First Cadets Arrived In Ada One Year Ago Today
One year ago today the first group of soldiers arrived at East Central State college to train under a new program. Captain Albert F. Pyle was assigned as commanding officer of the 343rd College Training Detachment air crew, later promoted to major.
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East Central State College
343Rd College Training Detachment
Air Crew
Albert F. Pyle
College Training Detachment
Frank N. Jones
Charlies McGrath
James O. Plummer
Leonard A. Clark, Jr
William W. Walvis
Plummer
Jones
McGrath
Pyle
343Rd
Ada
Sheppard Field
Tex
Washington, D. C
A. Linscheid
Milton Keating
Chamber of Commerce
Linscheid
Wednesay
Robert S. Kerr
Raymond O. Barton
Glenn D. Norton
Jess A. Goss
Lane
Hubert A. Goss
William Dickerson
McAlester
Elder D. Dickerson
Minnie Lovin
Johnny E. Lovin
East Central
Farm Draft Basis Change On Farm Deferments
Washington March 29 Major General Hershey agreed to give local draft boards the job of deferment decisions for farm workers. The unit system for deferments is scrapped and the Tydings amendment will serve as the new yardstick. Workers must be regularly engaged in producing essential farm commodities and cannot be replaced on the farms. Then a plan to restrict farm workers from moving to war plants without draft board permission was discussed. The 16 unit minimum for deferments is a point of contention, with recent shifts reducing and then restoring the figure.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Marvin Jones
Russell
D.-Ga
Senate Agriculture Committee
Tydings
D.-Md
Congress
German Air Force Fights Fortresses in Major RAF-Bombing
The German air force fought American B 17s over central Germany as U S bombers aimed at Luftwaffe airfields and the Pas de Calais coast. Lt Gen James H Doolittle said the US has destroyed over 2100 German planes in eight weeks while cadets at East Central and Ada receive training and awards in a 343rd detachment program.
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Austin Bealmear
London
Germany
Pas-De-Calais
Westphalia
U. S
James H. Doolittle
Britain
France
Snow and Freeze Damage Threaten Pontotoc County Crops
On Wednesday the county faced a 12 hour deep freeze with a 23 degree low that damaged early fruit, especially peaches and pears, though cherries plums and berries may escape. Rainfall was light with .11 inch on Tuesday and another freeze looming tonight. Gardens escaped much damage due to late planting and prior bad weather.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Guymon
Panhandle
Altus
McAlester
Highway Patrol
Joe C. Scott
State Board of Agriculture
Scott
Fred LeCrone
Oklahoma A
M. College
LeCrone
Wagoner
Tulsa
Muskogee
Oklaoma
Cleveland
Victory Gardens
Enid
J. B. Hurst
Bartlesville
Pauls Valley
Kay County
Chickasha Chickasha
M. C. Tucker
Stillwater
Ardmore
Jk City
Teacher Authority Extends From Home To School Grounds
Oklahoma Attorney General Randell S. Cobb ruled that teachers may discipline pupils for misbehavior on the way to and from school, extending authority from departure from home to return home. The ruling echoes a ten year old opinion linking school order to actions off campus.
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Oklahoma City
Randell S. Cobb
State Department of Education
Cobb
Army Seeks 4-F Labor or Industry Assignments in War Effort
Undersecretary of War Robert P Patterson told the House military committee that about 3.5 million 4-F men aged 18 to 37 should be assigned to essential industry or drafted into labor battalions. He outlined national service options and urged prompt passage of national service legislation to better utilize civilian workers vital to winning the war. He warned of unequal drafts where fit men are mobilized while unfit men in essential civilian roles are spared.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
House Military Committee
Patterson
Luce
Conn
Works Corps
Airmen Take Decisive Roles in World War Burma and Pacific
Allied air power expands across Burma India theater with transport planes aiding five allied forces and evacuating wounded. In the Pacific, 292 tons of bombs hit bases from Dutch New Guinea to Bougainville, while air crews press to halt Japanese drives into India and support General Stilwell’s operations along the Imphal Kohima front.
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Krueger
Associated Press
Burma
India
William Boni
New Delhi
Myitkyina
Pacific Ocean
Dutch New Guinea
Bougainville
Rabaul
New Britain
Wewak
Hansa Bay
New Guinea
Kavieng
New Ireland
Solomons
Pityilu Island
Admiralties
Joseph Stilwell
Bont
Imphal
Kohima
Imphal-Kohima
Louis Movuntbatten
Radio Tokyo
Stilwell
Mogaung Valley
Hkyanglawyang
Vilage
Oklahoma votes reshape House balance in special election
Oklahoma Democrat W. G. Stigler led Republican E. O. Clark for the 2nd district seat as Democrats claimed a national triumph. Rep. Ross Rizley dismissed the result as local and warned of no nationwide trend, while GOP leaders blamed the New Deal machine.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Ross Rizley
Rizley
Jack Nichols
Clark
Lyle Boren
D.okla
Malinovsky s Men On Way To Odessa Now
Soviet forces under Malinovsky push toward Odessa along a 175 mile front after capturing Kolomea on the Lwiv Czernowitz railway. Stalin announced progress as the Red Army advances from Nikolaev and other points toward the Black Sea port while Konev’s forces threaten near Idsi and other rail hubs.
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Malinovsky
Odessa
Tom Yarbrough
London
Kolomea
Lwiv-Czernowitz
Czecho- Slovakia
Stalin
Old Poland
Prut
Carpathians
Red Army
Nikolaev
Black Sea
Bessarabia
Ivan S. Kone
Odessa-Tiraspol
Nik
Bug
P G
Domanevka
Berlin
Konev
Rumania
Idsi
Tsyra
Koshen
Moscow
Carpathian
Czechoslovakia
Chaplin Covers Head With Paper Cup In Court Recess
In Los Angeles during Chaplin's Mann act trial a photographer noted the defendant resting with a paper cup on his head as a casual disguise during a court recess. The scene drew attention as reporters searched for fresh angles on the proceedings.
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Chaplin Dodges
Los Angeles
Hollywood Studios Rent Victoria Crosses for Film Use
Hollywood studios frequently rent genuine Victoria Crosses and other military medals from private owners. Transactions range from fifty to nine hundred dollars per item, reflecting a lively market for authentic artifacts in cinema production.
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Hollywood
Father of 30 children records 19 living in war era
Ira Knapp, in his fifties and an ordained minister turned war-worker, applied for a group life policy at Brown Shipbuilding in Houston. He claimed 30 children, 19 alive, 18 boys and 12 girls, with six sons in the army. Four married sons are 1-A, oldest child 39, youngest 3, 21 grandchildren.
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Army Houston
Texas
Brown Shipbuilding Company
Ira Knapp
Knapp
Green Once Sacred Color in Mexico
An ancient belief tied green to sacred status in Mexico, reflecting its use in rituals and symbolizing nature and life across prehispanic traditions and early colonial remnants.
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Green
Mexico
Democrats Win In Congress Contest In Oklahoma's Second District
Democrats claimed a national triumph in Oklahoma as the Second district election drew major battle lines. Republicans blamed the New Deal machine and predicted a different outcome in November while national party leaders joined the fray and the Roosevelt administration was cited as the central issue.
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Paul Miller
Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
W. G. Stigler
E. O. Clark
Demos
House of Representatives
Stigler
Clark
Jack Nichols
Nichols
American Legion
Hannegan
Washington
Robert E. Hannegan
Moore
Ed H. Moore
Elmer Thomas
Malcolm E. Rosser, Jr
Alber Barkley
Kentucky
Robert Kerr
Thomas
O’daniel
D Tex
Barkley
Congress
Illinois
New York
Transport Pilots Refuse to Fly Milk Runs in Burma
Air commando transport pilots on routes into the Allied base in Burma seek combat time. They prefer bombing or dropping supplies over uneventful flights, hoping to kick bombs from planes passing Japanese installations. Lt. James Richmond of Atchison, Kansas, has an unconfirmed Japanese hut to his credit.
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India-Burma
Burma
Air Command
James Richmond
Atchison, Kas
A battlefield adage on comrades and courage at dawn
The speaker notes that sharing a bathroom with others and staying on speaking terms indicate either exceptional character or habitual dirtiness. It claims only a small percentage of men who have fired at dawn ever die, implying survivability or resilience in frontline life.
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Coast Guard
Eniwetok
Marshall Islands
Marine Corps
NEA
Army
Work Corps
Boren
Ada News
Czech
New Deal
Bob Bianks, Jr
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