Phillips Hinted At Ambitions In Oklahoma Politics
May 11 report notes Leon C. Phillips in Weleetka on health and life after governorship. Speculation centers on a possible bid for U S Senate or other offices while he denies current plans and vows no change of residence.
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John Owen
Oma City
Leon C. Phillips
Oklahoma
Capitol Affairs
Forthcom
Oklahoma County
U. S
Phillips
Robert S. Kerr
Weleetka
Okema
Lyle Boren
Boren
Elmer Thomas
E. H. Moore
U. S. Senate
Moore
Kerr
France Paris
Hair donation drive for war instruments sparks nationwide response
The OWI reports a flood of blonde hair donations from across the United States to support war production. Donors send strands for instruments at $1 an ounce in war bonds, with Washington Institute of Technology among recipients.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Blondie
OWI
Washington Institute of Technology
College Park
North Africa
Cowan
Tenn
Springfield
Mass
Crable reshuffles three posts in state education department
Oklahoma City May 11 Three changes in posts of the state department of education were disclosed by State Superintendent A L Crable J W Keeter Rogers county might be named assistant director of the transportation division succeeding Kemp Edgar Harris designated assistant director of the finance division effective July 1 to succeed Eerl Geren whose office is vacant Neva Kennen Ada named inspector and supervisor in the high school division The article notes a post war issue handling American Legion conventions and asks what happens to towns invaded by veteran Commandos.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
A. L. Crable
J. W. Keeter
Rogers County
Kemp
Edgar Harris
Eerl Geren
Neva Kennen
Ada
Oklahoma Air Crash Kills 15 in Oklahoma City Depot Flight
Oklahoma reports its worst aircraft disaster as a C 47 cargo plane crash near the Oklahoma City Air Depot claims 15 lives. Victims include three Oklahoma City civil servants and several Alliance Army Airfield personnel. The cause remains unexplained.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Washington
Robert E. Fitzgerald
John C. Coleman
C. W. Bradshaw
Alliance
Neb
Air Depot
Will Rogers Field
Alliance Army Airfield
R. H. Pair
Atlanta
N. C. Keister
Tax Abatement Gratifies Many as Senate Debates Waive Tax
Washington debate centers on how much tax abatement to grant to hit current payment. Senator Vandenberg says broad support exists and no principle, only degree, matters. Senator George counters that the churn continues as the Ruml Carlson plan and House bill divide on scope of tax cancellations and new withholding.
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Washington
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
House
Winter Wheat and Rye Production Declines in May Report
The Agriculture Department details May 1 conditions for this year's winter wheat at 515,159,000 bushels with 15.5 bushels per acre, down from 19.7 last year, and rye at 36,854,000 bushels, down from 57,341,000 last year. Area remained for harvest is 33,310,000 acres for winter wheat and 3,137,000 acres for rye. States Kansas and Oklahoma show varied yields, with Kansas winter wheat at 16.0 per acre and 158,832,000 bushels, and rye at 10.5 per acre and 1,281,000 bushels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kansas
Oklahoma
Rye
Biologist Links Maturity Pace to Birthday Candles
A biologist notes girls mature faster than boys but stay at mature age longer, as reflected by the greater number of candles on girls’ birthday cakes. The observation links biological development with celebratory markers across ages.
War Alarm Clocks Set Price and Release Date
The Office of Price Administration caps the war alarm clock at 1.65 dollars plus taxes, with a 10 percent federal excise tax. About 100,000 clocks with revised innards have been produced but not yet released to the public, defense plants to get first distribution, and total annual war clocks projected reach 1.7 million.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
U. S
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
Local readers learn that investing more yields higher returns in the Ada News Classified section. The notice emphasizes value for funds placed with vested accounts and highlights long term growth potential.
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Ada News
Civilian Supply Passes Senate
Senate approves a bill to create an independent Civilian Supply Administration with equal claims to armed services on home front goods. Vote 44 to 29. Senate author Maloney says a separate agency is needed to ensure rapid production and distribution of items required by armed forces and allies and to set civilian rationing needs.
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Washington
Senate
House
War Production Board
Maloney
Conn
Crude Production Swung Up Last Week
Daily US crude oil output rose to 3,901,270 barrels for the week ended May 8, up 4,975. California climbed to 774,750 barrels, and Texas to 1,391,400. Kansas fell to 293,050, while Oklahoma reached 346,950 and the Rocky Mountain region to 123,420.
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Tulsa
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
California
Eastern
Illinois
Michigan
Oklahoma
Texas
Rocky Mountain States
Kansas
Louisiana
East
Tulsa Commissioner Denies Meddling In Other Departments
Tulsa Police Commissioner Thomas I. Monroe rejects meddling accusations after Oklahoma City officials claim Tulsa officers visited to promote a fraternal order. Monroe says the department has enough work and would not interfere with other agencies.
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Tulsa
Okla
Thomas I. Monroe
Oklahoma City
Monroe
H. E. Bailey
C. H. Veale
Bailey
Fraternal Order of Police
Elizabeth Newell Files For Divorce
Elizabeth Hicks Newell a 1931 women s amateur golf champion filed for divorce from Frank Newell a golfer and Douglas Aircraft executive in Oklahoma City. She cited cruelty and noted they wed in 1941 and separated last month. Newell is currently a golf pro.
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Long Beach
Calif
Elizabeth Hicks Newell
Frank Newell
Douglas Aircraft Plant
Oklahoma City
Forrestal Seeks Postwar Navy and Merchant Marine
Baltimore May 11 Under Secretary James V Forrestal urges maintenance of both the U S navy and the merchant marine to provide police power and world security He notes the nation possesses this power and must keep it A domestic wartime issue is a shortage of laundresses as washerwomen work in war plants to clean up
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Baltimore
Honary
James V. Forrestal
U. S. Navy
Forrestal
Navy
Maryland Historical Society
Coast Guardsman Receives Medal of Honor Posthumously
President Roosevelt awarded the Medal of Honor to Douglas A Munro signalman first class for leading landing boats to rescue about 500 Marines trapped by Japanese on Guadalcanal. Munro, 22, died of wounds after directing the extraction at Point Cruz on September 27, and was the son of James and Mrs. Munro of South Cle Elum Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Coast
Guadalcanal
Robbery Strips Tulsa Couple of $1245 in Osage Hills
A Kaw City, Oklahoma couple was robbed at gunpoint while driving toward Tulsa. The man took 1200 dollars in tens and 45 dollars from Mrs. Dick while forcing Dick to disrobe in a wooded area. Mrs. Dick hid another 1200 under the dashboard. An automobile waited for the suspect.
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Tulsa
Okla
Kaw City
Osage
Here
W. R. Dick
Mrs. Dick
Gilcrease Foundation
City Schools Buy A Jeep Campaign Boosts War Savings
Ada city schools report total receipts of 72,773 dollars from stamps and bonds in the Buy A Jeep drive. With each jeep valued at 900 dollars, 80.8 jeeps were effectively purchased as a symbolic total. The campaign spans Willard, Soeos, Washington, Glenwood, Have, Junior High, Senior High, Napier School, and BO age.
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Ada City
Amt
Willard
Washington
Glenwood
Napier School
Oklahoma School Children Buy $1,006,119 in War Stamps
The War Savings Staff praised Oklahoma state students for purchasing War Stamps and War Bonds in the Buy-A-Jeep campaign. They raised over 1 million dollars, financing 1,117 jeeps for the state against a national goal of 10,000, and exceeded their local quota by more than tenfold.
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Oklahoma City
War Savings
Oklahoma
Hines Ordered To Remain At Sing Sing
James J. Hines a 66 year old former Tammany district leader must serve another year in Sing Sing after the state parole board denied release. He is serving a four to eight year sentence for conspiracy to operate a lottery and will not be eligible for another hearing until May 1944.
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Ossining
N. Y
James J. Hines
Tammany
Sing Sing
State Board of Parole
Hines
Parole Board
David Dressler
Nations Accept Food Conference Opens at Hot Springs
All 43 governments invited have accepted to participate in the United Nations food conference opening in Hot Springs Virginia on May 18. The meeting is the first of a series planned to address postwar problems and aims to secure a world free from want.
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Washington
Hot Springs
State Department
United Nations
Psychiatrist Ruggles urges better wartime mental screening
The American Psychiatric Association president Dr. Arthur D. Ruggles charged that preventable tragedies have occurred in war theaters due to failure to properly screen recruits. He urged nationwide enforcement of preliminary histories for inductees to prevent mental breakdowns and long term government dependency.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Detroit
American Psychiatric Association
Arthur D. Ruggles
Providence
R. L
Ruggles
Uchida Declares Japan Lacks Tech Skill but Supersedes in Spirit
Lieut. Gen. Ashinari Uchida told a Tokyo broadcast that Japan’s air force is weaker technically but stronger in spiritual strength than the United States. He aspires to increase war production and urges Japan to strike the American mainland by air as the Pacific war enters a critical phase.
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Associated Press
Ashinari Uchida
Tokyo
OWI
Uchida
Gen. Uchida
Japan
Alarming Peach Forecast For ten Southern States
The agriculture department forecast peach production in the ten early southern states at 9,141,000 bushels, the lowest on record aside from 1911 and 1932. Last year produced 19,591,000 bushels with a 1932-41 average of 15,108,000. Winter and spring freezes damaged buds, especially in Arkansas Oklahoma and the Carolinas. Oklahoma production stood at 226,000 bushels versus 477,000 a year earlier.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Carolinas
Knox Expects Nazi Air Opposition
Secretary of the Navy Knox said Germany would try to block Mediterranean supply routes after the Tunisia victory but would not stop Allied shipping. He did not estimate when the Mediterranean routes would open under an Allied air umbrella from North Africa, noting the move would shorten routes to the Middle East by about 5000 miles.
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Washington
Knox
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Africa
Middle East
Third War Loan Drive Postponed
Washington reports the Third War Loan Drive is postponed to September due to the second campaign’s strong performance. Undersecretary Daniel Bell cites $5.533 billion more than planned subscribed, totaling $18.533 billion in securities sold, prompting postponement of the August start.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Daniel Bell
Bell
Memorial services for Andrews held with UN officers
London May 11 Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and 13 others killed May 5 in a plane crash in Iceland were memorialized in a ceremony described as the largest gathering of high ranking United Nations officers since the war began. The service drew numerous military leaders and officials in attendance.
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London
Frank M. Andrews
Iceland
United Nations
Allied leaders attend ceremony at Wendton Barracks chapel
In the Royal Chapel of Wendton Barracks American officers led by Lieut. Gen cob L. Devers and Admiral Harold R. Stark plus John G. Winant attended a simple service before a high altar with six candles and a silver cross. British attendance included Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten and scores of generals admirals and air marshals in attendance.
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Wendton Barracks
Cob L. Devers
Andrews
U. S
Harold R. Stark
John G. Winant
Britain
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Kerr Goes To Washington
Governor Kerr travels to Washington on May 25 to push for more war trainee slots at state colleges and present Oklahoma’s highway construction plan. He will also meet social security officials regarding the new act allowing elderly workers to continue receiving aid without reduction.
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Oklahoma City
Kerr
Washington
Oklahoma
Nelson Urges Full-Time War Plant Schedules for Holidays
Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board asked for regular full-time work in essential war plants during the Memorial Day and Independence Day weekends. He suggested moving traditional civic observances to Sunday where feasible.
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Wshington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Leonard Fox Dies at 56 in City
Leonard A. Fox longtime area insurance agent died yesterday at age 56. Survived by a daughter Mrs J K Wright Jr of Bartlesville.
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Oklahoma City
Leonard A. Fox
J. K. Wright Jr
Bartiesville
Williamson Rules On Penitentiary Shirts
Oklahoma Attorney General Mae Q Williamson ruled that the state board cannot delegate to Warden Fred Hunt of McAlester Penitentiary the authority to contract with the federal government to manufacture 100000 shirts for the armed forces. The decision said delegation would go against public policy and seek to cut red tape in the transaction.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Affairs
Fred Hunt
McAlester Penitentiiary
Mae Q. Williamson
Williamson
Fire alarm blazes on Winthrop avenue ends quickly
A 3 11 alarm drew Chicago fire apparatus to the 6000 block on Winthrop avenue where engines and ladders filled the street. The blaze was extinguished in minutes and a fireman noted the only damage was to a roast with the owner joking it was a 31 point roast.
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Chicago
Winthrop Avenue
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