Congress approves four way reconversion and demobilization bill
The House passed a four way reconversion and demobilization bill aimed at ending wartime mobilization. It encodes a demobilization mandate for armed forces and shifts unemployment insurance control to states. It also removes back home travel pay and federal worker benefits, signaling a swift path to presidential signing after the elections.
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Rayburn
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Senate
Congress claims victory in four point postwar program
Francis M. LeMay reports Congress nears completion of a four part postwar plan to shift from war to peace. The package includes a reconversion office, handling of $100 billion in government property, wartime contract terminations, and GI Bill benefits. Backers expect a recess after the November elections and note cut provisions on travel pay, family allowances, and federal employee unemployment insurance.
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Europe
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Rayburn
Tex
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Germany
France
Senate
Wilbur Jarvis Safe Says Letter Reaches Home
Information from Ada area reports fighter pilot Wilbur Jarvis, recently listed as missing in action, has written from Salt Lake City stating he is well, happy and safe. He cannot disclose mission details. Jarvis is a Ada High School graduate and East Central State College alumnus. His parents reside in Salt Lake City.
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Ada High School
East Central State College
Jarvis
Ada
Salt Lake City
Utah
Allied forces in Normandy capture over 457000 German prisoners
The London radio report recorded by CBS says since the Normandy campaign began General Eisenhower's armies have taken more than 457,000 German prisoners. The Ada News Want Ads.
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Eisenhower
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CBS
Kansas Oklahoma Weather Outlook Tonight Through Thursday
Kansas fair with little temperature change tonight and Thursday. Highs reach 80 in the northwest to 90 in the southeast. Oklahoma partly cloudy in east and south with thunder showers in the northwest. Tomorrow expects thunder showers in the north and partly cloudy in the west and south. Temperature generally hold steady.
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Brother of Adan Dies After Plane Jump in China
M Sg t Millard H Click brother of Hugh Click of Ada Oklahoma died September 2 as crew chief of a bomber in China He had been wounded on August 26 a letter to kin said he was forced to jump but it is not stated if he was wounded or fatally injured He was 31 and had lived around Hominy and Okemah farming near Okemah He was unmarried He leaves a sister Mrs Nola Sooley Tulsa and brothers O C Click San Antonio Willard Click Oklahoma City now back from overseas duty
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Beverly
Ada
China
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Hominy
Okemah
Mystery submarine Flier lost in action prompts intrigue
Washington reports the submarine Flier is lost in recent action with next of kin notified. Analysts note unclear phrasing on losses and highlight broader war reporting tensions, censorship relaxations, and open discussion shaping postwar diplomacy.
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Sedgwick Schools Plagued by Nuisance Gnats
Wichita Kans educational institutions in Sedgwick County report heavy gnat swarms disturbing windows and classrooms. Superintendent Adel Throckmorton says schools remain in session but with difficulties and disruption from the pests.
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Adel Throckmorton
Taxes Paid in Third Quarter by Oklahomans and Corporations
Oklahoma City Sept 20. Oklahoma residents and corporations paid a third quarter income tax installment of 21 393 496. H C Jones collector of internal revenue said today.
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Oklahoma
H. C. Jones
Internal Revenue
Baltic Drive Rolls Germans Back Menacing Riga
Moscow reports a massive Baltic drive as the first phase of a Russian autumn offensive pushes German forces back along the Latvian front. Riga appears imminent as Soviet forces tighten the threat on the city.
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Caruso Blames Kesselring At Trial In Rome
Former Rome police chief Pietro Caruso testifies that Field Marshal Kesselring ordered 80 hostages for execution in reprisal for an SS column bombing. He says the number was cut to 50 and cites pressure from Buffarini Guidi. Co defendant Robert Occhietto corroborates shifting loyalties.
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Albert Kesselring
Italy
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Buffarini Guidi
St. Paul’s Church
Vatican
Robert Occhietto
Mark Clark
Fifth Army
Charles Poletti
New York
Legion Leader to Visit Ada for Veterans Questions
Homer Breeding, fourth district commander of the American Legion, will speak in Ada on Tuesday September 26 at 730 PM. He will discuss compensation pensions hospital treatment and the CS Bill of Rights with service officers and families of returning World War II veterans. The meeting is open to the public and aimed at addressing loans and other veterans needs.
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American Legion
Stroud
Ada
Harold Constant
Breeding
Germans Are Out Of Eindhoven Area
Walter Cronkite reports Allied forces cleared Germans from the Eindhoven area in southeastern Netherlands. Airborne troops and British armor advance north while sky troops hold the linked bridgehead. supply drops continue as crossings of the Rhine near Nijmegen become contested.
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Arnhem
German Plot Urges Officers to Save Themselves for World War
A New York Herald Tribune front dispatch claims the German high command urged Nazi officers down to company commanders to conserve the officer corps for a planned third war aimed at world leadership. The message, attributed to a Reich supreme command document, calls for selective sacrifice to preserve morale as Allied forces advance in the Netherlands and Germany.
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New York Herald Tribune
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Germany
Supreme Command
Armed Forces
Driscoll
Allied blockade tightens around Crete amid air and sea strikes
An official report says a strong Allied blockade surrounds Crete to prevent German escape. Allied naval air forces in the Aegean destroy 11 German vehicle transports and a JU 52 on Crete, with further strikes knocking out more vehicles. Aurora bombarded Melos, targeting a German wireless station. Terpsichore aided. Dalmatian coast islands Mijet Korcula Brac freed by Yugoslav partisans and Allied forces.
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Truman arrives in New York for first DNCC visit
U S Senator Harry S Truman democratic vice presidential nominee arrived in New York and visited the Democratic National Committee offices for the first time since his nomination. He scheduled a mid afternoon press conference before departing.
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U. S
Harry S. Truman
Democratic National Committee
Woolery Bound Over For Three Trials On Adultery And Assault
Jack Woolery was bound over to district court for trial on two adultery charges and one assault with intent to kill charge. He pleaded not guilty at a preliminary hearing before Justice Percy Armstrong and was released on bond set at 1500 dollars for each adultery charge and 2500 dollars for the assault charge. The incident is alleged to have occurred Friday night.
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Jack Woolery
District Court
Justice of the Peace
Percy Armstrong
Woolery
Poles Seek UNRRA Help Over German Scorched Earth Policy
The Polish delegation asked the United Nations relief and rehabilitation conference to warn Germany that if she pursued a scorched earth policy in Poland Czechoslovakia and Norway this winter all clothing and fuel would be taken from Germans and given to Poles Czechs and Norwegians.
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Montreal
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Conference
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Poland
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Emmett Johnson Car Dealer Dies in Oklahoma City
Emmett H. Johnson a longtime car salesman and dealer here died Tuesday night in an Oklahoma City hospital after a period of ill health. Born in Cawthon Arkansas in 1889 he leaves wife Mrs. Johnson a Ada public schools teacher two daughters Mrs. William Johnson of Moore and Mrs. Foy Dacus of Liberal Kansas and two sons Lt. Fred W. Johnson of Boston and Lt. (jg) E. H. Johnson Jr. of Dallas. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Criswell Funeral Home.
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Oklahoma City
Criswell Funeral Home
Johnson
Cawthron
Ark
Liberal, Kans
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Boston
E. H. Johnson Jr
Dallas
Pessimist laments missing car as search extends
Mate Sisson mourns the car his wife disappeared in weeks ago, remarking the loss. The editorial note comments that Franklin D. Roosevelt likely will not inform magazine houses of any address changes soon.
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