Ada Weekly News editorial on 1940 presidential race
The Ada Weekly News discusses the likelihood of Governor Dewey as the Republican nominee and President Roosevelt as the Democrat nominee. It questions campaign clarity on postwar policy, domestic issues, and how Dewey would handle New Deal roles, agriculture aid, social security, and debt while urging war priorities not to be overshadowed by campaigning.
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Dewey
New York
Roosevelt
Willkie
New Deal
Pauls Indefatigable Energy as Tenacity of Purpose
A Sunday School lesson notes Paul as a zealous propagandist whose faith evolved from persecution to love. It highlights his inde fatigable energy, persistence, and impact despite weak presence, stressing growth in grace and the power of steadfast preaching rooted in Christ.
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Paul
Christ
Damascus
God
Play and Sports in Wartime Ada Kids
In wartime Ada residents urged balanced living combining work with leisure. They advocated organized play for youth, including baseball and softball, to deter delinquency and keep minds and bodies healthy. Civilians urged patience with military strategy while avoiding public criticism.
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Ada
Women taking many jobs once reserved for men in wartime
The article notes women filling roles across banks railroads gasoline stations printing farms and other skilled and semi skilled tasks as civilian labor shortages deepen. It laments uneven newspaper coverage of war news and argues readers should seek varied discussions while praising government employment as a rare source of leniency for mistakes.
American Pilots Fret Over Nazi Flyers Refuse To Fight
NEA dispatch from England profiles U S Army Air Forces pilots in a European squadron. Capt Broadhead, Oakland climber, leads the unit. Lieut Williams first downed an enemy plane over Berlin. Peterson of Alexandria, Minnesota, returns from Berlin noting no German aircraft.Williams signed the victory bottle with mates. Peterson’s letter home carries hopes of mission end and homecoming.
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S. J. Woolf
England
C. G. Williams
Escondido
Calif
Wee Willie
Clark Gable
Berlin
France
Donald W. Graham
Oakland
R. A. Peterson
Alexandria
Mina
Peterson
University of Minnesota
Congressmen Boren Visits Ada For Short Time Monday
Congressman Lyle Boren with Dale Boren and Rudolph Black toured Ada on their way to a booster meeting in Tishomingo. They returned to Ada to greet supporters and hear local views on national policy. Boren denies opposition to the New Deal while criticizing bureaucratic overreach, citing Rural Electrification Administration limits and the need for laws to be carried out as written.
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Lyle H. Boren
Dale Boren
Wewoka
Rudolph Black
Seminole
Ada
Tishomingo
Chickasaw
Congress
Rural Electrification Administration
WPB Expands Farm Machinery Quotas As Deficit Widens
The War Production Board raises quotas for farm machinery plants able to take more pressure, aiming to reduce a 22.7 percent production shortfall before the 1944 harvest. Concurrently, the foreign rehabilitation program is trimmed and reworked as a six month army led initiative for liberated territories, shifting steel demand to 20 000 tons from the prior plan.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Thes
Two Top Aces In Europe Area Lost
London April 11 Two of the theater’s leading American aces Maj Walker Mahurin with 21 downed Nazi planes and Maj Gerald Johnson with 18 are missing in action Likely lost on the same March 27 mission They served in Col Hubert Zumke s Wolf Pack Thunderbolt group Mahurin was once the third ranking U S ace trailing Capt Don Gentile and Capt Robert S Johnson Gentile later claimed 30 with seven confirmed Johnson had one more. Major Johnson and Capt Johnson were from Owensboro Ky and Lawton Okla respectively in the same fighter group.
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London
Walker Mahurin
Gerald Johnson
Hubert Zumke
Wolf Pack
Thunderbolt
Mahurin
Fort Wayne
Ind
U. S
Don S. Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
Robert S.johnson
Lawton
Okio
Gentile
Johnson
Major Johnson
Owenton
MacArthur Vote Appeal Tested In Illinois And Nebraska
The Associated Press reports MacArthur and Stassen faced voter sentiment in Illinois and Nebraska as primaries opened. Delegates remained unbound to any candidate while organizers hoped strong turnout would prove broad support despite light anticipated polls and rain threats.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Illinois
Nebraska
Harold E. Stassen
MacArthur
Stassen
Soldiers Injured in Train Derailment Near Montgomery
Twenty-two soldiers were under treatment for injuries from yesterday’s derailment of an Atlantic Coast Line passenger train about twenty miles south of Montgomery Alabama. Two soldiers were seriously hurt but expected to recover. Six cars left the track with two overturning into freight cars. The cause of the derailment was not yet determined.
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Montgomery
Ala
Atlantic Coast Line
Here
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
A short classified note highlights higher returns on investments tied to vested assets in Ada News. It outlines incentive terms, effective dates, and potential yields for investors examining staged benefit plans.
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Ada News
Nearo Asks Prelim On Murder Charge
Amon Johnson 29 Oklahoma City man is arraigned in Chandler on two counts of murder for slaying Victoria Gorski 38 and her daughter Martha 3 at a Lincoln County farm. A third murder charge in Norman involves Roy Schat 47. Johnson confessed in writing to killing all three.
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Chandler
Okla
Amon Johnson
Oklahoma City
Cleveland County
John W. Killough
Johnson
Victoria Gorski
Martha
Lincoln County
Walter Hill
Cleveland
John Harrington
Roy Schat
Norman
Oklahoma City man arraigned on murder charge
A 29 year old Oklahoma City man identified as i Amon Johnson was arraigned today in county court on a murder charge. The report notes a public statue sighting in New York Harbor context as a separate unrelated item.
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New York Harbor
Oklahoma Governor Backs Year-Round Voter Registration Plan
Governor Kerr, in Oklahoma City, favors keeping registration books open year round rather than only before elections. He doubts it can be taken up in the special session. He noted support for a proposal enabling school district special elections on new levies and for delivering $8.6 million in state aid to districts each fiscal year.
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Oklahoma City
Kerr
Ira Huff
Oklahoma County
State Board of Education
Huff
Japs Give Up Pair Of Bases
Allied headquarters in the Southwest Pacific reports Japan has abandoned supply and fuel bases at Gasmata and Cape Hoskins in New Britain and is retreating toward Rabaul. MacArthur notes about 10 000 enemy casualties since December with 40 000 Japanese remaining to defend Rabaul.
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Southwest Pacific
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Gasmata
Cape Hoskins
Rabaul
Arawe
Cape Gloucester
MacArthur
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
Bismarck Archipelago
Tishomingo Eyes Big Postwar Lake Development
A 300 plus crowd in Murray State college hears L C Fuller outline plans for a massive postwar lake project behind the Red River dam. Delegations from Ada Ardmore Madill Salphur Coalgate Roff Denison attend as the area eyes a 1 1 2 00 mile shoreline lake serving 6 000 000 people within 202 miles with extensive parks and year round recreation.
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Tishomingo
Red River
Ada
Ardmore
Madill
Salphur
Coalgate
Roff
Denison
L. C. Fuller
National Park Planning Commission
Murray State College
Bois d’ Arc Beames
Jaycee Club
Wilbur White
B. P. W. Club
Lyle Boren
Paul Stewart
Joe Bailey Cobb
Johnston County
A. D. Patton
Murray
Texas
Avalanche Buries Autos. Occupants Rescued Near Berthoud Pass
An avalanche on Berthoud Pass at the Continental Divide buried four autos and a snow plow last night. Some occupants were rescued by highway crews before communications failed. one car was pushed downslope, according to Clear Creek county Sheriff Harold Drumbaugh.
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Georgetown
Colo
Berthoud Pass
Continental Divide
Harold Drumbaugh
Clear Creek County
Death of Arthur S. Allen noted color expert leader
New York April 11 Arthur S Allen 77 prominent color expert and former president of the American Institute of Graphic Arts died Sunday. He designed packages for many nationally advertised products.
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New York
Arthur S. Allen
American Institute of Graphic Arts
Allen
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