wichita Kansas, won junior division for an original design. The highlight was a water proof rain cape from salvaged airplane wing fabric costing 75 cents made in two weeks after school and Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Needlecraft Bureau
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Madeline Rovers
Wichita
Kas
Rogers
Westberg resigns from OPA over policy limits
Cincinnati June 8 John K Westberg price executive of the office of price administration announces his resignation effective July 3 He says he left because he was not permitted to do an honest and complete job and that OPA was forced to take actions he believed were wrong due to top political pressure He vowed to depart Washington July 3 to seek fair equitable ceiling prices at all production and distribution levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
John K. Westberg
Office of Price Administration
Ohio Grain and Feed Dealers’ Association
Westberg
OPA
Washington
Most Terrific Sea Air Attack On Pantelleria Dress Rehearsal For Axis
A British naval squadron and Allied aircraft hit Pantelleria on June 8 in a massive combined sea and air assault. The operation targeted the Italian island and demonstrated coordinated action across ships and planes, with heavy bombing and antiaircraft fire as smoke obscured the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pantelleria
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Sicily
Heart Of Paris Is Closed To French Traffic
Stockholm dispatch reports German authorities block major Paris roads including Champs Elysees Rue Royale and Rue de Rivoli to prevent attacks on German buildings. The order, effective May 26, also bars routes from Place de la Madeleine to Rue Druot and Opera avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Paris
Aftontidingen
Champs Elysees
Rue Royale
Place Dé la Madeleine
Rue Druot
Avenue de L’opera
Rue de Rivioli
Flaming Youth Drivers Damage State War Program
Oklahoma officials report that 65 percent of the state’s flaming youth drivers, many from cities, contributed to wrecks affecting the war program. Ages 16 to 19 show the highest danger, with 476 of 597 accidents in the 12 to 20 group occurring in a three month span ending May. Property damage is at least $25,000 with total losses possibly around $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Safety Department
J. M. Gentry
Wounded Nazis Target Morale Boost Across Home Front
London report says the German high command urged wounded soldiers to avoid war talk with visitors and stressed boosting morale at home. The BBC noted a captured German army publication urged officers to steer wounded men away from military topics and use positive talk to sway relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tae
Germany
BBC
War Department To Release 100000 Civilian Workers
Washington June 5 Some 100000 civilian employees in the War Department will be released within six months Undersecretary Patterson told the house civil service committee Our 1,305000 civilian employees show the end of expansion as we shake down the organization Ramspeck questioned Newark officers doing clerical work and Patterson noted officers have not all combat knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Patterson
House Civil Service Committee
Ramspeck
Adjutant General’s Department
Newark
State's Gasoline Inspection System Faces End
William C. Smith was named state fuel inspector as critics led by Corporation Commissioner W. J. Armstrong call the system unnecessary. Armstrong blamed the dismissal of E. D. Graham and warned the gasoline inspection department may be ending, while Weems accused politics influenced the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
William C. Smith
W. J. Armstrong
Armstrong
Smith
E. D. Graham
Ray O. Weems
Reford Bond
Graham
Weems
Eddie Graham
Federal Aid For Flood Area Roads Expected Soon
Oklahoma officials anticipate federal assistance within about two weeks for emergency road projects in the flood reconstruction program. Nineteen highway and bridge projects across 15 counties would be prioritized, with costs totaling about 5.88 million dollars to restore the state system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
France Paris
Oklahoma
Washington
Fort Worth
Public Roads Administration
Paris
B. E. Clark
Kerr
Clark
Sallisaw
Fort Smith
Song Is Hit, Now Authorship Argued
Conflicting claims over a hit song led Warden Roy Best to question young convict Charles W. Forbes who said he wrote "You'll Never Know." In New York the publisher Bregman Vocco and Conn denied Forbes as author and credited Mack Gordon and Harry Warren under contract with a Twentieth Century Fox film. Miss Ada Sax said royalties go to Gordon and Warren and the firm has never heard of Forbes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon City
Colo
Roy Best
Charles W. Forbes
New York
Bregman, Vocco and Conn., Inc
Ada Sax
Mack Gordon
Harry Warren
Twentieth Century Fox
Miss Sax
Gordon
Planing commission seeks rescinding dog rule in housing camps
Martinez Calif June 9 Thomas Heaton of the planning commission staff wants the federal public housing authority ruling against dogs in government trailer camps rescinded. The two government camps are only 30 percent occupied while private camps where dogs are welcome are filled to twice their planned capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinez
Calif
Thomas Heaton
Planning Commission
Federal Public Housing Authority
Sailor Returns From Tragic Pacific Rescue
Coxswain Tom Cain met his old friend Bill Cottrell’s parents in Midland after Bill's ship was reported lost at sea. Cain had earlier watched the ship go down in the Pacific and now learned Bill was believed dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Tex
Tom Cain
Bill Cottrell
Bill
Pacific
Men and Women Of U S Services Demonstrate Flag Display
A set of six portraits shows Yeoman Elaine Ivarsen Porter and others from the Navy Army and Coast Guard displaying the U S flag correctly with other flags. They urge Americans to buy War Bonds during Flag Week June 8 to 14 aiming for 100 million dollars in extra sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Elaine B. Ivarsen
Baltimore
United States
United States Flag Association
Caroline York
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Meridian
Texas
Alvin C. York
Kathleen Hogan
United States Marines
Michael Sirianni
Philadelphia
Spar Geneveve Fraleigh
Coast Guard
Shreveport
Funeral Rites Held For James M. Swaffer At Tupelo
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at Tupelo Methodist Church for James M. Swaffer who died Tuesday at home. Masonic rites followed at Birds Prairie cemetery near Tupelo with Smith Funeral Home in charge. Surviving relatives include a widow one son William in the army three daughters two sisters three brothers and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tupelo Methodist Church
James M. Swaffer
Birds Prairie
Tupelo
Smith Funeral Home
William Swaffer
Emma Robins
Norman
Geneva
Geneva Swaffer
Mary Lowry
Atoka
John and
Albert
Altus
George Swaffer
Warren, Ark
Brumley Rites Held at Stratford Baptist Church
Funeral services for William A. Brumley will be at 2 30 p m Thursday from Stratford First Baptist Church with Rev. William Carlton and Rev. Milo Arbuckle officiating Bearers are W B Smart J D Willoughby Wesley Snowder W E Black and F M Wood Burial will be in Old Mc Gee cemetery near Stratford Smith Funeral Home in charge Survivors include widow a sister Mrs Isabell Adams Lindsay California four daughters Mrs Alt J Phillips Mountain View Mrs Anna Belle Rhoades and Miss Juanita Brumley Torrance California and Mrs Cleo Roberts Tulsa four sons Jess C William A and Joe B Ada and Chester L Brumley Oklahoma City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford First Baptist Church
William A. Brumley
West Sixth
William Carlton
Milo Arbuckle
W. B. Smart
J. D. Willoughby
Wesley Snowder
W. E. Black
F. M. Wood
McGee Cemetery
Stratford
Smith
Isabell Adams
Lindsay
Calif
Alt J. Phillips
Mountain View
Anna Belle Rhoades
Juanita Brumley
Torrance
Cleo Roberts
Tulsa
Jess C
William A
Joe B
Ada
Chester L. Brumley
Oklahoma City
Ross W Wisdom White Dies at 54 in Ada
Ross Wisdom White 54 died at his home 505 South Ash Tuesday night. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Smith Funeral Home. Survived by widow Artie Iva White a daughter Mrs John Flynn Oklahoma City three sons Roy White Ray and Dean White Ada two sisters Mrs W G Goss Mena Ark Mrs Nellie Davis Los Angeles Calif and a brother Parker White Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Wisdom White
South Ash
Smith Funeral Home
Artie Iva White
John Flynn
Oklahoma City
Roy White
U. S. Army Foreign Service
Ray and
Dean White
Ada
W. G. Goss
Mena
Ark
Nellie Davis
Los Angeles
Calif
Parker White
Present New Taxes Not Enough More Are To Be Levied
Washington June 9 Senate finance chairman George of Georgia said congress is ready to work on a new tax bill as soon as President Roosevelt offers suggestions. The president indicated the pay as you go income tax bill with a 2 percent salary deduction will be inadequate to close an inflationary gap and Congress would be asked before the summer recess to devise additional taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Treasury
George
Burd Sen
Washington
Fortress Hell's Angels Bomber Fights On After 23 Raids
After seven months of combat duty the American bomber Hell's Angels remains operational with minimal battle scars after 28 missions over Wilhelmshaven Kiel Bremen Hamm Vannesack Nazaire Lorient Romilly and more. Only two crewmen lost as substitutes. crew praised the aircraft and its defenders amid heavy anti aircraft fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald R. Bone
Temple
Okla
Ripley W. Joy
San Francisco
Hell’s Angels
United States
Joy
Robert C. Ahitson
Achille
Ival B. Salisbury
Howare
Kans
England
Flying Fortress
Hitler
Europe
Reichsmarshal Greering
Wilhelmshaven
Kic
Bremen
Hamm
Ve¢esack
Nazaire
Lorient
Romilly Andyeis
Ecréw
Jury Deadlocked In Rat Poison Trial
MADILL June 9 The jury in the rat poison murder case against Mrs. Annie Lula McCormick 40 reported itself hopelessly deadlocked after hours of deliberation. Prosecution linked McCormick to a conspiracy with neighbor Ben Hammonds 58 who died by suicide in 1942 and whose wife perished earlier in 1940. No defense evidence altered the state theory of motive and conspiracy.
Two Negro Boys Begin Army Training at Fort Sill
J. C. Beal and Elliott A. Higgins, two Negro men, left for Fort Sill to start army training after passing all physical exams in Oklahoma City. They departed from the bus station on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Beal
Elliott A. Higgins
Fort Sill
Oklahoma City
Army
War Board Allows Use of Waste Steel for Bible Jacketing
The War Production Board approved the use of several tons of waste steel plate to jacket Bibles but warned manufacturers not to imply the plates can stop bullets. Church goods makers received permission to purchase thin plate with no military use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ren
Guadalcanal
Heart of
Yeoman
George Giammittorio
Navy
Alexandria
Virginia
J. M. Swaffer
Ross W. White
Japan
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!