Floods Threaten Oklahoma Towns Across State
Associated Press reports worst floods in Oklahoma history as Arkansas and Verdigris rivers rise. Muskogee and Tulsa brace for crest, with many towns isolated and power and water works at risk amid heavy rain in May.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Verdigris
Weather Bureau
Muscogee
Tri-State
Missouri
Kansas
Douglas G. Wright
Grand River Dam
Big Chouteau
Muskogee
Army
Spring River
Grand Lake
Wyandotte
Quapaw
Ponca City
Bird Creek
Pawhuska
Blackwell
Enid
Tulsa
Vinita
Miami
Covington
Minco
Bartlesville
Arkansas River
Big End
Empire District Electric Company
Webbers Falls
Bixby
Coal wage row unsettled as wage board acts
A three man War Labor Board panel waits on a report this week on the soft coal wage dispute. The May 31 deadline looms for a full board decision as John L. Lewis’s United Mine Workers refuses representation. Mass miner meetings at Johnstown prompt 1,800 walkout and 900 additional strikers, raising idle miners to 2,750.
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Washington
Lpthe
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
WLB
Ickes
Lewis
Johnstown
James F. Byrnes
William H. Davis
New York
Medical staff saves 97 percent of Pearl Harbor wounded
The Office of War Information reports that over 97 percent of Pearl Harbor wounded survived. It notes 2.6 percent died later, with 53 percent back on duty by March 31, 1943, and 9.1 percent invalided, while army recoveries were similar.
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Pearl Harbor
Washington
Navy
Office of War Information
United States Army
United States
Earl Harbor
OWI
North Africa
Ridling Improves After Illness at Valley View Hospital
J A Ridling shows improvement after a serious illness at Valley View hospital. His son Pvt Junius Sonny Ridling joined him from Fort Hill to be with his father this weekend.
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J. A. Ridling
Valley View Hospital
Pvt
Junius
Sonny” Ridling
Fort 3Ill
Woods Family Visits Highlight Local Social News
Mrs Ivan H Dunton expected to arrive Wednesday from Glendale California to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Homer Woods. Another daughter Mrs John A Hawkins arriving weekend from Lidgerwood North Carolina to visit here born as Jessie Lee Woods.
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Ivan H. Dunton
Glendale
Calif
Homer Woods
Barbara Woods
John A. Hawkins
Lidgerwood
N. C
Hawkins
Jessie Lee Woods
Health Department Rushes Aid To Northeastern Area
Oklahoma City May 19 The state department of health plans rapid deployment of sanitary engineers and medics to flood damaged Arkansas valley in northern and eastern Oklahoma. Officials warn typhoid risk rises with broken water systems and polluted supplies, as immunization and sanitation efforts begin with emergency services Red Cross and county health authorities coordinating.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Health
Arkansas Valley
Oklahoma
Grady Mathews
Matthews
Emergency Medical Service
State War Council
Red Cross
Oklahoma schools receive $150000 emergency funds
Oklahoma City reports the department of education has sent $150 000 to state aided schools as part of a $550 000 windfall appropriation from the last legislature. County payments ranged from $22 to $5240 with $300 000 earmarked to bolster regular state aid for two years. The balance covers auto tax shortfalls in none aid and some state aid districts.
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Oklahoma City
Department of Education
Bean Leaf Beetles Hit Bean Leaves
Small round holes in bean leaves blamed on Bean Leaf Beetles. Control suggested is a light dusting with cryolite to protect crops.
Food as Ammunition Theme Sparks Civic Debate
A provocative slogan linking food production to national defense circulates in local discourse. Community leaders discuss supply security and the implications for policy, with residents weighing resource allocation and preparedness measures.
Frisco Night Trains Resume Tulsa to Dallas Route
Frisco night passenger service between Tulsa and Dallas reopened Tuesday after flooding on the Washita river cut the line for a week. High water around Okmulgee had disrupted service between Ada and Tulsa for two days, but Frisco officials say the worst is past.
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Tulsa
Dallas
Washita
Okmulgee
Ada
Doctor Addresses Medical Needs of Services Civilians
Dr. James E. Paullin told the Illinois State Medical Society meeting that 11,000 physicians must be recruited this year to meet army navy needs. He urged voluntary enrollment to reach a total of 53,000 doctors for military service, 80,000 for civilian care, and noted 190 critical areas needing physicians for war industry towns.
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Chicago
Army
Navy
James E. Paullin
American Medical Association
Paullin
Illinois State Medical Society
Major Birlem Killed In European Battles
Major Keith G. Birlem, 27, former Little All-America quarterback and later a Redskins star, was killed in the European theater in an airplane accident. Relatives in San Jose received word from the war department with the brief confirmation and no further details at this time.
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San Jose
Calif
Keith G. Birlem
Washington Redskins
War Department
San Jose State
Gas Ration Renewals Ahead of June 1 Deadline
Gas ration books B and C that expire around June 1 must be renewed. Apply now using blanks from inspection stations and mail applications to the local rationing board.
Sreater returns for amount in vested
Local classified ad notes Sreater’s return of funds tied to vesting arrangements. The item lists a monetary amount and references a beneficiary involved in an Ada area matter, with brief terms of repayment or transfer. No further details given.
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Sreater
Ada News
Churchill Assures Congress Britain Will Finish Pacific War
Douglas L. Wright, manager of the Grand River Dam, warned that the greatest flood on record poured into the Grand River dam reservoir. Inflow reached 33 000 cubic feet per second, with the reservoir at 752.63 feet and 12 gates open, releasing about 180 000 second feet. The dam stored about 40 percent of the flood waters as crews planned to raise to 755 feet if needed.
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Tulsa
Douglas L. Wright
Grand River Dam
Grand River
Ruhr
Wright
Three Oklahoma Soldiers Missing In Action
The War Department announced three Oklahoma servicemen missing in action in Europe and the Pacific. Technical Sergeant Charles F. Fehr of Madill, Second Lieutenant William W. Sanders of Bartlesville, and Second Lieutenant James M. Cunningham Jr. of Hollis are listed among 143 killed and 163 missing in the European Middle East and Pacific theaters.
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Washington
War Department
Charles F. Fehr
Fred F. Fehr
Madill
William W. Sanders
Pincer Attack Closes On Jap At Attu Defense
Sam Blevins was released Tuesday from Percy Armstrong justice of the peace court after charges of assault with a deadly weapon and intent to kill were dropped. The case said Blevins shot Tom McIntyre with a shotgun on April 30, but the court found self defense and insufficient evidence.
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Sam Blevins
Percy Armstrong
Justice of the Peace Court
Blevins
Tom McIintyre
McIntyre
Italians Bolster Home Front Morale Amid War News
Berlin radio reports warn of invasion prospects and the Italian front’s morale under strain. Il Popolo D'Italia notes Allied bases in Africa but Mediterranean shipping remains vulnerable. Il Messaggero and La Stampa quote officials predicting protracted war and difficulty conquering Italy without invasion.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Il Popolo D’italia
United Nations
Africa
Mediterranean
Corriere Della Sera
Milan
Gayda
Virginio Gayda
Bern
Rome
Alessandro Pavolini
Il Messaggero
Italy
la Stampa
Turin
Germany
Japan
Pacific
Automobile Crash Kills Two People
Two people died and two were seriously injured when a truck collided with a car on U S Highway 66 near Clinton Oklahoma three miles west of the highway patrol post Heavy rain and the car allegedly crossed into the truck's lane Police identified the dead as Lt Jeptha Dan Booty and Ruth Virginia Albright The injured were Chief Petty Officer Noel L Bynum Taralee Levine and others The crash occurred near the naval base at Clinton Oklahoma City resident John F Shannahan was the truck driver.
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Clinton
Western Oklahoma
F. A. Mussen
C. E. Galloway
John F Shannahan
North Kate
Oklahoma City
Attu Island Battle Push Forces Japanese Back
Allied forces tightened around Japanese positions on Attu in May reports. U S troops secured ridge southeast of Helts Bay while Massacre Bay units moved north and cleared a pass toward Holtz Bay as Japanese retreat toward Chichagof Harbor was anticipated.
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Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Pantelleria
Cap Bon
Tunisia
U. S
Trapani
Sicily
Messerschmitts
Focke-Wulfs
Sicilian Straits
Malta
Caltinissetta
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
United States
Tunis
Bizerte
Jurgen von Arnim
Italian Communistie
Rome
Porto Empedocle
Alan - Sar- Inia
Italiens
John M. Hightower
Washington
Attu Island
Navy
Navy Communiacue No. 383
North Pacific
Helts Bay
Heltz Bay
Massacre Bay
Holtz Bay
Chichagof Harbor
South Pacific
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Knox
Churchill Speech Previewed U S Joint Session Remarks
Prime Minister Churchill pledged stout British participation in the war against Japan and noted hopes for early meetings with Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek. He warned the submarine threat remains grave, called for Japan’s cities and war industries to be reduced to ashes, and warned of heavier work ahead in Europe and the Pacific.
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Associated Press
Washington
Churchill
Britain
America
Japan
Congress
Roosevelt
Stalin
Russia
United Nations
Hitler
Berlin
Rome
Africa
Tunisia
Pacific
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
RAF
Luftwaffe
Germany
Italy
Chiang
Pease
Mackenzie King
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Chaing Kai-Shek
Europe
Showers Of 25 Inch Fall Here
Ada recorded minimal rainfall this week with only 0.25 inch since Tuesday morning per federal weather observer W. E. Pitt. Humid conditions pushed temperatures to 80 degrees with a 60 degree low in the past 24 hours. The three day total reached 0.38 inch including earlier 0.13 inch on May 7 and 18.
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Ada
W. E. Pitt
Federal
Marines award Silver Star for Guadalcanal rescue effort
Corporal Ralph F. Ford, a Marine Corps technical sergeant from Blackwell Oklahoma, and four companions were awarded the Silver Star for exposing themselves to heavy artillery fire while rescuing five buried comrades in a Guadalcanal bomb shelter. They saved two and recovered two bodies.
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San Diego
Calif
Ralph F. Ford
Marine Corps
Blackwell
Okla
Guadalcanal
U S farm goals aim for hogs to fill livestock train
The report estimates farm plans to produce enough hogs this year to stock a livestock train spanning from New York to San Francisco and back to New York and halfway across the continent. Also noted is Stavanger's Cathedral, described as the finest in Norway, founded by an Englishman in the 11th century.
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U. S
New York
San Francisco
Stavanger
Norway
Corn Belt Hybrid Acreage Rise Spans 144000 To 38 Million
Over ten years the twelve corn belt states expanded hybrid corn acreage from 144000 to 38 million acres. Parachute design targets a fall speed tolerance of 120 miles per hour.
Kerr to Review College Air Force Training Group
Governor Robert S. Kerr will review the college training detachment air crew Thursday at a formal review and retreat at 5 o clock. Lt. C. E. McGrath said the public is invited but attendees must stay in the streets during ceremonies. Kerr will deliver Ada high school seniors commencement address.
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Robert S. Kerr
College Training Detachment
C. E. McGrath
Ada High School
Escapee Captured After Speeding Stop
An arrest on a speeding charge led to the capture of escapee Leland Ray Cloud Jr., 20, of Bremerton Washington, from the Oklahoma State Reformatory at Granite Oklahoma. F B I agent in charge Pay Newman announced in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Oklahoma State Reformatory
Granite
Okla
Pay Newman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Leland Ray Cloud Jr
Bremerton
Wash
Laughing through sorrow as a richer life next door
A fragment quotes Bob Blanks Jr on humor easing pain and social judgment. It contrasts a rich relative who causes no bother with the public’s fear of showing emotion, suggesting laughter as relief in tough times.
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Health Department
Frisco
Birlem
Attu
Axis
Kerr
College
Air Force Training Group
Bob Blanks, Jr
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