Americans Break German Defense at Mateur Tunisia
Mateur, Tunisia May 4. The American army in Africa demonstrates mature offensive power as air, infantry and artillery coordinate to capture hill 609 and surrounding positions. Five attack problems were solved, enabling a successful push from the mousetrap hills to Mateur and the breakup of German and Italian defense along the Mediterranean coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mateur
Diebel Talient
Jenna
Mediterranean
Axit
Tunisia
Beja
Tebourba
Medjez-El-Bab
Sidi Bou Zid
Djebe Tahent
Tahent
Djebel Tahent
Djebel Azzag
Djebel Ajred
Sedjenane-Mateur Road
Green Hill
Bald Hill
Africa
Carpoaches
Bizerte
Corps France D’afrique
Salt Lake Garnet Achkel
General Andrews Bishop Leonard Killed In Crash
General Andrews and Bishop Leonard died in a crash while serving in wartime roles. Andrews, 66, led U S Army European troops from Britain and held the Vatican post in Washington. He had commanded in the Middle East and headed the air force reorganization. His death leaves Maj. Gen. Harry C. Ingles temporarily in charge of European forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
Leonard
Roosevelt
Francis J.) Spellman
New York
Andrews
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
Middle East
U.S. Army
General Headquarters Air Force
Harry C. Ingles
Infantry and Signal Corps
America
Washington Dispatches
Ingles
Panama
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Military Academy
Signal Corps
General Staff
Air Corps
Caribbean
U. S
A&M Grads Await Army Induction
In Stillwater on May 4, senior graduates from Oklahoma A and M awaited orders for induction. Freshmen and sophomores in the enlisted reserves planned to report to Fort Sill, with senior reserves to Fort Benning Fort Knox and Camp Hood. Juniors anticipate when they will depart already on 14 day furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Oklahoma A
M. College
Fort Sill
Fort Benning
Fort Knox
Camp Hood
Tex
Maxey
Six Oklahomans Wounded in World War II Action
United States war department reports six Oklahomans wounded in North Africa and Europe. In North Africa: Private Eugene C. Broadway, Private Fred A. Clark, Private Harry L. La Rue, Private Earl A. Valk. In Europe: Staff Sergeant Johnnie D. Carte and Technical Sergeant James N. Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Africa
War Department
Eugene C. Broadway
Martha Broadway
Dilton
Fred A. Clark
Mary N. Clark
Harry L. la Rue
Sarah M. la Rue
McAlester
Earl A. Valk
E. Vaulk
Oologah
Johnnie D. Carte
Hettie A. Cagle
James N. Patterson
Kelle E. Patterson
Boise City
Griffin and Lacy Obtain Fitzhugh Marriage License
Louis Guy Griffin and Miss Orene Lacy, both of Fitzhugh, secured a marriage license in a local ceremony setting. The couple plans a future wedding in the region with family present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Guy Griffin
Miss Orene Lacy
Fitzhugh
Mussolini and Germans Fear Large Scale Allied Invasion Plans
London May 4 Allied movements reported at Gibraltar and Algerian waters fueled fears of a Sicily or Sardinia invasion. German commentators warned of a possible landing before Tunisian operations end. Mussolini appealed to Hitler to aid repelling a southern invasion of Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Daniel London
Vichy Radio
Gibraltar
Algerian
Sicily
Sardinia
North Africa
Reuters
Germany
Tunisia
Ludwig Sertorius
Sertorius
High Command
Tunisian
Fifth Army
Algeria
Morocco
Mark W. Clark
Kurt Dietmar
Europe
Iith
Benito Mussolini
Hitler
Italy
County Sets May Car Quota At Seventeen
Pontotoc county and other counties in the state receive a larger automobile quota for May. The local rationing board said the May limit is 17 cars, up from 12. April was the first month the quota was fully used, and the bicycle quota for May remains 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc
McMillin Home Destroyed By Fire
The home of Major and Mrs. Frank McMillin at 2834 South Utica Tulsa partially burned Monday likely from defective wiring. The second story housing their belongings was destroyed with about 25000 dollars in damage. Major McMillin, then in Tulsa oil, now serves in Denver and the couple long resided in Ada before moving to Tulsa in 1932.
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Frank McMillin
South
Utica
Tulsa
MccMillins
U. S. Army
McMillin
Denver
Colorado
McM
Ada
Louall Drilling Co
Supreme Court Dockets From Oklahoma City May Fourth
City of Clinton ex rel Richardson v Keen original action writ granted as set out in opinion. Read Moore v Seminole county commissioners and County Treasurer Ford reversed and remanded with directions. F and M Drilling Co v May Co Osage county affirmed. Sarkeys v Evans Pottawatomie county affirmed.
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Oklahoma City
City of
Clinton
Kerr Reviews WAVES SPARS At A and M College
Oklahoma Governor Robert Kerr opened a review at Oklahoma A and M College as 1 200 WAVES and SPARS paraded with Governor Kerr and accompanying officers during the college commencement. It marked the first regimental parade since training began for the units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr
A & M College
Stillwater
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma O”Cial
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Navy and
Coast Guard
Kerr Grants Kennamer Draft Waiver Under Parole
Oklahoma City May 4 Gov Robert S Kerr agreed to grant the draft board waiver of civil custody for Phil Kennamer allowing his induction into the armed forces. Rogers county selective service board notified state parole board it is processing Kennamer who was paroled last month from a 25 year manslaughter sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Robert S. Kerr
Jnst Rught
Phil Kennamer
Rogers County Selective Service Board
State Parson and Parole Board
Kennamer
County Girls Attend 4 H Club Round up
Five Pontotoc county 4-H club girls with Mrs Jes sie Morgan left Ada for Stillwater to attend a 4-H club round-up. They plan to stay until Thursday afternoon. Attending are Geneva Cecil Byng club Jonnie Thomas and Katheryn Dyer Fitzhugh club Ouida Harris and Wilma Murray Vanoss club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Jessie Morgan
Ada
Stillwater
Geneva Cecil
Byng Club
Jonnie Thomas
Katheryn Dyer
Fitzhugh Club
Ouida Harris
Wilma Murray
Vanoss Club
Appointment Expected Soon Rogers
Washington May 4 formal announcement is expected soon of Will Rogers former Oklahoma congressman as a technical adviser to Harold L Ickes in the solid fuels administrator role Rogers has served since January as counsel to the Ramspeck committee investigating civil service at 6000 dollars annually
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Will Rogers
Oklahoma
Harold L. Ickes
Rogers
Ramspeck Committee
Oklahoma Cotton Raises Farmers' 1942 Returns
Oklahoma farmers received about two cents more per pound for cotton in 1942 than 1941. The 1942 crop yielded 708000 bales at 190 pounds per acre, down from 208. Growers earned 60585000 dollars versus 55573000 the prior season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
K. D. Blood
Troops Move by Rail in Massive American Transport
About 1,750,000 troops monthly travel on American trains as part of official troop movements. The figure highlights the scale of wartime rail mobilization and the role of transit systems in military logistics.
Obituary for Luther T. Stewart of Fitzhugh and Santa Rita
Luther Thomas Stewart died Tuesday at the Veterans hospital in Sulphur. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Criswell Funeral Home. Survived by wife, one son Eugene Stewart of Fitzhugh, one brother Alton Stewart of Santa Rita, New Mexico, and one sister Mrs. Walt Weems of Shawnee.
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Luther Thomas Stewart
Fitzhugh
Veterans Hospital
Sulphur
Criswell Funeral Home
Eugene Stewart
Alton Stewart
Santa Rita
New Mexico
Walt Weems
Shawnee
Obituary: Claud Neal Kelton Dies in Ada
Claud Neal Kelton died early Tuesday night at 809 West Thirteenth Street. Funeral services were held today at 3 30 p.m. in Criswell Funeral chapel with Rev Milo ee pastor of Oak Are e Baptist church officiating. Burial was in Memorial Park cemetery. He leaves a wife a daughter Mrs G C Bailey Ada and two grandchildren Mildred and June Bailey Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud Neal Kelton
Thirteenth Street
Criswell
Miloee
Oak Aree Baptist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
G. C. Bailey
Ada
Mildred
June Bailey
Obituary: Mrs Cora A Laughlin 1920 Tuesday death in Ada
Mrs Cora Aline Laughlin died Tuesday afternoon at her home. Born August 1 1920 in Stonewall she married Samuel Laughlin in 1939 and was formerly Cora Aline Simpson. Funeral service at Oak Avenue Baptist Church with Rev Mile Arbuckle officiating. Burial Memorial Park cemetery. Survivors include husband daughter Patricia Jane Laughlin Ada parents Mr and Mrs E H Simpson Ada brother Henry Clifton Simpson California sisters Mrs C C Madden Ada Mrs Ken Jackson Ada Mrs Newton Thompson Stonewall. Bearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Aline Laughlin
Union Pacific Tops 1942 Railroad Safety Contest
Union Pacific has the lowest employe accident frequency among large class 1 railroads for 1942, with a rate of 3.32 casualties per million man hours. The line logged 141,691,000 man hours. 1941 rate was 2.78 but a rule barred consecutive-year wins. Chesapake & Ohio and Norfolk & Western ranked second and third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Union Pacific Railroad
Raiiroad Employes National Safety
The
National Safety Council
Union Pacific
Chesagwake & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Guards to Protect Men on Pipe Line in Missouri
Governor Forrest C. Donnell ordered the Sixth Missouri Infantry State Guard to Scott county to preserve order amid a labor dispute delaying a government financed pipe line. Sheriff orders arrest of citizens refusing deputy commissions. few accepted. State Adjutant General to maintain law and order where troops are needed. Oil States Construction and Dunn Trucking work halted by AFL unions. Boltz Dredging Co. workers also halted in support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Forrest C. Donnell
Sixth Missouri Infantry
State Guard
Scott County
Donnell
Clifford M. Geyler
St. Louis
Missouri
A. F. of L
Oil States Construction Co
Dunn Trucking & Construction Co
A. F. of L.errloves
Boltz Dredging Co
Romania clamps on political talk decree bans public discussion
Romanian military authorities issued drastic orders forbidding public discussion of military or political affairs. The decree allows punishment by correctional imprisonment from six months to four years, according to a Bucharest radio report cited by the Office of War Information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bucharest Radio
Office of War Information
Nazi Retreat and Allied Advances Near Medjez El Bab
Allied forces pressed along the Mediterranean front as the Eighth Army pounded enemy positions near Medjez el Bab with heavy artillery and patrol clashes. British forces claimed 5 000 prisoners since April 21, while air actions targeted Taranto and Reggio Calabria as RAF and US bombers hit ground targets and disrupted Axis movements.
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8Th Army
Eighth Army
Enfidaville
Mediterranean
Lake Achkel
Djebel Cheniti
K. A. N. Anderson
Medjez-el- Bab
Cap Bon
North Africa
Tunis
Bizerte
First Army
Medjez-el-Bab
Pont du-Fahs
Desert Air Force
Taranto
Reggio Calabria
Italy
Anthracite Miners Strike Talks Hit Final Push
Anthracite operators in New York said they would concede four of the United Mine Workers demands but rejected key wage hikes and a portal to portal rise as impossible. John L. Lewis prepared for a union policy meeting as miners urged movement on major points. Operators cited wage directives and cost of living gains to justify refusals while proposing four substantive changes and three adjustable issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
UMW
Home Town Doctor Performs Operation
Enid Oklahoma locals celebrate a wartime medical success as Dr. R G Jacobs, formerly of Enid, performed plastic surgery to repair severe facial injuries on Marine Sgt Bill Gregg who suffered a car crash on a south Pacific island. Corporal Jack Thomas, from Gregg’s neighborhood, reported the operation to his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
Okla
South Pacific
Bill Gregg
Marines
Earl Gregg
Gregg
R. G. Jacobs
Navy
Jack Thomas
Salamander Found On Oklahoma Farm Mystery Tiger Salamander
Elbert Earnest hauled a strange creature from a creek on his farm. Dr T C Carter of Northwestern State College in Alva identified it as a tiger salamander native to Mexico and Central America, noting surprise at its Oklahoma location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central America
Oklahoa
Mexico
Woman Jailed For Failure To Save Tin
Newark police court sentenced Evelyn Jacques, president of Italian Kitchen Inc., to a day in jail for failure to prepare discarded tin cans for salvage under a February ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Evelyn Jacques
Italian Kitchen, Inc
Ernest Masini
Woman Skipper Teaches Heroes in Denver Navy Course
Capt Mary Converse, likely the only woman with a master’s merchant marine license, teaches a navigation course for navy reserve recruits in Denver. A former student, now an ensign, wrote that he was hale and hearty despite a busy schedule and his hopes to sink or damage enemy vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Mary Converse
Navy Reserve
South Pacific
Marriage Suits Them In Carlsbad
CARLSBAD New Mexico. After 13 years of marriage the couple asked Probate Judge J T Hardin to perform another ceremony due to errors in their 1930 marriage papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlsbad
N. M
Jeng
J. T Hardin
Union election ends in split vote at Chattanooga foundry
Four drivers voted in a Ross Median foundries labor election in Chattanooga Tennessee with two votes for and two against. Organizer O S Baxter of the United Steelworkers explained the union sought the ballot for four truck drivers not covered by an existing contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
O. S. Baxter
United Steelworkers of America
Sign in Auburn courtroom warns students during family slaying sanity hearing
In Auburn California a sign posted in the courtroom warns students who cut classes to attend the sanity hearing for the family of five slaying. The sign states they will be summoned before the county probation officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Calif
Survey Finds Low College Expenses at East Central State
An East Central Journal report analyzes costs for the first eight weeks of the 1943 summer term at East Central State College. It cites average weekly living costs, dorm and apartment rates, and book prices, estimating total attendance cost around 100 dollars for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central Journsl
East Central State College
East Central
Pa Ose
East Central £Are College
Weekend Visitors Visit Local Homes In Ada Neighborhood
Visitors in the Chris Pedersen home Sunday included Craden Teel and family Jimmie Teel and son Allen Crowley and daughter Barbra and Bobbie Lee Neal all of Ada. Clarence Leng and son James Luther visited the Estes home. J T McConnell and wife Goldie visited his parents. Betty Ingram called on Mrs Ney Estes. Mrs Jess Williams is slightly improved after illness. Charles Ray Pedersen is ill with measles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway News
Chris Pedersen
Craden Teel
Jimmie Teel
Allen Crowley
Barabra
Bobbie Lee Neal
Ada
Clarence Leng
James Luther
B. B
Charles Ray Pedersen
Vicious whip-wielding man hunted after stabbins leaps
Kansas City police pursue a stubble-bearded suspect described as the 15-foot whip wielder. He hops from bushes along a residential street snapping the whip at pedestrians before vanishing. Officers recover four cave like dens in the woods where he hid between incidents.
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Mr. Legree
Kansas City
Little Cave
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Bishop Leonard
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Army
Mussolini
Supreme Court
Missouri Guards
Zaghouan
Pont du Fahs
NBC
Zaghouan- Enfidaville
Epeeee
Lady Marines
Marine Corps Women’s Reserve
Tin
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