Troops Arrive in Britain for Western Europe Invasion
U S forces massed in Britain for an invasion have arrived in a large convoy. The units include mechanized and specialized groups, fully equipped with latest weapons, and planes. Troops were dispersed to bases across the United Kingdom as storms delayed none.
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London
U. S
Britain
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
United Kingdom
John A. Moroso
Associated Press
Atlantic
Count Your Change Now Applies To Your Ration Tokens
Washington Feb 28 Count your change applies to ration tokens as well as cash in food stores today with the new ten point stamps for meat and processed foods going into general use. Tokens worth a point apiece and good indefinitely are given as change for the new stamps. Red stamps A 8 B 8 C 8 cover meats fats while blue stamps AA 8 AB 8 AC 8 AD 8 AE 8 cover canned goods.
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Washington
OPA
Hitler to Triumph, His Officers Say
Three English-speaking German submarine officers told H. R. Sisk in Nogales jail that Hitler will triumph next year. The prisoners, escaped from a Phoenix area POW camp, were recaptured at Sasabe by a Mexican official. They argued Germany would win despite Allied bombings and noted Italy’s fighting. Names given: Hermann F. H. Kottmann, Jurence 30, and Hans hannssen, 33.
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Nogales
Ariz
Adolf Hitler
H. R. Sisk
Noce Herald
Sonora
Mexico
U. S
Phoenix
Sasabe
Italy
Germany
Sisk
Hamburg
Berlin
Greenland
Hermann F. H. Kottmann
Jurence
Hans
Hannssen
U S Sees Largest Winter Cabbage Crop On Record
Chicago February 28 The United States has a record winter cabbage crop exceeding 500000 tons moving to market E O Pollock Midwest regional director of food distribution said today The crop is about double the average annual winter yield for 1923 to 1942.
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U. S
Chicago
United States
E. O. Pollock
Midwest
Pollock
Gardening short course at Oklahoma A. and M. March 22
Stillwater residents will learn about all phases of gardening at a brief course hosted by Oklahoma A and M college on March 22 offering expert guidance and practical tips.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Reclassification of 157 Mex 3-C Ends in Local Board
The local selective service board No. 2 chaired by Willard Wright with Adolphus Pharr and Chester Shelby reclassified 157 men at a Saturday meeting. Most changes move 3-C to 2-C as the 3-C category is being eliminated, listing old and new classifications for the affected men.
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Selective Service Board No. 2
Willard Wright
Allen
Adolphus Pharr
Stonewall
Chester Shelby
Fitzhugh
Weather and rainfall update across Oklahoma towns
The article reports cool and wet conditions across Oklahoma with showery changes. Ardmore records heavy rain at 2.39 inches while Ponca City sees .09 inches. statewide temperatures hover near freezing in places with north winds adding a chill. Local totals include Stillwater .48, Elk City .91, Guymon .62, Tulsa .51, Waynoka 1.09, and Oklahoma City .59.
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Ardmore
Associated Press
Ponca City
Guymon
Panhandle
Stillwater
Elk City
McAlester
Tulsa
Waynoka
Oklahoma City
Police Seek Two Girls To Claim $5 Reward
City police seek two girls who found a purse on North Broadway and turned it in to an officer. The owner placed a reward ad. the girls did not give their names and must visit the police station in Convention Hall to collect.
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North Broadway
Convention Hall
Southwest Cattle Men Convene In Houston Convention Opens
Stockmen from 16 states representing 3 000 000 cattle will attend the 68th annual Texas and Southwestern cattle raisers Association convention in Houston opening tomorrow. Henry Bell secretary manager announces. About 2 500 to 3 000 stock men will hear talks on feed shortages government regulations and wartime farming challenges.
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Houston
Tex
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Henry Bell
Meat supply voices to headline meeting remarks
Meat supply discussions will feature Senator Ellison D. Smith from South Carolina Representative Richard M. Kleberg of Texas and Jamie Brook of Brady as association director.
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Meat Supply
Bell
United States
Ellison D. Smith
D.-S.c
Rep
Richard M. Kleberg
D.-Tex
Jamie Brook
Brady
Association
Sunday Inductee Group Sent to Oklahoma City for Pre Induction
A group of men left Sunday noon for the Oklahoma City induction center to undergo pre induction physical examinations. They will be called later if found qualified as the drafting method shifts. most remain civilians until active service begins. The note ends with a martial remark about naval action against Truk as a harbinger of events to come.
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Sylvia Edmonston
Selective Board No. 2
Oklahoma City
Dorsey Family in Wartime Service Four Sons In Uniform
Mr and Mrs W G Dorsey report four sons serving in the armed forces. First Lieutenant Elmer L Dorsey overseas since August took part in the Italian invasion and completed his fiftieth bombing mission and wings after training at Hondo Texas. Herman Dorsey also a first lieutenant in the Army Air Forces has been in England since July 1942 with U S forces overseas. Bill Hook Dorsey seaman second class entered service in December 1942 and left for duty in the Pacific in November 1943 after defense work in California and standout basketball at Ada high school. Raymond A Dorsey seaman second class 18 entered naval service September 1943 and has been at Camp Peary Virginia spending a five day furlough in Ada visiting family.
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Elmer L. Dorsey
Italy
Elmer Dorsey
Hondo
Texas
Herman Dorsey
Army Air Forces
England
U. S
Louisiana
Bill (Hook) Dorsey
Pacific
California
Navy
Ada High School
Seaman Dorsey
Raymond A. Dorsey
Naval Service
Raymond Dorsey
Camp Peary
Ada
Hugo Man Got Numerous Japs
Marine Sgt. Frank A. Tucker of Hugo Oklahoma faced heavy enemy fire on Namur Island Kwajalein Atoll. He and his unit reportedly accounted for 38 Japs, with Tucker sustaining helmet and gear damage, while Pvt. First Class Stephen P. Hopkins died nearby. Tucker’s wife Wilma and nine year old son Wayne live in Hugo.
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Marshalls
Frank A. Tucker
Hugo
Okla
Kwajalein
Tucker
Marshall Islands
Namur
Tley
Stephen P. Hopkins
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Sgt. Tucker
Hopkins
Self
Marine Corps
Sgt
Babcock Brothers
Oklahoma
Wilma Aileen Tucker
Wayne Allen
Inter-State Oil Commission to Meet in Roswell
The executive committee of the inter state oil compact commission will meet in Roswell New Mexico on Saturday to plan the program for the April 3 4 meeting in New Orleans State Geologist John Kelly said Governors Schoeppel Kansas and Kerr Oklahoma two members are expected to attend Saturday's session Kelly said. A separate item notes a burglary at Adolph Smissman Mercantile Distributor with stolen goods including cold tablets liquid cold medicine and cough drops.
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Santa FE
N. M
Inter-State Oil Compact Commission
Roswell
New Orleans
John Kelly
Schoeppel
Kansas
Kerr
Kelly
ST. Louis
Adolph Smissman
Three Oklahomans Killed In Action War Losses List
Three Oklahoma soldiers were among 172 killed in action per the war department. T/Sgt. John R. Elder from Heavener died in the European area. Pvt. Ira Bradshaw of Wagoner and Pvt. Jack S. Crumb of McAlester perished in the Mediterranean theater.
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Washington
War Department
John R. Elder
Lillian Elder
Heavener
Ira Bradshaw
Wagoner
Jack S. Crumb
Alice Crumb
McAlester
Linscheid Presents The Shape Of Things To Come
Kiwanis luncheon hears Dr. A Linscheid outline postwar Russia as a vast power with 225000000 people and vast resources. He envisions Baltic and other territories joining the USSR and predicts a reconfiguration of Europe and Asia under Soviet influence. He argues for U S England cooperation with the USSR and China to sustain peace and avoid future wars.
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Linschied
America
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Lee Cruce Helms Taken By Death
Word has been received of the death of Lee Cruce Helms 32 a former Ada resident in a Jackson Mississippi hospital last Thursday The body was sent to Nocona Texas for burial at 4 o clock this afternoon He entered the armed services December 1 1943 at Camp Shelby Relatives in Pontotoc county have not yet learned the cause of death He was a Ada High School graduate and attended East Central State College He worked for Keltner Wholesale Grocery before moving to Nocona Surviving are a sister Mrs Grace Wright of Hugo four brothers C F Billings of Stonewall Leonard Billings of Detroit Mich Bert Billings of Mission Tex and A Billings of Nocona
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Lee Cruce Helms
Ada
Jackson, Miss
Nocona
Tex
Helms
Armed Services
Camp Shelby Miss
Pontotoc County
Ada High School
Fast Central State College
Local Men Into Army Navy In Next Two Weeks
Two groups from selective board No. 1 leave county for induction. Navy duty group sails Tuesday March 7 to Fort Sill. army group departs Monday March 13. Names listed for navy and army assignments.
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Navy
Armed Services
Local Selective Board No. 1
Fort Sill
Thomas H. Beam
Albert Gipson
Jimmie McFarlin, Jr
Loyd L. Sanders
John M. Turley
William E. Farmer
Edward E. Platt
Fed C. Roden
Arthur L. Swanson, Jr
Robert L. Shook
Jessie F. Ward
Mearle R. Morris
Sammie D. Wood
Troy J. Swanson
Owen V. Robertson
Lloyd E. Griswold
Olef C. Welch
G. A. Cole
Clifford C. Johns
Roy A. Eaton
George W. Parrish
Marcus F. Reynolds
Alvie N. Goss
Herbert B. Kitchens
George R. Trublood
Mearle D. Stokes
Robert G. McCastle
Jesse W. Muncrief
Clyde W. McFarlin
Mearle Derryberry
Floyd W. Eoff
Kenneth O. Smith
Charlie O. Williamson
Dewey W. Allen
Rusbon K. Estes
Robert R. Robinson, Jr
Woman Goes Door To Door For Red Cross On Horseback
Mrs Earl Parnell a Red Cross worker in the Lakeside district canvassed on Monday riding a horse to call at homes for the War Fund drive. She finished at 6 30 Monday evening and planned to walk next time stating the effort was worthwhile though she felt unwell.
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Earl Parnell
Red Cross
Lakeside
United States
Former Editor of Berlin Dies After Prison
Theodor Wolff aged 75, former editor of the Berliner Tageblatt, died last November in a Berlin hospital after health worsened by imprisonment. He fled to France following 1933 citizenship loss, then was taken by the Nazis and placed in a camp.
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New York
Theodor Wolff
Berliner Tageblatt
Germany
Berlin
Aufbau
Tony
Wolfe
France
Compromise Leaves Soldier Vote On States' Doorstep
Senate house conferees unveiled an armed forces federal ballot plan to be adopted only if states approve. The proposal creates a federally distributed form for president, vice president and congress, with state conditions and an October 1 delivery deadline. Governors or attorneys general may certify compatibility with state laws, potentially avoiding full legislative action.
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Washington
Senate-house
Rankin
Miss
Green
R.L
Senate
House
Congress
California
Cattle Leader Warns of Severe Beef Shortage Ahead
At the 68th Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association meeting in Houston President Claude K. McCan warned that the armed services may receive only about half of their meat this spring due to an extreme beef shortage. He criticized Office of Price Administration regulations and urged support for the War Food Management Plan while defending cattlemen against accusations of holding cattle on the range.
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Tex
Armed Services
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Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
OPA
Office of Price Administration
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War Food Administration
Army
Navy
Washington
Montague
General Council
Dick Kleberg
Richard M. Kleberg
Texas
Private Dawson Escape Reveals Italian Hostage Question
Kingswood, Surrey Pvt. Fred Dawson, home after escaping from an Italian POW camp, said his main worry was the Italian who sheltered him expecting him to marry one of his daughters. He fled by leaving the house at night and swimming a river.
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Surrey
Eng
Fred Dawson
Ruth Collins Named Clerk for District 19 Board
Ruth Collins is appointed clerk of the District 19 school board and secretary to the superintendent, succeeding Frances Wallace who moves to Chickasha to work at Oklahoma College for Women. Wallace has served as clerk since 1937. Collins is a former secretary at The Ada News and has deputy treasury office experience, recently employed by Collins Lumber Company.
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District 19
Frances Wallace
Chickasha
Oklahoma College
Weomen
Wallace
Miss Collins
Ada News
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