Congress May Take Action On Deferments
The House military committee reopened its inquiry into draft deferment policies amid calls for banning all but physical deferments for men 18 to 26. May of Kentucky urged action while noting concerns about keeping non fathers in industry and drafting fathers.
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Washington
May
House Military Committee
P. Costello
Calif
Paul McNutt
War Production Board
Donald Nelson
McNutt
Nelson
Compromise Service Vote Bill Goes to FDR
Congress adopted a bill to compromise differences between the house and senate on the service vote issue and sent it to President Roosevelt. The vote totaled 278 for and 111 against.
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Washington
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Senate
Roosevelt
Major Hadley Visits In Ada
Major Leonard W. Hadley former Ada appliance trader toured Ada and spoke on his army duties in Africa and Italy. He praised the Red Cross for aiding soldiers from embarkation to the front and noted cross continental contact including meals and cigars. He contrasted Congress action on overseas voting with the White House stance and described a compromise granting states control over absentee ballots with expedited postcard applications and federal ballots only if state ballots are unavailable by deadlines.
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Ada
Major Hadley
Red Cross
Hadley
North Africa
Washington, D. C
Congress
House
Rep
le Compte
R-Ia
Worley
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Accord on Lend Lease Future Promoted in London Talks
London reports a determined effort to reach agreement on lend lease issues affecting Britain and the United States. Key aims include clarifying Britain's industrial export scope and balancing exports with wartime trade needs as shipping dominance shifts from Britain to America.
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London
Britain
United States
America
Patents Seized for Public Inspection Listed by Custodian
Alien Property Custodian seized patents and placed them on public display occupying 75 feet of shelf space for inspection.
General Rains Sweep Across State with Forecast Cooler Air
Heavy rains and hail swept Oklahoma overnight with .53 inches in Oklahoma City and over an inch in several northern and western localities. Totals varied, Woodward and Bartlesville saw around 1.2 and 1.25 inches, while Ardmore and McAlester were mostly missed. Temperatures were expected to fall to the 25 to 30 degree range northwest and 45 to 50 southeast.
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Oklahoma
Ellis County
Bethany
Canadian
Woodward
Denton
Watonga
Gage
Enid
Guymon
Ponca City
Tulsa
Waynoka
Ardmore
McAlester
Bartlesville
Lawton
Guthrie
Stillwater
Chickasha
Jeep Hop sparks War Bond drive at Oregon State College
At Oregon State College a weeklong drive to raise 3500 for three jeeps yielded 31560 in Stamps and Bonds, enough to fund 27 jeeps. The highlight was a Jeep Hop from 4 to 6 pm. In Lewisburg West Virginia store windows wore Fourth War Loan decor by Greenbriar College art majors whose posters helped surpass the quota.
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Oregon State College
Lewisburg
West Virginia
Greenbriar College
Adans Rushing Tax Returns Deadline Nears
The 1943 income tax return deadline looms at midnight with Ada residents among about 50 million filers. The Internal Revenue Service office in the federal post office building will stay open late tonight to help local taxpayers complete their forms.
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Ada
Collector of Internal Revenue
Federal Post Office
Surprise tax debt leads to dramatic fainting incident
An IRS agent confronted a Denver woman about her income tax bill and was surprised when she fainted in his arms. The unnamed woman, described as 295 pounds, collapsed during the confrontation, creating a notable scene.
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Denver
Internal Revenue
Wife hides her income from jointly filed tax return
Denver report quotes a wife admitting she earned more than her husband reported on a joint return. She told the income tax collector she did not want him to know her true earnings.
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Denver
Free IRS Service Draws Crowds At Local Office
Dozens visit the IRS office this week to use a free service offered by three representatives. The trio expect continued work late tonight as many taxpayers seek recomputation orders. About one in three returns may result in a 'you owe me' note due to overwithholding or early military induction.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Sam
Indians to Hold Singing Convention in Pontotoc
Members of all Indian tribes in Oklahoma are expected to attend an all day singing convention at Pontotoc on Sunday March 26. The Pontotoc school auditorium will host the event where several hundred Indians are expected to meet.
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Oklahoma
Pontotoc
Pontotoc School
Stock Judging Honors Here Well Divided
Pontotoc county 4-H judging team Frank Jared Roy Peterson and Floyd Robbins placed second in their division at the annual junior livestock show ending Tuesday. Hughes county led with 843 points while Pontotoc tallied 792 and Garvin third with 775. Individual ranks include Ralph Thompson 293 and Clyde Wingard fifth. Prague FFA won with 827 points. Wewoka and Wetumka followed. Garvin exhibitors attend Ardmore fat stock show not Tulsa fair.
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Frank Jared
Roy Peterson
Floyd Robbins
Hugh Rouk
Hughes County
Garvin County
Leo Floyd
Ralph Thompson
J. E. Erwin
Kenneth Fitzgerald
Ray Duncan
Bob Tolbert
Garvin
McIntosh
Albert Buckmaster
Jimmie Miller
Jordean Clark
Hughes Lad
Allen Dunn
Wolf Brothers
Jimmy
Henry
Clyde Wingard
Prague
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F.F.A
Rouert Johnson
Clyde Broylen
Don Thompson
Wewoka
Joe Filson
Melton Lindley
Howard Morton
Wetumka
Robert Haynes
Arnold Bamburg
Duard Robinson
Clyde Grovles
Chester Brothers
Vanoss FFA Team Wins At Tulsa
The Vanoss FFA team from Pontotoc county won the team judging championship at the Magic Empire Junior Livestock show in Tulsa. Members Wallace Blair Guy Walker and Roy Binion scored 815 points to beat Dale 799 with Cushing and Stillwater tied for third. Blair also tied for the individual judging championship with Jorden Clark of Checotah. Binion tied for third with Clarence Steward of Dale.
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Vanoss F.F.A
Pontotoc County
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Guy Walker
Roy Binion
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Cushing
Stillwater
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Blair
Jorden Clark
Checotah
Binion
Clarence Steward
Bombs pound Cassino as Red Army traps Nazis in Ukraine
Soviet communique says Red Army liquidates several trapped Nazi divisions in southern Ukraine near Nikolaev. Harbors Nikolaev closed, Odessa remains southern Russia’s large port. About ten thousand Germans killed and four thousand captured as encirclement tightens. Russians push to cut escape routes via Bug and Grod rivers and seize Nimkhailovka.
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Odessa
Russia
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Kherson
Nikolaev Harbor
Shirokaya Balka
Bug River
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Vinnitsa
Nimkhailovka
Bug
Ground Blow Follows Raids On Cassino
Allied air power unleashed a record bombardment on Cassino with more than 1,400 tons dropped in six hours. Three hour artillery wiped out remaining ruins as tanks and infantry moved in. A German escape route was destroyed making survival unlikely. General called the devastation total and final.
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Edward Kennedy
Naples
Cassino
Rome
Anzio
Ira C. Baker
Fifth Army
Finnish Parliament Rejects Soviet Armistice Terms
STOCKHOLM March 15 The Finnish parliament votes to continue the war with Soviet Russia rejecting Moscow final armistice terms. The tally is reported as 160 to 40 with only about forty MPs favoring peace conditions.
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Stockholm
Russia
Moscow
London Hit By Big Fire Raid In Deep South Pacific
Rescue workers searched smoking ruins in London after a fierce pre midnight fire raid that leveled sections of two major districts. The attack involved about 150 to 200 planes with nine raiders shot down and extensive damage across London and sparsely in East Anglia and southern England.
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East Anglia
England
Britain
Holland
Germany
Berlin
Allied naval sweep finds no Japanese ships or planes
A US cruiser-destroyer task force reports no Japanese ships or combatant planes after a far western foray in the South Pacific. Allied air strikes at Wewak, New Guinea, claimed about 65 enemy planes in three days as Japanese defenses crumble under American superiority.
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Richard C. Bergholz
Associated Press
South Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
Japan
Rer Adm
Aaron S. Merrill
Victory Gardens
Douglas MacArthur
Bougainville
Not Gonna Resume Says WPB Official
Washington March 15 A War Production Board spokesman called a National Automobile Dealers Association claim that passenger car production would begin by September absolutely wrong There are no such programs or plans The dealer group executive vice president Ray Chamberlain had spoken of partial civilian production in New York with first models possibly arriving by July next year
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Washington
War Production Board
National Automobile Dealers’ Association
Ray Chamberlain
New York
Lt Pump Awarded Purple Heart in North Africa
First Lt. Fred Pump received the Purple Heart for injuries suffered at the Anzio beachhead on January 31. He trained at Fort Knox and has served overseas with an armored division since last June, after working at Community Ice in Ada. His wife, Mrs. Virginia Pump, reports he is recovering slowly in a North Africa hospital.
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Fred Pump
Virginia Pump
Ada
Anzo
North Africa
Ft. Knox
Pump
Community Ice Company
Pessimist Confesses Dismay Over Election Tactics
In a blunt aside the writer laments that campaigners rely on handshakes and flattery rather than original tactics to win votes. The remark highlights public suspicion of political speeches and voter persuasion methods.
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