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la Worst in Years
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bcr*. doctors, lawyers. architect*. au-
thors beauty shop?, and entertainer*.
In addition, the order provides an
to determine whether
run their cars or not
ubber.
If it is not turned
take care of military
some
to get the rubber some way .”
strong offensive and moving upatong the coastal road to.
the last airport
hand* in Chekiang
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live transportation situa- J
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Massed Tanks
Puncture Reds'
Kharkov Lines
nerai.
amended, makes The
H ouse Group
Slashes Price
Czars Funds
The new case, which has aroused
the Argentine public, may cause r
turn in Argentina* foreign
(Related News Page 7.)
MOSCOW Jun* 24 — —
Reckless charges by hundreds of
Nazi I--------
have driven a wedge into
In Wellington the shock was the
worst felt in many years. Chimneys
were felled and windows broken Thus
tar no casualties have been reported
* *«4
Mauldin of 45th
Is Second in L . S.
Cartoon Contest
Norsemen Adrift
Gamble Lives bor
Friendly Landing
PARAMARIBO. D u t e h Guiana
June 24.—14>>—Rather than accept
internment on Vichy-controlled Dev-
ils Island. 36 crewmen of a torpedoed
Norwegian ship took a gamble
reaching friendlv soil—and won
They sailed their lifeboat into the
harbor here Wednesday and related
how they all to a man decided to take
the chance after the French authori-
ties gave them the alternative of in-
ternment or getting out of the notori-
ous prison colony
The spunk of the Norwegians was
lauded here as all the more notewor-
thy because they already had been
tossing on the Atlantic with scant
provision when they reached Devils
island
Their captain and some fellpw crew
members were lost in the torpedoing.
into Egypt I This page.)
CHINA — Chinese i
Kweiki. push, back one side
Jap pincers ' that had cojme
within 50 .njiles c* "*"*
strategic Chekiang-
r ail road. (This par
- —
Chinese Retake
talian forces engaged British
apparently as a mask for Ger-
Marshal Erwin Rommel's flanking scheme.
The British were makim final disposition* in their plan
to hurl the invaders back, however, anjl there was every in-
dication that if the axis armies should lunge into Egypt one
• —?i e on
the limit of the urad-
from
The
‘Vinegar Joe' Gets Back to India
Lieut. Gen. Joseph “Vinegar Joe’’ Stilwell, center, is shown arriv-
ing at New Delhi. India. May 25 after a week's trek through jungle
paths of Burma to the India border. ' We took a hell of a beating,
the general said of the Burma campaign in which he commanded
Chinese troops. Left is Brig. Gen Earl L Naiden. chief of staff *°
Major Gen. L H. Brereton. right, commander of the Tenth air
squadron in India. ( Wirephoto » . ________
ately after Pear! Harbor
if”we~had not reported them
‘ Now they
army and n*\y
"How a rd Haas president of! the uh]®"
1 local at <
[a personal investigation ,
stoppage and declared Dalrymple told
i h'm the union would "expel the men
responsible • for this '
3
Rommel Attempts
—<r> Wlrewhow
Etvpt wa» the center of war inter f»l
Wednesday, near where these British
Tommies man their machinegun ile-
spite bomb burst* nearby.
RUSSIA—Germans ignore enor-
mous I—— —
fronts, but Russians say
material changes made in Sit-
uation. (This page )
LIBYA — Nazi artillery
British positions in
area v hile Rommel's armopd
forces move southward
Libyan side of border appkr-
L htponcr
[ Cash
Ickes Reports I. S.
Rubber Collection
Drive Disappointing
WASHINGTON June 24—-A*—In-
terior Secretary Ickes, petroleum co-
ordinator. reported to President
Roo-eveit Wednesday that the scrap
i lung rubber collection drive for the first
Maxon six da'« was “verv dvxanpointing in
Strike Stops
Rubber Plant
WITH
24— (Special
20-year-oid l.
work appears
man. was
toon won
Elk* war
Letter” contest
James R t*
the commission
Action Blunt* Cla*
Of Japanese Pincer
CHUNGKING. June 24 —
Chinese command announced
day night that I— -------
province had recaptured Kweiki
pushing back the western elaw el
Japanese pincer u—-------
in 50 mile* of closing of the atra
Chekiani-Kiangsi railway.
___— m — ■■■ afca * - ea Olig
—----> had started a
Chekiang province <-
aimed toward Lishui
highway center 175
Of Hangchow i—-----
J rail line a here fig itmg
previouslv ha* centered
i Japanese ’
new
said Luhui was
in enemy l—-
Ince >
Kaeiki. seized bv the Japanei
June 1«. was C- ‘
" alone the rail»av
j it* western terminus.
Japanese column driving in frori the
last reported a little wi of
which is 50 miles ei
itjrc — ______________ Wednesdav nignt 1
THE 45TH DIVISION June ^^'turea will be in the tow 70 a.
he said.
Most of the state was drv ovemigh.,
c„_ but Stillwater with 1.90 inches. wa»
notified Wednesday hia car- notable exception
-• Oklahoma Citv had a pleasant!/
commission "Write Em a co01 72-degree tow reading at S » m
Wednesday after Tuesdays S2-degree
Nichotoon. chairman of huh at 4 p nl
telegraphed that a
will be air mailed to
to bear against the far outnum-
bered defenders of besieged S«-
vastopol in the Crimea, the Rus-
sians conceded Wednesday.
At a single point on the Kharkov
front, the German* mawd 200 tanks
in an onslaught which began on June
22 fieri anniversary ot L^'e German
invasion, snd ha* been ukreanns
constantly in fury end f«we^ *aid
Russian dispatches from the batile-
front.
On the Kharkov front the story was
similar
The German* apparently are ob-
livious to immense losses as they throw
in ever greater numbers of tanks,
planes and infantry, but they still
have not managed to achieve any rea!
soccess declared Red Star, official
army paper
services, based on rise* in the cost nf
living since last year A renter of
boats at a summer resort for in-
stanoe. may charge the highest price
he charred in the corresponding sea-
son of 1941. phis the percentage of in-
crease in the coat of living between
then and March. 1942 Drv cleaner*
also might apply the aeasonal formula.
Each Unit Individoal
Tn laying down individual price
celling* fw each establishment the
OPA will consider each unit of a
chain as an “individual seller.” and
prices may vary from shop to shop re-
gardless of common ownership.
Some of the more important con-
sumer service* listed are Automobile
storage, repair and parking: cleaning,
dyeing, pressing and mending clothes,
hat cleaning and blocking, shoe repair
and shining; film developing and
printing, repair to docks, watches,
lire*, radios and most other articles,
storage of furnltuwe. floor waxing and
sanding, upholstery and furniture re-
pairing- (Hww It works, page 2.)
BUENOS AIRES. June 24.
</P>—President Roberto M. *
(D. Ortiz, ill and inactive for
com- nearly two years, sijrned his
resignation Wednesday just
as the “prudently neutral” ad-
CAtRO. June 24.—Axis armored forces moved
v>*» vo — southward on the Libyan side of the Eirypt**n frontier
‘tanks^onowed by Tnlamry nesday. apparently intending to wheel eastward and cra*h
■ ■ i the into Egypt many miles Irelo’v the coast in the hope o! out-
Red army defenses on the Khar- flanking the British defense;!.
kov front in the Ukraine and are jn the coastal zone Gerrpan cannon sent shell* over the
bringing overpowering strength Rrjti<«h |jnea and German-
mobile units west of Salum.
man
JAY June 24 —<F>—An iron
arrived b--e Wrdnc*dsy for :
William* from |w© men he has never the most populous states In the ea»t
wn—Bud Abbott and Lou Coatelto— and south and best in the tar western
to aid hun in battling for hia life
T3 acatnat a nerve disease which has vir-
“ tuallv destroyed hi* respiratory wstern
The iron lung ws» sent to Tutoa
3 from Lo» Angele* by airplane and
i brought here from Tul«a bv automo-
bile Mrs William* aaid her husband
V ou’d be placed in the iron lung later
Wednesday
(Flctwre «m» page
production, five months ahead of schedule on antl;*^*rn
guns, described as among the hardest hitting weapons known
for aerial defense. J ~,h <- out
Specific details of the gun have f
it is known to have a range in excess of 3°-0?0 fee
bile. shoots an explosive shell and can be fired by rem .
If
Fisher said that at maximum production, th* *1?-
ons will be built on a progressive assembly system
plained that to facilitate large scale production^.^
was divided among several plants, each being assigned
of the work it was best suited, to handle
Fisher described the gun as ”of a W * 5^2!X
powerful than the ones which for days blasted onL
bomber attack after another in the epic battle of Corr_g dor
< Heretofore planes at the 30.000-foot level hate b V'
the range of anti-aircraft guns now in use
Don’t Think! Someone Might Hear You
new *1.000 0001
j are so bad you can
testimony that a beam of
.unllght striking
. aotneone
! jn* tax commiaaton
forced to let »
offices in thi*
little noises
U you r
down b t --
to take s step
echo from i^’ -
wmeone lets in • «
an eleohant
Drop a pm t
from t
across -
the norm cellars
Even the «7M worth of
tax commission baa ordered
““*ChHr.«ing string gUll wiU sound
like the
•—• moat of the on^-,
Sharp Protest
W A8H! NOT ON. June 24.-— By Argentina
'UP>—A house appropriation* **
subcommittee Wednesday decid-
ed to slash S6S.000.000 from the
requested appropriation for the
office of price administration in
the fiscal year beginning July 1.
A presidential estimate submitted tp
congress recently asked Slgl.000.300
for the OPA in the next fiscal year. I
Chairman Clarence Cannon (_ .
Mo i. of the hiuae appropriations l .
_-/“„_^nnounced. however, that a
»ubcomfjittee had agreed on a *9.5 -
000.000 allowance.
frequent predic- ministration of acting Presi-
dent Roman S. Castillo an-
nounced it was protesting
vigorously to Germany
against sinking of an Argen-
tine ship by a German subma-
rine.
With Castillo in control since
Ortiz retired July 3. 1940. Argen-
tine has been steered along cau-
tious paths and is the only
American republic besides Chile
which maintains relations with
the axis.
Stoves From
Ortiz’ resignation
To Flank Egypt
Border Defenses
Somewhere — and detectives a .sh
they knew—bur liars were attempting
to open a five-foot wife containing
more than 51 000 in war bonds, cash
and checks, stolen from the B John-
son garage 2920 South Agnew avenue.
Tuesday night.
Unable U> open the 400-pound safe
after they had gained entrance to the
garage through a window, the burglars
loaded the safe in a 1931 model truck
parked in the **rage and drove away.
B Johnson, the garage owner told
detective* the safe contained *600 tn
war bond* *250 in cash and S200 in
cheek* The bond.' were m denomina-
ucns of *500. ,5o and >35.
801US June 24 — ’UP- — ,
liquor truck went through ^J» f|./|
p to<-ge over Bear < reek near here II
*Tkesda and officer* confiscated
value: at *1.700. I Acoustics in the
|j* M-year-old dnver_ y*!t n<f iUU office building
m jail get sworn I——
-- I JOO* tojunua
dropped a keg of naiU. and
Wednesday wax
contract to quiet three
playground of happy
j mutter to youreelf
corndOr you have barely tune
-rp to the left to keen
apiaahin, in your face U
iu feet
, and rt sound* like la note
Th; Anvil Chorus Dreg
the floor and people
iYso worth of <
commi**M» ha* ordered i
Invader* Hanked
At Sevastopol the overwhetannn
farce of the German offenxne wax
indicated bv a report that the Naxl*
-e-nt two division* of infantry <up to
30000 men and numerous tanks into
the stuck m a single narrow strip
The infantry crept forward under
camouflage snd through ditche* and
shell craters behind the tanks, but the
Sevastopol garrison managed to evtab-
hsh a flanking fire that checked the
rnemv. Then a counterattack forced
the German* to retreat, said the Rus-
sian account.
(This apparently was on a peninsula
in the bay north of Sevastopol, v, here
the German high command claimed
Rusaian remnants” were, annlm.-
ated i .
HillUp Recaptured
At another point north of Sevastopol
the Russian* mustered the strength to
recapture a hilltop, but the German*
still poured more men and machine*
into the aeaault now in its twentieth
day.
Tonn Crier Exposes
X-card New \orters
NEW YORK. June 24 —The
office o< price admintotratxm adopted
the old time town cner method
Wednesdav of making public the
name* of about 70 Oto New Yorker*
who obumed “X" g**oUn* rationing
card-'
Three girl stenographer* intoned the
name« at X-mmute fettrvala and will
continue to read atoud etgdt hour* a
day for approximately 10 toys to com-
plete ths Usu At noon they had
reached the re's” in the Manhattan
list
The OFA decided to savw the rest
of pubhshtog the tot by reading them
instead.
check for 9200
act a lelte’' that day.
f Sorrv boys” the soldier savs No
n< wa from home Just o,rd**'
tiful wants to know do 1 **nn*arf.?*
mv mibacnption ’ The cartoon will be
reprinted by new*papers everywhere.
ide Economic Power
Voted to Chile President
th. ! SANTIAGO Chile. June 24
> senate passed a bill rueaoa
■rantine President Juan Antonio Rk '
granting Presm^^^
D^“*m^lure also authorises the
prewdent to ertablixh emergence tones
I nor ilaui inaue ££££« m the n.uon c—
la . i action is required in I-----
I* Truck Breaks Bridge nattonal defento-
IjDLLXS June 24 — ’UP- — A? ,
Sh-h*h
valued at 91.700.
. -l - — — 4^ • i
~ —— ^*»aa* vava »•••••• a-— ■
J* la the accident despite a to- |
JJjfrvp by the truck He was I—
Jftog further investigation. About
•stat* of liquor were broken in the
The Weather
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There was a decided inequity when all consumer zood* were
’ - ■ ■ — —. -it u my opinion that the celling
must be a blanket ceiling if it works at all.”
-—------♦ Barbee said that- a large number of
businesses have folded up in the last
few month*, and predicted that there
will be mapy others within the next
vear > .
Those vho fight the ceiling fold
up." he said, "but those who get in
the sw im will be doing buxine** at the
same old stand this time next year ”
There are too many buainex* firm*
anyway, he added
Few Exemption* Permitted
Under the new blanket order issued
in Washington Tuesday very few
things are exempt. Specifically, the
price ceiling was extended to consum-
er service firms such a* laundries,
undertakers, garages and all sorts of
repair shops; and covers retail sen-
tees nerformed on things such as *hoe-
shlnint. and piano tuning
—-------------- . ?The order exempts services per
North Island, where the large nties formed on or for people such as bar-
of Wellington and Auckland are sit-
uated. had it* worst earthquake oi
recent years Feb. 3. 1931. wnen sev-
nver io Castillo in name a* well a*
, fact, u i ,
| the
evening.
Ortiz resigned once before Aug 2?
1940 m an internal political affair
but the resignation was rejected
Thia time, reconciled to hi* phy-
sicians' view* that hl* near-blindne** consumer commodities
cannot be remedied, he already has
started to move hi* personal effects
from the presidential mansion.
Thus Castillo to left with responsi-
bility for handling the tense i J J
smking of the freighter Rio Tercero not covered." declared Barbee
—The national conference of gover-
nor* Wednesday adopted i----------
condemning proposed attempt* to fed-
eralize stale unemployment compens*-
tlon system* and opposing any nation
al legialation that would exempt war
plant* from state and local taxes
The governor* also pledged in an-
other resolution their apprehension '
to President Rcoaevelt for hl* leader-
ship and pledged "fullest mea*ure' of er* advance
co-operation in prosecution of the war
----- — , Another resolution urged that even Jc.------
r council, who accompanied Icke* (n (j^mial. soldier or civilian, be given east was
the White House, sato^the over-all . ample mne" and opportunity to vole Shangjao
‘ home community. Kweiki
still aard live Egyptian border
These apparently were intended *•
the hammer with which Romm*l
hope* to batter bu way through tha
Bnu«h barrier athwart the road to
the. Nile and Suez
Rommel« blow was expected tn fall
when these reinforcement* have taken
their places, the British laid Thev
described them a* relatively fre*h
since they were not involved in thw
fierce assault on Tobruk
The British, m-anwhile. were tak-
ing advantage of the pause to regroup
their force* for the vital new test
and to smash with airpower behind
the axia lines
I*. S. Bomber* Aid British
Big United State* Liberator bembera
co-operated with the R A. F in onw
devastating bombardment on Bengasi,
the sxm important Libyan supply de-
pot it was disclosed Tuesday and
British fliers also have struck at
Greece and Crete—whence it is
f-sred the Germans m*v try to drop
pa-achutista and air-borne infantry
oenind the Bntiah lines 4
Although Rommell had won the
initiative and the tactical advantage
of s good forward oase ov the east-
ward sweep through Libya and cap-
ture of Tobruk the changed picture
brought the British navy into the bat-
tle !.ne-up tn a new role.
Axis forces swarming down the
coastal road now are within rang*
of naval guns from which they were
«afe while fighting in central Libya.
The fleet, whose function had been
chiefly to maintain communication*,
is expected now to help harrasa Rom-
mel s exposed flank on Um coast
tarum has been tn the city several unauthort»d.
.T* ‘n<1 18' '
It ha* h*d several conference* with
ilmnd Vance, chairman of the
wars max* transportation commit-
■ and hi* group.
An intelligent approach 1« *to‘hg
toe f¥ the transportation problem
a md
even of l._----r
Kind other matter* at Santa Mon-
aind perlisp* *»» ,e>rn »omeUUn<
IK will be helpful here.” i
■ --T—i• J
uncstcr* Lacking
h Spite of $5-a-Day
I age, Room, Board
When a farm labor wages hit a 95-
m*t room-and-board level, the re-
al *hould be anything but a dearth
HH||< vorker*. but such a situation wa*
swrrt! Wednesday by the United
tale* employment service.
OfficisU said they had received a
an for 100 workers at the »5-a-day
y Oklahoma wheat t*11
*>-‘.d Erad Cherokee and Alya.
Aad we still need 50 more, they
crnMN they pointed out however that, the
«ere acoopmg wheat and it re-
Bl Wtota goto.Strong men They •“•‘y
^^^^***\ M all appliesni* report to the I S
“^Bwpkrment 120 Northwest
tha PrJltand street
n**ftnsMan Fascist's Fine
^RE^Mjjfor Espionage Canceled
kMITFORP Conn Jun* 24 —■
'Jwl-’‘.cr*l Jud^r ' io. *pli Smith can-
M|||g| |*rtWednev.^ * *5 000 fine he.im-
HMlIHgB Tuesd*' noon An«*t**e A ^on-
■ I“<> sfter the Russian Fa*ci*l lc*d-
V’ ,/M* me*ded z i.’.iv to conspiracy to
■ |We the 1917 c*nmuaz* »c'
Kk, ' I Jud,e Sn iih corrected the aen-
after he informed bv
fctaa* J. Dodri jr . sjiecial aaaistant
attorney general, that
' as
yxl* PrmiMon for *
‘ ^tottatakv ««« aim i
five gear* in
f Liquor Haul Made
Wednesday I
high at 4 p
Nolrd Architect Die#
TGNDON. June 24—'.F—Sir Ed-
win Cooper. 69 vear* old who de-
signed more important building* in
than any other architect
Christopher Wren died
in hi* office of a heart
Sold Front Door’
4 good used front door with
tathque lock proved- to be *
•*nted item More than 15 per-
■n* wanting a new front door
to this offer The
»«• promptlv sold for
—I one of the early
taller*.
No iu ter what you have to
*11. vtu »ill find a ready mar-
a Ihroush the Want Ads.
on, to sell used article*
I JUch you no longer
'♦‘on* 2-1211 for Want Ad
K
tiona that the OPA would run into
difftcuities in obtaining Ita full »pmr>-
pnation because of reported congres-
sional diasatisfaction with some of Ad-
ministrator Leon Henderson s appoint-
ments and policies
The irritation ha* been aggravated
bv house member*' opposition to pro-
posals for nationwide gasoline ration-
ing. Henderson favors *uch rationing
Some members also denounced re-
ported OPA plan* for a field staff of
90 000 members but it was understood
Henderacn has towered that figure to
about 67.000.
Frotrot I* "Energelie" __
Castillo's foreign minister. Enrique cgi
Ruiz Guinazu. announced after a Jfc | U III* H UllCXiYV”
long conference with Castillo that a
protest was being made to Berlin IV . *7o <a | «j .t, I
against the submarine “aggreataon ixC V5 <11111
Foreign office circle* said the pro-
test was in "most energetic terms,”
and Ruiz Guinazu hun*elf declared
"Due to the circumatance*. thl* c**e
deserved most energetic condemns- *" — ••• - --
uon and comequently the protest wilP
demand full categoric satisfaction be- WEILINOTON New Zealand. June
cause thia act is of such a character 24 —A severe earthquake shook
that It cannot be disregarded in de- the northern island of New Zealand
fen*e of the aovereignly of the atate ” Wednesday.
Sinking of another Argentine ahip
early tn the war wa* handled annex-
ing asMirance that Germany would
_____ ___— - — ----• an{j
the damaging of another ship recently
state* *
Exact figure* on the collection were
to be made public later
Although William R Bo rd jr
chairmen of the petroleum Industrie*
war
to 1
roller t ion total wax encouraging.'
Icke* <ommented
This i* putting it up to the people
they want to
by turning m
Smashing at Rommel's supply
line.* by land and sea. British
and South African bomber and
fighter planes were In operation
day and night in an attempt to
impede the reorganization and
massing of axis assault forces
Axis Convev Attacked
A communique reported repeated
attacks on enemv transport concen-
trations btween the coast and the *3
Abd track seat of the Egyptian bor-
der The hia Ain El Garel* airfield
waa bombed in.force with good reaul’a
Tuesday night, the war bulletin aaid,
Extending their operation* to ths
»upplv lane* a cross the central Med-
iterranean. British torpedo carrying
plane* were aaid to have scored sev-
eral hit* on two medium aired mer-
chant shioa a* well as a hit causing
. an explosion on one of four escorting
destroyera
The communique aaid this attark
took place Tuesdav off Cane Sparti-
vento the southern lip of Itaiv
A powerful enemy force of all arms
wa* on the march south of Gsmbut. a
desert town midwav between axta-o- -
cupied Tobruk and Bardia snd » mil-
itary commentator declared a major
action for Egypt .was imminent
shells Hour bv hour the opening of s
COA.’tal m*<hty invasion attempt was expected
a* * sequel to the whirlwind German-
Italian campaign tiiat wrested eataern ,
Libya from British hand*
——---- . British forces engaged small axis
entiy making ready to wheel parties all day Tuesday west of Sal- -
— ‘ ’ um. Egyptian port near the frontier^
and our mobile column* were active
recapt ire t0 (he west of our positions.” a Cairo
' ! of communique said
2 i Asserting that axia **a lines to To-
- °f blocking bruk would be difficult for nurfac*
rhekianw-K i a n I si »hips to cut. an authoritative London
strategic Chekiang Ki a n i
railroad, (ini* page- abJr t0 ma|te „ • rPaii’. effective attack
• only with large number* of subma-
rine* “
Alexandria Face* Raid Peril
<The axis advance also limited fight-
er protection that could be given
Malta-bound British convoys, he said,
and brought German bomber* within
300 mtiea of the British naval base
at Alexandria.)
Military observer* said General Field
Marslial Erwin Rommel apparently
intended to assault northern British
positions perhaps using thi* to mask
a sweep by hi* armored formations
around the British left flank through
Fort Baddalsna 50 mile* southwest
of Salum and Blr El Shegga 20 mi lea
farther inland from the Mediter-
ranean
The heaviest German strength vs«
ranged opposite Capuzzo the ok! Ital-
ian border fort in Libya which nnw is
the kevstone of Lieut Gen Neil M.
Ritchie s outer line
Strong Nazi For re. Move Up
In addition. British reconnaixvanra
reported that "very strong axis force*
of tank* and motorized-infantrv were
also authorise
when such
the interest* of
in
At the same time a commun-oue
15 000 Jajienese " ' —
drtv e in
Kisngsi
ASHEVILLE N C ' June 24 —' UP* portsn-
_* w- c*
resolution* coast »nd the
broadcast* de*ct bet
thru*’ a* *
U >"—pvt Bill Mauldin,
soldier-cartooniat J w hose
m The Daily Oklaho-
aecond place in the national
have been approved! bv
--j and have a perfect
right to work.” he added.
Q HARB. pithlUYUA V* 1- - —.
r.«Lneo7wtS pore Somewhat warmer,
i*l investigation of tne yor*
Showers Predicted
Resort weather will stay in Oklaho-
ma at least through Wednesdav night
with little change from the mild tem-
, peratures that have characterized the
I first half of the week. Harry Wahl-
gren said Wednesday. ....
His forecast for the state called for
and
Blanket Price Ceiling Hailed
As Remedy for Ailing Business
Extension of Program to (joter Jlowt (.oniniodilic*
Eliininalc* Harmful hic’|uitic*. Says Barber
Extension of a price ceiling to cover everything except a few
.. ......and professional services will do much to
correct the ills of business resulting from the partial price ceiling
first set by the office of price administration. Emmett Barbee^ sec -
retary c. —--------
” -■ —-j public day.
diplomatic situation created by
off the Atlantic coast of the United
States.
Man* ion
bidding to turn
the responsibility for the government
expected to be received bv x
senate Wednesday afternoon or
i c. Pearson, who for the
m two years has been a.*-
Lgnt to the vice-president
* charge of manufacturing
L al) Douglas Aircraft Co.
L,t* in the country, has ar-
1,^(1 in Oklahoma City to as-
gue ne"' duties as plant
uanager for the cargo plane
•ant here.
5quiet, pleasant man. Pearson
up his sleeves and went to
at once in his room at the
g-rin Tower hotel which was
• id high with blueprints.
™Prate I* CHy < •-•persrio*
f^-son hs* come up from
m me Dougla* orgznlzatu n
«hi H hr hx* been associated 12
Hr began a* a draftsman and
tP^ivelv rose to project engineer
.meral military i»lfne model* ex-
-uu assistant to ‘he chief engine*-:
M men to assistant to the vtoe-
ptoeni ta charge of all manufac-
nrw plant manager wa* enthu-
muc mer the ro-operation tlie
jtoa., organization lias received
m tbe community.
•Wtlt ,ot ■ 018 "nfl tmportan’ job
Ito" he Mid and we know Doug-
pcan t do it atone The way Okla-
M* City people have taken hold of
l» splendid Your defense road
(Son i» well advanced An intelll-
approach is being made to tne
•aporution problem
Ts Move Family Here
•ta our pan we are keeping min- i
■ ** minute check on our ow n prog-
— to bottleneck*, and I can
|a that the Oklahoma City plant i»
■M npanO^ “ roptdb M any such
tost m the country.” |
tanon come* here from Sant*
tom Calif. and plans to bring hi*
toh h«* “» the near future
" ny plans in that regard are In-
ttaite.” he Mid Phr *°mc Umc in
is future 1 am going to have to di-
tto my time between Oklahoma Citv
■t the coast where we have a crew --------
kouk on plana for tooling and actlon.
SMr detail* Sherman H Dalrymple intematton-
Ceafere an Transportatian , aJ yRW president, said the strike Wax
working quietly and conferring | „lf the company will co-operate
----- "'roe will put people in there who kill
' work and go ahead and run the plaint.
Dalrvmple added. I
The international president said the bly. Castillo’* ,ex^
*5 alien union member* had been re- mg assurance that Germany *
i'x>ried to federal authorities immfdi- make restitution after the war
aieiv aita> Fwt lUrtcr because we C.. ------ -- —** " 7
’mild have been derelict in our duties brought German expressions of regret
to iFUTlxl / »• 1 ® a * 'J w- a«e**x» in,, gu auuitFJii. vaaw v,ux, **•v
•p eral hundred person* were killed and adjustable price formula for seasonal
1.000 were injured in the town of
Napier atone Five towns in the
Hawke's bay area along the east coast
were damaged severely at that time
Tne same section had earthquakes
causing considerable damage
March. 1934
AKRON. Ohio. June 24 -<* |-
A Bitdown Btrike by 60 C. I. O.
miH’room employes refuting to
work with 23 reinstatRd alien
employe* Wednesday made 500
others idle and halted produc-
tion in the General Tire ft Rub-
ber Co.’a tire and tube division,
engaged wholly in war produc-
tion.
The aWena—also members of I he
CIO United Rubber Worker*—returned
to their jobs for the first time since
Pearl Harbor.
Company official* declared they
were "in the middle of the entire
ptoposiiioa" and would wait for union
5oL. Lili. NO. 28.
» Evening except Sunday
1942
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