Summer Weather Sparks Early Oklahoma Heat Wave
The Associated Press reports Oklahoma faces near 100 degrees as summer begins officially at 6:03 a.m. The state saw May temperatures above normal with heavy rainfall in parts and damage from hail and high winds in Ada, Pontotoc, Tulsa, and Payne counties. Tornadoes struck Grady, Garfield, and Pottawatomie counties, causing property and crop losses estimated at thousands of dollars.
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Associated Press
Mercury
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Ada
Pontotoc County
Tulsa County
Grady
Garfield
Pottawatomie County
Payne County
Dewey Keeps in Touch With National Republican Leaders
Governor Dewey said he spoke by telephone with New York Republican leaders in Chicago and did not discuss their draft Dewey push. He noted he would accept the Republican nomination if drafted and would travel to Chicago to deliver an acceptance speech.
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Albany
N. Y
Dewey
New York
Chicago
Herbert Brownell
Russel Sprague
Edwin F. Jaeckle
Browrell
We Fight This War Song of Unity and Sacrifice
A patriotic verse extols collective sacrifice with prayers tears bonds businesses ships and money directed to support troops. It praises brave men daughters and mothers and imagines a future victory when soldiers return home to grateful heroes.
Lifesaver Praise From Mrs Miller For USO Aid
Mrs Billy Miller praises the USO for helping her and her husband find lodging at Oceanside California. She writes that Oceanside is small with few outsiders and housing is hard to find. The USO she says is grand and its services to service men and their wives are lifesavers.
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Billy Miller
Oceanside
Calif
U. S
Sparks Outlines Platform For County Commissioner Race
John Sparks outlines his public service background from farmer to state highway work and business owner. He pledges not to radicalize policy, will spend funds equitably, and invites voters to inspect his open record while denying rumors and asserting his willingness to campaign until election day. Mr Sparks and his wife live at 1001 North Oak Avenue Ada with their daughter.
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John Sparks
Sparks
Pontotoc County
State Highway Department
Highway 13
Ada
Mr. Spearks
War Is Bitterly Unkind To Great Opera Composer
Pietro Mascagni, 82, famed for Cavalleria Rusticana, faces ruin as war limits income and shelter. He recounts losses to his home, meals, and a son lost in Africa, while recalling America once rich in support for his music. He and his wife have lived in Rome since 1920.
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Rome
Pietro Mascagni
America
Mascagni
Domenico
Italy
Hull Rebuttal Triggers British Official Apology
Secretary Hull sharply rebutted a British claim that American lend lease forced Japan into attacking the United States. British minister Oliver Lyttleton apologized in Parliament for remarks misquoted by reporters, while Hull said Lyttleton was entirely in error. The episode drew mixed British reaction and headlines questioning U S response.
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Washington
America
Pearl Harbor
Hull
Britain
House of Commons
Oliver Lyttleton
House
Japan
United States
Commons
Lyttleton
American Chamber of Commerce
London
Lord Halifax
Laborite Daily Herald
I. S
OPA Probes Black Market Radio Assemblers Across Nation
The OPA investigates a nationwide radio racket ranging from illegal assemblies to price cheats. Some radios are assembled without WPB approval and evaded OPA controls, while others claim WPB approval and still violate prices. Major stores face scrutiny though large manufacturers are not involved.
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Washington
OPA
War Production Board
WPB
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Commandos Describe Dieppe Veterans Returning as Vengeance Solace
Lord Lovat leads green beret commandos in Normandy recounting D-Day actions. He notes Dieppe veterans, hungry for action, stormed the Caen canal junction and captured Hill, holding it against repeated German assaults with minimal sleep and rations.
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Roger D. Greene
Normandy
Lord Lovat
London
Caen
Dieppe
Oklahoma appoints new state penitentiary officials
Raymond Rains named chief deputy at McAlester State Penitentiary succeeding Raymond Sharp. Rains, former Ada chief of police, takes the post. H. C. McLeod named assistant deputy warden and H. F. Brown named chief sergeant to round out the leadership.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Rains
State Penitentiary
McAlester
Raymond Sharp
Virgil Bowne
State Board of Affairs
Ada
H. C. McLeod
Rains
H. F. Brown
Bellevue Recount Gives Bomber Plant Tie to City Council
Bellevue Nebraska completes a write in council slate after a recount grants H A Updike a seat by 19 votes over Elmer T Johnson. The new majority are workers from the Martin Nebraska bomber plant which spurred population growth from 1170 to 4500.
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Boomer Council
Bellevue
Neb
H. A. Updike
Elmer T. Johnson
Martin- Nebraska
Walter Johnson Returns Home After Visit With Nabors
Walter Johnson of McAlester returned to his home Tuesday after spending the past two days visiting J. C. Nabors.
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Walter Johnson
McAlester
J. C. Nabors
Red Bud Plant Offer Made to Ada Garden Club
Ada garden club sponsoring a redbud planting program received an offer of young plants from Mrs. Nora Fitch of Roff. She urged the club to come and get them, noting easy transplanting in current weather. Club president Mrs. C H Haley said she would consider the proposal.
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Ada’s Garden Club
Nora Fitch
Murray Says State May Underwrite Publication Costs
Aging "Alfalfa Bill" Murray argues his 1907 constitution allows the state to fund printing of his history of Oklahoma. A court fight over $18,000 from Gov Kerr’s contingency fund delays publication and Murray warns he will destroy the manuscript if not printed in his lifetime.
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Howard Brisco Tishomingo
Murray
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Robert S. Kerr
Kerr
House
Taney
Continental base drive shapes next Allied offensives
Analysis argues for a northwest France corridor from Brest to Le Havre as the anchor for a post Cherbourg invasion, with a 200 mile Seine–Loire flank to Paris. It notes Ike seeks an early strike, while Nimitz’s tone signals commitment, and cites wartime congressional appropriations figures.
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
Dewitt MacKenzie
Cherbourg
Germany
France
Brittany
Brest
Loire
St. Nazaire
le Havre
Seine
Hitler
Paris
Calais
Belgium
Ike
Eisenhower
Far Pacific
Admiral Nimitz
New Mexico State Guard Rifle Team Lead in State Rank
Captain Ben Ware Jones heads the New Mexico state guard rifle team which tops state marksmanship and ranks eleventh nationwide. The group recently won the William R. Hearst rifle matches in New Mexico and was photographed with Capt Jones in a Las Vegas paper. Jones, son of W. B. Jones of Jones city, grew up here and graduated from East Central College. He taught in Duncan schools before moving to Las Vegas to lead the manual arts department at Las Vegas High School.
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Adan
Ben Ware Jones
New Mexico State Guard
William R. Hearst
New Mexico
Capt. Jones
Las Vegas
W. B. Jones
Jones
East Central College
Duncan
Manual Arts
Oklahoma State Archery Opens 15th Annual Tournament
Oklahoma City hosts the 15th annual Oklahoma State Archery Association tournament opening Saturday morning. Genevieve Seger Geary schoolteacher leaves for Chicago to attend the Republican convention and become the first Oklahoma woman named to the GOP resolutions committee.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma State Archery Association
Genevieve Seger
Geary
Chicago
Congress This Time Appropriating Less
Washington June 21. House Appropriation Committee Chairman Cannon said this session will allot less money than any since Pearl Harbor as eight supply bills linger. He estimated total appropriations at 66 billion dollars for the current Congress with 5 to 6 billion in permanent appropriations to cover the national debt.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriation Committee
Mussolini Stadium Track Meet Held by Fifth Army Soldiers
Allied Fifth Army troops staged a wartime track meet at Mussolini stadium in Rome with Pvt. Zemer S. Cox of Wichita Kansas winning the 100 yard dash in 9.9 seconds and the 229 yard low hurdles in 26.14 seconds while anchoring the winning relay. A German air sweep into Germany is noted with Lt. Burt Williams of Jenks Oklahoma credited with bringing down one German plane.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Mussolini Stadium
Zemer S. Cox
Wichita
Kansas
Anxious to Return, De Luca and Gigli in Rome
In Rome, Giuseppe De Luca and Beniamino Gigli, famed opera stars, sheltering in bomb scarred homes and avoiding public singing as World War II rages. Both say they hope to return to the United States after the war, despite dangers of Clipper trips and ongoing bombardment.
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de Luca
Gigli
Rome
U. S
George Tucker
Hal Boyle
Guiseppe de Luca
Metropolitan Opera
New York
Virginio Gayda
Beniamino Gigli
United States
Metropolitan
Gayda
Italy
Royal Opera House
GOP Leaders Draft Platform Ahead of Chicago Convention
Republican leaders in Chicago begin drafting a platform to back their White House bid with a candidate to be named by next Wednesday. Dewey forces leaders press unity as Stassen, Bricker, and Byrd figures surface. The anti Roosev el coalition expands with a proposed nationwide drive to boost the party’s black vote.
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Associated Press
Chicago
White House
Harrison E. Spangler
Roy D. Moore
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
Moore
J. Russell Sprague
Victor Johnson
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
American Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Bricker
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Congress
Ren
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Sidney J. Dones
Los Angeles
Californa
Republican State Central Committee
Albany
Bill Hulse Exhibits Speed At Passaic Track Meet
Bill Hulse of Pope Pius high school dazzled 3 500 fans at Passaic stadium with a 2 29 6 in the 1000 meter handicap race. The time set a AAU and world outdoor record as the distance had never been run outdoors before.
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Passaic
N. J
Bill Hulse
Pope Pius High School
Passaic Stadium
Hulse
Ring of Steel London Berlin air war thought to widen
The Berlin radio reports American bombers may have shifted eastward after bombing Berlin. It hints a first shuttle flight from Britain to new American bases in Russia, tying with Mediterranean attacks to encircle the Reich in an Allied aerial ring of steel.
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London
Berlin
Britain
Russia
Europe
Mediterranean
Reich
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Roff
Bill Murray
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