Thousands homeless in Oklahoma flood area
An immense flood zone across five states overwhelmed towns and mining districts. Thousands were displaced as rivers rose, roads and rails halted, and levees and seawalls were reinforced by troops, police, and volunteers. Drowning losses totaled nine nationwide.
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Midwest
Indiana
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Verdigris
Douglas G. Wright
Grand River
Tri-State
Kansas
Peru
Terre Haute
Vincennes
Anderson
Wabash
White Rivers
Red Cross
Illinois
Kaskaskia
Mississippi
Cape Girardeau
Granite City
Peoria
Ill
Beardstown
Illinois River
Chandlerville
Carmi
New Haven
Bagnell
OPA Hikes Price Of Texas Potatoes
Rep. W R Poage of Texas said the Office of Economic Stabilization ordered a 30 cent rise per hundredweight on Texas Irish potatoes, lifting the prior $2.50 ceiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Texas
Washington
W. R. Poage
Office of Economic Stabilization
No Mid Month Change Expected by OPA
The Office of Price Administration told housewives no mid month changes in food point values will occur. Blue stamps G H and J valid through May 31 will buy the same amount now and later this month. Interim changes are only made if unexpected developments arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Texan Wins Plea for Meat Points for Guide Dog
Dickie Griffin a blind Texas fight promoter won a ruling allowing 12 extra meat ration points weekly for feeding his seeing eye dog Gilda. The decision by the CPA in Washington grants blind persons additional points for guide dog nourishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Dickie Griffin
Texas
Gilda
CPA
Washington
Military personnel notes from Whitewright and area
A roundup of local service members with transfers, promotions, and training. Private Marl C. Ryan moves to Co. B 61st Battalion at Camp Barkley. Cpl Edwin H. Goodwin shifts to Gulfport Air Corps school. Lt. Billy Glen Earnheart to Camp Davis for officer training. Betty Jo Morrow becomes a WAC sergeant in Daytona Beach. Other updates include promotions, commissions, and visits by servicemen and families in Whitewright and nearby towns.
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Pvt
Marl C. Ryan
Lela Ryan
Camp Wolters
Co. B
61St Battalion
Camp Barkley
Texas
Cpl
Edwin H. Goodwin
New Orleans
Army Air Corps Technical School
Gulfport
Miss
Bennie Chesser
Whitewright
Billy Glen Earnheart
Glen Earnheart
Camp Davis
N. C
Betty Jo Morrow
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Daytona Beach
Fla
5Th Regiment
Miss Morrow
W. E. Pennell
Synthetic Rubber Plant to Open June 28
AKRON reports the General Tire and Rubber Company will open its new synthetic rubber plant at Baytown to celebrate American made Rubber Day on June 28 announced by Governor Stevenson of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Stevenson
Texas
General Tire and Rubber Company
Baytown
Baccalaureate and Graduation Programs Set for Whitewright
Whitewright high school and elementary events are planned for Sunday and Thursday evenings. Baccalaureate at the M E Church 8 30 p m features Rev Overby and Rev Wootten. high school graduation is at Bryant Field 8 30 p m May 28. Elementary graduation theme United Nations includes songs and awards led by Mrs Sarah Kilgree with certificates presented by E C Butler.
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Whitewright High School
Methodist Church
Supt
E. C. Butler
Grammar School
Bryant Field
A. M. Bryant
John T. Overby
E. P. Wootten
W. W. Adcock
Lord
Margaret Hanna
Una Faye Blackerby
Katie Kincaid
Virginia Jones
Janis Horton
Etha Brown
Peggy Thornhill
Bettye Nell Yeager
G. O. Clough
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
C. J. Meador
Board of Education
Whitewright
United Nations
England
Russia
China
Poland
Greece
Mexico
Sarah Kilgree
Betty Ann Darwin
J. Barney
Betty Lou Reeves
I. Berge
Billy Mack Williams
American Legion
Five Denison Gas Stations Penalized for Ration Violations
In Denison Texas five gas stations were found guilty of violating gasoline ration regulations and had their right to buy or sell gasoline suspended for three days to two weeks. The cases include Power Seal Gas Company Jim Johnson manager Foster E Ewing Fanwood C B Hillerman Alvin Tignor and Clevenger Virgil L Clevenger owner. The W E Norris Celina service station case was dismissed with a warning.
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Fanwood
C. B. Hillerman
Clevenger
Virgil L. Clevenger
W. E. Norris
Celina
Eastern Pleasure Driving Ban to Conserve Gasoline
The Price Administration reinstates the eastern ban on pleasure driving to preserve gasoline for military and farm use. The restriction, effective at noon Thursday in eight eastern states, targets violators with possible ration revocation and suspension. OPA says East supplies are at a low, threatening farm production from Maine to Virginia as motorists with A cards face about one and a half gallons weekly.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Fathers Drafting Postponed Until August Says Hershey
Maj. Gen. Lew B. Hershey told the Senate Military Affairs Committee that Selective Service cannot defer fathers beyond August. He opposed the Kilday bill arguing it would shift the draft to a state level, complicate local boards, and delay nondependents exhaustively. He noted about 3,000 men reach 18 daily and stressed adherence to the original act.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Selective Service
General Hershey
Hershey
Congress
Fifteen Pounds Maximum Sugar For Canning Use
Grayson County war price and ration boards limit sugar for home canning to 15 pounds per person per ration book. An amendment will add a 10 pound or less stamp option. The stamp is shown to retailers to ease board burdens. Registration continues through summer at county centers.
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Grayson County
Committee Votes To Recommend Cotton Price Bill
The Senate agriculture committee voted 8 to 2 to recommend passage of a bill by Senator Thomas to prohibit a floor on raw cotton at 25 cents a pound. The measure would bar government held cotton from selling below 23.5 cents until it reaches 25.00. J E McDonald urged the bill saying it would raise farmer returns. Opponents argued it targets a single commodity. The House Pace bill on labor costs in parity remains before the committee.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Thomas
Okla
Gillette
Iowa
Willis
Ind
J. E. McDonald
Texas
House
Pace
Senate
Expensive Phone Call Costs Sgt Yorke Trip
In Coffeyville Kansas Sgt C H Yorke traveled to Medway Maine to see his quarantined girlfriend. He lamented spending 110 dollars on the trip just to talk by phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffeyville
Kan
C. H. Yorke
Medway
Maine
Pay-as-you-go tax plans hit deadlock in Congress
Washington reports a partisan split over the modified Ruml-Ruml Carlson plan. Republicans oppose compromise while Democrats resist, delaying a House-Senate conference aimed at a yearlong tax relief bill for 1942 income taxes and possible veto by President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Opposing
House-Senate
Charles A. Halleck
Rep
Indiana
Office of War Information
OWI
Elmer Davis
Halleck
House Republicans
Senate
Roosevelt
House Conference Committee
Defeat of European Axis Still First Allied Objective
Washington reports that destroying the European Axis remains the top Allied aim with no shift to Japan until Germany is defeated. Observers cite continued plans to press Germany and Italy while increasing Pacific war supplies and note Britain's heavy Far East stake diminishing U.S. burden.
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Washington
Japan
Germany
Chandler
Great Britain
Russia
Italy
Britain
Europe
United States
Far East
Arkansas River flood claims Denison man
In Eufaula Oklahoma the first flood death of the Arkansas River Valley occurred when Floyd Summerhill 34 Denison Texas a bridge worker repairing a damaged M E T Railway bridge fell into the river and drowned his body not recovered
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Eufaula
Okla
Arkansas River Valley
Floyd Summerhill
Denison
Tex
Summerhill
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John D. Ryan
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