Farm Development Becomes First Goal of New Board
Oklahoma City May 3 AP The Kerr administration launches a state planning and resources board to promote agricultural and industrial development. The aim includes cheap limestone fertilizer distribution statewide, with federal bonuses and reduced intrastate freight rates. a 15 member board will oversee county campaigns to expand limestone use.
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Oklahoma City
Kerr
Zay
Aacert
Ing
E. W. Smartt
Smartt
AAA
Kay, Noble
Payne, Creek
Okmulgee
Sequoyah
Muskogee
Casses
Oklahoma
Ilinois
Planning and Resources Board
Ottawa County
Delaware
Adair
Leflore
McCurtain
Craig
Mayes
Cherokee
Haskell
Latimer
Pushmataha
Choctaw
Nowata
Carter
Linecoln
Seminole
Pentotope
Johnston
Marshall
Grant
Garfield
Logan
Cleveland
McClain
Garvin
Murray
Alfalfa
Major
Blaine
Caddo
Canadian
Grady
Stephens
Jefferson
Comanche
Cotton
General Welfare and War Effort Urgency Urges Unity
Governor Kerr emphasizes the overall welfare of the nation over individual interests and calls for rapid war victory with minimal material costs and American casualties. He brands John L. Lewis as Public Enemy No 1 for threatening essential war production and urges continued Allied resolve as Axis powers face tightening pressure.
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America
John L. Lewis
Hitler
Tunisia
United Nations
Africa
Mediterranean
Europe
Stalin
Fruit And Vegetable Point Changes Listing
The Associated Press summary lists revised point values for canned fruits vegetables juices and related products including apricots cherries peaches pineapple grape juice tomatoes and other items with updated points across several pack sizes and varieties.
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Associated Press
OPA
Cort Mess
Ada School Finances 28 Jeeps for Army
In the Buy-a-Jeep contest Hays school purchased about 28 Jeeps for the Army over two months starting March 1. Bonds sold in that period totaled $25,893.25.
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Ada School
Army
Hays School
Byng School Holds Bond Sale Without Pie Supper
Byng school conducted a bond sale not tied to a pie supper or auction. The event last week raised $1,593 for the school.
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Byng School
Jesse Bond Sale Nets $808.15
A bond sale in Jesse last week raised $808 plus in sar bonds and stamps. An accompanying auction helped boost the total sum. Among items sold were two community made quilts.
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Jesse
Vanoss Holds Bond Sale and Pie Supper
Vanoss community raised 754 dollars in a bond sale and pie supper last week. Officials from the Oklahoma State bank were on hand to issue the bonds and stamps.
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Vanoss
Oklahoma State Bank
Sixteen Year Olds Accepted For Aircraft Assembly Training
An East Central State college program will accept high school students for six week aircraft assembly training. Girls 16 and older and boys up to 17 years six months can enroll, with job placement guaranteed after completion as Southwestern aircraft factories seek workers. Apply at the United States Employment Service then at East Central State college.
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East Central State College
Hugh Norris
Norris
Armed Services
Southwestern
United States Employment Service
E. 12Th St
Cecil Cummins
East Central Project
Ada High School Bond and Stamp Sale
Ada High School held a White Elephant War Bond sale Friday morning raising 2433.75 dollars. A similar sale is planned at the senior high Thursday afternoon May 6 with Trice Broadrick as auctioneer. Top bid was 1000 dollars for a chocolate wage paid by Dorothy Pembern, and items ranged from gum to cakes and beverages priced to match.
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Ada High School
Trice Broadrick
Dorothy Pembern
Marriage Licenses Issued to Four Local Couples
Ross Hays Miller and Catherine Bailey of Ada. Carl E. Southers and Dorothy W. Staton of Madill. A F Thetford and Nona Brown of Sulphur. Bruce Shirley of Asher and Wanda Mae Arthur of Byars.
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Ross Hays Miller
Catherine Bailey
Ada
Carl E. Southers
Dorothy W. Staton
Madill
A. F. Thetford
Nona Brown
Bruce Shirley
Asher
Wanda Mae Arthur
Byars
Pontotoc Soldier Hosts Roosevelt at Camp Gruber
Staff Sgt. Ernest Kniffin of Ada supervised food service for about 500 men at Camp Gruber when President Roosevelt visited. The president ate regular camp rations, praised the mess crew, and joked he doesn’t get meals this good at the White House. Kniffin is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E C Kniffin of Rosedale.
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Ernest Kniffin
Ada
Army
Roosevelt
Camp Gruber
Kniffin
White House
E. C. Kniffin
Rosedale
Sergeant Tucker Tapped for Presidential Visit at Camp Gruber
Sergeant Morris E Tucker of Ada Oklahoma and eight others from the 16th Field Artillery brigade were chosen to host the President during a recent Camp Gruber visit. Tucker, promoted to sergeant, recalled the moment as one of the happiest of his life after meeting the president and aides in the camp mess hall. He played baseball and basketball in Ada before his selection for outstanding service to his unit.
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Camp Gruber
Oklahoma
Morris E. Tucker
E. A. Tucker
Ada
16Th Field Artillery Brigade
United States
Sgt. Tucker
Camp Mess Hall
Tucker
Earl Norman Named Flight Commander at Curtis Field
Earl R. Norman was recently appointed flight commander at Curtis Field in Brady Texas. He is a Brady native who has taught at Brady as a flight instructor for two years and completed training at Fort Worth before joining the U S Army Air Corps.
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Earl R. Norman
Curtis Field
Brady
Texas
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Earl
East Central College
Fort Worth
U. S. Army Air Corps
Earl Norman
Hose Not Only Nylon Source
Clyde Bailey, local War Production Board chairman, urges using silk and nylon beyond hosiery. He notes sheer hose contain little silk compared with all silk garments and urges collecting used silk and nylon from schools, laundries, and homes, with Gwin's Drug Store arranging pickups.
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Clyde Bailey
War Production Board
Gwin’s
Sooner pilots and ground crews win many awards
Oklahoma airmen dominate the list of Distinguished Service Crosses and Silver Stars in World War II reporting from Australia. Six Oklahomans earn top honors for actions from the Philippines to New Guinea, with several pilots cited for bravery in battles at Rabaul, Darwin, Buna, and Clark Field, while ground troops and support crews receive Silver Stars, Bronze Oak Leaves, and Purple Hearts for acts of valor and sacrifice.
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Dean Schedler
Australia
Pacific
Boepos
Reyn ‘Morehead
Donalson
Ries
Philippines
Java
Darwin
New Guinea
Kelsay
H Y
Hossey
Adams
Mindanao
Denver
Walter B. Putnam
Oklahoma City
Benny-the- Put
Putnam
Cebu
Southwest Pacific
Buna
Jack Donalson
Tulsa
Clark Field
Bataan
James B. Morehead
Washington
Oklahoma
MacArthur
Morehead
John S. Hancock
Haileyville
Hancock
Rabaul
Vunukanau
Lakawai
Clyde B. Kelsay
Meeker
Curtis J. Holdridge
Altus
Corp
Russell D. Johnson
McAlester
del Monte
Nathaniel H. Blanton
Earlsboro
Douglas H. Logan
Major Sheldon Promoted In Service From Camp Wolters
OUR MEN IN SERVICE reports Harry P. Sheldon secretary treasurer of the Camp Wolters Texas officers mess has been promoted to Major. Before entering the armed service Major Sheldon was connected with the S Q Clothiers in Oklahoma and Texas.
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Harry P. Sheldon
Camp Wolters
Tex
Armed Service
Sheldon
S. & Q. Clothiers
Oklahoma
Texas
Local Officers Earn Commissions and Training Updates
Harold Wesley Snowdor received a second lieutenant commission on April 23 after completing the officer candidate course at the Infantry School Fort Benning Georgia. Harold Mitchell has begun radio training at Fort Knox Kentucky, son of Mr and Mrs George Mitchell Ada. Ward Edgmon ranks among the latest student officer class from the pilots Pre flight School at San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, former resident of Byars.
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Harold Wesley Snowd
Infantry School
Ft. Benning
Snowder
S. W. Snowder
Stratford
Pfc
Harold Mitchell
Ft. Knox, Ky
George *. Mitchell
Ada
Ward F. Edgmon
San Antonio
Second Lt Melvin C Hendrex Receives Bombardier Wings
Second Lt Melvin C Hendrex earned his bombardier wings after bombing training at the San Angelo Army field in Texas. He is the son of Mr J. H. Hendrex of Rt. 1, off.
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Melvin C. Hendrex
San Angelo
Texas
Hendrex
A J. H. Hendrex
Rt. 1
Burns Promoted to Staff Sergeant in Army
SGT. JOHN H. BURNS advances to staff sergeant. He is the son of Mrs. Katie Burns of 417 West Twelfth Street.
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John H. Burns
Staff St. Burns
Katie Burns
West Twelfth Street
Corporal Hoyt C Rich Transferred to RAF Gulf Coast School
CPL Hoyt C Rich moves to the Transition Flying School at the RAF Gulf Coast Training Center as part of the sixty first two engine flying training squadron. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Clarence E Rich of 221 West Thirteenth Street.
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Cpl
Hoyt C. Rich
New Transition Flying School
RAF
Gulf Coast Training Center
Corporal Rich
Clarence E. Rich
West Thirteenth Street
Knight Promoted to Corporal at Las Vegas Army Gunnery School
Eugene L Knight, son of Mr and Mrs W A Knight of Stuart, was recently promoted to corporal at the Las Vegas Army gunnery school.
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Eugene L. Knight
Las Vegas
W. A. Knight of
Stuart
Ada pilot earns silver wings in Army Air Forces
HAL E. ROLING received the silver wings of a flying officer in the Army Air Forces Thursday. Lieutenant Roling is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Roling of 1143 South High School Avenue, Ada.
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Hal E. Roling
Army Air Forces
Lieutenant Roling
Henry J. Roling
South Highschool Avenue
Ada
Soldier Vandever Transferred to Fort Knox Armor School
PFC. Douglas Vandever, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Vandever of Rt. 2 Reff Okla, has been transferred to the Armored Force School at Fort Knox Kentucky. He is enrolled in a new special Wheeled Vehicle department course.
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Douglas Fairbanks Vandever
J. T. Vandever
Rt. 2
Okla
Armored Force School
Fort Knox
Chester Lee Bumpers Graduates Naval Diesel Engine School
Chester Lee Bumpers U S Navy son of Mr and Mrs M T Bumpers of Roff Okla has just graduated from the Naval Diesel Engine School Humrbill Institute of Technology Los Angeles Bumpers now attends a training school for Petty Officers
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Chester Lee Bumpers
U. S. Navy
M. T. Bumpers
Roff, Okla
Naval Diesel Engine School
Humrbill Institute of Technology
Los Angeles
Bumpers
Perriman and Crow Graduate From Army Air Field Schools
Otis Lucian Perriman of Oklahoma and A. L. Crow of Ada recently completed training at Army Air Field schools. Perriman, son of Mr and Mrs George W Perriman, graduated April 23 from Strother Army Air Field in Kansas in the largest basic flying class. Crow, son of Mr and Mrs W T Crow, finished the Army Air Force Gullery school in Arizona after enlisting January 13, 1943.
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Otis Lucian Perriman
George W. Perriman
Rt. 1
Rofs
Okla
Strother Army Air Field
Kansas
Perriman
Strothefield
A. L. Crow
W. T. Crow
Ada
Army Air Force Gullery School
Ariz
Pvt. Crow
Army
Ada Soldier Harlin Coventon Promoted to Corporal
Harlin W. Coventon of Ada rises from private first class to corporal in the 100th Division at Fort Jackson South Carolina. He serves with the Army unit based at Fort Jackson.
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Harlin W. Coventon
Ada
Cpl. Conventon
Fort Jackson
South Carolina
Lieutenant Glen Ansell Graduates as Army Air Force Navigator
Lieutenant Glen Ansell has graduated from the Army Air Force training school in Hondo Texas as navigator. He is the son of Mrs. Andy Dehner and the grandson of Mrs. D. C. Ansell of Ada. He remains at Hondo as an instructor.
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Glen Ansell
Hondo, Texas Army Air Force Training School
Andy Dehner
D. C., Ansell
Ada
Hondo
Harris receives flying officer commission at Waco school
Lt. Virgil G. Harris is commissioned as a flying officer at the Waco Black land flying school on April 22. He lives in Allen and attended East Central College. Lt. and Mrs. Harris visited his parents.
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Virgil G. Harris
Waco Blackland Flying School
Harris
Allen
East Central College
Hawkinson Named Instructor at Dalhart Army Air Base
Lt. Frank L. Hawkinson assigned as instructor at the Army Air Force Base in Dalhart Texas. He is the son of Mrs. Marguerite Hawkinson of 907 East Twelfth Street.
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Frank L. Hawkinson
Army Air Force Base
Dalhart
Texas
Marguerite Hawkinson
East Twelfth Street
New Citizens Told Peace To Have Its Obligations Too
Two hundred soldiers from 36 nations were naturalized at CAMP PHILLIPS as Brig. Gen. H. J. Malony and Saline County Judge Roy A. Smith stressed duties along with rights. Malony urged obedience to army rules now, while Smith warned future obedience to U S laws after the war.
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Camp Phillips
H. J. Malony
94Th
Saline County
Roy A. Smith
United States
Gen. Malony
Liberalized sugar rationing rules for home canning announced
The Office of Price Administration issued simplified regulations for Dallas and Atlanta CPA regions. Consumers may receive one pound of sugar per four quarts of finished canned fruit, with a 25 pound per consumer annual cap. Jams and related products get up to five pounds, with total canning and preserves limited to 25 pounds from March 1, 1943, to February 29, 1944.
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Dallas
Tex
Office of Price Administration
Atlanta
CPA
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
Missouri
OPA
OU Junior ROTC Cadets to Enter Army May 21
The University of Oklahoma will order 143 Junior ROTC cadets to active duty on May 21. They will report to Fort Sill for a 13 week basic training course, announced Lieut. Col. Charles H. Brammell.
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O. U.S
R.O.T.C
ARMY
Norman
University of Oklahoma
Charles H. Brammell
Brammell
Eighth Service Command
Fort Sill
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