Britain Fights Axis for Tobruk and Sevastopol Defense
British and Russian forces pressed to hold Tobruk and Sevastopol as Axis forces attacked from multiple fronts. RAF strikes hit Ruhr and Rhineland targets while U S airlifts aided Tobruk relief efforts. Rommel's forces gained tank and anti tank gun superiority, prompting a fallback to older British tanks after weeks of desert combat.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Britain
Russia
Tobruk
Sevastopol
RAF
Adolf Hitler
Ruhr
Rhineland
Neil Ritchie
Sidi Rezegh
Acroma
el Adem
Erwin Rommel
Desert
Major Says Like Shooting Fish In Barrel
Allied airmen in the Libyan desert report Liberator bombers scored 35 direct hits on two Italian battleships in the central Mediterranean. Major Alfred F. Kalberer states the attack went smoothly with all crews returning safely. The raid damaged cruisers and destroyers and forced a retreat of Italian ships, while Luftwaffe fighters pursued the formation.
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Libyan
United States
RAF
Mediterranean
Alfred F. Kalberer
Kalberer
Lafayette
Ind
Cairo
Desert
Kalberger
Messerschmitts
New Wheat Quota Figures Announced For 1943
The agriculture department announced a 55,000,000 acre 1943 national wheat planting allotment, the minimum under the fair law, with a portion to be shifted to other war needs. A reduction below allotment was asked due to a two year supply. State figures include Arkansas 49,484. Kansas 11,234,052. New Mexico 316,225. Oklahoma 3,934,565. Texas 3,727,966.
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Washington
Thegriculture Department
AAA
Arkansas
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Marriage licenses issued to Schultz and Malone
Marriage licenses were issued Wednesday morning from the office of the court clerk to C. C. Schultz 55 of Seminole and Ruth Malone 32 of Stratford and to Bill Leftwich 38 and Mattie Branfield 26 both of Konawa.
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C. C. Schultz
Seminole
Ruth Malone
Stratford
Bill Leftwich
Mattie Branfield
Konawa
PESSIMIST By Bob Blanks Reflects on Scraping Scrap Rubber
A fragmentary verse hints at memory and urgency as the speaker questions modern constraints and the need to stretch resources. The piece evokes nostalgia and social pressure through terse, rural vernacular.
Gandhi's Talk Of Trouble Signals Dark India Prospects
Mohandas Gandhi warns of an impending movement against British rule in India that he says will be felt by the world. The Mahatma, revered by followers, offers no method but promises enormous impact despite his small physical frame. Continued on Page 8.
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Gandhi
India
Dewitt MacKenzie
Mohandas Gandhi
Mahatma
County collects 35 tons rubber in two days drive
Pontotoc county scrap rubber drive gains momentum with Ada area collectors reporting about 69 000 pounds in two days. Rigsby Brothers led with 15 tons and multiple firms including Ada Iron and Metal Ada Pipe and Supply Firestone and Consumers Oil contributed large totals. Dealers pay one cent per pound, some donating government profit.
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Pontotoc County
Ada
Rigsby Brothers
Ada Iron and Metal Company
Ada Pipe and Supply Company
Spec Young
Firestone
Consumers Oil
Hi-Way Service
Martin Clark
Oklahoma General Revenue Piles Up To Record Level
Oklahoma's general revenue fund rose by 5.6 million dollars as the final monthly transfer of the year moved the balance higher. Officials said cash surpluses from budget balancing are being held for Legislature to decide on use, with an additional estimated 50 thousand dollars possible from miscellaneous collections before June 30.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
General Revenue Fund
Roger Phelps
State Tax Commission
Deputy Loses To Three Suspects In Tire Theft Case
Deputy Sheriff Johnny Cass was overpowered and disarmed by three men during a tire theft arrest near Nelagoney. He was held at gunpoint as the trio loaded tires and wheels into a truck and fled while state police and deputies hunted for the suspects.
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Johnny Cass
Cass
Nelagoney
Russians Counterattack On Kharkov Front Delivers Gains
Soviet dispatches report counter attacks across the Kharkov front forcing German withdrawals in several sectors. In Sevastopol fierce fighting centered on a highway as Germans launched six assaults while the Red Army held Balaclava and repulsed five attacks on southern defenses. In Bryansk a German column was wiped out and over 400 Germans killed with two tanks captured. A northwestern detachment seized a fortified German pocket, killing more than 400.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Red Army
Sevastopol
Balaclava
Tennyson
Bryansk
Soviet Information Bureau
Information Bureau
FDR Signs Service Pay Measure Raising Base Pay to 50 a Month
President Roosevelt signed into law a bill raising the base monthly pay for the armed forces to 50 dollars, retroactive to June 1, with most soldiers gaining at least 20 dollars more per month. The measure covers ranks to second lieutenant and ensign, and boosts officer rental allowances while extending benefits abroad and at sea. Nurses receive increases as well, and a concurrent correction was approved to fix a missing date in the act.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Birthday Cake By Long Distance Sailor Honors Robert Leonard
In Stillwater Oklahoma on June 17 a naval trainee Robert G. Leonard of Burlington Washington celebrated his birthday. His mother in law Mrs George W. Towslee of Burlington arranged for a cake from a local bakery and asked the newspaper to publish the note and bill. The bakery waived charges, sending a friendly message with the cake.
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Stillwater
Okla
Robert
Robert G. Leonard
Burlington
Wash
Naval Training Station
George W. Towslee
Stillwater Daily News-Press
Skagit County
Osages Dedicate Dance To Tinker
Osage Indians will dedicate their tribal dances to Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker, missing after the Midway battle. A memorial service Friday will be part of the usual program, with elders noting Tinker, an eighth-blood Osage and former commander of the Hawaiian air force, participated as a boy.
House Committee Rejects Roosevelt Split Tax Plan
Washington June 17. The House Ways and Means Committee rejected President Roosevelt's proposal to split the pending tax bill and push excises for immediate revenue. Chairman Doughton and members said action on corporate and individual tax increases should proceed as the committee nears completing the bill. The president urged moving now with excises to raise about $600 million annually, while tax machinery would take months to implement.
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Washington
House Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Ahess
Treasury
Doughton
Japanese Capture Point On Railway
Chinese high command said Shangjao a key station on the Chekiang Kashi line fell to Japanese forces after an all day battle with 8000 casualties. The city 50 miles inside Kiangsi province was abandoned as two Japanese columns closed a 50 mile gap. Chinese defenders reportedly attacked the flanks and recaptured several points amid the fighting.
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Chungking
Shangjao
Chekiang-Kagsi
Kiangsi
Chekiang Province
Nanchang
Fire Causes Smoke On Ada City Bus
A fire broke out on a bus traveling east on West Main street in Ada Tuesday afternoon. Loose wiring ignited oil, producing heavy smoke but little flame and no significant damage as crews quickly contained the incident.
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Ada City
West Main Street
Petain laments growing discontent on armistice anniversary
In a radio address marking the second anniversary of the armistice, Marshal Petain acknowledged rising discontent and weariness in France. He warned against profiteers and moneyed powers while expressing hope for his country’s salvation even after his death and urged citizens to maintain faith in France.
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Vich
Petain
Germany
France
Nelson Opposed To 94 Per Cent Tax
Nelson, chairman of the war production board, opposed a flat 94 per cent excess profits tax for corporations. He told House Ways and Means Chairman Doughton that if the rate exceeds 80 per cent the excess above 80 should be treated as a postwar credit, preferably in government obligations with definite maturities, and urged exemptions to encourage efficiency and resource savings in war production.
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GTON
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Doughton
D.-N.c
House
Ways and Means Committee
Two Brothers Arrested in Texas Face Ada Robbery Charges
Harry Davidson and Wayne Davidson were captured near Jacksonville Texas after forcing Atlama driver Jack Malloy to drive them south following the Sunday raid on 65 year old Bill Brundrett. Brundrett suffered a fractured finger and shoulder and is recovering in Valley View hospital. The suspects were arrested aboard a bus to Houston and charged before Peace Justice A. W. Oliver.
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Texas
Bill Brundrett
Harry
Wayne Davidson
Jacksonville
Jack Malloy
Malloy
Clyde Kaiser
Gladewater
Jim Rogers
Houston
Brundrett
Valley View Hospital
Peace Justice
A. W. Oliver
President Roosevelts Call for Total Fitness Drive
President Roosevelt urged a nationwide campaign for total physical and moral fitness focusing on eradicating red light districts in war industry areas. He wrote to Paul McNutt that venereal disease causes many lost work days and urged federal state and local action with business and churches.
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Washington
M Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Office of Defense Health and Welfare
McNutt
Parker and Carter on C OFC Program
Ada business men will learn Thursday afternoon what East Central college is doing in the nation's war program. Oscar Parker college business manager and H R Carter flying school operator will speak on training for combat and industrial work.
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Ada
East Central College
Oscar Parker
H. R. Carter
No Summer Term In Francis Schools
Francis schools will not hold a summer session this year. Superintendent T H Maness says the board, after reviewing factors, decided the early July short term is not feasible. State attendance records justify operating the high school for another year.
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Foster Field
Victoria
Air Corps
NEA
Major
Bob Blanks
By Henry C. Cassidy
Fdr
Tsé
Osages
Tinker
Parker and Carter
C. Ofc
Francis
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