Oklahoma Wildcat Boom Draws War Wealth Investors
Oklahoma City June 5. More than 600 wells are being drilled across the state by a new wave of investors including war contractors, brewers, wine dealers, gamblers, and movie stars seeking easy profits. Oil editor Claude Barrow notes heavy spending and reliance on seasoned supervisors. The piece compares wildcatters to Broadway producers backing untested talent, cites high costs, variable success, and records the long history and scale of Oklahoma oil Patricia with figures on fields, acres, and losses.
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Arizona Senators Against Tax Cut
Washington June 5 senate roll call passed the personal income tax bill 48 to 28. Republicans for the bill 42 including Cain Capper Cordon Dworshak Ecton Malone Millikin Robertson Watkins Democrats for 6 including McCarran Against the bill 28 Republicans against 2 including Morse Democrats against 26 including Chavez Downey Hatch Hayden Johnson McFarland Thomas inson Utah Pairs Butler O Mahoney Ring Reed for and Wagner Overton Murray would have voted against if present
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Truman Restores Prison Goods Ban Amid War-Product History
President Truman repealed a wartime order that allowed government procurement of prison-made goods. The ban had been suspended in 1942 to utilize existing facilities under the Smaller War Plants Corporation. Prison labor contributed notably to wartime production before the reversal.
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