Winged Commandos Seen as Hint of Allied Invasion
U S Winged Commandos prepare for glider operations as pilots from North Ireland may join a major air borne assault on Europe. Training lasts six weeks with stages in pilot training and glider handling, tow systems, and possible ground combat.
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U.S
Europe
NEA
Washington
Army Air Forces
Henry H. Arnold
London
Ireland
United States
CAA
Army
Scrap Rubber Drive Boosts War Effort Across Nation
June 16 report notes a surge of discarded tires and rubber items feeding the scrap drive as deflated beach gear and pads pile up. Undersecretary Patterson says the Army reduces rubber use by 25 percent with tighter vehicle tires, coats, and rain gear, warning civilian rubber won’t be available until 1944. He also threatens charges in Oklahoma counties against guilty parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Patterson
Owen Probes Irregularities In Blind Commission Funds
Oklahoma City June 16 R R Owens member of the Oklahoma Blind Commission and state budget officer plans further inquiries into alleged irregularities in handling off commission funds and on the purchase of equipment for concession stands run by blind persons under the commission. He has checked records for months and announced embezzlement charges and civil suits would be filed when he has evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
McAlester
Potteau
Lake Murray
R. R. Owens
Oklahoma Blind Commission
Parrot Returns Home After Worldly Adventure
Stillwater residents welcomed Poll Parrott back after a daylong escape. Mrs. Hattie Mills called the fire department for help when the bird perched high and refused to come down. Firefighters used a ladder and blanket to retrieve Poll, who then chatted freely about her adventures.
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Stillwater
Parrott
Hattie Mills
Mrs. Mills
Women Advised to Save Chatter for War Effort
Washington June 16 Col. Frederick George Sutton of the Australian military mission urged American women to refrain from chattering to support the United Nations war effort. He spoke about maintaining wartime morale and focus.
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Ruth Cowan Washington
Frederick George Sutton
United Nations
Women Leaders Speak At War Conference
Mrs. Jimmy Doolittle and other luncheon speakers joined presidents of major national women’s groups at a war department advisory council session. They stressed reducing idle talk and rumors as a key issue for club women and officers, with Col. R. Ernest Dupuy noting hush hush discussions on combat war problems.
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Ana
Jimmy Doolittle
Farst
Japan
Natonal
War Department
Col
R. Ernest Dupuy
War Department Bureau of Public Relations
Sutton
Australia
Gun Crew Lost In Gallant Defense
Four naval gun crew members died June 12 when their ship was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as they fired at a believed submarine. Eleven seamen were lost, thirty saved including five crewmen, with some clinging to wreckage for hours until rescue.
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Gulf Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Recais Begain
Gulf
Inner Gulf
Fun
Milwaukee straw hat maker lands 100000 cap order
A straw hat manufacturer in Milwaukee secured a large order for 100000 caps to supply army fatigue uniforms with only minor alterations needed in machinery.
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Milwaukee
Four Of Five Of His Wives There
In New York on June 16 Harry Hehrman a 42 year old Bronx tailor was sentenced to from one to two years in Sing Sing for bigamy as four of his five wives watched. His counsel described him as seeking only peace at home. Judge Barrett urged that the sentence fit the offense despite mixed remarks from the wives present.
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New York
Harry Hehrman
Bronx
Sing Sing
James M. Barrett
Clara Rohr
Kennah Monashkin
Pastor Tells His Pack Em In Ideas
ST. PETERSBURG Fla June 16 Dr Paul R Hartin pastor of First Avenue Methodist church here has a formula for packing them in for Sunday services He preaches to his crowd by delivering his morning sermon three times and his evening sermon twice His attendance runs about 5900 weekly with a 1000 seat church His plan is make them think make them laugh make them cry give them a picture give them some New from the Bible then send them away happy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Paul R. Hartin
First Avenue Methodist Church
Auto Problem Is Not Regional One
CHICAGO June 16 UP P Hawkins of the OPA fuel rationing branch Washington said today extension of gasoline rationing outside the eastern seaboard in the near future was a very definite possibility but that it was hoped curtailed gasoline consumption would make fuel oil rationing unnecessary. Hawkins reported on the rationing program in an address prepared for delivery to the mid year convention of the national retail dry good association. It is not regional he said Our transportation system must be regarded as a national asset and it may be necessary to divert transportation facilities to serve essential war needs in other areas. The most important consideration in plans for further gasoline restrictions is the nation's critical rubber supply situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
P. T. Hawkins
OPA
Washington
Seaboard
Hawkins
National Retail Dry Good Association
Coaches Inducted In Coast Guard
Thirty two state coaches and athletes including Orville Matthews from the University of Oklahoma speedbelt will be inducted in the United States coast guard ceremony in Oklahoma City. The group will report to Manhattan Beach, New York, for instruction by Lieut. Jack Dempsey. The list also includes Orville Tuttle of the New York Giants, Bill Jennings of Cushing, and many others from Oklahoma and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Orville Mathews
University of Oklahoma Speedbelt
United States Coast Guard
Manhattan Beach
N. Y
Jack Dempsey
Orville Tuttle
New York Giants
Bill Jennings
Cushing
C. P Speegle
Gene Smelser
Hank McManus
Lester Youngman
J. T. King
Enid
Glenn Dosser
Lawton
Junie Cooper
Crooked Oak
Leon Mayfield
Putnam City
Harry Cheadle
Cherokee
Bedford Stack
Chickasha
Lloyd O. Caldwell
Stillwater
Roy Crews
Anton Jacobson
Edmond
William C. Whiteside
Frederick
Roy Blevins
Durwood Hill
Lowell Green
Ads
Harold Piper
Tonkawa
Robert G. Mastein Temple
James O. Vencill
Temple
Carl B. Roblger
Junean
Bryan P. Cooper
Canute
Jackie Taylor
Carl Coleman
Ada
Spivy Weldon
Mangum
Dale Bagnett
Frank Norman
Shawnee
Lawrence Kelley
Moore
Hoy Stone
Tulsa
US Oil Output Gains Past Week
Tulsa report says U S daily crude production rose 120780 barrels to 3744310 for the week ended June 13 driven by gains in California and Kansas. California increased 68250 to 670500 barrels, Kansas up 61450 to 279750, eastern fields 5750 to 106750, Louisiana 5750 to 308000.
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Tulsa
Okla
California
Kansas
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Eastern
Louisiana
Regional Economic Shifts Across States Report
The report lists state changes with numeric figures including 650 and Michigan 4,300 to 69,800. Texas down 9,050 to 1,266,500. East Texas 6,050 to 362,600. Rocky Mountain states 2,035 to 124,630. Oklahoma 4,559 to 375,650. Illinois 16,875 to 276,890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Texas
East Texas
Rockey Mountain States
Oklahoma
Illinois
Prohibition Party Names Full Oklahoma Ticket
Oklahoma City June 16 The Prohibition party unveils a full slate with Oliver W Lawton state chairman and Senate candidate outlining a four point platform. Key aims include civil service reform the retention of state prohibition while repealing the beer law open financial records for unions and limiting lotteries and gambling. Edward W Fickinger of Chelsea leads the ticket as a lifelong prohibitionist Methodist known as the fighting parson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Prohibition Party
Oklahoma
Oliver W. Lawton
U. S. Senate
Lawton
Edward W. Fickinger
Chelsea
Six New Sinkings By Subs Announced
The Associated Press reports six newly announced sinkings in the western Atlantic raise total Allied and neutral losses to 271. The targets include two American merchant ships in Cuban waters, a large Panamanian cargo vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, a Norwegian tanker off South America, and unidentified ships off the Atlantic and British West Indies. The disappearance of the New Orleans freighter Miraflores, missing since February 15 off the Haitian coast, adds to the mystery amid the U boats’ expanded campaign.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Navy
America
Cuban
Gulf of Mexico
South America
Britsh West Indies
New Orleans
Standard Fruit and Steamship Company
Vraters
Mirafluies
State Has Bright Industrial Future Says Kerr
Oklahoma City June 16 Robert S Kerr Democratic gubernatorial hopeful told a radio audience Oklahoma has a bright industrial future if the state acts now Citing rich natural resources Kerr said Oklahoma can unleash vast power potential to industrialize the state He warned that poor transportation freight rates and lack of markets hinder growth and urged decentralization of industry as essential for national security.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Robert S. Kerr
Kerr
Remembering the Navy fliers who survived a Pacific crash
Three Navy fliers Dixon Aldrich and Pas tula survived a mid-Pacific plane wreck and a typhoon after thirty four days at sea. They reached shore barely alive, saved by a life raft eight by four feet. They recalled rival to life raft rubber and commented on leaving personal effects behind. Casper and Drew later lost most items in the ship’s destruction and retrieved only a few belongings. Both had graduated from Northwestern University and requested assignment together.
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Dixon
Aldrich
Pastula
Navy
mid-Pacific
Drew
Casper
Northwestern University
Sailing Ships May Get Coffee To U S
Under Secretary Wayne Chatfield Taylor proposes using hundreds or thousands of wind powered sail vessels to move Brazil 1941 42 coffee to U S Gulf ports via Caribbean storage bases. He notes ships evade U boat detection and would supplement limited freighter availability, envisioning 2012 voyages of 300 ton sailing ships.
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Washington
Wayne Chatfield Taylor
U. S
Taylor
Caribbean Sea
Caribbean
New Orleans
Gulf
Commerce Department
Foreign Commerce Weekly
Brazil
U. S. Gulf
Damon and Pythias of Carrier Safe on Lexington
SAN DIEGO Calif June 15 Ensigns Richard F Casper 26 and John S Drew 25 both Milwaukee identified as the Damon and Pythias of the aircraft carrier Lexington. As explosions and smoke raged they searched for each other and stayed aboard to aid wounded and help men abandon ship.
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San Diego
Calif
Damon and Pythias
Lexington
Richard F. Casper
John S. Drew
Milwaukee
Marquette High School
Marquette University
Casper
Drew
Wright names Oklahoma western power HQ head for WPA projects
Douglas G. Wright, new Western WPA power chief, says Oklahoma remains the western power headquarters for WPA projects west of the Mississippi. The Grand River staff will be drawn from existing GRDA personnel, with roughly the same team conducting Grand River and Western Office affairs. Wright supervises about 126 million dollars in projects including 25 million Grand River in Oklahoma and 70 million Nebraska power development, plus a 30 million Lower Colorado River project in Texas and a 1 million Burbank, California project. He will also continue as Grand River dam manager.
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Wiita
Douglas G. Wright
Federal Works Agency Power Projects
Mississippi River
Oklahoma
Grena River Dam
Wright
Grand River Dam
GRDA
Grand River
United States
FWA
Colorado River
Texas
Nebraska
Burbank
Calif
Tulsa grants extra free parking hour for trucks
Tulsa authorities allow downtown parking meter zones to be used free for an additional hour each morning to help wholesalers cut delivery truck mileage under a government order. Officials say the policy reduces driving time and searches for parking spaces.
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Tulsa
Vaughn Beal Leaves East Central State for Radio Study
Vaughn Beal, finance clerk at East Central State College, departs on leave to study radio at Midland Radio and Television Institute in Kansas City or Coyne Radio and Electrical School in Chicago, planning to return in fall to teach radio. Eleven faculty members are on leave. Several others have joined war service or defense roles, including Dr. Mackin in Arlington, Dr. Spencer in Galveston, and W. D. Warren in Washington.
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Vaughn Beal
East Central State College
Midland Radio and Television Institution
Kansas City
Coyne Radio and Electrical School
Chicago
Naval Air Corps
Dr. Mackin
Arlington Texas
C. F. Spencer
Government Department
Navy
Galveston
Texas
Churchill Thomas
W. D. Warren
War Production Board
Washington, D. C
War Department
Oklahoma City
Bertha Sturdevant
Civil Service Department
Mary Gordon Mitchell
Mickey McBride
Naval Officers Reserve
Louise Hornbeak
Columbia University
New York
C. R. Cox
Horace Mann
University of Oklahoma
Emil E. Heimann
Private McKeel Arrives at Salinas Air Base California
Private John Boyce McKeel joins the 25th Observation Squadron at Salinas Army Air Base California after basic training in Bakersfield. He works in Intelligence and misses home while noting air raid alerts are common on the coast. About 25 men in the squadron are from this state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Boyce McKeel
Salinas Army Air Base
Salinas
California
John Boyce
Bakersfield
New parasite attacks wheat in Oklahoma fields
Wheat farmers report a strange new parasite in fields near Cherokee and Alva as they await clearing weather to harvest. A. W. Erickson of Minneapolis collected samples for a Kansas experiment station after failing to identify the mold or rust.
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Enid
Cherokee
Alva
A. W. Erickson
Minneapolis
Hayes
Kas
Farm Commodity Price Rise Halted as Farm Income Up
War inspired price increases in agricultural commodities and wholesale foods have reversed, with major products retreating from 1942 highs though remaining above 1941 levels. Forecasts place farmers’ 1942 cash income around $13,000,000,000, aided by war demand and crop yields.
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Franklin Mullen
Chicago
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Army Air Corps
Archie Adair
Clinton, S. C
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Love
Owen
Stillwater Parrotts
Bird
St. Peter’s
Rome
Florida
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USO
Parker
USC
Bob Kerr
Otto G. Janssen
Carrier Safe
WPA
McKeel
Dun and Bradstreet
Pearl Harbor
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