Axis Losing Six To One In Planes
The War Department reports Axis losses at six planes for every American four engined bomber shot down over Europe. The release cites 18 heavy missions against Germany, 1,600 England based sorties, 571 German planes down with 187 surely destroyed and 231 damaged. It lists key raids on Wilhelmshaven Emden Hamm Vegesack Kiel Flensburg Helgoland and more, under Maj. Gen. Ira C. Eaker.
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Washington
Axis
Europe
War Department
Churchill
Germany
U. S. Air Force
England
Department
United States
U. S
U. S. Air Command
Ira C. Eaker
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Hamm
Vegesack
Rocke- Wulf
Kiel
Great Naval Base
Dama
Helgoland
Flensburg
Praise and Criticism Over War Agencies
Washington reports on a 2.94 billion omnibus war agencies bill covering OPA WPB OWI WSA and censorship with 2100 pages of testimony. Officials praise progress while Congress trims budgets warns of staff expansion carbon paper use and possible new rationing programs as rubber output targets rise.
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Washington
Congress
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Production Board
WPB
House Appropriations Committee
Donald Nelson
North Africa memories from a Pontotoc farm boy
Pvt. Walter L. Clouse writes from Africa about Arab farming, camels pulling a McCormick binder, wooden shoes worn by French soldiers, and the abundance of captured war matériel in Tunis. He notes friendly British troops, local rest periods, and limited mail opportunities.
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Pontotoc County
North Africa
Walter L. Clouse
Leo Clouse
West Eighteenth
Walter
Clause
France
Africa
Tunis
Eighth Army
Tojo warns war grows tenser as allies push near Lae
British American offense near is signaled as Tojo tells parliament the war grows more grim. Allied actions in the Pacific include raids on Rabaul and Lakunai, with MacArthur reporting advances toward Lae and air strikes on Akyab and other targets. Chiang Kai-shek’s forces push toward Yochow as rail links are cut.
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Associated Press
Hideki Tojo
Yangtze River
South Seas
Tojo
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Lakunai
Bena Bena
Salamaua
Huon Peninsula
China
Ben Hampton Dies Long Indian Leader At 90
Ben Hampton 90 born in Oklahoma and a Dawes Commission member in 1889 to allot Indian lands will be buried in Chickasha this afternoon. He served Choctaw legislature from 1873 translating house minutes to English until 1890. Surviving daughter Mrs. Charles Lincoln White of Oklahoma City and sons Perry Hampton of San Diego Howard Hampton of Pampa and Sgt H Hampton listed as missing in New Guinea.
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Chickasha
Ben Hampton
Oklahoma
Dawes Commission
Hampton
Oklahoma City
Dawes Group
Charles Lincoln White
Perry H. Hampton
San Diego
Calif
Howard T. Hampton
Pampa
Tex
Sgt. H. Hampton
New Guinea
Ada Flier Harris Awarded Air Medal for Attu Missions
Lieut William G Harris son of Mr and Mrs John R Harris is among 75 officers decorated by Alaska defense command for hazardous Attu cargo missions He earned the air medal for 100 hours of flight time The Yale graduate and Ada Texas stationed airman was married in early June and works in geophysics prior to transfer back to the states
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William G. Harris
John R. Harris
Ata
Alaska Defense Command
Attu
Ada Flier
Yale University
Austin
Texas
Doctor Donald R. Macleod Dies in Wichita at 68
Dr. Donald R. Macleod, a Kansas and Oklahoma physician for 44 years, died yesterday in Wichita. A native of Emporia, he moved here last September to assist his son Dr. Sherburn Macleod, who had entered the army. Survivors include his widow, another son, and three daughters.
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Wichita. Kas
Donald R. Macleod
Kansas
Oklahoma
Emporia
Sherburn Macleod
County Attorneys Urged to Use Discretion on False Campaign Reports
Oklahoma City June 12 Attorney General Mac Q Williamson urged county attorneys to use discretion in prosecuting public officials for filing untrue campaign expense reports.
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Oklahoma City
Mac Q. Williamson
Woman Defuses Mob At Beaumont Jail Over Assault Suspect
In Beaumont Texas a crowd gathered at the city jail seeking a black man accused of raping a white woman but dispersed after the woman said the suspect was not in the jail. She described the attack on her west suburb home and the husband was away at work. Mayor George Gary mobilized Texas defense guards but three companies were held back. A large posse continued the search for the assailant.
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Beaumont
Tex
George Gary
Texas Defense Guard
1933 job search contrasted with present needs in Ada
Ten years apart show a shift from widespread unemployment to renewed demand for labor. Ada's 1933 woes included CWA and FERA programs, bank holidays, and ditched markets, while modern times see employers seeking workers and shortages in skilled labor.
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Ada
CWA
FERA
Pontotoc
Massive RAF Night Raids Across Denmark to France
Allied air offensive continues its fifth night as RAF bombers strike German airfields railways and water routes from Denmark to France. Berlin reports isolated damage with no casualties while hunters of the coast face few losses.
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London
Denmark
France
Berlin
Associated Press
Reich
North Germany
Dunkerque
Bruges-Ghent
Lys
Gereman Focke-Wulf
North Sea
Aalborg
Boston
Nantes
Brittany
Ostend
England
South Carolina Democrats Split Over 1944 National Fund
Spartanburg Herald reports the South Carolina Democratic Executive Committee unanimously refused a request from the national committee for financial support to the 1944 campaign. They cite disagreement with national policy and resentment of perceived efforts to woo the Negro vote at the expense of Southern sentiments. The letter of refusal cites treasury limits and policy differences.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Spartanburg Herald
South Carolina
Democratic Executive Committee
National Executive Committee
Herald
National Committee
Columbia
Winchester Smith
Barnwell County
National Party
Eithe
Price Panel Board Organized For Pontotoc County
The price panel of the Pontotoc county war price and ration board completed its organization on Tuesday June 15 with new assistants. Appointees received instructions from Jack Conn and will disseminate price regulation information and advise trades on adjustments to ensure compliance.
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War Price and Ration Board
Jack Conn
Office of Price Administration
Pontotoc County
Cool Front Brings Thunderstorms Across Oklahoma
A cool front moved into Oklahoma with heavy locally thunderstorms, first sprinkles in the northwest. The state weather bureau said the showers could pause harvest operations briefly and bring relief from heat that hit 92 degrees at Elk City yesterday, except for the panhandle.
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Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Elk City
Panhandle
Thefts of Government Property Double in 11 Months
Director J Edgar Hoover of the FBI said thefts of government property based on convictions and recoveries have approximately doubled in the last 11 months versus the same period in the prior fiscal year.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
South Carolina Democrats Refuse Contribution to 1944 Campaign
Washington reports that on June 16 the Democratic National Committee officials would not comment on a reported refusal by the South Carolina Democratic Executive Committee to contribute to the 1944 national party campaign.
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Washington
War Prisoners Freedom Brief
Two German prisoners of war escaped an internment camp near Tishomingo Oklahoma for a brief breath of air. Colonel H E Fisher said the pair, Rudolph Arens 21 and Jacob Braun 22, were quickly recaptured by camp guards. Both spoke English only in broken phrases. FBI in Oklahoma City had no further details.
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Tishomingo
H. E. Fisher
FBI
Oklahoma City
Rudolph Arens
Jacob Braun
Union Leaders Appeal to White House Against Connally-Smith Bill
Union leaders keep pressing the White House for a veto of the Connally-Smith anti-strike bill as of June. The appeals aim to block the measure seen as curbing labor actions and worker rights.
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Washington
White House
War Food Admin Announces Additional Wheat for Feed Prices
The War Food Administration set prices and terms for an extra 50 million bushels of wheat for livestock feed the same as the 100 million bushels sold earlier. Prices range from 95 cents in North Minnesota to 1.11 dollars in New England Florida and Southern California, with other areas at 1.06 Pacific Northwest 1.09 Carolina Georgia Alabama Tennessee and 1.05 Texas Oklahoma. The sale, authorized in a new Roosevelt signed act, raises total wheat for feed since last July 1 to 275 million bushels amid concerns over corn movement slowdowns.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Minnesota
New England
Florida
California
Pacific Northwest
Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Texas
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Rumania Extending Peace Feelers Across War-Weary Axis
Reports from Ankara say Romania, a Nazi ally, floated peace feelers to the Allies through a neutral mediator. The offer allegedly would allow Romania to withdraw while holding Bessarabia, Bukovina, and possibly Transylvania if it capitulates before Hungary acts. London Washington Moscow reportedly weighing the proposal. no official Allied confirmation.
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Ankara
Turkey
Rumania
Soviet Russia
Bessarabia
Bukovina
Russia
Transylvania
London
Washington
Moscow
Allied Planes Hit Airbases in Sicily Offensive
Allied air forces based in North Africa struck five Sicilian airfields and supporting targets in a round the clock operation that began Monday night and continued through yesterday. The raid damaged airfields at Sciacca Bocca di Falso Castelvetrano Borizo Milo and two Marsala radio stations. Enemy losses included 11 aircraft shot down and six Messerschmitt 109s.
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North
Africa
Mediterranean
Sicily
R.A F
Sciacca
Bocca di Falso
Palermo
Castelvetrano
Borizzo
Milo
Marsala
Wants Young Demos To Drop Convention
The nation's organized young democrats plan to skip their national biennial convention this summer. Chairman W J Prim Jr says the group should focus on the war rather than meetings and cites transportation difficulties as a reason for cancelling the 11 year old organization’s gathering.
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Washington
W. J. Prim Jr
Primm
Bailey
N. C
Old Sarae Called Ideal Marine
Lou Diamond a 53 year old seasoned Marine sergeant and World War I veteran has been named an ideal Marine by Maj. Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift. Marine headquarters announced Diamond serving in the corps for 24 years received a commendation letter from Vandegrift for his service in the Solomon Islands invasion.
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Washington
Lou Diamond
Marine Corps
Diamond
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Solomon Islands
PESSIMIST Wry Observations On Women And Men
Koh Blanks Jr notes women waste time on hair while men are critical and egotistical. He suggests a woman must be a good sport to live with such a man, highlighting social friction and gender expectations in a humorous critique.
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