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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1944
Page
4
The Ada Evening News discusses the Pacific war, strategic needs like land bases, and potential roles for Russia. It compares leaders such as Gen. MacArthur, Woodrow Wilson, and others, and contemplates isolationism and internationalism amid wartime politics and postwar planning.
The chemical warfare service reports growing use of smoke as a tool in warfare. Portable generators can screen a square mile in ten minutes, and floating smoke pots aid river operations. White phosphorus serves as incendiary and smoke producer, with Naples cited as a rapid smoke screen example.
Gov Kerr notes that by April 10 1944 oil and gas lease receipts for State School Lands reached 276 557 87 since January. Much came from foreclosed land or cancelled sale certificates reflecting nonpayment. He contrasts with 97 928 35 earned in all of 1942. He mentions legislative action on a soldier vote bill.
On April 14 the motion picture industry marked its fiftieth anniversary tracing to 1894 when the Edison Kinetoscope first thrilled the public. The piece notes dramatic growth from peep shows to a global industry and art form. Five landmarks begin with Edison Laboratories’ first studio in 1893.
Two U S Liberator crewmen Sgts James Nugent and James Hood survived a midair explosion and a plunge into the North Sea after their bomber Twin Tails broke apart near the bomb bays. Nugent described escaping through an air hatch while Hood was thrown clear through cabin glass into the sea. Both were rescued hours later by a British air sea rescue launch after an SOS warned them.
Washington April 14 UP Critics argue the military overlooked that younger men make better combat troops. General Marshall warned in a Senate letter last year that replacements would come from the younger 18 to 26 group while older men fill service roles. Now the draft is by age group 18 through 25, with ambiguity about subsequent 26 to 30 or over 31 cohorts.
Henry Ford pledged that war veterans will receive job preference in Ford Motor plants when production resumes and urged other employers to do the same. He said servicemen should have the first call, noting many have benefited little from the war while others profited. Ford cited 25,000 former employees in the armed forces and spoke to General Hines amid reconversion talks.
Treasury representatives and War Finance Committee members from eight states will meet in Tulsa on April 27 to perfect plans for the fifth war loan drive. State Chairman A E Bradshaw said about 150 persons are expected. Ted R Gamble and R W Coyne will attend.
The early stages of World War I saw surprise German submarine activity. Although Germany later achieved success with U boats, they were initially unprepared and lacked faith in submarines at the war's outset, catching opponents off guard.
The piece notes Sevastopol falling would restore Crimea to the Soviets, while Tarnopol’s capture breaks the Nazi line between the Privet marshes and the Carpathians, opening the road to Lwow and the drive toward Berlin. The toll from Pearl Harbor reaches 220,000 killed and 22,000,000 injured.
Chicago reports a National Safety Council finding that home front mishaps have killed or permanently disabled twice as many people as battlefield losses since Pearl Harbor. The tally includes 102,000 deaths and 9,500,000 injuries among wartime workers, far eclipsing war casualties. A safety clinic for commercial drivers in Lawton will be held May 3.
El Reno to hold memorial for Pfc. Arthur Whittkopp killed in action in Italy March 4. Service scheduled April 23 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Whittkopp served with the first American troops landed in northwest Africa.
Capt Floyd Park of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, resident of Enid, completed a 14 week course as part of the 24th FBI National Police Academy graduation alongside 37 other law enforcement officers.
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