HL Stone Receives Promotion Amid Army Duties
HL Stone is discharged for promotion from captain to major and serves as executive officer at a nation headquarters in the West Pacific theater. He writes to wife Irene Stone in Roosevelt 1002, notes new duty, living quarters in tents with electric lights, and a June promotion. He has six years service, with prior posts from Campbell Island to South America, Camp Len, Cheyenne, Ogden, and overseas duty. home on emergency leave last July after the birth of daughter Margaret Ann, with brother Lt. Vernon Stone killed in Europe in June 1942 and another brother Ernest Stone a petty officer in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strone
West Pacific
Irene Stone
Soosevelt
Maj. Stone
Y Bil
Coinidad Island
South America
Rosing
Ocs
Camp Len
Cheyenne
Eyc
Ampuny
Ogden
Uiea
Tha
Stone
Margaret Ann
Vernon Stone
An Europa
Ans
Ernest Stone
Noted Civilian Casualties Touch Chattanooga Area
Special report from Chattanooga details ongoing family distress after multiple auto wrecks. Martin and Linville siblings travel to DuQuoin for sister’s serious injuries. Linville, a nurse, suffered a brain concussion and is hospitalized. Updates from St Louis strike delays and added hospitalizations in McBride’s. Local residents, including the Bain family, visitations and relocations noted as community news unfolds.
U S Destroyer Twigs Sunk in Japanese Attack near Okinawa
The U S destroyer Twigs was sunk by a torpedo from a Japanese aircraft during the Okinawa action. Survivors were rescued as the ship had been en route for overhaul, following a prior departure from the area. Local court reports include fines for reckless driving and speeding, with several minor penalties recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Twigs
Naval Hospital
Gham
Okinawa
States
Market Highlights From Chicago and Oklahoma City
Market reports show butter demand steady in Chicago and hogs and cattle trading firm in Oklahoma City. Grain and cotton prices drift with modest changes while wool blankets outlook in Washington promises ample civilian supply for winter.
Used Cars Taken From Auto Ration List 1942
1942 ration policy allows sale of certain used cars without certificates to any buyer. Luther Miller, district OPA rationing executive, says new 1942 models will stay rationed less restrictively. Lingala School Cub pack 7320 holds monthly meeting at the school tonight led by Cubmaster T. B. Hopper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Miller
OPA
Lingala
Wieste
Paper Delyeds
Cubmaaler
T. B. Hopper
War Manpower and USES Extend Oklahoma Hours to 44
The War Manpower Commission and the United States Employment Service in Oklahoma switch to a 44 hour work week effective immediately. Morris Leonhard, state WMF director, wired the local USES to adopt the change. Offices will be open 8 am to 5 pm daily except Saturday noon. itinerant services and job referrals continue with no change. President Truman’s order prompted the move for most federal agencies. Join Looney, local director, announced the new hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Manpower Commission
United States
Oklahoma
Truman
le Federe
al Neendesy
Looney
Two U S Destroyers Damaged at Okinawa
Two 21M-ton US destroyers were back in repair docks after being blasted by Japanese planes off Okinawa on April 6. The USS Newcomb reported 17 dead, 2 missing, 4 wounded. hull towed for repairs. The USS Lautze lost 14 missing and 68 wounded.
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Shamblea
Okinawa
Navy
Newcomb
Akron Rubber Workers Return to Jobs After Seizure
Akron Ohio July 4 Approximately 80 percent of the first shift workers reported to work under Gond yaar Tire and Rubber Co after President Truman seized the plant yesterday. Capt H J Mark in charge said the response of United Rubber Workers was extremely pleased and the highest return rate among seized plants. The initial task involved housecleaning as rubber products had been left in machines when the strike began in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohl
Gondyaar Tire and Rubber Co
Truman
H. J. ‘Mark
Navy
United Rubber Worker
CIO
Juno Ie
Slaughter Registration Deadline Set for Oct
The October first deadline for farm slaughter establishments to register with county boards under the livestock slaughter control program was announced. The date, moved from July 1, allows farmers who begin slaughtering in the fall to complete registration. The notice appears amid a string of personal notices and hospital reports from Lawton and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Townsend
Park
Anhoords
Acvordig
Tt Jute Opa Sus Hospital
Fietz Visiting Parents Before Navy Station
Robert P. Fietz is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Fietz Jr., at 206 South Seventh, before reporting to his new station at Cornell University, Ithaca, to attend United States Moral Reserve Midshipman School. He recently completed Navy V-12 training at the University of Oklahoma and earned an engineering degree after entering service in July 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aupert P. Caeiz
John Fietz Jr
South Seventh
Cornell University
Ithaca
United States Moral Reserve Midshipman School
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Kastan Nominated Army Finance Chief Promoted
Washington July 6 President Truman today nominated Major General William Herty Kasten for appointment as chief of finance in the army with the rank of major general. Kasten now holds the regular army rank of lieutenant general, though his wartime rank was colonel. Bond: Garrett Taylor pleaded innocent to assault and battery in the RE P Evans court and was released on $200 bond for a preliminary hearing July 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Garrett Taylor
Asault
Justice Couurt
RE. P. Evans
Two Aye Fine in Disturbing Peace Case
Jimmy Willian and Daniel Mc Fall were fined 1 each plus costs after being charged with disturbing the peace in Justice Court of E. P. Evans on Thursday. The complaint was signed by county officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Willian
Daniel Mc
Fall
E. P. Evans
Hopkins Accepts New Role as Industry Chairman
Harry L. Hopkins, longtime government figure and adviser, is named impartial chairman of the New York women’s coat and suit industry. He will preside over undertakings, manage contracts, arbitrate industrial issues, and foster harmony in a $500 million a year sector, per union president David Dubinsky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry L. Hopkins
New York Women's
David Dublaky
International Ladies Barment Workers Union
Hopkins
Oklahoma City OPA District Officials to Meet Here
Three OPA district men from Oklahoma City will conduct two meetings in the district courtroom of the courthouse on July 11. Mrs Leora Brown, chief clerk of the local ration board, renounced today. All county merchants under the MPR 580 regulation are asked to attend the 8 p.m. session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Oklahoma City
Court House
Leora Brown
Brown
McCORDS Stationery Offers Monogramming Service
McCORDS Stationery at 607 C Ave advertises a selection of stationery and monogramming services for personalized items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warge
McCord
Army discharge irregularities prompt court martial
A unit faced alleged fake discharges affecting 12 soldiers, with about 4,000 wounded and missing ages misrepresented. Two officers and several noncommissioned officers may face confinement as the investigation proceeds, while a court martial is planned. The inquiry, described as incomplete, is led by public relations officials and notes no definitive evidence of broader manipulation.
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Barone
Terent
Mitchel Lvnd
Harmes
Fratais
Ita
eCourt Marttal Proce Lige
Norman
Revler
Air Corps
Allied Drive Report From Southeast Asia Fronts
Allied forces pressed operations across Southeast Asia. Japanese resistance lingered as Allied air and ground units targeted oil installations, airfields, and coastal positions. Sundiate division units seized ammunition dumps near Miri while Seventh Fleet planes bombed Barneo and nearby airfields. several vessels were damaged off Ku Ching Labor Coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iusidences
Beriing
Manget
Tay
Borneo
Sundiate
Miri
Britwi
Dogun
Jesseton
Barneo
Kowa
Kuching
Resignation Rumors and Political Shifts Highlight Coastline Notices
Fragmented OCR cites figures like J T O Connor and Walter Cursnenig amid chatter of a new treasury appointee. References to judges Owen Roberts and Harlan F Stone mark a period of leadership change, with remarks on Margenthas and Albert Gallatin as historical contrasts.
Justice Stone Resigns After 20 Years on Bench
On his 70th birthday May 2 friends note he had not planned to retire but Stone abruptly resigned yesterday. He has served 20 years on the court and, at 72, would retire on full pay of 20500. Close ally of Chief Justice Roberts, Stone and Roberts became close friends as Republicans.
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Waslington
Owen J
Harlan F. Stone
Pat Truman
Roberts
Stone
White House
Wigh Tribunal
Arno Lund recalls submarine service and postwar plans
Arno Lund describes his World War II submarine repair duties and multiple patrols from Midway after a 30 day March 1944 leave. He hints at close shaves at sea before returning to land duty, then notes undecided civilian plans, resting, and time with family in Lawton.
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Pearl Harbor
Midway
Lund
Lawton
Lind
Truman Moves (Continued from Page 1)
The article notes the appropriations committee and Alan criticize the liteat bill causing gridlock. The House approves a bill funding PEPC, the Labor Board, and multiple wartime offices including Defense Transportation and War Information, detailing agency names and roles.
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Appropriations Committee
Alan
Senate
House
PEPC
Wir Labor Board
Office of Defense Transportation
Office of
Weanamle Stabilization
Selnsitic Research and Development
Inter-Amerian Affairs
War Information
Office of Strategic Services
Euroleum Administration For War
Hospital Ship Aboard Homeward Bound Under Red Cross Shield
Two Searches Located a hospital ship near Wake Island and Takasago area as forces move troops home under Red Cross protection. The vessel Sheshin reportedly carried 74 military patients with illnesses and tuberculosis before being allowed to proceed. The Murray also intercepted the hospital ship July 3 on its Wake route, detaining civilians, a navy crew and 150 naval medical personnel without explanation.
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Red Cross
Wane Islana
Takasago Hind
Wake
Sheshin
Murray
Wes
Navy
Wake Island evac ship bound for Japan with wounded
An official release describes an inbound search of a hospital ship about 300 miles north of Wake Island. The ship carries 490 aboard, including 484 army patients with 14 wounded and 15 tubercular cases, plus cases of malnutrition. About 15 percent of malnutrition cases may not survive the voyage. The destroyer boarding party cooperated as the vessel, en route to Wake Island to evacuate sick and wounded, paused for a few hours before continuing to Japan.
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Japan
Wale
Wale Island
Wake
Aged Man Search Continues In Mountain Area
Aged man search continues in the mountain area with assistance from relatives friends and Boy Scouts who are camping nearby as part of the effort.
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Samiy
Air Force damage rises as B 29s loom over Japan
The South Air Force page reports further damage reaching twenty percent as Superfortress bombers sweep east toward central Japan. Japanese forces face heavier blows as air reconnaissance appears to signal another B 29 raid on the main island. Reinforcements from General MacArthur’s southwest Pacific command are arriving to bolster central Pacific air fleets amid mounting losses for Japan.
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Erit
Japinese Camel
Ning
Hanada
Tokyo
Carlies
Olsi+newa
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific Command
Central Pacific Air Fleets
Air Power Rains On Kyushu As US Fifth Air Force Advances
In the Okinawa push phase leaders say Mus tang fighters of the U S Fifth air force hit Kyushu on Tuesday, while more elements move northward for invasion berthing. American air power expands with four army air forces deployed toward the enemy homeland, sinking or damaging 19 ships in 12 days and raiding Tokyo with over 100 based fighters destroying five planes and wounding ten others.
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Japan
MacArthur
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Kyushu
Okinawa
Isla
China
Korea
Honolulu
Tokyo
Inia
Forfeits Bonds In City Crackdown On Firecrackers
Four more persons forfeited bonds of seven dollars each in municipal court Thursday for violating the city ordinance against discharging firecrackers within city limits.
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HL Stone
Chattanooga
Mredrude Martin
Ted Linville
Weatherford
DuQuoin
Misa Linville
Our Quoin
Martin
Aus
St. Loui
Howard Bain
Thelma Bain
McBride's Hospital
Camp Swift
Tex
Almackinhoma City
Sill Cumming
Childress
T. W. Cummins
F. M. Box
Shawnee
Willl
Oklahoma Bapstat University
Patsy Gutshell
Ed Gartre
Otis Wal@ron
Oran Bentey
Bony
Robert
Phoenix
Ariz
Clarence Bentley
Zon
Phillip
Wichita, Kan
Clyde Wise Way
Nee BE. Sharpe
Sen
Alcolm Harrison
Amo Lund
Lawton Bubbeagmin
Ba & Chick Electrician
Aleutiana
Southwest Pacific
802
Columbia
Chicago
C.C
Colton
Wae Production Board
Ines Lenin
Barcy Mannnneremn
Lowton
Fort Sill
Hornadays
J. l. Copeland
Union
Trailways
Frank A. Myers
T. G. Shaffer
Prederick Gray
Gore Boulevard
Third Glass
Enid
D. B. Davisson
Seminole
Herbert True
Oklasgona City
Teus
Murphy
Annebelle Fuller
San Diego
Cal
John Sausser
Floyd Northrop
L Williams
Dallas
Comanche County
W. A. Sapp
W. A
Mra
Norma Phillips
Selective Service
Faxon
David Lucas
North Seventh
Southwestern Hospital
Lewis Morris
South Sixth
Angus Hospital
Wayne
Hendrix
Infant Son
Cecil Sawyer
Apache
Be, M
Beaver
Billy Crabb
W. A Crabb
F. J. DuCharme
Angushowpltith
Tua Spragg
Southweshhatal
Minnie Graig
Angus, Hospital
Homer Stevenson
Robert P. Fietz
Kastan
Phous
Green-Howenstine Motor Co
Desoto-Plymouth
FLO
D Reese
C Avenue
Vaca
Cyntin Ud
Pigg 3
George
Elf
Walter T. Cursnenig
Continantul Mwinaia Wallont
Barc
Trugteampray
Chirag
Divard &, Brown
First Rational Bank
Chicage
J. T. O'Connor
Lea Angeles
Merlysas Comptraller
Margenthas
Albert Gallatin
Arno Lund
Wolverton Ice Company
Leo
Phong
2180
Ave
Kress Lawton
Oldegaa
Auto Mechanics
Floyd Reese
Sth Air Force
Orville Pope
Lawton Mattress Co
E Avenue
Berry
Avenuue
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