Ada Weekly News and Ada Evening News History Note
The item records the Ada weekly and evening newspapers dating from 1901, noting consolidations with the Ada Weekly Democrat Pontotoc County Enterprise and Ada Star Democrat and their publication by The Ada Publishing Company. It lists publication cadence prices and mailing details.
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Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc County Enterprise
Ada- Star-Democrat
Ada Evening News
Ada Weekly
ADA Weekly News
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Ada
Okla
Legion Plans War Victory Day Celebration
The American Legion plans a celebration tied to Germany's defeat and a potential armistice day. The piece urges local participation, recalls 1918 jubilation, and praises the Legion for leading war effort commemorations while noting Japan's status.
Movement versus stalemate in the war and inflation risks
Analysis argues Allied mobility could shatter German forces while Germany seeks a static front aided by fuel shortages. With air superiority, the Allies may prevent a trench war. Inflation fears loom as bond holdings rise, and price trends in cotton real estate and goods could swing investor fortunes.
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Germany
Hitler
Caucasus
Poland
Romania
East Central College Readiness For September Term
East Central will start a new term in September with smaller attendance than prewar levels but larger than last year’s civilian enrollment. The college praises wartime and peacetime training, urging Ada residents to consider it. The piece notes OPA crackdowns on pleasure driving and contemplates gas use and unemployment relief through higher production and lower costs.
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East Central
Ada
OPA
Nebraska
Colorado
North Carolina
The Career of Saul A Cautionary King
The article traces Saul as Israel's first king from promising beginnings under Samuel to a downfall marked by jealousy rage and deceit. It links Saul's fate to his failure to lead and his surrender to public pressure, ending in self destruction. It also touches on wartime issues and the need to conserve gasoline.
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Saul
Samuel
William E. Gilroy
D. D
Israel
Paul
David
Goliath
Christmas boxes for prisoners of war urged for December delivery
L. G. Denny, Pontotoc Red Cross chair, asks families to send Next of Kin Christmas boxes for Americans in German custody. Boxes go to Europe by Red Cross vessels, then to Geneva for International Red Cross distribution. Delays from transport and censorship expected. Use standard gift box label and seek help at the Aldridge hotel annex.
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Europe
L. G. Denny
Pontotoc County
Red Cross
Geneva
Switzerland
International Red Cross Committee
Aldridge Hotel
Mosquito Control Unit Arrives At North African Air Depot
A North African Air Service Command depot adds a new mosquito control unit among its firsts in the area. The 11 expert mechanics include Sgt. Troy Gibson of Stonewall, now traveling the Mediterranean region to spray breeding grounds from aircraft at very low altitude. The team emphasizes precision and safety as planes operate 10 to 20 feet above ground. Members hail from Alabama, Massachusetts, California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, New York, Wisconsin, New Jersey and Kansas.
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Alabama
Massachusetts
California
Texas
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
New York
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Kansas
Two Oklahomans Awarded Silver Stars
The War Department announced Silver Stars for Capt. Warren A. La Fevers of Ponca City and Lt. Henry S. Jordan of Bartlesville. La Fevers led artillery and mortar fire for 10 hours under intense enemy fire in the Mediterranean on February 17-18, 1944. Jordan served May 1–10, 1944, near enemy lines, maintaining an observation post under heavy fire and repairing wire communications while directing mortar fire.
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Washington
Warren A. la Fevers
Ponca City
Henry S. Jordan
Bartlesville
War Department
la Fevers
Mediterranean
Jordan
Silver Star to Two Sooner Soldiers in Italy
Technical Sergeant George M. Donovan of Ardmore Oklahoma and Private James E. Allen of Bixby Oklahoma earned Silver Stars for gallantry with the 45th Thunderbird Division in Italy. Donovan assumed command after the platoon leader was wounded and maintained a firm position against a counterattack. Allen, the company aid man, tended the wounded under heavy fire for 24 hours without rest.
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Fifth Army
Italy
George M. Donovan
Ardmore
Okla
James E. Allen
Bixby
45Th “Thunderbird
Donovan
Allen
James D. Allen
Ricka Lois Peek
Tulsa
Stockton Accepts Konawa Grade School Principal Post
Otis Stockton, East Central district student and Center school principal for two years, accepted the Konawa grade school principal position and moved to Konawa to begin duties with the fall term. He previously worked as assistant manager at the local J C Penney store during the summer.
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Otis Stockton
East Central
Center School
Konawa
J. C. Penney
Alumni prove high standards of East Central
A College Man argues that evaluating an institution by its finished alumni is most revealing. He notes East Central's strong track record with graduates leading Oklahoma colleges, public life, and professions, including governors, senators, lawyers, physicians, and educators, concluding Ada College is a worthy higher learning institution.
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East Central
Oklahoma
Ada
United States
State Supreme Court
State Commission of Public Health
State oil and gas leases sold in five Oklahoma counties
Oklahoma state school land department sold oil and gas leases on nine tracts across Garfield Garvin McClain Stephens Pushmataha and Murray counties. Bids ranged from 63.25 for 115 acres in Pushmataha to 1 784.50 for 100 acres in McClain. Some tracts drew no bids.
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Oklahoma City
State School Land Department
Texas Company
Garfield County
Garvin County
McClain County
Frank Russell
Kirkpatrick and Bales, Inc
H. M. McCasland
Duncan
Stephens County
M. Timmerman
Pushmataha
Murray County
Accused of Running Car Over Man in Tulsa Case
Mrs. Margaret Hendrix, 45, was charged with first degree manslaughter after allegedly running her car over 61-year-old George Coffee in Tulsa. Coffee died August 8 in hospital. Hendrix’s ex-husband Dave Clark, 45, was also struck but survived.
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Tulsa
Okla
Margaret Hendrix
Common Pleas Court
George Coffee
Dave Clark
Hendrix
Captain Howard P. Rice Receives Bronze Star Medal
Captain Howard P. Rice former Glenwood School principal earned the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service with the 45th Division in Italy. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Rice of Roff, and his wife and two children reside in Norman.
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Howard P. Rice
Glenwood School
Italy
D. L. Rice
Roff
World security talks open at Dumbarton Oaks keying sovereign equality
U S Great Britain and Russia opened talks at Dumbarton Oaks on August 21 to plan a world security organization based on sovereign equality of nations. Hull Gromy ko and Cadogan urged prompt force backed by unity among great powers and protection for small states as Dulles joins talks later.
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U. S
Russia
Britain
Washington
United States
Great Britain
World Security Organization
Hull
Dumbarton Oaks
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Alexander Cadogan
Cadogan
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
Organization of Peace
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Dumbarton
Dulles
United Nations
International
Oklahoma City Apt Rejections Based on Applicants’ Children
Mrs. Hugh Clark rejects multiple renters for not having children, citing her two year-old son and a desire to let another child enjoy the fenced yard, sandpile, and baby bed before she moves to join her navy husband.
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Oklahoma City
Hugh Clark
Girl Killed In Fall Near Oil Center
Thelma Joyce Wood 15 died after a horse from Oil Center route 5 Bolted and threw her at a bridge. She was taken to a local hospital where she died a few minutes later. The horse was borrowed and had no prior trouble. Funeral arrangements by Smith Funeral home pending.
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Thelma Joyce Wood
Howard T. Wood
Oil Center
Ada
Miss Wood
Smith Funeral Home
Richard C. Jeter Dies Pioneer Ada Merchant
Richard C. Jeter, a pioneer Ada merchant since 1900, died at his home 500 South Rennie Sunday at 2 15 pm. Born 1868 in Pontotoc Mississippi, he was the last surviving son of William and Mary Jeter and left a widow Sarah Belle Rollow Jeter. Surviving children include Earl Jeter William Jeter and Mrs Graham English with a grandson Earl Floyd Jeter in the U S Army. Funeral plans are pending arrival of a son from the west coast. He was a member of the First Methodist church and had been ill since May.
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Richard C. Jeter
Ada
Indian Territory
South Rennie
West Coast
Mr. Jeter
Pontotoc
Miss
William David Jeter
Mary Ann Bolen Jeter
Sarah Belle Rollow
W. C. Rollow
Mr. Rollow
Jeter
Earl Jeter
William Jeter
Seabees
Graham English
Earl Floyd Jeter
U. S. Army
First Methodist Church
Hershey Sees Mass Demobilization After Nazis Defeat
Denver August 21 Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey national director of selective service forecasts release of 1 000 000 to 2 000 000 men from armed services after Germany falls He supports gradual demobilization while noting it will not occur in a single day He says 70 000 to 100 000 men are drafted monthly and the rate will continue post war Remarks include a call for a world peace organization and a four power alliance warning by Thomas E Dewey
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American Legion
Germany
Legion
France
Italy
Japan
Denver
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
America
Hershey
World Organization For Peace
Thomas E. Dewey
Man Killed By Train Here
Dan Estes of Allen route No 1 was found dead by a freight train engineer early Sunday. He was later identified by his two sons at Criswell Funeral Home. A grocery list was found on the body. He leaves a wife, three sons including Joe Estes of Ada and D K Estes of Allen, and two daughters. Railroad officials say a southbound train likely struck him. The body was identified several times while at the funeral home.
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Dan Estes
Allen
Route No
Joe Estes
Ada
D. K. Estes
Criswell
Carl Estes
California
Mildred Picking
Oklahoma City
Helen Estes
Criswell Funeral Home
Scholarships Begin At East Central State College
Awarding of scholarships to East Central State College has begun under a plan where Ada business firms provide tuition payments for two semesters. Knight and Fenton Hall will open this fall for civilian students with residence possible from September 1 at a monthly cost of 24 to 28 dollars. Recipients include Jerry Folsom Ada Bonnie Mozelle South Patsy Jean Lee Lena Taylor Shirley Ann Clanton Margery Derrick Elizabeth Bowen.
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East Central State College
Ada
Oklahoma
Knight and Fentem Hall
Jerry Folsom
Haskell Institute
Oklahoma University
Bonnie Mozelle South
Ada High School
Patsy Jean Lee
Stonewall
Fittstown High School
Lena Taylor
Byng High School
Shirley Ann Clanton
East Tenth
Horace Mann High
Margery Derrick
Elizabeth Bowen
West Fourth
Blue Cross Representative to Visit Ada for Talks
N K Feikel of Tulsa will visit Ada Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss participation in the Blue Cross hospitalization plan. Groups of employees are invited to notify the Chamber of Commerce to arrange meetings. The plan already serves hundreds locally, with Valley View Hospital receiving $500 for July services to enrolled members.
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Blue Cross
N. K. Feikel
Tulsa
Ada
Chamber of Commerce Office
Fikel
Valley View Hospitel
French Forces Press Campaign as German Resistance Falls
Dispatches describe rapid German retreat across central and southern France as French interior forces advance. Reports mention a Nazi garrison of 3,000 in Toulouse and fighting to control railways and highways toward the Bordeaux area.
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Irm
Spain
France
Toulouse
Bordeaux
Reich
American Armor Drives 65 Miles Toward Paris
An American armored column in a smashing 65 mile drive has pushed beyond Sens, a town 58 miles southeast of Paris, with only meager opposition.
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U. S. Third Army
France
Sens
Paris
Post Exchange beer deal at Fort Meade sparks playful brag
Fort Meade Post Exchange offers a 14 ounce glass of beer for a w'ckie inviting playful challenge as two big heads claim bragging rights over a casual buy.
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Fort Meade Post Exchange
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Stockton
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Bronze
World Organization
By John M. Hightower
Merchants
Lincoln, IL
Evening Courier
Route 1
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