Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 54, No. 254, Ed. 1 Monday, March 13, 1944 Page: 3 of 16
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Bricker Has Blueprint
For Post-War Problem
BOSTON March 13.—A “dy-
namic economy” designed to provide
employment through private Industry
without federal assistance is the only
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Three special regulation* governing
U» planting of peanuts for 1M4 have
been promulgated by the Kate board
of agriculture and eent to growers. Joe
C Scott, board president eaid Mon-
day
Peanut seed may be sold m Okla-
homa tn compliance with the Okla-
homa eeed law. providing these new
regulations are met:
Enriched Flour
Price Ceiling
To Be Decreased
totally
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Any person, flrm. daalev er warehaose
who handles peanut seed first must
obtam proper eeed license before the
state tags can be obtained.
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recently atop the total towft.
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Fer 75,430,00* Bm
WifumtM. MM 1A-CN
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Mb members of their etateMMtoto.
gave Pre si I mi BsairoiM Monday a
to^’aSL 1KUMW feMM>
The girts Dmwttj Ctart. ef Whto-
tabton. Margery Mask, of Bo Who mo.
and Neva Nisrtsa. of than flit. Vk.
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OMtod Matos M Mtobh 11. MU.
Presaint not only toward clearing their homeland but also for de-
stroying occupying German forces the Red army is engaged in
drives indicated by black arrows designed to split Germanforces
to western Ukrainia Shaded area is German held. <Wirephoto.)
Hi Southwestern
Bell Reports
Revenue Jump
8T LOUTS. March 1J.—(JP)—South-
western Bed Telephone Co. reported
Monday its operating revenues in 1M3
amounted to 11 FT AM .001. a gain of
111.225234 over the previous year, but
greater expense* and higher taxa* held
its net income to S1S.1134M. an in-
crease of only 11.205.MO over 1M2
The company’s annual report said
it was “rather successful” in meeting
an unprecedented demand for tele-
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Plural Marriages Defended
™ defended by Mrs Juanita Barlow, left, and Mrs
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long to a cult described as fundamentalist. ( Wirephoto .)
Suspect Fires
Two Lawyers
As Trial Opens
James Halley Johnson. » on trial
in district court charged with second
degree burglary, exercised hu legal
prerogative Monday He discharged hu ll°ri
attorneys, Herbert K Hyde, and Lee BCT”
Williams, and elected to defend him-
self
The move came as a surprise to —----■
the attorneys, both of whom were in croP d*-
the court™. r Cld*d 10 P1*01 C°U°n
the courtroom, and Lucius Babcock. -------------
Two Army Sergeants
Killed in Post Blaze
FT. 8 HER ID AN Hl. March 1J —
—Two veteran army sergeants
perished early Monday in a fire which
destroyed a temporary post barracks.
Col. John T Rhett, post commandant
announced Three others suffered
burns.
The victims were M Sgt. William
A. Lee. 50. of Fall River. Mass, who
enlisted March 1, 1114. and T Sgt
Ouy 8. Bleistein. 45. St Petersburg.
Va. and who enlisted May II. 1117
Both were at the port awaiting re-
assignment.
WASHINGTON. Marco Xg.-(M-A
reduction of | cents a hundred pounds
tn the eeilmg price on aU enriched
fkmr was announced by the OPA
Monday effecUve March it tor both
housewives and commercial bakera
. T** prtee rasuita. OtoA said,
from decreased corta of several vtto-
mins used m the ennebed product, a*
weU as from an agreement by milton
at the start of the program A make
ho profit from the enrichnw yrring-r
phon* service despite inability to ex- pereen/Sf'rtl famil^fto^Tow'mM
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Monday s action reduces from „ to
13 cents a hundred pound* the added
•mount paid for enriched floor <wv
, the plain type. The cut to to addition
to a reduettan of II cents a F I I
pounds put tnto effect toot autumn to
rtataS,,lb*r - “***“ “* *wttwn
OP A mid the new cut wfl! room no
increase in the subsidy to mm—
which is baaed on the whsat prtee ths
miller pays._____________~
The veal re's st item rat ef analytes
which should be shown on the face
or reverse side of the tag must i
elude information about the kind ..
seed, percentage of mechanical par-
ity; percentage of foreign material;
percentabe of germination, date toot-
ed and name and address of vendor
Kach bag of psanets. regardtom ef
whether it to shelled, recteaned or
farmers' stock peanuts must be
tagged with the Oklahoma state seed
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post-war America, according to Oov
John W Bncker <R, Ohioi
In Boston Bunday the candidate for
the Republican presidential nomina-
tion. suggested that state and local
government* should aid private indus-
try and that government regulation
would be necessary to prevent abuses
"There is a vast difference between
regulation and regimentation." Brick-
emphasised. in an address prepared
r delivery before the Boston Univer-
rtitute on post-war problems
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-Any peanut* sold in Oklahoma for
planting purpoee* not meeting the
above requirement* win be subject to-
a stop sale order." Scott said. "The
vendor who tags the seed win be held
responsible for the accuracy of the
information placed on the tog under
his statement of analysis "
Scott said those wishing their pea-
nut seed tested should send at least
one and one halt pounds of a*motes
and if the sample is to be tested for
_______ 2__e should be some
shelled nut* in the sample.
120-TonRaid
Pounds Jap
: Guinea Base
I gtfJKJ HKADQU AHTBto. Bowto- '
I Rctfte. March 11—ar—Fifth
I tir tone squadron* dealt the
b MBtss bee* at Wewak. New Ow-
I, Xto* heaviest How in several
1 jgtos with a 130-ton bombing Sat-
l Kua Po«uoA wrecked
w imp* afire »nd shooting down
I tottert M Plane*, allied headquarters
I ^Monday
i Itoaretar heavy bombers and
i> MnU medtuma. supported by
I nrodsrbolt fighters *nd Borton at-
» iBto ptenes struck Boram Airdrome
• tePPiy area* at the enemy coastal
• sms They downed M planes for eer-
tos sad tex more probably out of
• M U Japaneae intercepting flght-
m Other aircraft were destroyed on
1 FvrtUon* Bartered
Atefren invasion troops on Los
■MS island in the Admiralty group
and strengthened their po-
ggnw while allied aircraft bombed
fjmr~ Bnd Lugo* mission --
, LT f Manus island, to
sot, fton. Douglas MacArthur's <
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(Mted States marines were ron-
I gtodtetag position* won at Talasea.
eg *• co** °f WHlaumex pe-
I Mtefoa. Mew Britain. The marine*.
• gteten ef Talasea Thursday after a
to^My thrust across the peninsula
gssBteiterrt no new opposition.
Twnly-three Japaneae barge*, pa-
1 tai boats and small coastal veeaels
> we sank by allied air and sea eraft
ata* the eoasts of New Guinea. New
tatend. and New Britain
Ttarn included two troop-laden
tetort by Australian Beauflght-
ste eff Cape Hollman, on the north-
*01W <>< wniaumes peninsula. These
■ay tare been carrying Japaneae sol-
tom toolated when the American ma-
ftoae cut through the peninsula to
fttoma, or reinforcement intended to
stack the leatherneck line
Jape Get Btortlag
Jspaneee around th* American per-
toetor at fonpreas August* bay. Bou-
tetavfoe tola nd in the Solomons, re-
a toy-tang blasting Friday with
tons ef esptoetvea from bomber*
shefl* from destroyer*
to enemy, after losing IM killed
futile attempt to rush the Ameri-
Cto defenses Wednesday night, drow
foe foe of allied plane* and Ameri-
CM^deetroyers by continuing sporadic
srtfflsry fire from high ground nerth-
Ctet tf Cape Toroklna.
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Mad their knock-out blows on Ra-
tal, foe Japanese base in New Brit-
m with a 11-ton bombing Friday
•■toJW damage in the town-
flfo, airdrome* and waterfront.
Strict Rules
Laid Down On
pand fsclhue*. shortages of material*,
and tees of experienced employe*.
A total of SlXTltoO kmg-dtatanee
call* originated from Southwestern
telephones during the year, an increase
at 23 percent. The company services
Missouri Arkansas. Kansas. Oklaho-
ma. Texas, and a part of Ulinato.
By making use of outmoded equip-
ment, the company was able to show
colution to the domestic problems of • net gain of 117.1C" “ *^*
- “ mg the total in v
there sttU were M>XN
UotM on file at the
New multi-channel carrier cables
were put into service between Dallas
and San Antonio last autumn, the
report said, and helped to relteva long-
distance congestion between military
centers in Texas. These underground
cables, the first of their type to be
installed by the company, permit 13
conversations to be earned over one
pair of wires in each direction.
Young Tomatoes
Plowed Up in Texas
EDINBURG Texas March 13 —<JP
—Hidalgo County Farm Agent J. A.
Oswalt said a number of grower* were
plowing up young tomato field* in
this Rio Grande valley section in real-
isation that the largest spring tomato
acreage m the history of the section
had been planted.
^The action followed recent destruc-
“ by grower* of *everal hundred
of cabbage after price* had dived-----
from a *ea*ou'* peak of V45 to gl • germinatem there
ton. Last week cabbage price*
•trengthened to the 320 • ton level. I
O*walt *aid the tomato grower* who
elded "to plant cotton inatead^
district judge It developed after the
state had begun to qualify the jury.
Johnaon. accused of breaking into
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bart Han- (
cock. Sixtieth and Grove, December I,
complained that he had made numer-
ous unsuccessful sttempts to get in
touch with his sttorney* prior to the
trtaL
Judge Babcock advised the defend-
ant he should be represented, and then
appointed Charles Moss, public de-
fender Moss promptly moved for *
continuance on the ground he *a*
not prepared to handle the case on
such ahoct notice. He was overruled
and the trial proceeded.
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Gaylord, E. K. Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 54, No. 254, Ed. 1 Monday, March 13, 1944, newspaper, March 13, 1944; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1760406/m1/3/?q=wichita+falls: accessed June 20, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.