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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1944
Page
1
Athens reports 21 killed and 140 injured after Sunday clashes between police and Leftist Eam formations. General strike paralyses the city as Gen. Catsotas orders armed groups to quit the area within 72 hours.
Two fifths of the quota is sold as a new week opens with county leaders anxious over bond purchases. Saturday sales added 29 324 48 to the total amid gunfire reports and unrest tied to the Elas seizure of a police barrack in Piraeus. A second group of 1 200 was disarmed by British troops near Athens with officers confined.
General MacArthur reported American airmen struck enemy shipping and bases across Leyte Borneo Samar Palawan Mindanao and other targets. Patrol planes sank freighters off Borneo and damaged a 4 000 ton vessel near Masbate while heavy bombers hit Palawan and several Celebes targets. Nipponese raids on Leyte yielded no damage according to MacArthur.
On December 4, a threatened city wide strike by Local 112 of school custodial workers did not materialize as 227 cleaners and firemen failed to report at 69 of 785 schools, yet all schools opened on schedule with operations aided by engineers from the International Union of Operating Engineers. Mayor LaGuardia called it an emergency and ordered police to stop picketing during student entry and exit.
A large force of B29 Superfortresses attacked Tokyo, targeting the Musashima engine factory at Nakajima. The 20th Air Force reports 75 percent of bombs hit within the target area, while Japanese claims vary and battles with antiaircraft and interceptors intensified. One U S aircraft is listed as lost.
Third army troops and tanks crossed the Saar river at Saarlautern under heavy fire and pushed into the east bank area. The U S Ninth Army fought near Julich while First Army advanced toward Bergstein as weather deteriorated. Allied forces reported several towns taken along the Roer and Maas fronts with ongoing heavy attrition battles.
A stormy Oklahoma weekend brings 37 to 49 degree highs and rain totals around .27 to .74 inches across cities while Europe nears postwar political upheaval. Greece faces deadly demonstrations and a leftist strike as monarchies waver in multiple nations amid broader civil unrest.
J. A. Richardson, chairman for the National War Fund drive in Pontotoc county, asks residents not reachable on December 11 to mail contributions this week. He notes last year’s donors will be notified by mail and that funds arrive by mail faster than expected. He emphasizes the War Prisoners Relief Fund remains a 1945 priority as the nation aids prisoners with food and medical supplies through the National War Fund, with foreign relief agencies and the USO funded from the same drive.
Weather bulletin reports Oklahoma sees rain with freezing in the panhandle and extreme southwest, cooler in the west and warmer in the east with lows from 32 to 45. Rain continues northeast and extreme east tonight, clearing Tuesday with continued chill. Kansas warns rain and freezing rain, west tonight and Tuesday, ending southwest Tuesday morn ing, with lows 25 to 30 and warmer southeast.
Funeral services for Clarence Maples 38 of Ada will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. from Oak Avenue Baptist church followed by burial in Memorial Park. Maples fatally injured in a San Francisco robbery will be laid to rest near the year’s end of his youngest brother who died in Tarawa fighting.
The German news agency announced that Allied forces have captured Selestat, a junction town in Alsace, narrowing the fighting area near Colmar, which lies 13 miles south. Also noted, newborn harp seals weigh about 15 pounds and grow to 80 pounds within two weeks.
Bond totals show Series E at 372000.00 with Saturday sales 13750.00 and year to date 147418.75. Other types total 682000.00 with 15574.48 weekly and 253149.88 year to date. Overall bonds total 1054000.00 and 400568.63 to date.
Foreign minister T. V. Soong assumed the premiership of China and acting vice president of the executive Yuan in Chungking, enabling Chiang Kai-Shek to focus on military duties. Soong, brother-in-law of H. H. Kung, becomes a key ally and potential mediator with the communists amid reports of possible negotiations.
Willie Mae Hannah told police a fortune teller who visited her Birmingham home predicted she would suffer financial reverses. After she left, her purse containing 90 dollars disappeared.
War Department lists 17 Oklahoma soldiers killed in the European theater, alongside Second Lt. Maurice F. Little killed in the Central Pacific. Names include Tech. 4th Gr. Royal V. Brooks, Buster Buckelew, Merle Burrow, Paul Cody, Andy Davis, Robert Garrett, Arthur Green, Louis Hamerla, Henry Hendrickson, James Hodge, Clyde Lee, Glenn Lewis, James Mott, Arthur Pickrell, Johnnie Rivas, Gilbert Vidana, Lonnie Wade.
The War Production Board reports progress in boosting war plant activity to meet demands of a two-front war. J A Krug notes new workers entering plants in encouraging numbers and plans for 500 million dollars to build shells for infantry mortars. The War Department urges higher small arms and heavy artillery ammo output. No shortage now, but stockpiles should be rebuilt to peak levels.
Mrs Lelita Hae testified her husband kept tickling her feet leading to a court granted divorce in Denver on December 4. The proceeding highlighted domestic friction and the couple's marital strains during the hearing.
The Senate may vote this week on the 420 million St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project. Senator Aiken plans to offer the authorization as an amendment to a rivers and harbors bill despite opposition promises to filibuster. Senator Clark says he will speak long against it, while President Roosevelt and Leo Crowley back the project to boost postwar commerce.
Detroit December 4. Production returns at Briggs Manufacturing Co. Mack and Milwaukee plants with 5,900 workers voting to submit seniority grievances to a war labor board arbitrator. Also at Chrysler’s Dodge plant 1,300 workers back on duty after a seniority dispute.
Farragut Idaho December 4 A new order to naval personnel at the training center requires only three words to describe sailors and walking arm in arm unbecoming military conduct.
At Ardmore Army Air Field Oklahoma Mrs Velma Lorietta Harris Ada wife of Lt Virgil G Harris received Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster as proxy for her husband a bomber crewman shot down near Budapest and now a prisoner of war in Rostock Germany The ceremony honored 14 officers and enlisted men with a review on the flight ramp and ended with Mrs Harris pinning the decorations on their 18 month old son Jeffrey L Harris
A study finds snapping turtles cannot eat unless their heads are submerged. The aquatic requirement affects feeding behavior and may influence captivity care and habitat design.
Tulsa Central and Perry, Class A semi-finalists in the state high school football championships, will meet in Skelly Stadium Saturday afternoon. Athletic Director Grady Skillern said Perry yielded its rights to the game for the larger Tulsa audience, noting earlier playoff turnouts have been weak but expecting strong local support.
Newt Lark responds to his wife about why some women marry such meek men. The inebriated tone suggests social judgment and a casual discussion of marriage dynamics.
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