Sink 14 Jap Barges Near Peleliu Isle
A U S destroyer off Peleliu Island with four LCI gunboats sank 14 Japanese landing barges attempting to reinforce the Peleliu garrison. Cmdr Joe W Boulware used starshells and 5 inch guns to destroy the barges, halting reinforcements from Palau. Another barge was sunk the same night while trying to reach the northern Peleliu position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leif Erickson
U. S. Detroyer
Peleli Island
Palau
Navy
Peleliu
Joe W. Boulware
Perry
Beverly Hills
Calif
Palau Islands
Oklahoma Governor sees St Louis Union Station as symbol of progress
Gov. Kerr reflects on St Louis Union Station and the Terminal Hotel during a tour, praises the World's Fair atmosphere, and recalls the welcome and activity of the depot area. He discusses Indian coal settlements with Chickasaw and Choctaw leaders, dam projects on Grand and Red rivers, Will Clayton’s wartime role, feeder line permits, WPB cooperation, and a planned visit by James Forrestal on Navy Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Union Station
Arkansas
Terminal
Terminal Hotel
Washington
Oklahoma
Chicksaw Nation
Secretary of the Interior
Department of the Interior
Grand River
Red River
Will Clayton
Clayton
Houston
Tex
Oklahoma City
America
Welch Pogue
Civil Aeronautics Board
Josh Lee
Pogue
Lee
WPB
Krug
War Production Board
Forrestal
James V. Forrestal
the Navy
Army Refuses to Echo Goebbels Line In Treating Nazi Prisoners
The piece profiles Brig. Gen. Blackshear M. Bryan Jr. and explains U S policy on German, Japanese and Italian POWs held in the United States. It describes camps, wages, incentives, libraries, media access, and handling of escapes and executions while emphasizing non-propagandizing education and humane treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goebbels
Peter Edson
NER
Washingto
America
Pearl Harbor
United States
U. S
Blackshear M. Bryan, Jr
West Point
Germany
Dr. Goebbels
Afrika Korps
Normandy
France
Oil Center Couple United by Pastor
In a single ring ceremony on September 9 Miss Frankie Lee Fountain became the bride of Eddie L. Thompson. The Rev. T A Sammons pastor of the Baptist church at Oil Center performed the ceremony. Grandmother of the groom Mrs Alice Smith and brother in law Everett Thompson witnessed. They reside on Route one Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Lee Fountain
Eddie L. Thompson
T. A. Sammons
Baptist Church
Oil Center
Alice Smith
Everett Thompson
Route One
Ada
Truck Operators Urged to Call for Gasoline Tickets
Pontotoc county war price and ration board asks truck operators to begin calling for fourth quarter gasoline tickets. Names from A to I to start Monday, others Wednesday, with aim to issue all tickets by October 1. The invitation reads come in and get them. Allied mortars were so accurate in France that German prisoners asked if they had telescopic sights in them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Temple
Texas
France
Cpl
Ray A. Dunn
Healdton
Okla
McCloskey General Hospital
Oklahoma State Fair Sets Attendance Record
Oklahoma City report shows 49 321 attendees at the state fair on Sunday, surpassing last year’s record by 13 048.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Duck blinds set for Lake Carl Blackwell season
Thirty duck blinds will be permitted on Lake Carl Blackwell this season. A drawing for the blinds will be held at the lake next Sunday. Carrot leaves once were believed decorative and used by English ladies in Queen Elizabeth's time for hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Carl Blackwell
Queen Elizabeth
Certified Seed Growers List and Local Farmers
County agent reports Oklahoma Crop Improvement Association certified seed for wheat oats barley rye and sweet clover. T Norvell plans four acres Lovegrass using certified seed. lovegrass aids erosion control grazing and hay. Grasshoppers cause heavy crop damage. farmers use bran mash poison with Paris green to reduce pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Hailey
Oklahoma Crop Improvement Association
T. Norvell
Vaness
Oklahoma soldiers listed as wounded in action
Army releases the names of Oklahomans wounded in action in all theaters. The list includes Pfc Dennis H. Daniel, Pfc Willie Davis, Pfc Phillip L. Peterson, Pfc Virgie A Anglen, Pfc Blane Archer, and many others from Ada to Nowata plus Tulsa and Enid. Also notes Oklahoma State Fair exhibits and 4-H girls heading to Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Central Pacific
Dennis H. Daniel
Nellie M. Daniel
Hastings
Willie Davis
Fred J. Davis
Park Hill
Phillip L. Peterson
Kathryn M. Peterson
Alva
Virgie A. Anglen
Clara E. Anglen
Broken Arrow
Blane Archer
Calvin C. Archer
Moorewood
Jimmie E. Barnett
Louise Watson Bryant
W. H. Bullard
Alma L. Bullard
Ada
Bob Chambers
Juanita J. Chambers
Elk City
Robert C. Culp
Robert L. Culp
Glover
George T. Davis
Muskogee
Leonard S. Dixon
Ramona L. Dixon
Tulsa
Leslie L. Dowler
Norma E. Dowler
Afton
Thomas L. Edmondson
Nettie Edmondson
Addington
Robert J. Estes, Jr
Evelyn M. Estes
Vernon A. Hellwege
Anna Hellwege
Enid
Bennie F. Henry
Benjamin F. Henry
Stigler
Marion E. Hutson
Ola R. Hutson
Cache
James W. Jordan
Hattie B. Jordan
Nowata
Alfred R. Lawrence
Rufus B. Lawrence
Lawton
Howard W. Martin
Mary A. Martin
Hominy
James R. McCracken
Letha McCracken
Sand Springs
Lewis M. Morris
Deryl Morris
Collinsville
William J. Powell
Granite
Dee Roten
Bruce Roten
Crescent
Joseph B. Tyree
Geraldine Tyree
Eagletown
James O. Black
Emma F. White
Red Rock
Joe Broaddus
Lena Broaddus
Miami
Clayburn Garrett
John R. Garrett
Sallisaw
Dale H. Griffin
Faustina Griffin
Durant
Leroy Howell
James M. Howell
Stratford
Oklahoma City
Katheryne Cromer
Stonewall
Marion Cromer
Route 2
Lawanda Morgan
Fitzhugh
Betty Sullivan
Roff
Geneva Cecil
Monnday
Katheryne Dyer
Wanda Nipps
Ledo Road: China supply route in use and history
Seattle reports the Ledo road as a usable China supply lifeline linking India and Yunnan. The piece notes bridges and rugged terrain, Stilwell's late maps, and the road's role for evacuations and WAC liaisons, with origins in 1942 under Gen Pick and Stilwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
China
Ledo Road
Post-Intelligencer
U. S. Army Engineers
Washington
D. C
Yunnan
Ledo
India
Burma
Yunan
Trungkha
Stilwell
Army Air Forces
Army
Lewis A. Pick
United States
Delav
Chine
Wartime Home Demonstration Club Meeting Recap
The Carbon Plant Home Demonstration club met September 22 at Mrs. Otto Martin's home with prayer, Psalm 100, and a wartime family life discussion led by Mrs. Sliger. Games demonstrated by Mrs. Bennett included a pin-in-bottle challenge. prizes went to Mrs. Martin. Attendees included secretary Kathleen Harper, Myrtle Fuller, Reba Bennett, Delbert Stringer, Jessie Morgan, and the hostess president Mrs. Otto Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ola Armstrong
Pecan Grove
John Boring
McFarland
Ed Stephens
Carbon Plant
Otto Martin
Veterinarians Expand Coverage as Sleeping Sickness Spreads
Local vets report an average of two sleeping sickness cases daily as the disease reaches new counties. Vaccination efforts ramp up with recent cases south of Coalgate and around Calvin, including a vaccination drive in Konawa. Recovery advice notes vaccines need 15 to 30 days to build protection, with Loveland area reporting a new case Saturday. One vet cites high success with vaccinated groups showing no further cases.
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Coalgate
Calvin
Konawa
Lovelandy
La Guardia Considered for Allied Italy Commission
President Roosevelt was reported to be weighing New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia for appointment to the Allied control commission for Italy. If chosen, La Guardia would likely be made a brigadier general in the army as the commission oversees Italy’s compliance with armistice terms.
British armored units near Nijmegen reach Ruhr heart
The London radio reported by CBS that British armored units have entered the Reich near Nijmegen and are less than 37 1/2 miles from Essen, home of Krupp works, in the Ruhr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
London Radio
Reich
Nijmegen
Essen
Krupp
Germany
Ruhr
CBS
Plane Crash Kills Two at Fairmont Army Field
Two men died when an Army Air Field plane crashed and burned two miles north of Cordova Nebraska in a wooded area. Pilot Capt. Mark J. Mathers Jr. from Oklahoma City and First Lt. Virginia L. Weitz of East Massillon Ohio were the deceased, with Col. George A. Brakey announcing the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont Army Air Field
Nebr
Cordova
George A. Blakey
Mark J. Mathers, Jr
Oklahoma City
Virginia L. Weitz
East Massilon
Greece Demands Immediate Bulgarian Handover of Macedonia and Thrace
Rome reports that Greece insists Bulgaria surrender its occupation of Macedonia and Thrace at once without conditions. Greek Information Minister George A. Cartalis stated the demand publicly yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Macedonia
Thrace
George A. Cartalis
Nips Try To Force Filipinos To Fight Yanks
Ray Cronin reports from Manila on the Japanese puppet regime led by Jose P. Laurel and Tokyo’s war declaration against the United States. Philippine constabulary recruitment and fears of conscription into fighting American liberators are discussed, with references to Filipino veterans and guerrilla resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Cronin
Associated Press Philippines
United States
Philippines
Nippon Invaders
Tokyo
Comei
Nippon
Jose P. Laurel
Laurel
Manila
America
U. S
Philippine Republic
Japan
Philippine Con
Bataan
Corregidor
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Peleliu Isle
Kerr
Post Exchange
U. S. Treasury
Galveston
Badgett
Little Red School
W. E. Badgett
Joan
Jeraldine
Jeanette
Joyce
NEA
Grasshopper Control
Pfc. Bullard
Alice Bowman
Colberg
J. E. Craddock
Pleasant Hill
Breco
Carl Browall
Jwatta
War Food
Director of Economic Stabilization
Chicago
J. W. Spear
Bangs
W. E. Harvey
Charles T. Bates
Carlton Corbin
Gene Martin Lang
Bill Lillard Hunt
Jack Griffith
Hart
Billy Hugh Thompson
McLish
Jerry Young
Max
Joe Tom Griffith
Guthrie
John D. Lenman
Sen
Elmer Thomas
Ada News
Mrs. Jessie Morgan
Cronin
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