Ada High School Enrollments Start With Juniors and Eighth Graders
Ada High School opens enrollment with juniors at Ada High and eighth graders at Ada Junior High. Sophomores come Thursday with seventh graders, and a pre school clinic starts at Hayes at 9 o'clock. Rex O Morrison invites all parents to Hayes for a first-year checkup. By 10:30 a.m. Trice Broadrick reported 108 juniors enrolled, with 91 senior students listed.
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Ada High School
Ada High
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Broadrick
Hugo
Captol Hill
Oklahoma City
Sinewall
Earlsboro
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Lynnoon
Calif
Haidenville
Sulphur
Rofs
Kansas City
Horace. Mann
Ada
Stonewall
Bakersfield
Omaha
Neb
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Hillman Asset To Republicans Says One GOP Leader
Republicans attack CIO chief Sidney Hillman during war reconversion debate claiming he dictated to the Democratic convention and is a GOP asset in 1944. Rep Rankin and Rep Knutson clash over Hillman's influence and ties to Dewey campaign money.
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Hillman
Washington
Sidney Hillman
House
CIO
Rep
Rankin
Mississippi
Celler
D.-N.y
Cio-Pac
House Campaign Expenditures Committee
Knutson
R.-Minn
Republican Party
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
D.-Miss
Byrnes
Rep. Simpson
R.pa
Supreme Court
James F. Byrnes
Chicago
Justice Byrnes
Henry Wallace
Donald Nelson
China
Simpson
Wallace
Rain Soaks Oklahoma State as Late August Rain Lifts Crops
Rain drenched Oklahoma easing a dry spell and reviving pastures and stock ponds. The statewide showers boosted late corn cotton and alfalfa hay crops with regional totals from short to over an inch and continued into mid morning.
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Oklahoma
Guymon
Ada
Guthrie
Chester Mitchell
Oklahoma City
Altus
Carnegie
Chickasha
Frederick
Hollis
Lawton
Waurika
Alva
Beaver
Boise City
Clinton
Ponca City
Elk City
Enid
Gage
Geary
Waynoka
Bartlesville
Chandler
Miami
Muskogee
Newkirk
Okmulgee
Pryor
Sallisaw
Shawnee
Tulsa
Antlers
Ardmore
Durant
Idabel
McAlester
Pauls Valley
Poteau
Allied Columns Close On German Lines Across Northern France
American and Allied forces pushed toward Belgium and Paris as Patton’s Third Army advanced northeast of Paris while troops near Laon and Montaigu closed in. Rouen and Le Havre were evacuated or outflanked, with German resistance collapsing along the Seine and Rhône fronts.
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Belgium
Reims
Laon
Seine
Pas de Calais
U. S
Paris
Rouen
Champagne
Vesle
Brussels
George S. Patton
3Rd Army
Vitry-Le-Rancois
Marne
Reich
Verdun
Chalons-Sur-Marne
Les Grandes Loges
Chalons
le Havre
Dieppe
Somme
Berlin
Normandy
Neufmarche
Longchamps
Marineville
Louviers
France
U. S. Third Army
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Soissons
Pont-Arcy
Montaigu
Sedan
Troyes
Piney
Patch
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh
Rhong Valley
Drome
Marseille
Rhone
Nice
Italy
Bagnols
Russians Claim Full Ploesti Oil Region Under Stalin
Moscow announced that Soviet troops captured the Ploesti oil region, with Premier Stalin declaring the entire area in Red Army hands. The report notes advancing lines toward Bulgaria and Romania, including Constanta and Bucharest area actions, and warns Bulgaria of neutrality limits as Soviet forces push deeper into Transylvania.
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Black Sea
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Romania
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Wallachia
Hungary
Slovakia
Central Europe
Rodion Yegy
Fedor I. Tolbukin
Baltic
Bulgarian Dobrudja
Greece
Macedonia
Nis
Balkan Peninsula
Transylvania
Sam Harris Long Hotel Owner Dies in Tulsa
Sam Harris former owner and operator of the Harris hotel in Ada died Tuesday afternoon in Tulsa after a period of ill health. He and wife Mrs Harris opened a 60 room hotel in 1901, added floors in 1904 and 1929, leased it 1904 to 1929, then managed Ada hotel themselves before selling to Julia Smith in May and moving to Tulsa.
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Sam Harris
Tulsa
Ada
Max Harris
Harris
Shawnee
Julia Smith
Harrises
Japs Reach Lishui in Chekiang as Battle Rages
Chinese high command said Japanese troops reached the gates of Lishui, a planned air base for future strikes on Japan. A Japanese broadcast claimed capture on Aug 27 calling Lishui the foremost U S air base in southwest China. The drive from Wuyi began weeks ago amid heavy fighting.
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Chekiang Province
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U. S
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Halmahera
Philippines
Davao
Carlos P. Romulo
Islands
Ambon
Amboina
Southwest Pacific
Douglas I MacArthur
India
Chindwin
Burma
Thawan
Tiddim Road
Streetcar Interurban Collision Near Oklahoma City
Rain made tracks slippery causing an El Reno interurban to collide with a streetcar during morning rush hour. Three people Mrs. William L. Hahn Bettie Rhodes and Lawrence Sattelo sustained minor injuries as cars stretched for nearly a mile and workers sought rides.
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Oklahoma City
el Reno
C. W. Bradley
William L. Hahn
Bettie Rhodes
Lawrence Satello
Pvt Boyles Listed Killed in Action in Italy
Pvt Alford J Boyles reported missing August 10 is now listed as killed in action by the War Department. He trained at Camp Adair Oregon and served as a Browning Automatic Rifle gunner. The 19 year old Fitzhugh student and Pontototoc County resident left the United States January 15 and died July 12 in Italy. He was in his senior year at Fitzhugh High School and played basketball. Two brothers Howard and Lee Roy remain at home.
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Alford J. Boyles
War Department
H. C. Boyles
Pontotoc County
Fitzhugh
Pvt. Boyles
Italy
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Ore
Boyles
States
North Africa
Howard
Lee Roy Boyles
GI First Aiders Treat Mocking Bird in Camp
Six soldiers from the 255th Infantry communications section at Camp Van Dorn in Mississippi provided first aid training in a field exercise when they treated a baby mocking bird with a broken leg. They rebandaged the limb and later found the bird hopping about with the leg healed.
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Camp van Dorn
Miss
255Th Infantry Communications Section
Veteran legislator Norris suffers stroke in McCook
McCook Nebraska Aug 30 Former senator George W Norris 85 year old veteran legislator suffered a cerebral hemorrhage yesterday. Doctors said he spent a pretty good night and is resting easily today though the hemorrhage produced partial paralysis of the right side of his body.
Keep Garbage Can Lid On Emphatic City Appeal
City officials urge residents to cover garbage pails after recent rains. With little rain for months and more rainfall expected, soaked paper slows burning at the incinerator. Mayor Guy Thrash thanks residents for separating organic waste to speed disposal.
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Guy Thrash
Surgical Dressings Reach Overseas With American Troops
Pon totoc county group supplied surgical dressings to overseas troops. One batch went to India Burma China theater and aided Chinese with shrapnel wounds. Major Raymond L. Murdock notes gauze is used on Americans and Chinese, with a Chinese ten dollar bill enclosed to Dr. R. H. Mayes.
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Pontotoc County
India
Civia
Burma
Raymond L. Murdock
R. H. Mayes
Big Blows Promised Japs Free French Aid In East
Vanoss announces a school fair for Thursday September 7 with all divisions open for a 150 dollar prize. Exhibits in the school building and yard include 13 divisions judged by a team of county agents and teachers. Participating groups include the 4 H club Home Economics FFA and farm families with items from sheep live stock poultry dairy hogs crops and a wide range of women’s projects.
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East
Vanoss
F. F.A
Ada
Vaness
Stratford
Jessie Morgan
C. H. Hailey
Buford Comstock
Allen
J. C. Bull
Reds Talk Sharply Of Turkish Conduct
Pravda accuses Turkey of harboring German spies and turning its break with the Nazis into a friendly rupture. It notes German diplomats and attaches remain in Ankara 20 days after scheduled departure as Soviet troops near the Dardanelles.
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Moscow
Pravda Today
Turkey
Dardanelles
Pravda
Ankara
Batum
Black Sea
Sovie Union
Reich
FCC
Francisco Franco
Germany
Spain
Franco
Hull Says Germany Would Like To Get Negotiated Peace
Secretary of State Hull said Germany desires a negotiated peace but Allied demand for unconditional surrender remains. He warned Hitler may flee to neutral countries and noted Poland's reports of brutal acts in Warsaw. Hull recalled past appeals to neutrals and Britain to deny Nazi refuge.
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Washington
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Hitler
Argentina
Spain
Roosevelt
Kurt Dittmar
Warsaw
United States
Poland
Eat Drink and Be Back Seat Plans
Ada News classifieds promote high returns for invested amounts with a light urging tone. The ad suggests participation in eating and drinking events and instructs to ride in the back seat if anything happens.
Glenwood Pool Closes For Summer Season
Wayne Wheelock parks commissioner says Glenwood swimming pool closed for the season. Pools drained and equipment stored, bathhouse readied, park work to continue until frost. Closing date set around September 1 with no reopening due to cold weather.
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Glenwood
Wayne Wheelock
Wheelock
Red Skelton Undergoes Eye Operation at Camp Roberts
Pvt. Richard Red Skelton formerly of the movies is recovering in Camp Roberts base hospital after an operation to remove a cyst from his eye performed yesterday.
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Camp Roberts
Calif
Richard
Red) Skelton
The
Movies
Camp Roberts Base Hospital
Army to Sell 30 000 Trucks and Cars Soon
Army trucks and cars totaling thirty thousand are to be sold as surplus property nationwide within the next two weeks. Treasury officials told Rep. Thomason that with the war in Europe nearing a climax the need for Army vehicles in U.S. training camps has diminished.
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Washington
Thomason
Tex
Treasury Department
Europe
Mud Not Stopping Water Line Repair Efforts
City workers press on with repairing the line from the pump station to the reservoir despite rain. Commissioner J. D. Willoughby says crews work in wet conditions and resume after rain stops. A four inch mud valve will be installed near the pump station, with 13 other valves soon to be added to drain the line for joint repairs.
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J. D. Willoughby
Public Works and Property
Miss Fanny Frail Describes Boss Tension Coping
A stenographer named Miss Fanny Frail says she confronts her cranky boss by sitting on him to vent frustration and cope with work stress.
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