Glamour Boys to Drifters Sign for Draft Across America
A wartime peacetime draft saw sixteen million Americans register, from Henry Ford II to Hollywood stars Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart. Citizens from various walks lined up at diverse locations, creating a nationwide, orderly mobilization amid broad public discussion and mixed emotions.
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America
Hollywood
Henry Ford II
Detroit
Henry Fonda
Jimmy Stuart
Charles Gillam
Chickasha
Oklo
Gillam
Oklahoma draft registry tops 4 000 in Pontotoc county
In Pontotoc county Oklahoma 4466 men registered for the draft with Ada Latta Pecan Grove and Valley View forming district one and the rest district two. Officials reported smooth turnout with surplus cards redistributed and state headquarters supplying blanks. State Draft Director Don Welch praised election machinery and Roosevelt appointees for rapid organization and indicates medical exams preparation underway with 85 of 108 doctors committed.
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Pontotoc County
County Election Board
Ada
Latta
Pecan Grove
Valley View
State Highway Patrol
Associated Press
Don Welch
J. William Cordell
Roosevelt
Welch
Phillips
Louis H. Ritzhaupt
Guthrie
Political Panorama Three Weeks From Vote
The piece reports on campaigns three weeks from polling with statements by four leaders. Wendell Willkie, touring Ohio, vows to preserve labor gains and warns that a third term forfeits freedom. Edward J. Flynn condemns media dictatorship and urges press reform in New York.
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Wendell L. Willkie
Ohio
President Roosevelt assumes control of vital exports
President Roosevelt issues an executive order placing full control over sale or export of essential defense goods under federal authority. The order directs a survey by the army and navy munitions board to determine necessary requisitions for national defense preparedness.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army and Navy Munitions Board
London Digs Out Victims Amid Prolonged Air Siege
Rescue squads dug for the dead wounded and dying after a severe overnight bombardment. Officials said casualties were higher than recent raids but lower than early September when London faced its worst air attack. Rescue teams worked amid shattered masonry reaching those still entombed.
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London
England
Scotland
Wales
Air and Home Security
West Country
Cam
Invasion Port Shelling and Nazi Convoy Loss Reported
The Associated Press dispatch reports heavy bombardment of Dunkerque and a German convoy destroyed in two actions. Royal Navy forays hit Cherbourg Dunkerque and sank three Nazi supply ships. Berlin releases of air raids and Turkish diplomacy also noted.
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Associated Press
Admiralty
Dunkerque
Royal Air Force
England
Royal Navy
Cherbourg
Fertilizer Available Free at City Disposal Plant
The city announces free chemically treated fertilizer at the disposal plant in quantities for public use. Officials say it is safe for lawns gardens and fields and should be spread now for soaking before next year.
Th' Pessimist Note on Khaki for Winter Wear
Reb Blanka Jr writes a men style note predicting khaki will prevail for general wear during the approach of winter season. The column emphasizes durable, versatile attire suitable for the colder months.
Edgar Sallee Sentenced to Twenty Years in Prison
Edgar Sallee, 31, former assistant cashier of the First State Bank of Stonewall, was sentenced in Ardmore by Federal Judge Eugene Rice to 20 years for embezzling 48000 over six years. Sallee pleaded guilty. the bank reopened as Case State Bank after the shortage. No depositors lost money per president P. S. Case. Sallee, from a Pontotoc county family, was arrested after the shortage was found.
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Edgar Sallee
First State Bank
Stonewall
Ardmoore
Eugene Rice
Sellee
Case State Bank
P. S. Case
Sallee
Pontotoc County
Slain Man Wasn't Erect When Shot
In Wichita Falls Texas on January 22 S B Bell was killed at a Gulf Refining pump station near Electra. Dr T H Parmley testified five bullets struck the mouth area and would have traveled upward if Bell had stood. He noted a pre death four inch skull fracture on Bell's left side. Defense in Hickey trial contends bullets followed downward paths.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
S. B. Bell
Bell
T. H. Parmley
Electra
D. L. Hickey
Gulf Refining Company
Hickey
Roosevelt and Hull Discuss Far East With Australian Aide
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull conferred with Australian Minister Richard Casey on Asia defense and Burma road aid to China as Japan threatens shipping. talks tied to British envoys Lothian and Casey amid Pacific defense concerns and reopening Burma road.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Richard G. Casey
China
Burma
Casey
Lord Lothian
Pacific
Australia
Britain
Singapore
Burma Road
Rangoon
Indo- China
Johnson Defends Arms Program as Ready for Action
Former assistant secretary of war Louis A. Johnson said in New York that the United States is not unprepared for action and can in two years accomplish more rearming than Germany did in seven. He asserted readiness on sea air and land and credited planned development and established production methods. Johnson denounced Col Charles A Lindberghs call to sacrifice American principles and to halt aid to Britain.
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New York
Louis A. Johnson
Charles A. Lindbergh
Germany
Johnson
Lindbergh
United States
Japan
Britain
Winter Storm Sweeps U S North Shapes Early Draft Lines
Winter weather hit northern states with snow and freezing temperatures. In Oklahoma, university students faced draft registration and local officials began plans for a new veterans group. Charles Gillam registered with his seeing eye dog while state Rep Bill High led efforts to register for selective service in Shawnee.
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Chickasha
Charles Gillam
Shawnee
Bill High
Horace Mann School
Norman
University of Oklahoma
BR. O. F C
Seminole
Thomas McVey Short, III
National Veterans of
Sweethearts Auxiliary
Draft Smiles Amid Draft Registration Day
In Tulsa on October 16 a heavyset man asked where to obtain a gun after receiving his registration card, while Albuquerque draftees found their precinct in a mortuary, and Tulsa lines joked about drafts in unheated barns and garages. The mood mixed nerves with light banter as men queued for the draft.
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Tulsa
Albuquerque
N. M
Heights
Ada couples receive marriage licenses in court clerk action
On Wednesday the court clerk issued marriage licenses to Jack Wilmoth age 18 of Ada and Berneice Rogers age 19 of Ada. Also licensed were Winifred Berryman age 23 of Sentinel and Marguerite Sweeney age 20 of Ada.
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Jack Wilmoth
Ada
Berneice Rogers
Winifred Berryman
Sentinel
Marguerite Sweeney
Stalin the Silent Holds Balance of Power in Europe
The article weighs Stalin's influence as Axis and Allied powers confront on new fronts. It notes Britain and Churchill press for clearer aims while Stalin reportedly balances Germany and Britain, with Balkan and Dardanelles tensions shaping a strategic stalemate and the potential shift of naval power in the Black Sea.
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Stalin the Silent
Europe
New
Mediterranean
Marmara
Bosphorus
Near East
Russia
Dardanelles
Turkey
Hitler
Great Black Sea
Black Sea
Stalin
Russian
Ukraine
Japan Seeks to Block War Materials to China
Major General Rai shiro Sumita, head of the Japanese mission in Indo China, vowed Japan would prevent war materials from reaching Chiang Kai-shek’s forces. He said air strikes would target supply lines while Burma road reopens, asserting Japan as the stabilizing Far East power.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Raishiro Sumita
Indo- China
Japan
United States
Sumita
Burma Road
China
British Burma
Far East
Army decides Private Johnson may remain in service
Fort Devens Massachusetts October 16 1944 Army officers said Private Harold W Johnson Jr Boston weighs 190 pounds and though his heart and other vital organs are on the right side his body organs are in the right place and he can stay in the service
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Fort Devens
Mass
Harold W. Johnson, Jr
Boston
London bombs wreck Me Thurman Lodge shelter home
Associated Press London correspondent J Norman Lodge, a Me Thuen, Mass. native, slept in a central city shelter after work and woke to find his home smashed by a bomb. Debris filled the floor a foot deep.
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Avea
J. Norman Lodge
Associated Press
London
Methuen
Mass
Willkie Banner Torn Down Again Campaign Sign
The Willkie banner across Main street was torn down for a third time Tuesday night and no trace was found Wednesday. Mayor Bill Crawford said both Willkie and Roosevelt supporters have a right to hang signs and those tearing it down will be prosecuted if identified.
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Willkie
Main Street
Bill Crawford
Roosevelt
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