Russians Want to Know Daily Life of Americans
War correspondent James Fleming describes life in Moscow for Americans and Russians. He notes strict rules for foreigners, limited contact with locals, and the curiosity Russians have about U S life while praising occasional frank exchanges that bridge gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fleming
Russia
Moscow
NEA
United States
Intourist
Burobin
Voks
America
Pravda
Ivan
Olga
Dewey Urges Integrity in Government Across Oklahoma
Governor Thomas E. Dewey campaigned in Sapulpa and Tulsa after a fiery reply to President Roosevelt’s speech. He accused Roosevelt of mudslinging and warned the nation against perceived disarmament in wartime planning while quoting military leaders and Senate figures to bolster his call for restoring integrity to the White House. He urged cross‑party support and introduced GOP candidates for the Senate and Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Dewey
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
Oklahoma
Sapulpa
Tulsa
Roosevelt
Oklahoma City
Civic Auditorium
New York
Hitler
Goebbels
Harry S Truman
Frank Kelly
Chicago
Marshall. Arnold
George C. Marshall
Army
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Truman
Senate
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Mr. Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
GOP
Cabbage Caper Highlights German Dump Loot in France
U S troops in France report odd bounty from German dumps the cabbage lot of green loot prompts jokes and pride as soldiers haul away two tons of cabbage while engineers improvise ferries named 42nd St Brooklyn and Hoboken to move troops and vehicles across the Loire amid ruined bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
France
Arts
Hal F. Crouse
Maiden
N. C
Matlock
Bronx
N. Y
C. O
Beatty Milone
Brooklyn
Robert Mistron
New York
Frank Walsh
Franklin, N. J
Solon Gray
Flint, Mich
H. M. Woodall
Gladys
James F. Beale
Terre Heute
Ind
Beale
Iceland
Army Engineers
Corp. Gem Suprock
St. Clair, A
Experts Foresee Lumber Scarcity In Postwar Housing
Department of Commerce experts warn that while demobilized labor will ease some postwar modernization, lumber shortages will persist for new construction. A long logging season and winter-frozen regions push earliest ready lumber to next July. Builders may shift to brick masonry and glass amid bottlenecks and equipment shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Stevick
NEA
Washington
Department of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
War Production Board urges use of surplus materials
Copper wire and aluminum gadgetry loom in shortages while military demand outpaces output. Civilians face limited cotton duck as the War Production Board urges manufacturers to repurpose surplus for war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
Garfield County Wins Lamb Show at Oklahoma State Fair
Garfield county exhibitors swept the fat lamb show as livestock judging began at the Oklahoma State Fair. Richard Moehle led the Garfield county 4-H club with champion Shropshire and champion southdown and grand champion lambs. The county club also exhibited the winning school group of five lambs. Myron Schnathan of Garber showed the champion Hampshire. Oklahoma county won the county exhibit for the first time since 1920. Attendance reached 71,342 for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Garfield County
Oklahoma
Negroes to Help War Plant in Kansas
Lawrence Kansas September 25 1944 Hercules Powder plant manager H V Chase said 100 West Indian negroes from Jamaica would arrive at the Sunflower Ordnance works near Lawrence for labor. The War Manpower Commission arranged the labor influx to free other workers for the powder line. Additional workers will go to the Kansas Ordnance plant at Parsons and other critical sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kans
H. V. Chase
Hercules Powder Company
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Chase
War Manpower Commission
Washington
Jamaica
Kansas Ordnance Plant
Parsons
Bricker Predicts Republican Wins In Northeast States
Gov John W Bricker on a 3200 mile eastern trip said Pennsylvania and the New England states will go Republican in the November election He claimed confidence based on talks with governors and party leaders in Pennsylvania Maine Massachusetts and Connecticut He spoke in Cleveland Ohio after returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bricker
Cleveland
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Pennsylvania
New England
Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Henry Wallace Named Grapefruit The Henry Wallacey
In Pullman Washington on September 26 a visiting official from Palmira Colombia described Vice President Henry Wallace tasting a grapefruit during a stop at an agricultural station and praising its mix of orange and grapefruit prompting staff to name a new product the Henry Wallacey
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman
Wash
Henry Wallace
U. S
Raul Varela Martinez
Palmira
Columbia
Colombia
Henry
It Isn’t the Shortness of Skirts That Worries Dad
A humorous line notes a father’s concern not with fashion but with the duration of skirts worn, reflecting social attitudes and parental humor of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Missing Lt. Eddie Watson of Ada County in France
Telegram confirms Lt. Eddie Watson with the 45th division is missing in action in France since September 1. A Ada High alumnus, he served four years since National Guard mobilization in 1940, with 160th Field Artillery, overseas since May 1943 after campaigns including Anzio. His wife, Mrs. Eddie Watson, resides with her mother in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Watson
France
45Th
Anzio
160Th Field Artillery
National Guard
Watson
Ada
Stillwater
Carpenter Drug Store
Ada High
Frank Arnett
West Seventh
Lt. Watson
Dave Edwards
Ponca City
U S Crackdown Targets Argentine Shipping Calls
The United States orders American flag ships to stop calling at Argentine ports on homebound voyages, effective October 1. The measure aims to cut off imports from Argentina to the United States, while some Argentine shipments like corn remain in transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Argentina
United States
War Shipping Administration
State Department
Hull
Great Britain
Britain
Sapulpa Welcomes Dewey and Frances Hutt in Parade
About 15 000 people in Sapulpa and nearby towns greeted Mrs Frances Hutt and the Dewey entourage as they rode through the city in a large parade. Mrs Hutt, valedictorian of her class in 1921, accompanied by her parents, attended a luncheon at the Hutts home before continuing to Tulsa. Dewey toasted Sapulpa’s friendship and praised Oklahoma residents as the crowd cheered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapulpa
Oklahoma
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
O. T. Hutt
Frances Hutt
Values distorted in far Pacific says Hoover to Ada Lions
Marine Staff Sergeant Billy T. Hoover, Ada pastor’s son in law, spoke to the Ada Lions Club about wartime distortions of value in the Southwest Pacific. He recalled buying water, cigarettes, and other scarce items at high prices, the hazards of coral reefs, and how sailors bartered supplies to survive while on campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy T. Hoover
C. C. Morris
Ada
Ada Lions Club
Southwest Pacific
Hoover
Russell Islands
Navy
McKeel Long County Native Dies in California
A. W. McKeel longtime Long County resident died in California at 71. Funeral held in Los Angeles Monday with survivors including J. N. McKeel Ada Mrs Earl Parker Ada Earl McKeel Colorado and A W Jr and David of Los Angeles. Brother J F Sam A and A A McKeel Ada and sisters Mrs Crim Ada and Mrs Burnham Fast Texas. J M McKeel and Mrs Parker attended the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. McKeel
Los Angeles
Calif
McKeel
This County
Lightning Ridge
California
A. A. McKeel
Ada
Alice Crim
Josie Burnham
Fast Texas
J. M. McKeel
Parker
Soldier Hanged For Slaying Civilian
Pvt. Harry R. Bever 27 of Kansas City was hanged at Fort Sill for the July 22 1943 pistol slaying of Clint C. Wood a 50 year old Amarillo cafe operator. Bever deserted Fort Benning in August 1942 and had worked for Wood as a cook before the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Harry R. Bever
Kansas City
Clint C. Wood
Amarillo
Tex
Bever
Post
Fort Benning
Wood
Dewey Campaign Speech Hastens Oklahoma Vote Outlook
Monroney and Johnson issued statements after Gov Dewey's Oklahoma City address. They said the speech will boost campaign tempo and lead to a strong Oklahoma vote while claiming it did not win over real Oklahoma Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Monroney
Johnson
Dewey
Pvt Martin Wounded Again In D Day Invasion Fight
Pvt Bruce Martin, part of an infantry outfit in the Normandy invasion, was wounded again in action. He previously suffered a slight leg wound and recovered in an English hospital. His wife and son live with her parents in California. He trained at IRTC Camp Fannin Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Bruce Martin
France
P. C. Majors
West Tenth
War Department
Pyan Martin
Wellington
Kans
Pvt. Martin
IRTC
Camp Fannin
Tyler
Tex
Michael
California
Jewish POWs from Normandy join German forces then become captives
At Fort Custer a Jewish chaplain recounted that about twenty Jewish servicemen, some half Jewish, taken from Normandy battle lines and drafted into the Wehrmacht, asked for Jewish prayer books and mezuzahs before becoming prisoners. The chaplain described his astonishment at meeting Jewish soldiers in German uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Marentette
Fort Custer
Mich
Normandy
Martin M. Perley
Perley
Germany
D-Day
Perle
U. S
Nelson Ready For His Report to FDR
Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, prepared to report to President Roosevelt on a China mission that surveyed the Chinese industrial contribution to the United Nations war effort. He returned from the Orient and voiced enthusiasm for China's progress while avoiding comments on his WPB future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Roosevelt
China
United Nations
Nelson
Orient
WPB
J. A. Krug
Krug
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Curtin Warns of Yet Tough Pacific War Path
Prime Minister John Curtin in a national broadcast warned Australia should brace for extended fighting as Allied forces confront Japan. He said stress on Australia could double or triple when Allied offensives reach the vast areas contracted by Allied leaders Roosevelt and Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtin
Canberra
Australia
John Curtin
Japan
Roosevelt
Churchill
German Tanks Roll Plant Into Action
German tanks push from assembly plants toward Wechel while fighting for the road junction with American and British forces defending the corridor. The panzer force, battered after days of combat, shells supply lines, but remains threatened by flanking American advances as heavy combat continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Conkite
AIRB
Vechel
Holland
Buer
Wechel
Germany
Willem Canal
2Nd Army
Savings form the true basis for credit needs says banker
Chicago report on postwar plans stresses savings as the foundation for credit to industry trade and agriculture. Fred W. Lawrence of Portland notes the danger of excessive spending and urges banks to rely on people’s savings. Kansas City banker Claude Pack cites rural small banks as key, while government subsidized lending remains a competitive hurdle in farm communities. W L Hemingway of Mercantile Commerce Bank and Walter G. Garver of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago also spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fred W. Lawrence
Portland
American Bankers Association
Lawrence
Claude F. Pack
Kansas City
Kans
State Bank
Association
America
W. L. Hemingway
Mercantile Commerce Bank and Trust Company
St. Louis
Walter G. Garver
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Pioneer Dies At Home of Brother In Ada
Mrs. Lola G. Wilson age 74 died Monday morning at 10 at the home of her brother John W. Beard in Ada. Criswell Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements. She had moved to Ada a week earlier after living 30 years in Long Beach California and had come to Ada to be with her brother. She and brothers John Beard and the late Henry G. Beard staked land claims in Shawnee's early business and residential district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola G. Wilson
John W. Beard
Ada
Criswell Funeral Home
John Beard Nce
Henry G. Beard
Shawnee
Finns Slowly Drive Germans From Northern Finland
Finnish troops reported steady progress in dislodging German forces from northern Finland as they seek to honor the armistice with Russia. A Finnish commander said they had occupied part of Suomussalmi and pressed toward Puolanka after overcoming mines demolitions and road blocks set by retreating Nazis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Finland
Finland
Russia
Suomussalmi
Puolanka
Investigation Techniques Talked At Regional OPA Conference
A regional conference of OPA investigators will discuss investigation techniques on Thursday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
OPA _ investigators
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Johnston
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Hershey
Stars and Stripes
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American Federation of Labor
W. J. Otsen
Enid
Ralph Kirchner
Congress
Old Cabbage
Hal Boyle
Lamb
Ada News
U.S
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Long County
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