Weather Cuts Bond Sales
The weather likely hurt war bond sales on Tuesday, one of the slowest days since the Sixth War Loan drive began. County sales totaled 11065.75 dollars.
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1944
Page
1
Eden Defends Britain's Right to Voice Opinions on Ministers
London reports Anthony Eden declares Britain within rights to urge ministerial choices in liberated Europe, backing veto on Carlo Sforza as Italian Foreign Minister while U S notes favor Sforza's role. House split. press jeers U S note. Greece crisis debate set for Friday.
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 Sweep Athens as British Troops Seize Eam HQ
A Sherman tank and British soldiers storm the left wing Eam party headquarters in Athens, taking the building and 42 prisoners after a burst of grenades and rifle fire. Casualties include a British soldier killed. fighting spreads through central Athens and Piraeus with tanks and machine guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EAM Party
Athens
Stephen Barber
Communist Party
Constitution Square
Piraeus
Elas
Milia
Eam
National Liberation Front
Britain
George Papandreou
Acropolis
Patras
Salonika
Temple of Zeus
Hadrian’s Gate
Averoff Stadium
Sgt West Hires Natives To Build Roof For Foxhole
The News reports S/Sgt Jack H West of the 96th Infantry on Leyte has hired natives to build a roof over his four man foxhole. His parents Mr and Mrs Dale West read the story and note his souvenir items include a Japanese fountain pen. His brother Sgt Dale West has served 31 months overseas in Australia New Guinea the Netherlands East Indies and is now a cook with a medical detachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale West
Jack H. West
96Th Infantry
Leyte
Sgt. West
Australia
New Guinea
Netherlands East Indies
Saarbrucken Now In Peril
American forces of the Third Army breached the Saar at six points and overran much of Sarreguemines as Patton’s troops pressed toward Saarbrucken. Bridges across the Saar were blown, while Germans withdrew toward the Siegfried line and Merzig. Casualties mounted as forces regroup for a deeper thrust into western Germany.
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
35Th
Sarregue
Germany
Fourth Armored
Roer River
Cologne
U. S. First Army
Bergstein
Dank Hurtgen Forest
Roer
Duren
U. S. Ninth
Julich
Linnich
Reich
Greek Crisis Mirrors Europe’s Postwar Upheaval
War analyst DeWitt Mackenzie analyzes Britain's Greece intervention and Washington's hands off policy as part of a broader shift in postwar Europe. He notes Greece as a crossroads where Russia rises, Britain seeks fading prestige, and many nations lean left amid economic and political turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Britain
Churchill
Athens
Washington
Balkan
Greece
Russia
Europe
John Bull
Eleven Die In McAlester Depot Torpedo Blast
McAlester Oklahoma December 6 Eleven men and four civilians were killed when torpedo warheadswere transferred from trucks to a magazine at the McAlester Naval Ammunition Depot. Names released include Edgar Holder John Bradford Robert Dorland Eugene Mansfield Floyd Walker Albert Williams Alphonso Zeyouma Samuel Gentry Clarence Moore James Hart George Carson. Authorities pursue reasons as witnesses are presumed dead.
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
Th' Pessimist by Bob Blanks Jr v0
Lem Wheeler dismisses fears about his wife’s health as dangerously weak in a brief, spoken line from a local excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
By Bob Blanks, Jr
Lem Wheeler
Bond Totals Series E Goal and Tuesday Sales Report
The report lists Series E goal of 372000.00 with Tuesday sales 6131.25 and total to date 182012.50. Other Types goal 4934.50 and total to date 283365.63. Overall bonds total 1054000.00 with total to date 465378.13.
Weather Delays Rural War Bond Sales Across District
Cold rain forces postponements of rural district war bond sales. Laxton and Happyland cancel Monday and Tuesday events. Pecan Grove shifts to Wednesday night December 13. Fitzhugh and Rebee keep plans for Thursday and Friday nights. Fittstown now targets Tuesday night December 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laxton
Happyland
Pecan Grove
Fitzhugh
Fittstown
New Intensity Forecast in Leyte Fighting Onset
On Leyte, 25.60 Japanese in the Ormoc valley mount a final bid as weather improves. General MacArthur reports Bazooka infantry halted a tank-supported Japanese breakout at the northern Ormoc corridor. U S air and PT boats sink a destroyer six freighters and a tanker as Japanese forces consolidate entrenched positions along the front. First division cavalry report heavy artillery fire and repeated enemy thrusts, with Nipponese in good physical condition and well dug in south of Limon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmont’ Waite
MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte
Ormoc Valley
Douglas MacArthur
Ormoc
U. S
Philippine
Ormoc Highway
Limon
P-51s Hit Japanese Movements Along China Indochina Border
U S 14th Air Force fighters swept from Posen inside China to Langson near the Indo China frontier and strafed troop trains. The action targets a possible Japanese thrust into Yunnan as American efforts in China face a new threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
14Th Air Force
China
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Indo- China
Yunnan
Posen
Kunming
Langson
Indo-China
Dutch Establish Civil Tribunals for Collaborators and Profiteers
Premier Pie ter S. Gerbrandy announced the formation of civil tribunals to try collaborators and war profiteers not liable under the criminal code. The courts lack death penalty power but can confiscate the defendants property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naasericht
Holland
Pieter S. Gerbrandy
Christmas Rush Begins In Ada Shops And Post Office Lines
With two and a half weeks to Christmas Eve Ada sees early Yuletide bustle. Shoppers rush to mail gifts and browse gay ornaments while stores display trees and decorations. Long post office lines form as people start sending packages to distant recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Rain on Way Out Of State Brings Hope for Drier Weather
After four days of continuous rainfall northwestern Oklahoma skies began clearing. showers added .21 inches in 24 hours ending 7 am Wednesday for a three day total. Highs around 45 and lows near 36 with Bartlesville reporting rising Caney River within two inches of flood stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklaho
Oklahoma City
McAlester
Bartlesville
Caney River
Tulsa Firemen In Bold Bit of Work
In Tulsa a blaze aboard a butane gas transport inside the Penaco Oil building was extinguished by firemen who entered the burning garage to prevent a massive explosion. Assistant Fire Chief W. L. Thornton noted trucks are allowed only in restricted zones and warned new drivers about the regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
W. L. Thornton
Penaco Oil Company
Thornton
Oses
Denison
Tex
American Paratrooper and British Dancer Go On Trial
An American parachutist Karl Gustav Kolten, 22, and British dancer Blonde Elizabeth Marina Jones, 18, were bound over for trial January 9 in Feltham England on charges of murdering taxicab driver George Edward Heath whose body was found in a ditch near London. This will be the first murder 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
Boy Struck by Burns Improves at Oklahoma City Hospital
Ray Pigg 3 and his parents Mr and Mrs Jess Pigg were involved in a highway crash incident when their car failed to start. Ray was treated for second degree burns after being scalded and was reported improved today after arrival at an Oklahoma City hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Ray Pigg
Martha
Highway Patrol
Jess Pigg
Soviet Tanks Reach near Lake Balaton Front in Hungary
Soviet armored forces mass near the Balaton region threaten the lines around Budapest as war reports place a bridgehead on the Danube south of the capital. Berlin and Moscow communiques differ on ground gains, with Marcali reported captured and a possible rapid pivot toward Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Lake
Balaton
Budapest
Germany
Berlin
Danube
Csepel
Austria
Lake Balaton
Moscow
Marcali
Romanian Crisis Ends as Peasant Party Backs New Government
Bucharest reports the peasant party endorses the new cabinet headed by General Nicolae Radescu. The lineup keeps the same ministers except Home Minister Niculae Penescu replaced by Radescu. National Peasant Party gains four seats Liberals four Leftist six in the National Democratic Front supporting the new program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Romania
Peasant
Niculae Penescu
Niculae Radescu
National Peasant Party
National Democratic Front
Radescu
Weather Outlook for Kansas and Oklahoma
Kansas clears tonight with cold lows 26 to 30 across most areas. Temperatures rise Thursday with warmer conditions. Northwest Oklahoma fair, light rain in the southeast and far east this afternoon, end tonight with milder lows 28 to 30 west and 32 to 35 east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Oklahoma
Eest
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 Soviet soldiers sailors airmen and civilians who endured 40 months in the far north. Pravda notes six Red submarine crews sank 70 German ships while surface craft and bombers destroyed 630 more vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Arctic
Pravda
Shaughnessy Re elected IL President in New League Election
Buffalo New York December 6 Frank J Shaughnessy was re elected president of the international league yesterday in a routine organizational vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Frank J. Shaughnessy
International League
Grand Champion Steer Sells for 450 Per Pound
The grand champion steer at the Chicago Market Fat Stock Show sold for 450 a pound, bringing $1 170 pounds and $5 355 to 4 H Club boy Benjamin A. Greve of Bryant Iowa. Russell A. Firestone of Akron Ohio bought Teddy the Hereford and plans exhibition across universities and cattle shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Russell A. Firestone
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Teddy
Benjamin A. Greve
Bryant
Iowa
Greve
Firestone
Future
Farmers of America
Rag Doll Marathon Staged in Watts Hospital
Mrs. H. F. Seay of Norfolk Va, patient in Watts hospital Durham has made 325 rag dolls in two months of treatment. Most dolls are given to children patients including babies born in the maternity section. Some comic dolls are sent overseas as mascots to armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
N. C
H. F. Seay
Norfolk
Watts Hospital
Watts
Luce Glamour To War Event With Women Army Committee
U S Third Army Headquarters report details Clare Boothe Luce visiting Thire area with 16 male members of the house military committee. She toured a hospital, spoke with wounded GIs, and received admiration for her mix of regulation and non regulation attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Ball
U. S. Third Army
Clare Boothe Luce
House Military Committee
Thire Army
British Polish Forces Establish Lamone Crossings Southwest of Faenza
British and Polish troops crossed the Lamone river southwest of Faenza and formed a bridgehead amid strong Nazi opposition. Allied reports say Ravenna has been cleared with Italian patriot aid, as Eighth Army advances west of Ravenna and takes San Michele and Piangipane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Lamone
Faenza
Eighth Army
Ravenna
Quartolo
Rimini-Bologna
Ravenna-Godo
San Michele
Piangipane
Home Made Clouds Aid High Altitude Airplane Tests
Pocket size clouds and snows are manufactured in glass flasks to test electrical insulation for American warplanes. Confined in flasks not much larger than milk bottles, the clouds flutter down to simulate conditions up to 12 miles high, accelerating development of more powerful systems.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Santa
Santa Claus
Guido Falotico
Mansfield
Camp Chaffee
Falotico
Sgt
Jack West
Schelling
McAlester Depot
Ada News
Tulsa Firemen
Dash Intec
Yank
Luce Glamour To War
Halian
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