Phillips switches parties sparks Oklahoma debate
The Ada Weekly News discusses Leon Phillips moving from the Democratic to the Republican party after four terms as governor. The editorial questions motives, predicts a possible U S Senate run, and urges Democrats not to elevate converts to top offices.
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Ada
Okla
Sea ST Editorial Dept
Leon. Phillips
House of Representatives
Leon Phillips
Phillips
United States
Oklahoma
Heroes of the Skies and Changing Rural Oklahoma
The piece extols air combat heroes in world war two and notes rising rural wealth in eastern Oklahoma with Hereford and Aberdeen Angus cattle centers. It condemns war profiteering while predicting Italy may exit the war by September 1 as the United Nations close in. It contrasts old and new farm prosperity and envisions better farm homes in Oklahoma.
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Kentucky
Pennsylvania
New York
New England
Oklahoma
John Emphasizes Love as Core of Christian Life
Sunday School lesson life theme centers on Johns teaching that love defines true Christian living. It compares John's emphasis with Peters and Pauls, noting love as evidence of life passed from death to life and the power to perfect through love.
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the Apostle
John
Peter
Paul
Ephesus
Matthew
Mark
Luke
Jesus
Causes and threats of modern wars and home front duties
Herbert Hoover and Hugh Gibson argue wars arise from deep political and economic forces, not only wicked rulers. The piece critiques German and Japanese roles, praises wartime food efforts of Ada women, and notes the Ada Chamber of Commerce trading square. It also discusses boll weevil impact on cotton depending on rainfall and heat.
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Herbert Hoover
Hugh Gibson
Collier’s
Japan
North America
Europe
Hitler
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Ada
Main Street
Tough Training Makes Disabled Doughboys Fit To Fight Again
Milton Brown from McMillan Michigan, wounded in Africa, shows how the U S army rehabilitation center near England pushes injured soldiers through intense therapy He progresses from garden work to an assault course and road marches while medical supervision accelerates return to units Major Stinchfield says the center cuts convalescence time and salvages men for the army and themselves
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NEA
Ceorrespo
England
Milton Brown
Pfc
McMillan
Mich
Africa
Brown
U. S. Army
Frank E. Stinchfield
New York
Clyde Reed
Cleveland
Ohio
Jack Middleton
Crisfield
McMillan, Mich
Oklahoma Cash System Nearing End Of Second Year
Oklahoma's cash system enters its second full year with a $6.5 million cash on hand to start the new year and another $7.5 to $8 million ready to cut state debt. The end of the month debt is $28,376,680, down $13 million since 1941, with interest and principal costs about $2.5 million annually. Governor Kerr hopes to reach a debt free posture if surpluses continue, noting last year’s surplus reduced $576,483 in interest by funding $5 million in school land bonds.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Phillips
Kerr
State School Land Commission
Ranger Division Now at Camp Gruber
The Farm Labor Shortage worsens as Fort Sill authorities refuse to release about 500 soldiers for harvest duties. Col. Perkins notes soldiers are under a strict training program. Farm labor supervisor Louis Tomlinson calls the situation critical with hay bales on the ground while wheat and cotton await harvest.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Calvin Horn
K S. Perkins
Horn
Louis Tomlinson
Mussolini Ordered Island Surrender Pantelleria
Pantelleria report shows Mussolini ordered surrender after island says Allied bombing made resistance futile. Brig. Gen. Achille Maffei notes Admiral Gino Pavesi sent word Mussolini was told there was no chance to hold out longer amid days without food or water.
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Pantelleria
Mussolini
Achille Maffei
Gino Pavesi
Maffei
Rainbow Division Wels Want Back In
Brig. Gen. Harry Collins announces the reactivated Forty-Second Division could absorb the original World War I Rainbow Division. He says former members abroad have written seeking re enlistment and that activation plans proceed at Camp Gruber before ceremonies on July 14 alongside Maj. Gen. John E. Sloan.
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Muskogee
Harry Collins
Chamber of Commerce
Africa
Australia
England
Collins
Camp Gruber
John E. Sloan
88Th
Lieut Snoddy of Stratford Missing in Pacific Area
First Lieut. Richard A. Snoddy of Stratford is missing in action in the Pacific theater. He was a B 17 pilot, trained in California, wings earned in 1942, and had served on missions including Guadalcanal. His mother, Ruth Goodwin Snoddy, and brother Bill Snoddy in the North African area were notified.
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Richard A. Snoddy
Stratford
Pacific
Ruth Goodwin Snoddy
Wewoka
Snoddy
War Department
Denison
Texas
Supreme Court U-turn on flag salute ruling
The court overruled a 1940 decision and held that students with religious scruples cannot be required to salute the flag. Justice Jackson wrote for the majority with dissent from Roberts, Reed, and Frankfurter. Justices Black, Douglas, and Murphy urged the previous ruling was wrong.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jackson
Jehovah’s Witnesses
West Virginia Board of Education
Roberts
Reed
Frankfurter
Minersville
Pennsylvania
Jehovah's Witnesses
Stone
Black
Douglas
Murphy
Venereal Diseases Keep Many Out Of U S Armed Service
Congressional briefings show venereal disease cuts into military eligibility. Among 21 to 35 year olds, 47.7 per 1000 flagged syphilis. negroes in one southern state reached 405.9 per 1000. Rejections tallied 46,000 per 1,000,000 for syphilis and 15,000 for gonorrhea. Data cover 2,000,000 selectees in 44 states chaired by the Public Health Service.
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Congress
Armed Services
House Appropriations Committee
Public Health Service
Thomas Parran
R. A. Vanderler
The
Health Service
New Mexico
Texa
Arizona
Oklahoma
Texas
Oklahoma universities host nearly 1000 soldiers in classes
The army's specialized college training program brought nearly 1,000 uniformed soldiers to class. About 597 joined the University of Oklahoma, Norman, and 422 enrolled at Oklahoma A and M College, Stillwater. Soldiers study for technical service jobs while living in military quarters under army discipline.
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Army
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Stillwater
New Pricing Rules For Newer Products Under OPA
Local rationing board members said Monday that certain commodities still under general price controls may use manufacturer pricing methods under the new amendment. The change applies only to new products not sold during the March 1942 base period and excludes manufacturers with pre existing OPA price methods.
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OPA
Coal Mine Work Stoppage Slashes Output In Week
Washington report shows bituminous coal output fell to 3,050,000 tons for the week ended June 5 from 11,940,000 tons the prior week. Anthracite production dropped to 137,000 tons from 1,352,000 tons.
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Washington
Ickes
Jap Hunters Are Fair Game For U S Fighter Planes
Washington reports a shift to aggressive fighter sweeps by Japanese units in the South Pacific. A large 40 to 50 plane Japanese formation over the Russell Islands was shot down heavily, with navy claiming 25 definite and eight probable losses. U S bombers and fighters pressed attacks on bases in the Solomons and Aleutians as new defensive tactics emerged.
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Hamilton W. Faron
Washington
South Pacific
Russell Islands
Solomons
Navy
Guadalcanal
Marine
Army
U. S
Buka
Bougainville Island
Mitsubishi
Malaita
Pacific
Aleutians
Former Legislative Employee Sentenced for Perjury
Former Oklahoma state house chief clerk Harry Pennicker, of Waurika, was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to perjury. Judge Edgar S. Vaught fined him 100 dollars and placed him on probation with payment due in 30 days. The case ties to the Charles E. Dierker inquiry into textbook payoff schemes that jailed two former leaders in the E. W. Marland administration.
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Oklahoma City
Harry Pennicker
Waurika
State House of Representatives
Edgar S. Vaught
Vaught
Pennicker
Charles E. Dierker
U. S
Dierker
E. W. Marland
Statehouse
J. T. Daniel
House
Howard B
Pete” Drake
Ponca City
Marland
Daniel
Drake
Stillwater Reports Low Venereal Disease Rate Among Service Members
Col Howard M. Yost reports a survey of more than 4000 personnel at Stillwater shows only one venereal disease case and praises the county health unit and enforcement personnel for keeping infections in check. The sailor who contracted it did so before arriving.
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Stillwater
Howard M. Yost
Yost
Nhe
Farmers Asking For Furloughs For Sons
Canadian county farmers pressed in the wheat harvest have asked for 30 day furloughs for sons and relatives serving in the armed services. Chester C. Coleman of the county AAA office said several letters were sent to commanding officers seeking furloughs but outcomes were not learned.
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EL Reno
Armed Services
Chester C. Coleman
AAA
Fammer
Two women walk barefoot in rain after theater outing
In Orangeburg South Carolina two neatly dressed young women emerged from a theater during a heavy shower and, despite the rain, removed their shoes and carried them under their arms as they headed away barefoot.
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Orangeburg
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