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tide avejob.ub-se.\nymyal-beYou Would Expect to Find SomeTeepees, But Hardly Any IgloosLike the Ones at Pryor Plant•amov-Irmlay,byov*goavemt*portation- across the tundra with wheeled vthiclca, it is necessary Ihat an aditiunal ammunition area be established near the runway.Colonel Miller said that the deadly effectiveness of Ordnance fire-powor was highlighted in Color.ei Pepple’s rcviort with a description of the Holts Hay, Attu Island action last November, when 4 Lock-PRYOR. Aiivr* 12—Teepees? You might expect to findthem in Oklahoma. But igloos? Well, hardly.Nevertheless, there are some igloos in this tepee country. How many, and exactly where they are is a mmtary i heed p.;. lt;j. stmy rd Jap singlesecret because they are used for the storage ot povder at float Zero- in 17 eeonlt;L, Oklahoma’s wartime munitions plant, the Oklahoma Ordnance Works.0W-ors ard i ifave■nd-1ro-;to . ght |en-had •ob-rn-ghtale.hat 1he jbutpricing |to j Tile |ini-re-t, am/' ing il)Svil- | a in I210 iial- !♦Technically, of course, they areknown as magazines*, but becauseof their architectural lines theyhave been dubbed “igloos and ig-los they are to the majority of0 k 1 ah o m a 0 rdn a nc e W o r k s e m -1The ’ of ammunition is nogreat issue at an Ordnance plant, as consignments are shipped out rapidly, but to Ordnance combat troops on the Aleutian islands itis a major problem.Lieut. Col. (\ A. Miller, Commanding Officer at the Oklahoma Ordnance Works, today received areport from Lieut. Col. L. Iv. Hopple, Assistant Air Ordnance Officer, on operations of the Ordnance Department, Army Serviee Forec, in the Aleutians.Colonel Pep pel did not refer to igloos in his report, although the Aleutians are close to the igloo county, but hi* did stress the Piet that ammunition storage is extremely difficult up there. rI here are no tries on the last thousand mile* n the island chain—rm wu« I,r;. ■{*and not much of which to build Storage facilities.Colonel Miller cited from the report the information that Amehii-ka, Attu an«i Adak Islands are ofrock formation-, but any level ana is covered with a spongy tundra or boggy murkeg which may extend from a d* pth ot J fo Jo leet. I h? heavy ammunition stacks sink in the moist tundra and make the storaga problem extremely diffi-cult.Ordnance combat troops store.maintiiin .t nit I :i I I t V DCS of iAllies Ready Fori»b‘iei\ a*** tabled bombs andbelted machine-gun ammunition to all guns and cannon installed in cornual pia.a s.Colonel Miller said that Colonel Pep pie's report stressed that these operations must be carried on under the most adverse weather con-jditions. It rains almost continuously the great pa it of the year. Cli- The surplus was reported by the malic conditions are particularly , j^uidon Financial Nows, which saidBig •Seale DrivelLONDON. Aug. 12—CP)— For the first time since the war began the Allies are reported to have a sur-shipping-—another indica-their readiness to strikea full-scale invasion of Lari'1 us of lion ofwitrope.severe during which extends through April.I n r\ iH * ° because of thethe winter season f rom So ptemberbombs to aircraft,dificultv of t ran: -“it is highly encouraging, for the development of Allied strate gy has so far bee n held up more by theshortage of shipping space than byanv other single 1 actor.THAT TOR ME FORrepsi-Cola i, marie only h Pep.i-fola r.mp.iny. I.rnr N* '•Bottled locally by Sand Springs Bottling * TuUa, Okla.(RUNT) RAMSEY
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Miami Daily News Record
Miami, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Aug 12, 1943
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