Auto Makers Enlist Planes Ships and Taxis Amid Shortages
Auto manufacturers face severe parts shortages forcing creative logistics. A sleepy Illinois truck driver causing a Fisher Body plant halt highlights fragile supply chains. Riots in Bombay disrupted shipments while firms use planes, taxis, and pony express relays to move components, redesign parts, and seek substitutes.
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NEA
Detroit
Illinois
Bombay
India
Fisher
General Motors
Fisher Motors
Fisher Body Division
Pony Express
Ionia
Mich
Atlanta, Ga
Grand Rapids
Atlanta
Packard
Ford
Housing Cost Rise On New OPA Order
Housing costs rose as OPA increased price ceilings for felt base linoleum and floor wall coverings by 12 percent. Higher linseed oil costs, now nearly double since decontrol, drove the rise and also spurred a 24 percent jump in paints. Earlier ceilings covered enamel bathtubs sinks plumbing hardwood flooring plaster lath and other lumber items.
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Washington
OPA
Five Car Pileup Near Stonewall Injures Three Men
Three men were hospitalized with fractured legs after a five car crash west of Stonewall around midnight Saturday. O. Campbell and Glenn Clark investigated the scene, arresting three, as Harvey R. Williams, Bedford H. Fine, and John W. Oakes Jr. were involved in back to back collisions and a high speed wreck.
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Valley View Hospital
Stonewall
O. Campbell
Glenn Clark
Harvey R. Williams
Atoka
Pass
Circle Inn
Bedford H. Fine
Ada
Williams
John W. Oakes, Jr
Fittstown
Willams
James R. Weger
Coalgate
Earl Thompson
Harlan Kerr
B. H. Fine
Thompson
Kerr
Fine
Campbell
Rockies Snowstorm Moves South From Colorado
A massive Rocky Mountain snowstorm that battered Denver and Colorado, causing eight deaths and crippling travel, began easing as it shifted south toward New Mexico. Snow spread to Cheyenne and Laramie before dissipating, with highways hazardous despite plows. Election logistics warned of light rural turnout. officials considered improvised wrapping paper ballots where standard ballots could not be delivered.
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Denver
Great Western Sugar Company
Colorado
F. E. Mollin
American National Livestock Association
Rocky Mountain
Weather Bureau
Cheyenne
Laramie
Wyoming
ICC Rules Railroads Discriminated On Fruit Shipments
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled railroads charged discriminatory rates for fresh fruit shipments from Colorado Idaho Utah Oregon and Washington to Oklahoma. It found Oklahoma destinations Enid Bartlesville and Tulsa paid over five cents more than Caldwell and Coffeyville Kansas, due to competition among fruit jobbers.
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Oklahoma City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma
Reford Bond
State Corporation Commission
Bond
ICC
Colorado
Idaho
Utah
Oregon
Washington
Kansas
C. B. Bee
Tulsa
Bartlesville
Enid
Caldwell
Coffeyville
Kas
Oklahoma Honors Will Rogers on His Birthday
Claremore observes Will Rogers Day with a 7500 strong parade of horsemen and bands under drizzly skies. Leo Carillo attends and delivers a brief eulogy at services near the humorist’s crypt on the Memorial terrace.
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Claremore
Okla
Oklahoma
Will Rogers
Rogers
Wily Post
Leo Carillo
California
Ada News Want Ads Highlight Greater Returns
Local Ada publication notes higher yields for vested amounts in ads. Listings emphasize more value for investors and individuals seeking returns on funds tied to long term agreements.
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Ada News
Dr Breco to Retire After 45 Years in Medicine
Dr J G Breco and Mrs Breco plan to leave Tuesday for Redondo Beach California to relax after decades of service. He began in Canton Texas in 1906, moved to Ada in 1915, and built Breco Memorial Hospital in 1923 which he ran until recently. He estimates delivering about 7000 babies and will resume casual farming and local visits from a home and farm south of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Moreland
Finis
J. G. Breco
Waco
Austin
el Paso
Canton
Texas
Breco
Stonewall
Ada
Breco Memorial Hospital
Allen
Byrd’s Mill
Brecos
Dr. Breco
Ada hunters bag snow geese in open field chase
Dr. J. R. Chandler and party from East Central pursued snow geese near Calvin Sunday. Four of six geese were killed and two captured after a long chase. Birds weighed six to seven pounds each and were in good condition.
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J. R. Chandler
East Central
Roscoe Chandler
Navy
Calvin Sunday
Ada
Peanut crop rises as cash head in Pontotoc county
Peanuts emerge as the county’s main row crop with farmers gathering 15 to 20 bushels per acre and about 30 hay bales per acre. Prices rise with peanuts averaging $2.58 per bushel for standard quality, higher for better grades, while hay sells for 75 cents per bale.
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Pontotoc
Police Busy With Weekend Arrests
Ada city police logged 13 weekend arrests with $195 in fines. Ten arrestees were college boys, including three for fighting and three for drunkenness, plus one drunk driving, one whiskey possession, one disturbance, and one complaint.
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Quinton Blake
Ada
U N Delegates Honor FDR Memory in Hyde Park
Delegates from the United Nations paid tribute to Franklin D. Roosevelt with wreaths at his grave in Hyde Park New York. Molotov called Roosevelt a great president and Soviet officials added their floral tributes alongside delegations from China Venezuela Canada Yugoslavia and Nicaragua. Paul-Henri Spaak also placed flowers representing the U N assembly.
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Roosevelt
Russia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
V. M. Molotov
Andrei Vishinsky
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Hyde Park
China
Venezuela
Canada
Yugoslavia
Nicaragua
Paul-Henri Spaak
United Nations Assembly
U.N
Wanted for Burglary Man Without Pants
Vanclev esville West Virginia state police report a thief broke a window at C. S. Rams burg general store, removed clothing to squeeze through, fled without loot, and left his pants behind after being frightened off.
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Vanclevesville
W. Va
C. S. Ramsburg
Japs Seem Pleased With Constitution
Tokyo observes Hirohito as the new constitution is promulgated. The emperor remains a symbol of state though not divine and the document outlaws war. General MacArthur aided drafting. About 200000 Tokyoites welcomed Hirohito at the palace as crowds surged for a closer view of the ruler.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
MacArthur
China and United States Sign Far Reaching Trade Treaty
China and the United States signed a wide friendship commerce and navigation treaty at Nanking deeming it not significant to China’s internal strife. The 10000 word pact supersedes nine prior agreements and awaits ratification by both legislatures. It grants cross nationality rights for commerce travel and land use and mutual rights to establish corporations while preserving U S immigration limits on Chinese.
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Graham Hovey
Washington
China
United States
State Department
Senate
Nanking
Cuba
Philippines
Armstrong Speaks On Education Day At Kiwanis
Rev. Ike Armstrong of Shawnee spoke at the Kiwanis Education Day program in Ada. He praised America’s four foundations, urged modernization of Oklahoma schools, and emphasized the role of the home and church in sustaining national greatness. He tied education to a future vote and civic responsibility.
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Kiwanis Club
Ike Armstrong
Shawnee
Wewoka Methodist Church
Ada
Rex Morrison
Armstrong
America
Oklahoma
Ic ‘Av
Two youths confess to string of burglaries across four states
Oklahoma City police say two navy veterans admitted in a signed statement they carried out 14 burglaries in Oklahoma Texas New Mexico and Kansas. Detectives Hawks Cravatt and Brown say hundreds of dollars recovered and loot traced to pawn shops. One youth arrested in a car Thursday and the other Friday in a downtown dance hall.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Kansas
Navy
George Hawks
B. F. Cravatt
Sherman Brown
Wichita
Joplin
Barnsdall
Okla
Lawton
Roswell
Roff Methodists Mark Homecoming Despite Rain
Roff Methodist Church held a homecoming Sunday with about 200 in attendance despite heavy rain. The event welcomed new pastor Sanford Wilie and his family, featured special music by Betty Young Patsy Irick and Jane Roff, and included sermons by Rev. Dewey Etchieson and Dr. E. H. Nelson supported by Miss Worsham and Bro. Raymond Cooley.
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Roff Methodist Church
Sanford Wilie
Betty Young
Patsy Irick
Jane Roff
Roff
Dewey Etchieson
Anadarko
Lowell Hudson
Rofs
E. H. Nelson
East Central State College
Miss Worsham
Raymond Cooley
Ada First Methodist Church
Two youths break into Firestone store on West Main
Police report two boys about 12:30 pm Sunday entered the Firestone store at 118 West Main by lifting a torn screen from an upstairs window. The manager saw them inside, but both youths fled before officers arrived. nothing appeared to be missing.
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Firestone
West Main
Elderly Woman’s 1898 Rail Ticket Honored by Conductor
An elderly woman boarded a New Haven train at New Rochelle New York and handed the conductor a ticket dated September 1898. She claimed she did not buy it. The conductor honored the ticket since there were no usage time limits at the purchase time.
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New York
New Haven
New Rochelle
N. Y
Statues Aid Acoustics In Boston Symphony Hall
In Boston Symphony Hall the 46 year old venue features 16 plaster statues around the second balcony. Mrs Sabine explains they serve a practical acoustical purpose by breaking up sound waves to prevent undue reverberation. The hall was designed to conform to acoustical laws and a plaque honors Wallace C. Sabine, the late acoustical architect.
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Boston
Symphony Hall
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Wallace C. Sabine
Visitors Take Bag From Patient In Chicago Hospital
Hy man Edelman, 67, a retired tailor, was visited by two men who claimed to help him with bills. They took a bag from his bedside believed to hold $1,500 and left. Edelman, unable to pursue due to sore feet, had mistaken the visitors for his brother's friends.
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Hicago
Hyman Edelman
Dave
Edelman
David
U S Army Assigns 450 MPs to Manila to Curb Disorder
The U S army in Manila announced 450 additional military police to reduce traffic accidents and enforce a ban on rowdyism and drunkenness amid Filipino complaints. It also released 154 properties it had been using, responding to charges that retained property hindered rehabilitation.
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Manila
U. S. Army
War Department
Elephants Move Only by Walk and Shuffle Gaits
A note clarifies that elephants cannot trot or gallop. Their locomotion consists of a walking pace and a side shuffle rather than faster gaits.
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Johannesburg
Henry Matthuusen
Trip
Dallas
Evelyn Cornish Globaker
Brunet
Will Fritz
Mobile
Alabama
Georgia
Nathan Leopold
Stateville Penitentiary
Joliet
Ill
Eye-Bank For Light Restoration, Inc
C. L. Garris
Leopold
Chicago
Richard Loeb
Bobby Franks
Fdr
U. S
Etchieson
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