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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1944
Page
4
A Sunday feature presents Rev. Jules Ayers letter from Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. The Army air forces chaplain advocates ministry before denomination and calls for broad fellowship with Jews and Catholics. He plans Bible centered sermons and closer work with service members.
The piece argues Europe weakens while Asia strengthens, predicting the Pacific as the future trade hub. It warns Europe may be dying as a world leader, with the United States poised to rise if WWII ends soon. It notes Allies refuse to cooperate with Hitler, and contemplates postwar peace terms and the fate of Germany. St. Jerome offers a closing aphorism on diligent work.
The piece contrasts Eli the priest with Samuel and Saul, highlighting faithful ministry versus corruption. It notes Eli’s failings as father and his sons’ vice, cites Paul’s discipline, and argues most ministers are good, doing their best within human limits. Congregations reflect their leaders.
Newspaper groups urge families to beware of a clipping racket promising newspaper clippings for a fee. Clipping bureaus solicit via post cards and bill items from unknown sources, often reusing clippings families already saw. The SNPA warns to verify bureaus and prefers reputable monthly contracts. The note also cites agricultural shifts in the South and cantaloupe quality near Ada.
A survey of Hereford and Angus calves in the region shows only nine and a half carloads of Herefords and five carloads of Angus were available for September. With fewer than the required 20 carloads, planners abandon this year’s feeder calf sale in Ada while proposing a sale next year.
Taxicabs are off the streets in Atlanaa after Saturday night as stand operators report only half the cars available. Ration board officials say requests for tires are pending action. Workers hike or carpool to jobs while Ada relies on buses. The restart depends on tire supply.
Chicago reports the Pullman Co will stop making old style sleepers after current stock wears out. Railroads face motor bus and airline competition postwar and plan lower rates and more attractive travel. New sleeper designs feature roomettes, private wash, air conditioning, and aluminum steel construction.
Ada residents vented at a forecast that Oklahoma would cool. The hot spell hit 102 degrees after five days over 100 with nights also sweltering. Monday brought partial relief as clouds moved in and temperatures rose again by noon.
Thunderstorm damage across Tulsa region leaves Hillton stables ruined with fifteen show horses killed and equipment destroyed. Broken Arrow elementary school fire damages auditorium and eight rooms while a district judge’s farm barn suffers machinery damage. Fire department aids firefighting. widespread tree and line damage reported.
Navy ace Lt. Alexander Vraciu, 25, is back in the United States after a year of action in the Pacific. He claimed 37 enemy planes, 19 in the air, with six dive bombers shot down on June 19 over the Maria Nas last June. His Air Group 16 contributed to 150 enemy planes destroyed during the group’s Pacific tour.
The office of price administration announced the appointment of Mrs. Esther Cole Frankling of Washington as the agency's consumer relation advisor in Washington.
A butane truck leaked gas for about an hour Sunday afternoon south of Fittstown. The driver warned by a passing motorist stopped and fled to a hill. The tank was drained and moved. only damage was to the tank and it will be refinished.
The War Department reports Col. Douglas McNair 37 son of the late Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair was killed on Guam. No details were released. Surviving him are his widow Mrs. Freda McNair their infant Benny Clare and his mother Mrs. Lesley J. McNair. He had earned the Silver Star for action in Italy.
A newly captured German officer said Heinrich Himmler was assassinated and Hermann Goering wounded in a Nazi leadership upheaval. Austrian captives and a British radio report echoed the claim, but officials warned of unreliability as no confirmation exists.
Nazi reports claim Anna Reisch rode inside a robot bomb to win a title called Biological Phenomenon and an Iron Cross. She lay nearly horizontal, peered through a periscope, and identified faults that ignored other tests, but she was severely injured in the flight.
In Little Rock Arkansas voters at noon reported a heavier turnout among African Americans than two weeks earlier. The runoff pits Rep J W Fulbright against Gov Homer M Adkins with Adkins highlighting CIO political action committee influence and a recent rule allowing loyal negro voters to participate.
Chinese forces at Hengyang suffer near total casualty as Japanese troops breach the city on the Canton Hankow railway. a message to Chiang Kai-shek warns it may be the general’s last, confirming occupation reports from Tokyo. Pvt. Arthur A. Spanger of Poteau Oklahoma earns the Silver Star for valor.
Washington reports a debate over a rush of workers from war plants as the war nears end. Byrnes and McNutt claim a rush exists, while McNutt’s office and key agencies lack current data. Government departments offer no figures on voluntary exits or layoffs from war work.
In 1943 the steel industry consumed electricity to power 17,178,000 families for a year, fuel oil to heat 1,405,000 homes, and coal equivalent to two years of consumption for 12,986,000 houses.
A German corporal deserted to British forces in France and denounced the Hitler salute after the assassination attempt. He said he would not fight the war and noted Hitler rose only as a lance corporal in the previous conflict and was a company runner.
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