Weather Cuts Bond Sales Slow Tuesday in County
Weather and other factors slowed Sixth War Loan bond sales in the county on Tuesday. Officials reported total sales of 11065.75 dollars for the day as a notable dip in the drive.
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1944
Page
1
Christmas Rush Enters Ada With Yuletide Spirit
Decembers arrival brings a swift approach to Christmas shopping in Ada. The season features ornaments trees and packages as parties continue and long post office lines form for gift sending amid festive displays and renewed store activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Wests' Son S/Sgt Jack West Builds Foxhole Roof
Sgt. Jack H West of the 96th Infantry on Leyte hires native workers to construct a foxhole roof described as a neat layout. His parents Mr and Mrs Dale West read the Sunday News story about him and note his souveniring, including a Japanese fountain pen. A brother, Sgt Dale West, has been overseas for 31 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale West
Jack H. West
96Th Infantry
Leyte
Sgt. West
Saarbrucken In Peril As American Forces Press On
Allied forces led by Maj. Gen. Paul W. Baade and Lt. Gen. George S. Patton forced the Saar river crossings at several points and closed on Saarbrucken, the coal and iron hub. Sarreguemines, a 14 000 resident border town, fell to American infantry as bridges across the Saar were blown by retreating Germans and Siegfried line defenses were probed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Long
Paris
Third Army
Saar River
Sarreguemines
Saarland
Saarbrucken
Pittsburgh
Paul W. Baade
Saar
Merzig
Saarlautern
Siegfried Line
Hitler
Patton
U. S. Seventh Army
Lorraine
Karlsruhe
Sarre Union
Saart
35Th Infantry
Sarregue
Greek Fuss Of Concern To All Of Us
War Analyst Dewitt Mackenzie weighs Britain's Greek crisis intervention and Washington's hands off stance. He sees Greece as a microcosm of Europe’s upheaval with Russia rising, Britain trying to hold prestige, and many nations turning left seeking economic and political relief. The column notes bloodshed in Athens as tensions flare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Britain
Churchill
Athens
Washington
Balkan
Greece
Russia
Europe
John Bull
Eleven Men Die In McAlester Depot Explosion
McAlester Oklahoma December 6 Captain Elmer Woodside released names of seven enlisted men and four civilians killed when torpedo warheads were transferred from trucks to a magazine. Witnesses are presumed dead. The blast involved about eight tons of explosives at the Naval Ammunition Depot. The second shift resumed work without reluctance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
Okla
Elmer Woodside
McAlester Naval Ammunition Depot
Edgar T. Holder
Seaman
John W. Bradford
Hot Springs
Ark
Robert L. Dorland
Elizabeth
N. J
Eugene Q. Mansfield
Shungopavy
Ariz
Floyd Walker
McFarland
Calif
Albert D. Williford
Marinette
Alphonso H. Zeyouma
Second Mesa
Samuel Gentry
Savanna
Clarence C. Moore
James Hart
George W. Carson
Checker
Woodside
Pessimist Dialog on Razor Between Mrs Fender and Lem Wheeler
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mrs Fender teasing about whiskers being tougher than linoleum and Lem Wheeler defending his wife as not dangerous. The clipped exchange hints at domestic humor and social chatter.
Bond totals and Tuesday sales update
Bond totals show 372000.00 in Tuesday sales of 6131.25 with a year to date of 182012.50 Other types set a goal of 682000.00 and Tuesday sales of 4934.50 with a year to date of 283365.63 Total bonds reach 1054000.00 and a year to date of 465378.13.
War bond sales postponed by cold rain across rural districts
Inclement weather caused multiple postponements of rural district war bond sales. Laxton and Happyland delayed Monday and Tuesday events, Pecan Grove moved to Wednesday night December 13, while Fitzhugh and Rebee keep Thursday and Friday night plans. Fittstown reschedules to Tuesday night December 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laxton
Happyland
Pecan Grove
Fitzhugh
Fittstown
New Intensity In Fighting For Victory On Leyte
On Leyte island the battlefronts near Ormoc valley loom to flare into the fiercest fighting yet as 25 690 Japanese in the area make a last bid for victory or death. General MacArthur reports Bazooka infantry halted a Japanese tank drive at the northern Ormoc corridor as rains delay full action. Allied air and sea forces continue to sink enemy ships while frontline units report well dug in and in good condition among large Japanese formations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmont Waite
MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Ormoc Valley
Douglas MacArthur
Ormoc
U. S
Philippine
Ormoc Highway
Limon
P 51s Sweep Indo China Front in China Area Raid
U S 14th Air Force P 51 fighters attacked Japanese troop movements along the French Indo China border near Langson within Yunnan gateway area. Mustangs strafed troop trains on a broad reconnaissance sweep starting inside China at Posen an 225 airline miles east southeast of Kunming. The comm unique notes a possible Japanese push into Yunnan if an all out effort is made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
14Th Air Force
China
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Indo- China
Yunnan
Posen
Kunming
Langson
Indo-China
Dutch forms civil tribunals for collaborators in wartime
Premier Pieter S. Gerbrandy announced the formation of civil tribunals to try collaborators and war profiteers not liable under the criminal code. The court will confiscate property but cannot impose the death sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naasericht
Holland
Pieter S. Gerbrandy
Rain Clears in Northwestern Oklahoma After Wet Spell
After four days of rain the skies were clearing in northwestern Oklahoma. Showers added .21 inch in 24 hours ending 7 am Wednesday, three day total. Highs near 47, lows around 36, with warmer next day. Caney River at Bartlesville rising toward flood stage. McAlester logged .54 inch last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
McAlester
Bartlesville
Caney River
Tulsa Firemen In Bold Bit of Work
Tulsa firemen rushed into a Penoco Oil building to extinguish a burning butane gas transport, preventing a blast that could have wrecked a city block. Assistant Fire Chief W L Thornton noted restricted areas for such trucks and warned new drivers about the regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
W. L. Thornton
Penoco Oil Company
Thornton
Denison
Tex
American Paratrooper and Briton Charged in Taxicab Murder
An American parachute trooper Karl Gustav Kolten 22 of Cambridge Mass and Blonde Elizabeth Marina Jones 18 a British dancer were bound over for trial on Jan 9 facing murder charges in the death of taxicab driver George Edward Heath 34 whose body was found in a ditch near London. The case marks the first trial of an American soldier under British civil law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feltham
England
Karl Gustav Kolten
Cambridge
Mass
Elizabeth Marina Jones
George Edward Heath
London
Oklahoma City Child Improves After Burns Incident
The 3 year old Ray Pigg Jr. was reported improved after police escorted him to an Oklahoma City hospital for second degree burns. Parents Mr and Mrs Jess Pigg found their car would not start following the incident on a highway patrol pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Ray Pigg
Martha
Highway Patrol
Jess Pigg
Reds Nearing Austria Border
Soviet tanks swept toward the Austrian frontier with Lake Balaton at their flank as the Budapest front faced large scale fighting. Berlin reported a new Danube crossing near Csepel Island and the capture of Marcali, eight miles south of Balaton, signaling a potential rapid thrust into Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Lake
Balaton
Moscow
Budapest
Germany
Berlin
Danube
Csepel Island
Ercsi
Hungary
Lake Balaton
Austria
Zagreb
Marcali
Peasant party backs new Romanian government
Romania ends its political crisis as the peasant party supports the new cabinet led by Premier General Nicolae Radescu. The government preserves most ministers from the prior administration, with Niculae Penescu replaced as Home Minister and seven additional posts allocated among the national peasant party liberals and leftist national democratic front factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Romania
Peasant
Niculae Penescu
Niculae Radescu
National Peasant Party
National Democratic Front
Radescu
Kansas and Oklahoma Weather Summary
Kansas remains clear tonight and Thursday with some cloudiness in the extreme southeast. Lows 26 to 30 statewide, warmer Thursday. Oklahoma sees fair conditions in the northwest and extreme west with light rain in the southeast and extreme east this afternoon. Lows 28 to 30 in the west and 32 to 35 in the east, fair and clear in the west and north, clearing southeast and warmer Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Oklahoma
Eden Defends Britain Right to Influence Postwar Governments
London reports Eden declares Britain has full right to comment on ministers in liberated nations and opposes Sforza as Italian foreign minister. U S stance seen as broader noninterference, sparking divided House reaction and plans for Friday debate on Greece crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. King
London
Anthony Eden
Britain
Italy
Eden
Carlo Sforza
Stettinius
United States
Sforza
Europe
Ivor Thomas
Laborite
U. S
Ivanoe Bonomi
Manchester Guardian
Yorkshire Post
Darlan
North Africa
Greece
British Tanks Seize Athens Hq as Eam Fights Spread
A British Sherman tank and troops stormed the Eam headquarters in Constitution Square Athens taking the building and 42 prisoners. One British soldier died and snipers and fighting continued with tanks and machine guns across central Athens as Britain supports Greece's government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Barber
Athens
Eam Party
Communist Party
Constitution Square
Piraeus
Elas
Ifilia
Eam
National Liberation Front
Eac
Britain
George Papandreou
Acropolis
Patras
Salonika
Temple of
Zeus
Hadrian’s Gate
Averoff Stadium
New Soviet Medal Honors Arctic Defense Effort
Moscow December 6 The supreme Soviet created a new medal for the defense of the Arctic to honor thousands of Soviet soldiers sailors airmen and civilians who fought 40 months in the far north. A Pravda editorial listed submarines crews sinking 70 German ships and surface craft and bombers destroying 630 enemy vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Arctic
Pravda
Shaughnessy Re elected League President
Frank J. Shaughnessy was reelected president of the International League yesterday in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Frank J. Shaughnessy
International League
Grand Champ Steer Sells For 450 A Pound At Chicago Show
Grand champion Hereford steer Teddy sold for 450 each at the Chicago Market Fat Stock Show auction. Benjamin Greve, 4-H member from Bryant Iowa, showed the animal. buyer Russell A. Firestone of Akron Ohio, assistant treasurer of Firestone Tire and Rubber Co, plans to exhibit the champion at universities and cattle shows. The steer weighed 1170 pounds with prize money about 600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Russell A. Firestone
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Teddy
Benjamin Greve
Bryant
Iowa
Greve
Firestone
Future
Farmers of America
Rag Doll Marathon Staged in Hospital
Mrs H F Seay of Norfolk Virginia, patient at Watts hospital in Durham, has crafted 325 rag dolls in two months of treatment. She gifts most to child patients and hospital babies, with some dolls sent as overseas mascots for armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
N. C
H. F. Seay
Norfolk
Watts Hospital
Watts
Luce Glamour To War Front
Rep Clare Boothe Luce visits U S Third Army HQ with 16 male military committee members arriving at a hospital to meet wounded GIs. She wears regulation pants and a kerchief, earning praise from soldiers and nurses for her distinctive war zone outfit and lucky Saint Christopher medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Ball
U. S
Third Army
Clare Boothe Luce
House Military Committee
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