Two Pontotoc County Soldiers Killed in Southwest Pacific
Among the Associated Press list of men killed in action in the Southwest Pacific are Pontotoc County soldiers Pfc. Edd M. Alberson and Sgt. Troy A. McGill. Alberson was killed March 23, his family reports, while McGill died of wounds from Los Negros Island after over two and a half years in service. McGill, born in Texas and moved to Ada, had a sister in Madill. Both families had members serving in the armed forces.
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Asociated” Press
Southwest Pacific
Pontotoc County
Pfc
Edd M. Alberson
Johnnie Alberson
Fittstown
Troy A. McGill
Bertie M. Fowler
East Fourth
Madill
Alberson
Hickory Hill
The
News
Los Negros Island
McGill
Sgt. McGill
Sgt
Texas
Ada
Oklahoma Names Killed in Action in Four War Theaters
Army lists Oklahoma casualties by theater Southwest Pacific Asiatic European and Mediterranean regions names include Pfc Edd Alberson Pvt Lonnie Appleton Pvt John Lovett Sgt Troy McGill Pvt Joseph Williams Pfc William Mathia and many others with home towns such as Fittstown Pawhuska Ada Guthrie and Gotebo plus units and routes across Oklahoma reflecting official wartime notices.
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Washington
Army
Southwest Pacific
Edd M. Alberson
Agnes Alberson
Fittstown
Pontotoc County
Tech
Lonnie W. Appleton
Luis Appleton
Red Eagle
Pawhuska
John E. E. Lovett
James B. Lovett
Boynton
William C. Mathia
Arthur E. Mathia
Turkey Ford
Delaware County
Troy A. McGill
Bertie M. Fowler
East Fourth
Ada
Madill
Joseph D. Williams
Maggie Williams
Howe
LeFlore
Franklin A. Willis
Emma _ Hubbard
Guthrie
Asiatic Area
Dewie J. Allen
Albert L. Allen
Ninnekah
Grady County
William E. Clark
Hulda E. Clark
Gotebo
Kiowa County
Horace L. Gray
John D. Gray
Bokchito
Bryan County
Albert C. Schaeffler
Fred Schaeffler
Rebecca M. Morgan
Erick
Lewis A. Strange
Elgin
Comanche County
Clarita Cotton Improvement Club reorganizes leadership
The Clarita Cotton Improvement Club elected W. J. Burns as Chairman Dennis Daniels as vice chair J S Maytubby as secretary and treasurer Clyde Shirley and J M Nelson as directors The club reports growing D and PL-114 cotton and via the Clarita gin is producing over 800 bushels A National Program on cotton improvement assists members using certified seed for planting decisions.
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Clarita Cotton Improvement Club
W. J. Burns
Clarita
Dennis Daniels
J. S. Maytubby
Clyde Shirley
J. M. Nelson
Farmers control cattle parasites with state dip program
State Board of Agriculture dip program allows greater parasite control on cattle this year. Fourteen vats stay charged and Tupelo cattle owners plan a new vat to expand efforts.
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State Board of Agriculture
Tupelo
Farmers plant Native Prairie grass under conservation program
This month the Conservation Service helped several Blue and Boggy farmers plant Native Prairie grass. Participants include J. E. Collins J. M. Nelson Albert James Fred Barrett W. M. Stutte P. J. Flowers and Eugene Daniels. Two ten acre tracts of sericea lespedera were planted by Tom Lempkin and Z. K. McKay. Byron T. Smith urges sericea for permanent hay and more permanent hay crops per farm to support livestock, in cooperation with the AAA.
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The
Conservation Service
J. E. Collins
J. M. Nelson
Albert James
Fred Barrett
W. M. Stutte
P. J. Flowers
Eugene Daniels
Tom Lempkin
Lehigh
Z. K. McKay
Stonewall
Parker seeks second term as county commissioner
Earl V. Parker, district 1, announces his candidacy to succeed himself in the upcoming democratic primary on July 11. He cites war duties and budget limits but appeals to voters with a record of attention to the county valuation of 14 million dollars and plans to expand an all-weather road program.
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Earl V. Parker
Parker
Earl
Spigno Befits as Germans Withdraw From Mountain Stronghold
American troops reach Spigno in the Apennines to find the town in ruins and no German infantry, indicating retreats from forward positions. Prisoners were taken in the Mount Cavita area as artillery, not infantry, fights persist. residents greet the arrival with relief while a donkey train carries supplies up the cliff.
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Sid Feder
Fifth Army
Spigno
Mount Cavita
Ausente
French Foreign Legionnaires
al l
Robber Loots Mount Paramount After The Uninvited Showing
An armed masked man entered the manager's office at the Mount Paramount theater in Atlanta during a showing of The Uninvited and stole 1800 dollars from three employees last night.
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Atlanta
Paramount
Chicago Breeze Reports Average Wind Speed of 12 MPH
The Windy City records an average wind velocity of 12 miles per hour. Data shows Chicago experiences steady air movement amid urban weather patterns.
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Windy City
Chicago
Farm Views and News: Conserving Poultry Feed Amid Shortage
County Agent C. H. Hailey reports a critical poultry feed situation. Farmers can conserve feed by using extra milk for hens and young stock and rely on improving green feed. Milk and green feed supply essential nutrients for growth, feathering, and economical laying, while outlook for green feeds appears positive.
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C. H. Hailey
Jersey calf sold for dairy herd improvement in Ada show
D. H. Higdon of Oakman bought an eight month old Jersey calf from Ed L. Palmer of Sulphur Springs Texas. Bred by Arkansas State A and M College Magnolia the calf is touted as a top Jersey sire. Higdon plans to exhibit at the Dairy Parish show in Ada on May 25.
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D. H. Higdon
Oakman
Ed L. Palmer
Sulphur Springs
Texas
Arkansas State A. and
M. College
Magnolia
Higdon
Dairy Parish
Ada
Hereford Tour Announced By Dean Blizzard
Dean W L Blizzard of A and M college announces the Annual Hereford tour in Oklahoma for July 1 with a schedule of ranch visits starting at 7 30 a m at Carpenter Ranch and continuing to Delaney Harvey Buxton Turner and Calvert Ranches and a Turner field day for 4 H Club and F F A boys on the same date.
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Dean W. L. Blizzard
A. and
M. College
Oklahoma
Carpenter Ranch
Delaney Ranch
Twelfth Annual Agronomy Field Day Set in Stillwater
The Stillwater Agronomy Field Day on May 17 features a farm tour and field crop soils studies including small grain breeding lime and fertilizer effects on crops. Agronomy staff will present on pasture grasses alfalfa and related studies.
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Stillwater
Agronomy
Agronomy Department
Insect Damage Reported in Victory Gardens
Victory gardeners report early insect damage to vegetable plots. A control leaflet is available at the office, and materials for pest control can be bought at drug stores or seed stores.
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Victory
T B And Bangs Tests E F Lowe Farmers Cattle
E F Lowe a Colbert area farmer plans TB and Bangs tests with about 50 head of cattle. The test is a cooperative program among several farmers in the county section.
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Bangs
E. F. Lowe
Colbert
T. B
Pontotoc County Anguses Nominate Show Herd for State Fair
The Angus breeders of Pontotoc County nominated a show herd of 10 cattle to compete at the Oklahoma State Fair this fall. Each breeder may exhibit up to four head, with expected rivalry from Tulsa and Cleveland counties. Pontotoc has won the Hereford title the last two years and aims to repeat with Angus.
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Pontotoc County
Tulsa
Cleveland
Bob Austell Announces Run For County Commissioner District 2
Bob Austell of Center announces candidacy for county commissioner district 2 in the Democratic primary on July 11. A World War I veteran, farmer, and former rural mail carrier, he pledges honest service and focus on school bus and mail roads usable in all weather.
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Bob Austell
Pontotoc County
Austell
Stonewall
R. H. Austell
Haynes Hardware Company
Loyal To Hitler Drop Citizenship and Lose U S Status
A Bronx couple who proclaimed loyalty to Hitler had their U S citizenship canceled at their own request, restoring them as German nationals in federal court. Their 20 year old daughter Enna, once in the Hitler Youth, now risks internment or deportation as enemy aliens after 1926 arrival and 1933 naturalization. No internment steps yet.
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New York
Bronx
Hitler
U. S
William
Meta Siebert
Enna
United States
Phosphate Shipped To Pontotoc County By Demand For Soils
Soil analysis has become a business in Pontotoc county with many farmers sending samples to Stillwater for analysis. Seventy five percent of samples show low to medium available phosphorus and remedies include 100 to 200 pounds of super phosphate or 400 to 500 pounds of rock phosphate per acre. Plans under way to ship rock phosphate from Tennessee, first carload ordered, while a lime program delivers about 20 carloads to farmers. A lime spreader on a truck spreads lime across land to reduce waste.
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Pontotoc County
Stillwater
C. H. Hailey
Tennessee
W. E. McCullar
Route 1
Ada
Bowles Sees Vast Untouched Oil Areas After War
Senate hearing outlines postwar oil outlook with many undeveloped regions awaiting drilling. Bowles argues government controls rather than prices slowed exploration and notes domestic crude output at record levels despite price caps while reserves declined little.
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Washington
United States
Price
Chester Bowles
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Bowles
Head of Russian Church Dies at 68
Metropolitian Sergei, head of Moscow and all Rus sia, died of a brain hemorrhage. He lay in state at the Boy gyavlensky Cathedral with burial set for Thursday. Nikolai, Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia, is seen as his likely successor amid roles on the German atrocity investigation commission.
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Moscow
Metropolita Sergei
All Russia
Boygyavlensky
Yugoslav Youth Rally Closes After Five Days of Debates
A Yugoslav youth rally in a mountain village ends after five days of singing, dancing, and debates. About 800 delegates aged 15 to 25 faced perilous journeys home, with some dying during attempts to evade German and Quisling forces.
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John Talbot
Associated Press
Yugoslavia
Enid Combat Flier Claims First Aerial Kill
Lieutenant Howard A. Linderer from Enid Oklahoma shot down a German pursuit plane for his first kill in aerial combat. He said a short burst caused smoke and flame obscuring his vision before the enemy aircraft fell. He is a Thunderbolt pilot and Enid High School graduate.
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London
Howard A. Linderer
Thunderbolt
Enid
Okla
Army Air Force
Linderer
Germany
Enid High School
C H. Dowd
Hot Lunch Program Returns in Agriculture Bill Fight
The Senate Appropriations Committee considers restoring a 50 million dollar school lunch fund cut by the House from the Agriculture Department bill. A subcommittee led by Senator Russell recommends reinstating lunch funds and continuing FSA rehabilitation loan programs by authorizing a 97.5 million dollar borrow from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for the new fiscal year.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Senate Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
House
Senate Appropriations
Russell
D.-Ga
Farm Security Administrations
FSA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
British Transports Ready for Invasion Call Pictures
London papers publish photos of British transports and landing craft massed at bases with captions saying they are ready for invasion. Images include some vessels flying the Stars and Stripes and roads lined with U S trucks and equipment. Also noted are about 150 husbands and 670 wives in Egypt under age ten, with sixty of the wives widows.
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London
Life
London Illustrated News
United States
Egypt
Bombings and Sabotage Turbulence Hit Italy Front
Swiss reports from the border say Allied actions around the Gustav line plus bombings and partisan sabotage have disrupted food deliveries and caused mass displacement in Italy. About 500,000 fled the southern war zone toward Rome while refugees pile up, with Florence southward cut off from northward relief.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Bern
Switzerland
Gustav Line
Italy
Mussolini
Rome
Florence
Swiss Telegraphic Agency
Chiasso
Apennines
Bellinizona
Gallarate
Piazenza
National Committee of Resistance
Lombardy
Piedmont
Toscano
Wehrmacht
Honeymoon Ends For Boy Bride In Child Theft Case
Ellsworth Wise carver, 14, and Elaine Wise carver, 21, returned from Denver on a warrant. Elaine is jailed on suspicion of child stealing. Mrs Mildred Wisecarver is not charged. The couple expects to wait until Ellsworth is of age.
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Los Angeles
Ellsworth Wisecarver
Elaine
Denver
Mildred Wisecarver
Wisecarver
Compromise Suit On D C Lots in Oklahoma City OK
Oklahoma City approves a compromise settlement of two lawsuits over 34 civic center downtown lots for a net cost of 290 dollars. The deal was recommended by Mayor Hefner and the Research Institute Inc board of directors, a voluntary taxpayers group.
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Oklahoma City
City Coun Sel
Hefner
Board of Directors
Research Institute, Inc
Oklahoma Strawberry Forecast Dims Amid Cold Spring
Oklahoma agriculture predicts a late strawberry season with 14 000 crates, only 27 percent of last year’s 66 000, due to a cold wet spring. Soil moisture is ample and truck crops may rise with warmer sunny days. Onion spinach and watermelon acreages show increases, with the watermelon crop at 15 000 crates from prior year figures.
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Oklahoma City
Priest Apology Lifts Orlemanski Suspension in Springfield
Rev. Stanislaus Orlemanski, suspended for a Moscow trip, has had the suspension lifted after an apology letter to Bishop Thomas H. OLeary. Orlemanski, ill at his parish house, already faced notes of an intended move to a monastery and a reported mental and physical breakdown.
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Springfield
Mass
A. Shea
Stanislaus Orlemanski
Moscow
Thomas H. O’leary
Orlemanski
O’leary
Slemanski
Red Skelton Draft Case Referred to State Board
Hollywood officials said Red Skelton’s draft case was sent to the state selective service director for an opinion on postponing an auction set for May 25. The inquiry asks whether his activities are essential. Skelton will be 31 next July 1.
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Hollywood
Red
Skelton
State Selective Service Director
Wife of Top Sooner Ace Tours Plane Factory
Mrs Barbara Johnson of Lawton Oklahoma visited the Republic Aviation Corporation plant in Farmingdale New York to tour the P 47 Thunderbolt fighter factory where her husband Captain Robert S Johnson scored 27 aerial victories. Alfred Marcher president escorted her through the plant and she sat in a Thunderbolt cockpit chatting with workers at a buffet luncheon.
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Farmingdale
N. Y
Barbara Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Republic Aviation Corporation
Robert S. Johnson
Alfred Marcher
Johnson
Republic Aviation
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Logan Brothers
AAA
R. D. Cody
Charles Vertrees
Sapulpa F.F.A
Fred Fretz
Sapulpa
Oklahoma Poultry and Egg Producers Merchandising Committee
Hereford
Ada News
Josep Broz
Tito
Tés
Enid Combat
Eer Kip Kouml
U.S
A. L. Jeffrey
D. C
Red Skelton
State Board
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