Final Plans Saturday On Scrap Drive
County wide scrap drive a meeting of principals and salvage committee is called for 10 a m Saturday in the district court room. Superintendent Stegall invites all area principals and the Salvage committee expands to lead the county effort with depots set up and direct haulage to junk dealers on North Broadway Ada.
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Court House
Y Stegall
M. Z. Thompson
W. D. Little
Clifford Smith
The
Ada Bulletin
Ray Stegall
C. Dan Procter
C. H. Hailey
Lillard James
Chester Gray
Elmer Chandler
Board of County Commissioners
Ed Hailey
County Council of Defense
Milton Keating
John Beard
North Broadway
Ada
Surprise docket of 300 Payne County divorce cases set for October
Stillwater dispatch reports that over 300 Payne County couples who separated and reconciled are slated for open hearings when the district court opens October 12. Court Clerk Newell is preparing the docket to clear pending actions and collect unpaid costs and fees.
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Stillwater
Payne County
War Plant Workers Seen More Beautiful Says Doctor
Dr Charles H Wood told the National Chiropractic convention that wartime work boosts women’s beauty. He cited younger bedtimes regular meals and vitamin knowledge helping women workers in Los Angeles and elsewhere improve their health and appearance.
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Los Angeles
Charles H. Wood
Chiropractic Convention
Stone Won’t Retire From Supreme Court
Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone, nearing his 70th birthday on October 11, remains in excellent health and devoted to duty, according to unnamed associates who say retirement at 70 does not fit his plans. In France, Cannes reports a new wartime zone decree for Alpes Maritimes with a complete blackout, without stated reasons.
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Stone
Washington
Harlan F. Stone
United States Sureme Court
Heve
Tribunal
Cannes
France
Alpes Maritimes
Riveria
Vichy
Oklahoma Farm Output May Be Halved If Labor Shortage Persists
Oklahoma officials warn farm production could drop by half in 1943 if labor shortages endure. President Joe C. Scott cites defense wages and WPA cutbacks, and urges draft labor to be redirected to farms. He notes one 800 acre operator plans to shut down and another reduced output due to lack of help.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Joe C. Scott
State Board of Agriculture
Scott
Ron Stephens
WPA
Food Shortage Warning From Secretary Wickard
Secretary Wickard warned to address farm labor and production problems or risk a food shortage. He testified before the House Agriculture Committee that a national labor service act should be considered. He pressed that the issue extends beyond agriculture and cannot be ignored.
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Washington
Wickard
House Agriculture Committee
National Labor Service
Newspapers Check Up On Own Shops
Oklahoma City report says publishers campaign to remove scrap metal from own facilities and urges public to join. N Welty of Bartlesville chairs the drive and cites many obsolete printing presses in the state.
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Oklahoma City
N. Welty
Bartlesville
Publishers’ Committee
Bombers Hit Axis Ships in Libyan Port Benghazi Attack
Cairo dispatch reports U S Army Air Force bombers scored direct hits on two ships in Benghazi Libyan port. One vessel exploded the other burst aflame during a dusk raid joined by RAF heavy bombers. No Allied planes lost in the strike on a key supply hub for the Egypt campaign.
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Cairo
United States Army Air Force
Bengali
United States
Egypt
Cincinnati: The Smallest MLB City in Major Leagues Era
The note highlights Cincinnati as the smallest city to host a major league baseball team, underscoring the city’s unique status in early professional baseball.
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Cincinnati
Convoy Arrives at North Russian Ports in War Material Run
The United Nations convoy carrying large quantities of war material for the Red Army has reached north Russian ports despite heavy attacks by German planes and submarines. The admiralty confirmed most ships arrived, with some losses, and noted no escort vessels were lost. The convoy included American, British and Russian ships.
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London
United Nations
Red Army
Admiralty
Hickory Students Lead Scrap Drive Ahead of Vacations
Hickory school students collected 11,628 pounds of scrap iron steel and other material for national defense. Superintendent J H Biard hauled the piles to the school with help from several lads and the top collectors were Charles Goodall 1305 pounds Marshal Ezchieson 997 pounds and Roy Melvin Franklin 690 pounds.
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Hickory — School
J. H. Biard
Hickory
Charles Goodall
Marshal Ezchieson
Roy Melvin Franklin
Coal Miners Face Draft Risk for Absenteeism
Washington reports coal miners and other workers deferred from military service who frequently miss days may be drafted. General Hershey described a new regulation allowing local draft boards to reclassify those not supporting the war effort, stressing deferment hinges on continued vital occupation.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Senate probes warplane construction in secret session
Army and navy aviation experts were summoned to a closed defense committee session to be questioned about warplane construction. Chairman Truman says pilots were sent to meet the enemy in inferior fighters. Officials will be examined on the entire aviation program as Illinois reports 146 million barrels of oil produced in 1940.
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Senate
Washington
Army
Navy
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Truman
MacArthurs Planes Sweep New Guinea Supply Route
General Douglas MacArthur sent fighter planes roaring along the Buna Kokoda trail in New Guinea blasting Japanese positions and logistics. Swarms of aircraft poured 34 000 rounds of ammunition while bombers hit airfields and ships from Buna to Rabaul, with strikes also against Buka and a Japanese cruiser northwest of Guadalcanal.
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MacArthur
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Buna-Kokoda Trail
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Bataan
New Britain
Solomons
Buna
Kokoda
Owen Stanley
Kumusi
Coral Sea
Buka
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
Port Moresby
Christian Petri
Cleveland
Stephens Andrew Girvin
Saskatchewan
Galveston
Tex
Weather Returns to Mild Temperatures After Cool Spell
Forecaster Harry Wahlgren notes gradual warmup from late fall chill with mornings near 44 to 55 degrees and afternoons reaching up to 85. No rain statewide in the 24 hours to Wednesday morning. no immediate rain in sight.
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Harry Wahlgren
Associated Press
Revolving Altar Serves Two Faiths in Maryland Church
In Leonardtown Maryland St Nikolas Catholic church hosts a revolving altar built by the Navy for use by Catholic and Protestant sailors. The device is half Catholic and half Protestant to create an authentic worship environment for both groups during the duration.
British desert raids strike Bengasi Barce and Gialo Oasis
British command disclosed daring raids 500 miles behind Axis lines in Egypt targeting Bengasi, Barce, and the Gialo outpost. The operations inflicted heavy enemy casualties and damaged or destroyed planes and ammunition dumps as U S and British air forces bombed Bengasi and Tobruk.
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Cairo
Bengasi
Barce
Gialo
Tobruk
el- Alamein Line
United States
el- Alamein-Qattara
Egypt
Peanut Marketing School Held in Pontotoc County
A peanut marketing school met Tuesday in the Pontotoc County agent's office with the Southwest Peanut Growers association in charge. Charles Okey explained the program for handling peanut crops, and tentative approval was given for two county warehouses to be located in Ada and Allen to serve the crop. J. D. Butler and J. E. Nottingham Jr. discussed warehouse operation experience and peanut grading standards for Oklahoma counties represented Coal Garvin and Pontotoc.
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Southwest Peanut Growers Association
Charles Okey
Pontotoc County
Ada
Allen
J. D. Butler
Okey
Seminole County
J. E. Nottingham Jr
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Coal
Garvin
Pontotoc
Nottingham
Air Medal Awarded To 27 Enlisted Men in Alaska
Alaska defense command released citations honoring twenty seven enlisted men. Maj. Gen. Buckner awarded Air Medals for heroism and meritorious aviation acts in the western Aleutians, with twelve NCOs and thirteen enlisted personnel cited for over water instrument flights in icing conditions.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Alaska Defense Command
Simon B. Buckner
John H. Crowder
Seminole Street
Bartlesville
Oklo
Aleutians
Aleutian Islands
British seize Tananarive capital in Madagascar campaign
British troops breached French resistance fifteen miles north of Tananarive and occupied the inland capital in a rapid advance. Governor General Annet reportedly sent thanks for the defense, while other reports suggested he left the capital for the island’s south amid a campaign that began with a land push after landing on the west coast.
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London
Tananarive
Madagascar
Port Louis
Mauritius
Armand Annet
Loans Available On Food and Fiber Crops
Farm Security Administration offers loans to Pontotoc county farmers and ranchers to expand dairy and beef herds poultry flocks hogs and garden crops for war needs. Applicants include owners tenants laborers and part time farmers with sufficient acreage who cannot obtain local financing. Officials at the FSA office said Tuesday.
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Pontotoc County
FSA
Gesoline rationing forces station owner from business
Norbert Zarda, a 14 year service station operator in Kansas City Kaz, warned the station owner that rationing could wreck his business. An out of control car toppled his driveway canopy, toppled pumps, started a fire, and damaged air lines and signs delaying replacements as priorities delayed repairs. The moon figures in both solar and lunar eclipses.
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Kansas City
Kas
Norbert Zarda
Red Army Gains in Stalingrad Front as City House Fighting Intensifies
Soviet forces repel German armor and dive bomb assaults in Stalingrad while recapturing a road and a village in linked sectors. Red Star notes massed tanks and heavy air bombing, with brutal street fighting and high German losses across fronts from Volga to Caucasus.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Volga
Pravda
Hitler
Red Star
Don
Voronezh
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Terek
Black Sea
Mozdok
Grozny
Caucasus Front
Lenin
Bruised Lucy Wheeler Faces Kitchen Mishap
In a domestic incident yesterday Little Lucy Wheeler suffered visible injuries after three days of unwashed dishes toppled from a sink into her vicinity. Neighbors report the scene as a minor domestic accident with no further harm disclosed.
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Lucy Wheeler
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