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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1943
Page
2
War report by William F Boni recounts engineers and medics performing under fire during the Nassau Bay action in New Guinea. The account, prepared for General MacArthur's headquarters, covers trials faced by American units ferrying supplies and aiding wounded amid jungle combat and harsh conditions.
Report from Nas ssa Bay recalls the first amphibian operation in the Southwest Pacific. American troops faced 15 foot surf and pouring rain as engineers, medical and signal units established the beachhead. Casualties were light, but Japanese night attacks, booby traps, and ambushes tested the force. Corporal Harry Caine and others endured shell fire while patches and repairs kept boats moving. First Set Harvee Truskett and fellow survivors escaped after a small forward party ran into a Japanese machinegun ambush, prompting a withdrawal with the enemy giving way.
Oklahoma City July 31 Mrs Mable Bassett says Granite reformatory is filthy with rats and bed bugs prisoners fed poorly and deprived of baths after hot work. She will file a full report to Governor Kerr after a visit with warden Ed O'Brien who resigned.
A savings ad notes higher yields for invested funds with Ada News readers shown how to maximize returns. It highlights vested balances and new rate offers, urging quick enrollment and checking local terms.
Eyewitnesses report Hamburg, Germany, as an inferno with perhaps 10,000 dead as blocks are leveled and the city is described as having ceased to exist. Swedish crewmen say only a few houses remain, while Danes and others flee toward eastern Germany and Denmark.
Over the next two weeks 45 Ada county men will depart from Selective Service Board No. 1 for Army Navy or Coast Guard service. Groups leave from Monday noon for Fort Sill Oklahoma City and Navy training centers in San Diego or Great Lakes. A final 22 men depart Ada Tuesday at 2 p m with destinations varying between branches.
County agent reports high demand for whitewash formulas to protect structures, improve appearance, and provide light fire and sanitary benefits. The Bureau of Lighthouses and Department of Commerce approved formulas cover interior and exterior uses with lime, salt, rice paste, whitewash, glue, zinc sulfate, and milk for a durable finish.
The War Labor Board extended pay and job classification schedules from the Southern California Air Frame to air era plants of three companies in Dallas, Kansas City, Chicago, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Wage boosts affect thousands of workers and take effect after approval by Economic Stabilization Director Fred M. Wilson. No general wage increase was granted. reclassifications align with the Southern California plan to raise average rates.
An empty seat in your car may mean needless driving wastes gas oil rubber and wears engines. The twin engined Beechcraft Ali7 s were so designed for training of navigators.
Oklahoma soil conservation workers boast the highest bond buying rate in the western gulf region. About 99 percent participate in the salary allotment plan, investing roughly 12.5 percent of the service payroll in war bonds. Ada unit aids farmers in the Blue and Boggy district to raise food and feed production through soil conservation practices.
The WPB salvage drive led by Clyde Bailey asks Ada residents to collect tin cans for war production. A county wide Sunday collection is set for August 8 at a central market east of the O C A and A tracks, with trucks urged to notify Bailey. Rusted or burned cans are accepted if lightly, and all must be clean.
Ada residents consume two to three times more water this summer than last, though 75 percent signed up for cheap water through a victory garden program. Water rates stay low until October 15, with many using allotments for lawns and flowers beyond garden plots.
Doris Jean Ford, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ford of Muskogee, died after an auto struck a parked truck on which she stood. Traffic Officer Ray Graves said William Eskridge, 18, lost control and swerved into the truck. the child was hurled about 40 feet.
Ada Public Library announces a refreshed collection with new titles in non fiction fiction and children’s books. Notable entries include George Washington Carver The Wright Brothers What America Means to Me and patterns on the wall plus boy and girl titles like Navy Diver and Little Woman Wanted Noise.
The 343rd Detachment Air Crew plans a track and field meet at Norris Stadium on Saturday August 14 at 6 30 p m with athletes from the detachment competing for individual honors. C J Powell East Central State College athletics director invites the public to watch as pole vault is omitted and 880 yard and likely 440 yard relays are run.
Texas soldier Gunther Luckenback set a new mark on the obstacle course used in training for the East Central detachment now in schooling. He cleared 11 obstacles on a 425 yard course in 1 minute 29 seconds, drawing praise from observers for the hard effort and the distinctive hand walk sound.
County agent C. H. Hailey says early maturing Irish potatoes like Waba and Triumph perform best for fall crops. Plant from July 26 to August 10, avoid soil above 90 degrees, use cool soil after rainfall, open rows at night, cut seed pieces before planting, and choose medium pieces for seed.
A letter from L. E. Shackelford, chaplain and former Ada pastor, details his North Africa trip. He notes modern cities with electric transit and tall buildings, contrasts with Arab poverty, describes vineyards, sunsets, and daily life including a three hour siesta and Sunday markets. He also comments on traffic, customs, and women in veils amid ancient and modern contrasts.
The War Food Administration will support grower prices for cottonseed from the 1943 crop at $6 a ton above last year. The new support prices are $55 a ton for shipping in Oklahoma Texas New Mexico and $56 per ton FOB shipping in all other producing States. The increase aims to boost cottonseed production for oil meal and linters for war needs.
E. A. Warner extension live stock specialist visited Ponto ti county on July 28 to inspect livestock and meet with county staff. He commended Dean Young and Roland Wilson for outstanding calf care while noting others were performing well.
Floyd Robbins of the Latta 4-H club reports that a registered Chester White gift from the Ada Kiwanis club farrowed 10 pigs. Each 4-H member receiving pigs under contract must redistribute half of the first litter to other county 4-H boys enrolled in the pig club.
Washington reports an order prohibiting sale purchase or processing of live or dressed turkeys except to the governor for armed services holiday needs. The order follows a War Department request and covers 1943 crop turkeys affecting producers processors packers wholesalers retailers and dining services with contracts not shielding from the order. The government plans to requisition about 10 million pounds of turkey for servicemen overseas, to be completed by early fall.
W. M. Pegg, veteran board member, and new member J. C. Ross met to start budgeting work. They will stay in session all next week to review county, municipal, and school budgets. Ada area budgets are filed. township budgets also in. school and other town budgets await. Ross appointed by county commissioners. Pegg appointed by district judge.
Pontotoc county will be represented at the State Fair in Oklahoma City by a herd of 10 outstanding Hereford cattle. A. Warner assisted County Agent Hailey in selecting the herd from leading local ranches including Delaney's Lazy D, Harvey's, Buxton's Horseshoe, and Carpenter's. The county placed first in the state last year in the county show herd division and Hailey expects another strong showing.
Rep. Clarence J. Brown heads a Midwest unofficial rationing committee seeking facts on possible gasoline restrictions outside the East. Ickes warns action may come soon and meeting in Chicago is planned with delegates from 32 states. Eastern supplies hoped to rise while changes likely won’t occur for at least a week.
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