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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1944
Page
2
Oklahoma's Col. Louis Ritzhaupt reports about 400 men under 26 will be reclassified under the literacy-based draft review. A June recheck cut 1,000 state registrants. 85 percent of 4-F registrants surveyed show only five percent eligible under new rules.
In France a first line battalion aid station operates under heavy bombardment as Med Corps, led by Maj. William Patterson, treats wounded. Privates Lawrence Pattup and John P. McGowan from the Bronx help triage and bandage a wounded boy and deploy stretchers as German shells rain down. Capt. Milton J. Sneider oversees care in a barn converted into an aid post while drivers limp through danger to transport patients
Ardmore Oklahoma Aug 8 two large frame buildings of the Corrick Hills Country Club used as an officers club by the Ardmore Army Air Field burned at dawn. Bobby Lively 19 employed sleeping on the second floor died in the blaze Corp Robert B Gallup escaped by window. Origin unknown loss estimated 30000 to 40000. Club two miles north of Ardmore Lively married father of two awaiting navy induction.
London reports Field Marshal Erwin von Witzleben and seven expelled officers hanged for plotting to kill Hitler and surrender Germany to the Allies. The executions followed a Nazi people's court trial broadcast by DNB, with Beck and others linked to the coup.
The War Department released names of 33 Oklahoma soldiers wounded in action in two war zones. Mediterranean area includes Lt. Ernest D. Dean and Pvt. Huey L Flynn among others. European area lists Pfc. Billy J. Barnes, Pvt. Victor C. Bouldin, Capt. Robert H. Bridges, and numerous others with hometowns such as Oklahoma City, Elk City, Norman, and Sapulpa.
Gov Kerr muses on Nazi purges and Allied duties while recounting a Nissan to Minneapolis bus trip. He describes a roadside tire change blocking traffic as a cautionary example of careless driving leading to injuries and deaths.
The British signal unofficial support for continuing lend lease after victory over Germany, with a private view that the issue could flare in the U.S. presidential campaign. They urge extending mutual aid until Japan falls, boosting British input, and clarifying final settlement terms.
Ada residents endure seven days of 100 degree heat with temperatures staying above a hundred. The heat drives many to Glennwood Park swimming pools for relief as families seek cooling into the early evening. Kids dominate pool use, but older residents also enjoy the fun of swimming in hot weather. Promotions announced for ten Oklahomans by the War Department include captains Harold Arthur Miller Harvey Kenneth Parker John Landon Tipton Howell Parks Jr Raymond Joseph Novak Lee Roy Lambert Cecil Earl Davies and William Joseph Crandall and first lieutenants Larry Edward Elliott and Dick Taylor Frye.
Captain J. Wendell Crain of Ada Oklahoma, 26, wounded in Saipan after the victory was announced. He had fought on Guadalcanal and Tarawa and said the sniper struck him two hours after Admiral Nimitz proclaimed Saipan secured while he spoke with an infantry commander at the navy hospital in Seattle.
Washington forecast 2,000,000 civilian job cuts within a year after victory. Ramspeck says civilian rolls now 2,908,912, likely down to about 900,000 with Washington at 270,057 cut in half. Order of layoffs favors recall retirees, temporary workers, war duration staff, then career employees last.
Mrs. Mary Rex Thompson, 33, a Cleveland war worker's widow and mother of two, received the first checks totaling 58.49 as the millionth monthly social security benefit. The initial payment marks a program with potential totals around 15,000 per beneficiary and includes future monthly amounts of 25.07 for the widow and 16.71 per child.
Barbara Anthony, aged 6, underwent emergency appendicitis surgery in Chicago. Her playmates Nancy Loy and Valerie Hanson, both 12, visited and also needed operations. The three shared a room with three beds, and all faced surgery.
About 11 000 front line aircraft were used by the Allies in the opening stages of the Normandy landings.
Bandleader Tommy Dorsey and actor Jon Hall were in a heated altercation last Saturday. Hall sustained a broken nose, cuts, and head injuries requiring medical treatment. Dorsey claimed most injuries came from Hall falling onto a flowerpot. Hall indicated no complaint would be filed.
C M Voelker of the Kansas vehicle department says farmers who buy a versatile army jeep can obtain a passenger car license if used mainly to haul people a truck license if trucking is done or skip a license if the vehicle stays off highways and serves as a farm machine.
Ernie Pyle recounts Maj. Gen. Raymond O. Barton addressing Fourth Division troops in France. Barton, a former regimental leader, praises the unit as one of the finest in the American army, notes its WWII and Normandy roles, and expresses pride and emotional resolve before closing with God bless you and good luck.
A new photoelectric smoke detecting apparatus brings modern fire warning indoors to ships at sea by sampling air from over 30 ship areas and routing it to a wheelhouse fire detecting cabinet for rapid alert.
Pauline Mayer plans the Sunday column with the usual home demonstration voice by Jessie Morgan in the county page. The note indicates the roster for next week’s feature and the column will reflect upcoming demonstrations and local interest topics.
The agriculture department forecasts this year's cotton crop at 11,022,000 equivalent 500 pound bales. Area for harvest is 20,081,000 acres with 1,800,000 fewer acres than last year and 2,600,000 fewer than two years ago. Crop condition August 1 was 75 percent of normal, versus 79 a year ago.
Jils Stockton principal of Center school and Boy Scout master credits Wallace Blair Charles Clowdus and Wesley Blair with saving his life Sunday afternoon when exhausted while swimming across a tank on the Blair farm near Center. The Scouts brought him to shore used artificial respiration saving him from unconsciousness for about 20 minutes. Stockon notes lessons in life saving taught by the Scouts proved valuable and officials plan to seek National Boy Scout Council recognition for the Scouts involved.
The 26th anniversary marks August 8 1918 when Marshal Foch launched a great Allied offensive in the Somme sector spearheaded by 450 tanks. British and French forces broke through lines, taking many prisoners as Ludendorff later called it the black day of the German army. The article notes the beginning of the end and cites subsequent German collapses and later debates on a later black day in the war.
The Nazi Paris radio said Franz von Papen German ambassador who left Turkey after relations with Germany were broken had arrived in Berlin after earlier reports of him being in Bucharest.
The army awarded the Distinguished Service Medal to nine generals for leadership in Italy and Normandy. Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley heads the list for directing the First Army’s assault on Cherbourg and Normandy operations, with Oak Leaf Clusters also given to Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Huebner, Maj. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow, Maj. Gen. Raymond O. Barton, Maj. Gen. John B. Coulter, Maj. Gen. William W. Eagles, Maj. Gen. John W. O’Daniel, and Maj. Gen. John E. Sloan.
Irving Berlin reports that This Is the Army has earned 10 million dollars for the Army Emergency Relief Fund. Berlin said his new song There Are No Wings On a Foxhole was approved by Gen. George C. Marshall and proceeds will go to an infantrymen fund. He spoke after four months overseas with the show.
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