Meats Freed From Rationing Except For Steaks and Roasts
Washington May 3 The OPA announced all meats except beef steaks and roasts are ration free effective at midnight. Pork veal lamb and mutton along with beef products vary in points now, with red stamps 8 9 and 8 new valid for butter cheese evaporated milk and beef items. The plan aims to increase market supply this summer, with validity extended to four weeks and possible renewal if cattle feed worsens.
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Washington
Office Administration
OPA
Bowles
Coastal Rail Lines Beaten Up By Bombs
A London report says rail targets across western Europe have been bombed for two months, making northern France and Belgium lines unable to bear peak loads needed by the Germans to repel an invasion, according to a ministry of economic warfare spokesman.
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London
Europe
France
Belgium
Ministry of Economic Warfare
War Metals Nearing Crisis In Nazi wartime alloys policy
German armament planners face a choice to curb alloy steel production or risk running out of key materials within a year. Britain and the United States push to cut off neutral supplies while Allied air forces widen attacks on Pas de Calais, Leverkusen, Genoa, and northern Italy as bomb tonnages surge and losses mount.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Nazi High Command
Germany
Britain
United States
Portugal
Turkey
United Nations
Sweden
Stockholm
Europe
Balkans
Finland
Pas de Calais
France
Genoa
Italy
Leverkusen
Leversaken
Cologne
Bay of Biscay
Union Objects To Vote Date At Ward Plant Election
In Chicago on May 3 the CIO United Mail Order warehouse and retail workers protested a seven day election order by NLRB to decide majority representation among about 6000 Montgomery Ward and Company employees. Miss Myrna Siegendorf called it a dirty deal while urging postponement.
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Chicago
CIO
United Mail Order
Montgomery Ward and Company
George J. Bott
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Myrna Siegendorf
Local 20
Ward’s
Sewell L. Avery
Miss Siegendorf
Chicago Industrial Union Council
Spends Two Days In Battering Carolines
U S Pacific Fleet operations off the Carolines followed the Hollandia invasion as Admiral Nimitz reported the task forces shelled Truk with 800 tons of carrier bombs and destroyed 126 enemy aircraft. The strikes extended over Saturday Sunday and Monday, showcasing the fleet's reach far from Pearl Harbor.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Hollandia
Truk
Chester W. Nimitz
Carolines
Satawan
J. B. Oldendorf
W. A. Lee
Ponape
Caroline
Nimitz
MacArthur
Wake Island
U. S
Allied anti-barge drive claims over 1700 Japanese boats sunk
Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters said Allied anti-barge operations have sunk 1,727 Japanese coastal vessels and damaged 3,548 since April 1942, crippling supply, reinforcement and evacuation efforts of the 17th and 18th Japanese armies in New Guinea and Solomon Islands theaters.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
New Britain
New Ireland
Solomons
Few Fathers Over 16 Likely to Be Drafted This Year
Washington May 3 Representative Costello predicts that up to half a million men under 26 with occupational draft deferments will be inducted in 1944. He notes 1,100,000 under 26 are deferred for farm or essential industry work and about 750,000 nonfathers are class 1-A. Costello says fathers over 26 will likely not be needed unless fronts falter, as the armed services seek 1,385,000 men in 1944.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Costello Democrat
California
Selective Service
Costello
House
Armed Services
Navy
Army
European Schools To Be Reestablished
Rep. Fulbright reports Allied education leaders tentatively plan reestablishing European school systems after the war. The program would use a fund from Allied nations to aid liberation efforts, purchase equipment, and support schools and universities, with potential help from philanthropists and education associations.
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Washington
Europe
Fulbright
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Arkansan
Greater returns for amount in vested
A brief class ad notes improved value for investors in vested funds. The ad highlights higher yields and safer options for Ada residents considering retirement accounts and trusted financial partners. It urges readers to compare terms and consult advisors before investing.
Open Debate On Tax Bill By Francis M. LeMay
Washington may 3. Chairman Doughton called for unanimous approval of a bill to simplify income tax laws for 50 million taxpayers. Republicans and Democrats expect passage Friday as the measure aims to relieve 30 million earners from filing returns and adjust withholding to cover tax liability for those earning 5000 dollars or less. It also streamlines filing for 20 million who must still file returns.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means
House
Coughton
Rep
Knutson
Stigler Draws Unopposed for Democratic Renomination
Oklahoma City May 3 W G Stigler second district congressman faced no Democratic opposition after Jacob J Jones and James A Bowser withdrew Both Muskogee based challengers cited harmony In Republican race are E O Clark and J Fred Brett Also E E Arnold of Stilwell withdrew from eastern district judgeship filing Ruth Warlick of Rocky asked her name be stricken from state rep slate
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Oklahoma City
W. G. Stigler
Jacob J. Jones
James A. Bowser
Muskogee
Harmony
E. 0. Clark
Stigler
J. Fred Brett
E. E. Arnold
Stilwell
Wirt Franklin Withdraws From Senate Race
Ardmore oilman Wirt Franklin withdraws from the Republican nomination for U S senator and backs W J Otten of Enid. He says many candidates dilute the field but his withdrawal aims to unite behind the strongest remaining candidate.
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Oklahoma City
Wirt Franklin
Ardmore
U. S
W. J. Otten
Enid
Franklin
W. J. Otjen
Walter L Phillips Dies in California After Heart Attack
Walter L. Phillips son of T G Phillips of Stonewall and Ada resident for years died Monday at his Huntington Park California home after a heart attack. He served in World War I in the Army medical corps in France and was a charter member of Norman Howard Post 72 American Legion. Survived by wife two children Tom and Marion and his father T G Phillips of Stonewall. Funeral and burial in California after father arrives.
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Walter L. Phillips
T. G. Phillips
Stonewall
Ada
Huntington Park
California
Walter Phillips
Nebraska
Army Medical Corps
France
Bordeaux
Norman Howard Post
American Legion
Drummond and Alderson
Lawton
Tom
Marion
Twister damages farms near Bison Oklahoma
A Tuesday evening tornado centered on two Garfield county farms near Bison caused smashed windows at the Joe Houska residence a half mile debris in the barn roof and destroyed a poultry house on the John Rezac property. Widespread rain and chilly weather were reported across the state with varying rainfall measurements and a cold night ahead.
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Bison
Okla
Garfield County
Ada
Joe Houska
John Rezac
Clinton
Oklahoma City
Pauls Valley
Stillwater
Ponca City
Executed Vichy Colonel Cristofini in Algiers Purge
In Algiers on May 3 a French firing squad executed Col. Pierre Cristofini for treason as commander of the Phalange Africaine. He was among four victims in the purge trials of the French committee of national liberation, which also included ex-Vichy Interior Minister Pierre Pucheu and two concentration camp guards.
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Algiers
Col
Pierre Cristofini
Phalange Africaine
North
Africa
Cristofini
French
Committee of National Liberation
Vichy
Pierre Pucheu
German Artillery Busy at Sevastopol in Crimea Front
Moscow dispatch reports German artillery firing heavily around Sevastopol after retreat through Crimea. Anti aircraft guns massed, night skies described as a sea of light with flares and burning transports. Pravda says Red air force conducts steady low altitude attacks. German probes southeast of Stanislawow. Russian lines hold elsewhere.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Crimea
Pravda
Sevastone
Red Air Force
Stanislawow
Old Poland
Egyptian Health Director Ramzi Dies in Philadelphia
Dr Adelmeguid Ramzi, one of Egypt's two delegates to the International Labor Conference, was found dead in his hotel room in Philadelphia. Deputy Coroner Matthew Roth said the preliminary finding cited a heart attack. Ramzi was director general of the Egyptian health department.
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ILC
Philadelphia
Adelmeguid Ramzi
Normandie
Matthew Roth
Armzi
Department of Health
Nineteen Men For Armed Services Thursday Morning
Local draft board No. 2 sends 19 men to Ft. Sill for training after passing pre induction physicals. They report at 6 a m Thursday in room 220 Cummings building. The list includes Arthur Lee Loyal Vanderpool John Gant Jarces Walker Joe Allison Ambers Bittle William Frenk James Albert Pitchford Woodrow Stick Harold Foreman Otho Kennedy Isoma Fender Joe Brennan Charles Davis William Woods Albert Summers Haskell Beller Floyd Evans Dave Davis.
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Ambers Bittle
William Frenk James
Albert L. Pitchford
Woodrow Wilson Stick
J. D. Harold Foreman
Otho Kennedy
Isoma Melvin Fender
Joe Michel Brennan
Charles Edgar Davis
William Howard Woods
Albert Summers
Haskell Delroy Beller
Floyd Cecil Evans
Dave Lee Davis
German Spies Flood Biscary Coast Towns
Lisbon dispatch from Tass reports German spies flood El Ferrol San Esteban Gijon Santander and San Sebastian on the Biscay coast. The dispatch says many newly arrived tourists are actually German airmen headed for secret air bases on the Iberian peninsula.
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Biscary
London
el Ferrol
San Esteban
Gijon
Santander
San Sebastian
Spanish Bay of Biscary
Tass
Lisbon
Iberian Peninsula
Ada approves annual school levy by 103 to 1
Ada voters approved the annual school levy in a decisive 103 to 1 vote on election day. The 10 mill levy will raise about one third of School District 19’s budget, largely funded by City of Ada residents.
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Ada
Two Germans Captured After Escape From Tonkawa Camp
German prisoners Conrad Witte and Herbert Bottner were captured by Newton Kansas city officers late Tuesday after escaping from the Tonkawa prison of war camp. Lt. H. T. Morris, camp public relations officer, said today.
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Tonkawa
Okla
Newton
Kas
Tonkawa Prisoner of War
H. T. Morris
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Conrad Witte
Herbert Bottner
Paul Poiret dies in Paris at 64
Bern Switzerland reports Paul Poiret, famed French fashion designer and former fashion king, died in Paris last Sunday. The Swiss telegraphic agency released the notice on May 3.
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Bern
Switzerland
Paul Poiret
Paris
Swiss Telegraphic
Three Candidates Vying for Justice of the Peace No 1
County commissioners met to fill the Justice of the Peace No 1 vacancy left by J D Willoughby who became city commissioner Three candidates John Lunsford Somer Jones and Franklin Bourland were discussed but no appointment made The timing whether to fill now or wait for the July primary was left undecided.
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Justice of the Peace No
John Lunsford
Somer Jones
Franklin Bourland
J. D. Willoughby
Twelve sergeants awarded Distinguished Flying Crosses in Pacific
Allied headquarters in the Southwest Pacific reports twelve sergeants led by Staff Sgt Severlyn B. Douglas of Chickasha Oklahoma received the Distinguished Flying Crosses from Lt Gen George C Kenney. Citations note long range bombing missions against enemy airdromes and installations and attacks on enemy ships and vessels. The decorated group displayed outstanding courage, ability and devotion to duty.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Severlyn B. Douglas
Chickasha
Okla
George C. Kenney
Britain sees record March strikes since war start
The ministry of labor reported 285 walkouts in March affecting 310,000 workers and costing 1,600,000 working days. February was previously the worst month with 272,000 affected. In March 1943 strikes involved 47,400 workers and 122,000 working days.
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London
Great Britain
Ministry of Labor
Mark Clark Pin-Up Girl Interview Draws Attention
Mrs Mark W Clark wife of the Fifth Army commander in Italy smiles during a press session in Boston revealing she is her husband s pin up girl She shows pendant earrings a gift from Gen Mark Clark and says she will send him their dog Pal as a birthday present noting his birthday falls on Monday.
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Boston
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
PESSIMIST by Bob Blanks Jr. Reported
A humorous column suggests men improve marriage by daytime separation and evening home time. Mrs Lem Wheeler collapsed yesterday while waiting for a doctor after a 2 06 appointment, due to a long delay.
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