ODT Manager Advises on Wartime Transport Rules
N F Nelson district manager for the Office of Defense Transportation says all drivers and vehicle owners are affected by new transport rules. He details how to fix errors on Certificates of War Necessity, how to obtain temporary mileage, and the need for regular inspections and record keeping for farm and commercial transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. F. Nelson
Office of Defense Transportation
Nelson
Apa
Office of War Information
OPA
Potter County
U. S. Department of Agriculture War Board
Girl at Avalon Gas Station Narrates Fill Up for Four Cents
Ray R. Smith, a tired attendant at a Pittsburgh area Avalon station, asked a young woman driver how much to fill. She replied Fill her up and Smith noted the tank would take only four cents worth, two tenths of a gallon, as rationing began at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Ray R. Smith
Avalon
Smith
Gasless Packing House Reflects Meat Shortage
Pittsburgh reports a packing house saying it does not need gasoline for deliveries because it has no meat to ship. The item notes sensational irony amid wartime labor and wage inspector postings and mentions U S Civil Service examinations and vergamot oil import figures from 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Slap for Der Fuehrer reflects Stalingrad siege turns point
In the 99th day of the Stalingrad battle DeWitt MacKenzie reports a tense stalemate as German attacks persist around the city. The piece notes Hitler's prestige drive and Russian counteroffensive potential, while Churchill recalls a map indicating a southern push toward Moscow. Also reported is the capture of German alien Herbert Reckefuss in Houston.
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Stalingrad
Verdun
Moscow
Hitler
Volga
Stalin
Russia
Fuehrer
Ukraine
Caucasus
Maikop
Red Army
Grater
Leningrad
Finland
Winston Churchill
Kremlin
Churchill
Houston
U.P
Herbert Karl Reckefuss
Oklahoma
Ray J. Abbaticchio
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Radio Programs Schedule with NBC and MBS Lineups
A detailed two day broadcast grid lists station power and frequencies, from 5,000 watts day to 1,060 watts night on 1440 Ke, detailing Tuesday and Wednesday lineups of NBC, MBS and Mutual network shows, news, dramas, music and sports segments with program times and anchors.
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Fred Waring
NBC
H. V. Kaltenborn
Johnny
Ginny Simms
Bob Hope
Red Skelton
Olmsted
the Trading Post
Battle of Wits
Winstop Dunzit
The
Guiding Light
James L. Gordon
Wohl
Evelyn Boyd
Society
Ma Perkins
Pepper Young's
Stella Dallas
Lorenzo Jones
Young Widder Brown
Portia
Life
Just Plain
Bill
Front Page Farrell
Don Winslow
Amarillo Field
the Box K Ranchers
Sports
KFDA
Watts
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mbs
Johnson Family
John Josey
Organ
TSN
Blue Network
John B. Hughes
Art Kussell
Dixie Revelers
Jimmy Joy
Melody Hall
Whisky Prices Skyrocket in Dry Oklahoma
In Oklahoma prices for alcohol surged as the state went dry amid wartime rationing. Bootleggers and moonshiners faced collapse, with some cheap bourbon hitting $5 a pint while legal stock vanished, and rationing and pooling schemes barely easing the shortage.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Safety Safety
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Statehood
Tulsa
Fred Smith
Oklahoma County
Scrap Drive Needs More Rural Help In Amarillo
Amarillo salvage chief Roy Greenhill says WPA manpower is short for moving iron and steel from farms to junk yards. He urges housewives to save waste fats for glycerine and explosives production, offering 37 to 57 cents an hour through contact at the Tri State Fairgrounds. Errol Flynn arrived in Mexico City for a visit with plans to stay a few days and possibly weeks.
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Amarillo
Roy Greenhill
City
WPA
Mr. Greenhill
Mr. Short
Tri-State Fairgrounds
WPB
Greenhill
Pacific
Far East
Errol Flynn
Mexico
Mexico City
Flynn
Light hauls hint at end of era for Oklahoma trappers
Tulsa police report that recent shipments have been the lightest in years as many men quit the business and others plan to leave soon. Officers note Oklahoma motorists traveling from Joplin Missouri and Fort Smith Arkansas have repeatedly brought home cases for the holidays before rationing.
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Tulsa
Joplin
Fort Smith
Ark
Oklahoma
Court weighs indecency ruling on Margie Hart burlesque
A New York judge considers whether the Broadway show Wine, Women and Song featuring Margie Hart Jimmy Savo and Noel Toy is indecent and whether the jury should view the act in court or in a theater. Prosecutor calls Hart undressed and nude briefly while defense cites courtroom propriety.
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Martin Kane
New York
Margie Hart
General Sessions
Owen W. Bohan
Miss Hart
Jimmy Savo
Noel Toy
Arthur Markewich
Sol Gelb
Bohan
Gelb
Margie
Miss Toy
Noel
Stephens. Jackson
Jackson
Budget measures project a hundred billion dollar victory plan
Washington reports tentative 1944 budget plans target about 100 billion dollars for defense and mobilization with over 90 billion likely by July 1 1943. Roosevelt will present estimates in January as war planners map weapons needs and production capacity while considering possible early end or extended war. The process involves combined chiefs of staff, lend lease, war production board, and production projections.
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United States Civil Service Commission
United States
Commission
Washington
H. M. Timmons
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Custom House
Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Roosevelt
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Italy’s Morale Worries Nazi Italy as Bombing Rages
London dispatch reports German broadcasts claim Italy fears morale breakdown under Allied bombing. Vatican circles allegedly consider protests to belligerents over civilian casualties. Berlin cites Turin attacks prompting Rome to weigh responses to open city bombings.
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London
Gern
Italy
Impa
Britain
Pius
Paris
Civi
Vatican
Beriin
Turin
Ical
Rome
TAS
Adolfler
Hermann Goering
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ODT
Hunsley
Hunsley’s House OF Color
East 6Th Phone
NAVY
der Fuehrer
DeWitt MacKenzie
Glenn Babb
Eugene Harris
RADIO
Globe-News
Armed Services
Lendlease Administration
War Production Board
Guatemal
Guatemala City
Guate Dec
Brownsville
Guatemala
James F. Byrnes
Leon Head
Nam
Wesherfield
Chesterfield
Tm General Electric
Sally Victor
York
Ovf
Chester Oy
U.S. A
Liegurr & Myers
Toracco
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