Ada To Host Friday Parent Teacher Institute
Ada will host a Friday Parent Teacher Institute bringing together PTA members from Ada and nearby towns including Roff Seminole Sasakwa Coalgate Clarita Fitzhugh Stonewall Allen Konawa and Asher. Mrs. Charles E Roe of Chicago will lead sessions with state officers Earnest Lookabaugh and Herbert Wrinkle also taking part. Registration starts 12 30 in the Junior High Building with the meeting at 1 o'clock and no fee required.
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Ada
P.T. A
Roff
Seminole
Sasakwa
Coalgate
Clarita
Fitzhugh
Stonewall
Allen
Konawa
Asher
Congress
Earnest Lookabaugh
Ardmore
Herbert K. Wrinkle
Norman
Scout subscription contest boosts Boy Scouts and Cubs
The council runs a Boy's Life subscription drive with prizes including a canoe and paddle for top Boy Scout, and a cooking kit tent or haversack for the top Cub. Subscriptions cost 1.25, with a Friday December 29 deadline. Outside scouting pays 2 annually. Court of Honor planned December 19. Eagle badges awarded to Winford Laughlin, Jimmy Lance, Bob Mullins, John Turley, Paul Little. The Scouter and Cubber University closed with 57 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Porter
Winford Laughlin
Jimmy Lance
Bob Mullins
John Turley
Byng
Oakman
Francis
Paul Little
University
Cubber University
Congressman Murray Rejects Pay Raise for Members of Congress
Rep. Murray of Wisconsin denounces proposed pay increases from 2500 to 10000 as ridiculous and indefensible. He argues against higher salaries while many Americans earn base pay of 600 yearly and prices for essentials rise 20 to 40 percent despite wage and income freezes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Murray
R.-Wis
Congress
Greater returns for amount in vested
Classified ad notes higher value from vested funds in Ada, with terms outlined for investors. Details mention enhanced yields and eligibility, urging readers to contact the office for further guidance and formal offers.
Young Mother Regains Custody Of Baby In Adoption Case
Mrs. Jessie R. Jones 19 sought 1.000,000 against Dr Portia Parker claiming the infant was taken. A habeas corpus writ was dismissed after Columbia City couple returned the two week old daughter. Jones, whose husband died in France, lowered damages to 10,000 and planned to live with her parents in Leslie Kentucky.
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Indianapolis
Jessie R. Jones
Leslie
Columbia City
Allied forces seize bridgehead over Lamone near Faenza
British and Polish troops cross the Lamone river southwest of Faenza and form a bridgehead as Eighth Army units clear isolated German pockets in Ravenna with Italian patriots aid. Ravenna captured Monday. forces advance west, clearing the Ravenna Godo road and taking San Michele and Piangipane.
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Rome
Lamone
Faenza
Eighth Army
Ravenna
Quartolo
Rimini-Bologna
Ravenna-Godo
San Michele
Piangipane
Greece at a crossroads in Cold War Europe
The piece argues communist influence shapes Europe’s monarchies, with Greece as a key example. It suggests Britain seeks to influence Greece to maintain balance around the Balkans and near the pivotal Dardanelles waterway between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
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Moscow
Greece
Russia
John Bull
Britain
Balkans
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Britain and Moscow in Europe’s limbo over Greece and Italy
The piece notes Britain’s grip in the Mediterranean and its support for Greece Italy and Belgium amid leftist opposition. Moscow remains restrained as the United States urges democratic development in Italy and other UN territories including liberated Greece.
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Mediterranean
Russia
Britain
England
Europe
Churchill
Moscow
Roosevelt Wins Michigan Vote Over Dewey in Statewide Count
Detroit dispatch reports complete Michigan county tallies show President Roosevelt carried the state by 22 476 votes over Governor Dewey. Governor Kelly led the Republican ticket by 219 654 votes over Edward Gary, sweepingMichigan's ticket.
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Detroit
Michigan
Secretary of State
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Harry F. Kelly
Edward Gary
Corporations Hit Sixth War Loan Goal Surpass Target
Corporations have invested 10.038 billion in the Sixth war loan, surpassing the 9 billion goal while total drive sales reach 12.468 billion. Series E sales amount to 946 million and individual sales, including bonds, total 2.43 billion. Grand quota remains 14 billion. Read the Ada News Want Ads.
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Washington
Vec
Flashes Of Life Red Hot Service
In Nashville Tennessee on December 6 Captain H P Moyers of Engine Company 12 directed a couple to an address they asked about but returned to the station house. A marriage ceremony was performed by Leonard Rowlett pastor of the Fairview Church of Christ Williamson County with three firefighters as witnesses.
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Red Hot
Nashville
Tenn
H. P. Moyers
Engine Company 12
Leonard Rowlett
Fairview Church of Christ
Williamson County
Deer Hallucinates Freedom Slams Car Near Hollywood
A deer darted into F B Cox's cab near Hollywood. the animal died after a policeman shot it to end its pain. Fresh venison from the deer was sent to a boys home by the fish and game commission. The source notes the origin of the deer is unknown.
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Llywood
F. B. Cox
Fish and Game Commission
Postwoman Uses Double Honk For GI Letters
Oregon City dispatch notes Postwoman Mrs. C. R. Alley honks twice to signal a letter from a serviceman on her route. If no GI letter is present she does not honk.
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Oregon City
Ore
C. R. Alleyee
Early Santa Visit to Chicago University Christmas Stockings
Santa Claus visits the University of Chicago to fill 1,000 stockings for servicemen. After stuffing each stocking with more than 10 items, the wartime Christmas cheer program culminates today with a Wassail party for the campus.
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Chicago
Santa Claus
University of Chicago
Earthiest 4-H member revealed as incubator baby
Elizabeth Ann Laughner, 18, a Wittenberg College freshman in Springfield Ohio, named one of the country’s earthiest 4-H club members at the national congress yesterday. She stands five feet three and a half inches tall and weighs 112 pounds.
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Chicago
Elizabeth Ann Laughner
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Cigaret Shortage Sparks Odd Smoking Pattern
Rock Island report notes Bruce M. Randall follows a 1914 begun cycle of smoking on alternate years. He abstains one year and smokes a pack daily the next. This year he smokes none, with next year contingent on finding supply amid the 1944 cigaret shortage.
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Rock Island
Ill
Bruce M. Randall
Sailors Seek Dry Return After Pacific Cruise
Ens. Carl E. Morrison notes that many sailors went to sea to beat the Japanese but now want only a dry homecoming with little water drawn near their bathtubs. Sgt. E Payson Smith Jr compares this to the soldier who desires only a faint recollection.
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Pacific
Carl E. Morrison
Welder wins quick day-shift release for wife’s fun
A Tampa welder, 29, told the War Manpower commission he preferred the day shift after two years of night work. The appeals board granted the quickest release yet, saying the personal reason was compelling. He even offered to take pay at another yard, and stated he could manage now.
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Tampa
Fla
War Manpower Commission Appeals Board
Jess
Bolivar State Promotes Liquor From State Distillery
Bogota report notes Bolivar state government markets its distillery liquor as hygienically produced with ads proclaiming Vice is bad yet urging citizens to drink state produced liquor due to consumer price range.
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Bogota
Columbia
Bolivar
Grandma's Mutton Suet Rub Becomes Modern Penetro Relief
A revival of grandma’s chest rub using mutton suet transitions to Penetro a modern salve with the same base and five actives. The advertise claims three ways relief for colds muscular tightness and congestion phlegm and coughing and promises quick soothing sleep with its vapor release.
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Grandma
America
Doughboys Give Thanksgiving Aid at Hardi Field
Twenty five volunteers from the first three grades at Hardi Field will work on Thanksgiving to rest the lower four grades. To ease the long day a two shift system is adopted with extra volunteers allowing a half day break.
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Baton Rouge
Hardi Field
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