Names Of 48 State Men Held By Japs Announced By Navy
The Navy released 952 names of American POWs, including 48 Oklahomans, all Marine Corps personnel, reportedly held in the hillsides. The list names Pvt First Class Wesley Abernathy Jr. of Altus and many others from towns such as Platter, Snyder, Hominy, Heavener, and Oklahoma City, with ranks from Private to Quartermaster Sergeant and ties to families across the state.
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Navy
James E. Atchison
Snyder
Elvie Eugene Baker
James R. Baker
Hominy
Pat Foster Bennett
Beulah May Bennett
Heavener
Field Cook
James Edward Bible
Mattie L. Bible
Watts
Willis Oregon Buckley
James D. Buckley
Beggs
Alvin Lynn Case
A. L. Case
Newkirk
Ora Eugene Chapin
Birdie Chapin
Norman
Aaron Lee Clemons
C. C. Clemons
Wynnewood
Elbert Theodore Couch
Lonnetta Faye Allen
Oklahoma City
John Merril Dangerfield
Mary A. Dangerfield
Seminole
Elmo Gordon de Mun
Run
H. C. Ge Munbrun
Vinita
Floyd Alvin Dickover
Guthrie
Clyde Wilbur Dye
Vernice E. Dye
Dilton
Frank Gabriel Etter
Joseph Etter
Hardesty
James O. Faulkner
Vada Faulkner
Lewis Franklin
William Franklin
Walters
Preston Solan Gilliam
Rufus C. Gilliam
Muskogee
Orville Earl Gilmore
Edna Long
Healdton
Byron Carl Gordon
Wilbert Burleson
Pocasset
James Cornelius Gwartney
Ruth Gwartney
William Newton Harris
Oscar H. Harris
St. Louis
William Haynes
Perry S. Haynes
Leedey
Floyd Willis Hodgens
Wetumka
Pic
Howard Winston Humphreys
Gerald V. Humphreys
Altus
Louis Jenkins
Billa Jenkins
Hugh Dale Jennings
Nona Jennings
Tulsa
Corp
Dick Mape Johnson
Minnie L. Daniels
Frederick. Corp
Herbert Archibald Johnston
Mamie Johnston
Arthur William Jones
Bettie M. Jones
Rush Springs
Bobby Spears Jones
John I. Jones
Charles Fain King
Fain King
Lawton
Eugene Marvin Kohlman
Frances Anna Smith
Pfc
Carl Julius Miller
Emil Nau
Talton Buford Montgomery
Oscar Montgomery
Sulphur
Elvis Richard Lee Moore
Carrie Moore
Blair
James Alex Nowlin
George W. Nowlin
Bartlesvale
Michael Emil Peshek
Dora Peshek
Sterling Dunn Pickle
Walter Herman Pickle
Sayre
Arthur Rusher, Jr
Arthur Rusher
Sapulpa
Leslie Raymond Scoggin
Nora Scoggin
Altus. Corp
Harold Vernon Selby
Oscar Selby
Skinook
Claud Ernest Simpson
Nellie Simpson
Field Cock Ole Owen Standifer
Julia Bell Standifer
Cogar
Shedr
William Stephens
Shedric W. Stephens
J. B. Towry
Evangeline Towry
Atoka
Elmer Roy Wright
Lorraine Wright
Stillwater
Traffic Deaths Drop in April Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City reports 20 traffic deaths in April costing $3,347 in property damage. 19 victims died in clear weather, 16 in daylight. 17 on straight roads, 3 on curves. 7 deaths on city streets, 13 on rural roads. 19 passengers and 3 drivers were injured.
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Oklahoma City
J. M. Gentry
Joner Gentry
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
A classified notice from Ada News highlights increased value for readers who invest in vested ads. The item emphasizes higher returns on ad placements tied to duration, with potential visibility boosts for local businesses and services.
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Ada News
Ada
Fashion Freezing For Women As WPB Tightens Garment Fabric
The War Production Board ordered a fabric restriction for women’s clothing to preserve wardrobes and curb nonessential purchases while allowing creative design. It bans double breasted suits and jackets and many skirt styles, fixes body basic silhouette limits, trimming allowances, and neckwear size. rules take effect Thursday for autumn and winter, July 1 for summer wear.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Dramatic battle to save Bagnell Dam power units
Five hundred workers including 350 Fort Leonard Wood soldiers defended Bagnell dam during a five day Ozarks flood to shield hydroelectric generators and turbines. Water threatened to breach the plant, risking months without power for St Louis and nearby munitions plants.
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Don Doane
Bagnell Dam
Ozarks
Bignell Dam
Union Electric Co
Lake of the Ozarks
St. Louis
Osage Valley
Fort Leonard Wood
Soldier in India Sends Dust Storm Tales to Nowata Parents
Nowata native Staff Sgt. Hugh S. Wilkinson describes a dust storm in India that forced gas masks in barracks and dust coating beds and floors. He notes daily routines from 8:30 to 5, a native bearer for outfits, and cultural details including dress. He also praises Capetown as beautiful and hospitable.
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Nowata, Okla
India
Hugh S. Wilkinson
Eugene Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Capetown
South Africa
Texas
Victory Gardeners Learn Farmers Woes
A spring storm in Boulder Colorado flattened pea plants shredded lettuce and froze beans affecting victory gardeners. A. A. Paddock publisher of the Boulder Daily Camera notes the event shows farmers daily problems and may improve city farmer understanding.
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Boulder
Colo
Victory
A. A. Paddock
Boulder Daily Camera
Elephant at Asheville Zoo Halts Scrap Drive by Snatching Car Top
An elephant at the Asheville zoo reached over its pen and removed the top from a parked automobile. The incident occurred amid a local scrap metal drive, with no injuries reported. Authorities investigated the animal's curious act and potential safety measures were discussed.
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Asheville
N. C
Betsey
Oklahoma flood toll and damages estimated by officials
In the May flood period Oklahoma faced losses totaling about 40 million dollars per Governor Kerr with farm losses near 51 million per Joe C. Scott. State water resources director Don McBride placed conservative damage at 32 million, with roads and urban property among the largest costs. Seven deaths and 19 missing in the first week, plus four more deaths the following week.
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B&b
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Don McBride
State Water Resources Division
Kerr
Joe C. Scott
State Board of Agriculture
Scott
Federal Aid Will Help Sufferers In State Flood Area
Tulsa May 25. Federal loans and high priorities will aid eastern Oklahoma flood victims. RFC disaster loans at 3 percent are planned for inundated farmers. WPB and Red Cross to handle reconstruction and commodity replacements. OPA to relax cotton planting rules. shortages in food and farm equipment to be addressed. Officials Disney Senator Thomas Reybold surveyed the Arkansas river valley from Tulsa to Fort Smith by air.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Disney
D. Okla
RFC
Disaster Loan Corporation
War Production Board
Red Cross
WPB
Office of Price Administration
Dallas
Thomas
Okla
Eugene Reybold
U. S. Army Engineers
Col
F. J. Wilson
Arkansas River Valley
Fort Smith
Ark
Breakdowns Prompt Call for Unified Food Control Agency
Rumors grow that divorcing OPA from food control may aid the economy. Rep. Herter asserts the food system is breaking down toward catastrophe and urges a single agency to manage production prices and rationing. Chester C. Davis led the War Food Administration as a proposed hub.
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OPA
Rep. Herter
R-Mass
House
Arkansas Bottom Land Left Worse Than Expected
The Arkansas river flood left the valley worse than feared as crops and livestock vanished. Officials estimate two weeks of flooding cost the county about 5 million dollars in crops and cattle. A new river channel created an island the Pawpaw Central district, but beans and a nearby canning plant offer some salvage potential.
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Sallisaw
Arkansas River
Oklahoma
Wheeler Mayo
Pawpaw
Pawpaw Central
Cactus Face Tackles Hog On Flood Patrol
Muskogee May 25 1935 University of Oklahoma star Gilford Cactus Face Duggan now a state patrolman stops a 225 pound live hog floating on a bridge flood patrol near Fort Gibson He tackles it with one hand holds on until a companion brings a rope The hog is turned over to Salvation Army.
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Muskogee
Gilford
Duggan
University of Oklahoma
Fort Gibson
Salvation Army
How To Apply For Ration Book No 3 If Blank Lacking
Mrs. Mary West announced that missing ration book 3 application blanks can be picked up at the general delivery window of the Pontotoc county post office. Due to moving, some residents may not receive forms and must obtain them before June 10. after that date, forms return to the OPA. Post office staff cannot assist filling forms due to staff shortages.
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Mary West
Pontotoc County
OPA
West
OPA Defends Food Price Policy Amid Criticism and Hearings
Administrator Prentiss M. Brown defended the Office of Price Administration amid criticism from businessmen and lawmakers about food pricing and rationing. He sought funds for 1,400 new inspectors and 5,009 clerks, denied mass resignations, and noted policy differences as the cause of some departures.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
OPA
Capitol Hill
Transport Pilots Get In On Honors
In Australia thirty-one airmen earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement. They flew at least 50 missions delivering supplies, transferring troops and equipment, and evacuating the wounded from jungles and mountains under dangerous conditions and low altitude. Recipients include First Lieut. James E. Campbell of Wichita Kansas Tech. Sergt. Darrell D. Loy of Barnard Kansas and Tech. Sergt. Roy C. Thompson of Wanette Oklahoma.
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Australia
George C. Kenney
Southwest Pacific
James E. Campbell
Wichita
Kas
Tech
Darrell D. Loy
Barnard
Roy C. Thompson
Wanette
Okla
Hugoton Gas Line Promises Big Payoffs for Oklahoma
Vice Chairman Ray O Weems of the corporation commission says a Hugoton field to Blackwell gas line would bring millions to Oklahoma once War Production Board approval is secured. Landowners royalty owners and local businesses in northwest Oklahoma stand to profit, with other federal agencies needing to approve before construction begins.
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Oklahoma City
Hugoton Field
Blackwell
Ray O. Weems
The
Corporation Commission
Oklahoma
Weems
War Production Board
No Tackle So Fish Are Shoveled Out
SAN FRANCISCO May 25 The army landed in a fisherman’s paradise at Amchitka and the equipment does not include fishing tackle. Gregory Reeser Coast Guardsman from Cincinnati on the first army transport to land men on the Aleutian outpost reported the men have a fair substitute they scoop fish with shovels because supplies of tackle are delayed.
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San Francisco
Amchitka
Gregory Reeser
Coast
Cincinnati
States
O Bryans Beer Case Heads To District Court
J A Blackey O Obryan bound over to district court after a preliminary hearing led by US commissioner Thomas P Holt. Sheriff’s investigators found about 10 gallons of non tax paid beer in a 16 gallon barrel at O Bryans residence three miles east of Ada. He posted a $500 bond.
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J. A. “Blackey
O’bryan
Thomas P. Holt
United States
Ada
Oil Prospect Near Turley May Open New Oklahoma Pool
Osage dairyman W. A. Davidson hunted a gas supply on Indian land and leased mineral rights at Pawhuska. Drilling southeast of 6-20N-12E west of Turley struck Bartlesville sand at 1 526 feet and yielded oil that some observers estimate at about 200 barrels daily.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
W. A. Davidson
Pawhuska
Turley
Bartlesville
Drop In Output Of Oil In Past Week
Daily crude oil production in the United States fell 17,285 barrels to 3,996,700 for the week ending May 22 the Oil and Gas Journal reported. State gains and losses listed include Illinois down 25,600 to 210,500 and Texas up 150 to 1,502,400 with East Texas unchanged at 339,300.
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Tulsa
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Arkansas
California
Eastern
Kansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Rocky Mountain States
Illinois
Michigan
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
East Texas
Capital City Bans Victory Gardens On Street Parking
Washington officials crack down on edible plantings in public parking spaces citing an old ordinance that prohibits gardens on District property. After protests, the rule allows existing crops harvested before April 21 but requires new plantings to be plowed under.
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D. C
Victory Gardens
Washington
Memorial Day Race Goes to Charity at Belmont Park
Belmont Park officials announced profits from the Memorial Day program, New Yorks largest betting day, would be donated to charities including war relief. Last year over 52 000 spectators attended the meeting and set a one day world betting record of 2 176 900 dollars.
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New York
Belmont Park
New York State
War Relief
Senora Plans Hunton Lime Oil Test Near Byng
Senora Oil and Gas company announces plans to start an oil test about two miles north of Byng in Pontotoc county Center SE 29 5N 6E. Work on the well is scheduled to begin June 1 in the Hunton lime formation.
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Senora Oil and Gas Company
Byng
Pontotoc County
Hunton
Court Reviews Constitutionality of Wheat Penalties
The Supreme Court agreed to review a challenge to a 2 penalty tax on wheat produced beyond AAA quotas. The case was set for June 1 with possible adjournment delay to June 7. Representative Lemke leads farmers from Ohio Kansas Michigan and Pennsylvania in the challenge amid a summary docket argument.
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Washington
Pthe Supreme Court
Lemke
N. D
Ohio
Kansas
Michigan
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Former Members Move to Void Oklahoma Game and Fish Board
Oklahoma City May 24 The attorney general argued before the state supreme court that all acts of the new state game and fish commission are valid only if the law creating it is valid. A former commission filed an ouster suit claiming the bill abolishing it never became law. the senate’s action to amend and the governor’s appointment of five new commissioners are disputed.
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Oklahoma City
New State Game and Fish Commission
Mac Q. Williamson
State Supreme Court
State Senate
Senate
House
Gamer and Fish Commission
Fred Hansen
Scott Prepares To Help Flood Stricken Farmers
President Joe C. Scott of the state board of agriculture calls an agricultural relief conference for tomorrow. He estimates eastern Oklahoma flood damage to crops will exceed 40 million dollars with about 750000 acres destroyed. Attending will be federal and local agencies, with Red Cross opening Muskogee state HQ to deploy case workers for flood relief.
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Oklahoma City
Joe C. Scott
State Board of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Commodity Credit Corporation
Feed Wheat Division
Kansas City
Scott
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Memphis
Tenn
David Sanderson
St. Louis
The
Red Cross
Muskogee
Sanderson
Phil Kennamer Returns to Army After Parole
Phil Kennamer was inducted again and sent to Fort Sill after parole following a seven year sentence for the slaying of John F. Gorrell Jr. in Tulsa. He spoke of the meaning of his return and is the son of Federal Judge F. E. Kennamer.
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Tulsa
Phil Kennamer
Tulsa “Society
Kennamer
Fort Sill
F. E. Kennamer
John F. Gorrell Jr
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Elephant
DFC
Far Pacific
Hugoton Gas
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Capital City
Jack Stinnett Washington
Herbert H. Lehman
Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation
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Horta
Azores
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Aoe
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Galey
Laurel Anglin
Camp Barkeley
A. L. Langlin
Dora Moore
Will Ballard
Viola Isaacs
Lorene Peterson
Oma Jamar
Allie Ragland
Betty Lou Odom
E. C. Jamar
Jackie Odom
Ruby Stallings
Iris Odom
M. Odom
O. T. Danner
Jimmie Isaacs
Joe Isaacs
Maxwell
Harlan Hughes
Henry Hughes
Steve Golom
Bertha Newby
Jimmie Isaac
Harvey Roberts
Elmer Moore
Amy Lou Bray
Eola Bray
Geraldine
Claudine Cole
T. J. Myers
Rube Peterson
Ruby Fowler
E. M. Fowler
Claude Hewett
Elk City
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