Slow but Fearful Lava Flow on Vespuvius Awakens War-Tired Italians
Edward Kennedy reports from the slopes of Mount Vesuvius as a vast lava river advances slowly through San Sebastiano and Massa Di Somma. Soldiers under Lt. Col. John A. Warner evacuate residents, destroy doors to reach those unable to flee, and describe the deadly, sulfurous blast and collapsing buildings while noting the human toll and stark scenes around Cercola.
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Edward Kennedy
MT. Vesuvius
Sion
San Sebastiano
Vesuvius
Naples
Massa di Somma
AMG
John A. Warner
New York State Police
Alfred E. Smith
John Barlow
Baltimore
Dog
President Roosevelt Resting at White House for Cold
President Roosevelt was treated for a head cold and stayed in the White House for a second day. He canceled all appointments per his physician.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Evidence Woman Flier Earhart May Have Fell To Japs
Marshall Islands report notes a native testimony that Amelia Earhart and navigator Noonan ran out of fuel and were picked up by a Japanese boat and taken to Japan. The account cites trader Ajima and Lt. Elien, with corroboration from Lt. Toole, as part of a possible route over the Marshalls.
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Marshall Island
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Marshall Islands
Japan
Eugene T. Bogan
East 72Nd Street
New York City
Bogan
New York
Chester W. Nimitz
Elien
Miss Putnam
Navigator Noonan
Lae
New Guinea
Howland Island
Gilbert Islands
Marshalls
League of Nations
U. S
Lexington
Colorado
Central Pacific
Memorial Service Planned for Lt. Gus Kitchens at Purcell
Memorial services will be conducted at Purcell Baptist church for Lieut. Gus Kitchens who grew up in the community and was killed in April 1942 during a bombing mission over Lae New Guinea. Mrs Icenah Kitchens mother of the lieutenant lives near Sasakwa and waited twenty months for word. Capt Henry G Rose who flew with Kitchens saw his plane dive toward a Japanese munitions dump. the craft failed to recover and is believed to have crashed. Kitchens a former University of Oklahoma football player was the first OU athlete reported missing in action. official word of his death came December 27. Weather delayed services planned for January. Several relatives and friends of Kitchens reside in Ada.
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Purcell
Gus Kitchens
Lae
New Guinea
Icenah M. Kitchens
Sasakwa
Henry G. Rose
Kitchens
Lt. Kitchens
University of Oklahoma
O. U
Ada
More Sugar Available for U S
The agriculture department expects about 8.6 million tons of sugar to be available in the United States this year to meet consumptive and export needs of 6.8 million tons. The figures were released during appropriations committee hearings on the 1945 annual supply bill. The article notes the United States consumes more tin than all other nations worldwide.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Appropriations Committee
WFA Chief Sees Civilian Food Supplies Holding Steady
War Food Administration chief Marvin Jones told a House panel civilian food this year may meet or exceed last year’s levels. Civilians could receive about 73 percent of production, with 16 million added acres to boost output. milk, fats, oils rise marginally while cheese and meat fall. He noted 1943 livestock and grain stocks set records and urged continued farm price supports and robust fertilizer and machinery supplies.
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Washington
Ada Marvin Jones
Jones
House Agriculture Appropriations
Lend Lease
Congress
Arkansas truckers sued over ad valorem taxes in Pulaski County
Forty-one Arkansas trucking firms and fourteen out of state operators faced suit in Pulaski county chancery court for failure to pay ad valorem taxes over several years. The attorney general seeks judgments for back taxes or garnishment, with potential foreclosure and sale if not paid. Named out-of-state firms include Blue Streak Express and Dixie Motor Express among others.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Guy E. Williams
Pulaski County Chancery Court
Blue Streak Express
Dixie Motor Express
Taylor Motor Fleet
Tiney Truck Lines
Memphis
Calvin Gilliam
St. Louis
Chief
Refrigerator Truck Line and Steel Transportation Company
Kansas City
Cuppy’s Fast Freight Line, Inc
Spicer, Inc
Oklahoma City
War Prisoners Are Moved Where Need
Large numbers of prisoners of war have been shifted between service commands to alleviate manpower shortages in the United States. Col Daniel B Byrd supervises the five state Eighth service command's prisoner of war camps and says this is done by setting up temporary or sub camps from permanent prisoner camps. The Eighth Service Command includes Oklahoma Texas Arkansas New Mexico and Louisiana.
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Dallas
Tex
United States
Daniel B. Byrd
Eighth Service Command
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Byrd
Richard Donovan
U S Oil Output Gains Past Week
United States crude oil production rose 7,908 barrels daily in the week ended March 18 to 4,391,588 barrels. California added 5,500 to 827,750. Kansas 24,650 to 284,150. Michigan 1,450 to 53,750. Oklahoma 1,100 to 329,400. Texas 100 to 1,863,450. East Texas 300 to 365,400. Eastern fields fell 450 to 71,800. Illinois 18,841 to 208,809. Louisiana 350 to 360,150. Rocky Mountain area 1,576 to 122,329.
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Tulsa
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
California
Kansas
Michigan
Oklahoa
Texas
East Texas
Illinois
Louisiana
Rocky Mountain
Glucose Quickly Reaches Bloodstream After Swallowing
Glucose is among the fastest absorbed foods, entering the bloodstream about five minutes after ingestion.
Finns May Move Out of Helsinki
Stockholm reports Finnish government departments plan to abandon Helsinki or set a northern temporary capital if needed. Travelers say officials prepare for a hasty departure and most Helsinki children have been evacuated. Finns reportedly rejected Moscow armistice proposals and now face continuing the war.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Moscow
Soldiers Return In Trainload To Chickasha Hospital
CHICKASHA March 20 UP Borden General hospital received a trainload of about 75 service men with wounds from overseas. Oklahoma officers include Lt. E. O. Gayman Britton Pvt. Lloyd Lee Toney Oklahoma City and others. Lt. Gayman lost his left arm in a B 26 crash during a raid after 13 missions. Avants from Muskogee was injured moving debris in Italy. The group, first to arrive since the hospital’s opening, was discharged under Major Raymond F. Tolbert's guidance.
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Upborden General Hospital
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
England
Italy
Harold W. Hall
Ada
E. O. Gayman
Brit
Continent
Pvt. Avants
Salerno
Borden
Raymond F. Tolbert
Brother of Adan’s Missing in Action
Coast Guard reported Lt. (J G) David F. Rooker missing in action after his Victory ship was lost in the Southwest Pacific. He served as radio operator for six months and is brother to Mrs. Mitchell Epperson. His parents and wife live in Chicago. he had worked for the William Wrigley company before enlisting.
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Coast Guard
Washington
David F. Rooker
Southwest Pacific
Rooker
Mitchell E. Epperson
Ada
Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Illinois
William Wrigley Company
New Mailing Rates Effective March 26
The post office announces rate changes effective March 26. Local letters rise from two to three cents, domestic mail up to eight cents, while letters to or from armed forces overseas stay at six cents per ounce.
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Ak West
Monay
United States
Several Questioned In Death of Keck Slaying
OKEMAH March 20 Several persons were being questioned in the slaying of Keck a Weleetka merchant found dead in his store by his milkman. Police said the killing occurred about 1 or 2 am with a meat cleaver and robbery suspected. Bloodhounds traced a trail to railroad tracks suggesting escape by freight.
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Okemah
Dane S. Seran
Keck
Weleetka
Albert Gardener
McAlester
Local Ration Board Initiates Price Ceiling Check-up
A nationwide drive to mobilize price control activates locally as the War Price and Rationing Board conducts an emergency store-check. In six regional states including Oklahoma, price panels will verify ceilings on ten staple foods with retailers, boards, and housewives cooperating to curb inflation.
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Oklahoma
CPA
Duncan Cafe And Drug Store Burn
A fire in Duncan Oklahoma destroyed a drug store and a cafe with total damages pegged at 50 000 by officials. The blaze also damaged several nearby businesses on the Sledge building roof causing heavy losses to proprietor C W George and cafe operator Lynn Coursey.
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Duncan
Okla
Oklahoma Tire and Supply Co
C. W. George
Lynn Coursey
Coursey
Pauls Valley
Sapulpa
Willkie Calls Wisconsin Primary a Vital Test for GOP
Os h k o s h Wis March 20 Wendell L Willkie declared Wisconsin’s April 4 primary a vital test with a profound influence on the GOP and its Chicago convention fate He outlined three courses for the party nationalism and conservatism avoidance of issues and international cooperation He said only the third course can win in 1944 while the first two would likely hand victory to Roosevelt and the Democrats.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Wendell L. Willkie
Wisconsin
Chicago
G.O.P
Willkie
Roosevelt
Tishomingo Soldier Killed in Action
War department casualty report lists four Oklahoma servicemen as killed in action. Staff Sgt. Frederick G. Ladnis of Lamont died in the European theater, Sgt. Homer K. Hutchins of Tishomingo also among the dead, Major Virgil C. Fields Jr. of Jay, and Pfc. Joseph L. Keith of Collinsville per dispatches.
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Washington
Frederick G. Ladnis
Fred Landis
Lamont
War Department
Zlain
Homer K. Hutchens
Ida M. Hutchens
Tishomingo
Virgil C. Fields, Jr
Jay
Joseph L. Keith
Bess Keith
Collinsville
Mediterranean
Two Tulsans Die in Separate Traffic Accidents
In Tulsa Oklahoma on March 20 two residents were killed in accidents. Nettie Henson 64 died when a car driven by her son-in-law Willard Tate hit a parked vehicle on the city outskirts. C E Coulson 25 was struck by a hit and run driver while changing a flat tire on the Sand Springs road.
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Tulsa
Okla
Nettie Henson
Willard Tate
C. E. Coulson
Sand Springs
Tin Cans For Saturday Pickup Campaign Organizes Citywide Effort
A citywide drive on Saturday April 8 asks residents to prepare tin cans for collection. Wash and clean each can, remove ends, flatten, and store in a box or sack for pick up by Boy Scouts. No other scrap metals will be accepted.
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Boy Scouts
County 4-H Members Sell Steers to Buy More Livestock
County 4-H members sold steers at the Magic Empire show to fund next year’s purchases. Pontotoc county fared better at Ada in the barrow division than Tulsa where competition was stiffer. Corkey Wilson placed fourth in Ada and did not win at Magic Empire. Gene Lung’s Durce barrow placed ninth in Tulsa and tenth here. Ada show praised as the best ever with rising interest and stock quality.
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Pontotoc County
Barrow
Tulsa
Corkey Wilson
Durce
Gene Lung
Stonewall 4-H
County 4-H
Stillwater
Ada
Bruce Stubblefield Named Associate Chief Post
Bruce Stubblefield former Oklahoma American Legion legislative chairman has been named associate chief of the Veterans Personnel Utilization Section by the U S Civil Commission. He once starred at Ada High School as a swift center on the football team and later held senior roles in Veterans Administration activities in Oklahoma and at the national level.
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Adan
Vets
Washington
Bruce Stubblefield
Oklahoma American Legion
U. S. Civil Commission
Stubblefield
Ada
Rev
A. Stubblefield
First Baptist Church
Bruce
Veterans’ Administration
Oklahoma
How Oklahomans Voted Past Week
Oklahoma members of congress voted on a series of roll calls for the week ending March 16. The first deficiency bill HR 4346 passed 9 to 15 with all Oklahoma members voting for it. HR160 to investigate Indian conditions passed 200 to 100 with all for it and Monroney not voting. The first deficiency bill recommit was defeated 156 to 128 with Rizley and Wickersham for and Boren Disney Johnson Monroney Stewart against. The conference report on the soldiers vote bill was adopted 273 to 111 with Boren Disney Rizley Stewart and Wickersham for and Johnson against. Monroney did not vote.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Congress
Rizley
Wickersham
Boren
Disney
Johnson
Monroney
Stewart
McAlester Man Gets Promotion to Colonel
STILLWATER March 21. Col Roy W Kenny promoted from lieutenant colonel effective January 31. He serves as brigade executive on Brig Gen Ray S McClain’s staff in Italy. Kenny, ex track coach at Oklahoma A and M, was first lieutenant with the 355th Field Artillery in France in the last war and has been with the Division since mobilization. Two-year-old John Wesley Shores unhurt after climbing into his father’s car, the car rolled back 50 yards and around a curve before stopping.
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Mcalester
John Wesley Shores
John Wesley
WAVES recruiter to interview Ada women this week
Martha Hudson Walsh, WAVES recruiter, will be at the naval recruiting office in Ada this week from 8 30 am to 6 pm to interview women interested in WAVES service. The office is on the third floor of the post office building room 307.
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Martha Hudson Walsh
The
WAVES
Ada
Naval Recruiting Office
Argentina Leads Tire Production in the Americas
Argentina is the leading tire producing country in the Americas outside Canada and the United States, with Brazil ranked second in tire output.
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Argentina
Americas
Brazil
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